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Album	You	Global	Diff
Rip It Off Times New Viking	5	2.25	+2.75
A Live One Phish	5	2.49	+2.51
Out of the Blue Debbie Gibson	5	2.6	+2.4
Come On Come On Mary Chapin Carpenter	5	2.79	+2.21
Once Upon a Rhyme David Allan Coe	5	2.91	+2.09
Frosting On The Beater The Posies	5	2.95	+2.05
Shack-man Medeski, Martin & Wood	5	2.99	+2.01
Barton Hollow The Civil Wars	5	3.01	+1.99
Funeral Dress Wussy	5	3.02	+1.98
Highway Prayers Billy Strings	5	3.03	+1.97

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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Black Parade My Chemical Romance	1	3.5	-2.5
Enema Of The State blink-182	1	3.37	-2.37
Z My Morning Jacket	1	3.22	-2.22
Body Talk Robyn	1	3.15	-2.15
The art of Amalia Rodrigues Amália Rodrigues	1	3.12	-2.12
Thunder And Consolation New Model Army	1	3.08	-2.08
Slip Quicksand	1	3.05	-2.05
Re Café Tacvba	1	3.04	-2.04
The Impossible Kid Aesop Rock	1	3.03	-2.03
You'd Prefer an Astronaut Hum	1	3.02	-2.02

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Childish Gambino	2	5
Vampire Weekend	2	5

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Jimmy Eat World	2	1.5
My Morning Jacket	2	1.5

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Enema Of The State

blink-182 · 2 likes

1/5

Oof. This short-lived genre of music sounds whiny in retrospect.

Singles

Future Islands · 2 likes

5/5

It’d been a while since I heard this album. It was a pleasant trip down memory lane!

Café Tacvba · 1 likes

1/5

The singer’s voice is too affected and dramatic to give the songs gravity.

Comfort To Me

Amyl and The Sniffers · 1 likes

5/5

New to me and I jammed out to it. Definitely will be listening to several of the songs from this album again.

The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking

Roger Waters · 1 likes

1/5

Even at my peak of listening to Pink Floyd, this would have been solo garbage.

1-Star Albums (47)

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Not Animal

Margot & The Nuclear So And So's

2/5

Grade school lyrics masked in pleasant melodies

Enema Of The State

blink-182

1/5

Oof. This short-lived genre of music sounds whiny in retrospect.

St. Jude

Courteeners

2/5

There were some nice melodies and vibes on this album from a band I’d never heard of. Unfortunately the Manchester and Liverpool mid-90 genre’s sound makes all those bands sound alike and blur into obscurity.

Portishead

4/5

This and other female led bands from the 90s were genre defining

Chet

Chet Baker

5/5

Mood music

Norther

Ex-Easter Island Head

1/5

Too experimental and disturbing

Racine carrée

Stromae

1/5

Not a fan of electronic dance music

Bloody Kisses

Type O Negative

1/5

For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver

5/5

A real game changer, much like Fleet Foxes, to recalibrate the 2000s against the pop garbage of the late 90s.

Loss

Mull Historical Society

4/5

Hadn’t heard of them before and didn’t know what to expect. Really pleasant sounding and hit a lot of right notes.

Operation Ivy

2/5

I would have liked this band in ‘89 but I didn’t hear about them until I moved on from raw punk.

Come On Over

Shania Twain

5/5

Really fun listen, and has a few hits that take me back in time

The Best of The Hot 5 & Hot 7 Recordings

Louis Armstrong

4/5

this was like a time machine to a place I’d never been before

Thunder And Consolation

New Model Army

1/5

These songs sound like they were made for background tracks on a medieval themed video game.

Nonagon Infinity

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

3/5

Some good sounds and a unique band

Rose Mountain

Screaming Females

4/5

I’d never heard of them but liked them

Clarity

Jimmy Eat World

1/5

1990s dregs

World Of Echo

Arthur Russell

3/5

Strange but sometimes took me out of my head it was so unique

Café Tacvba

1/5

The singer’s voice is too affected and dramatic to give the songs gravity.

Go Farther In Lightness

Gang of Youths

4/5

New group to me. They had some listenable songs.

Comfort To Me

Amyl and The Sniffers

5/5

New to me and I jammed out to it. Definitely will be listening to several of the songs from this album again.

Eye

Robyn Hitchcock

4/5

It’d be 4 stars but for the whiny lead vocals. Great mellow vibe, smooth instrumentation, and good vocal accompaniment when not pushing the high notes.

