Reviews Supplemental

28 Mar 2024: Edguy/"Mandrake" (2001)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/03/witty-retordt_28.html

29 Mar 2024: XTC/"Nonesuch" (1992)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/03/witty-retordt_29.html

30 Mar 2024: Wine Lips/"Stressor" (2019)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/03/witty-retordt_30.html

bad

31 Mar 2024: Graveyard/"Lights Out" (2012)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/03/witty-retordt_31.html

01 Apr 2024: Dirty Projectors/"Swing lo Magellan" (2012) [revisited]
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/swing-lo-magellan-revisited.html

i fucking LOVED this album when it came out (gave it a 5/5 on RYM and everything)
of course, it's been 12 years now and i uh don't typically listen to full albums again for whatever reason
regardless, i want to see how this one holds up, especially since i completely redid my RYM "album of the year" list, particularly 2010 and beyond
(and as a side note, i knocked down some "traditional" top choices i don't really stand behind any more in 1971, 1972, and especially 1998)
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/Rakitox/album-of-the-year-all-years-perpetually-in-progress/

so this album
it's a fucking mess
but in the best possible way
(not a 5/5 but i will keep it as aoty)

02 Apr 2024: America/"Hourglass" (1994)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/witty-retordt.html

03 Apr 2024: Utopia/"Oops! Wrong Planet!" (1977)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/were-headed-for-venus.html

999 album ratings for the 1970s

04 Apr 2024: Black Pistol Fire/"Hush or Howl" (2014)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/witty-retordt_4.html

the band is on a downward trajectory (4.5 -> 4 -> 3.5)
let's hope the fourth album next month stops this

05 Apr 2024: Starcastle/"Starcastle" (1976)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/titled-after-self.html

another spotify recommendation
1,000th rating from the 1970s
it's like a poor man's Yes

06 Apr 2024: Wireless/"Positively Human, Relatively Sane" (1978)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/positively-witty-relatively-retordt.html

07 Apr 2024: Teen Mortgage/"Smoked" (2021)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/witty-retordt_7.html

another spotify recommendation

08 Apr 2024: Greenslade/"Greenslade" (1973)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/titled-after-self_8.html

another spotify recommendation

09 Apr 2024: The Black Keys/"Ohio Players" (2024)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/witty-retordt_9.html

paper crown would have been the best song on the album if not for the random-ass rap section that does not fit the song at all

10 Apr 2024: Alice Cooper/"The Last Temptation" (1994)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/witty-retordt_10.html

he got chris cornell on a track, then proceeded to ruin it by putting in those goddamn singing children i hate

11 Apr 2024: Midtown/"Living Well Is the Best Revenge" (2002)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/witty-retordt_11.html

12 Apr 2024: Wine Lips/"Mushroom Sex Death Bummer Party" (2021)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/witty-retordt_12.html

13 Apr 2024: Blue Oyster Cult/"Ghost Stories" (2024)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/witty-retordt_13.html

it's good overall but the cover of if i fell is pretty pointless

14 Apr 2024: Steel Arctus/"Fire and Blood" (2020)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/witty-retordt_14.html

another spotify recommendation

15 Apr 2024: Santers/"Racing Time" (1982)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/witty-retordt_15.html

16 Apr 2024: Helix/"Breaking Loose" (1979)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/witty-retordt_16.html

17 Apr 2024: Demon/"Night of the Demon" (1981)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/witty-retordt_17.html

another spotify recommendation
against all odds, a legitimately great album
i am very impressed

18 Apr 2024: Picture/"Eternal Dark" (1983)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/witty-retordt_18.html

second chance uh wednesday/thursday

19 Apr 2024: Chateaux/"Highly Strung" (1985)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/witty-retordt_19.html

20 Apr 2024: Screaming Eagles/"High Class Rock 'n' Roll" (2023)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/witty-retordt_20.html

finishing a discography

21 Apr 2024: Tony Carey/"Blue Highway" (1985)
https://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2024/04/green-crosswalk.html