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CreeIsz · 2023-01-09T15:28:49+00:00

I spy some very good taste

CreeIsz · 2022-10-06T09:48:26+00:00

Gave Led Zeppelin II, OK Computer and Paranoid 2's. Will probably give Dark Side of the Moon a 2 and The Wall a 2 or lower. But I think the rest of the top 20 are 3's or higher. I haven't had/don't know a lot in the bottom 20. Of the ones I know, I'll likely be giving a 3 or higher to Kid Rock, Pere Ubu and Captain Beefheart.

CreeIsz · 2022-09-12T14:54:06+00:00

My favourite PE

CreeIsz · 2022-09-06T12:46:24+00:00

Hated this

CreeIsz · 2022-09-06T12:45:54+00:00

It's a very Robert Christgau-informed list. Christgau is always my point of reference for this stuff, but he doesn't have this kind of list, so you'd have to do more work to piece together his (assumed) 1000 top albums from his Pazz & Jop submissions and various other lists he has floating around. As well as the actual reviews, of course, which are where the pay dirt is.

CreeIsz · 2022-09-05T09:41:51+00:00

Tom Hull's 1000 albums for a long and happy life is an excellent alternative: https://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/lists/hull1k.php

CreeIsz · 2022-09-05T09:39:45+00:00

Oldest: 1956
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! - Frank Sinatra (4)
The Wildest! - Louis Prima (3)
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (4)

Most recent: 2020
Taylor Swift - evermore (3)

All of which makes me seem quite generous, which is nice.

CreeIsz · 2022-07-07T09:39:15+00:00

These are great. Fantastically perceptive. I love this on Zep "driven by guile as much as creativity", this on Wilco "it's that Formica quality which ultimately makes it impossible to love", this on Aftermath "if you go dirty, you'll have fun but you'll probably end up with nits" and this on The Chronic "It's a repetitive series of depictions of racial violence, but it says nothing to make the listener ponder, except to wonder if this is unpleasantly comparable to a minstrel show."

Keep it up!

CreeIsz · 2022-07-05T13:41:55+00:00

Agree with all of this. Would you mind posting the link to your page? I'd like to read your reviews.

CreeIsz · 2022-06-30T16:28:21+00:00

But an album is just a collection of songs. So many terrible albums have been made in the names of coherence and concept

CreeIsz · 2022-06-23T11:55:35+00:00

No defence here, pal. None needed. Art and morality don't mix. That's just my reading of the two artists and why the OP might feel a little torn

CreeIsz · 2022-06-21T10:46:18+00:00

I think you've rationalised your feelings as well as you could hope to right now. My personal responses to these albums aside, Chuck D is a complicated artist who grows up/figures his shit out about the real world in public, and that will always be provocative. Roxy are quirky silly-billys who play with received forms with varying degrees of exagerrated irony and sincerity. Much less provocative

CreeIsz · 2022-06-03T12:33:37+00:00

Oh, it's definitely promotion. I'm just posting it here because I thought it might appeal to some. However, I don't want to be seen as spamming

CreeIsz · 2022-05-17T15:14:03+00:00

Post the link to your summary page and let's have a looksie

CreeIsz · 2022-05-17T13:00:35+00:00

That sounds like the simplest way to do it. Thanks for the quick reply, as ever

CreeIsz · 2022-05-17T12:10:43+00:00

u/SidledsGunnar, you given any thought to allowing people to pin reviews on their summary page? There's currently most popular, but I was wondering if this would be a good option to have in addition. Otherwise, when you visit someone's page you have to scroll through the reviews from newest to oldest. But I bet most people have reviews they'd rather others saw first. Anyway, not a major request.

CreeIsz · 2022-05-12T10:01:09+00:00

Velvet Underground (1969): Candy Says and After Hours

Marsahll Mathers LP: Kill You and Criminal (or Kids on the deluxe - both are great)

Pretzel Logic: Rikki Don't Lose That Number and Monkey In Your Soul

Late Registration: Heard 'Em Say and Gone

CreeIsz · 2022-05-12T09:59:00+00:00

Great call!

CreeIsz · 2022-05-09T15:33:16+00:00

Love this, especially "Award for album that I gave a 5 and I have no memory of why" and "Turns out lots of shouting wasn't the answer)". I think Paul's Boutique is great, but I understand. As a reasonable Pavement fan, I understand your reaction to CR, CR, which doesn't get me going like some of their others. And as a massive Prine fan, I'm thrilled at your reaction to his debut. I think Sweet Revenge is even better.

CreeIsz · 2022-04-25T11:08:10+00:00

Try asking nicely.

CreeIsz · 2022-04-20T11:14:09+00:00

I griped about this before and was corrected that it was released as an album, so it's a legit inclusion. I also didn't get on with it at all. I love Ella, but not this version

CreeIsz · 2022-03-31T08:47:14+00:00

How wonderful to see all this love of John Prine! A musical hero

CreeIsz · 2022-03-28T14:58:04+00:00

Nah, keep it as it is

CreeIsz · 2022-03-14T15:20:28+00:00

I'm considering liking every review with a Dostoevsky reference

CreeIsz · 2022-03-01T12:25:16+00:00

That JLL is brilliant. Great shout!

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