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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
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5 | 2.67 | +2.33 |
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Survivor
Destiny's Child
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5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
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A Seat at the Table
Solange
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5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
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The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
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5 | 3.06 | +1.94 |
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Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
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5 | 3.09 | +1.91 |
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Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
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5 | 3.11 | +1.89 |
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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
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5 | 3.15 | +1.85 |
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Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
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5 | 3.17 | +1.83 |
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american dream
LCD Soundsystem
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5 | 3.18 | +1.82 |
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Hysteria
Def Leppard
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5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
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1 | 3.53 | -2.53 |
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Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
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1 | 3.04 | -2.04 |
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Dog Man Star
Suede
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1 | 3 | -2 |
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This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
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1 | 2.88 | -1.88 |
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I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
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1 | 2.84 | -1.84 |
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Ys
Joanna Newsom
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1 | 2.8 | -1.8 |
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Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
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1 | 2.75 | -1.75 |
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Atomizer
Big Black
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1 | 2.72 | -1.72 |
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Bright Flight
Silver Jews
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1 | 2.68 | -1.68 |
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Space Ritual
Hawkwind
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1 | 2.68 | -1.68 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 5 |
| Bob Dylan | 7 | 4.71 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 4.6 |
| Radiohead | 5 | 4.6 |
| Beatles | 5 | 4.6 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 4.75 |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 4.67 |
| Marvin Gaye | 3 | 4.67 |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 2 | 5 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 5 |
| Johnny Cash | 2 | 5 |
| PJ Harvey | 2 | 5 |
| U2 | 2 | 5 |
| LCD Soundsystem | 2 | 5 |
| ZZ Top | 2 | 5 |
| Green Day | 2 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 2 | 5 |
| The Who | 5 | 4.2 |
| The White Stripes | 3 | 4.33 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| My Bloody Valentine | 3 | 1.67 |
| Suede | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Fall | 3 | 2 |
| Kate Bush | 3 | 2 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
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| Fatboy Slim | 5, 2 |
| Public Enemy | 4, 5, 2 |
5-Star Albums (109)
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N.W.A.
4/5
The hits hit hard. The entire album is a little more mixed.
Some of the subjects are going to come across as dated. I try to keep the context in mind when rating this one.
An iconic album but not as complete as I remember it.
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1-Star Albums (22)
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Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Jangly. Poppy. Not something I’d search out on my own. But not a bad listen.
Just not my cup.
3/5
Little Richard
5/5
This is more my speed.
I did take a course on the history of rock music and this kind of classic, foundational music was something I was really into.
There's so much energy here.
I can imagine being a kid in 1957 and this would have been like getting shocked if you stuck a fork in the electric socket. Your hair standing on end, your spine-tingling, and your feet jittering.
This is just amazing because I can't even imagine rocking on a piano like this now.
Besides Billy Joel and Elton John, do we even see pianos anymore in rock setups?
I'll totally come back to this. I forgot how great this album was.
5/5
James Taylor
4/5
This is pretty mellow for my liking.
It also is my first James Taylor album. I know him. Never listened to him though.
Not bad. Not something I’d be to interested in listening to regularly.
It feels timeless and dated at the same time.
‘Fire and Rain’ is a great song. But that’s about it for me on this one.
For a greatest album, I feel like it should have more hits or really sticky songs.
Cormac called it pleasant. But why am I listening this country stuff?
3.5/5
75/100
Pavement
3/5
Torn between 3 & 4 stars here.
It’s a good album. Uneven in spots. But I have fond memories of it as well.
75/100
4/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
I like the beats. The rhymes not so much.
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
Tori Amos
4/5
I’m surprised that I enjoy this.
It also reminds me of a period of time in music.
Reading the liner notes on Apple Music, adding guitar would have killed these songs.
Trust the artist.
Miles Davis
4/5
This is great for just grooving and locking in on my work.
I like jazz and EDM for focusing.
4/5
85/100
Elliott Smith
4/5
I like this.
It’s depressing but good.
4/5
83/100
Garbage
3/5
72/100
3/5
Solid. Trippy. I remembered it differently than when I listen in 2023.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
AMAZING!
5/5
90/100
Metallica
3/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Never listened to Morrissey before.
It’s nice. Sad but nice.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
3/5
Melodic and heavy.
Shack
2/5
Power pop is how I’d describe this.
Pleasant but nothing special.
New Order
3/5
The Pogues
4/5
An Irish jig or something.
Knew the name but nothing else. I like this even if it’s completely something I’d never listen to.
Pop with Irish folk influences.
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
5/5
Cmon. This is the best. 5/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Fine. Not my thing. Not that interesting to me.
2/5
5/5
“I don’t believe you! You’re a liar! Play it fucking loud!”
5/5
The National
5/5
A favorite of dad rock.
5/5
Todd Rundgren
4/5
New to me.
I knew the name, but this is solid classic 70s-ish rock.
Hints of psychedelic music. Poppy.
I’m not sure I’d search it out normally, but I like it and I’d listen again.
Thelonious Monk
5/5
Nina Simone
3/5
Soundgarden
4/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
This is wild.
I never would have known this was The Beach Boys.
These are complicated songs with serious subject matter that still rock and hit.
Crazy. If you are a set in the stone The Beach Boys have to be poppy listener, you’ll hate this. If you can approach it from a new angle, this is pretty interesting to listen to.
Bert Jansch
3/5
The guitar picking is good. It’s totally fine. But not my thing.
