Between Morrissey and Elvis Costello I'm starting to regret this 1001 album challenge. Please make this be the last of either

this is what happens when you mix Bowie, Iggy, Berlin and no heroin. Stay off drugs kids

I'm pretty sure this is playing on a loop in purgatory. Offensively Inoffensive.

An absolute classic. Positive energy, great beats. Puts the likes of Kanyes childish tantrums to shame really.

Yes yes, a million times yes.

Alright

It was grand. Knew some tunes. Didn't care for others. 3 stars

Better than expected. Nice and bluesy

First Kanye album I've listened to... Music = 5 stars Kanye = makes me hate rap. Insufferable. 0 stars

Loved it. If all country sounded like that I'd be hooked

Kinda fleet foxy. Great work album.

It was grand. Exactly the sort of 60s folksy stuff i expected really

Lovely slice of Americana that i wasn't expecting to like.

Missed the boat on this one i think. Hits are still hits, and the rest still sounds great.

It's Coldplay. I regret everything.

It's alright. Prefer their earlier stuff tbh.

I went into this fucking hating Morrissey. i listened to it...still fucking hate Morrissey

Lovely stuff.

Nope. Blues country rock that sounds like it should be buried alive in 1992

An absolute classic. Positive energy, great beats. Puts the likes of Kanyes childish tantrums to shame really.

I don't need to review this. 5* all day long.

Classic.

Not sure why i was surprised to enjoy it so much. Great stuff

Really enjoyed it.

Wake me up, when this album ends

So played out right now

Good but not really my cup of tea

Yes yes, a million times yes.

Pretty good. Never listened to them before. may do again

4 stars for music. -2 stars for Clapton, the dick

Boing

Proggy noodler nonsense. It's okay

Sooooo much porn sax and boredom, then.....PEG. 4 stars for that alone

All phunked up and ready to funk :) does not get better - influenced everything that came after. makes everything better

This bores me. It's grand, but it bores me

Really enjoyed it. Tokyo is a blast. new school jazzy rnb rappy nonsense. +1

Proto REM. fairly forgettable.

the biggest test yet to my no skip policy. 2*s only for the fact that it is a bit of a nostalgia trip, despite the fact that it's bringing me back to places i don't want to go

It's The Wall. It has Comfortably Numb on it. Pompous, navel gazing, proggy nonsense....also utterly glorious from start to finish

It's my favourite LZ album and i'd give at least 2 others 5*s so this is an easy rate.

21st century Kate Bush?

Really enjoyed it

The best.

Dangerously close to liking a Simply Red album here. Money's too tight to mention still slaps.

It's bloody fantastic

Just lovely

Wall to wall classics. First time i've ever heard it as an album.

Pretty great. Full of bangers.

Absolutely fantastic.

I just don't get it. her voice gives me the heebie jeebies and always has

It's really not my cup of tea but credit where credit's due. Can see why people like em

Yoshimi battles the pink robots and picks up 5*s in the process.

another one for the 'appreciation rather than enjoyment' column. they've always kinda bored me

100% slap machine

I'd never listened to this before. Is it Pet Sounds? no. Is it class? yes!

No wonder punk started Would have been better off putting Eminence Front on repeat for 40 minutes instead. I might not like The Who.

Loved it. Fuzzy, bluesy guitars with a nice slice of sleaze sleaze. Will for sure listen again

An interesting listen, but the covers make it sound like one of those pan pipes albums you buy outside Pennys

Not as good as his Da, but still pretty good

So much craic. "Girl, you know how to make my cookie crumble, my cookie crumble When you hold me close and do all the things you do to me Ooh-wee, baby Just like some good old Kentucky Fried Chicken And all of it was good enough to be finger lickin′" that is all

Hands up if you love reggae but have never listened to a Bob album? Anybody? Just me yeah? I'll get my coat

Nostalgia bomb

Another first for me in this list. Bloody great stuff

not my cup of tea at all. not a 1 star affair though

Really not a fan of Elvis C.

Loved it. First Jay-Z album I've listened to in full. Poor Nas

One of the best albums ever recorded, simple as that

Yep. Chalk this one up to another Reggae album i've not properly listened to. Great stuff

Like Graceland without Paul Simon.

Blues rock heaven to be fair. 4 stars -2 stars for Clapton, the dick

The notions dripping off these lads in this album.

