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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car Wheels On A Gravel Road | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| Elephant Mountain | 5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
| Make Yourself | 5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
| American Beauty | 5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
| Third | 4 | 2.43 | +1.57 |
| Bat Out Of Hell | 5 | 3.45 | +1.55 |
| Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | 5 | 3.45 | +1.55 |
| Aja | 5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
| Parachutes | 5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
| Timeless | 4 | 2.53 | +1.47 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Number Of The Beast | 1 | 3.59 | -2.59 |
| The Clash | 1 | 3.54 | -2.54 |
| You Want It Darker | 1 | 3.34 | -2.34 |
| The Undertones | 1 | 3.26 | -2.26 |
| Elastica | 1 | 3.21 | -2.21 |
| Deloused in the Comatorium | 1 | 3.2 | -2.2 |
| Loveless | 1 | 3.17 | -2.17 |
| Hypnotised | 1 | 3.06 | -2.06 |
| The Scream | 1 | 3.04 | -2.04 |
| Talk Talk Talk | 1 | 3.03 | -2.03 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Beatles | 6 | 4.33 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Waits | 4 | 1.5 |
| The Undertones | 2 | 1 |
| Leonard Cohen | 4 | 1.75 |
| Sonic Youth | 5 | 2 |
| The Clash | 2 | 1.5 |
| My Bloody Valentine | 2 | 1.5 |
| Iron Maiden | 2 | 1.5 |
| M.I.A. | 2 | 1.5 |
| Ice Cube | 2 | 1.5 |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 3 | 2 |
| PJ Harvey | 3 | 2 |
| The White Stripes | 3 | 2 |
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Anita Baker
3/5
Adult Contemporary. It’s only for adults. Don’t you dare listen to this kids, it’s for the adults. This is the music that’s playing on a paint stained boom box in your neighborhoods open garage. It’s a hot Sunday afternoon in early September. Your neighbor’s dad has half their Chevy in pieces in the driveway and he’s covered in oil stains. He’s smoked a pack of cigs and crushed a 12 pack of Miller highlife before the late games kicked off. This is the album he’s listening to while he curses at the old truck.
I haven’t listened to it yet (or checked that it exists) but I know Anita Baker has a great Christmas Album.
3/5. Good to know Baker.
15 likes
The Youngbloods
5/5
Absolutely beautiful album. My perception is that The Youngbloods are less cited than other popular counterculture musicians but they are great standard bearers for the movement. The lyrics are poetic and still relevant to our culture 50+ years later. I love everything about this album. The instrumentation is dated but that’s fine. It’s of it’s time. So much fun.
7 likes
Lucinda Williams
5/5
~550 albums in on this project and this is exactly the type of album that keeps me coming back.
Sounds like so much because it’s descended from so much and so much has come from it!
Just a beautiful sound. I hate to admit I had no clue about Lucinda Williams but here I am, one listen in and I feel like I know her. Just looked up her tour this summer to see if we can make a trip…
3 likes
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The Rolling Stones
4/5
Opening song is so iconic and themed perfectly as an intro. Great bass.
Dear Doctor…country? What? Very nice.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Seems influential but not necessarily for me. I hear Avril Lavigne and Ben Folds.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
On elf the greatest of all time
Fats Domino
3/5
The true king. This is the R&B teaching Rock and Roll how it should sound.
The Clash
2/5
Not a fan of the clash but I’m glad I gave this a listen to reconfirm. I can appreciate the passion and the social critique but the vocals and simplistic percussion grind my gears.
The Beach Boys
5/5
I listened practically on repeat the entire day. Love it.
Jane Weaver
3/5
Smooth. chill. Beautiful in the background or for focus. It’s steadily grew on me throughout the day.
This is a very interesting pivot for the list so far. I initially intended to ignore it and give a low ranking but listening further got me kinda hooked.
Robbie Williams
2/5
Sounds like something someone else is sentimental for
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
Good example of shoegaze. Didn’t really do anything for me.
Iggy Pop
2/5
The Monks
1/5
Anita Baker
3/5
Adult Contemporary. It’s only for adults. Don’t you dare listen to this kids, it’s for the adults. This is the music that’s playing on a paint stained boom box in your neighborhoods open garage. It’s a hot Sunday afternoon in early September. Your neighbor’s dad has half their Chevy in pieces in the driveway and he’s covered in oil stains. He’s smoked a pack of cigs and crushed a 12 pack of Miller highlife before the late games kicked off. This is the album he’s listening to while he curses at the old truck.
