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Album	You	Global	Diff
Giant Steps The Boo Radleys	5	2.88	+2.12
The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers	5	3.06	+1.94
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) Motörhead	5	3.06	+1.94
Time (The Revelator) Gillian Welch	5	3.06	+1.94
Heartattack And Vine Tom Waits	5	3.07	+1.93
Trans Europe Express Kraftwerk	5	3.15	+1.85
Goo Sonic Youth	5	3.24	+1.76
All Mod Cons The Jam	5	3.25	+1.75
The Seldom Seen Kid Elbow	5	3.26	+1.74
The Stooges The Stooges	5	3.26	+1.74

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim Frank Sinatra	1	3.27	-2.27
Close To The Edge Yes	1	3.19	-2.19
Ys Joanna Newsom	1	2.8	-1.8
Metallica Metallica	2	3.79	-1.79
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	2	3.61	-1.61
That's The Way Of The World Earth, Wind & Fire	2	3.5	-1.5
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit	1	2.48	-1.48
Public Image: First Issue Public Image Ltd.	1	2.43	-1.43
Diamond Life Sade	2	3.42	-1.42
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	2	3.35	-1.35

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Artist	Albums	Average
The Kinks	3	4.67
Beatles	3	4.67
The Stooges	2	5
Elliott Smith	2	5
R.E.M.	3	4.33
Radiohead	3	4.33

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Yes	1, 4, 3

5-Star Albums (44)

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Popular Reviews

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

2/5

Pleasant. Mild. Nice. Pretty. Wears a cardigan and hides behind fringes.

10 likes

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

5/5

A very tight live performance, recorded well.

2 likes

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

5/5

I love the Tom Waits slow vibe on this album. The tracks are musically different and Tom just can't help be a story teller. Ace stuff!

1 likes

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

1/5

Artless stuff. The music, cover and name. No taste.

1 likes

Face to Face

The Kinks

5/5

The Kinks are real story tellers on this album. The lyrics are just as important as the musicianship, and all together makes a excellent listen. There is only one well known track on this album but you won't be disappointed with any of the songs. Great stuff from the mid-60's!

1 likes

4-Star Albums (89)

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

1-Star Albums (6)

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

All Ratings

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

This is an eclectic record. 21st century 'White Album' perhaps? Certainly the two artists represented by the two 'CD' track listings felt they could do whatever they wanted no matter how crazy it was or what the other thought, I assume. Some catchy stuff and OK raps I suppose. I'll give it another listen but it runs over two hours already. I haven't got a favourite disc.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

1/5

Was this the origin of muzak? Or did they just contribute? Either way it's an unexciting ride.

Country Life

Roxy Music

4/5

I enjoyed this one! Great energy and performances.

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

4/5

Pretty good rock album. Some big hits and only 1 obvious filler track. Doesn't overstay its welcome at 39 minutes. Nice full orchestra track to conclude the album.

Parklife

Blur

3/5

Some killer. Some filler. Not my favourite Blur album. Peak Britpop Blur are this and the next album. They get a bit weirder later in the decade which I prefer.

Close To The Edge

Yes

1/5

I listened to this album three times so you don't have to. (standard 3 track release).

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

Still has the strong classic Beach Boys vibe but with less cars and more girls. I will listen again.

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

I listened to the 14 track edition on Apple Music. This is a pretty rockin' live album. It's got an 'everybody solo!' vibe but the songs are good. I'm familiar with the most popular tracks and there are a few well executed covers. Well recorded at Leeds University, might have to make it a music mecca some time! Could do without some of the chit chat though, which I believe isn't in the original 1970 release.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

Awesome stuff. Can never not enjoy this album

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

2/5

Pleasant. Mild. Nice. Pretty. Wears a cardigan and hides behind fringes.

Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

Doesn't Stank.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

I was 15 when this album came out. I had no idea the album versions of the 3 singles were so much longer! A pretty cool record.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

5/5

Great tunes! Always something new to hear each time. Sounds great, hasn't aged.

