Just incredible! Drake was such an underrated musician as we all know for his time, and his songwriting, vocals, and musicianship shines on this record. He was truly a remarkable guitarist, one of the best in all of folk, and his voice is just nigh incomparable to anybody else. It's high, it's delicate, even a little fragile while staying simultaneously strong. There is a reason he is my favorite vocalist and it shines on this album. It seems nearly impossible! Every song flows together and the ... read more

I love some Cat Stevens. As always, Cat's music will not always blow your mind - it is just something cozy and instrumentally fascinating that you can come back to easily when you are in the mood. This album is actually, slightly deceptively, a little bit angsty. A great album from Stevens, one of my all-time favorite artists.

Also surprised that this album is not as well received. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The Cure's second best gothic rock era album. Gorgeous :)

I am actually very surprised people did not like The Top. Listening chronologically while being familiar with what would come after, it is definitely a transition period, but I actually found it to be very ambitious and truly remarkable. Lots of new styles of music present here and of course some traditional Cure as well.

A real masterpiece of music as a whole, serving as the opus of The Cure's catalogue of constantly incredible albums. It's dreamy and it is a mixed bag of emotions that you will be sent through like a washing machine throughout the course of the album. Some may see this as an inherently sadder (or, perhaps a better description, gloomy) album, but to me it can really be for any mood. Excellent songwriting and musicianship, there will never be something as peculiarly important as this for a long ... read more