I relate very strongly to the song about someone going to KFC and accidentally ordering a Big Mac.
A WOMP BOP A LOO MOP A WOMP BAM BOO
This is the album that convinced me that I like live albums. Breakneck pace, just an absolute amazing, iconic performance
Beck is sad. Sad Beck make song. Good time listen, feel bad for Beck. Golden Age, Lost Cause, and Round the Bend were great tracks.
I loved this album growing up, and that hasn't changed. I feel like I relate and appreciate even more to that sort of smoldering hatred towards upper-class folks that Jarvis has here. Songs like "Misshapes" "Disco 2000" have such a lovely nostalgia and melancholy to me, all the paths in life not taken.... yeah I just adore this album. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. IT FEELS SO RIGHT.
It was a pretty solid album with a few sleepy tracks imo, "Vicious" "Perfect Day" and "Satellite of Love" were my favorites!
I relate very strongly to the song about someone going to KFC and accidentally ordering a Big Mac.
Just not the one for me, it felt like a lot of it blended together and sounded too similar, especially the B-Side! "California Dreaming" was the obvious best imo. "Go Where You Wanna Go" was also pretty good!
It's strange but I think my favorite songs on this album were the covers of other songs. Really fun album!
This album made me feel nostalgic for University and I adored it, but I've never heard it before today. I love the violin and orchestra feel of it so much. Big highlights- Electronic Renaissance, She's Losing It, and We Rule the School. But every song rocks.
I can't give this album a 1/5 because I'm saving that for albums I feel are actively bad and not deserving to be on the list, and this album DEFINITELY deserves to be here. I feel like most of the songs blended together and it was soothing, but it didn't really do much for me. "So What" was my favorite track. Hope we encounter more Jazz soon.
This really did nothing for me, and "Walk This Way" was better when Run DMC did it :(
Sometimes I felt like the lyrics were just like... too 90s for me. It was strange, some songs seemed really self-aware, and others seemed a little too edgy for me. I also noticed there were a few tracks where I really liked a particular section, and then it cut in with some guitar that spoiled it for me. Like "Fix Me Now". Overall, 3/5 for me! :)
This album is filled with a lot of highs and a lot of lows. Tracks like "Smack My Bitch Up", "Firestarter" and "Funky Shit" are really iconic, and this was really the moment when electronic music crossed over with metal and it gets you hype. But the album also has a lot of tracks that feel like filler also and just don't stick with you at all. The album art is the absolute fucking best tho.
This album flowed SO WELL it did not feel like 3 hours of music. Classic, amazing lyrics, so atmospheric and nice. Impossible to choose a favorite song with such a plethora of great tracks. I wonder if all the songbooks are this hype? Only not giving it a 5 as it IS very long, so I was not able to give multiple listens and really delve into it as much as I hoped.
There are a lot of bright poppy hits on this album, and it's just very youthful and fun!! "Sitting Up Straight", "Mansize Rooster" and "I'd Like to Know" are great new finds beyond the obviously awesome singles.
THRILLAAAAHHH. This album was very fun for the most part, but then it sort of dropped off after Billie Jean, and the rest of the second side weren't very memorable. Also, THAT BALLAD WITH PAUL.
Another brit-poppy 90s album! I really enjoyed this one, and I feel like it was a lot more sincere then Garbage. I'll probably give it a few more listens over the coming days honestly!
I really enjoyed this, it was a chaotic mess that reminded me of a more grungy They Might Be Giants at times? Need to look into more Frank Black and The Pixies. "Headache" was the best track, but there were a lot of tracks I was fond of. "Ole Mulholland", "Space is Gonna Do Me Good", "Thalassocracy".
Frankie Sinatra needs to stop peepin' on the swingin' lovers. It was a really classy album - I found myself comparing it a lot to the Ella Fitzgerald's album that we've previously encountered. I think Ella has better songs, but Blue Eyes is ridiculously good too. "You Make Me Feel So Young" & "Love Is Here To Stay" were my favs. "Making Whoopee" was fucking stupid though, I can't describe how lame it felt to me, especially compared to the really classy tracks.
