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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Junkyard
The Birthday Party
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5 | 2.16 | +2.84 |
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The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
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5 | 2.48 | +2.52 |
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Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
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5 | 2.52 | +2.48 |
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GI
Germs
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5 | 2.54 | +2.46 |
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Tago Mago
Can
|
5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
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Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
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5 | 2.8 | +2.2 |
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Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
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5 | 2.84 | +2.16 |
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Bone Machine
Tom Waits
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5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
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E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
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5 | 2.89 | +2.11 |
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This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
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5 | 2.89 | +2.11 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Purple Rain
Prince
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1 | 4.02 | -3.02 |
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Bad
Michael Jackson
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1 | 3.8 | -2.8 |
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American Idiot
Green Day
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1 | 3.77 | -2.77 |
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
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1 | 3.76 | -2.76 |
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
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1 | 3.74 | -2.74 |
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Graceland
Paul Simon
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1 | 3.74 | -2.74 |
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Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
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1 | 3.72 | -2.72 |
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Boston
Boston
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1 | 3.71 | -2.71 |
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Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
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1 | 3.7 | -2.7 |
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Superunknown
Soundgarden
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1 | 3.66 | -2.66 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Sonic Youth | 5 | 4.6 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 5 |
| Pixies | 3 | 5 |
| The Stooges | 3 | 4.67 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Cure | 3 | 4.67 |
| Joy Division | 2 | 5 |
| Mudhoney | 2 | 5 |
| Siouxsie And The Banshees | 2 | 5 |
| Tom Waits | 5 | 4.2 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 3 | 4.33 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 1.2 |
| Steely Dan | 4 | 1.25 |
| Frank Sinatra | 3 | 1 |
| Pet Shop Boys | 3 | 1 |
| Elvis Costello & The Attractions | 4 | 1.5 |
| Dexys Midnight Runners | 3 | 1.33 |
| Paul Simon | 3 | 1.33 |
| Madonna | 3 | 1.33 |
| k.d. lang | 2 | 1 |
| Coldplay | 2 | 1 |
| Stephen Stills | 2 | 1 |
| Scott Walker | 2 | 1 |
| Taylor Swift | 2 | 1 |
| Emmylou Harris | 2 | 1 |
| Todd Rundgren | 2 | 1 |
| Van Halen | 2 | 1 |
| Jane's Addiction | 2 | 1 |
| Manic Street Preachers | 2 | 1 |
| The Byrds | 5 | 1.8 |
| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 1.75 |
| U2 | 4 | 1.75 |
| Neil Young | 4 | 1.75 |
| Prince | 3 | 1.67 |
| The Beach Boys | 3 | 1.67 |
| The Smiths | 3 | 1.67 |
| Aerosmith | 3 | 1.67 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 1.67 |
| Rufus Wainwright | 2 | 1.5 |
| ABBA | 2 | 1.5 |
| Willie Nelson | 2 | 1.5 |
| Ray Charles | 2 | 1.5 |
| Def Leppard | 2 | 1.5 |
| Elvis Costello | 2 | 1.5 |
| Bee Gees | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Divine Comedy | 2 | 1.5 |
| Dolly Parton | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Flaming Lips | 2 | 1.5 |
| Green Day | 2 | 1.5 |
| Everything But The Girl | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Band | 2 | 1.5 |
| New Order | 2 | 1.5 |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 2 | 1.5 |
| XTC | 2 | 1.5 |
| Fleetwood Mac | 2 | 1.5 |
| The xx | 2 | 1.5 |
| Suede | 2 | 1.5 |
| Belle & Sebastian | 2 | 1.5 |
| Joni Mitchell | 4 | 2 |
| Björk | 4 | 2 |
| Morrissey | 4 | 2 |
| The Who | 5 | 2.2 |
| Queen | 3 | 2 |
| Yes | 3 | 2 |
| Elvis Presley | 3 | 2 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 2 |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 2 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 2 |
| Tim Buckley | 3 | 2 |
| Van Morrison | 3 | 2 |
| Peter Gabriel | 3 | 2 |
| Kings of Leon | 3 | 2 |
| Kate Bush | 3 | 2 |
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The Jam
5/5
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
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Bob Dylan
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Fun.
Mix of funk with African rhythms.
The National
2/5
Metallica
4/5
3.5
Enjoyed it more than I expected (haven't listened to Metallica in a long time)
Radiohead
3/5
3.5
Beatles
3/5
A mixed bag, and much too long.
Burning Spear
4/5
King Crimson
2/5
Some cool moments, plus a bunch of proggy nonsense
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Synthy dance-punk vibes
Queen
2/5
Queen (in general) are too faux-opera/ music-hall for my tastes. This album being no exception.
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Ballady pop with classical moments. Sometimes has Radiohead type vibes.
Not to my taste.
Gene Clark
3/5
2.5
The Yardbirds
4/5
Basement Jaxx
2/5
Various Artists
1/5
No thanks
Prince
2/5
Bonnie Raitt
1/5
Kind of ballady country-rock/pop
Pavement
4/5
3.5
Apathetic indie vocals over either jangly guitars or "Jesus and Mary Chain" style fuzzed-out pop.
Not bad overall.
OutKast
3/5
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.
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Sounds almost more classical than jazz to me
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Fast and bulbous. Also, tapered.
3/5
Meh
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
2.5
Country rock. A bit boring overall.
Culture Club
2/5
Portishead
4/5
Different to their earlier stuff, but still rather enjoyable.
Bobby Womack
2/5
Elis Regina
2/5
Kinda bossa-nova-ish stuff, with some funky moments
Aimee Mann
2/5
Fairly boring country-esque pop-rock
Lauryn Hill
4/5
The Hives
2/5
A kind of overproduced, fairly poppy take on garage rock
Kraftwerk
3/5
Synth meets drum machine.
Some cool tracks, some annoying tracks.
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
Better than I expected it to be.
The Doors
4/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
Dr. Dre
4/5
3.5
Baaba Maal
4/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
3.5
Dirty (sometimes quite fuzzed out) grunge.
The whiney sounding vocals prevent me liking the band as much as I might otherwise.
Jeff Buckley
2/5
ABBA
2/5
Sarah Vaughan
2/5
Vocal jazz isn't really my bag
OutKast
4/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Flamin' Groovies
4/5
Pretty cool. Bluesy rock/rocknroll/rockabilly/garage stuff.
3/5
Joy Division
5/5
George Michael
3/5
Not really my thing, but more enjoyable than I expected.
Maybe I really did listen without prejudice...
Johnny Cash
4/5
Dark trudgy folk
Fugees
4/5
2Pac
3/5
I enjoyed beats, and rap style.
But there's a bit too much R&B vibes for my liking.
