Excellent metal album with some of their best work but massively let down by truly awful production and band members being weirdos cause their mate died. Standout tracks - Blackened - One - Harvester of Sorrow - The Frayed Ends of Sanity Don't rate Eye of the Beholder but that's mainly down to the odd filter effect on Hetfield's vocals. Would have been 3.5 stars but not allowed so will be nice and give it a 4

Couple of bangers overwhelmingly outnumbered by a lot of absolutely waffle. Brian May was wasted on them. High points: Brighton Rock Now I'm Here Brian May's Guitar tone Low points: Everything else Roger Taylor singing Whatever the fuck Bring Back That Leroy Brown is meant to be

Used to enjoy this album when I was younger after hearing them on films like Reality Bites and Grosse Pointe Blank. Enjoy the looseness and lo-fi style of the songs. Listening to it again about 20 years later, I still admire those things but tastes change and that alt-slacker sound doesn’t hold the same appeal unless its someone like Pavement or The Velvet Underground who had song craft and musical chops.

 Standouts: Blister in the Sun
 Add It Up
 Low Points: To The Kill - Sounds like they drank the bong water and tried to jam

Tricky to review this one as I find a lot of British 60s psychedelic rock to have aged badly. Very much of its time. Also, Clapton is a cunt. Enoyed this when they stick to the bluesy Yardbirdsy sound. When they delve into the more psychedelic sounds they just sound a bit cringe. I remember my first spliff too lads. Standouts: Strange Brew Sunshine of Your Love Outside Woman Blues Take It Back The individual musicianship of the 3 involved Low Points: Pretty much the whole middle section (World of Pain through to We're Going Wrong) but especially Blue Condition and Tales of Brave Ulysses (although I liked the guitar parts) Mothers Lament is such a weird way to end an album.

Outstanding album and probably my favourite by Neil Young. No real duds on it but I'm not a huge fan of I Believe in You. That's the only one that drags for me. Standouts: After the Golf Rush Southern Man Only Love Can Break Your Heart Don't Let It Bring You Down Low Points: I Believe in You Lynyrd Skynyrd thinking they're well hard for calling out NY for his lyrics in Southern Man. The Godfather of Grunge would batter you.

Fuck me this is dull. Didn't like it at the time and enjoyed ripping my bro for being a bed wetter. It's even worse all these years later. Christ. So miserable. Don't be Scottish like these whining fannies. Be more like Mogwai, Teenage Fanclub, Arab Strap. Even Belle and Sebastian as at least they have a bit of bite when they are complaining. This is the most sexless softboi music I've heard. Makes early Coldplay sound like the stones. Makes Keane sound like Motley Crue. Mad how this was so popular. Late 90s post britpop was a weird time. Standouts: Why Does it Always Rain on Me I suppose The hidden track had a bit of bite. Why the fuck was it a hidden track?! Low points: All of it. But especially Luv. God this is wank.

Hard to review this one as I'm not a fan of this type of music. Find it quite boring and one note but don't think it's a bad album. Just not my vibe. Good production and dont mins some of the dnb/triphop beats. Every song sounds the same though. Would go down well at a late 90s dinner party for twats dipping into the beak after the dessert and cafetiere coffee

Bloody love this album and nice to go back to as haven't listened to for a fair while as the sheen got slightly taken off Pixies with them hanging around too long after the reformation and releasing a load of old shite. This and Doolittle are two of the best albums of the 80s for me and whilst Doolittle probably has better song songs, this has a frantic and manic energy alongside absolute beautiful bangers like Where is My Mind and Gigantic. Standouts: Bone Machine Something Against You Broken Face Gigantic River Euphrates Where is My Mind Vamos Most of the album then... Low Points: None

Thought it was good. Only really knew Father and Son, Wild World and Tea for the Tillerman from Extras. Really enjoyed the piano on Miles from Nowhere thought But I Might Die Tonight. Thought this album might be a bit twee but those songs had a bit more swagger than I was expected. Standouts: Miles From Nowhere But I Might Die Father and Son Tea For The Tillerman (although wish it was longer as it just ends after that lovely gospel chorus) Low Points: None really but was a fan of the quieter folky by the numbers ones

It's a vibe and a vibe that I enjoyed on the whole. Nice to have something different on this list. Reckon it would have sounded way better without the very dated 90s (80s in the DRC) production which makes every song sound like a scene in a now problematic Hollywood film probably starring John Candy and Arsenio Hall. Would enjoy this on West Holts in the sunshine whilst drinking away a hangover and whiteboy swaying around a bit Standouts: Hard to say haha Low Points: It's a bit samey and too long but enough about Lloydie

Unreal thrash album. Has to be one of the best of its era and genre. Unrelenting and full of bangers. Can't believe I haven't listened to it since I was a kid. What I love about it the most is that it actually sounds fun. Might be the slightly clearer singing style or the midsong shifts in dynamics but it doesn't get bogged down in the whole murky and muddy sound of similar thrash bands trying to be the most evil or badass sounding. Noticed a NY Hardcore/punk influence on this with the overlapped vocals and gang shout style which maybe adds to the fun of it. Get the impression they don't take themselves too seriously. Standouts: All of it but especially... Among the Living Caught in a Mosh A Skeleton in the Closet One World Imitation of Life Low Points: Couldn't name one. Loved every moment. So fucking good.

