Reviews by owen

The songs are fine, but they all sound basically the same (other than Black Cat which is a bit of an anomaly on this album). And they all seem really earnest in their subject matter.

The misogyny and homophobia is pretty tired sounding, even though it's all done with a "ha ha only kidding" attitude. The skits just break the flow (as they always do; why do rap albums so often contain skits?). But Eminem's rapping is fun, and often funny, and I particularly like the song that Dre and Snoop are on; the combo of voices is good.

I didn't think much of the last Gene Clark album we got, but this was a bit better. A bit of a mixed bag though.; so e songs I quite liked (Strength of Strings) others (especially the more country ones) less so (True One). Weak three.

Let me be the "n" th person to point out the irony of this being called "Timeless" when it is quite dated sounding. Far too long; cut down to, say 35 mins, this would be much more digestible. I quite like the long opening track, but it all sounds a bit coffee shop these days; odd to think this felt groundbreaking at one point.

I was bored of this by track 3 of 13. The delivery
of "Baby" at the end of "Last Night" made my skin crawl. Rock Your Body is catchy but the rest of this is pap.

Ok, Morrissey is an arsehole. And some of the lyrics on this are so risible they made me laugh out loud on more than one occasion; I'm not sure the humor was intentional. But you know what? I enjoyed the album, quite a lot. Going to separate the art from the artist and give this a four.

Maybe I wasn't in as much of a Steely Dan mood as I was for their last one we got, but I found this all too smooth. I liked Peg more when it was sampled by De La Soul. Low 3.

Fairytale is overplayed, but it's nice to hear Kirsty MacColl for the second time in three days. The rest is good enough listening, but it's not what I would go out of my way to listen to.

Made it just over half way through but couldn't take any more. This is not to my taste at all. I hate the vocals especially.

I love the lyric "How can you lie there and think of England when you don't even know who's in the team". This is good stuff; I think I prefer Billy Bragg with a band to his earlier stuff with just him and his guitar. A strong four, but I'm raising it by a point because of the presence of the wonderful Kirsty MacColl.

Less than 24 hours since I listened to this and I'm not sure I could remember a single thing on it.

Some of this might have been bearable (e.g. Skipping), but I found the singer's delivery really irritating. First track's drums seem off.

Bought this on CD and played it to death. Still think it's great, but maybe not quite as much as I once did. A high 4 stars. Some days I'd probably give it 5.

A couple of great singles on here, but the rest is completely forgettable.

I enjoyed this a lot. Great drumming from Tony Allen in Soldier's Tale. The title track is excellent; I love the guitar tone. Also, really obviously a Danger Mouse production (that's a good thing). A high 4

I didn't like this as much as Blue. The Jungle Line is fairly irritating. Harry's House is my favorite track on here.

I may have already said this; but since the start of this project I totally come around on Neil Young. This is among his best. Title track is excellent, and probably the best on the album, but the whole album is solid. I like the guitar tone in Southern Man. Yep, I'm giving Neil Young five stars. Nobody's more surprised than me.

Standout song here for me is The Stars, which is excellent. A solid return to form for Bowie, though I think Blackstar is even better, by quite a way. (Is that on the list?)

Not the album with "Bohemian Like You"! I generally liked the more uptempo songs than the slower ones. "Every Day Should Be A Holiday" sounds like it could have been made by a bunch of baggy trousered Mancs.

Rating this on the music alone, this is a pretty solid four. I do have some discomfort with the fact that he sampled all this black music from the 30s and cashed in majorly on ad licensing etc. It feels a little close to cultural appropriation, even if that wasn't his intent.