Reviews by leekelleher

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I have a big old soft spot for this album. Appreciate that a couple of tracks are a bit lackluster, but still love the hits. 4.5

Who's generation? Brexit baby boomers? 🤪
Still enjoy the hits, the rest didn't click with me as much.

To me, Bob Dylan is a poet. Every time one of his albums comes up, I'm never in the mood for it. I blame my secondary school for making poetry boring. Also, the harmonica didn't help matters.

Stereotypically, as a white mid-40s male who enjoys rock music, I may have indulged on this a little too much. Bit like the Terry's chocolate orange you didn't share at Christmas. Sorry, not sorry. 4.5

Oh wow, the artwork screams of 80s clichés! Curious what'll happen when she pushes the button on her belly.

I don't recall hearing Bonnie Raitt before, she seems a good Country singer, with a fine head of hair, but this album wasn't for me.

Hadn't heard this before.
Mixed feelings, there were parts I enjoyed, other parts less so.
What was with the vocals on Wardance? Sounded like a Dalek!

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

I didn't care much for this album.

Krautrock always sounds better when you're travelling.

Having missed listening to this album the other day, I decided to listen on my train journey into Bristol. It was getting dark, the evening felt brooding.

The first track accompanied the walk down to the station; second track the train was delayed; third still waiting; fourth and fifth were the train journey itself; and the sixth was the walk from the station to the pub.

Overall, turns out it was quite a fitting album for my journey. Enjoyed it.

All that said, I'd expect listening in a different environment I would have scored it less.

Apart from the title track, the rest sound quite dated now. 2.5

Hadn't heard of Todd Rundgren before. Initially thought it was bonkers (in a bad way), then I strangely got into it. Still very bonkers, but in a good way. 3.5

What do you get if you cross Roxy Music with Queen? Yeah, it'd probably be The Cars.

Still enjoyable enough. I like the artwork too, happy vibes.

I didn't dislike it, but throughout I kept thinking I wondering is this what The Saw Doctors would sound like if they came from Ohio? 🤔

I do like Bowie, but, apart from Fame, I found the rest of the album quite boring, felt somewhat restrained.

My trouble with Taylor Swift is that she's got a few very catchy good pop songs, but her albums are gushingly overrated by the media, which is a turn off.

The lyrics on this one feel that they came straight from the inside of Hallmark cards.

I don't hate it, but nothing excited me here.

It was alright. Musically, it didn't grab me, but enjoyed the whimsical lyrics. 2.5

I'd definitely go see this movie!

Family Affair is great. The rest of the album is good, could be shorter, not quite a 5 star album for me.

Not sure why I'd avoided Elbow, putting them down as pretentious wank, some kind of a cross between Coldplay and Radiohead. Turns out I was surprised, still a bit wanky, but in a pleasant way.

"Grounds for Divorce" is the standout track for me.

Okay, I enjoyed this album more than Bob Dylan's other albums.