You could have told me this was written in 2020 and I would have believed it. Very modern feel with the guitar and orchestrations. Fantastic!

Traffic is a perfect blend of piano, organ and R&B sound. This is a real defining album for future sounds.

So far this has been the most unexpectedly amazing album on the list. How have I not heard about this album? Loved it.

Fantastic soft rock album

Way better than I remember.

Great album, marking a big step forward for REM. Contains the landmark song End of the World which helped to combine rap and pop music.

You can hear the first notes of new wave and synth-punk in this album. Great stuff.

You could have told me this was written in 2020 and I would have believed it. Very modern feel with the guitar and orchestrations. Fantastic!

The roots of Chicago blues. Muddy Waters has a great classic sound with both his guitar and his vocals. He laid the foundation for years to come.

Not really my cup of tea.

Classic Bruce

An absolute classic

The birth of double bass drum

I had heard many of these songs before but I had not listened to the album from start to finish. What an absolute classic.

A band and album i had never heard of. I was pleasantly surprised with the folksy rock.

Great roots of grunge

Pleasantly surprised

Pretty good

One of the most underrated band of the 60s. This album and Cosmos Factory are two of the most influential albums in American music.

A couple of good dance songs, overall average

Super impressed

The roots of punk!

Good world music but not my particular taste

I think this is favorite album of the 90s

Top 10 albums of the 90s

So far this has been the most unexpectedly amazing album on the list. How have I not heard about this album? Loved it.

Sounds like typical white guy 70s music.

Kinda loud

Interesting mix of metal and classical music.

Better than I was expecting but still all I could think about was the Exorcist.

Interesting Spanish language music.

Pretty good follow-up to Rumors

I had never heard this one but really like this album. It is like a mix of Wilco and Muse.

Great first solo album...sorry, Art

This feels like the most 80s of all records.

Traffic is a perfect blend of piano, organ and R&B sound. This is a real defining album for future sounds.

Another great find in this list. Loved it.

I don't like New Order...except for Elegia.

I lived this as well as Purple Rain. Fantastic album!

Another decent but not overly inspiring 80s album. Echo seems to skirt the line between new wave and rock.

Another pleasant surprise, some enjoyable Electronica dance music.

Great 80s Electronica

My favorite Paul Simon album ever

Its ok

A couple of good songs. Bjorn is weird.

Didn't like

What a classic!

The best!

My favorite jazz album of all time

A phenomenal rock album

Absolutely amazing!

I liked the interaction with the crowd.

Pretty good

I really like this album

Fantastic soft rock album

Some great piano, he is one of the kings 🤴

Great cross of David Bowie and early punk

Loved it

A couple good songs

It not my favorite

It was ok

Better than I thought

In the top 5 best Radiohead albums

Again an unexpected gem

Not my cup of tea

The best of the best

It was ok

80s rock

Some jangly rock

One of the grunge classics

Surprisingly good

Its a classic but kind of dark for me.

Average REM album

Probably just me, but I've this album

Not great

One of the best Motown albums

Some smooth songs

I can hear the foundations of 2000s EMD and electronica in here. Liked

It was ok

Way better than I remember.

Ok hip hop

I didn’t know they did Jiggy

Classic R&B

Love it!

I liked it, Truman didn't listen.

I hadn't heard this album before

Loved it

One of the best albums of all time.

Pretty good

Didn't love it

A couple of songs I really like.

I liked it...kind of grungy

Probably a 3.5

Most modern album I've had so far

One of the classics

Like it

Absolutely loved it

Good

I consider this the foundation of modern pop music and jazz and blues.

Probably #4 favorite U2 album

My #3 favorite U2 album

Love the Tramp

On of the best electronic albums I've heard

Probably my favorite Beastie Boys album. I love the contrast from Sure Shot to Sabotage.

Another roots of punk

This was one of my first favorite albums. It is so good from start to finish.

A couple of good funky jam bad songs

I think i am marking this down because I expected more. 3-4 really good songs and the rest are standard rock songs.

Better than I thought, sounded like early Pink Floyd.

