Reviews by ajef

A noisy guitar-driven sprawl of an album, ahead of its time and very influential on modern post-punk/indie rock.

Boring

Went into this one with low expectations as I’ve never really enjoyed an album that is older than the 60s. It wasn’t bad though, a fun listen and I liked his vocals.

This has crazy high production value

Like Remain in Light but less accessible

Lush would be the most fitting single word to describe this album

Although it could be more consistent, the atmosphere this album creates is immense and it was massively influential on gothic rock and post-punk to follow.

This is it.

Why is this in the book

Pleasantly boring

Solid debut album, can see what all the fuss is about. That said, some of the popular songs are overplayed and therefore a bit annoying.

What a unique artist. Whilst her next 3 albums improve on this sequentially, it’s impressive as a debut and her vocals are as good as ever.

A lot of homophobia in the lyrics. Also I stopped listening during the song ‘Kim’ because that was a horrible experience.

I didn’t have high hopes when I saw the band name and album cover. And yes, it was definitely dated and cringy, but overall I thought the songwriting was actually pretty good.

The way this was constructed is really impressive and it sounds so unique

Fun album but gets a bit samey

Bit boring at times. First and last song were strong though

Weird that I just happened to have already been listening to this album a lot recently.
It sounds like Led Zeppelin + Muse but on acid and I’m so here for it. Insanely technical instrumentation, powerful vocals and the some of the most surreal lyrics I’ve ever heard. Not only does it have all of the above qualities, but also some really catchy and accessible songwriting which is seriously impressive.

Suffers from the classic prog album curse of trying so hard to be weird and ‘progressive’ that good songwriting is sacrificed. There were some great moments though, and I did enjoy the twists and turns of the title tracks. Overall not as good as their debut.

When I was 14/15 and getting more into music my dad gave me his old record player and records, so most of the stuff I was listening to was his collection. This was a particular favourite of mine at the time so it’s quite nostalgic to come back to 10 years later. It’s so gothic and so 80s I love it.