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Some cool moments, but too all over the place to be consistently enjoyable.
Eagles
3/5
2.5
Fairly boring country-rock/folk
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
3.5
Slint
4/5
Mostly clean, yet often dissonant, "rock"-ish music.
Pretty cool.
Little Simz
4/5
English rap, with heavy minimalist beats.
The Black Crowes
3/5
Pretty generic southern rock
Roni Size
3/5
Dion
2/5
Willie Nelson
1/5
Boring trad-pop covers
Pink Floyd
3/5
3/5
Proggy prog.
Not bad!
Sonic Youth
4/5
4.5
One of my favorite bands. Not my favorite album of theirs.
Also, it goes on too long.
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
3.5
I enjoyed it more than expected.
Perhaps one of the better so-called "post punk revival" bands.
Motörhead
5/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Enjoyable.
Mj Cole
2/5
Some enjoyable moments, especially the more syncopated beats. A lot of stuff that's not really my style though.
Beatles
3/5
The Killers
2/5
I kind of liked one song, and thought there was some interesting basslines here and there, but otherwise found the album rather intolerable
4/5
Dead Kennedys
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
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.
Deee-Lite
3/5
Fairly funky dance music
Fever Ray
4/5
Slow, dark, minimalist, electro-synth stuff. Pretty cool.
Elvis Presley
2/5
Meh
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
2.5
Quite poppy, rock'n rolly, glam rock.
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
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)
Harry Nilsson
2/5
"Jump into the fire" is pretty cool, but the rest is a bit meh
Talking Heads
4/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
1/5
A few decent moments, but mostly just silly, badly-done genre mashing
John Lee Hooker
3/5
The track with Santana was a bit meh. The rest of the album was pretty cool.
Kanye West
2/5
Never got the hype about Kanye.
The best moments on this album are due to guest vocalists.
Ray Charles
2/5
1.5
Kraftwerk
2/5
2/5
Sounds like a disco / new wave Bowie.
Megadeth
3/5
Genesis
2/5
Patti Smith
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Some cool moments. Nice basslines.
But too many jangle-pop vibes overall for my liking.
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
A bit of a mixed bag. Enjoyable overall though.
Nico
3/5
2.5
Arcade Fire
2/5
3/5
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.
Genesis
2/5
Norah Jones
2/5
Metallica
4/5
Def Leppard
2/5
Killing Joke
5/5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
2.5
Alanis Morissette
3/5
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Black Flag
3/5
De La Soul
3/5
2.5
Too much silliness for my liking
The Temptations
3/5
First three songs were enjoyable.
The rest was pretty boring.
Sonic Youth
5/5
4.5
The Verve
3/5
2.5
Air
3/5
Electronic background music. Relatively enjoyable.
fIREHOSE
3/5
It has its moments, but fell a little flat overall
Lou Reed
3/5
Thundercat
1/5
Arrested Development
4/5
Merle Haggard
2/5
The Stooges
4/5
Dr. John
4/5
Bluesy tribal groovy weird southern rock
Bob Dylan
3/5
3.5
k.d. lang
1/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
3.5
Jangle pop meets fuzzed noise.
A bit too much on the pop side for my liking overall though.
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Some cool moments - a couple of songs in particular.
Hugh Masekela
3/5
Jazz with funky bass grooves
Dusty Springfield
2/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
Interesting. Somewhat eclectic. A lot of it sounded like soul to me.
Butthole Surfers
4/5
A mixed bag of noisy silliness.
And I mean that in the best possible way.
Sade
2/5
Much too smooth pop/jazz for my taste overall.
That said, the basslines are grooving!
Adele
3/5
The Monkees
2/5
Common
4/5
Gives me Mos Def vibes.
Pretty good. Not sure why I'd never checked out Common before.
The Specials
2/5
I've never been much of a fan of their second album, compared to their first.
Frank Black
3/5
3.5
Nick Drake
3/5
Frank Sinatra
1/5
Not a fan of Bossa Nova
Erykah Badu
4/5
3.5
Justice
2/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Pretty cool African folk/blues/rock
Isaac Hayes
2/5
It has its moments, but too much of it sounds like background music (which, being a soundtrack, it is).
The Icarus Line
3/5
I like the noisiness of much of the album. Not such a fan of the vocal style.
John Grant
2/5
Doves
2/5
Boring
Public Image Ltd.
4/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
Linkin Park
2/5
Kelela
1/5
LL Cool J
3/5
Cool beats. The lyrics, not so much.
The B-52's
4/5
3.5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
This particular album of his is too 80s.
Solange
2/5
2.5
Donovan
3/5
Interesting. Folksy stuff. With some harpsichordy baroque stuff, and some sitar stuff.
Frank Zappa
4/5
Not always "good", but always interesting...
Japan
3/5
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.
Brian Wilson
1/5
Nope
Mike Oldfield
1/5
Metallica
3/5
Interesting concept, well executed (mostly)
Stan Getz
2/5
Not a fan of Bossa Nova in general. I found the guitar and vocals quite boring. I did enjoy the sax playing though.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
A bunch of acoustic folk-rock type tracks. Some were quite country-sounding. A bit of a psychedelic vamp at the end.
Otis Redding
3/5
2.5
The Who
2/5
I'd rather not
Scissor Sisters
1/5
Queen
2/5
Queen being Queen
Tears For Fears
1/5
John Martyn
3/5
A mix of lightish folk rock, and bluesy/psychedelic stuff.
Nirvana
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Machito
2/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
I enjoyed it more than expected, in the balance. Although it is too long, with too much filler.
James Brown
2/5
2.5
Marvin Gaye
2/5
2.5
Some cool basslines, but too ballady overall for my liking
The United States Of America
4/5
What a wild ride!
A psychedelic stew of garage rock, folk, and electronic sounds.
Lana Del Rey
2/5
Meh
Beach House
2/5
Indie pop I guess?
I don't mind it, but it doesn't do much for me
Brian Eno
2/5
Coldplay
1/5
The Fall
3/5
3.5
Enjoyable overall. Has a bit too much 80s style here and there to really be a winner.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Massive Attack
3/5
Björk
1/5
1.5
Interesting, but not very enjoyable.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Wasn't feeling it at first. Too ballady.
But then it started to grow on me. Especially some of the darker numbers.
Cypress Hill
5/5
R.E.M.
3/5
I'm not much of an REM fan. That said, this album has its moments.
Elvis Costello
2/5
Stephen Stills
1/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Beck
3/5
Not bad!
Quite eclectic.
Some bits give me Eels vibes.
The White Stripes
3/5
I'd happily never hear Seven Nation Army again.
That aside, the album isn't half bad. A few particularly enjoyable tracks.
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
A bit of a mixed bag, but enjoyable overall.
