10/10 for Nostalgia alone. Felt like the epitome of music when I was a kid and still love it all. I remember singing Kim as a kid and the public service announcement in front of my dad.
Still holds up, from story telling to wordplay, peak Eminem
I can’t believe the nonsense.
Every song has some good bits. Some songs having really impressive bits.
All massively outweighed by nonsense, either lyrically or musically.
It’s like school kids wrote an album with access to a keyboard like ross from friends, except instead of lasers and rocket sounds its barn yard animals and film scores from the 50s.
Musically, very enjoyable.
Felt myself drifting in and out of paying alot of attention to lyrics because they never felt captivating at all and partially because I was enjoying the guitar and drums alot.
Will be listening to this again, as well as more Neil Young
Musically, very enjoyable.
Felt myself drifting in and out of paying alot of attention to lyrics because they never felt captivating at all and partially because I was enjoying the guitar and drums alot.
Will be listening to this again, as well as more Neil Young
Nice to listen to but lyrics all just sound like vague nonsense.
Musically very cool though. Did enjoy, never in a rush to listen to again though.
Y u so mad?
I can smell the B.O and roll ups at their gigs through the speakers.
That being said, I’d be interested to understand the landscape of the world when they made this and what they’re so mad at.
I listened to the first half in the gym, and the second half in the bath. So I enjoyed the first half more, perhaps because I didn’t have to think about it.
Taking nothing away from the bands ability to make good rock sounds, just not for me. Not in the bath anyway.
Sounds like Towelie.
Glad it was only half an hour.
Thoroughly enjoyed Southern Man though. Loved it.
When you can dance, you can really love - also a good song
mental.
Surprised I even slightly enjoyed bits of it.
Tom Waits makes me believe I can be a musician. Becuase with 0 talent, a horrible singing voice and inability to even say words properly, he was able to convey emotion really well. So I actually got on board with it about 2/3 of the way through.
Will listen again
Not that it wasn’t good, but very much of it’s time and I didn’t really enjoy it. Constantly screaming ‘WOO’ just had me thinking of Rick Flair. I don’t enjoy people who has as much energy as this little compressed man.
Again, good, but not for me
sick of listening to stuff that I feel like im meant to be high to understand. This wasn’t even edgy, it was just fucking boring.
Apparently if you sample any non-instrument and loop it you’re creative.
Look at the bitch ok the album cover too.
Have a fucking day off you loser.
Musically quite cool but boring and repetitive. I feel like everything from this era is going to be the same. I'm not doing an 8 hour trip on shrooms to enjoy a poxy 40 minute album
Was fun. Enjoyed the music and bits of silliness but couldnt get over the incessant horniness behind 90% of the songs. Guitar in most songs was the stand out. Really cool
Might be one of the most complete albums I’ve ever heard.
I’m only going to point out 2 things I didn’t particularly like. I felt as though Summer Soft dragged on abit in the second half. And that Ngiculela song was obviously non-understandable until he finally just repeated ‘i am singing’ in english.
Two very minor personally unenjoyable parts of what is otherwise in my opinion, genuinely a perfect album. Had to point them out otherwise I’d have had nothing to say, because I can’t afford to spend an hour writing all of the things I liked about it.
Hearing music that I’m familiar with through the samples was great too.
What a talent.
Was quite excited to listen to as I remember enjoying this album much more as a kid.
Nostalgia wasn't enough to have me enjoy the whole thing.
Held together by a few familiar & tracks as well as a couple good features but drags out. Her skits don't help either.
Work It & Slide the only solo songs I feel like I actually enjoyed.
Maybe it is just very much of it's time and doesn't hold up anymore.
Quite disappointed.
Wank.
He's genuinely a terrible singer. He sounds as though he has one lung and is constantly holding in a sneeze at the end of every line.
If this is what was considered good music in the 60s, no wonder JFK killed himself
I promised myself I'd go into this album unbiased from his last shit show that was on here.
Didn't work.
He's absolutely crap and I'll never forgive the generation that allowed him to be considered good, or the fucking spastic hipsters that pretend he's really good. 2 albums, both are pants.