Ok...not my favorite

Fantastic

For punk, it is very thoughtful and interesting

Didn't love it...pretty basic EDM

Fantastic Radiohead...I live High and Dry

I love the Scenario but I hadn't heard much of this album. It was really good.

2nd best S&G album

Good indie music

The best of the best

Standard Frank Zappa

Loved it...undiscovered gem

Classi. Metal

My favorite Cat Stevens album

She has a beautiful voice. I loved the Beatles cover.

Another underrated Americana album

Another good hidden gem. Listened while riding the bike through the streets of DC, really enhanced the experience.

Classic

Roots of metal

That is a lot of drums

Let the neo-punk revolution start.

Of course I love Epic but there are some other good songs too.

One of my favorite albums of all time.

This album has significant musical and sentimental impact in my life. Beautiful blend of modern dance and blues music.

A couple of good songs.

I love this album, there is an unowned nostalgia to these songs. It takes be back to a time I never lived. Fantastic imagery and musicality.

There were a couple of songs that were very good. I really like that early EDM sounds.

It was OK

The music is always interesting and the lyrics are full of great imagery but that voice...ugh.

Amazingly soulful sounds and fantastic instrumentation.

Really should be a 4.5 stars. Some of the best Brit Rock songs done in the late 60s.

Such a monumental album. I just feel opposed to the themes and tone.

They really have such a distinctive sounds. There are two iconic songs on this album, Love Hurts and Kathy's Clown. The other songs sound like early 60s bangers.

This is one of my favorite albums of all time. Perfectly constructed with poetic verses mixed into rock hits and brilliant melodies.

I like a few songs by the Smiths but not these ones.

Another great find...I really enjoyed this record.

How did i not know about this album. 1992 is right in my wheelhouse but I have never listened to it before that I can recall.

Great album

This type of folk music is not my favorite but I appreciate it from a historical perspective.

Widely acclaimed as Springsteen's best album, I really like it but would probably put it 3rd on my list of his records.

I think this album transitioned music in the 90s from everyone jumping on the grunge train to the new alternative/mainstream rock path.

Wow! So glad for this recommendation. This is a fantastic album, completely changed the 90s music scene. In my top 10 of all time.

Quite enjoyed this one

This and a few other albums started the multi-instrument folk rock band revolution. Good stuff.

The 90s trying to shed the last of the 80s.

First time I think I listened to the entire album...better than I thought it would be.

Better than I thought

Great songs but live albums never quite recreate the inperson experience.

An album that transitions the 70s into the 80s

This is one of my top 20 favorite albums of all time. The songs just drip with nostalgia for me. Love it!

Ok Latin based album

Probably underrated due to its influence on future punk and new wave.

Good, fun rock album

Didn't like...in my opinion the worst part of 80s music

There are three Beatles albums i would give 4 stars and this is on of them. Really just an ok album, I give it 4 stars mainly for the cover art.

Probably a 3.5 but rounding up. Better than I thought.

Another 4.5, just below a classic. This album influenced the next decade of indie music.

Another quintessential 80s album

I have found i just don't love shoegaze music. I appreciate the musicality of it, but it isn't for me.

Another great find!

One of the most specific period albums of the past 50 years. When you hear it, you know exactly what year it is and what the conditions look like.

Way to creepy for me.

A couple good songs, but sad and angry

I give it like a 4.6. Probably my favorite Stones album with its deep blues roots.

Started out great but the end of it kind of fizzled out.

I think this is Bob Dylan's best album, this had significant impact on the culture and community at the time.

I quite enjoyed this modern rock album

Just ok...I don't think I get the hype around MBV

Great album, very ahead of its time

The great, melloa VU style really comes through on this album. Pale Blue Eyes might be my favorite VU song of all time.

Pretty good, very Scottish sounding

Not my favorite Elvis Costello

4 stars because he's a legend

Too much swearing for me, but good beats

Interesting early 80s new wave-ish rock

I always forget about Dinosaur Jr 🦕 Great pre-grunge band, totally doesn't sound like 1987.

This is great late 50s period music for me. Reminds me of my dad.

Pretty good, not my favorite Marvin Gaye album but solid.

