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Joni Mitchell - Blue
Joni Mitchell
Blue
1971 • LP
86
May 28
Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
Olivia Rodrigo
SOUR
2021 • LP
62
Apr 3
Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
Olivia Rodrigo
GUTS
2023 • LP
69
Apr 3
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
Rain Dogs
1985 • LP
89
Apr 3
Red Velvet - The Red
Red Velvet
The Red
2015 • LP
70
Mar 24
BTS - ARIRANG
BTS
ARIRANG
2026 • LP
32
Mar 22

Recent Reviews

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
NR

This is one of those albums where it’s hard for me to rate because my enjoyment of the album does not match the quality of it, such as many others. This time it’s in reverse, I enjoyed it and loved decoding it but quality-wise I did feel it didn’t measure up. So I have no idea what to rate it. Honestly Nick cave albums are really hard to rate and I wanna remove all of the other ratings I’ve given

Joni Mitchell - Blue
86

I enjoyed it

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream
86

Sooo much fun. But there were so many songs where for some reason the guitar was too loud in the mix and therefore the vocals weren’t as gutting as they could’ve been so that’s unfortunate. This is a provisional rating by the way because I wouldn’t know how to rate it against other albums by Nick cave. In terms of storytelling, world building, this album excels. The surrealism of it all will just always be something that hooks me no matter what. BUT! I found it ... read more

Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
69

Listened to this when it came out in 2023 but just reviewing it now because I am listening to a song from it. So it’s pretty good but I guess at no point did I feel particularly amazed (except with lacy but even then musically it does nothing for me). I like the self aware lyrics but I’ve seen some other artists do it better. It’s ALMOST good to me, but I think maybe just lacking in places.

I also appreciate some of the feminist commentary, thinly veiled of course. But this ... read more


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