I haven’t listened to it yet (or checked that it exists) but I know Anita Baker has a great Christmas Album.
3/5. Good to know Baker.
Eminem
2/5
This is both angrier and more homophobic than I remember. It’s a funny album though and an interesting time capsule for what an angry embattled rapper sounded like in 2000.
Neil Young
4/5
A songwriter with a questionable voice. He sounds…old on some of the upper register stuff
Speakin’ Out was more country than I realized Neil Young can be.
Albuquerque is fantastic.
Def Leppard
3/5
Like the high energy stuff. Love the ballads. There are just some absolute party rock classics. It’s dumb. It’s loud. It’s a lot of fun. Can’t say this is high art by any means but I am not going to skip Def Leppard if it comes on the radio.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Joplin carries this one for me but there is a lot more interesting guitar than I expected. Full of meandering tracks that kinda lose me. Piece of My Heart is an all timer.
Madness
2/5
1.5 hot wonder
Van Halen
4/5
Classic. Over the top. Love it.
Gang Starr
4/5
The Jam
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Oasis
3/5
4/5
Love it. More polished than the first album Oasis released. Really well produced. There are some great hits on this.
k.d. lang
3/5
Interesting style and instrumentation mix. This tackles, or at least shares a perspective on some complex but very real issues.
Todd Rundgren
4/5
Psychedelic and weird. Very happy for the refresher on Rundgren. This will work it’s way into my normal listening.
Elton John
4/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
This one isnt intended to be absorbed on airpods in your house. I think you had to be there in the clubs. Loose Fit is fun.
The Mars Volta
1/5
Love a good active Bass part. I’m not sure the “concept” for this album is communicated clearly though. This is an interesting album but not very approachable for an unfamiliar listener.
Charles Mingus
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
I may be grading the overall album generously because of how much I love Karma Police.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Venom
1/5
This is dumb
TLC
3/5
The R&B stuff is great. I like it more than the more pop sounds.
The Doors
3/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Violent Femmes
2/5
Love Blister in the Sun. The rest sounds the same
The Electric Prunes
1/5
Massive Attack
3/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Massive Attack
3/5
John Coltrane
4/5
Legendary.
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
Ryan Adams
4/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
The xx
2/5
The Temptations
3/5
UB40
4/5
Fugees
4/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
5/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Joan Baez
2/5
Soundgarden
4/5
John Lennon
4/5
this is easier listening than I expected. I knew Imagine and Jealous Guy going in and I'm pleasantly surprised by the rest.
The Who
4/5
Barry Adamson
2/5
Donovan
3/5
Ash
4/5
Randy Newman
3/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
PJ Harvey
2/5
Erykah Badu
3/5
Sabu
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
JAY Z
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Orange Juice
4/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Grateful Dead
5/5
FKA twigs
2/5
Marilyn Manson
3/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
DJ Shadow
3/5
Pixies
3/5
Television
3/5
Sex Pistols
2/5
Radiohead
3/5
Can
4/5
Jammy and sick. Love it.
Primal Scream
3/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
Alice Cooper
4/5
This was so much better than I expected. I had a perception of Alice Cooper as a hacky, shock act and this felt much more genuine than I anticipated.
Marvin Gaye
3/5
King Crimson
3/5
Cream
4/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Van Halen
4/5
TV On The Radio
2/5
The Beau Brummels
2/5
I don’t think this one would make my list of 1001 albums to hear before I die.
Nick Drake
3/5
Dire Straits
4/5
808 State
3/5
Sounds ahead of its time
Beatles
3/5
Some of the greatest songs ever written but this album has too much “stuff” on it. I think it’s a little overrated and needed to be trimmed down. Still love it.
Cornershop
3/5
Supergrass
2/5
Kinda hanging it’s hat on the one hit song
Aerosmith
4/5
Jimmy Smith
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Iron Maiden
2/5
The White Stripes
2/5
Coldplay
4/5
Flamin' Groovies
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Patti Smith
2/5
Bobby Womack
4/5
Iron Maiden
1/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Mylo
4/5
Small Faces
3/5
The La's
3/5
The 1 hit is great. Didn’t love the rest.
