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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
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5 | 1.91 | +3.09 |
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Suicide
Suicide
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5 | 2.46 | +2.54 |
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Slipknot
Slipknot
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5 | 2.68 | +2.32 |
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Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
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5 | 2.74 | +2.26 |
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Night Life
Ray Price
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5 | 2.81 | +2.19 |
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I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
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5 | 2.84 | +2.16 |
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D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
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4 | 1.88 | +2.12 |
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Sail Away
Randy Newman
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5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
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I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
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5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
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For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
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5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Abraxas
Santana
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1 | 3.72 | -2.72 |
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Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
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1 | 3.39 | -2.39 |
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
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1 | 3.3 | -2.3 |
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Made In Japan
Deep Purple
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1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
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Cross
Justice
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1 | 3.28 | -2.28 |
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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
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1 | 3.27 | -2.27 |
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System Of A Down
System Of A Down
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1 | 3.26 | -2.26 |
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Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
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1 | 3.25 | -2.25 |
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Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
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1 | 3.22 | -2.22 |
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D
White Denim
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1 | 3.22 | -2.22 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| PJ Harvey | 4 | 5 |
| David Bowie | 6 | 4.5 |
| Bob Dylan | 6 | 4.5 |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 5 |
| Beatles | 6 | 4.33 |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4.5 |
| Suede | 2 | 5 |
| Elliott Smith | 2 | 5 |
| Pulp | 2 | 5 |
| Dusty Springfield | 2 | 5 |
| The Cure | 2 | 5 |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4.25 |
| Brian Eno | 4 | 4.25 |
| The Who | 4 | 4.25 |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 4.33 |
| Björk | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| New Order | 2 | 1.5 |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 2 | 1.5 |
| Deep Purple | 3 | 2 |
| Echo And The Bunnymen | 3 | 2 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
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| Frank Sinatra | 5, 1 |
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Fleetwood Mac · 40 likes
3/5
Cocaine and Adultery: the album.
Various Artists · 35 likes
1/5
Good production can’t cover the fact that this is still a collection of fucking Christmas songs.
Also, fuck Phil Spector.
Quicksilver Messenger Service · 29 likes
2/5
You know, they could've shot the messenger.
Simply Red · 25 likes
1/5
Band has big "Jamiroquai but different be-hatted cunt in charge" vibes.
Chicago · 23 likes
1/5
Is this the whitest album ever made? ALL SIGNS POINT TO YES.
1-Star Albums (34)
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David Bowie
5/5
Look out, you rock and rollers. More melancholy than a lot of his other work, but still tempered with silliness.
(Still fucking hate 'Kooks', though.)
Pink Floyd
4/5
We get it, Rog. Your dad's dead and it sucks. Fuck up, champ.
(Teenage me thinks this is HERESY.)
Johnny Cash
3/5
Debuting two songs in front of a bunch of prisoners? Of course he does, because he's Johnny fuckin' Cash.
Not quite as good as At Folsom, but still pretty great.
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
I know they're twee and often cloying (and beloved of the cardigan brigade) but this was a revelation to me: truly bumming lyrics clothed most often in upbeat, layered music. Real kitchen sink stuff with occasional moments of pure elation across a remarkable debut album. 'Expectations' and 'She's Losing It' are stars amongst several all-timers on here. And it's all the result of a Scottish welfare scheme.
This was the first album I bought when I moved to the UK in the late '90s, probably because it had been rereleased on Jeepster. Proof that those listening posts in HMV Oxford St really worked.
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
A paranoid and soupy stew. Difficult to decipher, this isn't a favourite, though there are a couple of moments which stand out. Production is *very* strange.
X-Ray Spex
4/5
This sounds like something that could've come out last week: hooks and annoyance. That sax! Angry and fun, this was a real surprise. Given that they only released a few singles and one album, seems they didn't fuck about.
(I wonder how much of the difficulty in finding this album (it's not complete or available on Spotify or Apple Music locally) is because of Polly Styrene's 2009 beef with Google over royalties?)
Shuggie Otis
4/5
Surprising. Not enthralled by the beginning but as the album deepened I was pulled in. Some almost Fourth World sounds on some of the instrumentals.
The Smiths
3/5
Not their best (though they all thought so) this was a bit different to the usual Smiths sound and production- and arrangement-wise showed where Morrissey solo would end up.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
An endearingly dorky amalgam of styles. Doo-wop, country honkin' vocals and that jangly Strat. More spacious and immediate than I'd remembered, I dig that cardboard box beat.
Way better than Bill fuckin' Haley.
Pink Floyd
5/5
What happens when you have to top one of the biggest albums ever made: you just get better. Musically it's more Gilmour than Waters, and the better for it. Excellent tone and a tide of both grandeur and ennui.
(Also, that 'Have a Cigar' intro is one of the most porno-sounding things ever recorded. Class.)
Definitely higher in the pile than Dark Side, deservedly so.
Steve Earle
3/5
Hayride Springsteen. The precursor-to-Stadium-Big-Hat-Country production occludes the songs a bit.
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
The mix is terrible but IT DOESN'T MATTER because this is pure amphetamine rock 'n' roll. Jerry Lee Lewis is an absolute madman, and a 12-bar blues never sounded so fuckin' wild.
Completely unhinged, and I'd've been disappointed if it was any other way.
The Sugarcubes
2/5
Sounds very of-its-time, but there's some interesting songs on here. Not as legendary as I'd expected, but still a diverting listen, especially given what Bjork would go on to do.
Van Halen
4/5
Excessive, stupid and fucking great. Songs about fucking, fucking teachers, and, uh, Benny "The Jet" Urquidez. A perfect encapsulation of big-hair metal that's still caned at pubs at 2AM everywhere.
Tom Waits
5/5
The first "weird-period" Waits album I listened to. Still mostly unskippable, it's like being read Chandler in translation by a gypsy leprechaun. Remarkable work.
(Man, I wish I could play guitar like Marc Ribot. What an absolute GUN.)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
ON WHICH a hippy sings folky songs about living in a teepee, SHREDS GUITAR LIKE A GENRE-PRESAGING MOTHERFUCKER, and pens the final line of Kurt Cobain's suicide note.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
A sprawling thing of joy. Not entirely my thing – I think I prefer Talking Book – but incredibly influential and surprisingly consistent given a) its length and b) the fact it's his EIGHTEENTH ALBUM.
Bob Dylan
4/5
An intensely personal album about being in and out of love. More direct than other Dylan albums, this has a strength that I didn't appreciate when I was a callow youth. Now, I get it.
