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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
|
5 | 2.8 | +2.2 |
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Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
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5 | 2.91 | +2.09 |
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Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
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5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
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Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
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5 | 3 | +2 |
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Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
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5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
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Hot Shots II
The Beta Band
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5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
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Smile
Brian Wilson
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5 | 3.06 | +1.94 |
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Make Yourself
Incubus
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5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
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Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
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5 | 3.1 | +1.9 |
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Close To You
Carpenters
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5 | 3.11 | +1.89 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
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1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
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Illmatic
Nas
|
1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
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To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
|
1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
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1 | 3.54 | -2.54 |
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Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
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1 | 3.51 | -2.51 |
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
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1 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
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1 | 3.46 | -2.46 |
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
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1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
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Different Class
Pulp
|
1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
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Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
|
1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Beatles | 7 | 4.86 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.8 |
| The Kinks | 4 | 4.75 |
| Queen | 3 | 5 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 5 |
| Deep Purple | 3 | 5 |
| Beck | 3 | 5 |
| David Bowie | 9 | 4.11 |
| Yes | 3 | 4.67 |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 4.67 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 4.67 |
| Stan Getz | 2 | 5 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 4.25 |
| Talking Heads | 4 | 4.25 |
| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 4.25 |
| Metallica | 4 | 4.25 |
| The Rolling Stones | 6 | 4 |
| Van Morrison | 3 | 4.33 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Beach Boys | 3 | 4.33 |
| Paul Simon | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Who | 5 | 4 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Morrissey | 4 | 1.25 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 1 |
| Common | 2 | 1 |
| Suede | 2 | 1 |
| Eminem | 2 | 1 |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 1 |
| Slipknot | 2 | 1 |
| Public Image Ltd. | 2 | 1 |
| Sepultura | 2 | 1 |
| U2 | 4 | 1.75 |
| The Fall | 3 | 1.67 |
| The Cure | 3 | 1.67 |
| Pulp | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Divine Comedy | 2 | 1.5 |
| Ice Cube | 2 | 1.5 |
| Scott Walker | 2 | 1.5 |
| Missy Elliott | 2 | 1.5 |
| Happy Mondays | 2 | 1.5 |
| Hole | 2 | 1.5 |
| Public Enemy | 3 | 2 |
| The Smiths | 3 | 2 |
| Dexys Midnight Runners | 3 | 2 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| T. Rex | 4, 1 |
5-Star Albums (79)
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Incubus
5/5
I first heard Pardon Me on the radio in high school and was immediately interested in hearing more of this band. I soon bought this and their earlier albums at the local CD shop (when those were a thing). I had a ton of stuff going on in my life at the time and music just amplified it all. This was one of the albums I listened to a lot through it all so listening to it now just sucks me back into those days. That's why it's five stars for me.
Aside from personal reasons, I think it's a solid album and one of their best.
6 likes
Kelela
2/5
They should wait at least 10 years before putting new albums on this list.
5 likes
Lenny Kravitz
2/5
Yes. Everyone must witness the beginnings of this mediocre musician before they die.
4 likes
Kanye West
1/5
Lots of people are rating this based on who Kanye is now. I can honestly say I've always had a problem with him and his music. Any egotistical issues he has now was probably fed by his fans from early on. At the time when this album was released, the music was fresh and different, but the lyrics, however clever, and his voice have always been obnoxious to me. So I can only take a little Kanye every few years. Maybe every few decades now.
4 likes
Depeche Mode
4/5
First real Depeche Mode album listen. A lot of good popular songs, but the rest are pretty great too.
2 likes
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Depeche Mode
4/5
First real Depeche Mode album listen. A lot of good popular songs, but the rest are pretty great too.
Gene Clark
3/5
Has some good moments.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
I always kinda liked Maps from the radio. First heard the whole album when I had a roommate with it and it grew on me. Still takes me back to those days.
Common
1/5
The Pogues
4/5
You might expect the Celtic style to get old after an hour, but they change things up enough that it's not a problem.
Earth, Wind & Fire
5/5
Good times.
Queen
5/5
This the third album by Queen. The first two were like the band in embryo. Sheer Heart Attack is like the overture for what they would become.
Destiny's Child
3/5
A milestone in vocal arrangements, I guess. This isn't my thing. But I seem to remember how different Destiny's Child was back in the day. We weren't ready for that jelly. But seriously, it kind of peters out as it goes along. They tried a little too hard to follow their survivor "concept".
Bee Gees
4/5
Nice work, boys.
The Crusaders
4/5
Hits the spot while listening at work. Real nice.
Beatles
5/5
Really like the opening. It's not just a random collection of singles & filler. Everything works well together and has a lot of energy.
Supergrass
4/5
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
Enjoyable.
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
N.W.A.
1/5
Suede
1/5
4/5
Band name checks out.
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Various Artists
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
John Cale
3/5
Overall, pretty bland to me. Sounds like many of the random thrift store finds I came across from that time period.
Donovan
4/5
The Strokes
4/5
Some albums just take you back.
The Stooges
3/5
Good start, but lost interest. Not the best choice for focusing on work so might listen again later.
Elton John
4/5
Lots of hits, but also lots of filler.
Wilco
4/5
Norah Jones
4/5
Never thought I'd listen to this album, mostly because the singles were so prominent back in the day. Pleasantly surprised.
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Fleet Foxes
3/5
I never know what to make of Fleet Foxes.
Thelonious Monk
4/5
The Replacements
2/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Nice, solid album. Flows nicely from start to finish.
Megadeth
3/5
Well it definitely ain't Minideth.
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
First track would've been a better album name.
The Verve
3/5
I'm more of an Urban Hymns guy.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
4.5
Gene Clark
4/5
5/5
More bands should make their live albums their first album.
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Mylo
4/5
Never heard of this and was pleasantly surprised. A lot of the lyrics are just lists of things repeated several times.
Prefab Sprout
2/5
Zzzzz
The Boo Radleys
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Stephen Stills
4/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
Lana Del Rey
1/5
I don't take the right medication for this.
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
4/5
Moby
3/5
Was never the Moby type, but glad I listened if only because I totally forgot about South Side.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
The Triffids
1/5
Why?
Soundgarden
4/5
Nine Inch Nails
2/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Smooth.
GZA
2/5
Solange
2/5
I'll just say it. The only way she could compete with her sister was to play the serious card.
It's not a horrible listen, but it's not much of a repeat listen. At least not with all the speaking parts.
Jane Weaver
3/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
Today I learned that I prefer live Sam Cooke.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Venom
2/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Great songs, clever covers, just kinda started to drag on towards the end of Volume 2, though.
The Who
4/5
Neu!
4/5
Dead Kennedys
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Dr. Dre
1/5
Meat Loaf
2/5
Even when I was first really getting into this type of music, I could never get into Meat Loaf.
Miles Davis
4/5
M.I.A.
4/5
I get why people have a hard time with this album. When I first heard M.I.A., I really had to stretch myself to appreciate it. It slowly grew on me and I realized it was only going to make sense if I gave it a chance. It opened me up to new areas of music and I'm better for it.
