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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
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4 | 2.03 | +1.97 |
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John Prine
John Prine
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5 | 3.22 | +1.78 |
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Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
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4 | 2.28 | +1.72 |
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Tommy
The Who
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5 | 3.34 | +1.66 |
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
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5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
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5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
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5 | 3.45 | +1.55 |
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Black Metal
Venom
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4 | 2.47 | +1.53 |
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We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
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4 | 2.47 | +1.53 |
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
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5 | 3.47 | +1.53 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Orbital 2
Orbital
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1 | 2.7 | -1.7 |
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21
Adele
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2 | 3.69 | -1.69 |
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Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
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2 | 3.61 | -1.61 |
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Moon Safari
Air
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2 | 3.58 | -1.58 |
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
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2 | 3.57 | -1.57 |
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Definitely Maybe
Oasis
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2 | 3.53 | -1.53 |
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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
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2 | 3.52 | -1.52 |
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Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
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2 | 3.51 | -1.51 |
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Play
Moby
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2 | 3.47 | -1.47 |
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Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
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2 | 3.44 | -1.44 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| David Bowie | 9 | 4.33 |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4.75 |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 5 |
| The Rolling Stones | 6 | 4.33 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4.14 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.2 |
| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 4.25 |
| Bob Dylan | 7 | 4 |
| Marvin Gaye | 3 | 4.33 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.33 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 4.33 |
| Public Enemy | 3 | 4.33 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 4 |
| Leonard Cohen | 5 | 4 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Morrissey | 4 | 2 |
| Kate Bush | 3 | 2 |
| The Fall | 3 | 2 |
| Frank Sinatra | 3 | 2 |
5-Star Albums (38)
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Popular Reviews
Killing Joke
2/5
These guys should have either added more to each song that wasn’t repetitive or trimmed the fat. Too much of the same thing in each song. Repeated choruses way too many times. Put another verse in or trim the length
3 likes
1-Star Albums (4)
All Ratings
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Patti Smith
2/5
Couldnt do it. Her voice killed it for me.
David Bowie
4/5
Its Bowie. Its going to be good
Soundgarden
4/5
Great album. Good stuff in the middle that wasnt released as singles
The Smiths
3/5
Whiny sad bastard music.
Fleet Foxes
4/5
The Kinks
4/5
Metallica
4/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
Meh. Not for me.
Bob Dylan
5/5
The Magnetic Fields
3/5
Weird and long but some lyrics were quite funny.
Van Halen
3/5
The debut of the synthesizer for VH. Last
David album. Good stuff mostly
Beyoncé
2/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
Folky
Chicago
3/5
Horns and horns and horns
Q-Tip
2/5
The Byrds
3/5
Jane's Addiction
4/5
Fantastic start to finish
The Only Ones
2/5
Dont know how that was associated with punk. That wasnt punk
Frank Black
3/5
Fugees
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Beatles
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
The Smiths
3/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Queen
3/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Van Halen
5/5
OutKast
4/5
Oasis
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Shack
2/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Funkadelic
3/5
If jam bands played funk, this would be it. Very long and repetitive on some songs but overall good
Paul Simon
4/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
Duran Duran
3/5
Aerosmith
4/5
The Go-Go's
2/5
Morrissey
2/5
Pavement
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Solange
3/5
The Jam
3/5
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Soft Cell
3/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
The Offspring
2/5
U2
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
2/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
The Beau Brummels
3/5
Lightning Bolt
2/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Suicide
3/5
Lana Del Rey
2/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Morrissey
2/5
Small Faces
3/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
Venom
4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
Slipknot
4/5
De La Soul
5/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Wire
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Pulp
2/5
Disappointing. After all the hubbub I heard about Pulp, this was ass. Not impressed at all. Boring at best.
Michael Jackson
4/5
Coldplay
3/5
Overall decent. Follow up album was better IMO but this one was different for the time.
The Triffids
2/5
Meh. Too pop. Not for me at all
Mj Cole
2/5
Not for me
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Would be a 5 if not for the radio ruining so many of these songs. Well put together double album
Gillian Welch
3/5
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Metallica
4/5
Such a great album. Almost perfect
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Folky
The Prodigy
2/5
Too long mostly. Other than the 3 radio songs, this is not that great.
Guns N' Roses
5/5
Arguably the best rock debut album ever. Definitely of the 80s. Amazing start to finish. Isn’t a bad song on here
Sonic Youth
2/5
After listening to this, I can’t find a song I’d like to hear again. It wasn’t bad, just forgettable. Maybe I’ll try again
Mike Ladd
3/5
Good stuff. Nice beats throughout
Radiohead
3/5
Appreciate the longevity and the style, but just cant get into it like the fans can. Thom is impressive but it goes stale after 4 or 5 songs
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Tori Amos
3/5
Not a big fan of this style of music, but Tori is such an amazing songwriter and musician. Solid debut album
Portishead
4/5
So good. Amazing band.
Black Sabbath
4/5
Outstanding.
Linkin Park
3/5
Screaming Trees
2/5
Mediocre and forgettable
The Band
4/5
Stereolab
3/5
Better than I was expecting. Got a little repetitive towards the end, but all around a decent listen
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Nice background music.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
3/5
5/5
So good. Start to finish there isnt a bad song on here.
The Who
3/5
Decent live album
Soul II Soul
3/5
3/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
The Doors
3/5
Various Artists
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Such a storyteller. Not even his best album and its chock full of hits.
The Replacements
2/5
Really sub par album.
MGMT
3/5
Faith No More
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Phenomenal debut album.
