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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
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5 | 3.25 | +1.75 |
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Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
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5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
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5 | 3.3 | +1.7 |
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
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5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
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A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
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5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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5 | 3.39 | +1.61 |
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Stardust
Willie Nelson
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5 | 3.4 | +1.6 |
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Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
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5 | 3.42 | +1.58 |
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
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5 | 3.43 | +1.57 |
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Aja
Steely Dan
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5 | 3.47 | +1.53 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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1 | 3.83 | -2.83 |
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
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1 | 3.44 | -2.44 |
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
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1 | 3.43 | -2.43 |
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
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1 | 3.41 | -2.41 |
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Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
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1 | 3.35 | -2.35 |
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
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1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
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1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
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Fun House
The Stooges
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1 | 3.28 | -2.28 |
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The Stooges
The Stooges
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1 | 3.26 | -2.26 |
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GREY Area
Little Simz
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1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| The Doors | 3 | 5 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4.29 |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4.5 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.67 |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 4.67 |
| AC/DC | 2 | 5 |
| Steely Dan | 4 | 4.25 |
| Aerosmith | 3 | 4.33 |
| Pixies | 3 | 4.33 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 4.33 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4.33 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Waits | 5 | 1.4 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 1 |
| Morrissey | 4 | 1.5 |
| The Stooges | 3 | 1.33 |
| John Martyn | 2 | 1 |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 2 | 1 |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 5 | 1.8 |
| Sonic Youth | 5 | 1.8 |
| Radiohead | 6 | 2 |
| Brian Eno | 5 | 2 |
| Robert Wyatt | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Prodigy | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Jesus And Mary Chain | 2 | 1.5 |
| Everything But The Girl | 2 | 1.5 |
| Spiritualized | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Verve | 2 | 1.5 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 2 |
| Kings of Leon | 3 | 2 |
| Yes | 3 | 2 |
| The Fall | 3 | 2 |
| Elvis Costello & The Attractions | 4 | 2.25 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| The Flaming Lips | 2, 5 |
| Fleetwood Mac | 5, 2 |
| Fiona Apple | 1, 4 |
| Metallica | 4, 2, 5, 5 |
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David Holmes · 6 likes
2/5
Meh. This is more like 400 Albums You Must Listen To Before You Die and 601 Albums That This One Fucking Guy Likes.
Christina Aguilera · 4 likes
3/5
I’m not the target audience for this type of music but I listened and it’s actually pretty good. Slow numbers, upbeat stuff, actual poignant lyrics (at times, lol)…….. Probably won’t listen again and I’m not going to look up any more of her stuff but I was pleasantly surprised.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · 4 likes
2/5
That was just….I don’t really care for Nick Cave and I’m over listening to his albums on this list. Speaking of this list, the more average or bad albums I hear, the more I wonder why the fuck I’m following along.
Aerosmith · 3 likes
5/5
People are ragging on this album but it’s A) a lot of fun, B) has a few hits on it that are still played, C) one of the bigger influential albums of all time, and D) Walk This Way is one of the greatest hard rock songs of all time.
If we’re going to judge musicians on their non-music actions then we might as well shut it all down. Grow the fuck up.
Beastie Boys · 2 likes
5/5
Darn near perfect
1-Star Albums (59)
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Michael Jackson
4/5
John Prine
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Röyksopp
2/5
Ray Charles
3/5
New York Dolls
4/5
Man, I’ve really liked what I’ve heard of with the New York Dolls. Great 70’s punk rock that helped lead to the Ramones/The Clash/Pistols, etc….. Whole album is pretty darn good but I’ve always been partial to the song Trash. Something about the changes in it. And you can tell Johnny Thunders had the blue print for You can’t wrap your arms around a memory with Lonely Boy Planet.
Great record and I’m glad I finally listened to it all.
Bob Dylan
3/5
I respect Bob Dylan but meh.
Bad Company
4/5
Going in, I was very familiar with about half the songs on this album (mostly the first half). A tight 34 minutes of good old fashioned straight up 70’s rock with a great lead singer.
But like I alluded to, while I was familiar with half the songs, I had never heard the other half as I had heard the hits so much on the radio so I never needed to buy or even listen to the album. Tracks 1-3 are all-timers (in that they’re great songs that have earned their place wherever you hear them) and #5 (the title track) is even above THAT level.
#4 is a Beatles cover and felt like on the track listing it would’ve worked better after the title track but it was the age of the album so I get why they’d put that as the side ender and start fresh with Bad Company (the song, not the album…..or band, lol). #6 is The Way I Choose and it’s a pretty solid bluesy ballad. I actually like this in an early Springsteen kinda way.
#7 is Moving On and even though I don’t think I’ve heard it, it earns its place along with the first three songs. Great forgotten song. #8 is titled Seagull and I’m guessing it was a Free Bird homage of some sort but more folksy. Almost like a Led Zeppelin track. It’s ok.
4 great songs (including an all-timer) and 2 new really good songs. The two side-enders are the weakest of the 8 but aren’t terrible. I love how there’s no filler on here. Add 2 or 3 blah songs and this album would be getting a 3. 34 minutes of half straight up rocking and half ballad-y type love songs and this really is a 70’s gem. I was expecting a 3 but this is a 4 from me, dawg.
Talvin Singh
3/5
I’ve never heard of this performer before today and I gotta say, I don’t hate it. He sounds like an Indian Moby. Not normally my type of music (Indian or electronica) but I’m kinda sorta digging this, especially when some orchestral stuff plays like halfway thru the first song.
Some of this sounds like a soundtrack for an Indian film noire. Like Mumbai Confidential. And then it talks about a vampire at the end? Hmmmm. Not bad but not going into my regular rotation. Glad I listened, though.
King Crimson
3/5
In The Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson
Going in let it be known that I’m not a prog rock kind of guy.
There are a few decent songs on here as far as melodic beauty goes but then there is also just schizophrenia. Too much schizophrenia. And a meandering song called Moonchild that just sounds like all the background bells and whistles from THE ENTIRETY of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood in a 10 minute track. The title track is half fun and half meandering. I know prog rock is meant for meandering but a little editing down would make this song in particular more accessible (to folks like me) but I get it.
Overall, the first track is just too off the wall for me. The next two were actually kind of nice and chill. The Moonchild one is fucking weird but the last song was (mostly) somewhat enjoyable. I’m not shitting on it but I’m ok. It has its place and I am glad I listened to know what this is. Doubt I’ll give it a re-listen, though.
Then I listened to it again after I got high and I understood it better. Go figure.
Guns N' Roses
5/5
It’s been a bit since I listened to this from start to finish. One of my favorite albums ever and one of the first I really got into. My first 5⭐️.
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
I had never heard this before so I was interested to give it a chance. I’ve heard a song or two by ATCQ but none of these.
It started out pretty fun with some good beats and I was digging it. But the longer it went on, the more the novelty wore off and by the end, every song sounded the same minus a few here or there. I don’t hate the album but it was a bit too long for my likings.
Suede
2/5
This was just……there.
Joe Ely
3/5
I had heard the name but wasn’t familiar with his work but I ended up really liking parts of this album. A few songs were a lot of fun and I can definitely see the appeal.
David Bowie
2/5
I hadn’t listened to this Bowie album before so I was open minded coming in. I sort of liked the opening track, Beauty and the Beast, and Heroes, of course. But nothing else suited my fancy.
He’s done better and if this was by some no-name artist, it would not be anywhere near this list.
Orbital
2/5
This is really not my jam. I was familiar with one song thanks to CKY2K but other than that, meh.
The Zombies
5/5
What a great album. I wasn’t too familiar with The Zombies until about ten years ago but I’ve had a lot of great memories with them and this album in particular. And they still sound great live!
The Rolling Stones
4/5
This is the start of something special in the Stones’ career. That late 60’s/early 70’s run was a doozy and it started here with Beggar's Banquet. Fun, bluesy-countryish songs are the vibe and they do it really, really well. So many different sounds on here to accomplish this, too.
Cypress Hill
2/5
Not terrible but not something I’d listen to at this point in my life. Maybe when I was younger.
R.E.M.
2/5
Beatles
4/5
A fun record full of early Beatles goodness. A couple of good covers, a few big career hits and just a good vibing record.
The Black Keys
4/5
I really, really like this album. It’s weird, because the Black Keys are a band that I like when I hear them but I don’t go searching for them. This is the first time I sat down with one of their albums and it was just chock full of great songs.
I probably would’ve cut a few off towards the end (but the last two or three songs were excellent) as it got a little long but there wasn’t any BAD songs. I’m debating on a 4 here as I can’t go 5 but I feel it’s silly to mark it down as a 3. But I also know I’m not going to go listen to all of their other albums like if I was really, really blown away but I know that they’re probably also great listens. Torn. Fuck it.
Moby Grape
3/5
This one is weird to me as I’ve heard of Moby Grape but hadn’t heard their songs yet. I like this but it’s pretty forgettable as soon as it ended. The ONLY thing I can tell you about this album is that I liked it. Ask me which song…..I dunno. Ask me any question about it……I dunno. Just 60’s American rock that sounded good.
Lame write up but that’s basically my feelings on it.
Bebel Gilberto
2/5
This music brings me back to Barcelona or even Paris. Great background music but I don’t think I’ll be listening much in my every day life but that’s alright. This gave me a little mini vacation if only in my mind.
Just light, breezy, chillin’, goodness.
Bill Evans Trio
1/5
Not my thing.
Michael Jackson
4/5
I had never listened to this album but was familiar with a lot of the songs because this is just loaded with hits. The non-hit songs seemed to be the exact opposite of the hits though for the most part. Still getting a 4 from me as MJ was on fire and ruling the musical world around this time.
Willie Nelson
5/5
Good ol’ Willie singing a bunch of classics with his trusty guitar Trigger. A little jazzy, a little strummy……what a great album.
The Cars
4/5
Every once in awhile, an artist I like gets a little boring to me and I usually skip their songs when they come on, yet still consider myself a fan of their work. It’s been that way for me with The Cars since Ric Ocasek died a few years back. After listening to this album, that feeling is gone.
What a record! So many hits on this debut album of theirs and the rest of the songs are still great sounding.
The Who
2/5
I never really cared for The Who. I like a few of their songs but wasn’t familiar with any songs off of this besides I Can See For Miles And Miles And Miles And Miles……. I actually liked a few songs (Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand) but on the whole, meh. Just…..meh.
And the commercial thing was dumb. At least there wasn’t 3 minute jerk-off synthesizer BS, so it that alone gets a star.
Barry Adamson
3/5
For what it was, I actually liked this album. A soundtrack to a fictional crime/horror film in Manchester, England. Not sure if I’ll ever listen to it again but it has its place in a list like this, for sure.
