1001 Albums Summary

Solid 80s rock with interesting lyrics and a good amount of variety! I like his voice fine overall but there’s a few spots where it’s abrasive. Might be benefitting a half star or so from nostalgia, my dad plays these songs so much.

Pretty good! I liked the sounds and instrumentation a lot but I felt like the songwriting had some weak moments

This is one that my dad plays a lot. Overall I really like it but on some songs the moodiness gets to me. Favs are the queen is dead, there is a light that never goes out, and bigmouth strikes again

I really enjoyed listening to this! Insane atmosphere even though the vocals sometimes sounded a little whiny. I’m a sucker for the string ensemble/drum machine combo on Staralfur. I feel like this is the kind of music that the lyrics would make or break, but I guess it gets a free pass by being in Icelandic. Every time I think “man this could use a little more energy” there’s a big crescendo or the drums hit or something. I really appreciate the horns as well. There were only a few songs I felt were too long, I think the length worked in most places. Title track is really cool. It’s not every day stuff for me but definitely a cool and interesting listen

Gotta be a 5 from me. This was my first time listening to it with nice headphones and it was crazy

The 1960s optimism in the lyrics has not aged terribly well, which is why I liked the long noodly one the best. I really like the incorporation of psychedelic stuff into soul and funk. Would be 3.5 from me

i liked this, especially the first couple songs! it's super intense/exciting but that makes it kind of a lot to listen to the full length of. i like that the songs are fairly distinct, and they do a good job with buildup and payoff. i don't know metal that well well but i can tell that this thing is dated/90s-y, particularly in the sections where the singer isn't screaming. also the heavy breathing/whisper singing part in scissors really got on my nerves.

Nothing mindblowing here but this was definitely a nice listen with a few standout tracks! This fits right in to what I already know from this genre and time period. (specifically I caught a lot of moments that were reminiscent of Tommy) Vocal performances are good enough that I really don’t mind the some of the goofier lyrical moments, and the female singer reminds me a lot of Florence Welch. Probably will revisit this!

there are some pretty cool moments on here but I think they kind of get lost in an overall muddled/aimless feeling album. it's quite mopey (which worked okay on some of the tracks) and the vocals didn't grab my attention. probably would be a 2.5 there's some good stuff but none of it was really compelling or interesting to me.

They didn’t even need to go this hard. Great stuff. The solos on Africano are very cool

What an abrasive voice. I kind of wish he was screaming harder so I wouldn't be subjected to these lyrics. Why does he need to beatbox. Also why the hell is Ice Cube on here. there are moments here and there where I like what the guitars and percussion have going on, but its pretty standard metal stuff and nothing interesting enough to make up for everything else. is the second to last song about fucking somebody while killing them? jeez. highlights: "generation triple X, we're all about the weed smoke and the kinky sex" "fagpipes" "you pumpkin pie, I'll jack off in your eye" "all you eat is Zingers" a song being called Cameltosis

Pretty cool! I liked it more and more as it went a long. It’s interesting that I feel like I can never tell what’s gonna happen next over the course of the song. 3.5 because I wish there was some singing/lyrics

Not bad! Not really my style so hard for me to judge

2.5. It wasn’t really bad to listen to but it’s like all of my least favorite conventions of 60s music.

4.5!! Production is really good, a ton of fun to listen to. Fantastic vocals and pretty cool lyrics!! There are some weaker songs on here but the beats are always cool enough to keep me interested. i love the android/future theme and I wish it were a bit more cohesive, without something tying it all together it feels like it goes on a bit long, maybe it’d be clearer with another listen.

Pretty dumb but kinda compelling and decent to listen to. The cheap Casio keyboard effects on janie’s Got a gun almost ruin the song for me. There are some cool musical moments here and there throughout, but overall not that special.

Sounds a lot like something my dad would listen to. Nothing about this is really gripping me, i don't dislike it and the individual songs are okay though

all of the sounds on this really work for me, i love the heavy guitar effects and the layered sounds. the vocals are really beautiful, definitely growing on me as i listen. i think some of the songs in the middle could really use a stronger beat to break up the floatiness, but maybe that's just my taste. i think it'd really reward a second listen.

good! Great songwriting and really intense themes. it’s an interesting listening experience bc everything is so overt and lyric focused without being too in your face or being at the expense of the music. 4.5 very good and I’ll probably listen again but nothing really floored me

i like how understated it is, the vocal performance is really emotive without ever getting cheesy or too sentimental. his voice is rough in some spots but it doesn't really detract. pretty nice production too. moonlight in vermont🥺🥺. giving it a 5, i don't think I'd change anything about it.

I think I might just like country music. A bit samey but it’s short so it’s okay.

There are some cool musical ideas on here but I don’t like how you can barely hear the vocals and the droning distorted guitar gets kinda tiring. There’s not a lot of contrast. I liked When You Sleep, Sometimes and What You Want the most

Sounds pretty dated and i can't say i love just sitting down and listening to a whole album of dance music. these tracks are all pretty goofy, but i can tell that a lot of them would be really fun to dance to. last song with the animal noises is pretty annoying.

