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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Katamari Damacy
Various Artists
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5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
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A1A
Jimmy Buffett
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5 | 2.8 | +2.2 |
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People Who Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World
AJJ
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5 | 2.85 | +2.15 |
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Pop Art
Transvision Vamp
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5 | 2.92 | +2.08 |
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Up To Here
The Tragically Hip
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5 | 2.96 | +2.04 |
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Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws
Bruce Cockburn
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5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
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Inside
Bo Burnham
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5 | 2.99 | +2.01 |
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All Hail West Texas
The Mountain Goats
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5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
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Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy
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5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
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Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
Tally Hall
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5 | 3.04 | +1.96 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Boxer
The National
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1 | 3.33 | -2.33 |
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Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Big Thief
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1 | 3.25 | -2.25 |
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Things We Lost In The Fire
Low
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1 | 3.13 | -2.13 |
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Hammersmith Odeon, London '75
Bruce Springsteen
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1 | 3.12 | -2.12 |
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To Be Kind
Swans
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1 | 3.01 | -2.01 |
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Diamond Jubilee
Cindy Lee
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1 | 2.99 | -1.99 |
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Barafundle
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
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1 | 2.96 | -1.96 |
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10,000 gecs
100 gecs
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1 | 2.91 | -1.91 |
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Boys And Girls In America
The Hold Steady
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1 | 2.89 | -1.89 |
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Piledriver
Status Quo
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1 | 2.82 | -1.82 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| The Tragically Hip | 3 | 5 |
| Daft Punk | 3 | 5 |
| Weezer | 2 | 5 |
5-Star Albums (40)
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Weezer · 20 likes
5/5
Wait this wasn’t one of the 1000?
Polvo · 13 likes
3/5
There is the whole period of early 90s alt music trying to climb out of grunge sludge and into something poppier and the user submitted list is building the largest collection known to man
Amadou & Mariam · 10 likes
4/5
👏 I am here for the music not from the US or UK 👏
Spose · 9 likes
1/5
Okay who is friends with Spose
Rachel Stevens · 7 likes
3/5
I like this user submitted list because now it’s stuff like this - some actual human’s fun favorite album. Catchy pop nothing wrong here
1-Star Albums (25)
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First Aid Kit
4/5
Delightful Americana via Sweden featuring some of the finest contemporaries we have to offer from the US catalog folk monsters
Bran Van 3000
4/5
Dancey tunes that actually cover a lot of ground and keeps you interested
Madvillain
4/5
Always have to give it up for MF Doom
Cluster
3/5
Kooky kraut-rock
Type O Negative
2/5
I don’t know that I need anymore early 90s metal, thanks
Tally Hall
5/5
As interesting as the location of the album’s namesake, Marvin’s is one of my all-time favorites.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
2/5
While it’s very funny that according to Wikipedia this band is also known as God’s Pee, I found myself checking often how along I was on this or if it was even still playing. Which according to my rules is a two - not my thing but that’s okay
Angelo De Augustine
3/5
Breathy modern alternative/ indie is a lot of people’s jam but never has quite been mine. Nothing hurtful I’m just not that interested
Garbage
4/5
Garbage rules
Ian McDonald
3/5
This seems like something that would’ve been on the main list. King Crimson prog but with some jazzy notes. Interesting
Weezer
5/5
Wait this wasn’t one of the 1000?
Childish Gambino
4/5
First half loaded with bops, second half kind of but overall forgot how good this album was. US making a strong showing here in the user albums
3/5
These chill dudes again
Neutral Milk Hotel
5/5
Everyone’s first album in America sophomore year of college where we think we’ve started listening to really cool music for the first time
blink-182
4/5
Back to the golden age of punk pop, babyyyyy. Bunch of solid high school hits here
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
4/5
Pretty cool garagey rock
Daniel Bélanger
3/5
I wanted to be upset because France but I didn’t mind having this on
Bad Religion
3/5
Love me some Bad Religion
Steven Wilson
4/5
Really good mix, huge instrumentals. Nice vibe for some morning work
Men I Trust
3/5
There is a whole world of breathy synth yacht rock ‘vibes’ music that I don’t know a lot about, thank you
Extrechinato y Tu
4/5
Spanish rock accompanying some Spanish poetry - extremely badass.
Chromatics
3/5
Mix of synthy electronic sometimes with the modern whispy vocals and sometimes just grooves. Enjoyed it, could’ve been a little shorter for me
THE SPORTS
3/5
A late 70s / early 80s post punk / new wave album?? Was this added by our author???
It wasn’t these guys are Australian not UK. but sound-wise in the ballpark of the 1001 post punk album list
Garmarna
3/5
Swedish folk outside of Eurovision..nice
Ty Segall
3/5
Rocky and rolly
Maldita Vecindad Y Los Hijos Del 5to. Patio
5/5
This was awesome
Protomartyr
3/5
Protomartyr is a very cool name for music that is fine
Amadou & Mariam
4/5
👏 I am here for the music not from the US or UK 👏
Stromae
3/5
DESPITE the FRENCH there are some catchy moments in here that make an energetic morning listen
Jellyfish
3/5
It sounds like they tried really hard - I’m proud of them
Phish
3/5
It certainly sounds like Phish live
Dave Matthews Band
3/5
If you liked Dave before you will like this, if you don’t like Dave you won’t like this
Susanne Sundfør
3/5
Delightful voice, chill tunes
Jimmy Buffett
5/5
What handsome man picked this one? Absolutely legendary
The Postal Service
3/5
Oh yeah, The Postal Service
Status Quo
1/5
If I can’t stream it on Apple Music it’s a one them the rules
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Groovy baby
Alex Cameron
3/5
Catchy little bops with sax?