Cream
3/5
Wasn’t too familiar with Cream besides a few songs. I didn’t love any of these songs, didn’t hate any of them, either. It’s just sorta there. Screw Eric Clapton, though, and I’m sure Ginger Baker wasn’t a great guy, either.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Just good ol’ fashioned folksy California rock. Pretty timeless.
Neil Young
2/5
Neil Young is one of the guys I like well enough but I haven’t taken a deep dive into his albums besides Harvest Moon (looking forward to Harvest, actually). But this probably wasn’t the one to start with. A little raw, a little rough, a little vocally shaky at times, a little too much for me. I did really like a lot of the arrangements but, like with most of Young’s work, it was a little too harmonica-y for my tastes (I definitely like the harmonica in certain situations but not here).
I did like Roll Another Number (For the Road), Albuquerque, and Lookout Joe but I don’t think it makes up for the rest.
Aerosmith
4/5
I’ll be honest, this one threw me for a loop. I got this album when I was growing up and played it out. One of the first bands I ever got into and one of the first albums I bought with my own money was its predecessor Permanent Vacation. I think it might have actually been the first one I spent my own money on to be honest. I grew up an Aerosmith kid.
But it’s on this list? Really? I see Permanent Vacation isn’t and that’s weird to me as PV was their big comeback. Not even sure if PV belongs here but certainly over Pump, right?
But I listened to this again for the first time in a really long time and m still really into it. Love in an Elevator, Janie’s Got a Gun, What it Takes, The Other Side….those songs are truly great. F.I.N.E. has always been one of my favorite ‘Smith songs and Young Lust and My Girl are better than average, as is Hoodoo Medicine Man. Monkey on My Back and Don’t Get Mad Get Even are pretty filler material but not terrible.
And that’s it. That was quick, enjoyable, nostalgic, and better than I remembered and I remembered it fondly. Can’t say it’s a classic, can’t say I’m not surprised it’s on here, but I can say that yeah, I’m happy it’s here.
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
When I first saw this album was next up I rolled my eyes. Don’t know much about BS&T but I didn’t have high hopes.
I gotta say, I really liked a few of these songs. And When I Die had a movie soundtrack feel vibe to it. Like that one slot. Spinning Wheel was the only song I was familiar with and it’s solid, but goofy. More and More was another great one. I’ll take that drum/organ solo over jazzy stuff any day.
Smiling Phases is just….fun. Until it got jazzy. I’m just not digging the jazzy. A couple of boring songs, a couple of jazz songs that I’ll skip in a heartbeat in future listenings, too. You’ve Made Me So Happy is half good/half gross. It ends with Blues #2 which is just jazz and just not my thing.
Overall, I half dig this, half hate it, lol. So it gets a 3. The good parts get a 4, the bad parts get a 1. Overall, 3 from me, dawg.
Depeche Mode
3/5
I knew a few of the songs and I like them well enough. Rest of the album was ok. I liked the last song Clean.
Gary Numan
3/5
Well, that was fun. Not much more than that other than Cars was always an ‘80’s favorite even if it was technically from ‘79.
Steely Dan
4/5
I really enjoy a few Steely Dan albums (Can’t But a Thrill and Aja) and couldn’t get into a few others (Pretzel Logic and one other one I’ve forgotten the name of, Gaucho, I think) so I didn’t know how this was going to go down. But after listening to it, it’s firmly on the Love It side.
What a record! A little bluesy, a little jazzy (but not too jazzy, lol), a little countryish, a little rockin’, a little soulful.; this album has it all. It’s one of those albums that just sounds great when consumed alltogether so I’m not sure there are any “hits” on it but dang, it’s good. Like, really good.
Ryan Adams
2/5
Was familiar with To Be Young but nothing else by RA. I liked a few songs here, bored by a few. Oh My Sweet Carolina and Shakedown on 9th Street were good but every time the album seems like it’s getting interesting, it just plummets to average again.
Herbie Hancock
2/5
The slower songs weren’t terrible but not my thing. The fast one gave me anxiety and I hated it. Not my kind of album.
Deep Purple
2/5
I like a few Deep Purple songs but I wasn’t familiar with any of these songs. Was excited to see what this was going to be like. Then the songs started………
Every time I think I’m about to like one of these songs, they do something to screw it up. I don’t like any of the leads. If the singer is singing, it’s annoying. If there was an organ solo, it was annoying. If there was a drum solo it’s annoying. The guitar solos were annoying. It was just all annoying.
Some of the songs weren’t bad if the vocals were better and the solos weren’t so awful. If I could strip the shit and add good stuff to the base that I like, we might be talkin’ ‘bout something. As is……..Every song sounded like a Black Sabbath discarded song with a little organ blandly overdubbed on it.
And that’s that.
The Police
3/5
I’ve never liked The Police. I don’t hate them and I like a few songs but there’s just something about them that I’ve always put them on meh side. Assumed I wouldn’t like this album but it was better than I thought it would be.
The few songs I wasn’t familiar with were ok but nothing special. Synchronicity II (no idea that song was named that) and Wrapped Around Your Finger are solid songs, I guess. Every Breath You Take is a beating but probably because I’ve heard it so many damn times. Creepy lyrics aside, it’s kind of weird hearing a song that’s been all over life since before I can remember just starting up after mostly unheard songs.
Can’t say this album made me a fan of The Police, but they didn’t lose any ground with me, either.
Paul Simon
4/5
Familiar with this album because of the video for You Can Call Me Al and tgd wife grew up on this album. I’ve heard it a few times and I really like it. Just a solid record. He tried something a bit different by making a record in Africa and it totally works. Great album.
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
This is good, big band, beautiful singing jazz, not the all over the place jam band style jazz I don’t like.. I like this a lot but a little goes a long way. Not something I’d want to listen to for 40 plus minutes at a time. And the version I was listening to, and it seems a lot of others were listening to, was the box set 3+ hour version. Regardless, this was an amazing singer singing timeless songs.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The album opens up with one of the most classic examples of 60’s Stones with Paint It Black and a few songs later is another, Under My Thumb. Two of my favorite Stones’ songs ever. There are a few other fun songs but also some that didn’t really resonate that much with me. Nothing bad but not as many Must Listens, either besides the aforementioned PIB and UMT.
The final song is called Going Home and I can hear Gloria by Them, some Doors, the Pixies’ Gigantic, and the Thong Song of all things in this track. I’m sure there’s more that we’re influenced in a way by this one but it was a bit too long and meandering for my tastes.
Solid but not my favorite Stones’ album.
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
All I know about TTD is the song Wishing Well and I really like it. Always been a favorite of mine and I still even occasionally whistle that whistlin’ part. But that’s all I know.
This album started kinda weird talking about Heaven and sending his mom prayers and stuff if you get there or something. But that first maybe 5 songs are all pretty good, to varying degrees. The album kinda slows down after that and I lost interest. As Yet Untitled should stayed off the record. No wonder it didn’t get a title.
Nothing bad, nothing great (besides WW). I’m thinking he’s trying to be Micheal Jackson and naw, he ain’t no Mikey Jacks. This would get a 4 on a scale of 1-10 so since nothing is outright terrible or annoying, I’ll give it a 3. Mighta got a 4 if the second half lived up to the first but even then, probs nots. That mighta been a 6 out of 10. Meh. I dunno.
John Martyn
1/5
Meh.
Brian Wilson
2/5
I really like what Brian Wilson did back in the 60’s but then he went a little too hard with the acid and coupled with his rough upbringing and depression and spent the next 4 decades finishing this album off and on. It sounds like it.
I imagine this is what Pet Sounds sounds like on LSD. I don’t hate it, but it’s hard to get into certain songs when they just go, ummm, crazy.
The War On Drugs
4/5
I wasn’t familiar with this album before today and I had only heard the name of the band. I really, really liked this. I wrote more but it didn’t save and I’m not writing my thoughts down again. Suffice to say, I’m going to keep an eye out for more of their stuff.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Led Zeppelin 4 was one of the first albums I bought when I was younger and I wore that thing out. Instead of buying a lot of their other studio albums, I bought their huge box set that had so many great songs (and some stuff I wasn’t as into). I’ve listened to some of their studio albums over the years and there’s good and bad on them but mostly good.
I hadn’t deep delved into Physical Graffiti before this popped up so I set aside some time for it. This album is so great. It’s got huge hits on it (Kashmir, Custard Pie, Trampled Under Foot, The Wanton Song, Houses of the Holy) plus song long ones that take a little time to develop but are awesome (In My Time Of Dying, In The Light, Ten Years Gone), and then some I wasn’t as familiar with that are fantastic, too (The River, Down By The Seaside, Night Flight, Bron-Yr-Aur) and the rest are also solid blues rock.
Yes, it’s almost an hour and a half, but it’s all amazing. A must listen and I need to finish the few Zeppelin albums I haven’t 100% completed.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
This is a hard listen but they say after 6 or 7 times, you get it and it’s a masterpiece. I don’t see myself listening to this again so I’ll take their word for it. I do see flashes here and there but I also feel like he’s just trying to be weird instead of just being weird.
Beck
4/5
I listened to this album when it came out and liked it a lot, It was in the regular rotation for a bit. Lost track of it over time and this brought me back. Great record, Beck rapping in Americanized Spanish notwithstanding.
Broken Drum, Earthquake Weather, Go It Alone, E-Pro……Lotsa great stuff here.
Isaac Hayes
2/5
Lotta good stuff here. Lot more rambling, though. If these songs could be edited down, this would be a great EP. But it’s too jazzy for me where it goes all over the place. Didn’t know they had soul R&B jam records, though. Almost like some of this should be the background music of some tense movie like Dead Presidents or something. But damn, get to the point of the Jimmy Webb song for crying out loud.
As a whole? Not my thing. Also, why does it have to be 45 minutes long? I feel attacked.
The National
3/5
I listened to this twice and while there’s nothing bad on it, there wasn’t anything that really grabbed me, either. It’s like a boring Interpol album. Just didn’t hook me but I didn’t hate it, either. It was just sorta there.
The Boo Radleys
3/5
Another album that wasn’t bad but wasn’t very memorable. It was just sorta there.
The White Stripes
3/5
The White Stripes are another band like The Black Keys. I like their stuff but I rarely listen to them unless a song pops up on one of my playlists. This one is a little long winded for my tastes and should’ve been whittled down a bit. When you’re checking to see how many more songs are left, it’s usually not a good thing.
Some great songs on here, though. Dead Leaves, Hotel Yorba, We’re Gonna Be Friends, Fell In Love With a Girl,…..
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Rockin’ tunes. Good stuff all around but I swear one of those nostalgic songs sounded just like My Back Pages.
Cee Lo Green
1/5
Fuck this guy
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Meh. This has it’s moments but as soon as it gets going, it gets lame.
Jeff Buckley
2/5
Meh
Peter Frampton
3/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
The Flaming Lips
2/5
Not their best.
Pixies
4/5
Got a handful of hits on it and not much filler.
