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Albums you rated higher than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yank Crime | 5 | 2.7 | +2.3 |
| Atomizer | 5 | 2.72 | +2.28 |
| Roots | 5 | 2.78 | +2.22 |
| Out of Step | 5 | 2.92 | +2.08 |
| I Against I | 5 | 2.93 | +2.07 |
| Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches | 5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
| Maxinquaye | 5 | 3.04 | +1.96 |
| You're Living All Over Me | 5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
| Music For The Jilted Generation | 5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
| Scum | 4 | 2.08 | +1.92 |
You Love Less Than Most
Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood On The Tracks | 1 | 3.67 | -2.67 |
| Bringing It All Back Home | 1 | 3.65 | -2.65 |
| The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1 | 3.63 | -2.63 |
| The Velvet Underground & Nico | 1 | 3.62 | -2.62 |
| The Velvet Underground | 1 | 3.54 | -2.54 |
| If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears | 1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
| Stardust | 1 | 3.39 | -2.39 |
| Either Or | 1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
| Hybrid Theory | 1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
| xx | 1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
Artist Analysis
Favorite Artists
Artists with 2+ albums
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 5 |
| PJ Harvey | 4 | 4.75 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 5 |
| David Bowie | 9 | 4.22 |
| Radiohead | 6 | 4.33 |
| Metallica | 4 | 4.5 |
| The White Stripes | 3 | 4.67 |
| Prince | 3 | 4.67 |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 4.67 |
| Pixies | 3 | 4.67 |
| Public Enemy | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Clash | 2 | 5 |
| Aretha Franklin | 2 | 5 |
| The Prodigy | 2 | 5 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 4.25 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 4.33 |
| Marvin Gaye | 3 | 4.33 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorite Artists
Artists with 2+ albums
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Dylan | 7 | 1.57 |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 1 |
| Tim Buckley | 3 | 1 |
| Leonard Cohen | 5 | 1.6 |
| Ryan Adams | 2 | 1 |
| John Martyn | 2 | 1 |
| The Byrds | 5 | 1.8 |
| Elliott Smith | 2 | 1.5 |
| Willie Nelson | 2 | 1.5 |
| Rufus Wainwright | 2 | 1.5 |
| Wilco | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Divine Comedy | 2 | 1.5 |
| The xx | 2 | 1.5 |
| Randy Newman | 2 | 1.5 |
| Bee Gees | 2 | 1.5 |
| Robert Wyatt | 2 | 1.5 |
| Stephen Stills | 2 | 1.5 |
| Lou Reed | 2 | 1.5 |
| Frank Sinatra | 3 | 2 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 2 |
| Madonna | 3 | 2 |
| Joni Mitchell | 4 | 2.25 |
| Morrissey | 4 | 2.25 |
Controversial Artists
Artists you rate inconsistently
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| The Mothers Of Invention | 1, 4 |
| Dexys Midnight Runners | 2, 4, 1 |
| Stevie Wonder | 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| U2 | 3, 1, 2, 4 |
| Björk | 5, 4, 2, 3 |
5-Star Albums (96)
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Popular Reviews
The Velvet Underground
1/5
For a very influential album it is amazingly shit!
13 likes
Pavement
5/5
A girl who I had a big crush on gave me a pirated tape of this in 1995. I didn’t know it was pavement but I listed to it a lot.
It was a nice blast from the past!
5 likes
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
I loved this when I was 15, now I’m sadly, significantly older than 15 I can see it’s a bit repetitive. On a rope is great everything else is ok
3 likes
Bob Dylan
1/5
Bob Dylan does nothing for me, actually that’s not quite true. Bob Dylan makes me bored. Is it important? Sure I guess, enough people say it is but, no thanks
2 likes
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
I remember when this came out and it had some catchy tunes but to me they don’t hold up to repeat listens
1 likes
4-Star Albums (261)
1-Star Albums (86)
All Ratings
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Louis Prima
2/5
The War On Drugs
3/5
Dusty Springfield
2/5
Portishead
5/5
JAY Z
2/5
The Band
3/5
Elton John
4/5
Tangerine Dream
3/5
The White Stripes
5/5
Don McLean
2/5
Nirvana
5/5
Grizzly Bear
4/5
Travis
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
The Pharcyde
3/5
Fun but the skits just drag the rating down
Tina Turner
3/5
The Blue Nile
2/5
Fairport Convention
2/5
2/5
The Smiths
4/5
Dire Straits
2/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
Leonard Cohen
1/5
Röyksopp
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
3/5
Killing Joke
3/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Beatles
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
4/5
Fever Ray
2/5
Ramones
3/5
Mercury Rev
2/5
Mudhoney
4/5
Primal Scream
3/5
Screaming Trees
4/5
Metallica
4/5
Minutemen
4/5
Soundgarden
5/5
Top 20, maybe too 10 album for me
Leonard Cohen
1/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Bad Company
3/5
Violent Femmes
4/5
Beatles
4/5
The Pogues
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
1/5
All his songs are stolen from better artists and he is a paedo
Butthole Surfers
3/5
Fleet Foxes
2/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Some good riffs but nothing else is worth the energy
Barry Adamson
1/5
Mike Oldfield
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
2/5
The Cure
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
The Electric Prunes
1/5
Billy Joel
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Black Flag
4/5
Pentangle
1/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Cee Lo Green
2/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
1/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
The Jam
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
MGMT
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Steely Dan
3/5
I must be getting old. Thought they were shit when I was a kid but it’s not bad
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Lambchop
2/5
The Yardbirds
2/5
k.d. lang
2/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Red Snapper
4/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Joan Baez
3/5
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
The Cure
3/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
The Offspring
4/5
Tori Amos
3/5
The Damned
4/5
The Velvet Underground
1/5
The Youngbloods
2/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
Blur
4/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
Stereolab
3/5
Talk Talk
4/5
The Specials
4/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
The Modern Lovers
2/5
Spacemen 3
2/5
The Saints
2/5
Haircut 100
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Nina Simone
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The Doors
3/5
Janet Jackson
3/5
The Incredible String Band
1/5
wtf was that!
Jurassic 5
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Eminem
3/5
Various Artists
1/5
Le Tigre
4/5
Deerhunter
2/5
The Doors
4/5
The Young Gods
3/5
The Black Keys
4/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
John Lennon
3/5
X-Ray Spex
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Joy Division
4/5
Beatles
3/5
Turbonegro
3/5
OutKast
4/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Eagles
2/5
Supertramp
2/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Keith Jarrett
2/5
The Birthday Party
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
It’s ok nice enough voice but I wouldn’t revisit
Frank Sinatra
2/5
Boston
3/5
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
The Magnetic Fields
2/5
Lauryn Hill
3/5
Was absolutely inescapable when it was relevant I never got the hype
CHIC
4/5
Massive Attack
5/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Beach House
2/5
Deep Purple
4/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
4/5
The Stone Roses
4/5
Supergrass
4/5
Kanye West
3/5
Putting his massive ego and highly problematic personality aside (which is hard because he is a massive piece of shit) I can see why this is considered highly but it doesn’t move me
Stevie Wonder
2/5
R.E.M.
