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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
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5 | 2.62 | +2.38 |
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Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
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5 | 2.7 | +2.3 |
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The White Room
The KLF
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5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
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Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
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5 | 2.84 | +2.16 |
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
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5 | 2.88 | +2.12 |
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Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
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5 | 2.9 | +2.1 |
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Heroes to Zeros
The Beta Band
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5 | 2.9 | +2.1 |
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Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
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5 | 2.92 | +2.08 |
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Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
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5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
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Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
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5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
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1 | 3.33 | -2.33 |
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System Of A Down
System Of A Down
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1 | 3.26 | -2.26 |
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All Mod Cons
The Jam
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1 | 3.25 | -2.25 |
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Entertainment
Gang Of Four
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1 | 3.25 | -2.25 |
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Pink Flag
Wire
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1 | 3.21 | -2.21 |
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Vivid
Living Colour
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1 | 3.2 | -2.2 |
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Actually
Pet Shop Boys
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1 | 3.18 | -2.18 |
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The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
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1 | 3.14 | -2.14 |
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Make Yourself
Incubus
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1 | 3.08 | -2.08 |
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Hypnotised
The Undertones
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1 | 3.06 | -2.06 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 4.5 |
| The Doors | 3 | 4.67 |
| Björk | 3 | 4.67 |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 4.67 |
| Kraftwerk | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Flaming Lips | 2 | 5 |
| Amy Winehouse | 2 | 5 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 2 | 5 |
| Spiritualized | 2 | 5 |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 4.33 |
| Tom Waits | 3 | 4.33 |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 4.33 |
| U2 | 3 | 4.33 |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Morrissey | 3 | 1.33 |
| Sepultura | 2 | 1.5 |
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Stevie Wonder · 15 likes
2/5
a little sesame street for me
Morrissey · 11 likes
2/5
twat
Oasis · 6 likes
5/5
OK, I'll be generous. The 5* is for Wonderwall alone really. Was always more of a Roses man, but the song writing is good here. It veers into sweaty, noisy lad territory, but I've been there, and they are Mancs, so there's yr fiver
The Stone Roses · 5 likes
5/5
Listened to this a thousand times in my college years and it still sounds cool
The Mamas & The Papas · 4 likes
5/5
Textured classics
1-Star Albums (28)
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Common
4/5
First time listening to Common, totally passed by this phase of rap/hip-hop so a great introduction. Will definitely listen to some tracks from this again.
Dusty Springfield
2/5
never heard Mockingbird before - that sticks out as an interesting track. 24 Hours and Will You Love Me Tomorrow are the big, famous sounds
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
some classic songs - not totally convinced how it all hangs together as an album
Michael Jackson
2/5
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough is cracking start. Girlfriend was the first in 4 albums that I had to skip and I had had enough by the end.
Jane's Addiction
3/5
One that passed me by originally - except for Been Caught Stealing... Am probably missing the cultural context of how this was ahead of its time etc. Of Course is pretty different to what I expected - the rest is a bit noisy.
Van Morrison
3/5
Sounds interesting, would like to have another listen as it is pretty densely packed songwriting
The Jam
1/5
Never got the jam, not for me
The Velvet Underground
5/5
so happy this one came up
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Tom Waits
5/5
Sounds like nothing else, wonderful and complicated
MGMT
4/5
trippy pop that had its perfect moment in time, and some of the songs still really hold up. Knocking one star off as they were surprisingly flat live
The Streets
2/5
Odd entry, Dry Your Eyes built on Original Pirate Material, the rest is a bit choppy for my taste
James Brown
3/5
good performance, a bit before what I think of as James Brown primetime
The Monks
3/5
Great story, will try the album more fully when I'm in the mood as its quite noisy
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
Bluesy jams - decent enough not life changing
Slayer
1/5
A little heavy for me
N.W.A.
2/5
Chunky sound but lyrically off
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
3/5
Very smooth, and generally fine - a bit wallpapery
Fairport Convention
2/5
folky, hippyish, a little too oversung
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Badlands is a good opener, the rest is all a bit ploddy, never quite hitting the relevance button
Thundercat
3/5
Jammed full of ideas and fresh sounds. It's a little eccentric, then quite smooth commercial r&b or something. Prince would be a good frame of reference
Marty Robbins
2/5
Interesting timepiece but not one I'll go back to
Leftfield
4/5
Wilco
3/5
meh
Little Richard
2/5
full of energy and quite something for 1959, but much more than a couple of tracks and i am craving glitchy miserable downbeat stuff
ZZ Top
2/5
80s timepiece - such an odd combination of Dire Straits, Status Quo and Lynard Skynard with some comically bad slap bass and questionable lyrics (2/5)
B.B. King
3/5
high quality blues, good compositions, great playing and a bit of musical variety
Pet Shop Boys
1/5
urgh, i despise this. the sound, the style, the sentiment
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Excellent stuff, no filler. Imaginative and a couple of still fresh sounding classics
Bad Brains
2/5
Metal with a funk edge that passed me by when I was into this sort of thing
The Specials
5/5
some cracking songs, lively, social commentary
Beck
4/5
nice album, great sweeping, serious songs. runs out of steam a little by the end but very good overall
Air
4/5
everywhere in 1999 - great first album, pretty overplayed though
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
likeable enough, but never totally drank the kool-aid with them
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
5/5
The Cars
2/5
2/5
noisy
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
busy punky-goth with an 80s production feel, all a bit serious - can't imagine when i would ever listen to it
The White Stripes
4/5
some great songs - not as complete as get behind me satan. pretty raw, and snappy songs
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
not totally crazy about his voice, nice bluesy guitar
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Such a voice. Maybe not the definitive versions of songs but still very good
Living Colour
1/5
Nah. Funk metal is not my bag
The United States Of America
3/5
Moments in here, will give this a more intense listen as it is not an easy background album
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Punk schmuck. Pass the lemon jelly
Ray Price
4/5
Cool sounds, familiar from samples, sent me down some fun rabbit holes
T. Rex
3/5
songs i have never heard but heard a million times
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
good stuff, more of a collection of songs than a full album, not all of which grab me
Tom Waits
3/5
I'm very open to Tom Waits, but this is not my favourite album
The Replacements
2/5
80s sound bit punky, no doubt influential for something but not something I will ever listen to
Miles Davis
4/5
Smooth miles
k.d. lang
4/5
Quality songwriting and performance
Charles Mingus
5/5
superb - already want to listen to this again with a proper sit down
George Michael
4/5
Good voice good lasting pop songs
Suzanne Vega
4/5
Like it - well constructed songs, good voice and band
Electric Light Orchestra
2/5
about as 70s a sound as you can imagine and massively thorough
The Stooges
3/5
Energetic, jarring - not one for dinner parties
Thin Lizzy
2/5
All fine and well but I'm unlikely to inscribe my pencil case with the logo
Bauhaus
3/5
Early 80s goth
John Martyn
3/5
not a fan of his voice. a little like brian wilson but not as good. the sounds on smiling stranger are good though
David Bowie
4/5
is it good - yes - do i like it - well not massively!
