1001 Albums Summary

Feels like cheating to get this at the start. Obviously an amazing voice. Oddly more depth to the album as a whole than expected but having said that, stays very much on its theme. But its a classic, one of THE defining records of its genre. Respect makes it a 5 alone.

Enjoyed this, more than maybe I thought I would. Early rock n roll, jazz, bit of jive, bit of swing, but overall fun. Songs tend to blend in to one another a bit but its a fun record. And I appreciate it for being ahead of its time in some ways. 4/5.

How do you follow up such an iconic title track in your album? You don't really, apparently. You just riff around the same theme, even essentially reprising the song. But when the title track is so good you can hardly blame him. Lesson from this album is that Marvin fuuuuucckkksss. 4/5.

A great album but perhaps not her best. Maybe a lack of variety but made up for by that incredible voice and wonderful Motown sound. 4/5

It's Kate Bush. It's her best album. It opens with possibly the best song of all time. Its absolutely wonderful and it only scores 5/5 because "numbers", "ratings" and "basic logic" are all bullshit and won't allow me to give it about 12 out of 5.

Perfect

I was quite interested getting this. I knew and liked Teenage Kicks, having heard it via John Peel, but I'd never listened to more by the Undertones so I thought of this as a good chance to explore more. Glad I did, but it hasn't inspired me to get more into them. It isnt bad, it's decent enough punk but on balance not my thing. Appreciate it for what it is though, its well done and I'd like it more if I liked punk more.