wes_salton
@wes_salton
Taste Snapshot
Microgenre map and listening fingerprint
Top artists
R.E.M. · The Velvet Underground · Led Zeppelin · Phish · Preoccupations
Top styles
alternative pop/rock · alternative/indie rock · album rock · alternative and punk · alternative rock · blues rock
alternative pop/rock + alternative/indie rock + album rock listener
Bookended by iconic tracks; but nothing in the middle stands out too much. Just some good ‘ol blues + fun tunes, which is fine. The stones can (and have — and WILL) do better though.
Sonic Youth + Jim O’Rourke? Count me in. Some of their best tunes ever.
Banana. It’s pretty much the definition of “Classic”, and with good reason.
Doug Yule rules and is just as important to this band as John Cale. Maybe not as “groundbreaking”; but goddamnit these are some good-ass tunes. Listen in stereo and listen LOUD.
I respect this album more than I enjoy listening to it. The jams are there, the band is there… but something about it just doesn’t click with me. I do love ‘The Gift’ and ‘Here She Comes Now’ though; and who can forget their promo photos for this record? Iconic.
BYE BYE John Cale, we don’t miss you! Lou Reed strove for perfection, and he got it. Murder Mystery is strange but I’ve never heard anyone else try to do something like it so… cool?
Half a dream, half pop songs. The band seems to dismiss this one for the most part, but I don’t know why. Hooky bass lines, trippy guitar, Moses and B.Rad doing their thing — rock on
They’re back alright… but without the good singer. RIP Bon Scott, we REALLY miss you here.
This is a tough one — it’s so close to perfection, but the band had to go and ruin Westerberg’s hot streak by giving us a lame song about cocaine. P.S. The ‘Let It Bleed’ edition is the definitive way to listen to this album