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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Roots
Sepultura
|
5 | 2.78 | +2.22 |
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
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5 | 2.88 | +2.12 |
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Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
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5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
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4 | 2.03 | +1.97 |
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Junkyard
The Birthday Party
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4 | 2.16 | +1.84 |
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Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
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5 | 3.2 | +1.8 |
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Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
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4 | 2.22 | +1.78 |
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The Specials
The Specials
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5 | 3.3 | +1.7 |
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Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
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4 | 2.41 | +1.59 |
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
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5 | 3.43 | +1.57 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
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1 | 3.23 | -2.23 |
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Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
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1 | 3.06 | -2.06 |
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Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
|
1 | 2.89 | -1.89 |
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Stripped
Christina Aguilera
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1 | 2.87 | -1.87 |
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Bad
Michael Jackson
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2 | 3.81 | -1.81 |
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
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2 | 3.68 | -1.68 |
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Transformer
Lou Reed
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2 | 3.67 | -1.67 |
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
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2 | 3.6 | -1.6 |
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
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2 | 3.57 | -1.57 |
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
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2 | 3.53 | -1.53 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 5 |
| Radiohead | 6 | 4.67 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4.57 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 4.5 |
| Metallica | 4 | 4.5 |
| Pixies | 3 | 4.67 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 4.67 |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 4.67 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.67 |
| Van Halen | 2 | 5 |
| Amy Winehouse | 2 | 5 |
| Steely Dan | 4 | 4.25 |
| Neil Young | 4 | 4.25 |
| David Bowie | 7 | 4 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 |
| Deep Purple | 3 | 4.33 |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 3 | 4.33 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4.33 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Sepultura | 5, 2 |
| Prince | 3, 5, 2 |
5-Star Albums (69)
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Pearl Jam
5/5
More fretless bass than I remember, but the power of that album! Still sounds fresh (bass parts aside) today
1 likes
Slayer
4/5
I mean, it's one of the big four so it's legendary - brutal, fast, true thrashy thrash metal. Tom doesn't really sing as such a lot of the time, and the mix has something to be desired, but it's still a classic.
1 likes
1-Star Albums (5)
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A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Hard to imagine that hip hop didn’t sound like this before A Tribe.
Manu Chao
4/5
Cool use of sampling and mixing of languages
The Verve
3/5
Classic songs but I still don’t like Richard Ashcroft’s voice to make me want to listen again
Violent Femmes
4/5
Great album - weird to think that this was a good 25 years before Bright Eyes!
Beatles
5/5
Great mix of completely fresh and Beatles twists on other influences
Saint Etienne
3/5
Decent background music and some recognisable hits
Liz Phair
3/5
Like an 80s Joni Mitchell. Glad to have listened although probably wouldn’t relisten.
Elton John
4/5
Classic tunes and more and more appreciation for how good a song writer Elton was
Nick Drake
4/5
One that I’m aware of - cello song being a classic. Lots of influence here on other artists which is fun
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Classic
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Banger
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Interesting but probably wouldn’t listen again
k.d. lang
3/5
Not my cup of tea
Donald Fagen
3/5
Of its time
Bauhaus
4/5
Can hear a lot of ways that they influenced later artists. Interesting stuff!
Tom Waits
3/5
OutKast
5/5
Brilliant album
Tim Buckley
3/5
Shuggie Otis
2/5
Prefab Sprout
3/5
Ice T
3/5
A classic for sure although pretty long!
Dusty Springfield
4/5
What a voice, love the classic arrangements and sound
3/5
Great guitar, hear inspiration for bands like the mars volta
Os Mutantes
3/5
Wire
4/5
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
One of Zeppelin’s most complete albums - nothing that doesn’t still hold up as a classic
Shack
3/5
Ice Cube
3/5
Bad Company
3/5
Pixies
4/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
Proper music that
Suicide
2/5
The Boo Radleys
3/5
Yes
4/5
The Monkees
3/5
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Germs
4/5
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Gary Numan
4/5
Some bangers on there and interesting to note the number of samples that other artists have used
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
Justice
3/5
Gillian Welch
2/5
Pretenders
4/5
Sparks
2/5
The Electric Prunes
2/5
Ghostface Killah
2/5
Paul Simon
5/5
Jethro Tull
3/5
The Monks
2/5
Yes
3/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
2/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
Pulp
3/5
TV On The Radio
4/5
Beatles
5/5
a-ha
3/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Brian Eno
2/5
CHIC
4/5
Supergrass
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Jeff Buckley
5/5
New Order
2/5
Van Halen
5/5
The Everly Brothers
3/5
The Pogues
3/5
Some iconic songs, but not huge amounts of variation IMO
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
2/5
MC Solaar
4/5
Really enjoyed that!
