Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 58,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com! (Chart last updated: 5 hours ago).
"This is a fantastic compilation album. I used to have the cassette version in the eighties and even though the CD release has more tracks, it strangely omits, honesty, which was on the tape version. Oh well, it's an excellent record. All the masterpieces are here; piano man, new york state of min...""This is a fantastic compilation album. I used to have the cassette version in the eighties and even though the CD release has more tracks, it strangely omits, honesty, which was on the tape version. Oh well, it's an excellent record. All the masterpieces are here; piano man, new york state of mind, scenes from an Italian restaurant, and, she's always a woman. Off course then there's, you may be right, only the good die young; etc., I could go on. The only disappointment is the 'new track',second wind(you're only human), it's a half decent song but it's smothered in that terrible 80's keyboard sound. Still, this is the best Billy Joel compilation out there, do not accept any imitations. "[+]Reply
"this album has everything you need on it...great hooks,arrangements,choruses,lyrics,musicianship...favs are the Anne Rice influence of "The Dog" ,the attack on Reagan in "Badtime for Bonzo",the kick-ass "Ignite",the life goal of "A Dozen Girls",the serene "Under the Floor Again"...Shit,i love em ...""this album has everything you need on it...great hooks,arrangements,choruses,lyrics,musicianship...favs are the Anne Rice influence of "The Dog" ,the attack on Reagan in "Badtime for Bonzo",the kick-ass "Ignite",the life goal of "A Dozen Girls",the serene "Under the Floor Again"...Shit,i love em all !"[+]Reply
"Not my favorite release from Purity Ring, but a solid collection of songs and an upgrade in song production. This seems to be a combination of the sounds explored on the first two albums. I would love to hear them move into darker, more ominous-sounding territory to correlate with song titles. Fa...""Not my favorite release from Purity Ring, but a solid collection of songs and an upgrade in song production. This seems to be a combination of the sounds explored on the first two albums. I would love to hear them move into darker, more ominous-sounding territory to correlate with song titles.
Favorite Songs: Stardew, Pink Lightning"[+]Reply
"I can’t say that I have a close relationship with "Editors". The only thing I noticed a while back was that the band sounded like some sort of Joy Division "light" to me. It was only a feeling and possibly not justified, but I still felt that there was a relationship between the voice of Ian Curt...""I can’t say that I have a close relationship with "Editors". The only thing I noticed a while back was that the band sounded like some sort of Joy Division "light" to me. It was only a feeling and possibly not justified, but I still felt that there was a relationship between the voice of Ian Curtis and that of Tom Smith. That relationship was also somewhat in the music, but where Joy Division is pitch black, the Editors remain sufficiently away from that creative but dangerous darkness. They do not avoid the feelings, but they are not overwhelmed by them. The music is usually a solid frame within which Smith can do his thing and the melancholic spatiality and minimal musical accompaniment that made Curtis' vocals extra fragile are absent with the Editors. This, together with the sophisticated and melodic vocal lines, makes the work of the Editors quite accessible. Pop music is merciless, and the band has its army of fans that can appreciate the music in this form. In the absence of better, that appreciation is ok, although no one will deny that the original (Joy Division, Echo And The Bunnymen, Dead Can Dance ...) had a form of authenticity that scored slightly better. But we deviate. "Violence" is definitely not a bad album. The songwriting is solid and the production very good. The songs that appeal to me the most are “Hallelujah (So Low)” with a particularly appreciated heaviness, “Darkness at the Door”, “Belong” and “When We Were Angels”. I don't really find weak songs, unless maybe "No Sound But the Wind" that bathes in a less credible tristesse. Have the Editors passed the momentum? I fear so. The adventurous and experimental seem resolved in a production and musical performance without any refreshing risks. Everything seems to be said musically. And yet: "Violence" is definitely not a bad album because it is based on self-assured craftsmanship."[+]Reply
"(One of the best albums of this year. Easily. From one of the greatest and most consistent musicians of this millennium so far. Again, that is easily the case. This woman doesn't miss. If you love heartfelt singer/songwriter albums and songs and if you love albums that are rooted in American folk...""(One of the best albums of this year. Easily. From one of the greatest and most consistent musicians of this millennium so far. Again, that is easily the case. This woman doesn't miss. If you love heartfelt singer/songwriter albums and songs and if you love albums that are rooted in American folk, country, country rock and all that stuff, then I highly recommend this to you.)
This album took a little while to worm its way into my heart. At first I thought it was just another solid album from Carlile - one of the best and most consistent singer/songwriters of the last decade and a half - and that was it. I thought maybe some of the songs were too sacharrine and sentimental and I thought this album had some special something missing. But after several listens it feels like this album is much better than I was giving it credit for. It has a certain depth of feeling and of course some incredible production that now strike me as exceptional.
