Who killed the Zutons? No-one killed the Zutons. Everyone was too ambivalent about their generic ill-advised genre-hopping middle of the road nonsense to get passionate enough to think about killing the Zutons.
It's rare that I can't finish an album but an hour and a half of this shite was just too much. Terrible, just terrible.
Vorsprung durch Technik
One of my favourite Fall albums (I think I might say this everytime I listen to a Fall album?). Nicely evokes happy memories with it's Madchester vibe, even if it does sound a little dated. I'm always surprised and impressed at how MES always stepped close to but rarely strayed into ruining great performances from his band members.
Never heard this before, liked it
4
6
Surprised me. In a good way
Is this genius? or utter shite? (both?) It's brilliantly bomkers, without doubt one of the highlights of this list so far.
Awful
One of my favourite albums, love it
Great opening track but then I was put on hold for half an hour
Bonus star for evoking happy memories of the indie-goth-rock night at the Escape club in Southampton in the late 80s. Getting a wave of nostalgia (or nausea?) for snakebite and black and the ever-present stench of patchouli oil
Surprised me, confounded my (rather low) expectations
One of my favourite Fall albums (I think I might say this everytime I listen to a Fall album?). Nicely evokes happy memories with it's Madchester vibe, even if it does sound a little dated. I'm always surprised and impressed at how MES always stepped close to but rarely strayed into ruining great performances from his band members.
Disorganised mess
The rest of the album couldn't quite match up to the awesome opening track, but pleasant enough nonetheless
Ticks all the boxes for classic American rock, and does it very well. Ok in small doses but the whole thing is a bit much for me, it's just not my thing
One of the better Neil Young albums
Pleasantly surprised by this, some parts jarred a bit but overall it was interesting and enjoyable. A good example of why I signed up to this project
Still not a fan
Quality disco-funk, rest of the album inevitably struggles to match up to the big hitters
I'd always dismissed Elbow as generic music for adverts but I rather enjoyed this album
Pure class
Reminded me of a school music class project, an interesting idea perhaps but not enough to justify an album. Overall it was a bit tedious and self indulgent.
Not his best
Never heard this before, liked it
I'm glad that this exists, and that it's on this list, but I'm not sure I'd listen to it again
Still as impressive as when I first heard it over 30 years ago, and not just for the happy nostalgia it evokes - a great album.
Make it stop. Please.
Better in French, but only because my rusty O-level French couldn't keep up so the lyrics annoyed me less
Powerful stuff, not an easy listen but no less perfect for it
My family asked me to turn this off. I concur.
Lacking any of the fun or joy of some of their better stuff
Sublime
Despite Bonio's best efforts over the last 30+ years, I still have a (surprising) soft spot for some of the early U2 stuff. He's still a monumental twit though.
Great album
Bit of a mess.
-1 for the 16 minute drum solo. Behave!
Same as it ever was
The beginning of the sad decline.of the modfather. More Jam please.
Chaotic fun, perfect soundtrack to my late 80s life
Not good. And I can't shake the association of Thom Yorke's voice with Herbert's from Family Guy: https://thomyorkesingslikeherbertfromfamilyguy.ytmnd.com/
Aged better than I expected, I like the darker DM stuff
Forgettable
Better than the last one!
Dreadful on so many levels.
Quality stuff,.this album has been sort of 'always there', so.much so that I hadn't really properly listened to it lately.
Vapid.
This has aged well, great album
Sadly this band's history is more interesting and more rock and roll than their music
The evolution from Spacemen3 through this and then onwards was a thing of beauty and a very happy thing for me
A bit shit, like a not very funny parody. Best bit? Only half an hour long. Still half an hour too long though.
Enjoyed this more.than I thought I would
Better than I remembered
Still irritating after 40 years
The worst kind of prog rock.
Tried give the album an unbiased listen despite my initial misgivings and low expectations based on memories from when it came out and the seemingly endless playing of the hits Wish I hadn't bothered, turns out I was right all along. It's shit.
Not bad, not good. Just sort of 'there'
Had been meaning to give this a listen for some time, glad I finally did - enjoyed it
Fun musically at times, some great tracks but never enough to displace uncomfortable thoughts about celebrating the music of the predatory nonce that he became. 3* for the music (let's face it, he's not the only musician on this list with a grim history).
Didn't really connect with this one
More fun than I'd expected
Never really elevated itself beyond occasionally interesting muzak, shame really but the more interesting bits never seemed to take it any further
Smooth. But a bit dull.
Shame the momentum of the cracking opening tracks wasn't sustained, but fun nonetheless
Might've appealed to someone in the 80's. But not me. And definitely not now.
Interesting, but not interesting enough to distract from the fact that it's just not very good. I doubt I'll ever want to listen to this one again. Sounds like the live shows were a right laugh though.
Nice. Perfect mellow background music, not too challenging.
Thought I remembered this and was looking forward to it. Turns out that apart from Shout and Everybody Wants to Rule the World (which are great) it was all a bit of a disappointment
Loved this, gets better and better with every listen. It was also a joyous break from the recent run of dreary 80s synth-pop.
