Reviews by gmuzza

‘Sunday Morning’ and ‘Venus in Furs’ are just classics and would grace any album. The rest of the album is wonderfully psychedelic. My only criticism is that i much prefer Lou’s voice to those featuring Nico, but overall this is an album that is definitely not out of place on this list

Yes it’s a far more polished commercial sound than the albums that preceded it, but that doesn’t stop it being a great album.
‘Sex on fire’ and ‘Use somebody’ are as good arena rock as it gets with infectious choruses and sawing guitars. Caleb’s vocals are the star of this album and no where is that more apparent than the brooding‘Revelry’

Husker Du are an interesting prospect, oft mentioned by artists I really like, but not sure I’ve ever listened to them (or if I’d forgotten Bob Mould was a member). They are even referenced in one of my favourite songs (29x the pain by the Wildhearts), but a lot of this just feels like something’s missing and i cant quite put my finger on what.

I can definitely heat the influence ‘Ice Col Ice’ had on the Wildhearts’ ’Nothing changes but the shoes’ and also somehow sounds like early R.E.M.

The R.E.M comparison is also present in ‘Bed of nails ’ and ‘Tell you why tomorrow’ which unsurprisingly I really enjoyed.

Lightweight neo soul. Just very dull

Oh how i love an album that takes over 3 minutes to do anything more than drone.

I really dont understand why this album is on the list. There are far better albums in the genre like Nia Archives or Shygirl.

Woodface was the first Crowded House album I bought, but i actually prefer Together Alone.
Yes ‘Weather with you’, ‘Fall at your feet’ , ‘It’s only natural’ and ‘Four Seasons in one day’ are all classics, but the rest is just middling.

Such a beautiful voice, which soars on ‘nothing compares 2 U’ and ‘last day of our acquaintance’. Unfortunately the rest of the album just feels a bit flat despite some of the lyrical content.

Didnt think I knew any of this, but was quickly proved wrong. ‘Spinning Wheel’ just reminds me of an advert from the 80s. Its all just on the wrong side of annoying (especially sat in traffic on the m25)

‘You Want It Darker’ (the song) has featured on a number of programmes i love and have developed a fondness through that. Cohen’s vocals sound like they could be Hades in Hadestown growling over the ominous musical accompaniment.

Title track aside it all feels a bit too samey. Individual the tracks maybe ok, but as an album its all just abit one note

There is a lot to like about Buddy Holly and this album, however there is s fair bit of front loading to this album. All the songs i know (and like) feature in the first 7 songs. After that the quality drops significantly.

Seven Nation Army is such a forbodding introduction and even though it is now so inescapably linked with sport it remains a truly great track. Even Meg can manage to press the bass drum pedal with the occasional snare beat.

The singles are great. The rest is good (even the Meg vocal). As long ith other Jack White/White Stripes albums I really like his guitar and voice and the drumming doesn’t manage to ruin that.

I bought this album in the week it was released. I know this because it was embossed by the independent record shop i bought it from (dont ssk me why. It was just a thing).

This album perfectly sums up the two sides to this era of Sepultura. One part full on growling thrash metal and the other drum centric, with traditional Brazilian drum sounds.

Whilst still loving the drum led tracks wasn’t surprising (even without the remixed Kaiwas which i am sure was on my original version - wiki says not), I was quite surprised how much i enjoyed the rest with Max’s growling vocals leading the charge.

Hardly prolific when it comes to his own material, but when he does release something it is worth the wait.
This was an instant classic and hits its steps quickly with the Snoop feature (Eazy E slamming) ‘Fuck Wit Dre Day’.
Dre’s flow is just laid back joy over beats only he can provide.
Yes some of the content is questionable, but that is true of g-fink/gangsta rap on general and this is the best of that genre.

This is a strange one as the songs are overly long and the speaky bits were annoying…until I found myself not minding the talky intro to ‘Reminisce’.
I enjoy the piano led shindig feel to a lot of Dexy’s music and ‘The Occasional Flicker’ was really enjoyable.

It was quite surprising to hear the riff ‘Werewolves in London’ throughout ’One of those things,’ but enjoyed how this worked with lyrics about everything sounding the same.

But for a bit more judicious producing this would have been a 5/10

Fragile beauty, perfection.

In my mind I knew what the Cowboy Junkies sounded like and it wasn’t this. ‘Mining for gold’ is such a beautifully fragile opener, it is hard not to be drawn in.
‘Blue moon revisited’ is an interesting offering, especially as i’ve just been listening to a podcast discussing interpolation. It works really well and provides a point of interest just as it’s all beginning to feel a bit samey.

The cover of ‘Sweet Jane’ is great and the sing and group really suit each other.

Unfortunately the gentle dreaminess of the rest of the album reinforces the samey feel and aside for an occasional foray into country stylings it’s just a bit dull as a whole. Good background music for conversations, but i think if you listened to this on a late night drive you would be in danger of drifting off. It’s a shame as individually i’m not sure you can fault the individual tracks, just dont want to listen to them one after another

Even the shorter songs somehow feel like they go on forever. I’m not generally an Ashcroft fan but even by his standards the vocals on ‘no knock on my door’ are shocking

It’s generally just a pleasant listen, with tracks that are good, but don’t really offer anything different.
Songs like ‘Couldn’t cause me harm’ ate very evocative of the late nineties style, which unfortunately works against this album as where it probably stood out more st the time, it now feels fairly run of the mill.
‘So much more’ is so ethereal I struggle to maintain attention. I enjoyed ‘Pass in time’, especially the bass and the contrast in backing vocals. And then … we reach ‘Central reservation’ which is clearly the star of the album. It sounds fresh and different, offering a more trippy vocal over a stripped back arrangement. However it’s on the remix this song truly sings.

Overall it’s a solid listen that is perfect to have on while doing something else

This joins the list of albums I get on this and think I’m gonna like this….only to be wrong. I don’t know why but I expected something punkier.

Despite being full of short songs, from the get go this just felt a bit of a slog. I enjoy the occasional funkiness of the bass, but generally i didn't enjoy this. The vocals are neither technically good, nor have character to them to override that.

If I’m honest my heart dropped at about seven minutes when i realised that not only was this an instrumental album, but one that goes no where. This was further compounded st around the ten minute mark by the annoying ringing sound that at least marshals in a slight change in tune.
The album doesn’t improve at any point and just feels like one massive waste of time