1001 Albums Summary

Haven't listened to it for ages, and still sounds great. Clasdic

Beautifully recorded and mixed with great harmonies, but ultimately didn't grab me.

The stripped back music, just voice, guitar and harmonica force you to focus on the lyrics and they still resonate hard decades later. An amazing album

A live album, sounds like the band had a great time, me not so much.

Great album that till sounds fresh and relevant nearly 50 years on. You can hear echoes of the songs in modern music still.

Innovative, emotional and worth the entry for the title track alone.

Breathes new life and emotion into songs I have heard too many times before. Fragile, poised and beautiful. Moved me to tears.

The brass section were always a highlight of Dexys and they are at there best in some songs here. Some truly great numbers, trouble is it loses it's way towards meh in the second half only to be rescued by the "even though I have heard it too many times" come on Eileen, that stands out. Some great songs, just not enough.