Reviews by penthousedawg

It works. It does exactly what it sets out to do. But I was never keen on Artic Monkeys and Alex Turner sounds like he is singing with a mouthful of cold spit.

Just not a good day for rap or hip-hop. 2.5

Bleak, chilly soundscapes - one track was dangerously close to Coldplay. Fine whilst I was running the vacuum cleaner around.

I WOULD SHIV-EEEER....
*deep breath* ...
the whole... niiiiight throoooouuuugh...

I'm not reggae fan and, looking at the other reviews, I'm not alone. Looks like there is a lot of us in that camp, eh? We say things like "I know it's the great Bob Marley, but..." and "it's a little bit boring and repetitive". That's me. I say that.

Maybe reggae is for people who have chill. I have no chill.

Far more enjoyable than I was expecting - when I saw Mr Young pop up again on a rainy Thursday morning I did initially think "Oh God, no, please" but the first few tracks were nice and varied, warm and even playful at moments. The honking guitar tones were a nice touch. Its a relatively short album. Nothing life changing and you generally know what to expect from a Neil Young records. I'm feeling generous this morning so it gets a 3. On another day it may have been a two.

Groovy, sexy, playful, wildly creative. This would have thrilled and scared in equal proportions back in the 60's. Absolute classic and fully deserves to be on any "best albums ever" list. 5
Favourite track - Castles Made of Sand

Better than I was expecting; I was ready to tear this album to shreds. Cales voice is noticeably weak at times and didn't have the range to carry some of the ideas. But he had ideas, at least. It's a 2.5 from me.

Great, rich voice. I enjoyed it for the most part, but no real surprises in the arrangements or song choices.

I'm not a "Pink Floyd Fan" but this is definitely worthy of all the praise. There is no argument. If you are here giving an album like this a 1 then you, sir, are simply wrong. Just a phenomenal music experience ~∆~

Sad, drunk circus clown, down an alley, learns to play music, goes on tour singing songs about lost love and booze. His hat is flat from being stamped on.

Is this all an act from Tom? I've no idea.

This is what I was hoping for from this app; discovering new albums from bands I had never heard of, for better or worse. So much to unpack, even from the first three tracks. We open with a 70's hard rock song which is no doubt on a OST somewhere for a film called High School Daze or something. This is followed up with a cover of Sonny & Cher's I Got You Babe, which lures you in to a false sense of complacency, before we get the bizarre Back to Africa - I couldn't quite believe my ears. Spotify even seems to be leaving out certain lines from the lyrics transcript. I'm not sure there is any real malice, the boys in the band are just morons. This is swiftly followed by the clumsily titled and clumsily tracklisted Master Race Rock - I understand this isn't a white power anthem but good god this a dumb name for a song. I was quite relieved that after this the album calms down somewhat and gets a bit more boring. Don't get me wrong, there were still moments my ears pricked up (like when he claimed to have the former first lady of the USA in his pants).
I can't deny it kept me entertained (which is more than some of these albums have) which makes scoring it really difficult. Is it an important album? No. Is it stupid and fun album? Yes. It's fun to be fun.

One of my childhood bands - although like Nirvana I really struggle going back to these albums. Not Dino Jr's best work but it obviously has the mighty Freak Scene.

It's a good album, that's well documented, I'll give it it's 5 stars, that's not really up for debate. I'm not going to sit through it again though; I had my Led Zep phase back in college, that was enough for me.

The good: slick production, vocals are a little sad, the cover is nice, easy to listen to. The bad: a bit formulaic, a bit samey, a bit boring.

Most positive reviews seem to be from those who have youthful nostalgia for the record. I feel bad if this was the best the kids of 2017 have.

I like that the keywords include "Merry" and "Festive" and "Fun". But also "Hate" and "Murderer".

Ho ho ho.

Not as good as The Best of Bob Dylan.

Cowboys.

Haven't I already had this album? Eh, not for me.

A 90's British time capsule. It's a bit up and down, with some strong grooves and classics mixed with a few less exciting tracks. Likely these fresh beats were influential to later club music. Back to Life undoubtedly was.

These days I'm more likely to listen to this whilst cleaning the kitchen, rather than in the nightclub.