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Albums Rated
2.72
Average Rating
89%
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1960s
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Britpop
Favorite Genre
UK
Top Origin
Perfectionist
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34
5-Star Albums
78
1-Star Albums
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Albums
You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
|
5 | 2.67 | +2.33 |
|
A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
|
5 | 2.77 | +2.23 |
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Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
|
5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
|
1977
Ash
|
5 | 3.04 | +1.96 |
|
Suede
Suede
|
5 | 3.1 | +1.9 |
|
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
|
5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
|
Permission to Land
The Darkness
|
5 | 3.15 | +1.85 |
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The Sensual World
Kate Bush
|
5 | 3.17 | +1.83 |
|
Elastica
Elastica
|
5 | 3.22 | +1.78 |
|
Blur
Blur
|
5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
|
1 | 3.65 | -2.65 |
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
|
1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
|
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
|
1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
|
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
|
1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
|
1 | 3.55 | -2.55 |
|
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
|
1 | 3.51 | -2.51 |
|
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
|
1 | 3.47 | -2.47 |
|
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
|
1 | 3.41 | -2.41 |
|
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
|
1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
|
Garbage
Garbage
|
1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| David Bowie | 9 | 4.44 |
| Blur | 3 | 5 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4.29 |
| Kate Bush | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Divine Comedy | 2 | 5 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 1 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 1.75 |
| The Cure | 3 | 1.67 |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 1.67 |
| Everything But The Girl | 2 | 1.5 |
| Ice Cube | 2 | 1.5 |
| Common | 2 | 1.5 |
| Orbital | 2 | 1.5 |
| M.I.A. | 2 | 1.5 |
| Yes | 3 | 2 |
| Kraftwerk | 3 | 2 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 2 |
| My Bloody Valentine | 3 | 2 |
| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 2.25 |
| Brian Eno | 4 | 2.25 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Radiohead | 5, 2, 2, 5, 2, 3 |
5-Star Albums (34)
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Popular Reviews
Scott Walker
3/5
Ballad king, bit of a mixed bag. Some really good, but also some forgettable tracks.
8 likes
Kate Bush
5/5
When you get an early morning message declaring excitement at the day’s album, you know it’s a good ‘un. So good, I played it over and over.
6 likes
Crowded House
3/5
Inoffensive, often bordering on dull, but with a cosy familiarity. Nice end to the week’s listening.
1 likes
1-Star Albums (78)
All Ratings
Grateful Dead
4/5
Television
3/5
Otis Redding
5/5
Cocteau Twins
1/5
Not my thing, didn’t make it past the first track. Sorry to say.
Scott Walker
3/5
Ballad king, bit of a mixed bag. Some really good, but also some forgettable tracks.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Ananda Shankar
3/5
The covers are fun, but the novelty soon wears off.
Black Sabbath
3/5
One overplayed title track, two more plodding hits, all in all a bit dull from Ozzy and gang.
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
Not as good as I thought it might be. Couldn’t listen to the whole thing.
Louis Prima
4/5
Quite enjoyable from King Louis
R.E.M.
2/5
Michael Stipe sounds older here than he is now. Snooze..
Jeru The Damaja
1/5
Not my thing.
Kate Bush
5/5
When you get an early morning message declaring excitement at the day’s album, you know it’s a good ‘un. So good, I played it over and over.
The Stooges
4/5
Enjoyable romp from young Iggy and gang.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Yep
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Enjoyed this. Some craziness, but that’s to be expected I guess.
Johnny Cash
3/5
Something warm and familiar with these standards. Not likely to listen much again, though.
Björk
4/5
Couldn’t get into it at first (singles aside) but tried again cooking dinner. Enjoyed it much more. Very good - liked the toilet song, especially.
Muddy Waters
3/5
Was alright. Unlikely to listen again.
Talk Talk
1/5
I don’t want to talk talk about it.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Wasn’t into them at the time, don’t feel like I missed out. Some nice tracks tho.
Fugazi
4/5
D'Angelo
1/5
Nope
Radiohead
5/5
Best so far...although it’s not the Bends, it was the “best album ever” in its time. Good old Oxford (Abingdon) band.
John Cale
2/5
Little Richard
4/5
Fun!
Ride
2/5
This ride took me nowhere, sadly.