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
Good. Not great.
At points fun. At others, repetitive.
Would I listen to it again? Some of it. An hour? Not sure.
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Pleasant. Fine. Not great.
2Pac
4/5
Booker T. & The MG's
5/5
Tortoise
4/5
TV On The Radio
2/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
5/5
Enjoyed this more than I might have thought.
Crowded House
2/5
I didn’t find this all that interesting. In places, I forgot I was listening to it.
Elbow
3/5
Like it but wouldn’t search it out.
Queens of the Stone Age
5/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
This sounds before it’s time. It’s crazy the sounds that these guys used.
5/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
The Kinks
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Epic
Bill Callahan
2/5
Not my thing.
Bon Jovi
3/5
Massive Attack
4/5
Prince
5/5
Obviously 5/5
Kanye West
4/5
Peter Tosh
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
Q-Tip
4/5
Madness
2/5
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Not my favorite.
Muddy guitar that sounds a little generic dirty rock guitar.
2/5
Korn
2/5
Knock off Rage Against the Machine.
Kid Rock
1/5
I thought the Korn album was awful.
This is the worst music I’ve ever heard.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Adele
2/5
I always walk away from these Adele albums saying she has a great voice and the music is solid, but it’s music that doesn’t move me a lot.
There’s always that last step she doesn’t take.
The Streets
5/5
Would never have discovered this without the site.
I wasn’t sure what I was listening to at the start but by the end I loved it.
5/5
Funkadelic
3/5
3/5. Not my favorite Funkadelic but some of the songs still jam.
Jeff Beck
4/5
I saw someone say "this is a soft 4."
I feel that.
The guitar work and tone are great. The musicianship is tight. But, at the same time, it isn't as over the top great as I might have started out thinking.
Maybe a rounded up 3.5 to a 4 for me.
But good stuff and if it was on in the background, I wouldn't be pissed.
Jane's Addiction
4/5
Boston
4/5
4/5
Before my time but good.
Sabu
4/5
The Doors
5/5
Björk
5/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Love
2/5
Steely Dan
4/5
5/5
5/5
I’ve listened to this a lot lately due to the Ryan Adams take on the album.
I’d forgotten how great it was.
Sister Sledge
4/5
A nightly soundtrack during the early nights of my career when I was involved in nightclubs.
A great album.
The White Stripes
4/5
4/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Some of this is good. Some of it is filler.
I remember having a lot of fun at this tour though.
I’ll go 3/5
Sade
3/5
Seductive, obviously.
Not as dated as you might expect.
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Make sure you go for the explicit version.
I like the beats and jazz influence. The flow is different compared to the hip-hop I grew up on.
But it’s a solid album.
3/5
Syd Barrett
1/5
I think this might be what I sound like when I'm in the shower, singing, after having had a few too many.
It isn't a very appealing thing to listen to.
Most of this is incoherent.
I wouldn't know that this was in any way someone attached to the formation of Pink Floyd.
This was just not very good.
Dire Straits
3/5
Metallica
5/5
Not sure if this is really metal since Metallica had evolved so much by this point.
But it’s heavy and melodic and I have time for it when it comes up in my suggestions.
Fela Kuti
4/5
I like this.
Love the energy and the beats. Still feels fresh.
4/5
Thundercat
4/5
I can understand the negative reviews. The first couple of tracks felt like some sort of joke.
But as I got deeper into the album, it started to come together for me.
Some good beats. Very mellow like a micro dosing funk.
Bad Company
4/5
The ultimate in inoffensive butt rock.
Totally groovin’ and nothing too far out there.
You wouldn’t get any complaints or compliments playing this at a backyard BBQ.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
The Go-Go's
4/5
Love these songs. Knowing some music history, I know that The Go-Gos are a bit more punk than this record would lead you to believe.
4/5
Like this. I do agree that it is heavily polished but isn’t that sort of the thing with a studio album?
I won’t go as far as to give it 5 stars but solid 4 for me.
Tim Buckley
3/5
Maybe folk isn’t my thing. I do feel like it could be songs from a renaissance festival.
Not bad but not something I’d choose to listen to regularly.
Iggy Pop
3/5
3/5
3/5
Totally fine.
Just a random walk in the 90s power pop world.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Just the right album for a holiday weekend.
The driving beats. The songs that are familiar. The songs that aren’t as famous. It all mixes nicely together to make a really good album.
4/5
The War On Drugs
2/5
This is the most boring form of pseudo-intellectual rock I've listened to in a while.
It isn't bad.
It is just boring and been done a hundred times earlier on this list.
This sounds like the kind of music my dentist would have on while performing a cleaning on my teeth.
Brian Eno
3/5
This is one where the context really matters because I get it: samples and sampling!
It is a totally fine album to listen to, but because it is 2023, the amount of sampling is the shoulder shrug emoji.
I typically try and put myself into the mindset of what must this have sounded like when it came out and can't quite get there with this one.
It isn't dated per se. It doesn't feel relevant to me either.
I just feel like it sounds like a lot of the electronic albums on this list.
Which is probably a testament to how important this one was at the time, but as a listener now...not as important.
Missy Elliott
3/5
The Who
5/5
Neil Young
5/5
The Who
4/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
4/5
Loved this one. It was ahead of its time when I first listened to it in the 90s.
I’ve occasionally put this on over the years.
To me, it holds up and doesn’t sound dated.
It’s a vibe.
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
This is pretty amazing. I only knew the newer stuff starting with Mule Variations.
