Customer Reviews
Debut albums are best - By: Moz, 06 Feb 2007 
Invariably band's first albums give you a better insight into their souls than later works, which become infected by producers & other influences. This is the stuff Bush worked on before their recording contract, honed on the road & full of optimism & hope as they take it into the recording studio. Everything Zen is absolutly spot on. Okay, so I love the Hunky Dory reference to "Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow" but who cares?
This is the stuff they thought was their best - lets get it down while we can. The rest can wait. Glycerine - almost any three sylable line will do to make this work. You can ad lib your own version all day (and annoy your friends). Alien - I love songs about the rain (or is it?). Comedown - my version of this CD has both the electric & acoustic (violin) version - beautiful. Go on - treat yourself.
Underated Classic - By: , 22 May 2004 Sixteen Stone is without a doubt Bush's best work, & was a deservedly huge sucessin America, & criminally overlookedin the UK. It also was compared by critics rather unfavorably with Nirvana, many critics went as far as to dub them "Nirvana Lite". This is more than a little unfair - they do sound like Nirvana (but then so do a lot of bands), but more polished, but to call them rip-offs is way of the mark (did you ever hear a Nirvana record with slide guitar on it?), & to call them "lite" is being churlish - this band rocks, & rocks hard. If you're a fan of grunge, or any of the post-grunge music that followed, you really should forget the critics & check this out. The highlights of this album include "Everything Zen", "Machinehead", "Little Things", "Comedown" & the beautiful "Glycerine".
classic - By: , 28 Dec 2003 This to me is a classic, it has class start to finish. enters with the powerful 'everything zen', which is a great intro to the feel of the cd. other favourites include 'little things', 'comedown', 'machinehead' & the soulful 'glycerine'. this is a seriously additive cd & one that matures; the more u listen the more u like. ive had it for over 2 years, & its stil growing on me.
Sixteen Stone - By: Matthew Alexander, 28 Sep 2003 
Bush came along towards the end of the 'Grunge' era & perhaps this was to their benefit. If they had been around towards the start of this fictitious era then maybe they wouldn't have had the success that they did have. Of course, thats not to say that they are a bad band, certainly not, Sixteen Stone is a very good debut album. From the opener 'Everything Zen' with it's screaching guitar intro to the more reflective sounding 'Glycerine', this album is full of guitar riffage & a strangely intense vocal style from Rossdale. Saying that, it's not a revolutionary album either, it's quite one-dimensional & the song writing itself isn't particularly great. Still, it serves its purpose, to keep you tapping your foot for an hour or so. I'd give this 3.5 stars if I could, but I can't.
One of my all time favourites! - By: , 16 Mar 2002 One of my most played CDs. Many of the songs sound a lot like what you would expect Nirvana to be churning out now if they were still about. In this their first UK released CD, Gavin has a lot to say & a great voice to say it with. Personal favourites are Little Things, Everthing Zen & Comedown (accoustic version of this is worth a listen too!) Listen out for Winston, Gavin Rossdale's dog at the beginning of Bone Driven!
One of the 90's best bands & albums.
