Possibly brilliant at the time, but bit too cheesy for me.

Incoherent like the White Album is. But White Album is utterly brilliant and this one has some.songs that I find of less quality. Overall a 3 out of 5

Beautiful voice but so slick and smooth is made me very nervous

Very good album! Sound modern stillm

Classic disco album, hail to Nile Rogers

Classic Wave album, really enjoyed it, made me play Cocteau Twins, Hula and other dark music again.

Beautiful Sad album, even better than magic and Loss

One of best albums ever.

Too psychedalic for me and in my opinion outdated.

Some nice relaxed songs, but felt too much as if I was floating from earth too some far away universe. where my brain ceased to exist.

Oh well, not bad.

Nothing wrong with the record, but not the sensation it probably was then

Only knew the album with Family Affair on it. Loved this album, high on energy and brilliant grooves.

Glad it only lasted 28 minutes. Top musicians but not my type of music.

Good album but OK Computer and Kid A. are so brilliant that for Radiohead standard a 3

Beautiful album

Best of what they do. Bluesy and raw.

Prince was funky and all, but even this funky record is way inferior to e.g. Sly and Parliament. DMSR is best song he ever did in my opinion, so a 3

Surely revolutionary at the time but now not more than possibly nostalgia. Being brought up in the punk new-wave era I have other heroes like Sonic Youth or Foetus...

Mixed feelings. Half of songs sounds still fresh other half too cheesy.

Doors will never fade away

No fair judgement as his way of singing prevents me from listening objectively to the music

Okay but not special.

Loud and Proud

With Queen 1 easily my favorite Queen album. More diverse and original than than the later albums, the other (than Freddy mercury) band members are of more influence to the music.

Relaxed music.

Appreciate the originality and see their influence on later electronic music. But it didn't capture me

Time for an very colored opinion. If I hate any band it is this dumb, fake, macho band called Guns and Roses. All image, no contents. Their worst crime is their rape of Knocking on Heaves Door, having two hits that you keep on hearing everywhere, Paradise City and Sweet Child of Mine, is their second worst crime. Best thing: tomorrow's album will be 100 times better.

Nice sibbling of Kid A and equally brilliant. Thom Yorke's voice cuts through your soul and variety in music styles is fascinating. Only reason Kid A is bit better is How.To Disappear Completely, but easily 5 stars for Amnesiac too. The 3 times I saw them life are moments to cherish.

Like the chaos , but didn't touch me A 3.

Classic. Great songs and incredible singing of Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie. Maximum score

What a discovery this is. Played this non-stop during a whole working day. Beautiful rhythm, the voices combine perfectly. Happy to be in this 1001 albums adventure

Too cheesy for me

Nice music, like it a bit more rough though. The extra songs, covers of rock and roll classics were very good.

Can try what I want but progressive rock will.never be my music. These songs keep on going on and on and on without fascinating me, while music of much greater length like e.g...minimal.music.or african rhythms or Sister Ray of the Velvet does . Guess not in my blood. Can't judge the quality, a neutral 3 stars.

Saw them live when I was 23 in open air festival Rotterdam and remembered the energy they had when playing live. And associated them with the Cross Over music of around 1990, say Urban Dance Squad's Mental Floss for the Globe and e.g. Love Rears Its Ugly Head by Living Colour . So started listening with high anticipation, but was disappointed a bit. But was somewhat disappointed, found this album bit too cheesy for me, 3 stars.

Good that I listenened to it, being a modern classic. It just is not for me. Maybe should take the time to listen better to lyrics.

Gives you all the fatbot slim energy and fun you need in life. Right here and right now!

Their best album, with the brillant Tricky still on board and with Travey Thorn. Maximquaye and Dummy in same year. Bliss.

Their 1st albums were nice. This one is terrible. Some over the top songs with Stadiumrock. Overdone. Beatles would have told them : act naturally. Some good songs but overall 2 stars for showing up in the studio.

pleasant tunes, easy to the ears. .3 stars.