Effortlessly cool and laid back, I liked this a lot
Great chilled music to have onin the background, yet with enough interesting changes to hold my attention. Impressive.
I'm sure that making this might've been cathartic for George Michael, but for me it was just dreary to listen to.
Great voice, great band, never seemed to achieve the recognition they deserved. I prefer the earlier less heavy sound but still enjoyed this.
Dismal, left me feeling that I've just wasted an hour of my life. Doesn't even work as background music, kept intruding into my consciousness by annoying.me.This is very, very far from being music that I like.
Overly long, smooth and funky as expected but only all too brief moments of interest to rise above the self-indulgent bitterness. There's better Marvin Gaye albums out there.
A fun listen, similar to the first album but no worse for it
A witty and joyous riot of perfect punk
Bit too much of a meandering jazz thing for me, equal measures of moments of brilliance and irritating bits. Overall it was pleasant enough in the background.
Interesting ambition, not quite realised
Soundtrack to my youth. The beginning of Thatcher's disaffected, unemployed and miserable Britain mixed with cold war paranoia and all wrapped up in a perfect ska-pop soundtrack. And Terry Hall. What's not to like? Pretty much perfect archive of the era.
Not really for me but enjoyed it far more than I had expected to
Aaaaaahhh. That's better. Cheers Marvin.
Hard work, and not particularly enjoyable
Still dull
Tried to put aside my preconceptions about this, buts it's still a five star album all day long.
Just think what this guy could've achieved if he was part of a decent band...
Never really appreciated how good this is when it was released, took a few years for me to catch up. Great album
Great to be reminded of how good this album was, though it does sound a bit dated now
Superb album, hits the spot
Loved this when it came out, Ride were great live. Haven't really listened to it since, not really likely to again if Im honest.
Good wholesome punky fun
Never really understood the hype over this. Not unpleasant, but not particularly innovative or interesting either.
Mmm. Pretty complex stuff made to sound effortless. Interesting, but sounds very grown up and sophisticated so not really for me.
More fantastic energetic punk fun. Loving this!
Awesome album, The Who at their best. So much better than Tommy, and all the better for being live
Outstanding, always.loved this album.
Some cleverness and wit in the lyrics, overshadowed by the dated misogyny that grates and drags it down
Struggling to find much merit in this, it's pretty inane. It's like they couldn't be bothered to find something worth shouting about so they just shouted anyway.
Some great tracks. And some that sound like they're background music for a Blake's 7 episode
Always struggled to enjoy RHCP. This hasn't done anything to change that.
Doesn't always work, but when it does this is brilliantly weird fun.
I'm sure this is fine if you like disco. . 'Good Times' is ok but even that goes on for far too long.
Took a while to appreciate the rest of the album in between the outstanding opening and closing tracks but this is a mighty fine album.
I quite like this. Better than lots of previous Bowie
14 year old me loved this. Forty years on and I'm not so sure, but nostalgia is a powerful thing
Favourite Who album. Awesome cover art too
Faded somewhat on the b side, but still an enjoyable and interesting listen. Virginia Plain is an out and out classic
Not sure what to make of this. It wasn't bad, it's just that I can't really remember much of it. Made me want to listen to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and this doesn't stand up well in comparison
Glad to be reminded of this, haven't listened to Cocteau Twins for a while. Great album.
Bonafide classic, outstanding
Inoffensive, but that's hardly a recommendation. Bland.
'Faith' was a great track. Confused all us indie kids, everyone liked it but we were too cool to admit it. The rest of the album was pretty mediocre. The passage of time has done it no favours, lots of it just sounds creepy now.
Blood, sweat, tears & shite. Mostly shite.
Childish lyrics ruined some good work by the rest of the band
Classy, solid album. Tailed off a bit after the strong opening tracks.
Like Killing Joke doing cabaret in French. Fun idea, didn't quite work as well as it could've though.
Nope
Weird album. Not exactly bad, but every time I actively took notice I just thought "this is a bit dull"
Hadn't heard this before, enjoyed it more than I expected
If Paul McCartney tried to emulate Elton John would it make anything better? No
Finely crafted but not really for me.
Sadly didn't live up to the promise of the cover art
Average at best but what the hell's going on with 'vagabond virgin'???
Who killed the Zutons? No-one killed the Zutons. Everyone was too ambivalent about their generic ill-advised genre-hopping middle of the road nonsense to get passionate enough to think about killing the Zutons.
Good but not his best album
I tried... but this was awful. Occasionally laugh out loud awful ('If I was an Catholic my name would be...Chris').
This is the album that helped me appreciate New Order as a band in their own right rather than just being a slightly disappointing continuation of Joy Division.
Like this, nice mellow vibe
Not worth enduring the YouTube ads for.
Some hit the spot and some are little way off, but Our House is a perfect treat, simply sublime
First impression: wrong side of experimental for me, but I did feel compelled to give it another listen. Didn't change my opinion.
Great classic tracks but the whole thing gets a bit much after a while. Ok in the background though.