That being said, 'Shelter from the Storm' felt like someone had used chatGPT to write a simon and garfunkel style song, and it was quite good. Did the maths though, it's 5 minutes and 1 second. So of a 51 minute album, it still doesn't even warrant the 1 star this thing makes me give it.
Frustrating to listen to. Never know whats going on. Seemed like the early stages of people experimenting with your sexuality via a computerised keyboard.
Make some actual fucking music, not weird instrumentals and 5 minute songs with 20 words worth of lyrics. Doesn’t make you cool, Dave.
We get it. You’re edgy. Grow up you ginger lesbian
Disco funk soul.
The surprise that was the first song was absolutely perfect for my morning. I didn’t know that I needed it but when the sun come on, I absolutely loved it and he started my Tuesday off the best way possible and then the second song started and I don’t know why there is such a difference it loses its energy. I was quite disappointed but I’m putting that down to purely being because of how high the first song made me feel Rather than the second song letting me down so much. The rest of the album seem to just happen it was disco. It was fun. It was sold. It was black but it was okay. It then picks up with the last two songs and I felt like I was enjoying myself again. I even replayed the last two songs as I felt like the album finished on such a high note. No funny comments from me today just an okay album with some good songs and some nowadays would just be called fella.
I’ve written this review using the microphone on my keyboard so if anything doesn’t make sense, I’m blaming Steve Jobs three stars
I wrote a review for this fucker and its gone.
So im gonna summarise it.
What was the point.
Sounds like it couldve been good but someone fucked with the settings accidentally and couldnt ctrl+z it so they just went ‘fuck it, put it out like that, im not redoing it’
Stillness is the move was enjoyable.
As was Useful Chamber for about 30 seconds, then it gave caesar the seizure and nearly caused a pile up in the middle of the big small heath roundabout.
That 1.1 of a song is the only sing saving this from being 1 star. Not because the album was particularly bad, it was just uninspiring and sort of happened, rather than even being able to understand if I liked it. All in all… weird.
Dont know why i had to hear this before I died. Maybe some cunt in the band has a friend who does the list.
Basically rewrote he whole fucking review n’all. Pisstake
didnt know how to feel. Dont think I like the blokes voice. Bit messy.
Thought I was gonna like the last song until it turned out to be vegetarian propaganda.
Ah.. The late great Urethra Franklin...
It is her shoulders that which all these young talented black female singers stand upon today. Without her, the likes of Beyonce & Misha B would be on street corners, wafting their snatches about for a spare bit of coin from strangers and dirty married men with sneaky habits.
Her voice is sensational, of that there is no doubt. The epitome of Soul.
BUT... She did steal her hairstyle from Amy Winehouse, and maybe even Marge Simpson the way it's all curly.
That's enough about the woman though, how about this album...?
Iconic. So many songs on here I knew just from growing up and hearing so infrequently but so consistently that it made it feel like new music that I could sing along to, which made it very enjoyable. That could also be to its detriment though, as not much of it surprised me, so it felt rather run of the mill. If I could give half stars, this would've been 3.5, but I can't, so I'm sorry Urethra, but your piss bag name is enough to make me round you down to 3 stars here.
P.S. Seal's version of 'People Get Ready' is way better.
Mightily enjoyable. We're all familiar with the bangers on this album. Of which I count four. He comes out of the blocks with the first banger 'Born in the USA' and it reignites my American patriotism that I found 18 months ago, maybe even makes me abit anti toward the yellow man.
'Cover Me' I had never heard but really got on board with, straight into the rotation, but not quite a banger.
The next three songs just sort of blended together, not to say they were bad but they didn't have that same feel. Didn't grip me, although I enjoyed 'Downbound Train', it's also a fun title to say out loud.
'I'm on Fire', second banger. Nuff said.
Again, more blending and not much standing out for the next two, not to say they weren't good but I sort of felt like I was waiting for another big moment.
Then we get 'Glory Days'. Third banger. Loved it. Also into the rotation.
'Dancing in the Dark' reminds me of Clent. So I creamed myself twice. Last Banger.
I had never heard 'My Hometown' and I think it's my favourite single song I've discovered from this 1001 Albums thus far. Again, not a banger, but I just really really liked it.
