1001 Albums Summary

The first half of the album, the annoying piano is so intense that nothing else can really breathe in the mix. Second half was brilliant. 3 seems fair.

The guy who left the Secretary Rock review is absolutely unhinged. Beautiful music, strong themes that are sadly still very relevant today. Gotta be a 5.

They lost me a bit in the middle, and the fact they wanted to release Essex Dogs as a single is insane to me, but if you are looking for experimental indie at its finest, Blur really achieved this with this album. I feel like 4 is too high, I would give it a 3.5, but such id our flawed voting system that I have to round up.

I just wish the vocals were a little louder on some of the tracks.

This album started off AMAZINGLY strongly until the title track presented itself like a blood-sucking vampire and killed the energy. Following that, it was like being upset in a nightclub, the party still takes place around you, you sober up a bit and try to get back into the groove, occasionally getting another drink, and giving it your best dance even though you keep being pulled back to being upset. It just doesn't feel the same after track 5.

Mellow, beautiful, somehow left wanting a bit more whilst also not knowing how.

If this scale was /10 ot would be 8.5 Then you remember it doesn't allow decimals so you round to 9 Then you divide it by 2 because this is out of 5 so it is 4.5 But then you remember again you cannot have decimals so you round it up to 5 That's the formula for working out this rating, but the formula for an amazing Pixies album is Black Francis plus Kim Deal plus distortion equals a really really good time.

Whyyyyyy?

Great performance but -1 for being a cover album and -1 for choosing songs that go on about death all the time.

This review might be a bit biased because I have fond memories of listening to this in my favourite bar back when I was in college. The only bad thing was when some magician guy tried to hit on me, not realising I was a dude with long hair. This used to amuse the bartender who otherwise seemed to be having a very frustrating shift each time.

If you like lyrics about sexual and animal abuse, this is the album for you. But also get help.

John Lennon has a really nice voice. Paul is so annoying.

Lyrical masterpiece

I cannot get past the annoying squeak in his voice to get through the album I am sorry.

This was absolute shite. Please never make my ears hear this again. I would rather roll around in battery acid.

Lmao wtf is this, nevertheless he had a song about dogs and ending up charming me with his strange music.

I was torn between 3 and 4 but the peaks of this album definitely send it to the 4 territory.

Influential but got very samey

I enjoyed it whilst also simultaneously waiting for something to happen in every song.

I wanted to dislike this because of Bono, but Kite is beautiful.

Very pleasant

Instrumentals were fun but the vocals were too over the top.

I hated this the first time I listened to it, but honestly the optimal time to listen to it is when cleaning your flat like mad before visitors come and you need something to both calm you down and make you feel chaotic at the same time to keep up the pace. That is this EP.

Going from Ray of Light to this in two years should be a chargeable offence. It is no wonder that the word music is in quotation marks on the cover. Dull, uninspired, ticking boxes for a record. I hated this for how much I couldn't enjoy it - at least give me a reason to listen to it again even if it's so bad I have to laugh. This had nothing. And yet I will probably give Ray of Light four or five stars when I get it.

The singer's voice annoyed me and the band just felt like an accompanying act to her. Still, far more authentic than Madonna's "Music" so this isn't a 1.

I wasn't sure what to rate this. I won't give it a 5 as its mostly covers but... Imagine if an alien came to Earth and said "We have been studying the instrument known as bongos from afar. Bring me your best bongo album or I will vaporize you. The fate of your entire planet rests on my opinion of this album." It would be this album. It has to be the best album to have bongos in every track. It's a 4. Fuck it actually let's go 5.

I get he inspired a generation but this was just dull apart from Blue Suede Shoes.

This album tells me that I might like PJ Harvey on albums of hers that have less repetitive chords and wailing. I hear that. I just don't fully like this one.

This would be a 2 but two albums of THIS? It's a 1.

5 stars. No notes.

Captivating

This album was the musical equivalent of eating a scone. I don't really like scones.

Really nice and with such a short length did not stay its welcome, but it is the same reason I took a star off as this is basically EP length. I know things have changed since those days but yeah!

Lyrical masterpiece and far more influential than the Beatles

Some of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard, til the second half

I didn't listen because his last album has not aged well lyrically with lyrics of sexual volence and misogyny but I know this has Stan on it so gave it 2 instead of 1.