Funeral Dress

Wussy

5/5

Never heard of them before, but they have a really nice sound, and I added some of their songs to my playlists.

I Need to Start a Garden

Haley Heynderickx

4/5

Sad, mournful voice is a bummer at times and sweet other times. “Worth It” was a unique and impressive song.

The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking

Roger Waters

1/5

Even at my peak of listening to Pink Floyd, this would have been solo garbage.

The Black Parade

My Chemical Romance

1/5

Couldn’t get more than 4 songs in before I was sickened by how terrible the music is.

Yeti

Amon Düül II

2/5

Not good enough for a second listen but also not just one star

Super Ape

The Upsetters

4/5

At first, I groaned because I’m rarely in the mood for reggae. But this band had some great instrumental songs.

Live in San Francisco

Thee Oh Sees

1/5

One of many punk bands I don’t know and don’t want to know

Fully Completely

The Tragically Hip

2/5

Pretty boring. Their songs are pretty and they’re boring.

"Awaken, My Love!"

Childish Gambino

5/5

I’d never listened to any of his music before and I instantly loved several of his songs.

The Lioness

Songs: Ohia

3/5

Sad-voiced but unique lead vocals. The strain of the lead vocalist’s voice during every song made it a chore to get through. Good lo fi vibe, though.

A Live One

Phish

5/5

After trading tapes of shows for years, it was great to hear quality recordings.

Great Big Sea

3/5

Their sound is very much of the time. I’d never heard of them but a few songs were nice.

Djarimirri

Gurrumul

4/5

Their sound is very much of the time. I’d never heard of them but a few songs were nice.

Choirs Of The Eye

Kayo Dot

3/5

Creates a consistent and unique vibe in an unorthodox marriage of mainly quiet moments with compositional studio metal. Won’t ever listen again because it’s not my genre, but an interesting listen that I wouldn’t have had anyone recommend.

Continuum

John Mayer

5/5

The Shape Of Jazz To Come

Ornette Coleman

5/5

I hadn’t heard of this group but they had good songs and great songs!

Nail

Scraping Foetus off the Wheel

1/5

They sound like if Trent Reznor joined Spinal Tap. It is unintentionally comical and very, very bad.

Vedergällningen

Garmarna

2/5

Too medieval/viking to vibe to

Nuyorican Soul

3/5

Though not what I was listening to in 1997 and was under my radar, it has elements of good sounds from the 60s through disco through early hip hop era. The dance songs are a pleasant escape.

King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown

King Tubby

5/5

Extremely surprising find with then-cutting edge studio effects to make a dreamy, trippy sound. And I usually tire of reggae after a couple songs.

Come On Come On

Mary Chapin Carpenter

5/5

Had never listened to the album, just the two big hits. Really swell sounding music.

Version 2.0

Garbage

5/5

Forgot how good this album is. Many hit songs and a great time in music with bands like Garbage.

Quadrophenia

The Who

5/5

METAL FORTH

BABYMETAL

2/5

I had to bail after 3 songs because it was bat sh*t crazy. Not one-star bad, but bananas

From The Lions Mouth

The Sound

2/5

Too many dirges to listen to a second time. Good musicians, though.

News at 11

Cat System Corp.

3/5

A risky avant-garde premise that’s respectfully executed.

The Evil One

Roky Erickson

2/5

I was surprised to like any of these songs given that he repeats the name of the song incessantly.

The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess

Chappell Roan

5/5

Had heard of this artist and heard two hits but did not do a deep dive until this recommendation. I can see what the hype is about now.

"Weird Al" Yankovic

5/5

Delightfully silly. I hadn’t heard the non-parody songs and they’re funny too.

Stop Making Sense

Talking Heads

5/5

I don’t know how I’d never listened to this album but I’m glad I know of it now!

The Great Outdoors Jam

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

4/5

Never heard of this band, but some of their jams got me lost in the moment

Apostrophe(')

Frank Zappa

5/5

Imaginative and playful lyrics belie the savage musical perfectionist beneath

22, A Million

Bon Iver

3/5

I love his voice but the songs were choppy and hard to listen to

Goat

The Jesus Lizard

1/5

Some sweet grooves and melodic hooks completely ruined by the guttural caterwauling and puke staccato lead vocalist.

Y Ahora Qué?

Reincidentes

1/5

Come And Get It

Rachel Stevens

2/5

1990s-sounding ear candy that’s pleasing but ultimately empty.

