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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| We're Only In It For The Money | 5 | 2.47 | +2.53 |
| Idlewild | 5 | 2.57 | +2.43 |
| Pictures At An Exhibition | 5 | 2.65 | +2.35 |
| Sex Packets | 5 | 2.67 | +2.33 |
| Cut | 5 | 2.71 | +2.29 |
| Phaedra | 5 | 2.73 | +2.27 |
| Chris | 5 | 2.82 | +2.18 |
| I Am a Bird Now | 5 | 2.84 | +2.16 |
| Songs The Lord Taught Us | 5 | 2.84 | +2.16 |
| All Hail the Queen | 5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
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Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murder Ballads | 1 | 3.08 | -2.08 |
| The Dreaming | 1 | 2.96 | -1.96 |
| Swordfishtrombones | 1 | 2.95 | -1.95 |
| Music Has The Right To Children | 1 | 2.91 | -1.91 |
| Leftism | 1 | 2.9 | -1.9 |
| E.V.O.L. | 1 | 2.89 | -1.89 |
| 69 Love Songs | 1 | 2.84 | -1.84 |
| Automatic For The People | 2 | 3.83 | -1.83 |
| Brutal Youth | 1 | 2.83 | -1.83 |
| Rejoicing In The Hands | 1 | 2.82 | -1.82 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Beatles | 7 | 5 |
| Bob Dylan | 7 | 4.86 |
| The Who | 5 | 4.6 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.6 |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4.75 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 5 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 5 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 4.4 |
| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 4.5 |
| Metallica | 4 | 4.5 |
| Talking Heads | 4 | 4.5 |
| Neil Young | 4 | 4.5 |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Doors | 3 | 4.67 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 3 | 4.67 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.67 |
| Paul Simon | 3 | 4.67 |
| Queen | 3 | 4.67 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4.67 |
| Van Morrison | 3 | 4.67 |
| AC/DC | 2 | 5 |
| A Tribe Called Quest | 2 | 5 |
| Muddy Waters | 2 | 5 |
| Fleetwood Mac | 2 | 5 |
| Iron Maiden | 2 | 5 |
| Dire Straits | 2 | 5 |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 5 |
| David Bowie | 9 | 4 |
| Leonard Cohen | 5 | 4.2 |
| The Rolling Stones | 6 | 4 |
| Prince | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Beach Boys | 3 | 4.33 |
| Deep Purple | 3 | 4.33 |
| Elvis Presley | 3 | 4.33 |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 4.33 |
| Dexys Midnight Runners | 3 | 4.33 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorite Artists
Artists with 2+ albums
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Wyatt | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Divine Comedy | 2 | 1.5 |
| My Bloody Valentine | 3 | 2 |
| The Fall | 3 | 2 |
| R.E.M. | 4 | 2.25 |
Controversial Artists
Artists you rate inconsistently
| Artist | Albums | Variance |
|---|---|---|
| Pulp | 2 | 1.5 |
| Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | 2 | 1.5 |
| Kate Bush | 3 | 1.25 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 1.25 |
5-Star Albums (213)
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The Young Gods
4/5
Someone on here stated this album was like a mix between French Pink Floyd and Nine Inch Nails, then rated this album a 2, as if that was a bad thing. I thought that it was great.
43 likes
Dion
2/5
I think this was added to the list to show those who are unaware of Phil Spector’s criminal history that not everything he touches is gold.
30 likes
Beck
2/5
People say this album is ahead of its time and groundbreaking. I say its a pretentious mess of experimentation that doesn't work.
27 likes
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
Not very good 90s music. A must-listen to understand how mediocre some music can be.
23 likes
1-Star Albums (26)
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Aerosmith
4/5
Typically not an Aerosmith fan, but this was a pretty good album
Beatles
5/5
Perfection
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Jonathan Coulton vibes
Missy Elliott
4/5
Great Early 2000s Nostalgia
Massive Attack
3/5
Chill, smooth 90s
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Scottish indie music. not my thing
DJ Shadow
2/5
Elevator music + noise
Public Enemy
3/5
Great 90s hip hop
Prince
4/5
In 1999, I did not party as much as should have to this
Sonic Youth
2/5
LOUD NOISES!!!!!
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Smooth
Soft Cell
3/5
80s pop - Tainted Love is the star
Air
4/5
Surprisingly, I really liked this. French space music
4/5
nice 80s punk
The Cure
3/5
Hallucinogenic melodies - who hurt you?
The Byrds
4/5
Solid Album
John Martyn
4/5
Funky Joe Cocker
Elvis Costello
3/5
pretty good debut album
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Maps is great.
The Clash
4/5
Love the Clash
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
Amazing Album
Tracy Chapman
5/5
Awesome
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Good live jazz album
Beatles
5/5
One of my all time favorites
Tom Waits
2/5
Very unique voice. Not really something I can imagine wanting to listen to again.
The Avalanches
2/5
An Electronic Mess
Jungle Brothers
4/5
Solid 80s Hip Hop
The Streets
3/5
British Rap is okay. Liked the concept of a rap opera.
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Son of a preacher man
Fairport Convention
2/5
Eh
Hole
4/5
Who knew I would really like Courtney Love music?
N.W.A.
5/5
Amazing Album
Nine Inch Nails
2/5
LOUD NOISES - Cash did Hurt better
Cee Lo Green
4/5
Great beats. Great soulful voice. Smooth
Teenage Fanclub
4/5
Really good album. Not better than Nevermind. But still good
David Gray
3/5
Pretty good. Folk-ish.
John Martyn
3/5
Blues, Funk, Folk - pretty good. Smooth album to listen to as a whole
AC/DC
5/5
Classic. Epic Band. Epic Album.
Isaac Hayes
3/5
some good soul, but some really really slow build-up
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Pretty cool synth-pop beats. Enjoyable
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
Fine.
Love
3/5
Psychedelic.
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Modern Day Cat Stevens. Some Awesome tracks
Brian Eno
4/5
Certainly is calming and ambient. It is pretty good for what it is.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
I typically like Joni Mitchell. Wasn't my favorite, but had some okay tracks.
Aerosmith
3/5
Eh, it's Aerosmith. they are just okay to me
Otis Redding
5/5
I can listen to this album on repeat all day. Such a great voice and artist. Gone too soon.
Cyndi Lauper
5/5
Amazing debut album. Classic cover. 4 hits.
Cream
3/5
Psychedelic and heavy.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Okay album.
Funkadelic
5/5
Amazing guitar riffs. Great album
Miles Davis
4/5
Miles is, indeed, cool.
The Incredible String Band
3/5
A cacophony of Renaissance music
The Byrds
3/5
Interesting music. Interesting story of its recording. And interesting use of moog synthesizer.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Great soul album.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Whiny Rock
Eagles
5/5
Welcome Joe Walsh. Obviously a classic.
The Roots
3/5
Great lyrics, good beats, good flow
Beastie Boys
4/5
Was never bored. Great Sample, great beats
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Really fun album. Good listen. R+B meets pop.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Two classic songs, “Gimme Shelter” & “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” Great blues and gospel feels
Sugar
3/5
90s Alt Rock. It was okay. Nothing special.
Beck
2/5
People say this album is ahead of its time and groundbreaking. I say its a pretentious mess of experimentation that doesn't work.
Bauhaus
4/5
Pretty good album. Never heard of it, but it's a solid mix of goth rock and pop.
Solange
4/5
Honestly hesitant to listen this album. Figured it wasn't my thing because I am in the minority with thinking this family is overrated. I was pleasantly surprised to learn how wrong I was. This was a great album with amazing rhythm and beats.
Louis Prima
4/5
Love me some Louis Prima. Brings me back to weddings as a kid.
Violent Femmes
4/5
Great mix of folk and punk rock. Music and a voice that shouldn't work, but they work so, so well.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
Not suprisingly, some really good blues tracks.
The Magnetic Fields
1/5
Quantity does not equal quality
The Smiths
3/5
Pretty good early alt rock. Great composition and great voice.
k.d. lang
3/5
Debut Album. Reminded me of Patsy Cline. Great Voice. Slow country.
John Lee Hooker
3/5
Great Blues.
Beatles
5/5
Turning point in music. Groundbreaking.
New Order
2/5
This felt so 80s. Synth/dance/pop-rock. Was a fun listen.
Stereo MC's
2/5
I did not enjoy this. Wasn't my thing.
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
The Boss!!! Amazing album. An all-time favorite.
The Beach Boys
4/5
Was not expecting these type of darker songs from The Beach Boys. Very enjoyable.
Portishead
2/5
ehhh. This was a weird album filled with droning sounds trying to disguise itself as experimental svante-garde rock.
The Specials
4/5
Ska Revival? - yes please! We need another one soon.
4/5
Great compositions and instrumentals that flow perfectly. good for a long listen and jam out session.
Raekwon
3/5
Great beats and lyrics. Some great hip hop songs. I could do without the narrations in between songs.
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
I absolutely love Bruce's country sound. An amazing album.
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Interesting album by Marvin Gaye. An acrimonious divorce leads to some soulful and painfully honest songs.
T. Rex
3/5
Early Glam rock. Enjoyable songs, slow melodies with some good riffs
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Amazing album. Awesome sampling and lyrics. Each song is a great listen.
5/5
Groundbreaking. This really doesn't need words.
Ravi Shankar
3/5
If I had to pick my favorite Indian sitar virtuoso,I would always choose the only Indian sitar player I know, Mr. Shankar.
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Great album. The best "Hallelujah" cover in my opinion. Sad this was his only album.
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
It was okay. Got repetitive.
Iggy Pop
3/5
Pretty good rock album. "Lust for Life" & "The Passenger" are amazing.
Rush
5/5
Quintessential Rush album. I am pretty sure every Rush song I own is from this album.
Liz Phair
4/5
Great lyrics. Edgy. Enjoyable sound. "Flower" is a great song.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Simple music with some Neil Young voice and harmonica. Great live album.
The Beach Boys
4/5
Great lyrics and composition. A precursor to "Pet Sounds."
Youssou N'Dour
3/5
Reminded me of latin music. It was good.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Stones are back and found their sound. Sympathy for the Devil is an all-time favorite.
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
I guess I am really into English synth-pop. Who knew!!
Wild Beasts
2/5
This was bad. All the songs blended together.
Rod Stewart
3/5
Early Rod Stewart during his solo career. It was fine. Same Rod voice. Songs were fine.
Air
2/5
It’s a soundtrack of background music
Dr. Octagon
3/5
Great beats and good flow. Pretty trash lyrics though
Slipknot
2/5
Drumming was the best part, but this was not good.
