Reviews by owen

This, for me, is the peak of all Radiohead albums. I remember when it came out, it took me a while to get into, but when it clicked, it really clicked. Favorite track is hard to pinpoint, but I love the beautiful cacophony of "National Anthem."

I like this, but I much prefer (early-to-mid) Arctic Monkeys - this seems to be trying a little too hard.

I didn't dislike this, but I also didn't really find it very engaging or interesting. A high two.

I liked this a lot. Sounded ahead of its time, just like Sonic Youth's Sister, which it somewhat resembled. Raisans was my favorite track.

A lot of pretty decent songs, a couple of very good ones, and one exceptional one (you know which one). I like its youthful exuberance.

Some of the production on this is a little dated-sounding. "Fame" is a five-star song, and the rest is good, but later Bowie albums are better.

I like pretty much all of this, bar the closing track, "Everything Will Be Alright", which never really did it for me. Some of it has suffered a little from overexposure, but it's still pretty damn good.

I think you have to be British and of a certain age to get this. But for those of us who are, it's a nostalgic listen. Shame that some of his biggest hits missed being on this album, instead being released as singles only. "Reasons To Be Cheerful" would probably have knocked this up to a four.

Still surprising to me that Mezzanine isn't on this list, but TBH I think Protection is its equal. I love Tracey Thorn's vocal on the title track.

This was pretty fun. Seems somewhat ahead of its time. I liked the raucous energy.

I thought I would hate this, based on the description, and although there were moments that were too close to San Francisco psychedelia for my liking, generally I found it to be a fun and interesting listen.

I think some later B&S albums are even better (Sinister, Arab Strap), but this still an amazing debut, and an easy five stars

Feels like Sonic Youth were already in the nineties in 1987. This is one of their top ones for me. Particularly like "Pacific Coast Highway."

He has a great voice, and I enjoyed side one quite a lot, but I found the tempo of side two less compelling.

There are glimpses here of the greatness that was to come with Loveless. It's still really good in many places, though, even if not quite at that height.

This is good, but not quite as good as Miles Davis would later get on Kind of Blue. Still, pretty solid and Davis' trumpet tone is amazing as always.

Half way through Sickman I said "this is a slog", them looked and discovered that was only track five of thirteen.

Growing up in Scotland in the eighties, it felt like generally accepted fact that this was one of the best albums of all time. But for some reason, I never connected with it. It's been a long time since I last listened, though. And I have to say, on relistening, it's pretty damn good. I have some minor reservations about the vocals that keep it from a five for me, but it's a strong four.

This is pretty bad. From the mock orchestral sections to the excess vibrato, there's not much to love about pre-disco Bee Gees

This was pretty great, although, predictably, I feel it would be improved by being a tad shorter. I liked A Funky Space Reincarnation.