Intro - funny The Magic Number - Didn't think much of it, but then 80s rap beats are not my thing Change in Speak - good groove. Love the brass section. Cool Breeze on the Rocks - adding this here for completion but what is there to say about this haha Can U Keep a Secret - funny but that's it (adorable laugh at the end) Jenifa Taught Me is one of the best so far - loved the Chopsticks interlude, and the cool beat coming in after Ghetto Thang - the groove on this one is amazing. Best on the album so far. Transmitting Live from Mars - love the groove on this one, and the French at the start. Eye Know - so cute! Love the Peg sample. Take it Off - fairly boring A Little Bit of Soap - love the sample Tread Water - pretty fun Potholes in My Lawn - pretty good groove but fairly boring overall Say No Go - fairly forgettable Do as De La Does - abrasive and not great Plug Tunin' - not bad. Pretty dull De La Orgee - ridiculous haha Buddy - pretty dull (has the hilarious signature rap "ha HA!" that I love though) Description - plodding Me Myself and I - WHAT an excellent start. Love the hook throughout. This is a Recording - VERY cool groove. One of the best songs on the album. I Can Do Anything - funny D.A.I.S.Y Age - pretty muted and boring, so a disappointing end to Summary: Love all the samples, love the grooves, love the talking bits, little asides, and jokes. A great time overall.

...the original version of Show Business though...yikes.

E-Pro - not bad, fairly dull *Que' Onda Guero - really like this one. Reminded me of Gorillaz *Girl - LOVE the 8-bit intro. Good song - love the key change that leads into the chorus (and is present throughout it). Love the slide guitar solo. Missing - pretty untuneful and boring *Black Tambourine - pretty sexy *Earthquake Weather - cute. Really unusual tune Hell Yes - love the groove at the start. Sexy song Broken Drum - alright, fairly dull Scarecrow - fairly dull Go It Alone - fairly dull Farewell Ride - dull also. Many the quality of this album massively dips after the first half. Rental Car - dull Emergency Exit - dull Send a Message to Her - kind of Beatles vibe off this one. Pretty good Chain Reaction - not bad - love the video game bits at the end. Song is a bit repetitive. Half and half! Good beginning, dull end, good bonus tracks.

Aside from the three famous ones, this album is nothing to write home about.* Surprised it made the list. *One exception being Pieces of What which is pretty good.

Another 80s rap album. This will probably be a struggle... Peter Piper - your classic 80s rap. You know the drill. Earnest. Cheesy beats. Lost it at: "He's not Hansel." "He's not Gretel." It's Tricky - A classic! Catchy. My Adidas - alright. Walk This Way - this is a great song once you studiously ignore the lyrics (yikes). Is It Live - not bad. Perfection - LIVING for the smug singing at the beginning and throughout. Also - "DM-" "CCCCCCCC!" - stunning. Song gets pretty boring after the first min though. Hit It Run - hated this so much I had to skip it. Raising Hell - "IT is SOMEwhat FRIGHT'ning!" - amazing. Love the rock elements of this song too incl. the guitar solo. Also love "He's off the WALL, on the BALL". You Be Illin' - really like the hook on this. Dumb Girl - thought the beginning was dumb (!) but then loved how the beat came in. Love how the final 'Dumb Girl' sounds like Ru Paul said it. Son of Byford - what can really be said. Proud to be Black - pretty good. Great lyrics. All in all I liked it a lot! Surprisingly.

One of the greats! Very excited to listen start to finish and see which ones I'd not heard before. So Far Away - cute. Love 'tired of makin' out on the telephone'; very wholesome wording/self-censorship haha. Money For Nothing - I mean what a classique. Excellent. Walk of Life - one of my favourite songs ever. Your Latest Trick - what a find - really cool. Why Worry? - very sweet. Ride Across The River - weakest so far. The Man's Too Strong - not great; too country for me too. One World - fairly forgettable. Brothers In Arms - SO excellent.

