Reviews by kitch82

This is a good album. Great bluesy sound, with good lyrics and vocals. I enjoyed it.

Plus, points are the bluesy sound, the backing tracks, the lyrics, and vocals. Fantastic!
On the negative side the album is very front loaded and far too long. It could have easily been the first 10 tracks. Shorter and sharper would have made it a 4/5

There are some great tracks, I really enjoyed too afraid to love you and ten cent pistol. The big hits tighten up and Howlin for you are great tracks too.

Favourite song: Too afraid to love you
Least favourite: the last 5-6 tracks. they feel like filler.
Album artwork: Love it

I do love a good live album and this one is very enjoyable.

Frampton is a good songwriter, and fantastic guitarist who sounds like he is having fun on stage. There is a huge hint of Dad rock, but Dad rock at its best.

Baby I love your way is a fantastic song.

Favourite song: Do you feel like we do was brilliant. What a guitar solo to finish the gig.
Least favourite: I really didnt enjoy the jumpin jack flash cover
Album artwork: Cool cover

90s alt-rock is such an average genre of music. there are so many bands this album could have been and so many bands who were doing the same thing at this time.

Mrs Robinson and knowing me knowing you are good covers; they get a star on their own!

Apart from the covers this is a very basic album that could be by anyone at that time and is instantly forgettable. That said I enjoyed Rockin stroll and It’s a shame about ray. Particularly the demos that are on the extended versions.

Favourite song: Knowing me knowing you
Least favourite: Nothing was bad, yet nothing was very good at all.
Album artwork: Cool cover.

I liked this album. Had no idea what the lyrics say but the music is funky, well put together and fast paced. That said I am not sure I would listen to it again.

Great grooves, great variation and some great guitaring on this album.

Favourite song: Mesus Filhos, Meu Tesouro has a great sound to it. I have no idea what it is about and I love Africa Brasil, it has a real feel good vibe.
Least favourite: Nothing was horrible. the music on the album is very good.
Album artwork: Good cover. its doesn’t look like a 70s cover

A Bee Gees concept album!!! and not only a concept album, but it’s an album also that caused the group to break up! I am excited to listen to it all the way through. When I last heard this about 20 years ago, I thought it was naff!

Listening again there is a country influence on this album which I don’t think suits them and their melodies. There are also some very odd songs like Edison and Melody fair and no big hits.

The Bee Gees have made some of the greatest pop songs of all time. there are not any on this album though. It’s one I wouldn’t listen to again and was not worth the heartache it caused them in the 4 months it took to record.

That said I love Robins voice and Lamplight is a great tune! and I love First of May so that gives this album a 2/5.

Favourite song: Lamplight and First of May
Least favourite: Most of the album
Album artwork: Standard yet effective.

This is a brilliant album, a genuine 5/5, and one I absolutely wasn’t expecting to give.

It’s the first time I’ve properly listened to a full Roxy Music album, and I was hooked. As soon as it finished, I went straight into Avalon and then followed it up with For Your Pleasure. That says everything.

There’s something incredibly confident about Country Life. It balances art rock experimentation with sharp, melodic songwriting. You can hear how influential it’s been, from the dramatic poise of Morrissey to the darker romanticism of Nick Cave. The glamour, the moodiness, the slightly detached cool, it’s all here.

I loved Prairie Rose, A Really Good Time, All I Want Is You, and Out of the Blue. There are so many strong tracks that the album never dips. It feels cohesive but never dull, stylish without being shallow.

Favourite track: Out of the Blue, brilliant from start to finish. The driving bassline carries it, and the instrumental break in the middle is superb
Least favourite track: Bitter-Sweet, this one didn’t quite click and felt more like atmosphere than a song
Album artwork: Lovely, bold, provocative, and instantly iconic, perfectly matching the album’s confident and slightly decadent feel

I surprising liked this album in moments, Initially, I judged a book by its cover and thought it wouldn’t be my thing, but it was good.

There is good variation in the album with a very unique sound throughout with a sense of familiarity like I had heard it before with tracks like Pumpkin and Hell is round the corner.

Favourite song: Overcome and Black Steel
Least favourite: Abbaon fat tracks. just horrible lyrics.
Album artwork: Not for me.

1hr and 33 minutes of late 60s jazz. What a way to start the week!!

I was not a fan at all. Everything sounds the same and is boring. I couldnt pick a favourite or least favourite track.

Album artwork: Cool cover though

A really interesting and genuinely different listen — I enjoyed this a lot, and I’ll definitely come back to it.

Musically, the sound shifts constantly throughout the album. It’s inventive, unpredictable and very clever. There’s art-rock chaos, glam swagger, and moments that feel both loose and tightly controlled at the same time. You can hear how influential this record became.

