Reviews by scousepete

Perfect for listening to in the background

Didn’t love it
Didn’t hate it
Didn’t understand it

What a great debut album. Unique, deep and holds up well over the years.

If an artist creates music that all sounds the same but people continue to buy it, who's the fool?

Absolutely love this!

When I listened to this I thought this band was the source code for all these huge hits for others. But the opposite was true, this is an album of covers. Albeit somewhat punk sounding a decade before punk, but not good enough for this list.

Big album that never felt like it was too long. Another that is nostalgia-laden for sure, but no denying the artistry here.

Musically this isn’t a perfect album, but nostalgia strikes again.

If there’s any time in history I could instantly transport to it would be the late sixties. The music, the fashion, the (counter) culture. Love it all!

Love Elvis, but not a huge fan of his very early material. Still, it’s Elvis.

I’m not a rap kind of chap. Offensive at times, but not the worst.

Some might say “Life is too short for Jazz”. I disagree. Make room for Jazz like this. Sublime.

Inoffensive music from a band trying to find their niche. Sadly, they never did.

Did you know that band is still playing - in their seventh decade? That this is their 11th album? Me neither until I read the Wikipedia.

Great music with lots of standards on this album.

I do like me a bit of the Beastie Boys. Three Jewish white kids made a place for themselves in a place they had no right to be. Rappers? Rockers? Yup!

Not what I was expecting, quite pleasantly surprised.

It’s taken me about 40 years to really get Rush. Back in the day the hairy kids were fanatically into all things Rush. If Geddy Lee had opened a commune in Guyana these kids would have gone with and happily drank the Koolaid. I wasn’t into it. I couldn’t get past the smell of petunia oil.

But now I am older and have the time to actually listen, they really are a phenomenal band. Especially this album. Pass the purple drink.

Classic Peter Gabriel Genesis. A bit prog-rock for my tastes, but good nonetheless.

Yes it’s manufactured pop, but isn’t all pop manufactured in one way, shape or form?

The irony of the fact that Jarvis Cocker grew up quite comfortably in a family with a politician mother and had their biggest hit claiming to be poor is not lost on me.

Riding the wave that was Britpop, Pulp were ok. Not great, not terrible, just ok. They were in the right place at the right time.