Morrissey is a piece of shit, but I really enjoy the songs of The Smiths. The opening track was really intriguing, no guitar but oddly haunting. Thank God for Johnny Marr
A WOMP BOP A LOO MOP A WOMP BAM BOO
Can't actually listen thru this album sadly, it is no doubt a GOOD album, but I can't rate it higher than a 2/5. It deserves to be on the list, but nope not for me.
Hawley kind of effortlessly blends elements of country, 40s-50s rock, and other bits into this album. But it doesn't feel very special or impactful for me. I'm enjoying the songs, but I'm questioning why it was included on the list? It's hard to motivate myself to listen to this one, hence the 1/5
Enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would, very relaxing and melancholy at times, it was nice reading about this guy and seeing the impact he made on the music scene. The last song, the "Raga" was super interesting. "I've Got a Secret" and "That's the Bag I'm In" were my favorites.
I really love this record, and every song brings something unique and amazing. The first two songs are an absolute banger back2back. A true gem that I'd never have listened to otherwise.
idk maybe your baby DID MAKE OTHER PLANS, STEVIE.
I honestly didn't notice this album ended the first time I listened to it. It was very background noise for me, and some tracks such as "Aisha" made me cringe because it felt like it was trying so hard to be edgy. "Lever Street" was the best song on the album imo. It wasn't BAD in the ways the other 1 star albums were, but I don't think it deserves a place on the 1,001 album list because so much of it is snoozy.
Joni Mitchell is no doubt great, I'm not a huge fan of how soft this is but it's one of those records that definitely deserves to be on the list!
Originally I thought this was going to hit the same vibe as Joni Mitchell, Fred Neil and Tracy Chapman for me, where I could appreciate the lyrics but the music wouldn't move me. But I feel like the record slowly evolved and became catchier with each passing song. Legit, it was like, gaining stars as the tracks went on. "Sigourney Weaver" slaps. A lot of tracks do.
I'm giving two fives in a row. I really was impressed by the variety of sounds on this album. Paper Planes was the obvious track I was looking forward to, but there was a lot of great stuff on the way up to it. "Jimmy" "Bamboo Banga" and other tracks were great!
Oh Korn. Reading more into the band and specifically the singer, it's clear that this music isn't about "pretending to be hardcore" as I'd originally assumed. Johnathan Davis had a very traumatic life in a lot of ways, and he's trying to channel that here into something good and I think he deserves credit for that. I think Nu-Metal is a really shit genre but Davis deserves credit for like, creating it? It deserves to be on the list for sure, but it's definitely not a personal favorite. "Dead Bodies Everywhere" "Reclaim My Place" are the best tracks.
I think I'm not a huge fan of funk. A lot of the songs just meander around to me. I can understand why people like Funk, but this doesn't even seem like, historic when it comes to the genre. I just don't see myself ever returning to this.
I grew up listening to quite a bit of Donovan, it's sleepy and ethereal and I think it really hits a lot of cool psych folk spots for me. I often find psychadelic music to be hard to like, approach and Donovan is smooth and easy
Nothing mind-blowing, but a lot better than expected! "Sharp-Dressed Man" and "Legs" are the standouts!
Enjoyable and breezy, but nothing super memorable! I prefer the cover version of "Drove Old Dixie Down". A few songs stood out, "Look Out Cleveland" was fun!
Elegia was especially beautiful and I think a fitting tribute to Ian Curtis. A very melancholy synth-pop bit of brilliance. I knew I was going to really enjoy this album, so I was struggling between 4 and 5. 4.5 if possible. Def worth a re-listen!
This album starts off real strong with "Celebrity Skin" and "Awful". It meanders just a bit imo into that 90s grungy sound, and then hits back hard with "Northern Star" and "Boys on the Radio". I'm overall pleasantly surprised, I did not expect to enjoy Hole, thinking they were just another 90s grunge band.
