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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
|
5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
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No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
|
5 | 3.06 | +1.94 |
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New York Dolls
New York Dolls
|
5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
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Third
Portishead
|
5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
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This Is Hardcore
Pulp
|
5 | 3.14 | +1.86 |
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Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
|
5 | 3.19 | +1.81 |
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Vivid
Living Colour
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5 | 3.2 | +1.8 |
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Rust In Peace
Megadeth
|
5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
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S&M
Metallica
|
5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
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Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
|
4 | 2.28 | +1.72 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
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1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
|
2 | 3.93 | -1.93 |
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Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
|
1 | 2.9 | -1.9 |
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Survivor
Destiny's Child
|
1 | 2.86 | -1.86 |
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
|
2 | 3.84 | -1.84 |
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Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
|
1 | 2.82 | -1.82 |
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Yeezus
Kanye West
|
1 | 2.77 | -1.77 |
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Kid A
Radiohead
|
2 | 3.71 | -1.71 |
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Moondance
Van Morrison
|
2 | 3.71 | -1.71 |
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Adele
|
2 | 3.69 | -1.69 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Beatles | 7 | 4.71 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.8 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 5 |
| Metallica | 3 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 5 |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Cure | 3 | 4.67 |
| Motörhead | 2 | 5 |
| Iron Maiden | 2 | 5 |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Doors | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Kanye West | 3 | 1.67 |
| Elvis Costello | 2 | 1.5 |
5-Star Albums (69)
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Kanye West
1/5
In case you're a completionist but you don't want to listen to this, I've got some great news: it's no longer in the latest editions of the book, so you don't have to!
21 likes
Badly Drawn Boy
2/5
This album is no longer in the latest editions of the book, and I can't say I disagree.
20 likes
Motörhead
5/5
All songs are the same, raw production, Lemmy cannot sing, frivolous lyrics, five stars!
13 likes
5/5
This album has been removed from the latest editions of the book. Enjoyed it a lot still. I used to not care about Muse much, feels quite strange I’m about to rate it 5*!
4.5/5
13 likes
Elvis Costello
1/5
80 albums in, reluctantly my first 1 star… but it was so boring and bland, at least musically, and the lyrics also didn’t do anything for me.
6 likes
4-Star Albums (248)
1-Star Albums (8)
All Ratings
Parliament
4/5
It's funk! Not my style, but sounded nice.
The Verve
3/5
A bit too slow and mellow. Might grow on me though.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
Magazine
3/5
Cornershop
4/5
The Who
4/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Prince
2/5
Felt like many random songs just thrown together. I cannot understand all the glowing reviews this one got.
Pavement
2/5
I suppose this was a very influential album at the time, but I didn’t really like it.
Pink Floyd
5/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Manu Chao
3/5
After listening to it a second time on my hifi setup, I actually liked it.
Anita Baker
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Sounds so heavy for 1972! Great raw, live album. Removed one star because some songs are dragging on for far too long.
Solange
2/5
I liked the concept of the album, but the music itself, not so much. It's mostly beats and vocals, and there wasn't a single memorable melody that I want to go back and listen to. I think I liked the interludes the most...
fIREHOSE
2/5
Motörhead
5/5
This album is turning 40 this year… but they are all dead, sadly.
A lot of energy here, and short, fast, catchy tracks. Might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I loved it.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Neil Young
3/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
I really liked some songs, but overall the album seemed a needlessly too long.
Aerosmith
4/5
Not a masterpiece, but was a lot of fun listening to.
The Roots
3/5
Motörhead
5/5
All songs are the same, raw production, Lemmy cannot sing, frivolous lyrics, five stars!
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Jamiroquai
2/5
Nick Drake
5/5
I'd heard of Nick Drake for about 15 years now, but somehow never got around to listening. Overwhelmingly emotional album... not really my typical genre, but it left quite the mark.
Tim Buckley
3/5
Syd Barrett
2/5
Love Pink Floyd, but didn’t manage to get into the Syd stuff so far…
Anthrax
3/5
The White Stripes
3/5
3.5 / 5
Radiohead
3/5
Boards of Canada
3/5
Frank Zappa
3/5
I liked it, but I also don’t think I’ll be coming back soon
Bobby Womack
3/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Didn't like it as much as Happy Sad. A bit too much 60s folk rock in this list...
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Did not resonate with me at all… At least the recording and production were good.
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Didn’t know this band, what a pleasant surprise!
