Nice mix between softer and more psychedelic passages. The lead singer's voice is pushing the songs to become memorable.
The music feels very modern with its synth style. You have to get used to the German accent though.
Old man howling in the wind...
It started strong but I felt like it got too repetitive too fast.
Wow, what an absolute banger at the end. I wasn't aware this song was hiding on that album. Altogether, I was confused by the range of songs. While there were some that I really enjoyed, others I found very hard not to skip.
I went quickly from 'hell no!' to 'hell yeah!' The light-hearted style with cheerful singing and feel-good, up-tempo drums was a great way to start a day.
Zzzzz... This band is a 5-star recommendation if you want to replace your sleeping pills with a homeopathic alternative. Unfortunately, I have to give them only 2 stars, as listening to them basically negated my morning coffee push.
Reggae just nuh click wid mi. Mi know seh yuh can play it as background music sometimes, but it jus’ nuh catch mi vibe. All dem off-beat an’ stretched-out riddim dem, dem nuh hit no highs fi mi.
The voice is just as gritty as the recoding quality - I love it. They show a great "I do my thing" attitude, but there were no highlights that really shook me.
Oh wow. Now I feel very bad for the other albums that received only 1 star. They need to share the same score like this album. For this one I'd like to add minus points...
It sounds like listening to "that random guy" at a party who grabs a guitar and starts playing. A lot of chords and rhythmic melodies, repeated endlessly for the artist can still focus on singing. Neither the vocals nor the guitar seem unique or interesting to me.
The album invites you to a journey. The rich, vivid soundscapes together with daring and playful arrangements make it one of the best modern psychedelic experiences and a sound that can last for many years to come.
While some songs have the nuance of creative ideas, the overall mood of this album is just too calm and safe. If you have a heart of glass, this album can help you cure. For me personally, I didn't get any kick out of this.
This album is so strong - it can blow out candles in the other room just by then sheer energy given to the people who can't stop clapping, shouting, and moving to their songs. I'm one of them.
Joe Hahn, the DJ, is a genius. I can't think of any other artist that blends samples into metal as skillfully as he did.
It's an absolute powerhouse and landmark album of Nu-Metal.
Man, this is so whack.
I give it a star for the title track - there were a lot game & fantasy terms in their lyrics, which I think is interesting for a rap song. And another star for track 7. "Check the Technique", as they used a sample from another song I like.
I don't think this album is particular strong and I was asking me sometimes if this is serious or a parody, but it was also a very funny to listen to (for example "Lovesick" or "what you want this time").
It's a nice and gentle mix, but at the moment the last song ended, I already forgot about this album entirely. Despite the talent of the artists and well-rounded balance of instrumental and vocal sections, I find it hard to immerse in their music. Potentially their sound was stronger when you lived in 1969, but the again: the 60s and 70s had so many other artists that went deeper with their musical expression, so my rating can't be too high.
You have to be in the right mood for this album. I was irritated by the mix of indie pop songs in between. The instrumental songs were far more enjoyable.
What a gem! These songs are full of youthful, creative, dynamic energy. Their interaction is close to flawless, with melodies and accents skillfully connected without losing a bit of their bite. Plus, there is a huge wave of nostalgia when listening to their songs...
I was so shocked when I realized how many songs had an off-beat, and it's a revelation to hear that off-beat can actually sound good!
No instruments = no stars!
The first song I liked was the one when I didn't realize the album was over, and YouTube started playing something from another artist.
I listened to the first track, saw the timeline of the full album track on YouTube, and thought: "Oh crap. Still more than an hour to finish this."
The recording quality and use of instruments change so much throughout the album, and I really don't understand this lack of consistency... The style of the songs changes a lot, too. Sometimes it sounds like a boy singing to a Lou Reed song, sometimes like a boy singing to a Rolling Stones song...
This album is surreal. Every track takes you to a new story. The compositions are so full of depth and details, and blend in masterfully together as a single mind-opening trip. Despite the darker themes of the songs, the music (for me) is so calming and triggers a mood of exploration at the same time. There is a wide range in the instruments and a variation in vocals, chants, and spoken word.
The Dark Side Of The Moon will continue to be a huge inspiration for many music generations to come.
I believe that when the Teletubbies return from a *hard day of work*, they chill in their living room, listening to this R.E.M. album. I didn't check the lyrics, but from the music alone, I get 200% positivity and everything-is-good vibes. There is a variety in the songs, but the overall tone made it repetitive for me.
I hope I don't get any nightmares today with the sound of "We Walk" in the background...
