Fast and bulbous. Also, tapered.

Some cool moments, plus a bunch of proggy nonsense

A bit long, but quite enjoyable jazzy electronica.

For some reason I thought The Jam were a 60s band. Instead, this album sounds like a mix of things I can't quite place. Perhaps: The Stranglers, The Smiths, Billy Bragg, Madness, The Fall. Anyway, whatever it is, I like it. 4.5

The album mostly passed my by in a blur of nothingness

Fun. Mix of funk with African rhythms.

3.5 Enjoyed it more than I expected (haven't listened to Metallica in a long time)

3.5

A mixed bag, and much too long.

Some cool moments, plus a bunch of proggy nonsense

Synthy dance-punk vibes

Queen (in general) are too faux-opera/ music-hall for my tastes. This album being no exception.

Ballady pop with classical moments. Sometimes has Radiohead type vibes. Not to my taste.

2.5

No thanks

Kind of ballady country-rock/pop

3.5 Apathetic indie vocals over either jangly guitars or "Jesus and Mary Chain" style fuzzed-out pop. Not bad overall.

Should really have been two separate albums. Speakerboxxx: 2 Fairly straightforward hip hop. Struggled to get through it, since it felt a bit samey after a while. The Love Below: 3.5 Kept my attention better due to its eclecticness. Was a bit too long though, and rather hit-and-miss.

Sounds almost more classical than jazz to me

Fast and bulbous. Also, tapered.

Meh

2.5 Country rock. A bit boring overall.

Different to their earlier stuff, but still rather enjoyable.

Kinda bossa-nova-ish stuff, with some funky moments

Fairly boring country-esque pop-rock

A kind of overproduced, fairly poppy take on garage rock

Synth meets drum machine. Some cool tracks, some annoying tracks.

Better than I expected it to be.

3.5

3.5 Dirty (sometimes quite fuzzed out) grunge. The whiney sounding vocals prevent me liking the band as much as I might otherwise.

Vocal jazz isn't really my bag

Pretty cool. Bluesy rock/rocknroll/rockabilly/garage stuff.

Not really my thing, but more enjoyable than I expected. Maybe I really did listen without prejudice...

Dark trudgy folk

I enjoyed beats, and rap style. But there's a bit too much R&B vibes for my liking.

Some cool moments, but too all over the place to be consistently enjoyable.

2.5 Fairly boring country-rock/folk

3.5

Mostly clean, yet often dissonant, "rock"-ish music. Pretty cool.

English rap, with heavy minimalist beats.

Pretty generic southern rock

Boring trad-pop covers

Proggy prog. Not bad!

4.5 One of my favorite bands. Not my favorite album of theirs. Also, it goes on too long.

3.5 I enjoyed it more than expected. Perhaps one of the better so-called "post punk revival" bands.

Enjoyable.

Some enjoyable moments, especially the more syncopated beats. A lot of stuff that's not really my style though.

I kind of liked one song, and thought there was some interesting basslines here and there, but otherwise found the album rather intolerable

At this point he still has that jazzy/bluesy singer songwriter vibe. Maybe with a bit of a sense of the transition to come. Enjoyed overall. Maybe a bit too ballady in parts.

Fairly funky dance music

Slow, dark, minimalist, electro-synth stuff. Pretty cool.

Meh

2.5 Quite poppy, rock'n rolly, glam rock.

3.5 Pretty cool (except for one or two tracks I didn't enjoy), chill trip hop with Indian influences (alongside other stuff like flamenco, classical, etc)

"Jump into the fire" is pretty cool, but the rest is a bit meh

A few decent moments, but mostly just silly, badly-done genre mashing

The track with Santana was a bit meh. The rest of the album was pretty cool.

Never got the hype about Kanye. The best moments on this album are due to guest vocalists.

1.5

Sounds like a disco / new wave Bowie.

Some cool moments. Nice basslines. But too many jangle-pop vibes overall for my liking.

A bit of a mixed bag. Enjoyable overall though.

2.5

An interesting mix of electronic music with jazz/funk and Brazilian styles. It would take more listens for me to figure out what I really think of it.

2.5

2.5 Too much silliness for my liking

First three songs were enjoyable. The rest was pretty boring.

4.5

2.5

Electronic background music. Relatively enjoyable.

It has its moments, but fell a little flat overall

Bluesy tribal groovy weird southern rock

3.5

3.5 Jangle pop meets fuzzed noise. A bit too much on the pop side for my liking overall though.

Some cool moments - a couple of songs in particular.

