Enjoyed it more than their EP, much less repetitive and the shoegaze-y elements are very very very welcome here. Writing is also much more mature in my opinion, despite being about mostly the same things, it is represented and delivered much better here.
Second half is also notably stronger than the first for me.

Favorites: Feverfew, Nothing / Forgotten, Time Does Not Heal All Wounds (A Reprise)

I changed my mind, *this* is their best.

A perfect track from them, absolutely stunning.

Just an amazing, incredibly tight dream pop EP. Amazing production (those drums and bass tho), great vocals, and great writing. My only major gripe with it is how same-y it tends to feel at times, but after all, it is very short and it is an EP, so it could be excused.

Favorite: ghost

Richard D. James Chronological Discography Listen #8

This is Aphex Twin's seminal album perhaps even the seminal album of the entire IDM genre. In which a certain style is developed where the music is detailed and complex enough to still be interesting after any amount of re-listening, to the point where each re-listen will have you discovering patterns and beats you didn't notice in past listens. Despite this, it still is somehow ambient, as you can put this on the background as it ... read more

An amazing encapsulation of depression represented through all parts of it, its writing, instrumentation, and production; all of it help to tie the record together in some way. While admittedly it does feel strung out in some parts, it never fails to come back from it with the following track(s), leading to passing cohesion and immersion for an experience as such. One thing to note is that for me the second half was noticeably stronger than the first.

Before I had listened to this album, the keywords I've heard in relation to it were:
"Revolutionary, Innovative, Perfect, Extraordinary, Forward-thinking and timeless, Beautiful storytelling"

After a few listens I left with these keywords:
"Revolutionary, Archetypal, Inconsistent, Great, Slightly dated at times, Beautiful storytelling"

Overall an enjoyable albeit flawed album, that served as an important stepping stone in the progression of rock music, but ... read more

I don't even like nu metal but Toxicity just stands out; dynamic melodies and progressions, amazing delivery, thoughtful and politically charged writing, and an amazing overall cohesion and consistency as an album. It's so consistent and dynamic that 44 minutes felt like 20.

Forgettable, cheesy, and mediocre songwriting but instrumentation is pretty good for the most part, production also leaves some things to be desired in terms of how it is mixed.

Accurate depiction of 500 days of Summer if they adhered to the real world:

Summer: [Tom is listening to headphones in an elevator with Summer. She notices the music] I think the Smiths are overrated.
Tom: Sorry?
Summer: I said I think the Smiths are overrated.
Summer: [they stare at each other for a moment] You... You have okay taste in music.
Tom: [repeating after her] You... hate the Smiths?
Summer: [singing] To die by your side, such a heavenly way to die.
[speaking]
Summer: I am neutral ... read more

The least dylan-esque Bob Dylan album, from the vocal delivery, to the instrumentation, to the very core of its storytelling, it is distinct from many of his releases. Wirh the incorporation of violins, female backing vocals, and the stream of consciousness storytelling, and for me it is to its benefit.

The first concept album, the first contemporary folk album, , and arguably the first album in general inline with the modern norms of what an album is; even after all this, it is not that bad of an experience to listen to and is surprisingly timeless in both its sound and its writing.

Definitely one of the albums of all time, with some of the production, writing, and vocals in recent memory. In fact this is such an album, that it is honestly a contender for one of the albums in recent memory.

An introspective journey on accepting yourself and persevering, delivered to you in progressive death metal that features one of the genre's best vocals, best instrumentation, and best writing. The only thing that kept me from giving this a 100 is the Painkiller cover that just felt way too out of place in the album.

It does what many of its highly technical, perhaps sonically better, colleagues cant; make you feel.

Disregard it's influence, innovation, and history; and its still just plain incredible to experience. Now bring those back in and realize that a large majority of the experimental rock, noise rock, and post-rock artists onward had their groundwork laid and set by this.

Actually quite short and sweet

One of the best displays of storytelling in any album ever. But for me is bogged down by its almost conservative production and sound in general, leaning too much into older/classic styles of both delivery and instrumentation, that give it, to me, a much more dated feel than most releases in its time and even before it.

Same issues as with their first album, but there are admittedly greater highs here, and many more tracks that I would consider iconic.

If you listen to this, despite its ambient nature, you'll have a hard time focusing on whatever else you could be doing, as each bloop, each pop, each jingle, all of it combines into and incredibly immersive and textured experience that just pulls you in. Above of it all is just such lush singing both in French and English, creating a nice contrast and ensuring that at least some of the context and ideas of the writing go through for non-French speakers. The flow of the album itself is ... read more