A very consistent, bubbly and inventive J-pop listen!

FAVORITES:
> Pink Unicorn
> Fanfare
> Trust Nothing But Love
> Riot
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Be Your Ocean

Relistened to this recently, grew on me a good deal! A lot more consistent than I remembered!

FAVORITES:
> Australia
> Sleeping Lessons
> A Comet Appears
> Sea Legs
> Phantom Limb
> Red Rabbits
> Spilt Needles
> Girl Sailor
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Pam Berry

Not what I was expecting, but I don’t discount that as a positive. Very ethereal, poetic, overall well performed!

FAVORITES:
> The Wake Pt. 3 & 2
> Smile #6
> THE MESSAGE 3: Blood
> Smile #5
> My feet’s tired
LEAST FAVORITE:
> 360 Degree Pole Shift Hypothesis

Billy Woods reasserting himself as our greatest underground rapper like it’s nobody’s business and I am so here for it.

FAVORITES:
> NYNEX
> Remorseless
> Asylum
> Wharves
> Heavy Water
> Christine
> Sauvage
> Protoevangelium
> Smith + Cross
> Haarlem
LEAST FAVORITE:
> The Doldrums

Suggested to me by a friend, nice brief rap listen!

FAVORITES:
> Bumps and Bruises
> Great Adventures
> Moth in the Flame
> No Laughing Matter
> Hot Water Tank
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Guilt

Rina, keep it up!

FAVORITES:
> Tunnel Vision
> Ordinary Superstar
> Cyber Stockholm Syndrome
> Through the Wire (Interlude)
> Time Out (Interlude)
LEAST FAVORITE:
> 10-20-40

Some of dem guitar passages wild.

FAVORITES:
> Non Blood Lore
> Genesis
> Anti-Gone
> Loveless
> Hxcxhxc
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Zerkalo

Damn, guess I’ve been sleeping on this one, no one told me bout these bangers.

FAVORITES:
> Dynasty
> STFU!
> Bad Friend
> Paradisin’
> XS
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Fuck This World (Interlude)

Lo and behold, Nick Cave can still kick it even with just one Bad Seed!

FAVORITES:
> Balcony Man
> Carnage
> Hand of God
> Shattered Ground
> White Elephant
> Lavender Fields
> Albuquerque
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Old Time

Wow, I liked this way more than I was expecting! Iggy French Jazz Guitar Pop ain’t half bad!

FAVORITES:
> La vie en rose
> La Javanaise
> Everybody’s Talkin’
> Et Si Tu n’existais Pas
> Les Passantes
LEAST FAVORITE:
> La Belle Vie

Fuzzy and despondent, like a sad British puppet.

FAVORITES:
> Underclass
> Energy Fleets
> Alone, Omen 3
> Cellular
> Perfecto Miserable
> Theme for the Cross
> Stoned Again
> Slinky
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Supermarché

The Western is strong with this one.

FAVORITES:
> Juanita
> Sam
> Shamrock
> Ol’ Dood (Part I)
> Ol’ Dood (Part II)
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Epilogue

Not amazing, but still a nice little dancehall snack.

FAVORITE:
> Meanwhile
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Jimmy Jimmy

Not quite as strong as a complete album without the context of the short film, but still generally enjoyable and atmospheric; it mainly works for me in this format just because “Easy to Breathe” and “Mirror Man” are certified bangers.

FAVORITES:
> Mirror Man
> Easy to Breathe
> Theme
> Crying
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Dancing

Smooth jazz rap with superhero backstories. Eagle’s got the sauce!

FAVORITES:
> Legendary Iron Hood
> Tldr (Smithing)
> Daydreaming in the Projects
> 95 Radios
> Hymnal
> (How Could Anybody) Feel at Home
> No Selling (Uncle Butch Pretending It Don’t Hurt)
> Brick Body Complex
> My Auntie’s Building
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Wedding Ghosts

Essential punk rock album, would’ve been a jewel to hear live.

FAVORITES:
> Marquee Moon
> See No Evil
> Guiding Light
> Torn Curtain
> Venus
> Elevation
> Prove It
LEAST FAVORITE
> Friction (still a good song tho)

I can see a nifty half-hour short film accompanying this.

FAVORITES:
> Acid
> City Hell
> Yellow in Green
LEAST FAVORITE:
> The City

Synth-pop heaven. 🏝️

FAVORITES:
> On Melancholy Hill
> Empire Ants
> Rhinestone Eyes
> To Binge
> Broken
> Plastic Beach
> Some Kind of Nature
> Pirate Jet
> Superfast Jellyfish
> Stylo
> Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach
> Cloud of Unknowing
> White Flag
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Sweepstakes

Goodness gracious, I really do miss rock-centric Gorillaz every now and then.

FAVORITES:
> Dirty Harry
> DARE
> Every Planet We Reach Is Dead
> Kids with Guns
> November Has Come
> Feel Good Inc.
> El Mañana
> O Green World
> Last Living Souls
> Fire Coming Out of the Monkey’s Head
> All Alone
> Don’t Get Lost in Heaven
LEAST FAVORITE:
> White Light

One of the best albums I’ve ever heard