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

4/5

I love these sort of crazy everything but the kitchen sink albums. One of the best.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

I listened to this one quite a bit back in the day. It has four great songs, a couple of decent other ones, and then much noodling and sonic mis-adventures. I still like it though.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

What a great combination of singer songwriters and performers. Good tunes all interesting to listen to and possibly sing along with. A classic of its time and informative of what influence it had on the future.

Gorillaz

4/5

The sounds on this album remind me of the 2003 Blur album, which came after this. More rapping on this one though! I like Damon's and Blur's music a lot!

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

4/5

This is a cool record. Brash and loud. Modern psych rock?

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

This album was huge when I was a teenager. I certainly heard the big hits hundreds of times but this is the first time I've listened to the album. It's a grower and I appreciated it more on the 3rd listen. As an album it is good with most tracks being interesting even if you can't sing and dance to them as much as the hits.

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

2/5

not my kind of scene baby.

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

3/5

Amazing drumming. Not too sure about the dual vocalists. Pick one? Heavy but not Helium!

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

I love this album, side A is perfect and side B is pretty good. Macca at his best.

All Mod Cons

The Jam

5/5

Love this album. Inventive musicians playing great songs with Smart lyrics.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

4/5

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. It's good and I don't mind Morrissey's lyrics.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

5/5

I love the Tom Waits slow vibe on this album. The tracks are musically different and Tom just can't help be a story teller. Ace stuff!

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Ray sounds great. Not much of a fan of the choral style backing vocals. Good songs.

Me Against The World

2Pac

2/5

Repetitive.

Paul Simon

3/5

Reminds me of McCartney I, pleasant, sometimes surprising and fun.

Raw Power

The Stooges

5/5

I listened to the 1997 Iggy Pop remix and the Bowie mix. The Bowie mix certainly hides how loose some of the performances are but the Pop mix is the superior mix. As for the album, appropriately named and exciting to listen to. Worth the time of any guitar rock lover.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

3/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

Immediately listenable with 'fun' lyrics. Pretty good really!

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

Holds up to repeated listening. Great beats and rhythms. Scratching not annoying or ridiculous. One for the ages.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

It's an interesting listen like many mid 1960's albums. Cool sounds and grooves. I suppose the lyrical content is a bit more unusual than similar era fare, buying drugs, sadomasochism, etc. I do prefer Lou over Nico though. Rolling Stones fans should enjoy it.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Half good songs. Half lame funk rap. Just buy a greatest hits to avoid the dross.

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

This is a great rock album. Adds to the canon and still feels exciting and vital today. A classic.

Dirty

Sonic Youth

4/5

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

3/5

Good background grooves. Didn't listen to the words.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

5/5

This is a great listen all round. Worth your time and repeated listens

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

2/5

Whistful. Great to doze off to.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

Empty repetitive jams. Boring. "No future" for John Lydon after the Pistols.

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

4/5

Sweet tunes. but not sickly sweet.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Lots to absorb here. Probably would have helped if I was 22, directionless, and needed a friend in Billy. Sounds great and a good reflection of mid 90s rock.

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

It's sorta fun!

Eagles

4/5

This is a good debut album. Sounds great. Good songs, lyrics decent, vocals great. Variety of soft and harder rocking tunes.

White Light

Gene Clark

4/5

Enjoyable listen. The type of laid back country tinged rock that existed, before wall-of-sound country arrived a few years later and urbanised the genre. Great.

The Stooges

5/5

Did they have pogo'ing back in 1969? That's what I'd be doing!

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

This is much better than I anticipated. Beautiful singing and music. The raps are tolerable! Probably peak RnB for the two decades surrounding it's release.

The Modern Lovers

5/5

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

3/5

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

4/5

This is very listening for non-rap lover, in comparison to most of the stuff that I've heard anyway. Good interesting rhymes. Nice use of profanity!

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Good riffs. Dumb lyrics. DP for everyone!

