More Than A Feeling is a true soaring classic but the rest of the album seemed samey FM rock.
So many years on , it’s difficult not to hear the seeds of the classic albums to come. Still a great listen though. Apart from the well known singles, Turn You Inside Out and Hairshirt were standouts for me.
I’m not a big fan of covers/standards albums and this didn’t change my mind. Nice vocals and I enjoyed “ On The Sunny Side of The Street” but won’t return to this album!
Very impressive double album with one strong track after another. I have probably heard the big hits a few too many times but great to discover tracks I never knew like Saturn. A lot of the songs are a bit too long though and I could have done without the two instrumentals!
Not my favourite PS album. Wonderful vocals and some great songs but some songs a bit too whimsical. Run That Body Down is my favourite track.
The intro to Sara is still spine tingling and the title track is an odd, eccentric masterpiece. The rest couldn’t really sustain me through a whole double album though.
Really enjoyed some of the more upbeat songs. Great band and bass sound. A bit dated overall though.
Nice album. Very typical early 90s sound. Very upbeat and fun. Good to listen to Groove Is In The Heart more closely.
I wasn’t really looking forward to listening to this album but really enjoyed it. Quite a variety of different styles. Great musicianship. The two G songs were really good as was Vendetta.
Still fresh and raw after 55 years. True classic album!
That sound - just flows through the album. One great song after another. Such an influential album.
Rhythmically interesting and good for running! I only really enjoyed a couple of songs though - Juicy and Respect. Won’t be coming back to this one.
The hits are familiar and good but not much else to interest me on this album. Don’t Get Mad, Get Even was a bit more bluesy and interesting.
Mostly a covers album but well above average for this genre. Great backing band and soulful vocals.
Hasn’t aged well. 80s pop and nothing really to recommend outside the catchy hit singles.
Every track is strong and well produced. Vocals are spot on and a surprisingly enjoyable album.
Nice album but quite dated now and “of it’s time”. Enjoyed Grace Slick’s vocals.
My first Randy Newman album and quite a treat. Simple short songs with sarcastic deeper meaning in the lyrics. Enjoyed every song.
Started off well with ‘I looked away’ but most of the originals descended into over long doodles. Big Allman influence. The old blues numbers were good.
Music doesn’t have to be complicated to be effective. Each song is a wonderful stand alone vignette. Urgent and refreshing. I enjoyed all the tracks not just the well known couple.
I am a long time big EC fan and I think Alison is one of the best songs ever written. This was quite a debut but the songs are not all as strong as most albums to come. Also, it’s not the Attractions!
All sounds a bit dated and ‘Austin Powers’ now. Quite repetitive. Enjoyed Mo Onions though as a variation on the famous track!
Was really not expecting much(!) but this is a strangely enjoyable album, especially the more upbeat ‘chanty’ songs. Will come back and listen again.
Great album. The second side was a bit of a shock after the gentle acoustic side 1! Loved the guitar work on Powderfinger.
Took a bit of stamina to get through this collection of country crooning. Not for me.
Loved this album even the tracks that Lou Reed didn’t sing. Guitar work, melodies, lyrics. Every song was good.
I have never listened to this album before although the famous songs I know well. Amazing. A lot more psychedelic than I was expecting. What a debut and a classic album.
A bit overrated for me. The famous songs are great but the rest lack variety. Liked My Michelle!
A fun, energetic, eclectic album. Enjoyed every track.
Listened to this on the day of Brian Wilson’s death. I’m not really a Beach Boys fan but this is a wonderful album full of melodic, quirky songs. Some of it reminds me of early 10cc.
Very nice album. The vocals are very soulful and songwriting is high quality.
Was looking forward to this one but a bit underwhelmed by the first 2 tracks on first listen. Then it all took off after the Classic Child In Time. One great song after another and a very nice early example of the genre!
So Beatlesque that it almost seems like a pastiche! Nice melodic songs and vocals though.
Must admit I’ve never heard of this band or album. Great bit of angry, disaffected punk though and obviously a very influential album. Really enjoyed the riffs and guitar work. I think Green Day lifted a lot from this EP!
Good solid early 70s rock. Fell away a bit for me after the title track. Big Free influence. Great vocals (high in the mix).
Haven’t listened to this for years and because of the length never listened to the whole album! Saw Sigur Ros live once and it was quite an experience. This is a beautiful and unique album. Particularly enjoyed the tracks where the rhythm section also were to the fore.
Used to sound really hard and edgy when I was young but now seems very mainstream! Great album though even if it suffers a bit from overplaying especially here in Australia.
Pleasant enough sixties psychedelic rock. Very thin guitar sound. Wouldn’t go back to it.
