Rated 4/10
Boring and samey. Sounds like backing music from a Nigella cooking show, possibly performed by one of her smug twat friends. All the songs sound the same, but somehow all worse than each other too. Inoffensive bland nothing, with as much substance as the frothy milk drinks she soundtracks.
Still many million times better than Nico and Morrisey though.
Rated 6/10
Good but not great, with the exception of 'love is a stranger' and the peerless title track. Annie is one of the oddest humans, and Scottish too, but overall this is just too 80s for me
Rated 8/10
Very good, and very odd. If I was born ten years earlier, I would probably have loved this band growing up, but as it is I love the (many, many) bands they influenced.
Rated 6/10
Technically very proficient, but lacking that indefinable something that changes "Muzak" into "art". Pleasant enough, but very very old fashioned and doesn't really help explain his reputation. I did like it (honest!), I just struggle to see how anyone could properly love it.
Rated 10/10
5 🌟
Nah, not for me thanks
Rated 10/10
Cet album est excellent. Je l'ai écouté pendant que <<les bleus>> jouaient leur premier match de la coupe du monde Qatar 2022 - ce qui était une belle coïncidence. Il me fait penser à un Roots Manuva francophone, ou à un Afrika Bambaataa bilingue.
La musique est super, et les paroles sont encore meilleures. Cinq Ă©toiles !
Rated 10/10
Very odd, in that specific 60s way. Very good though, and touches on themes few other bands wrote about.
Really good versions of really old songs. Reading the story behind it was cool too - a kind of hands across the generational divide type of project. Was cool to hear songs that some of my favourite acts (Johnny Cash, Elvis etc) would have listened to growing up.
Surprised how many of the songs I knew - there's even one that Jeff Buckley recorded!
Sounds really old, and not as "country & western" as the title made me expect. Good, but not great, and very long (because it is two albums turned into a double)).
Rated 8/10
Really good, very modern and polished, sounds expensive and lush.
Rated 4/10
Boring, samey, annoying vocals and terrible lyrics. Why is this even on the list?
Rated 2/10
Very very odd, not always in a good way. Not terrible, far from great, but really strange. Not for me thanks.
Still miles better than Nico though!
Rated 10/10
My favourite of his albums that I have listened to, this does a better job of explaining why he has the reputation that he does. Some all time classics, and some really good but less famous songs, adds up to a five 🌟 score
Rated 6/10
More folk than country, but that type of American folk that is right between the two.
Good, but not great, with no songs that will live long in the memory. Perfectly pleasant though.
Rated 6/10
It's ok
Rated 10/10
Brilliant, both for its influence and in its own right. I recognised more songs than I expected, and really enjoyed the ones I hadn't heard before.
Rated 8/10
One of the precursors to classic Brit-pop, probably suffers a bit in comparison with the abundance of classic albums released by Suede and their contemporaries over the few years that followed. Very very good, but just a bit patchy in my opinion
Rated 10/10
Brilliant, with a clear influence on many of my favourite bands - most obviously nirvana but also Biffy and pavement.
Rated 4/10
Probably the wierdest album I have ever listened to. Not the worst - that is still Nico - but very odd, with unusual instrumental choices.
I had no real idea what to expect, and don't want to spoil the surprise for anyone else!
