Average Rating: 3.50 Rating Variance: 0.16 Objectivity Score: 70% (Fairly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name4.0 excellentEminem The Eminem ShowI've been going through Eminem's records lately and I was especially looking forward to listening this album for the first time because from what I had already heard it was pretty damn good. And it turned out that that was the case with this entire LP. rThe obvious highlights were "'Till I Collapse and " and "Without Me". The former of the 2 is one of my favourite Eminem songs and probably my favourite track featured in this record. I get so excited every time I hear it and feel like I can do anything. The ladder of the two is also one of the catchiest songs I've heard from him. still, the rest of the songs are really solid as well. They're good on their own way. For example songs like "Sing For the Moment" and "When the music stops" are like something out of 8 mile, which I love, and others liek "Say what you say" and "My dad's gone crazy" are things that would fit right in the Slim Shady LP. rNow there are some things I dislike. Some of the tracks get a bit repetitive with the lyricism, but nothing too bad. Something else that bothered me a bit was that the song "Superman" is so out of place in this album, I don't even get why it was a single. Also I really don't like the song "Drips", as that kind of music makes me sick. But that's were most of my negatives end. I am thing a light to decent 8/10Twenty One Pilots BlurryfaceWhile from all the songs Stressed Out is by far the best one in my opinion, I can say that the rest of the album is pretty solid as well. My favourites probably are: Stressed Out, Ride, Heavydirty Soul, Tear in my Heart, Hometown and We don't believe what's on tv and my least favourites are: Doubt, Polarize and Fairly Local. The sound in most of them is really good with the best being the drum beats in Stressed Out and some of the guitar work in Tear in my Heart was pretty interesting and a nice change of pace. As negatives, I didn't like the that much the dubstep featured in Lane Boy, despite the fact that the song was decent overall, and the over-the-top beats in songs such as Polarize was pretty annoying. But thankfully Twenty One Pilots have well written songs to elevate some of the mediocre sound. I'm thinking a light 8/10, which I could give simply because of Stressed Out which is one of my favourite songs of theirs (up there with Car Radio), but because I can say that I enjoyed the album overall is worth a listen or two, if that music is your type3.5 greatEminem The Slim Shady LPSo I listened to this album about a month ago to see if Eminem's first huge album was holding up and to be honest I wasn't a big fan of it the first time. But I desided to give it a listen again in order to post a review. And I am glad I did cause I liked it much more. This album is freaking hilarious.rNow let me mention my negatives, cause I do have quite a few of them, the biggest being Eminem's flow. Eminem has one of my favourite flows in rapping, but with this being earlier Eminem, it's pretty flawed. I was disappointed actually by Eminem's delievery. I was expecting the rage he implies in many of his songs, but some of them were surprisingly tame.rNow this album makes up for it by being hilarious. It's full on offensive and it doesn't give a shit. He talks about influencing kids to kill themseves and not give a fuck. My favourite tracks are probably "My Name Is", "97' Bonnie and Clyde", "Still don't Give a Fuck" and "Cum on Everybody". Just by the names of these songs you can understand what the album is about. It's rude and fun as hell so I can give it a listen. While it is still not one of my favourites of Eminem's records, it's pretty good. I'm thinking a light 7/10 probably. I think it's fair.Twenty One Pilots Twenty One PilotsI consider myself a Twenty One Pilots fan. I really liked Blurryface and Vessel was kinda disappointing, but it still had some redeming qualities. Today I noticed that I haven't listened to their debut self-titled album and I decided to open Spotify and give it a listen. And what do you know, I was pleasently surprised. rWhile I think that Blurryface is still my favourite album of theirs, this is better than Vessel. It can be more easily compared with Vessel because the quality is more consistant than Blurryface. To explain it briefly, remove Car Racio and enhance the rest of the songs. Then it becomes a pretty good album with quite a few surprises in the tracks. The biggest one being the big use of piano in the songs. I don't remember Twenty One Pilots using piano so much, but here it's in every song. Thankfully most of the time it works out pretty well. My favourite usage was probably on the song "Implict Demand for Proof", where that was probably the best part of the song. Overall my favourite track is either "Addict with Pen" or "Before you start your Day". I also really like "A Car, a Torch, a Death", "Taxi Cab" and "Trapdoor". rOverall most of it was pretty solid. As a Twenty One Pilots fan I wasn't disappointed and I could listen to it any day. I am thinking a decent 7/10 on this record.3.0 goodEminem RevivalI mean it was fine. The first half of the album I can easily say that I disliked, with the only track really liking being River, which is my favourite song featured in revival. It may be because of the story conveyed through the song, or the great hook by Ed Sheeran, but I to be honest love that song. Now the album gets kinda better after the track "Bad Husband". From there till the end the album is a more solid, with the exceptions being the god-awful "Heat" with the unbearable country music and "Castle" with one of the most uninteresting chorus in the entire album. Now except "River", the other songs that I like are "Framed", which I have liked more and more as I've listened it, taking in account that I thought that the chorus was laughable the first time I've heard it and now believing that that was the point. I also liked "Tragic Endings" and found "Nowhere Fast" quite underrated. Yes I was not a big fan of "Walk on Water" as I thought it was kinda dumb. rWhat I noticed is that my favourite songs except River and Framed are the ones that feature other artists and it became obvious that I got quickly tired of Eminem in this album and that may be why so many other singers were involved. But still, I didn't hate myself listening to it and I would give it a light 6/10.Twenty One Pilots VesselWell, I may be on the minority here but I prefer Blurryface. The tracks here I found nothing special, with the exception being Car Radio. Car Radio is incredible and I love how Tyler's just talking and it's like a poet. The rest of the songs though are just fine. The highlights are probably Guns for Hands, Fake you Out and House of Gold, but still I didn't feel as compeled by these songs, as I were by Blurryface. The Album starts of solid and, while it doesn't drop at quality, it doesn't increase either. Even Car Radio which is fantastic feels like it doesn't fit in there. Something I usually like about Twenrty One Pilots is that they cover radio songs, but at the same time make them feel opposite. I don't think that that made sense but whatever. Here it just seems as if they are just light-friendly songs. It doesn't have what I want in an album of theirs and everything they try here, they did better at Blurryface. I'm thinking a strong 6/10.
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