a little sesame street for me

twat

meh

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

Sounds like nothing else, wonderful and complicated

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.

never heard Mockingbird before - that sticks out as an interesting track. 24 Hours and Will You Love Me Tomorrow are the big, famous sounds

some classic songs - not totally convinced how it all hangs together as an album

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.

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.

Sounds interesting, would like to have another listen as it is pretty densely packed songwriting

Never got the jam, not for me

so happy this one came up

Sounds like nothing else, wonderful and complicated

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

Odd entry, Dry Your Eyes built on Original Pirate Material, the rest is a bit choppy for my taste

good performance, a bit before what I think of as James Brown primetime

Great story, will try the album more fully when I'm in the mood as its quite noisy

Bluesy jams - decent enough not life changing

A little heavy for me

Chunky sound but lyrically off

Very smooth, and generally fine - a bit wallpapery

folky, hippyish, a little too oversung

Badlands is a good opener, the rest is all a bit ploddy, never quite hitting the relevance button

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

Interesting timepiece but not one I'll go back to

meh

full of energy and quite something for 1959, but much more than a couple of tracks and i am craving glitchy miserable downbeat stuff

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)

high quality blues, good compositions, great playing and a bit of musical variety

urgh, i despise this. the sound, the style, the sentiment

Excellent stuff, no filler. Imaginative and a couple of still fresh sounding classics

Metal with a funk edge that passed me by when I was into this sort of thing

some cracking songs, lively, social commentary

nice album, great sweeping, serious songs. runs out of steam a little by the end but very good overall

everywhere in 1999 - great first album, pretty overplayed though

likeable enough, but never totally drank the kool-aid with them

noisy

busy punky-goth with an 80s production feel, all a bit serious - can't imagine when i would ever listen to it

some great songs - not as complete as get behind me satan. pretty raw, and snappy songs

not totally crazy about his voice, nice bluesy guitar

Such a voice. Maybe not the definitive versions of songs but still very good

Nah. Funk metal is not my bag

Moments in here, will give this a more intense listen as it is not an easy background album

Punk schmuck. Pass the lemon jelly

Cool sounds, familiar from samples, sent me down some fun rabbit holes

songs i have never heard but heard a million times

good stuff, more of a collection of songs than a full album, not all of which grab me

I'm very open to Tom Waits, but this is not my favourite album

80s sound bit punky, no doubt influential for something but not something I will ever listen to

Smooth miles

Quality songwriting and performance

superb - already want to listen to this again with a proper sit down

Good voice good lasting pop songs

Like it - well constructed songs, good voice and band

about as 70s a sound as you can imagine and massively thorough

Energetic, jarring - not one for dinner parties

All fine and well but I'm unlikely to inscribe my pencil case with the logo

Early 80s goth

not a fan of his voice. a little like brian wilson but not as good. the sounds on smiling stranger are good though

is it good - yes - do i like it - well not massively!

sonic bliss!

the end to end trip still sounds pretty much perfect

Should I like this, meh, not going to beat myself up about it

Distinctive sound with the twangy bass and keyboard with punky but not shouty singing

A bit smooth, can't quite see through it but will have a deeper listen

Listened to this a thousand times in my college years and it still sounds cool

Super fresh sounding when released, little bit of drum n bass bandwagoning but still a top drawer album

nice enough, but a bit hippy dippy

good but fairly unlistenable if that makes sense

Not really my cup of tea, a bit ploddy

Mix of styles from kinks beatles doors and some songs you know. 4 is generous but hey

Bit of reggae. Not crazy about the keyboards but an alternate to Bob marley

reverby wall of sound

never hit my radar and not an immediate win wither. the sounds is fine but not quite sure where it fits in

quite noisy, few moments of a bit of a groove

kinda of sitared out by mid way through track 1 - not sure covers of rock classics is the way to go

Never liked that guitar and piano song writer structure and heard Olivers Army way too much over the years

Recommended so many times. Think I get it

Nice but of tropicala I never knew about

Country, toe tapping songs

Super intense, can't say I'll pop this on at a dinner party but it has craft and energy

twat

Hard work

Rich classics full of style and quality

Peace frog is the standout, some good bluesy jams, complicated songs too

Great album, confident and fresh and smart, making it OK to like hip hop when you are a metaller

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

Strong start. Super 70s sounding

More 70s, all fine but of another era

Too sincere and miserable and well produced and humourless for me today

Obviously bohemian rhapsody was groundbreaking but I'm in love with my car? 39?

