4.5 stars. What a debut album! Every track is solid from start to end. Bennington's singing with Shinodah's rapping blends so well. Album is harder/heavier than I remember. "A Place For My Head" is a microcosm for the album and the band.

"Candy's Room" is fast-paced and fun, not super into the power ballads, but liked "Streets of Fire". Not the most exciting album.

Gorgeous voice. Album is platform for showcasing it. Instruments are just an afterthought. Slow melodies, light piano makes for a lullaby, soothing type of sound throughout. Standouts are "Don't Know Why" and "Come Away With Me"

2.5 stars. It was fine, pleasant to listen to. Nothing really stood out. His voice could be annoying on occasion. Appreciated the melodic sound, various supporting instruments

Bittersweet Symphony incredible. Album feels a bit like U2 or simpler Oasis, pleasant alt/radio rock. 'Space and Time', 'Catching the butterfly', other good tracks

Reminds me a little of Counting Crows. Easy-listening, simple. Steel guitar in "Hannah & Gabi" is a nice surprise. "Kitchen" is pretty fun.

"Candy's Room" is fast-paced and fun, not super into the power ballads, but liked "Streets of Fire". Not the most exciting album.

3.5 stars. Really solid album, good guitarwork. Love the continuity yet unique vocals. Standouts "Carry On", "Woodstock", "Everybody I Love You".

Only 7 tracks but they're long, overall decent disco. "Good Times" fun but repetitive, "Warm Summer Night" namesake, sensual R&B,

Pleasant jazz. 6 tracks long Only "Street Life" - 11 min long - has vocals.

4.5 stars. What a debut album! Every track is solid from start to end. Bennington's singing with Shinodah's rapping blends so well. Album is harder/heavier than I remember. "A Place For My Head" is a microcosm for the album and the band.

Great album, enough variation to keep it interesting. Uptempo drumbeat contrasts well with 'bleak' sounding vocals. Organs, strings, horns on various tracks to make up for repeating chorus lyrics bore. Catchy standouts: "Keep the Car Running", No Cars Go".

Country soft rock, not bad not overly exciting, "Christine" was best

3.5 stars, Catchy fun pop, a little bit of variation between tracks too, "Dancing Queen" "Fernando" standouts

Shorter album, but a good listen. A little more raw/early sounding. Standouts are: "Born on the Bayou", "Proud Mary",

2.5 stars. Not a big fan of his voice on this, a little boring, no standout tracks. Liked the piano on "Late Night, Maudlin Street"

Liked this album, hints of Counting Crows, Turnpike Troubadours, Rob Thomas, Black Crows. Standouts are "Firecracker" "The Rescue Blues", "Gonna Make You Love Me",

Probably a lot of fun actually live, but this album was too noisy. Decent protest rock and guitars wail, but not my cup of tea.

Really fun salsa, surprising amount of variation across tracks. Hard to not want to dance when listening.

Great album. Alternates between ska and reggae. Enjoyed the faster tracks more than the slower. Standouts are "A Message to You Rudy", "Concrete Jungle", "Little Bitch,

3.5 stars "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" "Superstition" standouts

3.5 stars Beautiful voice, most enjoyed "I got caught"

Mostly too weird and experimental for me. Liked "No Love to Give", "You Can Never Come Down",

4.5 stars, beautiful albums. Upbeat stuff has Beck vibes, slower stuff Hozier or Sam Smith. Pleasant listen all the way through but standouts are "You Ain't the Problem", "Rolling", "Light"

4.5 stars. One of the seminal, early metal albums for a reason. Standouts "War Pigs", "Iron Man", "Paranoid".

3.5 stars. Good early country. Standout from original album (not including "Act Naturally") is his "Memphis" cover

3.5 stars. Enjoyable, soft-listening indie feel. "Pale Blue Eyes" is beautiful, "The Murder Mystery" is strange but I liked it.

Phenomenal album, creative covers. Impressive guitaring.

Really nice album. Standouts "Babylon", "Please Forgive Me", and "Sail Away". Pleasant voice, sounds like a precursor to James Blunt sounding English soft rock, piano rock, pop feel. Not stripped down but not overly produced to still feel folk-y.

Long showcase of Jimi shredding the guitar. Standouts "All Along the Watchtower", "Voodoo Child"

Pretty strange, not sure I'd seek out to listen to again

3.5 stars. Americana classic, distinct sound. Standouts are "The Weight", "This Wheel's On Fire", "Chest Fever".

Nothing blew me away, but front to back it was just a good, well-produced listen.