I put this in the realm of some of the best albums of all time.

Some Tom Waits I love and some I just can't get into. This album has such a cool, downtown jazz club feel to it (by design). Really enjoyed it.

I put this at a 3.5 mainly for Cult of Personality. The rest is ok

This album is a much more pure rock album than some of their later work. This for sure my favorite ZZ album.

The quintessential singer songwriter of the 70s. The songs are beautiful, thoughtful with melodies that connect with your soul. If you don't find something on this album you like, you might be dead inside.

I can definitely hear the roots of later rappers intertwined in Public Enemy.

3.5...I am just not a fan of the Prog Rock.

So next to Legend, this is probably the best BMar album. Great development of songs and style.

3.5 for me. I thought it sounded like Carol King recorded a Motown album. A few good songs but not my favorite.

4.5...I love the messages of strength and diversity.

I like Frank but I didn't think this was one of his best.

Probably more like a 3.75 with a couple of really good, innovative songs. Overall some hits and some misses.

Good foundational Afrobeats jazz.

I liked this more than I thought I would. Musically quite good.

This is by far my favorite Rolling Stones album. I am not a huge RS fan, but this album has their most innovative work with a perfect blend of rock, blues and country.

This is the Stones I'm used to, very mediocre in my opinion.

I had never heard this album before. I was familiar with his work in the Byrds but this was a great folk rock album and I am surprised it wasn't more popular. Maybe it just missed its time in history.

Love this album, the organ sounds in it are some of the best to come out of the 60s. Beautiful recording.

Interesting, space rock with a couple of good songs. Not amazing though.

Nick Drake is like a shadowy, mystery musician that made a few great albums. I quite like this album too.

I like Moorhead but after awhile it all kinda sounds the same.

Probably a 3.5 but this sounded so 80s...and not in a good way.

Better than I thought it would be, definitely about 10 years ahead of her time.

4.5 stars, a previously unheard gem.

Interesting Indian music, not my favorite but I appreciate the sounds.

I give it a 4 because I appreciate that Little Richard was a foundational rock and roll performer. I like the music but it gets a bit one dimensional after a while.

Fantastic energy and amazing layered sounds throughout the entire album.

I'm going 5 stars on this one. Some of the best NYC rock to come out of the early 70s. 3 of my top 50 songs of all time too

The ripping guitars of early Deep Purple were just fantastic.

I love Block Rocking Beats, the rest was ok.

One of the RHCP best albums.

I enjoyed the album, 1st time I have ever heard it. It sounded a bit like Wilco.

Interesting but not really my jam

Didn't love it

Another ok album

A fantastic album where I think REM found their voice for their subsequent albums.

Average for Bowie

I know I love this album more than most. Part of it is nostalgia, this was an album that came out when I first started to enjoy and understand music. Also, I think this album was an island of roots rock in a time of synth pop, New wave music and rising hair bands. Great album!

Pretty good

You can hear the foundations of 70s Brit rock in this album. This must have been quite revolutionary at the time.

I always forget how much I enjoy Dire Straits. Ironically, Sultans of Swing was one of my least favorite songs on this album.

Probably a 3.5 really, quite good and an album I'd never listened to before.

4.5 for sure, one of the better unsung albums of history and ushered in an new era in music.

Loved it

Another album that you can see throughout music and culture.

One good song...others are average. It sounds like an album that was really trying to copy the Beatles.

This is probably my least favorite S&G album, but that being said it is still amazing.

Great interactions with the crowd, and beautiful collaborations with June

Fantastic!

Closer to 3.75 stars, interesting world music

I can appreciate it but the sounds are just not my favorite.

3.5 to be fair, I hadn't listened to this one before. A couple of good songs but not my favorite.

A dark and brooding feel to it. Lots to say but the musicality doesn't spark much in me.

I quite like this album too. I have heard of the Doves but I dont think I had heard them. This has a good pre-Muse sound to ir.

I liked the deep cuts better than the known hits

I'll give it a 4 because of the iconic sound, I thought much of it sounded the same but still pretty good.

One of my favorite rock albums in history. This is absolutely a classic.

