- First album I couldn't finish - Repetitive beats and not great vocals - Felt like I'd been listening for hours - Really questioning the validity of the Mercury Prize if this won

- First listen - Better than other Led Zep albums I've listened to - WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS is a great closer - Best songs: WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS, THE BATTLE OF EVERMORE, STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

- Already own on vinyl - Best Sufjan album - Top 10 album of 21st century

- First listen - Better than Californication - Way too long, mix of great and meh songs - UNDER THE BRIDGE is the best RHCP song by a distance - Not a fan of SUCK MY KISS at all - Best songs: UNDER THE BRIDGE, THE POWER OF EQUALITY, FUNKY MONKS

- First Linkin Park album I've listened to - Enjoyed it much more than I expected - Really consistent - Fav songs: ONE STEP CLOSER, IN THE END, FORGOTTEN

- Already listened to this before - Certified classic - Not a huge metal fan, but this album is fantastic - WAR PIGS is one of the greatest openers of all time - Fav songs: WAR PIGS, IRON MAN, ELECTRIC FUNERAL

- First listen - Liked it slightly less than Sound Affects but still very good - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight is the best track on this by miles and is up there with Town Called Malice and That's Entertainment for best Jam song - Fav songs: DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT, TO BE SOMEONE, ENGLISH ROSE

- First listen - Unbelievably good opening and closing tracks - Few more forgettable ones as well - Most of the middle tracks not really my thing Fav songs: You Can't Always Get What You Want, Gimme Shelter, Let It Bleed

- Never heard an XTC song before - First album from this that I didn't really enjoy - Liked a couple of songs, disliked a couple, meh on most - Fav songs: Grass, Ballet for a Rainy Day

I don't understand jazz

- Already listened before - Very good, but nowhere near as good as The Beatles' best - Paul has the best overall solo output, but I prefer Plastic Ono Band and All Things Must Pass as individual albums - Fav songs: Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five, Band on the Run, Let Me Roll It

- Already listened before - Great 3 tracks to open the album - Rest is good, but samey sounding - Fav songs: With or Without You, Where the Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

- Never heard of this - Not a fan of country, and this is the worst kind of it - Wouldn't listen to any of the tracks again - PS Between writing these notes and actually rating this album, Loretta Lynn died, so I hope the 1 star review isn't what caused it

This is certainly a 70s album

- First Missy Elliott album I've listened to - Sounds much newer than 20 years old - Not a fan of the talking interludes, but all solid tracks - Fav songs: Work It, Funky Fresh Dressed, Bring the Pain

- First listen to this album - Better than other Led Zep albums I've listened to, and I've liked all of theirs that I've heard - Every song is great - 1st 5* I'm giving to a first listen - Fav songs: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Good Times Bad Times, Dazed and Confused

- First Primal Scream album I've listened to - Can see why this album is a cult classic - Hard to place what genre it is in a very good way - Doesn't sound anywhere near as old as it is - Fav songs: Movin' on Up, Loaded, Damaged

- Never heard of Le Tigre before - Really impressed - Best tracks are really good - Fav songs: Deceptacon, Les and Ray, Eau d'bedroom Dancing

- Never listened to an ELO album in full before - Expected it to be good from the songs I was already familiar with - Excellent album, just a lot of the songs sound too similar and blend into eachother - Very nearly went 5* - Fav songs: Sweet Talkin' Woman, Mr Blue Sky, Night in the City

- Heard this before - Not one of my favourite Bowie albums, so it's still better than 90% of any other albums ever - Fav songs: Time, Drive-In Saturday, Aladdin Sane

- Never listened to this before even though I like Bragg and Wilco - Genius idea that works really well - California Stars stands out as the best track but consistently really good - Fav songs: California Stars, The Unwelcome Guest, Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key

- Never heard of John Grant - Good album, consistently decent songs - Fav songs: Jesus Hates (redacted), Where Dreams Go to Die, Silver Platter Club

- Never heard of The Lemonheads before - Meh - Not a bad album, but I don't really understand how it's on this list as it's very generic sounding 90s alt rock - Doesn't help that the best song is a Simon & Garfunkel cover - Fav songs: Mrs Robinson, Rudderless

- Heard this album once before, years ago - Grown on me a lot - Not a genre I've heard much of but still really good - Fav songs: Glory Box, Sour Times, Wandering Star

- Abba's not really my thing but can't deny they have some great tunes - Would rather listen to Abba singles than a full album of them - Some absolute classics that I've heard thousands of times mixed with ones I've never heard before and I can see why - Happy Hawaii is terrible - Fav songs: Knowing Me, Knowing You; Fernando, Dancing Queen

I don't understand jazz.

