Reviews by jorrell89

For what it is I mostly enjoyed it, and I’m glad I’ve heard it. Just can’t imagine choosing to go back to it.

this album feels painfully pretentious, made all the worse by the fact it really doesn't gel.

There's a few memorable songs on here. but it's another example of a 2000s album where the best parts are just worse versions of 80s/90s albums. in this case Depeche Mode doing some heavy lifting.

Very pleasant if not a bit dull. Lots of childhood memories associated with this. Some good - Sunday roasts. Some bad - feeling travel sick whilst my dad listened to the so often that it still triggers a slight feeling of nausea. Balances out as a 3 stars.

A great best of compilation, that also happens to be a great live album. Gives you a sense of what it was like to be there. I could easily see me putting this on again.

3 of 8 bob dylan albums on this list done now. I’m worried that, like a precious natural resource, I’m running out, and will be left in a bob dylan dessert for the last 500 albums.

I don’t quite enjoy this as much as some of his other famous albums. But it’s still great.

I don’t feel particularly better for having listened to this. Not bad, but very forgettable.

The story of this album is wild, a guy recovering from a mental health crisis is put on his own in a studio and the tapes are left recording. Unsurprisingly it’s not a good album.

Great album, not much more to say!

Hmm, some good stuff on here but not sure it’s particularly for me. May need to reassess

Not very fair for the site to generate this the day after blonde on blonde. Reading that this album took 6 years in the studio is mad but makes sense. The whole thing seems overly polished and a little cold.

Fantastic album. Looking forward to listening by to it again once I get my Bonneville later this month. Feels like the correct way to listen to this is on whilst riding a bike.

Fun album and interesting to hear this really early stuff. But not enough going on for me to come back to it again.

I don’t think I’m in the best position to appreciate this album having never seen the movie. But it doesn’t really feel like something you’d want to actively listen to.

Worked quite well as background music as I was working. Nearly made working on corporate PowerPoint slides interesting.

Really not much to say about this, all blends into one. And it’s one I don’t like.

Classic 3 star fare. The problem with this is not that it’s a bad album but that it’s not spiritualized, specifically we’re floating in space. But it is close enough that it reminds you how good that album is.

Unbelievable levels of cheese, but I kinda enjoyed it? There are some fantastic riffs in here too.

I might even come back to it again, in which case I may have to, (quietly…) revise this rating up.

This is my kind of thing, and I haven’t listened to this before. I don’t think it’s one of the best of electronica albums but enjoyed it enough that I’ll probably listen to it again.

First couple of songs into this and I was thinking this was going to be at least three stars maybe 4. Then it mostly just fell apart. There’s probably just about a decent EP in here. But certainly not a 54 minute album…

Love this album, interesting, chilled out and well produced. Saw them perform the whole album live a year or two ago now and that was a great experience too.

Enjoyed this one. What a wild time it was when Gil Scott-Heron wrote these songs. Glad that as a society we’ve sorted out all those problems and learned our lesson….