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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vulnicura | 5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
| The Contino Sessions | 5 | 2.91 | +2.09 |
| Vespertine | 5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
| Loveless | 5 | 3.17 | +1.83 |
| Figure 8 | 5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
| The Downward Spiral | 5 | 3.35 | +1.65 |
| Endtroducing..... | 5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
| xx | 5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
| Ágætis Byrjun | 5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
| Heaven Or Las Vegas | 5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revolver | 1 | 4.25 | -3.25 |
| Cosmo's Factory | 1 | 3.93 | -2.93 |
| A Hard Day's Night | 1 | 3.9 | -2.9 |
| American IV: The Man Comes Around | 1 | 3.9 | -2.9 |
| Highway 61 Revisited | 1 | 3.77 | -2.77 |
| Parallel Lines | 1 | 3.76 | -2.76 |
| Pearl | 1 | 3.73 | -2.73 |
| Master Of Puppets | 1 | 3.73 | -2.73 |
| Born In The U.S.A. | 1 | 3.7 | -2.7 |
| Tea for the Tillerman | 1 | 3.69 | -2.69 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Björk | 4 | 4.5 |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Dylan | 6 | 1.33 |
| Public Enemy | 3 | 1 |
| Talking Heads | 4 | 1.5 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 4 | 1.5 |
| Elvis Costello & The Attractions | 4 | 1.5 |
| Dexys Midnight Runners | 3 | 1.33 |
| Lou Reed | 2 | 1 |
| Genesis | 2 | 1 |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 2 | 1 |
| Alice Cooper | 2 | 1 |
| Rush | 2 | 1 |
| Def Leppard | 2 | 1 |
| The Jam | 2 | 1 |
| The Specials | 2 | 1 |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 1.75 |
| Beatles | 6 | 2 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 1.67 |
| The Who | 3 | 1.67 |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 1.67 |
| The Kinks | 3 | 1.67 |
| Elvis Presley | 3 | 1.67 |
| Roxy Music | 3 | 1.67 |
| The Byrds | 3 | 1.67 |
| The Clash | 2 | 1.5 |
| Belle & Sebastian | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Pogues | 2 | 1.5 |
| Aerosmith | 2 | 1.5 |
| John Lennon | 2 | 1.5 |
| Echo And The Bunnymen | 2 | 1.5 |
| Deep Purple | 2 | 1.5 |
| Dusty Springfield | 2 | 1.5 |
| Public Image Ltd. | 2 | 1.5 |
| Rod Stewart | 2 | 1.5 |
| Scott Walker | 2 | 1.5 |
| Motörhead | 2 | 1.5 |
| Big Star | 2 | 1.5 |
| ABBA | 2 | 1.5 |
| Grateful Dead | 2 | 1.5 |
| Sonic Youth | 4 | 2 |
| David Bowie | 6 | 2.17 |
| U2 | 3 | 2 |
| Pet Shop Boys | 3 | 2 |
| Van Morrison | 3 | 2 |
| Prince | 3 | 2 |
| The Beach Boys | 3 | 2 |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 3 | 2 |
| Morrissey | 3 | 2 |
| Leonard Cohen | 4 | 2.25 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| PJ Harvey | 4, 1 |
| Elliott Smith | 5, 2 |
| k.d. lang | 4, 1 |
| My Bloody Valentine | 2, 5, 4 |
| Blur | 5, 2, 3 |
5-Star Albums (17)
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Björk
5/5
Had to listen to this a few times to make my mind up on the rating
I had only heard notget before going into this but yeah I still love Björk
if my mood was aligned I would like it even more but its still amazing
9 likes
Elvis Presley
2/5
It only took 531 albums but it finally clicked for me. This list isn't about 1001 albums that are worth spending your time listening to (given that the vast majority of them are complete wastes of time and do not sound pleasant to the ears at all) but 1001 albums that you /should/ have listened to for the purpose of partaking in musical history and overall general knowledge of what has been. Even if this album does not hold a candle to anything that has been made since then, I can understand how this guy was literally the coolest thing since sliced bread when he was active and touring.
To move on to my review of the album, I can't believe this guy was the Mr. Beast of the 50's, that's crazy
5 likes
SAULT
3/5
Out of respect for this album, I thought black text on white was antithetical to this album's message, so I have decided to write my review with black text on black instead.
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5 likes
Guns N' Roses
2/5
I'm only on sweet child of mine but this album pisses me off so much I have to rate it now
all these bands, groups, singers, artists and albums sound the exact fucking same
I had to search up who made "Run to the hills" because I they sound identical to half the songs on this album
i want to rate it a 1 out of protest for how bad it is but it's still not Beatles tier bad but me rating it a 2 does not bring me joy
the last straw was the WOAH WOAH WOAH MY MICHELLE MY MICHELLE MY MICHELLE MY MICHELLE and I'M THINKING ABOUT YOUU YOUUU UUU UUU UUU YOUUUUUU screaming
5 likes
1-Star Albums (178)
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Green Day
2/5
Never listened to before, only heard select songs
"Old" comparatively
Very same-samey from song to song
Start of Extraordinary Girl is nice because its not punk rock and then it becomes punk rock again. tsk tsk
Not an enjoyable album, cannot comment on its production quality
Thought the last song was incredibly good until I realized that spotify had turned on radio mode and was playing a Gorillaz song LMAO
John Prine
3/5
Nice and mellow
Some songs had the instruments channeled strangely, some only showed up in the right channel and some in the left, was distracting
3.5 stars but you cant do half stars
Led Zeppelin
2/5
The start of In The Light was dope but otherwise not much to note
some "classics" like Kashmir that everyone has heard but not my style
The Clash
2/5
My dad likes the album, I thought it was pretty meh
I like some clash songs but none of them are in this album unfortunately
The Stranglers
2/5
Why do all of these british punkrock albums sound exactly the same
This one a bit better than the other ones so far
They have a great synth player
2.5/5
Lou Reed
1/5
I like the flutes in the last song
this was just a bad album
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
classic
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
not an enjoyable experience
Kraftwerk
3/5
my notes didnt save but it was so funny turning on this album and hearing the #autobahn song
decent atmospheric album
3.5
1/5
unremarkable in every aspect
Blondie
1/5
really hope that I some day forget that I listened to this
decent drummer
Fleetwood Mac
2/5
meh
Super Furry Animals
3/5
its pretty good, 3.5/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
kinda mid, synth was not good but frank zappa core elsewise
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
short hair gang booba
it was alright
Tears For Fears
4/5
banger album, every song is good
some songs are great
but The Working Hour and Listen were amazing holy shiddd
The Band
2/5
bad
2/5
Bad Company
2/5
my dad would like this
sax player was good
The Temptations
2/5
it was pretty meh, not good and not bad but slightly bad
Ash
1/5
these guys are on tour during march
thank god I dont live in england
1.5/5
Supertramp
2/5
it wasnt bad, nor good
2.5/5 run of the mill, kinda funky in the start but was a bit boring towards the end
Yes
3/5
not memorable but not bad
Moby Grape
1/5
trash
Digital Underground
3/5
pretty d ecent vibes
3.5/5
Ice T
3/5
started decent and went on for way too long
i have a crush on the girl in the "First Impression" track
Grizzly Bear
4/5
one of my favourite songs is on this album but ive never listened to the full album until now, looking forward to it
its really good and has lots of great songs in it
Lou Reed
1/5
might be one of the worst albums I have ever heard
"new york phone conversation" or whatever the album was called was so fucking dumb I wanted to singe all my nerve endings
Finley Quaye
2/5
pretty meh, some good songs but felt baffled at times cuz i couldnt believe it was still the same album with how often it changes genre
Mj Cole
3/5
pretty decent garage album, some of these songs would be sick samples for breakcore tracks
gonna relisten to this again but some of these songs are genuinely so smooth i am in love
hold on to me re-dub and radio interlude are real nice
3.5/5
The Slits
1/5
its been 12 hours since i listened to it and I cant remember a single song, thats how bad it was
Steely Dan
2/5
decent but forgettable
Mike Oldfield
4/5
incredibly fresh, will relisten
Fela Kuti
4/5
already liked Fela Kuti, now I like him more
Funkadelic
3/5
shred in the first song is insane, the distortion and the reverb is crazy
the rest was kinda mid, not as good as the opening track
Super Furry Animals
2/5
i jerked off to furry porn yesterday and today I get told to listen to an album by the "Super Furry Animals"
at least I enjoyed myself yesterday
Leonard Cohen
2/5
this sounded like an amateur heard a disney song and a Johnny Cash album and decided to emulate those two together
Van Halen
3/5
pretty decent for boomer rock, expected worse but was pleasantly surprised
3.5/5
Kanye West
3/5
always heard this album was a classic but it was kinda meh, his other stuff is way better
School Spirit was sick and I've always liked Last Call
The Monkees
3/5
decent background music, i like the glockenspiel(?) in Ill Spend My Life With You but its not anything crazy good
(looked it up and apparently its a celeste, not a glockenspiel)
The Monks
1/5
last song was okay, the other songs sucked
Beck
3/5
decently nice to listen to i like it
3.5/5
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
kinda meh
Kraftwerk
2/5
it was kinda good but also not
moody keygen core music
Destiny's Child
2/5
i never liked pop
Solomon Burke
3/5
impressive vocal register, pretty okay album
2/5
2nd song was ok, kinda well known but the rest of the album was meh
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
it was ok
The Rolling Stones
2/5
better than i expected but still meh
Bobby Womack
3/5
first half was really nice and funky, latter half fell off a bit
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
ive tried to listen to this for almost a week now, i think ive heard the first song 18 times and the last song once because i keep losing focus every time
its veryu ninteresting but its not bad, if 1st song was better then it would be a 3
Miles Davis
4/5
really nice
Traffic
3/5
its nice, the John Barleycorn song is a hit
David Bowie
3/5
so avant-garde i thought it was schizo at first
you can tell he was old as balls when this was recorded
not too bad tbh
Gene Clark
2/5
was kinda meh, real inoffensive hick music
got tired of the harmonica real fast
Primal Scream
3/5
pretty decent album, it would be a 9/10 if i was currently on an mdma comedown and having a mental breakdown
Justice
3/5
it was alright, ive heard the first song before and it made me think the entire album would be as good but alas not
Black Sabbath
3/5
decent for boomer rock
space caravan is a nice track ive listened to it for a few years
Yes
2/5
first song is the meme song, its pretty good but then the album falls off
Beatles
1/5
listened to this with my dad
both of us were waiting for it to end
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
it wasw pretty nice actually, She Is Suffering is a really good track
3.5/5 but cant rate it that so ill give it 3
Suede
3/5
pretty sick album, some really good songs and some really bad songs, averages out
Cream
1/5
disraeli sucks
Goldie
2/5
too long kinda meh Sea of Tears was alright
Talking Heads
1/5
i heard good things about talking heads so i went into this with high hopes
this album sounds like you gave a bunch of tribute bands the challenge to make a completely new song using Psycho Killer as their inspiration
holy shit this album sounds the exact same throughout and it sucks major balls
Genesis
1/5
my notes disappeared but this is one of the worst albums ive ever heard
David Bowie
1/5
actually trash
i hate boomers and their "music" with a passion
The Pogues
2/5
its was bad but kinda okay
TLC
2/5
its was bad but kinda okay
Sonic Youth
3/5
it was pretty good actually
Nitin Sawhney
4/5
this album was sick, liked every part
im on listen 4 in a row, both having listened to it standalone and whilst doing other stuff and man... its so good
some stagnant moments in songs such as Nadia and Anthem without Nation but songs like Nostalgia and Tides more than make up for it
hoooooly, Tides is such a beautiful song
will need to relisten to this tomorrow again before rating just to be sure, preliminary rating is 5 despite the few less interesting tracks just because the rest carries it to those heights but this might change to a 4 after the honey moon phase has passed
its a 4, Nadia and AwN take up too much of the runtime unfortunately but still a great album
Aerosmith
2/5
highly unremarkable. i really despise this genre
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
last song was really good, the rest was pretty okay
New York Dolls
1/5
pussy repellant music
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
also pussy repellant music but not too bad
Wilco
3/5
kinda okay kinda meh
Arcade Fire
3/5
took me a while to listen to because the first song is so good i kept replaying it for several days
modern man is also okay
rest of the album is mid
The The
3/5
its bad but its good, i dislike it but im vibing along with it
i dont get it but its alright
Jane's Addiction
2/5
I CLENCH MY FIST AND BEAT IT
aside from that this sucked
The Shamen
3/5
surprisingly better than expected
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
that last song was so bad
2/5
Air
3/5
pretty good actually
3.5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
also pretty nice
3
Chicago
2/5
was expecting trash, was greeted by okay and then it turned too long and repetitive
Nine Inch Nails
5/5
I was initially listening to this using the speakers on my phone as I was out on a walk in the woods. After the first minute of the first song my expectations were that I was not going to like the album at all but by song three or four I realized that I had to turn the album off and listen to it properly with good headphones
the album is actually sick. songs like Piggy, Heresy and The Downward Spiral hit hard as fuck and Ive relistened to them several times and will be relistening to this album. Closer is a good song too but its not the best on the album, solid chip core audio tho
its 3 am and im just relistening to this album over and over, its so good
might genuinely be one of the greatest albums ive heard. its beautiful
reading up on the backstory on the album i found out that the song Hurt is a nine inch nails original and that Johnny Cash's version is only a cover
thats crazy
while I had to argue whether or not Beyond Skin was a 4 or a 5, the difference in enjoyment between these are so incredibly vast and apparent that I cannot give this anything but a full score
Killing Joke
2/5
really boring
The Rolling Stones
2/5
first album so far I go into expecting it to be good as I have listened to Gimme Shelter and Monkey Man a lot prior
It changes genre too much but I guess this was good back in the hippie age of "lets just throw random shit in because us junkies wont be cognisant enough to listen to it anyways"
Electric Light Orchestra
2/5
The Whale was alright, rest was really boring but not bad
Leonard Cohen
3/5
the Joan of Arc song was pretty nice, the rest was not bad nor good
The Style Council
2/5
cant imagine why this is one of the 1001 albums you have to hear before you die
i dont like genrefluid albums and the good parts (jazz) were too inoffensive and safe
Sabu
3/5
yeah i agree with u
pretty good
Shuggie Otis
3/5
it was pretty alright
2.5/5 but ill give it a 3
Gary Numan
1/5
the string section of Conversations was the only good part in the entire album. 4:19 to 4:37, 18 seconds of beauty was all I got out of this
I had to pause the music and walk away during several times
Genuinely a terrible experience
LL Cool J
2/5
San Andreas vibes
Django Django
4/5
a cute album
they sound like they had fun
Pulp
2/5
first impression: thought it was going to be bad
a bit further in: maybe itll be good
final opinion: boring
Norah Jones
2/5
it was alright but not spectacular
2.5/5
Burning Spear
2/5
it was alright
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
it was decent
the ensemble of instruments reminded made me think of medieval europe for some reason
3.5
2/5
only redeeming quality was that it was short
Beatles
2/5
the start was decent (the first few songs) but then it turned into the same ol snorefest beatles shit
at least not a 1/5 this time
Billy Joel
3/5
it was alright
moviing out is really good though
John Lennon
1/5
it wasn't very effective.
