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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trout Mask Replica | 5 | 2.28 | +2.72 |
| Space Ritual | 5 | 2.68 | +2.32 |
| Yeezus | 5 | 2.77 | +2.23 |
| Live / Dead | 5 | 2.83 | +2.17 |
| Freak Out! | 5 | 2.84 | +2.16 |
| Only Built 4 Cuban Linx | 5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
| Damaged | 5 | 2.87 | +2.13 |
| Kollaps | 4 | 1.9 | +2.1 |
| A Seat at the Table | 5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
| Get Rich Or Die Tryin' | 5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy Chapman | 1 | 3.79 | -2.79 |
| Blue | 1 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
| Court And Spark | 1 | 3.35 | -2.35 |
| Clandestino | 1 | 3.21 | -2.21 |
| Hejira | 1 | 3.13 | -2.13 |
| Golden Hour | 1 | 3.1 | -2.1 |
| Tom Tom Club | 1 | 3.03 | -2.03 |
| Suzanne Vega | 1 | 3.02 | -2.02 |
| Let Love Rule | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| Car Wheels On A Gravel Road | 1 | 3 | -2 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Radiohead | 6 | 4.67 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.6 |
| Beatles | 5 | 4.6 |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 4.75 |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 5 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 5 |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Smiths | 3 | 4.67 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.67 |
| T. Rex | 2 | 5 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 2 | 5 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 5 |
| The Flaming Lips | 2 | 5 |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 5 |
| The Stooges | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Doors | 3 | 4.33 |
| My Bloody Valentine | 3 | 4.33 |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 4.33 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4.33 |
| Pixies | 3 | 4.33 |
| Metallica | 3 | 4.33 |
| David Bowie | 8 | 3.88 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Joni Mitchell | 4 | 1.25 |
| Bee Gees | 2 | 1.5 |
| The xx | 2 | 1.5 |
| Emmylou Harris | 2 | 1.5 |
| Christina Aguilera | 2 | 1.5 |
| XTC | 2 | 1.5 |
| M.I.A. | 2 | 1.5 |
5-Star Albums (84)
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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
5/5
As silly as it sounds, Matt Groening was right, it does take multiple listens until it just clicks. I've listened to this a bunch over the years and it's a favorite now. Loved reading all the takes from other unsuspecting listeners, they are not wrong lol.
14 likes
Nick Drake
2/5
It was ok. I listened to it yesterday and really cant recall a single thing about it so that should say a lot. I would have remembered if it was bad though.
6 likes
Lightning Bolt
4/5
I've been on a run of classics I've already am familiar with or stuff I'm not interested in. This feels like the first genuine discovery in a while. Just awesome.
2 likes
Black Flag
5/5
Classic punk. Fast, aggressive but still with some tongue-in-cheek satire.
1 likes
1-Star Albums (27)
All Ratings
Tears For Fears
4/5
Solid 80s album with a hanful of pretty great hits.
Pink Floyd
5/5
Stone cold classic
Bob Dylan
3/5
Fine album, though not my preferred Dylan.
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
T. Rex
5/5
Love me some Marc Bolan
Cheap Trick
4/5
James Brown
5/5
King shit
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
Good but why is like 90% of these recs post 1990? Gimme the old stuff.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
As a resident of NJ I am legally obligated to rate anything by The Boss a 4 or higher, not that it isnt deserved.
Talking Heads
4/5
The Fall
4/5
This the shit im looking for. Cool stuff ive never heard of.
Tom Waits
4/5
Dire Straits
3/5
I checked "history" and this and the previous album definitely were never suggested to me. Wtf dont try to hold out on me.
The Prodigy
3/5
You: based on your ratings '90s electronica is your least favorite genre so far.
Also you: here's more '90s electronica.
Rush
4/5
Such a weird and talented group made up of a bunch of dorks. Love it.
The Verve
3/5
Solid album by that band where you know one song but that one song isnt on this album.
Black Flag
5/5
Classic punk. Fast, aggressive but still with some tongue-in-cheek satire.
