Reviews by owen

Love a bit of Eno. Fripp's guitar solo in "Baby's On Fire" is incredible.

I've never actually listened to this before. It's really good, even though I had to break it into a couple of sessions due to its length. High four.

Other than Waterfalls, I liked Switch a lot, a good sample of Mr. Big Stuff. But there's a fair bit of filler on here, and I could do without the interludes.

I'd never listened to this before, despite having listened to (and liked) Pale Green Ghosts a lot, and seeing Grant in concert around Love Is Magic time. This is pretty great, he has a very listenable voice, and the accompanying band here sounds good. A strong four.

A slightly confounding experience; there were aspects of this I greatly liked, and other aspects I found somewhat irritating. I generally liked side 1 more than side 2. Tic Tic Tic... was a highlight for me.

Well, I never thought going into this that I'd end up a Fairport Convention fan, but here we are. I liked this for many of the same reasons as I liked Unhalfbricking; several tracks have a driving, hypnotic feel that tickles my krautrock receptors.

This is well executed and the band sounds tight, but it just isn't really a genre I find does anything for me.

On the plus side, she has an engaging voice. And I liked this more than I expected to. But I wasn't exactly blown away by it, and the production was a little dated. A low three.

Several of these songs started and made me think the production was dated and bad, but then each one of them warmed up and won me over, mainly because of Olomide's voice and the repetitive rhythm. I enjoyed this quite a lot, though it could have perhaps done with being 15 minutes shorter. Solid three..

I didn't think this was bad at all, actually, even if a bit of an oddity. Several enjoyable tracks on here. Solid three.

This is the best version of Lost In Music ever. I love the Fall.

"Groove Is in the Heart" is a classic, of course, but the quality gulf between this and everything else on the album is huge. The rest seems a little mundane. Perhaps I would have liked it more contemporaneously, but it doesn't seem quite enough from this distance.

The three big hits on here are 5/5 songs, the rest are enjoyable but not quite as strong. I love John Taylor's bass playing on here; I don't think I'd noticed before how good it was.

"Make You Feel My Love" doesn't work with Dylan's 1997 voice. This was hailed as a return to form for Dylan, but I didn't find it nearly as interesting as his earlier stuff.

Another album that feels thoroughly inessential. Not unpleasant to listen to, and I remember a few of these from the radio of 1996, but doesn't need to be on this list.

A 90s classic; ubiquitous at the time. Several great songs on here; have it on CD somewhere in a box in the garage.

The title track here is probably the worst track on the album; it's such a dirge. The rest is okay, I guess, but I still fail to see the appeal of Springsteen. Low three.

This is a four star album with a few five star songs on it. Title track in particular is really great. And Knopfler's guitar playing is impeccable. I think there are Dire Straits albums I like more, but this is still a high four.

Enjoyable, but didn't quite connect with me to the extent of their debut album; whether that's a judgement of the album or just my mood on the day, I'm not sure. Anyway, a solidly high 3.

Man, this is so much fun. The sample of "The End" in "The Sounds of Science" is inspired. The Dust Brothers suited the Beasties way more than Rick Rubin did.