if you, like me, enjoyed the contributions of the South African artists on this album but hated whenever Paul Simon opened his mouth, i would recommend "The Indestructible Beat of Soweto," a compilation record from the same year that gives you a taste of what the township jive scene sounded like without the tedious poetic musings of some guy from New Jersey.
it's not a good sign when you ask yourself "is it over yet?" during a 30 minute album.
it was really good, i enjoyed the deep cuts more than the singles. kinda annoys me that the best song on the album features elton john (british) pretending to be indigenous but other than that i liked it.
finally, some good fucking food. classic old school hip hop with killer beats and super fun lyrics, featuring the lost arts of beatboxing and turntablism. i even liked the excursions into rock instrumentation (except the aerosmith feature, which i didn't care for. overexposure, maybe). all the hits are on side A but i found myself liking side B more. this was a delight overall. more like this, please?
pretty neat, you can definitely tell that punk as a genre owes a lot to this one. i liked "We Will Fall" most tho, very atmospheric and spooky. side b isn't as memorable imho.
side A and the closer are pretty killer but most of side B drags it down. kinda makes me wanna listen to a normal philly soul record instead.
the final phase of the transition from old school to new school. super neat to hear more complex 90s style verses over late 80s production. kinda wish theyd lay off the misogyny but whatever.
"Cult of Personality" is an all-timer and there is no disputing this. the rest of side A is just kinda fine. then on side B they crank up the eclecticism and it becomes lots of fun.
this record introduced me to one of my favorite bands, so yeah i'd say i like it! not my favorite of theirs, but hard to deny da classics
kind of shocked by how much i liked this record, i didn't really have any expectations for dexys beyond the big hit. the whole record is really fun but the standouts for me include "This Is What She's Like", the interpolation of "Werewolves of London," and literally any time a twangy country guitar appears. i actually thought the spoken word was fun, too. it was a nice throughline. good on ya, dexys.
good background music for minecraft. i like the dub-sounding parts. otherwise forgettable
maybe the first one of these pulls to make me cry? i can sense that if i was, like, a big folk enthusiast, this would be a perfect ten. even so, this is really killer. good show, ms. chapman.
i enjoyed this more than i thought i would, but it didn't particularly blow my mind. the shorter/more focused jams were fun, they kinda started to lose me with the 10+ minute tunes.
pop music was scientifically perfected exactly twice: in Motown in the 1960s and Scandinavia in the 1990s. "Born To Be With You" sees brilliant producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector attempting to sneak a third one in between those two. the key word here is "attempting." there are a few interesting choices here and there but it largely ends up being both generic. the production also ends up smothering Dion, who is technically the headliner on this one. he only gets a chance to do his thing on two tracks, which, naturally, are the ones Spector did not produce. i can see myself coming back to it, if only for how odd it is.
knew this one was a /mu/ classic so i had low expectations but yeah this is pretty cool actually. very trippy, very hazy, very Beach Boys-y. "Summertime Clothes" makes me want to frolic in a field.
Public Enemy goes hardcore!!! i like their other stuff pretty well but this is exactly what i'd been wanting from them! i think i literally never stopped grooving my first time listening. utterly phenomenal
did not love the last Zeppelin album i listened to but this one is pretty cool. i like the part in "You Shook Me" where Robert Plant makes his voice drop off like an air raid siren winding down
fine i guess but mostly makes me wish i was listening to Rubber Soul instead
didnt love this one the first time i checked it out but it really shines the second go around. still not my favorite Quest record for a few reasons; Tip's flow is pretty basic compared to his later work, Phife is barely present, and the lyricism is pretty edgeless. but goddamn its hard to dislike the production. overall, very good, but i know they're capable of better.
i like the album cover a lot. the music is pretty cool too. i bet this blew some minds back in '79, not a lot of pop music sounded like this back then. its still pretty cool in a post-synthpop world tho, the compositions are surprisingly spooky and i love the sound of those old synths. but mostly i love that album cover #mypyramid
not nearly as bad as the reviews would make you believe. you get some questionable lyrics occasionally, but for what it is, it's damn good. mrs. Lemper's voice is killer and the arrangements are real pretty. its greatest sin is being a little overly long, but "Scope J." is a good reward for you patience. you've just gotta meet it where it's at.
i'd love to veto this one but i already knew it and loved it before he came out as a literal goosestepping nazi. the music is phenomenal, but in the face of the shit he's said and done it does not matter. his downfall is the kind of thing that keeps me up at night. fuck Kanye and fuck you for making me think about him. if you've never heard this one before, skip it and spare yourself the cognitive dissonance. or just pirate it so he doesn't get paid off of your streams.
hey, i know this one! probably my second favorite Beatles-related thing or adjacent project. impressively, the length does not bother me. i think its adorable that he wrote a love song for his fan club. i wish i could give half stars here cuz this is a 4.5 out of 5 if there ever was one. oh well
reminds me alot of "The Madcap Laughs," key difference being that this one has a country twang. the freaked out rumbling psych rock closer is cool
classic rock radio fodder. who give a shit
had no idea who Elvis Costello was or what he did before this and yeah its pretty cool. its very much Rock And Roll which is oddly refreshing to be honest. as i understand he has a lot of stuff on this list so i'm looking forward to that.
eyup that is some classic country music. i liked the closer and the Dolly Parton cover
i liked this one quite a bit more than the last Kinks record. trippy and very fun
fine, but im a lil tired of all the british invasion stuff
fun. the sample for "Workinonit" by J Dilla was a jumpscare.
my first grime record. the beats are pretty ripper and once i got used the british accent i enjoyed the rapping as well. def gonna give this a few more spins
pretty fun but mostly unremarkable
i have this problem with lots of popular critically acclaimed bands where i hear all the hype & love for these records and then i listen to them and theyre good but they dont blow my dick and balls off so i end up a lil disappointed. anyways yeah its pretty good
part two of the Costellothon: it was alright. nothing really stood out to me as uniquely worthy of praise. i liked "My Aim Is True" better because it had a little bit more bite to it, but this one was just kinda normal.
hey i love this one! didn't know 1001 album generator knew ball like this
fuck me this one is gorgeous. kanye and dilla are a match made in producer heaven. i really enjoy common as a storyteller as well. how have i missed this one for so long?
yep thats preddy cool. i think i wouldve preferred a bossa nova record with at least one brazilian involved but c'est la vie
