This should have been the Bjork album included here. Like Radiohead, it's when she was on the cusp between really good and borderline unlistenable. "Bachelorette" is the theme song to the best Bond film that never existed, and "All is Full of Love" still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

Definitely not what I was expecting given the album artwork. This is definitely on the softer side of hard rock, sort of a malleable clay, but that's not a bad thing at all, and it reminds of The Cult's goth adventures, but it also goes off on some esoteric tangents and even predicates the more harmonious nature of nu-metal. Like the best scary rockers, Peter Steele also seems like he was a genuinely nice bloke and it sucks that he died so young.

In 1999, I almost crashed my car when the loud bit of "Like Herod" kicked in. Such a major omission from the original list and still so startlingly brilliant.

I think the first user-recommended album that definitely deserves a place in the book. All the weirdness of prog but with a distinctly Canadian-French twist.

Does what it says on the cover, but I really enjoyed the chunky stoner-rock riffs.

Maybe a little too whimsical in places, but I enjoyed this overall.

Good to start with, but ultimately became a bit numbing and boring.

Funky jazz.

Actually pretty good, the songs sounded a bit samey though.

I'd never heard of this guy, but it's a good album. Interesting and inventive.

Actually already listened to this! And loved it :)

God I hate this warbling, indulgent, "soulful" stuff that is about as meaningful and pleasant as a dribble of dog piss down a lamppost. Sorry.

I think the first user-recommended album that definitely deserves a place in the book. All the weirdness of prog but with a distinctly Canadian-French twist.

My top-rated review on here is a one-star write-up of Sufjan Stevens' "Illinois," which made me wish I was deaf. But this is better! At least there's some variety and the other guy adds some-much needed depth.

Genuinely surprised how much I enjoyed this. It just flows so nicely as an album and does that gapless thing which is so cool.

Really liked this. I'm sure I've heard "Mary Jane" on vinyl at some obscure club night in Bristol, but the rest is great, good-humoured and groovy.

I found this totally grating to start with, but the humour grew on me. Not great music to work to though.

In 1999, I almost crashed my car when the loud bit of "Like Herod" kicked in. Such a major omission from the original list and still so startlingly brilliant.

Surprised at how well this works. Hi-fi folk.

This is silly

I honestly thought I was going to hate this. And I did.

Almost too funky.

Garbage were such a weird little band. Here in the UK they were lumped in with grrl-power Britpop bands like Elastica and Lush, but in the US they were part of the post-grunge rock scene. Version 2.0 suffers from this weird lack of identity, and it feels constrained and more on the pop side of pop-rock. But "Push It" is fucking amazing.

This whole thing sounds like "The Fairytale of New York" if it was produced by Hans Zimmer.

Does what it says on the cover, but I really enjoyed the chunky stoner-rock riffs.

Absolutely perfect timing because I saw 28 Years Later after listening to this album. Not sure why I didn't listen to this sooner, but it's a unique take on post-rock, bringing in jazz and classical influences.

Interminable

I always have time for rapping/singing in languages that I don't understand. I found the arrangements here just a little too pop for my liking, but it was diverting enough anyway.

Annoyed with myself for not listening to this sooner! Reminds me a lot of Kanye, but more soulful and less rueful.

This should have been the Bjork album included here. Like Radiohead, it's when she was on the cusp between really good and borderline unlistenable. "Bachelorette" is the theme song to the best Bond film that never existed, and "All is Full of Love" still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

Reminds me a lot of Pulp's "This is Hardcore:" sleazy lounge music delivered with a northern twang. Not sure it quite reaches the lofty heights of Pulp's dirtiest album, but it's still interesting and diverting.

The vocals remind me of TV on the Radio, but there's something just a little bit too lackadaisical about this whole thing, which may be the point, but it's just not for me.

Reminds me of an album from 30 years ago in the most pleasing way possible.

Definitely not what I was expecting given the album artwork. This is definitely on the softer side of hard rock, sort of a malleable clay, but that's not a bad thing at all, and it reminds of The Cult's goth adventures, but it also goes off on some esoteric tangents and even predicates the more harmonious nature of nu-metal. Like the best scary rockers, Peter Steele also seems like he was a genuinely nice bloke and it sucks that he died so young.

90s psych really was quite something. The alternative tunings here feel very Sonic Youthy, but maybe with a harder punk edge. Angular and arachnoid and arch and other pretentious words that start with A. Also nice to remember that there were American 90s bands who weren't bloody Nirvana.

Great music for bumming around on my bike on a sunny day

Lizard, and Mary Chain, Jones, Christ; I always get confused by all these. But I think these are the American ones everyone loves, and I can hear why. Somewhere between grunge and post-rock.

I wanted to like this more, but couldn't find anything to latch onto.

Not a fan to start with, and I thought the highlight was the Kate Bush cover. But it gets a lot better and more interesting as it goes along, getting into fascinating almost shoegazey instrumentals. The soundtrack to the greatest 80s horror-fantasy movie that never existed.

I love the way that as soon as this begins to get a bit stale, Louis starts singing and it's like sunlight pouring into your soul.

Increasingly convinced that "Music Has The Right to Children" was a one-off, a lightning-in-the-bottle moment that could never be repeated*. "Geogaddi" is OK, but it can't quite match the unconscious weirdness of "Music," and occasionally and unfortunately resembles a Moby record or that kind of hideous "chill" that BoC inspired. It's far too long as well. *I've actually realised this is a lie because their Peel Session is stupendous.

Why isn't this on the original list? It seems like such a major omission, and it just feels like because The Breeders weren't angry like Hole or Garbage they got a bit buried beneath an increasingly tedious pile of grunge and alt-rock. Which totally fucking sucks. Kim Deal's voice is heartbreaking, at once girlish and innocent but able to crank it up when required. She takes the Pixies' oblique but entertaining lyrics and earworm riffs into more mysterious, feminine territory. Also, caught them live last summer (my son's first ever proper gig!) and they were so ridiculously happy and entertaining.

Irritating as hell, but such a time capsule of that 8-bit electroclash sound, which it feels has been diluted into everything from dubstep to K-pop.

Occasional sparks of brilliance are let down by a rich vein of horrific 90s humour throughout, totally exemplified by the oh-so-edgy cover. Irritating and cloying.

Really good live, just a happy guy enjoying the moment. Not sure if it quite translates to an album though: it does get stuck in a rut.

I'm not a huge Blade Runner fan - it's a bad film with a good ending - but there's no denying that the soundtrack and visuals combine to create a coherent sense of where and when this film is set. This expanded version of the OST includes tracks that I don't remember from the film. It's occasionally a bit too cheesy and atonal, but I love those soaring, squelchy synths.

It's like they took Limp Bizkit's "Mission Impossible 2" theme song and made it into a whole album.

Good, but not exceptional.

If Noam Chomsky became a pirate and joined a metal band this is what it would sound like.

Like being kicked in the balls (complimentary).