music peaked here

Pretty boring overall but the final Инструментал is really good.

This is pretty disappointing.

I found myself getting lost in the beautiful orchestral arrangements, then my ears are assaulted by the awful guitar tone and/or distracting vocals that do not fit at all. This blend of 70s rock and twangy licks with the orchestra is unique and interesting in theory, but executed pretty poorly here in my opinion. I'd love to see this concept revisited one day without the Flight b741 elements holding it back as the end result is cheesy more often than it is ... read more

more like I AM POOSIC

Since we're all gonna die, there's one more secret I have to share with you. I did not care for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. It insists upon itself.

In all seriousness, this album COULD have been a 10. I love prog, but these instrumental sections did NOT need to be as long as they were. The leitmotif from The Eve of The War is present in pretty much every track as if to say "remember how good the first track was?" because the musical ideas ... read more

I really wish this album got as much credit as Tubular Bells. It has so much more variety in both dynamics, instrumentation, and the different sections of both parts one and two. Mike Oldfield is easily one of the most talented musicians and songwriters of all-time, and this album makes that very clear.

This one doesn't do a whole lot for me. It doesn't really do anything different or engaging which is important for me especially in a genre as saturated as this.

This is super pretty!! The songwriting is pretty reminiscent of artists like Tatsuro Yamashita but with a more stripped down production. This ultimately works in the albums favour. Both vocalists have a lot to offer and almost every track on here is an absolute treat.

Sadly I found this one super uninteresting. Tracks 1, 3 and 4 were big standouts and if the whole album sounded like those it could probably land a much higher rating. As it stands, however, it just doesn't really do anything for me.

This album knows how it wants to sound and rarely deviates from that. This works both for and against its overall rating. Some of the songs blend together due to their similarity, but the sound itself is amazing so it's a downside I can look past.

This has been my first introduction to Emo, and I'm very impressed. Will be revisiting this one pretty often I think.

There are some decent tracks here. Though, overall, I find Stevens' songwriting is not really for me. The tracks and chord progressions never seem to go the way that sounds best in my head. It definitely keeps you on your toes in that respect though.

It's okay, but I think his singer-songwriter contemporaries at the time (Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake come to mind) were all doing a better job at this sound both before and after this album was released.

Possibly the most overrated rock album of all-time. Search by genre, filter to "Rock Opera" and listen to literally anything else on that list. It'll be better than this.

Läther is strange in a lot of ways. My first listen I didn't finish since it felt too unfocused compared to his other work.

Recently, I've tackled this album again, and I'm glad I did. It's like instead of Zappa's 'Greatest Hits' we get his 'Strangest Bits' all on one album. A handful of great live tracks, lots of catchy instrumentals, and—if you've listened to many of his other albums—you will recognize many of the songs that ... read more

Largely underwhelming apart from the obvious 3 hits on the album. 'Hello', 'Roll with It' and 'Hey Now!' dragggggg.

'Some Might Say' and 'She's Electric' are fun, but I hear the Beatles influence and frankly feel like I would just rather be listening to them instead. I think my expectations were a little higher since these guys were supposedly taking massive influence from the greatest band of all-time and yet they managed to take that ... read more

Is it a bit tropey? Yeah. Is it too safe? Maybe. Let's be real though, shoegaze has been tired since Y2K. The songwriting on display here isn't anymore formulaic than someone like Cobain.

There is definitely some repetition the songs - you'll notice similar chord structure and production in at least half the tracks.

Despite its flaws and lots of it sounding similar, it fucks pretty hard.

Take the flawless songwriting of Blue and make it (somehow) even better. Strip down and roughen up the production, add a little more edge and of-course a hint of midlife crisis and depression and voila, you've got Pinkerton.

This album is so fucking raw, man. The first time I heard 'Tired of Sex' after listening to Blue for the first time I hated it. After a few months I revisited and it's easily one of the best albums of the 90s for me now. Definitely lands in my top 10 of ... read more

It's difficult for me to put into words just how this album makes me feel. As others have pointed out - the climax of each track is where the album shines the brightest. Admittedly in that way, it is somewhat formulaic. Each track starts with a slow, quiet intro which builds up in about 4 minutes to an epic climax. Then repeat that twice for each track.

That said, it does not bother me one bit. The melodies on each track - particularly "bury your kiss in me", "spring ... read more