If only all so-called artists could display this courage.
They know exactly how guilty a pleasure they can be.
Too much here is unchallenging and stuck in the late 90s.
Enough here for a great album, but editing’s required.
B sides that deserve to be up there with his major work.
While brilliant in places here, Heap seems sure to remain on the fringes.
Packed with punchy, if sexist, fare from the first summer of hate.
More emotion-laden, life-affirming, FM-friendly stadium rock.
A woman who not only packs a vocal punch, but knows how to write a killer tune as well.
A national treasure, for sure.
Brewster's Rooster never outstays its welcome.
Thrills, spills and and an unabashed ability to sing in their native tongue.
French electronica and classical project fails to deliver.
There are slices of self indulgence here to test even the most stoned
Just about everything she's done in the last ten years has been essential.
Chicken soup for the soul from the ex Boo Radley guitarist.
To those not aware of Benny's folk roots this album may come as a bit of a surprise.
Simply the most perfect band on the planet.
Beneath the surface lurks something far more intricate than is immediately obvious.
This is still unmistakably a Wilco album.
Their fifth studio album sees them rein in their more histrionic tendencies.
You'd be hard-pressed to find a better 'Sunday morning' album.
Oldfield's magnum opus and assorted hits, remastered for the 21st century.
It's like a cozy evening in with your two best mates.
Yesterday And Today ups both the coldness and the warmth to reap even more rewards.
An album of impeccable, modern, downbeat pop.
You may not get any deep insights, but you are getting some great tunes.
It deserves as much hyperbole as it can get.
A fourth album in 36 years is something to celebrate!
The greatest purveyors of Scottish soul funk in the world!
Twisting explorations leading to dizzying explosions of sound.
Racked up 12 dazzling top 20 hits; all collected here.
Something wonderfully unique
Together Through Life isn't a classic but it's no Self Portrait either.
Sounds Of The Universe easily rises above the pretenders.
Volume One stands as one of the pinnacles of English pre-progressive underground music.
No one makes records like this anymore.
Leaves you a long way from whence you started.
A surprisingly accessible success
A stripped back, underproduced road movie of an album
The sound of a love affair being resumed
Please don't let this be the last of this partnership.
Shuggie's Boogie is a fine place to get to know the six stringed side of man.
Loved by critics, ignored by the masses.
Complete with b-sides and out takes, is a fitting epitaph to a golden period.
An American combo who have brought out the best in him for a long time.
It's a fine album marred by a certain amount of trepidation.
On this evidence she's still standing tall.
It's not for the squeamish.
The Big M's yer man.