Sigur Rós
2/5
I didn't hate it.
It's not my kinda thing though.
Sister Sledge
3/5
Not bad, if you're in the mood for some Chic-style funky soul music.
Dire Straits
4/5
The Divine Comedy
1/5
David Bowie
4/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Not a bad listen overall.
A bit too theatrical for my liking.
And much too long.
Supergrass
2/5
2.5
An interesting mix of stuff.
A bit too poppy overall for my liking.
Jeru The Damaja
4/5
Prince
1/5
Disappointing
Garbage
2/5
2.5.
Not bad. But doesn't really do much for me.
Iggy Pop
3/5
Morrissey
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
2.5
Kanye West
2/5
Same as I said on the other Kanye album... Many of the more tolerable moments involved guest vocalists.
Dolly Parton
1/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Enjoyable overall.
Some quite bluesy moments. Some songs sound like the Beatles, some sound like the Doors.
And other weird interesting psychedelic things.
Metallica
4/5
Might've been nice to hear a bit of Jason's bass...
Raekwon
3/5
Derek & The Dominos
2/5
It has its moments, but the inseccent bluesy noodling over the same old chord progressions gets a bit old.
Dire Straits
2/5
Digital Underground
3/5
Funky 90s hip hop
Miles Davis
3/5
Soundgarden
1/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Peter Frampton
2/5
John Martyn
3/5
Interesting stuff. Folksy, funky, poppy, experimental.
The Beach Boys
2/5
Wilco
2/5
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.
Circle Jerks
4/5
Pretenders
3/5
Eels
5/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
CHIC
3/5
2.5
Rufus Wainwright
1/5
Mekons
2/5
A sort of punk-inflected folk.
It has its moments. A bit disappointing overall.
Pet Shop Boys
1/5
Steve Winwood
1/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Aphex Twin
2/5
The Stranglers
4/5
Radiohead
3/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Funky blues
John Lennon
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
The Black Keys
3/5
The Flaming Lips
2/5
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.
The Prodigy
4/5
3.5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Koffi Olomide
2/5
Soul II Soul
2/5
Funky club / disco music, with some hip hop moments, and maybe some African vibes?
Steely Dan
1/5
Randy Newman
2/5
The Stone Roses
2/5
The Flaming Lips
1/5
The Kinks
2/5
Jazmine Sullivan
1/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
Cyndi Lauper
2/5
JAY Z
3/5
2.5
Sometimes a bit too R&B, but some cool beats too.
Hookworms
2/5
Quite dance-oriented overall. And often quite pop/new-wave sounding.
A couple of interesting noisy/drone tracks, and some funky moments.
The Mamas & The Papas
2/5
MC Solaar
3/5
French hip hop with funky and jazzy vibes
Barry Adamson
3/5
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.
Rocket From The Crypt
2/5
90s style punk (ish) with rock&roll (and sometimes country) leanings
Deep Purple
3/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
2/5
Soul with some funky moments.
Not really my kinda thing overall, but has some enjoyable parts.
Minor Threat
5/5
Television
4/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Ministry
4/5
Van Morrison
2/5
R.E.M.
2/5
Some solid classics, but also a lot of twee junk
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Jack White
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Not bad. A bit too much DP on the list though!
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2/5
Not a fan overall, but I felt it had potential.
80s synthy/dancy kinda sounds.
Skepta
3/5
3.5
Pretty heavy rap / grime.
Pixies
5/5
Sugar
1/5
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.
Boston
1/5
No thanks
Arctic Monkeys
2/5
I feel like I could like them if they toned down the poppiness.
Some cool baselines.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Beatles
2/5
CHIC
3/5
At their funkiest, they're great. When they lean more disco, not so much.
Public Enemy
4/5
Guided By Voices
3/5
Interesting mix. Garage rock, indie rock, jangle pop, and more.
Lo-fi recording.
Pet Shop Boys
1/5
Cream
4/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Enjoyable. A bit more folky than some of their other stuff.
CHVRCHES
1/5
1.5
Synth pop. Not for me.
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
2/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
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.
David Ackles
2/5
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.
The White Stripes
3/5
A few songs I really don't like, but most of the album is pretty enjoyable overall.
Love
3/5
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.
Nightmares On Wax
4/5
Sounds like "lo-fi hip hop" with breakbeat drumming and funky basslines. Chill without being boring.
Beth Orton
2/5
Poppy singer songwriter stuff. Not terrible but a bit boring.
Guns N' Roses
2/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
African folk/blues.
Enjoyable.
Neneh Cherry
2/5
Album had it's enjoyable moments, but they were brief.
Sounds like a mashup of everything 80s.
Thelonious Monk
3/5
Slayer
2/5
I remember kinda liking Slayer back in the day. But this just didn't do anything for me.
3/5
Despite the hype, this album is a very mixed bag. A few great songs. A few terrible songs. And a few... more songs.
Paul McCartney
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
Interesting album. Quite eclectic. I enjoyed it overall.
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Venom
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
First half is fairly decent singer songwriter fare.
Second half sounds kinda like the Pixies.
Motörhead
4/5
Queens of the Stone Age
2/5
2.5
Not bad, but nothing stood out much either
David Holmes
4/5
Nice.
Some of it reminded me of the instrumental tracks on Beastie Boys albums.
Eminem
4/5
Orange Juice
2/5
Sounds like David Byrne doing a Morrissey impression, backed by Chic.
Khaled
2/5
Parliament
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
2/5
Some good songs, but a lot of average junk, and it felt like it would never end.
Talking Heads
4/5
Slipknot
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
A bit long, but enjoyable overall. Not many standout tracks though.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Green Day
2/5
Christine and the Queens
2/5
I didn't mind listening to it, but it's not really my style
The Youngbloods
2/5
A bit hit and miss. Some Beatles moments, some Bluegrass moments perhaps. Some weird jazzy easy listening moments.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Nice.
Gives pretty strong Tom Waits vibes.
3/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3/5
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.
Peter Tosh
4/5
Steely Dan
1/5
They're like some of the worst pop rock combined with some of the worst of jazz
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Some cool stuff, reminiscent of some of the more well-known triphop groups. And other stuff that was just kind of... boring electropop.
Brian Eno
3/5
A collection of prog-pop vignettes.
Not bad actually (possibly helped by the fact that any given piece is rather short).
Björk
2/5
2.5
Not a bad listen. Not really for me though.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
2/5
Common
4/5
I've not listened to much Common before. This was quite enjoyable. Reminded me of Mos Def. The album was a bit long though.
Slipknot
2/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Magazine
4/5
GZA
3/5
Jungle Brothers
3/5
80s hip hop
Beck
2/5
Fine to listen to. A bit boring. Some Nick Drake moments.
