Nick Cave has a unique way of making you envy the characters who die in each of the songs on this album, by delivering vocal performances so bad that you’ll wish that you were dead too. Hated the vibe, hated Nick’s singing, hated the production (and the addition of a woman crying or other strange noises throughout). Just total shit.

No review of Eric Clapton is complete without a reminder that he is a horrible racist. That being said, good album.

Considering this is my inaugural review for newfilewav, I will treat it with the care and consideration that testifies to my worth as a member of this group. What a joy to begin with this album. The resonant bass takes you straight to the dive bars of Bruce Springsteen’s native New Jersey. The gritty vocals ring home the themes of working class struggle and triumph over adversity. The melancholy organ which crops up now and again testifies to the fact that there is beauty in the struggle. Very enjoyable listen. Personal favourite: Streets of Fire.

Classic Prince - a few sensational songs diluted with some average and a couple poor ones. Favourite: The Ballad of Dorothy Parker. Least favourite: Housequake.

I was surprised I didn’t hate this album more, but the opening couple of tracks weren’t terrible.

More like “The BLAND” by The BLAND. Am I right???

Some great tracks, but as an album it didn’t move me.

I can’t rate this low enough. Unlistenable and unbearable.

El Paso, Big Iron, A Hundred and Sixty Acres = all classics.

Back to Life is a classic but this album wasn’t that great.

Three feels harsh, but four seems generous. This album is a solid 3.5.

Classic.

I’ve never fully understood why this album is always considered one of the best ever. That being said, it is very good and ‘No Surprises’ is excellent.

Hood classic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Some 5/5 songs, but I don’t love the album as a whole.

Choose your future, choose life.

I found this one hard to rate. It’s an eclectic mix of great, good, and not great. I’m giving it 7/10, which translates to 3.5/5, and I’m choosing to round that number down rather than up.

I’ve had a couple of people recommend Fleet Foxes to me over the years and I’ve never taken them up on this. Now, I realise I wasn’t missing anything special. In fact, I hated this. There’s few genres I hate more than “indie folk”. I resisted giving it one star because there are some moments which are not terrible.

I really like the style, but I feel like it got boring after a little while. I’ve had this album downloaded for a long time, intending to listen to it but it fell below expectations.

Blur have some great songs, but at other times, Damon Albarn’s whining singing voice is too much for me.

If there’s one thing that I’ve taken away from this 1001 Albums challenge so far, it’s a love for Iggy Pop and The Stooges.

There are no dull moments on this album, but it’s just not my kind of thing. Sweet Child Of Mine is 5/5 and there are some other great songs, but a full album of Guns n Roses is a little too much for me to bear. Under the right circumstances, I would agree that the album is 5/5. But I gave it a few tries and I just couldn’t get into it.

Nick Cave has a unique way of making you envy the characters who die in each of the songs on this album, by delivering vocal performances so bad that you’ll wish that you were dead too. Hated the vibe, hated Nick’s singing, hated the production (and the addition of a woman crying or other strange noises throughout). Just total shit.

Superb. “Moonlight Mile” is one of my favourite Rolling Stones songs. I wasn’t familiar with the album, but I loved every track.

No review of Eric Clapton is complete without a reminder that he is a horrible racist. That being said, good album.

The “diddly-diddly-dee” vibes at the start of this album were great, but it got a little bit too “hurdy-gurdy-gurdy” towards the end. I did not like “When Will We Be Married” or “The Stolen Child”.

Like every great jazz album, it goes from moments of 5/5 to 1/5 at a second’s notice.

There’s no real low points, but there are some points which are a bit too cheesy (and a bit too ‘Billy Joel’), such as “Everybody Has A Dream”. That being said, solid album.

Neil Young’s vocals are terrible, a full album is too much.

When this band broke up, the joke was to say “Did you hear that Courtney Love’s ‘Hole’ Has Split?” Anyway, good album but pretty dated.

Incredible.

Pretty good, but 16 minute drum solos are just not my thing.

Started off well, slowly got worse.

Terrible, but mundane enough that it didn’t become a pain to listen to.

Prime Snoop Dogg and prime Dr. Dre. This album might not be in my top 10, but it’s definitely in my top 20.

Was the 1001 Albums book sponsored by Neil Young? One great song on here (Harvest), the rest are somewhere between good and boring.

A basic understanding of French will help anyone appreciate avant-garde music. “Avant” means “before”, and “garde” means “anyone-realised-being-experimental-didn’t-equate-to-being-interesting-or-good.” It can also be described as merde-totale (total shit). I did not enjoy this album.

A full album of Cypress Hill is a little bit too much - their voices become a bit grating after a while. That being said, nice beats and a few good songs (“How I Could Just Kill A Man”).

There wasn’t anything I disliked about this album, but there wasn’t much I enjoyed about it either.

Enjoyed this - it’s a 7/10, and I’m afraid 4/5 is much too high, so it gets a 3/5 on a technicality.

I can’t believe I’ve missed this album my whole life, it’s incredible.

Giving this three stars rather than two on account of the fact that Rock Lobster is a classic song. I’m giving it three stars rather than four or five because the B-52s have a unique singing style which is difficult to stomach in such a large quantity. Also, all the songs are so similar that it gets slightly irritating.

Mostly quite boring and inoffensive, with some moments which are entirely unlistenable.

9/10. I think that I need to sit with this album for more than a few days to form a fuller opinion, but it made a strong first impression. I may regret not giving it a full five stars.

Thoroughly enjoyable.

American Pie and Vincent are both incredible songs, but there’s a few terrible songs which bring the average down (Sister Fatima, The Grave and Babylon). If the album finished three songs earlier, it could’ve been a 4/5.

Art rock will always be my least favourite genre. That being said, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this album. It's very consistent, and even the album's more experimental tracks ("It's Business as Usual") were really enjoyable. It feels like this album covers a lot of ground but is still very cohesive in its sound (which is where a lot of other experimental albums fail for me).

Great album. I love any music that can evoke a strong sense of a time or place - I’ve never been to Cuba, but listening to this album feels like Cuba.