Reviews Supplemental

BONUS REVIEW: "Get The Knack" by The Knack
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/help-me-paul-by-george.html
This album is just My Sharona over and over in different tempos and keys with different names
The primary market was DragonForce fans
Highlights: Gun it Coming Off of the Line Sharona, When You Look in My Eyes Sharona
Lowlights: Runnin' Down the Length of My Thigh Sharona
In relation to other albums:
Is it Just a Matter of Time Sharona
in addition to your order would you like some fries sharona
then the execution gets paid to fry sharona
how do you like my new tie sharona
your room looks like a pig sty sharona
chopping these onions is making me cry sharona
my favourite kind of bread is rye sharona
my shoes are things i never learned to tie sharona
my favourite Pokémon is darkrai sharona
i can't get on the plane because i'm afraid to fly sharona
it's actually "you and i" sharona
my favourite ps2 game is the third sly sharona
mcdonald's is hiring; i think you should apply sharona
that is an interesting offer, but i will have to decline sharona
i lost my legs when i stepped on a landmine sharona
my favourite horror movie is bride of frankenstein sharona
it gave me quite a fright sharona
i've always wanted to be a mime sharona
happiness is something for which we must always strive sharona
i do not wish my car to be something you drive sharona
after that last crash i was barely alive sharona
i don't want to die sharona
the pool rules state that you can't dive sharona
please don't kill this guy sharona
the aforementioned action is a crime sharona
the chances of getting away with this are slight sharona
he didn't want to fight sharona
before you sit you should wait for the paint to dry sharona
this joke is becoming trite sharona
it has come to my attention that i'm sharona
we must always feel guilty because we're white sharona

24 Jun 2012: "Theatre of Pain" by Motley Crue
After Shout at the Devil, I almost didn't do this one. But here we are.
Hey, guess what! Motley Crue still can't make an above-average album!
Highlights: Home Sweet Home
Lowlights: Save Our Souls, Fight for Your Rights
In relation to other albums:
Average!

BONUS REVIEW: "Fun House" by The Stooges
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/trains-by-follow.html
Two average albums in one day? How average.
Highlights: 1970
Lowlights:
In relation to other albums:
Worse than Raw Power, but way better than Lust for Life.

25 Jun 2012: "Raditude" by Weezer
If someone were to ask me why I'm doing this, I wouldn't be able to come up with an answer.
Okay, I still really like I Want You To.
Mr. Lil' Wayne is a horrible rapper, by the way.
Love is the Answer is so pretentious, I can't even begin.
I actually enjoyed this, for the most part. Shame Hurley was the worst thing.
Highlights: I Want You To
Lowlights: Love is the Answer, Can't Stop Partying
In relation to other albums:
Better than Make Believe, The Red Album, and Death to False Metal.

BONUS REVIEW: "Peace, Love, Death Metal" by Eagles of Death Metal
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/mages-suck-they-are-horrible-and-smell.html
Now I don't know why I came here tonight
I got the feeling that something ain't right
Highlights: Stuck in the METAL
Lowlights: Miss Sanders
In relation to other albums:
On-par.
Now I'm trying to make some sense of it all
But I can see it makes no sense at all

BONUS BONUS REVIEW: "Live at Donington" by Iron Maiden
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-sure-do-love-mages-they-are-super_09.html
Fun fact: I couldn't find this album for weeks because I kept spelling "Donington" with four Ns.
This is one show, unlike the last two albums. Bruce sounds super-tired on the first track! This is actually the last Iron Maiden album with Bruce Dickinson until 2000, meaning we won't be seeing him until September, unless I decide to do his solo albums.
I am not doing his solo albums.
This album's biggest flaw: Only one song from Somewhere in Time. The worst one.
But it's still better than the last two.

26 Jun 2012: "Cowboys from Hell" by Pantera
IT'S DOMINATION
PUSHED INTO MINIVAN
Highlights: Domination, Cemetery Gates, Cowboys from Hell
Lowlights: Medicine Man
In relation to other albums:
SURE

BONUS REVIEW: "Apple" by Mother Love Bone
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/so-yeah-like-i-was-saying-mages-so.html
I don't like this guy's voice. Or the music. Or anything else about this, really. Shame.

