Reviews by marcusmuck-again

I love Daft Punk but this was a badly mixed and muffled attempt with songs edited for length.

Maybe worth watching the video but just the audio did nothing for me.

It's like people are trying to present an album to get the lowest score.

This is a LIVE album by a middle of the road band. Not awful just forgettable.

Quite chill and yes! They do remind my of REM (sorry).

I played it a couple of times and it does grow on you- laconic songs.

Good old Ozzy. I don't really know how much input he had into this album but it's well produced and standard fare for Metal heads.

It's ok I guess- not my cup of tea and a bit manufactured.

I think if I'd grown up with this it would mean more. It's like a boyband with a pop-punk slant.

I like most Electonic and ambient but this is so sterile and devoid of a soul.

Maybe I've mis-read the whole project but not for me.

This is really up my street- introspective, fuzzy and odd in places. How have I never heard of them??!!

A good find for me and a good call from the person who selected it.

I stuck this on and listened to it twice - it just seeps into every pore and puts you in a place.

I was all ready to dismiss this out of hand as a lame American attempt at Punk.

Well it's not Punk but it is really good. There's Irish folk/New wave vibes on some tracks.

Intelligent lyrics and a great integrity to boot. I mean Greg Graffin went to Cornell University!

Plus I like the cover too. This is a good find and thanks to the person who proffered it.

I have to say it's an odd collection of bits and pieces of genres - pop and blues and orchestra with a sort of nautical theme?

I like it but would need to play it a lot since there's little by way of hooks.

I'm so happy this was added- really iconic sound and yes like many others I remember the guady covers.

Lovely sound and something that well deserves to be part of the 1001.

Went to YouTube for this.

Clever and inventive but not 'music' as such. It's bites of sounds that would go in TikTok videos and TV shows as sound effects.

Like a BBC Sound effects album full of tracks like "Glass shattering: 4 secs" That's fun!!

Is it indicative of today's society that people would listen to this rather than the originals?

What the world needs now is more of bands from the South West and specifically from ports near the head of the river and on an estuary.

I only wish there were more. I love to wallow in their sound. Unworldly and hypnotic.

Special.

Ok this was put on but a big Pearl Jam fan who feels there should be more of theirs on the list.

I respect that although they aren't one of my favourites.

It's functional and represents the genre perfectly.

It's actually quite good- considering there are a zillion bands that aspire to the same sound and genre they manage to straddle the line between a hard rock sound and aa softer 'poppy' sound.

Well produced and musically accomplished too.

I always think I should like this bands but the hype just puts me off.

Everything is in place- musically, lyrically and production are superb but it leaves me cold.

Maybe one day eh?

Beautiful. Like listening to a fine wine, or drinking a masterpiece.

What a waste of a talent but at least we have his music 60-odd years later.

After listening to so much mediocre stuff in this chart recently this is a breath of fresh air.

OMG!! This is like as retro as you can get! Only this is 1998 and already 27 years old. Maybe we could get a Retro-retro band referencing this album?

I do like it despite it's faults...

More a history lesson than a musical experience. I normally love all things 60's and especially psychedelic rock but this wasn't up my street- more a mish-mash of Pink Floyd and the Small Faces. I guess they were trying to find their niche. All it made me do is listen to Piper at the Gates.....

I remember Joe- this was his moment of greatness before he got into Jumpin' Jive!

These are honest and simple songs, some better than others but it captures a moment in time.

I'm sorry but this does nothing for me and is indistinguishable from so many other singers of this ilk.

They are so polished and well produced. Their songs are generic and devoid of originality.