I'm hesitant to give 5 stars just because of the bits of time I felt like I zoned out. 4.5 stars, harshly rounding down as I believe that 5 star rating is exclusively for something that either moves me entirely, or stays brilliant from front to back.
Cover art is iconic too. I'm proud of you Bruce.
nope.
Old and shite.
Not for me at all.
So repetitive.
Musically I thought it was really impressive. Lead singers voice is often drowned out by the music though. Perhaps for the best as he sounds like Frankenstein's monster just moaning all over the gaff.
Not particularly for me, but there was one song that I really really liked. It even got the wheel up.
'She's Lost Control' is fucking sick.
Sounds like it's from a movie soundtrack, the guitar in it is particularly what gets me bricked up.
That song alone takes this from a measly 2 stars up to a 3, I enjoyed it so much it felt necessary to have it bump the score up.
Count yourself lucky, Joy Division... As the rest is very 'meh'
Very forgettable. Not don't understand why it made the list. Two decent/good songs in 'Monday, Monday' and 'California Dreaming'.
Wasn't shit. Just wasn't good either.
Just wrote a fucking review and it disappeared ffs.
In summary...
I like Iggy pop.
Don't like his music all too much.
It isn't bad.
Just isn't for me.
Some bangers... an awful lot of just absolute noise.
Sacrifice is great
Water starts well - doesn't need to be 10 mins - middle of it sounded like the old ainsley.exe videos.
Erykh Buda never fails to impress. 'You Got Me' is great, largely thanks to her.
Unfortunately averages out to being middle of the road at best. Which is a shame considering some of the good stuff.
I felt like i was stuck in a laundromat in some strange small town in america.
This music seems like the perfect music to have playing live in the background when going on a classy expensive date with a woman who you're actually really interested in and who can hold a good conversation.
Problem with that is that it's expensive and there isn't actually an interesting woman that can hold a good conversation that exists in real life. They're all in movies, reading scripts written by blokes who know what would be interesting conversation for a woman to have.
Not bad music at all though. At times I felt Like Andrew Nayman, playing in a great band but constantly ready for Fletcher to dash a chair at my head or verbally abuse me. But I like that Whiplash alot, so it gives it extra points.
Side note - a bloke wrote that movie too.
I understand that this walked so that alot of hip hop could run, but this barely dawdled to where it was going, if it was even going anywhere... It was just kind of heading in a vaguely correct direction.
Large parts dont sound like tracks, just a bunch of drunk mates messing around in a studio, that extends beyond the skits.
Early 90s LA Hip Hop has so much to offer, surprised this made the cut at all.
Just glad to know there's another album Coyne definitely won't have finished. Useless slob
Arguably one of the best opening tracks to an album ever… then feels as though it drastically changes.
Some cool bits throughout but seems to lack that same punch the opener does, which leaves it feeling abit empty for me.
Blokes voice is abit whiny too.
2.5, will bump to 3 because the first song is an all timer
Just a mess.
Didn’t enjoy at all
took me absolutely ages.
Didn't know if I was enjoying myself or just confused. Basically a singing version of action bronson where she just lays out random nonsense lines.
I finally decided I wasn't enjoying myself during 'Blue Motel Room' when she said 'Will you tell all those girls your got... Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerman measels? Tell them you got................... germs.'
Shite
Don't mind the genre.
Wasn't a big fan of this though.
Nothing wrong with it I don't think. I just don't associate much with it so I drift in and out of giving a shit.
Did not like. Cheap cider in a park at the age of 15 type music
Enjoyed the opening few tracks but it suddenly felt very samey and ended up getting bored of it.
Would enjoy the beginning of every song because the drums would feel different, then by 30 seconds in it’d all feel the same.
Not bad though
Finally… a beatles album that didnt make me want to kill myself.
Still shit though. Gets by on its familiarity with a few songs I think. Just not for me
I did like the idea of thinking although i dont really like jazz, I could appreciate it.
Not at all true.
Cause this was just noise
For it’s time, I think it has literally every christmas banger released on it.
What a lovely christmas listen.
I see Pixies and I think of Project Mayhem.
Makes me wanna put the film on.
