Reviews by k-dot-r

Very good, very consistent, very of its time. A song like ten inch record would probably not be released nowadays!

Brilliant, with a few tracks that are even better than that! It's the end of the world ... and To the one I love are stone cold classics.

Also features the shortest review of another artist's album - " 'Standing on the Shoulders of Giants' leaves me cold" - Mr Stipe is obviously not a fan of Oasis's later work!

Flawless

Very varied, big singles are obviously the most catchy/immediate, but it works really well as a (loose) concept album too. I didn't really realise it was her only solo album - although I guess she did plenty of other work with the Fugees, and others, that she didn't really need to work too hard as a solo artist. A great album, which scores juuuust over 4.5 - meaning it scores 5!

Very old fashioned, with very short and (occasionally) repetitive songs. More my dad's taste than mine, but still very enjoyable.

Possibly his best work, which is saying something! Very varied, with features and guest verses all over the shop. Wonderful, even if it should probably lose a star for him going so fully insane in the time since.
But, my rules, and I've decided it would have been six if he had stayed sane!

Very odd, in a good way, with a dazzling range of styles and genres. Influences from rock, country, hip-hop, dance, and a bunch of other fields. I already loved the "big" songs, but was pleasantly surprised by how good some of the others were as well.
Falls just short of a 5 🌟, but only just!

Very old, a genre I still don't quite understand, a slightly messy live recording, much too long (at least the linked Spotify version), but still pretty magical at points.

I am not listening to this Nazi prick and his shite band. Never have (even changing the radio station if they come on) never will. I hate this band, especially their arsehole of a singer, and I always will.

*googles* how to give a rating below zero

Il est belge, mais il chante en français, donc je n'ai compris qu'une grande partie de ce qu'il a chanté. Cela sonne très bien, mais assez démodé. Je l'ai aimé, mais je ne l'ai pas adoré. 3 étoiles

Very important, but has been done better by other bands since. Didn't realise there would be harmonica!

Patchy and inconsistent but pretty enjoyable. Clear influences, from the bands you would probably expect them to be influenced by.

Abysmal, barely a single coherent thought in the whole shebang. Absolutely rubbish, but still better than the Nico album!

0.00000001 🌟

Meh. Very shiny and expensively produced, a few clever lines, but mostly just generic 80s bland nonsense.

Probably the only album with songs later covered by both The Byrds and Rage Against The Machine. One of Dylan's better ones, with lots of good songs, but he never was a good singer so they get a bit lost. Enjoyable enough, but far from the masterpiece I would perhaps have expected.

Certainly very short - about 30 minutes - but also very good. Neil Hannon is a great singer and lyricist, with a slightly skewed perspective on the world. Wonderful, if perhaps a bit one paced and similar sounding. I really liked it

Good, but not great; a clear influence on the punk movement that followed, especially The Clash.

Brilliant, wonderful, hypnotic, genius.
Pretty much invented a genre (along with massive attack)
An all time classic

Very good, although not very exciting to me. She's a great singer though, and following in a grand tradition of soul/disco crossover.

Not really my kind of thing, but oddly hypnotic after a while. No real stand out tracks, but pleasant enough