Absolutely brilliant album that I know already. Radiohead at their finest.
Probably brilliant and ahead of its time, but didn't quite connect so much
Yeah, you know, very much of its time. And I wasn't really into this type of music. For me it lacks a bit of dynamics. But I recognise it's definitely ground breaking for 1991!
Very good album with a lot of hits, only to be let down by its sound quality and annoying mixing
Some pretty good songs on here. La Grange is a banger. But it's all a bit samey, a bit too monotonous. And the slow song is just plain boring.
What a masterpiece. Coming from Motorhead to this was a real breath of fresh air. Beautifully composed song structures. ENGAGING and interesting listen.
The pacey songs are very good. The slower less so..
Until I got to Blue Moon. What a beautiful, haunting track. I've never heard it like this, the original first version. Stunning.
Ah, I have this on vinyl! Let me put it on tonight and let you know.
I can't give this any higher, or lower than 5 stars, it's physically impossible
Really enjoyed this jazz, beautiful compositions
Groovy baby, good song. But by jove, do these records sound awful
OH this sounds very dated and a bit annoying.
Perfection. Amazing record.
Amazing record, well ahead of its time. I've heard so much about it, but I'm so happy to finally get the chance to fully listen to it. It does not disappoint, very familiar sounds and it's been sampled a lot by other artists.
Seminal album. Full whack from me!
Also, how is this released in 1989?!
Actually really enjoyed this little time capsule. It is a good sounding record that sounds really nice and full. Marty has an amazing voice. It sounds like it has just come fallen out of the wild wild west. Absolutely wild.
It didn't grab me as some of the other prog peers, close to the edge I thought was better. And some of the early Genesis I prefer as well. Not a bad album but just lacked a bit of bite for me.
Swing when you're winning. Taking me back to the old sweaty swingy New York, oh the good old times of misogyny and trumpets. Where everything was black and white and joyous. I guess you need to have fun post war.
All things considered, this was a fun listen and I'm glad I did!
Get that air guitar out and go rocking.
With a beautiful Tuesday's Gone (covered by Metallica) and Freebird, this album has really grown on me during the weekend.
Played it on vinyl, this is really a lot of fun. All banger, all mash!
So, I initially thought it was like Red rain, but then it hit me like a sledgehammer. I didn't give up and started to enjoy that voice again. I wasn't on mercy street when I enjoyed this album big time. In my eyes, this is an excellent picture (birds)
Boring at best. This is an inconsistent mishmash of styles and it's not very well executed.
Found myself getting annoyed with these guys. Even after a few listens it never really clicked.
I have it on CD, but I won't bother taking it downstairs from the loft.
Masterpiece. Interesting and fascinating all the way through. Weird, wonderful and wicked at time, Mike was only 19 when he made this and he played most of the instruments. It was also the first record to be released on Virgin Records!
Initially very excited by the album, I was let down by a piece of work that didn't feel that well produced. None of the songs really stuck with with me and it felt kind of empty and soulless.
She has many great albums, but this one didn't do it for me. I'll just put on the Kick Inside and drift off into the fog.
This is making me feel a lot of good things.
What a joy to listen to, it's simple, but so effective. So rich and sparse at the same time. A fantastically simple album with so many hits. It makes so much sense to me now.
However, it starts off incredible, but then it becomes a little bit samey - a little bit of variety couldn't have hurt. Hence not the 5*
This made less sense to me when it came out.. In the late naughties I was listening to very different music, and catching up with rock and metal from the 90s. So this would have passed me by.
I certainly wasn't cool enough to be listening to this when it came out, and maybe I'm still not cool enough..
All hail to Thom Yorke. This album has always passed me by and never quite hit so much. I would place this among the lesser albums from them.
It was made in the time of George W Bush being president and in the aftermath of 9/11.
A bit too all over the place, too long, not consistent enough.
1001 Radiohead Side Projects you need to listen to before you die (thanks Oz!) Weird that it comes up with two Radiohead albums IN A ROW. What ARE the odds?! Surprisingly large, way bigger than winning the lottery.
Which is kind of how I felt with this one. .
Discovering Kid A at a later age, this was and has been a beautiful ride.
Totally gorgeous and annoyingly predictable, I have jumped on the Thom Yorke bandwagon. Every song so well crafted.
The Wish you Were here of Radiohead. Thank you.
Country rock soothing melodies!
Probably quite good for its time and i have listened to it before. It's a lovely cover and I recognise Strength of Strings as a cover from Immortal Coil.
Did it land with me? Not so much. But a nice ride nevertheless!
Well, I like the concept. I like a rock opera (American Idiot being one of my favourite albums). However this was just a crazy ride.
It was amusing to look into the story, and to find out that there was a musical and a film of it.
Glad to have gotten through it, but it wasn't easy. Bonkers mate
Thank you Jenny Lloyd for introducing me to this wonderful band a few years ago.
Famously amazing sounding records, these guys really know how to produce an album. Best enjoyed on a good stereo or good headphones, they also sound great on a car stereo or a bluetooth speaker on Mersea Island, where i am currently residing with the family.
So, I've grown to become a big fan of The Dan, I've seen Nearly Dan, a marvellous steely Dan cover band live, and it was one of the best live gigs I've been to.
This is not my favourite album of theirs, Aja and Gaucho I prefer, as there are a few meh songs on there, despite it containing the biggest hits. Fire in the hole and Kings are not fantastic, so hence the 4*
Oh-Delay, apparently would have been the underlaying meaning of the title of this album. Although it only came out 2 years after Beck's previous album, with the hit single Loser on it.
