It’s massively self indulgent hair metal. The type that birthed a million shitty spandex clad 80s American rockers. It’s probably quite impressive guitar playing but they’re like an author who needs a good editor. It’s telling that the best song on there is a kinks cover.

Great album. Forgotten how good they were. Middle of side 2 is a bit weak otherwise would be 5 stars.

It’s massively self indulgent hair metal. The type that birthed a million shitty spandex clad 80s American rockers. It’s probably quite impressive guitar playing but they’re like an author who needs a good editor. It’s telling that the best song on there is a kinks cover.

Really good. Not my usual thing at all. Great beats and musically very different to what I think of as rap. Bit repetitive maybe which is why I didnt give it 4 stars.

Obviously some legendary songs on this, but I was surprised by the amount of filler

Too long- lessens the impact

Good album- made me revisit Brodge over troubled water too as I think I was too harsh on it. Need a 3.5 star rating really

Really pleasant surprise. Had. Ever heard of the band or album before. Chilled.

Surprisingly dull

A stunning, brutal album that leaves you feeling battered by the sheer ferocity of it. A criticism; endless nameless was so bad it almost dropped the whole thing to a 4 but given that it’s a hidden track I’m just going to ignore it.

It’s alright. Decent rock but a bit bland really. The lyrics and stories aren’t as clever as they think they are.

Loved the pounding, urgent beats and the musical complexity. Enjoyed it far more than I thought I would.

Great album

Passed me by at the time; I was Oasis over blur in 1994. Blue got better, oasis got worse. This has some great tracks on it but overall is too art-rock for me and most of it is a bit bland or isn’t very memorable.

WHAT A VOICE!

Absolute banger.

What a surprise. Great album

Liked the music, didn’t like the singer- like axl rose doing a Bruce Springsteen impression. Catchy but ultimately meaningless anthems.

I’d give it 5 stars for eclipse alone. The whole thing is just incredibly immersive. It’s 50 years old but still sounds amazing. I can’t imagine what it would have been like to listen when it first came out.

What a surprisingly great album. I’d only ever heard come on Eileen before but I really enjoyed this.

Bland, earnest music for church or a coffee shop. How could anyone love this?

5* Album. Despite not previously being a Beatles or McCartney fan this record brings me great joy every time I listen to it. Aside from the obvious tracks I love Mrs Vanderbilt and Let Me Roll It.

Meh. Middle of the road 90’s rock. Nothing wrong with it, nothing great about it.

Particularly enjoyed planet caravan and a couple of the others I’d never heard before. On some songs you can really hear the Led Zeppelin influence.

Disappointing. The music is good but repetitive and becomes dull. The lyrics and the singing are poor. I struggled to see what the point of it was.

Metal

Just a phenomenal album. Early REM were fantastic. What I like about it is that it hits a sweet spot where it mixes both their country and their rock influences perfectly. I love automatic for the people and I love new adventures and monster but this is like having the best of all of them.

I thought this was gimmicky and lightweight. I can see for miles was standout but the rest was forgettable and I hated the “adverts”

I liked it

Classic

A lovely surprise. No standout track but a chilled and laid back folksy album that I will listen to again.

The greatest punk band. Not yet what they would become but the seeds are definitely there.

Listening to this album is an act of self harm. It doesn’t work on any level and has nothing whatsoever to recommend it.

Good music. I can see how if you were 15 and in Manchester in 1990 this would become your entire personality.

Really enjoyed this.

Perfectly fine folksy girl singing. Good background music but not much more than that.

It’s not for me, this.

The skits are dreadful. The first couple of tracks are garbage but it picked up after that and overall was a decent listen. The drug and guns schtick is dull now (wasn’t it always?)

Loved this. Never heard of him before but really enjoyed the upbeat funkiness.

Surprisingly good.

Best hip hop album so far. Musically complex and clever lyrics.

Just great

Insanely catchy

Musically nice but weak lyrics and singing make this a forgettable album overall

Good album - you can hear it as the bridge between the early pop and the later psychedelia…

Surprised how much I liked this. Upbeat, funky and insanely catchy dance tunes. Insubstantial maybe but great in the moment.

Classic. Full of great songs.

Perfectly acceptable prog rock noodling.

Pretty good. It’s a sin is the standout.

Very samey and dayed

Great album. Heavy, bluesy. Sounds a couple of years later than 1969. Would have been 5 stars but some of the songs are overlong.

I like this. It’s good.

It is a dead eyed, soulless album. She cannot sing. There is a thread of dreadful, sanctimonious “earth song” lyrics running through it and it is overproduced and polished to death. An empty product.

This album feels like reward for all the shit you have to wade through on this epic thousand record journey. I’d never heard of them before and wasn’t expecting much but this is pure ground-zero straight from the source gold. I’ve seen it described as Proto-everything and that’s a great description but when I listened to it it felt like I was getting a Syd Barrett style insight of what it’s like to live in the mind of a disturbed genius.

I quite liked the laid back “funkiness” of most of it but at times the verbal ‘hook’ was repetitive and overall it was a touch overlong and samey. I can never really follow the lyrics to hip hop on a first listen but most of them didn’t seem particularly dexterous to me although there were good moments. My overall gripe with guys like BIG and Tupac remains valid- rapping about gangs and guns loses its lustre after that life has killed you dead- and for nothing. Rather lifts the veil on the tawdriness of it all. I did enjoy it more than Ilmatic or notorious BIG but not as much as Be by Common.

Nice but bland country music

Hated this on the first listen. Liked it on the second. Not sure what I expected from ELP but this reminded me more of King Crimson than anything else.

Just a 4 by the skin of its teeth as a result of the strength of the obvious songs. There’s a lot of gimmicky shite on here though

Love the guitar tone, great record. Maybe gets a bit samey.

I enjoyed this. Never heard Bragg before but these songs were jaunty.

Funky. Great upbeat songs and immaculate production.

Unmemorable. No skits though so that was good.

I can see why people like it but it’s not for Me. Repetitive.

I’ve seen other reviews along the lines of “I want to love this but it just doesn’t quite land with me” I agree with them.