Not my thing

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

Great voice and band, song choices a bit of a mish mash here though

noisy, textured - pretty tricky to listen to but 5 stars for the effort

Really don't like his voice, the sound or the songs

Brings the noise. Not one I'll have on while the vicar is round

Good free-form jazz, not a super easy listen but plenty in there

kind of like an electronic Tom Waits, not quite sure when I'd put it on

sounding pretty fresh and angular

familiar sound of the early 00s - perfect soundtrack music

suitably flawless production, messaging is a bit wonky here and there and references are dated, knocking a star off for trump love

Hard work, jarring angular chords

Brilliant album, distinctive twangy acoustic sound, like nothing else in the 80s

Big voice but all a bit smooth and very 80s production

Nah

More heavy technical noise that I'll never listen to

Solid and catchy wave of mid 00s blokes with guitars

country tunes, catchy, not one for heavy rotation but nice enough

never heard of these before - better than expected but not one I can imagine getting really into

this is about as country as you can get in places

Good samples and flow, mellow and smart

Heavily sampled by David Holmes, hard to hear it without that context - bit hit & miss but extra star for Don't Die Just Yet

Another totally 80s sounding album, get your flanger and phaser out

prefer later Blur, this is not quite there yet

better than i thought it would be, wider array of instruments though the sincerity of singing is a bit overblown for my taste

Tough to rate, amazing songs, awful production. Listen to the same songs on later live albums

Such good songs and simple staging, and that voice

Not sure where this sits, some OK ideas but neither prog nor indie

nah

heard this a million times on xfm in 2000 - never in this context - like it more thn i thought i would

ate this up at the time, very good but a smidge miserable

Too smooth, not my flavour

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

Never clicked for me

more 80s that is big for some people but not my thing

distinctive sound, likeable

not keen on the voice - songs are fine

if this didn't happen for me in 1996 it isn't going to magic itself now

out at the slap bass

bit of filler but when it bangs it bangs

Another country album, ok not life changing

complex layers and super production

Would be 3 now, 5 when it came out. Not dated that well as I find the voice a bit irritating

gave it another go, but its just not going to happen

some great pop songs, a whole album of it is a bit much for me, but 4* for the catchy hooks

More textured bright hooks

Such a huge band but not my flavour

Lofi classic

Promise I'll try harder on this one

Pioneering I suppose but sounds a bit basic now

Heavy sound, respect

Hit skip before the end of several songs

noisy

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

Heavy heavy sound. Ozzys voice is well ozzy

Really?

Generous for a live album of Glammy prog but need your love is intriguing

Not all perfect but some is a game changing 10

Stinks

Country that sits in parallel with Alanis Morissette and pj Harvey. Might give it a further try to see how hooky it gets

Extra star as the family liked it

Lofi mid 90s indie. Think I'd been all over this if I'd heard it back in the day

80sest production massively overplayed soz Tina

The odd song for my quirky indie romcom, but not a whole album

The grunty vocals kinda spoil some potentially interestingly crafted songs

Pre marking this. Like the songs so far, need to get this more embedded

At this up like a stoner with munchies in the early 00s... sounds a bit like empty calories now

Still allergic to morrisey

Can’t get past come on Eileen

Bluesy 70s, all ok but nothing cutting through though

Intense

What the actual? Cruise ship band

Deferring liking this for another 10 years but will keep it closer maybe

This band had something different, not always to my taste but hats off for trying

5* for what goes around

Bit too disco ish for me. Swampy keyboards and cheerful

Couple of total classics, live from a prison too, so points for effort

Folky hippy melodic

Epic soaring

Plenty of 'wow never knew that was hin'