I knew from the first song that this was not going to be my thing...not a fan of this style of singing at all. Song 2...still struggling. Song 3...I give up.

All the other songs aside from Intro are very dull/samey. Islands - Her voice isn't good...is that on purpose? Heart Skipped A Beat - Never mind, both voices I'm hearing are bad.

Not bad but definitely much prefer Stop Making Sense. My goodness his voice is insufferable on Happy Day, haha. Really liked the bass and beat of No Compassion. "They say compassion is a virtue, but I don't have the time." LOVE that. Psycho Killer a treat of course. Quite liked Pulled Up.

Pretty boring title track tbh Sixteen is very samey too, tune-wise (like WHAT tune, amirite?) Riff at the start of Some Weird Sin is adorable. Also "things get too straight / I can't bear it" ; same, queen The Passenger is so basic and samey too - don't know why it's so popular Tonight is pretty good So is Success Turn Blue is the best so far - a weird instance of the later songs being better than the first. Neighborhood Threat is pretty good. Last track is pretty good too.

Lively Up Yourself - pretty good, pretty samey No Woman No Cry - sweeter and better than I remember Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) - not bad Rebel Music - like the country aspect of this, and spooky Nick Cave feel So Jah S'eh - love the jazzy feel Natty Dread - pretty good Bend Down Low - pretty good Talkin' Blues - prettyyyyy dull Revolution - I like the edge to this one Am-A-Do - Not bad Overally I wouldn't return for anything except No Woman No Cry but I did enjoy the album more than I thought I would.

Whatever this is it ain't for me. REM but bad.

Kinky Afro - pretty good. God's Cop - the riff and scatting in this are great. Donovan - really like this one. Grandbag's Funeral - too abrasive. Loose Fit - like this one. Dennis and Lois - really love the sunny sound of this. one. "It's good to see you. To see you nice. If you do me once, well, we'll do it twice" is great. Bob's Yer Uncle - love his voice on this one. Step On - again, love the sunny sound of this. Holiday - love it. "Slow down, bitch! Bitch, slow down!" - obsessed. Harmony - pretty dull but sure the rest of the album is great so no problem. SHOOK by the sudden stop though - loved that. Tokoloshe Man - not bad.

Title track – very wistful and sweet. Come Together – kind of plodding but cool lyrics. I Think I’m in Love – pretty good but not life changing. “I think I’m in love” (“Probably just hungry”) – amazing. Love the whole call and response thing in general; great lyrics. All of My Thoughts – like the chaotic nature of this. Stay with Me – pretty nice, but quite samey. Electricity – too rock for me. Home of the Brave – pretty forgettable but I like how it runs into the next song The Individual – love the primal sound on this but due to said sound I wouldn’t be going back to bump this on the regular. Broken Heart – gorgeous sad start to this. Fucking beautiful throughout. Ethereal. Transcendent. No God Only Religion – VERY cool but too experimental for a revisit. Cool Waves – fairly boring. Cop Shoot Cop… - pretty dull.

Welcome To The Working Week - Still struggling with this man's voice arghhhh but the song's alright. Miracle Man – alright, pretty boring. No Dancing – pretty good. Old school. Love the end-of-chorus key change. Blame It On Cain – not bad but bit B A S I C. Alison – quite sweet. Sneaky Feelings – not bad. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes – I like the call and response. Less Than Zero – the best so far. Mystery Dance – very Time Warp. Not bad but pretty formulaic/tune-less. Pay It Back – alright – I like the key changes. I’m Not Angry – I like the opening – reminds me of the Beatles I’m Happy Just to Dance With You. “I got you talking with your hands, got you smiling with your legs” is great. Waiting For The End Of The World – banal enough. Watching The Detectives – very cool and love the harmonies and reggae style but if ONLY HE DIDN’T SING THAT STYLISED WAY.