- Heard this before - Nowhere near my favourite Bowie, but it's 70s David Bowie so it's an automatic 4* - Fav songs: Young Americans, Right, Fame

- Only knowledge of Steve Winwood before this was Higher Love or Dennis from Always Sunny - Boring 80s pop - Wouldn't listen to it again

- Never heard of this before - Not usually my thing, but some catchy songs - Liked the switching between languages - Fav songs: Welcome to Tijuana, La vie à 2, Desaparecido

- Heard this once before - One of the only albums that regularly appears on all time best lists that I don't get the appeal of - Enjoyed a couple of the songs - The rest didn't click for me at all, maybe one day it will and I'll regret this rating - Fav songs: Ný batterí, Olsen Olsen

- Too old to be my thing but enjoyed it more than I thought I would - Can see the influence on early Beatles - Fav songs: That'll be the Day, Not Fade Away, Oh Boy!

- Never heard of this - Started off decent, got very grating - Too long - Fav songs: Cravo E Canela, Clube da Esquina #2

Booooring

- Only ever listened to HOLV before - Good album - Would prefer Cocteau Twins if they used actual lyrics, but I can kind of see the 'voice as an instrument' perspective - Fav songs: Lorelai, Beatrix, Donimo

- Don't think I've listened to a full Smashing Pumpkins album before - Enjoyed it, but it's WAY too long - Would probably rate it higher and be more likely to listen again if it was half the length - Fav songs: Porcelina of the Vast Oceans, Thirty-Three; Tonight, Tonight

- First listen - This is the kind of thing I want from this website, good albums from genres I probably wouldn't listen to - More than nice background music - Fav songs: Remind Me, Eple, Poor Leno

- Weird proto-rap - The fact this album came out as early as it did is incredible, and gives it an extra * for me - Fav songs: Buffalo Gals, Double Dutch

- Heard this before - First two tracks might be his best, rest is good but doesn't reach the same level - Fav songs: Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough, Rock With You, Burn This Disco Out

- Heard this before - Classic album - 28 minutes of a man with a guitar hasn't really ever sounded better - Very nearly 5* - Fav songs: Pink Moon, Things Behind the Sun, Parasite

- Listened to this before - Has grown on me with more listens - Two Weeks is one of the best songs of the 21st century but the rest of the album's still good Fav songs: Two Weeks, I Live With You, All We Ask

- Listened to this before - Good, but not as good as REM's best - Fav songs: Exhuming McCarthy, It's the End of the World As We Know It, Dusturbance at the Heron House

- Heard this before - Great album - Not my favourite genre and still one of the best albums of this century - Fav songs: Tears Dry on Their Own, Love is a Losing Game, Rehab

- First album I couldn't finish - Repetitive beats and not great vocals - Felt like I'd been listening for hours - Really questioning the validity of the Mercury Prize if this won

- Never listened to this in full before, but obviously heard most of the songs before - Preferred it to Off the Wall - Some absolute classics on this - Knocking off 1* because of how awful The Girl is Mine is, especially the spoken word bit at the end - Fav songs: Wanna be Startin' Somethin', Billie Jean, Human Nature

- Heard this before - Probably prefer this to every VU album I've heard - Perfect 70s glam rock album - Fav songs: Satellite of Love, Perfect Day, Vicious

- Never listened to this in full before - Similar feeling to most Stones albums I've heard, some really good songs and some that I think are only ok - Fav songs: Wild Horses, Brown Sugar, Sway

