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2.75
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36
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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Casanova
The Divine Comedy
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5 | 2.66 | +2.34 |
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A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
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5 | 2.67 | +2.33 |
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Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
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5 | 2.71 | +2.29 |
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Yeezus
Kanye West
|
5 | 2.77 | +2.23 |
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Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
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5 | 3.17 | +1.83 |
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No Other
Gene Clark
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5 | 3.18 | +1.82 |
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Low-Life
New Order
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5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
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5 | 3.41 | +1.59 |
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A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
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5 | 3.44 | +1.56 |
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Parachutes
Coldplay
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5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Moon Safari
Air
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1 | 3.57 | -2.57 |
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
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1 | 3.47 | -2.47 |
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Odelay
Beck
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1 | 3.46 | -2.46 |
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Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
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1 | 3.36 | -2.36 |
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Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
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1 | 3.23 | -2.23 |
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Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
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1 | 3.18 | -2.18 |
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Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
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1 | 3.15 | -2.15 |
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
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1 | 3.11 | -2.11 |
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I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
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1 | 3.09 | -2.09 |
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Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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1 | 3.08 | -2.08 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.67 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 4.67 |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 5 |
| Coldplay | 2 | 5 |
| Beatles | 4 | 4.25 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Waits | 5 | 1.4 |
| Elvis Costello & The Attractions | 3 | 1.33 |
| Leonard Cohen | 4 | 1.75 |
| Brian Eno | 3 | 1.67 |
| Air | 2 | 1.5 |
| Kraftwerk | 2 | 1.5 |
| Beck | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Fall | 2 | 1.5 |
| Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Byrds | 4 | 2 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Pink Floyd | 5, 5, 1 |
| Beastie Boys | 4, 1 |
5-Star Albums (31)
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Popular Reviews
Arctic Monkeys · 21 likes
3/5
all around slightly above average but I don't really get why it made the list
Emerson, Lake & Palmer · 9 likes
2/5
2.5 it sounds like a mix of video game music and boston
Laibach · 4 likes
1/5
I feel like I just listened to an hour of nazi propaganda
George Harrison · 2 likes
5/5
this album is such a fucking VIBE
Kraftwerk · 1 likes
1/5
not good
bad
1-Star Albums (36)
All Ratings
Supertramp
3/5
aight. heard most of the singles before but kinda forgettable overall
Television
2/5
meh, title track is kinda interesting but otherwise unremarkable
Elis Regina
1/5
Pretty boring overall. the worse version of the title track. why is a Portuguese album on this list
Os Mutantes
1/5
why am I getting albums in Portuguese.
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
4/5
Revolutionary hip hop. kinda like a mix of Gil Scott heron and rage against the machine. no stand out song unfortunately
The Smiths
3/5
I think there are other more interesting singles from them but not a bad album
Tangerine Dream
2/5
weird foreign concept albums stay weird
New Order
5/5
The first really good album I've been given that I haven't heard already. 4.5
The Cars
3/5
Its okay. hella white person music. you can tell a lot of 80's rock (like Boston) were inspired by them. 3.5
Portishead
2/5
I can only say this so many times, weird foreign albums stay weird. At least this one is in English
Nirvana
5/5
Damn good album. def heard it before but still really good. kinda falls off halfway through though
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2/5
pretty meh. stopped like halfway through because it was boring. at least it was in English
Haircut 100
3/5
groovy 80's pop. kinda fun but not super memorable
Sufjan Stevens
5/5
shockingly good. the third song and Chicago are great songs and the whole album is kinda a vibe. Definitely an album to come back to 4.5/5
Jefferson Airplane
2/5
pretty boring. stopped listening towards the end
Genesis
1/5
this sucks. I had to stop because it got annoying
Justice
4/5
pretty cool edm album. Definitely worth coming back to
The Crusaders
3/5
real smooth jazz. nothing stands out as good or bad
3/5
cheesy 80s pop. not bad but not great either. no song stood out to me
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
so good. so very good
Stevie Wonder
3/5
way too long and not his best work, but there's def some good songs there
U2
4/5
really good album. already heard. 4.5 because it isn't new but definitely worth revisiting every once in a while
Metallica
2/5
It's a live metal concert. Definitely not my cup of tea but probably not bad if that's what you're into
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
didn't bother listening to very much, what I heard wasn't interesting
ZZ Top
3/5
its a fine rock album. honestly better than I expected it to be but still nothing crazy to write home about
Mike Oldfield
2/5
Its just a bunch of weird instrumentals. Not totally sure why this is so big. Again, if I was a big music theory guy I'd probably like this more than I do rn.
Neil Young
3/5
pretty good blues album. more poppy than bluesy. 3.5
Al Green
4/5
exactly what you think it is
album cover is badass too
Garbage
3/5
not really a grudge guy but not bad. Most of the songs I know are from this one.
fIREHOSE
2/5
Might be cool if you're really into music theory and that type of thing but not for me
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
Not really my type of music. I think if you really dig into it, it could be really good but I don't really feel like it
Beatles
4/5
Some good songs. early Beatles definitely not as interesting as later Beatles 3.5
George Michael
5/5
damn good. most of his best songs come from this one.
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Classic R&B, a step down from his best but still damn good
Air
1/5
not interested
Cypress Hill
2/5
old school rap
Lead sounds like a better version of Danny brown but there's nothing really interesting here
Bebel Gilberto
2/5
French coffee house music
Prefab Sprout
2/5
"when love breaks down" is actually a pretty good song but I don't like the music otherwise
Carpenters
3/5
Pretty good, the lead singer is very talented. Kinda cheesy 70's romance pop. 3.5
The Who
4/5
Actually much better than I expected. Baba O'Riley and Wont get fooled again stand out. Lead singer sounds like Paul McCartney
Kid Rock
3/5
first few songs are pretty fun. rest of the album is pretty boring
The Divine Comedy
5/5
this is amazing. Its this weird sexual ballad fusion
Bobby Womack
3/5
real soulful but not much else. nothing really stood out but I kinda vibe
Boston
3/5
just so very average. a bit better than I expected but still unimpressive
Liz Phair
2/5
super meh
The Beach Boys
3/5
I'm not in love with this album like a lot of people are. I think its fairly interesting but more so as a point in music history as opposed to good in and of itself
Minor Threat
3/5
real punk rock. not necessarily my cup of tea but actually pretty good 3.5
The Dictators
2/5
Also punk but the "rough instrumentation party punk rock" as opposed to "hardcore protest against anything punk rock"
Elastica
4/5
pretty good grunge record. kinda like a pop version of garbage.
Jane's Addiction
3/5
also pretty good. hard rock/soft metal album
3.5
Motörhead
3/5
pretty good for a motorcycle rock band
Thelonious Monk
2/5
low key jazz band. 2.5/5
Pulp
2/5
I thought I might like it but I really don't. It's just annoying but also weirdly popular
The Offspring
3/5
Sounds like system of a down. not necessarily my cup of tea but actually not bad. 3.5
Alanis Morissette
4/5
the album as a whole is pretty good pop music but "You Oughta Know" carries it hard
Japan
2/5
the first couple of songs are ok but the rest is legit bad
Depeche Mode
2/5
not that great. this band definitely has better music. 2.5
The Pogues
2/5
its Irish folk music?
Guns N' Roses
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
just so uninteresting
Ravi Shankar
1/5
Im not even going to listen to this.
Michael Jackson
4/5
The Triffids
1/5
same as echo and the bunnymen, just so boring I quit after a few songs
Prince
4/5
a step down from purple rain but still real good
Primal Scream
2/5
better than I expected but still pretty meh. its pop/instumentals as opposed to like metal 2.5
Saint Etienne
2/5
not totally sure why this is here. it isn't bad or anything, its actually pretty decent lofi/electronic music 2.5
Lucinda Williams
2/5
some old schoolish country
R.E.M.
