Reviews by leekelleher

I'd listened to this again recently. I remember thinking that the opening few tracks are great, gets me in a rock mood. Then it gradually goes downhill after that. Even War Pigs couldn't recover it for me.

WarU2

Rated 6/10

Iconic artwork. Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Year's Day are great. Two Hearts Beat as One is pretty good. The rest is alright, bit dated now. I'm trying not get too bogged down with Bono's ego.

AmnesiacRadiohead

Rated 6/10

For whatever reason, I never really got into any Radiohead albums after OK Computer (which I very much like). Amnesiac is fine, just whatever the thing was that "got me" with OK Computer wasn't quite there for me on this album. Maybe it needs several listens to "get it"?

I'd have thought the opening tribute to Fela Kuti would have been much more vibrant, felt far to subtle to celebrate a legend.

I'm 50/50 on this album, bits I liked, other bits not so much. 2.5

I wasn't familiar with Common, but checked his filmography, turns out I've seen him in a bunch of movies.

DWhite Denim

Rated 4/10

Yet another band I'd never heard of. Yet another album I didn't really need to listen to before I die.

It's alright, just didn't engage me in any meaningful way.

DoolittlePixies

Rated 10/10

On a different day I might be overly critical and give it a 4, but not today, it's a 5 from me!

Admittedly, I did (mildly) headbang throughout this, lots of good riffs, but doubt I'd listen to the whole album again.

There's a lots of detail to like in this album, great use of samples and loops. But I lost interest about halfway through, well pretty much after Sabotage, it was far too long and got far too experimental. 2.5