There are a couple of iconic melodies buried in here somewhere. But honestly? It’s mostly just a drum machine looping for what feels like six hours. At times it’s less “groundbreaking electronic album” and more “two teenage boys pissing about with a Casio keyboard they got for Christmas.” It’s so relentlessly repetitive and vacuous that at one point I started to wonder if the album was just stuck. Probably tolerable as background noise while mashed and playing Pro Evo, provided you don’t focus too hard and you just let it slip quietly into the wallpaper of your brain. I’d enjoy a solid minute or two. Rounded up to two stars for the influence and a couple of good moments, but I’m not doing any more "homework" on this.

Weird theatrical existentialism. Just too arty and weird for me. It felt more like someone shouting at me than singing and I think it opened up emotional wounds that Steve MacManaman first inflicted. Also googled her and she's not even fit, looks like a stereotypical grunty Wimbledon finalist.

I've never listened to this album before and I didn't think I would give a 5 to anything on first listen but it's just brilliant. I feel like every other female rock singer before and after is trying to sound like this. There's also a kind of whiskey/motorbike coolness to it. Plus she died of heroin overdose making it, so it's only respectful to round it up to 5.

This guy just seems arrogant to me. And without the genius to make it acceptable. He thinks he's Zlatan when he's is actually Bendtner. I think it's the album title. Scott is such a generic name as well, like sorry mate you're always going to need the second name before someone know who you're talking about. I can only imagine Scott 1 and Scott 3 are more of the same irritating baritone swagger over a harpsichord. "Scott 2 be a 1 star"

If somebody said they were going to combine Simon and Garfunkel with Ladysmith Black Mambazo I would have said that sounds horrific. And yet somehow it's one of the best things i've ever heard. Very happy to listen to it in full again. This is a genuine 5 rather than a 4.5 rounded up

Someone tell them to stop

No idea what he's on about

The music is great but the production is so poor, I struggled to get past it

Pretty shit but not quite as shit as I expected

An absolute classic and never get bored of hearing it. 4.5 but rounding up in honour of the great man RIP

Country music is so boring. I don't mind if there's great singing or guitar but this has neither. This is just so bland. I bet Elliot Smith likes it

So many great songs covering so many styles. And like the "Stevo knows best..." whatsapp group it's only improved by all the members hating each other. A comfortable 5 stars and a perfectly acceptable answer to the "greatest album of all time" question (although wouldn't be my answer)

I really like 1 flaming lips song but it wasn't on this album. The first song is a rip off of Cat Stevens. But it was still alright

This is like what Eddie Clein *thinks* he sounds like when he plays guitar and sings. If it is some parallel universe version of Ed then it explains the odd lyrics about "your father will not know" etc.

I love The Kinks, but their catalogue can feel a bit scattered. Many of their prime-era albums have one or two huge songs each, which makes a lot of them feel like solid 4-star records rather than all-time classics. That said, their singles catalogue is world class - their greatest hits easily outshine those of many bands who do have a clear 5-star album. If there are other kinks albums on here, I might upgrade one to 5 stars in a "Al Pacino Oscar for Scent of a Woman" kind of situation. Probably for whichever album it is that has waterloo sunset at the end.

By far the worst Police album. Sting had fully disappeared up his own arse by this point. Drums are still great but that's about it. If this made it in then I presume the other 4 police albums also did because they're way better - at least one if them is 4 stars

Noise

Noise

Brilliant musician, but the constant rain and sun metaphors make the lyrical skies feel a bit overcast.

Should be 4 stars but a live album is cheating when greatest hits aren't allowed. Sting & The Police will be fuming.

Bit of a rollercoaster for me. Assumed it would be dated and annoying but then loved it to start with and was thinking 4, then got bored and thought 3, then a "your mama" song made me contemplate a 4 again but quickly got bored again

Obviously 5

Not for me

I remember liking this when it first came out but quickly forgot it. It's fine, surprised it's on here

It's not quite as good as I remember. I think it's partly because of how annoying he is now. But can't seriously contemplate anything than a 5

I really enjoy this, catchy songs and riffs and some fun guitar solos. His voice does start to grate after a while though

I think this might be AI generated

What's great about this process is listening to artists you suspected were shite and finding out that they are indeed shite

Brilliant but live albums are cheating

Bleak, grey, industrial, aggressive, numinous, prescient - one of my all time favourites. As good as ever

Not looking forward to Volume 2

I like his voice and style but this one doesn't have any of the hits and probably only 1 song I'd choose to listen to again

I felt like I should like it more

Roger ya ma... and enjoyed it

Decided it was a 5 in the first 10 seconds and then just sat back and enjoyed myself

Not in my top 3 Beatles albums but still a comfortable 5

Listening to Parallel Lines, Abbey Road and then this felt like watching the Godfather trilogy all over again

It's a magic number 3

sounds like a flight of the conchords piss take of new wave, without the humour. Had to turn it off

Maybe I'm in a harsh mood but I don't think I'd ever choose to listen to any of this. Even sunshine of your love is just meh to me.

Hated it

I saw 20 tracks and thought urgh ffs this is getting a max 3 stars. But then I read that 8 are bonus reissue tracks and it's really only 12 and thought okay maybe it can be a 4 star. Then I realised those 12 tracks don't include I only want to be with you and I thought ah well in that case it's 2 stars

This is my favourite blur album, haven't heard it for years - very nostalgic and a bit emotional tbh