Baaba Maal
2/5
Can
2/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
This album is really, really good.
R.E.M.
4/5
Wow. This was really good. I like REM well enough but I didn’t expect to enjoy this album as much as I did.
Muddy Waters
2/5
I just don’t think I like this. Respect it. See the value in it. Just don’t particularly want to listen to it.
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
I like some of this. I love some of this. But I’m not really sure why it should be on this list.
Sigur Rós
4/5
I thought, for some reason, this was going to be a Hispanic rock band. Heard the name before and I guess that’s what came to mind.
It’s not.
Icelandic melodic dreamy music. I really like this.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Not my favorite Zeppelin album but there’s a lot of good stuff on this one. 6 out of 10 songs being killer will get you a 4.
fIREHOSE
3/5
This is ok. I don’t dislike it. That’s all I can really say about it. It’s just….ok.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
I don’t know if I’ll ever listen to this again but this was a lot of fun. Good stuff and some cool covers.
Prince
2/5
This is a big Meh from me. I few songs are upbeat and hip but I’m just not that into this album.
Elvis Presley
3/5
Not my favorite but not bad. It’s Elvis.
Rush
2/5
I like some Rush. This ain’t any of it, though.
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
I actually sorta dug this.
Beatles
4/5
Early Beatles goodness.
Primal Scream
2/5
Nah, man
Tom Waits
1/5
I just can’t with that voice.
Public Enemy
2/5
I like some of this but that squealing technique they do in a lot of songs gets old fast.
Bauhaus
3/5
As background music this was fine. Didn’t pay attention too much, though.
Pink Floyd
4/5
Solid record.
Gorillaz
2/5
I be just don’t really like this. Some good beats but it’s just drones on mostly.
Motörhead
3/5
Every song basically sounds the same. Oh, and what the fuck is he doing on that Jailbait song? Gross.
Pixies
5/5
Great record. Could do without the screaming in Tame and Crackity Jones but other than that, pretty darn flawless.
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Some people I just don’t get. This is one of them. He sounds drunk at his desk just rambling and ugh post production of some ladies intercut in.
Meh.
Kings of Leon
3/5
I never really got into KoL. Just something about them irked me. I’m saying that, this was better than I thought it’d be.
Jurassic 5
2/5
Nah
Dizzee Rascal
1/5
Nope
Lauryn Hill
3/5
Prince
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Hit after hit. Great album. Definitely deserves its place.
Caetano Veloso
3/5
very eclectic mix of sounds and genres, definitely a product of its time. fun album for background music. certainly an interesting and enjoyable listen.
Supergrass
3/5
Pretty good stuff. Nothing earth shattering but was a good feeling album.
3/5
Another one of those albums that I guess I liked but I don’t know why it’s on this list. Nothing stood out good or bad. If I was somewhere and it came on, I wouldn’t complain. But I’ll never seek it out, either.
Queen Latifah
2/5
I’ll be honest, once the babies made an appearance during the second song(!) I was out. What little I heard wasn’t terrible, though.
The Kinks
4/5
Man, the Kinks are so good. Ended listening to two more albums after we finished this one.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
2/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
While I liked this when I listened, I don’t remember anything about it now. It’s good, I guess, but not as good as hearing about the band member that went missing right before this album came out. Now that was intriguing.
The Young Gods
2/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
This was ok as background music as I was doing housework.
Simple Minds
3/5
This was ok background early 80’s music but I kept thinking “Why is this on this list? And if things like this need to be included to make the nice roundish number of 1,001, then maybe he should’ve just chosen a more apt number?”
Neil Young
4/5
Now this was a good Neil Young record. Bunch of early 70’s southern folky rock.
Carole King
4/5
Just listened to this a month or two back. Solid record.
The Pogues
4/5
Solid stuff from a great band. Not my favorite Pogues album but great nonetheless.
King Crimson
2/5
Every-time this gets going, it gets awful again.
Beck
4/5
I had this album growing up and I forgot just how good it was.
The Jam
3/5
Another one of those albums that was fine to listen to but I have no idea why I “must” listen to it. These are getting out of hand.
Doves
3/5
When this first started I was intrigued. The more it went on, the less intrigued I was. Was never bad but never hit that next level. I’m the end was just ok. Might listen again though to see if I just wasn’t paying close enough attention.
Incubus
1/5
I never liked Incubus but to be fair, I never really gave them a shot besides a song here or a few seconds of a song there. So, I gave them a shot with this album.
I still don’t like Incubus.
Eels
4/5
Recently heard a different Eels album and liked it. This one is great, too. Digging this guy even if it does sound like a Beck ripoff but I like Beck too so if you’re going to rip someone off, rip someone off that’s good.
Judas Priest
4/5
Eminem
4/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Not my thing
CHVRCHES
3/5
Nice background music. Was never disappointed in what I was hearing but not sure I’ll be quick to re-listen.
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
Not my thing
Thin Lizzy
5/5
Air
3/5
Im sorta digging this. Didn’t finish it but I’ll get back to it. Good stuff.
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
This is a great album. English hard rock with done humor sprinkled in.
Manu Chao
2/5
Slayer
2/5
Not really into speed metal except for Metallica’s older stuff
Pretenders
3/5
This was just about what I expected.
Nightmares On Wax
2/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
5/5
Gotta love Tom Petty. Who doesn’t?
Fugees
3/5
Damn it. I heard this months ago and I don’t remember my exact feelings. I think I sorta liked it? Sure. I’ll go with that.
Public Enemy
3/5
White Denim
3/5
I like White Denim. I even have a different record of theirs. But this is another album where I’m not exactly sure why it had to be included on this 1,001 list.
FKA twigs
3/5
This was actually nice background music at work. Didn’t pay attention to the lyrics but was pretty chill.
Jethro Tull
3/5
This goof and his flute. Never cared for this stuff but I listened all the way thru and it’s ok. Still sorta goofy, though.
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Gross. Every time it started sounding ok, it went dopey.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
CCR is so darn great. No complaints here.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Pretty good background music for work but not sure I’d be down to listen to it whenever it pops up again.
Nirvana
4/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Not my favorite (or second favorite or third favorite) Beasties album but a great one nonetheless.
Elliott Smith
3/5
I really dug the first 3 or 4 songs but after awhile, it got kind of repetitive and boring.
Oasis
3/5
It’s no What’s the Story but it has its moments.
Soundgarden
5/5
All time bad ass album. One of my favorites from the 90’s or any decade.
Slint
2/5
Meh.
Frank Ocean
2/5
The Smiths
3/5
Another ok album that has me questioning why it’s on this list. Or maybe I’m just not into the album.
The Byrds
3/5
It’s fine.
KISS
4/5
Fun listen. Kiss gets shit on a lot but they’ve got so good stuff. Hard rock, ballads, and they sure know how to talk to those 70’s teenagers.
The Temptations
3/5
A little more edgy than I remembered The Temptations.
Bobby Womack
3/5
Not really my thing but it was ok. Didn’t hate it.
Meat Puppets
3/5
Pretty good edgy 80’s rock that I didn’t know was around when it was around.
The Killers
4/5
I didn’t realize that I already knew half this album. And I also didn’t realize that I like The Killers.
Frank Zappa
3/5
I actually liked some of this a lot. Those last few songs brought it down, though. The horn Jazz solos are just not my thing.
Christina Aguilera
3/5
I’m not the target audience for this type of music but I listened and it’s actually pretty good. Slow numbers, upbeat stuff, actual poignant lyrics (at times, lol)…….. Probably won’t listen again and I’m not going to look up any more of her stuff but I was pleasantly surprised.
John Lennon
3/5
I liked this album well enough, I guess, but he sure does come off like an asshole sometimes.
Beatles
4/5
Got some great stuff on this early Beatles album.
The Smashing Pumpkins
2/5
I just can’t take that voice.
Calexico
3/5
I dug this. Some of it was great.
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Easily one of the greatest albums of all time.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Minutemen
2/5
That was pretty much a slog to get thru. A few great songs aside, it was a mess.
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
This is ok. Another “Why is this on this list?” album.
John Lennon
3/5
Yeah, this is alright.
The Doors
5/5
Not my favorite Doors album but still great. Bluesy meandering with Morrison giving more of an edgy growl.
Small Faces
3/5
I liked the music on this album but the spoken parts got pretty old pretty quick.
Violent Femmes
3/5
I sorta liked this. Vocals can be a little distracting but that’s ok.
Simply Red
2/5
Not my jam.
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
Not my jam, again. I get it, we need music from around the world and not just the same sounds but I just wasn’t in to this one. Good for what it is, though. I guess.
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Not bad.
B.B. King
2/5
I like some bluesy stuff but straight blues gets kinda old after awhile. Like, better yourself and then maybe you’ll get laid. Or talk to a doctor about prescribing some anti-depression medicine or something,
Steely Dan
5/5
Man, this album is great. Black Cow, Deacon Blues, Josie, and especially Peg. Great stuff.
Neu!
3/5
Nice background music. Just another “Why do I have to listen to it before I die”, though.
The Cure
3/5
A Forest is one of my favorite Cure songs and a bunch of this sounds pretty similar in a dark kind of tone, not the poppy art pop that we’d get from them later. It’s hot it’s place, for sure.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
This is exactly what I thought it was going to sound like and then exactly what I didn’t expect. Started great, ended great. A little so-so in the middle but that’s ok. Really enjoyed this for the most part.
The Incredible String Band
2/5
Suzanne Vega
2/5
Oh hey! I know Suzanne Vega! I know two songs from her, neither of which are on here and now I’m realizing she’s a two hit wonder. With help on one of them no less.
Yawn
The Band
3/5
Just listened to this a few weeks back when Robbie Robertson died. Good stuff.
The Thrills
3/5
I thought this would be a little more edgy, what with the name The Thrills. But it’s nice sounding. Not sure why I have to listen to it before I die though. This is becoming more and more a question popping into my head with this list.
Linkin Park
2/5
Never got into this genre but I like that it’s on this list. It’s at least noticeable unlike some of these albums.
Elliott Smith
3/5
This wasn’t too bad. Liked it more than I thought I would. Did get redundant, though.
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
The couple of hits at the end are a bit of fresh air after the rest of the drivel on this album and I don’t even particularly like those hits.
4/5
Great album. I really liked early Muse.
3/5
I dig it enough but man, cheatin’ songs get old after awhile.
Adele
3/5
I don’t dislike this. Don’t really care for it, either. Sounded like contemporary Christian music with sexy lyrics. It’s alright. I guess.
Aimee Mann
3/5
Alright, I guess.
Mike Oldfield
2/5
Meh
Stevie Wonder
3/5
I Dunno. I like some stuff on this (Sir Duke is my favorite Stevie Wonder song) but most of it seems more generic than I had been led to believe. Not bad, but I think it’s a bit overrated.
