Excellent songwriting. Neil's falsetto can get to be a bit much after a while, especially without harmonies. Southern Man Only Love Can Break Your Heart I Believe In You

Interesting to see where New Order started out.

4.5

It was fine, but I doubt I'll revisit.

Better than 4, not quite 5

A little long. Somewhere between 3 and 4 for me.

I understand the appeal, just not my cup of tea.

While the individual tracks are at the very least great, this is kind of a hard listen for me from end to end in one sitting.

Solid album, but not something I'll be itching to revisit.

I struggle a lot with giving albums "3's", mainly because I can understand the appeal to the album, but it's not my particular cup of tea or because I'm not familiar with the context of the album. This is not one of those albums. 36 Chambers not only checks the nostalgia box for me, but I recognize how important it truly was in shaping the sound and culture hip-hop of the 90s and even early 00s. It launched the solo careers of some of my favorite rappers who ended up dropping some of the greatest rap albums of all time. For me, these reasons are more than enough to give it 5 stars.