Reviews by gmuzza

Truly a great album.

The blend of Madonna and William orbit’s production is pure pop perfection.

I didn’t think i was gonna enjoy this album as never like Tom Wait’s growling vocals. For the first couple of tracks that view appeared to confirmed, musically and lyrically great but man how can anyone get past them vocals. I cant quite place it but at some point it just clicked for me and i realised the vocals just fitted the overall performance.
This feels very much like it would suit being some form of visual album, as the storytelling of the songs is so strong.

Never really listened to any Siouxsie Soux other than occasional songs on compilations etc, so cant say they’re an artist that necessarily appeals to me.

I quite like the music but there is just something about the vocals or maybe more specifically the style of delivery that just doesn’t quite sit with me

This album wasnt available through apple music so i had to listen through youtube with ads.

Generally the album sounded worse thsn if they’d lined the instruments up at the top of a long staircase and pushed them down whilst recording the local drunk spouting nonsense.

Dali’s car sounds like someone who cant play guitar trying to play a variety of tv theme tunes they only vaguely remember on an out of tune guitar.

The colgate ad was by far and away the best track

I long since past having an issue with Dylan’s vocals and instead now appreciate the character it brings to his music.

This feels like quite a tuneful Dylan album and is just generally enjoyable, despite there not really being a bit hitter in its tracklist.

Pleasant enough, makes me feel like i should be sat in an open boxcar crossing the open land of America.

I loved Eminem when this album came out and his early output remains his best. This is Eminem before he jjst dtaryed rapping as quickly as possible, yes the content can be uncomfortable (to say the least) at times, but it is dtill a great album.
Guilty Conscience was always my favourite Eminem track and had a great video.
The album just doesn’t live up to the memory. I guess in many ways the shock of prime Eminem has long gone and there is just better rap music out there.

David Byrne’s vocals really dont sit well with me for a full album. One or two songs is fine but over the length of this album they started to jar by the time i got to ‘The Girls Want To Be…’

I quite like the music though, although again it gets a bit too samey over the course of the album.

Given this ‘take me to the river’ is a welcome gem toward the end of the album, as it forces something a bit different on both fronts. Big country is also a strong song, just a shame these are stuck at the arse end of the album

As we go through this process i worry more than finding new artists i really love it is more a case of reevaluating ‘great’ artists who i only have a limited (one album or a greatest hits) knowledge of.

Unfortunately Joni falls into this category. I like that this album appears to try musically different things from what I’d expect from Joni Mitchell, but i really dont like tracks like the ‘Jungle Line’.

‘Edith and the Kingpin’ feels more safe JM territory and its strengths in being a gentle flowing song unfortunately are why it doesn’t grab me. I just find it a bit dull.

‘Shades of Scarlett conquering’ is a bit more engaging.

Generally this sounds like a Sunday morning album from my childhood, inoffensive background music with people only occasionally aware of its presence while going about their morning

Nilsson is someone I’ve obviously been aware of for a long time, but save for his versions of songs that others have covered, not someone i’ve (knowingly) heard much by.

The album opens steady enough. Both of the opening tracks breeze through and suited the stroll from the bakery it soundtracked.
Early in the morning continues the smooth approach but as the lyrics suggest through in a touch of blues, which i enjoy.

Down introduces a funky bit of piano and brass which switch things up a bit more and put me in mind of some of John Lennon’s 70s output, albeit vocally probably closer to Macca.

I always thought that Nilsson wrote Without You, so was surprised to discover it’s actually written by two members of Badfinger. Nilsson’s version however is great and manages to have that grandeur to its delivery without the histrionics of latter versions.

My subconscious knew there would be more Nilsson tracks that i’d know and sure enough Coconut proves that point. The quirkiness providing an interest contrast to Without you.

The funk of Jump into the fire is irresistible. It’s another track that shows that Nilsson really did have range.

Bobbins.

Sabbath’s first six albums are hard to match. For heavy metal they bring a groove and listenability that is unparalleled.

Vol 4 doesn’t pull its punches from the outset this album means business.
The atrocity of Ozzy’s duet with Kelly could easily make you forget how beautiful and striking Changes is, especially given how different it is from their general output. Ditto the majesty of Laguna sunrise.

Ozzy is undeniably one of the great frontmen in rock, but my god you cannot overlook the skill of Iommi, Butler and Ward. Sometimes a line-up just works.

Not really my preferred style of rock, but i do have a soft spot for Van Halen, albeit i actually prefer the Sammy Hagar fronted version incarnation.
Obviously the guitarmanship is insane and listening to eruption i cant help but hear the influence EVH had on those who came after him like Nuno Bettencourt.

Whilst there are a few great tracks on this album i think it would be generous to describe the quality as variable. Atomic Punk in particular is s low point. It is very old school rock and some of the lyrical content reflects this.

I dont like DLR’s vocals and obviously that presents another stumbling block in terms of enjoying this. Full marks for the musicianship but not so much for the thing as a whole.

The perfect meeting point of early nighties hip hop and jazz. Along with De La Soul, Jungle Brothers and Queen Latifah, Tribe epitomised my early foray into hip hop.

The chilled beats and fun lyrics make this album a must

Having thoroughly enjoyed their 2025 album ‘heritage’ i was pleased to see this pop up.

Unlike some of the other albums i’ve had on this list, that aren’t in English, this didn’t feel like it possibly lost something to my ability to enjoy it. The musical just picks you up and sweeps you along and whilst i might know what the lyrics content is telling me, it just fits rhythmically.

Dont like his voice. Dont like the music. Dont like the album.

Solid opener with a song that i only know from being a staple of Oasis’s setlist.

For a fairly short album theres more variety in terms of style than the previous Neil Young albums i’d listened to, presumably in part due to the live aspect but this still works as a cohesive album.

Not sure of the necessity to close the album with a different version of hey hey though, especially given it is not as good

Classic.

My first thought at seeing this as today’s album was ‘not my favourite era of Radiohead’, but ‘Weird fishes/Arpeggi’ is one of my favourite Radiohead songs.

Thom Yorke’s vocals are so well suited to the erratic backing that fills this album and it gets off to a cracking start with a powerful 1-2 punch of ‘15 step’ and ‘bodysnatchers’.

What I realise pretty quickly is that my musical tastes have shifted quite a bit since this came out or there isnt the shock their was when it became the first pay what you want album i bought. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this as its suffered in comparison to the bends, ok computer and even pablo honey as the radiohead albums i would reach for first.

A solid slice of mid nineties punk, never as consistent as Green Day but man they had a tune in them.

Tracks like ‘Come Out and Play’ ans ‘Self Esteem’ show how could the Offspring could be on their day and say the right side of the novelty line which just a couple of albums later they merrily flung themselves across.