Reviews by mibbiesaye

I loved this when I was nine. Sadly one that nostalgia doesn't work for. Some good moments but Sting's reggae voice has to be one of the most embarrassing things ever committed to tape.

During my big Isaac Hayes phase I somehow never got to this. What a daftie.

It's their best one

We're sorry. Crossing U2 with Neutral Milk Hotel with a soupcon of the cast of Les Mis seemed like a good idea at the time but then it all got out of hand.

I like some pretty noisy discordant stuff, more horrible than the stuff with the lowest average scores on here. However, when Adele hits those notes where she really forces it, gets close to bellowing the note, albeit tunefully, I find it really painful to listen to. I feel like I can hear her vocal chords ready to snap. It's most obvious on Someone Like You. If it wasn't for that this would be a 2.

First four songs I'm thinking this is alright, better than I remember, probably 3 stars. But then it just keeps going and going, all one pace, one song blending into another with the same vocal ticks on display again and again until you are lost in the mush.

When I worked in a pub in the late 90s we would put this on Sunday afternoons as it seemed something we could handle while working through our murderous hangovers. It rarely lasted its full length before someone pressed eject and reached for Moon Safari by Air instead.

21 years how did thay happen? I don't hear the repetitiveness others complain of. It's full of invention and ideas. I like how a lot of the tracks consist of only a few elements but seem fuller than that. A shame he curdled into a partner bashing middle aged man.

None more mild

I have been listening to this album since I was 11. It was definitely my favourite back then. I want to explain all the exciting nuances to the reviewers who think it's all just the same song. E.g. Lemmy's bass solo on Stay Clean! And to ask them to try jumping around their bedrooms with a tennis raquet while listening, so they can access its thrills.

One of the small number of people for me who need their own scale.

I find his songs heard in isolation are pretty good but a whole album of them devolves into a bit of a mush. Either a strong 2 or a weak 3.

Too long, self indulgent, self pitying but the tunes and production carry it and I was indoctrinated to it at 10 years old. What the fuck did I make of it all at 10?

I think I need a much smaller dose accompanied by video of them in their funny wee hats to get enjoyment.

Some great tunes but I struggle with Brian Johnson's screechy squawk over a full album.

Sort of weird that I've never heard Minor Threat until now. I would have probably loved this once upon a time.

America's freakiest freaks come from the south.

You think you know an album. Yeah yeah great hits, great opener, etc. But wait. Tattoo Love Boys! The guitar on Private Life! Great closer!

At school a girlfriend tried to get me into this but in 1987 I thought of them as old hat. The folly of youth.

The book and this website are a celebration of the album as music's finest vehicle of expression. But I find myself thinking most albums are too long. If you knocked 10 to 20 minutes off this it would almost be as good as people say it is.

Mid 90s, Sunday afternoon, disappointing pub lunch.

Makes me almost wistful. I wish I had heard it when it came out. I would have loved it in a different way.