Napalm Death
1/5
This might be the greatest album of this genre but I couldn’t get past the first song.
TL/DR:Gross.
Doves
3/5
Not bad. Nice background music.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Great album.
Louis Prima
4/5
Infectious New Orleans musical gumbo. Really love this album.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Beth Orton
3/5
This was t that bad in a late 90’s chick kind of way.
Big Star
3/5
Was ok. Was expecting more after hearing great things over the years.
Björk
2/5
I like some Björk stuff but I dunno. Shit’s mostly too weird for me. Weird to be weird as they say.
AC/DC
5/5
Duh
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Solid.
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Eagles
4/5
Solid album. A few boring ones towards the end but that’s alright.
Stereo MC's
3/5
This was another one that was ok but I’m not sure why I need to hear it before I die. Sounded like a wannabe Beck or Beck did it better, depending on who started first.
The Human League
2/5
It’s ok. That last track has always been a banger, though.
2Pac
4/5
2Pac was so good.
The Allman Brothers Band
2/5
I like some of this but blues albums are t really my thing.
Sabu
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
I’ve come to the realization that Nick Cave ain’t for me.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Fairport Convention
2/5
This had its moments for sure but it also had…..its moments. Why did I HAVE to listen to this?
Sonic Youth
2/5
This was just noises to me.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3/5
Pretty fun.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
This started off hit after hit and then kinda just faded.
Johnny Cash
4/5
Always thought these were a cash grab (no pun intended) but they’re still pretty great. Still prefer the NIN version of Hurt over this one and I know I’m in the minority.
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Fun early 80’s glam that set the stage for Poison, Motley Crue and the like.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
1/5
The Magnetic Fields
2/5
I’m really questioning on why I should listen to these 1,001 albums. This one was ok for a bit but 3 hours?
Dire Straits
3/5
Fine. I guess? Sure.
Curtis Mayfield
2/5
This just bores me.
The Stooges
2/5
This just sounds like someone trying to make a punk Velvet Underground but with goofy lyrics. Iggy wanted to be controversial so he uses song titles and lyrics like Raw Power! And Penetration! And Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell! And he just repeats those words over and over!
It’s just really, really fucking goofy.
I really like Seek and Destroy (although it’s got goofy lyrics, too, but at least they’re not as bad as most of the rest of the album). I Need Somebody is a pretty good haunt of a blues song, though.
Yes
2/5
No
(Lol, how original is that? I bet NO ONE else ever makes that joke!)
The Flying Burrito Brothers
4/5
Early country/folk Americana vibe. Grest harmonies. Great stuff.
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Good stuff from one of the Queens of the 80’s.
Giant Sand
2/5
Some of this isn’t bad. Some of this is really bad. Not too much of a spoken lyrics kind of guy.
Talking Heads
4/5
John Martyn
1/5
What the fuck. Seriously.
Green Day
3/5
Q-Tip
3/5
Not a fan of his vocals but the beats were pretty sick, yo.
Kanye West
1/5
Fuck this guy
Steely Dan
5/5
Classic. Great stuff.
Khaled
1/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
That was just….I don’t really care for Nick Cave and I’m over listening to his albums on this list. Speaking of this list, the more average or bad albums I hear, the more I wonder why the fuck I’m following along.
Lana Del Rey
2/5
Pretty boring. Kept forgetting it was on. Heard so much about her that this was pretty disappointing to be honest..
The Stone Roses
3/5
Joy Division
3/5
I really like Joy Division, but not necessarily this album.
Neneh Cherry
3/5
Always loved Buffalo Stance. The rest ain’t bad, either.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
The Stooges
1/5
I thought I sorta liked Iggy Pop. Then I heard two of his albums on here and now I’m totally fucking out. This is such a drag.
Queen
4/5
Good ‘Ol Queen
The Band
3/5
Al Green
2/5
I thought I’d like this more than I did. Kinda boring, tbh.
The Electric Prunes
3/5
I get why it’s here. I guess.
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
A little long winded and could be cut down a bit, but this is stellar.
Radiohead
2/5
There’s a few moments where I start to dig the sound and then it just goes flat again. It’s just…..mostly…..boring. The vocals are too drawled out and whiney, too.
I just don’t get Radiohead.
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
I can’t say that I didn’t like this. I felt like I was in an Indian restaurant having a nice lunch.
Metallica
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
2/5
This was actually pretty boring, to be honest.
N.E.R.D
3/5
This was a fun listen. I dug it.
Tito Puente
3/5
This was fun for a bit.
Wilco
2/5
I know people love Wilco and I’ve tried in the past to get into them. I love a lot of adjacent bands to them and I even like some of Tweedy’s stuff in Golden Smog but this was such a drain. It just bores me.
Patti Smith
2/5
This was pretty gross, to be honest.
Silver Jews
3/5
I liked this well enough and ended up reading about the main guy. Fascinating stuff.
3/5
Not a bad album but not very memorable. I’m guessing it’s here because of it influencing other bands but I just heard it and I don’t remember anything about it.
Rush
3/5
Better than I thought but not by much. I like some Rush songs but I’m pretty indifferent about them overall.
Kanye West
1/5
Nope
Def Leppard
4/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Yeah, I like Bob but that voice gets to be a bit much.
The Streets
2/5
Only English rapper I like is Slick Rick. This……is not Slick Rick.
Thundercat
2/5
Saw this guy live as an opener a few years back and it sounded awful but we were on the concourse the whole time so maybe that affected things. This sounded better but not by much.
Cheap Trick
4/5
Never heard the whole album, just IWYTWM and the rest is just as upbeat and catchy as that one is. Good stuff.
Garbage
4/5
Black Flag
2/5
Still like TV Party but I’m just not into this other than that. Meh.
The xx
2/5
Boring.
Adele
3/5
This is fine.
Tom Waits
1/5
Gross. I can’t. The guy that runs this certainly has his favorites and every time one of these garbage albums comes up, I wonder why we give two flying fucks about what this fucking dude says.
Marilyn Manson
2/5
Never got into this kind of music, thank goodness. Pretty awful, to be honest.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
A sign of things to come.
Marvin Gaye
2/5
Had it on as background music at work. Nothing grabbed me enough to care. I honestly don’t remember anything about it other than the title opener. Think I need to re-listen.
Aerosmith
4/5
I hate to rate this a 4 because that’s what I rated Toys in the Attic (I think) and Toys is better than this one but this was still really good. So fuck it. YORRBAO
Ride
2/5
Boring. Never heard of it before and I’m pretty sure because it was just so…..boring.
Boston
5/5
What’s to say?
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
John Grant
3/5
This is weird. I kinda like it. And dropped a few…..this was weird.
The Prodigy
1/5
I really thought this was gross. Not my kind of scene, brother
Fela Kuti
2/5
Holger Czukay
2/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
There’s just something about this band that bores me. I SHOULD like them at least somewhat but……meh? And I don’t know why other than they just don’t deliver. Always building, never really delivering. Wake Up is ok and In The Backseat is kinda nice but the rest is just so forgettable that I already forgot it all.
James Brown
2/5
You’d have to pay me actual money to suffer thru this. I’ll give it a pity two.
Tortoise
2/5
Not my jam
CHIC
3/5
Fine disco album.
Santana
3/5
I like the hits, don’t really care for anything else. Maybe that’s because I’ve heard the hits a few thousand times or because they’re good and the rest just stinks, I dunno.
The Cure
4/5
Good stuff
Blur
3/5
Couple of great songs, mostly filled with not bad, not great songs. I instantly forgot what most songs were after I listened. Since nothing was BAD, I guess I’ll give it a 3.
Ringing endorsement, I guess, that fits the album.
Van Morrison
3/5
Double live album? I don’t do those. But I’ll give it a 3 because I like some VM stuff and as Phil said, “Van is the Man.”
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Another Stevie Wonder album that is filled with a few known songs I like and the rest is just boring. Meh.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Great, great fucking album. One of the 70’s best.
The Style Council
2/5
I don’t dislike this, just not sure why it’s here. It was……….an album, I guess. Just an album.
Baaba Maal
2/5
This was about as weird as I figured it would be.
The White Stripes
4/5
Good stuff.
1/5
Pay me and I’ll listen. Otherwise, fuck off.
The White Stripes
3/5
I liked a few of these songs but found a few others to be really annoying. Not on the level of Elephant, which was the album from two days prior.
Various Artists
5/5
Not only one of the greatest Christmas albums of all time, but one of the greatest albums of all time, period.
Buffalo Springfield
2/5
Meh
Laibach
2/5
Lol
Blue Cheer
2/5
Not for me
Neil Young
4/5
Beautiful album.
Radiohead
3/5
Just listened to this a few months back. I just don’t get why this band is so popular. The back half of the album is pretty good but this album is in the top 20 here along with the biggest albums of all time. It’s just…..fine?
Sonic Youth
2/5
This just sounds generic to me. I’m sure it’s awesome in a live club setting but on a record it’s just annoying me.
Duran Duran
4/5
Every song basically sounded the same but that’s not a bad thing if it’s sounds good (to me). And this is sounds good to me.
Shack
2/5
This was boring. One song was alright but I’ll be darned if I remember which and I’ll be equally assed to go back and find it.
Def Leppard
4/5
If the second half could keep up with the first half (or whittle a few out), it would be an all time classic album; a definite 5. Lot of it is cheesy especially with 2020s goggles, but it was a monster.
The Modern Lovers
2/5
This has moments that I really like, and then the guy just starts talking about random weird things. The bad definitely outweighs the good.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
10th Avenue Freeze-out and Born To Run are fantastic songs. Everything else just doesn’t really resonate with me. Bruce is weird because I really like some of his stuff but most of his catalogue is just instantly forgettable to me.
Barry Adamson
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
Did not move me much for being a bunch of preachers.
Talking Heads
3/5
Prince
3/5
I really like some Prince stuff, other stuff, not so much. Nothing terrible but I think I’ll stick to what I like from him.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2/5
I’m not sure if this is supposed to be ground breaking, influential, or just a personal favorite of the guy running the 1,001 list but it’s not my thing.
Rod Stewart
3/5
I like some early Rod Stewart stuff (not as much as his Faces stuff), but some of these songs just didn’t know when to end. So I gotta dock a star.
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
I liked this well enough but nothing stood out as great. Or bad. No problems but I don’t think I’ll listen to it again. It’s just….
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
I wanted to like this but it just seemed generic. Nothing stood out other than it being something that sounded like it SHOULD stand out.
Anita Baker
3/5
I remember some of this. For what it is, it’s pretty darn good.
Tears For Fears
3/5
I liked TFF back then but like them a lot more now. Besides the hits, though, this was a little unmemorable.
Britney Spears
2/5
Oh boy. The few songs I’ve heard are catchy but the rest is a bit meh.
Moby
2/5
No thanks
The Crusaders
1/5
Why is this essential listening?