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
it wasnt good
last song isnt available in my country maybe it wouldve swayed my opinion (doubt it though)
at least it was pretty mellow, easy to listen to
Bob Dylan
1/5
it wasnt good
Massive Attack
3/5
it was alright. i like massive attack and they have some other really good songs but this wasnt all that crazy
Michael Jackson
2/5
in the start i was grooving along
2.5/5
Santana
2/5
it was alright, a bit too heavy on the synth/organ for me
Love
3/5
pretty comfy ngl 3.5/5
Jacques Brel
2/5
yeah i dont speak french, i fucking hate the french but man their birds are alright
Pavement
2/5
last song carried this to a 2/5 but it wasnt that good
The Flaming Lips
3/5
it was a little cute
The Smashing Pumpkins
2/5
DESPITE ALL HIS RAGE I STILL KEEP MY GIMP IN A CAGE
Depeche Mode
2/5
it was all right, some decent songs but mostly boring droning
Bob Dylan
1/5
dislike
Butthole Surfers
1/5
thank god it was short
USSA might be one of the worst things ive heard
last song was decent
AC/DC
4/5
classic album. almost all songs are good, though i do not particularly like them too much given how safe and radio-sanitized it is
Joni Mitchell
3/5
it was all right
Gang Of Four
1/5
i long for the day UK punk rock is off the list of remaining albums
Pixies
2/5
started off weak, had a nice midpoint, fell off a bit again and then ended decent
Korn
2/5
too samey
the fred durst feature was really fitting but the ice cube feature was so incongruent
Public Enemy
1/5
san andreas-core
lol @ track 8's name
MGMT
3/5
some songs ive listened to before, overall pretty alright i guess
AC/DC
2/5
why do those 2 guys look like goblins
Sepultura
2/5
not my type of metal, this just felt very samey
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
shame he couldnt decide on a genre
it was alright but could have been better
Deep Purple
2/5
listened to this 4 hours ago. dont remember a single note
my own thoughts overpowered it.
wholly lackluster but I cant remember it being actively bad
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
pretty decent but doesnt stand out
The Strokes
3/5
i like the mastering they do on their vocals on this album.
beyond their popular songs on this album, the rest doesnt stand out much
UB40
2/5
boring but alright
Drive-By Truckers
4/5
first song had me amped as fuck, it sounded great and i was ready for something heavy
another genrehopping album ZZZZZZzzzzzZZZZZZzzzzzz
it was pretty good all things considered. Days of Graduation was really good and Three Great Alabama Icons was really nice, it reminded me of H2O Gate Blues by Gil-Scott Heron that we listened to album #72
The Cure
2/5
eh
Keith Jarrett
2/5
first half was uninspiring, third song was good and then it fell off again
The Go-Go's
2/5
THIS IS REAAAALL RADIO MUSIC
https://i.imgur.com/bdNo99O.png
Tim Buckley
2/5
Ive heard good words about Jeff Buckley but never Tim Buckley
I can see why
Minor Threat
1/5
still better than the beatles
Derek & The Dominos
1/5
boring boomer music
The Cult
1/5
genuinely the most uninteresting genre
Van Morrison
2/5
it was all right
Adele
3/5
it was pleasant, nothing crazy but it was nice
was surprised when I heard Lovesong, didnt know she made a cover of that song
Björk
5/5
Had to listen to this a few times to make my mind up on the rating
I had only heard notget before going into this but yeah I still love Björk
if my mood was aligned I would like it even more but its still amazing
Stephen Stills
1/5
Cherokee was nice, the rest was really boring
Frank Sinatra
1/5
i dont like old-timey love music or whatever
Afrika Bambaataa
1/5
first song is comically bad but i like the "fwoOmph" snare sound
Jethro Tull
2/5
been a while since I listened to an album on the day it was supposed to be listened to
i hate rock so much
it got better when it turned almost medieval in its sound with the flutes and guitars
Goldfrapp
4/5
oompah radar is so silly i love it
Janelle Monáe
3/5
it was all right for what it was
memorable lyric: "I'm shaking like a schizo"
Fiona Apple
3/5
also all right for what it is
i like the album cover
Sleater-Kinney
1/5
reminds me of that art project where they have women try to read books whilst sat atop a sybian
this has so much vibrato / voice trembling that it sounds as if they are also doing that
Magazine
2/5
catchy at times but not for me
Carole King
3/5
i agree, the first song set an upbeat mood that the rest of the album failed to deliver on but it was still all right
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
by process of elimination I can rule out Paul McCartney from being the bad part of Beatles
Iron Maiden
2/5
during the first few songs I thought "all boomer metal sounds the same, this stuff sounds exactly like the "Run to the hills" group"
imagine my shock a bit later
Death In Vegas
5/5
this is heavenly. Dirge, the distorted guitar and melodic synth in Flying, the trumpet(?) in Aladdin's Story, the cover image is so beautifully composed
only gripe I have is that Soul Auctioneer is very monotonous
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
really pleasant listen but I didnt particularly like it which is why I cannot go above a 3
Isaac Hayes
3/5
pleasant jazz but not my type of jazz
does not generate any interest in watching the movie
The Who
2/5
this was all right background music but it wasn't good
Queen
2/5
I dont like queen, never have, and this was not the start of me changing my opinions on his music
not actively annoying though, decent music that was meh for me
T. Rex
2/5
kinda boring, wasnt streinous to listen to but not good
Massive Attack
3/5
I wanna give this a 4 but this album has some of their weaker songs
I do sometimes go around saying the "I was looking back at you to see you looking back at me to see me looking back at you" line to myself though, it rolls of the tongue
Kid Rock
2/5
it wasnt bad but incredibly boring
The Verve
3/5
Bittersweet Symphony is genuinely one of the top 5 most beautiful songs I've heard but the rest of the album falls so flat comparatively. Want to give it a 4 because of how easy and smooth it was to listen to but despite that, the songs werent all that good
Dusty Springfield
2/5
all right background music but it wasn't good
The The
3/5
This did not cure my headache but I did fall asleep because of it. It was bad but I cannot rate it poorly as it helped me in my time of need
The Human League
2/5
I cant imagine who would listen to this more than once
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2/5
meh, not actively unpleasant but very boring
John Coltrane
4/5
decent listening music, incredibly weak 4 but its because I didnt want to give it a 3
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
all of the songs are incredibly samey and the songs themselves sound incredibly same throughout the few minutes they last
at least concrete jungle had a little guitar riff to break up the monotony
Tom Waits
3/5
it's strange but I fuck with it
The Cure
4/5
rating this a 4 because I know that one day when I am feeling incredibly defeated, probably over a girl, I will love this album. as of today its a 3.5ish maybe
Songhoy Blues
2/5
interesting but became a bit boring. not bad just kinda eh
Leonard Cohen
3/5
He definitely shines in this album in a way that he didn't in the previous one we listened to, or perhaps he did but I simply could not appreciate it properly
He has a very powerful prescense and Steer your Way is a really nice song
Overall it was not too crazy but a nice experience. I recommend reading his biography on his Spotify page, I'm about halfway through but it's written really well and is very introspective and captivating
Prince
2/5
This is not the sound I had associated Prince with, at some points the instruments sound like he is using a ruler held down on a table and using the vibration of the part hanging over the edge as a percussion instrument. Its interesting but not good imo
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
halfway through, I really dont want to finish the album but I will.
At some point they stopped trying to make "music" and instead just played the blood-curling of a woman dying in an industrial meat grinder and somehow that didnt make the album worse than it already was
Frank Zappa
4/5
One of his earlier jazzier albums. Not my favourite but still pretty good
3.5 but its Zappa so I gotta give it a 4
Prince
2/5
This is more the sound I associate Prince with.
Unfortunately, still not good. Purple Rain is so incredibly overrated
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
I have nothing witty nor interesting to write here this time. It's not good enough for a 5 but its definitely not as hit or miss that 3s are
Led Zeppelin
3/5
3,not because it was a mix of good and bad but because despite being so incredibly boring and bland, it was palatable
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
Kinda cute album, a bit swingy
I recognise the first song, it was sampled in that hip hop song that goes "jump on it, jump on it, jump on it" but I cant remember the name of it and I cba searching
Kate Bush
4/5
tokfu music
it was nice and pretty decent but I didn't particularly likenit
4 but probably won't relisten for at least a few years at the earliest
Fela Kuti
5/5
I fw this
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
was all right
Television
2/5
also meh
Randy Newman
2/5
meh
I thought the first song was super racist until I heard it again
Van Morrison
1/5
really boring, 1.5 but im giving it a 1 im feeling generous
Pixies
2/5
I understand why only one song is still talked about
2/5
this is genuinely hundreds of times better than their other albums so far, but its still a disappointing mess, all over the place
This is what I imagine mentally disabled people living in personal assistance homes listen to. I guess you just had to be there to get it, a sort of if you know you know. This sucks, blows, stinks and every other synonym that fits.
