Reviews by arewenotben

Ignoring West's current behaviour, this is still a good listen. Overlong and too many skits but there's some strong stuff here

Can understand why many don't like this but few artists can fuse this level of experimentalism with accessibility and emotional power. This still sounds like the future close to a decade on.

Fun!

Liked this more than I did at the time, Lanegan has a voice for the ages.

Badass

Maybe 3.5, rounding up to 4. Still a blast, liked them at the time (saw them on this tour at Nottingham Rock City :)) but has stood up better than expected. Very silly but great percussion and there's interestingly a lot of noise-rock flavouring plugged into what's quite an accessible album

History is an alltimer of a song, best when it when moves deep into psych territory

Coldplay came into this world fully formed as stadium rockers. I enjoyed this at the time and it's still got it's charms, despite the sometimes cloying earnestness and naivety here

So good, I'd maybe underappreciated this in the past - rock solid throughout and possibly their most consistent album

Maybe 3.5? Not all of this dated well but there's some undeniable bangers

A generous 5 maybe but this album gives me so much pleasure. The riffs!

Fine, a necessary jump into different sounds after reaching the limits of their previous approach with The Great Escape. Kind of feels like their ticking off the boxes - this is the Bowie track, the Roxy Music track, the trip hop track...

A generous 3, there's some great stuff here but WAY overlong despite Aguilera's virtuosic performances. Get this down to a single disc and it's one of the best of it's era.

2.5* Fine enough, never really got the hype with these even back in the day. Remember seeing them on the Rhythm & Stealth tour in 2000 or so and they were LOUD

Some dated production aside, this is excellent. 4.5

Better than I'd expected

I loved the Beta Band back in the day, this stands up much better than it's contemporaries in the UK.

I loved Bukem back in the day (Demons Theme!) but jungle wasn't made to be listened out of mixes really - the mix CD here is decent and some of the Bukem tracks are fantastic, but its a bit of a drudge even for a fan

Bit overrated and a little of it's time, but can't be too critical - a lovely listen

This was HUGE at the time and it's hard for me to be too objective as I was sick of the singles so much. Saying that, I enjoyed it more than I expected but man, way overlong. There's a super tight 40-45 minutes here. A generous 3