First impressions, good band good voice, will go back to this

New songs to me, fan of Neil young though so marking up to 4

Bc bc bc

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

Bit arrested development bit de la soul

Better than some 80s

Big sound rock band

Nice memories of this one

Very good, not an album I was familiar with but it sounds like it should be

Long time favourite for a cracking artist

Prefer my southern interpretations without Rod Stewart

Epic tender melancholia with cheer creeping in

Sweary with some cracking samples

Brilliant opening. Sputters out but some good moments

Silky cock rock

Textured classics

Sounded good today played loud. Voice is pretty unique and not always what you want

Genre opening era defining classic. Filled with things I like to hear, and beautifully balanced voices and samples

This should be good but it's not the beastie boys that resonate with me

sounds like Toy Story

rock n roll from a bad i'd never heard dof

There's a lot of it and it's all fine but a bit too major keyed

Texture and quality, heavy and interesting, not sure how much of a fixture it could be

bit of this, but of that, long been recommended but never quite got it

monstrously silly

floats along very nicely indeed

simultaneously very good and pretty annoying

one of my favourite 1001-ers

I'd rather Jack, than Fleetwood Mac

chunky violence

so so bob, guess i'll never get you

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

Fairly easy listening from PJ

A bit Rod Jane and Freddie

some top samples, and good for its time

Bah never liked these guys

comically ceefax

My favourite nirvana album

i was there for a bit but i guess you had to have been there earlier

Couple of indie classics but overplayed a few and the others have never popped through

samey

Pompous casio 80s

Gloomily influential but not my cup of tea

Listenable but not hugely memorable

For all the energy it is a bit one paced

Probably his best stuff on this album

Retrospectively turgid

Heart in the right place but can’t handle too much of it

alright, not a heavy rotation one

Like a not as good Neil young

Thick as a brick or nothing

Flows beautifully, great songs

One trick pony

Euphoric loveliness

Very cool sounding, ages well too

80s lively heavy on the choreo

Genius. Amazing songs

Torn on this. Probably obe of the most awful albums I've listened to the most

Ffs a 3rd morrisey album?

4 star pre-credit. i really will try talking heads at some point

shouty noisy never plan to listen to again

big bucks for starman. as an album i dont think i am in

another talking heads - have weird guilt about my continued lack of effort getting into these guys

combines a voice i'm not really a fan of, with insanely overcomplicated time signature changes

2 for effort and the sheer number of songs, none of which i can say i am taken by

stars for effort

a bit whiny

Fan of their work, not the best album

Would be churlish but tempting to give this less than 4

Moondance stuck in my head for days afterwards. Is that good?

Definite flavour of Prince. Lots of songs the odd one pops through, a bunch are irritating!

Country plus politics plus wilco - seems squared at winning a mercury

Not for me

a ton of songs i've heard before, old school rhythm and blues very English

Some wicked sounds couple of duds but top overall

Peak pompous u2 prior to their proper peak

Tried multiple times to like this but don't think the album hangs together

Super band, ate this up as a teenager

Not a fan of his voice

Enjoyed this. Proper eccentric and meandering

A couple of tracks is about my Elvis limit.

Some belters

On the line. Do Iike it?

Immediately likes it and wondered why I hadn't listened to it before. Will listen again for sure and cherry pick

Chirpy

Very cool. Sultry and textured

Ploddy grunge not as cool as nirvana

Plenty of bangers and still as full sounding

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!

Not crazy about the live album ness

Great voice, a bit eccentric

great title track, hard to maintain the enthusiasm after that

Bit dafter than the orb, better than I thought it might be

seems a bit cheaper after Whats Going On, but still pretty alright

maybe the best artist i've ever seen who i listen to the least

Was never the biggest fan even before the big cancel button. 3 seems to little 4 too much.

