Very typical Neil Young, lots of mellow strummed acoustic tunes with Neil singing, some electric songs. Classic live versions of Hey Hey My My and the reverse bookend the tracks.
More cool guitar work than I remember. Very cool 90s moods. Heavy, drop-tuned riffage. Black Hole Sun, Spoonman, and other SG hits on this one.
Very electronic. Interesting stereo effects, particularly good for headphone listening. Some tasteful and experimental use of dissonance. Not my typical music, but nice enough for a change of pace.
Doesn't do much for me. Basically pleasant, but not that interesting. Some modern, poppy beats and elements. Seems highly produced.
Cool African sound. Some interesting longer tracks with long instrumental sections. Grooves are unusual but very cool. Instrumentation and production has a bit of a 90s sound, but the music is compelling enough for it to hold up anyway. It has a bit of jazzy vibe. Lyrics are a little corny.
Very 90s, very indie. Not what I would call "singing." Lots of attitude, noisy guitars.
Soulful, funky grooves and sultry singing. Some instrumental tunes, with borders on cool/smooth jazz.
The "Beano" album... just AWESOME! Clapton at height of his powers. Raw blues and rock, great guitar tones and playing.
Catchy/poppy alt rock with a 90s sound. Some decent guitar moments and riffs. None of it is life changing great, but overall it's pretty cool. Some electronic sounds too.
Very noisy and discordant for the most part.
Very interesting, hard to classify. It's got some rock, some bluegrass/country, some 80s sounds, a little jazzy, etc. Good tunes with a little more depth.
So good! Ritchie Blackmore and John Lord absolutely burning it up on some of my favorite Deep Purple tracks done live with a ton of energy.
Cool, soulful, funky. A lot of instrumental stuff. Clearly designed to be a soundtrack to a variety of moods and scenes.
Musically decent, within the genre. I really hate the yelling style of singing though.
Creative and a little bit out there. Not really to my taste.
Funky and feel-good music with amazing grooves. Definitely a product of 1969. Features a few of their big hits.
Interesting musically and structurally. Some cool instrumentation. A little jazzy, but rock.
Some great DS hits on this one like Money for Nothing, Walk of Life, and So Far Away. Knofler just killing it everywhere. A few more mellow/clean tunes too.
Absolutely rocks - great guitar playing and tone. All the good parts of CSNY, but much cooler. Bluesy rock.
An interesting mix of electronic, rock, pop, orchestral, etc. Creative structures. Experimental without being dissonant. Just not for me.
Very creative take on classic rock / new wave sounds, with some jazzy elements, some punk, some reggae sounds, etc. Andy's tone is always on point.
Alternative / punkish, with a strong bass sound and a fair amount of acoustic guitar. Some discordance here and there. Singing is an acquired taste but in line for the style. Not my favorite overall.
alt/punk rock, cool riffs (no solos really), not horrible vocals. The sound is cool, though, and there are a few I know on there.
Stones when they are past their pop phase, getting some great rock & roll, country, and blues grooves. Absolute classic!
Punkish rock, nice crunchy guitars, some dissonance and interesting arrangements. A little depressing and angry.
Weird, early electronic / noise music. The fun fun fun of the autobahn... Creative, but does not move me at all.
Somewhere between folk and softer rock. She has a great voice. Oddly bass-heavy mix. Reminds me of Christian contemporary music (with some Christian imagery in the lyrics too).
Mostly a dude with a comically heavy English accent playing guitar and yammer-singing with, maybe, some political message I don't care to hear.
Beautiful, clean, classic Knopfler playing. Songs grove. Some great, classic DS tunes including Sultans.
Reminds me of David Bowie, with a little more guitar/rock edge. Definitely a 70's sound. Some good electric and acoustic playing.
I listened to the heck out of this album in the 90s. It still rocks, if it's just a bit dated. Great guitar and bass playing. Very high energy, hard rock with some other stylistic elements. All very good!
