I listen to this album a couple times a year. Great album to start with! Upbeat and classic.
I had this album in regular rotation back in high school but it's been a couple decades since I've listened to it. Today is now a jazz day and I'm listening to all sorts of old favorites
Sad I missed this band growing up. This was my first time listening to this album. It's beautiful but I think it's a little too '90s for me to really get into now
I've heard most of these songs individually but never together. I'm not a fan.
First time I've heard of this band! I like it.
Solid music, not my style
Quality. I remember this well from parties at college
I feel like an old person saying this album gave me a headache but I was 14 when it came out. It seems so repetitive, with its only saving grace being familiarity.
I should listen to this more. Enjoyed the album thoroughly
It's a shame to give it a bad rating because the music style is great but I cannot handle the singer's voice
Whiny, annoying. Although I did like some hipster music from that era, I never understood the draw of this band.
I'm a fan, but this album is not one of my favorites
Great. I can see how this influenced today's artists. Not very catchy to me
Lovely, and in the style of good '60s music the lyrics are painful (in a good way)
There is this quality to this album that makes it great rap even after 25 years. I think it's how many collaborators are on it
Lovely. I'll have to pull this out again
Discordant. I didn't know that Pink Floyd went back this far
Beautiful voice, not always my favorite music
I can't believe I've never heard this album before! This is going in my regular rotation
I love the references to pagers and watching Arsenio Hall on channel 9
Her voice keeps switching from annoying to beautiful
I purchased the CD when it came out and was disappointed at how chill it was. I can appreciate it a lot more now but I think Beck is better when he is more funky
I love the Who. I hate live albums. The sound quality is awful even though this is one of the best albums.
Sounds like a modern hipster band
The songs are fine, I just can't stand his voice
I can appreciate this album as much now as on my first listen when I was six years old. It isn't subtle. It is still brilliant.
Fun. Never heard of the band before
Quality music, not my style
Another album I wish I had heard back in the '90s
Some great songs but the rest was too esoteric for me
Pretty darn good, especially for an album I've never heard of before
A very specific sound but also mostly fun
The rest of the songs are almost as good as the song The Weight
I've never heard of it, it's inoffensive, didn't blow me away
Another new-to-me artist. I think I would have been blown away in the nineties, but now it's okay.
Super interesting! I'm still not sure if I enjoyed it but I'll give it more listens later on
There is a song on here that I sang in choir and I thought it was something way more lame than the beatles
Too much distortion, it hurts my brain
I like Fugazi but this album just sounded like noise
First listen of that album but I know Morrissey well. He didn't ever change his style, did he?
Some great songs, some not so great songs. But I can't bear to give Queen less than four stars
Surprising because I'm a fan of the later pop selections from Aerosmith, but this album was not enjoyable
I usually just think of them as classic rock but I was really blown away listening to the whole album together
surprisingly pleasant for music that is not my style
One of those albums I put on and then a half hour later remember I'm listening to music. Entirely inoffensive, but I'm not seeing the art.
I don't get why this is good
I've tried this album a couple times and still can't tell if I like it
The least good of a great discography
Not my style but I can see how it's good
can't believe I'm giving a live album this high of a rating
Pretty good, eclectic album. Weird that the only song from it I know was a pop hit
Not their strongest album - odd that it's on this list. But it's hard to go wrong with the Pixies.
Not my style of music but I actually listened and I can see why some would consider it great
Aside from the misogyny, this album is just about perfect
Way to chill for most situations but it is a very good album
One of my all time favorites
I had only ever heard the song "pale blue eyes" on many mixed tapes - the rest of their music I only knew with Nico. Much better without her.
It's a genre I like so I want to give it 3 stars but it's seriously so annoying I can't
Only one fantastic song but the whole album is pretty good
If he only had a better voice
Interesting. Worth a full listen a couple times
I'm glad I listened to the whole album; I would never have known there were Springsteen songs I could tolerate well. Some I would swear weren't him.