Mango Pickle Down River is probably my favorite track from the album.
Pink Floyd
4/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Christine and the Queens
2/5
Adele
2/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
3.5
I don't dislike Sonic Youth, but I have to be on the right wavelength first, and only for varying amounts of time.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Nirvana
4/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
Ute Lemper
3/5
I imagine super rich people listening to this when they get nostalgic for the late '90s.
Wire
3/5
The Damned
3/5
Pulp
2/5
The cover really oversold the music.
The Streets
1/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Kanye West
1/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Smooth. Blue Skies is my favorite.
Aerosmith
3/5
Starts big and fizzles out.
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Queen Latifah
2/5
Some good stuff here and there, but it gets old and starts to feel like she's out of ideas by the end.
Incubus
5/5
I first heard Pardon Me on the radio in high school and was immediately interested in hearing more of this band. I soon bought this and their earlier albums at the local CD shop (when those were a thing). I had a ton of stuff going on in my life at the time and music just amplified it all. This was one of the albums I listened to a lot through it all so listening to it now just sucks me back into those days. That's why it's five stars for me.
Aside from personal reasons, I think it's a solid album and one of their best.
Thundercat
3/5
Is that supposed to be blood in the pool. Because it looks like blood.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Yardbirds
4/5
Eminem
1/5
Nah.
Janis Joplin
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
1/5
The Go-Betweens
2/5
A real snoozer. Next!
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Tim Buckley
4/5
Perfect morning music.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Fishbone
4/5
Unexpected. Enjoyable.
The Notorious B.I.G.
1/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Okay. Half of the songs sound the same to me.
PJ Harvey
3/5
OutKast
2/5
The Undertones
3/5
Skepta
1/5
3/5
Bon Jovi
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Beau Brummels
3/5
Gang Of Four
3/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Cypress Hill
2/5
Drive Like Jehu
3/5
Paul Weller
3/5
Culture Club
2/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Snoop Dogg
1/5
Snoop doggy doo
Arrested Development
4/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
James Brown
4/5
Django Django
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Björk
3/5
The Human League
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Eagles
4/5
The album that defined a generation of crusty, biker-wannabe, Chevy drivers. Not that it's a bad album. I just didn't let it shape my entire lifestyle.
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
I get why people don't like his voice, but it's not that he's whining. It's just the way he draws out every note without any breaks in between. It works for some songs, but a whole album is a bit much.
Primal Scream
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Orange Juice
2/5
Started with a higher rating, but it got lower as the album progressed. This isn't really an album album.
R.E.M.
3/5
Public Enemy
2/5
Kinda turned into guys raging to some repetitive beats. They may be good beats, but they're repetitive beats. And the constant vocals make it hard to listen to. Also, if they are trying to send a message to those who are afraid of black people, why do they do it with music they'll never listen to?
Barry Adamson
2/5
Music is good until somebody decides to start mumbling over it.
Steve Earle
3/5
Okay for what it is. But nothing spectacular.
Air
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
The Byrds
3/5
The Cardigans
4/5
Talvin Singh
3/5
OK
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Did not expect that.
Michael Jackson
5/5
The Stooges
4/5
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
Would probably enjoy this more with an entourage on a Friday night than working from home on my own on a Monday.
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Not too bad. 3½.
Arcade Fire
3/5
I used to own this CD. Musically, I think it's like 4½, but lyrically, I just wasn't always in the mood for it. So I'll call it 3½.
Genesis
3/5
Well that was weird.
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
This is 1999? Sounds...older. Not terrible though.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
I now feel a tiny bit closer to all the pre-Goth kids from middle school.
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Joy Division
2/5
Not nearly as good as I was led to believe. I see a lot of comments about so and so being a genius, but nothing to back it up.
The Jam
3/5
Sisters Of Mercy
2/5
Starts out with Russians, then rushin' waters. Fake shaky old man voice throughout.
Where's the mercy?
The Fall
2/5
I'm 161 days into this and, so far, I keep coming back to the same conclusion. A list of 1,001 albums is too long to be a quality list. We end up with a lot of duds, like this one. There are much better albums out there, but the almighty listmaker didn't want to include multiples from bands that are popular, I assume because they're afraid of being seen as cliché.
Somebody needs to whittle this list down to a solid 500.
Jerry Lee Lewis
4/5
The Police
3/5
Was also jarred by Mother.
Suzanne Vega
3/5
3½
Beatles
4/5
This seems to have become the "cool" Beatles album for the moment.
I also admire the innovation and the songs are good, but without knowing the context, you can tell they're still trying to perfect this newfound sound. So I'm gonna say 4 to 4½.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Very good. A little boring, but it's talented boring.
ABBA
4/5
The Cramps
3/5
I've heard TV Set before and like it for what it was, but I was a bit wary about going into a full album of that. It turned out to be pretty okay, though.
The Doors
4/5
Nas
1/5
nah
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Nirvana
3/5
I can't stop thinking of how many other bands from the era don't get the attention they should just because their lead singer didn't die.
2/5
Starts out like a greatest hits album. The rest just feels like half-awake filler.
Nick Drake
5/5
Moby Grape
4/5
4½
The Youngbloods
4/5
Never taken the chance to listen to these guys, but I'm glad I did. Will have to listen again when I'm not working.
The Band
3/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Leftfield
2/5
Motörhead
3/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Barry Adamson
2/5
People see "soundtrack album to a non-existent crime film" and freak out. But there are hundreds (thousands?) of albums that tell a story without words or visuals.
But it is his first album and it really just sounds like he's playing around. Not sure why it's on the list, or why it was even released in the first place.
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
The Electric Prunes
2/5
I had listened to Too Much to Dream quite a bit before this album and expected a lot more. Toonerville Trolley was surprisingly interesting to me.
Metallica
5/5
Weird idea? Yeah, that's why I like it. In fact, this album is what took me beyond being a passive Metallica fan to collecting their albums. I really respected that both Metallica & the SF Symphony Orchestra were willing to do this and I think they pulled it off well. I just wish I could've been there in person.
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Always preferred Fatboy Slim to Moby, but I knew what was on the radio. Listening to the album, it seems like there's a lot of filler (like half of the albums on this list).
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Very nice.
Madness
2/5
Madness is only good in small and infrequent doses.
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
The Young Gods
1/5
Haphazard.
The Offspring
4/5
Marches right through without feeling monotonous, which isn't always the case with this genre.
Richard Thompson
3/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
Musically acceptable, vocally annoying.
The National
2/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
The Go-Go's
2/5
Prince
3/5
How are Summer and Housequake not more widely appreciated.
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
The xx
4/5
Killing Joke
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Don McLean
3/5
The song title that launched a thousand terrible movies that are still floundering at the bottom of Wal-Mart DVD bins.
As for the album, it's all pretty good. The title track would've been so much better at the very end, in my opinion.
Metallica
4/5
4.5
Almost perfect.
The last few songs are kind of lackluster in comparison to the rest.
Radiohead
4/5
Ray Charles
5/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Mike Ladd
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
I like weird stuff and this is truly weird. But it's hard for even me to listen to the whole album straight through.