- Never heard of this - Very much ahead of its time, obvious influence on Sabbath - Preferred some of the jammier songs - Fav songs: Doctor Please, Second Time Around, Out of Focus

If you like the most generic classic rock imaginable sung by a racist, this is the album for you

- Heard this before - Classic album, so much influence on so many different genres - Fav songs: Are You Experienced?, Manic Depression, Foxy Lady

- First time listening in full - Thought the rest of the album wouldn't live up to the popular songs, but it's all consistently good - Unique sound - Fav songs: Step On, Kinky Afro, Bob's Yer Uncle

- Only ever listened to Nirvana years ago and I wasn't too into it - I get them now, this is excellent - Mad that a live album of covers and random album tracks can be so good - Probably 2nd only to Stop Making Sense for best live album I've heard - Fav songs: Where Did You Sleep Last Night, The Man Who Sold the World, Plateau

- Only ever listened to Pink Moon before - Didn't click for me in the same way as that one, but still enjoyed it - Preferred the songs towards the end of the album to some of the first ones - Fav songs: Saturday Sun, Thoughts of Mary Jane, Day is Done

- Listened to this once before, grown on me since last time - Not as good as Daydream Nation, but not many albums are - Great album cover - Fav songs: Kool Thing, Mary-Christ, Dirty Boots

- Never listened to a 2Pac album in full before - Pretty good, prefer a lot of other 90s rap albums I've heard - Fav songs: Me Against the World, If I Die 2Nite, Fuck the World

- Nice old folk songs - Enjoyed it, not sure I'd listen in full again - Criminal that they didn't call this 'The Album' - Fav songs: The Unfaithful Servant, When You Awake, Look Out Cleveland

- Heard this before - Really good album, just find some of the tracks seem to blend into one - Great Kanye/Dilla production - Intro is a classic - Fav songs: Be (Intro), They Say, GO!

- Heard this before - Classic album - Think how good the opener and closer are makes me like the rest a bit less - Fav songs: Baba O'Riley, Won't Get Fooled Again, The Song is Over

- Only ever listened to Apostrophe before and it was years ago - Not a big fan of instrumental albums - Another one that I could imagine clicking for me at some point, but right now not for me - Fav songs: Willie the Pimp, It Must be a Camel

- Never listened to this before - Starts with a few good pop songs, thought the rest was bad - Fav songs: Independent Women Pt 1, Survivor

- Listened to this before - Thought I preferred some of his other albums, but this is a lot better than I remember - Probably the first of multiple 5* ratings I'll give Springsteen albums - Fav songs: Darkness on the Edge of Town, Candy's Room, Badlands

- Heard this many times before - Radiohead are my favourite band of all time but this isn't one of my favourite albums of theirs - Still really good, might be marking it down because of how good In Rainbows is - The raindrops (x42) - Fav songs: There, There; A Wolf at the Door; 2+2=5

- First listen - Enjoyed it to begin with, but tailed off - Jams are good to a point, but are too long and become background noise - Fav songs: Stormy Monday, Done Somebody Wrong, Statesboro Blues

- Heard this before - Not my favourite Cure album but still really good - A Forest is a classic - Fav songs: A Forest, Play for Today, Seventeen Seconds

- Only ever heard Moon Safari before - Liked it, might have enjoyed it more if I'd seen the film - Good background music - Fav songs: Dirty Trip, Playground Love, Afternoon Sister

- Never listened to a Spacemen 3 album before - When I saw who was in this band, I had high expectations - Disappointed, thought it was very forgettable and dull

- Heard this before - Probably the first great Dylan album, but not quite as good as his best - Insane that he wrote this when he was 22 - Don't Think Twice might be my favourite Dylan song - Fav songs: Don't Think Twice, It's Alright; Blowin' in the Wind; Girl from the North Country

- Heard this before - Talking Heads are one of my favourite bands of all time, but this isn't an album I go back to very often - Still really good and very near to 5*, might be marking it down because of how good some of their other albums are - Fav songs: The Book I Read, Psycho Killer; Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town