This is a real eclectic mix of style often described as hip-folk, where we can hear Beck's monosyllabic voice rapping and singing. And it's this mix of styles that I couldn't really get on with. I'm glad I listened to it a few times, but this antithesis of Kurt Cobain I could not get on with.
Give me Eels, give me Weezer.
Linda Ronstadt's backing band in 1971 went on to form the Eagles!
I really wanted this to be good and interesting and engaging, but it wasn't for me. Too much heartache for a man, the songs were very slow and kind of indiscernible. Sorry, this one was not for me.
3 breakups involving 6 people.
Sadness.
10 stars.
Such a strong start and a very strong finish. What happened in the middle?
The only song I liked that I didn't know was Early Bird.
Chug All Night? Really?
I don't think I like Paul Simon. His voice is kind of annoying.
2 Stars for Mother and Child reunion, which is about a chicken and egg dish called 'Mother and Child Reunion'.
Elvis Costello welcoming us to a somewhat dreary and cold Monday working week. What a brilliant opener.
It wasn't for me. Couldn't place it well and it all sounded a bit crispy to me. His slower stuff is quite nice.
Really quite an impressive album. I really enjoyed every song of this.
Maybe it's because we've have a large spell of albums from '70s men?
Regardless, the hits were great, but also the rest of the album was excellent. Sounds very timeless and cool.
5* will definitely play again!
8th Century Islamic Chants?
Yes please!
Yes, enjoyed these a lot! Fantastic story telling. I think I prefer some of his later stuff, the last song had a bit of a humpapa feel to it.
Lots of bangers on here. Seminal album that helped shape the way rock looks like now.
I hadn't listened to it entirely before, as I don't think I was cool enough when I was 14 unfortunately. Initially it grated a bit on me as his voice can sometimes come across a bit annoying (much like with Vampire Weekend).
But after listening to it on headphones it kind of all made sense.
At the time overlooked by critics, this is a fantastic album by Thom Yorke and his friends. A real evolution from Pablo Honey.
I was going to give it 4 stars, but upon listening to it again and again, it's up to 4.5, so rounding up to a 5.
I just really do not like Black Star, it sounds shrill to me.
As John Peele once said: "It's a bit much for a Tuesday. "
Maybe it's a case of 'you should have been there'?
To be fair, it sounded okay on my run, but when I was done with running, there was still half to go.
A bit long for me and not quite my flavour of EDM
The old school Black Keys!
Loved it, but then again I listened to it on a haze of caffeine. Banger after banger. Even the ones I didn't know were great!
I am not really understanding why this album is on here.
Much more interesting albums have come out in 1997. Sorry.
I did like Gaz' recent solo outing. But this is just a bit too simple.
Dear Nina,
I love your loving ways!
Thanks,
Tim
For an album that was compiled from several recordings left over from previous sessions in 1964 and 1965 this feels like a great collection of songs.
This was the first album of Nina Simone I have bought and I have played in many many times on dark and moody evenings. Absolutely stunning and I love every single song.
Play this LOUD!
Phenomenal piece of music. Tony's drums are hypnotising and it all works together so well.
What a joy to have this one b2b with Nina Simone. It ALMOST looks like this list is quite diverse!
Do-wap-ba-ba-doo-ba-ba-da-bam-bang
Oh yes, music history was made with this. Great stuff.
Very fun to listen to, listening to history, rather than good music.
Fantastic album, taking me right back to working in the Dutch equivalent to HMV called Free Record Shop.
I can still remember opening up and closing down the shop, the smells permeating from the next door ice cream shop and the people buying terrible music.
Best job ever.
Incredible album of the great Stevie Wonder.
There are a few cheesy songs on there, that prevent this from going to a full 5*, but his album Innervisions in my opinion is perfection.
What an amazing artist.
When not in a rush
I liked it very much
Played a few times
Much the same rhymes
Solomon not to blame
it all sounds the same
Released in my year of birth
This album gave me mirth
Music for the masses
These intrepid molasses
Synth beats all around
Drum computer can be found
Promises me I'm safe as houses
As long as I remember who wears the trousers
Another 4 star
Going too far?
Couldn't be further apart
From Depeche mode for a start
The bedrock of alt rock
Times where people took stock
Nuclear weapons and cold war
R.E.M made it very far
Later in the nineties
This is beauty from the eighties
Sweet baby James
Bit too tame
different styles tried
blues, folk and southern fried
His voice nice
music paying price
not amazed
just a bit dazed
Not a fan
Why not ban
Put him in a van
This crazy American
How can you just leave me standing?
Alone in a world that's so cold? (So cold)
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry
Every single song
Bangers all along
No bad one in the batch
This album such a catch
Sweaty, swinging dancing
Lovely loving romancing
A full 5 star for me
Glorious disco glee
Rock lobster
fun mobster
not awful
just joyful
In Jamaica he was recording
Found a lot of wording
Together with transpiration
He found lots of inspiration
75 minutes is very long
for the ride I came along
Beatles are not too far away
This album here to stay
Anger and rage
music from a different age
still relevant
still servant
Very powerful
Punk's NOT DEAD
Cozy and warm inside
lovely songs take pride
on the radio and in my ears
easy listening without fears
So sweet and lovely waves
Not music for raves
Really a true genius
walked among us
Musical freedom
freedom through music
careless, joyful and free
sounds filling the air with glee
Start of a big career ahead
Bruce with the handsome head
2018, a simpler time
when WFH was a crime
Pre pandemic
pre-post-punk being endemic
Catchy songs from Leeds
Just what a dreary Tuesday needs
And what a lovely cover indeeds
Utter madness
zero sadness
sparking great joy
psychedelia ahoy
ne'er heard anything like this
not causing a miss
so much fun
this is a good 'un
Don't get me wrong
It's a bit long
But quite a few a' decent song
It's in the description
No need for much diction
Layla is a great song
but the album is too long
Will not listen more
let's see what today has in store
Later than the other
Glad I could bother
The loudest quiet song
In my head they belong
Last year's soundtrack
Emotions it doesn't lack
Pure iridescent pain
unwavering beautiful gain
The start of a cult
Burley men with long hair
as a result
They do all genres with flair
Hints of punk
even rock in their trunk
I never fell for the 'Maiden
Maybe I should have waded'in
Drums
Drums Drums
Drums Drums Drums
Drums Drums Drums DRUMS
DRUMS DRUMS DRUMS
DRUMS DRUMS
DRUMS
WOW
Bloody blues brings back bloody bad broken backs
Blimey Beck
Got distracted
Should've acted
The boys
And their toys
Whiney
Nasal
Catchy
Basal
4*
Did they make more albums?
