Reviews by leekelleher

I liked the guitar work, but overall it didn't quite grab my attention. 2.5

Fine for k.d. lang fans. For me, welcome to yawnville! 🥱

Another one of these where I'm like "nope, never heard of them", then found that we've already had another album of theirs on the 1001 list.

Like Water for Chocolate was alright. Is this better? Probably on par. I don't have much opinion on it.

Yup, Lennon's Beatles break-up / childhood therapy album. Plenty to unpack, if you're interested in that sort of thing - today I wasn't.

Having a backlog of Tom Waits albums in my 1001 history, maybe tackling them one after another is not the best approach... it's all so samey... gravelly drunk monologuing.

Again, it's not bad... it's just, well, just.

Leben heißt Leben! Ja! Ja! Get that man a light beer! (if only to wet his gullet, his voice is so gruff!)

I'd stared listening to this yesterday morning, but stopped as I wasn't in the mood. I was off out in the evening for a walk and a train journey into Bristol, so thought it could be my soundtrack. Turns out it was a pretty good soundtrack.

Although, I prefer Kraftwerk's other albums, particularly Trans Europe Express, this one was still pretty good.

Great to listen to something different. Unfortunately, I totally lost interest after 10 minutes.

Interesting album, some parts good, other parts descending into chaos.

Awful album, I had to keep skipping tracks, far too much vocal warbling, made me feel queasy.
I feel slightly mean giving this a 1, probably coz I fancied the pants off Mariah Carey when I was 14.

Was close to giving it a 4, but those crunch bass lines pushed it to a 5!

I've always been a bit hit and miss with Nick Cave. Luckily, this one hit yesterday, enjoyed it.

I think you needed to buy into the whole drama surrounding 2Pac to indulge all this. I didn't hate the album, it's just irreverent to me, I couldn't care less.

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

Listened to this when it came out, thought it was alright, then forgot about it. Listened again a couple of years ago, thought it was alright, then forgot about it again. Now today, I think it's alright, and... I've forgot what I was gonna say.

The album is fine, pretty much what we'd expect of female vocal-led singer/songwriter in the early/mid 90s, it's all fairly middle of the road, along the lines of Sheryl Crow, Liz Phair, Alanis Morissette, et al.

I have ambivalent feelings on this album (and Brian Eno in general). I want to like it, but nothing really grabbed me.

Aside from Maggie May, which is a good tune for a merry sing along, I struggled to muster any kind of enthusiasm for the rest of the album. Even the artwork is beige.

I listened to the first 9 tracks, as per the original release. The 2 hour reissue on Spotify felt a tad overkill.

It's another one of these where the right setting and headspace make a massive difference. Probably late late on a Saturday night, stood in a field around a camp fire, most suitably intoxicated, enjoying the vibes.

Less so listening with headphones on a Tuesday morning at work.

Noted as "techno's first concept album", what that concept is, I dunno bit of a stretch, it's just a bit weird. There's a Portishead remix on there, that's a bonus.

First half of the album is great fun, then the second half gets heavy in the subject matter.