Elvis Presley
3/5
Post-Army Elvis returns with increased range and improved phrasing AND in stereo! This is a neat portrait of growth from a guy who thought the Army had killed his career.
I wouldn't have thought the King was subtle enough to nail 'Fever' but bugger me, he is. A real surprise.
Paul Simon
3/5
First: dude's 31 on the cover but still looks like a teenager. What the hell?
I know people give him stick for cultural tourism (probably moreso thanks to Graceland than this) but instead this sounds like a dude who loves world music and gets to, y'know, RECORD WITH JIMMY CLIFF'S BACKING BAND. You would, wouldn't you?
The songwriting here sounds so natural it should be a crime.
Violent Femmes
4/5
Them nerds done good.
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
So, Irish soul slaps harder than you’d think. I just begrudge them the Mumford-spawn.
Eels
2/5
Sounds a bit like Soul Coughing making a Babybird album, but without being quite as good as either.
1/5
That certainly is A LOT of synth for so little enjoyment.
Tangerine Dream
5/5
I'm pretty amazed that this was produced only six weeks after getting a new modular Moog setup. I'd still be trying to get a fucking sine tone out, let alone have mastered the sequencer.
Classic precursor to Berlin School electronica, capturing an incredible sense of cloudy space. (With phasing!)
3/5
I was only familiar with the Australian band of the same name. This one rocks nuts much harder though.
Kate Bush
4/5
Who knew that something that begins with a Ulysses-inspired tune would turn out to be so lush? Layered, dense, and beautiful.
Deep Purple
3/5
Honestly, all these stars are for the phased organ madness. Everything else is either much-aped now, or a bit cack: but for brainless driving it's a jam.
Syd Barrett
2/5
In which outsider folk makes a terrifying anti-drug PSA.
Yes
2/5
Somehow both poppier and more boring than I was expecting.
The Beach Boys
2/5
I sympathise with the guy on the horse. Trees and feet, hey?
Earth, Wind & Fire
2/5
This is some soupy stuff, which sounds almost parodic. I've missed the boat. I left my flares at home.
(Also they're probably responsible for RHCP.)
Machito
3/5
Infectious. Top flight stuff from a killer ensemble, even though Afro-Cuban jazz isn't my thing.
Stan Getz
3/5
Smooooooth. Prototypical lounge music now, it's pretty remarkable that this was knocked out in a Unitarian church and became the go-to definition of samba for people not actually from Brazil.
Amazing tones, still. Getz is a monster player, here accompanied by more than able foils.
Jamiroquai
3/5
Take the piss but this is a great white-guy-does-Stevie jam if you let it play.
Lana Del Rey
2/5
I'm certainly not the target audience for this, and I'm uncertain why this would be chosen over some of her other albums – albums I have liked, but feel blend into one.
Cat Stevens
3/5
For intensely hippy stuff that was radio-played to death in its heyday, this still stands up pretty well.
Suede
5/5
An arse-slapping, Smiths-succeeding, coke-huffing ball-tearer of a debut. Still stands up.
The Stranglers
3/5
I don't know what I was expecting, but this was much better than that. Fewer harpsichords, more attitude!
Fatboy Slim
2/5
In which an Atari ST soundtracks adverts.
Faust
3/5
This is a lot folksier than I remembered! Less robotic than you'd expect for krautrock, it's an unexpected delight.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
1/5
Poor cover album.
Cheap Trick
2/5
Some cracker songs that sound like they were recorded from inside a drawer.
Jethro Tull
3/5
Far less hey-nonny-no than I had imagined.
Joy Division
4/5
Ur-goth spaciousness.
Willie Nelson
4/5
A sparse delight. That VOICE.
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
ATTITUDE. The album that got fratboys into hip-hop.
Lauryn Hill
3/5
Attitude and chops. This bridges a couple of styles, and I'm amazed there hasn't been a follow-up as big.
The Cardigans
3/5
Wonderfully bummed pop.
Anthrax
2/5
CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA
4/5
Proper tear-in-my-beer stuff. Everything on here just works, from the instrumentation to that keening voice.
Wonderful, and a hint of the controversy to come over 'The Pill', later on.
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Supposedly a concept album, but I can't discern the story because the shadow cast by the singles is too long. Yeah, it's about "age", I guess, but that's some broad brush strokes.
Still, some excellent songwriting on display. Unsurprisingly, really.
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Following up the biggest album of your career with a bunch of inscrutable tunes (the best of which features a marching band, which will always rule) takes ENORMOUS BALLS.
(Also, it's named after Mick Fleetwood's pet name for his wang, so there's that going for it as well.)
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
For the children.
Neil Young
4/5
It's amazing how bummed an album created on a fuckload of doped honey can sound. Rough as guts, but it works.
David Bowie
4/5
Half an album of grim impressionistic instrumentals, half an album of of-the-cuff vocals, unplanned until record was pressed. It shouldn't work but fuck me, it does.
2Pac
3/5
Smooth and smart. Definitely the way in for people unused to hip-hop.
Beatles
4/5
A sprawling, messy album that highlights a pop sensibility backed with vaudeville and experimentalism, as well as some kick-ass guitar. Holds up a lot better than I'd remembered, especially on headphones.
The Mars Volta
1/5
This is just a more inscrutable version of Muse.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Cosmo’s Hit Factory more like, wot wot.
3/5
This snotty Junior Kinks album is pretty great, you know.
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Cocaine and Adultery: the album.
Marty Robbins
4/5
This is a more solid eight hours' work than I've ever done in my life.
The B-52's
4/5
Reverbed wig-outs are rad.
Sigur Rós
2/5
When this was released I thought it was deep and emotional but upon relistening it appears fucking insufferable.
Nice music, but those vocals? Drunken elves.
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
A fist to your fucking face.
Sparks
3/5
I honestly have no idea what the fuck is going on.
Elliott Smith
5/5
Drugs are bad, but they get a pass for resulting in an album as depressively great as this.
Fever Ray
4/5
This is very appealing goblin music.
Incredible Bongo Band
2/5
Terrible yet great.
Leftfield
2/5
If you want your drive to feel like a PSX game, then this is your album.
Raekwon
2/5
A lot less appealing than a proper Wu album.
The Kinks
3/5
This Pearly King writes some bummer narratives, doesn’t he?
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Half Bad-Seeds-Do-Vegas, half heartfelt. Better than I remembered.
Animal Collective
1/5
At least the cover art is mildly diverting.
Ice T
4/5
Fucking great. Despite variable production, this holds up well 30 years later, some skits aside.