WHAT IN THE FUCK IS THE TOONERVILLE TROLLEY I HATE IT SO MUCH. There are some really sorta... creepy at times psychedelia goodness in here, mixed with filler songs. I really enjoyed stuff like "I had Too Much to Dream", and "Get me to the World on Time", "The Highest Bidder" a solid 3/5!
I loved this album growing up, and that hasn't changed. I feel like I relate and appreciate even more to that sort of smoldering hatred towards upper-class folks that Jarvis has here. Songs like "Misshapes" "Disco 2000" have such a lovely nostalgia and melancholy to me, all the paths in life not taken.... yeah I just adore this album. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. IT FEELS SO RIGHT.
I liked some of the songs, like the one with Sinead O'Connor, but there were some tracks that just sorta vibed! Overall an enjoyable experience~!
I was not expecting to rate Lenny Kravitz this high. Was completely unfamiliar with his work, but the versatility and energy is incredibly impressive. He made this album basically ENTIRELY BY HIMSELF. One of those albums where there wasn't a clear winning track, a lot of it flowed effortlessly and did a great job of being unique on its own.
The clear highlight of this album for me was the Mrs Robinson cover and also "Rudderless". There were a few other really good songs, but it also fell into that alt-rock sameys that Elastica also hit for me. Not quite as memorable as I hoped even after attempting two listens.
This album confirms I'm not a huge kd lang fan, which is something I always suspected.
I loved a lot of the romantic songs on this record, it feels really freeing and original, clearly one of Dylan's best efforts. "Girl from the North Country" is the best of the bunch imo but there are loads of classic Dylan songs on here!
Some of the songs on here like "Belladona" are very beautiful and I really liked that we had a mostly instrumental album today. Reminded me of Glitch Mob's lighter stuff for some reason.
A very enjoyable record!! Definitely worthy of the list, but it just didn't have what it took to push beyond 3 stars for me!
A solid bop that just makes me want to play Fallout 3, but nothing that blew my mind! I love the energy on the tracks, it was samey, but I can't look at it and say I didn't enjoy!
Part-Paul McCartney Beatles, part-Frank Zappa lunacy. Every song was really unique and frankly bizarre? The best 70s album so far. "Hotel", "Clockwork Creep" and "Oh Effendi"
Can't hate these Chili Peps, it's not a crazy-win for me, but an enjoyable listen especially those base-lines. Not as goofy as I remember them being, and with some iconic tracks. All of it sounds similar to me, but not in a terrible way. I will say that Californication itself is overplayed and not my fave song in the world.
I can appreciate the story-telling in a lot of Elton's music, and "Tiny Dancer" is certainly a spectacle. It misses the mark for me in a lot of ways, but I like how each song felt more like a "mini-movie" as opposed to a simple song. But also yes, this album has "Indian Summer".
A long, long album, but I really appreciated this deep-dive into Southern Rock and the mythos of Alabama. A lot of good tracks, like the one about George Wallace being welcomed to hell by the Devil himself, or the really sweet, almost Flaming Lips inspired ballad about the moments right before the Skynyrd plane crash. May not return to this as it's a hefty album, but it definitely deserves its place here I think.
Really enjoyable listen, a few tracks that were mumbled thru, but overall a great experience. Should hunt down more Animal Collective!!
Sorry Eric Clapton, really not doing anything for me. I can understand the significance of this record, but it was 30 mins long and felt like an hour. Not a winner chicken dinner.
Solid middle of the road album- Personal Jesus is obviously great, but I really dig the earlier Depeche Mode stuff where it was a little lighter! "Policy of Truth" and "Enjoy the Silence" are good tracks, I def have listened to this album frequently before, prob from my Dad!
It was originally a 2, but on listening to it a second time I really hated the second track and I just found it was all background and not super engaging.
"The Partisan" is a hauntingly beautiful song. I really appreciate the song-writing quality of Cohen. Very much in the same vein as Dylan, you're listening for the poetry and the lyrics more than the flow of the music.
A really, really fucking cool album that feels way ahead of its time. Venus de Milo was a standout track, as was the title "Marquee Moon" which was an epic jam. Really great stuff
Not the hugest fan of this, but it was enjoyable and deserved to be on the list.
