Listened to this a lot while growing up, likely as a small rebellion against my Dad who mainly listens to punk and reggae.
Best track: Riders on the Storm.
Another album I was familiar with, and its banger after banger.
Favourite track: a tough choice, but I love Monkey Gone to Heaven.
First album that I move got no history with, and it’s great! Beautifully put together, sounds fresh as fuck.
Favourite track: Join the Boys
Another old favourite, although it’s been a long time since I listened in full!
Favourite track: another tough choice, but I do love Karma Police.
Very cool album, great vibes throughout.
Favourite track: Dime
Another classic that was played a lot around the house growing up, it’s Ill Communication by the Beastie Boys.
Favourite track: very hard to choose, but to be contrarian, I’m going with Root Down.
I wasn’t that familiar with Tribe, but last year I read the excellent Go Ahead in the Rain by Hanif Abduraqib, and that got me into their music. Great album!
Favourite track: Butter
An album I totally missed at the time, but very solid throughout.
Favourite track: Stop Dat
No chance I would’ve appreciated this when I was eleven, but it’s cracking - rich and interesting.
Favourite track: tough to pick, but The Fear stuck with me after a first listen.
So far, this is the first album I’ve struggled getting through - the swing between catchy songs and ballads is a little too much for me.
Favourite track: Blue Suede Shoes
It’s no Desire, but it’s still a great album.
Favourite track: a lot to choose from, but I’m a sucker for Shelter from the Storm.
First time listening to an Aphex Twin album, and I had a right good time. It’s like the perfect tracks for PS1 start menus.
The CSI band made an album? Good for them!
I went through a bit of a Who phase when I was younger (well, I liked Tommy), and three of the tracks here are some of their best known songs. A decent album overall.
Favourite track: Getting in tune
Another classic I grew up with. My Dad often talks about getting to see the original line-up at least three times. Not that I’m jealous.
Favourite track: Judy is a Punk
What an album! Paired perfectly with a lovely bright walk this morning.
Favourite track: it’s got to be Safe From Harm
You can definitely imagine this playing on tape in your divorced Dad’s car. Loved the lyrics, but not the biggest fan of Bragg’s voice.
Favourite track: The Home Front
Cracking wee album, just excellent, and funny, songwriting.
Favourite track: Wednesday Week
Fun album for an early walk! I do love those 60s strings.
Favourite track: Anyone who had a heart
I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this, but it’s mostly great! The instrumental tracks really stand out.
Favourite track: The Paris Match
Not my usual thing, but I had a great time with this album! Felt like a teenager again listening to something like this while playing a video game.
Favourite track: Jesus Built My Hotrod
Cracking album - just a pure groove.
Favourite track: Inner Crisis
Honestly, I thought I’d like this more. Some very good tracks, but everything feels about 30 seconds too long.
It’s also inspired my drag name: Depish Maude. Ali hates it!
Favourite track: Enjoy the Silence
Rotten, absolutely rotten.
22 tracks in an hour - it’s a wild ride! Some really stand out, but overall it’s a good album.
Favourite track: Calistan
Very solid album. Not my favourite Bowie, but good, dependable Bowie.
Favourite track: Wild is the Wind
Like many misguided students in the early 2000s, I had a Zappa phase, so this wasn’t totally new to me. Albums like this can be pretty hit or miss, but I had a good time throughout.
Favourite track: Willie the Pimp
Wasn’t expecting to enjoying this album as much as I did! Very of its time, but it works.
Favourite track: Jennifer’s Body
Banger after banger - even though most of the tracks are so familiar, it’s great to hear them all together on the album.
Favourite track: Lost in Music
Not one I’d heard before, but it’s good. Feels like it could grow on me (rather than show on me???).
Favourite track: Think (Let Tomorrow Bee)
The album that inspired the creation of Formula One. Amazing album to take on my misty morning walk.
Favourite track: The Chain
Forty minutes of great music - loved it!
Favourite track: Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
Feels like the perfect album for a wee night with a glass of wine and some long looks out the window, rather than a bright an smelly walk in the country. It’s good though!
Favourite track: Never is a Promise
A lot of fun, but maybe too much fun for before 8am on a Saturday. Grinned throughout.
Favourite track: Planet Rock
Not for me at all - it’s like every song has a great minute that’s repeated for a further five minutes, and then the next track starts.
