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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
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5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
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This Is Hardcore
Pulp
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5 | 3.14 | +1.86 |
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Made In Japan
Deep Purple
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5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
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Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
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5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
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5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
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At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
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5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
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5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
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All Directions
The Temptations
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5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
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5 | 3.52 | +1.48 |
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Timeless
Goldie
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4 | 2.53 | +1.47 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
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1 | 3.41 | -2.41 |
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Debut
Björk
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1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
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The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
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1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
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Vespertine
Björk
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1 | 3.16 | -2.16 |
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Another Green World
Brian Eno
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1 | 3.12 | -2.12 |
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OK Computer
Radiohead
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2 | 4.1 | -2.1 |
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Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
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1 | 3.06 | -2.06 |
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At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
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2 | 3.98 | -1.98 |
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American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
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2 | 3.9 | -1.9 |
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A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
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1 | 2.83 | -1.83 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Michael Jackson | 3 | 5 |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4.5 |
| Aretha Franklin | 2 | 5 |
| Dire Straits | 2 | 5 |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 4.33 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Björk | 2 | 1 |
| Radiohead | 5 | 2.2 |
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| Artist | Ratings |
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| Public Enemy | 2, 5 |
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Queen
4/5
Enjoyed it.
Sam Cooke
4/5
A great live album. A wonderful performance and you can feel the atmosphere. Terrific.
The Strokes
3/5
Didn't enjoy it quite as much as I thought. Also, it's quite a short album.
Pink Floyd
4/5
Fantastically random and varied. I did notice a massive difference in listening on a proper hi-fi setup though, compared with more 'standard' listening via PC.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Wonderful, but quite a long album!
Beatles
4/5
A very enjoyable listen!
The Cardigans
2/5
I must be missing something, but couldn't work out why this album was on the list!
Middling pop with not much to commend it. 'Lovefool' is OK, but given it was played to death in-period, that feeling still carries over to now.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
Random in places, but enjoyable nonetheless. It's a 3.5 for me, if half marks were allowed!
OutKast
2/5
Not a fan.
The Sugarcubes
3/5
It was OK. Thankfully Bjork's vocals didn't dominate too much.
Doves
4/5
Enjoyed that.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Classic Dylan. Enjoyed running through a whole album of his - it's been a while!
The Yardbirds
3/5
Some classic tracks in there, but quite a bit of random stuff too. Still a fun listen though. Would be 3.5 from me, if we were allowed half marks ;-)
Pixies
3/5
Quite a robust album! Certainly demands your attention.
John Prine
4/5
Quite enjoyed that. Has clearly influenced more recent artists and sounded quite modern in places.
The Roots
3/5
A more enjoyable listen that I was expecting. 3.5 stars...
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
Really very good. Perfect album for a Monday morning really!
Joan Armatrading
5/5
A lovely listen.
Johnny Cash
2/5
Started well, with the first track I was thinking this is going to be a good album. Then it went downhill for me. 'Danny Boy' being a particular low point.
There are better Cash albums out there, so don't judge him just on this one miss!
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
Felt very 80s! Some good electronica and synth work going on.
Eminem
1/5
Unlistenable and intolerable to my ear.
Rod Stewart
4/5
An enjoyable listen.
Pulp
5/5
Really enjoyed that - opened my ears up to Pulp. Quite melodic in place and shows there's more to them than 'Common People' which still seems to get overplayed all these years on....
The Temptations
4/5
Great vocals and lyrics. What's not to like?
Slipknot
2/5
Well I gave it a go. Not really listened to much Slipknot previously, and that's not about to change after 57 mins and 57 seconds of this album.
If you removed the lyrics and 'singing' style and just listened to the instrumentation and arrangement, I'd be a lot happier! There's a lot of skill going on there.
Femi Kuti
3/5
Quite enjoyable, certainly uplifting and a different musical style.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
A wonderful listen!
Machito
4/5
Enjoyed the vibes of this one! Also enjoyed reading about the artist as I'd never heard of them before.
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Really enjoyed that, having listened to some of his contemporaries but never Monk himself. Great background working music in my book as well.
The Streets
2/5
Not my thing. Just don't get the vocal style at all.
