The music (especially the orchestral elements), lyrics, and voice come together into a perfect earnest package of pain and hope. Love this. Favorite: Keep Me In The Open, Achilles Come Down, The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows -- lots of them really.

Really surprised to get an album from an artist we've already seen twice on this list. Someone must really love this specific album to feel the artist hadn't gotten fair representation. In the main list I gave one a 2 and one a 4 so let's see where this one falls. Gentle, engaging in places, bluesy and jazzy in good ways, a nice easy album to listen to. That said, I still don't get it.

Perfect for certain days. Today happens to be one of those days. Great share.

Entirely new to me, super excited to get into is, the album cover alone would pull me in but I also happen to be a big Edgar Allan Poe fan. The Raven= my new favorite thing. The Tell-Tale heart goes all Deep Purple. Oh, hello there, orchestra. My goodness, what a trip! I have ascended to some kind of blissy nerd heaven. Congrats on an amazing choice, user 187. I absolutely needed to hear this before I die.

Completely new to me, quite fun.

A good choice for a spring day. If this album was a flower it would be a daffodil.

Lovely harmonies, a pretty candy shell around a more substantial ... actually no. It is pretty sweet the whole way through even given the "men please do better" theme.

Entirely new to me, super excited to get into is, the album cover alone would pull me in but I also happen to be a big Edgar Allan Poe fan. The Raven= my new favorite thing. The Tell-Tale heart goes all Deep Purple. Oh, hello there, orchestra. My goodness, what a trip! I have ascended to some kind of blissy nerd heaven. Congrats on an amazing choice, user 187. I absolutely needed to hear this before I die.

Evokes a very specific time and place. A fun party vibe and nice example of this kind of music. 3.5

The album art reflects the sonic experience quite well. There's some sparse structure but mostly the album is just amorphous texture floating around with just a touch of contrasting color. Happy to have had it shared with me but not in love with it for my own listening purposes. Four stars for being interesting.

I love the upbeat energy, sweet and kind. I can absolutely understand why someone might love this album enough to share it. This is an album for happy people who like things. I enjoyed listening.

Nice and heavy, lots going on musically to like, complex and layered. A great listen tbh. Initially my reaction was I'm not sure how much more anger we need in the world, even as grown up and polished as this is. At least that's how I'm feeling today as grievance torches my retirement. But while there's intensity here for sure, with a closer listen I realize it's more emotionally nuanced than I first thought and ultimately I'm a sucker for some horns. I wasn't previously aware of Karnivool so I appreciate the share.

This album matched my needs today to a t - trying to get things done but nothing so urgent or stressful that I can't stay mostly calm and in the zone. Saving this album to listen to again on future days like this one. Most poppy: Pop 4.

Completely new to me, quite fun.

I've never listened to any Phish but always sort of meant to so I'm not unhappy to have this shared with me. I suppose a compilation of live songs is a reasonable place to start. I enjoyed it more than I expected. However a running 3 star rating got ground down to a 2 during Tweezer. Sorry. But still, I appreciate the share. I feel like my Phish base has now been covered.

The music (especially the orchestral elements), lyrics, and voice come together into a perfect earnest package of pain and hope. Love this. Favorite: Keep Me In The Open, Achilles Come Down, The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows -- lots of them really.

Really surprised to get an album from an artist we've already seen twice on this list. Someone must really love this specific album to feel the artist hadn't gotten fair representation. In the main list I gave one a 2 and one a 4 so let's see where this one falls. Gentle, engaging in places, bluesy and jazzy in good ways, a nice easy album to listen to. That said, I still don't get it.

An absurdly charming romp. Great share, 161, I am absolutely entertained.

New to me but compares favorably to things of the same ilk that I already like. A little trippy lyrics-wise. A quality share.

Completely new to me. Starts incredibly strong and stays strong. Loved it! A good choice to share.

