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Albums Rated
3.15
Average Rating
95%
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2000s
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87
5-Star Albums
27
1-Star Albums
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Albums
You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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A Little Deeper
Ms. Dynamite
|
5 | 2.81 | +2.19 |
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Want One
Rufus Wainwright
|
5 | 2.91 | +2.09 |
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Rapture
Anita Baker
|
5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
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Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
|
5 | 2.99 | +2.01 |
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The Man Who
Travis
|
5 | 3.02 | +1.98 |
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Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
|
5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
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The Last Broadcast
Doves
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5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
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Kimono My House
Sparks
|
5 | 3.06 | +1.94 |
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White Ladder
David Gray
|
5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
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Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
|
5 | 3.1 | +1.9 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Synchronicity
The Police
|
1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
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Let It Be
The Replacements
|
1 | 3.25 | -2.25 |
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
|
2 | 4.14 | -2.14 |
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Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
|
1 | 3 | -2 |
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
|
2 | 3.97 | -1.97 |
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Sheet Music
10cc
|
1 | 2.96 | -1.96 |
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A Night At The Opera
Queen
|
2 | 3.96 | -1.96 |
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Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
|
1 | 2.83 | -1.83 |
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Night Life
Ray Price
|
1 | 2.81 | -1.81 |
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Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
|
1 | 2.79 | -1.79 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Radiohead | 6 | 4.83 |
| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 4.75 |
| Van Morrison | 3 | 5 |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 5 |
| Bob Dylan | 7 | 4.14 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4.33 |
| Blur | 3 | 4.33 |
| Prince | 3 | 4.33 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 4.33 |
| Kings of Leon | 3 | 4.33 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| My Bloody Valentine | 3 | 1.67 |
| Pere Ubu | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Mothers Of Invention | 2 | 1.5 |
| Björk | 4 | 2 |
| Queen | 3 | 2 |
| Steely Dan | 4 | 2.25 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Pink Floyd | 2, 3, 2, 5 |
5-Star Albums (87)
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Popular Reviews
Kid Rock
1/5
Crap Metal, Country Crap, Crap Rock. He mixed a variety of genres and the album still manages to sound boring. 1 ⭐ for Eminem.
6 likes
Blur
5/5
Some of my favourite blur songs are on this album. I even enjoyed the interludes.
1 likes
1-Star Albums (27)
All Ratings
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
The Avalanches
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
I understand how this is a good album, but I struggled to enjoy it. Prefer Simon on his own.
The Electric Prunes
1/5
Zeitgeist of the time. Maybe you're meant to take LSD to enjoy it.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
'Suzanne' and 'So long, Marianne' are great. Some songs has beautiful storytelling with understated music. The rest of it is boring.
Johnny Cash
4/5
KISS
3/5
There wasn't any particular songs that stood out for me, and some songs are a bit cringy. But overall ok and I imagine it would be great to see live.
Femi Kuti
2/5
Blur
5/5
Some of my favourite blur songs are on this album. I even enjoyed the interludes.
Fats Domino
3/5
The Zombies
3/5
Randy Newman
3/5
Robbie Williams
1/5
I never liked his singles. I gave this album a go and I still don't like his music.
Elvis Presley
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
A couple of good tunes. Felt like a poor man's Led Zep. 'Hard Lovin' Man' gave me a headache.
Magazine
2/5
Merle Haggard
2/5
Typical sad 60's Country.
Sepultura
2/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Dr. John
3/5
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
I wouldnt mind this if I was walking past the West Holts Stage at Glasto.
Beatles
3/5
Some of my fave Beatles songs on this album, some ok, but it's too long, long, long.
The Lemonheads
2/5
I like their 90's grunge pop sound, but most of the tracks are a bit samey.
The Prodigy
3/5
Khaled
2/5
The Triffids
2/5
Melodic tunes, but just a bit boring.
