What a way to start this project

Beautiful but too one paced for me personally. Your Protector was particularly good but overall I just couldn't get into it.

This is what Fleet Foxes wanted to be

I bought this on cassette tape on holiday in Canada as a teenager, along with Murmur. They are to this day my two favourite R.E.M. albums but this one probably just edges it.

First new artist to me. I liked this particularly the track Boxcars.

I'm with the Dude on the merits of The Eagles but this was better than I expected and I enjoyed the banjo on some of the tracks.

Paul Weller was 25 when he started The Style Council... and frankly, he was old enough to know better.

Loved this at the time of release, never really connected with them at other points in their discography. A strong four from me.

I was bored about two minutes into this album and remained so throughout. Real Love redeemed this towards the end but overall just forgetable.

This album reminds me of my Dad. It feels like Bruce is putting a reassuring arm around you and telling you everything is going to be alright. It's a bit flawed and not very nuanced but has some great highs (Empty Sky, Further on up the Road, Paradise).

Amazed they got Donald Duck to appear on one of the tracks..

first hip hop LP of this project, pleased it's an old school classic

I knew Girlfriend already but that's far from the best track here. I liked both the English and French versions: 80s pop recreated with quality with existential lyrics.

It must be the Mandela effect but I thought you could hear Bob say "Play in fuckin' loud" before the band launches in to Like A Rolling Stone but I didn't hear this seminal moment or the 'Judas' shout that prompted it on the streaming service I used to listen.

Life's What You Make It may be the greatest piece of pop music of the 80s but the rest of the album doesn't quite reach the same heights. I love Spirit of Eden and wasn't sure how much this album would be a transition between their earlier more mainstream style and the sound collage style they adopted. This was beautiful and unique too but I think you need more than one listen to fully appreciate it so I'd give it a high four.

First track is 20 minutes and some of it just sounded like they were tuning up. It had already lost me by this point

Musically it's aged well but the misogyny and glsmourisation of crime I had a problem with.

I was familiar with some of Earle's work from later in his career (early 2000s) but hadn't listened to this album before. I think I'll give Copperhead Road a try as generally enjoy when he rocks out q bit more than on this debut.

I'm not bumpin' too much Biggie Smalls. Great album, could live without all the skits but otherwise a high score for this one.

A bit too Bestival-core for my tastes. Nice vibe but not much that really stuck with me either.

I listened to this interspersed with some of their poppier material from earlier in their career and generally enjoyed those tracks more. I liked the raw emotional honesty of Your Dictionary but much of the rest was either too long or lacking in the melody department.

Van was the first gig I ever saw, I don't remember much other than the singalong of Gloria. He seemed like an old man to the 10-year old me, he was the same age as I am now. I don't know his music that well but everything on this album was great.