I applaud them for not making me rate every single album of theirs a 1
De La Soul
4/5
Tito Puente
3/5
No song stands out, they're all pretty much the same
There was a marimba part halfway through the album that I really liked tho, Hong Kong mambo
album makes me want to dance with women in some fancy sunset bar
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
2/5
boring, stick to one genre
The Beta Band
3/5
it was interesting but got boring incredibly quick
broke was decent
Thin Lizzy
2/5
listened to this across 2 days, could not remember a single thing from the previous day when I resumed the album. utmost unremarkable
Black Sabbath
2/5
my dad would like this, I don't
the last song having that chill instrumental part in the middle of it was really nice tho and I thought the end of Warning being that "just a little bit too strong." thing was cool
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
I Could Have Lied is the kind of RHCP I like, the rest is the kind of RHCP I dont really care for. I really liked the cover on Jimi Hendrix's song in the end, Castles Made of Sand, really like that song. (Jimi did it better)
Sebadoh
2/5
too all over the place, Think was good tho
Ray Charles
3/5
decent, nothing much tbh
it was nice to listen to and kinda reminded me of christmas time, the kind of genre of jazz thats popular then
Blur
5/5
I didnt think this was particularly "good" for lack of a better word, but I loved almost every second of it
I found myself singing along to the chorus of several songs, despite it being my first time listening to them, they were that encapsulating. I loved the instrumental track, and songs like The Debt Collector are incredibly charming. Felt myself dancing around a little as I was listening to it. I have rated music I thought was "better" lower but thats simply because, despite it not being as artistically innovating as some of the other albums, its genuinely just so nice to listen to. Will listen to it many times in the future
Patti Smith
1/5
idk man
Billy Bragg
2/5
yet another album that leaves me wondering why it's on the list
Bob Dylan
1/5
the third Bob Dylan album so far.
even if war broke out and every record and cd in existence was destroyed aside from any of Bob Dylans discography i wouldnt listen to this
The Hives
1/5
The title was a lie
Pink Floyd
5/5
Its an experience
I love how all of the songs are made to fade into each other
The xx
5/5
I saw someone rate this album as incredibly uninspiring with Intro as the only good song. Insane how much I disagree with them. This was just art all the way through, maybe not the strongest 5 I've given (like Parklife) but I do think its much better than all of the 4s Ive given that I can remember
Ive listened to Intro, Crystalised and Islands way too many times throughout the years and I will continue but perhaps add other songs from this album into the mix.
I was introduced to The xx through reckfuls stream. Man I miss him so much
LTJ Bukem
4/5
actually really liked it compared to the album Timeless by Goldie that we listened to many 'a months ago and is listed in the description as the 2nd of two defining drum and bass releases of the 90s.
I shared with you the only review I read on the global review list.
"I know you want to slip your fingers down your knickers as soon as you hear the first note, but please resist temptation and let this musical journey rape you into submission instead. What an outrageous record, that drips its gooey semen into your ears and sits back and watches as you struggle to shake it out. Your ears are brimming with cum and there's nothing you can do about it."
Pink Floyd
2/5
idk it was just too long and had too many songs that werent really music
The Doors
3/5
i expected this entire album to be as good as riders of the storm but no, not even close
still giving it a 3 just because that song is so good
NFS Underground had such a good soundtrack
Stan Getz
4/5
really smooth
Radiohead
4/5
Really smooth. Pyramid song is such a masterpiece genuinely
Not their best album but the fact that Im giving them a 4 despite this says a lot about RH
Eminem
4/5
>this album was generated on his birthday
thats funny
Its decent, it has too many filler songs that dont really fit the mood but the songs that do slap are so good so I cannot with a good heart give this lower than a 4 as well
Herbie Hancock
4/5
weak 4 but I like it, the latter 2 songs arent as captivating as the first two
I think they might even be ordered in the album in the way I would rate the individual songs
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
this is super interesting but my anxiety was at a hightened stage during the entirety of it
it does deserve its #1 lowest rating on the site award but its still better than the beatles, sincerely
Sigur Rós
5/5
I love this
it reminds me of Fishmans by Fishmans which is another 5/5 in my eyes
so beautiful
Sex Pistols
1/5
this was bollocks indeed
so bad and unmemorable that I didn't even realize it looped and I listened to the first 2 songs again
Beastie Boys
2/5
I watched a documentary about the Beastie Boys and they talked extensively about his album and all of their other stuff
Boring.
I like the mixing theyve done to their vocals. Makes me nostalgic for the old GTA:SA days
Emmylou Harris
2/5
It was all right, not bad and I somewhat enjoyed it but since I dont actually like this stuff I cant give it a 3
>Music for old women. I'm neither of those yet
>yet
🤨
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
it was pretty decent for pop-country
first song was the best
Alanis Morissette
4/5
this is the first review I do from the homepage in months
it was cute, I don't think it'd quite 4 level but to distinguish it from some 3 ratings which I found much less enjoyable I'm putting it there
it's a 3.7 or so in reality but I liked it enough
Fats Domino
3/5
half the songs were unavailable in my country but I didn't like it enough to go looking for them.
1957 must be the oldest album we've listened to
Khaled
2/5
Rijahd Gosling
very nice instrumentals but I hated the vocals on every single track
Sonic Youth
1/5
It's the song I hate
It's the song I hate
It's the song I hate
It's the song I hate
It's the song I hate
It's the song I hate
It's the song I hate
It's the song I hate
It's the song I hate
It's the song I hate
Elton John
3/5
>tw: no punchline
yet I laughed at "they also lit the boss' door on fire once"
Coldplay
5/5
This album feels like how crying feels, carthartic
It makes me feel like my childhood years when I had a crush, almost like butterflies in my stomach
Its so beautiful. This is why I like 1001 albums because I would never in my life had thought "Today I'll listen to a Coldplay album" and discovered this
I wish I knew how to express myself about this album but all this album is to me can only be felt by unexplainable emotions
Jurassic 5
4/5
it's better than 3s but weaker than some 4s. probably a 4 tho since it doesn't fit into my definition of a 3 but I will probably not relisten since it wasn't that crazy
took me 2 days to finish because I got stuck on Thin Line and relistened to it like 20 times
Van Morrison
3/5
listened to it and forgot it promptly after
very beautiful instruments but I dont really care for the songs. cant choose between 2 and 3 so im flipping a coin
Portishead
3/5
incredibly interesting sound that they manage to do nothing spectacular with
the 2nd half of The Rip (the synth chromaticism/arpeggio(?)) was so nice but the rest of the album was pretty mid
3 for their uniqueness and the synth in The Rip, 2 otherwise
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
I dont know if I should be happy or sad. I expected some Gary Numan / LCD Sound System kind of mess based off of the album cover and the album/band name but when I turned it on I was yelled at. Though, regardless of it being different, it wasnt any better than any of those two artists
The Police
2/5
First song sets a tone that the rest of the album can't deliver on
interesting that you can hear the Caribbean influence
idk 2 maybe, no real opinions but it wasn't bad, mid enough for me to forget it was on nor good for me to enjoy it
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
if I could remove like 4 songs and remove all the interlude / storytelling parts then this album couldve been a 5
but some songs are just so mid (like Backseet Freestyle) and all the interlude shit
The Soft Boys
1/5
wanted to skip this album many times. took me 4 days to listen to it because whenever i put a song on I had to turn it off a minute later
The Electric Prunes
3/5
bland, not good not bad
i could listen to it and not want to kill myself
I like your cute little graph lole
The Go-Betweens
3/5
I had a funny comment but I forgot it
it wasn't all that much
Metallica
4/5
the symphony orchestra concept is so cool to me so this was one of the most enjoyable albums so far, even if it wasnt the best
the latter half had some more mid songs that didnt fit the concept as well but I still enjoyed it
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
it was just like the other album, all very samey but not bad
i already liked jammin prior and not surprisingly it was t he best song of the album
Stevie Wonder
3/5
its a 3 but let it be known this was the most joyful 3 ive listened to so far I think
didnt like it that much but I was nodding along the entire way
Brian Eno
2/5
had one song already saved and had heard another, kinda surprised me
meh, your review puts it pretty well
Common
2/5
I like rap but I don't like hiphop that much
Tracy Chapman
2/5
it sounds nice but i didnt care much for it
Fugees
3/5
felt 3 hours long
Guns N' Roses
2/5
I'm only on sweet child of mine but this album pisses me off so much I have to rate it now
all these bands, groups, singers, artists and albums sound the exact fucking same
I had to search up who made "Run to the hills" because I they sound identical to half the songs on this album
i want to rate it a 1 out of protest for how bad it is but it's still not Beatles tier bad but me rating it a 2 does not bring me joy
the last straw was the WOAH WOAH WOAH MY MICHELLE MY MICHELLE MY MICHELLE MY MICHELLE and I'M THINKING ABOUT YOUU YOUUU UUU UUU UUU YOUUUUUU screaming
Amy Winehouse
2/5
Music for insufferable women
The Smiths
3/5
I thought I liked this album but it turns out I only like There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Peter Gabriel
2/5
The kind of music you would hear in a sappy Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks movie about anthropomorphic animals that overcome great tribulations with the power of friendship
4/5
Had to listen to this multiple times to figure my opinions out. Initially it started with me wanting to give it a 3 with the review "interesting. if I only rated things off of how interesting they were this would be a 4 for sure but I dont so its at most a 3" after having listened to it kind of half-assed on a pair of shitty headphones. 2nd listen was using my phones speaker as I was out walking my dogs, still had the same opinion as the first initial one but I only managed to finish the first half on this "attempt" so I had Four Cornered Room and The World Is A Ghetto left to listen to, so I figured "why not finish the album with my good headphones at my pc and then Ill rate it.
Thank god for that decision. Four Cornered Room and TWIAGhetto are so incredibly sexy when given the proper equipment to be heard out of. Listened to the album another 2 times after that I think
Big Brother & The Holding Company
2/5
I hope I never have to listen to another band fronted by Janis Joplin
The highest praise I can give it is that I could easily forget that it was on
Ryan Adams
2/5
just finished it and cant remember a single song, not even the one that ended 20 seconds ago
Hugh Masekela
3/5
liked the first song and thought I was going to enjoy this but it took me a few days to listen through, was a bit bland despite being good
1/5
I wish I was one of those people who felt done with an album 3 songs deep, alas I am struck by an affliction that forces me to finish albums no matter how bad and boring they are
I am currently halfway through but I need to vent by submitting my review now. No, the remaining half will not change my mind
Metallica
3/5
without the symphony orchestra it's pretty meh, I like his voice but not much more than that
nothing else matters is really good tho
4/5
2nd song is so good i added it to my own playlist
i love brazilian music
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
I mean, hear me out...
I'm definitely relistening to this in due time. Not any time soon, but one day
Elvis Costello
3/5
disliked it but then it became a little charming
Steely Dan
4/5
not exactly feeling a 4 but its not a 3 and I like the album art so ill give it a 4
R.E.M.
2/5
does not invoke interest at all but not as bad as the beatles
The Libertines
2/5
low 2, bordering a 1 because i listened to this whilst angry and I already hate music like this
Todd Rundgren
3/5
not too bad tbh, very long but all right. would never relisten thoughever
Fatboy Slim
3/5
enjoyable
3.5
Duran Duran
2/5
boring
Various Artists
1/5
Theres one thing I hate more than christmas music and it's the idea of listening to christmas music in July if I dont bite the bullet and do it now, no matter how much I really want to push this forward.
Unfortunately I am unable to separate my dislike for christmas music away from the album at hand so that I am able to listen to it objectively but even when I try, this doesnt even register on the chart of listenable music.
