grabbed me more this time than on previous listens - definitely one to come back to

i'm a sucker for springsteen but this isn't one of his top-tier for me

my personal controversial favourite album of his

he lost his turntables :(

my inner musical theatre kid loves this so much

probably *the* classic of its genre and so influential

there is a reason why this combination of songwriting and production has been so successful but it's not always for me

an album that i really want to like more than i actually do and will probably end up coming round to

i love country and i love classics what can i say

i understand it is both technically and commercially enormously successful but there is really not a single interesting thing about this album

unfortunately for me as i love this whole era of hip-hop, this has not aged anywhere near as well as some of its contemporaries

perfect album, no notes

bill evans is the coolest

think i need to listen to more soul

i need a smoke, wait a minute

ice cube was really on a roll

joni does jazz is so good

truthfully i wanna rhyme like common sense

he might be a bit of an acquired taste for some people but when you get it, it's so so good

solid and so consistent, costello is such a natural songwriter

feel the same as i felt about boston, it's obviously technically good but there's nothing interesting going on

it's a definite mixed bag for me but the highs are really good

this is going straight into my autumn/winter rotation

a genuine icon

revelatory for pop

surprised i've never heard this one but there's a pretty interesting mix of sounds and influences on it but nothing really groundbreaking

i have no idea what to make of this album

the peaks are so high even if they can't quite sustain them for the length of the album

the blueprint for being a rock star

it's not exactly groundbreaking but they're perfect songs for throwing on a jukebox plus i walked over noddy holder's star in broad street pretty much every day for three years

obviously an absolute classic but hasn't aged as well as some of its contemporaries imo

flawless in every way and one of my favourites of all time

wow, musically so so brilliant and interesting and with the backstory to the recording, a legendary album

i just know 2011 me would have been blasting this at uni

yes the title track bangs but everything afterwards is so bland