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228 Current Machine Head Deep Purple Deep Purple Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
227 Oct 03 2026 Don't Stand Me Down Dexys Midnight Runners Dexys Midnight Runners 1 2.61 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
As far as I know, this band only was popular in the USA for that horrid Eileen song. Apparently the authors of this book think they are great? This is the second album by DMR that’s been served up to me and it’s every bit as bad as the last. Hard pass.
226 Oct 02 2026 Hail To the Thief Radiohead Radiohead 3 3.45 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Some of it's good, some not great... I'm really on the fence about Radiohead. Maybe I'm too distracted today to appreciate this? It's certainly weird.
225 Oct 01 2026 Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 2 3.08 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
The lyrics were fun (like reading Edgar Allen Poe), but I just don’t vibe with his music.
224 Sep 30 2026 #1 Record Big Star Big Star 3 3.26 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This fits in with the mellower albums of the day by bands like Kansas and Styx, with decent harmonies and lots of acoustic guitar. I'm surprised I'd never heard of them. That said, I'm not sure it's that important of an album. "In the Street" is the origin of the theme to That 70's Show, so hopefully they earned a fair bit from that.
223 Sep 29 2026 Next The Sensational Alex Harvey Band The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 1 2.7 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Just because you call your band sensational doesn't make it true... This was like some weird cross between the Rocky Horror soundtrack, Frank Zappa and I don't know what all else, but it didn't work for me. At all.
222 Sep 28 2026 Morrison Hotel The Doors The Doors 4 3.56 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I've always really liked this album. Peace Frog is the most underrated Doors song, and it holds up even after all of these years.
221 Sep 27 2026 KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka Michael Kiwanuka 3 3.73 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I'd heard very little of this artist before today and I must say, I really enjoyed this album. A nice mellow way to start a Sunday morning.
220 Sep 26 2026 Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes TV On The Radio TV On The Radio 2 2.93 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I’m pretty sure I’ve heard some of this band on the radio and didn’t mind it, but this album was definitely not my jam. Lots of weird, whiny sounding singing.
219 Sep 25 2026 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 3 3.57 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Decent album.
218 Sep 24 2026 Liege And Lief Fairport Convention Fairport Convention 3 3.09 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I had heard of them but I don't think I've ever heard any of the music. A very nice 1960's vintage folk album. Would fit right in a playlist with The Byrds, etc. A good start to my morning.
217 Sep 23 2026 Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso 2 2.85 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I like the album cover better than the album. I don't really have much experience with Brazilian music, and it's just not something I'd spend a lot of time listening to. I wasn't screaming for it to hurry up and end like I do with some of the stuff on this list, but I did let out a little involuntary sigh of relief when it was over.
216 Sep 22 2026 São Paulo Confessions Suba Suba 2 2.84 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Some of the songs had a good groove, some seemed to go on forever. Mixed bag for me. Decent rhythms, but not the Brazilian jams I was hoping for.
215 Sep 21 2026 MTV Unplugged In New York Nirvana Nirvana 5 4.2 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This is one of those things that exists as proof that MTV once did great things. An absolutely amazing performance by one of the most important bands of the 90's.
214 Sep 20 2026 2112 Rush Rush 4 3.36 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I made a needlepoint of this album cover in my junior high crafts class. So yeah, I was/am a fan. That said, it’s not my favorite Rush album, and their lyrics, like in most Rush songs, are something that sound like they were written by someone who smoked way too much weed and read a bunch of Ayn Rand and thought it was brilliant instead of the shitty writing of a deranged selfish asshole like Rand was. And it sounds that way because that’s exactly what happened. But man, those guys could sure play.
213 Sep 19 2026 Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective Animal Collective 2 2.92 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
It's like really bad shoegaze. Ugh.
212 Sep 18 2026 Green Onions Booker T. & The MG's Booker T. & The MG's 5 3.38 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Green Onions was my first wife's happy song. It was something her dad could play on the organ, and something they shared together. May they both rest in peace. If I'd known the whole album was this fun, I'd have listened to it decades ago. What a great instrumental, upbeat, happy album. Love it.
211 Sep 17 2026 Roger the Engineer The Yardbirds The Yardbirds 4 3.1 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This was a really great album. I like so many of the artists that started off in the Yardbirds it’s amazing to me that I haven’t spent more time listening to them. A very important band in the history of rock music.
210 Sep 16 2026 Hot Buttered Soul Isaac Hayes Isaac Hayes 3 3.44 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Wow. Four tracks. Hot Buttered Soul is a great description of this album. I don't listen to much soul, but really enjoyed this album.
209 Sep 15 2026 Berlin Lou Reed Lou Reed 2 3.09 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Pretty dark and depressing, even for Lou Reed.
208 Sep 14 2026 Remain In Light Talking Heads Talking Heads 5 3.68 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Such an amazing album by one of the greatest bands of all time. The rhythms of Tina and Chris, so heavily funk-influenced, the guitars of David and Jerry, and Jerry's keyboard work, and of course the lyrics from David and Brian Eno. It's one of their best, and it's been decades since I've sat down and listened to the whole album all the way through. Just terrific.
207 Sep 13 2026 Everything Must Go Manic Street Preachers Manic Street Preachers 3 3.11 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
A decent mainstream rock album. First I've heard of this band, but not too shabby.
206 Sep 12 2026 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel 5 3.95 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Such a great album, full of some of Paul Simon's greatest songwriting achievements. My only gripe would be the inclusion of Bye Bye Love, which seemed out of place being a "live" track. But I can't take away points for an otherwise perfect album.
205 Sep 11 2026 Africa Brasil Jorge Ben Jor Jorge Ben Jor 3 3.37 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This is the best African influenced Brazilian funk album I've listened to all week! Seriously though, fun album, with crazy good rhythms. I feel like I should be drinking a cocktail and dancing in a conga line or something instead of reading and replying to emails.
204 Sep 10 2026 The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground 4 3.62 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
One of the best albums about heroin that I know of. It’s certainly an important album, and I like some of the tracks on there, but it’s a time capsule of New York life in the late 60s. Gritty, sad, but with a weird sweetness to it.
203 Sep 09 2026 Live At The Witch Trials The Fall The Fall 1 2.63 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Music is fine, singing is atrocious. Hard pass for me.
202 Sep 08 2026 Unknown Pleasures Joy Division Joy Division 3 3.48 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Dark and brooding, Joy Division answers the question "What if Depeche Mode were even MORE depressing?" That said, I enjoyed this album and wish I'd gotten more into them earlier in life.
201 Sep 07 2026 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles Beatles 5 4.24 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
My favorite Beatles album. Such a rich album, full of amazing lyrics, Middle Eastern instruments and full blown orchestra music, this album is hard to beat. I’ve spent countless hours in dark rooms listening on headphones, but it sounds pretty great in the middle of the day on regular speakers too.
200 Sep 06 2026 The Rise & Fall Madness Madness 4 3.04 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
A great album. I’m not sure why it wasn’t released in the US (forcing me to endure ads on YouTube to listen to it), but it was worth the inconvenience and annoyance. Some of their hits that went mainstream, but also just some nice ska tunes. Very expressive bass, which I love.
199 Sep 05 2026 Music For The Jilted Generation The Prodigy The Prodigy 1 3.07 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I feel way more jilted after listening to this album than I did before. If a fire alarm, burglar alarm and an air raid klaxon took acid and fucked, this would be their cursed offspring.
198 Sep 04 2026 Paul Simon Paul Simon Paul Simon 5 3.49 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This is one of those albums that defines my childhood. Some of my earliest memories of music involve hearing Paul Simon on the radio as my mom did chores. I was lucky enough to see him live a few decades ago with my mom. He's one of the most prolific songwriters of our time, and this album is just another example of that talent.
