Reviews by ella_ayates

Kept imagining Lisa Simpson in the Simpsons intro the way the saxophonist kept going on and on. Maybe it’s close minded of me but I tend to prefer songs with words, found a lot of this quite an effort to get through.
Favourite song: Day in, Day Out
Least: Black and Tan Fantasy

I really liked the first song, and then I felt like he kept playing it again and again, would have liked a bit more variety. Was fun to hear him interacting with the audience.
Favourite song: Feel It (Don't Fight it)
Least: Bring It on Home to Me

Love me some pop-punk. Obviously have heard Teenage Kicks before (iconic) but there so many fun and good songs on this album!
Favourite song: Girls Don't Like it
Least: Jump Boys

The end of the first song made me feel there were bugs in my ears. They named themselves after the M25, think this album really captures that vibe- annoying! While its not the worst techno album we've had I still wouldn't listen to it again.
Favourite song: I Wish I Had Duck Feet
Least: Crash and Carry

I didn't not like it. But it didn't really excite me either. Pretty unremarkable.
Favourite song: Girl From Mars
Least: I'd Give You Anything

He's obviously an insanely good guitarist which might make my feeling that were a couple too many guitar solos some sort of sacrilege... But that aside I really enjoyed the album, I thought there was a good amount of variety without it feeling disconnected.
Favourite song: Crosstown Traffic
Least: Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

the piano in the song Aladdin Sane was awful, bad enough for me to never listen to the whole album through again even though I really liked most of the other songs (not a huge fan of Time either).
Favourite song: Panic in Detroit
Least: Aladdin Sane

Too much noise for me. Occasionally there was a hint of good music but mostly it was just annoying.
Favourite song: Schizophrenia
Least: Master-Dik

Think I like the slower songs more- can really appreciate his voice and the jazzy vibe of the first half isn't really my thing. It's a bit odd to me to have such distinct halves of the album (probably did feel more understandable when they were different sides of a record).
Favourite song: Am I Blue?
Least: Let the Good Times Roll

Never related as much to a lyric as to "I'm at a bus stop waiting on a 33".
Assumed before I started that it wouldn't be my thing but I actually really enjoyed this album (and not just because they mentioned my bus route) good fun beats that manage to avoid all the issues I've had with both electronic music and hip-hop- not overly repetitive, annoying or offensive.
Favourite song: Everything
Least: Chicken Shake

Very fun, perfect vibe of music to put on while you're cleaning up- less helpful for editing a paper. Some of the songs were a bit similar but I never found myself getting bored of the album.
Favourite song: You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)
Least: Fading Fast

Got a little sick of the harmonica at points. Liked the upbeat songs more than the slow ones.
Favourite song: Atlantic City
Least: Nebraska

Will not listen x

In February 2020 my sixth form teachers each recommended their favourite album to the school. This was the album one of my least favourite teachers recommended but I listened to it anyway (always been a keen student) and was blown away by her voice. It was definitely not what 18 year old Ella normally listened to but both 18 year old and 23 year old me agree that it's an incredible collection of songs.
Favourite song: Doo Wop (That Thing) or Every Ghetto, Every City
Least: Nothing Even Matters

The list of songs this guy has produced is kind of insane and he's got three Grammy awards! This album doesn't reflect that at all. Thought there were a few pretty fun songs, but it was mostly just repetitive annoyance.
Favourite song: Music Makes You Lose Control
Least: Disco To: Disco

It feels like they all agreed they didn't want to just make a second Rumours album but they couldn't agree exactly how to make it different. In many ways the incohesiveness adds to the drama of the album, almost like you can see them all struggling to work together post break ups and affairs but as much as I love some good gossip it's not all that's needed to make an album 5*s.
So so many great individual songs but objectively it's just not as good as Rumours.
Favourite song: The Ledge
Least: Thats All for Everyone

Each song had something I liked but there weren't any I really loved.
Favourite song: Little Ghost
Least: Instinct Blues

Liked about half of it, some really fun songs and then some where I could feel myself getting a headache. Obviously a hugely impactful album but not really my thing.
Favourite song: Evil Woman, Don't Play Your Games with Me
Least: Behind the Wall of Sleep

Ouch.
Favourite song: On Fire
Least: 2 Towers (or literally any of the other songs, felt- and sounded- like a drill in the side of my head)

Such great lyrics as "He drinks a lot of liquor but he don't drink piss"... and "Humpty Dumpty was a big fat egg" Think there's a lot of hip hop where the lyricism is insanely impressive. This isn't that. Didn't help that I found their voices annoying too.
Favourite song: Shadrach
Least: Highway Drifter