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
John Coltrane
4/5
Haircut 100
3/5
Not bad, just a bit meh
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Quirky indie pop.
Has some interesting sounds.
Barry Adamson
2/5
Weird pseudo-soundtrack music. Might grow on me through multiple listens.
David Bowie
3/5
The Who
3/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
Kacey Musgraves
1/5
Country pop
Miles Davis
3/5
Leftfield
2/5
Lots of four-to-the-floor kinda stuff. The album did have its moments though.
Black Sabbath
5/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Carole King
2/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Snoop Dogg
3/5
Some gangster shit with some funky basslines
PJ Harvey
3/5
Enjoyable, but far from my favourite of hers
The Who
2/5
Gram Parsons
1/5
The Avalanches
2/5
A miscellany of sounds, that passed like a blur of background noise
Depeche Mode
3/5
The Cure
4/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Brit pop kinda vibes
Ice Cube
3/5
Pixies
5/5
The Cramps
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Slow, atmospheric, dark.
Aretha Franklin
3/5
The Bees
2/5
Eclectic indie pop. Had it's moments.
Pink Floyd
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
3.5
Seems somehow sanitized compared to other stuff of his. Still enjoyable.
The Smiths
1/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Jurassic 5
5/5
The Slits
4/5
3.5
I do enjoy the Slits, but I also kinda find them hard work.
Ryan Adams
2/5
Elton John
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Slow bluesy jazz. I don't mind it, but it isn't doing all that much for me.
Green Day
1/5
R.E.M.
3/5
DJ Shadow
3/5
3.5
Mariah Carey
1/5
Britney Spears
2/5
1.5
There was a song or two that wasn't quite as bad as the rest.
Judas Priest
2/5
Nas
4/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Al Green
2/5
The Only Ones
3/5
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.
Megadeth
2/5
The Fall
4/5
Dissonant, noisy, rhythmic
Blur
3/5
Quite eclectic. Much of which is fairly enjoyable.
Muddy Waters
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Curtis is always a bit of a mixed bag to me
Dusty Springfield
2/5
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Some pretty good stuff, but also way too long and padded with fluff.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2/5
ZZ Top
2/5
At their best, ZZ Top are quite enjoyable.
This is not ZZ Top at their best.
The album is still fairly enjoyable though.
The Louvin Brothers
3/5
A sort of storytellery country/bluegrass thing.
Pet Shop Boys
1/5
The White Stripes
4/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
The Young Gods
4/5
A fun mix of industrial rock and cabaret
Lorde
2/5
A couple of interesting tracks, but mostly not my kinda thing.
Roxy Music
3/5
I enjoyed it more than expected. Some parts had Talking Heads vibes.
Tim Buckley
2/5
Jazzy folk
Miles Davis
2/5
Joan Baez
1/5
Boring and seemingly never-ending
Public Image Ltd.
4/5
Frank Sinatra
1/5
System Of A Down
2/5
Bauhaus
4/5
Not my favourite Bauhaus album but still pretty good
Bee Gees
1/5
The Undertones
2/5
Paul Weller
3/5
A bit hit and miss. Sometimes gives Hendrix vibes. Sometimes gives boring vibes.
George Jones
1/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Some pretty cool moments. Some fairly poppy moment I enjoyed a bit less.
PJ Harvey
5/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
5/5
3/5
Orbital
2/5
Ambient breakbeats. Not bad if that's what you're looking for.
Billy Bragg
2/5
The Stooges
5/5
Ghostface Killah
3/5
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Bowie vibes.
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Scott Walker
1/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Quite dark, acoustic/folk.
Ute Lemper
3/5
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.
Morrissey
2/5
2.5
Not a fan of Morrissey.
This album has its ok moments though.
Aerosmith
1/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Talk Talk
2/5
Mercury Rev
2/5
Nirvana
5/5
Taylor Swift
1/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1/5
Bebel Gilberto
1/5
U2
2/5
Pearl Jam
2/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Slade
2/5
Buzzcocks
4/5
Roxy Music
3/5
A bit of a mixed bag. Some cool funky stuff at times.
Yes
1/5
Talvin Singh
2/5
Beatles
2/5
Air
3/5
Enjoyable grooving background music
The Band
1/5
Tom Waits
5/5
Ravi Shankar
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
2/5
Elbow
2/5
Gary Numan
2/5
Synthy new wave.
I enjoyed it a little more than I expected.
David Gray
1/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
Cornershop
3/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
The Shamen
2/5
Not bad as background music
Silver Jews
2/5
Standard apathetic indie fare
Sisters Of Mercy
2/5
A couple of cool tracks, but too 80s (with the drum machine and synths) for my liking
Kings of Leon
3/5
I enjoyed it more than I thought I would (based on their pop hits)
Stevie Wonder
1/5
The Associates
2/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
Red Snapper
3/5
Enjoyable trip-hop/electronica
Chicago
2/5
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
Pulp
2/5
Suzanne Vega
2/5
Nina Simone
3/5
Bon Jovi
1/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
The Undertones
3/5
The Human League
2/5
Klaxons
2/5
Dance-punk vibes. Some enjoyable moments, but more moments I wasn't so keen on.
Gang Starr
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Sex Pistols
4/5
Marty Robbins
3/5
This album has it all... Country AND Western!
Brian Eno
2/5
Rush
2/5
1.5
TLC
2/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
2/5
Scritti Politti
1/5
Welcome to the 80s
3/5
I enjoyed it, I think. Gonna need another listen to really decide.
Louis Prima
2/5
Tito Puente
2/5
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.
Emmylou Harris
1/5
Donald Fagen
1/5
This is some wacky sounding white-boy jazz
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
The Byrds
2/5
The Modern Lovers
4/5
Kid Rock
2/5
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)
Incubus
1/5
A few cool riffs, but overall I hated it. Especially that voice.
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
The album mostly passed my by in a blur of nothingness
The Birthday Party
5/5
The Boo Radleys
2/5
Forgettable indie pop with occasional moments of interesting noise
Bob Dylan
2/5
Part of me wants to like Dylan more than I do, but I find him quite boring overall.
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Liked it more than expected
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Cat Stevens
2/5
Mostly meh. A couple of ok tunes.
Fats Domino
2/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Boards of Canada
2/5
Not bad as background music
Jane Weaver
3/5
Quite eclectic indie pop.
A lot of synthy stuff, with driving rhythm.
A few moments reminded me of velvet underground.
The Residents
3/5
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.
Gillian Welch
2/5
Madness
2/5
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.
Deerhunter
2/5
Jethro Tull
2/5
Some cool riffs, but overall not really my style
Calexico
3/5
Indie folk with Latin vibes
Billy Joel
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
The Auteurs
2/5
Fairly insipid indie. Not bad, but nothing special.