3/5
De La Soul
4/5
Bon Jovi
3/5
Bert Jansch
3/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Taylor Swift
2/5
Like a lot of modern pop music it feels bland
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
The The
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
3/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
Jane's Addiction
4/5
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
ABBA
3/5
The Strokes
2/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Eurythmics
3/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
The Gun Club
3/5
Method Man
4/5
Hole
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
The Clash
5/5
Anita Baker
2/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Lana Del Rey
1/5
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Faith No More
4/5
The Smiths
2/5
Os Mutantes
2/5
Motörhead
5/5
The Stooges
4/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
The Stooges
3/5
Beck
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Van Morrison
2/5
Bobby Womack
3/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Morrissey
2/5
The The
3/5
The Fall
3/5
Pulp
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Jamiroquai
4/5
The Cramps
4/5
Simple Minds
2/5
Cyndi Lauper
2/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Def Leppard
3/5
Wild Beasts
2/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
D'Angelo
3/5
Ghostface Killah
3/5
The Police
3/5
Carpenters
3/5
King Crimson
2/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Weird aunt poetry
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Khaled
3/5
Bill Callahan
1/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Coldplay
2/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
Billy Bragg
2/5
Love
2/5
The Pretty Things
3/5
FKA twigs
4/5
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
The Teardrop Explodes
4/5
Kanye West
2/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Deee-Lite
4/5
Holger Czukay
2/5
The Jam
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
2/5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
New Order
3/5
Fred Neil
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
Billie Holiday
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
4/5
Incubus
3/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
2/5
Animal Collective
2/5
Cowboy Junkies
2/5
T. Rex
3/5
Coldplay
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Aphex Twin
5/5
The Temptations
4/5
King Crimson
3/5
Jeff Buckley
5/5
B.B. King
3/5
The Police
3/5
Marilyn Manson
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
The Charlatans
3/5
Queen
3/5
New York Dolls
3/5
Laibach
2/5
Deep Purple
3/5
The Stranglers
3/5
N.W.A.
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
The Cure
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
Dr. Octagon
4/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Guns N' Roses
4/5
Kacey Musgraves
2/5
Queen Latifah
2/5
Elvis Presley
2/5
Lupe Fiasco
4/5
The Style Council
4/5
Rush
4/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
U2
3/5
OutKast
3/5
Nick Drake
3/5
The Byrds
1/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
1/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Aerosmith
3/5
The Byrds
1/5
Johnny Cash
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Pearl Jam
5/5
Beatles
4/5
Lorde
2/5
Johnny Cash
3/5
Hole
3/5
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
2/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Madonna
2/5
Peter Frampton
2/5
Sex Pistols
4/5
Roxy Music
4/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Elton John
3/5
Youssou N'Dour
4/5
White Denim
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Elliott Smith
1/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Willie Nelson
2/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Maxwell
3/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Ice Cube
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
The Go-Go's
3/5
The Clash
5/5
Ananda Shankar
2/5
Big Star
2/5
Metallica
5/5
Doves
4/5
Joni Mitchell
1/5
The Band
3/5
Traffic
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
M.I.A.
3/5
4/5
Dion
2/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
2/5
Prince
5/5
Tricky
5/5
The Who
3/5
Patti Smith
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
4/5
Giant Sand
2/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
Cream
3/5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
I think this is the 4th Joni Mitchell album and frankly I do not understand why she has this much material on this list. Is any of it truly groundbreaking or deserving? It’s weird post hippie folk
Oasis
4/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Crowded House
3/5
Queens of the Stone Age
5/5
Pixies
5/5
The Cars
4/5
Aimee Mann
2/5
Massive Attack
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Girls Against Boys
2/5
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Alanis Morissette
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Gram Parsons
1/5
3/5
Robbie Williams
2/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Dr. John
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Hot Chip
2/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Beck
4/5
Ray Price
1/5
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Roni Size
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
1/5
Elliott Smith
2/5
Steve Winwood
2/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Fishbone
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
Dirty Projectors
1/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
a-ha
3/5
Van Halen
3/5
The United States Of America
1/5
Green Day
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
The Undertones
4/5
The La's
2/5
Grateful Dead
2/5
Saint Etienne
4/5
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
Soft Machine
2/5
Elbow
3/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Al Green
4/5
Elvis Costello
4/5
The Adverts
3/5
Paul Simon
2/5
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Tito Puente
3/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
James Brown
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
The Avalanches
3/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Blue Cheer
3/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Living Colour
3/5
Sparks
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
The Human League
3/5
Circle Jerks
3/5
Morrissey
2/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
Wire
5/5
Ash
4/5
Frank Sinatra
2/5
Alice In Chains
5/5
Klaxons
3/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Suede
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
Drive Like Jehu
5/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
Machito
4/5
The Replacements
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
John Prine
2/5
Leftfield
4/5
Dire Straits
3/5
Little Simz
3/5
Garbage
3/5
Q-Tip
3/5
The Hives
4/5
The Who
3/5
Silver Jews
1/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Hawkwind
2/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
3/5
Cocteau Twins
2/5
Adele
2/5
Goldie
2/5
The Byrds
3/5
The Everly Brothers
2/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Mariah Carey
2/5
LL Cool J
3/5
Ian Dury
3/5
The Only Ones
2/5
Blondie
5/5
Eagles
3/5
The Verve
3/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Ride
4/5
Air
3/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
Ice Cube
2/5
Tim Buckley
1/5
Liz Phair
4/5
Richard Hawley
2/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Grateful Dead
2/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
The Associates
2/5
Korn
1/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
It takes a lot of skill to make something this shit with a group of talented musicians
James Taylor
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Dead Kennedys
5/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
David Crosby
3/5
Donald Fagen
2/5
Metallica
5/5
The Who
4/5
Scott Walker
2/5
808 State
4/5
Peter Tosh
2/5
Magazine
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
New Order
3/5
Eric Clapton
2/5
Rush
3/5
Joe Ely
2/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Anthrax
3/5
Prince
5/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Ginger baker was a totally pointless addition to this record! Nice to hear some different music on this list!
Suede
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
It’s ok, not bad but not great
Goldfrapp
3/5
Eels
2/5
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
Stereo MC's
3/5
Otis Redding
4/5
Bob Dylan
1/5
Wilco
1/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
I thought this must be a repeat because I swear I had heard this a few weeks ago but I think all the albums from Elvis Costello and the attractions sound the same
PJ Harvey
4/5
Julian Cope
2/5
Wilco
2/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Sabu
2/5
Pulp
4/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Kelela
2/5
It’s the same variation of a song again and again
4/5
Richard Thompson
3/5
Nick Drake
2/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2/5
The Boo Radleys
2/5
Neu!
