ROLLING STONE #428
not particularly impressed with this one, sonically it's a bit messy for a rock album with the instruments getting repetitive and annoying pretty quickly, lyrically and conceptually it was also pretty lackluster.
fav: the girl who lives on heaven hill
least fav: how to skin a cat
overall: 3.0/10
*Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums #428*
Really repetitive and not really a sound I enjoy enough to be repeated the whole time. Very loud and in your face, but I don't enjoy the instrumentals or the vocals. Might be others, but not for me.
Favorites: The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill; Terms of Psychic Warfare
Least Favorites: The Rest
Never easy following up a successful double album that completely set up a winning sound, but luckily the quality of 'New Day Rising' makes it a non issue here - any fears a listener could be harbouring before pressing play for the first time will be totally eradicated by the opening thirty seconds of the breakneck title track.
The differences in writing style between Bob Mould and Grant Hart are starting to show that bit more here, though admittedly we're still at a stage where Mould feels ... read more
Definitely not as good as zen arcade, but it’s still got a lot of good tracks on it, besides how to skin a cat, there wasn’t really a bad track on here at all.
1 | New Day Rising 2:31 | 88 |
2 | Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill 3:03 | 90 |
3 | I Apologize 3:40 | 83 |
4 | Folk Lore 1:34 | 81 |
5 | If I Told You 2:05 | 79 |
6 | Celebrated Summer 3:59 | 86 |
7 | Perfect Example 3:16 | 77 |
8 | Terms of Psychic Warfare 2:17 | 77 |
9 | 59 Times the Pain 3:13 | 79 |
10 | Powerline 2:22 | 76 |
11 | Books About UFOs 2:46 | 77 |
12 | I Don't Know What You're Talking About 2:20 | 80 |
13 | How to Skin a Cat 1:52 | 72 |
14 | Whatcha Drinkin' 1:30 | 73 |
15 | Plans I Make 4:16 | 77 |