This is music for dorks who think they're tough. Eminem is an uber dork.

This was an experimental album with our money as target.

This is still a great album

So dreamy

Is it the best album about buildings and food? Yes.

I enjoyed some of the songs but felt that much of the album was generic. It was still interesting to listen to it.

The album sounded like primo 1950s in a good way. I was surprised by how many songs I recognized but had heard performed by others.

I don't know the last time I had listened to this album start to finish and it was so much more than I remember it being. This definitely belongs on the list.

This was a challenging listen. Jazz is not normally my main squeeze but I did enjoy it knowing how influential it was to artists that I love

This was an enjoyable jam.

I liked it! It was like being serenaded with covers and new songs by a proto punk band.

It was fine. I was not particularly into it. It seemed to have fallen into the trap of influential at its time but I've heard it so far after its release. I've heard who they have influenced and enjoyed that far more.

This was a complicated listen. I thoroughly enjoyed it but the artist's personal life ruins it some.

This was another complicated listen. It rated a 2 to me because it was so long and very samey.

I enjoyed it but it seemed very much a cocaine fueled product of its time.

It was jazzy but not really my jam.

This takes me back to MTV and Perry Farrell's screechy voice. I still love it.

This is a distinct difference from the hair metal rock that came before it. I wouldn't call this album great but it was an okay listen.

Blech. This is not my favorite of U2 albums. 2/5

Absolutely stunning.

Cool but dated

It was a pleasant listen but not one that I will likely listen to again.

A lot of great songs but interesting to hear the album as a whole with many songs that were not as strong.

<3<3<3

What more to say than legendary?

Previously, I had dismissed Anthrax as bog standard metal but that was refreshingly progressive.

Just a delightful listen.

The first song was a banger. I liked this far more than I expected to.

There were many excellent songs on here but this one falls into the trap of being too popular and becoming generic.

So boring 2/5

Many great songs and many so-so songs. This album could have used an editor.

This sounds like the granddaddy of metal but very current. I'm impressed, though it's not my typical listen.

This was a twangy cosmic horror. Country and some songs had polka accordion. Why.

Funky but in a kind of generic way. Looking at the date, it seems like similar music that I'm familiar with from the 70s originates with this album making it proto-70s funk. neat.

There were some songs I had heard by other groups but this was fairly meh.

Absolutely enjoyed this and had never heard it before. A few of the songs sounded like proto-Stereolab

I was ambivalent to this but the piano ending to Crime of the Century (last song) was beautiful.

It was a solid 3/5 stars.

Solid 3/5. Not necessarily anything that I need to revisit but not terrible.

It was a-ok. There were a few songs to enjoy but mostly filler to me. 3/5

It was an okay listen but not likely to repeat it.

This is a mega fave!

Very meh

This was immensely enjoyable.

Who liked this? There are a few songs that are bangers but most of it is awful.

This album is one of my all-time-faves.

Nice to listen to this again

Solid listen

A lot of fun poppy songs on here.

Some of the songs are great but I just can't with MJ the person. Rating it 2/5 BAD

There was a lot to unpack with this album

This seemed like the precursor to acid rock and was an enjoyable listen

Not a bad album but not my fave Kate Bush album.

This was an enjoyable listen and I recognized several songs as covered by others

Enjoyable, hip album

What a great reminder on how much I love this album.

I felt like I was deeply immersed in the cool 60s until Lou Reed start singing about dingdongs. Still an enjoyable listen.

Some high hits and some misses.

That took me back to the 90s

Continuing with the 90s, this album was more tolerable to listen to than when it was on repeat.

I had never listened to the entirety of this album before. It was an okay listen but will not likely listen to again.

Absolutely enjoyable

Jazzy, funky fun It wasn't on spotify, I listened to it on youtube.

Hot beats and casual misogyny. It's enjoyable but there is definite cringe

His understated voice is beautiful.

It wasn't great and wasn't terrible.

This would not have been my pick for 1001 albums.

Her voice is beautiful.

So dreamy

It's nice background music.

Fun listen

Another nice background listen.

Rhymes and good flow coupled with talking about difficult social issues

Why was it so long.

Standard White Stripes

Great listen again.

Excellent background chill music

This is music for dudes to try to get laid, right? Meh

I liked how this just seemed very 1980.

I had forgotten how much I enjoyed this album when it came out.

I think I need to admit I am not a Bob Dylan person. It was okay.

The older I get, the more I dislike this album

It's been a long time since I listened to this.

The only thing not making this a 5 is the rampant homophobia.

Another album with great beats and infused with steady homophobia and misogyny :|

Bops and weirdness because Michael Jackson.

What a delightful weird listen

Ugh, Coldplay.

Thoroughly did not enjoy it

Very much not my jam and kind of boring.

Still not a Bob Dylan person but I did enjoy this one more than the last album. The lyrics are great and I've enjoyed these songs performed by others.

I had almost forgotten about hip hop inclusion of joke/skit tracks

This album has stood up!

I enjoy this album and it's so soothing to listen to. Her other albums are even better, though.

Mostly a ho-hum but fine album.

What a fun listen

Another great re-listen

So many great re-listens this week.

It seemed very dated but an okay listen.

So close to good but Johnny Rotten is such an edgelord.

Fun & jazzy album

It was inoffensive but nothing special

I still dig it.

More rock than I had expected with my little knowledge of their later soft pop career.

Some good songs, some schlocky schlock.

Super enjoyed this proto new wave album

This is a fave

Beautiful background music.

Best band named after a pneumatic dildo.

Another excellent relisten. I appreciate that it is aggressively bilingual.

An enjoyable listen to the classics

Christmas and Phil Spector, an abysmal combination. The voices are beautiful but the music is blech.