This stressed me the heck out, especialy Static, but really the whole thing. Full respect to people who find it brilliant, a good match to a Andrei Tarkovsky movie perhaps. But I think just the one listen will do me, thank you.

Constantly interesting to listen to, at points deeply beautiful, and the more aggressive passages felt like a coherent part of the experience; they were "earned", if you will. Totally new to me, I'm glad I've heard it.

When this came up I thought I wasn't familiar with it but somehow it was, so I guess it was in the air for a while? I can see how it was popular and how someone might love this album. Catchy and easy to listen to.

While I appreciate a good pink panther reference as much as the next girl, some of the random noodling is downright irritating (looking at you The Liquid). Might be fun live at Red Rocks with the right friends on a pretty night, not so much listening in my office answering emails on a Saturday morning hoping for something to give me energy and the will to live. I do appreciate the sax.

I absolutely remember when this album came out, it was *everything*. How was this not on the main list? Back to back hits that still sound so great. Wonderful share, finisher 150, you hit it out of the park with this suggestion. I had so much fun listening to this again today after I don't know how long; I'm a teenager again.

Going in I'm thinking maybe I've heard of these guys, I'm not sure. But then of course I know The Middle and Sweetness, both of which are so good and pretty darn foundational and thus this album should have been on the main list. Worthy share. I enjoyed the whole thing and am happy to have been exposed to more Jimmy Eat World. The A Praise Chorus's call out to "crimson and clover" is a nice reminder of how music exists as part of an ongoing continuum and a reminder why this project has been (mostly) a joy.

I have very fond memories of a specific concert at Red Rocks with De La Soul, Flaming Lips, and Cake. I was there to see Cake. The others are on the main list, this should have been too. Great suggestion and I'm enjoying revisiting Fashion Nugget this morning.

New to me and an enjoyable listen all the way through. I love all the Canadian and Australian artists that have been suggested in the user list. Another gem I'm happy to have been exposed to. Would have happily traded out many of the albums on the main list for this one.

New to me. I find this genre hit or miss and this one was a hit. Good stuff, happy to have had it shared with me.

New to me and enjoyable but not amazing. However I can see how if you grew up listening to this group you could have a huge soft spot for this album.

Totally new to me. The first song's tempo transition is quite a unique trick, I loved it. All in all a really interesting piece of work in a number of ways, I enjoyed it and appreciate the share.

A beautiful, deeply personal, gentle, heartbreaking album. A genuine acheivement.There's enough here that I think it merits sharing even as a second entry on the overall list (which is a high bar). It is also not the kind of thing I would choose to listen to.

Straightforward indie, I haven't heard it before but I might as well have. Being in the west midlands I'm probably not quite north enough to really "get" it. I did find the whole album to be unpretentious and easy to enjoy. But also, you know, kind of basic? What Took You So Long is a standout track. It isn't hard to see why someone would count it amongst their favorites. Happy to have heard it, thank you for sharing.

Great quirky choice to share; I'm a sucker for a good rock opera. I especially like that the characters have consistent voices throughout. The queen is just fantastic. Two thumbs up!

Pretty cool in places, outrageously ponderous in places. The names of the songs and the album art are so brutals they edge into entertaining; I kind of love them, tbh, but I can't say this album provides what I usually look for in a music listening experience. I don't hate it but I don't need it, either.

First rate share. Absolutely should have been in the main list.

Wore out its quirky welcome pretty early. But that's ok, we don't have to like all the same things, do we?

A fun catchy confection. Enjoyed it. Very good share!

The name of the group, title of the album, and album art did not draw me in at all. However as soon as I hit play I was fully engaged. Smart lyrics, energy, interesting in every dimension. I absolutely loved this oddball offering. Kudos to the bold listener who decided this would be the album they shared.

Something new! Had me with Lifeline. This is lovely. I don't mind being in a good mood.

I like Faith No More. I like this album. Not sure we needed another since they were on the main list, but I'm not unhappy at all to listen.