Van Morrison
4/5
Fleet Foxes
4/5
Only knew one song prior to listening - great album. Uplifting.
David Bowie
5/5
Please and thank you
Motörhead
2/5
Lemmy knew it when he sang “it’s all the same to me” - after the title track it was hard to tell the rest apart.
Green Day
4/5
Like a bit of Green Day
Carole King
4/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Good, set me off on a journey listening to her other stuff.
Neil Young
3/5
Nice easy listen. Liked the vampire song.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Some nice stuff
Prince
3/5
Loved some of it, but the rest was a little disappointing.
New Order
1/5
Blondie
5/5
A truly wonderful album.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Great for a Monday!
Guided By Voices
1/5
Considering their obvious influence, I thought I would enjoy this more than I did. Shame really.
Thelonious Monk
2/5
Jazz plus jazz equals jazz
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Alanis Morissette
3/5
X-Ray Spex
2/5
The Cure
2/5
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Enjoyed this - heard of it but never listened.
The Strokes
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
2/5
Liked one song.
Chicago
1/5
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Absolutely wonderful
Lucinda Williams
2/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Like the song, the rest was decent background music
Arrested Development
1/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Ramones
3/5
Burning Spear
2/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Love this. Wonderful album.
Eminem
2/5
k.d. lang
3/5
Super Furry Animals
5/5
The Stranglers
2/5
Paul Simon
2/5
Sarah Vaughan
2/5
George Michael
3/5
Bee Gees
3/5
Not what I expected. Don’t really know much of the Brothers Gibb, aside from the disco stuff, but enjoyed this melancholic effort. A bit McCartney-esque in places.
The Human League
3/5
The Sonics
3/5
Fun.
The Kinks
3/5
Yes
2/5
It’s a no from me.
The Roots
1/5
Not for me
Violent Femmes
4/5
Oh that was so good. Only knew the first track, nice to discover “new” music this way. Dirty bass.
Beth Orton
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Sabu
2/5
Judas Priest
2/5
The Cars
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Pleasant enough
2/5
Buck Owens
2/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Anita Baker
1/5
Not for me, sorry
Crowded House
3/5
Inoffensive, often bordering on dull, but with a cosy familiarity. Nice end to the week’s listening.
John Lee Hooker
3/5
Paul Simon
2/5
Meh
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
Between a 2-5 and a 3 for me
Slipknot
1/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Really enjoyed this.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Bill Evans Trio
1/5
Duran Duran
2/5
Meh.
The Divine Comedy
5/5
Emmylou Harris
2/5
fIREHOSE
2/5
Thought it was going to be really good, sadly it didn’t quite match the expectation. Shame.
William Orbit
2/5
Iron Butterfly
2/5
Just made me think of the Simpsons. What a looong song. Decent enough background music.
Hole
3/5
3/5
New to me, quite liked it - going to have a listen to their other stuff 👍
Caetano Veloso
2/5
The Avalanches
2/5
Eagles
4/5
Everything But The Girl
1/5
Deep Purple
2/5
Method Man
1/5
Really not my thing
Soul II Soul
1/5
Mercury Rev
1/5
Kraftwerk
1/5
Beck
4/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
Can’t go wrong with a bit of Sam
Mudhoney
2/5
The Style Council
2/5
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Beastie Boys
1/5
Can’t listen to it - really not a fan
Sonic Youth
2/5
It’s alright
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Dire Straits
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Frank Sinatra
2/5
Billie Holiday
3/5
Roxy Music
4/5
Really enjoying listening to this one.
The Band
3/5
T. Rex
2/5
All sounds the same. Just can’t get into them.
The Verve
4/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
Can
2/5
Started off well enough
The Isley Brothers
3/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
1/5
FKA twigs
1/5
Jorge Ben Jor
2/5
Nightmares On Wax
1/5
Black Flag
2/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
Some crackers, and what a great backstory for the album. Not my usual thing but enjoyed this ‘supergroup’ offering.
