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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sounds Of India | 5 | 2.85 | +2.15 |
| Reign In Blood | 5 | 2.96 | +2.04 |
| Vulgar Display Of Power | 5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
| Nighthawks At The Diner | 5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
| Scum | 4 | 2.07 | +1.93 |
| 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of... | 5 | 3.15 | +1.85 |
| Bluesbreakers | 5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
| Junkyard | 4 | 2.16 | +1.84 |
| Rain Dogs | 5 | 3.2 | +1.8 |
| Femi Kuti | 5 | 3.25 | +1.75 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ágætis Byrjun | 1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
| xx | 1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
| Inspiration Information | 1 | 3.27 | -2.27 |
| Loveless | 1 | 3.17 | -2.17 |
| Vespertine | 1 | 3.16 | -2.16 |
| Before And After Science | 1 | 3.09 | -2.09 |
| Ambient 1/Music For Airports | 1 | 3.07 | -2.07 |
| The Bends | 2 | 4.01 | -2.01 |
| Brown Sugar | 1 | 2.92 | -1.92 |
| Vanishing Point | 1 | 2.83 | -1.83 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 5 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 5 |
| Bob Dylan | 6 | 4.33 |
| Tom Waits | 3 | 4.67 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.67 |
| Johnny Cash | 2 | 5 |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Rolling Stones | 5 | 4 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Eno | 3 | 1.33 |
| Kraftwerk | 3 | 2 |
5-Star Albums (54)
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Jorge Ben Jor
5/5
I loved this album. Had no idea what the lyrics said, but who cares?
15 likes
Green Day
2/5
All the reasons I like this album are the reasons I dislike this album.
13 likes
Herbie Hancock
5/5
I'm glad this album made one misstep so I don't have to give it a 5-star rating. If you reverse the order of "Sly" and "Vein Melter". As it is, it is only a 4.95-star album. Note: I rounded up.
11 likes
Radiohead
2/5
Sorry. I realize a 2 star rating will upset many people, but Radiohead has always been a snooze fest for me.
10 likes
Judas Priest
5/5
I was torn between giving a 4-star vs. a 5-star review. I bounced of Judas Priest throughout my life; I always thought they were a little cheesy. But, giving this album a critical listen, I can see where I was wrong.
5 likes
1-Star Albums (14)
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R.E.M.
4/5
Good album. Forgot how much I like R.E.M. However, docking it one star for not really being my genre of music.
David Bowie
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
I've never listened to this whole album. Not really my thing. But damned if I didn't love it.
Air
2/5
Not for me.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3/5
Not bad.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
5/5
Loved this album. I could hear where this album influenced so many other albums.
Run-D.M.C.
5/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Shack
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
It just isn't my thing.
Ryan Adams
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
To be honest, I had this on while busy. So it didn't get a full, critical listen, but it never jumped to my attention either.
Mudhoney
4/5
James Taylor
4/5
Can't deny the James Taylor's talent. And the album is good, really good. However, it is boring.
Nirvana
3/5
Good album. I've just never been the biggest Nirvana fan.
Jorge Ben Jor
5/5
I loved this album. Had no idea what the lyrics said, but who cares?
Butthole Surfers
2/5
Green Day
2/5
All the reasons I like this album are the reasons I dislike this album.
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Prince
4/5
Bumping it a star because it is Prince...and that dude has talent. But the album and me just don't see eye to eye.
The Specials
3/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
One of the best albums but the best band.
Shuggie Otis
1/5
Didn't like it. Boring.
3/5
Slayer
5/5
I couldn't listen to this everyday. But this is an example of genre perfection.
David Bowie
3/5
Had some highlights.
The Smiths
5/5
Sigur Rós
1/5
I endured this album but it nearly put me to sleep.
Wilco
3/5
Good. Not my thing. But still good.
The Auteurs
2/5
Blur
4/5
This album came out when I was getting back into metal. So other than Song #2 I missed it. This was very close to being a 5-star album....the last song wasn't right.
Beastie Boys
4/5
Violent Femmes
4/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
Robbie Williams
3/5
Couldn’t get the whole album on Spotify.
