Journey Complete!
Finisher #150 to complete the list
1089
Albums Rated
3.14
Average Rating
100%
Complete
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Favorite Album
Rating Distribution
Rating Timeline
Taste Profile
1980s
Favorite Decade
Hard-rock
Favorite Genre
UK
Top Origin
Wordsmith
Rater Style ?
66
5-Star Albums
12
1-Star Albums
Breakdown
By Genre
By Decade
By Origin
Albums
You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Suicide
Suicide
|
5 | 2.46 | +2.54 |
|
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
|
5 | 2.47 | +2.53 |
|
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
|
5 | 2.85 | +2.15 |
|
Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
|
5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
|
The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
|
5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
|
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
|
5 | 3.02 | +1.98 |
|
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
|
4 | 2.06 | +1.94 |
|
The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
|
5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
|
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
|
4 | 2.11 | +1.89 |
|
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
|
5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
|
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
|
1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
|
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
|
1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
|
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
|
1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
|
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
|
1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
|
Be
Common
|
1 | 3.35 | -2.35 |
|
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
|
1 | 3.16 | -2.16 |
|
Kimono My House
Sparks
|
1 | 3.06 | -2.06 |
|
Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
|
1 | 3.06 | -2.06 |
|
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
|
1 | 2.97 | -1.97 |
|
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
|
1 | 2.93 | -1.93 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 5 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4.57 |
| Leonard Cohen | 5 | 4.6 |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4.75 |
| Prince | 3 | 4.67 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 4.67 |
| George Michael | 2 | 5 |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Doors | 3 | 4.33 |
| Paul Simon | 3 | 4.33 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 4.33 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 4.33 |
| Peter Gabriel | 3 | 4.33 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 4 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 1 |
| Common | 2 | 1.5 |
| Ice Cube | 2 | 1.5 |
| Joni Mitchell | 4 | 2.25 |
5-Star Albums (66)
View Album Wall
Popular Reviews
Kendrick Lamar
1/5
Zero Fucking Stars. Does that offend you?
Here are some lyrics from this "album" that offended me.
"Every nigga is a star, ayy, every nigga is a star"
"Fuck you, motherfucker, you a ho-ass nigga"
"I don't want you monkey-mouth motherfuckers"
"Zoom, zoom, zoom, shit"
"What can I blame you for? Nigga, I can name several"
"Nigga, we gon' be alright"
"I don't give a fuck about no politics in rap, my nigga"
"Moonshine and gin, nigga you're babblin', your words ain't flatterin'"
"You're fuckin' evil. I want you to recognize that I'm a proud monkey"
"Askin' "where the hoes at?" to impress me"
"So I promise this, nigga"
"When shit hit the fan, is you still a fan?"
6 likes
Christine and the Queens
2/5
I heard nothing in this album that made me think that it belongs on this list. 2/5
5 likes
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
The ultimate Bob Marley album. Ok, I might have said that about more than one of his albums. He's pretty good you know!
Standouts: Exodus, Waiting in Vain, Three Little Birds, Jammin', One Love, People Get Ready.
Three Little Birds has been "my song" for as long as I can remember. I play it whenever I am feeling in a pinch. I always remember what Bob says, "Don't Worry - bout a thing - Every little thing will be alright". And it always is.
4.5/5
4 likes
Donald Fagen
5/5
One of my favorites. 5/5
I love every song. The extended version has a couple of extras that were included on soundtrack albums (Heavy Metal and Bright Lights Big City).
3 likes
1-Star Albums (12)
All Ratings
Radiohead
3/5
Sounded better with headphones on, couple of good songs (for me). Probably need to listen to it again to start to appreciate it. It didn't grab me on first listen.
Magazine
4/5
Nice! My kind of Punk Rock! I can see myself listening to this one again.
Roxy Music
3/5
The Jam
4/5
David Watts -
English Rose - Guitar Balad
When I heard this album, I immediately wanted all of their albums.
The Stooges
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
Love this album. Classic. Haven't heard it in many years...does it hold up?
Did not recognize most songs. It was pretty decent though.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
Familiar sounds reminiscent of Paul Simon's Graceland Album - As it should...
The Charlatans
4/5
Sounds like Oasis or maybe Oasis sounds like them. Good sound anyways.
Beastie Boys
5/5
Classic. Know it well. Love it.
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
The Replacements
4/5
Pretty great album. Would listen again.
Billy Joel
5/5
C L A S S I C
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Pale Blue Eyes, Candy Says, and After Hours - Three GREAT Tracks.
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Of course Child in Time is a CLASSIC. Also loved Black Night. The rest was very good. My kind of rock.
Madness
3/5
Minutemen
4/5
M.I.A.
2/5
Interesting album. The best song on the album is, of course, Paper Planes. It is one of the best songs of the decade. Other than that, I don't find much of the rest really appeals to me.
Sonic Youth
4/5
100% rocks!
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
Good country album.
Stand outs: Streets of Bakersfield, title track,
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Common
1/5
nigga this, nigga that...no thanks.
Rush
5/5
CLASSIC! Five stars all the way.
Radiohead
5/5
I am a fan. First Radiohead I've listened to and liked. It makes me want to listen to their other stuff again. Maybe Kid A and OK Computer are actually good. Can't wait to check them out again. Great songs on this album start to finish.
Pink Floyd
4/5
Big Pink Floyd fan. I got their first few albums years ago and ... they were different than Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, Meddle, Atom Heart Mother.... it really has taken me a long time to appreciate the earlier Pink Floyd. This was their first. The more I listen to it the more I like it. It is definitely an experience. This one is more enjoyable played LOUD with the headphones on.
Stand out songs:
Astronomy Domine.
Matilda Mother
Flaming
Pow R. Toc H.
Intersteller Overdrive.
The Gnome
Bike
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3/5
Never heard of this before... a new experience. I did read that Jah Wobble was a guitarist from PIL, so I did have some expectations....
Visions of you. I recognized Sinead O'Connor right away. Radio-worthy track.
Relight the flame has a familiar quality. It made me think of Robbie Robertson. The song feels right. I consider it a standout.
Bomba...what language is that? Spanish? It's nice.
Rising Above Bedlam got me with the drums...the spoken lyrics...Robbie Robertson (feel) again... (Somewhere down that Crazy River)...
Those drums in "Soledad" are, in a word: powerful! I wanted to look and see if Phil Collins was featured.
The other songs seemed ok. Nothing much else stood out to me.
Stand out tracks:
Visions of You
Relight the Flame
Soledad
Bomba.
Overall, the album was nice to listen to. I probably won't listen to it again unless something brings me back to it ( such as it being on a list like this). It is a solid 3/5 for now.
Animal Collective
2/5
First listen really did nothing for me. I think this is one that will need to grow on me.
Standouts:
Summertime Clothes. Nice mix of interesting sounds.
The Doors
5/5
5/5 stars. Absolute classic. Every song.
Standouts: The End, Break on Through, The Crystal Ship, Light My Fire, Back Door Man, Alabama Song, Soul Kitchen, Twentieth Century Fox, End of the Night
Bert Jansch
3/5
Hard not to like. It was nice. None of the songs really stood out to me, but I enjoyed it. I don't know why this album made the list when there are hundreds just like it. I hope to listen again but not sure if I would seek it out to listen again.
Leonard Cohen
5/5
One of my favorite albums of all time. Huge Leonard Cohen fan.
Standouts:
Suzanne,
So Long, Marianne
Hey, That's no way to Say Goodbye.
Master Song,
Store Room (Bonus CD 2007)
Paul Simon
3/5
I like Paul Simon. But, this one Isn't one I would listen to again. Some decent songs, but not worthy of this list.
Air
3/5
Good study music.
Brian Eno
3/5
Great background/study music for the most part. It's a nice album. I enjoyed it, but I'm not sure why it is on this list. I'll have to listen a few times more I think.
In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 429 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Standouts: I'll Come Running (I guess?) It's the only song that I remember after listening to the whole album.
Kendrick Lamar
1/5
Zero Fucking Stars. Does that offend you?
Here are some lyrics from this "album" that offended me.
"Every nigga is a star, ayy, every nigga is a star"
"Fuck you, motherfucker, you a ho-ass nigga"
"I don't want you monkey-mouth motherfuckers"
"Zoom, zoom, zoom, shit"
"What can I blame you for? Nigga, I can name several"
"Nigga, we gon' be alright"
"I don't give a fuck about no politics in rap, my nigga"
"Moonshine and gin, nigga you're babblin', your words ain't flatterin'"
"You're fuckin' evil. I want you to recognize that I'm a proud monkey"
"Askin' "where the hoes at?" to impress me"
"So I promise this, nigga"
"When shit hit the fan, is you still a fan?"
XTC
3/5
need to listen again
Van Halen
4/5
Solid, slightly dated now, but I still enjoy it
John Martyn
3/5
Nice, Need to listen more
Iron Butterfly
4/5
Pretty great. One truly classic song
The Allman Brothers Band
2/5
not for me
Nick Drake
4/5
He has such a great sound. Want to listen again.
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
It's allright.
ZZ Top
4/5
Great stuff. One of their best. Have mercy!
Standouts: Waitin' For the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago
La Grange
5/5
This was the first album I ever listened to that I thought was perfect. Start to finish.
Muddy Waters
3/5
It's good.
The Strokes
3/5
It's good. Couple of familiar songs.
Moby
3/5
a lot of familiar songs. Not bad.
Gene Clark
3/5
Seemed nice on first listen. Look forward to hearing it again.
The Everly Brothers
3/5
it's alright. Old album.
Spiritualized
3/5
Nice study music.
Tim Buckley
3/5
1st listen. it's pretty good.
Don McLean
4/5
Two classic songs. 1st listen in many years. The rest of the album is so nice to listen to. Can't wait to listen again.
3/5
2nd listen. Really liking this album.
Leonard Cohen
5/5
FIVE Solid stars. Always a favorite of mine.
The Pogues
4/5
4/5. First listen to this album but I do know a few of the songs already. And their style is unmistakable.
Favorites: If I Should Fall From the Grace of God
Fairytale of New York
South Australia,
Fiesta
Streets of Sorrow
Lullaby of London
The Roots
2/5
None of the songs did it for me
Alice Cooper
3/5
Supergrass
3/5
1st listen. Good. Really can't wait to hear it again.
John Martyn
3/5
Very nice. First listen. I give it a solid 3/5 for now. I'm sure this will move up to 4 stars after I've heard it more.
Pentangle
2/5
Meh
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Billie Holiday
4/5
It's still a 4/5. Second listen.
Billy Bragg
2/5
couple good songs
Chicago
4/5
What a great sound. Love this album.
Tim Buckley
2/5
2/5. The album seems fine. This was my first time hearing it. Didn't know any of the songs. The sound of the album didn't 'grab me' and none of the songs stood out to me. Of course, this is common for me when I first hear an album. There are plenty of times when the album gets better with time. So, I'm open to this one and think I could grow to like it more.
Damn Herione. I hate to read when anyone talented is taken from us too soon.
The Flaming Lips
4/5
2nd listen and it is growing on me. Some good songs.
The Shamen
2/5
2/5. Couple of good songs. The rest didn't do it for me.
Mariah Carey
2/5
2/5. I'm sure her fans love it. But, I detest everything about her diva attitude and it affects my enjoyment of the music. sorry.
Arrested Development
2/5
First listen. 2/5.
Blur
3/5
First listen. Knew the one song, "Song 2" The rest seems pretty good. Like to hear more of it.
Gillian Welch
3/5
Nice
The Birthday Party
2/5
First Listen. Good Sound. 2/5
This album will only get better with more listens. 2/5 for now, but I can see it being a 3/5 or 4/5 in the near future.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
2/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
First listen. Interesting African music. I did enjoy it quite a bit after listening to it all day. Very strong 2/5.
ZZ Top
4/5
Definite Classic. Very strong 4/5. Lots of great songs. Maybe just a little bit too commercial.
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Walk on by, by the time i get to phoenix are great
Billy Bragg
2/5
First listen, good sound. 2/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
3/5 very nice.
PJ Harvey
2/5
First listen. I like the sound. Hard. This has potential to get better with next listens.
David Bowie
2/5
First listen.
Sepultura
2/5
Very Loud, Very hard, Has a great sound, but you really have to be in the mood for this kind of music to enjoy it. First time hearing this band or the album. 2/5 for me.
Korn
2/5
Loud
Otis Redding
3/5
Very nice, Classic songs.
The Monkees
2/5
First Listen 2/5. Better than expected. Surprised how much I liked it. I had heard none of these songs before.
10cc
3/5
3/5. First Listen. Very enjoyable. Fun.
Standouts: Wall Street Shuffle, Worst Band in the World,, Somewhere in Hollywood, the Sacro-Iliac,
Eric Clapton
3/5
It’s fine
Roxy Music
3/5
First listen
Talking Heads
3/5
First listen. pretty good.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
4/5. Classic Cohen, even with the 80s vibe, he still is amazing.
Standouts: First We Take Manhattan, Everybody Knows, I'm Your Man, Tower of Song,
Green Day
3/5
Not my first time hearing this one, but first time in quite a while. Lots of good songs. Solid 3/5.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
Good stuff. Neil young makes this album so much better.
Cypress Hill
2/5
First listen. For me now it is a 2/5 May get better over time.
Tom Waits
2/5
I thought it was just ok. First listen.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Great
Death In Vegas
2/5
First Listen. Nice background music. Not much else.
Kanye West
2/5
Not as good as the others. 2/5
Machito
4/5
Second listen. 4/5
The Go-Go's
5/5
Serge Gainsbourg
2/5
First Listen. Very interesting sounds. Very nice.
Kraftwerk
2/5
First Listen. 2/5. Typical sound from Kraftwerk.
The Sonics
1/5
First Listen: I hate bands that just have a bunch of other people's hits and don't do anything original with them. This is a 1/5 for me. This might have been great back in 1965, but now, it is just a compilation of other bands' hits. Nothing to see here folks. Next.
The Divine Comedy
2/5
First Listen. Had a good vibe to the album. I'd like to hear more.
Massive Attack
3/5
Second Listen. Gave it a 3/5 on first listen. Love the sound and vibe of this album. Very mellow and cool. Still a strong 3/5.
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Sounds good. 2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Know this album well. Every song is great 5/5.
Simple Minds
2/5
First listen. I like Simple Minds, but I heard nothing special here. 2/5 for now. Maybe it get's better with time.
Elvis Presley
4/5
Second Listen. Brilliant Album. Loved it (almost every song).
Standouts: Blue Moon, I'm Counting on you, I Love You Because,
Sister Sledge
2/5
Second Listen. Still not great. 2/5. A few good songs, no doubt.
Carole King
4/5
Pretty classic. Heard 90% of this one before. 4/5.
Elton John
4/5
Love Elton John. Great early album. 4/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Bob...they all sound the same. Always good, but I'm not a true fan. 2/5 first listen.
Sepultura
2/5
First listen. Must. Listen. Loud.
First song Arise, kicked ass!
It continues to kick ass after that.
Not something I would listen to often, but when I'm in the mood....this would fit the bill.
2/5.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Good
5/5
5/5
One of the best albums of all time.
Earth, Wind & Fire
2/5
First listen. Two GREAT songs. The rest are good.
Adam & The Ants
2/5
First Listen. Didn't know any of the songs. A few of them grew on me by the end of the day. I look forward to hearing this one again.
2/5 (for now)
Basement Jaxx
2/5
First Listen. About what I expected. It's ok for me. 2/5
Daft Punk
2/5
First Listen. Each song is so repetitive it is like listening to the same 10 seconds over and over again. 2/5
Standouts: Around the World, Da Funk
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2/5
First Listen. Sounded nice. Like to hear more.
The Smashing Pumpkins
2/5
First Listen. I knew a couple of songs. Some good stuff here. I like it. 2/5 for now.
Janis Joplin
5/5
Classic. 5/5
Elton John
5/5
Heard this one a million times... Great, start to finish.
5/5
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
First listen. Just ok for me.
The Fall
2/5
First Listen. Interesting sounds. I like it and want to hear more of it.
2/5 for now.
Nirvana
5/5
CLASSIC 5/5
Thundercat
2/5
Second listen. Better than last time I listened but only slightly. 2/5
Run-D.M.C.
5/5
Classic. Takes me back. 5/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Love it. 4/5
Randy Newman
2/5
2/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
5/5. Absolute Classic.
2/5
It's fine. Good for background music. Listened to it several times today and nothing stuck. 2/5.
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Beatles
5/5
5/5. A classic start to finish. I can't still remember the first time I heard the entire album. I checked it (cassette) out from the library and listened to it on my walkman over and over again. Loved it. It is special.
Yes
3/5
Classic, Yes. Roundabout is one of the best songs ever.
Standouts: Roundabout, Long Distance Runaround, America
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
First listen. Some definitely interesting sounds. I enjoyed it and look forward to hearing it again next time. 2/5 (for now).
The Clash
3/5
Classic early clash. I know some of the songs well, others are new to me. 3/5
Tina Turner
3/5
Half of the songs are GREAT. The rest are a little dated now. Great for its time though. 3/5. Help is not on the US version of the Album. We were missing something, Nice version of the Beatles classic.
Standouts: Private Dancer, What's Love Got to do With It, I Can't Stand the Rain, Let's Stay Together, Help.
Eels
3/5
First listen. I *think* I've heard the band name before, but not familiar with the songs at all. Immediately, loved the sound of the album. Kept listening back-to-back. Loved the sound and feeling of it. Can't wait to listen to it again. This is one of my favorite new first listens. So many great songs.
3/5 (for now)
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
One of my favorites from Bruce
Primal Scream
2/5
First Listen.
Not bad. Like to hear more. Not sure yet.
Standouts: Kowalski, Star
2/5
Faith No More
2/5
I remember listening to this all the time when it came out. Epic was great. Listening to it now. I don't remember any of the songs, except Epic.
It's good for the type of music.
Epic songs: Epic :)
Other good songs; Falling to Pieces
2/5
Jane's Addiction
2/5
First Listen. This album is better when played loud.
Standouts: Stop, Been Caught Stealing, Three Days
2/5
The Cure
3/5
Such a good album. I haven't heard this one in a long time and some of the songs I've forgotten, so it's almost like hearing them for the first time.
3/5 maybe close to 4/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
First listen. Need to hear more. Ok.
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Second Listen. Good Stuff. 3/5 still getting to know this album.
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Always liked this album. Not quite as good as Rumours or Mirage, but good nonetheless. 4/5
Queens of the Stone Age
2/5
First Listen. After listening to it several times, none of the songs stand out to me. Doesn't mean it is bad, it just needs more time for me. For now, I'll give it a 2/5.
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
Second listen. 2/5 first time.
Such a mix of different styles throughout the album. It's kind of distracting.
Buffalo Gals is definitely semi-classic. The scathing was definitely the thing back in the early 80s. Double Dutch seems like a good island calypso song.
Someday this might be more than 2/5 for me, but not today.
