Listening statistics & highlights
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
|
5 | 3.03 | +1.97 |
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Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
|
5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
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Dare!
The Human League
|
5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
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Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
|
5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
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Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
|
5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
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Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
|
5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
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The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
|
5 | 3.08 | +1.92 |
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Autobahn
Kraftwerk
|
5 | 3.09 | +1.91 |
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Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen
|
5 | 3.09 | +1.91 |
|
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
|
5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Reign In Blood
Slayer
|
1 | 2.97 | -1.97 |
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
|
1 | 2.93 | -1.93 |
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Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
|
1 | 2.82 | -1.82 |
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G. Love And Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce
|
1 | 2.71 | -1.71 |
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
|
2 | 3.4 | -1.4 |
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The Band
The Band
|
2 | 3.34 | -1.34 |
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L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
|
1 | 2.33 | -1.33 |
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Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
|
1 | 2.31 | -1.31 |
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Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
|
1 | 2.3 | -1.3 |
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System Of A Down
System Of A Down
|
2 | 3.27 | -1.27 |
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Pink Floyd | 5 | 4.8 |
| Radiohead | 7 | 4.57 |
| David Bowie | 9 | 4.44 |
| Talking Heads | 6 | 4.5 |
| Johnny Cash | 5 | 4.6 |
| Black Sabbath | 5 | 4.6 |
| Kraftwerk | 4 | 4.75 |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 3 | 5 |
| The Cure | 5 | 4.4 |
| Nirvana | 4 | 4.5 |
| Eagles | 4 | 4.5 |
| Nick Drake | 4 | 4.5 |
| Funkadelic | 3 | 4.67 |
| Portishead | 3 | 4.67 |
| Fleetwood Mac | 3 | 4.67 |
| Deerhunter | 2 | 5 |
| Rush | 2 | 5 |
| King Crimson | 2 | 5 |
| Otis Redding | 2 | 5 |
| a-ha | 2 | 5 |
| LCD Soundsystem | 2 | 5 |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 5 |
| Aretha Franklin | 2 | 5 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 6 | 4.17 |
| Michael Jackson | 5 | 4.2 |
| Frank Sinatra | 5 | 4.2 |
| The Clash | 4 | 4.25 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4 |
| The Flaming Lips | 3 | 4.33 |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Doors | 3 | 4.33 |
| Depeche Mode | 3 | 4.33 |
| U2 | 3 | 4.33 |
| Echo And The Bunnymen | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Who | 5 | 4 |
Fine enough I guess. But unless there are four (4??) Björk albums in this list, this should’ve been “Post” instead. It’s significantly more important to her sound imo, and is just a better album/listening experience. Listen to “Post”, please.
good moments but inconsistent
Liked it well enough, but a little same-y. Would be 3.5 if I could
“The sound of someone you love who’s going away and it doesn’t matter” caught my ear the most here, spaced and reflected a little during it. Otherwise, kinda a mish-mash.
Would be 4.5 if I could
Not my preferred style of dance music. Would be 3.5
3.5
4.5!
really good, but not consistently amazing. super solid 4.5
4.5!
3.5!
3.75, liked first half but then it kept going and going
2.75, good moments but not my taste
4.5
4.5!
Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are so good, rest good but as standout
3.75. Think I just don’t like this man that much. Lyricism good, but eh
4.5!
4.5, reallly good. Wish I knew what he was saying xD
Need to listen a few more times to digest, but liked it!
3.5, liked a few songs but eh on the whole
Same-y but good!
good early/proto-punk. but eh overall 3.5
4.5, minus half a star bc the Amnesiac version of Morning Bell sucks so bad
3.5. First heard 1979 while shwasted in the back seat of a convertible, which was amazing, but man, his voice is so grating
hell yea. 4.5
not my taste
4.5
I’m about 80% sure this is music. No idea how to form an opinion on it. Did laugh at least lol
best byrds one so far
when the belew solos hit,,,they hit so hard so incredibly good, jumped with joy when this was revealed as my next album
3.75!
