Album Rating: 5.0

Recent 90s 5 bumps:



- Jeff Buckley, Grace

- Jane's Addiction, Ritual de lo Habitual

- Kyuss, Sky Valley

- Bonnie Prince Billy, I See a Darkness

- Mark Eitzel, 60 Watt Silver Lining

- Faith No More, Angel Dust

- Fugazi, Red Medicine

- Godflesh, Pure

- The Prodigy, Experience

- Sepultura, Chaos AD

- Smog, Knock Knock

- Tindersticks, Curtains

- Wilco, Summerteeth

- Richard Thompson, Rumor and Sigh



There are also a few brand new discoveries from the '90s in there too...I just have a huge amount of 5s from the 90s now.

don't want to offer any credence to the ropey ol take overhead, but Last Goodbye is one of the most average moments here and the t/t is a bit overbearing
but the bulk of these tracks are moody mystical goodness and easily dynamic enough to get away with how thick they lay it on at peak

Last goodbye fucks. I don’t listen to grace as much but it’s got a killer hook

Album Rating: 5.0

I think Last Goodbye is good at what it sets out for...I think he pulled off the exact thing he was going for, and yes that is lighter than a lot of what surrounds but I think this album needs Last Goodbye in a 'Disintegration needs Love Song' sort of way

I mean when the strings kick in in last goodbye good fucking lord. That’s not bells and whistles that’s high quality composition

but you guys are probably judging it off the lyrics which is the weakest way to grade the song

Album Rating: 3.5

Looking at that list of doof 5s just has me more convinced than ever that I was justified in my thinking lol… especially as The Bends was mentioned specifically (I mean, that album has aged horrifically)

yeah, perhaps I was exaggerating slightly, but I stand by my bombastic, loud production alt rock naysaying (generally something to work with) and especially my Last Goodbye slander

It still has enough panache. The guy has an incredible voice no doubt. No way in hell is this even close to how I’d rated it previously though.

Album Rating: 5.0

Demon, you have a Bjork album 5’d - nothing more lol or cliche than that ;P

weak bait

Album Rating: 4.5

The sections of this where Buckley attempts a "heavy" guitar sound are the easy lowlights

Album Rating: 5.0

Definitely don’t take 5 rating anywhere near as seriously as before, a lot of the time now it’s ‘have I played it to death?’ and ‘does it take me back?’



They’re mostly ‘personal favourites’ rather than any definitive objectivity thing. I did also downgrade some muso Scaruffi style picks, i had to be honest



My 4.5s might be more acceptable for that reason I dunno.

Album Rating: 4.0

>The sections of this where Buckley attempts a "heavy" guitar sound are the easy lowlights



They did trap certain metalheads.

Album Rating: 3.5

Agreed with that for sure, I just didn’t remember them being so damn prominent. It feels a lot more alt rock / loud guitar centric nowadays

and yeah I’m mostly just disappointed because once upon a time I could see myself 5ing this, now it’s another one to pile on top of the “ever-growing heap” of 3.5s

Album Rating: 5.0

I've changed the way I view albums over the years (because I'm an old idiot now, perhaps?) and if an album has one ----incredibe---- track, I pretty much deem the album worth it. This isn't quite the same thing as a one-hit-wonder, but they're not necessarily exclusive ideas. In short, "Lover, You Should've Come Over" exists because this album does. The writing and exploration and production of this album in some way, resulted in that track, which elevates this to greatness for me. A majestic song - better than some musicians or groups of musicians will spend their entire careers in pursuit of.

This viewpoint has maybe skewed my perception, when I come across songs that meet that "holy" status, but I can now largely ignore the shortcomings of an entire album when I think something is in this category.

Just some Thursday, boozed up thoughts. Cheers, frens. Wishing you all well.

Album Rating: 5.0

well said

Album Rating: 4.0

In boozo veritas.

Album Rating: 5.0

No, Eg. Just poop and pee all the way down, I'm afraid.

Album Rating: 3.5

hmm idk, I understand that one incredible track will elevate the overall and make something worthwhile, but it does create a certain unevenness for the "album experience" if an obvious, enduring highlight(s) is / are always atop the pile

first-thought examples for "rock" albums I do very much enjoy but I hit a brick wall with SOME of the track-listing after regular listening...

Gospel - A Moon Is A Dead World (Golden Dawn... the rest of the album can't live up to this, an especially prominent example due to being comparatively early on)

QOTSA - Like Clockwork (I Appear Missing... really solid album to be fair, but this is an all-time track in a sea of "good" rock)

Rainbow - Rising (Stargazer... I guess A Light in the Black too, but this is an inconsistent album with big highs at the back end)

and it's a controversial one, but to an extent I received diminishing returns from KC's Red due to Starless being so damn spectacular, it felt like I was just waiting through the rest of the album for that song to start, lol

Album Rating: 3.5

tl;dr - if your fave cut(s) are always the same, that's not a good thing as a rampant full album consumer - especially if the variance is wide (I'm like that to a fault to be fair, as there's nothing wrong with just isolating / play-listing said cuts obviously)

Golden Dawn is the best one-song argument for why TMIADW isn't a 5 tbh, every following track is stronger. Never bought into it as a centrepiece at all