the founding fathers of metal strike hard with “paranoid”!
favs: paranoid, iron man, electric funeral, hand of doom
least fav: planet caravan
cool guitar riffs and synth lines! 80’s new wave-esque, especially in summertime.
favs: na na na, bulletproof heart, planetary (GO!), kids from yesterday
least favs: look alive sunshine, SING, goodnite dr death
iconic “insufferable teenager” album! my only criticism is that there’s excessive percussion / drums but that’s just because i’m a big pretentious meanie. it totally ruined the party song. cool transitions though!
favs: dumpweed, aliens exist, all the small things, wendy clear
least favs: dysentery gary, adam’s song, the party song, mutt
wow i love the scary jokes i wish lesbians were real.
favs: community gardens, death thrice drawn, no leverage / no pleasure
least favs: sleepyhead, wrath of the termite king
my favorite will wood record!! i love the background noise on some of the tracks, making it sound like it’s being played in a dingy bar or something
favs: aikido, thermodynamic lawyer, red moon, lysergide daydream, the first step
least fav: destroy to enjoy
definitely not my favorite, but still an awesome album. i love how the guitar works with the piano on “hold it in”
favs: hold it in, under my skin, victoria
least favs: beady eyes on the horizon, miss templeton’s 7000th dream,
cool album! pretty early, so there isn’t a lot of synth / electric new wave influences yet, but when there is they’re prominent!
favs: uncontrollable urge, praying hands, mongoloid
least favs: sloppy (i saw my baby gettin’), gut feeling / slap your mammy
a silly guy made a silly movie with a silly soundtrack. revolutionary.
favorites: money for nothing / beverly hillbillies, UHF, the biggest ball of twine in minnesota, spatula city
least fav: isle thing
probably my favorite oingo boingo record! amazing synth & horn work, though not as critical as only a lad or nothing to fear. all around great album
favs: who do you want to be, nothing bad ever happens to me, wake up (it’s 1984)
least fav: cry of the vatos
so-lo solos
favs: graditude, cool city, it only makes me laugh, tough as nails
least fav: everybody needs
BOI-NGO HATERS FIGHT ME RIGHT NOW!!! i love this album!! cool synthesizer stuff keeps me living!!
favs: home again, elevator man, we close our eyes, outrageous, pain
least fav: my life
david byrne you genius. amazing album with cool beats and nice riffs!
favs: born under punches, crosseyed and painless, the great curve, once in a lifetime
least favs: seen and not seen, the overload
because what kind of a teenager would i be if i hadn’t listened to my chemical romance? cool album though, i like the classic rock / power ballad influences
favs: dead!, welcome to the black parade, i don’t love you, teenagers, famous last words
least favs: house of wolves, blood
ACTUALLY AMAZING. iconic songs and great quality. NO SKIPS!!
favs: jesus of suburbia, st. jimmy, give me novacaine, letterbomb, wake me up when september ends, homecoming
least favorite: are we the waiting
wonderful album, i cant believe pink floyd invented music! i’m a sucker for rock operas and i had already heard pt 2 so i tried the whole album. the transitions are SO SMOOTH i love it. also 26 TRACKS that’s insane!!!
favs: in the flesh?, another brick in the wall (pt. 2), comfortably numb, run like hell, waiting for the worms, the trial, young lust
least favorite: one of my turns