User Albums Summary

OK, I love Daft Punk and a lot of what's on here is some great Daft Punk material. And then a lot of it is just kind of typical orchestral movie soundtrack stuff. You could tell this is a movie soundtrack without being told. Just a bunch of dramatic, intense-sounding pieces that were clearly playing during some high-drama scene. I'm not a fan of movie soundtracks.

man, I listened to that earlier today and now I seriously can't even remember what it sounded like. I do remember thinking "that was ok, I guess I'll give it a 3." But upon further reflection, an album that forgettable doesn't deserve a 3.

Because the original list didn't have enough 90s brit-pop... But, really, I didn't hate it all. It's sub-3 but I'll round up.

A genre I never got super in to but is always fun to listen to or see live.

jeez, if I didn't know better I would have thought this was the original list. More jangly late 80s/early 90s indie Brit pop. It's not bad but it's also just kind of boring. 2.5 rounding down.

screamo. I like some of it but then it gets kind of tedious. I'm a big fan of the heavy stuff but this genre doesn't really speak to me. 2.5 rounding down.

here's a name I've heard but didn't know her work at all. Very unique vocals, cool mix of bluegrass, blues, country.

Saw this and thought, "phew, glad someone added this one." So good.

Whoa, Japanese Kraftwerk! These guys are fun

I don't really like most pop or hip hop. Some of this was pretty cool but still didn't do it for me.

killer guitar player. Don't love his vocals

would I rate this as high if I were hearing it for the first time now? Probably not. But this and their next album came out when I was 14 or 15 and was in heavy rotation on the alternative rock radio station I listened to and part of that soundtrack of my youth. I might even have this CD kicking around somewhere.

Finding some really solid fan submissions here. This is one of those.

not enough mushrooms for me to enjoy this album. There were moments it piqued my interest. The only saving it from a 1 star.

apparently I only know Muse via their radio hits. Pretty sure I haven't heard anything from this album. Loved it. Time to listen to more Muse.

I guess I know why I pretty much have only listened to his greatest hits. I genuinely like most of those songs. But, DAMN, this guy was prolific. Seems like he was churning out a ton of "I'm drunk in the Caribbean" slop with a few gems mixed in.

HOLY SHIT! WHO IS MY NEW BEST FRIEND THAT PUT THIS ALBUM ON HERE???

wow... this is really just not good. With a name like Poets of the Fall, I guess that's not surprising.

A two-hit-wonder folk/soft rock act from the 70s. I had a feeling this wasn't going to land for me. There were some moments that I did perk up for but, overall, this was not my jam.

At first I wasn't totally sold but this is pretty adjacent to a lot of stuff I love, like The Mountain Goats or AJJ. I'll check out more. 3.25 rounding down.

Love me some Ty Segall. I really need to listen to more of his stuff. This guy is PROLIFIC!

2.77 global score?! Man, this group hates country. Give me some good country roots music any time of the day.

Another great I'm not super familiar with, though I recognize a lot of these songs. 3.5 rounding up

kinda felt like generic, 90s alternative rock. Sorry Bob, I know how much you hate alternative rock.

Pop music for cool people? IDK, maybe I'm not hip enough.

chalk full of 80s bangers!

Kind of fun 80s pop. It's a soft 3 for me but I'd listen to more of their stuff.

How do I now know about this guy or the bands he led before going solo? Great indie punk rock

I keep trying to like The Weeknd. I'll hear a song like Blinding Lights get excited and then I'll dig a little deeper and it's just too pop. This album has some great stuff. Very synthwavey. But it's still a pop star doing synthwave. If I wanted vocal synthwave I'd listen to The Midnight or Gunship. But I do really enjoy a few of the tracks on this record.

New to me. Started out pretty fun got got old after a bit. 2.5 rounding up

Billy Strings shredddddsssss! Love this guy.

I may have bought this album through a BMG, 20 CDs for a penny deal when I was about 13. I played the disc to death. If I heard this album for the first time today, I'd probably give it a 2 or 3 but the history I have with this pushes it up. It's weird as hell and I don't enjoy the vocals nearly as much as I used to but the jams still get me.

One of these bands I keep hearing about but haven't spent much time on. Unique blend of punk and indie rock I guess. Glad to see something that hews more toward "real" punk rock is blowing up rather so much of the pop punk that is has gone mainstream. 3.5 rounding up

this is not an album. It's a bunch of 1 to 2 minute clips of beats and samples. It's a style of hip hop I really enjoy. But this just feels like some guy fucking around. A compilation of ideas J Dilla may have had for full songs. Gets a 3 because I enjoyed them all but could have been better if these were more substantial.

huh, for some reason I'd got it in my head that that "R&B" song was Wet Leg. These guys are good. Will they stand the test of time and deserve to be on this list? IDK

YES!

I like a lot of metal but this is a bit too screamy for me. Definitely hear the Pantera influence, which hooks me here and there but, overall, wasn't enough to keep my interest.

I tried. It had its moments

Just a damn good rock album

Whoooooo?? After a quick skim through the first track, I knew this was going to get a 1 star but I did my due diligence and skimmed through a few more before committing.