Billy Bragg
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Heaven 17
2/5
Dr. Dre
4/5
The Stooges
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
John Cale
2/5
Pixies
5/5
Merle Haggard
2/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Obviously got a banger on in sultans of swing, otherwise a good album
The xx
3/5
Cool vibe and some decent singles but feels very of it’s year
Mylo
1/5
Frank Black
2/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
I remembered there being more energy in this album than this. Not quite blood sugar sex magic.
The Band
4/5
Classic!
James Taylor
3/5
Frank Zappa
3/5
Nuts but that’s Zappa right?
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Early Rolling Stones is a hoot of different styles and influences. Fun, easy, not too full of itself
B.B. King
3/5
4/5
Outside of the singles, some good songs and energy but not quite the polish of the big start
The Offspring
3/5
Reminds me of my youth - although not necessarily in a good way
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Classic as it gets. Love that the biggest songs are right at the end of the album, and it’s a real “I don’t care” in terms of structure, length et al.
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
Sigur Rós
4/5
Beautiful
Amy Winehouse
5/5
Masterful
Beth Orton
4/5
Masterful
Pearl Jam
5/5
More fretless bass than I remember, but the power of that album! Still sounds fresh (bass parts aside) today
The Saints
4/5
Pavement
3/5
Well, hair cut is iconic and the influence is clear but I wouldn’t say it totally floated my boat
The Lemonheads
3/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Hole
3/5
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Could defo listen again, although the title track is perhaps a little overrated
The La's
4/5
More gritty than I was expecting. Great proto-Brit pop
Mariah Carey
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Billie Holiday
3/5
The Jam
3/5
3/5
Basement Jaxx
4/5
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Jane Weaver
3/5
Garbage
3/5
Black Flag
4/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Never realised how varied Alice Cooper’s sound was. What a kooky album
Blondie
4/5
Aphex Twin
3/5
Boston
3/5
It’s a great debut and lots to admire, but didn’t make me want to binge listen
New Order
2/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
More proggy than I expected especially with the singles on it too.
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Eagles
2/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Way not what I was expecting
ZZ Top
3/5
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Bit ponderous
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Way not what I was expecting
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Grateful Dead
4/5
Various Artists
4/5
Carole King
5/5
Sade
3/5
Can
3/5
Oasis
4/5
Neu!
2/5
Fine in the background but wasn’t revelatory
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
4/5
First song and thought it was a one star. But by the end of the album I loved it. Can hear inspiration that so many artists drew from OMD
Slipknot
4/5
Not the best SK album but still a big fan
The Stone Roses
3/5
The Undertones
3/5
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Big Star
3/5
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
Classic songs
Badly Drawn Boy
4/5
Love this album - I was bought it when it came out. Many memories
Deep Purple
5/5
DP at their best
The Louvin Brothers
3/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Stan Getz
4/5
The Gun Club
3/5
The Specials
4/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
Still sounds great today. Minor quibbles with the guitar tones but songwriting, performance and vibe are just legit
Primal Scream
3/5
Aimee Mann
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
CHIC
4/5
Kanye West
4/5
Objectively great, although it doesn’t make my rotation
The Dictators
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
John Martyn
3/5
Deerhunter
4/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
The Verve
3/5
Better than urban hymns
Jurassic 5
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Grizzly Bear
3/5
Gorillaz
2/5
Doesn’t float my boat
Adam & The Ants
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
No bad songs, great mix, mastery, flow - a very familiar album that I love
Soul II Soul
3/5
Old school
The National
3/5
Gang Starr
4/5
Guru has an iconic voice
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
Filthy beats, filthy lyrics. Good example of non violent gangster rap from the 90s but prefer lyrics that are more thoughtful
Madonna
3/5
I forgot that 80s pop, especially Madonna, was so wildly different across the span of just one album.
