May 06 2021
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
3
May 07 2021
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
4
May 08 2021
Boston
Boston
3
May 09 2021
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
3
May 10 2021
A Seat at the Table
Solange
3
May 11 2021
School's Out
Alice Cooper
2
May 12 2021
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
2
May 13 2021
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
1
May 14 2021
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
1
May 15 2021
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
2
May 16 2021
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
3
May 17 2021
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
May 18 2021
In Rainbows
Radiohead
3
May 19 2021
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
4
May 20 2021
Sail Away
Randy Newman
2
May 21 2021
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
2
May 22 2021
British Steel
Judas Priest
3
May 23 2021
Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
2
May 24 2021
Dirt
Alice In Chains
2
May 25 2021
S&M
Metallica
1
May 26 2021
Wild Gift
X
3
May 27 2021
Da Capo
Love
3
May 28 2021
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
3
May 29 2021
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
5
May 30 2021
Close To You
Carpenters
3
May 31 2021
Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
3
Jun 01 2021
Aja
Steely Dan
2
Jun 02 2021
Stankonia
OutKast
3
Jun 03 2021
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
2
Jun 04 2021
Repeater
Fugazi
4
Jun 05 2021
Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
4
Jun 06 2021
The Stooges
The Stooges
4
Jun 07 2021
Snivilisation
Orbital
1
Jun 08 2021
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
4
Jun 09 2021
Black Monk Time
The Monks
3
Jun 10 2021
Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
2
Jun 11 2021
Sincere
Mj Cole
2
Jun 12 2021
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
4
Jun 13 2021
Violator
Depeche Mode
3
Jun 14 2021
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
4
Jun 15 2021
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
5
Jun 16 2021
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
3
Jun 17 2021
Palo Congo
Sabu
2
Jun 18 2021
Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
2
Jun 19 2021
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
3
Jun 20 2021
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
2
Jun 21 2021
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
4
Jun 22 2021
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
5
Jun 23 2021
New Forms
Roni Size
This is one that really shows the UK bias in this list. I don't think anyone (non-UK people, anyway) outside of drum and bass or DJ culture would consider this any kind of essential album - it's cultural relevance is pretty niche in the rest of the world - so I don't know how much it belongs here.
That said, giving it a fair hearing, I didn't enjoy it too much. I could get into some of the beats but the overall style and production sounds very dated and I found most of the vocals kind of embarrassing.
1
Jun 24 2021
All Mod Cons
The Jam
3
Jun 25 2021
Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
3
Jun 26 2021
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
3
Jun 27 2021
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
3
Jun 28 2021
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
2
Jun 29 2021
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
4
Jun 30 2021
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
4
Jul 01 2021
Metallica
Metallica
I've been dying to have a platform to say this for a long time: Enter Sandman is a dumb song.
There's a reason why a good half of existing Metallica fans bailed after this album. Call me when Ride The Lightning is on.
2
Jul 02 2021
Pornography
The Cure
2
Jul 03 2021
Country Life
Roxy Music
3
Jul 04 2021
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
5
Jul 05 2021
Forever Changes
Love
3
Jul 06 2021
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4
Jul 07 2021
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
4
Jul 08 2021
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
3
Jul 09 2021
Low-Life
New Order
4
Jul 10 2021
Machine Head
Deep Purple
3
Jul 11 2021
Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
2
Jul 12 2021
Reign In Blood
Slayer
2
Jul 13 2021
Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
3
Jul 14 2021
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
This guy is the worst.
1
Jul 15 2021
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5
Jul 16 2021
Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
3
Jul 17 2021
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
2
Jul 18 2021
Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
5
Jul 19 2021
xx
The xx
If there were a couple of really standout songs I'd go 5 stars. But even if it sounds mostly the same throughout, I don't really mind at all. I love the vibe of this record!
4
Jul 20 2021
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
2
Jul 21 2021
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
5
Jul 22 2021
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
3
Jul 23 2021
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
5
Jul 24 2021
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
1
Jul 25 2021
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
2
Jul 26 2021
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
2
Jul 27 2021
Dummy
Portishead
4
Jul 28 2021
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
3
Jul 29 2021
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
4
Jul 31 2021
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
4
Aug 03 2021
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Surprisingly really solid pop album. Side A especially.
3
Aug 04 2021
Being There
Wilco
3
Aug 05 2021
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
4
Aug 06 2021
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
4
Aug 07 2021
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3
Aug 08 2021
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
2
Aug 09 2021
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
5
Aug 10 2021
Young Americans
David Bowie
3
Aug 11 2021
Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3
Aug 12 2021
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
3
Aug 13 2021
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
3
Aug 14 2021
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
3
Aug 15 2021
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
This sounds like the perfect band … if you’re looking for an opener for Wang Chung.