Beautiful voice but seems dated and very adult contempo

For the sick guitar licks it is a good listen

That was a fun listen.

I enjoy this album but still not my most favorite Radiohead album.

Very cliche 70s though based on the inclusion, I assume this was the start of it

Great relisten!

Dudes pretending to be cowboys will never not be funny. Still an enjoyable listen.

What a weird, wonderful listen.

I found this boring

How could you not enjoy this?

<3

It was okay but not anything I will likely listen to again.

This was far better than I had anticipated. I would relisten.

Smooth jazz. It was so smooth but I'm not smooth enough to enjoy it.

I'd heard samples but not listened to before. Enjoyable and will relisten for background music.

An excellent introduction to chill triphop

This album is one of my top 90s picks.

I'm singing high. I'm singing low. -this album It's not a bad album but I'm not going to be extolling its virtues on high.

I enjoy Frank Black immensely. No one song stood out but I would relisten to this as an album

Indie album with a few honorable mention songs. I wish this was a 10 point scale because 3.5 is where it belongs to me.

Courtney Love is problematic. This album is a gem.

I both like and dislike this album. I think it's the issue that I've heard all of these songs innumerable times and they've become banal. I tried to imagine what it would be like to hear this album for the first time and it's solid.

I understand why this is sampled so frequently.

Every single song is excellent.

I didn't expect this to be such a chill listen

This was a fun punk listen.

These blues didn't make me blue

Jam bands are not my jam.

Note, if you're listening to this on spotify, one of the versions of this album is listed as 2+ hours long. Only the first 10 tracks are actually from this original album. It also says 2010 but the original album was released in 1980. I thoroughly enjoyed this album and could hear its influences in Lou Weed, err Reed, REM, and even a Minutemen track.

This album was a sampler's dream. Great beats and lyrics.

I had never heard of this album before. It was a wild trip to listen to it slide through triphop, jazz, and back around again.

Peter Gabriel was much improved by breaking out solo. Genesis was made even worse by making Phil Collins their lead singer.

An okay listen. It was an interesting combo of 70s rock and 80s punk. I probably won't relisten, though.

Chill jazzy background music. I dig it.

It sounded like dated late 80s/early 90s dance music but it did sound like the pre-cursor to a lot of music that I have enjoyed.

A nice fresh listen for a Sunday evening.

Solid early hell metal. Rock on.

Almost every song is a banger.

Love everything about this album

This album was so much better than I anticipated. There were rock songs, nods to musicals (not my fave but an interesting take), and even a brass send off.

A little jam, a little rock'n'roll.

A haunting listen!

This was unlistenable drivel. I felt like I was trapped in folk concert hell and the only way out was through a patchouli hurricane.

Powerful rock anthems!

Some of the songs were groundbreaking. Some sounded like a dude with a synth on a dare.

An essential rock album

Mediocre but not as terrible as I feared it would be. I'd give it a 2.5 but 3/5 is close enough.

This was an a-okay listen. For how much after it sounds like this album, it's so difficult to think of a timeline without the Isley Brothers.

Indifferent on this one. Nothing struck me as interesting or catchy about it.

It's impressive that this is from 1977 and yet it sounds so contemporary for many of the songs.

Relaxing, deep vocals and jams. This sounds like a beautiful 60s-70s throwback but with a modern twist. An unexpected wonderful listen.

Not particularly interested in boring nu-metal or what started the boring nu-metal phase.

This was satisfactory background music for me.

Music to rue your ex to

I need to admit to myself that I love David Bowie's fashion sense but am mostly indifferent to his music. This album is fine but not exceptional.

Sounds like I also need to add that I must admit I am not a fan of the Boss. I understand his significance but I don't have to enjoy it.

This was thoroughly enjoyable!

I do not understand the fuss for this album.

Blech

So good. So 60s.

This album is a superb mess. Separating the artist from the work gives it a 4/5. Throwing in the current scandals makes some of the songs like Monster incredibly chilling.

This was a fun listen.

I did not find anything super exciting about this album. It was fine.

The title song is 22+ minutes of Germans being weird and I loved every minute of it.

I enjoy MBV but I'm not sure there was a single song that I would say was exceptional on this album.

Legit great album.

This was an important listen.

This album is a little dated but still a joy to listen to. Beth Orton providing some of the vocals is also A+

Some songs were very powerful (title track, Illegal Search) while others were dated and did not age well (6 Minutes of Pleasure that clocked in at under 5 minutes, casual sexist mentions.) A conflicted 3/5

It's tricky not to rate this a 5, it's so close.

Perhaps this was instrumental in that quintessential 80s sound but it just sounded like generic 80s music to me.

This was a lot of Bob Marley for a person who does not care for Bob Marley.

This is the Irish version of the 60s. Highly indifferent to it.

The songs + her voice are absolutely beautiful. This is not my style of music but the merit rates it

Some great songs

1970s weirdness personified is John Cale.

The sampling on this album continues to be divine.

Beautiful voice and it was like being wrapped up in cozy songs that I already knew.

Unsure if I find this album banal or that I've heard American Pie so many times it is a trite 8 minute slog.

Treating this as a tutorial of Indian music made it fascinating.

This was very much a slice of a day for 1968

A fun listen!

Listening to Tom Waits is like getting sucked into a time vortex where all music is a step off, vaguely threatening, and could be played in a seedy bar called Ole Scratch's. But also, you love it.

This was a nice a goth listen on a cloudy day

Intricate metal that sounds like the start of later metal. A decent listen.

This album overwhelmingly aged well

Music for dorks by a dork.

Still as enjoyable as the first time I heard it.