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
Janis Joplin
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
So good. A 1 2 punch at the beginning and just keeps pounding on you until the rib breaking body blow of “Wake Up”
Killing Joke
2/5
These guys should have either added more to each song that wasn’t repetitive or trimmed the fat. Too much of the same thing in each song. Repeated choruses way too many times. Put another verse in or trim the length
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
Would give 3.5 if possible. Not quite a 4 but better than a 3. Dwight was a bright point of the 90s shit country that came out
The Cure
3/5
Traffic
4/5
Syd Barrett
3/5
Carole King
4/5
Lauryn Hill
3/5
Disappointed. Was expecting more from this. Her voice is amazing, but the songs were just blah. Loved the Fugees, and agin her voice is so good I just wasn’t impressed with this. Solid 2.5 to 3 here
Pixies
3/5
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
Generic and forgettable. Sounds like an amalgam of the shit bands that came out around the same time. Reminded me of the made up band that Adrianna was trying to get signed in “The Sopranos” Not impressed at all
4/5
Billie Holiday
3/5
Cool voice. Good jazz stuff here. Tragic story about her, though.
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
George Michael
4/5
Daft Punk
2/5
Couldnt do it. Only 2nd album I couldn’t finish. Too repetitive, too long. 7 minutes of Around the World? Come on. Maybe if I was in my late teens/early twenties. Roger Murtaugh here, I’m too old for this shit.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
k.d. lang
3/5
The Crusaders
3/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
Beach House
3/5
Between 3 and 4 on this. Decent stuff, last song was the best
Radiohead
3/5
Sinead O'Connor
2/5
Other than the Prince song this was ok at best
Can
2/5
Experimental, I get it. But theres a 17 minute “song” that sounds like yawning for most of it. 2.5 rating only for the experimental sound
Nanci Griffith
3/5
The The
3/5
David Holmes
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Sam Cooke
3/5
Elton John
4/5
Stereo MC's
2/5
Solid 2.5 rating
Morrissey
2/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
fIREHOSE
3/5
The Damned
2/5
Started out good then fizzled. 2.5
Gang Starr
3/5
Goldie
2/5
Nope.
Waylon Jennings
4/5
Solid 3.5 from Waylon
Madonna
3/5
The Black Keys
3/5
Motörhead
3/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Doves
3/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Yes
3/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
Maybe if they mentioned Skynyrd another couple hundred more times. Sounded like a crap country band that tried a rock album and failed miserably. Plus 90 minutes of this? No thank you
Boston
5/5
Dont know of any other album that all songs still get regular airplay. All 8 songs done by 2 guys then they added the band. Sick debut album
Suede
3/5
Better than I was expecting. All around pretty decent
New Order
4/5
Manu Chao
3/5
Lenny Kravitz
2/5
Cant stand this guy. Overrated and boring
David Bowie
4/5
Eric Clapton
3/5
Recognize the talent, but never could get into his solo music. Cream was better. Hard to separate the man from the music now that hes such a douche
Eagles
3/5
Solid 3.5 here
Jazmine Sullivan
3/5
Another album for sex. Not bad.
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Napalm Death
2/5
28 songs, 33 minutes long. Couldnt understand a single word and it was labeled explicit. 2.5-3 rating. Nowhere near the best thing I’ve heard but far from the worst
Ryan Adams
3/5
Decent album
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Good stuff. Solid 3.5
GZA
3/5
Good stuff here. Could be 3.5
Living Colour
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Horny angry woman rocks
The White Stripes
4/5
The Jam
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3/5
Coldplay
3/5
Better than the debut IMO. Solid album
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Adele
2/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Smooth as silk
The Young Gods
2/5
Have no idea what i just listened to. But i didnt like it much
Sade
3/5
Dr. Dre
4/5
Theres filler on here that kept it from a 5, but this was the soundtrack for ‘92
Def Leppard
3/5
Solid 3.5 from me, but this thing was a monster in its day. You couldn’t turn of FM rock radio or MTV and not hear something from this album.
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
The Avalanches
3/5
Enjoyed this more than i was expecting.
Björk
4/5
Her music is beautiful, wonderfully mixed. I should listen to her more often. This one was very very good
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Gang Of Four
2/5
Kind of meh. Not something I’d revisit
Wilco
2/5
Music was really good. Dug the banjos, other instruments, all flowed well together. Lyrics were generic and actually quite bad. Shame, could have been a great album. Maybe an instrumental instead of those grade school level lyrics. Could have been 3.5 now 2.5
The Roots
3/5
Sepultura
3/5
Pantera
3/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Good stuff with Bowie cowriting most
Def Leppard
3/5
Brian Wilson
4/5
Solid 3.5 here
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Pretty good stuff here
Common
3/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3/5
Jurassic 5
3/5
Queen
4/5
Pentangle
2/5
Folky. 2.5 maybe. Not my sound
3/5
3 stars only for White Girl.
Sonic Youth
2/5
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
Kacey Musgraves
2/5
Nice voice but it got old pretty quick. Last song was the best of the bunch
JAY Z
4/5
T. Rex
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
2/5
This was pretty boring actually. I hear the messages, they don’t need to be repeated that many times. 2.5 rating maybe
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Saint Etienne
2/5
Meh. Dance music not for me anymore
Julian Cope
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
4/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
Fred Neil
2/5
Ok i guess. A little whiny. Reminded me of Morrissey if he was in the 60s
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Ok she had a good voice. But she wasnt Aretha, Dusty, Etta or any of the other greats and I don’t know why she gets dumped into that group. Album was good not great
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Much better than i was expecting. Solid
Bee Gees
3/5
Femi Kuti
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Cowboy Junkies
3/5
Meat Loaf
4/5
Have to give it a 4 just for nostalgia
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Jack White
4/5
David Gray
2/5
Alanis Morissette
4/5
Forgot how good this was.
