My own entry on this list. Of course it's one of the greatest (reggae/dub) albums ever made and of course it should have been on the original list.
Fantastic post rock album by the masters themself. No other act knows how to go from some subtle introvert spare notes in slow tempo to all-in disrupting noise and tension and go back again. Great soundscapes and sounds: "cinematic" and "breathtaking in its grandiose beauty".
Thanks for adding a Cardiacs album to this list, contributor! One of the most neglected bands of all time. I like “A Little Man… Window” and “On Land And In The Sea” more; this is a great album though. The music is very eclectic and overcomplicated, but full of ideas, beautiful melodies, humor and funny lyrics.
Like Vulfpeck and Phish another extreme long live album of a groovy rock band with excellent musicians with bland and pointless songs missing any urgence or drive. This album consists of 90% guitar solo and is boring as hell.
I never heard of Anaïs Mitchell before this list. The album consists of great songs, inspiring lyrics and terrific guest singers.
Lots and lots of energy, fun and catchy tunes. I like it.
Great modern indie folk album. Sorry about the horse that died.
I would like to give this album 4 stars, but halfway the album gets band and unappealing. It could have been a great one.
New Sensation and Need You Tonight are good songs. , Never Tear Us Apart is fantastic. The rest of the album is not so great though.
Strange and very interesting folky album. Sometimes a bit too much experiment and too little song.
One of the rap albums that was missing on the original list. What's not to like about MF Doom music.
Lots and lots of solos and other musical muscle performance. It lacks soul, integrity, good songs and the attempts to be humorous are not appealing.
Should have been on the original list. Fantastic performances of Armstrong and his band in their peak.
Interesting project using the postal service to collaborate on the songs. Too bad they gave up after one album. Such Great Heights is a highlight.
Interesting concept album about sanity with a great album cover and good songs.
Never thought I'd really like an Emo album. This one is very good. Forgive me for my prejudices.
Of course I already knew Lady Marmalade. The rest of the album is not bad either with fantastic vocal performances.
Very great post-punk album with great performance of the musicians.
I'm not so into Christian Rock, though the main complaint is it's lacking any originality and is bland and middle of the road.
Uninspiring and generic Hard Rock with mediocre songs.
How to get energetic and confused at once? Put on this record of 100 gecs. It is annoying as hell in a good way.
Interesting Krautrock that does not sound outdated at all.
Funny Italo Pop album by Chromatics. I knew only their previous music and this is something completely different.
Very fragile and lovely album by Sufjan Stevens about his parents in emotional songs.
Nice weird album of Primus with lots of humor, great songs and incredible bass guitar playing.
Weezer debut album with lots of great catchy songs, fun and energy.
Nice funky album with Boogie Wonderland as a highlight, but also some forgettable songs.
I like Enema Of The State a whole lot better. It's not a punishment to have to listen to this energetic and catchy album though.
Sometimes the songs fall apart due to the complexity, most of the time all juggling with styles and tempo just works. Somewhere between Supertramp and Queen is not the worst place to be.
Nice Latin album music with a long list of guest appearances.
An ok indie pop album. I must admit I like the album cover more than the music.
Good prog rock album by Steven Wilson. I like the album cover too. The music gets complex sometimes. Smart, but not too smart.
I really like the electronic madness, but the sugar laced ballads are not my cup of tea.
Everybody know Weird Science. I was pleasantly surprised that the rest of the album also consists of funny, happy, catchy and weird songs.
Marillion is not a favorite of mine. I find Misplaced Childhood an album to avoid, but Afraid Of Sunlight is not that bad. The songs are better, less theatrics and more consistency.
Of course we all know Weird Science. I was surprised that the rest of the album was also full of funny, catchy and weird songs.
Nice dark folk album. (My Swedish is not good enough to confirm. Every song could be about daisies and honey). The up tempo songs (f.e. Gamen) are the most impressive.
A great collection of songs although Eels has created better albums.
An impressive rap album by MadGibbs reminding me of Wu-Tang Clan.
Maybe the best album of the 1990s and it was not on the original list. Mastery crafted folky, indie songs with sort of a concept album story about Anne Frank.
Good album with nice indiepop songs. I like their earlier work (Castaways and Cutouts, Picaresque, The Crane Wife) better. Still this album also contains several impressive songs with well written lyrics.
I've always loved the sound of Savages especially live. Their combi concert with Bo Ningen in Utrecht was one of the best I ever witnessed. Silence Yourself is a terrific post-punk album.
I completely forgot about Astounded which I a put on several playlists at the time. That is a fantastic song. Too bad the rest of the album is not of a similar quality.
Daniel Bélanger was new to me. Good pop songs and just that extra taste by using some electronics.
Nice little folky album. Ophelia and Cleopatra are good songs, the other songs are just ok and a bit boring.
Not the King Gizzard album I would chose, but then again there are so many to chose from. It is a sublime one with great guitar licks, microtonal tuning and an infinite loop. The tempo of the album breaks down every negative opinion about it.
