Rated 4/10
I understand why it's on the list, so that's something. Might be the only thing. I didn't hate any of the songs but I didn't particularly enjoy them either, I was mostly just waiting for it to be over.
Favourite song: Mutual Slump
Least: Napalm Brain/ Scatter Brain
Rated 2/10
Every song is like five minutes of weird noises repeating. Headache inducing.
Favourite song: Belladonna
Least: Some Kind of Kink
Rated 6/10
Bit too loud for me and lots of the songs sounded the same. Didn't hate it but didn't love it.
Favourite song: Combination
Least: Back in the saddle
Rated 6/10
Some gorgeous and iconic songs, lots (and lots) of kind of fine songs and then a couple of truly shit songs. Obviously it's an iconic album but I'm more than happy to only hear the songs off this album that have made it to the greatest hits.
Favourite Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (or Blackbird)
Least: Revolution 9
Rated 6/10
A bunch of the songs this album were discards from previous albums... and some of them should have stayed discarded. I liked it but not as much as the other Led Zeppelin album we've had and it feels far less cohesive and too long.
Favourite: Houses of the Holy
Least: Boogie with Stu
Rated 6/10
Charming album, wonder if him being a maths student is why the music is so good to edit a maths paper to. Can't help but feel the title doesn't match the vibe of the album at all. I enjoyed it as background music but I probably won't listen again.
Favourite song: Sunworshipper
Least: Drop The Pressure
Rated 8/10
They want to seem like cool rock stars but the nerds can't help but reference lord of the rings. Good song, good album.
Favourite song: Ramble On
Least: Moby Dick
Rated 8/10
Great voice and great collection of love songs!
Favourite: Thing Called Love
Least: I Will Not Be Denied
Rated 8/10
Really enjoyed it, some really fun and catchy parts. Some of the songs started to run into each other a little but still really great beats.
Favourite song: It's Tricky
Least: Dumb Girl
Rated 8/10
Couple of songs I'd heard (and liked) before but most of this album was new to me. Manages to be varied while staying consistently good and she's got an incredible voice!
Favourite song: Down to Zero (also really liked Water With The Wine and People)
Least: Save me
Rated 8/10
I find his voice so calming and peaceful. Taught me a new musical instrument (the jews harp) and that I like it a lot less than Leonard Cohen does. Not my favourite of his albums that I've heard but I still enjoyed it.
Favourite song: The Partisan
Least: The Butcher
Rated 6/10
Accidentally started from the wrong album cause they have albums called both "Yes" and "The Yes Album"- so I started the (correct) album already annoyed. It won me back a bit but I think there are too many 9 minute long songs.
Favourite song: A Venture
Least: Starship Trooper
Rated 6/10
Very emotional album- maybe a tiny bit too mopey for me but there were some lovely songs, I can understand why people love it but I'm not one of those people.
Favourite song: Nude or Faust Arp
Least: Bodysnatched
Rated 6/10
Really liked it to start! And then it just kept going and going and going. After I’d sat through the last three songs I’d forgotten how much I liked the start.
Favourite song: My Sweet Lord
Least: Out of the Blue
Rated 6/10
Liked all the songs individually but I got a bit bored by the end. And I just didn't enjoy it as much as the last Bob Marley & The Wailers album we had (Exodus)
Favourite song: 400 years
Least: All Day All Night
Rated 10/10
This was the only CD in our car when I was a kid so I've heard it many many times. I'd like to think I'd find it just as stunning without the nostalgia but I really can't separate the two. Just gorgeous lyrics, vocals and music! I like his radio show but this album is actually Guy Garvey's finest hour.
Favourite song: The Bones of You (or One Day Like This or Grounds for Divorce)
Least: Weather to Fly
Rated 8/10
Was a real struggle to not just compare every song on this album to Do You Realize?? because I do really like this album, but I love that song.
Favourite song: The Gash
Least: The Spiderbite Song
Rated 6/10
I liked it but not as much as I've liked similar music from different artists around the same time. Was pleasant music to have on while working but I'm not sure I needed to hear it before I die.
Favourite song: Smug
Least: On Sir Frances Drake
Rated 8/10
Might be sacrilege but sometimes there's a little too much going on for me around the actual music- maybe doesn't need the full 2 and half minutes of lead in to the singing on Time... Objectively great album still tho
Favourite song: Money
Least: On the Run
Rated 4/10
When asked about the sexism in this album Eazy-E "defended" it by saying that they weren't talking badly about all women, just the bitches. I think it makes it even more jarring knowing Dr. Dre has had allegations of domestic violence against him- they don't just rap about treating women (sorry, not women, just the bitches!) badly, they actually do it.
Beyond those lyrics I'm still not a big fan- I think some of the songs get a bit samey.
I do think that the times they chose to have multiple people rap in sync are done really well, and Fuck Tha Police and Express Yourself are both iconic.
Favourite song: Express Yourself
Least: 8 Ball
