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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter | 4 | 2.15 | +1.85 |
| Cross | 5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
| Trout Mask Replica | 4 | 2.28 | +1.72 |
| Either Or | 5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
| Rock Bottom | 4 | 2.39 | +1.61 |
| The Köln Concert | 5 | 3.39 | +1.61 |
| Suicide | 4 | 2.46 | +1.54 |
| American Gothic | 4 | 2.49 | +1.51 |
| Now I Got Worry | 4 | 2.52 | +1.48 |
| Timeless | 4 | 2.53 | +1.47 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| Soul Mining | 2 | 3.17 | -1.17 |
| Scum | 1 | 2.07 | -1.07 |
| Untitled (Black Is) | 2 | 3.05 | -1.05 |
| Rage Against The Machine | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| Teenager Of The Year | 2 | 3 | -1 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Radiohead | 6 | 4.33 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4.14 |
| Bob Dylan | 7 | 4.14 |
| The Rolling Stones | 6 | 4.17 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.2 |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4.25 |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 4.33 |
| Queen | 3 | 4.33 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Doors | 3 | 4.33 |
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The Everly Brothers
4/5
Very modest, pure, elegant, innocent style of optimistic dreamers. Two tenors singing harmonic thirds alternated with the twin riffs of their acoustic guitars, accompanied by a modest rhythm section. The album in short: never a solo, never an out-of-tune note, never an electric arrangement. Succinct and elegant, simple and refreshing, the brothers represented the familiar romance of the average good American boy, neither idol nor rebel. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Cathy's Clown, Baby What You Want Me to Do
6 likes
Taylor Swift
3/5
It's very funny to read the reviews of the album. From "crappy" to "genre novelty". I found the album quite decent. Nothing new under the sun, but very pleasant to listen to. (5/10)
FT: evermore
6 likes
David Bowie
4/5
An album that was certainly not up to the standard of singer-songwriters of the time, but it showed that Bowie was more than just a pop singer. (7/10)
FT: Changes, Oh You Pretty Thing, Life On Mars, Queen Bitch
5 likes
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
It’s one of those LPs that just seems pure and uncomplicated. Really loved this record. (8/10)
Favourite Tracks: Breakdown, Hometown Blues, American Girl
5 likes
Blue Cheer
4/5
The riffs come about slowly, dreadful and hyper-distorted, built around depraved melodies. One of the Bands that really starts playing Heavy Metal. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Doctor Please, Summertime Blues, Out of Focus
4 likes
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The Clash
4/5
Surprisingly good. I don't usually listen to punk, but the album was really good despite the somewhat repetitive songs. Police & Thieves is also now on my private playlist :)
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Good Album. Amazing Songs.
I loved how the album was structured. Thunder Road as an overture, than the big one born to run and on the end, the emotional peak, Jungleland. I simply love the saxophone solo's.
Suede
4/5
Pretty solid Sound. (6/10)
Favorite Tracks: We are the Pigs, The 2 of us, Still life
Green Day
4/5
A couple of good catchy songs. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: Basket case, When I come around
Rod Stewart
4/5
A mix of country and classic rock that I liked. Very pleasant to listen to. (7/10)
Favorite Tracks: Maggie May, Mandolin Wind
Basement Jaxx
3/5
I don't usually listen to EDM. However, I was very entertained by the album.
Favorite Tracks: Red Alert
Wire
4/5
Really intense harmonics and likable sound from a punk-band. Short tracks that not all sound the same.
(7/10)
Favorite Tracks: Mannequin, 12xU, Three Girl Rhumba
Tito Puente
4/5
It was good to hear other Puente songs. The music just puts me in a good mood. (7/10)
Fav. Track: Hong Kong Mambo
Slint
4/5
Obscure, but interesting guitar riffs, tempo changes and somehow moving. Very interesting style. (7/10)
Favorite Tracks: Don Aman, Washer
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
I didn't expect so many pop tracks. Otherwise quite okay. Her voice is really beautiful. (6/10)
Favorite Tracks: The Emperor's New Clothes, Nothing Compares 2 U
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Melancholic pop. Very pleasant to listen to and chill around. (7/10)
Favourite Song: Pale Blue Eyes
Ray Charles
4/5
He's a genius. I love him. Great arrangements on some country songs. (8/10)
Favourite Tracks: Careless Love, I Can't Stop Loving You, You Are My Sunshine
Scott Walker
3/5
This album has its moments. I like his voice and the lyrics. But the orchestration aged a little badly. The songs that stood out, I found out, were by Jacques Brel. (5/10)
Favorite Tracks: Jackie, Next
Black Sabbath
4/5
Good Riffs. I really like Ozzys voice. This album is the start of a great band and a new music era. (7/10)
Favorite Tracks: Black Sabbat, N.I.B, The Wizzard
Pavement
3/5
Mixed feelings. Some songs I like and some I don't. I have to listen to the band more often. (6,5/10)
Favorite Tracks: Here
Little Richard
5/5
Enjoyed the whole album. Fun and exciting. Little Richard is amazing (9/10)
Favorite Tracks: Long Tall Sally
James Brown
4/5
Very funky Livealbum. James Brown's screams are simply legendary and the way he handles the audience! (7/10)
Favorite Tracks: Try Me, Lost Someone
Metallica
3/5
I don't usually listen to Metallica. The album made me curious about the original songs. So I have no comparison. (6/10)
Favorite Songs: No Leaf Clover, Nothing else Matters, Master of Puppets
The Young Rascals
3/5
Easy listening album of the 60's. Solid Sound, but don't pin out too much. (6/10)
Favorite Tracks: How Can I Be Sure
Happy Mondays
3/5
One album several colours. The album is certainly not monotonous but not everyones taste. (6/10)
Favorite Tracks: Lazyitis
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Solid album. Lot of songs I grew up with. (8/10)
Favorite Tracks : Three little birds, One Love
Lauryn Hill
4/5
I don't listen to hiphop that often, but her soul voice and the pop/funky beats are a very good mix. (7/10)
Favorite Tracks: Every Ghetto, Every City; Doo Wop (That Thing)
Johnny Cash
4/5
Simply brilliant show. I love the way Johnny Cash sings and talks to the audience. (8/10)
Favorite Tracks: 25 Minutes to Go, Jackson, Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog
Talking Heads
4/5
An album I should listen to more often. (7/10)
Favorite Tracks: Life During Wartime, Heaven
Everything But The Girl
3/5
An album that I would never listen to. I appreciate it. (5/10)
Favorite Tracks: Walking Wounded, Before Today
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Okay... Funky Bass mixed with brutal rhythmic and vocal styles of funk and rap music with the brutal guitar-driven style of heavy-metal. (6/10)
Favorite Tracks: Funky Monks, I Could Have Lied, Under the Bridge
Paul Simon
4/5
Pleasant voice and good song writing. Some very good guest musicians. (7/10)
Favorite Tracks: Think Too Much, The Late Great Johnny Ace
Ministry
3/5
Not really my taste. However, I found some tracks quite interesting. (5/10)
Favorite Track: Jesus Built My Hotrod
Pearl Jam
3/5
I like his voice and the slower songs. I feel the energy and the theatrical vibe, but it's not my type of music. (6/10)
Favorite Tracks :Black
Julian Cope
4/5
Really nice Songtexts and meanings. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Beautiful Love
The Go-Go's
3/5
Good Mood Album. (6/10)
Favourite Track: We Got the Beat
Elvis Presley
4/5
Great Album! Great Song and Singer. Unfortunately, he didn't write any of these songs himself. (8/10)
Favourite Tracks: I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms), After Loving You , Suspicious Minds
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Half of the album are hard rock songs and the other half is more progressive rock. I like the Klezmer-influenced song. (6/10)
Favorite Track: Of Course
Alice Cooper
4/5
Good album. Didn't expect that from Alice Cooper. (7/10)
Favorite Tracks: School's Out, My Stars
Culture Club
3/5
Pure 80's Sound. (He sounds a little bit like George Micheal, didn't he?) Karma Chameleon is a certified hit single. Second half is better than the first. (6/10)
Favorite Tracks: Church of the Poison Mind, Mister Man, Melting Pot
3/5
An interesting album, with some influences from Patti Smith, Radiohead and Bjork. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: This Mess We're In, Good Fortun
The Kinks
4/5
Quite elegant, with an essential preciosity that blends with the airy vocal harmonies with linear melodies and energetic instrumental interventions.(7/10)
Favourite Songs: Sunday Afternoon
808 State
4/5
I like the atmospheric, even vaguely jazzy beats , such as Sunrise, mixed with more conventional elaborations of the old funk-soul sound. (7/10)
Favourite Songs: Pacific 202
Elton John
4/5
A rather theatrical album. Some good songs. I love his voice! (7/10)
Favourite Songs: Tiny Dancer, Levon, Indian Sunset
The Stranglers
3/5
A grim and atmospheric ablum sound. The swinging organ theme (as well as its jazz solos) and demented chorus add something to the song Peaches. (6/10)
Favourite Song: Sometimes, Peaches
Hole
3/5
The core of this album is made up of songs, starting with Celebrity Skin and Awful, that repeat the same pattern: soft melodicism over a male beat and melodramatic riffs. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: Celebrity Skin, Malibu
Kanye West
4/5
This album surprised me. This is highly intelligent, creative and trans-stylistic postmodernism. The blend of sometimes 3 different styles with a mix of Frank Zappa-esque orchestration. A sharp edge between Hip Hop and Pop (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Jesus Walks, Spaceship
D'Angelo
3/5
The Songs are pretty similar. From the album you could hear his influences like Prince(not last his falsetto crooning) and Marvin Gaye. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks : Lady
The Monkees
4/5
Basically a good album. I noticed the influence of the 60's on many songs, like Chuck Berry or Little Richard. (7/10)
Favourite songs: Randy Scouse Git, Zilch, Shades of Gray
Portishead
3/5
Ein merkwürdiges Album. Irgendwo zwischen elektronischem Bombardement von Beats auf einem Wandteppich aus renaissanceartigem Gesang. War auch irritiert als 2-3 Songs einfach abrupt enden. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: Hunter, The Rip
Leonard Cohen
4/5
It's 1969 and Cohen has released a singer-songwriter album. Very brave. Against the prevailing mood, carving a niche for a kind of subdued, lo-fi, intimate, personal lament. He's brilliant. (7/10)
Favourite tracks: The Butcher, Bird on the Wire
Tricky
3/5
The album seems like a soporific dirges arranged in a minimal style. The sinister sorcery of Abbaon Fat Track and the disco diva funk of Suffocated Love don't rest on much of a foundation. On the other hand, there are really interesting tracks on the record like Black Steel. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: Black Steel
Muddy Waters
4/5
Iconic style and riffs. Sometimes a little too repetitive. But I understand why many artists have copied.(7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Mannish Boy
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
From a technical point of view, the way they were able to start a song with a theme that gave no hint of the main theme will also go down in history. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: It's a Sin, What Have I Done To Deserve This, "Always on my Mind"
Fever Ray
4/5
A Mix of Sinead O'Connor's pathos nd a bit of icy Nico's voice. The music is easy to listen to, but the lyrics seem a bit banal. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: If I Had a Heart
Raekwon
3/5
The album draws picture of the violent street life, with colloquial dialogues between Raekwon and Ghostface Killah that introduce the various themes as if they were interviewed for a documentary. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: Ice Cream
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Another frenetic and rugged album , featuring Gimme Shelter, a quintessential jam that featured post-psychedelic guitar counterpoint. (8/10)
Favourite Songs: Gimme Shelter, You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Virtuoso guitar solos. Some blues numbers that shine more with guitar solos than with vocal performance. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Layla, Bell Bottom Blues
Ryan Adams
3/5
A wildly eclectic potpourri, Gold sounded almost like the collaboration between a number of different singer-songwriters. From Neil Young to Allman Brothers (6/10)
