Reviews by marcusmuck-again

I loved the earlier acoustic songs of EBTG and Tracy's voice (and Ben's too) is sublime.

I love the vibe of this album however this is all about Todd Terry. It could be any acoustic duo he chose to produce. This is his album.

Still, it's nice to listen to however and still one of the best covers of any album I know.

I've had some pretty run of the mill albums recently and this is another one.

I know the idea is to broaden our musical horizons but sometimes I'd like something I could enjoy?

Just don't see anything special in this.

Punk was long dead by this time so why class it as such?

OK to a certain degree but only so far.

I like the Bee Gees but this is pretty bland stuff.

Nothing stands out to be honest.

Very 90s and very Britpop.

inoffensive and bland, kinda formulaic.

It's not bad but it's a bit samey and lacks any real hit.

I'll need to play this a bit more...

Archetypal 90's trance.

I kinda like this sort of vibe- easy to chill to.

Love this album.

It has so many influences pulled in- beeps and bloops and is so all over the place but pulls together into one big beautiful whole.

It just really works.

Just not in the mood for 80s metal. There's better genre music before and after this.

Pretty dull, uninspired and generic.

I quite like these style of rap albums- samples, drum and bass and in-your-face lyrics.

I've got to be in the mood but good when I am.

Prefer Black Sunday.

Why is this in 1001?

Not interested in his personal history. This is dross.

Not what I would expect from a Rap album- I guess it's a British viewpoint?

It's more comical than hardedged and badass but at least it's novel.

Pretty unusual to be honest - not what I expected at all.

Theatrical rather than Glam.

It's not bad really.

Oh wow this takes me back! These were crazy days- not really New Wave, more Pop in my opinion.

This guy was everywhere- on telly, on the radio and on billboards. Very accomplished self-publicist.

It's pretty good too- he got VERY excessive later on and then like so many he crashed and burned.

As others have noted this is an album of covers and is only noteworthy for what they did later on.

Having said that they're decent covers that laid the foundations.

I really liked this.

Jazz doesn't have to be Avant-Guard and squeaky. This is smooth and relaxing without being sentimental.

I'll listen to this again.....

Pretty generic folk from the 70's but it's pretty good for all that.

Easy to listen to and pleasant.

They became a bit of a joke but they were the archetypal glam band at the time.

The hits are still good to listen to. Good old fashioned Brummie rock. I have a grudging soft spot for them I guess but can only guess what the Yanks make of them......

This is the real thing.

1976 and a breath of rancid air. Whole album is under 30 mins and each track under 3 mins. What must it have been like to hear them at the time?

Joyful and energetic- total integrity.

Superb.

Well I must say this completely passed me by at the time and ever since then I've had a distorted opinion on them.

Until now.

I won't say I think it's the most original music thinking on Velvet Underground and a number of 70s New York underground bands and onto the New Wave in the UK at the beginning of the 80s. But I think the up and coming bands will mainly listen to what's there at that time and in 1988 this influenced a chunk of bands that I like now.

I love the distorted guitars, meandering tunes and muffled lyrics.

Better late than never.