Script Of The Bridge

The Chameleons

3/5

It grew on me, despite never hearing of them and only knowing they were The Cure adjacent.

Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise

The Dear Hunter

3/5

A City Dressed In Dynamite

That Handsome Devil

1/5

Disliked the lead vocalist who was putting us on with a fake Tom Waits voice.

A Black Mile To The Surface

Manchester Orchestra

4/5

Control

Pedro The Lion

3/5

I’d forgotten this band, which I’d liked in the early 2000s. Their lead vocalist’s style is too dirge-like and strained to not be accompanied by shoegaze studio affects.

Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides

SOPHIE

2/5

Too noisy and offbeat

The Universe Smiles Upon You

Khruangbin

5/5

I find this band’s songs very relaxing.

We Rock Hard

Freestylers

1/5

The attempted street cred of adding featured artists doesn’t save the cacophonous samples and shouting from injuring my ears.

St. Louis To Liverpool

Chuck Berry

5/5

Two mega hits and the rest are great to hear.

Frosting On The Beater

The Posies

5/5

Took me back to when this came out and many similar bands were making great alternative rock!

Only Death is Real

Stray From The Path

1/5

Squeal voiced anger music is unintentionally funny.

Peasant

Richard Dawson

1/5

At its best it sounds like Arcade Fire workshopping their sound before their first album. At worst it’s Ren Fair knights and ladies fantasy.

Alopecia

WHY?

3/5

The lyrics are so dense and clever that listening to them to comprehend and appreciate their artistry subtracts from the joy of music listening.

Mad Dogs & Englishmen

Joe Cocker

5/5

Phenomenal!.

Young, Loud And Snotty

Dead Boys

3/5

Far more listenable than I was expecting from a punk band I’d never heard of from a gritty time and with an album and band name like these.

Polygondwanaland

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

2/5

Lyrical and almost every other choice makes this inaccessible to listeners

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

2/5

The few moments of sonic genius aren’t worth suffering through dozens of minutes between.

La cagaste... Burt Lancaster

Hombres G

2/5

The lead vocalist has an annoying high vocal range in the grating pop songs at the beginning, but calms it down along with better alternative songs in the middle of the album.

Songs Of A Lost World

The Cure

5/5

Bleed American

Jimmy Eat World

2/5

One hit and the rest are genre-homogenous forgettable songs.

Under The Pink

Tori Amos

3/5

A few great songs from a generational artist, but also some duds and dirges

Don't Throw Stones

THE SPORTS

3/5

It’s so distracting to have a Joe Jackson-sound-a-like lead singer. Not a bad-sounding band otherwise and new to me.

Being Funny In A Foreign Language

The 1975

2/5

This is fine pop music for a teenager, which I am not.

Save Rock And Roll

Fall Out Boy

2/5

No catchy hooks or hits

The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me

Brand New

2/5

Their genre shape shifting had me flummoxed. They’d be rated higher if they picked 90s “Clerks” soundtrack band, early 2000s indie rock, or glam punk.

Spirit of Eden

Talk Talk

5/5

This was new to me and I only knew their new wave hits. Listening produces a calm vibe.

Zuckerzeit

Cluster

1/5

Weird and not in a melodic or fun way.

Autobiografia

Duncan Dhu

2/5

Really good melodies, harmonies and chords. Enjoyed it despite being unable to understand the lyrics.

Thank Christ for the Bomb

The Groundhogs

3/5

I hadn’t heard of this band. Their songs have cool chords and harmonies. Not good enough to revisit and not bad enough to pan.

Yellow & Green

Baroness

2/5

There are some grade school simple lyrics and unappealing metal, but, on the good side, some harmonies and chords I’ve never heard.

Nightbirds

LaBelle

5/5

Weezer

5/5

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

Arctic Monkeys

2/5

The Lonesome Crowded West

Modest Mouse

3/5

Even on their earlier and better albums, their louder than most indie and more guttural than most lead singer sounds gets too grating to sustain an entire album.

Sailing The Seas Of Cheese

Primus

2/5

I had this CD and it was a weird time for me and my music taste. It’s not as good as I remember.

Ida Con Snock

Michael Hurley

3/5

Excellent instrumentation and gorgeous singing ruined by silly, out of place lyrics

Gemstones

Adam Green

2/5

I’ve never heard such bizarre lyrics from a good vocalist and band. It’s as if Father John Misty had a lobotomy.

Body Talk

Robyn

1/5

One hit song and dull filler

Gotcha! Gotcha! Gotcha!