Happy Mondays
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Incubus
4/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
While I'm apparently the oddball and prefer their studio work to their live stuff. I'm just not in the mood for this level of chill in my music right now.
David Bowie
4/5
This is probably my favorite Bowie album.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
This is an album that I wish I had half-stars for. This is almost a 4 star album. And, if I listened on a different day, in a different mood, it would probably be a 4 star.
Primal Scream
1/5
I know I listened to it....but can't remember anything about it today. This is "just another 90s style album" to me.
Crowded House
2/5
Decent album. But, like many albums on this list, forgettable after the listen.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Fats Domino
2/5
Couldn't get the whole album. This style of music as never done it for me.
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
More of that 90s style music I just can't differentiate. Not bad, just bland.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
I've never really giving The Rolling Stones the respect they apparently deserve. This album was great.
CHIC
3/5
I don't love disco. Don't really like disco. But damn it! When it comes on, it is impossible to not dance and smile.
The Flaming Lips
2/5
The Clash
5/5
Amy Winehouse
5/5
I've never listened to Amy Winehouse before. Sadly. Her voice is amazing. The song writing was great. This was just a great album.
The Stooges
4/5
The Who
5/5
The xx
1/5
3/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Well, this was a surprise. I'd likely never pull this album off my shelf and play it, but it was compelling, interesting, and entertaining.
Beatles
5/5
This is so close the being a 5-star album. I don't really like The Beatles, and that is the only thing keeping me from 5-star. So, what the hell....
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
A classic. So many good songs.
Cyndi Lauper
2/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Frank Black
3/5
Fugazi
4/5
Yes
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
I don't like gazing. Especially staring at my shoes.
Morrissey
4/5
I forgot how much I love Morrissey. This isn't even my favorite album.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
D'Angelo
1/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Like the voice
Finley Quaye
3/5
2/5
The Dictators
2/5
Prince
4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
2/5
Japan
2/5
Rush
4/5
I need to listen to Rush more often.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Waterboys
3/5
Wilco
2/5
Boring and a tad pretentious
Dirty Projectors
3/5
This album caught me on a good day. I was in the mood for something like this. But, as I type this, I realize the album was largely forgettable.
Boards of Canada
3/5
This isn’t really my style of music, but it dos fit into a morning work routing nicely.
Doves
2/5
Run off the mill
Bob Dylan
5/5
Just one of the greatest.
Tom Waits
5/5
That voice!
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Not my thing
System Of A Down
5/5
Basically started a new genre. 🤘🤘
Magazine
3/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Björk
1/5
Just not my thing.
The Who
2/5
I owe this a relisten
The United States Of America
3/5
Would give this a half star if it was an option. I could hear a lot of similarities to other bands I like in this. Also a lot of weirdness I did t really like.
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
Might not be my thing.....but can’t deny how good it is.
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Supergrass
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Talk Talk
3/5
Mylo
3/5
The Cure
3/5
4/5
Disc 1 was more enjoyable than disc 2.
George Michael
3/5
Dude could sing!
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Dude could sing!
Johnny Cash
5/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
DJ Shadow
2/5
Marilyn Manson
3/5
Had some great moments. But a lot of duds too.
808 State
2/5
I just don’t get this type of music.
Fairport Convention
2/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Steve Winwood
2/5
fIREHOSE
2/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
More of a Richard album than a Jeff album
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Listening to this album makes me wonder what the hell happened to rap music.
Kraftwerk
2/5
Just not my thing.
Miles Davis
5/5
Soundgarden
4/5
Bon Jovi
3/5
Tori Amos
3/5
Barry Adamson
3/5
Good but difficult
Tom Waits
5/5
I always thought this album was a live recording. But reading the wiki taught me something.
Beatles
4/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Pavement
2/5
AC/DC
5/5
Air
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Not bad but not their best.
Ray Price
2/5
Just not my thing.
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Again, just not my thing.
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Joan Armatrading
5/5
UB40
2/5
Stan Getz
3/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Elvis is Elvis is Elvis.