Beck
3/5
Interesting but nothing really stood out.
Aerosmith
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
I recognised the single and it floated on well enough
Lucinda Williams
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
The Who
3/5
Very of it’s time, more Beatles than the bombastic rock I normally think of
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Gil Scott-Heron
4/5
The Black Keys
4/5
Nearly 5 stars for me - very familiar and really like it but gets a wee bit samey in the back half
Culture Club
2/5
The Who
3/5
Lots of piano!
R.E.M.
4/5
Nostalgic album and some great arrangement including strings by JPJ on nightswimming
Kraftwerk
4/5
Beatles
3/5
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Roxy Music
3/5
James Brown
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
The old school singer songwriter. Unobtrusive but lyrically challenging
Miles Davis
5/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
Tortoise
5/5
Big fan of post-rock and this didn’t disappoint
Elvis Costello
2/5
ABBA
2/5
Just not a big ABBA fan and couldn’t really hear what was different about this from other singles or albums.
Dolly Parton
3/5
Billy Joel
4/5
XTC
3/5
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
AC/DC
3/5
There’s a reason why the title track is the one that is widely remembered. They never struck me as an album kind of band, more a live act with a few killer new songs every album or two. Their set list is just epic, but the track lists on albums feel like there’s a bit of filler.
The Icarus Line
4/5
Waylon Jennings
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
Parliament
3/5
Sex Pistols
5/5
Mean tones, a remarkable complexity in some of the songs I’ve not heard before, and the energy and snark of the singles flows through the whole album. Very impressed
Beck
4/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Blur
4/5
Metallica
5/5
4/5
Syd Barrett
3/5
Can hear the psychedelic genius in there although makes for uncomfortable listening to know how about his tragic story. Not my cup of tea per se either.
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Kate Bush
4/5
Nanci Griffith
2/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
The Cure
3/5
The Pogues
2/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
The Blue Nile
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Soundgarden
5/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
The Cure
3/5
Ash
4/5
Public Enemy
3/5
The Waterboys
2/5
Talvin Singh
3/5
The Style Council
4/5
John Prine
2/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Lana Del Rey
3/5
Isaac Hayes
2/5
Orange Juice
3/5
Travis
4/5
Takes me back
Cat Stevens
4/5
Fats Domino
4/5
Baaba Maal
2/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
Pavement
3/5
Songhoy Blues
2/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Keith Jarrett
2/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Tori Amos
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
The Doors
4/5
Ozomatli
2/5
Crowded House
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Public Enemy
3/5
The Go-Go's
2/5
Queen
3/5
The Avalanches
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
The Who
2/5
Odd for a concept album even for the Who. One of the few albums I struggled to make all the way through. FWIW, I thought QOTSA did the concept much better with songs for the deaf
Cypress Hill
2/5
Gene Clark
3/5
Super Furry Animals
4/5
Metallica
5/5
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
The Clash
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Cee Lo Green
3/5
Cocteau Twins
4/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
More melancholy than I anticipated. Sad songs for a sad mood so I liked it but not normally a fan of BB. Wilco made it and preferred songs with him leading.
Tears For Fears
4/5
Ravi Shankar
4/5
An education
4/5
Living Colour
3/5
Amazing box of frogs kind of album. I know ‘cult of’ well but rest of record was brand new. Hard to tell where the direction was though and style all over the place
UB40
2/5
R.E.M.
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
3/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Not fully appreciated TW’s output before. Musically really interesting and his voice is just incredible. To do that album in 1980 feels bold!
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Method Man
2/5
The Smiths
4/5
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Mike Ladd
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Wilco
4/5
GZA
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
I am afraid I’m just not a fan of cabaret music. Technically very good I can hear, but just not my bag
Suede
3/5
The Band
3/5
The Jam
4/5
Doves
3/5
Familiar songs, very early noughties Brit rock vibes, feels like a long album to me tho
Bob Dylan
3/5
Classic songs, although not much difference in arrangement meant I found myself getting a bit bored
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Elbow
4/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Bobby Womack
4/5
Musically really interesting in places and Bobby’s voice is just amazing.