Diasppointing

No comment needed. 5 stars.

Kende hem niet maar werd er heel vrolijk van. Mooie snik ook.

Less awful than I thought.

\beautiful how their voices sound together and several classicvs, of which Helpless my favourite

Love her voice but music too melodramatic for me.

Chelsea a classic all in all but my favourites are more his melancholic songs, i Want you, Shipbuilding e.g.

Dark and impressive and.for atheist good title.

Music hating aliens took over human brains, only explanation this meaningless dumb garbage ever became popular. A well deserved 1.

Feels like silly macho music, but probably underestimate them

Being not of the love and peace and understanding generation but of the wave era, this just is way to hippy for me....

One of their most best (and most depressing) albums, rated by me as: best is Pornograhy (5 stars), then The Top (5 stars) en then this one (4 stars). Hope Pornography shows up one of these days in the 1001 albums.

Best band ever and after Strangewatys their best album. Marr&Morrissey , what more can you wish for. With lyrics that comfort you.

Catchy but lost its brilliance over the years for me

Smooth music without being annoyingly sweet.

Not their best, but as every Smiths album easily 5 stars for this one.

Best audience he could have (-:

Nice Shoegaze album, if Slowdive would not have existed 5 stars, now 4 (-:

Beautiful voice and full of classics but I am more into wilder music

Like his voice of course and the melancholy, so a 4 for that. Music is bit too cheesy for me, leads to the average of 3,

Hypnotizing.

Not for me, for the Everybody talking and Cocaine one a 2 star, not a 1

Very good, and confusing, listened to album of 45 minutes and there are versions of 72 min and 75 min and whatever.

Find this utterly useless and boring

Mix of all sort of music I like, but this mixture I do not really like...

Surprising album knowing only their later hits. Not my style, but nice to listen to.

Did not know they made Ironman, which I only knew from Cardigans. Whole album survived like Ironman does

Never Mind the Pistols, here is PIL. Nice variance in music and with brilliant Jah Wobble.

Loved this one, very diverse, from laid back to melancholic to even Beatle-esque and a real beautiful last song. Full 5!

Ultimate music to relax, beeps here, bleeps there and the sun shines

Liked this one much better than the Exodus album we have earlier on. But still not my cup or tea of my type of joint... So a 3.

Better than their disco stuff but still only 2 stars.

Early Kraut with some Zappa influences, fun. But not brilliant.

Same as more old blues or rock'n roll, was I guess brilliant then but now seems bit outdated.

Most of songs I knew already, full of classics. Including the original Gangsta's Paradise... Pleasant music.

Beautiful voice and songs, damn does who made all these awful versions of You've got a friend (-:

Classic for Jazz Lovers, just pleasant music for me.

The Mighty Fall! Didn't know this first album, but as good as e.g. Wonderful & Frighening World of and Kurious Oranj. Saw them live once and was amazing, Mark E Smith made sure everything rhymes by e.g. putting "Uh" after each word, my FriendsUH dont count up to one HandUH!. 5 stars!

Never heard of them but what a brilliant band! The mindblowing noise they make with just the two of them. Saw the once brilliant Editors live yesterday and it was boring. only light effects and bombastic stuff. This is the real.deal reminding me.of the dutch noise duo ZZZ.

Am into new wave, now called Post Punk but never like Gang of Four. Still 3 stars for the wonderful base play of Dave Allen, who later made the whole world happy with Shriekback

Interesting music

Much nicer than I thought, nice mix of pop and hardrock

With White album and.Sgt Peppers easily my favourite. . No more teeny bopper band!

Amusing!

The classic songs American Pie and Vincent and more beautiful songs, and only a few I did not like. All in all a 4.

I am.sorry for.Dylan lovers bit if you even make It's all ovet now baby blue sound like a bad impression of the original.it was already then time to.call it a day.

