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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emperor Tomato Ketchup | 5 | 3.03 | +1.97 |
| Halcyon Digest | 5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
| Dare! | 5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
| Ambient 1/Music For Airports | 5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
| The Lexicon Of Love | 5 | 3.08 | +1.92 |
| Oxygène | 5 | 3.08 | +1.92 |
| Porcupine | 5 | 3.08 | +1.92 |
| Autobahn | 5 | 3.09 | +1.91 |
| Hunting High And Low | 5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
| Third | 5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reign In Blood | 1 | 2.96 | -1.96 |
| In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | 1 | 2.94 | -1.94 |
| Southern Rock Opera | 1 | 2.82 | -1.82 |
| My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | 2 | 3.42 | -1.42 |
| The Band | 2 | 3.37 | -1.37 |
| L'Eau Rouge | 1 | 2.32 | -1.32 |
| System Of A Down | 2 | 3.26 | -1.26 |
| Revolver | 3 | 4.25 | -1.25 |
| Tonight's The Night | 2 | 3.23 | -1.23 |
| Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman | 1 | 2.22 | -1.22 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| David Bowie | 7 | 4.57 | 4.1 |
| Radiohead | 5 | 4.6 | 4 |
| Black Sabbath | 5 | 4.6 | 4 |
| Johnny Cash | 4 | 4.75 | 4 |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4.75 | 4 |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Talking Heads | 5 | 4.4 | 3.88 |
| The Cure | 5 | 4.4 | 3.88 |
| Eagles | 4 | 4.5 | 3.86 |
| Nick Drake | 4 | 4.5 | 3.86 |
| Rush | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Otis Redding | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| LCD Soundsystem | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Aretha Franklin | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Michael Jackson | 5 | 4.2 | 3.75 |
| Frank Sinatra | 4 | 4.25 | 3.71 |
| The Clash | 4 | 4.25 | 3.71 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4 | 3.7 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| The Doors | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Depeche Mode | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 5 | 4 | 3.63 |
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Björk
3/5
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.
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1-Star Albums (5)
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The Zombies
5/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
B.B. King
5/5
The Kinks
4/5
Blur
4/5
Deerhunter
5/5
Marilyn Manson
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
TLC
3/5
John Grant
4/5
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Ash
4/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
Beatles
3/5
Common
4/5
Fugees
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Madness
4/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Joan Baez
3/5
Liked it well enough, but a little same-y. Would be 3.5 if I could
Pixies
3/5
The Who
4/5
Japan
4/5
Red Snapper
3/5
Richard Thompson
4/5
Talking Heads
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
Fishbone
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Judas Priest
4/5
Kanye West
4/5
The Avalanches
3/5
The Offspring
4/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Teenage Fanclub
4/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Genesis
3/5
Waylon Jennings
4/5
Supergrass
4/5
Amy Winehouse
5/5
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
John Martyn
4/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Roni Size
3/5
David Bowie
5/5
Chicago
3/5
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
The Pharcyde
4/5
Sigur Rós
3/5
Wire
4/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Ice Cube
3/5
Caetano Veloso
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Funkadelic
5/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
The Crusaders
4/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Barry Adamson
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
The Clash
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Heaven 17
4/5
Radiohead
5/5
Beatles
5/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Portishead
4/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Fatboy Slim
4/5
The Auteurs
3/5
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Minutemen
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Barry Adamson
3/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Black Flag
4/5
New Order
4/5
The La's
3/5
The Coral
3/5
Rush
5/5
Van Halen
4/5
Ghostface Killah
3/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
The Clash
5/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
The Prodigy
4/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Gang Starr
4/5
Aerosmith
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
“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.
James Brown
4/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
King Crimson
5/5
Carole King
4/5
Would be 4.5 if I could
Otis Redding
5/5
Travis
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
GZA
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Not my preferred style of dance music. Would be 3.5
Dr. John
4/5
Nirvana
4/5
The Temptations
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5/5
The Pogues
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Spiritualized
4/5
Metallica
4/5
Meat Loaf
3/5
3.5
2Pac
5/5
Morrissey
4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
5/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
The Fall
3/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Adele
5/5
5/5
a-ha
5/5
Janelle Monáe
5/5
MGMT
4/5
Ananda Shankar
4/5
Big Black
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Wilco
4/5
4.5!
T. Rex
4/5
really good, but not consistently amazing. super solid 4.5
Anthrax
3/5
Neil Young
4/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
Eagles
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Eagles
5/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
David Bowie
4/5
The Incredible String Band
3/5
Nas
4/5
Radiohead
5/5
Super Furry Animals
4/5
4.5!