Portishead
1/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Eels
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
Pentangle
1/5
Not for me
Goldfrapp
2/5
Miles Davis
2/5
I get it, but it’s not for me
Solange
2/5
Janet Jackson
1/5
Sleater-Kinney
2/5
Herbie Hancock
1/5
Great cover, but then you should never judge an album by…
The Replacements
2/5
Bonnie Raitt
1/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
The The
1/5
Miles Davis
1/5
U2
3/5
The Gun Club
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
2/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
1/5
Gotan Project
1/5
Jungle Brothers
1/5
Nirvana
4/5
Didn’t like them at the time, changed my mind now
The Monks
3/5
Rod Stewart
2/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
The Jam
3/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Lambchop
3/5
Jane Weaver
1/5
Solomon Burke
4/5
Only knew one song of his previously, and this was a lovely listen.
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Fred Neil
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Some good stuff
Queen
3/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
The Sugarcubes
2/5
The Magnetic Fields
3/5
Crikey that was long. My tendency to overcommit won out, and I’m pleased I stuck with it, as this band was completely new to me (will be checking out their shorter efforts). Some beautiful songs but also some forgettable fillers, especially as the album went on. He has a great voice. Particularly liked Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing, Grand Canyon and I Don’t Want To Get Over You.
Depeche Mode
2/5
Sly & The Family Stone
2/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Dr. Dre
1/5
John Prine
1/5
The Cure
1/5
Donovan
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
George Michael
2/5
Mudhoney
2/5
The Prodigy
4/5
ZZ Top
2/5
2/5
Marvin Gaye
2/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
Van Halen
2/5
Booker T. & The MG's
1/5
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
UB40
2/5
Pixies
3/5
Wire
4/5
Bad Company
4/5
808 State
1/5
Tangerine Dream
1/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
JAY Z
1/5
Isaac Hayes
2/5
Marty Robbins
3/5
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
Wilco
4/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
ABBA
4/5
Pavement
3/5
Beyoncé
3/5
ABBA
2/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
Ray Charles
4/5
The Shamen
1/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
System Of A Down
1/5
Ministry
1/5
Not for me, but I gave it a go.
Meat Loaf
3/5
The Incredible String Band
1/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Think I prefer some of his others - but this is fine
Queen
4/5
Enjoyable
Screaming Trees
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
The Cardigans
3/5
Aaah, Nina Persson, pop-rock goddess of my teens. Bit of a mixed bag, although enjoyed listening again after all this time. Completely wiped the Iron Man cover from my memory, interesting reworking.
Love
4/5
Janelle Monáe
3/5
Interesting. Some decent tracks - she has a great voice.
Cheap Trick
3/5
Don McLean
3/5
Japan
1/5
Moby
3/5
Miles Davis
2/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Nine Inch Nails
2/5
Dizzee Rascal
1/5
Oasis
4/5
The Yardbirds
3/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Obviously it was going to be great with Mr B involved.
Arcade Fire
3/5
Think it got better as it went on. Only know one other song of theirs so was good to hear this.
David Bowie
4/5
The Smiths
3/5
The xx
1/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2/5
Supergrass
5/5
Biased, but I love this album.
A Tribe Called Quest
2/5
Various Artists
4/5
Deep Purple
2/5
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Knew more of these than I realised.
Roxy Music
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
The Offspring
4/5
Fun, shouty punk rock.
Deerhunter
2/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Radiohead
2/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3/5
Femi Kuti
3/5
Fun
The Police
2/5
The Clash
3/5
5/5
The Byrds
3/5
An inoffensively pleasant listen, but I get flashbacks of a long drive to Scotland with just a Byrds greatest hits CD playing on loop every time I hear their tunes.
Carpenters
3/5
The Cure
2/5
Jane's Addiction
2/5
David Bowie
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
John Martyn
2/5
Stan Getz
2/5
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Air
4/5
Primal Scream
3/5
James Brown
2/5
Paul Weller
3/5
Pulp
5/5
Neil Young
4/5
The Prodigy
3/5
The Black Crowes
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Al Green
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Better than I thought it would be.
Billy Joel
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Beastie Boys
2/5
Janis Joplin
3/5
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Garbage
1/5
N.W.A.
1/5
Genesis
2/5
5/5
Bloody love this.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Randy Newman
2/5
Johnny Cash
3/5
Jurassic 5
2/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Haircut 100
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Kate Bush
4/5
Travis
3/5
3.5 ⭐️ like a secret track, this one was decent enough
Roxy Music
4/5
Superb.