The opener "Right On Time" is perhaps the source of my feeling of over-sentimentality earlier on. Now that track feels heartfelt and wise. On first listen it felt too much, too direct, too much like a pick-me-up type song. But now I just think its a beautiful song that is, truthfully, pretty damn direct in its advice-like messaging, but also gorgeous with some solid piano melodies and its a solid opener.
Aftyer that opener is when this album opens up and sonically is just a damn feast. Whether Brandi is rocking out with some cosmic american badassery, or is bringing the songs down to the earthy ground with a folk ballad, or if she is doing a somewhat old American standards sounding song, or really whatever avenue she chooses to sue, the songs here are consistently warm and full and the production is just so gorgeously fleshed out! The singing is solid throughout, the only complaint I have for the vocals is that Brandi does that big vibrato trick. I love it sometimes when she does that, but sometimes it feels a bit much. Still, overall, she is a great singer, she knows when to imbue a line with a certain croak or strain to get across a feeling, and she knows when to really belt out these big notes and when to take it down to a quieter and more intimate affair.
The band here and the way the instruments interact are incredible. The guitar playing here is earthy and powerful and gorgeous, the drums and percussion are consistently beautiful and hard hitting, and when the songs are layered with strings or horns or back up singers, they are produced and performed excellently and work to add a certain drama and largeness to the tracks.
Standout tracks include: the heavy as hell and epic "Sinners, Saint and Fools" - the way that song builds and then crescendos at its close is...HOLY SHIT! Amazing stuff. The touching and lullaby-soft closer "Throwing Good After Bad" is a standout - her vocals here are stunning and soulful and brilliant. Also, track 2 "You and Me on the Rock (Feat. Lucius)" is a buoyant and loving and exuberant Americana jam that puts a smile on my face, and its a sweet love song... I think... and I love a good love song. "This Time Tomorrow", oh boy, I love that acoustic melody that comes in and those 2 part harmonies, and those lyrics, and the whole vibe of this track is just what I want injected straight into my folk-loving veins. Fuck me, I love this sound and song. Of course there is MASSIVE country rocking masterpiece that is "Broken Horses" - this song has everything going for it, incredible lyrics and a chorus that is so inspiring it should be illegal and a massive rocking stomp and riff that can make me feel renewed in these demoralizing times, and it has some of the most intense vocals of her career, and the way the song - which is already epic as hell - opens up toward the end with a face melting passionate guitar solo after a slow, sensual build, holy shit when those last 90 seconds of music come in, I am on cloud nine! Oh and the piano chords are so strident and powerful. anyway, you get the idea this track is a badass one and you should check it out. "Letter to the Past" melts my heart and somehow this songs makes me love Brandi more than I already did, this feels like a message from a dear friend. "Mama Werewolf" has a vein of sadness and grief running through it that it is excellent and at times overwhelming, then there is also the drama and power of the singing and the rhythm and the piano and the way this song builds up stronger and stronger - it feels larger than life and I love it. "When You're Wrong" is pained and beautiful and has a very soft sound and Brandi's vocals are excellent and touching. "Stay Gentle" sounds like an old timey American standard, and it works as a track to rock away your worries and woes. And it seems weird to leave one single solitary song out of this massive paragraph of standout tracks, especially when the one song left off is the opener and so, I'll say that now that I have heard it a dozen times, the opening track "Right On Time" is a standout and is a beautiful and reassuring little song. Of course now that I have listed here every song as a standout that means none are stabndouts or it means each of these songs is a standout in comparison to most music I hear in general. I will say that latter option is true. I think this album is just fabulous, its uplifting and its emotional and gritty and real and sad and hopeful... this is a great album in my opinion and I recommend it. "[+]Reply
"I had fun with this album but it's a little inconsistent. Hearing all of the different influences and how Halsey was able to fuse those sounds with her deeply personal lyrics was very cool. The marketing worked for me, though maybe not for everyone else. I will say, there are some songs that don'...""I had fun with this album but it's a little inconsistent. Hearing all of the different influences and how Halsey was able to fuse those sounds with her deeply personal lyrics was very cool. The marketing worked for me, though maybe not for everyone else. I will say, there are some songs that don't succeed at capturing the sound of certain artists. She nailed a lot of them but others, like Kate Bush in, "I Never Loved You," left me scratching my head. Maybe on relistening to that specific song I'll start to hear the influences more but for now it just sounds too much like modern pop fluff. That being said, this is an enjoyable album with a fun concept. The meaningful lyrics elevate it above simple imitation. "[+]Reply