Little Richard
3/5
Good 50’s rock and roll by an originator.
Mudhoney
2/5
Not my thing but I see the appeal and what was inspired by it.
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Moments of annoyance, moments of not being annoyed. All in all, it’s fine? I guess?
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Good stuff right here.
Lorde
3/5
I didn’t dislike this but it’s not really my thing, either.
Gang Of Four
2/5
Dude, I couldn't get into this. Thumbzers downzers.
The Lemonheads
3/5
The Smiths
2/5
Morrissey is boring to me. He seems like a fucking prick, too.
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Why
Slipknot
2/5
Never cared for the appeal in this band/gimmick.
Van Morrison
3/5
Nice laid back album from one of the better performers of the era. Good stuff.
The Pretty Things
3/5
Janis Joplin
3/5
Never really got into Janis because of that voice. This is ok despite that.
Björk
3/5
Public Enemy
2/5
I like Chuck D, don’t really care for Flava Flav or the notes/vocals that repeat to the point of insanity.
Isaac Hayes
2/5
Meh. Good background music, I guess. 🤷♂️
Megadeth
2/5
This is just noises to me. I like some other Megadeth stuff but that lead guitar just doesn’t seem to have any rhyme or reason to it.
T. Rex
4/5
Bert Jansch
2/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
2/5
Meh
New Order
3/5
Good stuff but not sure why it’s here. Doesn’t stand out from their other work, though
Talking Heads
3/5
Adam & The Ants
2/5
Meh.
Big Star
3/5
Ok, was expecting more, tbh
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Great record filled with some timeless Jimi songs. But it’s not my favorite and does have some filler here and there.
Television
2/5
PJ Harvey
2/5
Why is this on this list?
The Clash
4/5
A little too long for a legit 5⭐️s but still it’s still an incredible album.
Deep Purple
2/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Tom Waits
1/5
I don’t think I can take anymore of Tom Waits
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
It’s fine. Not my thing and I’m not listening to 1 1/2 hours of it, though.
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Weird to be weird. Had its moments, though.
The Monkees
3/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Metal’s not really my thing but I dig some of these songs pretty hard. Didn’t dislike anything, either.
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Fun 70’s album.
Kid Rock
1/5
Lol, fuck Kid Rock
Kelela
3/5
A tad too long and not really my music style of choice but I didn’t dislike it. Didn’t really like it that much, either.
Radiohead
2/5
I just don’t get Radiohead. A couple of songs I had to skip past because they got annoying.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
I thought I liked Nick Cave based off a few songs I knew from him going into this thing but every album I’ve heard from him (why does he have so many on here? They’re basically all the same) has been worse than the last. I gave up on this at the end of the second track because it was just annoying the hell out of me by the end.
Guided By Voices
3/5
Heard a lot about this band over the years but never listened until now. It’s poppy garage rock and perfectly fine even if nothing stands out as great.
The United States Of America
2/5
Some good but mostly just weird. Not very memorable besides the “weird”.
4/5
Lotta greatness on this one.
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
can a band be groundbreaking, influential and ahead of their time while also be borderline unlistenable? ladies and gentlemen, i present to you einstürzende neubauten.
much of the “music” contained within is just a series of rhythmically paced machine sounds with primitive sounding guitars, synths, and drums. oh, and there’s aggressive sounding german peppered throughout (much of the album is instrumental). definitely influenced bands such as nine inch nails, ministry and rammstein, however this album just wasn’t very good.
TV On The Radio
3/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
one hell of an album by one of the all time great rock and roll bands. gritty blues rock with plenty of swagger.
highlights:
“wild horses”,
“can’t you hear me knocking”,
“sister morphine”
Metallica
2/5
Way too long
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3/5
Upbeat and fine. Not my normal cuppa but I didn’t dislike it.
The Smiths
2/5
Goddamn, Morrissey is such a little bitch.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
Great stuff from a pioneer.
Brian Eno
3/5
The Prodigy
2/5
Not my thing.
David Bowie
2/5
Kinda disappointed, tbh.
Soul II Soul
3/5
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Kinda filler for the most part. Not terrible, though.
Neil Young
3/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
This band just doesn’t go anywhere musically for me. I just wait for it to hit second gear and it rarely does. The lead singer guy is apparently a fucking creep, too.
Metallica
5/5
Red Snapper
2/5
This is a “must”?
Jack White
3/5
Youssou N'Dour
3/5
I actually liked this more than I thought I would.
Tim Buckley
3/5
Pantera
2/5
I never got into that guitar sound they have. I like a few songs but, meh.
Johnny Cash
4/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
Why is this a MUST?
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Sure. Whatever.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
2/5
Meh
LL Cool J
3/5
I remember some of these songs from back in the day. It’s like PG-13 rap.
Taylor Swift
3/5
Some of these lyrics are corny trash but it’s mostly pretty catchy. Not my genre but I see the appeal.
Buck Owens
3/5
I like some Buck Owens songs but these mostly weren’t them.
DJ Shadow
2/5
Not my thing.
Miles Davis
2/5
Jazz. 🙄
Sonic Youth
2/5
I like a lot of music that’s similar to Sonic Youth. Sonic Youth, however, just sounds generic and boring to me.
David Bowie
2/5
A boring Bowie album. Now I’ve heard everything.
Soft Machine
1/5
Another shit album. Who the fuck is this guy and why the fuck am I taking him at his word when says I have to listen to some of this shit.
M.I.A.
3/5
I didn’t hate this, didn’t particularly like it too much, either. But I consider that a win.
The Cardigans
3/5
90’s pop that’s not too shabby.
Otis Redding
3/5
Love his voice but something felt a bit off on this one. Not quite sure what.
Grateful Dead
4/5
The Young Rascals
3/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Great bluesy album.
Deerhunter
3/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
I liked the folkier parts than the jazzy parts. Weird album.
Chicago
3/5
Songs are too long and when they get jazzy, it’s gross. Other than that, there’s some good stuff here.
De La Soul
4/5
That was actually a lot of fun.
Bill Callahan
2/5
Burning Spear
1/5
Rule #7: No Reggae
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
OutKast
3/5
Fun album.
Dr. Dre
2/5
I remember mostly liking this in the 90’s as a teen. Now it just sounds corny.
🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽
🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽
🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽
The Stranglers
3/5
The Undertones
4/5
The Slits
3/5
Mariah Carey
2/5
Did they just pick a random Mariah Carey album? I don’t recognize any of these songs and it’s pretty boring,
The Fall
2/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
I’ve heard of TJ&MC for a long time but never listened to their music. I will continue to not listen to their music because this was like The Cure if The Cure was boring and utterly forgettable.
Culture Club
3/5
This was actually a lot of fun.
Radiohead
2/5
A few ok songs early on but goddamn is this boring as fuck.
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
The Auteurs
4/5
I had never heard of this before but I actually dug it a bit.
Depeche Mode
3/5
Morrissey
1/5
Morrissey? Gross.
Digital Underground
3/5
I’ve always liked Humpty Dance and Freaks of the Industry. The rest is alright but a little long.
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
It’s like Public Enemy with that goof Flava Flav.
Amy Winehouse
2/5
Never got the appeal.
Robert Wyatt
1/5
What is this and why do I have to listen to it?
Common
4/5
Not my kind of music but it was actually a good listen. Quick, too. I dug it.
The Shamen
1/5
Do not like
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
Never listened to them more than a song or two. Not bad but a few songs were too drawn out and boring.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Too much harmonica for me early on. Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again is a heckuva song.
Hot Chip
2/5
This wasn’t bad, wasn’t good. It was just there.
Sugar
3/5
This wasn’t bad, wasn’t good. It was just there.
Beatles
4/5
Half great, half just good.
Steve Winwood
3/5
Django Django
2/5
This was pretty meh
The Icarus Line
2/5
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Destiny's Child
3/5
Not my thing but some of this is undeniably catchy.
Alice Cooper
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
I don’t mind being called Whitey
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
I love the Sex Pistols. I do not like Johnny’s solo stuff.
Miles Davis
2/5
Not a jazz guy.
Thelonious Monk
2/5
Again: NOT A JAZZ GUY
American Music Club
2/5
Couldn’t get this one on my streaming platform so I listened to a different one they did. Never heard of this and after listening, I know why. Just drab.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
I get it. This guy loves Nick Cave. I thought I did, too, from the few songs of his I knew but after listening to 3 of these albums I can safely say I just don’t care. 🤷♂️
Kate Bush
2/5
Meh
Joy Division
3/5
I like Joy Division but not really this particular record. Just nothing stood out.
R.E.M.
4/5
Good stuff.
50 Cent
2/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
2/5
Not particularly stand out classical type music. Just sorta there as background noise. No wonder I never heard of it.
The Doors
5/5
The first band I ever reeeeeaaalllllly got into. Played out that tape in a car on my Walkman on a vacation.
The Who
3/5
I just listened to this album about a year ago. I don’t feel the need to listen to it again.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Pure perfection.
Bad Brains
2/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Prefab Sprout
1/5
This was amazingly generic. It was like everyone iin the 80’s gave this band their worst songs.
D'Angelo
2/5
Kinda meh
Justice
2/5
Techno Dance.
Iggy Pop
3/5
I thought that I liked Iggy Pop until I heard some of his complete albums because of this challenge thing. Now I’m just meh on him. But this album wasn’t terrible.
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Not too shabby
Dead Kennedys
3/5
All over the place. I prefer the singles versions of the big songs. But you just gotta love Jello.
Dr. John
3/5
I like a few of these but some are just noises.
The Roots
2/5
Fugazi
2/5
I mighta been into this in my teens.
MC Solaar
2/5
Hole
3/5
I don’t mind it.
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
I always thought Lupe Fiasco was a chick. Regardless, this ain’t bad.
Johnny Cash
5/5
Of course.
Queen
3/5
A couple of standouts but some of this was just not for me. Had to skip thru the Prophet song as it got just gross.
I like Queen well enough, but maybe just the hits, I guess.
System Of A Down
3/5
Some fun, some annoying. Never got into this stuff.
Antony and the Johnsons
1/5
What are we doing
Ravi Shankar
2/5
I like this music when I have dinner at an Indian place. Other than that, I’m good.
Tim Buckley
2/5
I don’t get it.
Peter Tosh
2/5
Not a reggae kind of guy.
Sebadoh
2/5
It started boring, then got my interest a bit. Then the last half was just boring.
Marvin Gaye
4/5
That’s a fun one.
5/5
Keith Jarrett
2/5
Ehhhhhh
The Undertones
3/5
Really dig The Undertones but not as in to this one as much.
Orbital
2/5
Not my jam, maaaaaaaan
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Man, I love this album.
Tangerine Dream
2/5
Hole
3/5
Waylon Jennings
4/5
Good ol’ Waylon singing (mostly?) some Billy Joe Shaver written tunes. Good stuff.