The Police
4/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Love Steely Dan. This album is pedestrian
Muddy Waters
4/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Sounds completely modern despite coming out in the 50s
Sonic Youth
2/5
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
Sepultura
3/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
The Youngbloods
5/5
Absolutely beautiful album. My perception is that The Youngbloods are less cited than other popular counterculture musicians but they are great standard bearers for the movement. The lyrics are poetic and still relevant to our culture 50+ years later. I love everything about this album. The instrumentation is dated but that’s fine. It’s of it’s time. So much fun.
2/5
The bass lines are the most interesting part. Unfortunately, I don’t mean this as a compliment. Some tracks are lyrically rote and lacking vocal dynamic variation. There are a few nice ones nestled in. I’m scratching my head as to why I need to hear this one before I die though. 1.5 stars.
Method Man
2/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
The Waterboys
4/5
Suicide
1/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
The Byrds
4/5
Very nice. Folk is like comfort food. It’s always enjoyable and safe but when it’s done well it can be elevated it’s comparable to genres where we expect high quality.
Garbage
3/5
Basement Jaxx
1/5
The Doors
4/5
Guns N' Roses
5/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Lauryn Hill
5/5
The Incredible String Band
3/5
I was ready to write this off as an album that shouldn’t be included until I heard a lick popularized by the Grateful Dead. If you’re good enough to share source material and interests with the dead, you’re good enough for a patient listen from me. Very nice album. The conceptual songs are tedious but the melodies are pleasant and I’m always game for some sitar.
Waylon Jennings
4/5
Rocket From The Crypt
2/5
U2
4/5
Don McLean
4/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Lorde
3/5
Shack
3/5
Spiritualized
2/5
The Who
3/5
Peter Frampton
4/5
Billie Holiday
2/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Al Green
4/5
Neil Young
3/5
Sparks
2/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Little Richard
4/5
ZZ Top
4/5
3/5
Yes
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
2/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Joy Division
2/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Sister Sledge
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Pavement
4/5
There is some nirvana feel at places. I like this album the more I hear it. Glad to know pavement.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
The Pogues
2/5
The Doors
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Otis Redding
4/5
The Hives
2/5
The Sugarcubes
2/5
4/5
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
Fiona Apple
2/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Meat Loaf
5/5
Fred Neil
3/5
Donald Fagen
3/5
Smooth and nostalgic for me.
The Flaming Lips
5/5
George Michael
2/5
Richard Hawley
4/5
Gillian Welch
3/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
The Prodigy
3/5
The Stone Roses
3/5
This album built as it went on. I’m curious to see on multiple listens if my impressions improve further. Love the sound.
Cocteau Twins
2/5
Not distinct. It’s nice but I don’t understand the inclusion
Mike Oldfield
4/5
A Bizarre and fantastic journey
Talking Heads
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
The Kinks
2/5
Beatles did it better
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
Simply Red
2/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
4/5
Elvis Costello
2/5
Fairport Convention
4/5
Paul Weller
2/5
Wilco
4/5
Builds to a very strong close
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2/5
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Elvis Costello
2/5
Soft Cell
3/5
The Cars
4/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Took me a few tries to get through this one but it surpassed my expectations. There are some poignant lines and “work it” was a massive hit.
Kraftwerk
3/5
The Smiths
4/5
Teenage Fanclub
4/5
David Gray
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
New Order
3/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
OutKast
5/5
Tangerine Dream
2/5
Lou Reed
2/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
The Monkees
2/5
Drive-By Truckers
4/5
The Cure
2/5
Umm whatever guys
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
50 Cent
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Prince
3/5
The Smiths
2/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Silver Jews
2/5
N.W.A.
3/5
Shuggie Otis
4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Kelela
4/5
Orbital
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Todd Rundgren
4/5
It’s a bit meandering but dang it starts strong. Love Rundgren
Boards of Canada
3/5
Unique sound
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Shivkumar Sharma
4/5
The Clash
1/5
The Black Crowes
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Goldie
4/5
Various Artists
4/5
Classic.
Alice Cooper
4/5
Genre spanning. This is way more than “School’s Out”.
