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510
Albums Rated
2.95
Average Rating
47%
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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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New Forms
Roni Size
|
5 | 2.53 | +2.47 |
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Timeless
Goldie
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5 | 2.53 | +2.47 |
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Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
|
5 | 2.74 | +2.26 |
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Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
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5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
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1977
Ash
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5 | 3.03 | +1.97 |
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Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
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5 | 3.09 | +1.91 |
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Dirty
Sonic Youth
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5 | 3.1 | +1.9 |
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Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
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5 | 3.11 | +1.89 |
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Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
|
5 | 3.11 | +1.89 |
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Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
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5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
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1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
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The Renaissance
Q-Tip
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1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
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Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
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1 | 3.23 | -2.23 |
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Close To The Edge
Yes
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1 | 3.19 | -2.19 |
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Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
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1 | 3.17 | -2.17 |
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Pyromania
Def Leppard
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1 | 3.13 | -2.13 |
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Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
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1 | 3.11 | -2.11 |
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Traffic
Traffic
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1 | 3.08 | -2.08 |
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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
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1 | 3.08 | -2.08 |
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White Ladder
David Gray
|
1 | 3.07 | -2.07 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4.5 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.67 |
| Green Day | 2 | 5 |
| Massive Attack | 2 | 5 |
| The Chemical Brothers | 2 | 5 |
| Metallica | 2 | 5 |
| The Clash | 2 | 5 |
| Beatles | 4 | 4.25 |
| Sonic Youth | 3 | 4.33 |
| Pixies | 3 | 4.33 |
| Radiohead | 5 | 4 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce Springsteen | 2 | 1 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 1.67 |
| Genesis | 2 | 1.5 |
| Yes | 2 | 1.5 |
| Public Image Ltd. | 2 | 1.5 |
| Big Star | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Byrds | 3 | 2 |
| Steely Dan | 3 | 2 |
| R.E.M. | 4 | 2.25 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Lou Reed | 2, 5 |
| Traffic | 4, 1 |
| Def Leppard | 4, 1 |
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1-Star Albums (46)
All Ratings
The White Stripes
3/5
Coldplay
4/5
Donovan
4/5
Hole
3/5
Nirvana is better
R.E.M.
2/5
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Aerosmith
3/5
The Beach Boys
2/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Travis
4/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Ash
5/5
OutKast
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Screaming Trees
4/5
A good mature rock album but not as good as their previous album Sweet Oblivion
Nirvana
5/5
Beatles
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
Beatles
4/5
The Prodigy
4/5
CHIC
3/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
The Who
3/5
Korn
1/5
Green Day
5/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Alice In Chains
5/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Black Sabbath
2/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Air
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
The Hives
3/5
AC/DC
5/5
5/5
The Auteurs
1/5
Lou Reed
2/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Genesis
2/5
Parliament
4/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Randy Newman
1/5
Garbage
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Iggy Pop
2/5
Liz Phair
2/5
Eagles
3/5
Judas Priest
3/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
Dirty Projectors
1/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Elvis Presley