Sonic Youth
2/5
Not entirely pleasant, but I appreciate their experimentation and it was interesting.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
On paper, I should like this, but it's just ok. Although the work he put into it is impressive.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
I would listen to this again and I will check out their other albums.
George Michael
4/5
Moby Grape
3/5
I was apprehensive about this thinking it was going to be another 'Electric Prunes', but it was actually alright!
Prince
5/5
Frank Ocean
5/5
Janis Joplin
4/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Super album
The Sabres Of Paradise
1/5
Harry Nilsson
5/5
Amazing Schmazing
10cc
1/5
It got a bit annoying
Guns N' Roses
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
First couple of songs were good, so was 'call the police', the rest was a bit dull.
Beth Orton
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
The xx
2/5
Some melodic tunes. Its so minimalist that some songs sound like demos. Too floaty for me.
Underworld
3/5
Cornershop
3/5
Tito Puente
3/5
Sheryl Crow
3/5
The Crusaders
2/5
Love the title track, but for the rest, I have difficulty enjoying Jazz.
Radiohead
5/5
Intense, experimental and cohesive. Great album.
Aerosmith
3/5
Oasis
4/5
LL Cool J
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
Ravi Shankar
2/5
Enjoyed it for a little while, then I got bored.
AC/DC
4/5
Billy Bragg
2/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
The Yardbirds
2/5
Elton John
3/5
Marilyn Manson
2/5
As a concept album it sounded interesting, but for me it wasn't an interesting or enjoyable listen.
Radiohead
5/5
Love almost all the tracks on this album. It's beautiful, melodic, cohesive and a bit dancey.
UB40
3/5
The Police
1/5
De do do do de da da da
The United States Of America
2/5
Ok, they're good musicians and are being all experimental and avant garde but it wasn't that enjoyable to listen to.
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2/5
It was ok, and I learnt a little bit about 18th century American history.
Yes
3/5
Motörhead
2/5
Most of the songs sound the same
Erykah Badu
3/5
Kid Rock
1/5
Crap Metal, Country Crap, Crap Rock. He mixed a variety of genres and the album still manages to sound boring. 1 ⭐ for Eminem.
Cocteau Twins
2/5
John Prine
3/5
Interesting stories and funny in parts.
Mercury Rev
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Baaba Maal
2/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Im not a fan if his voice, but it's interesting and some beautiful moments.
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Nirvana
3/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Björk
2/5
I like some of her stuff but i've never been a fan. I only enjoyed a couple of tracks on this album.
George Michael
3/5
The Pogues
2/5
Minutemen
3/5
Enjoyed this album more than I expected. Reminded me a tiny little bit of Talking Heads. One drawback, is that there are too many songs on it.
Bauhaus
3/5
Wilco
2/5
Pentangle
2/5
Megadeth
2/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Kept me satisfied. Beautiful and tender. Even more intense after reading about Marvin's personal struggles.
The Byrds
3/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Nina Simone
3/5
It's good, but prefer Jeff Buckley's version of 'Lilac wine' and Greg's version of 'Black is the colour'.
The Smiths
4/5
Rocket From The Crypt
2/5
Public Enemy
3/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
Eurythmics
3/5
Spiritualized
2/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Yeah you can hear Bowie's influence.
Turbonegro
3/5
Metallica
3/5
Nice idea
The Go-Betweens
2/5
An unromantic romantic album.
John Martyn
4/5
Pavement
2/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
I like some of Dylan's earlier political folky albums. I also like this bluesy personal instrospection
version of him too.
John Lennon
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
The Fall
3/5
Enjoyed this more than I expected. Although, l'm more interested in the story of Mark E. Smith and the Fall more than their music.
Jane Weaver
2/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
ThelyricsareinterestingbuttherewerequiteafewthingsIfoundirritatingaboutthisalbum.
Pearl Jam
3/5
Manu Chao
2/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Started to like this more after a second listen.
Sugar
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
Sounds like a bad trip.
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
The B-52's
3/5
Good fun, and I love Rock Lobster.