The Beach Boys
5/5
sonic bliss!
Primal Scream
5/5
the end to end trip still sounds pretty much perfect
Roxy Music
2/5
Should I like this, meh, not going to beat myself up about it
The Stranglers
4/5
Distinctive sound with the twangy bass and keyboard with punky but not shouty singing
Frank Ocean
2/5
A bit smooth, can't quite see through it but will have a deeper listen
The Stone Roses
5/5
Listened to this a thousand times in my college years and it still sounds cool
Everything But The Girl
4/5
Super fresh sounding when released, little bit of drum n bass bandwagoning but still a top drawer album
Richard Thompson
3/5
nice enough, but a bit hippy dippy
Kate Bush
3/5
good but fairly unlistenable if that makes sense
The Who
2/5
Not really my cup of tea, a bit ploddy
Paul Revere & The Raiders
4/5
Mix of styles from kinks beatles doors and some songs you know. 4 is generous but hey
Peter Tosh
3/5
Bit of reggae. Not crazy about the keyboards but an alternate to Bob marley
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
reverby wall of sound
Steely Dan
3/5
never hit my radar and not an immediate win wither. the sounds is fine but not quite sure where it fits in
Mudhoney
3/5
quite noisy, few moments of a bit of a groove
Ananda Shankar
2/5
kinda of sitared out by mid way through track 1 - not sure covers of rock classics is the way to go
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Never liked that guitar and piano song writer structure and heard Olivers Army way too much over the years
Love
5/5
Recommended so many times. Think I get it
Caetano Veloso
4/5
Nice but of tropicala I never knew about
3/5
Country, toe tapping songs
Slipknot
3/5
Super intense, can't say I'll pop this on at a dinner party but it has craft and energy
Morrissey
2/5
twat
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Hard work
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Rich classics full of style and quality
The Doors
4/5
Peace frog is the standout, some good bluesy jams, complicated songs too
Neneh Cherry
5/5
Great album, confident and fresh and smart, making it OK to like hip hop when you are a metaller
Ghostface Killah
4/5
great production, good flow but iffy lyrics in places... would rather mr killah spat rhymes about the benefits of recycling so knocking it down a star until he makes that change
Eagles
4/5
Strong start. Super 70s sounding
Peter Frampton
3/5
More 70s, all fine but of another era
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Too sincere and miserable and well produced and humourless for me today
Queen
3/5
Obviously bohemian rhapsody was groundbreaking but I'm in love with my car? 39?
Khaled
2/5
Not my thing
5/5
OK, I'll be generous. The 5* is for Wonderwall alone really. Was always more of a Roses man, but the song writing is good here. It veers into sweaty, noisy lad territory, but I've been there, and they are Mancs, so there's yr fiver
Otis Redding
3/5
Great voice and band, song choices a bit of a mish mash here though
My Bloody Valentine
5/5
noisy, textured - pretty tricky to listen to but 5 stars for the effort
The Undertones
1/5
Really don't like his voice, the sound or the songs
Anthrax
3/5
Brings the noise. Not one I'll have on while the vicar is round
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Good free-form jazz, not a super easy listen but plenty in there
Brian Eno
3/5
kind of like an electronic Tom Waits, not quite sure when I'd put it on
Television
4/5
sounding pretty fresh and angular
Air
5/5
familiar sound of the early 00s - perfect soundtrack music
Kanye West
4/5
suitably flawless production, messaging is a bit wonky here and there and references are dated, knocking a star off for trump love
Sleater-Kinney
2/5
Hard work, jarring angular chords
Violent Femmes
5/5
Brilliant album, distinctive twangy acoustic sound, like nothing else in the 80s
Terence Trent D'Arby
2/5
Big voice but all a bit smooth and very 80s production
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Nah
Slipknot
2/5
More heavy technical noise that I'll never listen to
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
Solid and catchy wave of mid 00s blokes with guitars
Dolly Parton
4/5
country tunes, catchy, not one for heavy rotation but nice enough
3/5
never heard of these before - better than expected but not one I can imagine getting really into
Stephen Stills
3/5
this is about as country as you can get in places
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Good samples and flow, mellow and smart
Serge Gainsbourg
4/5
Heavily sampled by David Holmes, hard to hear it without that context - bit hit & miss but extra star for Don't Die Just Yet
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
Another totally 80s sounding album, get your flanger and phaser out
3/5
prefer later Blur, this is not quite there yet
Haircut 100
3/5
better than i thought it would be, wider array of instruments though the sincerity of singing is a bit overblown for my taste
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Tough to rate, amazing songs, awful production. Listen to the same songs on later live albums
Leonard Cohen
5/5
Such good songs and simple staging, and that voice
XTC
3/5
Not sure where this sits, some OK ideas but neither prog nor indie
Butthole Surfers
1/5
nah
Elliott Smith
4/5
heard this a million times on xfm in 2000 - never in this context - like it more thn i thought i would
Grizzly Bear
4/5
ate this up at the time, very good but a smidge miserable
D'Angelo
2/5
Too smooth, not my flavour
Talking Heads
4/5
is it good - yes i think so, do I like it - well not loads. i will kick the can another 10 years and try again then
Pixies
3/5
Never clicked for me
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
more 80s that is big for some people but not my thing
Cocteau Twins
4/5
distinctive sound, likeable
Tim Buckley
3/5
not keen on the voice - songs are fine
Underworld
3/5
if this didn't happen for me in 1996 it isn't going to magic itself now
Heaven 17
2/5
out at the slap bass
Prince
4/5
bit of filler but when it bangs it bangs
Merle Haggard
3/5
Another country album, ok not life changing
Björk
5/5
complex layers and super production
Finley Quaye
4/5
Would be 3 now, 5 when it came out. Not dated that well as I find the voice a bit irritating
Iggy Pop
3/5
gave it another go, but its just not going to happen
Taylor Swift
4/5
some great pop songs, a whole album of it is a bit much for me, but 4* for the catchy hooks