Actually an enjoyable listen. Maybe a bit more raw, but it still contains the catchy melodies that made Pet Sounds the way it is.
Youth sentiment
I'm sitting on my bike
Cycling to school
with my discman if you like
feeling super cool
inserting my dookie cd
filling my shitty earphones with glee
I know every line, every riff, every word
inside out, outside in, praise Billie Joe, our LORD!
Riproaring rawness
Ecstatic energy
Fighting fearless
Awesome Aussies
Spelling mistakes
Fake Takes
American Zombies controversial
Cover band touring USA y'all
Music is timeless
Songs ageless
Sixties man
You should have been there, man
THE SPOTIFY LINK IS BROKEN, THIS IS THE ACTUAL ALBUM (minus 4 songs due to copyright):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7sIUXSrVoU
Sounds sounding so sweltering
Beats bringing back beltering
I am a fan of drum and bass
This, the beginning of the race
Twice I listened to this in entirely
And enjoyed it tirelessly
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any Time of Year
You can find me here
Overplayed
Overjoyed
That penultimate song always throws me off
Incredible to think this was 1991.
So ahead of it's tone
Bedrock for grunge times to come
Seattle is where they came from
Taking the members to other places
they remained firmly underground
So many familiar faces
New bands they have gone and found
You want it darker
You want it starker
Brings back dark days
sewing the seed of what lays
2016 a dark year
2020 is when it became darker
we lived in great fear
so 2016 it all seemed starker
Jazz, traditionally a black man's game
now done by a white guy all the same
Take five here is the highlight
it takes the grand spotlight
for jazz, give me the experimental
won't turn my head away from the spiritual
I love what one calls post-bop
Now I'm being a snob,
time to stop
Take FOUR Dave!
astral weeks
just like leeks
bitter and tart
this is art
Vertical slice
listened thrice
beauty galore
what 'n store
Ears are bleeding
sins are pleading
this is not for me
STOP is my plea
Ah yes the Doves,
the band my partner loves,
I have grown to like them over time
So this album I would think is alright, fine
Nothing exquisite or amazing or cool
Please don't take me as a fool
It is just simply being me
That gives it a 3
Try to imagine this
In the time of Christmas
Sitting round the table
It sure is no fable
Playing the Top2000 out loudly
For this you can't blame me
From the speakers out proudly
The cute and quiet guitar from Rape me
Soulful Van
He the man
Grumpy
Stumpy
Lovely song
Not too long
Solid four
Wanting more
An outstanding piece of work
2 eyes above the water lurk
Jazz infused hip-hop beat
Thundercat where those two meet
Please don't jibe
I love this vibe
I loved it when it came out
Love it even more now I'm devout
Talking Heads on Acid,
Definitely not placid
Exciting beats and sounds
Going in circles and rounds
Would I play it again?
I would probably refrain.
I think I used to like this a lot more.
Son, she said, have I got a little story for you
What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a...
While you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen
Your real daddy was dyin', sorry you didn't see him,
but I'm glad we talked...
Oh I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey, I, I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey...oh...
Alliterations are awesome
So splendid, smart, so Stevie
Fulfillingness' first finale finds few flaws
Grower gains gigantic greatness
To make you feel my love
knowing there's a god above
on that can ramble on
make music, have fun
deep songs and haunting texts
from the ashes of 80s he erects
this is an absolute essential
probably not going too mental
Yuck
what's this muck
can't stand it
Yuck
Take back to Two Thousand Eight
A year that carries a lot of weight
independence in foreign lands
Freedom and no demands
Elbow in Ears very oft
Crossing the street in Shanghai
Tears in eyes, making me soft
My life, never the same again
It carries high emotional weight
Never heard anything like it
The road is never quite straight
But maybe that's why I like it
Phenomenal stuff,
Edgy but not rough
Bassline that slaps
Under the smooth I collapse
A seminal album
from a seminal year
5 stars, no fear
It's Monday and I have things to do
I really do not want to listen to you
Uninspiring and shitty bar rock
All songs making me go YUCK
Boy these guys really suck.
So no, I need to listen today to the new:
Squid, Sharon van Etten, Dream Theater, Eddie Chacon, Heartworms
Goodbye Black Crowes, see you never again.
