Reviews by k-dot-r

Genius

Meh, not as good as the other one, which I had a while ago - just not as engaging or catchy. Decent enough, but no more than that.

Really good, and always interesting to see what was going on elsewhere when Britain was looking inward. Not what I expected from Mark Lanegan, but I really enjoyed it anyway

One of the best voices in rock, and some of his best songs on this BC by BC from the album BC is (maybe) the best example of the triple shared name.
Flawless

Solid as a rock, with flawless production and a great mix of classic songs and less well-known tracks. A band I imagined would have lots of filler on their albums, but I didn't spot any here!

Musically interesting, lyrically dense; much better than I expected, but still far from perfect; probably a band that will pop up again, although there is (in my opinion) more deserving artists. A tricky one to score, but for the music and the influence, I'm going to round up, rather than down.

Very old fashioned country and western, but with plenty of charm and a sense of humour. I liked it, but don't think I'll come back to it any time soon. A solid three, ni more, no less

Musically interesting, lyrically dense; much better than I expected, but still far from perfect; probably a band that will pop up again, although there is (in my opinion) more deserving artists. A tricky one to score, but for the music and the influence, I'm going to round up, rather than down.

Very fun and chilled, with so many different genres it almost sounded like a compilation album (in a good way)

But ... a pain in the proverbial to listen to, since it's not on any of the streaming services. I can't give it 5 when I couldn't hear it all, even though I loved what I did listen to

One of my favourite hip-hop albums, then and now. Flips between funny and upsetting and silly and (slightly) political, while sounding like a congruent piece. Outstanding.

Very good and very interesting as a record of where one of the biggest alternative bands started out. Radio free Europe is great, some of the rest is a bit filler, but I really enjoyed it

Les trois premières chansons sont parfaites, mais le reste de l'album n'est qu'assez bon. C'est très français et très cool, mais je ne l'ai pas tellement apprécié. Trois chansons classiques, trois étoiles

Wonderful, even if I only understood a fraction of the lyrics!

Meh, a classic to open, then some middling noodling jazz instrumentals. Not my cup of tea, and not really sure why it's on the list. Decent background music I guess, but no more than that.

Solid, if unspectacular, country and folk influenced southern rock. Not as urgent as their debut, and not as immediate as the follow up, but a fun, catchy, raucous and perhaps slightly overlooked work. A very solid 4 🌟 in my book!

Brilliant, and one I would probably never have heard otherwise! Sounds like an influence on loads of bands I love, especially suede and the Manics, but also on pretty much every punk band since. I didn't know "West Coast punk" was a thing, and it kind of wasn't really - except these guys - but I'm glad to know someone was trying to make it happen.

Right on the boundary between folk and country - influenced by Woody Guthrie and an influence on Bob Dylan. A really short album, at least it is without the bonus tracks, but very fun and a cool record of some very old songs. I loved it!

Brilliant. Distinctive sounding, but within the framework of the rock and indie of the time. I'm not sure why I didn't listen to more PJ at the time, maybe I thought she was too grown up and serious for me. If I did, I was wrong!
A wee bonus point for Thom Yorke showing up secures the five for her, and i look forward to hearing more during or after this list

One of the few hip-hop albums that could have done with more guest spots, in my opinion, although the variety of producers means that at least the beats and backings are changing. I loved the diss track - how cocky do you have to be to take shots at Nas by saying basically "yeah, Illmatic was good, what else you got?"!!

Wonderful