Reviews by londonhawkredux

I know he's "Music Gandalf" but this was average. I can only assume it's included because of the massive influence he has elsewhere, but on "his own" - it's not doing it for me guys.

Exciting blend of samples and vocals -- very cleverly produced.

*Baffling* how grunge, shoegaze, indie etc became so popular when late 80s pop was this over-produced nonsense. Talented, but empty of......... anything

Haunting and beautiful. The only downside is that I don't think Cave's vocals quite do it justice vs, say, a Jonsi style. He's more suited to being a dirty dirty man in the vicinity of Kylie Minogue

Enjoyed this. Was smooth rather than feeling like I was about to be violent to women whilst brandishing a "piece".

Already had The Jam this week. Weller is still a supremely annoying vocalist.

C'MON TAKE ME TO THE BRIDGE

It's James Brown. You know what you're getting with James Brown already don't you?

*before listening* : oh, interesting. This is from 2017 and I hadn't heard of it or the artist

*after listening* : oh, that's why.

*yawns* *stretches*

Plinky plunky fiddley wibbly tales of woe.

Weller's voice is IMMENSELY annoying, in all of its appearances. "Down in the Tube Station....." is undeniably catchy though.

Mmmmmm, sexy foreign music

I feel like I should like Jane's Addiction more than I actually do. The era, the genre, the style - all the boxes are ticked, but somehow I was just never that into them. It's not bad at all, Farrell & Navarro are undeniably a charismatic, talented duo. And yet, I struggle to raise enthusiasm above "that was OK".

tldr : 3 stars - it's OK

That's enough Leonard now thanks.

It's different. There's some heavy funk going on. But doesn't light any fires.

I didn't really like metal growing up. A bit like jazz in a way, the *real* fans seemingly do their bit to put people off by not liking the music in the correct way.

It's fast, it's loud, it's frantic and I love it.

On the very day that they released tickets for their reunion as well.

Tricky one to handle impartially - there's no denying the cultural impact they had, although whether unleashing hoards of lads and ladettes on the world was a good thing, who can say. In the cold light of day, a lot of this is pretty pedestrian but, and I hate myself for it, there's no denying that Liam's snarl and Noel's riff on the opening track are a powerful force. Didn't we *all* want to be rock and roll stars with unlimited amounts of cigarettes and alcohol.

Obviously tainted by the past 20 odd years of Gallagher brother helmetry, but the furore for tickets shows they're still a force.

I'm sorry, but I don't get Joni. Lovely voice, clearly very important to her generation but it's all pretty underwhelming for me. Pretty enough songs, without really getting the aural juices flowing

Did I have a CCR album before? Was it exactly the same as this one? It's so hard to tell.

Despite that, there's no denying the glorious country-rock on the big hits here. Of course, they're almost too familiar now - making a 60's documentary, slap some CCR over the top - but that's hardly their fault. Pull the soft-top down, crank the AM radio up, and blast down a highway into the sunset with Bad Moon Rising as your soundtrack.

This is why this project is genius. Yes, of course it's great to have an excuse to listen to Fleetwood Mac or the Rolling Stones in album format rather than just individual tracks, but the real joy is finding an artist in a genre that you would never have listened to otherwise.

And this absolutely SLAPS

Interesting. Not amazing, but definitely interesting.