Could not force myself to listen to the entire album after hearing the piano tinkle for 17 seconds on the first track.
I snored through this one.
She’s the British female version of Pat Boone or Elvis Presley. Nice voice and unoriginal.
Catchy tunes and amusing lyrics. These lads sound like they are having an awful lot of fun as the second generation of angry young men.
I liked the parts with no guitars or singing.
Half the album are folk songs written to reflect the politics and events of those times. Dylan chose great mentors. His folk songs are striking in their humanity and empathy. This album contains some classics.
Mostly all enjoyable music. Did not enjoy the lyrical delivery though. Some choruses were catchy.
Some doodling additional sounds can’t make this insipid record interesting
Two songs worth listening to - I’ll Come Running and Everything Merges with the Night. Even those are like second class Jona Lewie songs. The others are pretentious Muzak.
If each part of her instrumentations were performed separately, I might enjoy them - especially the electronic saw. However, putting all the bits together it becomes music to Floss to and forget - if you can fade out her singing.
One of thousands post-punk records. One song that stood out musically was “You Said Something,” but lyrically it’s high schoolish.
Great mix of politics and good time songs.
Produced by the magnificent Nick Lowe this album is like a close sibling to Lowe’s Jesus of Cool. Peppy, clever, and poppy.
Great idea from the Guthrie archive. Billy Bragg is a great choice. Wilco was so-so. Five for Billy’s songs. Three for Wilco’s
The first track reminded me of the sounds my mom and dad were making cooking spaghetti noodles while and talking while I was tripping balls on mushrooms. That track gets a 5 for the intense feeling of deja vu it produced. The rest of the album is a confused cacophony of great genres.
Muzak for the stone deaf. I’m sorry I could hear it.
I’ve heard the idea that they were heavily influenced by The Velvet Underground; I don’t hear it at all on this album. To me, they sound like a power pop version of a sometimes enjoyable amalgam of the Turtles, the Byrds , Little Feat, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Two little stars for Big Star.
Why? Just why?