a legend - don't know his Opal work but that three album run with Mazzy Star is some of the most incredible music I've ever heard. just so unique, so confident, such amazing songs and amazing production touches everywhere. just brilliant.
This sounds real nice. I'd like to echo the other comments here by saying I too really got a lot of enjoyment out of her first record and I've liked the one-offs she's done. Excited to see what she brings on this new one, May seems far away!
I actually like this song. The chorus hook is pretty great. and that fuzzed out guitar solo hits me the right way. also nice background wails at the end. Though I could do without that key change.
I don't know that this song is unmemorable. I have no idea where I know this song from... the verses, yes, are unremarkable... but I knew the chorus as soon as it hit.
Let's say 7/10 (graded on a soft rock curve)
super underrated and overlooked album. glad to see it featured here.
I remember buying this record and not expecting much but it became the soundtrack to my spring. I moved from one city to another that year, and this and Machina: Machines of God were my packing and cleaning and driving soundtrack for those two months. Tons of replay value and really smart production choices thoughout.
Man this is great! Went back and listened to the I Feel Alive track and that's great too. So vibe-y. Excited for the full release!
Would have bought a ticket for the Bowery Ballroom show (only $20) but I'm seeing Waxahatchee that night.
I mean it's my opinion as a bass player and a music snob who learned every note on their first five albums. those are some AMAZING fucking bass parts.
And he's just thumping root notes here.
Haven't listened to the full album yet, but regarding the singles: they have one of the best bass players on the planet, why are his parts so boring here?
also - if Kerplunk and 39/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours aren't in your elite tier Green Day albums list, something is wrong.
This is how I break it down. 23/30 great or very good songs is pretty fantastic for a 30 song double album
Classics:
Right Next Door to Hell
Don't Cry
Perfect Crime
Back off Bitch
Double Talkin Jive
November Rain
Garden of Eden
Dead Horse
Civil War
Get In the Ring
Yesterdays
Estranged
You Could be Mine
Knocking on Heavens Door*
Live and Let Die*
*covers, but their versions are essential GNR cuts imo
Very Good:
Shotgun Blues
Breakdown
So Fine
Dust N Bones
Bad Apples
Coma
The Garden
Bad Obsession
I feel like thinking a band having some filler on a double album somehow tarnishes their legacy is kind of harsh? I mean there's at least ten stone cold classics across those records - and many more very solid songs.
Having been kicked out of bands before, I've experienced this emotion. It's like - when they tell you, it's shocking because you just set up for practice, or thought you were talking about recording, or whatever. You don't expect to be sacked. But when you leave and are on the train home, you look back and see all the signs you missed.
can't find a clip of it, but I can't think of this song without thinking of George Costanza's monologue about how he was singing Macarthur Park into the statue before he dropped it.
the song itself has always been a mystery. one of those things I just can't hear - the fact that so many people love it, so many artists covered it, so many versions did well on the charts - i'll just never understand it, and it's best if I don't think about it.
1/10
"What happened to the Nirvana I saw at the Ritz back in 91?"
"Well I do not know. Maybe take out a missing persons ad. Or try the yellow pages, I don't know"
I'm such a sucker for abstract nonsense lyrics wrapped up in a hot pop jam. It's such a weird pocket and everything comes together in this oddly compelling way.
this song has all the elements: nice groove, strings that mostly stay out of the way, smooth vocals, not too much falsetto - tasteful clean guitar... but idk the whole is less than the sum of its parts. pretty unremarkable for a song that spent seven weeks at #1.
also Baker street is way over-rated by people on here. if not for the sax line, nobody would be able to pick that song out of a lineup. I've probably listened to that song 100 times and every time I listen it's like hearing the song for the first time. vocal melody and lyrics are totally forgettable. boring chord progression. I know i'm in the minority here. but the song is so blah to me
I'm sorry, I know I should hate everything about Grease (the film... I've never seen the musical), but I've just always loved it. I'm almost embarrassed about how much I love it. Almost.
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