Pretty good but samey - only stand outside are Someday, Last Nite (of course) and Hard To Explain

Not my thing generally; too plodding. But Cool Water has nice harmonies. "The night's are cool and I'm a fool" is great.

Love every song except Midnight Show. W H A T an album. Special shout out to Change Your Mind which I feel doesn't get talked about enough. Also Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll is so sweet.

Listen his voice isn't the best, is it? Most songs are too meandery and sleepy for me. Love the key changes in Story of Isaac. Cool dark energy to The Partisan, but the backing singer annoyed me. Love the reverb on Seems So Long Ago, Nancy. I like You Know Who I Am - more great key changes. Tonight Will Be Fine sounds like it's from the Juno soundtrack which is interesting. Lovely end to the album.

What a classic. Didn't know Sad Lisa - SO good. Miles from Nowhere and But I Might Die Tonight were also new - not bad. Great ones all round.

Hard for me to get excited about jazz, but this was very...pleasant?

Nothing stand out* but a pleasant listen, as country goes. *Except for Someday, which is really nice and a gut punch reminder of the Bridge to Terabithia scene it's in. Also Fearless Heart is quite sweet.

Just ain't my thing, but A Natural Woman is of course lovely, and Good to Me as I Am to You is sexy (some stressful capitalisation choices in its title though). Backing vocals on Ain't No Way are really cool and unearthly.

Don't think I wanna give this band my time o' day, all things considered.

Just not my shtyle of tune.

Not bad but quite samey. First song is the best.

Used not to like Thinkin Bout You but it's growing on me. Sierra Leone: "We're spending too much time alone, and I just ran out of Trojans." - incredible. Pilot Jones is sweet. Pyramids is a BANGERRRRR. "Monks in the moshpit" is amazing. "Taxi driver - you my shrink for the hour" is so good. Not a lot of standouts, but very good lyrics throughout.

Very inoffensive and goofy. Not memorable except for the famous track.

Not my scene.

Masterpiece of course. Accidentally had Spotify on shuffle so enjoy: Love the beat on Taxman. Love the depth of For No One. Love the ominous piano on I Want To Tell You. Love to joy of Got To Get You Into My Life. Never noticed how goofy the drumming was on Yellow Submarine. Till now. Stunning guitar on And Your Bird Can Sing. Here, There and Everywhere is just ethereal. Love the key change on the last word of "but to love her is to need her everywhere". Doctor Robert is just so COOL. Love the 'WHENNNN' coming in early towards the end of I'm Only Sleeping. Love You To is still the weakest, but I appreciate it more in my old age. Eleanor Rigby I mean W H A T more can be SAID what a SONG. The harmonies on She Said She Said are so trippy and delicious. Tomorrow Never Knows - trippy delight. Love the birds. Good Day Sunshine - cute but best bit is the key change at the end, and the fade out.

REALLY good. Very relaxing. Gorgeous voice.

Pretty good and very nostalgic but not a lot of stand outs musically. Good lyrics. Love and remember Dy-Na-Mi-Tee, and Put Him Out and Seed Will Grow are good. Love the backing of Afraid 2 Fly - reminds me of Show Me The Money by Petey Pablo.

I like most of the less bluesy ones (exception being Obviously Five Believers which has a great riff), aka: Visions of Johanna One of Us Must Know I Want You - WHAT a tune Just Like A Woman Absolutely Sweet Marie Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - gorgeous

So not my style but Just What I Needed, Bye Bye Love, and Don't Cha Stop are okay. Moving in Stereo is good. Love the futuristic 8-bit synth sounds on the album. Pity about the REST.