I still laugh at the way he sings "me and my girl named Bimbo". That songs is my favorite on this album.
Madonna
4/5
Mondo memories of the '90s.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Otis Redding
4/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
How do you get a job going "bim bom bim bim" and "dee ba dee ba dee" on songs. I want that job.
Jazmine Sullivan
1/5
White Denim
4/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
I still think they have better albums.
Taylor Swift
4/5
Meat Puppets
3/5
Very uneven album, but I like the sound. The vocals? Not so much.
Arcade Fire
4/5
Probably my 2nd favorite Arcade Fire album behind Funeral.
Badly Drawn Boy
4/5
Suicide
2/5
Unexpectedly boring.
Pixies
3/5
Eagles
3/5
Just the Eagles being the Eagles.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
Jungle Brothers
4/5
Supertramp
3/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Lots of well-made tracks aside from the title track.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
I remember hearing their name dropped in Mean Girls and realizing it was the name of a musical group, then looking them up and realizing I've already known some of their work. If I had been Cady Herring though, I would've gone with my parents to the concert.
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Actually just listened to this a week or two before it came up. But I've been overlooking Harry Nilsson for too long.
Ananda Shankar
3/5
It's not groundbreaking, but it's not as bad as people are saying. There's only one Rolling Stones cover and a Doors cover and they're both more interesting than a lot of the covers of those songs.
The whole idea is to mix modern electronic instruments with the traditional sitar. The sitar definitely overpowers the rest in most songs.
Brian Eno
3/5
You can kinda tell who reviewed this after only listening to the first track.
I like it for what it is, but I hope some of his later work is featured here too.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
I do like Neil Young, but overall, something about the production or the combination of his voice and the repetitive sound just drones on in my mind. Maybe it's because he says his lyrics more than he sings them or that he is focusing more on lyrics than feeling.
Frank Sinatra
4/5
It was nice listening to this on a cloudy Friday morning. So nice I completely stopped working. There's something about his earlier recordings that somehow makes them superior in my mind.
Little Richard
5/5
Lambchop
2/5
Did anyone else see the cover art and assume this would be more of an alt/indie album?
Patti Smith
2/5
Sorry Patti Smith fans. She has a habit of doing this thing at the end of a line that I just can't get past. I don't know how to describe it. It's the she constantly ends in this falling, wilting tone. Once I noticed it, it was just always present and ruined what may have otherwise been decent music. Surely somebody out there knows what I'm talking about.
The Stranglers
3/5
Paul McCartney
4/5
Every song is good, but as a whole, I think it could have better organization. Kind of feels like a collection of Beatles leftovers.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Not as good as the 2005 album. 3½
Jethro Tull
4/5
Mike Oldfield
5/5
OutKast
3/5
The Clash
4/5
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Super short. Barely had time to think about it.
Spacemen 3
4/5
T. Rex
4/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Gil Scott-Heron
4/5
The Band
3/5
Janelle Monáe
4/5
Shows her versatility and it's interesting. It's a little like watching a kid excitedly running around a new toy store or something. Nice to hear some variety in this genre though.
Booker T. & The MG's
5/5
Sebadoh
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Was it enjoyable? Yeah.
Was it well-made? Yeah.
Did I like it? Yeah.
Black Flag
2/5
For a while I thought I was listening to a punk parody album.
Joe Ely
3/5
Well done for its genre.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Ramones
4/5
The Libertines
3/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
A bit over-dramatic for no reason.
4/5
Justin Timberlake
2/5
Grody.
Elis Regina
4/5
Deep Purple
5/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Shows off her talent, but it goes on a little too long. The "Thank You" track was probably well-intentioned, but comes off a bit cringey, like testimonials for the Christina Aguilera brand.
Shack
2/5
Weak.
David Bowie
4/5
There are a lot of David Bowie songs I love and I think he's great as a musician and a person. But I've got to admit, there's a lot of his songs that are hard for me to appreciate. I'm still acquiring the taste, I guess.
De La Soul
4/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Faust
4/5
Unexpectedly good. Different and interesting.
4/5
4½
Neil Young
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
Thanks to this album, I've learned that bongo is only good in moderation. I think the Incredible Bongo Band realized that too, because some songs have the bongo parts at a lower volume.
Plus...is this some kind of compilation album? It's pretty much the same tracklisting as the "40 Years Of..." compilation. Kind of weird for the 1001 albums list.
Not saying it's not good music.
R.E.M.
2/5
Animal Collective
4/5
Still mesmerized by the album cover.
Doves
2/5
Some okay stuff here and there, but mostly Yawnsville.
Stan Getz
5/5
Madonna
2/5
Yes, it's bland, but it's "dance music". Don't Tell Me is the highlight for me. The low point is definitely that certain cover song it ends with. I'm not even a huge fan of the original, but that cover is inexcusable.
Neil Young
4/5
Digital Underground
2/5
I remember the video with him wearing that big nose and I can't see anything else when I listen to this.
Kind of a pervy album though, isn't it.
Charles Mingus
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
The Verve
4/5
Oh I remember this one. Bought and returned the CD several times because it would NOT work on my CD player. It was a kinda cheap CD player, but it played all of my other CDs. Something about this CD kept it from working. The last time I returned it I ended up buying Reel Big Fish instead. Which is ironic, because they have a song about being "Trendy" and that's exactly what I was doing by getting the Reel Big Fish CD. Got rid of that one pretty soon too. Anyway, I guess my point is that this is better than Reel Big Fish. Even though it was more memorable than The Verve.
Elliott Smith
4/5
Fats Domino
4/5
Joy Division
3/5
Don't remember which album was on here earlier, but this one is a little better.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Holger Czukay
4/5
I don't get the hate. It was nice and different.
Frank Ocean
2/5
The Stone Roses
4/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
It's good, I like it. It's just that the album sounds like an album-length version of the first song. It's done well though.
Raekwon
1/5
Keith Jarrett
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
FKA twigs
2/5
Somehow I had Give Up on my iPod around the time this came out. It was possibly the free song of the week on iTunes. I think they still had that in 2014. Anyway, I actually like that song and I very rarely listened to this type of music. Never listened to the album until today and compared to Give Up, the rest is a disappointment. I guess Kicks was okay too.
Beastie Boys
4/5
Rush
3/5
Bad Brains
2/5
Not sure what this was supposed to be. Interesting.
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
4/5
AC/DC
3/5
Hells Bells is a good opener, but I think it would've been better if it was switched with the first track on side 2.
3/5
Very nice, but each song seems to have its own overly repetitive portion.
Goldie
3/5
Not horrible, but very 90s.
Cat Stevens
4/5
Cream
4/5
Youssou N'Dour
4/5
Good change from the usual. The first track is tops.
Public Enemy
2/5
Bad albums can inspire great albums too.
Ice Cube
1/5
Lauryn Hill
3/5
Pretty good, but not my thing.
The Young Rascals
4/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
So that's the secret. Instead of putting filler songs on your album, just make 4 or 5 gems and stretch them out. Then release shorter versions on singles and boom - perfect album.
