I wasn't super impressed by this album. It was a little too messy, and under produced, which I understand is probably what they were going for but I didn't like it. Even the lead singer of the band says it is his least favorite Dinosaur Jr. album.
Nina Simone is another example of an artist from the 50's and 60's just putting out a ton of albums. Between 1958 and 1974 Nina released 40 albums. Granted many of them are live albums but still that is an impressive feat.
This was very different that what I thought it was going to be like. The few beck songs I have heard in the past were definitely more dance or electronic oriented. This album had much more of a slowed down, country vibe to it. Overall I didn't mind listening to it and I don't think this is what you would get if you listened to other Beck albums.
The last of the Steely Dan albums and I can't say that I am depressed about that. There have been 4 on the list and I haven't really enjoyed any of them, mostly because they just aren't my style of music and for one of the albums at least it was really long and drawn out.
This album had none of the bands signature sound on it, and with songs about being go to your feet and what it is like to be a tree, it was just not good. Pass on this one.
This was a weird album, and my guess is that the band members did a lot of drugs while writing and recording it. Not really my style.
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The bands debut album it contains probably their most famous song, the title track of the album, which just happens to have been written by Bob Dylan. It was probably the bright spot of the album.
Album 2 of 3 from Madonna, and it wasn't that good. I say that not because I don't like her music, I think it is ok and she has had some good songs, but because the year it was recorded, 2000, was when artists were starting to dabble into using autotune on their voice. It is a practice that I really don't like and for the most part ruins a song. The album did have a couple decent songs on it but wasn't as good as I hoped it would be.
There is nothing that I can say at this point about Radiohead that I haven't said before, or that is going to make someone like the band any more than they already might. If you haven't listened to this album, or the band, before I suggest you do. It is one of their best and I think you won't be disappointed.
Alright Mr. Bowie, I'm trying to understand your albums but I'm having a hard time. I have listened to a couple of your albums so far for this blog, 4 more to go, and I am always coming to the same conclusion. As a whole, in my opinion, your albums are not very good. They seem to fall apart on the second half of the album, and the really, really good songs are the singles that get released. Don't get my wrong your hits are really really good, but apart from that I haven't really enjoyed the other songs. To make matters worse for this album, is that there is no apparent "hit" on the album. The album opens with an instrumental, and then out of the 11 songs six of them are instumentals, including the last 5 songs on the album. In my mind this is a copout. Overall this album just didn't do it for me.
Much to my surprise I actually liked this album. I didn't think there was any chance of that considering that I rarely like this style of music, but it was really entertaining. The Songs were well written, Beyonce has a great voice and although some of the songs incorporate rap it was kept to a good amount, it wasn't overboard.
Do not even give a single second of your life listening to this album. It is terrible.
Wow, wow, wow. This album was awesome. I know that there are probably a ton of people out there that already know this but I had no idea. It is just really entertaining from start to finish. Absolutely worth a listen if you alt-rock.
The fifth Beatles album that I have listened to so far, and the band's seventh album released, and while it is not the band's best selling album, that title belongs to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, it is, from what I have read, in most people's opinion the band's best album. I can see why many feel that way. I still don't think it was amazing, but that has to do with biases that I have towards their music. It was good howver, maybe the best I have heard so far, It has a handful of great songs on it and really showcased the vocal capabilities of all members of the band, as they each take a turn on lead vocals for different songs.
Two albums in a row that I really liked. TV on the Radio is a relatively new band, they formed in 2001, and has released a number of albums in that time. Their sound is mostly Alt-rock, but there are a lot of different elements that the band mixes into their songs that make the album very unique. I liked a lot of the songs on the album and definitely think it is worth a listen.
I really liked this album. X is a punk band from the 80's, and while this is a punk album, it is really well produced. Instead of the normal loud, disjointed songs of a punk album, this was much tighter. That's not to say it is without it's flaws, but because it was so fun to listen to, it was easier to overlook them.
It is too bad that Terence Trent D'Arby never really had much success other than this album and really only the three singles released from the album. I have really always liked his voice and think that he is a really good singer. After listening to the album as a whole really the only good songs are the three singles. By the way D'arby still records albums but if you want to find his music he changed his name to Sananda Maitreya in 2001.
So Drive Like Jehu is in the genre of "Math Rock" which I have never heard of before. Basically the genre uses different time signatures that "normal" music, or the songs feature changing meters through out the song. The Band will also use starting and stopping through-out the song. All of this leads to more of a chaotic or broken up sound. I found it made the songs a bit hard to listen to when you are use to conventional methods of song construction. As for the album I thought it was good enough to give it a listen, but the songs were different due to the different time signatures.
A mid-60's rock band The Kinks have been around for a long time and have had some major success. They have also been very influencial to punk and rock bands that have come after them. I found the album to be good but not great. I didn't recognize any of the songs, and thought the song writting was average at best, but it has been called one of the greatest albums of all time and the most influencial and important album in their catalog, so what do I know.
Come on. Seriously this is one of the albums I Must listen to before I die. You have got to be kidding me. The music and vocals are over prduced and over sung, and if you have ever listened to a track of her vocals that have been isolated and are untouch, Spears can not sing. Just terrible.
An instrumental album that relies heavily on sampling of other sources to drive the songs, it was considered very inovative when it was recorded in 1981. Sampling was not common at the time and while Brian Eno didn't invent sampling, the is album is credited as putting it into the forefront of music making and would influence the practice in many different styles of music today.
Amy Winehouse's debut album, and only one of two that she would record before her death, it wasn't as good, in my opinion, as her second album. The style of the album is definately jazz with other influences mixed in. Once again her voice is not the most amazing ever but it does have a certain quality about it that makes it really unique.
So this is the first solo Eric Clapton album, and it was a lot more mellow that I thought it was going to be. Still great though, and the more I listen to him the more I admire his guitar ability. His voice isn't the best I have ever heard but he can really play.
I have often thought that Neil Young is a great song writer. He has written a lot of songs that I like, and has put out a lot of albums with various different bands and artists. Listening to this album, it did not disappoint. I had never heard it before, it was released in 1969, and it was really good. Great album from start to finish.
This album was much, much better than the first Rush album that I listened to. I knew 3 of the songs, one of which is one of their most popular. Even though I still don't like the band all that much, after this album I can understand why they have such a huge following.
As with most all intrumental albums I have listened to so far, I didn't really like it. Too long and it all sounds the same.