Kendrick Lamar delivers. He delicately and eloquently smashes down his rhymes. His tempo and musicality stands on top among his rap rivals. It was a pleasure listening, even though I hardly can understand the lyrics (maybe it's better this way :D). The songs were rich in variety and had a lot of instrumental finesse compared to many other Hip Hop songs. Cool stuff.
The album started very weak and it remembered me more of an amateur rock band with their repetitive structure, weak vocals and save fills/solos. With Brainwashed it started to build up a bit more, including more instrumental variety and Australia had a solid psychedelic rock ending that reminded me more of the Doors.
Overall I'm very torn whether this album deserves a bit more, but I just didn't get into the vibe with it.
It's funny that an album where the two singers can't sing at all still sounds good. The Velvet Underground creates a special vibe; it's like Bob Dylan on a trip. While I don't think it offers any musical revelation, it serves as a documentary of its time.
It's such a shame they put in such uninspired stock music. It completely compromises her special voice. The way she sings three different songs that only exist in her head while the original background music is playing a totally different melody and rhythm is really interesting.
There is not much bad about the tracks, but personally, I was lacking gravity and range of emotions. If you need half an hour of soft rock in front of the chimney (Kuschelrock™), this is as good as it gets, but my fire wasn't burning for this.
For me, who only knows Depeche Mode from the radio, it was a real pleasure to get a glimpse of what they sound like outside the mainstream monotony. The repertoire expands far beyond Enjoy the Silence and Personal Jesus, which remain strong contributions to the album, but, due to their huge appeal, sound more washed out and weaker to me compared to the other songs.
Their fusion of synthetic sound, dark wave, and pop makes for a well-rounded listening experience: gloomy, mysterious, and hypnotizing. Disturbingly beautiful. Love it!
Very suitable as background music. No real highlights, but also no big no-nos. Just plain mediocrity. Feels AI-generated sometimes, and a few songs at the beginning have this lo-fi vibe that you can find en masse on YouTube. So, I guess you can say this album is kinda a pioneer? Congratz.
In the early 2000s, I was playing with Magix Music Maker, where I grabbed and mindlessly arranged various samples to create "music". This album very much reminds me of that approach.
It's really nothing special. A lot of repetition of simple beats and melodies, and while the instruments sometimes tried to add a bit of heaviness, I don't think it matched the singing style.
An absolute solid rock album. The songs are heavy and enjoyable. And then, in the middle of the album, lies Black Hole Sun. One of the best Grunge songs. So powerful and interesting to listen to. If there were only more songs with similar qualities on the album...
A refreshing surprise. They are quirky, raw, and daring with their electronic rock mix. The rough edges make it an interesting journey and while they add a lot changes during the tracks, it doesn't feel like it's too much or too little.
I'm getting carried away by this album. There are plenty beautiful passages and many experimental, expressive ideas, but the sound didn't capture me as much as most of the other King Crimson albums do. I still value their instrumental finesse, but it's not a progressive breakout hit album for me.
When I saw the album title and artist name I thought it was an album from The Muppets - and it actually sounds like it, too... It's very rough, with a lot of elements mixed together and creative ideas, but often it just sounded too chaotic and crowded to me.
I have fond memories of this album and it's hard for me to listen to it without the nostalgic feelings.
Regardless, it's a highly polished punk album with song variation, high earworm potential, and infectious energy. Not all songs have this floating transition between them, but many of them do feel so perfectly fitting to be listened in a sequence and "Jesus of Suburbia" itself sounds like a mini-Punk-Rock-opera already.
This is the David Bowie that I'm searching for! The songs have so much texture, where singing style, composition, and effects/samples build up a rich, explorative story.
When the first song started, I thought, 'Hey, that's groovy'.
Little did I know that the rest of the album is just an uncreative repetition, and every song sounds the same. The rap part in one of the first songs is just as white as it gets, and so cringe.
Smurf rave. No thanks
The Cure meets Depeche Mode?
There is a spark, but it's not strong enough to ignite a fire. The melodies are nicely enriched with the synth sounds and keyboard rhythms. A bit more courage and electronic experimentation would elevate this album. Unfortunately, the pop/indie elements were dragging it down.
I don't get warm with U2. Listening to them for more than 3 minutes makes me want to turn on the news to get some negativity and balance out the extreme positivity I get from U2's songs.
What remains after listening to the album is a monotonous blend of feel-good maskerade and the joy of having reached the end. I bet I'm missing a lot of details from their lyrics, and maybe they're indeed more critical about things, but I don't feel it when listening to them.
Blues Rock and Alternative at its finest. The bold guitar and stomping drums make a perfect "here I come!" attitude. This album is way closer to Dead Weather than White Stripes, and serves a rich palette of instrumental and expressive variety!
The songs go in wild directions, with dusty, rough blues tunes, carnival madness, and borderline riffs that range from soothing to jarring.