Let's be honest here. Bongo bong is a hit. Could be an album of silence with that at the end and were still giving it 4 stars...but it's not silence, so 5

another first full album listened to by a band that i apparently liked. great stuff, and shame on me

As an album? it's okay. As a band name? it's awesome. as a cover of grapevine? it's as good as it gets

I'm bored of that late 60's London sound at this stage. That said, it's pretty good

It's MC5. I can't say anything bad

Nope. Gives me the willies. I adore urban hymns, but this is just derivative indie rock sh*te

Weak enough grunge rock. would have loved it when i was younger though

Experimental hip hop and i loved it. More of this please

BOING

Please go away Elvis, you're not welcome here

if you want to know exactly what the early 90's alt rock scene sounded like, look no further. pretty shit isn't it? i kinda like it though

Glorious. Makes me wanna go fight in Nam

I don't like them Beatles. This hasn't changed anything

not on tidal. not going searching

Twas grand.

Sitting on a park bench Feeling like a dead duck Spitting out pieces of his broken luck 5*s

Affirmative

Enjoyed it, but i doubt i'd listen again

this is what happens when you mix Bowie, Iggy, Berlin and no heroin. Stay off drugs kids

Between Morrissey and Elvis Costello I'm starting to regret this 1001 album challenge. Please make this be the last of either

The MIssissippi Delta, is shining like cultural appropriation

Enjoyed. Roadrunner is a treat. proto punk fun

Delightful.

a band reaching the peak of their powers here. glorious.

Title track aside, it's okay. title track is a banger though

Please go away Mr Costello

Not my favourite Beck album, but a Beck album is a Beck album, sooooo

Cookie cutter indie pop sound with some country leanings. Not for me but it's an inoffensive listen so 3*s

Hard to review U2 in 2022 without removing 6*s for Bono. I remember how big this was back in the day. Still mostly holds up.

Yarp

Loved it. Never heard of them and want to know more. Sound like a test tube baby of the Beach boys, early stooges, the Stones etc. 4*s

I absolutely love this

KEN LEEEEEEEEEEEE

Really enjoyed it. FIrst LP i've listened to. Will do again

Really reminds me of being 18 and monkeyed. Absolute nostalgia

Add it to the list of firsts

one of the reasons music sounds so good x

Loved it. bit of a cookie cutter sound to them these days, but it's not the 80s anymore is it?

I find them boring. There. I said it

Rockin

Like much of prog, bit's of this are really great Like much of prog, alot of this is self indulgent nonsense. TL:DR It's prog.

I'm pretty sure this is playing on a loop in purgatory. Offensively Inoffensive.

It's just bloody fantastic

a lovely, new wavey, easy listen

Been a long time since i've listened to this. It really is a classic. Hard to fault

Good fun listen. Not great though.

Kinda bizarre that this is on this list, but whatever. Loved it

Changed my life back in 2000. The mushrooms helped, but still.

Great fun listen. Doubt i'd go back though

Gosh darnit it's just gawd dang great. Hard to fault

It is what it is, and that's bloody great

Hate that i liked this so much. Smooth as West Coast silk

Yes

Not fussed. Smooth latin vibes though to be fair

On paper it ticks so many boxes for something i wouldn't like, but i really liked it. i may need to change my boxes

Another first. Another win

*Disclaimer....Disco definitely does NOT suck That said, i'm sick of looking at/ hearing CHIC. Good times is a played out banger, the rest of this is mediocre. Hoping they've a better album on this list.

love Bowie but thought this was weak enough

everybody taking everything for a walk and i'm just sitting here enjoying it Jazzmatazz

Look. I don't care for the Manics, but i actually don't mind this. It won't sway me on them in the long run, but it definitely has softened my stance...kinda

Another first. Good times. The sort of rock I used to love but don't listen to anymore.

People Everyday amd Mr Wendell on the same album = 5*s

Fleetwood Mac relaxathon

Found it really, really boring and made me feel like i should be watching Ally McBeal in the 90s

Soundtrack to my youth. Great, and always will be

Better than i thought, but that's not a high bar to clear

phenomenal. soul so thick you could eat it with a spoon

Straight up good fun punk

One of my favourite bands of all time. i see them, i give 5*s. can't expect me to be more objective than that

As a band, they blew my mind. Absolutely love this album. 5*s

Jamie XX is a dote. The xx are a bit boring

It's not 'the idiot', but it's still bloody great

psychfolk? no

Jim annoys me to no end but at the end of the day, i do like the doors more than i pretend to...