Not my bag, sorry Eagles, I will not be taking it easy.
This is just a completely classic album in every respect, with some absolutely historic songs. It's intensely replayable, and I really liked some of the deep cuts, like South Australia and Thousands are Sailing. Just completely HITS the Irish Diaspora that one. Some weird choices with the Spanish-themed tracks? But I dig it all.
I really enjoyed this, was expecting something like Joni Mitchell, much closer to Cohen and like an acoustic-only Tigermilk, really short but satisfying "Marlene on the Wall" was the best track but a lot of cool storytelling here!
This was super great and a pretty vicious album! I feel like this is an album that if I listened to it when I was younger it'd have an even bigger impact. As it stands though, a really great reason why Wu-Tang ain't nothing to fuck with.
A classic and very great electronic jam, worth listening to again!
Enjoyable punk rock, but nothing that seemed particularly special or unique to it, making me question why it was on the list.
Sorry Fats Domino, you win points for Blueberry Hill but it just ain't my scene. Good Fallout music, but I can't see myself ever listening to anything but the first track again.
It's a pretty fun bloopy album of synthy-bdsm songs. "Sex Dwarf" is perhaps one of the goofiest songs we've listened to so far during this. "Tainted Love" and "Frustration" elevate this album dramatically.
It's the Ramones. The first four songs are some of the most iconic punk songs ever made. Second-half of the album sorta flops about tho. Bonzo goes to Bitburg is their best song I need to put that in writing somewhere
It's not bad at all, with a few songs like "Garden of Earthly Delights" and "Stranded in Time" being stand-outs. Definitely pretty interesting
Occupies the same place for me as a lot of Bob Dylan songs. Really interesting to see Cohen develop from his second to his third album. "Diamonds in the Mine" was a great ending, as was "Sing Another Song, Boys"
Some really classic tunes on here, I can't see myself consistently listening but it was good stuff. I think it's worth the three stars for My Girl, Wonderful World, Satisfaction, and Respect.
Kinda funny and bizarre but I just couldn't get into any of it and I can't understand its significance to the list
This band was way ahead of their time, like, this was a 60s record? It's so irreverent and punkish in tones and just seems like a bunch of young kids breaking shit and having a good time and I dig it. Honestly reminded me a bit of The Electric Prunes, but stronger and more "I don't give a fuck" I really liked "We Do Wie Du"
I don't really miss God, but I sure do miss Santa Claus. Similar to the first Hole record, this one was another banger. A little harder than the first record we listened to? I think I officially like Hole.
A pretty enjoyable, if not long-winded live album
A fairly enjoyable, energetic listen! I actually really liked the opening track. Very good music to work to, but not many iconic tracks?
It feels wrong to rate Led Zeppelin so low. Immigrant song and Friends are fantastic, but I notice that no matter how hard I try, I can't get engaged in the rest of the album. I listened to it twice, but it just doesn't hit me. :(
Amsterdam is a banger of a track, this guy has a very powerful voice and I'm here for it, I think I may actually listen to it again sometime?
This album was a VIBE it felt ALIVE Ko Wone Mayo was especially memorable. Fuck it, five stars, this was unlike anything else, a really nice album.
The album started very strong with Paint it Black and Under my Thumb, and then it started to get more bluesy near the end of it? Not a big fan of the latter tracks, nothing made a huge impression on me. Torn on whether to give it a higher score due to Paint It Black, but I feel like the Stones really sorta meandered about. That's my favorite word for talking about these tracks, isn't it? Meander
An unusual production that seems to have a lot more blues and country focus, compared to the soft-folk and poetry from Dylan's earlier releases. I couldn't connect with this album as much and I don't think it'll be one of the Dylan albums I listen to again. I think it suffers in my mind from not being "early Dylan", which is a bias
Money for Nothing is great, but it's eight minutes long for some reason, and nothing else is particularly memorable aside from "Walk of Life", which I never super liked.
"Shopping" was pretty great, as was "Rent" and a few other notable tracks, but was just a little too tame and samey to venture into 4th star territory for me. Enjoyable, but I don't know if I'll listen again.