Frank Zappa
3/5
It’s Zappa alright
2/5
Not my thing
INXS
3/5
Nothing wrong here just never pulled me in
Sparks
4/5
Music from the future
Pedro The Lion
3/5
Nothing stood out for me here but could be the listening environment of work
John Mayer
3/5
Okay I can get into some John Mayer now
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
I can get behind some Arctic Monkeys
Kaizers Orchestra
3/5
This was interesting. Also short and sweet so thumbs up
TOOL
4/5
I am a TOOLER
Nuyorican Soul
4/5
This was a fun collection of tunes
Louis Armstrong
4/5
This is that good mood food jazz
The Posies
4/5
I am always here for some Power Pop
The Lumineers
3/5
Some very polite and nice sounding modern folk for shows on the CW
Rachel Stevens
3/5
I like this user submitted list because now it’s stuff like this - some actual human’s fun favorite album. Catchy pop nothing wrong here
King Tubby
3/5
Make dub not war
Switchfoot
3/5
A return to high school alternative radio
Procol Harum
3/5
Groovy, baby
Tame Impala
3/5
Nice and trippy great work
blink-182
3/5
🤟
Bon Iver
3/5
What a cool guy
Jóhann Jóhannsson
2/5
Hmm okay
Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
3/5
Those kooky 60s folks at it again
The Decemberists
4/5
Love this one
Chucklehead
4/5
The modern funk, fun
Amon Düül II
3/5
This flew past as the kooky trippy rock kids always do
Haley Heynderickx
3/5
The good alt-folk
The Weeknd
2/5
I do not care for this and that’s o.k.
Sublime
5/5
This album has and will always kick major ass
Fontaines D.C.
3/5
Dogrel is a cool name
The Avett Brothers
4/5
The Avett Brothers were there for my indie folk phase and they should be for yours too
Porter Robinson
2/5
Electronic - it’s not for me
The Hold Steady
3/5
Hey man I get it. You did some drugs. You’ve listened to Springsteen. You don’t have to rub it in my face. I’m into the tunes but exhausted by the imagery
Sampha
3/5
This is that chill alt R&B / ?? that doesn’t get me excited but also doesn’t get me upset so cool of you’re super into and okay if you don’t like it
That Handsome Devil
4/5
This is pretty cool stuff but the most cool thing is that the founding members of the group were in a group previous with someone named Thirstin’ Howll III which is extremely badass
Richard Dawson
2/5
People think it was great to be a medieval king but in my head this what they had to sit and listen to
Gotcha!
2/5
Are you P-Funk? Are you metal? Are you..why are you doing this to me?
Thee Oh Sees
3/5
This is some extremely hard rocking..and as you know..I am here for it. Great length for a live album also
Mustafa
2/5
Not my thing but thanks for being short
My Chemical Romance
4/5
Hell yea
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
How did you get through the list and the first thing you thought was missing was a two hour Springsteen live album. I’m not doing this
Alexisonfire
3/5
A fun hard rocking romp to get the energy going on a Monday morning
Koritni
4/5
Sometimes modern alt rock, sometimes Van Halen’s grandkids, sometimes Led Zeppelin’s great-grandkids, always fun
Josh Ritter
3/5
Some quick little singer songwriter action
Korn
3/5
Korn
Boy Azooga
3/5
Fun band name and album title, chill tunes
Marillion
4/5
I had to listen to this at a fairly low volume as my son napped in the car which led to a lot of this sounding like Lin-Manuel Miranda fronting a prog rock band and I am agreeable to that
The Beautiful South
2/5
Kitschy pop with occasionally interesting lyrics. I had to check to see how close it was to done which by law goes from 3 to 2
Wussy
4/5
This hits a lot of my favorite beats - kinda loose, not overproduced, rocky and not too serious with choruses you could find yourself humming without warning
They Might Be Giants
4/5
TMBG continues to be on my list of bands I need to just sit down and absorb because very clearly I will love them
Roger Waters
3/5
It’s Pink Floyd except I’m less interested. Interested in that alBUM cover though am I right
Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
3/5
I’m not quite sure what this was but it was a little silly and I like that
Courteeners
3/5
I am always here for some pleasant post-BritPop groovy rock and roll
Bloc Party
2/5
I know I just said in the review before this that I was here for the post-BritPop stuff but this one leans into the indie world far enough where it went on a little long for me..and I had to check time left. 3 -> 2
100 gecs
1/5
I can’t make heads or tails of this and did not finish
Childish Gambino
5/5
The album where CG ascended out of the known universe to better humanity
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
I am just SO bored by the breathy singer songwriter vibe and now I will have to work to convince my algorithm I don’t want to be served more of it
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
4/5
Entered a new level of dadness indoctrinating my son with the classic rock sounds of our hometown hero
Primus
4/5
Primus is f*ckin nuts and if they weren’t on the original list they totally should’ve been over the 900 derivative 1980s British post punk albums
The Marcus King Band
4/5
I enjoyed this quite a bit and added a few songs to my playlist of similar soundscapes. Thanks
Billy Squier
5/5
Lonely is the Night and the Stroke have been rotating for years, glad I now know there is a full album of badassery surrounding it to jam anytime
The B-52's
3/5
The B-52’s are wacky and o.k.
Hombres G
4/5
Spanish 80s rock is a yes
Savages
2/5
I had to stop start this a few times because of life and I never found myself energized to get back into this next chapter of 1001 post punk albums
Death Cab for Cutie
3/5
I assume this means more to Millennials a few years older than me, Plans was my album
Marillion
2/5
Are the members of Marillion on here or something? Knock it off
The Burning Hell
3/5
This was an interesting detour mix of things and a fun listen
Adam Green
3/5
I was not that interested and read on Wikipedia this guy is 1/2 the Moldy Peaches that had that song we all listened to once which made me slightly more interested
Kano
3/5
Some nice variety of samples in here but nothing moving the needle too far in either direction for me
Café Tacvba
4/5
Apple Music notes this album as touching every Latin genre under the sun, and while I can’t confirm the accuracy of that statement it does feel like it might be true. Each track had its own thing going on which kept the whole thing interesting and fun
LaBelle
3/5
Funky and souly and just alright with me
Mull Historical Society
2/5
Music from a musical I hope I never have to watch
The Jesus Lizard
2/5
There are days I have the patience for early 90s sludge and today is not that day
Freddie Gibbs
3/5
I am “o.k.” With this
Igorrr
4/5
I’m not even sure what in the world is happening here but it was cool as hell
Vampire Weekend
3/5
It’s Vampire Weekend!