Intriguing album. Some great songs there and unique guitar sounds. If only the vocals could be a bit higher up in the mix but I guess that’s the point of the production! Definitely a grower and will come back to it.
I know he’s a legend but I found this album boring and repetitive (apart from the second half of Egbe Mi O).
This album was huge and all pervasive when it came out. Hasn’t aged well for me though. Some great tracks but tends to be a lot more repetitive than I remember. The big tracks have been overplayed too!
Wonderful album full of inventive, dark songs. Those lyrics are dark though! Even a Revolution #9 like finale.
Nice vocals and smooth music. A bit like movie soundtrack or background music for me though.
Wow this really works! Great combination of music styles, especially the faster, heavier songs. Would have been great to have been at the concerts.
Not my favourite genre/vocal style but cracking songs. The Costello and Waits songs are easy to spot. Listened twice and will go back to it. I liked it when she rocked out a bit!
Enjoyed the big hits and Lauryn Hill’s vocals. Apart from The Mask, the rest I didn’t really care for.
Great, energetic dance music. Still sounds good. Narayan is a bit too long but otherwise still a great album.
Two all time classic songs. The rest was interesting but I wasn’t tempted for a second listen. Why did Freddie not sing lead on all the tracks?!
As a long time fan of Rufus’ Dad, I had never quite got into the ‘tit man’ before and was initially put off by his vocal style. This album is outstanding though and I listened several times. Echoes of Radiohead and a lot of Beatlesque moments. Oh What A World Is a great opener. Will keep coming back to this album.
Simple country songs with great vocals. I enjoyed every track. Not very 1967 though!
Certainly very funky but I found it quite repetitive and difficult to listen to.
Very influential band I know and it must have been quite something in 1976! Always enjoy listening to a couple of songs by the Ramones but a full album is a bit of a struggle!
Great Fall Album. Loved every track, especially Gut of the Quantifier (what a song title!). There’s always something interesting and engaging in almost all Fall albums. As John Peel said - ‘ always the same, always different’.
Bit of a struggle to get through this double album. A few very good tracks but most of the material felt lightweight and inconsequential to me.
Really enjoyed this one and will come back to it. Full of energetic quirky songs and great (acoustic?) bass sound.
This album rocks (if I can say that about a hip hop album?). Love the variety of music styles and voices. Intelligent lyrics. Not my favourite genre but will come back to this one.
Last listened to this when I was a kid. Thought it was too long then and my opinion hasn’t changed. Obviously some all time classic songs but it could have been trimmed to a much better single LP I think.
Nice album of ambient/trip hop with big Portishead influence although seems to lack the emotional depth of Beth Gibbons.
Listened on the day Ozzy died but of course Sabbath were much more than just Ozzy Osbourne. The playing of Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler is astounding. Worth 5 stars for the opening track alone. That flat 5th on the opening track still dramatic and iconic. What must people have thought in 1970? Not a weak track on this album. Recorded live in 12 hrs and finished in time to get to the pub!!
Can’t believe I missed this one. Loved Dummy and Portishead when they came out in the 90s. I think this might be better. Very different musical styles and every song is quite different but all held together by that voice. The ‘Krautrock’ songs were particularly good!
Classic soul and an iconic voice. Strangely though, not an album that I would listen to again!
Mostly just ambient/background music to me. Was not impressed but the last 2 tracks were much more listenable.
Stunning debut album by a teenager at the time. First 5 tracks almost perfect then the energy fell away a little before coming back with Carrion.
Never heard of this artist or the genre of African blues but this is a great album. Interestingly some of the tracks sound a bit like Indian chanting music to me. Some very nice Richard Thompson like guitar work aswell.
Lovely album and such a familiar sound! Very Beatles influenced harmonies and melodies. Listened a few times and will come back it.
Iconic album! Not a big fan of early JC but this was an electrifying performance. Cocaine Blues was a highlight.
Nice selection of songs and great production by Nigel Goodrich, but I just don’t like his voice!
Great album of spacey rock. Really takes off from Shine a Light to the end.
Can’t get much more 80s than this! All strong songs though and I never appreciated at the time how good John Taylor’s bass playing was.
Not a big fan of compilations like this. Good energetic garage rock though although the songs do all sound very similar!
I was only familiar with the famous tracks before but this is a great, fun album to listen to. Loved the Rick Rubin influence with real instruments!!
Never listened to SS before and this was a pleasant surprise. Somewhat reminiscent of Prefab Sprout! All strong songs nicely produced and I even enjoyed the instrumentals. Very long though and I couldn’t quite get into the concept thing.