Sonic Youth
2/5
didnt really care. couldve been a 3 if it was an instrumental album
PJ Harvey
4/5
it was nice to listen to but i didnt look up or listen to the lyrics so ymmv
>Also wtf is that horn in The Glorious Land lmao I thought that sound came from somewhere else
I got faceit flashbacks
White Denim
3/5
hella boring, wish I was doing anything else
or not really boring but not interesting
on third thought, it was ok it was a little cute actually
Neil Young
3/5
when I read "Neil Young" I thought this guy was Chris Isaac and was excited because that guy has some decent songs
Took me a while to realize this is another guy
It was all right
Booker T. & The MG's
2/5
have liked the first song for years
still not convinced that the other 11 songs arent just the same song with different names
OutKast
3/5
Expected more from it. There are the two obvious mega hits and those are good but honestly, the only other song I found stuck out to me was Toilet Tisha
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
Its jazz and very timeless jazz at that. it's just lacking a bit of oomph, a bit of melodic storytelling for it to be a 5
Billy Bragg
3/5
This album is just like all the women I've been with:
Average, not super interesting, a bit whiny and when it was over I was glad I could finally move on with my life
Elbow
3/5
second half brought it down to a 3
very interesting and unique to me
Miles Davis
2/5
given that I don't take historical context or none of the "lore" into account for any of my ratings, this is just boring jazz to me
I have to say, the global reviews for this album has some of the most unfunny people I have read the reviews of since starting this
Bert Jansch
3/5
cute and I kinda liked it, will relisten some day in the distant future
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
My favourite parts were the screams of death and the wails of the decaying souls in Tarpit, and Toledo. Toledo really elevated this album from a 2 to a 3
"Poledo made me think "damn this was great I want to listen to the whole album again"."
same
Adam & The Ants
1/5
Just as good as their women
Led Zeppelin
3/5
neither good nor bad, doesnt stand out
Eminem
3/5
few really hooking songs and the rest is incredibly boring
Cheap Trick
1/5
zzzzZZZzzzzz
The Zutons
1/5
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The Yardbirds
1/5
Another timeless classic
The Beach Boys
2/5
I dont think I would be particularly interested in music if I was born back then
Dusty Springfield
1/5
I really dislike the genre of fat women singing
Jane's Addiction
3/5
I dont mind it
The Sonics
1/5
I give up on trying to find a funny response to this album, it sapped all the energy in me
Bob Dylan
2/5
my average Bob Dylan rating has increased by 25% given this great 4th addition to the collection of wonderful albums of his I've listened to
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
kinda nice but idk, not for me
Elvis Presley
2/5
The few people that rate this low probably saw the dislike button and thought it said "Dis I Like"!!!
The Thrills
2/5
the calm songs towards the end were more enjoyable than the rest
Björk
5/5
high 4
John Grant
3/5
an entire album in the spirit of the last song wouldve been amazing
Boston
2/5
Still don't like rock
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
He had one of the smoothest voices in music and Castles Made of Sand is one of the best songs on guitar that exists
Red Snapper
3/5
when its good its reaaally good but so many of the songs just have so many weird design choices that I cant give it a 4
Ramones
2/5
it's wank
Joni Mitchell
2/5
dont see the point of this album
34 minutes run time but felt like it went on for too long
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
wouldn't even like this if I was an American
Blue Cheer
1/5
instead of showing us the first album of a genre, what if this list showed us the first GOOD album of a genre
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
latter half was nice enough ill give it a 3
Muddy Waters
3/5
It's BHM, I cant give this album anything lower than a 3
Erykah Badu
2/5
its meh
Supergrass
2/5
some good songs, some miserable
Kings of Leon
2/5
listened to this halfassed but what I heard wasnt good enough for me to give it a re-listen with a fair attempt
Barry Adamson
4/5
had to listen to it like 4 times to make up my mind and it got better each time
Rod Stewart
2/5
I thought it was boring but when he started singing Amazing Grace it somehow got worse
Americans are so strange
Al Green
3/5
forgot this was on but it was ok
The Zombies
2/5
I had not thought about the idea of album covers having their own distinct artistical styles that are influenced by the genre and time that they were made in until I saw this album cover and instantly thought "It's going to be some dogshit hippie rock psychadelic rock garbage" just from my first glance. Not only was I spot on with the genre but also the fact that it was recorded in the hippie era around the latter half of the 60's.
Love the last song though
1/5
I hate the album cover, I hate the album name, I have the band's name, I have the image they uploaded to represent themselves on spotify, I hate the image they uploaded to their "About us" section on spotify, I hate every single song in the album and I hate each and every track name in this album
Beatles
1/5
Its insane how this album is only 30 minutes long but by the halfway point of the third song I was already checking spotify to see if I was close to the end of the album
Jerry Lee Lewis
1/5
The music is ass but everything else about him is really funny
John Lee Hooker
2/5
meh not for me but I reaaaaallly liked the instrumental to the first song
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
not good but not bothersome
Van Halen
2/5
radio sanitized, safe and boring
Top Jimmy had a nice instrumental
Oasis
3/5
didnt like it super much but I liked the vibe
if the oasis album with wonderwall is on this list I will probably like it
Public Enemy
1/5
bad
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
back in like 2008 I ran across a guy called Purple Haze on MW2 and, being the child I was back then, thought this was one of the coolest names that I had seen in a while and decided to copy it with my own twist. I ended up running with the name Pink Haze for a month or so until my next fad name came around. It wasnt until a decade had passed and I had started to get more into listening to music that was foreign to me that I found out that Purple Haze was the name of a Hendrix song / a strain of weed.
With that said, I don't vibe too much with the album. Unsure if its a 3 or a 2 but since I have heard much worse albums that I have rated a 2 I will give it a halfway rating
Iron Maiden
2/5
it was unable to catch my interest and at times even annoyed me
Kate Bush
3/5
hella weird
The KLF
1/5
I got a headache halfway through this album and it made my mood pissy
The Velvet Underground
3/5
im kinda fw it
Venus In Furs was really nice
The Offspring
2/5
really not my thing
Little Richard
2/5
One of the first albums that, despite not being unlistenable, made me experience great fatigue just listening to it
I'm taking this review to very briefly explain the definition of a term I've used and probably will keep using a lot - safe. What I mean when I say something is safe might be self explanatory but the gist of it is when I find that something has been sanitized and scrubbed clean of any potentially element that might be a "love it or hate it" moment. The reason why someone might do this is to make their album or work as palatable to as wide of an audience as possible in order to increase revenue, or possibly due to pressures from record labels or society as a whole which makes the artist surpress their actual interests.
I've noticed this a lot with music in the past (likely due to the fact that the methods of music discovery that is present today with youtube, spotify etc didn't exist and you could only make your money if people liked you enough to buy your cd/vinyl) where a lot of it sounds incredibly samey, possibly because thats what you needed to do in order to make a living out of being an artist then. It might also be because of the fact that the only music that survived so long, and as a result ended up on a list filled with a lot of shite like the 1001 albums list, is because it WAS safe, a really wide set of the population __could __ enjoy it and continued to enjoy it for long enough for future generations to know the name of it, i.e. experimental stuff enjoyed by just a small subset of people ended up being lost with time.
This is by no means exclusive to old music though, its a very frequent thing even with modern "radio bangers". Just go to the top 100 list on spotify and listen to how incredibly sanitized and uncontroversial every song there is. You would never find a song like Poledo by Dinosaur Jr. anywhere near a list for or by the masses.
Anyways, what I mean to say by this is that this album, being a product of its time and the consequences that follow of that, is way too safe almost to the point where it becomes offensive. But, I guess you just had to be there to understand.
The Killers
2/5
Read one of the top reviews and he said that he didnt like the album when it came out and he still doesnt like it "18 years later".
"Wow, it must be an older album then, I wonder when it came out? 97 maybe..."
For the first time in my life I felt a sudden feeling of nausea from the rapid passing of time. 2004. Two thousand and four. The album is 19 years old and it came out 2004
The album itself wasnt that much my thing but I really like Somebody Told Me
The Youngbloods
2/5
was between a 2 or a 3 for me but I couldnt really get into it, too many songs were just boring. Pleasant to listen to but really boring
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
took 40 minutes before the first ok song and then no more came
very mindnumbing
Elliott Smith
5/5
I dont have many words to describe this album as a whole but one thing I can say is that the song Bye is one of the most perfect songs I have ever heard in my life.
Loved the album. I was glued to the lyrics page during the entirety of it.
Fun note is how he in the beginning parts of the album goes into the concept of artists and labels being "safe" and profit-motivated as opposed to prioritizing art and creativity.
Side-note, apparently there are two bonus songs on the japanese release version of the album of which the song Figure 8 is among them, I recommend listening to it, its also really good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5iu4vURDWI
Fuck man... Bye is so beautiful.
The Rolling Stones
2/5
idk I really dont like this but I could forget it was on enough for it to be listenable
Thelonious Monk
2/5
too safe for me but the fact that his name is Thelonious Sphere Monk is hilarious, dope name
Slint
3/5
Breadcrumb Trail is one of the best songs I've heard this year if not an even longer time span, I probably have 2 hours of time listening to just that song already. It's just a shame that the rest of the album no matter how much I listen to doesnt manage to get my interest in the same way
N.W.A.
1/5
really couldnt care less
not necessarily bad, just boring out of my mind
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
would have to pay me to care about a single song on this album
Jeff Beck
2/5
greensleeves made me think of old European cartoons about folklore creatures in the forest and cute stuff like that I really liked the song after this image popped up into my head
rest was shite
Alice Cooper
1/5
it started off weird to the point where I /almost/ liked some of it but then it turned into boomer shit again. I feel a great fatigue
Alice In Chains
3/5
A song I really liked sampled Down In A Hole
Aside from that, I feel as if the amount of dogshit albums we usually get is inflating the ratings of all other albums I listen to. Had this popped up in the first 50 I probably wouldve given this a 2 but I am almost bordering on giving it a 4 just because of how decent it is relatively to the rest of the shit on this list
I want to stay objective and distance myself from comparative reviews but its ridiculously hard and getting harder with each boomer rock album that shows up
If a Beatles album showed up tomorrow, who knows, I might even... almost kind of like it? Horrowing thought to ponder.
