bbylikesit

goddamn this album remains incredible -- practically perfect.

the opening three tracks are some of the greatest musical moments of the century (on either side of the millennium), then the rest of the album continues to wind down or plough through curvy, anxiety-ridden paths.

while they took deliberate aims at embracing electronic music, synths, a little jazz, ambient, and continued studio trickery, there's still plenty of guitar here. it's always been a bit surprising to me that ... read more

I was familiar with "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" -- beyond that there wasn't much else on here that I thought was all that great. "Midnight Rambler" is fun and has its moments of trickery that grabbed my attention.

mostly it sounded like The Rolling Stones doing their own take of genres and approaches to songcraft that other people were doing/had done better already. is that what all the "classic" Stones albums are ... read more

was cocaine heavily involved in the making of this album? feels like it.

considering the thing I have heard most frequently about Lauryn Hill is that she is notoriously late or doesn't show for her scheduled live performances, I laughed out loud at the opening track where her name is called and there's no answer.

some high highs on this album, and there wasn't a single song that I thought didn't belong, tho overall this still felt a little longer than it is, and there weren't as many moments that blew me away as I was expecting considering ... read more