This was more fun than I expected, genuinely different to everything else of its time
Classic pub rock, nothing particularly new but done very well. Surprised to see that this is 50 years old, timeless I guess.
Overly sentimental, too long, dull. I wasn't a Springsteen fan before hearing this and it did nothing to change my view.
Enjoyed this, not sure why I had low expectations but I was glad to be wrong.
I remember seeing Ozomatli at a festival a few years ago and being impressed enough to go find some albums. Sadly the recorded material was underwhelming, not quite able to capture the energy of the live show. Revisiting this today, I still can't quite shake that slightly disappointed feeling.
Generic sounding, laughable lyrics, not really got a lot going for it. Terrible.
Very 90s, staple of the indie nights. Sounded fresh at the time but apart from nostalgia it doesn't seem very relevant now, somehow lacks the enduring appeal of some of their contemporaries
Lots of my mates seemed to love this when we were at school, I wasn't quite so sure. It's not entirely rubbish, but it's not that great either.
My mate persuaded me to see Throwing Muses in the early 90s. "A bit like Pixies' she said. Pixies were way better.
Surfer Rosa and Doolittle set a very high bar, but this stands up well. Quality album, even accounting for my somewhat biased Pixies fan perspective.
Didn't like this at all, all. Generic sounding, like it came from a catalogue of middle of the road rock sounds.
Not a fan of country, but I enjoyed some of the tracks where it didn't dominate. Mixed bag overall.
Cheesy & predictable, but somehow more fun than I had any right to expect
Thanks Coldplay, for ruining my commute you insufferable bell-ends. You can take your shitty miserable whining nonsense and do one. And when you've done that you can do one again. I really didn't like this at all.
Separating the music from the sad racist that made it isn't easy. Turns out I needn't have bothered, not as good as The Smiths.
Evoked happy Cropredy festival memories. I liked the memory more than the music itself though.
Good album, the misogyny jarrs but the anger is sadly still relevant.
Iconic, but I still struggle with Radiohead sometimes
I'm glad that I invested a little effort in tracking this down, good album.
Relentlessly similar, dated house with occasional bursts of interest.
The interesting bits were too infrequent and not enough to carry the unwelcome pop-influenced stuff. What the hell was going on with that 'Imagine' cover?
Liked this a lot, there's something hypnotic and chilled about it that works for me
Not sure that the explanatory notes added much to my understanding or enjoyment; if anything, they got in the way. Enjoyable, but a bit long for what was essentially a sitar solo (with some bonus awesome tabla accompaniment).
Met all my expectations of a pre-disco BeeGees concept album. It was rubbish. If the concept was to try to emulate 60's Beatles/Pink Floyd/Kinks/Elton John and drag it out for over an hour then mission accomplished boys, but why did you bother?
I liked the debut album but this somehow seems a bit boring, doesn't really bring anything new to the party.
Kill me. The worst kind of country. No, wait. Is there a good kind?
Disappointing. I can't remember any of the tracks, other than when it started to sound interesting it didn't follow through and just got annoying.
Much as I like Beck, I think I prefer happier Beck. An hour of sad Beck doesn't stack up well against Odelay.
Vapid pop with an unpleasant whiff of desperation. Former pop princess tries to keep up with the new kids (Britney et al) by throwing money at her latest album. Hardly headline news Ms Ciccone. Cher did it first, and Kylie was more fun. And that American Pie cover was an abomination.
Competently middle of the road
Very 80s. I have a degree of nostalgia for this, but 16 year old me liked it more than i do now. Better than any of Phil Collins' solo efforts though.
Sadly one good single doesn't make an album great
Not quite living up to it's iconic status, more like reheated punk & indie leftovers with a few more spicy bits sprinkled on
Peak Gabriel-Genesis, and despite its nostalgic charm it's all a bit too prog for me. And a double album was waaaay too much.
I saw Hawkwind once (sadly without Lemmy) and I can't remember much. A two plus hour live recording hasn't jogged my memory much, I don't think there's enough drugs on the planet to make this monster album bearable in one sitting but there are more than a few bits that genuinely sparkle and shine.
My first thought was oh dear, more generic indie landfill, but on listening a bit closer there's definitely more to it than that. Trouble is it sounds like a demo tape of half finished ideas, needs a bit of editing and expanding on the better tracks.
Beach boys were better
Never heard this before, bit like Arcade Fire. Liked it a lot.
Enjoyed this far more than I'd expected, nicely chilled and mellow,. Great album. (I still can't work out why I had such low expectations.)
"Oh we got both kinds. Country and Western". And they're both shit
When this was released I remember being hugely disappointed and revisiting it now hasn't shaken that feeling. I coped with the Style Council but this was just too far removed from the Jam that I loved so much. This is undoubtedly finely crafted, just not for me.
I like the more bonkers Tom Waits but some bits of this veered worryingly close to sounding like Springsteen so a mixed bag overall.
I was wondering when Frank Zappa would make an appearance on the list. Good choice, there's a lot of great albums to choose from.
How many more flavours of country hell can there be on this list?