Favourite Songs: When the Stars Go Blue, New York, New York
Funkadelic
4/5
This album was a nice spectrum of 70's Rock, a prog-rock track of Wars of Armageddon, or a Jimi Hendrix-esque Solo of Maggot brain. (7/10)
Favourite Track: Maggot Brain, Can You Get to That
Gang Of Four
3/5
Is a kind of funk in the punk album, filled with metallic dissonances. A Talking Heads mixed with Jimi Hendrix. (6/10)
Favourite Songs: Damaged Goods
Beatles
4/5
Their first album without covers. A lot of love songs. I like them, very pop and happy. (7/10)
Supertramp
4/5
Crime of The Century is quite dominated by the pop refrains (like Dreamer) , which were still painted with the harmonic complexities and sounds of progressive-rock. (7/10)
Favourite Songs: Dreamer, Crime of the Century
Minutemen
3/5
Each song is a condensate of polemical rage and "wit", firmly structured on dissonant jazz funk, and a haggard and more analytical rambling in the punk idiom. (6/10)
Favourite Songs: Glory Of Man, Corona
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
It's a "cleaner" version of Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The music is a formulaic repetition of mainstream stereotypes (that they already used in the previous album). (5/10)
Favourite Tracks: Road Trippin', Otherside
Black Flag
3/5
The whole thing is a parade of chaotic thrash and wild cacophony that assaults and stuns with its obsessive roar. A mosh pit will appear magically in your mind. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: Rise Above, Damaged II
Tom Waits
4/5
I like the minimal arrangements, funereal cadences, with a muted Hammond organ. A poetric barbarian. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Jersey Girl, Ruby's Arms
Sonic Youth
4/5
Punk meets New Wave. She is a prominent as a singer, I like her catatonic and monotonous voice, shameless and bored. Really fitting to the era. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Kool Thing
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Sophisticated Pop. An extensive use of electronic keyboards, synthesizers, and polished arrangements. It sound very 80's instead of 90's. (6/10)
Favourite Track: Cherry-Coloured Funk
Buffalo Springfield
4/5
Good production and great, compact jamming. Many good musicians jamming together. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Expecting to Fly, Bluebird
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
The Album atmosphere is somewhere between erotic (Perfect Skin) and philosophical (Forest Fire). (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: Rattlesnakes, Down on Mission Street
Neil Young
4/5
A good country- /folk-rock album. You can feel the melancholy. (8/10)
Favorite Tracks : Out on the Weekend, Heart of Gold, The needle and the Damage Done
Tim Buckley
4/5
This record is a collection of poems (Bob Dylan-esque) about an individual who finds himself helplessly at the mercy of the madness of the world. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Once I Was, Pleasant Street
Beatles
4/5
With this album the Beatles left behind rock and roll to get closer to other musical styles. More experimental. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Eleanor Rigby, For No One
Traffic
4/5
Pleasant country/folk jams. (7/10)
Favorite Tracks : Freedom Rider
Jeff Beck
3/5
Very innovative album, he changed the classic blues rock to a harder, faster syncopated sound. (6/10)
Coldplay
4/5
It is above all a demonstration of dynamic and emotional range, as if to prove that the genre has gained maturity and solidity after so many failures (Blur, Oasis). Sparks and Trouble are pretty Smiths-inspired, with the whole album being one gigantic summation of British pop. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Yellow, Everything's Not Lost , Sparks
The Roots
3/5
This was much less "rap" music than avantgarde music. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: The Seed (2.0)
Haircut 100
3/5
Soft pleasant new wave pop. The guys certainly had fun. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: Love Plus One, Love's Got Me in Triangles
Queen
4/5
Unfortunately, I cannot rate this album objectively. I grew up with this album and simply love Queen. A dark album in contrast to their later stage-ready songs. (7/10)
Favourite tracks: The March of the Black Queen, Seven Seas of Rhye
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
It’s one of those LPs that just seems pure and uncomplicated. Really loved this record. (8/10)
Favourite Tracks: Breakdown, Hometown Blues, American Girl
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
If the intention was also to compose music, the Manic Street Preachers end up sounding like less creative. Some Songs are not my cup of tea. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: She Is Suffering
Primal Scream
3/5
A Album devoted to mediocre imitations of Sixties pop. A dance album that was propelled by both strong disco beats and Rolling Stones-like riffs, that fused acid-house and blues-rock. (6/10)
Favourite Songs: Movin' on up, Inner Flight
The Smiths
4/5
This album is kind of a shrewd collection that offers imitations of their other successes, but with the highest degree of refinement. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Girlfriend in a Coma, Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Blur
3/5
The album as a whole is a little park walk of the English bourgeoisie and especially their vices, a kind of Kinks concept. But overall it is an album of mediocre songs. (6/10)
Favourite Songs: Parklife, To the End
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Apart from the ingenuity (and that he produced and played everything himself) and the "mimicry" skills, the sound is somewhat still washed out and has little personality. The real creative approaches are found in the instrumental parts. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: I Saw the Light, Breathless
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
The sound is that of an amphetamine blues-rock with high explosive potential, grouped into short, rough and deadly loads of TNT which erupt in one breath the volcanic energy of the guitar. (8/10)
Favourite Tracks: Red House, Purple Haze, May This Be Love
Kanye West
4/5
This overcrowded album certainly brought together good arrangement ambitions in a pompous and multifaceted manner. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Runaway, Lost in the World
Blue Cheer
4/5
The riffs come about slowly, dreadful and hyper-distorted, built around depraved melodies. One of the Bands that really starts playing Heavy Metal. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Doctor Please, Summertime Blues, Out of Focus
Marty Robbins
3/5
Classic country. There is not much to add to that. You like it or you don't. (6/10)
Favourite Track: Big Iron
Kraftwerk
4/5
That's why we had synth-pop in the 80s, techno in the 90s and glitch in the 00s. And today Nintendocore.
One of the first albums that charmed me with robotic rhythms and mechanical melodies. (8/10)
Favourite Songs: Europa Endlos, Franz Schubert
Mike Ladd
3/5
I liked the beats, but I couldn't find my way into the lyrics of the song. Partly very difficult music to relax to. (5/10)
Favourite Track: Bladerunners
Spiritualized
4/5
I like the wildly schizophrenic dynamics that flung most songs between acoustic and quasi-symphonic passages. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Step into the Breeze, If I Were with Her Now
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Solid. I like the atmosphere and the brass sound. (8/10)
Favourite Tracks: The Kid from Red Bank, Splanky
Deerhunter
4/5
Really good sound engineering. A homage to rock history in a melacholic way (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: He Would Have Laughed, Revival
Led Zeppelin
4/5
egendary riffs (Whole Lotta Love ) and drum solos (Moby Dick). Simple and good. I love his voice and its sound. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Whole Lotta Love, Ramble On
Cocteau Twins
4/5
This album is a medival-rock-sphere pop mix. The tracks are less pop-songs and more rock. In the fact its amzing how these hamonic experiments are grafted onto rock structures. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Lorelei, Persephone
Patti Smith
4/5
I love her voice, lyrics and tracks. Slam dunks. No comment. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Gloria: In Excelsis Deo, Free Money
Motörhead
3/5
Haunting blues rock of the title track (and very good solo), heavy, cadenced songs. Considering that this is a New Wave of British Heavy Metal Ablum (NWOBHM), it's quite okay. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: Ace of Spades
Milton Nascimento
4/5
A hybrid style that combined elements of sophisticated ballads, samba and jazz. And a really depressing albumcover. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Me Deixe Em Paz
Johnny Cash
3/5
The second Live-Prison-Album was okay. The first live-album was comparatively more relaxed to listen to and more interesting. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: Wreck of the Old '97, Jackson
Led Zeppelin
3/5
The double album is practically a collection of extended Stairway to Heaven tracks. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: Kashmir, Boogie with Stu
Faith No More
3/5
Mike Patton is a talented rock singer and certainly the most interesting and unique in rock since Robert Smith. He steals a lot of the show here, especially on "Zombie Eaters" and the cover of Sabbath's "War Pigs". However, track 4 "Surprise! You're Dead!" sounds like a very good quasi-new metal modern rock band from 1999. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: Epic, Edge of the World
System Of A Down
4/5
Es hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Die Originalität der Band zeigt sich jedoch am besten in den Liedern, die die I liked it very much. However, the band's originality is best seen in the songs that cross the line between genres, both in the ethnic realm, especially the syncopated Middle Eastern metal fusion, but also the foreign musical accents , in the pop realm, like the bombastic power ballad Spiders. (8/10)
Favorite Tracks: Spiders, Suggestions
The Everly Brothers
4/5
Very modest, pure, elegant, innocent style of optimistic dreamers. Two tenors singing harmonic thirds alternated with the twin riffs of their acoustic guitars, accompanied by a modest rhythm section. The album in short: never a solo, never an out-of-tune note, never an electric arrangement. Succinct and elegant, simple and refreshing, the brothers represented the familiar romance of the average good American boy, neither idol nor rebel. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Cathy's Clown, Baby What You Want Me to Do
The Pharcyde
4/5
Gloomy and at the same time very cheerful album. The jazz elements are well done. Very good for an early 90s hip hop album. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: I'm That Type of Nigga, Passin' Me By,
Blur
3/5
Song 2 (perhaps the best song) is dissonant vaudeville halfway between Rolling Stones and Sonic Youth. Their traditional melodic sound is delegated to fringe compositions like Strange News From Another Star and Look Inside America. (6/10)
Favourite Track: Song 2
Lou Reed
4/5
Reed sings almost without emotion, and his album has the character of a reportage. Reed's monotone voice and light boogie rhythm practically created a new kind of singer-songwriter, who can be a distant observer and an engaged protagonist at the same time. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Caroline Says II, Sad Song
Drive-By Truckers
4/5
It's good-humored blend of southern rock, ranging from cow-punk to Southern boogie, from Tom Petty to the Rolling Stones, from "the Band" to Neil Young. (7/10)
Favourite Track: Zip City
Eminem
4/5
Mathers is a calculating pop phenomenon (songs alternate with brief spoken interludes of people commenting on Eminem's attitude, of he having oral sex with two guys, etc, the ultimate form of self-glorification) that viscerally exposes calculating pop phenomena. (8/10)
Favorite Tracks: Stan, The Real Slim Shady
Super Furry Animals
3/5
The album sounds something like a mutation of Mott The Hoople paired with the Beatles. The songs are a bit trashy and arranged in the cheesiest way (including a trumpet fanfare and a flute march). (6/10)
Favourite Track: Something 4 The Weekend
Aerosmith
4/5
Pump contains a trio of legitimately classic jams in “Love in an Elevator”, “Janie’s Got a Gun”, and “The Other Side”. The rest of the LP is pretty tight, too. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: See above
Pixies
4/5
This album is destined to remain their great masterpiece, and one of the masterpieces of the entire decade, one of the most influential albums of its time.