The Upsetters
4/5
Some good ass dub to come back to if I ever require some straight dub
Snarky Puppy
5/5
Ugh..fusion? What kind of fusion is….
oh. OH.
And this is live??
Finally something on the user submitted list that feels like it was something handed to me by a friend who said “this is good as hell”
Gang of Youths
2/5
The frontman describes Springsteen as one of his major influences, informing why I feel so supremely bored by what Wikipedia says is one of Australia’s 200 greatest artists
Hikaru Utada
2/5
It’s fun to have some J-Pop on here, due to the length it all feels very similar and I had to look to see how much was left which as the rules state means a 2
Graham Parker
3/5
I like Graham Parker, have some of these tracks floating through some playlists. Full album drags a liiiiitle and I 100 don’t need live immediately following the studio
The Alan Parsons Project
4/5
I would really like to play some board games with large rulebooks to this album. Immediately
Oingo Boingo
5/5
Oh hey this is great! Sorry for taking so long, Jon!
Debbie Gibson
3/5
Standard toe tapping 80s fare
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
3/5
Jazzy soundscapes that are immediately identifiable as Herb
Valerie June
4/5
I really quite dig this, nice blend of genres, Dan Auerbach production. Dumped a few songs onto some playlists
The Tragically Hip
5/5
Been a Hip fan for a while now and this album shows off why. Gord’s vocals, rocking hard without ever really rocking hard, the serene chiller tracks. Hell yea added to library
Robyn Hitchcock
2/5
I feel like you’re trying too hard, Robyn Hitchcock
Chet Baker
5/5
It’s jazz! And I always add any decent jazz album to a big playlist of jazz albums so technically I’ve added it to my collection which as you know means this gets five booms
Ani DiFranco
3/5
Looking at the runtime I originally thought this would be too long but it ended up speeding by and I may borrow a few tracks to playlist up with adjacent tunes
Salif Keita
3/5
I listened to some of his other albums and one or two tracks from this album off YouTube and some of the remix album and I think I would probably really like this. But I’ll never know unless I buy the cd. Shame. I will average knowns and unknowns into a 3
MF DOOM
4/5
I am always in for an MF DOOM vehicle
Nik Kershaw
2/5
We could’ve left this in 1984 where it was
The War On Drugs
2/5
God this one just wouldn’t end
Freestylers
3/5
These breakbeat albums always are so long but they go by fast. Nothing to dislike here or overly like for me
3/5
Extremely 1995 alternative rock radio kudos for not being a long album
The Mountain Goats
5/5
Hail Satan
Gurrumul
3/5
This was peaceful and nice
Damien Rice
3/5
It’s hard to keep my attention for over an hour and this is another in that pile. Kept my blood pressure down though so that’s good. Somebody should check on this guy he has a lot of feelings
Arthur Russell
2/5
This is very interesting conceptually and has a cool sound to it because of that. Downside - too long. I had to check how much was left which as you know makes this a two and not a three
Joan As Police Woman
3/5
You know this went by and I didn’t notice. Pleasant voice pleasant tunes wasn’t too long amen
GAS
1/5
For some reason not available on Apple Music and if not readily available to me :(
Sunny Day Real Estate
3/5
Siri, please play 1994 Sub Pop radio
The Amazing Devil
3/5
You know it’s going to be good when you can’t find a Wikipedia page for any of it
1/5
Lovely folky americanay indie at times but much much too long. Had to pause and didn’t feel the need to continue which under my personal
Bylaws = 1
Mogwai
4/5
This is pretty interesting and I can’t think of a comparable. Mostly instrumental rock telling a story with great use of sudden dynamic shifts and long periods of groove. Keeps you with it
Jai Paul
3/5
The lore around this album was more interesting to me than its contents. Snippets of electronic pop dancey tunes. Read the wiki
Killswitch Engage
4/5
A lot of fun moments in this. Great energy. Goes pretty hard
Stars
3/5
Siri play indie
Mary Chapin Carpenter
4/5
Solid country album hitting all the beats of this era. A good reminder that country was criminally underrepresented considering the amount of early 80s British post punk
Khruangbin
3/5
Pretty chill grooves
The Hold Steady
1/5
Unless my browser is chacheing in a weird way this album was already on the user submitted list. What the heck
Streetlight Manifesto
5/5
This album is the pinnacle of ska punk and one I would save from the collection if the house was on fire
Jimmy Eat World
4/5
This CD remains stuck in someone’s 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix in a player installed at a Circuit City with the cool LED faceplate missing. Aliens will find it one day to be immersed in the album that surrounds a pop punk millennial anthem. They’ll love it
Crash Test Dummies
3/5
I love that this has the best of all of the things happening in 90s alt rock while being its own thing. I wish that the album ended a little stronger, last couple of songs all felt like the concluding ballad which I got tired of
Touché Amoré
3/5
Whatever happened to you I’m so sorry
Pink Floyd
4/5
The rock and roll tour we took in London lined us up to take a picture of the smoke stacks on the cover. Neat. Pink Floyd at Pink Floyd’s finest
1/5
Had to pause this and I don’t think I’ll be going back. Droning chill alternative for alternative’s sake is what I feel like
Shania Twain
4/5
Sing it Shania
Anaïs Mitchell
4/5
I had no knowledge of this, weirdo fun and I’d love to see the musical
Chappell Roan
4/5
I started with the intention of hating this completely due to the recentness and popularness. It’s nice vibes that remind of Obama-era danceable pop. A Lady Gaga of the 2020s. Will I be angry if my wife puts it on again? Nah. Did this change music history? Nah. Will we be listening to this in 40 years Nah. Would I get down to this if it was the sophomore year of my undergraduate. Hell yeah