197 Sep 03 2026 Fuzzy Grant Lee Buffalo Grant Lee Buffalo 3 3.01 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
A decent, fairly mellow album. Nothing really stand out, but I was pleasantly surprised that this wasn't something awful. This list has me a bit skeptical every time a band comes up that I've never heard of, and today was a nice surprise.
196 Sep 02 2026 So Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel 5 3.53 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I had been a Peter Gabriel fan since his days in Genesis, but with this album he was suddenly mainstream. I was lucky enough to catch him on the tour for this album, and it was spectacular. Every song on this album is fantastic, and while I'm usually careful to click the original album for my morning listen on Apple Music, today I absentmindedly clicked on the Expanded Edition and was treated to a bonus full live album from this tour. What a treat. If I could give this album 10 stars, I would.
195 Sep 01 2026 B-52's The B-52's The B-52's 5 3.3 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I remember this album when it came out. Groundbreaking. Like nothing I’d ever heard. Fan-fucking-tastic. And it still holds up after all these years.
194 Aug 31 2026 With The Beatles Beatles Beatles 3 3.64 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I like their later albums better, but there are a few decent songs here. Lots of remakes. I know I'm supposed to scream like a schoolgirl because it's the greatest band that ever existed, but I'm just not that excited about early Beatles records.
193 Aug 30 2026 Bone Machine Tom Waits Tom Waits 1 2.85 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
As a former paramedic, I have literally listened to people speaking their last words. None sounded like they were actively dying like Tom Waits does when he sings. Waits was popular among my friends in college, and with decades now behind me since then, I can’t help but wonder if it was all just an elaborate prank. Hard pass from me.
192 Aug 29 2026 Welcome To The Pleasuredome Frankie Goes To Hollywood Frankie Goes To Hollywood 3 3.12 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
A few great songs that were staples of the 80's, and a few songs that were tedious at best. Real mixed bag. Maybe they were too RELAXed to write good songs?
191 Aug 28 2026 In Rainbows Radiohead Radiohead 3 3.87 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This seems ok. It's nothing I'm really excited about, but the lyrics are decent, singing decent, music decent. But nothing really stands out as amazing.
190 Aug 27 2026 Triangle The Beau Brummels The Beau Brummels 2 2.7 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Very Bob Dylan-esque. But with lyrics not nearly as clever. I’m surprised they have that many albums and I’d never heard of them, but they are very non-spectacular.
189 Aug 26 2026 Trio Dolly Parton Dolly Parton 5 3.28 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Those voices. Amazing. Rest in peace, Dolly. The planet was better for having you on it.
188 Aug 25 2026 Parallel Lines Blondie Blondie 4 3.76 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I remember listening to this album when it came out (yeah, I'm old). It still very much holds up. Harry's voice is superb and it's just a good, hard rocking album all the way through. A few classics, but every single song is good.
187 Aug 24 2026 Heroes David Bowie David Bowie 3 3.61 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Heroes is my favorite Bowie song, so it's hard not to like this album. But there are a few instrumentals that might be better on some kind of haunted house soundtrack and seem out of place. Brian Eno's influence is strong.
186 Aug 23 2026 Apocalypse Dudes Turbonegro Turbonegro 3 2.89 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This album was better than expected. I feel like some of the songs would’ve fit right in on the Repo Man soundtrack. Good times. I liked it.
185 Aug 22 2026 Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen 2 3.38 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
It's like Bob Dylan with a better voice. I'm not a huge Leonard Cohen fan, but like some of his later work. This album was just ok for me.
184 Aug 21 2026 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins 3 3.68 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
The Smashing Pumpkins were one of the most memorable bands of the 1990's for me as I had limited exposure to 90's alt rock and they were on heavy rotation at the radio station I listened to when I was visiting my sister. They are quite distinctive, with Corgan's vocals and distorted guitars. I only owned their debut album, and probably should have had this one in my collection as well. But a double disc of the Pumpkins is a LOT of Pumpkins in one sitting. I like them better in small doses.
183 Aug 20 2026 You Are The Quarry Morrissey Morrissey 1 2.86 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Look, I really liked The Smiths. But Morrissey without Johnny Marr is just a whiny little bitch. There, I said it.
182 Aug 19 2026 Germfree Adolescents X-Ray Spex X-Ray Spex 2 3.07 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
It's like a female UK version of the Ramones. Fairly fast, angsty punk music. I'm not sure I need to hear a lot of this, but it's different.
181 Aug 18 2026 The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden Iron Maiden 3 3.57 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Fast screaming guitars: check Throbbing bass: check Pounding drums: check Scary scream-singing: check There's no denying the musical skill these guys have, and their ability to play with this level of intensity is impressive. But I can only take so much going on and on about melting skin and satan and beasts. This seems ideal for getting yourself amped up to commit some atrocities, but when you're just trying to get amped up to send a few emails, not so much. This brand of metal has just never been for me.
180 Aug 17 2026 Raising Hell Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C. 3 3.49 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I’m not a hip-hop guy, but this album is a classic. Their collab with Aerosmith brought hip-hop to a whole lot of people that would never have heard it. Most of the lyrics/rhymes are pretty funny, and while it’s not an album that I would purchase, I appreciate it.
179 Aug 16 2026 Kimono My House Sparks Sparks 3 3.07 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I'm not sure why I never got into Sparks back in the 80's. I'd heard a few songs here and there on the radio, but never whole albums. They're pretty cool. This stuff would fit in great with bands like Devo, Missing Persons and the B-52's. Very quirky, fun music.
178 Aug 15 2026 Frank Amy Winehouse Amy Winehouse 2 3.45 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Just not my jam. The songs all sound the same to me, with the same cadence. Lyrics are mostly about being an oversexed young woman with substance abuse disorder, so not exactly relatable. I wish she’d gotten help. Rest in peace.
177 Aug 14 2026 Either Or Elliott Smith Elliott Smith 2 3.39 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Ugh. I listened to this and thought, "Man, this guy is really troubled." Then I read his Wikipedia entry and yeah. Tragic guy with a tragic story. That said, the music was boring to me. A troubled manifesto set to acoustic guitar.
176 Aug 13 2026 1977 Ash Ash 3 3.03 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Another band I'd never heard of. It was decent, but unmemorable. Lots of repetition, but a nice hard rocking sound.
175 Aug 12 2026 White Blood Cells The White Stripes The White Stripes 2 3.64 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Music is decent, lyrics are fine, but his singing still sounds to me like a bunch of howler monkeys in a bad mood. Sorry Jack. You seem really cool but your singing just isn’t my jam.
174 Aug 11 2026 Fifth Dimension The Byrds The Byrds 4 3.07 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
A very 1960's folk rock album. Neat to hear David Crosby prior to him teaming up with Stills and Nash. Pretty good stuff, very mellow. I'm not sure what that 2-4-2 Fox Trot song is for, it should have been left off.
173 Aug 10 2026 Reggatta De Blanc The Police The Police 5 3.45 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I love this album. Brilliant musicians.
172 Aug 09 2026 New York Dolls New York Dolls New York Dolls 3 3.12 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I'd never heard the New York Dolls before. I certainly knew of them, as they're said to have influenced many of the bands I grew up listening to. I wasn't sure what to expect, but they were decent. Sort of a lighter version of The Ramones. Not really my jam, but much better than a lot of what this list feeds me.
171 Aug 08 2026 Gasoline Alley Rod Stewart Rod Stewart 3 2.94 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
It's a decent album, but not his best. Mostly covers. I've always liked the musical arrangement on old Rod Stewart music, and this one doesn't disappoint in that area.