- Heard of Fela Kuti before but never actually listened to any of his music - Another album which is the exact kind of thing I want from this list, something from a genre I wouldn't have listened to that's really good - Will definitely listen to more of his music - Fav songs: Ye Ye De Smell, Let's Start

- Never heard of Mercury Rev before - Can see the Flaming Lips comparisons, think it also sounds a lot like Smashing Pumpkins - The opener was clearly the best track - Fav songs: Holes, Endlessly, Opus 40

- First time listening to a Beck album in full - Thought I would enjoy it more based on other Beck songs I've heard - Found it all a bit dull, maybe it would grow on me if I listened again but I probably won't

- Never listened to a Duran Duran album in full before - Enjoyed it, but thought the popular songs I was already familiar with were the best - Fav songs: Save a Prayer, Hungry Like the Wolf, Rio

- Heard this before - 90s classic - Feel like it's a slightly better album than Morning Glory because it feels more cohesive and not just a lot of singles - Some of Oasis' best songs - Fav songs: Live Forever, Supersonic, Married with Children

- First time listening to a Nick Cave album - Thought I'd like it and it massively exceeded my expectations - First track is really good and it stays consistent for the entire album - Any album with a song on a Shrek soundtrack has an advantage - Fav songs: Into My Arms, (Are You) the One I've Been Waiting For?, People Ain't No Good

- First time listening to an Elvis Costello album - Thought it was very good, sounded like it could've come out anytime between 60s and 90s - Fav songs: (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea, Lip Service, Pump it Up

- Heard this before - Great album, not as good as Combat Rock and doesn't come close to London Calling but I would probably rate London Calling in the top 5 albums of all time - Fav songs: Police & Thieves, White Riot, Remote Control

- First time listening to this, not sure why I've never listened before because Back to Black is excellent - Also really good, not as good as Back to Black but not much is - Shame that she only has two albums - Fav songs: Fuck Me Pumps, Help Yourself, October Song

- Never listened to a Def Leppard album before - Not my thing - Thought Photograph was quite good but the rest was a bit samey

- Only ever listened to Boxer before - Thought the first few tracks were good, but the last few were really good - I should probably listen to the rest of their discog - Fav songs: Bloodbuzz Ohio, Conversation 16, Little Faith

Didn't know what to expect from pre-disco Bee Gees but I was expecting better than this shite.

- Only ever listened to Exodus in full before - Didn't think this was as good, but still a decent album - This version of No Woman, No Cry is way worse than the live one - Fav songs: So Jah S'eh, Natty Dread, Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)

- Heard this before - Probably the quintessential new wave album - Just What I Needed is an absolute classic - Fav songs: Just What I Needed, Moving in Stereo, My Best Friend's Girl

- Never listened to a Jamiroquai album before - Maybe would be good in moderation, but found it very grating by the end

- Listened to Sonic Youth albums before, just not this one - Should've gone further into their discog years ago, this is great - Fav songs: Starpower, Death to our Friends; Madonna, Sean and Me

- Never listened to a Yes album in full before - Thought it was very good, enjoyed it a lot - Always a big fan of long songs with multiple parts - Fav songs: I've Seen All Good People, A Venture, Yours is No Disgrace

- Never listened to an Eagles album in full before - The two famous songs were way better than the rest which I thought were just decent - Last track seemed to drag on for ages - Fav songs: Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane, Try and Love Again

- Never heard of Caetano Veloso before - Not my usual type of music but I enjoyed it - Thought some of the tracks towards the end were a bit weaker - Mad album cover - Fav songs: Tropicália; Alegria, Alegria; Onde Andaras

- Never listened to a Slipknot album before - Surprised that I actually enjoyed it - All of the songs kind of sound the same though so it seemed quite long for an hour - Great drumming kind of carries it - Fav songs: Eyeless, Prosthetics, (sic)

- Heard this before - Great, great album - Surprised by how low the average rating on this website is for it - Probably prefer this to her older ones - Like every single song on this - Fav songs: The Last Living Rose, The Words that Maketh Murder, The Glorious Land