27 Jun 2012: "Contraband" by Velvet Revolver
Welcome to the bottom of the barrel.
Starting your first album with filler is a fucking amazing idea. Why didn't I think of that?
Stone Temple Pilots are a great band. Guns N' Roses are a great band. Velvet Revolver are a shitty band. LOGIC
Okay, Slither is still okay.

BONUS REVIEW: "Ocean Avenue" by Yellowcard
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/wallet-nineteen-by-man-of-many-wallets.html
Maybe if I review this album, Agnew will stop playing baseball forever
The odds increase if my review is positive
The violin on Believe is worth the whole album, I'd say.
Highlights: Way Away, Breathing, Believe
Lowlights: Twenty-Three
In relation to other albums:
ANYTHING FOR AGNEW

28 Jun 2012: "Transformer" by Lou Reed
Going into this, I don't know much about Lou Reed at all. He did an album with Metallica that was shitty or something?
Walk on the Wild Side is really slow-paced and that makes no sense.
The album started off okay, but it gets really boring fast. It's probably the lack of emotion on every track, and the lethargy.

16 May 2015 EDIT: If I had reviewed this album today, I would have made a big fuss. Something like:
Oh, fucking great. Look at this Walk on the Wild Side-ass bullshit. A song entirely about a man pretending to be a woman and trying to trick people into having sex with him. HAHA SO PROGRESSIVE
No, fuck you. I listen to music to escape the fucking stupid bullshit topic of the day; the new thing that it's suddenly A-OKAY to be. I don't want to think about Bruce-ass Jenner and his Goddamn MOTHERFUCKING bullshit-ass motherfucking piece of shit-ass bullshit, or any of those other men who want to be special snowflakes.

Isn't the entire point of doing the whole transsexual thing to become the other gender? Why do you want to do it halfway? Why do you want to be some goddamn motherfucking freak of Goddamn nature? Science HAS gone too far.
If it has a penis, it is a man. No amount of makeup or "SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE" can change that. Fuck you. FUCK. YOU.

If you're a man, and you want to become a woman, whatever. What the fuck ever. But fucking DON'T keep your penis and be all fucking PROUD of being a tranny. You DON'T get to be a special third gender because you have brain problems. There are TWO genders. You are ONE OR THE FUCKING OTHER. Don't fucking come at me with that FUCKING GARBAGE-ASS "NON-GENDER BINARY" BULLSHIT. IT IS A FUCKING FACT THAT THERE ARE TWO GENDERS, AND ONLY FUCKING TWO GENDERS.
GENDER IS NOT A SPECTRUM.
GENDER IS NOT YOUR "FEELINGS".
UNLESS YOU WERE BORN A HERMAPHRODITE, YOU ARE EITHER A MAN, OR YOU ARE A WOMAN.

The internet has allowed so many like-minded people to get together and convince themselves (and OTHERS) of their fucking stupid bullshit. Mental disorders are spreading like plague, and it's considered "fine" and even "normal". Fuck you. Fuck you and your Goddamn motherfucking bullshit-ass motherfucking BULLSHIT.

BONUS REVIEW: "Summerteeth" by Wilco
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/hat-goes-to-the-hat-show-by-hat.html
Going in absolutely blind. RYM thinks I'll like it. But they also said that about Transformer, so.
I liked this album. It was nice.

29 Jun 2012: "Hi Infidelity" by REO Speedwagon
Take it on the Run is on this album. Wooh.
To be honest, I didn't think I'd like this album.
I like being wrong sometimes.
Highlights: Take it on the Run
Lowlights: Tough Guys
In relation to other albums:
Sure.

BONUS REVIEW: "Winger" by Winger
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/help-me-out-here-guys-by-frog.html
This album features both of Winger's songs, Seventeen and Headed for a Heartbreak.
Oh, and a shitty cover of Purple Haze. Yay.
But Headed for a Heartbreak is amazing, so.

30 Jun 2012: "Blind Melon" by Blind Melon
There was a /mu/ list I looked at that had this on it. I figured hey why not.
This album was pretty good, actually.
Highlights: Deserted, Time
Lowlights:
In relation to other albums:
Sure.

BONUS REVIEW: "Inside-In/Inside-Out" by The Kooks
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2011/06/i-must-object-mages-are-super-great-by.html
As a side-note, today is the day that the bonus reviews match up with the regular ones. This not-review that I'm making into a review was posted exactly one year ago today.
/mu/ lists have also pointed to this thing. They had a song in LEGO Rock Band or something, so.
I forgot how ridiculously British this guy is. Annoyingly British? Maybe. Oh, it's not so bad on other songs. That's good.
This album was good.