3/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
The Cardigans
3/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2/5
Solange
2/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
The Roots
4/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
David Holmes
2/5
Painfully 90s electronic beeps and boops
k.d. lang
2/5
Fugazi
5/5
Radiohead
4/5
2Pac
1/5
Radiohead
4/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
AC/DC
5/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Kate Bush
4/5
The Mothers Of Invention
1/5
Frank Zappa
4/5
Orbital
3/5
Funkadelic
5/5
The Pogues
4/5
Brian Wilson
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
Van Morrison
2/5
Hookworms
2/5
Like hot chip but not as good
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Iron Butterfly
2/5
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
The Waterboys
2/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
Britney Spears
2/5
Serge Gainsbourg
2/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Derek & The Dominos
2/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
The Chemical Brothers
5/5
Portishead
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Morrissey
2/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
2/5
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
Country Joe & The Fish
2/5
The Streets
2/5
1/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Jane Weaver
3/5
Not bad but not sure why it is on this list
Venom
2/5
The Dictators
2/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
Miriam Makeba
4/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
The Crusaders
3/5
Simply Red
2/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Shuggie Otis
3/5
Doesn’t feel like it quite gets going and falls short of its own potential
The Undertones
4/5
The Slits
2/5
Mott The Hoople
2/5
Joy Division
3/5
The Who
2/5
Madonna
2/5
Thelonious Monk
5/5
Adele
2/5
Ice T
2/5
Just does nothing for me
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
Boring and derivative! I cannot understand how this makes the list!
Destiny's Child
2/5
The singles were unavoidable in 2001, they weren’t great then and time hasn’t improved them
The Velvet Underground
1/5
For a very influential album it is amazingly shit!
Linkin Park
1/5
This is just not good and I can’t remember it being important when it was released. No idea why this makes the list
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Starts with something for the weekend which is, meh at best and it’s all downhill from there
Santana
4/5
Was sitting in the sun while listening to this, which is definitely the right atmosphere
Queen
5/5
Queens best album? Maybe, maybe not, but it is great!
Ryan Adams
1/5
Starts dull and lifeless and somehow goes downhill from there
Adam & The Ants
3/5
When I was 5/6 I would walk around my house singing these songs because my sister was a big fan. So it was very nostalgic listening!
Coldcut
4/5
Had to search around and found this on YouTube. Good house music is not always easy to find but this is great!
Fairport Convention
3/5
Folk is not my thing but there are is some interesting musical ideas in this
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
I like nick cave and the bad seeds but this is not their best work and im not sure why it’s on this list
John Grant
1/5
Bad poetry with mediocre music
MC Solaar
4/5
I couldn’t understand a word of it but this was great!
Christine and the Queens
2/5
The first time I saw this artist was reading a cbeebies bedtime story. The reading of that kids book was much more entertaining than this
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
Not offensive but also not good
Parliament
5/5
Couldn’t stop bobbing my head or tapping my feet
Bad Brains
5/5
I have long loved hardcore punk and Bad Brains are the keystone band in that scene
The Stooges
5/5
Listen to the Iggy mix and this album is fantastic! Good old fashioned dirty rock and roll
The Rolling Stones
3/5
In the age old question of Beatles or Stones I would also say Zeppelin. This is probably my favourite Rolling Stones album but it’s just good not great
Janelle Monáe
5/5
Eclectic but awesome!
5/5
I first heard PJ Harvey on the John Peel show in probably 1991 and have long been a fan!
The Young Rascals
2/5
It was ok for what it was. 60s pop is not my thing
Fats Domino
4/5
These are classics for a reason!!
Beatles
5/5
I haven’t listened to this front to back since my teens. Like most double albums there is some bloat but even the weaker songs have interesting musical or lyrical ideas (or are just plain weird)
John Cale
2/5
It was ok, not mad it’s on the list but not my thing
Kid Rock
1/5
I knew this was on the list thanks to the Reddit group, so I had pretty low expectations going in. Surprisingly it’s actually worse than I thought. His flow is weak his rhymes are asinine the music is poor. Sadly I can’t give a negative score
The Kinks
3/5
Pleasant pop not super inspiring
Burning Spear
5/5
Never listened to much reggae and this is new to me but it’s great! Will be listening to this again (and again!)
The Mars Volta
5/5
Is it pretentious? Yes, yes it is but I still love it!
Dusty Springfield
4/5
One of my ex girlfriends loved this album and would play it all the damn time!!!! Dusty’s voice is incredible!
Gene Clark
2/5
It was fine not good not really bad but just ok
Dennis Wilson
3/5
There was a lot in here. Felt like he had been collecting songs for a long time and finally decided to record all of them! Some good some bad most were pretty ok
Meat Loaf
4/5
Was i expecting rock opera over the top production and performance? Yes. Did i expect to enjoy it as much as I did? No
Fun, ridiculous album
2/5
I’m all for experimental electronic jazz but wtf
The Isley Brothers
5/5
I don’t think I have heard any of these tracks before and they were all killer no filler!
The xx
1/5
Dull! I have no idea why this was so lauded at the time of release it’s uninspired musings and sparse guitars just do nothing for me
Femi Kuti
4/5
Really good funk/jazz
4.5
American Music Club
2/5
After some digging around I found the full album. It wasn’t worth it
Talking Heads
5/5
Love this album!
Brian Eno
4/5
Django Django
4/5
Somehow this passed me by at release. Enjoyed it, some parts didn’t connect but enjoyable, interesting songs
The Beach Boys
2/5
I had heard some of these songs but never the full album. It’s just not that great. I know this “revolutionised” production but it is massively over produced which distracts from the core of the songs buried in there
Frank Sinatra
2/5
Meh was fine I guess but made me think of dentist waiting rooms
Pavement
5/5
A girl who I had a big crush on gave me a pirated tape of this in 1995. I didn’t know it was pavement but I listed to it a lot.
It was a nice blast from the past!
The Velvet Underground
1/5
Shit!
The Divine Comedy
1/5
This is the 2nd divine comedy album that has come up and it’s worse than the other one. No idea why this is in the list!
Yes
4/5
Moments of absolute brilliance with some mediocre sections. Pretty much sums up most of Yes’ output
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4/5
I was shocked how much I enjoyed this. I was aware of the hits (who isn’t?) but it was cheesy and enjoyable
Steely Dan
3/5
It was ok some good sections and lyrics but not really engaged through parts
Primal Scream
4/5
It still sounds good and I remember when this was released!
The Black Crowes
2/5
Some mediocre elements surrounded by mostly crappy music
TV On The Radio
4/5
I remember my wife loving this when it was released but I don’t recall ever listening to it, which is a shame because it’s great
UB40
4/5
Reggae from Birmingham hating on thatcher is always worth a listen
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
Perfect for a sunny Sunday afternoon, or a dentist office
Snoop Dogg
2/5
Some good parts but generally not enjoyable
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Bland with sparks of good music, but the good is spread pretty thin
Led Zeppelin
5/5
1st half is immense 2nd half is really really good even if some of the sonic experiments don’t quite land
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
I never gave this a chance when it came out, and that was a mistake it’s full of great tunes!
