Rated 2/10
Not my type of music at all. In summary I found this album to be background noise and absolute rubbish!!
Favourite song: Oxygene part 4. I have heard this somewhere before and can’t quite place it.
Least favourite: Every song on the album called oxygene!
Album artwork: Cool cover but that’s about as good as it gets.
Rated 2/10
The only Death in Vegas song I know is Scorpio rising so I am looking forward to listening and learning more about them.
The album starts with Dirge and its a great start, its dark and gloomy and builds well. I love it. Aisha was also a fun track. The rest of the album was just boring. there was nothing that grabbed you. I am shocked this made the list!!
Favourite song: Dirge and Aisha are great tunes
Least favourite: The rest of the album was just boring
Album artwork: Cool cover
Rated 2/10
This album is not for me at all.
Favourite song: I couldnt pick one
Least favourite: There was nothing on the album I enjoyed.
Album artwork: Meh
Rated 4/10
Kings of Leons transition to pop music and a new teenage fanbase!! I heard this album so much growing up. I hated it at the time, let’s see how I feel 15 years later.
The start of the album is superb, Closer and crawl are traditional KOL songs, driven by pure raw pop rock. Use somebody and sex is on fire are great pop songs that bring in new fans and widen their reach. It’s a great start.
After track 4 the album really does drop of a cliff. The rest of the album feels like it is going through the motions with the tracks being very dull and samey without any style. The album is not one I would listen to again. Ill stick to the greatest hits.
Favourite song: the first 4 songs, they are superb.
Least favourite: Be somebody, overplayed and awful.
Album artwork: I like this cover, I do remember it being different and green back in the day.
Rated 10/10
Every song is pure rock and roll fun. I loved the album and will listen to it again. It is the birth of rock and roll.
Brilliant vocals and great guitar. The demos on the deluxe version show just how raw and powerful little Richard was vocally.
Favourite song: Tutti Frutti and long tall Sally are brilliant tracks
Least favourite: Everything is really good.
Album artwork: Cool cover
Rated 6/10
I really enjoyed this album; it was a pleasant listen with some great lyrics and melodies. It will be listened to again.
I felt it lacked a couple of killer hits for it to be anything more than a 3/5
Favourite song: Tiny Dancer is a belter.
Least favourite: "All the nasties" was a bit naff
Album artwork: Cool cover.
Rated 10/10
This is a really good album. I always had Lennon down as a single’s solo artist. I take it back. this is a great album.
Taking away the big hits of Imagine and Jealous guy there are some great hidden gems like How? and crippled inside.
Favourite song: Jealous guy. I have always loved that song.
Least favourite: There isn’t a bad song on the album
Album artwork: Iconic cover
Rated 4/10
There is a couple of very nice songs on this album Close to you and Weve only just begun are lovely.
The rest of the album is just really wet!
Favourite song: Close to you.
Least favourite: The cover of help is awful
Album artwork: A little bit creepy
Rated 2/10
I really don’t get the hype with Jay-Z.
I find this record hard to rate as it was just very mediocre, nothing stood out at all, and it was all very same! Really dull stuff. I will never listen to this again.
Favourite song: All I need.
Least favourite: Almost every track in the album.
Album artwork: Meh!
Rated 6/10
There are some tracks on this album Hotel Yorba and Fell in love with a girl are fantastic rock and roll songs. 2 minutes each of guitar music and raw energy. Great songs.
Favourite song: Hotel Yorba. I have always loved this song.
Least favourite: From track 10 onwards there is a lot of filler. I feel this album could easily just be the first 10 songs. I didn’t enjoy I think I smell a rat.
Album artwork: Cool cover
Rated 6/10
This is so 80S!!
The main tracks on the album, "like a prayer", "express yourself" "cherish" and "pray for Spanish eyes" are superb. I also enjoyed songs I had not heard before like "till death do us part"
On the downside, there are some bang average songs on this album there to make up the numbers like Love song and "Dear Jessie"
In summary this is a good fun that is very of its time.