Gotcha!

1/5

The yelling and bad music hurt my brain!

Jaco Pastorius

4/5

He was really talented.

No Balance Palace

Kashmir

3/5

I kept thinking I was listening to Semisonic’s song “Secret Smile.”

Dilate

Ani DiFranco

3/5

I can place 4 Ani albums higher than this; it’s not a top 1,001

Neon Golden

The Notwist

3/5

It’s ok background music: not phenomenal but not annoying

Hand. Cannot. Erase.

Steven Wilson

2/5

Forgettable and weak

Emotional Mugger

Ty Segall

3/5

Never heard of this artist. Psychedelic, bizarre, fun, and at times annoying.

Ram

Paul McCartney

5/5

One of my favorite all-time albums

Real Life

Joan As Police Woman

4/5

Never heard of this artist and it’s a soothing album with smooth jazz vocals.

Somewhere In The Between

Streetlight Manifesto

3/5

Ska is a complicated genre. I don’t miss it or retroactively indulge. That said, this is a group that escaped mainstream play that isn’t half bad.

MOMENTUM

Calibro 35

3/5

Decent background music

What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?

The Vaccines

2/5

Elementary school rhymes for lyrics ruin the depth and plain vanilla melodies make it middling

WE ARE

Jon Batiste

4/5

Groundbreaking mix of genres and sounds

Hall of the Mountain King

Savatage

2/5

I know they’re being serious, but it’s too close to Spinal Tap not to laugh.

People Watching

Sam Fender

3/5

Many beautiful songs from an artist I’d never heard of but liked immediately. Regretfully, no memorable songs or hooks.

I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One

Yo La Tengo

5/5

No Talking Just Head

The Heads

1/5

Id never heard of this collaboration and sadly there was nothing good about it.

Poesía Básica

Extrechinato y Tu

1/5

Without understanding the lyrics, I can tell this album isn’t great because the genre of the songs and singing styles are all over the place.

Frengers: Not Quite Friends But Not Quite Strangers

Mew

3/5

Forgettable mimicry of early 2000s bands like Garbage

Lemonade

Beyoncé

4/5

You'd Prefer an Astronaut

Hum

1/5

Plain dirges that belong on the Clerks backup soundtrack

Slip

Quicksand

1/5

Poor imitation of Fugazi

Home Sweet Home

Kano

1/5

Mouth Sounds

Neil Cicierega

2/5

A few brilliant splashes but mostly a cacophony of samples so frenetic I needed a rest afterwards.

Are You Shpongled?

Shpongle

1/5

Just from the band and album name, I should’ve known I was getting catfished. This music belongs in a dentist’s waiting room.

Tomb

Angelo De Augustine

2/5

The vocalist style imitates Bon Iver and the accompaniment doesn’t back it up, so it comes off weak.

My Brain Hurts

Screeching Weasel

2/5

A long time ago as a teen, I would’ve liked a couple of these. But it’s just noise now.

Sublime

2/5

A few hits but a lot of derivative mess

Singles

Future Islands

5/5

It’d been a while since I heard this album. It was a pleasant trip down memory lane!

Tragic Kingdom

No Doubt

5/5

I’ve never listened to the entire album because people would always just play the hits. It’s really good as an entire album.

The Beautiful Letdown

Switchfoot

1/5

It’s bad whether you categorize it as alternative hard rock or soft metal.

Cold Fact

Rodríguez

4/5

I hadn’t heard this album or artist previously. His vocal style, singing voice and lyrics fit the music and period.

One Life

Malibu

1/5

A collection of soundscapes can’t be one of the 1,001 greatest albums

Brand New Eyes

Paramore

2/5

Kick

INXS

5/5

One of the first CDs I bought with my own money and one of the best albums of all time!

Cor-Crane Secret

Polvo

3/5

They are a poor man’s Husker Du. But there was some sweet guitar.

Inside

Bo Burnham

3/5

Really funny and clever lyrics with good vocals and music. But unfortunately not listenable with others or for repeats.

Pop

GAS

1/5

Putting an album of massage spa music on 1,001 albums was a dirty trick!

Black Devil Disco Club

3/5

Problematic name and even more cringey album cover but unique and interesting songs.

Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Fly

Yoko Ono

2/5

I couldn’t take it after about 5 songs because the lead vocal style is so grating. I gained a little more respect for this artist from the realization that she uses her voice like a percussion instrument more than a melodic instrument.