170 Aug 07 2026 Doggystyle Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg 2 3.34 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I'm a white dude in my late 50's in the suburbs. I am not the intended audience for this music. I'm stunned that I made it through the whole album.
169 Aug 06 2026 Rock 'N Soul Solomon Burke Solomon Burke 4 3.36 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I had not heard of this artist before today, but this was a lovely 1960s vintage soul album. Beautiful singing.
168 Aug 05 2026 m b v My Bloody Valentine My Bloody Valentine 1 2.73 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Several years ago I bought a synthesizer. I don't know how to play keyboards, but had it in my mind that I would learn. I was fascinated by all of the buttons and knobs, and spent about an hour just making random noises. Eventually my wife reached her breaking point and told me I either needed to use headphones or she was going to divorce me. If only she would have recorded the noise I was making, it could have been a follow up album to this. First song was static and strumming. Second song is distortion and some kind of unintelligible singing. And it just didn't get better. I'm all for distortion in rock music, but there has to be something more than this. It's like if you took a Smashing Pumpkins album, made the singing shitty, and put the speakers under water. Why does this album exist, and why in the world is it on a list of must listen to music?
167 Aug 04 2026 If You're Feeling Sinister Belle & Sebastian Belle & Sebastian 2 3.19 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
One of my closest friends loves this band but I still love her. That's more than I can say for this band. It's just SOOOO damned twee, and the lyrics so dark, it makes my head spin.
166 Aug 03 2026 The Bends Radiohead Radiohead 3 4.02 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I rather liked this. I've heard some Radiohead on the radio, but never really got into them. Listening to this album has made me want to explore their music a bit more.
165 Aug 02 2026 Our Aim Is To Satisfy Red Snapper Red Snapper 2 2.73 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I guess this is ok background music? I’m comfortable with silence, but if you’re not, this can fill the void. Otherwise, pretty banal.
164 Aug 01 2026 Gorillaz Gorillaz Gorillaz 2 3.53 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I'm not sure I understand why a virtual band is a thing, but I am an old. That said, there were some good grooves on this album, but nothing I would go out of my way to seek out. A lot of it is repetitive and annoying, some good... real mixed bag for me.
163 Jul 31 2026 The Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald 3 3.49 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Strap in as this is a four CD set and over 4 hours of music. The good news is, Ella's voice is so good and soothing, it's not a bad way to pass the time. It really is great.
162 Jul 30 2026 Sex Packets Digital Underground Digital Underground 1 2.65 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Nothing makes me feel more like Hank Hill than listening to hip hop. I think I prefer the sound of power tools to this.
161 Jul 29 2026 My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Brian Eno Brian Eno 1 2.8 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
You know how sometimes you’re in an art museum and you see a painting of a bridge and you’re like “cool” and then you see a painting of a sad clown smoking a cigarette and you go “ok, not my thing, but ok” and then you see a banana duct taped to a piece of drywall and you go “ok, this makes no fucking sense?” This album is that banana art, but for your ears.
160 Jul 28 2026 Destroyer KISS KISS 2 2.84 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Confessions of a former KISS fan. Look, I was in 4th grade, it was what my friends were listening to, and the lyrics are so simple and easy to memorize, perfect for a little brain not yet fully developed. I think I outgrew them in about grade 5 or 6. I look at KISS with nostalgia now. They were part of my childhood, but they're like if Spinal Tap took themselves seriously. And yeah, they really did dress like that.
159 Jul 27 2026 There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield Curtis Mayfield 3 3.37 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
A nice funky album. Pretty good way to start a Monday.
158 Jul 26 2026 Picture Book Simply Red Simply Red 2 2.86 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Bland pop album from the 80’s. I remember seeing them on MTV back in the day, but their music was so unremarkable I never heard a song that I was familiar with today other than Heaven, but that’s just because I’m a big Talking Heads fan and it made me sad that someone ruined a perfectly good song. Nothing horrible or offensive here, just banal pop music for the masses.
157 Jul 25 2026 Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor Lupe Fiasco Lupe Fiasco 1 3.14 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Fiasco is an appropriate description. Still don’t like hip-hop.
156 Jul 24 2026 Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys Beastie Boys 4 3.53 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I’m not a big fan of hip hop, but the Beastie Boys are legendary. Mad respect. Great album.
155 Jul 23 2026 Pink Flag Wire Wire 2 3.2 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
If I wanted to get yelled at, I’d work retail.
154 Jul 22 2026 Bert Jansch Bert Jansch Bert Jansch 2 3 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Really nothing special. There are much better folk albums out there.
153 Jul 21 2026 Searching For The Young Soul Rebels Dexys Midnight Runners Dexys Midnight Runners 1 3 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I wondered if maybe they were good at one time, but nope. This album may be why Eileen left and she ain’t coming back.
152 Jul 20 2026 American Idiot Green Day Green Day 5 3.77 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This is really a great album. Green Day was a little after my era, but proof that the kids are alright. It rocks hard and the lyrics are terrific.
151 Jul 19 2026 Alien Lanes Guided By Voices Guided By Voices 1 2.76 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I think I’m too old for this. This is what I imagine the cool kids were listening to in 1995 when I was in my late 20’s. Not my jam. After finishing this album I would like to revise to say that this is objectively bad and if you like it something is wrong with you.
150 Jul 18 2026 Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan Bob Dylan 4 3.75 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I’m not a huge Dylan fan as I find his singing screechy just like everyone else does, but I’m happy that I’ve had the opportunity to see him live and have mad respect for him as a songwriter. That said, I do really like the songs “Highway 61 Revisited” and “Like a Rolling Stone.” The rest were pretty good too. Maybe he’s growing on me as I become an old man.
149 Jul 17 2026 Pretenders Pretenders Pretenders 4 3.35 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Really solid hard-rocking album.
148 Jul 16 2026 Ocean Rain Echo And The Bunnymen Echo And The Bunnymen 4 3.23 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This takes me back to high school. Nice album.
147 Jul 15 2026 I Am a Bird Now Antony and the Johnsons Antony and the Johnsons 3 2.84 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This band/singer was totally new to me. It's hauntingly beautiful. I'm not sure what mood it suits, but she's really got a great voice, although a bit trill at times. The music was nice. (Exception: Free At Last could have been left off the album. Ugh)
146 Jul 14 2026 Coat Of Many Colors Dolly Parton Dolly Parton 5 3.49 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
As a rule, I would say that I don't like country music. But I guess I should say I don't like modern country music, as this album was pretty great. Plus, Dolly Parton is the best of what America is. Give this one a listen.
145 Jul 13 2026 Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) The Kinks The Kinks 5 3.38 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Listening to The Kinks always leaves me feeling happier. Spectacular album.
144 Jul 12 2026 We're Only In It For The Money The Mothers Of Invention The Mothers Of Invention 3 2.46 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
It’s like Weird Al if Weird Al were political and vulgar. Fun songs to listen to every now and again, but it would never make heavy rotation for me.
143 Jul 11 2026 Elephant The White Stripes The White Stripes 2 3.83 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
The music is pretty good, and while I appreciate Jack White as a person (he's funny, personable, loves his hometown of Detroit) and as a musician (check out the documentary "It Might Get Loud"), his singing has always sounded like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. Just not a fan.
142 Jul 10 2026 Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio Bill Evans Trio 2 3.3 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
A bit too freeform for my liking. I also found the crowd noise distracting.
141 Jul 09 2026 John Barleycorn Must Die Traffic Traffic 4 3.17 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I really like this album. This is Steve Winwood at his best.