The White Stripes
2/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Fever Ray
4/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
The Charlatans
3/5
Reminds me of Oasis, but without the catchy songs.
Beastie Boys
4/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Os Mutantes
2/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Willie Nelson
2/5
Steely Dan
3/5
3.5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
I expected to hate this one, but not so much in the end.
The Who
3/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
The Prodigy
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Garbage
3/5
Chicago
4/5
New York Dolls
5/5
Janis Joplin
4/5
3/5
Merle Haggard
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
New Order
3/5
The Undertones
3/5
The Smiths
4/5
Portishead
4/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2/5
Beatles
5/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Dr. Octagon
2/5
Kate Bush
4/5
Love
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
Elvis Costello
1/5
80 albums in, reluctantly my first 1 star… but it was so boring and bland, at least musically, and the lyrics also didn’t do anything for me.
2/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
Jane's Addiction
5/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Crowded House
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
3.5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Rush
4/5
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
Portishead
5/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
David Gray
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
2/5
This album is no longer in the latest editions of the book, and I can't say I disagree.
Iggy Pop
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Dusty Springfield
2/5
Jurassic 5
3/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
2/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
When I listen to albums so carefully, while reading the lyrics, I have the tendency to find faults that I never knew were there. But won't matter this time, what a great debut album!
Blur
4/5
Paul Simon
2/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
The Adverts
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
The Byrds
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Leonard Cohen
5/5
Gang Of Four
3/5
Fats Domino
3/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Jungle Brothers
3/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
Couldn't get past the chicken-like vocals. Sounded like inter-dimensional cable in Rick & Morty. Instrumentals were interesting though...
Pink Floyd
5/5
CHIC
3/5
Animal Collective
1/5
For some reason I can’t stand indie stuff from my 20s. This one was hard to sit through. Only my 2nd 1* in 125 albums.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Orange Juice
2/5
Never heard of Orange Juice before, though I did know Edwyn Collins. There are a few nice tracks, but I don't think I'll be listening to this again soon.
Taylor Swift
3/5
Air
4/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
The Kinks
3/5
Tricky
3/5
3.5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5/5
John Martyn
4/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
2/5
T. Rex
3/5
Goldie
3/5
John Coltrane
3/5
Ice Cube
2/5
Marianne Faithfull
4/5
The Cure
5/5
The Strokes
4/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
Free John Gotti :|
Kate Bush
2/5
I enjoyed Hounds of Love, but this one, not so much...
Amy Winehouse
5/5
The Offspring
5/5
Deee-Lite
2/5
Radiohead
3/5
Moby Grape
3/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
Grizzly Bear
2/5
This album is no longer in the book.
ABBA
3/5
FKA twigs
2/5
Soft Cell
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
3.5
Supergrass
4/5
3.5
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Beatles
4/5
Radiohead
2/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
The Crusaders
3/5
JAY Z
2/5
Antony and the Johnsons
3/5
No longer in the latest editions of the book.
Van Morrison
2/5
Iron Maiden
5/5
Def Leppard
4/5
Cheesy but fun!
4/5
John Lennon
5/5
Prince
4/5
5/5
This album has been removed from the latest editions of the book. Enjoyed it a lot still. I used to not care about Muse much, feels quite strange I’m about to rate it 5*!
4.5/5
The Fall
3/5
Thundercat
3/5
This album was only in the 2018 edition of the list, it is removed for the 2021 one.
2/5
Bon Jovi
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Heaven 17
3/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Alice In Chains
5/5
The Smiths
4/5
Bauhaus
3/5
3/5
George Michael
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
Morrissey
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Le Tigre
4/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
4/5
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
4/5
The Waterboys
3/5
Adele
2/5
No longer in the latest editions of the book.
Everybody has already heard the good songs on this album, and the rest isn’t worth it imo.
ZZ Top
4/5
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
Blur
3/5
Didn’t like it as much as Parklife.
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Queen
4/5
Femi Kuti
4/5
Orbital
2/5
Beck
3/5
Everything But The Girl
3/5
Scott Walker
2/5
a-ha
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Love
2/5
The Replacements
3/5
The Shamen
3/5
Raekwon
2/5
Napalm Death
3/5
Not as terrible as it’s made to be. There are two different lineups on each half, and I liked the first side more.
