Reviews by henry-winchester

This should have been the Bjork album included here. Like Radiohead, it's when she was on the cusp between really good and borderline unlistenable. "Bachelorette" is the theme song to the best Bond film that never existed, and "All is Full of Love" still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

Annoyed with myself for not listening to this sooner! Reminds me a lot of Kanye, but more soulful and less rueful.

I always have time for rapping/singing in languages that I don't understand. I found the arrangements here just a little too pop for my liking, but it was diverting enough anyway.

Interminable

Absolutely perfect timing because I saw 28 Years Later after listening to this album. Not sure why I didn't listen to this sooner, but it's a unique take on post-rock, bringing in jazz and classical influences.

Does what it says on the cover, but I really enjoyed the chunky stoner-rock riffs.

This whole thing sounds like "The Fairytale of New York" if it was produced by Hans Zimmer.

Garbage were such a weird little band. Here in the UK they were lumped in with grrl-power Britpop bands like Elastica and Lush, but in the US they were part of the post-grunge rock scene.
Version 2.0 suffers from this weird lack of identity, and it feels constrained and more on the pop side of pop-rock. But "Push It" is fucking amazing.

Almost too funky.

I honestly thought I was going to hate this.

And I did.

This is silly

Surprised at how well this works. Hi-fi folk.

In 1999, I almost crashed my car when the loud bit of "Like Herod" kicked in. Such a major omission from the original list and still so startlingly brilliant.

I found this totally grating to start with, but the humour grew on me. Not great music to work to though.

Really liked this. I'm sure I've heard "Mary Jane" on vinyl at some obscure club night in Bristol, but the rest is great, good-humoured and groovy.

Genuinely surprised how much I enjoyed this. It just flows so nicely as an album and does that gapless thing which is so cool.

My top-rated review on here is a one-star write-up of Sufjan Stevens' "Illinois," which made me wish I was deaf.
But this is better! At least there's some variety and the other guy adds some-much needed depth.

I think the first user-recommended album that definitely deserves a place in the book. All the weirdness of prog but with a distinctly Canadian-French twist.

God I hate this warbling, indulgent, "soulful" stuff that is about as meaningful and pleasant as a dribble of dog piss down a lamppost. Sorry.

Actually already listened to this! And loved it :)