It’s impressive how consistently good gizzard manages to be. I went into this album fully biased in favor of it, and I’m happy to have been proven right for that bias. I’ve always preferred when king gizzard uses a brighter, more upbeat sound, which makes albums like fishing for fishies among my favorites from the group, and this is a wonderful entry into that side of the bands discography. The singles were great, the rest of the album backs up that quality for the most part. ... read more

Absolutely some great moments, but too inconsistent for me to give it anything higher.

There’s a reason this is the one everybody likes. Simple, solid songwriting. Just some good old fashioned 90s alt rock. Plus Chris Martin’s voice is genuinely great and not nearly as grating here as it is on later projects.

A masterclass in how not to sample or interpolate. It’s copying the sexual nature that women in rap have had since the rise of Nikki Minaj, but instead of having personality, it just pushes the sexually explicit nature to 11. The poster child for so many of the baffling industry trends in rap, particularly with women.

Steven crowder core

How on earth has Eminem not figured out how to pick a decent beat for any of his songs. It’s kind of impressive how consistently terrible they are. The writing makes me think that em believes that just having shock value was what made his classic albums classics in the first place, rather than funny and clever lyricism and an interesting flow. He is wrong.

This one’s pretty rough. The go to example for all the problems people have with coldplay’s writing and production. There are some interesting moments sprinkled throughout, but they can’t keep it going long enough to make any of the songs worth sticking through.

This is a pretty weird left turn for Coldplay. Unfortunately, this one does not work nearly as well as the last time they tried something like this, with their album ghost stories. An album I appreciate them attempting, and it leads to some interesting moments, but not something I’m gonna find myself coming back to.

Yeah, it’s a mid 2010’s pop album for sure, with all of the baggage that comes with it. Inconsistent, pretty uninteresting writing, and textbook overproduction. However, there are still some standouts, namely adventure of a lifetime. The band’s best song of the past 10 years.

Their most underrated album. Sky full of stars is pretty rough, but the rest of this album is a left turn for their sound, and it pays off decently well. If you are a Coldplay hater, listen to midnight. A genuinely great, somber, introspective song.

The beginning of the end for Coldplay. Way more inconsistent than their past four records, more generic and uninteresting production, and all around bland.

Their best writing and production. It’s a banger. I don’t make the rules, I just enforce them.

This is definitely the forgotten early coldplay album, but it’s very in line with the two prior albums. Still solid, though not quite as consistent as the past two.

It’s parachutes again. Not any kind of boundary pushing, but that’s not what they’re going for. Deece.

Artist with peak in popularity 15 years ago, making a comeback, releases a covers album full of weird choices and contrasting genres, none of which are his typical strength. This album should sound like ass, so why on earth is this so fun and enjoyable. It’s not gonna blow your mind or anything, but it has no right being as good as it is.

It’s great to watch Chris Stapleton breathe life back into a genre that has been floundering and backsliding for over a decade. A masterclass in what country can sound like if you give a crap.

If you asked an AI to make a worse, more generic sounding 2015 era drake knockoff. This album is that for half an hour, but Jesus does it feel like an eternity to sit through.

At least it’s unintentionally funny at times.

The send off Tribe deserved. While not up to the quality of the groups best work, this is the most energetic and lively they’ve sounded since midnight marauders. Let them have their cake and eat it too.
RIP Phife

Every time I come back to this album it goes up a couple points. Criminally underrated, and often unjustly overshadowed by the bands other albums, like nonagon infinity or petrodragonic. Blues rock maybe at its finest. Boogie.

It definitely is an album. This album has songs on it. There are notes and words in those songs.

When Taylor swift gets criticism for making “bland generic pop music” I normally disagree. There is a surprising amount of variety in her discography. However, this ain’t it. If there was ever an album that embodied the “generic 2020’s pop music” sound, this would be it. Her most forgettable album so far, by far. Please make albums with Aaron Dessner again.