Iggy Pop's snarling, disassociating, do not give a fuck garage is what I always want to embody. I love tracks like 1969 and I Wanna Be Your Dog, but also loved the unexpected treats like "We Will Fall"
An enjoyable time with The Beatles today, can't hate Norwegian Wood and I love that it's starting to be a more experimental Beatles record! A lot of bangers on this one, like Drive My Car, and You Won't See Me!
Yeah, an instant classic I knew I was going to be a simp for these Arctic Monkeys.
Not very Timeless, and not really my thing, but it's interesting to see what's a really important landmark in DnB
A few of the songs were bops, but I'm not a fan of this easy-going stuff. It gets a two because I can see the significance of this record, and it was in no way unenjoyable or unmemorable
Just not my thing
Just another complete classic, I love this band.
Very sweet and easy listening, "Sweet Love" is indeed a very relaxing bop and Anita has such an amazing voice! Not a thing I'd ever return to, but I dig listening to it :)
Honestly? Thought this was going to be around a one. But it seemed very honest and real, and I really ended up enjoying it! Symphonic at times, like the very last track? Reminded me of The Beatles in a lot of ways!
David Bowie delivers again, this was utterly haunting and danced around into at times what felt like 11 different genres. Just experiment after experiment, with every track bringing something unique and I really appreciated it all. RIP Bowie.
Noooot a huge fan of Van Morrison, just doing nothing for me.
Just a really amazing album all around, like a discordant beautiful Miles Davis album, but with a lot of lyrical content which to me, is what Jazz is really missing. Blacker the Berry is fantastic, as is King Kunta but the b-sides aren't bad or forgettable, it flows nice and it's a great listen.
I thought it was some funky-good stuff at times, but very 90s and not something I'd especially listen to again? But also not exactly bad? It certainly had its place- reminded me of listening to Chemical Brothers
This one was pretty fun honestly, Like A Prayer was fantastic and then Dear Jessie was an unexpected great but weird track?
Honestly really enjoyed this album, haven't listened to a lot of Jay-Z before, but I thought it definitely was a classic, great album. Also, interesting that this is basically the last NYC rap album before 9/11, releasing right on the day.
I had no idea whether to rate this a 3 or a 4- The Visitors is a great opening track, and honestly I enjoy the most of the A Side? B Side not as much. I feel like it's the low-end of 4, but yeah, fuck it, I'll give it a 4!
It's funny looking at the plays on spotify, it feels like everyone just stops this album after "The One I Love" The first half of the album was pretty great, with "Exhuming McCarthy" a great hidden gem. Ya'll know what the best song is already.
Blockrockin' Beats is fantastic, and the rest of it is an enjoyable experience if you're in the mood for it! But that's the thing, it's gotta be the right mood.
I really enjoyed this album, but I'm not hype enough on it to put it in 4 star territory. Some of the bigger songs, like "Do It Clean" and "Rescue" are solid entries!
This was ethereal and mythology heavy and beautiful. Persephone, Donimo, Pandora, all of it is great.
I feel like this is a really well-put together album, and I especially liked "Chelsea Girls", and "These Days", but I don't think I'd seek it out to listen to it again.
Still not a huge fan of Miles, but a landmark album that clear deserves to be on the list. But just background noise to me that I can't get into. Sorry!
I mean it was pretty okay, but nothing super got me beyond "Everyday People"
Unfortunately, wasn't very impressed by Sonic Youth here. Listened to the majority of the album, but it just didn't get me. I can't bear to rank punk stuff super low, but just not a sticker for me.
One of these songs is 19 minutes and I enjoyed six seconds of it, it's just sort of background noise I cannot connect to.
A lot of this album was beautiful storytelling and poetic sounds- and then Man with a Gun hits you at the end of it. Fuck, dude.
I'm a big fan of this particular brand of swing music, where it's got this energy and gibberish and craziness to the lyrics. It feels like a party to me, and it connects with me a lot more than straight Jazz.