- Never listened to a Ray Charles album before - Pleasantly surprised, didn't think I would enjoy this but it was really good - Not something I ever would've listened to on my own - Very bold to call yourself a genius in your album title but I guess he can pull it off - Fav songs: Let the Good Times Roll, Alexander's Ragtime Band, When Your Lover Has Gone

- Only ever heard 36 Chambers before - Really good, if a bit too long - Not quite as good as 36 Chambers, but still a really solid 90s hip hop album - Fav songs: Criminology, Ice Cream, Knuckleheadz

- Never listened to a System of a Down album before - Thought it was very good, especially last couple of tracks - Think Toxicity is their most popular so will need to check that out - Fav songs: Darts, P.L.U.C.K., Sugar

- Never listened to a ZZ Top album before - Different to what I expected but I liked it - Not always a big fan of this type of music but I enjoyed this - Fav songs: Jesus Just Left Chicago, La Grange, Have You Heard?

- Never listened to a Madonna album before - Not my thing but I can see why it was popular - First two tracks are way better than the rest of it - Fav songs: Like a Prayer, Express Yourself

- Heard this before many times - Elliott Smith is one of my favourite artists of all time and even though I think this is probably his 3rd best, it's still 5* - Hard to narrow down what my favourite songs on this actually are - Fav songs: Son of Sam, Happiness/The Gondola Man, Everything Means Nothing to Me

- Heard this before - Not listened for a while and I forgot how good it is - Clear influence on so many albums and artists that came after - All-round great album - Fav songs: Mannequin, Ex Lion Tamer, Three Girl Rhumba

- Listened to other Bjork albums before but not this one - Don't really get Bjork, maybe her music would grow on me if I went back to it - Appreciate the idea of using a capella but I didn't enjoy listening to it

- Never heard of Skip Spence before - Thought it was pretty good, seems ahead of it's time considering it was released in the 60s - Fav songs: Grey/Afro, Diana, War in Peace

- Never listened to a Chic album before - Good Times is a very good song, but it's 5 minutes longer than I thought it was - Rest is just okay

- Never listened to a Rod Stewart album in full before - Shocked to learn that Rod is good actually!?!?!? - Enjoyed this way more than I thought I would, Maggie May was the only song I was familiar with before - Fav songs: Maggie May, Tomorrow is a Long Time, Mandolin Wind

This album was ok. I will never listen to it again.

- Never heard of Bad Company before - Pretty good but pretty much standard 70s dad rock - Better than some others I've heard though so 3* - Fav songs: Ready for Love, Seagull, Can't Get Enough

If I ever lose my hearing, I will see the silver lining in never hearing a Dwight Yoakam song again

- First time listening to this start to finish, but I'd heard most of the songs before - Really good album, not a genre I listen to often but this is one of the best soul albums I've heard - Probably the perfect soul album despite the number of covers on it, so it's got to be 5* - Fav songs: Respect, My Girl, You Don't Miss Your Water

- Never listened to Run-DMC album in full before - Found this quite hard to rate, as it's obviously very very influential considering it came out in the mid 80s, but it also sounds very dated - Found the style a bit grating at times but still good - Fav songs: Hard Times, Jay's Game, It's Like That

- Only ever listened to Forever Changes before and that was years ago - Thought this was really good, much better than I'd expected - The second half of Revelation was the highlight - Fav songs: Revelation, Orange Skies, The Castle

- First time listening to a Stooges album - Thought I would like it, lived up to expectations - Massively influential album - Fav songs: Gimme Danger, Raw Power, Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell

- Heard this album before years ago - Grown on me since then, thought it was very good but I still prefer their debut - Kashmir is one of the best songs of all time - Fav songs: Kashmir, In My Time of Dying, In the Light

- Never heard a Roxy Music album before - Didn't really like it that much, but I can appreciate the impact it had on later artists that I do like considering the year it was released - Fav songs: Out of the Blue, Three and Nine

- Only ever heard the title track before - Thought the rest of the songs were good but nothing incredible - Good album but not one of my favourites from the list - Fav songs: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), I Could Give You (A Mirror), Love is a Stranger

