Reviews by deepee

It is wild how much Brian Eno’s albums differ from one another. This one also has a good bit of variety within it, but all high quality tracks. From dance music to meditative. I prefer the first , more upbeat half, with Backwater being my highlight track. It gets into ambient style in the second half, which knocked it down from what was going to be a five star album for me. But still a really good listen. Fantastic new discovery.

I prefer my dance music to lean into funk, rather than electronic. I find this lacking in soul. But I can picture the rave culture having fun with it.

The man was a genius.
The first few songs on this one are 5 star quality but then it gets a bit less interesting.
I’m no fan of Bob Dylan so the tune in his style is a bit off a bummer for me. Queen Bitch sounds exactly like “ Take a Walk on the Wild Side” by the Velvet Underground. Turns out Bowie was first. Overall it’s still miles ahead of most.

80’s dance music, but not the good stuff.
I was there, and most of this was really uninspiring even back then. Songs are far too long and the beats are too pedestrian.

Very other-worldy from start to finish.
I like it. It’s moody. I think how much a person will enjoy it is going to be heavily dependent on the mood they are in at the time. I can’t say I love it, definitely not 5 stars for me.
Three stars doesn’t seem enough. Four is probably a stretch. This is a true 3.5 star album. I may round up because they really don’t sound at all like anybody else I’ve heard and I’m almost 500 albums in.

I know I’m not supposed to laugh at this stuff, but…🤣. I figure as a woman I can get away with it more than some of you.
I’m gonna save the 5th star for the Marshall Mather album, but if I could give this 4.5 I would.

Yes!! Is been awhile since I had a new discovery that I really enjoy! This is fun!

This is a nice little album by a band i hadn’t heard before! I appreciate that it doesn’t seem to follow a specific formula or try to sound like anybody else. I’ve been on a run of really boring Brit-pop so what a relief! Just the contrast almost made me give this a four, but I’m not sure I will really come back to it. It is original but good not great. It would surely be a 3.5 if that were possible.

I’ve been a fan of Billy Bragg for almost 40 years now. Love his lyrics, love his politics, love his heart. I appreciate his voice isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, but his message should be heard by all. Very happy to see this on the list, and some of the songs are even more topical now than when this album came out so long ago.

Billy’s Worker’s Playtime album is one of my all time favorites and is my five star album of his. I urge you all to go give it a listen even though it wasn’t chosen for this list. It will break your heart.

Wow it’s tough to rate this one. I’ve had a week or two of really dull albums. This one is NOT. It made me take notice, and I appreciate that. The problem is I can’t really say that I enjoyed the majority of it. I do appreciate that I wasn’t bored for a second.. I would give it a 3.5 if I could.

Pretty. Chill. Probably good meditation music for people who do that? It is what it says it is. Hard to give a ton of stars for what is meant to be background music.

Lots of skill but I really didn’t enjoy it. The repetitive groove in Poem 58 made me want to chop my ears off. It’s followed by Free Form Guitar, which was even more painful.
I guess I just don’t like this.

Talk about finding a sound and committing to it.
It could have been one long song for all I can tell. Zzzzzzzz

Don’t like punk? Try this! It’s punk lite!

Mixed response to this one. Like the energy alot, not a huge fan of the lead vocal. Probably would give it 3.5 if I could, but not quite a four.

Sorry smooth deep-voiced man. Listening to you talk isn’t all that interesting to me. I couldn’t wait for you to get to Phoenix and finish that damn song.
Walk on By was pretty enjoyable but even there the outro is way too long.
Overall this album is more about the backing musicians than the vocals. Talented people.

Golden Age and Family Tree stand out on this album. The rest feels like background music to me.

Noooooo. This is objectively not good. Somebody’s taking the piss here, as they would say in the UK. There was no need for me to have to listen to this.

Another album that’s fine, but I don’t hear anything distinctive about it for it to merit being on this list. I think Scottish bands are graded on a curve by the author.

These guys are so boring. Not particularly offensive. Nice safe middle of the road three stars. Who cares.