American Football - American Football
84

It sounds so pretty :)

In terms of an actual review, my main complaint is that some of the songs could be more substantial. Uncomfortably Numb is really good because it sounds pretty AND there's a lot of substance there, you dig?

Silhouettes - 9
Every Wave To Ever Rise - 8
Uncomfortably Numb - 10
Heir Apparent - 8
Doom In Full Bloom - 7
I Can't Feel You - 8
Mine to Miss - 9
Life Support - 8

Overall Score: 84

Favorite: Uncomfortably Numb
Least Favorite: Doom In Full Bloom

The Royston Club - Songs For The Spine
81

These guys are legit. Blow them up please.

Shivers - 9
The Patch Where Nothing Grows - 9
Crowbar - 9
Glued To The Bed - 7
Cariad - 8
30/20 - 7
Spinning - 7
Through The Cracks - 8
Curses & Spit - 8
The Ballad of Glen Campbell - 9

Overall Score: 81

Favorite: Shivers
Least Favorite: Glued To The Bed

Deftones - Gore
76

Deftones is such a good band that even their worst album sounds good.

Prayers / Triangles - 9
Acid Hologram - 7
Doomed User - 7
Geometric Headdress - 7
Hearts / Wires - 10
Pittura Infamante - 6
Xenon - 8
(L)MIRL - 8
Gore - 5
Phantom Bride - 9
Rubicon - 8

Overall Score: 76

Favorite: Hearts / Wires
Least Favorite: Gore

flipturn - Burnout Days
80

This sounds good, but it's honestly just another generic indie rock record.

Juno - 9
Rodeo Clown - 8
Inner Wave - 8
Sunlight - 8
Moon Rocks - 7
Right? - 8
Window - 7
Swim Between Trees - 8
Tides - 9
Reason to Pretend - 7
If It Is - 8
Burnout Days - 9

Overall Score: 80

Favorite: Burnout Days
Least Favorite: Window

Sweet Trip - You Will Never Know Why
91

This is the second 90+ album I discovered through my recommended albums on YouTube Music. Really enjoying that app so far. Thanks corporate overlords!

Conversation of Two - 10
Air Supply - 10
Forever - 8
Acting - 9
Milk - 10
Darkness - 10
To the Moon - 10
Song About a Sea - 7
Song About a Sun - 7
No Words to Be Found - 10
Pretending - 9
Misfortunes are Cruel - 9
Your World Is Eternally Complete - 10
Female Lover -7

Overall Score: 91

Favorite: Your World Is Eternally Complete
Least Favorite: ... read more

Tyler, The Creator - DON'T TAP THE GLASS
81

Groovy

Big Poe - 9
Sugar On My Tongue - 9
Sucka Free - 8
Mommanem - 6
Stop Playing With Me - 8
Ring Ring Ring - 9
Don't Tap That Glass / Tweakin' - 8
Don't You Worry Baby - 8
I'll Take Care of You - 9
Tell Me What It Is - 7

Overall Score: 81

Favorite: Big Poe
Least Favorite: Mommanem

Wet Leg - moisturizer
85

Before I listened to this album I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy it. I didn't jell with Wet Leg's style too well on their previous album and I wasn't sure this was going to be a step in the right direction.

HOLY FUCKING AIRBALL

cpr - 9
liquidize - 9
catch these fists - 9
davina mccall - 10
jennifer's body - 8
mangetout - 9
pond song - 8
pokemon - 9
pillow talk - 7
don't speak - 9
11:21 - 6
u and me at home - 8

Overall Score: 85

Favorite: davina mccall
Least ... read more

Taylor Swift - Midnights
67

How do you make an album THIS TOP HEAVY! Four of the five best songs on the album go first, second, fourth, and fifth, with the only other song I really enjoyed being the closer. That leaves a lot of middle of the album songs that were middling to not good. There had to be a better way to arrange it so that there wouldn't be 20 minutes of filler in the middle of the album.

Lavender Haze - 8
Maroon - 6
Anti-Hero - 9
Snow On The Beach - 8
You're On Your Own, Kid - 9
Midnight Rain - ... read more

Halsey - The Great Impersonator
83

Hey Fantano! Go fuck yourself!

He must be a generational hater because this album was really good from start to finish. The songwriting is excellent and it is perfectly acceptable for me for a woman to write about a near-death experience and being a single mother without calling it "main character syndrome". I'm sorry your life isn't that interesting. Also, I love the Brand New influences in some of the songs (esp. Lonely is the Muse and Dog Years). Yeah, this is really ... read more

Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
84

A solid debut album

Centennial - 9
In a Cave - 9
Graves - 9
Juno - 8
Tessellate - 10
Sixties Remake - 7
The Harrowing Adventures Of... - 8
Nursery Academy - 8
Your English Is Good - 8
Listen to the Math - 9
The Baskervilles - 8

Overall Score: 84

Favorite: Tessellate
Least Favorite: Sixties Remake

Third Eye Blind - Blue
78

This album starts out on pace with the debut, culminating in "Never Let You Go", one of their best songs IMO. Then, it all sort of falls apart. I don't understand what happened with the back half of this album, but it feels aimless and rushed. They can still return to form, as long as they don't fire their best member before the next album. They won't do that though... right?