Pretty cool, I liked this a lot. Everything sounds tight without being overly clean, the basslines are really fun, and the lyrics are interesting to think about. Last few songs kinda fell off imo. 4.5

It’s good. There are some really beautiful songs on here especially in the second half but as an album it didn’t really hold my attention. 3.5

Lots of Home Depot classics on here. I never realized it before but he really sounds like a knockoff Elton John with hints of Steely Dan. Lots of classic tunes and fairly fun to listen to but the songwriting is just. So cheesy.

really trying to keep my dislike of german accents from influencing me here. i found it pretty annoying at first but honestly it kinda grooves. lyrics are dumb but in the way that i tend to expect from punk music. pretty weird but honestly a fairly fun listen. 3-

grooooooooves. i was surprised at how much i liked even the slower songs.

pleasant to listen to, some tracks were stronger than others. dont love the lyrics. 4-

I liked this. Some of the songs definitely overstay their welcome but they’re really good overall. 4+

Really really good live album

cool music and the lyrical concepts are really interesting. sometimes the vocal delivery is so obnoxious it made me want to turn it off, (especially in the early songs) which is a shame bc her voice itself is not bad.

Pretty unpleasant but I did hear some interesting/cool stuff. Did not finish :/

i really liked this, there are some weaker tracks that i think could've been cut though.

I liked this, probably will listen again. Been caught stealing is a Rock Band Classic and the longer songs all work pretty well. I’d take off half a star bc the vocals aren’t stellar and the end kinda drags. Cool album art

Really good. Second track is stronger. 4+

some cool stuff on here but a lot was kinda boring.

pleasant listen and musically interesting if you listen closely, i'm not crazy about these songs though, especially the ones that arent bossa nova or samba. like why did they put a march on here. 4-

A lot of these tracks are pretty monotonous and the medieval lyrical themes are really corny. The rockier tracks are decent enough but every musical idea gets played out like 2 minutes before the track actually ends. High 2 probably

Just bangers

I liked it. Potential for a 4 but parts of it kinda dragged on

some good songs interspersed with annoying songs. low 3

9. great but off the wall is better

just all my least favorite conventions of 80s music. sounds very cheesy, lyrics are so over the top and the vocal style is a bit annoying. a couple of them bang though if you don't listen too hard.

Way more interesting than I expected. Fun listen and the perfect length

some cool stuff and some interesting electronic sounds but none of it really planned out in a satisfying way

pretty nice album! not really my go-to style but its good. my least favorite part is the Eddie Vedder-y singing style

performance is pretty hype and I like some of the songs a lot.

there's some cool stuff but the moodier songs on here are so extremely overwrought. low 6

4+. Not my style but about as good of a hard rock album as I can imagine

great album, extremely bri’ish.

Not bad but not that great and very long

Pretty cool, feels like i’m Listening to a weird independent radio station. Last song is pretty bad tho.

pretty weird but also pretty good

Pretty good! It’s an 8 from me.

Really good overall, gets an 8 from me. however Mother is Not Fun to listen to and Tea in the Sahara is just annoying

i can appreciate that this was probably influential but it's not that great of an album imo. i like their version of Tambourine Man though

for some reason I was obsessed with this album when I was like 15 and forgot about it until now. really fun to listen to and honestly sounds timeless. 9

Not great but there were some cool songs on here. The whisper singing is really annoying. 6 from me or a 7 if I’m generous.

Cool album with good rapping but nothing too outstanding. 7-8

extremely corny and felt very long. Has some fun parts tho. 6

Good album, I like it a lot. definitely sounds ahead of it’s time. It does get a little samey tho. 8.

nice 90s pop, some really great tracks on here but there's a few annoying ones as well. the iron man cover kinda rocks. 7/10

This grew on me a lot as I listened to it. I really liked a few of the songs and even tho it’s not my style I definitely see the appeal. 7.

Cool album. Super weird to listen to the first half and know that Maps is coming up. strong 8/10

Very cool album. I don’t like how many of the songs end in fade outs though. 9/10

Not really into reggae but this is definitely a good album. 9/10

Scrapes a 7 from me. Cool except the English lyrics are corny and when the guy sings his voice is almost unbearable

6. Its not bad but pretty generic and the vocal delivery is obnoxious

decent but pretty weird. 7+

Lots of fantastic tracks, but this honestly feels more like a compilation than an album, it’s so long and disconnected. 8

9. good stuff again i liked it about as much as the last one. honestly if i liked his voice more it could be a 10.

its so good, 10

reminds me of the postal service at times. Has it’s moments but a lot of it is kinda boring. 7

Kinda dragged but I liked the first few songs and it had some cool sounding moments. 7

Pretty corny but a fun listen overall 7/10

9. Really good but also it’s good that it’s only 30 minutes because i can only listen to 12 bar blues for so long

decent but definitely had some boring parts. 7

i like live albums and this rocks, 10

Good album, nice vocal performance and interesting lyrics. 8

damn i do not like his voice, its so gravelly without being warm or rich at all. the slow burners are pretty unbearable but the songwriting isn't too bad overall, i guess i see why people like it. 5

somehow sounds fresh even in 2021. I Smell A Rat definitely could've been left off. 9/10

7/10. walks the line between fun and annoying pretty well.