Rod Stewart
4/5
Supremely enjoyable, this.
Various Artists
1/5
Good production can’t cover the fact that this is still a collection of fucking Christmas songs.
Also, fuck Phil Spector.
808 State
2/5
By the numbers, somewhat appropriately.
Echo And The Bunnymen
1/5
Overblown and underwhelming. Sounds like Hunters and Collectors with tickets on themselves.
John Coltrane
5/5
An absolute monolith. Gnomic on first hearing, enlightening after multiple.
Dr. Dre
2/5
Ain’t nothin’ like a me thing.
Stephen Stills
1/5
I'm not on enough cocaine for this. Enough with your summery bullshit, Stephen.
Crowded House
5/5
The talent in the Finn family is just ridiculous. Some misfires here, but when they work, HOLY FUCK.
The Jam
4/5
As much as I find Paul Weller fucking insufferable, when he's good he's great.
Thundercat
2/5
This feels like a millennial-soundtracked ayahuasca trip.
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Dated in terms of arrangement and production but still some powerful, affecting songs.
Ice Cube
4/5
The kinetic energy on this thing is fucking incredible. Dazzling shit.
Joan Baez
2/5
Look, no.
New Order
1/5
Listening to this makes me think old mate from Joy Division was on to something.
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Some shit-hot playing on here. Wouldn't normally listen to stuff like this, but this one stays.
Le Tigre
4/5
Angry and danceable. Brilliant stuff.
4/5
Widescreen? Widescreen. Still sparkles.
Jurassic 5
4/5
A party I'm not supposed to be at, but it sounds GREAT.
The Kinks
5/5
Considered a flop at time of release, this is basically a more upbeat Belle & Sebastian album. It's great.
Pavement
3/5
Never got them at the time. Retrospectively, this reads as a less-stoned Dinosaur Jr or a less-wanky Sonic Youth.
Prince
4/5
Was there anything he couldn't do? I mean, really.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Hobbits and lemons and stolen tunes but it all just WORKS.
Gene Clark
2/5
This could be any one of a million mediocre white dudes with an acoustic.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Fuck the folkies, this thing swings.
The Beach Boys
3/5
Ah, Brian.
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
This album sounds like the lead-up to a BIG hangover.
Simply Red
1/5
Band has big "Jamiroquai but different be-hatted cunt in charge" vibes.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Close listening is worth it. Mind you, so is being off your face on acid.
Carole King
3/5
King's a songwriting titan. It's surprising how much of her stuff you know without knowing.
Pixies
4/5
NERRRRDS!
Black Sabbath
5/5
The wonderfully dumb alpha and omega.
Fiona Apple
4/5
Darker than I remembered. That production! That voice!
Portishead
4/5
Not as good as the debut but darker in a very appealing way.
William Orbit
3/5
Honestly a lot better than I had expected given his later aural wallpaper.
Nick Drake
4/5
Very tea-and-toast British, but still endearingly grim.
Motörhead
3/5
It could just be the title track for the whole duration and it would still be just as good.
Talvin Singh
3/5
This sounds like the background music in every '90s upscale hotel.
Donald Fagen
2/5
I'm not on enough coke for this.
Tricky
5/5
As claustrophobic and entrancing as when I first heard it. A high point.
Kanye West
4/5
There's a lot you can criticise Ye for, but this album isn't one of them. I'd probably act like a dick if I'd released something as cohesive as this, too.
The Crusaders
3/5
I had no idea 'Street Life' was an ELEVEN-MINUTE SONG. I'm not sure if they did, either.
Radiohead
5/5
Toot toot it’s the SS Anxiety!
Little Richard
4/5
Protean jams.
Antony and the Johnsons
5/5
Beautiful pain.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Rockin' nerds. Overlong, but still a jam.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Band: Let's score this like an upbeat '80s film!
Leonard: Here's some lyrics about the AIDS crisis.
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Stylish but soporific.
The Pharcyde
2/5
There's a comedy vagina on the cover. Adjust your expectations accordingly.
Brian Eno
5/5
The ribbon of melancholy that runs through this is quite addictive.
Frank Sinatra
5/5
“At the height of his powers” is a hackneyed phrase but it must’ve been invented for this album.
The Flaming Lips
3/5
I find Wayne Coyne to be remarkably insufferable – the QUIRK! – and though you can smell the bongwater throughout this, there's some good tunes.
Everything But The Girl
3/5
This sounds like a very particular type of party in the late '90s.
Pixies
3/5
Patchy, but when it works it's fuckin' great.
Donovan
3/5
Some very clipped stoner action. Surprisingly deep.
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
If you're wondering where the '90s exotica thing borrowed heavily from, then this is your album.
Roni Size
2/5
How can something be mysterious and devoid of character?
The La's
4/5
Quite lovely, really, all the magic dust bullshit aside.
Green Day
3/5
That sure is a catchy song about wanking.
Missy Elliott
3/5
Flawless production. Not entirely my thing (as much as her later albums would be) but still worth it.
Chicago
1/5
Is this the whitest album ever made? ALL SIGNS POINT TO YES.
Roxy Music
4/5
Not as wild as earlier stuff, but supremely polished and wry. Dig it.
Jacques Brel
3/5
Bit rah-rah stereotypical soused-in-a-circus music, but the dude knows a killer chorus.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Solid twanging.
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Californian confectionary.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Ding-dong, Lou Reed et al calling.
Charles Mingus
4/5
A woozy opus.
5/5
Completely normal to have a groundbreaking album as, you know, your EIGHTH.
Still pretty great, oo-er missus.
Queen Latifah
2/5
I pledge no allegiance to such dated backing tracks.
Pavement
4/5
If Dinosaur Jr were a Weezer-influenced band (without the fetishes).
Minutemen
2/5
There's way too much RHCP vibing going on in this for my liking.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
I'm much more into the Nebraska style of Bruce, but you can't deny the electricity the flows through this album. That title track!
Afrika Bambaataa
2/5
I don't want to live on this planet any more.
Derek & The Dominos
2/5
An interminable album by an alcoholic racist – who stole a piano part from a bandmate's girlfriend – best known for a song about how he wanted to bone a good mate's wife.
Big selection of "put this on so the DJ can take a shit" tracks.
Garbage
3/5
Sounds like a studio project, though some of the tunes are catchy. Very digital distortion sheen over things.
The Byrds
2/5
An OK cover band I guess.
Nina Simone
4/5
Nina's leftovers are way better than many others' first-choice albums.
Shack
2/5
HMS Big Fucken Whoop, more like.