3/5
fine
Miles Davis
3/5
Its jazz. Honestly better than I expected since I don't like the genre very much but nothing I would return to very much
Pixies
2/5
its fine. I guess its alt rock? not totally sure 2.5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
B R A S I L
low-key better than expected. OG Taj Mahal comes from this album
Underworld
3/5
pure edm
each song is like 12 min
not bad though
Les Rythmes Digitales
2/5
one of the weirdest inclusions on this list
just really basic 90s electronic from a group that didnt do anything afterwords
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
I've heard this before but one of the easiest 5s on the list. Such a good and important rap album
Blondie
3/5
very okay. has two of their best songs but just not very interesting to me
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
the title track is amazing. for the most part the rest of the album is pretty good but its short plus there's two random live songs
Beastie Boys
4/5
pretty darn good. a weird amount of the best songs come in the second half but tbh this album was better than I expected
Miles Davis
4/5
better than the other miles Davis album. honestly could see myself listening to this every once in a while
Foo Fighters
4/5
much more relaxed than grohl's later stuff but pretty good
Bonnie Raitt
2/5
chill countryish music 2.5
The Band
2/5
not totally sure how to categorize this. kinda blue grass I guess. 2.5
Metallica
3/5
Metallica is def good but Im unfortunately not a fan of metal
The Jam
2/5
mediocre British alt rock 2.5
Bee Gees
3/5
on the slower side but pretty darn good 3.5
Frank Zappa
1/5
I really don't like this
The Undertones
2/5
unpolished rock. Irish? lead singer
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
all around slightly above average but I don't really get why it made the list
Kanye West
5/5
the most Kanye album ever
Red Snapper
3/5
it sounds like pretty good video game/movie music
Steely Dan
3/5
its kinda like a better version of Boston 2.5
Le Tigre
4/5
its like a better version of the band from Scott pilgrim
Tortoise
2/5
a bit to avante garde to be called just ambient music 2.5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
buddy holly being buddy holly 2.5
JAY Z
3/5
classic j but nothing really stands out 3.5
Megadeth
2/5
its metal
The Magnetic Fields
2/5
Jesus Christ its actually 69 songs long. unfortunately the beginning doesnt seem to be very good
Mike Ladd
4/5
really cool. kinda like MF Doom type spoken word rap but with modern beats
Everything But The Girl
2/5
its house/electronic I guess
felt kinda long even though it wasn't
2.5
Steely Dan
3/5
I like it a bit more than the other album 3.5
N.W.A.
3/5
starts off really strong but gets kinda boring towards the end 3.5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
way better than I thought it'd be. Incredibly impactful at the beginning and end
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
in a word: soulful. just so smooth and sly
David Holmes
2/5
boring electronic music. some guy says "it'd be over if James Bond was hispanic"
Rush
2/5
I don't like rush
UB40
2/5
Its very chill reggae but not really very interesting 2.5
Thundercat
3/5
very top heavy album 3.5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
I'm not in love with Hendrix in general. the album as a whole is like a 2.5-3 but along the watchtower brings it up to 3.5
Bob Dylan
4/5
I surprisingly good considering how pretentious people make bob Dylan out to be. the beginning of the album is the best part
Cat Stevens
3/5
there are a couple of really good songs but the album as a whole is kinda boring
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
pretty good blues
Gillian Welch
2/5
chill country. don't like that second half 2.5
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
really plain hair-metal
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
starts strong. ends real weird. 3.5
Tom Waits
2/5
Live spoken word jazz?
Frank Sinatra
3/5
its classic Sinatra but none of his best stuff 3.5
Kraftwerk
1/5
not good
bad
Serge Gainsbourg
2/5
French background music
Elvis Costello
4/5
its pretty good start to finish. classic rock
Culture Club
3/5
cheesy pop
Leonard Cohen
2/5
its like singer songwriter music but with weird instruments
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
its a multi cultural hudgepodge but nothing is really good
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
punk rock
Cyndi Lauper
2/5
cheesy 80s disco pop. has girls just wanna have fun on it 2.5
Happy Mondays
2/5
meh. feels uninspired and uninteresting
John Prine
3/5
good ol country
The Slits
1/5
its like a bad mix of le Tigre and Caribbean music 1,5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
one really good song and the rest are meh 3.5
The Human League
2/5
cheesy 80's pop with the famous song at the end. didnt really vibe
Grizzly Bear
3/5
chill indie experimental vibes 3.5
"Fine for now" intro is a bit logic just ripped and sped up for a song
Pink Floyd
5/5
its like dark side but less erratic
Sonic Youth
4/5
revisit this album. too early to form an opinion but I am intrigued
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
2.5 it sounds like a mix of video game music and boston
The Velvet Underground
1/5
didnt like not good
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2/5
more boring than expected
Maxwell
3/5
kinda groovy ngl 3.5
Suzanne Vega
2/5
2,5 how was this important enough to be on this list?
The Beach Boys
2/5
I don't really get The Beach Boys 2.5
Randy Newman
3/5
toy story guy makes an album about Ohio
Butthole Surfers
2/5
they're better musicians that their name would make you expect. they're exactly the lyrics you'd expect
Suede
3/5
hard to find on Spotify but pretty good 3.5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Eurythmics
2/5
kinda boring tbh 2.5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
not as good as the other album it recommended
Alice Cooper
3/5
not really my cup of tea but also not bad especially the end
Count Basie & His Orchestra
2/5
the first song is ripped for the bebop opener 2.5
Primal Scream
2/5
not as creamy as I thought its was going to be
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Abi dada music
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
4.5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
don't really like
Elton John
5/5
Keith Jarrett
3/5
chill piano music
Wilco
4/5
actually quite nice thoughtful indie
Van Morrison
2/5
pretty forgettable 2.5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
its the guy who sings hallelujah
the end has some interesting ideas but overall pretty weak
Meat Loaf
2/5
its like a rock ballad made by a horny tenacious d fan
System Of A Down
3/5
kinda worse than chop Sui
The Strokes
3/5
3.5
good not great but definitely some fun songs
The Doors
4/5
old school cool white people blues
Beck
1/5
really bad 1.5
Iron Maiden
3/5
not bad for metal
Janet Jackson
3/5
these beats are so funny.
the most 80s thing ever
Radiohead
3/5
3.5
shout out Eric
Aerosmith
3/5
very much what you expect.
