Rated 10/10
One of my favourite albums by one of my favourite bands.
Lyrically, musically and vocally flawless. My favourite lyric is the first verse of "Some Riot".
Heartbreaking at points, and arguably even more so when you read the story of his friend who it is dedicated to.
5 🌟
Rated 6/10
Decent enough, but a bit dull.
Rated 6/10
Not on Spotify - Joe Rogan sucks!
Pleasant enough, but pretty old sounding and very samey all the way through.
Rated 10/10
Classic, I loved it when I was 17, and I love it still. Funny, dark, conscious, and silly (at different points!)
Rated 8/10
Very good.
A bit rambling at points, but pleasantly rambling. Sounded more like Dylan than I had expected, and lots of influence from The Clash too.
Clear distinction from his work with the Pixies, which I was kind of not really thinking it would be.
Oddly, it made me want to listen to Pixies rather than more of his solo stuff though - just cos I know it better.
Rated 2/10
Nope.
One of my most hated bands, and they still are.
The world does not need Brummies (doing cod reggae).
An album so bad it is practically a hate crime!
Listen to the music they claim to love, not this piss poor facsimile.
0 🌟. Seriously, not even the 1 I had to give it.
Messy, impenetrable lyrics, odd choices of cover versions, and yet, there's something there. Not the best, but one my younger self would probably have liked a lot.
Rated 10/10
Brilliant, awesome, wonderfully funky, almost perfect (and yet funkadelic still just hits better for me!)
Rated 6/10
Very impressive, and enjoyable, and creative. Instrumentals rarely move me as much as songs with lyrics.
Rated 6/10
American landfill indie, like The Strokes' younger brothers listened to too much Editors and Doves (and not enough Elbow or Radiohead) before being let loose in a studio to produce their own album. Good, but not great, and not a band I am likely to explore further
Rated 6/10
Meh, sounds like early Metallica b sides with a worse singer and half finished lyrics.
Sorry Dave!
Rated 8/10
Brilliant.
The drums are really interesting, and the rest of the music and lyrics really good too. Not the best Weller album, but very very good
Rated 10/10
Brilliant
Rated 6/10
Wierd and wonderful, but not really an album of actual songs. Sounds like an audio showreel of production techniques, which it kind of was. Bits of some songs sound like later Radiohead, which is again no bad thing!
Rated 6/10
Decent, but very samey and full of sloppy (but still pretty fun) live versions of a few of the same tracks at the end of the remastered edition.
Really fun, and surprised me how many songs I knew. Tres hombres, tres 🌟
Rated 10/10
Perfect, unimprovable, magnificent, interesting both musically and for its cultural resonance.
Absolutely wonderful
Rated 8/10
Surprised by how many songs I knew, seems to have been everywhere even more than I noticed at the time. Gangster Trippin is still my favourite, but the album as a whole is so good, and so consistent, that it works best as a piece.
Rated 10/10
How to disappear completely might just be the best song ever, and more than half of the others are in contention for a place in my top 100. I loved this album after the first couple of times I heard it, and have loved it ever since. Maybe my favourite Radiohead album, although there is plenty of competition!
Could be 10 out of 5 in my book!
Rated 10/10
Amazing, startling, arresting, wonderful, complex, emotional, and brilliant.
Rated 8/10
Unique, eclectic, mesmerising, fascinating and engaging.
A great mix of samples & interpolations, and some intriguing guests appearing.