Nick Drake
5/5
The Jam
4/5
The Band
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
The Streets
2/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Suzanne Vega
4/5
Queen Latifah
3/5
3.5!
Christina Aguilera
3/5
3.75, liked first half but then it kept going and going
Beastie Boys
5/5
The Teardrop Explodes
4/5
Silver Jews
3/5
2.75, good moments but not my taste
Little Richard
4/5
Spiritualized
4/5
William Orbit
3/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
4.5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Tortoise
4/5
4.5!
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are so good, rest good but as standout
The Human League
5/5
Soft Cell
4/5
Massive Attack
4/5
The Doors
5/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
3.75. Think I just don’t like this man that much. Lyricism good, but eh
Stereolab
5/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
4.5!
The Gun Club
4/5
The Mars Volta
4/5
4.5, reallly good. Wish I knew what he was saying xD
Can
4/5
4/5
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
De La Soul
4/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
The Cure
4/5
Need to listen a few more times to digest, but liked it!
Quicksilver Messenger Service
4/5
Pixies
3/5
3.5, liked a few songs but eh on the whole
Pink Floyd
5/5
Ute Lemper
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
4/5
Carpenters
4/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
4/5
AC/DC
4/5
Same-y but good!
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
New York Dolls
3/5
good early/proto-punk. but eh overall 3.5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Air
3/5
Motörhead
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
4.5, minus half a star bc the Amnesiac version of Morning Bell sucks so bad
Cypress Hill
3/5
Songhoy Blues
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
3.5. First heard 1979 while shwasted in the back seat of a convertible, which was amazing, but man, his voice is so grating
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Funkadelic
4/5
hell yea. 4.5
Dizzee Rascal
3/5
not my taste
Kraftwerk
5/5
Violent Femmes
4/5
4.5
The Residents
2/5
I’m about 80% sure this is music. No idea how to form an opinion on it. Did laugh at least lol
The Byrds
4/5
best byrds one so far
Talking Heads
5/5
when the belew solos hit,,,they hit so hard
so incredibly good, jumped with joy when this was revealed as my next album
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
Beyoncé
4/5
3.75!
Neneh Cherry
3/5
The Cars
4/5
4.25
Django Django
4/5
Randy Newman
4/5
Bad Company
4/5
The Black Keys
5/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
3.75
Tom Waits
3/5
abrasive vocals, but intriguing
Stan Getz
5/5
The Cure
4/5
Eric Clapton
4/5
Animal Collective
3/5
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.
Elliott Smith
4/5
OutKast
5/5
Baaba Maal
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
The Beta Band
3/5
3.5
Rod Stewart
4/5
4/5
4.5!
Alanis Morissette
4/5
4.5, plus half a star for “Ironic” being so amazing
Everything But The Girl
4/5
Strong start! Need to listen to a couple more times, 4.25
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Big improvement over Heartattack and Vine, but still not my cup of tea. 3.5, I guess?
Stereo MC's
3/5
The Adverts
4/5
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
yeag
The Last Shadow Puppets
4/5
Depeche Mode
5/5
The Stooges
3/5
The Zombies
4/5
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!
Billy Joel
4/5
Been meaning to listen to more Billy Joel, and what a great album to kick that off! Good songs, 4.5
2/5
ow
Eagles
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
The Stone Roses
4/5
Not my favorite, but wouldn’t mind listening to these songs again if they ever come up in the wild!
Nina Simone
4/5
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
The xx
3/5
you can tell that a ton of music producers heard this and went “ohhhhhh shit, we’ve gotta do this sound now”
Television
3/5
Really like what the band is doing. Vocals…not so much. 3.5
The Kinks
4/5
Pretenders
4/5
Almost all great songs! Did already know and like half of them lol
4.5
Jean-Michel Jarre
5/5
yeah!!!
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Nice enough songs, just not my speed. Prefer his earlier, punk-ier music, this gospel-y stuff is…eh.
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Good vibes! Would probably listen again
Arcade Fire
5/5
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)
Donovan
3/5
All these 60s psychedelia albums start to blend together at a point. Nothing remarkable here
The Notorious B.I.G.
3/5
Heard better since this was first generated from me.
