This is probably a 4.5 star album. It's amazing. I imagine some days I will think it's a 5. Heavy and experimental. Maybe a little long.

This is probably a 4.5 star album. It's amazing. I imagine some days I will think it's a 5. Heavy and experimental. Maybe a little long.

A couple of highs, but I didn't find it especially inspiring. Some great vocals lines, harmonies and counter melodies though.

Started very strong. Lost my interest a bit in the middle. Africano was back to the funk that I enjoyed. But the lull in the middle kinda ruined the fun.

Great blues playing. None of the hits I know by them but pretty consistent. Enjoyed it

Nice soundscapes. The vocals didn't really keep me engaged though. It was pretty chill

I did enjoy this, but I think I was expecting to recognise a track or two and didn't. I may have to give it another listen without that thought in my head. I like the sound of it though.

Had a great voice. I just want taken by these songs.

Great album, but a weird choice as they made 3 albums and I'd suggest this is the 3rd best. It doesn't have the same atmosphere the first 2 created.

1999 is a bop, buts too long and I got bored. The rest of the album follows the same path, good grooves, not much in the way of songs. I wasn't too fussed

Some great stuff, some dubious. They probably could have cut a bunch of songs and made a pretty great album. They didn't.

Great voice. I enjoyed this. Didn't know he wrote respect, although Aretha version is better. A bunch of good cover versions too.

Fantastic album, interesting lyrically, diverse musically and very individual.

Amazing album. Pretty much bonkers, but the musicianship is incredible, it has enough massive hits too balance the firsts into weird genres. Just brilliant.

Fun rock and roll. Upbeat and exciting.

A good thrash album, could hear a lot of Metallica and maiden vibes in it. Will have to listen again.

Great album. Really draws you in to their sound.

No. It was like proof but with all the likeable bits removed. There was no fun left in it. Then to make it a double album was just cruel.

Well... The backing tracks were brilliant and I really like the cadence of the rapping. But I just can't get past the lyrics. It's like an Andrew Tate fever dream, just awful. By the time it reached the duet where he was being misogynistic but Yo-Yo got the last word everytime felt like he knew he was doing it but he did it anyway. Gah.

I wanted to like this, but I kept finding myself drifting off and not listening. I kind of remember the first track. Alas. At least the title felt ironic.

The first side of this album is awesome. The second is bonkers. I think I'll have to listen again with the lyrics to find out what is going on.

This was kinda fun. Although, I hate do ya think I'm sexy, so that was annoying. It felt fortunate it came up on a hot day.

Emmylou has a lovely voice, my wife compared her to Joni Mitchell. But I generally dislike country music and the backing to all these songs falls heavily in to that category. I found it quite annoying to listen to. The Beatles cover was slowed down, and the gaps were filled with things that I didn't want to hear. Nevermind.

Really liked this. Got some 60s vibes, got some punky vibes. Weirdly reminded me of the manic street preachers in parts.

Pretty great, fun upbeat riffs. Didn't overstay it's welcome. Looks of energy.

A bit of a mix. I really enjoyed the tracks with Grace's vocals on them, white rabbit and someone to love are incredible tracks... But most of the ones with other leads sounded like someone trying to be Paul Simon, it just felt a bit derivative. Not sure I rate it as an album particularly.

I loev his voice and his guitar playing, but I didn't really enjoy this band set up. I'm not sure jolly trumpets and jazzy piano really put me in the right mood to enjoy the blues. He has other recordings I generally put on instead.

This was great. I've not listened to much nirvana beyond nevermind, but I really enjoyed this. I'll be listening to this again at some point.

This first album is a right Hodge podge, Clint Eastwood is good, 19-2000 is tremendous, but it feels very experimental. I think they found their feet in demon days.

One song sounded like Kasabian ripped them off, another like public service broadcasting were heavily influenced by them. Then I read Wikipedia and they got sued for the Kasabian one cos they ripped someone else off. The Iggy pop track was fairly forgettable. I dunno. They appear to be influential but it didn't influence me much.

The sound of this was good. The rap rhythms were nice. I have no idea what they were rapping about and I got distracted and went to put up some coat hooks, so I guess it didn't do enough to keep my attention. The hooks looks nice though.

This is great. I prefer Doolittle and I guess that's just cos it's a bit more song-y. Winner.

I thought I would like this. I did not. It felt very dated. It felt like it didn't know whether to be rocky or poppy or industrial or sassy, so it failed at them all.

