Reviews by wackywilliam

I have a really short attention span so ambient music doesn't usually do a lot for me. This was pretty decent though, even if it doesn't have a lot of replay value.

Can't say I've heard much music that sounds like this. Not entirely sure what she's on about most of the time but instrumentally, this is one of the most beautiful things I've heard in a while.

I would like this a lot more if the vocals didn't sound like the screams of a dying animal.

Quite an interesting sounding record. Pretty unique for something released in 1967. I was actually quite enjoying this for the first few tracks but the second half is very hit or miss with a few really questionable sounding songs that didn't work for me at all. Still, this was a pretty solid listen overall, even if I won't return to it

40 minutes of some of the most hypnotic jazz music you're ever likely to hear. Definitely one of my favourite albums in the genre.

Certainly a very interesting album. Not sure i fully understood this even after 2 listens but I still think this was pretty great regardless. Enjoyed the flute playing a lot.

A tragedy that this was the only album this guy made before he died. An immense talent that was taken from us far too soon. This album more than deserves it's reputation.

This guy Neil sure knows how to play the guitar.

Yeah this really is just fucking amazing isn't it. Common People is obviously a classic but every song on here is just as catchy and just as amazingly written. Possibly the single best britpop album ever.

Haven't listened to much R.E.M but I really liked this. A lot higher energy than I expected with some really great songwriting too. There's at least 2 absolutely fantastic songs on here but I thought all the songs on here were at least good.

This is so fucking boring. I feel like I'm missing something because this is such a highly regarded album but I didn't get a whole lot out of most of the songs on here. There's some exceptions of course, I loved Tumbling Dice and Rocks Off and 1 or 2 others too, but everything else just kinda went in one ear and out the other.

The slower songs don't do as much for me as the funkier songs do but man does this have some incredible highlights. Papa Was A Rolling Stone is absolutely fantastic.

Very interesting album. Some songs do go on a bit longer than they should but for the most part I found this to be a very hypnotic mix of folk and jazz, with some great vocals from Tim as well.

Not sure i needed to hear 7 minutes of screeching guitar feedback in the middle of this but the rest of this album was quite good.

Love me a bit of Sigur Rós. This isn't my favourite album from them but this is still an absolute essential when it comes to post-rock music. Fantastic instrumental work on this with several stunningly beautiful compositions up and down this thing. I'm not too sure what's going on lyrically but Sigur Rós has never been a band that I go to for the lyrics anyway as the vocals basically just act as another instrument in the mix. I do think they would fully perfect this sound on their next album, but this is still great in its own right and deserves all of the praise that it gets.

Favs: Svefn-g-englar, Starálfur, Ný batterí, Olsen olsen

Least Fav: Hjartað hamast

9.4/10

This deserves the full 5 just for the title track alone. I love the other songs here, especially Siberian Khatru but man that first song is just something else entirely.

Some very good songs on here but way too inconsistent for me to call this great. Also doesn't hold a candle to any of the best Smiths albums.

Favs: Every Day Is Like Sunday, Suedehead, Bengali In Platforms

Least Fav: Dial-a-Cliché

6.8/10

Country isnt a genre in overly familiar with but I thought this was quite good. Dude has a cool voice and a lot of the songs here are really catchy. The album's only like 26 minutes long too so it's a very easy listen too. I probably wouldn't ever come back to this but I'd say I enjoyed my time with it overall.

Wow I'm actually surprised at how much I didn't like this. The first 4 songs here are great but after that the album just spirals off entirely into these weird experiments that don't work at all. Some songs are super lo-fi while some are cleanly produced, all the songs are all over the place sound wise and all of their attempts at experimenting with different genres are super half assed and just make this a really disjointed and confusing listen overall. I liked a few songs here but a majority of this I thought was pretty bad.

This guy looks like a dork but his music is actually very good.