One of them records that have no songs you knew before, but it's surprisingly consistent and thoughtful. Congrats, Ray.

Overrated if there ever was one. But there is some mystery to most of its tracks. It feels foreign to most of rock at the time, and ends on a striking note of anger towards the listener.

MF DOOM's debut feels right in most respects. He always puts what he considers are his 'hits' at the beginning, like most of his records. Then on, most of the record is consistent, with quippy and sampled-based skits around what are, essentially, 2-minute gems.

Not one straight minute where I didn't think at least 'how nice'.

Over produced in many respects. I am not a fan of many popular tracks like Computer Blue, I Would Die 4 U and Purple Rain. However I do appreciate it for being short and concise, especially as a soundtrack. Let's Go Crazy and Take Me with U give the album a great pulse. When Doves Cry and Baby I'm a Star are also highlights.

Jesus, Amy

It's an amazing debut, especially considering how it begins, but if you don't listen to the vinyl, the slow tracks collide in what essentially become 10 minutes stopped dead in its track in the middle of the album. Everything else is awesome.

Perfect music for the beach.

Not enjoyable at all.

Amazing background music, I'm just disappointed of Teo Macero's editing which made both tracks limited and repetitive, considering the amount of good material left out of the record (google The Ghetto Walk).

As good of a portrait of an artist as you could make out of Dusty Springfield.

Ambitious and grandiose, with one of the best covers of all time.

A freaky and infectious bass-line in the title track Why Black Man Dey Suffer, an absolute inspiring piece on its own.

Young and unexperienced, no charisma at all.

Soulful with plenty of good samples, but quite bloated with skits and detours, so if you can find a good song is only after dedicating a lot of ear time to Ye's stupid antics.

Crazy for its time.

I love side A way more than side B.

Sufjan is so vanilla sometimes

Miles seems actually more engaged with this material than he did on Tutu, it just doesn't seem to be compiled as well as Marcus Miller's arrangements.

Well-distributed and fun early jazz music.