Igorrr knows how to keep me awake. It's not an album that I will ever forget and not to bad either. Quatre points pour l'originalité.
I like the debut album better. Nice thing about this one is you feel there is some more coherence between the music, lyrics and vocal melodies as Shirley Manson was involved from the beginning.
Great folk singer-songwriter album. I like this better than her electronic music.
I do not like this kind of Middle of the Road stadium rock from the 1970s. I find it boring and uninspiring.
Bland music produced way too smooth and without interesting songs. Each song was forgotten within minutes after hearing it.
Very interesting project putting poems by Manolo Chinato to music by Poesía Básica. I had not heard of the poet or the band(members) before. Great music and I assume also great lyrics. (Yeah, I admit I'm too lazy to google translate and read it).
I'm impressed by the number of Krautrock albums on the original- and user list. Having listened to them, I must admit they all deserve to be on it. Zuckerzeit (great album cover) is a banger.
Nice intimate singer-songwriter album. My favorite tracks are Girl in the Water and Good Man.
Blinding Lights is a classic song, the rest of the album shows The Weeknd as a second rate Michael Jackson.
When I saw the album cover I knew this would be either very good or very bad. It's the latter. The songs are mediocre, the singer sings off key a bit too often and the performance is uninspired. A third rate Manu Chao with incompetent singer.
The album cover is the only reason to put it on this list. If so, submitter you are forgiven. The music is easy listening that does not add anything to your life.
Easy, lazy dream pop and jazz. This makes it a bit boring after a while.
Live albums should not be on this list (and certainly not very long ones). Then again this is an incredible album with a great Bruce Springsteen and an E Street Band on fire.
Though Snarky Puppy seems to like it here, I don't really like them here. This music if much to bland and indifferent. It lacks soul, effort and inspiration. It must be awful to be a great musician, but a mediocre composer.
What a pleasant surprise this album is. Great Mexican rock with several influences, styles and a fantastic opener in Pachuco.
Little folky indierock album with sweet songs.
Excellent noise rock album (another Steve Albini) that sounds like a steamroller between your ears. Then Comes Dudley makes me think it's better if he stays the hell away from me.
The first a album of Bon Iver with more experimental electronica and voice modulation. I think I like the first two albums more, but there's nothing wrong with this one.
Great Salif Keita album. Lots of fantastic rhythms and a pleasure for my ears and hips.
Come on, sorry I don't get it. It's bland, slick, undistinctive and boring as hell.
After listening to this album twice I still do not understand it. In one way it's very generic and uninteresting rock, in another way it's quite ok. Great guest performers!
Great indie rock debut with a lot of terrific songs (Helicopter, Banquet, The Pioneers)
I understand why a lot of people dislike this album: the noises, bombastic sound and horrific lyrics. These things together make it a very special experience and an acquired taste. I adore it!
I did not know Angelo De Augustine as a kindred soul of Sufjan Stevens. While listening to this album I discovered a lot of the elements that I make me like Sufjan's songs so much.
I like the classical soul and roots music on this album. Not very original, but splendid performances by singer and band.
Graham Parker is one of those artists that should have deserved some more appriciation from the public. Great songs and fantastic lyrics (You can't be too strong) that up to this day are open to debate.
Watching the album cover thought it was rap, but instead it's a good RnB album with even some folky elements. Very refreshing!
Inspiring ambient album. Never heard of it before, but it's now one of my favorites in the genre.
Several musical styles are covered, but none of the songs stick. This album is not for me I guess.
Fine album, not much melody and somewhat repetitive though.
Some freakish experiments with sounds, cello and electronics. Very amusing results.
Good consistent Lo-Fi rock/Folk album by The Mountain Goats. The lyrics are great as allways.
There are so many great post-hardcore albums and this is not one of them. Songwriting is bland and performance mediocre.
Nice change in style to synth-pop with producer Giorgio Moroder. The songs are not that spectacular though.
Nice pop/rock album an great guest performance by Anthony Hegarty.
The album certainly has moments of something original and personal with the traditional Aboriginal songs and melodies, but much to often the production is too slick turning it into some middle of the road pastiche. Too bad!
After reading all the Wikipedia information about Jimmy Buffett, I effortlessly tried to like the album. I think I like the guy and his island escapism. The ablum is not bad, but just not that good either.
My own entry on this list. Of course it's one of the greatest (reggae/dub) albums ever made and of course it should have been on the original list.
Good and diverse RnB album with bouncy rhythms and great production.
Various exotic musical styles are combined and still sound cohesive. The Talking Heads of the 2000s.
Being part of Pink Floyd kept Roger Waters from some stupid decisions like this album cover, making over complex and pretentious music. Some of his solo material and half of this album is quite good.
Great post-rock debut album with fantastic soundscapes.
Great vocals, but these indie rock songs lack real quality.
Ok rock album, nothing special.
I'd like to love it more, but the songs are not that spectacular.
The fact that Debbie (co)wrote most of these songs while only sixteen does not excuse her for putting the annoying Shake Your Love on repeat in my head for weeks.
Great prog rock album by two former King Crimson members.