Bob Dylan
3/5
SOY BOMB
Pere Ubu
3/5
Can't blame anyone for not making it past the first few seconds. I guess that's how they let you know what you're in for. That opening is probably the worst part though. Not that the rest is really amazing, it's just not that bad.
Guns N' Roses
3/5
The cover art is a popular t-shirt design, so of course the average rating is over 3.5. Guns N' Roses were like a movement. This album was like the culmination of hair metal. It was an album my brother always played super loud on cassette and made my parents mad. To me these songs are just memories. They have little to offer me after being so ingrained into my brain. Mr. Brownstone is probably the best one that hasn't been overplayed on radio, in movies and during sporting events.
The Zombies
5/5
The Smiths
2/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
2/5
I think if you're making a list of albums you should listen to before you die, there's only so many boring British '80s albums you can have and still be credible. I think this list is past that limit.
Fiona Apple
4/5
Pixies
3/5
Circle Jerks
1/5
3/5
I actually had a slight headache when I started this. Somehow, I couldn't get myself to stop it. The headache ended up going away! Like the music absorbed it? Still, I can't imagine listening to this except on rare occasions.
The weirdest part of the album was Feet Music when it went all 'normal'.
I think the artist of cover also did a cover for Coldcut that same year. Hope that album's on the list.
The Who
4/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Janet Jackson
3/5
Why do artists like this "interlude" stuff so much?
Beastie Boys
3/5
Wilco
3/5
Ice T
1/5
Bee Gees
3/5
Can't think of what to think. Sounded like early Bowie morphing into a Christmas album.
The Killers
3/5
Scott Walker
2/5
I liked the Scott Walker song on the soundtrack of The Life Aquatic, but everything else I've heard is so different. This album is just a bunch of vocal show-offyness with bland lyrics that are all about "a maAaAaAan" or "the LaAaAadyYy" or "the boy child" and everything is described as "naked".
The Thrills
4/5
MGMT
3/5
DRGS by MGMT
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
What does that button do that she's pushing on her utility belt?
Marty Robbins
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Little Simz
2/5
Is there an instrumental version of the album? That would be good.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
Now I see why Beck covered Halo Of Gold. That was my introduction to Skip Spence. Beck has a similar voice and musical styles.
John Coltrane
5/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
X-Ray Spex
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Ian Dury
1/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Randy Newman
4/5
John Grant
2/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Cowboy Junkies
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
Would've been better if they weren't so horny.
ZZ Top
3/5
Starts out strong, goes on kinda long.
Funkadelic
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Scritti Politti
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Van Halen
4/5
Gotan Project
3/5
Didn't even get an actual tattoo for the cover? Sometimes I doubt your committment to Gotan Project.
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
Lots of people think it's great or terrible or too weird. I just think it's super creepy.
Kanye West
1/5
Lots of people are rating this based on who Kanye is now. I can honestly say I've always had a problem with him and his music. Any egotistical issues he has now was probably fed by his fans from early on. At the time when this album was released, the music was fresh and different, but the lyrics, however clever, and his voice have always been obnoxious to me. So I can only take a little Kanye every few years. Maybe every few decades now.
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Parliament
4/5
Not sure what they like more, funk music or saying the word funk.
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Adele
2/5
Water under the bwreedge...
ZZ Top
4/5
Better than the '80s album on the list.
Carpenters
5/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
With the other singles like Beat It, Thriller, etc. being so overplayed, Human Nature has kind of been forgotten lately. It's a good one.
Also, is that an uncredited cameo by Alvin at the end of P.Y.T.?
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Can
4/5
Lorde
3/5
Violent Femmes
3/5
Mudhoney
2/5
Started out liking it, but I soon caught on that this is nothing more than drunken horniness. Every song can be heard in the first 15-30 seconds. I don't recommend the deluxe edition.
Then there was their cover of The Rose. That was pretty funny.
The Prodigy
4/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
The White Stripes
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Orbital
2/5
Alanis Morissette
3/5
For the year or two after this was released it felt like we could hear the whole album on the radio, so I never bothered listening to the whole thing. But there are quite a few songs that weren't singles that are pretty good. She definitely shook things up back then. Just not the sort of thing I listen to a lot. And the way her voice cracks or whatever as she's catching her breath after a line gets old.
Antony and the Johnsons
2/5
Does the woman on the cover remind anyone else of Shaye St. John?
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Elbow
2/5
Cee Lo Green
1/5
Queen
5/5
I will love this masterpiece evermore.
Röyksopp
3/5
3.5
Kate Bush
2/5
Not the worst, but pretty boring for me. Sorry kids.
The KLF
2/5
The Police
3/5
Morrissey
2/5
Khaled
3/5
Solomon Burke
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Sade
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
The crying toddler voice kinda works for Come On Eileen, in a jokey, fun way. But I can't take it seriously and definitely can't stand a whole album of it.
TV On The Radio
4/5
LTJ Bukem
2/5
A compilation album? Isn't that kind of cheating? But then, if there are so many artists, how does each track sound so similar?
Def Leppard
4/5
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
Johnny Cash
3/5
Not as good as Folsom.
Steely Dan
4/5
Death In Vegas
2/5
Ryan Adams
1/5
The timing of the release along with the cover art and songs like New York, New York lead me to believe he was in on 9/11.
Tom Waits
3/5
Not as bad as people are saying, but I probably wouldn't seek it out to listen to.
The Fall
2/5
Most songs seem to be the same 10 seconds repeated. The lyrics are the album's saving grace and even those are rarely interesting.
Tori Amos
2/5
You know they mean business when they put the title track at the end.
Coldplay
3/5
Television
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
About as boring as the cover photo.
Aerosmith
3/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Boston
5/5
Great from start to finish. A truly well-crafted album.
Femi Kuti
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Public Enemy
2/5
Alright, but didn't really like the Flava.
Kraftwerk
3/5
Normally I like Kraftwerk, but that repeated "Europe Express" line was just too much.
The White Stripes
4/5
Björk
3/5
High point: Who Is It
Low point: Ancestors
AC/DC
4/5
Ghostface Killah
1/5
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
The Auteurs
1/5
Nobody is listening to this album and saying, "Ah, I can die happy now."
David Gray
3/5
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
The Byrds
4/5
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Pulp
1/5
Common
1/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
I was introduced to Elvis Costello & The Attractions through the 1¢ tape deals Columbia House used to be known for. You could get like seven tapes for a penny or something to start a membership (the deal always changed), but I think you were restricted to certain albums. I think I had five or six and needed a few more so I went with Elvis Costello's greatest hits because it seemed interesting (had never heard of him before that). Pump It Up was one of my favorites on that tape and this album is pretty much peak Elvis Costello for me.
David Bowie
4/5
Mudhoney
2/5
Frank Black
2/5
Caetano Veloso
4/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Billy Joel
4/5
Devendra Banhart
3/5
The Kinks
4/5
Bebel Gilberto
4/5
Eels
4/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Good guitar work (when you have seven guys in the band, including three guitarists, you're bound to have at least one decent guitarist) and pretty much all of their best tracks on are this album. I used to be a fan of this band, the whole culture and atmosphere around their music is kinda depressing and crusty.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
My mom had this record so it was one of the first non-kids records I branched out on.
