1001 Albums Summary

Classic Billy Joel. #Scenes from Italian Restaurant.

Yes, he tore up the rule book, yes he was the finest guitarist of his (and possibly any) generation, yes he wrote some banging tunes, but come on, by any measure this is not a truly great album. It's a remarkable debut, but especially in it's original UK release track listing it's missing the most banging tunes which had already been put out as scouting singles. No Hey Joe, no Wind Cries Mary and whilst the album has some magnificent raw guitar riffs, there's really, when you drill down into it, a great deal of filla. This doesn't flow as an album and it's not wall to wall bangers. Sorry. It's bang average, especially by Jimi's standards.

I remember seeing this gothic giant for the first time ever when he and pop Princess Kylie performed Wild Roses on TOTP. I couldn’t believe my eyes, but my ears were mesmerised and have been ever since by Cave’s voice

Nah, mate. I mean I listened to it. I could tolerate it, but it did absolve nothing got me.