Did Moe from The Simpsons knock out Bob Dylan in the recording studio and share his angelic voice for this album?
There was not much variety throughout the album. Neither in instrumentation nor composition. It quickly became a muddy and blurry slow-blues show that has just enough power to rock your grandpa's socks off.
This is one of those "Let's loop 3 seconds of beat, repeat it for 5 minutes and rap on top of it" kind of albums. So there's not really much to judge if you're looking for musicality apart from the rhymes and lyrics. Nothing really sparked for me when listening to it...
As a late-converted Radiohead fan, I'm still surprised by the identity shifts between the albums. It's rare after the 1990s to have bands that dare to re-invent and explore as much as Radiohead. What's fascinating about Radiohead is that with every excursion, they sound to me more like spearheads in this direction rather than tourists.
Their range and musicality is peak and a dignified successor of experimentalists like King Crimson, David Bowie, or Frank Zappa.
I was surprised by this album's playfulness and cheery attitude. Mixed with British Punk flavor, polka interludes and French chanson. It sounds crazy, but it's not my cup of tea... With all of these contradicting influences it's hard for me to see the identity of the album.
Impactful, iconic, meticulously composed, and catchy. Michael Jackson embodies stage performance with every cell of his body, and even the studio-recorded songs sound as lively and energetic as if he performed for his life.
Great music, influential and inspiring.
Oh! Who could have forgotten the godfathers of modern rock music, the most influential Willie Colon and significant Ruben Blades!! Metallica would have never shocked everybody with their flamenco guitar solos and Dave Grohl's castanets rhythms might have never existed without Willie and Ruben...
I was hyped to see a hip hop & soul album with female vocals in this list, but disappointment kicked in soon afterwards...
The songs aren't bad, and I always love the idea of an album where songs get connected and introduced as a whole. The interludes made it a nice, more personal appraoch, but the songs themselves just didn't spark at all. Too much repetition and lack of novelty - and in the end, less than mediocre.
Gameboy music with vocals as lively as a stone.
A lot of energy in this album. There is a lot of playfulness. Like a bunch of music school grads with too much red bull.
Stan Getz it!
Perfect summer vibe. Cocktail in hand, dancing around the pool bar, and enjoying the lightness of life - then you realize the album is over, and you wake up again in reality. Ready to rewind the album and start feeling the cool breeze again...
Kudos for their bravery to mix punk and shock rock in the 70s. Unfortunately, the punk parts where dragging my experience down and I ended up like someone watching a b-movie horror splatter in fast forward mode.
The album is like a short jump scare where you move on with a shrug of the shoulders.
A perfect example of why country music is boring as hell... I wanted to listen to this while driving the car back home - needed to put it on hold not to fall asleep.
Without "Strength of Strings", this album would have trouble getting even one star from me.
Girl punk with high annoyance factor. Best song by far: Slideshow at Free University. It's the one they use recorded samples instead of vocals.
Jethro Tull's Aqualung is a gem. The iconic flute rock, dynamic drumming, and badass guitar let it pass the test of time with flying colours. The many details, when all instruments add their little accentuation, blend in masterfully and underline their undisputed skill. They also manage to mix tempo, dynamics, and composition changes so seamlessly.
This Blur album is yet another wild mix of genres, but this time they blend in to a better musical buffet. I was really sceptical when I listened it for the first time, but ultimately I cherished the diversity. It has soothing alternative rock, dirty hard rock, and even psychedelic rock parts, but overall it's tone remains rather controlled and less extreme. Very confusing...
This album is pure classic rock from 1974 and is best suited for people born before its release. There is so little going on that I sometimes wonder if this is just material for a rock band 101 play-along book.
It's nice to listen, but there were hardly any highlights.
Who the hell are Manic Street Preachers? Sounds like the next best boring radio rock band... Had to look them up and saw that they had success in the UK charts - guess that's why they are in this list. Disappointed.
Ok - first off: 5 stars for the cover art.
When you put this on, you can feel the musicians as if you're standing in front of them. They play so tightly and yet give enough space for everyone to bathe in the spotlight - and when they do, they deliver so hard.
You let the first song play and, 40 minutes later, end up with +5000 steps on your smartwatch.
The beginning of Watermelon Man has strong The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time vibes. Love it.
Many jazz fusion or funk albums can be monotonous, but this album is short, and each song has its own vibe.
This album is rock solid! Some songs held it back, like "Behind Blue Eyes", but others were pushing strong like "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't get fooled again".
The voice is clean and scarily pleasant. It would fit even better to pop music, but together with the progressive songwriting and instrumentation makes it more interesting to listen deeper.