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
From a Fleetwood Mac fan, Tusk doesn't quite hit the mark for me. I understand the vision of it not being a 'Rumours 2' and think the variedness is there.
There a number of cracking tracks within the album. However, reviewing the album as a whole it appears non-cohesive. As such, It's a 3.5 for me.
Kate Bush
2/5
Have never really got on with the voice. This album hasn't changed that. Sorry Kate!
Fred Neil
3/5
An interesting listen and I certainly learnt something, as I didn't realise he was the original "Everybody's Talkin'" guy!
The Doors
4/5
A great album, top stuff!
The Who
2/5
Some good bits here and there, but pretty random! Not sure I'd place this in the best of their work, from the other Who albums I've listened to.
Supergrass
3/5
Enjoyed discovering a bit more of Supergrass. Some of it was a bit middling, a 3.5 from me.
4/5
Enjoyable to return to this one. Peak Muse.
Gary Numan
3/5
I can see why people like Numan, and I can see why it's on the list. Just not really for me.
Green Day
4/5
Very enjoyable.
Manu Chao
4/5
Very jolly! Liked it, having never heard of him before.
JAY Z
3/5
Not too shabby. 3.5 stars from me.
Parliament
3/5
Funky. Very very funky!
Happy Mondays
3/5
Mad for it!
Roxy Music
3/5
Some decent tracks in there.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Excellent
Stevie Wonder
5/5
A wonderful listen. Although there aren't any of Wonder's better known 'hits' on this album, it just shows the depth of ability.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Didn't particularly grab me this one.
Todd Rundgren
1/5
A random, rambling procession of noises. No thanks.
Wire
3/5
Nirvana
3/5
Some classics here, intermingled with less successful shouty numbers which spoil the overall album a bit for me. 3.5 stars.
Traffic
3/5
Short but sweet.
Public Enemy
2/5
Not a Public Enemy album for me this.
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
Enjoyed that. Some undiscovered Sinead right there!
Brian Eno
1/5
A bit wishy-washy. Another album where I'm not quite sure what it's doing on the '1000 best' list....
Thundercat
2/5
Quite good in places, but banal in others. Overall, a miss for me.
Herbie Hancock
3/5
Funky funkiness.
Hole
3/5
Quite enjoyed that. 3.5 stars.
Ramones
4/5
Enjoyed that. Punchy and upbeat.
Syd Barrett
1/5
A wandering tirade of musical randomness. Very disappointing.
Fugazi
2/5
Not that great.
Suede
4/5
An enjoyable listen. Sounded quite Smiths-esque, which I'd not picked up from Suede previously.
Faith No More
2/5
Some better tracks at the back of the album, but overall - not for me.
The Kinks
2/5
OK-ish. Sounded like they were trying too hard trying to make a point, failed in the process and the album suffered as a result. 2.5 stars.
The Mothers Of Invention
1/5
Utter rubbish. If this was experimental, then I'm glad. So we can mark this down as a failure and move on.
Magazine
3/5
OK. Middle of the road.
Living Colour
4/5
Enjoyed that.
The Pharcyde
2/5
A bit better than I thought it would be!
Jurassic 5
2/5
So-so. Probably the wrong genre for me, but I can't really see this album's place in the 'best 1000' list....
Joni Mitchell
3/5
The trouble I have with Joni is that all songs tend to sound too similar. So a 4 gets knocked back to a 3.
Pulp
4/5
Enjoyable, although not quite as enjoyable as 'This Is Hardcore' for me.
The Smiths
3/5
Enjoyable in parts, but there are better Smiths albums for me.
Muddy Waters
5/5
Classic Muddy Waters. Love it.
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
Surprisingly good!
The Libertines
3/5
OK. Some tracks that have stood the test of time, but sounded a bit cliched in places.
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
Liked this, having never heard of the band before. Including 'Reward' which I recognise and clearly didn't know who it was by!
Willie Nelson
3/5
Joy Division
3/5
Good in places, mediocre in others.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Top Springsteen.
Stereo MC's
4/5
Enjoyable
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Enjoyed that more than I expected, as I'm not really a fan.
R.E.M.
2/5
Did not enjoy.
Super Furry Animals
2/5
No standout tracks for me there. 2*
Ute Lemper
1/5
Bloody terrible! Best summed up by another review I saw, "sounds like the soundtrack to a musical I don't want to see."