doesn't over stay its welcome
Richard Thompson
2/5
not that bad 2.5
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
Irish soft punk rock 2.5
Pixies
3/5
old school punk
where is my mind is the standout track
Bob Dylan
3/5
classic Dylan
folky rock
3.5
Beach House
3/5
spacey psychedelic lofi
you can see how this inspired later indie
3.5
PJ Harvey
2/5
one of the oddest inclusions for this list
new enough where it isn't very influential
not very good
not even particularly popular
OutKast
4/5
better than I expected
the single is really good but not really a bad track
Sly & The Family Stone
2/5
wasn't super impressed
really short album (like 5 songs)
Fatboy Slim
4/5
shockingly good
the middle gets slow but there are a lot of bangers to go around
4.5
Laura Nyro
3/5
pretty good
jazzy piano + soulful white woman vocals
Sepultura
2/5
metal
ZZ Top
3/5
average
has the one song
The Band
2/5
pretty meh
has the one song
2.5
Emmylou Harris
2/5
old school mellow country
2.5
Fever Ray
1/5
wut lmao
1.5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
really fun latin music
4.5
Aimee Mann
2/5
mid
singer songwriter 2.5
Minutemen
3/5
classic punk
listen to corona
Talking Heads
4/5
kinda hard to rate as a whole but heaven is low-key really good
Bon Jovi
3/5
cheesy 80s rock
seminal album
3.5
Mercury Rev
3/5
abbey road + death cab for cutie + Illinois
3.5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
one of the weirder albums to add to this list
1.5
Suicide
2/5
dark but a really monotonous nothing album
The Who
3/5
pretty good, especially for a live album
3.5
Grateful Dead
3/5
pretty chill rock
has some country influence but you can hear why people want to hear this live
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
ethnic music but doesn't really sound too interesting
Björk
2/5
never heard an album before where the singer holds vowel sounds for so long
AC/DC
5/5
one of the great rock albums
Can
1/5
really bad instrumental music
Talking Heads
3/5
hard to judge like the other album but still good
3.5
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
I get that the later stuff is good but I don't know if I would put it on this list
2.5
Drive Like Jehu
5/5
punk fucking rock
Adam & The Ants
2/5
It looks like he wants to be avant-garde but it really doesn't feel very creative
Cornershop
2/5
weird mix of white people indie and Indian music
Sigur Rós
2/5
spacey atmospheric music
2.5
Various Artists
2/5
its Christmas songs from a bunch of Motown era artists
2.5
The Flaming Lips
2/5
very reminiscent of neutral milk hotel
Wire
2/5
not really a fan
its like punk but in the underground sense, not the vibes
Elbow
3/5
very dramatic, haunting music
3.5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
old school punk
"rough instrumental punk" not "fuck the machine"
2.5
Stereolab
2/5
I get that it is supposed to be spacey and ethereal but it just kinda sounds like nothing
The xx
2/5
pretty meh
nothing stands out 2.5
Magazine
2/5
British prog rock 2.5
The Pogues
2/5
Irish jig music
DJ Shadow
3/5
90s beats but better instrumentation
3.5
Skunk Anansie
2/5
its like punk and actually kinda better than expected but the group's look grosses me out
The Mars Volta
3/5
my chemical romance - esque emo rock
3.5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
not the bob Marley album I would have put on this list
Queen
3/5
very clearly early queen
you can see where they are going but no track stands out
The Flaming Lips
2/5
not really a fan
the first song sounds like a cat Stevens remix
k.d. lang
3/5
I really thought kd lang referred to an old school rapper and not a white country lady
pretty chill though
Kanye West
4/5
not the best Kanye album despite what tryhards may say
Definitely good though
Nirvana
4/5
I like the more chill songs more than the more aggressive ones
this album also feels like a precursor to their hits
Marty Robbins
2/5
BIG IRON ON HIS HIP
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
we already know this one is a 5
Jethro Tull
2/5
not for me
the guitar is really mixed out of all the tracks
Beyoncé
2/5
very clearly talented but I just don't get Beyonce
last tracks are a bit better though 2.5
Elvis Presley
2/5
the first Elvis album
Definitely feels like it
its very funny to see how many songs are covers
2.5
2Pac
2/5
still not a huge 2pac guy
some of the end tracks were pretty good though 2.5
Brian Eno
2/5
spacey instrumental music
man should have been born when computer synths were more abundant
Fats Domino
3/5
old swingy-type music
pretty fun 3.5
Metallica
2/5
metal metal metal 2.5
Steely Dan
3/5
really makes you understand what a jam band is
Joni Mitchell
2/5
don't remember liking very much
The Stooges
3/5
raw rock and roll but in a good way
some of the guitar licks are especially good
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
I enjoyed
title track is a very good primer for the album as a whole
Hookworms
3/5
a weird amount of modern music on this list are avante garde stuff no one listens to
this wasn't so bad though, like a less good grizzly bear
Gene Clark
5/5
wow this album leaves an impact
country influence but way more than that
Everything But The Girl
2/5
kinda boring
the lead female singer has a weird nasal thing that you hear every once in a while
like Cher but more subtle
Jeff Buckley
3/5
pretty good
hard to pin to a genre
funny how he wrote hallelujah considering his rendition isn't very good
3.5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1/5
this is pretty annoying from beginning to end
1.5
Neil Young
3/5
there are definitely songs I like here but its hard to listen to when its not on Spotify
The Prodigy
2/5
its a lot of synth loops
but not very fun
Steely Dan
3/5
pretty chill
feels like it would be more fun to listen to live at a bar
3.5
Beth Orton
2/5
pretty chill but very forgettable
2.5
Sleater-Kinney
2/5
textbook 2
Christine and the Queens
1/5
grating voices
Eric Clapton
4/5
I really enjoy more than I thought I would
4.5
Aerosmith
3/5
shockingly short
pretty much what you expect
The Verve
3/5
pretty good overall
not just "bittersweet symphony the album"
3.5
Janelle Monáe
3/5
pretty good pop r&b to start
last 1/3 sucks
Elliott Smith
2/5
very bland
Mott The Hoople
2/5
British rock band that sounds like they really want to be David bowie
2.5
The B-52's
2/5
not very good
rock lobster is silly though
David Bowie
3/5
definitely one of his better albums but defined more so by the famous songs rather than overall quality
3.5
Morrissey
2/5
its like his work with the smiths but more boring
John Grant
3/5
its like early father John misty
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
its a bunch of 80-90 hip hop beats
2.5
Peter Frampton
2/5
2.5
Sex Pistols
2/5
not very good
Ray Charles
3/5
pretty slow but so smooth
3.5
Death In Vegas
4/5
so weird but really cool
Eminem
4/5
there are like 3-4 REALLY good songs but also so much filler as well
OutKast
3/5
similar to the last album but I don't like the filler as much
3.5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
African tribal music
pretty low-key background music
Nirvana
5/5
one of the great rock albums
no bad songs and some unbelievable hits too
Merle Haggard
2/5
a bunch of cowboy music
Judas Priest
3/5
above average metal album
Coldplay
5/5
an album I already revisit all the time
Ice Cube
3/5
pretty good overall
4.5
Aretha Franklin
3/5
pretty good imo
Nas
4/5
it has the definitive nas song
interesting that it goes for quality over quantity
Common
2/5
not really a fan
the only thing he has going for him is a really unique voice
2.5
Gene Clark
4/5
I quite like actually
its like a more country version of old Harrison
Massive Attack
2/5
really bland
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
really cheesy but in the bad way
The Prodigy
2/5
kinda weird that they have 2 albums on this list
James Taylor
4/5
shockingly, fire and rain are not THAT much better than the rest of the album
The Clash
3/5
its the one with the famous cover
kinda funny how the cover doesn't match the music
London calling and lost in the supermarket are good
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
weirdly ahead of its time
jam band
R.E.M.