That said, it does lose a bit of momentum for me around the midpoint. From “Dead Finks Don’t Talk” onwards, it dips slightly before picking itself back up. The first half, though, is electric.

Favourite tracks: The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch and Baby’s on Fire. You can hear clear hints of both Talking Heads’ angularity and Bowie’s glam theatrics in these — forward-thinking and full of attitude.
Least favourite: Tracks 8–10 drag a little for me.
Album artwork: A cool, abstract cover that perfectly reflects the album’s experimental edge.

The White Album by The Beatles is a brilliant record, and at times close to perfect, even if it does feel a little too long.

There’s an argument that if this had been trimmed down to a tight 11 or 12 tracks, it could be their very best album. As it stands, it’s more of a sprawling collection of ideas, but what a collection it is. The range on display is incredible, jumping from rock and blues to folk and experimentation, and showing just how versatile the band had become.

At its best, it’s outstanding. Songs like Glass Onion, Blackbird, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps highlight the individual strengths of each member and just how strong they were creatively at this point. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da has always been a bit of a hidden favourite for me, and Back in the U.S.S.R. is a brilliant, high-energy opener that sets the tone.

There are moments where it drifts and feels indulgent, which is where the length becomes an issue, but the highs are so good that it hardly matters overall.

Favourite tracks: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da and Back in the U.S.S.R.
Least favourite tracks: Revolution 9, Mother Nature’s Son, and Cry Baby Cry feel unnecessary
Album artwork: Classic, simple, and instantly recognisable

I have never listened to Z Z top before, I am looking forward to this, I am expecting Bearded rock and roll!!

What I got is what I expected and I enjoyed it. Beardy blues rock with some great guitar riffs. The album is enjoyable but not ground breaking, its a decent score of 3/5. it lacks a couple of really big songs!

Favourite song: Hot blue and righteous and La grange
Least favourite: None of the tracks were bad!
Album artwork: Green!!!

I really enjoyed this album. I saw Badly Drawn Boy support Squeeze in November and meant to listen to this album the day after that and never got round to it. I am glad I did today.

There are some lovely melodies and pop songs on this album.

Favourite song: The Shinning is a lovely song, and I really enjoyed once around the block.
Least favourite: I enjoyed all the tracks on the album.
Album artwork: Cool cover

80s Music at its best. I really enjoyed this album.

There are some great pop songs on this album like Open your heart, The things that dreams are made of and dont you want me.

Favourite song: Love action ( I belive in love) and dont you want me.
Least favourite: All good
Album artwork: Cool cover

This album is pleasant background music but also easily forgettable. Nothing grabbed me at all, everything sounded the same and blended into one.

Jazz and folk are not my genres and when mixed together give you a 1/5

Favourite song: I couldn’t pick one
Least favourite: Harry’s House / Centre piece.
Album artwork: Cool cover

I am slightly biased because Queen were one of my childhood favourite bands, but this is still a fantastic record.

It is brave to open an album with an instrumental, yet “Brighton Rock” is a masterpiece. Brian May’s guitar work is astonishing and it sets the tone perfectly. To follow that with “Killer Queen”, which could genuinely be their greatest song, is an incredibly strong one two punch.

Overall, this is not their very best album, but it is a very good one. It works brilliantly as a complete piece and shows a different side of Queen beyond the overplayed greatest hits. There are real hidden gems here. “Flick of the Wrist” has bite and edge, and “Lily of the Valley” is delicate and beautiful. It proves just how versatile they were in the mid seventies.

Favourite song: Killer Queen. One of the best songs of all time.
Least favourite: Tenement Funster. Not for me at all.
Album artwork: A superb and striking cover that perfectly captures the band’s theatrical style

Cashing in was a great tune. I had to wait to the end of the album to get to a song with meaning and not just noise.

I did not enjoy this album. No Melodies and pointless lyrics.

Favourite song: cashing in
Least favourite: tracks 1-8
Album artwork: I love the album cover

Australian Smiths or Cure. Really good stuff!!

Favourite song: Love is a sign, You cant say no forver and streets of your town.
Least favourite: Im allright was not the best if I am being picky.
Album artwork: Cool cover from a great band

This album was OK. Not my type of music and not something I can ever see myself listening to again though.

Favourite song: couldn’t pick one
Least favourite: again couldn’t pick one
Album artwork: Cool cover

Chilled out soul music that is just a little boring. It feels like the album wants to go somewhere but it doesn’t quite get there. In short this album is dull.

Favourite song:
Least favourite:
Album artwork: Not one for the wall at home.

The perfect Christmas album to listen to on Christmas Day with the family. This can only be listened to in December but Phil Spectors versions of these hits are good.

Favourite song: Santa Claus is coming to town.
Least favourite: silent night. I have always found this song creepy.
Album artwork: Could be more festive