Reviews by owen

I gave Third/Sister Lovers three stars after listening to it on a plane, and now I'm thinking I might need to give it a other listen to see if I stand by that. I enjoyed this (in a non-plane situation) way more I did that one. Great harmonies, catchy song. Either a high four, or sneaks into five. Will decide after another listen.

Edit; went back and listened to Third and I stand by my three star. I like this way more.

Pretty much the same as the other Eminem album we had; some reasonably good production, talented rapping, but let down by the subject matter. Is this a different mix/edit of My Name Is than the single?

Probably my favorite PJ Harvey album. Listened to it twice in a row. Hard to pick out a favorite track here, but I love the guitars in "In The Dark Places".

I quite liked it, though it did seem quite derivative of various other things (quite Hives-ish). And it went on a little longer than I had patience for.

I liked this, though it's a high three for me rather than a four. I suspect it would grow on me if I listened to it a few times though. Liked the Welsh accents!

I haven't heard much (any?) of this album before, which confirms it's not overfamiliarity that causes me to not like the Doors

I gave both his Dad's albums four stars, and this is in the same ballpark. I liked it quite a lot. Standout for me was maybe "No Shame".

Yes, agreed that this is a little bland. But it was huge in the nineties, and there are several pretty catchy songs on here. It's perfectly listenable, even if it doesn't set your heart racing.

This is perfectly serviceable folk/indie. It doesn't blow me away, but I can't say I dislike it. I think some people's reviews here are a little unfair, and if this were by someone with more indie creds, there might be fewer one star reviews. Anyway, a strong three for me.

Holds up pretty well. I think I might just like Dog Man Star a tad more. Some of the production is a little muddy.

It's a bit all over the place, and Skeleton Key crosses the line from Beefheart homage to pastiche. Some of it is not too bad though. A low three.

Feels like I could walk into any local pub on a Friday night and hear music that sounded just like this.

Ehh, this didn't really do it for me. I think PSB probably peaked at West End Girls. This felt pretty generic and forgettable to me.

Back in the day I bought my first Throwing Muses album sight unseen (The Real Ramona) on the basis of it being on 4AD, same as other artists I loved. I think Kristin Hersh is great, both here and solo. Going to give this a five, though there are probably other TM albums I like even more.

Note: not available on streaming services. I found this playlist on YT: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDIxWXRU4UDo6zvUgDsqL4R94CyK9oTRT

This singles off this are fantastic. Johnny Rotten's delivery is great. But the album suffers a bit from being a little longer than it needs to be without a huge amount of variety. Weak four.

He's got a good voice, but this is not my kind of thing at all. Every song started to sound the same after a while

Oof, two growled metal albums in a row. I can't take it. The second half of the album was better than the first.

It's the vocals that I can't get behind. They're marginally better than the previous Slipknot album we had, but there's still too much growling for me. Some of the instrumentals are fine.

I'm with the Dude on this one.

Really disliked his vocal delivery and the content of the songs is pretty dubious. Some of it sounded not too bad musically. Low two - pretty close to a one.