140 Jul 08 2026 Mask Bauhaus Bauhaus 4 2.85 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I don't know that this is their best album, but it's pretty good. I was big into Bauhaus (and all of their splinter bands) back in the 80's, drawn in by the haunting singing and lyrics, driving guitar and AMAZING bass. Hollow Hills is my favorite on this record, and it sounds as good to me today as it did back in the day.
139 Jul 07 2026 Rio Duran Duran Duran Duran 4 3.5 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
They were big in the 80's, but let's face it, they were primarily a band listened to by girls. Sure, we dudes might have secretly thought Hungry Like The Wolf had a cool sound, and the synth in Save a Prayer with the note bending sounds really neat, but we would never have been caught dead owning a Duran Duran album. Fast forward a few decades and I've begun playing the bass and you know what? John Taylor absolutely shreds on bass. Just listen to the bass lines on these songs. Raw talent. Amazing. But I'll still never understand what "I smell like I sound" means.
138 Jul 06 2026 Hunky Dory David Bowie David Bowie 5 3.99 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Terrific album.
137 Jul 05 2026 Timeless Goldie Goldie 1 2.51 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Look, just because an artist titles an album “Timeless“ it doesn’t mean that it is timeless. If I recorded my cat throwing up and called it “Double Platinum Perfection“ would it too make the list? Probably. I don’t know what the point of this is. People listen to it on purpose? Crazy.
136 Jul 04 2026 Viva Hate Morrissey Morrissey 2 2.96 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I'm just going to say it: Morrissey without Johnny Marr is just whiney. I'm a big fan of The Smiths, but Morrissey's solo work is cringe.
135 Jul 03 2026 Live At The Regal B.B. King B.B. King 4 3.66 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Nice live blues album from one of the greats.
134 Jul 02 2026 Another Music In A Different Kitchen Buzzcocks Buzzcocks 4 3.08 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Just a good British punk rock album. If you like the Sex Pistols, you'll like this. If it's just loud angsty noise to you, then you won't. I thought it was pretty great.
133 Jul 01 2026 More Specials The Specials The Specials 4 2.95 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Pretty classic ska album. I had no idea the Go Go's sang background on this record. Cool.
132 Jun 30 2026 The Nightfly Donald Fagen Donald Fagen 3 3.02 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I had heard several of these songs before and assumed they were Steely Dan. Decent soft rock album. If you like Steely Dan, you’ll like this. If you don’t, well…
131 Jun 29 2026 Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen 3 3.41 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Growing up on the West coast, Bruce Springsteen just wasn't the cultural phenomenon that it is on the East coast. I've never really been a fan, but over the last few years, I've grown to appreciate him and his music. This was as good as any Springsteen album I've heard.
130 Jun 28 2026 Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys The Waterboys 5 3.21 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I think I heard a couple of tracks off of this album back in the 80’s, and what a shame I didn’t hear more. Really great alternative rock with a Scottish twist. I’ll be adding this to my rotation.
129 Jun 27 2026 The Boatman's Call Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 3 3.19 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Yawn. Nothing offensive, just some brooding boring music.
128 Jun 26 2026 Pretzel Logic Steely Dan Steely Dan 3 3.39 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Nothing says 70's slow rock like Steely Dan. This was such a staple of the era. This is one of those bands that I'm good with just owning a greatest hits CD. But it sure evokes lounge act at the airport Holiday Inn vibes, and not even in a bad way.
127 Jun 25 2026 Technique New Order New Order 3 3.18 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I listened to a couple of New Order albums back in the 80s but apparently not this one. Honestly, it’s just a little too synth heavy for my tastes. I preferred American new wave, with bands like Devo, R.E.M., and the B-52‘s.
126 Jun 24 2026 A Night At The Opera Queen Queen 4 3.95 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Ok, The Prophet's Song drove me a little batty, but otherwise this is a solid album. You're My Best Friend is a favorite, and Bohemian Rhapsody is of course legendary.
125 Jun 23 2026 Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet The Dave Brubeck Quartet 5 3.82 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
One of the best jazz albums of all time. Really tight groove, baby. Love it.
124 Jun 22 2026 At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters Muddy Waters 5 3.53 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Without a doubt the best live blues album I've ever heard. This is really fantastic stuff.
123 Jun 21 2026 Ramones Ramones Ramones 4 3.56 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
For me, The Ramones are that perfect hard rocking, angsty band. There's nothing particularly complicated about the music, just fast tempo, loud guitars, and of course their signature vocals. And important part of my teen years. Bonus, if you're drunk and screw up the lyrics when singing along, nobody knows the difference.
122 Jun 20 2026 Shaka Zulu Ladysmith Black Mambazo Ladysmith Black Mambazo 5 3.07 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
What a great album. I saw LBM decades ago when they played with usPaul Simon. This music is timeless and wonderful.
121 Jun 19 2026 The Genius Of Ray Charles Ray Charles Ray Charles 5 3.62 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
What a great album. My grandfather listened to a lot of big band music, but I don't think I ever heard him listen to Ray Charles. Wish I could go back in time and share this with him. It's fabulous and I think he would have liked it. I will listen to this again, and often.
120 Jun 18 2026 Channel Orange Frank Ocean Frank Ocean 1 3.34 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Wikipedia says this is a rhythm and blues album. It has rhythm, in that same way that a washing machine has rhythm when it’s off-balance. It’s a beat that you never want to hear because at best it’s annoying, and it worse it’s going to cost you money. As for blues, it certainly gave me the blues listening to this hot garbage, but I didn’t hear any resemblance at all to any blues music I’ve ever heard. A dog howling at the moon is more in tune with blues music than this. Honestly, this album sounds like rap music, but whiner. Truly awful.
119 Jun 17 2026 Fever To Tell Yeah Yeah Yeahs Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2 3.29 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
No no no's. Why you want to yell at me, angsty girl? If I had a teenage daughter, this seems like the kind of music I would angrily yell "Turn that shit down!" about through her bedroom door. Uninspired lyrics, music isn't great, but it does bring the angry teen girl vibe.
118 Jun 16 2026 evermore Taylor Swift Taylor Swift 2 2.99 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I love Taylor Swift. She’s built an amazing career and brought her fans together with a message of hope and positivity. She’s charitable, and comes off as personable and funny in interviews. Oh, the album? Meh. I don’t like pop music, and this is no exception.
117 Jun 15 2026 The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus Charles Mingus 1 3.33 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This album sounds like 4-5 guys were each in separate studios and told to play along to the music in their headphones, and none of the music in the headphones was the same. There's jazz I like and then there's this freeform stuff, which is what music would sound like if you taught housecats to play instruments.
116 Jun 14 2026 Parklife Blur Blur 1 3.39 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
More Britpop noise. The best part of this album is that it ended.
115 Jun 13 2026 Amnesiac Radiohead Radiohead 3 3.41 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Mournful lyrics, rich music. I think I like this, but sometimes I'm not sure. The most wishy-washy review I've written. It doesn't immediately grab me, but it doesn't repulse me either. I feel like I need to listen to more Radiohead as it is making me curious, and that isn't a bad thing.
114 Jun 12 2026 Surfer Rosa Pixies Pixies 4 3.49 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I don't know if the members of this band are as weird as they come off on this album, but I'm here for it. When everything is falling apart and I'm totally stressed out, "Where Is My Mind?" is one of my go-to songs. It's also the first song I learned to play all the way through on bass. I really like this album. It's angsty, weird and hits the spot when I'm in one of those moods.
113 Jun 11 2026 Aja Steely Dan Steely Dan 4 3.48 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Very solid album. Steely Dan is a really unique band, blending rock and jazz, and it just works.
112 Jun 10 2026 Risque CHIC CHIC 1 3.28 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
God this is awful. Repetitive as hell. I don't understand why there are two Chic albums (I hope there's only two) on this list. One was more than enough.