At the time I was impressed, but not enough great songs (like "B-Boy Stance", "Ruffneck", "Here We Go")
Live albums should not be on this list. I've seen this band live as the OSEES a few years back. It was ok and this album confirms that opinion.
One of the albums after the Arctic Monkeys slowed the music down and Alex Turner became a smooth operator. I has a chique plastic mood making me almost feel guilty about loving it.
Chet Baker is a fantastic jazz singer. This album is none of that. I's about an even better jazz trumpeter.
Listening to TOOL is not a pleasure, not a burden but very intense and cathartic. Impressive album!
Wiki states that The Sports were a big thing in Australia. I didn't miss much by not knowing them before.
What I Got" and "Santeria" are great ska punk songs. The rest of the album is ok.
Middle of the road daddy hard rock. Not my kind of music.
I find Tame Impala quite boring. One slow song like Let It Happen is fine, thirteen in a row is not. Some variation in tempo would have been nice as the songs are not that bad on their own.
The songs are ok, but the vocal performance is poor. Just not that interesting.
Nice rap album by Donald Glover. Some of the weirder songs remind me of Danny Brown. Acting and music seems to be a good combination (compared to sports and music. Something about creativity, I guess).
Great rock album. Not the most original, but the performance is spot on.
"Wouldn't It Be Good" if all of the album was of the same quality as that song and "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"...
An album with a lot of emo style music I dislike and it just drags one (unlike My Chemical Romance)
Nice little album. While listening I enjoyed reading about Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum itself.
I always tend to forget about The Hip and when I listen to their music I wonder why. Great guitar hooks, energy and sublime songs.
Watch out where the huskies go and don't you eat that yellow snow. The pleasure was all mine, Mr. Zappa!
One of my favorite reggae albums that certainly deserves a place on the original list. I've got a fever and the only prescription is more melodica!
An ok album with a few highlights. John Mayer is a fabulous guitar player and writes decent songs. If only he would not always stay within the lines.
This album sounds so "normal" and consistent while the arrangements and rhythms are really crazy and complex. Outstanding performance and songwriting.
I understand these are sketches and demo's and that is how it sounds. It's more or less ok, but far from finished.
Fantastic post-punk album of Fontaines D.C. Best songs: Boys in the Better Land, Too Real.
Great rap and electronic album by Stromae with personal lyrics and great tunes. Favorite Songs: "Papaoutai" and "Formidable".
I remembered it as a great album, but I guess it did not age that well. It's lyrics are personal, horrific, immature and honest at the same time.
I'm afraid I have to say No to Billy Squier. I do not like this MOR stadium hardrock sound and the songs are mediocre.
Normally I dislike this kind of smooth country music, but the songs are good and the performance is not bad either (apart from an awful duet).
Nice southern rock album by The Marcus King Band. The voice and performance of the singer is truly outstanding.
Another forgettable album from the 1960s. I'm afraid it does not add anything to my musical palette.
A fine metalcore album. Not that spectacular though.
I never heard of Chucklehead and I understand why (they never became famous). I understand that it must have been a great live band.
I listened to the album twice three weeks ago and today I cannot remember a thing about it. It's a fine album nothing more.
Truly great indie rock album. All songs are beautiful and Sunflower is sublime.
I prefer earlier albums of They Might Be Giants. This one is not a punishment to listen to. I think they must have been a big inspiration to the Magnetic Fields that deliver better songs and lyrics.
Maybe the best album to listen to while driving on a dark, deserted highway at night.
The idea of a concept album based on Edgar Allan Poe stories is great, several songs are not.
Very nice album with beautiful arrangements and melodies. Reminded me of Death Cab for Cutie.
One of my favorite rap albums and a concept album about food. The title is an anagram. I like the flow of his raps and the usage of samples.
I never heard of Anaïs Mitchell before this list. The album consists of great songs, inspiring lyrics and terrific guest singers.
The album consists of properly written songs and pleasant melodies. Don't Marry Her is fantastic (as a kid I thought it was Don't Marry Her, But Me)
The album starts with some cool and weird song structures, but rather quickly it gets lost in the experiment.
What a banger this is: various musical genres are explored and still it does not lack any coherence.
One of my favorite indie pop/rock albums. A concept album about long distance relations with beautiful melodies and even better lyrics.
Come On Over is happy, smooth and catchy, though in the end the lack of any substance makes it a forgettable album.
To my hears Marillion exists between crying cats and a cheater begging for forgiveness. It's not the best place to be.
This album is like a hotdog. At first it seems like a good idea, but in the end it was ok and nothing more.
It's an ok album. Nothing to get excided about.
It's like The War On Drugs has created only one song and is repeating itself over and over again. If it wasn't just such a banger...
I like the sound of the guitars and the style of music. The songs are ok, but a bit interchangeable.
Another fantastic album of the B-52's. Every time I adore the guitar work by Ricky Wilson.
Great album with music from Mali with assistance from Manu Chao (who knew what he was doing)
Just a proper rap album, nothing less, nothing more.
