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Thelonious Monkey · 01-08-2015, 10:27 AM

I'll post the Judas Priest album review tomorrow. Wasn't much a fan of it.

Isbjørn · 01-08-2015, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by JustinJJustin

I'll post the Judas Priest album review tomorrow. Wasn't much a fan of it.

Damn. Looking forward to reading your thoughts on it.

Josef K · 01-08-2015, 10:54 AM

Those are some good albums - or, ITAOTS and Loveless are. I could take or leave the other two, although I basically agree with you on Goo - our favorite tracks are different, but basically it's got a couple really good songs, but uses up all its tricks by the end and is mostly pretty boring.

Isbjørn · 01-08-2015, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Josef K

Those are some good albums - or, ITAOTS and Loveless are. I could take or leave the other two, although I basically agree with you on Goo - our favorite tracks are different, but basically it's got a couple really good songs, but uses up all its tricks by the end and is mostly pretty boring.

Actually, all of the five first songs are great, I forgot about "Kool Thing" and "Mote". This is how I'd rank my favourites from the album:

"Dirty Boots"
"Tunic (Song for Karen)"
"Mote"
"Kool Thing"
"Mary-Christ"

I'm having mixed thoughts about "My Friend Goo", and the last tracks are pretty uninteresting.

Josef K · 01-08-2015, 11:15 AM

Yeah, "Dirty Boots" and "Mote" are my favorites by a distance. But those other ones are pretty good as well - you're right that it's really frontloaded.

Isbjørn · 01-11-2015, 10:05 AM

Why do people hail this as the "greatest punk rock album of all time"? Jeez, I was pretty unimpressed. Sure, some of the tracks are good, great even, like "London Calling", "Brand New Cadillac", and "Lost in the Supermarket", but one of those is a cover, and the rest? Well, mostly okay, but nothing special, and even boring at times. Overrated.

3/5

GD · 01-11-2015, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Briks

Why do people hail this as the "greatest punk rock album of all time"? Jeez, I was pretty unimpressed. Sure, some of the tracks are good, great even, like "London Calling", "Brand New Cadillac", and "Lost in the Supermarket", but one of those is a cover, and the rest? Well, mostly okay, but nothing special, and even boring at times. Overrated.

3/5

What did you think of "Train in Vain"? That's probably my favorite track of the whole album. Otherwise I kind of agree that some tracks aren't all that interesting. It's been a while since I listened to this album, though.

Isbjørn · 01-11-2015, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Gigantic Debaser

What did you think of "Train in Vain"? That's probably my favorite track of the whole album. Otherwise I kind of agree that some tracks aren't all that interesting. It's been a while since I listened to this album, though.

Well, it's decent, but gets a little tiring after a while.

Trollheart · 01-11-2015, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Briks

Why do people hail this as the "greatest punk rock album of all time"? Jeez, I was pretty unimpressed. Sure, some of the tracks are good, great even, like "London Calling", "Brand New Cadillac", and "Lost in the Supermarket", but one of those is a cover, and the rest? Well, mostly okay, but nothing special, and even boring at times. Overrated.

3/5

Exactly how I felt about it. When I reviewed it for my "Classic Albums I have never heard" journal, I was left with an overall feeling of ... so what?

Mondo Bungle · 01-11-2015, 10:43 AM

It's an okay album itself but has some bangers.

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Thelonious Monkey Caesar is home. Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 876	I'll post the Judas Priest album review tomorrow. Wasn't much a fan of it.

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Josef K A Jew on a motorbike! Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 800	Those are some good albums - or, ITAOTS and Loveless are. I could take or leave the other two, although I basically agree with you on Goo - our favorite tracks are different, but basically it's got a couple really good songs, but uses up all its tricks by the end and is mostly pretty boring.

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Josef K A Jew on a motorbike! Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 800	Yeah, "Dirty Boots" and "Mote" are my favorites by a distance. But those other ones are pretty good as well - you're right that it's really frontloaded.