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It's fine, I get why people like this type of stuff but I'm personally more of a lyrics girlie. For me, it tends to blend together after a while. Maybe if i'm reading this could be background noise but I honestly do not see myself coming back to it. Sorries. P.S. I'm pretty sure this is private, but if it's not you're not allowed to get mad at me. These are just notes for myself :)

I surprisingly really liked this??? It had a lot of elements I typically enjoy in my normal day to day listening. The only thing it's really "lacking" is lyrics at some parts, and even then i was just vibing and enjoying the soundscape that was created. I'm genuinely shocked. I really liked "All I Need" and "You Make is Easy", and the last 3 songs we very vibey. Nice, chill, dreamy, a bit of a background feeling to it but when paying attention you can get lost in it. This must've been a very inspirational album for the artists i listen to, I heard hints of Men I Trust, Tame Impala, Caroline Polachek, The Marias, Porter Robinson, even if it was just a tiny crumb of a detail, i can see how this album could've potentially inspired their work in one way or another. At the start of the album i was like, it's cool and all but idk if i see myself coming back to it. Now, I'm really not sure? I don't have a playlist that fits this vibe. I know I want to come back to a few songs, but probably not the album as a whole? I'm gonna have to figure that out. also, obligatory: OMG IT'S THE SONG FROM 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU in a truly fair and just world I'd probably put this at a 4, but since I'm not sure if i will come back to it i'm going to leave it a 3 and pretend it's a 3.5. I want to leave 4+ to things i will 100% go back to.

When I checked this last night I was kinda put off by the cover and stalled on listening to this for nearly the whole day. It just didn't "look" like my vibe. I was pleasantly surprised when I pressed play and found it wasn't half bad. Also, the lead singer is Tom Verlaine, like the guy who was named in the Alvvays song which is cool imo. So, my overall thoughts. I really really love all the uses of guitar, I'm a sucker for that type of stuff. Again, like i said in previous notes, I am a lyric girlie. They don't have to make perfect sense or be the most amazing things on the planet, but i do have to vibe with them. About half of the songs were just okay to me. Like, I'm not gonna complain if someone else puts it on, but it's probably not gonna be my choice. "Venus" is probably my favorite, but I really liked "Torn Curtain" too. "Prove It" and "Guiding Light" were chill. the title track is tricky to me. I really liked the intro and I like the verses, but the chorus didn't hit as hard for me. 10 mins kind of a lot tho and I have a goldfish's brain. As much as i like guitars, I'm not the type of person to just listen to 4 mins of straight guitar. I think, to be fair, I'm going to put this at a 4, pretending it's a 3.5. There's more songs on here i could see coming back to and it was a fun listen overall.

Okay so...how do i be nice about this... The Beach Boys have literally never interested me. My main knowledge of them is basically from Full House and whichever songs I've heard here and there throughout my 20+ years on this planet. Their whole vibe is just...meh imo. Needless to say, i wasn't exactly excited to listen to this when i was picked for me. I actually ended up missing the past 3 days, oops, but I wanted to get back into it which means diving into this. Overall, it was okay...I guess? My main issue is honestly the singing voices, it doesn't vibe with me at all for the most part. It feels like I'm being held hostage by a barbershop quartet. I cannot say my life has been made better by listening to a song about feet. At the very least, I now understand why my very conservative dad hates them. Some quick positives: I can genuinely see myself coming back to Long Promised Road, I really liked that one. There are a few other I might come back to individually like "Til I Die", "Feel Flows", and "Lookin' at Tomorrow". It's just very hard for me to stomach a whole album of theirs at the moment.

Goodmorning Starshine, the earth says hello! :D Ooooh, this album is an Aries halfway through...I'm kinda bored. I'm sad that I'm kinda bored. I know people love this, and I'm sad i don't get to understand why. And now I'm done listening and I'm still just mostly bored by this album. It feels so...lacking. I'm honestly confused on how Damon Albarn got on his high horse about lyrics a few years ago if this is his writing??? This is the only thing I've really heard so far, and I am willing to hear more. The production was fine, fun at parts but just there at others. I'm just left really confused by this since they're held up in such high regard. Songs I liked: "Clint Eastwood" - I clicked on the genius lyric page just happy to see the wall of words "Punk" - I had a lot of fun with this one, really short tho "Rock The House" was really fun. I actually laughed at the Egghead/Wallflower line. I know that's a call out on my type, but i can't help it. Analyzing things and being a nerd is where i find joy. That line also is like the only lyric in the entire project where I felt that "ping" of joy in my heart like I do when listening to my favorite artists. "M1 A1" - Really odd but fascinating song. I know it's sampling a movie called "Day of the Dead", but it reminded me of the twilight zone and I love it for that. I like how it goes from a minute of that into scrambling guitars, very fun. Reminded me of Kate Bush. I do no see myself coming back to this album like every. Maybe in 10 years? Maybe if I meet someone and their like "Literally my favorite album" I'd give it another go. I'm just...confused. Like, "Man Research" sounds like a 5 year old running around their kitchen trying to annoy their mom. 2.5/5 sorry :(

I really really liked this! It's like 2:30am as i'm typing this and this is the 3rd album I'm listening to (I'm trying to catch up), so I'm starting to fail on the word end of things, but whatever genre or vibe this is, it's the type of sound I love. All the guitars, moody lyrics, more please! My favorites are probably "Disorder", "She's Lost Control", and "Shadowplay" "Day of the Lords" reminded me very slightly of Wolf Alice's "Visions of a Life". I wonder if the band was a fan. I will say, for the sake of my mental health I probably won't come back to this album as much as I would with similar sounds but a bit more levity in the lyrics. Reading all the genius annotations left me feeling really really sad. 4.5/5

So, as of right now, before I hit play, my only Knowledge of Peter Gabriel comes from Mic the Snare's Kate Bush Deep Dive Video (Great video, you should check it out). I'm hopeful just from that that I will like this... let's go WAIT OMFG THERE'S A FEATURE, NO TWO FEATURES!!!! I don't have the brain power to analyze my thoughts right now, I'm just gonna write thoughts Track by Track. This is the last album I have to do to catch up! 1. Intruder - It sounds cool sonically, but I won't be coming back to this for the same reason I don't listen to Billie Eilish's "The Diner". 2. No Self Control - Oh, this is really pretty. I really like the sound of this, but I probably won't come back to it cause of the lyrics once again lol, It could make me spiral. I'm lyrically confused by this album so far. Kate Bush slay tho. 3. Start - really really pretty 4. I Don't Remember - that chorus is peak, this sound really cool. I like it. I really can't help but feel like I'm missing important context for this album tho 5. Family Snapshot - Oh My God. Am I gonna be on a watchlist if I like and playlist this song? This genuinely has no right to be so pretty and cinematic sounding. 6. And Through The Wire - You know what, hell yeah. I really really like this one. 7. Games Without Frontiers - I love kate bush. "If looks can kill, they probably will" is a, excuse the pun, killer line. I think I need repeat listens to really get this one. This one is cool, but not an instant fave. 8. Not One of Us - ooooh, that guitar. This sounds cool, I love how the end builds. Thankfully the genius annotation on this song has provided me some overall context for the album. 9. Lead a Normal Life - Oh, I'm sad now. <3 10. Biko - Genuine respect for this song. Sometimes you just hear something that hits you in your core, this is one of those times. oooh, this is tricky to rate. I honestly think I would get more out of it on repeat listens. I think I'll put this at 4, just for vibes. it's like a 3.75/5 or 7.5/10 right now to me. I doubt it will ever become a top top fave of mine, but i can see going back to it every now and then It's also 4am now, this is my final album and I'm caught up!!!

