Reviews by arewenotben

Love this, bit of a Fever Ray off-kilter vibe

Loved this at the time, hasn't aged great but still has it's moments (Drunkship of Lanterns!). very overindulgent and pretentious but can't express how exciting this seemed at the time off the back of ATDI

Essentially perfect

Glad Soukous music got some representation in the list. Lots of people here showing their ass by implying that the only "true "African music should be raw and not use modern production techniques; also removing any agency from artists by implying that the sound is for Western audiences and not for stylistic preferences. Also without minimising the crime committed if you don't separate the art from the artist, much of this list is null and void.

shouldn't be on the list but not a bad album. Craig Nicholls gave good copy to journalists so they were immensely over hyped, but there's still some standouts. I did see them around this era live and they were fine, very sloppy

It's fine, much prefer the instrumentals - enjoyed it more with headphones and interesting how contemporary it still sounds 50(!) years on

bit hit and miss but at its best it's up with the heights of Roxy/Bowie

great in places but expected to like it more, definitely overlong. a generous 4

Great, but thought I'd like it more than I did - some of the funkier tracks don't really work (Dreams by the Sea sounds like the Theme from Shaft...), but it does have a nice vibe to it throughout. The final live track is fantastic

singles are big I guess, I hated this at the time and not much fonder of it now

going the full 5, electric

Can't believe haven't heard this before, so so good. Ignore the morons saying Phair can't sing

"you're probably shy and introspective/that's not part of my objective"

the best

definitely peters out but can imagine this must have sounded phenomenal at the time

not for me, Free Bird will always rule tho' - can remember finding this on a compilation tape when I was about 10 and it blew my mind

maybe 3.5, inconsequential but better than I remember

overlong but most of the tracks with Duane Allman rip, an absolute virtuoso. ignore all the brave reviewers giving this one star due to Clapton's wrong headed opinions, if you're a fan of guitar music there's a lot to enjoy here. maybe 3.5

is what it is

too busy, bit of a struggle

was dreading this one a little but surprisingly good; fun and inventive