Rated 4/10
Hadn't heard of Skepta. Not something I'd choose to listen to, fam, the album is listenable enough, fam, the skits get tiresome, fam, but decent beats to keep me engaged, doubt I'd listen again, fam.
My highlight was picking up on the QotSA "Regular John" sample/loop on "Man".
2.5
Rated 8/10
I've listened to Fugazi's 13 Songs compilation album a bunch of times. Hadn't listened to Repeater before, pretty good, plenty of punky beats to mosh around to!
Rated 6/10
Yet another band I'd never heard of, and probably wont hear about ever again. The album was alright, some tracks felt a bit Arcade Fire-y, which was no bad thing.
Ouch, not for me, yawnville! I nearly fell asleep 3 times whilst listening. I had to google photos of Linda Ronstadt (younger, of course, but whatever), just to keep me awake.
Rated 8/10
I had this on frequent play when it first came out, still sounds great (to me) today.
Rated 6/10
I was fully expecting to be a wanky narcissistic solo debut, but it turned out to be quite enjoyable. Probably never listen to it again though.
Rated 4/10
It was fine, but nothing particular jumped out at me. 2.5
Rated 1/10
According to Wikipedia, "Ryan Adams; Not to be confused with Bryan Adams." Also, the anecdote about "Summer of '69" made me laugh.
As for the album, too long, uninteresting and I've reached a point in the 1001 albums that I definitely have a problem with the harmonica. Make it stop!
Rated 8/10
How have I never heard of this band?! Loving the punchy underground rock.
Takes me back to those 90s rock nightclubs, 2-for-1 drinks of whatever rancid alcopop they were flogging, sweaty moshpits, drunken bruises, foolishly thinking we were living our best lives, yeh!
Rated 8/10
"Guess what! I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more bongo!"
Rated 6/10
Doubt it'd ever be something I'd actively seek out, but I happily had it on in the background. Decent swampy blues.
Rated 4/10
I always want to like Björk's music more than I actual do. There are moments when I can't decide whether it's genius or just self-indulgent weirdness. 2.5
Our fourth (and final) Kinks album on the 1001 list. I never really got into The Kinks, dunno why its good music, and this album is pretty decent, but if I was going to recommend a Kinks album, I'd go with "Something Else".
Rated 8/10
All these guitar riffs, licks and solos, it's a massive wankfest... and I loved every minute of it! 🤘
Rated 8/10
Some of the lyric subjects no longer align with modern thinking, but I maybe was enjoying the crunchy punky bass riffs a little too much.
Rated 6/10
I'd heard of Afghan Whigs, (and keep reading it as "Afghan Wings", I dunno, dyslexia), but never listened to anything by them.
The album is decent enough, I enjoyed the guitars and bass riffs, but still all quite forgettable.
Rated 10/10
That's a pretty cool album!
Rated 4/10
It's fine for its time, short enough to not get bored, but the nostalgia didn't hold for me. It probably only made the list due to the Mrs. Robinson cover, which was only appended onto the re-release edition.
Rated 8/10
First listened to this last year, thought it was great fun. I've grown quite fond of Einar's dry witted vocals.
Rated 6/10
Remember when Bruce Dickinson did a cover of "Elected" with Mr Bean? Haha... I think I have a copy of the single somewhere, (yeah yeah, it was to support Comic Relief). 🤣
As for the album, it was fine, semi-enjoyed it. Though it does make me question the Hard Rock genre, as generally feels quite soft.