Punky and bluesy, some decent beats. Singing is punk, not my favorite. Not awful, overall.
Hate everything about it.
Glam rock, some cool riffs and songs. More heavily produced sound than I really like, but it's decent.
Rockin' high energy Motorhead! I enjoy how Lemmy tells you the name of each song. Also, lots of additions to my workout playlist.
Screaming not singing, too heavy.
sounds like 90s soul... not my cup of tea but a lot better than modern hip hop.
Angry, discordant punk/experimental. Not really something I enjoy.
Weird electronic music. Not into it.
Something between 90s rock, punkish, glam rock / Bowie, experimental (but not too out there). Some orchestral sounds in there. Decent guitar playing. Interesting overall.
Not bad. Better when blues rock than when pop. She has a silky voice.
I really like it overall. It definitely has that late 90 / early aughts vibe, but it's just enough rock with just enough chill.
Terrible singing, yelling, so-so musically. Very punk, not my cup of tea
Some stuff better than others
One of the first CDs I owned. Dated, but good for hair rock.
A tour de force of acoustic guitar and rich vocal harmony, or some such. Lots of big well known hits, a few gems I never heard. Solid top to bottom.
Less annoying than punk, but a hard edge to it. Interesting guitar tones, really trebly. Dark and angry.
A lot of short songs. Great beats, on the funky/punk side of hip hop. Some great songs like Sabotage and Sure Shot.
Probably revolution for its day, not into it. Very 60's vocals, raw garage band but without that edge or interesting music. Proto punk? Maybe.
One hit wonder. 90s sounding rock. Not bad. Some interesting tracks.
Decent punky rock, modern, not overly produced.
Music is pretty cool, lyrics sound like they belong to Spinal Tap songs. Not a fan of the singing either.
Couldn't find this on Spotify, but listened to their other popular songs. Some are better than others. Some are unlistenable noise, but most were edgy alternative rock, a bit on the harder side.
Wow, some sexy lyrics. Cool new wave meets punk (or maybe it's the other way). Some more traditional rock sounds too.
RIP Ozzy. One of my favorite albums of all time. It marks the birth of the heavy metal sound. Incredibly creative and unique in its sound, coming on the heels of early Led Zeppelin and the late 60s sounds they followed.
Classic heavy riffs and Tony Iomi solos (often overdubbed to play his own counterpoint) abound! The rhythm section is tight and drives the sound, not to mention some cool solos, riffs, and fills from Geezer Butler. Ozzy's vocals are a perfect match for the dark subject matter.
My father, still feeling the good vibes from Woodstock when it came out, said that this band and album marked the end of good music. He really should give it another chance.
Pop rock with a little edge to it. Bowie's distinctive voice works well over the music. Some solid guitar playing and riffs. Rhythms vary across rock, pop, punk, and even a little disco (it is from 1977 after all). Some ambient effects, I assume from synths, which are definitely a prominent instrument on this album. A few mostly instrumental tracks too in that ambient electronic style.
Folky sounding, very organic. Vocals feel heartfelt, not very polished. Picky/strumy, full sounding acoustic playing, feels full even though it's a pretty minimal arrangement.
Arabic pop songs, including a cover of Lennon's Imagine. Not my cup of tea.
Free Bird!!!!
Seriously awesome. Southern rock at its best. Track list reads like a "best of" album. Awesome guitar tones and playing, riffs galore, plenty of layering, and golden age guitar solos. Driving rock beats. Honkey tonk keys. Southern twinged vocals and lyrics.
Get your lighter out and maybe they'll come out for another encore.
Pretty cool, catchy tunes. Alt/punk vocals. Pop leaning rhythms but with more of an alt rock instrumentation across the board.
A bit electronic, experimental, synthesized and other noises. Some orchestral sounds. Typical RadioHead eeriness. Some cool guitar riffs mixed in there.