YUCK
Howdy partner
Much like mud
hard to get through
he's still alive
The rambling stud
But I don't have a clue
it's a deep dive
"You've been layin' eggs under my skin
Now they're hatching out under my chin
Now there's tiny insects showin' through
And all them tiny insects look like you"
Wonderful production
unnecessary reduction
U2 gets a bad rep
I don't think they're crap
From beginning to end
A long winding ride
Funk, soul, R&B blend
On Lauryn's Hill I side
Musically rich, interesting
Cute and funny interludes
Tax fraud needs arresting
She amongst the dudes
Probably more fun than I thought
Musically entertaining yet overwrought
It's funny that
Music recorded
in a basement flat
sounds so crap
Like Beatles unplugged
raw , real , rugged
Riding on my bike
drunk on air
Music that I like
Life is fair
Hunky dory
little story
on the wall
he might fall
greatest
show man
of them all
Queen Marmite
Music making
Big hair
Birth rite
Glam rock
Chin shaking
Bit cringey
No luck
I have a confession to make
Recently it has come me
That I LIKE SYNTH POP
Catchy tunes, multi layered
Perfect production
Electrifying fashion and hair
Cleverly crafted
Carefully curated
This no exception
Unapologetic
Apoplectic
Aggression
Frustration
Young persons anger
Now turned banger
Contrary to youthful believe
This country music brings relief
Such wild licks
A riff that freaking sticks
Enjoyed this immensely over the weekend
I don't understand
Why people rant
About the singer Chris
As if he's made of piss
This is a great debut
Great songs to and fro
back in 2000 and astute
Listening to music, going upstairs, if you know, you know.
Once the ink was dried
We can say we tried
To embrace the love
From Jane up above
Once the dust settles
The reverb rattles
This is not for me
So not even a three
Bebel, daughter of João
He and Stan made me wow
Herself less so
The producer died
He successfully tried
To save the tapes
Studio up in flames
Music not emotionally triggering
Over a dinner party sniggering
Brainwaves, Steer from home
On weekly rotation
Jazz for the nation
Sunday morning
Adoration fawning
Best of the best
leaving the rest
in the dust
gathering musical rust
Totally insane
Details inane
Play it again?
Only in the rain
Rain of blood
Finely understood
Deep dark mood
Cometh the flood
Don't flush it down the loo
But I prefer the first two
I saw a woman crying
On the train home
Music more pertinence
Crying for a man who is lying
Or a woman that likes to roam
Did she just have red eyes
Seemed fine in the end
No tarnished lies
Tissue ready to lend
2 core memories prevail
Prophets of rage supergroup,
Live in Werchter in 2019
Then being a teen
Playing Tony Hawk
Wasted hours
Oh no
There is mo
Costello
Oh yay
Jazz
Oh nay
Not this jazz
Sheer brilliance
Rock with resilience
Not a minute too long
Riffs coming in strong
Introduced by Michiel
An album that makes me feel
Alive and kicking
Rather than through playlists flicking
Totally brilliant!
Thank you Andy
This album very dandy
Don't call me Mandy
Or Randy
Optimal
Subliminal
Rock hard
Rock
3 times 5 stars in a row
Only an album from Queen can stop that flow
A more delicate Queen
Not quite what they seem
I liked this more than other
This doesn't seem to bother
It still gives me an itch
Even if his voice so rich
It sounds a bit like George Ringo Paul and John
They shine through a couple of song
One day fly
Oh why oh why
Are you on this list
Standing betwixt
All the greats
And their mates
Maybe I can't relate
To a simple twist of fate
A mediocre find
But I can leave it behind
It's about the notes you don't play
And the words you don't say
A tale of two halves
First half, 6 stars
Second half 2 stars
Average:
Another toke
Master stroke
On a roll
Succes taking toll
A band at their peak
Total winning streak
Massive hits
Song that stick
A bit more annoying than I wanted it to be.
That one song, greats
A whole album of it, grates
More polished
Than the other
Be admonished
I don't want another
2 good songs
A limp bizkit cover
The rest filler
Inconsistent and long
A nice introduction to Weatherall
Absolute classic.
I remember the buzz before it came out and it still feels super relevant
4 stars for I zimbra alone
Writing sad songs
Getting paid by the tear
Let's get married and go to Tennessee
You're the only ten I see
Dull and grey, like I like my music
It's totally fine.
Nothing to stand out for me
I saw them live last year and they were quite boring.
Blisteringly relevant
Timeless
Hard
Core
Noise
The pain
The agony
Dripping from
The songs
Instrumentally brilliant
Brilliantly instrumental
Disintegration
Tion
Tion
Shenema
Tion
Tion
Disgraceland more like
This annoyed me more than I would have liked it
Maybe it's the voice?
Maybe it's the lyrics?
Just annoying
Long
Worthwhile
Maybe one volume
Should be on the list?
I think my brain chemistry has permanently changed after listening to this
Middledrama
Not awful
Not fantastic
My favourite band when I was younger
Misspent evenings drinking beer
Loud guitars
Pounding drums
Music that still resonates
Emotive Brilliance
I can write a million words
It won't do any justice
To the greatness this album brings
Absolutely essential
I was going to give it 4 stars
But the computer made me give 5
Bleep
Bloop
Not sure if it's my thing
Liked a here and there song
Didn't really ring
And it's too bloody long
Probably their best
Better than the rest
Don't say it in jest
Sick
-1 for the sometimes annoying skits
Let's Marvin Gaye and get it on
A short album
A sexy album
Totally my thing, also poignant that this album was picked on the day the pope was elected.
Contrary to what everyone seems to think, I like the anti religion.
It's angry, raw, dark.
He was also right about Jimmy Savile all the way back in 1978.
This is the kind of prison reform
I can get behind
Most familiar with the San Quentin one,
This one hits harder
It's starker, darker
Imagine being in prison and this Taylor Swift performing..
My least favourite of Dave Grohl's side project.