2/5
Van Halen
3/5
Amazing guitar player. Enjoyed the couple of hits. Rest of the album just blurred together. It was ok
Steely Dan
2/5
Traffic
4/5
A jazz folk rock explosion that I found rather enjoyable
Pantera
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Yes
2/5
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Hüsker Dü
2/5
The Waterboys
3/5
Guns N' Roses
3/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Cypress Hill
3/5
4/5
Supertramp
2/5
Massive Attack
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
2/5
Hole
4/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
Cyndi Lauper
2/5
The Fall
4/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Al Green
3/5
Jeff Beck
2/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Fugees
4/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
Ice T
4/5
David Bowie
2/5
The Kinks
3/5
Black Sabbath
2/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Ananda Shankar
2/5
The Byrds
1/5
Sonic Youth
5/5
Thundercat
2/5
Public Enemy
5/5
U2
2/5
I’ve listened to the album before and the album is OK but yesterday was my birthday and after a few tracks I couldn’t take it anymore so I put on August Burns Red instead
Talking Heads
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Janelle Monáe
3/5
Ian Dury
3/5
Antony and the Johnsons
1/5
The Kinks
2/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Frank Black
2/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
The Avalanches
3/5
Slipknot
2/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
Roxy Music
2/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Foo Fighters
5/5
Nirvana
5/5
Massive Attack
5/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Serge Gainsbourg
2/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Adele
2/5
The Smiths
4/5
Joy Division
3/5
Black Flag
3/5
Pearl Jam
5/5
The Incredible String Band
1/5
Gorillaz
5/5
Kate Bush
1/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Rush
4/5
Nas
3/5
Robbie Williams
2/5
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
Q-Tip
1/5
The Kinks
4/5
Dennis Wilson
2/5
Kanye West
1/5
Def Leppard
4/5
Sigur Rós
3/5
The Young Rascals
2/5
Sabu
2/5
LL Cool J
1/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Jeff Buckley
3/5
Love
2/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Eagles
2/5
a-ha
2/5
Justice
3/5
Gang Starr
2/5
Gang Of Four
4/5
The Crusaders
2/5
Billie Holiday
2/5
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Elliott Smith
5/5
Elvis Costello
4/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
Janet Jackson
1/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Shuggie Otis
3/5
Lana Del Rey
2/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Eurythmics
3/5
Neu!
3/5
Mj Cole
2/5
Killing Joke
3/5
Deep Purple
5/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
The Who
3/5
Crowded House
3/5
The Cardigans
2/5
Dire Straits
2/5
Butthole Surfers
1/5
Sheryl Crow
2/5
Tito Puente
3/5
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Pulp
3/5
Was OK but not as good as His ‘n’ Hers and Different Class
The Zombies
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Finley Quaye
2/5
Violent Femmes
4/5
Linkin Park
5/5
Joy Division
4/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Tori Amos
2/5
New York Dolls
2/5
The Isley Brothers
3/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Eminem
4/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Personally I think that “Where you been” is their best album. This is a close second.
1/5
Sugar
3/5
John Coltrane
2/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
Anthrax
2/5
Television
4/5
The White Stripes
5/5
Pixies
4/5
Suede
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
U2
3/5
The Jam
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
Faith No More
3/5
5/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Jamiroquai
3/5
Saint Etienne
4/5
Röyksopp
4/5
Turbonegro
2/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
Prefab Sprout
1/5
Method Man
2/5
The Everly Brothers
2/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
The Style Council
2/5
Syd Barrett
1/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Happy Mondays
4/5
Roni Size
5/5
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
Manic Street Preachers
5/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
Orange Juice
1/5
The Chemical Brothers
5/5
Moby Grape
2/5
Spiritualized
4/5
KISS
2/5
The Doors
4/5
Elastica
4/5
Scritti Politti
1/5
Rush
2/5
Bon Jovi
2/5
Rod Stewart
2/5
Michael Jackson
2/5
The Cramps
2/5
Gotan Project
2/5
The Blue Nile
1/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Goldie
5/5
George Michael
1/5
Skunk Anansie
3/5
David Gray
1/5
Madonna
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Suede
3/5
Happy Mondays
4/5
John Lennon
3/5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
The Offspring
5/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
CHIC
2/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2/5
The Who
4/5
Roxy Music
2/5
Big Star
2/5
The Black Keys
3/5
3/5
The Young Gods
2/5
Britney Spears
1/5
Wilco
2/5
Ghostface Killah
3/5
Billy Joel
2/5
Traffic
1/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
New Order
3/5
Eels
3/5
American Music Club
1/5
Madness
4/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
Incubus
3/5
The The
2/5
Throwing Muses
2/5
Pixies
4/5
The Black Crowes
3/5
The Cult
3/5
Coldplay
3/5
Yes yes, everyone hates Coldplay! Easy chords, obvious lyrics, standard song structures- music by numbers?