Almost every song speaks for itself. It's hard to find a common denominator, apart from extreme creativity and the usual light-heartedness. The songs are songs, but they go against the antithesis of song because they are always blasted by extreme contrasts, sometimes in an erudite way and sometimes in a crazy way. (8/10)
Favourite Songs: Where Is My Mind, Gigantic, Bone Machine
The Who
4/5
None of the four was a virtuoso, yet each one of them was a genius. My Generation ist pure Wut und Verzweiflung, Geysire jugendlicher Energie, die auch das Talent des größten Songwriters dieser Generation offenbaren. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: I Can't Explain, My Generation
The Beach Boys
4/5
Not only was it a concept album, but it was full of eccentric sounds and the songs seemed like collages obtained with a painstaking art of editing, making use of a small orchestra. Nice but little overrated. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Wouldn't It Be Nice, God Only Knows, Sloop John B
Air
4/5
The tracks exude Pink Floyd's psychedelic majesty, jazz's subdued ambience, random quotations from the history of soul, funk and disco music, and more than a passing mention of Burt Bacharach's and Ennio Morricone's scores. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: All I need
Public Enemy
4/5
The rappers press on dramatically and paroxysmally in a patchwork of rap noises, casual bandisms, scratch improvisations (Terminator X, aka Norman Rogers, the scratch wizard) and electronic disturbances. It's a classic, an overwhelming and sophisticated sampler of revolutionary music. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
4/5
Perhaps one of their best concept albums, could not contrast more starkly with the pomposity of The Who's Tommy. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Shangri-La, Victoria
Jamiroquai
3/5
Cool, clever and mediocre Stevie Wonder impersonator who reintroduces 70s soul and funk with a touch of cabaret theatrics on the album. Good rhythms and creative arrangements (especially when using horns). (6/10)
Favourtie Tracks: When You Gonna Learn?, Blow Your Mind, Whatever It Is, I Can't Stop
Spiritualized
4/5
Amazingly, the album features a string quartet, a mixed choir and a brass section. The title track is a de facto classical sonata, solemn and elegant. The composition is but a minor detail compared to the effort and care with which the songs have been arranged and produced. The question that remains to be answered is whether it is art or technique. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, I Think I'm in Love
Syd Barrett
4/5
To the best of my knowledge, The Madcap Laughs is the most comprehensive documentary of schizophrenia in music to date. Reading the background of this album make you cry.... similar to a bad trip... (7/10)
Favourite Songs: Here I Go, Octopus
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Political and sarcastic songs. Nevertheless, there is also no shortage of danceable tempos in pure teenage style, like Chemistry Class and Green Shirt. This album will remain his masterpiece. (7/10)
Favourite tracks: Olivers Army, Two Little Hitlers
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
The Boss is making a statement: “I can write songs without an E Street Band.” I dunno, and I don’t care. Nebraska is a great time-killer, especially if you’re on a long flight or drive. Put it on; forget it’s there. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: Atlantic City
Le Tigre
3/5
The rousing party music of the trio may evoke Sixties' girl-groups, with punchy guitars and dance beats, but in Hannah's mouth it becomes a channel for hard-line feminist ideology. On the surface one hears folk-rock, Motown soul, but each song is a terrible story that leaves deep scars. (6/10)
Favourite Track: Deceptacon
4/5
The record is characterised by a somewhat outdated realism, harking back to themes and moods of the 1930s, from Frank Capra to Ernest Hemingway. Where The Streets Have No Name marks a new peak of transcendental intensity, thanks to the frenzied, raga-sounding tones of the long instrumental overture and tribal beat. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven't Found, With Or Without You, Running To Stand Still
Depeche Mode
4/5
Violator was a major turning point: two guitar tracks like Enjoy The Silence (atmospheric riff over a pensive disco beat) and Personal Jesus (an energetic boogie that will remain their most aggressive track ever), Depeche Mode set themselves apart from the old synthpop. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Personal Jesus, Enjoy the Silence, Policy of Truth
The Crusaders
3/5
Solid jazz funk fusion album. The first track that came in really felt it like setup the sounds that would stick through the album. Then the bass line in particular was super funky. (6/10)
Favourite Tracks: Street Life
The Flaming Lips
4/5
This album is a postmodernist essay. Given the goal, it's no surprise that the songs include digital glitches, falsetto choruses and restless dynamics. (7/10)
Favourite Tracks: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 2, Do You Realize???
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Natty Dread probably one of the most essential Bob Marley record you could own. It's a spiritually charged political and social statement.(7/10)
FT: Lively Up Yourself
Digital Underground
3/5
Hip-hop can be corny, too. It wasn’t all gun battles and baby mama drama. (5/10)
FT: The Way We Swing
Alice Cooper
4/5
Fun Album. A little theatrical, spooky and catchy. As Alice cooper (7/10)
FT: No More Mr. Nice Guy, I Love The Dead
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Their sound, bordering on garage-rock of the 1960s and on the new wave of the late 1970s, is the quintessence of sexual frustration and existential desperation. The singer proves to be one of the best shouters of her generation. (6/10)
FT: Maps, Date with the Night
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Sounding like a nostalgic tribute to the neurotic new-wave of the late 1970s. Like Talking Heads, Bowie etc.(6/10)
FT: oh baby
Heaven 17
3/5
I would call it synth-pop, but I don’t even sure how to categorize their sound properly.I guess they were something special for maybe one year. No offence, just not one of 1001 albums that are a must hear (5/10)
FT: Fascist Groove Thang
Van Halen
4/5
Simply fantastic. No wonder no one wanted to rival them. (8/10)
FT: I'm the One, Ice Cream Man, Eruption
Eric Clapton
3/5
Plagued by heroin dependency, Clapton dropped from the scene for some years, but returned triumphant with 461 Ocean Boulevard. Did you know that Clapton’s cover of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ “I Shot the Sheriff” is his only #1 hit on Billboard’s Hot 100? (6/10)
FT: I Shot the Sheriff, Motherless Children, Ain't That Lovin You
Daft Punk
4/5
The duo indulged in the most artificial/intellectual tricks of various styles of production (hip hop, ambient, funk, industrial, house). Their genre of melodic and exuberant instrumental music was hardly innovative compared with the disco music of their parents. (7/10)
FT: Around the World
Solomon Burke
4/5
The Solomon Burke album is sort of a “cool, obscure” , but still a fun record. (7/10)
FT: Cry to Me, He'll Have To Go, If You Need Me
The Velvet Underground
5/5
It's scary how they were ahead of their time. They are immersed in the dark, oppressive atmosphere of German expressionism and French existentialism, but they also exhaled an epic libido: each song was a sexual fetish, and a cathartic sadomaso release. (9/10)
FT: Heroin, Sunday Morning
David Bowie
3/5
I’m sure a lot of deep Bowie fans are going to spit and want to slap me, but Young Americans is not a complete must hear. “Fame” is the only gem, and the title track is embarrassing. There also other good songs, in this album. (5/10)
FT: Fame, Across the Universe, Young Americans
The Band
4/5
This album succeeded because the band consisted of five exceptional musicians. It boasted perhaps the best rhythm section of the era, powerful, solemn, exuberant and concise, one of the best ever. (7/10)
FT: I Shall Be Released, The Weight
Underworld
3/5
The combination of existential mood and imaginative melodic collage is taken up here. (6/10)
FT: Stagger
Gang Starr
4/5
I’m not sold on these cats. They were influential on the East Coast rap scene, and in some ways, directly responsible for Wu-Tang Clan. There is a hardcore thread running through this record that definitely shows up in future artists. They had some sick rhymes with lyrical substance, but it never really gets cooking on the album. It’s reminiscent of ATCQ, but with none of the excitement or verve. It’s just kind of…there. (7/10)
FT: Step in the Arena, Execution of a Chump
Beatles
5/5
I will always love this album. I cannot answer the question of whether the Beatles are a must-hear. (10/10)
FT: Something, Oh Darling, Come Together
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
Great orchestral pop rock, simple arragements that have aged well though. (8/10)
FT: Turn To Stone, Mr. Blue Sky, Sweet Talkin' Woman
Leftfield
3/5
It's a slower, softer and lighter electronic album. Compared with other album releases during that time. (6/10)
FT: Original, Release The Pressure
Frank Zappa
4/5
Hot Rats consists of instrumental jazz-influenced compositions with exhaustive soloing. Zappa described the album as “a movie for your ears.” Thank you wikipedia ;) (7/10)
FT: Peaches en Regalia
Marvin Gaye
3/5
The Album was a concept about his failed marriage. Sorry about that... (5/10)
FT: When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
The Temptations
3/5
They were better than that. The only really must-hear track is "Papa Was A Rolling Stone". (5/10)
FT: see above
Nirvana
4/5
Nice acoustic covers. Cobain has a style all his own that you have to like, or not (7/10)
FT: Where Did You Sleep Last Night, All Apologies
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
Great voice. Good songwriting. But not a masterpiece... (5/10)
FT: A Thing Called Love, Nick Of Time
Kanye West
3/5
A somewhat awkward and amateurish work despite the impeccable fusion of electronics and vocals, the impeccable collages, the impeccable production. (5/10)
FT: Blood On The Leaves
M.I.A.
3/5
The Album is a giant cauldron of artificial, natural, social and musical sounds that come from distant lands and distant contexts. Ultimately, though, it is her style and attitude that make it stand out. (6/10)
FT: Paper Planes, Jimmy
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
They downplayed the guitars and emphasized the electronics, moving the band into pop and dance territories. (6/10)
FT: Heads Will Roll, Little Shadows
Iron Maiden
4/5
This is the one Iron Maiden album. They may have put out a dozen more records, but this is the apogee of their career, and one of the keystones of 80s metal. (7/10)
FT: Run To The Hills, Hallowed Be Thy Name
Hawkwind
4/5
Wow, methamphetamine and hallucinogens actually get along quite well. A fantastic live show (7/10)
FT: Born To Go, The Awakening
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
A robust album. Nice guitar solos and rythms. 2-3 good songs, the rest is okay. (7/10)
FT: Proud Mary, Born On The Bayou
Laibach
2/5
Opus Dei is a lonely flank of post-industrial noise, dark ambient, neo folk, dark wave and neoclassical orchestrations mixed with military marches, historical speeches and political, apolitical or metapolitical lyrics. (4/10)
FT: Geburt Einer Nation
Barry Adamson
3/5
It is considered one of the most important movie soundtracks without a movie and is an absolutely delightful instrumental music listening experience.
If you got time for that (6/10)
FT: The Man With The Golden Arm
David Bowie
4/5
An album that was certainly not up to the standard of singer-songwriters of the time, but it showed that Bowie was more than just a pop singer. (7/10)
FT: Changes, Oh You Pretty Thing, Life On Mars, Queen Bitch
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
With this acid guitar riffs I would say is stoner-rock for the masses. (7/10)
FT: If Only, Regular John
Jerry Lee Lewis
4/5
Among early white rockers, Jerry Lee Lewis was, by far, the most faithful to the wild style of black rockers. Amazing concert! (7/10)
FT: Great Balls of Fire, Good Golly Miss Molly
Eagles
3/5
A dreamy album, which quite reflects in Witchy Woman and Take It Easy, based on the Crosby Stills & Nash-like vocal harmonies that were all the rage that year. (6/10)
FT: Take It Easy
R.E.M.
