Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2005 The Mouse & The Mask Danger Doom ★★★½ 76 Hip-Hop An entire album themed around Adult Swim shows that was promoted heavily by Cartoon Network and that includes features and sketches by fictitious characters has no business working in any artistic way beyond it being a mildly-humorous gimmickContinue reading “The Mouse and the Mask – Danger Doom”
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Be – Common ★★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2005 Be Common ★★★★½ 90 Hip-Hop The concept of a comeback record wasn’t really a thing in hip-hop back in 2005. One reason, and a big one, is that the genre was still relatively new at the time. With only 20 years or so of history — and closerContinue reading “Be – Common ★★★★½”
The Bravery – The Bravery ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars scoore Genre 2005 The Bravery The Bravery ★★½ 57 Rock Alternative Rock Post Punk Revival The Bravery’s self-titled debut is a boilerplate Post Punk Revival record from a band trying to break into what was the genre’s growing scene in 2005. It’s a well produced album, and the band puts everythingContinue reading “The Bravery – The Bravery ★★★”
In Your Honor – Foo Fighters ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2005 In Your Honor Foo Fighters ★★★ 68 Rock Alternative Rock Double albums are almost always difficult to rate or justify, but Dave Grohl and Co. do a solid enough job to warrant one with In Your Honor, a two-disc, hour-and-a-half project that very clearly separates the band’s hard-rockingContinue reading “In Your Honor – Foo Fighters ★★★”