this is a really great album, theres a couple tracks i don't like as much that make it 9/10

accidentally listened to this out of order whoops. the music rips hard and it's not too long. as with most metal i like it better when they're not singing. 8/10

don't really get the hype for this one. sounds good but it’s pretty generic and the lyrics seem so cliched. 7

the album was short but a lot of the songs felt like they overstayed their welcome. some good music, but a lot of it sounded kind of stale. High 6

There’s moments I liked (last song!) but it just sounds so pretentious, energy is low, and it was way too long. 5

I don’t really like this style of music for a whole album, but it’s good for what it was. 8

7

i like this a lot for what it is but its definitely not fun to just sit and listen to if you’re not dancing or anything. 8/10 but could be a 10 if i was on drugs at a rave

Great album overall but has some weaker tracks. 8

not very good. I honestly hate Brian Wilson’s songwriting. it’s fine when it’s catchy songs about surfing or whatever but the lyrics on this album just come off sounding asinine when they try to deal with serious subjects. there are nice harmonies but they can't really save it, especially on slower songs. Also the production is pretty bad. 4

honestly not sure what to say about this one. i actually liked a lot of it more than i expected, especially the first 30 minutes but some of the songs are so unpleasantly brutal and it's way too long. i'll give a 7

Really good! I don’t think it needed to be an hour long, but this is a cool album full of interesting ideas. 9/10

Pretty mopey and long but actually pretty cool and interesting! 7/10

Really good overall! I think it could’ve used a little more drive/emotional intensity especially in the vocals, I found some of the tracks boring. 8/10

like if adele was from the 60s and only sang covers. meh. 6/10

7/10. had potential to be higher but so many of the tracks felt like filler.

7/10

I love this, it’s a (mostly) pleasant listen with great songwriting. Murder Mystery is so strange but in an interesting way. gets a 10

lots of really weird but funny songs on here. fun listen but i found it a little long. 8/10

wow! I was expecting like regular Bossa nova but this was way cooler. Beautiful vocals and nutty music. 10

I think I get the boomer hype, the songwriting is so good. i wish he was a better vocalist but what can you do. 9/10

this was one of the 4 albums i had for my cd player as a small child and i remember i thought that the beatles were all brothers. anyways its good but not quite the beatles at their best. 9/10

i've been itching for a concept album and this one hits. tons of fantastic tracks and a cool, ridiculous, loose rock opera story line. 10/10

8/10 nice music

I wanted to like this and it was really fun for the first 30 minutes but it definitely got samey and the instrumental sections did not hold my attention. 6/10

6/10. There was some cool stuff on here but the beats were so incredibly square

such a cool album. 10/10

pleasant to listen to but nothing that exciting. 7

i liked the sound of this a lot and the lyrics were rough but also really raw and emotional. this is another tusk situation where if they had pared it down to a really good single album, i might give it a 10, but as it is there are a lot of tracks that felt like filler. 8

this is definitely darker than the other ones but i think it works. 8/10

Some of the more boring selections from the Home Depot soundtrack on here. Not bad but a snooze fest 5/10

this was fun! goofy and psychedelic but not over the top 8/10

Damn i really love the sound of this, the fretless bass gives it such a unique vibe. She’s a great vocalist but her style definitely had to grow on me. 8/10 but could be higher with more listens

catchy tunes but all of the arrangements were just so busy and overcomplicated. also I had to listen to it on a YouTube playlist. 6/10

eh. i'll give it 6/10. overall i think this sounded pretty generic, but there were fun tunes here and there. the cover of help! is actually really cool. her lower register is rough at times, but when when she belts it's fantastic.

not bad. short and nice harmonies but nothing really exciting. album art is indistinguishable from a hardy boys book. 7/10

Pretty goofy! Some hits and some misses on here. 6/10

Overall pleasant to listen to but a bit disappointing. I just didn’t find a lot of these songs compelling and it’s suchhhhh a long album. 6/10

8/10 Not really my style but I like it as an album

I’ll give it a 6. Don’t think I’ll listen again but it was entertaining and had some cool synth sounds

this was really fun! the vocals leave a little to be desired but it's cool, catchy synth pop music with interesting lyrics. also i like the accordion. 8/10

good 80s r&b. 8/10

the beats and flows are so smooth. a lot of rap from this era sounds dated to me but this just sounds classic. i think the back end is a little weaker, but overall a great album 9/10

i didn't realize sitar could shred this hard. had some slow moments in the middle but overall i really liked this. 9/10

Has a couple good tracks but I find both the lyrics and the vocals obnoxious. The grooves and solos in the final track are just not good enough to justify the 20 minute length. 4/10

6/10. it's not bad and it had some interesting ideas but i didn't like it all that much, it seemed really melodramatic.

7/10. this definitely has some jams, but it got a little samey and i think the lyrics were very predictable/cliche

Pretty fun! 8/10

why was this on the last :/ mediocre hard rock w bad lyrics and singing. 4/10

this album has so much personality to it. fantastic storytelling. the lyrical style reminds me of mitski at times but its even better. i think it could've used a little more musical variety, a lot of the melodies got monotonous, although overall the energy/pacing was good. 9/10

i liked a few songs on here but overall it was pretty generic, and a lot of the parts that stood out didn't stand out in a good way. 6/10

6

8/10. I loved the sounds of this but I don’t think it worked all that well as an album

well produced album with some good tracks, but common’s raps and delivery are pretty corny, and this album is reallllly long. 6/10

pretty strange but interesting! I wish the concept had been stronger and I didn’t love the English lyrics 7/10

this was alright. it was a little boring but a nice listen and the songwriting was decent. 7/10

7. this was fun and i really liked the sound, but the back end got really slow with 3 5+ minute songs.

really good, I’ll definitely come back to this. 10

8/10. This was fun, cool guitar parts and bass lines, and I like that I can hear the roots of so much other music I like in this.