Quite an achievement to sound both futuristic and dated at the same time, ! I understand iits iconic status but it still doesn't exactly set my world on fire
Don't think I'm the target demographic for this sort of bland nonsense so it's not too surprising that I struggled.to engage with it.
Great album, the less familiar tracks hold up well against the classic ones which are awesome
Nice, a superficially easy and pleasant listen with a bit more depth on closer inspection
Not heard this before, loved it.
Very happy to see this pop up this morning, absolute belter of an album that's just brilliant on so many levels.
Great album, not quite as good as Psychocandy but still great. No sure why they iliked to bang on about 'rain' so much.
Probably ought to be on this list, but apart from the few interesting moments here and there I didn't enjoy this
Decent enough bluesy rock, nothing outstanding but great band name
Bowie was better than this. Before, and after.
So very, very bland.
Fairly generic mid-90s sound but I did enjoy it more on a second listen.
Aah, the Beck I know and love. Doesn't always work but mostly does so I'm happy with that.
Bit too long but well worth persevering, liked this a lot
No
Not bad, but didn't really excite me either. To be fair, it probably needed a more careful listen but apart from some good moments (Daydreamin') it didn't jump out and demand my attention.
The polar opposite of music that I like. Music for people who can't be bothered any more, competently replicates the apathy of the time.
Hard work at times but worth it
Feels like I should like this more than I did. Enjoyed lots of it but some parts just got a bit too self-indulgent for me.
Liked this more than I had expected, some great 70s vibes but also some big misses (Jamaica Jerk Off, what the hell is going on there? Must've been a shit load of drugs for someone to sign that one off)
Great voice but not enough for me to enjoy listening to this. Why the over-representation of generic country albums? I just don't get it
Not bad, feels tainted (in my head at least) by association with the later top of the pops rubbish that gets played all the time.
Never quite sure what to make of Björk. In isolation some tracks are stunning. As an album I'm not so sure, seems so drift towards the point where it starts to become irritating.
Deservedly iconic, everything music should be - innovative and evocative and sounds great!
Not heard this before, had to give it another listen because I found myself distracted and it sort of faded into an amorphous background blur. Enjoyed it more when I found time to give it an active listen, the tracks 𝘢𝘳𝘦 different. Feels like there's still more to be got from this, I'll have to give it another go
Wow, my version of this was way less than the 2+ hours that Spotify came up with. Seminal grunge album, but I think that the world's (I've?) moved on. Great album, doesn't have quite the same impact as it did when I first heard it, still excited to have this pop up on the list this morning.
I recall being a bit underwhelmed by this when it was released (I preferred the earlier Hammond organ stuff, this felt a bit more generic britpop-y) but I did grow to like it
Lyrics are comedy gold, right up there with Spinal Tap. They didn't mean it, right?
Nostalgia aside, this is great, amg hindsight shows it as a sign of even better stuff to come. Not a fan of Spotify's choice of the extended version though, I think it detracts from the impact of the original.
Very cool, easy background listening. Great musicians, not sure the live element adds that much.
Brilliant! Some of the tracks went on a bit though 🙂
Whoa! Calm down Marvin. Bit too much mate...
Great in the background, not so sure it stands up to a more careful listen though.
Strays close to Dylan-esque levels of annoying whiney vocals but the content and musicianship just about compensates. And St Etienne's version of Only Love Can Break Your Heart was so much better.
A bit repetitive at times, and sometimes lacking depth, but refreshing for its more upbeat lyrics.
Soothing. Liked this a lot.
Disappointing, I listened to this a lot as a teenager but apart from 'This is the Day' I can't really see why now.
Some good bits, the album with Nico was better though
Got a bit distracted and switched off a bit, first impression was ok at first, then a bit weird, then tailed off a bit. Gave it another try with my full attention and I liked it much more, including the weirdness and the second half. Earns its place on the list.
Love this album, happy memories of the early 90s, still sounds fresh and energetic.
I remember being underwhelmed when I bought this but when I found the right moment it all clicked into place and Andy Weatherall regained his God-like status. For some reason I also remember 'Theme' being part of the soundtrack to a film called 'Shopping' with Sadie Frost, think the soundtrack was better than the film though
This is mesmerizing and magnificent and I absolutely love it! The extra demos and mixes detract from the original though
Confounded my expectations, liked this more than expected based on what I'd heard before. Not bad, but not sure it's enough to inspire me to explore more of his work.
Liked side 2 more, more like the ambient Eno that I was hoping this would be, but when it looped round again I liked side 1 more the second time round.
Not my bag, strays beyond merely bearable into positively annoying.
I was having too much fun to give a proper.listen to this dreary nonsense when it was released, took me a while to get over my initial hankering for the whimsical joy of earlier Cure but I did come to appreciate it some years later. Bonus point for nostalgic associations.
Not bad, but just sort of unremarkable. Didn't really evoke any response for some reason.
Liked this more than I expected to
Nick Cave doing what he does best. Brilliant lyricist and great music, very much rewards an active listen. Great album.
I can't be objective about this, it's a 5. One of those pivotal music moments that happen in life and change things forever.