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
Whip-smart debut, this.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
Deeply fucking grim, and I'm someone who gives *hobbit prog* a pass.
Kate Bush
5/5
An absolute all-timer. Half concept album, half bangers.
Johnny Cash
4/5
This one's much better than the later San Quentin album. This list doesn't need them both: keep Folsom.
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
You know, they could've shot the messenger.
Sebadoh
3/5
Those nerds know their way around a song, yep.
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
A Thatcherite critique you can dance to.
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
Probably the only Stevens album I come back to regularly. Something about bittersweet tunes about serial murderers.
Love
3/5
Look, their next one is MUCH better.
Prince
3/5
I mean it's Prince, so it's technically brilliant.
It's also twice as fucking long as it ever needed to be.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
That brilliantly miserable bastard.
Amy Winehouse
5/5
A ridiculous talent and an incredible tragedy.
Otis Redding
3/5
Smooooooooooth. (Ignore the expanded edition.)
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Strong. Still not my thing, but strong.
Metallica
4/5
There's a reason this thing was so big. Still sounds pretty great, and a lot better than most of their following albums.
Primal Scream
4/5
A proper trip. I've never gelled with much other Primal Scream stuff, but this album is a stoned killer.
Marvin Gaye
2/5
Just take the L, man. Christ.
Femi Kuti
1/5
Look, he's not his dad.
Janet Jackson
3/5
Production sounds dated but also inextricably linked to this album. Some great songs.
Manic Street Preachers
1/5
I've never understood this band, and another listen to this album hasn't changed that.
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Production has dated but the songs are still strong. That voice.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Ridiculously talented stuff.
Sly & The Family Stone
2/5
I'm not on enough drugs for this.
TV On The Radio
3/5
I missed the boat on these guys, and I'm not particularly sad about it.
The Prodigy
4/5
Overlong, but still chock-full of bangers.
Beck
3/5
Like most hangs with stoners, it goes on a bit long.
Incubus
1/5
I can only assume threats of physical violence against list authors is the explanation for this album's inclusion.
The Doors
4/5
Like being on a ride to a Californian beach in a van driven by the Manson Family.
ZZ Top
3/5
Machinelike cool.
Randy Newman
5/5
Taken by complete surprise. The writing on here is just so ridiculously good. A real treat.
Pulp
5/5
If Ken Loach were a band, he'd be Pulp.
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Simple and solid. Still kills.
Arrested Development
3/5
Slick, soulful and just not my thing.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Damn, I was expecting to hate this. But it's actually pretty great.
Red Snapper
4/5
Percolates a lot more than similarly-vibed bands. Good stuff.
The Police
3/5
In which an insufferable prick, aided by more than competent musicians, makes a song about being a creeper.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
A smooth cracker.
Marianne Faithfull
4/5
Icy horror.
Alice Cooper
3/5
Curiously goofy.
The Only Ones
3/5
Great tune, so-so album.
Sleater-Kinney
4/5
Finely honed.
Eminem
3/5
Slick, with great production. I don't like the dude, but this is pretty infectious.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Gloriously sloppy.
The Strokes
5/5
Snotty trust-fund jerks make good.
Mercury Rev
3/5
A grower. Not great, but the good songs are BRILLIANT.
Genesis
3/5
The preferable era of Genesis.
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
This version of James Brown is more slick, but something's missing.
Van Morrison
2/5
A passable album does not a cunt redeem.
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
Stealth country. Does what it does pretty well. I probably won't seek it out again, but there's some great songs here.
The Yardbirds
4/5
Many more good jams than I was expecting!
Mott The Hoople
2/5
Christ alive this is bad.
Hole
4/5
A rough diamond, pressure-formed by pain.
Deep Purple
1/5
This album proves that relativity exists because it's only an hour long but it feels like fucking six.
Solange
3/5
Ridiculously smooth.
4/5
NERRRRRRRDS
The Roots
3/5
Longer than it needs to be.
James Taylor
2/5
Milquetoast: The Album.
Wilco
4/5
Widescreen.
AC/DC
3/5
Wonderfully, powerfully stupid.
Very much a best-of band. Good in points but overall: meh.
Kraftwerk
4/5
This still sounds incredible.
Willie Nelson
3/5
The sound of night car trips throughout my childhood. Delightful.
Khaled
3/5
There's some bangers. And then there's a cover of Imagine.
Neu!
5/5
The third in a line of practically perfect albums.
Pentangle
4/5
Hey nonny no, baby.
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Such a light touch for such serious stuff.
Fela Kuti
5/5
This music PUNCHES AND FUCKS.
Deee-Lite
3/5
Big dumb dancin' fun.
Michael Jackson
3/5
Remember how he made a terrible movie after this? Good times.
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
That's gonna be a no from me.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Snotty party music.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Elvis is a dick but this one is all right.
The Waterboys
2/5
Jesus that's a of of fiddle.
The Beach Boys
4/5
Pop from another planet. Just amazing.
Brian Eno
4/5
Creepiness starting to filter in.
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Drugs, hey?
The Monkees
2/5
I liked it better when they didn't write their own songs.
Iggy Pop
3/5
Instead of using a vocoder, Bowie used Iggy.
Coldplay
3/5
Ubiquitous, understandably.
Ozomatli
1/5
Absolutely fucking not.
Justice
1/5
The fact I'd forgotten this is justice in itself.
ZZ Top
3/5
I hadn't expected there to be a quaint ZZ Top album, but here we are.
Miles Davis
5/5
The apogee of this particular style. Still fresh and cool.
The Monks
3/5
Wild that GIs made this pop-punk weirdness.
Dead Kennedys
2/5
I get that it's an important album but fuck me Jello Biafra is insufferable.
FKA twigs
4/5
Precisely constructed songs of joy and ice.
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
The album that launched a hundred bands.
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
Another collection of wonderful songs for sad boys.
The Electric Prunes
4/5
Like, wow man.
4/5
Spellbinding portrait of a transitional time.
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
4/5
Eccentrics, man.
John Grant
3/5
Mournful with FM vibes.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
A bit much of a good thing.
Frank Ocean
4/5
Smoother and more multi-layered than I would ever have expected.
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Every day is improved by an eighteen minute Jimmy Webb cover.
Television
4/5
Either delightful or an ice-cream headache, depending on your mood.
Frank Sinatra
1/5
Fuck no.
Grant Lee Buffalo
5/5
What you get when you order Bruce Springsteen from a 1910 Sears Catalog.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Laid-back jams.
R.E.M.
4/5
Turns out they were fucking great straight out of the gate, hey?
