Noise, shred, noise, shred, noise, shred. Is it possible to smell music? I could smell this, it smelt like sweaty men. There just seemed to be nothing melodic about it. I can't stand these sort of guitar shredding solos for the sake of it, "OK you can play notes fast, congratulations". Not for me.

Until today I hadn't listened to a whole CSNY album but somehow knew what it would sound like and well, it did! There's nothing offensive about it, folk/country/soft rock with vocal harmonies and late 60s hippie vibes. By track 4 or 5 you'll understand why the album is titled as it is... by track 8 it could have been track 2 again and I'd have been none the wiser.

I expected so much more! Eagles! One of the giants of American softish rock. I'd heard all the big hitters before and thought there would be a bit more. All very jingly jangly. With some absolutely mind bending choices thrown in here and there. "Most of us are sad" is a jarring sad song seemingly put smack bang in the middle to stop us getting ahead of ourselves and relaxing into 40 minutes of fun country rock. Then the weird false bird noises randomly chucked into "Earlybird" felt like a very bad left field idea that nobody challenged! (They really should have!) Apart from that, it wasn't a bad ride really very Americana, very safe, some nice bits here and there. But felt quite samey throughout. In fact I'm sure "Train leaves here in the morning" WAS or IS a different Eagles track but that's by the by!

"Don't Give Up" is a masterpiece, I feel the rest of the album was a musical theatre piece. None of it would have gone amiss in the west end I'm sure! Just a bit big and bland for my tastes.

Some great music on this album, however at points quite jarring on the ear. Multiple times thought my Spotify had gone on to random with the track listing as there seemed no flow!

I can't lie, I struggled. Was the bassist given the wrong sheet music? Not for me. Second star given for the live glass clink sounds.

Bluesy, folky, country-y felt like some funk soul in there too at points. Good mix of songs. Having only heard "The Weight" before by The Band I was unsure what to expect. Some great music and good vocals to boot. I'm feeling happy, take 4 of my stars.

You know what, I was apprehensive. I popped it on in the gym and just got into it. I could hear lots of bits that have obviously gone on to influence newer experimental/proggy artists! This WILL be getting another listen or two!

I love Zeppelin, and this album is no different! Probably more like a 4.5 stars rather than 5. Big riffs, loud drums and some beautiful melodies. My only gripe, and something that has really made me think twice before blasting out Zeppelin in recent years is Bonhams squeaky bloody pedal. It crops up in most of the albums and once you hear it once it's THERE, there's no escaping it! These guys made mega pennies and yet didn't grease their bloody drum pedal! *Power riff* *squeak*. Sorry if this spoils future Zep experiences for all that have read this, but I needed my say.

You like soul? You want to dance? Then this has it all, only shame was it was over in 35 minutes. I had to listen twice instead!

One of the very first albums I brought as a kid! There is some belters on this album, it does tail off a bit toward the end however... I think this album shaped my love of taking samples and making something new out of them. It's certainly not perfect but a good 7.5 outta 10

I love Floyd, but it's been a loooooong time since I listened to the wall, I used to find it quite dark and very convoluted. It's still a bit of both, but I enjoyed it much more musically this time around. It's no Animals or DSotM though think you 100% need the visuals too.

This was almost the first I couldn't finish, how bloody bland. At points it felt like people plinking random strings on a guitar and hoping, like jazz but worse. Just plain boring. Nothing going on at all.

I really wanted to love it. But alas, I just found it a bit whimsical and light. Maybe needs another listen or 3 to start really getting it. Did feel like a little album of short stories though...

Dark, Haunting and beautiful.

Abysmal. Yeah first 2 tracks are "okay" however a whole album of songs (which are mostly a considerable length) consisting of the same thing on repeat. Here's my quick guide to writing a song to appear on 1999: "Girl, you want to have dirty sex with me" *bad synth noise* "Girl, I want to have sex with you" *squeal* "It feels really good" *80s porno sounds* Repeat for around 8 or even 9 minutes give the track a silly name. DONE. Genuinely the first album yet I've gotten halfway through a song and skipped, bear in mind halfway through I've already dealt with 4+ minutes of it... I'd give it a 0.5 if I could. 😅

Went in completely blank, had only known the "desserts mystery" song before which isn't actually on this album. Was surprisingly OK, I assume this is either from the early wave or the start of a DnB era. Felt like lots of DnB influences throughout and I quite liked that! 3.5 really.

