Just as good as I remembered. Probably my favourite JL album but their other work is great too.

Great selection of a user album. Hard choice between all these S:O's albums but would definitely include this album in my own 1001 list. One of these albums that completely grabs your attention.

Superclassic UK album from the 80s: 10/10. Should have been included in the oiginal list. Had thought about selecting this album myself and am glad someone else did.

Another surprising user album choice. I believe I may have a copy of this album, but had not listened to it for two decades. It was okay to listen to again but a bit of a mixed bag (6/10). I also listened to Glee again and slightly (7/10) prefer it above Discosis.

Probably would have gone for October Rust, but both are 5 star, obviously.

My choice would still be Kill for Love, but I like practically all their 2007+ work and Night Drive is a very good Chromatics album as well of course (I am not familiar with their pre-Italians Do It Better albums).

One of my favourite albums from the last 10 years and probably the best album from 2015. Album should have been in the 1001 list, which would have been easy given that the 1001 list is so patchy with respect to its more recent inclusions (most of them being pretty weak).

Their Big Star-like songwriting skills might have been perfected since the time of Bandwagonesque, but I still feel the latter album was the appropriate album for 1001 inclusion instead of any of their other albums, including this one. Not that it matters of course: Grand Prix is just another really good album from a most consistent band.

Some of the reviewers might have a point that this album could have been included on the 1001 list. I had not listed to it for many years and played it twice this evening, that is, 2.5 hour MM , which is perhaps a little overkill. Some songs are still as strong as ever, some other songs (there are 15 in total) are good / very good: 8/10 overall.

Just as good as I remembered. Probably my favourite JL album but their other work is great too.

Still a great album (10/10) just like 30 years ago that could have comfortably been placed in the 1001 list. In fact, up to Scarlet's Walk I would rate all Tori Amos albums as 5 star (and it is easy to generate another 5-star album with the b-sides from that period).

The combination Sparks and Moroder is simply great, and I always felt that this album should have been included in the 1001 list instead of Kimono My House. In fact after revisiting both albums this evening I would have included both, as both are 10/10 records.

Great selection of a user album. Hard choice between all these S:O's albums but would definitely include this album in my own 1001 list. One of these albums that completely grabs your attention.

Remarkable user album choice. The 80s vibes are great of course, but the songs are not there. My vote in 1988: 2/5 My vote in 2025: 2/5.

Given its reputation, a proper user album choice. I liked it in 2007 modulo Skinny Love (very strong dislike) and saw an excellent BI concert at that time, with a full band including two drummers (if I remember correctly) and a highly enthusiastic audience. Now, after 17-18 years, the album still sounds fine. The lyrics are not interesting, but the songs themselves are quite good (apart from SL of course). [There are even two more BI user albums - seems like overkill to me, but will give them both a try as well..]

Normally I dislike these records full of novelty songs that are all over the place and mix bad humour with pastiche. But this album is the exception to the rule: it's great, with supercatchy proper songs. I had not listened to it for 30 years or so, and this evening I can appreciate it even more than in 1994: 9/10.

Yeah. Great UK band. I would have gone for The Ghost of Cain (10/10) but TaC is excellent as well: 9/10 for me - I like it a bit more when they operate in post-punk mode rather than folk-rock. On the other hand: the songs on TaC are very strong of course, and this was the first NMA album that I listened to back in 1990 or so.

One of the most obvious omissions in the 1001 list. Just like Laughing Stock.

A surprising choice. Had this album on tape but even back then it was clear that far better pop music was released, except, of course, for the two big (5-star) international hits.

Superclassic UK album from the 80s: 10/10. Should have been included in the oiginal list. Had thought about selecting this album myself and am glad someone else did.

Had not listened to this soundtrack for quite a while. Impossible to listen to without strong associations to the movie. But great 80s synthesizer sound, and safe to say I would rate it 5 star anyway.

The ultimate Pitchfork record of the 2010s? In any case, I can understand this album is well liked, but just like in 2011, the album does not work me. The songs themselves are nicely produced but seem less strong to me than on his debut (4*), even the smooth 80s song at the end. :-)

One of the first cassette tapes I owned, back in 1986, was Into the Light, a top 10 album at the time. About half of it was quite good, the rest.. pretty unlistenable. I just played the two albums back to back to conclude once more that 70s Chris de Burgh is definitely not for me (2/10), whereas I can still appreciate the typical 80s sound of ItL and some of its songs (5/10). In any case, a surprising user album choice.

As expected, still a great album to listen to. Has a lot of charms but contains just a little bit too much filler for a full 5-star rating, and I remembered it as not being as good as Pod or Safari. Nevertheless, has some iconic status so feels like an omission of the 1001-list, especially because it could have been easily selected, say instead of that solo Frank Black album that did make it into the list (ok-ish but nothing special).

For me, it used to be: Third > Dummy > Portishead but I now started to believe: Third >= Dummy >= Portishead, In any case: an easy 5-star and great user album choice.

This album feels like a more natural choice than a previous user album from this band (Phantom Power) which I still have to listen to so I might be wrong... ..in any case, OtH contains New Orleans Is Sinking: one of their best songs. Overall, this is a solid album (had to get onto it again and it got better after a few listens). Still had expected to see Fully Completely, a classic album that could have been included in the 1001 list.

The choice of REM album in the 1001 list seemed reasonably appropriate to me. OoT always felt more like a collection of singles / songs than a proper album, but I had forgotten how good most of the songs are. Not that it matters too much: REM up to 1996 or so = 5* anyway.