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58%
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5-Star Albums
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Albums
You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
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5 | 2.85 | +2.15 |
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16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
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5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
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Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
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5 | 3.02 | +1.98 |
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Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
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5 | 3.03 | +1.97 |
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Another Green World
Brian Eno
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5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
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Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
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5 | 3.25 | +1.75 |
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Murmur
R.E.M.
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5 | 3.42 | +1.58 |
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We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
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4 | 2.47 | +1.53 |
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Logical Progression
LTJ Bukem
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4 | 2.52 | +1.48 |
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Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
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4 | 2.54 | +1.46 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
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1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
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1989
Taylor Swift
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1 | 3.27 | -2.27 |
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Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
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1 | 3.2 | -2.2 |
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OK Computer
Radiohead
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2 | 4.1 | -2.1 |
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Woodface
Crowded House
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1 | 3.1 | -2.1 |
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Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
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1 | 2.95 | -1.95 |
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Ten
Pearl Jam
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2 | 3.92 | -1.92 |
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Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
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1 | 2.9 | -1.9 |
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Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
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1 | 2.86 | -1.86 |
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
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2 | 3.83 | -1.83 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Beatles | 4 | 4.5 |
| David Bowie | 8 | 4.13 |
| Brian Eno | 5 | 4.2 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| R.E.M. | 5, 4, 2 |
5-Star Albums (14)
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Popular Reviews
Janis Joplin
2/5
Yeah it’s good but I can’t listen to her song for more than a minute or two.
4 likes
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Very much loved this record. Voice like Bid...very much like Monochrome Set.
3 likes
1-Star Albums (9)
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Lou Reed
4/5
Always loved this record, and it seems to get better with age.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
More enjoyable than I remember.
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Too much Cuíca (monkey drum, honky wonky sound).
Miles Davis
4/5
As good as I recall.
Radiohead
2/5
About the same as I remember: some cool stuff, but it doesn't really grab me...in fact turns me away a bit.
David Bowie
4/5
Lovely, as always.
Deep Purple
4/5
A wonderful, powerful album.
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
You know, Hendrix.
The Temptations
4/5
Lots of good soul, including Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Frank Sinatra
2/5
Besides a couple of the alternate versions of Impanema, it sounds like Ol' Blue Eyes was phoning it in.
Better than expected, but still a far cry from the first four albums.
Chicago
3/5
A couple of my favorite Chicago songs on here, and a surprising amount of heavy guitar wanking.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
Fun stuff, a few of the hits here. The other songs rather typical fare for the times.
Miles Davis
4/5
Wonderful album as always.
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
I'm too old for this. Made it through about 3 songs. It was okay, just didn't really grab me.
Supertramp
3/5
A not bad record.
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
It has Mrs Robinson and Hazy Shade of Winter
Kanye West
2/5
Was totally not digging it at first, and not just because of the usual stupid hip hop clichés. By the end I had laughed a bit, but all in all I wasn't very impressed and don't get why some people think this record (or Kanye himself) is so great.
Patti Smith
4/5
Epic.
Elliott Smith
4/5
Great album!
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Despite the now subdued caterwauling, this is an enjoyable record.
Radiohead
3/5
Good but fatiguing at times
Pink Floyd
5/5
Classic.
The Young Rascals
3/5
Didn’t realize they did the original of that Pat Benatar song
CHIC
2/5
Catchy disco. Meh.
OutKast
3/5
Cool, but not really my bag, man.
KISS
3/5
Memories of early teenage years!
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Classic.
Morrissey
3/5
Not bad but nowhere near his early stuff. Interesting first song.
Frank Zappa
2/5
Too much noodling for me, but some of it was like a groovy sixties dancing scene.
Orbital
3/5
David Bowie
5/5
One my favs since I was a kid.
Fela Kuti
3/5
Really nice record
ZZ Top
3/5
Good ol' Texas rock and roll
Talking Heads
4/5
Great record!
Various Artists
3/5
Great and fun collection.
3/5
Some good stuff, but mostly I generally find them annoying.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Great collection of his songs!
Nick Drake
4/5
Beautiful
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Good and fun
The Fall
4/5
Had forgotten how good it is.
Janis Joplin
2/5
Yeah it’s good but I can’t listen to her song for more than a minute or two.
The Cars
5/5
Classic. Great songs and sounds.
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Noisy but good
Massive Attack
4/5
Enjoying this one more than I did before.
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Interesting
Otis Redding
3/5
Great soul record.
Funkadelic
3/5
Funky and very much an influence on Prince.
John Coltrane
4/5
Classic.