Yuck. It's the worst of all worlds: Christian music and country.

That was an unexpected joy to listen to. It had nice hints of 80s weirdness + proto-ska

This album screams high school to me even though it was released well before I was in high school.

I really enjoyed listening to this album. I had heard individual songs but never the entire album in a listen-through.

The album has some good sampling on quite a few songs.

It's like an album devoted to god & weed.

This was an a-okay listen.

70s boring listen.

The songs were okay but again, I am just not a big Bowie fan.

This was an enjoyable relisten. I forgot how many songs were on here that are absolute bangers.

It's an okay rock album but not high on my list.

One of my all-time favorite albums!

It's interesting listening to this with the knowledge that he ended up on Law & Order SVU.

Relaxing background music.

This one did not draw me in as much as I expected it to.

It's an okay background listen.

This album continues to be infinitely replayable.

Such a fun listen and does not sound horribly dated!

Generic mid-90s, precursor to the ska revival

This album smells like ditch weed and polyester

Another great relisten!

An a-ok rock album

Super guitar licks!

This is a great example of an album that is meant to be listened as a whole and not just individual tracks.

1.) The album cover is a cosmic nightmare. 2.) Chocolate Cake drops a lot of names that were relevant in 1991 and have resurged in relevance in 2021/2022. 3.) The fadeout track I'm Still Here is like a coke fueled taunt song to the audio recording staff.

Is it the best album about buildings and food? Yes.

I feel like I was transported to an elevator; a sexy, sexy elevator.

It's a daydream worthy album!

I found the first song, Dolphin, unlistenable but the rest of the album was an a-ok listen and I'm glad I didn't turn it off. I hadn't realized that Everybody's Talkin' was by Fred Neil and not Harry Nilsson

I recognize a few songs that have been sampled and the licks are good.

Not a bad 80s rock album.

Nico is like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket on a brisk morning while having a cup of tea.

It was a cool listen with modern and folksy elements.

Missy Elliott can do no wrong.

Solid 80s rock with lyrics that will make you want to sing along and rebel

Some of the songs were bangers and sounded like the 70s. Other songs were extra cringe and sounded like the 70s.

Acid rock with a little influence of folk peeking through.

That album was amazing. The supporting artists on it, the song choices, just everything.

While I am not the biggest Bowie fan, I was impressed by how modern this album sounds.

This was a high-five from the 90s and sounds like the granddaddy of albums that came later.

Another great relisten

It was an okay rock album.

I enjoyed it but not my favorite Morrissey album.

This was jazzy, cool background music.

I had forgotten how much I had enjoyed this album

That was far more enjoyable than I had expected. It was a little proto ska, punk, rock album

Another solid rock album.

A lot of misogyny in here but also a lyrical slice of life.

Another weirdo high-five from Steely Dan.

Is the title a lie? Maybe a little but the album is anything but rubbish

This album was an unexpected love when I listened to it the first time

Some great songs and some mediocrity in here.

This was an interesting listen. I liked it.

I love Bob Mould!

This was a rough listen and sounded like dork music.

Hohum listen

Another challenging listen. From singing a song about his drug-addicted mother who struggled raising him to rapping about murdering people, this was tough.

It was an enjoyable background listen.

I just love this album; no hate involved.

I had never listened to the whole album. I hadn't realized the extent of rock and jam that was combined.

What a weird, weird album

I really enjoyed it. I hadn't heard this before. What a treat!

A fun listen with rock and a little blues tossed in for good measure.

I had forgotten how long the title track is. Good jam.

I love everything PJ Harvey

It was an a-ok listen. This album was never my jam but I'd never actually listened to the whole thing in a go.

I can't say enjoy is a term I would use with this album but it was a really interesting listen. I noticed that the first song has been sampled by MIA. I also recognized that several songs had been covered by other bands.

A lot of good songs but it was also quite long

This was ho-hum and solidly 3/5

Sick guitar licks and it had become easy to ignore how talented Clapton was in the 70s on how ridiculous his personal life is now.

That was a far funnier album than anticipated. The self deprecating humor of Worst Band in the World was primo.

An enjoyable background listen

Country will never be my fave but I can understand why people like Willie Nelson

I enjoyed this even more on the relisten

Somehow, I had never listened to this in its entirety

This album was so folk, it should have named itself Moonchild

I had a teacher in college who loved Faith No More. I did not enjoy that teacher and had avoided Faith No More. It turns out that they were right about one thing and this album was a banger.

The creator of this list has quite a thing for Steely Dan. It's fine but surely there were other artists in the 70s?

This makes me understand why people enjoy Charles Mingus so much and is often listed as so influential.

I love everything about this album and have since I first heard it.

There were a number of enjoyable songs but also a lot of chaff.

Pure guttural rock

The album is better than the album title would imply!

Not as terrible as some country albums.

It was an okay background listen

This one didn't speak to me

60s blues with a little jazzy backdrop.

This was grating and unenjoyable. If you're into boring instrumentals, this is for you.

This sounded far fresher than expected.

It was an okay album but there are other Fleetwood Mac albums that I enjoy more.

This album reminds me of elevator music in that I have definitely heard these songs as elevator music.

Maybe I'm broken but I have never cared much for Elvis.

Not a fan.

Excellent music from an absolute trashcan of a human.

Bloodbuzz Ohio is still one of my faves.

It's basically an album of absolute bangers

Groundbreaking with rap & rock.

Just ugh

You could say it was Madness that I had never listened to the full album. Listener note, Spotify wasn't showing a lot of the tracks so I listened on youtube instead.

This album didn't have to go so hard but it did.