Pink Floyd
2/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
AC/DC
3/5
The La's
3/5
5/5
Antony and the Johnsons
4/5
Really enjoyed this, not listened to their work before and it was a good starting point.
Nick Drake
3/5
The Go-Go's
4/5
Pixies
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Eminem
3/5
The Young Rascals
3/5
King Crimson
2/5
Van Halen
3/5
Waylon Jennings
3/5
Omaha sounds like it could be Michael Nesmith - it gets an extra star just for that
Dire Straits
3/5
How did I not know that’s Sting on Money for Nothing? What a wally.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Pixies
3/5
Beach House
4/5
Missy Elliott
2/5
Lightning Bolt
1/5
Patti Smith
4/5
Nina Simone
3/5
The Specials
4/5
Portishead
3/5
Heaven 17
2/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
Sade
2/5
The Waterboys
2/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
2/5
Ice Cube
1/5
Cypress Hill
2/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Frank Ocean
2/5
Gil Scott-Heron
2/5
Os Mutantes
2/5
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
Dr. Octagon
3/5
Actually quite enjoyed this - didn’t expect to at all
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
XTC
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Metallica
2/5
The Undertones
3/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
2/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Lana Del Rey
3/5
The Doors
4/5
The Mars Volta
3/5
The Damned
3/5
Super Furry Animals
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Napalm Death
1/5
The War On Drugs
2/5
The Beach Boys
2/5
4/5
Motörhead
2/5
SZA
2/5
The Kinks
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
SAULT
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Fats Domino
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
Ice Cube
2/5
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
Primal Scream
2/5
Dirty Projectors
2/5
Neu!
2/5
Le Tigre
3/5
Radiohead
2/5
Kate Bush
5/5
Slint
2/5
David Bowie
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
The Who
3/5
Richard Thompson
3/5
Little Simz
1/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Frank Zappa
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
Sufjan Stevens
2/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
1/5
Talking Heads
2/5
Bit disappointing, to be honest.
Jerry Lee Lewis
2/5
Neil Young
4/5
The Triffids
3/5
Bert Jansch
2/5
James Taylor
2/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
The Birthday Party
3/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Queen
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Death In Vegas
3/5
Roni Size
1/5
Reminds me of an old friend who I haven’t seen in a long time. The most positive thing I can say here. Not my thing.
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
The Undertones
3/5
Linkin Park
3/5
The Who
3/5
David Bowie
5/5
I was introduced to this one by a good friend (one of his favourites). It is absolutely wonderful from beginning (the intense, slow-march build of the 10 minute title track) to end (most beautiful version of Wild is the Wind). Enjoyed listening again and again.
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
Public Enemy
2/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Björk
3/5
Pretty much what one would expect. Was a long one, but fair play to her for creating this.
The Who
2/5
Mariah Carey
2/5
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Grizzly Bear
3/5
Björk
3/5
Prefab Sprout
2/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
2/5
Between a 2 and a 3 - today I am rounding down.
Steely Dan
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
MC Solaar
2/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Sugar
3/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Metallica
3/5
3.5
Pearl Jam
3/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
1/5
Radiohead
2/5
The Smiths
2/5
Gallows humour with this, whether on purpose or randomly selected on this date. A couple of great songs but not enough to make me want to give it a second listen.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
Def Leppard
2/5
The B-52's
2/5
Ash
5/5
Eric Clapton
3/5
Nick Drake
2/5
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Gene Clark
3/5
Kacey Musgraves
1/5
The Adverts
3/5
The Blue Nile
2/5
Wu-Tang Clan
1/5
Megadeth
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Music - 3 stars
Cover art - 4 stars
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
1/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Living Colour
2/5
Adele
2/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
1/5
The Who
3/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
CHIC
3/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Killing Joke
3/5
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Franz Ferdinand
5/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Blur
5/5
AC/DC
4/5
Metallica
3/5
Massive Attack
2/5
Merle Haggard
2/5
Brian Wilson
2/5
Taylor Swift
2/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
MGMT
3/5
King Crimson
2/5
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Rush
2/5
David Bowie
4/5
Julian Cope
3/5
Jamiroquai
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Fela Kuti
2/5
With added ginger. But not for me.