+1 for low
It rocks
It's loud
Beautiful cover
Insane times to come
Great music
Memorable sequences
Layered sounds
Beautiful textures
A great find
Mother saved this album from a 2 star
I made it through that far
It's easy to hate on Sting
But it just gets a bit dull
No fulfilment in full
Not an album that will cling
A bit too much
Too long
Too much freaky sounds
Most songs sound quite similar
And it being a long album
Doesn't bode well
But then black cat comes along
Great song
A perfect example of dark indie that I absolutely love but that has passed me by when i was 22 years old in 2010. Lovely to visit.
Classic 2 star. 1 great song
Despite Eric being a certified Douche, this is good stuff.
The perfect soundtrack for driving through the hills of Arran, rugged, tranquil and utterly beautiful
The perfect soundtrack for cruising through the rugged landscape or the North Pennines
Soooo damn sweet, I love it.
Ohhh I like it when it goes all Eno after the terrible first few songs. Hmm hypnotic, hmm weird, hmm repetitive
I wanted to like this so bad
But in the end
It was actually just so bad
All a bit meh, listened to it in the car a few times but now thinking about it, it didn't really stick
Gosh, so much music coming out of the 1970s, some of it good, some of it bad. This is one of those gems, that sound like it could be a lot older.
This transports you to the wild west, by a roaring fire, it's been a sunny day but the chill has come into the air. You are sipping a bourbon and listening to that chatty uncle telling stories about their love interests.
Their voice not too annoying, deep, or too cheesy.
Just about right.
I don't love big band, but I love this!
I prefer his work with Coltrane a bit later on, but this was a phenomenal listen.
To be honest, I listened to the full 44 minute version (OG) NOT the 2 hour version.. Might revisit that a bit later.
Complex arrangements, great song structures and excellent musicians!
It's not really an album when it hasn't really been released. Nor when it's partially available everywhere.
Yes this was wonderful.
Even the much hated student demonstration came through well.
How much is that because Brian died? Funny to have picked an album where he didn't have so much to do with.
RIP Brian
An album that I have carried everywhere.
A single part of a whole life
The single part of his single life
Gone too soon
Perfect napping music. Nothing interesting to listen to here I'm afraid
I always thought I hated Kiss
Now I know for sure
I hate this
Music to suit my parental status.
666 stars
It's unfair because I know this album inside out.
I'm back in Dave Badloe's bedroom
I've inserted the burned CD in his Sony CD changer stereo tower
We are headbanging
We are shouting and screaming INSIDE MICHELLE I WAIT AND BLEED
Who is Michelle?
This is youth
This is my youth
An Easy 5 Stars from me.
The first Stevie album that I bought, I didn't know what I got myself into.
Blown away by this, and I still hear new details on this album that I'd never heard.
First time listening to this digitally, it does not disappoint, better instrument separation makes for an even more engaging listen.
My favourite Stevie Wonder album and a welcome change from last week's white male rock music.
An 11 minute version of street life? Yes please!
Very funny coincidence, I got this album from Jenny's aunt last month, I played it for the first time last week and loved it. I cleaned it last night in the record cleaner, so you can imagine my surprise when this album popped up this morning.
Really great music. Love it! 3.5 stars if I could, but I can't! so 3
An EPIC New Wave Synth Album I can get behind. Lapping this up. Lovely!
This is a Review by Tim
The amount of stars that I will give it is 3
I really got into the Black Keys in the late noughties, loving 9AM Automatic, I still love that riff. Then they became really big and had a lot of commercial success.
I did see them live a fair amount of times and it was always quite fun. Until I saw them in Alexandra Palace when the crowd was just full of losers.
This has really put me off the band resulting in me not really listening to them at all anymore.
Amazing album, I did a real deep dive this weekend.
And this morning again.
It is maybe 2 or 3 songs too long..
Some good songs, some bad songs.
The Black Keys of the 70s?
Jim does have an iconic voice and Riders on the Storm is quite the tune.
Shut up and take my Monae.
My favourite discovery this year yet.
Folk, soul, rock, psychedelic rock, hip hop, R&B. All beautifully crafted in one brilliant album. Totally surprised, totally Wowed!
A strange and weird and wonderful journey through an alternative universe where the Who shouldn't exist and these guys are more popular.
That cover is pretty bad though..
Dark, moody, stark.
Yes please
Perfect summer tunes
Great jazz, of the same organ ilk as Booker T's Green Onions.
Woefully underrated by me. Another discovery from the synth pop era.
This is taking a lot of inspiration from prog rock on the non hit songs. Lovely stuff.
A very enjoyable listen. Helped me with being very very productive today.
Is it relevant? No, not anymore.
Is it good? Mweh, it's pretty good. It's from the Warp label!
SupercaliSkronkaFunkaLICIOUS
Sunglasses obliged whilst listening to this album
How can anyone not enjoy this?
Dolly telling stories about men.
One song really grabbed me and that was Early Morning Breeze, that bass intro was gorgeous.
Hard
Rock
But in a good way. Classic album with some very good songs, riffs. Doesn't feel like they've stolen so much from the blues on this one.
Come on!
It's
THE FREEWHEELIN'
BOB DYLAN
So many hits.
Beautiful folk on an LP. And it's his second one!
Never heard it in full! Actually never heard of any albums of them. The big hit was obvious, although I do prefer the remix.
The thick synths were great but the slow songs a bit dull. Most of the ones i didn't recognise were rather boring.
Gosh, music has evolved in the last 70 years.
I found this to be a bit too simplistic and the songs all look alike, nothing like the amazing jazz coming from this era.
The songs sounded very alike and I thought is wasn't very interesting.
The best elevator music on the market.
