Reviews by zoobee20

I still don’t love The Doors. A couple of these songs are pretty good, but I just don’t think I like Jim Morrison’s voice and style too much. The musicianship is all there so it’s not bad by any stretch of the imagination. I just wouldn’t choose to put this on over others doing a similar sound. Favorite songs were the title track, The WASP, and Riders On The Storm

I think this really good. It has the pop appeal that I enjoyed from his debut with better lyrics. It sounds to me like Prince was inspired by Green Shirt when making Darling Nikki. Favorite songs were Accidents Will Happen, Oliver’s Army, Green Shirt, Chemistry Class, and Peace, Love, And Understanding.

I didn’t like this one very much. Like the music is fine and the vocals are alright, but this just isn’t my style of music. I liked the song Books.

I would have a hard time saying if this is better than Fever To Tell. It’s definitely more polished and the expanded instrumentation leads to more variety. It’s just a different flavor of good. Favorite songs were Zero, Heads Will Roll, Dull Life, and Hysteric.

Simply great. Long songs with lyrics about poop over some of the funkiest instrumentation you’ve ever heard. The live version of Maggot Brain was really cool. This is definitely one I would want to buy on vinyl some day.

Prior to listening to this I had only heard For What’s It’s Worth from Buffalo Springfield. I noticed while listening to this one that the songs seem to range in quality. It was only after reading the Wikipedia page that I realized that all the best songs were the Neil Young written songs (and Bluebird). Probably won’t revisit this one too much, but it wasn’t bad. Favorites were Mr Soul, Expecting To Fly, Bluebird, and Broken Arrow.

I found this one to be bland. And I’m not usually one to complain about lyrics, but some of these are just gross. Glad this one was pretty short. I mean, Walk This Way is a good song, but the Run DMC version is better.

I think this is a really solid debut album from Iron Maiden. The riffs rock and the changes in intensity really work. Earlier this year I also made my way through all of the Iron Maiden studio albums and this one was within the top 5 for me. I think the weakest aspect here would be the vocals. The addition of Bruce Dickinson would improve upon that on later releases. They were clearly still developing their style as the more progressive elements from later albums weren’t quite in full swing yet. Favorite songs were Prowler, Phantom Of The Opera, and Iron Maiden.

This album was good. I liked how it remained consistent while sometimes amping up the energy when needed. Definitely something I would listen to again. My favorite songs were Somewhere, Lonely, Bad Liquor, and Western Sky.

This one is a classic. It’s sounds like they had an absolute blast recording it. Girls and Fight For Your Right were some of the first songs I had on my iPod Shuffle back in 2008 and they still bang. While the sampling is more simplistic here compared to Paul’s Boutique it still works for what they are trying to do. Lyrics are funny and the wordplay is absolutely on point.

I didn’t think soundtracks were allowed on the list, but here we are I guess. This is funky and smooth. I feel like I should watch the movie because Shaft seems like a bad mother (Shut your mouth). Favorite songs were Theme From Shaft, Cafe Regio’s, and No Name Bar.

George is my favorite Beatle. George released the best Beatles solo album. He really threw everything he had at the wall and saw what stuck. Fortunately, nearly everything ended up sticking to that wall. Yes it is lengthy, but I feel it justifies its length, included the almost entirely instrumental third disc. I believe this is better than the White Album. He crams everything in here from Bob Dylan to Chuck Berry. Shoutout to the slide guitar.

This another album that fits within the genre of “could be a greatest hits album”. Also probably one of the albums that I have listened to the most throughout my life. Every song here is great but Scenes From An Italian Restaurant absolutely takes the cake as my favorite Billy Joel song.

This album sounds like flannel. Very much reminds me of something like Vampire Weekend. The instrumental on I Don’t Love Anyone is very similar to Only Wanna Be With You by Hootie and The Blowfish. Favorites were The State I Am In, She’s Losing It, I Could Be Dreaming, and I Don’t Love Anyone.

Calling this white reggae is pretty much accurate. It’s pretty good though. Sting’s voice is instantly recognizable. My biggest complaint is they don’t really know how to end songs. Every single song ends in a fade-out without much of any outro at all. This wouldn’t be that much of an issue if it wasn’t the case for every single song on the album. Favorites were Message In A Bottle, It’s Alright For You, Deathwish, and No Time This Time.

This album is like if the layered harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were ten minutes long and featured ripping guitar and bass and lyrics that still don’t really make sense to me. This is another one where my bias shows up. Another record that defined a moment in time for me (the first half of senior year of high school). I had heard Roundabout from that show with the sun karate and vampires and wanted to know what else that band had made. This lead me to hearing I’ve Seen All Good People and that was it. Starship Trooper is one of my favorite songs ever.

This album is a really good time. Biggest complaint here is the overabundance of interludes. The beats are fun, the vocals are good, the verses are tight, and everyone’s favorite person Diddy makes an appearance. Favorite songs were Creep, Waterfalls, Switch, and Sumthin’ Wicked This Way Comes.

This album is held back significantly by just how awful the bass sounds. The other instruments sound a little dated but fine for the time, but that bass is another level of bad. His lyrics are really good and I like his voice and how he often drags lines onto the next musical phrase. Favorite songs were Graceland, Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes, and You Can Call Me Al.

I might have gone into this with too high of expectations. I had seen people praising this so I went in expecting something on the level of a Pet Sounds, Sgt. Peppers, or Forever Changes. It was none of those, but it was still pretty enjoyable to listen to. Some of the songs in the first half just kinda came and went for me. I think the second half was better. My favorite songs were Care Of Cell 44, Changes, This Will Be Our Year, and Time Of The Season.

I liked this quite a bit. The songs all have momentum. The bass is really good throughout and the lyrics carry hefty political weight while being in songs you could dance to. They should make a genre like that. They could call it “dance punk”. I think that would be really neat.