If you put everything 70s in a blender, this is what you get. Maybe with an extra touch of Steely Dan and Chicago. It's all played, recorded and arranged very well. Almost too well. Most of the songs are good, but longer than they should have been (especially Rudy). You keep listening, because they have so many changes and something interesting might come up. Despite all the changes it sounds coherent, unlike a lot of their contemporaries. They have two singers. The one who sings the most and the best songs has an annoying voice. Favorite song: dreamer

Pleasant voice. Slow entrancing music. Nothing ground breaking, but not a dime a dozen. I usually don't like this style of music, but this record was a lot better than I expected. Favorite song: Rococo Zephyr.

Kitsch. Novelty. Not even done very well. But it's fun to listen to for a while. Some songs are alright, but there's also some very bland versions of more spicy originals, like Pipeline and Satisfaction. A full album of this is too much. If you need samples for your hip hop or dance music, this record is for you. Otherwise ignore it. In my opinion this doesn't belong on the list. Favorite song: Kiburi.

This is one of my favorite albums. It's very noisy, but the noise is catchy. Favorite song: Catholic Block.

The Beach Boys did it better, but not by much. Slightly more European vibe to it. Hard to pinpoint what it is. All songs are good, but Time of the Season is obviously the best.

REM have some great records, but this one is boring. It has some of their most popular songs, which are exactly the ones I don't like. Drive, Man on the Moon, Night Swimming. Favorite song on the album: Ignoreland.

There is some kind of suspense in the music. That's a good thing. But there is no climax. That's bad. It's great background music. It's too slow for dancing. The songs are long and there's not enough variation to keep my attention 5+ minutes per song. Favorite song: Heat Misser.

It's all good, but nothing stuck in my head. Wide variety of samples, good flow in the lyrics, not too repetitive, it stays at the same level until the end. He sure likes himself very much for all the wrong reasons, according to the lyrics. Favorite song: All I Need.

The songs are basically long loops of a short chord progression with lots of subtle changes in the arrangement. It's played well. The songs are the right length for dancing, but very long for listening (only one song under 4 minutes). Favorite song: Good Times.

Great melodies, great lyrics. It's jangle pop with keyboards. The singer has a very distinct voice. Favorite song: Stop me if you think you heard this one before.

I like this a lot, but it's probably not for everyone. The singing is not that great. The production is noisy. Guitars are out of tune. But it wouldn't be as intense if it was all tight and tidy. Favorite song: Eric's trip.

I like the production of the album. Most of the songs have a good hook, but I don't like the singing on most of the songs. The cover version of I Just Don't Know What to do with Myself is an abomination. Favorite song: Seven Nation Army.

This album is not for headphones. The stereo image is very weird. The songs are great. This band is underrated. When talking about 60s British rock, people mention the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, maybe the Kinks and the Who. This record is on par with them. Favorite song: the Journey.

Objectively there's nothing wrong with the music. But I hate this. I hate the way of singing, the tempo is too fast to be relaxed and too slow to be anything else, the drums are too laid back, there's way too much reverb for my taste. I'm pretty sure this music is supposed to be relaxing, but it annoys me. Makes me want to punch them in the face to get them going. Least hated song: Norway

Amazing. It's a live record. It's as metal as you can be without distorted guitars. Favorite part: the gnome.

This is a very important record in the evolution of heavy metal, but it's outdated now. Production is remarkably good for a heavy record this old. Musicianship is great. The songs are just not that interesting to me. It's too hard rock for metal and too metal for hard rock. 5 stars when it was new, 3 stars now. Favorite song: grinder.

It's all done well, but nothing stands out. The style has been done to death. The band rose from the ashes of the Small Faces. Apparently the creative genius was someone else from the band. This record is not bad, but it lacks the element of surprise. Favorite song: Stay with me.

Laidback dance music. Enough variation. It's not all about the groove, it's mainly proper songs. Production is a little primitive. Some of the s-sounds are like nails on chalkboard. With contemporary production, this could probably be popular in the indie scene if it was released now. Favorite song: like the swallow.

Very smooth. I like the saxophone and the rhythm guitar. I don't like the lead guitar as much. Favorite song: One Note Samba.