AC/DC
2/5
It is what it is
Portishead
4/5
Queen
2/5
I can't stand musical theatre
The War On Drugs
2/5
Sounds... fine. But doesn't do anything for me.
Pavement
2/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Lupe Fiasco
2/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Big Star
2/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
Psychedelic jangle pop / punk
The Beach Boys
2/5
Paul Simon
2/5
Eminem
4/5
Eminem and his silly stories
Traffic
2/5
Pretty boring folksy rock, with the occasional half-decent hendrixy vibe.
1/5
The worst of both rap and metal
Lynyrd Skynyrd
2/5
The Cars
2/5
A bit too New Wave for my liking. Still fairly enjoyable overall. I'm getting Taking Heads and Television vibes in places.
Fairport Convention
2/5
Why is English folk always so boring?
Kanye West
2/5
George Michael
2/5
It has its moments, but mostly not my taste
The The
3/5
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.
Lou Reed
4/5
The Kinks
2/5
Very twee
Shivkumar Sharma
2/5
The Offspring
1/5
The Cardigans
2/5
Neil Young
2/5
Bad Company
1/5
The most generic rock
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Funky soul
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
The Young Rascals
2/5
New Order
2/5
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.
Gil Scott-Heron
2/5
Lucinda Williams
1/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
Stephen Stills
1/5
Paul Simon
1/5
Faith No More
2/5
Meat Puppets
4/5
Throwing Muses
5/5
4.5
Nice. Never heard of them before. Gives me Siouxsie vibes in many places.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Willie Nelson
2/5
Roxy Music
2/5
Mostly, no. A few interesting moments though.
Prince
2/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
4.5
The Streets
3/5
Le Tigre
4/5
Beck
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Turbonegro
4/5
Gotan Project
3/5
A bit long, but quite enjoyable jazzy electronica.
Kings of Leon
2/5
Meh
B.B. King
3/5
Manu Chao
3/5
Spanish (etc) reggae. Quite enjoyable.
Reminds me of Cat Empire.
Kate Bush
2/5
Ice T
3/5
Lots of cool stuff going on in the production. The vocals are a bit mediocre though.
Mylo
2/5
Sleater-Kinney
5/5
Ella Fitzgerald
1/5
Who ever thought that we needed to listen to a 6 part box set of Gershwin numbers?
No thanks.
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
If Jonathan Richman fronted Le Tigre.
Not bad. A bit too poppy though.
Doves
2/5
Morrissey
2/5
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Simple Minds
2/5
Synthy new wave.
Some nice basslines though.
Randy Newman
2/5
Weather Report
1/5
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.
David Bowie
3/5
Not bad.
Kind of gives me Radiohead vibes at times (sort of eclectic electronica-meets-rock).
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
3.5, but happy to round up.
Talking Heads
4/5
William Orbit
2/5
Not bad background music
2/5
Not bad, 60s sounding rock.
3/5
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".
Little Richard
2/5
Baaba Maal
2/5
Interesting, fairly enjoyable. Nothing really grabbed me though.
The Waterboys
1/5
Tom Waits
5/5
Don McLean
1/5
Korn
2/5
2.5
I liked this more than I'm comfortable admitting
Mudhoney
5/5
Radiohead
3/5
2.5
The Smiths
2/5
Tricky
3/5
Enjoyable trip-hop
Orbital
2/5
Bad Brains
3/5
Not bad, but they're definitely already past their peak here.
Ananda Shankar
3/5
The The
2/5
Disco-inflected new-wave
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Oh no, more prog rock.
I actually didn't mind listening to this, but wouldn't choose to.
T. Rex
3/5
Sounds like a middle-of-the-road Bowie album
Pere Ubu
5/5
Todd Rundgren
1/5
What did I just?
Tori Amos
2/5
Was ok. Maybe need to give her more of a go at some point.
Fred Neil
2/5
The Doors
3/5
Fugazi
5/5
The Police
2/5
Bert Jansch
3/5
Chill acoustic vibes. I think I liked this. Maybe needs another listen.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Sometimes a bit too generically 80s for my liking, but I enjoyed it overall
Can
3/5
Enjoyable, if you're in the mood for spacey ambient stuff.
Spiritualized
3/5
A rather eclectic album.
Various bits reminded me of various other artists.
I rather enjoyed it overall.
Cee Lo Green
3/5
Sometimes a bit too soul/r&b for my liking, but some pretty solid atl hip hop overall.
Hüsker Dü
1/5
I had to take a break half way through, and listened to Everything Falls Apart as a palate cleanser.
Ice Cube
2/5
Goldfrapp
2/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Paul Simonon's bass playing makes this album.
The Damned
3/5
Pentangle
2/5
Various folksy sounds
Girls Against Boys
4/5
Nice. Solid noise-rock / post-hardcore stuff.
Quite a few songs give me Steve Albini vibes.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Tom Tom Club
3/5
Can't decide if I like this. It's kinda new-wave, but also kinda avant-funk.
The Darkness
1/5
Nope
M.I.A.
3/5
Quite enjoyable dancehall-esque stuff
The Temptations
3/5
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.
Janis Joplin
2/5
Great voice of course. But pretty boring music.
Milton Nascimento
1/5
I just can't get into the whole bossanova thing
Elliott Smith
3/5
Not much of a fan of the softer end of his range. Somewhat enjoyed the album overall though.
Alice Cooper
2/5
Some alright moments, but mostly pretty bland
Tina Turner
1/5
Happy Mondays
4/5
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.
The Verve
3/5
Same as my general opinion of britpop: "it's ok I guess..."
Anthrax
2/5
Gives me frat-rock vibes
Meat Loaf
2/5
The only reason it's even getting a 2 is due to a certain degree of familiarity.
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
The Prodigy
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Not bad, except for the unexpected sermon near the end
The Magnetic Fields
2/5
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 .
ABBA
1/5
The Specials
4/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
Gives me House of Pain vibes
Morrissey
2/5
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
Peter Gabriel
1/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
The Adverts
5/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Never really managed to get into this
The Doors
4/5
Elastica
2/5
Some cool moments with interesting dissonant guitars.
But also a lot of quite poppy alt-rock kinda stuff.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Not my favorite era of his career.
Title track is solid though, and a few other good moments. The atmospheric stuff is kinda cool.
Richard Thompson
1/5
Not a fan of English folk
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2/5
David Bowie
4/5
The La's
2/5
Van Halen
1/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
5/5
808 State
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Good music. Some of the lyrics feel a bit weak.
The Pretty Things
3/5
A lot of it reminded me of later Beatles stuff, maybe heading into a Hendrix kinda direction.
Might need another listen.
Iron Butterfly
2/5
Title track is a classic riffy jam.
