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I listen to Black by Pearl Jam on occasion. It’s the only song that has ever made me tear up.
I go years between listening to Nevermind and then wonder why I wait so long.
I owned Use Your Illusion I ended up giving them away because they really couldn’t stand up to Appetite For Destruction. There’s some great songs on there but then there’s some filler that ruins the whole thing.
Never was a Soundgarden fan. But I did see them open for some band called Nine Inch Nails and realized that I know a lot more Soundgarden songs than I thought I did.
I had Blood Sugar Sex Magic. It started to great on my nerves. It wasn’t as good as their earlier albums. Not enough funk. Too quiet. Mother’s Milk also started to go sour on me.
And of course there’s The Black album by Metallica. I was a huge metallic fan. And this album really ruined it. Some of the songs individually were good but as an album it couldn’t live up Justice For All. The songs were shorter, less classical in their orchestration, All the last messages of Cliff having a hand in the composition were gone. And probably worst of all someone thought they could teach Kirk how to sing. He’s a shouter, not a singer. Someone stole the tape from me about a month after I got it and I didn’t feel any sense of loss.
Other albums released in that time frame:
Psalm 69 by Ministry.
Shorty the Pimp by Too Short.
Dirty by Sonic Youth.
Soul Of A New Machine by Fear Factory.
Dirt by Alice In Chains.
Some of these have stuck with me a lot more than some of those.
Must be nice. I’ve had to train myself to be able to sing properly through tears and the throat tightening, because WAY TOO MANY songs make me tear up.
As a huge Metallica fan myself I’d say the Black Album has more to its sound than it has to its songwriting, which is not a bad thing in itself but still a strong departure, even more so after an album like …And Justice for All. I still really enjoy it though.
Soundgarden’s career is a bit convoluted, but Badmotorfinger is my absolute favourite, the guitar sounds in there are absolutely gorgeous and the songwriting has something of this early 90s, hardboiled, Helmet-style grit that I’ve been digging, more particularly on songs like Slaves & Bulldozers or Mind Riot.
Also thank you for mentioning Fear Factory, this band never get enough credit and their first album is a classic
I listen to Black by Pearl Jam on occasion. It’s the only song that has ever made me tear up.
I go years between listening to Nevermind and then wonder why I wait so long.
I owned Use Your Illusion I ended up giving them away because they really couldn’t stand up to Appetite For Destruction. There’s some great songs on there but then there’s some filler that ruins the whole thing.
Never was a Soundgarden fan. But I did see them open for some band called Nine Inch Nails and realized that I know a lot more Soundgarden songs than I thought I did.
I had Blood Sugar Sex Magic. It started to great on my nerves. It wasn’t as good as their earlier albums. Not enough funk. Too quiet. Mother’s Milk also started to go sour on me.
And of course there’s The Black album by Metallica. I was a huge metallic fan. And this album really ruined it. Some of the songs individually were good but as an album it couldn’t live up Justice For All. The songs were shorter, less classical in their orchestration, All the last messages of Cliff having a hand in the composition were gone. And probably worst of all someone thought they could teach Kirk how to sing. He’s a shouter, not a singer. Someone stole the tape from me about a month after I got it and I didn’t feel any sense of loss.
Other albums released in that time frame:
Psalm 69 by Ministry.
Shorty the Pimp by Too Short.
Dirty by Sonic Youth.
Soul Of A New Machine by Fear Factory.
Dirt by Alice In Chains.
Some of these have stuck with me a lot more than some of those.
“Some band called Nine Inch Nails”
What, you thought no one would comment on that?! 😂
Lifelong fan detected!
I had scrap wood, stain, paint and decided to go for it to break in my new miter saw.
Must be nice. I’ve had to train myself to be able to sing properly through tears and the throat tightening, because WAY TOO MANY songs make me tear up.
As a huge Metallica fan myself I’d say the Black Album has more to its sound than it has to its songwriting, which is not a bad thing in itself but still a strong departure, even more so after an album like …And Justice for All. I still really enjoy it though.
Soundgarden’s career is a bit convoluted, but Badmotorfinger is my absolute favourite, the guitar sounds in there are absolutely gorgeous and the songwriting has something of this early 90s, hardboiled, Helmet-style grit that I’ve been digging, more particularly on songs like Slaves & Bulldozers or Mind Riot.
Also thank you for mentioning Fear Factory, this band never get enough credit and their first album is a classic
Thank you for this little writeup, it was a nice read
I started off reading it like Patrick Bateman