Madness
3/5
Deerhunter
4/5
Good this
Elton John
4/5
A classic. If it had been a single album it would get a 5.
4/5
Classic.
Cat Stevens
3/5
Some good tunes
Goldie
2/5
I'm sure it's very good, but I can't handle those drum & bass style ra-ta-tat drums...gives me palpitations.
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
Mr. Soul and Broken Arrow...two of my favorite Neil Young songs. The rest is not bad. Bluebird is cool, so is Hung Upside Down, Rock n Roll Woman.
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Reminds me somewhat of noisy Bowie/Eno with David Lowrey or somebody singing
The Auteurs
3/5
Better than I remembered.
The Byrds
3/5
Lots of good sounds.
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Interesting but not my bag
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Really good. Cool vibe.
Michael Jackson
4/5
Contains some of my fav MJ songs
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Chain of Fools! Really great record.
Elvis Costello
4/5
Great, of course
The Kinks
5/5
Have always loved this album
Goldfrapp
4/5
Sort of like Portishead but with a James Bond kinda feel. Not something I’d listen to a lot, but good. Mostly mellow.
OutKast
3/5
Sometimes fun
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Great album. Into My Arms is one of my favorites.
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Very much loved this record. Voice like Bid...very much like Monochrome Set.
Fred Neil
3/5
Dolphins!
The Black Keys
3/5
Not a big fan, but it's not bad.
The Police
3/5
Okay
The Specials
4/5
Great album!
Traffic
2/5
Meh, not my cup o' nuts. Started off promisingly, but lost my interest quickly.
Drive Like Jehu
1/5
Too much screaming.
Roni Size
2/5
Not really my bag
David Bowie
5/5
Love this album
Julian Cope
4/5
Some great tunes
Steely Dan
3/5
Some good tunes
Beatles
5/5
Anything by the Beatles is fab in my book.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Have listened many times before. Some great songs but also a bit of filler.
The Doors
4/5
Great debut!
Death In Vegas
4/5
I had always written them off in the past, but most of this is quite enjoyable!
ABBA
3/5
A typically good ABBA album
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
“Reward” has always been one of my favorite songs.
The Triffids
3/5
This is a fine record and everything, but almost everything else I've heard by then has been better.
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Someone likes Freddie Mercury.
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
Done good stuff. Mr. Cab Driver.
Liz Phair
5/5
Great and groundbreaking
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Great record
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Some classic songs
T. Rex
3/5
Good stuff, might like Electric Warrior as much or better?
Thundercat
2/5
Okay
Travis
3/5
Actually quite good. I like this guy’s vocals better than Rufus Wainwright, but not as much as Tim Booth’s, both of whom he sounds like.
Pulp
3/5
Good record. Listened to the deluxe version tonight, and I really love the demo versions on it.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Sometimes enjoyable, sometimes tedious.
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Pretty good. Vocals sounded a lot like Elvis Costello
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Not quite as enjoyable as I remember, but still pretty good
The Clash
4/5
Great record
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3/5
Some of it’s really good but I get tired of it quickly. I remember it being that way.
Buck Owens
4/5
Loved it!
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
This is a case where the Deluxe Edition is very tedious but the standard version is stellar. Great album!
Happy Mondays
3/5
Good but I like Pills n Thrills better
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Good, but not quite as stellar as I had remembered.
Buzzcocks
4/5
Awesome
Deep Purple
4/5
Wore out the grooves on this album as a kid and still remember most every note, though as I've grown older I think I'd prefer to have Machine Head on vinyl.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
It’s good but for certain moods for me
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Wonderful. One of my favorites of theirs, if not my favorite.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Classic.
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
It’s a good one but the first two of his stand out to me more.
Shuggie Otis
3/5
Very pleasant.
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Much better than I remembered.
Joy Division
3/5
Classic.
Bee Gees
3/5
Not bad.
The Who
4/5
Love this album.
Can
3/5
I love their long groovy jams!
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Great album, but I like most any earlier one better I think.
Rod Stewart
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
One of my fav Neil Young records. Want on vinyl.
Fiona Apple
3/5
Good album.
Animal Collective
3/5
Some good songs, lots of obnoxious noises.
Jeff Beck
3/5
Had this LP as a kid, so it holds a special spot.
Public Enemy
3/5
I thought I’d need to be in the mood but I enjoyed it anyway
Steely Dan
4/5
So great
Shivkumar Sharma
1/5
Very surprised at all the love this got. There were a couple of moments when I thought I might like it, but mostly it was just one of those cases of watering down a world or ethnic music to appeal to Western sensibilities, which I find not only disgusting but abhorrent.