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
The hits are great, the rest is..ok. 3.5
The Style Council
2/5
The instrumentals were ok. Then he started rapping? Singing? I dont even know. Track 9 was just plain awful. Stick to instrumentals. 2.5 at best.
Antony and the Johnsons
3/5
I dont know what i just listened to.
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
Mike Oldfield
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Le Tigre
2/5
No. Just no
Gene Clark
3/5
Prince
5/5
Skepta
2/5
Koffi Olomide
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Mylo
3/5
Pixies
4/5
Eels
4/5
D'Angelo
2/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Billy Joel
5/5
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
The Cure
4/5
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Much better than i was expecting. Flowed perfectly from start to finish
Emmylou Harris
2/5
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Way too long, repetitive and quite boring in parts. Maybe a 2.5
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Deerhunter
4/5
Solid 3.5 here. Wasn’t expecting to enjoy this. Good stuff
Roni Size
2/5
Not my style
The Who
4/5
Lambchop
2/5
Started out good then fizzled. 2.5
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Good stuff
Van Morrison
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Dr. John
2/5
The Pretty Things
3/5
Decent but forgettable
Jethro Tull
4/5
Portishead
4/5
Great stuff here
DJ Shadow
2/5
2.5 maybe. Not my taste.
Laura Nyro
3/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Paul McCartney
3/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Interestingly different
ABBA
3/5
3 for nostalgia alone
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Tricky
2/5
Neil Young
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Pavement
4/5
Queen
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
The Cure
4/5
Stan Getz
3/5
The Vines
2/5
Boring and generic. Sounded like everyone else that came out around the same time. Maybe 2.5
The Fall
2/5
Nope. The “preacher speak” killed it. Everything-uh was spoken-uh like this-uh! The entire-uh album-uh was done this-uh way. Musicians were good, some of the tracks were ok minus the vocals-uh.
Maybe a 2.5 at best. And thats very generous.
Baaba Maal
4/5
This just kept getting better every song. I had no idea what to expect with this, but what a chill, soulful album. Long but passed quick. Solid 4
Prince
3/5
Good but not his best
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
Blur
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Van Morrison
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The United States Of America
3/5
Too long, but pretty interesting
Destiny's Child
3/5
Talent, theres no denying it, but long, repetitive and very simple lyrics. Each song could have been trimmed about 30 to 45 seconds of repeat chorus.
Violent Femmes
4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Don McLean
4/5
3.5 maybe? Title song and Vincent give it that rating the rest was ok.
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
Really good
Television
3/5
Kanye West
3/5
The best part of this is the guest stars. Ye is not half as good as he thinks he is, and there are way better out there. Stick to producing.
Ramones
5/5
Garage rock at its finest
The Temptations
3/5
Grizzly Bear
4/5
Skunk Anansie
3/5
Not bad.
Beatles
4/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Big Star
3/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
50 Cent
3/5
Could have been a 4 if they would have trim some of the fat. Did not need to be that long.
Slint
3/5
Decent listen. Solid 3.5 here
Lorde
3/5
Pretty impressive voice on this young lady. Decent album
The Zombies
3/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
2/5
Meh. It was ok but pretty generic. Sounded very similar to other artists of the time. Maybe a 2.5?
Orbital
3/5
Keith Jarrett
3/5
KISS
4/5
No they werent the best, but they were a huge part of my youth. Sister loved them and they will always hold a place. Solid for just for the memories.
LTJ Bukem
2/5
Nope.
Tom Waits
4/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Shaping what was to come. Solid 4 only for Harris writing. Once Bruce, Nikko, Adrian came in it was the perfect group
Shuggie Otis
3/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Interesting. Good Sunday morning record, which was exactly when I got it.
Beastie Boys
5/5
Laibach
3/5
Interesting. Sounds like where Rammstein got their sound
10cc
2/5
Boring
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Too long but pretty good. Better than anything Kanyet did for sure
Sonic Youth
3/5
A little better than the other 2, still dont get it. Also dont know why they are on here 3 times
White Denim
3/5
Decent listen
CHIC
3/5
Raekwon
4/5
Almost a wu tang album, good enough for me. They need to trim the fillers tho. 3.5
Steve Winwood
3/5
David Bowie
5/5
Again, this guy didn’t make a bad album. The last few tracks pulled this back to a 5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
All day a 5. One of the best hip hop albums ever
Deep Purple
3/5
Ice Cube
3/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Tom Waits
3/5
King Crimson
3/5
Eagles
4/5
Great album. Final song is definitely the best on the album. Almost a 5
Justice
2/5
The Monkees
3/5
Cat Stevens
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
The Band
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Buzzcocks
2/5
Maybe 2.5. I expected better
Supergrass
2/5
Ok i guess. Sounded like smashing pumpkins mixed with our lady peace. Nothing special but not terrible. 2.5 i think
Hookworms
3/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Frank Sinatra
2/5
It was like listening to the same song for 49 minutes. Crooners are fine but this cat was and will always be overrated.
David Bowie
4/5
The Dictators
3/5
k.d. lang
4/5
3.5 maybe? Shes got a cool voice, good songwriter as well. Kind of dig her stuff
John Coltrane
3/5
Doves
3/5
Germs
4/5
3.5? First hardcore punk album deserves some love
Al Green
3/5
Thank you Mr Tarantino
Alice Cooper
3/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Awful. Same thing on every song. Even some i skipped halfway through, it was still the same beat. Too much electronica and techno in this list
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Decent
New York Dolls
4/5
Simple Minds
3/5
The Human League
2/5
Doesnt really hold up over time.
Barry Adamson
2/5
The music was ok but why put a bunch of half ass spoken word nonsense in there? I dont know what the hell i just listened to but it wasn’t worth 56 minutes of my time.