SAULT
2/5
Machito
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Manu Chao
3/5
Röyksopp
4/5
Eagles
4/5
Arctic Monkeys
2/5
The Lemonheads
4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
James Taylor
4/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Ray Price
3/5
Solid honkey tonk album
Lenny Kravitz
4/5
AC/DC
4/5
3/5
Hole
3/5
King Crimson
4/5
Herbie Hancock
4/5
So inventive
Sheryl Crow
4/5
Metallica
4/5
Beatles
5/5
I tried my hardest to fight my nostalgia and give this a lower score. It’s just too damn good. I love almost every song and the one I don’t(yellow submarine) is iconic. Harrison sitar influence. Excellent vocals and famous bass licks from Paul. Just fantastic.
The Roots
3/5
OutKast
4/5
Kanye West
3/5
Queen Latifah
2/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
2/5
Circle Jerks
1/5
Fishbone
4/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Billy Joel
4/5
Gene Clark
4/5
Deep Purple
2/5
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
T. Rex
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Sigur Rós
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
Rush
4/5
Maybe I’m just basic but commercially successful Rush seems better than Rush for Rush’s sake.
R.E.M.
2/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Couple of absolute classics but the individual pieces blended in a bit too much for me. Maybe I didn’t pay close enough attention
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
Got some nice vibes
The Cure
3/5
Magazine
2/5
The Gun Club
2/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Elastica
1/5
The Specials
4/5
I love albums like this on the list because I end up learning things I didn’t even know I was missing out on. I like ska but knowing this came out in 1979 totally changed my mental timeline on when ska happened.
Very cool track to start the album and fun moments throughout. The quote from the stones was a cool spot.
Dwight Yoakam
4/5
Napalm Death
1/5
The tempo stuff is fun but I can’t get past the screaming.
Joy Division
2/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Dr. Dre
4/5
New Order
3/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2/5
Traffic
2/5
fIREHOSE
3/5
Feels very authentic
Beck
4/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
Sisters Of Mercy
2/5
Adam & The Ants
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
This confirmed a minor complaint I have with Bowie. There are always some amazing concepts but the execution isn’t quite what I want. It’s sparse. I want a horn line or more from the accompanying vocals. To say it differently I just want Bowie doing everything he does but with a more assertive producer.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Metallica
3/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Jungle Brothers
3/5
Killing Joke
3/5
The Verve
4/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
Black Star is fantastic
Germs
1/5
Maybe I don’t get punk. This just feels like rough musicianship, rough production quality, and angst.
Haircut 100
3/5
Genesis
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
T. Rex
4/5
Distinct sound
Ghostface Killah
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
The Cramps
1/5
The White Stripes
2/5
Tori Amos
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Between this and Behavior, Pet Shop Boys absolutely eat their spot on this list. I wasn’t familiar with them at all but they’re great.
The Stooges
2/5
Supertramp
3/5
Beatles
5/5
One of the greatest crescendos to the close of an album ever. Absolute classic.
Frank Zappa
4/5
Mmmmmmm funky
Nas
3/5
Khaled
4/5
Blue Cheer
3/5
Instantly this made me think of the Stones but based on the dates maybe some of that influence went both directions
The Yardbirds
2/5
Eminem
2/5
Metallica
4/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
The Zombies
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Nine Inch Nails
2/5
Seemed a lot cooler and more transgressive when it came out. Really hard to tell what’s going on lyrically. The hi hat, on “closer” in particular, is grating.
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Maybe I’m just dense but I didn’t realize Michael Jackson did so much disco.
Giant Sand
4/5
Radiohead
3/5
Louis Prima
3/5
The Avalanches
3/5
Orbital
2/5
Queen
4/5
Eric Clapton
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Little wing and Castles Made of Sand
The Jam
2/5
LL Cool J
2/5
Weather Report
4/5
One of my all time favorite recordings of Birdland
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Madonna
2/5
The Psychedelic Furs
1/5
Yes
4/5
Moby
3/5
Kid Rock
1/5
Heaven 17
2/5
Adele
3/5
there are a surprising amount of hits on this album.
Lou Reed
3/5
Walk on the Wild Side and perfect day are iconic but the rest of the album is dragging down my rating.
Gang Of Four
2/5
Calexico
4/5
Love the instrumentation. Love the vibe. This is exactly the type album that keeps me coming back to this list…something unique, of high quality, and most importantly something I would not have otherwise been aware of.
Stan Getz
3/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
Tom Waits
1/5
The Band
4/5
2/5
Minor Threat
1/5
Beach House
4/5
Neneh Cherry
2/5
Jazmine Sullivan
1/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Morrissey
3/5
Gene Clark
3/5
Everything But The Girl
3/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
2/5
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
Queen
3/5
Dagmar Krause
3/5
The concept is incredible. Very impressed by the accomplishment.