Jazz with funky bass grooves

Interesting. Somewhat eclectic. A lot of it sounded like soul to me.

A mixed bag of noisy silliness. And I mean that in the best possible way.

Much too smooth pop/jazz for my taste overall. That said, the basslines are grooving!

Gives me Mos Def vibes. Pretty good. Not sure why I'd never checked out Common before.

I've never been much of a fan of their second album, compared to their first.

3.5

Not a fan of Bossa Nova

3.5

Pretty cool African folk/blues/rock

It has its moments, but too much of it sounds like background music (which, being a soundtrack, it is).

I like the noisiness of much of the album. Not such a fan of the vocal style.

Boring

Cool beats. The lyrics, not so much.

3.5

This particular album of his is too 80s.

2.5

Interesting. Folksy stuff. With some harpsichordy baroque stuff, and some sitar stuff.

Not always "good", but always interesting...

A bunch of pretty cool post-punk-esque vibes. But also a bunch of atmospheric/orchestral vibes that I wasn't so into. I think they deserve a further listen.

Nope

Interesting concept, well executed (mostly)

Not a fan of Bossa Nova in general. I found the guitar and vocals quite boring. I did enjoy the sax playing though.

A bunch of acoustic folk-rock type tracks. Some were quite country-sounding. A bit of a psychedelic vamp at the end.

2.5

I'd rather not

Queen being Queen

A mix of lightish folk rock, and bluesy/psychedelic stuff.

I enjoyed it more than expected, in the balance. Although it is too long, with too much filler.

2.5

2.5 Some cool basslines, but too ballady overall for my liking

What a wild ride! A psychedelic stew of garage rock, folk, and electronic sounds.

Meh

Indie pop I guess? I don't mind it, but it doesn't do much for me

3.5 Enjoyable overall. Has a bit too much 80s style here and there to really be a winner.

1.5 Interesting, but not very enjoyable.

Wasn't feeling it at first. Too ballady. But then it started to grow on me. Especially some of the darker numbers.

I'm not much of an REM fan. That said, this album has its moments.

Not bad! Quite eclectic. Some bits give me Eels vibes.

I'd happily never hear Seven Nation Army again. That aside, the album isn't half bad. A few particularly enjoyable tracks.

A bit of a mixed bag, but enjoyable overall.

I didn't hate it. It's not my kinda thing though.

Not bad, if you're in the mood for some Chic-style funky soul music.

Not a bad listen overall. A bit too theatrical for my liking. And much too long.

2.5 An interesting mix of stuff. A bit too poppy overall for my liking.

Disappointing

2.5. Not bad. But doesn't really do much for me.

2.5

Same as I said on the other Kanye album... Many of the more tolerable moments involved guest vocalists.

Enjoyable overall. Some quite bluesy moments. Some songs sound like the Beatles, some sound like the Doors. And other weird interesting psychedelic things.

Might've been nice to hear a bit of Jason's bass...

It has its moments, but the inseccent bluesy noodling over the same old chord progressions gets a bit old.

Funky 90s hip hop

Interesting stuff. Folksy, funky, poppy, experimental.

I spent most of the album feeling like it was generic apathetic indie. That said, by the end it was starting to grow on me a little bit.

2.5

A sort of punk-inflected folk. It has its moments. A bit disappointing overall.

Funky blues

I guess it's "psychedelic"... Genre -wise it's all over the place. I liked some of it, but it didn't do much for me overall.

3.5

Funky club / disco music, with some hip hop moments, and maybe some African vibes?

2.5 Sometimes a bit too R&B, but some cool beats too.

Quite dance-oriented overall. And often quite pop/new-wave sounding. A couple of interesting noisy/drone tracks, and some funky moments.

French hip hop with funky and jazzy vibes

Is there's one thing this album isn't, it's "cohesive". I'm not sure what I just listened to, or what I think about it. It might take another listen to begin figuring that out.

90s style punk (ish) with rock&roll (and sometimes country) leanings

Soul with some funky moments. Not really my kinda thing overall, but has some enjoyable parts.

Some solid classics, but also a lot of twee junk

Not bad. A bit too much DP on the list though!

Not a fan overall, but I felt it had potential. 80s synthy/dancy kinda sounds.

3.5 Pretty heavy rap / grime.

1.5 Some songs sounded like a continuation of Husker Du's melodic-hardcore kinda sound. Some sounded like unremarkable alt rock / jangle pop. One track sounded like the Pixies.

No thanks

I feel like I could like them if they toned down the poppiness. Some cool baselines.