Nina Simone
4/5
Second Listen. Love it. Four Women is amazing. 4/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
2/5
First listen. Heard of him before, don't know the songs at all. 2/5. I like the sampling. Need time to know the songs. The language is a huge negative for me.
The Dictators
2/5
First Listen. Very early punk. Nice. 2/5
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Truly a great album for its time. A little dated style now, but very enjoyable. 3/5.
Ramones
3/5
Good stuff! 3/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
Interesting!
3/5
I know it is a classic, but this was my first time really listening to it. 3/5
Sex Pistols
5/5
Classic
Everything But The Girl
2/5
I like their version of I Don't Want to Talk About It, the rest of the album is nice, but nothing else stood out on first listen.
DJ Shadow
2/5
First listen. Better than expected. Definitely good background music. 2/5
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Love this album. First listen. So smooth, relaxing and cool. It is excellent to have on in the background, but it is also more than just background music. I need more of this music in my life.
Fugees
2/5
First Listen. Heard a couple of the songs before. This is a very talented group of singers. Lauren Hill and Wyclef are masters. Killing Me Softly is a great version of a great song. Roberta Flack's will always be the best version for me though. Overall, there are some good songs, I need more time to get to know it. 2/5 for now.
Brian Eno
3/5
I have heard this album at least a hundred times as I play it before going to bed at night. It is so relaxing and tranquil. I will admit, the first time I heard it, I was really wondering why this would be on a list like this....now I know. If you feel the same - give it a chance. It is really difficult to rate with stars though. I can't put it on the same level as most of the other albums that I love... I will give it a respectable 3/5.
The White Stripes
3/5
First listen. Really good album start to finish.
Mike Oldfield
2/5
2nd listen. Still just an ok album.
Tortoise
2/5
First Listen. Really interesting. Need to hear more of this.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Fantastic. Some real classics and the rest are very good.
Classics: Freebird, Tuesday's Gone, Gimme Three Steps.
Alice In Chains
2/5
First Listen. I know the song Rooster from before the rest was new. It seems ok.
Janelle Monáe
3/5
First Listen. Very interesting album. Some very good songs. Standouts: Locked Inside, Sir Greendown. 3/5
The Who
2/5
Of all the great Who albums this is not the best.
Dusty Springfield
3/5
2nd Listen. Dated, but still a very nice album. 3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
One of their best. 5/5
Every song is pretty great.
Joni Mitchell
2/5
It's decent. Not a fan of Joni Mitchell. 2/5
Sparks
1/5
First listen. Wish it was my last. Oh this is a painful album to listen to. It isn't good. I don't get it. I really gave this album a chance... I can't say that I enjoyed even one song. For me, this is 1/5.
The Smiths
2/5
Second Listen. I enjoy some of the songs.
Stand out tracks: I Know it's Over. Bigmouth Strikes Again, The Boy with The Thorn in His Side.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Love Stevie Wonder
Pearl Jam
3/5
First Listen. Ok. I know quite a few of the songs, but never really listened to the whole album. It is pretty good. 3/5
The Temptations
2/5
First listen. Temptations are good. Just an old style that isn't that listenable today as it was before. Still a good album. 2/5
Minor Threat
3/5
First listen. Easy to enjoy. 3/5
The xx
3/5
First listen. Never heard of them before. When I first listened to it I thought is simple and a little boring. But, after a few more times, the music really grew on me. I appreciate the mood and feeling of the album. It makes me want to listen to more by this band. 3/5.
The Beach Boys
3/5
Definitely a different sound that other Beach Boys albums. Very enjoyable. 3/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Heard this album many times. It has some great classics the rest of the songs are fine. For me it's just a 3/5.
Standouts: Wouldn't it Be Nice, Sloop John B, God Only Knows,
The Prodigy
3/5
Second listen. Growing on me. Enjoying the drum beats. 3/5
Dirty Projectors
2/5
I think these songs will take more time to enjoy. Kind of a strange album.
Suede
2/5
First listen. Seems ok, but after listening all day none of the songs are sticking with me. Maybe next time. 2/5.
Yes
3/5
Good.
Talvin Singh
2/5
Ok, describes it well. 2/5
Mudhoney
2/5
Much better than expected. Never heard of these guys before, but glad I got a chance to hear their music. 2/5
Prince
5/5
5/5. Every song is great. Loved this album since it came out.
Elvis Costello
3/5
First Listen. Three of the songs are very familiar, the rest, I definitely enjoyed.
Standouts: Alison, Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes, Watching the Detectives.
3/5
Christine and the Queens
2/5
I heard nothing in this album that made me think that it belongs on this list. 2/5
The Byrds
3/5
3/5. Old style but still enjoyable.
The Streets
4/5
3rd listen. First few times I heard this album, I thought it was just ok, but over time, during these past several months, I have grown to really enjoy the album. 4/5.
The Monks
2/5
First Listen. I don't get it. 2/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
Second listen. Still not getting it.
2/5
someday maybe I will appreciate the music of Bob Dylan, but not today.
Slipknot
2/5
Good for the genre, not my thing these days.
Eminem
4/5
Loved this when it came out. It is still great.
Standouts: The Real Slim Shady, Stan, The Way I am, Kill You, Kim, Marshall Mathers, Under the Influence.
4/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Leonard's Swan Song. According to folklore, swans sing most beautifully before they die, and hence this phrase came to be used to describe someone who was leaving in style.
Wonderful album. 4/5.
Lauryn Hill
2/5
She's talented for sure, but not my style. 2/5.
The Youngbloods
2/5
Pretty good. Never heard it before. 2/5
Neneh Cherry
4/5
Classic in its day. Very good now. 4/5
Wire
2/5
it's good.
Motörhead
2/5
Pretty loud. A lot of the songs are the same, but not bad. 2/5
Ace of Spades is best song.
Dennis Wilson
3/5
There are a few special songs on this album. I needed this today.
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Never heard of her before. This was a great experience. There are a couple of songs on here that I absolutely loved - The Naughty Little Flea and One More Dance. Her version of the House of the Rising Sun was very good (four years before the Animals made it iconic). The African songs are nice, and I think that Lakutshn Ilanga was my favorite.
Standouts: One More Dance, The Naughty Littel Flea, Lakutshn Illanga, Where Does it Lead, House of the Rising Sun.
Glad I got a chance to get to know your music Mama Africa.
3/5
The Specials
2/5
Pretty good. I'd enjoy hearing more of it.
2/5
T. Rex
2/5
Pretty good. Ever heard it before.
Drive Like Jehu
2/5
Talking Heads
2/5
Various Artists
3/5
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Takes me back to high school. I remember listening to this tape over and over again on my walkman. Classic.
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
5/5. Perfection
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Very Good 3/5++
Nine Inch Nails
2/5
Two really great songs, the rest are ok. 2/5.
Violent Femmes
4/5
GREAT! So many great songs. 4/5
Beatles
5/5
Great, start to finish.
Keith Jarrett
3/5
What a great, relaxing album. Very enjoyable.
First time I've heard it.
3/5
Living Colour
3/5
It was great when It came out. I don't feel the same love I had for it back then, now. It is still good though. 3/5.
The Waterboys
2/5
It's fine. Not bad, just didn't excite me. 2/5
Justice
2/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
seems ok
Thin Lizzy
2/5
Its ok. 2/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
Seems pretty good. 2/5
Jane Weaver
2/5
Seems good. 2/5
T. Rex
3/5
Great
U2
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Saint Etienne
2/5
Nice
Lucinda Williams
3/5
First Listen. Started really enjoying it by the end of the day. It is a good, quality album.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Very Good
Beyoncé
1/5
Not for me
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Classic!
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
It’s nice, but too long
Hole
2/5
Several good songs here
Baaba Maal
2/5
It seems ok
The Byrds
2/5
Not much of a Byrds fan. This is just ok for me.
2/5
Beck
2/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Smooth
Elliott Smith
3/5
2nd listen. Some of the songs are quite nice.
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Quality.
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Very Enjoyable. Smooth latin jazz.
Common
2/5
The first song, Time Traveling, gave me hope for this album. But, the rest of the album was a letdown. Better than To Pimp a Butterfly though. At least this one is listenable. 2/5
Gang Of Four
3/5
Really liking this one
Beastie Boys
3/5
Good Stuff!
CHIC
3/5
It's fine for what it is and when it came from. Half of the songs are still very listenable. 3/5
Supergrass
3/5
Really don't like the album cover but the music is good. 3/5. Second time listening and a few of the songs are growing on me.
Joy Division
3/5
A few great songs and the others seem pretty good too. 3/5
Bobby Womack
2/5
1st listen. Seems ok. 2/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3/5
A couple of classics and the rest are pretty good. Nice to listen to. Like to hear more of this one.
Standouts: Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans), Souvenir. Joan of Arc.
Others: She's Leaving,
3/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
First listen. Need to hear more of it.
Supertramp
4/5
Excellent. 4/5
Standouts: School, Bloody Well Right, Dreamer
Others: Hide in Your Shell, Asylum, Rudy, Crime of the Centrury.
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
2nd Listen.
Standouts: Leave Home
3/5
David Holmes
2/5
2nd listen. First time I gave it 1/5 because it was kind of boring.
On this listen, I think it is slightly better, but still not more than just background music. 2/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Couple of great songs, some good ones and a couple strange ones... Nice.
Like to hear more of it. 2/5 for now.
John Coltrane
3/5
The Avalanches
3/5
That boy needs therapy!
I am not a big fan of the Genre, but this one is good - maybe even - really good! I knew the song "Frontier Psychiatrist" from when I lived in Europe back in those days. It's a Gem. The album is really interesting with its use of loops and samples. Definitely the best electronica album on this list (so far).
3/5
Germs
2/5
Average sounding punk. 2/5
Fela Kuti
2/5
The Only Ones
2/5
2nd Listen.
Standouts: Breaking Down, It's the Truth, No Peace For The Wicked.
From the bonus material: Peter and the Pets
2 of 5. but it has potential
The Pharcyde
2/5
Ok, 2/5
The classic "Stay with Me" is the iconic song from the album. The rest isn't bad either. I prefer the songs that feature Rod Stewart on lead vocals. A strong classic rock album.
Standouts: Stay with Me, Love Lives Here
Others: Miss Judy's Farm, You're So Rude
3/5
Fishbone
2/5
Nothing special for me. 2/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Classic. The whole "First side" of the album is amazing. That side alone is a 5/5. The rest of the album is good too.
Standouts: Iron Man, War Pigs, Paranoid
Others; Planet Caravan
Jamiroquai
2/5
Jamiroquai is definitely a talented band with a unique sound. I really want to like it more than I do, the songs just don't connect with me. Maybe it will grow on me later....
2.5 / 5 for now.
The Crusaders
3/5
Nice album. 3/5
2/5
1st listen
I can't tell if the album is good or just annoying. I like a few of the songs, I think I need more time getting to know it.
2.5/5
Donald Fagen
5/5
One of my favorites. 5/5
I love every song. The extended version has a couple of extras that were included on soundtrack albums (Heavy Metal and Bright Lights Big City).
The White Stripes
4/5
4.5/5. So many great songs. This was the album that made me - and I'm sure many other pay attention to the new an unique band. Yes, they had a couple albums before this one, but I never heard them and never heard of the White Stripes until this one came out. I loved it, the first time I heard it back then and it has only gotten better with age!
Ozomatli
3/5
First Listen. Interesting sound. Funk, jazz, Latin, rock, hip hop, world fusion all in one album. I mostly liked it.
Standouts: Saturday Night
3/5
Caetano Veloso
2/5
2/5
It's good.
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Better than expected. 3/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
It's very good. What else can you say.
3/5
Judas Priest
3/5
It Rocks.
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Hole
2/5
It's fine
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Really nice. Like to hear more of it.
Pink Floyd
5/5
An all-time classic. Definitely, one of the best albums ever made. 5/5. I remember the first time I heard Money when it came out. It was like nothing I ever heard of before. When I got older I heard the rest of the album and it blew me away.
The Cure
2/5
I like the Cure. Never heard this one though. None of the songs really stood out to me. I am sure it takes time to get, so I'll definitely give it more listens. For now though it is a 2/5.
Traffic
3/5
I definitely feel a jazz influence on this album. I think the second track, Freedom Rider, especially makes me think of the Thelonious Monk album, Brilliant Corners. The album overall is very nice. I enjoyed it.
Standouts: Freedom Rider, Empty Pages, John Barleycorn,
3.5/5
Buffalo Springfield
2/5
Scott Walker
3/5
I really enjoyed Scott 4 so I thought this would be about the same. I did enjoy it but it really took several listens before I started coming around.
There are some really good tracks: Next, Jackie, Plastic Palace People. "The Girls and the Dogs" is quite brilliant.
All the rest of the songs are very nice. I'd really like to get to know this album much more in the future.
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
3/5.
Borrowed Tune is a 5/5. The rest of the album is pretty good.
Fugazi
3/5
A couple of good songs.
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
First time hearing this album. Besides Golden Years, I don't any of the other songs. I really like the Bowie albums that I know.... Since this is a new one for me it might take a few more listens to really enjoy.
2/5 for now.
Standouts: Golden Years.
Others:: Wild is the Wind.
Neil Young
3/5
Very nice. 3/5
Madonna
5/5
5/5. As much as I hate to admit it, this is a great album. NO, it is not in the same league as some others that I have given a 5/5 rating to, but It IS deserving of it.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Coldplay
3/5
Outstanding. Love their sound. Need to hear more of this.
3/5.
Donovan
3/5
Nice. 3/5
Antony and the Johnsons
2/5
Nice. I'd like to hear this one again. 2/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
It is very nice. 3/5
Randy Newman
3/5
Better than I was expecting. His original version of Leave Your Hat on is so toned down compared to the Joe cocker remake, but still nice to hear.
3/5
Wilco
2/5
Good, but too long. 2/5
Thelonious Monk
4/5
4/5. Definitely one of my favorite Jazz albums.
Scott Walker
4/5
Really enjoyed it for the type of music it is. It's like Perry Como or Andy Williams - people that are good, but I don't often listen to.
Every song on the album quickly felt familiar and comfortable to me. I enjoyed it.
4/5.
Beastie Boys
3/5
Pretty great. 3.5/5
If you haven't read the Beatie Boys Book, I highly recommend it. It is interesting from start to finish. I listened to it on audible and it was even better with them reading it.
This album is really good. I'd give it a higher score if I knew it better. I've listened to it several times and am still getting to know it. There are so many different sounds and styles throughout the album. It really is something interesting to listen to. I think people either love the Beastie Boys or hate them. If you are a hater, then I'd recommend getting to know them better. Their lyrics are quite intelligent (at times). Sometimes simplistic - going back to Licenced to Ill.....
Standouts: Sabotage.
Turbonegro
3/5
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
New albums shouldn’t be on this list. It takes time to determine if an album is worthy or just a fad. Never heard of her, never heard the album. I hate spoken interludes… The music was nice. I have no issues with any of the songs. 2/5.
Goldfrapp
4/5
Such a great album. Different!
Eurythmics
3/5
it's nice.
Amy Winehouse
3/5
It's a decent album, but not really into her voice or sound. I like her version of Moody's Mood For Love.
3/5
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
Nice trip hop album
TV On The Radio
3/5
Really good3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
4/5. From start to finish, it is packed with great songs. I know this album well. Love it.
KISS
3/5
A few good songs
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
It really is very good from start to finish. Solid 4/5.
Standouts: Mrs. Robinson, At the Zoo, America, Fakin' it, A Hazy Shade of Winter, Old Friends.
Black Sabbath
3/5
Aerosmith
4/5
A true classic Classic Rock album.
Songs I know well and are great: Walk this Way, Sweet Emotion.
Other songs I know and are really good: Big Ten Inch, Toys in the Attic.
Best of the rest: No More No More, You See Me Crying.
4/5
Bonnie Raitt
4/5
Great album. 4/5
The Cure
3/5
Really good first listen. 3/5
JAY Z
2/5
"Lyrics" 0/5. Music and style 4/5. Too bad he finds it so necessary to include such deplorable words in his rap. Overall 2/5.
The Band
3/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Never heard of these guys. It has a very easy to like sound. I definitely enjoyed it and want to hear more of it.
Bob Dylan
3/5
One of the better Dylan albums.
The Auteurs
4/5
Great album. I liked it the first time I heard it last year. It just keeps getting better. Interesting sound. I'm glad this album was on this list so I got to know it.
4/5
Carpenters
2/5
Ugh. I can imagine this was good back in 1970, but not so much now.
2/5
Aerosmith
3/5
A load a great songs. 3.5/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
I listened to it, didn't think it was anything amazing, but it wasn't too bad either. I think if I were more familiar with it I would like it. I'd add this one to my list of albums to hear again.
I've heard of the band but never heard any of the music. 3/5
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
It's a good album. I'd have to say that I think it is just too much. Never heard of these guys before, but I enjoyed it. It just kept going on endlessly...
3/5.
David Bowie
4/5
A great album. The more I've listened to it the more I enjoy it. So many great songs.
Standouts: Changes, Life on Mars?
Other greats: Oh you Pretty Things, Kooks, Queen Bitch
4/5
Patti Smith
3/5
3.5/5. Gets better every time I hear it.
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Ok, I know that Frank Zappa isn't for everybody, but those that like him enjoy this album. If you don't like him, you probably haven't heard enough to get to know him.
This isn't one of my favorite Zappa albums, but I do enjoy it.
I think Hungry Freaks, Daddy is a great opening song. I almost feel like it's a rip off of the Rolling Stones but still very good.
I Ain't Got No Heart... to give away. Girl, you better go away. :)
Who Are the Brain Police? I love the cadence of the song.
Go Cry on Somebody's Else's Shoulder. A bit too much 50's doo-wop for me. But, it's enjoyable. 50s style with lyrics that are not what you would hear in a 50's doo wop ballad!
I like Motherly Love as well. Good message.
How Could I Be Such a Fool? Again, heartbreak. What was he going through when this album was written. I personally don't know him well enough to know but he definitely seems jaded.
Wowie Zowie... eh, ok... the cheesy chorus isn't for me, but the rest of the song is acceptable.
You Didn't Try to Call Me. Tell me who's loving you now? cos it worries my mind - I can't sleep at all... I think we have all been THERE. Especially guys... She didn't try to call. Why? Doesn't she think of me the way I'm thinking of her? No.... she's moved on... Dudes need to get over it!
Anyway the Wind Blows. It's just a good song...short and to the point.
I'm Not Satisfied. A bit of Zappa humor in this one. No love left to give... Haven't we heard that before? Wait, what about the... it sounds like Hungry Freaks, Daddy again... ok, maybe not.. but, maybe... :)
You're Probably Wondering Why. So am I. LOL. YEAH. Ok, this song has no real melody at times, then it does... That's Zappa. Is that a Kazoo I hear? why, yes it is!
Trouble Every Day. Probably the one song that is just there. At least for me.