The Modern Lovers
3/5
Many different sounds and great exploration of punk rock
Femi Kuti
4/5
African Jazz - Good jam sessions. Was not expecting it to be so good since I have never heard of this album before today.
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Ehhh, was not a fan of this. Not a big Rundgren fan.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Another great collaboration, great jam session
Ray Charles
4/5
Was a different take on Ray Charles, but I loved it nonetheless. Man was a national treasure.
Kraftwerk
4/5
Electronic German music. Synthesizers rock. I dig it.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Frank Sinatra is a great crooner. Few great love songs on this album, other were just good.
Mercury Rev
4/5
Great vocals. Smooth vocals and harmony. Chamber pop indeed. Loved the use of strings.
Roxy Music
3/5
It was interesting. Experimental pop rock. Not my thing though
Portishead
4/5
Cool electronic music!
New York Dolls
4/5
Really groundbreaking album in the punk rock scene, but not as hard as. I expected to be. Got a Rolling Stones vibe if they tried to be punk. Very good.
Beatles
5/5
Classic. Great songs. Great covers.
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Electronic music with some cool beats. IT all kind of blends though.
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Amazing funk and soul album.
Patti Smith
5/5
Amazing, amazing, amazing album. Patti smith is a legend. Considered by many to be the first punk album. Wish I could have seen her a CBGB back in the day.
LL Cool J
3/5
Good lyricist. Early 90s Hip Hop, but it isn't that memorable for me.
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Lou Reed is a legend. Such great melodies, such a raspy, dry voice. It works. I love it.
The Damned
4/5
Great punk rock album
Screaming Trees
4/5
Pretty awesome rock album from I band I was unfamiliar with. Rock with a bit more blues influence.
Tangerine Dream
5/5
Cosmic Rock. Pretty trippy electronic music. I could listen to this on repeat forever.
Cocteau Twins
5/5
Awesome listen. Ethereal indeed.
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Pretty good. Was expecting way weird with Bjork. Icelandic punk.
Madonna
3/5
Not the typical poppy Madonna. I prefer this Madonna.
Ice Cube
4/5
Ice Cube is a legend, and proves that he is the key player in NWA with this album
Slint
2/5
Garagey, grungy, emo rock. It was fine. Very forgettable.
The Doors
4/5
The Doors are great sometimes or, for me at other times, they can be a miss. Personally, never liked "Light my Fire," but always loved "L.A. Woman." This album has a lot of blues elements, and it falls into the great Doors category.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Classic Album. Great great album. RIP Charlie Watts.
Duran Duran
4/5
New Wave Second British Invasion. Duran Duran's second album made them the success they are, and with four hits on the album, it's clear to see why. Great 80's album.
Eminem
5/5
Violent and disturbing, but at the same time, great lyrics, hooks, and flow. A classic album that caused a lot of controversy.
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
Fine background music.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Amazing album. So many hits.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Fine, not something I needed to listen to before I die. Post-punk.
Hüsker Dü
2/5
I get this was an influential band, and this album was their last. But this was not good. Turns out good bands can be greatly influenced by bad bands.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Joni has a great voice, and she is a great poet. Great album for folk music. Many of the songs blend, but they are an enjoyable listen.
Simply Red
3/5
If you don't know simply red by now, you may never, never, never know them. Pretty good debut album.
The Prodigy
4/5
I feel like I am at a rave underneath an overpass, and my glow sticks are flying.
Thundercat
2/5
Some great bass rifts in these songs, but it's like he didn't know what to add to the bass, so he added nonsense.
The xx
4/5
Pretty good dream pop album.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Smooth listen, but nothing revolutionary or outstanding from this album.
T. Rex
4/5
Awesome album by T. Rex. I could add this to my regular listening queue. Glamorous.
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Great R&B album. Steve Cropper is the man.
Megadeth
4/5
I don’t like thrash metal, but this album rocked. The guitar is amazing. You can actually hear the words. Amazing.
Taylor Swift
4/5
An Album that solidified the transition from country to pop. Many great songs and hits on this album.
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Fine early rock and roll. Influential to many, but forgettable listen.
James Taylor
4/5
James Taylor is great. Fire and Rain is one of the best songs ever written. The rest of the album is good.
Garbage
3/5
Pretty good. Definitely not garbage. A good mix of different styles to make some great rock listens.
ABBA
4/5
ABBA is amazing. Hands down. Known as their last released album, it went a different direction from their poppier, earlier stuff. But it was still artistically done with that amazing ABBA feel. An awesome album.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
A catchy dance-rock album. Into the electronica sound, but it gets a bit repetitive by the end of the album.
Robert Wyatt
1/5
I get that Wyatt had just suffered a major accident in life, and he was still able to continue composing and playing music. It is impressive. Unfortunately, this experimental rock is a failed experiment.
Metallica
5/5
Amazing album. Hands down the best heavy metal band around.
Keith Jarrett
4/5
Very, very good jazz piano improvisation. This was a great listen.
Sonic Youth
2/5
WHY IS THERE ANOTHER SONIC YOUTH ALBUM ON THIS LIST?!?! This band is atrocious. Just noise disguised as "music."
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Amazing album that had some great early hits that launched Bruce.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Bob Marley is amazing. Some of his best songs are on this album. Each song is an a great listen. Shortly after his assassination attempt, he goes to London and records this album. A mixture of politics and love.
Roni Size
1/5
Drums and bass for over an hour. This is some form of cruel torture.
The Doors
5/5
While personally, never loved "Light My Fire," and I prefer more blues-infused songs from the Doors, each song on this album is amazing. Legendary debut album.
Hole
4/5
Hole is a great band. Each song on this album is great. Great vocals, melody, and lyrics. Great alt. rock entry.
Kate Bush
1/5
Nothing like screeching carnival music!
Tim Buckley
2/5
60s Folk with some experimental psychedelic sounds. It was okay.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
An amazing early Rolling Stones album. It is interesting that the UK version has "Mother's Little Helper" and the US release has "Paint It Black." Both killer songs.
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Dusty leaves her roots and embraces soul and lets her voice rip. Great album, even though it has a lot of covers.
The Who
5/5
One of my all-time favorites from my favorite band. An awesome album. Essential classic rock.
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Good debut album. Great acoustic folk sound.
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Amazing album. Great use of different sounds and techniques. Soft, artsy, dram pop-rock.
Fairport Convention
3/5
Nice renaissance music.
Marilyn Manson
2/5
Screamo music from a horrible person. Nothing amazing in this album worth revisiting. Cancel and move on.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
The first half of the album is amazing - song after song. Kashmir is legendary. The second half is pretty good, but not as great as the first half. Still an awesome album.
The Smiths
3/5
Great voice. Good sound. Indie rock.
Steve Winwood
3/5
Pretty cool that Winwood did everything on this album, but while it’s fun, I probably won’t revisit this album.
Orbital
2/5
90's techno, very repetitious. 90's techno, very repetitious. 90's techno, very repetitious. 90's techno, very repetitious. repetitious. repetitious. repetitious.
5/5
Amazing album. Legendary Bowie.
Spiritualized
3/5
Melodic space music. Relaxing.
Culture Club
4/5
Poppy 80s Rock at its best
The Beau Brummels
3/5
I really enjoyed this album, but I am a bit confused why it is a must listen. Folk music, very Dylan with some psychedelia mixed in.
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Beautiful album. Joni's voice is so unique. Amazing songwriting. Legendary album.
2Pac
4/5
Great album. Amazing and reflective lyrics at a crucial point in his life.
The Stooges
4/5
Raw and gritty. Great early punk album.
Prince
4/5
Diverse sounds. This album shows the range Prince had and is easily one the best Prince albums.
Aimee Mann
3/5
Fun 90s pop
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
I imagine this electronics being influential and big at the time, but it was fine background music
Deerhunter
3/5
Fine pop-rock. Not great. Not bad. Fine.
Traffic
4/5
Great rock album with different sounds. Felt like listening to a jam session
Muddy Waters
5/5
Amazing blues album.
MC Solaar
4/5
I did not understand this, but I loved every second of it. Who knew I would be into French Hip Hop
Tears For Fears
3/5
Great 80s pop album.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
"But you love Ladysmith Black Mambazo!"
Indeed a weird band to love. Fine African music. Bit slow, and made sleepy.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Neil Young is a legend. Great Folk album
Syd Barrett
4/5
Great psychedelic rock album from the legend that started Pink Floyd. Shame he went crazy.
The Pharcyde
4/5
Good early 90s hip hop and the skits were not as annoying as some later albums
The Adverts
3/5
Great early punk
R.E.M.
2/5
Two songs worth noting, but I can’t stand R.E.M.
Black Sabbath
5/5
Legendary guitar riffs
Motörhead
2/5
Not the best live album. Great drumming. But low quality and repetitive.
Miles Davis
4/5
Great Jazz
Jacques Brel
2/5
Interesting. Never heard of the singer or the genre before. It was fine, but I feel like I miss some of the importance considering I do not speak French.
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
Ok. pretty good modern British rock. didn't blow me away.
The Divine Comedy
1/5
Garbage. Hot British-pop trash.
Kraftwerk
4/5
great instrumental German electronica
Judas Priest
4/5
Awesome 80s heavy metal
The Who
5/5
Legends. Amazing debut album. Hard Rock at it’s finest.
Steely Dan
5/5
Amazing debut album.
Devendra Banhart
1/5
Weird modern folk. Was not a fan
The Crusaders
3/5
Pretty good mix of jazz and funk
Can
2/5
I’m sure this was influential to many. But as an album not the best listen
Brian Eno
2/5
I love David Byrne. I did not like this
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
good Indie Rock album
Le Tigre
5/5
Electronic Punk Rock with a message. Great album. I am going to be listening to again and again
The Undertones
4/5
Amazing early punk album
The Notorious B.I.G.
5/5
EAST COAST!
The Pogues
4/5
The Pogues are amazing. Great Celtic prunk
Miriam Makeba
4/5
Great introduction to Miriam Makeba. Amazing voice.
Orange Juice
3/5
Fine 80s pop rock
Radiohead
4/5
Experimental Radiohead. Not their best, but still amazing. Great example of their range and genius.
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
Okay folk music
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Folk and country. Felt a bit like christian music. Wasn't my thing, but I cannot deny her talent and amazing voice.
Tom Waits
3/5
Interesting raspy spoken word mixed with jazz. It wasn’t particularly my thing but worth a listen.
