It's crazy how every song on here is some of the most beautiful and profoundly sad pieces of music I've ever heard. I want to give this a few more listens, because this may genuinely be a 10/10 project. Rest in peace to an actual legend.
99-->100
It's a 10. Simply one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever made. Probably could listen to this forever without it getting old.
Roberta Flack has a wonderful voice, and the opening track is great, but the album just didn't amaze me like I thought it would.
It's a really honest and bleak album, the guitar playing here is really great at setting the atmosphere, but the real highlight is the storytelling, which just sounds like the two of them talking about their lives and their place in the world in a very direct way. Definitely does not feel over 40 years old.
If it talks like a Nazi,
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/16/elon-musk-calls-antisemitic-tweet-the-actual-truth.html
Acts like a Nazi,
https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2025/01/elon-musk-nazi-salute-jan-20-2025-896x597.jpg
Supports Nazis,
https://theprogressiveamerican.com/2024/12/22/elon-musk-endorses-neo-nazi-party-alternative-for-germany/
And is supported by Nazis,
https://apnews.com/article/musk-gesture-salute-antisemitism-0070dae53c7a73397b104ae645877535
Then it must be a Nazi.
This is a great album to deconstruct, to see what samples were used where, and how they were all mixed together so seamlessly. This is an incredibly cohesive project, each track flowing into the next so naturally, on top of just sounding great.
For being an amateur piece of Welsh rock from the 80s, it's not that bad. It's a pretty politically motivated EP, with the final track being named after an IRA member who died following a hunger strike, and the title track being about the marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. I think this political aspect could have been translated better in the music itself. That being said, there are some petty good guitar solos here, and it doesn't sound that bad production-wise ... read more
I first learnt about Benjamin Booker after his phenomenal performance on Armand Hammer's Doves, so I've been meaning to check out his stuff for a while. Kenny Segal's production works really well with Booker's voice here, the heaviness that his production brings balances nicely with Booker's breath-y psychedelic style of singing. i love the combination of acoustic and noisy elements here, it's subtle, but it adds a lot of depth to many of the tracks. I not sure how ... read more
This electronic angle suits FKA twigs as an artist really well, she was exploring the sound a little on her Caprisongs mixtape, but here it feels like a full embrace of these styles of music. This really sounds like she's taking a run of the mill electronic album, and completely turning it onto its head, creating something entirely new and entirely her in the process. I love the chaotic sounding "Drums of Death" and "Childlike Things" and the more methodical sounding ... read more
Everything you expect from a Xiu Xiu album is here, the incredibly dark subject matter, the abrasive, off the wall production, and Jamie Stewart's weak (in a good way) singing. It's a really uncomfortable listen, especially when the production gets really subdued, and puts Stewart's performance and lyrics on full display, like on the track "Nieces Pieces", which describes in detail to their niece the abuse that her mother went through.
Such a consistent level of quality throughout and Mach-Hommy sounds great over the simple yet immersive production here. I don't think it's as good as his 2024 album, but it's still a good listen.
This album really pummels you into the ground sometimes with its production, the whole thing really packs a punch from beginning to end. This mixtape is pretty diverse in sound, but it all sounds like it as a central vision, and there's a level of cohesion and consistency from track to track. Definitely need to check out more of Arca's stuff if there all this good.
The best moments in this album are when it's just Waka Flocka Flame, he outshines pretty much everyone else on the album. This also gets pretty repetitive, the album doesn't change up the style all or is interesting enough to justify the 72 minute runtime. That being said, this album is so fun to listen to, even if it's one that you have to be in a specific mood to really enjoy. There are a few eyebrow-raising lines, but I will say, despite it's repetitive nature, this album ... read more
It's a cool little Jazz-fusion project, it's not anything too crazy, but it's a good place to start if you're looking to get into some jazz with some rock elements in it. The songs here can get pretty long, but the way the songs build up makes it so this EP never drags and makes for a pretty satisfying listen. These guys should be more popular, give them a listen if you're into this sort of thing.
This album is intense, the instrumentation here feels so gross and heavy, but the real highlight of this album for me is the truly deranged performance. This sounds like a man having an emotional breakdown the entire time, and the writing just sounds like what's going through his head. One of the only things I can compare it to is "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" off Patty Waters' "Sings" it has that same scattershot emotion and rawness to it.
I appreciate how weird this album is willing to get sometimes, and it being made over 40 years ago is really impressive. However, as a piece of music, I just didn't like it, all of the different vocal effects and electronic production just got annoying by the end, really disappointed considering the reputation this album has.
Very few attempt to make an album this ambitious, and even fewer succeed in making it work. It feels so hard for me to put this album into words, since it means 1000 different things to 1000 different people. It sounds like the "best of" compilation of everything Swans had made up until this point, with some added post-rock elements. It's abstract, like the album cover, you can't quite make out what's going on at all times. The album moves surprisingly fast for being ... read more
This album starts off pretty strong, but my enjoyment falls off towards the end, I was just never immersed in anything this album was trying to do. The production, and performance just felt overall pretty generic.
It's really good, I'm not super experienced in Mac Miller's music, so it's hard to say how this compares to other albums that were recorded in this era. It was really well produced, it's cool to see how Mac was experimenting with these more left-field musical style, because he sounded so natural over all of them. I think any Mac Miller fan would be happy with this release, it's great to see his label respect him and his legacy.
The songs here are so catchy and fun to listen to, they get straight to the point, the album is long enough to leave an impression, but not too long for any of the ideas to drag too much. The writing here feels very tongue-in-cheek, and adds a lot of personality to this album, although I can understand why people would be annoyed by it. This isn't a very "Deep" album in terms of its themes, and it's something we've all seen before, but it doesn't need to be with ... read more
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