Hello I'm a Rock / It Can't Happen (Suite in Three Movements). This is what Zappa is all about. Those jazz-rock-related, long drawn-out pieces of interesting sounds and lyrics.... Just enjoy it.
And yes, the Zappa continues with " The Return of the Son of Monster" Go with the flow...enjoy it.
The first half of the album is more memorable than the second half but the entire project is such an experience.
Glad I got to spend the day listening to it!
3.5/5 (what did you expect a 5/5?)
Brian Eno
3/5
Interesting
The Stooges
2/5
2,5, first listen
Green Day
4/5
Excellent. 4/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
First song is great.
Funkadelic
3/5
I can get into this! 3/5
Radiohead
3/5
First time hearing this one. I love Radiohead's The Bends album. This might be my 2nd favorite. We'll have to see. Great sounds throughout the album.
3.5/5
CHIC
3/5
When I first started listening, I thought, Ok...one good song. But, as the day went on I really started enjoying it more. 1979 is right when I was first getting into music, but I was never a Chic fan, so It took this long for me to finally hear it. I can definitely see this being a very hot album in 1979.
Standouts: Good Times.
Best of the Rest: The other six songs on the album.
3.5/5
The Smiths
4/5
Pretty great. But, Morrissy's voice can get annoying after a while. I still like it though!
Standouts: Girlfriend in a Coma. Unhappy Birthday, Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before.
Others: I Started Something I Couldn't Finish. Death of a Disco Dancer, I won't Share You.
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
Cause you're evil
And you lie
And if you should die
I may feel slightly sad
(But I won't cry)
Brutal... :) Love it. 4/5
Santana
4/5
Brilliant. 4/5
Standouts: Black Magic Woman, Oye como Va, Samba Pa Ti, Hope You're Feeling Better.
Can
2/5
Hmmmm
X-Ray Spex
2/5
One of the better punk albums on the list. 2.5/5
Beatles
4/5
Really good, older Beatles album. I am not a fan of most of the cover songs (except for Till There was You) but overall the album is quite excellent.
Standouts: All My Loving, It Won't Be Long, Till There Was You.
Others: Don't Bother Me, Little Child, All I've Got to Do, Devil in Her Heart, Not a Second Time, and Hold Me Tight.
Could have done without: Please Mr. Postman, Roll Over Beethoven, You Really Got A Hold On Me and Money (That's What I Want).
4.5/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
First listen. I’ve heard the Tigermilk album before because of this list. I think this one has a better vibe.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Very good. 3.5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Classic. The album is full of great songs.
Kraftwerk
4/5
This is one that really grows on you. 4
The Young Gods
2/5
Interesting listen. Not great, but enjoyable. 2.5/5
Raekwon
1/5
Horrible. 1/5
The B-52's
4/5
Classic! 4.5 / 5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Stan Getz
3/5
Nice
The War On Drugs
2/5
Interesting and enjoyable. Not really familiar with it yet. I think I'd like it more after I hear it a few more times. 2.5/5 for now
Le Tigre
3/5
Loved it! 3.5 of 5. The album starts out strong with four really great songs. The rest are pretty good too.
Standouts: Hot Topic, What's Yr Take on Cassavetes, Deceptacon, The The Empty, My My Metrocard, Phanta, Friendship Station
Left me wanting more.
Bob Dylan
3/5
I can appreciate that people LOVE Bob Dylan. He's ok for me. Kind of the same sound for every song, every album. I listened to this one a few times, it is worth listening to, but don't think I'd ever go back to it again. Glad I got the chance to hear it. 3/5
Ice Cube
1/5
Who really wants to listen to ignorant people acting angry, shooting guns, calling each other Nigga.? The music and style is actually good, it is just all the extreme content that really ruins this album.
1/5
AC/DC
5/5
A Perfect Rock Album. 5/5
Classics: Back in Black, You Shook Me All Night Long, Hells Bells
Greats: Shake a Leg, Shoot to Thrill, Given the Dog a Bone, What Do YOu Do For Money Honey, Have a Drink on Me.
Far Above Average: Let Me Put My Love Into You, Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution.
Favorite Line: "Let me cut your cake with my knife" - Let Me Put My Love Into You.
Pixies
2/5
I liked it. I think I need to hear it again though. 2.5 / 5 for now.
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Mostly just typical 60s pop-rock with a few standout tracks.
Classics:
None
Standouts:
Kicks, I"m Not Your Stepping Stone, All I Really Need is You, Melody for an Unknown Girl
Very Good:
Little Girl in the 4th Row, Take A Look at Yourself
3 / 5
Rod Stewart
4/5
A lot of great songs on this one.
Standouts:
Maggy May, Mandolin Wind, (I Know) I'm Losing You, Every Picture Tells a Story, Seems Like a Long Time, (Find a) Reason to Believe.
The album would be rated higher without That's All Right/Amazing Grace. I think they are awkward in the flow of the album.
4/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Very solid. First time hearing the album. 3/5
The Pogues
3/5
3.5/5 reqlly enjoyed this album
Ian Dury
4/5
Very good. 4 / 5
Classic:
Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll
Standouts:
Wake Up and Make Love With Me, Sweet Gene Vincent, My Old Man, Clevor Trever,
Queen
4/5
Really Great! 4.5 / 5
Classics: Killer Queen, Brighton Rock
Others: Lilly of the Valley, Now, I'm Here, Bring Back Leroy Brown, In the Lap of the Gods, Stone Cold Crazy
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
4.5 Classic
7 Classics!
Foxy Lady, Fire, Hey Joe, Are You Experienced?, Manic Depression, Purple Haze and the Wind Cries Mary.
The rest of the songs are just damn good - including May This Be Love, I Didn't Live Today, Third Stone From the Sun, Stone Free and Love or Confusion,
Kacey Musgraves
2/5
It's a nice album...
2.5/5
Lightning Bolt
2/5
Bizzare album. Not everyone's cup of tea... Not sure it is mine either, but I did enjoy listening to it more than expected.
2/5
Manu Chao
3/5
Surprisingly good. I’m usually not interested in Spanish music, but this was different. 3/5
TLC
3/5
Better than expected. Many good songs.
3/5
Blue Cheer
2/5
First impression: Sounds like Hendrix...second impression: sounds like the Who. So, they get a zero for originality. LOL. The music was nice though. I'm not a fan of cover songs, and the first two songs right off the bat are covers... The original stuff on the album is fine, but nothing special to me.
Wu-Tang Clan
1/5
nope 1/5
John Grant
3/5
Really great sound. Never heard of this guy before. At times it sounds like pink Floyd…other times Alan Parson Project. Whatever it is I like it. Will definitely listen to This one again. 3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
2.5. First time hearing this band. I liked it and want to hear more.
Can
3/5
Really interesting stuff.
Elvis Presley
3/5
Culture Club
4/5
Classic. Favorite song: Victims. 4.5/5
Adele
3/5
Nice
Ryan Adams
2/5
Some pretty nice songs. Heard of this guy but never heard any of his music.
Might take some more time to appreciate this one better.
2.5/5 for now.
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
5/5
From start to finish it is one great song after another.
Madonna
3/5
It's Madonna. She can do no wrong... 3/5
This is an album by her that I really don't know very well, but it is really good.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
3.5/5
First time hearing the album. Very good, as usual from Bob Marley.
Standouts: Stir it Up, High Tide or Low Tide (Bonus Track).
Tricky
3/5
Much better than expected. I really loved it!
3/5
Ash
2/5
Never heard of Ash. For the first time listening it was very enjoyable.
2.5/5 for now.
Little Richard
3/5
Cee Lo Green
2/5
Just ok for me. Nothing bad, just not my kind of music and nothing stood out. I was expecting to hear the "Fuck You" song, but guess that was from a different album. Shame.
Paul Simon
5/5
5/5. Damn good from the first song to the last.
Dire Straits
4/5
4.5 A nearly perfect album
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Oh boy…. Another one of these faux music albums…. It isn’t horrible, but seriously…did I really need to hear THIS before I die?
2/5.
The Isley Brothers
3/5
It’s ok. I really don't like the remakes of Listen to the Music or Summer Breeze. Those are just to iconic for me to enjoy anyone singing them.
The rest is pretty good though. 3/5
3/5
Really good
Dead Kennedys
2/5
2.5 / 5. Not bad for a first listen. I can definitely get into this one. need to hear it more though.
Bob Dylan
3/5
It's another Bob Dyan album... how exciting..... (yawn).
James Brown
4/5
4/5. Can't go wrong with James Brown. Classic.
Frank Ocean
3/5
It's nice 3/5
Big Star
3/5
Never heard of Big Star. The album is nice though.
Best tracks: Femme Fatale, Thank You Friends, Big Black Car, Holocaust, Kanga Roo, Till the End of the Day,
Lorde
3/5
Nice sound
New York Dolls
3/5
Good
Nick Drake
3/5
Solid Nick Drake. 3/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Such an interesting sound. Bjork is very unique! Birthday is really great. Motorcrash isn't bad either. I can get into this, but it might take a few more listens.
Bon Jovi
3/5
There are some really great songs, but many of the others are just dated.
Standouts: Living on a Prayer, You Give Love a Bad Name, Wanted Dead or Alive, Never Say Goodbye.
3.5/5
Herbie Hancock
3/5
3/5
Linkin Park
4/5
Great Album. I used to listen to this all the time when it came out. Now, 22 years later, Some of the songs, I don't remember, but there are some real classics here: In the End, Papercut, One Step Closer, Crawling, My December.
4/5
Richard Hawley
3/5
Smooth
OutKast
3/5
A couple of classics on this one. The rest are ok, long album.
The Damned
2/5
I’m sure its good, but after listening all day I am not won over yet.
Al Green
4/5
4/5. Al is king. Great stuff.
Iggy Pop
3/5
Great. 3.5/5
Leftfield
2/5
eh
Genesis
3/5
Good progressive rock
Fiona Apple
3/5
Very good. 3/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Standouts: Nightclubbing, Baby, China Girl, Sister Midnight.
David Bowie
2/5
2.5/5
Nirvana
4/5
Brilliant! 4.5/5
Standouts: About a Girl, Come as You Are, Dumb, Polly, Something in the Way, All Apologies, The Man Who Sold the World, All three Meat Puppet Songs (especially Oh Me), Where did you Sleep Last Night.
And all the rest are above average too!
I am so glad this album exists.... RIP Kurt.
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Pretty good. Need to hear more of this one!
2.5/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Actually...this is a great album. Classic PSB.
4/5
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
2.5 / 5. Good album, easy to enjoy. Need to hear more of this one.
Norah Jones
3/5
3.5. Smooth and cool. Very nice to listen to.
Soft Cell
3/5
Tainted Love is one of the best songs ever! The rest is pretty good.
Anita Baker
4/5
4/5. Hard not to fall in love with this album. Smooth and amazing.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Classic. 4/5
3/5
Stereolab
3/5
On first listen, I thought it was pretty boring and insignificant. But, as the day went on and I heard it more, I started really enjoying it. It isn't anything fantastic or amazing, but it is like the music version of comfort food. 3/5
The Doors
4/5
Keep your eyes road, your hand upon the wheel....
Morrison Hotel contains many Doors classics such as Roadhouse Blues, Waiting for the Sun, Peace Frog, and Land Ho!
Other standouts: Blue Sunday, Queen of the Highway, Indian Summer,
Jim Morrison - gone too soon, but when we need him we can always check into the Morrison Hotel and enjoy the entire catalog.
Blondie
3/5
One Way or Another, Heart of Glass, Hangin on the Telephone... great
The Stranglers
3/5
I’ve heard this one before and it’s really good and gets better each time I listen to it. 3.5/5.
Standouts: Get a Grip On Yourself, Peaches, Hanging Around, Goodbye Toulouse
The Who
4/5
A definite classic. 4/5
The Boo Radleys
2/5
It’s alright. 2.5/5
The Stooges
3/5
Standouts: I Wanna Be Your Dog, No Fun, 1969.
Ann almost sound like a Doors song for most of it.
3/5
Megadeth
2/5
Much better than expected. Still not really what I like to listen to, but I can see how it would be loved by metalheads!
2.5/5
Coldplay
3/5
Coldplay. It's either Love or Hate. Those that love the band probably outnumber the haters, but
Overall: Excellent ( but after listening to it all day. I'm really tired of hearing it).
Standouts:
"Don't Panic", "Shiver", "Yellow", "Trouble"
3.5/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
2/5
It's nice. 2.5/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Really good album. Standouts: Coat of Many Colors, Traveling Man, Here I Am.
4/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
This is not nearly as good as the other Kraftwerk albums I’ve heard. That being said, it isn’t bad, just not great. Autobahn (song) is a classic….
3/5
Gary Numan
3/5
3.5/5
Always loved the song “cars” and this album has a few more great songs. I enjoyed it very much.
Adele
4/5
Eagles
3/5
One of the weakest Eagles albums, but it does have three classic songs.
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Classic Old School. Really takes me back. Reminds me of old friends that I haven't thought of in years! This was definitely a sound that was truly new and unique at the time. Rock Box set the way for songs like "Walk This Way" That Aerosmith and Run-DMC collaborated on.
Every song is significant and set the stage for others to follow....
Standouts: It's Like That, 30 Days, Hard Times, and Rock Box.
Others: Jam-Master Jay, Hollis Crew, Sucker M.C.'s, Wake Up, Jay's Game.
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Really enjoyable. Love Neil Young and I never sleep either.
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
What makes this special? It isn’t bad, but I’ve heard hundreds of albums that aren’t on this list, that are better than this.
2/5
Parliament
4/5
4/5. Love it
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Brilliant. 4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
3.5. Really great
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Really, Really enjoyed this album. 3.5/5
It's a really fun listen. I'd definitely add it to my playlist. Is it amazing? Not really, but, I am glad I got to know it.
Metallica
5/5
Probably the best album ever in this genre. 5/5
N.W.A.
2/5
That language! This would be better without all the N's and F's.... I'll actually give it 2/5 and not 1/5 like I thought because it has merits.
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
Never head this one before. Seems good. Really need to get to know it better. 3/5
System Of A Down
3/5
Ministry
2/5
Hard core. Interesting. I like it in general, but not really something I'd listen to often. 2.5
Deep Purple
4/5
4/5. Classic, Classic Rock.
Smoke on the Water, Highway Star, Lazy, and Space Truckin' are all mega-classic.
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
3.5
Never heard this before. I really wish I would have listened to it in 1987, I am sure it would be a classic for me now. It is exactly what I like.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
I'd take THIS Elvis over that other one any day!
Solid album.
3/5
Arctic Monkeys
2/5
2.5
Hookworms
2/5
2.5 good at times.
3/5
3.5/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
LOUD. NOISY. Not very good. 2/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
Its fine
Nick Drake
2/5
2.5. Nice but not into this voice.
Cat Stevens
3/5
It's a nice album. That's it. 3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Really good. 3.5
Dire Straits
3/5
It's nice. Better than many other albums on this list.
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
I first listened to the CD version of the album and thought it was pretty good - definitely 'cool'. Then Darn that Dream started and I thought how much that song just didn't fit in with the rest of the album. It's a great old classic from the 1940s - I know it well. It just didn't seem to flow along with the rest of the album. THEN I looked at the Wikipedia page and saw that It wasn't part of the original album.
I never know which version of the album is the one that we "must listen to", but in this case, I'll stick with the original version without Darn That Dream.
Very cool, smooth and funky jazz. yeah, baby, I dig it...
3/5
Venom
2/5
2.5.
Eminem
4/5
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
It's ok.
Miles Davis
4/5
One of the best Jazz albums ever. 4/5
Best track: So What, Freedie Freeloader
Foo Fighters
2/5
2.5. Average
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
3
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Not bad. NOt really my kind of music but it was enjoyable
Metallica
4/5
4.5/5. F'ing great
Louis Prima
3/5
Very nice
Ray Charles
3/5
3.5. It's fine. A couple of real classics.
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Interesting sound. I'd like to hear more
2.5
A Tribe Called Quest
2/5
2.5.
One of the best I’ve heard from them.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
2/5
2.5. Just ok for me.
Milton Nascimento
2/5
It's nice but really hard to enjoy when the language is so difficult. I think this one would take more time to appreciate.
2.5 / 5
Peter Frampton
4/5
Pretty classic album. I remember when this was the biggest album on planet Earth.
4/5
Garbage
2/5
2.5
Cocteau Twins
2/5
2.5
Travis
3/5
Not exactly a unique sound, because it sounds like Radioheard and other bands, but I did really like it. 3/5
Prince
4/5
Great album with the exception of one song (Something in the Water).
4/5
Mott The Hoople
2/5
It’s ok. 2.5
2Pac
2/5
Not my favorite genre to listen to but the music was good. The language was a bit much for me though. 2/5
AC/DC
4/5
4.5
Classic
Rage Against The Machine
3/5
Rage Against the Machine or RATM is a rock band from L.A., USA. This was their 1st Studio Release.
Genre: Rap Metal, Funk Metal
Initial Impression: Hard, Loud, Kick Ass
Singles:
----------------------------------
Killing in the Name (UK #1, US ALT #25, #8 NZ, #7 AUS)
Bullet in the Head (UK #16, #19 NZ)
Bombtrack (UK #37, NL #8, NZ #11)
Freedom (#17 NZ)
Standouts:
Killing in the Name (Fuck You I Won't Do What You Tell Me), Bombtrack
Others: Take The Power Back, Bullet in the Head
I don't usually listen to Rap Metal, but when I do I listen to Rage Against the Machine.
I have to be in the right mood, to enjoy this kind of music. It isn't something I'd put on playlist with other songs that I would listen to during a normal day. But, I would definitely put it on a playlist of songs that really fucking rock!
For the Genre is is outstanding. For me, overall, I think it is pretty damn good and overall I'd give it a 3.5
Nanci Griffith
2/5
Standouts: Love at the Five and Dime
The album seems fine. Never heard of her before and I've listened to Country music from time-to-time throughout my 55 years...
2.5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Above average, but not my favorite Springsteen album.
3.5
Beatles
4/5
Amazing 4.5/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Nice. Now this is good country music.
Standouts: I Don't Wanna Talk About It
Others:
The Pearl, Michelangelo, Tragedy, Red Dirt Girl, Bang the Drum Slowly, Hour of Gold,
Wilco
2/5
Wilco is an American Rock band. This is their 4th Album. They have three appearances in the 1001 Albums list (including collaboration with Billy Bragg).
This is definitely a more mellow album compared to other Wilco songs I've heard. Some may call it boring.... I just think you need to spend more time with it to appreciate it. This is my first listen, and my first impression is positive and I look forward to spending more time getting to know it better.
Standouts:
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, Radio Cure, War on War, Heavy Metal Drummer,
Rating: 2.5/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2/5
2.5
New Order
3/5
Seems ok. Don't know any of the song. Typical 80s sound.