1
Aug 16 2021
All Directions
The Temptations
2
Aug 17 2021
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
2
Aug 20 2021
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
2
Aug 21 2021
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
5
Aug 22 2021
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
3
Aug 24 2021
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
Aug 26 2021
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
3
Aug 27 2021
Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
3
Aug 28 2021
Dry
PJ Harvey
4
Aug 29 2021
Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
4
Aug 30 2021
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
2
Sep 01 2021
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
3
Sep 02 2021
The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
4
Sep 03 2021
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
3
Sep 04 2021
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
5
Sep 05 2021
Hysteria
Def Leppard
2
Sep 06 2021
Destroyer
KISS
3
Sep 07 2021
Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
2
Sep 08 2021
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
2
Sep 09 2021
Van Halen
Van Halen
5
Sep 10 2021
Rapture
Anita Baker
2
Sep 11 2021
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
3
Sep 13 2021
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
2
Sep 14 2021
No Other
Gene Clark
2
Sep 15 2021
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
5
Sep 16 2021
Raw Power
The Stooges
5
Sep 17 2021
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
3
Sep 18 2021
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
2
Sep 19 2021
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
I always wanted to hate RA but I dated a girl who was a big fan and went very slowly and reluctantly from "a couple songs are alright, I guess" to "damn, this guy's good." Later albums have some higher highs but this is probably his best album front to back (though there are a couple of duds) so four stars. Too bad he's a big creep.
4
Sep 20 2021
I Against I
Bad Brains
3
Sep 21 2021
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
4
Sep 22 2021
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
3
Sep 23 2021
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
Wanted to like this more, but it was just a little too sloppy and noisy for me to enjoy for more than a few songs at a time.
2
Sep 24 2021
Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
3
Sep 25 2021
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
3
Sep 26 2021
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3
Sep 27 2021
Transformer
Lou Reed
4
Sep 28 2021
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
3
Sep 29 2021
Future Days
Can
3
Sep 30 2021
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
2
Oct 01 2021
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
4
Oct 03 2021
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
Oct 04 2021
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
4
Oct 05 2021
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
4
Oct 06 2021
One World
John Martyn
2
Oct 07 2021
Suicide
Suicide
3
Oct 08 2021
The Real Thing
Faith No More
3
Oct 09 2021
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
4
Oct 10 2021
L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
2
Oct 11 2021
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
Love the B-Boys and there are some classics here, but it's too long with too much filler.
3
Oct 12 2021
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
3
Oct 13 2021
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
I dunno, man, I consider myself a bit of an anglophile, musically and I like the specific "British-ness" of the Kinks and Pulp and other groups, but something about Blur is just a bit much for me.
2
Oct 15 2021
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
3
Oct 16 2021
Thriller
Michael Jackson
5
Oct 17 2021
Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
4
Oct 18 2021
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
4
Oct 20 2021
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
4
Oct 21 2021
Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Oh my god, this is garbage.
1
Oct 22 2021
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention ain't nothing to folk with.
2
Oct 23 2021
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
2
Oct 24 2021
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
4
Oct 25 2021
Tommy
The Who
3
Oct 26 2021
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4
Oct 27 2021
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
4
Oct 28 2021
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
2
Oct 29 2021
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
3
Nov 03 2021
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3
Nov 06 2021
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
4
Nov 07 2021
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
5
Nov 08 2021
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
4
Nov 09 2021
Tapestry
Carole King
3
Nov 10 2021
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
3
Nov 12 2021
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
4
Nov 13 2021
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
2
Nov 14 2021
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
1
Nov 15 2021
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
5
Nov 17 2021
Cross
Justice
The best tracks here are awesome, and I generally like the sound of this record, but it's a lot of the same thing and I was wanting out bad by the end. Cut this album in half and you've got a banging EP though.
3
Nov 18 2021
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
4
Nov 19 2021
Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
1
Nov 20 2021
2112
Rush
3
Nov 21 2021
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
When Neil’s on a bummer, that’s my shit. When he feels like ‘rocking’ (Cinnamon Girl, Down By the River), not so much.
4
Nov 22 2021
Disintegration
The Cure
5
Nov 23 2021
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
3
Nov 27 2021
London Calling
The Clash
5
Nov 30 2021
Elastica
Elastica
3
Dec 01 2021
GREY Area
Little Simz
2
Dec 02 2021
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
3
Dec 03 2021
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
3
Dec 04 2021
The Doors
The Doors
2
Dec 05 2021
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
2
Dec 06 2021
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
3
Dec 08 2021
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
2
Dec 11 2021
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
2
Dec 12 2021
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
2
Dec 13 2021
This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
4
Dec 14 2021
Rubber Soul
Beatles
4
Dec 16 2021
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
4
Dec 18 2021
Mothership Connection
Parliament
4
May 07 2024
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
4
May 08 2024
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
2