A classic in gothic metal with terrific songs like Christian Woman and Black No. 1.
Folk and Americana album with quality production and performance.
And another good rap album by Childish Gambino. I like his flow and when things get a bit weird.
Great groovy (and a bit funky) album. Some instrumentals, some songs with vocals.
Mediocre Red Hot Chilly Peppers rip off.
A really fine album with great performances. Too bad everything is just not that special and none of the songs lifts it to a higher level.
Female singer with a great voice. Nice compact and (mostly) uptempo indie rock/post-punk songs with hooks and grungy guitar sound.
Great folk rock album of the best songwriter at the moment (Lenker). A bit long though...
I know there is always some discussion about Damien Rice his integrity. The lyrics are often somewhat depressing and emotional like a Elliott Smith ripoff without the street credibility. Then again the first four songs of this album are of excellent quality and the rest is not that bad either.
Adam Green must be on Santa's naughty list... such a dirty boy. Did I miss some parental advisory, explicit content sticker? For a few minutes I was humming along, but suddenly I choke on a... Just kidding, funny lyrics and happy music, a pleasant surprise!
Nice album with (over)emotional pop songs. I like Little Earthquakes better. On this album the voice acrobatics tend to irritate me slightly.
Ok indie rock album with one great song (4xmmm) and a lot of mediocre ones. The singers voice is great, but starts to annoy me after a while.
Great fun catchy pop album. Diverse songs and amusing lyrics. The production is sometimes a bit too flat and the songs do not always stand out.
Thanks for adding a Cardiacs album to this list, contributor! One of the most neglected bands of all time. I like “A Little Man… Window” and “On Land And In The Sea” more; this is a great album though. The music is very eclectic and overcomplicated, but full of ideas, beautiful melodies, humor and funny lyrics.
Good punky rock album. The artist writes catchy powerpop/rock songs with a lot of energy and great hooks. I like the distorted, lo-fi sound of the album and the singers voice when it’s a bit screaming. Nice photo on the album cover (of his wedding), though I don’t understand how it’s related to the album title.
I consider Animals the fourth or fifth best album of Pink Floyd. Then again it is a damn good piece of rock music with a nice lyrical concept. None of the songs really stand out, but if you listen to it as a whole, you will not be disappointed.
This is a nice Indie Rock album. Smart lyrics and nice grunge sound. I must admit I like contemporaries like Death Cab for Cutie and The Weakerthans better. Their lyrics are smarter, melodies better and the voice of David Bazan gets a bit boring after a while. But I learned something: "If it isn't penetration. Then it isn't worth the kiss". I wonder if that is a good advice though...
Ruin of The Amazing Devil is a nice album with folk and rock songs. The songs vary between ballads, folk songs and accoustic hard/prog rock (a bit like Tenacious D). Sometimes the performance is a slighty too much dramatic and it gets annoying.
Great punk/garage rock album. No nonsense uptempo and energetic. Especially “6L GTR” is a fantastic start of the album.
My favorite The National album. Great indie rock with fantastic songs (Slow Show, Gospel, Mistaken For Strangers, Brainy). I really like the witty and decadent lyrics.
This is a nice prog rock/pop concept album. Theatrical and a little too often over the top. Good musicians and interesting lyrics.
Great musicians (especially the bass guitar player) playing decent funk and soul music influenced by Stevie Wonder, The Meters and Booker T). Must be fun to attend a performance. Minus points for being a live double album and including the band introduction as a separate song.
Like Vulfpeck and Phish another extreme long live album of a groovy rock band with excellent musicians with bland and pointless songs missing any urgence or drive. This album consists of 90% guitar solo and is boring as hell.
Nice groovy (mostly) instrumental lounge album. A bit repetitive and the lesser songs sound like elevator music.
Highly listenable ska punk album. The voice of the singer is a weaker point of the band. A lot of fun, but not groundbreaking in any way.
Prog Rock is a hit or miss for me. I did read the wiki: prog rock, french canadian, over 80 minutes and pretentious. Listening to it took most of the fears away. The album consists of very varied music, from ballads, folk, orchestral, chansons to rock fit in a prog format. With great theremin, horns and good vocals. Some songs are too long (Come un Sage) or unnecessary elevator music (le corridor, epilogue). All in all a pleasant surprise!
Nurture is a nice and varied pop, edm and electronic music album. Personally i perfer the electronic music tracks. When the songs tend to be more pop or edm i'm missing some substance and believe contemporaries like Caroline Palochek, Charlie XCX and Olivia Rodrigo better.
Solid EDM album by Avicii on which some other genres are touched (fusion, reggae, blue grass). There’s a thin line between being catchy and generic/inoffensive. That line is sometimes crossed and the bland lyrics do not help. Overall an ok effort.
Amusing rock album with some Tom Waits and Fun Lovin' Criminals vibes. Very varied musical context (blues, hip hop, hard rock, surf) and dr. John like vocal delivery. An entertaining eclectic and dynamic trip it is!
Nice post punk album by the Sound. Musically somewhere between Joy Division and early U2.