I fear my words might trigger some boys :( Honestly, I have no idea why I thought this band had a frontwoman? I was like "OMG YAY! My first girlypop record!" I was sadly mistaken, but knew people still hold them in high regard so I'll probably like it anyway? Well... 1. Debaser - really really cool guitars, eh voice. That fact that genius lyrics actually has a gif of that movie really threw me off. 2. Tame - I actually really like the sound, but hate the vibe of the song. Like, yikes. It just grosses me out. 3. Wave of Mutilation - It's fine, it feels familiar 4. I Bleed - Eh ---I realized here that I've been so thrown off by the first 2 tracks so I took a break and listened to 3 Sabrina Carpenter songs as a palate cleanser :D. I am now back, hopefully able to view the rest of the songs individually.--- 5. Here Comes Your Man - It's fine. Probably nothing I'd come back to, but sounds commercial or movie like 6. Dead - I think here is where I just have to concede this is not for me at all I don't hate the guitars or production, but I can't with the lyrics or stories. I just feel really really grossed out. It just feels like the lyrics are screaming "OMG LOOK AT ME GUYS, I'M SO COOL, I'M SO DIFFERENT, I'M SO EMO, AND EDGY, AND WEIRD :P" Not because it's coming from a place of needing to say those things, but from just seeing how weird you can be for weird sake. Like that one Riverdale meme scene "In case you haven’t noticed, I'm weird. I’m a weirdo. I don't fit in. And I don't want to fit in." This is my first DNF, wow.

it's fine i guess, just not my vibe. Seeing other reviews, yikes. I don't get why the list would have this and not something actually important to hip hop? weird. the only reasons i'm not putting this as 1 is because I'm trying to save those for things I absolutely hate.

So, I listened to this differently than I have any of the previous albums so far. For a first listen I normally am sitting at my computer with either a physical notepad, google docs open, or just the simple notes thing this website provides. However, this time, I just decided to give it a go when I couldn’t get to sleep. Sitting in bed, thinking “I can at least give the first song a try and if I'm not feeling it I’ll listen later.” Surprisingly, maybe, I was like “this is kinda cute and vibey” girlypop, if you will. I honestly liked most of the songs, “Single” and “Flipside” probably being my favorites. I didn’t really vibe with the title track “Walking Wounded” sadly, or the most popular song “Wrong”. They just didn't click with me. I probably won’t come back to it crazy often, but it is a really fun vibe imo. Men I Trust vibes. When trying to see if that band was inspired by this one I typed “Men I Trust Everything But The Girl” into google and nothing came up, google probably thought I lost my mind :( Oddly enough, I got hints of both Faith Hill in “The Heart Remains a Child” and Florence Welch in “Flipside” solely based on vocal performance. Overall: cute album, never will be an all time fave but a fun vibe to come back to every now and then. 4/5

This was really cute! I probably won't come back to it very often, but sometimes I'm in the mood for this type of vibe. My favorites are "Misty Roses", is it wrong to say that one reminds me of the Carpenters?. "Oba Oba" was fun also. "My Foolish Heart" reminded me of Laufey, I wonder if she listens to this album. "You didn't have to be so nice" was also really cute, a little duet with her son I'm assuming. I didn't really care for "Parade", It reminded me too much of "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" and was just repetitive. I want to put this at 4 for vibes, but if I'm being honest it's probably more like a 3.5 or a 3.75 on a good day. I wish this site had half stars.

FIRST LISTEN NOTES CAUSE I'M LAZY RN :D to preface this before i start listening, I might be in a bit of a mood. I'll try to be nice :) 1st Song - The intro feels spacey and also what I'd expect to play before a breaking news segment. Overall the song is fine, i get the lyrics and stuff, I'm just not a 10 minute song girlie. There's a lot of parts in this I honestly do like, and would probably come back to if it was like 5-6 mins. 2nd Song - this is actually kinda fun, ye haw, but i'm not gonna come back to it. 3rd song - (Picture me reluctantly vibing to this, cause i want to be a bitch but it's actually kinda good). I can't tell who's voice this singer reminds me of, my mom would probably be able to tell me. Probably my favorite so far, but same as the first song, why so long? I am dumb, and I do have a goldfish brain, but even with modern artist like Ethel Cain I almost always have to skip once you just hit 2+ mins of no lyrics. 4th Song - Oh, i hate this intro. I like the first verse and metaphors "don’t surround yourself with yourself" is a pretty good lyric, but i hate the da da di di dah or whatever that is. Oh, I liked how the vibe changed like that. Overall a fine song, but rn there's things throwing me off it. If I can get used to Harry Styles scatting and Djo's Billy Joel impression, i should be able to to get used to this...but is there any real reason i should? not really :). It's fine, but just..meh 5th song - Vibes. I'm chilling with this, like the outro. Oddly, in no way that makes any sense, this kinda somehow reminds me of Weyes Blood? I know it's weird. Slay lyrics tho "A peaceful man would realize alone is no adventure" 6th song - same with 3rd song tbh. Lyrically reminds me slightly of Magdalena Bay tho, which is fun. Overall it's fine. I'll give it a solid 3, there's nothing really wrong with it or anything, but like eh. It's fine Again, as i've said with other things, If I met someone who was like "OMFG, MY FAVE ALBUM" sure i'd give it another go, but rn meh. I'll add the 5th song to a playlist tho. (It is funny to think someone is seething rn reading this tho :D)