111 Jun 09 2026 A Walk Across The Rooftops The Blue Nile The Blue Nile 2 2.87 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
The town is abuzz with excitement over the new installation down at the art gallery. You go in, and see a crowd of people around the new exhibit. When you make your way to the front, you see a blank canvas, and upon it is a broken bicycle pedal, a popped latex balloon, half of a soda can, and a banana. You take a deep breath, blink hard a couple of times, and take it in. No matter how many artsy folks in berets talk about how amazing it is, you just don't get it. It's just a bunch of shit on the wall. That's the visual equivalent of this album. The singing is so wistful, I hope that guy eventually found happiness, but I doubt it. I certainly didn't listening to this album.
110 Jun 08 2026 Lust For Life Iggy Pop Iggy Pop 2 3.59 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
My god, what a boring album. I'd write a longer review, but now I need a nap.
109 Jun 07 2026 Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings 3 3.14 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Huh. This wasn’t terrible. I don’t generally like country music (understatement), but I made it through this without complaining. I should probably go to the hospital and get scanned.
108 Jun 06 2026 Innervisions Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder 3 3.87 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This album has a few standouts, but some of the songs fell flat for me. I’m a Stevie Wonder fan, but sometimes he sings outside of his vocal range and it’s grating.
107 Jun 05 2026 Surf's Up The Beach Boys The Beach Boys 4 3.29 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I don't think I'd heard most of these songs until today. It's a solid album, with socially aware lyrics unlike the Beach Boys that we're all used to (about surfing, girls, cars, etc). I rather enjoyed it.
106 Jun 04 2026 Close To You Carpenters Carpenters 1 3.13 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Led Zeppelin III, The Doors - Morrison Hotel, The Who - Live at Leeds, Crosby Stills & Nash - Deja Vu, The Beatles - Let It Be, Black Sabbath - Paranoid. These are just a few of the great albums that came out in 1970. But this fucking Carpenters album came out the same year, proving that throughout history, there have been people with zero taste in music making, producing and listening to it when good alternatives exist. Where was that "disco sucks" DJ when we needed him? He should have rallied against this bubblegum crap instead of disco, which is at least danceable. If your dentist's office plays a Muzak version of this, find a different dentist.
105 Jun 03 2026 This Nation’s Saving Grace The Fall The Fall 1 2.89 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Is it possible that this is worse than the last album from The Fall that this list presented to me? I think it is. While this album might be great for playing on repeat to a person with the codes to disarm the nuclear device so they'll break and give you those codes, I don't think it's good for much else. It's repetitive, and just plain shitty. 0/5 stars.
104 Jun 02 2026 Kick Out The Jams (Live) MC5 MC5 2 2.92 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
If you like loud, distorted guitars and screaming, then MC5 might be for you. It’s not really for me. The first song sounded like the singer got hit in the groin as it was very screechy. The rest sounded like a bad Jimi Hendrix cover band, with much worse lyrics. I know the 60s were a tumultuous time, so I’ll cut them some slack and not give them one star. But I could be pretty happy to never hear this again.
103 Jun 01 2026 The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd Pink Floyd 5 4.43 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
One of the greatest albums of all time.
102 May 31 2026 Hejira Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell 1 3.14 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Not even Jaco Pastorius's bass playing can save this for me. I just think her singing is awful.
101 May 30 2026 The Infotainment Scan The Fall The Fall 2 2.71 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I don't really understand this album. The music sounded like garden variety late 80's/early 90's British alt-rock, but the singing sounded like the drunk Frenchman in a Monty Python movie yelling insults at me. My mother may have indeed smelled of elderberries, but I don't want to hear about it in a song.
100 May 29 2026 Moondance Van Morrison Van Morrison 5 3.68 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This is a really solid album, not a bad track in the bunch. Probably his best work. Morrison's voice is spectacular, and the music is great too.
99 May 28 2026 Beautiful Freak Eels Eels 4 3.26 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I bought this album and still like it. It's pretty dark, and a couple of the songs feel more like spoken word with some background music, but on a particularly bad day (which today happened to be), I really *really* appreciate Novocaine for the Soul. I ended up listening to that song 4 times today just for good measure, before I sputtered out.
98 May 27 2026 Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby Girls Against Boys Girls Against Boys 2 2.66 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
The underlying music isn't awful, it's just not great. Pretty repetitive, but hard driving 90's alternative rock. But the singing... are they trying to scare me? This isn't a monster movie, if you can't sing, hire a singer. I can't sing either but I'm not making albums. Ugh.
97 May 26 2026 Let's Get Killed David Holmes David Holmes 1 2.66 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
You know how toddlers will beat on things, like a Fisher Price keyboard or pots and pans with a wooden spoon, and think it's music? They smile and giggle, and we laugh which encourages them, and it goes on and on until your head is pounding and you take the wooden spoon away? I feel like David Holmes's parents encouraged him, told him he was a genius, and then got him a record contract. Perhaps they were deaf? I've heard some shitty music on this list, but this may be the worst. Overindulgent complete garbage. Does he have dirt on the record producers? I don't care enough to dig deeper. Even the album cover sucks, an out of focus cityscape with a giant blue splooge on it. How does stuff like this get made?
96 May 25 2026 Green R.E.M. R.E.M. 5 3.47 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Love love LOVE this album. Stipe's vocals are great, and the way the guitar, bass and drums work together in their elegant simplicity is fabulous.
95 May 24 2026 Back To Black Amy Winehouse Amy Winehouse 3 4.03 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This album was better than I expected it to be. She had a great voice and style, but the songs did sound repetitive to me. Decent background music, but nothing to get excited about.
94 May 23 2026 Shalimar Rahul Dev Burman Rahul Dev Burman 3 2.64 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I had been thinking that I was too old to like anything unfamiliar and new to me, but this album disproved that. It was a fun listen, like listening to a Sergio Leone movie soundtrack.
93 May 22 2026 Mothership Connection Parliament Parliament 4 3.62 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
It's impossible not to smile when listening to this. Parliament/Funkadelic represents probably the best of this genre. A great way to start my Friday. I do love me some Bootsy Collins bass.
92 May 21 2026 Kind Of Blue Miles Davis Miles Davis 3 4.04 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I’m not a real jazz aficionado, but this was a pretty good album.
91 May 20 2026 Darklands The Jesus And Mary Chain The Jesus And Mary Chain 4 3.23 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Really great shoe gaze album. I have Psychocandy, but had never heard this one all the way through. It was nice.
90 May 19 2026 Signing Off UB40 UB40 3 2.96 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
A nice reggae album from UB40. I had only previously listened to a couple of UB40 albums, so this was a nice addition. Lots of purely instrumental stuff, making for good background music while working on projects.
89 May 18 2026 Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk 2 3.32 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I'm not a big jazz fan, so I'm probably missing something. I know what a big deal Thelonious Monk is to American jazz, but I'd much rather listen to Dave Bruebeck or Art Pepper than this. It's a bit too freeform for my taste.
88 May 17 2026 Step In The Arena Gang Starr Gang Starr 1 3.17 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I'm beginning to think this entire 1001 albums thing is a psy-op designed to make me crazy. There is so much goddamn rap and hip-hop it's starting to make me angry. No wonder there are so many copies of this book available on eBay for cheap. I really thought this was going to open me up to all kinds of music that I hadn't discovered, but mostly it's just something to get through, like a colonoscopy. One star, no apologies. For the love of god, serve up something good.
87 May 16 2026 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem Eminem 1 3.45 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Sigh. What are we even doing here? It's like the rantings of a crazy person set to a drum machine and samples of a shitty ringtone on repeat. This guy needed therapy way worse than he needed a record deal. But he’s rich and I’m not, so I guess I’m the idiot here.
