1001 Albums Summary

Satisfying indie pop rock

Pretentious wank

The bad and boring kind of 90s pop

Diverse influences and some classic tunes

Lyrically this is on a par with Kirk van Houten's post-divorce classic: "Can I borrow a feeling? Will you lend me a cup of love? Broken hearts need a-healing, put your hand in my glove of love." e.g. "I'm on probation – FROM YOUR LIPS"

Probably marking up for Radiohead, but this is a luscious and richly-textured sonic experience

Some fun anarchic, bouncy, squelchy, slapping sounds

Dreary post-punk neo Indie borefest. I was palpably relieved when each song ended

So tempted to write "I don't usually like heavy metal" just to troll. I never got into Muse back when, and I get the Radiohead-lite criticism, but I enjoyed this. The songs are satisfying, well-polished in parts and deliberate in their roughness, like a Shona sculpture

Hip-hop that sits somewhere in the transition away from sing-song 90s playground rhymes, where those threads are still recognisable but it's more satisfyingly rhythmic and lyrical. A little on the misogynistic side

All-time classic voice and some catchy tunes. But this is not an album, it's an anthology. It is 6x too long, its inclusion in this list is frankly cruel and it loses points for that