But controversially, particularly as I’m a metalhead, I actually like this album
Morrissey
2/5
Ice Cube
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
Basement Jaxx
2/5
The best Basement Jaxx album is called The Singles and even that isn’t that great because a lot of the singles are just meh
The xx
1/5
Really didn’t like this
Merle Haggard
1/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
I know very little SFA tracks. This was not as good as I’d hoped it would be.
Beck
3/5
Madonna
1/5
Kings of Leon
2/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Deee-Lite
3/5
The Libertines
3/5
A couple of enjoyable songs but mostly meh. Nice to see that they are trying to keep the hidden track alive, just not sure it works on Spotify. Did like the canvas though
Genesis
1/5
Hawkwind
2/5
Brian Wilson
2/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
The Specials
5/5
The Roots
3/5
Norah Jones
2/5
Perfectly fine background music for elevators, romantic dinners or falling asleep to… wait what time is it? Crap, I am soooo late for work
Eminem
4/5
King Crimson
3/5
Wanted to like this album more than I did. Maybe I want to like prog rock more than I actually do 🫤
First track was great but the rest of the tracks were a bit meh.
Elton John
3/5
UB40
2/5
Musically not really my thing. Got bored of it pretty quickly. Some important messages in the lyrics
Björk
2/5
I quite like the concept of minimalist music and there were some interesting moments but ultimately the album just faded out into the background
Portishead
5/5
Animal Collective
2/5
Listening to this reminded me of the film Being John Malkovich, it was all a little weird. Wonder what portal they crawled into when they made this album?
Mudhoney
5/5
The Charlatans
3/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
I don’t really listen to classic heavy metal but enjoyed this. The guitar work is great and the lyrics are stupid, but all good fun 🤘
Talking Heads
4/5
Wire
4/5
My first thought was 21 songs! But then I realised it was only 35 minutes long :)
Not listened to this before and enjoyed this.
A good punk album and you can see the influence it had on some more recent bands
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Marvin Gaye, solely responsible for the baby boom of 1974
Boards of Canada
3/5
Enjoyed this. Will need to explore them further 3.5
Jungle Brothers
3/5
John Martyn
2/5
The The
3/5
Not listened to this before. It was ok but nothing special
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Magazine
2/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Interesting in places but on the whole I don’t quite get all the hype
Spacemen 3
4/5
“Come with us now on a journey through time and space” felt like I was transported into an episode of the Mighty Boosh and I enjoyed the trip
Rod Stewart
3/5
Better than I thought it would be
Pixies
5/5
Amazing album
Kraftwerk
3/5
Fun fun fun
Laibach
2/5
Ja! Ja! Nein! Nein!
John Lennon
3/5
Common
2/5
k.d. lang
1/5
I’m sure lots of people like this music. Thankfully, I’m not one of them
Iron Maiden
3/5
Not a huge Maiden fan and hadn’t listened to this before. I am a fan of dual lead guitar parts which Maiden do lots of and very well.
I enjoyed listening to this but probably won’t be listening to it again any time soon
Alice Cooper
1/5
That was pretty pants, wasn’t it
The Lemonheads
2/5
Muddy Waters
5/5
This was yesterday’s album that I missed but I’m so glad I listened to it today. It was fantastic, such good musicianship!
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
The Stranglers
4/5
Great album, although started to lose a little (just a little) interest towards the end
Metallica
5/5
Putting the lack of bass in the mix to one side, I’d forgotten how good this album was. Watching One being performed by Metallica on the television when I was 10 is why I play guitar 🤘
3/5
It was ok. Victoria a classic
Incredible Bongo Band
2/5
I’m not sure why the world needed this album but hopefully they enjoyed making it
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Never heard of these guys before. Enjoyed the album but feels dated
Ryan Adams
1/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
Jack White
3/5
Was OK but a bit too all over the place
Led Zeppelin
5/5
One of my all-time favourite albums
Slayer
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Hmmm… that was… interesting?