I am often indifferent to Billy Bragg but being tempered with Wilco and some Natalie Merchant, it's very enjoyable.

A peppy background listen

It was a good listen to the whole album when I had only heard a few songs before.

I don't understand the praise for this album.

I had forgotten how much I liked this album considering my copy was stolen 15+ years ago.

They parented the hell out of the 60s

Paul Simon is an okay listen but has never been my fave.

Eleanor Rigby is one of my fave songs ever.

It's fascinating how fresh some of the songs sound but the album as a whole is dated to the 80s

This album is like getting roped into an 80s dance hall filled with Tab

Is this the beginning of krautrock?

This album must have moved seemlessly from this to kidzbop.

This didn't do much for me. It's was okay.

I <3 <3 <3 this album

This was far better than some of the bland pop that mimicked it.

It's an album of cool and collected bops

Manic Street Preachers just sounds like whiny preaching to me.

I'm not saying it was a bad album but it was very much setting the tone for the 80s.

The drummer from Def Leppard only has one arm. But, this album is an asskicking jam from start to finish

Bonnie Raitt has a beautiful voice but her music doesn't really draw me. Still a solid album.

The only song on here that I would relisten to is Janey Got a Gun

I love the music. I have loved this album since I first heard it. Moby is a creep.

This sounds like transition from the 80s to the 90s but in a delightful way.

High speed punk

Messy people make great albums.

Darkwave for days

Boppin' 80s!

This was an interesting listen since I'd heard many songs from this album but never the complete album

The year is 1973. Things are bleak. The only thing you have to look forward to is another damned Steely Dan album.

This album stood up better than it had any right to

Can You Forgive Her still hits so hard

When I think of The Strokes, I will forever think of The Onion article "That Guy From the Strokes Accused of Looking Like That Guy From the Strokes"

One of my fave albums of all time

An easy background listen

The guitar riffs are sick. It may be an issue with the spotify album but 2 hours of many of the same songs was a bit too long. The core songs are phenomenal, though.

Leonard Cohen never went into dotage. This album is beautiful and powerful.

From before they hit the US!

What a weird interesting album

I don't know that I would ever listen to this album again but it was neat to hear a 1960s take on blues.

This album seems like it has been largely forgotten but it's worth a relisten.

The Who songs are fun to listen to but this live album has the added creepy old man hitting up a young girl. If you can ignore that part for the songs, you're good. If not, pass.

This really did remind me of a lot of artists that came out like Arctic Monkeys, etc.

This album hits hard and is full of hits.

Joni Mitchell has never been someone I've listened to. Generally, her music does not draw me in. Her voice is absolutely stunning, though

Great album, too bad it had to be Morrissey the person. I will never stop laughing when I see Morrissey wearing his own swag.

This struck me as 60s de rigeur

This album is so tight and a great relisten

Solid listen

I don't think I had listened to the whole album before. There were catchy lyrics but also OTT horrorcore

None of the songs on this album really drew me in. It was your average 70s album.

I hadn't ever listened to this particular album which is ridiculous because Aimee Mann is amazing.

It was exactly what I expected

Queer country, queer 50s ballad. Nice listen.

This is an album of classics

This was an interesting listen of Bongo covers.

George Jones had hair that said Philanderer and music that left me asking "Why am I not skipping this entire album?".

This is basically the 70s in an album

Fresh lyrics

There are some bangers on here.

I hadn't realized this album was this old!

A fun re-listen and I'm guessing this album was pushed because of the death of the queen.

Imagine a harmonica blowing in the wind for long stretches at a time. That's this album.

Quite the rumpus. Mansize Rooster is also quite the name.

Prince was a weird due but this album is jampacked with hits

Interesting listen. It combined Irish folk and modern rock. The album was released in the 80s but sounded very 90s.

This not the Husker Du album that I expected on this list but still enjoyable.

Hardcore emo math rock. It was interesting to listen to.

One of the best house albums

Another nice proto hardcore emo album

Party boy sad dance music. I love it.

Solid album from the og drummer from Genesis

Seems like an album about a pervy 70s star

Another good relisten

Interesting acid rock album

While I feel like there is too much Bowie on this list, this is the one that I would include.

Return of the hip hop comedy sketches!

Bob Dylan was out-dylaning himself

Less rock than I had expected but still an enjoyable album.

It's a shame about Evan Dando?

If I had rated this when it was released, it would have been an easy 5 stars. It's hard to know if excessive playing has diminished the value, but it's at a 3.5.

She has a beautiful voice and this album did nothing for me.

It's guttural but also somehow ethereal old timey punk. Tom Waits could sing about dirty socks and it would be fascinating.

This album was surprising to me that it was from 2007 and not the 70s

Yikes. Some of the lyrics on here are purportedly from the perspective of a psycho but they're like 8 different kinds of racist and not effective.

Live Through This is my fave Hole album but this one isn't half bad.

The songs and the interludes are very effective storytelling

You can hear the migration from rock to punk

The worst of ska?

It's weird how this is one of the top selling christian albums of all times.

Was this a K-hole?

Nice background music. I'm too much of a plebe to appreciate much jazz.

Damon Albarn is still a fave

The sisters sledged this one.

A great relisten

I hadn't listened to the full album and it was interesting to listen to it given the context of the summer of 2020.

This album has everything: punk, funk, and a bit of ska

This is stoner rock with electronic organs. The album was not what I would have expected from Smoke on the Water alone.

Not my jam but beautiful music, nonetheless

Somehow, I had never listened to the whole album before. It was a long album but surprisingly solid throughout

This is music for dorks who think they're tough. Eminem is an uber dork.

