Reviews by marcusmuck-again

When an album pops up in the morning there are times when I groan inwardly but then there are times like this morning when my heart soars like an eagle.

Only 8 tracks but 5 of them are bangers. I mean the last 4 song medley is simply a dream.

This wasn't old overblown rocker in leopard skin pants but a singer at the top of his game.

There's a distinctive quality to his voice and the music is a great combination of folk and Rock and roll.

Truly a great album.

Devoid of any originality, it sounds just so formulaic.

C'mon give me something better than this. It's like they went into the studio and pulled out all the old 'faithful' gimmicks- drum machine, snappy lyrics and guest rapper.

Yawn, boring.

I have to say this is the same as all his other albums (including the Smiths).

It's not unpleasant but c'mon Morrissey try something a bit different?

Wow this something!

Supremely well produced and engineered R&B Pop. It's the pinnacle of commercial manipulation.

It's so good at what it tries to be - who can deny that?

Amazing how many people have listened to this on Spotify.

It's pretty talentless apart from the drumming as others have noted.

Very generic and devoid of imagination.

Great great album- it certainly lives up to it's name.

It's all about Iggy innit? What a force of nature.....

Very professionally produced given the constraints of recording.

Hot Dang!!

I forgot how good this was- it just drills into your psyche and sits there shivering and twitching.

A restless eclectic Post-Modernist masterpiece before such things existed.

So many ideas, so fast, mind.....can't....cope........

Don't really want to go on too much about this album or Nick as a musician or as a person but this is one of my favourite albums by one of my favourite people and I only had to listen to 1078 albums to get to it!!

11 short acoustic tracks played beautifully and simply. It takes you from a hopeful beginning through to words that are inscribed on his headstone.

And kind of in the middle is surely one of the greatest songs ever written.

So there, I ended up going on too much after all.

Anything with Lemmy in it gets extra stars from me and hot dang as this overblown monster of a Live album ambled along it seeped into my inner being.

I was a true disciple.

Not exactly sure what to say. This is a strange album and a strange hybrid band that don't really know what they are?

Certainly not Punk- shadows of Glam, Pub rock and even pop.

Well I would have considered this an iconic 80s album but listening now it's rather bland.

The hits are there but boy the rest is uninspiring.

Like an amalgamation of all his other albums- dense, passionate, brooding, rock (in places) and unmistakeable.

Not instantly enjoyable- I guess it would take several plays before the hook bit but it's undeniable a cut above the norm.

Neither good or bad this is an album of a once great musician that ran out of ideas.

I'm off to see them live in 2 months so this is a welcome sight and sound. Boy I can't wait!

I prefer their first 2 albums but mustn't grumble. Anything by them packs a punch- so much energy and those vocals.......

What hasn't already been said about Bowie or this album?

I love everything about this and around it. It's fresh and wacky now as it was then- full of noises and quirks.

Iconic without being cliched.

I love this era- so fresh and vital.

I can imagine being in a smoky pub on a Friday night, pint in hand and listening to these guys whilst avoiding the crush of punks in the middle of the room.

A bit of a one-hit wonder in my book and I should Coco.....

I've previous dissed this band and marked them down but this hit me in the right way this morning.

I really enjoyed the whole album. I like the variety and vibe.

Hit after hit and a debut album.

Jim has his haters but I've always loved these guys. They stand head and shoulders above almost everyone else.

A TITAN of an album

I do like the Monkeys and always remember their TV shows as a kid.

There are some really great songs on here (it's their only album on the list too). Some fillers too but a good 'feelgood' album