Pretenders
1/5
so fucking boring
Janet Jackson
2/5
pointless but at least listenable
Violent Femmes
2/5
very weird but the kind of weird that I can enjoy because its weird and not weird and bad
and why is a group of 4 dudes calling themselves Violent Femmes
Beck
3/5
interesting
on the upper end of 3s
Sheryl Crow
2/5
about as interesting as a Tuesday night
William Orbit
3/5
it was alright, kinda liked it
Janis Joplin
1/5
As per my Cheap Thrills review
" hope I never have to listen to another band fronted by Janis Joplin
The highest praise I can give it is that I could easily forget that it was on"
Unfortunately none of these came true for this album
Lambchop
2/5
some good songs but generally uninteresting or just plain strange
Barry Adamson
2/5
what the fuck am I listening to
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1/5
once again - what the fuck am I listening to
Baaba Maal
2/5
Everything just blends together after a while
fIREHOSE
2/5
The way the band name was stylized, the album name and the opening riff of the first song made me cheer in my head. "Finally a different album" I thought to myself. Unfortunately, that joy was cut short as soon as they started talking and I realized it was going to be another generic and uninteresting rock album
The Cure
3/5
Ive probably listened to it 5-6 times, both actively and in the background
the songs go in and out just as fast as they come so I cant give it more than a 3 but I think its really decent, some songs are 5s imo
Nick Drake
4/5
first album I wish was longer but theres probably good reason for its length
Scott Walker
1/5
aggressively dogshit
Motörhead
1/5
surprisingly listenable yet shit
Marvin Gaye
3/5
its ait not much more to say
Cyndi Lauper
1/5
perfect music if I were to ever fuck a cougar milf
Animal Collective
2/5
didn't find the vibe
Donovan
4/5
incredibly pretty
Legend of a Child Girl Linda made me feel comforted, like I was being held and sung asleep just like when I was a baby
Beastie Boys
2/5
some really abrasive songs and some actually somewhat interesting ones
I recommend watching the Beastie Boys documentary. I saw it with my dad two years or so back when it came out and it was pretty interesting
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
some really boring songs but some songs that really got me in the mood and im bumping and bopping along with my entire body
Big Star
1/5
I listened to the first 6 songs of this and had to take a week's break to recuperate
Best part was recognising that Dean Blunt sampled For You in his song Lush
This is not the first album that he has sampled that shows up on this list
Parliament
3/5
I caught the vibe but it didn't take me anywhere. Kinda sad
The cute phrase of sax that kept playing in the first song is so beautiful
Willie Nelson
3/5
once in a while I get in the mood to listen to this kind of stuff and today was that day
cute album
The Saints
1/5
I hate 98% of this websites user base and their tastes
this is so bad
Roxy Music
2/5
despite "music" being mentioned twice in the name and album of this, I'm not sure if this is actually even music
Coldplay
4/5
Can't believe Coldplay was one of the bands to have a 4.5 average from me
Boards of Canada
3/5
I listen to a few of these songs regularly but this isnt their best album imo
decent thoughbeit
The Auteurs
2/5
some parts more listenable than others
The Mamas & The Papas
2/5
bad and the in-group made me cringe in real life but I didnt mind it too much
Isaac Hayes
2/5
its a 3 but not a 3
not as bad as the previous album that also got a 2 but idk this felt too repetitive
Public Enemy
1/5
I said this about another public enemy album but many san andreas songs
theyre good in that game but as an album its not good. I didnt like anything but those few songs and I would never listen to this album again
Björk
3/5
it's strange even for björk
too much acapella
Jimmy Smith
3/5
it was pretty nice
The Beau Brummels
2/5
decent walking music but not good on its own
Richard Thompson
1/5
dislike but it's a high 1
The Velvet Underground
2/5
murder mystery is very cool
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2/5
I hate when albums only available on youtube
One good song and a bunch of tolerable ones I guess
Dennis Wilson
2/5
meh
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
2
never cared for italian "music"
The Smiths
2/5
2 decent songs but wholly unremarkable
Thundercat
4/5
Back when I was just beginning my journey in widening my music taste and listening to new stuff, some of the songs on this album were some of the first few things that served as the stepping stone for me. I remember listening to Walk On By, Friend Zone and Them Changes until I had exhausted them so much I couldnt listen to any of them anymore but it definitely got me more accustomed to listening to jazz. I'm glad I didnt listen to the entire album back then because I probably wouldnt have liked like I do now, now that my tastes have changed and matured a bit more
My new favourite song on the album is A Fan's Mail
T. Rex
2/5
meh
Kraftwerk
2/5
weird
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Eels
2/5
strange
King Crimson
4/5
I really like the wind section on song 2
CHIC
3/5
funky
Anita Baker
2/5
during no point did I think "Man, I wish I was paying more attention to this music"
Fred Neil
3/5
its ait
Everybody's Talkin' works better like this
The War On Drugs
3/5
its cute
Robbie Williams
2/5
All over the place
Stereo MC's
3/5
I liked it but it wasnt my thing
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
All the negative reviews complain about the distortion and all the positive reviews praise the distortion
I think the distortion and the shoegaze-y vibes of it make it enjoyable
I do however always hate these "Extended Version" "Unabridged Release" "2005 Remaster Re-release Expansion Version" albums because they always add another 30 minutes of songs that weren't good enough to be on the album in the first place and still aren't.
Only 3 stars if I take into account the extra bullshit
Beck
2/5
forgettable
Jack White
2/5
don't remember a second
David Bowie
2/5
some interesting parts but not enough
The Isley Brothers
3/5
Can't believe this album singlehandedly ended segregation
The Coral
2/5
I dont get it
Soundgarden
4/5
I wasnt into it at first but from Head Down and onwards it was amazing.
It made me think of how well this album would go together with the joining together of hands, not in marriage, but solely for the purpose of sating the fleshly desires of the soul. Indulging in lustful hedonism for no purpose other than to drown in pleasure for but a few moments, together.
tldr: I want to fuck to this album
Brian Wilson
2/5
Cant tell if this is a band just doing covers? Not my thing
Radiohead
4/5
I felt as if some songs didnt transition well into other ones, as if they werent meant to be listened to consecutively like an album is but rather individually but they were still good enough on their own
Scott Walker
2/5
it wasnt ~~that~~ bad
I didnt mind it being on but I didnt like a single moment of it
Johnny Cash
3/5
the first few songs werent that good but i liked his stage presence and how cheerful the prisoners were
The Smiths
3/5
meh
I realized long ago that the only way to listen to The Smiths and have an enjoyable time is to listen to pre-made "Best Of" albums. If you do that, The Smiths are really good. If not, then they aren't.
Dead Kennedys
1/5
Rare 1 star review ^ω^
Madonna
3/5
started out strong but fell to a 3
Slipknot
3/5
I actually didnt like it enough for a 3 but the fact that it wasnt some generic shit UK punk or 70s slop made me be okay with listening to it despite of this
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
background music
Depeche Mode
2/5
started out decent but it just becomes noise
the first song is amazing and was a really good fit for the TLoU series
Hole
2/5
avril lavigne if she was bad
Happy Mondays
3/5
really nice driving soundtrack but wouldnt listen to it elsewise
X-Ray Spex
1/5
the only good part how cute she sounded as she said "warrior warrior warry-warrior"
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
went from a 1 to a 2 by the time I had listened to 1.5x of the album
pointless lyrics and very "I'm such a unique person" art student disease
Nirvana
3/5
I liked it but its strange
Gotan Project
4/5
great
Rush
1/5
listened to this once and forgot to rate it. I did very much not enjoy listening to it a second time
Peter Frampton
2/5
boring but I liked the acoustic guitars soundscape
Cat Stevens
1/5
didn't like at all
he sings like I had to sing in front if people and I was insecure about my singing and thus would sing bad and goofy on purpose to cope that I was just pretending to be bad
Cocteau Twins
5/5
I love this album. It's one of the closest you can get to hearing angelic hymns
Listened to it many times prior and will listen to it many times again
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Otherside is a 4.5, rest is decent at best
The Adverts
1/5
This album was the great british mistake they were talking about
Madonna
3/5
some decent, some poorer
I liked the instrumental parts more than her singing
ABBA
1/5
Never liked Abba. Genuinely never. Their best work is a single throwaway piano section at the end of Chiquitita; everything else is just annoying to listen to.
One of the few albums/genres/bands that, despite not being as harsh to the ears as some other albums, still makes me way more annoyed when I am forced to listen to it, be it that they are on the speakers in a grocery store or elsewhere. Maybe it's just the last remaining piece of my childhood that I refuse to let go off, my rebellious youth of disliking the music my parents listened to. Either way, I do support them disbanding and refusing to reunite the group.
George Harrison
3/5
Following up on my /Band On The Run -- Paul McCartney and Wings/ review, I can also conclude through process of elimination that George Harrison was not the reason why The Beatles sucked so much.
Let It Down was a 5, replayed that song many many times. Was toeing between a 4 or a 3 for this album but the 2nd half of the double album let me down
The Dandy Warhols
4/5
I really liked the shoegazey songs and the one where they sing a lot I don't care for but they were not annoying to listen to
Tom Waits
3/5
wasn't super good but it was charming
David Bowie
2/5
Don't like 'em
Motörhead
2/5
This is the Katy Perry of rock. It's way too safe and I don't like it a single bit.
With that said, it wasn't too bad on the ears so it gets a 2
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
1/5
every song sounds the same and every song sucked balls
except for Farmer John, which was funny
Bad Brains
2/5
strange but sometimes ok
Elton John
4/5
Might be my mood but I really grooved with this
Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) is such a nice song but I actually prefer the Nickelback cover of it (linked below). I remember back when I was ~9 years old and saw a video of Battlefield 1942 with that cover on youtube. Great kino but I havent been able to find it ever since.
Here's Nickelback's cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7DL1FUQY9U
Buzzcocks
1/5
Offensively boring
Mott The Hoople
2/5
zzzzzzzzzz
3/5
Space Child is exactly the kind of music that I love hearing from Frank Zappa.
...wait, this isn't by Zappa? Who the hell are Spirit?
Anyways, Space Child is a 6/5 but the rest was pretty okay at best
Robert Wyatt
3/5
Actually a funny album
George Michael
2/5
too safe, radio sterile
Bauhaus
3/5
Strange. Only word I have for it.
... kinda like it too
Hanoi Rocks
1/5
These bands need to stop making intro songs so good that they then cannot deliver on making the rest of the album even close to as good
Intro song was a 5 but the rest was just so boring that I'm giving it a 1 because I am disappointed
Def Leppard
1/5
Music to drink your first beer to 😎 (not too much though, it's a school night!!)
Roxy Music
2/5
Hot
music was mid though
Willie Nelson
2/5
ok driving music but not that good
KISS
1/5
1 good first song and then 9 dreadful remaining ones
Badly Drawn Boy
4/5
it was cute
The Jam
1/5
If I had to describe this album with one word it would be 'horrendous'. The best part about that word is that it reaches its 'end' faster than the album did
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
I enjoyed my time listening to this
The Waterboys
3/5
I listened to this 2 days ago and forgot to rate it but it was cute
Mudhoney
2/5
decent sound but I dont like this genre at all
The Roots
4/5
Listened to this thrice. Would've given it a 5 if I rated it after the first because I am absolutely in love with the R&B and jazz elements of this album's later half. Though, when I relistened to it, I was reminded of how I didn't really like the first 7 beyond them being listenable. Strong 4
Jean-Michel Jarre
2/5
Listened to this once in 2020 when I was in my "music discovery" phase
Back then I thought it was okay, most likely because I was a bit pretentious in my music taste, but nowadays I think it's underwhelming
The Flying Burrito Brothers
2/5
boring but listenable but oh so boring
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
They were as a matter of fact being REALLY boring
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
1/5
There was a moment where I thought "Oh, it's started replaying from the start. Thank god that was such a short album." just to see that I was only halfway through
Every song sounds the exact same and I didn't like any of them.
MC Solaar
3/5
it was nice, almost a 4
not into scat that much though
Common
2/5
some good some bad mostly listenable but i couldnt get into the groove
Moby
2/5
it was ok but mostly didnt interest me that much. some good songs
Guided By Voices
1/5
Felt like watching a "Best Trailers of 2017 Hollywood Movies!" playlist. The songs are fortunately short enough to not remember but when my half-way fatigue kicked in and I checked the remaining amount of songs and saw how many there were, it did not instill confidence in me
OutKast
4/5
listened to this a few times now and I kinda like it. Thought it would be too long for me but even some of the interludes were fun. Favourites were Reset and Prototype
Lightning Bolt
3/5
Listened to this 2 times because I forgot to write the review the first time around
The first time around I listened to the first half as I was cooking and I thought it was pretty good. A bit later I had a headache and decided to listen to the latter half and thought it was one of the worst things I had heard. Almost gave it a 1 as a result.
Relistened to the whole album now in a neutral state and I kinda like it more than before, almost to the point where I could see myself giving it a 4.
Not quite, I could appreciate it
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
Listened to it with my dad. "It's bad but at least Come On Eileen is coming up soon"
By the end of the album I checked to see how many songs were left. There was 1 song remaining and there was no trace of their single recognisable song.
What is the point of this album being on the list when this band is a one hit wonder with a singer who can't sing?
Kanye West
4/5
Ahead of its time and leagues more listenable, likeable and enjoyable than probably 90% of albums on this list.
Incredibly mid in comparison to TLoP but that's an unfair comparison given how good TLoP is
Hot Chip
3/5
For once, an album I can understand why it is on this list. This sounds so ahead of the time it was released in.
I don't know where I have heard Flutes before but it's so good and I was scratching my head trying to figure out why I recognised it when it started playing
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Way better than 95% of 3s I have given but not enough for a 4
Heard many of the hits before
k.d. lang
4/5
smooth, pleasant, enjoyable, listenable
one of the rare times that this kind of music would get a 4. It didnt give me much but it was so relaxing
Louis Prima
2/5
mindnumbingly boring but listenable so its a 2
Paul Simon
2/5
if I was a bookworm whimsical woman living on my own in a bustling city that never sleeps, I mightve given this a 4
Justin Timberlake
3/5
the first half is so sex, he literally just frontloaded all the sex appeal because no one could handle more than that without exploding
the latter half is so boring so its a 3 instead of a 4
Scissor Sisters
2/5
"The first album of a genre - the record that defined a sound" is an album archetype that we have encountered a lot so far on this list. This must be the first case of the opposite, the last album ever made in a genre.
At least I hope so.