This is an amazing album, incredibly well produced and sounding so damn smooth and nice. There are simply no rough edges to be found on this.
Ideal music for Sunday Morning Jazz Club.
1* extra for the hits. For the rest: lame lame lame
It's easy to hate on Aerosmith.
I'm an easy kind of guy.
MET0L!
Rest in Paradise Ozzy!
It is crazy to think that he only performed about 2 weeks ago in Birmingham with the whole metal ensemble.
I'm kind of remorseful of not going to Ozzy's leaving party, but I have to remember I'm not really a metalhead anymore.
This however, was great to visit. I have not listened to this before but I really enjoyed it. A wide variety of musical styles blended into one great 42 minute package.
Special thanks to their sponsor: Columbian Marching Powder
Totally marvellous and iconic.
The best of the best.
Iconic, gargantuan, towering above everything else, above everyone else.
A good formula -
Done over and over
becomes repetitive
from cover to cover
This is jazz and funk at its best
So great, so fine
They became even better later on in the 70s
This should have been in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater !
What an amazing discovery. I loved De La Soul, but this is totally wonderful. And finally some hip-hop as well!
The rhymes, the flow, the lack of expletives, just beautiful!
It's a full 5 for me!
This Byrd is NOT the word.
Just because it's not as good as sgt. Pepper, it doesn't mean it's not a 5* affair
Triple denim blue eyed soul.
But with a lot of covers. What a wonderful voice. It sent me to 80s Dusty and I loved her reinvention with the PSB. This album was lovely and the standout track was Wishin' and Hopin'
Also, I did not know she was british! Go figure!
Hooky, edgy and well ahead of their time.
Still sounds as urgent and necessary as it did at that time.
Especially sitting here on my parents' sofa in the Netherlands, and seeing what utter garbage TV they are watching, this was a jarring listen.
It's a 5 from me.
Now this is what we call bongo.
I'm the king of bongo, I'm the king of bongo bong.
No manu chao to be seen here.
Apache is an absolute banger. But the whole thing seems a bit too long.
Not so much an album, more a feeling, a sense of movement, perpetual and habitual.
Hypnotising at 3 am, cycling through a bleak industrial estate in my deserted home town
A total landmark album for my teenage years, who i was at the time and who i am now.
Stone cold classic. So ahead of its time. Production sounds lush and the songs are so catchy and lovely.
Yeah no, I can do 8 minutes of jamming..
But 1.5 hours of it..
Impenetrable. With some good bits
Fun listen. One hair away from hair metal. I love they went all trash later on.
A 1001 Albums Generator discovery for me.
Wow, this has totally blown me away. 33 minutes of utter brilliance by Janis here.
I had never heard this in full, but this was totally brilliant. Normally I wouldn't be able to listen to Janis Joplin for longer periods of time, but this album made me change my mind.
After about 6 listens this has now become part of my DNA.
Excellent stuff. Great hits. Probably very new and Wicked for the time when it came out.
Wow, going from Adele to Bob Dylan is quite the changeover.
Right, this was a 1965 absolute masterpiece, the first time where Bob Dylan didn't necessarily sound folky, but with his backing band sounding really very rock-y.
This album takes me back to discovering Bob Dylan in London. Opening up new worlds, new music. There is something about listening to a classic album that you really like for the first time. It just sticks with you. The environment, sounds, energy of that time is permanently etched.
I want to be a door,
A door between the past and the future
Where the future sounds like the past
and the past sounds like the future
That's what the Stone Roses have done here. Something that sounds so dated, yet so progressive and modern. It's the ultimate paradox, even to this date.
I FEEL SO ALIVE RIGHT NOW
Dirty grungy deathly good
This album is like a friend. And all the songs are my friends as well.
Good but not as good as the best of
Pretty good, sabotage is a killer track. The song with q-tip is awesome. The rest is a little bit f-ill communication
It's a great album with a lot of variety, but I don't know it as well as some of the others
A very strange mix of the Beatles, early David Bowie, and beach boys. A worthwhile listen and good to know that they made this stuff before they went all disco. Also interesting to know that the brothers Gibb were raised in Chorlton, Manchester. Reading more about how they got to fame was cool.
Definitely a tough listen if you were expecting disco though!
This album's too good! Great discovery, delicious demon was a great song!
I always thought I wouldn't like Paul Weller.
Now I know for sure.
File under: the who, Tom Petty and other uninteresting dudes.
Solid 5 stars. All day every day.
I didn't like him when I was young and
I still don't like him now. 1 extra star for Stan
Throughout listening to this I keep on wanting to turn it off. I like psychedelia, but not like this. Thank you.
It's just all so cringy, I feel embarrassed for them to have made this. It's like a really bad monty Python sketch. One where they took out all the jokes.
You know what?
I really enjoyed this. I had no idea what to expect and was expecting a much worse experience than what was provided here.
I never heard of these guys but honestly it was really a fun listen.
GOAT. All praise Patti!
I didn't properly appreciate Patti until after reading Just Kids. It's such a beautiful book, I remember the heart wrenching passages and discussing it with book club afterwards.
Then Horses is just an absolutely phenomenal album. WOW.
The upsweeping guitar, the rhythm sections, it's straight from Velvet Underground, New York Punk, boy this woman has power.
Repetitive,and a bit boring. On paper i should really like this but no songs really stood out to me.
A bit long, but some very nice songs on here.
Minus point for length
Minus point for some weird ass songs.
They just don't make them like this anymore.
My hotmail address was KoRnTimmie@hotmail.com back in 2002, so I can't give this a one star.. Alright, give it 3 stars for freak on a leash.
