Hm. Just wrote 'Good album, not as good as Fairport Convention.' which feels like an unfair bar. I did actually quite enjoy this and gave it four stars, so probably just wrote that particular review on quite a grumpy day?

I found myself having quite specific thoughts about MBDTF so put my review from the 1001 Albums project page in an image

God, I love this. She was SO good. I could listen to this literally all day.

Found this a really enjoyable listen but not one I'd go back to - I think you absolutely have to be in the mood for jam band stuff, and some of it would be infuriating if not in the mood due to the sheer length of some of the solos etc.

Obviously you know Harder Than You Think from Public Enemy but this was a really good intro to some of their wider work that I really enjoyed. Probably just me being daft, but was taken aback by how political a record this is. Clear, coherent, complementary production. Enjoyed it.

Don't get Nirvana. Nevermind has some fun stuff, but sorry to say it: some of the tracks here were absolutely unlistenable. I mean, Tourette's is just... not very good, is it? Heart Shaped Box, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter good, but overall this is just a fine enough album with some low notes.

Kind of think if you're gonna have a Surfers record, Electriclarryland was the place to go? I think you have to be pretty into this stuff, or at least really in the mood for it, and today I wasn't. Three stars.

Yeah, this is further evidence that I just don't like punk very much, insofar as this appears to be proto-punk and I'm not a fan. I think the thing that I see in punk reflected here is that I found myself going 'Not much of real substance here, is there?'

Really enjoyed this. I think my only real experience with QOTSA before this was Songs for the Deaf, which I really do enjoy as an album (and preferred to this, so I hope it comes up) but this is very enjoyable in its own way.

This is another of the albums where I just go 'Wait, this got on here over, say, Warren Zevon?'. Is this that different in any meaningful way to whatever sort of scuzzy rock you vaguely prefer?

I never considered myself a Smiths fan. I really enjoyed the singles, they're great, and I really do think Marr one of the great guitarists. But this just doesn't carry, and man alive I found the title track a slog.

Pet Shop Boys one of my massive, massive guilty pleasures. Saw them at Glastonbury and had an absolutely incredible time. Loved this. Nicely different from some of their other stuff, still has that great sheen that their work does. Great.

One of the easiest five stars. To answer the great philosophical question posed by the Bee Movie, I do in fact like jazz. This was on my ‘should listen’ list but this was a very good forcing function.

It's odd, because I like REM in the abstract. I don't think I'm too cool for REM. But I enjoyed this far less than I thought I would. It felt schlocky somehow, with the sharpness of some of their other stuff.

There’s not quite the verve or lyricism of, say, OK Computer, but the instrumentation is great. Four stars.

I get that everyone probably comes to this as a series of singles or just via other culture (Perfect Day via soundtracks etc) but there’s so much good stuff on this. Vicious a great opener. Really enjoyed I’m So Free. Satellite of Love quite affecting. Two well known ones are obviously brilliant.

Incredibly fun, I’m so down for anything that does the kind of storytelling of ‘Left My Wallet in El Segundo’ or ‘Description of a Fool’. And let's face it, ‘Can I Kick It?’ is a serious contender for the greatest grilling and 7 beers song of all time. The track does, in fact, have a lot of flavour.

Musically, this was the best punk album so far, but oh my god are all the lyrics so on the nose? Is religion just being right wing, would you like to share other thoughts that most people get out of their system at 12? Shall we have a party? Shall we invite Bella Hadid?

This isn’t good, in my view. I didn't enjoy most of this, but the nice thing as part of the project, is that you really can see how music progresses. I get that you probably need to get through this to get to Nine Inch Nails. It's still a two star album, but it did feel important?

Not sure there's much I can say on this that hasn't been said, other than I think I both like this less than most people seem to, and also less than early Floyd? What I will say is that this is a proper album. Properly cohesive, a enjoyable experience that works together without being same-y.

So you start this and you don't see The Whole of the Moon and you go 'This'll be shit, this.' Turns out you're absolutely wrong and should feel bad about it. Absolutely wonderful album. Five stars.

The bangers are bangers here but man alive Muse album tracks aren't great are they?

Right, in a very real way - this is not a review, this is a statement that I'm from Liverpool, 'There She Goes' rarely leaves my Spotify rotation every summer, and this is a very servicable album. I'm giving it five stars but I'm hopelessly, hopelessly biased aren't I

Great to see our work making it onto the media agenda.

it’s Big Sam until the end of the season

on the gardening point… it’s a start! my first ever bulbs have come up! now to see if i can, over time, wrest having a nice climbing plant behind them back from the evils of powdery mildew

delighted that this fella's on here

made cassoulet from scratch for the first time and i’m incredibly pleased with how the whole thing, but especially the confit duck, turned out

only i solider on

apropos of this, it’s been announced that h will be staying up and sleeping on the couch sunday night so she can watch the halftime show, a thing she has never done pre bad bunny