No better or worse than my (low) expectations

It was never going to be GOOD...but I did at least hope for it to be more fun. Title track aside, it seems like glam rock by numbers to me.

It irks me that this is in the list, because there are 3 better white stripes albums. Are there going to be 4 white stripes albums in the whole list? Seems unlikely. So, although this is still good, my irritation prevents me from scoring more than a 3

I think this will be my first 1 star. Pretty hard to look beyond the terrible vocals. Hoobastank for the 90s.

Easy 5. Sounds incredible and can see how it's influenced so many other artists that I like, such as Flying Lotus. Particularly enjoyed the bits that sound like Boards of Canada...by which I mean all the 60s/70s style "Dr Who" synths.

I really should've picked this up sooner. I mean at first I thought it was a definite 5...but by the end a few things had grated on me slightly (mainly the same beat on each track being tsh tsh tsh tsh). Songs like Johnny and Girl sound like Carnival Elvis (I mean that in a positive way).

She's so Heeeeeeavvvveeeee

The problem with Abba...is that their "signature sound" is having solid hits that are genuine earworms. So, 3 songs should be good in theory (more on that in a bit), however the rest are incredibly bland filler that don't deserve more than 1 star. The additional problem with the recognisable hits is over-saturation - I've heard Dancing Queen too many times for it to be enjoyable anymore, so it feels cloying. 2 stars feels generous, so maybe it's a 1.

Just really fun and enjoyable, led to me putting on all five of their albums yesterday, with only one dud (Mosquito).

Generally I struggle to separate The Doors from the cult of Jim Morrison, but this was fairly decent. Quite bluesy whereas I was expecting some laid back psych-rock. That said, I doubt I'll ever listen to it again.

Eventually put it on in the evening...and it's basically crap. I think it might be worse than that though...the most charitable reading is that one of the list's curators is just a personal fan of this mediocre Afro pop album. Unfortunately, what is more likely is that it's a misdirected attempt to make the list a bit more exotic. However, when you could pick other, far superior, Algerian acts such as Tinariwen or Imarhan but pick this trash instead, your tokenism is laid bare. It's a bit like wanting to include a Welsh album but picking Stereophonics over SFA, Manics or Mclusky.