Back when the Chemies used to mean something. big, bold and wall to wall slaps

I've never liked listening to Muse. They schooled me when i seen them live...so maybe that's where the appeal lies. Album wise they are too clean and maybe even overly produced, for me at least.

For this genre, it's one of the best examples. For music, it's one of the best examples

Sounds ALOT fresher than 1983. Really enjoyed it.

Enjoyed it. Doubt i would go back though

it's not great. patchy at best and the best patches aren't patches i'd want to listen to again

have spent most of my life hating Bob Dylan. This is the Dylan i do like though. a bit of energy in it and not carried so much by him and his voice, which is poop

bit of a cringe fest, despit the bangers. i remember cringing back in the day too, so it's less of a badly aged buzz, and more it was pretty puerile to begin with

I enjoyed this so much more than i thought i would. Shades of MJ in parts. Great pop banter. Some say Italians do it better. The french aren't too far behind

Now we're talking. 5*s in the bank. wall to wall hits. hard to beat really

First thing's first man you're f*ckin wit the BEST

I hear blues and i hear rock and i give stars

Another first listen to a Bob album. Another 5*s for a Bob album

Exactly how i expected it to go down. Great stuff

I don't get it, at all. Boring and depressing

Can't tell if it just bored me, or i liked it. probably somewhere in between really

Fully behind this. GLorious

Another first. Found it superb. I may be a convert

Lovely stuff.

Reminds me of college days. good times but i didn't like this back then. love it now

Fire. Almost another Sault album with inflo producing it. great stuff all round

I enjoy this but the sitar gives me anxiety eventually

Street Life is an absolute banger. The rest makes me feel like i'm changing tires in Gran Turismo

B.E.A.UTIFUL

Not great. Slow Pet Shop Boys are not the Pet Shop Boys i want to listen to

I've said it once, i'll say it again. Please make this be the last Elvis Costello album. It's not even that bad, his voice just gives me the heebie jeebies

Tom & Jerry sountrack vibes. Love it

Not on Spotify, not going looking

It's close to being good. Very good when it wants to be, very boring for the most part.

Yep. Bangers aside, the whole thing was great

Another one for the 'appreciate more than enjoy' column

OrangeMochaFrappuccinos! 2*s for evoking something in me, if only that thing wasn't reaffirming why i don't go near a Starbucks

Yarp

Utterly glorious. The bar that everyone is trying to run up that hill to clear ever since.

Hazy high school memories. Joyous fun

Can't imagine this going into heavy rotation but that doesn't detract from the fact it's absolutely gorgeous

Listening to this on the 3rd of Jan isn't the greatest experience, but i'll be putting this in the stocking for next year cos it sounds great

it's been a long time since i listened to this. Certainly from a early nought time and place. Great and easy listen though tbf

Really enjoyed it. Was expecting more of a cavernous void of sound given it's status, but an enjoyable trip nonetheless

really enjoyed it. proto punk fun.

Yeah this is gonna go in the rotation. first time listening to OG Kendrick albums. won't be the last

boring. i find them boring.

I see Maiden, i give *s

Freedom is an absolute banger and deserves all the praise. I'm not too keen on ballads in minor keys though and found alot of the rest fairly boring

So. i used to love this as a kid when it came out. Nowadays, i'm not as fussed. I'd rather hear the original of every song on it

Exactly what i expected really, but performed live. pretty great tbf

So polished, but not in a good way. It's like someone in the UK focus grouped how to sound like Creedence but forgot to go to Nam

Sweet lord why can't all country sound like this. Not a blue jean nor a pick up truck in sight.

this might have been boring me but the last song Giant was fantastic. Borderline italo synths and groove. Glorious

Bores me, like the rest of the fab fours output. i never got it, whatever 'it' was, and now it's gone so far behind me 'it' will never be got

Very hard not to give this 5*s. head and shoulders above so much that came afterwards.

