Not totally surprised this is as good as it is after the way Nick Hornby talked about old Rod Stewart in his novel 31 songs.
(I know) I'm Losing You being my favourite.
Never been a big fan of Mick Jagger and thus, never gave the Stones a decent chance. Was pleasantly surprised by this album and can see why it's counted as one of their best. Knew more songs than I thought I would.
Can't You Hear Me Knocking was my fave.
Top shit. Wicked 70s rock and roll.
Love this album. The first 3 tracks are absolute gold and it doesn't really drop off too far from there. I've loved Just What I Needed for years and can't believe it's taken this long to give the rest of the record a run. Amazing.
Just noodling about on a bunch of instruments that don't really excite me. I'd probably love this if I was a stoner in the mid 60s and wasn't waiting for the Beatles to go to India and take acid.
One of my all time favourites.
I can understand the significance of the album but it didn't do heals for me. A few cool sounds but as a whole not that interesting to me.
Wicked. So much late-90s sample heavy goodness. After only knowing the Norman Cook remix of Brimful of Asha this was an awesome and welcome surprise.
Seems like the kinda stuff lots of people were doing at the time. Nothing stood out too much but not shit music.
A perfect Sunday album. I'm much better acquainted with Five Leaves Left but this album is a gem. You can give it a few runs and focus on a different instrument each time or, just Drake's voice.
I've never really wrapped my head around the word melancholy but I feel like this is the audible representation.
Missed the boat when these guys were at their peak as I was much more interested in the big beat electronic stuff coming out of Britain. Also Wonderwall never really did it for me so I never ever really gave them a shot. Listening now I can understand the hype and had I been 10 years older I would've been an Oasis tragic I've got no doubt. Great album. Give it a few more years and listens and I have no doubts it'll be 5 stars by then.
Takes me straight to Womad
Very interesting. I wanna know more about the things they used to produce this album at that time.
Yep. Sounds like a British album from the 90s.
Would've been my jam if I was in my 20s in the 80s
More whiny, sad American 90s shite.
Some good music but as with most punk, I'm just not into getting yelled at.
Pleasant surprise. I thought it was gonna be a full metal album after the first minute but was nothing of the sort.
Have connections I never knew to Re-Ignition! What a jam.
Forgot how much I actually listened to this album when it came out. Few forgotten belters. Opening 3 tracks are all time.
Glad I got the chance to go on a journey I never knew I needed.
Amazing. Never heard it before and will definitely get a lot more runs. Loved it.
White Rabbit is a 5 star tune. The rest are a bit boring but you can hear the roots of the big psychedelic movement to follow so you've gotta appreciate that.
It took me until well after I listened to this album to realise that this wasn't another album by Talk Talk.
Where do you start to peel back the layers of this album?! The percussion, the guitar, the horns, the strings, the lyrical content, this is 36 minutes of absolute pure glory!
Better than most shit emerging from the US around this time
2 good songs. Just not for me. Bit all over the place.
I knew the first song. And then the rest happened. It didn't change much and Frank didn't wanna fuck around singing for too long with all those cocktails to drink. Short and sharp. Not my kinda lyrics but I was genuinely taken by the horns and string sections. I liked it. I see why old cunts love it.
I haven't stopped thinking about this album since I listened to it. His talent is absolutely unquestionable but the content is quite confronting. I remember hearing this album when it came out and while I realise all the bigotry and homophobia is part of the act, it is hard to digest at points, Kim being the biggest challenge. I can't even imagine what it would've been like recording that song.
The music is amazing tho and when he gets on a roll you can't help but be amazed. The tracks featuring other artists really show how good he is as his verses wipe the floor with the others.
I was gonna give this 4 stars but the fact it hasn't left my mind for 3 days means it's probably worth top marks.
I'd heard for years the Deep Purple were so much more than just Smoke On The Water. I didn't realise that the album that contained that song would be the one to prove it. Some absolute jams on this album.
Synthesisers and drum machines with Prince rocketing towards his peak. What's not to love?
Another mumbling American whose genius is "misunderstood".
Can play the axe tho. And chase his former band mates with one...
Sounds like the soundtrack to a Richard Curtis movie.
Eple is an all time classic and the rest stacks up just behind it.
Another shining example of the difference between British and US alternative rock from the 90s. The Brits winning out nearly every time.
I like the concept of the double album split into 4 parts. Especially as a vinyl release, side A being my favourite.
Reading about the hectic recording sessions was also very interesting.
