David Crosby of Crosby & Nash or Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and this his solo work. Primarily folk music while playing with the others, he continued that genre with this album. I guess stick with what you know. It wasn't terrible I guess, just not the type of music that I like to listen to.
Another opportunity to try and like a Rolling Stones album, and I just don't.
Elton John has released a ton of albums, both studio, live and compilation, and has had more success than more than probably 99% of the artists that have ever released an album. I however have never really been a fan of his music. I can appreciate that the songs that I have heard, mostly his hits, are usually very well written, composed and sung. He definitely is an amazing piano player, one of the best and can sing for sure. I had only heard one song on the album and it was worthy of being a hit song, as for the other they were good, but once again not really my style.
The debut album from Californian punk-rock band Black Flag was much harder than most of the other puck albums I have listened to so far. It was almost a cross between puck and metal. I did like it although I wouldn't listen to it again.
Belle & Sebastian are a Scottish pop band formed in 1994. They have released a number of albums and although they have received critical acclaim they have never received much commercial success. After listening to this, their second album, I can understand why. It was the equivalent of a movie that wins best picture and all the critics love it so you watch it and you go "what the crap was that". This album was just like that. I can see why critics would think it was amazing but it did nothing for me. And a lot of the time the lyrics just plain terrible.
I only know a few things about Peter Gabriel. He was once the lead singer for the band Genesis, I didn't really like the one album I reviewed with him as the singer. I know a few of his songs from his mid-80's albums "So" and "Us", he was pretty huge for a couple years. And I know that the lead singer of my favorite band, Blue October, has often mentioned that Peter Gabriel is one of the artists that he loves and counts as a major influence to his music.
An electronic band from Australia, the band has only released 2 albums. One in 2000 and one in 2016. This album is their first and it was created using more than 3500 samples from songs from various genres. So literally none the music is their own or original to them. While it's a neat idea for me it was another electronic album where the songs all run together and pretty much sound the same.
No clean version of the album to listen to.
Way back when I started this blog the first time, I reviewed New Order's Technique album. Here is the link to that post: New Order - Technique In that post I wrote that Technique was my favorite New Order album. Seven years later that still holds true. The band hasn't been super prolific with their album production. In their 38 years as a band they have only released 9 albums of new material. They have also released 9 compilation albums, but in my opinion, for a true fan, they are a waste of money. It is just repackaging of hits in different ways, with the occasional new song or mix added in to entice you to buy it.
Air is a french electronic band and this album is the soundtrack for the 1999 film, which I have not seen, which is based on the 1993 novel. For the most part the album is instrumental for all but 2 songs. The last album on the album "Suicide Underground" was probably the best on the album, and tells the overall story of the book over top of the music.
What a great album. I had never heard of the Vines before. They are a "grunge" band out of Australia and after this, their debut album, they were exclaimed the second coming of Nirvana. A huge comparison for a new band trying to find their sound. After just one listen I really, really like this album. I really like it! It is just straight ahead alt-rock. Simple, great lyrics, and super catchy music. Just really, really good.
Although, at first, the album did not receive great reviews, it gained traction the longer it was out and ended up selling almost 3 million copies. After listening to it I was somewhere in the middle on it. At times it was pretty good, especially the singles that were released. Songs like "Driftwood" are definitely better than average, but as a whole album I felt like it was a little weak, and a couple of the songs just weren't that good.
Any band with Eric Clapton in it has to be good right? Right. Clapton is an amazing guitarist, and this album is full of some amazing playing. It also contains probably his most famous song, "Layla". Definitely worth a listen.
I've listened to a couple Who albums so far and this was far and above the best one so far. It had three hits on the album, all of which I have heard previously, and one of them, "Behind Blue Eyes" is one of my favorite songs. All around this was a good classic rock album, made much better by that fact that instead of trying to make a concept album, the band just made a rock album.
One of the members of Wu-Tang Clan, Liquid Swords, is GZA's second solo rap album. I tried to give it a listen, only 3 of the songs had explicit lyrics, but I just couldn't get through the whole album.
Starting out as a indie-alt rock back in the 80's and over the course of years the band has transformed in to more of an electronic/dance music band. This album, Screamadelica, released in '91 is the album that really gave the band their first commercial success, eventually selling 3 million copies worldwide. Overall I though it was a decent album, although one listen was enough.
The Kinks are famous for a number of hit songs, none of which happen to be on this album. I had never heard any of these songs before and I wasn't overly impressed by the album. It was an average 60's rock album at best.
I kind of enjoyed this album. It was some easy listening folk music that reminded me a lot of Simon & Garfunkel. The album wasn't amazing but it was good enough to warrant a listen. Tragically this is the last album released by Nick Drake. It was released and 2 years later after suffering from depression for most of his life he decided to commit suicide by overdosing on his depression medication.
Like the other albums that I've listened to that are in another language the music was great but because I couldn't understand the message it was hard to keep my interest.
I did not like this album very much. It is punk mixed with rock and sometimes country. It just wasn't very good in any area. The singing, the music, the lyrics, all just bad.
Gary Numan is one of the father's of New Wave music and had been an influence on many bands of the genre. His music is heavy on synthesizer and electronic beats. It's pretty catchy even if lyrically it is a bit cheesy.
I really liked the first PJ Harvey album that I listened to but this one not so much. I can't really put my finger on what I didn't like, I just didn't connect with it.
I was introduced to Run DMC with this album, in fact it was probably my first exposure to rap in general. My friend Bruce played it for me for the first time and I loved it right away and have ever since. In my mind it might be one of the best examples of 80's rap, and is a must listen for anyone that likes the genre.
Meat Loaf is one of my Mom's favorite artists. Researching him I found that he has had a huge career. He has sold more than 80 million albums and has appeared in 50+ TV shows and movies. I have never really listened to him, other than his hits when they have been on the radio. I certainly never listened to any of his albums all the way through, and this was a pleasant surprise. The songs are really good, and Meat Loaf actually has a pretty good voice. I also really enjoyed the use of a female singer on a couple of the tracks and the back and forth between them to tell a story. I'm not sure if his other albums live up to this one but I can see why this one is on the list.
Listened to this album while I was working on my yard. Normally I listen to albums in my car and can see the names of the tracks and can tell when the songs change. Listening to this on headphones I literally couldn't tell when the they changed. The album was definitely better than the last Miles Davis album I heard, it was some smooth, easy listening jazz, but every song sounded pretty much the same.
I haven't listened to any of Madonna's music in a long time. There was a time though when you couldn't not hear her music. She was a huge 80's pop star and her music was everywhere. I, however, never really listened to her music by choice, I was more into The Cure and bands like them in the 80's. I can't argue that Madonna doesn’t have some really good pop songs.
I pretty sure it was a joke adding this album to the list. It is down right bad.
I listened to the bands second album awhile ago and thought it was just o.k. This is the bands debut album and I liked it less than the other one. Compared to the other album, from what I can remember, this one has more of a reggae sound to it, which is not my favorite. Add that to the fact that this really isn't my style of music in the first place and I didn't enjoy it all that much.
Not a good album. The band and the singer are just not very good in my opinion. In fact about the only good thing about the album is that the 1986 movie "Pretty in Pink" is named after one of the songs, and is one of the best 80's movies ever.