Reviews by mrmewtant

I’ve been meaning to check out The Kinks for ages and this has made me finally get around to it. I really enjoyed it. My only reason for not giving it 5 stars is that the older style of music recording doesn’t always sit right in my ears (I don’t know how to explain it). I didn’t really grow up hearing music this old (including the Beatles) so I’m maybe not as tolerant of elements of that as other people are. I imagine I’d be obsessed with a slightly more modern version of this.

This sounds like an album younger me would have pretended to like to be friends with people who liked indie music even though I really did not care for it. 1 star because it’s way too long and everything sounds the same.

First of the Elvis Costello lot. I liked the sound but it did get repetitive and songs felt longer than they were.

There’s interesting sounds in here but I’m not really sure how to rate this

Not really my thing. Had to force myself to finish it. Don’t think it will be particularly memorable for me either.

CHIC was one of the first bands I got on here, so it’s nice to see a return even though this is only my 172nd album. This is another collection of fun songs with, of course, some really good bass lines.

I don’t have strong feelings about this one but I was a bit bored.

Solid pop album slightly let down by a lacklustre closing track. I’ve never heard the album version of Head Over Heels before. Really enjoy the instrumental ending of that.

The guitar is good but the vocals feel so weak in comparison. I also thought I had a higher tolerance than most for cringy / hammy lyrics but apparently not. You can hear them so clearly too.

I’m not 100% sold on his voice but I otherwise did really like it and am interested in hearing more by him.

The only other LCD Soundsystem album I’ve listened to is This Is Happening, which I preferred over this one, at least on first listen. This is still great though.

Nice songs, but still not enough to warrant a double/triple album. Forgive me as I commit the grave sin of criticising a Beatles’ song writing but I do think the first bunch of songs (before Apple Scruffs) are a bit too similar, although they’re initially beautiful, at least on first listen. The last three tracks could definitely have been cut off. It’s 15 minutes of instrumental jamming which feel out of place with what was previously in the album. It doesn’t build on or reflect anything that came before it.

On the positive, there wasn’t a single horrible song on here. Some I liked less than others but nothing was unlistenable. I still think there’s too many, but at least it isn’t like double albums with blatant filler you’d never listen to. And of course there is a lot of good songs on here.

Solid, happy music. The songs are a bit samey but they feel nice

I wasn’t super into it at first but China Girl onwards I really liked it. You can definitely hear how it’s influenced so many bands.

Does what it says on the cover. Short and sweet, inoffensive, but not particularly mind blowing. Did lose me a bit when he was going on about his partner being a horse.

Hearing songs by The Divine Comedy, I’m not at all surprised that Neil Hannon went on to do film and tv music.

This was slightly more what I expected from a band called Funkadelic, but I still found myself bored throughout most of this.

Love every song on here, although I think I did need to listen to this multiple times before I truly got it, like most Pulp albums.

I need to punch whoever decided on the track order though. Common People into I Spy into Disco 2000 into Live Bed Show is just a weird run emotionally.

Based on his reputation, I was expecting some soppy, miserable album with shit instruments that was only good because it was sad. However, I actually quite enjoyed this. I really like the design of the cover too. It’s simple but bold.

Got a bit of whiplash seeing this not long after I found out about the allegations against Alex Kapranos… Odd timing.

Regarding the music itself, I used to like this more when I was like 17 or something. On relistening after having not heard the full thing in ages, there are a lot more weak tracks on here than I remembered. It seems the songs on here are either really good or meh. At one point, I may have given this 5 stars but not now. I was actually motivated to remove a few downloads off my phone because I remembered a few songs on here that I always tend to skip if they come up on shuffle. That said, I did keep quite a few

Pride month may be over but we’re still celebrating gay PEAK.

Went into this one straight after Holy Bible which is a bit of a mood whiplash but it’s another album I love and have listened to a lot. Pop banger after pop banger. It’s so fun. I’ve been obsessed with this album since I first heard it. I have the original CD case which has raised lumps, earning it the nickname ‘the Lego case’. I think that’s cool.

A little thing that bugs me is that Go West has a fade out instead of just ending on a big « Go West ». Kills the mood at the very end a tiny bit for me. But otherwise love this.