Good! Will come back next time I’m feeling angsts 8/10

I like this better as individual songs than as an album. Still very good 8/10

I loved this, Animal collective is so weird and cool. This album reminds me of Age of Adz in a lot of ways. The second half is what really sold me on this, the first part up until Daily Routine was good felt a bit monotonous. 9/10

It's so crazy to me that this is a critically acclaimed album and made the list. Overall it's not terrible, it sounds okay and the songwriting has some strong moments, but it's not very compelling (i just don't care that much about England ig), somehow its melodramatic and boring at the same time, and the vocals are pretty whiny. i also don't really like the production, it sounds, idk fuzzy in a way? Anyways, I'm trying not to be to be too influenced by being annoyed that this took a spot from something else on the list, but it's really just not great. 4/10.

Really beautiful album. i wish it had a little more drive/energy at parts, but it's otherwise fantastic and the production is nice. I’ll definitely come back to this. 9/10

6/10. This has some cool ideas, musically and lyrically, especially in the first part of the album. However, I think overall it comes off as maudlin and fairly corny, and the more baroque-styled tracks get a bit grating.

i thought this would be good as background music but I actually found it rather grating and repetitive. 4/10

Decent grunge with some really strong tracks and some easy skips. 7/10

Yeah this is really good. I’ll definitely come back to it. 8+/10

Lots of interesting songs on here, I could see myself listening again. 8/10

7/10. This is a solid album with a few standouts, and its clearly super influential to alt rock. Still, it had some really abrasive moments such as the last track that ended up just being uncomfortable to listen to rather than sounding cool.

The beats, the bars, the themes, this album is so powerful. I have one or two criticisms but it couldn’t be anything but a 10/10

7/10 This is pretty good, a lot of it is just plain fun to listen to, lots of catchy riffs. Another album that definitely sounds ahead of it's time. However, the vocals were rough and i really didn't care for the last few songs

solid hard rock album, there were cool musical ideas here and there, but a lot of the songs fell flat imo. 6/10

There are a few tracks I liked esp at the beginning, but this somehow felt like it just dragged on even though it wasn’t that long , and as is standard for rock operas, the mixing is just awful. 6/10

this has some interesting ideas but it's grating more often than it grooves, and it's honestly pretty audacious to make a 2 hour 20 minute album with such little variety throughout. 3/10

8/10. This is really good, great lyrics and production throughout. Loses points because i think trimming it down by 10-15 minutes would have made it stronger, and the conversational interludes didn't really add much.

8/10 I really loved the beats and instrumentals on this, and it was a nice change of pace from Western music. However, I found it repetitive at times and sometimes the vocals sounded really nasal in a way that I didn't care for

I really liked the samples on this, overall it was a fun listen. Even when it’s corny (which is often), it’s still pretty entertaining, although Milky Cereal would be an easy skip . 8/10

Pleasant background music but there’s really not a lot to it, it sounds pretty generic, the lyrics are weak, and I don’t think it’s aged very well. 6/10

I really loved the start and end of this. the middle section was very muddled/low energy but still decent as background music. I could see myself putting this on again, 7/10

This had a few jams, especially the first and last tracks, and the overlap of funk and hip hop is pretty interesting. As an album I don’t think this is super strong but you can’t deny its place in the development of hip hop. 7/10

This isn’t really my style but it definitely had a lot of strong moments, in terms of both music and themes. There were moments that felt really self-indulgent , but overall it’s decent. 7/10

4/10

6/10, not a bad metal album but it ended up feeling pretty formulaic and a lot of the songs did not need to be 7+ minutes

5/10. This was so weird, the vocal performance was great but the songs were so cheesy and I only liked a few of them

8/10 a lot of good tracks on here, great beats and samples. i think it's a little overly long.

8/10 wasn't anything crazy but it was musically interesting and a fun listen. i'll be honest when i saw it was a british funk band i was skeptical but they did a good job.

10/10- excellent. That Lady is a classic and the rest of the album did not disappoint.

Fun, quick, and funny punk album . Overall good but I found a few of the tracks grating 7/10

I didn’t entirely dislike it but this wasn’t great. The vocal performance and lyrics were pretty weak, overall it felt pretty mopey, and the last song was just annoying. 5/10

Wow, I did not care for this. 3/10

I really liked some things about this, the way the tracks built up energy was interesting and Suicide was cool. However, it was kind of mind-numbing sitting and listening to an entire album that's this minimalistic/repetitive. 6/10

such a cool album, definitely a nostalgia trip. New York I Love You singlehandedly brings it from an 8 to a 9/10. my main criticism is that some of the songs feel a little too drawn out, but its still great

7/10. This sounded pretty nice overall, and it worked both as background music and when I paid more attention. Still, it wasn’t super engaging, sounded rather droning and I didn’t really care for the vocals

really beautiful and moving album. the vocals got a little whiney for me at certain points. insane length but the variety in tempo and style helped to keep me interested. 8/10

I didn’t like his voice at first but it actually grew on me a lot. Really simple musically and corny at times, but it had some nice moments and was pleasant to listen to overall 6?