Great post-hardcore album showing the "poppy" side of Shudder To Think. Performance of band, vocalist and production are excellent.
The songs with a punky attitude (Trash City, I Want Your Love, Psychosonic Cindy, Tell That Girl to Shut Up, Sex Kick) are nice, but the slower and 1980s songs (Sister Moon, Wild Star, Hanging Out With Halo Jones, Andy Warhole’s Dead) are a drag.
It's never a punishment to listen to a John Martyn album. This album is less diverse and eclectic than his famous albums Solid Air and One World. Most of the songs are jazz rock, soft rock or blue eyed soul. I personaly prefer the other albums (the Phil Collins assistence has made it very smooth and conventional 1980s music), but I cannot deny its quality.
This debut album of Jóhann Jóhannsson contains modern classical music mixed with electronic elements. He has also a history of creating soundtracks for films. I get why that works as his music is slow and inoffensive. It's taking a step back, creating an atmosphere and does not demand attention. That is a quality, but also a weak spot.
Great mexican rock album mixing various latin and western musical styles. The band delivers a lot of energy. All changes make the music a bit restless and eclectic, but in a good way.
55 minutes of metal, post-rock, jazz and noise madness. The usage of horns and strings distinguishes them from other bands in this area of music. A large contrast exists between the subtle parts and the all out destructive parts of the songs.
One of the true metal classics by the band that defined the death metal genre. It's not repetitive distorted drone the way death metal bands bands like Mayhem produce, but more technical with a lot of great guitar riffs and solo's. Very varied music too. The classical guitar notes in Crystal Mountain combine beautifully with the real distorted dual guitars and bass I'm not a fan of grunting unless it's so clear that I can still follow the lyrics (as on this album).
It is a good album, but I did not like the vocals. I don't have issues with screaming, but the music has subtilities that the vocal delivery diminishes. I guess (for me) the guitars should be more distorted than the vocals. The other way around does not work. So grunting with death metal is ok, screaming with rather elegant guitar rock does not. The songs with partly "normal" vocals sound a lot more appealing (Benediction, Water Damage).
This is a live album with cover versions of already famous songs. Most of these covers do not have added value. Joe Cocker has a great voice. I do not like the way Claudia Lennear sings (on Let It Be) and the album sounds very dated.
Beautiful goth rock album by The Cure. This is the first album featuring Reeves Gabriels, the former David Bowie guitarist. It has 8 long and slow tracks sounding similar to the slower tracks on Disintegration.
This is maybe the most consistent Teenage Fanclub album. Thirteen great power pop/rock songs. Bandwagonesque has the best tracks (The Concept, Star Sign), but also some weaker ones.
This is a best of album of a punk rock and ska band that is the direct antecedent of Rancid and I'm not a real fan of the latter. The songs on this album sound a bit interchangeable and the vocals are not so great. It's ok, I guess, but no need to add best off albums to this list.
This is a fantastic album full of EDM club bangers (360, Club classics, Talk Talk, B2b, Mean Girls, 365), but also beautiful slower tracks (So I, I Might Say Something Stupid). I'm not a fan of autotune, Charli xcx knows knows how to use it in an inventive way though (like Bon Iver does). The instrumentation is full of sophisticated bleeps and sounds. The production is very impressive. The remix/collaboration album "Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat" is also great.
Great horror rock album by Roky Erickson. Quite diverse songs with funny b-movie horror lyrics. Good performances and vocals. Best album by the best artist of this genre (are there any other? Maybe Alice Cooper, but he’s more metal/hardrock than rock). Lots and lots of fun.
Nice metal album. Sometimes sounding a bit too much like tool. I do not really like the ballads (f.e. New Day), but that probably is a matter of personal taste as they are favorites of a lot of listeners.
I like to have more non-english albums on the user list, but I was not wanting for another punk rock, double and live album. I think the best tracks of this album could be a great 45 minute album with a lot of catchy, melodic punk pop/rock and energy, but in this form it is just too long and with too many mediocre songs.
One of the many beautiful albums of Bjork. Full of weird electronic pop songs. Highlights are Joga and Bachelorette.
This third album of Tool contains a lot of fantastic alternative metal songs with many (rhythm) twists and turns. A bit long though.
Metallic K.O. Is a live registration of Iggy & The Stooges with a hostile audience and Iggy is feeding the bad fibe. You can feel the tension which is interesting in a way. Musically the performance is not that good and the recording quality is poor.
Nightwish makes metal music for toddlers. It is very simple melodic rock with cliché melodies and dumb lyrics. Symphonic/ Gothic metal is not a musical style I like, but even in this genre there are many better bands (Evanescence, Within Temptation, Epica).
Nice indie rock/pop album. I like the (more rock) second half a bit better. Good vocals and overall performance.
Fantastic post rock album by the masters themself. No other act knows how to go from some subtle introvert spare notes in slow tempo to all-in disrupting noise and tension and go back again. Great soundscapes and sounds: "cinematic" and "breathtaking in its grandiose beauty".