I really like this and am going to add this to the rotation.
Nick Drake
3/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Portishead
5/5
A regular before this came up in my project.
I like the beats and the indecipherable lyrics because it doesn’t disrupt me when I’m working and is soothing.
As far as a trip hop album goes, I think this is what I consider trip hop to be. I don’t know if I would be able to tell you any other albums.
Groovy. Ethereal. Seductive.
5 of 5.
Koffi Olomide
3/5
3/5
Rod Stewart
4/5
4/5
Solid but not spectacular.
Nas
4/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Brian Wilson
3/5
The Black Keys
4/5
I’ve always loved this album. When my son was a little guy, we listened to this all the time on the way to preschool.
What holds me back is when I’ve seen them in concert the show isn’t as good as the album, but that isn’t the albums fault. Good solid, blues based rock.
4/5. If I could, I’d probably go 4.5 but not all the way to 5.
The Offspring
2/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Eminem
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Björk
4/5
Moby
5/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Torn between 4 and 5. This is the most consistent Stones album I’ve listened to IMO.
The musicality is amazing. The riffs and jams are solid.
I’m going 4 but could have said 5 on another day.
Barry Adamson
3/5
Hot Chip
3/5
Paul McCartney
2/5
2/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Great musicianship.
I only know ‘Jenny’ but a good solid album.
Aerosmith
3/5
I get the glam influence. I didn’t find this to be essential or especially great.
The hits are good, but the rest feels like filler. I’ll go 3 due to the hits, but this is really a 2.
The Divine Comedy
2/5
What is chamber music anyway?!
Never knew that’s what this style is supposed to sound like.
It isn’t bad. I wouldn’t call it good. The lyrics are hokey with a little Lawrence Welk thrown in.
Won’t remember this. Won’t likely ever look for it again.
R.E.M.
5/5
Tina Turner
5/5
Really solid album. A lot of great songs that I had totally forgotten about, but knew them as soon as the first notes played.
Probably a 92-93, but I’ll give it a 5.
1984 is the only song that seems out of place. It isn’t very good. But it’s the last song.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
My wife says, “all bangers.”
I was never a huge fan until this year when I went to see the show at the baltimore arena. I’m a convert.
Cocteau Twins
2/5
Cocteau Twins
2/5
Blur
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
I like this one better as a whole than some of the other Bowie albums I’ve received.
The hits are always great, but I’ve found the albums a bit more uneven.
This one is thematic and consistent. I guess this is Thin White Duke Bowie, but I try avoid too much research in this.
Punk with dance beats.
4/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Merle Haggard
3/5
Elton John
3/5
Fatboy Slim
5/5
Love it.
Great dance album.
5/5
John Coltrane
5/5
AC/DC
2/5
Highway to Hell is a banger. The rest is repetitive.
It’s all good but a bit one note.
OutKast
4/5
It’s a lot.
Not bad, a lot. But not 5 star great either. It can be a touch indulgent in places.
But it’s very funky and eclectic.
I’ll go strong 4 stars but not quite 5.
Destiny's Child
5/5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
This is a solid album throughout. It’s got hip hop, soul, R&B, and it vibes.
I don’t know if I ever listened to the whole album all the way before, but I would put this on just like the Erykah Badu album I heard earlier on in this.
Just good music.
Michael Jackson
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Peak folk Dylan. Some very memorable songs.
Maybe not my ultimate Dylan, but I’ll go 4.
Tears For Fears
5/5
Traffic
4/5
Frank Zappa
4/5
The Killers
3/5
Starts strong. Some of it is good. Some of it is average or below.
72/100
The Flaming Lips
4/5
The Verve
3/5
Perfectly fine.
Pretty one note for the most part. Nothing to be bothered by.
Marilyn Manson
4/5
I remember drinking at a bar in Ft. Lauderdale with one of the guys that Marilyn Manson had fired from the band back in the 1990s.
I also remember a NYE show in Ft Lauderdale as well.
I haven't listened to this stuff in years, but I was surprised at how much of it I remember from my early-20s.
In listening to these albums, I try to put myself in the mindset of where or what I would think of the album with no knowledge of the artist or the years since the album was released.
So, I'll grade this album on that scale as a 4/5...like a 89.
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
A double album that has songs that will fill a double album.
Not 100% bangers, but nothing that’s really filler.
I think this holds up well. I was a fan in the days. I’m still a fan now.
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
This album hasn't aged one bit...it is as fresh as it was the first time I heard it.
The power. The lyrics. The creativity.
I think it might be hard for folks to realize how radical this was when it first came out in the early-90s. There wasn't any rap/rock mainstream music minus the Run DMC/Aerosmith collab of "Walk This Way".
5/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
This is a great album.
I heard talk about Flint's water in the opening...man, nothing changes.
5/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
I find this to be awful because it feels designed to be inoffensive and bland.
I read the description and the context and that makes it even worse IMO.
It’s techno and a coming out party at once and it’s less likely to make me dance than anything I’ve listened to in a while. And, it seems pretty generic and not super introspective from a sexuality standpoint.
Really disappointing.
Suicide
2/5
Jack White
3/5
Otis Redding
5/5
I like this one.
It has range from heart ache and soul to rocking and bopping.
Most people will know most of these songs. I'm really into this version of 'Satisfaction', it is pretty amazing.
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
Totally fine. Not good. Not bad.
2.5 so 3. I guess.