Yikes about this band so nope

Can't

Still can't

Astronomy Domine - we get it; you're experimental! Lucifer Sam - I mean it's alright? Matilda Mother - love the key changes. Flaming - pretty dull but I love to see 'yippee' featured gleefully in a song. Pow R. Toc H. - we get it; you're still experimental! Take Up They Stethoscope and Walk - sounds more like a jam session than a song but great name. I like the dissonant harmonies at the end and the abrupt stop. Interstellar Overdrive - are people really listening to this on the regular? Or is it a one and done "such talent! On to something tuneful" type sitch? The Gnome - ok now THIS is music (but in seriousness what a delight). Chapter 24 - forgettable. The Scarecrow - same. Bike - saaaaaammmmeeee.

First two are grand - not a fan of the occasional like, yodelling? Like the start of the first one though. Good beat. 'Tis all very meandery and tuneless, isn't it? Good beats though. Except That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, that song is really good.

I can tell this is good and was fun to listen through once, but 'cause I'm not a rock fan not many stood out particularly EXCEPT: Today which is sweet. Gorgeous guitar on Hummer. Luna is lovely too.

Really good stuff - didn't expect them to have this hard a sound.

Fun but forgettable. Didn't know he could be such straightforward rock. Hello Hooray is my favourite. I like the Bond sample in Unfinished Sweet.

Sunday Morning good is good, next one is alright. Femme Fatale I love. Love how unsettling Venus in Furs is. Love the energy in Run Run Run, and the ethereal nature of All Tomorrow's Parties. The tempo changes in Heroin are great. Fun 50s sound on there There She Goes Again. I'll Be Your Mirror is very cute. Love how unsettling The Black Angel's Death Song is. Great lyrics too. European Son - "You spit on those under 21"; "You want to make love to the scene" - iconic. Love the drumming change near the start. Too much filler after that. Loved all but 2 of them! Surprised and delighted.

What a treat of an album. Stand outs: Eyesight to the Blind - "You talk about your woman...you should see mine." - so good. Great song in general. Christmas - Great concept (on a CONCEPT album, no less?!). Great lyrics. Textbook Who key changes. Gorgeous harmonies in Cousin Kevin. Love the quintessential 60s ones on "You won't be much fun Being blind, deaf and dumb But I've no-one to play with today". The lyrics might render it a one-time listen, though. Go To The Mirror! - just epic. Classic Who key changes too. I'm Free - so good as we KNOW. Love that they brought the 60s whimsy with Tommy's Holiday Camp. End of We're Not Gonna Take it (See Me, Feel Me / Listening to You) is INCREDIBLE AS WE KNOW.

Surprisingly enjoyable, even though it is NEARLY 80s rap.

Absolutely no chance

Nothing particularly stand out except Tiny Dancer, and Holiday Inn is good.

Really good! Matched the hype! Also forgot that I knew and liked more by them than Seven Nation Army (Black Math, I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself). Great lyrics: "It's quite possible that I'm your third man, girl. But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son" "Let's have a ball and a biscuit, sugar." "The problems at hand are lighter than the problems at heart."

Pretty good but quite samey. Bamboo Banga and World Town are the best aside from Paper Planes.

Famous ones are BANGERS, others are alright. Breathe and Fuel My Fire are good. Love the Who sample in Climbatize!

First one is very sweet. Really cool bass on Traveling Man and love the TWIST. "That travelling man was a two-time lover, took my love and he took my mother!" - excellent. The rest are too country (go figure) except Early Morning Breeze which has a really cool unusual tune and great bass. The non-country parts of The Way I See You are great.

Real meandery, most of it? I can tell that some of it is good but it still did nothing for me.

Exceptional guitar as we'd EXPECT, especially on Highway Star. Only song I didn't like was the ballad at the end which is pretty dull. Great to hear more by them than the of course excellent Smoke on the Water. Love Pictures of Home. Great harmonies. Great instrumentation throughout Lazy (disproving its title amirite). Love the syncopation on Space Truckin'.