Miriam Makeba
2/5
This album really goes from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Radiohead
4/5
And to think they'd go on to make even better albums than this.
PJ Harvey
5/5
What a hammer-blow of an album.
Madness
4/5
An album of Proustian moments.
The xx
4/5
Delightfully bummed evenings in.
Nirvana
5/5
Still rips.
Mike Oldfield
5/5
Without this, there'd be no Richard Branson ballooning. I guess that's a tolerable price.
The Killers
4/5
Supremely polished.
The Sonics
4/5
Cooler than you.
Elliott Smith
5/5
An excellent record of a troubled life.
PJ Harvey
5/5
Still amazing.
Queen
4/5
Rocks a lot harder than I thought it would. Pompous and great.
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Still overwrought and deeply resonant.
Peter Frampton
2/5
San Francisco has a lot to answer for.
Beatles
4/5
How this remains fresh sounding after so long is an absolute fucking mystery.
Madonna
3/5
Is it a strong album? Not all the way through. Is it a banger? Yep.
Tom Waits
4/5
The sound of a carny having a midlife crisis. Perfect.
MC Solaar
3/5
Smooth, but my French isn't up to the task.
Gang Of Four
5/5
Certainly is.
The Pogues
2/5
I'm not drunk enough for this.
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
Delightful tinnitus.
Culture Club
3/5
Androgynous soul? Nice.
Arcade Fire
3/5
A faded photobook of memories.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Bit bummed, isn't he?
Lambchop
3/5
Yee-har.
Ice Cube
3/5
Boxy production but still pretty great.
Black Sabbath
4/5
Not as good as the first three but still a top time.
Jeff Beck
3/5
Surprisingly not awful.
Paul Simon
4/5
The number of fucks Paul Simon gives can be estimated by the fact that this album begins with a song about skin rashes.
The Isley Brothers
2/5
That’s some juicy cheese.
SAULT
4/5
The most excellent and righteous mixtape.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Good, but not great.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Scuzzy goodness.
Kraftwerk
5/5
Still phenomenal.
k.d. lang
4/5
Cowgirl crooning.
Skunk Anansie
2/5
Accomplished but still not my jam.
MGMT
3/5
Pop goodness.
Aerosmith
4/5
SWAGGER!
Kid Rock
1/5
YEE HAW YEAH NAH.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Transformative.
Lou Reed
5/5
Louche and prissy, it's still great.
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Missed it at the time, don't care about it now.
Funkadelic
5/5
Ridiculously heavy.
Eurythmics
3/5
When it's good it's GREAT. When it's not, it's ehhhhh.
Dusty Springfield
5/5
Soulful wonder.
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
This or a desert drive? Difficult choice.
The Byrds
2/5
Wait, there were FOUR albums before this? Christ.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Surprisingly layered. Good stuff.
Big Star
3/5
Didn't really get it/still don't.
Happy Mondays
2/5
Look I'm both too old and not on enough drugs.
The Cure
5/5
Oh, so you think YOU'RE depressed? You've got nothing on this.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3/5
That's a lot of fiddle.
Hugh Masekela
5/5
This has no right to be as great as it is.
Madonna
3/5
More personal than I remembered.
Bon Jovi
4/5
Banger.
Pere Ubu
3/5
Great music supporting an obnoxious asshole of a singer.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Subtly crushing.
System Of A Down
1/5
Shut up mum I'm a grown up
Sepultura
3/5
I get that it's significant, but christ, edit that shit.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
This is not convincing me that Elvis is great.
Björk
5/5
While it initially appears less aurally confrontational than her other work, the layering on this thing is just incredible. A real grower, and still sounds fresh.
Coldplay
3/5
As a follow-up, pretty good.
Travis
3/5
Look, it's softcock stuff but it's great.
Traffic
1/5
Beigest of the beige.
John Lennon
4/5
Powered by bitchiness. Dude could write.
John Prine
5/5
And this is his FIRST album. Jesus Christ, what a talent.
LL Cool J
3/5
Slick.
Depeche Mode
4/5
I enjoyed this a lot more than I remembered doing.
Beatles
4/5
Stupidly good.
Richard Hawley
4/5
Morrissey would kill to put out something like this, but with more racism.
Megadeth
3/5
Motherfucker can't say 'polaris' properly.
Blur
4/5
Much less cheeky-chappie than their other albums, and better for it, even if it's not quite as catchy.
The Young Gods
3/5
Look, shouting in French over drum machines and samplers has never sounded so good.
Paul McCartney and Wings
5/5
Look, childhood exposure ensures I can give this no less than four stars no matter what faults it may have. (Not many of those though, I must admit.)
Ride
3/5
Buzzy but somehow pedestrian.
T. Rex
3/5
Sleazy, starry-eyed fun.
Orbital
3/5
Still not as good as In Sides.
KISS
2/5
Bloody hell.
Public Enemy
3/5
Not as polished as Fear of a Black Planet, but when this works it knocks you the fuck out.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Not as good as his preceding album, but still better than most songwriters' output.
Pink Floyd
5/5
It's a behemoth, and therefore impossible to review dispassionately. David fuckin' Gilmour, folks.
Tom Waits
3/5
A failed experiment – an ode to the in-studio live album Mingus made – that's way too flabby, but there's moments of brilliance if you look. The ensemble is fucking great.
The Smiths
4/5
A compact gem.
The Auteurs
4/5
Such excellent bitchery.
Talking Heads
3/5
Look, I've never got them as an album band and I'm probably too old to start now.
5/5
Widescreen yet personal. One of PJH's most compelling and consistent albums.
Dizzee Rascal
2/5
Look, it ain't my thing.
Pantera
2/5
Anselmo is more interested in vulgar displays of white power these days.
Liz Phair
1/5
Not for me then, not for me now.
Dire Straits
3/5
The album that launched a thousand dadrock bands.
Baaba Maal
2/5
That's a lot of synth.
Motörhead
2/5
Motorhead were always best in three-minute bursts. This is a LOT more than that.
Public Enemy
3/5
Look, it's still good. But it ain't no Fear Of A Black Planet.
Bob Dylan
4/5
A lot more varied than I'd remembered.
Steely Dan
3/5
I really shouldn't like this, but it's infectious.
Rod Stewart
3/5
Hey this bar band's pretty good.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Spiky and still full of jams.
Ray Charles
3/5
A bit too big band for me, but still effortless.
Merle Haggard
3/5
That tick-tack bass.
Alice In Chains
3/5
Always left me cold. Mad Season was much better.
The Youngbloods
3/5
OK hippies.
