You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy SlimSome great tracks but they all start to blend into one. Very repetitive, but somehow still, mostly, enjoyable.
Some great tracks but they all start to blend into one. Very repetitive, but somehow still, mostly, enjoyable.
What a load of shit
I'm in a bad mood at the moment and have a headache, but I'm pretty sure I like this.
Quite different from their earlier albums, this was not an easy listen when I first heard it at release in 2000, and this is still not what I think of when I think of Radiohead. After repeated listens over the years though I appreciate this not as \"an album by Radiohead\", but an excellent album in it's own right. I hear Aphex Twin and hints of Sgt Pepper in some sections. \"How to Disappear Completely\" was probably one of the more approachable songs when I first heard the album and I clung to it like a rock because it perfectly reflected my feelings at the time: alienated and out of place. That time has (somewhat) passed, but it's still a beautiful track.
I was hoping to be offered a few truly great albums before being hit with Bob Dylan. The blues is a genre that I've never particularly "got", and Dylan's nasal drone starts to grate after a couple of tracks. Even the opening track, "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" feels like it should be a B-side. There are a couple of decent tracks here, "I Want You" is the stand-out for me. Without the vocal and the constant harmonica (what an unpleasant instrument!), this would be much improved. Pretty much all the songs sound the same and it just goes on forever. Still 2 more to go...
Tuneful, frantic, energetic. The best kind of punk.
I couldn't have named a single Steely Dan song, but recognised several of these regardless. Cosy listening.Nothing earth shattering, but nice easy listening.
Less accessible than even Kid A, but enjoyable nonetheless.
The phrase, "All killer, no filler" could have been coined specifically for this album. Every song is excellent without exception.
I've heard of Rush before, obviously, and well aware of their reputation in the genre, but I have never sought them ought nor would I be able to name any of their tracks. That said, everything on this album sounds *very* familiar so their influence is abundantly clear. A great example of the genre.
Woof! Longest album so far at 2hr 13min. What an epic! The southern blues style was nice early on, but the over indulgence in the jazzy jam in the last few tracks became a real chore to get through.
"Go get yourself some toilet paper 'cause your lyrics is butt"! Aside from that amusing lyric, I didn't particularly care for this album.
Meh. I like a lot of David Bowie's music, but this probably shouldn't be on this list. From such a large body of work, there are much better albums. I haven't checked which other albums are to come, but I presume Ziggy Stardust will be there. Even Let's Dance. There must be way more than 1001 albums better than this. Voting 1/5 not because it's especially bad, but because I don't feel it belongs on the list.
Not a bad live record, but not a great album worthy of the list. I was the target demographic and a fan at the time so this brought back some memories. My favourite thing about this album is that it introduced me to "The Man Who Sold The World", which I think is better than Bowie's original.
Wow, I really wasn't expecting this to be here. I bought this at release, but don't know anyone else in my friend/family circle that had heard of it. The nuclear testing themes and quotes scattered through the album are genuinely unnerving and there were a few points that reminded of a Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan track that I love from the Natural Born Killers soundtrack. The frenetic Qawwali style is intense, and the association with NBK that it raises for me serve to deepen the tension. I really enjoyed listening to this again.
Not my cup of tea. I enjoyed some of their later material. I could listen to Sabotage on repeat all day long.
Never been a fan. Doesn't do anything for me. Sweet relief when my browser locked up half way through. Couldn't finish.
How can anybody listen to Shaft and not smile?
Coldplay cop a lot of grief, but this first album had some really great tracks. One of those albums that takes me back to the year of release and brings back them good memories.
Easy listening. Nobody can dislike Dolly.
I remember kinda enjoying this album on release but preferred, and still prefer, the follow-up album from 1995: "To Bring You My Love". Raw, grungy. Of the times, but still not dated.
Well this album was over before I knew it. A fun listen with some interesting styles, and nicely produced. A few tracks seemed like they would be quite at home as a TV theme tune, or background music for a comedy sit-com. I'm looking at you, "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"!