Anything - 9
Wounded - 9
10 Days Late - 9
Never Let You Go - 10
Deep Inside of You - 8
1,000 ... read more

Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
88

No clue why this album is hated when it sounds: 1, incredibly good, and 2, like nothing else released by anyone else in 2007.

Turnin On The Screw - 9
Sick, Sick, Sick - 9
I'm Designer - 9
Into The Hollow - 10
Misfit Love - 9
Battery Acid - 7
Make It Wit Chu - 10
3's and 7's - 9
Suture Up Your Future - 9
River In The Road - 8
Run Pig, Run - 7

Overall Score: 88

Favorite: Into The Hollow
Least Favorite: Run Pig, Run

Big Thief - Two Hands
85

THERE'S A NEW BIG THIEF ALBUM COMING OUT THIS YEAR!!!! That means I need to hurry and review all their albums I haven't done yet.

This album is really good and a huge improvement over Capacity. I will say that it is pretty top heavy (four tens and a bunch of songs that are good but not really memorable). Those four tens though, absolutely mind-blowing.

Rock and Sing - 7
Forgotten Eyes - 10
The Toy - 8
Two Hands - 10
Those Girls - 7
Shoulders - 10
Not - 10
Wolf - 8
Replaced - 8
Cut ... read more

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
96

Deserved that motherfucking Pullitzer.

Wesley's Theory - 10
For Free? (Interlude) - 9
King Kunta - 10
Institutionalized - 9
These Walls - 10
U - 10
Alright - 10
For Sale? (Interlude) - 9
Momma - 9
Hood Politics - 9
How Much A Dollar Cost - 10
Complexion (A Zulu Love) - 10
The Blacker The Berry - 10
You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said) - 9
I - 10
Mortal Man - 10

Overall Score: 96
Favorite: The Blacker The Berry

The Killers - Sam's Town
86

Hot Fuss? It's good, fine, serviceable. This? Absolute Cinema.

SAM'S TOWN SHOULD BE UNIVERSALLY REGARDED AS THE BETTER ALBUM!!! I will die on this hill, please fight me.

Sam's Town - 8
Enterlude - 7
When You Were Young - 10
Bling (Confession of a King) - 9
For Reasons Unknown - 10
Read My Mind - 9
Uncle Jonny - 8
Bones - 8
My List - 8
This River Is Wild - 9
Why Do I Keep Counting? - 9
Exitlude - 8

Overall Score: 86

Favorite: When You Were Young
Least Favorite: My List

311 - From Chaos
80

INVESTIGATE 311!

You Get Worked - 8
Sick Tight - 8
You Wouldn't Believe - 8
Full Ride - 7
From Chaos - 8
I Told Myself - 8
Champagne - 8
Hostile Apostle - 7
Wake Your Mind Up - 7
Amber - 10
Uncalm - 8
I'll Be Here Awhile - 9

Overall Score: 80

Favorite: Amber, by a very wide margin
Least Favorite: Hostile Apostle

Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique - The Storm
85

Excellent job, @SnowyFighter, I thoroughly enjoy this album and I can't wait to hear what your band does next!

PPP - 9
Leviathan, Pt. 2 - 10
Nothing's Easier - 10
Wallcrawler - 7
The Day the Devil Died - 8
ihopeidieandgotohellsoicandragyouwithme - 7
Leviathan, Pt. 1 - 8
There's a Storm on the Horizon - 9
Wayne's World Dies in an Explosion - 9

Overall Score: 85
Favorite: Leviathan, Pt. 2
Least Favorite: Wallcrawler

Momma - Household Name
83

I fucking love women man

Rip Off - 8
Speeding 72 - 10
Medicine - 10
Rockstar - 10
Motorbike - 9
Tall Home - 7
Lucky - 9
Brave - 7
Callin Me - 8
Spider - 7
No Stage - 7
No Bite - 8

Overall Score: 83

Favorite: Rockstar
Least Favorite: No Stage

The Cardigans - Gran Turismo
80

My Favourite Game is up there with Free Bird among my favorite songs to drive well above the speed limit to.

Paralyzed - 7
Erase / Rewind - 9
Explode - 8
Starter - 9
Hanging Around - 8
Higher - 7
Marvel Hill - 7
My Favourite Game - 10
Do You Believe - 8
Junk Of The Hearts - 7
Nil - N/A

Overall Score: 80

Favorite: My Favourite Game
Least Favorite: Higher

Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars
93

Going into this album I had no idea what to expect. The singles off this album were different from the Car Seat Headrest I was used to, but also some of the best songs they've released in the Matador era. I love the storytelling on this album. The lyrical content is creative in a way that makes this album stand out from all their previous work but which also does not sacrifice their signature introspective writing style. This album also has a lot more polish than some of their previous ... read more

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