5/5
Is it possible to view this thing disapassionately? Fuck that, five stars forever.
Iron Butterfly
3/5
This is fairly terrible, but I have a very soft spot for it.
Paul Weller
4/5
Overlong, but a lot better than he's been in years.
Throbbing Gristle
4/5
Protean horrors.
Ryan Adams
2/5
I feel bad that David Rawlings is associated with this chode.
Neil Young
3/5
That Canuck seems fairly bummed.
Brian Eno
5/5
Dude's insufferable but also undeniable.
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
1/5
Just listen to Primal Scream for fuck's sake.
4/5
With tunes like this I'd be a cocky fuck as well.
Green Day
2/5
From albums named after shit to political agitator, hey? Naaaaah.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Young me never got Marley. Young me was a bit of a dick.
Sonic Youth
3/5
On some level I feel I never got Sonic Youth. This is OK, but nothing spectacular.
Deep Purple
2/5
I honestly don't care. You'd think I'd like this and you'd be wrong.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
How do you top the first four of their albums? With this one: indulgent as fuck but still great.
Britney Spears
3/5
I have an ice-cream headache.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Some honest, hard workin', car drivin', go-nowhere-with-your-girl music.
Tina Turner
3/5
Knowing Mark Knopfler wrote 'Private Dancer' makes it that much creepier.
k.d. lang
3/5
That's one good-sounding sad cowboy.
The Stooges
5/5
Primitive genius.
Jane's Addiction
2/5
Seems a lot more brittle and scattered than I remembered.
Spiritualized
4/5
Hey it smells like patchouli in here.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Things would only get better. More druggy, too.
Arcade Fire
2/5
I don’t care.
The Stone Roses
3/5
Never as great as I imagine it is.
The Slits
3/5
Angular fun.
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Damn this is smooth.
The Temptations
3/5
Smooth.
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Snappy.
Baaba Maal
3/5
Neat, but not my thing.
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
PLAY THAT FUCKIN' JUG.
Ray Charles
3/5
S-l-i-c-k.
Aimee Mann
3/5
I probably should've listened to this on release.
The Smiths
5/5
Yeah, Moz is fash garbage now but this is forever peerless.
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
I mean, it's a lot cooler than I'll ever be.
The Hives
4/5
Wonderfully, enthusiastically stupid.
Jane's Addiction
3/5
The most solid of their output.
The Zombies
4/5
Surprisingly mysterious and lovely.
The Undertones
4/5
Now I get where the Auteurs come from.
Soul II Soul
3/5
The sound of overpriced drinks. Still good, though.
Goldfrapp
4/5
Spooky boutique soundtrack.
Judas Priest
3/5
BREAKING THE LAW BREAKING THE LAW.
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Coke and glossolalia go well together.
Michael Jackson
4/5
Still enormous. 'The Girl is Mine' remains awful, though.
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Solid but uninteresting.
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
Fully-formed from the outset.
The Jam
2/5
People think Weller is the coolest shit ever and I still can't see it.
Pink Floyd
3/5
Not as freaky as they'd become, but a good start.
Van Halen
4/5
Wonderfully stupid.
Simple Minds
2/5
Didn't get it. Don't get it.
Eagles
3/5
I'm not on enough blow for this.
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Joyous. No other words.
The Pogues
4/5
I never used to get it. Now I do. Fucked and wonderful.
Dennis Wilson
4/5
Honestly, this fucks.
Fats Domino
2/5
Propulsive, but somewhat forgettable.
Aphex Twin
4/5
It's not Eno, but it's enough.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
2/5
There are some terrible songs on here, though they can't defeat the title track.
The Fall
4/5
If this record was a person it'd be Johnny from NAKED.
So a pretty good portrait of Mark E. Smith, then.
The Velvet Underground
5/5
If Belle & Sebastian don't owe their existence to 'Sunday Morning' then I just don't know what to say.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Embarrassingly good.
Neneh Cherry
3/5
A lot boxier than I remembered.
Fela Kuti
4/5
Nobody's listening to this because of Ginger Baker.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Pretty good note to go out on.
Funkadelic
3/5
Christ, put the bong down.
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Missed entirely. Good but not great.
XTC
2/5
Competent, airy and not my thing.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Stellar.
Ute Lemper
1/5
I like art music but I fucking hate this.
3/5
Amphetamines, hey?
The Prodigy
4/5
Stupid and contagious.
Stereo MC's
2/5
Sounds like I should be shopping for jeans.
Wilco
4/5
Widescreen devastation.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
I know, I know for sure
Ding, dang, dong, dong, deng, deng, dong, dong, ding, dang
Radiohead
5/5
Music to have a panic attack by.
Steve Winwood
1/5
Fuck this dude.
Buck Owens
3/5
As memorable as the Nudie suit on the cover.
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
This is fucking great.
Röyksopp
2/5
The sound of wallpaper.
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Smoother than I'll ever be. Vaguely timeless.
Mudhoney
4/5
Older than I remembered, still just as sick though.
50 Cent
3/5
I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would: enough to feel mildly ashamed, at least.
Weather Report
2/5
Music for an elevator made of cocaine.
Alice Cooper
2/5
Billion-dollar boredom.
George Harrison
4/5
That hippie's pretty good.
T. Rex
4/5
Slinky.
Gene Clark
3/5
That’s one druggy crisis of faith.
Barry Adamson
4/5
Sleazy listening.
Air
4/5
Gallic cool.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Legendary sleaze.
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
Sci-fi cheese, but it casts a long shadow.
Burning Spear
3/5
Low-key anger.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Spiky greatness.
Circle Jerks
1/5
At least it’s short.
Tori Amos
4/5
I mean ultimately surely we have to blame Tori for Amanda Palmer, don't we?
Good job this album's good enough to let me forget about that for a while.
The Who
5/5
The expanded version transforms a so-so album into one of the all-time ball-tearers.
Sheryl Crow
4/5
Beneath the production there’s some cracker songs here.
Sisters Of Mercy
4/5
Can we get some more echo on the drum machine please?
The Who
4/5
Ballsy and brilliant.
Badly Drawn Boy
2/5
I'm not stoned enough to enjoy this.
David Bowie
5/5
Superb, even now.
Boards of Canada
4/5
Me in musical form.
Paul Simon
3/5
Cultural tourism that made a million.
Radiohead
4/5
All elbows and weird dancing.
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Such potential.
Adele
3/5
Broken up hey?
Turbonegro
4/5
Wonderfully stupid.
Duran Duran
3/5
Shiny and immaculately coiffed.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Ferocious and woozy.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
I'm bummed so it does what's intended.