A live album has to be really, really good for me to rate it highly, so this 1 star is no reflection on the quality of songs, I'm just not a fan of an unexceptional live album.
Meh.
Brilliant. Everything Must Go will always have a special place in my heart as it reminds me of a childhood friend that died too young. It is perhaps the only song that I will make me stop whatever I am doing and listen to it in full. If anything interrupts me while listening, I will immediately restart from the beginning. It might be silly, but it's my way of honouring and remembering my friend, Dave "Beans" Jackson. RIP
I bought this when it came out because I'd heard great things. I didn't get it then, and I still don't. The balance is all wrong. Couldn't finish it.
Doesn't help that I have a headache right now, but this sounds like someone using an angle grinder on concrete.
Nah, didn't enjoy this.
I quite liked this. Bluesy, grungy but I also hear some glam. Yeah, I'd give another of their albums a fair go.
Wasn't particularly excited for this one but actually it's pretty good.
I've been putting this one off because I despise everything about Oasis. At the time of release all my friends were big fans, but I couldn't get into it at all and was on the Blur side of the fence. There are a few acts from that time that I really dislike and when this album came up I questioned just how far I would make it through the list given that I will no doubt have to listen to more Oasis, but presumably also Robbie Williams who is another deplorable character producing shit. Worst track, Wonderwall. Holy shit that song is terrible. Awful lyrics, horrible singing. Visions of people in pubs and clubs singing it at the top of the lungs with their eyes closed is so cringeworthy.
Started off interesting but turned into a dull, repetitive and monotonous drone. Actually, that perfectly represents what it's like driving on an autobahn/motorway, so....
As a non-American, Free Bird was the only song I knew. Such a great song, but wow, this whole album rocked.
What a fantastic surprise to find this here. This is such a perfect, dreamy album. Love it, love it, love it!
It's only ever going to be 5 stars for Leonard Cohen. I wish I'd been to watch him live. What a talent.
The first time I remember hearing Feargal Sharkey was his successful solo single "A Good Heart". Quite different from his work with The Undertones. Seems like I enjoy punk more than I previously thought.
I don't know what the big deal is with U2. They've done very well with a very bad singer. They should just come out with out and release an album called, "Songs for Yobs and Knobs"
Oof. 2 U2 albums back-to-back. Still, at least this was better than War, so I'll give this 2 stars.
Some great tracks but they all start to blend into one. Very repetitive, but somehow still, mostly, enjoyable.
Thankfully this was under 36 minutes. Very boring.
Was looking forward to this after having some decent punk albums suggested already. but this fell flat for me. Not at all interesting. 2 stars only because of "London Calling" being an anthem.
I enjoyed the music i.e. the sampling and effects etc, but the lyrics didn't appeal. I'm not the target audience. I prefer The Herbaliser.
Couldn't tell this apart from Five Leaves Left, but enjoyed both, so 3 stars.
bland, but inoffensive
Nice. Mid-90s salsa-chill.
Self indulgent wiffle-waffle. I thought jazz was all about improv and doing something different, yet this all sounded the same to my untrained ear. 1 star, just to annoy jazz wankers.
Drokk it!
Meh. Didn't vibe with this.
Was a blur fan in the mid-90s so this was a nice trip down memory lane. It held up well and I enjoyed it just as much as I did back then.
I was stressed out before I started this, and now feel decidedly worse. This is not what I needed today. I enjoy dream pop (e.g. Julee Cruise) and I did hear the occasional low tempo, moody section but for the most part it sounded like that bastard Jerry made poor Tom stick his fingers in the power socket again.
Every time I hear Ska, I think to myself: "Huh! I must listen to more Ska." Impossible not to bob and bounce regardless of how dark the lyrics are!
I really like the music, much less keen on the lyrics. Not a big fan of rap in general.
I've never bought a Beatles album and would never choose to listen to them if alternatives were available. That said, there is no denying their influence. As an album it was unoffensive and easy to get through. 3 stars.
Good background music
Never listened to this before. Pretty good. Another album where it's influence is starkly evident.
Never been a fan. The guy makes me cringe and shudder. This album has not changed my mind.