This slays from beginning to end

In retrospect, this album is incredibly sad. A young teen singing songs for teens but also older adults :|

A good relisten

An enjoyable punk romp

This album is a solid fave.

If you can separate the artist from the group and this album, the album is phenomenal.

The album is mostly a standard Stones album but it bookended by greatness.

Blarf

She was so talented!

This was filthier than the radio cuts would have led me to believe.

Another album of anthems for folks that loved rap rock. Not my style but I can see why they would have really enjoyed this particular album.

Surf music and a political song. This was not what I was expecting.

The album was an a-okay listen. Then I remembered that Dave Mustaine got in a fight with Men's Wearhouse to the point of a lawsuit and I couldn't stop laughing.

Lady of the North was an okay song but most of it was forgettable. Not my style.

Great blues, great guitar.

Dirty singing done right

Surf rock has invaded my bones

An a-ok listen

It was an interesting listen, as I had heard many of these songs covered by others first.

This was an okay album.

Not my fave Costello and did not enjoy the casual dropping of the n word

This was an experimental album with our money as target.

How much can I damn this with feint praise? It would be on repeat in purgatory for how bland it is.

A fun bop of an album

Less blues, more explosion

I felt bloodsplatter listening to this metal album

The song title Suite-pee is hilarious.

Another album of songs that I have heard before but didn't know who sang them!

This album is so industrial, grease flooded out while I played it

The 70s called and wanted you to listen to a good album

Stunning

James Brown being primo James Brown

Rock on, Echo. Rock on, bunnymen.

Better than I expected!

Amazing guitar and blues influences

This album is the remedy to boring music.

Yippee ki-yay, mothertruckers. This is boot scootin', if you're into that. I'm not but I can appreciate it for what it is.

I liked this more than expected

Fun disco rhythms

An hour of listening to 70s dorky rock. No thanks

I maintain Rush is dorky but it's dorky in a fun way

You can't convince me that this isn't about Dave Mustaine's war with Men's Wearhouse.

Damon Albarn was the ultimate Britpop guy.

Your '60s rock band. Note this is not fully available on spotify but can be found on youtube.

This was an awesome 70s rock jam

So perfectly 80s

Richard D James wants you to listen again

Funky and hip

What a beautiful double album.

It was a decent album to listen to but I will not likely listen to it again.

A lyrical story from start to finish

This is one of the most perfect 90s albums

Impressive early 90s rap rock with beats.

I'm not a fan of twang but the lyrics were hilarious.

I'm mighty surprised they let him play at a prison given the lyrics

I'm a hater but I don't really care for Elvis.

Karen Dreijer is a musical genius

I feel like I should have been watching The Wizard of Oz with this.

It was a-ok background music.

Every time I listen to mbv, I want to like them more than I do. It's not bad, I just expect more.

It's fascinating how this album is classified as metal but is so much later than much of the newer metal albums. The progression is interesting.

Robert Smith is a mopey genius.

This album made me want to never listen to music again. Even a song with a punny name Nutrocker did not change my opinion.

This album defined the 90s for me.

This was like listening to dreamy music in an otherwise empty sensory deprivation tank.

Funky soul that has some long cuts and I recognize at least one song that has been heavily sampled

More dreamy background music

A solid 4/5

This was a great album to have running in the background!

I had always made fun of Dire Straits as music for dorks but this was actually a fun one to listen to.

It's interesting listening to this earlier album

Instead of spending valuable time with a therapist, Nick Cave sang about murder for nearly 59 minutes, including a 14 minute murder song. I'm not saying I disliked it, more setting the scene for what you're about to hear.

These disaffected youths grew up to be disaffected middle agers.

Light grungy rock from slackers. I liked it

I enjoyed it. This was the precursor to all electronica music and it's interesting to hear.

Rock, rock, and more rock

This album isn't bad but I likely won't listen to most of the songs again

I feel like I fell because I missed out on this album.

This was an interesting combination of fun music and fascinating lyrics.

I still don't love Metallica but combining their music with a symphony does give it a sense of place that I had not expected.

Jazzy background music!

An a-ok listen

Angsty rock.

Her voice is great and while this is not my style of music, it was still a fun listen.

I don't think this was the rebirth. This was just the straight up birth of the cool.

I liked this quite a bit. Note: the album is not currently available on Spotify but you can find the full album on youtube and elsewhere

I feel like I should be listening to this in a dungeon.

I was too young to have listened to this as a kid but still feel like I slept on it.

I enjoyed the seamless inclusion of English and Punjabi

Last Christmas (not on this album) puts a damper on my George Michael appreciation. This album is absolutely a great first half.

While I don't feel the need to listen through both the mono and stereo versions of the songs, I did appreciate that they were included. Great album.

It's sad to hear powerful anti-racist songs when he's become an unhinged antisemite. Then he hits out with misogynist songs and diminishes how great this album should be.

Return of the 90s hip hop and rap album prank calls!

One of my fave of all time albums

Shirley Manson hunts you down if you don't enjoy this album.

An a-ok background listen

Alt 90s dropping by

I really appreciated the deep cuts and one in Italian.

While not currently available on spotify, it is found on youtube. This was an interesting album to listen to with unexpected flute

I could have continued sleeping on most of this album

Rod Stewart goodness

Another Fave of All Time Albums!

A toned down 80s John Lydon

I don't understand the hype behind Deerhunter.

This is another fave album of all times. I enjoyed the linked version of the album that included Dear God at the end. It's a great song but it breaks up the continuity of the album. For those not aware, it was added at the last minute and was not initially in the set roster. It's a great song, again, but does not fit the flow of the rest of the album.

An enjoyable album

Raw punk!

