What’s left to say?..a critical moment in the evolution of rock, Americana, alt-country…take your pick…also a demonstration of what can happen when you allow a group of musicians to percolate and figure out what they want to play and how they want to play it…
I won’t say it’s complete rubbish; I’m sure somebody somewhere could find some redeeming aspect or quality, or sort out what makes this particular release significant enough to merit inclusion on this list…but that’s not me…no hooks, no melodies, nothing about the arrangements…stack this against Neu! and it is definitely worse than second best
Interesting, very interesting…seeing McLaren’s name I was afraid it would be a shambles…but no…it’s very listenable, very catchy, a very subtle way to start people listening to genres they might not otherwise have explored
Didn’t really touch me…interesting concept, and well executed and produced…but it didn’t touch me
A classic….melodic and jarring
Huh…hadn’t taken the time to listen before and therefore didn’t appreciate the emotional range of her singing or the vulnerability of her lyrics
Torch songs not usually my thing, but I get the appeal
Wow…
A Feast from first to last
What amazes me is that what was viewed as such a stylistic, and genre, leap sounds so natural and honest…I suppose that’s a measure of his creative genius
I’m a fan, but this one doesn’t fire me up as much as others…dunno why, maybe at times it seemed less urgent, less poetic
A great example of 1974 Nashville sound: impeccable production, session musicians at the top of their game, and Jones’s voice is incredible….BUT the subject matter and the way it’s approached; damn I need a drink…
My second listen (popped up on a friend’s list the other day and he was already a fan, so….)….not sure I’m getting all of it; I see the appeal, but it’s not what I’d reach for ordinarily…definitively British, and I like the melodies and approach, but for me something is missing and I don’t know what
I don’t get it…it’s okay, but I don’t hear anything that might have been groundbreaking or otherwise significant…it’s a pleasant enough listen, and competently produced, but what makes it, per NME, one of the 500 best…not sure I need to spend time researching that…maybe I’m just a rube
What’s left to say?..a critical moment in the evolution of rock, Americana, alt-country…take your pick…also a demonstration of what can happen when you allow a group of musicians to percolate and figure out what they want to play and how they want to play it…
It was not my cup of tea in 1977…today I appreciate it as a step in the development of a unique artist who, like Ray Charles somewhat, was always reinventing his art, his style, himself
Didn’t care for it….stylistically all over the place and the musicianship was not very good…I’ll double back and give it another listen, but for today…
What to make of this?..world-music vibe but his background is so punk…probably another one that deserves a 2d listen
What’s not to like?..funk, musicianship, fresh air
Not usually a fan of torch songs, but her voice is so clean and this is so well produced
Not much of a singer, but an inspired poet…R.I.P
Thought they were just another grunge band…didn’t realize the scope of their stylistic competence…reminds me of one of my favorite breweries; if you don’t like the beer you’re drinking it’s because you don’t like that style, it’s not because they made a bad version of it..
