Very samey. I do not like jazz and albums like this only vindicate my opinion of it.
Skits kill the flow of the album. Lauryn Hill saves many of the songs.
This feels very much 'of its time'. I wasn't around when this first came out, and I don't like it now. It would probably be a good album to get drunk to if I were 18 and out with friends.
It's OK. I can see why my Northern friends go on about the Stone Roses, easy and unchallenging. Very retro considering this was released in 1989. It's halfway between the Beatles and the... Turtles?
This is not to my taste but clearly a very good album by a talented artist. It has stood the test of time.
I didn't realise a lot of these tracks were by Moby. This music is good for listening to while working. Would I play it to listen to intentionally? Probably not.
Some interesting things going on here. Was that a sample of Everyday back there? Guitar notes jarring at times but it works somehow. Some good tracks in amongst what sounds like a bunch of surfers mucking around in their garage.
She has such a great voice, one forgets she's still a teenager on this album. While the music style & delivery vs the lyrics can seem a little incongruous, you can't deny the talent.
Sometimes folk, sometimes blues, always metal. I didn't realise there was so much in common between Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple - all forned in England in 1968. Must admit I was wishing for a bit of War Pigs towards the end there.
Well. It makes sense why I have never heard of this band or album.
Is this the soundtrack to a West end show? If so then I'm on board. If not.. what are tracks like Mother Beimleim doing in there. Either way this is not a musical I would enjoy.
Prior to listening to this album I couldn't have named a single Elvis Costello track. I still can't. This is mildly better than the dross from the past few days but really am starting to wonder who came up with the 1001 albums.
Reading through other reviews, there are 8 more EC albums to go :-( On a list of 1001 they made space for nine albums by the same artist? NINE?!
Energetic and still relevant
Come out and play is the stand out track, obviously. I remember headbanging to this in the alternative section of clubs in the 90s, great times.
Ratamahatta was fun. Always good to have Mike Patton popping up unexpectedly. That being said, it's all a bit monotone for me.
I came late to the Muse party so I don't know which tracks belong to which albums, prior to Drones. So this was an interesting listen, hearing these songs in this order on 1 album.
Almost every playlist I've made has Map of the Problematique & Take a Bow. Lots of other tracks here that I should listen to more. Loved it.
Not a fan, but I'll give it a 2 for being marginally better than that John Zorn thrash jazz atrocity from a few weeks ago.
Amazing live performances. High energy from a band clearly having a lot of fun.
Referring to women as little/young girls is extremely grating on the ear, even before the aggressive monotony of his delivery. Simplistic compositions. Not a fan.
Fun. Kind of a shame it took 3 white guys to first top the album charts with a rap album.
Honestly unlistenable in parts. The distorted guitar that got them all the acclaim wasn't intended and the band didn't like it? Give me a break.
At times this was indistinguishable from the YouTube adverts between each track. It's fine as background music. Just a bit beige for me.
Makes me want to watch Top Secret again. Is it me or is this essentially the same song over and over again with different lyrics?
Music for old people. At least the tracks were short.
Yawn. Who are these people.
Once again wondering why an album has ended up in the top 1001. There doesn't seem to be any justification for it on Wikipedia. Is it because she raps and sings?
His voice has dropped several octaves over the years! This album is soporific in the best way.
Middle of the road. Apart from the obvious hits this is very one note.
The hidden track is just a baby crying. No thanks.
Perhaps social media has given us all short attention spans but I feel at 3hrs this album is far too long. Then again who am I to mark down legends such as Ella Fitzgerald and the Gershwins?
It's what you expect from that era.. The latter part of the album has many covers that were done better by other bands. Nevertheless this album is perfectly fine, just nothing special.
I'm bored. Maybe the simple arrangements could be forgiven if there were any substance to the lyrics, but there isn't.
What you'd expect from Bob Marley. Music to chill to, nothing threatening but nothing exciting either.
The first 20 seconds of Airbag were good, then Thom Yorke started singing and it was all downhill from there. I wonder if I'd like them with a different front man. Or no front man.
Despite never having listened to them before, every track feels safe and familiar. It's all very.. pleasant.
8 tracks in it suddenly occurred to me I'd been listening the same song for quite a while. But no, 8 separate tracks, they just sound identical. Ambient and calm, but overall just meh.
What an influential artist and album. Dre's flow is so smooth, and you can't beat the G funk.
Saying that, the album has aged for sure, especially the skits. I can't bring myself to take a star off for that though.
Great fun. Bold move to cover In a Gadda da Vida with its famously long drum solo! This whole album feels like the soundtrack to a Quentin Tarrantino movie and I am so here for it.
Perhaps this kind of punk blues would be good to see live. However it has translated horribly to the album, all the screaming and distortion just hurts my ears.
When this first came out 20+ years ago I didn't get it. Today I hear a group of guys born in the wrong era but having the time of their lives. What a fun, unashamed, gloriously camp album.
This band could benefit from a lyricist. Most of the tracks have the frontman sing the same line on repeat while the band plays in the background. Weak.
I wanted to like this more than I did.
Easy to listen to. Wish I understood what he was singing about.
Easy does it. Kind of samey.
I had no idea that Bat out of Hell was from a musical, so was expecting something quite different. Good album with good rock opera tracks. Just not to my taste.
Why is this album here? Nothing on Wikipedia suggests it belongs on this list. The music is fine, I just question why I "must" listen to it. What great album was sacrificed to make room for this one?
She's very good at what she does.
My parents would probably like this. It's perfectly fine. However I am pining for any album from this century. Any album.
White noise. Who in their right mind lays down a track like Little Room and thinks this is good enough to be on an album?
All just blended into one for me
Have heard many of the these tracks before in movies and adverts. A bit like Moby - ubiquitous mood music. I enjoyed it, it's good background music for work.
I wish this album had opened with Persian Love instead of the Cool in the Pool nonsense, which just put me in a bad mood. Remove the lyrics and incoherent samples from Hollywood Symphony and you have a good track.
Fun, energetic, just what you want from 70s metal. Thanks for reminding me about Child in Time, what a great track.
What.. is this. The same song/lyrics/white noise on repeat, interrupted periodically by youtube adverts. OK that last bit is not their fault. I found the whole thing incoherent, but I guess that's what they were going for.
Slightly long but overall good.
If this music were a colour it would be beige.
I nearly skipped listening to this album, given that I didn't like previous Costello albums on this list, and there are apparently still several to go. I should have skipped it. He doesn't seem to have any control over his voice, it's like listening to Bobcat Goldthwaite.
An all out classic. Groundbreaking album.
I'm going to start giving 1s to stuff like this. The fact that they had to release the single multiple times before it got picked up should tell you something about this album. There's nothing WRONG with it, but it is so bland and undistinctive I forgot I had music on a few times.
I won't be listening to anything by a self confessed nazi who denies the Holocaust.
The Asphalt World was decent. Everything else was kind of meh.
Probably a great album if you're into that sort of thing.