I had a Wendy's 4 for $4 right before listening :D Before I press play, I have literally no expectations for this. I think I've heard little, if anything, about this artist. Hoping it's good, not expecting anything crazy. Let's go. 1. "No One Receiving" - Meh, I don't hate or love it, I just don't see myself coming back to it. It has elements (hehe) that I like, but it doesn't fully click for me. Like the spacey vibes tho 2. "Backwater" - This is so fucking fun, what the hell? If this album was just this song automatic 5 stars. I love the melody, the way he's singing the lyric is so so fun. "His daughter was slated for becoming divine" is a fun, slightly eerie line. Literally having almost nothing to do with this song, it's funny hearing sausage in a song and it reminds me of a British gaming YouTuber I watch. This song was awesome, I'm now worried the rest will be a let down from this lol. 3. "Kurt's Rejoinder" - You can't tell me Kate Bush didn't listen to this, she must've been influenced 100%. It's fun, but not my fave. My dad would call it demonic tho, which is something. 4. "Energy Fools the Magician" - I'm gonna be a hypocrite here, I really like this even tho it's an instrumental. Strange and creepy, but pretty as fuck. Probably not something I'd go back to individually, but throw the album on and I'm not skipping. 5. "King's Lead Hat" - Love the intro, really really fun and cool song. "All I know and all I have is time and time and tide is on my side" Love this lyric and the way he said it. "Smelly Delhi" is quite yikes tho, but other than that amazing song. THE OUTRO, I'm dead. 6. "Here He Comes" - The last song ending with "it will surely come" intro "Here he comes" are you kidding me? I literally just paused to type that. Okay, I'm contradicting myself again, this instrumental interlude is amazing and beautiful. I really really liked this, not my favorite overall tho. 7. "Julie With" - Atmospheric beginning... ooh this is eerie and quiet. While it's lyrically sparse the way it's sung is so captivating. I really really like this, exactly my type of vibe. 8. "By This River" - Why am I getting Christmas vibes? I like it though, similar to the last song quiet and sparse but this one is reflective and melancholy. This album has been so good so far I'm honestly waiting for something to come up that just ruins it for me. 9. "Through Hollow Lands" - This is pretty, I don't like it as much as the other instrumental. It reminds me of when I used to listen to classical music to focus on homework. I can see myself liking this sometimes, not often tho. 10. "Spider and I" - Last song, I'm nervous. Pretty intro, really pretty and cool, but not my fave off the album. Why is this album so good? Why has no one ever told me about it? Is he one of those "Big in the UK, unknown in the USA type of people? I'm seriously considering giving this 5 stars, I'm blown away. This was so incredibly good, I'm astonished. I kinda want to wait another day and give it another listen or two to like "double check" with myself I actually like it, but you know what? Fuck it, this can be my first 5 star album on here. Holy shit. I'm so incredibly pleasantly surprised.

this one is tricky to me. I think i want to like it more than I actually do. The vibe is cool, I love how the instruments sound, I like her voice, but overall the lyrics aren't my fave tbh. There's something that's just not clicking with me. I did look at Wikipedia and Genius Lyrics for more context, trying to fill in the gaps to maybe like it more, but still I can't find the puzzle piece that's missing for me. It honestly might be because I am a lyrics girlie for the most part. The ones on here just didn't really click with me sadly. They're fine, there's nothing really inherently wrong with them, they're just not really my vibe. I noticed she didn't have writing credits for at least half of the album, which honestly shocked me. Most of the artists I listen to daily are Singer/Songwriter types, like i grew up with that being so cool, so when someone doesn't actually have a hand in writing most of their music it surprises me a little. (I feel the need to say there's nothing wrong with singing songs you didn't write) My favorite is probably "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan", I will 100% come back to this one. "Guilt" was pretty cool too. I think I have to give this a 3/5. Maybe a 3.25/5 if you wanna be technical. there's nothing wrong with it, I like a few songs, but I don't see myself really going back to most of it, sadly. I really do wish I liked this more.

Thoughts before listening: I'm gonna be totally real rn, I'm not exactly looking forward to this. It's just so out of my normal listening atmosphere that I don't think I'm gonna like it much. I totally understand and respect it's influence and impact on hip hop and rap and culture, why it was needed and everything, but idk. At the end of the day I really am just a very basic person, very uncool person, who was sheltered and raised on 2000s country and christian music. I do hope I like it better than I expect to. After listening: I actually do like the production on a lot of this, I'm not musically literate really, but the instrumentals on a lot of the song are fun. I really like the production in "I ain't tha 1" but, since I am a girl, I just can't with the lyrics lol. sorry. The flow and the way they're able to weave rhymes I really do appreciate, I just am a really basic and uncool person at the end of the day. I'm sorry I can't give the Pixies album a 1 because I was grossed out by the misogyny on there and let this one fully slide. I'm gonna give this a 2 because of the cultural significance and it actually has something of importance to say, unlike the pixies album. (This is just my own personal rating, I'm sorry)

Before listening: I literally don't know anyone who listens to them lol. I've honestly barely heard of them, they give dad rock energy, even tho my dad would almost probably hate them. I have no clue what they sound like, I have no expectations. Notes during listening: Fuck, the first song sounds exactly like what a lot of my favorite music sounds like, production wise. I just called this dad music D: 1. "Under the Pressure" - Love the sound, I find the lyrics kinda weak tho, personally 3. "Suffering" - Just on pure vibes, this is my favorite so far. 4. "An Ocean in Between the Waves" - slay, fun song. oh shit that was 7 mins? i didn't even notice. fuck yeah, that guitar is nice 8 "Burning" - Fun song, I love the synth in the back. After Listening: I started getting sleepy towards the end, not of the album I'm just tired. It's 1am lol. This was pretty good overall. I don't know how often I'd really come back to it, it is a little basic to my ears since I've heard the same formula done a thousand different ways at this point, but a solid album nonetheless Favorites: Suffering, An Ocean in Between the Waves, Burning. 4/5 (*maybe* a 3.75/5 if you wanna get really technical)

Before listening: Never heard of them, and looking at the wiki they're a post-punk band with a front woman, sounds interesting. Nothing against the album, but I'm confused why it's not officially on streaming anywhere. I'm interested in what this will sound like After listening: Okay so...I'm not 100% sure of my thoughts. This was interesting. I wasn't actually able to find one song, "stand up", so that is missing from my overall thoughts, but as a whole I think I liked it? or at least I liked what it was attempting and I acknowledge it's not entirely fully formed, as harsh as that might sound? Like, I see what it wants to be, and I see how much better it could be if given a few years? I honestly really want to check out their later stuff now, since this was their first album. I liked lyrics like "so you're in love and I'm indebted always" and "I only love pieces of things that I hate", as simple as they are I think they convey their ideas so succinctly. A harsher, more tragic lyric I liked was "How do they kill children? And why do I want to die? They can no longer move, I can no longer be still" speaking about an issue that's only gotten significantly worse, to the point "significantly" doesn't even feel like it truly encapsulates how awful mass gun violence has gotten. Dealing with the constant tragedies of the world while still trying to battle your own brain, which feels so trivial and unimportant compared to everything else. It's honestly interesting and quite sad how much that lyric still holds up in 2025. Anyway, to get off my high horse, I think I'm going to give this album a 3.75/5 and bump it up to 4. I know that's a bit generous, but this was a really really interesting album and group to look into. Also, I don't believe this list has any more of their albums, so this is my only real chance to give them a rating here. I'm honestly excited to look at more of their stuff. I don't think I will come back to this one too much though, just because of how difficult it is to access. Fave songs: "Green" and "Delicate Cutters"

I know I've had to have heard a Frank Sinatra song before, but I could not list one off the top of my head. I know what his voice sounds like tho. First Listen Notes: 1. "The Girl from Ipanema" - wait, wtf. I know this melody, SZA must've interpolated it for "BMF". This is so strange to hear lol. It's actually throwing me so off hearing it like this. Cute song tho. 4. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" - This one is cute, I like the imagery The instrumentation is nice overall. I can imagine times when this could be the vibe i'm looking for, but it's 100% not something I'm gonna come back to often. The honest rating is 2.5/5

