Reviews by k-dot-r

A classic album without any stand out classic tracks - somehow. Decent songs, and a lot of them, but nothing that makes you stop and listen.

The country album by The Faces, basically, but better than than that probably sounds. Not the most engaging collection on this list, but pleasant enough. Rod also gets a bonus ⭐ for being Scottish (or Scottish enough!)

British country music - by a punk band - that is better than it has any right to be. Not quite 5 🌟 (that is for the best of the best) but a really solid 4!

Fast and loud, and not very long. A really important album, showing Cali punk in its early form, and great to hear some Pat Smear guitar work.

Old school outlaw country. One of the genres I love, largely thanks to my dad. A great example

A work of absolute genius, by one of the very best ever.

Pretty dull - in a way worse than his other albums which are weird and bad. It's like he tried to make a "normal" album, but just made a boring one.

Possibly the best hip hop album of the century so far. The man is a genius, and I am now going to watch his Glastonbury headline set (for the 99th time!).

Good but not great. There's decent songs here, but production is so overblown (mostly) that they struggle to be heard. Better than I expected from them at this late stage of their career, but a bit of an unnecessary inclusion on the list in my opinion

Gossamer thin threads of songs, delicate as lead crystal glasses. Feel like they will float away given a gentle breeze. Not my thing, at all, but I can appreciate the craft.

Pleasant enough, background music for me though.

A stunning album, that I was just too young to understand and appreciate at the time. She is a new stalwart of my music rotation, and someone I hope to hear more from on the list.

Very summery, funky and cool. I liked it more than I expected to, since I thought they were a bit too disco for me. Still not great, but pretty good.

A multilingual artist, who combines hundreds (if not thousands) of styles and genres, while making it entirely his own thing too.
Truly magical, evoking time and place like not many others on the list.
Another welcome nudge to visit francophone Africa!

Really good, but still not their best work! A solid 4 star effort though.

Very old, very short, very rubbish. Falls between country, early rock and roll, and the balladeer tradition, without being anywhere near as interesting and engaging as any of them.

Gorgeous. Absolute staples of classic rock, including perhaps CCR's signature song, 'bad moon rising' and a lovely tribute to Nottingham Forest's on-loan Brazilian left-back (Renan) Lodi [citation needed].
A great album, by a great band.

His voice is still great, but the lyrics sound like the work of a bored pensioner. Not for me

Reminds me of an ex - loses a star for that! Sounds more like NIN than I remember, maybe because I didn't know Trent Reznor's work when first listening to MM.
Creepy, disturbing, and very messed up (and so is the music!)

Solid, if unspectacular. Somehow sounds more like The Killers than The Killers do! A worthy inclusion, but not one I'll be rushing back to.
Very hard to settle on a score, but I guess it's better to be generous