Amazing
My guess is this is one of the best examples of the type; it’s just not anything I was interested in…seems to be a lot of frustration and anger in there, much like punk and some New Wave; it’s just a different form of expression
Reminded me pretty quickly of Husker Du, who’d been playing for 5 years or so when these guys got together…will need a closer listen to sort out how lyrics compare, content- and poetry-wise
Hardest working man in show business
First time through I never get rap lyrics, but the mix is great
Australia must have been a post-apocalyptic Mad Max musical wasteland in the mid- to late-80’s
Love her voice…great breakout album
To me, sounded like EDM cut with angry lyrics…somebody might have it on their 1001 Album list, but not me
It’s Willie, for fuck’s sake
Not my cup, although it’s starting to grow on me…
It’s Dylan
Interesting…don’t know that I’d ever listened to the whole thing before…if it was the starting point for prog-rock I get it, though I’m pretty sure Genesis and Yes already had their thoughts in mind by this point…they all seemed to be coming at it from different points, no doubt because of different influences and goals
I’m sure many people appreciate how well produced this is, how precise the playing is (?is there a human in there?), how you could dance all night to this if you had the right dose of X…but it’s just not what I’m into
Kind of interesting, but not terribly
Really liked this…would be nice if my Spanish was better and I could understand what they’re saying, but I still liked it a lot
Don’t think I knew before reading the article that this is an album of covers…excellent musicianship, and Clapton’s vocals belie the 3 year heroin binge preceding the recording
Thought this was surprisingly enjoyable…not sure what I expected, maybe either heavy EDM or nasty metal, but this wasn’t either of those…very clean I thought
Thought it sounded a bit of a mess…
I won’t say it’s complete rubbish; I’m sure somebody somewhere could find some redeeming aspect or quality, or sort out what makes this particular release significant enough to merit inclusion on this list…but that’s not me…no hooks, no melodies, nothing about the arrangements…stack this against Neu! and it is definitely worse than second best
I see now what all the fuss was about
I think this was a concept album of some sort…workmanlike, competent effort, but I don’t get the concept
That’s a fun listen
I know, I know…great album, extraordinarily popular…I’ve just never been a fan
Another classic, by all accounts
More KrautRock….not as good as Neu!, but better than than last pile of shit…nothing memorable
It’s the Cure…not as scattered and at cross-purposes as the last one that made the list, so a bit easier to listen to…but still pretty whiny
I see the appeal, and it’s really well done, but it’s not what I’d pick to listen to
The product of one man’s fevered imagination, and vision…incredible
The hard thing to remember, after all the years and all the listens, is how fresh and eye-opening this sounded when we first got our hands on it
Sounds like a Roxy Music clone….well produced and catchy, but sounds very much like Roxy Music…I wonder how the timelines sort.
I can’t listen to it anymore…he can’t decide if he’s Leonard Cohen or Lou Reed or somebody-the-fuck else, and the arrangements, and playing, are all over the map…it’s not pretty
Maybe not his best, but all things considered still a very fine piece of work
Stopped before the end of the third song, if you want to call it that…what a bloody shambles…if this is what is needed to help my neuroplasticity, I think maybe I’d rather go petrified…not even worth a star, but the app won’t allow me to go lower
It’s very slick, at least at first listen….but that seems to strip the emotion out of it….very very cool, but is there any meaning?
Interesting, very interesting…seeing McLaren’s name I was afraid it would be a shambles…but no…it’s very listenable, very catchy, a very subtle way to start people listening to genres they might not otherwise have explored
Fabulously sweet
Wow!!..talk about dark; I was just listening and I wanted to cut my throat…great production, great voice, but I found myself wondering how they could write music that was fairly catchy when the lyrics were so melancholy…
Love the Jam
Great album…can see why for so many it’s a touchstone
Stone Soul Groove
Sounded a lot stranger back in the day…wonder what that means
Too bad Syd went down the rabbit hole…wonder what they could have done if he hadn’t lost himself
Didn’t care for it…seemed average
Pleasantly surprised
All very earnest and sincere, hoping your girlfriend will allow you a glimpse of titty
What could I add?
Just don’t dislike the world, or myself, that much
Doesn’t hold a candle to Tommy, and there’s no way Townshend wasn’t thinking about and planning Tommy before he ever heard this…a pale comparison
Pretty dark…dunno if I would have listened to more than once back in the day
It’s Willie, for fuck’s sake
Liked it more than I thought I would…wasn’t ready for it, or open to it, in 1990
I liked it…reminded me of the first time I heard King Sonny; no idea what they’re saying, but the music is infectious…
Bittersweet listen now
Didn’t really touch me…interesting concept, and well executed and produced…but it didn’t touch me
Infectious fun, and it brought a lot more women out on the New Wave dance floor
Great stuff…heard a rumor some years ago that the show in Hull the next night is considered by some to be even better…hard to imagine
That was fun!
Really enjoying catching up with Bowie
I tried…I really tried…but I couldn’t finish…it’s not the electronica, it’s that it sounds like soulless drivel to me
Loved it…just wish I knew what they’re singing about
Sounds confused…must have been a bad year for this to be one of the best
Wasn’t into it when it dropped, but now I see the appeal
Great stuff…what I like is that the style around him can change but you can always recognize his horn
That was fun
Thought it was rubbish