Pink Floyd
5/5
The Smiths
4/5
The Jam
4/5
Liked ever more the second time! 4.5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Neat stuff happening musically, don’t care as much for her vocals unfortunately
Ray Charles
5/5
Living Colour
4/5
Alice Cooper
2/5
Sex Pistols
4/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Brian Eno
5/5
Harry Nilsson
5/5
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
Kings of Leon
3/5
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
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
The singles/known songs are good, but the rest is eh
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
Liz Phair
3/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
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.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Madonna
4/5
This is a vibe! Happy I finally listened
Steely Dan
4/5
2/5
Five albums heard of the seven (7) Bob Dylan’s included in this…liking him less and less
N.E.R.D
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Janis Joplin
4/5
Underworld
4/5
CHVRCHES
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Ramones
4/5
The Specials
2/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
Bert Jansch
3/5
Some good stuff in here, especially in the instrumentals, but eh on the whole.
3.3/5 to be very specific.
The Clash
5/5
The War On Drugs
5/5
Not quite as good as “A Deeper Understanding”, but still a mighty fine album. 4.5 (but rounding up :P)
George Jones
3/5
Gil Scott-Heron
4/5
Primal Scream
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
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.
Depeche Mode
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
There’s a few good songs on here but ehhhhh
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
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
Slipknot
2/5
Screamo isn’t for me, but the drums do go hard in a lot of these tracks, so there’s that at least.
Marianne Faithfull
4/5
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Eurythmics
4/5
4.5!
Aerosmith
3/5
N.W.A.
4/5
Ice Cube
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Def prefer “Daydream Nation”. Some standouts, but not very consistent
Portishead
5/5
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.
Neil Young
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Not sure what Buckingham is doing half the time, but McVie and Nicks are killing it
David Crosby
3/5
The Doors
4/5
3.5, but rounding up to 4 because of Riders On The Storm. Killer track
Rocket From The Crypt
2/5
…why is this generic pop-punk here
The Pharcyde
4/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Beatles
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
:D
Sarah Vaughan
5/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are so good they raise my rating a star, rest good but not nearly as standout.
Ryan Adams
2/5
Serviceable, but 70 minutes??? C’mon, we get the point after like a song and a half
Taylor Swift
4/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
fine enough. can’t really form an opinion ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Moby
3/5
works fine as background music i guess. nothing stands out, but nothing is bad either. so middle of the road it is
Suicide
2/5
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
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
:)
Count Basie & His Orchestra
5/5
Love me some big band, and Lil’ Darlin’ sealed the deal on this
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
Eh, nothing stands out here. 2.75 but rounding down bc ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
The Beau Brummels
3/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
4/5
Supertramp
4/5
Björk
4/5
Not my favorite of her albums, but def keeps growing on me with each listen.
The Byrds
3/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
3.5! Some neat instrumentation here, though they all do start to blend together
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
4.5! Great tracks here.
Neil Young
2/5
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.
Aerosmith
4/5
Frank Sinatra
5/5
Germs
2/5
Various Artists
4/5
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!
Khaled
3/5
U2
4/5
Van Morrison
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
5/5
shoegaze… save me..
shoegaze
save me
Blur
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
gotta admit…i do really like this big beat stuff
Drive-By Truckers
1/5
piss off, 2 discs??? couldn’t make it through a single song, let alone an /hour and a half/
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
3.5
Soundgarden
4/5
Alanis Morissette
4/5
4.5, plus half a star for “Ironic” being so amazing
Bad Company
4/5
Boston
5/5
One hell of a debut, those first five songs are just hit after hit. Good stuff
Hookworms
3/5
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.
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
3.5!
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Lucinda Williams
2/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Alice In Chains
3/5
Don’t like nearly as much as their contemporaries, some good moments tho.
The Prodigy
4/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
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.
Motörhead
3/5
Great energy. Don’t like quite as much on second listen, but still enjoyable. 3.5!
Solomon Burke
4/5
fIREHOSE
3/5
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
didn’t love it, didn’t hate it. right in the middle of the road
The Cure
5/5
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
Steely Dan
4/5
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
Serviceable. Can tell he’s putting on his best Cobian impression on half the songs
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
…what is this and why is it here
Joanna Newsom
3/5
Vocals aren't my cup of tea. Intriguing though
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Frank Zappa
3/5
Like the instrumental songs well enough, but eh
Dire Straits
4/5
Good jams
The Cure
5/5
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
Femi Kuti
4/5
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
Elton John
4/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
felt really long despite only being 35 minutes?? nothing of note here
4/5
Fascinating. Need to listen a few more times
Nas
4/5
Dizzee Rascal
2/5
Heaven 17
4/5
Supergrass
4/5
The Band
2/5
Vocals are grating, liked this much less than their debut
Minutemen
4/5
Def Leppard
4/5
The Prodigy
4/5
Jack White
3/5
Fine enough, would rather be listening to White Stripes
Pink Floyd
4/5
M.I.A.
