Graceland
Paul SimonUgh. Sanitised world music for middle class drones with no imagination and less soul. Horrible
Ugh. Sanitised world music for middle class drones with no imagination and less soul. Horrible
Beautifully crafted but also smug and soulless. Not much fun
Vile
Essential
Classic mid-70s rock. Don't like it, but cant deny its effectiveness at being what it is
Classic beats taking you back to better times.
Utterly generic grunge pop, of its time
I know it’s quality and all that, I just don’t enjoy listening to it.
The single stand out (but is dated). The rest is generic DJ mixtape from the early 90s forgettable content. Not great
Of its time but timeless. Huge fun.
Kind of ok. Sure Shot is a fab, classic tune
Dismal tedious prog rock jazz whatever music for chinscratchers
Solid quality music, if not quite as good as Dummy
Classic mid-70s rock. Don't like it, but cant deny its effectiveness at being what it is
Forgive me for I hate it.
Surprisingly listenable Oasis-lite
It’s another Kinks album. Quality but perhaps over-familiar
Efficient, formerly ubiquitous mid-90s R&B. Not my thing, but can’t argue it’s not good at what it does
The start of a new era in music. Dated but essential.
Gosh early 80s hair metal was terrible
Ugh horrible saccharine garbage
Jazzish bluest vocal and piano singalongs. Inoffensive.
Very solid early 70s rock’n’roll
Super assured retro psych/Brit beat debut
However great they became, this is mostly horrific to modern ears
Hasn’t stood the test of time. Boring by numbers hip hop. I remember it as better than it sounds now
Essential
High quality if slightly overfamiliar burbling
The first of a great run of albums.
Top quality, influential punk/post-punk/funk. And a few standout tunes.
Good stuff from essential band. Never really into them but can’t really criticise it’s uniqueness or quality
Beautifully crafted but also smug and soulless. Not much fun
Iron Maiden sounding like Iron Maiden albeit rougher about the edges.
Decent Blur changing track. Some memorable tunes.
It’s good stuff just not my stuff
Hmmm....not as good as I expected
Vile
Great stuff from a band in their prime
Noisy world changing rock n roll
Hate the clash but this isn’t a bad album for a bunch of posh boy pub rockers
Safe middle class parent music. Really well done but not for me
Dismal. How was this ever popular?
Still super fresh US hardcore punk
It has a sound. Leaves me a bit cold mind
Very decent album from very decent band
The origin of FM rock. Very listenable/ as was I think intended.
Patchy but in place great. Nice to encounter something new from the list
In the 70s NY was on fire
Bland unengaging RnB. Inexplicably popular
Top notch angry political tub thumping musically pioneering rap
It’s good and that but not super engaging
Simple fun
Fantastic voice but bland bland production. Decent album though
Classic garage rock and roll
Very decent indeed.
Ugh. Sanitised world music for middle class drones with no imagination and less soul. Horrible
Sweet, inoffensive stuff. Background music at best. But good background music
Blah
Hi quality vintage hip hop
Pretty cool.
Awful reminder of how bad some parts of the 80a s living experience was
Ugh, horrific pedestrian plodding enlivened with what are now rather hackneyed guitar solos. Of its time. Not one to tolerate now.
Better as it ages. Nick Cave-esque
Dull. If you put your thumb over Paul Simon's face, it makes Art Garfunkel look like he has massive moustache
Solid prime era Stones
Apart from Yellow Submarine, one of their best
Plodding, dull. How was this ever a phenomenon?
Dreary but efficient background electronica
Boringly familiar
Quality pop
Just a bit dreary and ordinary really. Clearly influential. But not of anything I particularly like.
Superb folk tunes from one of the best of his era
Solid proto-post-punk. More important than many records of that era
Scott Walker. Nuff said
Great great album
Great but dont like Tom Waits
Yawn
Good stuff again from PJH
Big fab and stupid