Cream
3/5
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
Jethro Tull
2/5
I'm not sure how I feel about flutes.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Small Faces
2/5
I would have tolerated the gibberish more, if the music was better.
Björk
3/5
Cee Lo Green
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
At the time; it was a refreshing hip hop album.
Ride
2/5
This really did go nowhere
Pink Floyd
3/5
Dennis Wilson
3/5
Faith No More
3/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
The Stone Roses
5/5
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
Liz Phair
3/5
T. Rex
4/5
Eagles
3/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
U2
4/5
Genesis
3/5
Soundgarden
3/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Def Leppard
3/5
Not a fan of this type of 80's rock, but it's a good album with of plenty of hits.
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Gang Starr
3/5
Herbie Hancock
2/5
First couple of tracks were interesting then it got a bit boring.
Ray Price
1/5
Shite Life
Brian Eno
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
2/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
A nice sound, but only a couple of tracks stood out.
Tortoise
2/5
The Byrds
3/5
Sam Cooke
5/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Eminem
4/5
Not a fan of transgressive hardcore, horrorcore hip hop, but this is pretty clever.
Van Morrison
5/5
Patti Smith
4/5
Orbital
2/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Ok music, bad lyrics.
Frank Zappa
3/5
Pixies
3/5
Al Green
4/5
Lovely soulful album and really enjoyed his version of 'How to mend a broken heart'. Shame he has a bad past.
Slipknot
3/5
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Love the first two tracks, but the rest was a bit boring.
ABBA
3/5
George Jones
2/5
Lucinda Williams
1/5
The album cover looks sinister and the music was tormenting.
John Grant
4/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Green Day
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Lou Reed
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Fiona Apple
2/5
Violent Femmes
3/5
Really like 'Blister in the sun', and I found myself head bopping to a few more tracks.
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
The Jam
3/5
Metallica
3/5
The Cardigans
2/5
Bonnie Raitt
2/5
Boring, but not irritating.
David Bowie
4/5
Best Bowie album i've listened to so far.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
I would enjoy this more if I was hearing it whilst watching Shaft.
The Doors
3/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Lambchop
2/5
Barry Adamson
1/5
Badipus Schmobadipus
T. Rex
3/5
I love quite a bit of Bolan's music but this album wasn't as good a I expected it to be.
Rush
2/5
Sabu
2/5
Koffi Olomide
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
'Rubys Arms' is more beautiful and heartbreaking than all of Adele's sad songs put together. I'm not a fan of his voice, but it didn't stop me from enjoying this album.
Eric Clapton
3/5
Carole King
5/5
Van Halen
3/5
Neneh Cherry
4/5
The Strokes
4/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
Miriam Makeba
3/5
The Pharcyde
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Neil Young
4/5
Foo Fighters
4/5
OutKast
4/5
The The
2/5
Leftfield
3/5
In the middle.
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Prince
4/5
3/5
Suede
3/5
Can
1/5
Various Artists
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Kate Bush
4/5
Blue Cheer
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
TV On The Radio
4/5
Love this. It really is a mash up of so many influences and it sounds great.
Beastie Boys
3/5
Simple Minds
2/5
Two half decent songs. The rest is boring.
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
The Mars Volta
3/5
An amalgamation of Led Zepplin, QOSTA, My Chemical Romance and Ricky Martin has produced quite satisfactory results.
The Go-Go's
2/5
JAY Z
4/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
FKA twigs
3/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Queen
2/5
Dizzee Rascal
3/5
Oi! 'Fix Up, Look Sharp' is sweet as a nut. The rest of the album is mostly ok.
Shack
2/5
The Gun Club
3/5
Beck
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
The War On Drugs
3/5
Dr. Octagon
2/5
Not really into eight-sided, extraterrestrial, psychopathic, pornagraphic gynecologists; but the music on its own is ok.