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
Generic Brit R&B
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
I listened to this when it came out and recall enjoying it but I just have been depressed because it is good but I don’t think I’ll listen again
Paul Weller
2/5
Not exactly the jam, and that is a problem
Slipknot
2/5
Some songs are really good but back to back you realise how shallow it all is. It feels a little over produced and lacks authenticity. I know they are looked down upon by the hardcore metal/punk crowd and I kind of get it
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
Sounds like a demo tape but one of the more interesting folk albums this list has thrown my way
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Great album but the songs went on longer than most needed.
Funkadelic
4/5
Little Richard
4/5
I knew most of these songs and they are all great. Definitely a movement starting record and undoubtedly vital
Bob Dylan
1/5
Bob Dylan does nothing for me, actually that’s not quite true. Bob Dylan makes me bored. Is it important? Sure I guess, enough people say it is but, no thanks
Janis Joplin
4/5
Great voice and some songs are great
John Martyn
1/5
It’s jazz designed to make you hate jazz
Raekwon
1/5
No idea why this is in the list. Just seemed weak all around
ABBA
4/5
Incredible songwriting
Eminem
2/5
Thought it was misogynistic, homophobic and not great when it was released but it has aged poorly.
Jacques Brel
2/5
Failing high school French probably impeded my enjoyment
Everything But The Girl
2/5
This is very late 90s boring pop
George Harrison
3/5
Definitely needed some editing to tighten up some of these. There is a great album buried in here somewhere
Randy Newman
1/5
The Sonics
1/5
!!!it’s shit!!!
Willie Nelson
1/5
Calexico
3/5
Doves
3/5
This sounds best driving through a northern town in the rain
Pixies
5/5
It’s been years since I listened to this front to back and it’s still just as good now as it ever was
Suicide
2/5
Could have been great, it wasn’t
Kate Bush
5/5
My mum would play this on long car journeys, I must have heard this dozens of times!! Weird and good!
Basement Jaxx
2/5
Reminds me of nights out as a student in the soulless clubs full of posers
The Libertines
3/5
It’s ok. I remember when it came out with all the NME hype but I always felt it lacked something but not sure what
The KLF
4/5
Good memories of the early 90s and listening to this on copies cassette!
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Marvin Gaye is always good but this isn’t the best
Yes
2/5
Beyoncé
1/5
Music made by committee and is as soulless as you expect from that
Nanci Griffith
2/5
Nice voice but music is a bit shit
Weather Report
3/5
Pretty good probably won’t listen to it again
John Martyn
1/5
Dill just does nothing for me
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Incredible voice but most songs are just ok
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
I don’t have a specific number for how many bongos are too many bongos but this is pretty close
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Starts good but the trails off
Metallica
4/5
I loved this when it came probably because I was a 14 year old boy. Listening back objectively this was when Metallica starting to decline musically. Its good but not great
The Auteurs
2/5
Nothing interesting or new
Cheap Trick
1/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
Pretty solid but nothing groundbreaking
The xx
2/5
It’s not bad but it is boring. I guess you have to be in the right mood for it
The Byrds
1/5
Meh weird folk is still folk and it sucks
Buffalo Springfield
2/5
Occasionally hints that good songs are in there but did not enjoy
3/5
Boards of Canada
3/5
For ambient music it was good
I guess being in the right mood for it would probably help too
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Listenable but not great
The Residents
1/5
This was interesting, but not in a good way, felt like it was a joke gone wrong
Merle Haggard
1/5
Skepta
4/5
Good quality grime but lags in places
Gene Clark
2/5
Scritti Politti
2/5
Wtf!
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
John Coltrane
5/5
I always find with jazz I love it and think it’s an incredible or I think it’s fucking wank.
This is a masterpiece
The B-52's
4/5
Fun, weird, interesting
Dolly Parton
3/5
Judas Priest
4/5
Van Halen
4/5
I enjoyed it much more than i expected to
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Beck
3/5
It’s fine sad beck is sad
Queen
4/5
CHIC
4/5
Cypress Hill
3/5
Buck Owens
1/5
PJ Harvey
5/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
All killer no filer
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Genesis
3/5
Like most prog there are great songs hidden within, but needs a good producer to cut the crap out.
The Who
1/5
Never really understood The Whos popularity,they have a few good hits but this was just bad from start to finish
The Monkees
3/5
I loved the monkees as a kid so this was weirdly nostalgic, it’s not great but it is fun
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
The Prodigy
5/5
This came out when I was 18 and it was an important moment in music at that time. Still holds up
Kanye West
1/5
Him being an ego manic, nazi asshole aside, this just isn’t very good and I cannot understand why people think he’s worth listening too
The Zutons
3/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Van Morrison is obviously a bit of a crank weirdo but he can make some good tunes
Pavement
4/5
David Gray
1/5
David Gray once hit on my girlfriend in a bar in Manchester in front of me. She laughed in his face and told him to fuck off. When I said did you know who that was? She replied he’s that sad boy singer and he’s a twat. She was right
The Coral
2/5
I know this list has a strong UK bias but how is this on the list!
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
1/5
Racist white man steals all his best licks from black musicians and somehow makes it bland.
Björk
5/5
I loved this when it first came out and haven’t listened to it for so so long, which is a shame because it’s still brilliant
Daft Punk
3/5
It’s good but it’s the same good thing again and again and again and again and again
The Louvin Brothers
1/5
The Temptations
4/5
I didn’t realise I needed a 12 min version of papa was a rolling stone but I did
N.E.R.D
3/5
Bee Gees
2/5
T. Rex
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
4/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Good relaxing walking music. No great highs or lows just good
Carole King
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
Robert Wyatt
1/5
Blur
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
My favourite Bowie album is always changing but it’s currently this!
Sigur Rós
4/5
Great album for dark winter nights
Underworld
3/5
I like it but it does not deserve to be on this list
Led Zeppelin
5/5
East 5/5. Phenomenal debut album by one of the best bands to ever do it
Nirvana
5/5
This album was very important to 16 year old me and is still in my regular rotation.
Muddy Waters
4/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
5/5
Surprised how much I enjoyed this!!
M.I.A.
1/5
Surprised this amateurish debut made the list.
