Reviews by berl1nchair

Easy 5 stars for me. One of the great hard rock records of all time. Yes, the themes may not have aged that well over >40 years, but who has?
Iconic riffs, Brian Johnson could actually still sing, probably the greatest rhythm/lead combo ever, there is a lot here to like and only some revisionist history can get in the way.
As Brian says ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll ain’t no riddle, man……. To me it makes good good sense!!!’

I dunno, I can’t really get into Rush. Musically, very competent but just not that interesting to me. I can’t really tell you much difference between this and the last Rush album I had - how many more??

Absolute R&B bollocks. So many songs with so little going on, and I care little for any of the guest ‘stars’.
This sounds to me like elevator music or background music for a video game. Ok if that is what you are going for, but not interesting to me to listen to by itself.
To paraphrase Bruce Springsteen - ‘23 songs and nothin’ on’

Aw, hell, yeah!!! This is why I do the generator, to hear some stuff that hitherto has passed me by but needs to be in my ears.
This is late 60s, distorted, messy, garage psych rock-metal with a singer that sounds at times like Janis Joplin (who was still alive at this stage). Everything is turned up to 11, it’s dirty and loud and it rocks like anything. All that is to say - I love this, and can’t believe I’d never heard of it before now.

The masters of Irish punk/folk. Has to be high up in ratings for having 'Fairytale of New York' on it, but the rest is pretty good, too. Although Macgowan's vocals are a bit rough around the edges at times, it lends a charm to proceedings that fits with the overall vibe.

Unfortunately, the revolution where the poor rise up and take what's theirs never came, but this is still a very good album of songs with heart, meaning and soul.
Fantastic singles in 'Talkin' Bout A Revolution', 'Fast Car' and 'Baby Can I Hold You'. The 2nd half is a bit less stellar, probably what holds it back from 5 stars.

Something about these guys…… it’s nothing fancy, it’s just good meat-and-potatoes alterna-rock. I like it even though I can’t really tell you why.

Although the premise is a bit out there, the tunes aren’t bad. Interesting to read the lyrics which are quite a bit more science-y than most hip hop, and it’s delivered quite competently. It’s not something I’d be in a rush to listen to again, but probably good if you like that sort of thing

Really not sure where I fall with this album. It has a couple of good tracks (I’m The Man Who Loves You, Heavy Metal Drummer) and the rest just leaves me a bit cold. It’s not actually bad, but fact is,I’m struggling several hours later to recall much about any of them. Seems Wilco committed the ultimate sin of just being a bit dull with this collection of songs, and I can’t really figure out why it is so critically revered. 3 stars which is a middle of the road score for a middle of the road album

I didn’t have high hopes for this after reading some of the reviews, but pleased to report the haters are wrong, this is really good. The voice, the music, the arrangements all good. And the lyrics are actually underrated humorous, people need to see the funny side!! Recommended

Were they from the beach, or outer space? Maybe both???
Whatever, this is a timeless collection of punky New Wave anthems, centred on the amazing nearly 7 minutes of madness that make up Rock Lobster. Honourable mentions to Planet Claire, Lava, and a rambling take on ‘Downtown’.
All up, fantastic fun and highly recommended.

This is like your elderly, possibly mildly demented grossmutter decides to start singing show tunes. Whilst the voice is very good, the music is definitely not anything that I would choose to listen to and the songs, whilst witty at times, are mostly pretty rudimentary.
I do find it quite amazing that someone funded this to be produced in 1988, full of songs from the 1920s, and here we are being forced (admittedly of our own volition) to listen to it nearly 40 years later.
I would give this 1 star except her voice is really pretty good, shame about the rest of it.

Short, sharp punk songs with a message (although Police & Thieves is a marvelous outlier). The songs are good, the messages powerful, and the music fantastic. Doesn’t get much better than this as far as punk albums go

It’s jazz, it’s classy, it’s a bunch of the top players from history. A lot to like and not much I can complain about.

Quirky, dancey, original stuff. I knew all the singles but not a lot of the album tracks. It’s all nicely done, and a big departure from what she had done with The Sugarcubes, and a taste of what was to come.

Now, I’m the first person to rag on the shite that Coldplay have been churning out for the last 20ish years. But cast your mind back to 2000, when these fresh faces British boys took some jangly tunes to the top of the charts and charmed everyone on the way. This is a good album, especially for a debut, but just short of greatness for me.
Key tunes: Don’t Panic, Shiver, Spies, Everything’s Not Lost. Yellow has been overplayed to hell so hard to appreciate these days, but it was a decent song in the first place before it got overexposed.

Yes, Morrissey is a miserable twat with questionable politics, but Johnny Marr is an amazingly influential guitarist and this is a fine collection of songs. A shame they couldn’t make the magic last longer, but there you go. 4/5

It’s hard to describe the hatred I felt for this by the end of the record. I’d rather listen to that Liars record, and I fucking hated that. This is basement level folk rambling, with little to recommend in terms of music, lyrics or the singer. Never again.

This is great fun. A bit early prog, a bit metal, a bit sweet 60s pop/rock. The title track is 17minutes of goofy fun, even though the drum solo is a bit rudimentary and goes on a bit long.

Cool jazz indeed. Whilst I couldn’t tell you any of tunes off the top of my head, it all just flows so beautifully and the players are all absolute top-notch.
A masterpiece.