2/5
I just don't really like rem very much
Nick Drake
3/5
very chill but forgettable vibes
Lightning Bolt
3/5
so I have no idea why they named the album this because the last thing I think of is a rainbow
its super rough, scratchy instrumentals but actually not bad
3.5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
classic Hendrix
there isn't really a standout track though
The National
3/5
I like runaway but the album as a whole is kinda bleh
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
springsteen is an auto 4 but only the end stands out
Koffi Olomide
2/5
its Caribbean jams 2.5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
very white people blues
Eric Clapton is cool tho 3.5
3/5
starts strong but is ultimately weaker than some of their other albums 3.5
Willie Nelson
2/5
a bunch of slow cowboy music
2.5
CHIC
3/5
real soulful but all the songs go on for a while
Duran Duran
2/5
cheesy but in the not fun way
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
not as good as the album that follows
Gary Numan
3/5
kinda weird and cool
definitely had an influence on later artists
3.5
SAULT
4/5
very 2020 but the subdued vibe mixed with the vocals hits
Ian Dury
2/5
another one of the weirder inclusions on this list
British rock I guess
The Jam
2/5
annoyingly similar to the one preceding
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
goes hard as fuck 4.5
Laibach
1/5
I feel like I just listened to an hour of nazi propaganda
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
better than the first Elvis Costello on this list
2.5
The Who
3/5
very reminiscent of "hard days night" for like half the album
rough early white people rock the other half
3.5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
not great but not bad either
Charles Mingus
4/5
pretty cool start to finish
David Bowie
2/5
not a very good bowie
lazarus is really cool though
2.5
The Cure
3/5
has the one good song but otherwise unremarkable
Bert Jansch
2/5
very forgettable
The Rolling Stones
3/5
surprisingly not very good outside of paint it black
Green Day
3/5
the first 8 songs are like a compilation of their greatest hits
3.5
Sonic Youth
3/5
very rough around the edges (intentionally)
kinda like a photo black midi with punk lyrics
The Fall
1/5
just bad
1.5
Air
2/5
background music
Taylor Swift
3/5
I still just don't get the appeal of her
Definitely belongs just due to popularity
Johnny Cash
2/5
pretty short
kinda neat
2.5
Kelela
3/5
modern r&b but kinda a weird add
not very notable
John Lennon
2/5
not as good as the beatles
2.5
Supergrass
3/5
Surprisingly good at the start
kinda "new radicals-esque"
early indie rock vibes
3.5
The Kinks
3/5
very of its time
Led Zeppelin
5/5
crazy album to start your music career with
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
god its so smooth
Leonard Cohen
2/5
background music
The Streets
5/5
this is hysterically bad
technically British rap
Dusty Springfield
2/5
old school country
Surprisingly good for 1964
2.5
Nick Drake
3/5
the first 2 songs are good
the rest are early campfire fold
Goldfrapp
3/5
white girl pop folk
3/5
chill beats with lady Portuguese vocals
Pink Floyd
5/5
one of the most heart wrenching albums of all time
Terence Trent D'Arby
2/5
the beginning is neat but it gets boring fast
2.5
Public Enemy
4/5
first half goes CRAZY
feels super long towards the end
super influential to 90s rap and protest music
Travis
3/5
kinda bland but you can hear how Radiohead evolved on this
The Smiths
3/5
not as good as the other smiths albums but pretty listenable all the way through
3.5
Jacques Brel
3/5
its like a French opera
Incredible Bongo Band
2/5
Definitely a bongo album
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
doesn't leave the impact that jungle land did but still good
Jeru The Damaja
4/5
old school 90s rap
4.5
Heaven 17
1/5
similar to Kraftwerk
1.5
Neu!
2/5
background music
2.5
The Temptations
3/5
real groovy
Chicago
3/5
way more brass band than I expected
3.5
Neneh Cherry
2/5
Unbelievably 90s
2.5
The Zombies
4/5
its like magical mystery tour but less lsd
4.5
Soundgarden
3/5
pretty good but not Chris Cornells best album
3.5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
crazy soulful
good all the way through
4.5
TV On The Radio
2/5
just bland
Nick Drake
2/5
meh, the other one was better
2.5
Shuggie Otis
2/5
way too long
first song is decent though
Eagles
3/5
doesn't overstay its welcome
Surprisingly unremarkable after the song
3.5
David Bowie
3/5
not his best work but what you expect
Roxy Music
2/5
super forgettable
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
feels like they're copying a ton from The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, and the Beatles
Tracy Chapman
3/5
soft rock is a good description
she also wrote fast car which is cool
3.5
Dire Straits
3/5
kinda all over the place genre wise
also holy shit the lyrics of "money for nothing" are not okay
3.5
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
like a more heartbreaky, less depressed version of nine inch nails
3.5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
pretty darn good for a first album
3.5
Eminem
3/5
starts very strong but gets weak quick
3.5
Flamin' Groovies
2/5
very bland early rock
2.5
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
nothing interesting here besides the first song
Fugazi
2/5
punk raging
2.5
The Doors
3/5
isn't that great but you also get why people love it
2/5
mid talking heads
Spiritualized
2/5
very forgettable
Kraftwerk
2/5
notable for their place in history, not their music
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
pretty fun
hard to separate how much is being stolen from the art though
3.5
The Incredible String Band
2/5
the album as a whole minus A very cellular song isn't very good
2.5
Mariah Carey
2/5
nothing stood out
2.5
Missy Elliott
2/5
eh
Black Sabbath
4/5
very good start to finish
Joni Mitchell
3/5
pretty melancholic
Jurassic 5
4/5
less jazzy version of tribe
freedom is the s
M.I.A.
2/5
doesn't get a 1 because paper planes is a bop
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
bleh
Norah Jones
3/5
coffee house jazz
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
not as spectacular as some of his other work
3.5
Muddy Waters
3/5
legit old school blues
3.5
Madonna
2/5
she has exactly one really good song and its not on this album
2.5
Bauhaus
2/5
old school punk
The Black Crowes
4/5
strong start to finish
late 80s early 90s rock with just a bit of country mixed in
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
coffee house jazz
starts good then falls off
Tears For Fears
4/5
really good highs but kinda boring lows
actually really good
kinda like the kinks or the who but more consistent
4.5
Pearl Jam
3/5
mid considering how famous some of the songs are
The White Stripes
2/5
not particularly note worthy outside of 7na
2.5
Scott Walker
2/5
similar to a less horny divine comedy
very ballady
2.5
Jamiroquai
2/5
his first album
the best songs aren't on it
2.5
Willie Nelson
4/5
very pleasant
country but without all of the annoying parts
4.5
Iggy Pop
3/5
pretty neat
very bowie inspired
3.5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
one of the classic rock albums
just not my taste though
3.5
Joy Division
2/5
Background music
2.5
Fiona Apple
3/5
a couple of songs stand out but the highs aren't too high and the lows too low
3.5
Sebadoh
2/5
punk/grunge
bleh
Amy Winehouse
3/5
hard to know which album is the right one
both are kinda mid though
The Youngbloods
2/5
definitely a late 60s album
no real songs to latch on to
Bee Gees
3/5
has a cinematic quality to it but doesn't really hold your attention
Wild Beasts
3/5
early indie pop record
same lane as grizzly bear
Elliott Smith
2/5
another indie album