Miles Davis
3/5
Can
3/5
Bit too airy fairy / jazzy for me. Great background music to drink cocktails too though
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Not something I would listen to but some nice singing
Kanye West
2/5
A couple of ok hip hop tracks early on but mostly just merged into one big mess
Talking Heads
3/5
This album made me think that I like the idea of Talking Heads more than I actually like Talking Head.
Circle Jerks
4/5
Blink and you’ll miss it. That was like being slapped in the face with a wet fish and I loved it!
Although I wonder how many songs they had to play at a gig!
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
The Killing Moon is the standout track. The rest was ok. An improvement on their debut album Crocodiles
Slade
2/5
Is Christmas already?
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
It was ok but I didn’t really “get it”
The Beta Band
3/5
It was alright, better than I expected
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
An improvement over their debut album but still mostly a chaotic mess
Justin Timberlake
1/5
Er… no
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
MC Solaar
3/5
I don’t speak French so no idea what’s being said but some nice beats
Eric Clapton
2/5
Was just dull and uninteresting. It’s only been 24 hours but the only thing I remember is that he didn’t shoot the deputy, and that only stood out because the whole world has been telling me that fact for the last 40 years. Yesterday’s listen through was just a painful reminder!
The Monkees
3/5
Fun, made for TV, pop album. Interesting to read that they got involved in the writing process, that’s cool
Pulp
5/5
Bit of a guilty pleasure of mine
Def Leppard
1/5
I’m sure lots of people love this, but not for me
Soft Cell
2/5
Tainted Love the obvious stand out from this campy synth pop 80s album that sounds rather dated now
Fred Neil
2/5
Everybody’s talkin’ the best of the bunch
David Crosby
3/5
Not sure what I was expecting but it was ok. Lots of twiddling instrumental stuff but probably too folky for me. Cowboy Movie was my favourite track
Little Richard
3/5
Love the odd track every now and then but a while album is a bit much
Richard Hawley
1/5
This was just awful
Big Star
1/5
Big star give rock bands a bad name. After two terrible albums they follow it up with a third. No idea how this gained ‘cult’ status. It’s just bad
Giant Sand
2/5
I got bored this this pretty quickly
Gram Parsons
2/5
Seemed pleasant enough if a bit generic, but country music is not my thing
The La's
3/5
Nice album but nothing special. There she goes the obvious stand out. I felt like it could have been / should have been… better
R.E.M.
2/5
Not heard this debut album from R.E.M. before. It feels like they are still trying to find their sound. Too many tracks followed the same formula which made the overall album a bit dull. Later albums are better
Fiona Apple
2/5
Something not quite right with the instrumentation and the vocals too wobbly
The Bees
2/5
Felt like they were trying too much to be Air but they failed
Coldcut
4/5
They sure did put together some nice beats. Beats to make you tap your feat. Beats to make you nod your head. Beat to make you get up and dance, dance, dance, dance… 🕺
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
3/5
Fred Durst in competition with Wade Wilson for who can drop the most F-bombs!
The vocals, if you call them that, are whiny and annoying but bits of the music have a certain groove that you can’t help but nod your head too.
I bet as musicians this was a whole lot of fun to play
Kanye West
2/5
A well produced/constructed album, but I was just bored listening to it
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
Cheesy and full of hair!
Spotify only have half of the album, which was probably a blessing
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Not my cup of tea
Pink Floyd
5/5
Amazing stuff
Elvis Presley
2/5
Uh huh huh!
