Bored of Canada, am I right? Background music at its most self indulgent. If your idea of a good time is the same drum loop for six minutes interspersed with a bit crushed child’s voice intermittently vocalising the names of primary colours, then this record is for you!
D’Angelo - Voodoo Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R Graham Coxon - The Golden D Quasimoto - The Unseen Deftones - White Pony At The Drive In - Relationship Of Command Kylie Minogue - Light Years Electric Wizard - Dopethrone God Speed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven Craig David - Born To Do It Wu Tang Clan - The W The above is a relatively diverse list of albums released in the year 2000, all of which failed to earn a place in this list, while Doves ‘Lost Souls’ held firm. 59 minutes and 9 seconds I will never get back
5 star first half, didn’t enjoy the second half quite as much. Best - Babe I’m Gonna Leave You Worst - How Many More Times 😴
First time listening to more than the singles. 7 great singles but not sure it is all round 'best album-y' enough to be up there with the very best? Not sure, listened to the Great Escape straight after Best - Some Might Say Worst - Hey Now
Didn’t not enjoy this one, but not really my sort of thing so probably wouldn’t listen again. The big ones are good!
This was great! Never listened to the whole thing before and certainly would again!
I enjoyed this but I'm not sure how often I would double back and listen again. Some great songs though, and great production!
Thought about 5 but actually a very solid 4 I reckon. Still hearing the influence of some stuff on hear in the 2010s Best track - Bells Of Rhymney
Would have been 4.5 if I could. Amazing record that is one of my personal favourites, but falls just shy of a 5 because I didn’t fancy it twice in one day. I think a 5 should be an almost instant repeat maybe? Either way, great stuff and the best entry point to the band for sure Best track - Game of Pricks
I think the was sitting somewhere between the impossible 3.5 and a four for me. Could never give it a three because it’s far too influential for things that came later. Great guitar tones, great drum machine programming. Best track - Passing Complexion
A bit like yesterday, this probably should be a 3.5. Have seen her a few times and she’s been incredible to watch, but I rarely choose to listen to the records, as good as this one undoubtedly is. Best track - Tightrope
The best modern Neil Young album and a personal fave! Best track - Fuckin Up
My favourite Neil Young album. His best album. An all time favourite. It’s getting 5 Best track - Walk On
Utter dross
Enjoyed this a lot! It was nice to experience it for the first time other than being a teenager trying and failing to work out how to play crosstown traffic. Much more diverse range of instrumentation than I associate with Hendrix
Heart said higher because it reminded me of being a young lad at university, head said it probably doesn’t deserve to be here. A 3 it is! Woo!
A great album to stick on in the background and a great voice. Not a whole bunch of replay-ability but I liked it!
Bored of Canada, am I right? Background music at its most self indulgent. If your idea of a good time is the same drum loop for six minutes interspersed with a bit crushed child’s voice intermittently vocalising the names of primary colours, then this record is for you!
A truly plodding listen. Sounds like the band picked up a few ideas from flying nun bands before leaving Australian, and then had anything remotely interesting drummed out of them once they reached the UK. ‘Streets of your town’ is quite catchy, otherwise this would be a solid 1 star
D’Angelo - Voodoo Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R Graham Coxon - The Golden D Quasimoto - The Unseen Deftones - White Pony At The Drive In - Relationship Of Command Kylie Minogue - Light Years Electric Wizard - Dopethrone God Speed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven Craig David - Born To Do It Wu Tang Clan - The W The above is a relatively diverse list of albums released in the year 2000, all of which failed to earn a place in this list, while Doves ‘Lost Souls’ held firm. 59 minutes and 9 seconds I will never get back
3 might seem harsh, but as much as this is a great album that definitely deserves to be on this list, I just don’t see myself coming back to it. I’ve liked it before, I wouldn’t not listen to it again, but I can’t honestly say it’s up there with some others that I’ve scored 4 and above on a personal level
I didn’t hate this, but I’m not sure it would get another listen from me. Sits somewhere between Kate Bush and Fiona Apple, which begs the question why not listen to either of them instead. On the whole, it’s fine.
This record was a lot of fun! A bit of steely dan, a touch of fairport convention, some good flute action. I would listen again but it’s never gonna be a top tier album for me. Probably deserving of a 3.something
I think I shot myself in the foot a bit after an early appearance from ‘On The Beach.’ That record has been cemented as my favourite for so long now that I don’t often venture too far from it, usually Zuma, Tonight’s The Night, maybe Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere if I’m going earlier stuff. As such, I’d almost forgotten how genuinely fantastic Harvest is. Obviously it’s a classic, and it’s here for a reason, but for whatever reason it had slipped out of my go-to’s. This will not be the case moving forward…
Undeniably influential, but realistically I’m not going to come back to it a great deal I don’t think. I’d rather stick the Little Richard record back on, which I scored higher, so it has to be a 3.something. Enjoyed it either way!
Live albums are hard enough for me to get in to at the best of times, with maybe a couple of exceptions, but At Budokan did wash over me slightly. I’ve never particularly listened to Cheap Trick except for a couple of obvious singles, and this brand of rock isn’t massively my thing, so it might have been good to know a few of these songs better before diving in to live versions of them.
Couldn’t decide whether to give this a 5 or not as it’s pretty perfect. The whole thing sounds so smooth and the instrumentals are ‘70s studio musicians at their best
I feel like I know this record well, and have previously thought that it might be a slight victim of its own hype and controversy, with the album as a whole not completely backing it up song wise. After this listen I’m not sure that is the case. It’s equally fun and funky as it is angry, with the only thing holding me back from giving it a 5 being that there are albums from this period and genre that I know I’ll want to score higher
My favourite kind of Tom Waits is this mixture of smoky blues and lounge ballads. Heartattack And Vine does this particularly well. This or Blue Valentine are probably my favourite albums of his, though I don’t think I could consider myself enough of a fan to justify giving either a 5. A great solid 4 though, would recommend happily
Some really cool and interesting moments on this record, but as with much of their output, at times it can really plod. Could have been a tight 11 track album, but instead feels exactly like a 70 minute long album in places
Great songs, great arrangements of other peoples songs, and just great fun all round. Obviously there is better Beatles to come, but most anyone would be very happy to sit and listen to this record
Such a good record. Fair enough, some of the themes won’t be for 2024, but it sounds so so good. Think I prefer this to the first Dre album