Van Morrison
3/5
A few good songs does not a cunt redeem.
Grizzly Bear
3/5
Better than expected but I still blame these cunts for Pomplamoose's existence.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
A mouth fulla marbles.
Talk Talk
2/5
Everything is at least twice as long as it should be.
Dr. John
2/5
Like weed, hey?
Marilyn Manson
3/5
Album is fine. Guy is not.
Moby
2/5
Nobody obsessed over this album the way Moby obsessed over Natalie Portman.
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Smooth.
Metallica
5/5
CHUG! CHUG CHUG CHUG!
Steely Dan
2/5
I just don’t understand the fucking Dan.
Doves
2/5
Poundstretcher Coldplay attempts to be Spiritualized.
New Order
2/5
Nah.
Deerhunter
3/5
I guess I’ve been missing out thus far.
Sade
3/5
Smoooooth (operator).
Bad Company
2/5
Bad record more like.
Bee Gees
4/5
This bonkers divorced dad album features the horniest song about Israel I’ve ever heard.
Nine Inch Nails
5/5
The album that launched a million crywanks.
Brian Eno
3/5
I like it more than I used to but still believe it's more wank than wonderful.
Manu Chao
2/5
The sound of white dreadlocks.
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
Honky tonk realness.
Muddy Waters
3/5
Still got it.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3/5
In a bar in Tokyo once I heard a coterie of salarymen do the breakdown bit from 'Bellbottoms' replete with "UH!"s.
This album does not contain that track, but the sentiment transposes.
Beatles
4/5
Given that this is a de facto soundtrack to a cash-in teen flick, it's REMARKABLE how solid it is.
The Clash
3/5
I still don't get the fuss, though there's some cracker tunes on here.
Waylon Jennings
3/5
Absolutely cracked.
Beastie Boys
4/5
Frat boys with a good record collection.
Cream
3/5
Soupy.
Beach House
4/5
Sleepy afternoon vibes.
Beck
4/5
The good album.
Soundgarden
5/5
No matter how loud this is played it can always go louder.
Dolly Parton
4/5
An absolute delight.
Parliament
2/5
Do they want to get funked up or to give up the funk? MAKE UP YOUR MINDS.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
Knowing how this ends makes it hard.
Dr. Octagon
2/5
Look, overlong.
Björk
4/5
Otherworldly.
Hawkwind
3/5
*rips bong*
Groovy.
*rails speed*
Pulp
5/5
The most grim Britpop album ever. Brilliant.
ABBA
3/5
You know this entire album, even if you've never heard it.
Blue Cheer
3/5
*rips bong*
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Not my preferred Stevie, really.
Cypress Hill
3/5
Not their strongest but still a lot of fun.
Harry Nilsson
3/5
I blame him for Sufjan Stevens, you know.
Country Joe & The Fish
2/5
Not so much for either.
The Byrds
4/5
A lot weirder than I expected.
Gorillaz
4/5
More fun than it deserves to be.
Metallica
4/5
Look, shit rules.
Laibach
4/5
Ridiculous and brilliant.
Devendra Banhart
2/5
That fucking warble.
Fugees
2/5
Waaay too long. When it’s good it’s solid, when it’s not it’s tiresome.
Iggy Pop
4/5
A lot more boogie in this than I remembered.
M.I.A.
3/5
Dig some of the production, though this isn't my thing.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
Fuck, how much Creedence is IN this list?
Massive Attack
3/5
Great, but ain't no Mezzanine.
Malcolm McLaren
1/5
Nope.
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
Pretty fuckin' great.
Foo Fighters
3/5
Pop delights.
Slipknot
5/5
PEOPLE EQUAL SHIT.
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Supremely great.
Aerosmith
3/5
Fine.
Bill Callahan
5/5
Absolutely majestic. Post-Smog wonder.
Minor Threat
3/5
Influential, but not essential.
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Shut your mouth!
The Modern Lovers
3/5
Dude’s weird but the songwriting is undeniably great.
Pretenders
4/5
What a blast.
Elvis Presley
3/5
Look when it’s good it’s stellar.
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
Love SV but this is pretty average.
Suicide
5/5
GHOST RIDER MOTORCYCLE HERO.
Bauhaus
3/5
Eh. That song about fish cakes, though.
Suede
5/5
Their greatest, no doubt.
Joy Division
3/5
More light than usual.
Public Enemy
4/5
BOOM.
Johnny Cash
3/5
I mean it's good, but also feels like taking advantage of the guy.
Iron Maiden
4/5
So silly.
Nas
3/5
Doesn't outstay its welcome.
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Ridiculously louche.
The Adverts
3/5
Does the job.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
This combo goes all right.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Same old same old. Not worth reforming for, though.
John Martyn
4/5
Supremely good. Enviable playing.
The Cure
5/5
Creepy youngsters do good.
The Incredible String Band
3/5
Imagine Belle and Sebastian on *more* drugs.
Caetano Veloso
2/5
Cheese.
Supertramp
3/5
This is a lot weirder than I had expected.
Beatles
5/5
This bunch of offcuts created in the middle of a split still outperforms most bands on a good day. Potentially the best side two ever.
Hookworms
1/5
Yeah nah.
Bert Jansch
3/5
A nimble-fingered motherfucker.
Blondie
4/5
Pretty remarkable, still.
Beastie Boys
3/5
PUNK.
Elton John
4/5
More solid than it has any right to be.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Dude really doesn't like women, does he.
Norah Jones
3/5
Undoubtedly skilful, but also kind of inoffensive.
Bad Brains
4/5
Fierce.
AC/DC
3/5
The point where they became a joke band rather than a dangerous one.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
More of the same but when the formula works…
Depeche Mode
4/5
Dark and horny.
Randy Newman
4/5
Oh, he’s good.
Linkin Park
1/5
Shut up and clean your room, dude.
David Bowie
5/5
An absolutely shattering conclusion to a remarkable career.
Eagles
4/5
It could just be the title track alone and still deserve this.
Jazmine Sullivan
3/5
Great achievement, just not my thing.
Santana
1/5
Fuck no.
GZA
3/5
Like most Wu-adjacent stuff, patchy.
Daft Punk
4/5
Heh. Robots.
Jack White
3/5
Good album, but uncertain why it's in the list.
Death In Vegas
3/5
Good mix.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Just so fucking smooth.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
If this were more stripped down it’d be a ripper.
Prefab Sprout
2/5
A more fey Smiths? Nah.
Moby Grape
3/5
Slighter than I had imagined.