Blue Suede Shoes is the only good track here, the rest are just a bit naff
Mercury Rev
2/5
A few ok tracks but mostly disappointing
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
Awesome stuff but songs for the deaf is better
Metallica
5/5
First album I bought with my own money 🤘
1/5
They were wrong, I didn’t need to listen to this album before I died
The Strokes
4/5
Seeing The Strokes at a packed out gig at The Louisiana, touring this album was an amazing night. The albums not bad either
The Vines
3/5
I rushed to the shops to buy this when it came out. Was loving, and still do, the upbeat singles Highly Evolved and Get Free. But the album had too many slower songs for my liking so felt like a bit of a let down
Shack
2/5
A little bland and instantly forgettable attempt at Brit pop. You can easily hear the sounds of other bands of the time in the tracks, particularly The Lightning Seeds
Doves
4/5
I like this album
The Icarus Line
2/5
The xx
3/5
The Residents
1/5
So bad
Jurassic 5
5/5
Great album. Chilled, laid back, nice hip hop
Björk
4/5
Green Day
5/5
Whilst I don’t think this is their best album, it is still a great album. Like a lot of people I’d imagine, wake me up when September ends is one of my favourite Green Day songs.
The Mars Volta
2/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Nothing really stood out for me, unlike on Sticky Fingers, but still an enjoyable Stones album
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
This was one of the albums that got me through my GCSEs. I still listen to this album a lot today. A slightly biased 5 stars for nostalgic reasons!
Portishead
4/5
Not heard this before. Really enjoyed listening to it.
Spiritualized
4/5
Great album!
Napalm Death
2/5
Every now and then, creeping through mindless haze, is a short-lived glimpse of a cool riff or drum beat, before the curtain quickly descends and the haze consumes us as we are pummelled with blast beats and guttural nonsense. Like we’re being teased with the faint aroma of something sweet before waking up chained to a post in the middle of a rubbish dump.
Fishbone
3/5
If you don’t take this seriously, which I didn’t, then you could say that this album is a lot of fun
Sonic Youth
4/5
Nice tunes from Sonic Youth. Dirty will always be my favourite SY album
Radiohead
3/5
This is the sort of album to put on at the end of a long evening. It’s nice and chill but tends to fade into background music. Personally I prefer their rockier stuff
The United States Of America
1/5
Mostly falls flat, more noise than music. Feels like they are trying too hard to push a square peg into a round hole
The Beau Brummels
2/5
Pleasant enough folk-rock with a twang of country but nothing to write home about
Doves
4/5
I think I probably prefer The Last Broadcast, but there’s not much in it
The Clash
5/5
Awesome stuff
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Orbital
3/5
I feel like on the early orbital records they are still trying to figure out how to make music. There are some good tracks here but also some of them get annoying quickly. Time becomes being a prime example of where they are trying to be too clever with the delay of the loop constantly shifting until the loop is back in sync. Cool concept, annoying to listen too.
Later records are better
Jethro Tull
2/5
It's not a band I've ever listened to, I kinda had them down in my head as being too folk for me. I was interested when reading up on this that it's been classed as hard-rock / prog-rock and whilst some of those elements are present nothing really blew me away and the songs are forgettable.
Considering this came out the same year as Zeppelin IV which is an amazing album, this falls flat in comparison.
Grizzly Bear
3/5
Thinking that I hadn’t heard of this band I was surprised that I knew and liked the song Two Weeks. It turned out that was the only stand-out song on an album of mediocre songs that went on way too long
Electric Light Orchestra
2/5
This double album is very long probably didn’t need to be more than a single album. Just because you write a load of songs doesn’t mean they all have to go on the album. The songs either sound like The Beatles or The Bee Gees.
2 stars only for all the drunken times I’ve sung Mr Blue Sky
Daft Punk
3/5
The stand out tracks were the singles from the (probably too long) album, which are great in isolation, but all together with the rest of the album tracks seemed to lose some of the magic.
Scissor Sisters
1/5
The noughties were filled with many great bands coming off the back of Brit-pop and grunge scenes. Bands such as The White Stripes, The Strokes, The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Gorillaz, Thrice, Finch, Emery, Linkin Park, Audioslave, Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, August Burns Red, Trivium, the list goes on and on.