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
I probably wouldn’t seek this guy out to listen, but the albums of his on this list are really, really good.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
The Byrds
3/5
Megadeth
3/5
Fishbone
3/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Jamiroquai
4/5
Very very good album
Christine and the Queens
3/5
2Pac
3/5
Like the others around this time, it’s too long. Trim the fat and it would be a solid 4. Good stuff, 3-3.5 all day, but come some of the extra at the end of each song.
George Michael
4/5
We lost him way too soon. Such an artist
Moby
2/5
Ugh. More techno. Endless techno. It just goes on and on.
The Beta Band
3/5
Prefab Sprout
3/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Massive Attack
3/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
What a voice.
The Charlatans
2/5
2. Oasis knock off? Not sure why this was on the list
Judas Priest
4/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
Another that isnt my bag, but she killed this one. Still solid after all this time. Solid 3.5
John Cale
3/5
Blur
3/5
The Stone Roses
4/5
So, so good. Shame we only got 2 albums out of these guys. Both are great, but this one set the bar
The Cult
2/5
Never got the fascination for these guys. Maybe it was the overplay of Fire Woman on FM radio. Killed them for me. Singers voice is quite annoying. Reminds me of Morrissey singing rock. Not quite as whiny. Equally annoying. Maybe a 2.5 here
Richard Hawley
3/5
The Blue Nile
2/5
Booooooring… i dont understand why musicians think it is necessary to repeat the chorus for 7 times at the end of a song. End it! Songs were too long and went nowhere. Could have trimmed quite a bit of fat and been better
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Pretty good
Michael Jackson
3/5
First time finding myself having a hard time separating the art from the artist. Not a bad album but what a mess of a human.
Method Man
3/5
Maybe 3.5
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Having never heard these guys, I’m glad I started this 1001 journey. Another solid from this band. They are quite good
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
Elbow
2/5
Roxy Music
3/5
U2
3/5
3.5 maybe? Far from their best but still solid
The Dandy Warhols
2/5
Not as good as I was hoping. Could have trimmed some time off
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
I get that this was pretty much the first post punk album, but it really wasnt that good. Their later stuff was much better. 2.5 maybe. Expected more from them
4/5
Does it matter that he couldn’t sing all that well? No. The music, the lyrics all defined who he is. One of the greatest story tellers every.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Why 3 times on here? They were not that good. This was slightly better than the other 2 but still not worth being on here 3 times. Maybe a 3 and thats giving extra props because someone, somewhere thought they deserved 3 entries on this list
Deee-Lite
3/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
The Cardigans
2/5
Other than the hit, nothing spectacular here. And the Iron Man cover? Please never again
Slipknot
3/5
The Undertones
3/5
2/5
Noise rock. Blah blah. At least make it entertaining
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Jane's Addiction
4/5
Cornershop
2/5
Nothing great here. The instrumentals were good, decent beats. Then the singing, talking whatever started.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
IMO, its the 3rd best behind Sticky Fingers and Let it Bleed. However, it is of course a 5 and I can see why it is thought of as their best. Outstanding album
Brian Eno
3/5
The xx
2/5
Janelle Monáe
4/5
This is why i started this journey, to find albums like this. Really great stuff here.
Neu!
3/5
Not bad, i guess
Ray Charles
4/5
Pixies
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Thin Lizzy
3/5
Sounded dubbed. Probably not from one show. Mid
Frank Sinatra
2/5
Boring. Again, the most overrated of the crooners ever. If he wasn’t mob connected, career would have gone nowhere
Grateful Dead
3/5
Tried and tried to get into these guys. I respect the talent of Jerry, but I can’t do it. At least this album didn’t have the 20 minute jam nonsense.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Too long but decent I guess. 2.5? Maybe a 3
Peter Gabriel
3/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Nowhere near as good as Pet Sounds.
Frank Zappa
4/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Beatles
4/5
4.5 not quite a 5
Barry Adamson
3/5
The War On Drugs
2/5
Generic. Nothing memorable on here at all. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t good.
The Modern Lovers
3/5
Knew I recognized that voice! Once I remembered where, the album got higher rated.
Motörhead
4/5
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Not bad. Makes you wonder what might have been had Razzle not gotten in the car with Vince
Nico
4/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Eurythmics
3/5
Started off good, then fizzled at the end. Still 3.5, based on the era. The title song still holds and the first 3/4 of this was really good.
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Coat of many colours was a good cover, put Dolly is hard to beat. Overall good album
Madonna
3/5
Her hits were hits, very good stuff. The rest? Not so much. Not as great as her others but this still holds up. Not s desert island album, but good anyway. 3.5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Green Day
4/5
Even better now that its pissing so many people off. Seriously, have some people never heard of punk?
Talking Heads
3/5
Randy Newman
2/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Orbital
1/5
Awful. Way too much EDM on here anyway, but this was the absolute worst. Generic repetitive nonsense. I get why some EDM is here but not this. There is no way this was groundbreaking or unique. Complete ass.
Ministry
3/5
Suede
3/5
Meh. Ok in parts. Maybe a 3.
Radiohead
4/5
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
I didn’t dislike this. It went by fairly quick and was entertaining. Its not something i would seek out to listen to, but it wasn’t bad at all
Kraftwerk
3/5
George Jones
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
UB40
3/5
3.5 maybe? Good stuff, a little long but overall a good listen
Thundercat
3/5
Good stuff.
Radiohead
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Long. Too many skits. Answering machines conversations etc… that was done in the 90s, move on. Hes good, I see why he is considered one of the best. Definitely better by miles than Kanye. Just shorten them up. Dont need the same lines repeated that much, and the 12 minute song? No. Best track was with Dre.
