Reviews by topher

Maybe we don't need more obscure early 80s neo psychedelica, but I enjoyed it

Brilliant, but the darkness and nihilism is a bit much.

Fantastic vocals from Sandy Denny, influential and rocks hard.

Not many albums codify a whole genre. It also swings more than you might expect

Definitely a genre of heard in various kebab or middle eastern sweet shops.

Like a few other people, I preferred it when it went less euro pop, although that's not what Khaled and presumably his audience wanted, and raises lots of questions about authenticity and who values it.

Anyway, interesting enough and had a few good songs, do gets a 3.

Better than average 60s folk, mainly because of the guitar playing

Way too late 80s adult contemporary for me, although you can see what she's capable of underneath it all.

More big band ray Charles. Not really my thing.

Gets a little rickety at times, but that's part of the charm

This was great.

Obscure, sci fi hip hop.

Not as good as their more adventurous stuff, but has some great songs

Way better than I expected. Super atmospheric.

Very 70s, but they do it well

Very 80s big hair. Hits are very memorable, but not that great, and not much beyond that

Decent early 90s alternative, but not super memorable. It's still a genre I like, so gets 4 stars

Reminded me of how much I like early punk.

Wilco were a band that had dropped out of my rotation a bit, but this album reminded me why I love them and need to listen to them more.

A weird one. Some really strange lyrics with the beach boys trying to be socially relevant, and sometimes failing miserably. Also had one of the few pop songs about looking after your feet.

Still has enough of tr beach boys sound, and at least it's memorable.

Pleasant enough, but does fade into the background

It's 1994 and I'm 16. Kurt Cobain had died a few months ago, and this comes out as probably the last thing Nirvana will release.

After the initial shock of it being acoustic, we spend ages playing the simple chords of about a girl, and playing around with the phasing. I don't think we knew the history of where did you sleep last night or even knew much about David Bowie, but we love the covers as much as the Nirvana songs

Thirty years later, it's still great, and the emotion in this album, the sadness .of Kurt Cobains death, and never knowing what else could have been still hits hard.