My goodness he's always left me cold and this album has done nothing to change that. Such an annoying voice. What an EARTH is going on with the goofy singing on One-Sided Love Affair specifically? Insufferable. Tutti Frutti is alright because of the nostalgia for Brave Little Toaster it evokes. Did really like Blue Moon - Take 9/M though. Really cool and psychedelic/modern-sounding? Had only heard the Chromatics cover before and liked it a lot/thought I'd massively prefer it but here we are liking original.

Not my thing, but Down to You is lovely; very 90s-film-soundtrack sounding. Love the jazzy number at the end though! Very unexpected from her.

More fun than I'd expected!

Liked it a lot more than I expected; didn't know he had such cute ones sound-wise?! LOVE the acknowledgement of female masturbation in Darling Nikki; very cool for the mid-80s! Purple Rain is the weakest song so its fame is inexplicable.

Running Up That Hill is transcendent, unfortunately don't like Hounds Of Love itself, do like The Big Sky, love how eerie ad mournful Mother Stands For Comfort is, musically. 'And Dream of Sheep' is heartbreaking. Didn't think much of Under Ice; I could see it was trying to be spooky but it wasn't effective the way Mother Stands For Comfort is. Cloudbusting is pretty good. I like the violins and the choir element at the end. JUMPSCARE at the start of Waking The Witch! LOVE the atmospheric and experimental start; wish that had continued throughout. Watching You Without Me is SO mournful and so good. Not a fan of Jig of Life but did like the Irish trad element. Hello Earth is ok. The Morning Fog is ok too, but quite an anticlimactic end to the album; I would have had Cloudbusting here as a hopeful ending.

Not really my thing but I liked: Atlantis To Interzone Gravity's Rainbow - like the drumming and keyboard in this

Sunshine Of Your Love is actually more dull than I remembered. Cool harmonies on World of Pain. Blue Condition is SO dull! Outside Woman Blues is good. Great guitar throughout of course, but fairly sleep tunes-wise? Nothing to get excited about. P.S. Spoke too soon! The unexpected delight of Mother's Lament! Highlights include: the obscenely English accents throughout. "an skeleton" the unhinged harmony on "repliiieeeeeeed" the Gilbert and Sullivan style harmony on the second "in a jug"; priceless I should have known there'd be a whimsy track considering the genre and decade, and just like with The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, it's my favourite on the album. Clearly psychedelic rock is not for me. I need a mixtape of whimsy tracks only from the genre. Whack The Laughing Gnome on there.

Smells Like Teen Spirit is of course great In Bloom I found dull I like the riff in Come As You Are and the weird tune of the chorus (similar to the odd tune at the beginning of Lithium) Breed is pretty fun Same with Lithium Polly is ok Territorial Pissings is pretty cringe Drain You is ok. The start of it matches the start of Teen Spirit - I notice a lot of the songs have a similar tune, or pattern? Lounge Act - pretty fun Stay Away - this is my favourite after Teen Spirit Love the honesty of On A Plain - pretty good song in general. Really like Something In The Way - love the one-note harmony. Endless, Nameless - oh no; my least favourite style of 'singing'. Oh wait nice riff after the initial horror. No wait back to the travesty after that. Oh wait nice guitar after that. And back to the cool riff. But now the horrors are back. We knew they would be. Discordant cacophony at 2.30 is cool though. Ok sweet everything from 2.30 onwards is great. I just need an entirely instrumental version of this track. Great ending to the album, though.

Peaches En Regalia - great name, and love the funky start, leading into a cute riff, a TV game show (or 90s Sonic game) sounding jingle, then back to funk. SO good. Willie The Pimp - hate the singing but love the guitar. Son Of Mr. Green Genes - not for me. Little Umbrellas - nor this. The Gumbo Variations - nor this. It gets particularly nightmarishly dial-up tone sounding towards the end. It Must Be A Camel - man, I hate this too. And after such a promising start to the album!

Before I knew what I know about her I loved this album.