Gotan Project
3/5
Pretty good, 3*
James Taylor
4/5
T. Rex
4/5
Ghostface Killah
1/5
No thanks. Is zero stars not an option?
Arcade Fire
3/5
3.5*
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2/5
Bit weird.
Little Richard
5/5
Just classic rock & roll. Brilliant.
Judas Priest
4/5
Rocky rockness.
Paul McCartney
3/5
Better than I thought it was going to be!
David Bowie
4/5
An excellent listen. It might not trump Ziggy Stardust for me, but tremendous nonetheless. 4.5*
5/5
Epic Bowieness.
David Bowie
4/5
Not as good as the previous two Bowie albums, but decent nonetheless.
Radiohead
3/5
OK. Radiohead aren't really my thing and this album didn't substantially change that view.
Paul Simon
4/5
Some wonderful tracks, mixed with some that were OK. But a 4* overall.
The Allman Brothers Band
5/5
Top rockin'
Elbow
3/5
Some good tracks and I appreciated the musical arrangements. Just that the Elbow style starts to grate a little for me, over the course of an album.
Metallica
3/5
For me, there are better Metallica albums.
Lou Reed
3/5
So belters in here, combined by some odd tracks.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Ananda Shankar
2/5
Pretty terrible.
MGMT
4/5
One of those albums where I recognised several tracks and liked them, whilst having no idea who they were by!
ZZ Top
4/5
Top rockin'
Michael Jackson
5/5
Metallica
3/5
Good in places, with good musical arrangements and the pairing worked well. Other areas of the album, less so.
Adele
3/5
I didn't enjoy it as an entire album as much as I thought, even though there are some excellent tracks here.
Depeche Mode
2/5
So-so.
Miles Davis
4/5
A nice afternoon listen in the sunshine.
Kanye West
2/5
Passable, if I ignore the talking sections. 2.5*
George Michael
3/5
I remembered this as being better than it now is! Maybe it's not aged that well.
Def Leppard
4/5
Rocktastic.
Duke Ellington
4/5
De La Soul
4/5
Say No Go.
Enough said.
The Triffids
3/5
Quite enjoyed that. Sounded reminiscent of James to me.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Enjoyed that. Haven't heard much from the Pumpkins before, not a full album's worth anyway.
Alice In Chains
3/5
Wilco
2/5
Queen
4/5
Excellent.
Elvis Presley
4/5
Enjoyed that more than I thought I would!
Jack White
2/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
Another great Skynyrd album
Miles Davis
3/5
Nice background music vibes.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
3.5* - enjoyable, didn't quite have the impact of other Marley albums for me.
Joni Mitchell
2/5
The main issue I have.... is that I don't like her voice! Find it really quite grating and annoying.
M.I.A.
2/5
Nothing to write home about.
The United States Of America
2/5
Really quite odd. Of its time for the late 60s I guess!!
King Crimson
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Goldie
4/5
Enjoyed getting back into this one. Has aged well I reckon!
The Stooges
3/5
Some good tracks
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
OK....ish. 2.5*
Aretha Franklin
5/5
What.
A.
Voice.
Incredible that this was her TENTH album and it took that many to get to this point. 5 stars, 10/10, A*
New Order
3/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
John Coltrane
5/5
Joyous.
You need to be in the right frame of mind I think though, otherwise it could come across as a bit protracted and laboured maybe?
What an instrumental album though (pun intended) and has so clearly influenced other artists across the board.
Julian Cope
2/5
Talking Heads
3/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Nice musical arrangement and excellent clean bass. Sounds well on proper HiFi. 4*
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
That was better than I thought it was going to be.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
The Style Council
3/5
Stylish. Different to what I expected in places, but with some old familiar tunes in there as well.
Bob Dylan
4/5
A great Dylan album. Probably my favourite.
Dire Straits
5/5
Brilliant.
Prince
3/5
Enjoyable in places, but thought it would be a bit better overall.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
Talvin Singh
2/5
Reasonable in places, a bit random in others.
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
Peak Monkeys? Discuss.
Kings of Leon
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Gene Clark
2/5
A bit slow and 'samey'
The Police
3/5
Not quite as good as I remembered.