01 Jul 2012: "No. 1" by The Beatles
No, I don't mean 1. I mean some shitty EP full of Please Please Me songs.
Highlights: I Saw Her Standing There
Lowlights: Anna
In relation to other albums:
Fuck it.

02 Jul 2012: "The Black Album" by Metallica
This album starts with the timeless trainwreck, Enter Sandman. Luckily, it's followed by Sad but True, which makes you think this experience might not be so bad. Holier Than Thou is also pretty good.
Then The Unforgiven happens. I've heard this song a million times without even trying. The good news? It's not horrible. The bad news? It's just okay, I guess?
Don't Tread on Me. GET IT BECAUSE THERE'S A SNAKE ON THE COVER
Nothing Else Matters is rather shitty as always.
Metallica must really love that riff in The God That Failed. I think this marks the twentieth time they've used it.
I'm torn here. I want to give it a really bad score to be cool, but only two of the songs are bad. Granted, one is a black hole of pretentiousness, loathing, and popularity, but Sad but True is totally on this album. That's gotta count for something.
Highlights: Sad but True
Lowlights: Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters
In relation to other albums:
Not as good as Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, or Kill 'em All. It's totally better than ... and Justice for All, though.
This tour through Metallica's discography has been unsettling at best.

BONUS REVIEW: "Risk" by Megadeth
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2011/06/mages-are-super-cunts-by-templars.html
I've been putting this off, but it's time.
The first track is Insomnia. I don't know what to make of it.
If I gave you the instrumental track of I'll be There, the lyrics, and the title, you would never guess it's a Megadeth song.
The instrumentation on this album is less Megadeth overall and more "generic rock band".

03 Jul 2012: "The X Factor" by Iron Maiden
This is the first Iron Maiden album with Blaze Bayley. I have never heard any of his songs before.
The entire first three minutes of Sign of the Cross are boring and useless.
You know what this album sounds like? A band that really wants to be Iron Maiden.
There's nothing wrong with this album; it's just incredibly average in every sense of the word.

BONUS REVIEW: "The Who Sell Out" by The Who
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-are-mages-so-fucking-awesome-by-why.html
I get what they were trying to do here. It's supposed to be funny. It's supposed to be edgy.
But it's not a good album. It's also not funny, as a side note. Its edginess is up for debate.
Aside from I Can See for Miles, the album's a mess. Pass.
Why do I even try? The Who can't produce a good album. My Generation was a fluke. The Who are content to write a good song or two, then record whatever and call it an album. Seriously, FUCK The Who.

04 Jul 2012: "No Rest for the Wicked" by Ozzy Osbourne
This is the first of Ozzy's albums to feature Zakk Wylde. Oh boy.
Before today, I'd only heard the first track, Miracle Man. It's pretty good.
The second track has cat noises, which do not appeal to me.
Demon Alcohol features an EFFECT on Ozzy's voice, which reminds me of SHACKLER'S REVENGE. Goddammit Ozzy, going back in time and ripping off Axl Rose.
Hero is the best song on the album, by the way.
Overall, this album is kind of disappointing, but it's still pretty good.

BONUS REVIEW: "The Yes Album" by Yes
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2011/06/mages-are-so-super-great-they-kick-it.html
OKAY YELLOW I'M DOING IT GOD
This album was pretty okay. Better overall than Fragile, but it doesn't have anything as strong as Roundabout.

05 Jul 2012: "Automatic for the People" by R.E.M.
After the mediocrity of Green and Out of Time, R.E.M. came back with a very good album. It's far from their best, but it's still worth listening to, I'd say.
Highlights: Everybody Hurts
Lowlights: New Orleans Instrumental
In relation to other albums:
Better than Murmur, Reckoning, Collapse into Now, Green, and Out of Time; worse than else.

BONUS REVIEW: "Kansas" by Kansas
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2011/06/if-mages-were-any-more-super-great.html
I decided to double back really quickly and do Kansas' first two albums before going any further with them.
This album isn't as ambitious or, well, Kansas-y as the other three I've reviewed. It's still a very good album, however.