Sepultura
5/5
Roooooootttsssss blooodddyyyy rooooottttsss
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
Some great songs some mediocre and some just did nothing for me
Devendra Banhart
1/5
This is an album made by the worst human being at a party who decides everyone needs to hear his insipid fake spiritual songs about “his journey”. What a terrible pile of wank
Mylo
2/5
Tedious
Prince
4/5
Not my favourite album by Prince, but still great funky, inventive tunes
Public Enemy
5/5
Sadly just as relevant today as it was 30+ years ago
Still a great aggressive indictment of the American dream
The Allman Brothers Band
2/5
They clearly are all talented musicians but zzzzzzzzz
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
I had heard of Hanoi rocks but never actually heard any of the music. Now that I have heard it I’m unimpressed
Slayer
4/5
It’s not complex, it’s not subtle but that’s the charm
The Kinks
3/5
Good for what it is, solid songwriting and good arrangement but leaves me cold
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
1/5
Cornershop
3/5
Some good songs some bland songs but having this on cd got me laid in university so I should probably score it higher!
The Beta Band
2/5
I have a vague recollection of hearing some of these before but it’s blandness overwhelms any memory
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Sympathy for the devil is good everything else is very meh
The Thrills
2/5
Another one of those albums where i question why it is in the list. It’s ok but boringly early 2000s indie
Elis Regina
4/5
Some fantastic songs in this compilation. Funky, proggy Brazilian bossa nova is a lot of fun
Christina Aguilera
2/5
I am not a fan of soulless pop music but there were some solid tunes on here but feels over engineered at times
Laura Nyro
2/5
Great voice not great off broadway tunes
Dolly Parton
3/5
Great voices mediocre songs
Arrested Development
3/5
Music was great lyrics were a little boring
Thundercat
3/5
Lots of good ideas spread thin across the entire album
The Shamen
2/5
Rave music really needs to be heard in a dark club full of people. Listening while driving to work made me feel old and made the music sound weak
Traffic
2/5
There are too many bland 60s rock albums on this list!
Madness
4/5
R.E.M.
2/5
I expected more from REM but this did nothing for me
Germs
4/5
I have already heard this a bunch of times and enjoyed but but my 5 year old
Was on the car while I was listening and he loved it
Sonic Youth
3/5
Some great songs some artsy for the sake of artsy songs
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Great voice but the songs and production just don’t hit the mark for me
Soft Cell
3/5
Tainted love is amazing everything else veers from ok to meh
Motörhead
4/5
Not the best recording quality and most Motörhead song are pretty similar. But it’s still a great album that deserves to be cranked up
LTJ Bukem
2/5
My younger brother loved drum and bass and i do not. The only time it makes sense is in a dark sweaty club with some chemical enhancement
Orbital
2/5
I’m sure I have had an orbital album show up already. This list absolutely does not need more bland early 90s Electronica
Digital Underground
2/5
Massively dated, good beats but let down by weird adolescent lyrics
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
I remember when this came out and it had some catchy tunes but to me they don’t hold up to repeat listens
Radiohead
5/5
This is my second favourite Radiohead album and in my personal top 30 favourite albums. It was quite a departure at the time but it rewards for repeat listens
Todd Rundgren
4/5
Weird but enjoyable. I don’t think I have heard any of his music but I have definitely heard his name before
Heaven 17
2/5
Hasn’t aged well but some little nuggets of good ideas tucked away in some songs
Sepultura
4/5
I listen to this a few times a year. Still as good now as it was 30 ish years ago
Supergrass
3/5
I lived in Oxford at the time they got big and you would see them in pubs and kebab shops a lot. Nice guys but this does not deserve to be on the list. It’s good but not as good as the debut and it makes no sense at all for it to be here
Pretty good in parts
The Lemonheads
2/5
My first girlfriend would listen to this and the spin doctors non stop, it is not a good combination of generic 90s “alternative” rock
The Verve
2/5
Starts with their biggest hit and it’s a slow tumble into mediocrity after.
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
I really like this as background music while doing tasks, it’s good but while sitting quietly and listening it just doesn’t quite reach great
Pink Floyd
2/5
I never really understood psychedelic music I guess because I wasn’t off my head but this just doesn’t do much for me
Shack
2/5
I had never heard of this and after listening to it once I’m going to try and forget it
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Good for a debut but not great
CHVRCHES
3/5
Good for synth pop but goes on too long
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
I know it’s cool to hate country but this is just a perfect example of why country gets hate. Musicianship is good but lyrics and tone are terrible, misogynistic shite
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
Proto Brit pop had some good ideas sprinkled in but not enough to make it enjoyable
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
My mum had this on vinyl so listening again after 30 ish years I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
Psychedelic music always sounds similar and this is a tedious entry to the genre
Megadeth
4/5
Always enjoyed the music and crazy riffs but Dave mustains voice always grated on me. Still good dumb thrash fun though
The Monks
3/5
Culture Club
2/5
Great opening (probably their best song) but downhill rapidly
Big Black
5/5
This is a debatable 5 for me It’s loud, punk, noise but musical and interesting, a little repetitive but not in a bad way
Lucinda Williams
1/5
Boring generic and forgettable
Ryan Adams
1/5
I didn’t know his music but I heard this guy was a massive twat. Turns out music written by a reprehensible nobhead is also shit
Gang Starr
4/5
Never heard of this but really enjoyed it
I was never a fan of U2, the hits/singles were always ok but not great and i never got the hype. Listening to this made me question how they are so big. This was just dull and felt made by committee
SZA
2/5
I kept waiting for it to get better after weak start but it never peaked its head above mediocrity
Guided By Voices
3/5
Lots of good ideas in this demo tape, oh it’s actually the finished product? Oh, feels like a bunch of good ideas but not fully fleshed out songs
Manu Chao
3/5
Good vibes but not for me
Barry Adamson
3/5
Some excellent sections but more fell flat than soared
Justin Timberlake
1/5
I have no idea how this is on the list. Yes it’s better than kid rock but that’s not difficult. This has no musical or cultural significance
Mekons
4/5
This sounds very familiar to me, I just have had this on a cassette tape but not knowing who it was.
The Beau Brummels
2/5
Generic 60s white guy rock. Uninspired
DJ Shadow
5/5
I listen to this once or twice a year it’s not perfect but i need to sit back and immerse myself in this occasionally as it evokes great memories
Missy Elliott
2/5
It was ok, some sections had moments of greatness but not enough to salvage a good rating
System Of A Down
4/5
I hadn’t listened to this in a long, long time and in my mind it was one of the weaker SOAD albums. It might not be their best work but it’s still great
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
I like the blues but a lot of songs end up similar in sound and structure. This has enough variety to raise it above the average blues album
Sugar
3/5
If someone asked me to make generic early 90s rock I would make this
Billy Bragg
4/5
I like billy bragg but I wouldn’t normally sit down and listen to one of his albums. This is good stuff
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Easy 5. A sophomore album that sounds like a greatest hits compilation
TLC
3/5
Surprisingly good and surprisingly horny
The White Stripes
5/5
I haven’t listened to this front to back in over a decade and I had forgotten how good and cohesive it is. Great album no weak links
George Michael
4/5
One of my sisters loved this so I, naturally for a younger sibling hated it reflexively. But it’s good, strong well written songs and he has a great voice
The Darkness
4/5
It’s fun and campy but the songs are actually good
Ray Charles
4/5
If this is what country music sounded like maybe I would like it!
