Rated 8/10
German insanity, largely instrumental, influential without being enjoyable, could have scored anything - depending on how much time I had to engage with the work. Luckily for them (if they care) I had time to listen until it started (almost) making sense; so I fell for the madness of it all
Rated 8/10
Very short (under 40 minutes), but pretty decent. Clearly the work of a very tight band, or a single artist with a solid vision and a band happy to follow.
Rated 2/10
Pish, just goes to show they didn't need to wait for disco to be able to suck. A band I hated when I only knew their popular songs; the terrible ones are even worse!
Rated 10/10
One of the best artists ever, and this is probably his masterpiece. From the opener to the last notes of the closing track, this grabs you by the eardrum and doesn't let go. Flawless
Rated 8/10
Very cool and filmic, like a soundtrack to a number of different movies. I probably don't know enough to properly judge it, other than knowing I really liked it!
Rated 4/10
Repetitive English nonsense, trying to be "cool" and "out-there", but sounding like what a suburban accountant thinks dance music sounds like
Rated 6/10
No need for it to be a double album, although I'm not 100% sure what I might cut. Good, but too long and sloppy, and not as tight as a punk album should be (if it is to be great)
Rated 8/10
A classic of the genre, with some of their beta and most famous songs. Not as heavy as I would have expected, but still hits like a sledgehammer.
Rated 2/10
Compilation albums should not be on the list; the linked version (on Spotify) is not the alright version, and is over three hours long; and, most egregiously, the music is absolute pony
Rated 10/10
A very nearly lost classic of britpop, since they split up shortly after it was released. They went on to be massive, and rightly so, but this album slhas an innocence and naivety that their later work slightly lacked.
'History' is probably my favourite song by the verve, and one of my favourite tracks of the 90s in general
Rated 8/10
A really good album, with only the bonus tracks falling short of virtually perfect. Marz is a particular highlight, but the flawless vocals lift even more mundane songs into the stratosphere
Rated 8/10
A cracker of a debut, from a real one-off of an artist. Doesn't have his two biggest songs, but still packed full of stories and interesting musical ideas.
The song "my old man" is especially touching.
Batcrap crazy and lots of fun
Rated 8/10
Batcrap crazy and lots of fun
Rated 8/10
Better than I remembered, and I knew more songs than I expected. Obviously the singles were a pretty big deal in the UK, but a few of the other tracks were also either staples on the radio, or part of his widely televised live shows at the time and after.
Rated 4/10
80s jangle nonsense, without a single song I would rush back to hear again. Not for me
Rated 10/10
A band I discovered through guitar hero - like many others I expect. A great album, which sounds like a band who have been going for years (rather than a debut from a bunch of new artists).
Rated 10/10
An album I loved at the time, and a band I have seen live a bunch of times - most memorably at T in the Park 2001 when I was taken to the medical tent after bouncing about too much! Hard to believe this was a debut - it sounds so fully realised and confident.
Rated 8/10
A lovely album, with lots of interesting things going on. Not his best work, in my view, but pretty damn good.
Very cool, but not overly memorable
