Goddess on a Hiway

New sound for the time, but all a bit dull

Not quite Dr Dre but entertaining gangsta rap

REM meets Manic Street Preachers without any charisma.

Still sounds fun, original and not dated.

Live music doesn't always sound good on an album. Prime example. Great memories if you were there, just a mis-aligned noise if you weren't.

Sting is an enigma and made for best ofs. He writes some wonderful songs with insightful lyrics, and then every album has a couple of dross tracks.

nice voice, some heart-felt soulful tunes. Some overly processed sounds, some unnecessary "duets" and some dodgy lyrics.

entertaining, with their cocky cockney lyrics.

3 of her best songs on one album! Worth a good review, just for that

Not appeal to me. Don't get all the fuss; doesn't sound any different from any late-80s heavy metal band, other than they take themselves too seriously. Poor man's Metallica? Nirvana it ain't.

Last of peak Pet Shop Boys? Being Boring is a great reflective song. Chilled pop album. 3 songs make their greatest hits collection, so decent return?

Initially loving the in your face '80s glam at its finest. But the album seems a bit like stuff was added as filler around their big four songs. Some filler is good, some not. An EP of their big four would have made for a top record.

They all start like Insane in the Membrane will kick in, even When the Sh** Goes Down, but wrong album. Mah. Funky Hip Hop, but all sounds the same.

I bet Andy Kershaw likes it. Could get a couple of decent deep house /trance tracks out of the album.

It's alright. I'll listen to it. People like it. I get it's ahead of it's time. Who am I to judge?

Better than expected. Not just bog-standard American 90s rock. Some nuance and different styles. Not bad.

Early 90s ambient was my jam. William Orbit never did it for me then nor now. Decent enough, but if you're dipping into the genre, there are better examples to choose.

Genius of a band. Would love to have seen them in their pomp, having to settle for seeing Marr and Morrisey separately. I hope this list also contains other albums of theirs, especially The Smiths. Their Singles is one of the best compilation albums