Reviews by proice

Enjoyed it while listening to it but now hours later I remember nothing about it

First couple of tracks I was quite enjoying this. Unfortunately that wore off by track 4. By the end I was dying for this to end.

Is this the worst album on here? Not by a long shot but it’s way too long and there’s just nothing interesting or unique about it.

Top Track - Up Against The Wall Motherfucker

I’m starting the year off with a banger of an album. I knew the name but have never listened to Cream properly before and I was very impressed with this one.

If I was being really picky I could probably do without Mothers Lament at the end but the rest of the album was that good I can forgive it.

Top Track - Sunshine Of Your Love

We end the year with a bang, an all time great album. It’s not my favourite from Zeppelin but it has my favourite track from them, Immigrant Song.

Really good album. Will definitely check out more from them

I hate so called live albums where you can tell the artist has had the vocals fixed in the studio or they add extra crowd noise. With this one however you can feel the energy is genuine.

Music wise I liked the album for the most part, I wasn’t overly fussed on the medley at the end. In saying that I got busy in work when it was on so I wasn’t giving it my full attention. Maybe on the second listen later it will be different.

Top Track - Think

An all time classic and one of the great debut albums.

Like the Sword Of Damocles, Trout Mask Replica looms over us all. I was fully prepared for one of the worst things I was ever going to hear but honestly I quite enjoyed it.

It’s definitely not an easy listen. It’s abrasive and chaotic but, for me at least, it works. It’s not something that’s gonna be in my regular album rotation but I can see myself once or twice a year taking a notion to give this a listen.

Top Track - When Big Joan Set Up

Took me forever to work out that I recognised them from the Guardians Of The Galaxy soundtrack. First time listening to them properly and I will definitely check out more

Brilliant album, absolutely loved it.

I struggle with her voice sometimes but there were enough good songs on here to makeit worthwhile

Really good album but some of the songs area a tad too long. Take say half an hour off this and it’s a definite five star

If you are a KISS fan this album needs no introduction, there are so many classics from the band on here. Detroit Rock City is a banger of an opener and God Of Thunder in my opinion works better live but the album version is still great.

Honestly though there are a few duds on here. Great Expectations is one of my least favourite KISS tracks. I also saw them play Flaming Youth live once and I’ve never seen a crowd die as fast in my life.

Overall I’m giving this five stars because it’s the only KISS album on here and I’m sure I can be forgiven for having one biased score. They definitely deserve a place on this list but it should’ve been either their debut album, not a bad track on it and Black Diamond might be the best song they ever wrote, or Alive! to give a flavour of the band at their best, as a live act.

Personally I would have Music From The Elder because someday the rest of the world will wake up and recognise its genius lol.

Top Track - God Of Thunder

I like Rush but I can go years without taking a notion to listen to them and I don’t really get why cause this album is bloody brilliant. I’ll be keep this saved and in the New Year I will make a point of going through their discography.

Top Track - Tom Sawyer is an absolute classic but I really enjoyed The Camera Eye as well

My second Costello album after Imperial Bedroom, 4 stars, and it was grand I suppose but nothing overly memorable.

Top Track - I Hope You’re Happy Now

I bloody loved the title track from this one, really great song. Unfortunately that was literally the only thing I liked about this album. I probably hated I’ll Be Your Fool as much as I liked HTM. Luckily this was just over half an hour long so wasn’t a slog to get through but I won’t be going back to it.

Top Track - Honky Tonk Masquerade

Not on any streaming platform so wasn’t the easiest to listen to. Wasn’t worth the effort in the end. Awful noise

We’ll start positively, first time properly listening to Marvin Gaye, bloody brilliant voice. I know he has a couple more on here so I will have some optimism when they come up.

This one however, with the exception of a couple of tracks, I just found to be boring. Up until Sparrow it was getting a one star. After that it did pick up a little bit but overall it was just too long and didn’t interest me.

Top Track - Sparrow

My third Nick Cave album, with Murder Ballads and Abattoir Blues both getting 5 stars, and while it is a really good album it didn’t quite hit that same mark for me. At least not on the first listen.

It started off brilliantly, I absolutely loved Papa Won’t Leave You Henry. Just towards the end of the album there were a couple of tracks that I wasn’t massively fussed on. This could change later though, I hated Murder Ballads originally and now it’s one of my favourite albums I’ve discovered so far.

Top Track - Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry

An album of peaks and valleys. It was almost frustrating cause whenever there was a run of 2-3 tracks that were pretty good and I thought the album was picking up, there would be something just really dull.

Overall quite disappointing, was really starting to drag by the end.

Top Track - Bow, love me some Kiwanuka