Beck
3/5
Dire Straits
5/5
Tres bien. Still sounds good nearly 40 years on.
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Not as good as I remembered.
Anita Baker
3/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
A particularly 'jaunty' record! I liked it!
The Cars
4/5
Punchy. A good listen.
Fugees
4/5
The Clash
3/5
Meat Puppets
2/5
A bit too shouty. Sounds like a worse version of Nirvana to me.
Charles Mingus
3/5
Decent in places, a bit labouring and annoying in others.
Norah Jones
4/5
A warm hug of an album and one that I remember fondly.
Such an impressive voice and a modern-day Billie Holiday to my ear. I'll now go off and search out some more of Jones' albums as I don't think I've heard some of the more recent ones.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Nico
2/5
Didn't hit the mark for me. And from reading about it, Nico wasn't happy with it either!!
John Martyn
2/5
Santana
4/5
Some classics and a few others thrown in for good measure!
Thin Lizzy
3/5
ABBA
2/5
Possibly an unpopular opinion, but I find Abba's stuff hugely overrated.
Kanye West
2/5
Started off promisingly, but alas failed to last the distance.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
3.5*
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Quite random. Good in places though.
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Gone too soon :-(
Moby
3/5
I'm left conflicted by this album, after the passage of time (over 20yrs - yikes!)
I listened to it A LOT in period. But I think the overplaying and over commercialisation of nearly every album track to either a film or advert (or both) has harmed it. Too many associations are brought up when you hear certain tracks, which disconnects you from the music itself.
In many ways it was ahead of its time and I appreciate the arrangement and production. But not enough that I finished the album feeling it had been left tarnished by the passage of time.
3, rather than 4*
Fever Ray
3/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Random Welsh wandering!
Blur
4/5
It feels like a seminal album. A moment in time. I'm not a huge Blur fan overall, but I appreciate it nonetheless.
David Bowie
3/5
Excellent in places... and just OK in others. Didn't really string together as a full album for me.
Massive Attack
5/5
Absolute banger.
The Beach Boys
2/5
Liz Phair
2/5
Sounds a bit like a less good Sheryl Crow.
Cream
3/5
Some classics on there, but not sure the album as a whole is up there as on of the 'greatest of all time'.
Coldplay
4/5
The Prodigy
4/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3/5
Devendra Banhart
1/5
Odd. Anyone know why this is in the list?!
The Modern Lovers
2/5
Pretty banal - not much to commend it.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Coldplay
4/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Some crackers on there!
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
Not a particular fan of the Manics and this album certainly didn't change that view.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
The Damned
2/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
Well I lasted a couple of songs.
However, I don't feel my life is particularly enriched by listening to "one of the most shocking visions ever committed to vinyl" thanks!
Is it not possible to score an album less than one star? Perhaps zero? Oh well, never mind. 0*.
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Some good stuff on there, plus some so-so.
The Stooges
3/5
Pretty punchy and some great guitar work.
U2
3/5
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Air
3/5
Radiohead
2/5
Just not a Radiohead fan.
There's the odd track that I like, but re-listening to 'OK Computer' 25-odd years on hasn't changed that view.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Any album with 'Sledgehammer' on it is fine by me!
Some other good tracks on there that I don't think I've heard before.
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Enjoyable.
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Not my thing particularly.
Minutemen
2/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Likely one of my favourite albums of all time. A masterpiece.
Meat Loaf
4/5
Solid. Well done Mr Loaf.
k.d. lang
3/5
Relatively pleasing
Screaming Trees
3/5
Perfectly fine - but somewhat banal at the same time. Nothing particularly stood out during the album.
3* because 2* feels a bit harsh!
Gorillaz
4/5
Still sounding good!
Little Simz
2/5
The Smiths
3/5
Not my favourite Smiths album, but some good tracks in there.
Abdullah Ibrahim
2/5
Perfectly fine, but a bit plain and not that memorable.
Cypress Hill
4/5
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
Pretty decent, 3.75*
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Metallica
4/5
Pixies
2/5
A bit too shouty.
The Verve
3/5
It was OK. Not my favourite Verve album, but a few obviously good tracks there.
Ray Charles
2/5
OK as background music.
