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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boy In Da Corner | 5 | 2.57 | +2.43 |
| Chelsea Girl | 5 | 2.63 | +2.37 |
| Bummed | 5 | 2.64 | +2.36 |
| 90 | 5 | 2.69 | +2.31 |
| Arise | 5 | 2.72 | +2.28 |
| Atomizer | 5 | 2.72 | +2.28 |
| Take Me Apart | 5 | 2.75 | +2.25 |
| Yeezus | 5 | 2.77 | +2.23 |
| Peggy Suicide | 5 | 2.77 | +2.23 |
| Roots | 5 | 2.78 | +2.22 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germfree Adolescents | 1 | 3.04 | -2.04 |
| Vincebus Eruptum | 1 | 2.8 | -1.8 |
| A Grand Don't Come For Free | 1 | 2.67 | -1.67 |
| Trafalgar | 1 | 2.63 | -1.63 |
| Playing With Fire | 1 | 2.54 | -1.54 |
| The Marshall Mathers LP | 2 | 3.49 | -1.49 |
| Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs | 2 | 3.39 | -1.39 |
| Melodrama | 2 | 3.31 | -1.31 |
| Shake Your Money Maker | 2 | 3.29 | -1.29 |
| Astral Weeks | 2 | 3.27 | -1.27 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| David Bowie | 9 | 4.67 |
| Radiohead | 6 | 4.83 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4.57 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.6 |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 5 | 4.6 |
| Steely Dan | 4 | 4.75 |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4.75 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 4.75 |
| Public Enemy | 3 | 5 |
| Prince | 3 | 5 |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 5 |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 5 |
| Tom Waits | 5 | 4.4 |
| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 4.5 |
| R.E.M. | 4 | 4.5 |
| Metallica | 4 | 4.5 |
| Yes | 3 | 4.67 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 4.67 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.67 |
| Pixies | 3 | 4.67 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4.67 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 4.67 |
| Peter Gabriel | 3 | 4.67 |
| Rod Stewart | 2 | 5 |
| Sepultura | 2 | 5 |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 5 |
| Oasis | 2 | 5 |
| Green Day | 2 | 5 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 5 |
| Portishead | 2 | 5 |
| Fleetwood Mac | 2 | 5 |
| Missy Elliott | 2 | 5 |
| Joy Division | 2 | 5 |
| Genesis | 2 | 5 |
| The Jam | 2 | 5 |
| Cocteau Twins | 2 | 5 |
| The Clash | 2 | 5 |
| Depeche Mode | 2 | 5 |
| Pavement | 2 | 5 |
| The xx | 2 | 5 |
| A Tribe Called Quest | 2 | 5 |
| Aretha Franklin | 2 | 5 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 4.2 |
| Brian Eno | 5 | 4.2 |
| Sonic Youth | 5 | 4.2 |
| Joni Mitchell | 4 | 4.25 |
| Talking Heads | 4 | 4.25 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 4.33 |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 4.33 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.33 |
| Marvin Gaye | 3 | 4.33 |
| Echo And The Bunnymen | 3 | 4.33 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Beach Boys | 3 | 4.33 |
| Kraftwerk | 3 | 4.33 |
| Queen | 3 | 4.33 |
| Beck | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Morrissey | 4 | 2.25 |
5-Star Albums (235)
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Dizzee Rascal
5/5
Great flow and delivery, cool beats and sampling. Feels very ahead of its time.
11 likes
Aerosmith
2/5
Regardless of what you think of the music, you have to admit that Steven Tyler raped and battered a 16 year-old when he was 25.
6 likes
Happy Mondays
5/5
I had never heard of Happy Mondays and had zero expectations going in, but I really liked this album. It definitely sounds of a time, but in many ways sounds relevant today as well. Fat White Family seems like the closest modern contemporary.
An unusual but catchy blend of dance and '80s pop rock, Bummed is great for repeat listens.
5 likes
Grizzly Bear
5/5
I fell in love with this album not too long after its release. Beautiful, haunting melodies and what complimentary vocals between the band members, leading to some great harmonies. Christopher Bear's percussion is tight, often propulsive, and alluring and Chris Taylor's bass is a great current, unifying these tracks.
For me, this one's a classic.
2 likes
1-Star Albums (7)
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Fiona Apple
4/5
Solid through and through, haunting, tortured and catchy piano tunes. Highlights - Sleep to Dream, Criminal.
