Reviews by georgeburgess

Every story I’ve heard of Van Morrison is horrendous, but he undeniably can write a good tune. Great voice too.

This was a bit of a slog. I only knew The Shamen for their hits (all two of them) but they were fun enough so went in with high hopes.
This is like New Order meets The Orb meets East 17. In not a good way. The rap verses were dreadful, and the middle of the album was just not up to the standard of other dance music of that era.
I didn’t outright hate it but it was rather boring in a genre that I usually really like.

Very good album, just simply not my thing really

The lyrical, slower stuff is really nice but it’s weighed down by boring 70s boogie-woogie rock cliches. Also that Stones cover is nowt on the original. Totally fine, but a mixed bag.

Annoyingly brilliant and very catchy

Bizarre even by Björk standards. A fun one to listen to and let it take you for a ride.

Feels like I’m in Nazi-Occupied France.
Either way, I really liked this, it’s bizarre but also very melodic and passionate.

World’s loudest snare drum.
Yes it’s cheesy, but it’s so well meaning and catchy that you can’t really hate it.

So good! Thought the bonus tracks weren’t quite as good, but the og tracks from the original release are brilliant funky and fun

Way between when it gets all fuzzy and alternative. And obvs One is a great song.

Pleasant. Totally fine. But that shuffle drum sound was genuinely like nails on a chalkboard when listening on headphones.

WOAH. Best Jazz album ever?! You never know where it’s going to go next but everywhere it does makes total sense.

They have to be doing this purposely. Ozzy dies and the day after I get a Sabbath album. Dolly dies and I get one of her albums. This algorithm is cruel.
Anyway. This is a great, short and sweet country album that manages to be quite varied across its brief length. What a talent, RIP Dolly x

Starts very strong then sags in the middle.

Wow! Is this Nick Cave’s best? Possibly!
First disc (Abattoir Blues) is incredible. The second is very good, lot more slow and lyrical. I’d say a 4.5 in total but I’ll round up for sheer consistency across 80 mins of music.

I love how on Police albums you can easily tell if Sting DIDN’T write one of the songs as it’s so totally different.
Anyway, I like the Police more when they are faster and punkier rather than reggae, and this album has a lot of the former so it’s pretty good in my book. 3.5 but will round up

For a while this was my favourite album of all time. Perfectly blends catchy melodies with an eerie darkwave vibe. Only meh track is that weird interlude after Enjoy the Silence. But either way… amazing album.

A powerhouse of an album with some of the best dance tracks of all time. I can’t help but feel there’s a couple of weak spots on here, particularly in the second half. A 4 but very nearly a 5.

Only really knew ‘Two Weeks’ before this so this was a nice surprise, hauntingly beautiful.

This has aged the worst out of the 2000s garage/post-punk revival scene. Liked it a bit more when they slowed it down towards the end and stopped focussing on being rock stars.