At their funkiest, they're great. When they lean more disco, not so much.

Interesting mix. Garage rock, indie rock, jangle pop, and more. Lo-fi recording.

Enjoyable. A bit more folky than some of their other stuff.

1.5 Synth pop. Not for me.

A bit too much directionless noodling at times. The better parts of the album were when they strayed away from the boring generic blues-rock.

Does what the title suggests... American folk with a gothic feel. I want to like it more than I do, unfortunately. Might call for another listen at some point.

A few songs I really don't like, but most of the album is pretty enjoyable overall.

Stylistically all over the place... folk rock, psychedelia, garage rock, blues, plus some softer numbers. Interesting. And makes me want to see what else the band has done.

Sounds like "lo-fi hip hop" with breakbeat drumming and funky basslines. Chill without being boring.

Poppy singer songwriter stuff. Not terrible but a bit boring.

African folk/blues. Enjoyable.

Album had it's enjoyable moments, but they were brief. Sounds like a mashup of everything 80s.

I remember kinda liking Slayer back in the day. But this just didn't do anything for me.

Despite the hype, this album is a very mixed bag. A few great songs. A few terrible songs. And a few... more songs.

Interesting album. Quite eclectic. I enjoyed it overall.

First half is fairly decent singer songwriter fare. Second half sounds kinda like the Pixies.

2.5 Not bad, but nothing stood out much either

Nice. Some of it reminded me of the instrumental tracks on Beastie Boys albums.

Sounds like David Byrne doing a Morrissey impression, backed by Chic.

Some good songs, but a lot of average junk, and it felt like it would never end.

A bit long, but enjoyable overall. Not many standout tracks though.

I didn't mind listening to it, but it's not really my style

A bit hit and miss. Some Beatles moments, some Bluegrass moments perhaps. Some weird jazzy easy listening moments.

Nice. Gives pretty strong Tom Waits vibes.

I enjoyed the more Bluegrassy tracks more than the slower country/gospel ones. At any rate, at over two hours long, it felt like a drag by the end.

They're like some of the worst pop rock combined with some of the worst of jazz

Some cool stuff, reminiscent of some of the more well-known triphop groups. And other stuff that was just kind of... boring electropop.

A collection of prog-pop vignettes. Not bad actually (possibly helped by the fact that any given piece is rather short).

2.5 Not a bad listen. Not really for me though.

I've not listened to much Common before. This was quite enjoyable. Reminded me of Mos Def. The album was a bit long though.

80s hip hop

Fine to listen to. A bit boring. Some Nick Drake moments.

Not bad, just a bit meh

Quirky indie pop. Has some interesting sounds.

Weird pseudo-soundtrack music. Might grow on me through multiple listens.

Country pop

Lots of four-to-the-floor kinda stuff. The album did have its moments though.

Some gangster shit with some funky basslines

Enjoyable, but far from my favourite of hers

A miscellany of sounds, that passed like a blur of background noise

Brit pop kinda vibes

Slow, atmospheric, dark.

Eclectic indie pop. Had it's moments.

3.5 Seems somehow sanitized compared to other stuff of his. Still enjoyable.

3.5 I do enjoy the Slits, but I also kinda find them hard work.

Slow bluesy jazz. I don't mind it, but it isn't doing all that much for me.

3.5

1.5 There was a song or two that wasn't quite as bad as the rest.

Sounds a bit like Television and a bit like Magazine. But with with more New Wave. The album sounded a bit meh at first, but it grew on me.

Dissonant, noisy, rhythmic

Quite eclectic. Much of which is fairly enjoyable.

Curtis is always a bit of a mixed bag to me

Some pretty good stuff, but also way too long and padded with fluff.

At their best, ZZ Top are quite enjoyable. This is not ZZ Top at their best. The album is still fairly enjoyable though.

A sort of storytellery country/bluegrass thing.

A fun mix of industrial rock and cabaret

A couple of interesting tracks, but mostly not my kinda thing.

I enjoyed it more than expected. Some parts had Talking Heads vibes.

Jazzy folk

Boring and seemingly never-ending

Not my favourite Bauhaus album but still pretty good

A bit hit and miss. Sometimes gives Hendrix vibes. Sometimes gives boring vibes.

Some pretty cool moments. Some fairly poppy moment I enjoyed a bit less.

Ambient breakbeats. Not bad if that's what you're looking for.

Not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Bowie vibes.

Quite dark, acoustic/folk.

Slow pop with some dark cabaret vibes. I didn't like it much at first, but it seemed to have grown on me by the end (either that or the second half was just better). Might require a re-listen.