Beatles
5/5
Seems like an instant classic! Fresh ideas 45+ years later and clearly influential.
Todd Rundgren
4/5
Ambitious and varied, if a bit overlong.
4/5
I'm not much of a fan of The Edge or Bono or U2's sound in general. That said, this is still a solid album.
Air
4/5
Low-key grooves, fresh, modern easy listening. Highlights include Sexy Boy, Kelly Watch the Stars, Talisman, New Star in the Sky.
David Bowie
5/5
I've listened to several Bowie albums, but somehow this one had eluded me. Somewhere in the vein of '70s rock and disco/funk-tinged prog, Station to Station is a compelling listen start to finish. Golden Years is of course a well-known single, but I also really enjoyed TVC15 and Stay.
Neil Young
3/5
It's fine.
Elton John
4/5
Hole
4/5
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
It's an interesting listen, if tiring and overlong. The album opens with "Apache," which is such an influential and prominently sampled track, though nothing else quite matches it for the rest of the nearly 80-minute duration.
Jeru The Damaja
5/5
Love it - old school sound with cool and unusual samples and beats from DJ Premier plus Jeru the Damaja's unique style.
Rod Stewart
5/5
Rollicking! I wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did, but either Stewart's vocals have grown on me, or they are a particularly good fit here (or both).
T. Rex
4/5
Somewhat singular in its sound, but there's no denying that there are some catchy songs here. For me, standouts include Mystic Lady and The Slider.
The Police
5/5
Excellent, varied, catchy
Sepultura
5/5
Hookworms
3/5
Competent and pleasant — a blend of '80s new wave, synthwave, and psychedelia. Kind of one-note, though.
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
I love this album. Lyrically impressive with a great flow, great samples, cool jazz influences. An instant classic.
Grizzly Bear
5/5
I fell in love with this album not too long after its release. Beautiful, haunting melodies and what complimentary vocals between the band members, leading to some great harmonies. Christopher Bear's percussion is tight, often propulsive, and alluring and Chris Taylor's bass is a great current, unifying these tracks.
For me, this one's a classic.
Tito Puente
4/5
3/5
Blur just isn't my favorite. There's some cool songwriting here, but I don't care for their sound.
Pentangle
2/5
I'm not enjoying these vocals. Train Song is very cool, though.
Billy Joel
5/5
A lot of great tracks off of this album. Billy Joel is at the top of his game.
John Coltrane
5/5
I had listened to this album some time ago, and I appreciate it more now than I did then.
Lenny Kravitz
4/5
Erykah Badu
5/5
Happy Mondays
5/5
I had never heard of Happy Mondays and had zero expectations going in, but I really liked this album. It definitely sounds of a time, but in many ways sounds relevant today as well. Fat White Family seems like the closest modern contemporary.
An unusual but catchy blend of dance and '80s pop rock, Bummed is great for repeat listens.
The Temptations
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Frank Ocean
5/5
What a please to be assigned this album today. This was something I had on repeat back when it was released. Every track is a banger!
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Has some great songs, but it's a strange choice to insert vocal clips with such a short runtime.
Oasis
5/5
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
The Mars Volta
3/5
I have to be in the right headspace for The Mars Volta. This album seems ambitious and technical. The end result isn't especially listenable, imo.
Deep Purple
3/5
The Go-Betweens
4/5
Def Leppard
4/5
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
Do you like pasta? If so, you might enjoy all the noodling here.
XTC
5/5
What a weird, varied, and fantastic album.
5/5
A masterpiece
Robbie Williams
2/5
My first two-star album here. Generic brit-pop with cheesy lyrics based on dopey rhymes.
Public Enemy
5/5
Of a time and also very relevant today. Public Enemy sounds focused in their messaging with great delivery over excellent sampling.
2/5
So much cheese
Dizzee Rascal
5/5
Great flow and delivery, cool beats and sampling. Feels very ahead of its time.
Arrested Development
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Pantera
4/5
Jacques Brel
3/5
John Lee Hooker
4/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Todd Rundgren
4/5
N.W.A.
4/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Fever Ray
4/5
5/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
Air
3/5
It's fine for background music. I find it strange to have this on a "must-hear" list.
"Empty House" is a great track, though.
The Kinks
5/5
Fishbone
4/5
Stereo MC's
3/5
The Streets
1/5
Terrible flow and beats. I'm just awestruck by this album's inclusion here.