Not bad, not my personal taste. Need to listen more

Good jazz

Hard not to bob your head along with this disco-y pop. Fun, upbeat. Standout is \"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough\"

3.5 stars. Post-punk all female. Not a big fan of the vocals, but like the music. "Newtown" has creative instruments. Standout is "Typical Girls", "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"

Pure metal. Heavy guitaring, fast double bass pedal drumming. Standouts are "Angel of Death" and "Raining Blood" opening with it's iconic riff.

80's hair metal at it's finest. Clean layering gives it a pop, glam feel. Standouts "Pour Some Sugar On Me", "Animal", "Women".

Album goes so hard. Not a dull moment, everything is great from start to end. Favorites are "Master of Puppets", "Disposable Heroes" and "Leper Messiah"

Brazilian, beautiful voice. Standout is "Alegria, Alegria"

4.5 stars. Surprisingly timeless. Birth of pop punk. Billie Joe Armstrong's moody vocals, Dirnt's memorable bassline make this a great listen. Nothing special instrumentally but it works well for what it does. Standouts are "Basket Case", "Longview", "Welcome to Paradise", "When I Come Around".

Jazz, kinda boring, maybe don't appreciate it like I should

Not my cup of tea. A little ethereal at times which was cool, but overall just boring.

Solid album. Standout is "Fight the Power" but the whole album is a good listen. Can now understand how this album was so important for future hip hop.

Really wasn't into this. Dreary voice. Would really have to be in the mood for slower sad stuff. Did enjoy "Open All Night" though.

Enjoyable electronica. Nice and groovy. Slow builds that never get too big.

2.5 stars. Vocals more spoken than sung. Repetitive in build up, heavy distortion. First part of album slow and boring, takes a while to get going. Gets better with "Revolution" to end

Decent album, listener friendly. Cheery.

Really enjoyed this, similar to the Beatles. Standouts are "Picture book" and "People Take Pictures of Each Other"

It was good, but wasn't in the mood for this type of music at the time of listening so it put me on edge

Unreal. Can't believe this is a debut album, what a talent. Standouts are "Purple Haze", "Foxy Lady", "Hey Joe"

Great album, comforting vocals, standouts "Fire and Rain", "Sweet Baby James"

Not for me. Felt really corny.

2.5 stars. Wasn't super into it but not bad

3.5 stars Classic hard rock. Standout is "Back in the Saddle".

2.5 stars. Piano heavy, decent.

Fantastic album. Southern rock with multiple anthemic hits. Standouts are "Tuesday's Gone", "Gimme Three Steps", "Simple Man", and "Free Bird".

Fun Irish sailor shanties! Sounds like a precursor to Flogging Molly.

Solid early 00's alt rock album. "Take Me Out" major hit but the rest of the album keeps the vocals-driven feel throughout.

3.5 stars. Easy listening hip-pop. The standout "Connected" is very catchy and the rest of the album carries on the funky easy feel and the simple lyrics.

2.5 stars. Like a more rowdy or punky version of The Doors or the Stones. Less polished in a not great way though.

Brutal murder ballads. Nice storytelling but gruesome and difficult to sit through the visceral tales at times.

Liked this album, lots of variety. Could feel jazzy at times, folky, 60's classic rock. Good blend.

Amazing album. Standouts "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)", "U Don't Know", and "Heart of the City".

Very strange and experimental. Lots of layers and sounded pretty busy. Should probably give more time listening. Standout was "Houdini".

Very British, illicit humor. Standout is "Clevor Trever"

Early German techno. Standout is "The Model".

Growly, masculine, vocals. Sometimes ballad-y, sometimes jazz-ish.

This album is gangster rap personified. So many skilled verses, catchy hooks, and in-your-face choruses. C.R.E.A.M. is the anthem.

Enjoyable poppy prog rock album. Standout is "Solsbury Hill" which is extremely catchy. Felt a little over-produced at times, with some exaggerated ballad-y moments.

This album was alright. At times had elements of disco, pop, jazz and always had an 90's feel to it. Standout was the catchy "Come to My Aid"

Female vocalist led punk with anti-consumerism sentiment. Standout is "Art-I-Ficial."

Nothing blew me away but it was a good album. Standout was "Powderfinger"

Early post-punk indie rock. Fairly diverse, faster paced but also slower tempo tracks. Standout is "I Will Dare".

3.5 stars. 90's alt-rock. Nice vocals. Standouts "Magic America", "This is a Low".

Really fun glam that isn't overly-obnoxious. Standout is "Sailing Down the Tears".

3.5 stars. Enjoyed the instruments, especially the guitar. But the vocals were a bit grating at times.