Moby
3/5
Conflicted. A pleasant listen to, but probably won’t repeat.
Radiohead
4/5
Great album! No misses. Just great songs.
Rod Stewart
3/5
Fine. Rod Stewart is okay
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
Amazing Debut album. Hip hop at its best.
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Fine. For me, certainly more enjoyable than Ravi Shankar's sitar music. But, still not my thing.
Metallica
5/5
Amazing. Legendary album.
Emmylou Harris
2/5
Fine country album. Will never listen to or think about these songs again.
The Temptations
3/5
I love the Temptations, but this album was just fine.
Simple Minds
3/5
I don’t know why I like synth pop, but I do.
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
80s British Pop that sounds indistinguishable from any other 80s British Pop.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Legend gone too soon. Amazing album, wish we had more.
Richard Hawley
2/5
Old-timey music in the modern age. Fine.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Amazing band. Amazing voice. Amazing album.
Ice Cube
5/5
Amazing west coast hip hop from a legend. Touches on relevant societal issues at the time and still relevant today.
Donovan
4/5
Good 60s psychedelic rock.
Green Day
4/5
Great modern rock opera
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
Great Salsa music that makes you want to dance.
Fela Kuti
3/5
Great drumming by Baker. Pretty good album that is essentially a jam session.
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
Great discovery for me. Awesome modern punk.
Buck Owens
3/5
Very influential album. Songs are good, but very old honky-Tonk country.
The Cardigans
2/5
Fine. Not the best album. Only worth listening to for the one song.
Jane's Addiction
4/5
My first real listen to Jane's Addiction, and they are a lot more funkier than I expected. Very good.
Kraftwerk
4/5
Kraftwerk has got some great beats. Awesome ride.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Great Dylan showing us he transcends his 60s era and can still create hits. True renaissance man. Fun to see the Adele song was actually a cover.
Massive Attack
4/5
Pretty good 90s trip hop from Britain
Van Halen
4/5
Great Van Halen album with some great hits.
Motörhead
2/5
Motorhead album, fine thrash music. They are okay.
Moby Grape
4/5
Great early psychedelic rock from the Bay Area. Sadly the bad never reached its full potential, but a nice glimpse of what could have been.
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Masterpiece.
Various Artists
5/5
Fun Christmas album with all the classics.
Eels
4/5
A very weird alt. rock album. I loved it.
The Stone Roses
5/5
Great Debut album! Never explored this band before, but this album is an amazing gem.
MGMT
4/5
Great debut album for psychedelic pop band.
Pixies
4/5
A great way to start 90s alt. rock.
Radiohead
3/5
Pretty good. I prefer the later stuff.
Pink Floyd
5/5
All-time favorite album. A masterpiece.
Neneh Cherry
3/5
Reminded me of Paula Abdul, pretty good 90s rap feel.
Pretenders
3/5
Pretenders are pretty good. Fine debut album. Other than "Brass in Pocket," I probably won't listen to these songs again.
Paul Simon
5/5
Great album by an amazing singer/songwriter. Great experimentation with the blending of different styles from South Africa.
Korn
2/5
Eh not my thing.
Leonard Cohen
5/5
Beautiful final album from a beautiful poet.
Buffalo Springfield
4/5
Great 60s album
Jeff Beck
4/5
Fine introduction of Rod to the world, awesome guitar, and some great blue tracks.
Queen
5/5
Amazing Band. Amazing Album. They rarely have bad songs.
The Offspring
4/5
Great 90s punk rock
Queen
4/5
Queen goes from hard rock to their recognizable pop rock with this album. Great listen.
Talvin Singh
3/5
Interesting experimental world music.
Oasis
3/5
Introduction to Oasis. Pretty good band. Pretty good album. Don’t know if this album is worth introducing the world to Liam and Noel.
KISS
4/5
Some say they are corny, but I will always be a fan of Kiss. Fun album.
The White Stripes
3/5
Fine. Not really into the white stripes
Donald Fagen
2/5
Fine. Forgettable.
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
I am sure it’s influential, but I don’t speak French. Cool Melodie’s though.
Nirvana
5/5
Amazing band that was constantly evolving and getting better. Shame that this was their last album.
Orbital
2/5
Just because it’s British doesn’t mean it’s good or a “must listen to.” Sub-par techno.
Spacemen 3
1/5
This album is repetitive and boring. This album is the definition of insanity.
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
Fine jam session
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Legendary band with a legendary debut album!
Boston
4/5
Not a Boston fan, but no one can deny that this album is absolutely jam packed with hits.
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Slightly better than Casanova, but not by much.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Great Stevie album.
The Youngbloods
4/5
Pretty enjoyable, with two great songs. I do not know why it is a must-listen-to, but I liked it.
Sabu
4/5
Pretty great Cuban music.
The Sonics
3/5
Pretty cool punk versions of early rock songs.
David Bowie
4/5
Great Bowie album. Mix between classic Bowie and experimental Bowie.
Scott Walker
1/5
Pretty bad. Just because it is from the U.K., does not mean it is a must-listen-to.
Tom Waits
1/5
Yeah, cannot get into Tom Waits
John Coltrane
4/5
Great jazz album!
Sex Pistols
4/5
Angry, sloppy, and amazing. This band was a mess, and it worked so well.
Röyksopp
4/5
Relaxing. Pretty good. I would definitely listen to his again.
Yes
3/5
Pretty good, not amazing
Radiohead
4/5
Radiohead is always great. Awesome album.
Steely Dan
3/5
Pretty great second album after an amazing debut album
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Really well done, just not my thing.
Def Leppard
4/5
Great albums with a lot of awesome classics.
Haircut 100
3/5
Lots a saxophone, but that’s not a bad thing!
Mudhoney
4/5
Pretty great grunge album.
Black Sabbath
4/5
I feel like this band was going through some changes …. Great album.
Joy Division
4/5
Really good slow, sad rock.
The National
3/5
Pretty good, but nothing memorable.
Genesis
5/5
A different side of Genesis that I wasn’t aware of, but I liked it a lot!
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Amazing debut album.
Deep Purple
4/5
Not as great as “Live in Japan,” but obviously amazing
Paul Simon
5/5
I am huge Paul Simon fan and this is his first great solo album.
Talking Heads
5/5
Great great sound. David Byrne is a amazing.
Eurythmics
3/5
Pretty good. Not everything is as great as their major hit.
The Verve
3/5
Pretty okay. Not as good as their next album.
ZZ Top
4/5
Great albums. Sounds great from beginning to end.
Queen
5/5
Legendary album.
Gene Clark
3/5
Fine. Country folk.
Doves
3/5
Nothing more than background music. Fine. Not bad.
Yes
3/5
Pretty good album with one great song.
Thin Lizzy
2/5
Ehh. Okay live album. Not great. Not bad.
The Verve
4/5
The Verve's best album. Some really great songs, but still not a masterpiece. The whole album blends together.
Gang Of Four
4/5
Great early punk
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Amazing album. Reggae by the master.
4/5
Very good album. I will be exploring more of her music going forward.
Solid U2 album, but nowhere close to Joshua Tree
PJ Harvey
2/5
Different type of aggressiveness than the other album I've listen to on this list. I definitely enjoyed the other one more. There wasn't much for me to like here.
The Replacements
3/5
It was fine.
Taylor Swift
4/5
Swift is solid at this point. Each album and move is more refined than the last. A great album, but no hits in my opinion.
Tito Puente
3/5
Pretty good mambo music.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Great Dylan album that explores blues. One of my favorites.
Elvis Costello
1/5
Elvis Costello is not my thing. It is just bad. He is clearly the favorite of the creator of this list.
Koffi Olomide
3/5
Pretty good danceable African music.
The Band
4/5
Amazing debut album by a legendary Band.
Fiona Apple
4/5
Fiona Apple’s debut album is really good and well-done. Just not my thing.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Overrated.
Elliott Smith
4/5
Haunting. Great indie 90s music.
Q-Tip
4/5
Q-Tip is a genius, and I love everything he puts out. This album doesn't have any hits but it is a great listen nonetheless.
David Bowie
4/5
Amazing album by Bowie.
Living Colour
4/5
Great album - 90s hard rock
Kanye West
2/5
While honestly there are some great beats on this album, and this album should be on this list, I do think that it is completely overrated, as is the conceited artist who made it.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Haunting and great.
Pavement
3/5
Great 90s indie
David Crosby
3/5
It was fine.
Marty Robbins
5/5
Amazing trail songs.
Depeche Mode
3/5
80s synth electronic. Sometimes it worked.
The Auteurs
3/5
Fine 90s Brit Alt-Rock.
Fine Rod Stewart
The Jam
4/5
Great 70s Brit-Rock Pop
The Young Rascals
4/5
Great 60s soul /rock album
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Interesting with some really fun songs.
Johnny Cash
4/5
Classic Johnny Cash album.
Thelonious Monk
4/5
That was some smooth jazz.
Fleet Foxes
3/5
Fine album
Tricky
2/5
I was a very bored. Not my thing- Allow, British trip hop.
Beck
3/5
Slow Beck. Sad Beck. Okay Beck.
The Soft Boys
4/5
Pretty awesome psychedelic rock
The Only Ones
4/5
Pretty great - power pop. I’m with it.
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Different and slower, but an amazing follow-up to "Rumours."
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Aretha is amazing. Classic songs. Great soul
Randy Newman
3/5
Certainly sounds like Randy Newman
Big Brother & The Holding Company
5/5
Awesome album. Amazing voice. Amazing blues.
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
Pretty solid bongo album. I dare say the best bongo album out there in my eyes.
Kanye West
4/5
The man is conceited and thinks he is way better than he is. I’ve rated other albums pretty low, but I will say this is a pretty great listen.
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
Never heard of this guy, but absolutely loved the sound and album.
Arcade Fire
3/5
Pretty good. Enjoyable listen.
The Human League
4/5
Classic 80s band with their best song
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Starts off good but kind of fizzles out.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Very somber and haunting.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Stones will always be great
Beastie Boys
3/5
Pretty decent. A bit repetitive. Too long.
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Pretty good r&b album. A fun listen.
Johnny Cash
5/5
Classic. Such a great album.
Morrissey
3/5
Easy listen - alt rock.
Bob Dylan
5/5
One of the best albums of all time. Like poetry.
fIREHOSE
2/5
Unremarkable
Jamiroquai
4/5
Really good funk
Elliott Smith
3/5
Depressing and mellow
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Absolutely legendary
Mike Oldfield
3/5
Exorcist theme.