The B-52's
4/5
The Modern Lovers
4/5
The Undertones
4/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Nina Simone
3/5
Duran Duran
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
I know, I know, it's Elvis. But for a guy who only sings other peoples' songs, he doesn't perform them any better than other artists. Blue Suede Shoes is really the only worthwhile track here.
Dennis Wilson
4/5
The Residents
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
THREE albums by Dexys Midnight Runners? How is this list not biased?
4/5
Finally some variety.
Chicago
3/5
The Sonics
3/5
TIL that Black Keys song was a cover.
3/5
Girls Against Boys
2/5
The Fall
1/5
Crowded House
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
The Style Council
3/5
Mekons
1/5
Bad.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3/5
SAULT
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Guided By Voices
2/5
Some songs are good, but a lot of them sound like unfinished ideas or they gave up halfway through the song.
Deep Purple
5/5
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
I remember hearing about the Afghan Whigs. Now I know I wasn't missing anything.
Weather Report
4/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
The first minute was promising and it quickly deteriorated into some guy messing around with keyboards and other instruments.
I'm nearly halfway through this list and it's becoming clearer every day that the number (1,001) was set when they only had a list of 300 or so.
Pavement
3/5
Sister Sledge
3/5
Minutemen
4/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
5/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Missy Elliott
2/5
I used to know a guy who could belch this entire album. At least up until "hit 'em with a heeeee".
Elvis Presley
4/5
The Dictators
1/5
If you want punk, there are options. I wouldn't bother with this.
Big Star
2/5
Kinda bland. Not their best.
Gary Numan
4/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
The Smiths
2/5
Giant Sand
3/5
Pixies
3/5
David Holmes
4/5
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
Donald Fagen
4/5
Frank Zappa
4/5
Most of the stuff I don't really like by Zappa is the vocals and lyrics. I mean, yeah it's funny and different and clever for a while, but then it gets a little irritating. Luckily this album didn't have many vocals.
Pink Floyd
4/5
When I was younger I woud've rated it higher, but luckily I'm not that depressed anymore.
3/5
Rubbish life is modern.
Tricky
3/5
Lightning Bolt
3/5
I get the noise thing, but I actually liked this. I think you have to be in the right mood. For me that was angrily working after having a problem with my boss. Wouldn't recommend listening to on a turbulent plane. I forgot I had an MP3 of Assassins from way back when. I think it was a free download from either the band or the label's website. It was common to find free MP3s for indie bands in 2003. If it wasn't that it was a LiveJournal music group I was part of.
I only rate it a 3 though, because the last half (or a little more) isn't as good as the first part.
Bauhaus
3/5
Fela Kuti
5/5
The Pogues
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
The Charlatans
2/5
I wonder if these guys have ever heard of Oasis. I bet they would like them.
The Pretty Things
2/5
Tito Puente
4/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
The Doors
4/5
Where's the sad '80s brit-noise?
CHIC
3/5
Elton John
2/5
Sabu
4/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
Steve Winwood
4/5
Lou Reed
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
1/5
The Coral
2/5
Kind of exhausting.
George Michael
2/5
Yawn.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Lupe Fiasco
1/5
The Who
4/5
So great, but always have to skip the Uncle Ernie part.
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
Hm.
R.E.M.
3/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Whatever happened to this fine musician?
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
The Beta Band
4/5
Some good stuff here, but it takes a few song to get it. Hardly their best album.
Elvis Costello
4/5
Christina Aguilera
2/5
Your great-grandma listens to Stripped by Christina Aguilera.
John Lennon
4/5
George Jones
4/5
Poor guy.
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
I definitely expected more albums older than the '80s when I started this list so it's good to see something from the '60s again.
I've also noticed that my reviews are more often about how terrible the list is than the albums themselves.
Mott The Hoople
4/5
The Roots
1/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Prince
3/5
First time listening to the full album. I actually prefer most of the non-single tracks.
Ministry
1/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
I'll give 'em credit for trying something new. It's just...not good.
The Beach Boys
5/5
4½
Motörhead
3/5
Motörhead's great, but that's a lotta Lemmy. His voice sounds pretty worn by the end.
Shuggie Otis
4/5
Didn't expect it to be so instrumental, which improved my opinion of it.
Japan
2/5
Another bland and uninspiring album to scratch off this fantastic list.
TLC
3/5
I'm pretty sure musicians love making "interludes" way more than people like to listen to them.
David Bowie
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Love
4/5
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
2/5
Wishing Well is nostalgic and kinda fun, but there's just not much else going on in this album.
Mj Cole
1/5
What they don't tell you about "1,001 albums to listen to before you die" is the 900 albums that will kill you.
Slayer
2/5
Does that cover look like AI-generated art to anyone else?
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
The Mars Volta
3/5
An instrumental version of this album would be great. The vocals aren't horrible, but they just don't add anything to the music. Plus I don't think I knew what any of the songs were supposed to be about. I'd say 4 stars without the vocals.
Slipknot
1/5
The Monks
3/5
Robert Wyatt
3/5
Nice. Interesting. Mostly. Not sure what was happening at the end of Sea Song, but it kind of ruined it.
You'd get nice and relaxed and then all of the sudden he's going "forsqueak you, alifi my larder" with a drunk sax or something in the background.
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Good music. Album-wise it's a little long. Can't comment on the lyrical content and I'm not just going to add stars because it's a foreign language.
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Sex Pistols
1/5
They broke the rules in the worst way to open the doors for people to break the rules in the right way.
The Stooges
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
Nah.
George Michael
2/5
I remember hearing Faith on the radio and how different it was compared to everything else. There were a couple other hits I didn't know were on this album. All the rest was filler. I wouldn't consider this an album album, especially one that must be heard in its entirety. So....
Roxy Music
3/5
The The
2/5
John Martyn
3/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Definitely doesn't get the attention it deserves.
Justice
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Not bad. Good background music for work. But even then it starts to drag on towards the end.
Goldfrapp
3/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
Pere Ubu
1/5
Yikes, that title track.
Speaking of the title, very misleading.
Pearl Jam
3/5
Reading the lyrics after decades of my own interpretations was an eye-opening experience.
Elastica
4/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Electric Light Orchestra
5/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Herbie Hancock
5/5
From the first few notes I knew I'd like this album. I recognized it from being sampled by Beck. I think it's more fun to haphazardly discover the origins of samples than to listen to a sample in a song and already know it's source.
Van Halen
4/5
For a debut album? Yes.
Tom Waits
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
As much as I've always disliked they type of people that love Fleetwood Mac and the younger generations that think they've discovered them for the first time, it is a well-made album and some songs I don't mind.
Anita Baker
3/5
Hookworms
3/5
Deep Purple
5/5
Radiohead
3/5
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
Not bad for background music, but kind of all over the place.
808 State
4/5
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Nothing remarkable.