Another surprising find...I have heard of Ryan Adams for years but never listened to him. This album was fantastic, a great blend of blues, rock and Americana.

Once again, another gem that i hadn't heard before. Fantastic album with classic R&B/funk sound.

I liked the blend if punk and new wave sounds.

A good song

Interesting post-punk album

Loved the beats and the flow but playing it in the office was a bit of an issue.

3.5...a great sound but again, playing it at work is difficult

Classic R&B/funk album. One famous song and lots of other good songs.

I just can't get into Yes

So 90s, this sounds like it comes straight out of a Fresh Prince episode. Fantastic!

Very standard 80s and new wave, synth pop. The songs focus on those darker, minor tones and I didn't hear any particularly catchy song.

Still one of my favorite albums of all time. The variety of styles and symbolism used on the record is amazing. There is a little bit of fluff and filler but not much.

Interesting album

Great groovey, folk rock

Great album.

One of the best songs ever written. The other songs are fantastic as well. This is a 4.5 for sure.

Oh how I want to like this album. I understand it is more artsy than some other Bowie stuff. I just don't find it pleasant to listen to.

Great oldies rock

Sounds like Portland

Great post-ska reggae songs. I would give this 3.5 stars. Not groundbreaking but a good listen, especially if you are on the beach with a mango juice.

Another great find, Brian Eno surprises me with the scope of genres in which he works. Very cool.

Never heard it but it sounds like something played to parody the 60s in San Francisco.

Wow! Another great album and it took me down a rabbit hole of bands/albums id never heard before.

The dramatic, whiney voice is a huge turn off for me

This is just a fantastic pop album. Loved it

3.5...a nostalgic classic for sure. If you take all of Bon Jovi's best songs you get one great album.

Loved this album, it is a beautiful composition of spacey, groove rock.

This sounds quintessential early 2000s post punk.

I'm always intrigued by 4 song LPs like this one. I did like it, the style is somewhere between Raggae and Afro-Jazz

This album brings up memories of being deployed to Iraq in 2007. I listened to the heck out of these songs.

Love this album

I hadn't listened to the 1st album, it was fantastic!

I consider the Wall as on of 10-20 perfect albums. The songs maintain the theme well, some have hooks, some are more melancholy. The album has 2 of the best guitar solos of all time

A vaguely EDM album which seems about 20 years ahead of its time.

This is my favorite album of the 90s

Fun little punk album

Such a great voice

Obviously, a weird album but great musicality and tone

Good classic reggae

I have to give this a 5, her voice, sound, the throwback style but not too cheeky is perfect.

Not my favorite TH album but pretty good

The title track is so overplayed that I forget how amazing and late 70s iconic the rest of the album is.

Nice folky, almost country album.

This is in my top 5 favorite albums. It might be the most perfect album of all time. The vocals, the variety of sounds, the timing and pace are simply amazing 👏 🙌

Never listened to the full album...not bad

This might be the most efficient album every, 36 minutes of straight banners

I live the Seed

You cab hear how the moved a lot of mainstream rock into the grunge and punk genre.

Short sharp songs...this album always makes me happy. I would say the best White Stripes album.

Fun techno, EDM album

A couple of good tunes, but not may favorite genre

This is an album that every time I listen to it I think this is my favorite album of all time. The sounds and textures of it are so progressive and unlike anything else in the era.

Loved it

I was going to go 4 stars but then I listened again and realized this one is absolutely a classic. Some of the best and most "singable" of Billy's tunes.

Some of Elton's best work

I know I am in the minority but I love this album. I think this record launch an entirely new genere of music with house and DJ beats.

Decent little album

Better than I thought it would be, but it is oh so 70s

Way better than I expected

I think this album transitioned rock from the 80s hair-metal to the 90s hard and alt rock. Such an iconic sound.

I've always thought this was kind of an amazing album from the period

Love it

Don't like

One of the best of Miles

Probably a 3.5 for this list. Good group of moody songs

Great merge of EDM and ambient genres.