Time is such a weird thing. Have you ever thought about what albums would've been popular when your parents were your age? I do every now and then. When this album came out my dad would've been basically the same age I am right now, only a year older. Mid to late 20's is such a weird age. I don't believe he ever listened to this though, he was more into Pink Floyd and ACDC, though he says it's all demonic now. A lot of people tend to like the music of their teens, so this probably came out too late for him to enjoy. I think I've only really heard one Nirvana song before. The one that everyone knows. I know my younger brother got into their stuff when he was around 15, but no one ever really played music aloud (don't anger dad), so I never heard it. I'm interested but nervous to actually listen, since they're so iconic. This means I actually have to form an opinion on them. Listening notes: 4th song - Production is really nice, but I won't be coming back to this for pretty obvious reasons. The same reasons I tend to skip Tori Amos' "Me and a Gun", which interestingly would've came out just the year before this album, and Samia's "Breathing Song". I think this song is less intense, lyrically, than the other two, but it's just a subject that I am well aware of and don't need constant reminders of lol. It's why I put this album off for like 3 days lol. All love tho Faves: Heart-Shaped Box, Francis Farmer, Pennyroyal Tea, All Apologies. Overall, I think my opinions are a little mixed. I get why they are so revered, but it is slightly outside of my normal listening soundscape. I think I'm going to end up giving this a few more listens, except for track 4 sorry, and pick out my faves from there but I don't think I'm going to go back to the album as a whole personally. Shout out scoliosis and anemia 3.75/5

Before listening: I don't think I've ever heard a song from them before. Ngl, it doesn't look very interesting to me. Not entirely looking forward to this, but it's on the list and I'm gonna try my best to have an open mind, Listening Notes: 1. "Prowler" Well, lyrically I hate the vibes. I'm always shocked when I listen to old Punk and Metal and it's as tame sonically as it is. Like, I've listened to harder sounding stuff than this from time to time. 2. "Remember Tomorrow" - Better than the first song, but just okay overall 3. "Running Free" - Dad Rock, I'm bored :( Second half's guitar is good tho 4.Phantom of the Opera" - the rhythm structure of the lyrics is interesting. I think I like this one well enough, a little background music sounding due to all the guitar solos, but overall a little fun. 5. Transylvania" - I've not read Dracula yet :( I did get to Frankenstein finally this year, it was so good. Oh, the song is fine too. Don't hate it, don't love it 6. "Strange World" - Cool guitars, interesting vibe. Yeah, I really like this one, best song so far. It's weird and creepy in an atmospheric way, instead of a sex pest way. Good song 7. Charlotte the Harlot - Well...the guitars and melody are cool. I hate it otherwise. 8. Iron Maiden - I'm just bored. It feels like roller-coaster theme park commercial music Debating on giving this a 2 or 3. I think I want to reserve 3's for albums I liked more than this. This was mainly just kinda boring to me, sorry lol. I did really like Strange World tho, Phantom of the Opera was cool but I don't see myself returning to it. 2.5, i guess

meh, this album was fine I guess? I was just bored, i actually started falling asleep lol. Love is Vain was cool, I liked it's blues vibes. You Got the Silver was nice. I actually liked the production on Monkey Man, but the lyrics don't grab me. I've heard "You Can't Always Get What You Want" before as a kid, it's quite familiar. It's fine, i like it well enough. I think I only really vibe with 2 or 3 songs on here. That's only 1/3 lol. I probably have to give it a 2 just because of that. 2.5/5

this was an interesting one. I don't think I've heard any of their songs before, I'm American and was raised pretty sheltered. Plus this came out before I was born. I wouldn't say the lyrics are my favorite, at least not across the album as a whole. Same with his voice. But there's an odd interesting quality to it that intrigues me. I did like the production a whole lot tho. I think I'm going to be nice and just put this at 4 instead of 3. I might regret that in the future, but it was interesting overall and I might come back to it more often than other albums I've gotten so far. Some lyrics "Why live in the world when you can live in your head" "I want a refund, I want a light" I typically only have 5 brain cells working at a time, but they're all on Christmas break at the moment :( I'm like 4 albums behind on this, I've just been really really sad lately lol.

I'm behind by nearly a week, so I'm gonna try to knock a few of these out now at 1am :D Before Listening: I know I've heard at least one song by these guys. I recognize the cover. Years ago, in like 2018, I went through the billboard charts from the 50s-70s and made playlists of songs I liked. By the time I got to the 80s my little baby christian brain was quite scandalized. I had some growing up to do. I don't often go back to those playlists now, but I have a love for the time and energy I put into them. First Listen Notes: 1. That was really really pretty. Normally not an instrumental person, but that was an beautiful and fun introduction to the album 2. "Smiling Phases" - Am I crazy to say this is reminding me of Credence Clearwater Revival? If I'm wrong, I am quite tired at the moment, to be fair. I was vibing before the instramental break, but it kinda took me out of the song. Okay overall. 3. "Sometimes in Winter" - Now this voice is reminding me of Gordon Lightfoot lol. I really really really like this one! Lowkey and chill with the melancholy vibe i love so much. This is 1000% going on a playlist somewhere 4. "More and More" - This one is okay, I don't hate it but I don't love it. I really liked the lyric and flow of "If from my life ,You ever decided to go, It would destroy in a second, What took a lifetime to mold". Might not come back to it often, but it's fine. 5. "And When I Die" - Interesting song. The production is throwing me off a bit, I think I need to sit with this one a bit longer but I like the lyric "I can swear there ain't no Heaven, But I pray there ain't no Hell". Interesting song. 7. 'Spinning Wheel" - I love the horns. I wish more modern music had brass sections, I think it's coming back a little. This song was cool, not my fave but it was fun. 8. "You've Made me So Very Happy" - The song I've heard before! This was one of my faves on my 60s playlist. Beautiful production, super fun sound. Simple lyrics, but the vocals sell it. I love it. okay now to rate the album...well. The vibes overall were fine, I didn't love all of it. I don't know if this is an album I'd come back to in full. I think It's one that could grow on me if I let it. For now, I'm probably gonna give it a 3 tho. I'm trying to be realistic with my ratings. Faves: "Sometimes in Winter" and "You Make Me So Very Happy" My ratings (as of right now) explained 1 - Hate It. Possibly didn't even finish. Truly awful 2 - It's fine...I guess? I just really really didn't vibe with it for one reason or another 3 - I liked this well enough, I see it's merit for being on the list, but Idk if I'll come back 4 - I actually really enjoyed this. I might come back to the album as a whole, but maybe not too often 5 - OMG? This is amazing? I practically loved this. Subject to change :D

everything I just typed got deleted :( plus I have a headache and my scoliosis is really hurting my back :( I started to listen to this the other day but realized it wasn't hitting so I decided to paused and come back to it. I'm glad I did that cause I'm vibing with it a little more today. I've probably said numerous times before that I'm not really an instrumental/ambient person. So, while they were cool to hear the fact that they made up a majority of the album probably means I'm just not gonna end up coming back to it often. I really loved "Golden Hours", I really liked "St. Elmo's Fire" and I oddly liked "I'll Come Running". Other than those 3 songs, and maybe "Everything Merges with the Night", I don't see myself listening to this again. It was cool to hear it at least once tho. 3/5

it's chrimmy, sleigh

Before Listening: I'm not entirely looking forward to this. From what I've heard of them before it's not really my vibe. My mom loves this band, or at the very least really likes the song Jump. When I told her I didn't like it a few years ago she was flabbergasted. Listen Notes I like the original "You Really Got Me Better". This version feels more bland, surprisingly. I actually really like production of "Ain't Talking About Love" but I hate the vocal performance and lyrics. "Ice Cream Man" makes me want to rate this as 1. If there's a hell, this song plays on loop there alongside dance monkey. "Jamie's Crying", "Atomic Punk", and "Little Dreamer" actually aren't bad Overall, I don't hate the production, even tho it can get a little bland at times. Lyrically, this album sucks for the most part, sorry mom. I don't see myself coming back to this at all, even the songs I didn't mind. Very much not my vibe.

