FIVE PHRASE REVIEWS
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Albums by Score
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Friday, July 31, 2015
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
8.5
making it through love, Mother Nature, sequestered, burning, searching on
Standouts:
"Tell Me Why"
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
"Birds"
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
9.4
conformity, obedience, changing times, carving your own path, rain and sun
Standouts:
"Father and Son"
"Miles From Nowhere"
"Where Do the Children Play?"
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Titus Andronicus - The Most Lamentable Tragedy
8.8
unrestrained, no more meds, fed up, unbalanced, fallen
Standouts:
"I Lost My Mind (+@ )"
"Dimed Out"
"No Future Part IV: No Future Triumphant"
She & Him - Volume One
8.8
silly heart, bright new face, done wrong, in the clutches, oldies
Standouts:
"Black Hole"
"Sweet Darlin'"
"Change is Hard"
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Radiohead - In Rainbows
9.8
spectrum, nova, arpeggi, gravitational collapse, sea
Standouts:
"Reckoner"
"All I Need"
"Nude"
Monday, July 27, 2015
The Replacements - Tim
9.2
settling for less, human imperfection, alternative, sexual excitement, deflating self-importance
Standouts:
"Hold My Life"
"Kiss Me On The Bus"
"Little Mascara"
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
8.3
wartime, political dysfunction, decline, pacifism, godless
Standouts:
"East Jesus Nowhere"
"Horseshoes and Handgrenades"
"The Static Age"
Saturday, July 25, 2015
The Cure - Disintegration
9.7
shattering, deepest despair, storm clouds, organ, only memories
Standouts:
"Disintegration"
"Prayers for Rain"
"Plainsong"
Friday, July 24, 2015
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
10
nocturne and aubade, last lap, into the earth, going gently, ineffable
Standouts:
"Pink Moon"
"Which Will"
"From the Morning"
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Daft Punk - Homework
8.5
technerds turned idols, whirling, rave house,
splash,
android funk
Standouts:
"Fresh"
"Revolution 909"
"High Fidelity"
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Beyonce - Beyonce
9.3
carnal femininity, self-respect, freedom, maturation, real human want
Standouts:
"XO"
"Drunk in Love"
"Partition"
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne
8.3
decadence, haughty, leadership, come a long way, hungry for more
Standouts:
"Lift Off"
"Otis"
"Murder to Excellence"
The Amps - Pacer
8.7
lagging behind, suburban languor, summer slack, Captain Kim, feelin' the buzz
Standouts:
"I Am Decided"
"Dedicated"
"Tipp City"
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
8.3
refracted, transcendent, macrocosm, interstellar, into the darkness
Standouts:
"Brain Damage"
"Money"
"The Great Gig in the Sky"
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Peter Gabriel - So
8.7
unity, falling rain, city street, '80s exuberance, coastal plain
Standouts:
"In Your Eyes"
"That Voice Again"
"Mercy Street"
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
9.0
the mystique of time, withering, comforting, the harshness of reality,
tumbled but not fallen
Standouts:
"Clocks"
"Amsterdam"
"In My Place"
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
9.4
psychosis, demented, shredded, Nietzschean, no return
Standouts:
"Closer"
"Hurt"
"March of the Pigs"
Thursday, July 16, 2015
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
9.1
young at heart, unserious, unwinding, togetherness, seers
Standouts:
"Of Moons, Birds & Monsters"
"Time to Pretend"
"Electric Feel"
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
9.3
solemn,
passage of time, outdoors,
mind,
letting go
Standouts:
"Day Is Done"
"The Thoughts of Mary Jane"
"Cello Song"
Monday, July 13, 2015
Arcade Fire - Funeral
9.9
baroque, neighborhoods, without light, French, grief
Standouts:
"In the Backseat"
"Crown of Love"
"Rebellion (Lies)"
Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe
8.6
heavenly, exploratory, enveloping, fluid, sedative
Standouts:
"The Harbinger"
"Forever"
"Adventurer of the Family"
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Girls - Album
8.8
radiant, lovelorn, darling, friendly love, bloom again
Standouts:
"Hellhole Ratrace"
"Laura"
"Lauren Marie"
Saturday, July 11, 2015
M.I.A. - Arular
8.8
acculturated, cosmopolitan, jungle beats, militant, Third World
Standouts:
"Amazon"
"Galang"
"Pull Up the People"
Friday, July 10, 2015
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are a-Changin'
9.2
forsaken, hatred, destitution, change, adrift
Standouts:
"The Times They Are a-Changin'"
"With God on Our Side"
"Only a Pawn in Their Game"
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
8.9
lovey-dovey, unsure, random, stellar, groupie
Standouts:
"Metal Baby"
"Alcoholiday"
"Star Sign"
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Japandroids - Celebration Rock
8.3
hell-bent, wild night, like hell, kinetic, colliding hearts
Standouts:
"The Nights of Wine and Roses"
"Fire's Highway"
"The House that Heaven Built"
The Beach Boys - Wild Honey
8.6
natural, out of sight, rustic, honey pie, working
Standouts:
"Aren't You Glad"
"Darlin'"
"Wild Honey"
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Elliott Smith - Either/Or
8.7
love delusion, self-degradation, rising and setting, strolling, flirting with fame
Standouts:
"Angeles"
"Say Yes"
"Rose Parade"
Friday, July 3, 2015
Deerhunter - Weird Era Cont.
8.0
ominous, odd, fright night, plugged in, distorted
Standouts:
"Focus Group"
"Slow Swords"
"Vox Celeste"
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