Raw aggressive rock and roll, too loud, too many guitars - brilliant!! Hasn’t lost any of its impact 30 years plus since I first bought it on the week of release. Slide Away is maybe the best track? Even the acoustic coda has bite - “yer music’s shite, it keeps me up all night”! One of the all time great debut albums.
Always found her a bit too ‘country’ before but this album is stunning. What a voice (recorded live) and such great songs. I enjoyed the guitar playing aswell and I will keep coming back to this album.
I have tried to get into Ryan Adams including attending a 3 hr secret gig. I listened to the whole album but it still doesn’t do it for me. I find his music and voice very generic and boring.
Was looking forward to this as I’d heard good things about the band. Disappointed though and was a struggle to get through. Just sounded like Mumford and Sons. Won’t listen again.
My first Leonard Cohen album! Obviously profound songs written at the end of his life but I really didn’t enjoy the spoken word vocals.
Very nice album and quite eclectic. Enjoyed all the tracks. The Bob Dylan parody was hilarious!
Very good blues performance (of course). I prefer his playing to his singing though. As someone said in another review, good to have listened but I won’t come back to it.
Haven’t listened to this for ages but it’s lost none of its power or poignancy. One of the all time great vocal performances. He was right not to encore after ‘where did you sleep last night’. How can you follow that!!?
Any album that bookends ‘like a rolling stone’ with ‘ desolation row’ automatically has to be 5 stars. All the tracks in between are either very good or classics. ‘Ballad of a thin man’ may be my favourite but I never tire of listening to all 11 minutes of ‘desolation row’.
More bombast, loud guitars and great songs! Soundtrack to a generation and still sounds good today. Vocals and song writing are a step up from Definitely Maybe and great to hear Noel sing for the first time.
Very nice album. Listened a few times and the songs got better. A bit ‘of it’s time’ but some very strong songs and musicianship.
Found this a bit boring after a while. Some of the songs were too long and Roger Hodgson’s voice started to annoy me after a few tracks.
Great album of soulful rock. Great guitar sounds too. Particularly liked ‘she talks to angels’.
Difficult to be objective about an album I’ve loved since I was a kid in the 70s! Apart from the brilliance of all the songs and Paul’s singing, highlights for me are Paul’s bass work on the Rick and Linda’s unique keyboards and harmonies. One of those albums that sounds just as good now as on release.
Was not looking forward to this but wow this is great music! Lyrics are ‘challenging’ but rhythmically and groove wise this is great to listen too ( especially the first side).
Not bad. Quite listenable electronic pop but her voice doesn’t really do it for me. Slow motion was nice. Never heard of her before either!
Was looking forward to my first Wire album but quite disappointed. Too many songs, all sounding the same! Strange was good though.
Oh no - another Todd Rundgren album. This was even more hard work to get through than the last one. I know he must be a great musician but I found no merit or enjoyment in any of these songs.
Beautiful epic album. The big hits are timeless but every other track is equal in merit. The production is also very good.
My first Nick Drake album! Very good songs, songwriting and production but I didn’t like his ‘Belle and Sebastian’ voice so much. Unusually I enjoyed the instrumentals!
Wonderful album full of strong song writing and nice vocals. Enjoyed every track and will come back to it.
Although very 80s sounding, this is a great album. Enjoyed every track.
Enjoyable listen and nice vocals but so Beatle and Kinkesque that it just sounds like a parody to me.
Takes me right back to the eighties! Somehow doesn’t sound dated though and a classic piece of rock/pop. Great musicianship and song writing. Very eclectic too.
Fine album of grooving rock. Liked every track and even Freebird still sounds good after so many listens/plays on the radio.
The guest artists were very obvious and I’m not sure if that was a good thing or not? May have enjoyed the solo tracks more. A bit repetitive though.
Makes you want to dance! Nice music but I don’t really know the genre so it all sounds the same to me. Would be great to see live.
Almost a greatest hits album! I do find him a little over earnest at times but you can’t argue about the quality of the songs.
Very innovative blending of different genres. Didn’t sound at all dated but the songs started sounding the same after a while. Really enjoyed it though and great melodies and vocals.
With the ubiquity and heavy plays of most of these songs, it is easy to forget how bloody good these songs are - production ,bass playing, vocals. Another album that’s almost a greatest hits collection but the non-hit songs are also great.
Great album with very unusual guitar/synth sounds. Particularly enjoyed the instrumental parts and the end of ‘it’s a bit of a pain’. A challenging but very rewarding listen.
Really enjoyed the vocals and production. A bit too long for me though and a lot of the songs sounded samey. Good but not sure if I will come back to it.