Are you taking the piss?
Lots of interesting and fun bits and some fab guitars but dragged down a bit by the random experimentation that just sounded forced.
Nice. Would never have found this without the 1001 albums list, glad I did. Liked it, haven't a clue what it was going on about though...
Vorsprung durch Technik
First track is strangely compelling. Second is laugh out loud bonkers. All went a bit downhill after that, but still entertaining throughout. That voice..!
I thought I liked this album, but on hearing it again I think i prefer somevof his other stuff
Not nearly as bad as I had expected.
Ok; not exactly bad but didn't really connect for.me.
Great voice but little else of interest here.
Not a fan of the genre but this was better than I had expected (?wanted) it to be. Still not a fan though
Look out kids! The Alice Cooper comedy shock rock show is in town! Not my thing though. I'm off to the pub to watch the footy instead.
Loved this when it was released, still do. Still bonkers fun throughout.
Unremarkable. There always seemed to be much better music around whenever the Lemonheads released an album.
Classy stuff, doesn't get much better than this.
Decent enough, and some great guitar sounds, yet at the same time strangely somehow not enough to be very memorable.
Fabulous album, love this! Still sounds innovative and fresh 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🍑🍑🍑🍑
Liked bits of this more than I remembered, but still far too long and got a bit too repetitive so by the end I was bored and had switched off.
Ok, but apart from 'Victoria' nothing really stood out
I usually find Björk's lyric delivery annoying in anything more than short bursts though somehow this seemed to (mostly) work. I'm gad it's on the list but I'm not sure it's something I'd come back to.
Swamp rock rocks! Bit same-y but a good sign of things to come, little wonder that the Dude was such a fan
Should there be an album of bongo-driven instrumental covers? (definitely, why not?) And is it any good? (no, not really) Destined to soundtrack the closing credits to every 70's-based film forever.
Liked this, never heard of them before now.
It's rare that I can't finish an album but an hour and a half of this shite was just too much. Terrible, just terrible.
Really enjoyed revisiting this, definitely earns its place on the list
One to dip into for me, small doses are fine, great even, but a whole album in one go somehow seems to grate (Can't seem to put my finger on why? bit repetitive at times? or his voice?)
Yeah not bad
What new circle of hell is this?
Like a less interesting Arcade Fire. And the first track pissed me off, what's with the added scratch on the vinyl vibe? Some sort of hipster bollocks?
I'm glad I finally got to give Fugazi a proper listen, only 30-something years too late. Very 90s but good stuff
Quite liked it on a superficial level, though a closer listen reveals some sketchy lyrics that just didn't work and the skits were laughable. Not all bad though.
Bet Lemmy wasn't a fan
Not one for me
Mixed bag - some great tracks, some terrible ones ('Housequake') and a fair bit of everything in between
Before Spotify was a thing these guys nailed the 'slightly mediocre love songs' playlist. The better moments were well hidden in the massive amounts of self-indulgent nonsense but I'm still not sure there's a decent album's worth hiding in here
Deservedly iconic
Not exactly a passive listen. Well worth the effort of making time to hear it properly though, every bit the equal of Dylan but without the annoying harmonica. Love the subtle and delicate instrumentation, really lets the lyrics shine
Well that fucked up my hungover cycle commute. If karma has any say then this lot will be reborn as a soothing acapella folk group.
Crikey. This is truly horrendous.
Nice
Not sure what I was expecting (more prog rock nonsense maybe?) but this was great, really sat well with my morning.
Great voice, very pleasant easy listening apart from that track about her husband which was just creepy
An abhorrent antisemitic prick with bipolar is still an an abhorrent antisemitic prick. But that debate came later. This album's ok.
Love this. Talking Heads doing what Talking Heads do best, still sounds fresh after 45 years.
In between filtering out all the YouTube ads it felt like there might be some ok stuff hidden away, but to be honest I wasn't that motivated to keep looking for it and it definitely tails off towards the end. I know and like some XTC stuff, but this isn't it.
Young, dumb and full of...fun? Joyously and willfully unsophisticated - one of the better US interpretations of punk. Having said that, anything longer would've been too much.
Loved having a reason to listen to this whole album again, it's great. Killing Moon is outstanding.
I only knew the cartoonish (but undeniably great) big hits, this was very competent (apart from the lyrics perhaps) but felt kind of stuck between glam & blues-ey rock - never really matched up to its contemporaries in either direction.
There's lots to like here, great album.
This was ok, better in subsequent listens listens but still not quite hitting the spot. Velvet underground was better than the sum of its parts I guess.
Not bad, but not great either. Sounds like they caught the 90's indie vibe a decade too late.
I don't pretend to know anything much about jazz but I know that I like this
I must be one of the few people on the planet who'd managed to avoid hearing this. So thanks a lot for fucking that right up, I was right to avoid it. Dull wailing nonsense.
Intriguing and irritating in equal measure, with an inconsistent sprinkling of genius. John Lydon can be an insufferable prick sometimes but when he's on form it really works (and when he's not, the rest of the band are easily good enough to carry the odd duff track).