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
This is one that I have a favorable impression of due to the time it came out.
It was 2002 and it was Bruce's response to the September 11th, terrorist attacks. It was also the first Bruce Springsteen album I ever really got into.
Moving to NYC in 2002, the album felt poignant to the angst and uncertainty that people felt during that first year after the attacks. I remember visiting NYC for the first time in May 2002 staying in a hotel downtown on Wall Street and waking up with a bloody nose because of the grit and pollution still in the air.
Then I remember moving there in November 2002 and it wasn't that people had moved on, but it had become a joyous time in NYC because people seemed to just embrace that it could all go away.
So when I listen to this album, I think of all of this.
On a scale of 0-100. This is around an 89 for me. But do to everything I reviewed, I'll probably give it 5 stars for the combo music and emotional context.
Air
5/5
I've actually listened to this one a lot over the last year or so because it is ambient and that helps me work on things without the distraction of lyrics.
I know nothing about the band and nothing about any of this, but I love the textures and the grooves.
Since it is on regularly in my house...I'm going 5 stars.
Talking Heads
3/5
I know the Talking Heads, I know 'Once in a Lifetime'.
I was excited to listen to this one because my wife went to see David Byrne's show on Broadway on a business trip a few years back.
I didn't think this was bad or good. 'Once in a Lifetime' was and is still a good song. The rest of the stuff just kind of blended together for me.
I wouldn't need to listen to the full album again.
3/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
5/5
I like this. I started with going 4, but this is a 5 because it’s fresh and the remastered version brings out the brightness of the instruments.
I’m going 93/100
Pearl Jam
5/5
C'mon...
Do I even need to review this one for my group? I've been to 20 Pearl Jam shows to the point where 'Alive' has moved from a lament to a celebration.
When I was sick with COVID and the complications from Long COVID, the thing that kept me going was the Pearl Jam show at MSG scheduled for 9/11/22.
I got there and 'Garden' tore me up.
The production on the album is very early-90s and the remixed version of the album is truer to the band's live sound, but this is an anthemic album...one that I still listen to regularly.
5/5
Red Snapper
3/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
N.W.A.
4/5
The hits hit hard. The entire album is a little more mixed.
Some of the subjects are going to come across as dated. I try to keep the context in mind when rating this one.
An iconic album but not as complete as I remember it.
Nightmares On Wax
4/5
Pixies
4/5
It’s good.
I can see why Nirvana and other bands were inspired by this.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
5/5
As the kids say, "low key" banger.
This is pretty great. I didn't realize I was going to know all of these songs. The more surprising thing is that the sound is still vibrant and alive.
This is a really great example of early American rock 'n roll.
95/100
5 stars
Janelle Monáe
4/5
I enjoyed this. A lot of interesting beats.
Jimmy Smith
5/5
I enjoyed this.
Probably add this to my workday rotation.
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
I like it.
Very techno and house.
Neil Young
3/5
Didn’t love it or hate it. 2.5
Dusty Springfield
2/5
Eels
4/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
The Who
5/5
Love ‘Tommy’.
As a kid, my son and I would listen to it all the time. He loves ‘Pinball Wizard’ even now as a surly teenager.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Great voice. Great artist.
This was too one tone for me to get very excited about though.
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
4/5
Not as revolutionary now as I’m sure it was in the days.
It’s a very tight album. I was torn between 3 & 4 because I was expecting a bit more. But I realized I’ve been too ready to drop a 3. And, 3 should be reserved for the “meh, didn’t hate it and don’t need it.”
Pantera
2/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Guns N' Roses
5/5
The Police
4/5
4/5
Solomon Burke
4/5
Wire
4/5
Cornershop
2/5
I remember this. It’s catchy and somewhat silly.
I don’t know if it belongs on a list like this but I enjoy it as a novelty compared to some of the more serious options we’ve had over time.
2/5
Bobby Womack
4/5
5/5
I have always really loved this one.
Reading the reviews, I never took into consideration the influences that helped bring this one to life.
For me, it reminds me of living in NYC in the mid-2000s.
5/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Lou Reed
4/5
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Not my favorite LZ but still pretty rocking.
The White Stripes
5/5
This is in the regular rotation as it is.
'Seven Nation Army' is an all-time rock anthem for that riff alone.
The best part of this album isn't the rocking, but the simplicity of the music. It is simple, but powerful.
5/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Violent Femmes
5/5
This is dark...
On the other hand, it is unbelievably catchy.
Weird, but beautiful.
I don't know. It is totally out there.
I love it.
5/5
Morrissey
3/5
It's fine.
I didn't lose my mind over this even though I remember Ryan Adams name checking 'Viva Hate' at the start of his first solo album. So I kind of expected more.
It is fine.
It is a bit one tone for me. And, sad.
I wouldn't need to listen to this regularly and I wouldn't necessarily turn it off if it was on.
3/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
5/5
From a Dylan standpoint, this is it. The song craft is just perfect.
Foo Fighters
5/5
For me, it’s poppy and punk at the same time.
This is the formula that the Foo Fighters have used for years now, but it’s all Dave Grohl, trying to figure out what he’s going to do now that Kurt Cobain is dead.
Is it top of the Foo Fighters pyramid, IMO no. But it is fun and great.
So 5 stars for me.
Louis Prima
5/5
This is pretty great.
I knew a lot of these songs from other artists. It’s just a lively, fun album.
If this is Big Band, I dig it.
5/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
Not the worst thing, but not really good either.
