Reviews by leekelleher

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

I hadn't heard this album before, it was alright.

Upbeat, pop-punk, good fun!

I am told this is quintessential shoegaze.

Not really my sort of thing, but had a good read up about Ride, Andy Bell, Creation Records and Oasis, etc; interesting how shoegaze paving the way for Britpop.

2.5

Enjoyed listening to this back-to-back with Garvey's Ghost.

Always thought she has a great voice, and this is a good album, but the constant "yea, yo, uhuh" mutterings started to do my nut in!

Top tunes for narcissists.

Good upbeat chaotic fun!

I'd listened to this one a couple of times last year, thought it was alright, but with today's listen, I found it quite boring.

I got three-quarters of the way through the first track, I couldn't take much more... come back John Zorn, all is forgiven!

Great album, high production, everything just flows. Mercy Mercy Me is a particular favourite.

I prefer Madonna's earlier work, although Ray Of Light is listenable enough, it feels more filler than killer. 2.5

I thought Butterfly was an interesting track, but wasn't enough to carry an otherwise tenuous album - am I missing something?

I'd been meaning to listen to this for a while. Good beats and grooves, tracks are a bit long though. I'm sure the music on the ToeJam & Earl on the Sega MegaDrive borrowed a lot from Herbie Hancock.

First time listening to this album, and I listened to it twice! I'd only heard of Smash It Up before. Good old fashioned punk fun.

Better than I thought it was gonna be.

Took one glance at the artwork... I couldn't bring myself to listen to it yesterday! Listened today, it was alright, it's no What's Going On or Trouble Man though.

Apparently "noteworthy" because he supported Dave Matthews Band and had good album sales in the US, (which always seems to surprise the UK press).

What's the album like? Yawnville! 🥱

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

When this album came out I was working at Blockbuster Video and the promo was on a constant loop. I quite liked Skunk Anansie at the time, but I never bought the album because it reminded me too much of shift work. Which was a shame, as I've really enjoyed listening to it today! It still deserves to be in the 1001 list. 4.5

I found that I appreciate George Michael more as I get older. Freedom '90 always seemed to be there through my adolescent years.

I hadn't listened to this album throughout before. After the first few tracks I thought it we were on to a winner, but then it started to flag into dreary ballad territory and I got bored. Shame really. 2.5

It was fine to have on in the background, wasn't terrible, wasn't great either, just felt long, so so long! 2.5