This third album of Bob Mould is a nice alternative rock album. He played all instruments and provided all vocals. This makes the album sometimes a bit dull. Bob does not have the most dynamic voice and arragements of the instruments are not all that spectacular. It's not a punishment to listen to it though.
These rock songs are quite good and the lyrics and concept of the album is interesting. Also a lot of other instruments (even bagpipes) and several old melodies of the civil war. I like the lo-fi sound, the guitar skills of the many guitar players on the album are not very impressive though. That's not a problem. The problem is that the vocals of the lead singer get on my nerves. If it works, he sounds a bit like Shane MacGowan of The Pogues: lazy and a somewhat off-key. Much too often his limited skills get annoying and diminish the quality of the songs and overall performance.
Interesting wall of noise somewhere between shoegaze and industrial. Several good songs, some are a bit too long and interchangeable.
Simple and over the top groove metal. The slower southern rock songs (Alcohaulin' Ass) are boring and emphasize the poor lyrics. Not my cup of tea.
The debut album of Yeasayer consists of nice art-rock/pop songs. Their second album (Odd Blood) has more highlights, but on this album the overall quality is better. I like the way Yeasayer always finds a way to write and present a song in a way it stands out from the “normal” pop/rock format.
Nice indie rock album by Modest Mouse. Some of the songs are a bit too long and a 45 minute selection would have created a better album.
Classic album with pointy pop songs. Great diverse songs like "Is She Really Going Out With Him" (marvelous melody and bass), "Sunday Papers" (reggae), "Fools In Love" (reggae again) and "Got the time" (up-tempo as hell; the cover version by Anthrax is also fantastic).
This is a nice noisy indie rock album. It hovers somewhere between contemporaries like Fugazi, Therapy! and Pavements. The vocals are a bit weak, but great guitar sound.
Smashing indie rock from Australia on the debut album of Courtney Barnett. A lot of talk-singing in a nice and original way with great songwriting.
Fabulous shoegaze album by Slowdive. Majestic soundscapes with slow melodic changes provide a perfect sunday morning feeling.
Another ok album by Jimmy Eat World. Fine uptempo rock songs that are nice, but not remarkable. (I'll never get the necessity to make albums like these that long).
This is an ok heavy (prog) metal album. For me the artist wants to do too much: ideas, melody changes, instruments, vocals and choirs. It gets on my nerves (while I can take a lot).
This alternative rock album by Cake contains the successful singles "The Distance" and "I Will Survive". The rest of the album is not bad either. Funny lyrics and good guitar (and horn) performances. The songs that are covers really add something to the original versions.
It was a big frustration to get hold of this album anywhere. On the streaming services I can only find an instrumental version (no idea why that exists). In the end I succeeded. I'm not sure if it was the worth the effort. The music is commercial French pop. Not bad, but it does not make me very happy either. I was surprised that I recognized the hit single Désenchantée. I'll give it three (instead of two) stars for the fact it is not from the UK or USA.
Great punk/garage rock album, I like the Australian accent of singer Amy Taylor. Sounds a bit like Sprints; lots of energy. In retrospect it was a bad decision by me to skip their performance at Best Kept Secret Festival in 2024.
Easy listening album with retro 1980s pop. Reminds me of early Cindy Lauper and Madonna music.
Nice relaxed folky singer-songwriter album. Starts strong, but in the end it’s just a lot of simular songs (instrumentation, tempo, melody).
Album full of folky songs. The performance is technically ok, but not very inspired. The album misses the raw edge that this kind of music needs. It’s sort of a nerdy schoolboy version of The Dubliners.
An album full of generic commercial sounding R&B. It’s not too bad, but somewhat overproduced and the songs are not noteworthy to remember.
One of the best Boards of Canada albums and one of my favorite electronic albums. During the albums the sounds get stranger and the compositions weirder (The Devil Is in the Detail). An absolute must listen!
Great album by the Hip. On this record the band is a guitar rock powerhouse. A little more consistent, but also a bit less raw than Road Apples. Nearly every song is good, highlights are Courage and Eldorado.
This is a pop/rock album that sounds dated. "Spanish Train", "Patricia the Stripper" and "A Spaceman Came Travelling" are ok. The ballads ("Lonely Sky", "This Song For You", "The Tower") are over the top and not to my liking. The other songs are boring. I never knew Chris de Burgh apart from "Lady in Red", but don't think I've missed much.
Great free jazz album. It was included in the Rolling Stone list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and National Recording Registry. "Lonely Woman" is one of my all time favorite jazz compositions.
This fourth album of TOOL is not their best, but still great progressive rock music. Some slower songs and the closer are not that interesting.
Great disco/electronic/house album by Daft Punk. A lot of auto-tune on the vocals used in an innovative way.
Fantastic and diverse album by Fontaines D.C. After the 2023 solo album of lead singer, the band also leaves the path of straight post-punk. The music is more approachable and polished. All kinds of rock styles, slow songs and electronics and it all fits. An instant classic!
Intriguing ambient album consisting of samples and loops of early ballroom music. The abudant presence of cracks and hiss is sometimes somwhat over the top.