Pleasant folk album. Songwriting was good overall and I really liked the guitar work in some parts. However, it got samey and i definitely found myself getting bored towards the end. 7/10

solid britpop album, overall the style wasn't my favorite and some of it was overwrought, but i liked the variety and the stories. 7/10

8/10. I’m impressed with how this kept me pretty engaged throughout the whole thing, and how well it holds up in 2021. The biggest issue I have with it is that it wasn’t super consistent, there were definitely weaker tracks here and there. Still a great album

Vocals were pretty bad, music was sometimes interesting. I’m not gonna listen again but it was entertaining 6/10

musically pretty interesting, but the lyrics and vocals were kind of obnoxious. 7/10

8/10 I didn't listen to the deluxe edition, just the original 40 minute release, but it was really good and I think I would've liked it less had it gone on longer.

8/10- good songwriting and vocals, just nice to listen to although it was a bit slow

I was a little disappointed by this compared to Ziggy Stardust, but it was still a very good album. 8/10

this started as regular garage rock and then got more weird and experimental. it was very unpretentious and kinda dumb but i liked it, and the distorted guitars sounded cool. 7/10

Songwriting was solid, as I’ve come to expect, and the instrumentation made this interesting. Still, I think I just don’t like listening to Tom waits, and the energy on this was so low, the instruction was so heavy that everything felt like it was dragging itself along. 5/10

9/10. Big Iron aside, this was just enjoyable to listen to. I think the style got a little repetitive

A lot of variety on this, which was interesting. I liked the instrumental jazz a lot, but the hip hop styled track was pretty bad. I didn’t like the male vocal performance, it sounded very affected. Overall nice to listen to, I probably won’t revisit it though 6/10

9/10. really really good, my only criticism is that i think some of the tracks overstay their welcome, which is a problem i always have with Dylan

7/10

6/10 listenable but i wouldn't really care to listen again. quality varied wildly between songs

Pretty fun! I really liked a lot of these tracks and the samples were cool, but I felt that there were some obnoxious moments and a lot of filler 7/10

Overall not bad but I really, really do not get the boomer hype for Neal Young. Musically it sounded okay but was fairly monotonous, although the electric section was better. Vocals had some really rough moments, and the lyrics were really preachy and cliched 5/10

really good, some awesome basslines on here. i hadn't listened to this one before and it's cool to hear the roots that develop more in III and IV. 9/10

Really interesting and nice electronic sounds, but I really think this could’ve used more variety and more energy. 6/10

Lyricism is so strong, but some of the content is really unpleasant to listen to, and I found that the beats got somewhat stale over the ~60 minute runtime. 6/10

Really nice!! Some beautiful and well performed vocal melodies. It seemed the second half was a lot weaker than the first, but i’m not sure if it was a difference in quality or the sound getting a bit monotonous. Still a really cool album, 9/10

Huge album, I love basically everything about it but for some reason I just can’t bring myself to give it a perfect score, I think because I want it to be more cohesive than it is. 9/10

pretty awesome album, the horn section is just crazy. i think it strayed into self-indulgence territory at parts but overall it was good 8/10

Generic brit-pop with trite lyrics. It had a nice atmosphere and the vocal performance was pretty solid, but overall this was a fairly bland album that probably only british people love. 5/10

solid hard rock album with a few standout tracks 7/10

I like this more every time I hear it 10/10

trying not to let my bias against the 80s show but I was not a big fan of this. my biggest criticism of this album is that it takes itself wayy too seriously, there's not the slightest hint of humor or personality. it wasn't without merit, and i liked the first few tracks well enough, but beyond that i just wanted it to be over. the vocal melodies were really monotonous, lyrics were trite, and the drums and synths felt kind of generic. 3/10

such a strange album! i liked how much variety there was, and i really loved some of these tracks. i think it suffered a lot from poor mixing, and at times the distorted guitar was a bit grating. 8/10

sooo good, stellar musicianship and the brass section is fantastic. Some of the songs are really long but I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing given that it’s meant to be danced to. Lyrics were poetic and beautiful and even funny at times, and they’re sung with so much flair. 10/10, need to dance to this sometime

Pleasant folk rock, nice music and nice songwriting. I think the lyrics were a little heavy-handed at times. 7/10

This has some really strong tracks, and I see why it’s such an icon of an album. Still, it had some flaws. I think a lot of the beats were bland , and the conversational interludes realllly slowed down the album. 8/10 overall

6/10, there were some solid bars but it was often grating and I don’t think it has held up to time very well

Really confusing to me how an album can have so many decent, enjoyable songs and accompanied by so many songs that suck shit. 5/10

good and goofy swing music, not extremely outstanding but it was nice to listen to and i really liked the harmonies on the first song. 8/10

Nice grunge album with better vocals than I typically expect from the genre!! 8/10

