Sympathy with the Devil and Street Fighting Man are classics. I can generally take or leave the rest - it tends towards the bluesier, countrified sound of the Stones which was never my favourite side.

Lovely, whimsical. Think it needs repeat listens to fully appreciate but I like it a lot.

I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. I remember returning the CD back in 2004/5! Definitely front-loaded, but it holds up well and is just a fun listen all around.

Enjoyed this one. Great singing and arrangements, lots of fun. You don't really get a sense of the historical/racial significance while it plays, it goes down easily.

A tremendous album from start to finish. I love everything about it.

This is just a perfect album, fantastic highs but the whole thing is cohesive and varied. Amazing guitar playing throughout.

Want to listen again but this is great - heavier and more rocky than I'd expected. Title track is obviously phenomenal. Quite a unique structure of starting and ending with long tracks and having short punchy ones in between.

This has some great moments - I already loved Yeah Oh Yeah and the Book of Love especially - some of it washes over me. Some of it is almost purposefully annoying/kitsch, like Zebra or the boudoir/medieval track towards the end. I think it needs repeat listens for more songs to reveal themselves to me. All My Little Words, Promises of Eternity, Papa Was a Rodeo all have promise in this regard. But it's so long!

This is very much my thing - probably shouldn't be 5 stars because of 'Sentimental Journey', but I really really liked this one.

A beautiful record. I need to give this some more listens, but it's fantastic.

I can only imagine how mindblowing this record must have been at the time. Still a fun listen, though I don't think it has my favourite stuff of his.

Don't Think Twice is an absolute stunner, best song here. Hard Rain and Masters of War are great too, not sure if that's just familiarity speaking but they're heads and shoulders above everything else. Blowin in the Wind is great but overplayed so hard to hear it afresh. Harmonica and talking blues is definitely not for me on the whole.

I detested this. Self-indulgent, most songs are cheesy and boring to start with, then go about 2-3 minutes longer than they should.

I liked it, would listen again. The first track was great. Need to see that doc.

Brilliant. Their best. Know it well and remember buying it back in 2004! Maybe a bit underrated these days. They should have put the single version of This Fire on here instead though.

Very nostalgic, will always have strong memories associated with this one. Makes me think of friends and times gone by. Good.

This is incredible, what a record.

This is OK in parts. She has a good voice. But it's just really not my thing.

This is very good - benefits from me having heard it before as I think it could be a bit impenetrable otherwise. Sound and Vision is one of the best songs ever. Drums sound amazing throughout.

Loads of fun, great.

Butt rock. Strutter is a banger but it's not on this one.

Heavier than I was expecting. Didn't stand out on a first listen.

Quite nice. Alegria Alegria stands out as a single. Was a bit hungover on first listen, so I should probably revisit.

I already know it's a 5, one of the GOATs. Listened to disk 2 which is also very good, though slight.

Listened to this the day after Odelay as I catch up. I much prefer the former, though I think this could be a grower.

I like it, it doesn't have my favourite/better known tracks by him, but it's very good recognisable within his style, if that makes any sense. I'm sure this will be a grower.

I love R.E.M., but I've never actually listened to this one in full and was a little disappointed on the whole. The production is a step down from the IRS records. But it still has to be at least 4 stars, as Orange Crush is on here.