Monko

This is the ultimate niche album. Sure, it has its proponents, but most will glaze over listening to this. It's nice. It has moments where you sit up, but it's incredibly self-indulgent. The kind of thing someone might try and get away with on an acoustic night down the local. The big test for me is does it intrigue me enough to want to play it again. Sad to say, I got it in one. Unlike say, Kid A, which took many repeated listens to reveal its true glory, this is the opposite. Nice, but ... read more

Personally I pay little attention to lyrics, which may be great - or not. I listen for how an album moves me, how it makes me feel, how original and artistic the music is, its creative process. This has got some good reviews but is it as fresh as Public Enemy's first albums? Most definitely not. Is it as witty and original as Marshall Mathers? No. Has it got mastery of both samples and melody as Kanye's MBDF. Nowhere near. And has it got the variety and attack of To Pimp a Butterfly. Again, ... read more

After initial bewilderment, 2 days later I believed this to be the most exciting, exhilarating music I have ever heard. By the way I was born in the 1950s.
Three months later and the album has got even better in my estimation. Listening on headphones is a must. There is so much going on, so much subtlety. After having OK Computer for 3 months I described it as the best album of all time, for which I was widely derided at the time, but ultimately proved correct. This album is most definitely in ... read more

Played this at least 100 times and I'm still not sick of it. Keep coming back to it. Its only let down is that the songs aren't allowed to grow as they're too short. Definitely an album that leaves you wanting more. My fave album of 2018.