Cocteau Twins
4/5
More textured bright hooks
Simple Minds
2/5
Such a huge band but not my flavour
Tortoise
5/5
Lofi classic
FKA twigs
3/5
Promise I'll try harder on this one
Gary Numan
3/5
Pioneering I suppose but sounds a bit basic now
Motörhead
4/5
Heavy sound, respect
TLC
2/5
Hit skip before the end of several songs
New York Dolls
2/5
noisy
The Human League
3/5
was one of a handful of LPs in the house in the 80s - can't say i'd give it much of a spin now other than for some curious nostalgia
Black Sabbath
4/5
Heavy heavy sound. Ozzys voice is well ozzy
Digital Underground
1/5
Really?
Cheap Trick
4/5
Generous for a live album of Glammy prog but need your love is intriguing
Public Enemy
5/5
Not all perfect but some is a game changing 10
Anita Baker
1/5
Stinks
Lucinda Williams
3/5
Country that sits in parallel with Alanis Morissette and pj Harvey. Might give it a further try to see how hooky it gets
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Extra star as the family liked it
Guided By Voices
4/5
Lofi mid 90s indie. Think I'd been all over this if I'd heard it back in the day
Tina Turner
2/5
80sest production massively overplayed soz Tina
George Jones
3/5
The odd song for my quirky indie romcom, but not a whole album
Sepultura
2/5
The grunty vocals kinda spoil some potentially interestingly crafted songs
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Pre marking this. Like the songs so far, need to get this more embedded
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
At this up like a stoner with munchies in the early 00s... sounds a bit like empty calories now
The Smiths
1/5
Still allergic to morrisey
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Can’t get past come on Eileen
Eric Clapton
3/5
Bluesy 70s, all ok but nothing cutting through though
Radiohead
5/5
Intense
Donald Fagen
1/5
What the actual? Cruise ship band
The The
4/5
Deferring liking this for another 10 years but will keep it closer maybe
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
This band had something different, not always to my taste but hats off for trying
Beastie Boys
5/5
5* for what goes around
Parliament
3/5
Bit too disco ish for me. Swampy keyboards and cheerful
Johnny Cash
5/5
Couple of total classics, live from a prison too, so points for effort
Tim Buckley
3/5
Folky hippy melodic
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Epic soaring
Harry Nilsson
5/5
Plenty of 'wow never knew that was hin'
Joni Mitchell
4/5
First impressions, good band good voice, will go back to this
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
New songs to me, fan of Neil young though so marking up to 4
Ice T
3/5
Bc bc bc
Buena Vista Social Club
5/5
Not sure I could manage the whole album in 1 go but this is a significant enough album from the late 90s that was part of me visiting Cuba so marked up
Jungle Brothers
3/5
Bit arrested development bit de la soul
Orange Juice
3/5
Better than some 80s
Bad Company
3/5
Big sound rock band
Super Furry Animals
5/5
Nice memories of this one
Tom Waits
5/5
Very good, not an album I was familiar with but it sounds like it should be
Manu Chao
5/5
Long time favourite for a cracking artist
Prefer my southern interpretations without Rod Stewart
Sufjan Stevens
5/5
Epic tender melancholia with cheer creeping in
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
Sweary with some cracking samples
Eels
3/5
Brilliant opening. Sputters out but some good moments
Van Halen
2/5
Silky cock rock
The Mamas & The Papas
5/5
Textured classics
Suede
4/5
Sounded good today played loud. Voice is pretty unique and not always what you want
Tricky
5/5
Genre opening era defining classic. Filled with things I like to hear, and beautifully balanced voices and samples
Beastie Boys
3/5
This should be good but it's not the beastie boys that resonate with me
Randy Newman
3/5
sounds like Toy Story
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
rock n roll from a bad i'd never heard dof
Stevie Wonder
3/5
There's a lot of it and it's all fine but a bit too major keyed
Jane Weaver
4/5
Texture and quality, heavy and interesting, not sure how much of a fixture it could be
Shack
3/5
bit of this, but of that, long been recommended but never quite got it
Aerosmith
2/5
monstrously silly
Milton Nascimento
5/5
floats along very nicely indeed
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
simultaneously very good and pretty annoying
Joni Mitchell
4/5
one of my favourite 1001-ers
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
I'd rather Jack, than Fleetwood Mac
Ice Cube
3/5
chunky violence
Bob Dylan
3/5
so so bob, guess i'll never get you
Herbie Hancock
3/5
you have to be in a very specific mood for this one. perhaps one track, on a boat trip, with an Aperol Spritz, anything after that and I'm a bit done with the expressive jazz funk bass
4/5
Fairly easy listening from PJ
Fairport Convention
3/5
A bit Rod Jane and Freddie
Queen Latifah
3/5
some top samples, and good for its time
Foo Fighters
2/5
Bah never liked these guys
Maxwell
2/5
comically ceefax
Nirvana
5/5
My favourite nirvana album
David Bowie
3/5
i was there for a bit but i guess you had to have been there earlier
Elastica
3/5
Couple of indie classics but overplayed a few and the others have never popped through
The Adverts
2/5
samey
Depeche Mode
2/5
Pompous casio 80s
Joy Division
3/5
Gloomily influential but not my cup of tea
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Listenable but not hugely memorable
Green Day
2/5
For all the energy it is a bit one paced
Paul Weller
3/5
Probably his best stuff on this album
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2/5
Retrospectively turgid
Miriam Makeba
2/5
Heart in the right place but can’t handle too much of it
Fats Domino
3/5
alright, not a heavy rotation one
Gene Clark
2/5
Like a not as good Neil young
Jethro Tull
2/5
Thick as a brick or nothing
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Flows beautifully, great songs
Muddy Waters
2/5
One trick pony
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Euphoric loveliness
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Very cool sounding, ages well too
Janet Jackson
2/5
80s lively heavy on the choreo
Nick Drake
5/5
Genius. Amazing songs
Pink Floyd
4/5
Torn on this. Probably obe of the most awful albums I've listened to the most
Morrissey
1/5
Ffs a 3rd morrisey album?