Aerosmith
4/5
SZA
4/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
Brian Wilson
5/5
Nine Inch Nails
5/5
Arcade Fire
5/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
5/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
10cc
4/5
Super fun!
CHIC
3/5
Frank Zappa
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
2Pac
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Femi Kuti
4/5
Beach House
4/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
The Boo Radleys
3/5
Steve Earle
4/5
Flamin' Groovies
2/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Radiohead
5/5
Megadeth
4/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Circle Jerks
2/5
The Incredible String Band
2/5
John Martyn
4/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
The Byrds
4/5
Boston
4/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Talk Talk
5/5
Nirvana
3/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
4/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Incubus
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Tom Waits
5/5
Gary Numan
4/5
Steve Winwood
4/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
The Black Crowes
2/5
Now I know why Hinder sucks
Traffic
3/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Little Simz
4/5
Roxy Music
4/5
Randy Newman
4/5
The Who
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
The National
4/5
Green Day
5/5
Haircut 100
4/5
Green Day
5/5
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Pulp
3/5
George Michael
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Bauhaus
3/5
Wire
4/5
Great album - really holds up almost 50 years later.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Blue Cheer
1/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
4/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
The Electric Prunes
3/5
While I don't think the album is consistent from start to finish, there is still some REALLY cool stuff on here.
Ananda Shankar
2/5
Parliament
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
The United States Of America
4/5
KISS
2/5
The Strokes
5/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Herbie Hancock
5/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Massive Attack
5/5
Massive Attack
4/5
The The
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
Lou Reed
4/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Stereolab
5/5
David Gray
3/5
Bebel Gilberto
4/5
Madonna
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Beyoncé
5/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Norah Jones
3/5
Fleet Foxes
5/5
Portishead
5/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
SAULT
4/5
The Prodigy
5/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
I'll never understand the love or acclaim for Bob Dylan. This is maybe the fifth Dylan album on this list I've endured. It's fine. Musically, I enjoy this more than the others, but Bob Dylan is still providing the vocals, unfortunately.
System Of A Down
4/5
Guns N' Roses
4/5
ABBA
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5
The Smiths
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Q-Tip
5/5
The Killers
3/5
Dennis Wilson
4/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Madness
4/5
Rush
3/5
Carole King
4/5
The Smiths
4/5
Thundercat
5/5
The War On Drugs
4/5
Tina Turner
4/5
GZA
4/5
Super Furry Animals
4/5
Prince
5/5
The Hives
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Cee Lo Green
2/5
Shuggie Otis
4/5
Ash
2/5
Mekons
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Soundgarden
4/5
Le Tigre
4/5
Ice Cube
3/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
Skunk Anansie
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
Black Flag
3/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
Sleater-Kinney
4/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Living Colour
4/5
Gene Clark
4/5
Motörhead
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
The B-52's
4/5
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
JAY Z
3/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Supergrass
3/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Small Faces
2/5
The Byrds
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Music isn't bad, but the vocals aren't great, and the lyrics are terrible.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Fall
5/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Talking Heads
4/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
High 3
Taylor Swift
3/5
k.d. lang
3/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Afrika Bambaataa
5/5
The Byrds
3/5
Burning Spear
3/5
Alice Cooper
4/5
The Cure
4/5
Steely Dan
5/5
The Roots
4/5
Elton John
4/5
Portishead
5/5
The Kinks
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Mott The Hoople
2/5
De La Soul
5/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
Radiohead
5/5
Digital Underground
3/5
Common
3/5
Peter Frampton
3/5
Joan Baez
4/5
TV On The Radio
4/5
4/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Lana Del Rey
3/5
I find Lana Del Rey to be consistently bland, and this album is totally unoffensive.
Drive Like Jehu
4/5
T. Rex
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
King Crimson
3/5
While I love King Crimson, this album has never grabbed me.
Fats Domino
3/5
Björk
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
James Taylor
3/5
The Blue Nile
5/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Decent songs that are harmed by Perry Farrell's voice.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
Supergrass
3/5
Perfectly acceptable
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
4/5
Rush
4/5
Everything But The Girl
4/5
Gotan Project
4/5
Ravi Shankar
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Hüsker Dü
5/5
Various Artists
3/5
The Doors
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Coldplay
5/5
Nico
5/5
The Pogues
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
The Shamen
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Hawkwind
2/5
Great, a live double album by an obscure British space rock band.
Muddy production, noodling, weird noses, droning vocals. Bleh.
