She got the Mercedes Benz “UGH”. Sequencing and flow sucks, but some good tracks.
1. The last resort
2. Try and love
3. Wasted time (reprise)
Absolute fire
Realized I had never listened to a full rush album before. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would, ended up listening to all the live cuts on the anniversary edition too.
Obviously it’s a big influential record, and there are some great songs on it, but a lot of it feels stuck in it’s era instead of timeless. Also not a fan of prince going shriek mode
My #3 AF album, it’s banger after banger.
Would’ve been a 3 if it wasn’t for the blasphemy.
Supreme
It was fine, inoffensive and some sounds were interesting, inclusion of bird chirps was nice comedic relief. Overall just kind of boring.
Thoroughly enjoyed. I definitely want to make some time to look a bit deeper into their stuff.
Half the songs are pretty interesting, and half sound like they were made for Madagascar The Game for GameCube, not necessarily derogatory.
One of the albums that put me on the path of discovering music as a youngin. Easiest 5
If Help! became a band and only had access to a potato to record its music you’d have this record. Zilch was great though
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I’m sure some people probably hate how long and drawn out a lot of the songs are, but the atmosphere is exactly what makes me love this album. Almost feels like I lose track of how far into the album I am, but also don’t really care.
The piano accents on weather storm sound like they were taken straight from breath of the wild. Otherwise even though it’s non offensive I’ve just never been able to click with massive attack. This album made me feel like it was 2am in a sleazy bar and I didn’t belong there.
Bjück
I love this. I listened to it 4 times. Thrasher, powderfinger, sail away, the opening and closing tracks, it was all so well done. I definitely was not ready for Neil young even a year ago but I just connected with this for some reason now.
Pretty good, a little slow at points but I feel it’s one of those albums I could grow to like if I really tried. The last song was a standout to me, I found it had a progression very similar to death cab.
I listened to it twice and liked it enough, although it felt like every other song was just a less good version of Sultans.
This album is so good that wonderwall isn’t even the best song on it. It’s 50 minutes of “Hell Yeah” music to me, and not at all blinded by nostalgia.
I guess when you give coke to a theatre kid you get something close to a masterpiece. This album held my attention through its long runtime. I loved how many different directions he took it in and yet nothing really sounded out of place, except maybe for Jamaican Jerk Off.
I’m still not a huge Beatles fan, but this is one of their albums that I prefer slightly more. It sits somewhere between a 3 and 4 for me, but giving it 3 feels too low when an album was this influential.
Definitely need to be in a specific mood to listen to this but bongo jazz is actually pretty sick. The timing of a lot of the horn stabs is really interesting and I feel there’s something musically to learn from that.
It was just fine. I have nothing to say which in a way says a lot.
Didn’t listen to the entire runtime, but Ella can probably take anyone’s discography and make it sound beautiful.
There was nothing wrong with this, I just found it boring.
While I love some of his classics, desolation row and like a rolling stone are awesome, after an hour and a half the nasal crooning does get to me. Still enjoyed this though.
This might be some of the best storytelling in an album ever. Listening to this and then born in the USA back to back makes me respect Bruce a lot, he can capture extremely different vibes so well
Not huge on Queens, and this album felt a bit bloated to me. Definitely some good riffs in here but at this point in time I’m just not into that sludgy 90’s palette.
I used to think the Black Keys were so much better than The White Stripes in that debate. But revisiting this, I feel it holds up so much better in the end. Hotel Yorba, Fell in love with a girl, we’re going to be friends, all classics.
I actually didn’t mind this and mostly because his voice wasn’t as obnoxiously twangy as most country singers.
I don’t care if hungry like the wolf is a top 10 cheesy song I love it.
The singles really carry this album and still are amazing. Other half of the songs continue to not age super well.
Rachel kept asking me to turn it off
I did enjoy some parts, found her voice got a bit grating to my ears as it dragged on.
Waiting for the Sun was actually my standout track, loved it’s punchiness. Peace frog obviously another classic. A couple other good tracks but overall I think the second half of the album falls flat compared to the first half. This sits a bit higher than a 3 but not quite 4 level for me.
A light 3, I probably wouldn’t return to this one, but it was perfectly fine. The first and last song were like goofy intro/outro, and the sax added some depth even if the songs themselves weren’t super strong.
Walmart Oasis.
I thought it started out kind of strong, but then they started waffling around. I even checked my phone once to see if it had switched to autoplay because each song sounded so disconnected from the one before it, I was confused. This is an EXTREMELY light 3, like a 2.6.
In a vacuum some of these songs are good. As an album though it feels like it doesn’t know who it wants to be. You go from a song that sounds like it should be on the banjo-kazooie soundtrack to a Jack Johnson B-side. Makes no sense to me.
All of these songs are so good at their core that even when you take the grunge palate away from them they hold up. In some cases they shine even more.
My fav Dylan
Quiet was the standout track to me, sonically had interesting ideas but lacked any real punch for me.
Appreciate it but likely won’t go back to it unless a hyper specific situation calls for it.
I’ve listened to a fair amount of Genesis and am a fan but this album especially stood out to me. So many parts of it feel like they could’ve come out today, gives it a timeless feel. Will be going back to this. 4.5
I love Bowie very much.
This is what Frutiger Aero sounds like to me.
Bramphex Twin.
Layla is working overtime to support an album of extremely generic blues.
A pop album with genuine care that went into it.
Unexpected bop. It could’ve been like 20 mins shorter but honestly it was so groovy that half the time I didn’t even realize the songs were like 9 minutes long.