It's still listenable, but it's a document of its time rather than a groundbreaking masterpiece. Not that different from what Dela Soul did a couple of years before. I don't think any current hip hop was influenced by this. Favorite song: Mr Wendel.

Miles Davis has always been one step ahead of everyone else. I like his influence, but I don't like his music as much. Newer music wouldn't be the same without him. I only know a couple of his records. I hadn't heard this one before. I like it better than the newer ones I know. Favorite song: Venus de Milo.

This was not included in the 2018 revision of the book anymore. I think it should be. It's better than a lot of other albums on the list. The late 60s/early 70s are overrepresented. Favorite song: 40 feet

Sounds surprisingly modern for a 20 year old hip hop record. Enough variation to stay interesting for the most part, but it could have been a little shorter. I mean, 10:24 is very long for a song with basically 1 riff and some noise. Favorite song: In The Way Of Things.

I remembered this as a very boring record. It's not as boring as I remember, but I don't enjoy it very much. I don't like the vibe. Favorite song: On The Run.

Very repetitive African folk music inspired pop with late 80s production, which is a mismatch. The bass player is really good, but overall the music is very cheesy. Favorite song: Porte-monnaie

Very slow and smooth. It sounds like the soundtrack to a very dramatic movie. I usually don't have the patience for this kind of music, but this record is actually quite good. Favorite song: Olsen Olsen

This is the only Queens of the Stone Age record on the list. It's the wrong one. It's a bland version of what they became in the 2000s. Pretty good, but not very exciting compared to their later albums. Favorite song: Give The Mule What He Wants.

The Clash were the most creative of the OG punk bands. They were probably also the most influential one on a wide range of artists. There's a lot of variety on this record. The good songs are awesome, but not all songs are good. Favorite song: London Calling.

Every newer 90s hip hop album tried to be this. The flow of the rapping sounds dated. The gangsta rap lyrics are stupid as always, especially the later songs on the album are ridiculous. The beats are varied enough for an entire album. Favorite song: Stranded On Death Row.

A lot of great songs and a couple of good ones. No real bad ones. This is a great album, but because it wasn't influential at all, besides maybe the music videos, I can only give it 4 stars. Favorite song: Save A Prayer

It's good, but there's more than 1000 more essential albums. Favorite song: Kamikaze.

One song in this style is great, 2 is annoying, a full album is torture. They’re trying too hard to be original. It sounds incoherent and unnatural. Favorite song: this town ain’t big enough for the both of us.

Very influential, but I like the bands they influenced better. Joy Division, Husker Du, Fugazi, Gang of Four, etc. The album has a couple of great songs, but also some filler. The production is boxy. It's great for the slower songs, but not for the faster ones. The guitars lack punch. The fast drum parts sound very weak. Favorite song: Three Girl Rumba.

This album was a pleasant surprise to me. I knew them from Making Plans for Nigel and Senses Working Overtime, both not on this album. Those songs are OK, but didn't make me check out an entire album. I should have. It's great. Todd Rundgren was supposed to make this sound less European. I don't think it worked. Reminds me of lots of other artists - older artists like Duran Duran, ELO, Joe Jackson and newer like Blur and the Kaiser Chiefs - but it sounds consistent. Most songs are great, but they could have left the last 2 off. Favorite song: Mermaid Smiled.

This sounds very 1990s. Loop based music, which means it's very repetitive. It has variation in sounds/FX to try to keep it interesting. It's probably better for dancing than for listening. It could have been shorter. The songs are long and the middle of the album is quite boring. Favorite song: Setting Sun.

This is somewhere between Nirvana and Dinosaur Jr, they probably influenced Queens of the Stone Age, but it's not as good as any of them. It's not really bad, but it sounds like they want to rock hard without putting in the effort. It's OK, but not essential. Favorite song: Who You Drivin' Now.