Eagles
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
Johnny Cash
3/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Metallica
5/5
The Doors
5/5
The Beau Brummels
2/5
The Young Rascals
2/5
Aretha Franklin
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
Lou Reed
5/5
Pulp
4/5
Ice Cube
3/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
Suzanne Vega
4/5
Drive Like Jehu
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
Travis
2/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
The Modern Lovers
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
The Prodigy
4/5
LL Cool J
2/5
Hole
4/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
2/5
Billie Holiday
2/5
John Lee Hooker
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Ravi Shankar
3/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
Violent Femmes
2/5
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Gary Numan
3/5
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Wild Beasts
3/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Dirty Projectors
2/5
Fugees
3/5
The Police
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Coldplay
2/5
Boston
4/5
Kacey Musgraves
2/5
Dr. Dre
3/5
Sigur Rós
3/5
Tjú tjú
King Crimson
5/5
Needed more than one listen to really appreciate.
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Jethro Tull
3/5
Pearl Jam
5/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Culture Club
2/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Hüsker Dü
2/5
Destiny's Child
1/5
Adele
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Lana Del Rey
3/5
Pulp
5/5
I’m going to be a bit generous, but here we go. 4.5 / 5
Beatles
5/5
Machito
4/5
Depeche Mode
5/5
Jane Weaver
3/5
2.5
Kanye West
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Beach House
2/5
Burning Spear
3/5
Suede
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
The Doors
4/5
3.5
Ray Charles
3/5
Sade
3/5
4/5
David Holmes
3/5
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
The Dictators
3/5
2Pac
3/5
Supergrass
4/5
Serge Gainsbourg
2/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
2/5
Korn
3/5
Buzzcocks
4/5
I liked the second half much more.
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Frank Black
2/5
Bad Company
4/5
Can’t believe Bad Company is in the list, but Free is not.
3.5/5
The Who
3/5
Stereo MC's
3/5
The Specials
3/5
Eric Clapton
2/5
Quite bland. Would give 3*, but there’s a 1* douchebag tax.
Butthole Surfers
3/5
The Isley Brothers
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
The Byrds
3/5
Can
4/5
Sounds quite atypical for this list, never even heard of Can although I live in Germany…
Solomon Burke
3/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
So far my favorite Neil Young album on this list.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Nanci Griffith
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Tina Turner
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
The Stone Roses
5/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Eminem
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
3.5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
3.5
Van Halen
4/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
2.5
Gillian Welch
3/5
Duran Duran
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
Aerosmith
4/5
3.5
Big Black
3/5
Massive Attack
4/5
3.5
Sometimes this list is strange, there’s this album, but Mezzanine isn’t.
The Sonics
3/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
This was super fun!
Lightning Bolt
4/5
No longer in the book. Wasn't that bad tho :D
Rod Stewart
3/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Hole
5/5
Patti Smith
3/5
The Sugarcubes
4/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
No longer in the book.
The The
3/5
Meat Loaf
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Ray Price
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Van Halen
4/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
Fleet Foxes
2/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Pantera
5/5
The Beach Boys
2/5
Felt a bit like a chore to get through, even at under 40 minutes.
The Band
2/5
Megadeth
5/5
X-Ray Spex
3/5
Various Artists
2/5
Gang Starr
2/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Mylo
3/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Mike Oldfield
3/5
Beck
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Judas Priest
5/5
Miles Davis
4/5
The Streets
3/5
Screaming Trees
4/5
Blue Cheer
3/5
Donald Fagen
3/5
The Who
5/5
Steve Winwood
2/5
Pixies
3/5
Yes
3/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
2/5
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Paul Weller
2/5
U2
3/5
Robert Wyatt
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
The Cure
5/5
10cc
4/5
Queen
5/5
Radiohead
2/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
Randy Newman
3/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Björk
2/5
M.I.A.
4/5
The Cure
4/5
The Cars
3/5
Emmylou Harris
2/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Leftfield
2/5
The Byrds
2/5
I expected something bland and boring, and it didn't disappoint in that regard.
Arcade Fire
2/5
The Pretty Things
3/5
Death In Vegas
3/5
Happy Mondays
4/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Common
3/5
Neu!
3/5
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Roxy Music
2/5
Joy Division
4/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
3.5
Missy Elliott
3/5
2.5
Django Django
3/5
3.5
Beatles
5/5
Sisters Of Mercy
4/5
Richard Thompson
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
One of the biggest albums of my teenage years. Didn’t like it much then, don’t like it much now either.
5/5
I don’t quite like U2, but this album was excellent.
