I really enjoyed listening to this one. I had never listened to much Aretha before. Her vocals are incredible and I was surprised at how strong the album was all the way through.

Really cool funky album with some fusion elements.

I liked the use of ambience and space but it was very lacking in dynamics and excitement.

Great album by a great band. Unique mix of punk, dance, funk, as well as rhythmic sounds from all over the world. Layers of subtle instruments. Polyrhythms on top of polyrhythms.

I love this album and was pleasantly surprised to see it was included in this list. The Beach Boys took a darker and more psychedelic turn with a lot of the songs on this album while still doing what they do best - massive vocal harmonies. Carl Wilson (R.I.P.) in particular had some of his best work on this album (Long Promised Road and Feel Flows). I'm giving it 4 only because the consistency could be better and it's only 33 minutes long. Student Demonstration Time is pretty cringe, and there are maybe two other songs that aren't very strong. The rest of the album is excellent and some of the best work The Beach Boys ever did. Favorite song: tie between Feel Flows and Surf's Up

I enjoyed this for the most part and liked how aggressive it was. I'm not a fan of Flavor Flav, but Chuck D is great. I thought the use of sampling was cool and how they built rhythms off of random sounds. The song structures were cool with how the songs flowed together. I thought it got repetitive after a bit.

Enjoyed this much more on the second listen. There were a few tunes that I really liked but I wasn't blown away by most of the album and I know the Stones have much better material. Favorite tunes were Sympathy, Street Fighting Man, and Salt of the Earth.

Not bad but I wasn’t super into it. The KISS cover of Black Diamond was good and a cool surprise. Favorite song was Unsatisfied.

Pretty cool creative psychedelic indie rock. Definitely some good songs but not super consistent. I thought the album started slow and got better as it went along. Favorite songs were Memory Boy, Desire Lines, and Helicopter.

I wasn't super into this other than the hits but I do appreciate the rawness of it. Jack White is a respectable guitar player - he's loud, simplistic, janky, and really gets the point across using tone, feel, and attitude without over-playing. Favorite song: Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground

Not quite their best work, but still a great album. Eddie was such a reckless wizard on guitar. R.I.P. Favorite song: PANAMA

Interesting listen. Janis’ vocals are great, though a bit rough at times. I wasn’t crazy about the songwriting or the instrumentation but really enjoyed the rawness of it. Favorite track: Piece off my Heart

Pretty good overall. The album establishes a nice mood overall. The songs are simple and the instrumentation is very reserved, allowing for Taylor's voice to carry every song.

Didn’t like this one very much. Was able to get through it but I just didn’t care for it. I thought it was kinda creative at times and it made me feel nostalgic for the 90s, but that’s about it.

Pretty enjoyable. Solid folk album all the way through.

Unique, creative, and weird. I loved the mix of styles and the strange beautiful singing. I don’t think I’ve ever listened to Bjork before, so this was a nice surprise.

Pretty enjoyable. I liked the smooth somberness of the songwriting and the slick production. Vocals are very emotional and so is the subject matter. Cool mix of styles, from R&B to reggae.

Solid live rock album. I thought the dual guitars sounded great without sounding too crowded. Thought the album was a bit too long.

Dark, heavy, badass, angry. I loved AIC and this album as a teenager. Bone crushing guitar work, awesome vocals, really cool use of vocal harmonies to darken the sound even more. Favorite song: Would?

Really cool hip hop album. I love the use of real instruments and the creative approach of blending genres. Definitely need to listen to these guys more. Favorite song: Something In The Way of Things

I couldn’t get through this but respect the musicianship.

Very solid rock album with elements of soul and blues.

Pretty cool. I liked the mix of rock, folk, and psychedelic.

Solid pop album

Pretty solid

Pretty cool album. Haven't listened to much Bowie before but I enjoyed this.

Really cool album. I thought the guitar work in particular was really cool.

I wasn’t super into this one but I thought it was good sad 80s alt rock.

Listening to this album made me realize how much I have completely misunderstood Kid Rock. My foolishness and ignorance had long gotten in the way of my willingness to recognize the true artistry of the Redneck Pimp. For so many years, my understanding of the lyrics to Bawitdaba was that the lyrics went like "Bawitdaba-da bang-da-bang-diggy-diggy-diggy Said the boogie-said up chuck the boogie" but the lyrics actually go "Bawitdaba-da bang-da-bang-diggy-diggy-diggy Said the boogie-said up jump the boogie". It still sucks though.

