Reviews by owen

This album is just the same song over and over again. The version of Born To Be Wild is execrable.

Chris Martin's voice is really annoying. This is bland and boring, though maybe with a different singer I might like it more.

Virtuosic sitar playing. I enjoyed the explanations on a first listen through, but imagine that on subsequent listens you'd want to skip them. The last minute of Bhimpalasi where the lower tones come in is amazing. Hypnotic stuff.

This is pretty terrible. Baby's Got Sauce is particularly egregious. Couldn't finish - toughed it out till half way through. Gave me a migraine, though that may have been coincidence.

One thing I think I've learned over the course of rating all these albums is that present mood is a big factor. I'm not sure I'd always give this a five, but today it felt just like what I wanted to listen to.

I don't think the lyrics here are nearly as deep or meaningful as Richey thought they were. And the music is super bombastic, which I often find a turn-off. But today, it's a five.

Super catchy, but feels a little dissatisfying, like processed food. The songs on this album (which like most double albums, is too long) tend to blend into one another; there's not a ton to differentiate them. However merits three stars at least for Mr Blue Sky.

I think you have to be in a certain frame of mind to appreciate Tom Waits; I'm not sure I was totally there when I listened to this. Somewhere between "Heartattack" and "Rain Dogs" for me; Rain Dogs is still the standout Tom.Waits album. On this, "16 Shells" was one I enjoyed a lot

Not good, but some of it not _quite_ as bad as I feared it might be. Still hippy shite though. Why is he whispering "LSD" during Bass Strings?

Phil: Do any of you girls want a little bit more Irish in you?
Me: Vomits in mouth a bit

She's certainly got an impressive set of pipes on her. But other than her singing voice, I find the music a bit unmemorable.

Music is bad and Marilyn Manson is a creep.

I quite like the music but I'm not too fond of Julian Cope's voice.

Awesomely funky stuff from Prince. There are several long songs on here - 7+ minutes, but none of them feel long. Hard to pick highlights, but Something In The Water is great, as is Lady Cab Driver. Delirious is the only track that didn't really work for me.

I like MacKaye's vocals more than Picciotto's. This is fun stuff, though I think I enjoy Minor Threat a smidge more.

Don't You Want Me is the only great song on here; the rest is fairly run of the mill 80s synth pop

I liked this, though it's not a strong as Bookends (and neither are at the heights of Bridge Over Troubled Water). A Simple Desultory Philippic is pretty funny; a good Dylan parody.

My review of the previous Ryan Adams album we got still holds here ("Tuneful and easy to listen to, but completely unmemorable"); at least this one is a more reasonable length.

Enjoyed this. Virginia Plain is a cracking song, I love Ferry's delivery in it. The rest of the album also pretty great (maybe except the last doo-wop track).

How many Eno related albums have we had now? Everything that guy touches is gold.

Better than Mellon Collie, but that may be largely because it's shorter. I quite like the music but I can't get past Corgan's voice.

Well, Frank can sing, no doubt about that. And there are some classic songs on here. But they all start to blend into one another a bit. I do like the rhyme "my indiscreet heart, how it longs for that sweetheart" though.