But that song wasn't on this album, the whole thing was shit. Disappointed.
Started off alright but in the end i did not like. Dunno if its a banjo or what but it ended up being annoying
Shit. Bored during an album thats only half and hour is some accomplishment. Well done Nick Drake. Boring dude.
Such an important moment in hip hop. A few really iconic songs that are really bigger than just being songs.
But other than that, there's unfortunately alot of filler and gets repetitive. Nostalgia probably at play with this one but I enjoyed it alot in parts, then just kind of coasted through listening to the rest.
Probably the next sub genre of country that coyne likes because he's too cool to like the mainstream stuff.
loser
Enjoyed parts of it, then drifted out at others. Sometimes felt like it was trying too hard to send a message with some obscure nonsense, but over the course of the album I feel like it delivered emotion through music really well at times, but again, too easy to drift out of paying attention to it.
It’s like she decided she liked the word Melodrama, then wrote a shit indie pop album just because she liked it as an album title.
That being said some of it is catchy. I recognised bits of it just from hearing over the years, but i have only ever liked that song Royals by her. Still the case
Guilty pleasure. Honestly she’s brilliant. I don’t care how cliché it all is. It’s massively popular for a reason and I can’t help but the let the little girl in me have an absolute ball of a time whenever I listen to Taylor Swift, this is one of her albums that has very few songs I got bored of.
Out of the woods and I Wish You Would get abit repetitive. But it’s not the end of the world is it, especially when you rack up bangers like Blank Space, Shake It Off, Bad Blood.
Nonsense typical formulaic pop music. 9/10
Dont think I liked any of it. Just alot of nonsense. Drifts in and out of different sounds. Make sense it was in/around the time where the beatles were masive. Just a bunch of shit going on that doesnt need to be
Beginning to doubt whether there in fact is 1001 albums I need to hear before I die, because I didn't need to hear that.
Really enjoyed. Only a few songs on there I wasnt really a fan of and the ones I liked, i really really liked.
Something In The Way will always be a standout to me, because personally, I’m vengeance.
But all but one song (Breed) on the first half of this album absolutely blew me away (no pun intended, Kurt)
There then feels like abit of a lull before it really ramps up and goes out with a bang (pun intended, Kurt).
Very generous 3 stars. 2 Star felt too harsh.
The music actually had me excited from the get go, enjoyed the first song.
Then the second song started, Sunshine of Your Love, and was really excited about it as I didn't know that it was THAT song. Sick guitar shit. Lyrcis abit meh, and that seemed to be the theme for the album. Got abit bored of it to be honest, but appreciated what it was doing alot of the time.
I feel as though they were great musicians with fuck all to actually write about. Their talent with their instruments carried it for me.
Like I said, generous giving 3 stars. Would've liked half stars again to give a 2.5
starts off as perfectly as one could hope an album could.
Imagine being at a gig and thats the opening song? Fucking mental.
Unfortunately that feeling didnt last, it was like that abit too much for me.
Bangers standing out for me were the familiar ones… Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City & Sweet Child O’ Mine.
The rest of it was good, but I felt like it needed to slow down in places so that I could feel the speed increase when it came. Rather than the foot just being down to the floor the entire time.
Torn between a 3 & 4. Will give a 4 because of how good the good bits are, and its short comings aren’t that the other songs are bad , just abit much to listen to all the way through.
Sounds like loads of gameshow music remixed into tracks with a bloke who is away with the fairies writing nonsense lyrics to it all.
Quite shit. But was nice and soft sounding, so… 2 stars I guess
I went into this album with a completely open mind…
Then album started and I couldn’t wait for it to be over…
But soon after, I really began to enjoy it and it left me in an almost meditative state, which I was really surprised at. I do with it just did away with lyrics completely, as the music ended up feeling really really good.
The lyrics are what stopped me really enjoying the music as much as I could have.
In Dark Trees was the beginning of me enjoying it, The Big Ship also great… after that I sort of zoned out of knowing when the tracks changed.
Pleasantly surprised.
Side note, as the album radio cane on after, I learned that Brian Eno made ‘An Ending (Assent’ which is the music Sky Sports always used for their ‘The Gloves are Off’
Which was also a nice thing.