Before listening: Seeing this pop up made me really excited! Once upon a time, 5 years ago, I knew someone on discord who LOVED the cure. Not sure where dude is now, but hopefully doing good. I never listened to the back back then, wasn't too interested in exploring older stuff, was more trying to focus on finding my music taste in modern music. Now that that is established, it's fun trying to find stuff to like from the olden days. I really hope this album clicks with me, even if I doesn't I might end up checking out their most popular one later today just because their vibe interests me so much rn. After listening: I really like this! I didn't love it, I think it's just a little too proto for me to fully love, but this was a really great listen! I'm super excited to check out more of their stuff. You don't even know how excited I got when I checked the genius annotations and saw Albert Camus mentioned? I love nerdy shit like that. on a tangent :D Lately It feels like every dude's a gym bro who takes pride in being stupid and mean. Where are the nerds who love literature, philosophy, and music, and yearn super hard? (I'm mostly being silly, of course, but like...) (reality is i just don't leave the house much :D). I've been in a weird ass mood lately, so don't mind me. Faves: "M" "Play for Today" and "At Night" excited to listen to their other stuff! 4/5

I am not looking forward to this, what I've heard from them before I haven't cared for. This is the last album I'm behind on tho, so might as well get it out of the way now. Maybe I'm actually in for a treat. The music is fine, I guess. Reading through the genius annotations, I really don't like these dudes lol. At least not how they're portrayed there. Oddly a lot of parallels to today's world, the type of attitude of people I just don't fuck with. I was gonna try to give this a 3, but I don't think I can. 2.5/5 is the best I can do. Even on songs like "Listen to My Heart", which lyrically I was vibing with, it just felt like the same instrumental for the 5th time in a row. Then the nazi shit? really really weird, not in a good way.

It's fine. The music is fun and everything. I am lyrics based person, and since I sadly only speak English it's just not clicking with me. That's not an issue with the album, it's a me problem

Mostly cool i guess, I like how it felt very spacey at times, but I don't think I'd come back to it. What the actual fuck was "untitled"?

Before listening: I don't know if I've ever heard a song by them before. I've obviously seen the album cover and stuff scrolling, it's been offhandedly recommenced to me in the vague sense of "2000s music", a time period I just really don't listen to much. I would've been in 1st or 2nd grade when this came out, so there would be no way for me to hear it then. I kinda hope I at least like it somewhat. 1. Time to Pretend - I've probably heard this on a commercial or movie. The vibes are fun, the lyrics are meh. OH The 2nd verse I've heard of TikTok. 2. "Weekend Wars - Oh I like the sound of this, has Cage the Elephant vibes. Not vibing with the lyrics again lol 3. "Youth" - It's fine, I don't love or hate it. Wow tho, the optimism of the late 2000s to early 2010s really was something else. 4. "Electric Feel" - Okay, this one's actually really fun. Simple, but the production is nice and vibey 5. "Kids" - It's fine, the instrumental break is fun 6. "4th Dimensional Transition" - Okay, this one is cool. I like how the vocals end up in the background at one point with intense drumming in the forefront. 7. "Pieces of What" - Probably the best song on the album so far, I really like it. 8. "Of Moons, Birds, & Monsters" - Actually, I spoke too soon. This is the best one so far. I really like it, it's really cool. 9. "The Handshake" - This one is cool too. 10. "Future Reflections" - This one is pretty good too I think if this album was more like the 2nd half throughout it would be more my vibe. The first few songs, except for Electric Feel were meh to me. I'll probably come back to some of it, but not the album as a whole. 3.5/5

Wow, I'm actually really shocked by this album. I really really liked it as a whole. I got 6 songs in and was really truly hoping something sexist or awful wouldn't pop up, and guess what? It didnt! Which feels like a huge win for the 1960s. I loved the sound overall, except Holiday in Waikiki didn't really click with me. "Rosy Won't You Please Come Home" is so sweet and sad, "Session Man" was fun af, "Rainy Day in June" was so atmospheric, I loved it! the fact that they had thunder in the background. "Little Miss Queen of Darkness" was cool, "Sunday Afternoon" I swear I've heard before, and ending with "I'll Remember" is iconic. I really didn't expect to like this so much, it's literally a vibe (almost) the whole way through, It's fantastic! I've not had an album spawn here that I've liked this much and I'm feeling generous. 4.75/5

Hmm, I'm a little mixed on how I feel about this album. It took a few songs to start clicking with me. There were a few I really enjoyed "Are You Experienced", "The Wind Cries Mary", "May This be Love", and "Love or Confusion", but I didn't love the album as a whole. I understand the appeal, the guitars and everything are honestly really cool and pretty at times, but there's something that's just not fully clicking with me. I know how Iconic this is considered tho, so I wish I liked it more 3.75./5

It's fine, I guess? I'm just really really bored

Before listening: I think the only Metallica song I've heard before was in Stranger Things season 4. The one Eddie liked. 1. "Enter Sandman" - I've heard the title countless times before, but didn't think I'd know it? Maybe it was in a commercial or something cause it is familiar. I like it pretty well tho. When the vocals first came in it wasn't my favorite but it grew on me over the course of the song. I really like the production and the lyrics are fun. 2. "Sad but True" - Eh, this one isn't hitting for me. Just kinda boring. Sorries 3. "Holier Than Thou" - This ones fun, but not top tier for me. I like the guitars a lot 4. "The Unforgiven" - Really pretty intro, wtf? I wish the whole song was sung like the chorus. Interesting song, I think I like it. 5. "Wherever I May Roam" - This one is fun 6. "Don't Tread on Me" - I'm gonna be honest, this is cringe. Slay if it's your vibe and you can have fun with it, I guess. It just feels like what ICE blares as they assault yet another U.S. citizen and pepper spray babies, in a ironic kind of way i guess. It's just cringe. 7. 'Through The Never" - Oh, I like the intro. It's fun. This one is cool overall. 8. "Nothing Else Matters" - Oh, I really like this one! 9. "Of Wolf and Man" - This is really silly, but I think It's meant to be lol. It's kinda fun. I really like the instrumentation 10. "The God That Failed" - Fuck, dude. The story behind this is awful. Luckily my parents were never into that kinda of craziness, but wow. 11. "My Friend of Misery" Really pretty intro. This one is fine overall. 12. "The Struggle Within" - I don't care for the rhythm of this one :/ If the production was gone about in a different way I'd probably like it more. Even tho I didn't hate it, I'm kinda glad the album is over. I don't think I'm gonna come back to this too often, the vocals really aren't my vibe for the most part. I think I'm gonna give this a 4 instead of a 3 cause I get why it's on the list. I like the overall production, instrumentals, and lyrics. Change the vocals and remove track 6, I think I'd love this. My favorite is probably Enter Sandman, basic I know. 3.75/5

I was raised on country, so I have a nostalgic view of this despite never having heard this album. It just feels very nice and calm. I don't think I'll go back to it much, if ever. Maybe a song or two like "Lonely Street" or "The Twenty-Fourth Hour". It definitely wasn't an amazing album, but I really enjoyed giving it a listen, despite some moralistic lyrics.