What in the world. I have so many questions. Sort of makes me think of Meatloaf but dodgier. Interesting choice to share. I got entirely pulled into the weirdness. Favorite: Runnin' Outta Luck.

Fun. And I love the album art.

It's fine I guess, no obvious flaws, but I don't like it as much as other similar music that's been offered on this list.

Manages to live in the sweet spot of just interesting enough. Gravity is a great song but there's lots else to like too.

Great share. Should have been on the original list for sure. Also, obviously sucks.

Pretty enough but somehow, at least for me, lacking a beating heart.

Lots of this is great, although a bit all over the place (understandably). When it really gets cooking, like in Maw Latin Blues and Habriendo El Dominate, or turns sentimental like Taita Caneme, or suprises like Sweet Tears, I love it. Not sure what is going on with the last track, pretty and then pretty weird.

Solid lazy day music. Somehow made me think of old Rod Stewart in places. Much more interesting musically than lyrically.

100% new to me and 100% love it. Especially Lingus. Fantastic share!

Weird? Sure. Interesting? No. Really grated from the start. Enjoyed it most when it went the most bass forward. But mostly I found it tedious and offputting.

OK, it's pretty. But we already had Sufjan on the main list and also on the user suggested list. Nothing here struck me as different enough or exceptional enough to merit yet another entry.

Outrageously beautiful. Stellar share; we weren't going to get to hear this magical work otherwise.

I gave the one on the main list a 3, which I think is fair. I'm sorry if you love this but I find it mostly boring. Probably a 3 but rounding down for being an artist on the main list.

I'm not familiar with this album but the album art is top notch. First song I thought oh, ok, second song I'm like, this is kind of good. Stayed hit and miss. Sunday You Need Love is great, Seasick is really not, Lady Shoes is somewhere in between. Overall pretty strong and a good share.

Solid share. I agree Procol Harum should have been on the main list, more deserving than at least half the 1969 albums we all slogged through.

Good pick, offered in the true spirit of this project. Great write up, I'm so glad when people have been able to rate their own album before it is generated for me. A bit of an investment timewise because it doesn't invite multitasking. Overall an energetic winner.

Nothing I would have ever found for myself and I loved it. Has that certain something all the way through.

Immediately distracted by the cover art. Is that her shoulder? Can any of you get your shoulder to do that? Anyway, opening track is nice enough I guess. The album is earnest and straightforward. But ultimately just flowed harmlessly by leaving me unmarked. However I'm realizing now I maybe wasn't entirely fair to Fleet Foxes on the main list.

From the cover and the year I wasn't expecting what I got, which was perfectly serviceable straight ahead hard(ish) rock and roll. A fun if unexceptional album.

I don't really have words for why I don't enjoy Tori Amos and her ilk. Just rubs me the wrong way I guess. I do respect the songcraft and vocal talent. I just don't enjoy it all that much.

Perfect for certain days. Today happens to be one of those days. Great share.

The write up and cover art really put me off. But this album is actually deeply lovely; poetry colliding appealingly with the practical details of real life. Really intimate, so much so that by the end of my first listen I felt I was in a full (parasocial) relationship with the songwriter. An impressive work of art.

Partially fun partially wore me out. Favorite: King of Swords (Reversed). On second listen reminded me of Danny Elfman in places, which is a good thing. Upgrading original rating by star.

I really liked the last user suggested Fontaines D.C., which was the first I'd heard from them. This one not as much. At all. But very happy to have some brand new music on the list.

Love the cover, like the album.

A friend I respect introduced me to 100 Gecs, it's her fave, so I want to love it too. The first song encapsulates what could be great here, musically it is so inventive and fun and I love the vibe. But lyrically completely alien. Keeps me from being able to get completely carried away. Solid share though, fresh, new, and worth hearing.

Solid old timey country, with all the usual associated pluses and minuses that implies. More of the pluses and less of the minuses, actually. Love the cover art. Can't wrap my head around that voice coming from that ungrizzled person. Anyway, if you enjoy a good simile, this is the album for you!