Get To Heaven

Everything Everything

2/5

The up tempo songs are smooth and dreamy. The power ballads are reminiscent of Imagine Dragons. But when the lead vocals demand high notes, the singer’s falsetto strains.

Magnolia Electric Co.

Songs: Ohia

3/5

One or two songs every now and then. Not a whole album, or the mournful vocals and spare instrumentation leave the listener unsatisfied.

Paid In Full

Eric B. & Rakim

5/5

One of the greatest rap albums ever.

Dogrel

Fontaines D.C.

2/5

Talented, but with a mouthy, annoying lead vocalist.

How to Operate With a Blown Mind

Lo Fidelity Allstars

1/5

Time's Up

Living Colour

2/5

Six

Mansun

1/5

Whether its genre is alternative or metal, I’m unsure which garbage can to throw it in

Out of the Blue

Debbie Gibson

5/5

Rip It Off

Times New Viking

5/5

A new band to me, and I listened to loads of bands like this at the time. A nice find.

Because the Internet

Childish Gambino

5/5

Both his albums that have been recommended on here are groundbreaking in their sound and style.

Stories

Avicii

2/5

Poppy but too sweet

Maestro

Kaizers Orchestra

3/5

For me not understanding any of the words, the music was universally.

Out Of Time

R.E.M.

5/5

Agree that it should be on this list. Many R.E.M. albums belong on it.

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Vince Guaraldi Trio

5/5

Once Upon a Rhyme

David Allan Coe

5/5

Year of the Cat

Al Stewart

5/5

Works well as a full album. A unique vibe despite the archaic lyrics.

Shack-man

Medeski, Martin & Wood

5/5

I forgot how amazing this band is! I listened to two other albums I had on CD long ago, and this is the best.

Daisies Of The Galaxy

Eels

4/5

I’d only heard one song from another album of theirs before this, but liked it. The lead singer’s voice is distinct and beautiful.

Penguin Eggs

Nic Jones

3/5

Pretty voice, good guitar, but bad lyrics and music because traditional folk and shanties get repetitive.

L'autre...

Mylène Farmer

2/5

Ok background music, but not on repeat

Argus

Wishbone Ash

4/5

They sound real jammy and good later in the album, like a prototype for 1990s jam bands. Never heard of the group but liked it.

Stella

Yello

2/5

Kind of a mess. All over the place. A few inspired seconds among many long stretches of talentlessness.

Diary

Sunny Day Real Estate

1/5

Almost every song sounds the same, and features the strained voice of the lead vocalist. It’s lost in the 90s alternative dirge universe.

El Circo

Maldita Vecindad Y Los Hijos Del 5to. Patio

2/5

A strong start to the album devolves into self indulgent half-hip-hop and eventually lunatic hollering.

John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman

John Coltrane

5/5

Hadn’t heard of Johnny Hartman but his voice compliments the sax and piano.

Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws

Bruce Cockburn

4/5

Relaxing background music and above average acoustic guitar.

Barton Hollow

The Civil Wars

5/5

I’ve listened to some of the songs repeatedly but it had been a while since I listened to the whole album. A masterpiece.

GUTS

Olivia Rodrigo

5/5

I had only heard the song Vampire a couple times and liked it. Hearing the whole album was great. Fun and from the heart.

Lahai

Sampha

3/5

Very dreamy and talented vocals. Good background music.

Music For People In Trouble

Susanne Sundfør

2/5

Great voice but most songs were too slow. Some had wonky sounds or talking bits. Perhaps one or two great songs.

Promises

Floating Points

2/5

Boring background music

The Monitor

Titus Andronicus

2/5

The scratchy, strained voice of the lead singer makes it hard to like any of the songs.

Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit

Courtney Barnett

5/5

It seems like her music has always been with us but this album is just 10 years old.

Misplaced Childhood

Marillion

1/5

Couldn’t get through it all because it was too overstimulating.

Erratic Cinematic

Gerry Cinnamon

2/5

The vocalist’s name, thick accent, and album cover made me smirk too often to take this album seriously.

Angel Dust

Faith No More

1/5

Whew! Phew! It stinks. This isn’t even the one hit wonder album.

Music

311

1/5

This band has a big following, but I’m not a fan.

People Who Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World

AJJ

3/5

Reminiscent of Neutral Milk Hotel but uneven and sonically shallow, but with a lot of chutzpah.

Excitable Boy

Warren Zevon

3/5

A well known name but overrated talent.