Michael Jackson
4/5
The Sonics
4/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Röyksopp
3/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Otis Redding
3/5
Donovan
2/5
Khaled
2/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
Coldplay
3/5
I’ve got history with this album. The Scientist is my breakup song and a lot of the rest of the album has personal resonance. That said, objectively? Solid songwriting, unobtrusive musicality, 4 decently interesting drum beats, and pre-indie dancefloor pursuit.
Beastie Boys
5/5
Fred Neil
2/5
Cocteau Twins
4/5
2Pac
3/5
Prince
3/5
Janelle Monáe
4/5
Nas
3/5
Guided By Voices
2/5
Lou Reed
2/5
Iconic songs but can’t get past some grating issues
Faith No More
4/5
Q-Tip
3/5
Kelela
4/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Neil Young
5/5
Supertramp
3/5
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
The Auteurs
2/5
The The
2/5
Don McLean
3/5
Yeah not too bad really. The title track is the obvious banger - long as it is. Rest of the album actually more folky and mellow which was pleasant enough given that Pie itself has that bluesy twang
Metallica
3/5
Santana
4/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
The Stooges
4/5
5/5
Le Tigre
4/5
The Stranglers
4/5
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
Just soooooo long. Great music, super vibes and recording but just got a bit bored towards the end. Prefer something like Songs for the Deaf for that travel concept album
Public Enemy
3/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
The Sugarcubes
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Deep Purple
4/5
JAY Z
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Little Richard
4/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Teenage Fanclub
4/5
Screaming Trees
3/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Eminem
3/5
Great storytelling and there’s no doubt Eminem is a brilliant rapper but musically meh and it feels long and unfocused in places
The Specials
5/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Love this album. Perfect vibe.
Prince
5/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Odd to hear zz still working out their sound - legendary songs at the end and a sense of their swaggering sound
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Prince
2/5
Too long, unfocused
Elliott Smith
4/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Green Day
4/5
More melodic and musically varied than I remember and it’s no wonder the album transcended the punk label and got mainstream pickup
Marty Robbins
3/5
Love
3/5
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Motörhead
4/5
N.W.A.
4/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
Amy Winehouse
5/5
Al Green
4/5
First dance at my wedding, nuff said. The man is a soul legend
Everything But The Girl
3/5
Elton John
4/5
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
Buck Owens
2/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Moby
3/5
Tina Turner
3/5
4/5
Fever Ray
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Massive Attack
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Madness
2/5
The B-52's
2/5
Ananda Shankar
2/5
Björk
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
Weather Report
4/5
3/5
John Martyn
3/5
Foo Fighters
4/5
The Mars Volta
5/5
The Byrds
3/5
The Magnetic Fields
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
George Harrison
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
Wasn’t expecting something quite so melancholy but still very much enjoyed and continue to hear the influence on generations of americana singer songwriters
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Nirvana
4/5
Judas Priest
4/5
The Who
2/5
Not feeling it even though it’s iconic
Ray Charles
4/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Robbie Williams
2/5
The Undertones
4/5
The War On Drugs
3/5
Jamiroquai
4/5
De La Soul
5/5
Simple Minds
2/5
Little Simz
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Paul Weller
4/5
Magazine
4/5
U2
4/5
Alanis Morissette
4/5
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
fIREHOSE
4/5
Digital Underground
2/5
George Michael
3/5
Bit samey and of it’s time but felt the emotional pull in the songs. RIP GM
Muddy Waters
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
David Gray
3/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Van Morrison
4/5
10cc
2/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
He chats a lot huh?!? Born entertainer and despite the songs pretty much all sounding the same, a great live album with JC working the crowd
Joy Division
4/5
Madonna
3/5
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
George Jones
3/5
Supergrass
4/5
Genesis
2/5
Norah Jones
4/5
Pantera
5/5
Beach House
3/5
The melancholy in the album did that thing that melancholy can do - both absolutely connect with my mood and provide a distinctly uncomfortable externalisation of my mood. I really quite liked this album, but at the same time didn’t. Weird.
Tom Waits
2/5
Television
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Fleet Foxes
4/5
The Doors
3/5
The Pharcyde
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
Skunk Anansie
4/5
I really got into this - Skin is so badass and the arrangements were really cool in a way that I didn't expect. I remember the more mainstream stuff as being cool and all but this was way more interesting.
