Reviews by leekelleher

One day, someone will need to educate me on why Spiritualized are held in amazing regard. Can't shake the feeling that I might be missing something.

Many of the tracks are quite short, (along with Spotify was missing a few of the tracks), so it was over quite quickly. Initial listen, I thought it was good.

Enjoyed this!

Always thought that I'd like Orange Juice because of Edwyn Collins, but every time I try them I think, meh!
I prefer apple juice anyway.

Ah, Buffalo Gals "go round the outside", that's where Eminem got that line, good to know.

This album is not what I was expecting at all, it's an interesting pick'n'mix of genres. While the Malcolm McLaren attribution is off-putting, I'm still glad I've listened to it, once.

Great album.

One of my favourite albums, and probably most listened to! I'm not even a big Manics fan, just something about this album got me and stuck with me throughout my late teens all the way up to now.

I must have skipped a few chapters of Orwell's 1984, don't recall Winston being 'Hot For Teacher' in Room 101.

Along with Moss Side Story and Soul Murder, the 1001 book calls them a loose trilogy, which is quite good... but it does all start blurring into one, confusing matters.

Still, enjoyed it though.

Shouty wanky preachy bollocks!

Largely forgettable songs; pleasant to listen along to; nice melodic vibes.

My mum would love this album.

During lockdown, I was reading up about various Bristol music scenes, and hadn't heard Roni Size before, so listened to this album.

It's one of those "in the right setting, it'd be awesome!", e.g. late at night when you're half cut. But listened on a weekday during school half-term, not so much. 2.5

Hadn't listened to this album before, I enjoy it much more than I was expecting to!

There were a few moments that I thought this was quite good, but overall it felt quite pretentious. 2.5

Apart from the cover of Steppin' Stone I had heard of anything else by the band. My initial impression of the album artwork was the text "Featuring Kicks", with that being the opening track. Just marketing? or was that album purely a vehicle for pushing a single?

Kicks turned out to be okay opener, but had a sucky fade out, and didn't flow nicely with the following track. The rest of the album is a mixed bag of 60s contemporary sounding songs, some are good, others less so. What I did find interesting was this feeling of restraint rebellion, a punky underbelly that couldn't quite punch through.

Classic album, nah. Glad I listened to it before I die, yeah.

I had a good old sing song to 4 or 5 tracks, of which are scattered across the album, to the point that these tracks are the only thing holding it all together, the rest feels like filler, albeit very well produced filler.

Quite surprised how much I enjoyed this, the underlying story drew me in.

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

I do like Arcade Fire; Funeral and Neon Bible were on regular repeat, but then their subsequent albums somehow passed me by.

The Suburbs is good, though quite long, defo worth a few listens, but their earlier albums still hold closer for me.

The tracks are fine, though they quickly faded into café jazz background music for me. Is it a "must listen" album, nah not really.