Sex Pistols
5/5
Paul Simon
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
Traffic
2/5
Dr. Dre
3/5
Paul Simon
5/5
CHIC
3/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
Nico
2/5
Elis Regina
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Primal Scream
2/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Really enjoyed this album. However, it loses a star for being too long for me, but it gains the star back for good album artwork.
Garbage
3/5
Motörhead
3/5
The Streets
3/5
Good storytelling and funny. Prefer Original Pirate Material.
Adele
3/5
Obviously talented. Enjoyed 'Send My Love' and 'All I Ask'. The rest is a bit boring, and I can't handle that much sad/soppiness in one go. Needs cheering up a bit.
3/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
The Beau Brummels
2/5
Only a touch better than prunes.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3/5
Pleasant enough, but too long. Thank goodness this wasn't a deluxe edition.
Nirvana
3/5
The Who
2/5
It sounds a bit better whilst watching the film; although I didn't enjoy the film much either.
Steely Dan
3/5
2Pac
4/5
Fishbone
3/5
Mixture of good and bad.
Steely Dan
2/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Buck Owens
3/5
Animal Collective
2/5
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Suicide
1/5
No, no, nope. Don't like it.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
Grim
The Offspring
2/5
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
N.W.A.
3/5
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Adele
4/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Air
4/5
The Who
4/5
Miles Davis
3/5
The Stooges
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
The Band
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Skunk Anansie
3/5
It's alright, can't chill to it though.
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Sounds like an OK sixth form band.
Beatles
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Almost lost a star for everything being an exclusive.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
2/5
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Not a bad pop album. A couple of great songs. Wasn't impressed with the Prince cover.
Kanye West
4/5
Very good. Star deducted for talking too much on 'Last Call'.
The Stooges
3/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
XTC
2/5
Solomon Burke
4/5
The Temptations
3/5
Stan Getz
2/5
Megadeth
3/5
Elbow
5/5
Hookworms
3/5
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
Lead singer's voice is annoying but appreciate their motivation, and sound is ok.
3/5
Started off well, then got a bit boring.
Miles Davis
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Don McLean
4/5
Super Furry Animals
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Donovan
2/5
Common
3/5
The Cure
3/5
PJ Harvey
5/5
The Clash
5/5
Alanis Morissette
5/5
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
I've never felt so indifferent about an album. I didn't think or feel anything about it. Its just a boring 'ok'.
Sebadoh
1/5
Buzzcocks
3/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
Chicago
2/5
The Human League
4/5
I'm now a Human League fan.
Wild Beasts
4/5
Waylon Jennings
2/5
MGMT
3/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
3/5
Ryan Adams
4/5
Le Tigre
2/5
Madonna
3/5
Meat Loaf
4/5
Goodfun
Queen
2/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Joan Armatrading
4/5
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Young Rascals
2/5
Louis Prima
3/5
The Auteurs
2/5
Dull
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Burning Spear
3/5
This 1001, has made it great to learn about other countries music and politics.
808 State
3/5
Mj Cole
4/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
I'm normally dubious about covers, but Johnny Cash nailed it
Dusty Springfield
3/5
I've j
The Band
4/5
Amy Winehouse
5/5
Eminem
3/5
Listening to a whole album of death, drugs, hatred and resentment can be exhausting. Some funny lyrics tho 'can't rap anymore, I just murdered the alphabet.
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Poor man's Marc Bolan. His middle name Obi takes after Obi-Wan Kenobi 😂
Television
4/5
Travis
5/5
The Stooges
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Parliament
5/5
Funkin Great
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The White Stripes
5/5
The La's
3/5
Prince
4/5
Neu!
4/5
Super Furry Animals
4/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Ian Dury
4/5
New Order
2/5
Dis order
New York Dolls
3/5
Massive Attack
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
Kelela
2/5
Boring RnB with some swear words.
