Graceland

Great album that rewards repeated listens. Gets better every time.

A high watermark for the genre. Essential listening.

A confident, mature work. You can hear the growth from their earlier releases.

Returned to this after a few years away and it hit even harder than I remembered. Some albums age poorly but this one has only gotten better with time. The themes feel more relevant now than ever and the sonics still sound fresh.

Has its moments but feels bloated. Would benefit from trimming a few tracks.

A few good tracks don't save a mostly underwhelming album.

The definition of a classic. Will be listened to for centuries.

I keep seeing this on 'best of' lists and I honestly think people are just copying each other's homework at this point. There's nothing here that hasn't been done better elsewhere. The emperor has no clothes and the praise is baffling.