This is great. Can't quite put my finger on what it is though, and the less said about Free Form Guitar the better. no need. Rocky, Funky goodness. not sure why i had a completely different expectation

I love this woman but this ain't my favourite album of hers at all. Black is the colour was a surprise though. I thought it was Irish until now.

yes

On the music side i can hear the influence. Keep hearing Vanishing point throughout it. lo-fi, analog goodness. On the vocal side? jesus wept. adds nothing.

Can't write anything about this album that's not already written. i just don't care about the beatles and this has not changed anything. i've always found they make me a little bit nauseous. that said...credit where credits due

I absolutely hated this when it came out. I can still see why, but i've definitely mellowed on my hatred over the years. much smarter and on point than i ever gave him credit for. fair play

Was expecting to cringe listening to this. Spent my youth loving them, then I found 'better' bands. The pistols may be a bit of a caricature at this stage, but they really do still slap. Bodies really stood out. great stuff

Had never heard this. Absolutely fantastic, despite the divorce concept album vibe. back half of the song list flowed like a treat

As much as I am pretty much done with Prog and it's getting harder and harder to listen to bands i don't already know...this was fantastic

More what i'd expect country to sound like. Not for me, at all.

It's just great. That's all

I needed that

I cannot give this anything other than 5*s.

Really enjoyed it. 2 bangers of singles and the filler was alot better than expected

I absolutely adore JLH. been the bedrock of my musical taste for as long as i remember. JLH through an 80's lens with guest musicians lending a hand is not what i want to hear though. Gimme the man by himself with a guitar and i'll be as happy as a pig in shite x

really liked it, but probably wouldn't go back. sounds like the midpoint between dadrock, prog and pop. kinda weird

Krauty, rocky, beaty, lovely I needed this. Nice little injection of good modern music i hadn't heard before.

Genuinely adore this album. Not gonna use this as a platform to slate Roger. Nor am i going to listen to the anniversary version, cos that twatnozzle has farted his spoken word nonsense all over it. thanks, ya jerk

Gorgeous

I don't dislike this as much as i used to. I get it. not for me though

This is some very weak tea. Especially for '74 considering some of the music being released around then. But...Walk this way is a hit and Sweet Emotion is one of my favourite songs of all time. So i dunno.

Grew up loving this. Shine has faded over time but there are still some bangers on there and i'm finding it hard to listen to objectively!

I wish i liked this more, but i don't

bangs of Morrisey, but i don't automatically hate it. not for me though all the same

Fairly forgettable

i really, really don't like this music. i'm also loathe to dish out 1* reviews so i find myself trying to find some kind of hook. i think i need to be from rural US to enjoy this. ugh

Not on spotify, not going looking.

It's fine. I'm pretty bored with the London sound of the 60's at this point, but this was a good listen

Liked it. Not my favourite of hers

It's fine, but there is absolutely no need for some of these songs to be ten minutes long.

Glorious nonsense. Tails off in quality but i had alot of fun throughout

Not on Spotify, not going looking

Good fun but not as spectacular as it's made out to be

Absolutely loved this. bonkers nonsense and i'm fully behind it

Absolutely

It's fine. Got a little grating towards the end.

Hard to dock stars here. So many classics

When it sounds like Italo, i love it. When it sounds like New Order, i don't

Remarkably accurate album title

Meh. Fairly standard blues rock with Rod bloody Stewart singing and a random cover of Greensleves

This really bores me. Standard 60 psych pop with a healthy splattering of sitars and Indian aesthetics. Not for me

This is a fun easy New Wavey listen. Not sure i would go back though. Side note: Rip It Up is a banger

I'm sorry Stevie, i just don't feel it, or his spirit

Everything about this music irritates me yet I can't take my ears off it. I'm so confused.

Chaos, and not always good. Shades of Janes addiction in the first track...10 years before that genre was a thing.

Bored

Not for me. That's two Dan albums i've heard now and neither have really got me

Ah it's fairly shite tbh. Music is a banger, what it feels like... is okay, there is a.l.o.t. of filler, and that American Pie cover is an abomination.

Doesn't really ring as true to me as it did when i was a nipper, but damn does it still slap

i do not care for this.

I do have a soft spot for Joan, but regardless, this is still great

Creaking with age but the force is strong with this one

not on Spotify, not going looking

A bonafide slap merchant.

the more i listen, the less i like. patchy but heroes is one of the best written songs of all time, so there's that

Went into this wanting to hate it. Really enjoyed it. Vocals still irritate me to no end though

It's alright. not much to say really

I was really looking forward to getting stuck into the disco poppy glory of this. Late stage ABBA is not what i want to listen to though. looking forward to the next one.