Bee Gees
2/5
Only liked Give Your Best because it was a folk song
The Bees
4/5
They should stick to singing in english
Talvin Singh
2/5
As if an indian weeb had joined the taliban. Gives me those vibes for some reason
Germs
1/5
If you like this album – FUCK YOU
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
My dad owns this on CD, it's in his car in fact. Due to this, I have listened to this multiple times since I first heard it back in ~2017 or so. Listened to it another 2 times for this review just to make sure.
There's unfortunately a reason why I only remember Chan Chan, or why every time I search "Buena Vista Social Club" I only ever turn on Chan Chan.
The album itself isn't bad, nor did I experience a single moment that I disliked, it's just that the rest of the album does nothing for me. Like a fat stripper or plain rice.
Linkin Park
5/5
One of the few things that I heard as a youngling that has only gotten better as I have grown.
This is in itself very impressive to me given that it was already a 5/5 to begin with
Tina Turner
1/5
Hope the strip club closes down
Milton Nascimento
4/5
I have a strong feeling this album is something like sung poetry that I just cannot understand.
I was going to listen to this album about a month ago when I found out about it but put it off since I shortly thereafter saw that it was included on this list.
As an overwhelming opinion, it's a nice album to listen to. I don't think it would've made any difference if I had listened to it then or now but I liked it.
The first song is incredibly pretty
Nas
4/5
Tried listening to this on my way to school in 2018 when a pair of mormon boys sat across me on the bus and started conversing with me. I never ended up finishing the album but whenever I think of it now I think of them.
I probably wouldn't have liked the album to this extent if I had finished it back then, so maybe they were secretly doing me a favour
Supergrass
2/5
My review for Supergrass' 'I Should Coco' holds true for this one as well. However, 6 months of thinking has led me to another point I would like to raise:
Supergrass? More like super ass.
Terence Trent D'Arby
2/5
My review was initially going to be "Michael Jackson for the people who can't forgive MJ for having once been black." I later realized that this guy is also black and that the album didn't sound like Michael Jackson at all past the first half.
Still didn't like it, but that would've been a colossally incorrect review had I not came to my senses
Jamiroquai
3/5
it was pretty okay but lacked oomph. no hits and nothing that stood out
Joni Mitchell
3/5
nice mellow music. bland but acceptable. would wag a baby to sleep with this on but I would change the record before putting another one into my wife
Napalm Death
1/5
and it's still better than The Beatles
Crowded House
3/5
Elliott Smith but not as enjoyable
Would listen again though
David Bowie
3/5
Kinda okay actually. first Bowie record that I didn't feel anguish throughout
The Stooges
1/5
gets a 1 because I've already heard 500 albums that sound exactly like this
A Tribe Called Quest
2/5
the beats had me head bobbing at times but it wasn't that good imo
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
2/5
meh. 3rd song is decent and had it in one of my playlists already but rest is a snoozer
Ravi Shankar
3/5
I appreciate him giving explanations for what characterizes the style of music
Good music to zone out to, it was much better than expected
Spiritualized
4/5
genuinely cant decide what to give this album
Hearing the bass come in during Take Your Time for the first time was an insane feeling, and having Shine a Light right after that was cathartic and really powerful
but the rest of the album just makes me zone out so much I cant remember a second of it despite listening to the whole thing like 3-4 times
Idk, 4 just cus I liked those two mentioned songs that much
Leonard Cohen
1/5
you can hear his every wet mouth sound 🤢
JAY Z
2/5
I felt the exact same way tbh.
Baaba Maal
2/5
meh. more unique songs than the last album of his we listened to but still not much to care about
Lana Del Rey
3/5
strong tfw no gf vibes. would listen again but only when cuddling in such a scenario. a few songs I found really good though
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1/5
BAD 1
COULDNT GOON TO THIS AT ALL
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
this album and the one prior to it were headache inducing
Iggy Pop
2/5
I only liked Passenger
Black Sabbath
2/5
palatable but boring boomer tunes
Hawkwind
1/5
at one point I had forgotten every song except the one that I was currently listening to and thought, maybe I'll give this one a 2.
Then I realized I had 45 minutes left and it went back to being awful every song thereafter
Belle & Sebastian
1/5
listened to 1 song and then turned it off to go listen to the Plants Vs. Zombies soundtrack instead
finished that and came back to this album. think I wouldn't have been able to get through it otherwise
Dion
1/5
boring sappy waste
thought this would be Celine dion for a full 5 seconds
The Magnetic Fields
1/5
possibly the worst thing I have ever heard. not just the length but every single song was absolutely dreadful
somehow I would rather listen to the Beatles
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
really joyful
Xica Da Silva was my favourite
Gram Parsons
2/5
bit slow but I could forget it was on
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
1/5
I like unlistenable music but this just felt wannabe
Travis
2/5
Oasis but worse
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
okay for being this kind of music
The Undertones
1/5
if these people weren't born during the 50s they would've had to get real jobs
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
About as interesting as listening to my microwave heat up my Garfunkel and Oates porridge breakfast in the morning
Eagles
2/5
earlybird was fun but meh
1/5
Finished Eagles - Eagles just before this and this was basically like listening to the same album but worse
The Darkness
1/5
so bad it turned funny. actually a terror album
shame I can't rate it for funniness or it would get a 3
Radiohead
3/5
one of their worst albums
3/5
Wasnt my thing but they have some listenable songs
Metallica
3/5
more bearable than 90% of the stuff the latest weeks but I cba
I only liked the slow part in To Live Is To Die
Tortoise
3/5
I didnt outright /like/ it but I appreciate it. for once it wasn't the same and I enjoyed the process of listening to it
Slayer
1/5
I dont understand how anyone could find this "horrowing" but it definitely isn't interesting
Joe Ely
1/5
This is the first time thus far that I am changing my rating based on something that wasnt just my opinion of the musical parts. I was firm on thinking it had been a 2-ish experience until "I don't cut my fingernails so it clicks when I play the piano" was spoken. I found that so gross that I had to change the score
Sometimes I wonder if I am just doing this entire 1001 albums challenge wrong. Are other people also listening to the entire album from start to end? I've read that some people just listen up until the end of the first chorus before going on to the next song to get a 'general idea' of how they find the song. Is everyone doing this? Albums like this are genuinely unlistenable and youre telling me almost 11.000 people have listened to it? You are nuts.
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Cute, playful, warming. Liked it but wasnt enamoured by it
Orbital
3/5
I love electronic music but some of these songs were just annoying
Walk Now... almost single handedly sank the score by 1 star
Big Star
2/5
#1 Record on my HATE list. No, it wasn't actually that bad, honestly speaking, it was just boring
Dirty Projectors
3/5
It was weird but it fit the mood as I was having a nightcelwalk stargazing
The Black Keys
2/5
Crazy how these guys have this amount of plays on their songs and I have somehow never heard a single one of these once before
Probably for the better, given how much I liked them
Genesis
1/5
Three times too long and five times too uninteresting
Lucinda Williams
2/5
I have some amount less than 584000 hours spent awake left in my life and wasting even just 1 hour on listening to this brings me great anxiety
CHIC
4/5
I have some amount less than 583992 hours spent awake left in my life and having spent 36 minutes listening to this has been a great use of my time
It's insane how much my mood improved when the first song came on. It might be impossible to not be in the mood hearing that. This happiness buff lasted throughout the entire album and I was half-dancing in the rain and singing along with the bassline just jamming along to the rhythm
American Music Club
2/5
I skipped over this album 50 reviews ago because I couldnt listen to it during my commute (due to region locked content) but now that I have finally remembered and gotten around to listening to it I can confidently say that I didnt miss out on anything
Don McLean
2/5
The American Pie that I like has more boobs in it
The Sugarcubes
2/5
It's like Björk but the only good part is Björk's singing
Ray Charles
1/5
about as interesting as Christmas music
The Byrds
2/5
If not for the fact that this was released 1965 I wouldve thought that this was an album of all covers
I guess it doesnt sound that bad for 1965 but we live in the modern times now, gramps, it doesn't hold up anymore
3/5
Enjoyable but not anything more than that
Calexico
2/5
the b side clears the a side out the water but it still wasn't enough to carry it out of the sub average grade
Pere Ubu
1/5
I miss when this album generated real music
The Byrds
2/5
zzzZZZzzz
Duke Ellington
1/5
what a drag
Turbonegro
1/5
The radio sanitized slop you'd hear during a skateboard montage in a coming of age Hollywood movie
almost gave it a two because I liked Humiliation Street but Good Head ruined it for me a again shortly thereafter
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
most of my reviews are just repeats of the same 5 complaints. one thing they have in common with this album
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
1/5
never heard the full album before but it has not aged well
I like the message and the other songs I've heard in gta but man this album was kinda harsh on the ears
Beatles
3/5
one two three four five six seven
all cute tokfus go to heaven
I almost kinda liked this, which is a feat given what I think of the Beatles
favourite song of this album (since years ago) is the one about bonbi
Paul Simon
2/5
surely the next album on the list that I listen to won't sound the same as the last 500
Dr. Octagon
2/5
at least it's different from the rest of the 1000 albums on the list
Beatles
3/5
Beatleshaterbros.... they can't keep getting away with these 3s....
MICHELLE, MA BELLE
Elvis Presley
2/5
It only took 531 albums but it finally clicked for me. This list isn't about 1001 albums that are worth spending your time listening to (given that the vast majority of them are complete wastes of time and do not sound pleasant to the ears at all) but 1001 albums that you /should/ have listened to for the purpose of partaking in musical history and overall general knowledge of what has been. Even if this album does not hold a candle to anything that has been made since then, I can understand how this guy was literally the coolest thing since sliced bread when he was active and touring.
To move on to my review of the album, I can't believe this guy was the Mr. Beast of the 50's, that's crazy
Bob Dylan
1/5
Five worthless albums of his on this list so far and I shiver at the thought of a sixth
Talking Heads
1/5
Two reviews ago, during my 532nd review, I wrote a little statement about it finally "clicking" for me and how I only just now understood the reason for all of these albums having been included on the list, even the ones I did not personally like and I was able to understand the cultural impact that some albums have had on musical culture as a whole.
I rescind my statement. Since that far gone time (yesterday evening) I have listened to yet two more albums on this list of 1001 albums you MUST hear before you die. Those albums were *Bringing It All Back Home' by Bob Dylan and this album that I am reviewing right now. I no longer understand why any of these two horrendous albums are on any list of albums someone ought to have heard according to the music critics and authors of the book(s). I only now realize that it was specifically Elvis Presley that I could understand the cultural importance of; almost all of the other worthless albums on this long list of sonic torture carry no importance and are only there because the author heard these albums once upon a time at a friend's brother's girlfriend's nephew's party that he had attended at the time and the memory of ingesting his first shot of alcohol (4,2% ABV Coors Lite) and getting "totally wicked!!" during the 80s imprinted the names of these groups and their songs into his mind.
For my review of this album in particular, the only song I kind of "liked" (very loosely stated) was the one where they weren't trying to sing properly, which somehow made it the most well-sung
Serge Gainsbourg
2/5
maybe I just didn't notice any of the storytelling but this was just music to me
Creedence Clearwater Revival
1/5
actually made me angry when I realised what band this was. it's just a bunch of shitty cover versions of already boring music
Otis Redding
2/5
can't even remember caring about a song but at least it was forgettable
Giant Sand
1/5
a horrible soundtrack to roadtrip to
punishing sun was the only song that didn't make me want to turn it off. kinda liked it tbh
Fiona Apple
2/5
This album is just what the insufferable chicks I have an irrational list towards would listen to.
By the end of that Bolt Cutters song my dogs were wondering why I was listening to a domestic abuse recording
Soft Cell
2/5
Liked the first few songs but after that it just became noise
SOME TIMES I FEEL I WANT TO (👏 👏) TURN THIS OFF
Röyksopp
4/5
My biggest problem with good albums on this list is the fact that I can't just be one-and-done with them, I have to listen to them three or four times before I'm satisfied.