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Femi Kuti
5/5
Another 0 to 5-star album.
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Eurythmics
2/5
The Avalanches
2/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Much of this list has been listening to albums that are predecessors to other good music. This album makes me sad for what has become of rap and hip hop. This album is really good.
Queen
3/5
Sister Sledge
3/5
The Coral
3/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
Ramones
4/5
Brian Eno
1/5
The Monkees
2/5
Blur
3/5
2.5 rounded up
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
The Sonics
2/5
Stereolab
3/5
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
I wasn’t in the mood for this album. A real good album.
The Pharcyde
3/5
Otis Redding
4/5
Animal Collective
2/5
Os Mutantes
2/5
Missy Elliott
2/5
Not a terrible album but all I could think while listening is that most of the talent is with the producer and some of the guest performers.
Joy Division
3/5
In another life, I could see this being my type of music. But as it stands, not so much.
Jimmy Smith
4/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Coldplay
3/5
Not really my thing, but good none the less.
Elton John
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Maybe not the best album for surgery day....but good nonetheless.
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Prog rock. Not as enjoyable as prog metal but I’ll take it.
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Loved the second track. Sarah Vaughan's vocals exposed all the flaws in modern R&B vocals.
Buck Owens
2/5
This was entertaining, better than most country music. But, it is still county music. It is a shame on me that I can't see past that in my score.
Basement Jaxx
2/5
Kind of had this on and it melted into my day. Which maybe makes it a good album?
Jerry Lee Lewis
2/5
This is a pretty low rating when I think about how fun this album is. There is a lot of energy and fun in this album. But it lacked discipline and was all over the place on time and what not.
Donovan
2/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
The Replacements
3/5
Dizzee Rascal
2/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
If this album had English lyrics, it would be an easy 5-star. Maybe a strange reason to penalize it, but I really wanted to understand what was being sung.
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
I'm relatively ignorant of Steely Dan but my friends love 'em. This is unquestionably good, but feels too much like "old people rock" for me.
Jeff Beck
4/5
Never listened to much Jeff Beck. Might have to change that after this listen.
Nick Drake
3/5
Good. I can hear some Housemartins and Beautiful South in here; I wonder if this was an influence.
Metallica
4/5
Suede
3/5
This was an album from the past for me.
Manu Chao
2/5
This was like something I'd hear in a cool restaurant while eating a good meal with drinks.
Lou Reed
4/5
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Kind of boring.
Oasis
3/5
Never been a big Oasis fan but this album shows me that I’ve been wrong all this time.
Ian Dury
2/5
The Temptations
4/5
I'm not really a listener of The Temptations, but you can't deny how good they are. This album is just an example of that.
The Kinks
2/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
One of the most underrated bands ever. And this isn't even my favorite album.
Simple Minds
2/5
Just a dime a dozen.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Easy five star album.
Miles Davis
5/5
Come on it is Miles Davis, what else would I rate it?
John Cale
2/5
Badly Drawn Boy
4/5
This album would have gotten a lot of hours of my time in a previous life. I got some Beck influencing in there.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Neil Young is in the camp of Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, NIN, and Prince.
The Human League
2/5
Not a fan of synth pop. Not in love with the singing. But I did enjoy the lyrics and there were a few head bopping songs.
PJ Harvey
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
There are a few tracks like Round and around that are much better than others. I could have seen me given this a third star, but in the end, oh hell, who am I kidding? This is a three star.
Beck
5/5
I put Beck in the rare air of Miles Davis, Prince, Trent Reznor, and a few others. Creative and talented on a different level.
Queens of the Stone Age
2/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2/5
Ravi Shankar
5/5
I've always loved the sounds of sitar and tabla. It sounded so "alien" to me as a kid. Later, when I finally heard this album in its entirety, I loved how it explained why it seemed so "alien".
I wish there were other explanation albums in other musical genres.
The Doors
5/5
I think I'm getting too generous with the 5-stars, but this album is so good. "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" is my favorite track followed closely by "The End". Then you have the hits, of course.