The band who saved the world.

Air is always pleasant to listen to but attention drops sometimes, a 3

Love his voice and his songs. Poetic and calming and still tension in the air

One of their best

Like their 1st two albums. Energetic, simple.songs, good voice.

Nothing wrong with it, nothing special

Not for me to judge how radical this was. For a punk/new wave lover hard to tell. But enjoyed listening to it

Ziggy, this one, Earthling, Blackstar. The man is missed. This one poppier than others but very good. 4 stars only because others are even better,

Good combination of dub triphop gospel and black power in one. Downloaded their 5 new albums, wonder how they are.

W

yes, is fun bubblepop '80s music, and Live to Tell as strong as ever and He's so unusual is funny. But most songs are forgotten 2 seconds after you have heard them.

Beautiful album

Love her voice but songs are too sweat for me

Did not know the band and found the album pleasant but not special. So 3*

Trevor Horn brilliant procedure and nice campy music. Still prefer Propaganda and Frankie GTH, more classic albums than this one. 3 stars

Live even more amazing, long live DJ Shadow

Such energy in music and singing, have to love life after listening this! The Passenger one of best songs ever recorded. I wanna be his dog.

Too much Party Time for me, prefer the oldschool rap like Public enemy, NWA or Dutch sensation Bob uit Zuid.

Was born too late to see the thrill in this.

Easily Listening

Was familiar with his Ambient music, not with this album. You can hear the Talking Heads influence already, and Part B of the album nice beginning of ambient work that would follow. Loved this album

Lekker vet maar niet mijn stijl

Their 1st was their best. Trippy, Blurry, sunny, funny, freaky like Happy Mondays, bit of all good things UK music had to offer those days. Clint Eastwood true classic

Only knew some of his later work and that was much more sophisticated and less standard than this album, so no real find for me

Aggressive, but still found it boring, not much happening in this music.

How can a band making this political, interesting, honest album filled with Dub and other fantastic rhythms make such rubbish afterwards? Madame Medusa, Food for Thought, Burden of Shame, King, Tyler, album is full of true classics. This one deserves the full 5 stars!

Not my favorite Bowie album, hence 'only' 4 stars. I hope Blackstar and Earthling will soon follow!

Too freaky for me I am afraid.

Was important for the Rap music, but find it too friendly/soft, give me Public Enemy or NWA any time. Still pleasant to listen too and kraftwerk always cheer me up, so 3 stars

Only knew the weird, brilliant Trout Mask Replica of Beefheart, was surprised by this more traditional debut album. Was pleasant surprise. The last bonus track Korn Ring Finger is addictive, had to play it over and over

Like both his quiet albums like Harvest and his guitar battles with Crazy Horse. And nice tribute to Sid Vicious.

Disappointing. In my memory was much better (-:

Not the revolutionary effect it used to have i guess.

Had Fats Domino last week, this one survived the times better. Yes, music is to sweet for me but his voice is utterly beautiful and the music pleasant.

CCR always pleasant to hear, as classic as Stones or Beatles or Doors. This album I prefer over Cosmo's Factory, 4 stars

Easy Listening. I am more into e.g. the 'Easy Listening for the Hard of Hearing' (https://www.discogs.com/release/119645-Boyd-Rice-Frank-Tovey-Easy-Listening-For-The-Hard-Of-Hearing) though, so 3 stars

His voice only became better and better the older he became. This album is a bit to slick for me, prefer his older work and final masterpiece You Want it Darker. His last album would be my candidate for the 1001 albums.

Good old Husker Du, of Flip Yr Wig and Bob Mould And Grant Hart. Do like them, but not bad and not brilliant. 3 stars.

Pleasant and soulful

Classic in minimal pop music, in the tradition of Cocteau Twins, Young marble Giants. Their voices match perfectly too. Live they are equally brilliant.

