Rated 10/10
If INSIDE is THE comedy piece to incapsulate the pandemic, Fetch The Bolt Cutters could very well be the album equivalent of that (even though its timely release was more of a coincidence).
Rated 6/10
Steve Albini was a crazy man - you can probably tell.
Atomizer is manic, powerful and raw to its core. I don’t particularly enjoy it all the way through; but I’m not sure that it’s the intension anyway.
Rated 6/10
It’s indeed flawed, but I think that there’s enough interesting beats and ideas to make the runtime make sense.
I was quite entertained - but I probably won’t revisit anytime soon; if ever.
Rated 10/10
Having "Son of a Preacher Man" on an album is enough to warrant a 5-star review. The fact that the rest of the album and Springfield's vocals are as great as they are is just a wonderful bonus.
Rated 6/10
Devo is stupid, so it’s easier to just give in and enjoy the weird ride. There are plenty of catchy tunes along the way to not make you go insane.
Rated 2/10
I was almost hooked in the start, but by “Fix Up, Look Sharp” I lost the will to live - it might be the worst song on this list 1000+ albums in.
This album was probably made with the antithesis of me in mind - or me if Dizzee Rascal secretly hates me?
It might be good? I really can’t judge to be honest.
Rated 4/10
I actually like both reggae and the political side of UB40, but Signing Off is just too slow and the dub bass too monotonous for me to ever really be invested.
Rated 10/10
Hunky Dory is where Bowie becomes Bowie. I don’t need to explain my score any further.
Rated 8/10
Aretha Franklin is not the Queen of Soul for nothing.
Rated 8/10
A slight improvement over Scott 2 - the instrumentation works better for me and his voice matches the, at times, grand compositions well.
Fun, but not close-to-60-minutes-runtime fun.
I'm guessing this album isn't included in the post-2012 edition of the book.
Rated 2/10
Why, oh why, does it feel like Kevin Rowland just spends the majority of the album talking? It’s unbearable.
One of the highlights of the album is the riff on “One Of Those Things” - and that is actually just Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves Of London”.
Don’t Stand Me Down crumbles under its own ambitions and boring sound.
Rated 8/10
I really thought about reusing my 3-star review of Moss Side Story for this one.
But Oedipus Schmoedipus is the one of the two soundtracks truly deserving its spot on the list, so I won’t.
And no, it’s not only because of its fantastic title.
Does it help though?
Abso-schmutely-lutely.
Rated 6/10
“You know what people crave after having listened to Tommy? Our most bluesy songs!”
The songs on this live album are such a weird selection - especially Magic Bus; a song I never truly understood.
The My Generation / medley is great and of course The Who manages to once again show their exceptional musicianship, but it’s not entirely enough.
Rated 8/10
It’s British 2000’s pop-rock, but it’s executed extremely well. Great variation, solid songwriting and time just flies by.
Rated 10/10
With the sole exception of “Tthhee Ppaarrttyy”, † is just banger upon banger.
It’s the perfect mix of electronic noise and danceable pop production.
French perfection.
Rated 4/10
Chrissie Hynde is pretty cool.
This album is not.
Too smooth to be punk, too plain to be new wave. There’s not much to really enjoy on here.
Rated 10/10
It's been described as a modern pop Bible - and it probably is. Almost every song could have been a single; and more than half of them actually were one.
I ended up listening to Taylor's Version.
Is it cheating? Probably. Do I care? No.
What will you do? Fire me? Go ahead.
Rated 8/10
Legendary band, legendary record.
If you haven’t already you should definitely go read up on the history of Fugazi.