OutKast
2/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Norah Jones
3/5
2/5
The Pogues
2/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
Richard Hawley
4/5
Enjoyed this. Some beautiful tunes.
Buzzcocks
3/5
Sex Pistols
3/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Gillian Welch
2/5
Fiona Apple
2/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
The Jam
3/5
Peter Frampton
2/5
Fairport Convention
2/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
4/5
The Zombies
3/5
Given that the last track is so so good, I was a bit disappointed with the rest of it. May need another listen.
Cream
3/5
Love
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Bon Jovi
3/5
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
The Doors
3/5
John Martyn
4/5
Completely new to me. Enjoyed much more than I expected to given the genre, and will be checking out his other work. Love the cover art as well. Decent discovery.
Madonna
4/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
T. Rex
2/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Kanye West
1/5
Ozomatli
2/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Stereolab
2/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
Cee Lo Green
2/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
Bit like the Monkees in places (strong Mickey Dolenz vibes). Might have another listen.
Peter Tosh
2/5
The Byrds
2/5
Yes
2/5
Cornershop
2/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
Suicide
2/5
Astrud Gilberto
2/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Traffic
4/5
CHIC
2/5
Mekons
1/5
Common
2/5
Orbital
1/5
Prince
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Gram Parsons
2/5
Liz Phair
2/5
I feel like I should like this more than I do.
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Pretenders
4/5
Supertramp
3/5
Khaled
2/5
Someone loves this. Good for them.
Fairport Convention
3/5
Country Joe & The Fish
2/5
Alice In Chains
2/5
Nah.
Fela Kuti
2/5
Interesting story behind the album. I think I am listening to it in the wrong environment to fully appreciate. Not really my thing, maybe in the summer.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
3/5
The National
4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
2/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Sigur Rós
3/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Sisters Of Mercy
1/5
Daft Punk
2/5
Around the World is so good that it saves it from getting just the one star. Surprised at how little of this I enjoyed.
Alice Cooper
2/5
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
The Pogues
3/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Lou Reed
2/5
The Stooges
2/5
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Tina Turner
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Green Day
4/5
B.B. King
2/5
The Dictators
2/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Beastie Boys
2/5
Managed to listen to the whole thing, which is usually impossible where this group is concerned. Better than I thought it would be, Sabotage getting the extra star.
Nirvana
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Aphex Twin
2/5
The White Stripes
4/5
The Slits
3/5
Metallica
3/5
Miles Davis
2/5
Fair play to their commitment and musicianship. Really not for me, though.
The Divine Comedy
5/5
Short but epic. Wonderful stuff from Mr Hannon and his marvellous melody makers.
Lorde
2/5
Not much drama, to be fair
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Rage Against The Machine
3/5
Faust
2/5
Minutemen
3/5
Long.
The Stooges
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Enjoyed this.
Madness
3/5
Missy Elliott
2/5
Really not my thing, but much more listenable than some of the others offered up.
The United States Of America
2/5
2/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
John Lennon
3/5
David Gray
2/5
Gene Clark
3/5
Beck
4/5
It’s Beck. Always a good listen.
Steve Earle
2/5
Brian Eno
2/5
The Everly Brothers
2/5
Skunk Anansie
4/5
Barry Adamson
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
The Crusaders
2/5
Blue Cheer
3/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3/5
Michael Jackson
2/5
I took his advice and stopped once I got enough.
Brian Eno
2/5
Lou Reed
4/5
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
Slade
3/5
U2
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
I wish this had come up before now, as I feel I have slightly overlooked and under-scored the other Cohen albums offered up so far. He certainly has a way with words.
Fugees
2/5
Radiohead
3/5
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Depeche Mode
2/5
Aerosmith
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Baaba Maal
2/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
Neneh Cherry
2/5
De La Soul
2/5
The Boo Radleys
3/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
Röyksopp
2/5
Holger Czukay
2/5
David Holmes
1/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
This is the album I always see in charity shops. Not for me.