Starts with a fast-ish paced alt/radio rock sound before gradually mellowing out to more melodic and piano-heavy. Nice vocals that convey emotion. Doesn't shy away from raw, coarse lyrics. Standouts are "Big Exit", "You Said" and the duet "This Mess We're In"

4.5 stars. Fantastic album. Could do with fewer "ooohhoohhh's and yeaaaheeaaahhs" but this is just a great punk rock album. Lots of energy, catchy choruses. Takes a little edge off of some of the rawer punk, but not overly pop-y. Standouts are "Bad Habit", "Gotta Get Away", and "Self Esteem".

4.5 stars. Easy to understand why this was so poignant at it's release. Lyrically powerful. Unique vocals. Bringing really old folk to the modern age in tumultuous times so well. Hard to believe he was only 21 yrs old at the time of recording.

Gorgeous voice. Album is platform for showcasing it. Instruments are just an afterthought. Slow melodies, light piano makes for a lullaby, soothing type of sound throughout. Standouts are "Don't Know Why" and "Come Away With Me"

Solid enough album, but felt a little repetitive to me at times. Standout is "One"

4.5 stars. Really enjoyed this. Started kind of slow and took a bit to get into, but it really picked up toward the middle and onward. Standouts are "Bow" and "Eternal Life" and "Monsters".

3.5 stars. Pretty decent indie. Fairly psychedelic and more poppy than rocky, but catchy at times. And a good listen. Lot's of variation in length of songs. Standouts are "Revival" and "Fountain Stairs"

2.5 stars It was alright, but wouldn't really go back and listen to anything specific from it. Collection of live tracks from various shows. Mostly instrumental.

Just wasn't really into this. Pop that was catchy at times and had "deeper" lyrics and the cultural impact was probably meaningful, but I doubt I'll re-listen.

3.5 stars. Really solid debut album, good vocals. Standout is "Criminal"

Impressive but harder for me to get into live albums. Guitarwork was phenomenal

4.5 stars. Great album. Prince shows phenomenal talent. Crosses multiple genres. Very well-produced, crisp and clean but doesn't lose emotion. Standout is "The Cross".

Just super fun swing music. Hard not to tap your foot to the groove. Saxophone drives the rockin' album. Standouts are "Jump, Jive, An' Wail" and "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody"

Rowdy and lyrics centering on social issues. Fast-paced punk. Standout is "Kill the Poor"

3.5 stars, pleasantly surprised. More than just "Lovefool" this Swedish pop-rock album is catchy and the clean production doesn't drown out some fun alt rock guitar and basslines. Other standouts are "Step On Me" and "Your New Cuckoo"

3.5 stars. Different layout than most albums, but this was impressive musicianship. Standout is "A Passage to Bangkok"

Arctic Monkeys front man side project. Has a "grand symphonic" feel but soens totally do it for me, not bad though. The opening title track is the standout.

Precursor to punk rock. Album picked up as it went on, last four songs are actually pretty listenable. Standout is "Two Tub Man".

Goofy brit-pop. Tongue-in-cheek "romantic" lyrics. Catchy at times but really nothing special. Standout is "Something for the Weekend"

3.5 stars. Beautiful voice. Fun atmosphere that very much makes you aware it's a live recording. Standout is "September in the Rain"

Kinda ethereal and mostly instrumental. Nothing special.

3.5 stars. A lot of heavy and dark lyrics, can feel the emotion from the singer. Musically the ominous rock is distorting and grinding. Standouts are the sexually explicit "Closer" and "Ruiner"

Fairly non-descript alt-rock. Not objectionable, but a bit dull. Standout is "Meat is Murder".

Alternated between undesirable noise and interesting, catchy melody. Standout is "The Hardest Walk"

This album is a great listen, I wish it were longer. King is hard to tune out, and easy to connect to. Soulful jazz that just calmly draws you in with it's rhythms. Standout is "You Upset Me Baby"

This album is beautiful. The combination of the strings and woodwinds with the folk guitaring is and Drake's pleasant voice is really neatly done. Good balance of over-produced vs stripped down.

Solid rock album. Guitar-driven Standouts are "Cinnamon Girl" and the catchy "Down by the River"

Starts off with iconic guitar riff in "Brown Sugar," other standout is slower "Wild Horses". Occasional older, folkier sound to offset the rock and roll.

This is a great album, 4.5 stars. Reggae influences without being full-on reggae/repetitive. Balances blending lots of different instruments with still feeling simple. Vocals set a tone that feels 'relatable' and guitar is given freedom to shine at times. Pace changes throughout but is never too fast or too slow. Standout is "Sunday Shining"

Not impressed. Lackluster techno. Feels like boring, background music to an early video game. Standout is "Pacific 202"

Solid hip hop album. Slower paced, has lots of electronic elements. More something I would enjoy in the background instead of listen to actively. Standout is "Bladerunners"