Talking Heads
4/5
4 star pre-credit. i really will try talking heads at some point
Wire
1/5
shouty noisy never plan to listen to again
4/5
big bucks for starman. as an album i dont think i am in
Talking Heads
4/5
another talking heads - have weird guilt about my continued lack of effort getting into these guys
2/5
combines a voice i'm not really a fan of, with insanely overcomplicated time signature changes
Napalm Death
2/5
2 for effort and the sheer number of songs, none of which i can say i am taken by
David Bowie
3/5
stars for effort
2/5
a bit whiny
Kraftwerk
4/5
Fan of their work, not the best album
Beatles
4/5
Would be churlish but tempting to give this less than 4
Van Morrison
4/5
Moondance stuck in my head for days afterwards. Is that good?
OutKast
3/5
Definite flavour of Prince. Lots of songs the odd one pops through, a bunch are irritating!
Billy Bragg
3/5
Country plus politics plus wilco - seems squared at winning a mercury
Kelela
2/5
Not for me
The Kinks
4/5
a ton of songs i've heard before, old school rhythm and blues very English
Stereo MC's
4/5
Some wicked sounds couple of duds but top overall
4/5
Peak pompous u2 prior to their proper peak
Beatles
3/5
Tried multiple times to like this but don't think the album hangs together
The Doors
5/5
Super band, ate this up as a teenager
Jeff Beck
2/5
Not a fan of his voice
Frank Zappa
4/5
Enjoyed this. Proper eccentric and meandering
Elvis Presley
3/5
A couple of tracks is about my Elvis limit.
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Some belters
The Slits
3/5
On the line. Do Iike it?
Tim Buckley
4/5
Immediately likes it and wondered why I hadn't listened to it before. Will listen again for sure and cherry pick
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Chirpy
Erykah Badu
4/5
Very cool. Sultry and textured
Pearl Jam
3/5
Ploddy grunge not as cool as nirvana
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Plenty of bangers and still as full sounding
David Bowie
4/5
a Bowie album that hits my spot a bit, but I can't help but think 5 Bowie albums in this list is a bit much... pick a lane!
Deep Purple
3/5
Not crazy about the live album ness
Nico
4/5
Great voice, a bit eccentric
David Bowie
3/5
great title track, hard to maintain the enthusiasm after that
The Shamen
3/5
Bit dafter than the orb, better than I thought it might be
Marvin Gaye
4/5
seems a bit cheaper after Whats Going On, but still pretty alright
Prince
3/5
maybe the best artist i've ever seen who i listen to the least
Michael Jackson
3/5
Was never the biggest fan even before the big cancel button. 3 seems to little 4 too much.
KISS
3/5
Silly, empty sounding but a bit fun in small doses maybe
Steve Winwood
2/5
sincere 80s musicianship that i am in no way interested in or the music is relevant to me
The Isley Brothers
3/5
Songs you've heard a bit, voice gets a bit tiresome
Bonnie Raitt
1/5
don't mind a bit of country, but not this kind
Doves
4/5
long on the list of bands people love, never been my thing. alright i suppose, but not quite as gloomy as radiohead or spacy as stone roses, and a smidge too coldplay to be cool
Bob Dylan
5/5
Pretty likeable
James Taylor
3/5
Oh OK but didn't invest
Lou Reed
5/5
Outstanding and massively influential
Pink Floyd
5/5
My first dabble with psychedelia
Kraftwerk
5/5
Ja das is gut
DJ Shadow
4/5
meaty art hip hop
Everything But The Girl
2/5
No need for this with walking wounded already representing
Cypress Hill
3/5
some slick production but the messaging is off-point
The Verve
4/5
probably a 5 star album at the time from a small band that got big and were then big but the world got smaller or something
Hawkwind
3/5
i can do hippy, and can do space, but this didn't grab me
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
the looser songs are lovely
System Of A Down
1/5
Rough
Neil Young
3/5
bit cheerful for Neil
Sam Cooke
3/5
bit stop start, doesn't quite carry through
The Prodigy
3/5
Bad trip man
Marianne Faithfull
1/5
Not for me
Fela Kuti
5/5
boom - like it!
Ministry
3/5
intense!
