Reviews by proice

I really liked this at the start but his voice did start to grate on me a wee bit by the end. Nothing terrible, nothing brilliant. Very much a middle of the road 3 star album.

I genuinely do try to go into every album open minded but, with a couple of exceptions, I really don’t like Country music. This one however I didn’t mind at all.

A big part of it is Dolly Parton has a brilliant voice. Overall though while there weren’t any tracks I didn’t like it’s very unlikely I will ever go back to this.

Top Track - Coat Of Many Colours

Much like You Are The Quarry, I liked this. It’s solid throughout, but there’s nothing on here that’s going to live long in the memory.
 
Top Track - Billy Budd

Kinda disappointed by this one. I’ve heard the big hits from Daft Punk but the only album I’ve listened to in full was Discovery, which was brilliant. I figured if this one is on the list over Discovery then it must be great.

It does have its moments. Around The World is obviously a classic and I really enjoyed Alive but it was very repetitive at times and dragged on way too long for me.

Top Track - Alive

So my third from U2 and by far the weakest so far. The first three tracks were great but it gradually went downhill after that.

In particular I absolutely hated Surrender. Did absolutely nothing for me and I was debating knocking a star off for it lol.

Top Track - New Year’s Day

I’ve had two Leonard Cohen albums so far and I’ve hated both. I’m Your Man is in the discussion for my least favourite overall so far. This one however I surprisingly liked. In saying that nothing blew me away or anything but, considering my rock bottom expectations going in, a three is a good score. I could even push to a four on another day since I won’t have that feeling of dread going in.

Not for me at all. Take the spoken word bits off this and it’s more like an EP

Good voice but a very bland album

Really good album, some banging songs on here. I do much prefer their second album though

BORRRRRRRINNNNGGGG!!!

Not a country fan by any means but I really enjoyed this. Couple of tracks towards the end weren’t bad but nothing great and that cost it the full 5 stars

First track is great. Nothing of interest after that

I wasn’t enjoying this at all at the start but a couple of tracks in it started to pick up. I could live without the skits throughout it but I could say that about every rap album that has them.

Overall I liked it well enough but I don’t see myself ever going back to it after today.

Top Track - Midnight, great use of a Black Sabbath sample.

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Tremendous fun to listen to. Not a bad song on it and I ended up dancing round my living room while listening. So why isn’t it five stars? Fairytale Of New York.

FONY isn’t a bad song, in fact it’s probably one of the best Christmas tunes ever written. Problem is I ran an offy for 10 years and we had an in store radio that couldn’t be changed, believe me I tried. All throughout December I heard that bloody song in work at least 3-4 times a shift every day cause obviously it’s good drinking music if you’re getting a carry out. I have heard it enough times to last me several lifetimes.

Top Track - Turkish Song Of The Damned

My God almighty this was beyond boring. Not for me at all. I was literally forgetting it as I was listening

Really enjoyed this one. I’d only ever heard the title track from it before and it’s a belter of a song.

There wasn’t any tracks I would say I didn’t enjoy but there wasn’t enough I really loved for me to give it top marks.

Top Track - When Will We Be Married

This was a hard one to score for me. There’s enough songs I enjoyed to give it three but on the flip side it dragged on way too long. I was genuinely bored by the end.

Not the best Smiths album I’ve heard but a decent enough listen

My second album from The Cure after Disintegration and while I did enjoy it, I didn’t like it anywhere near as much.

There are some great songs on here, M and A Forest in particular. Just as a whole it didn’t blow my socks off like Disintegration did. Maybe it needs another couple of listens.

Top Track - A Forest

Hard one to score this. I enjoyed it without it fully clicking with me. I think with a couple more listens it could go up to a 4.

Top Track - Triangle Walks