Suzanne Vega
2/5
Nice voice, kinda boring
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Cool jazz for cool cats
Johnny Cash
5/5
Johnny Cash at his flawed best. Probably one of the best live albums, the crowd (inmates) are like another instrument and add a depth to the recording often missed in other live recordings
Tom Tom Club
4/5
Good and interesting
The Specials
3/5
Pretty good but not as good as their debut
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Sledgehammer was played to death on MTV but I hadn’t listened to the rest of the album until now. It’s good and obviously Peter Gabriel is a great musician and artist but it just didn’t grab me
Ministry
4/5
Some of my high school friends loved industrial music but I never gave it a chance. That was a mistake, this is great
Paul Simon
4/5
My mum would play this a lot on car journeys so it is ingrained in my brain. Is Paul Simon a bit of a twat? Probably! Is this bordering on cultural appropriation? Quite likely, but it’s catchy and introduced some African artists to the wider world
Joanna Newsom
2/5
This was hard to get through because I was so bored
The Smiths
4/5
The smiths are great, morrisey is not
Slint
3/5
Common
4/5
It’s good, it’s not my thing but I enjoyed spending time listening
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Vocals were meh music was also meh not terrible but a one and done listen
Jethro Tull
3/5
I didn’t realise prog flute was a thing. I don’t recall ever hearing any jethro Tull before but this was pretty good
John Lennon
4/5
By far Lennons best post Beatles work. I but pretentious a bit arrogant and pretty raw
Orange Juice
3/5
Scottish proto indie had some potential but didn’t reach it with this
KISS
2/5
Pretty vanilla and pretty boring
Pixies
4/5
The sum is better than the parts on this alt rock classic
Def Leppard
3/5
Def leppard became a joke to us 90s alternative kids and this hasn’t aged well but it is much less terrible than I expected going in
Syd Barrett
2/5
Weird and whimsical but not in a good way
Public Enemy
5/5
A classic for a reason. Political poetry and funky beats
The National
2/5
Another boring indie album
Björk
4/5
Björk is weird but not in a fake forced way. I appreciate the artistry but it doesn’t always work for me but this album deserves repeat listens
Small Faces
2/5
Starts ok with some promise but soon runs out of steam
Napalm Death
4/5
Grindcore is not everyone’s cup of tea but I have friends in grindcore bands so I have heard a lot. It’s not my favourite but sometimes it scratches a particular musical itch
Mj Cole
1/5
Generic and it just seemed to go on and on and on. Don’t know if it was because I found it boring but it seemed to never end!
Throwing Muses
4/5
Found it after some searching. I really enjoyed this I was vaguely familiar with throwing muses but not sure I have listened to more than 1 or 2 songs.
Television
5/5
I felt like I had heard all of these songs before but I realised that a bunch modern bands have been very very influenced by this!
Jack White
2/5
I generally like Jack Whites music but I wasn’t keen on this when it came out and it hasn’t aged well
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Good but not great, hard to follow rumours and this falls well short
Gorillaz
3/5
I like it but I don’t love it. Feels like something is missing from it but I can’t put my finger on what
Brian Eno
4/5
Probably Brian Enos most accessible music. Good stuff
Elvis Presley
2/5
Elvis is back but it wasn’t worth it
Neil Young
3/5
Not a big Neil young fan but there was plenty to like on this
Taylor Swift
3/5
Taylor Swift gets a lot of hate and I get it but some of these songs are pretty damn catchy. It’s not the music I like but I can see the appeal
Waylon Jennings
3/5
I don’t like country typically but this guy has a good voice and the album was short and to the point which is always appreciated!
Japan
3/5
Synth pop is 1979! Clearly influential just not great
Rahul Dev Burman
4/5
Fun and interesting. This is the type of music I was expecting to find on this list , not crap like kid rock!
The Zombies
3/5
It’s pretty good, starts well but I was fading towards the end
Gotan Project
3/5
Background music but good background music
Pere Ubu
2/5
It triggered my tinnitus but there was some good stuff buried in there it was just hard to pull out
Fiona Apple
2/5
Meh. Felt like an early 90s high school riot girl/ folk band in which everyone can kind of play an instrument but doesn’t know how to play together
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Welsh rock with a twist. Pretty good
Tortoise
3/5
Not sure how to describe this, indie kids trying to make a lofi dance along extended instrumental. Either way it kind of works, kind of
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
My grandfather hated buddy holly, I don’t know why. Anyway the hits are ok everything else feels like filler
Morrissey
3/5
It’s not always easy separating the artist from the art and Morrissey is a massive twat. His songs are the equivalent of that moaning old man in the pub who you can avoid
Elastica
4/5
When I was 16 I loved this. I’m. Not sure it’s aged well but it’s still pretty good
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Phenomenal voice. Nostalgic listen as my mum loved aretha
Marty Robbins
2/5
Bit shit but different
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Folk in general does nothing for me and this just epitomises the genre.
Steve Earle
1/5
Wait, this isn’t a parody of country music?
Chicago
3/5
Most songs feel 5mins longer than they need to be
David Ackles
1/5
Boring theatre kid shit
Gillian Welch
2/5
She has a great voice but it’s a bit sparse production and lacks a hook to keep me engaged
Emmylou Harris
2/5
Is it folk, country, Americana? Not terrible as background coffee shop music but sitting down to listen in my car just found myself not paying attention
The Killers
4/5
The hits are fantastic the filler is poor
Sebadoh
3/5
I always thought they were Scottish and that’s why they sound so miserable. Not bad some good but not great songs
Lynyrd Skynyrd
2/5
Freebird is good everything else falls short
Slade
3/5
I always associate Slade with drunk Christmas sing alongs but this we pretty solid
2/5
I have never knowingly listened to this album but a lot of the songs were familiar but then I realised they all sound the same. I’m not a fan and I have never really understood the hype
Arcade Fire
3/5
I listened to this when it came out because the hype was massive. There are some excellent parts and some really boring parts. After listening again today I won’t be revisiting this again
The Go-Betweens
2/5
Just didn’t seem to get going, complete background music
Gary Numan
4/5
I didn’t think I liked dark synth music. It turns out I don’t like people trying to copy Gary numan
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
I have to be in the right mood for elvis Costello and clearly I wasn’t today. It was kind of boring
The Beta Band
2/5
I’m not sure how to feel about this. I had friends in bands as a teenager who sounded like this but less boring. So it’s familiar but sounds like teenagers first attempt at making music
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
I have listened to this on and off since the 90s. It definitely rewards repeated listens and good headphones and is generally best enjoyed loud. Can sound a little sad emo shoegazy, because it is
Dagmar Krause
2/5
Found on YouTube but not sure this is an essential album or worthy of a second listen
fIREHOSE
3/5
I have listened to some fIREHOSE before and I like it although none of these songs stand out but they are good
ZZ Top
3/5
You know what you’re going to get with zz top. The hits are good the other filler is so similar to each other it’s hard to tell them apart
Ozomatli
2/5
Just uninteresting
Super Furry Animals
2/5
I have a lot of Welsh friends who love this. I just find it amateurish and tedious
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
I loved this when I was 15, now I’m sadly, significantly older than 15 I can see it’s a bit repetitive. On a rope is great everything else is ok
Common
3/5
It’s too long as a result the pacing isn’t great but it has high highs
Fiona Apple
3/5
I like her voice the songs are generally pretty good but nothing ascends to greatness.
