Reviews Supplemental

02 Jan 2022: Hot Snakes/"Automatic Midnight" (2000)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/witty-retordt.html

finishing a discography

03 Jan 2022: Red Fang/"Arrows" (2021)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/knees.html

finishing a discography

04 Jan 2022: Volbeat/"Volbeat" (2002)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/titled-after-self.html

finishing a discography

05 Jan 2022: Maxband/"Top of the Stairs" (2020)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/falling-down.html

finishing a discography
i hate when there's a track where it sounds like the singer simply does not give a shit (unless that's his schtick)

06 Jan 2022: Yes/"Big Generator" (1987)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/big-service.html

this album title was selected by firing up pokémon ruby and asking what the trendy phrase is

07 Jan 2022: Neil Diamond/"Serenade" (1974)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/when-life-gives-you-serens.html

08 Jan 2021: Peter Gabriel/"Peter Gabriel" (1980)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/titled-after-self-redux-redux.html

the one where he's melting

09 Jan 2022: Pain/"Full Speed Ahead" (1999)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/joggers-in-road.html

10 Jan 2022: Marillion/"Script for a Jester's Tear" (1983)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/witty-retordt_10.html

you'd think i'd have listened to an album from this group earlier
to be fair though, i don't think i would have liked it in the past as much as i did today

11 Jan 2022: Imperial State Electric/"Pop War" (2012)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/wrapped-in-bubbles.html

12 Jan 2022: Panic! At the Disco/"Vices and Virtues" (2011)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/just-missed-it.html

starts off surprisingly well but falls apart toward the end
the final track is good until the child choir joins in and instantly ruins it

13 Jan 2022: Greg Kihn/"Horror Show" (1996)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/witty-retordt_13.html

beam the light's melody is too similar to you've got to hide your love away
reminding me of a better song is a terrible idea

14 Jan 2022: ShadowStrike/"Fables and Folklore" (2021)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/wits-and-retordts.html

EP from last year
two tracks of pretty good power metal
one track that is overwrought and doesn't need that middle section
one track that is the filler track on most power metal albums that you just wait for it to end because it sucks

15 Jan 2022: Elvis Costello/"The Boy Named If" (2022)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/whiff.html

album of the year 2022
by default but still

16 Jan 2022: Fuel/"Angels and Devils" (2007)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/cakes-and-frosting.html

17 Jan 2022: Subcircus/"Carousel" (1996)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/witty-retordt_17.html

another rym recommendation

18 Jan 2022: Marvel/"Hadal Zone Express" (2014)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/witty-retordt_18.html

ending on the worst track is a bold choice

19 Jan 2022: Loudness/"On the Prowl" (1991)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/witty-retordt_19.html

20 Jan 2022: White Lies/"Ritual" (2011)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/fusion-synchro-xyz.html

21 Jan 2022: Eddie Money/"Right Here" (1991)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/x-marks-spot.html

22 Jan 2022: Miles Kane/"Change the Show" (2022)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/change-every-song-on-album.html

making a discography stay finished
i wish he'd never released this one

23 Jan 2022: Billy Talent/"Crisis of Faith" (2022)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/crying-sisters.html

making a discography stay finished

24 Jan 2022: John Mellencamp/"Strictly a One-Eyed Jack" (2022)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/strictly-boring.html

boring
bruce springsteen appears on three tracks and does nothing of interest

25 Jan 2022: The Lemonheads/"Hate Your Friends" (1987)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/stop-calling-me.html

26 Jan 2022: Fu Manchu/"The Action is Go" (1997)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2022/01/go-go-go-enemy-is-everywhere.html