![吉田美奈子 [Minako Yoshida] - LIGHT'N UP](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/100x0/album/285005-lightn-up.jpg)
Decent city pop/ disco/soul album. It starts off pretty strong but kinda falters on the b-side not for the lack of trying. I just didn't connect with those songs. Check out the recommendations at least they are good.
Recs:
- Light'n Up
- Hoho Ni Yoro No Hi
- Kaze
One of the most mesmerizing and kinda trippy experiences that I have ever witnessed. Everything was masterfully done from the excellent utilization of synths to the clear and potent spoken words. It's such a strange and unique listen that it's almost alien at times. The pacing is immaculate and there's always something interesting going on. A perfectly crafted masterpiece full of unforgettable tracks that I will listen to MANY times for years to come. While every song has a unique quality that ... read more
The album Starts of pretty well with me enjoying "Runaways", "Senses Working Overtime", and "Jason and the Argonauts". But then it gets pretty boring pretty fast. It doesn't help that this is a double album that doesn't nearly have the diversity needed to keep the engagement levels up to par all the way through. Overall it's a pretty disappointing album with a decent start but never really did anything particularly exciting.
While Oingo Boingo keep their goofy identity, they infuse some good ole ROCK into the equation to ground the silliness into a more accessible soundscape. This makes some of the songs pretty damn enjoyable while others are still a bit much for me to buy into. Overall it's the best that I have heard from this unique band and I hope they continue to improve upon this formula whist adding some spices to keep things interesting.
Recs:
- Private Life
- Whole Day Off
- Why'd We Come?
- Islands
- ... read more
While I appreciate the creative choices made for this album they didn't peak my interest unfortunately. This album is unfortunately a miss for me.
Hey look it's a Judas Priest album it's Been awhile. I just checked and it was August 21st when I last reviewed "Stained Class" so it's great to see my favorite Early Metal band not named Black Sabbath come back. They have had a number of bangers so far and with what's supposed to be their Breakout Album I expect a number more Headbangers to add to the list out of this LP.
After the riffy intro the Album dives into Electric eye. It's talking about some robot spies that we the people ... read more
Easily my favorite The Damned album. I listened to the deluxe version and the extra songs really helped make this a more complete experience. There's surprisingly a lot of variety and creativity happening here and I am all for it! If the appraised early punk albums were this exiting and interesting to listen to then I would have a better opinion on the beginnings of the genre than I do. But with this album and some of the other recent for early 1980's standards pink albums I think the genre is ... read more
Other than the kinda underwhelming "San Jacinto" and I have the Touch" this was an amazing album with some of the most engaging production that 1982 has to offer. Peter has an impressive vocal performance throughout as well. This album is can't miss and has many songs that are just begging to be listened multiple times the soundscape is so rich and Interesting. Highly recommend you check this amazing album out!
Favorites:
- The Rhythm of the Heat
- The Family and the Fishing ... read more
He must have heard me complain that he's getting kinda boring and went all 1967 Beatles in response.
Now this is definitely not up to the quality of said 1967 Beatles but honestly it's pretty hard to find anything that IS at that insane level of creativity. What is presented here is still quite the interesting and expansive soundscape that is sure to keep you entertained all the way through the 50 minute runtime. It's like an updated version of Sargent Peppers for the 1982 soundscape. Again ... read more
When I think of the 80's some of the first songs that come to mind are "Rio" and "Hungry Like the Wolf". The iconic synths and beats that this album is full of is just welded into the 80's identity that we remember fondly of forty years later. The music has aged like a fine wine and is still such a fresh sound. Not all of the music is as memorable as the two iconic hits, but the majority of the album is still a quality listen that's loads of fun to dance along ... read more
Thank you TikTok for bringing awareness to this masterpiece!
I will never not be absolutely entranced by synthetic voices singing to me. It's the mix of humanity and the artificial that brings up a surrealism to me and I just get hypnotized. The production is minimal but damn does everything including the repetitive "ha ha ha ha" just do their job SO well! The music video is just as intriguing and I highly encourage you to watch it! What a phenomenal track that will honestly hold a ... read more
This is the fast furious and rowdy punk that is more tuned to my personal preferences. I like the sound even though it gets pretty samey after a few tracks. The rebellious spirit is great but I don't think there's enough spunk and ferocity here for me to believe that they will be too much trouble. Nice effort here, but I have heard this done better.
OMG THAT FUCKIN OPENER THOUGH!!!
Man I wasn't expecting an album THIS great out of Dire Straights I didn't know they had it in them to do one of my absolute favorite Genres Prog Rock this much justice! This album is insanely amazing and while the opener is on a level few tracks in general ever reach the rest other than the slightly underwhelming closer are not far behind. This album is an absolute MUST LISTEN especially that jaw dropping opener that still has me shell shocked. Phenomenal ... read more
Very enjoyable 80's soft pop album. It's almost sensual how smooth this album is. It still remains a lot of proper class whilst teasing you with those sexy saxophones and sensual synths. I'm very charmed by this album. So much so that even though critically it's a good Album that doesn't do anything particularly great, I still highly recommend you check it out.
Favorites:
- Avalon
- India
- While My Heart is Still Beating
- Take a Chance With Me
- True to Life
Thank you Remi for asking me to check out your latest single!
Unfortunately I agree with @God2 in that this is pretty one dimensional and isn't anything that grips my attention. It's a decent song that's inoffensive in the background but there's nothing about it that begs me to check it out for any further listens. Decent stuff but nothing that stands out.
![中森明菜 [Akina Nakamori] - バリエーション〈変奏曲〉](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/100x0/album/83874-_172509.jpg)
It starts off pretty strong with "Cancel" and "Moroi Gogo" then falls off to mediocre pretty fast and fails to recover unfortunately. Akina does well and the production is strong but the result isn't anything all that interesting or engaging. It's too pretty and perfected for me to care if you get my drift.
It's fine. A bit disappointing compared to how enjoyable "The Turn of a Friendly Card" was. Generally there wasn't anything bad perce but this album really struggled to find anything that lifted my spirit past neutral. It succeeds in a few songs but they are so few and far between that the overall experience is underwhelming. I recommend you check out the recommendations everything else is up to you if you're curious.
Recs:
- Sirius
- Gemini
- Old and Wise
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