The Clash
2/5
i never rate punk much, and for influential as they were, I would just never listen to it
Ray Charles
3/5
good but not what i'm angling for today
Steve Earle
2/5
country rock 80s no doubt churned through the KXRK channels
Amy Winehouse
5/5
such a voice
Yes
4/5
better than i thought it might be - a little irritating in places but mostly good
Massive Attack
5/5
perfect combination of samples and a great voice. drop the light my fire cover, but otherwise perfect
Soul II Soul
4/5
Absolute classic in back 2 life, rest so so
The Offspring
3/5
Boo
Barry Adamson
4/5
very different to most things on here, extra star for innovation
Moby Grape
3/5
Inoffensive rhythm and blues
Meat Loaf
3/5
sounds massively like Jack Black - bombastically daft
Frank Sinatra
3/5
all finey fine, and good for what it is good for
Led Zeppelin
4/5
big textured rock
Gillian Welch
4/5
moody country
Solange
3/5
Plenty clever and well produced but a bit slick for me
Various Artists
3/5
had my fill of xmas music for a bit
Happy Mondays
3/5
Patchy swagger
Beach House
3/5
ok, bit fleet foxes, 2000's gentlecore
Faust
3/5
prefer me san and neu
Sepultura
1/5
Nope
John Prine
3/5
twiddly widdly country
The Beach Boys
4/5
Some gems on here
Le Tigre
2/5
noisy disco kitschy agit-pop!
The Stooges
3/5
art punk rock outs
Q-Tip
2/5
fairly annoying
not cool to say so but I quite like U2
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2/5
proggy MOR
Iggy Pop
5/5
extra props for locked grooves
David Bowie
3/5
enough with the fricking bowie. 7 albums???
Gene Clark
3/5
fine but gets a bit samey
Circle Jerks
1/5
applies punk filter
Jamiroquai
5/5
not a perfect straight through listen, but 5 for the course correction from metal this helped with!
The Boo Radleys
3/5
bit more on the twee than the shoegaze
Abdullah Ibrahim
2/5
world jazz hmmm
Japan
2/5
80s oversincere
Sex Pistols
2/5
No more punk please, I prefer a mellotron
The Cramps
2/5
Noisy not great for calm Saturday morning
Queen
5/5
couple of twee moments with the fairy fellows swanny whistle but some innovative sounds and structures
Gang Starr
3/5
Mid school old school bit laboured by today's standards
The Zombies
3/5
fine but not something i'll listen to
Jurassic 5
2/5
this style of rapping is sounding pretty dated now
Turbonegro
2/5
bastard child precursor of janes addiction and godspeed with a commercial metallica feel
Hole
2/5
grungy rock a little more radio friendly than expected
Fishbone
2/5
what the what? well constructed jazzy funk rock reggae that i will absolutely never listen to
Björk
5/5
Great sounds, totally unique voice and composition
Deerhunter
5/5
was massively into these in the early 10's, dropped off the radar a bit but still sounds great
Black Sabbath
3/5
bit miserable
Baaba Maal
2/5
overcrisp 90s world music production
Bon Jovi
3/5
undeniably anthemic few songs, and a handful of hair metal landfill
The xx
4/5
Downtempo indie melancholy
Prince
3/5
Better as a live act
CHIC
3/5
i feel sorry for the late 70s having both disco and punk at the same time
Beatles
4/5
hard to not give at least 4 without looking like a non music loving belligerent Manc with a chip on his shoulder about that moptop band from the wrong end of the M62. but for every "I want you" there is a "maxwells silver hammer" which cheapen the mood
Magazine
3/5
Unusual in it'd time and space
Elliott Smith
3/5
passed me by first time round - all good and fine though no massive breakthrough tracks
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
real melting pot - kudos to it, but i'm unlikely to go much deeper on it
U2
5/5
Sounded like nothing else when it came out, holds up very well, with tiptop production
Randy Newman
3/5
Can't not hear toy story
Iron Maiden
4/5
go on have a 4 and a bottle of newky brown
Aretha Franklin
5/5
belting tunes, production and voice
The Electric Prunes
3/5
strange mix of kinks, floyd, beatles and and a whole heap of sounds that sounds almost parody 60's now
Adele
4/5
big songs, not sure i can take a full album of it, but the compositions are a notch above her peers
The Blue Nile
1/5
nope!
Keith Jarrett
3/5
nice and then fairly irritating
Arcade Fire
4/5
big up for Wake Up giving me a moment one time
Fred Neil
3/5
proper country, rich but not hitting the spot for me
Aerosmith
3/5
one big fat song and a bunch of alright but less imposing rock
Santana
4/5
spacey latin grooves with a tendency to over-widdle
Madonna
3/5
standard mark for one of those albums with a couple of knockout tracks but a chunk of 80s pop filler
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Pretty iconic
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Not quite cutting through
The Rolling Stones
4/5
decent stones sounding stones
Johnny Cash
4/5
interesting for the location, the songs kinda take care of themselves
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
gentle bedroom acoustic indie for poetry writers and people who made mixtapes
The Byrds
3/5
trad straight country
Burning Spear
3/5
the odd perfectly placed reggae song is great, a whole album is a bit much
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
proper 70s big band samba, prefer a little more lime in my condensed milk though!
Jimmy Smith
4/5
decent, and musically all well put together, but can't really think of any circumstance where i'd play this whole thing
Syd Barrett
5/5
Trip trip even ho, up down high and low
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
somewhere between Yo La Tengo and Nirvana - ok but think this ship has sailed
Taylor Swift
5/5
An album of good songs. Seems simple, very well done
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
on paper i should like this, i don't not like it, but don't know when I'd choose it, especially given it sounds a bit 80s now
Frank Sinatra
3/5
prefer my samba a bit more psych!
Liz Phair
3/5
possibly would have gobbled this up as a teenager, got my alternate sources of feminist indie locked in these days
Beastie Boys
5/5
lots of tracks and about half of them are bang on, way too cool for school
Boston
3/5
overblown prog-blues!
