Reviews by marcusmuck-again

I really enjoyed some of these tracks- they conjured up nights at the nightclub with flat beer and foxy babes and shadey guys in the corner I steered clear of.

Happy days.

Standard 60s Folky-rock. I can hear the Dylan influences too........but.............

.....it veers off towards dreamy D&D fantasy themes!

Those were some great mushrooms they found on the hill that night..........

Oooo I remember this one too.

I bought it on cassette and played it in my first car and played it to death until the head gasket blew.

Real 80s feel to it still. So long ago now.

OMG! What a blast from the past.

I absolutely love this album- 40 years old now. That makes me very very old ;-)

Beautiful ethereal music- alternative rock and pre-shoegaze and post rock before those labels had been invented.

One of the most special things to ever come out of Scotland.

There only is one Daft Punk.

That makes them unique.

The only question that remains is whether it floats your boat?

It's ok, inoffensive and smooth.

Reminds me of so many other bands across the years just like this.

Why aren't they on the list?

Sparce and stylised although it's a bit of a hard listen in places.

I'll need to come back to this perhaps.

The purpose of this chart I think is to ensure every genre is included and the best from each of those.

As such it's a pleasure to listen to something that was around a long time ago within it's distinct bubble.

I'm not sure if it influenced any music nowadays but it's very good at what it is - produced and played.

Lol! I've 790 albums in and just can't waste my time on derivative newbies mimicking 70's classics. They sound like a load of drunk guys having a laugh in someone's garage.

There are so many better albums and bands out there that aren't even on the chart.

They couldn't even be bothered to spend money on a proper cover.........

A bit sad I missed out on these guys at the time but I was into the Cocteaus and other stuff. I really like loveless and feel this is leading up to it.

Don't get me wrong, it's still good if you like the genre but there are better examples.

No Brian but it has the swagger of a Ferry before they hit the lounge singers forum.

Gosh and blimey! This is an absolute tour de force and one of my favourite albums.

I've listened to thousands of albums in my 50+ years and I know quality when I hear it.

You're all tone-deaf and ignorant ;-)

There's not many singers or albums I rate highly over the last 20 years but Amy was special.

Maybe if she was still around it wouldn't feel the same but this is all we really have left from her.

Great production and polish but behind that is a true talent.

So fragile.

It's really not my cup of tea but it's unmistakeable and catchy.

Bon-Jovi are very good at this stuff and who am I to deny their entry into the 1001? 1.5 billion plays on Spotify!

This is huge and they deserve a 5*****

This album is loved by the people it's aimed at.

It helps those people overcome the issues they have in life.

I would have liked to have been one of the happy people who are not helped by this album but I don't find Thom's voice irritating and I don't intellectualise endlessly about it as it has permeated the fibre of my being.

I really am beyond any redemption.

I'm a bit biased so this isn't an objective review.

My auntie emigrated in the early 70s and left a stack of LPS that I kidnapped and devoured as a kid.

They included Abbey Road, The Stones first album, Cat Stevens and amongst the others....this.

I've now played this album so so many times and it's been a friend to me over the years when I'm happy and when I've been sad.

Beautiful poetry superbly executed- poignant and sad, funny and bold. I know it inside and out and I guess by now it's part of me.

When this won the Mercury I was horrified.

Since then I've grown to realise I was wrong.

This is a work of fragile beauty in a brutal uncaring universe.

Very interesting reading the comments on this album.

Many laud it as an amazing piece of music (which it is) and a band at the peak of their craft.

However they are right to point out it's almost all 200% energy and is quite an exhausting listen.

Still, it's good at being what it is and is rightly one of the greatest albums.

This has no place here.

It's derivative and so devoid of originality.

What a joke to include it in the 1001 best albums.

I've always been a fan of Joni's blend of Jazzy, folky scat. It's very stylised but after a while I think it starts to blend together.

Still, I'm glad she's back on Spotify.