Reviews by conorr90

Honestly went into this expecting it to be terrible, but it's actually great! Such incredible production, and the playing is fantastic. Lots of varied styles. The only things that let it down a bit are the lyrics, and the fact that it fizzles out a bit toward the end. Could see this becoming a 5 over time.

Absolutely love this album, especially the title track. I was always a bit overwhelmed by the number of albums Neil Young has (and how much the quality varies), so only listened to his greatest hits for a long time. But about 10 years ago, I properly listened to this one and Harvest - both are near perfect to me.

Enjoyed this more on a second listen, so maybe it will grow on me more with time. I only knew "Streets of Your Town" going into it, but there are quite a few other good tracks too. Overall a pleasant listen, but not particularly original - sometimes sounds quite derivative of The Smiths, other times Echo & The Bunnymen.

I've never gotten into this album, even though I am a big Ziggy Stardust fan. I find this period of Bowie's career fairly hit and miss though. Off this, I liked the opening three songs, and The Jean Genie is obviously great, but the rest I can take or leave.

This was a bit of a weird one, but I enjoyed the David Lynch vibes and jazzier songs. Not quite as much as I enjoyed Moss Side Story, as I found this one a bit disjointed in comparison. The change in tone from "It's Business As Usual", to "Miles" and then back to "Dirty Barry" was a bit jarring, for ex.

Quite enjoyed this, it's a fun album - nothing too serious and very 60s. Significantly better than the Monkees though, and also several Rolling Stones and Beach Boys albums from the same era.

Great production and some very good songs, especially The Light. Not as good an album as Be though, and it's way too long. Still too much homophobia and misogyny on here, which kind of undermines a lot of the more "conscious" messaging of the lyrics. Kinda mad there's two Common albums in this book but no Mos Def! Rounding this up to a 3 though, because I think more hip hop albums in this style are needed in the book.

Extremely dated, but has some really good songs in the first half. I started to lose interest towards the end.

Have been listening to this album for 10 years or so now. It's great, but not quite as good as Heijira, Blue or C&S in my opinion. Very ahead of it's time in a lof of ways. The only thing I don't love about it is that some of the lyrics are a bit too dense. The music and melodies are excellent though! 8/10

I was introduced to this album via a post-rock playlist on Tidal a few weeks before this generated, so it was great to get a chance to dig further into the album. This band is a great discovery for me, surprised I hadn't listened to them before since I am a big fan of a lot of their contemporaries. I love everything about this album really, especially the variety and experimentation. I've since bought this album and TNT, so can't really give it less than 5 stars!

Can see why this is on the list, but it doesn't do much for me. Apart from a couple of standouts (Hurt and Personal Jesus mainly), I don't find the covers very compelling, and the originals are just OK.

I know this album is hugely lauded, but I never really got it. I still think people's love for Wu-Tang is a bit performative, and the whole Kung Fu thing is a bit cringe. I think if I was 10 years older maybe I would feel differently, as I would have been a teenager when this first came out. Some really great songs, especially CREAM, but the skits and immature lyrics drag it down a bit for me.

This has been one of my favourite Radiohead album at times, it comes and goes. I recognise that it's probably not the best place to start for someone not familiar with the band, but I do love it for it's experimental parts. Particularly love The first 4 songs, There There, and the last 4.

Thought this was fine, no big impact on me either way. I'm not a big country fan, enjoyed the harmonies though.

Love the energy of this album. I came very late to Sleater-Kinney, having only discovered them when the Centre Won't Hold came out in 2020. I don't know how I missed them until then, but was delighted to get to see them in March 2020, literally just before the pandemic shut down. They were great, even without Janet on drums. This and The Woods are perfect albums in my opinion.

Thought this was just fine, some standout tracks but overall just OK. I can see how it would have been pretty fresh at the time though, and can see a big influence on bands like the Pixies that would follow. Some uncomfortable use of the N word though.

Really like the experimental sound of this one. Although with Krautrock in general, I often feel like I respect it rather than actively enjoy it. I can see why it was so influential, but it's not super engaging, a bit like Neu! Last time I listened to this one I crashed my car into a discarded xmas tree that had been left in the middle of a very dark road. Only saw it at the last minute. So I'll probably associate this album with that fun memory from now on. Jennifer is probably my favourite track, love the space travel vibes!

There's absolutely no need for anything beyond the first 3 Costello albums to be included on this list. It's not like he's Bowie with several different eras. This is just the same style as the early albums, but worse.

Felt like this was a complete waste of my time. I'd much rather listen to an album by one of the artists they're covering here.

I liked this album a lot when it first came out, but didn't think it quite lived up to all the hype. I still feel a but like that, but can see with hindsight now how influential it proved to be. I find the second half of it pretty uneven, first half is great though!