Rated 6/10
Yet another ex-1001 album!™
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I enjoyed it well enough, it's just that I don't know how to differentiate it from Beck's other albums on the 1001 list.
Has a few standout tracks, the rest blend in around the edges.
Rated 4/10
I'm unsure what environment is ideal to listen to this. I'd probably enjoy this being performed live at some jazzy open mic night, but listening on headphones at my desk... it sounds like a lot of drunken drivel.
Rated 6/10
When this album came up, I was like "who's Stephen Stills?" Which is the real tragedy, as he's a talent and should be more well known than he is. Ah yes, Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills & Nash, of course!
Several decent songs on this album, not always my sort of thing, but overall quite good. 3.5
Rated 6/10
The album starts off quite strong, but plateaus off to fair generic country & western.
My mum loves Dolly Parton and specifically the opening track, which is a great song, that's enough to inflate my rating.
I'm not sure what to do with this. Is Ella Fitzgerald a great singer, yes. Do I have time to listen to a 3+ hours, 6 disc boxset album? Probably. But do I want to? Not really. I ended up listening to disc 1 and parked it.
I may revisit on some rainy Sunday, today wasn't the day.
Yet another ex-1001 album!™
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Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth still hits the nostalgia notes! The rest of the album is fine, a bit wishy washy... but yeah, I agree: Every Day Should Be a Holiday!
Rated 4/10
One of the cousins had a kid named James, and he was always referred to as Sweet Baby James... literally ALL THE TIME, to the point of "was this a joke?" I still don't get it.
Rated 6/10
Yet another ex-1001 album!™
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Our second encounter with The Beta Band on the 1001 list, similar to the previous one, it's fine, some good bits, but quickly forgettable.
Opening standout track, Squares, felt like yet another heavily sampled version of Wallace Collection's "Daydream"... probably best to leave one that to I Monster's "Daydream in Blue". 2.5
Rated 8/10
Despite a couple of lacklustre tracks, it's a good album! You can tell they'd started to experiment with recording/production techniques, refining that "Queen" sound.
Rated 8/10
Why am I feeling nostalgic listening to this? I wasn't even into Oasis when this came out. I guess it's one of those cultural things that creeps up on you over the years.
Rated 4/10
For those who love Sultans of Swing... here's 40 minutes of the same.
Rated 6/10
Our third Sonic Youth album on the list; similar in ways to their other albums; good artsy noise-music.
Rated 6/10
Yet another ex-1001 album!™
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I quite enjoyed it, pleasant and dreamy, unfortunately quite forgettable. Well, except for Happiness, that got suck in my head for the rest of the day.
...and those gorgeous eyes!
Rated 4/10
Connected and Step It Up are the rememberable ones... the rest, meh!
Rated 6/10
As insanely cool the guitar work and drums are; it's a relentless 35 minutes of thrash metal. (I skipped the live tracks on the deluxe edition.)
Rated 6/10
A short and enjoyable listen. I'm a bit critical that it's 6 tracks and half of those are covers, so more like a rough & ready EP.
Rated 6/10
Having only listened to Heaven or Las Vegas, which I quite enjoyed, Treasure feels similar yet rawer.
Rated 10/10
Welcome to the Terrordome!
Rated 4/10
What is this folk baroque rock? Take these magic mushrooms, and offer a tribute to the Wicker Man.
Rated 1/10
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