Solid album!! I loved the drumming but found the vocals a little obnoxious 7/10

really good, one thing i love about S&G is that it's versatile music, it's nice to have on in the background but, also super rewarding musically and conceptually when you give it a closer listen. 10

pretty solid live album, the groove and musicianship were strong enough to keep me at least somewhat engaged during the incredibly long jam sections. Weirdly enough the guitarist reminded me a lot of David Gilmour at times. 7/10

This was interesting and a nice change, but I found it really repetitive and only really liked the tracks that had guitar. I can’t be too harsh on it though bc I think my issues were mostly just bc of me not having an ear for the genre. 6/10

Sounded very ahead of this time, often funny! It was definitely stronger towards the beginning. 7/10

A little repetitive but good and largely lived up to the popular single !! Like if the strokes were more dancey. 8/10

6/10. this had some nice beats, but none of the performances were really outstanding and it never really hooked my attention.

Pretty weird but interesting 6/10

Grungy 90s PJ Harvey is a lot better than milquetoast-alt rock 2000s PJ Harvey. Still not my favorite, and I think it ran a little long, but I thought this was pretty raw and creative and interesting to listen to. 7/10

pretty corny but fairly fun to listen to, i think a couple of the songs in the middle section could have been cut out. i never realized before how nirvana-influenced they are, it really shows on some of these songs. 6/10

the late night performance concept is cool, but the album itself was a total slog. Waits’s persona on this record feels very put-on, and the storytelling and comedy fell pretty flat for me. the album dragged on much too long and i don't really feel compelled to listen to any of these songs ever again, but at least there was some good bass playing. 3/10

There were a few moments on here that really shone- the instrumental intro really stands out. At its best it sounded like the soundtrack for an indie. Still, the vocals and lyrics were both really weak and uninspired, and I feel that it got repetitive in the middle section so I didnt really enjoy listening to it that much. I can see how it was really influential in the development electronic music, so I’ll be generous and give it a 7/10

Sometimes the dissonant parts were really grating, but overall this was really creative and cool, I especially liked the last track 8/10

Weird that people were making this kind of music in Tacoma a Washington in 1965. Pretty enjoyable and the original songs were good 8/10

Pretty fun!! Cool arrangements and Ray Charles’s voice and performances are so iconic. Still, a lot of these tunes fell kind of flat for me, but that might’ve been bc I was listening in the car on crappy earbuds. 7/10

ok i've got my nostalgia goggles on for sure but this is great, full of stellar songwriting. this album features some of the best s&g songs period. i never noticed how cool the chords in so long frank lloyd wright are. even though i love it, can't give it a perfect score bc it has some more forgettable tracks and i've always found El Condor Pasa to be a little heavy handed. 9/10

These beats go so hard, I couldn’t get enough of them. Bird Flu and of course Paper Planes were standouts for me. There are times when MIA’s vocals are really whiney and just not pleasant, and while there were moments of lyrical brilliance, I think sometimes it got pretty corny. Still, it gets a good score from me just because of how incredibly creative the beats and the sampling were. 8/10

really enjoyable, but it didn’t quite hold my attention through the (pretty long) runtime. every instrumentalist on here had some stellar performances. 7/10

great music for when I’m a sad dyke but want to be country about it. This album definitely dips into being cheesy and maudlin at times, but Lang’s vocal performance is so fantastic that she sells it well enough. weirdly, this album felt a lot longer than 35 minutes. 7/10

fantastic percussion, and overall i loved the production on this, but sometimes the electronic sounds were really annoying. had a cool atmosphere, really made me imagine being in a big city at night. 7/10

7/10. Solid album, but not outstanding. I like the way this combined 90s sounds with elements of classic rock.

Solid punk album, vocals were grating st times but this had jams for sure 7/10

I was frantically cooking Indian food while listening to this so it didn’t get my best attention, but I thought it was fun if slightly cheesy. 7/10

Really good, not a bad track on here 10

this definitely struck me as more pop-punk than britpop, which I appreciated. a couple of tracks stood out but a lot of this just couldn't help but fade into the background, it didn't really grip me. 6/10

This was a nice change of pace and I loved some of the sounds, but it had a lot of issues as well. I found the group vocals pretty grating at times, and the poor production did not help. 6/10

Overall this banged, it was cool to hear bohemian rhapsody in the context of an album. I think some of the tracks were a little obnoxious- the intentionally overblown style can only do so much. 8/10

the production and the vibe of this is stellar. great rapping and vocals, and all the performers work really well together. My biggest criticism is that the skits slow down the momentum, and the album didn’t feel super cohesive. 9/10

A bit cheesy, but it’s a solid feel-good album that I enjoyed cleaning the kitchen to. 8/10

this isn't a bad album, but i was a bit disappointed given what i've come to expect from Bob Dylan. the most glaring issue is how rough his voice was by 1997 lmao, but additionally i felt that the songwriting was a lot more generic. the lyrics weren't bad by any means, but i wanted more of that classic Dylan wittiness, without which the protracted pieces feel particularly prolonged. 7/10

I liked this marginally more than Parklife, but it has the same issue where parts of it sound like they were intentionally designed to be obnoxious. 6/10

8/10. i liked this a lot, it was similar to Treasure but felt a lot lighter/more positive, just pleasant to listen to but deep and emotional as well.

