Reviews by arewenotben

WHY DOES THIS GUY LIKE THE DIVINE COMEDY SO MUCH

All over the place but kinda engaging jazz rock (I guess?)

This slams; deliriously noisy and strangely funky. Giving it the full 5 to counteract the philistine 1*s

I liked this at the time but wow, really hasn't aged well

One of the few good uses of a recorder I can recall

Good dumb fun, very juvenile and tongue in cheek (presumably) - can't think I'll ever want to listen to again

Overlong but dayum, some good stuff on here

A solid 3.5

So much fun, this would surely have been my favourite album if I'd first heard it at 14 or so. Even with more than a few extra years on me, still great. Like the P-funk party style with some interesting production at times

I want to say I like it more than I did, some interesting moments though

I mean it has 2 of the best songs ever in H&V and Good Vibrations but I found much of this a bit of a slog

The weakest of the classic run of Pixies but still great, better than I remembered

3.5 - very pleasant listening

Rules

A generous 3, nothing bad but nothing particularly exciting

Pales against Public Enemy, would like some harder edged production but the lyrics are strong throughout

Picked up a lot more on this listen than before - NFR is still her best but this is fantastic. We'll look back in 20 years at LDR's body of work and feel lucky we had her

No idea why this is on the list

A blast

Wanted to like this more than I did, strong moments but I found the whole thing a bit cloying