Faith No More
3/5
Stan Getz
3/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
Klaxons
2/5
4/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
John Martyn
3/5
Moby Grape
4/5
Destiny's Child
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
1/5
Well lemme tell ya what, if you don’t love punk, you’re really not going to live post-punk!
The only thing catching my interest are the covers.
The Black Keys
4/5
Hawkwind
3/5
M.I.A.
1/5
Outside paper planes this is an annoying album. The background vocals/sirens/dog barks don’t add for me. The percussion parts are redeeming at times.
Jeff Buckley
3/5
John Lee Hooker
4/5
So smooth
Coldplay
5/5
Hard to separate nostalgia from a fresh listen. Fantastic album that hits great emotional notes.
Judas Priest
2/5
Fever Ray
2/5
Started out a bit predisposed to rank this poorly but it grew on me to a degree
M.I.A.
2/5
James Brown
3/5
Culture Club
2/5
The Undertones
1/5
The Undertones
1/5
Eels
4/5
Love the sound. Would prefer a less pretentious set of lyrics
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Dizzee Rascal
2/5
Deerhunter
3/5
Chicago
3/5
The Human League
2/5
Traffic
4/5
Q-Tip
3/5
Johnny Cash
2/5
Feels more significant to me than it is enjoyable.
Roxy Music
3/5
Air
2/5
Pleasant ambient music. Seems like it was perfect for its intended purpose. Not sure it’s something I “need to hear before I die”
Aimee Mann
3/5
Bill Callahan
1/5
I don’t need any more sing-talking pseudo psychology in my life. I already havre Tom Waits.
Also, a 10 minute track proclaiming god dead in 2009? It’s been done man. In the 60s. Everyone got the point then. Maybe if it made a point I would cut it some slack but instead it repeats itself 75 times without elaborating on the concept. It’s shallow and hollow like the rest of the album.
The Pharcyde
3/5
Mj Cole
2/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Neil Young
2/5
Emmylou Harris
4/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Saint Etienne
3/5
Fun. especially the Neil Young cover. I trailed off a bit in the back half but it was mostly nice.
Sebadoh
2/5
Started and stopped this album several times. It turned out ok though as the repeat listens kinda got me into Soul and Fire had become familiar
Jean-Michel Jarre
2/5
George Harrison
5/5
My favorite of all the Beatles solo work. Absolute classic.
The Blue Nile
3/5
Antony and the Johnsons
2/5
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Two classics but I didn’t love the rest
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Lovely
U2
4/5
John Martyn
2/5
Mekons
2/5
Joanna Newsom
2/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Lightning Bolt
2/5
Interesting. Glad it exists but it’s not for me
The Damned
2/5
I like the tone of the lyrics better than most punk albums. The music is also way more interesting but I still can’t get over the singing style.
Christine and the Queens
3/5
Girls Against Boys
3/5
The Go-Go's
2/5
This was fun
Sugar
4/5
This is simultaneously new to me and 100% what I grew up on. Off to investigate Sugar now. Great find.
Iggy Pop
2/5
Naw, I’m good
The Bees
3/5
k.d. lang
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
De La Soul
3/5
Buzzcocks
2/5
Janis Joplin
3/5
Justin Timberlake
4/5
The Style Council
4/5
So many albums are preachy or have some sort of message they want to get across. The message of this album is: we make good music.
It’s just enjoyable quality stuff. It’s eclectic but almost all of it(not the rap. Please no 80s rap) works for me. Great inclusion on the list.
Screaming Trees
3/5
Electric Light Orchestra
5/5
Best album of all time? Maybe. People are saying it. Who? People.
This album is conceptual without hammering you over the head with CONCEPT. Lynn is a story teller and takes you on a journey without this thing being a novel. It’s pop, but it’s orchestrated and complex. Love this album. 5/5.
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Elbow
3/5
Feels very situated in its 2007 time and space. Reminds me of the excellent music in the Garden State soundtrack like the Shins, Coldplay, etc but also some black keys and white stripes feel. Very nice album
Sarah Vaughan
2/5
I’m glad a jazz singer is on the list. Not my cup of tea
Primal Scream
3/5
Big Star
3/5
Feels like a great classic rock album, but totally new to me. Great Led Zeppelin vibes.
