Reviews by k-dot-r

I know every single word, every note, and every ad-lib - but still loved listening again. Also one of my daughter's favourite albums, so we must have raised her right!

The most Irish any Englishmen (and one Nigerian woman) have ever sounded! A great collection, with well chosen covers and engaging originals

Not the QotSA album I would have expected - Rated R or Song for the Deaf should probably be here in its stead - but a good introduction to the band. Regular John is a great track, everything else is also pretty solid, but I will be a bit disappointed if this is the only time Josh and the gang feature on this list.

Of all the rock albums ever, this sure is one of them. It contains some music, and is about as "mid" (as the youngsters say) as it is possible to imagine. I heard it, I think I liked it, then it stopped happening.
This album exists.

Pretty much every track is good (or great), weird, or confusing - many are two or more of those things. In a less charitable mood I would probably dock a point for Boh Rap (the most over-played and over-rated song in the history of the UK), but I had (somehow) not actually heard it for a while before today.
Even the relentless cash-grabbing and fame-hungering of May & Taylor can't (quite) tarnish the legacy of Fred and John

Batcrap crazy and a delight, if perhaps a bit (a lot) self-indulgent. It came out in the month I turned 15, but I would not have been ready for it until I was at least twice that age - this is not music for teenagers!

Another live album! But with cuts taken from 3 shows (in 3 different theatres) across 3 months, which is sort of cheating. He's somehow at the top of his game and still deathly dull - a tricky feat to pull off!

Baba, Bargain, ... Blue Eyes, and ... Fooled ... ? If only the bits in between were as good! Was never going to be less than 5 stars, but still not quite their best work!

I love The Kinks, perhaps especially their weird stuff, and it doesn't get much odder than a concept soundtrack to a TV play (that didn't get made) in which hardly anything exciting was to happen. Ray and Dave spun gold out of the idea though, and made a lovely collection of songs which also work really well together

Very 80s, very varied, very enjoyable, but not one that lives long in the memory (in my opinion). A worthy inclusion, but the sort of "filler" that I didn't think there would be room for

Pish, but scottish enough for a bonus

YES!

an interesting collection of decent tunes, including the original of a great Luther Vandross song - but just a bit bloodless and bland

One of the best bands ever, and probably my favourite live album of all time. If there is space for one live album, this has to be it - I'm still not 100% sure is should be included though!

Bland and inoffensive, and not very interesting

A handful of great songs, including a brilliant guet with Kate Bush, and a bunch of less engaging filler. I liked it a lot more than I expected to, given it is "old rock star in the 80s", but it falls some way short of his best work.

Sounds like a compilation album, in a good way, with a dizzying variety of styles. I rally liked it, and they get the Scottish bonus point too!

A lovely album, with really pretty songs and beautiful arrangements and a few outstanding vocal moments.

A classic of the golden age, when everyone involved in hip-hop knew the four elements - and used them to elevate their blocks, boroughs, and cities.

Very modern and expensive sounding, and not my thing at all