4.25
3.75
abrasive vocals, but intriguing
Not bad per se, just way too wall of noise/over production for my taste. Have no idea why this has so many accolades, especially considering how much else came out in 2009.
3.5
4.5!
4.5, plus half a star for “Ironic” being so amazing
Strong start! Need to listen to a couple more times, 4.25
Big improvement over Heartattack and Vine, but still not my cup of tea. 3.5, I guess?
yeag
This was the first album generated for me! Gave it a five back…two and a half years ago? Have heard a ton more since then, and adjusted expectations to match, so it’s a four now. Still really good!
Been meaning to listen to more Billy Joel, and what a great album to kick that off! Good songs, 4.5
ow
Not my favorite, but wouldn’t mind listening to these songs again if they ever come up in the wild!
you can tell that a ton of music producers heard this and went “ohhhhhh shit, we’ve gotta do this sound now”
Really like what the band is doing. Vocals…not so much. 3.5
Almost all great songs! Did already know and like half of them lol 4.5
yeah!!!
Nice enough songs, just not my speed. Prefer his earlier, punk-ier music, this gospel-y stuff is…eh.
Good vibes! Would probably listen again
lol, i just listened to this as a palette cleanser after Boatman’s Call. needless to say, i love it (or 95% of it, don’t care as much for My Body Is A Cage)
All these 60s psychedelia albums start to blend together at a point. Nothing remarkable here
Heard better since this was first generated from me.
Liked ever more the second time! 4.5
Neat stuff happening musically, don’t care as much for her vocals unfortunately
Man, this has so many amazing tracks. Also The Moonbeam Song is there I guess… Also also, the whiplash of going from Without You to Coconut is so funny every time
Band is rockin’, but the vocalist…know he can do better bc it comes out sometimes, but most of the time it’s pretty grating
The singles/known songs are good, but the rest is eh
This is pretty much the missing link between two of my favorite albums, Low and “Heroes”, but is not nearly as good. Iggy starts to grate after a while, especially on Turn Blue (🥴), but there’s a few good tracks here.
This is a vibe! Happy I finally listened
Five albums heard of the seven (7) Bob Dylan’s included in this…liking him less and less
Some good stuff in here, especially in the instrumentals, but eh on the whole. 3.3/5 to be very specific.
Not quite as good as “A Deeper Understanding”, but still a mighty fine album. 4.5 (but rounding up :P)
Even as a big Bowie fan, this one’s a mixed bag. Bookended with some amazing tracks, but nothing else stands out. Happy it paved the way for Station to Station, though.
There’s a few good songs on here but ehhhhh
Abattoir: 4/5, actually quite liked this! Band rocking on, vocals sounded more fresh/energized than that last album. Orpheus: 2.5/5, I just don’t care much for his ballad-ing. Supernaturally is the standout/high point
Screamo isn’t for me, but the drums do go hard in a lot of these tracks, so there’s that at least.
4.5!
Def prefer “Daydream Nation”. Some standouts, but not very consistent
Not quite as perfect as “Dummy”, but re-listening this time there’s so many tracks I love that I hadn’t really noticed before! So good, so good.
Not sure what Buckingham is doing half the time, but McVie and Nicks are killing it
3.5, but rounding up to 4 because of Riders On The Storm. Killer track
…why is this generic pop-punk here
:D
Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are so good they raise my rating a star, rest good but not nearly as standout.
Serviceable, but 70 minutes??? C’mon, we get the point after like a song and a half
fine enough. can’t really form an opinion ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
works fine as background music i guess. nothing stands out, but nothing is bad either. so middle of the road it is
Don’t think I’ll ever go out of my way or want to listen to this again, but man does it create a very specific energy. Odd and off putting, but so unique and ahead of its time. Happy to have heard but don’t want to touch again, 2.5
:)
Love me some big band, and Lil’ Darlin’ sealed the deal on this
Eh, nothing stands out here. 2.75 but rounding down bc ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Not my favorite of her albums, but def keeps growing on me with each listen.
