Reviews by avoidperil

I can't really rate this. Every time I've tried to listen to it, it fades into the background. The only time it pops up in my hearing is when it does something annoying.

I don't think I ever realised how much I don't care about Michael Jackson. Despite being the 'best album of all time' I have never bothered to listen to it. It's really tacky and cloying when it's not the singles - Beat It, Billy Jean, Thriller - which are so played out I can't hear them. The Girl Is Mine is awful, and Human Nature is ruined by the electric piano in the left channel playing discordant sounds. I don't want to listen to this ever again.

I didn't really enjoy much of this at all. Very 70s. Some show-offy guitar playing but nothing truly cohesive.

I didn't really enjoy it. Didn't hate it. Nothing-burger.

It's fine. Big sound. Very modern. Didn't really hit until Track 10, which is really sad. Beck is cool so I'm glad we got that.

Not much to say really. Getting this over something people actually care about is stupid.

Immediate shock. This is incredible. For something which is very different from my usual, this is a surprise to me. I'd heard of DJ Shadow from the influence on Radiohead but never understood, until now. I never rate a first listen as 5 stars, but the closing track clinched it. That was a brilliant way to end an album.

Lovely sounding but boring as shit. There's not too much inventive here. A whole lot of love ballads. All the same tone and quality.

This isn't my genre of music at all and I have a backlog of albums so I'm going to just drop a 2 and move on.

It's okay. A bit iconic. Really has very little to no chill with all the rapey stuff.

Y'all. Calm down. This is pretty good. I really expected this to be a horrible waste of time, but these are excellent samples that are used really well and respectfully. I've listened twice and both times it has flowed over me wonderfully, not entirely present. Will listen again.

Didn't absolutely hate it like I expected to but it was fine, if a little bad in places. They tried a few things, not all of them worked.

Couldn't be bothered. Sounds like a young teen ranting over thrash music. Not for me.

Not even my favourite Radiohead album, but it's still absolutely incredible.

I've come to realise over time that there was a shift in recording quality in the mid-70s and this sounds nice sure, but so did everything else that cared to in the late 70s onwards. It's well-played. It's well-worn in style in that it's very derivative of every other country artist ever. It's not bad, it's not good, it's just average. Wild inclusion for the list.

I don't actually mind Rod Stewart. It's fine but I'm not going to run out and listen again.

The first album that ever got through to me. The cornerstone of my teenage music taste.

Not for me. Laughable really. I'm not a fan of this kind of theatrical metal. I did find some of the solos to be a bit fun and redeeming but overall, really not great. The song about doing your teacher wasn't a good time. Got quite samey.

Masterpiece.
It's Mozza at his bitchiest. He has his tommy gun out and he's taking shots at everyone in his typical self-deprecating way.
Come Back To Camden is one of the most ugly-beautiful songs ever written.
Let Me Kiss You is so self-hating and I love it.
On this album he calls America fat, forgives Jesus, berates the Royal Family (I'm not even kidding).
And then at the end, he collapses and gives up like this is his final statement ever (it wasn't).

This is not for me. I'm immediately not interested in this style of punk singing that feels like Mick Jagger, all off-key and forced. Aside from that, I keep finding fault in the mixing - it's all just a bit messy. I have certain base-line expectations from an album, and not matter how iconic I might be told it is, sometimes we've just moved on and I can't get much out of it in 2026. Trash is fun but also... mixed like a dog's breakfast.

I sat here listening and glazing every track and I thought 'Yeah I'll give this 4 stars'. No. This is a statement. I can't properly place it. It stands alone. 5 stars.