Reviews by arewenotben

Keith Moon is a great rock drummer and the cover of Young Man Blues slays, but this didn't wow me quite as much as I expected

Kinda oasis but better - not a fan of britpop and didn't like this on release, but the songwriting is so good it's aged well

Slightly generous 4 maybe, but I like how this seems to naturally fuse pop with 90s electronic music. Very of its time, but feels authentic

Sensational

Bit too musical theatre at times but the good stuff is spectacular

2.5 - like Queen when they're a straight-up heavy rock band but not so keen on the prog excesses

Liked the lush orchestration, especially the first track, but I find Neil Hannon insufferable.

The best

Fast Car is possibly one of the best songs ever written but I found this album disappointing in the main, sounds a little dated in 2025.

Fine? I'm sure Hooker has better albums that could have been included here

Bland

Premium jangle

Like a dubbier Talking Heads on a bad trip. Only ever heard The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu before (which bangs), this is still pretty damn good - don't listen to the naysayers

So good, was really into this when I was 18/19 for some reason and haven't listened to since but still stands up.

Ha, expected to hate this but it's a riot

Most of this just kinda passed me by, the final track "It's Love" is AMAZING though

Always interesting and the title track is all timer. Demented cover of Across The Universe also a positive

The title track and Jingling Baby still go hard but meh.

Beautiful, listened to this in my teens and didn't wow me that much but glad I revisited - an outstanding album

Enjoyed this, although likely never listen again. Wainwright's voice often reminded me of Thom Yorke's, so was quite interesting to listen to this as an alternative universe Radiohead album