4/5
Document might be one of their BEST ALBUMS, and as much as I like it, you’ve already heard at least one LP from the list. Nevertheless, you pretty much have to be familiar with “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”. (8/10)
FT: It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), King of Birds, The One I loveL
Eminem
4/5
A quite good album. Eminem handles classic themes in a cynical way. And the closing "Still Don't Give A" recapitulates this tragic leitmotif in a quasi-classical epic. (7/10)
FT: My Name Is
Dire Straits
3/5
The hits this time are the stentorian boogie of Money For Nothing and the hard-hitting rockabilly of Walk Of Life. A little bit generic and banal rock , but nice Guitar solos and riffs. (6/10)
FT: See above
The Who
3/5
I like The Who, and Sell Out is undoubtedly an entertaining record, but the novelty wears off, leaving two jams ("Armenia City in the Sky" and "I Can See For Miles") and a couple of progressive tunes. (6/10)
FT: see above
Doves
3/5
Last Broadcast brilliantly balances a static chant with a hypnotic rhythm, country-ish guitar-picking and floating female vocals. However, these tracks have a bit too much melodrama, and sometimes they "only" have melodrama. (6/10)
FT: There Goes The Fear
Donovan
4/5
Donovan's style had also assimilated elements of jazz and raga. The effect was to transform his medieval odes into small "baroque" chamber pieces, rich in colors, nuances and deviations. We would call it hippy (7/10)
FT: Sunshine Superman, Seasons of the Witch
Manu Chao
4/5
Super album that makes a good mood. Because of the simplicity it makes it fast moving. (7/10)
FT: Clandestino, Bongo Bongo
Carole King
4/5
Relaxing, down-to-earth album. Smooth voice and arrangements. It is also one of the best selling albums of all time. (7/10)
FT: It's Too Late, You've Got A Friend
Supergrass
4/5
The band slightly differ from the average, due to a more punk, Buzzcocks-like feel. (7/10)
FT: Alright
The B-52's
4/5
Athens' new wave spawned the quirky dance-music with Sixties overtones of the B52's, basically a synthesis of the three leading phenomena of the time (new wave, disco-music and Sixties revival). (7/10)
FT: Rock Lobster
Thelonious Monk
4/5
A set of complex pieces for tenor saxophone, notably Brilliant Corners and Pannonica, in which Monk played both piano and celeste. This was to remain his masterpiece. (8/10)
FT: Brilliant Corners
Miles Davis
5/5
Modal jazz was fundamentally a reaction to bebop's stereotypical pattern: a rapid succession of chords. Miles, Coltrane, Adderley, Chambers, Bill Evans on piano, Jimmy Cobb on drums improvised in the studio, without any rehearsal. Four lengthy jams, So What... (9/10)
FT: So What, Blue in Green
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
A mixture of blues and gospel elements accelerated according to the same practice of Proud Mary, Bad Moon Rising, more and more immersed in sinister voodoo nightmares. (7/10)
FT: Bad Moon Rising
Suede
4/5
The album created a spasmodic expectation, is a learned encyclopedia of melodramatic tricks, often touching progressive rock arrangements, with a lot of Genesis and Moody Blues between the lines. Moreover, the songs boast lyrics saturated with references to the singer's bisexuality, heroin, sodomy, suicide, according to a plot that sets the music in a bestial world that contrasts (or complements wonderfully) the graceful and innocent face of the singer. (7/10)
FT: So Young, Animal Nitrate
Taylor Swift
3/5
She became really recognizable for the bubblegum dance-pop of the Max Martin creations: Bad Blood, Shake It Off and Blank Space. (6/10)
FT: see above
Janelle Monáe
4/5
I guess this album was influenced by a lot of artist, like Prince, Kate Bush and Lauryn Hill. A concept album that marked a quantum leap forward in musical ambition. (8/10)
FT: Say You'll Go, Come Alive
Emmylou Harris
3/5
She has a beautiful and pure voice. The first Songs are pretty good. (6/10)
FT: Boulder To Birmingham, Too Far Gone
The xx
4/5
Xx's subdued sound was the equivalent of trip-hop with dubstep rhythms or other fashionable styles replacing hip-hop rhythms. Really relaxing. (7/10)
FT: Intro, Crystalised
Black Sabbath
4/5
Listening to their music was a simple act of collective ritual that required no education. But unlike Beatles fans (who became pop singers at best), the teenagers who identified with the "lightness" of Black Sabbath's music were the very ones who would form rock bands: Black Sabbath spread an alien virus, the heavy metal virus. (8/10)
FT: War Pigs, Paranoid, Planet Caravan, Iron Man
Robert Wyatt
4/5
While preparing to record the album, the drunken Wyatt fell from a third-floor window and was paralysed from the waist down. Nevertheless, Wyatt made Rock Bottom one of the first known rock records recorded by an artist in a wheelchair. (8/10)
FT: Sea Song
Bon Jovi
3/5
One of the best-selling albums of all time (twenty million copies), perfected the style with an even more vehement production and roar (You Give Love A Bad Name) and epicness (Living On A Prayer). To paraphrase Rob Tyner of the MC5, you’re either part of the problem, or part of the solution. (6/10)
FT: see above
Elastica
3/5
The album is nonetheless one of the most effective indictments of the year, thanks to a fascinating set of punky but not too pretty songs that reinterpret the history of rock music. (6/10)
FT: Waking Up, Connection, 2:1
The Stooges
4/5
The album is a Mix the sex appeal of Mick Jagger, the erotic guitar of Jimi Hendrix, the shamanic perdition of Jim Morrison. The Stooges' heroic sound was furious and gruff. Love it (8/10)
FT: Dirt, L.A. Blues, Down on the Street
The Cure
4/5
This album is something of a triumphant and thematic return to the black and mawkish aesthetic they had explored in the early 1980s, the culmination of almost every musical direction The Cure had ever explored. (7/10)
FT: Love Song, Pictures Of You
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
A scholar of world music, he was able to infuse a country square dance with hip-hop to get Buffalo Gals, or mix African and South American folklore en masse. Hip-hop is even used to rework three famous operas, "Carmen", "Madame Butterfly" and "Turandot". Anyhow, Nice try (6/10)
FT: Buffalo Gals, Obatala
Alanis Morissette
3/5
The protagonist of Jagged Little Pill is a little girl with mood swings. The album lives from catchy melodies, and especially from the track Ironic, in which the change of tones in the chorus is extremely emotional. In this little dramatic monologue, Morissette reveals an amazing flair and can speak, whisper, scream and modulate with equal ease, only to explode into a shrill teenage tone. (6/10)
FT: Mary Jane, Ironic
The Monks
4/5
Bad. Ass. Dudes. While the Beatles were singing "la-la yeah-yeah", the Monks (self-proclaimed "anti-Beatles") scared crowds of well-behaved kids with this album. (7/10)
FT: I Hate You
Orbital
4/5
Snivilisation is perhaps one of their most ambitious works, ranging from house to hard rock, using the voice in the subtlest of ways and integrating samples in almost mimetic ways. It is also their most "physical" album, which is a testament to the duo's greatness. (7/10)
FT: Forever, Kein Trink Wasser
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
California Dreamin' remains to date their most memorable refrain and their most exciting vocal counterpoint. The Mamas And Papas took harmony singing of the 1950s, adapted it to the sound of folk-rock, and turned it into a national anthem for the hippie generation. But listen to the whole album?(6,5/10)
FT: California Dreamin', Monday Monday
Wilco
4/5
The monumental Being There, comprising 19 songs, revisits the singer's musical roots, from "the Rolling Stones", to "The Band", and many more.
It's the arrangements that make the difference to this other bands, that add a dash of humour and weirdness, that turn a pompous recital into an eccentric aphorism. (7/10)
FT: Forget the Flowers, Misunderstood, Monday
The La's
3/5
The album smelled a bit like Hollies mixed with Searchers, prompting the British press to call them "the greatest band in the universe". Rolling Stone magazine speaks of One Album Wonders.... Well,... (6/10)
FT: There She Goes, Feelin'
Deee-Lite
3/5
World Clique redefined techno music as futuristic kitsch, a genre for the masses with a sense of humour. "Groove Is in the Heart” is on World Clique, and notably features funk n’ roll godfather, Bootsy Collins on bass and spoken word. That’s it. (6/10)
FT: Groove Is in the Heart, What is Love
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
The clear and straightforward arrangements, the lush harmonies, the high falsetto voices, the humanitarian-populist lyrics characterise Shining Star. But that's pretty everything for that album... (6/10)
FT: Shining Star, That's The Way Of The World
Various Artists
3/5
Christmas as we know it. Classy arrangements, bright harmonies, but is not my favorite music. (funny side note today is the 25.12.2021) (5/10)
FT: White Christmas
Peter Tosh
3/5
Look, I’m about as pro-ganja as you can get, but I’m telling you the title song is the only jam on Legalize It. The rest is forgettable at best. (5/10)
FT: see above
Sade
3/5
In fact, despite being a not-so-special album(for a MUST LISTEN 1001), it's an album I enjoy listening to. Probably because of my love for the saxophone sound and her voice. (6/10)
FT: Smooth Operator, Your Love is King , Sally
Sonic Youth
4/5
The sound has attained an expressive maturity unparalleled in the annals of the decade: there are still traces of the experimentalism of the early days, but appropriately camouflaged in balanced harmonies and cleverly referenced to the genres of the rock tradition. The motto is: diversity of style in the unity of the arrangement. The ingredients are basically the same as always: cold and distant vocals, strings stretched to the limit of noise, chaotic interweaving of counterpoints, obsessive chord repetitions, insistent percussiveness, alienation effects and tense atmosphere. (8/10)
FT: Total Trash, The Sprawl, Teen Age Rio
Morrissey
3/5
The thing is that, the more Morrissey sings, the more the listener realizes that he is always singing the same song, and maybe some songs do not need to be sung even once. (6/10)
FT: Why Don't You Find Out for Yourself, The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get, Now My Heart Is Full
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Wow...Really nice Album. Nothing to add to that. (7/10)
FT: Walk On By, By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Metallica
4/5
The "black" album, contains another of their masterpieces and one of their greatest, Enter Sandman (tank cadence, textbook guitar progression, raw and brash chorus, instrumental bridge that heightens the dramatic tension, chorus, coda), and again digs into the darkest depths of the human soul (Of Wolf And Man, My Friend Of Misery), but in general it marks the beginning of a step backwards towards a more human sound: only three tracks have a "thrash" rhythm.