It still sounds hip and fresh

The album release year on spotify shows as 1995 but it was in '89. Not super useful other than to explain why this is considered groundbreaking because it was for '89.

The album title fits the dirty punk rock well

Simon & Garfunkel will personally hunt you down and give you Clockwork Orange-style concert if you claim you don't enjoy them.

Should be called Album Without A Cause.

The intro to the first song was utter cacophony but further in the album had quite a few enjoyable songs.

I was bored for this album.

Nice 1950s jazz album for the background

Beats and lyrics to listen to

This was a nice upbeat background jam for me

It's been a bit of time since I last listened but it holds up

Rock for the 70s and beyond

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are still loving this album

An interesting take on French 80s rock

A good rockin' 90s album

This album still sounds fresh

I wanted to hate it because Bee Gees but this was actually not too painful to listen to.

A rad listen

It's like a preview of what the 90s would be

Another 60s folk rock album

Sweet tunes are made of this

Metallica doing their metallica thing. I'm not a fan.

This is a me-thing, but I'm very meh on The Beatles. This album is fine-ok.

Nice & chill background listen

I enjoyed it more than I had expected I would.

This album holds up

Michael Stipe commands a 4 star review

Dark, gothy, and mysterious

Bruce Springsteen doesn't do a lot for me but some of the songs on here are more compelling than others.

As far as religious songs are concerned, this was not too bad. This may be partially influenced that since I do not speak the language of the singing, I could just vibe with the music and ignore any proseletyzing.

A jazzy background listen

Genius is not an overstatement here.

I enjoy this album even more than when it was first released.

More psychedelic 60s

When I first heard Stereolab, I was instantly hooked. They're like nothing I had heard but they've had plenty of influence since.

I had heard a few songs off the album and am questioning why I hadn't listened to the full album before. It's a fun neo-up beat album!

A good background listen

Funky Garfunkel and Folky Simon.

Van Morrison doing his Van Morrison thing. If you like that, you'll like this. It's not my thing.

Proto 80s new wave in the 70s!

Proto punk in the 60s

Proof that punk and drag are not new

70s south rock strikes again. Congrats to them for denouncing the confederate flag.

I like but not love this album

I can hear the influences in this 80s album. Not my fave, not my least fave.

Perry Farrell rocking the late 80s. The video for Jane Says is a core memory.

This was not a great listen for me, an adherent of "Any Music but Country".

70s folk dialed in

This album is a great listen. I hear the influences in Bikini Kill and others!

Soundgarden was never high on my list but not a bad album

Further exploration of chavs

Elliott Smith is still a favorite

This album showed me as a teen how weird and wonderful music can be.

Boy George proving that drag is not even remotely new.

Grimey grungey goth industrial

Individual songs I liked but as an album is was just okay. I do hear the influences on other albums, though

An interesting listen

It sounds like David Bowie influenced them and he was influenced by them because that's what happened.

This was rad as hell

Bob Dylan doing his Dylan thing

This is an album that exists. I'm not much for the Beatles. It's fine.

Based on it being on this album, I'll assume this was influential on other albums. But, having not heard this on release, it seems 80s bland to me.

Here's an example of an influential album that certainly influenced folks but still sounds fresh

This was very clearly heavily imitated.

Seminal is over used in reviews but it's appropriate here

Heavy guitar

Timeless

What a weird but fun album

I'm not generally a reggae fan but this album was not half bad

A weird little stop into the 90s.

Definitely maybe not a favorite album

Party dj music

Can Can can a more jam band album? Probably but this is for you folks that like 20 minute jam songs. It wasn't a bad album but not really my thing.

This album is just a pleasant hit of my late 20s

The 60s are alive and well in this album

Her version of American Pie is one of the worst things I have ever heard. The rest of the album is hohum but fine and if it had stopped before that track it would have been unremarkable.

Rockin' 80s

Yusuf/Cat Stevens is here to steal your folk girl.

Talking Heads give me a reason to believe weird is good

The German link between Kraftwerk and Rammstein

So angry, so loud.

It's rock with a flute

Filthy filthy filthy hilarious

Their look and their music don't completely line up

60s folk and jam band.

Y Control is still a fave

I don't understand what is happening here. This seems to be fairly contentious with some people loving it but it's not my jam.

Okay 60s folk

Forgettable 80s

Wild Beasts is always a good time

Fine background but I'm just not a Springsteen fan.

There's a lot more BeeGees than I had expected of zero BeeGees albums on this list

The incomparable Elvis Costello

An a-ok 90's background rock listen

Speed punk that sounds like the precursor to later raunchy punk

This album was so entrenched in my brain as an 80s album, I was surprised it was 79. Not a big difference but still.

This album has great blues undertones

This sounded unbelievably fresh and modern.

Killer bass, killer lyrics

I'm thinking Joni Mitchell has a beautiful voice but her music is just not my thing

This is one of my fave albums.

Prince was a talented & complicated weirdo

What a perfect Bjork album

It was a fairly forgettable album to me.

This was not what I was expecting based on the album. Nice chill listen

A fun early 80s album to listen to

A good and quick punk album

Early Aught's Pop is fine

Quiet and loud background listen!

Folky background music

This was a great listen!

This is great music to work to!

A nice 70s listen

Excellent jams

While this is not my favorite LC album, it's still a great album.

This was a rad listen

This one didn't do much for me

It sounds like a lot of other 80s music but this was from 1980. Fairly forgettable other than some great song titles.

Rush is rushing through this album but still fun

Electronica Classical!

Little Richard doing his Little Richard thing

70s blues is not really my thing

Coldplay is sort of my nemesis so I hate to say that while I didn't enjoy this album, I can understand why others do.

Rad listen

Another great Marvin Gaye album

70s weirdo punk!

