After Miles' First Great Quintet all but abandoned him in the late '50s, he ended up stumbling about trying to get another solid album out. With only Chambers helping him for one extra album, Coltrane appearing a couple of times, and multiple other quintets which ultimately didn't stick together. But with E.S.P., he finally found a new quintet who had the right chemistry together, and were talented enough to be truly worthy of the title of Second Great Quintet.

To be honest, E.S.P. isn't the ... read more

Welp, you certainly weren't lying when you said that this is better than your previous EP. Analog Autopsy genuinely sounds a lot more creative, more unique, and more interesting.

I don't think there was a single track on here that I disliked. I mean, if I had to choose one that I thought was the weakest, it would probably be Wet Wipe, solely because it didn't have me as invested as the rest of the album did. But when it comes to the rest of the album, I was actually surprised at just how ... read more

Having been inspired by his touring band, Sonic Youth, Neil decided to make a much different album from the norm, not only for himself but for mainstream rock artists in general. Arc is a live album consisting of single 35 minute long song, which is nothing but guitar noise, feedback, and the occasional nonsensical vocal line.

The album itself is one that is often brushed under the rug by Young fans. I mean, an album that is essentially just noise and is very easily comparable to Lou Reed's ... read more

After a decade of failures, both critically and commercially, Young quickly went back to his roots in '89s Freedom, showing that he was still just as good a songwriter and musician as he was a decade prior. He then completely reinvented himself, changing up his sound and style completely and embracing his "Godfather of Grunge" title.

To newcomers, you likely wouldn't expect an album this heavy to be coming from someone like Neil Young. Aside from a few cuts on Rust Never Sleeps and ... read more

Quiet Nights is by far the most infamous Miles Davis album released during his Columbia years. It was his fourth and final collaboration with Gil Evans, and it's an album that Miles himself was unsatisfied with and was actually infuriated by the release of it. And honestly, if you listen to this album, it becomes abundantly clear as to why this has such a bad reputation.

To be fair, Quiet Nights isn't an inherently bad album. It does have solid performances and decent ideas. It's clear that, ... read more

At this point, I think it's safe to say that I'm obsessed with Davis' music, but this is where I draw the line. I really can't defend this album much. This record gets so close to being borderline background music that it honestly baffles me how this is seen as the best of this brief period of weak, directionless albums.

I don't dislike Seven Steps. I think that, all things considered, it's actually pretty good. The performances here are just as great as you would expect from Miles Davis. The ... read more

Someday My Prince Will Come marks the first minor flop in Miles' run with Columbia, and the start of a very brief period where he wouldn't release anything truly noteworthy for a couple of years. But to give him some leeway, he just came off of multiple years of non-stop classics. Just the past five years of releases alone, he released THIRTEEN indisputable classics. That's something even the most acclaimed artists you can think of struggle to do in multiple decades worth of releases, let alone ... read more

Well, that was... fun. Yep, fun. Not amazing, and not even close to being Charli's best work, let alone a masterpiece of any kind. Just fun.

Charli is an album that definitely had a lot to live up to. Not only was this such a highly praised album when it dropped last year, but most of her previous works that I've heard impressed me way more than I initially thought they would. So, if albums like Pop 2 and Vroom Vroom can leave such a lasting impression on me, then surely Charli is going to as ... read more

So, I was looking through my old ratings, and I noticed it had been close to a year since I reviewed 1989. That reminded me that I told myself back then that I would at the very least listen to Swift's three albums that are often tolerated by non-Taylor Swift fans such as myself, and that I still had yet to actually give Red a shot. I pretty much forced myself to actually listen to it, and then I forced myself to actually sit through it. This listen was honestly very disappointing.

I don't ... read more

The last of the four albums made from the two 1956 sessions to fulfill the contract with Prestige, as well as the last album to be released with Davis' First Great Quintet. Steamin' closes off this period of Miles' career really well, giving us a batch of songs that are arguably the best of this short series.