Opens in archetypal metal style perfectly matched to the cover. Fun lots of guitar driven energy but lost me by Strength of the World where the vocals completely jumped the shark.

This is exactly why I'm here.

Sonically super interesting, at turns brilliant, entertaining. A worthy addition to the list.

Solid. Love the bass in particular going furiously. I like all the Canadian entries on the user list. Unfortunately not my most favorite genre, really.

Love listening to the newer music people suggest. This is very likable, high energy. Not super special though. Enjoyable not essential.

Jimmy Eat World does have something special going on. But I enjoyed the other album shared more than this one. I do think one of them (probably Bleed American) should have have been on the main list.

I don't know about the whole album but "Wouldn't It Be Good" is absolutely inconic. The lyric is, to me, so profound I still think about it sometimes even 40 years later. No, it wouldn't be good, there would be no one left. We must face the moment. It will pass. The song also makes me think about what do we really know about what is going on inside other people? Am I maybe hearing more than is really there? Anwyay, for rating purposes, there's, you know, the rest of the album. Which isn't terrible but otherwise isn't really list worthy, is it?

Seemed light it might be fun but I didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped. Given the icky history of the band that might be just as well.

Straight ahead old timey rock and roll but with a very specific vibe and dark subject matter. Which is fun for a song or two but maybe a bit much for a whole album. Arguably should have been on the main list.

Started out fine and then really grew on me. Had a long chat with Claude about She Came Home for Christmas. Interesting album, nothing I ever would have heard otherwise, good share.

Looks like fun! Should be fun! But isn't that much fun. Mostly just stressed me out. I learned through this project that I'm a huge Kraftwerk fan. But this just doesn't do it for me. I do respect the share and am glad to heard a little more of this kind of music.

Portishead was one of my controversial artists; on the main list I gave them a 2 and a 5. Which brings us to the main point -- there's already two of these on the main list. Minus a star for pretty much failing to understand the assignment. As far as the album itself, didn't love it. Very well executed and super atomspheric, I think they probably accomplished exactly what they were going for. But it isn't a world I personally want to visit or spend time in.

I'm not all that angry so this feels a little harsh to me. But a good share, I'm glad I heard it.

I would normally ding this a star since there is so much Cure on the main list. But man, this is magnificant.

Love the album art. I really want to love the album. But it sounds dated and, I hate to say it, predictable, which maybe is too harsh for such genre spanning work. There are elements which are great, like the synth element scrabbling around in the background, a nice contrast to the heavier guitar work. But overall it just didn't win me over.

Fun poppy country, great voice. Unexceptional but perfectly enjoyable.

Ambitious but so grim. A good share, I'm glad to have heard it. But oof probably won't be back.

"Pretty and perfectly nice" she says, faintly.

Props for the album cover of ULTRA BLUE being mostly red. Top flight Japanese Pop, should have been on the main list. Something different = solid share.

Album art is agressively misdirective, which is fun, as is the album itself (fun, not misdirective). Maybe not groundbreaking but sometimes you just gotta let the good times roll.

Slightly more interesting than irritating. Up until Sometimes. Then I needed to tap out.

Lovely and sad. Not for every day, but for some days.

The lyrics are, on the whole, a confused mess. But if you just let it wash over you like sunshine it's an upbeat poppy winner of an album.

Enjoyable I guess but not *all* that.

Solid reco. Bob Seger absolutely should have been on the main list. Hollywood Nights and most of the rest are part of the fabric of rock and roll. Also the cover photo is *everything*. The 70's! What a time!

Somehow the overall effect is less than the sum of its parts.

Solid share, very interesting listen. Didn't super enjoy it but full credit for going some interesting places.

Opens strong, pretty interesting, enjoyable album.

Cover art through me for a loop. Overall pretty fun, reasonably bouncy. Random comment, the opening of El es...Rita la cantaora reminded me of The Cure. Good share.

