Reviews by marcusmuck-again

1976.

Atmospheric and addictive. It takes you to another place.

Just simply Brilliant.

I can only hope puttIng thIs forward was some kInd of attempt to get the lowerst score.

Devoid of creatIvIty and generIc. If It had been produced In 1988 for Instance you mIght say It was InnovatIve but thIs Is from 2021.....

Yawn...... it's so dull and dated without a shred of any creativity.

It's like they've had a meeting to decide their 'sound':

Corey: "Say Matt buddy, you can do one of those screaming/gruff voices, we'll do alternate tracks and I'll do some mediocre singing in between?"

Alex: "what about the music?"

Paolo: "we'll lay down a standard power-rock backing, you know? Drums, constant monotone bass with occasional guitar solos and keyboard?"

Jarred: "What? Like every other band in this genre for 30 years?"

all together: "Hell Yeah!"

Well done to the person who put this forward- how could there be so many gaps in the 1001 and the User chart?

Even the lesser know tracks have that Motown 'feel'.

It's a great classic album.

This is beyond a joke with these faux American wannabe 'Punks' producing the same thing over and over (this one is from 2024?).

These guys and anyone that likes them are clueless.

Awful.

Sounds vaguely 80s standard rock to me.

Really derivative and formulaic. There's nothing really wrong with that but don't expect me to like it.

It's actually quite good- I like quite a lot of Icelandic bands now so don't know what's in the water there but it works!

What a great album by a great tragic singer songwriter.

Dimery hang your head in shame not to have added this

A good variety of songs here- rocky, folky and allround singer/songwritery acoustic guitary. It's a feel good album.

The highlight for me is 'Time in a bottle' which stands on it's own as one of the greatest songs.

I really enjoyed this - it oozes integrity and I guess there are shades of Dylan but maybe that's a coincidence eh? ;-)

I have a bit of a hate/love historical issue with the lads from Basildon.

I have a fond love for their early stuff with Vince and even the subsequent album too after Vince's departure.

But like Anakin Skywalker they were influence by the Dark Side and flew to America where their sound morphed and became corrupted.

True they produced something that was truly their own. It just wasn't something I liked.

Wow! What a life she had.

Quite a decent voice (Tina Turner vibes) with personality to match.

This is interesting albeit run of the mill Jazz funk 70s vibe.

A good find.

The first song was a bizarre Elvis affair with camp 80s Rock and thereafter it descended into more derivative rock (not Metal).

After listening to a few tracks I played Black Sabbath intersperced with Suspicious minds.

A solid *** due to novelty value.

I love this album so obviously it gets top marks from me.

So otherworldly and dreamy- repetitive and non-linear.

This was the first user album I had after I was reverted back from the pathetic Dimery selection this year.

I don't know what it is or why Tame Impala aren't considered higher.

I found this really interesting with quirky bits on every track.

Definitely my cup of tea- it restores my faith in the Users chart.

I mean it's not bad as such, just a bit nothingy and derivative.

They arent doing anything different from a millions other indie-pop bands from the last 30 years.

People only tend to listen to things that are 'now' it seems.

It's not bad and retains the 'Stones' sound. Jagger does well for an really old guy although I don't know if any studio trickery came into play to produce this.

These guys must really want to keep going and I can only tip my hat to them.

It's nothing special though- if it didn't have the 'Stones' name behind it maybe this would be a middle of the road Rock album.

It's a shame this has been caught up in the 'Robert Dimery storm' as it's a genuinely lovely album- it lifted me this morning and that's kinda the purpose of music?

It's not one of the 1001 with shades of Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens it weaves a fey folk tapestry- Appalachian vibes too but ultimately a bit generic.

Maybe it would have been better placed as a 'User Album'?

It's good, but not that good.

I've always loved the Chems but this is a joke.

It's not bad but it's just the same thing a before!

Nah, sorry.

Certainly glad to see something a bit more 'out there' but it's just too early to tell.

I can't say I agree with the process of updating the list.

Hang on! I thought soundtracks were banned in the 1001?

It's just so pedestrian. I can't what Dimery was thinking?