Serge Gainsbourg
4/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
X-Ray Spex
3/5
Duke Ellington
4/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
The Kinks
4/5
Stereolab
4/5
Ryan Adams
4/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
The Prodigy
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Amazing album but it actually frazzled my brain while listening.
N.E.R.D
2/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
David Ackles
3/5
Adele
2/5
Alice Cooper
4/5
Actually really enjoyed the album - slightly against expectations. Enjoyably wacky and for the most part didn't feel slow, overdone or samey
Big Star
3/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
The Roots
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Paul McCartney
3/5
Peter Frampton
3/5
Of course there are the hits, and PF is a boss on guitar and vocals, but just didn’t connect with the concert as recorded. Maybe I was on an off day but probably wouldn’t listen again
Beck
4/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Morrissey
2/5
Meh - Suedehead and Everyday is like aside, feels like a pastiche of the Smiths...
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Eagles
4/5
Slipknot
3/5
I am quite a slipknot fan but you really can hear the difference in their focus and individuality in subsequent albums, and while there are some great tracks that stand the test of time, some feel more like pastiches of other bands like Korn rather than Slipknot themselves.
3/5
Steve Winwood
2/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4/5
Sheryl Crow
1/5
Public Image Ltd.
4/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
The Pretty Things
2/5
Roxy Music
3/5
It was OK - I didn't know any of the songs but enjoyed it enough to work through the whole album, but probably wouldn't listen again
Funkadelic
2/5
SZA
4/5
Portishead
4/5
Rush
4/5
Björk
3/5
The Police
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Ian Dury
2/5
My dad loved this album although I couldn't really get on with it as a kid. So it's got a weird hold in me
Killing Joke
4/5
Mike Oldfield
4/5
Burning Spear
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Mudhoney
4/5
Duran Duran
4/5
Klaxons
3/5
Dirty Projectors
4/5
The Yardbirds
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Hot Chip
3/5
Pentangle
3/5
The Temptations
4/5
That Motown sound is just incredible
Traffic
3/5
Holger Czukay
2/5
The xx
3/5
Britney Spears
2/5
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
Eric Clapton
3/5
Solange
4/5
Motörhead
4/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Mudhoney
4/5
The White Stripes
3/5
D'Angelo
3/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Coldplay
5/5
Queen
3/5
Lambchop
4/5
John Lennon
4/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Def Leppard
2/5
Drive Like Jehu
4/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Youssou N'Dour
3/5
Laibach
2/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Steve Earle
2/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
TLC
3/5
Morrissey
2/5
Traffic
4/5
Sebadoh
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Mekons
3/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
The Cramps
3/5
Django Django
3/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Guitars sound sick! Enjoyed what is a bit of a bonkers album with some very jazzy and unusual sounds.
The Stooges
4/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
The Modern Lovers
3/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Such an amazing dirty tone on the guitars and even though some of the songs are long and repetitive I didn't ever feel bored while listening.
Fairport Convention
3/5
FKA twigs
3/5
Meat Puppets
3/5
Ray Price
3/5
Red Snapper
3/5
William Orbit
3/5
The Psychedelic Furs
4/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Julian Cope
2/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Neil Young
5/5
I'm beginning to love Neil Young and I can't explain why but it just fits so well like a comfy jacket that's the right size. Breezed through this album, felt a soft emotional pull here and there but nothing so uncomfortable I ever thought twice about stopping listening.
Nightmares On Wax
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Björk
4/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Ice Cube
2/5
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
John Coltrane
5/5
Fire!!!
Deee-Lite
2/5
Daft Punk
2/5
The Kinks
3/5
Pixies
5/5
The Cure
3/5
Sisters Of Mercy
2/5
Bon Jovi
2/5
Herbie Hancock
4/5
T. Rex
3/5
The Hives
4/5
Dennis Wilson
3/5
Ramones
4/5
Jacques Brel
2/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Orbital
2/5
Rush
4/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
Linkin Park
4/5
Rocket From The Crypt
4/5
Slint
3/5
Erykah Badu
4/5
808 State
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
4/5
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Ryan Adams
4/5
Metallica
5/5
Kanye West
3/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Joy Division
4/5
Lightning Bolt
2/5
The Streets
3/5
Femi Kuti
2/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Elis Regina
4/5
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Underworld
3/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
It's like ear bleach - lovely vibes for the right mood.