I don't like the song Sweet Dreams so I was shocked that I love the rest of the music on this album!
Surprised I disliked this. It was annoying with the sliding, drunk-sounding voice
I listened four times through. Really great.
One of the best albums, musically, lyrically, and vocally, I've ever heard
Sounded generic on first listen but I really liked it after the second
If give them another listen! Pretty good but nothing caught me
Not my style at all but so beautiful I'll revisit it for sure!
I could give it another try but I'm not feeling it. I could see myself really liking it if I fist heard it as a teenager
Fantastic that they fit a whole album into 15 minutes. of all the hardcore punk I've seen this is some of the more enjoyable.
really, not bad. I can tell why she has so many fans. It's just too slow and not electronic enough for me
So grating, and I can't find the greatness
A bit too weird modern jazz for me
Motorhead is good. Live albums are not.
I really should have owned this cassette, damn
Funky, smooth, and lots of social commentary about drugs.
It's impressive when I already know most of the songs on an album. Odd that there are so many repeats made of different versions of songs on two discs, but also lots of other odd choices that made it stand out.
It was gibberish. Not uncomfortable to listen to, and I get that he revolutionized hip hop and all, but I couldn't make it out.
Something something separate the art from the artist, I don't know what I would have rated this if I didn't know who the nazi is. Then again he talked about women as females after sending dick pics so maybe it deserves two stars? Listened to the whole thing, props to me.
Musically fantastic, vocally grating
Too much repetition and electric beat for me in general, though by the Erasure-like song Sometimes it gets more melodic and I started grooving.
I had read about the xx and was excited to listen to dream pop. I heard fine electronica. Not much song to song distinction.
I don't know why I thought The The was in the '60's era of The Who. I'm a big fan of This Is the Day from Empire Records, and the rest of the album is pretty great. I'll give this lots of more listens.
With how much I admire the persona of Elton John, I really want to like his music more.
I listened to it on repeat for days
Great early country, if you like that. Surprised I haven't heard of her before.
Another one I just don't get. I want to feel inspired by the Celtic poetry, the starving artist beauty that so many hear, but I hear a slightly annoying guy in a cheezy bar in Vegas. It's surely an interesting follow up to Brown Eyed Girl.
Refreshing when you know the first banger of a song and the entire album continues in that groove
Really underimpressive from the Velvet Underground guy. I'm reading all of these as bland background songs I had to keep reminding myself to listen to
grateful it was so short. I'm grateful for the nineties but not this voice, sadly
So little instrumentation and effort can make my shoulders go up to my ears from how awful the songs make me feel inside, but it's also not bad, it's just drivel with a droning voice
People are always surprised when there is a breakout artist from a boy band or a girl group, not realizing that they are real artists in themselves. This album is when The Monkees were finally able to write their own shit and it shows
I'd never heard of this album, artist, or the main song before, and man what I had missed out on. Glad to listen now.
Folksy, seems pretty socially justicy which i like but I still don't enjoy folk music
If I had this album when I was a pre-teen I would have devoured it. Great American stuff, glad to have realized I really only know Pet Sounds.
If I didn't just listen to Low it probably would have a four. Not bad, not great
The organ is spectacular.
Fun new wave, a bit cheesy
Really fun groovy stuff, sounds like they had a blast while making it
Amazing that I've been hearing these songs for over forty years and that first one can still make me cry. The percussion and instrumentals on Cecelia are delightful. Each time I order a lager I sing "I'd rather be a lager than an ale" to the tune of El Condor Pasa. The range on this album is impressive as hell. I love how many songs are quiet with only guitar, some have choir backing vocals, some have horns or flutes, and each fit the song perfectly, and the songs flow together in an album so well
This brings me back. A full listen and I was surprised at how much of the album I know, never having owned it. College houseparties screaming about 'fuck the norm', but listening now the music phrasing is sick as hell.
