Reviews by proice

What an unbelievable album. I cannot find a fault with it, there’s nothing even close to a dud track. I mentioned in a separate post that The Flaming Lips have been recommended to me several times before and based on this one they live up to the hype.

Top Track - Very hard to pick one but gonna go with Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell

Holy crap I loved this. What a brilliant album. Cannot fault it at all.

This is definitely one of those albums that make me appreciate doing this list. There is absolutely zero chance I ever would’ve discovered this on my own.

Top Track - Meus Filhos, Meu Tesouro

My second from Dexys after Don’t Stand Me Down which I absolutely detested.

It’s a decent enough album. Apart from the singles I hadn’t heard anything from it before. Until I Believe In My Soul was looking like it was going to be the standout for me but it went on a bit too long. The only track I flat out disliked was Jackie Wilson Said.

Top Track - Old

I almost feel like I should like this more than I actually did. There’s nothing bad about it, it’s a perfectly alright album but for me it was nothing more than alright. Maybe another few listens and it will be different but as it is now it was grand but won’t live long in the memory.

Top Track - Goodbye Toulouse

Hated the vocals
Hated the instrumentals
Hated the album
Hated life listening to it

It’s a shame that Slade are only really known for their Christmas song these days cause there’s some good stuff throughout their discography.

This album is a good enough, solid listen but since it’s their only one on the list it probably isn’t the one I would’ve went for. Slade In Flame or Slade Alive! would’ve been better choices in my opinion.

Top Track - I Won’t Let It ‘Appen Agen

I wasn’t expecting much going into this since I’m not massively keen on The Sex Pistols yet somehow this didn’t even match my rock bottom expectations.

I hated this. Genuinely hated everything about it. I don’t know if it’s my least favourite overall so far but it is absolutely in the discussion.

Even at his absolute peak, and at that time he was an absolute MEGASTAR in the UK, I’ve never been overly fussed on Robbie Williams and nothing I heard today changed that.

It maybe doesn’t help that the best song on the album is Angels and I’ve heard that song enough times to last me a lifetime. Apart from that the singles are decent enough but nothing else on the album is anything special. As Noel Gallagher famously said "He’s just a fat dancer from Take That".

Top Track - Angels

Before starting this project I would’ve never given this a fair chance. I was slightly snobby about pop music. Luckily my mindset has changed cause this was a really fun listen

Well I wasn’t expecting this. I don’t know a lot of Bee Gees songs but the ones I do know are all Disco so I figured that was all they ever did.

I liked it for the most part but it started to drag towards the end. I could’ve lived without the instrumental tracks.

Top Track - Lamplight

I’ll get my only negative out of the way first. Didn’t like Mississippi Kid at all. Such a shame since that’s all that is keeping this album from five stars.

As for the rest, bloody brilliant. I know the hits from Skynyrd but this is my first time listening to a full album. Free Bird is obviously a classic but from what I’ve heard from them Simple Man is by far my favourite song.

Top Track - Simple Man

Enjoyable enough album without being anything that will live long in the memory

For most of this album I really wasn’t that interested in it. Didn’t hate it so it was looking like a two star.

Then we got to the final three tracks. I enjoyed The Bogus Man, Grey Lagoons was bloody great and the title track closed it off nicely. Enjoyed them well enough to add another star.

Top Track - Grey Lagoons

After three days of dross this is more like it, I love me some Super Furry Animals. I think they were the first band I ever saw live, it was either them or Shed Seven.

In saying that, since they only have two albums on here, I would probably swap Fuzzy Logic for Radiator. FL has the better singles but for me Radiator is a better overall album.

Still, I really enjoyed revisiting this one. It’s been far too long since I’ve listened to them. Gonna binge all their albums over the next day or two now lol.

Top Tracks - Something 4 The Weekend

Bloody hell two dull listens in a row. Too repetitive for me and quickly faded into background

Gotta be honest, my mind drifted and I completely forgot I was listening to this for a good ten minutes at least.

On a positive though the singer does have a really good voice. It just wasn’t for me whatsoever. I found it unfathomably dull.

Second Byrds album for me, didn’t like the first one. Hated this one. It was on a fast track to one star.

Then we got to Lazy Days. Bloody great song. Then it’s followed up by Pretty Polly, another great track. I wish I had enjoyed the rest of the album as much as these two cause I’d be looking at a 4 or 5 star but it is what it is.

Top Track - Lazy Days

I could’ve sworn I had already had a Kinks album but apparently not so this is my first time listening to them.

I really liked this one, I enjoyed every track on it without anything blowing me away until Sunny Afternoon. Bloody brilliant song.

Top Track - Sunny Afternoon

Took me a bit to get into this but really enjoyed it once I did

I knew of this because of its reputation and the singles from it. Brilliant album, I can see why it was one of the biggest albums of the 90’s.