86 May 15 2026 The Score Fugees Fugees 1 3.69 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
The best part of this album is when it ended. The second best part was looking it up in the database and finding that there's only one album from this band on the list. Look, hip hop isn't my jam, but at least put in the effort and come up with some good lyrics if you're just going to rap over some repetitive drum machine and world's simplest "melody." Not recording your Chinese food order. I also didn't think it was possible to make me hate Bob Marley, but this did it for a few minutes. Feel like I need to listen to some to clean my soul after this. One star because it's impossible to give less.
85 May 14 2026 Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse Neil Young & Crazy Horse 4 3.5 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Great album. Nice to hear a good range of acoustic and electric Neil Young. Minus one star just because I don't like the last song. I had a painful procedure at the doctor's office today, so I'm in harsh critic mode.
84 May 13 2026 Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf Meat Loaf 2 3.41 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Wow. This is a rock album for people that really would prefer a musical, but think this will help them fit in with their rock-loving friends. I guess they did make a musical of this, but I've not seen it and don't feel the need to. Just not a fan, but two stars because I know half the lyrics just from repeated exposure as a kid.
83 May 12 2026 Lazer Guided Melodies Spiritualized Spiritualized 2 2.93 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
What a weird album. Half of the time I felt like I was being lulled to sleep, the other half I felt like I was being tortured by the enemy to give up state secrets. And both of those things could occur within the same song. Not my jam.
82 May 11 2026 Lady Soul Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin 5 4.05 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This album came up in rotation on a Monday morning. For me, Monday mornings are the worst. Back to work, all the problems that occurred over the weekend are waiting for me, and I probably didn't sleep well. But let me just say that starting your day with this album can make even the worst days better. I'd give this six stars if I could. There's a reason they call her the Queen of Soul. Amazing.
81 May 10 2026 Raw Like Sushi Neneh Cherry Neneh Cherry 1 2.7 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Look, I believe that art is subjective, and thus not everything appeals to everyone (don't yuck someone else's yum). But this album is so bad, that if you like it, I don't want to be your friend because you have no taste and should be ashamed of yourself. Also, that any critic gave this anything other than the lowest possible ranking explains why I have trust issues.
80 May 09 2026 Neon Bible Arcade Fire Arcade Fire 3 3.33 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Arcade Fire is one of those bands that I can't ever decide whether I like them or not. The lead singer seems a bit over the top, but I really appreciate the richness of the music.
79 May 08 2026 Kid A Radiohead Radiohead 2 3.71 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Once again proving I don't go with the mainstream (especially the critics), I didn't like this album. The music seems mostly ok, but the incessant whiny singing of random words and phrases drove me crazy. No thanks.
78 May 07 2026 Bad Company Bad Company Bad Company 4 3.24 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Not a bad song on this album. It should really be part of the collection for any fan of classic rock. Didn't realize it was on Swan Song, which is cool.
77 May 06 2026 Youth And Young Manhood Kings of Leon Kings of Leon 2 3.09 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
The music was decent, lots of jangly guitars, but the singing is pretty horrendous. Not my cup of tea.
76 May 05 2026 Architecture And Morality Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 3 3.06 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
OMD has a few bangers, but they're one of those bands that I wouldn't mind having a "greatest hits" album of rather than the individual albums, as many of the tracks just don't land with me. It's typical of synth pop in that it's very repetitive, and can be boring at times.
75 May 04 2026 Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs The War On Drugs 4 3.38 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I really enjoyed this album. I think I've heard one or two of their songs in the past, but the whole album was pretty good. Nice change from what this list usually feeds me.
74 May 03 2026 Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black Public Enemy Public Enemy 1 3.23 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I'm starting to feel like I need a macro to type "This is just not my jam."
73 May 02 2026 Fun House The Stooges The Stooges 3 3.28 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Other than the last track, some good angsty American punk rock. I mostly listened to British punk as a kid, and missed out on the Stooges. Shame, as it’s pretty good. But that last track sounds like everyone took too much drugs and was just messing around with their instruments making noise, and some miscommunication resulted in it ending up on the album.
72 May 01 2026 Get Behind Me Satan The White Stripes The White Stripes 1 3.37 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This is another one of those bands that I guess I just don't understand. Just not my jam, and I'm bewildered by the popularity. Oh well. Hollow, tinny and screechy. It just makes no sense.
71 Apr 30 2026 Mama's Gun Erykah Badu Erykah Badu 1 3.25 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I found this album....confusing. Some decent soul music, with what appear to be rap lyrics. I suspect I'm not exactly the target demographic for this album, and while I wouldn't run out of the room if it were playing there, it probably wouldn't be playing in the kinds of rooms I want to hang out in.
70 Apr 29 2026 Manassas Stephen Stills Stephen Stills 5 3.05 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Considering how much CS&N and CSN&Y I've listened to over the years, I'm surprised I've never listened to this album. It's got strong bluegrass and blues roots, and I really REALLY like it. So sometimes this 1001 albums list does find me a gem.
69 Apr 28 2026 The White Room The KLF The KLF 1 2.78 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
The music sounds like the music-on-hold at those 1990's internet service providers that were trying to be "edgy" or perhaps the shitty soundtrack in a women's clothing store in the same time period. And oh those lyrics! "Go to sleep" loops while the music is jackhammering its way into your skull. More like "go fetch me my sledgehammer so I can dispatch this album into 1000 pieces" am I right? I'm a bit too old to have ever gone to a rave, so maybe I just don't get it. And I'm ok with that.
68 Apr 27 2026 Tapestry Carole King Carole King 3 3.92 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I've heard most of these songs, back in the 1970's, in the car with mom while running errands. Carole King was quite the prolific songwriter, and these songs are nostalgic for me. Just good quality singer/songwriter stuff, and she's got a great voice. Plus, the album cover has a kitty on it. 🐈‍⬛
67 Apr 26 2026 Teen Dream Beach House Beach House 4 3.26 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This might be the first album on the list from a band I'd never heard of that I actually enjoyed. I've always had a soft spot for shoegaze, especially on a rainy day, and this was a nice way to spend my early morning.
66 Apr 25 2026 C'est Chic CHIC CHIC 2 3.34 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I'm going to assume this sounds better if you have a head full of cocaine and you're dancing your ass off, but for me, sitting on the couch sipping a cup of coffee, it's pretty terrible. Incredibly repetitive instrumentals, trite lyrics... it sucks. I gave it two points for some of the funky bass lines, otherwise it would have been a one.
65 Apr 24 2026 It's Blitz! Yeah Yeah Yeahs Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2 3.48 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This seems like the kind of music I would expect to hear while dancing at a nightclub. Except I don’t go to nightclubs, and I don’t dance. It’s fine, up-tempo, nothing offensive. Good danceable beat. Nothing I will be adding to my collection.
64 Apr 23 2026 Hysteria Def Leppard Def Leppard 3 3.19 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Wow. Despite never having owned this album, I knew most of the songs. They all sound quite similar, with lyrics designed to appeal to teenaged boys. There are enough “OH YEAHs” that even the Kool-Aid man would say, “Damn, that’s a lot of OH YEAHs.” While I would never listen to this album by choice today, I give it three stars because I, too, was once a teenage boy, thinking about girls and watching MTV (back when they played music videos), sneaking beer, and singing off key. It was a different time.
63 Apr 22 2026 Armed Forces Elvis Costello & The Attractions Elvis Costello & The Attractions 3 3.07 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Overall, a good album from Elvis Costello. Several great songs, a few that aren't that great, but nothing irritating. That seems to be the bar lately, and this comes in well above that bar.