Billy Joel
5/5
Listened to Billy Joel's Greatest Hits endlessly on car trips as a kid so I'm familiar with 90% of these songs but whenever one comes on I've never heard I'm always like "wtf is this?"
Janelle Monáe
3/5
Pre-tay good.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Honestly prefer his work as Lucky on King of the Hill
Joni Mitchell
2/5
I wish i could go half stars cuz this is a 2.5 which is right in the middle. Not good or bad, white lady folksy shit just not my jam.
Scott Walker
3/5
This dude just names is albums after his regular ass first name and followed by a number plus he scats. Worth a listen just for that.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Classic
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Guitar God
Violent Femmes
5/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Not a huge Simon fan and this isnt even my preferred album but still good.
X-Ray Spex
4/5
The cool shit
Elton John
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Solid alt rock.
Coldplay
2/5
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Jamiroquai
3/5
Pretty fun album from someone who i only know about because of a cool video and a song that some nerd made a dance routine to. This album has neither of those songs but its good.
Various Artists
3/5
Great holiday album. I feel like i've heard all these song before just from watching Home Alone and Home Alone 2.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Joy Division
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
What a weird album. Good though
Marilyn Manson
4/5
And here we go, the first problematic artist to show up on here and most certainly wont be the last. Sad part is i used to love this album but now its kinda hard to listen to.
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
Weird shit. Good stuff.
Gang Of Four
4/5
Dope af
Pavement
3/5
Solid '90s alt rock.
N.W.A.
5/5
Classic
Devendra Banhart
2/5
Look at this nerd
Taylor Swift
2/5
Not really my thing. And its not that i dont like pop music there's just a bunch of other pop artists i prefer. Nothing really memorable here, Shake it Off is the most ear wormy song and its ok.
Dirty Projectors
2/5
No.
The Lemonheads
3/5
Decent alt rock. Very '90s
Parliament
5/5
Legendary. Also super influential for '90s west coast hip hop. No G-funk without P-funk.
The Young Gods
3/5
I have no idea whats going on.
Underworld
2/5
Maybe it would be higher if they just dropped all the vocals
Bebel Gilberto
2/5
Not really my thing but not bad.
Cream
4/5
Solid
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
F it, love me some pumpkins
Jeru The Damaja
4/5
Not sure how ive completely missed this but real solid '90s east coast hip hop.
Fugees
5/5
Aight this thing doesnt need to tell me to listen to The Score. Absolute classic that has never left my rotation.
Missy Elliott
4/5
Dope
Beach House
3/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
It would be a 5 if it had you know what on it.
TV On The Radio
2/5
I hate rating systems cuz i always change mine and compare too often ie. If so and so got a 3 then this isnt as good should get a 2 yadda yadda.. so from now on its gonna be 1- bad, 2- ok, 3- good, 4- great, 5- classic. This is a 2. Theres some good stuff and some really not good stuff.
The Stooges
4/5
Bee Gees
2/5
I know shit about mysic so you can disregard my opinion but with my completely untrained ear I couldnt help but feel like some of this singing is REALLY bad. Im more familiar with the high pitched tight pants Bee Gees but this felt like a satirical Beatles spoof. Am I missing something? Is there some elaborate joke I'm missing. They sound like frogs.
Eminem
4/5
Peak Eminem
Elvis Costello
3/5
Nerd
Love
3/5
Weird hippy shit
The Temptations
4/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Dope
Alanis Morissette
4/5
One of the first albums i ever bought. Probably havent listened to in well over a decade. Never realized how Canadian it sounds.
Grateful Dead
4/5
Fantastic
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
John Cale
3/5
Prince
4/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
The Charlatans
2/5
Moby Grape
3/5
Big Star
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
Genesis
3/5
At first i was like "oh no..." at its worst, lyrically it feels like bad showtunes but musically some of this fucking rips.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
The band is funky as fuck but jesus does Anthony Keidis suck.
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Kinda fun. Not a fan of the glam subgenre but this felt kinda different. Love the random ass use of horns.