Silly, empty sounding but a bit fun in small doses maybe

sincere 80s musicianship that i am in no way interested in or the music is relevant to me

Songs you've heard a bit, voice gets a bit tiresome

don't mind a bit of country, but not this kind

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

Pretty likeable

Oh OK but didn't invest

Outstanding and massively influential

My first dabble with psychedelia

Ja das is gut

meaty art hip hop

No need for this with walking wounded already representing

some slick production but the messaging is off-point

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

i can do hippy, and can do space, but this didn't grab me

the looser songs are lovely

Rough

bit cheerful for Neil

bit stop start, doesn't quite carry through

Bad trip man

Not for me

boom - like it!

intense!

i never rate punk much, and for influential as they were, I would just never listen to it

good but not what i'm angling for today

country rock 80s no doubt churned through the KXRK channels

such a voice

better than i thought it might be - a little irritating in places but mostly good

perfect combination of samples and a great voice. drop the light my fire cover, but otherwise perfect

Absolute classic in back 2 life, rest so so

Boo

very different to most things on here, extra star for innovation

Inoffensive rhythm and blues

sounds massively like Jack Black - bombastically daft

all finey fine, and good for what it is good for

big textured rock

moody country

Plenty clever and well produced but a bit slick for me

had my fill of xmas music for a bit

Patchy swagger

ok, bit fleet foxes, 2000's gentlecore

prefer me san and neu

Nope

twiddly widdly country

Some gems on here

noisy disco kitschy agit-pop!

art punk rock outs

fairly annoying

not cool to say so but I quite like U2

proggy MOR

extra props for locked grooves

enough with the fricking bowie. 7 albums???

fine but gets a bit samey

applies punk filter

not a perfect straight through listen, but 5 for the course correction from metal this helped with!

bit more on the twee than the shoegaze

world jazz hmmm

80s oversincere

No more punk please, I prefer a mellotron

Noisy not great for calm Saturday morning

couple of twee moments with the fairy fellows swanny whistle but some innovative sounds and structures

Mid school old school bit laboured by today's standards

fine but not something i'll listen to

this style of rapping is sounding pretty dated now

bastard child precursor of janes addiction and godspeed with a commercial metallica feel

grungy rock a little more radio friendly than expected

what the what? well constructed jazzy funk rock reggae that i will absolutely never listen to

Great sounds, totally unique voice and composition

was massively into these in the early 10's, dropped off the radar a bit but still sounds great

bit miserable

overcrisp 90s world music production

undeniably anthemic few songs, and a handful of hair metal landfill

Downtempo indie melancholy

Better as a live act

i feel sorry for the late 70s having both disco and punk at the same time

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

Unusual in it'd time and space

passed me by first time round - all good and fine though no massive breakthrough tracks

real melting pot - kudos to it, but i'm unlikely to go much deeper on it

Sounded like nothing else when it came out, holds up very well, with tiptop production

Can't not hear toy story

go on have a 4 and a bottle of newky brown

belting tunes, production and voice

strange mix of kinks, floyd, beatles and and a whole heap of sounds that sounds almost parody 60's now

big songs, not sure i can take a full album of it, but the compositions are a notch above her peers

nope!

nice and then fairly irritating

big up for Wake Up giving me a moment one time

proper country, rich but not hitting the spot for me

one big fat song and a bunch of alright but less imposing rock

spacey latin grooves with a tendency to over-widdle

standard mark for one of those albums with a couple of knockout tracks but a chunk of 80s pop filler

Pretty iconic

Not quite cutting through

decent stones sounding stones

interesting for the location, the songs kinda take care of themselves

gentle bedroom acoustic indie for poetry writers and people who made mixtapes

trad straight country

the odd perfectly placed reggae song is great, a whole album is a bit much

proper 70s big band samba, prefer a little more lime in my condensed milk though!

decent, and musically all well put together, but can't really think of any circumstance where i'd play this whole thing

Trip trip even ho, up down high and low

somewhere between Yo La Tengo and Nirvana - ok but think this ship has sailed

An album of good songs. Seems simple, very well done

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

prefer my samba a bit more psych!

possibly would have gobbled this up as a teenager, got my alternate sources of feminist indie locked in these days

lots of tracks and about half of them are bang on, way too cool for school

overblown prog-blues!