Gene Clark
2/5
Like some of his stuff, but this one didn’t grab me after 3 songs.
The The
3/5
I still like Soul Mining the best, but I do like this one better than that third one or Dusk.
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
Better than I remember, but still must be in the mood.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
This is a great duo or whatever it is.
The Byrds
3/5
Actually pretty good.
Manu Chao
3/5
Surprisingly tasty, and apparently recorded on his laptop!
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Always a good band.
Simple Minds
3/5
Mostly too typically 80’s sounding, but by the end I was digging it all right.
3/5
Fun, I’d forgotten how much
AC/DC
2/5
Don’t really enjoy listening to full albums of theirs... maybe a Greatest Hits would be nice.
Joan Baez
2/5
Not as unpleasant as I feared.
Stereolab
4/5
Have loved it since it came out.
Wilco
3/5
Not a huge fan but I do like this and a couple their other albums.
Fever Ray
4/5
Really good!
Carole King
4/5
Morrissey
2/5
This was the last Morrissey album I paid any attention to... and now I remember why.
4/5
A classic of course
Talking Heads
4/5
Love the band
Eagles
2/5
Only like their hits
Beatles
5/5
Love.
Neu!
4/5
I love all the NEU! albums (well, the first there anyway).
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Listened to some of it, and it was very cool, but I was in a slower paced mood.
Suede
3/5
Better than I remembered
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Super classic.
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Currently my fav Marvin Gaye album
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Well ol Bob Dylan certainly copped his style.
Richard Thompson
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
I want this on vinyl
Big Star
4/5
Wonderful album
Steely Dan
4/5
Great
Duran Duran
3/5
Love the hits
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Have some songs on a Spotify playlist
The Undertones
4/5
Had not heard all of these songs. Awesome and fun
M.I.A.
3/5
At first listen it sounded like a baby lite Die Antwoord, but it was enjoyable.
Eurythmics
3/5
Much better than I remember
AC/DC
3/5
Not really my style, but a classic anyway.
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Good power pop but not my fav of theirs.
Ryan Adams
2/5
That first song was really kickin' but I grew bored as the album went on.
Frank Ocean
3/5
Better than I thought it'd be.
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
Meh.
Rocket From The Crypt
2/5
Not really my bag, man.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Okay
The Sonics
3/5
Good dirty red-lined guitar rock.
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
I’ve never been a huge fan, but I do like some of these songs.
The Waterboys
1/5
I don’t care for them
Steely Dan
3/5
Some great songs here.
Spacemen 3
4/5
Wonderful album!!
Jean-Michel Jarre
2/5
You know, the seventies, synthesizers, blah blah blah.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Really great! Would love on vinyl!
The White Stripes
3/5
I’m normally not a fan of Jack White as a human being, but this is as good as any of the White Stripes albums I’ve heard.
Motörhead
3/5
That's a killer rock & roll record!
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Tasty!
Lambchop
4/5
Really good!
MGMT
3/5
Always mostly liked this one
The Cure
3/5
This is the Sonic that made me stop listening to The Cure. Not a bad record, just something (the production maybe?) wears me out or something.
The United States Of America
4/5
True psychedelia!!
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
I liked some of it.
Black Sabbath
3/5
My fav Sabbath stuff.
Violent Femmes
4/5
Classic.
The Go-Betweens
5/5
One of my fav bands, but not my fav record of theirs
Tangerine Dream
3/5
It’s a good one.
Nirvana
3/5
Yeah but you know.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
My favorite period of his but not my favorite album.
Can
4/5
Love it and most all of their stuff
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Like this much better note than I did years ago
Pixies
4/5
Classic.
Billy Bragg
3/5
Great album, but i still love the Back to Basics stuff best.
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Nice. All of John Phillips songs sound to me like the Brady Bunch would cover them.
Rod Stewart
2/5
Not bad, but not my favorite Rod record
Nine Inch Nails
2/5
Didn’t listen this go ‘round, but I remember looking some of it
Jane Weaver
4/5
Surprisingly good, wasn’t familiar. Kinda Stereolab-ish.
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
It’s a good one but I still don’t see the full Monochrome Set influence
Morrissey
3/5
Pretty sure this was the last Morrissey album I ever listened to, basically due to its lack of musical subtly.
Spiritualized
4/5
Excellent
Sonic Youth
3/5
I always only liked some of their songs
Gary Numan
2/5
Never really been a fan. But I like that Joe the Waiter song on the Tubeway Army record.
The Stooges
3/5
Produced by John Cale. Some good stuff.
Fishbone
3/5
I remember this one. Some of it’s okay.
DJ Shadow
3/5
Interesting and cool.