Don McLean
3/5
Good songwriting. But, other than the title track, a little bland.
B.B. King
3/5
I dock this one star because it was a bad version of a live album. Edited wrong
Elton John
5/5
Favorite track: Madman Across the Water. But this whole album is good. Not a huge Erin John fan, but respect is owed.
Baaba Maal
2/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Some really good. Some really bad. A solid 3 star album.
Drive Like Jehu
3/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
I was going to take a star away just because this isn't my favorite Beastie Boys album. However, it has been a while since I've pulled this album from the shelf, and I may have been wrong. This might just by my favorite Beastie Boys album.
Green Day
3/5
I can't lie, I'm biased against Green Day. I rather like this album. But, I just can't get past all the discussions I had with people describing punk music and why Green Day, is not punk. I know, I'm shallow.
Foo Fighters
4/5
Bobby Womack
2/5
Hard to review and album when the whole thing isn’t available.
The Jam
4/5
Pulp
3/5
Judas Priest
5/5
I was torn between giving a 4-star vs. a 5-star review. I bounced of Judas Priest throughout my life; I always thought they were a little cheesy. But, giving this album a critical listen, I can see where I was wrong.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Radiohead
2/5
Sorry. I realize a 2 star rating will upset many people, but Radiohead has always been a snooze fest for me.
Red Snapper
2/5
Didn't hate it. It was almost a nice, uptempo, listen in the background album.
Brian Eno
1/5
Nothing much to say other than “nope, not for me.”
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
I can't help think that groups like Arrested Development were strongly influenced by this. So good. So creative.
David Gray
3/5
Cee Lo Green
3/5
This album clawed its way from a one star.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Firmly in the camp of good but not
my thing.
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
If there were fractional stars, this would've been a 3.5.
Prince
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Spacemen 3
2/5
Pixies
4/5
This was close to getting the 5th star. I remember listening to this album in 1990 at band camp. Then, maybe 6 or so years later hearing singles from it on the radio like it was something new. Such a good album.
Steely Dan
4/5
The drums! The composition! So much good....but a lot of "this isn't jeff"
Traffic
4/5
This was close to getting the 0 to 5 star treatment.
Michael Jackson
4/5
So good.
The Boo Radleys
3/5
I think The White Noise Revisited cost them a star.
Mekons
2/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Bebel Gilberto
2/5
The Birthday Party
4/5
I don't fully understand post-punk. But this album had a lot of cool elements to it.
The Verve
2/5
Herbie Hancock
5/5
I'm glad this album made one misstep so I don't have to give it a 5-star rating. If you reverse the order of "Sly" and "Vein Melter". As it is, it is only a 4.95-star album. Note: I rounded up.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Feel a little strange rating this album so low.
Michael Jackson
4/5
I’m not that big of a pop music fan, but Michael Jackson is just great. I was going to rate this album a 3 just because, compared to the higher rated Thriller, I needed to offset this album. It just isn’t as good and has a few stinkers like Speed Demon.
However, this album has one of my favorite songs of all time: Man in the Mirror. So I got to give it love.
Big Star
3/5
Faust
2/5
I think this album is playing with my emotions. It has moments of "yeah, I dig it" and then they destroy all that optimism.
The Sad Skinnhead pulled this album up to a two-star review.
Thelonious Monk
5/5
I could listen to this album all day. Best in class.
Cheap Trick
4/5
X-Ray Spex
4/5
Had to go to find a playlist on YouTube for this one.
Elbow
3/5
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
The Pogues
4/5
This wasn't what I expected. I thought I knew what The Pogues were. I was wrong.
The Jam
4/5
Getting hints of The Cure and The Smiths...which is unsurprising.
Super Furry Animals
2/5
This album is weird. The synth stuff sometimes is great other times annoying. I like the diversity in the tracks.
David Holmes
3/5
I like this style of music on occasion and this is an album of the genre I like. I like the concept behind it and the tracks were easy to work to.
Screaming Trees
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
This album has one of my favorite songs of all time.
Genesis
3/5
Very progressive.