Some jazz can get annoying, this jazz leaves you discovering something new on every listen. Loved it.
Some of the songs were fine but on the overall did not really enjoy. Any song that I didn’t mind was ruined by Mark Arms voice. It’s just not my cup of tea.
This was great, hard to believe it’s from 1978. I feel like this could have come out in any of the decades since and it would still make sense. Really feels like tons of the bands I love must’ve been influenced by this.
The real crime is that this album isn’t talked about more. This has no flaws to me.
My mom liked this album
So many good cuts on this. Any time an indie/alternative band throws strings in the mix I’m a sucker for it unfortunately.
This was a great one, sounds like a scrappy kid doing r&b/jazz and it comes off very genuine.
Enjoyable listen, hard to be mad at jangly guitars.
Wooden Ships was cool as hell. Disappointed that they only said bye-bye 5 times in a song called 49 Bye-byes.
Would love to hear what these guys could accomplish with a 4th member to really flesh out this sound.
This album is Dirt.
Cheesy as heck and that’s why I like it.
Musically I liked it, vocally I just found it was too chanty or whatever you want to call it. Got old after awhile.
First exposure to Nick Drake, pleasantly surprised.
What the heck was the production on this. The drums sound like they’re in the bathroom with the door cracked open while it sounds like he’s singing at an awkward level right into your ear. It made mediocre songs sound so much worse.
This is so degenerate.
Was expecting this to be more hard rock than blues but can’t be mad at it.
Loved how they can build tension in such unique ways.
Vocals drone too much for my liking.
This entire thing just sounds so thin. I also hate all the little sound samples, they’ve all aged like milk.
I’ve sunk HOURS into this album, Eno is a legend.
No time for 2hr spoken word tracks.
This is the backdrop for the ultimate dinner party. I love it but not really a listen outside of that scenario.
I have 1000000 different options to choose from if I want to listen to something like this.
Not terrible, and I understand the appeal, just not quite for me for the same reasons that Bjork isn’t quite my style.
I like that they let the songs get kind of weird on this. Not as high highs as other albums of theirs but still solid.
Would've loved to be a fly on the wall for the jam session that led to this album. No desire to listen to this again aside from using it for shock value.
Generational album. Everything on this record sounds so intentional to me.
I liked this. It added some more weight to the album learning that it was his post 9/11 reflections. Sounds like typical Bruce rock but I also hear whispers of the tail end of grunge in some songs. I’d give it a 3.5, I’m just not confident that I’d go back to this too often.
The goofiness clashed too much with the grooviness.
Tom’s growl is much easier to stomach when it’s not over circus music.
Only really enjoyed the Neil tracks, the others were forgettable.
I wish I enjoyed this more. Listened to it when it came out, and a couple times throughout the years, and still now I just can’t fully connect with it. The music is mostly great, it’s the vocals I have a hard time with. The vocal effects on the title track sound haunting in a bad way, and they don’t really redeem themselves throughout the record.
As much as I consider myself a Bowie fan I feel that if this wasn't his death album, it wouldn’t have the same attention and respect awarded it.
I’ve tried listening to this several times over the years, and this time it hit more than others. I obviously don’t have nostalgia attached to it but it’s not as off putting to me as it used to be and was an enjoyable listen.
Listened to this during the heatwave and made me feel like I was in the deep south so mission accomplished I guess.
Not even giving it an ironic name saves this from being absolutely dismal.
Banger after banger after banger after banger.
Her voice is good, nothing wrong with the songs themselves either, just got a bit bored after 40 mins. Would’ve loved even one song where she did something different with her singing.
“Described as "one of the most harrowing documents of pain and confusion ever made"“.
Yes this is how I was made to feel.
Starts and ends with two of the most iconic rock tracks, also love Behind Blue Eyes. Not every song was a banger but the middle of the album was still enjoyable.
I was fully ready for this to just be another run of the mill punk album, but the fact that they used more than your classic 3 instruments made this one feel like it had a bit more of a personality.
Such a simple album, crazy that there’s literally one piano line on the entire thing, and when it comes in it hits. Title track is great, some other tracks clearly inspired Desert Island Disk, beautiful album.
Never realized that the Good Times bass was essentially directly copied to make Another One Bites the Dust, makes sense since the bass on the whole record is unreal. I’m a sucker for old disco, especially when the band is this tight, I genuinely do not care if the song goes on for 8 minutes, let it go longer.
Apple music describes Emerson as a keyboard genius, but at least on this record it sounds like he only had access to a Fisher-Price keyboard. I appreciate what they were going for but the execution was just too goofy for me.
Her voice is cool and Pat Benetar-esque but none of the songs are exciting to me.
A slog to get through, tested every aspect of my patience.
I hate the lyrics, I hate her voice, I hate how much this was shoved down the Canadian populations throat. This occupies the same space in my head as Nickelback, disrespectfully.
Cool for what it accomplished, not worth revisiting.
I appreciate it for what it is but definitely didn’t capture me aside from a few of the actually realized songs. At some points I could’ve sworn I was listening to the Barney theme song, then a song about vegetables, just a bit corny.
They hadn’t fully figured out their dad rock formula yet. Some songs are classics but the majority of the album is extremely average. Foo fighters live are a must see but any of their albums only ever has a handful of songs I like.
Listening to this made me realize just how much of an impact my dad’s music had on me. Almost all of these songs were burned into my memory and I wasn’t even aware of it. This list is making me realize how much I love funk, and this album is a prime example.