The Lemonheads
2/5
I mean yeah it’s okay, but there’s no subtlety or dynamics to the songs and, as KC said, they might as well be the Gin Blossoms or the Goo Goo Dolls.
Stereo MC's
3/5
Dad then open for Happy Mondays. Fun album.
Ash
2/5
Meh.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Sounds different from what I remember.
George Jones
3/5
What a voice!
Randy Newman
2/5
Seems typical.
Elvis Presley
4/5
Classic
Barry Adamson
3/5
Pretty good, must revisit.
The Doors
4/5
Great album
Marty Robbins
3/5
Had some good tunes.
T. Rex
4/5
A classic.
Alanis Morissette
3/5
Overly dramatic, but what a beautiful mess
Crowded House
1/5
Loved the first record. Tolerated the second record. Couldn't stand this one and never listened to anything else by them.
The Beach Boys
3/5
Some great stuff on here.
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
The Hits are fun
The Kinks
4/5
Excellent record
George Michael
3/5
Surprisingly good for what it is. I remember playing this a lot at the record store and enjoying it despite it's blatant commerciality.
Hole
2/5
Some great stuff but too much cry baby screaming
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Some really great stuff if you’re in the mood
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
Good
Red Snapper
2/5
Occasionally enjoyable
Love
3/5
Classic
Queens of the Stone Age
1/5
Meh.
Kate Bush
3/5
Not one of my favs of hers. Too AC maybe?
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Love some of it
R.E.M.
5/5
Great!
Yes
3/5
Bauhaus
4/5
Good but not my fav of theirs
The Temptations
3/5
Not bad. Groovy at first then seemed to go back to trad Motown
The Monks
4/5
A bit samey but really good
Pink Floyd
3/5
Okay but not my fav
Tortoise
3/5
The Soft Boys
4/5
Great album by a great band.
Tom Waits
3/5
You know, Tom Waits. It's cool if I'm in the mood, but sometimes I like his earlier stuff better.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Classic.
Arrested Development
3/5
Okay. The usual.
Elastica
3/5
Fun
Mike Oldfield
3/5
It wasn’t just scary music!
Pretenders
4/5
Classic.
Hawkwind
3/5
Spacey
Kate Bush
3/5
Some good stuff.
Eels
2/5
Like it for the first minute and a half, then meh.
The Verve
3/5
It’s okay.
Gene Clark
3/5
Good songs
Johnny Cash
3/5
Good stuff
Kraftwerk
4/5
Awesome.
Primal Scream
4/5
Another classic.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
For me it’s all about Chronicles as the albums had too much filler
4/5
Another classic
Muddy Waters
3/5
Have listened to before. Good b
The Go-Go's
3/5
Lots of fun
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
Some great stuff but those harmonies annoy sometimes
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Well, it's The Boss...so, whatever.
The Who
3/5
Curious and fun.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Classic
Van Morrison
3/5
Good but you know
Radiohead
3/5
You know, Radiohead. Whatever.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
Great and curious
Arcade Fire
3/5
Sometimes I love this
Aerosmith
3/5
Classic from high school
The Cure
3/5
Not my fav of theirs
The Magnetic Fields
5/5
One of my all-time favs!
The Jam
4/5
Great one
Wilco
4/5
Good but not a huge fan
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
A good one but not my fav
Depeche Mode
3/5
Used to love this
Gotan Project
2/5
Judging from the reviews here, I thought I might really dig this but it was pedestrian at best.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Listened to years ago. Not take my bag but some fun
Small Faces
3/5
Remember it and enjoyed it.
Santana
3/5
It’s good.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
The last of their great ones?
Robert Wyatt
3/5
Interesting I suppose. Had it on in the background...probably deserves a closer listen.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Great
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Great
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Good.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Great
3/5
Good
The Only Ones
4/5
Some really great songs, particularly of course Another Girl Another Planet
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Love this album!
Gang Of Four
4/5
Great!
Taylor Swift
1/5
Why????
Morrissey
4/5
Classic.
Prefab Sprout
3/5
Great album!
Doves
3/5
Very nice
Jefferson Airplane
2/5
Classic.
Björk
3/5
Fun
The Human League
4/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Classic
XTC
4/5
Classic
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Not as fun as I was expecting
Donovan
3/5
Hate to say it, but I love his hits more than his deep catalog of fairy shit.
Roxy Music
4/5
Stellar
Black Sabbath
2/5
Meh.
The Stone Roses
4/5
Classic
Black Sabbath
2/5
Not very fun.
Elis Regina
2/5
Okay
Brian Eno
5/5
One of my favs
John Cale
4/5
Great album!
