Reviews by alex_burke

Some very famous songs on this album, I think it’s definitely the case though that these songs very much overshadowed the other songs on the album, still a very good album but feels really weird listening to it with two massive songs and then others with not much attention given to them

Very psych rock album, not too bad but compared to a lot of albums around this time the production and style of music really date the sound of this album and it sounds like a 60s album

The sampling is really good, the interplay is really good but this sits in a weird space between rap and rock with all the samples and energy they come with. A great debut record but unsure what it wants to be. The next record is much better in my opinion

A bit conflicted by this album because this album was really consistent it didn’t have the heights of rumours, it also didn’t have some of the cheese of it either, definitely a welcome listen because I’ve never heard this album before but again why 2 albums from the Buckingham/nicks era and no Peter agree era

A bit conflicted by this album because this album was really consistent it didn’t have the heights of rumours, it also didn’t have some of the cheese of it either, definitely a welcome listen because I’ve never heard this album before but again why 2 albums from the Buckingham/nicks era and no Peter agree era

I think this album has great moments but is constantly hampered by long instrumentals that don’t really develop, this album could’ve been shorter and had more emotional pay offs, or if they wanted to keep the long intros don’t have the same music looped for 2 minutes

Not a fan, this album is way too long for what it is, the songs a very generic that emulate a style which was perfected by lynard

A very down the middle album, it’s inoffensive and some songs are good, but it was also a bit bland at times, this album didn’t push the genre further that much compared to other indie/garage bands

Very fun album, the rapping ability was really good and great interplay between them, reminds me of a more explicit 3 feet high and rising

This album was ok, Amy winehouse has a very distinct but good voice and I enjoyed the sort of jazzy atmosphere. The album was a bit long for my liking and there was no real standout songs to me.

It’s another ok Rolling Stones album, 1 well known song the rest I can take or leave

This album just didn’t resonate for me, I finished it early in the day and then panicked later in the afternoon that I hadn’t listened to it only to go onto Spotify to show that I had indeed listened to it. So not a very memorable album

Quite a generic sound 80s rock album to me, not bad but nothing blew my socks off.

I’m not a fan, the atmosphere and music is good but something about Waits vocals really turns me off and I just can’t enjoy it. This could’ve been a much shorter album too but we got 70 minutes of long winded spoken word intro to songs.

This album was not for me, the musicianship and skill shown along with the talent can’t be denied and the influence this album has had on jazz is also massive. For me though the pieces were really hard to keep my focus especially with how long some of them are, I think rearranging the album instead of front loading may have made it better to me. Glad I listened but won’t be coming back for a long time

Some very famous songs that I really like but a lot of filler in between to get to them that aren’t too good

I didn’t hate it. I was expecting this to be way worse than it actually was and was really surprised that I found myself enjoying some of the moments (but also being incredibly unsettled by others). Actually very impressive to make a noise album that actually kept my attention and was surprisingly dynamic. Yes it was a challenging listen and not something that I would put on to relax to but it made me really question the intent of music and what the goals of an album like this are (enjoyment or a purely artistic expression of the musicians). I think I would enjoy this a lot more as a film score or level design in a game that wanted me to feel a certain way.
Definitely an album to play to test your friend who loves all music and doesn’t care what you put on in the car

The universal answer to give me a piece of art that was caused by great suffering. I do think this is a great record with great pop rock songs that have become staples in the classic rock pantheon and will stand the test of time. But it does have some overly sentimental moments that make it slightly cheezy (songbird unfortunately falls into this category)
I prefer the self titled Fleetwood Mac album before this where Buckingham and Nicks joined. I find songs better than their parallels on rumours (Rhiannon I like a lot more than dreams, Monday morning I prefer to second hand news and say you love me I like a lot more than both of McVies inclusions on rumours ) and also I prefer earlier albums such as then play on with Peter Green and Bare trees with Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch. By no means is this a bad album, I just think the others are better and deserve to be talked about more.

I don’t know what it was but this didn’t really resonate with me all that much, I like bands who can create great harmonies (Beatles and queen) but this didn’t scratch that same itch those others did. I think it’s important but I won’t be coming back anytime soon.

This is a musically complex and challenging listen, but it’s brilliant, it walks a tightrope of being really musically all over the place but really enjoyable and I think it does it really well, a great mix of genres but still really cohesive, the perfect album with a man coming to terms with their death. The length is perfect and if it were longer I wouldn’t enjoy it as much but this is great. A great parting gift from the late great David Bowie