Aggressively normal rock, but you can hear the smiles.

How do you turn a 3 minute song into a 21 minute song? Pad it out with 85% self indulgent drivel. I thought the album would never end and was so exhausted by the end of it I stopped listening to music altogether.

Amazing talent but pure junk food, cheese pizza with extra cheese.

Immigrant Song is a strong opener from which it fizzles out and never recovers. If I wanted twangy mandolins and folksy ballads I wouldn't be listening to Led Zeppelin.

Such an upbeat mellow mood

If I had to name 1001 albums I'd probably be clutching at straws, too. But not this straw; never this straw. Is doing the opposite of making enjoyable music creative genius? Or is it just choosing to make mistakes everyone else is aware of and avoided?

Even if I was listening full blast with headphones and my eyes shut this would still be background music. It's fine just not something I'd listen to again

An imperfect album only because one song is more perfect than the others, but if this doesn't get a 5 I'm not sure anything will! Love how you can hear their influences and who they influenced, despite having a clear and recognisable sound, even with so much variety on the album.

It's Aretha. It feels like someone took half of a best-of and added some filler but let's face it, it wasn't written as an album, it's just recording a bunch of songs. But who else could record a disparate collection of covers and make it sound like a best-of?

Amazing but not something I'd listen to again.

Thought it was alright at the time but 10 minutes later I certainly couldn't humm a single track. Generally forgettable angst-rock

Grew on me the more I played it, but its way too long. The middle segment turns into one long drone before Régine takes over the vocals and saves us with the most energetic, dynamic and unique track on the album. After a couple of listens I put on arcade fire radio and loved everything I heard, so their influence is obvious, perhaps I just don't like Win's nasal whine.

I don't always listen to reggae, but when I do I'll probably start with this again

I enjoy Buddy Holly but the more you listen the more it sounds the same.

I do try to seperate the artist - so I won't deduct points for him being a physically violent cocaine addict - but its impossible to disregard that the art in question is itself two hours of rich white London kid, doing a poor Stevie wonder impersonation, singing about a climate crisis while collecting hundreds of exotic cars, wearing sacred headdresses from the other side of the world, and backed by yidaki.

George puts the p in funk

James Bond in space

Aggressively normal rock, but you can hear the smiles.

Mediocre monotone mumbling. 28 songs and can't remember any of them.

Can't say I've ever felt the need to be transported to Clapham in 1992, but I imagine there's no better album to take you there!

They describe their sound as "adjusted and refined to take into account the new musical environment in which we found ourselves operating, and also to reflect our belated understanding of the aesthetic shortcomings of some of our less-than-accessible, more doggedly surrealist effort." I'll settle for "boring and pretentious."

Yes, this was Music by Madonna. Though if you asked someone to sing a song by her I can't imagine any of these would be among them.

Yes, it's too much Hammond. But it's still a solid 5

The Indy rock bits are good, but then it goes straight back to weird electro

Bookended by masterpieces, but after a couple of re-listens even the ones in the middle were really enjoyable

Love the pared-back production, headphones on and it feels like they're playing in front of you.

Some of its ok but you can't escape the sheer insanity of the "artist"

Pretty boring - Dylan with a banjo

A reluctant 4 only because it's not something I'd have to be in the mood to put on. But if you are in the mood, boy is it a rewarding listen, and the more attention you give it the more impressive it gets.

Aka that time Robert Smith felt emo about his commercial success so recorded his most commercially successful record. Word is he's still emo to this day...

Sounds like someone brought some coke and a casio and started trying to sell raps to sesame street. There may be a reason I'd never heard of them.

This Quincy Jones guy is pretty good, hey?

I will never understand why there were so big. The first half of the record with their songs are bright and spangly and fun, but not unlike what you'd expect from any 60's pop record. The second half with the covers is extremely underwhelming and lacking in the soul and intensity of the originals. At least they had Ringo to stop it being boring!

Bland company more like

Gave up after 10 mins. Then checked reviews, found out I'd been listening to the wrong thing, found a playlist of the right album, gave up after 10 (slightly better?) mins. But given the entire genre seems to be defined by the one bar of drums being on repeat, 20 mins was a lot.