Reviews by alex_burke

Pretty good album, I thought it was ok and there were some good songs on the album, I did find that it dragged on a bit.

Pretty good album, I thought it was ok and there were some good songs on the album, I did find that it dragged on a bit.

I don’t get the byrds, I don’t like their jangly sound and in this case the mixing with psychedelia did not work. Also them covering my back pages when it’s such a personal song to Dylan is a very weird choice, what’s saving this is the last song, it is still very recognisable as their sound but it has an edge to it that I kinda enjoy. Not for me and won’t listen again

No doubting Mobys skill as a sampler, I did find the album started slowly but once it got to porcelain it got much better. It was also a bit long so not one I’ll go back too regularly

I thought it was a pretty good, but again I don’t know why it’s on the list, it’s not really genre defining and blends into the rock of the time

I liked the first and last song of the album quite a bit and heart of gold is very famous but besides that the album was a bit boring

She has a really pretty voice, but this album is way too long and not very interesting, there were a couple of songs that I really liked but they’re surrounded by ones I really didn’t.

It’s a fine album, pretty generic, cars is a pretty good song but the rest is ok

The Kinks are really good, again I’ve only known them from their hits but this is a really good album, it sounds dated in some areas but overall a really fun listening experience

This album has a special place in my heart, this with another album on the list was the first I listened to back to front and understood why giving an album an overarching listen is so important. Night at the opera is so grandiose and over the top in production that when you listen to it bohemian rhapsody it makes sense in the over the top style of the album vs just listening to it on its own. All band members shine on this album as each one wrote songs (the only band where every member is in the songwriting hall of fame). One of my personal favourites that I’m glad gets the recognition it deserves

Great album, the first metal album where all the songs were really heavy (other photo metal songs were around but not in a cohesive album), the riffs are great, the sense of dread throughout, the musicianship throughout is amazing and ozzy is a great singer. Very accessible too for non-metal heads looking to get into the genre due to the heavy blues influences in the playing.

I liked it, some songs were definitely better than others, I also found that it’s aged a bit more than other 90s records production wise, content is still very relevant to today.

They all have beautiful voices and their harmonies are amazing, I liked the interplay and the chemistry. I did like that Dolly wrote a few of the songs but really would’ve loved an album of more originals.

It was fine, listenable but nothing about it blew my socks off

The most pop punk a pop punk album can be, very fun and infectious. I do think if it went any longer it would not be as enjoyable but as it stands it’s pretty good the hits are undeniable with some very good deep cuts but a bit of filler too

I like this record, very chill and fun to listen to, did not realise one of the songs was where the Beastie boys pulled one of their samples

It was ok, very interesting to hear grunge but not from one of the big grunge bands, didn’t blow me away but didn’t need to skip anything

If you could distill the essence of punk into an album, this would be it. Short, fast and extremely catchy riffs and hooks. This album just blew by so quickly (not hard when it’s not even 30 minutes) and I had an absolute blast listening to it. I would say that the biggest downside is that some songs do start to blur together and sound very similar

I’ve always been interested to listen to this album in full as it has quite a big song on it, however besides Drive this album was really quite generic rock of the time. Nothing blew my socks off

A very good psych rock album with some very famous songs on it. I never heard ginger baker sing before and he sounds very similar to Syd Barrett. The one thing holding this back for me is that the production and sound of this album is starting to show its age and sounds like a 60s album