Fricken weird. Electronic, experimental sounds, some cool mellow groves. Her voice is, uh, unique. Lots of harp? Sounds like she's having too much enjoyment in a few spots.
Very interesting instrumental, heavy organ and synth tones, not much in the way vocals or particularly catchy tunes. What a great idea to adapt this piece in what I'd call a prog rock style. It really adds a lot of textures you'd never get out of an orchestra, but in its own way it's quite rich.
Gorgeous voice. Proper old school, vocal-lead country music. Lyrics are expressed clearly and are thematically exactly as you might expect early 70s country music to be.
Don't discount the musicianship either - plenty of cool guitar licks, straight grooves, etc.
In fact, I'd say you have both of kinds of music on this album - Country and Western.
Kind of presages the 90s pop rock sound a bit. Some of it reminds me of REM, including the vocals. Pretty cool for rock fans.
This is another album that is top-to-bottom loaded with hits and classic songs you hear all over old fart radio that I listen to. Everyone should have this in their rotation.
Of course, the opening (title) track is unrivaled among great Eagles songs, and up there among great classic rock songs in general. What's it about? Drug addiction? Satanic cult? Hippie commune of insanity? Who knows! What I do know is that it's an awesome song that draws you in with it's picking, melody, dynamics shifts, drum and guitar fills, and then absolutely crushes with a massive multi-guitar solo at the end. I saw them in concert a few years ago and it's even better live.
Great album - don't miss it!
My parents listened to this album like it was going out of style when it came out. Lots of big hits on here, plus some forgotten gems.
A lot of folk think about Prince as a pop star, but there is some of his smoking guitar playing on this album buried amongst the 1980s eletro-pop. His singing runs a gamut but always proves he's one of kind, a true original.
Darling Nikki is like bottled sex. I remember thinking my parents shouldn't let me listen to this.
Not the old rockin' Peter Green Fleetwood Mac (by far my preferred version). Definitely a more experimental sound even for this line-up, and a large stylistic variety of songs. I guess a way of looking at it is that 1979 was a strange time for the world, and a strange time for music. This album reflects that idea of, "does anyone really know what's going on or what we are supposed to be doing?" So, yeah, not my favorite.
I get it. The Beatles. Seminal rock. Starting to get into their experimental phase. So many of their famous hits. I'm sure it was very innovative in its day, and certainly culturally significant.
My dad listened to so much Beatles while I was growing up it's kind of hard for me to hear it with fresh ears. Objectively as I can listen, it's a mixed bag for me. Rock has gone a lot of ways since this was the cutting edge. Some later rock bands are much more to my taste, but maybe they don't exist without the Beatles. I like some songs here way more than others, and there are definitely gems all over this album: While My Guitar, Blackbird, Glass Onion, Helter Skelter, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Dear Prudence.
I like Ella's jazzy stuff, but this is more show tunes with a big orchestra. It's definitely not my usual style. My grandmother probably liked it. Yet... the songs make me happy. Her voice is incredible as always.
You might know a few of these, in Ella's version or others (e.g. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off").
It's over 3 hours of music, BTW!
Very electronic music with some mumbling singing over it. Sounds like it was made on a Casio keyboard with a cassette recorder. Pass.
Why are you yelling at me?
Pretty good, atmospheric, spacey, mellow/dark, a little dated but still cool.
Folky, orchestral, a little electric and a folk rock rhythm section. Acoustic and vocal driven. Mellow and definitely a late 60s/early 70s sound.
She has a very cool sound. It's pure attitude in music form, including melodies, lyrics, and rthyms. The arrangements are layered and very interesting.
Solid piano playing, no acrobatics. Vocals are on point and very stylized, a little sultry, lots of anger/attitude but a sweet smoothness to them too. Is it pop, alt, blues rock,.... something in between? It's cool whatever it is.