2.5 Not a fan of Morrissey. This album has its ok moments though.

A bit of a mixed bag. Some cool funky stuff at times.

Enjoyable grooving background music

Synthy new wave. I enjoyed it a little more than I expected.

Not bad as background music

Standard apathetic indie fare

A couple of cool tracks, but too 80s (with the drum machine and synths) for my liking

I enjoyed it more than I thought I would (based on their pop hits)

Enjoyable trip-hop/electronica

First half: Sounds like the soundtrack to a proggy theatre musical. Has some nice bass lines though. 1.5/5 Second half: Noisy, experimental rock (some Hendrix vibes). 3.5/5 Overall: let's just average it out and call it 2.5/5

Dance-punk vibes. Some enjoyable moments, but more moments I wasn't so keen on.

This album has it all... Country AND Western!

1.5

Welcome to the 80s

I enjoyed it, I think. Gonna need another listen to really decide.

I found it somewhat enjoyable, but also a bit outside my familiarity. I might need to give Mambo a bit more of a listen in general.

This is some wacky sounding white-boy jazz

At first I liked it more than expected, but quickly got sick of it. A lot of poor attempts at sounding like other artists (RATM, Beastie Boys, etc)

A few cool riffs, but overall I hated it. Especially that voice.

The album mostly passed my by in a blur of nothingness

Forgettable indie pop with occasional moments of interesting noise

Part of me wants to like Dylan more than I do, but I find him quite boring overall.

Liked it more than expected

Mostly meh. A couple of ok tunes.

Not bad as background music

Quite eclectic indie pop. A lot of synthy stuff, with driving rhythm. A few moments reminded me of velvet underground.

Primus meets Mr Bungle meets Tom Waits meets who knows what. Gonna need a few more listens to make up my mind about this one.

2.5 I enjoyed hearing the songs I knew again. But the rest all sounded like someone trying to be Madness. Makes me think their full catalogue is probably a bit samey and a bit hit-and-miss.

Some cool riffs, but overall not really my style

Indie folk with Latin vibes

Fairly insipid indie. Not bad, but nothing special.

It is what it is

I can't stand musical theatre

Sounds... fine. But doesn't do anything for me.

Psychedelic jangle pop / punk

Eminem and his silly stories

Pretty boring folksy rock, with the occasional half-decent hendrixy vibe.

The worst of both rap and metal

A bit too New Wave for my liking. Still fairly enjoyable overall. I'm getting Taking Heads and Television vibes in places.

Why is English folk always so boring?

It has its moments, but mostly not my taste

Mixed feelings on this one. A bit too synth heavy in a lot of places, but I also quite enjoyed aspects of most of it. Gonna need another listen I think.

Very twee

The most generic rock

Funky soul

As a Joy Division fan, I want to like New Order, but just can't. Too much New-Wave Electro-Pop nonsense. There are a few songs I kinda liked though, which has Cure-esque vibes.

4.5 Nice. Never heard of them before. Gives me Siouxsie vibes in many places.

Mostly, no. A few interesting moments though.

4.5

A bit long, but quite enjoyable jazzy electronica.

Meh

Spanish (etc) reggae. Quite enjoyable. Reminds me of Cat Empire.

Lots of cool stuff going on in the production. The vocals are a bit mediocre though.

Who ever thought that we needed to listen to a 6 part box set of Gershwin numbers? No thanks.

If Jonathan Richman fronted Le Tigre. Not bad. A bit too poppy though.

Synthy new wave. Some nice basslines though.

To my ears, fusion (aka jazz rock) does a disservice to both jazz and rock. This sounds like one of the shitty demos on the keyboard my parents bought in the 80s.

Not bad. Kind of gives me Radiohead vibes at times (sort of eclectic electronica-meets-rock).

3.5, but happy to round up.

Not bad background music

Not bad, 60s sounding rock.

Too long. First (acoustic) half was a bit disappointing. The second (electric) half was more enjoyable. A good version of "Ballad of a Thin Man".

Interesting, fairly enjoyable. Nothing really grabbed me though.

2.5 I liked this more than I'm comfortable admitting

2.5

Enjoyable trip-hop

Not bad, but they're definitely already past their peak here.

Disco-inflected new-wave

Oh no, more prog rock. I actually didn't mind listening to this, but wouldn't choose to.

Sounds like a middle-of-the-road Bowie album

What did I just?

Was ok. Maybe need to give her more of a go at some point.

Chill acoustic vibes. I think I liked this. Maybe needs another listen.