Is it summer in in the mid 90s, are you in the park with an alcopop? No, well you'll soon feel like you are. Pop indie easy to listen to songs all the way through. Would I listen again? Maybe, however it's definitely a sunny day kinda album, BBQ with mates vibes. Not unfortunately a driving through the hammering rainy Welsh hills vibe that we had going on at the time!

Lots of decent stuff, can tell they are trying to find their feet as a band! Nothing horrible, happily 4 stars, maybe 3.75 really.

Hints of Nick Cave, Elbow and maybe Cohen. Quite twee and gentle. Nothing offensive. Just not really my cuppa tea.

Surprisingly brilliant. I literally didn't know what to expect having only heard the hits. But this album is banging. Lots of really great music in here! It's not perfection for me but it's a solid 4/5. At points I thought I'd fallen into a Floyd album it goes that prog, then to funk, disco and pop. The album flows and has definitely got something special about it!

It's fine, some good tracks but I still feel they're a "greatest hits" band for me. Just didn't get a buzz for it.

Wasn't for me I'm afraid, Tiny Dancer is a banger. Just felt like the rest was just missing something from it.

Yeah, well. It is what it is, isn't it. Will I be upset if I'd missed it. Not really. Track one got me right excited. Then it took a complete nose dive really. 2.5

There is some absolute monster tracks on this album. Well produced and funky beats throughout. Loved it.

Let's take some acid and try to get that 60s feeling back with some modern twists. Inoffensive some nice musical bits but really not my cup of tea since I stopped smoking the old Mary J...

Some good beats throughout. But for me it was a little lyrically lacking... was this a starter in the experimental/alternative hiphop scene? It's all I can imagine that would get it in this list as it's not a patch on some other hiphop albums I have in my rotation...

YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHH BOOOOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! Enough said there really, there's some really cracking early hiphop beats here and some pretty decent rap however, why did they keep Flava around? Flava is to Public Enemy what Bez was to the Happy Mondays except, Bez had the grace not to shout over Shaun Ryder constantly. 3.5

I always feel like I should listen to Björk more... atmospheric and beautiful.

Had to catch up today, had Gene Clark then Dylan, I think I was tired by this point. I just don't get it, or bad harmonicas.

Some good stuff here, enjoyed it thoroughly!

Reggae really isn't my "thing" but quite enjoyed a lot of this, easy to listen to not I always find it a bit samey though...

It's very randy newman... rednecks is a parody right.... right?!

There's some absolute classics on here aren't there! No surprise to see it in here at all! I do need to have a good listen again, as I felt through a lot of it "is this a Paul Simon album?" As there never seems to be much Art. Flow is a bit off, but just for the big hitters it's a good 4.5 for me.

Hey, at least it's only 25 minutes.

Songs to go to sleep to.

Just what I expected, it has that iconic sound of early 90s British indie. Nothing offensive, if a little bland at points. Still better than oasis!

I think it says a lot about my last 15ish albums to say that this was a breath of fresh air! I almost gave it 5 stars by sheer relief it wasn't going to make me sleepy

It did grow on me! The first few tracks are quite jarring but it settles down! Some really good tracks toward the end of the album, more of the Nick Cave-esque stuff we find later on! 3.5 stars really...

I'm learning as I go through this list, I like stuff that a little different. This album is a mixture of arty punk, grunge and some poppy bits thrown in. Lots of nice musical elements and experimental and a bit sexy. Really enjoyed it.

Decent American punk rock. Some of the lyrics obviously didn't gel with me but I got the idea.

I've loved this album for a long time, it's just a little bit unique and a little bit special. Very chilled but quite upbeat.