Nice voice but very boring

I should have tired of this with it being a double album. I did a little during Disc 2 but not enough to downgrade it. Amazing.

Boring as fuck

Sea Change is far better

God the 50s are fucking dreadful.

This would be a 1 if not for California Dreamin'

Where did they find that MC? The job centre?

If I spent all of this time explaining what my review was going to be like before actually writing my review, you'll hsve an idea what this album is like.

A poeerful voice yet also a relaxing one, beautiful instrumentation, I loved this album.

The easiest 5 I will give on here.

I normally reserve my 1s for music that is uninspired The Who were inspired by a concept here, it was just a reslly shit execution. Utterly annoying with cheeky chappy vocals. I Can See For Miles almost bumped it to a 2. Almost.

Beautiful.

I hate what Kanye has become, but unlike Eminem's lyrics I could listen to this in isolation and be okay with it (apart from.The New Workout Plan, -1). I was going to give this a 4 but I think with the lyrics to that song, a 3 feels right.

"You're a vegetable, ow!"

I was debating between 4 and 5 for this but then I realised that if the lyrics were English I would be rating it 5 because the instrumentation moved me and I really like the singer's voice. I don't want to rate something down just because I don't understand the language of the music, so it's a 5.

It was great when he wasn't singing. Although the last track SLAPPED.

I hate the blues but I liked his voice.

I was so close to giving this a 1 AND calling it my least favourite album so far. Honestly, just listening to a chav be irritated about things, getting into arguments and fights, it is highly awful. Honestly I would rather have the "rare parrot" in the Stephen Fry clip shag me in the ear than listen to this again. I am only giving it 2 because the ending song makes it come full circle and at least gives a point to the journey, but what a shit journey that was. Edit: Actually, not many albums since have been as bad as this. It's a 1.

Bolan likes to talk about himself like this a lot. Bolan also likes to rock. Bolan is a knob.

The singles are amazing but I have never heard so much filler on one album before.

I love nu-metal But I fucking despise Korn

What an absolute joy this was.

Fun

Jazzy!

Blues garbage

This would be a 4 but they said their own name 104 times before the third track.

AMAZING first half. Absolutely goes downhill in the second but the first half was GOAT territory so it retains the 5.

Often duplicated, never replicated or whatever the phrase is

Dreary, boring, miserable.

I wasn't liking this but then I fell asleep and it works amazingly well as a semi-conscious nap album

The greatest album of all time

Spaceman 1

If the song Alife is what I think it's about then fuck you Robert Wyatt

The rockier songs slapped

I do like when it sounds melancholic but it stays too long being upbeat which doesn't suit his voice

I think I FINALLY get Nick Cave

No

Better than Missy Elliott at least

First four tracks are great, the rest verges on annoying to overrated

It's like a better Green Onions

Begrudgingly this is a 5. Many big tracks and if you want cheesy Euro pop, you are not going to find an album that personifies that genre more than this. I really dislike ABBA, but I can't say this is not a 5.

Funky

The singer's voice annoys me

This is the only album I will rate without listening to. I have heard Skepta singles on the radio and grime in general. 1.

Vibe

The singles on this absolutely slap and the rest just exists

Oh my days this was a joy.

Sweet but very boring

Temporary

Temporary

Good energy

Soulless, generic sugary trash but at least it got hits at the time and did what it was supposed to do.

I haven't listened yet but I already know this is awful

Quite nice, rambled far too much in Jesus with all due respect

It's okay. Title track is legendary.

It feels like one long song

Nothing special, heard worse

Pleasant

It was okay

Like the artwork suggests, this sandwich has a lot of filler. It's a good job the start and end are classics.

Fuck yeah

Absolutely incredible, especially Exiles!

Never change Pere Ubu

Stunning

If not for some iconic songs this would be a 1. So bloody dreary besides the hits.

It was okay

Genuinely surprised this was as good as it was given it was the first album in a while from an older Bowie, but tracks like Heat bored me to tears which stopped it being a 5.

Samba bores me I am sorry

What a hauntingly beautiful voice

Honestly, the covers I have heard of Portishead songs seem better than the original thing, but it is still a 4.

