Reviews by aineslee

Not a single track I would ever want to have to endure listening to again.

This could really be any Dylan album as it’s hard to discern much difference between any of them! This one was ok but songs a bit too long in places. A few good songs though so definitely not the worst Dylan album. Just same old Dylan really.

Never really listened to the later Radiohead albums so this was a new one for me. It was better than I was expecting and I enjoyed some songs but some others felt like they were just flinging sounds into the mix hoping something would stick. Which didn’t always work in my opinion. An enjoyable listen though and one I will go back to.

Mostly as dull as I remember, the singing is just so turgid. Put me in a bad mood. Ok so in the right mood (depressed) a few of the songs may be ok but is it too much to ask for just one song with a bit of oomph, just something to give us a glimpse of hope that there is some joy in the world. Is that too much to ask for?

Considered giving it a 1 star but in reality probably nearer a 2. Generously giving it a 3 star rating as Gus’ first dance at his wedding was on this album.

Music was better than the singing. Not idea what he was singing.

It was alright in places, not likely to be I’ll revisit though.

Wasn’t particularly looking forward to this one but that was solely based on Hallelujah which is the only song of his I’ve heard before. The rest of the album was slightly better than I was expecting but still not really a fan and didn’t do much to change my opinion.

There’s no doubt Aretha can sing and she has a very powerful voice. I just didn’t really get into this album, just didn’t quite enjoy it as much as I was hoping I might.

A group that have made a lot of songs I like which I think is due to their sound, they just make music that appeals to my ears. This is an album I’ve always liked and revisited from time to time but more recent listens have just been certain songs I think I prefer. So probably the first time in a long time that I listened to the whole album in one go. What surprised me most is that I liked more songs than I realised.

As a whole album it works well with all the songs connecting and bringing something to it. A bonus is that there are some really good songs that stand out on their own, such as Lies and Power Out.

Wasn’t expecting to find this album in this list but really glad it made it in.

I can’t even be bothered.

Nothing wrong with this but also not much to get the pulse racing. Fairly inoffensive stuff. I guess if you’re into this folksy American sixties rock it’s probably quite good.

Funky but too many tracks too long. Overfunked in places.

I’m convinced whoever coined the term MOR rock must have been listening to this album at the time.

An album I own but not listened to for many years so intrigued to revisit it as apart from the first two songs I couldn’t recall what the rest of it was like.

Summer Babe is still as good as I remember and Trigger Cut was also one of my favourites back in the day and that was still good. I had suspected that maybe the rest of the album didn’t hold up as well but I was pleasantly surprised how many of the other songs I also enjoyed now.

Ok so a lot of the songs followed a similar vibe but I found my toes tapping to quite a few. Definitely going to listen to this again before too long.

Probably a 3.75 rating so rounded up to a 4.

They should have just left this where it belongs…..back in the 80’s!

As bad as I expected unfortunately.

Pretty much as bad as I was expecting.

The worst part is that some people may think this is representative of British music!

It’s Jimi Hendrix so of course his music must be great as it’s the cool thing to say right!

I can’t say I’ve ever been massively into his music and this album doesn’t really do anything to change my mind. I mean it’s alright but none of the songs are really that great and it just doesn’t quite do it for me. I think it might be the singing element of the songs. I think maybe if Jimi just released instrumental tracks I’d probably enjoy it more.

Not usually my cup of tea but happy to give it a listen. Better than I was expecting and a couple of songs stood out but just found myself getting more bored with it the longer it went on. Another where perhaps the circumstances of listening have an effect on the enjoyment of it.

This was soooooo much better than the previous Dylan offering and I really liked it. Less harmonica, clearer lyrics and songs that actually sounded in tune.

This is the Dylan I was expecting and hoping to hear. Idiot Wind was a particular favourite and in all definitely an album I’ll relisten to.

‘Please continue to hold, your call is important to us’

I tried, I really did try. I just couldn’t do it and had to skip through most of the last 5 songs.

Not for me.