Fugazi
3/5
Joan Baez
3/5
Minor Threat
2/5
XTC
2/5
Like when you've had too many treats and nothing after that is satisfying but you're bored and there's still tons of desserts and candy to sitting out that will go bad in a few hours and you can't waste it and you just have to keep eating and keep telling yourself you feel good, but you haven't felt good for a while but you have to eat all of this right now or be killed but you're not willing to admit to yourself that death would be an improvement from this point.
Syd Barrett
1/5
Pretty sure he just hit record with no preparation at all and just kept going in one take. For the whole album.
Mercury Rev
2/5
Kept thinking I was listening to Flaming Lips for some reason.
Manu Chao
1/5
Pretty sure he just hit record with no preparation at all and just kept going in one take. For the whole album.
David Ackles
2/5
Van Morrison
5/5
All around great performance, so..yeah...5...why not.
Paul Simon
5/5
Morrissey
1/5
Morrissey reads the Opinion section of the paper to music.
JAY Z
2/5
Count how many times he goes "ho".
Butthole Surfers
1/5
Should not have listened on a Monday morning.
The Gun Club
1/5
One long song with some short breaks every few minutes.
The Magnetic Fields
3/5
13 or so would've been fine. I'd give a higher rating to an abridged version.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Okay. Better than other albums he has on the list. Good opener.
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
Blur
3/5
I like the second song, can't remember the name...
Radiohead
5/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
1/5
Why is this list so terrible?
Brian Wilson
5/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
The Saints
3/5
Wouldn't have guessed it was from 2009. Pretty convincing throwback.
The United States Of America
2/5
Interesting idea, but falls short.
Baaba Maal
4/5
Dizzee Rascal
4/5
When er'body else was in da club gettin' tipsy, it was time for a new sound. Hearing Fix Up Look Sharp on the radio was just what I needed back then.
I can understand if it's a bit hard to get into, not all the songs work out, but that's no reason to discount Dizzee completely.
2/5
Unremarkable.
Everything But The Girl
2/5
I might have to just start skipping these albums only British people have heard of. I wish I had been warned about how skewed this list would be.
Gorillaz
3/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Calexico
3/5
Creates a nice atmosphere.
Nico
3/5
Wild Beasts
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Waylon Jennings
3/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
That mumbling at the beginning of the first song has always bothered me, even though I've always liked the song.
Turns out there's even weirder sounds at the beginning of the title track.
The Incredible String Band
1/5
Superlatives in a band name have proven to be a sign that they are the opposite of whatever they claim to be, at least in this list so far.
I guess I just need to stop torturing myself and forget trying to making to 1001. Out of the 600+ albums I've heard so far, I've only come across of maybe 10 that were amazing that I hadn't heard before.
Beyoncé
1/5
Beyonce horny, Michael.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3/5
Surprisingly kinda nice.
Randy Newman
3/5
Ravi Shankar
3/5
It seems like someone just picked a random album because it was somebody admired by a Beatle.
Grateful Dead
2/5
Mostly deeaadd...
Funkadelic
3/5
Is it still funk if they don't use the word funk repetitively?
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
Wu-Tang Clan
2/5
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
Every song is the first few seconds repeated. But I guess this album is very special because it came in a "metal box".
Bill Evans Trio
5/5
Nice to have some actual music again.
Nanci Griffith
2/5
"Why yes, I think I WILL purchase some of your scented candles, soaps and potpourri packets."
Cocteau Twins
2/5
I'm awake! I'm awake...What time is it?
Radiohead
3/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Alice In Chains
3/5
About half of these songs will on heavy rotation when we finally got a rock station in my town. It was when I was graduating high school, well after the album released. These and all of the songs on that station at the time are ingrained in my memories - most of which are pretty depressing. So while I have appreciated the music in the past, it's hard for me to enjoy them now, after life has become so much better than it was then.
Air
4/5
a-ha
3/5
Meh.
Portishead
3/5
Blends trip-hop with haunting vocals and moody beats. It dives deep into themes of love and loss, making it super relatable.
The intro of "Mysterons" with that eerie buildup is just captivating. then there's "Glory Box" — the way it mixes longing and empowerment is everything! and the subtle jazz influences throughout tie it all together beautifully.
Iron Maiden
3/5
It's like an audiobook being screamed over heavy metal. But if you don't follow along with the story it can sound pretty repetitive.
Country Joe & The Fish
2/5
Passive activist?
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2/5
I get the feeling that even Jack Elliott fans don't even listen to this album much. Surely there aren't more of his albums on this list, but there he must have had better ones than this.
It's basically what you hear by a local guitarist that only gets out of his house a few times a year and occasionally plays at the farmer's market or something.
John Martyn
3/5
I've already forgotten it, but I know it wasn't horrible.
Billie Holiday
3/5
3/5
Good, but kind of bland and anti-climactic for what I was expecting.
Klaxons
3/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Green Day
4/5
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
50 Cent
1/5
Gimme 50 cent so I can buy a bag a chips.
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2/5
Once again, proof that putting superlatives in your band name is a dumb move.
Also, two-color horses are not that strange.
Kelela
2/5
They should wait at least 10 years before putting new albums on this list.
Tom Tom Club
4/5
Just the right amount of different to satisfy.
The Birthday Party
1/5
With that album cover and title, we can't say we weren't warned.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Dion
1/5
Somebody mixed up the list of albums you must hear before you die with the list of records they found at a garage sale that nobody bought.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Fred Neil
2/5
Stan Getz
5/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
System Of A Down
3/5
This was a kick in the pants that rock needed in 2000.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
KISS
3/5
I once worked in a warehouse next to a huge KISS fan. He had a full Gene Simmons costume he'd wear every Halloween (and probably around the house on weekends). So I'm sure I've heard their whole studio and live album discography at least twice. Unfortunately most of these songs are now inextricably tied to one of the most depressing jobs I've ever had and one of the most annoying coworkers I've ever worked next to. So while there are a few good songs on here, I can never get past the negative side that this band conjures up. Three is the best I can do. Not sure it would deserve much more otherwise as there are a good amount of duds.
Hole
1/5
Scott Walker
1/5
Same crap, different album.
Steely Dan
3/5
Traffic
4/5
American Music Club
2/5
1,001 albums that will make you want to die, entry #512.
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Feels like November in a handcrafts boutique.
Gang Starr
3/5
Santana
3/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
2/5
Okay, but not great.
Ozomatli
3/5
Red Snapper
3/5
Better than expected.
Jacques Brel
3/5
At this point in the list (700-something) I welcome any and all variety that occasionally comes along. This seemed like it would be a nice listen, but is too randomly obnoxious to really enjoy.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Koffi Olomide
3/5
Nice, but what makes it special?
Def Leppard
4/5
Pretenders
2/5
I know, I know. Just never been my groove.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Yes
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Haircut 100
3/5
Korn
2/5
Takes me back to darker times. It was good then, but listening to it now makes me feel like I need a shower.
Tim Buckley
3/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
My Review, Parts I & II: Good Stuff
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
Not a good public image.
Mariah Carey
3/5
A former guilty pleasure of mine. Not as good as Daydream. Even in the '90s I disliked Puff Daddy and his mumbles and grunts add nothing to Honey.
