Reviews by jonathanptait

Uncharacteristically arranged and performed, but he's one of our great poets

Joan will always be underrated because of the implicit sexism of the time; she shouldn't be

Not quite their best, but it's really really good

Sounds like Britain, as I remember growing up in it - and it still stands up as being pleasant

I fucking love this record, jangle pop masterpiece

Enjoyable slacker guitar college rock, but I don't get why this is a high watermark

His best, but it meanders and sounds like a billion adverts

Brian Eno apparently said this album didn't sell more than 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band. I'm not sure how true any of it is, either him saying it, whether that's exactly what he said, or whether there's any truth to his summary.

What I do know to be true is this is one of my very favourite albums

How do massive attack absolutely nail every selection for a woman's voice, and fuck the male voice choices up so spectacularly. Tricky, Horace Andy, absolutely shite. Inferior to the other two of theirs

You're not Jefferson Airplane, you're rubbish.

The atonality, production values and disinterested vocals really bored me so much I found myself skipping through this fairly short album

Absolutely hat stand - some of it terrible some of it really good. Not understanding Pirate Radio or UK consumer brands would make this difficult to enjoy

Four bangers but otherwise incredibly weak Prince parody

Very good, but Im shocked its not Wrecking Ball?

Would be a 4, but the live element detracts

No JB, No Prince, No Otis without this. It is however, a bit samey!

Yeah it's fairly decent, but not really necessary - I think radio city is better

Almost perfect, but crucially not

The Glam bible

Elvis is like Apple; he didn't do much of anything original, but presented a slicker, more consumable package of groundbreaking things to the world

The UK release of this album is superior to the US version, and would have been a 4

Moz does Bowie, what's not to like?