A beautiful, beautiful 4

A haunting piece of art. 3.5/5

Can imagine that you would be nostalgic for this if you listened as a child

It's hard to listen to Parklife objectively since it is a large part of the British canon. The instrumentation and production is good, the lyrics aren't poetry-clever, but they are interesting enough to carry the whole album (apart from Bank Holiday). I've never liked Boys and Girls, but enjoyed the first half of Badhead and weirdly Parklife was better than I thought. 2.5/5, so having to round up to 3 stars

Fun, funky and jazzy. Will be listening again. Hot Rats!!

Your older brother's best friend's favourite album. YEEEARGH! 🤘😎🤘

Didn't finish this but the B side is definitely more my jam. Cheer up sleepy jean! But the boy can write some nice lyrics. So long Marianne! I'm drunk in an Indian restaurant

An album that gives men the permission to feel (it's fine)

What does it mean to review something? Is it subjective or objective? Does it depend on the context of the review? Is it a review of what someone thinks of it, or what something is itself? Dry by PJ Harvey is an exceptional album, that is everything alternative rock should be. Every song spoke to my soul and showed innovation that only a decent artist could achieve. Why did we go from this to the shit rock of the 00s that has continued today? I am not a fan of Let England Shake or her latest album, but these songs are so fuckin' good. I wish I was cool enough to hang out with Polly Jean! 5 ⭐s

Sounds like a good gig to be at tbf! Just didn't love all the songs :( 3.5/5

I think listening to this album on YouTube over 2 days is not the way to listen to this album. Also I'm tired and this needs your full attention to appreciate, on vinyl. This wasn't the time to listen to this album for me, so factor that into my review. It's very very good

So I am already a fan of Teenage Fanclub. Grand Prix, Songs From Northern Britain and Here are the only albums of theirs that I have, but I did have their greatest hits collection 365 days (I've just checked the actual title and it's Four Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Six Seconds) so I have heard the hits from this album before. I'm pretty sure I've listened to this in full and maybe wasn't as impressed by some of the less memorable tracks (Satan?) and this hasn't changed much on the re-listen. The start of The Concept is great and love the jangly, noodly guitars they do so well. I think I first heard What You Do To Me (and I guess therefore of Teenage Fanclub) in the film The World's End, and I still love it here. The extended intro to Star Sign (compared to the shortened intro on single) makes this version extra special and probably my favourite on the album. December is classic TF, and Guiding Light was a beautiful stringed surprise to (almost) close the album with. It's an objective 3 but I love TF (and so did Kurt Cobain!!!) so it gets a 4 x

Obviously the GOAT of albums. What a year '77 was. Of course I couldn't have told you the titles of many of these songs but have heard all of them before. I don't know what stops me from fully 'loving' this album though, maybe it's *too* full on? It just feels more like an effort to listen and like it than it should be. But still gotta respect the band format. Maybe I just need to relax. Run a bath or something. Good closer though. 4 stars.

A hug of an album. Apparently Fiona wants to redo this album a là Taylor Swift because her "voice was too pretty" the first time around. I don't know if that quote is true, but her voice is very good! I guess what a critic in the music biz would call a 'slice of neo(?)-soul'. Good stuff from Fiona! Your arty divorced mum's favourite album from when she met your dad. Somewhere between 3.75 to 4.95 stars. Bada bing, bada boom! :)

Fell asleep on the train listening to this, so it's relaxing at least. Heat and Bones is a great song! But a lot of 80s shite pop etc on here and awful topics for lyrics (numbers, cars and allergies). Looking forward to listening to Graceland, Allergies by The Lovely Eggs is a better song.

I listened to the start of this album twice and finally finished it today. I think it's great, should be listened to on vinyl (preferably from your granddad's collection) and would be fun to listen to and dance / drink / make dinner with your friends. The songs are a bit long and not having the ability to get up and switch on the sides listening to it on full on YouTube, plus being generally jazzy (not my fave vibe) makes it a slightly tougher hang and album to get through. But it's deffo important and enjoyable and should be listened to :)

Look, it's better than Back In Black and birthed School Of Rock (the film), so kudos to that. Enjoyed it more than I should've, but women aren't objects guys!

Great for what it is. Potentially an objective 5 for dance music if it is as influential as it sounds. Reminded me of Timesplitters and other late 90s / 00s videogames. Overall probably wouldn't listen again though so it's a 3. (Also I've never been a fan of the album cover, the one with the samurai is better)

I think this album has some very funny lines, but would've been better as an EP to negate the duff tracks on here. Can smell the sweat of the basement gigs Skepta would've played on his way up. 'Man' was the standout track that I hadn't heard before (That's Not Me and Shutdown obviously being grime classics), but I don't think it's enough to ever want to listen to the album again. Boy Better Know #grime4corbyn

Tried to get into Elvis Costello and never really managed to. In this one the singing sounds a bit like They Might Be Giants.

I accidentally gave another album two instead on 3 stars, so ol' Paulie boy can join them.

Classic rock for a reason. I am a sucker for a good electric rock guitar! A very good 3 stars.

Song good songs and probably incredibly influential on all the different genres it covers, but is a bit of a mess

Probably just in a bad mood but felt saccharine (if that's the right word) yet also just a bit depressing? The production and Micheal Stipes' voice grate a bit. Man On The Moon and Nightswimming are still good though.

Some good songs and some electric organ songs. Mixed bag, more funk please.

Good stuff. Close to a 5 but couldn't bring myself to voting that high. But I like English folk! (Keep on) bring(ing) it back!

I listened to 3/4 of this ages ago, then just relistened to most of the second half just now. I think it makes me laugh people thinking this is really emotional, but I do think it's good for what it is and I'm just a snob, critic and a hater. So I think it is a 2 but could easily understand why certain people would put this a 5. And good for them. Let people like what they chuffin' like!

Always hated Muse, and I'm not sure why. Didn't mind Knights of Cydonia on GH3, but grew to like them less and less over the years. I've even seen them live and didn't enjoy it. I think listening to this hasn't really changed it, but I can see something of Radiohead in there? Idky I don't like it/them, but I just think it's soulless sort of bluesy rock/proggy guitars that I think is all male bravado. If Muse sorta stayed at Feeder's level of success, maybe I would respect them more - a little local band in Devon. But why they are so huge I cannot say, unless the majority of the public have a shit taste in music (they probably do). I once made a joke about Muse calling it "Matt Bellamy's [something something]" which really made me laugh at the time, but I can't remember what it was. Ah well, here's 1 star on me lol.

Some were good, some weren't as good. Always thought this album was going to be better than it actually was. But still a nice album to listen to on vinyl on an autumnal evening.

So I stopped doing this for a little while and came back to this one. Did I really enjoy it? Not really. I think the country stuff is okay, and he's a great musician, but I don't think it has much soul. Maybe he sold it to Satan?

Your barber's favourite album. It was alright, sad he died, but wasn't a massive fan of the style of 90s guitar-based bluesy rock.

Great album. Michael Kiwanuka reminds me of my ex. It's relaxing, soulful, expertly played and deserves to be listened all the way through at least once. I am picky about giving 5 stars to an album but it's an extremely high 4. Brilliant.

Some good some not so good. Definitely running out of ideas a bit on this one. But can't give it too low as I like their style of music (less so some of the singing)

I don't know if it was because I was already feeling ill, but the production on this made me feel very nauseous. Also awful name for an album, extremely dated album cover and some lyrics were cringe. Still, he seems conscientious. 2 stars.

Fine. Does what it says on the tin. 3 stars.

This album is just fine. I am going to rate it 2 stars though as there must be another underground killer album that could've gone on this list instead of Aqualung.