3/5
Not my cup of tea, but “Paper Planes” rules. Pleasantly surprised by “Jimmy” and “20 Dollar”
Earth, Wind & Fire
5/5
Jethro Tull
4/5
Girls Against Boys
4/5
Vocals are a little monotone/samey…but I’m pretty into it musically
Adele
4/5
Roxy Music
4/5
3.5, but rounding up for influence
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Thundercat
4/5
So much fun. Def want to listen more times to pick faves. 4.5
Dolly Parton
4/5
The Incredible String Band
2/5
there’s WAY too much psychedelia on this list, and this is middling at best
Billy Bragg
4/5
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
Talking Heads
4/5
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
Leonard Cohen
4/5
The Young Gods
1/5
*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
Pantera
2/5
Not really for me, but I can tell how influential it is(was?) for 90s and 00s metal
Michael Jackson
4/5
Joe Ely
3/5
The Vines
3/5
Standard rock revival with bits of brit pop thrown in. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
5/5
<3
X-Ray Spex
4/5
Björk
3/5
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.
Miles Davis
5/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
A few good songs here, but his vocals on the middle tracks are…not great. 3.5
Mudhoney
3/5
3.5
The Fall
3/5
Talking Heads
5/5
I could loop this (and Fear of Music) indefinitely and never grow tired
band + Belew absolutely killing it
Buffalo Springfield
4/5
pleasantly surprised by this one. didn’t mind Young’s vocals as much for once.
“Expecting to Fly” is the standout for me
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
Didn’t hate it, but taking a star off because that electric jug is on every damn track for no good reason
Slint
3/5
Green Day
5/5
The Icarus Line
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5/5
they’re called Yeah Yeah Yeahs because when you listen to them you go “YEAH!!!”
The Cramps
3/5
Steve Winwood
4/5
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Janet Jackson
4/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
Nirvana
4/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
Fun? Yes. Good? Ehhhhhh
The Temptations
3/5
Simple Minds
4/5
D'Angelo
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
Interesting mix of 60s-ish psychedelia and…punk? I think? Neat, 3.5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
4/5
Eagles
5/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
3.5, like the first half more
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Beatles
4/5
a mixed bag and pretty damn long, but when it’s good, it’s really good. classic
Nick Drake
5/5
The Strokes
5/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Kate Bush
4/5
SAULT
2/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
4.5
The Pogues
4/5
Aimee Mann
3/5
Charles Mingus
3/5
Bit too avant-garde for my tastes, but I hear the talent. Prefer “Mingus Ah Um”
Echo And The Bunnymen
5/5
4.5, but rounding up :P
Korn
2/5
The Damned
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
4/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
Jurassic 5
3/5
Solid 7/10
Le Tigre
4/5
Turbonegro
2/5
2.5, fun but lacking substance
Linkin Park
4/5
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
Lou Reed
3/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
Arcade Fire
5/5
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
Laura Nyro
3/5
Orange Juice
4/5
Sigur Rós
4/5
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
Genesis
4/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Zzzzzzzzz
Nick Drake
4/5
Don’t love as much as Bryter, but still great. Need to listen a few more times…
The Who
5/5
Motörhead
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5/5
Karen O and co. can do no wrong o7
Duke Ellington
5/5
OutKast
4/5
Speakerboxxx is fine, but Love Below is great.
Balances out to a 4
Hole
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
k.d. lang
2/5
> 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
Rush
5/5
5/5 for the title track alone
Sonic Youth
2/5
Sebadoh
2/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Odd!
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Like the title track, but the rest…eh. Extra half star for title, 3.25
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Hawkwind
2/5
Devendra Banhart
2/5
Taking a star off for the vocals, blech
The White Stripes
3/5
Dr. Dre
3/5
The Who
4/5
Country Joe & The Fish
2/5
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
R.E.M.
3/5
Drones on a bit despite being 40mins. Important, sure, but eh
Tom Waits
2/5
Nick Drake
4/5
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!
The Beach Boys
4/5
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
Björk
4/5
The Smiths
3/5
3.5
Beck
3/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Paul Simon
3/5
3.5
Baaba Maal
3/5
Mekons
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
3.5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
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
Jacques Brel
4/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
I like “Antmusic” but the rest…not as much
The Doors
4/5
Arrested Development
3/5
The Libertines
3/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
It’s Black Sabbath 👍
4.5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Like the trip-hop type stuff here, rest is eh
Holger Czukay
2/5
Kanye West
2/5
Didn’t listen bc I can’t stand Kanye as a human
Beck
3/5
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
Tim Buckley
2/5
Massive Attack
4/5
Cream
3/5
“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
Peter Frampton
3/5
“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??