All over the place sylistically. Jazzy, rock, experimental, pop, and more. A lot of talking over the music. Sometimes upbeat, sometimes dark and disturbing, all the things in between. A fair amount of strange and/or random sounding noises here and there.
This is definitely an unusual and unique album. It's the kind of thing I don't think I'd put onto listen to, but it's an interesting experience to go through it. Maybe I'm all wrong and it gets better with more listens?
A lot of very interesting Judeo-Christian references and religious themes, not that I am able to tease out the deeper meaning here on a first listen. This is a much older, more gravely sounding Leonard Cohen, not really belting out melodies anymore
It's really an old man reflecting on his life, it seems. Believes, loves, circumstances. Lyrically it tries to be somewhat deep as popular music goes. Musically spans something like rock, blues, pop, hard to classify cleanly. There are traditional rock instruments, as well as some non-traditional like a string quartet. In some ways maybe it's more like electrified folk, but doesn't really come off like acoustic folk.
It's got that "wee hoo!" song we all know. Otherwise pretty cool 90s rock with a punk/grunge flavor, some acoustic stuff. It's got some stranger stuff on there too, a little experimentation with sounds and things.
More psychedelic than I was expecting. Some very cool guitar and bass playing (because, you know, Jeff Beck). Plenty of 60s pop and British Invasion sounds too, blues roots obvious in many places. Dated but still cool.
7th or 8th grade school dance, 1986/7 or so, Staten Island, NY... Girls on one side of the room, boys on the other. So awkward. My crush over there with her curly blond hair, sparkly eyes, and braces. Yes, a lot of very big hair, some Z Cavaricci pants (not on me), gold chains (on boys), "colorful" attire," etc. Yeah, it's like an episode of the Goldbergs.
Also, like an episode of the Goldbergs, there's LOTS of Beastie Boys. I remember the whole room breaking out and shouting the chorus of "Fight For Your Right." Are you unsure of what right we were fighting for? Listen to this album and realize how revolutionary it was for its time. Gen X in the house.
Yeah, rap was a thing already (kids, that's what we used to call proto hiphop), and rock of course, but these guys were one of the pioneers of merging the 2 genres. Kind of the OG white rock/rappers. So many good songs on this album that I love now in a nostalgic way, but also hated back in those days when I too busy listening to Van Halen and Def Leppard (sic). I only managed to get my "learners permit to ill."
Other than the prodigious use of samples, the guitar playing is, uh, artistically outside the box of traditional rock guitar... Yeah, instrumental virtuosity was not a hallmark of their sound.
But if you do find yourself in the company of someone old like me, just mention "no sleep" or "fighting for rights" or anything "brass" or "monkey" related, and you will likely get a retort straight off this album.
Great album, many hits and well know tunes as well as some great, lesser-known deep cuts.
These guys were absolutely their own thing with their own sound when they broke out, and still stand alone in so many ways. Really amazing instrumental playing and vocals. It's got rock for days, grungy, funky, rap elements... such a cool fusion and sound. The hits certainly had their popular appeal as well, but there's a lot here to dig into.
The album that made a generation wonder if our asses were capable of cashing the checks our mouths have written (answer: apparently not).
A little folky, a little rock and roll with some cool guitar playing. He's got a rich, deep voice. Lyrics can be a little out there.
"Doors fans aren't made, they're born! I think, right now, in Africa, there’s some guy madly beating on a drum. He's a Doors fan. Or an old lady on the bus sucking humbugs. She's a rider on the storm. But she ain’t never heard the sounds."
"I want you to steal a car."
"I have a car."
"Steal a car!"
"Steal a car. Get in it and drive west. Play the tape full blast. When the tape ends, get out and get into a fight. Then get back into the car and come to town and meet me at the Cargas Club."
"What will you do?"
"I will let you in to the most prestigious hotel of all time."
"Which is?"
"Morrison Hotel!"
"Then what?"
"Then... you’re gonna be a Doors fan, man."
