You don't think rock music is linked to african music?

Album Rating: 5.0

It is but pretty indirectly



Traditional West African Folk to 1800s American Spirituals to early 1900s American Blues to 1950s Rock n Roll



If the influence is so indirect that you have to go back over 100 years then I would consider that less worth mentioning than a more modern link...



How about: Talking Heads take direct influence from modern (for their time) African music?

My pedantic self is happier with this take.

Album Rating: 4.0

Listened to it for the first time. Atmosphere, sounds, instruments, all excellent. Only Once In A Lifetime needs to grow on me. Great lyrics, almost everything's fine, but the chorus is too repetitive. Why does it have to appear more than 3 times? I have to get used to it, it was frustrating to listen to that song.

Album Rating: 3.5

"Only Once In A Lifetime needs to grow on me. "



Damn that one was the most immediate track for me. What a fucking fun song

Album Rating: 5.0

For me too, loved it right away and still do.

Album Rating: 5.0

I think I pretty much inhaled this album, maybe except the last two songs. So catchy and fun

opener still my favorite. probably one of my favorite songs of all time, too.

Album Rating: 4.5

Litterally would have killed my self without this than you mr byrne or bird or whatever

Album Rating: 5.0

I can't decide if Crosseyed and Painless or Houses in Motion is the best song ever.

Album Rating: 4.5

listening wind

Album Rating: 5.0

The Great Curve just kills it

Album Rating: 5.0

The opening 5 tracks on this are absolutely flawless. Arguably the best opening 5 song stretch ever.

Opener, Great Curve and Listening Wind are the best but also Arguably the best opening 5 song stretch ever [2]

Album Rating: 5.0

If Listening Wind and Seen and Not Seen were flipped, I'd say best opening 6 track stretch.

Haha for real. I like Seen and Not Seen in sequence though, Listening Wind works really nicely with a palette cleanser just before

Album Rating: 5.0

Fair point, as Houses in Motion is one of the biggest swaggering, dick dragging grooves of all time. It would be jarring to have Listening Wind right after it. Makes sense.

I mean this is a perfect album so at this point we're just quibbling, gents.

Album Rating: 5.0

I don't care for Seen and Not Seen nor the Overlord, but the other 6 are so incredible they cement this as a top 50 all-time album, any genre, minimum.

Can't be perfect when The Overload exists.