The Modern Lovers
3/5
Classic
Jacques Brel
2/5
A little too dramatic for me.
Tom Waits
3/5
Good
Paul Weller
2/5
Meh. Weller's solo stuff might as well be Eric Clapton without guitar show offs.
Roxy Music
4/5
Röyksopp
3/5
Interesting
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Some good stuff
FKA twigs
2/5
Meh.
Elliott Smith
4/5
Great artist
Portishead
3/5
Good but not really my bag
Air
4/5
Great album
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Some really good tunes on here
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Some good tunes, some typical 70's stuff
Jethro Tull
2/5
A classic from the teen years. Not so much now, but nostalgia.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Loved it when it came out
Boston
3/5
Well it’s a classic I suppose, and engrained in my memory.
Pavement
3/5
Great record
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
A couple of my fav songs of theirs on here
The Stooges
3/5
Classic but I need to be in the mood
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Probably my favorite of theirs
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Some good tunes and some clunkers.
Neil Young
2/5
Not my fav of his.
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Nice
Oasis
2/5
Okay
The The
4/5
Great album!
Scott Walker
3/5
Good. Dramatic.
Nico
3/5
Classic.
4/5
Classic
The Who
3/5
Great album
Grizzly Bear
4/5
Baaba Maal
2/5
Didn’t listen super closely, but it sounded like a million other things
Bad Company
3/5
A classic from my high school days
Nick Drake
4/5
Classic.
Van Halen
3/5
Loved it in high school
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Enjoyable
4/5
Excellent
Machito
3/5
Good
Talk Talk
3/5
Good but not as good as Spirit of Eden
Songhoy Blues
2/5
Okay
Richard Hawley
3/5
Great when I’m in the mood for it
Pearl Jam
2/5
Didn't listen this time, but I remember only really liking Alive and the song about Jeremy from past listens...
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
Not really my bag, though I remember listening to it a lot when it came out and I worked in the record store.
Antony and the Johnsons
3/5
Great when I’m in the mood for it
Joni Mitchell
3/5
A good one.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
A good one, but didn’t hit me like it seems to do to everyone else.
SAULT
3/5
A good one, but started fading after first several songs
The Replacements
2/5
Not really a fan, but I try to be.
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
Didn't enjoy it as much as some of his others.
Air
3/5
Always enjoyed this one
The B-52's
4/5
Classic.
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Everyone seems to love this one, but with the exception of a couple of songs to me it’s just a big pile of meandering shit, like The Band’s Last Waltz or something.
Björk
3/5
Well it’s Björk, so that’s always good for an adventure.
Billy Joel
4/5
Classic.
John Lennon
3/5
Enjoyed it when I was young, then wasn’t too keen on it, but now I like it again.
The Sugarcubes
3/5
All about the Björk and the music.
The Undertones
3/5
Not as big a fan as I probably should have been.
George Michael
3/5
Surprisingly good record
Michael Jackson
3/5
Good record. Memories.
The Last Shadow Puppets
4/5
Really good record
Wire
4/5
Classic.
Gorillaz
3/5
Liked even better than when it just came out.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Forgot all the great songs on this one.
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
Classic.
Pink Floyd
4/5
Classic. Love Syd.
Miles Davis
3/5
It’s all right for a while.
The Youngbloods
2/5
Meh.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
All right I suppose
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Prefer Brain Salad Surgey
Paul Simon
3/5
Good.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3/5
Pretty good
The National
3/5
Yeah.
Brian Eno
4/5
Yes!
Spiritualized
3/5
Good but not my fav of theirs
King Crimson
3/5
Classic
Arcade Fire
3/5
Great band
Beastie Boys
3/5
I’m getting too old for this.
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Okay I guess. A bit samey after a while.
The Doors
4/5
A great album.
Sigur Rós
4/5
Great record.
Beth Orton
3/5
Might be my favorite of hers.
The Verve
2/5
Meh.
Syd Barrett
4/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Not their best but still classic.
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
That Jeff Lynne sure does love to fill up the sonic space, doesn’t he?
The Isley Brothers
3/5
Some great tunes here.
New Order
2/5
This album began the end of my love affair of New Order.
Herbie Hancock
3/5
All right.
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Okay.
R.E.M.
4/5
The last of their great ones in my opinion.
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
One of their very best.
Pixies
3/5
Another good one of theirs.
Don McLean
3/5
Surprisingly better than I expected.
Bob Dylan
4/5
One of my favs of his for sure.
John Prine
3/5
Great songwriter!
Ella Fitzgerald
2/5
Not the Ella I wanted.