Gorgeous, grim, maybe a bit pretentious lyrically, certainly interesting. I like the different voices, adds something extra.

Death Cab for Cutie certainly should have been on the main list based on influence and popularity, so good share. Personally though, I found Transatlanticism to be chill, pretty, and ultimately pretty boring even though I'm the target audience, an American in a romatantic entaglement with a Brit.

Top notch share. Important, fascinating, like nothing I've ever heard. Lonely Woman evoked moods I didn't even know were a thing. Can be a bit assaultive in places, but wow, this is one amazing album. Definitely should have been on the main list. Thank you user 360, this is one I did need to hear before I die.

Very Siouxsie, obviously, which is fine. This is a credible album, powerful and executed with skill and vision. Yet somehow it doesn't quite click for me; something about the vocal is just aloof enough that I find myself unmoved. The issue may well be with me right now and not the Savages, always hard to say.

New to me. An inescapable Queen vibe to open, which is A-OK with me and disposed me to enjoy the rest of the album, which I absolutely did. Incredibly fun.

Huh. Yesterday was Jellyfish and now this, two albums in a row featuring girls wearing tiaras but not looking happy. What are the chances? Heard of it obviously have never listened all the way through. What a delight!

meh

Solid, energetic, fun, a credit to the genre. A good share!

Smooth, delicious, gauzy in an electronic way. Easy on the ears but with a lot of little things going on. However if you aren't caffinated it may well lull you right into a groovy mellow stupor.

Quirky college radio friendly fun in the tradition of They Might Be Giants. Totally new to me and I dug it. Great share!

My Own Private Idaho! I would normally ding a star for being from an artist on the main list. But apparently I'm willing to make exceptions. The cover art is a bit disappointing, but what can you do.

Okay in places, occasionally weird, also genuinely terrible in places. Mostly completely unremarkable, but a wide variety of unremarkable. To the user who shared this: congrats on finishing as user #420.

Completely new to me and I absolutely love it! Thank you sharer this album is definitely going into rotation. I had a nice chat with Claude about it and it told me "While reggae tells stories through song, dub tells stories through sound manipulation and space" which I thought was pretty good.

Very hit or miss for me.

I really wanted to like this more than I did. I wonder if I would like The Wall now if I was hearing it for the first time. Anyway, still a good share, I'm glad I got around to hearing it and am glad the sharer put it on the list.

The album art certainly doesn't make one optimistic about the album, ehich is actually better than advertised. A very good version of what it is, slick sexed up synthy pop with no lyrical ambition but plenty of vibe. Enjoyable enough on its own terms so no objections from me.

Madness. Only occasionally in a good way.

This is the first TOOL album I've ever listened to. The reviews lead me to believe I'll be listening to all the rest of them over the next several months. Obviously at least one album should have been on the list, making at least one a legit share. Is it this one? I obviously can't say. I can say I really enjoyed the first couple tracks but they started to lose me at Litanie contre la Peur; afterwards I was more atuned to and irritated by some of the aimlessness. Overall the album left me interested in hearing some of the other albums but I probably won't be back for this one again.

Hi everyone. I shared this album, and I know you are thinking what the heck, but hear me out. This album (physical vinyl) was given to me by a guy I had just met at a party. He wanted me to hear The Painter, which he called "My Last Duchess with saxophone". That boy met a tragic end just a week later and I still have that record to this day. Don't Pay the Ferryman (not on this album) is another fave that me and my late Dad shared back in the day. So DeBurgh has a protected permanent spot in my heart. As far as this album, the title song, Spanish Train, has some great imagery; it feels like "The Devil still cheats and wins more souls..." more and more these days. What can the good guys do while remaining good guys? Lonely Sky is so winningly over the top, I sing along every time. This Song For You made me look up and read about Passchendaele. Ouch. Perhaps it will touch your heart. Maybe Patricia The Stripper will tickle you. Maybe The Painter will win over your inner poet. Are some of the songs a bit much? I mean sure, arguably, but it is still pretty fun. This album is a huge slice of 70's cheese in a way we hadn't heard much on the main list, I think of it as "castle rock". I hope you find something in here to enjoy that you haven't heard before.