This feels like the only Stones record I have had so far that doesn't fall off a cliff after an iconic opener

Mancunian classic innit mate

Bit of a vibe here from Mr. Wonder

Ugh no

Key songs are great, the rest falls flat

Surprisingly delightful

Yawn

Fun!

Drags a lot, nothing special

Pivotal album

Annoyingly this is good at times

Unremarkable, why is it here?

I cannot believe I am giving Yes a 3, but some parts were nice

Amazing at times, wtf at other times

Dark, pulsating goodness

So close to 5 but that TV song was ass

Meh

Iconic

Wtf was this?

Bit average

She really doesn't like men

Extraordinary

Lovely

Despite the creepy cover, this was unexpectedly beautiful

Dark and groovy

Really nice voice, not usually my favourite genre.

So close to a 5 but I did get occasionally bored. Songs like Words and Pounding though are incredible.

I have loved every album I have heard from them but had never heard anything before Surrender. God this was awful. Setting Sun saved this from a one.

Who listens to this and considers it music?

I didn't know Iggy had a nice voice on some tracks

I really liked this to start with but how did it feel a million hours long? Despite being 40 minutes, feels like 20 minutes would have been the perfect length.

This was a bit insane, for the most part I liked that

This was madness

Groovy. Bongo Bong SLAPS.

Almost as good as The Soft Bulletin

Very samey but fun

Kinda boring but okay

Kinda cheesy a lot of the time but quite good

Surprisingly quite good

How 60's do you want to be?

Roundabout saves this from a 2

Nothing is as good as the first song

Moody

What an insane debut

I was going to give this a 1 but the last song has a lyric about their music not being particularly good so at least they are self aware.

Just a horrible sound

Generic Dad Rock

Slightly less generic Dad Rock

This one of theirs was just okay. Also the Cure cover ends way too abruptly.

Better than I expected given finding her extremely annoying on social media adverts

Okay

Horrible voice, awful lyrics, terrible genre

Bored my non-existent tits off

The main bit is a 5, the rest drags it down to a 3

Marginally okay

That voice was painful

Batshit insane, I love it

Not as good as Blue

Mostly good apart from the bluesy bit.

Awful. The song Wilson is a bit sus. Check their browsing history and lock them up.

I was very bored

Quite boring

Not my thing but they were the best at it

Kinda like a boring version of the Spyro soundtrack

Almost a 3

I didn't expect this one to be boring but it was

Meh

Not my favourite album of his, I prefer Accusations. It's not on streaming services though, but you can find it by googling "Ryan Adams Accusations".

Quite good

Recently listened to the entire Pink Floyd discography, a new album each day, I already know this album is terrible and they only got good in the early-mid 70s (and by good I mean amazing). The 60s are awful in general though and so is this.

Tainted Love almost brought this to a 2 but it's a cover so I am not letting the one good song on this save it from a 1. Also, Sex Dwarf, lol but what in the actual fuck

Sensational

This was alright

I would normally give most blues a 1 but I like Muddy's voices

This was crazy and I think it inspired Pixies

Incredible

Meh

I was bored to death with this one, sorry Bruce

They have a nice voice but music like this does nothing for me

Soothing at times, boring at others

Obviously a classic but this type of rock is just very meh to me

Pretty good

I like his voice

Surprisingly not bad

Best album of any Beatle solo or collectively. Incredible songwriting.

Revolutionary

I do not care for this style of music and the fact he has way too many albums actively annoys me.

For your pleasure, but not mine.

Not the worst album ever, not great either.

Bored me to tears

Bit weird, especially the lofi jazz tune with nuclear excerpts

Budget Lou Reed and friends. That temptation of egg song was a bit too r*pey.

That singer's voice was horrible

There's elements of this I really like but needed far more variation. I really don't like this era of electronic music being all the same song but in different parts.

I am in love with everything this man does

Better than the other one of his I had

Smooth

So so close to 5 but just wasn't on Hounds of Love's level

The peaks of this album are very very high but the filler drags it down

High peaks but not as good as their best

4th 4 in a row for me. Like the other albums I just had, high peaks but a bit of filler stopping it from getting to 5.

I was scared to listen to this for years thinking it would be depressing but it is just so.. wow! The instrumentation is brilliant.

Temp

Magik, at times

This was okay

Never got the appeal

Alright but not their best

This would be 4 but calling yourself Elvis deserves a -1

This was okay, her voice spoils it though.