Reviews by k-dot-r

Very fun, not quite as (pre-)punk as the stooges, but very varied with loads of guitar. Two obviously well-known classic songs, but the rest are all pretty good too. I did not expect a ballad!

Great, but I like her later stuff more. Interesting to hear where she started, and another artist where I have added all her (other) albums to my "after the list" list!

Classic but not exciting

Very raw and bluesy, with a couple of absolute stand out tracks. Not much hint of the juggernaut they would become, but an interesting snapshot of a band on the rise.

Smooth, but with a serious message. Doesn't sound like (just) a soundtrack, but was also probably the perfect accompaniment for the film. I love his voice, and the songs are so good, it just has to score 5.

Of all the albums evers made, this sure is one of them. I am certain it exists, although would find it difficult to prove this. I know I listened to it but, other than "catch the sun" coming on as the clouds parted, I don't really remember it. Not that it is bad, or particularly good, just not especially memorable. Individually, I quite like the songs, but as a solid lump of "album", it just sort of happens. Probably not a worthy inclusion on the list, as I don't think anyone would have noticed if it wasn't there, but I also barely noticed that it was there.

Tl;Dr: this album is magnolia paint.

Definite 5 before I even hear a note - possibly the best and most consistent album by one of my all time favourite bands.

After listening - six stars! I absolutely love this album, there's barely a note out of place, and it comes as close as anything to having no songs I would ever consider skipping.
Flawless.

could only have been better if richey had been around to see the success they had with (partly) his lyrics

A few classics, particularly the title track, and a fair bit of filler, such as the reprise of a song on the following track. The good songs are so good, and the filler just good enough, that this has to score well. I just wish they had put more effort into making more even albums, or just fewer albums, so their great songs weren't spread so thinly.

Flawless golden age hip-hop, from some of the best to ever do it. Does not sound like a début at all - such swagger and confidence - but it still carries the exuberance of youth. One of my favourite bands and, even if I only knew a handful if songs before yesterday morning, one of my favourite albums.

A masterpiece

Pish. Just pish. Almost every song is over-sung and under-written, sounding like a half finished effort with phoned-in guest rappers. Production is all over the shop, lyrics are odd and rubbish and very very bad. There are a couple of ballads which stand out like corn in crap, but this record is one of the least deserving of its place on this list.

Still better than Nico though!

Three wonderful singers, whose voices work really well together. From an old school Nashville that I don't generally like, but with a clear influence from the highwaymen and the travelling Tilbury. Very dated, and not the finest work from any of the three, but with a charm and grace, and such flawless vocal performances, that it couldn't get less than 4 from me!

Very odd, but very good. Some of the songs are so short they blur into each other, but it still works. A tricky one to score, since it is so long and so weird!

What an album. Virtually flawless

A wonderful cacophony, with samples piling on top of each other to build a collage of sound. Not really my thing, but I can certainly appreciate the skill involved. Some excellent guest vocals as well, and and infectious joyousness that made me want to dance around the office.
Not sure what happened to the spotify link, or if the album has been removed for some reason, but this is well worth seeking out on an alternate platform.

An album I vaguely remember from the time, but wasn't able to listen to in full (because streaming wasn't a thing!), and I now wish I had! Wears her influences on her sleeve, which is no bad thing, and I can hear echoes of her in some of the singer songwriters that have followed.

Brilliant

A brilliant noise, with nonsense lyrics and impenetrable rhythms, and I really enjoyed it! Falls just short of full marks, but I will add their other stuff to my after-the-list list

Very odd, and right at the junction between rock and electronic music, which is an interesting place to be. Iggy Pop showing up was good, albeit strange, but Dot Allison guested on my favourite song - dirge

I didn't know any of these songs well before, and don't like any of them much now. Feels loke a whole album of filler tracks, missing the killer song(s) that could have elevated it to "decent". I quite enjoyed some of their other stuff, but this one is not immediate, not interesting after a few listens, just outright not very good.
It feels like it's on this list because to author likes it, not because it's actually good or important, and that is a waste of a space in my view.

Banging choons