I could take or leave the rest of the album.
Devendra Banhart
2/5
The Jam
5/5
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
PJ Harvey
5/5
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
Not my thing, but kinda cool in its own way.
Surprisingly enjoyable
4/5
Nice. Funky soul (with some jazzy moments).
Duran Duran
2/5
M.I.A.
3/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Dennis Wilson
1/5
Aretha Franklin
2/5
Wire
5/5
Carpenters
1/5
Not strictly "bad", just really not for me.
Jane's Addiction
1/5
Very meh
Small Faces
2/5
Fine, I guess
The Last Shadow Puppets
1/5
Alice Cooper
2/5
Beatles
3/5
Elvis Presley
2/5
Wilco
2/5
Steve Earle
1/5
Bog standard (modern) country
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Soul at it's most garage
The Everly Brothers
1/5
The Beach Boys
1/5
Femi Kuti
4/5
Funky African tunes. Sometimes gives reggae vibes.
Dagmar Krause
2/5
The Cure
5/5
James Taylor
1/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Antony and the Johnsons
1/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Soft Cell
2/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
1/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Enjoyable. Some classic Jimi. A little long.
3.5
Hot Chip
2/5
David Bowie
2/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
Shitty proggy jazz fusion
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Sonic Youth
5/5
Stan Getz
2/5
Goldfrapp
2/5
1/5
Bland in a way that is actively unpleasant
FKA twigs
2/5
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.
Napalm Death
2/5
Destiny's Child
2/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
TV On The Radio
2/5
2/5
Not really my kinda thing. Some interesting sounds though.
Michael Jackson
1/5
It was, indeed, bad.
Santana
2/5
Adele
2/5
Stereolab
2/5
Overall I didn't enjoy it too much, but it had its moments, and I feel like they could grow on me.
The Velvet Underground
4/5
The Crusaders
2/5
Jazz with a bit of a funk
UB40
2/5
Better than other stuff of theirs I've heard. But still, falls a bit flat to me. Sounds technically correct, but kinda... soulless?
Beyoncé
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
3/5
Van Halen
1/5
Complete nonsense
Dolly Parton
2/5
2.5
The Smiths
2/5
Some alright moments (eg, the title track), especially when Morrissey isn't singing.
Underworld
2/5
Cocteau Twins
2/5
2/5
A couple of the non-hits on this album are actually kinda listenable
Frank Sinatra
1/5
Boring as fuck
Eagles
1/5
Liz Phair
2/5
Like a more indie rock version of riotgrrl kinda stuff
2.5
Big Star
2/5
The Zombies
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
Fatboy Slim
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
LTJ Bukem
3/5
I don't mind a bit of drum and bass, but this got a bit tiring after a while.
Throbbing Gristle
3/5
I enjoyed it, but at the same time I'm unlikely to want to return to it.
Nick Drake
3/5
The Thrills
1/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1/5
Fleetwood Mac
2/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Röyksopp
3/5
Not bad
3/5
What a wild ride
Grizzly Bear
2/5
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.
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
I dunno. To me it sounds like a mix of classical, jazz, and maybe Balkans music.
Some bits were kinda enjoyable.
The Electric Prunes
3/5
A couple of very silly songs.
Otherwise, quite enjoyable psychedelic garage rock kinda sounds.
The Roots
4/5
The Lemonheads
1/5
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
Tortoise
3/5
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.
Prefab Sprout
1/5
First track was quite cool.
Unfortunately it was pretty much downhill from there.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Dancy, electronic, post-punk-esque.
Quite enjoyable.
The xx
2/5
Too much on the twee end of indie for my liking
Afrika Bambaataa
2/5
Nick Drake
2/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Fleet Foxes
2/5
Cocteau Twins
2/5
I'm torn.
Not a fan of the vocals. But quite enjoyed some of things the instruments were doing.
Maxwell
2/5
Funky, jazzy soul.
Had some rather enjoyable moments.
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
2/5
Foo Fighters
2/5
Brian Eno
3/5
New Order
1/5
Gang Of Four
5/5
American Music Club
2/5
I barely noticed this album as it passed by (I temporarily came out of my stupor as the song "Bad Liquor" came on, which was fairly decent).
Neil Young
1/5
3/5
Shuggie Otis
2/5
Laibach
2/5
The Blue Nile
2/5
The whole thing kind of passed in a blur, and I was on the way through an accidental second listen before I realized
Suede
2/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Alice In Chains
2/5
Some cool riffs, but the vocals have too much of that twang for my liking
2.5
Mike Ladd
4/5
Hadn't heard before.
Pretty cool alt hip hop.
Manic Street Preachers
1/5
One of the worst albums I think I've ever heard
Kendrick Lamar
2/5
It has its moments. In particular some cool beats here and there.
But in general I'm not a fan of his style, especially his smooth low-energy vocal style he uses a lot of the time.
Solomon Burke
2/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3/5
Eclectic and enjoyable
Johnny Cash
3/5
Ash
2/5
Björk
2/5
Not bad. But nothing really grabbed me either.
Janet Jackson
1/5
Neil Young
2/5
The Allman Brothers Band
1/5
Generic bluesy jam-rock nonsense
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
Sad boi folk.
Rather enjoyable.
White Denim
3/5
I didn't really get a grasp on this album.
It seems fairly eclectic.
I didn't hate it. But didn't really figure out what I thought of it either.
Would require a relisten to get a handle on.
Billie Holiday
2/5
4/5
Spacemen 3
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Faust
3/5
I'm not sure what to think.
It was at least interesting.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
Fun
Justin Timberlake
2/5
The album has some occasional good elements. None of them had anything to do with Justin though.
Mudhoney
5/5
Hawkwind
4/5
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
Os Mutantes
3/5
Pretty cool. Psychedelic Latin garage rock.
Elliott Smith
3/5
Fine I guess
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
The Libertines
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Enjoyable overall. Reminds me of Jesus and Mary Chain. A bit too pop at times.
Miles Davis
3/5
It's a vibe
Shack
2/5
The Sonics
4/5
Simply Red
3/5
The more funky bits can be enjoyable, but there's also a lot I'm not particularly fond of here.
2.5
Frank Ocean
1/5
Jacques Brel
1/5
Sonic Youth
5/5
The Strokes
2/5
I dunno, it somehow feels like a bad imitation of something which could have been good
Waylon Jennings
2/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Coldplay
1/5
Michael Jackson
2/5
The Dictators
3/5
Rush
2/5
The KLF
2/5
Sheryl Crow
2/5
The Kinks
3/5
T. Rex
3/5
Enjoyable overall.
I would enjoy it more if they had more raw energy though.
Supertramp
3/5
Not bad overall.
Even if some of it sounds like elevator music.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
African acapella... Nice!