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

4/5

This album is lyrically interesting and the music suitably dramatic and interesting. A pretty good intro to Alice Cooper (the band).

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

5/5

I love the Beatles but I had never listened to this mainly because I thought it would all sound like My Sweet Lord. Thankfully it does not. George wrote some strong and thoughtful tracks and the musicians he surrounded himself with are excellent. Even the Bob Dylan song is a good one!

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

Pleasantly engaging.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

A random bunch of tunes performed well. Don't get the classic status.

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Hasn't aged as badly as you might think.

Led Zeppelin

3/5

A handful a great tracks where they next level their Blues origins and some OK ones which are saved by Robert's vocals. A decent listen.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Pretty cool album. The flute was less overwhelming than I had feared. Certainly, worth your time if you like slightly off kilter British rock from the early seventies. Good guitar sounds. I listened to the 2016 remaster.

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

3/5

Charming.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Awesome. Timeless.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Good.

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

4/5

I love wall of guitars sound though occasionally the solos get overwhelmed. Always good to hear a couple of male voices out front.

Celebrity Skin

Hole

4/5

Catchy rock album!

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

This is better than you might assume. Don't let the overplayed Smoke on the Water (good lyrics) delay your listening!

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Pleasant folky listening. Nick sings it well and plays great.

Chris

Christine and the Queens

3/5

Modern pop music. Sung in English and French. Good

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

I like the drumming.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

...and justice for Jason. This album sounds bad. I feel asleep on the bus listening to it.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

This is a groovy record with mostly singing and little rapping. Easy to get into, worth a listen.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

5/5

Elliott Smith is the best! I'm and XO fan but this is also great.

Technique

New Order

2/5

I like dancing but the sounds are just so dated I don’t even feel nostalgic.

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

Great album!

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

4/5

Great jams on this one. Vocal free too.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

4/5

Another band i missed when I was listening to music from the early 90's. This is a good one for sure.

Metallica

2/5

Not a particularly exciting album. A couple of good songs which make the remainder sound like filler. And the remastered edition is stupidity bright!

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

I was 10 when this album was released so it fell through the listening cracks I suppose, but wow it is good. Everything about it is wonderful. The sound, feel, lyrics, performances, mixing, and the rest. Love it.

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

The album sounds original. probably because it is.

Dare!

The Human League

4/5

The lyrics are actually good and thoughtful. The music has a date on it but is still good enough to hold up to fresh ears.

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

Is it dense noise or masked groove rock? Get into it.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

The Blues. Gin. Hendricks/x. 5 stars.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

I don't think this is peak David. There are a couple of memorable tracks but the rest are just competent. For Bowie completists.

Suede

4/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

This laid back country rock is great.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

Enjoyable tracks with some structure and groove, not as alien as you might assume.

Microshift

Hookworms

4/5

I like this type of modern rock music. Good!

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

This is a consistently good album. Varied in instrumentation and pace. Good singing by what's his name too! Hasn't really aged, or feel of its time, even though it's 22 years old.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

I listened to the 2022 remix album. Sounds good, not much bottom end. Oh, wrong review style. Yeah, some good songs on here and always nice to hear some non-rock instruments played fast and effectively.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

A strong album that any pop music lover should enjoy. Michael sings excellently but some of the sounds do date the production. Good.

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

1/5

Artless stuff. The music, cover and name. No taste.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

a good blues set.

Face to Face

The Kinks

5/5

Live Through This

Hole

5/5

Peak grunge. Excellent

Palo Congo

Sabu

4/5

I enjoyed this jazz record. Yep.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

One of those every all killer no filler albums. a pop gem.

Fragile

Yes

4/5

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

This album is super eclectic! I've listened to it many times over 30 years and do enjoy it because it is ridiculous. Great!

Tapestry

Carole King

3/5

Pleasant.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

I think Wilco are a great band, one of the greatest. And this album is beautiful.

Caetano Veloso

4/5

Cool music. I love the feel of this. Don't understand a word though!