7/10 I enjoyed this, although it didn't really grip me. Leonard Cohen's songwriting is always cool and thought provoking.

Pretty cheesy but a solid album and fun to listen to 6/10

I wish this had had more variety, but overall a really enjoyable album that was relaxing and emotionally evocative at the same time. 8/10

i can see how this might've been good in 1984 but i found it pretty corny and just not that interesting. 5/10

classic, 9/10

8/10, good prince album, quite long though

really cheesy, as i expected, but not unpleasant to listen to. 6/10

8/10. Nice album w a lot of groovy songs, it was cheesy but just in the way that I expect prog rock to be.

damn this was long for how little variety it had. i'm not gonna say it was bad overall, there were a couple of really good songs, but it really got grating after hearing songs that sounded so similar over and over. 5/10

Damn this had some catchy songs but also was pretty annoying , like it combined the elements I dislike of both pop and punk. 5/10

5/10 obnoxious but not altogether bad

Great live performance w classic songs, James Brown is super charismatic. I wish the recording quality was better tho 8/10

some really iconic tracks and some mediocre ones that really stretched out the runtime, overall a pleasant listen tho. 7/10

7/10

Relaxing folk rock with cool traditional elements, although some of the songs dragged on 7/10

Fantastic production. Sometimes the vocal performance was a little ham-fisted, which detracted for me 8/10

7/10 interesting album! Not as good as I would’ve hoped but the singles were solid standouts .

10/10, of course. Nothing I’d change about this album

Super corny as I expected but honestly not a bad listening experience 7/10

8/10. I didn’t love all of this and the vocals were weak at times, but overall a great psychedelic album w some standout tracks

8/10

7/10. I’d want to score this higher because it has some amazing tracks but it’s just too fucking long , I know this would be a 5 star single album if they had just cut it down

6/10 I didn’t dislike this entirely, but listening to a whole album of Taylor Swift made me realize what actually bothers me about her songwriting, which is the fact that the lyrics are like 80% cliche phrases and that I feel like I can predict what she’s going to say next

I liked the later mudhoney better, but this was a solid angsty garage rock EP. 7/10

About how I expected it to be, some catchy parts but largely cheesy and overwrought 6/10

7/10 enjoyable hard rock

8/10. really good and emotive. almost gave this a 9 but i think it needed more contrast- there was too much loud, layered, choral vocals stuff so that things just kind of ended up blurring together in a way.

9/10. Really great songwriting ,

9/10 really enjoyable funk album, i think it could've had some stronger hooks.

6/10. it got really samey but the production was nice. sounds exactly like it'd be on a Fast & Furious action sequence, which made it kinda funny to listen to while driving around in traffic in Jack's '01 Camry

8/10 nice funk album, kinda cheesy

2112 itself is obviously a masterpiece but the b side of this decent but fairly forgettable . 8/10

pretty good. i found it interesting how many elements of hard rock this incorporated, but i'm not sure if i liked that. 7/10

weirdly enough, free bird was my least favorite part of this. really surprisingly enjoyable as an album, good length. 8/10

7/10 got a bit repetitive but overall a nice listen

Boring Beatles clone 6/10

6/10 I can see how influential this is but I found the songs a little long winded and also the vocals are just. Not nice

7/10. Decent to listen to, pretty pretentious as I had expected

Didn’t particularly care for anything about this but it wasn’t offensive 5/10

5/10 There are some really cool tracks but way too much of this just sounds like evil circus music

7/10 nice goth rock , Halloween is funny

8/10 enjoyable hard rock w a couple classics

I hadn’t sat and listened to this all the way through since I was a teenager, I think I like it even more now. With a Hendrix album you’re obviously gonna focus on the guitar performance , but the drumming on this thing is also fucking crazy 9/10

8/10

8/10 overall a nice listen. good songwriting, but sometimes the vocal performance got a little over the top for me.

6/10 don't think I'll listen again but it had some really pretty moments and was creative and well produced.

8/10. Great pop rock with iconic vocals. The main thing that keeps this from a higher rating is quite a few of the hooks fall flat- they don't catch in the way that the singles do and they don't stick in my head the way I want a pop song to.

4/10 had some interesting musical moments but I’m glad I never have to listen to it again

9/10 nice pop rock album, the main detractor is the way that all the songs run into each other

7/10

6/10. Lovely vocal performances but every song sounded the same :/

Really good but I just wish there had been more variety in the beats 8/10

7/10 pretty formulaic but good for a 1991 rap album

7/10

pretty forgettable and grating at times, but not completely unenjoyable. 5/10

not my favorite but the variety was nice. 7/10

8/10 overall enjoyable, although I don’t think all the songs needed to be so long

7/10

9/10 has its cheesy moments but definitely deserves its iconic status

8/10

8/10 great performance

8/10

10/10

8/10 cheesy at times but pretty cool

Had some redeeming qualities, but it’s really just 35 minutes of pure cheese, 4/10

7/10 solid metal album but didn't really stand out

5/10 had a couple good tracks and interesting ideas (deceptacon is great) but overall not a great listen

I don’t really care for this kind of music but it had some catchy songs 5/10

6/10 this had a nice vibe but it was like it couldn’t help but fade into the backgrohnd

4/10 utterly swagless but fairly listenable

8/10 really cool and unique

7/10 enjoyable but nothing special

6/10. I can see why this got so much hype, it’s pretty creative and Fiona Apple is a pretty good storyteller, but this album just wasn’t for me

7/10

7/10 pretty enjoyable, with a few standout tracks.

