Reviews by k-dot-r

Not very exciting. The title track stands out a mile as being fun and catchy, but most of the others are pleasant enough but dull.

Very odd and very funny. Talks about all sorts of nonsense that mainstream hip hop didn't (and still doesn't). Very enjoyable, if pretty lyrically dense.

Great album, from a pretty terrible person, who had a really difficult life. Judging purely on the music, hard not to give a great score! Man in the mirror and dirty Diana probably my favourite, although any song featuring Stevie Wonder is also good.

Very weird, not always in a good way. Done better by many other bands, not sure why this is on the list

Virtually flawless, with the only issue being that it is maybe too long - especially the extended version (and even more so the other version on Spotify - which is over 4 hours long!).
My sweet Lord is one of the prettiest songs ever, and so is so much of the album. Hard to believe some of these were rejected from Beatles albums - although they weren't struggling for songs I suppose!

Brilliant.

Clear and obvious influence on The Killers, and pretty much all stadium rock. I never knew how many singles were from this one album - 6 out of 12 tracks charted!

Pretty bad

Pretty dull, probably sounded ahead of its time, but is now over 40 years old. He's not a great singer, and all the songs sound kind of the same. Not a worthy inclusion in my opinion

Very good, albeit a bit maudlin at points. Of course, that was the intention, given the back story.
Interesting to hear it was poorly rated at the time, but it's far from the only album on the list that this applies to.
Not on Spotify (Joe Rogan still sucks).

Very good, although pretty much ignored at the time. Sounds very like his famous songs, but without the baggage of being rock radio staples for a few decades!

Nah, not for me. Probably good if you're into that sort of thing, but I'm not

Really good, and not one I had ever heard of before. Lots of great songs, in the space between country and proto-prog, which seems like a very fun place to be!

Decent background music, but no better. Fine, but not my favourite.

Absolutely not my kind of thing, but a good example of big beat dance music (I think!). Good guests, interesting samples, but all too repetitive to truly enjoy (at least without being on something).

Solid if unspectacular; an album that feels like a warm hug and a mug of cocoa.

Not their best album, but any collection of songs which includes "Kashmir" is fine by me! Plenty of other crackers too, with plenty of miscial light and shade, and loads of lyrical variety.

Shite. Rubbish vocals, dull lyrics, terrible music, weird arrangements and instrumentation.

How is this even on the list?

Good but not great. Lots of filler and interlude instrumentals for what is a pretty short album. Maggie May is a classic though, and he's (sort of) Scottish, so I can't really be too harsh.

One of the few albums my partner owned that I didn't when we moved in together, which is pretty surprising, since I am the hip hop head out of the two of us!
A great album, which is possibly too long, but I can't say what (except the weird instrumental version of 'my favourite things') could be cut.
Two "solo" albums, released as a double, could be a way forward for bands on the verge of breaking up!
Big boi's album is straight up ATL hip hop, and brilliant, but it's Andre 3000's convincing impressions of Prince, but southern, that really stands out.
Wonderful, weird, interesting and engaging, I loved it!!

I still don't really know enough to describe or even critique this "properly", but I do know I enjoyed it, and appreciated the talent of the musicians involved.