Her survivor story is more impressive than the record but it seems her voice didn't fare so well. Did get better nearer the end, I liked the John Lennon cover.
For all the great production, you absolutely cannot polish a turd. Laugh out loud awful ('I wanna be your lighthouse when you get lost, I'll light a bright and shiny path to help you get across'). This is a new low for this list, henceforth to be known as Greg's 8 million albums of death club.
Interesting, but Remain in Light was better. Great album cover though
Better than expected but dragged down by the irritating spoken word mutterings.
My o-level French can't keep up, but I enjoyed listening to this
Have I logged into the Dexys Midnight Runners fanclub by mistake? This is the better of their albums but I don't think we needed all 3.
Luckily I don't have to think about trying to separate the music from his abhorrent beliefs. I don't like either.
I drifted off and lost interest in the narrative. Without it, as a collection of songs it's ok but nothing special.
Not all bad but doesn't stack up well against its contemporaries. At least they showed that they could step out of the comedy manufactured band schtick I suppose.
Bitpop winner, great album
Dreadful cock rock. Put some more hairspray on it and burn it.
Perfect pop as they are, the couple of big tracks set a bar too high for the rest of the album to follow. Worth including on the list as a historical document but hasn't aged well.
Inoffensive but hardly exciting.
Hooked me in for several repeat listens, great album. (And not worth searching out the non-Spotify Neil Young tracks)
Fine as it is, there's a finite amount of Little Richard's one trick music that I can cope with. I reached my limit way before the end of the album.
An album of two halves. I liked this from the outset but the end of the second half I found the invariant whining nature of the vocals overshadowed the great music and killed the enjoyment.
Not their finest album, and the joke wears a bit thin. Saved by 'I can see for miles' though
Why?
Struggled to rate this, there's definitely something interesting and compelling lurking in there somewhere but it didn't grab me enough to keep looking. Might be better with a few more listens but I'm not sure I can be arsed.
Some individual tracks were ok but as an album it didn't work, felt like it was perpetually on the cusp of waking up and getting more lively but left me feeling cheated
As good as and probably better than any of the gazillion other country albums on this list. Still not a fan of country though.
This was in every charity shop in the 90s, I was one of the many who felt ripped off by the unrealised promise of that one great single.
Enjoyed this all the more for not having any of the overplayed big hits. Dragged a bit by the end though, R.E.M. don't really do variation
The whole is somehow.less than the sum of the individual musician's parts (which are pretty good). It's a country thing. +1 for having such a great name.
Blimey. Surely this was cringewothy even in the 70s?
Great start but started to drag a bit by the end
Confirmed my recollection of an ok lounge-ish vibe from an IOW band who were briefly catapulted into the spotlight before fading away again. Pleasant enough but nothing exciting
This sounded witty and innovative and fun 30 years ago. Dated now but earns it's place on the list
Awesome
Proper old school, great stuff.
Terrible.
Wanted to hate this because of the total bell-end that he became, but it's actually a rather good album
Had a mate who was into this band, didn't see the attraction then and I still don't get it.
Enjoyed this more than I had expected based on previous albums I've heard. Great lyrics and variety of sounds and styles, a nice soothing start to my day. Will definitely be giving this another listen.
'Papa Was a Rollin' Stone' is a sure-fire winner all day long, but the rest of the album stands up pretty well even in the shadow of its magnificence. Starts to flag a little on side 2 though.
Sadly the music comes nowhere close to living up to the promise of that great band name
The seeds of genius were sown here.
Despite all the variously justified criticisms (over-hyped, bloated, self-indulgent prog rock) this still shines.
Improved slightly after the intro to the first track (oh God no, not more country landfill?) but not enough to stir any interest.
Not bad but not good either. Standard 90s stuff
Liked this a lot, though I did get a bit fed up of being shouted at by the end. Bit like my day at work but with a better soundtrack.
Awesome album, not quite their best but this is where The Flaming Lips moved up a gear.
Why? I don't get it
I get all the stuff about Elvis' influence and all that but it's just not very good is it?
Never got why this was so rated. 1st track was ok, bit like Flaming Lips but not as good, the rest was pretty forgettable.
Anyone else remember Chris Eubank guest presenting Top of the Pops and introducing Suggs' cover of Cecilia?
Nothing particularly outstanding but yeah, good stuff
Couple of crowd pleasers, couple of generic tracks, couple of duff ones.
Interesting but jarring snd abrasive, not an easy listen (not really one to sing along to), but there's wit and fun concealed within and I liked it. Drown me if you like but different isn't bad.
An abhorrent racist prick is still an abhorrent racist prick whether or not he can or can't play guitar. Maybe it was transformative at the time but the album just sounds bland and lacking any kind of authenticity.
When this album was released I sort of wanted not to like the new kids on the block with all the build up and hype, but this is a good album
Not bad, but nothing special either. Hardly the next Nirvana though
Not given Wilco a proper listen before, yeah like this quite a lot. Worth listening again for sure
I liked 'Listen' but the rest was mostly a bit rubbish. A six minute intro is a bit of a warning flag, as is the ill-advised and frankly crap guitar solo track.