Had only heard Eple prior to this but it wasn't even close to the best song of the album
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
they sound like they were having fun recording this but I wasn't as I was listening to it
SSX Tricky carried that song
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
listened to his song Farmer John again. much better than this album
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
weird
I must've zoned out because of the nice first song because the first sentence I actually heard was about high school girls
George Jones
1/5
Was in the mood to listen to sex-music and this album has not once been fucked to by anyone
Prince
2/5
radio music
The Modern Lovers
2/5
forgettable is the highest praise I have for it
Alice Cooper
1/5
couldn't sleep to this, was kept forcibly awake
Sade
2/5
radio music.... for la noire detective movie women
Fever Ray
3/5
made me slightly uncomfortable but a good kind. Kinda björkish
Dr. John
1/5
not real music
2/5
Incredibly unpleasant music but... I kind of enjoyed it
Given that I have listened to the last song like 10 times I think I have to give this a 2star
Robert Wyatt
1/5
weirdo music desu
Steve Winwood
3/5
I was kinda digging it, felt the groove at times
Culture Club
2/5
boring beyond belief. almost made me sad that I didn't forget my headphones
The Specials
1/5
the Beatles but somehow worse
Missy Elliott
4/5
Incredibly sexy music. Don't know a single word of the lyrics but the beats were almost hypnotic; I was completely locked in during the entire hour. The lyrics sounded nice too but I listened to them as another instrument in the track rather than a singer saying things. Almost a 5, all things considered
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Before realizing that spotify only had the last 10 minutes of the album available for me, I had zoned out and listened to those two songs for about 40 minutes without realizing. Electronic music has that effect on me and I love it
Listened to the full album and it was a bit moodier in full than it was in it's abridged version but I still enjoyed it somewhat
Deerhunter
3/5
it's a high 3 and pretty interesting
PJ Harvey
1/5
Horrible! Not one enjoyable moment
John Martyn
2/5
fell asleep halfway through and woke up 35 min later
went back to listen to what I missed and honestly they weren't that good
N.E.R.D
3/5
I heard breakout randomly whilst working out 2 years and probably listened to it over 100 times that year. first time listening to any of the other songs but they were all right. liked Lemon and Jump the most aside from Breakout
TV On The Radio
3/5
Forgot how the rest of the album sounded because I listened to Wear You Out for 2 hours straight when I came to it; until my headphones ran out of battery.
I probably thought the rest of the album was a 2 given how unmemorable it was but Wear You Out carried it to a middle 3
The Vines
2/5
reminded me of The Downward Spiral at times but idk it wasnt that interesting
Tim Buckley
2/5
Listening to it was nice. I appreciated it because it was different but I disliked it because it was bad
Kate Bush
2/5
Weirdo music for women I want to date
The instrumentals for Pull out the pin and There goes a tenner remind me of indie metroidvania titles
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
1/5
I do not consider the sounds of microwaving popcorn and hammers beating on empty containers to be music
Soft Machine
4/5
This was one of those albums where the first few minutes are so harsh that I kind of zone out and listen to it passively and it wasn't until the jazz kicked in about 10 minutes later that I snapped back into listening actively. I loved the remaining part of the album so much that I had to listen to it again to see if I actually remembered right that the start of the album just sounded like garish noise. (except for that weird synthy part halfway through, that was too long)
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
I could listen to this again but I don't think I want to. it's too inoffensive. I think I've just heard too much bodsa nova / samba already
Beyoncé
2/5
Beyonce and Rihanna possess the same space in my mind, probably due to me hearing them at the same point in my life and thinking that their music was similar. However, every time I hear any of their songs I am starkly reminded that I like Rihanna's music more.
Happy Mondays
3/5
it was shoegaze at points and then i liked it and then it sounded like the british music that I hate at other points and then I disliked it
Paul McCartney
3/5
This was known since before but Paul is not the reason why the Beatles suck.
Anyways, I misheard the lyrics to the end of Oo You and thought he said
"Look like a woman, ooh
Dress like a lady, ooh
Talk like a baby, cunny, cunny, cunny, cunny, uuoohh
Love you like a woman, ooh"
and it shocked me greatly
Billie Holiday
1/5
Perhaps the slowest album on the list.
Made me remember "69 Love Songs" and how painful of an experience that was
Skunk Anansie
1/5
Horrendous. Bravo 👏
My Bloody Valentine
5/5
The perfect amount of drone and emotion. Like 1,5 years ago when I first discovered this album, I spammed the everliving shit out of it. Still love it. It surprises me with how much I love it given that it took >10 tries to just get past the first few songs on their "Isn't Anything" album
Brian Eno
2/5
left my head just as quick as it had entered
Devendra Banhart
2/5
Listened to it 3 times, each with a few days inbetween each session. Kept forgetting to rate it after each time.
I really really enjoyed listening to Tit Smoking in the Temple of Artesan Mimicry. Been on repeat for hours
Shame about the rest of the album
The La's
2/5
Never wouldve imagined the album from which "There She Goes" came from sounded like....this
Dizzee Rascal
1/5
not my thing
didnt like the beats, the flow, nothing really.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
talk about BORING
Orange Juice
2/5
The last song managed to turn my opinion on this. I like that song
Madonna
1/5
realized this was going to be real boring by the middle if the first song
Spiritualized
3/5
not that interesting. too spacey anf kinda pointless but at least it was okay
The Cars
2/5
Speaking of car-related subreddits, did you know that there's a subreddits called /DragonsFuckingCars/?
Yeah. Deserved.
ABBA
2/5
Thank god I was born in le wrong generation so I didn't have to listen to this dreg growing up
Cocteau Twins
3/5
not my favourite cocteau twins album but I love my wife Elizabeth Fraser
Talking Heads
2/5
first thing I listen to after recovering from an illness. bad experience
Echo And The Bunnymen
1/5
I cant put my thoughts on this album to words without using derogatory slurs so I'll stay quiet
Missy Elliott
3/5
not close to as good as the other album, this one had no hits so it was mostly between a 2 and a 3 but ill be nice
Merle Haggard
1/5
at least it's short
spotify fooled me and said it was from 2001
The Pretty Things
2/5
the beatles if they werent bad
Donald Fagen
3/5
that first song was like a nuclear bomb of endorphins and then the rest of the album had no budget left to wow me
Fairport Convention
2/5
I think i listened to this 3 months ago and forgot to review it.
Mid then, mid now.
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Ive never really been a fan of the whole soft acoustic guitar and mellow singing thing but women eat that shit up
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Great. Similar to that one blue Childish Gambino album
Flamin' Groovies
1/5
an hour of this? nigga...
Frank Sinatra
3/5
not much happens but its ait
The Replacements
1/5
dont remember a second but I know I wasn't into it
Arcade Fire
2/5
not my album
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
1/5
I don't get Folk/Country singers' fixation with calling their songs "lullabies" but this album sure made me want to fall asleep
Little Simz
3/5
It was decently all right. Kinda thought the lyrics were cringe but at least one of them birther that one audio
Christina Aguilera
1/5
Just noise and not the good kind
The Rolling Stones
1/5
I've tried to listen to this 7 times but each time I have turned it off before the first song was over
Aggressively uninteresting and somewhat befouling the soul
John Lennon
2/5
bad but ok
I dont like John Lennon but he isnt _too_ horrible
Doves
3/5
it was all right. kinda cute at times
I replayed the "Where We're Calling From --> N.Y." combo so many times. That first song and the transition into the second one was heavenly
The Boo Radleys
2/5
meh
azarus was decent
The Crusaders
3/5
The Crusaders made one of my favourite songs but unfortunately it wasnt on this album
it was pretty good, leaning towards a 4 but I cant rate it a 4 sadly. just not enough
Dagmar Krause
1/5
I am 15 songs deep but I already know that I won't change my mind and I need this opportunity to vent my emotions in order to be able to finish this album.
This is one of the only times I have ever felt tense listening to music. I have not been able to relax a single time since I put this album on. This is genuinely one of the worst sounding pieces of music I have ever heard in my life. I despise this album. As of the time I am writing this, I am quite a few albums behind what has yet been generated but I know, if this album is the first album I had waiting for me after a long hiatus, I would probably have quit completely. If this was the first album in the project, I would have quit. This is aggressively horrible. Not a single moment of joy, not a morsel, no, not a single note sits right. Her singing is dissonant many times throughout the album and I am not sure she knows what being on key is to begin with.
I genuinely expected that writing this review midway through would feel cathartic in some way but it has only served to exasperate my discomfort, as it has made me become e ven more aware of the horrors currently playing.
As my response to some of the global reviews, I have to conclude mine with this:
In many cases, when I have read global (or group) reviews that talk about what song they thought was their favourite, I am often so inclined to go back to check which song that specifically was; to see if I agree with them. Not this time. I refuse to even as much as open the tab from which YouTube is playing the music, for fear of learning the names and exposing myself to more elements of this album than necessary.
There are but two more words that I can use to describe the feeling inside me as I near the final songs of this album.
Fuck you.
Mylo
3/5
Kinda fresh but I got really annoyed at that one flute song halfway through
Beth Orton
3/5
Half-liked it and half-beared it. Some songs were really beautiful but the rest I couldnt care for so its a 3
Incredibly pretty album art. Would marry and give the princess treatment for the rest of our lives
Faust
3/5
hellllllla weird but I welcome it
Bee Gees
2/5
decent for what it is but thats not very
Roxy Music
1/5
2HAT THE FUCK AM I LISTENING TO
The Doors
2/5
They're called The Doors because that's where you're headed when they start playing where you're at
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Wouldve given it a 5 solely on the fact that Ordinary Pain was a perfect song IF that song did not include the switch-up second part
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Leagues better than any other Costello & The Attractions album so far (not a high bar)
Julian Cope
1/5
Only liked one song
Dolly Parton
2/5
kinda mid, dont rwemember antyhing
Shack
3/5
kinda cute at times
leaning more towards a 4 than a 2
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
Really nice actually
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
almost fell asleep behind the wheel
Muddy Waters
1/5
Nowadays, I really dislike blues
Every song sounds the same and I fucking hate the harmonica
Amy Winehouse
3/5
It was decent tbh
10cc
1/5
Shiit Music
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
I like it
Morrissey
2/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOSQFrf7UtI
Klaxons
2/5
Name one good British band.
Pro tip: You can't.
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
The first song has a train horn as an instrument.
What is it with indians and trains?
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
2/5
It took about 4-5 songs before I realized that it was the singer from Gorillaz
Shocked me, innit
Lorde
3/5
kinda nice, definitely listenable for being pop music but it wasnt particularly special
i saw a pic of her Solar Power album and I got distracted
U2
2/5
not a fan but it wasnt ass
Sugar
2/5
listenable as background music but every time i focused in on it, it was ass
DJ Shadow
5/5
Wanted to listen to this 2 years ago but I found out that it was on the list so I held off
I have been listening to it for the past 5 hours, it's so fucking tight.
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Actually... okay
Meat Puppets
2/5
Only liked Aurora Borealis and Aura Borealis
Black Flag
1/5
Rubbish drivel
The Beach Boys
2/5
Radio slop for old people
Minutemen
2/5
few good songs but its mostly just noise
Stereolab
3/5
I'd like it if I was in a different mood
Rocket From The Crypt
1/5
They thought they could compose 3 songs and then sell a 14 song record with only those 3? Clever
The Young Rascals
2/5
Music like this is like being molested. You don't like a bit of it even if you find yourself subconsciously tapping your foot along to the rhythm at times. At least you're happy it'll be over in a short time
Bill Evans Trio
2/5
it looped and i genuinely couldnt tell
i dont care for lounge jazz
Incubus
3/5
can never go wrong with a bit of t his stuff
its a strong 3 but just below a weak 4
Wilco
2/5
I will reveal my zoomer-card here but the only thing I noticed was that the Meet The Engineer song was based off of Someone Else's Song
M.I.A.
2/5
not a fan
Taylor Swift
2/5
how is this worth $1.6 billion?