Carole King
4/5
Neil Young
3/5
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Beating a dead horse, but there’s no reason for this many Young albums, especially with how little variety there is between them
Stevie Wonder
4/5
4.5!
Iron Butterfly
1/5
Oh boy! Another psychedelia album with electric organ, fuzzy guitars, and a middling vocalist! How unique! Sure do love these extended jam sessions! :D
😐
Everything But The Girl
4/5
4.5!
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
The Avalanches
3/5
This is kinda like an aussie version of shibuya-kei.
Bit too long and repetitive, but nice enough vibes
Bonnie Raitt
2/5
🥱😴
Deep Purple
3/5
3.5! Good jams, but no Zeppelin or Sabbath
Stevie Wonder
4/5
4.5 :)
Silver Jews
2/5
Django Django
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Roxy Music
4/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
The Clash
4/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
3.5!
Sleater-Kinney
2/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
¯\_(ツ)_/¯, think i’d rather listen to sufjan if i want soft vocals and guitar
Raekwon
3/5
Kate Bush
4/5
Joan Armatrading
4/5
Basement Jaxx
2/5
The Verve
3/5
Bittersweet Symphony is an all timer, rest is fine enough. 3.5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Beatles
4/5
So nice having an actual capital A Album again after drudging through the past week of mid-90s miasma. 4.5!
The Magnetic Fields
3/5
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
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
3.5
Faith No More
2/5
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Barry Adamson
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
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
Calexico
3/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Much less focused than Loveless, harder to vibe with. Probably sounds better without youtube compression 🫠
Otis Redding
5/5
William Orbit
2/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Violent Femmes
5/5
Paul McCartney
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Bookends are fantastic, the rest mushes together. 3.5
Air
4/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Gang Of Four
4/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Blondie
5/5
Neneh Cherry
2/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4/5
Inconsistent, but when it’s good, it’s a real jam
Fugees
3/5
3.5
New York Dolls
3/5
Jane's Addiction
2/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Wilco
4/5
Elton John
4/5
Doves
3/5
3.5
The Police
4/5
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Dion
2/5
Beyoncé
3/5
The Go-Go's
5/5
Duran Duran
5/5
Beatles
4/5
Blur
4/5
The Slits
2/5
T. Rex
4/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Pearl Jam
3/5
Traffic
3/5
Maxwell
3/5
The Cure
4/5
Tears For Fears
5/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Dr. Octagon
2/5
De La Soul
4/5
Slipknot
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Extra star for Layla itself, rest is fine enough
Peter Gabriel
4/5
The Stooges
3/5
The Coral
2/5
Eh. 2.5
Radiohead
5/5
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
OutKast
3/5
The Birthday Party
2/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Os Mutantes
3/5
odd!
Hüsker Dü
2/5
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.
The Who
3/5
3/5
3.5, but might revisit
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
The Undertones
3/5
Fats Domino
4/5
Gotan Project
3/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
k.d. lang
2/5
Wire
3/5
3.5!
Tom Waits
3/5
System Of A Down
2/5
Not my genre of choice, but I did like “Spiders”and “Peephole”
3/5
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sounds like what it is, nothing more, nothing less
The United States Of America
2/5
The Roots
3/5
3.5, the second half is much more intriguing than the first.
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Cornershop
2/5
Beach House
5/5
The five song run at the beginning…transcendent. Long time comfort album, it just sounds sooooo good
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
overproduced mewling, same as the rest of his records
Sabu
3/5
The Offspring
3/5
3.5
Steve Earle
2/5
basic-ass country
1/5
panic attack inducing music. sure there’s talent somewhere in this but good lord…couldn’t make it past the first track
SZA
3/5
Need to get past the first few to get to the better stuff, like the singles!
Ray Price
3/5
3.5!
T. Rex
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
I don’t care enough to listen to YET another Costello album. Saved from a 1 by the closing track being decent
Sonic Youth
4/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Mike Oldfield
3/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Prince
3/5
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Moby Grape
2/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
4.5! Still docking half a star for “Morning Bell / Amnesiac”
The Stranglers
3/5
3.5
2/5
Randy Newman
4/5
Morrissey
4/5
Merle Haggard
3/5
The Beta Band
2/5
Forgettable. One of the band must be Dimery’s drinking buddy or something for there to be 2 of their albums in this…
Pulp
4/5
Everything But The Girl
3/5
Fine enough songs. Much prefer Walking Wounded
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Good playing, and hits are great, but it’s veeeeeery long. 2.5 but I’ll round it up…
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
Slayer
1/5
AC/DC
4/5
Sade
3/5