Blimey. I blame Oasis, they've got a lot to answer for. Hope they're proud.
Nope
Bland, ineffectual, whiney nonsense. I get the comparisons with Coldplay, and I don't like Coldplay either.
Liked the different take on things, a good listen
Bit of a mess, like it didn't know whether to stick with the glam or sweve back to rock. (The glam bits were better)
Fine, if somewhat cliched
There can't be many more country albums left on this list, surely?
I enjoyed the couple of more folk-oriented tracks but the prog-medieval stuff is a bit too niche for my taste. And why three versions of the same song? Pentarse.
Still as relentless, powerful and relevant as it ever was, such a great album.
I like Heaven or Las Vegas more but this is a worthy step on the way to it
Proper dirty 60s bluesey pub rock. Sounds like it was recorded in a pub, but that kinda works
Fun in small doses, the bloated extras album is a bit much. Better than Metallica.
Not a great album. And tainted by association with the beginning of the death of the Ashton Court festival when they played in Hengove Park because of foot and mouth. They were terrible too.
A strange album for me, I remember it as chilled and relaxing but at the same time I really can't remember anything about it.
Every time I listen to a Sonic Youth album I keep thinking that I should pay a bit more attention and relisten to more of their back catalogue, this is great
Does nothing for me. Sultans of shite.
Didn't these guys cover Wonderwall?
Ionic and unique, but I'm still not sure I actually like Queen all that much?
Much the same impression as when it was released, some moments of brilliance but disappointingly underwhelming at times. A bit over-hyped back then, a bit dated now but not bad overall.
Ok in the background, nice enough voice, but a bit too country and a bit too sickly sweet for.my taste
Fairly generic indie landfill. Competently done, but hardly brought anything new to the party
Great voice but 3 and a bit hours of it is too much in one sitting.
Sorry Dolly, this doesn't work for me.
Better than Young.
3rd track started to irritate, 4th continued to do so. Never really recovered after that for me.
I didn't expect to like this but was pleasantly surprised. Of its time, but interesting and enjoyable nonetheless.with some great tracks
My favourite kind of bonkers album. Nothing individually great, but the whole thing is a riot of mad fun.
Great opening track, tailed off a bit thereafter though & started to drag a bit
Not sure about this, maybe I'm a bit too old. Pleasant enough but a bit of a whiff of 'of the moment' hipster vibes? 'Kids' is awesome though.
I wrote these guys off as generic nu-metal at the time, I was into different stuff back then. Giving it a proper listen now has opened my eyes to how wrong I was, this is great. More depth and fun than I'd expected.
If you want something 'rockier' than Coldplay...
I preferred it in German, the rhythm and sounds were somehow soothing and almost hypnotic. In English it's like someone set the Ladybird book of 20th century conflicts to music in an ill-conceived musical.
Good wholesome 90s fun
C(rap). Diisappointing, grated on just about every level.
Quite fun, reminded me a bit of Dead Kennedys. Bit too long though
Very cool album, love it.
Love this, it's ground zero for any number of other great bands that I like
Fun. Not necessarily always very good, but fun.
Great chilled background sounds, with something more interesting happening to grab my attention every now and then
Aural diabetes
Sorry Boss but no matter how many albums this list throws at me (please, please, no more...) your music still sucks.
Good but not great (apart from 'Brass in Pocket' which is great)
At its best, brilliantly ridiculous, at its worst puerile and ridiculous. Sadly mostly the latter which is a shame because this could've been so much better.
Kind of Talking Heads-esque but a bit more out there, neither of which is a bad thing
Enjoyed this far more than I thought I would
Very 90s chilled out background vibe, not bad but a bit dated
On balance the collaborations seemed to detract from rather than enhance this album - the first track was terrible. Seemed to be milking the name a bit too much, there's better blues and better JLH albums to choose from
One of the best albums that I like but can't really remember
I like the discordant sort of sound of this, but it does jar a little at times. Good album though
I'm ashamed to say that I always seemed to think of this as sitting in the shadow of Pulp which isn't fair, this is a cracking album
Destroy rock & roll? Not with this bollocks. Besides, Oasis are already doing a grand job.
This met all of my expectations.
Like a hypnotic headache but not nearly as bad as that sounds, in fact I quite like this.
Not my thing but there is a thread of joyous fun running through it. Goes on a bit too long though.
The very definition of a '3', neither moved or irritated me, perfect neutral background music.
Did these guys just wake up from a coma in 2004? Twenty years too late boys, but nice try.
I liked the new (at the time) laid back and stripped back vibe but got a bit fed up with it being massively overplayed. Good to revisit it, doesn't quite live up to the promise of the great opening track but pretty good nonetheless
I'm all for experimenting, and with enough 1970s psychedelics on board this might've made sense. Somewhat less so n my midweek morning commute to work though
Still sounds fresh
Hated it.
Blew me (and everyone else) away, still does. Impressive and unique.