Muddy Waters
3/5
I’m not too into the blues but I’ll take it over jazz anyway. Take that, jazz!
Cocteau Twins
3/5
I had heard of this band, but never heard them. I like it but it came out a few years too late I reckon.
Mike Ladd
2/5
Meh
Fred Neil
3/5
kind of a weird album, to be honest. the music is ok, the voice is kind of strange. having said that, it’s not awful and it’s nowhere close to the worst albums i have heard on here.
Nick Drake
2/5
I know this game is very influential but I was mostly just bored. Didn’t care for his voice, the lyrics didn’t seem moving, the guitar work was fine and maybe at the time was miles better than anyone but now it just seems lost in the shuffle.
Then again, I’m not an expert on anything so who cares.
Kraftwerk
2/5
Had been meaning to check out Kraftwerk for awhile now. But man, this was boring and just not for me. Because I don’t like boring.
Queen
2/5
I’m just not that into Queen’s earlier albums. Seven Seas of Rhye is probably my least favorite “hit” of theirs and it’s still the best thing on this record.
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
I was just bored.
Frank Sinatra
4/5
So soothing. Want a big Italian dinner and a gallon of wine without the headache.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Elis Regina
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Fuckin’ Creedence, man
Joanna Newsom
1/5
To each their own but goddamn is this album fucking annoying.
The Jam
2/5
I like a few Jam songs but this ain’t it, pal. Just listened and I have no recollection over any of it besides “this is average”.
The Isley Brothers
3/5
Pretty good
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
A little long but I mostly dug it.
David Bowie
4/5
Leftfield
2/5
Meh. Not for me.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Rambled too much for my liking and that harmonica really wears me down, but I liked a lot here.
Gillian Welch
3/5
I dunno.
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
I actually kind of like this, which is weird. Like Lauryn Hill singing over Beyoncé beats. I dunno, weird.
Meat Loaf
3/5
SZA
2/5
What’s this about Forrest Gump and pussy? Not my genre but that just became my new favorite thing, lol.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Gene Clark
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
Bluesy and sorta fun at times. A little long.
The Cure
3/5
I like the Cure but this sounded kinda stock compared to their other, later, more polished stuff.
Paul Weller
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
I don’t know if I somewhat liked this or if I didn’t like it at all.
Suede
2/5
Started out alright but was too long and started just droning on and on and on……
Nick Drake
3/5
2/5
Not my jam.
Radiohead
2/5
Just boring.
George Harrison
4/5
I love this album until I don’t and then I want it to be over. Those last few instrumentals that do it for me but they’re not bad, just a bit too much.
3/5
I liked it for awhile. Then was sorta over it by the end.
U2
4/5
Good ol’ Achtung Baby.
Willie Nelson
4/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Not opposed to it but it sorta got old after awhile.
Sex Pistols
3/5
Always the same problem with Johnny and the boys: Love some of it, annoyed by some of it.
Stan Getz
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Erykah Badu
3/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
4/5
A forgotten classic. For as weird as this is, Roky got even weirder.
Sepultura
2/5
Nope.
Ian Dury
2/5
This was actually pretty fucking annoying.
The Who
2/5
I like a few Who songs but I’m just not into them.
Pavement
2/5
Kinda bored, tbh
The Monks
3/5
Not bad, not bad at all.
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
She’s good and all but I’m not sure why this album was selected for this project.
Syd Barrett
3/5
Weird guy indeed.
David Crosby
3/5
Beach House
3/5
Light and airy but not very memorable.
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
It’s fine. I guess.
2/5
Not for me, bro. Why is it here?
Sam Cooke
4/5
Love Sam Cooke but he was definitely on something on this one. Still stellar, though.
Ozomatli
3/5
Not bad until those horns get too jazzy.
Massive Attack
2/5
Not my thing.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
1/5
This was unlistenable.
The Charlatans
2/5
Yawn
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
Forgot to rate this before. Great album.
Iron Maiden
3/5
I half like Iton Maiden and then they do that guitar sound I don’t like in metal music.
3/5
Not too shabby
Randy Newman
3/5
Yes
2/5
Don’t like prog rock
Jane Weaver
3/5
Gotta admit, I don’t hate it.
The Offspring
4/5
Bought this as a teen and thoroughly enjoyed it. Hadn’t listened in awhile and it still holds up.
Mj Cole
1/5
Repetitive garbage. And 2 hours of it? Get fucked.
Randy Newman
2/5
Just had one of his albums last week. One was enough.
Ramones
4/5
Duke Ellington
1/5
I just don’t like this stuff.
Common
3/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
Why is this on here? Just because it was something this dude likes, doesn’t mean we have to listen to it. Getting annoying.
Radiohead
1/5
Man, I just don’t like this whiney-vocaled pussy-computerized music. WHY IS THIS SO POPULAR?
Julian Cope
3/5
It’s ok. I guess.
Drive Like Jehu
1/5
What the fuck is this garbage.
The Clash
4/5
Germs
2/5
I like some punk but it’s gotta be more polished than this. This was just a fucking wreck.
Raekwon
3/5
I can’t tell the difference with most of these current rap albums. They all sound the same.
Steely Dan
3/5
Not as memorable as Aja or Can’t Buy a Thrill.
The Hives
3/5
Meh. I want to like it more than I do but meh.
Kraftwerk
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
I actually liked this quite a bit.
Little Simz
1/5
Gross.
Grizzly Bear
2/5
I love Two Weeks and While We Wait For The Others but the rest is pretty darn boring. Goes for every song they did besides those two.
Roxy Music
3/5
I like some Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music stuff but this didn’t really grab me.
Laura Nyro
3/5
Nice album.
Ice Cube
4/5
He’s pretty corny these days but man, current rap ain’t the same as this shit was back in the day.
The Stooges
1/5
This is just fucking awful.
Black Sabbath
4/5
Cat Stevens
3/5
Aphex Twin
2/5
Why?
David Holmes
2/5
Meh. This is more like 400 Albums You Must Listen To Before You Die and 601 Albums That This One Fucking Guy Likes.
Death In Vegas
2/5
Why
Boards of Canada
1/5
Gross. 4th day in a row we get basically the same album.
Scissor Sisters
4/5
I had never listened to them but I heard that they were pretty good. Yep. That was pretty fun.
3/5
Started strong, whimpered out.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Excellent album.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
The music isn’t bad but then again, I have no problem whatsoever with Costello’s producing role. His nonstop lyrics and vocals just don’t do it for me. No idea why he’s popular as I’ve only liked one song he’s ever done and it ain’t on here.
Finley Quaye
2/5
Noises
John Coltrane
2/5
Does this sound good to the masses? I guess. Does it sound good to me? Nope. I’m just not a jazz guy.
JAY Z
3/5
Taylor Swift
2/5
I dunno, man.
The Waterboys
3/5
First song hit and I was pleasantly surprised but it didn’t last too long. Not bad, though.
Merle Haggard
3/5
The Fall
2/5
Meh
Primal Scream
2/5
Tom Waits
2/5
That voice.
The Only Ones
4/5
Didn’t really care for his vocals but this was pretty cool. Kind of like Squeeze.
Scott Walker
2/5
His voice is almost TOO good. BB couldn’t really take this seriously, to be honest. Nothing else much stood out, either.
Elton John
3/5
Ignore that other review, this website does dumb things like keep previous reviews.
EJ here starts his journey and I’m here for it.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Nothing stands out. Nothing on any EC album stands out as particularly good or particularly bad. It’s just…..there.
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
It’s fine. Better than a lot of the shit I’ve been subjected to lately.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
3rd EC&TA album in two weeks. Ugh. This is just so…..so generic to me.
Elvis Costello
3/5
This is my 4th Elvis Costello album in a month it feels like. They’ve all just been noises that sound the same to me. Nothing stood out. I get it that the guy that wrote this book loves Elvis Costello but I now actively dislike the fucking guy because it shirts just so bland. Love sone of the albums he produced, though,
But this album is different. It wasn’t as boring as the others. So, yay, I guess.
Paul Simon
2/5
I was just bored.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3/5
This was half annoying, half groove-tastic. The annoying part overwhelmed the groove-tastic part, though.
Donald Fagen
3/5
Steely Dan Light
Morrissey
1/5
Morrissey can eat my dick. Too bad he’s a vegan and won’t shut the fuck up about it.
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Pretty good!
Stan Getz
3/5
Not a jazz guy but this was kinda nice.
Dire Straits
3/5
This started HOT and then fizzled pretty quickly.
Orange Juice
3/5
I sorta liked this.
AC/DC
5/5
One of the absolute greatest albums of all time.
Jacques Brel
3/5
Kinda dig it
Beastie Boys
5/5
One of the ones I grew up with. I love the over the topness.
Wild Beasts
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2/5
Just not a reggae kinda guy.
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Not really my thing but I’m not gonna hold that against her.
Weather Report
3/5
I don’t care for this type of music but it’s ok in the background.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
My first Leonard Cohen album. I like those vocals but thought that they would eventually get old and I’d turn it off. But they didn’t and didn’t.
Talk Talk
2/5
Damn, this is boring.
Mercury Rev
3/5
I can’t say that I dislike this.
Fela Kuti
2/5
African Jazz. Not my thing.
The Cramps
3/5
Psychobilly is pretty fun for awhile.
Killing Joke
3/5
ABBA
4/5
XTC
4/5
Lou Reed
2/5
Loses a star because of the goddamned baby.
Everything But The Girl
1/5
This was fucking boring.
The Beach Boys
5/5
One of the best.
Lambchop
2/5
Ehhhhhhhh
Donovan
3/5
This was alright,
3/5
This was alright,
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
I don’t like his voice and some of the lyrics are corny but I didn’t hate this.
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
I do t particularly care for Lenny but this was ok. Got annoying at times.
Deep Purple
3/5
I don’t care for some of their other albums but this one is pretty ok.
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
Not my thing. Gets cold quick.
The Go-Go's
3/5
Fun pop.
The Temptations
3/5
This was alright. I like their non-funk stuff more than the funk stuff.
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
I like the PSB but wasn’t familiar with any of these songs. It’s ok if not a bit repetitive.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
This’s alright. That Solsbury Hill song is great.
a-ha
3/5
Not bad. Totally 80’s.
Don McLean
3/5
Nice, slowed down album (after the title track). And that title track is one of those cultural milestone songs that blah blah I don’t know what I’m saying.
Always liked the track Vincent in particular.
Skepta
2/5
Not for me. The British Bias Be Blatantly Bad
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
If I wanted to hear The Beastie Boys, I’d listen to The Beastie Boys.
Mekons
2/5
Weird album. Half decent, half what?
Stephen Stills
4/5
I enjoyed this album more than I’ve enjoyed an album on this in days, if not a week or two. Good stuff.
