1001 Albums Summary

Some great tracks: Shining Star Happy Feelin' (has such a great breakdown with a lovely bassline) Africano But I'm not a fan of some of the slower ones...

Not an album I would seek out to listen to again but some catchy tracks - I just prefer more energy in my sounds...

A monster of an album - I'm not a great fan of U2's later stuff but this is a classic.

Stylish one trick pony that leaves me cold after the first track.

3 stars and only because I love Paint It Black so much. When they're good, they're really good, when they're bad they're awful!

Adele by numbers

I could listen to some of these tracks and never tire; Breathe is a timeless masterpiece that is so evocative my words can't do it justice. While it has a lull in the second half it finishes strongly with Eclipse. Visionary work that deserves its hype.

I think Satan will be disappointed to find out that his number is actually a 2.

They sound good but I much preferred the lowfi sounds of Youth and Young Manhood

It was better when Keith wasn't singing. There I've said it and you can't make me take it back. It feels mean to give this only 3 stars as it has 3 iconic tracks but the rest of it is average at best. Oh f*ck it, it can have 4 stars, I'm feeling generous

Brilliant and tedious, mainly tedious.

Each song sounds like the long winded intro to an indie track repeated 22 times

Eurgh, this is why i dont rate Bowie in album form. 2 stars but only because of that Stones cover and the fact he managed to drop the lyric "Time! Flexing like a whore, falls wanking to the floor" which made me lol

This one passed me by at the time despite being the kind of thing I'd have listened to. (Perhaps more popular in the US than UK?) I'm really not sure what to make of it, it needs at least a couple more listens before I decide. Giving it 3 but it could be a 2 or a 4 with time!

The sound is definitely of its age now but, leaving aside the covers, the Beatles really knew how to write great pop songs.

Meh this could've been 3 if Bowie hadn't passed me off so much.

3 stars and only because I love Paint It Black so much. When they're good, they're really good, when they're bad they're awful!

Spinal tap have ruined this kind of music for me, everything sounds like a parody...

Funeral is one of my favourite albums of all time; this is just an echo of that sound. Nice enough but nothing standout.

Loved this! Couple of classics, including Not Fade Away and I liked Rock Me My Baby.

Low fi indie rock who's lyrics made me think the writer was a prick.

That voice!

Nope.

Liked this a lot more than I thought I would.

I didnt like it much. Horrific covers of Velvet Underground and the Kinks were the highlight which says it all.

Just never really did it for me, annoying voice too.

That bloke you dont want to get stuck talking to at a.party has brought a guitar.

Like gatecrashing a party that has no-one you like there.

Bonkers and I'm all in.

That last song cost the album another star...

It took 2 hours for this backed up colon of an album to "pass" but it did eventually so George got the title right at least.

One star for being mercifully short.

Its not bad.

Sounds incredibly dated now. I love her voice but this is a struggle to listen to. One bonus star for name checking De La Soul

Totally bonkers and I loved it

Fuck Bowie, he was a wrong un. Still, this album is better than the others I've been forced to endure so it gets an extra couple of stars...

This album was born under a lonesome star...

A couple of great songs but little else that grabbed me.

Matty Groves is a banger but I've never been sold on the rock folk hybrid sound, much prefer if this was acoustic...