The Auteurs
2/5
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
George Jones
2/5
Ice T
2/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
2/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Joanna Newsom
1/5
Hole
3/5
Laibach
2/5
Air
5/5
The Residents
1/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Elastica
5/5
Kelela
2/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
David Ackles
2/5
OutKast
2/5
Prince
3/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
Elis Regina
2/5
Donald Fagen
2/5
Minor Threat
2/5
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
Long, but then there’s a lot to include! Not a jazz fan but she is phenomenal.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
It sounds very familiar, but I’d not heard of him or this album before. Interesting but sad story behind it.
Kanye West
2/5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Silver Jews
3/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
The Pharcyde
2/5
3/5
Christine and the Queens
2/5
Saint Etienne
2/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
The Killers
5/5
M.I.A.
2/5
Santana
3/5
LL Cool J
3/5
Tortoise
2/5
The Thrills
3/5
They were fairly exciting at the time, and this is a pleasant enough listen. The singles were all great but didn’t carry across the whole album. Just don’t go back to Bicester.. 3.5
The Clash
3/5
The Smiths
3/5
Ray Charles
2/5
Ghostface Killah
1/5
Kendrick Lamar
1/5
Sebadoh
3/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
Emmylou Harris
2/5
Marilyn Manson
1/5
The Zutons
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
Magazine
3/5
The Fall
3/5
3/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Simply Red
1/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Moby Grape
3/5
Drive Like Jehu
3/5
Longer than it needed to be.
Coldplay
3/5
Orbital
2/5
The Dandy Warhols
2/5
Bit disappointed with this. I remember liking ‘Not if you were..’ at the time but never listened to the album. High expectations not met.
1/5
Venom
1/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
The Saints
3/5
Incredible Bongo Band
2/5
Fun wears off quite quickly.
Snoop Dogg
2/5
It’s a doggy dogg world, and we’re just living in it.
Johnny Cash
3/5
Destiny's Child
3/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Foo Fighters
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Public Enemy
2/5
Sepultura
2/5
Bad Brains
3/5
Massive Attack
2/5
Soft Machine
2/5
50 Cent
3/5
The Associates
2/5
Talvin Singh
2/5
The Streets
1/5
Overrated sh*te
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Fever Ray
2/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
Soundgarden
3/5
Soft Cell
2/5
Songhoy Blues
3/5
The Fall
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Erykah Badu
2/5
Gary Numan
3/5
Suzanne Vega
2/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
4/5
New to me. Definitely needed to be in a certain frame of mind to stay with it, and I am there right now. That’s the beauty of this whole exercise, when it happens - music that has been there this whole time, waiting to be discovered and appreciated.
Boston
2/5
Eurythmics
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
Adele
3/5
Genesis
2/5
Stereo MC's
2/5
Randy Newman
2/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
New to me. He sounds a lot like Micky Dolenz. Which is not necessarily a bad thing.
Tom Waits
2/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
2/5
Spacemen 3
3/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Girls Against Boys
2/5
The Young Gods
2/5
Frank Black
4/5
The Monkees
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Small Faces
2/5
Mike Oldfield
3/5
Common
1/5
Kendrick Lamar
1/5
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
Joan Baez
2/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Well this was a treat. I don’t think I really appreciated Aretha enough, but this was incredible. Perfect listening after a challenging few days. The music, her voice, the lyrics, all coming together to create a wonderful aural experience. Sent me down an Aretha avenue of sound.
Morrissey
3/5
CHVRCHES
3/5
M.I.A.
1/5
The Black Keys
4/5
Sparks
4/5
I confess to not having heard much of the Sparks repertoire, but if they get Queen Cate performing on stage with them at Glasto then they must have something going for them, right?
Enjoyed this a lot. Went and had a listen to more and discovered a collaboration with Franz Ferdinand. Superfantastich!
Taylor Swift
3/5
Culture Club
3/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Gilmore Girls is all I know about this chap. Some nice use of bass in a few tunes. Not enough to make it stand out though.
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
2/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
I really want to rate this higher but it’s not doing it for me. Perhaps a kind extra .5 of a star as I head off to listen to Yoshimi..
Doves
3/5
Def Leppard
4/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Hot Chip
2/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
2/5
Brian Eno
3/5
John Lennon
3/5
The Temptations
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Jimmy Smith
2/5
Beatles
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
3.5
Coldcut
2/5
Jack White
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Mj Cole
1/5
White Denim
2/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Great background music to work to. Not sure of its place in this list, though. Better than some of the other offerings tbf.
