Incredible voice, produced to 'perfection' but totally bland and made for the masses. It has it's place, which is not on my list.

This album goes into the (very small) pile of albums that are so good I can't listen to them anymore. I still remember the eeriness of listening to the end of the album slowing down as my walkman batteries died.

It can't get a 5 because I feel it is lacking the magic and fun of the original recordings. It's brilliant and beautiful but original flavour is always the best.

One of Bowie's best, 'Panic in Detroit' is one of his most overlooked classics

If I could go back in time and experience how new this sounded when it was released, it may have had more impact

not my bag, but so important. first albums are always better than second albums

probably should like this one more

Why is this on the list? There are much better albums from Yeah Yeah Yeahs that are more deserving. This one loses me after the first couple of tracks.

This album was on every walkman/discman and radio in the early 90's and I hadn't heard it since. Some of the tracks are great and better than I remember, but the production and drum tracks are so steeped in the era that the whole album feels stuck in 1991.

Paul Weller, a social consciousness in the Thatcher era, plenty of guest musicians; this album should be great, but it's a mess of styles muddied by ever present 80's synths and saxophone. I wanted to like this one, as I do early and contemporary Paul Weller. Unfortunately, this is about as bad as the mid-80's has to offer.

Can't help but wonder what would have come next. I'm more familiar with the earlier two albums, this is the first time I listened to Electric Ladyland all the way through. As others observed, it does meander and lack focus, but still a great listen.

This album goes into the (very small) pile of albums that are so good I can't listen to them anymore. I still remember the eeriness of listening to the end of the album slowing down as my walkman batteries died.

This is a great listen, but doesn't break any new ground. Lyrically, it does some interesting things, it has that great indie feel of saying something important, even if what that is isn't quite clear. Sometimes sad boring white people need sad boring white music to get them through the day and this delivers.

This album is dreadful and knowing that it (per wiki) "played a major role in popularizing the country rock sound", I hate it even more. Where is my option for negative stars??

This was ridiculously boring, too incessant to be truly ambient but never fully transports you anywhere as it doesn't have anywhere to go. Feels like being stuck in a 90s dance bar for eternity.

I don't care what genre, the world needs more socially conscious music that makes you want to dance as much as this does. I wouldn't normally gravitate to any of the genres explored on this album, and can't say I would go back to it, but glad I now know it exists.

Incredible voice, produced to 'perfection' but totally bland and made for the masses. It has it's place, which is not on my list.

An upbeat, apolitical take on UK punk with unmistakable vocals and endless hooks. When an album contains John Peels favourite track, you know it's a good one!

Talking Heads are always pretty great, sometimes fantastic, but during this era, I find it hard to listen to anything but Stop Making Sense. The album versions of Heaven and Life During Wartime on this one are just not the same!

The first few tracks on this album are fantastic, passionate and memorable, though it doesn't hold up through out. This band continues to create, and after this listen, I feel they definitely deserve a deeper exploration.

What a bizarre, disturbing and delightful listen. Never bothered to pay attention to this band in the early 90's but knowing this was released in '87, it's easy to identify that the sound and experimentation influenced much of the 'grunge' that followed it. The amount of one star ratings on this album earned it an extra from me but I doubt I will ever listen to it again.

It can't get a 5 because I feel it is lacking the magic and fun of the original recordings. It's brilliant and beautiful but original flavour is always the best.

Even those who vow they hate country cannot hate Dolly, myself included. Her voice is mesmerizing, seemingly without effort, and her storytelling is perfection. My only critique is that the world she portrays, with all of it's dysfunctional relationships and social injustices, seems somehow quaint. While she paints such a clear picture of inequality, no one would ever call it protest music.

A weird one, it's derivative of so much great music that came before but sounded like nothing else that was popular at the time it released. Admittedly, I loved it at the time but would now gravitate to older, more 'genuine' sounds now.

This album has that essential New Wave sound, but feels like it was made to be a commercial success rather than from any real artistic passion. Due to my age, I am immediately drawn to that nostalgic 'radio new wave' sound so it gets a better rating than it should.

This is the only album that I've rated but not listened to in it's entirety. Bobby Womack had a fantastic voice, but the music to accompany it on this album is atrocious (at least the first five tracks). Not recommended for a Monday morning listen!

This album justifies my dislike of the saxophone, when it's not screaming in my right ear, the tracks all have a great groove.

It's OK

This was a chore to get through. Beautiful harmonies, flawless instruments but man was it boring. Adding the faves to a 2006 remaster is skewing the ratings.

Gah!

Hard to know if they take themselves too seriously or not seriously at all. Better than I expected.

I waited 20 years to listen to this album. I thought maybe, when forced, I'd find something endearing. Nope, just music to listen to while walking through the mall, I hate malls. Not the worst on the list though, so one bonus star.

This is one of those albums that makes me sad I missed it when it was new. It would have become one of my favourites, and I would have been able to sing along on a re-listen 30 years later.

Absolute perfection, flawed and broken perfection. The influence of The Smiths is undeniable. Too bad Morrissey turned into such a odious being that many are ashamed to have once admired. Can't help but think he likes it that way though.

Unknown to me before now, this one challenged me both in terms of genres outside my norm and geo-political issues I'm woefully under-educated on. I'm thankful for the exposure, but didn't enjoy it enough musically to add it to a regular rotation.

This is one of those albums to judge your friends by. I for one, don't get it, and don't get those who do.

Wow, really liked this one. I would have loved to listen to the original, as opposed to the remaster, as the band produced it themselves and I can only imagine that the intent of that was heavily muted on a 2005 digital remaster

Absolutely incredible. The last two tracks are some of the best recorded Velvet Underground. I suggest reading the '1967 in music' wikipedia article while listening .

I can't tell if I genuinely liked this or if, due to my age, I am predisposed to feeling comforted by 80's synths and Jim Kerr's voice so there are may be two stars of bias in this rating.

Funny that, after so many years, this first Gorillaz outing sounds like Blur b-sides.

30 years later, still a Nope from me but the original is still available so stop listening to the remasters and save yourself precious hours!

Pretty much perfect. Big Sky gets me through those days when the world seems against you.

This has to be the worst Soundgarden album, made well after the best of grunge had faded. Louder Than Love is a much better listen.

A solid album, but not my favourite from the Pixies. That said, starting your day by listening to Rock Music is highly recommended.

The easy listening version of JAMC

I wish I could hear it as it sounded on my old walkman, with crappy headphones on a crappy quality overdubbed tape that my older sisters friend gave me. Remastered The Cure loses a star.

Love the sound of this album, proto-punk at it's finest, but as a woman in the 21st century, there is a tangible and slightly greasy ick factor if you listen too closely.

One of those albums that comes up in the list and you think 'yes, I want to listen to that right now, how did they know?' Fact is, it's always a good time to listen to this noisy, disjointed, hell of a good time album. Also reminds me just how amazing David Bowie was at covers. Cactus on Heathen is better than the original, if that's possible.

Perfect noise for a rainy Tuesday morning. The sun came out just at it was ending and ruined my mood.

Contains possibly the worst song ever written about New York, among other myriad offences against music.