What a frustrating album - it could have been a great album as a single record but they decided to over-indulge and do away with the self-editing. Most of the not-ready-for-primetime tracks come from Lindsey Buckingham. I am a huge Lindsey fan but most of these tracks should have been farmed out to a solo album. I want to give it a higher score - but it's just too darn uneven and somewhat unlistenable.

This album exemplifies most of what I dislike about 80s pop rock. Affected vocal styles, cheesy synths and electronic drums, lifeless and uninspired performances. Dark, brooding, and brain-numbingly boring...

Very atmospheric - wonderful sonic quality - quite meditative.

Interesting production values but the music does not really grab me - just my personal tastes I suppose....

Fantastic songwriter, lovely voice and piano. Wonderful tunes that survive the test of time.

Infectious energy and grit with solid melodic songwriting - maybe gets a tad repetitive

Beautiful voice - but music sounds rather dated

Great soundtrack music with a heavy dark feel - love it but not sure what situation would prompt me to play this music as a backdrop....

Very dated - incredibly cheesy - not my cup of tea but YMMV

Such incredible energy - would love to have a time machine and catch his act at it's inception...

Get a bit of a Talking Heads vibe with a bit more edge to the sound - Loved Nature Boy but the rest of the album is just okay.

Great energy and some great hooks - but a little bit repetitive after a while. If Sam Kinison was a lead singer then this might be the way his band would sound...

Not unpleasant to listen to - some sort of vibes between Tom Petty and The Cars - but just okay

Led Zeppelin at their very best - one of my favorite albums

Wonderful vocal ensemble with beautiful harmonies - mesmerizing and hypnotic...

This album contains a couple of my favorite tracks from The Band - "The Weight" and "Chest Fever" - but overall the album is just okay

Very uplifting pop-rock with some hints of grunge. Lots of great hooks and great production. The first time I have listened to an album by Beck and I dug it!

A very solid effort with homage paid to Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Based on the first three songs I would have rated this album higher, but subsequent tracks were not quite as solid.

A solid effort from the Stones - but fails to match the genius of "Sticky Fingers". A strong 3...

First disc was pretty enjoyable - good hooks and good energy - second disc is fairly awful...

I know it's Nirvana...but it's a bit of a snooze fest...

A collection of great songs with a few sub-par.

I love the funk but the other stuff is just ok...

Interesting experiments with rhythm and sound design - some infectious grooves here - but fails to rise above background music from some trendy restaurant

A somewhat uneven effort - but the album works best when it unleashes the soaring atmospheric melodic rock sound - a few of the numbers really carried me away. A strong 3...

Some great classic ZZ Top tunes on this disc, but far below the standard they set with Tres Hombres...

I really had high hopes for this album after the first two cuts with their high-energy melodic pop rock sound - after the fantastic opening the rest of the disc was rather disappointing and the vocals quite awful...

Brain numbing boring...

Sounds like a garage band's version of the Doors recorded in their garage - although there is definitely no Jim Morrison here... A couple of entertaining tracks on the disc - my favorite was "Pablo Picasso" - something about that track pulled me in to their vibe.

Awesome album!

An amazing collection of some of the very best from CCR - I would give it a 5 except I always got a bit bored with the extended version of "I Head It Through the Grapevine." That was my memory of the album and it was confirmed by a relisten. Still overall a good times good feelings collection of music. A very strong 4...

A mixture of some great classic Wings tunes plus some overly sugary tunes. Overall a great disc

I love "Smooth Operator". The rest of the album is okay - not overly inspiring but would be great background music for a candlelit dinner....

Didn’t get it then, don’t get it now. Amateur singing, amateur musicianship…. Okay whatever…

Giving it a higher mark because the album contains a few old classic tunes BUT too much low energy unfocused tracks. Barely listenable because of that…

I'll say it up front - Post Beatles John Lennon was the least favorite my solo Beatles artists. This album just confirms the way I felt - I don't get it.

Some really great classic tracks from Cream here - but also some horrible tracks that should never made it on to this album. I have always been a bit bored with Cream and this album did nothing to dispel that opinion...

Some nice jingly jangly guitar and some tracks with some rhythm and drive - but sounds so painfully 1980s. I could have gotten by with the music but the vocals ruin it for me - too affected, out of tune and overly reverted. Not my jam...

I read other's negative reviews about this album, but dang it, I find myself really enjoying this one. Creative, cool grooves. and I didn't even mind the oddball vocal style.

Not bad but not my jam...

Wow - I was never much of a Talking Heads fan...but this album fell way short of my already low expectations. A fair number of the cuts are simply unlistenable. Pass...

Infectious energy, rollicking good fun, interesting arrangements, and killer vocals.

One of those groups I had not really listened to a lot in my youth and, wow, what an amazing album! So happy to discover this gem…

Wonderwall is a great song and saves the rest of the album. I get a vibe of INXS power pop here, but without the great hooks that were sprinkled throughout INXS's songs. Not a whole lot of memorable music here and even the production seems a bit washed out.

Ugh - if there were was an option for zero stars I would have used that....

I love California Dreamin and Monday Monday. A couple of other tracks on the album are fairly good as well but others, well, not so good. The vocal harmonies are amazing throughout however. The overall sound is quite dated. A mixed bag for me and my score reflects that.

What a frustrating album - it could have been a great album as a single record but they decided to over-indulge and do away with the self-editing. Most of the not-ready-for-primetime tracks come from Lindsey Buckingham. I am a huge Lindsey fan but most of these tracks should have been farmed out to a solo album. I want to give it a higher score - but it's just too darn uneven and somewhat unlistenable.