Björk
2/5
Bjork was always different and while I appreciate a non standard album this just didn’t work for me. I’m glad there are artists doing this kind of weird shit though!!!
Tim Buckley
1/5
Boring
Sufjan Stevens
2/5
Kept waiting for it to get interesting, it never did
Can
3/5
Ebbs and flows from great to wtf
Tim Buckley
1/5
The 2nd Tim Buckley album this month and it is as tedious as the other
Duke Ellington
4/5
Music was fantastic and a live album showcases the peak talents of everyone but the emcee yapping and length bring it down to 4 stars
Pere Ubu
4/5
I had never heard of this! Weird and cool and definitely doing their own thing
George Jones
1/5
I reflexively dislike country music but I gave this a fair chance and it was shit
U2
4/5
I do not like U2, I always found them pretentious but not in a good way. But this is very good
Happy Mondays
5/5
I was born in Manchester and spent most of my early life away from the city so I’m biased in my judgement of a lot of Manchester bands from this era. Saying that, I always loved the happy Mondays and they always felt like the best of the Manchester bands of the time
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
Sad goths actually make some pretty good tunes
Koffi Olomide
2/5
It was ok, nice to have some non western music. Shame he is a piece of shit though. Trying to separate the art from the artist isn’t always wasy
The Fall
4/5
Angry northern man shouts at the world!
Stephen Stills
2/5
The most interesting part of this was the album cover
Stephen Stills
1/5
This is the second Stephen stills album in a row for me. I really hope there are no more. This was duller than the other one
Lou Reed
1/5
Sad Lou reed is sad
Public Enemy
4/5
Great beats great lyrics which could also be from 2025 not 1991
Neneh Cherry
2/5
Buffalo stance is great everything else sounds like pure distillation of 1989 music
Genesis
3/5
This could have been a great 45min album but it felt watered down by the length
Nightmares On Wax
2/5
I had it on in the background and forgot it as soon as I heard it
Can
4/5
Pretty cool, does not sound like it’s older than me!!
William Orbit
2/5
Mood music and the mood is “why am I still on hold”
3/5
Great guitar and bass tone and really well produced but, just didn’t grab me
Ravi Shankar
3/5
Interesting and a worthy addition to the list.
Tom Waits
3/5
I really didn’t enjoy the previous Tom waits album that was generated so I went into this with some trepidation but I mostly enjoyed this
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Good, if slightly childish
SAULT
3/5
It sounds good but treading familiar tropes and sounds
Nick Drake
2/5
This just doesn’t do anything for me
Madonna
2/5
Generic pop but because Madonna is attached it makes this list. It’s not great
Sheryl Crow
3/5
I was once sat in the pub with my friends and we were talking about our “type” in women. I stated I didn’t really have a type but then all of my friends pointed out that my last 3 girlfriends all looked exactly like Sheryl Crow!
Anyway, music is ok her voice is great but overall a bit bland
Buzzcocks
5/5
Buzzcocks were the joyful in their punk and were probably the most fun of the big punk names
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
I started with low expectations and was rewarded with a mediocre attempt at southern rock. It has no right being 90mins
Christina Aguilera
2/5
She has a good voice but this is a bloated mess.
Bauhaus
3/5
I listened to this under blue skies and sunshine which is not at all the right type of weather for this.
Nico
1/5
Wtf
Lou Reed
2/5
I don’t get Lou reed, sure the album has some charm but that is all Bowies production, clearly I’m missing something
David Bowie
5/5
Bowie being Bowie, not his best but that is a very high bar
Foo Fighters
5/5
I was very skeptical at the time when the drummer from nirvana was releasing an album. But I loved its rawness and sound and I was at Reading festival to see them in one of their first gigs. Colour and the shape is the best album foos made but, to me, this is second
The Vines
3/5
One good song does not make an essential album. I remember all the hype at the time of release and 20 something years later I still don’t get it
The Cult
2/5
Sounds like someone described the cult to AI and it spat this out
The Bees
2/5
So light and summery it becomes insubstantial
Slipknot
3/5
I like a few slipknot songs but I had never heard this album. It was too long poorly produced and mixed. If I was an angry 14 year old I would probably like it a lot more. It had great potential but didn’t climb above mediocre
Sam Cooke
4/5
I generally don’t like live albums but this is great
PJ Harvey
5/5
The year this was released was the year I moved away from England moving overseas. This has a deep nostalgia to me and I’m a big fan of PJ Harvey
The Triffids
2/5
If I had heard this independently from this list I would have thought it was a group of semi talented teenagers who just need a little guidance. But to find out this was their 4th album and on this list is shocking.
Nas
4/5
I’m not generally a hip hop fan and I was aware this is highly regarded but I had never listened to it before. It grabbed me quickly and wouldn’t let go go
10cc
3/5
Lots of great ideas but not cohesive or coherent
Sade
3/5
Feels soulless at times
George Michael
3/5
Freedom 90 is by far the best track everything else is meh
Jungle Brothers
4/5
Charismatic funky rap is my favourite type of hip hop
Dinosaur Jr.