Enjoyable, deserves to be on the list, but a vibe in the background for the most part for me. But I didn't DISLIKE it at all.
Ended up feeling like I was soldiering through this one- I'm not a huge fan of British folk it seems, and first Scottish band I've been disappointed on!
Willie the Pimp is pretty iconic and great, but rest is just some noise for me!
It's not exactly my thing, but there's a lot of really good choruses here, and Woody Guthrie showing up for a song or two was really cool! :)
Points for being one of the first Rock Operas and reoccurring motifs and cool songs like "Pinball Wizard" and "I'm Free".
The singles "Love Goes On" and "Streets of Your Town" were fantastic, I really enjoyed this, sort of like a proto-Australian The Cure.
There's so many great songs on here, and it's very rewarding to tune in for it. Alabama Song was my personal fave!
Not really my thing, sort of a light... Gordon Lightfoot in my mind. Not really significant.
A landmark synth album with all those old-school bloopy tracks I crave, and also the one song that played on every Car commercial ever in the 2000s but it's not poor Gary's fault! :)
Enjoyable enough at times, John Barleycorn was the best track! But nothing super sticking with me.
It's a truly great album, but aside from the singles I really couldn't connect with it. It's very focused on America, obviously, and yeah pleasant but not mindblowing!
We are the robots- bloop, beep bop beep
I liked this better than the other Joni Mitchell albums we've had, but it doesn't do anything transcendent for me. Free Man in Paris was prob my favorite track.
This is a pretty heavy jam, and rockin' live album that honestly never felt live or overproduced like some of the other live albums we've had. It hits the same spot for me that ZZ Top did- it's enjoyable riffs, but beyond Ace of Spaces, very same-track. Def has its time and place!
Hell yes, just an incredibly solid punk album of fuck-off anti-authoritarianism
Very enjoyable, fun and upbeat, "Superbacana" and "Soy Loco Por Ti America" struck me the most!
Beck is sad. Sad Beck make song. Good time listen, feel bad for Beck. Golden Age, Lost Cause, and Round the Bend were great tracks.
Pretty cool, but not something I'm going to return to. Funky and enjoyable. The big hits on the album like "Back to Life" didn't do a whole lot for me.
"First We Take Manhattan" is a fantastic track. I really like Leonard Cohen clearly from previous rankings, but this one with its synths, holds a special place for me.
There's no getting around how many classic Dylan songs are on this album. I normally don't like live albums because I feel like the crowd detracts from the songs, but this album it felt very intimate, like Dylan wasn't in a studio but was just singing direct to me in Albert Hall. I really enjoyed it, probably the best Dylan album I've gotten so far
Freakin' great for my first listen to PJ Harvey. Grungy brilliance, up there with Nirvana's best imo
This album was great, and then Mrs. Robinson one of the best songs ever, just shows up near the end. And then Hazy Shade of Winter? What a double-punch of great tracks. I also really loved America as well.
Very nice and relaxing overall. The first half of the album, like Genesis Hall, Si tu dois partir, and A Sailor's Life, were my favorite bits.
It's okay, but I'm not sure why it's included on the list. Seems very average, and the singles aren't really doing much for me. Unlike even a band like Korn, which at the very least was a major point for a genre, I'm not sure the significance of this one.
This is the album that convinced me that I like live albums. Breakneck pace, just an absolute amazing, iconic performance
The Shining Hour is such a good opening track, but the rest of the album never really lives up to that greatness in my opinion.
This was just so fun and synthy and intensely replayable.
I don't think I got anything out of this album. Nothing was really identifiable or distinct or unique to me.
A real good time, with songs reminding me of Rolling Stones, Flaming Lips, it feels energetic and wild and fun.
I may be biased from growing up listening to this band, but so be it. A lot of bangers on here for me, I can't not give it a 5 because I know i'll listen to this over and over again
Common's real good but I can't see myself listening to this frequently. That being said, it's well made, definitely enjoyed.
I feel like AC/DC is very polarizing, either you have affection for them and the fact that every song is basically the exact same, or you despise them. Highway to Hell is on this one, so I gotta give it points.