Really enjoyed, some really interesting stuff here. Talking heads really have a unique sound don't they?

I wish I'd found this album when I was in my teens, I'd have fallen in love with it. Some great music on here, felt genuinely sad that it had passed me by for so long!

Already one of my favorite albums of all time. Proggy, metally, experimental greatness!

Hey, is this Burt Jansch?

Been spoilt by Prog metal this week, not going to lie, it does tail off in the second half but thr first 20 minutes is prog heaven.

Are all these songs the same? Probably. 2 stars, purely as I liked the "interludes" theme.

Punky, catchy nothing more to say really! Reminds me of being 12ish and thinking I was really cool 😎

Didn't like it as much as "Fear of Music" but you can say this about Talking Heads, they're unmistakably them. Felt like they were trying to get too much sound on this album though.

I like the who, and there's some bangers on here, but some definite non bangers too.

There's a song on this album about unaliving yourself. You'll feel like it when you get there. Didn't make it to disc 2 of "extras" because who needs more of this dross.

The Funk/Soul bits are amazing, the Jazz bits I don't find hip. Middle of the road for me.

80s Rock needs removing. What were people thinking? I know the limitations, but the drums are beyond bad. Only overshadowed by the rest of this trollop

Please stop now...

Let's face it, this album is brilliant. There's some absolutely brilliant tracks in here, was some light relief after the last few days...

Some one thought this was a good idea, worse of all they thought it belonged in this list. You know what, maybe it is great, but I just don't get it. It's the same song for an hour isn't it?

I love some hip hop, this felt a bit too try hard. Nothing special in the lyrics and nothing special in the mixing. I know a few KL tracks and they're "alright" but this whole album felt a bit "meh".

Would it be bad to say, it's almost what I expected a whole Roxy Music album to sound like. Some of its OK, some of it was frankly rubbish. Middle of the road at it's finest.

It's simply a great Metal/funk/rap album. I honestly listened to this yesterday and thought, how could anyone not like it? Yes it's loud and in your face but it's funky as hell. Credit gets handed out to Zack and Tom all the time and rightly some but this albums is truly held together by Tim and Brad that rhythm section is absolutely tight as!

Yeah, the nice track at no.2 is decent. Shame the rest of the albums is new romantic obscura.

I love some distortion, but Christ and his mother... too much. It's like someone wanted to recreate a 60s Garage album and forgot to turn the distortion down, then smatter in some Gothic New Wave. Hard work this one.

As I've gotten older, i think I understood it better... some belting guitar links here and it works soooo well, as far as I'm concerned, in films and the like "Iron Man" a prime example. However, I can't help thinking that with a more exciting drummer (can't beat a standard 4-4 for the majority of the album) and a less screechy vocalist they could have been SO much better. I know ACDC are popular as f*ck, people love them, maybe because it's safe people rock, I don't know 😕 I don't hate it but I just don't love it. 6/10

Noise, shred, noise, shred, noise, shred. Is it possible to smell music? I could smell this, it smelt like sweaty men. There just seemed to be nothing melodic about it. I can't stand these sort of guitar shredding solos for the sake of it, "OK you can play notes fast, congratulations". Not for me.

I didn't mind it. Couldn't really gather what they were singing about most of the time. But some of the tunes had catchy little beats and riffs. If you like this but want it amped up a bit find Oteboke Beaver. Like this but wilder.

Is this what all country music sounds like? Yes.

How are they so massive. I'll tell you, keep it safe, appeal to the masses. There's some singles on here you'll know if you spent anytime in the last 20 years listening to Radio 2. It's OK, but is any of it exciting? Not really, Melancholy is the word, very twee. It just isn't for me. It's a 2.5 really just because I can see the appeal but essentially it's mainly dross.

You know sometimes you have an idea, you think about it for a few minutes and realise it's silly and/or borning. Don't go ahead with it... This is a bit harsh, but I'd had a long evening playing catch up and had already dealt with Coldplay and a country album and I wanted something to pep me up. This really didn't do it. Was it all just one song that slowly meanders along, possibly. Just felt bland, Funeral is an apt title.