Not my style, but it's good. The singing is very much up front and the instruments are very much in the background. She's a very good singer and the harmonies are great, so it works. Favorite song: Where Does It Lead

Depeche Mode definitely belongs on the list. Two albums made it, Violator and this one. This album is good, but I would have included an older album instead. This is a transitional album from the mechanical 80s mode to the more organic 90s mode. It makes more sense to include one of each or the transition. Favorite song: Behind the wheel

It's bluesy rock with spacy synths. It sounds newer than it is. Weird combination of styles. I don't like it. Her voice is quite monotonous. I don't think anyone needs to hear this. Favorite song: Why'd ya do it

I like her voice. The songs are not bad, but not very memorable. Favorite song: people

Quite good. No filler. Soundwise somewhere between the Simple Minds and the Cure. Probably influenced Suede and Muse. Favorite song: nocturnal me.

Bands as diverse as Drive Like Jehu and Weezer wouldn't be the same without this album. And Nirvana wouldn't either. It all sounds very simple, but it isn't. The rhythms don't stick to the normal multiples of 4 all the time. A lot of dissonance. The guitar and bass patterns are sometimes intentionally out of sync. The singer is not that great, but he's perfect for the music. Favorite song: Wave of mutilation.

If you put everything 70s in a blender, this is what you get. Maybe with an extra touch of Steely Dan and Chicago. It's all played, recorded and arranged very well. Almost too well. Most of the songs are good, but longer than they should have been (especially Rudy). You keep listening, because they have so many changes and something interesting might come up. Despite all the changes it sounds coherent, unlike a lot of their contemporaries. They have two singers. The one who sings the most and the best songs has an annoying voice. Favorite song: dreamer

It's not bad, but it's all been done at least as good by other bands before them. Somehow this got them to be one of the biggest "indie" rock bands of the late 00s. Favorite song: Still Take You Home.

The songs are good, but the album could have been a lot better if the singing wasn't as weak. It's too restrained. As if he didn't want to wake up his little baby in the next room. He sounds like he could have done a lot better if he tried. The songwriting reminds me very much of the Posies. Similar chords and melodies. Favorite song: Angeles.

He has a great voice. I like the live vibe. Half way I got bored. I did finish listening to the record, but I didn't enjoy the 2nd half at all. Too much too similar in a style that I don't like very much in the first place. Favorite song: Folsom prison blues.

I like this a lot. Especially the more up tempo tracks. Favorite track: Wild Jungle

I thought I would hate this, but it's not that bad. I don't like it, but I understand why people do or did. Probably more did than do, because it sounds very outdated. There's a charm to it like to little kids drawing stick figures. Favorite song: Honey Chile.

At the time I rated this, the average rating was 3.74. That's 3.74 too much. This is a piece of garbage. I can't think of anything positive to say about, except Walk on the Wild Side has a cool bass line. People stop fooling yourselves. This is not good. Least hated song: Walk on the Wild Side.

Sounds newer than it is because of the huge bass sound. Not enough going on in the midrange to my taste. It sounds unfinished because of that. The lyrics are not as cringy as a lot of their contemporaries'. Favorite song: Everything is fair

It's great for dancing. Songs are a little long for listening. Some are great, some not so much. They should have left off the last couple of songs. Over-all it's a feel good record. It's funkier than a lot of their contemporaries. Kind of a mixture of big beat and house music. More on the house music side, but not as synth based. More sampled. Favorite song: U can't stop me.

Coincidence. They just played here yesterday. I like this record, but it's a little messy. Everything fell into place on their next record. Favorite song: River Euphrates

Every aspect of tear jerkers done to perfection. I hate tear jerkers. 2 stars for effort.

It has everything I like in music, except I can't stand the singing. It's weird, but catchy. Favorite song: Space Junk.

They're one of my favorite bands. I like their older records better. Not as long and more manic. But this one is very good too. Favorite song: the glory of man

To me this sounds like classical musicians trying to play jazz. They're good at it, but it's not as exciting as some other jazz records. It sounds very composed. Favorite song: Take Five, but parts of Blue Rondo a la Turk are better.

Very good. Too short. I didn't think I would ever say that about an album. Favorite song: Strange Feeling.