Japan
4/5
The Who
3/5
The Pogues
4/5
Sugar
5/5
Kate Bush
4/5
Janelle Monáe
5/5
Janis Joplin
3/5
Slint
5/5
An incredible album front to back.
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
Aimee Mann
4/5
Gang Starr
5/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
Public Enemy
5/5
Eurythmics
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
The Stooges
2/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Solomon Burke
4/5
The Waterboys
4/5
AC/DC
4/5
Carpenters
4/5
Suede
4/5
Two year later, Mansun would release Attack of the Grey Lantern and, imo, really perfect this sound and style. However, this is still a good listen that has a lot to offer.
The Triffids
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Adam & The Ants
4/5
Richard Thompson
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
It's a good album overall, and it was the first album of theirs I had purchased. It's among the weaker Radiohead albums overall, though, or maybe right about in the middle for them.
Randy Newman
4/5
Jethro Tull
3/5
Nina Simone
5/5
Roxy Music
2/5
Scott Walker
4/5
Tori Amos
4/5
Buck Owens
3/5
4/5
The The
4/5
Deerhunter
4/5
Desire Lines is a fantastic track
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Kelela
5/5
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
Morrissey
2/5
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
Gang Of Four
5/5
Marianne Faithfull
4/5
The Undertones
3/5
Faust
3/5
I almost wrote this off completely at first. "Krautrock" really drags and not much happens in its almost 12-minute run time. Past that track, there is some cool stuff, though.
Eagles
4/5
Orange Juice
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Ali Farka Touré
5/5
Kid Rock
3/5
I want to give this a 1, but the album is more fun than I expected -- it owes a lot to the production and the creative use of samples.
Elvis Presley
4/5
Wilco
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Missy Elliott
5/5
Ozomatli
4/5
4/5
4/5
Eels
3/5
Syd Barrett
3/5
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
John Prine
4/5
Pixies
5/5
Pixies
4/5
Patti Smith
4/5
Cat Stevens
5/5
The Stooges
4/5
Sade
5/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Fatboy Slim
4/5
The Sonics
4/5
Peter Tosh
3/5
The Undertones
4/5
Marilyn Manson
3/5
New York Dolls
4/5
Joy Division
5/5
Nanci Griffith
4/5
Slayer
5/5
The Human League
4/5
Public Enemy
5/5
Ministry
4/5
CHIC
4/5
Blur
4/5
Barry Adamson
4/5
Lupe Fiasco
4/5
Genesis
5/5
Nirvana
5/5
The Jam
5/5
Blondie
3/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Scritti Politti
4/5
Beatles
5/5
B.B. King
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
5/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Dr. John
5/5
Slade
3/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
The Zombies
5/5
Missy Elliott
5/5
Nightmares On Wax
4/5
Charles Mingus
5/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
4/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Scott Walker
4/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
Alanis Morissette
5/5
Duke Ellington
5/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Christine and the Queens
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
William Orbit
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
Talvin Singh
3/5
White Denim
4/5
Christina Aguilera
4/5
Sister Sledge
3/5
Killing Joke
3/5
The Charlatans
3/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Motörhead
3/5
Violent Femmes
4/5
Ghostface Killah
4/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3/5
The Associates
2/5
The Damned
3/5
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Harry Nilsson
4/5
George Jones
4/5
David Crosby
4/5
Mudhoney
4/5
Jane Weaver
2/5
Neu!
3/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Foo Fighters
3/5
Sigur Rós
4/5
David Holmes
2/5
Uninspired
Dolly Parton
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Among the weaker Steely Dan albums, but still a banger
Tom Waits
4/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Dead Kennedys
4/5
Laibach
3/5
Soft Cell
5/5
A lengthy album that keeps getting better and more varied as it goes.
Everything But The Girl
3/5
They have better albums. This one didn't really stand out to me.
The Residents
4/5
This isn't my favorite Residents album. The songs are so outside the realm of typical music. They aren't especially listenable, and yet, they have a way of worming themselves in for me. They're actually more concise, focused, structured and approachable than much of The Residents' earlier catalog, as if they wanted to create a sort of avant-garde pop album. It also seems like we wouldn't have gotten bands like Ween or Primus without early Residents albums like this one (or at least those bands may have developed differently). Difficult to rate this one, but I think it's worth consideration and even multiple listens, 4 stars.
Tangerine Dream
4/5
D'Angelo
5/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Bee Gees
3/5
Roxy Music
2/5
The more I listen to Roxy Music, the more I don't like them
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
No doubt an influential album that was both of and ahead of its time. I would have loved to see where Buddy Holly went from there.