2/5
Ms. Dynamite
4/5
I enjoyed this more than I expected.
It’s not terribly transformative, but the beats work and the context of the music is solid.
Marty Robbins
4/5
Sounds like a soundtrack to a spaghetti western.
It’s good.
4/5
The Doors
4/5
4 star
Big Black
1/5
Nitin Sawhney
4/5
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
4
The Doors
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Pretty joyous and funky.
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Metallica
4/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Metallica
4/5
The Jam
2/5
I forgot I was even listening to this.
It is fine but not 100% memorable to me.
The La's
4/5
Duran Duran
4/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
A couple of all time hits on here that tons of people will know.
It’s also very specific to the 80s.
It’s catchy and easy to listen to. I like it. I might not catch myself going back to it regularly but you do have to admit that Cyndi Lauper did a tremendous job of building a persona for her that started with this album.
4/5
The Cardigans
4/5
4/5
I liked this more than I thought I would. It’s poppy.
Baaba Maal
2/5
Carole King
3/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Herbie Hancock
4/5
4/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
4/5
Daft Punk
4/5
Minutemen
3/5
3
Michael Jackson
4/5
This is a pretty epic pop album.
You have to really divorce yourself from MJ’s personal life but it’s a great pop album.
Kanye West
4/5
The Byrds
4/5
The The
2/5
Julian Cope
2/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Frank Ocean
3/5
Grizzly Bear
3/5
Perfectly fine.
Totally average.
Wouldn’t need to search this out.
3/5
Taylor Swift
5/5
All bangers. 5/5.
Radiohead
4/5
Ramones
5/5
Various Artists
5/5
The Lemonheads
4/5
Catchy and fun.
4/5
The Zutons
3/5
I don’t know what this is.
It’s fun. It’s interesting. I don’t know if I’d ever search it out.
Al Green
4/5
Pixies
4/5
Wilco
5/5
I will admit, I didn’t get Wilco for a long time.
I saw them open for REM. Meh.
Listened to their stuff because a woman I was dating loved them. Meh.
Had a chance to listen to their live album. Finally got it.
That’s a long intro into once I got it, I listened to this album with fresh ears and it’s just great.
It’s sort of the best of Wilco in the songs are well crafted and musicians are experimental without stealing from the songs.
Excellent stuff.
2/5
I like country music in some ways. But this isn’t it for me.
2/5
Liz Phair
4/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Listened to it twice. I guess I liked it. 😁
The B-52's
4/5
4/5
Steve Earle
3/5
Donovan
4/5
4/5
5/5
This is probably the peak of U2. It’s anthemic and grandiose.
It’s driving and soft.
They’ve never been my top top favorite but this is pretty great.
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Gang Starr
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Ryan Adams
4/5
Queen
3/5
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
Pixies
3/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Kelela
3/5
Not something I couldn’t have lived without hearing. But not bad. If my baseline is average at 2.5. Round up to a 3.
Screaming Trees
3/5
John Lennon
4/5
ZZ Top
5/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
Soft Cell
4/5
The Fall
3/5
Stan Getz
4/5
4/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
4/5
Roxy Music
3/5
3/5
The Roots
4/5
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Duke Ellington
4/5
Happy Mondays
1/5
I’ve still listened to Kid Rock during this project. So this isn’t the worst thing.
But it is fucking awful.
Beastie Boys
4/5
4/5
The beats are great. The lyrics, meh. Not as catchy as other stuff but the music hits.
Kraftwerk
3/5
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Elvis Costello
4/5
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Van Morrison
4/5
4/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
Love this. Moody and melodic. Its not my favorite Radiohead album but I put it on regularly as mood music to work to.
Beastie Boys
5/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
Orbital
2/5
I like electronic music, but this is not a good example of the genre.
The Incredible String Band
1/5
Not the worst thing I’ve ever listened to, but it is close.
The Band
4/5
Snoop Dogg
5/5
Muddy Waters
5/5
This is great.
The blues like they should be.
Erykah Badu
5/5
The Charlatans
2/5
Hard meh.
2/5
Supergrass
4/5
Pretty good. I like it more than I imagined when I saw it pop up.
Jangly. Catchy. A bit dated, but still fun.
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Public Enemy
4/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
Astor Piazzolla
4/5
Cream
4/5
4
Green Day
5/5
Ghostface Killah
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Everything But The Girl
3/5
Eminem
3/5
Van Halen
4/5
T. Rex
4/5
Beck
4/5
4/5
Ozomatli
4/5
Fats Domino
4/5
Couldn’t find the album but picked out the songs and made a playlist.
CHIC
3/5
3/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2/5
The cover of “I See a Darkness” is the only highlight and the only thing I remember about this.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Yes
3/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Quite pleasant.
4/5
The Human League
2/5
2/5.
LCD Soundsystem’s shout out gets this 2 stars.
This isn’t that great minus the last song.
The xx
4/5
I’m surprised that I like this one so much.
It’s funky, fun, and melodic. Not earth shattering but good.
Fleet Foxes
3/5
Television
4/5
4/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Neu!
3/5
Dion
4/5
Like this more than I thought I would.
There are a couple of songs I knew. A lot I didn’t.
I’d put this on in the background, I think.
3 seems too low. 4 too high. But I’ll round up to 4.
Supertramp
3/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
4
The Jam
2/5
Meh.
2/5
Coldplay
3/5
This is decidedly average pop/rock music.
It doesn’t suck. It isn’t great.