Australian 80s. The album leads more into the sound of folk bar music than I had expected.

I already have a strong distaste for Phil Collins (love Peter Gabriel, though) and this rambling 70s clusterfuck did nothing to change that distaste for Phil Collins and Genesis.

I enjoy Pet Shop Boys but this is just fine.

An interesting combination of styles and activism. I don't know that it wholly worked for me, but it was very fascinating to hear.

It's just a great excellent for chill listening

A sweet and haunting 80s album

Still not a Bowie fan but this is a pleasant background listen.

Fun punk rock album with heavy metal overtones on some songs.

A high powered vibe to listen to

Throwing Muses is always a good time

This album had some unexpected punk drops. Nice.

'60s nightclub country is not my thing

Amy Winehouse was exquisite

How dare they sully the good name of burrito with this pseudo 60s country rock album

I was indifferent to this one.

I had forgotten how much I adore this album

Beautiful album to listen to

90s cool experimental jazz

Ms Janet if you're nasty kills it on this album

I didn't expect to enjoy this album as much as I did!

Music is great. Lead singer is a creep.

This was more of a background listen than anything else for me

*Listening notes* as of when this was written, this album is available to listen on spotify as part of a double album with his Bambu. This album has the beginning sounds of the early 80s solo light rock that became so prevalent.

Ambience for some jazzy 60s music

This is still a great album

The content did not match what I expected from a late 60s songwriter album.

He seems a wee bit lovesick, no?

They are all powerhouses in their own right, but I believe I prefer them separately. Still a good album, just not entirely my cup of tea.

This was a fun listen

Imagine stuffing a bunch of pillow stuffing in your mouth and screaming along to a speedcore band but it sounds like you're screaming that people should look at you while you have pillow stuffing in your mouth. Singing-meh. The guitar and drums are great hence 3 stars

Interesting listen

It like someone singing through their chocolate starfish.

It was an okay listen.

What a weird but fun 70s listen!

Great album!

Most of this album did not do much for me but not terrible

Chill vibes with preview undertones of triphop.

A nice singer songwriter to listen to!

Party music, covering drug epidemic, and health issues? Rad

Goth psychobilly is apparently my jam

Americana via New Jersey

Another homophobic and sexist album. Boo.

This was an interesting late 80s listen to hear the influence on the future alt-rock of the 90s

It's a little depressing how much the content of the songs holds up still.

Po-mo music

High energy punk rock

Sappy in a sweet way. Karen Carpenter was a rad drummer!

Indie weirdness abounds.

Some of the songs are more folky than others. But overwhelmingly, it is very country and that is not for me. Spotify does not have the complete album on there but there is a playlist was created to mimic it.

Another seminal punk album

Folk and whatnot that overwhelmingly sounds fresher than expected.

Liars are great!

This album is like a continuous of Nick Drake.

Every 70s radio station is legally required to play Boston at least 7 times a day. -fake fact

Piano + lyrics= superb

What if you listened to a Beatles album not by the Beatles?

I bet marching band teachers love this album

Trance hop dance music!

70s bro party rock

Of all of the albums added for 2018, why was it this rehash album?

A fun early 80s album

So Rod. Very Stewart.

It's unclear how much Coldplay copied Doves or Doves copied Coldplay.

This album is a nice exile from ho-hum music

A more mature Bowie for those who love him

Mega funk!

A nice listen

70s hard rock

Still a great early 90s album. I definitely rocked this on my tape player.

Cool 70s!

Cool Brazilian fusion pop

Haunting music about mundanity and more

An absolute treat!

In the album list that got me through college, this is on it.

He can really hit some of those high notes!

The start of some jam music

A hopping 60s bop

Disco fun fest

Cool background listen

Rating based on the album quality and not Kiedis-creep level.

I was not exactly feeling this album or Marilyn Manson for many reasons.

An a-ok album.

This one snuck past me when it was released. I may have heard a few songs before. Ultimately enjoyable.

This was a sappy 70s album

This was fine in the background.

A much slower album than expected. Beautiful music and singing.

John Lennon with more singing about Yoko Ono

Vulnerable Bjork!

The music is phenomenal and the lyrics are fascinating to know that he was stealing his best friend's wife.

Chill background music

Still a good album on relisten

I liked this far more than expected! More rock than anticipated, too.

Fun late 70s light punk pop

Two of my least favorite music genres all rolled up into a dung beetle snack: country & christian music.

Forgettable background music

I suppose it's possible to hear how it influenced what came after it, appreciate it for that, and still not enjoy it.

This further adds to my appreciation for Neil Young. Great Lyrics.

I like it but I also feel like listening to Nick Cave is going to give me tetanus.

More country than I prefer but I am appreciating Neil Young more than I did before

Nico is a distraction but the Velvet Underground are *chef kiss*

I really enjoyed this album that I must have missed when it was first put out!

Just fine background music.

Attack of the smooth jazz

Jam rock bands aren't my jam but this is definitely for someone else.

This was painful to listen to. It had all the worst elements of the 60s and jam bands. I am worse for having listened to it.

60s alleged dreamboat music

Fun listen!

Lyrics are incredible

It's that patchouli-scented guy you knew from college. Not a bad album

Still a great album

The vocalist is pure angst

so funky

This was incredibly rad and I hadn't heard this album before.

The beats are cool but CeeLo Green is a creep

A beautiful and witty album

It's fascinating how contemporary some of the songs sound and some are firmly of the era.

*Listening note* If you don't get the link to spotify, search for the movie soundtrack for Shalimar. An interesting foray

This album missed me when it was released. I enjoyed it.

This is my fave Peter Gabriel album.