Heaven 17
3/5
The Magnetic Fields
3/5
Throwing Muses
4/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Pearl Jam
5/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
4/5
Mj Cole
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
The Young Gods
2/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Dire Straits
5/5
Pixies
5/5
Public Image Ltd.
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Soul II Soul
4/5
Baaba Maal
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
4/5
Mylo
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Dion
2/5
You recorded (and produced) cringe, bro.
Fela Kuti
4/5
Roni Size
3/5
Actually really enjoyed this as a soundtrack for the work day
Robert Wyatt
3/5
Klaxons
3/5
The Replacements
5/5
Deee-Lite
4/5
Was going to rate it 3, but they closed out with that Streets of Rage sound
The Style Council
4/5
Kraftwerk
5/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Suicide
3/5
The thing about Suicide is they have a cool sound but their songs also kind of all sound the same and have similar structures.
Cocteau Twins
5/5
Jimmy Smith
4/5
The Pretty Things
3/5
Buzzcocks
3/5
Grateful Dead
4/5
Kate Bush
4/5
The Smiths
4/5
The Slits
4/5
Cowboy Junkies
4/5
Janet Jackson
5/5
Slipknot
4/5
U2
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Love
3/5
X-Ray Spex
1/5
Moby Grape
3/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
Neneh Cherry
3/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
The Byrds
4/5
The Adverts
2/5
Underworld
5/5
The first few opening minutes had me dreading what this album might be, but I'm happy to be proven wrong. What a propulsive, dynamic, interesting electronica album.
Kate Bush
4/5
Gillian Welch
3/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
3/5
The album starts off very weak, but there's some cool stuff later on, particularly the Portishead remix of Planet D. I'm not sure why this album made the list, though.
M.I.A.
4/5
Calexico
4/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
Tortoise
3/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Jamiroquai
3/5
Fugazi
5/5
John Lennon
4/5
Holy shit. Something Phil Spector produced and didn't ruin.
Django Django
3/5
Queen Latifah
3/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Beth Orton
3/5
Primal Scream
3/5
Billie Holiday
4/5
Dirty Projectors
4/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Queen
4/5
Van Halen
4/5
The Monkees
3/5
David Bowie
5/5
Meat Puppets
5/5
The Band
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Ian Dury
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
4/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Regardless of what you think of the music, you have to admit that Steven Tyler raped and battered a 16 year-old when he was 25.
Nick Drake
5/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Mike Oldfield
4/5
Hole
3/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
Caetano Veloso
3/5
The Clash
5/5
Khaled
3/5
Prefab Sprout
4/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
I'm not sure why this made the list. Fuzzy, muddy, noisy, these are not inherently bad qualities, but monotonous generally is. The songs really run together, and nothing seems memorable here.
"Getting Bright At Night" was a good track for a while, but it's 9 minutes long and about 2/3 of the way through starts sounding like everything else on the album.
Television
5/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Moby
3/5
So much of this album is a pastiche of African spirituals that a white man repackaged with gloss and techno, dance vibes. The ideas are thin, the loops are too long to back a simple dance number, but too short and repetitive to carry a full-length pop song. A good sample in a song is usually a fun nod, an Easter egg, an elevation of an idea or a rhythm that the artist then builds something new from. But here on many of the tracks, the spirituals feel like the entire idea, and Moby works around them. This leaves the subtext of it all -- the African spirituals are generally about struggle. Is Moby comparing his own personal struggles to those of enslaved people? Probably.
Weirdly, despite Moby not having a strong voice, the tracks with his vocals are the best. Porcelain and South Side remain great songs.
John Grant
4/5
I was previously familiar with John Gran and a fan of Midlake, but I didn't realize they collaborated on. I still don't particularly care for the way Grant often layers his vocals, but these are strong songs with clever lyrics.
Meat Loaf
4/5
Destiny's Child
3/5
Fred Neil
5/5
Paul Weller
4/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Lou Reed
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
Holger Czukay
4/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
I think these are great songs, but I think the mix is off. Harvey's vocals are quiet to the point of almost missing them.
Prince
5/5
Love
3/5
Red Snapper
3/5
Wilco
4/5
This was actually one of my least favorite Wilco albums and put me off from listening to them for a while. However, listening now, I appreciate it more.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
The Everly Brothers
2/5
Sebadoh
4/5
I really dig this. It's like touching on all these different alternative sounds from the '80s and '90s: Dinosaur Jr., Guided By Voices, Failure, Slint, Meat Puppets...