Alanis Morissette
4/5
Sebadoh
3/5
Peter Frampton
4/5
3.5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Q-Tip
2/5
Shack
3/5
Oasis
5/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Soul II Soul
2/5
Otis Redding
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
This was hard to listen through, even though I suspect with more listens I'd get more into it. But it's too dark to dig deeper into right now. 3.5/5
Morrissey
3/5
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
3.5/5
SAULT
3/5
System Of A Down
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3/5
2.5
Gil Scott-Heron
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
3.5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Milton Nascimento
3/5
2.5
The Jam
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
3.5
Venom
4/5
I don't think I ever listened to Venom, didn't think they'd be so silly!
3.666 / 5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Eels
3/5
Rocket From The Crypt
4/5
Buck Owens
2/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
A bit too long.
3.5/5
The Young Gods
3/5
This was one of the weirdest albums so far.
Nine Inch Nails
5/5
I didn't quite like NIN until I saw them live, by chance (and afterwards 3 more times, on purpose). I still think prefer their live sound to the records, but nevertheless this is a great album. Strangely I never listened to it in full before.
Janelle Monáe
5/5
This was quite impressive, if maybe a bit too long. I wish all albums would fit on a single LP.
Linkin Park
3/5
The Darkness
3/5
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Yes
3/5
Khaled
3/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Cypress Hill
3/5
Orbital
2/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
Japan
3/5
OutKast
3/5
Should have split this in two days.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Simply Red
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Peter Gabriel
5/5
Deerhunter
3/5
This album was still in the 2018 edition of the book, but I can't find it in the 2021 edition.
Ozomatli
2/5
Managed to find more than half of the album between Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube. Normally I’d try to listen to the whole album, but it has been removed from the book, so I’ll make an exception.
John Grant
4/5
The Beach Boys
2/5
wooooooooo weeeeeee waaaaaaaaah
Ananda Shankar
3/5
The Vines
3/5
Another one that is no longer in the book. 3.5 / 4
Red Snapper
2/5
Another one that is no longer in the book.
Haircut 100
2/5
Dion
3/5
Tori Amos
3/5
The Boo Radleys
3/5
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Lupe Fiasco
4/5
Also this one was removed from the latest editions of the book. 3.5/5
Astrud Gilberto
2/5
Bland, but at it least it was short (the original LP is 27 mins)
Baaba Maal
3/5
The Incredible String Band
1/5
I was wondering whether I should give this 2* just before the vocalizations of "Swift as the Wind" started.
Michael Jackson
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
The Stooges
4/5
TLC
3/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Too long and samey, but it wasn't that bad.
Steely Dan
4/5
3.5/5 Going to round up to 4 because I'm into HiFi this is one of the best recorded albums ever. Music is a bit too bland for my taste.
Al Green
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Incubus
4/5
3.5/4
Metallica
5/5
It's not very typical of this book to select a band's sleekest / most commercially successful albums, but they did in this case. This is metal at its commercial peak, and one my teenager self's favorites. Listening to it now, some tracks are a bit cheesy, but... five stars will do.
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Lou Reed
3/5
Queen Latifah
3/5
Cat Stevens
3/5
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
Simple Minds
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
Def Leppard
4/5
3.5/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Minutemen
3/5
The Clash
4/5
Dwight Yoakam
1/5
Common
2/5
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
The Bees
3/5
Spacemen 3
2/5
The Zutons
3/5
3/5
Interesting and weird, but the novelty wore off after about 5-10 minutes. Still, happy to know that this exists. I would have never known if not for this book.
The Go-Go's
3/5
Little Richard
4/5
Tito Puente
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Pretenders
4/5
Peter Tosh
4/5
3.5/4
Tom Waits
2/5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
2.5
B.B. King
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Oh yeah!
T. Rex
4/5
3.5
Christine and the Queens
3/5
The most voted review says that album is too long. That's because the English version if followed by the French version lol.
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Joanna Newsom
2/5
Scritti Politti
3/5
2.5
Girls Against Boys
3/5
2.5/5
The Clash
4/5
Coldcut
2/5
Blondie
4/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
This album is no longer in the latest edition of the book.
The Police
4/5
3.5
Slint
4/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Another day, another Elvis Costello album that must be heard before one gets killed by death.
