Reviews by zmzamarripa

This is another album that over the course of time has somehow inexplicably built steam in the critics eyes. Its easy to see how this influenced other groups and blended genres of music later on, it doesnt mean this is A. good or B. something someone NEEDS to hear before they die. I suppose you NEED to hear this if you want to hear the last gasp of a once great pop group.

Absolutely classic album by a group at the height of their powers!

I am clearly not hip enough to love Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds as much as the critics from Pitchfork or the people that made this list that are trying to cram Nick Cave down my throat 6 (6! fucking 6!) times.
The music is ho hum modern gothic blues done better by other artists. The lyrics float willy nilly between 'almost great, where is this going' to 'did 7th grader write this for his poetry class'.
This feels like the kind of group its fans would hate if they sold 8 million copies of an album.
I wouldn't leave the room if it was playing but I am most certainly never going to purposely play any of it.

Its David Bowie, of course its good. GOOD, its not the absolute masterpiece revisionist history has bestowed upon it. Like a lot of 70s albums this has cocaine written all over it, some great bits and pieces and some things that someone should have talked someone else out of.

A nice, country tinged bunch of cover songs, guest writers and songs written for or by other artists. Country really isn't my thing but older country western is more akin to my liking than the 80s soft rock being peddled as country these days.

Overall a good record that I would never purchase but wouldn't be mad if someone else was playing it.

As with any Police record its very uneven. A couple of fantastic songs and then a mixed bag of "eh".

I have to question, AGAIN, who is making this list? Of all the Police albums this is the one you picked?

I get that music is subjective and tastes vary, this list feels like someone trying to squeeze in some radio friendly groups chosen at random to legitimize some of the absolute try hard trash someone thinks makes them cool.

This sounds like something you would hear in the background of a smoked out room where people use the word "ganja" unironically.

How in the hell is the Beck album on this list NOT Sea Change?

I like off the wall, weird music. This sucks ass though.

Some absolutely classic songs on this album! A lot of songs I could do with never hearing again. VERY uneven quality wise.

Then again, what do I know? I prefer Big Boi over Andre 3000.

Is it a bad album? Not by any means. Is it unbelievably overrated? Absolutely.

Its not changing the world, its fun. Fun is good. Do people need to hear this album before they die? Absolutely not.

A classic album that displays all the traits of overdoing everything in the 70's.
The high points of this album are amazing, the rest... well it could have been left out entirely. A LOT of skippers on here. Had clear heads won out over cocaine confidence this would be a single album and not a double.
All of that being said I own this on vinyl, cassette, cd and even 8 track.

Interesting that this comes up the day after Ozzy died.
I think this is their most complete album and has my favorite song by them on it (War Pigs). The influence this had on the hard rock/metal genre cannot be understated.

Of the 100+ albums I've listened to on this list this is one of a handful that deserves to be on a list like this.

Critical darling of the 90's! Not sure why.

Tightly crafted songs, intricate melody sections both vocally and instrumentally. CLEARLY some of the best studio musicians ever were brought in to lend their incredible gifts to what could only be described as emotionally flaccid wanna be cool.

I understand their impact, I just happen to think they blow.

nope

i get that its influential and that there are a couple of songs that are recognizable.

nope

UP THE IRONS!!!

Classic album with only a couple of ho hum songs in the heap of metal goodness.

That being said I can think of 3 other Maiden albums that should be on a list like this before The Number of the Beast.

I see why people like this. Its not bad by any means, Im not going to get up and turn it off as soon as it comes on. That being said I wont ever get up and put it on either.

Its the very definition of "well this exists".