3/5
David Gray
2/5
It s nice. 2.5
John Lennon
4/5
4.0 really nice. Jealous Guy and Imagine are true classics.
Public Enemy
2/5
2.5
Nico
4/5
strangely haunting and beautiful music. Her voice is unique and I am sure the style was fresh when this was released in 1967.
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
Uh, what was that?
The Electric Prunes
2/5
Kinda dated. 2.5/5
50 Cent
4/5
I like this one a lot. One of the best in this genre. 4/5
Frank Black
3/5
Pretty good. 3.5/5
Deee-Lite
3/5
Fun. 3/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Bring the Noise! with Anthrax. Nice. Great sounds throughout. 3/5
Japan
2/5
Never heard of this band before and certainly never heard any of the songs. I love the song, Despair. So haunting. At times during the album I almost thought I was listening to a early Duran Duran album. I think the album would have been better to get to know back in 1979, but listening to it now for the first time I can only appreciate how it might have been a new and different sound for its time. I think if I hear it more it is something I would definitely like. I would definitely like to keep this one around and listen to it again and again.
2.5/5
OutKast
3/5
It's fine. Way too long though. There is only so much of Outkast I can stand...
Tori Amos
4/5
I have always really liked this album.
Michael Jackson
4/5
4.5/5. Classic album!
Beatles
4/5
The thing that makes me give this 4.5 instead of 5 stars is the fact that the album is just too “pop”-orientated. It is loaded with pop songs. And I appreciate the fact that there are no covers on this one. It is a classic and in 1964 this would have been an amazing purchase!
4.5/5
Dizzee Rascal
3/5
Heard this once before. Not bad. Three good tracks and the might take more time to get to know better. 3.5/5.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
5/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Noisy, but not bad. 2.5/5
Tracy Chapman
5/5
One of the best albums ever. Start to finish this is an amazing album.
5/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
5/5. Classic. One of the best albums ever!
Grateful Dead
3/5
3.5
I’m not a dead head but good music is good music.
Air
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
It’s jazz. 3/5
Franz Ferdinand
2/5
2.5. Good
Solomon Burke
3/5
Excellent for the genre and era. 3/5
Killing Joke
3/5
Got better each time I listened to it. By the end of the day….i was a fan. Still need more time to give it a higher rating. 3/5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
2.5 one of her least horrible albums. Not a Mitchell fan.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Janet Jackson
4/5
Outstanding! 4.5/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
Really good.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Decent. 2.5/5
Alanis Morissette
4/5
4.5. It is so iconic.
Kanye West
3/5
3/5
Bee Gees
3/5
Nice pre-disco Bee-Gees
The Byrds
3/5
It’s good. 3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The Rolling Stones from London, England. This was their 9th Studio Album. It is one of six albums on the 1001 Albums list.
Standouts:
Sympathy for the Devil, Street Fighting Man
Others:
No Expectations, Factory Girl, Salt of the Earth
Sympathy for the Devil is one of the Top 100 classic rock songs of all time.
Rating: 3.5
Ray Charles
4/5
Ray Charles sings 20s, 30s & 40s standards in his own R&B Bluesy way. It is outstanding.
Singles:
-----------------------------------------------------
Let the Good Times Roll (#78)
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' (US #95, #17 US R&B)
Just for a Thrill (#16 US R&B)
Come Rain or Come Shine (US #83)
Standouts:
Let the Good Times Roll, It Had to Be You, Alexander's Ragtime Band, When Your Lover Has Gone, Just For a Thrill, Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin', Am I Blue, Come Rain Come Shine.
Rating: 4/5
Frank Zappa
3/5
Surprisingly enjoyable.
Massive Attack
3/5
Primal Scream
3/5
3.5 gets better each time I hear it.
Pavement
3/5
There are 3-4 really great songs, the rest seem fine.
Neu!
3/5
Very good 3.5
Kate Bush
3/5
It’s fine. A few good tracks. 3/5
Standout: This Women’s Work
Morrissey
3/5
Very good
Joni Mitchell
2/5
2.5. I can do without Joni Mitchell in my life.
Tom Waits
3/5
Interesting sound. I think I like it but still need more time.
The Style Council
3/5
3.5/5.
First time hearing the whole album. A couple classics and the reat are really good.
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
4/5
Really loved this when it came out. It is still great.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
4/5.
There is a lot to love on this classic album. Brown Sugar is an iconic classic. Wild Horses is one of the top 10 Stones songs of all time. Bitch has a familiar riff that makes me feel like I know the song, but I really don’t remember ever hearing it before. I Got the Blues sounds so Ottis Redding-like with out being a rip off. It is a perfect tribute to a master of soulful blues. Can’t you hear me knocking is two songs in one: the song and the jam session. Just imagine what we have lost if they didn’t keep recording after the main part of the song was over. Dead Flowers, shows how versatile the band can be. Rock, blues and now country….Sticky fingers gives the listener one joyful surprise after another. And at no time does the listener get the feeling they know what is coming next. The album winds down with Moonlight Mile, a soulful rock ballad that gives the listener time to reflect on what they just took in during the previous forty minutes. I can just image listening to this album for the first time back in 1971… hearing the final song fade, listening as the needle makes it was to the end of the album, the arm lifting up and start moving back to the resting place. I would have probably been chilling on a bean-bag and would have just sat in silence for a half hour only to get up, flip the album over to side 1 and start the journey again.
Waylon Jennings
4/5
Really great C&W album. It took a few listens to grow on me.
Radiohead
3/5
3.5
Quite good.
Pulp
2/5
Not bad. I don’t know the band or songs.
2.5/5
Ray Price
2/5
2.5
It’s fine
R.E.M.
4/5
4.5
Love it
The La's
3/5
3.5
4/5
Ugh…still good, but like it was when it came out.4/5
Method Man
2/5
2.5/5
Not bad, just not my bag, baby!
3/5
What a sound they have!
3/5
ABBA
3/5
George Jones
2/5
I really don't care for old country music.
The Cars
5/5
5/5
Ride
2/5
2,5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
3.5
MC Solaar
2/5
2.5/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Great
Def Leppard
4/5
Stephen Stills
2/5
2.5 it's fine
Ice Cube
2/5
I can do with hearing this one again. 2/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Not a real thriller.... 2.5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Interesting sounds by Zappa. This is one that will take more time to get to know better.
Cream
4/5
Classic, classic rock. 4/5
Pretenders
4/5
4.5/5
The Slits
3/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
It's a nice album. Not really sure it belongs on this list, but I did enjoy it. The best elevator music ever. :) 3/5
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
Really good stuff!
Jungle Brothers
3/5
Not bad. Good sound. Great era for hip hop.
3/5
The Pretty Things
2/5
Not bad, but not great
Björk
3/5
She is so unique. Great voice and style. A lot of exceptional songs. Her version of the 1940s classic, Like Someone in Love is amazing and she brought the classic to a whole new generation of music fans.
3/5
D'Angelo
2/5
2.5. It seems nice. Not really my thing though.
The remake of Cruisin is nice
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
Good psychedelic rock. A little dated.
Sigur Rós
3/5
Very Interesting. Never heard of them before. My second time through the album and I think it has some great sounds and it kind of transport you into another realm, like you are in a trance, only broken when the last song is over. I think I could grow to really enjoy this. 3/5 for now.
Elliott Smith
2/5
Not bad, but not great. 2.5
Talking Heads
3/5
it's above average. Psycho Killer is a classic.
3/5
King Crimson
4/5
4/5.
Quickly becoming one of my favorite albums on this list. "21st Century Schizoid Man" and "The Court of the Crimson King" are classics. The rest are great.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
3.5/5
Standouts: The Lyre of Orpheus
Others: Hiding All Away, Messiah Ward, There She Goes, Nature Boy, Abattoir Blues, Let the Bells Ring, Breathless, Babe You Turn Me On,
The Prodigy
3/5
Hardcore. Better listed to loud and when buzzin' on something. Just saying...
It starts powerful and keeps the beat throughout.
Singles (4): One Love (#8 UK), No Good (#4 UK, top 10 all over the world), Voodoo People (#13 UK), Poison (#15, UK)
Standouts: Break & Enter, Their Law, No Good,
Tops in the genre.
Overall: 3.5/5
Os Mutantes
2/5
This is a journey into sound....
Don't know these guys. Never would have ever listened to this album if it wasn't for this project. Was it worth it? Tuff one to say. Experimental Psychedelic pop in Portuguese. It definitely has moments. Might take more time to start to enjoy. For now, it is one of the weaker Psychedelic albums on the list.
Standouts:
"A Minha Menina"
Others:
"O Relogio" (first half of the song, then it went to crap), "Baby" has a familiar melody. "La Premier Bonheur Du Jour"
2.5
Sabu
2/5
Not bad, but not great 2.5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Really great album from a great era in music. It is still very listenable today, unlike some of the music from then. Some of the tracks really give me Al Green vibes, which I like very much.
Stand Outs:
Family Affair, Runnin’ Away, Thank You for Takin’ Me to Africa
Others:
Luv N Haight, Just Like A Baby, Brave And Strong, You Caught Me Smilin’, Time.
3.5
Badly Drawn Boy
2/5
Not bad, but not great
2.5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Classic album in Rock 'n' Roll history. It has so many great songs.
Standouts:
Gimme Shelter, Country Honk, Let it Bleed, You Can't Always Get What You Want.
4/5
Marty Robbins
3/5
Very nice
Standouts:
El Paso, Big Iron
Others:
Cool Water
3.5
Pixies
3/5
3.5
Some great tracks.
Standouts:
Here Comes Your Man,
Others:
Monkey Gone to Heaven, La La Love You, Debaser, Gouge Away
Guided By Voices
2/5
Forgettable.
The The
3/5
Around 1990 I heard The The's Mind Bomb album and fell in love with their sound. I bought "Infected" and this one, "Soul Mining" thinking they were going to have that same sound. But. they were both really different and I really never got into them. I was surprised to see those two albums on this list, but not Mind Bomb. It is nice to listen to them again, almost like for the first time.
This album starts strong with I've Been Waiting For Tomorrow For All My Life and This is the Day. Both songs I think are great. This is the Day is one I have heard over the years on Alt radio.
The rest of the album is so good. I really don't get why I wasn't into this 30 years ago!
Standouts:
This is the Day, Uncertain Smile, Perfect,
The album art cover is really interesting. It kind of has a Picasso feel to it. The wikipedia page says it is a painting of one of the wives of Fela Kuti. So that is cool as well based on his presents on this list as well.
The albums singles:
Uncertain Smile, Perfect, This is the Day were all top 100 UK songs, but none were top 40. Perfect hit the NZ charts at #19 and the re-release of Uncertain Smile hit #31 in the Netherlands.
I look forward to listening to this more much more often. I am giving it a strong 3.5 / 5.
Johnny Cash
3/5
I listened to the 2000 CD edition which is longer than the original LP version.
The album that brought us "A Boy Named Sue". Johnny performs Ring or Fire and Walk the Line and several other Popular C&W songs of the time.
It is a very enjoyable album and great to listen to from time-to-time, but isn't something I'd listen to often.
It is good though. 3.5/5
Singles:
A Boy Named Sue (#1 US Country) top 10 all over the world.
Tito Puente
3/5
This is one that is hard to rate. When it came out (before my time) I am sure it was great. Mambo. Dancing. Latin music. All the rage! Today, we hear it and it is just old music of days gone by. I rate based on what the album means to me, not what it means to music history in general. It may have been an influential album in the 1950s....I'll give it that. For my pleasure in listening it gets a 3.5/5. There is nothing bad about this album. It does make me want to dance (in private of course - because this old white guy don't dance) and it IS fun to listen to.
Fela Kuti
3/5
Very enjoyable.
Nirvana
3/5
A couple of really classic songs and some I just don't get into so much. I really like Nevermind - like everyone did. This one is different. For me, just a 3/5.
Queen
4/5
Awesome
The Jam
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Love Sir Duke and I Wish. They are absolute masterpieces. Isn't she lovely is sweeter than sweet.
The album is full of other really great tracks as well such as Pastime Paradise, As, and my favorite unknown song from the album is If it's Magic.
The album is funky, soulful and a joy to listen to.
4/5
New Order
3/5
3.5
A few really good songs, more if you include the extended 2CD version. Love the additional songs and instrumentals.
Standouts:
"Love Vigilantes", "The Perfect Kiss", "Shellshock", "Sub-culture"
The rest is really great. Enjoyable.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Classic 5/5
Standouts: Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker, Living Loving Maid, Moby Dick, What is and What Should Never Be, Thank You, The Lemon Song, Ramble On, Bring it on Home. (Yes, every song).
Napalm Death
2/5
2.5
Loud, but I can see why people that like this kind of music would be attracted to it.
Pixies
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Perfection
2/5
It's fine, but old C&W music just doesn't excite me. I'm sure if I listen to it enough it would grow on me, but do I really want that?
2.5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Alt Rock band from Scotland. This was their 3rd album and only album on the list of 1001 albums...
Singles:
Star Sign (#4 US Alt, #44 UK Singles)
The Concept (#12 US Alt, #51 UK Singles)
What You Do To Me (#19 US Alt Airplay, #31 UK Singles (OCC))
First Impression: Thumbs up.
Standout Tracks: The Concept. What You Do to Me
Others: December, Star Sign, Metal Baby, Sidewinder, Alcoholiday, Guiding Star.
3/5
Aphex Twin
4/5
Aphex Twin is Richard James, British Electronic Musician.
This is his first album. His only album on the list of 1001 albums.
Genre: Ambient Techno
Initial Impression: Thumbs Up
Standouts: Xtal, Tha,
Others: Everything else
Rating: 4/5 (Outstanding)
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
I was really not looking forward to listening to this one... But, DAMN. That was awesome.
A Tribe Called Quest is from Brooklyn NY, USA. This was their first album and they have two albums on the 1001 albums list.
This is a GREAT hip hop album. Can they Kick it? Yes they can!
One of the best albums in the Genre. Up there with Three Feet High and Rising by De La Soul. Love it.
Standouts:
Can I Kick It?
Others:
Everything else on the album!
Rating: 4/5 (Outstanding)
Portishead
3/5
Portishead is from Bristol, England. This is their third album and they have two albums on the list of 1001 albums.
Singles:
---------------------------------------
Machine Gun (#52 UK)
The Rip (#98 FRA)
Magic Doors (#83 FRA)
Initial Impression: Thumbs Up
Standouts: Machine Gun, Deep Water
Others: Magic Doors, The Rip,
Talking Heads
3/5
Some great songs!
3.5/5
The Who
5/5
Rating: 5/5 (Absolute Classic)
Standouts: Won't Get Fooled Again, Behind Blue Eyes, Baba O'Riley, Bargain, Going Mobile, The Song is Over, Getting in Tune.
Fantastic.
Aimee Mann
2/5
Eh
Goldie
2/5
Seems ok.
2.5
The Undertones
3/5
Quite a few good songs on this album. Easy to get to know and enjoy.
3.5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Standards from the 20s, 30s & 40s sung in a way only Frankie can. Brilliant.
4/5
Fred Neil
3/5
I'm not usually crazy about Folk Rock. This one was less folk and more easy listening, so I enjoyed much better than expected.
Favorite Tracks: Everybody's Talkin', The Dolphins
3/5
The Who
3/5
3.5
The more I listen to it, the more I like it. It is really different than the other WHO albums that I have listened to.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
3.5
Very nice. Better than expected
Love
2/5
2.5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
3.5
Beatles
5/5
Brilliant 5/5
Standouts: Taxman, Eleanor Rigby, Here, There and Everywhere, Yellow Submarine, Good Day Sunshine, Got to Get You Into My Life, Tomorrow Never Knows, For No One
Others: I Was Only Sleeping, Love You To, She Said She Said.
Classic
The Saints
3/5
Definitely a good album. I enjoyed it for the first time hearing it. Exceptional for the genre. Just wish I knew it better.
The National
3/5
Don’t know these guys. They have an interesting sound that reminds me of some of the late 80s alternative bands.
First impression: thumbs up. Great voice.
Miles Davis
3/5
Nice. Smooth. Jazz.
The Temptations
3/5
Very good. Soulful.
Standout: Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Others: I Ain't Got Nothin', The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
3.5/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Standouts:
The Glorious Land,
Others:
Let England Shake, The Last Living Rose, The Words That Maketh Murder.
3/5
a-ha
3/5
3.5/5
Rocket From The Crypt
2/5
2.5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Not too bad :)
3/5
Eagles
5/5
5/5. Classic.
I love every song. Perfect album, and it brings back memories.....
The Beach Boys
3/5
The Beach Boys were a really unique 60s sound, that has really lost its appeal. They were great back in the day though. There are a lot of great songs, but when I listen to it now, it’s like I just want to hear it once, and move on…..
3.5/5 (excellent)
Ute Lemper
3/5
Not a fan of show tunes and that is what this really reminds me of.
It isn't bad for what it is, but I don't think I would ever seek this out to listen to it again.
Overall I give it a 3/5 (which is good for something I don't ever want to hear again!)
Björk
2/5
I like Bjork, but never heard this album or any of the songs. After listening to it all day, I didn’t really feel much of any connection.
2.5/5
John Prine
3/5
Standouts:
Illegal Smile, Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore,
Others:
Spanish Pipedream (Blow Up Your TV), Hello In There, Sam Stone, Pretty Good, Quiet Man.
3.5/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
It is nice to hear music from the other side of the World. This is definitely something I would have never even considered listening to without it showing up here. It is nothing I would choose to hear again though. I can appreciate it and its influence on other similar artists, but it is not an album or a style of music that fits into my personal music likings.
2/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
It's a really long album. When the music is good, I usually don't mind a long album...but this was really long. Did I mention how long it was?
One good song, 1979. The rest are relatively forgettable after a few listens...
It isn't bad...just too long. :)
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
3.5
2/5
Difficult one to like. Free Jazz is so unlikable to the average user. I have no clue if this is good or bad....
Mudhoney
2/5
2.5
Faust
2/5
2,5 very interesting
The Kinks
3/5
The Flaming Lips
2/5
2.5
MGMT
3/5
Better than expected.
3/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
2/5
Really don't like...
Orbital
2/5
Has it's moments but not enough...
2.5
Portishead
3/5
3.5 really enjoyed it!
Van Morrison
3/5
His voice is the biggest draw back to me. It's great for one song, Ok, for a few songs, then just get's old for me after that....
Standouts: None
Still, it's good music. Just like to hear someone else sing the songs!
3.5
David Bowie
3/5
Sound and Vision is one of his best! Most of the rest of this one is new to me. Warszawa has a definite Brian Eno feel to it. More than another of the other songs on the Album.
Standouts: Sound and Vision
Others: Speed of Life, Always Crashing the Same Car, Warszawa
Rating: 3.5
Britney Spears
2/5
Ugh. Typical pop album. Nothing special here… let’s move on.
2.5/5
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
When it started, I thought, “I’m not going to like this….”
Turned out pretty good….