Neneh Cherry
2/5
not for me
Blur
2/5
the first 2 songs baited me into thinking I would care about this album
Stevie Wonder
4/5
I had no idea Stewie Wonder sounded like this. pretty smooth
The Pharcyde
3/5
the top rated review for this album is hilarious. go read that one instead
Grateful Dead
1/5
Thought this was going to be a blues band
this sucks even more than I thought it would
The Pogues
1/5
shite
The Fall
2/5
ngl kinda ass
Circle Jerks
2/5
thank god it was short. for this it deserves a 2 despite how shit it was
The Cramps
1/5
music for people that wear adult diapers
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
kinda meh softboy music until Chicago and Casimir Pulaski Day, which were really nice, then it returns to being kinda meh
Ute Lemper
1/5
I have said it countless times and I suspect I will have to say it at least 20 more times before we are done. I hate this genre of "Woman that sings with lots of vibrato and she sounds moody and mysterious" because it always sounds like shit
Buck Owens
1/5
Buck Angel makes better music than this guy
3/5
Parklife clear
2/5
not my style but not unbearable
Suede
2/5
took a while but I fell asleep to this
Mariah Carey
2/5
meh, I dont like this
Waylon Jennings
1/5
unfathonmavly boring. cant even be arsed fixing that typo is how bored i am
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
1/5
noise
James Taylor
3/5
1001 albums that sound identical to each other
at least this one was a bit mellow
Neil Young
2/5
headache blues
Steely Dan
4/5
I liked this
the instrumental to Kings was very Zappa-esque which I respect
Mekons
2/5
Fear and Whiskey more like Very Shitty
Miles Davis
3/5
Too experimental, too long.
Feio was nice
Hüsker Dü
1/5
Having worked in different warehouses for years, I can ascertain that this is the kind of awful that your coworkers would put on the AUX speaker system for everyone to dread through
SZA
2/5
I like a lot of the artists adjacent to her but for some reason not her
Randy Newman
2/5
You've got a friend in me was all I could think about
The Smashing Pumpkins
2/5
Kid's menu Deftones
James Brown
2/5
I dojnt like this stuff but its listenable, albeit not enjoyable
Michael Jackson
4/5
almost a 5
first time I really vibe with an MJ album. I get why he was popular because this is something else
Basement Jaxx
2/5
Background music with weird vocals. Not much more than that
The National
2/5
Boo hoo, cry about it
Bob Dylan
2/5
EVERYONE WAKE UP
A BOB DYLAN ALBUM THAT WASNT A ONE? THIS IS CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION!
The Clash
1/5
The Ass
The Icarus Line
3/5
Absolutely reviled the first song but I think I warmed up to it by the end
Rush
1/5
you know an album is weird when not even a sudden chinatown jingle feels out of place
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
way too long
but I kinda get why people liked bruce springsteen, even if only for one song (The Fuse)
The Avalanches
2/5
tivoli music. like, what am I listening to? horses neighing and bells jingling?
Pink Floyd
4/5
Approx. 10 years ago, Wish You Were Here was one of the few songs I learned how to fully play during my short stint as a guitar player
Aretha Franklin
2/5
Im just not a fan of the genre
Simple Minds
3/5
Some really nice songs, some more mediocre ones
High 3
Maxwell
3/5
I wonder if Maxwell's Demon is the bouncer at his Urban Hang Suite, too
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Actually didnt know he got down like that. Like it
Elis Regina
3/5
It was nice at times, okay at times. Kinda not my thing tho
CHVRCHES
3/5
It's incredible how much passive knowledge this project has given me. I took just one look at the album cover for this and said "It'll be a British electropop album." Upon looking at short biography for the album on the Global reviews page, yeah, it was a British synthpop album.
Wu-Tang Clan
2/5
A bit too harsh for me
Nick Drake
5/5
Beautiful
Dwight Yoakam
1/5
Ass
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
an hour of this, really?
The Residents
1/5
dis i like!
The Psychedelic Furs
2/5
better than the previous two albums but not by much
System Of A Down
4/5
Peephole was my favourite and the album was generally pleasurable but nothing amazing
Rod Stewart
1/5
"Over the course of his carrer, Rod Stewart has been lauded as the finest singer of his generation[...]"
I read this as I was beginning to listen to the first song of this album and thought "Wow, he must've ruined his voice after all those years of singing because he sounds horrible now..."
Imagine the look on my face when I found out that this was his second ever album
Air
4/5
Surprised to see that I already had 2 of the songs saved prior to clicking on this album
It was a low 4, I guess
808 State
3/5
Strange.
Sarah Vaughan
2/5
listenable but I didnt care a bit for it so it gets a 2
GZA
3/5
It was aight. Some nice song and some boring ones
The xx
3/5
I like The xx and I hadnt heard a single one of these before. Probably for a reason
New Order
2/5
idk what to think
Drive Like Jehu
1/5
each song further down the tracklist has fewer and fewer listens
hmmm, I wonder why
B.B. King
2/5
Im not a blues fan but the problem with blues albums is that you cannot tell any of the songs apart
Björk
5/5
Insant mood revitalizer. When I clicked play, it immediately put a smile on my face. This is so good
The Notorious B.I.G.
2/5
Guess west coast is just better
Deep Purple
1/5
Did they really need a 15 minute drum solo? Shit sucked, yo
The Prodigy
2/5
I really thought Prodigy would have better songs than this
Foo Fighters
1/5
Half of the songs just sounded like whining to me
Holger Czukay
1/5
not music
Def Leppard
1/5
snore inducing
Faith No More
1/5
music for people who think family guy is hilarious
The Flaming Lips
2/5
whats with this list and weird music? give me some normal shit that isnt old or pretentious
Teenage Fanclub
1/5
just annoyed at this type of music at this point
The Kinks
2/5
Better than 90% of british music
Aimee Mann
3/5
forgettable
John Cale
2/5
Hymns to listen to before heading to battle
The Stone Roses
3/5
it pains me to give this rating but even if it was boring, i t wasnt bad
Arcade Fire
2/5
music to "find yourself" to after you realize that you are gay
Led Zeppelin
2/5
One good song. Rough reality but I speak it like I see it
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Never listen to the albums your favourite songs come from. It was listenable but not of my own taste
Joni Mitchell
3/5
It was all right but she looks like a buccal fat surgery victim ayy lmao alyun in the cover art
Bill Callahan
2/5
Sleep-inducing
Grateful Dead
2/5
Yet another interesting sounding album that ends up taking the bluespill and becoming unbearably boring
Elliott Smith
2/5
just didnt hit like the other one did
Dolly Parton
3/5
Music you'd her at grammas 30 years ago
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
I wanna like ATCQ and I bet if some things were just a tiny bit different they would be my favourite rap group but a lot of the stuff just ends up sounding samey, both between songs but also intra-track. Like they made an 8 bar backing beat and then rapped over it. Theres way too little variation
Eurythmics
1/5
Doubt anyone who listened to this album as a teenager when it came out can name a single song other than the titular
Radiohead
3/5
Listened to it on my phone speaker in the woods at 10 pm and thought it was boring as shit. Gave it one more shot on my headphones and it was better. A few boring songs brings it down but I liked the vibe
SAULT
3/5
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Heaven 17
1/5
People that like this think AI videos of Will Smith eating spaghetti are the coolest thing since sliced bread
The Cardigans
3/5
tokfu music :D
Pantera
3/5
Crazy that they named a band after the pretty, pink flower from Terraria
Meat Loaf
1/5
this shit is so ass </3
Bon Jovi
2/5
Just dont like it
The Specials
1/5
The Special Eds
Daft Punk
1/5
I actually expected better. I honestly only like Around the World
Charles Mingus
4/5
Nice
Fishbone
2/5
forgettable
Sonic Youth
2/5
if the last one was forgettable, I dont even remember the song i finished listening to 2 minutes ago
Neu!
1/5
weird noise
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
what's with these music critics and this fucking band
only song of theirs i have EVER liked was I Want You
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
shit and pisscore
k.d. lang
1/5
walked past a music store and got upset because I knew everything in there sounds better than what I was forced to listen to
Marvin Gaye
3/5
WHEN DID YOU STOP LOVIN ME
WHEN DID IIIIIIIIIIII STOP LOVIN YOU, BABE?
David Holmes
3/5
Kids these days are still chasing this sound
it sounds great, just not for me. It sounded like the OST for some early 2000's game
Method Man
3/5
Took me a long time to realize why he kept talking about Wu Tang
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Perhaps the worst workout album ive ever heard.
At least the bicep pump looks decent
Traffic
2/5
emptied my bowels to this
Aretha Franklin
2/5
when you know the you couldnt get more than 3 interesting songs on the album so you just replay your singles again
Nirvana
2/5
Expected more songs I'd know about. Wasnt all that tbh
Nick Drake
4/5
O, my beautiful Nick Drake. I can hear how pained you were
Koffi Olomide
2/5
Didnt understand it
Elvis Presley
1/5
Didnt like it
2Pac
2/5
I just do not like east coast rap, I think
Chicago and Detroit are as far east as I can muster before it turns into wacko
Deee-Lite
2/5
I didnt get this album
Johnny Cash
3/5
It was kinda funny at times. I feel like playing at a prison is a nice gesture
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
She has a nice singing voice but whenever I wasnt paying full attention, I kinda forgot it was on and had to relisten to the same songs multiple times
Morrissey
2/5
couldnt tell when one song ended and the other one started
Morrissey
2/5
"I cant fucking wait until Morrissey dies - JPEGMAFIA" mogs this guy
G. Love & Special Sauce
3/5
Did not expect this. Thought it would be some unc shit but it was pretty ok
Scritti Politti
2/5
Kinda Michael Jacksoney. thats at least what it reminded me of
The Beach Boys
2/5
Not into it
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
4/5
This is actually very cute. If not for some boring moments in a few of the songs, this could've potentially have been a 5
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Haunted, indeed.
not good enough to drown out the chatter of life around me
Arctic Monkeys
2/5
I used to listen to these guys a lot a decade ago but there's a reason not a single song from this album was in any of my playlists
Ray Price
1/5
Frank Sinatra but just as boring
Elastica
3/5
Way better than expected
Cornershop
2/5
Confusing.
a-ha
2/5
The Byrds
1/5
ass
Johnny Cash
1/5
also ass tbh
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
this one i kinda liked
Arrested Development
2/5
I dont know what they were trying to do but if this took 3 years they need to lock the fuck in
The Charlatans
1/5
Noise
Aerosmith
1/5
SHUT IT OFF
Le Tigre
4/5
I have this album on CD in my car and its pretty sick to be honest. I only bought it because I knew about the first song but the entire album is nice
3/5
better than I expected, worse than I hoped
The Who
2/5
the audacity of them to release a 9 hour deluxe edition is appalling
Elvis Costello
2/5
still dont like this guy
Pentangle
1/5
lets play the same song thrice just for the fun of it
The Gun Club
1/5
not much to comment
Frank Ocean
4/5
Had listened to this many times before but its not his best album
XTC
2/5
Silly? I dont know
Nanci Griffith
1/5
I am just glad it is over
Led Zeppelin
2/5
Not a fan. I thought the album suddenly got better but I found out that it had queued into a Black Sabbath album
Pearl Jam
3/5
Way better than expected
Metallica
1/5
Actually mind numbing
The Dictators
1/5
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Love
1/5
I wonder if my average rating will be below 2 by the end of this project. I think it is unlikely, but with how often I dislike these albums, there might be a chance
Slade
1/5
its hilarious how low quality the sound is on this album. I dont think I have ever heard an album that sounds like I am listening to it through sheet metal
The Jam
1/5
KICK THE ENGLISH OUT OF THE STUDIO
Beastie Boys
1/5
Ridiculous. They are literally just speaking rhymes; no sense of rhytm
Coldcut
3/5
Watched this on Youtube wherein a British man sitting in the background occasionally coughing was recording his record player. 10/10 experience, 5/10 music
The Who
1/5
Back when sounding like the Beatles was the peak of musical innovation
Tom Tom Club
2/5
Weird
Joan Baez
1/5
I really dislike artist's whose only talent is vibrato. It reminds me of my ex leaving me for a rose toy.
I only liked Henry Martin.
Nina Simone
2/5
forgettable
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
1/5
snore
Prefab Sprout
3/5
The Kinks
2/5
Saying "Mr. Blabla" to everything is a tired gimmick
Dr. Dre
3/5
its decent rap
Talking Heads
2/5
better than every one of their other albums, still only a two