Just saw their drummer has left the group. That is a real bummer, because these guys just get better and better and this album is a shining example of how consistently great their brand of punk rock is. Just great track after great track.
Highlights: 飛行機雲, Morning Glory, 93, D.W.C.
8.5/10
innocent arrogance - BiSH
The "final" BiSH single. After what was supposed to be the final single at the end of the whole 'BiSH iS OVER' thing. And this was only the final until they did BiSH THE NEXT. Which produced two singles. Crazy stuff. This is big epic stuff. Not perfect, but still decent.
8/10
An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
The influence of 50s rock'n roll and doo wop feature heavily on this album. There is even some 60s Elvis vibes to some of these tracks. And Joel's love for Christie Brinkley is all over this. Which is completely understandable.
Highlights: The Longest Time, Christie Lee, Keeping the Faith, Tell Her About It
7/10
Innuendo - Queen
The most perfect guitar tone, which even makes up for Freddie Mercury singing about his cat peeing on his bed. The Show Must Go On may well be the greatest and most appropriate album closer in rock history. The best until the very end.
Highlights: Innuendo, Headlong, These are the Days of Our Lives, Bijou, The Show Must Go On
8/10
Inside In/Inside Out - The Kooks
Standard mid-00s British indie rock fare. The use of acoustic guitar everywhere adds a nice flavour. Pretty decent stuff, really.
Highlights: Sofa Song, She Moves in Her Own Way, Naïve, Time Awaits
6.5/10
Inside Out - MC Hammer
Hammer is back with his MC title and a sound that is very 1995. Well, the first half is; it is classic hip-hop and it grooves hard. The second half of the album is gospel. This may well be his most consistent album! It lacks the real highs of his earlier work, but there is nothing bad and he mostly has the song lengths under control. Mostly.
Highlights: Keep On, Everything is Alright, Bustin Loose, A Brighter Day
7.5/10
Insomniac - Green Day
Like Dookie, I used to perform a number of these songs while busking. Which was silly, because this album is far less known that Dookie. But not caring about that is punk rock. And this album being less popular also makes it more punk by default. That is absolutely how this works.
Highlights: Stuart and the Ave, Brain Stew, Westbound Sign, 86
8/10
Insomniac - Enrique Iglesias
This is really the most non-interesting album Enrique has made. It is all just... there. And for far too long. And why does this version have a bunch of remixes of songs not from this album?
Highlights: Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song), Sweet Isabel, Dímelo, Not In Love (Armand Van Helden Club Mix - Feat. Kelis)
6.5/10
Interstate 46 EP - MONOEYES
Three songs. Gone has awesome use of half-time, which I am always a sucker for in punk rock. I needed some 細美さん - it has been too long!
Highlights: Interstate 46, Borderland, Gone
9/10
Into the Fire - Bryan Adams
I have lived with an error on this CD for the past 32 years. So I have never heard Victim of Love run through perfectly. Such a crime! Anyways, this is BA's best album. No big hits, just really classy songwriting all through, hitting on some personal topics like Canada's treatment of idigenous people and stuff like that. Also the lead guitar work from both BA and Keith Scott is tremendous; never overplaying anything, just really super tasteful. Oh, and killer tone.
Highlights:
9.5/10
Into the Gap - Thompson Twins
This is purely the excellent Hold Me Now. Could it be more of an 80s British new-wave pop song? Brilliant song.
10/10
Into the Sun - Sean Lennon
From a songwriting point of view, Sean Lennon is quite good. Probably a decent mix of his Father's penchant for pop sensibilities fused with his Mother's avant-garde approach to things. His voice is what lets it all down. That and everything on this album being completely unmemorable.
Highlights: [insert that gif of Vincent Vega looking around completely lost and high as a MF]
6/10
Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy
This was the big 'comeback' album, and it is certainly full of big beats and breaks like any good albums from The Prodigy should. It is like a high-energy non-stop barrage of dance beats!
Highlights: Invaders Must Die, Omen, Run With the Wolves, World's On Fire, Stand Up
8.5/10
Invaders Must Die: Lost Beats - The Prodigy
The bonus disc to Invaders Must Die. I could probably rename it to just Lost Beats if I really wanted to. It is also much less necessary than Invaders Must Die.
Highlights: Wild West
6.5/10
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