Calibro 35
4/5
I 100% already listened to this and somehow it is here again which is okay because it rules
Faith No More
3/5
You can hear the 1992 in this, you can also hear the 2012 in it. Fairly musically interesting alt / hard rock / whatever you want to call it at times. Would’ve preferred a tighter 40 minute album though it goes on a little long por moi
Cardiacs
1/5
I usually get upset when someone interrupts me while trying to listen to albums at work. I was okay this one got interrupted. Didn’t go back later. This is like clown prog? Not sure what’s happening
The Dear Hunter
2/5
This was so extremely long whatever it was supposed to be. Calm down
The National
1/5
Sincere serious indie is so boring to me. I’m sorry. It’s okay if this is your thing but it ain’t mine
Harmonium
1/5
I cannot do orchestral French whatever for this long. Maybe you can. Bon chance
Shudder To Think
3/5
Shuddering to think about a world where the 1001 album list was made by some late GenX American dude obsessed with early 90s alt and grunge instead of our British author obsessed with late 70s / early 80s post punk
Biffy Clyro
4/5
This is a great mix of Foo Fighters / Punk Pop / breakdowns / and emotions that will tug at your stupid little Millenial heart. Just wish I could trim a little off the fat of this one and it’d be a solid five for me. Still will probably come back
Avicii
3/5
Avicii made some bangers no doubt. Through a whole album things start to feel a little similar to me but if this is your thing hell yea
The Sound
3/5
The is would be great to drive around Vice City to
Screaming Females
5/5
Tight 35 minutes of fuzzy rock and roll. Saved to my library which is an auto 5 stars
Tori Amos
3/5
Early 90s pop. It played, I listened, now it is done.
Vulfpeck
3/5
I appreciate that Vulfpeck can be Sega video game music or Funkadelic or Marvin Gaye or their own mix of all of those things. I’m sure this was a great show but for a me listening experience this was too long
Transvision Vamp
5/5
I really enjoyed this and have saved for future listening which means a 5 from this author
Kayo Dot
1/5
5 songs..*squinting* 56 minutes?
I had to pause this and felt no need to come back. I appreciate this project opening us to all types of music but avant garde metal..maybe we don’t have to listen to this before we die
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
4/5
I built a child’s twin bed frame in the time it took to listen to this which is okay because it was a jam band helping me phase out of existence
Jeff Rosenstock
4/5
If you’re like me and are trying to place the voice - it’s the guy from Bomb the Music Industry! (!)
This is a fun rocker all the way through and has reminded me I like BtMI and should travel through their and Jeff here’s catalogue
John Martyn
2/5
This is nice in a proto-John Mayer kind of way at points but a lot of it made me want to check how much was left. Which by this author’s rules becomes a two star
The Chats
5/5
Absolutely solid punk album that I never would’ve run into if not for this wonderful place of people sharing tunes. This is what it’s all about
…looking at you, user who submitted that Chappell Roan album
Roky Erickson
4/5
This would be a great album to pull out around Halloween. Fits in with some Cramps and Misfits and such. Fun
Death
1/5
I thought this might be an album by important Detroit punk band ‘Death’ but it is in fact a very long metal album that I did not finish
DNF = 1
The Cure
3/5
The Cure have had a ton of albums of great tunes since 1979, I’m not sure if the one they dropped in 2024 needs to be the one I hear before I die. Maybe 1001 to hear from 2024. No complaints. It’s still the Cure.
Charli xcx
3/5
I thought Brat summer was supposed to save our society but that turned out not to be true. Now I know why
Joe Cocker
4/5
I was going to dismiss this immediately based on length but I like Joe Cocker. We ran through this during evening playtime with my son and it ruled. Plenty of great covers and his solo work in his rock & soul style.
Teenage Fanclub
4/5
Have always loved Sparkys Dream, rest of this album is great too. Think I need to go back again and listen and may be a five for me. Weird this is 1995 rock and not 2015 indie rock
Operation Ivy
5/5
Absolutely legendary American ska punk record . Sounds like shit. Kids can barely play their instruments. Dropped 27 bangers. How was this not on the original list?
Les sheriff
1/5
Les too long
Margot & The Nuclear So And So's
3/5
This played and I listened and then it was over
Karnivool
1/5
I started and stopped this so many times Apple Music tried to give me Karnivool radio. Never got into it never finished. High brow metal
Bob Mould
3/5
The big note about this album on Wikipedia is the theme for the Daily Show was Keith ally written for this album but cut so
Nightwish
4/5
When I was in music school there was a couple who loved theater and always wore Nightwish merch. That all makes sense now
TOOL
3/5
Ya gotta give it up for TOOL. Cool stuff, fun time signatures, great use of dynamics. Maynard is a madman. Whole albums are a little exhausting to me though
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
2/5
1 hour and 27 minutes of post - rock
There is a time and a place, make sure when you listen it is yours
Björk
3/5
Saw this labeled as having ‘connected art pop to electronic dance music’ which sure okay
HELLYEAH
4/5
Alcohaulin Ass is the greatest song title of all time
Joe Jackson
5/5
Wait there were late 70s early 80s UK New Wave albums that are actually fun and engaging but our original author didn’t include them in the 200-300 bad ones that were on the list? Weird!
