Reviews by mrmewtant

Was excited for another Curtis Mayfield after the previous one. Slightly too samey to be a 5 for me but really, really good. High 4. Title track is probably my favourite. Haven’t seen the film but this definitely works without that context.

I’d heard a few songs by The Streets before and thought I didn’t mind them, but I can’t do a whole album. In fairness, this isn’t a style of music I listen to much anyway and I know people who love this. It’s just not for me.

Loved the first half, especially What In The World with its silly sound effects. The instrumental second half lost me. They feel separate.

Really liked some of the later songs in the album that had more energy, but a lot of the songs on here were beautiful.

At first, I thought my review would be something along the lines of “Bit boring. Generic pop for the time; inoffensive but lacking the oompf of their contemporaries”. However the second half hit and that side of the album was fun and I really liked it.

Started off strong, got boring.

Another great album by a band I love. There’s definitely a lot more I haven’t listened to on here than have.

Probably my least favourite of their albums on this list but it’s still 5 stars. I find it’s a bit more disorganised and I get mood whiplash between songs. There’s the darker songs (e.g Nocturnal Me and Yo-Yo Man) and then there’s the brighter songs (like Silver and Crystal Days) and they’ll be right next to each other. That said, love most of the songs on here. Seven Seas makes me happy and I think it has their only great music video. Of course, I think everyone should listen to The Killing Moon at least once. I wish I could re-experience hearing it for the first time, and that first time not being while moving boxes in a dusty shop.

A side note on The Killing Moon: I get the Ocean Rain of it all but the moment I heard it I immediately pictured running through corn fields at night, past sinister scarecrows, with only the moon to guide you. The water aesthetic with the music video bothers me because I don’t associate the song with water at all.

The 21st Century Schizoid Man sample in Power isn’t that good; you just like the original song

Not super familiar with the genre beyond it being a stable at a local kebab van (very culturally confusing place) but as an introduction this was nice. I like how the vocals swim over the instruments, which are very good too. The first track was too long for what it did in my opinion and I was worried the rest of the album would follow that structure but it didn’t.

Finally got an album by one of my favourite bands. Easy five stars. The run of the first four songs is incredible and Nothing is one of my favourite songs by them.

That said, the fact their best album (Songs Of Faith and Devotion) isn’t included on this list does make me think the author chose their albums more for the singles than the albums as a whole. This one does get slightly weak in the middle for a bit. Still love it.

At first I thought I wouldn’t like it because it just sounded like generic radio pop. Then I liked it, even if it sounded like generic radio pop.

Glad to see Janis again, and I had no clue she’d been in a band. Didn’t like this as much as Pearl, but it’s on the higher side of 3.

I really liked the cover art until I noticed the racist caricature which is blatantly not how the artist draws other people. It was cool to have all the songs represented on the cover like this; shame they made that decision which taints it a bit.

It was okay.

Not really my thing but I did like Who’ll Stop The Rain. Wouldn’t think people are mad for liking this; just not my taste.

I would have given this a 1 if the last two tracks hadn’t have been so good. Really don’t like the sound on the rest of it. I’m not sure if this would have been so well liked if it hadn’t been the last one.

When I was at a fair once, there was a stand selling band pins. I took a Bauhaus and Depeche Mode pin and the bloke running it started asking me about other bands I listened to. He insisted this was the greatest album of all time and I NEEDED to hear it. Brought this up at a party a few days later and someone put on the record. A few people were annoyed at the dreary music but I thought it was quite good.

I prefer Meat Is Murder but Cemetery Gates and There’s A Light That Never Goes Out easily bring this to five stars.

At first I liked the sound but every song was the same. Then they realised they have to switch things up and the album was great.

I thought I would like this but it really wasn’t for me. In fairness I have never liked Rock Lobster. When I was around six we had to do a dance in a school play to this and I absolutely hated the song. My feelings have not changed and I have since associated the song with that.

Very cohesive album which doesn’t feel as long as it actually is to me. I couldn’t stand Bittersweet Symphony and The Drugs Don’t Work when I was younger because they were very overplayed in my house, but I’m getting over it.

Part of me thinks that this shouldn’t be that good but I really enjoyed it and that’s what matters