While some songs aren’t anything special (mainly Rat Salad and Planet Caravan), the highs on this album are so good that it doesn’t really matter. Starting off an album with War Pigs and following it up with Paranoid is actually some generational stuff, and having Iron Man not long after is also insane.
It’s good but I vastly prefer the more pop inspired songs compared to the acoustic stuff
The vocals on this album are absolutely incredible wtf. The fact that Courtney can go from screaming her heart out to singing some of the most majestic hooks of this decade and not only make the transitions seem effortless but also manage to make both vocal performances amazing and stand out is insanely impressive and I feel like this album especially combines both styles really well.
After the first couple of songs I was worried that I wasn’t going to like this album and that it would be a disappointment for me, I am very glad that is not the case.