Pretty decent rock record here, some highlights of course include Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child O' Mine. But I think there is more to this album besides it's main hit tracks, while yes, some of the other songs are quite boring. I actually really enjoyed My Michelle and You're Crazy through Rocket Queen.
Dad rock at it's decentist? that ain't a word.
By this time of the 80s, this style of over produced, over excessive, drug filled hard rock was becoming incredibly boring and stale, and it really shows here. The best song on here is of course, Pour Some Sugar On Me, but even that song is at best ok, the rest is the bane of my existence.
Meh.
This a clear step down from their debut only 2 years prior. For me, it lacks the umph and hooks that Is This It had, like takes examples such as "Last Night, she said, oh baby I feel so down" or "I said just take it or leave it" or "Raised in Carolina", such catchy hooks and choruses that just get stuck in your mind. Now I've got to say, Reptilla is a phenomenal song, that's really the only main highlight I have off this thing.
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This might be the greatest rap album of all time.
RZA, GZA, Inspectah Dec, U-God, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Raekwon, Masta Killa, all legends in their own right come together to form a master-class group of rappers called the Wu-Tang Clan.
Released in 1993, this album is just banger after banger, you've got Shame on a N***a, Da Mystery of Chessboxin' (my personal favorite), or course the world famous C.R.E.A.M, Method Man, and Protect Ya Neck.
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