Reviews by mibbiesaye

First few tracks are ok then it starts getting boring. They seemed to only have a few ideas.

I half agree with Neil Kulkarni. The first three tracks are the best things on this. Made of Stone and I Am The Resurrection are good as well but a lot of the other tracks are pretty forgettable except This Is The One which is irritatingly catchy.

It feels a bit like an academic exercise.

A suitably weighty choice for album number 500.

I don't know that sadness, pain and regret have been so seductively packaged too many times.

Such a cool thing the developer of this site did.

I like this album a lot but I don't worship it as some do even though I can understand why people do. I feel like the sheer weight of ideas bursting out of its creaking bounced upon bounced upon 4 tracks communicates Brian Wilson's anxiety too well. I almost find it an uncomfortable listen. When Syd Barrett communicates his mental health through his music it feels like an invitation to a trip with some dark wells of melancholy along the way. With poor Brian I feel like I'm stuck on a fairground ride with someone suppressing a terrified scream.

It's tough for 90s dance music albums in this thing. I don't think they were ever meant to be listened to with the chin stroking intensity invited by most of the other inclusions. You were meant to dance to them or even just individual tracks as part of a DJ set, or maybe have them on in the background at a party or a bar. Also they are very much of their time which I see is something plenty people cannot forgive. I guess nothing dates so much as old visions of the future.

I think 90s dance music deserves a spot on the list even if i disagree with some of the choices. I think this one has way more invention, dynamics and melody than the more popular Big Beat albums that cluttered up the other end of the 90s.

America's chief contribution to the new millennium's indie landfill.

I wish the whole thing was like the last three tracks. They are fantastic. The version of Light My Fire almost ruins it.

Just cos you can write them doesn't mean they need to be on the album. There's some ok mid 90s 'alt rock' tunes swimming alongside the mediocre ones. It's just all a bit too much Billy Corgan in one sitting for my ears. once I laughed at those lyrics for Zero it was quite hard to take the rest of it seriously.

When I was 19 this seemed the height of sophisticated dark atmosphere. Maybe they've been copied too many times since then but it doesn't quite have the same allure to me now.

For many years I would have recoiled at this and all its noodlyness but a few things have changed over the years. I just decided to try and give up on my learned prejudices from my teens and 20s. I really fell in love with Steve Howe's previous group Tomorrow and Bill Bruford's subsequent spell in King Crimson. Then finally I sought out this specific album after hearing Starship Trooper on the TV drama Divorce. It wasn't like the song resonated because of the scene of a middle aged man rediscovering his independence in a dweeby way, I just really liked the track. Maybe I'm a dweeb. Anyway, and the next thing you know, because of Sarah Jessica Parker, I'm getting into Yes .

Sinatra's voice sounds too loud in the mix and the fairly uninspiring arrangements lurk in the background.

It doesn't quite have the beauty and mystery of Trans Europe Express. It feels more functional which may well have been the intention. Still great though. Their technical innovation is important and all that but they also knew how to write a great tune.

You've got to love random timing. I'm currently reading Limmy's autobiography. Look up "Limmy Lloyd Cole" on YouTube for a wee rage filled treat and to discover what a miserable snob old Lloyd is. The video is Limmy reacting to Lloyd's review of his book on BBC Radio 4. My opinion of Lloyd is even lower having now read most of Limmy's brutally honest, sad and funny book.

Anyway I loved this album as a teenager and I'm not changing my mind about it now. The lyrics can be incredibly pretentious but that's part of its youthful charm. Neil Clark's guitar playing is up there with early Johnny Marr. But the arrangements are more mainstream 80s pop than The Smiths.

To my ears they were and still are Nirvana Lite.

It's got that lush 70s production style but I always want the songs to be more impressive.

I find it fascinating how violent some of the reactions to this are. Apparently you are a fraud if you like this or possibly just simply hated. Pretty funny. It's just sound and some creepy words, not even TG's most disturbing.

I think it's exciting not really knowing what's coming next, sensing that the people making the record didn't know either a lot of the time.

I saw them the last time they reformed and if anything they were even more impressive than their early albums would have suggested. They weren't just a tribute to themselves and incorporated current tech into what they do/did.

I kind of wish the follow up album 20 Jazz Funk Greats with its sneakily grim Blue Peter annual artwork had featured instead. The reviews for that would have been even more fun as expectations raised by the title were not met.

Trivia corner for classic rock fans: The cover for UFO's album Force It was designed by TG's Sleazy and features TG's Genesis P. Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti as the couple.

This album was huge for me at 20 when it came out. One of those ones I dont need to listen to any more because I know it inside out. I'm loving how many of the reviews are hooked first time listeners. I'm also amused by the number of people who think they have to listen to the 2.5 hour Deluxe Edition cos the website has linked to that version.

One of my favourite things about this album is the image of the producer David Briggs trying to 'vibe up' Blixa Bargeld by playing air guitar next to him during recording. Pure culture clash.

I loved this album so much in my 20s. It has an almost childish glee for horrific imagery which makes me think of gangsta rap. I accept that he had to move on from the Nick Cave character he was then but he has never been as entertaining to me later on. Having said that one or tunes do feel a bit Bad Seeds by numbers - especially the two singles. Also ridiculous that this is the earliest Bad Seeds record on the list.