Jazmine Sullivan
3/5
The Associates
2/5
This was rather boring, tbh
Beatles
5/5
An all timer for sure. Been getting pretty dicey lately with some of these picks.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2/5
This bored me.
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
Tooooooooooooooo looooooooooooonnngggg
Goldfrapp
3/5
Light and airy. Not my thing but I kinda liked it.
Missy Elliott
3/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
I like a few PU songs. They aren’t on this album. Not sure why this is on here.
Nina Simone
3/5
John Cale
3/5
Title track is a keeper. Other than that, was kinda bored.
Iggy Pop
3/5
I thought I liked Iggy Pop and The Stooges. But those Stooges albums were a total miss for me. Was familiar with a few of the songs on this solo album but was worried…….. Shouldn’t have been; this was pretty good. Compared to The Stooges albums, anyway.
Spiritualized
2/5
Kind of annoying but then it turned a corner, then there was a song that was just feed back and that’s where I bounced.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Ramble on, Jack
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Yep
Kanye West
1/5
Fuck Kanye
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
Blur
3/5
Flashes of alright but then they’d get turned on by dumb vocals or gross guitar screeches. Meh.
Pulp
2/5
This was ok. No Common People on it, though. A little too dopey at times.
Goldfrapp
3/5
George Michael
3/5
Some iconic songs, the rest are dreck.
Christina Aguilera
2/5
I liked her other album on here but this was pretty awful. She was trying to copy Beyoncé and it just wasn’t working for me.
Rahul Dev Burman
2/5
Couldn’t find it on my streamer, but I get the gist. Not my thing.
Pixies
4/5
Some gold here, Jerry! Some gold!
Gram Parsons
4/5
This pretty much rules.
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Ok. I guess.
Kate Bush
3/5
This is fucking weird.
The The
3/5
It’s alright.
Alanis Morissette
3/5
Huge album. Nary a peep from her after.
Nico
3/5
I don’t like her voice but for some reason, I liked this. Must be the Velvets.
The Beau Brummels
3/5
I knew of one BB song before I listened to this album and I really, really like that Laugh, Laugh song. That song wasn’t on this album. This album was weird.
The Byrds
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Not usually my kind of music but I dug this.
Arrested Development
3/5
Had this as a teen and enjoyed it. Still like it but some of it is pretty annoying,
OutKast
3/5
Listened to whole thing and kinda dug it. Needed to be edited down or split into an extra album or two but I guess their way worked well enough.
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
Dion
3/5
Deee-Lite
4/5
Fun album
The Replacements
2/5
Meh
Wilco
2/5
Just never got into Wilco and really like do many acts associated with/similar to them.
Japan
2/5
Listened less than 24 hours ago and I don’t remember a thing about it.
Minor Threat
3/5
Le Tigre
2/5
Some of it was cool but some of those sounds they used over and over and over got really grating there towards the end.
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Korn
2/5
I tried,just not into this shit
Carpenters
4/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Some of this is really good. Some of it is boring. Knowing what I’ve heard about him, I can’t really listen without cringing.
Alice Cooper
4/5
I like a few AC songs but I never listened to this album. This was great!
Scritti Politti
2/5
Straight 80’s and not very memorable, other than be straight 80’s.
Butthole Surfers
3/5
I wish they’d focus on more actual songs like Human Cannonball but I enjoyed more than I didn’t.
Beastie Boys
5/5
Darn near perfect
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
I love some PSBs songs but I wasn’t familiar with this one. Still enjoyed it!
Slipknot
2/5
Gross. These vocals ain’t for me, dog
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
Megadeth
3/5
Tom Tom Club
4/5
Just a fun groovy album.
The B-52's
3/5
Fun enough, I guess. Fred Whatshisface gets annoying pretty quickly, though.
Black Sabbath
4/5
This shit is legit.
The Blue Nile
2/5
Just listened to this about an hour ago. I do not remember anything about it.
The xx
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
3/5
I kinda dug this.
Jimmy Smith
2/5
Jazz. Meh
The Sonics
4/5
Early garage rock. Pretty good.
William Orbit
2/5
Not for me.
Fever Ray
3/5
Kind of dig it
The Vines
3/5
Not bad, not good. Just there.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
Gross
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
Skunk Anansie
3/5
Some of this was alright nut all in all, not my thing.
The Gun Club
3/5
I actually dig this even though I wasn’t giving it my full attention.
Foo Fighters
3/5
Started with the hits, got sorta generic the longer it went on.
Gang Starr
3/5
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
Supertramp
2/5
I like Breakfast in America. I didn’t care for this one.
Richard Thompson
4/5
I was only familiar with the title track (which is great) but I really dug the rest of the album. Great admission.
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
The Who
2/5
Just not into The Who. Always liked the title track, though.
Elton John
4/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3/5
Thought I would g like this but it was pretty alright.
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Saint Etienne
3/5
Bon Jovi
4/5
Still a pleaser (minus a dumb song or two). I might be over “the hits” but I can’t hold that against an album.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
I forgot just how good this album is.
James Taylor
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
No one song in particular was a standout but the whole thing was a great listen.
UB40
2/5
Madonna
3/5
Wasn’t bad but nowhere near her 80’s stuff.
Janet Jackson
4/5
I forgot just how great of an album this is.
The Coral
3/5
I dig this. Not enough to go out of my way to check out more, but I dig it.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Richard Hawley
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Janelle Monáe
3/5
This was pleasant enough.
Pentangle
3/5
Not too bad. Kinda dug it.
Big Black
2/5
Meh
Portishead
4/5
Most every song sounds about the same but that’s alright. It’s lovely.
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Whiny and gross. A few songs were ok but overall, hard pass.
Lightning Bolt
1/5
Well, this is super fucking annoying. Between the feed back, the repetitiveness, and the vocals, I’m just going to judge the fuck out of this compiler, Again.
M.I.A.
3/5
I kinda liked this. I guess.
Missy Elliott
3/5
Hugh Masekela
1/5
What’s the point of this? Just gross.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Weird.
Alice In Chains
5/5
Helluva album we got here. Aces.
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Not my thing.
Os Mutantes
3/5
The Bees
3/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
She’s so good.
Elastica
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Not for me but I get it.
Love
3/5
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Some slow stuff and some great stuff.
ZZ Top
4/5
Fun album.
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Fun album.
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
Why is this on here? Not bad but nothing memorable.
And for the guy that reviewed this album and concluded that the rest of us need to be more loquacious with our reviews: get bent.
N.W.A.
4/5
Man, Cube could really fucking hit it before he started doing shitty kids movies.
The Kinks
3/5
I like a lot of stuff by the Kinks but this didn’t grab me. Waterloo Sunset is still an amazing track.
The Byrds
3/5
Lou Reed
4/5
Brilliant album. Always dug The VU and Reed has some great solo stuff, too.
Billy Bragg
2/5
Meh
Machito
2/5
Not my thing but now I want Mexican food. Then again, I always want Mexican food.
George Jones
3/5
It’s like a gospel album where the subject being worshipped is pussy.
Green Day
4/5
Sparks
4/5
This is exactly the kind of stuff I was hoping to find with this challenge. Hadn’t heard of this before but that was a lot of fun.
Nirvana
5/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Meh
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Just…..why?
The Sabres Of Paradise
1/5
Gross
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Metallica
5/5
I mean, it’s a classic.
Devendra Banhart
2/5
I can’t remember if I listened to this months ago when it showed up on this list. It started off slow and sorta nice but it wore thin pretty quick. I bailed halfway thru.
Brian Eno
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2/5
Not a reggae guy
Dusty Springfield
5/5
Not a fan of her kind of voice on anyone but her. And I love it on her. Dusty’s always been a fave ever since I heard her for the first time.
Van Halen
4/5
I hate Panama and Jump. Just awful garbage. Rest of the album is pretty great, though. Hot For Teacher is an all timer and I’ll Wait’s always. Been a fave.
Soft Cell
3/5
Pretty much what I expected. Kinda dug it.
Bee Gees
3/5
Daft Punk
3/5
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
I kinda like this
Van Halen
5/5
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
Crowded House
2/5
Why is this on here?
The Cult
4/5
Got some all-timers on here.
Massive Attack
3/5
Method Man
3/5
Not my thing but I get it.
Pulp
4/5
I don’t particularly care for their other albums but this one is great.
The Mars Volta
1/5
This is just noises. Gross.
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
I loved Rod in The Faces. This is still better than the 80’s stuff.
Dr. Octagon
2/5
What
4/5
Norah Jones
4/5
Takes me back to when this came out, listening to it with the wife. Perfect rainy day album.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Björk
2/5
I like some Björk songs but I don’t think any of these are going to be included in that group.
Hawkwind
3/5
I really dug some of the riffs on here but the spoken word stuff, the length of some of these jams and those damn never ending keyboards definitely pull it back to meh.
The Beta Band
3/5
The Byrds
4/5
Dig it
Kings of Leon
1/5
This band is so goddamned annoying in just about every fucking facet.
10cc
2/5
Meh. Totally forgettable.
Heaven 17
2/5
Bore me, please.
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
It was all right.
R.E.M.
3/5
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Lucinda Williams
3/5
Her voice gets on me sometimes but this is a pretty fun record. Think I listened to it before.
The The
3/5
Elvis Costello
2/5
Talk about Brutal. Elvis Costello is 98% noises to me.
Pavement
2/5
Always heard Pavement was a gem of a band but…….This is not my jam. Him screaming I’m Trying over and over again until he’s hoarse was the final nail and it was only a third of the way thru the album. No thanks.
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
Kinda rough, ngl
The Police
3/5
The Zutons
3/5
I kinda dig this. Probably never listen again but it’s alright.
Nas
3/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Beatles
4/5
Coldplay
4/5
I really like Coldplay’s first few albums.
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
PJ Harvey
2/5
Fishbone
2/5
Meh.
5/5
Never liked Champagne Supernova or Wonderwall back when this came out and I didn’t know about anything else they did so I wrote them off. A few years later I listened to this album and was pretty much blown away. Still listen to it and it still blows me away.
Sonic Youth
2/5
I like Sonic Youth adjacent bands but I just can’t get into Sonic Youth. In fact, it sounds awful to me.
Suicide
1/5
This was gross.
The Beach Boys
3/5
Gapping the bridge between the surfer stuff and the non surfer stuff.
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
Ittttttt’s rap.
Paul McCartney
3/5
Sepultura
2/5
I like a lot of heavier bands but I’m just not into this thrash stuff. The vocals are just really, really fucking irritating.
SAULT
2/5
Not for me
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
This was nice.
2/5
I just can’t deal with all the goddamned harmonica.
Van Morrison
3/5
I like some VM stuff but I wasn’t familiar with this album. It’s fine, I guess.
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
It’s been awhile. Still fun.
New Order
3/5
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
Man, I really don’t like that little twat Eric Clapton but goddamnit if I don’t enjoy a lot of this.