What a lame album title, but it pleasantly surprised me! I really wasn't expecting to enjoy it based off the genre- but it was really solid! "Struttin' Blues", "Hand to Handle", "Twice as Hard" were pretty solid imo!!
Short, enjoyable, with some hits like "Cathy's Clown" and "Made to Love" that I can see myself replaying! "Love Hurts" was pretty great, but I'm more used to the Nazareth cover so I think I'm biased. Felt like it had a bit of a surf-rock influence at times.
A solid 4 stars, reminiscent to Run DMC for me, but a little on the long side!
This album sounded like how I imagine sex is like in France.
A very easy 5 stars from me, this is just the type of music that I really connect with. "Is This It", "Barely Legal", "Last Nite" among others
I don't know what's going on- we got Sonic Youth earlier this list, and I really didn't connect or enjoy the album at all, but this one sounds amazing to me? What the fuck am I doing with this list? I'm going to have to go revisit it... Discordant, noisy artsy punk. Fun shit.
Enjoying this one a lot, punky messy, great sound and style to it. Have definitely slept on these guys and I'm pleased its on the list!
At this point Daft Punk feels like an electronic music institution. It makes sense for them to be on the list, but I was surprised to know so little of the tracks on this album. It was enjoyable bangers throughout, but not peak-Daft imo, Around the World and Rollin' and Scratchin' toward the middle of the album are solid tracks and def show why it's here on the list.
I've always skirted around The Fall, never truly getting into them or learning about them. Very glad I'm getting the chance to- only a few songs in and I can tell I really like it. It feels like hypnotic, half-obscene punky ramblings. "Spoilt Victorian Child", "LA", were fantastic.
I am a huge fan of Surf Rock, and already really enjoyed the Frank Black album in this list previously. So when I realized this one had heavy Surf-Rock vibes, I was very excited. "Is She Weird", "Allison", "Velouria", "Dig for Fire", "Havalina", "Stormy Weather"
"Pounding" was a great track, and "Last Broadcast" reminded me of a Gorillaz track. Moody British indie tunes, what's not to love?
A lot of really good songs on here. Was very unsure if I'd enjoy Roxy Music, pretty delighted by it. "Do the Strand", "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" and the closing track, "For Your Pleasure", with its eerie fade-out
It's not bad, but I'm not the hugest Metallica fan. They are like AC/DC to me- they have a time in place, but they fall into sort of generic metal for me- not as hard as some of the bands I really enjoy in the genre. "One" is the obvious standout track
Enjoyable vibes, especially all the flutes!! Glad it's on the list. Very peaceful
Some stuff stood out- "The Gift" was experimental and interesting, as was "Sister Ray" and "Lady Godiva's Operation", but I can't see myself returning to it, and too much was plodding
Even their big hit, "Step On" was ranking a solid 2 for me, at most. It felt muddy, like the songs had no clear direction.
Smooth Criminal, Bad, and Man in the Mirror are all on this album, so it feels criminal to rate it low- but I'm not a fan of a lot of Jackson's secondary songs, so 3 is as far as it goes.
Rock n Roll often comes off as pretentious and trying too hard, or going too hard into substance abuse, but I really felt like these dudes where just having a great time and being slightly goofy, fuck-off fun rock punkers. "Prince of the Rodeo", "Rock Against Ass"
Father and Son is an absolute masterpiece of a track. Wild World is also on here, which is amazing. I was going to give this a 3, but there's some strong songwriting here that I really resonate with, so it goes up a star.
Hot pile of meh
Well-made but I don't enjoy this particular style of music very much, so it didn't leave any significant impact on me.
After some crappy albums I couldn't connect with, we get this one, which I absolutely adored. Such great energy! I feel like this album doesn't deserve to be on the list- but it is an absolute classic in my opinion "Used" was a really standout track.
It's Bob fuckin' Marley, you can't hate this, it's impossible.
A real big surprise for me- I had a feeling I'd dislike this one, but there were some bangers on here, "The Way Young Lovers Do", "Madame George"
Yawn...