Solid 3
I went into this album semi-excited. Seeing the tracklist I was familiar with about half of it, and liked all of that which I was familiar with.
Issue was that upon listening, they were the only ones I particularly liked… there was nothing wrong with the others, but they did just blend into a kind of nothingness… Thankfully, the ones I did like really carried the album.
Turn Your Lights Down Low is the stand out for me. Always loved that song.
But leaves the album kind of middle of the road as a whole
2 songs are good. Very good in fact.
The others are ones i’d never skip but never put on.
Similar to the last album except there’s less good songs. So have to mark it down.
2 stars
Why is this on the fucking list
To top it off I got mixed up and thought it was Blondie I was gonna hear.
Something really cool about this. Very far from anything I’d ever put on.
The music is just really well put together.
Elegia a stand out for me.
But because its just music that I like, I struggle to know when I’d listen to it, I’ve saved a few but I dont know when or what situation would lead to me revisiting it…
This sparkly faggot does nothing for me
Felt like a shitt(ish) version of some good music.
Like someone was doing their own versions of good music, but not very well…
I think?
Dont think I liked it much, but I kind of wanted to.
Was like a group of lads going ‘shall we make music that will get us on the next fifa game?’
I think?
Okay. Take Me Out just started, didnt realised this was on here. They actually did do the Fifa thing, and very well. Elite Snobs song for 18 year old Caesar to neck of with 3 different birds to. Bravo Franz.
The rest get very ‘meh’ again.
I also hate when an album is just the title of the artist. Was a 2.5, now solid 2.
Felt like a coldplay album without all the mystical noises and sort of weird sounds that are meant to be trippy and cool.
Then ‘One Day Like This’ come on and made me think of football. Obviously the reason this album made the list.
Overall very mehh
boring, but wasnt shit i suppose
This list is fucking stupid
Disappointed at just how boring this felt…
First one I even began to enjoy was Living For the City, and then the instruments just waved from left to right headphone constantly and had to skip it in the end because it was just horrible. Maybe better on a single speaker but hate the production on it for that reason.
Didn't mind Higher Ground. But wasn’t blown away by anything on here to be honest.
All Is Fair In Love was okay aswell… but just okay.
Overall, abit of a let down considering the last album he had on this list.
Built a rod for his own back, our Stevie.
Not for me. Sounded beatle-ish
Flawless in so many ways.
To give any particular song a shout out and say i enjoy it would be a disservice to the others… it was that good.
Although then title track steals the show…
I say again, flawless
All sounded very much like background music you’d get sort of semi faded out in an old 90s chick flick.
Wasn’t shit though and easy to sway side to side to
Dorking away tweets from shite football clubs piss me off so much that I now hate A-ha for that sole reason
Really just alot of nothingness.
Only time I was really into it was during ‘Quiet Houses’ and thats because I thought he was saying ‘Donkey Man’ not ‘Don’t give in’.
Should’ve called it ‘Quiet Horses’….
I’m here all week
I liked alot of the melancholy type sounds on this. Nice to drive to, but feels completely directionless and at times just abit dull
Honestly one of my favourite albums, by one of my favourite artists. I think he’s the most complete musician and performer there’s ever been. Sexy as fuck. Charismatic beyond belief. Writes it all. Plays it all. Sings it all.
The movie to this album is so of its time, but adds some great context to songs that I probably liked out of nostalgia as much as I liked them because they were him.
I honestly can’t speak highly enough of him or or this album.
The album is 5/5. And then there are moments on it that are beyond that.
Lets Go Crazy is the perfect way to kick this off. Darling Nikki is mad sex crazed. When Doves Cry is one of the exceptional songs that goes beyond a 5 for me. It also kicks off the second half of the album which is flawless. I Would Die 4 U is incredible and gets me emotional. Baby I’m A Star is actually one I prefer the live version of, especially at the superbowl. Then Purple Rain is one of the greatest songs of all time. Words cannot do this justice, nor can 5 measly stars.
Deserves more.
one of the better discoveries from this 1001 albums.
His voice felt so original, although about the midpoint it did begin to get abit agitating, but I came back around to it again.