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3/5
The Gun Club
4/5
ABBA
3/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Venom
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
Madonna
3/5
Inoffensive
Brian Eno
5/5
Manu Chao
3/5
Spacemen 3
1/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
TLC
4/5
Otis Redding
4/5
Elbow
5/5
I'm pleasantly surprised to see Elbow on the list. It's not my favorite Elbow album, but there are some really good tracks on here.
5/5
The Fall
4/5
Cool songs hampered by bad vocals, but sometimes the results are worth it. I probably won't listen to this again, but I think I can see some influence on groups I like such as Dry Cleaning and perhaps Squid.
Duran Duran
5/5
Linkin Park
3/5
I used to play this album on repeat. Listening to it now, I think it's aged OK. It definitely sounds of a time. There's no doubt this caused nu-metal to blow up into the mainstream for better or worse (probably worse). Still, it's a mostly fun and angsty short album with some catchy hooks.
Hot Chip
4/5
Bill Evans Trio
5/5
Nas
5/5
Kanye West
5/5
Great album. Super creative both musically and lyrically. It's definitely my favorite of Ye's.
Now can we make sure he's getting therapy and/or medication, please?
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Jungle Brothers
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Magazine
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Leftfield
3/5
I was really hoping for something more inspired from an album called "leftism."
Guided By Voices
4/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
3/5
The Libertines
3/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
I would have loved to have seen what else he could have done. What's here is a little rough, but there's no denying his powerful voice. "So Real" gets stuck in my head easily.
Goldfrapp
5/5
Incredibly diverse, unique, catchy.
Turbonegro
3/5
Fun enough but pretty same-y throughout.
The Afghan Whigs
4/5
The Stone Roses
4/5
I Wanna Be Adored is such a fantastic track. Nothing else here is quite as strong, but it's still a solid album.
Thelonious Monk
5/5
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Merle Haggard
4/5
The Stranglers
4/5
4/5
Joe Ely
3/5
Jack White
3/5
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
The list maker seems to enjoy forgettable U.K. rap.
Nothing offensive here, but this didn't make my life more complete either.
Depeche Mode
5/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
The Doors
4/5
Lorde
2/5
An Antonoff nothing burger
a-ha
4/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Devendra Banhart
4/5
King Crimson
5/5
A masterpiece.
The Sugarcubes
2/5
Pretty unremarkable if it weren't for some of the earliest recordings of Bjork. Birthday, Deus, and Cowboy are among the better tracks.
Little Richard
3/5
The Darkness
3/5
Maxwell
2/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
The Cure
5/5
Mariah Carey
2/5
John Martyn
4/5
Peter Gabriel
5/5
The Doors
4/5
Solange
5/5
I can't be the only one more into Solange than Beyonce.
The Verve
3/5
The Saints
3/5
Cornershop
2/5
The Young Rascals
3/5
Elvis Costello
4/5
Morrissey
2/5
Cypress Hill
4/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
Animal Collective
4/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Big Star
4/5
I think this is great - sounds really ahead of its time and seems to have influenced the '90s Brit rock and psychedelia revival
Garbage
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
Ute Lemper
4/5
Anita Baker
4/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
Eric Clapton
3/5
Soft Machine
4/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
4/5
Julian Cope
5/5
James Brown
4/5
The Kinks
3/5
Robert Wyatt
4/5
The Cult
3/5
Lambchop
3/5
The Birthday Party
3/5
Ray Price
3/5
Great songs, great voice, but everything starts to blend together by the end (and really well before that).
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Big Black
5/5
Malcolm McLaren
4/5
Kanye West
4/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Cocteau Twins
5/5
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5/5
Dwight Yoakam
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Donovan
4/5
Ride
3/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Minor Threat
3/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Orbital
3/5
Fun background music
Weather Report
4/5
Santana
3/5
The Beta Band
4/5
2/5
I love Liars, but I stay away from their early stuff. I've never been into this album. I recommend checking out any of their albums from their 2007 self-titled album onwards.
I appreciate attempts to do something different, but this isn't an album I plan on re-visiting. It's noisy. It's generally unpleasant and not particularly musical.
Minutemen
5/5
Britney Spears
2/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
The Cars
5/5
Fantastic album and an all-time strong debut album to boot. It's hard to believe this came out in '78.