What an absolute beauty this debut album is. I am convinced the subsequent albums are more impressive from an innovation standpoint, but this is sheer pleasure. Great laidback folk songs with fantastic melodies, tantalising vocals and impressive instrumentation.
Great indie rock album with a lot of energy and fun in uptempo songs. My favorites are “Beat, Perpetual”, “Every Day the Hope Gets Harder” and “Baby, Does Your Heart Sink?”
Early prog rock album. I like the dual lead guitars, but the music and lyrics have not aged very well: it’s all a bit boring. “The King Will Come” and “Throw Down the Sword” are the best songs.
This is a classic album in the boy band genre, but that does not make it a classic in general. The uptempo songs are ok, though generic and commercial. The ballads, there are a lot on this album, are an absolute horror to listen to.
An interesting electronic album with strange sounds and modulated voices and raps. Too disruptive to be compared to EDM, more a mixture between industrial, electronic and rap. A grandchild of Love's Secret Domain by Coil.
This pop/rock album was well received by the critics, but it's not my cup of tea. There is not a lot of difference between the songs in tempo, they all lack any urgence and everything is much too soft and slick in my opinion.
First I thought there is more than enough Daft Punk on the original list and by user added regular albums. Certainly for electronic acts a live album is more or less a best of album. In this case I must admit that the live versions add a lot musically and are a lot of fun to listen to. The album is a bit long, but keeps being interesting.
This is the best album of Jason Molina. It's full of tragedy and overwhelming sadness, but also brings a bit of cheerfulness and relief. The title song is one of my favorite songs of all time.
Great garage rock album by The Vaccines. A lot of energy and attitude in direct songs. Reminds of the Jesus and Mary Chain (reverb) and Arctic Monkeys (debut album).
Great indie rock album. I’m stunned I never heared of Mew. I listened to the whole album thinking it was a female singer. So I’m impressed by the vocal range of the frontman. I do not think all material is strong, but I was captured by the second half of the album (She Came Home for Christmas, Eight Flew Over, One Was Destroyed and Comforting Sounds). Certainly the last two are amazing.
On repeat: There are so many really great post-hardcore and emo albums and this is not one of them. I like this one better than "Watch Out!", but still I do not like it that much. The spoken words parts are interesting though, they should do this more often (I get a Slint feeling). I'm in a happy state, so I'll give it 3 stars.
Great pop/rock album by a artist I thought I never heard of. After reading his wiki page I now know he is one of the Tuesday Music Club (Sheryl Crow) members and co-wrote the songs on that album and played guitar on it. The album cover and lyrics are more depressing and confronting than the music. I get a bit of "Somewhere Down the Crazy River” (Robbie Robertson) vibes, because of spoken word parts and the underlying unease. I like the strange political atmosphere and the tension you can feel in a lot of the lyrics. And as other reviewers also state: it keeps getting better if you listen to it multiple times.
Good rock album with a lot of energy and funny lyrics. Especially "Here's the Thing" is very very very catchy.
This album was originally recorded for the movie. I have it on DVD and watched it many times as it is one of the greatest live registrations and an easy five star choice. But having only the audio, you are missing so much of the fun. The strange large suits of David Byrne, his absurd dancing and deliverance. That’s why live albums are not the best option (and these are also “kind of best of”-abums, so cheating). Speaking in Tongues or Little Ceatures would gave been a better choice.
Nice Lo-Fi album with an extreme amount of distortion. Something for people that like Guided by Voices. Songs vary between a good and ok quality (3-3.5 stars).
This is a very good rock/metal album . To be honest the first tracks are more of less ok, but certainly after the fantastic "Chop Suey" each song is a banger till the end of the album
Good collaboration album of Sufjan Stevens with Angelo De Augustine with beautiful songs. The result is more a Sufjan album (compositions), but it certainly has a Angelo vibe also. It fits and the guys give each other the space they need. It seems like they've had a good time creating it. And no.. it won't mention the album cover.
Great poppy rock album of Olivia Rodrigo. It was one of the highlights of 2023. Normally I would say it is too mainstream for me, but the vocals, production and very catchy songs cannot amount to less than four stars
Amusing punkrock album. Not too special, but entertaining. Nice cover version of “I Can See Clearly”.
If you read on the Wikipedia page that an album was a commercial and critical failure at the time, you know you are in for a teat. This is a great (post)hardcore album with a lot of dynamic songs. The subtitle "A chimerical bombination in 12 bursts" could not have been more to the point.
Fantastic post-hardcore album by Unwound. I like Leaves Turn Inside You a bit better, though this one is a great listen too. Compared to the latter album it still has more up-tempo and edgy songs. I really like the baselines and the shaky vocals.
Good indierock album with sometimes a bit over the top dramatic songs. Great production and I absolutely love the album cover.
Nice early post-rock. Never knew Talk Talk produced anything besides their well known (and certainly not bad synth-pop).The nasal singing voice of Hollis still annoys me after a while.
Great Brazilian hip hop album with very cheerful and happy songs. I don't understand a bit of the lyrics, but to me it sounds like a party is going on here and I wanna join.