As always first and foremost, I listen to the music first. Lyrics don't really resonate with me very regularly. Cockers' lyrics are clean and clear and easy to understand but it was the music that caught me with this album. Yet another 90s Alt-Rock win to the Poms.
I was pleasantly surprised listening to Oasis' first album and really, really enjoyed it. I thought I'd perhaps wasted 25 years not being an Oasis fan. This album compounded why I never get into them when this came out. It's just not that good to me.
I get it. I understand it. I just don't like it. I don't see why it got so much praise heaped on it when it was initially released.
Contains none of my favourite Smith's songs. It's not bad tho. Just not as good as I'd hoped.
What else do you say but, FUNK?!
Treasure was heaps better
This was fun. Pioneers. Loved it.
Gave this a few runs. It really gripped me. I loved the music and lyrics. Sailor's Song is amazing.
Some real gems. Have always loved EWTRTW but never knew the album as a whole.
Still one of the best concerts I ever saw was their American Idiot tour. I also still know most of the lyrics as I listened along. Jesus of Suburbia is still a classic and forever will be.
A cracker! I always thought they were very, very stoner rock but this has elements of keeping one eye on the dance floor. I think I'd kinda avoided it because everything I'd heard from Kyuss courtesy of Bennett didn't do much for me and incorrectly assumed the apple hadn't fallen far from the tree.
Nothing else quite gripped me as much as the opening number and album title track but I still enjoyed the rest of the album. The lyrics don't mess about. Very frank.
I'll forever love their first 3 albums before they took a much more commercial formula into the studio.
Politik. Just wow.
Four Women. Truly spectacular.
I have this major UK vs US rivalry stuck in my head for anything from the 90s. So far the Brits keep winning out. They just seem so much more listenable and less of a chore to get thru each album.
I had heard of Wilco a they're one of those bands I thought I probably should have done a bit more research into. After the opening track I immediately thought I'd been dealt another depressing hour of American alt-rock.
Very happy to say how wrong I was! This album covered a wide and varied part of the musical spectrum and instead of just waiting for it to finish I found myself wanting more. Will definitely get more runs in the future.
Tomorrow Never Knows. Without this song my entire musical journey would be totally different. The Chemical Brothers may never have existed without it.
Plus Taxman, Eleanor Rugby's and the rest of the album... Just wonderful.
Yeah, it's funky. Seem like the kinda band that would kill it on Saturday night at Womad.
Listened to the first half in the car. The second half on decent headphones. It's a ripper album I might've unappreciated without the cans.
Majorly surprised. Dismissed Jane's Addiction when I was young purely coz I loved electronic music too much.
The second half of this album is unreal. Farrell's voice still shits me a bit but this album is amazing.
Few tracks have a very Beatles sound. Short and sharp tracks and considering the amount, surprisingly small amount of shit ones. Liked it a lot.
Synth-tastic! Paved the way for the shit I listen to today.
It's 5 stars. We all know that.
Not a bad sound, just a boring repetitive one.
Stop yelling at me please.
Classic. Massive classic. Will go on my vinyl bucket list.
Spotify won't let me listen to half the album for some reason but the first half was good.
Quintessentially 60s and British
Probably influential. Not for me.
Wouldn't play it on purpose but had no desire to turn it off while it was on.
Come on Eileen is obviously an all time classic.
Not my thing. Impressive for 1989 tho.
I knew all the famous ones off this album and they are all classics. The opener Ramble Tamble was the best of the ones I was unfamiliar with. Sets up the whole album. Loved it.
Atrocity Exhibition did nothing to help set me up for the rest of the album. I read that Peter Hook was furious about his guitar treatment and I have to agree. It's just noise.
The rest of the album, not bad. Twenty Four Hours easily my fave.
Not really my style but it's easy to see why it's well regarded and the obvious influences it had on future acts.
Journey. Will go back with headphones on and deep dive.
Obviously not as classic as the previous Rumours but still a cracker album.
Loved it since I first heard it.
Grabbed me for the first 10 seconds and didn't let go. Loved it. Don't really know why or how to describe it but it still sounds fresh all these years later. Will be going back again and checking out their other stuff too.
I've known about this album for years but never actually listened to it.
I loved it from start to finish. The whole performance is spectacular. All the little mistakes and jokes and bits just add to its charm.
And there's something about prisoners cheering so loudly to songs about prison that makes you smile.
Very special album. 25 minutes to go is my fave.
Still great 10 years later. Wasn't just a phase I was going thru
