Amazing album that balances industrial sounds with delicate melodies, creating a poignant and influential sound that demonstrates depth and emotional resonance.
Better than I expected. Fun and a little more loose vs what I was anticipating.
An all-time great album.
Only able to listen to a few tracks that are available in the US. Chill
Birth of EMO A few genre defining songs
The birth of heavy metal. Heavy guitar and lyrics that haunt.
Heavy on ballads and a clear focus on vocals. More yacht rock pop vs disco, but the disco roots are starting to take hold with the thick drum and bass lines. Uninteresting at best.
Album is only partially available in the USA on Spotify. It was a mix of 60’s HAIR mashed with telecaster sparkle guitar licks.
An album that I know is a classic, but I just can’t get to it. The melodies are gorgeous, the lyrics are undoubtedly beautiful, but for some reason - I can’t reach it.
Helping alt-kids dance since 1981. Alt-Dance was born with this album, and that cannot be denied. The songs are maybe on the long side and might benefit from additional mixing, but it’s classic status and importance cannot be denied.
All time prog-rock classic. Samples by hip-hop royalty and covers by rock gods only cement the importance of this album.
When this was recorded, guitar rock/pop music was only 10 years old. They are caught somewhere between wanting to sound like early Beatles and Sgt Peppers Beatles. Time of the Season is a classic, but This Will Be Our Year is a personal all-time favorite.
A classic. Just not for me.
A really fun listen. No tracks shined brighter than the others, but as a whole, it’s a great album. So In Love seems to be the most popular song from this record and it’s a jam for sure. The horns!
No.
Unexpectedly fun listen.
A classic alt-garage-southern rock album. Literally every song on this album is worth a listen on repeat.
An all-time great album with songs that will be played forever.
It's been a really long time since I last listened to this album. Its alchemy cannot be denied. The magic of music is that it can transcend time and place. Listening to a song can instantly transport you from whatever mundane middle-aged moment you're experiencing and place you right back in the middle of an exciting memory that you haven't thought about in 30 years... The relationship between this album and me personally - that's exactly the problem - too many memories... When I hear the brooding music and the mysterious lyrics, it places me dead center of so many dumb antics from my teenage years that it's a tough record for me to listen to... Attempting to separate myself from my memories, this album is the culmination of a lot of great rock bands that preceded it, as this album also gave birth to exponentially more bands and even more want-to-be front men. I don't know how you give this album anything other than 5 stars. Every song triumphs (except for maybe 20th Century Fox.) I just really wish I wasn't such an idiot teenager.
As a proud dad of two amazing daughters, I’m comfortably in my Swiftie era. Evermore is a slow burner and offers a more mature take on her song writing…
A classic, but didn’t capture me on this listen.
An album that celebrates women is always a great thing, and this album is arguably one of the best at doing so.
If the animatronics from those 80s kids’ pizza party places cut a record…
Spiritual experience.
Seminal! A timeless blend of shimmering guitars, hypnotic rhythms, and swaggering vocals. After all these years, its infectious melodies and psychedelic groove still feels fresh, cementing it as one of the most influential British albums ever made.
A masterpiece that trades guitars for glitchy beats, haunting synths, and atmospheric textures without losing emotional depth. Its daring experimentation and otherworldly beauty reshaped me as a young adult. I learned of my grandmother’s passing while listening to this album, and this album helped get me through that time.
Stankonia is a kaleidoscopic burst of creativity. An all-time classic and a major part of the soundtrack to my college experience. Break!
A dazzling glimpse into a mind unafraid of theatrical excess and razor-sharp songwriting. The mix of glam swagger, surreal lyricism, and Mike Garson’s wild piano runs - it all feels like a fever dream.
Minute long songs are ideal in the world of streaming, but this isn't my jam.
This is a great find, just wish I would’ve found it 27 years sooner…
The music, the lyrics, the vibe = I love it all. It’s the heart of punk. I just can’t (I know this is lame) can’t do the vibrato… Said another way, I just wish the lyrics were sang the same way as “Stealing People’s Mail” on every song.
I really enjoy this album. The music-scapes are gorgeous and the lyrics are beautiful. My only hang up here is in the production. It’s almost as if they attempted to make it low-fi by “dirtying” it up digitally. The highs are really high, the middle is muddled and the lows don’t exist. The production seems to steal from the multiple instrument layers, where it could be so much more.