This country album is a good listen. It's not groundbreaking, but excellent musicians, nice lyrics and decent songs. Just a bit little middle of the road and never urgent or surprising.
This album is a great albums when it comes to classic electronic beeps. Too bad it has these noise tracks that are ok, but not that great with a production that makes these sound a bit hollow.
Nice hip hop album. Smooth and relaxed with a great vibe.
A solid album by Portishead. Not as great as the other two studio albums or the live recording, but still a pleasure.
This is my least favorite TOOL album. It sounds much too overthought due to the many years it took to create. The album lacks the urgence and spontaneity their other albums have. It is too long and just drags on.
Nice indie rock album by The Breeders. Some weakers songs (Mad Lucas, Roi, Hag), some absolute bangers (Cannonball, Divine Hammer).
I really admire Johnny Winter as a guitar player. Too bad that his songwriting skills are not of the same level. This is a decent, but predictable and not adventurous blues rock album with great guitar play and solo’s.
I personally like this Bon Iver album the most. The songs are mature and have an original sound. The first album was folk and singer-songwriter stuff, this album is all about nature in epic soundscapes. Listening to it feels like sitting on a porch at a cabin at the edge of the forest looking to the clouds passing by. Almost too bad that Vernon started experimenting even further on the following albums.
Enter Shikari combines metalcore with trance. When I first listened to them live at the Eurosonic Festival in 2007, I was impressed. Now I think it sounds a bit dated and the synth/dance is too rare to make the differentiate from other post-hardcore bands.
Nice and happy pop/rock album from the 70s. Of course Year of the Cat and On the Border are great songs. The other songs are also not that bad. All in all a pleasant listen, but not something I would put on again (apart from the two classic tracks).
I like this album better than their other music. The individual songs are ok, but the varied collection of styles makes the album less cohesive.
Good album of R.E.M., but certtaintly not their best. Still great songs Losing My Religion, Near Wild Heaven, Country Feedback and some forgettable ones Belong, Radio Song, Low, Endgame.
Os Mundi delivers a strange combination of krautrock and latin lyrics. Too bad the songs just are not as good as I would like. It's a decent effort anyway.
This is a nice Big Beat album. It sounds somewhat outdated, but it's still groovy. Lo Fidelity Allstars was a good live band too.
The music on this album is ok, but it's way too long. The first half "Get Rich" an alternative rock album, the second half "Die Ryan" a rap album. The performance and songs are nice, but the lyrics fail. Even considering they are supposed to be funny a lot of the time, they are shallow and all about frustration and blaming others.
An entertaining album of Sam Fender. His most recent at the moment. I don't really understand this selection as his previous two albums are much better (and not on the 1001 or user list). It's a pleasant listen, but it won't blow your head off as it's never daring or getting wild.
Good american punk and garage rock album from 1977. An album with song titles like "Ain't Nothin' to Do" and "Caught With the Meat In Your Mouth." You know what you'll get and won't be disappointed.
New Model Army has never been one of my favorite bands and this album did not change it. But opinions differ and it contains solid rock songs (Green and Grey, Inheritance, I Love the World ) with a folky flavor. With all bonus tracks the streaming services are offering it's much too long and these tracks (apart from White Coats) are not very strong. So you should skip these.
Chocolate & Cheese is the best and most accessible album by Ween. The production is very good (not lo-fi) and the songs are clearly finished. Apart from some adolescent fun most songs show the great craftmanship of these two guys resulting in classics like "Freedom of '76", "Baby Bitch", "Buenas Tardes Amigo", "What Deaner Was Talkin' About", "A Tear for Eddie" and "Don't Shit Where You Eat"
Though I understand this is a gothic rock classic, I do not like this album. It has a specific 80's vibe that makes all my alarm bells ring. It sounds like a band that takes itself much and much too serious and the production is overdramatic.
This is a good southern rock album by Jason Isbell. I think his previous two solo albums (Southeastern and Something More Than Free) are better. His albums (solo or with Drive-By Truckers) certainly deserve a place on the user and/or 1001 list. Great songwriting (lyrics and music) and live he is one of the best artists at the moment.
I never heard of Ex-Easter Island Head before, but this is a nice addition to the user list. Minimal electronica with a lot of songs with sounds that are slightly off-tone and/or off-beat. Songs like Easter make you irritated and interested at the same time.
Really nice and relaxed electronica album with a bit of triphop. It uses also vocal samples as musical instruments and that sounds great.
I'm glad someone decided to grant this album it's rightful place on the user list. The band's best work and one of the best albums of the 1990's. The music varies between rock, pop, noise going fast and slow. The Neil Young like, slightly off key, vocals of Ira Kaplan are a delight.
This is the magnum opus of Beyoncé. I don't know why the eponymous album of her is on the 1001 list as that is a decent album, but this one is much, much better. Great vocals, fantastic songs like "Daddy Lessons", "Don't Hurt Yourself" (featuring Jack White), "Freedom" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) and a lot of variation in styles and tempo.