Robbie Williams came to fame in the English boy band "Take That" and this album is his first solo album and to be honest, while I never heard any of the bands music this sounds like a boy band album without the other boys. He did have a few hits later on and a couple that I liked but nothing on this album is really that great.
This was a pretty good classic rock album. I have never heard of the band or any of the songs but it was straight forward, clean, tight, rock. Nothing over the top, nothing weird, but also nothing absolutely amazing either, and the first half of the album was stronger than the second half but any band that uses cow bell is alright by me.
Out of all the albums I have listened to so far, there have been a few that I have thought are boring. This one is up there at the top in that regard. Just nothing interesting at all. I was not invested in any way and couldn't wait for it to end.
No idea who this guy was but the album was very entertaining. The vocals are spot on and he was, he died of a heart attack in 1994, very talented as a musician. A couple interesting things about him. In 1968 during an interview the Beatles were asked who their favorite American artist was and they said Nilsson, leading to a friendship between Lennon, McCartney and Nilsson. He was also one of the few artists that had commercial success but did not really tour or perform to support his releases, and in 1980 following the death of Lennon, he stepped away from music to focus on campaigning for gun control.
Second Fleetwood Mac album and I'd bet that most people that are casual fans of the band probably aren't very familiar with it. There isn't a super strong hit single in my opinion, but still some good songs. Once again, the songs that Stevie Nicks is the lead singer, she is just head and shoulders better than the other members of the band, and they are good singers. Overall it was a good, but not amazing album.
Another Album of terrible lyric writing. While the music wasn't really much better it was the lyrics that was the real letdown. The were just not good.
This album is a little bit before my time. When it came out I wasn't quite into music so i wasn't exposed to it. Of course I have heard most of the bands hit songs, two of which are on this album, but for all of the hype and acclaim that the band has received over the decades, I honestly expected the entire album to be much much better. Other than the two hits I didn't think it was very good at all.
This is one of those albums that, in my opinion, is too weird to be good. I know that that is the reason that a lot of people would think it is good, because it isn't mainstream, cookie cutter music. I don't want all the music I listen to, to sound the same but there is a line that when it gets too out there I just don't enjoy it. To me it always comes across as the person or band is trying too hard to be different. To each their own I guess.