Beastie Boys
2/5
Kinda corny and annoying
The B-52's
3/5
Very fun and silly
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Honestly might be my favorite VU album or at least the one I revisit the most.
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Honestly, giving this 4 stars on the strength of "Son of a Preacher Man" alone. This version is so fucking good.
Nick Drake
2/5
It was ok. I listened to it yesterday and really cant recall a single thing about it so that should say a lot. I would have remembered if it was bad though.
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Travis
3/5
Marty Robbins
3/5
Cowboy shit.
Neil Young
4/5
Shoutout to all Spotify peeps who can't listen to this one. Thoughts an prayers 🙏
Frank Zappa
5/5
Probably the album i've listened to the most. Absolute banger. The one i always recommend to people who wanna check out Zappa but might be apprehensive due to all the yellow snow, tower of powers, and cum. The perfect way to ease them into the weirdness.
The Doors
4/5
The older i get the more i dig the more straight forward blues rock Doors. Bearded Morrison is best Morisson.
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Ok, enjoyed this more than the last Nick Drake recommendation. And its short, actually listened to this twice.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
SAULT
4/5
Probably the best of all the "completely new to me" suggestions from this app. Definitely will revist.
Justice
3/5
High point is a Tenebre sample but that just makes me think "is this actully good or does the Tenebre score just fucking rip?"
Tim Buckley
3/5
Sometimes my music streaming app will automatically replay the album once its finished and i was already halfway through the second playthrough when I realized I had already listened to the full album. Really not that bad but that's definitely not a good sign. Wish i could give it a 2 and a half but it just feels off giving it a 2 so imma be generous and go with 3.
Thundercat
5/5
Sometimes i'm not in the mood tonlisten to whatever they suggest and just listen to my own shit and then gotta play catch up with the albums i missed. That what i did with Tim Buckley a couple days ago and instead I listened to Thundercat's Drunk cuz its one of my faves and i listen tonit all the time so it was funny to see that Thundercat's Drunk was literally one of the albums i missed when I just happenes to be listening to it anyway. And I'm not even gonna count that listen, imma listen to it again right now cuz its that good.
Amy Winehouse
3/5
The Stooges
4/5
Can
4/5
Weird, and it got weirder as it went on. Good stuff.
Chicago
4/5
I wish more people (or at least younger people) knew how dope Terry Kath was.
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
Outside of like wildly immature stuff there seems to be humor missing from a lot of music now. Like this was solid and also pretty funny moments.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
The Black Keys
2/5
Cee Lo Green
3/5
Pavement
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Elbow
2/5
Music for car commercials
The Byrds
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
The music they played before my little league games.
Kate Bush
3/5
Primal Scream
2/5
Definitely the favorite album of a white college student with dreds and black light posters in his dorm in the '90s.
Blur
2/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Richard Thompson
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Dr. Octagon
3/5
Weird fun album
Judas Priest
4/5
New Order
3/5
John Lennon
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Supertramp
3/5
Bobby Womack
3/5
Jimmy Smith
4/5
Basement Jaxx
2/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Boston
3/5
Lou Reed
5/5
Gorillaz
2/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
The Who
3/5
John Coltrane
5/5
The Pogues
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
The Waterboys
2/5
Alice In Chains
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Edited review: the moment I heard they had an edit button this is immediately what I went back for. Bumping this from 3 to 5. Don't know if there is another band I've had more of a turn around on after a first listen. Love them now.
Goldie
2/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Television
3/5
4/5
Ride
2/5
Haircut 100
2/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Revisited review: bumping this from 3 to 4.
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Steve Winwood
2/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
Ute Lemper
3/5
The Avalanches
2/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Beck
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Minutemen
5/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Magazine
3/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Eels
3/5
The Pretty Things
3/5
Lenny Kravitz
1/5
Not good. (Thank God for the edit button! Moving this from 2 to 1. It always should have been 1 but for some strange reason I felt guilty but regretted it ever since. Finally I have righted a wrong.)