Jethro Tull
4/5
Amazing album. I just imagine Ron Burgundy rocking out with his Jazz Flute to this.
The Birthday Party
1/5
Horrible. Like a birthday party in hell. Truly junk. Etc.
The Who
3/5
Not my favorite album, but they are my favorite band.
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Smooth and sexual
Public Enemy
5/5
Public Enemy is always great. Awesome & legendary album.
Iron Maiden
5/5
Iron Maiden's powerhouse debut quickly establishes them as heavy metal gods.
Guns N' Roses
5/5
One of, if not, the best debut albums of all time.
Elvis Presley
4/5
Shame so many people stole the King's music and pre-dated it to the release of this album.
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Awesome live jazz album. Great voice.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Interesting instrumentals. Not bad, but not great.
Steely Dan
4/5
Steely Dan was way better than I thought.
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Pretty good Folk pop
2/5
I get this is influential, but it is also a mess.
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Great album with a lot of fun songs.
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
It was a pretty cool find.
UB40
3/5
Certainly average reggae.
Sparks
4/5
Glam rock superstars. Great album.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Brilliant album. While no hits, this album's whole sound is amazing.
George Jones
4/5
Grand Tour is in my top 5 favorite country songs of all time. The rest of the album was good, but not much else on here.
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
Pretty awesome background music but that’s all this is.
B.B. King
5/5
The King of Blues live! Amazing, amazing live album.
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2/5
Fun sixties album, but nothing it stands out. It is not a must listen to record.
Gang Starr
4/5
Awesome 90s Hip-Hop album. Great lyrics.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Good album. Very Joni Mitchell.
Roxy Music
3/5
A good listen but not memorable for me. Art rock.
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Best album cover of all time. Also legendary album with some of my favorite velvet underground songs.
Alice In Chains
4/5
Very good heavy metal.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
5/5
Amazing debut. Wish we got more from him.
Grizzly Bear
3/5
Fine indie music.
Arrested Development
3/5
A fun discovery of 90s hip-hop with a positive spin, but didn’t grab quite as much as other 90s hip-hop artists.
The Smiths
4/5
Very enjoyable listen.
Dire Straits
5/5
Amazing debut album with rock heavily influenced by blues.
Nick Drake
4/5
Awesome British folk.
John Grant
3/5
Very soft pop-rock. Dreamy and melancholy.
Talking Heads
5/5
Amazing album by an amazing band. Legendary.
The Gun Club
3/5
Good bluesy early-punk album.
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
Amazing album. Mr. Blue Sky is masterful
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Awesome soul and funk music with some great lyrics! Sly is the man.
Van Halen
5/5
One of the best debut albums of all time. Absolutely legendary.
Billy Bragg
4/5
Pretty awesome modern folk music.
3/5
Fun 80s album
David Bowie
4/5
Amazing album
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
Ehh not memorable
Pulp
2/5
This list really loves Brit-Pop!
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
5/5
Amazing discovery for me. Mixture between synth and classical.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Nice listen. Great Scottish pop/alt/punk.
The Stooges
3/5
Introduction to the stooges. Noting major on this debut album but still good.
Janis Joplin
5/5
An all-time favorite. Tragedy that we lost her so young.
Buena Vista Social Club
5/5
Masterful. I love everything about this album.
Nirvana
5/5
My favorite live album. One of the best.
Ozomatli
4/5
Pretty awesome blend of rap, funk, and Latin music
Ice T
4/5
Pretty good. Lyrics are great
Cypress Hill
3/5
Good hip hop
Jorge Ben Jor
2/5
It was interesting I guess
Santana
5/5
Awesome album from beginning to end. Santana is a rock god.
Alice Cooper
4/5
Not what I expected. A very good album.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Not a fan of nick cave and his repetitive melancholy.
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
Great album
Shuggie Otis
4/5
If Jazz was groovy.
Miles Davis
5/5
Quantity and quality. Cool jazz mixed with electric instruments.
Genesis
3/5
Interesting concept album, but a tad long and synthy
Goldie
1/5
The worst type of background music.
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
Generic Brit pop/ alt rock.
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Very noisy. Some songs felt like I was listening to them on a radio station as I slowly left the station’s range and static took over.
Cheap Trick
5/5
Amazing live album from an awesome band. No wonder they took off after this.
50 Cent
4/5
Definitely nostalgic. A great gangsta rap album. Far less offensive than I remember.
Fugees
5/5
Flawless album. Can immediately listen to this again after finishing from start to finish.
Blue Cheer
3/5
Clearly groundbreaking for the time. Okay for now.
Jane Weaver
3/5
It was whatever.
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
A bit repetitive. Still legends and a great debut. Just didn’t age that well for me.
4/5
Amazing album. Great space rock.
James Brown
4/5
Good early James Brown but he has yet to make many of his main hits.
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
Awesome album. One of the few time people may know the album better than the movie.
Bad Company
4/5
This is an amazing album. I may be biased because this was the first album I ever listened to when I was a kid, but it’s just great listening.
Parliament
4/5
Funky. Great music
Richard Thompson
2/5
Whatever folk music
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Very Jazzy. Did not expect this.
Carpenters
3/5
Carpenters, slow and melodic. Definitely a relic of the 70s. Easy listening, but can also be a form of torture if played long enough.
Wilco
3/5
Whatever. Pretty country and some experimental.
Eminem
3/5
Pretty good album for his first real album
CHIC
4/5
Surprisingly a lot more enjoyable than I expected. Le freak was actually my least favorite.
808 State
2/5
Ok electronica
Def Leppard
4/5
Pretty awesome heavy metal album
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Fine Alt rock / modern brit pop
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Baroque pop. Pretty good.
Fats Domino
5/5
Great Album. Blueberry Hill alone makes it great, but each song is amazing.
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
Weird world music. Wasn’t terrible. Wasn’t good.
Kanye West
5/5
As much as it pains me to say this … this album is amazing. One of the best debut albums for an artist.
The Byrds
2/5
Has a feeling of the Band. Just not nearly as good as the Band.
Joan Baez
4/5
Impressive debut album and great introduction to Joan Baez.
Blur
2/5
Another generic Brit pop album.
Ali Farka Touré
5/5
Amazing album. Great world music. Great instrumentals. Awesome find.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Hit after hit. One of my all time favorites.
Coldplay
2/5
More than half of the songs are over 5 minutes. Coldplay is pretentious and overrated.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
A great folk album by a great duo.
The Fall
2/5
A repetitious cacophony of mumbling and noise.
Dire Straits
5/5
Amazing album. Awesome guitar.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Masterpiece.
M.I.A.
4/5
Awesome album. Mix between British Hip-Hop, African music, and Middle Eastern music --> and it works!
The Stranglers
3/5
Pretty good punk album, but not a "must-listen to" album. Forgettable.
Iron Butterfly
2/5
An infamous album due to its long organ song. It was fine at best.
Radiohead
2/5
I couldn’t get into this one. Very experimental. Similar to Kid A, but not as good.
The Stooges
3/5
Good but forgettable.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
A pretty good debut, solo album. Clearly, Peter was trying to find a sound, and I think it’s obvious that it’s songs like “Solsbury Hill.“
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Amazing debut album. A great listen from beginning to end.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Pretty good, but unfortunately just another British band that fails to distinguish itself. I will not remember this album if my life depended on it.
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Funky Jazz and the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?!?! Amazing.
Method Man
3/5
Good album but nothing stands out. Fine debut as a solo artist.
New Order
3/5
Pretty good listen. Definitely not a necessary one. Pretty generic in the end.
Pere Ubu
2/5
Not really my thing. A bit too experimental and goes from okay listen to unbearable.
The Doors
5/5
My favorite Doors album. Great mix of blues and rock.
Tom Waits
4/5
Not a fan of Waits, but this album turned me around. I really enjoyed this album.
Pink Floyd
5/5
The best concept album. Amazing masterpiece. Love this album.
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Alternative dance music that I cannot see myself dancing to.
Merle Haggard
3/5
Very good country album from Merle Haggard. Very early in his career. Big fan of Merle.
System Of A Down
2/5
I can see people liking this. Good debut album for the band, but I hated it through and through.
Bee Gees
2/5
I love The Bee Gees, but I did not like this. Concept albums didn’t work for them.
Black Sabbath
5/5
Top 5 album. Amazing heavy metal album.
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Amazing hip hop album.
Napalm Death
1/5
My favorite song was “you suffer,” because it was the shortest amount of time I had to listen to this.
Cornershop
2/5
This album really doesn't know what it wants to be. Some decent songs but mostly a mess.
Dennis Wilson
3/5
Interesting listen. Very different from The Beach Boys, enjoyable.
The Pogues
5/5
I love the Pogues, and this album is amazing from beginning to end.
Jurassic 5
3/5
Pretty good hip hop from a band I never heard of.
The Fall
2/5
Wasn’t that good. Pretty annoying.
Iron Maiden
5/5
Amazing album. Top heavy metal. “Run to the Hills” is amazing.
Elton John
4/5
Great album, but could be shorter. I love Elton John, so it was all great for me. I can see others finding this to be a bit of a slog.
Manu Chao
3/5
Pretty good listen.
Kate Bush
4/5
After “The Dreaming,” this is a welcomed change. I dreaded this album, but I am happy to say it was enjoyable. We should all just focus on this, and forget “The Dreaming” ever happened.
Elton John
5/5
One of my favorite Elton John albums. Really displays his true and best sound.
Baaba Maal
3/5
Very good world music that embraces the 90s
Hugh Masekela
3/5
A very good jazz album.
Frank Zappa
5/5
Absolutely amazing find. Great instrumentals. Cosmic rock mixed with jazz.
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Some songs are pretty decent. Others are just noise. This is not a great album.
Charles Mingus
4/5
Great jazz album.
Beatles
5/5
Masterpiece. Great early Beatles, and my favorite of their pop stuff. “Anytime at all” is a great early song hinting at what to come.
Sam Cooke
5/5
Absolutely amazing live album. Sam Cooke was a genius, and I wish we go so much more from him.
Japan
4/5
Pretty good British art pop / synth pop.
The Young Gods
4/5
Someone on here stated this album was like a mix between French Pink Floyd and Nine Inch Nails, then rated this album a 2, as if that was a bad thing. I thought that it was great.
The Byrds
4/5
Great 60s rock with awesome experimental vibes
Primal Scream
4/5
I can see this album being divisive, but I had a lot of fun with it. Although this would drive me crazy if I was stuck in traffic.