The band is pretty tight but the vocals drove me up a wall after the first few songs. I kept thinking about Spinal Tap as I listened to it - music for pre-pubescent young lads...

This album is just so much FUN! Infectious energy with a massive feel-good vibe. This would be the perfect record to spin for my end-of-summer pool party!

This album is as comforting as a campfire or a visit to an old friend. I love it - Neil is an ace songwriter and he delivers on this one (he was on a streak of 3 incredible albums in a row with this one).

This is Deep Purple at their very best - I have loved this album since I first heard it back in the early 70s. It still sounds great today!

Great production, great vocals, solid band. Not unpleasant to listen to m, but a bit too much pop for my tastes. However, I listened to a Taylor Swifft album all the way through and it wasn’t bad…

I felt the urge to upchuck -I cannot resist the temptation to go out and buy this album and defeate on it…

The voice of an angel…

Angelic voice and captivating songwriting - my kids love this one and I see why after a listen.

I grew up not really being that much into Steely Dan. What the hell was wrong with me?!? This album is solid from start to finish and the music is just so cool. I am out to the store to add this CD to my collection!

I have always loved Karen Carpenter's voice - she has one of the sexiest alto voices of all time. And her brother Richard is a master arranger of music and this collection of songs shows his master's touch. Probably not going out to buy this...but did I say how much I absolutely love Karen's voice!

If it’s poetry put it in a book so I can read and follow it. It’s not really music beyond a rhythmic beat and, sorry, it’s definitely not my jam…

My first time listening to Rufus Wainwright and I think he has an amazing voice coupled with some beautiful and, at times, quite quirky music. I generally liked his vibe but not totally sure it is my cup of tea.

I used to own this on vinyl and forgot what an absolute gem this album is. Great songwriting and great vocals. Gave me the feeling you get when you reconnect with an old friend...

Brain-numbing boredom gave way to irritation as I realized this was a 2-disc set and that 2 hours 18 minutes of my life I'd never get back...

This is a rather subjective review since I was never in 80s pop and this album just confirms my bias. There is some good production work here and some catchy hooks and beats. Still, I have no desire to ever give this a re-listen.

This album exemplifies most of what I dislike about 80s pop rock. Affected vocal styles, cheesy synths and electronic drums, lifeless and uninspired performances. Dark, brooding, and brain-numbingly boring...

Rated this a weak 4 mostly on the basis of "Love in an Elevator" which in IMHO is one of the greatest Aerosmith songs ever. The rest of the album rocks pretty hard in sections but overall they are not breaking any new musical ground here...

Three iconic songs, some other cool grooves, but a couple of cringe-worthy bring down the score. A weak 4 for me...

For an album that inspired so many English guitarists, it is surprising that there is little guitar or it is mixed way down in the recording. I have never been a big fan of the simple I-IV-V blues and this album does not venture far from that blues format. Just a meh for me...

Catchy and fun at first - but then the repetition takes over...

Some sultry and smokey cool jazz grooves that would make perfect background music for an intimate dinner party of two...

Very cool trippy vibe. Not what I usually listen to but it really hooked me and drew me in.

Very tight band who can lay down some funky grooves...but on a deeper level this music does not speak to me at all. It quickly became very tedious. Sorry, not my jam...

Love the 12-string guitar and the vocal harmonies. Solid songwriting and a few iconic songs of the era. Never had listened to this album before but it still sounds fresh some 55+ years later. Great stuff!

Every single musical element that makes me hate (most) every album from the 1980s. What the hell happened??

Probably would have enjoyed this more if I was sitting in a nightclub where this was being performed live - but I know it is Miles Davis the jazz genius but it all just starts to blur together and I can't recall what I just listened to...

I wore grooves into my vinyl pressing of this album. Simply awesome ensemble playing. Sorry for the folks who simply diss prog bands - but goodness gracious, these guys were amazing technically proficient musicians. This music continues to amaze me after all these years.

I loved every track on this album. Big powerful sound very reminiscent of Queen in their heyday. Great stuff - must go out and buy this CD for my collection.

Probably would have been better if I had died before listening to this drivel....

The music is pretty cool (although I am not really a fan of hip hop)...BUT...I am giving this a 1 rating based on finding out he had taken music from South African musicians and failing to credit them for their work. NOT COOL, NOT COOL AT ALL!

Not my favorite period of the Beatles, BUT their sound totally changed the landscape of rock music and this album is a testimonial to that.

Peter Gabriel captures magic in a bottle here - pure sonic bliss!

This album should have been listed under "1001 Albums you would have wished you had died before listening to this dreck"... 40 minutes and 35 seconds I'll never get back...

I am not a fan of this genre and all this album did was to reinforce that dislike. Give me props, I listened to to the whole recording, excruciating as that was. Ugh!

Surprised that I enjoyed this as much as I did - excellent singing and great production for the timeframe. A strong 3 for me...

Not really what I usually listen to, but she does have a very compelling voice and vocal style. Kept me interested through most of the disk. A strong 3...

Tedious and seriously overrated

This album got a lot of airplay at my apartment years ago. Sounds great - captures a lot of their energy from their live shows. And they kept getting better!

Liked this a lot more than I expected - great production and lots of energy - but the repetitivity starts to lose interest. Still, not bad

Fantastic voice and just a very cool vibe

A bit rambling - can imagine a midnight jam session with a lot of joints being passed about - but some great vocals and cool vibes. A strong 3...

Not my jam - but give it an extra point for being more musical than what I hear from this genre

First of all, not my jam. But did have some energy and interesting hooks that rose this effort above others that I've heard in this genre. Gives it a bonus point...

This was great! Totally rocking grooves with fantastic vocals. Must add this CD to my collection!