Depeche Mode
3/5
Sounds like the future…from the 80s
Finley Quaye
3/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
The Shamen
2/5
Baaba Maal
4/5
Steve Earle
4/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Madonna
3/5
Roxy Music
2/5
Christina Aguilera
2/5
Hookworms
3/5
Thundercat
4/5
This is exactly why I’m 560+ albums in on this list. I have been missing out on Thundercat and I’m glad I won’t be anymore.
This album starts off hilarious and weird and then really slips into a groove. I love the sorta there background singing. Friend Zone is beautiful but still irrelevant and hilarious.
One album into my Thundercat experience and I’m sold.
Wire
2/5
Portishead
2/5
PJ Harvey
2/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
Some annoying choices were made in the production of this album. I hope they had fun.
TV On The Radio
3/5
The Strokes
4/5
A unique sound that had a massive impact on the next decades of music(a lot of which fails to improve on the strokes first album). The release complications with 9/11 are another interesting anecdote that pins this album to a place and time. It’s nostalgic for me personally but trying to be objective, I think it’s an impactful album worth its inclusion in the list. 4/5
Jamiroquai
4/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Very nice introduction to an artist I’ve been aware of for a long time but never focused on individually. This album feels descended from Nick Drake and an uncle or cousin to Ben folds. I’m on board.
Gorillaz
3/5
The Saints
2/5
The Crusaders
4/5
1/5
John Grant
3/5
CHIC
2/5
White Denim
4/5
So crisp. Everything is together throughout. They’re so tight.
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Ride
2/5
Dennis Wilson
4/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Ice Cube
1/5
The Who
3/5
Pulp
4/5
Blur
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Lucinda Williams
5/5
~550 albums in on this project and this is exactly the type of album that keeps me coming back.
Sounds like so much because it’s descended from so much and so much has come from it!
Just a beautiful sound. I hate to admit I had no clue about Lucinda Williams but here I am, one listen in and I feel like I know her. Just looked up her tour this summer to see if we can make a trip…
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Ice Cube
2/5
This aged slightly better than his debut solo album…which isn’t saying much. It Was a Good Day is great but even that song has disappointing portions.
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3/5
The Everly Brothers
2/5
Scissor Sisters
4/5
So much fun.
Brian Eno
3/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
Jeremy is an all timer
Brian Eno
2/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Nanci Griffith
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
The Modern Lovers
2/5
Death In Vegas
3/5
Cypress Hill
3/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Gram Parsons
4/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Ice T
3/5
That risk song was a surprise. Not in a great way, but good for you Ice T. Crossing genres.
Stereolab
3/5
Holger Czukay
3/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Morrissey
2/5
Beautiful Day is solid. The rest was the generalized U2, that I knew before listening. Good. Nothing caught my attention
2/5
Digital Underground
3/5
Definitely of its time. Kinda fun. Kinda gross.
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
Green Day
4/5
There wasn’t much like it in 2004. They filled a gap and it landed. I like the earlier albums better but this one is excellent
The Triffids
3/5
Cowboy Junkies
2/5
Nice vibe. Don’t love the voice
The Who
3/5
Little Simz
2/5
I liked the backing rif in 101 FM.
The flow is pretty nice on Sherbet Sunset and in general if you don’t pay too close attention to the lyrics it’s pleasant.
Pulp
3/5
Queen
4/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
The White Stripes
2/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Tom Waits
1/5
Perhaps this is beautiful poetry but I don’t find it to be beautiful music. Maybe that says more about me than it does about Waits but I’m here for the music and if the poetry is there as well, all the better. Not so much the other way around.
Johnny Cash
2/5
I love the song selection but I’m not big on Cash’s delivery and even less in 2002. I think it’s a very well conceived album but I don’t think it will join the regular rotation
The Boo Radleys
2/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
10cc
2/5
MGMT
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
I liked the second disc(album) a lot more than the first.
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
4/5
Pavement
2/5
Leonard Cohen
1/5
I don’t mind sparse but this is basically spoken word poetry. I’m sure Cohen is a great writer(because that what people think?) but it’s not for me
Steely Dan
3/5
Love Steely Dan
Bad Brains
1/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
I guess I just love the hits
The Icarus Line
2/5
CHVRCHES
2/5
George Michael
3/5
There must have been so many people out there trying to be George Michael
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
There are a a few on here that feel brilliant. Mostly though I can’t get into the writing or singing and the simple percussion parts are grating. I love the sax
Ozomatli
4/5
Very interesting stuff. I think it’s awesome that they produced it themselves.