Hip hop sweet spot and you don't stop

staccato choppy tinny heavy rock - always liked One as a song, so an extra star

quite an odd sounding mix of skiffle and prog

bit twee

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

Pretty minimal

4 stars for the superb Bring Tha Noise

it's not the season for skitty jazz - but recognise i might like this one season

Bit irritating but biped around in a cardigan to this a lot

A great complete album of well made songs uniquely expressed

fully textured, but quite hard work for an easy listen

Oh the early 00s. Smorgasbord of samples, and jumping all over the shop

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

college indie rock

not even the catchy abba songs

probably sacrilege but nah today

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

couple of very good songs but the concept is a bit repetitious, and after the perfect Kylie song its downhill

not in any spot that is relevant to where i like at the moment

Interesting. Not one for when Sir Dennis or the vicar comes over

Pretty much perfect

not immediately grabbing me

Polite pre seismic 60s revolution songs

dark, night time headphones or rainy sunday album

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

contemporary r&b, bit slick for a scruffy manc

serious and technical, sparse scandi

big singer and piano tunes, late in the game for getting into this though

art school exhibition music

outrageously complicated music, and played in a good spirit of dedication and a smidge of humour

country blues with 60s 70s

scouse indie that never made it round manchester

sonic genius on this lost gem... not sure it is masterpiece on a pet sounds level

stompy moshy songs, suits being heard live or covered

blues garage that sounds a bit wilder but pretty trad at the same time

chunky 70s silly overblown

a tough listen, need to give it a bit more of a go

pastoral hippy and shots of lsd - title track is magic like a mushroom

keyboards are heavy on the 80s overproduction

nicely miserable montrealian gravelly nasal monotone

passing me by is proper bang on

not as bad as i thought it would be but still, that voice is unlistenable when it is in focus

schmilco.... possibly the best and most revered melancholy indie i have never been massively into

an early 10's staple - mellow and then overdone on the beards

not so sticky

Not as pressing as pimping the butterfly

Different to what I expected. More psych and less plod

some good stuff on here - plenty of strong attitude and some slick samples

grungey and heavy with a square eye at big festival shows

not what i was expecting - way cooler

downtempo lazy saturday music appropriated by groundforce reveals but no less good as the dust has settled

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

the odd cracking sample

proper lively, layered and nicely non-cloying

a little sesame street for me

fine, but had my fill of this in the Phono in Leeds Merion Centre in 1994

a lot going on but a bit needy

bit 80's punkier than i was expecting

Harder VU, missing the mark for me

over produced to the nuts

can imagine slipping on a beery dancefloor to this

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

Had my fill of intense northern grimness

Some absolute belters on here. Not sll perfect but you can't give an album with crosstown traffic and voodoo Chile less than 5

Open up your open up your open up your

A bit cute really

A bit too free form

Fine but always sounded a bit pedestrian

Likeable if it came on the radio

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?

harmonising hippies but not my bag today man

meditation with good production values but a little on the jingly sparkle and birdsong side to go with my dulcimers

satan soundscapes and guitar solos

motorik - probably the most consistently german of the german proto techno mid 70s scene

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

sure you could make one of these pop in a quirky soundtrack

one for introspectively noodling around a dancefloor in a cardigan

Nu metal genre piece that fails to tick any box of mine

oozes quality!

sounds more like Nick Cave than i thought it would

bit pedestrian for my zingy zappy contemporary tastes

Intelligent hip hop

One of my first full on rock albums and works at showcasing everybodys talent

funf all day long

quite different to most albums on here, bit of samba and axe - with that late 90s worldwide take

Louche and charming album

not all perfect but warming slowly to lennon's songs

a few tracks is fine but after that i am mamboed out

would probably go IV stars but Stairway to Heaven gives it that extra I

not had a jazz phase for a while, one for later years i reckon so parking it with a 4

the perfect score - some superb flow from l-boogie

imagine jethro tull, overcomplicated further and featuring phil collins

fine but not something i'd put on

Technically adept noise

peak charlatans - still a bit of filler, but all fine

about as 80's as you can get. think lilt adverts, synth brass and slap bass

lots of things i don't ordinary like, but the writing and songcraft is superb