Reviews by aineslee

Erm, it’s ok in places I guess. Just never really ‘felt’ it. And largely uninteresting.

I’ve always thought The White Stripes were slightly overhyped and this album doesn’t do a great deal to change my opinion.

I can’t quite decide if this record highlights the fact that by this point they’ve started to believe the hype or just started to run out of ideas.

A game of two halves. Fairly strong opening followed by a poor performance in the second half.

Must have been a really dull room!

There’s something about his voice on this record that almost sent me to sleep. A struggle to retain focus and interest in it.

Struggling to see how this album ended up on this list as it seemed remarkably unremarkable. Nothing particularly stood out and it was pretty bland. Plenty of other similar bland records out there so just not sure what raised this about the rest.

I don’t think I ever got all the fuss with Pink Floyd and I still don’t really. I mean it’s ok but nothing to get all giddy about.

As tough to listen to as expected.

I know she’s one of the most acclaimed songwriters out there but I just didn’t find any of it that interesting to listen to.

Quite liked this one but suspect the situation and mood when playing it may make a difference. Quite liked the more upbeat later re-recorded version of the title track but alas that wasn’t on the album.

This one is up there is one of my favourite albums so I’m very biased.

I think this came out not too long after I started getting into music and at the time was a slight extension from what I was listening to. Possibly one of the first albums I got into that showed it was possible to play punchy guitar music that also contained catchy meoldies. The album hits you from the start and doesn’t seem to let up in pace. Every song seem to offer an earworm opportunity and overall it’s very listenable.

This album is probably up there in favourite albums so not surprisingly it gets the full 5 stars from me.

Not the best but equally not the worst. Musically better than lyrically as Damon’s vocals were a bit grating at times.

Just not sure about this one. Never been a huge U2 fan but a few of their songs are ok.

I’m aware this album was quite a big deal at the time so was intrigued how it would pan out alongside the big singles that I knew.

As much as I hate to admit it I think I quite like the industrial sound on this album. Not saying I love it (and there were a number of songs I would skip on a repeat listen) but musically it’s certainly more listenable than I was expecting.

Smoooooooooooooth

This has to be the best sort of Country to listen to. Very listenable with some great storytelling allowing the listener to place themselves in the songs they’re listening to.

Didn’t think I’d enjoy it but I did.

Well I’ll be damned! What a great album. Loved pretty much all of this one and will be listening to it plenty more times to come.

Musically pleasing on the ear all the way through.

Loved it!

I don’t know jazz well enough to be able to tell if this is any good or not. Therefore I can only really judge it in whether I liked it or lot. And I didn’t.

Nice to have something a bit different in here. Very pleasant in places and easy to listen to in the background. Some tracks went on a bit too long but others seemed to suit the longer length.

The songs that were good were very good but those that weren’t quite so good weren’t as good.

Liked quite a lot of this but a couple of numbers just got a bit too repetitive. Not that repetitive has to be bad. All My Friends is repetitive but in a good way. A couple of tracks were repetitive but dull at the same time.

Overall more good songs than duff ones.

Didn’t like it’s one at all on the first listen but it grew on me with a second listen. Start and end were quite good though it did still dip in the middle.

Not unpleasant but got a bit bored with it by the end