- Heard this many times before - Simply one of the greatest albums of all time - Could justify counting any of the songs as my favourite - Best album of the 80s maybe? Definitely top 3 - Fav songs: Running Up That Hill, Cloudbusting, The Big Sky

- Never heard of Blood, Sweat & Tears before - Enjoyed it, a good mix of different genres - Got a bit repetitive towards the end - Fav songs: Smiling Phases, More and More, Sometimes in Winter

- Only knew this for We Got the Beat - Very pleasantly surprised, didn't think I'd like a full album of it but it was really good - Good vibes - Fav songs: How Much More, Lust to Love, We Got the Beat

- Never listened to a Chemical Brothers album before - Seems like I either love or hate every electronic album that comes up here, luckily this is the former - Not a genre I usually go to, but still really good - Fav songs: Song to the Siren, Three Little Birdies Down Beats, In Dust We Trust

- Heard this album before - Sonic Youth's best and I like every album I've heard by them - Teen Age Riot is one of the greatest album openers of all time and one of the best songs of the 80s - Unbelievably ahead of it's time, wouldn't have half the alt rock and grunge records from the 90s without this album - Fav songs: Teen Age Riot, 'Cross the Breeze, Total Trash

- I'd been meaning to listen to Steely Dan for ages, but this is the first time listening to them - Expected to like it, lived up to expectations - Really enjoyed it, but thought it kind of tailed off towards the end - Fav songs: The Boston Rag, Bodhisattva, My Old School

- Never listened a Frampton album in full before - Thought it was good, if a bit long - Some songs were much better than others - The Jumping Jack Flash cover is horrendous - Fav songs: Baby, I Love Your Way; Show Me the Way, Winds of Change

- Heard this before - One of the most important albums of all time - Not something I listen to very often, but when I do I can easily see why it's considered one of the best of all time - Fav songs: What's Going On, Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler), Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

- Heard this album years ago - Really good, better than I remembered - Kind of dated to the late 60s, but in a good way? - Fav songs: Care of Cell 44, Time of the Season, Brief Candles

- First listen to a Siouxsie album - Thought I would like it and it lived up to expectations - Helter Skelter cover is very good - Fav songs: Jigsaw Feeling, Mirage, Helter Skelter

I don't get it

- Heard this before - Like The Joshua Tree, but I really don't like this one - Don't really get how this is considered a similar level, I genuinely think this is just a bad album that shouldn't be on the list - However, One is actually a really good song so I can't give it 1*

- Never heard a Tori Amos album before - Really enjoyed it, better than I'd expected - Kind of Kate Bush-lite but that's not necessarily a bad thing - Fav songs: Silent All These Years, Crucify, Winter

- Never listened to this in full before but I've heard quite a lot of the songs already - Some of it's a bit samey, but overall a very good album - I once saw Car Seat Headrest cover Tell Me When My Light Turns Green and I've loved it ever since - Fav songs: Tell Me When My Light Turns Green, Geno, Seven Days Too Long

- First full listen to a Hüsker Dü album - Liked it to begin with, but it was far too long and too many songs sounded similar to each other - I'll probably give some of their other stuff a listen, because there were some really good tracks, just too many not so good ones - Fav songs: Ice Cold Ice, Standing in the Rain, Turn it Around

- Never listened to a full YYYs album before - Disappointed, thought I would've liked this a lot more - Only really liked the two songs I was already familiar with - Fav songs: Maps, Y Control

- Heard this album many times before - Classic - Not ideal for a Monday morning, but perfect for this type of music - Fav songs: Disorder, She's Lost Control, Shadowplay

- Heard a couple of Kraftwerk albums before, but not this one - Clearly very influential considering it came out in the 70s, but not really something I'd go back to much on it's own - Preferred The Man Machine and Computer World - Fav songs: Showroom Dummies, Europe Endless

- Never heard of the Electric Prunes before - Weird mix of some decent songs, some bad ones and a few absolutely awful ones - The Toonerville Trolley is one of the worst things I've ever heard - Few decent tracks keep it from being a 1* - Fav songs: I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Get Me to the World on Time