Kids in the Hall notwithstanding, what a great album but a unique and awesome band. The "deep" lyrics are adolescent quality poetry, but the guitar, organ, drums, vocals, the vibe... truly amazing. The Doors are a mood unto themselves. Great album with some awesome songs on it.
New one on me. Some cool grooves, great bass playing, cool guitars. Vocals yell a little more than I'd like, lyrics are... a juvenile attempt at expressing opinions and stuff, whatever. Production value feels low budget, but raw which is cool in its way.
Enough rocking and groove to be enjoyable despite the singing and lyrics.
Oh and for some reason the Jackass theme song.
Bit of an 80s sound, a little disco. Not my cup of tea.
What kind of music is this? I dunno... Adult Oriented Rock? Pop? Alternative? Can't quite place it.
It's fine, I guess... pretty non-offensive, but pretty bland for my taste. Some cool stuff, but not something I'd seek out.
Buttery voice over folksy, adult contemporary and dated songs. It's good for a mellow vibe, I guess, but meh.
Stylistically diverse for sure. A few of their big hits on here, and I think Bohemian Rhapsody is pretty inline with the tone of the rest of the album. I think I like some of the deeper cuts a bit more than the hits.
Very heavy on the vocal harmonies. Brian May's guitar playing is always solid, and his tone is often very trebly.
Still hate it after all these years.
Very new wave vocals and instrumentation. Pretty cool overall. Some acoustics and synth strings and things. Plenty of synth in general, in fact, but used a little more conventionally rather than experimentally.
Some absolute classics on here. It's hard to hear them with fresh ears, but these are a some great songs. It's the essence of classic rock.
Awesome guitars (acoustic and electric), great bass playing, bashing the hell out of that drum kit, but really Daltrey's vocals are incredible.
One of my favorite albums of all time. Real hard rock at a time when this kind of music was turning into glam rock. Incredible songs, riffs, and solos. For my money, Slash is the star of this band. More or less every song is straight up awesome.
I think I was about 12 when this came out, so needless to say that influenced my deep abiding love for this album.
Cool, more mellow side of U2.
High energy punk! Punk attitude, dumb lyrics, but some good playing (better than a lot punk).
Very interesting musically and vocally. He's always flow under my radar but I will definitely give it more time.
Folky with a 60's rock vibe. Lyrics are very 60s folk. No shortage of vocal reverb or tremolo-tinged clean electric guitar. 6 and 12-string acoustic, harmonica, maybe some sitar in there too. Some bluesy songs too.
Also now I've got Midnight Cowboy in my head.
British 80s sounding vocals. Interesting mix of sounds and styles. I get a little disco, plenty of rock, some hints of new wave to come. Gets a little trippy and experimental here and there. It's definitely not boring!
An absolutely monster of a 70s rock album - so awesome! A lot of (all?) their hits on here. Tones like that bring a smile to my face and remind me why I've been in love with the electric guitar my whole life. There are crunchy riffs aplenty, guitar solos that melt your face, a rhythm section that "rocks steady."
Mellow, moody, hipster music. Gets weird here and there. It's fine for a certain chill vibe mood.
Classic Aerosmith, straight up rock and roll. Lots of dumb sexual innuendo, totally on-brand. Several of their big hits on this one. Plenty of cool guitar playing, as you'd expect.
Interesting, not good, vocals. Kind of a folky thing with some electric mixed in there. Not my bag.
Jazz classic top to bottom. One of Miles's best albums
A little too psychadellic and experimental for my taste, but some interesting playing.
Mostly it's a dude and an acoustic guitar playing and singing some mellow (some less mellow) folk songs with esoteric lyrics.
Soulful vocals. A few big hits everyone knows. A little R&B, funky, Motown kind of thing. More mellow stuff too. Some cool playing by the band.
Funky and mellow grooves, falsetto singing, all very reflective of the year I was born. Lots of socially relevant lyrics to the times. One very Jesus forward song, which I dig.
