Rated 10/10
Ooooooh. 2 U2 albums in 4 days. Am (a little) too young to have been into "early" U2 - am very much the Achtung Baby / Zooropa era, but all the signs are there. Easy to say in hindsight, but this was clearly a band hitting their groove with the key elements falling into place - Larry's heavy beat, Edge jangling away........ top notch album, and they were only getting better from here.
Rated 4/10
Oh yes, this album was absolutely MASSIVE wasn't it. Couldn't move for people raving about The xx. Kinda dull thought don't you think?
Rated 10/10
ngl - easily one of my favourite albums ever. As soon as I saw this was the album, it was time to crank up the volume and let Larry's heavy boot reverberate around my skull. Yes, they became bloated pompous stadium rockers, but this album was an absolute masterclass.
"Waves of regret, waves of joy. I reached out for the one I tried to destroy". Indeed.
Rated 6/10
Again, another album that is pleasant enough, but doesn't really seem to warrant inclusion on its own merit. Sure, maybe it did influence a lot of other albums that are included in the list - Dylan et al - but in it's own right..........? Hard to see why personally.
Rated 6/10
Prefer my prog-rock to have more wizards, capes and tales from Viking mythology tbh.
Rated 6/10
Smooth beatz - doesn't hit me squarely in the trouser, but was pleasant enough to listen along to in the background
Rated 10/10
Delicious slice of 80s synth rock / pop. All the complaints in the reviews about how Bernard can't sing, well, yeah, but that was always part of their appeal right? "The Perfect Kiss" is an absolutely beautiful track with the build-up / crescendo taking you to another world. Would give 4.5 stars, but worthy of rounding up in this case.
Rated 6/10
Hey guys, let's get a Hammond organ and flute. It'll be completely different to anything else around at the moment......
Rated 6/10
Feels like it's about to break into Stevie Wonder territory, but never quite gets there.
Rated 8/10
Gentle folk rock. Am sure everyone knows "Wild World" but some other beautiful tracks here in a similar vein.
Rated 8/10
Oh, hello 15 year old me. Loses a star for the sheer unstoppable nonsense of the Gallagher brothers (so tedious), and, being brutally honest, there's some filler here, but what a ridiculously fine album this is.
Rated 8/10
An absolutely incredible album with 1 star deducted because of Isn't She Lovely. 1) the song makes me feel really quite nauseous generally 2) it sounds like they've tacked on a recording of Stevie having a massive piss at the end of the track
Rated 4/10
Sometimes, I will willingly accept that Eno is an absolute genius. And sometimes, which I fully accept is a less popular opinion, he is a tedious bastard.
Rated 6/10
I can see how drugs would make this considerably better. Nice to listen to different instruments & rhythms but doesn't inspire passion / heartbreak either.
Rated 2/10
Dull in 2002. Dull now.
Fine, if unexciting piano tinkling
Rated 6/10
Funky. No notes.
Rated 8/10
Aside from the "hits" : Eloise etc, never really listened to The Damned. This is a cracking slice of late 70s punk.
Rated 10/10
Chris Cornell. Such power. Such gravellyness. Such angst.
Rated 4/10
Boom-chicka-wah-wah
