Reviews by jonathanptait

Dumb as rocks, but good fun

Great post punk record

This weirdo rarely misses

A fine indie pop album, but that's just it, it's fine. Incredible Hall and Oates sample on On Hold

The end of an almost immaculate discography together, the title track should've been the closer!

Bit REM, bit Husker Du, bits are good, bits didn't click

Delia Smith baked that cake!

Miserable and homogenous, and brilliant

Two absolute grade a worldies, some very strong album tracks and two clunkers, definition of a perfect four

England's greatest soul singer?

An enjoyable dub reggae record

Unfairly maligned but obviously a bit esoteric, but would scare the hoes

Touched utterly pointless, otherwise a beauty

Andy Summers studio magic on Message in a Bottle is absolutely goated, otherwise, fairly pleasant but I think they are really a greatest hits band - and if I had to pick two of their albums for this list I'd have picked Outlandos D',amour and Ghost in the Machine

Influential, but underwhelming; original release is not even an album, it's an EP

Perhaps I judged you too harshly

No self titled Curtis? This is magnificent mind

I'm not sure this deserved a place over Midnight Marauders, despite being really quite excellent

Decent original songs, a great talent, but those covers are atrocious

You are very smart and creative Frank, you have some incredible records. In 1966 this must have been mindblowing, I am not as sure how they stand up as fun listens now. I could think of four or five Zappa records I'd rank as 5s, but you were represented poorly by this list (save for Hot Rats)