Nas
4/5
Hip hop sweet spot and you don't stop
Metallica
4/5
staccato choppy tinny heavy rock - always liked One as a song, so an extra star
The Yardbirds
4/5
quite an odd sounding mix of skiffle and prog
3/5
bit twee
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
the phase pans are very of the time, prefer the sparser bits and really needs to be experienced live, as its not great car music
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Pretty minimal
Public Enemy
4/5
4 stars for the superb Bring Tha Noise
John Coltrane
3/5
it's not the season for skitty jazz - but recognise i might like this one season
Blur
4/5
Bit irritating but biped around in a cardigan to this a lot
Neil Young
5/5
A great complete album of well made songs uniquely expressed
Björk
4/5
fully textured, but quite hard work for an easy listen
The Avalanches
4/5
Oh the early 00s. Smorgasbord of samples, and jumping all over the shop
Carpenters
5/5
you can see the flares, and the inserting of the cassette into the beat up car heading on the road trip, and the singing of the school choir and it seeming a bit naff but the songs are great and its jazzier than you think
The Auteurs
3/5
college indie rock
ABBA
2/5
not even the catchy abba songs
Bob Dylan
3/5
probably sacrilege but nah today
Can
4/5
quite hard work to find the moments of genius that do pop up - dare to say you might need to have eaten a bunch of something special to full appreciate this
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
couple of very good songs but the concept is a bit repetitious, and after the perfect Kylie song its downhill
Jane's Addiction
2/5
not in any spot that is relevant to where i like at the moment
Kanye West
4/5
Interesting. Not one for when Sir Dennis or the vicar comes over
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Pretty much perfect
Love
3/5
not immediately grabbing me
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Polite pre seismic 60s revolution songs
Lana Del Rey
4/5
dark, night time headphones or rainy sunday album
Pink Floyd
5/5
2 perfectly crafted Shine ons, 2 shorter tracks that bring out the menacing direction of what's next on Animals, and the campfire classic tribute to where it all started with Syd
Jazmine Sullivan
3/5
contemporary r&b, bit slick for a scruffy manc
Fever Ray
4/5
serious and technical, sparse scandi
Cat Stevens
3/5
big singer and piano tunes, late in the game for getting into this though
Suicide
3/5
art school exhibition music
Rush
4/5
outrageously complicated music, and played in a good spirit of dedication and a smidge of humour
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
country blues with 60s 70s
The La's
3/5
scouse indie that never made it round manchester
Brian Wilson
4/5
sonic genius on this lost gem... not sure it is masterpiece on a pet sounds level
AC/DC
3/5
stompy moshy songs, suits being heard live or covered
The Sonics
3/5
blues garage that sounds a bit wilder but pretty trad at the same time
Eagles
3/5
chunky 70s silly overblown
Fiona Apple
3/5
a tough listen, need to give it a bit more of a go
Donovan
4/5
pastoral hippy and shots of lsd - title track is magic like a mushroom
Koffi Olomide
2/5
keyboards are heavy on the 80s overproduction
Leonard Cohen
4/5
nicely miserable montrealian gravelly nasal monotone
The Pharcyde
4/5
passing me by is proper bang on
Bee Gees
2/5
not as bad as i thought it would be but still, that voice is unlistenable when it is in focus
Wilco
3/5
schmilco.... possibly the best and most revered melancholy indie i have never been massively into
Fleet Foxes
4/5
an early 10's staple - mellow and then overdone on the beards
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
not so sticky
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Not as pressing as pimping the butterfly
The Who
4/5
Different to what I expected. More psych and less plod
Missy Elliott
4/5
some good stuff on here - plenty of strong attitude and some slick samples
The Black Keys
4/5
grungey and heavy with a square eye at big festival shows
The Temptations
4/5
not what i was expecting - way cooler
Gotan Project
5/5
downtempo lazy saturday music appropriated by groundforce reveals but no less good as the dust has settled
Pulp
4/5
the intentional gimmickry and playfulness of Pulp was always at odds with the boozy Oasis, stoned Roses and intellectual Blur, but this was probably them at their peak. 4 seems light - i'd ideally add another cheeky half later
JAY Z
3/5
the odd cracking sample
Fela Kuti
4/5
proper lively, layered and nicely non-cloying
Stevie Wonder
2/5
a little sesame street for me
Killing Joke
3/5
fine, but had my fill of this in the Phono in Leeds Merion Centre in 1994
Jeff Buckley
3/5
a lot going on but a bit needy
Pretenders
3/5
bit 80's punkier than i was expecting
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Harder VU, missing the mark for me
Stevie Wonder
2/5
over produced to the nuts
The Pogues
4/5
can imagine slipping on a beery dancefloor to this
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
fun, bongotastic, depends on how much bongo you want in your day. some days that will be nil, other days you might want 20 minutes or so
Joy Division
3/5
Had my fill of intense northern grimness
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Some absolute belters on here. Not sll perfect but you can't give an album with crosstown traffic and voodoo Chile less than 5
Animal Collective
5/5
Open up your open up your open up your
Louis Prima
3/5
A bit cute really
Miles Davis
3/5
A bit too free form
Crowded House
3/5
Fine but always sounded a bit pedestrian
The Band
4/5
Likeable if it came on the radio
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
couple of songs i know, but have no interest in delving into the others. if i give you a 4 can i have no more from these guys?
Gang Of Four
1/5
The Byrds
3/5
harmonising hippies but not my bag today man
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
meditation with good production values but a little on the jingly sparkle and birdsong side to go with my dulcimers
Venom
1/5
satan soundscapes and guitar solos
Neu!
5/5
motorik - probably the most consistently german of the german proto techno mid 70s scene
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
feels like every song is a good book that i pick up and read a few words and think i will read that at some point and then don't
Scott Walker
2/5
sure you could make one of these pop in a quirky soundtrack
R.E.M.
4/5
one for introspectively noodling around a dancefloor in a cardigan
Incubus
1/5
Nu metal genre piece that fails to tick any box of mine
Sly & The Family Stone
5/5
oozes quality!
