Reviews by waynekerred

Pleasant enough to listen to, just not exactly my thing

it's like if Bob Dylan somehow got worse

Live albums already confuse me about their inclusions, even weirder to include one of a band that already have 4 other studio albums included to the list.

Not saying the music is bad, Live At Leeds is just an unnecessary and a bit of a wasted pick

Interesting enough to be included on the list, I just find the sitar annoying after a while.

Favourite song was Raghupati at the end.

I'm not really a fan of the ambient scene, but this was a lot more engaging than the likes of Brian Eno and such, even though it was 75 minutes long.

Difficult to choose between a 3 and a 4, gave it a 4 because I seek for the thrill

I'd love to be one of those people that enjoy this stuff, so I can pretend to be a superior being to everyone else, but I just can't.

Although to their credit, it wasn't nearly as abrasive as I thought it would be, and I did hear some smattering of actual music every now and again, therefore it gets a 2. Just.

Very fun one with some tight guitar and bass playing. Reminiscent of Grateful Dead somewhat.

I didn't manage to find all the songs (I think I missed two), but the fact that I didn't feel all that compelled to find them probably means something. Higher side of a 3.

Springsteen did not need 5 albums on here

It was much less abrasive than what I thought it would be based on it being a post-punk album and that album cover. Some songs really surprised me, like, East Easy Rider feels so out of place. But they were good songs, especially towards the first half of the album. But like others here have said, it's too bloated. There were a few nothing songs towards the end.

Preferred this to FOABP in pretty much every way

Cold Lampin' With Flavor was my favourite track

Properly fun at most times, but when they slow it down - like with Return To Oz - they are just as good, if not, better.

Filthy/Gorgeous, Take Your Mama, and Mary are my favourites. But there are some ones that fall flat, and that Comfortably Numb was atrocious - you've gotta respect them for trying to be fair.

Overall I enjoyed this quite a bit

This was a tough one to rate. I couldn't really rate the album as a whole because I felt like the songs were so different, yet there wasn't a whole lot different between them. You had your slower trip-hop-esque stuff and your more rock orientated songs, but they sounded similar enough with this eerie, grungy feel to it. I think I preferred the former - the opening track was great, and Aisha was my favourite. I didn't like how the album ended though, and that song with Gillespie was very poor.

I loved the bass playing and much preferred the eerie songs on this album. The rest of it was some fairly standard new wave stuff that didn't really jump out at me. A high 3.

I don't really like criticising albums for being "dated", but that's pretty much the main reason why I'm not a fan. I'm sure I would have liked this had I been alive in 1989, but it just doesn't hold up anymore. The beats are decent but they get old quickly. The album as a whole is too repetitive and too long.

It's a shame really, as there is some hard-hitting moments and topics that are still very much relevant. Livin' In A World (They Didn't Make) is a moving one, but then the song immediately after goes back to the disco-industrial beats that completely juxtapose the moment you just had with that song. I don't really understand the aim of this.

Probably my harshest 2 yet.

An album that started and ended very well, with Superstition in the middle - one of his very best. A few other songs though didn't live up to the same quality, therefore it gets a 4. Still very good, just not his best work.

50 minutes of absolutely fuck all

I've just realised, there are NINE David Bowie albums on here. NINE? Fucking hell. I'm of firm belief that nobody should have more than 3 albums on here.

Hunky Dory is fine, but imo nothing special. A couple of good songs, like the opener and Queen Bitch, but otherwise it's nothing to write home about.

Some average pop rock with the shitty live production you often get. I can hardly hear what the vocalist is singing, but it's ok cos I can hear all the small Japanese children being mauled in the background.

Favourite song was Need Your Love, probably because the bloke stopped singing for that one.

Good rapping, even better beats, great album. Higher side of 4

too sober for that stuff