Titus Andronicus
3/5
The first line of the Apple Music album review ponders about this being Springsteen-Ian which is an instant turn off. Fortunately either it isn’t overt enough or I wasn’t paying close enough attention to be annoyed by that. Alt / Indie that’s trying a little too hard but not so much that you can’t listen all the way through and feel just fine about it
The Stooges
1/5
I like Fun House. I like the importance the Stooges hold in the history of Michigan and global music. I like the story surrounding the show(s). I don’t like any of it enough for a bootleg live album
The Angelic Process
1/5
I’m pretty sure this broke my AirPods
Modest Mouse
2/5
There is some of this that is fun Spoon-like late 90s early 00s indie and other parts that are..not that. Overall a little too long for this reviewer
Yeasayer
4/5
Love the world indie vibes, groovy positive listen
Polvo
3/5
There is the whole period of early 90s alt music trying to climb out of grunge sludge and into something poppier and the user submitted list is building the largest collection known to man
Courtney Barnett
4/5
I dig this rock and roll
Slowdive
3/5
Peaceful shoegaze to help you disassociate from whatever is on your monitor this morning
Jimmy Eat World
3/5
You know it’s gonna be fine when the synopsis begins with ‘though largely ignored upon its 1999 release’
Avenged Sevenfold
4/5
Late 00s Alt Rock Radio that goes hard the whole way through
Jack Johnson
5/5
Hey f you - I love Jack Johnson
CAKE
5/5
I wish that an autocrat law-ignoring regime would do something cool for once. Like making everyone take some time each day to remember that CAKE kicks ass
Amyl and The Sniffers
4/5
Badass
The Caretaker
3/5
This is a very cool concept but is mostly just record hiss
Chloe x Halle
3/5
This played and I listened!
Carly Rae Jepsen
3/5
Traditional modern popular music
Great Big Sea
3/5
🇨🇦
Wishbone Ash
4/5
Let’s put this on and play a long and complicated board game
Mylène Farmer
3/5
The dang French at it again
Ornette Coleman
4/5
It’s jazz!
The Tragically Hip
5/5
I always kind of liked the Hip but sitting down with these last two albums from the user submitted list I’m all in, baby
Daft Punk
5/5
Was this really not on the original list? Or is it so good they let us have it twice?
TOOL
3/5
Love some TOOL here and there but man sometimes the albums just feel like they are 10,000 days long
Chris de Burgh
3/5
Some fun little diddies
Martha
3/5
This is someone’s friend’s band but it’s fun in a modern pop rock punk kinda way
Backstreet Boys
4/5
Absolutely loaded front half representative of a whole genre and place and time, and a second half to get loaded and make whoopie to
Fontaines D.C.
3/5
Please don’t tell my friend Anthony that I think this just fine
Boards of Canada
4/5
A classic Boards of Canada listen, delightful
Bon Iver
3/5
I’ve never really cared about Bon Iver and I continue to not do so
Arca
3/5
Beep boop wubba
The 1975
3/5
People really like the 1975 and that’s okay
Daft Punk
5/5
I mean yeah, of course
The Vaccines
4/5
I enjoyed a good rockin time
Alexisonfire
3/5
Woof these guys are sure mad about something
Songs: Ohia
4/5
This was nice and put me onto some Mike Mogis, Bright Eyes, Monsters of Folk kick for the rest of the day
A delightful spacey Death Cab for Cutie
David Baerwald
3/5
1992 pop rock that will play while you listen
Sports Team
3/5
This played and I listened
System Of A Down
5/5
‘Shimmy’ came to me through Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 and that kicked off a long and wonderful relationship for me with SOAD. Toxicity represents all that makes them great. Where is my scratched up CD copy?
Talking Heads
5/5
Greatest live album of all time? Yeah probably
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Sufjan is on my list with Springsteen and Radiohead where every one of their albums is going to end up on this list and I don’t quite care about any of them. Breathy chamber folk doesn’t do it for me, congrats if it does it for you
Screeching Weasel
3/5
Pretty straight forward punk
Times New Viking
1/5
You know it’s going to be good when the Wikipedia page simply exists to give the album title and track listing
Olivia Rodrigo
3/5
This played and I listened
Crystal Castles
3/5
Some fun beeps and boops and some fever dreams
Guy Clark
4/5
I can get down with this good country
Portishead
3/5
This was a lot of the same for me, chill track with some voice here in there saying something about something
Refused
4/5
This is a fun ride. Hardcore at times, electronicish at others? Keeps you on your toes
Emicida
3/5
Brazilian hip-hop that fairly interesting at times even without understanding the language, other times less interesting
Talk Talk
3/5
Apple Music liner notes begins with ‘Spirit of Eden is one of the most powerful and singular experiences in modern music’
My liner notes ‘It was fine’
Manchester Orchestra
3/5
This played and I listened
Unwound
3/5
Boring 90s alternative in the submitted list is becoming the early 80s post punk of the original list
Noname
3/5
This was some chill hip-hop that played while I listened
TOOL
2/5
I am good with like one TOOL song mixed into a playlist, I do not need 1.5 hours of consistent TOOL. Every TOOL album is not a must hear before you die. TOOL
Bon Iver
3/5
Falsetto folk isn’t my thing and maybe it deserved one entry into the overall list but I don’t think we needed six or whatever
3/5
If you like the 1975 that’s good for you
Johnny Winter
3/5
Inventing a new rating for this one - the 3+. Anything wrong here? Nope! Anything that moving to me here? Nope! Blues rock straight forward that played and I had a good time but probably no inkling to need to return
Os Mundi
4/5
70s Prog / Kraut Rock with lyrics in Latin - interesting concept, sounds like you’d think that would sound. I’d gladly put on this vinyl on, get inebriated, and go to church.
Good add to the collection.
Enter Shikari
3/5
Modern alternative pop punk hangover with some cool synths
Al Stewart
3/5
It came from Abbey Road
R.E.M.
4/5
Why wasn't this on the original list?