Mbaaah maam mumm brapapapapap
A guilty pleasure at best, misogyny at its worst.
Bonus points for it being 45 minutes exactly.
I also like that ZZ Top essentially came out of the Fake Zombies USA resurrection.
Enjoyed this a lot in the end.
The best of the best mid nineties indie
No, this didn't do it for me. Spanish Dancer was good, but the rest was not good. I respect that he's had a long old career, but this wasn't great.
Nice cover though.
Dull as dishwater, tepid and annoying.
Hot Chip is not for me.
Back to Blood Orange - Essex Honey. That suits me much better at the moment.
WOW WOW WOW
This has creeped and crawled right under my skin.
The songs are stuck in my head like bats in the daytime
All the songs are brilliantly arranged and sounding incredible.
You can hear, taste and feel the anger and urgency in this.
A fantastic discovery, and I'm glad to be ending the week with this marvel.
It's Kendrick, come on!
I started listening to Kendrick Lamar when he released DNA, an absolutely amazing album too. Then this album was on offer and bought it blind. It was a revelation. I've been a fan since.
Great tunes and a fantastic discovery. Walk this way is an incredible song.
Cornerstones of hiphop.
What an absolute blast of an album. It's iconic, cleverly sequenced and sounding excellent, even on very thin vinyl it has a lovely weighty sound.
A great example of how patriotism and anti-patriotism can all live together.
Some cracking singles, great hits!
Lush production and great instrumentation
But
About 30 minutes too long, they should have just kept the Hymns and cut out the urban.
Some absolute bangers. Soundtrack to the background of my twenties. Not anything that I've listened to on purpose, but her songs are etched in my brain because I was alive at that time, via osmosis.
Yes this was good and sounded good.
A very pleasant discovery!
I remember that the guy in my local record store recommended this one and now I regret not picking it up then.
Really not sure what to think of this.
It lays the foundations of a lot of things i like, but i just have no connection to it.
I saw them live in 2009 or so and it was the same, not for me.
Released in my birth year! Finally an album from 1987.
I enjoyed this a lot, I was not familiar with Darklands and I only know Psychocandy, which I am not a massive fan of.
This however feels a step up from that, there's some very good songs on here and the album is 36 minutes long.
It had a gothy post-punky feel to it, that I really enjoyed. An excellent autumn record.
Timeless perfection, infinite stars
Lovely, just lovely stuff.
This is VERY scary! Last weekend I bought English Settlement on LP and now this beautiful record shows up.
Having listened to this a few times now I can safely say I really enjoyed this record. XTC is one of the best unknown bands and deserve a hell of a lot more attention than they are getting.
The story behind this album is very interesting too, and worth looking into, Pitchfork did a great piece on this.
Lovely album cover, great music, great production. Yes this was very good!
So we got: punk - post punk - blues - psychobilly all wrapped up in a very cool jacket.
I can definitely get jiggy with this. I'm also loving the 80s week we seem to be having.
No thanks, I don't want to spend time with this twee garbage.
Utter nonsense. Even California Dreaming really pissed me off.
My anger from last album's mamas and papas got directed into this album.
This album seems trapped in the ether of time.
Anger, violence, depression, anxiety, frustration. So vivid, so frantic
First time of properly listening to this.
It's good to know that not all music on this list is amazing or awful.
Didn't love this, didn't hate it. Just a pleasant listen.
I don't understand why we need 2 albums of these guys on the list though? Surely we just need the debut that has the hits on it?
This is the shit I signed up for. Great great stuff from 1960.
Is this what I needed on a rainy, blustery horrible day in the UK?
Hell yeah!
Are there better dance pop acts around? Oh yes of course, but this seems to hit the spot today.
But definitely something to be in the mood for. If I was in a grumpy, pretentious mood, I'd be less up for this.
The absolute hits Praise you, Rockafeller Skank and Right here, Right now are incredible.
I've seen him live a few times and it's always been a great party. So thank you Norman!
This shit slaps. When I see this in a record store, I'll need to buy it.
Got really excited
Then was really let down
It's all a bit boring isn't it?
Mix David Bowie with the Beatles and pour over a Halloween sauce.
A good album, great length and sounding quite ahead of its time. 3.5 for me , but rounding down.
Pretty great album. Separating the art from the artist.
P funk at its absolute best. What a fantastic ride. And the companion EP was also fantastic.
Can meets Kraftwerk.
This sounds like a lot of bands that I like would have liked as well.
I like.
I like a lot.
Sun Kil Moon meets Jason Molina (Songs:Ohia)
Gorgeous. And had me grabbed on the second song on the first listen.
This is my type of pretentious sad man music. My blues.
6 stars if possible.
NYC State of Mind
Life's a bitch
The world is yours
WHAT A RUN OF SONGS!
An album that clocks under 39 minutes and that packs SUCH a punch.
I discovered this criminally late in my life, but I'm glad it's in there nonetheless.
Pretty good album. First album of what now has become a slightly annoying stadium rock band
So wonderful. Like someone said: the warmest cup of coffee with the coziest blanket on the coldest day.
George Meh-chael.
This wasn't what I wanted it to be. A lot of slow songs, not enough fun songs.
Have listened to this about 7 times via headphones, via the radio and just couldn't get on with it. It was fun, but the songs just don't stick and there's no real standout ones in there. The production is terrible, the instruments sound like they were recorded in a leaky pond.
I blame the Mama's and the Papa's that kicked off this horrible weird stint of separating art from the artist. I never liked him, don't like him now and won't give him my Spotify stream. Protest vote here.
Pure raw power. This moved something in me, involuntary, it pushed, it growled, it's so ahead and so different.