Violent Femmes
5/5
Björk
3/5
I think I enjoyed this more than I've tended to enjoy her albums.
A bunch of cool rhythmic stuff. Kind of like dancey trip hop vibes.
The Stooges
5/5
Neil Young
2/5
What the fuck is this list's deal with this fucking guy?
The 13th Floor Elevators
4/5
Daft Punk
2/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
Pretty cool.
Quite eclectic: dub, soul, and other stuff I can't place.
3.5
Django Django
2/5
Some ok moments
Iggy Pop
4/5
A few questionable inclusions that tempted me to pull the score down, but a great album overall.
The Gun Club
5/5
Funkadelic
3/5
The Band
2/5
Blue Cheer
5/5
4/5
Rod Stewart
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
5/5
Def Leppard
1/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
Some enjoyable bits.
2.5
Manic Street Preachers
1/5
Method Man
4/5
Animal Collective
2/5
Madonna
2/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Eric Clapton
3/5
Not bad. Nothing much stood out though.
The Beta Band
3/5
Interesting.. modern psychedelia I guess?
The Jam
3/5
Not bad. Sounds like a slightly new-wave version of Billy Bragg.
a-ha
1/5
Fleetwood Mac
1/5
Blur
3/5
More enjoyable than expected.
Quite eclectic too.
3.5
Missy Elliott
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Screaming Trees
2/5
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
A bit too cleanly new-wavely for my liking.
But has done enjoyable stuff going on.
2.5
Drive Like Jehu
3/5
Not bad overall.
Occasionally made me think of Fugazi, Steve Albini, or Sonic Youth (briefly).
Had a few moments that were a bit too emo for my liking though.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
That was certainly an experience
Pixies
5/5
I prefer the last two albums, but this one is still great.
4.5
Kate Bush
2/5
Jeff Beck
2/5
k.d. lang
1/5
Gorillaz
3/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Suede
1/5
The Byrds
2/5
Jangle jangle
The Clash
5/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
The Style Council
1/5
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
I didn't hate it, but it's not my kinda thing, mostly
Sebadoh
3/5
Some tracks are more to my taste than others.
There were some Sonic Youth vibes. Some Dinosaur Jr vibes. Some generic indie vibes.
Worth a relisten at least.
Wild Beasts
1/5
The Mars Volta
1/5
Nope
Pantera
3/5
Fun riffage.
Gets old quickly though.
2.5
Abdullah Ibrahim
2/5
Lambchop
2/5
There were a couple of cool tracks (Petrified Forest has done Bauhaus vibes), but overall a boring album.
Ride
3/5
A fairly enjoyable bit of noise-pop
Buck Owens
1/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
50 Cent
2/5
Moby Grape
2/5
Emmylou Harris
1/5
Syd Barrett
3/5
Depends on my mood.
I'll be generous and give it a 3.
Billy Bragg
2/5
Primal Scream
2/5
Elvis Presley
2/5
Sepultura
2/5
I didn't hate it, but I find straight thrash/death type stuff kinda boring.
Sam Cooke
3/5
Living Colour
1/5
MGMT
2/5
Badly Drawn Boy
2/5
Not really my kinda thing, but I feel like it could maybe grow on me.
Fiona Apple
3/5
Not bad. Gives me Regina Spektor vibes.
Holger Czukay
2/5
There were ok moments, but felt a bit too proggy a lot of the time.
The Vines
2/5
For about half the album they sound like a knock-off Nirvana. Most of the rest sounds like other grunge / Brit-pop bands. And a couple that sounds like the kinks.
Minutemen
3/5
I always struggle to fully enjoy this album.
There's stuff on here I quite enjoy when I'm in the right mood.
That said, it is way too long, and a bit hit and miss.
The Beta Band
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Too long. Hit and miss.
Some good stuff in there though.
The Cult
1/5
Completely generic Hard Rock
Michael Jackson
2/5
Germs
5/5
Madonna
1/5
Saint Etienne
2/5
Anita Baker
2/5
I nearly gave it a 1, as this is really not my style.
But it gets an extra point for some tasty basslines.
David Crosby
2/5
Big Black
4/5
4.5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
2/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
1/5
Can
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
Not sure what people (and this list) see in Bruce
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
Kind of interesting New Wave. But still too New Wave for my liking.
2.5
Happy Mondays
3/5
I'm torn.
In the balance, this album didn't do it for me.
But I did find it interesting, and it seemed like something I *could* like, theoretically.
Buffalo Springfield
1/5
AC/DC
2/5
Dwight Yoakam
1/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
I should check out more Cuban music
Supergrass
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Don't mind me a bit of Credence
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
1/5
Lenny Kravitz
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
The Replacements
3/5
Radiohead
2/5
Tim Buckley
1/5
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
I mostly did not like this album.
It had a few interesting moments that kinda reminded me of Fugazi, which gains them a point.
Jamiroquai
2/5
I enjoyed the funky basslines.
I disliked pretty much everything else.
Blondie
1/5
Moby
3/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
I've tried to get into the dead before and not had much luck.
I kinda enjoyed this listen.
Q-Tip
4/5
U2
2/5
I thought I'd be giving it a 1, but their instrumentation has just enough hints at post-punk interestingness for me to give it an extra star. Begrudgingly.
Belle & Sebastian
1/5
No thanks
The Incredible String Band
2/5
I wanted to like this but it was just too silly
D'Angelo
2/5
There were occasional aspects I enjoyed (mainly in the bass), but overall this was not for me.
Suicide
3/5
You've gotta be in the right mood
3.5
Scott Walker
1/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
2/5
Travis
1/5
Coldplay meets Radiohead
XTC
1/5
The Go-Go's
2/5
Had potential, but too poppy for my liking.
SZA
1/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Nanci Griffith
1/5
Joanna Newsom
3/5
I liked this more than I thought I would.
Like a cross between Kate Bush and Regina Spektor?
Richard Hawley
1/5
Robbie Williams
1/5
Neu!
3/5
Quite atmospheric
Love
2/5
1.5
The Police
2/5
Fishbone
1/5
Beatles
3/5
Some of their best songs, alongside some of their worst
Malcolm McLaren
1/5
The Charlatans
1/5
A generic britpop style album.
(Except for that one big-beat style track that I kinda liked.)
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Duke Ellington
3/5
Cowboy Junkies
2/5
Missy Elliott
2/5
Dr. Octagon
3/5
The Beau Brummels
2/5
Bob Dylan sounding motherfucker
Traffic
2/5
Elvis Costello
1/5
Electric Light Orchestra
1/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
I don't mind a bit of CCR.
This was a bit much.
