Dodo's Album Reviews

  Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. Today, we are reviewing Queen's final album, Made In Heaven. This is a "posthumous" album of sorts, because it was released 4 years after Freddie's death, thus the band's death as well. But somehow, the group managed to make an entire album out of recordings Freddie made while he was still alive. Let's see how that turned out... We open on It's A Beautiful Day, a short piano driven song. Not that special, but was a decent opener. Next we have the title track, which is actually a remake of a song off of Freddie's solo album. And I must say, this version is miles better than the original version. It sounds so much better with a guitar. Let Me Live was a mediocre song. Roger Taylor sings on here as well, but it really just pulls the song down. It also drags on for way too long. Mother Love is a bit more of a mellower song, with vocals from Brian May. The guitar on here sounds incredibly nice, and it creates a gor...

Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. Today, I will be reviewing Pink Floyd's final album, The Endless River. This record was released 20 years after The Division Bell, which was considered the band's final release, but no. This album was comprised of scraps and instrumentals from The Division Bell sessions, also featuring only one song with vocals. Let's see how this record sounds then... We open on Things Left Unsaid, a pretty nice ambient opener. I'm starting to see a pattern here, that with every album during this David Gilmour-led era, we open on an ambient song. Anyway, this is pretty nice. It's What We Do sounds like a cheap knock-off of Welcome To The Machine. Ebb And Flow is a short section with not that much to it. Sum is a pretty nice rock song. And Skins, Unsung and Anisina sounds pretty much the same. The Lost Art Of Conversation has some pretty nice strings and pianos. On Noodle Street is actually pretty jazzy. Definetly a highlight of the record. N...

Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. Today, I will be reviewing Queen's 1989 release, The Miracle. After the disappointment that was A Kind Of Magic , I was hoping that Queen would give a more substantial release. Let's see what they gave us... We open on Party. A pretty nice, jammy song, but JESUS CHRIST WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE PANNING?!?!?! The vocals are on my left and on my right, and the guitar is spinning around me, like... what? Khashoggi's Ship was a decent song, but rather forgettable. Then we have the title track. This song is incredibly nostalgic to me. I don't know about you, but my dad would play this all the time. I love this song so much. The guitar, the vocals, the melodies are just amazing. But that transition from the end is a bit weird, but apart from that, this song is amazing. I Want It All. yes please. The Invisible Man is a pretty nice song, but a bit annoying in my opinion. I get the vocals are meant to be all animated and such, but I find ...

  Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. Today we are reviewing what is often considered the worst Queen album, Hot Space. But why? you might say. Well, the band had slowly been diverging more and more from their rock sound, and towards a more pop influenced sound, causing many fans to be very disappointed. I, for one, love synthpop and synthwave, however past Queen songs in this style have been mediocre at best. Let's see how this album holds up. We start with Staying Power, which sounds like your standard 80s synthpop song, thus making it sound generic and forgettable. The horns weren't anything special, and was generally just a mediocre song. Dancer was, once again, super generic and forgettable. Tho it reminds me of The Rick Dance song for some reason. Back Chat, again, generic. It's the same problem here as with most Imagine Dragon records: The songs sound identical! Body Language and Action This Day, whilst not as generic, are mediocre at best. Put Out The Fire give...

 Greetings, my friends. I welcome you back to my blog. Today, I will be reviewing Pink Floyd's third album and first without founding member, Syd Barrett, Ummagumma. For those wondering what the name means, it's supposedly Cambridge slang for s3x, most commonly used by a friend of Pink Floyd, Iain Moore. That's odd, given the contents of the album. Let's see what those contents are... Now, the first 4 tracks of the record are live performances, 3 of which being songs from the previous two albums, as such I will not be discussing them. However, the other track is a new one, that would only be heard during live concerts. Careful With That Axe Eugene has a slow, calming start, that is broken around the three minute mark, by some almost demonic sounding screeches, combined with a great guitar solo. This energetic motif would go one until around the six minute mark, where the calmer melody returns, and would continue until the rest of the song. A great track overall. Next, w...