Reviews Supplemental

11 Apr 2016: Jethro Tull/"War Child" (1974)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/lowrider.html

That album art is RAD AS FUCK BRO
unremarkable album otherwise

12 Apr 2016: The Mars Volta/"The Bedlam in Goliath" (2008)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-bedlam-by.html

godawful vocals on this one
increasing the pitch afterward just makes it sound like an edgier alvin and the chipmunks


terrible in the sort of way where they could have changed a few things and had a decent album
the worst kind of terrible

12 Apr 2016: Peter Criss/"Out of Control" (1980)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/under-control.html

After being kicked out of KISS, Criss made this.

first half of the album is good
last half not so much

i have a love/hate relationship with TMV, and especially on Bedlam in Goliath.

The song Goliath is one of my favorite songs of the 2000s.

Also, I'm pretty sure singerguy's voice is actually that high. Don't believe there's any pitch changing.

that's both impressive and terrible

13 Apr 2016: Thin Lizzy/"Shades of a Blue Orphanage" (1972)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-orphans-by.html

this album features the band's first and arguably biggest hit, whiskey in the jar

this is before they learned how to write good music

13 Apr 2016: Stevie Wonder/"Hotter Than July" (1980)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/wonderment.html

a nice pleasant album
nothing absolutely "WOW" but nothing overwrought and pretentious either
master blaster is pretty nice

i like lately a lot
i'd only ever heard it on american idol before now
please don't judge me


this is the best stevie wonder album i've ever reviewed (the second half is better than the first)
i'm glad i did this

14 Apr 2016: Neil Young/"Harvest" (1972)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-harvest-by.html

a classic album
but in the end it's just another neil young album really

the album ends very strongly if you're into neil young
but if you're not, it probably won't persuade you otherwise

14 Apr 2016: Saxon/"Denim and Leather" (1981)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/king-of-england.html

exactly what you'd expect it to be

15 Apr 2016: Ace Frehley/"Origins Vol. 1" (2016)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-origins-by.html

this is a COVERS ALBUM

it begins with white room, which really gives you no reason to ever listen to it again
the original is simply superior

street-fighting man has this lilt and cadence to the vocals that ace just can't pull off
i actually wouldn't be surprised if only mick jagger could pull it off, to be honest

spanish castle magic does not work when you try to make it rock hard
and without jimi's vocals, it might as well not even exist

fire and water features paul stanley on vocals and makes me wish he'd been on every track

ace comes so close on emerald to sounding like phil lynott that if he were still alive i'd have mistaken it for a "forty years later" sort of deal
but sounding like the same band playing the same song forty years later isn't a good thing

wild thing is the epitome of a "whatever" song
it exists
there's nothing exciting about it

parasite shows why paul stanley was the lead singer of kiss and not ace


the story of this album:
pointless covers

15 Apr 2016: Triumph/"Never Surrender" (1983)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/triumphant.html

16 Apr 2016: Lush/"Blind Spot" (2016)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-blind-spot.html

this is a nice ep
i liked it a lot

16 Apr 2016: Krokus/"Headhunter" (1983)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/heads.html

17 Apr 2016: The Presidents of the United States of America/"Love Everybody" (2004)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-same-place.html

17 Apr 2016: The Cure/"The Top" (1984)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/thrusting-and-trusting.html

18 Apr 2016: Mudhoney/"My Brother, the Cow" (1995)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-bovine-by.html

18 Apr 2016: The Stone Roses/"Garage Flower" (1996)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/07/stoned.html

demos from before the stone roses were good
before they knew anything about music at all i guess

that said, there are some neat tracks here, and it is worth a listen if you are into this band
it either gets better as it goes on or i just got used to it

19 Apr 2016: Huey Lewis and the News/"Small World" (1988)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-frogs-by.html

definitely a greatest hits band

19 Apr 2016: Dead Kennedys/"In God We Trust, Inc." (1981)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/06/john-f.html

LET'S JUST FINISH THIS DISCOGRAPHY AND GET IT OVER WITH

remember when it was cool to hate religion?
good times

jazzy california uber alles is kind of neat

Spoiler:

20 Apr 2016: Wolfsbane/"Live Fast, Die Fast" (1989)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-weed-by-every.html

BLAZE bayley's first band
IT disbanded after blaze joined iron maiden

blaze is much better here than he was in iron maiden
i actually like this a lot, surprisingly

20 Apr 2016: Dr. Dre/"2001" (1999)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/06/smoke-weed-every-day.html

this is it
the big one
the BIGGEST one

everybody and their mother guests on this album
snoop dogg, eminem, and xzibit are instantly recognisable by their voices
everyone else i don't whatever

having xzibit and eminem on the same track is uh different
really, when eminem isn't the main focus of a track, he just seems weird and out of place, but in a way that sort of makes sense, like they knew

as we all know, the next episode is the best song
and even if it didn't have that ending, it would still probably be the best song in its genre
no clue why it's in the middle of the album

ed-ucation is pretty funny because it's true
housewife has some nice sugarhill gang references (rapper's delight is also one of the best songs in the genre, speaking as someone who doesn't tend to listen to this genre)


the album is fine
most songs are just kind of there

21 Apr 2016: The Rolling Stones/"Bridges to Babylon" (1997)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-desire-to.html

their best since emotional rescue (not saying much)

21 Apr 2016: Thin Lizzy/"Thin Lizzy" (1971)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/06/hard-times.html

the first song of thin lizzy's first album begins with a pretentious vocal intro
did not see that one coming


glad they eventually got better

22 Apr 2016: Death from Above 1979/"Live at Third Man Records" (2016)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-hour-of-sleep.html

production here could be better
everything kind of blends into the background
nothing's loud or distinct

guy's higher notes sound pretty bad live

22 Apr 2016: Elvis Costello/"Blood and Chocolate" (1986)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/06/belief.html

today's reviews were actually done last night and held for today because i'm busy today
thank you for

23 Apr 2016: Kaiser Chiefs/"Education, Education, Education, and War" (2014)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/04/julio-and-case-of-missing-future-by.html

this is the kaiser chiefs's latest album, and i've got one more after this to complete the discography
sorry that i spend so much time on mediocre/shitty bands

misery company has this annoying chorus that's just like
laughing?

cannons is pretentious as fuck

their best album that isn't yours truly, angry mob
(that's not saying much)