It is the most "unspectacular" work of their career: Metallica is a classic mainstream hard rock album and you are going to hear it whether you like it or not. (7/10)
FT: Enter Sandman, The Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters
Ice Cube
4/5
It's not my favourite genre in hip hop, but this album is solid. Ice Cube speaks hard truths. That's very evident here. Comments on race, violence, inequality, culture, etc. are delivered with aggressive poetry. (7/10)
FT: AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
The Strokes
4/5
Is This It, that apes the atonal lo-fi pop of the 1980s; the bouncy and spirited Someday; the ska with progression a` la Cheap Trick of Last Nite. Like it, but don't know if it'S a must hear. (7/10)
FT: see above
Talking Heads
4/5
'77 reveals a strange combination of social attitudes, naïve melodies and surreal fables. The oblique strategy David Byrne used to set his psychotic rigmaroles (which I really love) to music was complemented by a rhythm section consisting of danceable and tribal beats. (8/10)
FT: Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town, New Feeling, Psycho Killer, Pulled Up
The Byrds
3/5
The Byrds are the Byrds in name only at this point. Gene Clark and David Crosby are gone. Yet the Byrds continue to release albums... Quite easy listening album (6/10)
FT: You Ain’t Going Nowhere, Hickory Wind
Ute Lemper
3/5
A German cabaret singer who I heard in my childhood in Hunchback of Notredam. (see Spotify most listen) Again, I wonder why it's one of the 1001 albums? (6/10)
FT: Tango Ballad, The Part You Throw Away
Death In Vegas
3/5
Ambitious album for the time ( sound engeneering and mixing) to combine ambience and 70's rock. Quite relaxing. (6/10)
FT: Dirge
Talking Heads
4/5
The band banished solos permanently and anchored rhythms very clearly. The production is meticulous and you can feel the "touch" of Eno implemented in some songs. (7/10)
FT: Found a Job, Take Me to the River
Beck
3/5
Many of these songs, like the ones on the previous two albums, are fairly predictable, but elsewhere Beck uses elegant arrangements to enhance the emotion hidden in the lyrics and to downplay the simplicity of his delivery. (6/10)
FT: Lost Cause, Golden Age
Sister Sledge
3/5
An important album for Disco- and dance lovers. Whether this also applies only to listening, I am not sure. (5/10)
FT: We are Family, Lost in Music
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Quite pop-ier than their previous albums. A new direction for the band: invigorating music with the author's usual nihilism. (5/10)
FT: A Design for Life
Green Day
4/5
A Punk Rock Opera. It sounds like a really bad idea, but it they manage to turn it upside down. (7/10)
FT: Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Holiday, Wake Me Up When September Ends
Koffi Olomide
2/5
I didn’t like it as much as I thought I wouldn’t. I heard an african album once and they aren't all like this one. (4/10)
FT: Désespoir
The Streets
4/5
This is a sort of hip-hop opera,where all the songs being related by the story of a some lost money.(7/10)
FT: Fit but You Know It, Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
Röyksopp
3/5
The album as a whole is a mixed bag: the band's arranging talent is interesting, the compositional art rather superficial. Nevertheless, the album is very easy to listen to and enjoyable. (6/10)
FT: Poor Leno, So Easy
The Band
4/5
The album is even more varied and dense, with a few more classics of their ragged, debonair style, taken a little from 1920s town bands, a little from barrelhouse entertainers, a little from country bands and a little from 19th century minstrels. (7/10)
FT: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Up on Cripple Creek, Jawbone
Taylor Swift
3/5
It's very funny to read the reviews of the album. From "crappy" to "genre novelty". I found the album quite decent. Nothing new under the sun, but very pleasant to listen to. (5/10)
FT: evermore
Kraftwerk
3/5
After listening to their last album, they try to keep the same course. They also added 2 catchy songs. (6/10)
FT: The Model, Neon Light
Kelela
3/5
The arrangements are as conventional, predictable, abused and traditional as possible, as proven by the singles LMK and Frontline. It's really well produced and pleasant to listen to, but a 1001? (5/10)
FT: Blue Light, LMK
Thin Lizzy
3/5
Live & Dangerous would be a fucking A-M-A-Z-I-N-G if it was even close to being a live recording. According to producer Tony Visconti, about 25% of the album is recorded live. Very rocking and exemplary for the time. (6/10)
FT: Still in Love with you
Magazine
3/5
On closer inspection, they were one of the bands that ushered in the post-punk era. It has punk, new wave and rock elements, it's mediocre. (5/10)
FT: Shot by Both Sides, The Light Pours out of Me
Boston
3/5
This album contains virtually all of Boston’s best cuts and in some way could be considered a greatest hits collection. (6/10)
FT: More Than A Feeling, Peace Of Mind
Elvis Presley
3/5
In retrospective, you can say, it's a more mature and "different" Elvis. I like his voice and his entertaining style. (5/10)
FT: Such a Night
PJ Harvey
3/5
You must listen to this album before you die, otherwise you will die believing that Anna Calvi and Amanda Palmer were the ultimate women in rock. (6/10)
FT: Dress, Sheela-Na-Gig
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
First album. Really raw. Really old school. Really cool (7/10)
FT: Protect Ya Neck, C.R.E.A.M.
Beatles
4/5
The so-called White Album was an example of the change of mood in rock music towards a simpler and more traditional way of making music. It's an album my parents listened to and so I have a more emotional approach to it. (8/10)
FT: While my Guitar Gently Weeps, Hapiness is a Warm Gun, Blacckbird, Dear Prudence
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
It is a very mature album. Siouxsie is perhaps at the peak of her grotesque vocal abilities, and the backing singers accompany her with truly satanic fervour. McGeogh's atmospheric guitar performs little acrobatic feats that enrich the sound. Pretty dark (7/10)
FT: Spellbound, Arabian Knights
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
With sombre monologues, Lydon touches the bottom of existential depression, wandering aimlessly in the grip of a "deadly boredom" for a universe that has reduced itself to a dark and deserted tunnel. (6/10)
FT: Public Image, Fodderstompf
Meat Loaf
4/5
A fantastic, hysterical and emphatic exaggeration of rock'n'roll clichés. A wonderful glam rock album. (7/10)
FT: Bat out of Hell, Paradise By the Dashboard Light
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
You know the one song. The question is whether you should also listen to other songs. (6/10)
FT: Come On Eileen, Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Joni slowly but surely found her inner sophisticated lounge singer. It's a folk jazz album. Deal with it (8/10)
FT: Coyote
Louis Prima
4/5
Louis Prima is amazing! But ...Listen, would you mind explaining to me how the fuck this list does not contain any Chuck Berry or Louis Armstrong? How is that possible? (7/10)
FT: Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me), (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You
Ravi Shankar
3/5
The goal of the raga is to create a trancey state, to broadcast a mood of ecstasy. Maybe I need to be high for this. Good introduction (5/10)
FT: Dádrá
ABBA
3/5
Incredible heroes of 70's PoP, with disco anthems and musicals that resulted. Whether this album is one of them is questionable. (5/10)
FT: One of Us, Slipping Through My Fingers
Anthrax
3/5
Among The Living shaped the final sound and some of the classics of the genre trash metal. It's like German tourists on the beach with white socks and sandals. It's strange, but you look at it longer than you think you would be looking at it. (5/10)
FT: Caught in A Mosh
Lorde
3/5
One step up from Taylor Swift and two steps up from Ariana Grande, but certainly not revolutionary, and it is debatable who should get credit, since most of the appeal comes from the arrangements. But i like it (6/10)
FT: Liability
The Kinks
3/5
Humour became satire and portraits became murals. The Beatles were left out with Sgt. Peppers and everything else that appeared in the British charts that year. (6/10)
FT: Waterloo Sunset
David Bowie
4/5
Good album, which lead to a much greater period. But it’s also another cocaine record. (7/10)
FT: Golden Years
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
Solid bluesy-swamp rock Live-Performance. Too little time to argue for or against this album. (7/10)
FT: One Way Out
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
This album represents another creative high point in Young's career. Possibly one of the best with the band Neil Young & Crazy Horse. (7/10)
FT: Powderfinger
Genesis
3/5
A progressive rock classic. Long incredible solos. Genesis took the fusion of folk and psychedelia to the extreme. (6/10)
FT: Firth of Fifth
4/5
This live album is indeed a grotesque riot of musical cruelty and primitivism, but also an impressive example of destructive power and music of the heart. After that you will understand why modern punk rock is nothing more than a fashion statement. (8/10)
FT: Kick Out The Jams , Come Together
John Lennon
4/5
I have personally listened to this record at least 100 times in its entirety. I love it... But it's not for everyone...(8/10)
FT: Oh My Love, Jealous Guy, Imagine
Fairport Convention
3/5
Undeniably it’s a great folk album. Modern arrangements, astute rhythms and the two harmonising voices. (6/10)
FT: Matty Groves
Wilco
4/5
An experimental album of eccentric arrangements and weird melodies. I like it :) (7/10)
FT: Jesus, Etc, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Michael Jackson
3/5
A very good disco album. Basically not a fan of disco, but Miacheal brings it across in an easy-going way. (6/10)
FT: Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough, Rock with You
The Icarus Line
2/5
Yeah, noise punk-pop post-hardcore something :)
Homogeneous album... (4/10)
FT: On the Lash
Leonard Cohen
4/5
It is de facto a concept about God... Such an amazing last album. (7/10)
FT: You Want It Darker, Leaving the Table, Traveling Light
Dizzee Rascal
3/5
The lyrics are far less interesting than the atmosphere created by the confused and noisy arrangements. (6/10)
FT: I Luv U, Fix Up, Look Sharp
Jane's Addiction
4/5
The singer screams like a cross between David Bowie and Robert ,singing lyrics of urban desolation. Somehow disorganised, the record consists of different genres: heavy metal attacks, mystical psychedelics, the hyper-distorted melodramatic blues in Led Zepplin style. (7/10)
LT: Jane Says, Ocean Size
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
An attempt at a jazz-hop-fusion album. Quite okay. (6/10)
FT: Buggin' Out, Check the Rhime
Mylo
3/5
A pioneer in the field of bedroom electronica. An album that will inspire many other electro artists. Quite funny to listen to. (5/10)
FT: In My Arms, Drop the Pressure
Bad Company
3/5
Bad Company had some solid jams, didn't they? Remind me. They were a good to very good band that stayed within the narrow confines of lowbrow hard rock. Still a good album. (6/10)
FT: Can't Get Enough, Bad Company
Finley Quaye
3/5
Unconventional mixture of reggae, retro-soul, African root beats and current DJ rhythms. (6/10)
FT: It's Great When We're Together
Metallica
3/5
Basically an above-average heavier album from Metallica. Noticeable are the half-hearted riffs, the martial rhythms that repeat themselves ad nauseam. (5/10)
FT: One
Baaba Maal
3/5
Senegalese music mixed with reggea and disco. Certainly refreshing for in between. (5/10)
FT: Yela
Iggy Pop
3/5
Pretty raw... The Idiot was the first result of the collaboration with Bowie and, in fact, the prototype for Bowie's own album Low. (6/10)
FT: Nightclubbing, China Girl
Megadeth
4/5
A highly dramatic and unified thematic work (the forms of evil). Epileptic, stormy and satanic. Metal... (7/10)
FT: Wake Up Dead
Eurythmics
3/5
Ah...Annie Lennox is a great vocalist... 2 good songs, the rest are rather poor. (6/10)
FT: Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), Love Is A Stranger
Paul Weller
3/5
With this album Weller found his authentic voice. (6/10)
FT: Wild Wood, Sunflower
Sam Cooke
4/5
This is what a live album used to be and is supposed to be. Sadly Harlem Square was recorded in 1963, it wasn’t released until 1985. (7/10)
FT: It's Alright, Bring it on Home to Me
Christine and the Queens
3/5
Great pop album. Catchy motifs and interesting melodies all around. (6/10)
FT: Girlfriend, Damn,dis-moi
Sepultura
4/5
In my opinion, Roots is not just an album by a mature ensemble, but an avant-garde work whose songs are well thought out. (7/10)
FT: Roots Bloody Roots, Ratamahatta
Al Green
4/5
Green has a cultured, effeminate way of establishing himself as a sex symbol, but also superior vocal skills. (7/10)
FT: Let’s Stay Together, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Very good ballads. Good voice and story telling. (6/10)
FT: Fast Car, Talkin' 'bout a Revolution
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Surprisingly good album. Many many influences that made the album more exciting. (6/10)
FT: Run, Baby, Run, No One Said It Would Be Easy, I Shall Believe
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Amazing! Stevie convinces me with the first two songs. (I mean all the good songs would have fit on one album).... (8/10)
FT: I Wish, Sir Duke, Isn't She Lovely, Pasttime Paradise, As, Another Star
XTC
4/5
The album is neurotic and baroque at the same time, like 1000 Umbrellas, and which will remain one of the milestones of pop. …Produced by Todd Rundgren.(7/10)
FT: Dear God, 1000 Umbrellas
Deep Purple
4/5
Great Live album, little bit long, but great barbaric presentation of the band at their peak (7/10)
FT: Child in Time, Smoke on the Water, Lazy
Billy Joel
4/5
I have incredibly beautiful memories with this album. Very beautiful moments and cheesy ballads. (8/10)
FT: Nearly whole album :) Movin' Out (Anthony's Song), Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, Vienna, Everybody Has a Dream
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Really good jams. Hard boogie to epic ballads. (7/10)
FT: Free Bird, Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man
Madonna
3/5
Ah... Madonna is more and more a woman without a man, a woman without feelings, a woman without emotions. Really really pop. Filled with singles (6/10)
FT: Like a Prayer
Randy Newman
4/5
Newman manages to cast such simple music in a socially critical setting. Love it (7/10)
FT: Louisiana 1927, Birmingham, Mr. President
The Prodigy
3/5
An album manifesto that in practice acts as a link between different genres from ambient to heavy metal.