Frank Black
2/5
Overly long for a bland album. Nothing particularly bad, but nothing that stands out either.
Talk Talk
4/5
Great album. Great find.
Fela Kuti
5/5
Amazing jazz album. Could re-listen to this at any time.
Run-D.M.C.
5/5
Seminal hip-hop album.
Circle Jerks
2/5
Short punk songs that are fine. But overall this album doesn’t work for me.
The Lemonheads
3/5
Pretty good 90 alt rock
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
Great 90s East Coast Hip Hop
Elvis Presley
5/5
I really like Elvis. But these are the Elvis songs that I love.
David Bowie
4/5
Great artist and great album. Wish we could get more.
Jefferson Airplane
5/5
Great 60s psychedelic rock. White rabbit is an all-time favorite.
Sigur Rós
3/5
Pretty good Icelandic Ambient music.
Big Black
3/5
Pretty good punk album. I appreciated the amount of instrumental compared to vocal.
Coldplay
4/5
A really good debut album
Faust
4/5
Really good krautrock
Super Furry Animals
4/5
Mix of hard rock and easy listening. Great listen.
Burning Spear
3/5
Pretty good reggae
2/5
The “meh” album I have ever heard.
Bee Gees
4/5
I love The Bee Gees. Both their older and newer stuff. this album isn't my favorite, but I like a lot.
Barry Adamson
3/5
Interesting mix and experimentation. A good listen throughout.
Faith No More
4/5
Really awesome heavy metal pop album
Metallica
4/5
Great album by a great band.
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
I’m pretty sure my mother listen to this album a lot in my youth.
Willie Nelson
4/5
Great cover album by Willie Nelson.
Grateful Dead
5/5
One of my all-time favorites.
Sonic Youth
1/5
This isn’t good music.
Germs
4/5
Amazing early punk album
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Good, sad Sinatra, but the songs are indistinguishable from each other.
Stephen Stills
4/5
Possibly a five star album if not for the fiddle songs.
Black Flag
3/5
Hardcore punk led by Henry Rollins. Good, not great.
Super Furry Animals
4/5
Great album. Trailed off at the end but awesome find.
a-ha
3/5
Good album. Best song is obviously “Take on me.”
D'Angelo
3/5
Great R&B album. Very smooth.
Peter Tosh
4/5
Great reggae album.
Neil Young
4/5
Very solemn and awesome album.
George Harrison
5/5
Amazing album. Shows Harrison was a powerhouse that helped propel the Beatles become legends.
Van Morrison
5/5
One of my all-time favorites. Every song on this album is amazing. Easily can listen to this entire album on repeat.
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Great debut album.
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Great 90s music
Soundgarden
3/5
Good grunge album. A bit too long.
The Yardbirds
3/5
Fine album for a band that produced three legendary guitarists.
The Who
5/5
Legendary. One of my top albums of all time by my favorite band.
Steve Earle
3/5
Fun 80s country rock, but forgettable.
Tortoise
4/5
Interesting post-punk noise. I liked it.
The Monks
5/5
Amazing find. Loved every second of this. The shrill voice, the punk aspects.
Billie Holiday
3/5
Solid Billie Holiday album. Good vocal jazz album.
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
Fun synth pop album
Heaven 17
2/5
Very forgettable synth-pop.
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Awesome and legendary rock album. Great debut.
ABBA
4/5
Great ABBA album.
The Specials
3/5
Fun 80s ska
Laibach
4/5
Very German. Very angry. Very dark. Pretty good.
Neu!
4/5
Not what I expected out of Krautrock. Very dreamlike. Very good.
Goldfrapp
3/5
Pretty good. Pretty forgettable. Dreamy folk pop.
Van Morrison
4/5
Great Van album
Ramones
5/5
Legendary album. One of the best debut albums.
The The
3/5
Fine 80s alt punk
FKA twigs
4/5
First time listening to her music and I can say it’s great. A fan going forward. Nice mix of electronica and trip-pop in this debut album.
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
Very Gothic. Very long songs, but overall very enjoyable.
Television
3/5
Pretty good, but for me forgettable
Leonard Cohen
4/5
A great Cohen album. Very poetic.
Supergrass
3/5
Very good. Very enjoyable. Yet already forgotten.
Blur
3/5
A fine album. Overrated. Song 2 was the only one that I really remembered.
The The
4/5
Pretty awesome debut album. Post-punk / synth pop and a good listen from beginning to end.
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
Waiting for this album to start was like waiting to get on the Internet in the ‘90s. The only difference is waiting to get onto the Internet in the ‘90s sounded way better than this album.
CHIC
4/5
Fun disco album.
The Who
5/5
One of the best live albums from one of the best bands.
Crowded House
4/5
Really enjoyed this album. “Fall at your Feet”is an amazing song.
Neil Young
4/5
Neil Young is amazing, and this is classic album that shows it.
The Black Crowes
4/5
Great 90s debut.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
My favorite CCR album. Absolutely amazing from beginning to end.
Tom Waits
3/5
Another Tom Waits album. Not bad. Not my thing. Very specific taste to enjoy this, and I could never see myself sitting back and listening to this.
Beatles
5/5
Legendary album. Masterpiece.
Metallica
4/5
Awesome that a band can rework their own songs in such a creative way, do it live, and record such a great album.
The Jam
2/5
Fine. Non-memorable.
Milton Nascimento
4/5
Very good Brazilian music. Nice find.
JAY Z
5/5
Amazing album.
Fever Ray
3/5
Pretty good minimalist electronic pop.
Laura Nyro
3/5
Reminded me of a darker Carole King or Joni Mitchell. Pretty good.
Prefab Sprout
5/5
A great find. Every song enjoyable 80 British pop that I actually enjoyed.
Bob Dylan
5/5
One of my favorite Dylan albums. Every track is flawless.
Brian Wilson
4/5
Amazing album that shows Brian Wilson’s range and genius.
Tori Amos
3/5
Pretty good debut album. Many different sounds. Not too memorable.
Aerosmith
5/5
Not really an Aerosmith fan but I can’t deny that this is absolutely amazing.
Don McLean
5/5
An amazing album that I love listening to.
Pink Floyd
4/5
Great album and it only gets better after this. Shame what happened with Syd.
The Allman Brothers Band
5/5
Amazing live album from an amazing jam band.
Songhoy Blues
5/5
Amazing African Blues album.
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Big fan on this band and dream pop.
Drive Like Jehu
2/5
Fine noise. Not my thing though.
Aphex Twin
2/5
You know what ambient music doesn’t need? A lot of bass.
The Cars
5/5
Amazing debut album. Every song is amazing.
Janelle Monáe
5/5
Very ambitious. Very very good. A great find. I am now a new listener of Monáe.
Animal Collective
3/5
Pretty good album. Psychedelic pop.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Third album I’ve listen to from this artist. The first I really liked. The second I kind of hated. And this being her debut, I was unsure how I’d feel before listening. Glad to say I enjoyed it. A strong debut album. Great blues, indie rock sound.
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
German factory ambiance music.
Adele
3/5
I think her prior album was much better. Good overall.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Amazing jazz album.
TLC
3/5
Much more erotic than I remember.
Nanci Griffith
5/5
Amazing country album. Amazing find that I’ll return to.
Primal Scream
4/5
Psychedelic background music!
Deep Purple
4/5
Great hard rock album. Like one giant guitar solo.
Fred Neil
3/5
Good folk music.
Saint Etienne
4/5
Great trip-hop / poppy debut album. Really enjoyed it.
Funkadelic
4/5
As usual, very funky. Great album by funkadelic. Clinton is a legend.
Willie Nelson
4/5
Amazing country concept album.
Alice Cooper
5/5
Quite the unexpected journey but I loved every second and genre change.
Blondie
4/5
Great Blondie album. Fun listen but I never really yearn to listen to Blondie. Still, again, can’t deny that it’s a great album.
The Cure
4/5
Early Cure - Gothic Rock. Very good album.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
5/5
This album is the musical definition of Stockholm Syndrome. I had a blast … or did I?
Small Faces
4/5
Fun psychedelic rock concept album. Great group filled with great musicians.
TV On The Radio
3/5
Indie rock. Reminded me of Coldplay, but better and had more range.
Eagles
4/5
Great debut album!
Arcade Fire
4/5
Pretty awesome indie rock.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Great punk band. Pretty good punk album.
The Police
5/5
Absolutely amazing album from legendary band.
Deep Purple
5/5
Very biased due to this being the first album I ever purchased, but regardless, an epic live album.
Steely Dan
4/5
Steely Dan never disappoints. Great album.
Lou Reed
4/5
Lou Reed is always amazing. Great album (minus the kids screaming).
Pixies
4/5
Pretty awesome debut album.
Lightning Bolt
4/5
Quite surprisingly this was pretty a great. Sometimes noise rock can be good. It was catchy and I just needed some noise. This had something that bars like napalm death lacks.
The Kinks
4/5
Fun album. Baroque rock /pop. “Sunday Afternoon” is the star in this album but a fun listen from beginning to end.
Neil Young
5/5
Amazing Neil Young Album. My favorite from him.
Incubus
3/5
Other than “Drive,” I can do without this album.
The Fall
2/5
Eh it was okay. By all standards a decent live album but I just didn’t enjoy it that much.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
Absolutely killer debut album. This can easily be a “best of” album, and I wouldn’t have noticed the difference.
Antony and the Johnsons
5/5
Never heard of this band or album. Blown away. Great listen that I will return to. Chamber pop.
Tim Buckley
2/5
Psychedelic folk. Bit slow and repetitive.
3/5
Pretty good Kinks album. Wouldn’t say it is a must listen to.
Adele
5/5
Amazing second album that put Adele on the map.
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Fine alt country.
Beyoncé
3/5
Good album but forgettable and generic.
The Killers
5/5
Amazing debut album. Definitely nostalgic for the early 2000s.
Michael Jackson
5/5
Legendary album by a bad man.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Very good punk find.
David Bowie
4/5
Different than what I’m used to with Bowie, but still an amazing album.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Sonic Youth will never be my thing, but this album is certainly better than their next album, “Dirty.”
Mj Cole
1/5
Repetitive and boring electronica that shows the author of this list did not realize 1001 was such a large number. He fixed his mistake by throwing in random, generic British albums.
Ian Dury
4/5
Rollercoaster of styles. Disco, funk, rock. Gritty vocals and fun lyrics. A good find.
George Michael
4/5
None of the hits (except Freedom), but still an awesome listen.
Lauryn Hill
5/5
Amazing solo album from an amazingly talented artist. One of the best hip-hop albums.
