Reviews by marcusmuck-again

It's funny as I'm just back from a weekend away and had a King Crimson album medley in the car journey down of Larks Tongue, In the Court, Discipline and this.

It really is a titan but only in bronze position in my heart.

This really deserved to be on the main list but you can only have so many of each genre on the list.

Well selected and thank you.

I thought I'd already rated this- as other reviewers have noted this is an average album by a great band.

If it was by an average band it would be a great album by them.

This band put the 'Quirky' in quirkiness.

So listenable and upbeat. Constantly inventive with strange lyrics that make you stop and think 'why'?

Quirky and varied- some tracks hit me better than other.

Nice to see something different being tried.

This is really not up my street but even I can recognise it stands above the sea of mediocrity.

Soulful and mesmeric

This is right up my street. I've not heard of them before but this is so atmospheric and brooding I finished wanting more.

This is just being silly.

I can listen to a lot of extreme and experimental music but this stuff is deliberately silly and not even original.

It's been done a lot and there's even a Genre now!

I was never much into Pulp and this is certainly no different from the other albums of theirs on show but this is suprisingly well played and addictive- like a guilty pleasure.....

Quite a lot 'rockier' than I expected- dramatic andintense but really interesting and varied.

I've a real dislike of American bands coming 20 years late to the party.

So this is supposed to be 'punk' and 'ska' but sounds like Bad Manners to me.

I feel this is being carried by Lou's persona which is really laid back and bluesy but this sounds dated to me now.

Still, it's pleasant enough....

Wow.

I've kinda always grudgingly respected The Fall although never particlarly liked them much. They were too discordant and jarring with an emphasis on the lyrics over the sound..

This album sounds like it should have hatched from the 70's scene full of ideas and purpose whilst simultaneously being filled with modern sounds.

It's so damned attractive and scary at the same time.

This will no doubt bring back memories to some people but to me it's middle of the road- not bad but there's no great spark of originality.

Oh dear, this is embarrassing. Great idea but poorly executed.

Feels amateurish and badly produced.

Well, I'd not heard of them which was a real suprise but they are REALLY good!

This really took me back to the time when bands could experiment with all sorts of things and they sound so fresh (which they would have been I guess).

A great find and thank you to whoever put this forward.

What makes Country 'Country'? Is it the instruments? Is it the sensibility?

This follows all the staples and it done well.

It's just so alien to me I can't think of another genre I feel more disassociated with. Even Australian didgeridoo music resonates with me.

Quite enjoyable pop rock and for once it's a US band. Pretty blonde singer with solid backing (one of which is the brother to lend it a respectable air) from the band. What's theer not to like?

From the antique album cover to the sparse fragile tunes this is not meant for the heady heights of the MTV awards but to be treasured and played late at night with the lights low.

This band has haunted me for a while- so elusive and difficult to get around.

I keep on listening and trying to divine their essence but failing

Still, I keep trying.

This is very good but I'd argue it's closer to Classical music than 'popular' music?

To be appreciated you need to move away from a sensibility that pulls you towards your music of choice (Metal, Country, Folk, Rap etc etc) and enter a world totally removed.

Maybe I'm wrong and it's just like any other genre......