Before listening: Didn't grow up on this like most people probably did. 1. "Like a Rolling Stone" - I think I heard this in a commercial when that movie came out a few years ago. I like the intro, it's pretty. Songs good overall too 2. "Tombstone Blues" - I like this one, it's cool. I don't have the brain power at the moment to actually dive into all the lyrical meaning, but from what I understand I like. 3. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" - I like this one 4. "From a Buick 6" - this one is fine, don't hate it don't love it 5. "Ballad of a Thin Man" - Oooh, this one is really really cool. I like! 6. "Queen Jane Approximately" - this one is also cool lol 7. "Highway 61 Revisited" - Lmfao, this one is so fun! I really like. 8. "Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues" - Pretty intro, I really liked this one! 9. "Desolation Row" - I also really liked this, I liked all the references to different people and characters. Even tho this is quite a long song, it doesn't get too tiring Overall, I actually ended up liking this more than I thought I would. I can see myself coming back to this album as a whole every now and then. It's always fun to find an album through here that you end up actually enjoying. 4.5/5

what the actual fuck is happening? am I being tortured? is this hell? I'm so confused, what did I do to deserve this? This was put on this list as a prank, right?

My dad's fave band before he became a christian nationalist, slay. (He thinks they're of the devil now) I've never really heard them in full before. 1. 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond" - Fucking amazing guitars, wow. The sax is sick. Overall I really like this, but don't love. really cool 2. "Welcome to the Machine" - Woah, this sounds really eerie, I love it. Oooh, the guitars (maybe synths and I'm dumb) coming in then oscillating was super cool. I really really liked this one! 3. "Have a Cigar" - smoking is bad for you >:( Wait, why is this reminding me of the Eagles lol. This one's cool, I like. 4. Wish You Were Here - Oh this is really pretty and cool. I really really like! 5. "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" - This one didn't hit me the same way the first parts did, but still good I'm actually pleasantly surprised by this. I kinda expected to be more "meh" on this, but it was actually really good. I don't think it's one i'd go back to crazy often, but every now and then it could be a fun musical journey. Slay. too bad my dad went his own type of crazy and I can't be like "hey dad, look what I listened to!" please don't put religion over your kids folks lol. 4.5/5

I have literally no idea what I expect from this album. The barely tiny hint of an idea came from a comment under a Saya Gray song which said she went all rush at the end. If it's like that this might be a vibe. 1. "Tom Sawyer" - Oh this is really cool? wtf? I like 2. "Red Barchetta" - This one's okay. I like the sound more than I like the lyrics. Lyrics are meh/fine 3. "YYZ" - I'm not sure I'll ever get used to the fact that people say "zed" instead of "zee". Not saying it's wrong, neither are wrong, it's just so strange to my brain. Oh, and the song's fine. Not amazing, not bad. 4. "Limelight" - This one's really cool! I love the instrumentation! The lyrics are interesting, maybe my fave so far. 5. "The Camera Eye" - This one's fine. It sounds cool, but didn't grab me lyrically. 6. "Witch Hunt" - This one was cool, I liked 7. "Vital Signs" - This one's good, maybe the 2nd best on here? A lot of the sounds on this album feel familiar in a comforting way. Like, none of this sounds new to me, but it sounds good. Like it's something I've heard my whole life, even tho I've never heard it before. From the guitars, the synths, the singing, etc. I think that's the main reason I like it as much as I do. I'm not sure how often I'd actually come back to this, but I did genuinely enjoy it overall. That was a pleasant surprise.

I had no idea what to expect going into this. A few tracks in I was having fun and vibing, halfway through I was thinking "this is probably a 4, this is so fun and cool", 3/4th of the way through I started debating myself on if I should give this a 5. It'd be crazy to give it a 5, right? Well... I wish I took notes as I listened, but It's 2am at the moment, and I wasn't sure if I'd care enough to. I ended up grabbing a post it note pad to write down anything I knew I'd want to mention. The guitars and production, synths and sax here and there, it was all so so fun! I loved it. The way she says "rats" on "I can't do anything" and honestly just that whole entire song was so so fun and great! "Identity"...fucking wow. the line "before you read about it" floored me. The song "Germfree Adolescents" was amazing, I loved it. If she thinks she's seen too many ads in 1977 in "plastic bag" I'd fear for what she'd think now. I know I would've had more to say if i actually took notes, but I didn't lol. This album was better than I could've expected, the production, the lyrics, the overall vibes. Honestly fantastic. Maybe I shouldn't...but I do think I'm giving this a 5. I don't think i'll come back to it like everyday or anything like that, but this will be so so fun to revisit when I do. slay

What a confusing album. It's not bad, it's just all covers from what I can tell. Songs I already know and like better from their original singer. Dusty's voice is great, but I see no reason to listen to these over the originals. I'm a little disappointed to not hear original songs.

Pretty good album. It took me a minute to get into it because it's not the kind of vibe I'm craving right now. I kinda want to hear loud, somewhat angry and sad stuff rn, and this is kind of the opposite of that. It's good at being that tho. My favorite was probably "So in Love", very vibey, very cute! I'm not sure I'll come back to this too often, but I am glad to have heard it. I'm pretty sure this is one of Hozier's influences, and, wow, I really hear that here. 4/5

I'm gonna be so real, I didn't pay attention to the lyrics at all. That is very unlike me to do, but this being a 2 hour album by a band I was hearing for the first time there would be no other way for me to get through it without just kinda going by vibes. The vibes were nice, I have to say. I liked most of how this sounded, not the biggest fan of the singers voice but it was fine enough. Really like the instrumentation. I maybe probably shouldn't give this a 4, since I didn't exactly fully pay attention, but I will. I've known *of* this album for a while, always been intrigued by the name and cover. I knew It would never live up to what I wanted it to be, but for what it is, it is pretty good

So, I was actually assigned 2 Paul Simon albums back to back. Since I'm behind, I decided to listen to the earlier one first. I'm honestly glad I did that, cause I liked it better. Felt like a better intro. This album is good/fine, but doesn't grab me like the other one does. I still like his voice, I find the overtly 80s sound very fun, but there's just something missing. I can't say what it is. Fave songs: When Numbers Get Serious, Late Great Johnny Ace

I actually really liked this one. I kinda wish it was somewhat more lyrically deep, but it's good enough. I really liked his voice, which I wasn't expecting and I also loved the instrumentation. Excited to hear more of his stuff 4.25/5

Okay an interesting one. I've literally never heard of these guys before, maybe cause I'm American? idk. I didn't hate this, there's a lot of sounds in this that I really enjoy in music I already love, but this one isn't entirely clicking with me. It's fine, there's nothing inherently bad about it, but I just don't see myself pressing play on this ever again. There's so many other versions of these sounds I already love. (I only listened to songs 1-9 because that's the original tracklist)

It's fine, it's just not my vibe. I'm not big on 2000s music. Her voice is pretty/cool tho.