Radiohead
3/5
A better album than OK Computer. Controversial? Quite possibly! Nearly got to 4*, but then got a bit moany and 'Radioheady'
R.E.M.
4/5
Not a huge REM fan, but there are some good, and classic, tracks on here.
The Police
3/5
Weather Report
2/5
Sounded to me like a sound track to a 80s or 90s American TV show. And not in a good way.
Burning Spear
3/5
Beatles
3/5
Bit weird in places.
Black Sabbath
3/5
Good in places, but not my favourite Sabbath album. 3.5*
Air
4/5
An album, and artist, where you know far more of the tracks than you realise!
Must have been all those 'chill out mood' compilations from the 2000s! ;-)
2/5
Pretty dire in places, but with recognisable bigger hits mixed in. So a real mixed bag, but stays at 2* due to the other parts of the album.
SZA
3/5
AC/DC
5/5
Legendary.
The White Stripes
4/5
Good to hear again. 'Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground' is probably my favourite White Stripes track.
Big Star
3/5
Baaba Maal
2/5
I can see the appeal, but not really for me.
Carpenters
3/5
I remember this one as a tape we used to have in the car!
The Temptations
5/5
It has the full version of 'Papa Was a Rollin' Stone' = 5* !!
The Band
2/5
Didn't seem that well resolved to me. A bit all over the place.
Justice
2/5
Pretty annoying overall.
Portishead
4/5
Decent. Enjoyed that.
Travis
4/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Various Artists
3/5
Christmassy!
The Specials
3/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Pretty funky in places, but slightly wearing over the course of a full album. Good musical arrangement and a test for the speakers in places!
Feel a bit bad about 2* but that's where I'm stuck with a 5* based rating system ;-)
William Orbit
2/5
Disappointing.
Elvis Costello
2/5
3/5
1/5
Pretty dismal.
Talking Heads
2/5
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Nice background music.
Bob Dylan
3/5
I always struggle a bit with a full Dylan album. There's always some good stuff in there, but there were a few tacks on here that grated a bit....
Heaven 17
2/5
Pretty terrible. Has not aged well!
Ice Cube
3/5
Barry Adamson
2/5
Strange.
Elliott Smith
4/5
Enjoyable. I didn't really know this artist, but the music seemed familiar. Then realised some of it featured on the Good Will Hunting soundtrack - that's it!
Green Day
4/5
It's a good 'un.
3/5
The Fall
2/5
Didn't really work for me.
Lorde
4/5
George Harrison
3/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
Liked that. I can see why it's their best selling album.
Pere Ubu
1/5
Started as 'variable' and a 2* review. But by the end, it's 1* as some of the tracks were just complete dross.
Pixies
3/5
Good, in places.
Tortoise
3/5
21 min opening track! Woah! A curious album overall and I'm left not knowing quite what to make of it.
The Who
4/5
Enjoyed that.
Muddy Waters
4/5
Another enjoyable live album.
Al Green
4/5
Such a good voice.
The Everly Brothers
4/5
An institution, and influenced *so many* others.
Michael Jackson
5/5
Glorious.
The White Stripes
4/5
Steely Dan
3/5
3.5*
Hole
2/5
A bit too shouty overall. 2.5*
Animal Collective
2/5
A bit too experimental for me. 2.5*
Duran Duran
4/5
Really good. Obviously there are some really well singles on here, but it comes together well as an album too. 4.5*
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
A classic.
The Flaming Lips
3/5
OK.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
1/5
Not for me.
Ray Price
3/5
Tracks from a bygone era. Quite enjoyed that.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
A good dose of Scottish alt rock! Lovely stuff.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Beach House
2/5
Somewhat forgettable. Album has just finished playing and I can't really recall any standout features!
Korn
1/5
Entirely as I expected. NEXT!
The Slits
2/5
Bit odd.
Radiohead
2/5
Moany Radiohead. As expected!
CHIC
3/5
Very Chic. 3.5*
Rush
2/5
Not brilliant.
Jamiroquai
4/5
Funky. Liked it. Worked as a whole album, and the jazz funk and acid jazz elements worked well.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
A bit one dimensional and moany for me.
Frank Ocean
3/5
Decent in places.
