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228: Gloria Estefan (C+)

Gloria Estefan in tier list I think I’m gonna go with a C+. In a lot of ways, I like her solo stuff more than her Miami Sound Machine stuff. In most ways, really. Instrumentation is usually better, higher highs, more interesting songwriting. What MSM does better is stay simple. They’ve got their albums atContinue reading “228: Gloria Estefan (C+)”

206: M83 (D)

M83 in tier list I’m not enthused. For the most part, it’s long, slow, instrumental, and repetitive. In other words, super boring. The movie scores I think are the right play for him, that’s an appropriate setting for this kind of music, where part of the design is taking up time and not necessarily actuallyContinue reading “206: M83 (D)”

203: Young the Giant (A)

Young the Giant in tier list I like it for sure. I don’t know that I love it, but I have no specific complaints and it’s generally enjoyable, I could see it growing on me. Honestly, even the difference between first and second listen was pretty huge, pretty consistently across every album. I dunno ifContinue reading “203: Young the Giant (A)”

197: Black Pumas (A-)

Black Pumas in tier list I dig it. For sure, yeah, I dig it. This is music you dig, y’know? I don’t know that there are any songs I love, no real standouts, but I like just about every song, they’re all pretty good, they’re all vibing. I think it would’ve been too mellow, tooContinue reading “197: Black Pumas (A-)”

185: NOTHING MORE (A)

NOTHING MORE in tier list yeah okay, I like this, and I think I like it more the more I listen to it. Each album I think is getting better, or at least moving forward. The first two albums, Shelter and Save You/Save Me, are both unavailable commercially. There was a lineup change within theContinue reading “185: NOTHING MORE (A)”

168: Greta Van Fleet (C)

Greta Van Fleet in tier list definitely feels like I’m listening out of order, like I need to go do some catch up, first listen to a bunch of classic rock, Led Zeppelin kinda stuff. It’s very much that. That’s not a mystery, that’s what everybody says about it, but like, yeah. It’s impossible toContinue reading “168: Greta Van Fleet (C)”