Spose
1/5
Okay who is friends with Spose
The Breeders
4/5
How was this not on the original list
Lo Fidelity Allstars
3/5
I couldn’t remember if I had played this album and so I pulled it up again and I’m pretty sure I listened to it. So that’s the memorable factor for me
Sam Fender
3/5
This is a great site because a user thought this album was incredible enough to suggest it should be listened to before death
And Apple Music can suggest this artist is entering their ‘Imperial phase’ on this album
And then I can listen to it and go “it was okay”
Ween
4/5
Ween is nuts, gotta love it
Dead Boys
4/5
An American punk classic
New Model Army
4/5
This was a fun mix of rock and rock-adjacent genres, kept me going through despite being above an hour in length. That’s a good sign
Ex-Easter Island Head
4/5
Oh hey I like this very much
Jason Isbell
3/5
Singer songwriter has big feelings and lets you know about them
The Chameleons
2/5
The not-requested return of UK post punk to the list leans into the Cure and Joy Division and eventually goes too long for this reviewer
Tosca
3/5
Relaxing electronic
Yo La Tengo
4/5
Yo La is fun
Beyoncé
4/5
Never heard of Beyoncè thank you for sharing
John Coltrane
4/5
Jazz - it’s jazz!
Psyche Origami
4/5
This is my favorite flavor of hip hop, tons of samples and DJ work, linguistic gymnastics, and a little bit silly feeling. Good stuff
Final Fantasy
2/5
You have to look up ‘Owen Pallett’ and then you have to get it off the deluxe edition so you don’t have to have some bs extra songs and by the time you get there it’s fine
Vangelis
5/5
Vangelis is a badass
Neil Cicierega
1/5
Not available on streaming and searching for it gives you weird asmr results no stars
Medeski, Martin & Wood
4/5
‘Avant Groove’ is the very cool way their sound is described in their wiki page. Love it
Lady Gaga
4/5
Oh 2008, take us back
Frightened Rabbit
3/5
“While indie rock suffers no shortage of dramatic, orchestral pop..”
Ok I’m out
Magdalena Bay
4/5
I accidentally had this set on repeat album and so I listened to it about 1.5 times which means 1) I couldn’t really tell the tracks apart and 2) That’s okay because I didn’t mind listening to it
Electric Callboy
3/5
I listen to a podcast where the host made his own theme song using AI and this is what it sounds like
Duncan Dhu
3/5
I was enjoying this for a while but there isn’t much I want to listen to for 1hr 22 minutes
Jon Batiste
4/5
A toe tapping blend of r&b / soul / pop with Motown and New Orleans running all through it. Good times
Rita Ora
3/5
This is a nice pop album that I listened to
Deltron 3030
3/5
This is extremely cool on paper, hip hop
Opera of future space dudes having rap battles to save the universe. Didn’t get me so much on execution and also a little looong
Pearl Jam
3/5
[Eddie Vedder voice]
Cat System Corp.
4/5
Broke my rule of auto-one starring anything I can’t stream on Apple Music because the concept was cool and it was available on Bandcamp. I think I’m going to be a mallsoft guy now
I love AJJ
ISIS
2/5
This ‘post-metal’ album is likely over an hour only because the musicians often forgot where they were and just kept looping whatever they were doing until one of them remembered to move on
The Who
3/5
I’m a music nerd but not that this much of a music nerd
Yellowcard
4/5
Pop punk perfection
The Groundhogs
4/5
This one of those would be great to put the vinyl on and have some beers with boys 70s rock albums
Reincidentes
4/5
Fun rock y alternativo!
Kashmir
3/5
This played while I listened!
Aesop Rock
3/5
It’s the hip hop that plays while you listen
Dream Theater
4/5
I said this on the last Dream Theater album someone posted and I’ll say it again - there were some weird kids in my music program that wore Dream Theater merch everyday and this checks out. It’s kinda fun though
Agalloch
2/5
This is a message on behalf of 1001 album users - the thing missing from the original 1001 list was not 1001 of your friend Gary’s post metal band’s albums
BABYMETAL
4/5
This is something unique enough it could have found a place on the og 1001 list. ‘Kawaii Metal’ is something you never knew you needed
Bruce Hornsby
3/5
Absolute shoutout to the legend who found this album of the music they played at KMarts
of Montreal
3/5
I’ve never been that into of Montreal and I continue to be that way
"Weird Al" Yankovic
5/5
Every Weird Al album should be on here
Ozzy Osbourne
4/5
Because great Ozzy album or because he just passed? Doesn’t matter it kicks ass
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
3/5
This is rocky music that plays while you listen
Baroness
2/5
A very long album of heavy alternative I did not find that inspiring
Boredoms
1/5
I couldn’t find this on Apple Music so auto-disqualified
Floating Points
4/5
Music nerd jazz + electronic collab to play early morning with coffee or late night with a wine and enjoy for the #vibes
Harry Styles
3/5
This is a fine modern pop album
Charly García
4/5
Rolling Stone Argentina says this is the 12th best Argentinian rock album of all time but for me with a list of one, it’s the best
Yoko Ono
1/5
I somehow got about 14 and 1/2 minutes into ‘mindtrain’ before I had to give up. Come on
Living Colour
4/5
Living Colour is badass
The Church
2/5
“The Aussie rockers go prog on their 26th studio album” is the album description equivalent of the Grandpa Simpson walking in and immediately straight out of the restaurant meme
The Tragically Hip
5/5
I love The Hip and you should too
David Allan Coe
4/5
Hell yeah
Various Artists
3/5
I mean yeah I guess
Amália Rodrigues
3/5
This is nice
Shihad
3/5
Alt rock you listen to with a closed fist
Barenaked Ladies
4/5
A bunch of Barenaked classics
Deafheaven
1/5
The kind of Metal that I don’t need in my life and very quickly had to move on from
Fall Out Boy
3/5
Yeah I mean idk, sounds like Fall Out Boy
Stray From The Path
4/5
At first I was like ugh more nonsense metal but then this turned out to be a kind of funny hardcore punk album and it was great
The Heads
3/5
This is just fine rock and or roll
Nic Jones
4/5
Some delightful and apparently legendary folk from across the pond. If you are a non-UK listener check out the wiki page for this one to read about a bunch of folks you’ve never heard of saying they love this album
BABYMETAL
3/5
Are we just going to put every BABYMETAL album on here now?