At this point, I'm convinced that it's downright impossible to pick solid favourites when it comes to these four albums. Although I do think that this is the best album of the bunch, it's ... read more

First off, happy belated 60th anniversary to Sketches Of Spain! I was wanting to review this a few days ago on the actual anniversary, but I also didn't want to churn out a review for the sake of rushing it out on time for a specific day and instead review it when I was actually ready to do so, so here I am a couple days late. Sketches Of Spain may be a very old album now, but believe me, it's still amazing, and perhaps every bit as good as it was when it initially dropped in 1960.

Now, I'm ... read more

The third of the four albums Miles' First Great Quintet recorded over the course of two days to fulfill his contractual obligations with Prestige, and it is arguably the most essential of the bunch, and definitely the one that is seen as the biggest classic of the four (which is definitely saying something). And the verdict is... yep, it's good.

Yeah, this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. I mean, at this point I think it's safe to say that I've become a fan of Miles Davis' music, and ... read more

Neil Young's biggest comeback. A complete return to form. He closes off his dreadful run through the '80s - a decade filled with so many missteps, both minor and major, suffering with weaker songwriting and genres that most fans would dismiss, such as rockabilly and synthpop - by making an album that feels a lot like the successor to Rust Never Sleeps that everyone wanted. A dirty hard rock album, with the usual country tinge that makes Neil Young, well, Neil Young, and the songwriting and ... read more

This is exactly what I was wanting after hearing Vroom Vroom for the first time. Just a nice modern pop album, with amazing production, great performances from Charli herself alongside some pretty damn good features, and songwriting that isn't the most groundbreaking but isn't boring or pretentious either. Just an all-round fun listen.

Just like with Vroom Vroom, I do think that it's the production that steals the show. The production, even on the songs that don't work as well as the rest, is ... read more

I often see Porgy And Bess being called one of Miles Davis' main greats. It's often called the best of his collaborations with Gil Evans, and I've even seen some argue that it's his first ever masterpiece (which, considering the fact that he released about six albums that are all seen as classics in their own right which all preceded this album, is a plain lie). And, well, I certainly won't argue against any of those people, but this album just isn't as impressive to me as I was hoping.

I ... read more

Listening to this album for the first time really reminded me of just how exciting it was to go through those early 1962 through 1983 Dylan albums. While there were certainly duds throughout his career at this point (which is perfectly shown throughout this collection), these first 22 albums in particular were so interesting and intriguing, showing one of music's most prolific, respected, and influential musicians at his undisputable peak. It wasn't always perfect, but when he hit, he was ... read more

Thank you all so much for 500 followers!!! I'm not usually someone to focus on numbers, and whenever I do reach a follower milestone like this one I tend to not pay much attention to it outside of just saying 'thanks' in the location tab since I've never been here with the intention of becoming as big of a user as I have become, but 500 followers is a tremendous feat, something which I never expected, and I am incredibly grateful for it! So I figured I'd do something special by reviewing a ... read more

Oh damn, that was really good! All three artists have their own distinct sounds, and yet they mesh together brilliantly. I liked all three of these tracks, but I'd probably say that Elitimesfour won, but Malneezy's and AZIZ's songs were also really damn good.

I'm sorry to all diehard Neil Young fans who see this album as one of his most underrated and overhated releases, but good god, I cannot stand this thing. It genuinely pained me to sit through, and I myself am a Neil Young fan and I also like blues when done well.

Just like how the rest of the '80s was a time where Neil was jumping from genre to genre, This Note's For You shows him going with a genre that he hadn't fully done before, that being blues rock. The result is probably the most ... read more

It had apparently been too long since Neil performed with his most famous backing band, Crazy Horse, so he gets the band back together and records a ton of songs live and later added some overdubs in the studio, a la Rust Never Sleeps. The result is the most '70s sounding album that Young released during his time with the Geffen label, but also one of the most tired and lazy sounding performances that these guys have ever done.

It's clear that nobody's heart was into it in Life. Neil Young's ... read more