Standout: You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Fantastic!
4/5 if you include Paint it Black….
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
The Adverts
2/5
2.5
Oasis
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
Classic oldies….
3.5/5
FKA twigs
3/5
Surprised at how much I liked it. 3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
3.5. Very good. Soulful horns.
Gorillaz
3/5
3.5 very good.
Throbbing Gristle
2/5
The best song on the album….isn’t really on the album: United. It sounds like Kraftwerk. The rest of the album is a difficult listen. It is interesting, but not something I’d ever recommend to anyone.
This album might put you in a trance, or cause you to slowly go insane. Either way, it could be the soundtrack to your nightmares.
2.5/5.
Dr. John
3/5
3/5
Interesting album. Never heard anything quite like this before.
The Zombies
3/5
Time of the Season is one of the best songs ever. Great sounds. The rest of the album is full of great little songs that I've never heard before. They do have kind of a Beach Boys vibe from time-to-time, but not really a copy-cat band.
Standouts: Time of the Season
Others: A Rose For Emily, Care of Cell 44, Beachwood Park, Brief Candles, I Want Her She Wants Me, This Will Be Our Year, Butcher's Tale
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
2.5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4/5
4/5. Love this album
The Human League
4/5
4.5/5
I love every song on this album.
Isaac Hayes
4/5
4.5 Brilliant.
Standout: Shaft
The rest of this album is just amazing. I love it start to finish!
Beth Orton
3/5
3
Nothing too exciting, but nice.
The Byrds
3/5
3/5
Very mediocre
James Taylor
4/5
Such an iconic voice.
Standouts:
Sweet Baby Jane, Fire and Rain, Country Road
Others:
Lo and Behold, Sunny Skies, Steamroller, Oh Susannah, Blossom, Suite for 20 G
4/5
Little Simz
2/5
Second listen: First time it was a 1/5 for me. This time around I found the song "Boss" to be exceptional and so far, that one song has saved this album.
Standouts: Boss
Others: Selfish, 101 FM, Therapy,
Rating: 2.5/5
Shivkumar Sharma
2/5
2.5
Gotan Project
3/5
Really good
Fleet Foxes
3/5
3/5
Interesting sound. First time hearing this one. It's good, quality music, not sure if it going to excite me again next time I hear it though.
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
ok, this was wayyyy better than expected. Some definite grooves on this one. Each song sounds familiar and for good reason, they took some good songs and made them Bongo anthems and in other cases, others have used tracks from this album in their hip hop albums. This could be the biggest surprise of the year!
3.5/5
Skepta
2/5
Very odd dynamic. Like someone not gansta trying to be gansta.
Just ok for me.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
There are a few really great songs, the rest are fine. As a whole, it's a good album but not nearly one of the best Tom Petty albums.
3.5
Pulp
2/5
Pretty good. Sounds loke David Bowie most of the time.
2.5
The Libertines
3/5
Kinda good, I guess. Never heard of them. Couple good tracks. I'd probably listen to this again in the future.
3/5
Songhoy Blues
2/5
Musically good, but not my kind of music. 2.5/5
David Ackles
3/5
Is it me or does this sound like a Scott Walker album?
It’s nice, but on first listen I rolled my eyes a bit. After listening more, I started to like it more.
Tom Waits
4/5
Best Tom Waits album!
4/5
Fats Domino
3/5
Outstanding album for the era of music.
Standouts: Blueberry Hill (makes me think of Ritchie Cunningham!), Blue Monday, What's the Reason
Others: Reeling and Rocking, The Fat Man's Hop, Honey Chile
3.5/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
5/5. Absolute Classic
I don't give 5/5 ratings often. These, in my book, are reserved for the top 5% of the albums I've listened to. This is an exceptional work. I usually do NOT like cover songs. Johnny knows how to make them his own. You have never heard anyone else sing the Nine Inch Nails track Hurt like Johnny does. Absolute genius.
I listened to the full album for the 1st time just after Johnny had passed. Before this I always thought he was good - he had a handful of great songs and most of the time his live albums were entertaining. This, on the other hand, is near perfection - start to finish. It is so amazing. This is truly an album that I feel everyone should listen to before they die.
Favorite tracks:
Hurt, I Hung My Head, Give My Love to Rose, The Man Comes Around, In My Life, Sam Hall, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Streets of Laredo, Big Iron, and We'll Meet Again.
Least Favorite: None really, but if I HAD to pick a couple I'd go with the cover songs that he really didn't do much with, other than sing it in only the way JC could: Bridge Over Troubled Waters, First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. Songs like Personal Jesus is ok, I think someone probably told him that If he sang this he would reach out to a new generation of music fans. I think it's pretty good, but probably the song that I feel least fits the rest of the album.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Neil Young is pretty damn great. I knew a couple of these songs but don't think I've heard the whole album more than a couple of times.
Stand Outs: Cinnamon Girl, Down By The River
Others: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Round & Round (It Won't Be Long), Running Dry (Requiem For the Rockets), Cowgirl in the Sand
3.5/5
Buzzcocks
3/5
Above average 3/5. Solid!
I include the 1996 bonus material - which contain some of the best songs on the album! (Orgasm Addict, Oh Shit)
Standouts: I Don't Mind, Orgasm Addict.
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3/5
"Como decia mi abuelita el que dé último rie se rie mejor"
Salsa in 1978 really fit right in with the Disco scene. I enjoyed the album - more for the music than the singing.
Standout: Pedro Navaja
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
4/5
Very good.
Dr. Dre
2/5
Not horrible, but pretty close to un-listenable at times. Too many muther fuckin', bitches, Niggas, etc...
Standouts: Nothin' But a "G" Thang
2.5
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Yep, Noise Rock.... Mostly I didn't care for it. I'm sure there is a place and time when and where I might actually enjoy it, but for the most part it just too difficult to listen to.
Standout: Freak Scene
2.5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Hate to admit it, but this is really good!
Standouts: Otherside, Scare Tissue, Californication, Around the World, Road Tippin'
Others: Parallel Universe, The Velvet Glove, Porcelain
4.0
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Definitely, one of my favorite Jazz albums ever.
Smooth trumpet sounds throughout. I've heard this album at least 100 times in the past couple of years.
Favorite tracks: Part of a Whole, Blues For Huey
4/5
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Might just be good for background music - but not every song.
Favorite Song: Immigrant
2.5 at best.
Devendra Banhart
4/5
3rd listen: first two times I gave 3/5 and 3/5.
This is the reason for this list: To introduce new albums that we would have never heard of. This is a gem. I'm very grateful to this 1001 project to bring this to my attention. After listening this time, I realized how much I love the album.
Standouts (Just about every song!): This is the Way, A Sight to Behold, The Body Breaks, Poughkeepsie, Dogs They Make Up the Dark, This Beard is for Siobhan, See Saw, Todos los Dolores, Insect Eyes
4.5/5
The Clash
4/5
Standouts: London Calling, Train in Vain, Clampdown, Lost in the Supermarket,
Others: Rudie Can't Fail, Revolution Rock, Brand New Cadillac, Jimmy Jazz, Hateful, Spanish Bombs
4/5
The Undertones
4/5
Yesterday I had the Clash...today I get the Undertones. This week is starting out great!
Fun little punk rock album. Quite enjoyable! I usually don't like too many cover songs, but they do a decent job with Under the Boardwalk.
Standouts: There Goes Norman, Under the Boardwalk, What's With Terry
Others: Hypnotised, and everything else!
Third listen: 3/5 & 3/5 the first two times.
Rating: 4/5
The Magnetic Fields
5/5
Yes, it's long (that's what she said!), but it's good (she said that also!).
I have fallen in love with this album over the past couple years. Each song is pretty special to me.
Standouts: just the first 69 songs!
Rating: 5/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
2.5
Iron Maiden
3/5
"I'm afraid you're just too darn loud." - Huey Lewis (Back to the Future)
As a 15 year old in 1982, I would have really been into this. But, now I'm a 55 year old and this doesn't appeal to me the same as it would have back then. I do know Run to the Hills and The Number of the Beast. It is really a great early heavy metal sound and Iron Maiden is really unique. It was always just a little harder than I was really ever into. I can appreciate it for what it is and know that this album is really important to some people.
Songs like, Children of the Damned, seem to be more my speed to rock. I enjoyed that one much more that some of the others. This is my first time hearing the album as a whole, it won't be the last, but I really need to be in the right mood to get into it.
3/5
Ice T
1/5
Hate this album. Love me some Ice-T on SVU but, this is a disgrace. Horrible example for young black kids that are too impressionable. Yes, I am old white dude, but I do love rap and hip hop - when it is done right.
If zero stars was an option Id’ give it that. 0/5, maybe .5/5, but my rating will unfortunately be a 1/5….
Grizzly Bear
3/5
Very nice sound. I've heard this album a few times and am just now getting into it. I think it could be something I'd definitely listen to more in the future.
Standouts: Two Weeks, Southern Point, All We ask
Rating: 3.5/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Above average
Standouts: Stand, Orange Crush, Pop Song '89
Singles:
--------------------------------
Orange Crush (#1 US Alt & #1 Rock, #28 UK)
Stand (#1 US Alt & #1 US Rock, #6 USA, #48 UK)
Pop Song '89 (US Alt, #16, US Rock #14, USA #86)
Get up (Failed to get up on the charts).
Rating: 3.5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Best Marvin Gaye album ever. Hands down.
Start to finish this is great.
Standouts: What's Going On, Mercy Mercy Me, Inner City Blues
3.5/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
The ultimate Bob Marley album. Ok, I might have said that about more than one of his albums. He's pretty good you know!
Standouts: Exodus, Waiting in Vain, Three Little Birds, Jammin', One Love, People Get Ready.
Three Little Birds has been "my song" for as long as I can remember. I play it whenever I am feeling in a pinch. I always remember what Bob says, "Don't Worry - bout a thing - Every little thing will be alright". And it always is.
4.5/5
Tom Tom Club
3/5
Finally! I've been waiting for this album on the list. I used to think that Genius of Love and Wordy Rappinghood were two of the most ingenious songs of the 80s! Brilliant unique sound and I have wanted to hear the rest of the album.
Standouts: Genius of Love, Wordy Rappinghood
Others: L'éléphant
Rating: 3.5
Duke Ellington
3/5
Cool Jazz
Syd Barrett
3/5
The psychedelic folk style was something that immediately sounded good to me. I've heard the name Syd Barrett but didn't know any of the songs.
The first few songs on the album stand out more to me than some of the others.
3.5
Steve Winwood
4/5
Very good!
Standouts: While You See a Chance, Arc of a Diver,
Others: Spanish Dancer, Second-Hand Woman, Slowdown Sundown, Night Train, Dust
Score: 4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
I just can't get into Joni Mitchell.... It seems nice and maybe if I was exposed to it when it came out I'd feel differently....
3/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
Heard this album about a year ago, don't care for it. Today, I'm thinking this is pretty great. I really enjoyed it and can't wait to hear it again.
3.5
Throwing Muses
2/5
Debut Album by Throwing Muses. From Rhode Island, USA.
Genre : Post-punk, alternative rock
Single: Soul Soldier (Did not chart)
Notable Songs: Hate My Way, Delicate Cutters
First Listen: my 968th album from the list of 1089 albums.
The two singers, Kristen Hersh and Tanya Donelly, are step-sisters.
Tanya Donelly is best known for her Grammy-nominated work in the mid-1990s as lead vocalist and songwriter for Belly, when she scored a national radio and music television hit with her composition "Feed the Tree". (Wikipedia).
Rating: 2.5
Finley Quaye
3/5
This is his first album and widely considered his best.
A blend of Reggae and Progressive Soul/Rock.
Third listen: first two I gave it a 3 and a 2.5.
He is from Edinburgh, Scotland
Singles:
---------------------------------------
Sunday Shining (#16 UK, #26 US Alt)
Even After All (#10 UK)
It's Great When We're Together (#27, UK)
Your Love Gets Sweeter (#16, UK)
Ultra Stimulation (#51 UK)
Standouts: Even After All, It's Great When We're Together, Your Love Gets Sweeter, Ultra Stimulation
Rating: 3.5/5
Love
2/5
Love is a band from L.A., USA
Genre: Psychedelia, hard rock, jazz rock
2nd Studio from Love
Singles from Da Capo:
-----------------------------
7 and 7 Is / No. Fourteen (#33 USA)
Stephanie Knows Who / Orange Skies (Did Not Chart)
She Comes in Colors / Orange Skies (Did Not Chart)
¡Que Vida! / Hey Joe (Did Not Chart)
Rating: 2.5
Television
3/5
Solid album.
3.5/5
David Crosby
2/5
David Crosby of Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young) first solo album.
Songs anyone would know from the album: none.
Singles: Music is Love (#95, USA) and Orleans (#101, USA).
First impression: <Yawn>
It got better, sounded great with headphonesmon.
Rating: 2.5
Richard Thompson
3/5
One great song: The Calvary Cross. The the other songs are better than average folk songs.
3/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
Third listen: 2 and 3 the first two times.
It gets better each time I hear it. I still don't think it is great, but I'm coming around.
3.5/5
Peter Tosh
3/5
Really good Reggae. I have heard the name, Peter Tosh, but don't think I have ever heard any of these songs. They are not hard core Reggae, but more on the softer side and I really liked it. I look forward to getting to know this one better.
3/5 for now.
Slade
3/5
Slade's third album. They are from England
Genre: Hard rock, glam rock
Singles:
-------------------------------------
Mama Weer All Crazee Now (#1, UK, 76 USA)
Gudbuy T' Jane (#2, UK, #68 USA)
Let the Good Times Roll (#114, USA)
From the Bonus Material:
Cum on Feel the Noise (#1 UK, #98 USA)
Skqueeze Me Pleeze (#1 UK)
Take Me Back Ome (#1 UK, #97 USA)
Other (good) tracks: The Whole World's Goin' Crazee, Look at Last Nite, Move Over, I Don't Mind, Let the Good Times Roll
3/5
Butthole Surfers
3/5
Third album by the Butthole Surfers. They are from San Antonio, TX, USA.
This is their only album on this list.
They are most known for the 1996 song, "Pepper"
Genre: Noise rock, psychedelic rock, experimental rock, and avant-garde.
Singles: None
Notable Songs: Human Cannonball, Sweet Loaf
3.5
Beach House
4/5
Beach House is from Baltimore, MD, USA
This was their first album and it failed to chart (anywhere in the world) but is considered one of their best works.
Genre: Dream pop, indie pop
3rd Listen: 2.5, 3
The songs are really growing on me and I'm a fan.
Standouts: Zebra, Norway, Used to Be, Lover of Mine
Others: Silver Soul, Walk in the Park, Better Times, 10 Mile Stereo, Real Love
Singles:
-------------------
Used to Be (#13 US Sales)
Norway (#41 UK)
Zebra (#14 US Sales, #96 UK)
Lover of Mine (DNC)
10 Mile Stereo (DNC)
Rating: 4/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Fantastic! Brings back some memories!
Paul Weller
3/5
Quality music, just not really exciting for me.
3/5
Laibach
3/5
Third listen.
It's interesting, but after three times, I'm getting over the interesting aspect. Now, it's just ok. Only so much of the Cookie Monster singings 80s rock songs I can stand! LOL.
3/5
The Residents
3/5
It’s on the list of lowest rated albums in this project. I think it is better than that, but only slightly. I can tolerate this much more than some of the other crap that this list contains. I’d say i like it better than at least 300 other albums i’ve heard.
I still don’t think it deserves to take a spot on this list. There are thousands of albums that are better than this one….. it is unique though. And if their goal is to expose us to music that we would have never sought out…then they succeeded.
Standouts: Haha, that’s funny. There are no standouts…..
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
2.5
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
From Austin, Texas, USA
Their first album.
People either love or hate the jug sound effect. For me…..i didn’t even notice it, so I guess I don’t mind it.
Singles:
-------------------------------------
You're Gonna Miss Me (#55 USA)
Reverberation (Doubt) (#129 USA)
Standouts: You’re Going To Miss Me, Splash 1,
Rating: 3/5
Circle Jerks
3/5
Third listen. 2.5 last time.
It is short and simple. Not bad for the genre. The song Afghanistan seemed years ahead of its time.
3.5/5
Snoop Dogg
1/5
1/5. Ignorant, misogynistic, crap.
Gil Scott-Heron
4/5
Terrific jazzy, soulful album!
All the songs are great. I think H2Ogate Blues is probably my least favorite because it takes away from the flow of the rest of the album. All and all it is such a pleasure to listen to!
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Good, but nothings stands out. I would probably never seek it out to listen to again.
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
Sleater-Kinney is from Washington, USA
Genre: Punk rock, blues rock
Singles:
---------------------------------------------
One More Hour (#153 UK)
Little Babies (#147 UK)
I like the guitars a lot, but the singing not so much! Borderline annoying voice.
Standouts: Little Babies, One More Hour.
Rating: 3/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
I liked it more than I thought I would since it is a genre that I don’t listen to often.
3/5
Leonard Cohen
5/5
5/5
Love his voice. Huge fan of Leonard
Kendrick Lamar
1/5
Horrible. Zero stars.
Marilyn Manson
2/5
Beautiful People is pretty good.
2.5
Beck
4/5
Fantastico!
SAULT
3/5
Solid. Good music.
3.5/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Very Enjoyable.
Standouts: Juxtapozed, Shoot Doris Day
Singles:
--------------------------------------------------
Juxtapozed with U (#14 UK)
(Drawing) Rings Around the World (#28, UK)
It's Not the End of the World? (#30 UK)
George Harrison
3/5
Very good. 3.5/5
My Sweet Lord / Isn't It a Pity
What Is Life
Standouts: My Sweet Lord, Isn't it a Pity, What is Life, If Not For You,
Others: I'd Have You Anytime, Behind That Locked Door, All Things Must Pass, I Dig Love, It's Johnny's Birthday.
It is just a bit too long.
Duran Duran
4/5
They were one of the biggest things on the planet when this came out. A lot of very good songs here.it is more of a fun/nostalgic album than it is great/quality.
Standouts: Rio, Hungry Like the Wolf, My Own Way, Say a Prayer.
Others: Lonely in your Nightmare, Hold Back the Rain, The Chauffeur.
Rating: 4/5
Simply Red
3/5
Singles:
--------------------------------------------
Money's Too Tight (to Mention) (#13 UK, #28 USA)
Come to My Aid (#66 UK)
Holding Back the Years (#2 UK, #1 USA)
Jericho (#53 UK)
Open Up the Red Box (#61 UK)
Standouts: Holding Back the Years, Money's Too Tight to Mention,
Others: Sad Old Red, Heaven, Jericho, Red Box, Picture Book
3.5/5
Alice Cooper
4/5
Singles:
----------------------------------------------
Elected (#26 US, #4 UK)
Hello Hooray (#35 USA, #6 UK)
No More Mr. Nice Guy (#25 US, #10 UK)
Billion Dollar Babies (#57 US)
4/5
Fever Ray
2/5
Genre: Electronic pop
Singles:
-----------------------------
If I Had a Heart
When I Grow Up
Triangle Walks
Seven
2.5
Solange
2/5
I can probably think of 1001 albums that are not on this list that are better than this one.... She has a famous sister.... After I cut out all the stupid interludes the album was much nicer to listen to. Still not deserving of a spot on this list.
