Reviews by nevele

It's a very country & western sound with some folky influences. With the flutes, violin, slide guitar, banjo it has quite a slick Americana sound.
The songwriting certainly isn't bad, but this really isn't for me. It's foundation is too much of the twangy country sound.

Elvis Costello is one of the best.
And this is one of the best of Elvis Costello.

This album doesn't have any hits, or numbers that really stick out, but it's quality throughout the album, with superb lyrics and musical arrangements.

I personally prefer the more new wavy and straightforward Costello, but this is a class album

This album feels quite dated and a bit uninteresting, especially after hearing their B.E.F. sides of 6 months before this.

A great listening experience from a very very talented songwriter.

It's a good album and I remember it slightly from when it was popular. It paved the way for a whole swath of immensely talented musicians from the African continent to get some recognition in Western charts and sales.
This album by itself is a bit slick, very 80's, even with the afrobeats.

This is one of the best Salsa albums I've ever heard. Now I don't know much about it, but the complexity and musicality are on par with the best I've heard.
Great album!

I really don't know much about Kid Rock, but this album is just one of the worst fake rock/rap albums I've heard in my life. And I finished it even, gave it a full chance.
These lyrics are such highschool bullshit, I don't even know where to start on this one.

I did. I did listen without prejudice.
Didn't dislike it. It's a decent pop album.
Cowboys and Angels is a great song.

Next.

This IS the pulsating rhythmical remedy!
It's an incredible album and totally blew my mind when it was released. Listening back to it, I am still fully rocking out to the best rave album that was released when the rave-scene was slowly on its way out. It returned to the feelings of anti-authoritarian punk and hiphop, but is a full rave album, with influences from both.
The song that brought me to the album 28 years ago was No Good (Start The Dance) with its breakbeats and might for me still be the best dancehall song ever made.
Where the album really comes out is in the song that has all the rockrave influence in it: Voodoo People.
Other highlights are Break & Enter, Poison and Claustrophobic Sting

Why no 5 stars? Even though all 13 songs differ wildly from each other, in this 78 minute opus, there are also a few lesser songs. They could've taken some of the 'fillers' out I'm afraid to make it perfect.

Score 4* for the Jamaican version of it, before the additions

This is everything I dislike in Country music. Please no.

This album filled me with an urge to break LP's. This really does nothing for me, just makes me annoyed

Listening to this album I think Tom Waits might've listened to it once or twice.
It's nicely smooth jazz, but in my limited knowledge of Jazz, nothing really special

It's just a really great pop album. Quality.

Tja...
It's ok folk music. I wouldn't get annoyed if it played somewhere in the background. But I also wouldn't be intrigued to listen to more of it.

His original is at least better than Nillsons version.

Back in the 90s I found this a bit of a let down after the great 'Live Through This.'

Now listen to this album again. It's just a good alt-rock album that balances between the poppy sound of the era and the grunge of the previous album. It all sounds radio-friendly enough and I think that was the purpose of this album.

You can clearly hear the influences of Melissa Auf Der Maur and Billy Corgan in addition to the songwriting violence of Courtney Love. Because of this, the album sometimes sounds a bit limping on different thoughts.

But besides the somewhat slick and smooth songs, like Awful, which drag the album down as far as I'm concerned, other songs work a bit better, like Malibu, Reasons To Be Beautiful and the beautiful (and for me
best song) Northern Star

All in all a little less black and dark than its predecessor, and just a good rock album.

This album sounds a bit as if Elvis Costello felt like starting a punk-rock band in the 90's with a brass section.
And there's nothing wrong with that. It rocks away really well. The brass section gives it a little more schwung.
But it's not really either catchy or punk enough to really hold interest long.

Amazing voice that pulls you into the songs and music

It's nice and funky, a fun time to find all the samples. The time before hiphop had to be a certain way. And they've got something to say luckily.
But it never transcends into a great album. Enjoyable and very listenable. Just not great.

5*

One of the best albums of the 2000's. The deceptive easiness of the songs will give up their depth after a few listens.

City With No Children is a truly amazing song