Erykah Badu
3/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Another album, that without Bowie, we wouldn’t have.
Slade
3/5
David Ackles
3/5
This was pretty enjoyable. No idea about it beforehand but good stuff
Jacques Brel
3/5
2.5-3 only for the energy he had. Not my style but appreciate the voice
Fugazi
3/5
The Auteurs
3/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Monster album for mtv era.
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Dr. Octagon
3/5
Really good except the filler. The skits, the nonsense. Another album that could have trimmed the fat of excess chorus and skits and been phenomenal.
The Stranglers
3/5
George Harrison
5/5
Way too long but quite a few diamonds in the rough here. Still almost a perfect album. And I read some of these weren’t good enough for the Beatles??
American Music Club
2/5
Kanye West
3/5
Better than the other one, though not by much. Again the best ones are with other people. The beats and music are pretty good but the filler and the length bring it down. Kanye is nowhere near as good as he thinks he is. There are many better, Kendrick, Jay, Nas especially. Stick to producing.
Little Simz
4/5
Killer stuff here, Kiwanuka solidified this as a 4
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Chill. Rainy Sunday afternoon stuff
PJ Harvey
2/5
She should have stayed in the 90s
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
His voice grates on my ears after awhile. Appreciate the history and what it did at the time, but damn its like a railroad spike on a chalkboard
The KLF
3/5
The Libertines
4/5
Loved these guys, too bad pete couldnt leave the heroin alone and they couldnt get along. Could have been much more from them. Great album
The Specials
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Decent i guess. Toys is better imo
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Good stuff. Solid 3.5 maybe 4. Tragic story
Joy Division
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Tim Buckley
4/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Good gems on here. 3.5 solid
David Bowie
4/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Cee Lo Green
2/5
Nothing great here except Pharrell appearances.
The Cars
4/5
John Prine
5/5
Songwriting genius.
Beatles
4/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
4.5
Janet Jackson
4/5
89 was a monster year for hip hop. 3rd best only beaten by 3 feet high and rising and Pauls Boutique.
Spacemen 3
2/5
Not space rock. Noise rock maybe. Not many redeeming qualities in this
The Gun Club
3/5
3.5 all day. Had fun with this one
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
There’s a line in “High Fidelity,” which this band is mentioned in btw, that says “I just want something I can ignore.” That about sums this up. Was it bad? No. Was it deserving of this list? Probably. Would I listen again? If there was nothing else and I needed to ignore something with music playing, then yes I would.
Missy Elliott
3/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
Nas
3/5
Very good album. Pay attention Kanye. This blows your doors off
Cypress Hill
3/5
LL Cool J
2/5
Meh. Didn’t hold up
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Jazzy
Bill Callahan
2/5
Air
2/5
More electronic. At least this one was shorter and a little more tolerable.
G. Love & Special Sauce
3/5
ZZ Top
4/5
The Pogues
3/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
One of my favorite bands of all time, if not my favorite. (At least right now, it changes) and this is a great album there is no doubt. I don’t often criticize the judgement of the author but adding this and not including Animals is an error.
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
Quite good
The Hives
2/5
2.5 maybe? Doesnt hold up
Kings of Leon
4/5
Pretty damn food stuff. Wasn’t expecting to enjoy this
Pere Ubu
3/5
Jungle Brothers
2/5
2.5 maybe
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Wilco
2/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
Ok but listening to the whole thing nonstop was tiresome. Maybe it was that much of her voice. 2.5 stars
N.W.A.
4/5
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
Culture Club
2/5
Doesnt really hold up
John Lennon
4/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
Jane Weaver
2/5
Meh
ABBA
3/5
XTC
3/5
Yeah it was good but their other earlier albums are better
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Nick Drake
2/5
Kid Rock
1/5
Ass then, ass now. Politics and Bud Light aside this was never good. I don’t like giving a 1 rating but this is deserving of a 1. Garbage
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Not bad
Turbonegro
2/5
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Britney Spears
2/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Way too long. I dig FM, but this felt repetitive. There were multiple songs on here that I felt I had just heard. Decent album but there are much better in their collection. Needed a good trimming to cut some of the time
Joe Ely
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
The man didn’t write songs. They were stories. This album is one incredible story after another. Even the Rat would approve
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
The world wasn’t ready for this in 1966. Killer stuff
Wild Beasts
2/5
2.5 maybe? Nothing spectacular here. Forgettable.
The Thrills
2/5
Gotan Project
2/5
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
Another that could be a 5 if not for the length. Just too long, but a solid album start to finish. Trim the fat. Cash definitely crushed the “Hurt” cover.
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
The Slits
4/5
Anthrax
3/5
3/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Love
2/5
Tina Turner
3/5
Eminem
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Maybe 3.5 not quite a 4. Good stuff tho
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Sounded like the same song the whole album.
Badly Drawn Boy
2/5
Meh ok i guess
Taylor Swift
3/5
No not a fan, but I see the talent. She writes her own. It wasn’t that bad, but hard to listen to all at once. Break it up and its listenable. Wasn’t expecting to hear her use language, and sing about sex. I don’t get all the hate on her, she has way more talent than half of the nonsense out now.
The Residents
4/5
Holger Czukay
3/5
Better than “Can” still odd though. Guess that is what made it listenable. Maybe 3.5?
Scritti Politti
2/5
Bon Jovi
4/5
How can you deny what this album did in 86-87? Radio monster
New Order
3/5
Bert Jansch
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
The Fall
2/5
The Who
4/5
Hüsker Dü
2/5
Kelela
3/5
This was pretty good. Surprised there are good albums in the 2010s on here.