Brian Eno
3/5
Bill Callahan
4/5
3.5 / 5
Doves
3/5
Slipknot
4/5
The Specials
4/5
Paul McCartney
4/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
2/5
Green Day
4/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
OutKast
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Mariah Carey
2/5
Dr. John
3/5
2.5/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
UB40
3/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Traffic
2/5
Donovan
3/5
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
AC/DC
5/5
Liz Phair
4/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Sleater-Kinney
4/5
White Denim
3/5
Doves
3/5
Björk
4/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Pixies
4/5
The Who
4/5
I generally find live albums quite enjoyable (I know it’s not common sentiment) and this one was no exception.
Elvis Costello
2/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
I think this one could so bad it’s actually good. My partner asked me if I have to listen to this in the living room, which isn’t something that happens very often, 600 albums in.
Beastie Boys
4/5
3.5/5
2/5
For those complaining that it shouldn’t be in the book - it has been removed in the newer editions.
The Avalanches
3/5
Ghostface Killah
3/5
Björk
4/5
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Daft Punk
2/5
Miles Davis
4/5
3.5/5
Nightmares On Wax
4/5
Nice background music.
SZA
2/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
Gotan Project
4/5
Nice background music
Weather Report
3/5
Stan Getz
4/5
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
John Lennon
4/5
Silver Jews
2/5
GZA
3/5
Kanye West
1/5
In case you're a completionist but you don't want to listen to this, I've got some great news: it's no longer in the latest editions of the book, so you don't have to!
Underworld
3/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Some consider this to be the best album of all time. So I started off with high expectations, but unfortunately it didn't do much for me... 2.5/5
Funkadelic
4/5
3/5
Want *that* bad, come on!
Bob Dylan
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Circle Jerks
3/5
Duke Ellington
4/5
Sugar
3/5
Giant Sand
2/5
No longer in the book. Bland alternative, and a bit too long.
Little Simz
3/5
The Go-Betweens
2/5
XTC
2/5
Hot Chip
3/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
M.I.A.
3/5
Dennis Wilson
3/5
Richard Hawley
3/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Joe Ely
2/5
Robbie Williams
3/5
2.5/5
Iron Maiden
5/5
Hallowed Be Thy Name is one of my all time favorite songs. I remember downloading various live versions of it 25 years on dial-up and impatiently listening to the partly downloaded files.
Invaders is quite a bad opener though, one of the worst Maiden songs imo. Not very happy that for many people doing this list, it'll be the first Maiden song they ever hear. I'm still going to give it 5*.
Bad Brains
4/5
Finally something interesting to discover.
Beth Orton
3/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Cee Lo Green
2/5
My favorite part was the "Give Up the Funk" reference.
Looks like this album was removed in the 2021 edition of the book.
Steely Dan
3/5
Method Man
3/5
William Orbit
4/5
There are quite a few 90s UK electronica albums in this list, this one has been one the best so far.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
4/5
Beck
3/5
3.5/5
John Prine
4/5
Country is my worst genre on this list so far, but I enjoyed this one.
Television
4/5
Metallica
5/5
2h+ of live Metallica, with an orchestra even, oh no!
Spiritualized
3/5
The Monks
3/5
Steve Earle
2/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
Joan Baez
3/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
2/5
Sabu
2/5
Santana
4/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
Public Enemy
4/5
MC Solaar
3/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Three Tim Buckley albums in this list is a bit unnecessary imo.
Herbie Hancock
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
3.5/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
The Everly Brothers
2/5
Air
4/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
This album was briefly in the book, but it has been removed in the latest editions.
3.5/5
Madonna
4/5
Didn’t expect to like this so much.
Frank Ocean
2/5
Tom Tom Club
3/5
2.5/5
3/5
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Sounds like being in some artsy space in Berlin!
Koffi Olomide
2/5
Pentangle
2/5
Randy Newman
2/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
The Spotify link is wrong (can’t find it there at all), so the ratings might be of another album.
3/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
The Doors
4/5
James Brown
3/5
Beyoncé
3/5
Van Morrison
2/5
Luckily in this case I don't have to worry about separating The Man from the art, as I find both annoying.
Moby
4/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
50 Cent
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Small Faces
3/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
I guess now I know why I can’t name a single AM song.
Dolly Parton
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
weird af
Coldplay
3/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
2.5/5
Mott The Hoople
2/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Throwing Muses
3/5
2.5/5
Green Day
5/5
Got this just 2 days after the 20 year anniversary edition was released, which I was planning to listen to anyway.