The album's greatest weakness is: every second of music is absolutely banal in its context. Prodigy gives the listener exactly what they expect. Triviality has its merits, especially in the field of dance music. (6/10)
FT: Breathe
Super Furry Animals
3/5
The album's intentions are good, but it has too much fluff. It sounds like the album of musicians that try desperately to sound interesting. But in fact, it was pretty pop. (5/10)
FT: Juxtapozed with U
Santana
4/5
Santana is the Michael Jackson of guitar players. You have to hear one of his albums in its entirety. You don’t have to like it, just listen. (7/10)
FT: Oye Como Va, Black Magic Woman, Samba Pa Ti
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
French dance music, yeah okay. But a 1001AYMHBYD? (5/10)
FT: Sometimes
Bobby Womack
3/5
Sam Cooke's guitarist made a phenomenal record if Stevie Wonder didn’t exist. He does. Nevertheless, a beautiful ballad soul crossover. (6/10)
FT: If You Think You're Lonely Now, Where Do We Go from Her
Brian Eno
3/5
The album is more of a vocal tour de force, of wild psychedelic hymns in Indian rhythm. In any case, he is years ahead of his time. (6/10)
FT: On Some Faraway Beach
The Human League
3/5
A big and small hit. The rest is rather mediocre. (5/10)
FT: Don't You Want Me, Love Action (I Believe in Love)
Rush
3/5
Solid Hard Rock Album. (6/10)
FT: YYZ, Limelight
Pavement
3/5
Indeed, with this album, Pavement have interpreted the anxieties/problems/issues of their time at their best. (6/10)
FT: Unfair, Range Life
Sonic Youth
3/5
Okay...It's better, though not as good as the first albums. (6/10)
FT: Sugar Kane
Slayer
3/5
One of the milestones of heavy metal. However, I am unfortunately not a speed/trash metal fan... (5/10)
FT: Raining Blood
The Mars Volta
4/5
It is an ambitious and creative work, reinventing prog-rock for the post-"rock" generation. (7/10)
FT: Inertiatic ESP, Roulette Dares, Televators
Shuggie Otis
3/5
He composed, played and produced on his own. Really nice (6/10)
FT: Strawberry Letter 23, Pling!, Sweet Thang
fIREHOSE
3/5
A mix of folk and punk, with really good songs. (6/10)
FT: Riddle of the Eighties, In My Mind
Pink Floyd
4/5
An album that sold less than the others but offered, a incredible good production sound and solos. I love that album. (8/10)
FT: Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Youssou N'Dour
3/5
A formidable ensemble, and that nice Middle Eastern tone of his tenor. (6/10)
FT: Immigrés
Dire Straits
3/5
this album is ALMOST everything. Almost great, almost incredible but also almost bad and mainstream. (6/10)
FT: Sultans Of Swing, Six Blade Knife
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
A lanky, four-eyed white boy from Texas who shaped the template for today's rock. (5/10)
FT: Oh, Boy!, Not Fade Away, That'll Be the Day, Send Me Some Lovin'
Elis Regina
4/5
I am Brazilian, so I grew up with her. Her voice is just amazing. A prodigy, with a far too sad story. (7/10)
FT: Tiro Ao Alvaro, O Que Foi Feito Devera, O Trem Azul
John Martyn
3/5
Don't know, why it is a AYMHBYD.... the only track that really justifies the album is the progressive jam Small Hours. (5/10)
FT: Small Hours
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Run-DMC brought rap to the mainstream rock and pop market, thus to white people. They made hip-hop just white enough without losing its integrity. You can't go wrong with their debut album. (7/10)
FT: It's Like That, Rock Box
N.W.A.
4/5
One of the origin albums of "gangsta rap". (7/10)
FT: Straight Outta Compton, Fuck The Police
Mariah Carey
3/5
Not bad for a pop starlet. But really a 1001? (5/10)
FT: My All
Femi Kuti
3/5
Afro-beat combined with some James Brown's funk music, highlife and jazz. (6/10)
FT: Wonder Wonder
Björk
3/5
The first impression of Bjork's music is always of something terribly trivial, obnoxious and ultimately boring. With her, a lot always happens in the studio. However, there is something meditative about it, which I thoroughly enjoy. (6/10)
FT: Unison, Pagan Poetry
Duran Duran
3/5
This is mainstream new wave, nothing more than well-crafted pop music with a beat and a sax solo here and there. (6/10)
FT: Hungry Like The Wolf
Parliament
3/5
Sounds a bit like a mix of funk and psychedelic. Bit often used the word funk... (6/10)
FT: Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)
Dr. Dre
4/5
Travis
3/5
It's a "Pop"-Version of a Radiohead album. Little bit trivia. (5/10)
FT: Why Does It Always Rain On Me
Fela Kuti
3/5
With Ginger Baker Live! is basically quite good but no AYMHBD. (5/10)
FT: Black Man's Cry
Neu!
4/5
A quiet and gentle album that downplays the rhythmic element and incorporates a stronger melodic element. It builds up like a Wagnerian climax . (7/10)
FT: ISI
TV On The Radio
3/5
His voice adapts depending on the song. Truly remarkable. Arrangements are postmodern and baladic. (6/10)
FT: DLZ, Family Tree
PJ Harvey
4/5
Harvey's vocals are even more raw and vulgar, able to plumb the depths of despair in Rid of Me, Dry and Rub Til It Bleeds. (7/10)
FT: Rid of Me
New Order
4/5
They have transferred a velvety, romantic style into the techno era. Simply nice (7/10)
FT: Round & Round, Vanishing Point
Prefab Sprout
3/5
Very well produced for 1985, almost sounds like the music wants to jump out of the speakers. (6/10)
FT: Bonny, When Love Breaks Down
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
The Best Jazz Pianist of the Era. He was on Kind of Blue. The co-founder of low-key bebop. But I find other albums by him even better, therefore only: ( 7/10)
FT: Alice In Wonderland, Solar
Sugar
3/5
It’s a slower, radio-friendly mix of mid-tempo 4/4 tap-a-longs. Nothing really remarkable. (5/10)
FT: If I Can't Change Your Mind, Helpless
The Hives
3/5
Is an anthology... Swedish garage rockers go Rock'N'Roll. (5/10)
FT: Hate to Say I Told You So
Dusty Springfield
4/5
The White Queen Of Soul. Really a 60's "white" Soul Album. (7/10)
FT: Just a Little Lovin, Son of a Preacher Man
Fela Kuti
3/5
As for his influence on Western pop music, there are a handful of people in the world music genre who have probably ripped this man off from here to Lagos, Nigeria. Certainly a brilliant musician. (6/10)
FT: Zombie
Ray Charles
4/5
Absolutely fantastic (8/10)
FT: Come Rain or Come Shine, Tell Me You'll Wait for Me
Morrissey
3/5
Morrissey being Morrissey (6/10)
FT: Suedehead
Love
4/5
A sharp and compact overall sound, with relatively melodic compositions. The arrangements are among the most eccentric of their time. (7/10)
FT: Seven and Seven Is
MC Solaar
3/5
Very pleasant French hip-hop, you hardly notice that you have listened to a complete album. (6/10)
FT: Caroline
George Michael
4/5
Great pop. The album has the sad ballads, the up-tempo songs. (7/10)
FT: Faith, One More Try, Father Figure
Brian Eno
4/5
Three levels: Sound quality that becomes more and more crystalline, assimilation of electronics that are now on a par with traditional instruments, and the "alienation" of atmosphere that transforms each song into an increasingly complex abstraction. (7/10)
FT: The Big Ship, Golden Hours
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
Not essential, but not bad. There are some extremely catchy jams on this record, and some queasy-cheesy moments, too. (6/10)
FT: Treason, Brave Boys Keep Their Promises
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Two things: Aretha Franklin is awesome, especially in the 60s. And this
25 minutes of Aretha. Love her. (8/10)
FT: Respect, Dr. Feelgood
David Crosby
3/5
Not really outstanding. Don't know why this is a 1001 AYMHBYD. Still not bad (5/10).
FT: Laughing, Cowboy Movie
John Coltrane
5/5
Must Hear if there ever was a Must Hear. Really Futuristic... (9/10)
FT: A Love Supreme, Pt. I – Acknowledgement
3/5
It's a mix of 50s pop-soul arrangements, with a crooning melodramatic and decadent style in the vein of David Bowie. (6/10)
FT: The Look of Love (Part One), Show Me
Janis Joplin
4/5
Sad it's her last album. Such a voice. Such a woman! (7/10)
FT: Cry Baby, Me and Bobby McGee, Mercedes Benz, Get It While You Can
Oasis
3/5
Heaps of Merseybeat, psychedelic and pop trivia. Nevertheless, the album set a sales record for a debut album. (6/10)
FT: Live Forever, Up In The Sky
Steely Dan
4/5
Beautiful jazz elements. Each song offers something different. (7/10)
FT: Pretzel Logic, Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Post-punk noise pop with gnarly guitars and whining vocals. Solid (7/10)
FT: Little Fury Things, Just Like Heaven
T. Rex
3/5
The counter-movement of intellectual rock, which in turn were the antithesis of progressive rock of those years. It has a slight trash factor (6/10).
FT: Rock On
Air
3/5
Merely scratch the surface of their postmodern technique of layering kitschy and retro sounds. Again a repeat of Pink Floyd-ish instrumental tracks. (6/10)
FT: Ghost Song, Playground Love, Highschool Lover
The Undertones
3/5
Quite accessible for being called the "Ramones from Ireland". (6/10)
FT: My Perfect Cousin, Wednesday Week
William Orbit
3/5
The record is an ambient techno classic. (6/10)
FT: Water From A Vine Leaf
Richard Thompson
3/5
Interesting. Guitar technique and mezzo-soprano singing. (6/10)
FT: I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Beck
4/5
This is the record with which Beck Hansen legitimises his charisma as the most representative singer-songwriter of the 1990s, when the wild style of rap was combined with the courtly style of the folk ballad. (7/10)
FT: Jack-Ass, Novacane
Nick Drake
4/5
With a calm and meditative tone Nick reveals himself to be a lyrical and elegiac poet, dedicated to the search for wisdom through. (7/10)
FT: River Man, Saturday Sun
Alice In Chains
3/5
Alice In Chains were a marginal influence on the future of alternative metal.... Quite a fine piece of hard rockery.
(6/10)
FT: Them Bones, Would?