this one gets recommended all the time by Spotify
Motörhead
2/5
their hits live
2.5
Michael Jackson
4/5
its not thriller but the first couple of songs make it pretty clear how he got there
Deee-Lite
3/5
really early hip-hop
there are interesting parts here and there but groove is in the heart is the obvious standout
Deep Purple
2/5
another live album of the bands hits
the parts where there are vocals are good but the 10-minute guitar or drum solo are annoying
2.5
Radiohead
3/5
not as good as their other stuff
very reminiscent of it though
The Monkees
3/5
still a Beatles clone
definitely enjoyable
The Byrds
2/5
same as the last but not as good
2.5
Sarah Vaughan
2/5
mostly jazz with a bit of skat thrown in
2.5
Ice Cube
3/5
the bars are good but Im not a huge fan of the beats from this era
Hawkwind
2/5
similar to the grateful dead in that its a really long album that is meant to be listened to high and in person
2.5
Isaac Hayes
2/5
chef from South Park made a movie soundtrack
SZA
4/5
one of the few modern r&b records
very good early tracks
heavily inspired by frank ocean
Turbonegro
2/5
punk rock
no stand outs
2.5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
very similar to Simon and Garfunkel
Killing Joke
2/5
some heaviness similar to metal
punk too
2.5
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
album from the 50s
honky tonk country
Mj Cole
2/5
British garage house
a couple songs sound like persona 5 tracks
2.5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
not his best album but still very good
the second song is the best one
The Young Gods
1/5
French/Scandinavian metal
1.5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Definitely not blues
garage band rock
The Cure
2/5
more experimental than I expected
none of their big hits are on this
2.5
The War On Drugs
4/5
its like a sadder, less country Springsteen
4.5
Billie Holiday
2/5
only stood out for being old
vocals didnt have much of an impact
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
there are a couple of his best songs but the rest go in one ear and out the other
3.5
Queen
4/5
the album with bohemian on it
love of my life is also pretty good
Arcade Fire
3/5
the first song is pretty decent
the rest are eh
3.5
Rush
3/5
better than the other rush album I've heard
first song is half the album
Sister Sledge
4/5
Motown banger after Motown banger
4.5
Ozomatli
2/5
some interesting songs but others are bleh
2.5
The Specials
2/5
british reggae
The Who
2/5
very 60s pop
probably really popular then but not very interesting
2.5
Throwing Muses
2/5
bleh garage band
David Bowie
4/5
the title track is amazing
the first few other songs are good
the end REALLY meanders
Femi Kuti
2/5
African folk pop
The Police
3/5
has the stalker song and is pretty consistent throughout
3.5
Stan Getz
3/5
jazz
3.5
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
late 90s early 00s rock
Pretenders
3/5
80's rock album
this one is a little more low key and pop oriented than others
brass in the pocket is the standout single
3.5
ABBA
3/5
none of their hits are on this but its easy listening
Otis Redding
3/5
a bunch of covers and songs that aren't hits
Coldplay
5/5
a classic album I come back to all the time
hard to say if this or rush of blood is better
Frank Ocean
4/5
several really good songs with the random bleh mixed in
4.5
The Verve
3/5
VERY similar to oasis
their greatest hits aren't here but the album as a whole isn't bad
3.5
Thin Lizzy
3/5
the transition to boys are back in town was cool
everything was what you would expect from rock of the time
Joni Mitchell
3/5
some light background music
Amy Winehouse
4/5
there are a couple of clunkers towards the end but the beginning most of the album is really good
4.5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
a couple of good hits but Im not a huge fan of their sound
Burning Spear
2/5
reggae
2.5
New Order
3/5
a lot of the same cheesy 80s cliches
not as good as the other album
George Harrison
5/5
this album is such a fucking VIBE
Wilco
4/5
kinda folk country but surprisingly enjoyable
Suede
3/5
pretty bowie like
the early songs are bleh but some of the later ballads are kinda interesting
Lauryn Hill
4/5
the early songs are unbelievable
the last two songs of the second half are the only noteworthy ones
4.5
Gang Starr
4/5
old school rap
very conscious, very inspired by tribe
The Undertones
2/5
its like a nerdier version of the clash
2.5
Manu Chao
2/5
international music that I am just not educated on to declare why its on this list
The Blue Nile
2/5
its all one big song
kinda like a jewish ballad
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
not as bad as I feared but still pretty not good
The Rolling Stones
3/5
very bluesy
no real standout track
3.5
Jimmy Smith
3/5
some jazz
Dr. Dre
4/5
not necessarily my cup of tea but the album maintains a really high quality all the way through
Rod Stewart
2/5
pretty inspired by blues
just made so white
2.5
Pulp
3/5
very heavily inspired by mid career bowie
not very hardcore lol
Doves
3/5
kinda a hard one to rank
interesting and uninteresting in the same song
Gotan Project
1/5
the accordion is the main instrument on the album
1.5
Barry Adamson
2/5
its like a musical soundtrack album but without the lyrics
2.5
Linkin Park
3/5
some of their best hits plus a lot of songs that follow the theme of their style
3.5
Nina Simone
4/5
really interesting album, especially for the time period
I don't know how often I want to come back but it leaves an impact
John Lee Hooker
3/5
simple old time folk-blues but it is pretty nice
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
so damn groovy
all about love especially kicks ass
4.5
The Doors
2/5
not as good as other 60s hits
Supergrass
3/5
garage punk band
3.5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
pretty chill and relaxed
its like bar music with a slight latin blend sometimes
3.5
David Bowie
4/5
the mid sections isn't as strong as the beginning or end song but as a whole is real groovy
Sabu
2/5
hispanic folk music
Robert Wyatt
1/5
drab
1.5
Dolly Parton
3/5
really short
old fashion country
Tim Buckley
2/5
very ballady
some Americana mixed in
2.5
2/5
a weird amount of harmonica solos
very bob Dylan, doesn't sound much different than his studio stuff
2.5
Talk Talk
3/5
its hard to point to anything from this album as noteworthy
it has interesting parts and not but it all blends together
Cheap Trick
3/5
late British Invasion, early inspiration to 80s pop rock
has "I want you to want me"
3.5
Fiona Apple
3/5
the early songs are pretty girl boss
the later songs just don't have much energy
3.5
Nico
3/5
pretty mellow
has "these days" which is a pretty famous folk song from the 60s
Little Simz
3/5
female British rap
its the lady who did Venom
the third song is interesting but the rest not as much
Korn
2/5
metal/rock
not really my jam
David Bowie
2/5
there's only one song that bowie sings on
the rest are him experimenting in the studio
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
very low-key techno beats
some garage guitar mixed in too
Black Sabbath
3/5
basically invented metal
the songs individually don't pack as much punch but its cool to see how it would evolve from here
Q-Tip
3/5
very q-tip
no songs really stood out but plenty of good ones
3.5
New York Dolls
2/5
old school punk rock
I think these are drag queens which is something
The Sonics
2/5
60s white boys doing black rock
2.5
Gorillaz
3/5
I hope this isn't the only gorillaz album here
demon days should be here too at least
not as good as their other work
The Killers
4/5
the second best killers album
kinda forgot how much it drops off near the end
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
the rapping is offensively bad
under the bridge is such a standout compared to the rest
The Notorious B.I.G.
