Kiddie pop for the kiddies and their future selves reminiscing about their youth. This is one of the few super mainstream pop records that doesn't make me feel tortured by sound, but that's not enough. Bury a Friend and Listen Before I Go are decent tunes.

Well crafted pop, but I just don't enjoy the sonic palette used. She sounds like she's channeling Kate Bush (especially in Up All Night) but filtering it through the modern pop aesthetic (which I often find both boring and irritating at the same time). I appreciate the ways she explores what her voice is capable of more than most pop artists, but in the end the music doesn't resonate with me enough for repeated listens. I think her best work was on songs like "Closer" and ... read more

DNA and Feel

Very much off the Slowdive template. Solid Shoegaze album. Collide and Tremble are my favorite tunes.

Before there was "math rock" there was Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford,Tony Levin, and Adrian Belew seeing how far they can push a rock band into the land of polyrhythms and mutating ostinados. Like all prog it has its pretentious moments, usually from Belew, but there aren't many rock bands this tightly synced playing in odd time signatures and difficult overlapping patterns. A musicians album for sure.

Future Shock and Right on For the Darkness are the shining cuts. The rest of the album is solid but not his best work.

Best tracks (usually Del):
The Who
Phesto D
At the Helm
No Nuts

I listened to it a lot in 1998, especially Soni, Traveler, and Mombasstic. It hasn't aged well stylistically, in part because so much "chill out" electronic world music flooded the world right after this.

Homophobia, misogyny, ignorant lyrics, and crap beats: why does this music get played?

One of the most overrated albums in the genre. Since it was released I can't stand to hear this all the way through. 2 or 3 solid but overplayed tracks and a bunch of barely ok tracks that didn't sound good compared to real house and techno back then and didn't age well. Stick to the 12" remixes by MAW and Armand Van Helden. Daft Punk have always been best at picking collaborators that make their mediocre music better. At least they finally figured out they are just pop musicians who have ... read more

The music of Arvo Part is both a meditation on sound and a deeply emotive reflection of the complex human experience, in all it's agony and glory. These are works of great gravity, vivid stillness, and graceful simplicity teetering on the edges of transcendence and surrendered devastation. This record contains the essential orchestral and chamber works from the Estonian composer's holy minimalist/tintinnabuli period in the late 1970's featuring violinist Tasmin Little. There are many iterations ... read more

In Particular is the on the soundtrack to my life, the SF chapter.

A pretty solid Sonic Youth album!

Solid thrash and my favorite from At The Gates. Title track is the one.

RIFFS all night long...but the vocals are on the whining side of Doom Metal. Make this all instrumentals and I'd listen to it much more.

Crisis is an amazing afrobeat inspired jazz tune and Everything Is Changing is a standout deep disco/house track.

One of the most underappreciated shoegaze albums. Along with Ride's Nowhere and Slowdive's Souvlaki it was one of the best albums of the early 90's. They all made sonic texture and soundscape exploration the priority at a time when metal and grunge were controlling the rock charts.

So Many Details is the best cut

Still Sound is the track!

Blessa is the high point.