1001 Albums Summary

Not a fan, but preferred this to KL’s more recent output. He sounds less like a cartoon character. Production crisper.

Needless to say I’m a Sabbath (and Ozzy) devotee. I’d pick any of the 3 following albums over this one. But it’s still a banger. RIP

Top drawer. Lindsey Buckingham is underrated as a guitarist.

Some interesting stuff going on, but not enough for a second listen. Once the album finished Spotify played the far superior “Something About You” by Level 42.

Okay. Sounds like a mixture of other bands, not always in a terrible way.

Bonnie Raitt? Bonnie Shaitt more like

Enjoyable, listening to it after a long long time. Only criticism is maybe Albarn’s vox are a bit lame here and there

A bit of harmless fun.

They're the AC/DC of first wave punk. Fun up to a point.

Some great lyrics in here.

The way she sang the line “down at the Men In Music Business Conference” immediately made me think of Jermaine Clement singing “Team Building Exercise ‘99”. Couldn’t take it seriously from that point onwards (about 30 seconds into the opening track)

OK as background music. For Starbucks or the lift.

The songwriting is brilliant. I just can't get past Lennon's hippy egomania and the annoying personality cult around it.

Genius.

I started out thinking "it's OK, wouldn't listen again". A few tracks in, that'd changed to "actually I quite like some of this, still probably wouldn't listen again". By the end of the album I realise I'd happily listen to it again. Which was nice.

It’s for the background of Gossip Girl or similar American TV teen dramas. Hard for me to treat it as music in its own right.

I didn't hate this as much as I expected, but wouldn't choose to listen again. The production / sound is awesome though

Our own decisions

I feel like I have to give a 5 due to its seminal status. Rounding down to 4. Much bluesier, rock-and-rollier, Zeppelin-er than their following albums; a product of the end of the 60s rather than the start of the 70s

A pleasant enough listen

I would buy this record

Fretless

A gem

Yeah, go on. It’s quite pleasant

Iconic, atmospheric, and maybe even a little homoerotic.

I like it, but feel underwhelmed…

Didn’t mind this AT ALL. Might even re-listen. Yet, I’ll err on the side of three stars.

I realise, hearing it again after a fair few years, that this album means a lot to me.

I wouldn’t consider myself a VanMorrisonhead, but enjoyed this more than expected

Sounds like more off-the-shelf flowery psychedelia at first but with an enjoyable darkness, edging it over into ‘bad trip’ territory… IN A GOOD WAY

Not the shitty 80s pop I was expecting at all. Pretty good actually

One of Watford's finest musicians

It’s OK. Always had a feeling that Public Enemy were one of the weaker “golden age” artists but get outsized attention.

A delightful romp

Never heard of Ms Apple. This was awesome!

Goes on a bit

It’s OK, not bad, not as good as I remembered. Definitely the kinda thing that’s better live.

The vibe and general sound of this album, I like a lot.

A lorra, lorra Kristmas klassics but I’m too bored to finish my thought

Pants Turd-wee-bland

Feels cliche to say it but truly a revolutionary and original musician, I think the way he played his guitar in the 60s would still be considered unorthodox even today.

Was forced to listen to this album on repeat for about a month while working at Borders Books. Unexpectedly, this resulted in me loving it.

The blandest swill available, and the masses are lapping it up. It’s the soylent green of music.

Liked. Wouldn’t listen again.

Inoffensive

Heavier than one might expect.

Exceedingly pleasant. Though I doubt I’d listen again out of choice in future. So it’s a strong 3-bagger, but I’m gonna give Lenny an extra bag since he played all the instruments and self-produced it

Banger. My parents had this on vinyl which suggests that, in spite of their mild homophobia, Frankie’s message cut through. It was my favourite LP as a kid based solely on the gatefold design.

Started out feeling pretty fatigued with Neil Young albums, but liked this one by the end of it

Quite liked

Funkalicious. Like it more the more times I listen

Yeah, it’s decent. You can hear a little bit of punk in there. Did I thoroughly enjoy it? Not really.

Not bad. Not good.

There’s a lot of good tunes. A lot of punk/ska that followed takes its cues from here In other news, my album backlog is now in the hundreds

He’s a great lyricist but a lot of his music just don’t float my boat. Much of this album feels like filler. It is definitely listenable and re-listenable, though

Self-indulgent. I could grow to like it.

Like Bob Dylan, but better

The music can be quite nice. The vocals are wank.

Funky Monks

This is the kind of music that gets played at lunchtime in a beachfront bar in Goa or Phuket frequented by Russian tourists with plastic surgery and translucent white shirts. Four stars.

Lydon’s best work apart from Country Life butter

A nice surprise, I quite liked it. Heavy pop. Instinct says three stars but I’m going to be generous and give four because I’ve given four to MUCH worse on here

It was an enjoyable, though ultimately forgettable, listen - with some high points

A few absolute bangers, a few bits of filler makes it a four

Over here they’re called “The London Suede” due to a trademark dispute.

Some of it is OK; quite good, even. Most of it is meh. I believe that I could learn to enjoy more of this album, with repeated listens. But that’s almost certainly not going to happen.

A low 4? Some great songs but as a whole it feels like it’s lacking in effort

Another low 4 due to preponderance of very good songs amidst pop-punk filler