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Sebadoh
3/5
Elastica
3/5
The Clash
4/5
Japan
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Talk Talk
2/5
The Verve
3/5
The Smiths
4/5
Morrissey is an asshole but I love The Smiths
Les Rythmes Digitales
1/5
I think i need to re-evaluate my ranking system. Ive been hesitant to hand out 1's but there seems like a huge gap between a 3 and a 4. If this is a 1 then so is that Lenny Kravits album.
Kate Bush
2/5
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
Massive Attack
2/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Teenage Fanclub
2/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Korn
4/5
Maybe I'm being generous because of nostalgia, this album was formative for me, but while I admit alot of the "nu-metal" I was into is cringe and hard to listen to now I can still throw this on an get into it so that has to count for something.
James Taylor
3/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Ghostface Killah
3/5
Megadeth
3/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
fIREHOSE
3/5
Sheryl Crow
2/5
The Cure
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
The Zombies
4/5
Scrolling back and somehow missed this one. Well any excuse to listen to this album is a good one.
De La Soul
4/5
Raekwon
5/5
Coldplay
3/5
The Smiths
5/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Good but felt really short. Seemed it like was over right after I started. Listened to it again though.
Bauhaus
3/5
Pulp
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Hole
4/5
Faust
3/5
CHIC
2/5
Mott The Hoople
3/5
John Grant
3/5
Germs
4/5
Solange
5/5
Better than Beyonce. Come at me hive.
Stereo MC's
2/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Adele
2/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
The Clash
4/5
Nine Inch Nails
5/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
GZA
5/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
The Temptations
4/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Kacey Musgraves
1/5
The Who
4/5
Living Colour
3/5
The Smiths
5/5
Khaled
3/5
Femi Kuti
4/5
Air
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
The Slits
3/5
Animal Collective
2/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Fred Neil
2/5
Love
3/5
Elis Regina
2/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Manu Chao
1/5
The Boo Radleys
3/5
Joy Division
4/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
The Go-Go's
3/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
Joni Mitchell
1/5
Beck
2/5
The Sonics
3/5
Pulp
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Frank Sinatra
2/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
Joni Mitchell
1/5
Tracy Chapman
1/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Cornershop
2/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Nina Simone
4/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
The Modern Lovers
3/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
Oasis
3/5
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Pixies
3/5
Madonna
3/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
3/5
Joan Armatrading
2/5
Lauryn Hill
5/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
Minor Threat
4/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Eric Clapton
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Linkin Park
4/5
Ian Dury
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Simply Red
3/5
Mudhoney
4/5
The Band
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
T. Rex
5/5
The Stranglers
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
Mike Oldfield
3/5
George Harrison
4/5
Waylon Jennings
3/5
New York Dolls
4/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
Christine and the Queens
2/5
Dolly Parton
2/5
Green Day
5/5
The first cd I ever bought. A classic.
Aerosmith
3/5
Elton John
4/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Extra for that song from the Where the Wild Things Are trailer which was better than the actual movie.
Lightning Bolt
4/5
I've been on a run of classics I've already am familiar with or stuff I'm not interested in. This feels like the first genuine discovery in a while. Just awesome.
The Killers
3/5
Some solid singles
The Jam
3/5
OutKast
5/5
Classic
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Thin Lizzy
3/5
3/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
2/5
Loretta Lynn is cool, just not my particular brand of music. But it is nice checking out what I normally wouldn't listen to every once in awhile.
Queen
3/5
The Cure
4/5
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Beastie Boys
2/5
Sampling is tip notch and worth the listen for alone. But I find their voices so annoying.
Dead Kennedys
5/5
DJ Shadow
3/5
Pentangle
2/5
The xx
2/5
Uh, I listened to this on Friday and now it's Monday and I have ZERO recollection of what this sounded like.
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Slipknot
3/5
I stopped listening to Slipknot a while before this and while I'm probably not gonna get back into them, this had some solid tracks
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Thank the lord they added an edit button! I don't know what I was thinking at the time of the original 3 rating and part of me wants to preserve that snapshot of time but I had rediscovered them some time later and absolutely LOVE this now.