Dire Straits
4/5
Knopfler showing why hes top 20 axeman
Klaxons
3/5
Different but pretty solid. 3.5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Do we really need these guys 3 times on here? The music is ok, but his voice for a whole album? Damn I’d almost rather listen to Morrissey. Almost
Queen Latifah
3/5
Dagmar Krause
2/5
FKA twigs
3/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
William Orbit
2/5
Way too much dance, electronica, remix, etc on here.
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
3.5. I enjoyed this.
James Brown
3/5
Never realized how much James got the crowds going. Those girls were going nuts for him. Good stuff
Hole
3/5
Dirty Projectors
2/5
This album was all over the place. It couldn’t decide if it wanted to be good, bad or boring. It had shades of all 3, but mostly landed on the boring, bordering on bad.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Just gets better and better every song.
B.B. King
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Slayer
4/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
I love Iggy, but this one was way too much repetitive noise. Stooges have better stuff, and this was not it.
The Beach Boys
3/5
Ash
2/5
Mid and forgettable. Sounded generic and similar to the rest of the 90s alt rock whatever. Nothing to write home about. Was going to give a 3 for at least being on the list but the next to the last song killed it. Ballad-ish bullshit that doesn’t fit with the rest. Knocked you down to a 2, gents
The Temptations
4/5
The Youngbloods
2/5
Meh
3/5
The Prodigy
2/5
Way too long. Just like the other one on here. Trim the fucking fat. Still way to much EDM, electronica, dance, whatever on here.
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Blue Cheer
3/5
Röyksopp
2/5
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
TLC
3/5
Again, 90s hip-hop too long. Trim the fat. Choruses go on too long, interludes contribute nothing. Could have been a 4, because these three ladies were great.
Morrissey
2/5
Gah enough of him!! Too much on here. 78 whiny minutes.
Johnny Cash
4/5
The Cramps
4/5
Ozomatli
3/5
Rush
4/5
Marilyn Manson
2/5
Kind of boring. No structure, just random noise. I’m a metal fan and this was not good. Take away Beautiful people and this is a 1 all day.
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
Quite good
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Not his best
AC/DC
3/5
The hits are great the rest is good. They have better albums tho
Black Flag
3/5
The Saints
2/5
Moby Grape
3/5
I guess for the time it was good. Sounded similar to the rest of the 60s.
The Monks
3/5
Simply Red
2/5
Typical 80s. Good voice but hard to sit through all at once. Fat should have been trimmed from some songs. Excess choruses and filler at the end needs to go
Elliott Smith
3/5
Good background music.
Ice T
3/5
Typical 90s hip hop/rap. Filler goes on too long. Decent spread tho, “hustler” the best of the lot. Although hearing Sabbath and Zep mixed on “Midnight” was quite good
Hawkwind
4/5
Early Lemmy. Great stuff
Beastie Boys
5/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2/5
Started out good then fizzled. Then the covers began. Yeesh. No
Can
3/5
Better than the other one on here but still nothing amazing. At least it was shorter
Björk
4/5
Pulp
3/5
Better than the other one they have on here, but still meh at best
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Anita Baker
3/5
Nice voice
Happy Mondays
2/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Khaled
2/5
Supertramp
3/5
Maybe 3.5. Breakfast is the better album
Tears For Fears
3/5
Ice Cube
2/5
Ok. Not as good as his others
Madness
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
What? No. No. no no no.
This was awful
Circle Jerks
3/5
Burning Spear
3/5
Peter Tosh
3/5
Madonna
3/5
Not her best, but she reinvents herself each album. The autotune song had to go, though.
Michael Jackson
4/5
Off the wall is still better, but this was a monster in 82
Cheap Trick
3/5
Garbage
3/5
Sister Sledge
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Could listen to this guy all day
Ghostface Killah
3/5
Any member of the Clan gets an auto bump just because. Another solid effort from one of the Wu Tang. 3.5 maybe a 4
Miles Davis
3/5
John Martyn
2/5
Didnt like this. Not sure why but it just didnt click for me. Nothing jumped out and it was quite boring
The Sonics
3/5
Definitely hear the bands they influenced. Mostly covers on here, decent stuff good sound
808 State
2/5
Why the hell is there so much electronica on here? Another snoozefest of the same shit repeating in 4-5 minute intervals.
Joy Division
3/5
System Of A Down
3/5
Fever Ray
3/5
That was…….interesting?
Lou Reed
4/5
Robbie Williams
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Metallica
4/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Calexico
3/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Good voice but way too long
The Strokes
4/5
Solid
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Ok, but hard to listen to all at once. Her voice can grind a little. Still good for it’s place in the 80s though.
R.E.M.
3/5
Sparks
4/5
My new favorite discovery from this list
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Decent but long. Drawn out. 2.5 maybe a 4
The Black Crowes
4/5
Solid debut.
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Hello children! Here’s one of my albums before I became your chef.
Joan Baez
4/5
She had such a great voice
4/5
Really, really good. Could be a five. Almost
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Digital Underground
4/5
Green Day
4/5
Blondie
3/5
Crowded House
2/5
2.5? Nothing spectacular about this
Steely Dan
3/5
Real quick, I was just telling the guys in the back about this piece of vinyl. It still holds up. A definite noine out of ten. Definitely on my top ten desert island albums, boff.
The Clash
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Robert Wyatt
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Buck Owens
3/5
3.5
Lucinda Williams
2/5
Very stereotypical country album. Drinking loss heartache cheating etc etc. ok shes a decent songwriter, voice isnt terrible but there isnt much here to stand out from every other country album of the time.