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
Pretty good 90s hard rock.
Talking Heads
4/5
Not the best Talking Heads album, but even an okay Talking Heads album is still amazing.
Beastie Boys
5/5
Great debut from a very influential band.
Pantera
2/5
Heavy thrash metal. Not my thing.
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Interesting to listen to some Bossanova on this list. It was fun.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Marley is always great. This album introduced us to “no woman, no cry.”
The War On Drugs
4/5
In the vein of Bruce and Neil Young. An amazing listen.
Brian Eno
4/5
Great album put out by my favorite crossword answer.
Pulp
5/5
An amazing album and a new introduction to me. “Common People” - a great find.
Norah Jones
5/5
Such easy listening. Enchanting voice. Great 90s throwback. Awesome debut.
Björk
3/5
Not my thing, but I honestly expect this to be horrible. I was pleasantly surprised that it was okay. Still not my thing, but okay.
Fiona Apple
2/5
“Singing,” or talking, out of key is not music.
Radiohead
3/5
Radiohead album where it departs from electronica and introduces more rock. Pretty good.
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4/5
Nice 60s jazz and r&b and folk rock.
The Kinks
4/5
Pretty awesome album by The Kinks.
The Black Keys
4/5
Amazing modern rock and blues album.
David Bowie
3/5
Not really my thing. A lot of ambient music, but a good album to show Bowie’s versatility.
Cat Stevens
5/5
My favorite Cat Stevens album. A masterpiece.
David Holmes
1/5
Repetitive trash Electronica
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Just absolutely amazing hip-hop.
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Great debut that has their biggest hits. Embarrassing that they didn’t understand how to spell their name in the beginning.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
I think this author just hid a bunch of Elvis Costello albums in this list because either:
1) He is trolling us; or
2) He is a huge fan of this Costello and needed some ploy to get the world to listen to him against their will.
That being said, this album is certainly better than his other albums.
Dolly Parton
3/5
Three Country music legends team up to sing country. Pretty good. Nothing memorable for me, though.
Earth, Wind & Fire
5/5
Great album from start to finish. Very funky.
Green Day
4/5
Good punk album that has all the major early Green Day hits. Good studio debut.
Wilco
2/5
Artsy and boring.
Miles Davis
3/5
Wasn’t my favorite Miles Davis album, but nevertheless, Miles Davis is still amazing.
Frank Ocean
3/5
Pretty good R&B. Loved the first song. Major nostalgia.
Abdullah Ibrahim
4/5
The piano is great on this, but the saxes are divine.
Paul Weller
4/5
Amazing album. Rock, folk, some instrumentals. All good.
Al Green
4/5
Smooth. Great album.
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
Woeful unremarkable.
Erykah Badu
3/5
Great voice, but far too long an album. The sound was great but it got repetitive quick.
Pixies
3/5
Good punk rock.
Everything But The Girl
5/5
This was a find for me. Never listened to this band before, and I absolutely loved it.
Paul Simon
4/5
I love me some Paul Simon. Found some new songs to add to my playlist.
The Icarus Line
2/5
Despite what the Wikipedia states, the album is wholly unremarkable.
Linkin Park
3/5
Seminal Linkin Park debut. Nu metal - hip hop rock.
John Prine
3/5
Folk and country. Fine.
Madonna
3/5
It’s a Madonna album.
Duke Ellington
3/5
It was a good jazz album, but it also could have been a very good aid to put me to sleep.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
Nick Cave continues to impress me with how bad his albums can be.
Leftfield
1/5
When you leave a game on pause for an hour while you do something else, and the repetitive background music keeps going.
XTC
4/5
Very good find. 80s British pop and rock that actually sounds good.
Gorillaz
3/5
Pretty good. Clint Eastwood was the best.
Skunk Anansie
3/5
British alt hard rock
Spiritualized
4/5
Space rock / dream pop. Very good.
The Cure
3/5
Goth Rock.
Gram Parsons
3/5
Pretty good country. I prefer this version of love hurts.
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
While I should have been bored by the three hour and fourteen minute album, this was nothing but great music throughout. Wonderful album.
Dion
2/5
I think this was added to the list to show those who are unaware of Phil Spector’s criminal history that not everything he touches is gold.
The B-52's
3/5
Some great beats but I never liked the singing. Not a B-52’s fan.
Waylon Jennings
3/5
Slow country. Good.
4/5
Amazing U2 album.
Django Django
3/5
Not particularly memorable, but pretty good light rock album.
Arcade Fire
4/5
Great debut.
Billy Joel
5/5
Monster of an album.
4/5
Seminal album by Oasis. Wonderwall. Champagne Supernova.
Wire
3/5
Pretty good British punk album, but doesn’t stand out much from its contemporaries.
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
Interesting genre of music. The album goes from Middle Eastern world music to pop to jazz to electronic. Pretty good.
Dr. Dre
5/5
Classic.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Masterpiece.
R.E.M.
3/5
Good debut album. Not really into R.E.M. though.
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
Felt like early Taylor Swift.
Bad Brains
3/5
Mix between punk and reggae
OutKast
4/5
Great album, but long.
Muddy Waters
5/5
Amazing live blues album.
Lucinda Williams
3/5
County / Rock / Folk. Great voice and sound. Though all the songs sounded the same, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
De La Soul
5/5
Amazing early hip-hop album.
The Cramps
5/5
Great find. Rockabilly punk.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
Amazing album from an amazing super group.
Red Snapper
2/5
Pointless Electronica.
Bobby Womack
3/5
Good album but Bobby Womack. Not sure this was the one to put on the list though.
Tina Turner
5/5
Amazing powerhouse of an album from Tina Turner.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4/5
80s Synth pop. I loved it.
Beach House
3/5
Cool dream pop.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Amazing debut album.
Adam & The Ants
2/5
The album cover is similar quality to the music.
Chicago
4/5
A good, but ambitious debut album.
Elastica
3/5
All-female, post-punk, rock band. Pretty great.
U2
4/5
Awesome album.
John Lennon
5/5
Legendary album.
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
Fine album. If not for “Layla,” this album may have been forgotten.
The Charlatans
4/5
While there is alot of Britpop on this list, this one wasn’t as insufferable as the rest. Quite enjoyable actually.
Gary Numan
3/5
Every song sounds like an intro to “Cars.”
2/5
Truly a heartbreaking album. Story goes that a recording room filled with Jazz musicians were about to record and all suffered fatal heart attacks. They immediately started to blow air into their instruments and flail around near the drums trying to signal to the people outside the recording room to call 911 for help. Unfortunately, the sound engineering thought this was Free Jazz and kept recording. This album is a product of that fateful day.
John Cale
4/5
Pretty good but not memorable.
OutKast
4/5
Amazing album by an amazing duo.
Stan Getz
4/5
Pretty good. Samba. Sax. Girl from Ipanena.
Snoop Dogg
5/5
Amazing debut album.
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
There may be good music under all the noise.
David Bowie
5/5
Amazing Bowie album, and the one he comes alive in.
The Triffids
4/5
Pretty great find for me. Reminded me a bit of Springsteen.
Joe Ely
3/5
Country
Ryan Adams
2/5
Very slow and boring. One good song.
Stan Getz
3/5
Important and great album, but most likely not ending up on any of my playlists.
Cowboy Junkies
4/5
I really enjoyed this. Recording session story was cool.
The White Stripes
3/5
Pretty good.
Suede
2/5
Remarkably unremarkable. I forgot the sound immediately after listening.
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Better than expected. Some good sounds here.
Pink Floyd
5/5
Legendary. All time favorite.
David Ackles
3/5
Was slow. Good but slow
The Strokes
3/5
Didn’t really like the strokes in the early 2000s, and I still not a fan. It’s good, but not for me.
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Wasn’t as revolutionary or feminist as she believed. Pop.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Great album. But most songs don’t live up to the sound of the Message.
Eric Clapton
3/5
Fine.
Depeche Mode
3/5
Synth-pop. It was a good listen.
Iggy Pop
4/5
Awesome post-punk album.
Queen Latifah
5/5
Amazing HiP-Hop debut.
R.E.M.
2/5
Still not a fan of R.E.M.
ZZ Top
3/5
Great album.
Björk
3/5
Icelandic pop. Bjork’s voice always a bit too high, but not as terrible as I expected.
The Boo Radleys
3/5
Pretty good but forgettable.
The Mothers Of Invention
5/5
Zappa! Experimentation and commentary. Awesome album.
Travis
3/5
Pretty good. Nothing memorable.
Michael Jackson
3/5
Great start. Good reintroduction to the world. But most of the album was just ok.
Minor Threat
4/5
Great punk rock album. Short and sweet.
The Sabres Of Paradise
1/5
The most unimportant album I have ever listened to.
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Pretty great. Some long songs. Weird story song in there, but always great to hear Lou Reed.
Suede
3/5
Pretty good, but ultimately nonmemorable.
Peter Frampton
4/5
Great live album.
Bill Callahan
4/5
Nice and relaxing.
White Denim
3/5
Fine.
Lenny Kravitz
4/5
This debut album rocked.
Christine and the Queens
5/5
Amazing find. Great French pop.
Public Enemy
3/5
Not my favorite album by Public Enemy. Too much noise over the hip-hop.
3/5
80s pop.
Sister Sledge
4/5
Great disco album.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Amazing album. Just great slow folk songs.
Afrika Bambaataa
4/5
Highly influential early hip-hop.
Everything But The Girl
3/5
I enjoyed their earlier stuff more, but still of good album.
Dr. John
4/5
Great debut for a Cajun legend.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
4/5
A good blend of country, rock, and folk.
Tom Tom Club
4/5
Really weird, but really great.
King Crimson
5/5
Amazing find. Amazing album.
Grateful Dead
4/5
Great live album.
Björk
3/5
Good but still not my thing.
Carole King
5/5
Unbelievable songwriter.
The Residents
1/5
There isn’t enough space for me to write all the bad things I have to say about this album, and yes, I know there is no limit here.
Slipknot
3/5
Good drumming. Good debut, just not my thing.
Gotan Project
4/5
Really awesome beats and sound.
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Pretty awesome rock.
Billy Bragg
3/5
Pretty good.
Shack
2/5
Unremarkable.
Os Mutantes
3/5
Weird underground Brazilian Rock music. Okay.
Happy Mondays
3/5
Fine, but nothing special here.
The Band
5/5
Amazing album.
GZA
5/5
Amazing solo album from GZA.
k.d. lang
3/5
Pretty good.