Creative, but I wasn’t into it.

Surprisingly great. I hadn't ever listened to a Bee Gees album before and had no idea they had music that sounded like this. Love the mix of orchestral, baroque pop, country, folk, and other styles. Very rich sound and well-produced.

Haven’t listened to much folk but this was some of the best folk music I’ve ever heard. Loved the general vibe and the lyrics.

Not really into it but thought it was kinda interesting. I liked the blending of African and western styles.

Wasn't expecting to hear any mathcore on this list, but here we are. I thought the guitars were really interesting in this. I appreciated how they used intricate angular guitar riffs to supplement the raw angry sound. To me, it never comes off as brutality for it's own sake, but something more intentional and musical if you listen more closely.

I wasn't super into it but I appreciated the pop/hip-hop sound combined with Indian influences.

Very cool album. Strong dynamics, lots of emotion, good sense of taste, even some interesting instrument choices.

One of the albums that shaped the history of jazz. Not one of my absolute favorite jazz albums to listen to, but definitely a great one and incredibly important.

Neat album, definitely some creative stuff. Clint Eastwood is a great song and a classic from this era. Nothing on the album stood out to me as much as that one but it's got some cool stuff.

I wasn't super into this but appreciated the creativity. This was an influential album in the shoegaze scene, which admittedly I know almost nothing about. Cool mix of noisy guitar textures with softer and more melodic vocals.

Some really good stuff but just not consistent. The guitars sound so clean and crisp and perfect. Favorite was probably Mainline Florida.

Pretty good album. I loved the contrast between the more melodic stuff and the harsh loud stuff and they blended it really well. Never listened to these guys before but I can totally see their influence on 90s bands.

Johnny Cash is a treasure and this album sums up the guy pretty well. If modern country music sounded like this, maybe I would listen to it.

Lots of good stuff on here. Emotional songwriting, great textures with the instruments, great vocals and vocal harmonies. The album really gives off a mood.

Wack

Really enjoyed this. Loved the weird guitar riffs and the nasty yet warm guitar tone. Cool blending of styles from punk to indie rock to rock n roll.

Pretty sold jazz album. Thought it had some unique flavors thrown in.

Really good album. Solid songwriting, very mood-driven. I love the contrast between the jangly guitars and the more melancholy vocals.

This album really challenged my perception of music when I first listened to it. Bitches Brew, while rough around the edges, is a wild experiment in musical abstraction and improvisation filled with virtuosic musicianship, focus, and vision.

Definitely nostalgic for me. Had a few of these tracks on Napster back in the day. Think I still prefer Toxicity tho.

I’d heard a bunch of these songs before and never listened to the full album, but I really enjoyed this. Really good bluesy, soulful pop album.

Neat, chill, interesting. Def want to check out more by these guys.

Pretty interesting album but wasn’t super consistent. Makes me want to check out more trip hop/creative hip hop.

Pretty solid pop/rock album, good songwriting.

Really enjoyed this. Great songwriting, really strong lead and backing vocals, guitars sound really crisp. Really strong pop/rock album with some 90s edge.

Not bad, but stylistically just not my thing.

Some interesting sounds on here like the atmospheric dance stuff, but I just wasn’t into it for the most part.

Really weird, creative, dark, and creepy. This was a great final effort for a legend. RIP David Bowie.

Really good hip hop album. Lyrics are extreme but I understand the context and the point he's trying to make. Big time nostalgia for me on some of the tracks.

Always liked these guys though I never had any of their CDs as a teenager. Really enjoyed this one. Just a great example of raw early 90s pop punk.

Interesting listen, much different from anything I would normally listen to. Not really my thing but I thought some of it was enjoyable. Really impressive that he made the whole album on a laptop in the 90s while traveling the world.

Great sense of rawness and emotion, very moving songwriting. I feel like I need to listen to the lyrics more closely to truly get it, but it's really effective at what it is. There aren't many songwriters that can just ditch the band for a bit and pull off this kind of album.