I’d never listened to this album before. Never heard of the band. Very pleasantly surprised.

First time listening to the whole album.

This has aged very, very well in my opinion. Much of that is down to Shane’s poetry. And the production. The drum sound kicks ass.

I have never—not once—listened to a Bob Marley album in its entirety. I felt neutral about his music. I felt it was written for someone else. I was glad that many people found inspiration, hope, and comfort there. Something’s changed. I loved this album. Listened to it and it seems the perfect music to listen to in these troubled times.

Fucking fantastic.

I’d never heard of this album. I knew the band’s biggest singles (“The Breakfast Club” was one of my favourite films as a teen in the 80s). I was surprised to see this album here and have such ecstatic reviews from the British music press. I’ll be honest: on my first listen I didn’t like it at all. Might have been my mood, though. So I listened to it a second time last night in bed, and a switch flipped. Loved it. Who knew?

Fucking fantastic.

Not my thing.

I liked it well enough. I appreciate its importance.

A stone cold classic. It’s funny, I was just chatting with a friend at work yesterday about how I completely saturated myself with Zeppelin’s music when I was a teen. I overdid it so much that I couldn’t listen to zeppelin at all for literally decades. He said that he finds Page’s arrangements to be so good that they’re perennially magical to him. When I listened to the album this time, I pushed through memories of singing in the ear of whichever poor girl agreed to last dance with me at a high school dance. Four Sticks was a surprise favourite this time around. And Battle of Evermore. I knew nothing about Tolkien when I first got into this album. I know a lot more LOTR lore now and that stuff really stood out to me. It’s a brilliant album and I’m grateful to hear it with somewhat different ears haha

I’d never listened to this album before. Never heard of the band. Very pleasantly surprised.

This album is why I’m doing this 1001 albums thing. Exposed to a classic. So much love for this album.

Another W. Never listened to before. Familiar with Avalon, but not this one. Teen me was familiar with the album cover haha

This album has aged so incredibly well. Prescient as hell. As a friend put it: where is all the good political rock these days?

My delicate sensibilities! I forgot how salacious Prince can be.

Meh.

Meh.

Excellent album to work by. Love the atmosphere.

It's okay. The hits are bangers. The rest sound like they're stuck in that lead singer's squeaky purgatory.

I enjoyed this far more than I thought I would. I'm somewhat familiar with Morrissey's work with The Smiths. I respected his talents as a wordsmith but found his singing and stage persona to be a bit too precious. Something about this album hit different. Not sure why.

Not my usual genre, but I have to respect the talent. Enjoyed the beats and flow.

Not my thing, though I recognize D’Angelo’s game.

Never heard it before. Insane.

Pretty pretty pretty good.

I like their following few albums better.

I was surrounded by fans of this singer and this album at one time. I never gave it a listen, though I heard his version of "Hallelujah" a bunch. I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would.

Sounds eternal.

This one really surprised me. Newman is so affable.

The soundtrack of my childhood. Dad loved Elvis. He's growing on me, too LOL

Another revelation. Holy smokes, what an album. A new favourite.