Fats Domino
3/5
TLC
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
The Police
3/5
The Replacements
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
5/5
As silly as it sounds, Matt Groening was right, it does take multiple listens until it just clicks. I've listened to this a bunch over the years and it's a favorite now. Loved reading all the takes from other unsuspecting listeners, they are not wrong lol.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
MC Solaar
2/5
Queen
3/5
Otis Redding
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Deerhunter
3/5
Pixies
5/5
Little Simz
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
The Cure
4/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Madness
3/5
Metallica
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
JAY Z
5/5
Classic
Britney Spears
2/5
Gang Starr
3/5
5/5
The Monks
3/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Koffi Olomide
2/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Faith No More
3/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Ravi Shankar
3/5
Is this school? Why is this man trying to teach me?
CHVRCHES
3/5
The Black Crowes
3/5
Solid throw back rock n roll
Metallica
4/5
Buena Vista Social Club
2/5
Gary Numan
3/5
Gene Clark
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Wilco
3/5
Louis Prima
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Wire
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Common
3/5
Q-Tip
3/5
Saint Etienne
2/5
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Bonnie Raitt
2/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
I love Husker Du but like earlier Husker Du. Gimme Landspeed Record, Metal Circus, or Zen Arcade. They got more polished and leaned more alternative and that stuff is good but their aggressive stuff is GREAT.
The La's
3/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
5/5
Motörhead
4/5
Ash
4/5
It's been a while since one of these were from someone I never heard of and really blew me away. I would totally listen to this
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
Loveless is one of my favorite albums and anytime I listen to MBV I listen to that one. Always need to remind myself they got another pretty great album too.
The Pogues
4/5
Was this in the Departed? It should have been. Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly all owe this band, I think. Idk about when shit was formed and whatnot
The Byrds
3/5
Blue Cheer
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
I know music is subjective and shit but like I imagine the kinda person that doesn't rate this a 5 likes the smell of their own farts.
Frank Ocean
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
5/5
They just gave me a different MBV album a couple days ago and in that review I mentioned how I constantly listen to this album. Guess I'll be listening to it again. And a million times after, you don't need to tell me today's the day to listen to this.
Emmylou Harris
1/5
Was gonna rate this a 2 which for me means "OK" but I had a headache and this made it worse.
Digital Underground
3/5
Dizzee Rascal
2/5
Straight Outta Dickens
Primal Scream
2/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Foo Fighters
3/5
Solid album that showed everyone Dave Grohl was nowhere near finished after Nirvana.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
2/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
Buzzcocks
3/5
The Beau Brummels
2/5
Jacques Brel
2/5
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Helter Skelter went so hard a bunch of people got murdered.
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Mudhoney
4/5
Bad Company
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
AC/DC
3/5
John Martyn
3/5
Cowboy Junkies
2/5
The Specials
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Jack White
3/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Janis Joplin
4/5
Aimee Mann
3/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
Venom
4/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
Talvin Singh
2/5
The Shamen
2/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Soft Cell
3/5
Portishead
3/5
Circle Jerks
4/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Jethro Tull
4/5
Van Halen
4/5
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
Pantera
4/5
George Jones
2/5
Hot Chip
2/5
Mj Cole
1/5
Aretha Franklin
3/5
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
The Birthday Party
4/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
Al Green
4/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
William Orbit
3/5
Christina Aguilera
2/5
Gillian Welch
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
3/5
Fairport Convention
2/5
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
Megadeth
3/5
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
Eagles
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
3/5
N.E.R.D
2/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
50 Cent
5/5
Dr. John
4/5
Machito
3/5
John Prine
3/5
I don't like country but I like John Prine. The music itself is whatever but what he sings about is the kinda stuff I can get into. He seems like a cool dude.