62 Apr 21 2026 Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba 3 3.18 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I rather enjoyed this album. Great rhythms and her voice is lovely. My exposure to African music came mostly from Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel, so this is really nice.
61 Apr 20 2026 Let's Stay Together Al Green Al Green 4 3.74 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
What a lovely album. Not a bad track here.
60 Apr 19 2026 Tigermilk Belle & Sebastian Belle & Sebastian 1 3.23 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Doesn’t resonate with me at all. It’s bland, and uninspiring. The lyrics sound like the rantings of someone in an insane asylum, delivered with the enthusiasm of the most meek person in the world. The music is inoffensive so I wasn’t clamoring for it to hurry up and end, I just kept waiting for something to grab me and it never happened.
59 Apr 18 2026 Dr. Octagonecologyst Dr. Octagon Dr. Octagon 1 2.69 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
JFC this is terrible. Starting to question why I’m on this quest to listen to all of these albums.
58 Apr 17 2026 Garbage Garbage Garbage 3 3.39 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Decent album. I’d heard a few tracks in the past, but never the full album. It sounds like a mix of Pink and Smashing Pumpkins. Pretty good overall.
57 Apr 16 2026 Bad Michael Jackson Michael Jackson 1 3.81 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Making me listen to this should be a hate crime. I will never understand why this was popular.
56 Apr 15 2026 Out of Step Minor Threat Minor Threat 3 2.95 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Good, angsty hardcore punk. Reminds me of my misspent youth.
55 Apr 14 2026 Penance Soiree The Icarus Line The Icarus Line 2 2.5 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This album grew on me.... like flesh eating bacteria that needs to be removed so I don't die. It's like a modern version of punk, but I can't understand the lyrics so I don't know what they're angry about, and they had more effects pedals so the music is way more distorted. It's all just a big nope for me.
54 Apr 13 2026 American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash Johnny Cash 4 3.86 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This is a pretty great album. Cash’s dark, soulful voice just adds a different element to these songs. I won’t listen to this album often, but I will listen to it again.
53 Apr 12 2026 Hybrid Theory Linkin Park Linkin Park 2 3.39 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I just don't think I've ever been angsty enough for this to have been my jam. If you like a singer screaming at you, then this may be for you, but it's not for me.
52 Apr 11 2026 Moving Pictures Rush Rush 5 3.56 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I was in junior high school when this album came out. I was such a huge Rush fan, that in the art class I was taking I made a needle point of the Rush name and star logo. I might even still have it somewhere in a box in my attic. This is a banger of an album, and I still listen to it from time to time today. Some of the lyrics are corny, but the music is spectacular.
51 Apr 10 2026 Queen II Queen Queen 4 3.48 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I honestly don't think I've heard anything off of this album before today, which surprises me. A very solid rock album from a great band.
50 Apr 09 2026 Synchronicity The Police The Police 5 3.4 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This is my least favorite Police album, and it's still 5/5 stars. It's so damn good.
49 Apr 08 2026 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie David Bowie 5 4.26 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Absolutely brilliant album.
48 Apr 07 2026 You're Living All Over Me Dinosaur Jr. Dinosaur Jr. 2 3.1 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Some of this album is merely meh, while other parts are downright terrible. How did this pass for music?
47 Apr 06 2026 Pornography The Cure The Cure 2 3.32 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
If you were to ask me if I liked The Cure, I would answer yes. I certainly had a few albums bought back in the 80's that I loved. But apparently I missed this one, and after listening to it today, I'm fine with that. It's dark, and just not that listenable for me. Oh well.
46 Apr 05 2026 Club Classics Vol. One Soul II Soul Soul II Soul 1 2.82 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Is this AI? (checks date) Nope, I guess it just sucks. This music sounds like it was created in a lab by people that had only ever read a description of what music is.
45 Apr 04 2026 Da Capo Love Love 2 2.8 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
A few songs I’ve heard before, but nothing special. 1960’s psychedelic.
44 Apr 03 2026 Melodrama Lorde Lorde 2 3.31 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Boring pop music. Not my jam.
43 Apr 02 2026 Shake Your Money Maker The Black Crowes The Black Crowes 4 3.28 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Really good album. Heavy guitar, good bass. And got to learn that some of the lyrics I thought I knew were wrong. Fun!
42 Apr 01 2026 Tical Method Man Method Man 2 2.94 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Still not my kind of music, but the rhyming is pretty good.
41 Mar 31 2026 Crocodiles Echo And The Bunnymen Echo And The Bunnymen 4 3.04 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I think I only ever had the compilation album "Songs to Learn and Sing" back in the day, so I probably haven't heard this many tracks from Echo and the Bunnymen before today, but this is a solid album and I enjoyed it, especially on what was an otherwise dreadful day. Rescue and Do It Clean are classics, but the rest is good too.
40 Mar 30 2026 Blue Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell 1 3.5 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Joni Mitchell is one of those artists that I feel like I'm *supposed* to like, but I just don't. Her voice is like fingernails on the chalkboard to me. I get that she's an important singer/songwriter, that she's beloved by many, but I've always felt like her music is some kind of Candid Camera hoax that the world is playing on me.
39 Mar 29 2026 Jack Takes the Floor Ramblin' Jack Elliott Ramblin' Jack Elliott 4 2.7 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
What a fun album. I’d never heard of him, but I was familiar with Woody Guthrie and this is the same style (in fact, they were friends and played together). Loved it.
38 Mar 28 2026 xx The xx The xx 3 3.34 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I’d never heard of this band before today. I rather enjoyed it. Kind of dark and brooding.
37 Mar 27 2026 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses The Stone Roses 2 3.66 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
While I like Waterfall, the rest of the album falls flat for me. A couple of the tracks were downright awful. Maybe I'm missing something.
36 Mar 26 2026 The Colour Of Spring Talk Talk Talk Talk 2 3.09 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This album is… boring. It’s not offensive, it’s not awful, it’s just boring. It seems very repetitive, and the songs all sound the same to me.
35 Mar 25 2026 Tusk Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac 4 3.47 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I’ve always really liked this album. It’s not Rumours, but it’s great in its own right.
34 Mar 24 2026 Olympia 64 Jacques Brel Jacques Brel 3 2.77 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
While listening to this album I had a strong desire to don a beret, smoke a cigarette and be condescending to an American. Jokes aside, it was a fun album that I never would have heard if not for this 1001 Albums thing. 1960's French pop. Who knew?
33 Mar 23 2026 People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest 3 3.62 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
One thing I've learned from 1001 Albums is that I like hip hop a whole lot more than rap. The beats are good, the rhymes are fun, and although this kind of music just isn't really up my alley, I appreciate the art. Plus, the samples on this album are all of songs that I like.
32 Mar 22 2026 Sincere Mj Cole Mj Cole 1 2.37 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This song takes me back to the countless hours I will never get back sitting in the cuck chair under a hot light at Lane Bryant waiting for my partner to try on clothes, wanting to GTFO. Repetitive beats and lyrics that must appeal to someone, but certainly not me. Ugh.
31 Mar 21 2026 Clube Da Esquina Milton Nascimento Milton Nascimento 2 3.14 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Decent album. A nice change from all of the rap I’ve been listening to. Not really my jam, but it was fine.
30 Mar 20 2026 good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar 1 3.65 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
There are 1001 albums in this list and as far as I know they're assigned to me randomly, but what are the odds of getting Kendrick Lamar two days in a row? Still not my jam. Like, at all.
29 Mar 19 2026 To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar 1 3.64 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I've heard that Lamar's stuff is legendary, important, poetic, etc. But as an old white man in rural America, it just doesn't resonate with me. I'd rather read a book about the plight of black Americans than listen to this. I hope it reaches its intended audience, and judging from its popularity, it does.
