my first album !!
I like this the more I listen to this. I once rated this a two, right now it’s a three, and who knows what the future holds for this album and I ?
“how many records are you expecting to sell when your second record sends you directly to jail” made me laugh hahahhaa
at times this was a truly tough listen, at times this was really cool - I can’t give it more than a two stars for the rampant homophobia and misogyny xoxo
Some really cool songs here but this album was too long … I wish it was shorter and I was left wanting more rather than wishing it was over ya know ?
I listened to this on the 2am night bus, the drive went on forever and so did the album
Would never have listened to this without this challenge and I’m super glad I did !
Very eclectic which I love, I will be giving it more listens as I’m sure it will grow on me even more.
I enjoyed this much more than I expected to honestly, even though I wouldn’t listen to most of it again haha. I also can’t rate it too highly as it’s not really adding anything new in my opinion, although I don’t think it’s trying to? She has a formula and she certainly sticks to it.
Despite not having heard a lot on this album before, Adele is sonically very nostalgic to me, having grown up listening to her music on the radio and singing along to her with school friends etc.
She kind of exists as this ubiquitous pop juggernaut, I never really consider if I’m a fan of her or not beyond her big hits, although I liked some of the lesser known songs on this album.
I like her more uptempo songs on this track (Send My Love, I Miss You, Water Under The Bridge) I’m less of a fan of the slower ballads as I think they pale in comparison to some of her earlier work in that style and I’m less inclined to enjoy songs like that anyway.
I also like how this album isn’t TOO LONG! Some other artists could take note. Anyways.
i’m ashamed to say this is the first full Bowie album I’ve listened to and I LOVED it!
Girl Loves Me and I Can’t Give Everything Away are instant favourites - I predict there’s plenty more personal favourites to be found in his earlier work - exciting !
This is the kind of album they play in thrift shops way too loud and I’ve trained myself to drown it out lest I be overstimulated. Which doesn’t bode well for my ranking of this album but I’ll try to be fair.
I kind of liked it !! I like the sound but nothing stood out to me. A part of me wants to listen to it more and a part of me wants to not bother with it again and that internal battle lands this album at a 2 for now I’m afraid.
This is my first album from the 80s on this project and you see the 1980s and you expect a certain sound right ??? This was NOT what I expected but honestly I quite liked it! It certainly wasn’t boring.
Safe to say this years halloween playlist is sorted - I genuinely think they play this in the queue area for the London Dungeon.
Aw my first one star !
It’s weird to think this album is turning 60 years old this year - it certainly was ahead of its time.
I like weird satirical music, in fact I like some music that was perhaps inspired by this. Did I like this though ? No … I didn’t.
It was Frank Crappa.
this was really cool ! gonna listen to it more and it’s probably gonna grow on me
this was lovely - what a beautiful voice he has
this was ok ! just ok !
loved this !!! will be listening more !!
super fun - loved this :)
some really good tracks here !
I found the tracks thanking her fans and past musicians a bit cringe but that genuinely might be a me problem because it’s sort of wholesome at the same time ? Overall I liked some things here but it was decidedly too long
This album is like looking at a decaying photograph of better days from the perspective of someone going through an apocalypse
Liked it a LOT - didn’t like the jump scares at the start of songs (super loud beginnings to songs after super quiet endings to the previous song) but that could just be that I was listening late at night - ANYWAY I shall be listening to this more for sure !
I LOVE heartbeats by The Knife so this was promising and I liked it ok!
First track had so many mouth sounds in it that it was almost unlistenable to me though which is a shame
pretentiously named songs, pretentious lyrics, pretentious album.
I loved ascension so I’m not sure what went wrong here - his voice which I usually like sounded extra simpering - was just not for me at all.
I’m really not a fan of Alex Turners voice he just irks me. This album was made in a lab to annoy me.
Too misogynistic for me to enjoy this at all.
This was ok but ultimately not really for me.
I liked Soft Shock and Faces and I thought Heads Will Roll and Dragon Queen were ok - nothing really gripped me though!
also not a fan of acoustic versions on the main album - I’ve just heard this and now you want me to hear it again but worse ???? anyways …
this… did nothing for me I’m afraid. I was glad when it was over.
ALSO just when you THINK it’s over the last song is almost TWENTY MINUTES LONG so enjoy that.
What I like about this challenge is that it’s making me consume music in a different way.
I would never usually listen to a ten minute song that is mostly guitar. Historically I’ll find a song I like and repeat it again and again; preferring the predictably exciting over letting an album play in its entirety and following it through its ebbs and flows. Listening to an album as an ambient experience makes sense with albums like this, but I’m not really used to it, having grown up with an ipod that I can cherry pick the songs I like on.
I don’t know why I’ve said all of this but I hope I can be more open minded to all different genres and eras of music in the future. It’s one thing to WANT to like new music but obviously what we actually DO like is shaped by everything we’ve heard before and the way we’ve heard it, to a certain extent. Anyway, all of this is to say that this is a 2 for now, but maybe not forever.
HELL. FRICKEN. YEAH !!!
My first five stars !!!