Songhoy Blues
3/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
David Gray
2/5
The Incredible String Band
2/5
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
The Mars Volta
4/5
Wilco
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
Nico
3/5
Lou Reed
4/5
Dion
2/5
Carpenters
4/5
AC/DC
3/5
Solid dad rock
The Notorious B.I.G.
5/5
Classic
3/5
This should probably be a 2 but nostalgia, eh?
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
The Fall
3/5
UB40
3/5
B.B. King
4/5
Miriam Makeba
2/5
The Associates
3/5
Tangerine Dream
4/5
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Slayer
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Ray Charles
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Sex Pistols
3/5
Spacemen 3
2/5
Shuggie Otis
4/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
Robert Wyatt
3/5
The Police
3/5
Massive Attack
2/5
Should probably give this a 1 for that godawful Light My Fire cover but some of the other stuff was ok.
Steve Earle
2/5
Os Mutantes
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
The Cramps
4/5
Ice T
3/5
Röyksopp
2/5
The Cars
3/5
Guided By Voices
3/5
Roni Size
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
The Undertones
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Ryan Adams
2/5
Duran Duran
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Neu!
3/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Lupe Fiasco
4/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3/5
The Magnetic Fields
4/5
Morrissey
3/5
I love The Smiths but never really listened to Morrissey solo. It's fine.
Christina Aguilera
1/5
She definitely has a better voice than some of her contemporaries but this is not for me. And to be fair she says this almost immediately. "This is for my girls..."
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Dagmar Krause
2/5
This was certainly something. Not really my cup of tea but since it doesn't really sound like any of the other albums I've listened to from here, that keeps it from getting a 1.
G. Love & Special Sauce
3/5
This could go up or down a star. The music is great but those "white college kid rap vocals" sure are something. Sometimes it fits sometimes it really hinders some tracks.
Butthole Surfers
3/5
I was enjoying it but it was over so fast
Method Man
4/5
Any Wu-Tang solo album that came out in between 36 Chambers and Wu Tang Forever is a certified banger. They were untouchable on that run.
The Fall
3/5
The Crusaders
3/5
Hey its that one song you know from like movies or TV or commercials or whatever. Rest is decent too.
The Byrds
3/5
XTC
2/5
k.d. lang
2/5
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
Weird even by Zappa standards
1/5
Y'all already gave me an XTC album like 3 days ago and I didn't give it a good rating then or any of the other times you suggested it. I'm starting to think this whole thing is an elaborate plan to get me to listen to XTC. PLEASE STOP.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Elliott Smith
5/5
Literally listened to this like earlier in the week cuz I'm always listening to it and don't need an excuse to listen to it but will gladly accept one. Here we go again.
Marianne Faithfull
1/5
Incredibly brave of this performer to release an album when you aren't very good at singing.
The Stone Roses
4/5
Nightmares On Wax
1/5
The Monkees
2/5
I always liked The Monkees cuz of the show and how camp it was but when you remove that and just listen to them it really is nothing but a wannabe Beatles and has very little to offer on it own musically.
Nitin Sawhney
1/5
Them: Here's 1001 Albums you should listen to before you die.
Me: (praying for death so I don't have to listen to another electronic British album)
Fiona Apple
4/5
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Prince
3/5
Supergrass
3/5
Silver Jews
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
White Denim
3/5
Motörhead
4/5
Portishead
3/5
Dolly Parton
2/5
Fugazi
3/5
Tom Tom Club
1/5
It was smart following up the worst song I've ever heard with that one recognizable song to try and make us forget. But I will never forget. It's terrible.
Stan Getz
3/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
One of my intros to the Stones. Thank you Twisted Metal Black.
The Offspring
3/5
Supergrass
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
Kelela
2/5
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
The Who
3/5
Funkadelic
5/5
Never has funk been so dark, moody, and horny.