Amazing debut , ahead of its time with the heavy guitar sound. Not the fully developed Who sound yet though. Roger sounds a lot like John Lennon on a lot of the tracks!
Most of this album sounds like Nirvana which sort of surprised me. However the promise of greatness to come is there in tracks like Floaty and Exhausted. Well worth listening for these 2 alone.
Short and sweet and no mistaking its CCR! Great collection of songs though. Particularly liked ‘wrote a song for everyone’.
It’s a mighty long way down rock and roll….! Great album and loved the guitar sounds. Very Bowie like in places but then the last 2 tracks were a real surprise. El Camino Dolo Rosso may have been an inspiration for Dire Straits?! Then finishing with a Dylanesque track. Plenty here to reward repeat listens.
3 great tracks but the rest felt a bit samey to me. Won’t come back to listen again.
What a surprising listen. I only knew Scooby Snacks but this is a great album. Really enjoyed the guitar work and musicianship together with the cool, laid back vocal style.
At first I thought this didn’t have the edge of the live at Folsom but it really took off after San Quentin. More originals than Folsom too. Great listen!
Classic album. Acerbic songwriting and unlike the previous album My Aim Is True, now backed by the Attractions. A highlight apart from the songs themselves is Bruce Thomas’ bass playing.
Moderately entertaining album of transatlantic ‘punk’ with some blues influence. Don’t think I will listen again though.
At first it seemed a bit monotonous and definitely over long. However the second half was much better and overall I really enjoyed this album. Intelligent lyrics and interesting production. Will come back to this. 5 stars from Check The Rhime onwards but let down a little for me by the first side.
Didn’t grab me. Guitars and music were quite good but I didn’t like the vocals. Not planning to listen again.
Another Johnny Cash album and another 5 stars! Never knew I was such a fan! His old man voice is so poignant and some of the covers to me now seem to be the quintessential versions. Touching and powerful. Tasteful use of Fiona Apple too!
Very famous album that I must admit to have never listened to before! I was a little disappointed given all the history and hype though. I can see where Polly Harvey drew inspiration from. Really enjoyed Free Money and Kimberly but not so much the rock and roll songs. Will probably come back to it though.
Never heard of this artist but really enjoyed the slightly Jamiroquai like first side. Then all the instrumentals let the album down.
Really liked the songs, instrumentation and musicianship but the album was let down for me by the weak vocals. Imagine with Robert Wyatt singing for instance.
Great debut album. Enough of a Talking Heads ‘sound’ without being too repetitive. Will definitely come back to this one.
Side one was great but fell away a bit for me on the second side. Ray Davies is a great songwriter but this album felt a little dated to me.
Released a week before I was born and still sounds innovative, fresh and exciting. If the songwriting, production, lyrics, vocals and harmonies weren’t enough for you, then there’s McCartney re-inventing rock bass playing on his new Rickenbacker. Every song apart from one is under 3 minutes and that’s all they needed. Girl still sounds spine tingling and Michelle sounds like it has always been there just waiting to be transported through McCartney’s brain. Can’t find enough superlatives for this masterpiece and there’s more and better to come from this ‘good little band’ as Paul is fond of saying. Easiest 5 stars so far!
Forgot how good this album is. No more cheeky Chappy Britpop (although I liked that too). Now time for Angst and songs about heroin. Great guitar work and vocals and all the tracks are strong.
Very nice album of reggae pop. Ketchy Shuby a highlight. Also learnt all the medicinal properties of the herb!
A bit disappointed. Lots of energy and ground breaking for 1972 but a bit of a drag to listen to the whole album. I need somebody is a standout though.
Nice collection of country songs. Good production and a sort of concept album. Don’t really like his voice though. Can imagine it better with a Nebraska era Bruce or even Jonny Cash.
Stunning debut album. A bit out of step with the trends in 1978 but every song is strong. Wonderful understated musicianship and vocals. A lot more varied than I remember it.
Interesting innovative music which I enjoyed for 2 or 3 tracks but a whole album was a bit of a stretch!
Enjoyed the music and samples but not the style of vocal delivery. Got better at the end with the Bouillabaisse section though - quite liked that.
Classic album that I’ve never heard before! Very Bowie influenced but I loved every track.
Iconic guitar sound and playing. 3 classic tracks and I enjoyed the rest (even the instrumentals!).
Hard rock doesn’t get much better than this and this album must have blown people away in 1969. I think I bought it about 10 years later. I could listen to John Bonham drumming all day. Add to this the fluid bass lines of JPJ and it’s one of the great rhythm sections. The guitar break on Whole Lotta love never gets old.
Couple of classics but struggled a bit with the more bluesy tracks. last 3 were crackers though.