Jane's Addiction
5/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Depeche Mode
5/5
Boards of Canada
3/5
I definitely didn't need to hear this before dying. It's all pretty pleasant, though. The songs generally have a way of unfolding as to suggest a soundtrack to a nostalgic day.
Iron Butterfly
2/5
Common
4/5
Daft Punk
3/5
Koffi Olomide
3/5
Jurassic 5
5/5
Bobby Womack
4/5
Elastica
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Bad Brains
4/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Fantastic album and what a great cover
Van Morrison
3/5
Basement Jaxx
4/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
John Lennon
4/5
Prince
5/5
Mudhoney
3/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
Kanye West
5/5
OutKast
4/5
Justice
4/5
Fun, but unfortunately the album peaks early with "Genesis."
Morrissey
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5/5
Tears For Fears
5/5
808 State
5/5
The Specials
3/5
Coldplay
4/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Keith Jarrett
5/5
The Bees
3/5
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
N.E.R.D
3/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
Def Leppard
3/5
Sparks
4/5
The Avalanches
3/5
Röyksopp
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
The Beta Band
4/5
Not sure why this is on the list, but I enjoy the album
George Michael
4/5
Al Green
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
So much Nick Cave on this list.
Blur
3/5
More Britpop slop
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Simply Red
3/5
CHVRCHES
4/5
Lightning Bolt
3/5
Frank Black
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Butthole Surfers
3/5
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
The Mothers Of Invention
5/5
Tim Buckley
4/5
Adele
3/5
Metallica
5/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
Dr. Octagon
4/5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
The Zutons
3/5
The Only Ones
3/5
MGMT
4/5
Goldie
2/5
The Black Keys
3/5
Anthrax
3/5
UB40
4/5
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
The Police
4/5
Giant Sand
3/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
3/5
Queen
4/5
Slipknot
4/5
Machito
4/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
The Specials
5/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Emmylou Harris
2/5
Sufjan Stevens
5/5
Gene Clark
3/5
David Bowie
5/5
Derek & The Dominos
2/5
Elis Regina
4/5
Os Mutantes
2/5
Pavement
5/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
Korn
2/5
I had a friend who put this on to fall asleep to during a sleepover. I was looking forward to listening to this, but I think it aged worse than Chocolate Starfish.
4/5
The Fall
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
AC/DC
4/5
U2
3/5
I don't know how to explain it, but this sounds like fake music.
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
American Music Club
3/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
FKA twigs
4/5
The Modern Lovers
5/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Chicago
2/5
Can
5/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
The Cramps
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
The Cure
3/5
The Crusaders
3/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
The Yardbirds
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Genesis
5/5
I first listened to this in my teens. It was my only attempt to listen to Genesis, and it put me off from them. I think my brain was simply too small then.
50 Cent
4/5
Jefferson Airplane
5/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
Innocuous, but why's this here?
Morrissey
2/5
This guy thinks he can forgive Jesus
Silver Jews
4/5
Milton Nascimento
4/5
Traffic
3/5
This is fine, by why is it on here?
Saint Etienne
3/5
DJ Shadow
5/5
OutKast
5/5
The Stooges
4/5
Megadeth
5/5
Mike Ladd
4/5
k.d. lang
4/5
The La's
4/5
Van Morrison
2/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Pere Ubu
4/5
Supertramp
4/5
Pavement
5/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Bert Jansch
4/5
Skepta
3/5
The KLF
4/5
Marty Robbins
5/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Paul McCartney
4/5
Fairport Convention
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Van Halen
5/5
Ice T
3/5
Liz Phair
5/5
4/5
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
The Dictators
3/5
5/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Judas Priest
4/5
fIREHOSE
4/5
Napalm Death
2/5
Lol, what?
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Aphex Twin
4/5
Coldcut
2/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Crowded House
4/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Finley Quaye
4/5
The Thrills
4/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Yes
4/5
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
The Temptations
3/5
Joy Division
5/5
Gram Parsons
3/5
Simple Minds
4/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Björk
4/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
The xx
5/5
This album didn't click at first, but after repeated listens, I've really grown to appreciate it. 4.5 stars, rounding up to 5.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
M.I.A.
4/5
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Felt like one of the longest albums ever. I'm sure could distill this down to something pretty solid. Still seems like he's trying to flex with so many songs, but they generally run together.