It's hard to be objective about an album whose cassette I owned and whose songs belonged on a third of all my mixed tapes. Perfect road trip album
Hometown pride (Go Bills!) will never be enough to get me to understand this damn band
I recognize how important this album is, and I finished it. I don't like electronic music.
Repetitive, bad use of instruments and vocals, but so much freaking fun. Great energy and lyrics
In the nineties I called his music cheesy. Listening today I'm in a total groove, though I haven't heard most of these songs before. I am very pleasantly surprised
Aside from the bad covers, chill music
A concept album that works. Creepy as hell, though if you put his albums in order the next song that comes up is "nazi rock"... his songs fit this perfect mood and this album does the thing an album is supposed to do. it takes me on a journey, and before I knew the lyrics I felt really good about the journey.
Beautiful songs, rocking album, can't stand his voice
Since I saw the album as a teenager, I have wished this was a lesbian power album. Even if the lyrics are about the singer loving an abusive guy, this album slaps.
Great album, especially on a US holiday. Feels patriotic.
Better than I was expecting but a double album?! Not fair.
I love Sam Cooke but live albums are rough
The worst parts about classic rock, men who think they can sing, and men who love classic rock. The least terrible part was the spoken word song
Damn, what a great album. Good example of a rough voice used perfectly. powerful lyrics, good songs, good flow, and an album that changed the game. Legit.
Nostolgia but bad? Don't know how it made the list
Really fun and fresh. Not their best, but some strong songs
I'm sad that China Girl was an Iggy Pop song that Bowie covered. I've always hated that song. Otherwise, this album slaps
This was my first listen. How remarkable, I need to remember to go back for more Kate Bush
A good groove, doesn't seem like the type of music you'd smash a guitar to now a days
One of my lesser favorites from this band. Village Green and others really tell a cohesive story, this is some cool songs slapped on an album. Still great songs
So I love me some heavy radio play pop music, I love a good movie song, I'm not against popular stuff. I just checked and I'm dissapointed the Spice Girls never made this list. But I've never once intentionally listened to a Coldplay song and I know 3/4 of these mediocre, sleep-mood songs. Are they just a more friendly radiohead? I'm so confused. Worst part is they are not bad enough to give a two.
I always think of I'm Not In Love as a Toadies song, it was fo funny to hear the original.
Gave it a couple tries over weeks, couldn't find the genius I was told was there but there were grooves
Back when I was doing warehouse raves in the '90s I sometimes went to the jungle room because that's where the cute guys danced. I never lasted longer than four songs. I genuinely mean no shade to this artist, I just can't handle the whole freaking genre.
A couple bangers (like A Fool), but the rest of the album isn't worth a second listen
I am glad I have grown into Janis Joplin. I was putting this album off because I have always found her voice grating, but now I see a deep soul and feeling. The songs are beautiful.
Great harmonies. Otherwise boring
I kept forgetting there was music playing. I've heard this album at a house party before so I don't need a re-listen, I am giving it a third star for how unoffensive it is
Double albums now get an automatic -1 star. I don't like that these songs and instruments are fun, good, quality, high-energy, and the untrained and rough voices take away from it so much.
I have no idea how these songs were so popular in Europe. Signed, an American '90s Spice Girls megafan
Even though it's new to me it's such a feeling of the '90s that I heard my partner and hid my snack because I was so convinced it was my mom
WTF? Nick Cave is great at something, and that is making fun murder ballads and looking mysterious with a full band. He is very bad at being emo and introspective. This is easily his worst album.
Surprising lack of hits for a Queen album. Still good
This one surprised me. It was boring and a little cheezy at first but it's got a lot of depth and gets lots of relistens.
When I first heard the Yeah Yeah Yeahs I was blown away. I heard them a lot a lot, and now I generally avoid them. I realized in listening to this album, I definitely avoid because of overexposure. They are so solid and I will come back to this band hard in a decade or so.