Michael Jackson
4/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
SAULT
4/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
The Bees
3/5
Dr. Octagon
3/5
Blur
4/5
Iron Butterfly
2/5
Feels derivative compared to other bands like the Doors and other acid rock and psychedelic bands. The single is ponderous and actually preferred their other songs on the album
King Crimson
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Some bangers but my gosh it felt like there was some filler
Marvin Gaye
5/5
The Triffids
2/5
The Zombies
4/5
M.I.A.
4/5
Pere Ubu
4/5
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Stereo MC's
2/5
Tito Puente
3/5
Randy Newman
2/5
Uncomfortable listening given the slur in the first song - his social commentary on southern America just felt inconsistent to me given his later work on Toy Story et al
Gang Of Four
4/5
Jack White
4/5
The Human League
3/5
4/5
Leftfield
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Green Day
3/5
Iron Maiden
2/5
Pre Bruce era Maiden…
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Joe Ely
2/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
The Charlatans
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Can
3/5
Soft Machine
4/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
4/5
I went through a hard bop phase so digging this.
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
The Clash
3/5
Adele
3/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Goes without saying - one of my favourite albums of all time and represents some of LZ's best ever music.
The Thrills
4/5
Many memories of when this was first released and driving around listening to it over a sunny summer
Radiohead
4/5
Breaking boundaries with this album by releasing on a pay what you like scheme. I didn't get into it at the time but listening back now very much enjoyed and hear the constistent evolution of the band and their music.
Beastie Boys
4/5
Mj Cole
3/5
Early Garage.... I wasn't a fan then but I can appreciate the evolution from DnB and other dance music into it through this album
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
I remember getting this album originally and listening to the crap out of it. I'm not the biggest RHCP fan but the instrumentation is just so bloody good that it makes up for AK who I am not personally a big fan of.
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Funky as hell and amazing that SW recorded so much of the album himself.
Wild Beasts
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Hole
2/5
I'm just not that bigger fan of Hole - maybe I'm biased but just doesn't particularly do it for me.
MGMT
3/5
Tricky
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Again a bit long and unfocused
Arrested Development
4/5
Early 90s hip hop feels like it was more inspired by politically active 70s soul than previous generations of it's own genre. More a fan of this than what came after it, or the gangsta rap branch of the genre.
KISS
2/5
Detroit Rock City is legendary but the rest of the album was a bit meh.
The Associates
2/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Carpenters
4/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
Anthrax
4/5
Sepultura
5/5
Certainly hear how Roots influenced a ton of metal bands that came after them including the nu-metal wave. I'm a genre fan and I really dug this.
Sugar
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Doves
3/5
Air
4/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Afrika Bambaataa
4/5
Tangerine Dream
2/5
Tom Tom Club
4/5
Tim Buckley
4/5
Elastica
4/5
Megadeth
3/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
I mean, it's legendary stuff and pretty crazy to think that it's nearly 50 years old as it still gives off futuristic sound vibes.
The Temptations
3/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
I completely understand how influential this album is, but I wouldn't say I really *enjoyed* listening to it. Not horrible, and a vanguard for art-rock to come after it, but I think it takes a concerted effort to listen to this and just *get* that it's revolutionary for so many genres of music.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
I knew it was a banger but didn't appreciate how many big singles and tracks were just on this album.
The Beau Brummels
3/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
I mean c'mon - probably the best second album ever. Butch Vig's production is huge and everything about the album is so good. Guitars, vocals, drums, the mix, the sensitivity and aggression.
Snoop Dogg
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
The Killing Moon is obviously iconic and the rest of the album slid along nicely.
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Moby Grape
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Aptly named album - felt eerie and otherworldly. NC is just a boss about creating sounds that are gloriously unsettling.
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
Sepultura
2/5
Very samey album, and a couple of odd tracks such as Orgasmatron which sound so odd.
Gotan Project
4/5
Some recognisable songs and clear grounding of a modern take on Tango. Really enjoyed it actually, perfect music for the background to energise me while working so a bit more situational music but good nonetheless.
Hookworms
2/5
Meh - not bad but not blowing me away.
The Young Gods
3/5
I struggled to get into a groove with this album. I can objectively hear the influence this will have had on those that cite them, but I couldn't quite get on with it.