If it was a 1/10 scale, I’d say it’s about a 5.
Meh.
3/5
Orbital
3/5
The Temptations
3/5
ZZ Top
5/5
Joanna Newsom
1/5
Megadeth
2/5
Sepultura
2/5
Not my thing. 2/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Prince
4/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
4/5
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
American Music Club
2/5
AC/DC
4/5
4/5
Listened to this yesterday on my walk. Ha!
Linkin Park
3/5
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
Slade
4/5
Didn’t know what I was getting.
It was fun and I’d put some of these songs on at a BBQ or party for the energy and to get my friends scratching their heads.
Is it earth shattering or revolutionary?
Probably not.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Beatles
5/5
The White Stripes
4/5
U2
5/5
I was just watching a show about U2 and the Zoo TV era.
This is a really great album.
It holds up and I like it more than the other albums they made around this time.
It’s probably my age that says that since my wife is way more into Joshua Tree.
I call it peak earnest Bono.
Sepultura
3/5
3/5
Mj Cole
2/5
This was pretty bad.
It wasn’t interesting at all.
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
John Cale
2/5
2
The Young Gods
1/5
This is honestly one of the most godawful things I’ve been exposed to.
It seems to have little or no redeeming qualities.
2/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
R.E.M.
4/5
I’m from this part of GA. So I’ve got a soft spot for this one.
In REM’s total discography, I find this not as great as other albums. But it’s good stuff and a very solid debut.
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
The Strokes
4/5
The Zombies
3/5
Yes
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
The Monks
4/5
Doves
2/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Paul Simon
3/5
3/5
The Fall
1/5
I don’t find this particularly interesting.
1/5
The Coral
3/5
fIREHOSE
2/5
Joy Division
2/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
4/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
Common
4/5
4
Sonic Youth
2/5
Dire Straits
4/5
The first half is great.
The lyrics are dated including the use of “f$g”.
The second half is kind of “mid”.
The riffs are solid.
4
Genesis
3/5
3
The Pogues
4/5
I like this one.
I don’t know if I’ve listened to it before.
But I want to dance a jig.
4
John Lennon
4/5
4/5
Death In Vegas
3/5
I both like this and find it utterly uninteresting.
I’m really about down the middle on this one.
The Beta Band
3/5
Eric Clapton
2/5
Fine.
Something that has a title like this should be more fun. I’ll stick to Jimmy Buffet.
2/5
Sigur Rós
4/5
Beatles
4/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Saint Etienne
3/5
Not sure why this is on the list.
Its a perfectly fine album but essential seems a stretch.
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
Pretty standard issue blues based rock.
Nothing world beating and nothing bad.
This is definitely 5/10 not 3/5.
3/5
Jefferson Airplane
2/5
I know it is important.
But it’s pretty boring.
2/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Green Day
5/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Circle Jerks
4/5
Get in. Get out. Rock.
4/5
Dagmar Krause
1/5
Oh sweet Jesus its like being trapped in the theatre room with the least talented musical performer ever.
Minor Threat
3/5
Pulp
2/5
Meh. Fine. Not 1000 albums before I die great.
Sex Pistols
4/5
Ice Cube
3/5
3/5
Rod Stewart
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
The Clash
4/5
Antony and the Johnsons
1/5
Pentangle
2/5
Talk Talk
2/5
2/5
Meh.
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Silver Jews
1/5
Why is this on the list?
What a waste of a spot on a list that’s supposed to be the bangingest of the bangers.
Bob Dylan
5/5
These songs are spare and cold.
That makes them memorable to me because this was the first Dylan album released in my lifetime that seemed to really matter.
He’d released tons of music, but he was washed.
This album was the start of a string of music that was relevant and felt real, important.
I understand why some folks don’t like this one, but for me…this is great.
Kate Bush
2/5
Very 80s.
One hit for me.
Not great as a whole.
2/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
George Harrison
4/5
Ministry
3/5
PJ Harvey
5/5
This is solid.
It is raw. It is hard. There are rough edges.
PJ Harvey was kick ass from the start.
Radiohead
5/5
This was my go-to album during COVID lockdowns.
I had never really paid much attention to this one. I was always more into 'Kid A'.
But during 2020, I got heavily into this one.
The Stooges
3/5
D'Angelo
3/5
Orange Juice
3/5
3/5
ABBA
3/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Soul II Soul
2/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Totally fine.
Not something essential.
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Laibach
2/5
Gang Of Four
4/5
Air
4/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Nanci Griffith
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
I love LCD Soundsystem because there are so many callbacks to other artists.
This is like a shoe gaze, mood music album.
Would I call it my favorite, no. Would I still listen to it whenever I get a chance...100%.
Baaba Maal
3/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
4/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
4/5
The Crusaders
4/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Kind of dull.
2/5
Lorde
4/5
Incubus
3/5
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Public Enemy
5/5
Anita Baker
2/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
I like the album. But I can’t muster up more than 3 stars though.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2/5
Anthrax
3/5
The Prodigy
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Parliament
4/5
Morrissey
3/5
Basement Jaxx
2/5
Talking Heads
3/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Rush
3/5
Stephen Stills
2/5
Meh.
I’ve had Limp Bitzkit and Kid Rock on this journey.
Nothing is as bad as that.
This is excessive and boring.
2/5
M.I.A.
2/5
Not very compelling.
The music is kind of a jumble of sounds and beats without much in the way of a theme.