Ministry
4/5
So much nostalgia with this album. This was the album that opened up industrial metal to my listening. But, I never returned to it much. That's probably going to change now.
Santana
4/5
I shouldn't assume my childhood tastes are the same as my adult tastes. I went into this with memories of childhood listens and the thought "Okay 3-stars, let's get this over with". I was so wrong. I'm toying with the idea of giving this a 5-star, but it isn't quite perfect.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Living Colour
4/5
I really like the "groovy funk" feel of songs like Middle Man. Then the heavy drums of songs like Desperate People. Seems weird to me that as much as I loved Cult of Personality in my youth and the rest of my life, I don't think I ever heard this whole album before. And lots of powerful lyrics like in Which Way to America.
John Coltrane
4/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Good lyrics. Good vocal. Good talent. Just not my thing.
Orbital
1/5
Nope.
Aphex Twin
2/5
I find ambient, electronic music slightly less annoying than other electronic music.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Even though this album has Kashmir, this is probably my least favorite Led Zeppelin album. But the least favorite among greatness is still great!
John Lennon
4/5
Before yesterday I had never listened to this entire album. I probably won't listen to it again. Just not my thing. But, good nonetheless.
Ananda Shankar
3/5
This must be what elevator music in India is like.
Queen Latifah
3/5
Orange Juice
3/5
Wire
3/5
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Moby
4/5
Little Simz
2/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
KISS
3/5
More of a 3.5-star album. Fun but a little flat.
Lenny Kravitz
4/5
Lenny Kravitz is not the artist I thought he was. This album was a lot different than the radio stuff of his I heard.
New Order
2/5
Boring. Just not my thing.
Eagles
4/5
A classic
Jamiroquai
4/5
A lot more than the one not wonder I thought they were.
Robert Wyatt
1/5
Haircut 100
2/5
Wild Beasts
3/5
Alanis Morissette
4/5
Public Enemy
3/5
The Black Keys
3/5
Weather Report
4/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
4/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Alice Cooper
4/5
Better than I remember. More theatrical.
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Good musically. Great vocally. Lyrics left me a little flat.
OutKast
4/5
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
One of my favorite albums of all time.
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Ice Cube
3/5
This album didn’t age well for me.
The Only Ones
3/5
More of a 3.5 rounded down
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Chicago
4/5
Le Tigre
2/5
I didn't hate it, but the vocals were nerve grating.
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
Randy Newman
4/5
Faith No More
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
3.5 stars rounded up
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Iron Maiden
5/5
Probably more of a 4.25 album, but it gets bonus points for MAIDEN! and then I round it up.
Elvis Presley
4/5
This is a 3.5 album that I choose to round up because it is Elvis!
Paul Weller
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Deee-Lite
2/5
Fred Neil
3/5
Supertramp
3/5
Brian Wilson
3/5
John Prine
4/5
This had some really good song writing.
Slipknot
4/5
This might be the "best" Slipknot album, but it isn't my favorite. Also, I acknowledge I am too old to like Slipknot as much as I do.
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Just not my thing.
4/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
4/5
Never heard of this album. Deserves future listens.
Kraftwerk
2/5
This style of music I just bounce off. I know Kraftwerk is influential and all, but I just can't get into it.
Emmylou Harris
4/5
Great songwriting and vocals.
Hookworms
3/5
Bonnie Raitt
4/5
I first thought this album was country, and it isn't. It is blues.
Jane's Addiction
4/5
The Hives
3/5
I used to have a lot of thoughts on this band back in the days of the radio station 99x. Not so many these days. Enjoyable, but this sound was a recipe.
The Adverts
3/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
I listened. I couldn't tell you anything about it.
Scott Walker
3/5
Lots of really good vocals.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Fall
3/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Liked the music; a little funky. The lyrics were forgettable.
Gang Starr
2/5
Yes
4/5
The Pogues
4/5
Caetano Veloso
2/5
I'm probably being too harsh on this album, but it did nothing for me.
Christine and the Queens
2/5
The Shamen
2/5
Beach House
2/5
John Grant
2/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Mj Cole
1/5
I couldn't do it.