One of better US guitarbands with Freak Show and Don't as best songs. 4 stars easily

Enjoy the Silence their best song ever, for the rest of album their darkness does not grip me as e.g. Cure/Sisters Of Mercy does. Seems fake to me. Like their early poppy work etter.

Bless him for having written Song to the Siren, which in This Mortal Coil version and the live version by Dead Can Dance is utterly beautiful. And for being father of Jeff Buckley. But the music is not special to me, only last song of album gripped me. 2 stars.

nice but for me not so special

Nice and poppy

As good as ever. Black Dog the killer track.

Would have given 6 stars if allowed. Released when I was 18 and world was Thatcher/Reagan/youth unemployment. Album that helps in troubled times, beautiful expression of what it is like being depressed or troubled or insecure or not knowing what the hell to do with life. Add Jools Holland, Thomas Leer and more giants and could be in 11 best albums ever.

Yes, (music of) PIMP and In Da Club is good to hear, but a full hour of the same music and all tough talk how 'fucking' good/strong/dangerous he is, became tiring and utterly boring.

Of terrible songs one can't make brilliant ones, not even with a Wall of Sound or the great Ronettes. 1 star for torturing mankind with this horror.

Bowie could do anything, including this funky music. Ashame of the raping of Across The Universe and no Blackstart/Ziggy/Earthling but 4 stars easily.

Mellow and pleasant.

Last albums of Nick Cave, after death of son(s) are more intense than ever. Saw him live last June and was one of best 3 concerts ever.

Quite boring actually, more nostalghia

Too cheesy for me and the cover of Soft Cell's nice&campy Say Hello Wave Goodbye hurts my ears

1 star cause I dislike his music, do not find it genuine at all. Sure,he did work with some fine producers and there are some catchy riffs, but all in all his music is boring and silly and slick. His constant 'hihihi's en 'ooohs' are annoying. And no single person on the world believes that he was Bad and after 2 seconds you wish he would stop cause he had enough. O well, just an opinion.

Knew surprising many songs of this one, some by covers of Mathilde Santing. Liked the covers better,,

Now this is music!

Better than the late live one I had to listen too, some classics. Youtube continued with Desire, my favorite Dylan album. Hope that one will be in 1001 albums too.

Classic

What a voice! Songs from brilliant to corny, but her voice makes it 4 stars

Jah Wobble hero of course and I loved this one with exotic music, even sometimes thought I heard Fad Gadget! 5 stars

If you don't like the voice of the singer, the (okay) music is also not pleasant.

This music makes me very nervous, overproduced, all character removed, like swimming in a pool instead of a sea full of waves.

Made me quite nervous.... Too much tingle-tangle for me

I knew should be brillian and all, but I find it quite boring.

Brilliant, perfect, moving, highlight of the Echo catalogue. Killing Moon of course the classic track, Thorn of Crowns my favorite. Memories of Ian McCulloch performing it live, concert hall in entire darkness, only light to be seen his burning cigarette. Much of the music of then now is outdated, this one alive as can be.

Two brilliant sons, rest less than other of their work.

Boring guys singing clichee songs, singing as much FUCK etcetera as possible or trying to be tough without any meaning. Don't mind any FUCK the Police if you have something to say. Which they don't seem to have. Worthy only to polish Trent Reznor's shoes.

Well as absolute Pixies fan I love all four Pixies albums and would rate them 5 stars easily, I did kinda like the 1st Solo album of Black Francis/Frank Black, but this one too standard rock and roll for me, so only 3 for this one. Hope Pixies will show up one of these days.

Best band ever. Their live shows are amongst best experience in ones life. But despite e.g. the Gloaming and There There being highlights in their discography and live sets, I could never appreciated this collection of sons as an album, as I do with all others from OK Computer onwards. So this is the 4 star album between the 5 stars albums they made.

Just after Tom Verlaine died, bless him. Sounds Haunted and Nervous, like it. Innovators in the NYC scene.