All the emotion. Incredible soundscapes and synth. Powerful
A good 15 years since I've heard the full album, it's still a banger
I'm surprised that I didn't dislike listening to this folk music. Almost a point off for the live songs at the end, but the studio recordings were pretty chill
At first sound, I was excited and wanted to give it a five. Then I heard some racial lyrics so I read a blurb that said it was politically reactive to Thatcher and got excited again. Then I paid attention to the lyrics as the songs went on and I gotta say when I do that the mysogyny always lets me down
I have never liked Tom Waits voice, so it's a big surprise to give the first album of his I listened to a four. This guy is funny
This was difficult to listen to critically because it kept leaking into the background. It definitely belongs on the list. I've heard far too much alt rock and too much of the poppy REM songs to see this for the first time, but it must have been magical. Now it's good.
He sounds like such a douche
I tried, I like other post-rock, but I don't get it.
All that sound that when it comes on the radio I change the channel
Pure surprise. This beauty is amazing.
I really like r&b but this doesn't do it for me
If I could cherry pick a few songs the score might double
I gave this more of a fair shot than I might have otherwise because I have a good friend named Roni. I still dislike drum and bass, but this band does it real well
I only knew the (perfect) first song, the rest is not as perfect but interesting
The first few seconds were great, I love Jobim, then Sinatra's stupid voice had to ruin everything
Surprising, fun, glad I listened all the way through. This is now officially my favorite country album
Voice as light as air. Songs sway like the breeze
Much better sound quality than old blues, but awesome in its own right
I've heard this album Maybe dozens of times. I don't understand how some artists I love, admire this guy. He seems so College radio.
Haunting, heart wrenching, sweet, and timeless in a way that my partner guessed it was recorded in 2005
Something special. It can be background music but it's the type that makes me stop and breathe and relax every so often.
Instead of sounding cool, it makes me feel cool from the outside in
Luck of the draw that I missed this cassette in the '90s, I would have memorized this album hard. There were even enough clean lyrics I could have sung them around my mom.
I kept listening to Gang Starr after this and enjoyed their later stuff even more but this album does slap.
It hurts to give this a three because it's truly not good enough. But just fifteen years ago I had this album on repeat and I'm not a dumb person so there must be something to it.
I am glad for the impetus to listen to old Bowie! Some of the songs were really mind bending. I really enjoyed several listens through.
I do get down with Ornette Coleman on occasion and I have nothing against stochastic music. I do like some Captain Beefheart songs too. This album was a bit too Free Rock for me, the distortion was so constant I had to check my speakers a couple times. Although it had its moments it wasn't a winner.
Fresh sound, great beats, comprehensible lyrics. If I didn't understand the lyrics I might make this a favorite album, but the singers show grown men unable to handle basic emotion, and I see enough of that in my daily life.
Brilliant tones, voice, invigorating and relaxing music. I must revisit
Good, fun, rocking, and if I didn't go in blind knowing their later work it would get a higher score
Woah, this is my first never-heard-of-them-before five. I know the singer from the buzzcocks but these songs are much more like a well baked breakfast pastry than his previous band's wonderful Nick Tahoe's garbage plate songs
This album always is on the edge of that line for me - it is technically my jam, I love many of the artists in the supergroup, but together it sounds so damn CHEEZY
Really fun! Then you catch some of the lyrics
Separate the killer beats art from the awful lyrics artist. Lots of these albums with bad lyrics pass me by because they mumble but Dre annunciates how he will beat a woman if she talks back to him and how women are shit but hoes and tricks. It's tough because there's nostolgia but it's a painful listen
Really fun and not nearly as bad on my migraine as any of the electronic albums
I really feel like I should give it more of a chance but it fell so damn flat for me
I started thinking I had listened to this album and realized pretty quickly my sister had their greatest hits album instead. I have decided I like The Police much better than Sting. There are some bangers on here and the lyrics are way less creepy
At first try I had a migraine and it was awful. At second try I was high and it was heaven sent.