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
ZZ Top
3/5
2/5
fIREHOSE
2/5
'nuf That Shit
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
The Sonics
3/5
Rush
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Beck
3/5
Anthrax
2/5
Shuggie Otis
3/5
George Harrison
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Pixies
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
The Smiths
5/5
Aphex Twin
4/5
The Cramps
3/5
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
Hole
3/5
Tricky
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Justice
3/5
Santana
4/5
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
5/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
An objectively judged, art separated from artist 5
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Elvis Costello
4/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
This album sounded amazing on wikipedia, then I listened to it and was an anticlimax. It's just Ok and had interesting lyrics but, I'm not hearing what Taylor Swift's fans are hearing.
Röyksopp
3/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
4/5
Ramones
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
The Cure
3/5
'The Forest' is one of my fave The Cure songs. The rest of album is not bad.
B.B. King
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
A little bit of nonsene is OK. I like the album cover.
Fleet Foxes
4/5
The Louvin Brothers
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
Cocteau Twins
4/5
System Of A Down
3/5
Rod Stewart
4/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
Duran Duran
3/5
Wire
3/5
Def Leppard
2/5
Lou Reed
3/5
Nas
4/5
Paul Weller
4/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
The Who
3/5
4/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Not a fan of country, but I liked this more than expected, especially 'coat of many colours'.
The Smiths
3/5
Arcade Fire
5/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
David Crosby
3/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Alice In Chains
3/5
Daft Punk
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Black Flag
4/5
I was expecting to hate this. So extra star for the surprise, and I could see myself jumping around to this after drinking a 6-pack.
The Kinks
2/5
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Ghostface Killah
4/5
Roni Size
4/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Marty Robbins
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Minor Threat
2/5
Just sounded like one 20 minute song.
David Bowie
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Gary Numan
4/5
Screaming Trees
3/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
Yes
3/5
Beatles
3/5
Judas Priest
4/5
Love 'breaking the law'
The Velvet Underground
4/5
The Replacements
1/5
Radiohead
5/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Jane's Addiction
2/5
Booker T. & The MG's
5/5
Morrissey
2/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Pixies
2/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Nanci Griffith
3/5
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
4/5
The Stranglers
3/5
The Boo Radleys
3/5
I've always disliked 'Wake Up Boo'. This is better.
Dire Straits
3/5
The Fall
3/5
The Doors
3/5
Green Day
3/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
Blur
4/5
5/5
The Birthday Party
1/5
This can join Suicide and Electric Prunes.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Lorde
3/5
Probably worth higher rating but i'm not a fan of her voice and the music is not that exciting. It just ok.
Beatles
4/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
I'm a sucker for a good falsetto and the music is nice too.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Cat Stevens
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Pere Ubu
1/5
I like the album cover.
Kanye West
4/5
The Only Ones
4/5
The Doors
3/5
The Cars
4/5
The Blue Nile
3/5
Kate Bush
5/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
2/5
Im sure it's really good if you like that kind of thing.
The Temptations
5/5
James Taylor
3/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
John Coltrane
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Blondie
3/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
MC Solaar
3/5
Mange tout
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Raekwon
3/5
Tori Amos
3/5
Eagles
4/5
The Kinks
3/5
Some nice melodies, quite pleasant.
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Not feeling it. I was gonna give this 2* then I read it was one of the first concept albums.
Eels
4/5
The Clash
3/5
King Crimson
3/5
Queen Latifah
3/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Well it's that he tried new things.
Portishead
3/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
The Charlatans
4/5
Coldplay
4/5
Not a fan if Coldplay, but this album is alright. The Jeff Buckleyish song 'Shiver' is my fav because it sounds more like Jeff Buckley than Coldplay.
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Moby
4/5
Frank Sinatra
2/5
Great musicianship, an iconic singer, but it's a Bossa No - va from me.