First two are fairly meandery. Not a fan of her voice. LOVE the continuous unexpected chords on 'used to LIVE' in Die Dreigroschenoper. I like the accordion on The Part You Throw Away. You Were Meant For Me is the best one. It has an epic scale. Actually a tortuous experience sitting through Scope J.

Didn't know the first one! Very fun. Forgot the mad way she sings the chorus of One Way Or Another. Also very fun. Great guitar solo halfway through Picture This - otherwise fairly BASIC. Rest are fairly forgettable, till Will Anything Happen which is pretty good - love the key changes, switching moods and tempos. Sunday Girl and Heart of Glass always excellent. Last two are forgettable (I'm Gonna Love You Too is so ditzy haha) but I like some of the Lyrics of Just Go Away: "You got a big mouth and I'm happy to see - Your foot is firmly entrenched where a molar should be" "Don't be mad or lose your medicaid cool" "Don't go away sad - Don't go away mad - Just go away"

Up the Beach is pretty good. Atmospheric. Ocean Size is ridiculous but unexpectedly enjoyable. Had a Dad is fairly dull. "Ted, Just Admit It..." I'm seeing a trend emerge - they're pretty dull? Which is impressive to achieve when they've so much going on. Could not finish this album.

Oh What A World - What a strong start to the album! Such a cool sample choice too I Don't Know What It Is - very epic feel to this Vicious World - not bad. I like "didn't realise you were so top of the shelf" Movies Of Myself - not bad Pretty Things - very sweetly sad Go Or Go Ahead - quite a Muse sound on this one Vibrate - love the classical music backing 14th Street - sort of Julian Casablancas sound on this Natasha - very pretty Harvester Of Hearts - not bad, quite wistful (hilarious little laugh at the end) Beautiful Child - not bad Want, 1:11, and Dinner At Eight - all made for a dull end to the album, unfortunately

An album so incredibly mediocre that it's almost noteworthy again. There's a range of styles so some songs should manage to stand out...and yet. Cool guitar solos on Out Of The Blue and Prairie Rose, though.

I expected them to be more of my thing than THIS. I knew they were goofy but didn't expect mediocrity too.

Some of the tunes are alright pity about the SINGING. Why did they let him away with being so off key? Is it supposed to add charm? It does not add charm.

Very good listen. Nothing particularly standout besides the title track, but an overall pleasing groove and some sexy ones too.

Love his voice and displays of vulnerability. STAND OUTS: Ballad Of Big Nothing Between The Bars - SO good Pictures Of Me Angeles Say Yes

Favourite is Rhododendron aka the wordless one. Just not about the meandery sleepy nature of their sound. It's pleasant, but forgettable stuff.

ANOTHER BEATLES ONE YESSSSSS Love the weird harmonies in Drive My Car. Always found Norwegian Wood to be boring. Love You Won't See Me - always thought the singing was sexy on it Gorgeous harmonies and lyrics in Nowhere Man. Think For Yourself - cool discordant harmonies and must always shout out "I won't be THURRRRR with you" - great guitar also. Never heard the fluctuation in note on the final 'you' before the song ends so that was a nice find. More discordance on The Word! Love that that's a theme throughout this album. Always found Michelle pretty boring too. Like the chord progression of the spooky bit aka "I will say the only words I know that you'll understand" What Goes On - like yes it's goofy but again, great harmonies. Never noticed before that there's a country sound to this one. Girl - fairly nice - again, love the spooky bits' chord progression and the instrumental bit. Looking Through You - I mean excellent lyrics. What a song. In My Life - so insanely good and so mature and reflective for a 25 year old. Wait - more fun discordance! If I Needed Someone - YET MORE fun discordance!! Run For Your Life - I mean horrifying lyrics but what a SONG (also hey discordance)

Prefer this one to Talking Heads 77. Born Under Punches and Crosseyed and Painless are both pretty good. The Great Curve and Once in a Lifetime (love the effect halfway in - "the MOVE-the MOVE-") are excellent. I like that Houses in Motion starts out like an 80s rap song and is wonderfully weird throughout. Love the weirdness of Seen and Not Seen and Listening Wind. Only song I didn't like was The Overload which was a pity considering it's the closer.

