Reviews by leekelleher

I hadn't heard this before, on first listen it's fairly generic early 90s American indie shoegaze grunge rock. It's listenable enough, but no earworms.

CHVRN RATΞ

Fantastic album, Joplin is a vocal powerhouse!

Is it dated? Is it repetitive? Did I head bop along to it?
Yup to all the above.
Will I listen again? Probably not.

I dunno, this is fine, but if I had to pick a Fatboy Slim album to listen to before I died, it'd have to be You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby.

Haha, what the...??!

Listening on YouTube added to the batshit craziness, I couldn't tell when there was an advert or was it part of the album?! The comments section did make me laugh!

"I have never experienced such a strong desire to keep listening and stop listening at the same time."

"I listen to this album when I vacuum my lawn."

"This sounds like a Salvador Dali painting."

"This sounds like an entire band falling down the stairs, but they keep playing."

I ended up watching a few more YouTube videos dissecting this album and I found myself slowly warming towards it's mastery and absurdity.

I wasn't aware of this until the mid-90s, I took a punt on it when HMV had it on offer. This was before the BBC butchered Perfect Day for Children In Need. Anyway, fantastic album and it's been on regular rotation ever since.

"I've got blisters on my fingers!"

Difficult for me not to give this a 5.

Fast, thrashy and pointed, pretty much what you want from a punk album.

I guess if you were part of the late 70s punk scene this would be gold dust, but mid-2020s it just sounds chaotic.

Just another ex-1001 album!™
http://1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie.wikidot.com/album-artists-a-z-ex

I like the idea of supergroups doing interesting things. While this was interesting in places, I found it overall boring.

Any one else notice the artwork of Alison Goldfrapp's doubled head looks like a vagina? I can't unsee it!

Feel it's gonna be a similar to my review of Seventh Tree... I enjoyed it, unfortunately quite forgettable.

This is satire, right?

Now I like Prog, but I also like Rock. But which is better? There's only one way to find out, FIGHT!!!

The kind of background music you'd have on whilst cooking a casserole. It's fine but dated, just like my Le Creuset.

I'd been reading Nick Hornby's 31 Songs recently, so Thunder Road is an interesting one, personally I still don't like it, (don't get me started about the harmonica), but have listened to it differently since reading that book.

Born To Run is fine, but overall I still feel indifferent about Bruce Springsteen. 2.5

Enjoyed this, more good grunge from the Mudhoney lads! This one probably doesn't need to be on the 1001 list, given that Superfuzz Bigmuff is so great!

Happy Sad or Meh! 🤷

Just another ex-1001 album!™
http://1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie.wikidot.com/album-artists-a-z-ex

#TIL Kings of Leon are a family band (3 brothers and a cousin).

My knowledge of Kings of Leon is limited to a dislike of the overplayed "Sex On Fire" and nauseating "Use Somebody". So I surprised myself that I quite enjoyed this debut album.

Short and sweet, screamy shouty, punky punk, pulling no punches, what's not to love?! 🤘

...cup of tea anyone?

Just another ex-1001 album!™
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Felt like an odd album, nothing seemed to happen, still I nodded along with it, then forgot about it.