Reviews by owen

I concur with the majority of other reviewers here. This is dreadful hippy shite. What is going on with those vocals on "Three is a Green Crown"?

Sounds very much of its era. I prefer other electronic acts from that time (e.g. Chemical Brothers, Underworld). This is Ok, but not amazing.

This might be sacrilegious, but this doesn't do a whole lot for me. Sure, I can appreciate that it's _good_. But it's not my thing.

I liked a lot of this; especially the last track, a slowed down version of "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)". Disliked Space Cowboy a lot, but overall here more to like than not. A strong 3

The title track sounds pretty modern. Some good music here, although the (affected?) cockney delivery is a bit grating, and I could have done without the Stanley Unwin bits. A bit overly English twee.

Well, I guess this project has taught me that I like Dylan way more than I thought I did. After a rocky start (Rainy Day Women offends me in its obviousness), it quickly gets a lot better. Visions of Johanna a standout. Even when Bob is being very Bob, this is good stuff.

I liked this a fair bit more than Document. Radio Free Europe is a good song. A few samey tracks though. A solidly high three.

I wouldn't go so far as to say I loved it, but I didn't hate it either. In fact I might listen to it again sometime. Actually, I think it merits a three.

Music that's not particularly to my taste, elevated by kd lang's incredible voice. I see that Ingenue is on this list too; when that comes around it'll earn an easy five stars. If I'd been given the option to choose a second kd lang album beyond Ingenue, I'd have chosen Hymns of the 49th Parallel, which I love.

A few great high points (Clint Eastwood, 19-2000) and a fair bit of filler. Plastic Beach is a stronger album IMO

Always up for a bit of Krautrock. I liked side 2 more than side 1

Nice voice and some great guitar playing. Some of it veered a bit too close to full on country for me, but I liked a good deal of it. A strong 3.

Liked this quite a bit more than yesterday's Metallica. Not something I'd typically listen to, but I did quite enjoy it.

Not my thing. Far too long.

I had pretty low hopes for this given the terrible band name. It marginally exceeded them; some of this was ok despite the sophomoric lyrics. Some of it sounded a bit like the Hives.

Greatly disliked this misogynistic claptrap

A mixed bag. Some great stuff (WLL), and some some well executed but otherwise run of the mill blues (Lemon Song)

In general I wish there was a bit less US/British music on this list, and a bit more from other countries. But this album didn't do it for me.

A four star album with a couple of five star songs on it. Feel Flows is fantastic, and Surf's Up might be my favorite Beach Boys song from their whole catalog; beautifully melancholic.

I'd seriously overlistened to this in the past and as a result had kind of gone off it - and haven't listened in quite a while as a result. Relistening now, its clear what a masterclass in songwriting the whole thing is. (But yes, Aretha's version of Natural Woman is the canonical one)