But then we also got Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters, a campy disco record trying to drag us kicking and screaming back into the seventies. The fact that the first four tracks of the album were released as singles shouts that these were what the band/producers/record label thought were the best songs. "If we put all the good songs first on the record then people might forget to turn it off and end up listening to it all!".
Although how they were permitted to record that awful cover of Comfortably Numb is beyond me, and makes a mockery of the whole music industry.
Blondie
4/5
Seems like all their hits are on this album. Personally prefer the more rock/punk tracks to the disco tracks
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Awesome stuff
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Too much crooning on this soul filled album and not enough funk. It’s ok if you like that sort of thing.
Perhaps this is best played in the evening. Maybe turn down the lights, open a bottle of red and see if your lady…
… fancies watching the telly instead.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Following up Siamese Dream, which teenage me deemed one of the greatest albums ever written, was always going to be tough.
This double album is long and probably contains some of greatest songs written by The Smashing Pumpkins, aside from those on Siamese Dream. It successfully captures all the emotions and turmoil of being 15, an example of a band understanding their fanbase and writing songs specifically for them perhaps.
However, whilst Siamese Dream still holds up well 30 years later, MCIS feels like more of a chaotic mess than a masterpiece.
In hindsight, perhaps a shorter single album would have survived better.
The Jam
4/5
Great stuff
Wild Beasts
2/5
First track started well enough and then the high pitch “sensual” vocals came in and ruined it. This was the theme for most of the tracks. It got annoying quickly and I struggled to keep listening to it. A couple of the later tracks with lower pitched vocals were a tad better but by then I’d had enough and was just waiting for it to end.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
It kinda drags on a bit. You can tell it lacks a proper producer for most of the tracks. I can see why it was panned when released but also why it is now considered a cult classic
Alice Cooper
3/5
School's out is a great song, was a bit disappointed by the rest
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Mostly overplayed now, but Praise You still makes my playlists
The Chemical Brothers
5/5
Loves me some block rockin’ beats
The Thrills
4/5
Nick Drake
3/5
I really liked the album cover! The songs were ok, kinda album you want to listen to at the end of a night out when you’ve had too much to drink but don’t want to go to bed yet
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
It’s ok
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Yeah, I enjoyed listening to this
Air
5/5
Still as good as it was when it was first released.
Great for a lazy Sunday afternoon or slumped on the sofa at 2am after a night out
Le Tigre
4/5
Enjoyed the punky vibes although started to lose interest towards the end of the album
Minor Threat
3/5
Raa raa raa something
Mudhoney
4/5
When I was learning piano it was “every good boy deserves football”, I think I like “every good boy deserves fudge” better. The album is cool too
Snoop Dogg
4/5
I need to play GTA right now. A bicycle and a Uzi, let’s go
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Had this on whilst I got my head down for some no interruption work. It was good background music but nothing stood out for me
Beatles
5/5
Great stuff
Lou Reed
5/5
Great stuff
Isaac Hayes
2/5
The main theme is iconic but the rest is a bit so so
Gillian Welch
2/5
Enjoyed the first two tracks but by track 4 I’d had enough.
Kelela
2/5
You can see that a lot of time was spent on the production of this album, so a bonus star for that
Red Snapper
3/5
The only thing the Wikipedia says about this album is…
“ Our Aim Is to Satisfy is a 2000 studio album by the band Red Snapper. It is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.”
Which kinda tells you everything you need to know. That said I thought this was OK
Digital Underground
1/5
The lyrics were so bad
Christina Aguilera
1/5
It's like she couldn't make up her mind what genre of music she wants to sing, it's all over the place and waaaayyyyyy to long.
R.E.M.
