A few decent songs but Jesus Christ

Classic but repetition of ideas and motifs throughout

Nice '80s vibes with darker alternative feel. Some tracks, especially opening track make me think of Mike Oldfield. Really like this album sonically as well. Listened to the remastered version so not sure how faithful it is to the original, but really nicely produced.

Great vibes from the '60s and '70s. I kind of thought this had an American sound to it for an English band, as weird of an idea that might be... Perhaps it's just a sound of the time rather than sound of a nation but influence could come into it. Lots of interesting instrumentation and arrangements across the whole album. Lyrics are often gentle and abstract which is nice... There are a couple of songs, especially the last one where lyrics get a bit direct and heavy (like Closer by Nine Inch Nails) so I wouldn't be surprised if there's weirder stuff made abstract in other lyrics. A very long album at ~24 tracks (some are short though).

Really nice jazz / orchestral

Very heavy and moody. Well put together with a lot of elements to keep the listener on the edge of their seat. I can hear how this was a very important early grunge album, especially given its time.

Great album with details to listen to everywhere. Guitar heavy and reminiscent of some Zappa stuff musically

Captures rock of its era

Definitely a classic but with lyrics that won't age well?

Awesome album. A few tracks I recognise but never knew the name of, especially the last song. Will listen again.

Classic frog. Recognised a few tracks

Nice album... Something my old guitar teacher would have probably liked. Interesting sonically as well

Damn good emo / grunge album. Think I've heard of the band before but feel like I missed out not hearing this album until now

Great downtempo album. Very reminiscent of the time for me. Some tracks don't progress very much but the theme behind the album might be the reason.

Excellent jazz album

Product of its time - nostalgic

Amazing soft bluesy rock kind of album

Awesome - classic

I suppose early emo kind of stuff, so impressive for that

Pioneering

Now I can appreciate why this is a classic

Makes me think of a more modern Nick Drake, or Nick Drake / Gotye hybrid

The rap is dated, lyrics are really dated. Some tracks are good musically. I like the skit format usually but these seems a little try hard and fake but I should do my research

Good but monotonous

There's good stuff here, particularly instrumentally. Some lyrics are interesting but this feels like an anthem for boomers with only just above average music taste. Maybe earlier stuff was better.

Would be a 4 if it weren't Kanye West, credit for most of it should go to the songwriters

Incredible album!

It's very U2

Good but gets samey

Must have been damn ahead of its time

Okay, this is actually a really good album. If this came before that Yeezus album then this one went to his head and he thought he could take the piss

Highlights their average less. I should listen to their first 3-4 albums because they apparently were innovative, but this shouldn't be on this list

The stuff that made your nan swoon. Pretty basic but had an interesting scat part towards end of album

A few decent songs but Jesus Christ

A favourite

Musically, it's brilliant, but I find the lyrics really superficial yet they're given an over-confident delivery which I just feel is totally mismatched. Would be 5 stars for me if either the lyrics or vocals were better, would be 2 stars without the good music behind it

Objectively good but not really my kind of thing

A bit of a whopper but very good

There was a good guitar solo somewhere I'm confident was a guest player because it was too good

Nice surprise to find out Mike Patton is the vocalist. Was stuck between a 4 and 5 but leans more 5 for me for top-class vocals and instrumentalists

Now I get what people meant

Nice synths

Sounds very experimental. Will have to look into this artist /album as I'm sure it's creative in its use of technology, but it lacks in musicality. Would be 2 if I didn't suspect a lot of work went into it.

Some repetitive instrumentation throughout album and from other albums of his. He was probably mainly responsible for vocals but still considering it as whole piece

Gets a bit samey