Reviews by declaniom

I liked it at the time. But it wasn't a great time.

Music with no distinguishing elements.

Mozza had lost it by now. The lyrics are churlish the music unimaginative.

I used to listen to this a lot. When I was twenty. I’m no long twenty so I don’t listen to it anymore.

I still remember the words. So yesterday, walking through a sunny park I sang along to Perfect Day. Who would care. No one was near. Except the couple who walk past as an old bloke suddenly intoned “You’re gonna reap just what you sow”. Four times.

It was a Perfect Day. I’m glad I spent it with Lou.

This was a cool lp at the time and remains a good listen. I feel however, the songs work better as standalone pieces

Pleasant but understated.

Pretty near perfection.

I’m having a hard time coming to terms with some people not liking it. Prey for me.

Fantastic Spectoresque pop, speed up but without the heavy metal influence that plagues later American punk.

Competent performances. Ok but derivative songs. Dated production. Hum drum.

ultimately it’s another run of the mill 70’s rock album that only made the list because in 2000 the rock cannon was defined by Rolling Stone writers and other American boomers. Let’s hope the next edition prunes these behemoths.

The opening tracks on both sides (and both versions0 do the heavy lifting but still a charming album.

Donovan will tell you he invented psychedelia and thaught it to the Beatles. But Donovan lies, I went to Googe Street recently and it was pissing down.

Fun, comedy swing. He's a great deliverer of a lyric.

Find of the list so far, I knew Bikini Kill but not this later band.

EDIT 70 albums later. Bought the vinyl. ANd Deceptacon has cropped up everywhere including being covered by Irish band Sprints when I saw them live (great bank check them out). I've added a star.

Pleasant Scottish Indie Pop.

Strangely, just before finding this was by album of the day I played the Safety Net 7" by the Shop Assistants. Now that's Scottish Indie Pop!

Still enjoyable.

My last Springsteen album in the list. Thank God.

Good songwriter and singer. Terrible band.

I once wrote a poem called Emo Song for Bruce to sing. He has that quality of emotional songs and a perpetual climax without release. It’s a bit tiring.

The angry guy who sang at Princess Di's Funeral made albums as well as singles it seems.

He's in serious mood here, trying to be Randy Newman or Neil Diamond, he mumbles his way through boring charachter sketches of uninteresting people.

See Bruce! This is what you are capable of. Without the crap band and hamfisted production the songs shine.

I was surprised the Go-Go's even made the album. In the UK they're best known for co-writing Our Lips Are Sealed by the Fun Boy Three.

OK The Go-Go's version isn't as good as Fun Boy 3's masterpiece and feels, unfairly, like 2020s indie band doing a cover for Stereogum. But I would have liked it as a cover so I also like it as a pre-cover.

Oh Belinda Carlisle was in the band too. This albums better than her solo stuff.

After listening to The Cars's dreadful debut a few months ago I was trepedatious at having to another American attempt at New Wave that didn't travel. But it's really good in a simillar vein to Tracey Ulman's album or Kirsty MacColl's debut but better executed.

Orchestra plays soundtrack music, band riff aimlessly, singer grunts.

In the absence of melody or harmony or lyrical meaning it must have been a long day for the orchestra players.

Not listened to this for awhile. It's aged well.