What I expected from this album was a "Hippie" vibe/sound. What I got was a "Hippie" vibe/sound. Not my favorite genre by a mile, and I didn't really like this album all that much. I did know one song off the album and it wasn't too bad, but not the type of music that I like to listen to.
I was prepared to hate this, like I do most rap, but it started out pretty strong and I thought that maybe I'd end up liking it, but then after about 4 songs it dropped off drastically, and I was back to where I started. Not really liking a rap album. I will admit, however, for the most part it was pretty mild in it's themes for a rap album. There wasn't a whole lot of misogeny, vulgarity or violent subject.
This album started out pretty strong with the first few songs, but I started to loose interest about a third of the way through, and the album, for me, ended up just being too long. On top of all that I had a hard time deciding what Adams wanted to portray as the genre for the albums sound. A number of the songs are rock or alt-rock, but then it switches to an abvious country sound and then to more of an indie or folk sound. It isn't necessarily a bad thing, it just made the album feel disjointed.
I kinda of liked this album. The songs were not great inregards to lyrics, and the singer is not great but there is something about the ska sound that is just so catchy that you forget about the faults of the album. The songs are just really fun to listen to and the addition of horns and upbeat tempos make it enjoyable.
Can you imagine an album coming out of nowhere and being bigger than this one? It was huge, and thrust a style of music, Grunge, into the forefront. I had forgotten how good it is, I hadn't listened to it for a really long time. But hearing it again I was reminded at how amazing, how in your face, how innovative and creative it was for it's time. Just masterful.
I was super captivated with this album and it's sound. It was just so original and interesting. The band uses many different instruments that I have never heard used in indie/alt-rock music. The incorporate the accordion, sousaphone, bouzouki and others and it really gives the songs that extra element that elevates them to more than your average song. At times the the songs are "western" sounding and then others have a more eastern European sound, and then there are others with a very Spanish sound to them. Add to that a great voice and and some some really good song writing and you get an album that is very engaging and entertaining. Such a good album.
This guy is a fantastic pianist. This album is a recording of a solo piano concert that he performed in Cologne, Germany in 1975. He performed the concert in four parts, with the amazing part is a lot of the performance was improvised while he was playing. If you like classical piano I recommend checking this one out.
I was not digging this album. It reminded me of a recent Rush album I listened to. It is only 3 songs, so that means the songs are really long, which I'm not fond of. I am also not super fond of the concept type album. It's a hard thing to do well. Overall I was just kind of bored with it about half way through.
Listening to this album I was thinking that it is a band that Prince would have loved, not knowing that the band is lead by George Clinton, long time friend and collaborator of Prince. It is all starting to make sense. A lot of the sounds on the album are similar in style to some of Prince's work, and although the album had a few weird elements to it, George Clinton is a pretty weird guy, it was still pretty awesome.
Some pretty standard late 70's, early 80's metal. Nothing spectacular, it follows the formula the for that time period and genre. The band is for sure, without a doubt metal royalty.
Sometimes I am baffled by an artist or a band and what they record. I assume in their mind the music that they make is great. They have a vision of what they want to create and it becomes their style. I also assume that there are times that an artist will produce something that they know is bad but they put it out anyways. Either due to contractual obligations or need for money or maybe even because they just can't come up with anything better. I am also baffled at times that there are people that consume their material and think it is the best thing ever, when it is apparent that it is crap. I understand that taste is subjective, and many times even though I don't like it I can see why others would. Other times, like this album, I can't understand how anyone would think it is good.
I really wanted to like this album. First of all because Cohen is Canadian and secondly because his song "Hallelujah" might be one of the best songs ever written. Unfortunately I didn't like it. Lyrically the songs were pretty good. You can tell that Cohen was a writer and a poet before becoming a musician. Musically it was ok, a little bit too folk for my tastes, but not bad. What I didn't like about it is his voice. He just is not that good of a singer, and it really, for me anyways, takes away from the experience.
There are a couple misconceptions about Jamiroquai until now. First, I thought Jamiroquai was the name of the person, not the name of the band. I also thought that they were pretty much a one hit wonder, with the only song I have ever heard, "Virtual Insanity" being their only hit. Turns out they have released a number of albums and have had some pretty good success, selling 26 million albums world wide.
For some of these albums I really have a hard time figuring out what to say about them. If I am stuck I try and find something interesting about the band or the album to go off of. As far as I can tell there isn't really anything interesting about either Roxy Music or the this album. It wasn't very popular when it was released and the record company didn't promote it and it had no singles released from it, and I can see why. It was just blah. Nothing special or interesting about it at all. About the only thing I can add is that it is the last album band member Brian Eno, who left after it was recorded to start a solo career, and who has a couple albums on the list himself.
The Offspring are one of a few bands that have been able to bring punk into the mainstream. The had some really big success with this album, selling 6 million copies of if and having 3 hits songs on the album drove it to number one on the charts. I remember listening to it when it came out and actually really liked it. Is it the best song writing ever? No probably not, but it is catchy and is one of the better punk albums put there.
I really dug the music element of this album. The instrumentality was really good, and a lot of it similar style to music that I would listen to. Lyrically I'm not sure what language the songs are in, the band is from Timbuktu, but again it is the weakest part of the album, but only because I can't understand the message they are trying to convey.
I actually really liked this album. The style reminded me a lot like Sufjan Stevens, of which I also really liked. The album was mellow and soulful. It really was a great easy listening album.
The first album from another punk band, The Cramps, the band actually had a pretty long, successful career, and are known for being the creators of the the genre Psychobilly - a rockabilly & punk rock fusion. That style of music must have developed on later recordings, cause this just sounded like punk to me. I did really like the song "I Was a Teenage Werewolf".
The second of only three albums from the English post-punk band, it was recorded after the lead singer was released from a 6 month jail sentence for drugs. After a couple tries at getting the album recorded, in 2004, the band broke up due to excessive drug use by Doherty. The album was eventually finished and released after they broke up. The band eventually reformed in 2010 and released their 3rd and most recent album.
This was a good album. It was so simple but catchy. It is the band's 8th album in 8 years. I'm not sure how it ranks on the scale of their best albums, since I have only listened to one other, but how can it not be good when the first track is essentially the title of the song repeated over and over. That's some good song writing.
I actually liked this album. Once again it is old school country, which is the best kind. Everything about the album was good. Vocally, musically, and lyrically, it really shined.
This album was a little bit of a let down. It really only had two good songs and one cover version that wasn't as good as the original. I have liked the CCR songs that I had heard in the past, but wasn't impressed with the band as a whole album.
Another Eagles album, and some more great songs. It is one of the best selling albums of all times, and "Hotel California" is probably their most popular song. The only issue is that, once again, the best songs on the album are the four hits and the remaining songs are just average.
Didn't love this album. in my opinion it is sub-par, trying to be a punk album but never really getting there.
I actually kind of liked this album. It is the first exposure that I have had to the band. What I liked about it is that the singer sounded a lot like David Bowie, whom I really like. Musically it is very similar to what he would do to. Where it fell short is the lyrics. They weren't terrible, but definitely the weakest part of the album.
Wow three really enjoyable albums in a row. An indie-rock band from Washington state, the album is pretty raw, and the singer is not super great, but despite these flaws it was still really good. Actually it was probably good because of these faults. Definitely glad I had a chance to listen to it.
BB King is an amazing blues guitarist. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this album, even though it was live. The sound quality wasn't great and I hadn't heard any of the songs before but I still really got into it. I especially like the snippets of BB talking between the songs, very entertaining.