Julian Cope
3/5
sounds more like Nick Cave than i thought it would
Prefab Sprout
2/5
bit pedestrian for my zingy zappy contemporary tastes
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Intelligent hip hop
Deep Purple
4/5
One of my first full on rock albums and works at showcasing everybodys talent
Kraftwerk
5/5
funf all day long
4/5
quite different to most albums on here, bit of samba and axe - with that late 90s worldwide take
Rufus Wainwright
5/5
Louche and charming album
John Lennon
4/5
not all perfect but warming slowly to lennon's songs
Tito Puente
3/5
a few tracks is fine but after that i am mamboed out
Led Zeppelin
5/5
would probably go IV stars but Stairway to Heaven gives it that extra I
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
not had a jazz phase for a while, one for later years i reckon so parking it with a 4
Fugees
5/5
the perfect score - some superb flow from l-boogie
Genesis
2/5
imagine jethro tull, overcomplicated further and featuring phil collins
Skunk Anansie
3/5
fine but not something i'd put on
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
what an album... no silly hair or cucumbers down leather pants and still sounding angry and timely and totally on fire 30 years later
Run-D.M.C.
5/5
proper old school block party hip hop. walk this way is the obvious game changer and probably one of the most significant song of the evers, so I'll throw down a 5 and you can keep the change
Fugazi
3/5
Technically adept noise
PJ Harvey
5/5
the songs rattle through at a fair clip, with the perfect back wash of reverb, understated instruments and Polly hitting the spot
Megadeth
3/5
genuinely proper guitars and instrumentation - vocals lack a bit of oopmph for me
Blur
4/5
beetlebum is such a good opener - a little downhill from there - 13 is better end to end so not quite there yet
David Gray
2/5
oh the boring Zeroes - quite how this guy dominated the charts is weird. totally inoffensive, well played for making the coin I suppose
The Charlatans
4/5
peak charlatans - still a bit of filler, but all fine
The Crusaders
2/5
the jazz FM-iest jazz all super crisp and polished
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Makes me wanna give 5 stars, throw up my hands.
Eminem
2/5
pretty unpleasant - "my name is" is super hooky and sounds super crisp - just wish it was de la soul flowing over the top with something positive
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
the rhythms are a bit choppy if you are not in a 4/4 mood
Scritti Politti
2/5
about as 80's as you can get. think lilt adverts, synth brass and slap bass
Bob Dylan
4/5
handful of classics which make me think 'ooh i should get into Bob Dylan' then a few more tracks with the same palette pass and it starts to lose immediacy
Suede
5/5
played the shit out of this CD in 1994. a much more partitioned, distinct indie sound compared to their contemporaries - the cool kids would say the b-sides were better than the albums though
The Sabres Of Paradise
3/5
Wilmot is the key standout, the rest is sounding a bit dated
Van Morrison
3/5
The Darkness
2/5
a bunch of songs i've never heard and one i never want to hear again
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
songs you've heard a thousand times before and all alright, but no crate digging buzz
Paul Simon
5/5
lots of things i don't ordinary like, but the writing and songcraft is superb
Spacemen 3
4/5
dosn't quite get going like "recurring"
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
this was everywhere for a few years in UK - imagine it would have been fun live at the time, but unlikely to spill cider and black all over my floor these days
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
just because you can doesn't always mean you should
The Gun Club
3/5
lauded garage that i can hear in everything else since but not too fussed about going to the source
Drive-By Truckers
1/5
nothing new to see here, double denim man rock
SAULT
5/5
super on point, quality all the way through... start a universal love trend people
Christina Aguilera
3/5
lots of talent floating around here - slick production and a vocal range i can't hit so hats off
Dennis Wilson
4/5
River Song is perfect and the rest of the album never quite hits that same high
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
up and down bluesy rock with a pretty cheerful tone
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
Totally fresh and massively underappreciated to someone brought up that drum machines were a total sell out!
Tears For Fears
3/5
A couple of proper smash hits, then a whole shwack of synthesised kitchen sinks and slap bass being thrown at you
Joni Mitchell
4/5
proper songs and texture - earmarking it that future me will like it a bit more than current me
Kate Bush
2/5
avante garde with a smidge of vaudeville and layers of 80's overproduction
Dire Straits
3/5
Learnt to play sultans of swing when i was 15 so it has a certain nostalgia to it. The rest of the album is pretty steady eddie bland and inoffensive
The Stooges
4/5
more and less intimidating than i always thought it would be
Spiritualized
5/5
always considered the cooler spiritualized album - plenty lovely complex nothings to wash around
Roni Size
3/5
quite an exhausting listen that i nodded appreciatively over in the late 90s
Sisters Of Mercy
4/5
weirdly grew up on this - and aged pretty well - sounding pretty full and well composed now
Radiohead
4/5
Is it great? Well maybe... Do I want to listen to it lots? Well maybe, but I'm never sure when
Badly Drawn Boy
4/5
some really nicely constructed songs, little bit of a forgotten classic
T. Rex
3/5
Holds up ok for early 70s blues, odd song would sound good
Ozomatli
2/5
A lot going on, slightly jarring sonic mishmash
Pantera
1/5
Deeply and probably deliberately unpleasant. Get out of my ears!
