Heartbreaking: Another potentially amazing modern pop album held back by generic, soulless production. Still catchy and an unabashedly queer, decently fun listen though. Belongs on the original list, and I can honestly see it getting added in the newest edition (Brat is absolutely getting on, right?). "HOT TO GO!" was great. Just really hoping to one day get to hear a modern pop album that doesn't sound like a slab of processed ham.

Yeah, now that's the shit. An absolutely insane omission from the original list - both this, and Lateralus. I'd say this is their best album. Hits the perfect middle ground between the heavier Undertow and the proggier Lateralus. "Third Eye" is the best song they've ever done. That refrain will never not give me chills.

Thank you for the user album submission, Robert Dimery.

I really love how insane this album is. Some of it works better, some of it falls completely flat on its face, but the one thing that's consistent, is that you have no clue what the next song is going to be. Gotta be the only album in existence to have both the "Baroque Pop" and the "Hip Hop" tags in its Wikipedia infobox.

His second best album, love the guy's work. Amazing, beautiful, heart wrenching. Five outta five.

Hello, just arrived in this realm. This is my first user album. I probably won't do the entire thing, but I'm excited to see what interesting stuff got submitted! This was a very fun Latin album. I know next to nothing about this kind of music, but I fuck with it. Insane amount of variety for an hour long album. All that was missing was a random Grindcore song to tie it all nicely together.

Fuckers took a bite of my horse, can't have shit in Detroit. Very, very slow. Not my type of folk.

I really love how insane this album is. Some of it works better, some of it falls completely flat on its face, but the one thing that's consistent, is that you have no clue what the next song is going to be. Gotta be the only album in existence to have both the "Baroque Pop" and the "Hip Hop" tags in its Wikipedia infobox.

It's like a generic 80s synthpop album, but with the twist that the lyrics sound like something you'd find written in a public toilet stall. Just to be clear, that's not a bad thing. It is a bit of a jarring combination though.

I saw the genre name for this was "Neo-Prog". My mind went to stuff like Cardiacs and Black Midi, but all I got was U2. This is one sleigh bell away from being actual Christmas music. Not a fan.

Yeah, now that's the shit. An absolutely insane omission from the original list - both this, and Lateralus. I'd say this is their best album. Hits the perfect middle ground between the heavier Undertow and the proggier Lateralus. "Third Eye" is the best song they've ever done. That refrain will never not give me chills.

I like post-hardcore, but man, this guy is only capable of yelling in one specific tone and it makes everything blend together so much. Very repetitive and very depressing. Wasn't in the mood for something like this right now. Rarely am. Interesting choice though.

Great choice! Crazy how there are NO Emo/Emo-Pop albums on the original list. Just an entire subgenre (one of the most popular ones of all time) completely ignored because Robert Dimery said that "he doesn't like this kind of music". Weak. The children love it and the children crave more of it. I am the children. This shit rocks. 4/5.

"Me and Your Mama" and "Redbone" are great, but nothing else really stuck in my mind... Except for that one song with unfathomably dogshit autotune that completely ruins the vibe of the record and made me burst out laughing. It's alright though. A completely fine album, and a better and more worthy pick than like 90% of the 2010s albums on the actual list.

Family Guy cutaway music. Props to the guy who submitted this though.

"Picaresque" is one of my favorite albums, but I've never bothered to check out the rest of the Decemberists' catalogue, so this was a fun listen. Interesting rock opera, way more proggy than I expected. Very "Central European fairytale"-esque plot. Cool pick!

Factory settings country music.

To cite my almost 3 year old review of the EW&F album that was on the original list: "Listening to Earth, Wind & Fire gives me the same vibes as watching UFO sightings on Youtube." Still haven't figured out what that truly means, but it's true. Anyways, this is pretty alright.

Album cover goes hard as fuck. Screenshotted and shared with my 32-year-old grandson "Félipé" immediately. Unique vocal style for this kind of punk. Was there even any 90s pop-punk on the original list other than Green Day? Guess there wasn't any space for it, because god forbid somebody dies without hearing all three Dexys Midnight Runners albums. Whatever, this slaps. Great pick!

World music is always appreciated, but this was kinda annoying.

