Reviews by keithb

The list of people that can sing but make great music is quite long, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, maybe we can add Neil Young to this list…unfortunately not.

It’s kind of like when I watched Tokyo Godfather’s in July or saw Macy Gray in an ice hockey rink in Canada; context is everything. The second half the of the album is not actually bad and I could see myself enjoying it sat in a bar dingy bar, drinking whiskey late at night anywhere, else it’s no.

It’s only this that saves it from being a 1.

French industrial that sounds very reminiscent of Fetus. Not quite as visceral as JD Therwel but brilliant nonetheless.

Trading between cabaret , tom waits and ministry.

From never hearing of them to adding thier entire discography to my Discogs want list in one record

Reviewing this year’s after the release and death of Bowie will affect the score .

It’s more atmospheric than brilliant but still a great album

cool old Skool
I love old school hip hop and “Step in the Arena” is true to hip-hop origins. So much so it would sit well on the old Eletcro albums - even if it’s 5 years later .

Odd that this was released at the same time as some OG rap albums like O.G by Ice mutherfucking T . Feels closer to De la Soul or even Dream Warriors than anything else - but not quite daisy Age.

Heavy scratching , great beats as a Form of Intelligence

I think the name on the marquee kind of went to his head . From guitarist of Buffalo Springfield to equal billing with Crosby, Nash and young .

Proof not all members of great bands should release solo albums … only slightly better than that drummer from kiss but not much

Would have given it too if not for “old times good times “ being fun

Trip hop
Is not in the dictionary if it where the definition would just be Massive attack’s Discography

Bit repetitive, almost dreary in places. But so where the 90s
Almost all songs out stayed thier welcome and average 5 mins where 3-4 would be better.

If I’m being frank this does not belong on this list .

I lover her voice but this is just so meh

Warm jangly guitar pop - somehow with bob dylan singing

Moody bjork lite. pop with a hint of Portishead.

So this is the effortlessly cool that Dave Lee Roth sought …

Fun and energetic “Prima's” live show is a blast . He takes liberties with his own songs and classic jazz. a marvelous big band experience that somehow leans towards RnB.

occasional flicker … of quality

I understand the frustration but it’s funny how many reviewers are annoyed by the number if Dexys album in this list .

All I can say is there is at least one to many - and it’s this one

proto-industrial, post-punk, metal

Great cover pity about the songs

There is no need to listen to this it; pales in comparison to the truly excellent machine head.

Has all of the individual elements to be great:

Driving base, steady drums , screaming guitars , whaling vocals and whatever an organ does … it’s just all so pedestrian. At least with Machine head I could see why DP where lumped in with early metal pioneers

Anarcho noise pop .

One of those decisive bands that inspires more bands than listeners

All of the elements that define the Velvet underground but actually good.

Trent at the start of his moody goth phase.

It’s fitting that thier big hit is “love in an elevator” - that just seems to be about sexy times in a corporate office setting .

Fair play to Aerosmith for reinventing themselves as an 80s hairmetal band . Pity it was in to a pop hair metal band . It’s all just a bit too clean and corporate in the sound with silly over sexual lyrics that adolescent boys would love.

Jamie’s got a gun is good as are a few other tracks overall but this all feels a little too manufactured like the late 80s version of KISS, Coverdale and The Crëw.

For a super group it didn't sound that interesting. Best as half decent background music.

high craftmanship of pop music that occasionally vers into country.

Eddy Vedder graduated from the Bruce Springsteen school of singing. If a lyric is meaningful then singing with passion is more important than understanding what is being said.

One of the best debut rock albums ever . grunge but not grunge with personal and emotional lyrics

Bombastic, gospel-infused rock is normally associated with Jack White, but this time it’s the Australian incarnation.

As a double album, Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus presents two distinct identities. Abattoir Blues is the more immediate of the two : gospel-soaked, rockier and, by Cave’s standards, commercial. The Lyre of Orpheus, meanwhile, slows things down, leaning further into blues and folk that feel stranger and more unpredictable.

“Fable of the Brown Ape” feels as though it belongs on the second record, and its placement as the closing track on Abattoir Blues makes it a gentle bridge between the two halves.