The Birthday Party
1/5
Yuk! No no no. 80s production and snarly punk
Beck
4/5
pleasantly all over the place - not everything lands but enough does to make it not be a fluke
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Proper bluesy rock. The deeper cuts are pretty bad but freebird is elevated 70s rock served with a bottle of bourbon to buzz it up
Sade
3/5
Very much the silk sheets of 80s music
Afrika Bambaataa
2/5
Doesn't do it for me sorry, would like to like it given its role in the big scheme of things
Manic Street Preachers
1/5
one of the biggest bands to never stir the remotest urge of interest - just seems to plod along and have never got into it
Steely Dan
3/5
captures the sights, the sounds and the smells like the 70s - some in a good way, and some you dont want to scratch the surface of too much
John Cale
2/5
nothing on first listen to indicate a major miss in my musical history timeline
Rocket From The Crypt
2/5
too many bpm for a Monday morning
Aimee Mann
3/5
not bad, kind of know what you're going to get country-indie
George Michael
4/5
fabulous Freedom 90, the rest is best when sounding looser and groovier -
Bill Callahan
3/5
lots of thoughts and feelings and sincerity
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
Likeable and gentle politecore
Black Sabbath
4/5
Heavy and quite awesome
Weather Report
2/5
ponder over your soul patch how your expert musicianship manifests in just the two stars
Aphex Twin
4/5
aciiieeeeeddd
Kings of Leon
3/5
prefer their earlier stuff
Beatles
2/5
jingly jangly scouse moptop era not the cooler beardy era
Coldplay
5/5
a band that was very good, but not very cool - some very good songs on here and were always performed better than you thought they would
Bob Dylan
2/5
nothing to write home about
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
the archetypal reggae sound, totally iconic and fresh sounding
Bee Gees
2/5
not the total cheeseball bee gees of later years, but getting that way
Soft Machine
2/5
not very listenable - a little bit like if cats had synthesizers and saxophones and jammed whilst on acid
The Fall
3/5
jarring and spotty, hometown sloppy genius poetry with some standout moments and some bits you have to fast forward
Korn
1/5
Krap
The War On Drugs
3/5
fine if not massively exciting
Grateful Dead
3/5
moments in there, but there is hella widdle
Laura Nyro
2/5
never crossed paths with this before and not quite sure where it fits in
Big Star
3/5
Bits of all sorts of styles, covers and songs that got covered
The Bees
5/5
super band, would have like more records from them as i proper rinsed this one in the early zeroes
Guns N' Roses
5/5
The lyrics aren't great, the singing isnt either but hell the songs are era defining
Simply Red
2/5
keyboards are a bit cloying, but holding back the years is a solid timepiece
Madonna
3/5
very 2000 sounding production, sometimes veers into S-Club but a couple of solid smashes in there
Elton John
3/5
part of the furniture really, not dislikeable but not ever going to put it on for me
Red Snapper
2/5
a bit of its time, was probably round about bang on in 2000 but missed it then
Hookworms
4/5
spacey indie that will probably get better the more you listen
Dead Kennedys
4/5
surf punk mayhem of noise and politics
Daft Punk
3/5
Overplayed
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
probably good at heart but jumps around sonically which doesn;t make for easy vegetable chopping. that is probably not what they were going for tbh, so we'll agree to differ and say no more about it
Yes
3/5
sometimes unnecessarily complicated muso crack
The Magnetic Fields
4/5
pretty likeable and understated
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
belting voice and a super iconic song
Kings of Leon
4/5
another chunky album from a not yet revived area of history - some very good songs on here
David Ackles
2/5
an overstaged nick drake type voice
Elvis Presley
5/5
chunky score down to suspicious minds alone
TV On The Radio
3/5
interesting album that hit some of the right notes at the time and disappeared from view after - love dog is a great song
2Pac
2/5
not my flavour
The Who
3/5
a bit of an in between eras band for me
OutKast
3/5
pretty punchy rap-pop something or other
The Cure
4/5
an early favourite band of mine, super distinctive and unique
Super Furry Animals
3/5
like the band but the album is a bit noisy - though it does say fuzzy on the tin, so no complaints there
The Only Ones
2/5
Gram Parsons
3/5
hits my upper limit of 70s slide guitar tolerance
The Verve
4/5
History is pretty epic, kind of forgotten how huge The Verve were for a year or so
Roxy Music
2/5
velvety bombast and showiness
The B-52's
3/5
a little chaotic and strange
The Icarus Line
2/5
grungy noise that i am parking on the not for today pile
The KLF
5/5
doesn't sound ancient, fully justified - all aboard!
Songhoy Blues
3/5
good, but as an odd track
Germs
1/5
nope
The Vines
3/5
didn't get on the wave with these
Paul Simon
4/5
total banger in me and julio, fair few deeper cuts elsewhere
Robert Wyatt
3/5
you can hear where a lot of other artists got their ideas
Sonic Youth
4/5
another band that have been on the maybe pile for 30+ years - maybe one day. extra star for future embarrassment saving
The Damned
2/5
still allergic to too much punk
The Fall
3/5
unapologetically northern
Moby
3/5
everywhere in 1999 and a losing cool for the multitude of corporate sellouts and overplayedness
Hüsker Dü
3/5
somewhere in between punk and indie in the john peel sweetspot
Tangerine Dream
4/5
pleasantly different to what i thought
Elbow
5/5
textured songwriting and big sounds from the second best band to come out of Bury in 1993*
Ash
3/5
bridging indie and nu-metal that can veer a bit 6th form
Mylo
3/5
probably should have liked this 20 years ago but missed it
Hole
3/5
punky grunge that gets a nod but not a frequent play
Raekwon
2/5
18 songs, all with an E for explicit, so takes it out of the home cooking slot
Lorde
3/5
appears to have been played lots already without me chipping in
R.E.M.
2/5
an REM album without anything i already know makes me suspicious as all anybody played around this era was REM
Amy Winehouse
5/5
iconic singer belting out some cracking songs
Jack White
4/5
garage indie rock's Prince, always putting something out, always pretty good
SZA
3/5
super produced R&B, but a little too janky and smooth for me
Spiritualized
5/5
floats me back to a super specific time and space every single time. it's not perfect but its got more than enough to make it a must have
The Smiths
3/5
just cos I am from Manchester I should have this enshrined in my psyche, but the jaunty misery is a little performative for my taste
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
all sorts of full sound and a lot of clever words
The Beta Band
5/5
not their best album, but a real psychedelic grower
N.E.R.D
2/5
sounds a bit of an anomaly now, saw them live one time and they were a bit all over the shop
The Doors
5/5
big old 5 for Jim and the gang - little bit of bluesy filler on there, but Riders on the Storm has that delicate menace and command of space that not a lot else has ever come close to sounding like since
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
not at the same level as loveless but plenty to work with
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
liked this when it came out, but never thought to play it since and sounds a bit more like a side note in the blur-i-verse now
Morrissey
1/5
you can stick your gladioli up your...
The Black Crowes
3/5
might be influenced and marked down by this being the favourite band of the first girl that dumped me