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First listen this was definitely a strong 9. It’s so tight with so much depth and re-listenbility if that’s a word. It’s just heavy, funky, psychedelic and even funny at times. It all blends together so seamlessly into this amazing album. I understand how much influence this has in music so I’m open to giving it a 10 in the future we’ll see.

A pretty safe 80s album. I think this is probably one of the better ones tbh. There was a lot of atmospheric production and reverb effects which I think works very well with themes of unattainable dreams and fantasies that keep getting away.

This is also just a carefree hypnotic album. It’s such an easy listen and has so much depth and many interesting elements that make it worth coming back to. It makes me feel like a heavy weight has come off my shoulders. Can’t wait to bump this more often and feel like I’m on a beach in Japan without a care in the world.

First listen felt a bit overrated but I’m gonna listen again soon and my opinion might change…

Literally an amazing fucking album. It’s so iconic and nostalgic and creative. Considering this was made in the early 2000s that says a lot, since there wasn’t a ton of electronic artists making music like this as the time. They are definitely a pioneer of this style of music. I love their slow more melodic tunes so much, they have so much character and I love how they just build on a simple idea over a long period of time, it feels hypnotic and puts me in a trance.

Definitely gonna have to go back and listen to this again to write more about it but I enjoyed the album. I think I need to listen to it in a quieter setting to hear more detail tbh. The first half of the album was definitely better but that might just be because I was remembering less of the songs.

There’s a couple of really good songs in here such as Two of Us. That’s a really amazing song, but I feel like there’s a lot more fluff in this album compared to other Beatles albums. Apart from that it just feels unnecessary. Abbey Road felt like the perfect climactic album that acts as a finishing line for the band. I know that it was meant to be the last Beatles album as well so I don’t understand why this album exists then. Ah well doesn’t matter heaps but at least we got some cool songs on it. The mid tempo rock songs are the best on this album in my opinion and it trails off at the end a bit but still enjoyable to listen to.

This felt a bit all over the place for me. I didn’t really know what I was getting into since the only song I knew was All my Friends which is a phenomenal song. The opener track was pretty cool it had be head banging and shit. The second song felt so left field at first but it picked up the pace I think and some situation with the next couple of songs. After All my Friends I wasn’t really moved by the rest of the songs. I understand it’s meant to be satirical but I just wasn’t a big fan of the songwriting. The beats are what would draw me back to listening to this again but we’ll see.

This just feels like their first album with a tiny bit more experimentation but it works so hey, why change it? But fr I feel like they can’t do this format forever until it gets repetitive but we’ll see. I appreciate the little sections in songs on this where they do something a lil different. Hoping to see that expanded on in later albums.

A bit of a letdown after the quality of Can’t Buy a Thrill to me. It started off super weird and the lyrics and songwriting all brought it down heaps for me. They felt super awkward and pointlesss. I did like some of the instrumentals tho which is why it’s rated a 6. I feel like the songwriting didn’t actually get decent until the last 3 songs. My favourite song is My Old School and least favourite is probably Show Biz Kids or Bodhisattvha. It’s pretty rare that I don’t like the opening track but here we are lol.

Just an overall beautifully constructed album with so much soul and passion. I’ve never really listened to much blues music but I heard this was a really good one so wanted to check it out. The songwriting has a very folky / mythic quality to it that I can’t really explain, but that feeling mixed with the raw passion from Nina as she glides over delicate and smooth piano is just really nice to listen to and I would say it Moves Me heh.

I mean it’s cool, nothing super out there about it, it fees pretty safe for a hardcore album. It’s catchy and has short songs and hits hard and fast what more could you ask for.

This is undeniably the best Led Zeppelin album, it has absolutely no filler and bullshit. I really feel like they fully discovered their sound with this album, comparing it to their first album there’s a huge difference in quality. Each song keeps me hooked easily and they all hold their own as individual tracks whilst coming together as an entire project. Each song is longer but there are less songs overall. This means every song has the opportunity to go more in depth and create moments that resonate with each listen. The tracks I wasn’t super keen on before are now some of my favourites. This feels like the rock album of all time.

I feel like this took the best parts of Marquee Moon and expanded on it to create this album. It feels faster, more major and catchier. The production is a lot softer on the ears which I love. It was one of the reasons I rated Marquee Moon an 8 instead of 9. This is just way more carefree listening I love it. The tracklist is also a bit more consistent in its quality I think.