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

5/5

So simple and engaging. I'm sure it's a sheep in wolf's clothing.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

A tuneful album by Bob standards. Great lyrics.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

5/5

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

3/5

Goo

Sonic Youth

5/5

Probably their most accessible album. Packed with great songs, jams, guitars and the kitchen sink.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

5/5

A very tight live performance, recorded well.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

Great. Before gangsta everything was good in the world.

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

3/5

nice electronica. happy to listen more than once.

Elastica

3/5

somewhere between a headliner and a foot note. ok pop'n roll.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

4/5

You can smell the incense!

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

Good!

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Another strong set of songs from CCR.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

fun!

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

This is a great double album. Needs 2 or 3 listens though!

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

I'm sure Limp Bizkit fans would love it.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

Good musicians. Creative.

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

Enjoyable, self-deprecating, rock. Good.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Dolly sings well, not too much vibrato. Lovely tunes.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Janis is a great singer and the band are also tight! Worth your time if you are into vocal performance.

Diamond Life

Sade

2/5

Cubic Zirconia life.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Otis is a great singer and he picked some great songs to cover and interpret. The band is also excellent.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

Kinks can do no wrong in my eyes!

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Competent Blues Rock.

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

Sounds like beautiful chaos. I discovered this band when Nirvana did the Unplugged set, which included 3 songs from this album. I can get why Kurt liked them.

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

Nice music.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

a cool album with good pop songs.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

I love Fiona's voice.

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3/5

it's fine. good porn lyrics!

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

5/5

what a great sounding album! worth of repeated listens.

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

Play

Moby

3/5

Pleasant cleaning music.

The Joshua Tree

5/5

Great songs from beginning to end. Bono's vox were great and the music is stimulating. Top record.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Cool stuff. Too cool for you!

Violent Femmes

5/5

I love this record. The male point of view on all aspects of love! Fun and twisted and sad and happy. Great!

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

2/5

...and now where are my Jam records? Ah! Just at hand.

Germs

3/5

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

Makes me sleepy.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Solid debut album! Good performances of good blues tunes.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

This is my favourite Beatles album. The songs are forever interesting to listen to and the instruments varied and well chosen for each track.

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

Such a great listen. Headphones material.

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

This is a favourite of mine from the early 90s. I like it more than Out of Time. Weird themes and great sounds.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

3/5

The La's

4/5

yeah, I love this album. Rough and ready tunes, never boring.

New York Dolls

3/5

Nice manic punk rock done well.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

3/5

Nice. Probably like the city of the same name too. Very Nice.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

I little bit plodding compared to future releases. Mid.

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Probably their most listenable release. Good, not great.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

4/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

I love Dusty's voice, it is amazing. So much depth and sexy. Some famous songs and song writers on this album and the musicians are A grade.

Joanna Newsom

1/5

Tedious. Hookless. Affected vocals. Please don't. I can't.

War

3/5

Good. except for the horns and strings. could have done without them.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

topically heavy.

Fleet Foxes

5/5

I really enjoy this album. It's like every flavour of ice cream with the bonus you never feel sick or tired of having it.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

This is great listening. Good songs well interpreted.

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Tops the first album! Great rock music. Classic.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

The Oasis boys hit hard on their first album and it's a good listen if you like guitar rock. It has aged well since it was released in the early 90's. Not a timeless album but a strong one.

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

2/5

At least 'colour' is spelt correctly. 2 stars for that.

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

5/5

This is an eclectic album of rock songs. The sort of music that gives you faith in the industry to release something original and challenging from time to time.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

this is a fun listen without the usual gangstas, hoes, or bitches you might expect. Thank you!

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

I've had too many whiskeys and cokes. didn't have any cigarettes though.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

5/5

I love this album. Catchy songs with interesting story lyrics. Very English!

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

4/5

my ears are bleeding blue. the world is a great place.

Queens of the Stone Age

3/5

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Nicely funky and they bothered to write some lyrics you could learn and sing a long to. Might get it out at a party some time in the future.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Nice beats. I occasionally heard the word 'fuck'. I wasn't offended.