Quicksand
3/5
Early 90s grunge etc
Denzel Curry
3/5
Uhm yeah, hip hop / rap
Vampire Weekend
3/5
Vampire Weekend is a neat idea on paper but is always just indie rock that plays and I listen in execution
Malibu
3/5
I too have listened to Eno’s music for Airports
Ornatos Violeta
3/5
Portuguese Alt Rock radio
Chico Science
3/5
It’s cool that all countries have goofy okay hip hop
Black Devil Disco Club
4/5
What in the world here is a fun one. 1978 Electronic
Robyn
3/5
Dance! For over an hour!
Descendents
4/5
Early punk doing early punk things
Weezer
5/5
Wait this wasn’t on the original list?
Dolly Parton
3/5
This sounds like famed country singer Dolly Parton
Built To Spill
3/5
It’s Built to Spill!
Paul McCartney
4/5
Bunch of granny music and silly love songs
4/5
Hurry up, it’s that one song from those TikTok’s and others! Feels like this could’ve been on the list as a representation of the modern electro beep boop music but we still got here
The Notwist
3/5
I listened to a couple of albums today and do not even remember what this one was so it must have just played while I listened
Rodríguez
3/5
Forgot about the Rodríguez story. Tunes are interesting although the story probably more so. Thank you for inventing the Black Keys, Rodríguez
Hamilton Leithauser
3/5
Listened to this but cannot remember anything about the next day Alt rock
Everything Everything
3/5
This alt rock album played while I listened
Ween
3/5
I’m sure there is a parallel universe version of me that is like YEAH WEEN! Lots of styles spanning the album, pretty kooky. This universe me just isn’t in the mood. At least today
Shpongle
4/5
Normally electronic music just sounds electronic and I lose the music, this one has a lot of points where I recognize the music. Cool addition to the list
Bright Eyes
5/5
F U still love this record
Alabama 3
3/5
Harmonica 90s rock
Ookla The Mok
4/5
TIL about Filk? This is super fun and the kind of stuff I like to see pop up on the list
Future Islands
3/5
Finally the album with Pitchfork’s 2014 song of the year!!!! Neat synth-led pop
Foxing
3/5
One of the reviews was “sometimes rock, sometimes punk, sometimes just noise” which “reminded them of Radiohead” which to me is uhh yea sure
Tom Misch
4/5
This music felt very specifically like music that would be playing at the outdoor shop / lounge area at the Secrets resort we have visited twice in Mexico. Which pleases me. Don’t know if that helps you as a review
Michael Hurley
4/5
This is my sort of lane, good musicianship without taking the whole thing too seriously. Folksy Americana by someone it world clearly be fun to have a beer with. Listened originally as a Friday wrapping up the work day, then put back on to cook Saturday morning breakfast and was great for both
Various Artists
5/5
This is a genius pick and easy 5
Paramore
3/5
If you listened to that one Paramore song like a 1000 times when it was always on the radio you probably have a guess as to what a full album sounds like and you’re right. Fun little pop punk / alt rock drive into the office this morning
Spinvis
3/5
Apple Music said this was electronic and maybe it was? Very DUTCH that’s for certain
Turnpike Troubadours
4/5
I’m in my alt country era so hell yeah
Swans
1/5
2 discs for 2 hours and 1 minutes uhm did not finish
Mac Miller
3/5
This played while I listened
Q65
3/5
This goes pretty hard for 1966. The more interesting part is reading on Wikipedia about the Dutch Rock boom of the mid-1960s (Nederbeat!) and its predecessor Indorock
Comus
3/5
Prog folk is what the worst folks at the renaissance fair are listening to on their way home and that’s nice for them. I’m not sure I personally need 1hr 11 minutes of it
DARKSIDE
3/5
Some chill electronic that played while I listened
No Doubt
5/5
Perfect west coast ska / reggae / pop-punk album. Legendary 90s stuff. So many hits
Chuck Berry
3/5
Sounds like Chuck Berry! Was there Chuck on the OG list? Should’ve been
Charles Aznavour
3/5
The French Frank Sinatra is an interesting listen thanks for sharing I guess
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
4/5
Good blues! More good, Wikipedia-ing this guy led me to a blues supergroup he was in with Stephen Stills. Badass
Lift To Experience
3/5
This played while I listened. Occasionally it sounded like the Strokes but less good
Zamilska
3/5
This is ‘electronic’ music that played while I listened
Glass Animals
3/5
Sounds like indie rock band Glass Animals
Mr. Bungle
4/5
This is bonkers
Nujabes
3/5
It’s that cool hip hop
WHY?
3/5
Ughh this is sooo indie rock
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore
4/5
Apple Music said this was ‘alternative’ but I found it to be laid back slowly evolving jazz. Wikipedia described it as DARK JAZZ which is extremely badass. Good listen better genre
3/5
This alt / indie rock played while I listened
Modern Life Is War
3/5
These guys are angry about something
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
4/5
I too love The Rolling Stones
Danny Brown
3/5
I think I’m supposed to like this extra because Detroit but idk
65daysofstatic
3/5
Beeep beeeep booop
Metric
3/5
Metric has been and remains to me “pretty okay” indie / alt
Powderfinger
3/5
Apple Music told me this is the sound that defined late 90s early 00s Australian rock and I guess, sure
Brand New
3/5
Apple Music told me this is the best of Australian rock of
Blackalicious
4/5
Blackalicious remains extremely badass
Current 93
3/5
‘Apocalyptic folk’ sounds like it should be crazy cool but it’s kind of giving Decemberists Hazard s of Love if they had lost their way
Savatage
3/5
This sounds exactly like you think it’s going to
Pink Floyd
3/5
This is definitely a great live album. Kind of long though
Beyoncé
3/5
Identifying Beyoncé - it’s Beyoncé!