28 Mar 18 2026 Songs From The Big Chair Tears For Fears Tears For Fears 2 3.75 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This album got such heavy airtime during my senior year of high school, but it never really resonated with me. A bit to pop for my tastes. I like Head Over Heels and think Everybody Wants to Rule The World is ok, but Shout is banal and the rest just seems like filler.
27 Mar 17 2026 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 5 4.07 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I love this album. One of my favorite bands, and I’ve heard this album a thousand times, but it never gets old.
26 Mar 16 2026 Ellington at Newport Duke Ellington Duke Ellington 5 3.42 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I need more of this in my life. Fabulous album.
25 Mar 15 2026 Suede Suede Suede 1 3.11 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
If I were to write for a sketch comedy show, and the skit was on a couple on the worst date imaginable, this is the band that would play on a stage in the background to punch home how terrible everything is. In short, I hated it.
24 Mar 14 2026 1999 Prince Prince 2 3.58 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I really want to like Prince more than I actually do. For pop music, it’s pretty great, but I’m just not that into pop music. I know this is sacrilege to so many, and I appreciate Prince for what he was, but it’s just not my jam. Maybe if I were a dancer I would like it more?
23 Mar 13 2026 Document R.E.M. R.E.M. 5 3.55 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Brilliant album. I'll never get tired of listening to REM. Such a pivotal band in my formative years. It's The End of the World As We Know It, and I feel happy to have listened to this today.
22 Mar 12 2026 Wild Wood Paul Weller Paul Weller 2 3.09 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
While not awful, I found this album just meh. It was fine. A nice break from the rap I've been fed by this 1001 albums list, but nothing I care if I ever hear again.
21 Mar 11 2026 Under Construction Missy Elliott Missy Elliott 1 3.14 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Yeah, rap still isn't for me. This one has slang that I don't understand, so the lyrics are often lost on me.
20 Mar 10 2026 The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest 2 3.7 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
The rhyming impresses me, but I'm just not a fan of rap music. I don't hate it, it's just not my jam. Great storytelling, though.
19 Mar 09 2026 Siembra Willie Colón & Rubén Blades Willie Colón & Rubén Blades 4 3.33 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Before today, I had never listened to a salsa album all the way through, but this was pretty great. As I struggle today with the DST time change, I pictured myself sipping a mojito in a cool latin club with music like this being played live. Exposure to new stuff like this is why I started listening to these 1001 albums. Fun.
18 Mar 08 2026 At Budokan Cheap Trick Cheap Trick 3 3.1 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Hard to believe I'm in my late 50's and never listened to this one all the way through. For me, Cheap Trick was always one of those bands that had a few great songs, but the rest was just ok. Unfortunately, this album proves rather than disproves that theory for me. The live versions of Surrender and I Want You to Want Me are classics, but the rest just seems repetitive and boring. I wanted to like this album way more than I did. I'm being generous with 3/5, probably more like 2/5 but I'm nostalgic for Surrender.
17 Mar 07 2026 Pacific Ocean Blue Dennis Wilson Dennis Wilson 3 3.08 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Pretty decent album. You can definitely hear the Beach Boys sounds in there, but also some funky stuff. Even more interesting was to read the Wiki on Dennis Wilson's tragic life. It's a shame he only ever made one album.
16 Mar 06 2026 Illmatic Nas Nas 1 3.61 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
As an old white dude in rural America, this just isn’t for me, and that’s ok.
15 Mar 05 2026 Chore of Enchantment Giant Sand Giant Sand 2 2.62 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Meh. Some of the tracks were terrible, the rest were the type that I wouldn't drop everything to turn off if it came on the radio, but honestly nothing here I ever care if I hear again, and a few that were awful.
14 Mar 04 2026 Third/Sister Lovers Big Star Big Star 1 2.8 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
From the wiki: "After two commercially unsuccessful albums, Third documents the band's deterioration as well as the declining mental state of singer Alex Chilton. It has since gone on to become a cult album, and was placed at number 449 on Rolling Stone's 2012 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time"." My own mental state declined after listening to this album. It made me want to overdose on heroin behind a dumpster. I guess I’m not in this “cult.”
13 Mar 03 2026 Power In Numbers Jurassic 5 Jurassic 5 3 3.46 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I'm not typically a hip hop listener, but I feel like this album was really well done and I can appreciate it. It's not likely to turn me into a giant hip hop fan, but I'm happy to have heard it.
12 Mar 02 2026 The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails Nine Inch Nails 1 3.35 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I know this band was (is?) really popular, but to be honest listening to this album filled me with the desire to go out and yell at kids to get off my lawn and, a) There were no kids out front and b) I don’t have a lawn. I’m old and listened to punk if I needed angsty music, not this. It's just not my jam.
11 Mar 01 2026 D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle 1 1.89 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Imagine you’re working for an international spy organization, and you have captured a terrorist who knows the codes to disarm the nuclear weapons hidden in major cities throughout the globe. The clear answer to this trolley problem is that you’ll ignore the Geneva Convention and do whatever it takes to extract the information from the terrorist to save humanity. Rather than waterboarding, which will ruin this perfectly good carpet, you play Throbbing Gristle on repeat until they crack. I was ready to confess to crimes that I never committed just to make it stop. In short, this album is a human rights violation.
10 Feb 28 2026 Playing With Fire Spacemen 3 Spacemen 3 1 2.55 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I have never had enough drugs that could make me enjoy this, and that includes general anesthesia.
9 Feb 27 2026 Back In Black AC/DC AC/DC 4 3.83 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
This album came out when I was in junior high and it's a banger. Back in Black and Hells Bells get all of the credit, but my favorite is Shoot to Thrill. This is about the hardest rock I listen to, and I love it.
8 Feb 26 2026 Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 5 4.33 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
I've listened to this album so many times, and it's still great. I know everyone else is tired of Stairway to Heaven, but it's such a spectacular song and was a big part of my childhood (it was played at every school dance). But my favorite from the album is their rendition of Memphis Minnie's "When the Levee Breaks." The composition of the song, from the drums to the bass and guitar and Plant's singing make this a true gem. Play it LOUD for best effect.
7 Feb 25 2026 Boston Boston Boston 4 3.7 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
An album from my childhood. Even after all these years, More Than a Feeling and Foreplay/Long Time still make me smile.
6 Feb 24 2026 Brothers The Black Keys The Black Keys 1 3.53 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
No matter how much Black Keys I listen to, it just doesn't resonate with me.
5 Feb 23 2026 Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones 4 3.85 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Not my favorite Stones album, but close. Brown Sugar, Wild Horses and Bitch are classics, but the rest all bring something to the table as well. A very polished album.
4 Feb 22 2026 The Atomic Mr Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra Count Basie & His Orchestra 4 3.5 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Loved this album. As I get older, I long for nostalgia, and this reminds me of listening to music at my grandparents house on their giant console HiFi set.
3 Feb 21 2026 Figure 8 Elliott Smith Elliott Smith 3 3.33 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Not previously familiar with this artist, but I liked it. It seemed familiar. Dark, brooding lyrics.
2 Feb 20 2026 Home Is Where The Music Is Hugh Masekela Hugh Masekela 3 3.35 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
Not an artist I was previously familiar with. Nice jazz groove. I'm a novice jazz listener, but I liked this.
1 Feb 19 2026 Dire Straits Dire Straits Dire Straits 5 3.72 Reviews Wikipedia Reviews Wikipedia
An exceptional debut album. Sultans of Swing is a classic, but I'm partial to Water of Love and Down to the Waterline, but every track is great.