3.5! Some neat instrumentation here, though they all do start to blend together
4.5! Great tracks here.
Band’s doing some good stuff, I just can’t get past Young’s vocals 90% of the time. Sure there might be some timely reason for it to sound the way it does but ugh. Grating.
Minus a star for the Phil Spector of it, but there’s some true classic cuts here. Great coincidence to get this on christmas day itself!
shoegaze… save me.. shoegaze save me
gotta admit…i do really like this big beat stuff
piss off, 2 discs??? couldn’t make it through a single song, let alone an /hour and a half/
3.5
4.5, plus half a star for “Ironic” being so amazing
One hell of a debut, those first five songs are just hit after hit. Good stuff
Good enough songs, especially in the first half, just not sure why it’s here given everything else that came out in 2018… Will be upset if like “Be The Cowboy”, TBHC, “Little Dark Age”, or “Sex & Food” aren’t here but this is.
3.5!
Don’t like nearly as much as their contemporaries, some good moments tho.
Leonard Cohen is like is Bob Dylan was actually good. “So Long, Marianne” is one of my all time favorite songs, but there’s some other good stuff here.
Great energy. Don’t like quite as much on second listen, but still enjoyable. 3.5!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ didn’t love it, didn’t hate it. right in the middle of the road
An almost perfect album, save for “Lullaby” which I’ve just never enjoyed no matter how many listens. This was my most played album of the last like 4 months (with “Prayers for Rain” my most played of the year lol), and will continue to be in heavy rotation for the foreseeable future. The mood, instrumentation, lyrics…ough
Serviceable. Can tell he’s putting on his best Cobian impression on half the songs
…what is this and why is it here
Vocals aren't my cup of tea. Intriguing though
Like the instrumental songs well enough, but eh
Good jams
Review from my first listen last year: “Need to listen a few more times to digest, but liked it!” I’ve since listened to it front to back like 15 times, and played “One Hundred Years” and “The Figurehead” even more. So…yeah, great album, better with every listen. Not my favorite of theirs but still top tier
Haven’t heard much afrobeat, but this has some jams. Didn’t even realize how long some of the songs were, they flowed so well
felt really long despite only being 35 minutes?? nothing of note here
Fascinating. Need to listen a few more times
Vocals are grating, liked this much less than their debut
Fine enough, would rather be listening to White Stripes
Not my cup of tea, but “Paper Planes” rules. Pleasantly surprised by “Jimmy” and “20 Dollar”
Vocals are a little monotone/samey…but I’m pretty into it musically
3.5, but rounding up for influence
So much fun. Def want to listen more times to pick faves. 4.5
there’s WAY too much psychedelia on this list, and this is middling at best
Won’t go out of my way to listen again, but this was a pleasant surprise! Liked the Wilco tracks more than Bragg’s, but pretty good overall
Not my favorite of theirs, but a really solid debut. Can see inklings of where they’ll be going with the later albums. 4.5
*some* of the music here is interesting, but man, those vocals are shit. couldn’t make it through more than a minute of each song, usually only like 10 seconds lol
Not really for me, but I can tell how influential it is(was?) for 90s and 00s metal
Standard rock revival with bits of brit pop thrown in. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
<3
Fine enough I guess. But unless there are four (4??) Björk albums in this list, this should’ve been “Post” instead. It’s significantly more important to her sound imo, and is just a better album/listening experience. Listen to “Post”, please.
A few good songs here, but his vocals on the middle tracks are…not great. 3.5
3.5
I could loop this (and Fear of Music) indefinitely and never grow tired band + Belew absolutely killing it
pleasantly surprised by this one. didn’t mind Young’s vocals as much for once. “Expecting to Fly” is the standout for me
Didn’t hate it, but taking a star off because that electric jug is on every damn track for no good reason
they’re called Yeah Yeah Yeahs because when you listen to them you go “YEAH!!!”