Black Sabbath
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
Funkadelic
4/5
The Roots
4/5
Antony and the Johnsons
3/5
Hot Chip
4/5
The Undertones
3/5
Duke Ellington
2/5
Metallica
4/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Peter Gabriel
5/5
Q-Tip
5/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
Kanye West
3/5
Supergrass
4/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Mostly dull
Napalm Death
3/5
It was ok to listen to when cooking dinner. But wouldn't listen to it for relaxation purposes.
Pulp
4/5
Paul McCartney
3/5
Caetano Veloso
2/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4/5
Traffic
3/5
Talvin Singh
3/5
3/5
Beach House
3/5
'Zebra' is great, the rest ok.
Astrud Gilberto
2/5
M.I.A.
4/5
Gotan Project
4/5
Anita Baker
5/5
Silver Jews
2/5
The Who
2/5
After listening to a few of their albums, I now think they are an overrated band.
David Bowie
3/5
Butthole Surfers
2/5
I didnt like 'Hay' but if I had to choose the best abbattoir music, it's probably on the The Smiths 'Meat is Murder'. The rest of the album is interesting.
Hole
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
50 Cent
5/5
AC/DC
4/5
Mariah Carey
3/5
Deerhunter
2/5
Ice Cube
4/5
Ministry
4/5
Bopping through most of the album
The Police
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Suzanne Vega
3/5
The The
4/5
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Britney Spears
2/5
Britney's voice is annoying but there's some good melodic song writing. I might have like it more if Christina Aguilera sang it.
Jeff Beck
3/5
5/5
John Lennon
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
1 star for musicianship and another star for the nice drawing on the cover.
Dire Straits
3/5
The Pretty Things
2/5
The best song is 'Loneliest Person' because it sounds nothing like the rest of the album.
Roxy Music
3/5
Simply Red
3/5
Giving this an extra star because 'Holding back the years' makes me think about 'Only Fools and Horses'.
Calexico
4/5
A lot going on and it sounds good.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
David Holmes
3/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
The Cure
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
k.d. lang
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
This had potential
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Destiny's Child
4/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
De La Soul
4/5
Deee-Lite
3/5
Mudhoney
2/5
Ice Cube
3/5
4/5
Joan Baez
3/5
Afrika Bambaataa
2/5
Pavement
3/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
Madonna
2/5
Billy Joel
5/5
Holger Czukay
4/5
Bewildering and funny. Great musicianship and some nice melodies amongst the chaos.
The Sugarcubes
2/5
Would have scored 3* if the male vocals werent annoying me.
Serge Gainsbourg
2/5
Dion
4/5
Talk Talk
3/5
Laura Nyro
4/5
Boston
4/5
Joe Ely
2/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Pulp
5/5
One of my favourite albums as a teenager and it still is.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
The Darkness
4/5
Radiohead
5/5
Jurassic 5
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Gorillaz
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
Todd Rundgren
2/5
This is extraordinary. I don't think i've ever heard this many boring songs in one go.
Coldcut
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
Album could be better but an extra star for being pioneering.
Aimee Mann
2/5
Sounds like the sort of bland music you get in some american dramas, or in Poundland.
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
Ok, but I think I enjoy saying his name more than listening to his music.
The Libertines
2/5
Think this might have been a little overrated at the time.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
The xx
2/5
Hüsker Dü
2/5
Prefab Sprout
2/5
Bobby Womack
3/5
Mike Oldfield
3/5
Steve Earle
2/5
Derek & The Dominos
2/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Peter Frampton
3/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
Probably being generous, but one of the better country albums i've listened to.
Janelle Monáe
5/5
Metropolis is one of my favourite films, and I love her experimental musical interpretation of it.
Radiohead
4/5
Solange
3/5
An extra point for attempting to hit Jay Z in the lift.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Mylo
4/5
The Byrds
1/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
This would get 5* if I was experiencing this album live with Coyne in a bubble and dancing fur animals.
a-ha
3/5
Django Django
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Tina Turner
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Death In Vegas
2/5
CHVRCHES
3/5
Lose a point for their spelling mistake.