Favourite track: Da Funk
Good fun! Great mix of punk sensibilities with catchy pop.
Favourite track: Heart of Glass
Not necessarily my kind of thing, but you can’t deny it’s pretty good.
Favourite track: Free Bird
Not for me, I’m afraid! Not a bad selection of standards, but it’s a little boring imo.
Favourite track: Stardust
Interesting album - stark at times, but fairly chill. One I’d come back to, I think.
Favourite track: Seven
For a forty-odd minute album with only five tracks, this fair flies by!
Favourite track: Wish You Were Here
Fun album, and works perfectly as the soundtrack to me getting whipped at Virtua Fighter 5.
Favourite track: On the DL
It’s fine for what it is, and I admire any artist who pumps out a double album.
Favourite track: Ain’t No Other Man
Not my usual thing, but I can’t deny I was giving it some big nods while walking through the woods.
Favourite track: Flight of the Rat
This felt just like a cast recording for a musical - I loved it!
Favourite track: Crime of the Century
Twelve very catchy songs, and they blast right through them.
Favourite track: Straight Shooter
A banger of an album - not a wasted minute.
Favourite track: there’s no bad choice for this album, but it’s got to be Born to Run.
Fun album with some standout tracks.
Favourite track: Le Freak
Not really my kind of thing, but it seems good for what it is.
Favourite track: Duel in the Deep
It’s fine, and quick, but nothing really grabbed me.
Favourite track: Tonight I think I’m Gonna Go Downtown
Another album that didn’t do much for me generally, but you can’t deny how good his voice sounds.
Favourite track: Let’s Stay Together
What an album to get on the day my Grampa passed away - turns out he left me his empire of dirt in the will!
Favourite track: Heresy
Cracking album, reeks of being in my Mum’s car in 1998/1999
Favourite track: Ray of Light
Had no idea Mott was British until they sung about being on the dole. Not an album I’ll go back to - fine, but not for me.
Favourite track: I’m a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso
Good album - flows very nicely.
Favourite track: The Corner
Christina’s second entry in the list, and with a better album imo. Still not my kind of thing, but you have to admire the drive.
Favourite track: Make Over
Lovely wee album - interesting throughout.
Favourite track: Virginia Plain
Another album that was totally new to me, and it’s a great listen.
Favourite track: Petit Metier
Found myself laughing a lot while listening to Scum - 28 tracks in 33 minutes will do that to a person.
Favourite track: Scum
Decent album, but didn’t quite grab me.
Favourite track: Fiction Romance
First-time listen for me, and I liked it! The band sound real tight throughout.
Favourite track: Shut the Door
Wasn’t expecting a live double album this morning, but I enjoyed this more than I thought I would!
Favourite track: Massacre
Some decent tracks, but I have to admit I zoned out a few times.
Favourite track: Sympathy for the devil
Excellent album for a Sunday morning- very chilled. Bonus fact, my mother in law used to gig with JM back in the day.
Favourite track: Small Hours
Cracking album - every track is catchy and fun.
Favourite track: Tonite
Wasn’t expecting to enjoy this at all, so imagine my surprise when I found out it was decent! Don’t think I’m a convert, but I won’t be as dismissive in the future.
Favourite track: Wond’ring Aloud
Not quite what I was looking for this morning, but I admire how singular Wainwright is, and what a set of pipes!
Favourite track: Old Whore’s Diet
This didn’t really sit with me at all - tracks kind of merge into one another, and I found myself checking how long was left. Not rotten, just not for me.
Favourite track: Oh My Sweet Carolina
An album that’s almost exactly as old as I am, and just like me, it’s decent, but not the best (Smiths album).
Favourite track: Girlfriend in a Coma
Good album, but an absolute bummer (understandably so).
Favourite track: Faster
Hard not to enjoy this tbh - the exact right songs and arrangements for old Frank.
Favourite track: Pennies from Heaven
This is the first Blur album I’ve listened to from start to finish - it’s great!
Favourite track: Hard to pick, but it’s tough to beat Song 2
Good album! Pleasant to pop on while walking in the woods.
Favourite track: Lies
First listen to this in at least 15 - 18 years. It’s still a decent debut album.
Favourite track: Molly’s Chambers
An album to nod along to for an hour or so - it’s good!
Favourite track: Setting Sun