Pink Floyd
5/5
A masterpiece. Not everyone's cup of tea of course, but I'd encourage anyone to properly sit down and listen from beginning to end, using either proper HiFi or a decent set of headphones.
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Erykah Badu
4/5
Enjoyed that, having never heard of her before.
Taylor Swift
3/5
A bit slow.
Deep Purple
5/5
Legendary.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
Classic Dave.
Beatles
4/5
Enjoyed that, including the covers that I didn't know they'd done!
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Some crackers in there, some not so much. 3.5*
The Fall
2/5
Unremarkable.
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Good in places 3.5*
Television
4/5
Sounded like a Rolling Stones album to me on the whole.... which is not bad thing!
Drive-By Truckers
4/5
Quite long, but some good stuff on there.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Clearly has merit, but I find Costello's voice to grate a little over the course of an album.
Nick Drake
4/5
Delightful melodies.
Fats Domino
4/5
Really very good.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
A few decent tracks on there, 3.5*
Emmylou Harris
2/5
A bit monotonous....
Christine and the Queens
4/5
Excellent.
Björk
1/5
Not a Bjork fan. That has remained unchanged!
Nirvana
5/5
One of the best live albums ever? Quite possibly.
Throwing Muses
2/5
Not one for me.
Nirvana
5/5
It's Nirvana. It's Nevermind. What else is there to say?
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Alanis Morissette
5/5
Excellent. It's been a while!
B.B. King
3/5
Pantera
2/5
A bit too 'shouty' for me.
Mudhoney
2/5
Not much to commend it really.
Incubus
3/5
Enjoyed that more than I thought I would - hints of Red Hot Chili Peppers at times, in some of the tracks. 3.5*
Jazmine Sullivan
1/5
Not my thing.
The Pogues
2/5
OK in small doses!
Van Halen
4/5
A humdinger of an album! Bravo!
Finley Quaye
3/5
A decent listen, 3.5*
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Enjoyable for the most part, a bit shouty for me elsewhere.
The Pogues
2/5
OK in small parts, a bit annoying in others.
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
The Avalanches
4/5
Amazing this is now over 20 years old. Still sounds fresh...
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Pretty good in places, 3.5*
Leftfield
3/5
Didn't flow as well as I remembered, but really decent in places.
The Doors
3/5
Some good tracks there, 3.5*
Johnny Cash
2/5
Like most of Cash's stuff, but didn't particularly enjoy this live album.
James Brown
4/5
Now that's a proper live album!
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Pretty decent. Thought it sounded quite like an Alicia Keys album in terms of arrangement - then I saw she was a producer on the album... 3.5*
Moby Grape
3/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
Classic.
3/5
Frank Zappa
2/5
Not great. Felt like a mixture of lift music and music for adverts!
Dr. Octagon
1/5
Weird.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Quite a decent listen, 3.5*
Pink Floyd
4/5
Never disappoints.
Eagles
3/5
Decent overall, but dominating from those 'big' album tracks.
Orbital
3/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Quite an enjoyable listen, 3.5*
David Ackles
2/5
Didn't like that much at all. A few tracks sounding like they should have been in a musical.
Frank Sinatra
5/5
Just delightful.
Jimmy Smith
4/5
An enjoyable listen for a Monday afternoon.
Beth Orton
4/5
I remember buying this album when it came out.... feels like yesterday. Oh, no, wait - it was 25 years ago! Still sounds fresh and current to my ears.
The White Stripes
4/5
Very good indeed.
The Who
3/5
Some tracks good, some a bit strange.
Marty Robbins
4/5
A great listen. This is why I like the Albums Generator, as I'd have never come across this otherwise!
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Nice background 3.5*
UB40
3/5
Was OK, didn't love it.
Brian Wilson
2/5
Not one for me.
Jeff Beck
4/5
Enjoyed that.
Cocteau Twins
3/5
OK, but got a bit wearing through the course of the album.
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
Enjoyed that. Don't know many ELO tracks - liked what I heard here.
U2
4/5
A great U2 album, one of the best. 4.5*
Björk
1/5
Oh good, another Bjork album. No. Still no....
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
OK to have on in the background. Just about scrapes a 3* for me.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
It's been a while. As good as I remember.
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Good in places, nicely arranged, melodic. But a bit strange in others. 3.5*
Robert Wyatt
1/5
Terrible.