Really smooth and interesting. Note in future for background jams
I loved the Easy Rider soudtrack growing up and I'm sad this didn't take me there. But some songs are worth a few more listens.
Solid. Can't understand a word
It's the '90s. nothing at all bad but nothing too stand out either. They are a great feeling
Moody, crunchy, beautiful
It's fine, I'm glad they had their political say, there's a place for that today, but there's also a place for a lot of today's well rehersed final cuts to be on this old album. Glad our modern psych rock is much better.
Good, but I like his earlier stuff better
They are such stand up people so how does their music come across so douchey?
Catchy. Brings me back to hippie circles while traveling the country in the early '00s. I heard the guy is a real one, walked away from millions a few times because he won't do commercials
Shock - I thought this was going to get a 4 or 5 because I went to high school in the late '90s but this album is whiny trash
Boring songs, annoying voice
90s were a trip. Glad I heard the non radio songs on this album, I didn't realize how damn moody the lyrics were (when I could understand them)
I find myself in a situation where I'm listening to Disco more than I'd like. This entire album seems to be disco that I genuinely like, so for genre I don't like this is a surprising rating
Fantastic, all time high, one of the best
Glad I listened, made me reavaluate the band
After dozens of listens in the background while clicking Excel in an office, I finally listened to the lyrics and cringed a bit. Music is still fantastic, voice could be better
Great beats and all but you'd think by 2006 Ghostface Killah would have less misogynistic lyrics
So the music - rhythm, melody, is magic. but thom york's voice is so uninspired it makes it a drag to listen to, like homework.
If all punk had organ, I'd love punk as a genre
I know so many CCR songs. How can this album only have that song I know way better from Tina?
I'm surprised again! Delightful band, great sound
Interesting, terrible, wonderful.
A couple great songs, some good musical elements, a great political message, a very whiny voice
Solid. Not my style but glad I gave it a listen.
Why do I have to listen to so many whining men?
Freaking brilliant rock and roll. The best album I've never heard before, and it will probably soon be my favorite album of the year
What my college self wouldn't give to know about this album in the early '00s
Come on, i know they can do better. What's this crap singing?
Don't know why I thought they sounded so different. New fave
Excellent start to finish. I only knew a couple songs but was captivated the whole time
Catchy, good mix of blusey and country, great songs to write parodies from
I'm adding a star because mad respect but this album is annoying as hell
How is it worse than my college wannabe-boyfriend's music and also the longest album I've seen to date?
I had to stop listening because he was ruining some of my favorite jazz standards
I think the better of the Elvises deserves a better writeup than this but I'm beat. The music deserves to be here, it's good, I like some of it.
Worth a few re-listens! I enjoy this more than most of the newer, more spa-friendly post-rock bands. Never heard of them before.
It's so hard to get over the annoying scream-whine of a voice, but everything else, especially the beautiful tones of the guitar, is pretty cool.
Simplicity evoking emotion: a PhD thesis
I only knew Frank Zappa as grizzled and old. I didn't know he was once young and wide-eyed!
It's fine? I somehow missed it when I was listening to its contemporaries, and I think there is a reason none of the music heads I knew in school or who worked at the music store showed me this band.
Another whiny man backed up by subpar music
What this list is about, dude, brand new to me and rad as hell
I love jazz and I play the piano so this should be a shoe-in for me. Trouble with piano-only is that it's a percussion instrument. it's jarring, it puts me on the same level of system alertness as death metal but there's way more to pay attention to in death metal. bravo but not something I could enjoy
This shit is wild, in a fun and good way.
Real good bar music. Fun jam.
For something that's not my style, it's astounding
I felt like I should give it a two since, you know, but this is absolute trash
Great synth, wish the vocals were less forced, I've heard it a hundred times so it's comfy
Just lovely. Should have checked it out earlier.
it was fine, only annoying sometimes
Hell yeah. Nostalgia and also good adventure
