8/10 Have I even heard this before all the way through?

Dear god this is awful. He can't keep an idea in his head for more than 20 seconds.

You've got to really like the whole operatic thing to get this.

I don't like the voice. I don't like the rhythms - always meant to disrupt rather than groove. I don't like the guitar - squealy or grungy. Just dull. Satisfied people's idea of what dissatisfied people want.

It's not a coincidence that I avoid REM (whereas WAR was a total surprise out of nowhere). One of them was alright to begin with but just turned into the usual REM dirge. It might be Stipe's earnest droning voice. It might be the instrumentation (but no - the band are perfectly good. It's definitely Stipe. He's whining.

Lots of familiar hits and songs that sounds exactly like the hits. It's the falsetto harmony that's grating.

Churns along "Hey we've got John Lennon's mellotron" "Hey we can do harmonies" "Hey, we can start a new bit of the song every 20 seconds" Two standout tracks - "I Want Her She Wants Me" sounds like Belle & Sebastian and "Time of the Season" sounds like it's another band and another album altogether.

One of my favourite albums ever. Grasps your attention. Never lets you rest but changes from song to song rather than within songs. Don't understand why Sunday Morning has three times as many pays as all the other songs. Waiting For The Man is awesome. All Tomorrows Parties and Venus In Furs sound like no other songs before or since.

Acceptable pop

Lovely. A couple of bangers. Strong, confident and wavy. Really liked it. Don't need t hear it again.

I'm angry that I've been forced to listen to this. American Effing Pie FFS.

I preferred the instrumentals. didn't touch the sides.

Perfect. It's a filthy hot summer day and this slid through my evening like a balm. Only ever heard it in in compilations before but as a single piece it's excellent.

Astonishing contrast between the Hit (with the greatest tambourine ever) and the rest. Couldn't wait for it to end.

This was lovely. Really admire those great voices. Poor songs and three part harmonies less so.

Like a lot of these albums, I find it interesting because it's important rather than because it's engaging. Heaven 17's best tracks are on The Luxury Gap. On this, they've clearly got a soft political message to make and they're very experimental with the electronics.

Curiously muddy. Lacking dynamics. Backing singer doesn't lift it. Loads of great rhythms and grooves. Didn't feel the samba so much. Even Taj Mahal isn't as good as that brilliant live version. Nevertheless, four-to-the-floor Brazilliance!

Absolutely banging! Young confident relentless soul. Superb! If a little showbiz in the bits between.

Maybe someone else find this grating voice and flabby songs entertaining but not me.

Wimpy and witless.

Chewy, challenging, some moments felt White Light White Heat-ish

Ragged brilliance. Shine a Light is the highlight.

School went mad when he played Roundhay park in Leeds. I'd never heard of him. I was surprised by how many of these songs I knew. The rhythm on I'm on fire is good.

This is the missing piece of Roxy Music - the bit that was taken out between Virginia Plain and Slave To Love. The good bit.

Unexpectedly good. Stays into rawk now and again, but quickly finds its indie/avant garde way. No reason at all to call the band that.

Listened to this with Fred in the car ion the way to watch the cricket in Manchester. Apparently, it's a seminal work of UK Garage. Some of the vocals are very good soul but the musicality really lacks groove and feeling.

Barely noticed it.

Loved this. Like the Waterboys with Trashcans drummer and Paul Simon of vocals. Very high quality.

One of the best albums ever made. Side one is incredible.

I'm sure this is great if you're a heavy. Paranoid stands out a mile, partly because all the other songs are much slower than I expected. Played while driving through Birmingham, past Villa Park a couple of days after Ozzie died.

Great album.. Great songs. A band really excited about what it was capable of. A lot happened after this, but at this point, Oasis were fantastic.

I enjoyed this. Much more musical than I thought it was going to be.

I get that they're being experimental, and I appreciate that, but they're not much fun. They're not angry, they're just a bit whiny.

Great. From Bowie's most creative period. Loads of great songs. Lust For Life is amazing and Fall In Love With Me is a new find.

Much better than I thought it was going to be. Bat Out Of Hell is a banger and All Revved Up is a find. Some absolute overblown claptrap in there as well.