Reviews Supplemental

13 Apr 2023: Rory Gallagher/"Photo Finish" (1978)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/photographical-climax.html

14 Apr 2023: Fu Manchu/"Hung Out to Dry" (2006)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-fine-name-for-it.html

this EP has two songs that made it to their next album, we must obey
i'll tell you: they picked the correct two songs
there's a cover of van halen's DOA here
it's
fine
i was hoping it would be better
it's not like i hold DLR-era van halen on a pedestal

15 Apr 2023: Metallica/"72 Seasons" (2023)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/18-years.html

in case you were wondering, 72 seasons is exactly 18 years
i didn't know what happened with metallica in 2005 (no album releases, no roster changes, etc.)

so it's a new metallica album for the first time in seven years (or 28 seasons, if you'd prefer)
they're still doing that thing where their songs are all really long (only two songs under five minutes)
legitimately: they should have split this into two albums around 40 minutes each and released them in different years

to sum up this album:
it's a metallica album
if you like metallica, you will think this album is at least pretty okay
if you dislike metallica, this won't win you over

for what it's worth, it's probably the best metallica album since master of puppets
there is not a single bad song on it but don't go expecting anything on it to enter your metallica top 10
also the two songs under five minutes long are the best two

as i recall:
1. Master of Puppets
2. Kill 'em All
3. Ride the Lightning
4. 72 Seasons

5. The Black Album
6. Hardwired to Self-Destruct
7. ... and Justice for All
8. Death Magnetic

9. St. Anger

10. Reload
11. Load

(the black album and AJFA are the two albums where they're like partially really good and partially boring as hell)
(enter sandman is still a gay song, but i really like sad but true and wherever i may roam)

16 Apr 2023: Waterparks/"Intellectual Property" (2023)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/copyright-strike.html

their last two albums haven't been great
their most recent album was downright bad
this album will not age well due to its use of cringy 2020s slang and memes
ritual would be good but then he starts rapping which is just raping the song

17 Apr 2023: Temples/"Exotico" (2023)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/dont-know-what-its-about-but-its-good.html

apparently this is a band i've reviewed every album from
cicada is really good

18 Apr 2023: Three Doors Down/"Seventeen Days" (2005)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/two-and-half-weeks.html

19 Apr 2023: JEFF the Brotherhood/"Zone" (2016)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/witty-retordt_19.html

20 Apr 2023: Johnny Cash/"Unchained" (1996)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/hit-ground-running.html

one of the more praised songs from this album is his cover of soundgarden's rusty cage
maybe it's just because i'm particularly attached to the original, but i wouldn't call it one of the better songs here

21 Apr 2023: Willie Nelson/"Red-Headed Stranger" (1975)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/witty-retordt_21.html

22 Apr 2023: The Highwayman/"Highwayman" (1985)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/life-is-highway.html

23 Apr 2023: Devo/"Shout" (1984)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/kick-my-feet-up.html

24 Apr 2023: Ratt/"Ratt" (1999)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/titled-after-self.html

a self-titled album 15 years after you were relevant
imagine if ratt had had a good singer
could never happen

strangely, ratt's best album
it would be an absolutely brilliant 35-minute album
shame that extra 15 minutes is there (tracks 2-4)

25 Apr 2023: The Zombies/"Still Got That Hunger" (2015)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/pizza-pizza.html

somehow, fifty years later, the zombies released a great album
argent's voice has aged very well

26 Apr 2023: The Wipers/"Over the Edge" (1983)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/witty-retordt_26.html

27 Apr 2023: Hot Hot Heat/"Happiness Ltd." (2007)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/open-parenthesis-colon.html

28 Apr 2023: Dozer/"Drifting in the Endless Void" (2023)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/witty-retordt_28.html

29 Apr 2023: Nebula/"Charged" (2001)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/witty-retordt_29.html

what is it with these bands and having one big boring ten minute-long track shitting up the album

30 Apr 2023: The Cure/"Pornography" (1982)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/04/its-album-dont-delete-this-google.html

01 May 2023: Helmet/"Meantime" (1992) [revisited]
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/05/meantime-revisited.html

i like unsung more now than i did whenever i reviewed this so i thought i'd give it another chance
unsung is a cool song
the rest of the songs are not cool
they are aggressive, and not particularly good at it
sorry for believing the band's biggest song was representative of their music at all

02 May 2023: Maximo Park/"Quicken the Heart" (2009)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/05/lame-album-art.html

03 May 2023: Tiger Army/"Retrofuture" (2019)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/05/witty-retordt.html

finishing a discography

04 May 2023: Dumb Numbers/"Dumb Numbers II" (2016)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/05/dumb-album.html

finishing a discography
if you're going to distort the vocals to the point of unintelligibility, why even have them

05 May 2023: Corey Hart/"First Offense" (1983)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/05/jaywalking.html

we all know sunglasses at night is great, but what about the rest
you're not missing anything

06 May 2023: Autopilot Off/"Looking Up" (1999)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/05/witty-retordt_6.html

finishing a discography

07 May 2023: Rory Gallagher/"Top Priority" (1979)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2023/05/witty-retordt_7.html

you know when you hear a song for the first time, and from the first few bars, it just clicks?
that's philby
great fucking song