I love Tom's grungy voice on the upbeat stuff, but I'm not fond of the slower songs, and the way the album keeps flip-flopping between the two is jarring
When I asked for music to swing to this isn't what I meant
UK Garage is very dear to me, it brings me back to a simpler time, where Pokemon was taking the world by storm and a big dome along with a big wheel was being built in London, my childhood was spent listening to a CD of remixed singles by The Artful Dodger every morning before going to primary school.
That said, it's difficult to represent a "UK garage" album in this list because the genre was made for singles from various artists to be mixed together, (Garage overlaps with House so often you'd get mixes with stuff like Closer Than Close by Rosie Gaines) an album from one artist doesn't capture the surprise and diversity the genre typically offers. MJ Coles stuff, in particular, is more on the mellow side.
For a better Garage experience I recommend looking into stuff like DJ Spoony's mixes on youtube.
Very hypnotic soundscapes, I love it!
Not every song works and its commentary on feminism is unrefined, but I do appreciate the sassy energy the girls bring
This is very nostalgic for me, my parents had this CD at the back of a cabinet, one day I dug it out, started listening, and then held onto it for a while. This album, along with songs in the key of life, is what hooked me onto Stevie Wonder
Aside from My Girl every song sounds the same
Begins as rather ho-hum before unfolding into an epic journey of sound. A tour-de-force!
A harrowing nosedive into the bowels of hell
I was enjoying it right up to A Quick One While He's Away and then I set fire to my computer
Nice music but the lyrics sound like they picked random words out of a hat
Audacious, fiery, unrelenting, calls to mind the works of the dadaist period, the musical equivalent of drawing a moustache on the Mona Lisa.
So bland and inoffensive it's torturous.
I think The Human Beings may be the most annoying song ever written
Pretty good, nothing on par with Paper Planes though
Prelvis Esley by Elvisesly Preselvisesly
It's fine to take your daughter to the fairground or buy her some shoes every now and then, but maybe leave it at that.
If I'm listening to Ol' Blue Eyes I'd opt for a greatest hits album. Good music all the same though.
Electrical retailer advert
I can't believe they ripped off the Top of the Pops theme ugh god
I can see how this genre of music influenced videos games around the time, very Jungley/Breakcorey. Not something I'd listen to casually though.
He sounds like a bicycle pump
+ Good music.
- Live album.
What do you mean you don't have your own sex dwarf?
This is some good Y2K nostalgia right here
His voice sounds like a creaky metal door that's in need of oiling
Psycho Killer is a standout, overall not as good as their later albums I think
Not bad, Graveyard Train was a drag though
On The Beach is a great track, otherwise a bit too twangy and sleepy for me
This music sounds the way analingus tastes
Not his best album but the worst of Stevie Wonder is better than most other artists
Good album, Mind Gardens took me by surprise
This album is great and you guys are too harsh
Find it hard to tell these country albums apart ngl
A whirling, spiked flail of an album. Music to be crushed in an iron maiden to.
I just don't like hair rock. Yes, I'm bias, I know, no-one's perfect.
"I'm not a porcupine, take off your kids gloves" is unintentionally hilarious
Don't like this album? Cry me a river!
Pretty good but it is a very long album and I got a bit fatigued toward the end
As someone whose musical taste growing up had been largely determined by video games and Capital FM, I am so happy I'm discovering Radiohead now.
Both this album and its "sibling" Amnesiac are among my favourite albums on this list. I can see why most prefer this album between the two, it covers a wider emotional range, moving from uneasy to upbeat to uneasy again like lapping waves, wheareas Amnesiac is more "sedate", but as a result I see the two like opposing sides of coin.
Experimental Radiohead is, in my opinion, the best Radiohead. I only wish I discovered this sooner.
Love the manic energy, just not sure I can handle a whole album of it
*Slide whistles down* *Slide whistles up*
Some good songs like Moneys Too Tight To Mention and Holding Back The Years, production is very "80s", I prefer the later albums.
Most of the tracks are a little too sleepy for my liking, but damn A Natural Woman is a good song
Interesting to listen to this point in her life where her style is still being refined into what we remember her for today.
Blood-curdling, audacious, unforgettable! Some of these tracks sound straight out of a horror movie, Hamburger Lady particularly lingers in the mind long after the album finishes. Not everyone will click with the dark, noisy style of this album, but thank goodness it clicked for me.
Was hovering at 3, Elegia pushed it up to 4
Good album, Kids was kinda ruined for me due to being used constantly in adverts
Bonita Applebum is seriously catchy I've listened to it like ten times in the last hour
I can indulge in some good rage-inducing music but at times this felt a bit one-note.
I don't really think I can handle an hour and half of dissonant, seesawing vocals and tinny harmonica sounds
The talking-in-rhythm-with-a-raspy-voice gimmick is amusing for 45 seconds but I'm not doing a whole album of this
Very nolstalgic! Can't Hold Us Down, Fighter, Beautiful, Dirrty and The Voice Within are standouts.
Aside from Rio and Hungry like the Wolf there isn't really anything here that'll keep me coming back.
An epic journey of love, hate and gleeful weirdness.
Annoying sound effect ruined it for me
Look at all these yanks getting their knickers in a twist over britpop lol
Whole album is great, not just Take Me Out
Not wild about it, don't hate it, Here, There and Everywhere was my favourite
Purple Rain and also some other songs
So many iconic songs! (I'd like to thank Shark Tale for introducing me to Three Little Birds)
The title song is great, I do appreciate the poetic lyrics and low, gravely vocals, I'm just not sure I can listen to a whole album of it.
Actually not Garbage, I liked it a lot.
As I predicted the top rated comments miss the mark by a country mile. You can make anything seem unimpressive if you box it in with a simple word like "repetitive". How is that in any way helpful? Why not try "infectious", "energizing" or "blood-pumping"? I find those words do a much better job at capturing the appeal of this music.
This is the kind of music I didn't think much of in my youth but came to appreciate in time. Dizzee Rascal basically pioneered an entire genre and this album is a lot of fun to listen to.