I actually like this pretty well. Very vibey, very cool. slay

Is this an album that I'm probably gonna go back to? No, honestly probably not. But holy fuck the storytelling is insane on this, it genuinely got my teary a few times. I've known Kendrick is iconic, like duh, but holy shit. I entirely understand why this is on the list, it's an album that needed to exist. The reason I'll probably not go back to this is just cause it's not my vibe for the most part. It's also so incredibly sad lol, it feels like a heavy weight on my chest. If I do go back to any songs it'd probably be "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe", "Real", and "Now or Never". Maybe "Swimming Pools (Drank)" too. Normally I don't listen to the Deluxe versions of albums on here, but it's Kendrick so I had to. "Now or Never" is such a great song, oh my god. Like, after all the events of the album it's just breathing new life into you.

starts fine, but begins getting boring by the 3rd song. feels like flipping through radio stations or skipping through random songs on spotify. If this was more concise and thought out there might actually be a good album here, but it just feels like someones notes app. It needed more time to cook. Since everything is so short it feels like an album full of interludes

this is fine, I guess. It just sounds like I'm listening to a soundtrack to a musical, but I'm not too interested in the story. Probably won't listen to it again

I've obviously heard "Rikki Don't Loose That Number" before. Growing up the 2000s my parents had the oldies station on while getting ready for school and that played often on it so it's a bit nostalgic. "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" is a fun, chill one. "With a Gun" has no right to be as jovial and fun as it is. Overall, actually pretty good. Compared to some of the albums on this list it'd be a 5, but for within my own personal taste it's about a 3.5 or 4

Wow, "More Than a Feeling" is so iconic and euphoric. I love that song so so much! "Peace of Mind" is also really great and fun. after those first two I kinda just got bored :( I honestly wish I liked it more, sorries. it's just fine overall

this exists. i'm bored

So, not a bad album overall. I can see myself coming back to it a little bit, but I'm not like super impressed by it. it's okay/good. My favorite song was probably "No Expectations" and "Salt of The Earth". "Stray Cat Blues" is a really really fucked up song and it made me debate giving this a 2

This is my 2nd Tom Waits album. I am not any more impressed than the first time. The first song sounds like "This Is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas, a movie I really don't care about. I will probably never like an album by this man, sorry I saw someone online say Cameron Winter's voice reminds them of Tom Waits, and in reading this I first thought they were crazy but my second thought was "huh, okay, maybe I'll give Tom Waits another try." Yeah, still no thank you.

Okay so, I've actually heard this album once before. I had added it to my playlist, but failed to go back to it because of the song "For Her", it was...really intense and I felt bad skipping it but also didn't want to subject myself to it all that often so I just didn't. I know that might sound bad, but like idk. Sometimes I don't want to be reminded of how awful humans can be. The song itself is really good tho. Now, on re listen I want to hit play on the whole thing again. I honestly really liked it overall! I did the first time too tho lol. "I Want You To Want Me" is so so good! The line in under the table "I would beg to disagree but begging disagrees with me" is iconic. "Newspaper", "Heavy Balloon", and "Cosmonauts" were my other faves. This isn't my favorite Fiona Apple album, that would probably be "When The Pawn..." or "Extraordinary Machine". I'm not sure where I would rank this among the rest. I was gonna give this a 4, but since my favorites aren't on here I'm probably just gonna give this a 5 in their place. Pretends it's a 4.5

My first full Queen album I'm every listening to! I'm excited! I hope it's good! Obviously I've heard songs here and there before, but never an album of theirs in full. Holy shit, so I expected this to be good but I didn't expect it to be this good? I'm genuinely shocked? The run from "Orge Battle" to "The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke" to "Nevermore" is so so good! This whole album was so far beyond what I was expecting, wow. I now understand why people have said The Last Dinner Party is reminiscent of them

i'm just bored

this one is fine. I'm not sure I'll really come back to it much, but I don't mind it. My favorite songs were probably "Driving Along" and "Moonbeam Song" I cannot for the life of me figure out where I've heard "Coconut" before. I feel like it was on a cartoon, like Adventure Time or something but idk

Hmmm, okay this is an interesting one. It's more my typically vibe, but I've only every heard "Heads Will Roll" before. It reminds me of Florence and The Machines first two albums very very slightly. I think this is one that could grow on me. I actually really ended up liking most of it, which I wasn't expecting. I think my faves at the moment are "Soft Shock", "Dragon Queen", and "Hysteric". This is an album I can see myself coming back to somewhat often

i bored

this is fine, I guess. I don't really see myself coming back to it tho. It's just generic 80s music, it's fine. The only thing I'd known of these guys before is the Taylor Swift lyric "drowning in The Blue Nile, he sent me Downtown Lights" on "Guilty As Sin" (great taylor swift song), but the one she's referencing is not even on this one.

actually surprisingly good

hearing "Summertime Blues" like this after growing up on the Alan Jackson version is so strange otherwise I'm lowkey bored, oops

kind of iconic

Huh, I actually liked this more than I expected to? But I didn't love it. I like the sound of it, and I might go back to it every now and then, but I highly doubt it'll ever be a favorite. 3.5

this exists and i'm bored

3.75 this is weird, I like it, thank you very much I don't think I'd ever heard Solsbury Hill before, like not in full, but it is so so so nostalgic to me it's insane. It's far from the type of music my parents would listen to, so I know I didn't hear it from them but I guess just commercials and movie trailers. Holy iconic song tho. The rest of the album was pretty good. Some ups and down, but an overall good listen.

this is cool and all, i just don't really vibe with live albums

I like the sound of the guitars, and instruments overall, but I don't really vibe with the vocalist and the lyrics are mostly boring 2.5, i guess

Very good. I like I did start feeling it's runtime drag on towards the end, but nevertheless a great album

what

So i actually really like the sound of this, but lyrically it's just fine. Nothing stood out to me or anything, but still good overall

idk dude, sure

Before listening: Even tho I really didn't vibe with "Doolittle", I truly am hoping this album hits me differently. I like lowkey wanna like their stuff, but like I'm not gonna force it. so here we go 1. Cecilia Ann - I really like how this sounds 2. Rock Music - Honestly, I don't even hate the vocals of this. If there were lyrics that I could care about maybe I'd like it better 3. Velouria - ooh, okay vocals. I really like this. The perfect amount of weird, without being yikes the way old rock has a habit of being. really fun and pretty and cool, slay 4. Allison - okay I kinda love this one? It's short but so punchy and fun. 5. Is She Weird - So, I actually love the sound of this. Lyrically...eh 6. Ana - LOVE the guitar at the beginning, holy shit. pls be a good song. okay, dreamy vibes/vocals. Pretty good actually. Not as amazing as I'd hoped, but yeah I really like this one 7. All Over The World - Sounds cool, I really like that one repeating guitar part. Otherwise just okay. 8. Dig For Fire - Eh 9. Down to the Well - Oh, i actually really like how this sounds. Sounds cool. Not the style of vocals I tend to prefer, but it really makes this song 10. The Happening - I like the start. oooh, this one is really cool, i really like 11. Blown Away - okay 12. Hang Wire - meh, not my vibe 13. Stormy Weather - eh, kinda boring 14. Havalina - eh, it's okay i guess Okay, so this wasn't as bad as Doolittle. I'm honestly glad. I might have to go back to that one day with a fresh perspective, but not anytime soon. I wish I got this album first lol. I really do like the sound of the instruments/production. Since I'm a lyrics girlie, I wish there was better lyric accompanying them, but you can only ask for so much I guess.