Fantastic choice to share! I considered sharing it myself. This was a huge favorite amongst me and my friends at the time and Danny Elfman absolutely deserves representation on this list. He has such a distinct sound, and was a huge part of what I guess we can call the "Burtonesque" aesthetic, which is certainly alive and well on Dead Man's Party. Big part of the 80's, at least to me.

I really wanted to like this. But I didn't.

Reading the description I thought "oh no, this is exactly what we had too much of on the main list". But you know what? I loved it. Also google took me down a rabbit hole and now I'm planning to visit the Isle of Mull and especially Fingal's Cave.

Did not impress at first but there were some nice parts. The Workshop and Birdman - The Reflection in particular.

Fun energy. It is very 80's, which to me isn't automatically a bad thing. Exactly the kind of thing I would normally like but it just didn't quite do it for me. There's something about it a little try hard or even redolent of a novelty act. I think the album cover art didn't help.

Had Super Ape from the list recently and loved it. This is great too, chill vibe, just hanging out being cool. That said it is samey enough to kind of fade into the background after a while. The main album project was an education, the user list doubly so. Kudos to all y'all really for some great shares.

Based on the description I really wanted to like this. But by Any Better Love I was really ready for it to be over.

I like System of a Down and gave their debut album 4 stars on the main list. This is the album that should have been on the list, sharing user got that right. Usually I ding shares of artists already on the list but not in this case because Toxicity is the pinnacle of its genre.

A few fun moments, Mullet with Butterfly Wings was my favorite, but the basic idea doesn't sustain an hour long exploration. Some of the mash ups were more amusing in concept than execution. Also looks like the sharer didn't actually finish the project?

I like R.E.M. and this is my favorite album from them. Should have been on the main list. Good share!

The name and cover art convey the content perfectly. Better than average but still not my thing. Happy to have listened though, worthy share.

A fun live album, better than average.

Enjoyable synth pop. Junk food, sure, but sometimes that's just what hits the spot. Happy to have had it shared with me and to have given it a listen.

There were cetain elements I liked here and there, and obviously the creativity is off the scale. But wow was this relentless, making the run time a big ask. I wasn't so sure at the outset but by the end I was convinced it should be on the list. Also hearing it once was enough.

Weirdly I enjoyed the most country inflected songs the most. Which still wasn't that much. Competent, obviously, but also too much in several ways.

You don't really need my review. You know what it is. Its good and a landmark. It should have been on the main list.

Launches loud but settles into a certain wry chaotic upbeat energy that somehow puts me in the mind of Violent Femmes despite the time and place. Enjoyable.

Without context: Album title and cover art telegraph exactly what's inside. The first song is amazing but the album quickly becomes difficult, overwraught, chaotic. It is plenty interesting and in places quite successful (the middle of Pretending has a lot going for it), but overall to much for me. With a smidgen of context: oof, what a shame, solid share, not sorry to have spent a little time with it.

The opening "bars" of the first "song" and I was oh no. But pretty quickly I came around. Igorrr is awesome. Album art is just right. A fantastic ball of weirdness with some traditional mooring around the edges. Two thumbs up. Brilliant choice, finisher 174.

Punky, dramatic, heavy -- nice mix of styles, enjoyed the energy. Didn't really hit it out of the park for me but I'm happy to have listened once.

I livked Lavendar. Eitherwise too much -- or not enough.

The album art didn't pull me in but the first song sure did. An album that coaxes you into motion and then, likely, a little happiness.

Album art and album both quite nice.

Bold choice. Was there plenty Who on the main list? Yes. Was this still a good share? Yes.