Reviews by k-dot-r

Pretty bad, pretty boring, really odd.
Like someone listened to the instrumentals from Radiohead albums and decided to make a tribute compilation.

Crap

Boring, samey, bizarre lyrics, nowhere near as good as I was expecting from its reputation.

Meh

Fills the gap between Springsteen and Johnny Cash, which is a pleasant place to be. Musically and lyrically great, and really fun.

Brilliant, really reminds me of being a teenager back when it was out. Some big hits (in the UK at least), including song 2, but i think some of the lo-fi low key tracks are my favourites.

Not as good as the reputation it has - only a couple of good songs and a lot of filler, especially on the special edition with live versions.

Very good, great at points, with such a sad story of the aftemath and the tragic loss of Amy. What a talent she was!
A majestic album, which I find really hard to separate from its creator, and which is largely responsible for people thinking Mark Ronson was a production genius (rather than a bit of a one trick pony)
As music, and an album, it is an absolute masterpiece

Perfection

Nope. He can't sing, and is a Nazi, and isn't a good lyricist, and is a Nazi, and writes terrible music, and is a Nazi, and really puts the "pretentious" in "pretentious wanker", and also, and I can't stress this enough, is a Nazi.

0 🌟

Brilliant, hard to believe it was their first album - it sounds so focused and complete. Breakdown and American Girl are stand outs, but it is all great!

Only ok, like mediocre punk mixed with the worst excesses of the 80s. A pale shadow of the music they love, but interesting nonetheless

Perfection

Sounds like a bunch of 80s TV themes, probably because they were the future when TV theme writers were getting into writing. Very repetitive, good background music for studying perhaps.

Meh

Fantastic, perhaps perfect. Stevie is such a treasure, I love pretty much all of his work, and this is no exception.
Absolutely wonderful

Nonsense, very very old fashioned, not very exciting.

A bad pastiche of some very old music - sounds like someone trying to recreate Johnny Cash or Eagles having only heard them once. Not what I expected from The Byrds, and not as good. Decent enough I guess, but nothing memorable in the whole album.

Very fun, it sounds awesome to be young in 1978! Songs are very dated though, as they are very of their time. Hard to pick a favourite, since they all sound basically the same, but the first three tracks are definitely a very strong start to the album.

Brilliant, although very short. Super catchy, really evocative of the time. Sounds like a bunch of other bands that were about at the same time, but with an added dose of Swedish eccentricity.