Some of em noteworthy, but skipping a bunch this round

Travis The Man Who (1999):
Dreadful. inexcusable. saved from a 1-star rating on the thing because it had an honest-to-god secret song on the last track and that made me laugh a lot out of nostalgia

Genesis The Lamb Dies Down On Broadway (1974):
Probably not getting the most out of it for not paying enough attention to the lyrics, but was fun to sit with for a while. I think there’s a song about gooning on here? I am somebody who’s more on board for solo peter gabriel in general, but all eras of genesis have good stuff

Dire Straits Dire Straits (1978):
Silky smooth dad rock. Like smoooooooooth, which I appreciate them committing so hard to that.

Siouxsie And The Banshees The Scream (1978):
Not quite as electrifying as Juju, but rock solid

Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989):
Vacillates wildly between danceable funky all-time bangers, and very dull R & B

Sinead O’Connor I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990):
phew damn, sometimes there’s albums that aren’t really my genre, and then there’s albums that aren’t really my genre done by someone so undeniably talented I get swept up in it all the same

John Zorn Spy Vs Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman (1989):
Abrasive in a mostly unfun way, but very interesting checking in on what jazz looks like as the 90s are approaching. Miles Davis had given us prog-infused jazz, but art moves on and now we’re firmly in the world of what punk does to the thing

The Youngbloods Elephant Mountain (1969):
hm I forget if I meant to give this a 5 on the thing, but it did really win me over! was worried I was in for a snoozefest, and then they started throwing instrumentals in! with interesting arrangements & jamming!

Venom Black Metal (1982):
boop their nose

Metallica Metallica (1991):
Joe’s generic Metallica take: miles ahead of slayer and megadeth, but they have a problem where their stuff always goes on too long.
As for this album specifically, “Enter Sandman” is an all-timer, even despite being such a planet fitness playlist staple, and it's such a good album opener that it took several more songs than usual to decide I was getting bored

Sex Pistols Nevermind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols (1977):
Yeah see even though punk’s not a natural fit for me, a big advantage they have over metal is the punk bands get in and do their thing fast before wearing out their welcome. This album's pretty fun, but tbh I almost have more fun reading people getting into comment section arguments about the Sex Pistols and there influence on punk as a genre space

Def Leppard Hysteria (1987):
Big time stupid 80s band, and I only have room in my heart for ACDC when it comes to big time stupid 80s bands.

Fela Kuti Zombie (1977):
Felt crass for wanting to talk about his influence on Talking Heads after learning that this was a big deal protest album that resulted in serious violence being done to him. Then I kept reading the wikipedia article, which itself felt the need to bring up:

Kuti and his band then took residence in Crossroads Hotel as the Shrine had been destroyed along with his commune. In 1978 Kuti married 27 women, many of whom were his dancers, composers, and singers to mark the anniversary of the attack on the Kalakuta Republic. Later, he was to adopt a rotation system of keeping only twelve simultaneous wives.

Like I dunno wiki editors, I feel like maybe musical impact and influences are maybe more relevant to the article about the album itself, and some of this other stuff belongs in the Personal Life section on the musician page.

The Doors Morrison Hotel (1970):
Slumps in the back half, but also doesn't matter that it does, 5 stars! Doors good.

Saint Etienne Foxbase Alpha (1991):
The best song on here turned out to be a Neil Young cover, but otherwise pretty decent trip hop stuff


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