2/5
actually worse than I expected
there are more than one instances of gross sex noises
a couple hits keeps this afloat 2.5
Robbie Williams
2/5
didnt resonate with me a ton
very British, very oasis inspired
2.5
Madness
2/5
very British very background
our house is on this album
2.5
Deep Purple
3/5
pretty fun rock all around
3.5
T. Rex
3/5
actually pretty good
proto indie rock
3.5
Julian Cope
2/5
kinda like a more mainstream version of Leonard Cohen
2.5
The Last Shadow Puppets
2/5
the guy from arctic monkeys made a b side album
2.5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
fantastic album
has more clunkers though than you would expect
Basement Jaxx
3/5
its like British house I guess
kinda okay with small lows and highs
The Cardigans
3/5
pretty cute but lovefool is the only notable song
Muddy Waters
4/5
really cool blues-rock
all the songs are good
4.5
Talking Heads
3/5
I think this is their first album
regardless, psycho killer is the only legit song
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
rough punk rock
there are definitely interesting ideas but also low points
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
none of their best songs are here
2.5
AC/DC
4/5
not as good as back in black but still a pretty solid album
2/5
its very similar to Boston and rush
3 songs but each last 13 minutes
2.5
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
pretty 60s
has some good moments but is mostly chill
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
not a fan of the lead singer voice still
the calmer songs and instrumental songs (which there are a few) are decent though
3.5
Dr. John
2/5
an old white creole mumbling
The Mothers Of Invention
1/5
sounds like they planned on being on the ed Sullivan show
also pretty rough/garage 1.5
Leftfield
2/5
its aight
kinda similar to the chemical brothers but uses international beats and singers rather than rap
2.5
Teenage Fanclub
2/5
kinda like a more tame pop version of velvet underground 20 years later
2.5
Silver Jews
3/5
folky indie
pretty slow and lots of ballads too
George Michael
3/5
3 really good songs mixed in with filler
also, armpit album cover
3.5
Lorde
2/5
melodrama is pretty accurate lol
nothing really hooked me
2.5
Small Faces
2/5
British early experimental prog rock
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
less country, more rock
their biggest hits are here
3.5
Barry Adamson
2/5
dramatic like the divine comedy but only slightly less horny during vocals
mostly instrumental
2.5
Kate Bush
3/5
so cheesy
the song she's known for is the first one
not as bad as I kinda expected though
3.5
X-Ray Spex
3/5
girl punk
Fela Kuti
2/5
live black folk traditional African music
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
not a huge fan on the whole
more on the country side for Neil young
down by the river is cool though
Jeff Beck
3/5
he sounds like rod Stewart
rock/blues in a similar vein as led zeppelin
Brian Eno
1/5
I don't like Brian eno
Massive Attack
2/5
more of a beats tape than a rap album
2.5
John Martyn
2/5
early 70s jazz
not pop but clearly meant for more mass appeal
2.5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
Genuinely difficult to listen to
Common
3/5
2005 album that was entirely produced by Kanye or dilla
not a fan of the vocal delivery but the beats are what make the album
3.5
Portishead
2/5
Background music
2.5
Miles Davis
3/5
Background jazz but I kinda like the end
3.5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
has a mix of good weird to rock but the second half got really slow and balady
Soft Cell
4/5
so 80s its painful
some of the songs are chill but the big two (tainted love and where did our love go) stand out
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
surprisingly mid
only song I knew before was stir it up
3.5
Jungle Brothers
3/5
Precursors to a lot of r&b rap that pops up in the 90s
3.5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
relax is the famous song from them
the same vibe as non-stop erotic cabaret but more vocal focused
3.5
CHIC
3/5
this is pretty euro and pretty 70s late disco era
le freak is the song known but on the whole nothing sticks out
Jane's Addiction
2/5
its like a pop metal
not my vibe
The Go-Go's
3/5
pretty fun girl rock group
we got the beat is the song from this album
3.5
Harry Nilsson
2/5
lime in the coconut is from this album lmao
didnt really get into the rest of it
not even sure how to classify it genre wise
Bob Dylan
2/5
a very bob Dylan album
no song is memorable
Todd Rundgren
2/5
there are some interesting moments but most of the album is weird ramblings and eclectic sounds
Gang Of Four
2/5
Really rough proto-punk
Tina Turner
2/5
the music is largely uninteresting
2.5
D'Angelo
2/5
I was interested in this but no song stood out
just an hour of really light, fluttery male vocals
2.5
The Gun Club
2/5
really early punk
the super rough and not angry punk that Im not a huge fan of
The Isley Brothers
3/5
the first song is the sample for kendrick's "i"
soulful which is cool but its also a lot of covers that don't really add to the og
Adele
3/5
front and backloaded with her hits but the middle songs aren't as good
3.5
The Kinks
3/5
not as good as the other kinks album I know
a very hippy, laid back album
Radiohead
4/5
not the greatest album ever but pretty good
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
there are honestly some really interesting beats mixed into Kraftwerk-type songs
3.5
Anita Baker
3/5
its like a precursor to Whitney Huston
Waylon Jennings
2/5
cowboy music from the early 70s
2.5
Megadeth
3/5
very metal
The Fall
2/5
its kinda nothing British rock
reminds me of the clash
The United States Of America
1/5
just the most nothing album but coming down has the beat used for Mac Miller's "smile back" which is cool
1.5
Ray Charles
2/5
I like Ray Charles as background music so the floor isn't that bad
this has none of his best songs though
The Waterboys
3/5
its like Boston sea shanty folk
there are actually parts here that I think are neat
3.5
De La Soul
2/5
mostly forgettable early rap
the most popular song isn't bad though
2.5
The Byrds
2/5
another Beatles inspired group that didnt have any interesting songs
The The
3/5
better album than I expected from a band with a stupid name
the first few songs are especially interesting considering this came out in the 80s
3.5
KISS
3/5
Detroit rock is the song the band is known for but the rest of the album is mid
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
early grunge/garage rock
its like they wrote a bunch of boring rock and added a shit ton of reverb to it
Leonard Cohen
1/5
I don't like Leonard Cohen
1.5
The La's
2/5
there she goes is a pleasant song but kinda surprised it has 250 mil plays
the rest of the songs are fine
2.5
The Kinks
3/5
not as good as the other kinks album but pretty good for hippy rock
3.5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
very grungy and dirty
the first couple songs are cool but the later ones go off the deep end
Carole King
4/5
really pleasant actually
Its too late specifically is goated
4.5
Fred Neil
4/5
the early songs are like a country Elvis
the very end is bad but thats fine
Billy Bragg
3/5
actually quite pleasant, especially at the beginning
its very country folk
3.5
The Clash
2/5
its like the other clash album
2.5
Alice In Chains
3/5
I think its good for what it is but just not my taste
very heavy rock, bordering on metal
Crowded House
2/5
mostly forgettable indie pop
2.5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
I like one of their songs but it isn't on this album
on the whole not really noteworthy
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
singer songwriter girl from 2018
the album is mostly good until the end
4.5
Circle Jerks
2/5
literally 15 minutes long
early punk, kinda like the Ramones
2.5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
a couple of his hits but his really best isn't here
3.5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
I think they're just going to include all of the led zeppelins
this one wasn't very strong although it started with immigration song
Herbie Hancock
2/5
4 songs, 40 minutes of jazz
The Temptations
2/5
none of their best songs are here
2.5
Bob Dylan
3/5
its very bob Dylan
possibly the most bob Dylan
it wasn't bad but it felt really long
The The
3/5
extremely 80s
still a stupid band name
The Auteurs
2/5
kinda a nothing brit rock album
Radiohead
3/5
there's a couple good songs mixed in with ambient chill music
3.5
Love
2/5
really early rock where a bunch of white guys are just trying stuff a la blues
Big Star
2/5
a big step down from other early 70s rock group
2.5
Tom Waits
2/5
this is the best album associated with captain beefheart
Daft Punk
3/5
their weakest album Ive heard
first half isn't bad though
The Pretty Things
2/5
another Beatles knock off
this one take a lot from sgt pepper era beatles
2.5
The Go-Betweens
2/5
mid 90s nothing pop
2.5
5/5
Ive always liked this album
probably not actually a 5 based on my rating scale but who cares
Tito Puente
3/5
very classic salsa/mambo? music
3.5
Brian Eno
2/5
literally ambient noise
why does Brian have 4 albums on here
3/5
a jazz band but much more violent than normal jazz
Radiohead
4/5
kinda hard to put a number to this one
high and dry is the famous song from this
Tori Amos
2/5
very dramatic female vocalist
similar to Kate bush
FKA twigs
2/5
a modern r&b artist
very airy but nothing really happens in these songs
2.5
Taylor Swift
2/5
kinda surprised she only has 2 albums on here
just not a real big fan
this was kinda boring
50 Cent
3/5
there are definitely some good songs here but Im not sure why this album was an immediate hit
3.5
PJ Harvey
3/5
very punk but all the songs are very samey
Slipknot
2/5
very violent and aggressive
I think this would be called metal but could just be hard rock
2.5
The Hives
3/5
very basic pop rock
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
I like Simon and Garfunkel but this isn't a noteworthy album
Dr. Octagon
3/5
90s rap similar to mike Ladd
the flows are buttery
3,5
Public Enemy
3/5
80s rap
similar to nwa
this group has the best name of all time