I like Dexys, but I'd never heard this before. I believe Searching for the Young Soul Rebels and Too-Rye-Ay are also on this list, so I'm saving my 5s for them. This is a solid 4 though.
"Just Like Honey" is routinely recommended to me by Spotify due to my other listening preferences, but I really wish it wasn't. Listening to this whole album is only going to make that worse. I don't like it. Listening to this album makes me feel like I'm standing waiting for a urinal in a graffiti and piss covered bathroom in the back of a grungy club that has flaking black paint and sweat dripping down the walls and I'm listening to the band playing in the main hall through the wall and over the sound of drunk chatter and vomitting.
I've heard it said that there have been so many copies of this album sold worldwide that it is statistically impossible for it not to be being played by someone somewhere at all times. For a good 6-12 months in the mid-90s I can definitely attest to that because I listened to it constantly, and have played it easily many more times than any other album. I can't put into words how this album makes me feel because I am neither an artist nor a poet, but they are big feelings and I was both delighted and saddened to see this come up today. Delighted because it is, in my opinion, the greatest album of all time, but saddened because I feel that, in the remaining 943 albums I have left, nothing else will come close to being as good as this.
An excellent album. Not their best, but nonetheless way better than a lot I've heard from this list so far.
Me: ah, it's like jazz Ravi: don't think of this as being like jazz Me: ... I really appreciated the intro discussion. Surprisingly those few sentences enabled me to better appreciate what was ahead. The sitar has never appealed, but this was not a bad listen. A bit too frantic at times, but overall enjoyable.
Didn't work for me at all.
Very surprising. I was happy to see Bowie come up, but overall I was disappointed with this album. Not what I was expecting at all. I guess that describes Bowie to a tee though: experimental and unexpected. It just threw me and I was kinda disappointed.
What a load of shit
ugh. This also failed to appeal. The whole album sounds like an extended intro to an episode of Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting. Sadly, no happy little listener here.
I always thought I liked David Bowie, but this is the third album that has kinda fallen flat for me, so maybe I only like the familiar hits. It's a strange realisation!
Johnny Cash. Incredible.
At least it was short.
I liked it but I'm not sure why...
Couldn't bear this whiney bullshit
I really tried. Sorry, not my thing at all.
As soon as I saw this I immediately thought: "one star, let's move on". However... It was a very easy listen (if you don't pay too much attention to the lyrics) and was way more fun the other 1 stars that I have doled out. Plus I can't show the same contempt for this as I have shown Bob Dylan. The lyrics are difficult to me as the father of a young daughter. This lovesick, subservient, can't-be-complete-without-a-guy is frankly stomach churning and the well-documented ill treatment shown to Britney throughout her mean that even if I wanted to I couldn't give this more than three stars. I hope she's happy now.
I'm in a bad mood at the moment and have a headache, but I'm pretty sure I like this.
I love Pink Floyd, but I much prefer the later work after Syd left. This was exciting, interesting, experimental and challenging, but I think some of it was just a bit to over-indulgent knob twiddling
Somewhat amusingly, this is the best David Bowie album that this list has served up for me so far, the others being Low, Heroes, and Station to Station. Having not heard this album before, I was expecting something a lot more like The Stooges since this is Iggy Pop's first solo album since they split. Surprised and delighted.
Yeah, not bad. Inoffensive easy listen, but didn't blow my socks off.
OK
I liked this a lot. The film noir vibe was excellent, reminding me of Portishead's "To Kill a Dead Man" and the soundtrack to so many spy thrillers like The Ipcress File. Also hints of Jeff Wayne's musical version of War of the Worlds, all of which I adore.
A voice out of time. Beautiful.
Nice. Noy dissimilar to the Tortoise album I had 2 days ago, I like movie soundtracks, and it's clear thatthe movie needn't even be real. Excellent.
Not bad, not great
Meh. Another 3 stars for this guy. Alternating between shouting and mumbling, the boss sounds like he needs to eat more fibre.
It's a no from me
Didn't think I'd like this one, and was very pleasantly surprised. I think I'll listen to more.