2/5
It was a bit boring really
Death In Vegas
3/5
Enjoyed this album but it didn’t instantly grab me like similar albums have. I liked that they used a lot of live instruments in the recording of this
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Enjoyed this
Pink Floyd
5/5
One of the greatest concept albums ever made
Tangerine Dream
5/5
I enjoyed this so much as soon as it finished I started it again so I could hear more
Minutemen
3/5
This album was kinda fun. Lost its way towards the end
The White Stripes
3/5
What do you do after releasing a commercial hit album like Elephant? Well The White Stripes decided to follow it up with the experimental Get Behind Me Satan. All in all the album is OK but it lacks the cohesion that you get with less experimentation and I think, for me, that’s to the detriment of the songs
The War On Drugs
2/5
Seems like they are just copying that “classic” American rock sound, done (and better) by so many before them. A lot of the songs were too long but I think that was to add to the dreamy-ness of the album.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
The National
3/5
Quite enjoyed the mellow depressing vocals alongside the chilled rock band setup but it did get a bit samey after a while
Buzzcocks
5/5
Brilliant stuff
Beastie Boys
4/5
Good album but their later albums are better
The Pharcyde
3/5
Bit dated but still enjoyable
Soul II Soul
3/5
Groovy baby
The Doors
4/5
Great album
Queen
2/5
Never really listened to Queen, apart from the big hit singles. This was a big let down
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Not their best album. Also too long
N.W.A.
4/5
Maxwell
2/5
The instrumental tracks were ok as background music, but the vocals ruined the other tracks
Meat Puppets
3/5
I’ve not listened to these guys before, aside from the tracks Nirvana covered. Seems to be a collection of songs rather than an album, it lacks cohesion. It’s obvious that as an artist these guys have had a huge influence on the scene.
I like the Nirvana versions better, but maybe that’s my teenage self being biased
Blur
4/5
A return to form by the Blur boys
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
On a rope was a great song from back in the day. The album is OK. Think they would have been a fun band to see live. Gutted I never got the chance.
Sepultura
2/5
Sometimes bands need 5 attempts to mould their sound and release a great album. Unfortunately this is Sepultura’s 4th.
Les Rythmes Digitales
1/5
Boring and dull electronic music. So many better artists
Radiohead
5/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Bit naff really. Bonus star for walk this way with Run DMC
The Beach Boys
4/5
Great album by a great songwriter and producer. RIP Brian
Primal Scream
4/5
Haven’t listened to this in ages. Still sounds great
Kacey Musgraves
2/5
Is this country music in disguise?
50 Cent
2/5
There’s something about his voice that grinds on me. Generally it’s just a bit dull
Dr. Dre
3/5
Another album that makes me reminisce about my misspent youth, cruising round the hood on my bmx with an uzi in my hand whilst getting me some west coast classics
PJ Harvey
4/5
Good stuff
Sonic Youth
4/5
Just remember that Kim’s friend Goo has a real tattoo and she always knows just what to do
Small Faces
3/5
This was a weird journey through, well I’m not quite sure. There were some interesting bits, some strange bits, silly bits, cockneys and Lazy Sunday. Don’t think I’ll listen again but glad to have listened through this time
The Coral
4/5
A fun album that’s was just a bit different to everything else at the time it was released. Still stands up well today
Slipknot
3/5
The album starts well with the promising onslaught of Eyeless and slight more relaxed Wait and Bleed but then, for that this was different/new/interesting/out-there at the time, it descends into a repetition of these new ideas which quickly starts to lose our interest.
On this debut album it feels like the band are still trying to hone their craft and later albums feel more cohesive and polished
D'Angelo
2/5
Generic blah blah blah
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
It’s just all a bit samey
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Mellow vibes
Nitin Sawhney
4/5
This was one of those end of night albums we’d put on after that o many beers. Nice and chilled
The Fall
4/5
The Clash
5/5
Flawless
David Bowie
3/5
Enjoyed the couple of classic hits amidst the sea of fillers