Reviews by pops

I own this album but had forgotten about the spoken word intro where she suggests that Donald Trump doesn’t waste his time on petty hating. That got me worried that this might not have aged well, but I should have had more faith in Missy. Still love it

It sounds like I’m damning it with faint praise, but it didn’t feel as long as I thought it might do when I saw it was 75 minutes.

The First of the Gang to Die might be my favourite Morrissey solo song, but nothing else on this album quite matches it.

I’ve had a couple of albums that have challenged my anti-prog prejudices, but ELP just seem to epitomise all my worst prog stereotypes. They’re essentially the proggiest band that ever progged and I found this album such a slog.

This was a bit more lounge jazz and less proto-hip-hop than I was expecting based on the Gil Scott Heron songs I know. The Bottle (which I had heard before) is a banger though.

Well this was a pleasant soundtrack to pottering around on a Saturday afternoon.

It’s hard to escape the feeling that this album is on here because of who was in the band rather than on its own merits. (Also, while the generator is converting me to Neil Young, I'm not convinced there's as big a gulf between his songs and the rest of the band's as some other reviews suggest - Mr Soul sounds like a man trying to rewrite Satisfaction by the Stones just enough to avoid a law suit.)

This was more melodic and chill than I was expecting, but also maybe a bit duller.

I saw Supergrass perform this album live last year to mark its 30th anniversary. It made me wonder a) how I got this old and b) if Supergrass had known that in 30 years they’d be performing this album in order, would they have rejigged the track listing to space out the slower songs instead of having them all at the end?That’s a nitpick though because I think this really holds up and is still so energetic and fun.

I liked this more than Slanted and Enchanted because the songs were stronger (and not just because they nicked one of them from Buddy Holly).

When it's good, it's great . When it's bad, it sounds like a parody of hippy dippy 1960s psychedelia.

A Man Needs a Maid always makes me laugh - it sounds so overwrought, and it’s just Neil Young moaning about wanting someone to pick up after him. You know what, Neil, I’m a woman and I’d also quite like a relationship where someone does my housework, cooks my dinner and then fucks off back to their own house. Also, I have to imagine There’s a World sounded more epic when you didn’t hear the intro and expect it to go into Hot in Herre by Nelly. But while Harvest may be unintentionally funny and short on feminist anthems, it does have some very good songs.

It sounds like a lot of other bands from this era, but with better tunes.

I took migraine medication a few hours before listening to this - not in preparation, I genuinely had a headache - and maybe it helped. It would be a stretch to say I enjoyed it but it didn't feel like a power drill to the head, which is what I feared going in.

It's insane that the Spotify version cuts out the 'Judas!' moment that makes this one of the most famous concerts in rock history. But it also seems insane now that anyone called Dylan a Judas in the first place for 'going electric'. I mean this gig sounds great and you can tell what songs he's singing. No wonder latter day Dylan decided to really give people something to moan about.

A couple of absolute bangers along with some decent if slightly generic 1980s pop soul.

I whole-heartedly agree that Elvis Costello is over-represented on this list, but this is one of his albums that can stay. It's short, snappy, catchy and raw.

I bought this album and remember liking it but thinking Beck was repeating himself a bit. I still feel that way - I enjoyed revisiting it, I just think that if you’ve got Odelay on the list, maybe you don’t need this too.

What a coincidence. Yesterday, I had Ziggy Stardust and said that although I loved it, I thought Station to Station was probably my favourite Bowie album. And today I get to put my money where my mouth is and say that yes, it is. Something about the mix of repetitive grooves and actual tunes hits the sweet spot for me

It's not my absolute favourite Bowie album - I'm increasingly leaning towards to Station to Station – but it's still getting five stars. I'm not THAT much of a contrarian.