Goldie
1/5
I just can't.
The Roots
3/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
Reminds me of my days at the roller rink.
Hüsker Dü
3/5
The Undertones
3/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Probably more of a 3.5.
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Television
3/5
King Crimson
3/5
The Who
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Röyksopp
2/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Jethro Tull
4/5
Sheryl Crow
3/5
The Who
4/5
The Go-Go's
3/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
XTC
4/5
The Kinks
3/5
Hole
2/5
Fugees
4/5
CHIC
3/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Erykah Badu
4/5
This album is so good. I’m only docking it for preference points. As a metal head, it is a little too soulful for me. Regardless, I loved this album.
The Stranglers
3/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Love
4/5
The Cars
4/5
This was a blast from the past. I listened to The Cars a lot when I was a youngster. This album is actually older than I thought.
The Yardbirds
4/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
This album has me welling up with tears on so many tracks. I'm not sure if Well Meet Again is supposed to be a happy, hopeful song, but I know this version of it makes me tear up.
So many tracks on this album are emotional. I know Hurt got a lot of deserved attention, but tracks like First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Danny Boy are equally great and emotional.
N.W.A.
4/5
Korn
3/5
Music is a 4 or 4.5. Lyrics are a 2 on so many tracks.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
3/5
Madonna
2/5
The Prodigy
2/5
Pantera
5/5
Ice Cube
3/5
Patti Smith
3/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Kanye West
4/5
I thought I was going to hate it.
Minutemen
3/5
Randy Newman
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
I mean, he is the King of Pop.
The Cure
2/5
Meh
The Zombies
4/5
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
I wasn't in the mood for this album. I will be generous and round it up due to our history together.
T. Rex
4/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
William Orbit
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
The Specials
4/5
Miriam Makeba
4/5
About half way through this album I was going to give this album 3 stars on the vocal talent alone; the second half changed all of that. Tracks like “Mbube” and “The Nasty Little Flea” filled this album out nicely.
Lou Reed
3/5
Massive Attack
3/5
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Boston
4/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
I've been unfair to Arcade Fire. Based on this album, they are not what I thought they were. They are outside of my wheelhouse these days, but in my other life, when I was listening to Morrissey, The Smiths, Beautiful South, etc this would've been one of my favorite albums.
Napalm Death
4/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
The Monks
4/5
Something about the guitar on this album....
Rush
5/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
4/5
Country music the way I like country music.
Tim Buckley
3/5
Jane Weaver
2/5
Van Halen
5/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Queen
4/5
The National
3/5
Rahul Dev Burman
4/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
It is impossible to deny the talent of Taylor Swift. It is equally difficult to deny how good the entirety of this album is.
Dead Kennedys
4/5
SAULT
4/5
New Order
2/5
Just not my thing.
Depeche Mode
4/5
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
AC/DC
4/5
Marty Robbins
4/5
I’m not old enough for this album to be nostalgic for me but, nevertheless, listening to this has triggered memories of my childhood.
Regardless this is a fun album of folksy, cowboy songs. I like it.
Arrested Development
5/5
I love this album so much.
Soul II Soul
2/5
Nirvana
5/5
Radiohead
2/5
Louis Prima
4/5
So much fun.
Love
3/5
Kid Rock
3/5
Norah Jones
4/5
Great voice. Good songwriting. Just a little too mellow.
Roxy Music
3/5
Kelela
1/5
David Bowie
4/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
Gillian Welch
3/5
John Martyn
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Cypress Hill
4/5
Justice
3/5
I'm probably operating this album. I'm not a big fan of his style of music, but this album had a couple tracks that hit.
Sonic Youth
3/5
10cc
3/5
This was a fun album
GZA
4/5
This is what I think about when I think about hip hop.
The Stooges
3/5
Fleet Foxes
4/5
Britney Spears
4/5
I’m shocked. While not my thing in many, many ways, this album is actually quite good. I’d heard the singles released from this before…..I mean what American hasn’t? And used those to prejudge the album. Not aa incorrect assessment for style and taste, but this album most certainly doesn’t suck.
