My 1001 Albums Journey

The La's

3/5

If you gave me 100 guesses at the name of the band that did ‘There She Goes’ I never would have gotten it. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything else of theirs but this is way better than ‘one hit wonder’ material

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

holy shit this album kicks ass. i seriously had no idea. the title track & most famous song might be the one of the worst ones on the album which is maybe why i've never listened to it. 'locomotive breath' made me google black sabbath's 'paranoid' album to see who was ripping off who (which really says something given this song features a bluesy piano solo and jazzy flute solo), but those albums came out within months of each other so probably no foul play there. looking forward to jason doing 'cross-eyed mary' at karaoke.

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

4/5

big massive attack / st. vincent vibes. got an immediate re-listen from me

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

what can you say ... a total genius at the absolute height of his powers.

Parklife

Blur

3/5

never really got the hype for this album - just ok for me