2/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Christine and the Queens
4/5
Aerosmith
3/5
I’m calling this a generous 3.
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Paul Simon
2/5
Dull.
Big Star
3/5
Justice
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Billy Bragg
5/5
Leftfield
3/5
Ella Fitzgerald
1/5
The Dictators
3/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Afrika Bambaataa
4/5
Ash
2/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
Def Leppard
5/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Fairport Convention
2/5
John Martyn
4/5
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
Perfectly pleasant.
Is it essential?
Probably not.
3/5
Steve Winwood
3/5
Faust
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Supergrass
3/5
Meh. 3/5
The Verve
2/5
Meh. 2/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
George Michael
4/5
The Byrds
2/5
Sufjan Stevens
2/5
The Temptations
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
Not essential 2/5
Lenny Kravitz
2/5
2/5
Paul Weller
2/5
2/5
Stereo MC's
3/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
Dizzee Rascal
4/5
Wild Beasts
2/5
Ice Cube
2/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Lou Reed
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Meat Puppets
4/5
Maxwell
4/5
Sheryl Crow
2/5
Sparks
3/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
4 stars. I like this one.
The Thrills
3/5
I mean it is totally fine.
It’s pop rock for elevators or something.
3/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
1/5
Mekons
2/5
Meh.
Fine. Won’t need to listen to it again.
2/5
Public Enemy
2/5
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
Meh.
Nothing worth listening to a second time.
I don't know how some of these albums make the list.
2/5
Massive Attack
4/5
4/5
Milton Nascimento
3/5
The United States Of America
2/5
Fine.
Not my thing.
I get the relevance of this one.
2/5
Van Morrison
2/5
The Shamen
2/5
Lord. How do some of these albums make this list?
This is pretty bad because it’s just totally ignorable.
2/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
This is just noise.
I don't often give out 1s, but I wish I could go even lower on this.
What a waste of listening time.
Portishead
3/5
The Avalanches
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
3/5
Miles Davis
5/5
I will say that I listen to a lot of Miles Davis during my work day.
'Bitches Brew' is solid. My favorite is 'On the Corner'...so I'd say this gets 4.5 stars.
Rounded up...that's 5.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Robbie Williams
2/5
This sounds pretty dated to me.
It is catchy, but I don't know if it is that exciting.
I love a lot of British things, but this one isn't one of them.
2/5
Little Simz
2/5
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
This didn’t need to be on the list.
1/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
This seems like a reach.
It’s fine but not like I’ll ever want to listen to it again.
There are other, better Elvis Costello albums. Unless he’s your favorite artist, you can skip this one.
2/5
George Jones
2/5
Scissor Sisters
4/5
Frank Black
2/5
The Only Ones
2/5
Dr. Dre
4/5
4/5
The Smiths
3/5
3/5
Not what I thought it would be. Fine. Not great. I don’t get the hype.
King Crimson
3/5
I can appreciate this. I know it’s important but it isn’t my thing.
I’ll go 3/5 due to the importance and the musicality. It’s lush. It’s well put together.
I just wouldn’t need to listen all the time.
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
3/5
Carpenters
3/5
The Auteurs
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Bad Brains
2/5
Beck
4/5
The Associates
2/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
David Ackles
1/5
50 Cent
3/5
System Of A Down
2/5
Not really my thing.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Napalm Death
1/5
3/5
Barry Adamson
2/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
Bauhaus
2/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
5/5
The Smiths
2/5
Bee Gees
2/5
This tedious and boring. Give me the disco stuff.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
4/5
A really beautiful album.
The Slits
2/5
Important, ok. But is it good?
2/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Blur
3/5
James Brown
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
k.d. lang
2/5
T. Rex
4/5
Skunk Anansie
2/5
2/5
Cypress Hill
4/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
The Birthday Party
2/5
Nirvana
5/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Fever is a hit.
4/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
1/5
Why have I been subjected to this crap?
The Stooges
3/5
3/5
Gene Clark
2/5
This is like if paint drying was an album.
The least interesting country album I’ve ever heard.
Stephen Stills
3/5
Totally fine. Whatever.
3/5
Hawkwind
1/5
Richard Hawley
2/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
David Holmes
2/5
Fine but I’m not sure about essential.
Suzanne Vega
2/5
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
This is dreadful.
Neneh Cherry
2/5
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
Can’t find this on Spotify or Apple Music.
But due to influencing LCD, I’ll give it 3.
Holger Czukay
4/5
Germs
2/5
John Lee Hooker
2/5
Fred Neil
2/5
The Band
3/5
Fiona Apple
5/5
This album is stunning.
I remember having it on a loop for years.
I forget about Fiona Apple sometimes but I’m always excited to be reminded.
King Crimson
3/5
LL Cool J
3/5
The Specials
4/5
Fun.
Probably would benefit from a 10 or 100 point scale.
4
Björk
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
There is no doubt that Joni Mitchell has a great voice.
But the songs are fine.
It could just be that this kind of folk music isn't my thing.
I'll round up from 3.5 to 4. But I'd say good, not 100 best albums of all time or anything like it is often rated.
Jungle Brothers
1/5
N.E.R.D
2/5
Ananda Shankar
2/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Django Django
3/5
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
I saw someone write that this album is here due to the context, not the content.
That feels right to me.
It isn't that it is a bad album. But it doesn't feel specific. It is a generic form of female led pop...and I can't tell if it is the start or the end of the genre.
It is just really not much more than average...maybe even slightly below.