Brap bap bap

Thoroughly enjoyed this. Non abrasive punk. A grand time

Can't believe this is the first time i've listened to this album. For shame. Fantastic listen. Can see what the hype was about. bonus * for Frontier Psychiatrist. Absolute hit

I can not objectively review an album when it contains Sympathy for the Devil and Street Fighting Man. It could be Mick banging bin lids together for the rest of the run time and it would still get 5*s

Another first for me. Other than the title track i knew nothing. This sounded a lot fresher than i thought it would considering it's early 80's release date. Fully buying what they're selling

bored me to tears and most missing from spotify

These guys started out so well. Forever tainted by the sex on fire phase. This is a good listen though

not sure i've ever listened to this. it's gloriously noisy. sounds exactly like how the 90s sounded for me.

Another one for the first time column. Loved it. Not sure what i expected, but this was a lot better than expected. I miss that 90s RnB sound

Lovely really. Inoffensive, uplifting and a very enjoyable listen

Aretha doesn't get reviewed. She gets 5*s and we all just move on to the next one just that little bit happier

Meh. I'm not a fan of live albums at the best of times, but give me a live album of a band i know nothing about and my interest wanes fairly quickly.

It's great but Release yo' Delf is so good I can't dock *s. Absolute banger

There are three absolute bangers on this album, and some very weak tea outside of that. 4*s for the bangers, but i'd have more of a 3.5 vibe for the whole thing as a whole

Much more fun than i thought it was gonna be

The nostalgia is strong today. Not much of a fan outside of this album but I can't get enough of this one. straight up (Arcade) fire

Was not expecting much from this. Found it hard to fault in the end. Great listen and some absolute classics to be had

WOD bore me for the most part, but...If i forget that i'm listening and it blends into the background, i find myself really enjoying it. not sure what that says, but here we are

Can't deny the talent, but it bores me.

Affirmative

This is great. 2 hour instrument flex

Really enjoyable slice of rock opera nonsense that's a fair bit better than i would have expected.

so early 90s. much enjoy

Morrissey vexes me. Music in this album is pretty sweet though.

Really enjoyed it. Tinseltown in the rain is fantastic. The rest doesn't quite match up, but still a good listen

Nu-Metal Lite™

Kanyes lyrics are so wack. Some good tracks in here though. Can't imagine me ever putting it on again

Listening to this the day after Dark Twisted Fantasy is quite the comparison. to say Em is a better rhymer than Ye is the understatement of the century. it's like they're playing different sports. It's just a shame most of that great rhyming is about the same juvenile wank.

It's Parklife

Inoffensive and chilled beats. Much better examples of the genre around that time for me though

It's fine. not my cup of tea at all but that's on me

this did absolutely nothing for me.

it was 5*s when i listened to it 20 years ago. it's 5*s now. just sublime

some bangers. some sting. regretta for the most part

was looking forward to this. did not disappoint!

"Look man, you can listen to Jimi, but you can't hear him" -Sidney Deane

I spent a large portion of my teens loving GnR. Can't deny that it's been played out to a large extent, but i'm not removing stars over that.

not on Spotify, not going looking

I haven't given this one a spin in a long time. Creaking with old age at this point, but 4*s for what it meant to me back in the day. Andy Weatherall shaped a lot of my musical taste over the years - RIP

I do prefer my blues less 'big bandy', but i'm not docking stars for that. Peak BB right here. chefs kiss

This is why i'm doing this. Would i ever have listened to this otherwise? no. Am i glad i did? yes something about salsa piano gives me the heebie jeebies, but, the brass section and vocals on this are a delight.

Batshit fun. Really enjoyed this.

Radiohead have always passed me by. I get it, i just don't like it.

Thriller/Beat It/Billie Jean...in a row. does not get any better than that

I really don't like the vocals. Whiny 90's alt rock. That said, the music is pretty good. Don't think I'd go back though

Challenging, all over the musical map and grating at times. BUT, it's undeniably awesome.

Not on Spotify, not going looking

Guilty pleasure alert! that said...no album should be 80 minutes long. holy smokes

Straight up 5* fire