Less than 5 minutes into the first (and longest- 20 minutes!) song of the album, Autobahn, you are already on a beautiful sound journey, I loved the different sounds and textures. The flute particularly gives an optimistic view and makes you feel like you are about to embark on a journey, which makes sense as the album title translates to the German highways. Then, it has areas of darkness, with synths that make it feel creepy. Highlight was Kometenmelodie 2 for something more optimistic. On first listen, it was giving electronic German Pink Floyd vibes, a great album to transport your mind and soul… Particularly interested in how this album was cited as a reference of David Bowie’s work, and was interested to learn about the ‘kraut rock’ genre of this band.

Oh how 80’s rock has my heart, shoutout to my dad for blasting this genre of music every weekend in the mornings to start his day. Love how this album is such easy listening. The perfect album to pop on while cooking, cleaning, studying or commuting. Love the riffs in Money for Nothing, and was pleased to hear the familiar opening in ‘Walk Of Life’, a song I have definitely heard before. My favourite is ‘Why Worry?’, a more layered song. Didn’t know how iconic this album/band was, but very pleased to familiarise myself with the album in full and have already listened to multiple times.

Listened to this in the car driving to a wine tasting in Le Creusot. Lovely memories, the album but didn’t fit the vibe for the day (not the albums fault). A little somber, a little sad and I described this as ‘cry in the shower music’. Not my personal cup of tea but I understand it is a well made album and quite remarkable for a debut.

One of my favourite albums of all time, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is such an insanely good album. I love how it has the mix of rap songs (I mean opening with Lost Ones, a diss track to your ex band-mate and romantic partner goes so hard) as well as soulful tracks, such as When It Hurts So Bad and I Used To Love Him. Plus, it features one of my favourite songs of all time, Doo Woop (That Thing), an anthem about self love and worth. This album ultimately shows the range of female emotions, however the overarching and strongest emotion of love is most present- which in itself is so beautiful. Incredible, 10/10, timeless.

An album I would never hear about or listen to as I am not well versed in funk music but absolutely LOVED. Fun, energetic and different this was an amazing listen. Yes, a soul band CAN do rock music. Would love to explore more music by this band.