Gram Parsons
4/5
What a voice
Scissor Sisters
1/5
Napalm Death
2/5
Good grief - it's quite something.
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Neneh Cherry
3/5
Well, certainly the source material for the 80s revival pop trend from a few years ago! I didn't mind it although not quite my cup of tea
Throwing Muses
4/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
Orbital
3/5
Astrud Gilberto
2/5
Pulp
4/5
Radiohead
5/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Meh - I've never really fully drunk the Elvis koolade.
The KLF
2/5
Beatles
5/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
AC/DC
5/5
Def Leppard
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Great singles, rest of the album felt long and unfocused in places
CHVRCHES
2/5
Death In Vegas
3/5
Venom
3/5
Can absolutely hear the inspiration for heavy metal legends but the actual production makes this a hard to listen to album and I'm surprised it's not been remastered so you can, y'know, actually hear the definition in the guitars, vocals, stuff like that.
Black Sabbath
4/5
Mixed bag - feels very of the time (like LZ and co) experimenting with different vibes and genres
Miles Davis
5/5
The master Miles - really an all star line up and so cool and vibey to kickstart fusion jazz
Christina Aguilera
1/5
Meh - bleurgh - not a good time for pop
Buzzcocks
4/5
The Cardigans
4/5
Janis Joplin
5/5
I mean, it's fuggin' JJ. Just amazing voice. Quintessential early 70s RnB
M.I.A.
4/5
System Of A Down
4/5
Bill Callahan
4/5
A sleeper classic potentially - Bill's voice is brilliant
R.E.M.
4/5
Michael Jackson
2/5
I can respect that by this point MJ was one of the biggest artists ever but it's just a bit load of meh to me
Beatles
5/5
Portishead
5/5
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
The Byrds
3/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
I mean, legendary middle section with title track and Run to the Hills, but great balance of thrashy metal songs alongside more melodic and mixed tempo stuff
The Beach Boys
3/5
Roni Size
3/5
The Residents
4/5
Well that was gloriously, f***in' weird, although from reading about the Residents it sounds like the album is one of the most accessible ones. I've been a bit of a fan of avant-garde jazz before so this felt fun and enjoyably odd.
Fishbone
3/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Very chilled background music
Skepta
4/5
I liked a lot actually - wouldn't say I'm a particular fan of grime but very listenable and Skepta's definitely got a more main character rap style compared to some of the collaborators on some of the songs which I enjoyed less. 2014 passed me by in a tired haze of young children so nice to revisit and enjoy the album.
The Coral
4/5
Another album of my youth - I went to see the Coral live too, and Dreaming of you was on my covers band's setlist for years so I'm just so familiar with this one...
Like psychedelic indie rock heavily inspired by previous Liverpool groups ....
Primal Scream
2/5
Meh - I know the singles and it's an interesting album I guess combining that early 90s dance, some rock stuff and elements of gospel and whatnot but I just didn't really enjoy it...
Patti Smith
4/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
Interesting listening and hear the mutual influence on some other end of 60s and early 70s bands that I've listened to ... a lot....
Nina Simone
4/5
The Libertines
4/5
Another seminal album from my adolescent years. Many hours listening to this album on repeat while playing one of the Tony Hawk Pro Skater games or hanging out with friends.
Eels
3/5
The Doors
4/5
Willie Nelson
2/5
Meh
Slayer
4/5
I mean, it's one of the big four so it's legendary - brutal, fast, true thrashy thrash metal. Tom doesn't really sing as such a lot of the time, and the mix has something to be desired, but it's still a classic.
Wilco
4/5
Bert Jansch
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Good vibes for having on while working
Goldie
3/5
Jeff Beck
4/5
Feels very 60s blues supergroup-ish - Steward, Wood, Page, JPJ and Beck plays so well and so expressively. It's no wonder JB is revered as a guitarists guitarist despite not having the same level of super stardom as LZ - who arguably borrowed so much of their sound for the first few albums from JB.
Ministry
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
The Black Crowes
3/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
I have the DVD documentary, and the album when launched. Vibes man
Kings of Leon
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
2/5
The Killers
3/5
Part of the soundtrack of my university days - for good or ill. It's a long old album and probably could be a couple of tracks shorter and more focused, but the singles still stand up IMO
Scott Walker
3/5
All I can hear is the Divine Comedy - no bad thing and the lyrics are pretty spicy in places so interesting juxtaposition of style and substance.