5/5
Noisy but musical, sludgy but coherent. I love this album
Beastie Boys
5/5
I haven’t listened to this front to back in a long long time. Classic for a reason
Justice
3/5
Likely is a complete masterpiece in a club full of people but sounded a bit meh when I was driving my car
Bonnie Raitt
1/5
Sorry Ms Raitt but this was shit
Soul II Soul
3/5
I’m pretty sure my sister had this on tape. Pretty nostalgic
XTC
3/5
I enjoyed it but it hasn’t stuck in my head so I’ll be unlikely to revisit
Minor Threat
5/5
everything you want in a hardcore punk album. Fast, aggressive, and doesn't overstay its welcome
Paul McCartney
4/5
Smooth easy listening and generally good songs
Death In Vegas
3/5
3/5
Muse has always been a weird band for me. I enjoyed their more rock focused earlier stuff when they were clearly still trying to find their feet. But this album forward felt too polished, shiny and soulless
50 Cent
2/5
Cat Stevens
3/5
It’s nice, not great not terrible, easy to listen to
Duran Duran
5/5
I dismissed Duran Duran because my sister loved them and I was a punk/metal kid. But this is fantastic, the bass work on this is phenomenal. Clearly the music snob child I used to be was an idiot
Donovan
2/5
Started to get bored pretty quickly
GZA
3/5
Atmospheric but I began to lose interest
Gang Of Four
5/5
Post punk classic, I had this on a multiple copied cassette tape so not the best sound quality but it still grabbed me
Faust
3/5
I was being bouncing between this is great and this is weird I think I settled on “at least it’s interesting”
Steely Dan
2/5
Dad rock, probably grandad rock at this point
Love
2/5
No stand outs
Lightning Bolt
3/5
I generally like noise rock if it is energetic and coherent. This has moments where it is just plain fun and others where I’m not sure what they were thinking. I’ll likely listen again to this as I feel it needs more than one go through
Dizzee Rascal
3/5
I remember when this was released and nothing sounded like it. It spawned a lot of imitators and it hasn’t aged well
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Strongly reminded me of my teenage years and a girlfriend who loved teenage fan club. I always thought they were ok but nothing groundbreaking
Jimmy Smith
5/5
I listened to this driving home from work with blue skies and warm sunshine and I feel that was the right atmosphere for this!
1/5
This is the first kind of country music I ever heard and it has likely soured my opinion on the genre because this is a giant steaming pile of shit
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Very easy on the ears but maybe a bit too easy, starts to feel dull
Leonard Cohen
2/5
I don’t get it
The Fall
3/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
2/5
Started out with some mild promise but got slowly worse
Green Day
5/5
I was 15 when this was released and I can still sing all the songs and play half of them on guitar. Instant classic
The Sabres Of Paradise
1/5
I kept waiting for some revelation as to why this was included because it started so weak, but it started weak and if possible, got worse
The Beach Boys
2/5
Sorry Brian but I just don’t get the appeal
Pretenders
4/5
I knew some of the hits but never listened to a whole album. This is really good especially for a debut!
Megadeth
4/5
Love the music but Dave mustaines voice always grated on me
Erykah Badu
3/5
Unremarkable. Musically good lyrically meh
The Kinks
2/5
It sounds like the kinks, I don’t really like the kinks
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Damn, this was sexier than I expected. I know it has that reputation and it absolutely justifies it!
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3/5
I always thought the band name was pretentious nonsense and I never listened to them but I mostly enjoyed this
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Some great songs and some weird stuff mixed in
Bee Gees
1/5
wtf was this! Not the bee gees I expected
Stan Getz
5/5
I’m listening to this is high temperature and high humidity with a cold drink in one hand, so that might be effecting me judgement. But this is cool bossa nova jazz
Beth Orton
2/5
It never seemed to get going, just cruising along being bland
The Prodigy
5/5
I was a rock/punk/metal kid who thought if it didn’t have loud guitars it was worthless. Then, of all people, my mum handed me this on tape and told me to listen. It’s still in my regular rotation to this day
Paul Simon
2/5
Weird mismatch of genres
R.E.M.
4/5
The first REM Album I heard and still sounds great
Kraftwerk
3/5
Still sounds fresh nearly 50 years later but gets repetitive
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
The problem with most psychedelic music is that it’s not as good as this so pales in comparison
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Found on YouTube. Interesting and different but not my usual music taste. Definitely worth a listen but I won’t revisit
Spiritualized
2/5
I can see the ideas behind this but it just doesn’t quite work
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Was really enjoying this then I realised how long it was and started to drift off. Was great for the first 45 mins
Talvin Singh
2/5
Boring techno is still boring with non western instruments
Goldfrapp
3/5
Great voice, weird music but in a good way
Big Star
3/5
Not bad but missing something tk make it great
Antony and the Johnsons
1/5
This was so hyped on release and it was shit then and shit now
David Bowie
5/5
There are too many Bowie albums on this list but this is great
G. Love & Special Sauce
1/5
Another curiosity. How does this warrant inclusion? It isn’t original, compelling or even competent
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
Obviously a very talented artist and I really like some of these songs but I start to drift off and lose interest about half way through
Pantera
4/5
Another case of separating the art from the artist. This felt revolutionary when it came out but took me a few listens to get it
Mike Ladd
3/5
Bests were good, the idea was interesting but didn’t quite pull it iff
Randy Newman
2/5
Meh
Bob Dylan
1/5
I do not get bob dylan, I have tried but he really does nothing but make me regret owning the ability to hear
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
2/5
Expected a lot more from this but it never seems to get going just plods along in mediocrity
AC/DC
4/5
Ac/dc basically have one song but that one song is good. Back in black is a better album but this is great
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Kind of boring but I generally find Bruce Springsteen to be boring but this is a touch more dull than normal
Frank Black
3/5
Black Francis is better than frank black
Ray Charles
4/5
Feels like 2 mini albums stuck together! Good stuff though
Fugees
2/5
I struggled with this it started ok but I was getting bored quickly and it then I drifted off
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Interesting and I liked it but this will need repeat listens to really dig in
Air
3/5
Chill but average
3/5
Good but messy
Skunk Anansie
4/5
I once saw skunk anansie at reading festival as a teenager. I remember them having a ton of energy. The energy of that comes across in this album, but I think I prefer the debut one
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
The music is good but billy corgan is a terrible frontman with an awful voice (and by all accounts is a massive twat)
Prefab Sprout
2/5
After listening to each track I instantly forgot it
Björk
3/5
Bjork makes music for Bjork but this was interesting enough but didn’t make me want to revisit
David Bowie
4/5
Zero bad tracks and a fitting farewell
Scissor Sisters
3/5
Fun but lacks something
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Fun parts but no re listening potential for me
Norah Jones
2/5
This was massive when it was released and you couldn’t escape it. I thought it was boring at the time and more so now
Neil Young
3/5
There are too many Neil Young albums on this list. I think the is the last of them for me and it’s easily the best
Moby Grape
1/5
Forgettable
Roxy Music
3/5
Not bad but didn’t live up to the excellent cover
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Neil Young
2/5
Why are there so many Neil Young albums on this list!!!! I just don’t get it
Meat Puppets
1/5
First learned of this the same way most people did, via nirvana unplugged. So I got this on tape and was disappointed. Re listening for the first time in a long time and it’s still disappointing
Milton Nascimento
4/5
The reason I started this project was to find hidden musical gems. It hasn’t always worked that way but this is great. So different from my usual music but hooked me in
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
It’s ok, some songs are close to great but don’t quite cross the threshold
Emmylou Harris
3/5
The Mamas & The Papas
1/5
Dr. Dre
2/5
Hasn’t aged well, if it was ever current it is now a weird historical snapshot
The Flaming Lips
2/5
Inoffensive and boring
Moby
3/5
This was absolutely everywhere as I was finishing university. You couldn’t escape his shiny head. The music is ok, not my kind of thing but reminds me of a good time in my life
The Doors
2/5
Some great songs some absolute garbage