Red Snapper
3/5
Bad Company
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
The Dictators
3/5
The Waterboys
3/5
Christina Aguilera
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
The Killers
4/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
I hate albums with a thank you song. Her songs are not good enough for an album this long.
Jazmine Sullivan
4/5
Basement Jaxx
4/5
3/5
Bee Gees
3/5
The Vines
3/5
M.I.A.
4/5
John Martyn
3/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
Gram Parsons
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Heaven 17
2/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Slade
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
1/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
The Modern Lovers
3/5
Korn
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
Jamiroquai
3/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Frank Black
3/5
Culture Club
4/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Happy Mondays
4/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
2/5
Elastica
4/5
The Verve
3/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Rufus Wainwright
5/5
Weather Report
2/5
Van Morrison
5/5
Donald Fagen
3/5
Not sure if this is a so bad it's good, or just good with a lot of bad, but then it's good. Gonna settle with OK.
Fugees
4/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
LTJ Bukem
3/5
TLC
4/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Lana Del Rey
2/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Tears For Fears
4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Funny that the Electric Prunes were mentioned at the end.
The Associates
2/5
Almost lost a star for ruining 'Love hangover'
Hawkwind
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
1/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Jungle Brothers
4/5
Fugazi
3/5
The Specials
4/5
Japan
3/5
CHIC
4/5
The Magnetic Fields
3/5
I actually listened to all of this. A majority of it is very charming with nice melodies but also got annoying in places.
The Black Keys
4/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2/5
Metallica
5/5
Digital Underground
3/5
Slipknot
4/5
Scritti Politti
3/5
An extra mark for them being distinctive. It was ok for first half then I started to find the voice and music sickening.
Dead Kennedys
2/5
Talking Heads
4/5
The Damned
2/5
Roxy Music
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
5/5
Unexpectedly really enjoyed this, and I was surprised when I heard 'Da ya think i'm sexy'.
Method Man
3/5
Fever Ray
2/5
Supergrass
5/5
Elvis Presley
5/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Soft Cell
3/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Sigur Rós
3/5
William Orbit
3/5
Doves
4/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Peter Tosh
3/5
The Style Council
2/5
The best thing on this album is 'Youre the best thing'.
Elvis Costello
2/5
Love
2/5
David Ackles
2/5
This sounds like it has been written for a Neil Diamond biographic musical (absence of his music).
Fred Neil
3/5
The Coral
2/5
Scissor Sisters
5/5
3/5
Jacques Brel
3/5
Big Star
3/5
The Beta Band
4/5
The Verve
5/5
2/5
Sade
3/5
James Brown
3/5
The Psychedelic Furs
2/5
Bee Gees
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The Specials
3/5
SAULT
4/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Syd Barrett
3/5
Giant Sand
3/5
Can
3/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Made me smile when I heard a sample of Musical Youth's 'Pass the Dutchie' in 'Revolutionary Generation'.
Beck
5/5
Many of my favourite Beck songs on this album.
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
N.E.R.D
4/5
Mike Ladd
3/5
Shivkumar Sharma
4/5
The Residents
1/5
They are taking way too many drugs.
Robert Wyatt
2/5
I had difficulty listening to a lot of it.
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Ice T
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
Maybe it gets better the more you listen to it. My first listen is just 1⭐️
Klaxons
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Dirty Projectors
2/5
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
Nirvana
5/5
U2
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
D'Angelo
3/5
Coldplay
4/5
Bill Callahan
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
The Cult
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Skepta
3/5
Slayer
3/5
Thelonious Monk
2/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
Listen to most of the songs fully, and the ones I didnt like halfway. I like American songbook in rom coms and christmas films, not in 3 hour long albums.
Tom Waits
4/5
Morrissey
3/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Prefer elevator music.
