Reviews by k-dot-r

Layers of nonsense, with no clear structure and sounding like it was written by rolling dice to see what to do next.

Pleasant enough, if perhaps a little bland.

Hard to believe this was a debut album - it sounds so fully formed - but just guess he had been working for a while as a guest artist and had an experienced producer at the helm.
One of the classics of West Coast hip-hop, and a touchstone which is still sampled and referenced today.

Even if the only songs on this were 'Breaking the Girl', 'Under the Bridge', and 'Guve It Away', it would be five stars all day long.

One of my favourite bands, and one of their best albums

Syrupy sweet, more of it sounds like Vincent than the title track, but all the songs are pretty decent (or a wee bit better than that)

Enjoyable jazz, not really my thing, as I don't know enough about it to properly appreciate what's going on, but I liked it and enjoyed listening to something I would never otherwise have heard.

Far from their best work, but still with a couple of classics, and still better than most other bands can manage. In my life and Norwegian Wood were highlights, some of John's songs would probably not get cleared by the legal department nowadays, Michelle is naïve to the point af saccharine sweetness.

Fast loud and noisy - I just wish it was longer!

One of the progenitors of brit-pop, but still work to be done at this point. I was never a huge suede fan, and this is far from their best album. Anyone who thinks they were the best British band of the 90s (and there are a few who do) should listen to this, definitely maybe, modern life is rubbish, everything must go ( ), urban hymns, and different class, and see who the real dons were

Sounds so far ahead of its time.
Eruption is here!
Basically flawless

dance music doesn't work for albums. as a compilation of decent danceable songs, this is fine, but it is not really an album - there's no theme, concept or link other than house music

The jumping off point for whole genres to follow - prog and psychedelia to name but two. A band blessed with many wonderful vocalists, and plenty of virtuoso musicians in every section of the band.

An album full of imagery and inspiration, which could only have been made by an experienced band with a firm hand behind the desk.

10 different producers, over 20 songs, around 750,000 credited songwriters, and a run-time longer than some Oscar winners - if that doesn't sound like a star who got to big to be told "no", I don't know what does!
The songs themselves are (mostly) ok, there's just too many and no particular theme, other than Christina expressing every thought she has ever had over whatever music happened to be cool at the precise second she decided to hit record. Not a bad album, just sloppy and unfocused, and one that would have benefitted from a (solo) producer who wasn't afraid to disagree. Unfortunately, the first thing he said "no" to was buying his own plane ticket!

Very much of its time, sounds incredibly dated over 34 years later - which not everything from that time does. Fun and daft, and sounds like it took about the same length of time to write as it takes to listen to; every track sounds like a first draft, even the cover version.

An absolutely beautiful and, at points, heart-breaking album. I prefer the Johnny Cash version of the title track - to the surprise of absolutely no-one who knows me! All of his (many) other albums and projects are now officially on my "after the list" list

Short and English, like a lot of the best punk, with all the best Buzzcocks songs that no-one knows

Absolute hair metal classic rock screaming and soloing nonsense, with not an ounce of pretence of being anything different. One article suggested they used a lot of double entendres, but most of them are single at best! Pretty much every song could have come straight from the mind of a horny teenager - and in a way they all did.
For the genius of the music, and the daftness of the lyrics, and the influence on the bands who followed, this (just and no more) gets full marks

Aiming for high-brow high-concept high-prog rap, but comes off as rambling thoughts of a high stoner. There's the germ of an idea in there somewhere, but it has been stretched gossamer thin.