Fiona Apple
2/5
Not that great I'm afraid.
Jungle Brothers
3/5
Pretty reasonable!
Metallica
3/5
Thought that was going to better than it turned out to be.
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Terrific guitar work, as would be expected I guess!
Sonic Youth
2/5
Didn't grab me this one. 2.5*
The Byrds
3/5
Decent in places, average in others.
Everything But The Girl
5/5
Really enjoyable - a band sometimes maybe thought of for one track, but there's more to discover here.
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Very enjoyable, some great tracks on there. Made all the better by Ella singing them!
Dolly Parton
4/5
You've gotta love a bit of Dolly! Some good tracks on there.
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Donovan
2/5
Hasn't aged well.... in my opinion!
Laura Nyro
3/5
Crisp, well produced and the sound production certainly doesn't sound like it's from 1968.
That said, I felt a few of the tracks wavered a little, which has marked it down from a 4* to a 3.5* (meaning on here I need to mark it as a 3!)
Can we have scores out of 10, please! :-)
5/5
Exceptional.
The Offspring
3/5
Enjoyed that more than I thought - some decent tracks on there and well arranged. 3.5*
The Specials
2/5
One good song, but sub-par for the rest.
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Pretty decent, 3.5*
OutKast
2/5
Some classic tracks on there, but "regarded by many to be one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time" ?
For that to be the case, virtually every track would need to be exceptional. I did not find that to be the case. 2.5*
Beatles
5/5
A masterpiece.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Still sounds fresh. 3.5*
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
A feel good, timeless album. One of the greats in my book.
Dead Kennedys
2/5
Reasonable in parts, but overall the album style and content isn't for me.
Donald Fagen
4/5
Enjoyed that, a good sound.
Fela Kuti
3/5
A bit short as an album, but enjoyable nonetheless.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Enjoyable album, with a few recognisable tracks that I didn't know were them!
Death In Vegas
3/5
Good in place, a bit odd in others (Aisha track mainly!)
I can see why so many tracks have been used for promos/advertising/games/films - catchy and electronics led. Nicely done.
3.5*
David Bowie
3/5
I wasn't overly taken with this. Tricky one - maybe it's a 'grower' and needs multiple listens.
That said, I've never been that much of a Bowie listener overall, just the odd track here and there. Maybe I need to re-visit....
Funkadelic
4/5
Enjoyed that and what an outstanding first track!
Supertramp
3/5
Public Enemy
5/5
Superlative - first album listened to in 2025. A banger!
The Smiths
4/5
Enjoyed listening to the whole album.
Def Leppard
4/5
Classic 'stadium' rock. Excellent.
Milton Nascimento
4/5
Enjoyed that, and another album that I wouldn't have come across otherwise!
Amy Winehouse
5/5
A modern classic.
Nas
4/5
Really pretty good, and that's high praise given it's not really my genre of choice!
Robbie Williams
1/5
No. Just no.
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
Was expecting a bit more here - felt a bit one-dimensional. 3.5*
Franz Ferdinand
5/5
I can still remember sticking this CD on for the first time... oh, that was 21 years ago!!
A well produced album with great energy and a well rounded, multi-dimensional sound stage that sounds as good in 2025 as it did in 2004. As ever, good Hi-Fi helps.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
A little bit slow in places, but some great tracks and lyrics in there.
X-Ray Spex
2/5
Not really my thing...
Jerry Lee Lewis
4/5
Punchy, vibrant, energetic - liked it!
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
OK, nothing special.
Beatles
3/5
A slightly unremarkable Beatles album for me.
Slade
2/5
No thanks.
Beatles
4/5
Excellent.
The Icarus Line
3/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Didn't really enjoy that, sorry Leonard.
Spiritualized
3/5
Decent in places 3.5*
Radiohead
1/5
Moany Radiohead. Always the same.
I
Don't
Get
It.
Pink Floyd
5/5
Just brilliant.
Michael Jackson
5/5
The best Michael Jackson album? Quite possibly.
Happy Mondays
4/5
Enjoyable - don't think I've listened to this in full before, and it's aged well.
Classic U2. A good listen.
The Blue Nile
4/5
Enjoyed that, having never heard of the band before. Really well put together.