Funky grooves! Very cool, actually reminds me of Steve Wonder or something. 1970s vibe all over it. I'm surprised and wasn't expecting it to be my taste, but I definitely like. Slap that bass!
Absolutely awesome CSNY at their prime. Great songs, playing, vocal harmonies. Lots of songs everyone knows, some deeper tracks that are also very cool. It's certainly a product of its times, but it definitely holds up despite that.
Also kind of cool stereo effects, try headphones.
Mellow, folky, acoustic singer/songwriter stuff. Runs moody to upbeat. Solid playing including some intricate fingerpicking. Lusher arrangements as well including strings (and given the year of production, I'm sure it's real instruments).
There's a song "Thoughts of Mary Jane" ... 1969. Come on, man.
90s pop rock sound, catchy tunes.
Fun, mostly instrumental. It takes you down winding paths. It's almost symphonic in its layering, but of course more with rock/fusion instrumentation and beats. Playing is fantastic.
Rockin' Deep Purple sounds, solid lineup. Burning guitar and organ playing, as expected. Not too many big hits on this album but good tunes nonetheless. Some long jams on there, with Child in Time clocking in at an epic 10:17.
What is this exactly? Techno? Acid jazz? I dunno. Not much for me to latch onto besides a thumping beats and sampled loops of audio bric-a-brac. Not my cup of tea.
Disco at its discoest. Some well known songs, good if you are in a very specific mood, otherwise awful and dated, despite talented vocalists.
So many incredible songs from a truly unique band. Taking Jim's poor poetry and adolescent lyrics aside, the music and vocals have their own super cool sound. I particularly love the what the organ adds to what might otherwise be a standard 60s rock ensemble. The guitar has its own uniqueness to it. It all captures the era, but doesn't sound dated.
One of my favorite albums. Straight up blues rock with an incredible trio of musicians from Texas. Band is awesome overall, but the rev Billy Gibbons is just one of my favorite guitar players. Not much technical or super fast playing, but man is it tasty! Rocking riffs, blues scale leads, and artificial harmonics galore.
There are lots of hit songs most people know on here already, and everyone one is awesome.
Lush arrangements, mostly mellow vocals and tunes. Not really sure how to categorize this. I generally like it. It meanders all over the place but feels cohesive.
Very classic. My dad listened to this all the time when I was a kid. As an adult I was never a Beatles guy, but actually it's kind of cool, especially when taken as a whole album. It goes to a lot of strange and fascinating places. It was certainly groundbreaking for its day. The playing and vocals are all very solid, if not virtuosic.
My favorite song is I Want You (She's So Heavy). Awesome riffs and grooves, spirals out in the end, until abrupt nothingness. super cool.
Everyone wants to sing along with Here Comes the Sun. Come Together has a great grove and is a brilliant want to start the album. Quite a few other well-known Beatles songs here.
Another one of my favorites, especially when in the mood for some chill vibes. You know the Girl From Ipanema. You might know a few others. The samba rhythms are infectious and will be in your head for a while. Smooth as butter, especially Stan Getz's sax playing.
The epitome of "swamp rock." They have a distinctive, raw sound that's a cool mix of old rock, rockabilly, R&B, soul, all with lots of cool energy. Solid riffs and grooves. A few well known hits, a few covers, and mostly solid tracks overall.
Ugh, Weird for weird's sake. Pass
It's fine, Bowie singing over some OK 70s pop/alt rock, or something like it. A little hard to pin down. Some decent music and guitar playing.
Pretty cool, interesting songs. Rock, maybe some kind of prog vibe, punk edge, something like that.
Rock but weird, arty. Not into it.
Groovy! More turf than surf, but surf adjacent tones. Made me look up who the original recording artist was for "Do You Love Me" (not these guys). I know they aren't the original recording of "Roll Over Beethoven." So, yeah a few covers. It's rough around the edges.