Love's In Need Of Love Today didn't do anything for me. Love the Sonic sounding guitar in the background of Have A Talk With God. Love the classical sound on Village Ghetto Land. Insane instrumentation on Contusion. Incredible. Sir Duke - first one I recognised. Hadn't noticed the little laugh at 1:10 - love it - reminds me of the ad libs in rap songs; "Ha-HA!" I Wish - I remember this! 'Tis fun. Knocks Me Off My Feet - Love the lyric "I don't want to bore you with it, but I love you" but not for me otherwise. Pastime Paradise - great to hear the original hook. Great song; love the violin bringing back the classical sound heard on Village Ghetto Land. Summer Soft is not for me either - don't like his slower/sweeter ones it seems. Love the lyric "You've been fooled by April" though, and the trademark changing the key consistently throughout the chorus. Ordinary Pain - too repetitive. Isn't She Lovely - Never heard the baby crying soundscape version...not a fan but I get why it's there. But GREAT song otherwise as we know. Will be sticking with the radio version! Joy Inside My Tears - Dull. Black Man - Pretty dull musically, except I love the finger picking effect and groove of the instrumental bit towards the end. Ngiculeila and If It's Magic are pretty dull. As - Pretty dull too, except the tune the choir repeats is cool - love the last note especially. Another Star, Saturn, and Ebony Eyes, All Day Sucker, Easy Goin' Evening - Same with these.

I just find this type of rage so fake and pantomime? Laughable. Survived half of the first song and knew I'd heard enough. As usual in metal, excellent guitar work; shame about the vocals.

More Than A Feeling is great and always makes me nostalgic for Scrubs. Didn't expect to like more of them, but Peace of Mind is good too! And Foreplay / Long Time is really cool before the singing comes in; too repetitive. Rock & Roll Band is pretty dull but nice harmonies on the chorus. Smokin' is fun. Hitch a Ride - like it a lot, particularly the harmonies and drumming. Something About You is a lot of fun - love the ethereal start and the call and response element; great harmonies as always. Let Me Take You Home Tonight is sweet.

Down To The Waterline - alright but kind of just a less good Sultans of Swing. Excellent final chord though. Water Of Love - first few bars reminded me of America from West Side Story. Rest is boring unfortunately. Setting Me Up - veers too much into country for me. Six Blade Knife - fairly dull. Southbound Again - same. Sultans of Swing - absolutely excellent as we know; highlight being the insane guitar at the end. In The Gallery - great groove to this one. Wild West End - not great but love "pink toenails and hands all dirty with money". Lions - dull.

Roadhouse Blues - alright but prefer the hardness of Waiting for the Sun. You Make Me Real - too rock and roll for me. Peace Frog - great solos. Blue Sunday - sweet croony one. Ship of Fools - alright - cool timings in the solo. Land Ho! - Boring and YIKES on the lyrics (thought I can't say much considering I like the Beatles' Run For Your Life). The Spy - Man I just cannot enjoy blues ever. Queen of the Highway - dull. Indian Summer - tune and words are simple but the foreboding instrumentation in the background is reminiscent of The End which I like. Maggie M'Gill - pretty repetitive, and a flat end to the album. Would have preferred Indian Summer here. Interesting the mix of genres on this album though.

Pretty dull, and I don't like his affected voice. Sounds like he's trying to be Mick Jagger.

I meannnnnnnnn...

