Reviews by jonathanptait

I have normally overlooked this album, it's got some amazing songs, and some very unsatisfying ones

I love Elton, this is a decent record

I wanted to like this more than I did, shame

Lo-res bob can't hurt you

Frustrating, some great ideas poorly executed

Too long, skits forgettable, great singles and some good album tracks

I love the intimacy and sparseness of this, but it's a more homogenous listen than it's predecessor

Top 10 album for me

Too many mid-paced or slow ones to clip a four, but I loved lots of it!

She left a perfect, tragic back catalogue

Essential listening in my house

A middling debut, wouldn't nail an album for at least a year, if not two after this - they were a singles band in this era

An incredibly creative artistic statement satirising every assumption people had about 1960s culture, this would absolutely scare the hoes and there are few tracks I enjoyed

I instantly said "wrong album by Talk Talk, if you're only including one" as it misses both their biggest hit and the invention of post-rock - however I could see an argument based on my enjoyment of this. I do think Laughing Stock or Colour of Spring are more worthy, and would've had a higher rating from me

Iconic and almost perfect but who's counting - not really punk, and all the better for it

It's not a banger as such, but I genuinely believe it's a very accomplished artistic statement.

Someone should've told them to stop, you'd have to be stoned out of your mind to think this was worth your time

It's a great record that makes me contemplate the end

My favourite Elliott Smith album, straddles delicate and expansive, so close to being perfect but a few songs don't grab me

Didn't blow me away, instrumentals are really pleasant, vocals grate more than they please