Beck
3/5
Eh Beck is ok.
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
4/5
Pretty awesome find.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Amazing album by Bruce.
Supergrass
3/5
Pretty good. Not remarkable.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Early blues sound. Debut was pretty good.
Paul McCartney and Wings
5/5
Never cared for the first song much, but this album as a whole is amazing.
Common
5/5
Great album.
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Weird. Odd. Sounded a bit like chase music. But good for it’s type I guess.
3/5
It’s country!
Mariah Carey
2/5
I’m so glad the 90’s vocal stretch is over.
Scissor Sisters
5/5
Low-key amazing debut album. Mixing glam rock with electronica. Awesome.
The Libertines
3/5
People say it’s overrated. First time I’ve heard it. So, good to me. I liked it.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Amazing album. They explore multiple styles in this album and it works.
Dead Kennedys
5/5
Amazing 80s punk album. Great debut.
N.E.R.D
3/5
Good to see Pharrell’s earlier work, but far too many “hidden” tracks.
Nirvana
5/5
Seminal Nirvana album.
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
Not very good 90s music. A must-listen to understand how mediocre some music can be.
The Mars Volta
5/5
Very enjoyable progressive rock album (which isn’t my favorite genre). This was a great mix of styles and really embraced the idea of a concept album. Great debut.
5/5
Amazing live album.
Hot Chip
3/5
Pretty good UK dance electronica.
M.I.A.
4/5
Great debut album.
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
Okay punk rock music from a band I’ve never heard of.
Björk
4/5
Very enjoyable, which was surprising to me.
Kate Bush
3/5
English Bjork. Not the worst Kate Bush album. Not the best.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Not remarkable. Not bad.
Kid Rock
2/5
Horrible album.
Mike Ladd
3/5
Never heard this person before. Okay Hip Hop.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Pretty good. Really just waited for “in your eyes” the whole time.
Nick Drake
5/5
Great find. Amazing folk album.
Finley Quaye
2/5
Definitely don’t need to listen to Scottish Reggae.
Killing Joke
3/5
Pretty good post-punk.
Anthrax
3/5
Much better than I was expecting. Pretty good.
Turbonegro
4/5
Guitar riffs were great. A very enjoyable listen.
TV On The Radio
3/5
Pretty good, but nothing special.
Slade
3/5
It’s a good listen. Not much though.
The Prodigy
4/5
Holds up. Pretty good rave music.
Beth Orton
3/5
Great voice. But much at times. Pleasant folk-pop-electronica.
Girls Against Boys
2/5
Nothing extraordinary about this album.
Holger Czukay
3/5
Really weird, yet I still liked it.
Michael Jackson
5/5
An album with tons of hits. Not my favorite person but undeniably good musician.
The Shamen
3/5
Pretty good. Not a necessary listen, but good.
Joan Armatrading
4/5
Amazing voice. A great discovery for me.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Not the best Bruce album, but it’s still a Bruce album.
Stereolab
3/5
Pretty awesome French music.
CHVRCHES
3/5
Good. Scottish Synth-pop.
The Cult
3/5
Awesome guitar riffs. Great heavy metal, but nothing original.
Marianne Faithfull
4/5
Amazing voice. Interesting lyrics.
Nina Simone
5/5
What an amazing powerhouse. Awesome album. “Four Women” is haunting.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Absolutely amazing. Favorite Zeppelin album.
Meat Puppets
3/5
Bunch of different things going on here. Most of it good.
SAULT
3/5
Good. Felt that I wasn’t the right audience for this, though.
Goldfrapp
2/5
Came out in 2000, felt like it came out 50 years prior. Was way too pretentious and dull.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
While I appreciate the World Music, this was far too long with very little difference.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Pretty awesome blues/rock album that feels very 60s.
Khaled
2/5
This was one is weird to rate.
Did I enjoy it? Somewhat.
Was it a bit long for what it was? Yes, but there was good variation.
Does it need to be included on this list? Absolutely not. This author is a hack.
Was it easy/fun to find? No, I did not enjoy playing Frankensteining this album together just to listen to it.
Little Richard
5/5
Amazing album. The songs sound similar, and that’s quite all right.
Scritti Politti
2/5
Honestly pretty good Brit Pop, so in the end it’s Brit Pop, and I have to take a star off because of the over-saturation of Brit Pop on this list.
Ministry
2/5
Not a fan of metal. Certainly not a fan of metal from a band I’ve never heard of.
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Eh. Very sleepy album that brings nothing to the table for me.
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
Current Bossa Nova. Pretty good. Not my thing.
5/5
Great mix of genres. Awesome funk.
Minutemen
4/5
Awesome punk rock album. Quick songs, but a bit long. Fun to see where the theme song to Jackass comes from.
Death In Vegas
2/5
A nothing album filled with background noise.
1/5
Atrocious album.
Morrissey
3/5
Fine.
Barry Adamson
2/5
I mean it’s a fake soundtrack. Fine, but why?
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Certainly a debut that would come from Frank Zappa.
Lorde
4/5
Great second album by Lorde.
The Electric Prunes
4/5
Pretty good find. Psychedelic rock.
Pavement
4/5
Pretty good album. I was pleasantly surprised. A great listen from start to finish.
Sonic Youth
4/5
Not the worst Sonic Youth album. I actually enjoyed this one. The noise was loud but not as chaotic as it was in past albums.
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
Pretty good. Album a bit too long and lagged at times.
Skepta
1/5
Absolute trash that this album is on here and many American hip-hop/rap albums are missing. I don’t need to listen to it just because it’s British. Such a biased author. It’s disgusting how biased this list it towards British albums that are average at best.
Gillian Welch
3/5
Interesting sound. Very country.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
Now I know everyone is impressed at how much of a mess this is, but hear me out. Imagine creating music that is actually good or enjoyable to listen to. I know a wild concept.
Mudhoney
4/5
Pretty good punk album.
The Isley Brothers
5/5
Amazing album. Great soul and funk.
Foo Fighters
4/5
Great debut from Grohl.
Roxy Music
3/5
Weird but pleasant enough.
Doves
3/5
Pretty good background music. Bit repetitive.
Meat Loaf
5/5
Epic debut album. An all-time favorite. This was my childhood.
The Undertones
3/5
British Ramones. Ramones are better, but this was still good.
The Temptations
5/5
Epic album.
Ghostface Killah
5/5
Awesome album from beginning to end.
The Style Council
3/5
Pretty good, if you take away the odd-fitting rap songs.
Giant Sand
3/5
Very, slow folk rock. Drones on for an hour, but pretty good nonetheless.
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Fine. Perfectly fine.
The Beach Boys
5/5
Masterpiece.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Pretty good, but I’d prefer Guthrie.
Elvis Presley
4/5
Amazing album. Great return. “Such a Night” is an absolute favorite.
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
2/5
It was fine. See why they never took off.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Not the worst Nick Cave album, but still not a fan.
Sepultura
2/5
Still not into thrash music.
Love
3/5
Psychedelic. Nice album.
Ash
3/5
Grunge/garage band-ish. It was pretty good.
Anita Baker
2/5
I can confidently say that my mother probably loved this album. As for me, quiet storm is not my type of genre.
Jimmy Smith
4/5
Really awesome Jazz album. Hammond organ!!
Tim Buckley
3/5
Weird experimental funk, but enjoyable.
Sebadoh
3/5
Enjoyable prog rock.
The Clash
5/5
Epic album. Classic.
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
Folk country. It was definitely something. Can’t imagine this being anyone’s style any more.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Amazing debut album.
Hookworms
3/5
Pretty good modern psychedelic rock.
Digital Underground
5/5
Amazing debut album. Genius lyrics. Funny. Funky. Just awesome.
Jane's Addiction
4/5
Great debut album. Not as hard rock as I expected.
Ray Charles
3/5
Half jazz. Half blues. Piano and horn. Pretty good.
The xx
3/5
Fine. Clearly British favoritism here.
Kings of Leon
4/5
A lot different than I expected. Greta debut. Reminded me of Dylan folk.
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Wasn’t the best. Wasn’t terrible. Totally forgettable psychedelic rock.
Brian Eno
5/5
There is a reason this man is a legend. Amazing debut solo album. This man gets avante-garde.
The Blue Nile
3/5
I actually liked this. Pretty good artsy pop.
The Kinks
4/5
Great album. Awesome mix of rock and pop.
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Interesting Brazilian Experimental Samba.
Little Simz
5/5
An amazing find. Truly blown away by the English Hip Hop album.
Madonna
2/5
Not the worst. But certainly not good pop. Madonna is definitely over confident in her prowess
Ryan Adams
3/5
Not a fan of the guy. Pretty dated, but a good album. Mix of pop and country.
The Byrds
4/5
Amazing psychedelic rock album.
The Zutons
5/5
Great find. May be overrated. May not be. But I loved this sound. Indie rock.
Destiny's Child
4/5
Great pop album.
John Lennon
4/5
It’s John Lennon. It’s great. Not as good as the Beatles but still great.
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Well, this was rotten.
Fatboy Slim
4/5
While I prefer the second album, this was a great debut and great listen.
Jazmine Sullivan
4/5
Pretty good fine. Enjoyed the concept. Loved the sound.
Venom
3/5
Not too bad. Kind of corny.
Klaxons
3/5
Not terrible. Not great. I both wanted to skip this album and listen to it.
The Hives
2/5
A compilation album of shitty music.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Great Stevie Wonder album.
The Go-Go's
4/5
Really fun album.
Lou Reed
5/5
Masterpiece.
Julian Cope
4/5
Interesting album. Good find. I enjoyed the instrumentals the best.
Mekons
3/5
Country punk? British accent yet different? Was okay.
Kelela
3/5
Very good. Nothing outstanding or unique, but good.
SZA
3/5
Good debut. Wasn’t my type of sound.
Lupe Fiasco
4/5
Very good Hip Hop album.
The Pretty Things
3/5
Pretty good rock opera. Glad to have found this.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Jon Spencer may not know the Blues after all.
Traffic
4/5
Great Rock album.
U2
3/5
Pretty good U2 album.
Joanna Newsom
3/5
Interesting listen. Not for me. For somebody. Just not me.
Sade
3/5
Good. Definitely a relic of the time.
Amy Winehouse
5/5
Amy ran so Adele could walk.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Pretty good, but for the life of me, I will not remember this.
Pearl Jam
5/5
Always favored Nirvana, but no denying this is a monster debut.
The KLF
2/5
Generic electronica with some vocals.
Gil Scott-Heron
4/5
Great jazz and spoken word album.
