| May. 21st, 2007 @ 11:46 pm One sentence reviews of albums I own, in alphabetical order, part five |
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The Breeders - Pod
Hey, remember when Kim Deal and some other people released an album that was nearly better than what the Pixies themselves were actually releasing at the time? 8/10
The Breeders - Last Splash
In which, with merely one album, Kim Deal completely trumps the entierity of Frank Black's recorded solo output and, hell, Trompe le Monde too. 9/10
The Breeders - Title TK
"Awww fuck, I just realized we haven't released an album in almost a decade, so get my sister on the line and a carton of cigarettes so we can throw something together quicklike." 7/10
James Brown - Live at the Apollo (1962)
He hadn't released "I Feel Good" yet but somehow that fact doesn't really seem to matter. 10/10
Steve Burns - Songs for Dustmites
You loved him on Blue's Clues, you loved it when he was rumored that he died simultaneously from an airplane crash, an overdose, and AIDS, so you'll probably ignore the fuck out of this surprisingly decent album! 7/10
Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
Kid, you REALLY don't want to ask Gibby Haynes what regret means if you want a straight answer. 8/10
The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
In which our adventurous band of hippies decide to go country-rock for some reason, with the added bonus of getting Gram Parsons some extra recognition. 8/10
Brian Eno and David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
I can never figure out whether to file this under Byrne or Eno, to be quite honest, and similarly I can never quite figure out whether I really like this album or if it quite frankly bores me, but it does have a few cool parts I suppose. 8/10
Laura Cantrell - The Hello Recordings
Consists of 5 songs' worth of great rootsy country music by a good singer, which obviously means that Nashville had nothing at all to do with it nor would they want to. 8/10
The Cars - The Cars
Contains the best blatant rip of a Beatles riff ever, along with that funny looking guy with those big sunglasses. 9/10
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash may be a bit overexposed these days, but god damn it, he's motherfucking Johnny Cash, and he won't ever let you forget it. 10/10
Johnny Cash - At San Quentin
I still can't get over the fact that not only did they put the song "San Quentin" on this album twice, THEY PUT THEM ONE AFTER THE OTHER. 7/10
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1977)
Before they went to Japan and before they had a mushy and horrible goddamned power ballad comeback in the late 80s, these guys had one wickedly dark sense of humor, along with releasing a ballad that still kicks the afformentioned one's ass in every possible way. 8/10
Cheap Trick - In Color
Half of it's great, awesome tunes and half of it's ugly, boring and trite, kind of like how half of Cheap Trick were attractive and half were goofy-looking. 6/10
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
Contains the best ode to suicide since the M*A*S*H theme song. 9/10
Cheap Trick - At Budokan
Laugh at Japan all you want, but this album proves that those motherfuckers had some impeccable taste, if only very briefly in the late 70s. 10/10
The Clash - The Clash (US Version)
Less consistent than the UK version, but it has that nifty cover of "I Fought the Law." 7/10
The Clash - London Calling
The sort of people who claim that this isn't REALLY a punk album are probably the same sort of people who would claim that the Sex Pistols are the greatest band in the universe, so fuck them. 10/10
The Clash - Combat Rock
Sharif don't like it, and I don't much care for it myself. 6/10
Common - Be
In which there's a rap album by a black person in my collection oh my god!!! 8/10
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
I don't really know whether this is the MOST PERFECT DEBUT ALBUM EVER, but I do know it's really fucking good. 10/10
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
This year's model is a bit less exciting than last year's, but it's got some nice, refined curves that really give it a distinctive look all the same. 9/10
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
I love you guys and all, but seriously your cover of "The Night Time Is the Right Time" is fucking terrible and I have no idea why you guys thought it was a good idea to put it anywhere near this release. 8/10
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
Probably the only Creedence album that has anything that could be mistaken for variety on it, and also has "Ramble Tamble" which is quite possibly my favorite Creedence song ever. 10/10 |
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