Pleasantly surprised after assuming I wouldn’t be a fan. Particularly liked track 1 - mother and child reunion and track 10 - paranoia blues. Liked the eclectic genres used and every song felt very different.
So I just didn’t gel with it. I knew the title song and have never enjoyed it. I found all the songs blurred into one other than track 9. I can see that the lyrics are poetic and it must have been very unique at the time but I just didn’t enjoy listening to it.
A fantastically unexpected love. I had literally only heard that one very famous Pogues song so didn’t have any expectations from the album. But the Celtic jauntiness with meaningful lyrics and some real passion meant I really enjoyed this album.
What a brilliant album! I loved the style and blending of genres and each song felt so unique yet fused well. It is a band and an album that I had never heard of but will be wanting to listen to more of.
What a masterpiece! I was already aware of Public Enemy but had never listened to this album in its entirety. The political statements are just as relevant today as they were then and the way you can feel the anger through the music is powerful and intense. The lyrical choices are sublime and I particularly felt this was apt - “because no man is God and God put us all here” - I think many people need to hear and understand this line now!
So musically this album was great - the guitars, the drums and the bass - wow! But…I’m just not a fan of the singers voice. It’s not a bad voice obviously he can sing but it’s just not the sort of voice I gel with and I found 10 tracks of that voice in one go to be a lot. By no means a bad album but just not my vibe
Not my style unfortunately and just generally didn’t enjoy the album
Really enjoyed this album. It felt interesting and unique. The music was a joy, the lyrics eclectic and the voice was compelling. I will certainly be re-listening to this!
High energy, lots of innuendo and so much groove! Really enjoyed many of the tracks on this album and am looking forward to exploring more songs from Little Richard. It was clearly a ground breaking album at the time and I think the hype is deserved.
A fine album with a few solid songs but it felt quite samey after a few tracks.
This was just awful - I’m sorry as I know so may people love it and Genesis but I just couldn’t find anything about it I liked. Just no redeeming features at all for me - I didn’t like the lyrics which felt trite, I didn’t like Peter Gabriel’s voice, the songs felt so boring. It was a no from me sadly.
I really like Dolly and have heard many of her songs but I didn’t feel this was my favourite album of hers. Some of the songs were catchy and the lyrics are always so interesting and fun. I would certainly relisten but it wouldn’t be the album of hers I would say is my favourite
I really like Jack White and I really enjoyed this album. His style and vocals are amazing but the lyrics really just smash it out the park! A great album with so many great tracks
I find this really hard to rate. I am not a jazz connoisseur and really appreciated the first track and being introduced to such an electric sound but by the third track I just felt done with it. It quickly turned into a kind of background noise rather than me settling into it. Perhaps I’m just not a jazz girl!