Very busy. Not terrible, but by the end I was fed up of it. Go west sounds like a parody and the conchords parodied them better.

It's Revolver. You could argue it's the best album by the best band ever. Interesting, quirky, a bit stupid, just really good. Great wedding band too.

This turned out to be more varied than I expected, which is a good thing. Sabotage is ace, but 12 sabotages would be too much. I really enjoyed hearing live music backing as opposed to just samples on a rap album (at least one that wasn't nu metal).

This was a good choice for an Easter Sunday listen. Great sounds, nice sparse production. There are some fascinating notes on how they created their own samples on the Wikipedia article too. She has a great distinctive voice too.

My dad never listened to led zeppelin. Hated Robert plants voice. The bloody weirdo (my dad, not Robert Plant). Meant I had to discover them on my own later, meant I missed out on a lot of references and jokes over the years and later on spent a lot of time going "oh... Stairway, I see". They're quite good aren't they. Even if I'm heavily expecting all the allegations to be confirmed (those that haven't already) the second they all die and even if they ripped off 75% of all their riffs. This one is especially good.

Hmmm. His voice isn't quite the behemoth it was by this point, although perhaps that adds to the charm of an album about death released days before he died. But it meant there weren't really tunes in the same way as his earlier stuff. I really like the title track, but the rest didn't capture me this time.

I tried. I tried twice. Blue suede shoes was a fun start, but it's such a damp squib. Like a floppy nothing record. I got bored. I got bored twice.

There are 5/6 amazing songs on this, since I've been loving you is one of my all time favourites tracks... But there are also a bunch of stuff that also exists in a very meh kind of way. Since we're judging whole albums I have to knock it down a bit. I think my "out of 5 stars" ratings are very inconsistent

This was pretty great. Considering I don't generally like country and western, brass or double albums this was stellar. I got slightly bored by the last 4 or so tracks, but it was a fun bop.

Really enjoyed this. Queen are great. Still a bit rough here, hadn't gone their song writing yet.

I did not want to listen to this on a nice sunny Sunday, but it actually started ok. Very 90s industrial metal (makes sense with NIN producing it). The tracks running to beautiful people had a nice groove and I thought it would be alright, but after that lasted ages and didn't really change, other than to get more forgettable. When these albums get a bit meh I like to read up about the album to see why it's on the list and it essentially says they all took loads of drugs and were dickheads to each other until one of the original band members left. Great, that doesn't help me like it. It started good but turned into the sort of music they'd put on in spiders (classic hull metal club) which would make me go into the other room upstairs which was likely playing jimi Hendrix or Aretha franklin.

Nah. Each song was the same. They found a groove, repeated the same few words then faded out. I'm sure there is some Bob Marley that could win me over a little, but this is far from it.

James Taylor is weird. His guitar playing is great, his song writing can be good. But his voice is just too smooth, like it's too nice, there's no edge, I can hardly pick out any emotion from it. Some of it kinda works, but when he goes into his, I guess, seduction tracks it's like: what is this? Some kid at school who's never talked to a woman trying to copy the bigger kids but having no idea what he's saying. "I'm a steamroller baby" jeez. On that note he does love to drop a G-bomb every couple of tracks and I get bored of religious stuff quickly.

The Jesus and Mary chain are great. Every so often I wonder if their stuff is too simplistic, but it's just sooo good I remember that is a stupid thought. I think of them as like a rockier New Order. Love it. Psychocandy is better album, so this can only be 4/5.

This is a great pop disco album, the second half drops off a bit, but it's still enjoyable... However that comfortably numb cover is abysmal. It sounds like a 12 year old kid made it on fruity loops. I hate it so much. I can't find a redeeming feature in it, it's like they made it too fast, too emotionless, too computerised, too shit. I've had the conversation loads of times and everyone else seems to love it which is probably why I have a healthy distrust for society as a whole. The idiots.

I enjoyed this, but it didn't captivate me. I kept finding myself in the other room doing something else by track 6. I'm going to see them live soon. Hopefully I'll stay more focussed on them then.

Don McLean is ace. American pie is brilliant (though the chorus gets a bit boring). Vincent is a masterpiece. I usually listen to his greatest hits so this feels not as good, which is a harsh comparison. Saw him at Glastonbury once. I was very happy.

It does not have the tracks I know on it, but I do love how quirky they are. More metal bands should be this fun. More every genre of bands should be this fun.