Genesis
4/5
Finley Quaye
2/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
Why was this highly rated?
This is just sort of painful to listen to.
Stereolab
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4/5
4/5
Dennis Wilson
4/5
The The
2/5
Animal Collective
3/5
Meh.
It is fine.
I like the cover for the cool optical illusion. The music is fine. The name of the album is cool since I spend a lot of time at shows at the venue.
But I don't know if I would need to include this album on this list.
I'll say bang average, but round up to 3.
Donald Fagen
3/5
Motörhead
3/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
Jacques Brel
2/5
Elton John
5/5
Guided By Voices
2/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Queen
4/5
Ray Price
3/5
This is about what you would expect from the genre.
It is solid.
I think this is one of those albums you have to consider in the context of when it was released and what was going on at the time.
The musicianship is strong. It is totally fine.
3/5
Beth Orton
3/5
Black Flag
3/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
4/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Norah Jones
3/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Suede
1/5
Sleater-Kinney
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Beach House
4/5
Gillian Welch
2/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
4/5
Patti Smith
4/5
Sisters Of Mercy
2/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2/5
Primal Scream
2/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
Cowboy Junkies
2/5
Dr. Octagon
2/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
Van Halen
5/5
100% butt rock banger!
Harry Nilsson
5/5
Madonna
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Full banger.
RIP Ozzy.
Suede
2/5
Meh. Fine. Nothing more. Nothing less.
2/5
The Damned
4/5
4/5
Oasis
4/5
This is the craziest album.
I get why folks hate it.
I get why folks love it.
I look at the track listing and think that this is a bit rubbish.
I listen to the album and think this is awesome.
I'll go four stars.
Country Joe & The Fish
2/5
Not my thing.
I'm sure it was important, but it doesn't hold up for me.
Nine Inch Nails
5/5
Certified banger. Love this one.
Elis Regina
3/5
Le Tigre
4/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
2/5
Gorillaz
4/5
CHIC
3/5
SZA
3/5
Eagles
3/5
I'm going to say that this has 3 hit singles on it. The rest is, as the kids say, mid.
3 stars
Slayer
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
2/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Randy Newman
2/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
3/5
Mudhoney
2/5
2/5
The Who
4/5
Doves
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Spacemen 3
2/5
Wilco
4/5
Jane Weaver
3/5
I like this.
It is a mix of pop and electronic.
I don't know if it falls into the must listen category, but I enjoy it and I'm glad I listened to it.
I'll also likely forget I liked it in a short period of time.
3/5
The Everly Brothers
2/5
This does sound very dated.
It isn't the worst thing I've heard, but I have a hard time even putting it in the context of the time it was made.
I'll give it 2/5.
Miles Davis
5/5
Top marks.
5/5
The Style Council
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
Elvis Costello
2/5
Simple Minds
2/5
I can't imagine that this was a must listen during the 80s.
This seems like cookie cutter, 80s syth driven music.
I haven't heard one song on the whole album that I am familiar with.
It isn't Kid Rock or Limp Bizkit though...so it gets a 2.
Elastica
4/5
It is catchy.
I didn't think I would like this as much as I do.
It isn't anything crazy unique, but it is fun and the singles I remember.
The Cure
5/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
The Undertones
3/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
This is just so great.
It’s sex in song form.
The Byrds
3/5
Jethro Tull
4/5
I didn't realize I was going to like this...
I thought this would be something that drove me nutes...more prog rock. But I find this to be pretty good.
There is a momentum to the music, some songs you know, and not a lot of the annoying prog rock elements.
4/5
The Kinks
2/5
Beatles
5/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
Ravi Shankar
3/5
3/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
4/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Deee-Lite
2/5
I figure this was revolutionary and great when it was released.
It is a bit dated in 2025.
Jeff Buckley
4/5
I didn't buy into the Jeff Buckley craze in the 90s, but I had a buddy who loved this album.
I listen to this occasionally now.
I can appreciate it as a soulful, creative piece of rock.
Nirvana
5/5
Tom Waits
4/5
3/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
I listened to this one before.
The cover might trick you. This is some blues based rock from Mali and it is really interesting because it mixes the blues with some African beats and instruments.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
The Blue Nile
2/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Santana
3/5
Grateful Dead
4/5
Billie Holiday
4/5
4/5
Talvin Singh
2/5
Throbbing Gristle
2/5
Tom Waits
3/5
The Waterboys
3/5
The Police
3/5
3/5
Blondie
4/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
4/5
Alice In Chains
5/5
5/5
Megadeth
3/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
3/5
The Fall
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
Weather Report
3/5
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
The Who
3/5
Cee Lo Green
3/5
Kanye West
3/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Totally fine.
3/5
Pleasant, but nothing spectacular or necessary.
The Mars Volta
4/5
Aphex Twin
4/5
Dr. John
3/5
3/5
The Vines
2/5
MC Solaar
5/5
The Triffids
2/5
Solange
5/5
Sugar
2/5
Arcade Fire
5/5
Billy Joel
5/5
The Cure
3/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Pretenders
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Judas Priest
4/5
Alanis Morissette
5/5
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
Shuggie Otis
4/5
Banger! 4/5
Travis
2/5
Totally fine.
To me it was like it paint dried was an album.
I guess that was the point of the album, but I don't know why it was on the list.
Barely noticed it was playing. Barely noticed that it ended.
2/5
X-Ray Spex
4/5
The Residents
2/5
2/5