Thank you for the user album submission, Robert Dimery.

This is like submitting "Air Bud" to a 1001 Movies List, but I deeply respect that, and I'm all here for it. Actually way more fun and consistent than I expected. Sampling "Lullaby" by The Cure is a nutty choice.

Getting an album with the opening track "The New Year" on December 31st. Cute indie, nothing special though. I was also under the impression that this was an Emo band, so it was a bit of a surprise when Owl City Man 2.0 came in with the vocals.

For an album that seems to put so much effort into its sequencing, this felt like a completely incomprehensible disjointed mess. Too ambitious for its own good. Overlong, boring. Still has some standouts though, like "3005". I like the fart synths on that one.

Heartbreaking: Another potentially amazing modern pop album held back by generic, soulless production. Still catchy and an unabashedly queer, decently fun listen though. Belongs on the original list, and I can honestly see it getting added in the newest edition (Brat is absolutely getting on, right?). "HOT TO GO!" was great. Just really hoping to one day get to hear a modern pop album that doesn't sound like a slab of processed ham.

Very chill jazz. Would have personally gone for "Chet Baker Sings" for a Chet album. Guy was both a great trumpeter and a singer. Don't do three trillion kilograms of heroin, kids.

Not much of anything. Forgettable alt-country.

I was going to say that this sounds suspiciously similar to Les Rallizes Dénudés, and as it turns out, the lead singer was in a LRD cover band (and like 30 other bands, holy shit). "Sticky Hulks" especially, with its screeching psychedelic guitars, the vocal effects, the intonation. The inspiration is extremely clear. Amazing, loved it. Definitely not what I was expecting from the album cover. Strong 4/5!

His second best album, love the guy's work. Amazing, beautiful, heart wrenching. Five outta five.

I thought The Posies were a really generic pop rock band for some reason, but this was not that. Surprisingly very solid. Some darker alt rock is always a good time. Cool shit. 4/5.

Dob Bylan. These guys had an album on the original list as well, but I can't remember anything about it. This sounds vaguely like The Postal Service sung by a Bob Dylan homunculus. It's alright. Not anything I'd ever revisit though.

Inexplicably unavailable on streaming in Europe (same thing for their debut). Less post-punk and catchy hits, but way more cheese. I think the original list's B-52's was enough.

I sadly couldn't get any enjoyment out of this, because I'm still lost on the fact whether MF DOOM is a dangerous evil villain feared by many and if Spider-Man is after him. I think one more 3 minute long skit of 50s cartoon characters talking could have really brought this one together. Also, obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THOUT3vZnSY

"This sounds like Elvis Costello" is the scariest possible sentence to see when you first open the reviews before listening to this. Slightly better than Elvis Costello, but maybe that's only because this one doesn't carry the "Oh god, I still have to listen to 5 more of these" weight that getting an Elvis Costello album album meant on the original list.

This sure was a bunch of very quiet 10-minute long French songs.

More painfully average 80s music with one big hit and a whole bunch of nothing. Sorry, not a fan in the slightest.

Cool stuff! -50 points, because now I'm going to have "Lady Marmalade" stuck in my head for a week.

Inferior version of the Persona 3 soundtrack.

A fine addition to my "What the fuck is this and why does it slap so hard" collection that I am slowly accumulating by going through these user submitted albums. Also a worthy addition to the "Albums that sound the least like their album covers" list. Extremely unexpected but welcome Ska Punk jumpscare.

This was sort of like listening to dust and cobwebs.

Donkey Kong Country music. Pretty interesting, despite the fact that I don't exactly dig this sort of electronic music. The Kate Bush cover was surprisingly really well made. "Tick of the Clock" was the standout though. Despite being 15 minutes of roughly the same thing, it's strangely hypnotizing.

Damn, and I thought I was kind of crossing the treshold for submitting that 80-minute Cardiacs album. Can't stand this dude. I could hardly sit through "Born to Run". Listening to an over 2 hours long Bruce Springsteen live album is an actual Tartarus punishment for my wicked soul.

Wasn't expecting to be listening to Australian Aboriginal music today, but what a great surprise. The guy who submitted this understood the assignment. A hidden gem. Thank you for sharing this.