Fun? Yes. Good? Ehhhhhh
Interesting mix of 60s-ish psychedelia and…punk? I think? Neat, 3.5
3.5, like the first half more
a mixed bag and pretty damn long, but when it’s good, it’s really good. classic
4.5
Bit too avant-garde for my tastes, but I hear the talent. Prefer “Mingus Ah Um”
4.5, but rounding up :P
Solid 7/10
2.5, fun but lacking substance
Objectively, I shouldn’t like this. Nu-metal is SO of its time, and this is way overproduced. Early 2000s rock was in a really rough place, and it still hasn’t really recovered, in part due to how popular this and other bands were. However…Crawling, In The End, Papercut, One Step Closer, all bangers. This rules
This album is very important to me, so it’s impossible to rate below a 5. I do have critiques (it’s over-long, and slow at times) but the feelings it makes…all timer
I don’t think I’ll ever really be a fan of post-rock, but this and Talk Talk’s “Spirit of Eden” have taught me to seriously respect the genre. There is clear talent and attention to detail focused in on creating a…texture? vibe? Fascinating stuff
Zzzzzzzzz
Don’t love as much as Bryter, but still great. Need to listen a few more times…
Karen O and co. can do no wrong o7
Speakerboxxx is fine, but Love Below is great. Balances out to a 4
> looking for a new singer/songwriter > ask if vocals are haunting or breathy > they don’t understand > pull out illustrated diagram explaining what is haunting and what is breathy > they laugh and say “it’s a good album sir” > listen > it’s breathy
5/5 for the title track alone
Odd!
Like the title track, but the rest…eh. Extra half star for title, 3.25
Taking a star off for the vocals, blech
Oh hey, I remember these guys as the boring interlude between The Who and Otis Redding in “Monterey Pop”. These too much psychedelic crap on this list
Drones on a bit despite being 40mins. Important, sure, but eh
Think I still prefer “Bryter”, but I’ve also listened to it…many more times than this. Expect to appreciate more and more with each listen!
I’ve listened to Pet Sounds quite a few times over the past…10 years or so? Keep trying to find what other people find special/masterpiece-worthy about it, and coming up short. A few classics, an influence, sure, but alone? It’s fine. 3.75
3.5
3.5
3.5
Don’t know if I’m just in a certain mood, but this was just wonderful to listen to. Sparse at times, but calming and comforting. 4.5
I like “Antmusic” but the rest…not as much
It’s Black Sabbath 👍 4.5
Like the trip-hop type stuff here, rest is eh
Didn’t listen bc I can’t stand Kanye as a human
Beck is a middle of the road artist for me. Some good stuff at times, a lot of meh. Think I’ll just rate his stuff 3s from here out, can’t be bothered
“Sunshine of Your Love” is an all-time classic. Rest is fine enough, I just don’t want to hear any more psychedelia. Too much, too much
“Station to Station”, “2112”, “Ramones”, “Fly Like an Eagle”, “Boston”, “Songs in the Key of Life”, “Arrival”, AND “Hotel California”, but this was the best seller of 1976??
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Beating a dead horse, but there’s no reason for this many Young albums, especially with how little variety there is between them
4.5!
Oh boy! Another psychedelia album with electric organ, fuzzy guitars, and a middling vocalist! How unique! Sure do love these extended jam sessions! :D 😐
4.5!
This is kinda like an aussie version of shibuya-kei. Bit too long and repetitive, but nice enough vibes
🥱😴
3.5! Good jams, but no Zeppelin or Sabbath
4.5 :)
3.5!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯, think i’d rather listen to sufjan if i want soft vocals and guitar
Bittersweet Symphony is an all timer, rest is fine enough. 3.5
So nice having an actual capital A Album again after drudging through the past week of mid-90s miasma. 4.5!