Favourite song: "Like a prayer" is one of the all-time great pop songs
Least favourite: There were some tracks on the album I just couldn’t get into like "Love Song"
Album artwork: Great cover
Rated 10/10
A perfect album.
Sound Affects is full of energy, urgency and anger, but it is also sharp, melodic and incredibly intelligent. The lyrics are powerful and socially important. The fact that songs written in 1980 still feel completely relevant more than forty years later says everything about how good Paul Weller was at capturing everyday British life.
“That’s Entertainment” should be the national anthem. It is the song of my youth. Observational, honest and beautifully simple, yet it hits harder than almost anything else from that era.
The whole album is relentless in the best possible way. It is tight, focused and full of attitude, but never loses its musicality. Every track feels essential.
Favourite songs: That’s Entertainment, Start and Pretty Green. I could easily list every track.
Least favourite: None. It is perfect.
Album artwork: An iconic cover that perfectly reflects the mood and style of the record
Rated 4/10
This felt like a parody album or a bit of a joke. It has some good moments but is so random in parts. The album switches from French to instrumental with no rhyme nor reason.
That said it has some good tracks on it, I really like "songs of love". I have heard it somewhere before but I can’t picture where (Father Ted). I also enjoyed 'love is lighter than air". You can see why the reviews are so polarising. The good moments on the album lifted the score to 2/5.
I liked the miracle is mine from the extended version. Maybe this is just because I am a fan of father ted.
Favourite song: Songs of love
Least favourite: The theme from Casanova is a very boring instrumental.
Album artwork: Cool cover
Rated 10/10
This album is perfect. My favourite Dylan album.
Every song is a belter. I loved the turn to electric and the new rock and roll sound of Dylan. It is also great to hear the move lyrically from politics to love. Dylan is a poet!
Favourite song: I love stuck inside of mobile with the memphis blues again and just like a woman.
Least favourite: Every song is perfect
Album artwork: Iconic album cover.
Rated 6/10
I can’t believe this album is 30 years old. I can remember it coming out and Waterfalls being all over the radio!
Its OK with some good pop songs but not really my thing.
Favourite song: Switch, waterfalls and creep are great tunes
Least favourite: Sexy interlude and Intermission lude. I am not sure they were needed
Album artwork: Standard album cover
Rated 2/10
Around the world is a good song as a stand-alone song, when you listen to it as part of the album its repetitive and boring as all songs on the album follow the same pattern.
I know people adore Daft Punk, I have never understood why. This album in summary is dull, all the songs are the same with repetitive lyrics and very little change in gear. It’s just very boring. I have no idea how this made the list.
Favourite song: Around the world
Least favourite: Everything is just very meh and boring.
Album artwork: Cool cover
Rated 6/10
This is not my thing at all, yet it’s a fun listen.
It’s a protest album with powerful lyrics, strong energy, and great music throughout. It’s fun.
Favourite song: Only 4 to choose from but it is easily Zombie
Least favourite: Everything was an easy listen with some great beats.
Album artwork: Cool cover
Rated 6/10
The indie artists of the 90s and 00s love this album. Noel Gallagher raves about it. I have never understood the hype. There she goes is a fantastic tune but it doesn’t make an album. That said let’s give it another listen. It’s been 20 years!!
After another listen this is a fun / average Britpop album with 1 great song on it. I also enjoyed IOU and Freedom song. Its a better album than I originally thought!!
Favourite song: There she goes
Least favourite: Nothing is bad, there are just quite a few average tunes on it. Way out is a good example of that. Average music and average story telling lyrics
Album artwork: It’s an iconic album cover
Rated 8/10
I love the Wu-Tang Clan, When this albm came up I was excited to give some of the members solo work a go.
This album has very clever lyrics that flow well. Its a step ahead of other hip hop albums as GZA talks about important subjects in a meaningful way. Very good!!
Favourite song: 4th Chamber and I gotcha back
Least favourite: Everything had a place and was worth a listen
Album artwork: Not one to be hung up at home
Rated 2/10
An awful person singing about awful things. The lyrics on this album are genuinely awful and repressive.
It’s a 0/5 score if that was possible!!