Give me this over all the rock drivel that came out around the same time. This kicks ass, man.
Not My Generation, mate.
What a hideous jacket, what a hideous album.
Enjoyed this immensely on this immensely sad day.
Soothing after a big loss.
I very much enjoyed this, in a same universe of Van Morrison and Nick Drake we have an outlier planet of John Martyn.
Millennial alert! Fantastic album, indie rock staple. Like myself, it's a real product of its time.
Sweaty sticky dancefloor, £1 bottles of beer, stinky people, what more do you want?
This should be my thing. But it's not.
It feels like an American version of Elbow, but without the singalongs
Her voice really started to get annoying at some point.
Easy 5 for me.
What a transition from punk to.. well.. I guess post punk. She has her own sound, her own universe. In the same spheres as Nick Cave, Radiohead. And it's not a surprise that they are so intertwined.
Absolute filled to the brim with classics. I probably prefer this to parachutes.
If only they kept it at this..
Pretty cool collection of songs, but a bit weird and creepy for me right now.
Not very coherent and consistent. Creepy jazz trip hop?
Totally bonkers and insane. Loved every single minute of this.
I FEEL SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW.
Man, I never loved Aretha as much as i do now
My parental status has caught up with my humour, but my music taste has not caught up with my parental status.
Zero stars. Pile of rubbish
My favourite Metallica album. Perfection.
Seen it live many times, sounds of my youth.
Weird, wonderful and droney.
Lots of influences here, ESG on the drums, lofi slacker singing of Pavement, drones from a different planet.
This is some very good shit. Weird and wonderful
Yeah, not really for me on this specific day. When I sat down to listen to it, the songs just didn't come through.
I know people really like this, but I never really got on with it.
Maybe it's because I had a stressful day.
A four for Jurassic 5. Fabulous beats and great flows.
A good old 3 star experience.
I liked the tubes a lot and happy I got to listen to the hits. Also enjoyed reading about the back story of the faces and small faces.
Wow, what a strong start to the album for it to really come down tumbling hard for the rest of it.
Interesting to have The Faces yesterday, and then Rolling Stones today, as Ron Wood moved from the Small Faces to the Rolling Stones in the early seventie's. IYKYK
Another 3 star experience for me.
Some nice songs. But a bit samey.
Interesting to put this against all the other stuff that was happening all the time though and it does seem quite progressive
Sorry, I was visiting Santa in Lapland. 5 stars for me for this perfect soul album by Otis Redding. Beautiful, urgent and still very very modern.
Fun! Very fun! It did always sound like they were about to burst into a song that I recognise, but actually they never did.
Not the party record i wanted it to be
Loving this a lot! In the extension of Outkast, but maybe a bit less drawn out. Super fun collaborations and musically excellent.
Actually a really good album. I liked the jammy sessions and I also enjoyed the hits.
A stone cold classic, a bedrock for hip hop.
Enjoyed this immensely. I have it on vinyl, and it took me a while to get into.
Comments about misogyny and violence are ridiculous, just listen to stupid bands like Aerosmith and Rolling Stones and you'll find that these guys have been doing it for much longer!¬
As a reviewer said previously, there's only vanilla here, no parsely, sage, rosemary OR thyme.
I just don't really like S&G, not solo, not together. Despite the 28 minute runtime, I just couldn't get through to it.
I Enjoyed listening to this! It's probably not as good as Forever Changes, which I'm looking forward to discovering when it comes.
This one totally blew me away.
Beautiful cover and a collection of amazing songs. It's a Songs:Ohia, neutral Milk hotel combination with some lovely folk twists everywhere. And to think this is from 1974 is absolutely unbelievable.
Great production and I especially love Richard's voice.
Such an interesting piece of music.
My favourite offspring album. From start to finish an absolute blast.
This album contains the best spoon solo I've ever heard.
Really enjoyed this. Even though it's a bit too long. Chris Cornell's voice is one of the best in rock music, so emotive and rough and yet so beautiful.
I also enjoy a bit of audio slave, so this was a Great listen.
One of the most fun listens and discoveries from this list.
Together with Bjorks band that we had earlier last year this was a total blast.
Very silly lyrics wrapped in some very good music. It got a little bit annoying with Are We Not Men? , when it became very repetitive. But overall a fun funny funnyish listen.
Just a little bit of fun.
You're in a train
It's 1979
You're young
old enough to travel alone
grey world of January is passing by
a world where you belong
skies made of stone
And here's me thinking
Dusty in Springfield
But
Actually
She's in Memphis
Let the good times roll!!!
This is a version of Queen I can get on board with.
With same producer as some of Queen's records, it's not surprising that they sound a little bit like Queen in some places However despite this fact, I immensely enjoyed this record. It was happy, experimental, fun and above all funny (it's my best friend's girl, she used to be mine). Sad, funny, ironic and catchy as hell.
With a great 34 minutes in length, I found myself playing this over and over again. I'd love to get this on vinyl if I come across it. 4.5 stars from me.
I mean, wow, classic after classic. Absolutely amazing album. Groundbreaking and incredible songs.
I did starts to enjoy this album after a few listens. The songs were very varied and the structures were very interesting. Great bass in there as well. Paper planes is an absolute banger.
Will i put it on myself? Probably not.
Minus another point for MIA being 45 minutes late on Boom Town when we were supposed to see her live.
It's Ziggy Stardust!
I enjoyed getting to know this album better. After a few rotations it really gets under your skin. Although the production isn't as full or expansive as some of the peers from 1972, the sheer quality of the songs tower above the rest.
This has undoubtedly had such a big impact on society and has left an unforgettable imprint on me.
