Bouncy bouncy but blandy blandy
Starts with a bang but then slowly runs out of ideas and falls into standard r'n'b plinky plonk.
It’s sort of big standard metal. Not a great album.
This was good, and a great sound and I can see all the reasons why people revere it. But the two problems are the vocal wasn't distinctive, almost too nice, but too plain. Lyrically it's not great either. So it's good but it's not good enough.
It's as if Radiohead had never read a book. I mean the sound is good, but my word the lyrics are terrible. Which, sadly, makes it totally unlistenable.
I had forgotten how much I liked this album. The 1001 albums project had a lot of this kind of music from a time in the USA when a lot wasn't travelling to the UK, but for some reason Blink 182 did, or at least they did to me.
I really do think this is a fantastic piece of work, sure it's got less of the edge of earlier Blink 182 but it's musically better, more interesting and more textured as an album. It surprised me how much I really liked this album, though of course with the bias of really knowing it well.
This didn't grab me at all. I get it's place in a movement but it was just a weak nothing in the background. Still, I changed the thermostat whilst listening to it so not all bad.
I'm sorry, this is silly and dreadful.
A lovely mournful hymn to the machines
The interweaving with Elvis Costello is very apparent as others have noted. I have a big soft spot for new wave but this really didn't grab me.
A fairly middle of the road indie album. Nice sound and lyrics but nothing stand out here.
It's possible that there is a never ending well of bang average hip hop albums.
I quite like this. It burst with a bit of energy.
Fairly nice fairly bland funk
I can only assume this was uploaded by The Mountain Goats. It’s the only explanation.
Grief this is awful.
Absolute bog standard rock
Quite a quirky punkish jazzish record.
Quite a good all-round album. Too long though
Oh I really liked this. Good choice. I'll put this on my albums list, definitely.
Perfectly pleasant but very bland
Nice enough but lacks any stand out tracks.
I just assumed this was American. One of those bands that you might nod along to low in the undercard at a festival but need to write a few songs.
A slightly whimsical one song moment in about 1985 (not one of these songs) in retrospect is a bontempi organ version of some well known songs with 6th form humour lyrics and nobody should have to listen to this again.
Not great, not terrible, a bit confusing about what it wanted to be but perfectly pleasant to listen to.
I like this but the production, as I think they admit, is terrible. Is She Really Going Out With Him is a great song but it sounds really thin. It's not totally consistent but it's a good listen of music from a great era/genre.
I guess I should have listened to hear what it is all about. And this is not an album I ever want to hear again.
Nice gentle drifting background to my day.
I don't dislike Living Colour but I don't quite see the point either. Other bands have better songs than this.
The half time show from Eurovision on a bad loop.
I listened a couple of times and I didn't quite bite on it. It's nice enough but very pedestrian.
I really liked this. Very much in my wheelhouse.
Really interesting album by a really interesting artist. They definitely have a place in modern music. The last song has godawful lyrics though.
Sort of drifts along in a pleasant but aimless way.
I was not expecting anything from this. In fact I thought it was put on as a joke. But this could be the finest electro pop album of all time. Every song an absolute banger. This is absurdly good pop.
A proper album that works as a whole piece.
I think it's legit to put this as something to listen to but reminds me of the tedium of some jazz.
The people who like Vulfpeck seem to be having a good time.
It's a punchy sound but I can't help feeling that this is one of those bands like Catfish and the Bottlemen or Glasvegas. Not enough songs, or any songs, and ultimately forgettable.
I started out optimistic but it got worse with every song.
I quite enjoyed this in a throw away way. Maybe if they were one of my bands I'd know this better.
I absolutely hate this sort of thing. Memories of the world's worst discos in the 80s/90s with the DJ playing mixes like this and shouting "give us the clap". Should be illegal.
I’d give it 0 if I could
He’s an important link in the history of American rock and this is a great example of his work.
Starts well but sort of drags a bit. Still, punk with three part harmonies is a thing.
It’s a long way from the dancefloor but a great album in its own way. Just not quite a master
It's an important cultural moment for a certain generation. Unfortunately I'm too old and I'm not American. So it's just a bit rubbish.
I’d almost been tempted to give this two stars for the sheer audacity of mixing metal and electronic. Almost.
One or two good songs but ultimately a bit twee and aimless
Rock and Roll is in a lot of trouble.
I started out enjoying it but then it sort of drifted nowhere. Nice but aimless.
I sort of like Big Beat but then I realise I don't as it's actually a bit dull.
I like Blink 182, this is a reasonable pastiche but I wouldn't put yourself out.
More of that period of music when the UK was just not listening to the same thing as the US. So we have no memory burn of this album, we can only listen to it dispassionately, and as such it lacks anything at all to make it worth that listen.
Nice to hear something with a bit of something about it
Lovely but also ultimately a bit boring
Ok it's fun and all that but it's also half an album of covers.
A fun listen, not much by the way of stand out tracks but it's got a great sound.
Falls into the category of instantly forgettable
Sort of middle of the road nothingness
We all obviously know this is a Stones album but it's still interesting and worth a listen. Though it's about 20 minutes too long.
It's a piece of art, it's interesting and it's worth a listen.
The greatest thing about this is how mercifully short it is.
The additional albums to this list are exposing that in the gap between British and US listening they also had a list of bog standard song free albums that people listened to as rites of passage in college. It's like they had 20 or 30 Razorlites and Stereophonics as well.
Man this is absolute pub band level.
Well it's a good story and it's always good to listen to something a bit different but it is exactly what you might expect from a 41 year old who works in a post sorting office.
The reviews had promise, then it was just another middle of the road rock album.
You folk are listening to some bang average albums.
I didn't know whether to give this a break because it's a bit different, or treat it with the contempt it deserves. I guess I'll let it slide.
A bouncy fun piece of work.
I refuse to believe these are your top recommendations for albums to listen to. It’s just people trying to show how edgy they are.
A few good songs, some nice violin though totally overdone and some terrible singing.
Some good old fashioned country. Nice to listen but wouldn't repeat.
There’s nothing wrong with a bit of out and out pop. I enjoyed this.
I’ve pretty much done my quota of death metal in the main project.
Everyone should have a bit of Fado in their lives.
starts off well but tails away very badly. Feels like they ran out of ideas.
Good grief folks. You have some mad ideas.
Really nice album that also doesn't really draw you in. It's sort of aimless.
Fine I guess. Nothing new or interesting.
It's Chuck Berry, it's an important album and rock and roll begain, in a large part, with him.
I kind of like this in a mood way. However ultimately it's just four bar repeats with noodling so I'm not sure it's moving music on at all.
I think just a bit ludicrous. Nobody needs to hear this.
Gaaah this is not terrible. I wanted to hate it on the reviews before listening but it’s fine
I really enjoyed this but did wonder whether it got a little bit samey overall. I still think I might listen again
Another album from the period of the great schism in US and UK indie. This is a good album, plenty of cross over appeal to the UK ears.
I absolutely get what they are doing. I really enjoyed it at the start. Then I just couldn't listen to it. The terrible drum machine samples they used were too much.
