Reviews by marcusmuck-again

"the car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel, and the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides and a dark wind blows"

Well due to their boycott of Spotify this was all greyed out for me but since I nominated one of their other albums for this list I think you'll know what I think.....

I love everything about this album from the bleak cover to the monumental wall of sound. This whole album is a beautiful gem in a sea of detritus.

So influential and full of all kinds of weird stuff.

I really ike his style- musically complex and chill. A mixture of rap, and R&B maybe?

It's a shame Spotify doesn't do subtitles but I get the gist.

This sounds like a lot of my favourite late 70's New Wave bands so although they are a revelation to me I grew to like them with each track.

These guys were contemporaries to the guys in the UK and US and it's a shame they didn't get the exposure they deserved.

It has every trick in the book with the Sax solo thrown in for fun.

A great submission to the ranks- thanks to the user who added this.

Very well produced- slick and polished which isn't necessarily a good thing.

I can't claim to be an expert but there's echoes of a less manic Rage against the Machine and others in the genre here.

It's interesting and articulate.

I had high hopes for this but ultimately it seems a bit samey.

It's ok, but nothing out of the ordinary.

I quite liked this! Didn't think I would and normally don't like these things.

Chill and varied.

Not sure how to compare this in the annals of Jazz fusion but it's really pleasant. I liked it.

One of my absolute faves of all time. Discovered this many years ago- a timeless/timewarp classic.

Of course listening is not as good as watching as well but hey, you can't have everything......

It's difficult to judge this since I've little liking or knowledge of the genre. There are some interesting tracks that rise above the average 'country' vibe.

It's well played and produced and there's nothing to dislike.

What happened to REM's street cred? Have they become another Coldplay?

It's good that this was offered up and there are some great tracks. I guess there were already 3-4 albums of theirs on the main chart but this does deserve to be there.

I have to say they nail the Punk sentiment even for 1991 and are quite impressive in energy, delivery and production.

I normally dismiss wannabees but this is a good album worth listening to.

Ooooooo yeah! I can play this all day and quietly groove along.

What a great suggestion and thanks to the person with great taste who proposed it.

I just need to pronounce 'Kroooang-bin' properly now......

What a great call to add this- it really is up my street.

I have heard this before but never listened to it properly.

These guys certainly corned the market in the early 70's.

I like this- quirky and offbeat. Kind of like if Beck was a band.

Thank you for choosing this someone. How it never made the masterlist is a crime.

This is such a delicate and sad beautiful thing. I discovered it a while back (and still can't play 'Fourth of July' without tearing up).

There's less instrumentalism on this one- pared back just to Suf' and the guitar at times. It's more like poetry set to music. I'm not suprised many won't like this but that's their loss. I love it.

Very slick and tight arrangement. They are head and shoulders above the hordes of bands in the similar genre.

A bit too polished for me but I kind of like the bits in between.

You can't deny they are designed to sell records.

This is like a throwback to the 80's only made in 1993.

It's just insipid. There's nothing here to ignite any interest.

I can see the link to 'Godspeed You!' and I do like that aspect of this album- the longer tracks are able to weave a tale rather than conform to the traditional 'song' structure.

Not too sure of the Metal influences but I can ignore those. I also like the traditional pagan imagery and song titles.

A fine album.

Quite literally this album has everything going for it and although is really great with flashes of brilliance just doesn't ultimately deliver.

I mean Ian McDonald was the multi-instrumentalist who co-wrote 'In the Court of the Crimson King' (one of the greatest albums ever produced).

Michael Giles is in my opinion one of the finest drummers and produced one of the greatest performances on the album above, and then there's Peter Sinfield who wrote the lyrics for the aforementioned album.

What could possibly go wrong?

I've tried several times over the years to discover the hidden depths to this album but always drawn a blank.

Still, this remains a fine album.