Start of my Metallica deep dive! Don’t expect any reviews until either AJFA or Load because my opinions are set on these next 2.
Anyways Kill Em All is a little messy, but overall a great debut! I particularly love Seek and Destroy and Pulling Teeth. Those songs are just really cool! I don’t have much to say here honestly, good album, you should check it out.
Syd Barrett’s silly songs are actually pretty charming. I’m just not a fan of the improv tracks here.
I was really looking forward to this. I love house music and psych rock, so I was really hoping that this would be great. When the first single released, I wasn’t a fan, but I enjoyed Dracula and Loser, so I thought I’d get something out of this.
My main problem with this is that most of these songs took a page out of the Oasis album Be Here Now and never fucking end. I would argue this is 30 decent minutes of music stretched to make 55. But in terms of the new sound, I came in ... read more
I like this more than Paranoid. The lower pitched guitars are just a treat to my ears
Hot Rats Part 2! While I like the tracks on Hot Rats more, I like how this album got even more experimental with the two longer jazz fusion tracks feeling even more jazzy.
I don't know what made me decide to relisten to this today, but I mean my last review of this album did suck ass, so I can fix it. This album, is, fittingly for Kanye's bipolar disorder, all over the place. When I got into listening to music more critically, it was through Kanye, and this and Kids See Ghosts were his two newest albums at the time. While I have always preferred the latter, this is fantastic. For the first time in his career, Kanye made an album dealing with himself. ... read more
Dudes being dudes in the studio. Iron Lung is a top 3 KGLW track.
I really enjoyed the psychedelic shoegaze sound of this record! If the track list was a little tighter, it would be better, but this is a very fun album.
Rereviewing this one! This album is 4 great songs and uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh something else in the middle.
21st Century Schizoid Man, what can I even say? I was introduced to this one from Kanye West's Power, and even back when I didn't listen to rock much, I absolutely adored the intro of this song. Then, I started to like rock and I can appreciate the batshit insane middle of the song. Then it all comes together in such a satisfying reprise of the opening ... read more
To me, this albums sound was like a mesh of the fast-paced fun of Is This It-era Strokes, and the psychedelic flair of King Gizzard, some of my favorite bands! So, this one really worked for me.
Ok, it's time for the big one. Since I listened to Oasis' first two albums, I knew what was coming next. I kind of dreaded it, even. But now that I finally hear it, is it truly as bad as people say? No! It's actually not too bad! The problem is some songs are so long that all together, this album has no flow.
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IN-DEPTH REVIEW BEGINS HERE!
D'You Know What I Mean starts this album off, and going off Rock n Roll Star and Hello, I was expecting ... read more
They got spiritual with this one! The title track and Deadstick especially give the wrong impression, this is a much more relaxed album than b741, while those two, ESPECIALLY THE LATTER are b741 with orchestra.
But once it gets spiritual, I love it. I wasn’t loving tracks 3 and 4 that much, but after that the band proves you should never doubt them and delivers peak. Thank you yet again gentlemen.
So, Thriller! The highest selling album ever made, I should know this because I have a copy. This album is actually a mini-Evan classic! Michael Jackson especially served as my soundtrack to 4th grade, which started my focus on albums which eventually led to here. So in a way this is coming full circle, as I’ll also review a few more of the albums that got me hooked on the album format, mostly because just like in the case of Thriller, I haven’t heard these albums in some ... read more
Re-review because my old review was dated to 2023 (It was a Frank not dropping joke). The highlights here are beautiful, but the worse songs on here are just kinda boring to me? Like they are well-constructed, but I sorta feel it might be an album length problem? After a bit I get the point.
If this is your WORST album, you're pretty good at this whole music thing.
Edit: fuck
Ah, I sure hope this Kanye West fellow doesn't become incredibly controversial!
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