Love
4/5
It is undoubtedly an original record, with orchestrations here and there worthy of classical music elegantly complementing the rock instrumentation. (7/10)
FT: Alone Again Or
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
Just great. I was really amazed (7/10)
FT: Juicy, Respect, Big Poppa
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
Blueprint for a lot of psychedelic albums. As it stands, it’s much more garage rock than anything else. And that’s OK. (6/10)
FT: The Kingdom of Heaven (Is Within You), Roller Coaster
Coldplay
3/5
The melodies were even more mediocre, but what mattered is the way the song was structured and orchestrated. Anyhow I like it ^^ (6/10)
FT: Scientist, Clocks, In My Place
Lou Reed
4/5
A psychedelic depression with expressionistic overtones. Love him. (7/10)
FT: Perfect Day, Walk on the Wild Side
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
The most gifted jazz vocalist of the era, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday ans Sarah Vaughan. Sooo goood. (7/10)
FT: Willow Weep for Me, Be Anything (But Be Mine)
Gene Clark
3/5
Like it. If it's a 1001 questionable... (6/10)
FT: No Other, Strength of Strings, Some Misunderstanding
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Apparently some people think this is an influential record. I don't (6/10)
FT: Nocturnal Me, The Killing Moon
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Just a great album. Point (7/10)
FT: Sympathy for the Devil, Street Fighting Man
Fugees
4/5
They fused hip-hop with jazz, rhythm'n'blues and reggae at a deeper level. Love it (7/10)
FT: Ready or Not, Killing Me Softly
Aphex Twin
3/5
I like how they warnend about the genre in advance. Really clunky. (5/10)
FT: Xtal, Ageispolis
4/5
Sgt Pepper represents a breaking point in their career on several levels. Also happens to be one of the prototypical psychedelic records. It certainly defined the genre. (exception being The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds) (8/10)
FT: With a Little Help from My Friends, A Day in the Life
Donald Fagen
3/5
Nightfly is a pleasant and soulful collection of intimate music. The only weaknesses are Fagen's vocals (rather unoriginal and often stretched) and the melodies (rather derivative). (6/10)
FT: I.G.Y.
The Cure
3/5
Dark, edgy, and kind of creepy. This is what the cure sounds like (6/10)
FT: Play for Today, A Forest
The Pogues
4/5
Folk punk. I really like the arragements, the melodies and the spirit of the album. (7/10)
FT: Sally MacLennane, Dirty Old Town
Silver Jews
3/5
A somewhat mediocre album. Mediocre voice, mediocre lyrics, mediocre arragments. 1-2 songs that are good, but no 1001 for me. (5/10)
FT: I Remember Me
Queen
5/5
I fell in love with music because of this album. In classical music, in rock, in jazz, in vocal singing. Thank you Queen (10/10)
FT: Bohemian Rhapsody, Love of my Life ... actually the whole album
4/5
An album that unites rock and baroque pop. Some songs are also reminiscent of Prince, U2 and Hendrix. Beautiful. (8/10)
FT: Knights Of Cydonia, Supermassive Black Hole, Soldiers Poem
Teenage Fanclub
4/5
For 1991 really ambitious. Worth listening. (7/10)
FT: The Concept
Sonic Youth
4/5
Evol is a milestone in the band's history, although the album is less profound and disturbing and more traditional rock, the sound contains the essence of two decades of music of moral decay. (7/10)
FT: Shadow of a Doubt
Deep Purple
3/5
In Rock (1970) was a transitional album. 2-3 really good rock songs, the rest rather average. (6/10)
FT: Child in time, Speed King
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Thanks to that album, Cohen can be considered one of the most influential singer-songwriters of all times. There is all in there (7/10)
FT: Avalanche, Famous Blue Raincoat, Diamonds in the Mine
Sigur Rós
4/5
Remarkable dream-pop, with delicate and stunning merry-go-rounds of sounds. (7/10)
FT: Svefn-g-englar
Gotan Project
3/5
Tango - Ambient - Electric sound. New? I don't know, but I like tango. So anyway (5/10)
FT: Época, Santa Maria
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Autobiographical storytelling that was certainly more literate than the average. Okay (6/10)
FT: Money Trees, m.A.A.d. City
Massive Attack
3/5
The soft, dreamlike backgrounds that make these songs a kind of existential meditation made Massive Attack famous, at least as producers. The artistic aspect, on the other hand, was to be deepened a few years later: see Portishead. (5/10)
FT: Unfinished Sympathy
The Specials
3/5
A ska revival with a pinch of punk rock. Catchy lines. (6/10)
FT: Enjoy Yourself, Stereotype / Stereotype Pt.2
George Michael
3/5
Lot of catchy Pop Songs. Maybe responsible for the gospel choirs in throwaway pop music. (6/10)
FT: Freedom! '90, Praying for Time
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
Whether you like it or not, country rock is a thing, and these guys were the Pangaea of the genre. (6/10)
FT: Christine's Tune, Hot Burrito #1
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
The late Curtis Mayfield is the reason you should listen to this album. He’s such a fine singer. Goodness. (7/10)
FT: Little Child Runnin' Wild, Pusherman, Superfly
Led Zeppelin
5/5
The one of the first and foremost, children of the blues. Incredible tracks and rock-hymns. (9/10)
FT: Stairway To Heaven, When The Levee Breaks, Black Dog
Radiohead
4/5
Kid A's sound has decomposed and absorbed countless new perfumes, like a carcass in the forest. Radiohead move as close as possible to electronic music, but without endorsing it. (8/10)
FT: Everything In Its Right Place, How To Disappear Completely
Barry Adamson
3/5
Its "songs" have replaced most of the "cinematic", noir quality with loud and frantic body movement. (6/10)
FT: State of Contraction, Miles
Fats Domino
3/5
Mellow Boogie Man (5/10)
FT: Blueberry Hill
The Incredible String Band
4/5
Peace, love, communal living, esoteric mysticism, sitar, gimbri, shenai, oud, harpsichord, panpipes, penny whistles, and 13-minute suites about molecular biology. (7/10)
FT: Koeeoaddi There, A Very Cellular Song
Buzzcocks
3/5
The Buzzcocks are a greatest hits band who never had any hits. (6/10)
FT: I Don't Mind, Fiction Romance
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Seriously, how could anyone listen to current popular music and not think, “How did we get from Elvis Costello to One Direction.” It just boggles the mind. (7/10)
FT: Little Triggers
Gary Numan
3/5
A other level of new-wave music. (6/10)
FT: Cars
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
A fusion of danceable and rock. (6/10)
FT: Setting Sun
Goldie
4/5
This album is a mini-symphony of hardcore techno that uses breakbeats to construct atmospheric music. (7/10)
FT: Timeless
Foo Fighters
4/5
Surprisingly, Grohl turned out to be a rare pop talent, able to create melodies, rhythms and riffs that are easy to listen to and totally on trend in the post-Cobain world. (7/10)
FT: This Is a Call, Big Me
Steve Winwood
3/5
A really talented musician. The white Stevie Wonder, if you will. But not after '77... (6/10)
FT: While You See a Chance
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Free love and LSD. The band knows how to absorb elements of folk, blues, rock and jazz, but it is the vocal harmonies of Slick (high, majestic voice), Balin (soft, sunny voice) and Kantner (sharp, neurotic voice) that set the tone. (7/10)
FT: White Rabbit, Somebody To Love
John Lee Hooker
4/5
Wow, pretty late album from JLH. Very solid, very bluesy. (7/10)
FT: The Healer, Think Twice Before You Go
Fatboy Slim
4/5
It's not particularly original, just better produced than his previous album. (7/10)
FT: Praise You, Love Island
Sabu
3/5
Palo Congo is a solid Latin jazz album. However, we already had Tito Puente and Machito. I would have preferred a Django Reinhardt album. (5/10)
FT: El cumbanchero
TLC
3/5
Loved by fans and critics. 11 million copies sold. It's like RnB mixed with the Supremes.(6/10)
FT: Creep, Waterfalls
Jethro Tull
4/5
Jethro Tull albums generally follow the CCR Format, but also reinventing Led Zepplin. The title song is a timeless classic and there might be one other really catchy jam on here. (7/10)
FT: Aqualung, Locomotive Breath , Bourée
The Style Council
3/5
A mix of blue-eyed soul, jazz and modern influences (for the time) made this a more sophisticated, progressive pop album. (6/10)
FT: You're the Best Thing, My Ever Changing Moods
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
A funny album. Lots of unusual odd time signatures that show that a song doesn't necessarily have to be in 4/4. (8/10)
FT: Blue Rondo à la Turk, Take Five
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
It’s easy to see why this album it's on the list. But I think he got better ones (6/10)
FT: Down by the River
Fleet Foxes
4/5
Beautiful harmonies. There's something about mixing renaissance choral music with a folk band. (8/10)
FT: Ragged Wood
LL Cool J
3/5
He sounds "hard and funny" and raps about "crass materialism" and "life's simple pleasures". Okay... (5/10)
FT: Mama Said Knock You Out, Around the Way Girl
The Kinks
4/5
The Village Green Preservation Society are songs of the common people, soft, humble and gentle, combining admirably with elegance. (7/10)
FT: Picture Book
Bob Dylan
4/5
Nothing to add to this. (7/10)
FT: Mr. Tambourine Man , It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
Fiona Apple
3/5
It's a musical extravaganza with whimsical arrangements and virtuoso vocal performances, even if the songs sometimes become so erratic that they lose their cohesion. One of the highlights is the piano playing, which unfortunately often remains in the background. As it is, it ends up being more about the lyrics than the music, and there are much better poets and novelists out there. (6/10)
FT: I Want You to Love Me, Under the Table, Ladies
Minor Threat
3/5
The future of indie rock. Rock like exploding granite. (6/10)
FT: Betray
Beatles
3/5
Couple of original Beatles and a few cover songs. Nothing revolutionary, but good mood music. (5/10)
FT: It Won't Be Long, All My Loving, You Really Got a Hold on Me
John Grant
4/5
A collection in the style of 1970s songwriters. Impeccable, great lyrics, but a bit derivative and repetetive (7/10).
FT: Marz, Queen of Denmark, Outer Space, Sigourney Weaver
The The
3/5
Folk surrealism with crazy rhythms and weird arrangements. Infected alludes to the AIDS epidemic of the time, somehow unfortunate title, don't you think? (5/10)
FT: Infected
Happy Mondays
3/5
Musically, the Mondays layered indie-pop guitars with house, funk and Northern soul beats. Yeah okay (6/10).
FT: Step On
Khaled
3/5
I think his older albums are better. Songwriting and vocally solid, but it's still nothing new under the sun. (5/10)
FT: C'est la Nuit, Alach Tloumouni
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
They set the British record for fastest-selling debut album of all times. British pop-rock that has been around before. Still great (7/10)
FT: I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor, A Certain Romance, From the Ritz to the Rubble
The Doors
4/5
The Doors tried to modernise their sound by completely breaking away from the now outdated rock psychedelia concept. (7/10)
FT: Been Down So Long , Riders On The Storm
Amy Winehouse
3/5
The music consisted of mediocre soul-jazz ballads rooted in the past, but with good lyrics. (6/10).
FT: Amy Amy/Outro , I Heard Love Is Blind, Moody's Mood for Love/Teo Licks
DJ Shadow
4/5
Wow, a fully all-instrumental hip-hop album, entirely composed on the sampler but nonetheless lushly orchestrated. (7/10)
FT: Midnight in a Perfect World, Building Steam with a Grain of Salt
David Bowie
3/5
Bowie's first album in a decade, produced again by Tony Visconti. Solid, not insanely good but solid. (5/10)
FT: The Stars and You Feel So Lonely You Could Die, Next Day
Brian Eno
3/5
Simply great if you like ambient music. (6/10)
FT: 1/1 , 2/2
The Beau Brummels
3/5
Prince
4/5
KISS
4/5
A very entertaining album. Unexpected to have known only 2 songs on it. One of which was by Beethoven (7/10).
