Reviews Supplemental

holy wow, I was just listening to bat out of hell this morning for the first time in probably a year and a half.

rock on

19 Mar 2016: Jethro Tull/"A Passion Play" (1973)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/03/julio-and-case-of-missing-whatever-by.html

the spotify version is divided into way more tracks than the real album
it combines tracks in weird ways and doesn't line up with any other track listing i've seen


in spite of the filler intro track, this album was actually really good
this is a band that i know i should hate but i just don't
i like flutes

sorry for the wait flocks

19 Mar 2016: Foghat/"Stone Blue" (1978)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/foggy-recollection-by-mad-hatters.html

easy money has some really weird musical decisions (mostly vocal echo) that make the song more memorable, but maybe not "better"

album falls apart at the end

20 Mar 2016: Sunny Day Real Estate/"The Rising Tide" (2000)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/03/julio-and-case-of-missing-real-estate.html

gonna knock out this discography real

the band's best album since the debut but
that's not saying much honestly

Spoiler:

20 Mar 2016: Brian Setzer/"The Knife Feels Like Justice" (1986)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/justice-by-just-men.html

i really like the vocals on this album
probably the best setzer's ever done

shame most of the actual songs aren't up to par

21 Mar 2016: Cheap Trick/"Next Position Please" (1983)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/03/julio-and-case-of-missing-w2-by-taxists.html

mediocre at first but thankfully it gets worse

invaders of the heart is such a rip-off
after that riff i was waiting for the line "P-PEOPLE TRY TO PUT US D-DOWN" but nope
also within the same song they steal the riff from a ramones song as well

21 Mar 2016: Billy Squier/"Hear and Now" (1989)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/feelin-fine-at-29-by-29th.html

whatever

22 Mar 2016: The Explosion/"Bury Me Standing" (2012)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/03/julio-and-case-of-missing-explosion-by.html

let's knock out this discography right now niggas

they broke up and got back together to record this album
they should have stayed broken up

i do enjoy their cover of yesterday's papers though

22 Mar 2016: The Band/"Cahoots" (1971)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/fairly-warned-by-carnival-folk.html

the band fell off a cliff after their debut and still haven't recovered
this is their best album since then however

23 Mar 2016: David Bowie/"Reality" (2003)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/03/julio-and-case-of-missing-family-by.html

this album art is amazing in an ironic sort of way

the album starts off well enough but doesn't keep it up the whole way through
the decade-long break between this album and the next day was for the best


"now my death is more than just a sad song"

23 Mar 2016: Nine Inch Nails/"The Slip" (2008)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/slippin-away-by-slippers.html

filler intro track
but then the track it's an intro to starts off with a nice riff so i can't be too mad


the album has a bunch of pointless filler ambient tracks right in a row which is really fucking shitty
the final filler instrumental is pretty good though

24 Mar 2016: Steely Dan/"Two Against Nature" (2000)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/03/julio-and-case-of-missing-steel-lamps.html

ends with its best song
it's a pretty good album
i have no complaints

24 Mar 2016: Thin Lizzy/"Nightlife" (1974)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/injustices-in-hollywood-by-cast-of.html

25 Mar 2016: Social Distortion/"Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes" (2011)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/03/julio-and-case-of-missing-hands-by.html

it's time to finish another discography
lethargy is the name of the game with this one

this was fine for the first like half of the album but goddammit it's really fucking boring to listen to this for an entire fucking hour

Spoiler:

25 Mar 2016: Simple Minds/"New Gold Dream" (1982)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/title-by-band-name.html

i haven't had very good luck lately with reviews

26 Mar 2016: Elvis Costello/"King of America" (1986)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/03/julio-and-case-of-missing-royalty-by.html

i really like elvis costello
most of the time
this is one of those times

26 Mar 2016: Dead Kennedys/"Frankenchrist" (1985)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/leave-it-to-me-by-autumnal-breeze.html

27 Mar 2016: Free/"Highway" (1970)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/03/julio-and-case-of-missing-highway-by.html

ideas are hard to come by
so sometimes you just have to put out whatever and hope it's not too terrible

27 Mar 2016: Dinosaur Jr./"Whatever's Cool with Me" (1991)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/whatever-by-whoever.html

Spoiler:

28 Mar 2016: The Who/"Endless Wire" (2006)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/03/julio-and-case-of-missing-end-by-wires.html

finishing a discography
the ending "mini-opera" surprisingly isn't terrible
most of it anyway

Spoiler:

28 Mar 2016: ABBA/"The Album" (1977)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/cant-be-done-by-doers.html

hole in your soul is terrible
it's one of those songs about how rock and roll are so great but
it's
a pop song
not even a good one
the harmonies are really annoying too

29 Mar 2016: Tommy Tutone/"Tommy Tutone" (1980)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/03/julio-and-case-of-missing-jenny-by.html

29 Mar 2016: Sonic Youth/"Murray Street" (2002)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/youths-by-whatever.html

the first part of karen revisited kind of sounds like an r.e.m. song if r.e.m. tried way too hard
then the rest of the eleven minutes are just noise

the last track is also just pointless noise so i'm not going to bother listen to it
if you're going to waste my fucking time like this, i'm not playing ball

fuck this band
they make some really cool songs
but most of their shit is just that
SHIT

30 Mar 2016: REO Speedwagon/"The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken" (1990)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/grain-of-salt-by-granular.html

bookended by its best tracks

30 Mar 2016: The Grateful Dead/"Anthem of the Sun" (1968)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/grand-larceny-by-larcenists.html

everything that is wrong with music (discounting lyricism)