Music ok, wierd talk-singing isn't my favorite

It Ziggy Stardust is a 5-star classic masterpiece this is a solid 4-star amazing album. Aladdin Sane is probably closer to a 4.5 star rating, with his wide variety of sounds and textures in all the songs.

This album embodies the evolution of the 60s sound.

Definitely not my cup of tea. I can see how some would enjoy this album but I didn't care for the wailing guitars and doomsday lyrics

Love this album, it takes me back to HS and skipping 7th period to go play volleyball in the park.

A couple of good songs

2 good songs but not as strong as some of his later work.

It sounded like I thought it would

I had heard of this band but I dont think I'd ever heard them. I really enjoyed the blues/rock fusion.

Another great find. I am excited to look into more Lambchop

Quick, crisp oldies rock

Don't like Joy Division...at all

Pretty good, I give it 4 stars because it was clearly ahead of its time.

Eh...I can appreciate that there is some avante guarde merit there but not for me.

Beginnings of a great bad

Not really punk, as it is touted, but a great album all the same.

Groovey ska band

A solid 3.5 as the music transitions from oldies to more developed rock and roll.

I love this album he has a great tone quality and fantastic lyrics.

Right at the intersection of Rock, folk and blues.

Better than I remembered.

Definitely interesting, not the most amazing thing I've heard but a good listen.

Classic 70s, not my favorite but its a classic

In my top 10 favorite albums of all time

A solid 4.5 ⭐ the sounds and lyrics on this album are classic 60s. The song Triad is bizarre.

I consider this one of the most underrated albums of the late 60s (yeah, it came out in 1970 but its a 60s album). A finer collection of roots rock you will not find.

The most New Wavy sounding REM album

A masterful album

Terence's comment that this was the most important album since Sgt Pepper has not aged well. I like the blend of soul and 80s synth but not that epic.

Another great find. I love a song with French horn as an accent element

Some good songs 🎵

This album sounds like a pop star becoming an angsty teenager. Some good songs, some a bit whiny

Great throwback album

Johnny's voice on this album is epic!

Pretty good, Latin techno beats

A solid 1st release from the Eagles

5 might be a bit high but I gave it that score because it was so unexpected but yet still an amazing record. I was blown away by the depth of feeling in this amazing jazz album

A beautiful folk rock album

What a weird album. These songs sound like they would be used for a 1971 B-movie about a murderous band of hippies, especially during a scene where they are dancing around chanting. All filmed with a dreamy, grease lens of course.

Better than I expected it would be

Great classic rock album

Ya know, this album was better than I remembered. Lots of angsty screaming but some good songs in there too.

Nice, smooth and soulful jazz album

I like the Hives. They are easy to listen to with catchy, punchy songs.

I forget what a great guitarist Frampton is. Fun to hear it in a live venue.

Good but a bit angsty

A hit machine, I love these songs

This really feels like the 90s as the New Wave and Electronic developed into EDM. I'd give this a 3.5 if available. Not amazing but a cornerstone of music to come.

Love the Beach Boys. Crazy when this came out it was their 8th album in 3 years...amazing! This album was a pivotal move between their first, more basic albums and their more ambitious albums such at Pet Sounds and Smile.

More interesting than I thought it would be but overall an average album

Not bad, but it sounded like fairly generic electro-pop

Classic rock at its finest

A 4.5 for sure, this was the last of the Beatles really young pop albums. Some great hits

Fun album but fairly one dimensional

I'll go 3.5, so standard 60s psychedelic jams

Yet another great find. I don't know how I missed this, the timeline is right in my wheelhouse. Great 90s non-grunge rock

A bit too melancholy for me

I didn't like this one at all. In my mind, it is all that I don't enjoy about 80s new wave, the plastic synth, the high-pitched vocals, weird themes...not a fan

Average Latin vibe album

Multi-genre album, that i hadn't heard of before, but I quite liked

Great mid-50s orchestra jazz

For an 80s new wave, this is one of my favorite

2 really good songs, then a weird bunch of other stuff

I really enjoyed this album, the Kinks are highly underrated.

I have tried to like Nick Cave for years. His music isn't horrible, but it isn't particularly enjoyable to me. It sounds like very basic, Brit rock.