Reviews by ella_ayates

Had such powerful lyrics as "I'm pissin' on myself" and honestly that was in one of the better songs. His voice is really really annoying and while there are good bits of music it would have to be a lot better to make up for the voice.
Favourite song: Jane Says
Least: Summertime Rolls

I like her better without the velvet underground, but there's still a lot of velvet underground on this album. I, like Nico, think the flutes are a bit unnecessary.
Favourite song: These Days
Least: It Was A Pleasure Then

Very fun songs! Lots of long songs- mostly I enjoyed them enough that it didn't really register to me but I was very much aware of all 11 minutes of Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis and all 5 minutes and 43 seconds of Into You.
Favourite song: Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock?
Least: Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers)

Some very good and fun songs but some of the other songs completely missed the mark for me, or (like Animals) had bits I really liked and bits I could do without. And the last few songs really ended the album poorly. Overall fine but I know enough Talking Heads songs to imagine they could make a truly great album.
Favourite song: Cities
Least: Drugs

We've had a very Nirvana adjacent week- with the Foo Fighters and Hole- feels bad to say that the Nirvana album is my least favourite of them. But there's no doubt that Nirvana was incredibly influential, only takes a week of album listening to see that. Some too screamy moments that are uncomfortable to listen to and some rough lyrics that are also uncomfortable to listen to, makes the whole listening experience not very enjoyable.
Favourite song: Dumb
Least: Rape Me

I think the first song does a really bad job of introducing the album- it gets so much better once you get past that. In fact I would really love this album without the first song and the 11 minute long song that has too much going on.
Some good wiki reading: shortly after this album BS&T went on a US state department sponsored tour and became the first rock band to break through the Iron Curtain- making this album historic for more than just beating Abbey Road and Crosby, Stills And Nash for the 1970s album of the year Grammy.
Favourite song: And When I Die
Least: Blues, Pt. II

I love an angry woman album. There's some stunning feminist anthems on this album and I wish I'd heard it sooner. Think it could do with a little less milk chat, and sometimes I find her voice a little too rough to fully enjoy the songs.
Favourite song: Doll Parts (also love Jennifer's Body- never knew the film was named after a song!)
Least: Softer, Softest

By the next album the Foo Fighters were an actual band with different people playing the different instruments. But for this album alone Dave Grohl was the Foo Fighters- which is insanely cool. I think the story of it alone makes the album worth listening to but it helps that the music is good!
Favourite song: Big Me
Least: Exhausted

Why is there a 13 minute instrumental!!! And there's some really weird noises in it so it's not even fun to listen to.
Thought the rest of the songs were great fun but that one was a chore.
Favourite song: Stand!
Least: Sex Machine

This isn't the first time this album has been recommended to me, a teacher said it was his favourite in an assembly once and I mostly remember us making jokes about the name, not sure I even listened to it then. Some songs I really like but a whole album of it was a bit much.
Favourite song: Only Happy When It Rains
Least: As Heaven Is Wide

Think them each dressing as one of the songs on the album for the cover is a really lovely idea (I enjoyed figuring out who was who)- but there were 13 songs on the original release, there's absolutely no reason New Delhi needed to be represented on the cover... The New Delhi outtro and that feature of the album cover lose this album a star for me.
Otherwise I did really enjoy the album, nice anti-tory song, our House is a classic, lots of fun songs.
Favourite song: Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)
Least: New Delhi

Their first four album covers seem to show a journey the band are taking together and the music of this album makes me feel like I'm on this quest with them. I'm not certain where we're going but I think we're going to make it!
Favourite song: Seven Seas
Least: Thorn of Crowns (bit too odd at points but I still liked it!)

I enjoy the novelty of there being two mixes of the album- but I think I enjoy that more than the music (of either mix).
Favourite song: I Need Somebody
Least: Penetration

Some of these songs are just the same riff again and again and again until you go crazy.
Favourite song: You Would Know
Least: Walkin on the Sidewalks

I really enjoyed the sounds of this album and reading about them makes the title all the more meaningful. You can really feel the emotions in the music even if you can't understand the lyrics (and google was very little help on the lyrics). Always lovely to hear a good album I never would have sought out without the list.
Favourite song: Petit Metier (also loved the first couple of songs)
Least: Al Tchere Bele

Feel like there’s a joke I’m not getting, like a bunch of teenage boys have somehow managed to have their shitty album get big.
Favourite song: White Light/White Heat
Least: The Gift

These guys were just having a fun little (long) jam together- absolutely no need for it to be recorded or sold though. Felt like a lot of effort to get through it all.
Favourite song: Out Bloody Rageous
Least: Facelift

I think the ten minute song is unnecessary but otherwise really lovely folk music. I'd only heard (and loved) Who Knows Where The Time Goes before but really enjoyed the rest of the songs. Fairly tragic wikipedia reading though :(
Favourite song: Si tu dois partir (and i still really love Who Knows Where The Time Goes?)
Least: A Sailor's Life

Not a huge fan of the talking in the songs and they can get a bit repetitive but overall very very fun album. Made me want to dance- but I think my office mates would find that a tad strange so I stuck to head nodding and a tiny bit of shoulder wiggling.
Favourite song: Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
Least: Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples

Some of it got a bit too repetitive but mostly I really enjoyed it- also very cute that his dad is playing the trumpet on Life's a Bitch.
Favourite song: Memory Lane
Least: One Love