Album Retrospective: Built To Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love

Album Rating: A

Any music can make someone say "that's exactly how I am feeling". I have heard this description for just about every artist possible from Taylor Swift to Rage Against The Machine. We overemphasize this connection between artist and listener when the bigger accomplishment is when the listener "understands the reasons for the artists feelings". This type of connection is where the listener actually feels like they are walking in the artists shoes instead of the artist walking in the listener shoes. To create this type of connection the artist has to use vivid and descriptive lyrics, has to use instrumental patterns that give the listener a particular feeling, and has to have a unique style.