Reviews by leekelleher

At this stage of the 1001 albums, I've given up on thinking "let's give Tom Waits another chance". I'm a few tracks into this album and I don't know which way is up or down anymore.

Movin' On Up and Loaded are out of this world, but the rest felt a little lacklustre. 🤷

No way is this 1001 generator is random: getting The Beach Boys the day after Brian Wilson's death! (Narrator: it wasn't random.)

Feeling quite sentimental about it, such a great album! (I'm blissfully ignoring the lazy fade outs.)

Holding Back the Years and Money's Too Tight to Mention both still sound fresh, the rest is okay-ish, but feel quite dated.

Jeez, that was a struggle.
Literally halfway through the album there's a track called "Somebody Stop the Music"... okay if you insist!

Found it quite drony and a bit too depressing.
Maybe that was the point?

Wowie zowie, I freaked out!

Sweet Emotion is decent; Walk This Way is fine, but the Run-DMC collab is better; the rest is clichéd tosh.

I'm 50/50 on this, I liked it, but gets a bit too boring and sombre in places.

It's one that I really have to be in the mood for. The first half of the album is great, the second half gets far too whiney. Street Spirit does pick it up at the end, making me forget about the more boring tracks.

The symphony aspects makes it feel quite cinematic, but the live performance/audience makes it feel out of sorts. Interesting enough to be worth a listen, but 2 hours is far too long!

I hadn't heard this before, quite enjoyed it. Though, I'm not sure what I make of the Monty Python bit at the end! 😂

There were a few tracks that were okay on their own, but as an album, it's all over the place, not good.

There are some lovely moments on this album, and the musicianship is excellent... but damn, ain't nobody got time for a straight 2 hours of bluegrass!

Opening track is fun, the rest heads straight to yawnville, next!

As much as I'm okay with thrash metal, I only made it a few tracks in. This quickly became tedious and far too samey.

Hadn't listened to this album before. Solid cinematic vibes. Felt a bit lacking in places, but enjoyed it well enough. 3.5

I'm not convinced about the inclusion of live albums on the 1001 list. Feels more like there's a bunch of gigs that the writers would have loved to attend.

Thin Lizzy are great on this, enjoyable.

When you're 900 albums in and on the homestretch of the 1001 list, you can become a bit indifferent, haven't we heard it all already?

I vaguely recall hearing of Grant Lee Buffalo, but had no idea of their music. Took me a bit by surprise, I quite liked it. Good songwriting and performance, gets a bit too somber in places, but a decent Sunday morning listen.

Well that was dramatic! (and somewhat depressing)

Despite the talent involved I had to stop listening as felt like continuously being nagged.