The Zutons
5/5
Rod Stewart
4/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Otis Redding
5/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
4/5
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
Supertramp
4/5
Joanna Newsom
2/5
Wilco
3/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Massive Attack
4/5
The Bees
5/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
John Cale
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Scott Walker
4/5
Goldie
4/5
Maxwell
3/5
Living Colour
3/5
The Pogues
3/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
The KLF
4/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Neil Young
3/5
Madonna
2/5
Yeah, I think only like 80's/early 90's Madonna. A couple of good songs; but a bold, stupid title for a mediocre album.
Teenage Fanclub
2/5
Love
3/5
King Crimson
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Björk
2/5
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Orbital
3/5
Pretenders
3/5
Big Star
2/5
Kings of Leon
5/5
Iron Butterfly
2/5
The Jam
4/5
Little Richard
4/5
The Monkees
2/5
Billie Holiday
3/5
Common
3/5
3/5
SZA
3/5
I usually love this genre but scraped 3* from me. It's okay, but sounds like a more boring version of Drake, and I already find Drake boring.
The Who
2/5
Listening them on a Live album, is even more strenuous than listening to them on a Studio album.
The Slits
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
Killing Joke
2/5
Björk
1/5
This was annoying.
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Norah Jones
4/5
I've never had had sex to this album, 4*.
Sparks
5/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Stereo MC's
3/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
Ash
4/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Love 'Coat of many colours' but prefer Dolly singing it.
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
Van Halen
2/5
Haircut 100
3/5
Stereolab
3/5
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
Country Joe & The Fish
2/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Primal Scream
4/5
Stephen Stills
4/5
ABBA
5/5
Os Mutantes
2/5
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
Ryan Adams
4/5
OutKast
4/5
Jack White
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Ute Lemper
1/5
I'm confused. There was so much work, talent and great muscianship put into this and I found it painful to listen to. Maybe it's a grower?
Nick Drake
5/5
Ms. Dynamite
5/5
Remembering that a 20 year old me found this quite refreshing at the time.
Cowboy Junkies
2/5
A bit too boring for me, also there's no need to revisit 'Blue Moon'.
The Incredible String Band
1/5
This album is so unbearable, that my Spotify actually cut off during it.
White Denim
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Guided By Voices
1/5
Maybe they should have stuck to 'quality over quantity'.
Iron Maiden
3/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
David Gray
5/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
I think Throbbing Gristle may have nicked this from the BBC sound effects library.
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
The Shamen
3/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Jeff Buckley
5/5
Orange Juice
4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
4/5
Tom Waits
3/5
The Thrills
3/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
3/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Madness
3/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Doves
5/5
Steve Winwood
3/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Circle Jerks
3/5
Goldfrapp
2/5
Justin Timberlake
4/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Elton John
4/5
The Hives
3/5
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
The National
2/5
Lightning Bolt
2/5
Germs
2/5
Linkin Park
2/5
Annoyed me in then, annoys me now.
Van Morrison
5/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
Bit contrived
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Slint
2/5
An extra star for all that hard work they put into doing irregular time signatures.
Gillian Welch
2/5
Janet Jackson
3/5
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Carpenters
3/5
Queen
2/5
Julian Cope
2/5
Rahul Dev Burman
2/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Saint Etienne
2/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
3/5
The Kinks
4/5
Beyoncé
3/5
Arrested Development
5/5
Sepultura
3/5
Thundercat
5/5
Genesis
3/5
Cypress Hill
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Sister Sledge
5/5
Talking Heads
5/5
Richard Hawley
3/5
Brian Wilson
2/5
3/5
Bon Jovi
3/5
Little Simz
4/5
Randy Newman
3/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
This sounds like sort of stuff that would accompany experimental performative art. Which I like, but listening to this is annoying.
Kings of Leon
4/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
Portishead
2/5
Crowded House
5/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Christine and the Queens
3/5
Beastie Boys
2/5
Fairport Convention
2/5
Incubus
4/5
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
k.d. lang
3/5
Morrissey
4/5
The Prodigy
4/5
Tom Tom Club
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5