I'm not sure if I ever heard a full song by them on purpose. Growing up the only thing I ever heard about them is how evil they are, how ozzy osbourne is evil, etc. My dad got so furious at Hannah Montana for ever mentioning him. That's my main background on these guys. I've probably heard something somewhere in passing tho. 1. War Pigs - I'm honestly surprised that his voice sounds like this. I'm used to a somewhat grating voice from this style of music. Maybe i'm just getting used to it? I'm actually really vibing with this tho. Plus cool guitars, yeah this is nice. Fuck it, I really like this song 2. Paranoid - Yeah, I think I've heard this on youtube "top songs of 1970s" list or something like that. Not bad, pretty good. 3. Planet Caravan - This one is cool. I wish the vocals weren't so low in the mix, but I understand it's a stylistic choice. Considering I love shoegaze and dream pop, this honestly has a good possibility of growing on me. What a pretty guitar at the end 4. Iron Man - This ones is fine. The sound is cool, but I'm eh on the lyrics. Nice guitar solo tho 5. Electric Funeral - Idk if it's a guitar effect or vocal effect, but I love the riff. it almost sounds like it's saying "woah woah woah woah woah". This is cool. Not a fan of the "electric funeral" part, but otherwise nice. 6. Hand of Doom - so i lowkey zoned out on this one, but it wasn't bad 7. Rat Salad - cool 8. Fairies Wear Boots - oop, homophobia. cool guitars tho I surprisingly really liked this? I actually like his voice, the guitars were really fun and cool, the lyrics weren't totally stupid. Fuck it, this might be a 5. I like it better than some other things I've rated 4 and I can honestly see myself replaying this. wow, really cool

sure, why not

I don't think I've ever heard a song by this band. This is a band I've only ever vaguely heard about, and I actually thought they were more modern, like king gizzard (another band I basically know nothing about), until I read "remarkably bright creatures" last year and realized they like super old. Even the genre tags are surprising to be, I didn't expect these guys to be Folk/Country. I'm really not sure if i'll like it or not, but only one way to see... 1. Box of Rain - is the one voice supposed to only be in one ear? I don't think it's my headphones. songs fine, nothing special otherwise. 2. Friend of the Devil - it's fine I think unless I'm like blown away by a song, or hate it, I'm not gonna go one by one anymore "Candyman" - Okay, I really hate this one, thanks "Til the Morning Comes" - actually not too bad, so far the only one I can see myself coming back to. thank fuck i'm almost done tho okay, "tuckin" isn't too bad. I mustve heard it somewhere before Overall - this is fine, I guess. It just got more boring as it went on. The only song I can see myself coming back to is "Til the Morning Comes", and maaaaybe "Truckin'" if I'm in a really odd mood, but everything else idk. It's just fine. Not offensive to my ears, but not stimulating in any way

So this is my 2nd album by this band. I actually liked the 1st one, "Moving Pictures", well enough. I've not been back to it tho. Even tho I do like the guitars/sound, seeing the way some people hate things just kinda makes me hesitant to return to it unless I really really really liked or loved it. So, what do I think of this album? If it was only the "second half", after that 20 minute song, I'd probably give it 4 stars. I really liked those songs. However, the Ayn Rand of it all makes me have to put this at a 3 at maximum. I wish there wasn't a whole thing for her, but i guess there is. I really really liked the song Twilight Zone, and everything other than the 20 minute monstrosity was good

If I'm being honest, I am so very not in the mood for this challenge rn. However, I'm already super behind like crazy, so i need to keep working on catching up. Hopefully my sour mood won't ruin my first impressions of the albums, but it might. I'm not gonna do a song by song for this since it is so long, I'll only mention songs that stand out to me for one reason or another. The overture was really nice sounding tho 5 songs in a i'm already wishing this was over... This is probably the worst album to be introduced to this band with. I'm really torn between giving this 2 or 3 stars. I like the sound a lot, but holy fuck it's so long and i'm just not vibing with the story/lyrics overall. If I could do 2.5 I would.

before listening: I vaguely know of this artist, never listened to anything in full. I think he has a song with Cage the Elephant? Anyway, hopefully it's good, still in the bad mood I mentioned in my last notes 1. E-Pro - This is fine, i'm not amazed by it, but don't hate it 2. Que' Onda Guero - eh. I like the chaotic, lifelike vibe of it, but it's not one I can see myself just listening to 3. Girl - I actually like this one a lot 4. Missing - meh, this one is fine 5. Black Tambourine - This one is okay, could grow on me 6. Earthquake Weather - Oooh, I really like this one! 7. Hell Yes - eh, no thank you 8. Broken Drum - I really like this one 9. Scarecrow - this one is fine 10. Go It Alone - this one is also fine 11. Farewell Ride - eh, not my vibe 12. Rental Car - this one is fine 13. Emergency Exit - Again, this one is fine So, overall the album is just fine. I probably won't come back to it as a whole, but there are a few songs I won't mind revisiting

I've never heard anything by Elliott Smith before, but I've heard of him. Phoebe Bridgers is one of my favorites, and I think it's well known how much of an inspiration he was to her, so I'm super excited to check out this album! I don't think It'll end up in my top faves, but I hope I like it well enough So I put this on while doing other thing, still paying attention to the lyrics and everything, just not taking notes. This sounds kinda different than I expected it to. I actually really really like the sound more than I thought I would. I debating putting this at 5... for my normal music taste, it's not a 5. it'd be like a 7/10. For this challenge tho... it's like a 9/10. I can see myself coming back to this pretty often. There's just something about it. Fuck it, why not. 5, but really 4.5

My 100th Album! Yay! I've never actually heard this album in full before. I didn't even really hear the title track until a few years ago, my mom HATES Madonna. Like, truly hates her. From what I've heard of her, I have a bit of a mixed opinion, but her music is just generally fun. 1. Like A Prayer - Iconic and fun! Not a fave of mine, but I get it. I do think that it's a minute too long, if i'm being honest 2. Express Yourself - This is fine, it's fun. Idk why it's reminding me of Barbie for some reason? 3. Love Song - Eh, not my vibe 4. Till Death Do Us Part - Ooooh this is pretty! I really like this one! 5. Promise To Try - 6. Cherish - Fun and cute! I really like this one! 7. Dear Jessie - Kate Bush cloudbusting synths, slay. This one is just fine. 8. Oh Father - might grow on me 9. Keep It Together - This one is fun 10. Spanish Eyes - 11. Act of Contrition - oh, this is creepy lol. Kinda gave me a headache Overall, a pretty fun album. I can see why it's on this list. I can see why she got to the level of fame she was at, and still kind is to this day. I'll probably come back to this every now and then, I found a good handful of fun pop songs to play!