Reviews by owen

"There is a light that never goes out" is such an amazing song. Five star album; probably the Smiths best one.

This is as much a William Orbit album as it is a Madonna album. Solidly fun electropop. Some of it reminded me a bit of Beth Orton in places, perhaps because of Orbit producing both. The title track is really good IMO.

I respect what it's doing, but I can't say I would gladly listen to it again. The odd track worked ok for me, less so the ones which were just power drills and screaming. Still, better than Justin Timberlake.

I enjoyed this. Mayfield's voice is pleasant to listen to, the tracks were funky, and it didn't overstay its welcome.

God this was awful. 60s psych rock is really not my thing. And the electric jug really got on my nerves.

This was pretty much down the middle of the road for me; didn't dislike it at all, but didn't really excite me either.

This goes on far too long, both as an album and some of the individual songs; I thought Key to the Highway would never end. But there are some decent songs on it, and the playing quality is good. A low three.

I have probably listened to this album more times than any other on this list (or at all). So, naturally, an obvious five stars. What a masterpiece; the medley gives me tingles all over.

I really don't like nu-metal, and this is no exception. I admit I dozed a bit during this on a plane journey. Low two; I didn't hate it quite as much as I expected.

I know people love Metallica, but I just don't get it. Musically competent, and I'm sure this is great I'd it's your kind of thing, but it's not for me.

Connected (the song) has the nostalgia factor, but the rest of the album sounds like a warmed over rehash of the same song. A low two.

A little samey but overall I liked it. Suspect it could be worth more listens.

This all has the "easy going" vibe, but it feels a bit forced and fake. Got a bit boring after the first couple of tracks

Fantastic album. Once in a lifetime obviously the standout. But a bunch of other great songs on here. Love the afrobeat inflected sounds.

It's weird, when this came out, it felt like a huge departure for U2, maybe because the music press said it was. But in retrospect it doesn't seem that different from their previous stuff. One is decent enough, but I still don't really like Bonos voice.

I liked this quite a lot. Some of it sounded quite Danger Mouse-like in places. Bow was my favorite track, I think.

The material is a little soporific in places, but this album really demonstrates the masterful level of of control Sinatra had over his voice. Not a note out of place, perfect timing. The guy could sing, no doubt.

The Girl Is Mine is fairly terrible - in general the slower songs on here are the weakest. But how can you give an album with Billie Jean, Beat It and Thriller less than five stars?

I think Double Dutch is a great song but it never occurred to me in 1983 that it ripped off someone else's work without credits :(

Anyway I like quite a lot of this, largely due to the infectious South African music. Would give an album of the originals 5 stars (I went and listened to the Mahotella Queens after this) this loses a couple of stars for the shamelessness of appropriating without credit.

I liked this rather a lot. Pretty close to a five star album. His voice seems to annoy folks here, but I liked it, for the most part (there was one song where his audible inhales were a little annoying). Waiting for a Dream reminded me of Elbow.