Reviews by marcusmuck-again

Very relaxing and chill. I'm finding I like this sort of thing more and more in today's toxic world.

A band I'd tried getting into on the premise I was missing something.

Conjures memories of the 80's and John Hughes movies but there's a lot more going on behind the facade.

The hits are a real treat but the rest is a bit hit and miss as you'd expect.

All in all this is high-end 80's New Wave.

Love it.

Ambient and Orchestral and plain odd I found it a joy to listen to.

For every hater out there there is a lover.

There's a real Pixies feel to this and I really like it.

The guy's really talented and there's a variety to this too that makes it worth listening the whole way through.

At the time I really like this and although I get and agree the comments about the wannabe Jamaica gangsta pose are a put off there's still a few great tracks on here.

The style is pretty light and breezy and easy to listen to. Not really Reggae but a smorgasbord of things he's thrown in there.

So 80's. Poppy 80s. Synths and drum beats. Cyndi is a force of nature- how can anyone dislike her?

But it's good 80s as these were the happy bits I remember.

These are catchy anthems.

So all the hipsters and metalheads aren't into the 60's vibe? Never mind.

This is an oddity and fits into the Velvet Underground/Warhol scene with contributions from a number of them.

It's true the production and arrangements are pretty insipid though- it would have been good to hear what Nico's idea for drums and guitars would have been like?

Well, at least they can't accuse the 1001 exec of being closed-minded.

Indian raag music? This is basically Classical? Or is it 'World music'?

Still, it's pretty chill and well played and produced. Considering this is 1967 it's pretty contemporary so who am I to judge?

Already one of my favourite albums and one of my favourite bands so this is going to be easy.

When you've listened to something so many times you find it easy to envelope yourself in the mood and I can understand why some find the music an overly intense wall to immerse yourself in.

It's worth the plunge though.

Now this is better.....

His voice is silky smooth really hits the spot this morning.

In my view this is proper Frank before he morphed into an overblown husk.

I love the feel for these 50's arrangements- the orchestration is lush.

Loretta's got a lovely voice and the band play very professionally. This plays along pleasantly enough: I'm finding even fillers like 'Tomorrow never comes' easy playing as a background sound.

I'm happy I played this but the only reason was this poll. More educational than pleasurable and at 28 minutes it's not exactly value for money.......

I like Post-Rock.

I like this.

easy really.

It's more jazzier and a bit jammier than other bands I like with whiffs of Can and Eno but it hold firm until the end.

Well it's Rod Stewart innit?! One of the greatest voices and personas in Rock.

I love early Rod (Maggie and Mandolin) but never listened to the Faces at all really but this is a good groove. I'm liking Ronnie Wood (who tries to sound like Dylan).

It's good listening to be sure. Not superdooper but good.

One of my favourite albums already so I think you know what the score will be! This is dad rock and I stole it out of my dad's record collection.....

These musicians were at the peak of their trade. It's a pleasure from start to finish. If some people want to pigeonhole this and close their ears that is their choice but this is pretty damned near perfect.

Constantly changing and reinventing, never dull and played, produced and sang with a skill beyond 99% of todays wannabes.

That slow building opening leading the the explosion of sound is like no other. It never lets up and stays with you for the rest of your life if you open your soul.

I found this hard to get through and skipped to other Metallica songs on other albums.

Not sure what was revolutionary about this - they have 4 albums on this chart which makes me wonder what genres they all fall into.

Maybe I need to spend more time with this on repeat mode?

I know little of rap but this is seriously engaging.

I'd listened to it before for another 'Best Album' poll and it was lurking waiting for a relisten. Still disturbing and in your face.

For me this is the best.

They've been since denigrated but at the time they were the next 'big thing'.

Maybe when someone is overplayed the songs lose their punch? I don't like the tendency to slag things off when at one time you were all over them so I will say I liked them at the time and still find the songs enjoyable.

There's plenty of other bands that have come and gone in the last 20 years so why not? Maybe people gravitate to the newest trendy bauble.

The songs sound quite dated now but at the time they were great. It shows if you can develop a 'sound' at the time people will latch onto it and you can be huge for a while.

Big dose of nostalgia for me. These were a clean inoffensive jazzy pop band set up by record executives to be the new 'Monkeys'. A lot of hits on the album which mainly appealed to teens.

Nick Heyward was the lead and wrote most of the songs and clearly a talented guy but the songs lack depth.

It's pleasant and i've enjoyed listening to the songs I know but nothing beyond that.

Very interesting contrast in styles.

The first half is ambient Krautrock which abruptly morphs into the German Rolling Stones.

Very odd.

The reviews seem to be equally polarised between 1s and 5s.

I normally love these albums but this left me cold.

How have I come this far along in life without having heard of this guy or this album. It's the oddest thing I've ever heard. It's like Spanish trip hop with sampling and rhythms that go around and about. Not really tracks as such as it bleeds from one track to another. No real substance as it feels like pop music and certainly not punk rock. Not sure if it deserves one star or 5 stars.