Overall this was decent. With all the different voices a couple of the songs sounded straight out of a musical. Some interesting songs.

I thoroughly enjoyed this one!

I really enjoyed this one! Very easy to get into and listen to. Even my 85 year old dad liked it! Pretty cool!

I've heard the name before but I couldn't name a single song of theirs. Upon listening to the album, I instantly recognized "The Less I Know The Better" by sound. This would be best described as light, airy, easy to listen to music. Pretty cool!

I think there is some potential here that I would like this album. “Need you tonight” and “new sensation” I was already familiar with and consider them enjoyable hit songs. I love the big 80’s sounds displayed in this album.

I have never heard of this group before and was excited to check them out. However from the beginning of that awful auto tune voice began I was pretty annoyed. It made me not want to give a shit about whatever was being sung about. This was pretty disappointing. Sorry just not for me.

I have never heard of this band before and was impressed with how fun and easy to listen to this album was. I’d definitely check out more of their discography in the future.

I’ve never heard of ani difranco before this. I really enjoyed this album and it’s impossible to not notice the similarities to alanis morrisette. I love alanis and this album was really good too.

I have heard of The Weeknd before, but never listened to any of his music. “Blinding lights” is a jam. I might give this a relisten and check out more of his discography in the future. I think he is very talented but there is something about the music that just doesn’t fully resonate with me. I feel like I’m on the cusp of fully enjoying it. I do think it belongs on a list of albums people should listen to.

I'd give this a 3.5. I love a good instrumental and this was pretty easy to listen to and enjoy.

For me, this wouldn't be the album that I would have chosen for Killswitch Engage. I think it's a great album on it's own for sure. As Daylight Dies or The End of Heartache would've been my choices. But having never heard this album before as a casual Killswitch fan, it was enjoyable.

I have vaguely heard of this group before but never sought out their music as it usually isn’t my thing. This album I really enjoyed and has changed my perception of them and I definitely will check out more of their discography in the future.

This is Definitely not music for me. Very minimal lyrics over annoying discordant beats/music.

My first 5 star user submitted album. Just classy and elegant jazz music.

I’ve never heard of this band before and thought this album was decent. A solid 3-3.5/5. I’d be open to listening to more of their stuff.

Never heard of this group before but I found it an interesting listen. I was hoping for a little more range and change in tone from the vocals. But this is one of the rare times I’m going to round up. I’d give this a 3.5 ish. I’d definitely listen to select songs again but maybe not the whole album. Decent

Having grown up during this album’s release, I don’t particularly remember this artist. It is pretty decent 80’s pop music. Nothing to complain about here really. Solid at what it does.

Fun light airy renaissance faire vibes. Very cool

Sounds a lot like Phil Collins and genesis! Never heard of the band before but it was pretty good

This one was ok. I’m happy to check out modern music that I generally wouldn’t know about or listen to. Probably wouldn’t listen to it again but I’m glad to have checked it out.

I’ve never heard of this group before but I found their music to be pleasant and enjoyable.

I like Donald glover a lot and and enjoy some of his other songs as Childish Gambino. I’d definitely give this another listen and bet that I would pick out some songs that I really enjoy.

I love listening to music from other cultures even if I don’t understand what they are singing about. This album was really enjoyable!

Yesss! Bob seger is an excellent inclusion to this list! Very good artist

Overall this was decent. With all the different voices a couple of the songs sounded straight out of a musical. Some interesting songs.

electronic music for the most part isn’t my thing. I think that avicii had a huge impact on the genre. I would say this album was ok to me.

Bjork is just not my cup of tea. I don’t think she’s a terrible artist just not something that I enjoy and that’s ok!

I wasn’t much a fan of this it was a bit too slow and boring.

I thoroughly enjoyed this one!

This album was ok. Had a big surprise hearing the familiar sounds of “whipped cream”.

I don’t know if dub music is something for me, I just couldn’t get into this one. It wasn’t bad just nothing stuck out to me.

Pleasantly surprised by this one! Very cool

This was interesting, kind of a modern punk music

I wish I could get into this one but I just could not. Slow and boring

Definitely different. While I probably wouldn’t listen to this again, it unique enough to be included on the list.

I feel like this entry requires you to already be a fan of the band beforehand. Not a fan of live albums in general and nothing about this was all that exceptional to me.

I’d give this a 3.5. When I think of pop punk, three name stand out and one of them is blink 182. Pretty good album and I only previously knew the two hits.

A little over the top for me and I’m not sure that I’d like it after multiple listens.

I really enjoyed this one! Very easy to get into and listen to. Even my 85 year old dad liked it! Pretty cool!

I loved this one so much!

Meh I just couldn’t get into this one.

This was decent I think I’d need a few more listens to truly appreciate it.

This album was a lot of fun to listen to!

This was a fun album. It got a few laughs and enjoyment from. I think that listening to this again/multiple times would wear thin and it would become a bit insufferable. But I thought it was a unique addition.

Fun album!

