Reviews by owen

Never heard of this previously. I saw some of the poor reviews, but quite enjoyed the vibe of the first track, and found myself thinking it might end up with a four star score. But as it wore on I got more and more tired of it. By the end of an hour and a quarter I was thoroughly fed up of it. Two stars.

I enjoyed this a fair bit. Some great drumming on here from Max Roach.

Ah, Gram Parsons, my old nemesis. He's the anti-Eno for me; everything he touches turns to dogshit.

As I was listening to this I started jotting down every track that stood out to me, then about half way through I had way too many tracks to add a list here. Insane hit rate on a double album - Stevie Wonder was really on fire here.

I really like the guitar tone in Cinnamon Girl. Down By The River is great. Yet another album that demonstrates I have really warmed to Neil Young.

Gimme Shelter is the Stones' best track by a country mile. You Can't Always Get What You Want is pretty decent. Most of the other tracks in between these bookends are fairly run of the mill.

It was fine; I certainly didn't dislike it, and she has an interesting voice. But the Antonoff production isn't especially memorable, and I don't see myself returning to it.

I liked this more than Born to Run, but maybe it swung too far the other way; while that was too bombastic, this was frankly a bit dull. A low three.

This is great; Talking Heads have really hit their stride by this point. Side B not quite as strong as side A, but still an overall 5. (Also; another Eno win; I think my average score for albums he's been involved with is close to 5)

Wow! This blew me away. Really impressive on multiple fronts from the flow to the inventiveness, and the funk/jazzy feel of many of the tracks. Really strong stuff.

I liked this more than I thought I would. I preferred the female vocalist's voice to the male's - he seemed a little out of tune sometimes. But I liked the overall vibe. Solid three.

Come On Eileen is of course horrendously overplayed, but within the context of this album it's actually a cracking song. And there are several other great tracks on here; Jackie Wilson Says, The Celtic Soul Brothers and more. I really enjoyed this (and don't really understand the folks objecting to Kevin Rowland's voice, which I quite like). A strong four, close to five.

I listened to (and IIRC bought) Gran Turismo back in the day, and rather enjoyed it. This is also good, though perhaps not overall as strong other than Lovefool. I quite liked the cover of Iron Man; I like seeing a cover that's so dramatically different from the original. Low four.

He has a nice voice (perhaps _too_ nice for my taste) and there are some decent songs here but this doesn't quite do it for me.

There's some good stuff here, interspersed with a fair bit of filler material. Ant Music is great, and I liked Killer In The Home with its Link Wray sample. The whole thing is pretty camp, but for the most part that's fun. A low three.

I liked this a bit at the beginning but it got tiresome as it wore on. Not for me.

I can't imagine ever _choosing_ to sit down and listen to this, but, for the singles, at least, it's undeniably fun. The deep cuts aren't as strong and it tails off significantly in the second half. Billy Gibbons is a great guitarist though.

Haines' weedy sounding voice was an irritant to me on what was otherwise reasonably decent sounding music (exemplified in Junk Shop Clothes)

Teacher's Pet is pretty terrible. The rest not quite so bad. I don't like the vocals, but the instrumentals are not too bad. A low two.

Yeeeaah Boooy! I especially liked Night of the Living Baseheads. There's a few reviews here calling out Flavor Flav as a weak point, but he's an essential component IMO.