Beatles
4/5
Brilliant of course.
Alice Cooper
4/5
This album was a non-stop true joy for me at 12 years old, and still hits those spots.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Classic.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Really? Of all the Nick Cave albums?? Very sorry for his loss, but this may be my least favorite of his mightily impressive oeuvre.
The Killers
2/5
Thought I was listening to Franz Ferdinand for a bit there.
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Good one.
Genesis
2/5
Not so much fun as it was in high school.
Stan Getz
3/5
I like the bossa stuff, and this is a good one.
Tom Waits
3/5
Love old Tom Waits stuff.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
A great one.
Silver Jews
4/5
Love it all.
The Zombies
4/5
Great album!
Elvis Presley
3/5
Great album!
Sex Pistols
4/5
Excellent.
Ride
3/5
Great debut.
PJ Harvey
4/5
Really good.
Kraftwerk
4/5
Great record.
Brian Eno
4/5
Classic.
Astrud Gilberto
2/5
Pretty disappointed with most of this one. I have several bossa nova and samba records that I love - a few featuring Astrud - and thinks ranks with the worst of them.
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
Good album even in the mood.
Björk
3/5
Respectable but not something I’d listen to very much.
Supergrass
3/5
I’m up and down with them.
Aphex Twin
3/5
Used to really like this.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
Really good
4/5
Classic.
The Kinks
3/5
Love the Kinks but has only heard Fancy and Sunny Afternoon from this one
Rush
3/5
Loved it in my younger days.
The Saints
3/5
Kickin’
Depeche Mode
3/5
Good as I recalled
Aimee Mann
3/5
Good album.
Pere Ubu
3/5
Fun and chaotic as usual.
David Bowie
4/5
Great album.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
One of their absolute best.
Alice Cooper
3/5
Good.
The Beach Boys
4/5
Classic.
The Smiths
4/5
Classic.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Classic.
Eagles
3/5
Classic, but you know…SO tired of it.
Mylo
3/5
Not too bad. Would’ve liked it more lo-fi.
The War On Drugs
3/5
Good, sometimes a little too Arcade Fire in their Springsteen mode.
Pavement
3/5
Great and disjointed
Turbonegro
2/5
Not what I was hoping for.
Joy Division
4/5
One of my favs.
U2
3/5
An okay album, it almost made me like them again.
R.E.M.
2/5
I don’t enjoy anything of theirs that came out after Document.
Arcade Fire
3/5
Great album.
The Blue Nile
4/5
Great album!
Radiohead
3/5
Good one.
Tim Buckley
1/5
Not even remotely what I was wanting/expecting from Tim Buckley, and honestly surprised he even recorded this dreck!
The Smiths
4/5
Great album, great band.
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
Mash together half of this album with half of Lion & Cobra and I’d be in love!
Muddy Waters
3/5
It’s all right but the blues bore me.
Faust
3/5
Yeah man!
New York Dolls
3/5
Classic and fun.
George Harrison
4/5
Fantastic of course.
Peter Frampton
4/5
Well it’s a classic, innit?
The xx
3/5
3/5
Was unfamiliar, but really enjoyed it.
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Decent enough.
Roxy Music
3/5
Such a great band.
Beach House
2/5
Surprisingly mediocre offering from them, IMO
Prince
3/5
Not a big fan, but have a lot of respect
Baaba Maal
3/5
Pretty good
David Bowie
3/5
Good record for his later period, but still much prefer earlier stuff.
3/5
One of my favorites of hers.
The Smiths
4/5
Great, of course.
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
A little box of surprises.
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
A guilty pleasure every year or so.
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
One of my favorites of Zappa’s.
Moby
3/5
It’s a fun one.
David Gray
2/5
It’s okay, I suppose.
TV On The Radio
3/5
Pretty good.
Fiona Apple
3/5
Really great artist and album.
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
Fun!
David Bowie
4/5
One of my favs.
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Kind of the beginning of the end of them for me.
Haircut 100
3/5
I’ve always almost liked this album, but it sounds too much like white British guys in starched white shirts and stylish haircuts not playing any sour notes for it to be of any lasting interest to me.
Boards of Canada
3/5
Enjoyable, like their others.
The Beach Boys
3/5
A good one.
De La Soul
3/5
Lots of fun when it first came out…still fun.
The Charlatans
3/5
Okay, I guess. Still prefer the debut and early singles.
Sparks
3/5
Fun, naturally.
Wild Beasts
3/5
Surprised I hadn’t heard of these guys.
Elbow
3/5
Always have a hard time finding the stuff that I like by these guys. Will need to listen to this again.
