Reviews by conorr90

This really blew me away. I've only listened to Miles Davis' most well known albums; Birth of the Cool, So What, Bitches Brew, etc. But hadn't gotten around to this one yet. The playing and the grooves are fantastic on this, I can see why it's so well regarded. It's a very obvious precursor to the very improvisational Bitches Brew too. Really makes me want to check out more of Dave Holland and Chick Corea's solo work as well.

Some great songs on here (mainly Candy Says and Pale Blue Eyes), but they definitely weren't pushing the boundaries as much as their first two albums. Even with the weird Murder Mystery track, which is a bit difficult to listen to.

Great album, not quite as good as You're Living All Over Me though. I love the wall of distortion running through the whole album.

This is a fantastic pop album, hard to believe there are so many hits on it. There are a few weird ones; When I Kissed the Teacher (for obvious reasons) and Arrival (sounds like something you'd hear playing in a tacky Scottish souvenir shop), and a couple boring ones (My Love, My Life and That's Me). But other than those it's great. People who take issues with Abba and other pop artists need to get down off their high horse. Not everything needs to be comparable to the Beatles or whatever...

Fantastic album, from start to finish. Although I do slightly prefer Suite II. I recon Janelle Monae is her generation's answer to Prince.

Enjoyed this much more than I expected, would listen again. Slightly dated sound wise, but some really great songwriting. Possibly the best I've heard from this New Romantics period.

I think I had listened to this before, but probably a long time ago. I recognised Stagger Lee, the PJ Harvey song and the Kylie Minogue song. Overall a very interesting and well written album. Not one I would be in the mood to dive into often, but I would listen again.

Amazing album! I guess I've always taken Blondie for granted a bit due to the massive popularity of some of their songs. There's so many great ones on here though, and not a bad song to be seen. More than half of the tracks on here are 5 stars, so it's more than deserving of its classic status.

I don't normally agree with live albums being on here, but this one is an exception. There's such energy on here, and the recording is great. James Brown sounds like he has the crowd eating out of his hands. I'm not very familiar with his work, so this serves as a good "Greatest Hits" of his early period as far as I can see.

Didn't like this one at all really. Poor singing, melodramatic, and fairly boring. Felt a lot longer than half an hour, even though I listened to it twice.

One of my favourite punk albums of all time. Love the energy and humor throughout this, makes some excellent political points too. There are very intense live performances of most of this album on youtube - check them out!

Not mad about this, but it isn't terrible. Just a few experiments that didn't pan out. However, not sure why it's on the list here, assuming Solid Air and Bless the Weather are on the list. Those would be plenty.

Great album. This one I have a lot of nostalgia for, having been a teenager at the time. The band is fantastic, the lyrics clever and witty, and the vocals are of course amazing. I have a great memory of seeing her live at a festival. Unfortunately, Amy herself was barely holding it together, but still put on a great performance. Her band and backing singers/dancers were incredible that day.

Maybe the most boring album I've come across on this list so far. I'll give it a two, because the singing is great, but nothing else of interest here. Not to mention the lyrics, which are almost entirely about outdated gender roles. Buddy Holly is a much more interesting artist from the same time period.

Enjoyed this a lot, one of my favourite Talking Heads albums. You can hear clear influences here on late bands. Particularly on Warning Sign, there's a part in that song that I swear I regognize from some Radiohead song, but can't remember which one. The Big Country is one of my favourite Talking Heads songs by far!

I haven't listened to this the whole way through in about a decade, so I was shocked by how many hits are on here. Like 75% must have been a radio hit! Some of the lyrics are a bit cringey now (particularly the ironically-not ironic "Ironic"), but there are some great songs on here. Although I can't listen to "You Oughta Know" anymoee without smiling at the memory of Kevin from the US Office performing it at karaoke.

Not sure how to rate this really, when I was a teenager I would have given it an easy 5, but I've mellowed on Green Day a lot since then, and I find a lot of these songs fairly cringe inducing now. Some of the deeper cuts (Give Me Novacaine, Extraordinary Girl, Letterbomb) though still hold up, maybe because they weren't played to death! A 3 seems appropriate,but maybe I'll round it up to 4 for the sake of nostalgia and cultural pact (which can't really be denied).

This has some excellent singles on it, and starts off really strong with "Welcome to the Pleasuredome". Great bass and production. However, I could have done without about 30 mins of it. Why are there so many mediocre cover versions on here?

This is just OK really, obviously great guitar playing, but nothing much else of interest. If this is considered psychedelic rock, it's the absolute safest version possible. Also, there are like 3 versions if this album on Tidal, and they all have 20-30 songs on. Ain't nobody got time for that!

I used to be a bigger Beck fan when I was younger, and Golden Age and Lost Cause were always amongst my favourites. I think this album is a bit too dreary in places, and the last few songs are quite dull. But overall it still holds up!