Beautiful haunting voice and great interpretations of traditional folk songs. Particularly liked Donna Donna and John Riley.
A bit spoiled for me having to learn most of these songs to play in covers bands! Some great songs though even if a bit repetitive at times.
Great album of aggressive but melodic rock! Apart from the classic songs, all the other tracks were good.
Side 1 was a bit tooo ‘country’ for me. Enjoyed side 2 though. Great voice!
Never heard of this band but this is a great album. French Rammstein with a bit of Tom Waits thrown in. Very interesting samples and sounds. Looking forward to a second listen.
Why have I never heard this album before?! Loved it from start to finish. Some of the instrumentation sounds a bit dated but can’t argue about the quality of the song writing. Echoes of George Harrison on some tracks too.
Wow - I forgot how good this album is. Every song is a cracker and too many highlights to list. Colin Greenwood’s bass work is great throughout and what about the guitar on Just.
Very good jazz album I’m sure but I can’t listen to much jazz for that long!
Are Cream a bit overrated?! Starts with 2 classic if overplayed songs. The rest seem to be ok blues rock but not ground breaking for the time. Great rhythm section though.
Don’t think I like American ‘punk’ and I didn’t like this album!
Great album - every song like a ray of sunshine! The extended album version of Summer Breeze is much better than the single also.
Sublime, innovative music that rewards repeat listens. Bought it on release but need to listen more now. Great album.
I know it’s Miles Davis and I liked Kind of Blue but I found this album hard to get through. Just shows my ignorance but all the songs sounded the same. Won’t listen again.
Irresistible dance music that sounds a bit dated but still very enjoyable. The bass lines are amazing.
Classic Tom Waits - some tracks melancholic, some rocking, some just plain weird. Good stuff though. Preferred the up beat songs.
High energy and very Britpop influenced. All strong songs and vocals and very enjoyable!
Jordan the comeback is a favourite of mine so I was really looking forward to this album. All well crafted songs and good but not great. When love breaks down is a beautiful song though. The rest don’t quite live up to that.
A bit hit and miss but overall very good and it’s Neil Young so always something there worth listening to. Title track and Revolution Blues were standouts for me.
Wasn’t really looking forward to wading through more jazz but this was a big surprise. Some elements sounded a bit like Gershwin to me and there was so much going on with some dissonance which I enjoyed and tempo changes and weird stuff. Still sounded melodic though. Overall great album!
Must have been a very influential album and some great material. Some of it I found a bit ‘ dirgey’ and less melodic than later albums on first listen. On second listen though I’m sold!
Surprisingly mediocre, especially some of the ballads. Obviously Boogie on Reggae Woman is great and I enjoyed You haven’t done nothing and They will go when I go. Take or leave the rest.
Nick Cave lite with terrible lyrics. Some of the music was ok but I couldn’t get past the lyrics!
Great uplifting music especially the first 3 tracks. Fell away a bit on side too and Sex Machine was far too long. Overall very good though.
Had never heard of this artist before but what an amazing album. So much diversity and talent and even though it’s quite long, I listened again straight after the first time.
Great to hear this album again. Intense music of infatuated love and every song is strong! Loved the sparse arrangements and varieties of vocal styles. Was a great album 25 years ago and still sounds like it now.
Smooth classy soul. Great production and bass playing. Managed to turn a simple repetitive riff into an 11 minute classic!
What on earth was that I just listened to?! Actually quite enjoyed the noise - a bit hypnotic! Dracula Mountain was the best track.
Nice smooth r n b with intelligent lyrics and quite melodic. To my surprise I went back for a second listen to some of the tracks. They Say is a great track.
There’s a lot more to this album than penises the size of European monuments. A richly rewarding listen that is worth persevering with even if you don’t like the genre. Also worth listening the whole way through.
A lot more poppy than I was expecting. Some fine songs and great bass.
Classic album of dramatic heartfelt ballads. Each one unique and interesting in itself.
Fine album of angsty pop rock songs. Still enjoyed the big hits too. Maybe a bit long.
Nice album of multi-layered dreamy pop. Some of the vocals sounded like ABBA! One song tended to blend into another for me though. Enjoyed the second listen more especially when I realised I didn’t have to understand the lyrics! Very good album.
I know this is a very influential band and I was looking forward to my first Pixies album but a big disappointment. Didn’t enjoy it at all and not tempted for a second listen.
Had never heard of this artist before and was a bit worried about wading through such a long album. This is great though. Such good songs, vocals and instrumentation. I can see why it won the Mercury Prize. Will go back to this album and artist.
Great song titles(!) but not such great songs. Good filthy fun for a while but sounded like the same song repeated.
