Reviews by henry-winchester

What Taylor Swift should sound like.

Enjoyed this a lot. Very Prince, but I admire the album's cohesiveness. Those first 30 seconds or so are a nice way to start.

A weird predicator of Madonna's most mediocre songs.

"Squares" is really good. Nothing else stood out.

Just the absolute perfect balance of pop and gnarly psych freakouts.

I'd forgotten about these guys until they showed up on the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice soundtrack. This is still an interesting record, very much of its time but also floating above it, taking post-rock and fusing it with clubby comedown chill and Britpop's more orchestral movements, and adding a uniquely Icelandic twist.

I'm not sure I've ever liked this? But I liked what it did to the music scene. It allowed people to be weird again.

Only just noticed the cotton American flag on the cover. Emblematic of the whole thing.

I am very smart.

Fun. The Fundertones.

I had "Found That Essence Rare" as one of my six MP3s in 2001, so I've heard it a lot, but never the whole album. It's all good!

My only issue here is that the title track is the perfect way to end the album, not begin it. Pretty much perfect otherwise.

The best song on here is a cover, the second-best song on here sounds just like the cover, and the whole thing seems like they're trying far too hard. Just chill guys.

Goofy and knowingly stupid; reminded me a little of Andrew WK.

Hey look, I found a Queen album I like! Full of life and character, but never annoying, like so much of Queen's output.

This lacks the surging drama of later Spacemen 3/Spiritualized work, but it's still unique and soulful. The soundtrack to your comedown breakdown.

There's me thinking I didn't like soul music

Soaring and haunting. His best.

Crow has a unique perspective (you could imagine her being on Thelma and Louise's car stereo), and I really love "All I Wanna Do." But it's a high point on this album, and, holy crap, the journey there is meandering and boring.

Occasionally reaches Spinal Tap-esque levels of cheesiness, but this moves and works cohesively.

I've never found any other band that's been so exactly on my wavelength. Insanely well produced and written, with a kind of melancholic honesty that never becomes cloying or clichéd. Coldplay and Radiohead are very much in Talk Talk's shadow.
RIP Mark. It's a shame I'll never meet you.