That makes for a great record, but more than that, it's a great record emblematic of its time, standing as one of the defining albums of the '90s.
Blue now sits in a sweet spot of commercial accessibility and critical adoration, a combination that guarantees the album will make its way into the hands of a certain kind of bespectacled teenager for decades to come—the ones who really need it.
I literally got nothing out of this album. It found its way as background music every time I tried to pay attention to it.
I’m simply not the demographic I guess
EDIT: this is a perfect album. when i first ever listened to this album, I couldn't stop listening to it for a solid 2 months. I mean it, in those 2 months I probably listened to this album like 35 times all the way through. I don't really know how to explain how it hit me, but it clicked so fucking hard and it still does to this day. Call it unoriginal, call it repetitive, I get it. But I think Rivers' songwriting is at his best here and is the main reason for my love towards this ... read more
Found the album pretty enjoyable but some parts began to bore me with parts being bad but overall good
solid album with essentially every song being a banger, it does kinda lose me in the second half though
1 | My Name Is Jonas 3:23 | 90 |
2 | No One Else 3:05 | 83 |
3 | The World Has Turned and Left Me Here 4:18 | 87 |
4 | Buddy Holly 2:39 | 92 |
5 | Undone - The Sweater Song 5:04 | 92 |
6 | Surf Wax America 3:06 | 84 |
7 | Say It Ain't So 4:18 | 94 |
8 | In the Garage 3:55 | 84 |
9 | Holiday 3:24 | 85 |
10 | Only in Dreams 7:59 | 91 |