Sometimes a bit too generically 80s for my liking, but I enjoyed it overall

Enjoyable, if you're in the mood for spacey ambient stuff.

A rather eclectic album. Various bits reminded me of various other artists. I rather enjoyed it overall.

Sometimes a bit too soul/r&b for my liking, but some pretty solid atl hip hop overall.

I had to take a break half way through, and listened to Everything Falls Apart as a palate cleanser.

Paul Simonon's bass playing makes this album.

Various folksy sounds

Nice. Solid noise-rock / post-hardcore stuff. Quite a few songs give me Steve Albini vibes.

Can't decide if I like this. It's kinda new-wave, but also kinda avant-funk.

Nope

Quite enjoyable dancehall-esque stuff

Started strong, with a bunch of funky numbers. Then transitioned to fairly forgettable soul for most of the rest of the album. The last track felt like a bit of a recovery.

Great voice of course. But pretty boring music.

I just can't get into the whole bossanova thing

Not much of a fan of the softer end of his range. Somewhat enjoyed the album overall though.

Some alright moments, but mostly pretty bland

It wasn't all to my taste, but what I liked I liked. Some cool noisy funky post-punk vibes. Need to check out more of their stuff.

Same as my general opinion of britpop: "it's ok I guess..."

Gives me frat-rock vibes

The only reason it's even getting a 2 is due to a certain degree of familiarity.

Not bad, except for the unexpected sermon near the end

First of all, obviously way too long! An eclectic mix of indie-rock kinda stuff. Some of it pretty decent, but buried amongst the rest of it... I wouldn't mind revisiting the best bits of it somehow .

Gives me House of Pain vibes

Never really managed to get into this

Some cool moments with interesting dissonant guitars. But also a lot of quite poppy alt-rock kinda stuff.

Not my favorite era of his career. Title track is solid though, and a few other good moments. The atmospheric stuff is kinda cool.

Not a fan of English folk

Good music. Some of the lyrics feel a bit weak.

A lot of it reminded me of later Beatles stuff, maybe heading into a Hendrix kinda direction. Might need another listen.

Title track is a classic riffy jam. I could take or leave the rest of the album.

For some reason I thought The Jam were a 60s band. Instead, this album sounds like a mix of things I can't quite place. Perhaps: The Stranglers, The Smiths, Billy Bragg, Madness, The Fall. Anyway, whatever it is, I like it. 4.5

Not my thing, but kinda cool in its own way.

Surprisingly enjoyable

Nice. Funky soul (with some jazzy moments).

Not strictly "bad", just really not for me.

Very meh

Fine, I guess

Bog standard (modern) country

Soul at it's most garage

Funky African tunes. Sometimes gives reggae vibes.

Enjoyable. Some classic Jimi. A little long. 3.5

Shitty proggy jazz fusion

Bland in a way that is actively unpleasant

Mostly not my kinda thing, but some of the weirder stuff was kinda cool, and some of the more trip hop oriented stuff was enjoyable.

Not really my kinda thing. Some interesting sounds though.

It was, indeed, bad.

Overall I didn't enjoy it too much, but it had its moments, and I feel like they could grow on me.

Jazz with a bit of a funk

Better than other stuff of theirs I've heard. But still, falls a bit flat to me. Sounds technically correct, but kinda... soulless?

Complete nonsense

2.5

Some alright moments (eg, the title track), especially when Morrissey isn't singing.

A couple of the non-hits on this album are actually kinda listenable

Boring as fuck

Like a more indie rock version of riotgrrl kinda stuff 2.5

I don't mind a bit of drum and bass, but this got a bit tiring after a while.

I enjoyed it, but at the same time I'm unlikely to want to return to it.

Not bad

What a wild ride

I feel like some parts of this could grow on me if I gave it another chance, but as it stands, I found it pretty meh.

I dunno. To me it sounds like a mix of classical, jazz, and maybe Balkans music. Some bits were kinda enjoyable.

A couple of very silly songs. Otherwise, quite enjoyable psychedelic garage rock kinda sounds.

Interesting post-rock (a couple of post-hardcore sounding moments). Lots of rhythmic patterns. I enjoyed it overall. Would take more listens to decide if I'm really into it.

First track was quite cool. Unfortunately it was pretty much downhill from there.

Dancy, electronic, post-punk-esque. Quite enjoyable.

Too much on the twee end of indie for my liking

I'm torn. Not a fan of the vocals. But quite enjoyed some of things the instruments were doing.

Funky, jazzy soul. Had some rather enjoyable moments.