3.5
Fugees
3/5
honestly not as good as I thought it would be
killing me softly is still goated but the rest isn't
Joan Baez
2/5
kinda latin, kinda singer songwriter
Big Black
3/5
very rough garage rock stuff
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
really pleasant actually
way better than their other album
4.5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
pretty mid
very early experimental pop
like Kraftwerk but less bad
Leonard Cohen
2/5
doing this one out of order to get all the Leonard Cohen album's done
why are there four here
he's really old in this one
4/5
really fun and dramatic for rock
4.5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
2/5
kinda a nothing album
mostly bland rock
Yes
3/5
roundabout is a cool song
the rest are meandering jam band rock songs
Dion
2/5
Ive listened to this thing like 5 times and still have nothing to say
something rock
2.5
The Roots
2/5
honestly disappointed with this one
not a single good song here
Dennis Wilson
2/5
its like they let some hippie in the studio for a couple hours
Raekwon
3/5
one of the wu-tang guys
old school hip-hop
tons of skits for some reason
Little Richard
3/5
fun proto-rock from the 50s
kinda like chuck berry
3.5
Beatles
4/5
Ive always loved this album
hard to ignore the weird amount of total duds here though
4.5
Mudhoney
2/5
very garage rock
rough and grimy
2.5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
pretty good
some of his better songs are here
Jane Weaver
3/5
honestly didnt hate this one
a modern psychedelic album
3.5
3/5
real old school country
just a lady singing about her cheating husband
Steve Earle
3/5
they type of country I enjoy
kinda wilco esque
sonds about small towns
3.5
Fleet Foxes
4/5
kinda surprised to see this here but a good album nonetheless
very indie folk, has the song of theirs that I like
Johnny Cash
3/5
cooler for what it is rather than the music itself
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
I feel like this album is best listened to high
the beginning songs are all really good, only brought down by the last ones which are barely even songs
Paul Simon
3/5
Not as good as Graceland but still pretty good
3.5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
love the energy at the beginning of the album but the ending is so bleh
all their hits are here
Beastie Boys
1/5
actually like so bad
just barely okay at points
1.5
Sparks
2/5
a weird European pop(?) album
not Japanese like the album name
Buck Owens
2/5
old school country
2.5
Slipknot
3/5
its metal
does have its good moments though
Adele
4/5
good for a pop album
not sure if there's a song I love but there definitely isn't a bad one here
4.5
a-ha
2/5
very cheesy 80s pop
starts with take on me but is otherwise pretty bleh
2.5
Spacemen 3
3/5
very experimental early psychedelic music
Paul Simon
5/5
I have and still do love this album
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
kinda an interesting one
the Lynyrd Skynyrd references are everywhere
The Young Rascals
3/5
beatles clone #4080
The Black Keys
4/5
pretty front loaded but I still like the music
Pixies
2/5
nothing punk
The Flying Burrito Brothers
2/5
its like if hippies made a country album
2.5
R.E.M.
3/5
not really my sound but man on the moon was cool
Björk
3/5
very dreamy indie pop
Incubus
4/5
like a middle ground between system of a down and linkin park
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
pre-motown female singer
sounds like she made Christmas songs
Paul Simon
3/5
highs and lows throughout even in the same song
looking at Cars are Cars
3.5
Moby
3/5
the front half is boring electronic but the second half ironically goes into really interesting almost orchestral music
3,5
The Darkness
3/5
really campy but honestly kinda boring rock
it has "I Believe in a thing called love"
Astrud Gilberto
2/5
kinda nothing
I listened to it twice in a row and have nothing to say
Klaxons
2/5
kinda uninspired for something that came out in '07
indie rock
2.5
Queen
3/5
but more rock oriented than they normally are but the best songs of theirs aren't here
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
not a very good Springsteen
its like he took all the sad parts of 'born in the usa' and made an album out of it
none of the standout jams that make his other work
2.5
Sly & The Family Stone
2/5
a lot of meandering breaks and very few actual songs
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
there are songs of theirs that I like but they aren't here
very similar to sufjan minus the emphasis on the concept album
2.5
Eagles
4/5
front and back loaded
the middle doesn't have good songs
4
Calexico
2/5
a lot of genre hopping without much success
sometimes they're jazz, others they're rock inspired by latin sounds
Blur
3/5
the first two songs are beetlebum and song 2
the first half of the rest tries to stick with that sounds
the second half is barely music
3.5
Funkadelic
3/5
the early songs are really cool but this is another one that devolves into noise
3.5
5/5
still a really good album start to finish
Nanci Griffith
4/5
actually really good
old school country with a female vocalist
4.5
The Replacements
3/5
rough garage rock
Lana Del Rey
3/5
its fine
exactly what you'd expect a Lana album to sound like
King Crimson
3/5
Honestly better than their well known album
mostly just instrumental rock though
MGMT
3/5
pretty meh outside of the two hits
Arcade Fire
3/5
its fine
didnt listen to it too heavily but also didnt feel the need to
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Insanely good front to back
Goldfrapp
2/5
really spacey but just meanders for a while
not much music here
human is used in a Kanye song which is funny
2.5
Spiritualized
3/5
the title track is unironically one of the saddest songs of all time
as the album progresses, it gets less interesting though
3.5
Black Sabbath
2/5
doesn't have any single song to latch on to
feels like an extension of their other stuff
2.5
The Damned
2/5
early British punk
not as cool as the names suggest
2.5
Tom Waits
1/5
I don't get why tom waits/captain beef are all over this list
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1/5
ELVIS COSTELLO SAYS THE N WORD
Cocteau Twins
4/5
really spacey and airy but doesn't have any standout hits like the other one
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
native indian songs
I feel weird even giving a score
2.5
The Lemonheads
3/5
its like a mix between punk and Elvis costello
honestly not bad
rudderless is cool and this has the famous version of ms Robinson
3.5
Tom Waits
1/5
still don't like tom waits
Green Day
3/5
the first half has some of their better songs but the second half is barren
3.5
Finley Quaye
2/5
very reggae
Syd Barrett
2/5
Kinda nothing here which is wild since he’s a Pink Floyd guy
Cee Lo Green
3/5
not as cool as I hoped it would be
ill be around is a standout
Screaming Trees
2/5
definitely fits the category of "why did this make the list"
Wu-Tang Clan
2/5
honestly only okay
cream is so much better than the rest of the album
2.5
Ice T
2/5
he uses the same relaxed flow for the entire album
its just slow
2.5
Sonic Youth
2/5
very rough, garage rock
Parliament
3/5
really funky
"we've got the funk" is from here
Röyksopp
3/5
really spacey, honestly not that bad
it all does just blend together though
Kings of Leon
2/5
kinda surprised they went with an early record without their hits
its fine but the lead singer is unintelligible
2.5
Traffic
3/5
early white boy rock
they sound like a band that people who love zeppelin would like
3.5
John Coltrane
3/5
pretty good for jazz
definitely something that I could imagine myself zoning out to
3.5
Sinead O'Connor
2/5
I have no idea what was going on or what she was going for with this
Orbital
3/5
really spacey
halcyon on and on is actually a really cool track
3.5
Hugh Masekela
3/5
a nice jazz album
most of the songs don't stand out but Maseru is a cool
3.5
Beck
2/5
nothing really stuck out
I can kinda see how alt rock bands would get inspired by this
2.5
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
african country? music
wasn't the vibe
2/5
very rough garage rock
2.5
Orange Juice
4/5
early British indie rock
actually pretty decent
The Modern Lovers
3/5
honestly impressed this is from the mid 70s
they seem like an early American version of the arctic monkeys
The Specials
2/5
early white boy rock that has a weird amount of reggae influence
2.5
Cowboy Junkies
2/5
really slow and melancholic
inspired by the style of blues but not necessarily the the sound
2.5
Talking Heads
3/5
the first half is very forgettable but the later songs are pretty solid
take me to the river is on this album
3.5
Bill Callahan
4/5
indie folk
I had to listen to this a lot to form an opinion but I do like most of the songs
The Cure
2/5
its like 40-50 minutes of the same song
2.5
The Libertines
2/5
punk rock but none of the songs interested me
2.5
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
twangy early country
some songs do sound Mexican inspired
Beatles
4/5
not as good as the ones that follow but still a little better than I expected
Elenor Rigby is THE song from this one but For no One is also cool
Elvis Presley
3/5
just a bunch of normal Elvis songs
none of his best are here
Orbital
3/5
a really varied collection of techno songs
some are really spacey like in love with a ghost but others sound more like old video game music
kain trink Wasser is my fav song
2/5
the most generic rock ever
Pentangle
2/5
Really old style folk music
2.5
The Smiths
3/5
none of the songs are bad but none are great either
the lyrics are really good but with the lead singer's voice, all the songs sound the same
Moby Grape
3/5
actually pretty good
I'd call it hippie rock
I wish it was on Spotify
3.5
Deerhunter
2/5
surprised this one is here
it came out in 2010 so its not that old but it isn't very popular or influential
very forgettable indie folk
2.5
Solomon Burke
3/5
really old school
similar to Otis Redding
Dizzee Rascal
2/5
Early drill rap
Pretty meh though
2.5
Sonic Youth
3/5
they're huge on reverb and rough garage sounds
kool thing is the standout song
Rahul Dev Burman
1/5
a sound track to an Indian movie?