Fight Test is really nice. One More Robot - not bad; fairly dull but atmospheric ending. Yoshimi Battles Pt 1 - cute. Yoshimi Battles Pt 2 - I mean, 'tis not a song. But I'm sure they had fun. In the Morning of the Magicians - cute. Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell - cute and WHAT a great song name. Are You a Hypnotist - I like the drumming, and the key changes in the chorus. It's Summertime - positively ponderous! Do You Realize?? - adorable. All We Have Is Now - I like the lyrics. Approaching Pavonis Mons - not bad.

Far too 'easy listening' for me.

Very atmospheric. Wanted to like it...and yet.

They're just so DULL. Three, The Final Sound and A Forest were cool though. Aka the ones where he is not/barely singing. In fact the sound in general in the ones after those are good - it would have made a good atmospheric like trance album.

EXCELLENT ambience. Love the futuristic sound, different tones, and the use of panning in Part 5.

Both blues and country? No can do. Loved the whimsy of the first song, though, having him introduce the album in his sort of transatlantic and affected speaking style.

I want to love it, but it's all just too samey. The first one is the best but I'm also biased because of its featuring in Moulin Rouge. Livin' In A World (They Didn't Make), Alright and Interlude: No Acid are stand outs.

Just ain't for me.

Hypnotic, and vaguely sinister after the first one which i enjoyed. Really transportive overall. Liked the first one the least, which is gratifying as he wrote the rest entirely himself so clearly it's his style I'm after.

Really enjoyable, particularly: Balloon Burning - great riff Death - eerie Trust - echoes of the Beatles Defecting Grey - love the different sounds in this, like three songs at once. Dreamy intro, echoes of the Rolling Stones in the middle, and the quintessential psychedelic rock album whimsy song interspersed throughout. Mr. Evasion - echoes of the Beatles again Walking Through My Dreams - "I never worry 'cause I never get the time" - so good. Great harmonies before and during the fade out. Great end to the album too, which has proven unusual for albums on this list!

Folsom Prison Blues - dying at the cheer after "just to watch him die" Dark as the Dungeon - obsessed with the lil giggle and ad libbing in the middle - and the swearing at the end - "how's that grab ya, Bob?..." I Still Miss Someone - "...they'll probably take that word out of it." SO GOOD. Also very cute song. 25 Minutes to Go - the voice acting yodelling is wild on this - "here I gOOOoooOOoooOOoooo" - also "harmoniKIE" love it. Wild how welcome all this literal gallows humour was in a prison. The Long Black Veil - "I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife...*giggle* did I hear somebody applaud?" Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart - hilarious lyrics. Jackson - probably the first one I recognised. Really good.

Some groovy backgrounds but just cannot enjoy the 80s rap style; too goofy.

An enjoyable listen, but didn't feel like the covers particularly added anything new to each song, except for Hurt (but his version was the first I heard so I'm biased there) and In My Life was good.

Very sweet, particularly Old Man. Love the jazzy nature of Lonely at the Top and Last Night I Had a Dream - the latter reminded me of Hadestown. Love the piano riff on Memo To My Son. A Bob Dylan feel to both his voice and the music itself. God's Song is very Hadestown too.

Normally the blues always leaves me cold, but this was enjoyable somehow. Maybe because it was inoffensive background music to journalling.

Very enjoyable - nothing crazy stand out it seemed on first listen, but definitely deserves another listen through with full attention to pick them out. I did love the sweetness of Havalina.

The off-key singing is very not my thing. Unbearable. Liked the riff in 'In the Mouth A Desert' but then gave up.

Love how the title track sounds so like Jean-Michel Jarre. Jump is of course great. The rest were pretty fun.

Stand! is great Next one has incredible riffs, especially the guitar solo at the end All of the songs are really enjoyable!

Cinnamon Girl is good Title track is cute Love the wistful harmonies on Round & Round Down by the River and The Losing End are dull Love the freaky violin on Running Dry Cowgirl in the Sand isn't bad - nice harmonies

Very good. Hadn't noticed how good the base line is in Around the World. Love: Da Funk Rollin' & Scratchin' Rock'n Roll Indo Silver Club