Theatrical and fun listen
Interesting listen. Moody, emotional and wide open
I love this album. It’s punky beach vibes hit just right. In my mind it rounds down to a 4.5, but I can’t give it a 5 because there are a couple of weaker moments (Cecilia Ann, Blown Away) and 5’s should be reserved for masterpieces.
I have a soft place in my heart for late 90s Robbie Williams. So many fond memories. The happy pop music and entertaining lyrics equal a big fun listen!
Straightforward metal
Deeply personal and very raw. It’s a statement piece. I view this more as a self-portrait, and it’s beautiful and a little broken; just like all of us.
Punk goddess and gods. They punch, they sore and they come back for more!
An all-time great. The Hive’s introduction to the USA.
Birth of rock and rock and exploring what magic a guitar and an amp can make
Great album and Nick Cave at his most raw
Not my jam.
Wonderful noise jangle rock
Birth of rock, but can’t get past the personal stuff…
Great record and wonderfully produced. Cinnamon Girl is an all-time favorite of mine.
Blistering album
Amazing album and the birth of the Thin White Duke, and the springboard album to move production from LA (where this album was recorded) to Germany - where the Berlin trilogy will occur.
I wasn’t aware that this album existed until now. It’s proto-Lenny and a fun listen. Straightforward in its pop rock approach, but glimpses of what’s to become shine through.
War is a wild ride - never quite settling in but always having fun.
The birth of yacht rock? Maybe. Jazz deconstructed with funk bass lines and a desire to lay low and chill.
Amazing album that balances industrial sounds with delicate melodies, creating a poignant and influential sound that demonstrates depth and emotional resonance.
American Pie holds a very special place in my heart. It was the first karaoke song I ever did with friends... JMK Nippon's in Rockford for a high school dance dinner. Outside of that song this album is boring. It's honest and emotional, but ultimately just boring.
Aimless and rudderless with loads of imagination. Absence of melody makes it difficult to approach, but there are glimmers of great. Wish the production / mix was more coherent.
Bass lines are real
Seminal record!
Similar voice inflections to the mom from Mary Poppins.
Fun album to listen to.
A few gems, but literally thousands of samples
Iconic album, full of hits, but not in my window.
Original LP was 2 songs that were over 12 minutes each. The reissue doubled the tracks to 4 and clocks in at a whopping 53 minutes! The godfather of afrobeat!
Undeniable talent and thousands of samples have been ripped from this album, but it doesn’t move me.
Classic album with a handful of all-time great songs.
One of the most important albums to me personally. Every track is great!
Great album.
Classic album with so many great tracks!
Classic.
I prefer the US version of this album, but this is my teenage years. This cassette was literally stuck in my car and the only thing we could listen to - and we listened to it over and over and over again! Happily
Fun live album - jam packed
One of the greatest albums of all time, but even more than that - one of the most important albums to me personally.
Classic Songs and a Fun Listen
Very interesting listen. Amazing to hear the vision and insight
I love britpop more than most, and this is another good album.
A great pop record and set the stage for his pop takeover.
Heaven is all time favorite
It feels at once hypnotic and fragmented, drawing the listener through shifting textures, layers, and emotional tones. There’s also a melancholic, almost spiritual undercurrent — a sense that Shadow is archiving forgotten cultural fragments and giving them new life.
Seminal album and a pivot point in all of hip hop
Maybe not the right day mood for this listen, but fun.
Classic album and perhaps the official sound of the transition from 80s to the 90s. A few tracks that have stood the test of time and forever will.
An all time great. Rising from the aftermath of the untimely end to Nirvana, Dave gives the world this masterpiece.
First time hearing this album. They are clearly influenced by The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, and blues soaked British Invasion. This is an amazing album! The American version of Dr Feelgood
Pioneer. Genius.
Didn’t know this album existed. Fun listen
Amazing album and I’ve loved it since it landed in 2004.
Sad. Depressing. But amazing!
An amazing look into the energy, emotion, creativity of a legend and his band at the top of their game.
Shite.
Dark 80s pinnacle record.
Lame
So good.
Yeah.
Great album and so many tracks that are loaded with meaning. An album that worthy of a full weekend experience to listen to the album, watch the movie, digest and discuss.
16 tracks in under 35 minutes. What could be better?!?
Interesting point in time performance. Love some of the unique takes on the songs.
Genius album of self exploration
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Fantastic album open to close
Somber Happiness
More than the sum of the songs. A good listen.