I was 21 when this album came out and I didn’t care for it. I discovered it properly this year, and now I think it’s one of my favorite albums ever. One hour that flows so well is quite rare. And I got to hear it played live in its entirety just a few months ago!
Miriam Makeba
4/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
2.5/5
The La's
4/5
Sheryl Crow
4/5
3.5/5
The Pogues
3/5
Dolly Parton
2/5
The Killers
3/5
Had been removed from the latest editions of the book.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Not bad, but too long and a bit generic.
Dire Straits
4/5
Suicide
2/5
Fugazi
3/5
Pavement
3/5
Skepta
2/5
Prefab Sprout
3/5
2.5/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
3.5/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
The Saints
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
2.5/5
Can
4/5
3.5/5
The first disc is awesome, the second one is experimental noise and makes the album too long. Still will round up to 4*.
Muddy Waters
4/5
The Cult
4/5
Knowing only their older stuff, didn’t expect something like AC/DC. A bit generic, but I found it enjoyable.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Jimmy Smith
4/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
KISS
3/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
U2
3/5
3.5/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Slipknot
4/5
Rush
4/5
The Zombies
3/5
Elton John
4/5
3.5/5
Jane's Addiction
4/5
The Birthday Party
2/5
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
Mudhoney
4/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
The Damned
3/5
The Louvin Brothers
1/5
Finally something to lower my 50s average rating!
Slade
3/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
Were two albums really necessary?
Lorde
3/5
The National
2/5
A bit bland and samey.
N.E.R.D
3/5
Another album that was removed from the book. 2.5 / 5
Brian Eno
3/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
2.5/5
Deep Purple
4/5
The Fall
3/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
The Gun Club
3/5
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Must have been removed in the 2021 edition, couldn’t find it in the book.
Could hear Nick Drake influences, but not quite there.
The Style Council
3/5
Would've been a 2, but I'm gonna give it +1 for the Tracey Thorn collab.
John Martyn
3/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
The The
3/5
Radiohead
2/5
Shuggie Otis
3/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Big Star
3/5
The Libertines
4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
D'Angelo
2/5
The Yardbirds
3/5
Scissor Sisters
4/5
CHVRCHES
4/5
The B-52's
4/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
Ice T
3/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
I was expecting I’d enjoy this more.
Morrissey
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Dead Kennedys
4/5
Living Colour
5/5
Finally something exciting, I was getting a bit jaded with this.
Ash
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Foo Fighters
4/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
3.5 / 5
The Black Keys
4/5
Talk Talk
4/5
ABBA
5/5
Laibach
4/5
Baaba Maal
2/5
Turbonegro
4/5
Skunk Anansie
4/5
The Hives
4/5
George Jones
2/5
Mekons
3/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Madness
3/5
Digital Underground
2/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
While it is an important album, and Syd was very important at the beginning of Pink Floyd, that doesn't mean that I have to like it.
The Associates
2/5
The top review says that it’s “indistinguishable from any other Britpop LP out there”.
This is not Britpop and sounds nothing like. But I agree that it’s pretty bad.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Being a double album made it a harder listen.
King Crimson
3/5
Sex Pistols
5/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
The Psychedelic Furs
2/5
Talvin Singh
2/5
Nas
3/5
The Human League
4/5
3.5/5
Hookworms
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Black Flag
3/5
Faust
4/5
Not as bad as the reviews here would suggest.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
I was wondering before listening, if it's their best album how come I don't know any of the songs? So now I know why.
Wilco
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Traffic
3/5
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
Calexico
4/5
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
In the book, this album is bundled together with Gollege Girl by Bappi Lahiri: https://open.spotify.com/album/0z1eaNtpezCc1OEClb6Wd0
But I think it's because they used to only be available on the same CD, and I have the feeling that the authors would have included only Shalimar.
Aphex Twin
4/5
Fishbone
4/5
3.5/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Thelonious Monk
3/5
Maxwell
2/5
The Thrills
2/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Feels like Lana del Rey sounds a bit like them.
5/5
David Bowie
4/5
The Auteurs
2/5
Lucinda Williams
3/5
Arrested Development
3/5
The Residents
2/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Jeff Beck
4/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
4/5
3.5/4
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Sepultura
4/5
Interesting, I never listened to this album before. It's almost like a missing 80s Metallica album with different vocals.
Mj Cole
2/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Ministry
4/5
Marilyn Manson
4/5
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Kanye West
1/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Lauryn Hill
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Bert Jansch
4/5
Cream
3/5
3.5/5