FT: Beth
Pulp
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
The Jam
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
A nice fusion of Led Zeppelin and John Spencer Blues Explosion with both driving a punk-ish feel to the songs. (7/10)
FT: Seven Nation Army, The Hardest Button To Button, Ball and Biscuit
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
4/5
The album lives almost exclusively from the fact that something is there and not there for the listener to hear. Like, for example, the tempo changes (or "out-of-time") are spectacular. (7/10)
FT: Wail, Dynamite Lover
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Yes
3/5
10cc
4/5
OutKast
4/5
I really appreciate this album. This solid rap with this funk and experimental hip-hop nuances. Reeally good. (7/10)
FT: Ms. Jackson, So Fresh, So Clean
Elton John
5/5
Miles Davis
4/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
The Young Gods
3/5
The Who
3/5
Rock Opera par excellence. (6/10)
FT: Pinball Wizard, Sally Simpson
The Boo Radleys
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Nirvana
4/5
Jurassic 5
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Pretty organic album. But unfortunately only one track is really good. (5/10)
FT: Savane, Soko Yhinka
AC/DC
4/5
An album with many rock anthems and bangers. (8/10)
FT: Back in Black, You Shook Me All Night Long
The National
3/5
Adele
4/5
Small Faces
3/5
Tortoise
3/5
Garbage
3/5
A mixture of eccentric pop of the Pixies with the eccentric dance music of New Wave. (6/10)
FT: Only Happy When It's Rain, Stupid Girls
The Cars
4/5
High technical production and good quality pop. Really good (7/10)
FT: Good Times Roll, Just What I Needed
The Sonics
4/5
Robbie Williams
4/5
The Smiths
5/5
Suicide
4/5
Tori Amos
4/5
Her ballads were simple but profound, personal yet somehow universal, melodically discordant, achieving a synthesis of emotional states and not just musical styles. (7/10)
FT: Me And A Gun, Silent All These Years, Crucify
Queen
4/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
Buck Owens
3/5
Quite good Country Album. Origins of the “Bakersfield Sound". (6/10)
FT: I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail, Act Naturally, Falling for you
Cypress Hill
3/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Björk
4/5
Violent Femmes
4/5
Simplicity. It’s three dudes in a half circle around one microphone, singing these catchy little tunes. Love it (8/10)
FT: Blister in the Sun, Kiss Off, Confessions, Gone Daddy Gone
The Stone Roses
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
The Offspring
4/5
Linkin Park
3/5
A textbook in how to turn teenage angst into the musical equivalent of fast food. (6/10)
FT: One Step Closer, In The End
AC/DC
4/5
Elliott Smith
5/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Randy Newman
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
This album became the best-selling album in the history of the music. There are really 3 great Hits on it. But the rest is mediocre. (7/10)
FT: Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean
Pantera
3/5
Queen Latifah
2/5
Joy Division
4/5
Joy Division is a post-punk Cristiano Ronaldo making-off-from-the-top-of-the-key goal. (7/10)
FT: Isolation
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Caetano Veloso
4/5
Stereolab
3/5
Tina Turner
3/5
Yes, a solid soft pop rock album. Good hits. (6/10)
FT: What's Love Got to Do with It, Can't Stand the Rain, Private Dancer
Gorillaz
4/5
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Lana Del Rey
3/5
Animal Collective
4/5
3/5
Scott Walker
3/5
The Yardbirds
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Sex Pistols
4/5
The Only Ones
4/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Ozomatli
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
The Replacements
3/5
Soft Cell
3/5
Motörhead
3/5
The Fall
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
The Specials
3/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Orange Juice
3/5
Faust
3/5
The Doors
5/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Elbow
4/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Keith Jarrett
5/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Nick Drake
3/5
The Damned
3/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
The War On Drugs
4/5
The Triffids
3/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Screaming Trees
3/5
James Taylor
4/5
Cee Lo Green
3/5
David Gray
3/5
Neil Young
4/5
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
Talvin Singh
3/5
Justice
5/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Aimee Mann
3/5
Slipknot
3/5
Bee Gees
3/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Os Mutantes
4/5
Ghostface Killah
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Dead Kennedys
3/5
The The
2/5
Supergrass
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
Nirvana
4/5
FKA twigs
4/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Kate Bush
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Def Leppard
3/5
Eels
3/5
The Fall
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Boards of Canada
3/5
The Shamen
3/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
The Birthday Party
2/5
The Byrds
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Ash
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
CHIC
3/5
Chicago
3/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
2Pac
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Thundercat
3/5
Roxy Music
4/5
The Temptations
4/5
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
The Killers
4/5
Pulp
4/5
Merle Haggard
3/5
The Auteurs
3/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
John Prine
3/5
k.d. lang
4/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
The Avalanches
3/5
Hookworms
3/5
Simple Minds
3/5
Pixies
4/5
The Doors
4/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Pretenders
3/5
Hugh Masekela
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Don McLean
4/5
The Cardigans
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
SZA
3/5
OutKast
3/5
Ice T
3/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Miriam Makeba
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Eagles
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Prince
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Drive Like Jehu
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Saint Etienne
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Django Django
3/5
Mekons
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Nightmares On Wax
4/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Machito
3/5
Madonna
4/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
The Electric Prunes
3/5
Living Colour
3/5
The Blue Nile
3/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Bee Gees
4/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Everything But The Girl
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Television
3/5
Moby
3/5
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
U2
4/5
The Police
4/5
Liz Phair
3/5
Can
3/5
Otis Redding
4/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
4/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Roxy Music
4/5
The Verve
3/5
Korn
3/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Joan Baez
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
The Police
4/5
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Butthole Surfers
3/5
3/5
Burning Spear
3/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Skunk Anansie
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
The Cure
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
Napalm Death
1/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Snoop Dogg
3/5
Lightning Bolt
3/5
Grizzly Bear
4/5
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Primal Scream
3/5
Charles Mingus
3/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Tom Tom Club
3/5
Neil Young
4/5
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Beyoncé
4/5
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
The Who
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Tom Waits
3/5
The Modern Lovers
3/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
4/5
Afrika Bambaataa
2/5
T. Rex
5/5
Kid Rock
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
3/5
Klaxons
3/5
Cream
3/5
3/5
Throbbing Gristle
2/5
k.d. lang
3/5
3/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Nas
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
MGMT
5/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Moby Grape
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Fugazi
3/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Judas Priest
3/5
Genesis
3/5
Megadeth
3/5
The Louvin Brothers
3/5
Destiny's Child
3/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
The Slits
3/5
Ray Price
3/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Big Star
3/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Big Black
3/5
John Cale
3/5
Nico
4/5
Turbonegro
3/5
3/5
The Zombies
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Skepta
3/5
Dennis Wilson
3/5
David Holmes
3/5
UB40
4/5
Sebadoh
3/5
The Cramps
3/5
New York Dolls
3/5
Gram Parsons
4/5
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Dr. John
3/5
Duke Ellington
4/5
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Erykah Badu
3/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Hole
3/5
Björk
3/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
The Bees
3/5
Orbital
3/5
Morrissey
4/5
Dirty Projectors
3/5
John Lennon
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Pentangle
2/5
Beck
3/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
The Black Keys
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Red Snapper
2/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Giant Sand
3/5
The Darkness
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Yes
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
Big Star
3/5
Joy Division
3/5
Throwing Muses
2/5
Steve Earle
3/5
The Smiths
3/5
Norah Jones
4/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Ian Dury
3/5
Scissor Sisters
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Roni Size
2/5
M.I.A.
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
Scritti Politti
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Guided By Voices
3/5
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Method Man
2/5
George Jones
3/5
B.B. King
4/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
Lambchop
4/5
Venom
3/5
Arrested Development
3/5
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
Traffic
3/5
Germs
3/5
3/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
Pixies
3/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Marilyn Manson
3/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Gene Clark
4/5
The Coral
4/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Rush
3/5
Beach House
4/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
50 Cent
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
4/5
Killing Joke
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Doves
3/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Richard Hawley
3/5
The Jam
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Lucinda Williams
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
4/5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
The Magnetic Fields
3/5
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
Circle Jerks
3/5
Fred Neil
3/5
The Verve
4/5
Rage Against The Machine
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Maxwell
3/5
Björk
4/5
Sparks
3/5
Japan
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Devendra Banhart
4/5
The Charlatans
3/5
Spacemen 3
3/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
Cornershop
3/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
The Pretty Things
4/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
Common
3/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
David Ackles
4/5
Mike Oldfield
3/5
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
4/5
Simply Red
4/5
Dion
4/5
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
Jacques Brel
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
Madness
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Stereo MC's
3/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Brian Wilson
3/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
Jack White
4/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Crowded House
3/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
JAY Z
4/5
Van Morrison
4/5
U2
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Bert Jansch
4/5
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
Blondie
4/5
Jane Weaver
3/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Nina Simone
4/5
CHVRCHES
3/5
The United States Of America
3/5
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
CHIC
4/5
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
Little Simz
3/5
Peter Frampton
3/5
The Cult
3/5
George Harrison
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Black Crowes
3/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
Portishead
4/5
Carpenters
3/5
Jungle Brothers
3/5
ABBA
4/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
5/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Waylon Jennings
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Bill Callahan
3/5
Adele
4/5
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
GZA
3/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3/5
The Adverts
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Libertines
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Clash
3/5
Anita Baker
3/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Bad Brains
2/5
The Waterboys
3/5
Ice Cube
3/5
Meat Puppets
3/5
Beth Orton
3/5
Ramones
3/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
4/5
The Pogues
3/5
The Who
4/5
New Order
3/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Incubus
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
The Fall
3/5
Hot Chip
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
Jazmine Sullivan
3/5
The Beta Band
4/5
Mj Cole
3/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Talk Talk
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
The Undertones
3/5
4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Joanna Newsom
3/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
The Residents
3/5
Dr. Octagon
2/5
Common
3/5
Sepultura
2/5
3/5
Robert Wyatt
3/5
Antony and the Johnsons
4/5
John Martyn
4/5
Calexico
4/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Guns N' Roses
4/5
The Dictators
3/5
Def Leppard
3/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
4/5
SAULT
2/5
The Saints
3/5
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
Bauhaus
3/5
King Crimson
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Nanci Griffith
3/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
4/5
The White Stripes
4/5
The Thrills
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Tim Buckley
4/5
Van Halen
4/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Billie Holiday
4/5
Gillian Welch
4/5
Frank Black
2/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Jimmy Smith
3/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
Dagmar Krause
3/5
Ananda Shankar
4/5
Shack
3/5
Suzanne Vega
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Wild Beasts
3/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Slade
4/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
Q-Tip
3/5
4/5
Soundgarden
4/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
TV On The Radio
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Massive Attack
3/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
Weather Report
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
The Gun Club
3/5
N.E.R.D
3/5
Joe Ely
3/5
Soft Machine
3/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
The Associates
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
Paul McCartney
4/5
a-ha
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Metallica
3/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
Ms. Dynamite
4/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
Slipknot
3/5
King Crimson
4/5
Fishbone
3/5
Janet Jackson
3/5
Neneh Cherry
3/5
X-Ray Spex
3/5
Solange
3/5
Justin Timberlake
3/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Cowboy Junkies
3/5
The Vines
3/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Morrissey
4/5
Van Morrison
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
4/5
Holger Czukay
3/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Can
3/5
Madonna
3/5
Harry Nilsson
4/5
The xx
4/5
White Denim
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Elliott Smith
4/5