Wow, it started out and I thought I was getting a jazz album and then it got all death metally on me. Then it was just all over the place. This is definitely interesting but maybe a bit too avante-garde for my tastes. Props for something pretty damn unique though. 2.5 rounding up. I bet this get savaged by the community...

Generally speaking, jazz is not my jam. But I've got a soft spot for Ethiopian jazz. This is so good.

Not bad. 80s inspired girl pop rock. I probably won't be digging into their discography but didn't hurt to listen to.

We have a running joke with some friends that Lord Huron is Sad Dad music (overheard conversation of a teen/twenty-something describing the band to a friend). These guys are way Sadder Dads. Kinda all sounds the same but it's not bad.

2.5 rounding up

not bad. 3.5ish rounding

Hipster lounge act? I've heard this guy's name a million times but don't know if I've ever listened to his stuff. Not terrible. Not exactly my jam either.

Man, that album art! I don't love reggae but this classic era is pretty great.

this guy's pretty cool. Does this belong on the list? No. But I could see someone superfanning on this band

Who? *checks Spotify* Oh, 12.5m monthly listeners. Guess I'm out of touch. Her big hit, Dancing on My Own sounded vaguely familiar. Decent for pop. Still pop. I got about halfway through and decided to throw in the towel.

fuck yeah! Love it when a band I actually follow makes it onto the list. Clutch is one of those bands that I've known of forever but only started getting into heavier music in the last 5-10 years. They're heavy but also have a bluesy, funkiness. I'm glad the rockers are representing on this UGC list!

44 tracks and 3hr 38 min??????? Who the fuck did this? Compilations like this do not belong. Pick an *ALBUM*. I have a feeling the low rating is more about this than the actual music. I'll try to give it a fair shake. ...OK, it sounds like this band was/is a really big deal in Spain so props to the Spaniard for repping a band that was never going to make it onto the US/UK dominated list. Rating purely on the music and not my displeasure with someone including a career-spanning compilation album, I have to say this is a 3.5 rounding up. These guys drift between hard rock, punk, with even a little jazz mixed in here and there. If they came up in a mix, I certainly wouldn't skip.

W.A.S.P. is one of those hair metal bands I'm not really familiar with. I'm curious why someone would choose an album from 1992 rather than one of they heyday albums from the 80s. All in all, pretty generic butt rock but it's still a genre I really enjoy so.... 4

Love some of it .... not so much for some of the 70s folk songs that are peppered in. But a solid entry on the list.

YEEESSS! Man, I appreciate you music lovers for putting together a better list than the original. I love this band.

oh boy, the metal heads are making their presence know on this list! Love it. I've never been a huge fan of Death's vocals but they are, undeniably, hugely influential on the genre and deserve a place on the list. Haven't seen the overall reviews yet but I bet this gets savaged by all you metal haters. 3.5 rounding up

RIP.

the dog doo snow cone and the husky wee wee? WTF? I mean, I'm not above wildly juvenile shit but what is this? I've always kind of avoided Zappa because what I have listened to is just kind of silly and dumb. I was into his solo album from the OG list but this one tracks with my expectation. The title track and Uncle Remus was pretty solid but didn't save this for me. This 3.2 global score is kind of shocking to me. 2.5 rounding down.

fuckin' rad. Haven't listened to these guys in ages

Legit punk rock. Not like a lot of that bitch-ass stuff people want to call "punk". Fun fact: KEXP's punk rock show is called Sonic Reducer.

Man, this hasn't aged well. Oh wait, I couldn't stand them in their heyday! I didn't realize they had an album before the self-titled one that came out a couple years later. This one's even worse.

oh boy... starts out with some auto-tuned vocals. Can't wait for the next 12.5 songs to prove me wrong but I'm already betting this doesn't get better than a 2. Let's see... . . . Yep, that's a 1. Moody, over produced, auto-tuned shart (that's when you try to fart but shit your pants)

These guys were a lot of fun!

cool, funky electronic something or other. This would have resonated even more 15-20 years ago but I still really enjoyed. 3.5 rounding up

Yeeeah... not really my jam. This feel really dated. Had a couple moments but, ultimately, felt like homework.

Man, this album is all over the place. I really don't know how you categorize this band. It's a 3.5 for me but which way do I round...?

LOL, I thought this was going to be one of Michael Jackson's family members or something. A little to Elvis Costello-y for my tastes but he's got a bit more going for him. Got The Time (is this the original??) is great and his big hit, Is She Really Going Out With Him?, is pretty legit.

for a second I thought this was going to be an album from the artist Pink. Phew... Much rather get some Japanese Doom/Sludge I've never heard before. Thank you for a new band to follow!

Man, I was hoping this would be good 80s music. It was not.

One of those names I'm familiar with but not really familiar with the music. I feel like this style of punk is, in my mind, what punk rock should be. They might not be my favorite hardcore band but they deserve a lot of love. The spotify mix following this album has been a real fun ride this morning. Fuck pop punk.

New to me. It was aiet, I guess.

Maybe I'm too old but this music doesn't do it for me even though I really love a lot of metal. But I'm not going to gate keep. If these guys are getting people into metal, more power to them.