Been a rough few days of lots of ones and twos so I was delighted to find that I love this ! Never heard of this band or their music before but they’re great - I will be listening to more. Many songs have gone straight onto my faves list and only one or two I wasn’t super bothered about.
YIPPEEEEE!
Yikes! Well we had a five star yesterday... I suppose I couldn't ride that high forever.
I've only heard Baba O'Reilly from this band before which I really loved! I think a part of me was hopeful this would be an enjoyable listen but the wiser part of me knew better. I've already had a live album from the 70s this week (two days ago in fact) and here we go again. That one was a two star and this one is worse... so yeah. There wasn't much further to fall, but Live At Leeds managed it.
I don't love live albums unless I love the artist, and it can't be presumed you'll already love the artist with a project like this, as the point is being exposed to new music. All of this makes you think...why include a live album at all? The ones who love it will love it and the ones who don't are less likely to be converted - was there a point?
I suppose if the LIVE part of the album is significant in some way - ie: they banter with the audience in a particularly endearing or relevant way, or perhaps if there is ONLY a live album to listen to and no studio recordings available but like... All we got from this live album is gross pedo stories about a girl guide , oh and racism too, 'a black raper' what the fuck??? Oh and apparently these two caricatures fornicate...wonderful. I'm liking The Who less and less by the moment.
And I WANTED to like them going into this. This album achieved the exact opposite of it's goal. Don't include a live album of a band if their going to add a weird noncey song to their setlist half way through for... comedic value?
Anyway, this did nothing for me, lyrically...sonically...emotionally...spiritually... The misogyny was as jarring as ever and I will happily never listen to this weird boring shite again.
Somebody described this as ps4 music, somebody else described it as the music on the you ‘wouldn’t steal a car’ advert…they are both correct.
But where they gave this album a one I’m giving it a five because I LOVE MUSIC LIKE THAT.
Very liminal - I love listening to video game soundtracks anyway but I’m still surprised I liked this as much as I did. I can’t deny how easy and enjoyable it was to listen to for me, I will be listening to it to write and will explore more of his work. An EASY FIVE STARS and I’m happy to see stuff like this included in the book :)
why is this on here and not ‘because of the times’?
I could be biased as that is the album I had downloaded on my ipod as a child, but there are much better songs on that than on this.
Did we need the Kings of Leons debut album?
I’m a big fan of some of their other music but I don’t think this is their best work. That being said I liked California Waiting and Dusty and I really liked Talihina Sky I will be listening to that again for sure.
Hmmmm on a whole I was quite uninspired so for now it’s a two !
The day I’m flying home from a trip to
America and Canada I get an American-Canadian artist that’s pretty neat !
As for the music... the music … so he has a really terrible voice…but I honestly kind of admire that about him ??? Like he’s still made a banger album despite that ????
I loved a lot of the songs - Southern Man is obviously great - I can’t give it more than three stars because I really do not like his voice - but I am excited to hear more from him ??? None of this really makes sense but yeah. Lots to unpack here.
I listened to this on a plane at night and I felt like I was on a spaceship - v cool
Yesterdays album would have really suited the mood I’m in at 3am listening to this, but alas, this is todays album and I’m really not feeling it.
It’s just there, happening… and I’m listening to it. I am truly disconnected and entirely unmoved.
I fear I’m being really unfair but that’s just where I’m at in this moment - or perhaps I hate this album ? Time will tell. I’m glad this app has an editing feature - I will see if I change my mind on a revisit in the future. I probably won’t.
At times I felt like I was being tortured listening to this record. Annoying voice, annoying music done much better elsewhere. BIG NO.
This was ok. Some good songs but the pirate adjacent tunes really weren’t for me hahahaha
this healed me a little bit today
I liked this A LOT - a lot more than I expected !!! hell yeah !!!!!
This all sort of sounded the same to me. It felt kind of generic but it did come out in 1986 so this was probably the blueprint for a lot of things! It just wasn’t for me.
cool - I liked it :)
This was interesting ! It got me through a heat wave on the tube and left me feeling quite calm. I’d like to listen to it again.
This was … interesting. I liked Space Junk. I also liked the track beginning with M before I saw the title and realised it’s name is a slur … hmmm. This was … I love the band Dutch Uncles and some songs sound like that … so … hmm … interesting … no more ellipses for me today …
This album had an absolutely diabolical vibe but unfortunately I loved it.
The voice was tough to get over otherwise it was fun!
I liked Hot, Blue & Righteous but other than that this sounded like many many many other albums I’ve listened to on this project and I didn’t like those or this agh.
This would’ve been rated higher if the lead singer didn’t at times sound like he was dying. I loved the sort of hopeful melancholy of this record though - it’s certainly found me at the right time. At times this was painful at times this was really great so for now it’s a three but ai think I shall be revisiting this
could have done without the ‘shoot you full of rhythm and blues’ don’t know if that’s exactly the line because I’m not going back to check !
This was sweet ! Not a big fan
This album is coming at me whilst I’m completely heartbroken so perhaps I have impaired judgement, as a caveat.
I really like Can’t Stand Me Now - I’m listening to Don’t Be Shy and I don’t like it or the previous song, hey I’m live reporting - never done this before.
