Reviews by vegheadjones

Too much Phil Spector. I've yet to find a 70s Phil Spector album I've liked. He could even mar a Leonard Cohen album.

Heard of Solomon Burke but never listened. Incredible voice. Perfectly backup instrumentation. A very pleasant, fun listen. The mono cuts are better than the stereo.

Like many people I grew up on Led Zeppelin. The first couple of songs are killers and staples, particularly "Dazed and Confused". Other songs are filler here as they're reaching to grasp their full potential and break out from the blues artists that they stole from.

This album's in regular rotation for me yet every time I hear it I feel like I'm embarking on a new adventure. Yes I know Adventure's the name of their second album😀. Everything clicks and while some tracks are stronger than others, they all give me the vibe that I am looking for. I never walk away upset as having spent this last half hour with them in my ears.

Never heard of this or of Michael before. Interesting g and smooth and deep and nice. Will listen again.

I do dig Knofler guitar but there was not enough of it on this album. Too many synths and even horns. Much prefer Sultan's A Swing.

I got nothing out of this album

While definitely overplayed when it came out, it felt so good to hear it again after many years. It is like a warm blanket next to a roaring fire, so soft, so smooth. Happy to have revisited this album and probably will do so again.

I had never heard of them before but really scratched an itch. I like post-punk. I like sarcasm. I like the vocalists that are slightly grating. My guess is check all my boxes.

Not an album I'll go back to as it's not my thing but it's a well done album. You could hear Kanye's production throughout for better or for worse. I'm okay with it as long as I don't have to hear him sing.

Bonnie can play and the song tunes are fine but the 80s production really gets at me. I did not notice this when the album first came out but I guess I was swimming in that milieu. Two days ago I had a Muddy Waters album live from Newport and you can tell the difference between straightforward blues and over-engineered stuff. I do like Don Was but I don't think this album works.

Cannot decide how to rate this album. On the one hand it's clearly innovative and influential and important. On the other hand it's overlong and annoying. Some songs are fun as hell and some songs are painful. Like my English teacher used to say, I will give it an extra grade, in this case a star for creativity, but really?

Very enjoyable new album for me.

I was about 13 when this album first came out. Depeche Mode always intimidated me. People who listened to it were cool and weird and though interested I stayed away. I learned to appreciate them later. I can really enjoy Violator and some of their later works but not this album.

I thought the guitars were fun and the drums but the vocals left me absolutely cold.

When you find out this is your album of the day, you think to yourself, "Everything, everything, is gonna be all right this morning." Even though "Manish Boy" is not on it. While I am a Howlin' Wolf partisan if I had to use a Chess Blues artist, Muddy, of course, is a very close second and this is a great showcase for him.

The best album from the only band that matters.

Clearly this album shows the value of listening more than once. First time I listened, I dismissed it as a type of British synth pop I ignored in high, which I did. Listening to it the second time, the album is actually quite fun with bleak lyrical undertones, a type of style I always enjoy. Went from two to three and a half stars, rounding down to three as I am not sure if I would listen to this again. A thousand and one albums is a lot of albums.

Never an Elton person. Mad Men across the water was the first full Elton album I've listened to, thanks to this 1001 album project. I found Yellow Brick Road much better than that and everyone seems to agree. The first side is just killer but I don't think the rest is filler; quite a few enjoyable songs.

My Tom Waits is a 1990s Tom Waits, the scary cookie monster Tom Waits. When I need the bar fly Tom Waits I tend to listen to Small Change because we all know the piano has been drinking and who doesn't want to buy that perfect product that will make you a winner?

I can't remember the last time I listened to Heart Attack and Vine but I missed out. I will be listening to this track much more again. It's a great Tom Waits album.