CHIC
4/5
Coke dreams.
Elton John
4/5
That descending bassline, holy shit.
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
That certainly is a cover.
Bob Dylan
5/5
To crank out such stuff and only just be getting started... ridiculous talent.
Miles Davis
5/5
Like it says on the tin. I prefer fucked-up coke-and-wah Miles but this cannot be denied.
Super Furry Animals
2/5
I am mystified as to why this is here.
Einstürzende Neubauten
5/5
The start of the end. Fucking brutal.
R.E.M.
4/5
Gigantic.
Metallica
3/5
Cliff wouldn't have stood for this, man.
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
Great songs, just way too smoooooooooooth for my mooooooooooood.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
A ridiculously detailed construction. Seamless.
The Temptations
3/5
This is way more funky than I'll ever be. Fucking great.
Nanci Griffith
2/5
Serviceable.
Sugar
3/5
Iconic but I never actually got it.
The Stooges
4/5
Still so fucking great.
Slade
2/5
Fucking hell.
Brian Wilson
4/5
Long may he sandpit.
N.E.R.D
3/5
Big singles, great production, curiously empty.
PJ Harvey
5/5
Raw and uncompromising.
Magazine
5/5
Spiky brilliance.
Orange Juice
2/5
I was expecting something more.
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
5/5
True depressive genius.
Portishead
5/5
The sound of share houses still sounds pretty great.
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Really isn’t convincing me that I need to listen to more Zappa.
You can’t deny the hooks.
Cowboy Junkies
4/5
Perfectly grim Sunday music.
The Clash
3/5
Pretty good but not their best.
Adele
2/5
Got pipes but not really my interest.
The Verve
4/5
Drugged and brilliant.
The Verve
4/5
Millions-selling depression? Sure.
Mj Cole
2/5
Look, no.
Fairport Convention
4/5
Hey nonny yeah.
Morrissey
3/5
I loved this album but with him the way he is now? Fuck that.
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
More of the same.
UB40
1/5
Fuck these guys.
The Dictators
1/5
Nah.
The Human League
3/5
SYNTH!
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
More of the same.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Goths, man.
John Lee Hooker
2/5
Not as good as others.
George Jones
4/5
Well that’s a bummer.
Kate Bush
3/5
Not the best but still better than most other people let’s be honest.
The Residents
3/5
FRENETIC
Talking Heads
3/5
NERRRRRRRRRDS!
4/5
Absolutely joyous.
David Gray
3/5
Effortless and smooth. I like the idea that he's taken the cash and fucked off from this, though.
The Gun Club
4/5
Tasty speed.
Goldfrapp
4/5
Pastoral weirdness.
3/5
Much better than the title led me to believe.
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Less freaky than most of their other albums let’s face it.
Missy Elliott
4/5
Bit more than a work in progress.
The Police
3/5
He’s such a dick but this is pretty solid.
Elis Regina
3/5
Smooth but eh…
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
The behemoth begins.
De La Soul
4/5
Joyous.
Orbital
2/5
Why this when In Sides is right there?
Ghostface Killah
2/5
Enough with the fucking skits.
Elastica
3/5
Perfectly serviceable.
Van Morrison
3/5
Great performances from a terrible human.
The Who
4/5
Some curiously angelic moments in here.
Björk
4/5
Ethereal.
Stephen Stills
3/5
Stoner tunes.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Crunchy.
Ray Price
5/5
Honestly every one’s a fuckin’ banger.
Beyoncé
3/5
Very polished.
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Jesus fucking christ, Todd.
Tim Buckley
3/5
Wow!
Japan
3/5
More delicate than I had expceted.
Fishbone
2/5
Just. No.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Why can't that tank shoot me?
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Thoughtful.
Tim Buckley
4/5
Experimentally smooth.
Common
1/5
Some pretty cool production but homophobia can GTFO.
John Martyn
3/5
Smooth porno vibes.
Roxy Music
5/5
Phenomenal sleaze.
Miles Davis
5/5
Absolute gold. Still fresh.
N.W.A.
4/5
Still epic.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
It smells like Otto's jacket.
White Denim
1/5
Eh.
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
Incredible.
David Bowie
3/5
Something distant happening here.
Primal Scream
2/5
I never got this one like some of their others, frankly.
Basement Jaxx
2/5
No thanks.
Cee Lo Green
2/5
A little too smooth.
American Music Club
2/5
Eh.
The Cult
3/5
Buttrock with eyeliner!
Christine and the Queens
3/5
Fine.
CHVRCHES
3/5
Delightful.
Drive Like Jehu
4/5
Brutal.
Black Flag
4/5
A refreshing face punch.
The Louvin Brothers
4/5
Lives up to its title for sure.
The Flaming Lips
4/5
He's a dickhead but this is pretty great.
Goldie
4/5
25 years on and I still have no idea.
Erykah Badu
3/5
Easy.
The Divine Comedy
4/5
How is he so good and so fucking punchable at the same time?
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Accomplished, but just not my thing.
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Ridiculous amount of tunes. Ridiculous career trajectory.
Q-Tip
3/5
A bit soporific.
Mekons
2/5
Get on that horse and fuck off.
Scott Walker
4/5
Svelte.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Indulgent, but when isn't he?
The Fall
3/5
I think I’m in the Fall this week.
Don McLean
3/5
Other than one of the most overplayed songs ever, it’s ok at best.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Banger after experimental banger.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Ha ha what a schemozzle.
Madonna
2/5
Big singles small impression.
Dusty Springfield
5/5
A revelation.
David Holmes
3/5
Soundtracks!
The KLF
3/5
An earthquake of chill.
Suzanne Vega
4/5
Dour but really not.
The Who
4/5
Advertising never sounded so good.
CHIC
3/5
Ridiculously smooth. Coke-sheened.
The The
3/5
Weirdly burlesque.
Scritti Politti
3/5
I have an ice-cream headache.
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
Typically great.
Gillian Welch
4/5
A highly polished yet broken gem.
The Saints
4/5
Punk, now with horns!
Fairport Convention
2/5
Bit wishy-washy.
Hot Chip
3/5
Pleasant.
Faith No More
4/5
The behemoth that allowed Mr Bungle to thrive.
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Shake them hips!
The Last Shadow Puppets
4/5
Groovy.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Sleazy gold.
Michael Jackson
3/5
Still slaps .
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Fuck me this is great. Unexpectedly so.
Ash
4/5
Poptacular.
Pearl Jam
3/5
I cannot tell you how much I listened to this thing when it came out. Amazing then, not as good now but them's the breaks.