Espers
3/5
This was uh..something. Finished but. Hm
Turnstile
4/5
Somebody recommended Turnstile to me a while back I think. Good energy, musically interesting. Hard rock +
Depeche Mode
4/5
Beep boop doo Dee doo gotta love Depeche Mode synth time
Pop Will Eat Itself
3/5
Very much a snapshot of its time
Daft Punk
5/5
A soundtrack 500x better than its movie
Soul Coughing
2/5
I had to take my AirPods off during listening to this to talk to someone and didn’t really feel like going back to finish
Gerry Cinnamon
3/5
I listened to this but do not remember which is not a good sign
Eric B. & Rakim
4/5
The first guys to realize you could make those dj noises. One of the early hip-hop greats. Should’ve been on the OG list
Wet Leg
3/5
Remember when that one song was an indie pop classic for a few months? I do
Jaco Pastorius
4/5
I was unaware of this super-bassist and his interesting life. Cool jazz great bass
Porcupine Tree
3/5
This has loud guitars in it sometimes
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
Groovy, baby
STARSET
3/5
Pop punk band with a good synth player who then got into playing harder. Also see ‘I See Stars’
Billy Strings
4/5
You know I think I can be a fan of Billy Strings. This record is too long though so not a 5 for me
Bruce Cockburn
5/5
I really quite enjoyed this album. Great guitar work. Lovely songs
Songs: Ohia
4/5
I love Neil Young!
Bo Burnham
5/5
What a moment this was in the Covid-era. Bo has always been a real one but this piece of art masterfully touched so much of our terrible beautiful world. And Bezos I just goes so hard
The Weakerthans
4/5
I really liked this and will need to revisit. Canadian Indie Rock so rooted in all things good to my ears
Getatchew Mekurya
5/5
Let this be a lesson for everyone who drops the absolute latest Sabrina Carpenter album or the people insisting every Bon Iver album ends up on here. Ethiopian Saxophonist backed by a Dutch Post-Punk band. This is the shit we’re here for
Crass
3/5
That wonderful kind of crust punk where everything sounds kind of bad and the singer is complaining about something
The Hold Steady
3/5
It was about halfway through that I realized ‘oh they really like Springsteen’ and understood why I was so meh
Mastodon
3/5
Apple Music said it was metal but okay idk
Matthew Good Band
3/5
This played while I listened
Auri
4/5
Wikipedia has a quote describing their sound as ‘rabbit hole music and celestial metal’ which is perfect
Tom Petty
4/5
Weird this wasn’t on the original list. You know what Tom Petty sounds like
Warren Zevon
4/5
Woah hey I like Warren Z
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
I cannot describe for you the differences between most of the tracks here. Modern alt rock radio. Some of it is fun don’t get me wrong
ROSALÍA
3/5
Spanish Chapell Roan did an album about saints or nuns or something? This just came out, chill
Muse
3/5
Identifying Muse : Yep it’s Muse!
August is Falling
4/5
This is a wonderful intersection of a joke but the joke is also good
Wilco
4/5
Early Wilco is alt country George Harrison and when I reconciled that in my heart the world was a better place
Imogen Heap
4/5
This album was good when Hide and Seek blew up because of SNL and it is still good now
The Civil Wars
3/5
This style of folky Americana just isn’t my thing. Whispy emotional Greys Anatomy stuff
NOFX
3/5
Cmon
Porcupine Tree
3/5
The internet really wants me to think of Porcupine Tree as a prog rock band and there’s certainly one track with a lot of synths and a flute jamming out. Much of the rest feels Beatles-descendent indie rock and one like Rage Against the Machine cover band sound? All and all was pretty interesting to my ear at the end
Vince Guaraldi Trio
5/5
Accidentally listened to this on this day without knowing it was the album. All time classic
Ryan Adams
2/5
Ryan Adams is hell
Yello
3/5
Dreary 80s synth pop that is hitting the bullies eye for the goth industrial people but largely I think this is here because of the OHHH YEAAAH song so we go ‘oh..oh yeah’
Cindy Lee
1/5
Not on Apple Music or Spotify which as you know means auto one star sorry!!!!!!
Lizzy McAlpine
2/5
Musical descriptors that do not motivate me “breakup album” “falling out of love and stepping into her power” “chamber pop” “baroque pop”
Extremoduro
2/5
If you had given me one 40 minute album and not a three hour compilation I think we find ourselves in a different position. Usually not finishing auto equals a one but I still listened for a good while and was enjoying so it gets a plus one
Digable Planets
3/5
At some point we will have listened to every hip hop album ever made which sounds exactly this. Which is fine
Mansun
3/5
Post Brit-pop with unlimited guitar tones
Broken Social Scene
3/5
This is fine, it played and I listened
Less Than Jake
4/5
F the h8rs love me some Less Than Jake
Lady Gaga
3/5
I’ll be honest I didn’t Lady Gaga had like 30 other albums after the first one. So cool I guess
Low
3/5
The Apple Music summary for the album basically says this is spooky Mormon indie rock and, yeah
The Mountain Goats
4/5
I didn’t know Dan did 1001 albums. Congrats buddy on finishing
Queen
4/5
Queen!
Vampire Weekend
3/5
You can like Vampire Weekend a lot and that’s fine for you
The Housemartins
4/5
A fun collection of new wave power Pop and Proclaimers style ballads
Mac DeMarco
3/5
This played and I listened
Helloween
2/5
Yesterday was not a good day to hit me metal nonsense
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
1/5
Not available on Apple Music or Spotify 👎🏻
Roy Harper
3/5
If you’re in the mood for four ten-minute long folk songs here ya go!
My Morning Jacket
5/5
I have always loved MMJ, Z Gets a lot of love but I’ve always been more of an Evil Urges man. Either way killer album
Jawbreaker
4/5
At first I was like ugh mid-90s rock but it grew on me in a fun bridge between grunge and power pop
Zero 7
3/5
Apple Music said ‘electronic’ and maybe? It played and I listened
Massive Attack
4/5
Apparently very important ‘trip hop’ and so I will agree
311
3/5
On our trip to New Orleans we went out to eat the first night and were seated by a large party of people who were traveling the Gulf Coast following 311 and that taught me everything I needed to know about 311