Mott The Hoople
2/5
It’s all right I suppose. Feels a bit dated.
Sabu
2/5
Mostly fun…except for the whistles.
k.d. lang
2/5
I remember enjoying this some back in the day
Brian Eno
4/5
Brilliant album by a brilliant artist.
Talking Heads
4/5
One of the great ones.
The Avalanches
2/5
Okay I suppose
Gillian Welch
3/5
Impressive, but not what I’m looking for.
Soft Cell
3/5
Fu memories.
The Style Council
3/5
Pleasant enough
Stephen Stills
3/5
Okay and stuff
Aerosmith
4/5
One of the great ones from my high school days.
Lou Reed
3/5
Not my fav of his, but good.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
I actually listen to this more than Psychocandy.
Magazine
3/5
I go back and forth with this one, and with Howard in general.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Not my fav but good.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Great tunes and noise.
Talvin Singh
3/5
It was OK, but the songs that Spotify randomly played afterward were outstanding!
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
Very good. Must run in the family.
Blur
3/5
Great record.
Fela Kuti
3/5
Fun as always.
Radiohead
3/5
I think I’d like them better if they were a predominately instrumental group.
Miles Davis
4/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Good one.
The Cardigans
4/5
Saint Etienne
3/5
Os Mutantes
3/5
Dug some of it.
Dr. John
3/5
Good album.
The Boo Radleys
3/5
Good album by an under appreciated band.
Scott Walker
3/5
Much respect.
Django Django
3/5
Had never heard this before, but really enjoyed it.
Bill Callahan
4/5
Wonderful.
The Fall
3/5
It’s embarrassing to admit that my favorite Fall albums are collections, such as the A-Sides, and B-Sides compilations, as well as the outstanding Palace of Swords Reversed. Obviously, there are some great songs here, but on the whole for Fall albums, I really dig collections.
The Louvin Brothers
3/5
John Grant
3/5
Was unfamiliar but I mostly enjoyed it.
Neneh Cherry
2/5
I still can’t tell what the big deal is with this record.
The Libertines
3/5
Good and raucous.
Abdullah Ibrahim
2/5
Sorry to say that I can think of probably 30 other albums I’d just as soon listen to as this. It’s certainly *good* but I couldn’t find the special in it.
The Stooges
3/5
Classic.
Laura Nyro
3/5
She was a great songwriter.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Great debut.
Pulp
3/5
It’s good but I like the early records better.
The Cramps
4/5
Great googley moogley!
Dolly Parton
3/5
Massive talents.
The Specials
3/5
Those first two albums = 🔥
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4/5
Great debut. One of my favorites.
Killing Joke
3/5
As always with me and them, some of it I really liked and others I didn’t care for at all.
Tom Tom Club
2/5
I’ve tried to like it a number of times, but it all seems to Book of Love-ish to me.
Love
3/5
It’s the same every time: some of it I really like, and some of it not so much.
CHIC
3/5
It’s kind of fun but not really my disco bag, man.
Scritti Politti
1/5
So catchy but also SO incredibly annoying. Their earlier, less commercial endeavors are light years better.
Happy Mondays
4/5
My favorite of theirs, but I’m sire the memories of the times contribute to that.
Ryan Adams
3/5
Sometimes good but mostly meh.
Hot Chip
2/5
I actually liked this more than I thought I would, but that’s not saying a whole lot.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
It’s fine and everything, I’m just not into it very much.
Pink Floyd
3/5
This is where they jumped the shark, to me.
Ozomatli
3/5
Some of their stuff I like and some I don’t care for at all. And so it is with this album.
The Police
3/5
This one and the first one are my favs of theirs.
Adam & The Ants
4/5
Great album!
The Yardbirds
3/5
It was okay. I have a Best Of on vinyl that I like better, but that's just me not being a true fan I suppose.
Guns N' Roses
3/5
Pretty all right.
Ute Lemper
3/5
All right, but not for me.
Einstürzende Neubauten
3/5
As with them it goes.
3/5
If its time.
Neil Young
4/5
Stephen Stills
4/5
Okay
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Beautiful. At their most muscular.
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
Ca-lassic, but not my mood so much anymore.
U2
4/5
Great end to the wonderful Lillywhite trilogy.
Orange Juice
4/5
Classic pop tunes.
Paul McCartney
3/5
I like the whole idea behind this album as well as most of the songs.
The La's
3/5
Sometimes I love it, sometimes meh.
William Orbit
3/5
Enjoyed SG I as well as this one.
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Good album.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Never been a huge fan, but this was fine.