Brian Eno
4/5
Brian Eno is great. Awesome mix of rock and classical.
Weather Report
3/5
Great background jazz.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Great 90s rock album.
Machito
5/5
Cuban Jazz. Awesome.
The La's
3/5
“There she goes” Great song. Album pretty good too.
Bon Jovi
5/5
Epic album that made hair bands so accessible.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
5/5
Wonderful debut. American girl still an all time favorite.
R.E.M.
2/5
Still not a fan of REM.
Elbow
5/5
A great find for me. Loved this indie rock album.
Coldcut
3/5
Pretty good beats.
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
Generic.
Lana Del Rey
2/5
Very bland Lana album. Nothing special here.
Ride
2/5
Not note worthy. Shoegaze.
Butthole Surfers
3/5
Pretty good punk album. Great guttural noise.
Dagmar Krause
3/5
Interesting listen. English translated German protest songs.
Suicide
4/5
Pretty awesome post punk band.
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
Baroque Pop. I liked it!
Megadeth
4/5
A lot better than expected. Not a fan of thrash metal or death metal but this was a pretty great listen.
The Waterboys
4/5
Love this album. Love Irish music. Good mix of rock. Not too heavy. Very folk.
Janet Jackson
3/5
Pretty fun album. Great concept album. Mix of pop and softer ballads.
The Darkness
3/5
Pretty good. Pretty fun. Semi Camp.
Guided By Voices
4/5
Really liked this album. Short indie rock songs.
American Music Club
2/5
Not bad but very unremarkable.
Solomon Burke
5/5
Absolutely loved this album. Played it on repeat immediately.
Big Star
3/5
Fine. Unremarkable.
Daft Punk
4/5
Great debut. Not as good as “Random Access Memories” though.
Baaba Maal
4/5
Great find from Senegal.
Country Joe & The Fish
4/5
Great at Woodstock. Debut album before equally great. Psychedelic rock.
AC/DC
5/5
Awesome album. RIP Bon Scott.
The Dictators
4/5
Amazing debut album from a band I’ve never listened to. Punk with some hard rock guitar riffs.
Ms. Dynamite
2/5
Totally unremarkable.
Robbie Williams
2/5
Mediocre at best.
Joy Division
2/5
Not my thing. Lots of competing sounds that I didn’t jive with.
Bert Jansch
3/5
Interesting Scottish Folk. Pretty chill.
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
African Blues. Pretty awesome.
Sleater-Kinney
5/5
Awesome Indie punk!
Soft Machine
4/5
A mix between electronica, prog rock, and free jazz. In other words, pretty awesome!
Throwing Muses
4/5
Female post punk and indie rock. Great.
Talking Heads
4/5
The first Eno album. Awesome sound.
Ray Price
3/5
This was country. Ok.
1/5
I can make random noises as well. Doesn’t mean it’s music.
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Very good. Second album. Did not like it as much as his first.
Soul II Soul
2/5
Fine background music. Nothing special.
Britney Spears
3/5
Nostalgic.m, but still not my jam.
Common
4/5
Awesome album. Great artist produced by a very talented, yet disturbed, man.
David Bowie
3/5
Truly amazing to record this in secret then release it two days before his untimely death. A very good album.
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Masterpiece. Gone too soon.
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
Fun punk album.
Madness
4/5
Great Ska album.
The Police
4/5
Amazing album.
Morrissey
4/5
Very good. Indie Rock.
Jack White
4/5
Very good. Blues. Rock. Great guitar riffs.
Nas
5/5
Masterpiece.
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Amazing hip-hop album.
Neil Young
5/5
Masterpiece. Amazing solo album immediately after an epic Crosby, Still, Nash, and Young epic.
Fishbone
3/5
Black ska band from the 80s. Pretty good.
Dwight Yoakam
4/5
I loved this album. Great country.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Pretentious English Indie Folk Rock. Middle of the road for PJ Harvey. Not that bad.
Justice
4/5
Really good French Electronica.
Maxwell
3/5
Pretty good R&B
Slayer
4/5
Pretty great guitar riffs.
10cc
3/5
A lot of albums on this list that barely broke the Top 100 in the US. This was fine.
The Vines
3/5
Pretty good Australian Alt. Rock band.
The Beta Band
4/5
Great find. Great listen. Folk rock electronica.
Pentangle
2/5
Renaissance Fair music. Was a bit much.
Nick Drake
4/5
Pretty great Folk find.
3/5
Pretty good mix of psychedelic rock with pop rock.
Elis Regina
3/5
Pretty good Brazilian Jazz. Probably not going to ever listen to this again, but glad I heard it.
The Slits
5/5
An amazing find. Awesome debut. Seems this album is very polarizing. I can see why it’s influential, and while most people seem to dislike this album, I love it. Greta example of early punks.
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
Pretty interesting post punk. Long songs. Instrumentals. Pretty good.
Happy Mondays
2/5
An okay album. Not good. Not bad. Forgettable.
Hawkwind
4/5
Very, very long psychedelic jam session. Nonetheless, a pretty awesome live album.
Kings of Leon
3/5
Fine. Nothing special.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Probably better than my rating, but it wasn’t for me.
Gene Clark
4/5
A pretty awesome folk find. Similar to James Taylor. A shame Clark’s solo career didn’t take off.
Johnny Cash
5/5
Masterpiece. Perfect covers.
Dolly Parton
3/5
Pretty good Dolly Parton album.
Mott The Hoople
4/5
Great glam rock album. Very David Bowie.
3/5
Pretty good album. Nice orchestral work.
Nico
3/5
Lots of flute. Renaissance-like, but not as bad as I expected. I would listen again.
The Bees
3/5
Fun, mellow, indie rock album.
King Crimson
3/5
A pretty good mix of rock and classical.
Missy Elliott
3/5
Great debut album.
Deee-Lite
3/5
Fine, but one song does make an album worth listening to.
The White Stripes
3/5
Interesting direction The White Stripes went in. I really enjoyed this album.
Van Morrison
5/5
Van the Man! Awesome live album. Great mix of soul and rock.
Supertramp
3/5
First Supertramp album to make waves. A good prog rock album.
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
Good album, but why this movie soundtrack versus so many others? Why is this our sample of Indian music? Regardless, it was good.
Rush
3/5
The first Rush album that mattered. Doesn’t quite hit like their other stuff, but a good start.
LTJ Bukem
2/5
Very very very repetitive.
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Pretty good. New wave pop.
The Thrills
3/5
Irish country rock. Pretty good.
George Michael
5/5
Legendary album from an absolute legend. Gone too soon.
Flamin' Groovies
4/5
Great mix of old rock and blues.
The Monkees
3/5
Fine Monkees’ album with no standouts.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
An all-time favorite. Such an amazing album.
Christina Aguilera
2/5
Pop album with some blues and jazz elements. In the end, it’s Aguilera belting out her signature yell. It’s tired and old. Nothing to write home about.
Big Star
4/5
Great rock pop album. Great find.
Dizzee Rascal
2/5
Grime Rap? EDM mixed with British Hip-Hop. Repetitive and brings nothing to the table.
William Orbit
2/5
Good beats and fine electronica, but this is nothing more than forgettable, background music.
Boards of Canada
1/5
Useless background music.
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
A wife mix of world music and hip-hop. Pretty interesting. Enjoyed the South American-type songs.
Isaac Hayes
5/5
Amazing soundtrack. Such a classic.
The Coral
2/5
I’ve never forgotten an album quicker.
Lambchop
3/5
Fine country pop album.
Sepultura
2/5
The rhythms and riffs are pretty awesome. The screaming, not so much.
X-Ray Spex
4/5
Always a huge fan of female punk rock.
Basement Jaxx
2/5
I really do not need to hear so much electronica.
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Not a fan of noise upfront and vocals in the back.
Buzzcocks
3/5
Pretty good punk album.
Magazine
3/5
Pretty good post-punk album.
Shivkumar Sharma
4/5
Amazing world music album. I can see why George Harrison dug this, and I can definitely see how it influenced him.
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Pretty good. I expected it to be a drag as I only really know one hit from this band, but I was pleasantly surprised.
3/5
Pretty good Brazilian music.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Amazing album. Great change in style by the band. While it contains great hits and a strong start, it tends to fizzle out by the end.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Amazing CCR album.
Prince
5/5
Masterpiece.
Pere Ubu
3/5
Pretty good punk album.
Can
3/5
German experimental rock group. Meaning fine atmospheric, background noise.
Stephen Stills
3/5
Great solo album after their monster group hit, but not as good as the other members’ albums.
Jerry Lee Lewis
5/5
Amazing live album.
Calexico
4/5
Great mix of Indie Rock, Tex-Mex, Jazz, and Latin folk rock.
Underworld
2/5
English electronica and techno. I do not need to listen to this much techno.
Alanis Morissette
5/5
Amazing album. Definitely a guilty pleasure.
The Associates
3/5
I do not need this many British pop albums. One of the better ones, though.
The Saints
3/5
Australian punk.
Randy Newman
4/5
Great songwriter.
The Beta Band
3/5
Pretty good. But unfortunately not memorable.
The Zombies
5/5
Amazing psychedelic rock album.
Dirty Projectors
4/5
Indie art pop from the late-2000s. Pretty good.
Ute Lemper
2/5
Weird avante-pop mixed. Didn’t really vibe.
Scott Walker
3/5
Pretty good Baroque pop. For me, better than Scott 2.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Not usually a fan of Nick Cave, but I really enjoyed this album. Very Leonard Cohen-esque.
Paul McCartney
4/5
Amazing album.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3/5
80s synth-pop. Very Tears for Fears.
Fugazi
3/5
Pretty good post-punk. Not as great as punk.
Justin Timberlake
3/5
Few songs were okay. Dragged though.
Morrissey
3/5
I wish people praised my mediocrity as much as they praise Morrissey’s.
The United States Of America
3/5
Trying to be Jefferson Airplane, but never quite gets there. Okay, psychedelic rock.
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
Pretty great sound. Lyrics were terrible. But good sound.
Silver Jews
4/5
Brooding country rock. Pretty good.
Kings of Leon
4/5
Great rock album from the 2000s.
Mylo
2/5
You’ve heard of hard rock, but have you heard of hard ambience?!? Anyone can lay soft beats down on a track, but can anyone lay down soft beats with repetitive quotes over it? Probably, but most don’t! Except, this guy!
Dexys Midnight Runners
5/5
Amazing album.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
Fine psychedelic rock album. The story behind it is better than the album itself.