The Human League
3/5
Incredible Bongo Band
2/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Grateful Dead
5/5
The Damned
4/5
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
k.d. lang
2/5
Nas
5/5
Brian Eno
3/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
Meat Loaf
4/5
Sabu
2/5
Queen
3/5
Goldfrapp
2/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Don McLean
2/5
Mylo
2/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
The Who
4/5
Sister Sledge
3/5
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Big Star
4/5
SZA
4/5
Björk
4/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
4/5
No idea what they saying but it was cool
Lorde
2/5
Merle Haggard
1/5
Liz Phair
3/5
John Martyn
2/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
Can't stand the singer but this still has plenty of earworms.
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
Kanye West
5/5
I love this album. Really raw and abrasive, just Kanye leaning into all the negative criticisms. Just owning it. It's all downhill from here though. It's a bummer what he is now. This is the "good" asshole Kanye, before he was the bigoted asshole Kanye. I miss this Kanye.
Antony and the Johnsons
2/5
Tricky
2/5
The KLF
1/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Mothers Of Invention
5/5
Kanye West
5/5
Skepta
3/5
Flamin' Groovies
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Suicide
3/5
Calexico
2/5
Everything But The Girl
1/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Radiohead
5/5
The Go-Betweens
4/5
Richard Hawley
3/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Common
3/5
The Strokes
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Killing Joke
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Metallica
5/5
Queen Latifah
2/5
Norah Jones
4/5
The Specials
2/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Laibach
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Van Morrison
3/5
The The
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Stephen Stills
4/5
Madonna
3/5
The Yardbirds
3/5
2Pac
3/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Joe Ely
1/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Def Leppard
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
John Lennon
2/5
Ice Cube
4/5
4/5
Coldcut
3/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
5/5
LTJ Bukem
2/5
Steely Dan
3/5
The Zutons
3/5
Yes
4/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
The Cardigans
2/5
Gram Parsons
2/5
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
King Crimson
4/5
M.I.A.
2/5
We let her get away with too much because of an accent and good production.
Randy Newman
2/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Joni Mitchell
1/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Roxy Music
4/5
Beatles
4/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
The Electric Prunes
3/5
Robert Wyatt
3/5
CHIC
2/5
Björk
4/5
Meat Puppets
3/5
Buck Owens
2/5
Doves
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Suede
3/5
Mariah Carey
2/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
The Style Council
2/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Brian Wilson
3/5
Small Faces
4/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Paul McCartney
4/5
Adele
2/5
Anita Baker
4/5
The Only Ones
3/5
Lana Del Rey
4/5
ABBA
2/5
Randy Newman
3/5
The Stooges
5/5
Tori Amos
3/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
Joan Baez
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Burning Spear
3/5
Simple Minds
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
Finley Quaye
2/5
Kanye West
5/5
Happy Mondays
1/5
Culture Club
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
The Band
3/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Lambchop
2/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Better than the one that won the pulitzer
Deee-Lite
2/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Singer sounds a bit like Elvis Costello, at least to my very dumb untrained ears
Guns N' Roses
4/5
Fun
Roxy Music
3/5
Fun
The War On Drugs
2/5
The music that plays during a dramatic scene in a teenager focused drama on the CW.
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Also better than the one that won the Pulitzer
U2
2/5
3/5
Moby
2/5
Prince
4/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
David Bowie
5/5
Tina Turner
3/5
The Doors
5/5
I don't know if this hits as well as it did when I was younger but it's a formative album for me so it feels wrong to not rate it like a classic. Weirdo circus music.
The United States Of America
2/5
Soundgarden
4/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
Slipknot
4/5
I used to be really into the whole numetal and numetal adjacent scene and the truth is a lot of this stuff doesn't hold up well at all. This kinda still slaps. It's way more raw than most of the overproduced studio metal coming out around this time. I'm gonna be generous.
The Beta Band
3/5
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Orbital
2/5
Bee Gees
1/5
Lucinda Williams
1/5
Crowded House
2/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Hawkwind
5/5
Nirvana
5/5
Morrissey
3/5
Bert Jansch
3/5
Death In Vegas
2/5
The National
2/5
Justin Timberlake
3/5
Neptunes and Timbaland production carry this one far on early 2000s nostalgia.