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

3/5

It took some hunting to find the correct recording on Apple Music. I found the one with the 3 bonus tracks so it's pretty close. Be careful of the modern re-recordings! Anyway, if you ever heard those Beatles excursions into Indian music, this is like that with all the Beatles bits removed! LOL. I'm definitely a foreigner to this stuff! Very enjoyable and I will listen again.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

I wish i was at this gig.

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

3/5

Liquid Swords

GZA

3/5

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

enjoyable listen.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

4/5

Dynamic and interesting album. Repeated listens are rewarded. Not exactly sure what they are singing about all of the time!

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

2/5

Musak

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Miriam Makeba

4/5

Scum

Napalm Death

2/5

It's not for me.

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Lot's of drama music and singing here. It's pretty good!

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

The Doors

4/5

Some great classic 60's era songs on here and an album you can listen to from start to finish. Not much filler, maybe Whiskey Bar qualifies, but great debut.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

I really enjoy the diversity of songs and sounds on the album, along with the excellent singing of course.

Born To Be With You

Dion

3/5

It's OK I guess. I'm not a Phil Spector fan boy. Dion sings well.

Virgin Suicides

Air

3/5

Odelay

Beck

5/5

i likey the crazy.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

I enjoyed listening to this while watering the garden and later while eating a beef burger.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2/5

It's the bed confined wounded that worry me.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

Pretty harmless stuff.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Yeah! The drums, huge! Love this sounds and the songs.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

I like the production, very raw compared to Nevermind but the songs are strong.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

3/5

An interesting listen but gets a bit repetitive after a while. My favourite of theirs though.

Common

3/5

Enjoyable listen.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

A great Stones album and a great rock album! Worthy of this list.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

4/5

Not as musically catchy as previous albums but the lyrics are great!

808 State

2/5

didn't move me really.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

Good rock album with a variety of feels and sounds. One of Jack's best.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

good bob, good.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

gotta love Axel's snarl on this record. Rockin' tunes for sure. heads above anything else released that year.

Konnichiwa

Skepta

2/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

A great collection of songs mostly well sung and played. Sometimes I wish Aretha would back off on the impro and just play it straight.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

My dog is dry humping the cat. Make it stop Marvin, make it stop!

Pyromania

Def Leppard

3/5

AC/DC with chorus'd vocals and more synth. Good but not great.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

2/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

5/5

So over the top it's amazing. Maximum bombast and drama with guitars and piano. And the vocals!

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

4/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

I prefer Animals.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

every few seconds is a new musical surprise.

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

still holds up after all these years.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

4/5

I love the sax on some of the tracks, but great rock with excellent female vocals.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

3/5

Fred Neil

2/5

I recognise one song. An OK album.

Hypnotised

The Undertones

4/5

Get your teenage kicks here! Fun and rockin'!

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

Love the congas. Over hyped otherwise.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

The Police are a singles band. There i said it.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

2/5

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Da Capo

Love

3/5

Good music from 1968. But I feel like the 'side b' 18 minute jam is mostly filler.

Suzanne Vega

3/5

Nice.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

4/5

One for the off kilter music lover. Good.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Joni is more in love with her voice than what it is she is singing.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

this great!

Adele

3/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

2/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

Solid album.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4/5

Suprisingly coherent album with good originals and interesting covers. Certainly has an 80s sound but could be worse!

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

I like Mr. Cash. I hope he comes to my cell soon.

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

Fine. They improved though.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Quite a moving album

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

3/5

Good jams!

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

This is my first time listening to Cocteau Twins and it's a pleasant and interesting journey. I'll definitely explore some of their other releases. Dreamlike but not sleepy!

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

3/5

Bob doesn't play gigs like this anymore.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

A stunning rock record. Timeless. Influential. Eminently listenable, repeatedly. Did they know they were breaking new ground?

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

2/5

I can't remember the last time I had fairy floss. I don't want to either.