The music is so calming and feels alot like a score/soundtrack to a tv show.
Brings the emotion alot and some gems in there. Absolutely will revisit this in certain moods
Couldn't finish. Far too aggressive for absolutely no reason.
Master of Puppets was the only one I was familiar with and I kind of liked it, then got sick of it... Then it changed up and I thought I might like it, before it descended back into hell.
Just stinks of cans of monster, stale fart ridden furniture and someone who is so good at guitar hero that it could only be a detriment to their social life.
But I did often find myself thinking 'to be fair thats fucking sick' when the drums were smashing and the electric guitar was all in sync well. I liked that and can appreciate the talent in it
For an album with the title it has, by a band with the name they have, I was just glad it wasn’t hardcore metal screaming.
Pleasant listening,
Enjoyed Come Together and Loaded. Both seemed like nostalgic football songs you’d see on a barclaysman highlight reel.
John Carew smacking the top corner or Dmitry Payet embarrassing people. Sprinkle in some Jay-Jay Okocha, Michu and Tim Cahill and you’re flying.
Other than that, very background-ish.
Middle of the road with Prime Barclays doing it a favour and rounding it up to a 3
This album just sort of happens. Nothing inspiring, just all of it is backgroundish. When he calls out the KKK in the first song it felt abit cringey. Then it just goes on to loads of typical RHCP filler.
I enjoyed I Could Have Lied, that stood out abit,
Nice also to hear where that ‘givitaway givitaway givitaway now’ comes from.
Under the Bridge is obviously a banger but it feels tired when listening to the whole album for me.
Didn’t dislike any of it really, just mehh.
Very nostalgic. The songs I particularly liked were the ones I already knew. Bittersweet Symphony & The Drugs Don’t Work particularly stand out as very good.
The rest of it is okay but doesn’t really do too much for me personally. Harsh 3, felt to give it a 4 I would’ve needed to feel it just a little bit more
Really enjoyed.
Dolly Parton definitely the best bit of it. The first 2 songs particularly, and Wild Flower was a really nice song. All abit sameish as most country is, thats my only criticism
The population in the USA in 1968 was about 200 million people. Sounds like half of them played an instrument in this band of their own choosing. Thankfully they kept the amount of people singing to a small handful, but on the flipside of that… sounds like the half of the population that didnt play instruments got to decide the lyrics.
Just a load of nonsense sounds to me, no cohesion with sound or what the fuck they’re on about.
PSYCHO KILLER… Qu’est-ce que c’est
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa.
Yes i had to google how to spell that.
Album was very nothingish and abit boring to me until that come on. I knew I recognised the album artwork but I’m glad I didn’t check the tracklist.
That song bumps it up to a 3 for me.
I hate the word but it really is a nice vibe of a song.
I really enjoyed the title track to this, which was a great start because I had an idea in my head that I don’t really like Bowie from what I’ve heard before. This sounded so much different to his other stuff I’ve heard initially, then his typically odd shit creeps in, but thankfully not to the extent I feel it usually does
I enjoyed the song ‘Right’ too. Fame was proper cool. Felt like a black man in the 70s wearing flared green trousers and stomper boots with them big star shopped sunglasses when it was just the beat. Then he started singing and those green trousers suddenly became assless, and rather than the glasses seeming all groovy and jive, they suddenly represented more of an Elton John aesthetic. But still, didn’t mind it tbh.
Up and down this album for me, but not to the extent I loved anything or hated anything…
Even though he’s rocking a proper Donald trim on the artwork, I’m giving it a harsh 3
Just loads of nonsense... But I couldn't help but feel an amount of charisma from the singer. I feel like I'd like him as a person. So juicy, but shite
How typical.
I get using music as a vehicle to get across a political message at times, but that’s all this whole album is. Just like a big rap political statement.
Give off and rap about something else for abit
After that last album, I was terrified when the first song of this one kept repeating ‘shall we talk about the government’
Then realised it’s that band that made them two alright songs Losing My Religion and Everybody Hurts. Neither were on this album.
But it was alright, just very samey throughout.
Nothing inspiring or exciting
No idea why this was on the list. I must be getting more deaf an unfortunately just cant hear the good bits