Taylor Swift
2/5
It's not terrible but so incredibly bland. Insane that this is the music that drives an entire fanbase to be almost psychotics.
The Thrills
3/5
This really could go down a star depending on the voice, not sure howni feel about the singer but I'm being generous today.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
He's not like an actual great singer but the voice is still iconic.
Talking Heads
4/5
The xx
1/5
Really? Like I know 1001 is a lot but there's some incredible albums left off this list but we all have to be subjected to this cuz... idk whoever made this list felt like current music was underrepresented? Everyone knows rock attained perfection in 1974.
Billy Bragg
3/5
Incubus
4/5
Ok, a couple albums ago I gave a newer album a 1. I didn't like it and stand by that. But I'm gonna do the hypocritical thing and give this album a 4. Does it deserve that? No, there's some cringey stuff that maybe doesn't hold up but it's a nostalgic banger that came out during my formative years. I'm not a critic, these ratings are how much I enjoyed it. It's not a classic by any stretch of the imagination and I don't know why I'm typing so much to justify this to no one in particular. Whatevs
Pixies
5/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Green Day
4/5
This isn't my era of Green Day and I still think of this as "new Green Day" even though we are twice as far removed from this as this was from Dookie. Jesus Christ, I'm gonna die soon. Real solid pop punk record.
Maxwell
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Mrs Robinson is a banger
808 State
2/5
They just love beating me over the head with my least favorite genre and idk, maybe it's working.
Blondie
4/5
She's so cool
Suzanne Vega
1/5
The amount of 1's I've given to female folk singers who kinda speak/sing mediocre poetry has challenged my worldview. Do I have some unconscious bias towards women? No, I just gave Blondie a 4. There's tons of women who make music that doesn't suck.
FKA twigs
3/5
Eagles
3/5
ZZ Top
4/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Honestly better than I thought it was gonna be. Pretty fun.
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
I usually listen while working so I'm not paying full attention but after the 17th reference to Lynyrd Skynyrd I'm like WTF is this? So I hit that Wikipedia button and ok it makes sense. I read a little more about the band and I get it, I appreciate it. Still maybe more interesting to read about than actually listen to.
R.E.M.
3/5
Nanci Griffith
2/5
Peter Frampton
3/5
4/5
The Young Rascals
3/5
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Public Image Ltd.
4/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
4/5
Soul II Soul
2/5
The Roots
4/5
Traffic
4/5
Donald Fagen
3/5
The Cult
3/5
Sigur Rós
3/5
I'd probably bump this up a star if it wasn't for the vocals (and to be clear it's not because they were in another language)
R.E.M.
3/5
Fun
Rod Stewart
3/5
The Libertines
2/5
Billy Bragg
2/5
Pretenders
3/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4/5
Bumping this a star cuz side B honestly slaps
Brian Eno
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Rush
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Orbital
2/5
TV On The Radio
2/5
M.I.A.
1/5
We let people get away with murder just cuz we like their accent.
Frank Black
3/5
The Doors
4/5
The older I get the more I enjoy blues-ey Doors over bohemian weirdo Doors. I'd go up another half a star for bearded Morrison.
Brian Eno
3/5
Kid Rock
2/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Sepultura
4/5
Sonic Youth
5/5
Barry Adamson
2/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Beyoncé
2/5
Solid pop record with r&b flourishes but then she referred to her "fatty, daddy" and I feel dumber for listening. The lyrics didn't get better either (turn that cherry out)
Michael Jackson
4/5
3/5
Sparks
3/5
Shack
2/5
a-ha
3/5
Emmylou Harris
2/5
Better than the last one but still just not for me
Aphex Twin
4/5
Leftfield
2/5
Ms. Dynamite
1/5
The Hives
2/5
Not mine.
George Michael
2/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Klaxons
3/5
Dire Straits
2/5
Astrud Gilberto
2/5
Janet Jackson
2/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
King Crimson
4/5
Slade
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
2/5
The Gun Club
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
2/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Garbage
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Hip hop producers eating off this album
David Ackles
2/5
Deep Purple
4/5