Notorious_Man

Stop Making Sense is one of the most legendary concert films of all time. Every single aspect of it is iconic. The big suit, David Byrne's insane dances, or the fact that he sings his only love song at the time to a goddamn lamp. You can't possibly make a performance more entertaining. But while the film might be amazing to watch, the music is even better.

The band coming out one at a time resulted in David Byrne having to perform Psycho Killer all by himself with just his acoustic guitar and ... read more

¡Tre! is a marginal improvement on ¡Dos!, but nevertheless is a terrible album. The garish production, godawful mixing, and lazy songwriting all still remain issues. The tradeoff we get on ¡Tre! is that the awful songs are less appalling than the ones on ¡Dos!, but there isn't a single track as good as "Lazy Bones" as well. The resulting album is one of the most uninspired collections of tracks I think I've ever had the displeasure of hearing.

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¡Dos! Is probably the most unique and memorable album to come out of the trilogy, but for all the wrong reasons. The Garage Rock sound they go for is utter garbage. Throughout the record, you question if the band has forgotten how to properly write or structure a song. All of the production issues I had with its predecessor carry over but are exacerbated by poor taste. Whenever they’re not sounding like total ripoffs, like on “Stray Heart”, they seem to be out of ideas, ... read more

¡Uno! is undoubtedly the best album to come out of the trilogy and it's still the worst Green Day record up to that point. At least compared to its follow-ups, there seems to be an effort placed in some of its songwriting, but that's not enough to excuse the thin and painfully clean production, tepid instrumentation, tired or recycled ideas, and "Kill The DJ".

Best Tracks: Stay the Night; Nuclear Family; Sweet 16; Fell for You

Worst Tracks: Kill the DJ; Troublemaker; Oh Love