Interesting album this. When I really got into REM back in the day there was a whole period of releases that I'd never heard of (pretty much everything pre-Green) that I enjoyed delving into and hearing their sound change. Not many bands that hit their commercial stride and superstardom on their 7th album. Fair play. Anyway, I quite like this album. It's small, jangly and well indie but you can hear the potential of what they would go on to achieve. This is their Pablo Honey. Standouts: Radio Free Europe Pilgrimage Moral Kiosk Shaking Through Low Points: Quite a few songs passed me but nothing I thought was terrible. Just a nice breezy flow through the whole album, even if a lot of it sounds the same. It did outstay its welcome slightly and lack of hooks make it all a bit forgettable. We Walk was a bit of weird one I guess if I had to pick one. Sounds like a song from a Funnybones book. Always wonder what the Day 1 REM diehards feel about them becoming probably the biggest rock band in the world in the early 90s. Sellouts...

Quite an annoying album overall. Perry Farrell comes across as a whiny douche on record and in real life. Didn't like the production, too tinny. Some good shreds and riffs at times but these were usually overshadowed by Perry Farrell waffling on about god knows what. Standouts: Been Caught Stealing Three Days - nice and jammy and lets Navarro do his things. Low Points: The whole album drifts into nothingness towards the end Then She Did... - good middle section but this has no place being 8 minutes long Of Course - the celtic fiddle was out of place and irritating On the whole. Didn't really like it but didn't hate it. They remind me of The Doors where people think they are cool but they are just really junkies who were lucky to be around a music scene that was happening.

Didn't hate it. Found it quite relaxing and a bit weird which I don't mind on a Sunday morning. Sounded like something my girl Cerys would play on her 6Music show. Hard to do an indepth review as it was very much background music whilst I pottered around the house. The kids found it quite funny as they were eating their scrambled eggs on toast and trying to get their heads round the oddness. They enjoyed it though and was funny hearing their impressions of it. Standouts: The opening track is the closest to a song so I guess that one Low Points: Thought the album got really great at the end but then I realised it had finished and was playing Brian Eno instead.

Is the moment I have to come to terms with the fact I actually like The Smiths? For most of my life my argument has been one of Marr being ace and the songs are great but let down by the singer being a monumental prick. Thankfully I don't need to acknowledge this potentially troubling possibility as I found this album to be bang average despite some excellent melodies as per from Marr. The rest of the band do a solid job on this. Standouts: The Headmaster Ritual I Want the One I Can't Have What She Said Low Points: The last 4 tracks really lost me and I found myself waiting for the album to finish so I could stick on The Best of The Smiths and hear some bangers. Very bangers lite this album. This also must be Stephen at his most warbly and meandering. Fair play for sticking your veganism front and central and ending with a protest song on the matter but I've just won a load of meat at a meat raffle and I can't wait to get stuck into it.

John nailed it with the Nick Cave gone vaudeville. Really didn't like his sub par Billy Joel piano ballads. Enjoyed it when his songs had a bit of Broadway swing and swagger. When he's not being a proper weirdo this is alright in parts. Standouts: I liked the instruments on the first track Oh California - Nice jazzy swing. Bit of a song and dance man is old David. Another Friday Night - nice dynamics and as close to an epic song we're going to get here Midnight Carousel - Sounds like OG BC,NR singing a operatic song about a creepy Santa, in a good way. Low Points: Love's Enough - Got a bird have we mate? Ballard of the Ship of State - can't even make head nor tail of this. Just mad. Family Band - might have liked this if he wasn't bible bashing so much Blues for Billy Whitecloud - yeah, pretty problematic mate. I also don't think racist attacks on the Native American community and the bombing of children should be this jaunty. But hey, that's just me. Can see why this guy was never famous. Odd fella and dodgy lyrics. Was an experience though so cheers Koffi

Solid folk rock with some of his best work. This is a case where I prefer his longer songs and love the jammy nature of them. NY and Crazy Horse are still one of the best live acts I've ever seen. YouTube their cover of A Day in the Life at Glastonbury and behold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZFtWxFBAkg Standouts: Cinnamon Girl Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Down by the River Cowgirl in the Sand Low points Found Round & Round a bit boring. Running Dry was fine and the fiddle didn't commit atrocities but didn't love it