Reviews by gmuzza

Having now listened to this and the wall i assume they felt one decent track was sufficient to justify an album and then then name it after that song.

This album could and should have been a single with s shortened version of track 5 as the b-side.

Overblown pretentious crap

One of The great albums of all time. Revolver is the point where the Beatles have truly refined the art. From the very start this album delivers. The perfect mix of of more upbeat songs like taxman and Good Day Sunshine to the sweeping beauty of Eleanor Rigby and For No One.
Tomorrow Never Knows with its loops etc is so far ahead of it’s time whilst delivering a great song.
Got To Get You Into My Life is a truly underrated classic.
There is nothing to dislike on this album, even the Ringo track is Yellow Submarine!

Laid back relaxing effortless cool from one of the masters of jazz. As with most Jazz it would benefit from hearing it in the confines of a club but soothing nonetheless.

Harmless enough but a lot of the songs didnt seem to go anywhere (obviously this is based on my inability to understand the lyrics).
Really enjoyed the title track and definitely heard a lot less through this process.

This is an album i feel i should enjoy. An album equivalent of an eighties coffee table book that all middle class households own and say they like. But I didn’t grow up in a working class household so the only nostalgia i have is for its use in soundtracks, but that exposure tender to be fleeting and therefore this just feels unnecessarily overblown pretentiousness of the highest class. This is not a classical work, an instrumental (i dont care it had a short burst of speaking toward the end) does not need to be 25 minutes long.

It comes to something when the theme from Blue Peter is a highlight, given the programme itself was a dull patronising affair

I assume Mike Oldfield’s single is named that as if he played this on his dates that would certainly be the end result. Although give it it’s due mercifully short.

The final track is frankly pointless why anyone would want to listen to that i’m not sure.

The jason derulo of the 70s, god this band want to make sure you know their name.
Obviously it’s hard not to like the groove that Nile Rodgers brings to a tune, but at times it’s like the record is stuck and cant move onto the next part. I didn't think i would say this but Fatman S coop made more of Chic Cheer than Chic did.
Le Freak is a stonewall classic and enough to make me overlook that lyric (i know it’s Chic, enough already)

Savoir faire was not what i was expecting and not in a good way. Bring back the vocals telling me who it is as i honestly wouldn’t have known this was by Chic.
Another dull if funky track and then another classic in I Want Your Love.

Why do we get some momentum going and then dash it with a slow dirge track. Sometimes tries its best to get us back on track with a funky Niles bass-line but still feels like filler.

(Funny) bone has a great groove to it and the lack of anything that could reasonably described as lyrics works in its favour

Always had a troubled relationship with Suede. Animal nitrate is a truly great song but my appreciation tends to be restricted to their singles. This album just serves to reinforce my view that they were just a bit dull

Just very derivative paint by numbers music. It would appear that pizzas, even ones that have sexual relations with one of your parents do not make for solid inspiration for songs. Relies on too many childish jokes that just fall flat

The actual music is fine but i dont really want the explanatory detail. Not sure i will ever revisit this album but kind of enjoyed the experience of listening to it at least once

Good old fashioned blues rock. Straight down the middle delivery.
When i spotted a cover of heard ot through the grapevine, i thought this could be good/interesting and i was right, it could have been, had they kept it tight and not stretched it out to over 11 minutes.
Nothing wrong (if you ignore the extension to grapevine) with it but nothing to excite either.

An explosion of 60s psychedelia with a Brazilian twist. With the exception of of A Minha Menina (which i think must have been used on an advert at some point) it sounds a little too much like someone trying to sound like other groups in places, especially the Beatles but still quite enjoyable.

Not sure about the sudden slurp noise in Baby, may have made sense if you understand the lyrics but for me a rather unpleasant jolt.

A debut album that sounds so strong it could be a best of for most other acts. Even the lesser tracks (digsys and married with children are ridiculously strong in their own right

There are some obvious stand out tracks on this album like sour times and glory box but it just all feels a bit middling. Nothing grabs hold of you and demands you pay attention. Its not surprising that this has led to the music being s go to soundtrack to seedier crime drama like The Vice.
Enjoyable background music

Unhinged, creative genius of an album. Somehow manages to instil every track with a high level of quirkiness whilst maintaining highly listenable tunes.

Had to go old school and buy a cd in order to listen to the full album as seemingly absent from uk streaming.

The album opens with the sound of pure joy. A wonderful blend of styles like an audio street festival.
Latin grooves with occasional rapping and shouting whats not to love

First 7 minutes sound like an orchestra warming up rather than playing any tangible music. After that somebody reminds the band they are recording an album, still not great but at leastfeels like its meant to be music.

Picks up slightly with the middle two tracks before track 4 returns to near five minute warm up and my delight at the fourth track ending quickly dashed by it starting up again

It’s the sound of Jazz meets Rock but this is far from a happy marriage of styles

Obviously a defining album of the nineties and the first five tracks, To The End and This Is A Low make it impossible for me to score this lower than a 3.
But i’d also forgotten the dreamy elegance of Badhead and the joyous bounce of London Loves.

Ultimately though i will always be more Oasis than Blur and the remaining tracks to push it over the top. A really good listen but not a classic

As i’ve got older, i’ve found more ‘country’ music seepiing into my music. Modern country is not that fair from more mainstream Americana or more general modern folk. This is not that. This is old fashioned county with lots of Honky tonking. Best i can say is that is generally easy listening and moves along at a reasonable lick

Track 1 abrasive noise
Track 2 the sound of a panic attack
Track 3 standing outside a school music within which a collection of kids are doing there own thing
I decided to wait for something positive to write but that never came. This only serves value in making you appreciate how much better most of the list is. It is more likely to be the sound i hear at the point of death than something you need to hear before it

Not horrendous but not for me either. Instantly forgettable