There is some tunefulness but the vocals are like a roaring punch of constipation and when they cease, the sax comes in and sounds even more like it needs a shite. I don't get it.

Given it's only their 2nd album, it fees very early to have lost this much excitement. There is almost certainly beauty to be found in this for the right listener but I feel bored after the promise of raw sex from their earlier singles

Good throughout but actually lacks some energy

Cant believe they're American. Queen, Bowi, Stones influences. Much better than expected. Unlikely to seek out but happy to listen to again. Really tuneful

Clear delineation between the two halves. First half great voice and songs show some signs of life but it's all a little slow for me. 2nd half mich more me but no definitive versions of any song

Will revisit artist. Album a bit long but some good stuff and nice variety. A bit 6music mind

Expected to hate it. Really didn't. Concept feels forced but the live aspect improves the songs and it is tailored to the audience

I like the blues sound but too many slow tracks for me

There is some tunefulness but the vocals are like a roaring punch of constipation and when they cease, the sax comes in and sounds even more like it needs a shite. I don't get it.

Possibly racist, probably homophobic, definitely exist. Yet the nod at the end to ripping off suffragette city is appreciated, it definitely rocks and I can't hate an album with a track called "rendezvous with anus"

Lacked a little heaviness in beat. Not the level of groove I hoped for. Did enjoy no woman no cry on a bontempi organ

Given it's only their 2nd album, it fees very early to have lost this much excitement. There is almost certainly beauty to be found in this for the right listener but I feel bored after the promise of raw sex from their earlier singles

Starts sliw but picks up in middle. Instrumental and title track display the kind of groove that would go on to work for the Mondays. Does feel like an album to be appreciated more than enjoyed though and ultimately they are a rock band that rarely rock.

Not a bad track on it and good variety. Only really exciting song though is the very problematic one

I can never fully get this, I'm not the right demographic for the lyrics but musically (and production in particular) this was top class. Perhaps the lower end of 4* but kept me interested throughout

Shows that soft rock has a place if can offer a groove. Drops off a little after a brilliant start but there is energy throughout. Would happily revisit

Clearly a very influential album. I want to be around the kind of people that love it but I'm not one of them. The content all felt cliché and predictable once you realise you are listening to a Tolkein druid album

Didn't hate it half as much as I expected. No desire to listen again but enjoyable as a one-off

Completely out of nowhere for me but I enjoyed it. Very much out of my comfort zone. When you have Hispanic Americans doing this and African Americans knocking out motown/soul/disco as sources of inspiration, it is genuinely astounding that white America is incapable of producing decent dance music

Really like the title track, that has some groove. Otherwise the album is very dependent on lyricism and storytelling that I just can't relate to. Probably a demographic issue but some artists can overcome that

Difficulty here is 4 or 5 stars. It's a fantastic album at the start, the middle bit of Tolkein wood rock is better than the bands who specialised in that stuff and the cover at the end is magnificent. But can an album with two dud tracks really be 5 stars?