Korn
2/5
Some hard hitting stuff. This was my shit when I was 15. Kinda tough to get through now.
Miriam Makeba
4/5
Prefab Sprout
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Skunk Anansie
3/5
I think Evanescence loved this band
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
Not Fade Away is one of my favorites. The influence of Buddy Holly is huge. Not an album I want to flip on regularly but it’s clearly important to Rock and Roll
Simple Minds
2/5
Santana
4/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
Not my favorite but I was completely unaware of The Afghan Whigs and that’s a problem that’s now resolved. Tight band. I like the active percussion parts. Singer is not my favorite throughout but there are great moments
2Pac
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
I’m a sucker for a tight brass section. That makes this album for me. Otherwise it’s kinda lacking the hooks I want from Dexys
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
Ian Dury
1/5
Rod Stewart
2/5
The xx
3/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
The Birthday Party
1/5
Slade
2/5
3/5
Wild and frenetic. Glad it’s on the list and I’m glad to be aware of it but it won’t be joint my “easy listening” collection
Kate Bush
2/5
Hole
2/5
I remember Doll Parts fondly but the rest of the album hadn’t aged well for me.
Liz Phair
1/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
No thanks. Nonsense.
From the wiki…” Later reissues of the album omit the inset and card calendar due to its resemblance to child pornography.”
Yeah I’m not interested in this.
Astrud Gilberto
4/5
It was a cool evening in the spring of 1971. Unseasonably cool. The breeze was blowing off the bay and moving the boats docked off the Bahia Marina. The town never looked better under the incandescent glow of modernity.
I walked into the bar with its familiar chipping paint and open doors and windows. Rafael was waiting for me but I brushed him off with the usual excuses for my lack of cashflow. I’d almost calmed him down enough to order a drink when I saw her. And I’ll never forget the music that was playing that night. 4/5. Lets samba.
Mudhoney
2/5
MC Solaar
2/5
Incubus
5/5
Hell yeah. This is the evolutionary peak of metal. It’s hard enough to say “I mean it” but it’s nuanced and musical in a way so many metal acts ignore. It’s pleasant instead of pure anger/evil/dark and I think that brings the emotion across even more powerfully. I cannot describe how important that is to a listener who wants music to be, well, enjoyable to listen to.
I love the writing. They paint a scenes of challenges and situations that resonate across anyone that’s ever been in a relationship, lost focus, needed motivation, been neglectful, been young, been angry, been hurt, lacked direction, grown up, loved, lost… so yes, everyone.
5/5. One of my absolute favorites. This is the first Incubus entry I’ve had on the list but I hope it’s not the last. This is a great one; a band hitting its stride on their third album before an absolute incredible stretch 2001-2011. This one kicked Incubus to another level.
I’m writing this in 2025 but if you get a chance to see them, do it. They crush.
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Slipknot
2/5
Pleasantly surprised. It’s got some interesting percussion. I expected fast and intense but it was differentiated.
Cant get over the screaming though…
Big Star
3/5
Depression embodied in music. It’s poignant.
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Blondie
4/5
Pantera
2/5
The Specials
4/5
Bold, original, and fun. This is a fantastic album. It’s a journey.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Stephen Stills
4/5
Rush
3/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
Big Black
2/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Doves
4/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Japan
2/5
Miles Davis
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Stereo MC's
3/5
The National
2/5
Pentangle
2/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Eagles
4/5
Brian Wilson
2/5
Common
3/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Beatles
4/5
The Darkness
4/5
80s sounds in the 00s. Love it. I Believe in a Thing Called Love is one of the highest highs of any album on this list so far. That said the rest of the album is a tough comparison to that peak. It’s all good but that one is SO good.
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
Love this feel. Such a distinct atmosphere it creates
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
Dead Kennedys
3/5
Björk
3/5
Way more interesting and listenable than I expected. Still not likely to come back for more
Nirvana
3/5
Roxy Music
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
Koffi Olomide
3/5
Minutemen
2/5
Jethro Tull
3/5
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
Femi Kuti
4/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
Ministry
2/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
The KLF
3/5
Jack White
2/5
Bonnie Raitt
4/5
Soft Machine
4/5
a-ha
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
3/5
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5