Green Day never quite seemed to work for me, this was just another in a long list of US pop-punk bands with a well intentioned but somewhat simplistic message delivered in an overly polished and formulaic way. Fun enough in its.way, but too poppy and not quite punk enough for.me.
Does what it does very effectively. Great album, this is what Brian Eno does best
Liked the music, lyrics got a little wearing though - trying a bit too hard?
Standard Stones blues-y stuff, nothing particularly special but I did enjoy it more than expected.
Peak Pumpkins, this hit all the right spots at exactly the right time when it came out, still a great album thirty years on.
Awesome, I'd forgotten how good this album is.
Awesome, one third of the holy trinity of great Spiritualized albums. Iconic album art and packaging too.
Magnificent, emotionally intelligent, delicately crafted masterpiece. No, wait, my mistake, this is pointlessly shit. Outlived it's mildly comedic value before the first (mercifully short) track ended. Pointlessly shit.
Eclectic fun, but if you try to cover too many bases there's inevitably gonna be some tracks that let the album down. Great in places, and quite fun overall.
The more I listen, the more I like Sonic Youth. Still have some kind of weird mental block though, I can't really remember any of their tracks but I remember enough to know that I like this.
OK but not great. Never quite seems to live up to expectations somehow, maybe the bar was set too high too early?
Tha comedy doesn't quite work, I'm not surprised that there was no second album. Some tracks were ok but I doubt I'll give this another listen.
Didn't hate this, it was ok in the background.
Doesn't add much to the 60s psychedelic folk-rock genre, and the Dylan-esque.style didn't really work.
Liked the claustrophobic melancholy vibe, got better on a second listen
Genesis of the greatness that was coming.
Hip hop perfection.
Awesome in the right setting, 30 years on a sober Thursday morning commute is not that setting. Objectively not their finest hour but it is still a happy reminiscence.
One of the things I like about this project is that makes me listen to albums I'd previously written off as rubbish. In the 80s a lot of my mates raved about this, I was heading off in a completely different musical direction and thought it was shit. I'm still not convinced but I can at least appreciate that it has some merits. Apart from that flute though...
I might be warming to Dylan a bit (apart from that bloody harmonica) though I wouldn't say that I'm a fan. Deserves to be on this list, maybe not quite so many times. And deserves to have his harmonica taken off him.
OK if somewhat forgettable I'm not sure why I'd listen to this when Arcade Fire do this sort.of thing better?
Competently covers all the typical country bases. Doesn't mean that I like it any more than any other on this inexplicably endless list of country album torture.
Bloody hell! Over an hour of this??? Emulating the Beatles ten years too late is not cool. Little wonder that punk came about, in fact ELOs contribution to the birth of punk might be their only redeeming feature.
Nice work mes amis x
Somebody to Love is great, the rest somewhat less so. The extended bonus edition goes on a bit too much too.
Lots of fun at the time but apart from the big hitters there's not a lot to see here. And Comfortably Numb still grates.
An album of two very different halves, I enjoyed both in an easy listening kind of way.
Interesting in places but ultimately felt unfulfilling, everything seemed overshadowed by the (admittedly great) single
Deservedly iconic, an easy five stars
There's probably a decent album hiding in here somewhere. Would be better with a bit more editing, a bit less fiddle, a bit less country and a bit more David Crosby.
Great album, so much better than just a collection of big familiar singles
Great opening track, downhill from then on but still some occasional funky grooves going on.
What is it with 70s double albums? Interminably self-indulgent nonsense is not something I need or want to hear before I die.
Terrible, just drones on and on and on. Smashing Pumpkins never really managed to replicate their peak which was Siamese Dream.
First thought was 'oh no, another half-baked psychedelic folk album' and that's true in parts but a couple of tracks in I inexplicably started to like it. Glad I have heard this, would never have found it without this list.
Always liked this, still sounds good 20 years on. Good album choice.
The Jam and The Specials were the soundtrack to the 80s for me so always going to have a soft spot for this. That said, it's also a brilliant album which captured the moment perfectly.
Never heard this before, liked the first track but from then on it just got a bit same-y and not so memorable
Abba did what they did well but I'm not sure that that included albums. Big Europop singles stuck together with filler is not a recipe for a great album, might as well just go straight to a greatest hits compilation. The singles are undeniably great though.
Nicely different, fresh sounding I liked the mash up of all the different styles even if it did get a bit messy sometimes.
Couldn't find much to enjoy here.
Great guitar, great band, album not so great though.
Not really my thing, this was inoffensive and pleasant enough in the background but I doubt I'd choose to give it another listen
Not overly impressed but then I read that the original version is not the one on Spotify so I looked it out on YouTube, glad I did because it was such an awesome album
So good that not even Nico can ruin iit
Other than the iconic title track I was expecting another camp/glam 70s musical horrorshow experience but was happy to have those expectations dashed. This was varied and pretty good in places
Didn't always work but there are sparkles of brilliance
This was so ubiquitous that it came close to capturing a joyous collective dance experience. That moment has passed and now it's just mostly annoying, especially as an album.