3 hours is…a lot. Listened to the first 23 and got the picture well enough. Liked some stuff, didn’t like others, middle of the road it is
3.5
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Wild to me that this is from ‘87. Sounds squarely like a 90s grunge/noise effort. Extra points for that, despite the vocals being a bit grating
Much less focused than Loveless, harder to vibe with. Probably sounds better without youtube compression 🫠
Bookends are fantastic, the rest mushes together. 3.5
Inconsistent, but when it’s good, it’s a real jam
3.5
3.5
Extra star for Layla itself, rest is fine enough
Eh. 2.5
This is one of the few albums where I have ~every~ song liked. Def in my top 5 fave albums, and will probably continue to stay there for a long time
odd!
Had a moment of hope at the beginning of “Ice Cold Ice” where I though they might have an ever so slightly different version of the same song, but it was torn away from me at the 40 second mark.
3.5, but might revisit
3.5!
Not my genre of choice, but I did like “Spiders”and “Peephole”
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sounds like what it is, nothing more, nothing less
3.5, the second half is much more intriguing than the first.
The five song run at the beginning…transcendent. Long time comfort album, it just sounds sooooo good
overproduced mewling, same as the rest of his records
3.5
basic-ass country
panic attack inducing music. sure there’s talent somewhere in this but good lord…couldn’t make it past the first track
Need to get past the first few to get to the better stuff, like the singles!
3.5!
I don’t care enough to listen to YET another Costello album. Saved from a 1 by the closing track being decent
4.5! Still docking half a star for “Morning Bell / Amnesiac”
3.5
Forgettable. One of the band must be Dimery’s drinking buddy or something for there to be 2 of their albums in this…
Fine enough songs. Much prefer Walking Wounded
Good playing, and hits are great, but it’s veeeeeery long. 2.5 but I’ll round it up…
Expected something more…interesting? weird? But it’s just nothing music, background in a trendy bar, michelin star, etc
3.5
Always know I’m in for a time™ when an album is described as a bands “most approachable” or “straightforward”
it’s a vibe!
3.5
Folk music has been chasing the high of “The Boxer” for 50 years…
3.5
3.5, got bored
3.5
Don’t care as much for the vocal songs, instrumentals were great tho!
Adding a star because it makes fun of psychedelia. This sucks though
Muse is like popcorn, blockbuster rock; nothing groundbreaking, but damn they are just so fun to listen to
3.5, Stipe’s voice gets annoying after a while
kinda sound like a worse version of the black keys
Impossible to be objective, this was a *formative* album for me. Will say, though, “High Speed” is their most “Ok Computer Reject” track by far lol
This was/is THE album. The most important album in my music listening journey. 14 years ago, it took a massive sledgehammer to my wall (hah) of expectations and understanding of what music could do, and introduced me to a whole wide world of incredible music. 5/5, 10/5, 100/5, nothing compares to “The Wall”
Prefer this over “Goo”, which I gave 3 stars, so guess this gets a 3 as well! Let’s say 3.25 to be generous
I always skip Moonchild when I re-listen, but decided to stick with it this time…bad choice; all the noodling “let’s just make improvised sounds for minutes on end” suuuuuucks. Other 4 songs are all timers though, so 5 it is
3.75!
Odd!
all this late 60s crap sounds identical to me
😴
Smoke on the Water is a classic, but they’re not nearly as interesting as their peers
cusp of 4, just a little too inconsistent
This Is Hell indeed, Elvis
Music is interesting, but these vocals…
good moments but inconsistent
fascinating mix of micro-songs
if this list wasn’t overflowing with crap from the late 60s i might’ve enjoyed this more, but i’m so so so tired of anything and everything that sounds like this
😴
Originally gave a 4, but have heard better MBP since then. 3.5!
piss off
Don’t care much for grime, but my main takeaway is that I am disagreeing with the Mercury Prize panel on just about every award they’ve given. Bleh
This is…fine? I guess? It’s music, but did I *have* to listen to it? No.
i think they were onto something…by not releasing this stateside for 30 years
the vocals take me out of it way too much
after a week of mid to crap albums, this is a massive breath of fresh air
fine, but taking a star off for that cover, blech
3.5
Sounds like a less interesting Sonic Youth :/
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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