Rated 4/10
There’s a time and place for everything and I’m not sure a work environment is the best setting to listen to this one.
I’m not even sure I’d class it as an album, it seems more of a random collection of tracks you’d hear in a club. No particularly good tracks of note but then I’m not on drugs. I suspect if I’d taken some and was in a club at 2am I might take a different view.
Not for me this one.
Rated 6/10
Distinctly underwhelmed by this album. I had been expecting so much more given the hype. Clearly a few of the singles are massive songs and I can understand how this album was lauded over when it came out. It’s not necessarily that the songs have aged badly, or MJ’s reputation, but something didn’t really click for me and I didn’t feel the hype.
Rated 4/10
AA Bottom
Rated 8/10
I can see why this has an overall average rating of 3 as it’s going to polarise opinions. Personally I can’t decide if I like or not but it grew on me after a couple of listens. Ok so some tracks are just a bit too out there but plenty to enjoy.
I also feel like the list giving us this the day after Brian’s passing is enough to tug on the heartstrings and that’s enough to bump it up from 3.5 to 4 stars today.
Rated 4/10
Let’s be honest, it’s a bit dull isn’t it! This one probably should have stayed in the ‘80s
Rated 6/10
It was alright but probably too long as it was hard to keep the enthusiasm going that far.
Rated 8/10
Quite liked this one.
Willie the Pimp was a real highlight. And the Gumbo Variations was also a good listen.
Perhaps dips slightly in places after a great start but overall a surprisingly nice listen this morning.
Rated 6/10
Nice little listen here. Probably won’t listen to it again but nice vibes for a Friday morning.
Rated 4/10
They may be Sonic but they’re not SuperSonic
Rated 4/10
The dead should be grateful not to have to listen to this.
Largely drab and instantly forgettable.
Rated 4/10
No idea how this was deemed good enough to get on this list but I will give it an extra star for being so bad in places it made me laugh.
Rated 8/10
This kind of passed me by when it came out but listening now I feel I missed out. Really liked it.
Rated 6/10
Can hear the influence on later music but also felt at times like I was on a seaside pier.
Rated 4/10
Found this one a lot duller than the last EC&TA offering we had on here. A couple of good tracks but overall this one didn’t really do anything for me and I couldn’t really get into it.
Rated 6/10
Like being in the middle of a Disney film.
Rated 8/10
A great album but probably a few songs too long. However some good sounds and a nice mix of styles. Lazarus has always been a favourite of mine but a few others I’d listen to again.
Rated 6/10
Not as good as other BB offerings. This one just seems to be the same level/tone shouting most of the way through without a lot of discernible differences between songs.
Or maybe I’m just getting old!
Rated 8/10
I was intrigued to listen to this to see what pre-solo Iggy was like with Stooges. And I was not disappointed. Quite raw and less manicured but a great listen. Going to have to venture into more Iggy / Stooges music.
Rated 6/10
Not unpleasant
Rated 4/10
J’ai eu un A en français au GCSE, mais cela ne m’a servi à rien, surtout parce que j’ai oublié la plupart de ce que j’ai appris.
Même si j’aime ouvrir mon esprit et mes oreilles à la musique non anglophone, celle-ci était un peu faible. Je suppose que Melody Nelson a apprécié. Elle semblait apparaître ici et là en murmurant son nom de manière séduisante. Même si elle est clairement trop jeune pour Serge. Ce qui est un autre problème avec ce disque !