They nailed the classic hard rock song even if it felt like they were playing the same song over and over. I think with multiple listens I’d really like most of the songs on here. I’m impressed so far at least 80% of the user submitted list I’ve gotten are from bands I’ve never heard of. Always love discovering new music!

Not for me, I found it quite boring.

I would give this a 3.5 after an initial listen. I think there is potential here.

Not typically music that I would listen to or discover on my own. I was impressed with this one. It was unique from the albums listed in the book. My initial listen is a 4 but with more listens I might come to give it a 5

With this kind of music I definitely need to be in a specific kind of mood to fully enjoy it. I think it was good. Not something I’d regularly listen to but it was a pleasant listen.

I am down with the funk. This was a fun album!

This was fun and unique, I’d give it a 3.5.

I listened to the song “bat country” 100’s of times when it came out but not the rest of the album. I’d consider myself a casual fan of some of their music. This album was ok if not a bit bland at times.

This is the exact reason that I have loved doing this project. I wish that the original book included a lot more diverse music from around the world. This was really cool!

Primus is definitely one of the most unique, eclectic, and bizarre acts from the 90's on. Frank Zappa and Cpt Beefheart would be proud of Primus' musical experiment. I don't think I would regularly listen to Primus, but they have some songs that definitely slap. (terrible pun sadly intentional) For their efforts they definitely deserve people be exposed to their style and alternative style of musicianship.

I've heard the name before but I couldn't name a single song of theirs. Upon listening to the album, I instantly recognized "The Less I Know The Better" by sound. This would be best described as light, airy, easy to listen to music. Pretty cool!

Interesting!

I’d give this a 3.5. Sounds like some very deep and personal stories told from the artist. Cool insight into them as a person!

I’m Unfamiliar with any of the member’s solo work. The sound and feel of the music is very true to Pink Floyd. Pretty good

A huge and pleasant coincidence that this was generated on my birthday (4/20) and Tool is one of my favorite bands of all time. I’ve listened to this album hundreds of times and it’s so amazing! Perfect choice for this list.

Blink 182 are one of the titans of the 90’s/00’s pop punk surge. Great music overall

I'd give this an easy 3.5, typical classic rock. Don't think I've ever heard of this band before but they were pretty good.

I’m happy that the user generated list has been a lot of artists that I’ve never heard of before. I was dreading seeing a list of every major band from the 90’s-00’s exclusively. Having said that, this album was ok. Nothing really stood out to me but I didn’t hate it. A solid 3 for sure

Having listened to the “middle” hundreds of times, I never did a full deep dive of the rest of the album. It was okay. I definitely want to check out more discography of bands that had huge hits to see what I think of the rest of their music. I did recognize “the sweetness” as well.

I enjoyed this one quite a bit!

I can't say that I was a fan of this one. The pacing of how the vocals are delivered annoyed me. Just not for me.

This isn’t really my cup of tea and that’s okay. I’m not a fan of early electronic music although I give it full reverence for the path that it started us on towards today’s music.

I dig the music but I’m not a huge fan of the vocals or the vocal style. It fits together fine, just not what I enjoy.

From doing this project I have discovered that this genre of music is just not my thing at all. I can’t get into it.

I did not know about Joe Jackson before this, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one. A lot of Elvis Costello vibes to it and I wouldn’t have minded if one of his albums was subbed out for this one. Very cool!

Pretty solid indie folk music, quite enjoyable! 3.5/5

I really couldn’t get into this one at all, just something about it fell flat for me. It’s definitely unique to the list for sure.

This is just not my kind of music. It’s unique but just not for me.

I enjoy dub music

This album and its music is okay. I enjoy his big hits. A solid 3/5.

It was ok but not really my thing overall. A Unique and an interesting addition to the list nonetheless.

Definitely a very Elvis Costello sounding group. Decent overall.

I have a pretty high standard when it comes to live recordings. There must be something exceptional about it that the studio album does not have. On the original list, I loved loved the live Johnny cash albums because of his natural charisma, story telling, banter with the inmates/guards and the prison announcements over the pa in the background. I’m not familiar with any of their work so I don’t know how they transformed their normal songs into a live performance (if they improvised or had unique solos). The sound recording was ok, but it sounded like a lot of garbled noise to me at times, hard to follow. I may check out their normal discography, but this wasn’t a great first introduction.

There were some interesting lyrics/word play and even though country isn’t a genre that I fully enjoy, this was ok.

For me, jazz was one of the standout genres from the original project and I loved every time I got a new jazz album. This one was also fantastic with a lot of character and story telling.

This is a fantastic live album, I loved every minute of it!

I’d give this a 3.5, this was a fun album. I do think that love/breakups make for some of the most compelling songs. “Bad idea right”, “vampire”, and “lacy” were all intriguing songs to me. I may revisit this one.

I gave it a chance but this kind of music is just not for me. Obviously I’ve heard “such great heights” and I think it’s a fine song. But I’m not a fan of the vocal style, or the indie/electronic mashup.

I’m a 39 year old straight man who does not like most country music, and yet this album is a fucking banger. So many classic songs that were everywhere when this album came out. Definitely one of the standout stars of the genre. One of the best.