Reviews by owen

Pretty great. The second side grabbed me more than the first, though both were good. Down In the Tube Station is a fantastic song. High 4, pretty close to 5

Despite this being huge when it came out, none of the songs rang a bell with me, which I was surprised at. But then again, none of them seemed very memorable to me either. If I had to choose a standout, I quite enjoyed Blow. My goodwill with this song was eliminated when Drake turned up later in the album though.

The last one had ding dong ding dang, this has Doobley doo. I thought this would never end. Ding dong diddly shite.

Telegram Sam is basically a rewrite of Get It On. This album is pretty much the same as Electric Warrior. I don't dislike it, but it doesn't do a lot for me either.

Almost wilfully difficult. Half expected John L to start shouting "Exterminate!" during Chant. But I really enjoyed it. Quite a departure from the Pistols. Socialist is the standout track for me.

The more I listened to this the less I liked it. Sure, she has a great voice (while the material doesn't hold up). But she also makes stylistic choices while singing that really don't appeal.

I would have imagined Ray Of Light would be the mid-period Madonna this list would have chosen (maybe that's here too?). Hadn't listened to this in its entirety before, and was pleasantly surprised. It may not seem to be super groundbreaking now, but in part that's because it was heavily copied.

I liked this a lot, though maybe not quite as much as Juju. Hong Kong Garden possibly the standout.

Does what it sets out to do, but not in a particularly exciting way - this has none of the magic of Nirvana. I like it well enough, but can't see myself seeking it out.

John really has the edge on this album, with some amazing songwriting, though the Paul entries are also not too shabby, and If I Needed Someone is underappreciated.

I feel like Buckley should have given Miles Davis a writing credit for Strange Feeling. Anyway, marginally better than the other album we had by him, but still doesn't work for me.

I was certainly prepared to give this a go, and thought I might quite like it, but I have to say I found it rather grating. It doesn't help that she has pitch issues, particularly noticeable in the slower songs.

The African songs on here work better than the Western ones (and what's with the laughing guy?). But that version of Mbube is amazing.

Mildly disappointed that Shuggie is a nickname for Sugar rather than Hugh, and that he's not a Weegie. Pleasantly surprised by the music though. I actually thought the final four bonus tracks were some of the strongest - discovered these were from previous album of his, so not sure if they should factor into my score. Anyway, a reasonably solid four stars

I liked this at the time it came out (and I think bought it on CD?), but it sounds a bit dated now. Still pretty fun in places, though, especially Buffalo Stance. So Here I Come is good too

Some of this is pretty corny, though I liked it more than I expected to. Definitely see the comparisons with the Stones.

Sure, it's all over the place, with a few lesser songs. But there are still more than enough absolute gems on this to merit five stars. Listening to this reminded me how good George's writing could be; I really love Long Long Long.

I think I have to accept that Nick Cave and I just don't see eye to eye. This one was in the upper tier of Cave material for me (the Birthday Party album is still the low point), and his tuning seemed to be a bit better here than in other outings. Some so far pretty good, but the last song was hard to listen to.

I enjoyed this. I liked his vocal style. I did find that there wasn't quite enough variation to keep me totally invested for the entire duration of the album.

Souvenir is by far the best song on this album; brings it up from a high three to a four. The rest of the songs are good - I definitely enjoy them - but none quite as strong as this.