In the strangest fashion, I have found myself frequently returning to Blackstar above all other David Bowie albums; I wouldn’t even consider it to be my favorite Bowie record, yet I return to Blackstar like a sailor to the siren’s song. There are records I show others to try to convey my love of music: Grace by Jeff Buckley, Heavy Metal by Cameron Winter, and Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen, for example. Despite generally preferring these records to Blackstar, I find that Blackstar ... read more

I have really run the gamut of being obsessed with every song on this album for a period from its release to now. Everybody knows my obsession with this album and band.

Rain Dogs has everything that should make me adore this album; two major facets being an unconventional vocalist and absurd lyrics, yet I don’t get it like I think I should. I hope on subsequent listens I appreciate the album more because right now I love Rain Dogs much more in theory than in practice.

Billy Joel is a great balladeer but this album would have been so much better if it had the energy of You May Be Right and Sleeping With the Television On throughout the whole record. It truly deserved that.

Imagine being ‘Save a Prayer,’ this masterwork of a closing track, and getting outdone in that regard on the very same album, so much so that you don’t even get to be the last song. The Chauffeur is just too good.

This is basically just John Lennon if he went off the rails and keep going hard on psychedelia after Sgt. Pepper.

he looks like a henchman

I don’t care what anybody says, The Nylon Curtain is so damn good. Side A is easily one of my favorite sides to any album; and while side B is definitely weaker with songs like She’s Right On Time and A Room of Our Own, I feel like it brings it back by the end of the album. Such a great collection of songs. Even the songs I like less are pretty good fun. This is an album I really want to write a more full review about, but this will suffice for right now at least.

Tommy is definitely an album I want to write a full analysis for, but I might as well have something here in the meantime.

I love Tommy, don’t get me wrong, but it’s so flawed. Great narrative, message, and overall grandiosity for a rock opera, but it’s a little boring. The songs never really feel substantial, aside from a few. I understand that Tommy is supposed to be consumed as a full work, which is what I do 99% of the time, but even then, I am often left unsatisfied by ... read more

Despite listening to this record every once in a while, it just hasn’t clicked with me yet. That makes me sad.

Infectiously fun. I’m in Florida right now, and it’s unbelievably fitting for these hot nights. The only thing that could make it better would be lounging on a boat.

Also, did these guys try to intentionally make absurd lyrics sound incredibly catchy, or are they just like that? Because I AM singing along with “and die behind the wheel” every time.

It’s not lyrically clever nor is it very musically catchy but I can’t help but say “that’s my goat” regardless; the song was never meant to rival Jungleland. Streets of Minneapolis has its place as a very traditional protest song that has long been lacking in popular music.

Viroca is so fucking good holy shit

I adore the yells and fast paced vocals Olivares does in many instances on this album. I'm not very familiar with this type of Jazz-Prog-Rock genre outside of mostly King Crimson, so I'm not sure about the uniqueness of this EP in the grand scheme of music, but it's something almost entirely new to me and I am utterly mesmorized.

I just got Abandoned Luncheonette on vinyl and spun it after not listening to it for over a year and wow I completely forgot how great this record is. It's so bright any sunny, it brings me such a nostalgic feeling. The first time I listened to this record, I was sitting on my porch eating cheesecake on a sunny day in May, and I am taken back to that moment every time I hear this. Such a great collection of songs, and makes me wish Hall & Oates stayed with this Pop Soul / Blue-Eyed ... read more

Incredibly beautiful and calming;

Makes me want to sow the fields and knit clothing by the fireside for my twenty nine children (eight of which died to a common cold).

I can imagine retiring to a farm and exclusively listening to stuff like this and Pink Moon for the rest of my life.

sorry, a$ap rocky, but you just can’t tell me “don’t be dumb.” its simply against my nature

Paul Simon is pushing 40 on this album cover and looks like Marty McFly.

That “37 year old male model who looks 17” guy should lowkey take notes.

For not being the main singer of Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Simon is a really impressive singer, especially at the age of 45 when this album was released.

I haven’t sunk my teeth into the middle portion of this album yet because I’ve had only a few tracks on constant repeat and attention, but those few tracks are spectacular. Songs like Graceland, The Boy In the Bubble, You Can Call Me Al, and All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints are unbelievably catchy and addictive. ... read more

You can make the claim for whatever you think the best album of all time is, but I’m sure that Abbey Road is the best. Considering all of the cumulative reasons of why an album might be great, such as influence, lasting relevance, cultural significance, and, of course, pure enjoyability, Abbey Road always comes out on top.

Also, the cut-off at the end of I Want You (She's So Heavy) to Here Comes The Sun on the B-side feels so innovative and fresh it's bewildering.

when i got to So Many People In The Neighborhood, i audibly asked, “what the hell am i listening to?”

the album is wonderful though. there are songs here that feel like religious revelations, keeping the sillier songs more in check