Reviews by k-dot-r

Very 60s even though it came out in the 70s. Decent but not great; a bit samey - good cover versions, but they weren't on the original album.

Really good, falls just short of 5 🌟 for me, largely because I don't know enough about the music to fully appreciate it.
What I do know is that I really liked it, and enjoyed learning about a band I had never (knowingly) heard before.

Wonderful and unexpected. Not an artist I had much knowledge of before, but one I will seek out in future! I can hear echoes of Radiohead and Jeff Buckley, and many others before and since - but he is still entirely his own creation.
Brilliant

Amazingly good, part of the soundtrack to life in the UK in the 90s. Richard III and Sun Hits the Sky are my favourites, but it's surprisingly consistent throughout.

What a voice! And what great songs too. He's like a much better Bob Dylan, with Springsteen energy and Leadbelly vocals.

I loved it!

A masterpiece. Probably their best album (although my brother in law disagrees) and definitely their most successful.
Pretty much every track is a classic, but even the lesser heard songs kick ass.

Scottish! A band I have seen and enjoyed live! A solid collection of songs, with a few stand outs!
Sounds like 4 stars 😃

Sparse, ethereal, magical, surprisingly wonderful. The story of the recording is also really cool.

Perhaps the most bizarre album I have ever enjoyed - it really is very strange. I'm not sure it is one of the best 1001, or one of the most important 1001, but it is certainly interesting and I am glad to have heard it.
Pretty much every track has the germ of a pop song in it, but then buried under many layers of bizarreness.

Absolutely gorgeous, smooth vocals, wonderful production. I loved it!

Probably the greatest album of all time.

Quite samey, very 60s, very good, but not their best work, and not quite a 5 star in my eyes. Very close though, and a great band who were one of the best in the world at various times in their career.

Odd, with hints of genius

Very odd, but a clear influence on loads of bands I love - Radiohead, Ultrasound, Pink Floyd, and lots of prog rock. Not one of the 1001 "best" albums, but probably one of the most interesting.
A tricky one to score, as I didn't like it lots, but appreciated it and am glad to have listened to it (if that makes any sense!).
Also, make sure to read the wiki page for this one, and for the artist.

Wonderful prog jazz funk rock (and many other genres). Hard to pick out a top track, as they blend into each other so much. Great fun, not what I would have expected from their later work.

Bland and unexciting, all songs sound kind of the same. Not great, but just meh

Absolute genius, sounds much older than 1977 (in a good way!) One of the best artists ever, a hero to everyone to pick up a guitar

Not for me, I'd have preferred to hear Woody Guthrie's versions, but interesting enough I guess. The catchiest song is probably Ingrid Bergman (the prototype for that Barbara Streisand song), but the one I liked best was probably Christ for president.

Very old but very good. Flits between rock, folk, country and soul effortlessly - not easy to pull off!

A classic, fore good reason. Title track is not my favourite, but lots of other good songs. How do you sleep is probably the one I like best, like a diss track in the style of Lynyrd Skynyrd channeling Oasis.