Miles Davis
2/5
Not a jazz guy
Dolly Parton
4/5
A national treasure
MGMT
3/5
Couple of fun ones
The Doors
5/5
First band I really got into (a lot of 15 year olds were just like me in this regard) and still dig it. Not my favorite Doors album but Peace Frog and Land Ho! are all timers for me. Not a bad track on the album.
Billy Joel
4/5
I’ve always been about 60% or so on Billy Joel. Never saw him live but was tempted a few times. This is a pretty darn good album though, loaded with hits.
Kings of Leon
2/5
Man, I just don’t care for this band.
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
Cowboy Junkies
2/5
This has it’s moments but damn. Some of it is boring as af.
Parliament
3/5
Not bad for when I’m in the mood to FUNK
3/5
I like a few dozen Kink songs but man, they’ve got a ton of albums with a ton of filler on them.
Victoria’s an all timer on this one.
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
I’m sorry, but that was just boring. I like a lot of Bruce’s stuff but this was just boring.
Fats Domino
4/5
Fun album.
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Nah man, I’m good.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
God damn this is fucking annoying.
David Bowie
3/5
Meh?
U2
3/5
Not bad. A few hits, nothing skippable, mostly not very memorable.
Morrissey
2/5
If Morrissey wasn’t such a twatty little bellend, I might actually not dislike this. But he is so eat shit, Morrissey.
Kraftwerk
2/5
Not my thing, Herr Goof
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Gross
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Never heard this. Good stuff.
The Who
3/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Eminem
3/5
Stereolab
3/5
The Adverts
2/5
I’m sure this mighta been influential at the time but now it just sounds like average punk lite.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
I liked some of it, didn’t care for some of it. The thing that puts it at 2 is that I don’t think this needed to be included here.
Eagles
2/5
I like Take It Easy and Peaceful Easy Feeling is ok. The rest was either bad or generic. I think the Eagles get a bad wrap most of the time but I can’t really defend this album outside of those two songs.
Jungle Brothers
3/5
The Birthday Party
1/5
This is fucking awful. Not surprised to find out it’s early Nick Cave shit.
Black Sabbath
5/5
Helluva debut, boys
Supergrass
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Take Me Out is still a banger all these years later but the rest of the album was pretty forgettable in two listens. Why is this here?
Tricky
3/5
Sorta nice, sorta redundant. Not sure if I finished it. I have no idea how I feel about it.
2/5
Never liked this shit. Now, I dislike it even more. Why is this here?
Ash
3/5
Struggling to finish this list because of average albums like this one.
The Avalanches
2/5
Nah, I’m good.
The Verve
2/5
Wow, this was boring.
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Pretty darn good album.
Robbie Williams
3/5
This sounds almost exactly like Oasis to me.
Buzzcocks
2/5
Not really my thing, brah
Motörhead
4/5
Bangin’ son
The Residents
2/5
For fuck’s sake
Steve Earle
3/5
Not my favorite Steve Earle but it’s got some good ones on there.
Madonna
2/5
I really like 80’s/early 90’s Madonna. She lost me by this record.
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Not a fan of Nico or the feedback but other than that, I’ll take it.
Tori Amos
3/5
k.d. lang
3/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
2/5
Why is the Sims music an album I have to listen to before I die?
Ananda Shankar
2/5
This was fun until it wasn’t. Then it was annoying.
Portishead
3/5
Love the first Portishead album. This one is ok.
Fleet Foxes
2/5
This had moments of being a nice, relaxing time but it was mostly just boring and ambling around in nothingness.
The Verve
1/5
An album full of filler tracks. This one is just bland, fucking bland.
Can
2/5
This was ok until those long ass bullshit songs towards the end.
Super Furry Animals
3/5
I really like a few of these songs after hearing them 20 years ago. Still do!
The Byrds
3/5
The La's
3/5
The Louvin Brothers
3/5
Not sure if I’ve ever heard of these guys. Darkly haunting.
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Great album.
Love
3/5
X-Ray Spex
3/5
Dagmar Krause
2/5
Couldn’t find this so I listened to something else by this guy and meh.
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
Pretty boring but not dislikable. I guess.
Pink Floyd
4/5
Billie Holiday
3/5
CHIC
3/5
Ice T
3/5
The Saints
3/5
At first this felt like a bunch of generic filler songs and by the end, that opinion didn’t change.
Fiona Apple
1/5
This poor lady is having a mental breakdown over shitty sounding contemporary jazz with……I’m not going to rag on her. She needs help.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
Got half way thru. Why is this here. I didn’t hate it but…..why is this here?
808 State
2/5
🙄
Circle Jerks
2/5
Not for me
Hookworms
2/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Never got the appeal of this guy. That Everybody Knows song is fucking annoying.
Electric Light Orchestra
5/5
Traffic
3/5
Cornershop
1/5
Why
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Always liked this album but the second half is better than the first. Three Changes is my favorite song on it.
Faust
2/5
Noises. Nothing but goddamn noises.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Started out fun…..then got kinda boring.
Tina Turner
4/5
Ray Price
2/5
I liked a couple of the early songs and then it just got….less memorable with each song.
Aerosmith
5/5
People are ragging on this album but it’s A) a lot of fun, B) has a few hits on it that are still played, C) one of the bigger influential albums of all time, and D) Walk This Way is one of the greatest hard rock songs of all time.
If we’re going to judge musicians on their non-music actions then we might as well shut it all down. Grow the fuck up.
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Haircut 100
3/5
It’s fine. I guess.
Travis
1/5
Fucking woof.
Wire
4/5
Man, I dug this pretty hard. Vocals and lyrics were whatevs but somebody in that band knows how to work a song.
David Gray
2/5
Started off ok but got too boring pretty quick.
Liz Phair
3/5
Slade
3/5
Good ol’ Noddy Holder and the boys.
Bee Gees
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
This started out pretty lovely but it never rise above that.
Girls Against Boys
2/5
Meh
Christine and the Queens
2/5
Meh
Sonic Youth
1/5
I like a lot of bands that are in the same realm as Sonic Youth but there’s been 3 or 4 Sonic Youth albums on here by now and with every one, I wonder if this’ll be the one where it clicks for me and doesn’t just sound like distorted fucking garbage.
Nope. Still distorted fucking garbage.
Billy Bragg
4/5
Not a fan of Wilco, but boy do I like Tweedy’s non-Wilco stuff.
Grateful Dead
2/5
This had a moment or two but why does anyone HAVE to listen to this?
Arcade Fire
3/5
I’ve listened to a few Arcade Fire albums by now that didn’t do anything for me at all. But this one was different. I kinda dug a lot about it.
Emmylou Harris
4/5
Snoop Dogg
3/5
This was sorta fun 30 years ago. Now it’s mostly just sorta sad.
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
I actually kind of dug this a bit.
Elbow
2/5
Why this here
Eric Clapton
3/5
Don’t like this guy. Respect a lot of his older material, though.
George Michael
3/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Faith No More
4/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Some of this is great but it really needed to be edited down to the best 10 or so songs.
Spiritualized
1/5
Jesus
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
The Pogues
5/5
Don’t even to listen to it today. A masterclass is storytelling and instrumentation.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
Air
3/5
Just average
David Bowie
3/5
Too much saxophone, couple of good ones notwithstanding.
Joan Baez
2/5
Yeeeeesh
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
TLC
3/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Kinda bored. Heard of this band many times over the years and it sounds pretty much like I thought it would. Meh,
Marty Robbins
4/5
I love this album but he’d be canceled with these lyrics today.
Morrissey
2/5
🙄
Mylo
2/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Fairport Convention
4/5
This was exactly what I was looking for on a Sunday morning.
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Started great, sorta fizzled out in the second half.
Ice Cube
4/5
Ice Cube used to be so great before he sold out.
Nick Drake
2/5
Felt like sad Christmas music without the Christmas lyrics.
Les Rythmes Digitales
2/5
Nah man, I’m good.
Genesis
2/5
Animal Collective
2/5
Meh 🤷♂️
The Pharcyde
4/5
I’ll probably never listen to it again, but this was pretty fun. Heard of them but never listened.
Afrika Bambaataa
2/5
Full of greats
Big Brother & The Holding Company
2/5
I just never liked JJ’s voice
Living Colour
3/5
When a novelty song is your second most known song, it’s not good.
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Like with Sonic Youth, a lot of this is just noises. I like a lot of adjacent music to this but I’m just not into this.
k.d. lang
2/5
I was bored.
Ministry
3/5
I’ve never really liked industrial metal but I kinda dug this.
Madness
3/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
First CD I ever bought. Only PJ album I ever bought, lol. Really like this album, though.
The Darkness
3/5
Fun stuff
The Beach Boys
3/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Shuggie Otis
3/5
Charles Mingus
3/5
The Specials
3/5
Gene Clark
3/5
ABBA
3/5
Basement Jaxx
1/5
The KLF
2/5
Screaming Trees
3/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
Coldcut
2/5
Frank Black
3/5
While I love The Pixies and like his previous album, I didn’t particularly care too much for this one.
Coldplay
4/5
Used to listen to the first two Coldplay albums all the time when I met my wife. Didn’t keep up with them after those first two but these two always take me back.
Elvis Presley
3/5
The Yardbirds
3/5
Maxwell
3/5
I liked it for a bit but then it just got too redundant. Small doses for this kind of stuff for me.
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Jamiroquai
3/5
The Dictators
3/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Lovely album.
The Fall
2/5
I like music LIKE this but I didn’t really care for THIS.
Ray Charles
3/5
Love me some Ray
Spacemen 3
2/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
2/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Solange
2/5
Boring
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
LTJ Bukem
2/5
Brian Eno
1/5
Nah
Solomon Burke
3/5
The Strokes
3/5
Justin Timberlake
2/5
Not my thing.
Traffic
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Sade
3/5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
That voice…..
Ghostface Killah
3/5
David Ackles
2/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Nanci Griffith
3/5
Turbonegro
4/5
I love this album. Just dumb punk that knows exactly what it is. Some great riffs here.
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
What a piece of shit “album”.
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Anthrax
2/5
I’m just not into this as much as I probably should.
Gotan Project
3/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
The Velvet Underground
2/5
I like a lot of the VU’s work and dig some of the riffs here but there’s just too much feedback here.
Jeru The Damaja
2/5
Tom Waits
2/5
That voice…….
Eurythmics
3/5
The Kinks
4/5
Fun album.
Venom
2/5
Nope
Nirvana
5/5
T. Rex
4/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
💖
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Wasn’t feeling this one, Bob
3/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
“Is that…..is that Björk? Oh yeah, she was in a band before her solo stuff.”
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Fun
Miles Davis
2/5
Not for me
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
I like some of this but those guitar solos have always been mehhhhhh to me.
Underworld
1/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
The Specials
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
The Soft Boys
3/5