Incredible Bongo Band
2/5
Samples galore - but not something I'd listen back to again and again
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Great harmonies, iconic songs and back when albums left you wanting a bit more with a short run time - but it also left me wanting a little more from the depth in the songs. Dunno, I enjoyed it just not *that* much.
Blue Cheer
3/5
JFC that album is loud. I read that Blue Cheer are proto-Heavy Metal but I don't hear it apart from just being really, really bloody loud. Hear lots of Jimi and contemporaries in that psychedelic rock space which was fun - but loud. Did I mention it was loud?
Calexico
2/5
Interesting, quirky, not sure I really got into it but it floated along happily enough and could easily hear it in a hip coffee shop somewhere.
Ride
3/5
Ahh shoegaze... I am a bit of a fan even though all the songs are long and at times feel like it's unnecessarily so.
Brian Eno
2/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Actually really enjoyed this - long Afrobeats passages that blend together and make for really great background listening
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
I believe that's called soundscaping - flowed by while working and didn't mind it, and evokes some emotional resonance but can't say I'll be listening again and again
Miles Davis
4/5
I'm a fan of Miles Davis' later work in hard bop rather that cool jazz, but hard to not see how brilliant and influential this was
Animal Collective
4/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Like this a lot
Joan Baez
4/5
Fugees
4/5
Lorde
3/5
T. Rex
4/5
The Smiths
4/5
Incubus
3/5
I really like this album, even though it's not like super brilliant, so I'm biased and as a result I've maybe marked it down compared to it's objective quality but I don't care to really rank this one and just enjoy it
1/5
I just can't deal with Fred....
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
John's voice is just spectacular - some iconic songs on there too
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
Radiohead
5/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
The Birthday Party
4/5
Brilliantly nuts, I sort of love Post Punk in some moods
The Notorious B.I.G.
2/5
I know it's iconic and Biggie was an incredible rapper, but I'm just not a big fan of 90s gangsta rap and couldn't listen to it all.
The Police
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
Alice In Chains
5/5
I know the hits but never really dug into AiC's full albums - really very good!
New York Dolls
3/5
Van Halen
5/5
Just an amazing album and wild to think this was released in 1978 as it set the direction for music for a decade and more. The whole band are just something else
Kings of Leon
3/5
It feels very directed by a record company rather than the genuine direction of the band compared to the earlier albums - I guess that's born out in the commercial success but just not quite as fun as the early stuff.
Eminem
2/5
Meh - I think Eminem is a great rapper but struggled to get into this album
The Zutons
3/5
Guns N' Roses
4/5
The Strokes
5/5
I love this album
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Korn
2/5
Meh - long, pretty samey, I like metal genre but got a bit bored of this
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
Back when EDM felt like an artform and melded genres.
Devendra Banhart
3/5
The Vines
2/5
I remember it well - or so I thought. Actually remember the radio play for the singles and the hype around this being nu-grunge or whatever - the spirit of Nirvana - but not having the substance to really back that up. Doesn't feel like an album that has a thread, more the exciting promise of a style that came and went so quickly like many bands and genres during the early noughties
Fairport Convention
3/5
Air
4/5
Megadeth
3/5
Fugazi
4/5
Justin Timberlake
2/5
Less welcome soundtrack to my younger years, I like about four moments on the album - feels way too long for a pop album and a little too much 'new MJ' for the noughties. That bridge/hooky extra verse on Rock your body though - magnifique...
David Bowie
4/5
Always iconic, pushing boundaries, surprising that there was so much instrumental on the album!
The Prodigy
4/5
Iconic - remember when Firestarter was released. Loved it then, love it now.
The Byrds
3/5
The Cult
2/5
The Smiths
3/5
Caetano Veloso
3/5
King Crimson
4/5
U2
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Iconic
Robert Wyatt
3/5
Not unpleasant, not so weird that it was tough listening, neither felt wonderfully weird. Bit of a middle ground
Louis Prima
3/5
Fun and easy listening
The Darkness
3/5
Love the standout tracks and was out around the time I started learning guitar so they have a resonance for me - but the filler stuff is a bit samey tbh.