Standout: Where Do We Go
Singles:
------------------------------
Cranes in the Sky (#74 USA)
2.5
Cheap Trick
4/5
4/5
The full concert is much better thank the selected tracks for this album.
Still classic.
Maxwell
2/5
2.5 at best. Just not my cup of tea.
William Orbit
3/5
Yawn.
But nice for background music.
3/5
Talk Talk
2/5
Seems nice, but don't know any of it before now.
2.5
Morrissey
3/5
Pretty good.
3/5
Blur
3/5
Easy to enjoy. 3.5/5
B.B. King
2/5
2.5 it's fine.
Lou Reed
3/5
Very good.
Standouts: Caroline Says II, The Kids, The Bed.
The Kids and The Bed are gut wrenching songs. So sad. Oh what a feeling….
3.5/5
Tangerine Dream
2/5
2.5/5
Ok.
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Something nice about it. 3/5
Doves
2/5
Just Ok. Kinda forgettable. Third time through the album and it still sounds like something I never heard before in my life. It’s not horrible, but did I really need to hear this?
2.5/5
Mekons
4/5
It’s definitely more alternative than country. I actually thought they were from Ireland after listening to it. Pretty good stuff. I really enjoyed it. It is the kind of music I look forward to hearing again and again.
4/5
Standouts: Hard to Be Human Again, Last Dance, Lost Highway
Other very good tracks: Chivalry, Trouble Down South, Darkness and Doubt, Psycho-Cupid, Flitcraft, Country, Abernaut 1984/5
Joan Armatrading
4/5
Genre: Folk rock, pop
Standouts: Down to Zero,
Other goodies: Help Yourself,
3rd Listen: (3, 3.5)
Rating:
The Police
5/5
Aretha Franklin
3/5
It’s good but I’m not a fan.
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Full of good tracks. Great? Nah… but, a good listen.
3.5/5
The Mars Volta
2/5
Not for me so much. 2.5
Django Django
3/5
Pretty nice listen
3/5
Lupe Fiasco
2/5
Better than expected. Still not my cup of tea. Good for what it is.
Standout: Daydreaming
2.5
Elis Regina
2/5
How can this be so hard to identify and find?
I think I found the right album to listen to… It’s fine. Old Portuguese music.
2.5
Favorite track: Trio Ao Alvaro.
Lou Reed
4/5
Perfect Day is one the best songs ever. Walk on the Wild Side is a classic.
Favorite Tracks: Perfect Day, Vicious, Walk on the Wild Side, Make Up, Satellite of Love, Wagon Wheel, New York Telephone Conversation, Goodnight Ladies.
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
The Message is one of the best Old School Rap songs ever.
Some funky songs like She’s Fresh. As soon as It’s Nasty starts it is like…I know this! Think Tom Tom Club. Scorpio is so iconic that there were many songs during the time that used that same formula (sound, beat, electronic voice). They do a great job integrating the It’s a Shame by Stevie Wonder into their own Rap version. Dreamin’ and You Are are great soulful ballads. The bonus song Wheels of Steel is a great remix bonus.
Standouts: The Message, Scorpio, It’s a Shame
Others: It’s Nasty
Björk
3/5
She’s so odd and so easy to love and the songs are impossible to sing along with!
Stonemilker is crazy beautiful. I felt like I was in a trans listening to it. The video is interesting as well. Black Lake is such a slow burn…it starts pauses, starts again pauses again start again…building tension…starts again. Something so wonderful about the pace of this song. It builds up and just when you think it’s going to take off….it comes back down to the ground and builds up again. What a journey.
Favorite tracks: Stonemilker, Black Lake
Others: Notget, Quicksand
Elastica
3/5
Singles:
—————————————————
Stutter (US Alt #10, UK #80)
Line Up (UK #20)
Connection (#17 UK, #2 Mod Rock USA)
Waking Up (#13 UK)
Car Song (#33 US ALT)
Standouts: Connection, Stutter, Line Up, Car Song, Waking Up,
3/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
Pretty fantastic. 4/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Not bad
Dolly Parton
3/5
Love Dolly and Linda….Emmylou is really hard to detect her voice. Not much of a fan of the harmonies…. Old style country songs sung by three iconic ladies. Average at best.
3/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Very Good to Fantastic!
4/5
Standouts: Band on the Run, Jet, Helen Wheels, Mrs. Vandebilt, Nineteen Hundred and Eight Five, Bluebird, Let Me Roll With It,
Others: Mamunia, Picasso's Last Words.
The Yardbirds
3/5
It’s not j
Barry Adamson
2/5
Almost not worth listening to.
I was intrigued at first. I thought, "This could be interesting" let's see where it goes... Nowhere. That is where it goes. There is not even one thing that can be said as to why this is on this list.
Best Track: The Man With the Golden Arm
I've heard worse... but this is just above those... 2.5/5
Julian Cope
3/5
Kind of a long album…. Heard of him, never heard this album.
Standouts: Pristeen, Promise Land, If You Loved Me At All, Head, Las Vegas Basement
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Very nice
De La Soul
4/5
One of my favorites of the era. 4.5
Big Star
3/5
First time hearing this one. I've heard other Big Star albums and this one doesn't see quite as good. I'll give it more listens - maybe i'll come around.
3/5
Public Enemy
4/5
4/5! Yeah Boy!
Some classics! Don’t Believe the Hype, Bring the Noise, Terminator X to the Edge of Panic and Rebel without a Pause
The rest of the songs, I dont know quite as well, but they have that Public Enemy sound!
Kate Bush
2/5
Never heard this album or any of the songs. Kate Bush is kind of an acquired taste. The music and sound takes time to appreciate. So far, I need more time to fully appreciate it
It sounds kind of ‘weird’ at first.
Singles:
------------------------------------
"Sat in Your Lap" (#11 UK)
"The Dreaming" (#48 UK)
"There Goes a Tenner" (#93, UK)
"Suspended in Gaffa" (FR, NL, ESP top 40)
"Night of the Swallow" (DNC)
Rating: 2.5
The Associates
2/5
Never heard of them before. It was pretty decent. Need to hear it again sometime.
2.5/5
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Raga Rock, Rock with an Indian influence. Covers Jumping Jack Flash and Light My Fire very well. The rest of the album is sweet and easy to listen to and enjoy - with or without a doobie.
3/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
Not my style. 2.5
Pavement
3/5
Its ok
3/5
Erykah Badu
3/5
It's nice
Metallica
3/5
I LOVE Metallica. This album doesn't do it for me. I know I should love it, but I don't. It's too long, and good songs are changed.... still better than a lot of other albums on this list.
3.5/5
The Beau Brummels
2/5
Move along folks...nothing to see here.
Never heard of them. More folk rock.... do we really need this?
2.5
Van Halen
5/5
5/5
Classic, Classic Rock
I grew up listening to this. Fantastic!
Standouts: Runnin’ With the Devil, Jamie’s Crying, Ain’t Talkin’ ‘bout Love, Feel Your Love Tonight, You Really Got Me, Eruption, Ice Cream Man, I’m the One, Little Dreamer.
LL Cool J
3/5
Standouts: Mama Said Knock You Out, Jingling Baby, Around the Way Girl
Others: The Boomin' System, Eat 'em Up L Chill, To Da Break of Dawn
3.5/5
The Doors
4/5
Not a classic, but does have some great songs to carry it.
Standouts:
L.A. Woman, Love Her Madly, Riders on the Storm
Others: L'America, The WASP, Been Down So Long
4/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
First time hearing this one. I like the sound.
Standouts: A&E, Happiness, Caravan Girl
Singles:
-----------------------------------------
"A&E"
"Happiness"
"Caravan Girl"
"Clowns"
3/5
U2
4/5
U2s first two albums were good but WAR is the one that really did it for them and made the known world-wide!
Standouts:
Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Years Day, 40, Two Hearts Beat as One, Seconds.
4/5
Burning Spear
3/5
Don't know them.... seems relevant for the time.
3/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
It isn't bad. Some of the songs are starting to sound pretty good.
3/5
Prefab Sprout
3/5
Average to slightly above average. Nothing very interesting...nothing really bad. It's just there. I listened, then I said. OK. What's next?
Standouts: Nothing really.
3/5
Roni Size
2/5
Long, repetitive.
Best songs: Heroes
2/5
Holger Czukay
2/5
Ummm. I think I need to hear that again.
Kind of like Frank Zappa (in a way....).
2.5
TV On The Radio
2/5
It's an odd one.... nothing really exciting here. Might get better with time, we'll see.
2.5
Laura Nyro
2/5
If there was more mellow stuff like Lonely Women and December's Boudoir, I'd probably enjoy it more. The upbeat stuff like Lucky and Lu didn't do anything for me. Eli's Comin' I know only because Three Dog Night remade it and made it a classic.
Most enjoyable tracks: Lonely Women, Eli's Comin', Timer, Stone Cold Picnic, Emmie, and December's Boudoir.
Some decent songs, but overall it didn't do much for me. Maybe if I knew it when it came out I'd feel differently.
2.5/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Really good. 3.5/5
Standouts: Back in the Saddle, Last Child
Others: Home Tonight
N.E.R.D
3/5
It's fine. Maybe a 3/5 at best.
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
I was not expecting to like this. I was wrong.
Very smooth. I love her voice. A perfect album. I wish i knew it better.
3.5/5
Sugar
2/5
Very average.
2.5/5
Beck
4/5
Sad. Bleak, Somber. But still very nice to listen to.
Standouts: Guess I'm Doing Fine, Lost Cause
4/5
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Not great...not bad..not much to say.
I guess 3/5
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
HATE the sound. Makes my skin crawl.
I like country music but this is too twangy for me.
2/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
When I first seen this album come up I honestly rolled my eyes. Then I looked at the track list. Fever, that’s one I know. Not by Elvis, but I know it. The album was a real surprise. Great stereo sounds. I was really impresses.
Best tracks: Fever
3.5
The Fall
3/5
Standouts: I’m Going to Spain, The League of Bald headed Men, Why are People Grudgeful
3.5/5
Cornershop
3/5
Interesting sound.
Standouts: Brimful of Asha
3.5/5
Hawkwind
2/5
First time hearing this one. Never heard of the band before.
Born to Go is their most well-known song. According to the Classic Rock History website, they ranked it as the #1 Hawkwind track. It definitely rocks.
The rest of the album....well, I think if you are high you might get into it. I'll pass on the LSD and pass on this album.
2.5
The Kinks
4/5
4/5
Standouts: Sunny Afternoon, Party Line, Dandy,
Very catchy songs.
Queen
4/5
Iconic sound. An album without any hit singles and the only song that it among the typical lists of greatest Queen songs, is Seven Seas of Rhye. The album does stand out as uniquely Queen. The guitars of Brian May and the Vocals of Freddie Mercury are undeniable!
Standouts: Seven Seas of Rhye, Father to Son, White Queen (As it Began), The Loser in the End, Funny How Love Is.
4/5
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
It starts strong with some really nice and catchy songs. I liked it much more than I was expecting. One Two Cha Cha Cha was really fun.
3
The Smiths
3/5
Eat while eating a big juicy hamburger.
the US version contains, How Soon is Now? Which is the best Smith’s song, IMO.
The rest of the album is full of known Smith’s songs. They just aren’t really spectacular to the non-smith fans…
3.5/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Standout: Sanctuary
Def Leppard
4/5
Outstanding.
A true classic of its era.
A Ton of great songs.
4.5/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Girls Against Boys
2/5
First time hearing this album and I never heard of the band either.
The album doesn't have very good ratings from the critics, so I went in thinking it probably wouldn't be too good.
My initial impression: I do like their sound and energy. The drums mostly and the lead singer's smoky voice.
This seems to be an album that could be completely forgettable, or a classic of the genre. I think it will just take more time to get to know it.
Bullet Proof Cupid is probably the most well known song from the album. Is it enough to carry the album?
Solid 2.5/5. But, I think it has potential.
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Above average country.
Standouts: Too Far Gone, If I Could Only Win Your Love, Coat of Many Colors, For No One.
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Interesting. Brilliant.
Standouts: Time, Downtown Train,
3.5
Roxy Music
3/5
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
Slipknot
3/5
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
Never heard of this before. She is new to me.
Standouts: It Takes More, Dy-Na-Mi-Tee, Put Him Out.
Good. 3/5
Bauhaus
3/5
Dion
3/5
Nice. Definitely better than the old Doo-Wop stuff.
3.5/5
Lenny Kravitz
4/5
Very, Very good.
4.5/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
4/5 Classy
Taylor Swift
4/5
Taylor Swift goes down easy. Wow, I wish! Good Album...though
4/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Outstanding: 4/5
It's a live album (and really a greatest hits album).
Standouts: Child in Time, Smoke on the Water, Highway Star, Lazy, Space Truckin'
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
3.5
Good album. Nice to relax to. Recorded live and there are people talking during the performance which is distracting.
k.d. lang
2/5
Not a fan or her style or voice, but I can definitely see how she is so liked by the critics. I just really don't care for the old twangy county music....
Best Tracks: Black Coffee, Shadowland
2.5
The Verve
3/5
Standouts: Bittersweet Symphony, The Drugs Don’t Work, Sonnet, Lucky Man
3.5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
3.5
Very good.
Pere Ubu
3/5
Interesting sound. Never heard them before.
3/5
The Offspring
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Love it!
Orange Juice
2/5
Never heard of these guys before.
Singles:
------------------------
Rip it Up (UK #8)
2.5 Interesting sounds, I think I might be interested in this after hearing it more.
Grateful Dead
2/5
Very little to get excited about with this one. Dead Heads will love it, the rest of us don’t get it….
2/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Damn good!
Standouts: Strangelove, Never Let Me Down Again, Little 15, Behind the Wheel.
4/5
Silver Jews
3/5
Standouts: Slow Education, I Remember Me, Horseleg Swastikas, Tennessee
3.5/5
Dr. Octagon
3/5
Hard beats, good rhyme.
It falls under the genre: Alternative hip hop, psychedelic rap.
Never heard of this before. It has it's good points.
Standouts: (Nothing is great, but many are good.)
Best of the rest: 3000, Earth People, Blue Flowers, Bear Witness, I'm Destructive,
"You can call 1-800-PP51 Doo Doo!"
3.5/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Brilliant sound!
Love it!
4/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Great combination, not something I'd listen to often, but enjoyable.
3.5/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
4/5
Awesome
4.5
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
Before this project, I never heard of this guy. Now I have heard this album a couple times and I think it is really good.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Boards of Canada
3/5
I like the style. Never heard of these guys.
Definitely going on both my ambient playlist and electronic playlist.
Best tracks: Roygbiv, Turquoise Hexagon Sun, Aquarius, Happy Cycling, An Eagle in Your Mind
Shack
3/5
Solid
3/5
Ravi Shankar
2/5
I love how Indian music influenced bands like the Beatles, but to listen to it like this...nah.
2
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Classic Velvet Underground.
Standouts: Femme Fatale, Sunday Morning,
Others: I'll Be Your Mirror, I'm Waiting for the Man, All Tomorrow's Parties, Heroin, There She Goes Again,
The United States Of America
3/5
This one took a while to enjoy. I thought it was pretty bad at first. But, it got better. With more listens I'll probably find it rates a better score, but for now it will have to be a 3.5 because it is still very new to me. I will definitely come back to it again.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Horrible album cover, luckily for it the contents within are much better.
3.5 / 5
The Blue Nile
3/5
Wow. Really liked it. Never heard of them before.
Little bit sounding like Peter Gabriel at times.
This is a gem.
3/5
Metallica
4/5
F’ing Metallica! I’m not very much into this kind of music anymore but they always have been the exception!
Standouts: Master of Puppets, Welcome Home (Sanitarium),
Others: Battery, Damage Inc.,The Things That Should Not Be, Disposable Heroes, Orion,
Gram Parsons
4/5
Force me to listen to this a few more times I might start liking it!
Standouts: Love Hurts
3.5
Coldcut
4/5
Standouts: Stop This Crazy Thing, People Hold On, My Telephone, No Connection, What’s That Noise.
Arcade Fire
4/5
Standouts: The Suburbs, Month of May, Ready to Start, We Used To Wait, Sprawl I
Others: Wasted Hours, Modern Man, Rococo, Empty Room, City With No Children, Half Light I, Half Light II, Sprawl II,
Stan Getz
4/5
I am sure that in 1964 this was played on many record players in many homes like you would see in an episode of MAD MEN. The Girl from Ipanema is CLASSIC bosa nova - Perfection.
Standouts: The Girl From Ipanema
All the rest of the songs are beautiful, although completely unknown to me.
If you want a nice easy listening bosa nova album, this is probably the best.
4/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3/5
Really not my kind of music. I do like country music, but this is more bluegrass classics and that's not my thing. There are some songs I did enjoy more than the others...
Keep on Sunny Side, Wreck on the Highway, Nine Pound Hammer, Honky Tonkin', Lost Highway, Will the Circle be Unbroken, Both Sides Now (Don't really know why this was included on the album)., Foggy Mountain Breakdown.
By the end I wanted to rip my ears off.
Still it's a 3/5
The Fall
4/5
The Fall is a band I never heard until this list came out! So glad I got to know them! Better late than never.
Standouts: Barmy, Couldn't Get Ahead, Cruiser's Creek, The Nkroachment: Yarbles,
Others: Mansion, My New House, Paint Work, I Am Damo Suzuki.
4/5
Rating:
M.I.A.
3/5
Album #1049
First Listen.
Standouts: Galang, Sunshowers,
Others: Pull Up the People, Bucky Done Gun, Fire Fire, Amazon, M.I.A.
3/5
Funkadelic
4/5
The more you listen to it the better it gets. I really enjoyed this one. Funky!
4/5
George Michael
5/5
5/5 Perfection
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Kind of a difficult one to enjoy. It is interesting. It is music that really kind of either puts you in a trance or bores you to tears.
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
3.5
Really nice!
The Beta Band
3/5
A little on the boring side, but not horrible.
3/5
The Hives
4/5
Garage Rock/Punk Rock 2001-style.
Standouts: Hate to Say I Told You So
3.5
The Modern Lovers
4/5
Really great listen.
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Small Faces
3/5
An album that sounds like it is from 1968. I do enjoy the split stereo sound that many artists used back then. I have always heard of the band, and I know a couple of their songs. Going in to this one, I didn't recognize any of the song titles. Lazy Sunday was somewhat recognizable... Of all the songs on the album, it really stands out as the 'funest' / best track on the album.