Rocket From The Crypt
2/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
U2
2/5
Some good stuff at first, but peters out into the bland, average U2 fodder.
The Cult
3/5
Grizzly Bear
3/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4/5
Jamiroquai
3/5
Unexpected pre-virtual Jamirquai
3.5
Garbage
2/5
Adam & The Ants
2/5
Madonna
3/5
I always think of Ray of Light from this album, but there were two other singles that I hadn't even thought of since the '90s.
Elliott Smith
5/5
Coldplay
4/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Slipknot
1/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
Soft Machine
3/5
CHIC
3/5
What they do, they do well. But without being danced to, it's very repetitive.
Spiritualized
3/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
Bill Callahan
3/5
The Specials
3/5
SZA
2/5
Arcade Fire
5/5
Skunk Anansie
2/5
Got better around the middle.
The Dandy Warhols
2/5
1/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Obnoxious.
Throwing Muses
2/5
The Pharcyde
2/5
Ray Price
3/5
Played this while driving over a snowy mountain pass late on a Friday night and the little intro at the beginning helped put me in the mood. It was perfect. But I usually hate intros like that because nobody really wants to hear that every time they play it. It would be more fitting for the radio, but then there's no way I would've been able to hear it.
Deee-Lite
4/5
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
Well....not the worst Brit shit on here.
The Doors
4/5
Machito
4/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
Richard Hawley
2/5
Nightmares On Wax
2/5
Tina Turner
3/5
Metallica
4/5
Q-Tip
2/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Bad Company
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Strong mid-90s coffee house vibes.
The Slits
2/5
Always liked the Grapevine cover, but the rest of the album isn't much.
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Big Black
1/5
John Prine
3/5
Yes
5/5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
The Only Ones
2/5
Songs with such varying topics (like City of Fun, The Beast, Language Problems) shouldn't sound exactly the same.
The Beta Band
5/5
3/5
Kid Rock
1/5
1001 albums to hear before you die, including 850 albums to make you question the credibility of whoever made this list.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
The Smiths
2/5
Method Man
1/5
UB40
3/5
Massive Attack
4/5
The xx
3/5
Carole King
4/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Dagmar Krause
1/5
Aaack
Throbbing Gristle
3/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Hot Chip
3/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
Blue Cheer
5/5
The Cure
1/5
Not their best.
Talk Talk
3/5
The Clash
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
King Crimson
3/5
Joanna Newsom
3/5
Cornershop
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Judas Priest
2/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Okay but, a compilation?
Fiona Apple
3/5
I hope this isn't someone's introduction to Fiona Apple. Wasn't it a covid album?
Also, Fiona is great but I still think this is too new for the list.
The Teardrop Explodes
1/5
Ice Cube
2/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Germs
1/5
Saint Etienne
3/5
The Darkness
3/5
Beatles
5/5
I really do think it deserves a 5. From the more popular songs to Wild Honey Pie and Revolution #9. It was groundbreaking for its time and today provides insight into the band's experimentation and creative processes.
The Byrds
4/5
New York Dolls
3/5
James Taylor
3/5
Peter Tosh
2/5
Lenny Kravitz
2/5
Yes. Everyone must witness the beginnings of this mediocre musician before they die.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Blur
3/5
Lucinda Williams
2/5
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Marilyn Manson
1/5
Dr. Octagon
1/5
Sonically good but too crass to be classy.
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Eurythmics
2/5
Unexpectedly bland aside from the popular stuff.
Kate Bush
3/5
Often sings in a similar manner to a kid making up songs from the text in a cereal box.
John Lennon
4/5
Small Faces
4/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
The Who
4/5
LL Cool J
2/5
Way cheesier than I remember it.
Fairport Convention
3/5
Fever Ray
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
The Who
4/5
Buzzcocks
2/5
2.5
Anthrax
2/5
Meh. The voice ruins it for me.
Depeche Mode
3/5
Ash
4/5
I wonder if these guys have ever heard of Weezer...
PJ Harvey
2/5
The War On Drugs
3/5
George Harrison
5/5
Oasis
3/5
Cyndi Lauper
2/5
A few hits (one of which was a cover anyway), but not enough to redeem the album as a whole.
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Seems like it couldn't been developed a bit further. Tighten up the meandering monologue on some tracks and add some more songs.
Miriam Makeba
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Jimmy Smith
4/5
MC Solaar
4/5
The Blue Nile
2/5
Liked the last song best and somehow it's the least played on Spotify
Sufjan Stevens
5/5
Basement Jaxx
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
2/5
Felt like two bands, mostly the boring one. The opening track sounded like it should be at the end of the album, or at least the end of a side.
Silver Jews
2/5
Magazine
3/5
Burning Spear
3/5
The Specials
2/5
Heaven 17
2/5
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
Pentangle
3/5
Neneh Cherry
2/5
The Vines
3/5
Jack White
3/5
Fugees
2/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
Rahul Dev Burman
2/5
The Bees
4/5
Aphex Twin
3/5
Iron Butterfly
4/5
2Pac
1/5
Jeru The Damaja
1/5
The Adverts
2/5
Screaming Trees
2/5
Queen
5/5
D'Angelo
2/5
Sigur Rós
4/5
Feel like it might deserve a 5 but I'm just not culturally mature enough to fully appreciate it.
The Lemonheads
3/5
Metallica
4/5
Steely Dan
4/5
The Cars
4/5
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Julian Cope
1/5
Traffic
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
Genesis
3/5
"In the beginning... " these guys were NEERRRDSS.
Willie Nelson
3/5
Nice music, but what's going on with this "album"? Several short songs, many versions of the same songs, some hidden under different titles. What was the thought process here?
Brian Eno
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Never really liked her vibe, but I can't say this isn't good music.
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Could've left some stuff out.
The Temptations
3/5
Can't exactly sing along with all the songs - particularly Run Charlie Run.
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Too much filler.
Beth Orton
3/5
Erykah Badu
2/5
The Hives
4/5
Le Tigre
3/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
10cc
2/5
Surely this isn't their finest work.
Black Sabbath
4/5
Can
4/5
Yeah, that last half...
Morrissey
1/5
Duke Ellington
4/5
Björk
3/5
The Associates
1/5
Wow, this was terrible.
Gillian Welch
2/5
The Zutons
3/5
Beck
5/5
Daft Punk
4/5
Louis Prima
3/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Hole
2/5
Better than expected, but aside from a solid opening to the album and a few songs that made me nostalgic, there's not much here.
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
Somebody's bargain bin find that they justify as a hidden gem just because it's slightly better than most bargain bin finds.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Very good, just didn't resonate on this listen.
The Divine Comedy
1/5
The Whores of Yawnsville
Dolly Parton
3/5
Not my thing, but can't say they aren't talented.
Maxwell
2/5
Unimpressive.
Simply Red
2/5
Peter Frampton
4/5
Missy Elliott
1/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Turbonegro
2/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
New Order
3/5
Buck Owens
4/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
The The
3/5
David Crosby
3/5
Why do I always mix up David Crosby and Gallagher?
Bob Dylan
4/5
Took me too long to finally come across the line referenced by Hootie and the Blowfish.