Joanna Newsom
4/5
I enjoyed this. Wasn’t expecting it and found it entertaining
The Stooges
3/5
2/5
Beck
3/5
The Beta Band
4/5
Love these guys
Steely Dan
4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Tom Tom Club
3/5
Sheryl Crow
2/5
I dont think this aged well. Theres some really not good stuff here. There are some gems but not enough to land a 3. Close, but still in the 2s
Bobby Womack
2/5
Meh. Long winded.
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
Never heard of this guy, glad I heard it. Solid album
The Beach Boys
4/5
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
7 songs over 78 minutes long. Do the math. Ive tried and tried to get into these guys and I just cant. I see the talent but I just cant. At least its not EDM. Give it a 3 for staying power
The Doors
4/5
Never could really get into them, but decent album anyway
The Louvin Brothers
3/5
Wow that was depressing
The Associates
3/5
Parliament
4/5
If this album doesn’t get you moving, nothing will
The Young Rascals
3/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Ok I guess
The Sugarcubes
3/5
M.I.A.
2/5
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
Air
3/5
Snoop Dogg
3/5
The Shamen
3/5
Ok i guess. Little long
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Primal Scream
2/5
Billy Bragg
2/5
2.5? Not sure if I enjoyed this. It was too long for one, and it didn’t really leave an impression
Foo Fighters
4/5
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
Gram Parsons
3/5
Arrested Development
3/5
Mekons
2/5
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
John Lennon
4/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Elis Regina
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Whatever mixer decided to put “Albatross” as the lead track took a giant gamble. Too long, repetitive, droll and quite annoying. Could have skipped the entire album after that. After listening, I should have. Instrumentals were not good, lyrics were mid. Coming from this group I expected better. The debut was better, but this definitely got the sophomore slump. Barely a 2, and that’s generous
The Smiths
2/5
More sad bastard whining from the king of it
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Buffalo Springfield
4/5
The xx
3/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
2/5
Not what i was expecting with the love ballads. Overall doesn't really hold up. 2.5 probably
Sonic Youth
2/5
Why are they on here so much? I really don’t get it. I’ve tried on every album that has popped up and I can’t get past a 2 rating. I don't get the hype.
The Who
5/5
Hard not to give this a 5. Not even the biggest Who fan but this was so good. Easily a 4.5. Lyrics are pretty disturbing listening to the entire thing
Brian Eno
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Perfect. Can’t imagine listening to this for the first time in 1970. Started an entire genre of music
The Killers
3/5
3.5 here maybe? Pretty solid debut
2/5
Ok fred, you like to say f$ck. We get it. Late 90s attempt at rap metal falls flat 24 years later. Can’t believe I actually own this CD. Does not hold up and it’s a shame because Wes is actually a really good axeman.
The Birthday Party
3/5
Interesting
3/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
The Fall
2/5
Preacher-uh Speak-uh again. Each song sounded like the record was skipping and it was playing the same thing over and over.
Herbie Hancock
3/5
Charles Mingus
3/5
Beatles
4/5
AC/DC
4/5
SAULT
3/5
The The
2/5
Not impressed
The Streets
4/5
Pretty good. If Guy Ritchie were to narrate one of his movies.
Gary Numan
3/5
Korn
2/5
Can't take these guys in big chunks. Decent listen but too long. Did appreciate the cheech and chong at the end
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Travis
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Quite possibly the best album ever produced.
The Adverts
3/5
Pretenders
4/5
Metallica
3/5
Best thing about this is that VT uses Sandman before every home game. Wherever I may Roam is great, but there are too many ballads and slow songs here. Not my Metallica of old. I get it, bands evolve but they evolved off my turntable.
Traffic
4/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Loved her voice. 3.5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Sex Pistols
4/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Coldcut
2/5
Too much electronic on here
Sugar
2/5
Needs a half rating. Not a 2 but not quite a 3. Trim the fat on this and it might have been a 3. Stop letting the tape run and end the damn song!
Soft Machine
3/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Not bad
Dolly Parton
3/5
Can’t argue with those voices.
Randy Newman
3/5
The La's
2/5
2.5 tops. Not as good as I was hoping. Generic and forgettable other than the one hit
3/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Magazine
3/5
Peter Frampton
4/5
Lou Reed
4/5
Hot Chip
2/5
More house and dance. Meh.
Butthole Surfers
3/5
Sigur Rós
5/5
Merle Haggard
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Fairport Convention
2/5
Got better as it progressed. 2.5?
Rush
4/5
Love
3/5
Duke Ellington
3/5
The Electric Prunes
2/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
Fats Domino
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
2.5 if im honest. Too folky for too long
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
He is heard to deal with for 2 hours. Had to break it up. Its a 4 all day, just for the hits and there are some hidden gems but again, trim the fat. Didn’t need to be this long. Could only be released when it was. Wouldn’t have made it in any other time in history
Donovan
3/5
3/5
Early MTV flashback
Stan Getz
3/5
Björk
4/5
James Taylor
3/5
3.5
Mudhoney
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Louis Prima
3/5
Yes
4/5
Leftfield
2/5
Enough edm dance nonsense.
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
Prince
4/5
Mariah Carey
2/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Nina Simone
3/5
Bad Brains
3/5
Common
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Maxwell
2/5
Ride
2/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Tortoise
2/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
2/5
Enough electronica!!!
John Grant
4/5
Close to a 5 here. One of the best hidden gems on this list
Elastica
2/5
Meh at best. Not sure why this was on here
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Taylor Swift
2/5
Björk
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Kanye West
3/5
The guy isn’t half as good as he thinks he is. There are many that are much better. Beats are decent, that’s about it. 2.5
CHVRCHES
3/5
The Incredible String Band
3/5
Big Star
2/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
The Bees
3/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Scissor Sisters
2/5
Was a 3 until that pink floyd cover.