Older

Lizzy McAlpine

2/5

Good background music but lacks spark or uniqueness enough to grab my attention.

Ruby Vroom

Soul Coughing

1/5

Most of the songs are just bananas. How the most bizarre music got made in the 90s was wonderous but dated.

Origin of Symmetry

Muse

3/5

I’d heard a song from a different album years ago and liked the singer’s powerful voice and deliberate song tempo. This album had similar qualities.

Phantom Power

The Tragically Hip

2/5

Activism thrust in your face, lyrically, distracts from what could be a decent sound.

I Had a Dream That You Were Mine

Hamilton Leithauser

2/5

I listened to this one when it came out and wasn’t thrilled and forgot why. Now I remember: too much yelling; not enough singing.

30 Something

Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine

1/5

I don’t get the reference for the name of the band and the genre of “soft punk” isn’t something I thought the world needed.

The art of Amalia Rodrigues

Amália Rodrigues

1/5

Every song sounded exactly the same, and they were ballads. Yuck!

Cleopatra

The Lumineers

3/5

Heard it before and is just fine

London 0 Hull 4

The Housemartins

4/5

I’d heard the name of this band a long time ago but couldn’t place them. Their songs were new to me and many were good. It was a good recommendation.

Hammersmith Odeon, London '75

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

I wasn’t aware of this album and it was great.

My Morning Jacket

1/5

Some of the worst singing by this vocalist. This band is better than this album.

Walls of Jericho

Helloween

1/5

I got through zero whole songs. The band name, album cover, and year of release tell me to stay far, far away.

Only God Was Above Us

Vampire Weekend

5/5

One of my favorite bands since their very first album.

Ants From Up There

Black Country, New Road

3/5

New band to me with some very strong, mellow songs. But also some that I wish would’ve ended sooner from annoyance.

Repetition

Unwound

1/5

A forgettable, droning mess of an album. Many better bands touted this sound at that time, and it is not missed.

Deadwing

Porcupine Tree

3/5

Difficult to tell what genre they were going for. Some good songs, but some mediocre ones and a bit all over the place.

Slapstick

1/5

Ska, metal, cussing, and screaming. It’s nobody’s favorite combination.

A Deeper Understanding

The War On Drugs

5/5

Pop Art

Transvision Vamp

4/5

I’d never heard of this band and braced myself for the worst, but liked them a lot.

1, 2, Kung Fu!

Boy Azooga

5/5

What a find! I loved this unheard of band.

Nearer My God

Foxing

2/5

The lead vocalist sounds like the singer from TV On The Radio, but the music doesn’t grab your attention enough to pay attention.

Modern Vampires of the City

Vampire Weekend

5/5

Keep It like a Secret

Built To Spill

5/5

I hadn’t listened to any music from this band in a while, and enjoyed diving back into them!

Alexisonfire

1/5

Play this game: begin each song; once the lead vocalist begins screech-singing, go next song. Completed the album in 3 minutes!

The Simple Plan

August is Falling

1/5

Are these just rich kids whose parents listened to lots of Green Day?

Triage

David Baerwald

1/5

Far too much yelling to get entirely through this album.

Game of Fools

Koritni

1/5

I knew to stay away from the album cover and Wiki

Okonokos

My Morning Jacket

2/5

You have to really like this band to suffer through this many songs. I don’t like this band.

I Am

Earth, Wind & Fire

5/5

I’ve loved the hits from them my entire life and was gratified to know that a whole album is just as solid

Hadestown

Anaïs Mitchell

5/5

I somewhat knew of the Broadway show, but learned through this recommendation that it was first a concept album. It was great and I love the New Orleans style of music.

Highway Prayers

Billy Strings

5/5

I hadn’t heard of this artist but loved the album. He overcame the challenge of making songs in this genre sound different from one another.

Things We Lost In The Fire

Low

5/5

Never heard of this band, but they made an impression with their low fi sound and gorgeous harmonies.

Pushin' Against a Stone

Valerie June

3/5

The singer’s voice is gorgeous in harmony and peaceful in the low range, but grating and tight when solo. The accompanying music is pretty but can’t rescue the album.

The Impossible Kid

Aesop Rock

1/5

The entire package felt derivative and lab grown.

Currents

Tame Impala

5/5

I have listened to this many times and always enjoy the experience.

All Hail West Texas

The Mountain Goats

3/5

I’ve listened to other albums of theirs, and their sound grows tiresome after a few songs. But, there are a lot worse-sounding groups.