k.d. lang
2/5
constant craving is on this album but it isn't the cool club remix
all the other songs are her just singing for a while
2.5
Kanye West
5/5
obv an all time great industrial rap album
Peter Gabriel
1/5
kinda bad tbh
it feels like several attempts at the bad songs Paul wrote for the beatles
1.5
Def Leppard
4/5
not a particularly inventive album but does the 80s hair metal thing as well as anyone
Pink Floyd
1/5
its old English music ideas from the era with the seeds of psychedelic rock
1.5
a lot of their best songs are here
"mole digging in a hole" deserves special recognition
4.5
Animal Collective
4/5
starts with really trippy psychedelic music to India era Beatles back to even trippier psychedelic
Billy Joel
5/5
his best album
The Rolling Stones
4/5
the first and last songs are legendary
the middle is fine
4.5
5/5
obv one of my favorite albums
The Electric Prunes
3/5
another late 60s Beatles knockoff 3.5
Paul McCartney
4/5
pretty similar to some of his Beatles stuff
Maybe Im Amazed especially is among his best work
Talvin Singh
2/5
kinda similar to "Music Has The Right To Children" but with some more Indian influence
B.B. King
3/5
old school blues but pretty fun
3.5
XTC
2/5
some British nerds trying their hand at music
closest to indie rock
2.5
The Byrds
2/5
60s hippie country
sounds similar to bob Dylan sometimes
2.5
The Stooges
3/5
more of a Rolling Stones clone in the 60s musically
their look is pretty ahead of their time though
Randy Newman
2/5
Randy Newman says the nword
2.5
Missy Elliott
3/5
very r&b
Timbaland apparently did the production but it doesn't sound like him
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2/5
a bunch of sad songs with nothing going on musically
Depeche Mode
3/5
the most 80s album ever
shame it came out in 1990
personal Jesus and enjoy the silence are awesome, the rest of the album is meh
3.5
Boards of Canada
4/5
I've heard this one before but still cool
as spacey as it gets
Aquarius is my favorite song
Stan Getz
3/5
an album of airy coffee house jazz
"young and tan and lovely the girl from Ipanema goes walking" is on this one
Machito
4/5
honestly pretty good
it sounds like music you'd hear in a movie set in Cuba
Ash
3/5
the 90s rock that you would see in flcl
3.5
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
its a live orchestra concert
2.5
Anthrax
3/5
metal
very similar to Metallica
Love
3/5
very 60's hippie music
The White Stripes
3/5
obviously the 7n army album
most of the songs afterwards are kinda samey
3.5
Buzzcocks
3/5
70s british rock
big downgrade from 60s British rock
kind of a precursor to punk
Björk
2/5
Every song is her just holding a note between words
Method Man
2/5
This is a wu-tang album really
Not really a fan of the rapping
2.5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
rock opera but the genre changes wildly by song
Johnny Cash
4/5
shockingly good for an album of covers
has hurt on it
William Orbit
3/5
Very spacey which is fitting
The first half actually is pretty decent and the second half doesn’t actively suck
3.5
Ride
3/5
Grunge rock with some indie influence (like Cocteau Twins)
10cc
2/5
This is pretty bad
The only thing it has going for it is that it isn’t painful and is mildly camp
The Soft Boys
2/5
this isn't offensively bad, I just don't like anything I hear
british rock
The Vines
4/5
pretty good actually
Mary Jane and homesick are my fav songs but the others don't drag them down
Bob Dylan
3/5
very bluesy but he sings it like Tom Waits for some reason
Devendra Banhart
2/5
kinda a nothing album
indie folk if I had to put a genre to it
Metallica
3/5
this is obviously a landmark album but just doesn't speak to me
Eels
2/5
another indie folk that I have nothing to comment on after listening multiple times
Marilyn Manson
2/5
just isn't for me
Public Enemy
2/5
its okay
I like it less than I thought I would
2.5
Hole
3/5
pretty good grunge rock
3.5
Meat Puppets
2/5
low key punk rock
one of the songs is covered on nirvana's unplugged
2.5
Van Morrison
4/5
pretty fun but Im not sure why a live album made the cut
into the mystic is my favorite song
Tim Buckley
4/5
really fun actually
New Orleans jazz rock
the first song is awesome
Joan Armatrading
3/5
70s folk but more high energy than normal
sung by a black lady
Isaac Hayes
3/5
very soulful but large sections (especially the end) just kinda meander for a while
Roxy Music
3/5
its similar to the Divine Comedy's Casanova but has too many meandering musical breaks and the lyrics aren't very fun
Sade
3/5
her first album
smooth operator is here but the rest is forgettable
Prince
4/5
not a purple rain but I like this
very funk oriented and the last few songs are good
Slayer
3/5
its the same metal sound all the way through then just stops
it'd be good if I liked metal more
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
its fine
grunge rock
short and simple
2.5
Tom Waits
1/5
Tom Waits
Skepta
2/5
British drill rap
a few too many skits for my taste but fine otherwise
2.5
The Byrds
2/5
it really does sound like a mix of bob Dylan and the Beatles
2.5
The Birthday Party
1/5
its rock but also hardly music
1.5
Alice Cooper
2/5
its a hair metal album inspired by West side story
Funkadelic
4/5
the second half especially is really good
Khaled
3/5
actually pretty listenable for traditional Indian music
all the songs after imagine are pretty decent
3.5
Steve Winwood
3/5
very similar to Peter Gabriel
David Bowie
4/5
I like this
no bad songs but no standouts either
David Bowie
3/5
obv not as good as a younger bowie but surprisingly energetic for his age