#362: The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

July 27, 1993, Virgin

1. "Cherub Rock" - 4:58

2. "Quiet" - 3:41

3. "Today" - 3:19

4. "Hummer" - 6:57

5. "Rocket" - 4:06

6. "Disarm" - 3:17

7. "Soma" - 6:39

8. "Geek U.S.A." - 5:13

9. "Mayonaise" - 5:50

10. "Spaceboy" - 4:28

11. "Silverfuck" - 9:13

12. "Sweet Sweet" - 1:38

13. "Luna" - 3:20

RESULTS

Rate: 9.5/10

Best Song: Cherub Rock

Worst Song: Geek U.S.A.

Comments

The best Smashin' Pumpkins album ever.

A few days ago, Corgan announced they would never play this Album again, because it's not "Who they are anymore".

So I guess I'm never going to a Smashing Pumpkins concert anymore.

This Album is gold. The artists struggled so hard to make this Masterpiece, but when they did, the dreamiest most messy but almost corruptly beautiful passions just poured out into this incredibly amazing work of art. It's just so brilliant, and I honest to God love Corgan's voice. The man's kind of a prick, but Jesus, that might be why this Album is so gold.

#363: New Order - Substance

New Order - Substance

August 15, 1987, Qwest

1. "Ceremony" - 4:23

2. "Everything's Gone Green" 5:30

3. "Temptation" 6:59

4. "Blue Monday" 7:29

5. "Confusion" - 4:43

6. "Thieves Like Us" - 6:36

7. "The Perfect Kiss" - 8:46

8. "Sub-culture" - 4:48

9. "Shellshock" - 6:28

10. "State of the Nation" - 6:32

11. "Bizarre Love Triangle" - 6:44

12. "True Faith" - 5:55

RESULTS

Rate: 5.5/10

Best Song: Ceremony

Worst Song: State of the Nation

Comments

RIP Ian Curtis

That's the whole reason this band exists. It's just Joy Division without Ian. 

It's starts of pretty charming and surprisingly witty, but that's because Ian kind of wrote "Ceremony". As I've said before, I'm in a weird Goth Music phase, so Joy Division is a win for me. But after "Temptation", the Album turns into a literal porno. "Blue Monday" is actual porn music, and it's just so weird and electro. The rest of the Album just sucks from there. It has no solid direction, no firm grounding, and is kind of depressing knowing that this band is kind of just Joy Division without Joy Division. 

#364: The Doors - L.A. Woman

The Doors - L.A. Woman

April 19, 1971, Elektra

1."The Changeling" - 4:21
2. "Love Her Madly" - 3:20

3. "Been Down So Long" - 4:41

4. "Cars Hiss by My Window" - 4:12

5. "L.A. Woman" - 7:49

6. "L'America" - 4:37

7. "Hyacinth House" - 3:11

8. "Crawling King Snake" - 5:00

9. "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" - 4:16

10. "Riders on the Storm" - 7:09 

RESULTS

Rate: 8/10

Best Song: Riders on the Storm

Worst Song: The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)

Comments

Screw you, they ARE good.

The elevator music sounds of The Doors really could calm the nerve of a psychopath. I had to pick between "Riders on the Storm", or "Love Her Madly", both being top picks for some of the best content on this baby. Really good choices for songs.

MEANWHILE

Jim Morrison becomes a member of the 27 club three months after this Album was released, making this Album all the more haunting. He recorded his music in a bathroom, went to France or whatever, and died. Pretty good stuff man.

#365: Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine

November 3, 1992, Epic Associated

1. "Bombtrack" - 4:04

2. "Killing in the Name" - 5:14

3. "Take the Power Back" - 5:37

4. "Settle for Nothing"- 4:48

5. "Bullet in the Head" - 5:07

6. "Know Your Enemy" (feat. Maynard James Keenan) - 4:55

7. "Wake Up" - 6:04

8. "Fistful of Steel" - 5:31

9. "Township Rebellion" - 5:24

10. "Freedom" - 6:06

RESULTS

Rate: 8.5/10

Best Song: Killing in the Name

Worst Song: Township Rebellion

Comments

TOM MORELLOOOOO

Always loved this band. The whole "Fight the System!" protege is a little much, but the attitude and energy it gives off just makes me want to break something, set something aflame, get into a fight, all that jazz. The lyrics hit hard, the music destroys, and it becomes this entity to try and keep up with. So good.

