Reviews by londonhawkredux

Had to put on my special funk trousers for this one. Not sure my regular ones would have coped otherwise.

Hendrix. You know what you're going to get with Hendrix.

Meh. I know plenty of people love Goldfrapp but nothing more then acceptable bleepy-bloopy for me.

Nice. It's not the Byrds nice, but nice.

Wasn't familiar with it at all, and, having done some further reading, I'm not entirely convinced that it's some fantastical lost gem. But it is nice.

Very difficult to not think of them entirely in the context of Christmas, but they were of course one of the leaders in glam rock. Now, I don't particularly like glam rock, but there's some fine tracks here - largely where Noddy (no giggling now) really opens the pipes.

Ugh - how many more Bowie albums am I going to have to work through? I get it, a HUGELY significant artist to many, even more so given the timing of the release of this one, but had to stop halfway though because of the vocal histrionics. Just unlistenable.

Sorry.

What happens when Lindsay gets a little too into his cocaine. "Tusk" (the track) is an absolutely filthy monster of a song though. *Give me MORE marching band"

Have not heard of this album / artist previously, but this SLAPS. Over the hour it does get a little "samey" but great lyrics over cracking beats

"Troubled" individual wasn't he. Hard to argue with the emotion and energy of this performance, with all the key tracks from the beginning of rock and roll.

So conflicted between "this guy's a wrong'un" and "these tracks changed the way we perceive music".

Stop, enough with the Morrissey albums. I can very much appreciate The Smiths, Moz on his own (2nd album of his I've had now) is just not in the same league. Sure, there's still something about his vocals and intonation that brings joy, but mostly it's dirge. And he's a prick.

Darker than "Move on Up" (the only track of his I could previously name) but still get the sense that I would have had great success in removing the beige slacks of my neighbour's attractive wife if this had been given a spin at my 1975 dinner party

Minimum 3 stars just for Lust & Passenger. Not sure I love it quite enough to push it up to 4 though.

Stop giving me Bowie albums. I DON'T GET IT.

Nu-wave, but without the choons.

Sure, it's fun and contains some disco-stompers. And was very much a breath of fresh air on release. But the cover of "Comfortably Numb" remains a travesty and not convinced its inclusion stands the test of time.

Some good, some trash. A classic example of "if you'd reduced it to a single album and got rid of the shite, it would be a hella lot better lads"

Those vocal stylings get a little irritating after a while don't they?

Very good mate of mine absolutely LOVES The Fall. Thinks Mark E. Smith is an absolute genius and saw them live dozens if not hundreds of times.

On the other hand, I can't stand his drone and think he's a tedious old windbag.

Country - pleasant enough banjo n' harmony action from an artist that I'd never heard of previously. Better than other country? Not so much.

Generic bar rock but done quite well. Don't think their music ever quite translated to the UK as I've always been aware of them, without ever really hearing them anywhere.