Rated 10/10
Ever since those first few acoustic chords I’ve been hooked then when the inevitable drums come in and the album starts and just does not let up
One of the best thrash metal albums ever …. Strike that one of the best metal albums … no one of THE best albums ever .
Rated 6/10
Good grunge album - a little to much screaming into the mic to be great -
Surprisingly spoty in quality: hole have some of the best grunge songs and others are just really dull
Rated 6/10
Quintessential 90s RNB . Waterfalls is an all time favourite of mine .
polished production and the great mix of R&B/hip hop, soul and even pop resulting in massive crossover appeal.
Still sounds great today
Rated 4/10
I normally like random noises and incomprehensible singing but Radiohead just leave me cold . Plinky plinky industrial lite … just dull
Rated 6/10
What is it’s with auto tune in the 90s - it was so ubiquitous that you can hear it in the guitar on this album . Seriously a great album ruined by auto tune , not sure why bono even felt the need.
Admittedly it is subtle and less obvious as the album goes on - or am I just getting used to it . Then ultraviolet comes on and proves me wrong
Rated 4/10
AOR ?
MOR ?
more like
BOR … ING
Sounding more like the J Gilles band than I would have thought for a band I think of as synth rock
Then best friends girl comes on - which I always wrongly thought was by J Gilles.
Rated 4/10
Middle of the road grunge if middle was spelt MEH
Rated 6/10
A classic album suffering from the wrong first song
Brighton rock would be great if it was 2.5 mins long - the whole guitar section is just dull
Queen are like a rocky version of sparks , bombastic songs with a musical theater bent
Generally good and only stopped from being great by a couple of songs
Rated 6/10
Beck is able to do something that Radiohead can’t, make a sad mournful album interesting to listen to
Rated 8/10
Shhh...Peaceful in a silent way .
Rated 10/10
5 stars before even finding the vinyl and putting on repeat ,
There is something about a mournful female voice paired with a steel guitar that is heartbreakingly beautiful (auto correct wanted to change that to brutal - which seems to fit equally)
Rated 6/10
Britpop meets Seattle grunge , two very distinct sounds combine in what is a Fun album all things considered.
Very of its time but not bad for that
The singles are all excellent and probably worth bumping this a rank
Brilliant but oh so long
Love Ella more than I do Gershwin .
Not sure a 6 disc box set should be on this list , even as nice as this is . The problem is, is it’s 3 hours of easy listening Jazz . Loved it and was annoyed in equal measure so 2.5 - rounding up as 2 feels churlish
More showaddywaddy* than shugi oatis: white boomer blues where it’s more about showing how good a guitarist you are than anything meaningful or soulful.
I thought Yngwie Malmsteen was a dull fret masturbator, Eric Clapton somehow made even that look like a rising force.
I could not make it through this in one session - even with Layla as a carrot.
I seriously need to start tracking these classic double albums that could be a okay if it was a single - might have kept this from being 2 - but I doubt it.
* look up Leicester’s “finest” ( actually don’t) - who somehow had 10 top 10 hits - 7 year old me did love thier version of “under the moon of love”not knowing it to be the crappy camp cover it was
Rated 10/10
That voice got me hooked from “Them”onwards . It’s enough to make me ignore the religious overtones in his work - and the fact that he turned into a boomer bellend recently .
My dad’s favorite singer , or joint with Dylan, not influenced by the fact they hung out together in Belfast back in the day .
The cover is proof that he once had hair - the current state of which he is trying to disguise by wearing a hat for the last 40 years - we know your balled Van, it’s okay you can take of the hat.
Rated 4/10
Interesting sound scales does not always make for an interesting album
Rated 8/10
Smooth like butter
91 was a great year in hip hop - everything from Ice T at his most O.G to Mantronix.
“The low end theory” might have gone unnoticed with its blend of jazz and hip and slower pace eschewing money and hoes for musically and lyrically interesting songs.
Rated 8/10
Jack white doing jack white things
Rated 8/10
Simultaneously Melancholy meets euphoric Brit pop . Not their best album but still great .
Rated 8/10
Energetic acoustic punk ?
How was this not a 90s album .