Dear Coldplay, this is how you do it correctly. In my head this isn't a perfect album, there's a few tracks that miss for me but Paranoid Android is a solid 9/10 a long with the 2 bigger singles.

Musically, decent. Lyrically, like if someone got a teenagers diary from the north in the 80s and picked bits out. Vocally, droll. Not sure what the title track was all about, don't tell me about your mundane existence then complain that I eat meat.

I just don't really get it. It's alright but nothing special. I've tried U2 many times and they just do not click with me. 😕

First time I'd heard anything apart from "wake up Boo" which weirdly isn't on this album. It's OK, it's very bouncy, guitary, bit hippy revival. Once again on this list but nothing that has stood out for me....

I mean this could be any folky rock album from the late 60s early 70s truth be told. Nothing stood out, also nothing stood in.

Now this album is tricky for me, it came out when I was 13. I loved 70s rock and prog, my 9 year old cousin had \"found\" linkin park and was obsessed. Need I say more the walls just went up. I have tried since but it's just not my Jazz I find it all a bit too \"meh\". I know hard-core fans are really in to them but, leave me out, thanks.

Seriously?! First time an album has made me genuinely frustrated and angry on the list. How droll and boring is this, a couple of songs were OK for the first minute until I realised it was going to end up in the same place as the rest. There is flow, just like a syrupy river would flow, slowly and boringly to the next song, well it may have been the next song, I gave up caring after 15 minutes. I was listening to this thinking, if you're going to a National gig what are you doing, you aren't bouncing, not dancing are you just staring and hoping that eventually it will stop and you can go home? I couldn't even pick out any choice lyrics just droning. Until the doo doo doos in Lemon world? Then I shut down completely. Think this is the longest I've written on one album yet, that's how much it got under my skin. Try hard (badly), boring.

Aaaaaarrrghhh 25% of these albums can't continue to be folk/country/rock albums that don't know what they really are can they? They do all feel similar... very 60sish very indistinguishable from each other. It wasn't bad at all but was just there.

It's good innit. It's not my favourite Floyd album but it's certainly got its charms! Nothing quite like being at work listening to "Welcome to the Machine" though... 😬

Never actually sat down and actively listened to The Isley Bros. My God, there's some bangers on here. Funky soul throughout, pleasant surprise after so much Indie and folk rock recently. Will listen again.

Not my favourite album ever but had some awesome beats and rhythms. Easy to listen too, nothing really stood out on first listen, but will listen again.

Decent enough if you like psychedelic rock with falsetto vocals. Some hits, some misses for me but not bad at all. 3.5 really as it's got some interesting things going on.

What a voice, I love soul music and this album had that and more! Some funky blues hits in there too. It's not quite a 5 for me but it's creeping up there!

The king of funk soul. 'Nuff said. 4 stars for this as its just before the king started flying out some real face melting bangers.

It's a 3.5 for me, I really appreciate the mixing in the first few tracks. Not a massive fan of early hiphop but thinking about the work and precision that went into cutting samples back then baffles me. It's a shame the album fades into a ballad album with a weird homage track to Stevie Wonder else it could have pushed a 5 star from me!

Some great songs on here... however it's shockingly my first full listen to this album and a LOT of it just felt like an experimental jam session.

It's just not my cuppa tea. I quite liked some of it but on the whole not for me.

Very Jazz, but some great singles on here. Both of which I hadn't realised were Paul Weller to be fair. Not horrible singles picked it up.

There's some absolute belters on this album isn't there. Genuinely breathtaking. Brought me back to being a kid and discovering music in the early 90s. In recent years had a hard time listening for obvious conflicting reasons, but you can't deny it. This is solid.

EIIRP as an opener is one of my favorite Radiohead songs. I just wish the whole album followed suit. For large swathes of this album it felt like an Ambient music record and I lost interest. Some nice little bits but they are sparse. It gets 3 stars for the opener.