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
I never completely forgave him for abandoning that 50-state album cycle he was going to do, so I haven’t listened in a while, but it’s got some good songs and the titles are great.
Calexico
3/5
More enjoyable than I expected.
Scissor Sisters
2/5
Didn’t care then and, after listening again, I don’t care now, sadly. I was hoping to dig it.
Talking Heads
4/5
Great album, no sophomore slump here.
Jack White
2/5
Meh. But I don’t really care for him much.
X-Ray Spex
3/5
Never really listened to the album before, but it’s good and Poly Styrene really does sing like a female Johnny Rotten.
The Bees
4/5
This is absolutely my favorite McCartney album of the 21st century.
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
Really good.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Good, but not my fav of his.
Big Star
4/5
Great album.
Willie Nelson
4/5
Moments of beauty, moments of cheese.
The Hives
2/5
If I’m in the mood, this is really good.
3/5
It rocks when I’m in the mood.
CHVRCHES
2/5
After everything I’ve read over the years, I thought I might like this, but it didn’t grab me.
Lightning Bolt
3/5
I liked it more than I thought I would.
Steve Winwood
3/5
This was everywhere back in the day.
Leftfield
3/5
Enjoyed it more than I thought I would since I’m not really into House.
The Associates
3/5
Really like some of it.
Nick Drake
4/5
It’s classic I suppose, and rightly so.
Kings of Leon
3/5
Totally different from what I expected.
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
The Afghan Whigs
1/5
I didn’t like this record (or band) then, and I don’t like it (them) now. Plodding self-important misery. “Debonair” starts off promisingly enough, but then falls into the same typical crap.
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
Not my favorite Serge, but I really do love the groovy stuff.
Pere Ubu
3/5
I have to be in the mood, but when I am I like them.
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Love it.
10cc
3/5
Some really fun stuff here.
3/5
Didn’t know what to expect but enjoyed it.
Ray Price
3/5
Pretty good mostly.
David Bowie
4/5
Beautiful and frightening.
The Psychedelic Furs
4/5
Well, they’re such a great band.
Gram Parsons
2/5
Everything I’ve read makes me think I would like this, but I don’t.
Elvis Costello
3/5
He has so many better ones, but this is okay I guess.
The Thrills
3/5
Great California sunshine pop I’d never heard of before. “Don’t Steal Our Sun” sounds perhaps like an Elliott Smith song run through the happy sun machine.
The Zutons
3/5
Enjoyable.
Robert Wyatt
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Not my fav of theirs but still great.
Brian Eno
4/5
Fantastic! One of my favorites.
John Lennon
3/5
Great album.
Cowboy Junkies
3/5
Always liked it, but grow weary of it quickly.
LTJ Bukem
4/5
I liked this much more than I thought I would.
3/5
Yes.
Queen
3/5
Inklings of things to come.
Slade
3/5
Always a fun band.
Doves
4/5
Other than one or two songs, a stellar album.
M.I.A.
4/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
3/5
Loved it even it first came out.
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Liked a good bit of it.
The White Stripes
3/5
Mostly fun.
Giant Sand
3/5
Enjoyable.
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Good record.
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Surprisingly good.
TV On The Radio
3/5
Nicely done.
Bert Jansch
3/5
Fine.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Possibly my fav of his.
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Pretty good.
Soft Machine
3/5
Surprisingly, I was kind of in the mood for this.
Thelonious Monk
2/5
Okay, a little too sax honky for me at times.
4/5
You know, XTC.
Barry Adamson
3/5
Good stuff, but not my fav of his.
Björk
3/5
David Ackles
2/5
I started to really like this, but the lyrics and arrangements always ended up being less interesting as each song went on.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
Enjoyed it but I prefer the one he did with Michael Brook.
American Music Club
4/5
Probably my fav of theirs.
Sade
3/5
Haven’t listened since it came out, but it was good at the time.
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Really good, but I especially love the demos that have smaller arrangements.
Klaxons
3/5
Some of it I loved.
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Enjoyable.
Stan Getz
4/5
Lovely record, one of my favorites.
The Monkees
3/5
Some great stuff, though it’s still all about the first two records to me.
The xx
2/5
Todd Rundgren
5/5
One of my all-time favorite albums. “Couldn’t I Just Tell You” is brilliant early power-pop, and the rest is clever and adventurous. This, coupled with his next album (A Wizard / A True Star), define Todd Rundgren for me.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Really good, a few of my favorite songs of his on this one.
John Martyn
2/5
Okay. Not really my thing.
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
White Denim
3/5
I love so many of their songs but haven’t found a full album that keeps me engaged. This one included.
Blur
4/5
Always enjoyed this one.