Reviews by owen

Papa Was a Rollin' Stone is such a vibe.

This is the kind of punk I like. Spirited energetic vocals, and the sax adds a lot of texture to it. Fun!

It's incredible that so much talent could be concentrated in single person. Of the non-singles, I most enjoyed Computer Blue, but every song on here is a banger.

Smooth bossanova; standout tracks are obviously Ipanema and Desafinado. Better than the Astrud Gilberto solo album we had, in large part due to the presence of Getz's sax.

This does nothing for me. There are a few decent songs on it, and the rest are unobjectionable, but it doesn't stir me in any way

I genuinely love Ace Of Spades - a five star song. The other stuff on here was fun too, but not in the same league. A strong 3 overall.

Ok, I agree it's lyrically problematic (apparently Dionne Warwick took Snoop to task over this), but the beats are great. Could lose the skits though.

Ok, Mo' Onions is just (as the title implies) another version of Green Onions.

Other than those two, the rest are a bit weaker. I don't think you can make good instrumental songs simply by taking a song with a vocal and playing the vocal line on an instrument; I think good instrumentals tend to be designed as instrumentals from the ground up.

The least interesting band to come out of CBGB. Soo boring.

Another excellent album from Radiohead. Love Knives Out, Pyramid Song. Didn't realize till today that it's Humphrey Lyttelton's band on Life In a Glasshouse.

Five stars for the generally excellent discs 1 & 2. Minus a star for the self indulgent disc 3. Loved "Art of Dying" - sounds like a James Bond theme song.

This was pretty good - I liked the instrumentation. Close Behind and other mostly instrumental tracks were my favorite. A high 3.

This was a blast! A crazy mishmash of all kinds of musical styles, but done with such verve. A really fun listen.

Dylan album #4 for us, this was generally pretty good, though I preferred the electric front half to the acoustic second half. Upper 3

I bought this when it came out, loved it, and still do. I know people complain about Einar's voice "ruining" it, but for me it's an essential part of the Sugarcubes experience.

Technically extremely impressive, but overall this style of jazz doesn't really do it for me.

Distilled essence of 90s. Good stuff though - I enjoyed this back then, and it still holds up.

This is good stuff. I like Chuck D's rhymes, and the samples are brilliantly put together. Welcome to the Terrordome and Who Stole the Soul were the standouts for me, but the whole thing was pretty enjoyable.

WTF is going on with "Diamonds in the Mine"? Avalanche is the best song on here, but maybe that's because I'm familiar with Aimee Mann's version (which I prefer). Still prefer his later stuff. Low 3.

The standouts here are My Generation (obviously), which is just phenomenally good, and The Ox. Everything else is decent mid sixties blues/rock. A high 3.