My 1001 Albums Journey

The Rolling Stones

4/5

It's one of the core Stones albums, some absolute classics on here. What more is there to say? Might not be *my* first choice for entry-level Stones, but if you pick it, I can't say you picked wrongly per se.

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

4/5

PJ Harvey casts a long shadow, and for a long time from listening to her later work, I never quite got it, but it comes through loud and clear on here. I've put four stars now, but given what this is making me think — that you can put the music on this record up against most of the angriest, noisiest, most cathartically chaotic music of the 90s and it'll win most of the time — it'll probably be a 4.5 to 5 star someday. Great first impression.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Pretty solid jazz fusion, if a little standard for the era IMO. However, there are some lovely standout tracks on here (see: "Inner Crisis"). Tier: B-

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

1 of probably 2 actually really good Coldplay albums tbh

My Generation

The Who

3/5

I love the Who a lot, but I save my hype for the later classics: Who's Next, Tommy, Quadrophenia

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

The Slim Shady LP