Before she became so incredibly insufferable, Katy Perry was making bubblegum pop-rock with Alanis Morissette's main collaborator. And boy does it show! This stuff is way more guitar-based than anything she has done since and sounds like Alanis doing a pop album or something. Luckily, most of the songs are actually VERY good, even if the lyrics are a bit immature.
Highlights: Waking Up in Vegas, Thinking of You, I Kissed a Girl, Hot N Cold
7/10
One Sweet Day - Rumble Fish
Random K-Pop ballad. And not a boy band? This one is called You Really Are. It is good.
7.5/10
One Way Ticket to Hell...And Back - The Darkness
I generally like this album as a follow up to Permission to Land. It still rocks really hard, but is a little less 'old school' in its approach. But they changed bassist for this one, and their original guy (who has since returned) is awesome, so that loses points.
Highlights: One Way Ticket, Is I Just Me?, Hazel Eyes, Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
8/10
One World - PASSPO☆
This album rocks. I wrote lots about it before, so I will instead use my brain power to do other things... like listen to this without writing.
Highlights: Next Flight, WING, 2DAYS, Tap My Toe
8/10
The Open Door - Evanescence
I was going to be all 'how did I end up with this album?', but then Call Me When You're Sober hit and I was like 'oh yeah, this song is really good'. The rest? Not my bag at all.
Highlights: Call Me When You're Sober
6/10
Open Up And Say... Ahh! - Poison
Peak hair metal! There really is nothng metal about this music, but boy we sure thought it was heavy metal when I was a kid. Who cares? It is as fun as a banana split. Especially this album; it is mostly super cheesy and upbeat and a total party.
Highlights: Nothing But a Good Time, Fallen Angel, Your Mama Don't Dance, Back to the Rocking Horse
7.5/10
Opiate - Tool
This is the most normal alt. rock recordings Tool ever did. And, susequently, is probably the only work of theirs that I still think is fun. Fun like a Limp Bizkit album. I like fun.
Highlights: Hush, Jerk-Off (Live), Opiate, Cold and Ugly (Live)
7.5/10
Oracular Spectacular - MGMT
This is just Electric Feel. I do not know anything else by these guys. I do not even know how I ended up with this song in my library.
7/10
Orange Sunshine - JUDY AND MARY
A little less raw crazy punk, a little more polished crazy punk. All very fun, if not all that memorable, but probably the sort of thing that grows on you with more listens.
Highlights: Radio, Cheese Pizza
7/10
Orbital Period - BUMP OF CHICKEN
This album is kind of a bit more epic than their other works - a lot more big ballady-type things. A couple of songs that almost had me thinking I was listening to RADWIMPS. Overall, I actually really dig it.
Highlights: メーデー, supernova, 花の名, Believe
7/10
Orgazmo: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Various Artists
This is only Now You're a Man by DVDA - the band of Matt Stone and Trey Parker. They should just put out an album of DVDA songs. Also, please note that Orgazmo is their best movie, outside of Baseketball.
8/10
Origins Vol. 1 - Ace Frehley
Ace and a whole bunch of his friends cover a lot of classic 60s and 70s rock. Including Kiss. Seems unnecassary, but it is Ace so I will take it gladly. Even if all of this is not that exciting. Mike McCready's guitar solo on Cold Gin sounds like he recorded it on his phone and emailed it to Ace in 128kps Mp3 form.
Highlights: White Room, Spanish Castle Magic, Rock and Roll Hell
6.5/10
Origins Vol. 2 - Ace Frehley
Ace is back with more special guests and cover songs from the 60s and 70s, but with less Kiss? Mostly the same guests and same artists being covered. I think he has mentioned he wants to do another Origins album. I hope he does not.
Highlights: Never in My Life, I'm Down, Jumpin' Jack Flash
6/10
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