Johnny Cash
3/5
1/5
Eurythmics
2/5
There was actually a couple of things on this I didn't totally hate
Jean-Michel Jarre
2/5
Ozomatli
3/5
Fun Latin music, often with hip hop elements
Hole
2/5
Heaven 17
1/5
Grateful Dead
2/5
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Electronic atmospheric layered sounds
Fela Kuti
4/5
Bill Callahan
3/5
Mildly enjoyable acoustic indie.
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
4/5
Vocals sound a bit like Chuck D, or Guru.
Minimalist beats.
Nice.
Iron Maiden
2/5
George Harrison
2/5
Obviously way too long...
Some of it was alright to listen to.
Pere Ubu
4/5
SAULT
3/5
Nice. A mix of r&b/soul, jazz, trip-hop (maybe), funk, and who knows what else.
Prominent tasty basslines throughout.
Oasis
2/5
A couple of ok songs, but it was mostly just boring.
Sparks
2/5
Soft Machine
3/5
I quite like this!
It's sort of avant garde jazz / rock.
Weird but enjoyable.
Everything But The Girl
1/5
The Byrds
1/5
The Clash
4/5
I think there's a 5 star album buried amongst the chaff.
But in the balance it comes out closer to 3.5.
Primal Scream
3/5
Not bad!
Quite eclectic.
The Who
2/5
The Who at their best.
2.5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
A difficult one to rate, as it is very much a mixed bag.
In the balance, I kinda like it though.
Booker T. & The MG's
2/5
I mean, it sounds like what it is... an album of backing tracks.
It's not bad per se, just boring.
The Monks
5/5
Crowded House
2/5
Youssou N'Dour
4/5
Quite enjoyable. Solid rhythms - especially from the bass.
Marvin Gaye
2/5
It has a few ok moments. But overall was quite boring.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
John Cale
2/5
Sepultura
2/5
The occasional bits that weren't nu-metal were ok.
Ramones
5/5
Ray Charles
1/5
Elton John
3/5
I didn't hate it
2.5
TV On The Radio
2/5
Sufjan Stevens
1/5
New York Dolls
5/5
Pulp
2/5
Stereo MC's
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Yes
2/5
There was the occasional moment I almost liked
Talking Heads
4/5
Giant Sand
3/5
Eclectic, folky, storytellery music.
I quite enjoyed it overall.
Some of it reminded me of things I couldn't place.
Might need to check out more of their stuff.
Joan Armatrading
3/5
A bit of a mixed bag.
Some quite pop/soul stuff on here that's not so much to my taste.
Some cool funky moments.
And some other cool weird stuff going on.
Overall I quite enjoyed it
Ray Price
1/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
2/5
Goldie
2/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
Quite theatrical glam rock.
I liked it more than that description would have suggested.
Joy Division
5/5
Queen Latifah
4/5
I wasn't familiar with her music. And assumed it would be quite poppy (maybe her later stuff is?)
This was hard-hitting "new school"-style hip hop (with rapping (etc) over stripped -back beats). Which I quite enjoyed.
Ryan Adams
3/5
I liked this more than expected.
Partly because I dislike a lot of country, and partly because I confuse Ryan with Bryan.
2.5
King Crimson
3/5
There's a risk this list might actually turn me into a prog-rock fan...
2.5
(might have gotten a full 3 if they'd toned it down with the flute)
Coldcut
3/5
A bit of a mixed bag.
I quite liked the more (instrumental) hip hop moments. Some gave me Beastie Boys vibes.
Less keen on some of the more disco / house moments.
2.5
Tom Waits
4/5
I want to give it a 5, but there's a few too many throwaway ballads in the second half.
4.5
Madonna
1/5
KISS
2/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
3/5
Dubby breakbeat type sounds.
A bit long. And took a while to grow on me. But I liked it overall.
Joe Ely
1/5
Paul Simon
1/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
Marilyn Manson
2/5
John Lennon
2/5
X-Ray Spex
5/5
David Bowie
4/5
The Who
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
The Isley Brothers
2/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Sort of prog-pop I guess? Over the top theatrics in a pop-orchestral package.
Skunk Anansie
4/5
Quite varied. Enjoyable overall.
3.5
The Coral
3/5
A bit to poppy for my liking, but otherwise showed potential.
Ms. Dynamite
4/5
A few duds, but otherwise a strong album
Miriam Makeba
3/5
uyimbube, uyimbube, uyimbube, uyimbube
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
The Byrds
2/5
Ian Dury
2/5
All over the place!
The Zutons
3/5
Some of it sounds like generic 2000s garage rock revival. Some of it was more interesting/enjoyable.
Probably gonna need to check them out some more.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Some flat moments, but overall.. a Neil Young album I actually enjoyed!!
3.5
Van Morrison
2/5
The Cure
5/5
Spiritualized
2/5
Spacey, dreampop-meets-britpop kinda vibes
The Psychedelic Furs
4/5
The Triffids
1/5
N.E.R.D
1/5
Funkadelic
4/5
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
I was worried this album was going to sound like a certain song of theirs, and was pleasantly surprised that only about one and half songs met my expectation.
The rest was kinda... shoegaze / dream pop?
And while those genres are not things I'm hugely into either, I quite enjoyed (most of) this album.
3.5
Fairport Convention
2/5
Death In Vegas
3/5
I'd need to give them more of a listen to really decide what I think. But, overall I think I enjoyed this
Stevie Wonder
2/5
It had its moments. But it was generally too long and a bit boring.
Lightning Bolt
3/5
I enjoyed it, but I'd need to be in the right mood
The Go-Betweens
2/5
Astrud Gilberto
1/5
Sabu
3/5
Pretty cool
The Pharcyde
4/5
10cc
2/5
A weird mix of prog / pop / hard rock
Dizzee Rascal
4/5
Van Morrison
2/5
The Saints
3/5
Jane's Addiction
1/5
The Pogues
2/5
I'd happily never hear Fairytale again...
The Pogues
3/5
3.5
N.W.A.
3/5
I do enjoy the heavy, funky vibe.
The album does start to feel like a drag eventually though.
The Fall
5/5
Laura Nyro
1/5
Janelle Monáe
2/5
A bit of a mixed bag. There were moments I quite enjoyed. The album was not for me overall though.
Todd Rundgren
1/5
Perhaps a new low
Siouxsie And The Banshees
5/5
The xx
1/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Inoffensive folky stuff
Massive Attack
3/5
Caetano Veloso
2/5
Kings of Leon
1/5
Hole
2/5
Herbie Hancock
3/5
John Prine
1/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Taylor Swift
1/5
Julian Cope
3/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
Quite eclectic.
Some pretty cool stuff. Some ok stuff.
Steely Dan
1/5
If I've learnt one thing on this journey, it's that I hate Steely Dan.
Thin Lizzy
3/5