7/10 good album, most of it holds up in 2021 but I think there are a lot of cuttable songs

7/10 good songs but definitely overproduced

7/10 really catchy post-grunge stuff. good songs but way too many of them, would've made a great 40 minute album.

really nice live performance 8/10

7/10 pretty pleasant, has some good songs

6/10 well produced but pretty boring

noisy and difficult to listen to, good energy though. 5/10

7/10 I’m realizing that a whole album of Queen is just a lot to listen to, overall good though.

Really good atmosphere with a variety of sounds. The pro of being like 12 days behind is that I got to listen to this on a grim snowy day. 8/10

6/10 nice performance but I didn’t like many of these songs

8/10 well paced and well produced with good bars. I think the biggest issue is that q-tips flow starts feeling really repetitive by the end

7/10 pretty good country songs with a nice vocal performance. the first song and the last song were easily the best, and unfortunately nothing else lived up

8/10 very good metal album.

8/10. Fantastic, but a little hard to get through as someone who doesn’t listen to this style very much

6/10 nice vocals but the arrangements were just super corny

6/10 some good songs but not a fantastic album

Brian Eno’s David Bowie cosplay 7/10

7/10. Pretty good but so many of the songs sounded similar

About as good as Christmas albums get 9/10

had a couple jams but overall it was just angsty and british in a way that i don't really care for. 5/10

8/10. Not my favorite Dan but it’s got a charm all it’s own

5/10

8/10 pretty cool, i don't expect albums of this genre to have 9 minute songs, and this one did it well.

8/10 great

6/10 some bops that really caught my attention, but at times the looping vocals were annoying and I think it’s quite dated

8/10 it's dated in a lot of ways but the rhymes, beats, and storytelling are so great

Mostly lived up to the lead single. 8/10

7/10 not my favorite style but it had interesting beats.

3/10 i just don't understand how can you make this many songs that sound the same and not see anything wrong with it. Black Hair and Green Eyes both made me cringe supremely.

7/10 nice album but not my favorite of his.

the bars have not aged super well and there are some garbage features, but she gets it right on some of the songs and I really like the beats. 7/10

8/10 goes very hard

Some bangers, but extremely cheesy 6/10

7/10

10/10 masterful

i wish i could give this a higher score but for me the vocals really detracted in a lot of places, the performance just sounds kind of phoned in. however, this is otherwise a great indie album that I could definitely see myself listening to again. I loved Like Dylan in the Movies. 7/10

5/10. Had some moments that I enjoyed, but this kind of music just has not aged very well

8/10

The rest of the album didn’t quite live up to the singles, but overall an enjoyable pop album nonetheless. 7/10

6/10 the most outstanding thing about this album is how much the guy sounds like morrisey

good lord, i was listening to the first half and thinking "damn this is some pretty good psychedelic rock, i wonder why the other guys rated it so poorly" and then i got to the back half and i realized. 3/10, I wish I could rate it higher because the first half is 4/5 star quality, but Aumgn and co. just make it unlistenable as an album

the singles are life changing, the rest of the album is pretty damn good. 8/10

8/10 nice songwriting and atmosphere

diversity win! A butch lesbian made slightly generic but solid sounding pop record! 7/10

6/10

7/10 solid rock album with a few standouts

6/10 some jams but the 80s overproduction and corny vocals detracted at times

The cheesiest variety of ‘60s music, but I can’t say I don’t see the appeal. Nice horn parts. 6/10

7/10 nice dreamy pop music but it kinda put me to sleep at times

“I only listen to house music.” “Like Maryland mansion?” 2/10

It shone in a few moments, but overall it felt very repetitive within songs and I in cohesive as an album 4/10

7/10 a little disappointed to see that Elvis Costello succumbed to the British musician instinct to make a song that sounds like circus music. Less frantic sounding than his prior two albums but also way less catchy. Lyrics are pretty strong though

9/10 very good album

8/10

4/10 this had some positive qualities but it was a lot of fucking drum and bass and some of the songs really overstayed their welcomes.

5/10 it was interesting. really beautiful at some parts and really really hard to listen to at others.

6/10 solid blues rock but it’s not as good as what it’s trying to emulate

Grating to listen to but I have to admit the drumming was fantastic. 5/10

5/10 I don’t care for this style of rap much, but there were some interesting sections and the beats were pretty nice.

8/10 has some snoozer tracks but overall a fantastic album

6/10 great vocal performance of course, but as an album it got a bit boring

really mixed feelings here. i admire the ambition of the project and it had some really lovely tracks, (luckiest guy, need a new heart, washington dc, papa was a rodeo) but quite a few were just really not pleasant to listen to, and it's a lot to get through. around hour 2 I also noticed the songwriting style getting a little stale- like the meter and rhymes became predictable or something, but i'd imagine that would happen for any artist. 5/10

8/10 I liked the instrumental tracks a lot

7/10 pretty good punk album.