The Who
3/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
3/5
Too long cut some fat off. Too many repeated choruses
Fela Kuti
4/5
Fantastic
Faust
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Paul Weller
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
Nirvana
4/5
Ravi Shankar
3/5
Dion
3/5
TV On The Radio
2/5
Dont know how to rate this. There were shades of great and garbage here.
X-Ray Spex
2/5
Fantastic punk sound, loved the sax. Her voice killed it
Cream
4/5
Baker and Bruce made this band. Clapton was just along for the ride
Beck
3/5
Justin Timberlake
2/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
The Police
4/5
Ray Price
3/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
Little Richard
4/5
The Verve
3/5
Guided By Voices
3/5
Aimee Mann
2/5
Good writing, boring execution
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Frank Ocean
2/5
Autotuned? Too much filler. Not 90s hip hop, don’t need that much filler
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Devendra Banhart
2/5
Voice got annoying
The Pogues
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Underworld
2/5
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
The Boo Radleys
2/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2/5
2.5 maybe. Good boyce and hart cover
Fairport Convention
3/5
Primal Scream
3/5
Alice In Chains
4/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
David Crosby
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Orange Juice
2/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Heaven 17
2/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
Christina Aguilera
2/5
Way too long. Each song was on average 90 seconds too much. Get rid of the interludes.
Drive Like Jehu
2/5
Way too long.
Genesis
4/5
John Martyn
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Spiritualized
4/5
Excellent find in a pool of late 90s trash. Gems like this are why I started this trip
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
4/5
Santana
4/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
Bad Company
2/5
Meh. Boring. FM radio killed it
Donald Fagen
3/5
Nice album. 80s feel with a Steely Dan twist
The Everly Brothers
3/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Gorillaz
4/5
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Zappa knew what he was doing.
T. Rex
4/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
Meh.
Minor Threat
4/5
Dead Kennedys
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Silver Jews
2/5
The ones with Malkmus are better and should have been here over this one
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
Miriam Makeba
4/5
OutKast
3/5
The other one on here is much better. Still good tho
Supergrass
4/5
Rocket From The Crypt
2/5
Bee Gees
3/5
Marty Robbins
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Neneh Cherry
2/5
Wasnt that great then, didn’t hold up to now.
Frank Sinatra
2/5
Massive Attack
4/5
Sepultura
4/5
The National
4/5
The Doors
4/5
Torn between 3-4 here. Better than the others they have
Dizzee Rascal
3/5
Machito
3/5
Bauhaus
3/5
Steve Earle
2/5
Good songwriting but too country. Probably should be a 3 but its a 2
The Yardbirds
3/5
Public Enemy
5/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Adele
2/5
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
More edm. What shock
SZA
3/5
The Coral
3/5
The Undertones
3/5
David Bowie
5/5
Richard Thompson
4/5
Animal Collective
3/5
Beck
4/5
Beth Orton
3/5
Meat Puppets
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Would go 3.5 here. Not quite a 4. They never reached the high of Murmur again
Billy Bragg
3/5
Just cant get into these guys. Nothing sets them apart
Ray Charles
4/5
Rod Stewart
4/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Probably their best
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Not the best from them
Public Enemy
4/5
3/5
Incubus
2/5
Red Snapper
2/5
Tito Puente
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Norah Jones
3/5
Nice voice
Tim Buckley
3/5
The B-52's
2/5
Doesn’t really hold up. Tough to listen to in one sitting. 2.5
Weather Report
3/5
MC Solaar
4/5
Damn good.
Kings of Leon
3/5
Cant decide if i like these guys
Peter Gabriel
3/5
M.I.A.
2/5
Otis Redding
4/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Take away the title track and this is a very generic psychedelic album. Title track makes it a 3. Barely
Japan
2/5
Os Mutantes
3/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
Started ok, got boring quick
The Verve
3/5
N.E.R.D
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Better than the other but not by much. 2.5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Giant Sand
3/5
There are some gems in here, but not enough. 3/5
The Waterboys
2/5
Generic
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Talk Talk
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
CHIC
2/5
Meh
Youssou N'Dour
4/5
These albums are what I did this for.
Basement Jaxx
2/5
Ian Dury
4/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Sorry, but no one needs a 20 minute version of Space Truckin
Eminem
4/5
Next one is better, but this is still great
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3/5
Very long, but very good
Aerosmith
3/5
Death In Vegas
2/5
Megadeth
3/5
Cant get into these guys. Dont know why.
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
Still kicks. Some of Chads best drumming ever
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
Django Django
3/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Forgettable
Dire Straits
4/5
The Zutons
2/5
Forgettable
The Specials
4/5
Elvis Presley
2/5
Overrated.
Goldfrapp
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Excellent debut
Dennis Wilson
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
2/5
Kind of boring after Cisco
Aphex Twin
2/5
Liz Phair
3/5
Haircut 100
3/5
Hole
3/5
Talvin Singh
2/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Enough with the damn edm!
Boards of Canada
2/5
Minutemen
4/5
Throwing Muses
4/5
The Darkness
4/5
Campy, cheesy and I wouldnt want it any other way
Sabu
2/5
The Byrds
3/5
The Mars Volta
4/5
King Crimson
5/5
Nightmares On Wax
2/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Very bland
Big Black
4/5
Genesis
4/5
Grateful Dead
2/5
Robert Wyatt
3/5
The Pharcyde
3/5
3.5
The Police
4/5
a-ha
3/5
Mediocre. Very brave starting an album with your only hit.
Hugh Masekela
3/5
The Clash
4/5
Elton John
4/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Not as strong as the debut
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
Sebadoh
3/5
Carpenters
3/5