This is Muse’s worst album, and if someone told me they hated every song on here I’d understand. But like I said in my Will of the People review, I’ll always have a soft spot for Muse. I do love Propaganda, and the first half of this album overall is pretty solid. But “Get Up and Fight” is easily Muse’s worst song, and “Blockades” sounds like they watched a YouTube video about how to make a Muse song, and then half-assed their attempt. Overall I ... read more

Thanks to my brother and Phoebe Bridgers for introducing me to this album. Though definitely front-loaded, Bartees Strange shows a lot of potential in a wide variety of genres on his debut.

Tyler struck gold with this thing. Immaculate production mixed with some of his best songs, and an extremely engaging storyline throughout, which I wasn't expecting. This thing is probably moving towards modern classic status, and for good reason. This project is fantastic. Just don't go in expecting a hip-hop album. Or do, it's not like it's going to disappoint you.

Is this a good album? Probably not. But Muse were my favorite band for the longest time, and their run of albums from 2001-2009 was great and I will forever stand by that opinion. And because of that I will always have a soft spot for them and their more ridiculous moments. Honestly I probably prefer this over Simulation Theory because it sounds like their having fun again, and that's when I love Muse the most (hence why enjoy "...Halloween," even though I get why most despise it). I ... read more

It's Nevermind by Nirvana.

This album is fantastic. Everyone knows its fantastic. If you haven't listened to it yet, why? Personally this is my favorite album by them. I love the raw production, the brutally honest lyricism, and the more eclectic song structures and styles. It's a classic for a reason.

The Aussie's continue to be a consistently entertaining Acid Rock group. Are they doing anything groundbreaking? Not really. but who cares. This is some damn good rock. You gotta appreciate when that comes around these days.

Pusha T continues to prove he is one of the most consistent voices in modern hip-hop. Its awesome to hear him effortlessly flow through beats made by two producers that have defined different eras of his career - Kanye and Pharrell. On top of that, you get another Clipse reunion on the closer, and Jay-Z had no reason to go as hard as he did on "Neck & Wrist." Just a great project.

As someone who never really got into Fontaines D.C.'s previous two albums, I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed this thing. Jackie Down the Line might be my favorite song of the year, that thing has been stuck in my head since I first heard it. The opener and closer are also two of the best songs on this thing, and I even loved the accordion-backed "The Couple Across the Way." For some reason I still can't really get into their other stuff, but this album is great.

Damn, what an album. A perfect album, really. A beautiful blend of post-punk, art punk, and even some heavier genres like noise rock and even some post-hardcore. There are 0 misses on this thing. Just go listen to it. My favorite punk record of the 2010s.

This album took a while to grow on me. Originally I was disappointed; I was happy the band was changing things up, but I didn't think a lot of the experiments worked out too well. But after many listens it really started to click, and this is probably my second favorite album by them. You still have their normal post-punk ragers in tracks like "The Wheel" and "Crawl," but then you also have incredibly interesting genre blends, such as the rap-rock and noise-tinged "Car ... read more

Melt My Eyes... is pretty much bangers from front to back. Denzel brings his usual energetic flows and great writing to a wide variety of styles and production, from soft jazz instrumentals on the opener and closer, to the autotuned chorus and trap production of "X-Wing." This is Denzel's best album, and if he continues this trajectory, he'll continue to be one of the best rappers in the game.

Kendrick's 5th album took a while to grow on me. There's a lot to unpack - the eclectic styles, the deeply personal lyrics, the lengthy runtime - and a lot of it didn't click until a few listens in. This is easily Kendrick's most confessional album, and the disjointed feel of the tracklist feeds into many of the themes Kendrick discusses throughout the album. I don't think it's his best, but it is still fantastic, with some of his best tracks to date.

If they shaved like half the tracks here you'd have an amazing record. But they didn't, so now we have whatever the hell tracks like Roadkill and Bagsy Not In Net are on the same album as gems like People and Jesus Christ 2005.... Luckily, most of the filler is at least decent filler. But still, after A Brief Inquiry, it was a little disappointing. So close to amazing, yet so far.

Still the 1975's best album, and the beginning of when I can actually take them seriously. I don't know why this clicked so much more than their first 2 albums (which I still don't really like), but it did. Consistently interesting ideas, fantastic production, and surprisingly consistent themes throughout the project. Love It If We Made It is flawless, and my favorite track of 2018.

The 1975 finally decide to condense an album to just the best tracks, and what do you know, they come out with a banger. New wave 1975 is the best 1975, and that's what you get on a majority of the tracks here. The lyrics can be a little much at time, but that's to be expected with Matty Healy at the helm. The 1975's production continues to be stunning. Bops all the way through.

What can be said about this album that hasn't been said already. My favorite album of all time. One of your favorite rapper's favorite albums of all time. A classic. Incredibly influential despite never really making Into the mainstream at the time. Flawless production, flawless writing. And album you have to listen to all the way through. Masterpiece.

Two of the best coming together and making a near-flawless album. Nothing on this album is gonna make you go "man, I've never heard anything like this before," but you will be in awe of how consistently fantastic every track is. No misses. Amazing sampling. Amazing verses. If Belize is DOOM's final ever appearance on something, I won't even be upset. What a song to go out on.

Even the other version of this album slaps. It probably even flows better than the Offline Version. It's really just missing some of the best tracks from the offline version, namely HAZARD DUTY PAY!. Bald still slaps.

JPEGMAFIA's best album. LP! takes the best qualities from all of his releases to this point and uses them to craft one what is one of my favorite hip-hop albums of the decade and what has to be one of the best experimental hip-hop albums of the 2000s so far. It's far from the most cohesive album of all time, but that only adds to the interest, keeping your attention the whole time as you try to figure out where the hell Peggy is gonna take you with each track.