Only issue is the Album starts good, but it feels like my annoying cousin, rambling on about shit you don't really care about after awhile. "AnArChYYYY!"

Nah, man. Tom Morello.

#366: Johnny Cash - American Recordings

Johnny Cash - American Recordings

April 26, 1994, American

1. "Delia's Gone" - 2:18

2. "Let the Train Blow the Whistle" - 2:15

3. "The Beast in Me"(Originally by Nick Lowe) - 2:45

4. "Drive On" - 2:23

5. "Why Me Lord" (Originally by Kris Kristofferson) - 2:20

6. "Thirteen" (Originally by Glenn Danzig) - 2:29

7. "Oh, Bury Me Not" (Introduction: "A Cowboy's Prayer") - 3:52

8. "Bird on a Wire"(Originally by Leonard Cohen) - 4:01

9. "Tennessee Stud" (Originally by Jimmy Driftwood) -  2:54

10. "Down There by the Train" (Originally by Tom Waits) - 5:34

11. "Redemption" - 3:03

12. "Like a Soldier" - 2:50

13. "The Man Who Couldn't Cry"(Originally by Loudon Wainright III) - 5:03

RESULTS

Rate: 7/10

Best Song: The Man Who Couldn't Cry

Worst Song: Drive On

Comments

Johnny Cash's 81st Album (Damn),

He literally took a guitar and just recorded shit people wrote for him in his living room, and the producers just let him do whatever. And it worked.

Pretty sad stuff, where the meaning is the point of the music, not the actual tune itself. Witty, but can end up a little stale at times.

You also have to appreciate Cash's deadpan dark humour. He plays dark comedic lyrics in his twisted dying voice, and the crowd just chuckles in the few live covers he did. Pretty funny dude, pretty sick stuff.

#367: Madonna - Ray of Light

Madonna - Ray of Light

February 22, 1998, Maverick/Warner Bros.

1. "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" - 5:09

2. "Swim" - 5:00

3. "Ray of Light" - 5:21

4. "Candy Perfume Girl" - 4:34

5. "Skin" - 6:22

6. "Nothing Really Matters" - 4:27

7. "Sky Fits Heaven" - 4:48

8. "Shanti/Ashtangi" - 4:29

9. "Frozen" -  6:12

10. "The Power of Good-Bye" - 4:10

11. "To Have and Not to Hold" - 5:23

12. "Little Star" - 5:18

13. "Mer Girl" - 5:32

RESULTS

Rate: 4/10

Best Song: Ray of Light

Worst Song: Shanti/Ashtangi

Comments

Yo, I thought Madonna was a Pop-Star, not this weird ass gypsy music.

The Album is laced on LCD, and sounds like an experimental Album rather than a "Breakthrough" Album. It's all electronicy, and vocally messed up. It sounds more like a Bjork Album than it does a Madonna Album.

But, this Album did mean alot to her. Madonna felt there was a voice to her that was yet to be unleashed, so she made this piece of crap. Aw, well. People like it alot, so I guess that's just me. Lyrics are kind of touching, but how am I supposed to groove to anything other than "Ray of Light"?

#368: The Eagles - Eagles

The Eagles - Eagles

June 1, 1972, Asylum

1. "Take It Easy" - 3:34

2. "Witchy Woman" - 4:10

3. "Chug All Night" - 3:18

4. "Most of Us Are Sad" - 3:38

5. "Nightingale" - 4:08

6. "Train Leaves Here This Morning" - 4:13

7. "Take the Devil" - 4:04

8. "Earlybird" - 3:03

9. "Peaceful Easy Feeling" - 4:20

10. "Tryin'" - 2:54

RESULTS

Rate: 6.5/10

Best Song: Take It Easy

Worst Song: Earlybird

Comments

I mean...It's the Eagles.

Never really been a big fan. This is just typical Eagles stuff. Plus, Jackson Browne makes me feel like shit.

Carry on.