Standouts: Lazy Sunday
Others: Afterglow of Your Love, Mad John, Song of a Baker, Rollin' Over, Rene, Happiness Stan, Ogden Nut Gone Flake
It was a fun listen. I'd throw it in a playlist of other late-60s bands like the Kinks.
3.5 / 5
Rod Stewart
5/5
4.5
Love it
Tim Buckley
3/5
It's better than his others on this list. Not really my style of music, but listenable.
Standouts: Love From Room 109 at the Islander..., Dream Letter, Buzzin' Fly
3.5
Wild Beasts
3/5
Second Listen
Wild Beasts are an Indie Rock band from England.
2009
Singles:
All the King's Men, Hooting & Howling, We Still Got the Taste Dancin' on Our Tongues
Enjoyable, but more on the average side....
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Third Listen.
Fantastic 4/5
1987
Standouts: Darklands, Happy When it Rains, April Skies, Deep One Perfect Morning
4/5
Christina Aguilera
4/5
2nd Listen
Christina Aguilera from USA
Genre: Pop, R&B
Standouts: Beautiful, Fighter, Can't Hold Us Down, Dirrty, The Voice Within.
Other: Walk Away, Impossible, Underappreciated,
Easy to listen to. Every song is fantastic. Best song on the album: Beautiful.
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
Genre: Psychedelic soul, funk, progressive soul
1972, Soundtrack
Standouts: Freddie's Dead, Super Fly, Pusherman
Funky! 4/5
fIREHOSE
4/5
fIREHOSE From USA
Genre: Alternative Rock
1989
3rd Listen: 2.5, 3
Standouts: Liberty for Our Friends, If'n
Others: Riddle of the eighties, In My Mind, Whisperin' White Hollerin', What Gets Heard, Some Things, Understanding
14 fairly short alt rock songs. All are fairly good. Liberty For Our Friends really stands out as a great track. Of the list of the top 10 to 15 Firehose songs, none of these songs typically make the cut. But, as a whole...the album works.
4/5
Boston
5/5
Boston
Genre: Hard Rock, Arena Rock
1976
CLASSIC! 5/5
Standouts: More Than A Feeling, Piece of Mind, Foreplay/Longtime, Rock & Roll Band, Smokin', Hitch a Ride, Something About You, Let Me Take You Home Tonight
Michael Jackson
5/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Albums like this grow on you after a while. I like it better with each listen. All the songs are good listens there are a few standouts: I'm Glad, Yellow Brick Road, Plastic Factory
3.75/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
3/5
It's a Shame about Ray is the standout song on the album.
The Zutons
3/5
First Listen: The Zutons From England
Genre: Folk, Garage Rock, Indie Pop
2004
Singles:
-------------------------------------
Pressure Point (#29 US Alt)
You Will You Won't (#22, UK)
Remember Me (#39, UK)
Don't Ever Think (Too Much) (#15, UK)
Confusion (#37, UK)
Never heard of the Zutons before and never heard any of the songs before. I can definitely get into this one. I'll surely be listening to it again.
Favorite track: Confusion.
Standouts: Confusion, You Will You Won't, Remember Me,
Others: Pressure Point, Railroad, Dirty Dancehall, Moons and Horror Shows,
Khaled
3/5
Kenza, from Algeria
Genre: Rai, Algerian Folk Music
Not a fan of Arabic-style music... I currently live in an Arab country (for work) and do have some influences here.
This is an album that I can just easily pass it by and not ever miss it. It is worth listening to though. There are some nice styles and sounds. I have a little more appreciation for the style of music now. I like the mix of Arabic, French and familiar versions of songs... Will I listen to it again? Hmmmm.... maybe not... but, I should. Especially the "best tracks" listed below...
Best tracks: El Harba Wine, C'est la nuit, Imagine,
Imagine shouldn't work but does. It is a beautiful version flawlessly sung as a duet.
3.5/5
The Dandy Warhols
2/5
Dandy Warhols, From USA First Listen
Genre: Alternative Rock, Space Rock, Shoegaze
1997
Singles: Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth, Every Day Should Be a Holiday, Boys Better
Standouts: None
Seems like an OK album. Nothing really stood out as great. Need to hear it again.
2.5
Rating:
3/5
I hate live albums sometimes….. this one isn't great. I the music would be better recoded in the studio.
Loud, raucous, rock and roll from 1969…. Thats the big surprise. Sounds like a decade early.
It isn't bad, i don’t think its really my thing, but I see how people like it.
3/5
Lambchop
3/5
The first time I heard the album I was like, "shoot me now" I don't want to listen to this again...2nd time, I thought, "it's not too bad, but nothing special". Now, third time...I'm really getting into it. I think it's really great now. I still need to hear it a few more times to call it amazing....but, I'm getting there. One track, The Distance from Her to There I think is amazing.
Standouts: The Distance from Her to There.
Others: The Old Gold Shoe, Up With People, The Book I Haven't Read
3.5/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Standouts: Helter Skelter
Others: Mirage, Mental Postcards (Mittegeisen), Jigsaw Feeling, Switch, Overground, Carcass, Suburban Relapse.
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
Lead vocalist John Lydon (previously known as Johnny Rotten, the lead vocalist of Sex Pistols), guitarist Keith Levene (one of the original members of The Clash), bassist Jah Wobble, and drummer Jim Walker.
This is their first album
Standouts: Public Image
Others: Religion II
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Really great to listen to - makes you feel like you are there.
4/5
4/5
Pretty good. Third time around for me, (3 & 3)
Standouts: Once Over Twice, Adult Books,
4/5
Weather Report
3/5
I want to like it more than I do. It's great for when you are a certain mood.
3/5
Destiny's Child
4/5
Yes. it's good. Let's move on.
Klaxons
3/5
Suicide
5/5
UNBELIEVABLE! Such a unique sound! Love it.
Standouts: Frankie Teardrop, Cheree, Ghost Rider, Rocket USA, Girl, Johnny, Che, I Remember. Cheree Remix
4.5/5
Koffi Olomide
3/5
The best thing to come out of the Congo.
3.5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Standouts: Love The One You're With, Church (Part of Someone), Go Back Home, Sit Yourself Down, To a Flame, We Are Not Helpless.
3.5/5
Soundgarden
3/5
Standouts: Black Hole Sun, The Day I Tried to Live, Spoonman, Fell On Black Days, My Wave, 4th Of July
3.5
Giant Sand
4/5
First listen
Alt Rock
Standouts: Punishing Sun, Raw, Shiver, Dirty From The Rain, Astonished (In Memphis), No Reply, Bottom Line Man, Way to End The Day
3.5
Fairport Convention
2/5
2.5
King Crimson
3/5
Prog rock is always a challenge because you just have to put the headphones on and listen. There is about a five minutes run during the Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One that's really great.
Standouts: Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One
Others: Book of Saturday
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Fantastic!
Standout: I Want You
Everything else is great!
4/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
Such a difficult one to listen to. It sounds so bad.
Highlight of the album is Jet'M, the cover of the Serge Gainsbourg song "Je t'aime... moi non plus"... It is barely recognizable....
2/5
UB40
4/5
It's really good, but by the end I had enough reggae!
3.5
Spacemen 3
4/5
Heard this one a few times and I really like Spiritualized as well. This and the Spiritualized albums are similar.
This is fantastic! I think it will become an easy five star album to me .... someday.... not today though.
Standouts: So Hot (Wash Away All of My Tears), Revolution, Let Me Down Gently, Suicide.
4/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
Quite a sound for 1973. I'm impressed. A great version of Next!
Standouts: Next, The Faith Healer
Others: Swampsnake, Giddy Up a Ding Dong
3/5
Slayer
3/5
Thrash Metal was never my thing. But, listening to this now - really for the first time - I can see how it would have really banged back in the day. Great guitars, pounding drums. But, it's a lot to take, song after song....
Standouts: Angel of Death, Jesus Saves, Postmortem
3/5
The Darkness
3/5
Standouts: I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Others: Growing on Me, Get Your Hands Off My Woman
Singles:
Get Your Hands off My Woman #43, UK
Growing on Me #11, UK
I Believe in a Thing Called Love #2, UK
Christmas Time #2, UK
Love is Only a Feeling #5, UK
Jethro Tull
4/5
Standouts: Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, Cross-Eyed Mary, Hymn 43, My God,
Others: Wind Up, Cheap Day Return, Wond'ring Around,
4.5/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Not a Bob Dylan fan, this is probably one his most tolerable albums :)
Standouts:
Rainy Day Women Nos 12 & 35, Just Like a Woman, I Want You,
Others: Pledging My Time, Visions of Johanna, 4th Time Around, Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
4/5
5/5
5-stars. LOVE this album. It means so much to me. A really fun time of my life.
Depeche Mode
5/5
Depeche Mode. This is a great album.
Standouts:
Personal Jesus, Enjoy the Silence, Policy of Truth, World in My Eyes, Sweetest Perfection, Waiting for the Night
Others:
Halo, Blue Dress
4.5 / 5
Kid Rock
4/5
A lot of hate for this album. It's cheesy but good!
Sometimes you want lobster sometimes you want Mac 'n Cheese. This is a Mac 'n Cheese kind of album.
Standouts:
Only God Knows Why, Bawitdaba, Cowboy, Wasting Time
Others:
Devil Without a Cause, Welcome to the Party
3.5
Röyksopp
4/5
Genres: Downtempo, trip-hop, chill out, house, ambient.
A lot of nice sounds and great variety of styles.
Standouts:
Remind Me, So Easy, Eple, Sparks, Poor Leno,
Others:
A Higher Place, She's So
Joy Division
4/5
Love their style and the voice! RIP Ian Curtis.
Standouts:
Love Will Tear Us Apart (Bonus), Atrocity Exhibition, Isolation, A Means to an End,
Others:
Passover, Colony, Heart and Soul, Twenty Four Hours, The Eternal, Decades
4/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
4/5
Never heard of them before. First listen.
Genre: Art Rock
2007
Singles:
--------------------------------------------
Herculean: #22 UK
Kingdom of Doom: #20 UK
Green Fields: #51 UK
Standouts:
Herculean, Kingdom of Doom, 80's Life
Others:
Green Fields, History Song, Behind the Sun, Nature Springs, The Good The Bad and the Queen.
3.5/5
Merle Haggard
3/5
Old country...too much twang....
3/5
The The
3/5
Standouts:
Infected, Heartland, Slow Train to Dawn, Sweet Bird of Truth
Others:
Out of the Blue,
Singles:
------------------------
Heartland #29, UK
Infected - #48 UK
Slow Train to Dawn - #64 UK
Sweet Bird of Truth - #55
Peter Gabriel
5/5
Great!
Standouts: In Your Eyes, Sledgehammer, Don't Give Up, Big Time, Red Rain,
Others:
Mercy Street, That Voice Again,
Digital Underground
3/5
The Humpty Dance is pretty great. The rest of the album is very average at best.
3/5
Nas
3/5
Very unoriginal at times.... you know wh-i'm sayin? Full of unnecessary language...too many 'niggas' in the lyrics for my taste. Luckily the music carries this album....
Standouts: One Love, The World is Yours, Life's a Bitch,
Others: N.Y. State of Mind, Halftime, Represent, It Ain't Hard to Tell
3/5
Van Morrison
3/5
A few good songs....why so long?
3/5
The Cult
4/5
Great AC/DC-like guitar riffs!
Standouts: Wild Flower, Lil' Devil, Born to Be Wild, Love Removal Machine
Others: Peace Dog, Aphrodisiac Jacket, Electric Ocean, Outlaw,
4/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Ryan Adams? Heard of Brian Adams.... I prefer Brian...
It's a pretty nice album. No complaints. Nothing really stands out as great.
3.5
Genesis
4/5
I really have grown to like this album quite a lot. It is classic Peter Gabriel era Genesis! More Fool Me is one of the few times we get to hear lead vocals by Phil Collins.
Standouts: Fifth of Firth, The Cinema Show
Others: Dancing With the Moonlit Knight, More Fool Me, Battle of Epping Forest
The Police
4/5
Classics:
Message in a Bottle, Walking on the Moon,
Greats:
It's Alright for You, On Any Other Day, Contact
Others:
Reggatta de Blanc, Bring on the Night (Top 10 in France), No Time This Time, The Bed's Too Big Without You, Does Everyone Stare.
4.5
Dagmar Krause
2/5
Maybe if you like show-tune like albums you'd like this. For the rest of us though.... no, not bad, but not really something the average person will get into.
There are a couple of listenable songs...
2.5/5
ABBA
4/5
They took the world by storm in the early to late 1970s. This album was probably the one that made them a house-hold name in America.
Classics: Dancing Queen, Knowing Me Knowing You, Money Money, Money
Others: When I Kissed the Teacher, Why Did It Have to Be Me?, My Love My Life, Dum Dum Diddle, That's Me, Tiger.
Meat Puppets
5/5
If it wasn't for Nirvana I would have never heard of the Meat Puppets. Now they show up on this list.
It is Effing great!
Standouts: Plateau, Lost, Magic Toy Missing, Aurora Borealis, Climbing, Oh Me, Lake of Fire, What to Do (bonus), 100% of Nothing (Bonus)
Others: Split Myself in Two, We're Here, New Gods, I'm a Mindless Idiot, Whistling Song
4.5
Hot Chip
3/5
3/5
it's fine
Jack White
4/5
Brilliant! Good sound. The White Stripes were always Jack White. This is my first time listening to the album... didn't actually know any of the songs.
Standouts: Sixteen Saltines, Missing Pieces, Freedom at 21, Love Interruption, I'm Shakin', Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy,
Others: Blunderbuss, Hypocritical Kiss, I Guess I Should Go to Sleep, On and On and On, Machine Gun Silhouette.
Rating: 4/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Not very spectacular.
3/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Known for the Song Halleluiah, Jeff Buckley, is the son of Tim Buckley. Both father and son died at a very young age. Tim of drug overdose and Jeff from drowning. Jeff lived just two years longer than his father. They died at 28 and 30 respectively. Ironically, the song Jeff is most known for didn't become famous until after Jeff died.
Alt Rock, 1994
Standouts: Hallelujah, Lilac Wine, Mojo Pin,
Others: Last Goodbye, Grace, So Real
Solid album. 4/5. Why did he not make more between 1994 and 2007?
Doves
3/5
Yawn....
3/5
Kelela
3/5
It's fine. 3/5
Bee Gees
4/5
3.5
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Great sounding album. In the USA they are known as a "One-Hit Wonder" because the only song anyone knows is "Come on Eileen". They are so much more than just that one song. This is outstanding.
4/5
Joe Ely
3/5
Standouts: Boxcars
3.5
The Killers
4/5
Great song, one after another!
Standouts: Mr. Brightside, All These Things That I've Done, Smile Like You Mean it, Somebody Told Me, Andy You're a Star, Jenny Was a Friend of Mine.
4.5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
US Edition or UK edition? They are significantly different. I did the US edition since it is the one that came up when I searched for it.
First, I don't like it when bands do a number of cover songs on their LPs unless they do something interesting with it. In this case, The Rolling Stones, just sing other people's popular songs and while I know it is Mick Jagger singing, there is nothing interesting about any of the cover versions. They get bumped down a bit for that.
There is only one original song on the LP.
3.5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Standouts: Proud Mary, Born on a Bayou, Bootleg,
Neil Young
5/5
Brilliant! 5/5
Slint
3/5
1991, Post-hardcore, post-rock, math rock
Better than expected. Kind of mellow-metal.
3/5
Suede
4/5
Genre: Art rock, glam rock, alternative rock, Britpop
1994
Singles:
We Are the Pigs (#18 UK)
The Wild Ones (#18 UK)
New Generation (#21 UK)
Standouts: Heroine, The Wild Ones, We are the Pigs, New Generation, The Asphalt World
Hard to believe I thought this was absolutely insignificant when I first heard it. It is dreamy, and complexly amazing.
4/5
Rush
4/5
Genre: Progressive rock, progressive metal
1976
Side 1 (2112) is phenomenal!
Standouts: 2112: (Overture/Temple of the Syrinx, Discovery, Presentation, Oracle: The Dream, Soliloquy, Grand Finale). Twilight Zone.
Rating: 4/5
The Specials
4/5
Lots of fun!
4/5
Underworld
3/5
Genre: Electronic techno progressive house break beat ambient downtempo experimental
1996
Definitely just some decent background music.
3.5
Afrika Bambaataa
4/5
So great! Love it!
4.5
The Young Rascals
4/5
Very good
Standouts: Groovin', How Can I Be Sure, You Better Run, A Girl Like You, Find Somebody
4/5
Joanna Newsom
3/5
Genre: Progressive folk, indie folk, baroque pop, avant-pop, indie rock
First listen. Never heard of her or any of the songs.
First impression: Wow.
3.5
Incubus
4/5
It Rocks!
I have always loved the song "Drive"!
I've heard it a few times... sometimes I'm not in the mood for loud stuff...today, I was ready.
Standouts: Drive, Steller, Pardon Me, Privilege, Battlestar Scralatchtica, I Miss You
Very good. 3.5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Classic Standards from the master himself.
Standout: In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
4/5
Deerhunter
4/5
Genre: Psychedelic pop, dream pop, indie pop, noise pop
Standouts: Don't Cry, Revival, Sailing, Memory Boy, He Would Have Laughed.
4/5
808 State
4/5
Surprisingly enjoyable. The songs have samples(?) or very familiar tunes that really make the album good.
Standouts: Ancodia (L-O-V-E Love), Cobra Bora ("The Hustle"), Pacific 202 (a.k.a. Pacific State).
For an electronic album that I didn't like at all the first few times I heard it, I am really getting into it now. I'm somewhere between 3.5 and 4.0....
The Black Keys
4/5
Standouts: Howling for You, Tighten Up,
Solid: 4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
I really like Nick Cave's style. This is such a beautiful album.
4/5
4/5
River of Orchids is an amazing opening track. Never heard it before, but it is incredible. The whole album gives me Beatles-vibes.
Standouts: River of Orchids, I'd Like That, Your Dictionary
4.25
Red Snapper
4/5
This one took a long time for me to start to like. It's not a style of music that I knew much about.
Standouts: Some Kind of Kink, Keeping Pigs Together, Shellback
3.5
Guns N' Roses
5/5
Absolute classic 5/5
Ghostface Killah
1/5
Insert Vomit emoji here. A disgrace to the English language.
The most tolerable song is "Back Like That" then you listen to the lyrics and it's disgraceful.
I would have died a better person without hearing this crap.
1/5 when I first heard it, three time later, it's still 1/5.
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Always been a fan of Fatboy Slim, but I don't know this album! Where have I been? Ok, it's not nearly as good as the others I know, but it is still good. There is a time and place where this album really fits.
Standouts: Going Out of My Head, Song For Lindy, Everybody Needs a 303, Punk to Funk.
3.5
Pantera
3/5
Loud. Yes, sometimes loud is good. Really, I have to be in the mood to listen to stuff like this. Generally, it isn't something I listen to anymore. But, if I am in the mood, this would definitely do the trick.