None of the songs drew me in but I suspect this is an album that would benefit from multiple listens.

Lazer guided for your ear holes.

Some of the songs are fun, some sound incredibly dated.

Rock metal

They sound like every band you've heard in a bar that thinks that they're going to make it big. Somehow, Kings of Leon pulled it off.

Second best of their albums, too. Still enjoyable.

metal metal metal

Country AF but not a bad listen

This was a fun listen

Hello, today I learned that many of these songs were older than I thought they were.

Who Shot Ya? definitely plays different now. The various sex skits plays like a middle schooler with unrestrained access to youtube.

This was an enjoyable romp into Southern fueled rock.

McCartney leaning into solo after the Beatles.

It's fascinating listening to the morph from 60s bands to what they released in the 70s

It sounds so dated now but it sounded so fresh at the time.

So messy, but such a great album.

I hear a lot of samples that came from this album and influences on later albums.

The mixing is superb and the lyrics are channeling big Mr Yuck face energy.

I love everything Tracy Chapman has done and this is no exception

An a-okay background listen

A spacey 60s jam

Hard rock and I'm not sure why I don't hear more about The Cult now.

So lyrical

Hear the big band influences, island jam band influences, etc. It's a fun listen.

I've never been a big g. Love fan but it was an A-ok listen.

Their foray into dad golf rock

This was a fresh sounding 50s album!

While jazz is not my favorite, her voice is undeniably gorgeous.

Here is the influential goth synth album

There are so many great songs on this album.

Pervy rock with great bass lines

This reminds me how I missed a pocket of music for a time!

Based on the sound of the album, I had assumed this was from later than 68.

This was fairly forgettable for me.

Less disco more trip in this super sweet French album

It's a drunk hard scrabble lounge singer album and I love it.

Still a beautiful album

*Listening Note* Not available on spotify but available on youtube. Absolute guitar gods

*Listening Note* This is available on Spotify but the artist has changed his name: Senanda Meitraya. The album was a smooth bump in the late 80s.

This was from his prime "hair looks like ramen" days. I did not love it.

What a strange 90s art jazz album

British rap that still sounds fresh

Rad rock with a few songs with some ska influences

I can't believe it's not Rod Stewart. It sounded like a harder rock Rod Stewart.

I can imagine how this would have sounded different from music at the time but now sounds so similar to other albums of the era.

It was a fun 80s listen

I was bored with this album when it was released but can see how others loved it.

It was a fun listen

I don't feel like I can fairly rate Bob Marley

Thrift stores around the world weep at the thought of one more Frampton Comes Alive record.

ABBA is always a jam

Bon Jovi bringing mall rock into place

I feel like I'm missing something with this album.

Another album of great music and problematic artist

*Listening note* This was not available on Spotify but could be found on Youtube. Interesting samples but not likely to listen to it again.

Swinging standards

This album is still this year's model.

It starts with tubular bells and ends in a what may be a drug-induced daymare.

I still love how this album punches at nearly everyone.

James Taylor serves up some catchy tunes that I can't say I personally appreciate but I definitely know by heart.

I love nearly every song from The XX

NY State of Mind is my favorite NY song

French language congolese music

I can see how this would have been influential at the time but so many better bands have improved on this since then that it seems banal now.

Jam bands aren't a favorite of mine but I can understand why folks who are jam band friendly would like this album.

Before they were dirty old men, you had dirty not-old men

It was a nice background listen but be prepared that you're in for almost 2 hours.

One of the most appropriate titled albums possibly ever

It evokes strong folky feelings and it's an excellent of singing in the round done well.

This album is a dreamy ride into the sunset.

It is wild to think how well this combines political messages and rock.

It's interesting how some albums sound like they are fresh and this one sounds like it is very 1985 due to the heavy brass.

*Listening Note* It's not currently available on Spotify, but you can easily find playlists of the whole album on youtube. I had previously eschewed Neil Young because I find his nasal singing voice offputting. However, this album from singing to songwriting is a real treat.

This is what the DARE program warned us of.

The stark differences between the songs made this a pleasure

This album has a beautiful combination of the ethereal and uplifting.

This album makes me feel like I've moved to ROBOLANDIA.

Morrissey is ever present and fully full of him self on this album; why is it still so enjoyable to listen to him be pedantic and whiny?

It was a nice combination of pop rock with a little more emphasis on the rock.

Great album, but be forewarned that it is 2 hours long and benefits listening through in one go!

This was an absorbing listen and while it's not my speed, I could understand why this would be so influential.

Evaluating this for influence and enjoyability, leads to a low rating.

Listening note: this can be found on youtube, if spotify does not currently have it. This was a very long listen. Not great for active listening but excellent for background listening.

The samples that have been taken from this album!!!

It's still a beautiful album

Surprisingly boring!

This is Randy Newman in his prime.

There's not just one Kings of Leon album on this list, which would be too much for my taste. This album is stale and whiny.

This is a lot of Steve Winwood. For some, this would be a draw. For me, it is the opposite.

For anyone dismayed that this album only has one song available on spotify, youtube has playlists of this album. Listening notes, some of the songs were interesting takes, many of the songs were not my speed.

A few songs were highlights

What a lovely album

It's more Captain Beefheart. You can hear the transition into more wackiness in this album.

An interesting listen

It was an entertaining hour of short punk songs.

A fairly banal indie entry with fairly forgettable music.

The far side of the Pharcyde

Funky and great listen

Not my #1 record but an alright background listen

I wouldn't have expected that this would be the album that would be on the list. It's listenable.

While I didn't love the skit interludes, they were musical and better than many album skits I have heard. They're typically so interrupting but not so on this album.

How very 70s