Steely Dan
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
Almost a 3 star until they pulled out the Moog.
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Crusaders
2/5
My least favorite type of jazz.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Come on! It is Aretha Franklin! ‘Nuff said.
The Modern Lovers
3/5
The Smiths
4/5
Morrissey is at his vocal best on this album. They have decent songwriting but not their best.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Jacques Brel
4/5
I really don’t know how to rate this album. I had no idea what he was saying, and I know nothing about the genre to compare it to. So it gets two stars for the amazing voice and two stars for making me feel like I was on vacation while listening.
Barry Adamson
2/5
I normally like concept albums, but most of those are progressive rock albums. This album felt like one of the critics, and I'm not a critic.
Kate Bush
3/5
Creative, but not really my sort of thing.
Fiona Apple
3/5
Bee Gees
3/5
Ash
3/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Sometimes I forgot there was on Iron Maiden before the Iron Maiden I know. This is good but such a different sound than what I came to love 'em for.
John Martyn
4/5
The Stooges
3/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Slint
3/5
Talvin Singh
2/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
SZA
2/5
This album makes me realize I'm getting old, and that age is tainting my opinions on music. Granted, that album wouldn't have ever been an album for me; her voice is fine, but everything else….from the beats to the lyrics, is tedious. However, I judged the lyric contents harsher than anything I listened to; that was much worse. So, I'm old...stay off my lawn!
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Machito
5/5
Probably more of a 4.5 album.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The White Stripes
4/5
The Clash
4/5
Metallica
4/5
Not my favorite Metallica album, but maybe their best.
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Probably better than the 3 stars I'm giving it; I'm just not in the mood for this style of music today.
Talking Heads
3/5
Frank Zappa
4/5
Common
3/5
3 stars for the producing. 1 star for the feel and vibe. Subtract half star for inconsistent lyrics. Round down for some language choice.
Lightning Bolt
2/5
This is borderline punk. Bad punk. This just isn't my genre.
Gil Scott-Heron
5/5
Every time I hear Gil Scott-Heron I learn a little bit about something.
Willie Nelson
4/5
Portishead
3/5
Bee Gees
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
50 Cent
2/5
Again, an album that makes me realize I’ve crossed into the “get off my lawn” category of people. But, when compared to older music from the same genre, this just doesn’t hold up. The beats and grooves were fine, excellent actually, but the lyrics were terrible.
Megadeth
4/5
Tito Puente
3/5
If you ever need deskercise, put this album on.
Laibach
3/5
Antony and the Johnsons
2/5
The vibrato thing really ruined so much of this.
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
This album is what I would've hoped from yesterday's album.
One downside to this album it takes a more concentrated listen to do the lyrics justice. And that is something I didn't have the ability to give it today.
Parliament
3/5
Didn’t enjoy this album as much as I expected. Still pretty damned good.
Linkin Park
3/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
4/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
Spiritualized
2/5
Tina Turner
3/5
Black Flag
4/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Koffi Olomide
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
C’mon. This is one of the best albums ever.
Radiohead
3/5
Burning Spear
3/5
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
Probably the best 2 star album I’ll review.
MC Solaar
2/5
Beats are good. Vocal talents is good. I bet if this was in English I'd like it a lot more.
Adele
3/5
Top notch vocal. The music, however, is far outside of my wheelhouse. It is that type of music that is so bland.
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Pulp
4/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Lana Del Rey
4/5
Bad Company
4/5
a-ha
4/5
Eric Clapton
4/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
2/5
Beatles
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
George Michael
4/5
The Louvin Brothers
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
The Offspring
4/5
An earlier version of me approves of this album.
Deerhunter
3/5
Serge Gainsbourg
2/5
Couldn’t get the entire album.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
Cream
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Q-Tip
3/5
Funky. I liked it, but it had a few moments where the scratching seemed wrong.
Van Halen
4/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
Laura Nyro
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
The La's
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
Meat Loaf
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
ZZ Top
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Sepultura
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5
4/5
Ice T
4/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Snoop Dogg
3/5