Standout: Hollow (because it is mellow, and that I was in the mood for).
3/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Oh this was good.
Standouts: Moondance, Crazy Love, And it Stoned Me, Come Running,
Mike Ladd
3/5
Hip-Hop from 2000. Hip hop? Really? Mike Ladd is from Boston, MA, USA. I would have figured he was British because he was on this list, and I never heard of him.... Oh, wait, he's based in Paris... that explains it!
I liked: 5000 Miles West of the Future,
3.5
The Beta Band
2/5
I usually really like this kind of music, but this one I just haven't been able to get into. It's the first time I've heard it, so I'll probably give it more time.
2.5 for now.
Todd Rundgren
4/5
Genre: Progressive pop, psychedelia, avant-pop, R&B
1973
Very interesting album. One great song runs right into another.... Fantastic! Not a fan of Cool Jerk as part of an otherwise very nice R&B Medley.
Standouts: The entire side 1 especially Zen Archer.
Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel, I'm So Proud (best part of the Medley), I Don't Want to Tie You Down, Just One Victory.
4/5
Mj Cole
2/5
2.5 Really nothing special here.
Elbow
4/5
Yet another English band I've never heard of. His voice reminds me of Sting at times. Wow. Really liking this one.
Standouts: Starlings, The Bones of You, Mirrorball, Grounds for Divorce, The Fix, We're Away.
Really all the songs are very good. I enjoyed this album very much. Never heard of them before but now I'm glad I listened.
3.5
Les Rythmes Digitales
4/5
First listen, I wasn't impressed.... after a while I really started liking it.
Standouts: (Hey, You) What's That Sound?, Music Makes You Lose Control, Dreamin', From Disco to Disco, Sometimes, Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat).
4/5
Anthrax
3/5
Metal. Heavy or speed... play loud. It's good for what it is, not something I'd play often anymore.
Standouts: Caught in a Mosh, Indians, I Am the Law,
3.5
Calexico
4/5
I thought it was decent when I first heard it, but as I became familiar with it, I really started liking it. Overall I am very favorable. I will listen again, I will include many tracks on playlists.
4/5
4/5
Fantastic listen.
Prince
5/5
99% Brilliant.
4.5
Skunk Anansie
3/5
Heard this one before. Last time I listened to it I really liked the sound. It is definitely better played LOUD with headphones on.
Standouts: Tracy's Flaw, Good Things Don't Always Come to You, You'll Follow Me Down.
3.5 on a good day.
Joan Baez
2/5
Really dislike her voice and the way she stretches out each note...
Unlistenable.
2/5
Moby Grape
4/5
Psychedelic Rock from 1967. Never heard of Moby Grape before.
Standouts: 8:05, Sitting By The Window, Someday, Mr. Blues, Fall On You, Naked if I Want to, Ain't No Use,
3.75
Radiohead
4/5
4/5
Takes a while to get into but, mostly pretty great.
Standouts: We Suck Young Blood
White Denim
3/5
2011
Genre: Indie rock, garage rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, Southern rock
Experience with the band: None. Brand New
Most well-known songs (Ranker.com). Anvil Everything, At the Farm, Burnished, Bess St., Drug.
Standouts: At the Farm, Anvil Everything, Is and Is and Is.
Very enjoyable first time. 3/5
Robert Wyatt
3/5
This is another album that listening to it once (for a day) just isn't enough. I barely feel like I got to know it at all yet. There are no catchy tunes, nothing you'll find yourself hummming later on in the day. It's a nice album though.
Solid 3/5
Björk
4/5
Singles:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right)
Triumph of a Heart
Probably the most listenable Bjork album - with just a little bit of Bjork-weirdness. I like this one.
Standouts: Who is it, Where is the Line, Pleasure is All Mine, Triumph of a Heart, Oll birtan.
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Brian Eno. Never heard of him before this list. Where have I been? This is great stuff.
Standouts: Baby's on Fire, Needles in the Camel's Eye, Dead Finks Don't Talk, Some of Them Are Old, Driving Me Backwards, On Some Faraway Beach, Here Come the Warm Jets.
4/5
Meat Loaf
5/5
Classic:
5/5: Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth, Heaven Can Wait, Bat Out of Hell, For Crying Out Loud.
4/5: All Revved Up with No Place to Go
The Velvet Underground
4/5
I really liked the other VU albums on this list so I was looking forward to this one. It did not quite live up to my expectations.
5/5: (None)
4/5: White Light/White Heat, Here She Comes Now, I Heard Her Call My Name, Sister Ray
Rating: 3.5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Another Great Gabriel. This one is known as "Melt" because of the melting face on the cover.
5/5: Games Without Frontiers, Biko, I Don't Remember, Intruder, And Through the Wire, No Self Control,
4/5: Start, Family Snapshot, Not One of Us,
Rating: 4.5/5
American Music Club
4/5
Good enough that I should have heard of it before, but never heard of them before....
5/5: Blue & Grey Shirt, Jenny,
4/5: Firefly, Somewhere, Laughingstock, Lonely, Pale Skinny Girl, Now You're Defeated,
Rating: 4/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4/5
Genre: Jangle pop, college rock, folk rock
1984
Singles: Perfect Skin (#26 UK), Forest Fire (#41 UK), Rattlesnakes (#65 UK), Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken (#68 UK)
5/5: Perfect Skin
4/5: Speedboat, Rattlesnakes, Charlotte Street, 2cv, Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken
Rating: 4
Kanye West
4/5
5/5: Runaway, Monster, All of the Lights, Dark Fantasy, Power, Blame Game.
4/5: Lost in the World.
Rating: 4/5
LTJ Bukem
3/5
Genre: Jungle, drum and bass
1996
It starts with a quote from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It is definitely an album that you can listen to and enjoy, or play it in the background and hardly notice it is there. Both are perfectly fine.
The sounds are fresh and interesting. If you're not into it, then you would find it boring - but still good for an elevator ride or a listen while you study....
Where does one song end and the next begin? Hard to rate any individual tracks on this album.
Rating: 3.5
Elvis Costello
4/5
1994
5/5: Kinder Murder, 13 Steps Lead Down, You Tripped at Every Step, Favourite Hour
4/5: London's Brilliant Parade, Pony St., This is Hell, Still Soon to Know, Sulky Girl
Rating: 4/5
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
The name sounded familiar but that was because I know his father, Louden Wainwright of "Dead Skunk" fame.
Best songs: Oh What a World, I Don't Know What it is, Want
Crowded House
4/5
5/5: Chocolate Cake, It's Only Natural, Weather With You.
4/5: Fall at Your Feet, Whispers and Moans, Four Seasons in One Day, All I Ask, As Sure as I Am, She Goes On.
Stereo MC's
4/5
5/5: Connected, Sketch, Step it Up, Playing with Fire, The End
4/5: Ground Level, Creation.
Rating: 4/5
The Triffids
3/5
1987, Australian
5/5: Holy Water, Bury Me Deep in Love,
4/5: Kelly's Blues, A Trick of the Light, Open For You, Vagabond Holes, Save What You Can
3.5
Cowboy Junkies
5/5
Brilliant.
Standouts: Sweet Jane, Blue Moon Revisited, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, I Don't Get it, Walking After Midnight.
4.5
Justin Timberlake
4/5
Hate to admit it...it's damn good. Way to go JT.
4.5
The Vines
4/5
2002
Genre: Alternative rock, garage rock revival, post-grunge
I can hear a bit of Nirvana influence, without at all being a Nirvana copy-cat band.
Standouts: Get Free, Highly Evolved, Outtathaway, Homesick,
Rating: 3.5
The Cramps
4/5
Genre: Garage rock, garage punk, psychobilly, neo-rockabilly
1980
5/5: I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Garbageman, Fever
4/5: TV Set, Sunglasses After Dark, What's Behind the Mask, I'm Cramped,
Rating: 3.5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Singles:
--------------------------------------------
Black Mirror
Keep the Car Running (UK #56)
Intervention
No Cars Go (UK #85)
5/5: No Cars Go, Keep the Car Running.
4/5: Black Mirror, Intervention, Neon Bible, Ocean of Noise, Windowsill.
Rating: 3.5 / 5
Big Black
3/5
Genre: Noise rock, post-hardcore, industrial rock
1986
Most Well known: Bazooka Joe.
Never heard of them. The fact this is from 1986 is a shock. It seems well ahead of its time.
Standouts: Bad Houses, Bazooka Joe,
First listen: 3/5
Spiritualized
4/5
Love this! It is one of the first albums on this list that I never heard of but fell in love with. Heard it many times now over the past two years.
Every songs is amazing.
Rating: 4.5
Motörhead
3/5
3/5
Standouts: Ace of Spades
The Byrds
3/5
3.5 It's nice.
Mercury Rev
3/5
Good sound. I can get into this one. Never heard it before - never heard of the band before either.
3/5 (for now)
SZA
3/5
It's fine. Not my go-to style of music but I can respect the sound and for those that like this style I am sure this is among the best.
3/5
The Band
4/5
very nice 3.5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
1970
Genre: Progressive rock
Standouts: Tarkus
3.5
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
Genre: Electronic ambient, synth-pop, space music, new-age, electropop
1976
Back in 1976 this was something special and unique, today.... well...
Oxygene Part IV is classic though.
3.5
The White Stripes
4/5
Sebadoh
4/5
Genre: Indie rock
1993
Standouts: Soul and Fire, Sister, Two Years Two Days,
Great sound!
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
1997
Standouts: Into My Arms, People Ain't No Good, The One I've Been Waiting For,
Exceptional: 4/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
1960 Live Blues album
Standouts: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man, Baby Please Don't Go, I Got My Mojo Working,
4/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
5/5
Amazing! 4.5
The Stone Roses
3/5
1988
Genre: Madchester jangle pop, neo-psychedelia, indie rock, alternative rock
Singles (UK):
Elephant Stone (#8)
Made of Stone (#20)
She Bangs The Drums (#34, #8 US ALT)
I Want to be Adored (#20. #18 US ALT)
Waterfall (#27)
I Am the Resurrection (#33)
I've heard this album many times over the years. Really never got into it. The music is good, but forgettable. Every time I've heard it, it's like it is for the first time.
3.5
Morrissey
3/5
I go back and forth with Morrissey. Sometimes I like him more than other time. Not a bad listen, but I'm not a fan (today).
3.5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Classic. Not my favorite Led Zeppelin album but still better than 90% of the other albums on this list!
5/5: Kashmir, Trampled Under Foot, Houses of the Holy, The Rover, Down By The Seaside, The Wanton Song, Boogie With Stu.
4/5: In My Time of Dying, Custard Pie, Black Country Woman, In the Light, Night Flight, Bron-Yr-Aur, Ten Years Gone, Sick Again
Rating: 4.5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Soul, Funk, 1978
eh
3.5
Happy Mondays
4/5
1990
Genre: Madchester, baggy, rock
Standouts 5/5: Kinky Afro, Step On
4/5: God's Cop, Donovan, Grandbag's Funeral, Loose Fit, Bob's Yer Uncle, Holiday.
4/5
CHVRCHES
4/5
2013
Genre: Synth-pop, indie pop, electropop, dance-pop
Standouts: The Mother We Share,
Others: Recover, Gun, Lies, We Sink, Tether, Under the Tide, Lungs
4/5
Megadeth
3/5
ITS LOUD, BUT FINE
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
Seems like too many songs... make 1 LP and it is a 5 star album. As is, 4/5
Neil Young
5/5
Top notch.
4.5
Lana Del Rey
4/5
Great easy listen
4/5
Heaven 17
4/5
1981
Genre: New wave, synth-pop, electropop
Standouts: Penthouse and Pavement, Play to Win, (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang, Let's All Make a Bomb.
4/5
Paul McCartney
4/5
Not even close to being a classic, but it's a nice listen.
3.5
The Bees
3/5
First listen. Very good. 3.5/5
George Michael
5/5
The Coral
4/5
4/5
Great listen
The Thrills
3/5
2003
Genre: Indie rock, post-punk revival
First Listen
Best Tracks: Santa Cruz, Big Sur, Don't Steal Our Sun, Deckchairs and Cigarettes, Old Friends New Lovers, Hollywood Kids,
First impression: It is very likable and easy to enjoy.
3.5
3/5
1972, Progressive rock
5th studio album by YES
Single: And You and I
This album is the definition of Prog rock. Whether that is good or bad is determined by how much prog rock is your thing. I'm not too much on the prog rock scene. I can appreciate the talent of the musicians, but it really does not excite me.
3.5/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
4/5
The Gun Club
4/5
1981 Post Punk
Debut album by Gun Club (USA)
Standouts: Preaching the Blues, She's Like Heroine to Me, For the Love of Ivy
Others: Sex Beat, Fire Spirit, Cool Drink of Water,
The Psychedelic Furs
4/5
1981, New Wave, Post Punk
Standouts: Dumb Waiters, Pretty in Pink, I Wanna Sleep with You,
Others: No Tears, Mr. Jones, All of This and Nothing, She is Mine
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
3.5
Sam Cooke
3/5
3.5
Steve Earle
4/5
4/5
It's really good...but there are many other country artists and albums that aren't on this list.
Bad Brains
3/5
1986 Hardcore Punk
Never heard of them before and all songs are new to me. It's kind of right up my alley - what I usually gravitate to.
First listen - I think this one will get better the more I get used to it, but for now it's a 3/5
The xx
4/5
2017 Indie rock, dream pop, alternative dance
3rd studio album by the xx.
First impression: Thumbs up! Very enjoyable.
Standouts: On Hold, Say Something Loving, I Dare You
Singles: On Hold, Say Something Loving, I Dare You, Dangerous
Rating: 3.75
GZA
3/5
1995, East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop
Definitely not my 'go-to' music genre....Contains three top 10 US Rap singles.
Singles: I Gotcha' Back, Liquid Swords, Cold World, Shadowboxin'
Standouts: Liquid Swords
3/5
Screaming Trees
3/5
Pretty Good!
3.5
Bill Callahan
4/5
Love this album!
4.5/5
Liz Phair
3/5
Hard to call this good or bad. It's just there. I knew the song Fuck and Run but that was it. The rest of the album seems fine....
3/5
The KLF
4/5
Very enjoyable, fun.
4/5
Morrissey
4/5
You're the one for me, Fatty!
This album grows on you....
4/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
For Jazz - not a favorite gene of mine - this is really good. There are times that this album can be addicting.
4/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Respect would have been a better album title! This song topped the US charts the day I was born. Always my own personal trivia.
Standouts: Respect, Don Right Woman, Save Me, A Change is Going to Come
The entire album is well above average. I’ve been a fan of here because she just sings other people hits…l but This album is something special.
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Not a fan on Bob Dylan!
I think this album is very good!
Standouts: Make You Feel My Love, Trying to Get to Heaven
4/5
Femi Kuti
3/5
3.5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
3.5
Steely Dan
4/5
Love Steely Dan!
Standouts: Josie, Peg, Deacon Blues,
4/5
The Kinks
4/5
Really good, but dated. The sound just doesn't fit in today's music.... still great to listen to.
3.5
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
I can take it or leave it....
3/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Couple really great tracks.
3.5
Standouts: Sex on Fire, Use Somebody, Revelry, Notion.
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
4/5
3.5
Nice version of California Uber Alles!
Black Flag
4/5
Damn Good album!
4/5
Orbital
3/5
Genre: IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), techno, ambient techno, downtempo
Standouts: Are We Here?
Others: Sad But True, Crash and Carry, Science Friction, Kein Trink Wasser, Quality Seconds
3.5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
3.75
John Lennon
4/5
4/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
3.75
k.d. lang
3/5
It’s nice.
3.5
Gang Starr
4/5
For the genre it’s very good.
Taylor Swift
4/5
don’t know any of these songs going into the album.
Really nice album.
4/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Standouts: Work It, Gossip Folks, Back in the Day, Slide
3.5
Bad Company
4/5
After a couple bad albums, this comes up. Classic. Thank you.
Standouts: Can’t Get Enough, rock steady, Ready for Love, Bad Company, Movin’ On
4.5
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Easy 5/5
Every song is amazing…except the live track at the end -Horrible . Just doesn’t fit with the flow of the album at all.
Jurassic 5
3/5
Alt Hip-Hop from 2002.
Never head of them before.
Standouts: Thin Line, Freedom, Break, A Day at the Races
3.5
Jacques Brel
2/5
Sorry, not for me. Non parlez French….
2.5
Madonna
4/5
It’s Madonna. Of course it is good. Quite a few memorable hits including on of my favorite Madonna songs, “Nobody’s Perfect.”
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
1981
Genre: Avant-funk, funk rock, experimental rock, worldbeat, Afro rock, sampledelia
Never heard of Brian Eno before this list... I'm a fan now.
3.5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
3.75
Very good, wasn't known very well by me before this....
Traffic
4/5
Standouts: Feelin’ Alright, You Can All Join In, Pearly Queen, Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring, Vagabond Virgin, No Time to Live.
4/5
Fairport Convention
2/5
Ugh. Folk. 2.5
Robbie Williams
4/5
Standouts: Angels, Let Me Entertain You, Lazy Days, Life Thru a Lens, Old Before I Die, South of the Border, One of God’s Better People.
3.75
4/5
Something interesting about this one. It is different, but I like it.
3.75
Robert Wyatt
4/5
So interesting. Not your typical album - very progressive and experimental. It does work though.
4/5
Tears For Fears
5/5
4.5
All really great
Scritti Politti
3/5
it's fine.
3.75
The Cardigans
3/5
3.5
David Bowie
4/5
3.75
Scissor Sisters
4/5
Catchy and fun - in a really good way.
Even their remake of a song considered untouchable, Comfortably Numb, is surprisingly good.
4.25/5
The Who
4/5
Live, greatest hits….of course its good.
4/5
Haircut 100
3/5
Goes down easy.
3.5
The Verve
3/5
3.5
Mylo
4/5
Kinda weird, but good. I think Rock and Roll is safe though.
Standouts: Sunwoshipper, in My Arms, Destroy Rock and Roll, Rikki, Doctor Pressure,
Barry Adamson
4/5
Has some really really great moments!
3.75
Soft Machine
3/5
Not really sure…seems ok.
3/5
John Cale
4/5
Surprise! This is always nice to find someone you think, oh this is going to suck…. Then it blows your mind!
4/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Shuggie Otis
4/5
Terrific!
3.75
The Incredible String Band
3/5
Better than expected. I can probably grow to like it.
3.5
Queen Latifah
4/5
3.75
Q-Tip
3/5
3.5
Brian Wilson
4/5
So powerful. 4/5
4/5
3.75
Sade
4/5
4/5
Public Image Ltd.
4/5
4.25
Great!
Paul Simon
5/5
4.5
Baaba Maal
4/5
Great African rhythms!
3.75
Buck Owens
3/5
One of the best CW albums on the list from this era.
3.75