I’ve always liked the Boss, but I wasn’t too familiar with this whole album. Recognised the obvious ones like Thunder Road and Born To Run but really enjoyed Meeting Across The River and Jungleland. A decent short album as well which is a rarity these days.
I wasn’t expecting to like this, but it was a bit of a revelation. Excellent all the way through with the highlights being Diminuendo and Crescendo in blue
4 stars.
A total classic. Not a bad track on it. Still sounds as good today as it ever did. And not even their best album. Or maybe it is. 5/5
Pleasant enough , definitely not for me. Title track outstays its welcome by about 4 minutes. At latest the whole thing was quite short. Onwards
Alanis Morrisette- Jagged Little Pill (1995)
⭐️⭐️⭐️
I was quite surprised that I seemed to know most of this album already. Her voice grated on track 1 and I thought this would be a 2 star rating but the quality of the songs, the 90s nostalgia and Alanis reining in the vocal histrionics a bit rescued an extra star from me.
Good album that I probably won’t listen to again
Album no 6
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (1968)
Pleasant enough. Johnnys voice is obviously great. I can’t really pick out a favourite track.. maybe the green green grass of home. Not for me.
The prison announcements for inmates to report to various places were interesting though..
EDIT- Greystone Chapel is probably the best track
⭐️⭐️
Enjoyed this. Listened to it twice. Great voice
Album 8
Yes - The Yes Album
⭐️⭐️⭐️
I approached this with trepidation – prog rock! It was actually not too bad. Quite enjoyed the guitar wankery and noodling. “Perpetual Motion” and “i’ve seen all good people” are probably the best tracks. And the least weird and proggy. Probably won’t listen again though…
Iron Maiden – the number of the beast
⭐️⭐️⭐️
I am in no way a metal fan. Turned out it was pretty good- a mix of the absolutely terrible (22 Acacia Avenue), and brilliant (run to the hills and Hallowed be thy Name).
I probably won’t be back but largely a fun 40 minutes
Beck - Guero
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This Beck album was new to me, but i bought, Odelay, Midnite Vultures and Sea Changes back in my CD buying days. This was often very reminiscent of Odelay.
Not listened to Beck in years and I’d forgot how good he was. This is a cracking album, would’ve given it 5 stars if it weren’t for a couple of 3/5 songs and loads of 4/5 tunes meaning the average was 4.2 ( trying to be a bit more scientific about my scoring!!)
Standout track: Broken Drum.
The Only Ones - The Only Ones
Enjoyed this. Sounded like it could have been from the 90s or noughties. A solid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You can hear the influence they had on Blur and The Libertines.
Standout tracks : Another Girl Another Planet, The Beast, The Immortal Story
Tupac (2pac?) - me against the world.
Hmm rap, not my thing unless doing a challenge like this…but of the G funk variety which I used to quite like. I was expecting this to be a slog, but it was actually pretty good all the way through. Some very prescient stuff here. Death really was around the corner for this guy. A strong 3, so I’ll give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