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
I expected more. Their unique sound gets old fast.
The Soft Boys
2/5
fIREHOSE
2/5
Aerosmith
2/5
A few nostalgic hits, but not good nostalgia.
The Jam
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
Big Star
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
good for sleepy time
Dr. John
2/5
The Shamen
2/5
Laura Nyro
2/5
Exasperating.
Slade
2/5
Beach House
3/5
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Not sure what is meant to stand out about this but it's a nice change of pace from the rest of the list.
The Monkees
3/5
Soft Cell
2/5
The only worthwhile songs are covers. Go figure.
Bert Jansch
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Sparks
2/5
Ms. Dynamite
2/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
The Cure
2/5
Fairport Convention
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
M.I.A.
4/5
Orbital
2/5
Okay at first but tracks with any kind of spoken word get extremely repetitive and overlong without much variation to keep it interesting.
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
I appreciate what Frank Zappa achieved, but I admit I skipped ahead in some of the later songs because it's not 1966 anymore.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
B.B. King
4/5
U2
2/5
I feel less alive.
Stereo MC's
4/5
5/5
Kanye West
1/5
No please.
Alice Cooper
2/5
Okay, but not outstanding.
Sepultura
1/5
I can see why the two more popular songs are liked, but generally this was gross and depressing.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Not horrible but I can never decide if they're being serious or not. Better in small amounts.
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
Another pointless addition to the list.
Doves
4/5
A nice surprise for once.
Eric Clapton
4/5
Primal Scream
3/5
Pavement
4/5
The Avalanches
5/5
Laibach
2/5
Title track opens like a Universal film.
Vocals sound like a 60-year-old Strong Bad.
Nick Drake
5/5
Boards of Canada
4/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
So-so.
Foo Fighters
5/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
Suede
1/5
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Rod Stewart
2/5
Tortoise
4/5
Morrissey
1/5
Love
4/5
Beck
5/5
Scissor Sisters
2/5
David Bowie
4/5
5/5
Coldcut
3/5
This cassette was one of the best things about my oldest brother when I was a kid. We didn't get along well a lot of the time, we didn't even spend much time together since he was so much older than me. But we had this album that we could bond over, even though I usually just sat in amazement while my 8-year-old brain was processing it.
Listening now I realize he only really played 2 of the songs. The rest are just so-so.
Rush
4/5
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Living Colour
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Too soon
Leonard Cohen
2/5
I wanted to like this, but it left me sad and confused. It was a bad day though.
Björk
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Blondie
3/5
Better than expected but I still HATE One Way Or Another.
Liz Phair
1/5
Prince
2/5
The Cure
2/5
Yes there are some good songs, but the album could've been better.
Lou Reed
2/5
Bobby Womack
3/5
Better than expected.
And how about that line ...
"let's go to Mars where children play and live on candy bars"
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Linkin Park
3/5
Played this one a lot back in the day. Even night the next album on the release date. But I think the reason I ended up getting rid of both albums and not loving them more is Chester's voice. It's too screechy or something. I'm sure he's the reason most fans liked their music or whatever but it's not for me.
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
Sleepworking....
Nirvana
3/5
Good songs but makes me sad.
Baaba Maal
2/5
Joan Armatrading
5/5
What the heck. I'm two albums away from finishing this list and this album was better than most of the crap I had to slog through.
Jane's Addiction
2/5
Nothing shocking. But as they say, nothing is.
Aimee Mann
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
King Crimson
4/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
Ruined by Rod.
Sonic Youth
2/5
Who knew sounding so different could get so boring.
Isaac Hayes
3/5
I don't remember the movie, but this soundtrack seems too mellow for it.
3/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Portishead
3/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Sounds like somebody had unlimited studio time.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
The Black Keys
5/5
Hawkwind
1/5
Well that was lame.
Everything But The Girl
3/5
Not bad, but boy did it make me sleepy.
Talking Heads
4/5
Beck
5/5
William Orbit
2/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
3/5
Music's good, but lyrics are lazy.
There's several times you can tell he gets stuck and just repeats himself.
Britney Spears
3/5
What is this doing on the list? I mean, yes, I was secretly in love with her back then (anyone else remember the Future Husbands of Britney Spears website?), but this album is pretty corny. Especially 25 years later. Even more so with the tracks they've added to the "digital deluxe edition" that this site links to.
I'm torn. I still have a soft spot for this album, for my own personal nostalgia, but it does not belong on this list.
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
The Temptations
3/5
Pretty sure they've had better albums.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Thanks for the headache.
Supergrass
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Deerhunter
2/5
Got all excited for Deerhoof, then remembered I always get these guys confused.
Pantera
2/5
Robbie Williams
2/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
5/5
ABBA
4/5
Green Day
4/5
I remember when musicians had fun.
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Good, but what makes someone think "wow, what a great sample, this needs to be repeated 358 times"?
The Smashing Pumpkins
2/5
Stereolab
3/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Absolute 5
Neil Young
3/5
CHVRCHES
2/5
Sepultura
1/5
Os Mutantes
5/5
Somehow I was introduced to them by Belle & Sebastian and not Kurt Cobain.
k.d. lang
2/5
Roni Size
2/5
Gram Parsons
2/5
One of those albums the great and powerful listmaker probably didn't listen to all the way through.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2/5
Shhhh
Steely Dan
4/5
Happy Mondays
1/5
N.E.R.D
2/5
Awkward writing, but I think that's what they were going for?
David Bowie
4/5
Slint
2/5
The one song I recognized and slightly enjoyed didn't require any more talent than the rest of the lame album.
Spiritualized
3/5
Sugar
2/5
Doesn't matter how big the word SUGAR is on the cover, this was not very sweet.
Napalm Death
2/5
More hilarious than anything.
The Waterboys
2/5
The Kinks
5/5
T. Rex
1/5
1/5
Are you kidding?! Everyone back in the day knew this was their worst album. I remember they tried to hype it up like it was their Sgt. Pepper. Rollin' was so weak. Take A Look Around was the best track and that's only because of the Mission: Impossible riff.
The La's
3/5
Massive Attack
4/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
Deja Vu is right. I swear I've already rated this album.
New Order
2/5
Talking Heads
5/5
Merle Haggard
3/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
k.d. lang
2/5
Megadeth
3/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Eminem
1/5
Apart from nostalgia surrounding friends who listened to this in high school, I get nothing out of this but depressing thoughts.
Faith No More
2/5
Whiny butt wipes. Hahaha
Iggy Pop
4/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
5/5
Overall this band really is underrated.
Travis
3/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
5/5
Al Green
4/5
Cheap Trick
4/5
The big hit from this album is one of those overplayed songs that really started to grate on me growing up. So I was turned off to Cheap Trick for a long time. Never listened to this, but for the most part it's good and that one song is a little more enjoyable in this context. Still don't see myself getting into Cheap Trick at any point.
Belle & Sebastian
5/5
Kraftwerk
5/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Simple Minds
2/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
2/5
Underworld
3/5
The Kinks
5/5
Ride
2/5
Definitely goes nowhere.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Cocteau Twins
2/5