Reviews by marcusmuck-again

Well this guy may not be the nicest, most well-balanced person in the world but to me it's a good album with some outstanding Rock songs.

If he'd been born 30 years sooner no doubt he'd have got away with it rather than shouting his mouth out on Social media today. I'm more interested in the music and the music is good.

Iconic album- Prince in all his pomp. No-one did it quite the same so he gets away with outrageous swagger and corny lyrics.

He really was in a class of his own.

He's undoubtedly talented- so unique.

This one of the later 70's albums and has that '70s' feel....

Need another listen I thing.

Hahaha! I finally got the number 1!! After 823 others......

I have listened to this a zillion times before and I guess after a while your objectivity wanes but it's so comfortable I gave it another plays.

Hard to imagine they were all at loggerheads at the time. Maybe that helped and made it more 'edgy'?

… And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make

I would so like to like this but I wasn't there at the time and it seems like such a chore to trackback over something that doesn't hit me between the eyes from day one.

It's not unpleasant but I've heard so many bands like this in the 80s let alone the 90s.

I like Randy Newman but this isn't his best album (Sail Away is better).

Part of the issue is he has 2-3 good songs on each album with the rest being a bit samey so it's a struggle to pinpoint his best.

I've got no time today for middle of the road rap/pop/r&b songs from the 90s.

It doesn't hit me as having any integrity or originality.

It's ok but not much to write home about.

I guess if you had to be there at the time for it to gain a foothold.

It's too blah to me i'm afraid.

I love Motorhead and Sabbath, Thin Lizzy and Deep Purple but this leaves me cold.

I think they got better as a band once they found their feet but this is a little too samey........

The first Rap album I ever bought and still my favourite.

Such attitude and what I use to judge the rest.

Great beat, cutting lyrics.

Difficult to judge since on the surface it's absolutely tremendous.

Behind it though it's re-recordings of previous albums and tracks.

Still, that shouldn't muddy the waters.................. ;-)

As much as i'd like to like this it leaves me cold.

Dolly has such a beautiful voice, such a lovely talented person as well.

A bit biased since this has always been a favourite of mine.

I'm suprised it's so popular since it's not mainstream at all.

Quirky and odd with cameos by others it sticks in your brain......

Took me a while to find the album - it's a lot different to what I was expecting.

More like Jazz funk in places (which I like) but ultimately this was very influential at the time.

I mean it's not that different to the Folsom prison album but it's still Johnny.

It's more like a documentary of life on Death Row than a music LP.

Riveting.

Really really poor.

Generic and unoriginal pop.

How is this even in the shortlist for 'reasonable attempts in 2009' let alone the Greatest albums ever produced.

Have I mentioned how pathetic this is?

Undoubtedly a great feel good album evoking thoughts of sunny summer days chilling.

A great album.

Not quite as unique as people perhaps think- there are many many artists banging their heads against the wall and not many get through.

Bill did though and this is good to listen to.

Honest, human with integrity.

Mmmm difficult.

Adele has undoubtedly got a wonderful voice and the songs are well crafted and produced but......

Listening to 21, 25 and 30 the songs are pretty indistinguishable.

There's not really any attempt to try something different.

Pure and simply this is a classic album, it's a shame it's so short.

It is similar to a number of other artists albums- Bowie (obviously) but also I hear bits of Transformer (also produced by Bowie).

It's so dissolute. A sad thing of beauty.