Reviews by jay_dub_vinyl

Barely mediocre originals interspersed with horrible cover versions. Sounds like a last placed finisher at a 6th form talent show.

An unexpectantly fun album.

OK album. Some tracks feel like they have extended solos just to fill in time. Highlight for was finding where Super Furry Animals sampled their most famous track from.

Started off how I was expecting, at a frenetic pace but turned into something else, a surprising eclectic collection of songs. Not a bad way to spend half an hour.

Not even the Sweet Jane cover can salvage this album

A great piece of electronic music. File under Albums To relax to.

Sounds very much like a musical, which for me isn't a good thing. Fine if you like that sort of thing. His voice just gets a bit much for me.

It has it's moments, the title track in particular is a stand-out, but a lot of tracks come across as the early shoots of ideas rather than something that is ready to be released.

It's bonkers and brilliant in equal measure. Understandably 1982 album of the year by Melody Maker.

The stripped back approach works. Not quite as painful as his pompous arena/stadium rock offerings, but not something I'll be coming back to.

Considering it is 14 tracks it is mercifully short. Nothing redeeming on here for me. Even the music sounds like they are using default presets.

An interesting listen. A clash of styles and cultures. I can imagine several of these tracks ending up on Café Del Mar compilations. Not exactly a cohesive album and worth the listen.

Once again a NY album let down by his whiny voice.

Putting the pop in BritPop, a pleasant enough album but a must listen??

For me a great punk album. The price of synths dropped and anyone could start making music with them.
The influence on the early Some Bizarre & Mute acts is plain to hear. An electronic equivalent of the first VU album maybe? (Commercially unsuccessfully but hugely influencial). However Frankie Teardrop brings the album down so maybe 3.5 stars.

A masterpiece. A great assembly of musicians.
Phil Collins finds his sound and produces one of his better drumming performances.

It's a good album, not a great one. The best tracks are excellent but there are also some very mediocre offerings on here. The reissue does benefit from the addition of When A Blind Man Cries.

Just another folk album

Not as bad as I was expecting. The 2 side closers are a bit tedious, come across like a new wave band trying to do prog. But the rest of the album is OK. Can certainly hear the influence it had.

Just fantastic from beginning to end. Personally I'm glad that Gilmour was outvoted on the idea of not having Shine On … bookend the album.