Reviews by k-dot-r

Very powerful, more so than it is vulgar! The foundation of much metal since; a clear influence on slipknot and a7x, and many other heavy & musically gifted bands.

A few classics, a few filler tracks, very lush and expensive sounding. Not for me, really, bar the outstanding title track, but very pleasant and nice

Blander then I would have expected, not really anything particularly memorable. Perhaps one that would benefit from repeated listen listening.

Absolute unsurpassable genius

Boring, weird, problematic at points. Not quite bad enough for 1 ⭐, but just barely scrapes a second one.

Flawless

Good but not great, very serious by his standards, a few good songs but a lot of filler.

Good but patchy, with a bunch of bonus that add nothing.

I'm still not sure live albums should be in the book. If they are, I suppose this is one of the most famous and important but, for me, that's another argument against its inclusion.
As an album, it is sloppy and messy, with only a couple of good songs. The band are clearly having a whale of a time, as are the audience, but it just makes me want to go to a show (probably not Cheap Trick tho!)

Good, but not quite great. He has an astounding voice, and has picked some good songs to sing (other than the rubbish cover of the Stones' 'Satisfaction') but it's just missing a bit of emotion at points. I really enjoyed it, but didn't love it.

The best album of all time. Absolute perfection from the first note to the last. An album I listen to at least four times a week, and always hear something special. The tragedy is that it is his only completed album, but that makes it more special rather than less.
Miss you Jeff

One of my favourite albums of the century so far. Full of songs that were everywhere when I was a student, so always nostalgic for me. However, hard not to hear Bill Bailey singing about hamsters, in the back of my head.
A brilliant album

Meh. Very very pop, not my thing at all, and yet, there is something there. The acoustic indie covers of some of the songs are better, but also show the songs are ok without all the production and nonsense.
"Email my heart" might be the most 1999 song title I have ever heard though, and most of the album just sounds like filler; especially the terrible remixes that close out the album. However, 1 good and 2 decent songs (3 of the 4 singles) => better than the albums that get 1 ⭐ (but only just - like 1.5000000001/5!)

Good but not great. Never a big deal in this country, but perhaps should have been. Reminiscent of Alanis, Björk, and Tori Amos, without the stand out track that an album by any of those artists would have.

0 🌟

Flawless

Not as good as I expected, given the reputation this has. Still good, but not great.

Sounds more of a rock album than I would have expected - maybe cos he was not in Nashville. Still plenty of country music tropes though, from listing all the ways his life sucks (in the opener) to clear threats to kill a cheating lover (in a couple of songs!)

Very, very good, with lots of light and shade. Some points where it is very funny, some where it is very serious, but overall it easily matches the standard of the big singles he had out. Only track that slightly grates is Outro - basically a list of everyone he has ever met!

Brilliant. A band I knew only through the artists they had influenced (Manics, Elastica etc.) but now wish I had explored more. Like a slightly artier Clash, or a Pistols who could actually play.
Wonderful