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Bit of a mish-mash, with contrasting styles being more prevalent here. Was always going to be a challenge to present something as incredible after Rumours. Sisters of the Moon is superb, and the title track is a record-breaking hoot. 4 stars for me.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Beatles
3/5
Loved this when I first got into them in my teens (not thaaat long ago, honest). Me then would say 5/5 however the grown up cynic in me hears this differently. Perfectly serviceable but had forgotten how many covers there are on the album. Good clean fun for the hit parade but (and I feel bad for saying this) sweet but slightly bland. 3.5.
2/5
3/5
Orange Juice
3/5
One of my best friends at school absolutely hated Edwyn Collins, which I thought was a bit harsh. That’s about as much as I contribute to this. It’s fine, nothing setting my world alight. Plenty of saxamaphone. Upbeat.
Pavement
3/5
New York Dolls
3/5
Cowboy Junkies
3/5
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Traffic
4/5
a-ha
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Maxwell
2/5
Dr. John
3/5
k.d. lang
2/5
Big Star
3/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Rush
3/5
Hugh Masekela
2/5
Wild Beasts
3/5
Christina Aguilera
2/5
Bobby Womack
2/5
David Bowie
5/5
Love it. One of those albums I can listen to with no skips, with a wonderfully electrifying end.
Megadeth
2/5
Just what I need this morning, shouty and angry with heavy guitar.
The Vines
3/5
Dolly Parton
2/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
The Police
3/5
Never listened to an album by Sting and co, actually pleasantly surprised.
Sister Sledge
3/5
5/5
Can’t be objective here. No apologies.
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Morrissey
3/5
Nas
2/5
Wilco
3/5
Shuggie Otis
2/5
Joy Division
3/5
Beatles
5/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Two top tunes, the rest are okay.
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
American Music Club
3/5
Dolly Parton
2/5
The Darkness
5/5
The KLF
3/5
10cc
3/5
Django Django
3/5
Weather Report
2/5
The Doors
4/5
Joy Division
3/5
Ian Dury
4/5
Doves
3/5
Grateful Dead
2/5
The Verve
3/5
Elton John
3/5
Kanye West
3/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Heard of the band but never listened before. Sounds a bit McCartney on the vocals. Was alright but unlikely to check out other stuff.
Gorillaz
3/5
Beck
4/5
Pulp
4/5
Jarv is king.
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Scritti Politti
2/5
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
Jethro Tull
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
The Who
3/5
Two of their very best bookending some more forgettable tracks.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Syd Barrett
3/5
The Coral
3/5
The Stone Roses
3/5
Thin Lizzy
2/5
Tori Amos
4/5
Hookworms
3/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
4/5
Damon, the musical magician.
R.E.M.
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Blur
5/5
It’s not a 5 but also not a 4. Behind Beetlebum and Song 2 are some really great tracks and showed how much Blur had evolved musically. I’m biased as I love the band, and it was a great antidote to the Great Escape. There’s even a little Bowie plagiarism thrown in for good measure.
The Temptations
3/5
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
Robbie Williams
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Britney Spears
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Kid Rock
2/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
The Specials
2/5
The Byrds
2/5
Faith No More
4/5
The Hives
3/5
Björk
2/5
The Charlatans
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Nico
3/5
Elbow
2/5
Parliament
3/5
Charles Mingus
2/5
Christina Aguilera
2/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Dead Kennedys
3/5
TLC
2/5
Neil Young
4/5
The Bees
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
4/5
First listen to this, heard about them from a friend but never took the chance. Will definitely have to check out more of their stuff.
The Cult
3/5
3/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
New Order
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Bill Callahan
4/5
Meat Puppets
3/5
Madonna
3/5
Guns N' Roses
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Funkadelic
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
The Kinks
3/5
Suede
5/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
The Only Ones
3/5
Supergrass
4/5
Stan Getz
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
IMHO 2 of the best Stones songs on this album.
Klaxons
3/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Paul McCartney
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
Keith Jarrett
2/5
Bauhaus
3/5
Spiritualized
4/5
Madonna
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Jazz Police - what a bop
Deee-Lite
2/5
Elton John
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Can
2/5
The Libertines
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Scissor Sisters
4/5
The Cramps
3/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5