Tom Waits
5/5
Don McLean
3/5
Sabu
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Björk
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Alice In Chains
5/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
Orbital
3/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Ramones
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
The Vines
2/5
What if Nirvana tried to be The Beatles and sucked at it?
The Band
3/5
Sepultura
5/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Metallica
4/5
The Beau Brummels
3/5
5/5
Bad Company
3/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Ryan Adams
2/5
OK songs by a shitty guy
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3/5
Can
4/5
Gorillaz
4/5
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
I think I need a cigarette and a choir of smoking children impersonating me to understand this.
Adele
3/5
A voice like Adele's deserves much better songs
The Clash
5/5
Bee Gees
1/5
Free Palestine
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
John Cale
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Mercury Rev
4/5
Beck
5/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
The Jam
5/5
George Harrison
5/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
The Cardigans
4/5
MC Solaar
5/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Stan Getz
5/5
The Girl From Ipanema is an all-time great song, and its presence alone would push this toward five stars. And then Corcovado, too?!
Metallica
5/5
Put off listening to this to re-listen to Getz/Gilberto. This is no doubt a great album, even though I'm not really in the mood for it.
Raekwon
4/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
The Verve
3/5
LTJ Bukem
3/5
Sonic Youth
5/5
Queen
5/5
Primal Scream
4/5
Scissor Sisters
4/5
Screaming Trees
4/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
2/5
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Michael Jackson
5/5
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Death In Vegas
3/5
Bon Jovi
4/5
Youssou N'Dour
5/5
Really enjoying the vibe and groove of this
Pulp
3/5
Sheryl Crow
4/5
Eminem
2/5
Crass, juvenile, offensive, not helped by run-of-the-mill production.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Culture Club
3/5
Doves
4/5
Baaba Maal
4/5
Beck
4/5
Sex Pistols
5/5
Faith No More
4/5
Fugees
5/5
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
Eagles
4/5
The Monks
4/5
I can't believe this came out in '66
Jazmine Sullivan
4/5
Astor Piazzolla
4/5
Bill Callahan
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Björk
4/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Dagmar Krause
2/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
5/5
LL Cool J
3/5
The Dandy Warhols
4/5
Sam Cooke
5/5
Laura Nyro
4/5
New Order
4/5
Madonna
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Big Star
4/5
Antony and the Johnsons
3/5
Pretenders
5/5
The Auteurs
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Astrud Gilberto
4/5
Germs
2/5
Yes
5/5
The Who
3/5
Yeah, I don't get it
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
The Pharcyde
5/5
Talking Heads
5/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Metallica
4/5
The Coral
3/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Talking Heads
4/5
The Who
3/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
On their fourth Album, Kings of Leon made a conscious decision to try to pack arenas and bring in some cash, and it worked. These aren't by any means bad songs, but they aren't particularly interesting either, and it's strange to me that this is on the list, especially when other Kings of Leon albums are more interesting (though still not mandatory listens).
Peter Gabriel
5/5
Dr. Dre
3/5
3/5
I dunno, it's good I guess, but it also just doesn't resonate or stick with me at all.
The xx
5/5
Alice Cooper
4/5
Donald Fagen
4/5
New Order
4/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
Barry Adamson
4/5
Rod Stewart
5/5
Gil Scott-Heron
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Sonic Youth
5/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
🤨
The Who
3/5
We don't need all of The Who albums on here. This one's a fun idea, but it's basically skits with some so-so psychadelia stuffed between.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Lucinda Williams
4/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
4/5
Justin Timberlake
2/5
Cream
4/5
Method Man
3/5
Beck
4/5
David Ackles
3/5
Louis Prima
5/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Nitin Sawhney
4/5
Suede
4/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4/5
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
The Go-Go's
3/5
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Shack
4/5
This is a well-crafted brit-pop album that absolutely does not need to be on this list
Doves
4/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Tricky
4/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
It's more white guys playing the blues 🤷♂️
ZZ Top
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
Travis
3/5
Ice Cube
5/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Beatles
3/5
The Offspring
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Eminem
3/5
Waylon Jennings
5/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Songhoy Blues
5/5
The Soft Boys
5/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Tom Tom Club
4/5
Richard Hawley
3/5
Wild Beasts
4/5
I love Wild Beasts, but Smother would be the better album to include in this list.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Joanna Newsom
4/5
I remember when this came out and was getting rave reviews, and I just could not get into it or even understand the appeal at all. Revisiting now, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. It's complex but unfortunately not so listenable, and her voice can be really grating.