This isn't terrible, but it isn't very good. It doesn't live up to its 3.81 average rating so far at all. The lyrics are good. It would have been better as a collection of poetry. But it's music, so the music matters. The songs are way too long. Not enough going on to keep my attention. He's not a very good singer. Guitars are out of tune half of the time. But it's listenable. I can imagine it was quite something when it was new though. Favorite song: Ballad of a thin man.

Pleasant voice. Slow entrancing music. Nothing ground breaking, but not a dime a dozen. I usually don't like this style of music, but this record was a lot better than I expected. Favorite song: Rococo Zephyr.

Kitsch. Novelty. Not even done very well. But it's fun to listen to for a while. Some songs are alright, but there's also some very bland versions of more spicy originals, like Pipeline and Satisfaction. A full album of this is too much. If you need samples for your hip hop or dance music, this record is for you. Otherwise ignore it. In my opinion this doesn't belong on the list. Favorite song: Kiburi.

Whoever said A-ha are a one hot wonder has never been to Europe. They were one of the most successful bands of the late 80s over here. They had around 15 big hits, including the title track of a James Bond movie, and 3 top 10 albums. That being said, this album definitely has some filler. Half the songs are good, but the filler really isn't. In general the singles are the good songs. Obviously Take On Me, but also my favorite song on the album: Hunting High And Low.

I never heard the album in full, but I knew a lot of the songs. They're still played between bands at punk rock shows. I think they were very influential in American punk music. Bands like Bad Religion, Descendents and 7 Seconds, the subsequential 90s punk rock boom and newer bands like Pup and Wavves. Probably not so much in British punk, because they went either more aggressive or more arty. Favorite song: I know a girl

Nothing on this album sounds particularly bad or good to me. In one ear, out the other. It sounds more like an album by two artists than like a cooperation because of the different vibe of the songs. Favorite song: Eisler on the go.

The record sets a specific mood. Probably exactly the mood they intended to set, but not a mood I like or can relate to very much. That being said, it's not bad at all. Favorite song: heresy

I like listening to this album. I'm 100% sure I heard it a couple of times before. I listened to her entire discography a couple of times. However, I didn't remember any of the songs. They sound good, but they don't stick. It's like a bluesy version of Nirvana and the Pixies. Right up my alley. The drums sound like Nirvana's Nevermind. Favorite song: Rub 'til it bleeds.

This fits somewhere in the middle between The Cure and Depeche Mode, but it's not as good as either of them. The music is alright, but the singing drags the level down. It doesn't sound like an artistic choice to add character to the music, it's incompetence. The songs are longer than they need to be. There's probably over 1000 better records than this. Favorite song: the perfect kiss.

It sounds like a very long demo. About twice as long as it should be. Apparently the original release didn't have as many songs as the internet version. Some songs are good, most are average. The lyrics are better than the music. Favorite song: Greetings to the new brunette.

The record sounds very 2010s arty alternative. The scene was already at its peak when Microshift appeared. They barely caused a microshift, rather than a landslide. I think this style is already covered with Tame Impala and MGMT. Not bad, not essential, not to my taste. There's over 1000 albums more worthy to be on the list. Favorite song: Boxing Day.

I love Sonic Youth. Sister, Daydream Nation and Goo are some of my favorite records. They also made some of the most unlistenable music ever, like the Silver Sessions and this record. Very dissonant, soundscapes rather than songs. Too much of a good thing for me. Favorite song: Expressway to your skull

Decent retro rock album. Nothing new, but it was different from what everybody else was doing at the time. Songs are quite generic, but the singer lifts them to a higher level. Favorite song: She talks to angels.

Second album by one of the original hair metal bands. The style is somewhere between Motley Crue and Def Leppard. A pop version of hard rock. It's more about fun than about art. Not bad, not great. I don't think it's essential. Favorite song: Mental Beat.

This record was popular because it's naughty. It's not terrible, but I don't enjoy most of it very much. Favorite song: Blockheads

Very good. Only bad thing about this album is, the 2nd song is too long. Favortie song: Big brother.

Good but not great. Favorite song: (Dawning of a) New Era

It was OK. Better than I expected. Favorite song: Gasoline Alley

One of the most overrated records ever. I don't like the general vibe of the album, but most of the instrumentation is well crafted. The main problems, it's way too long and the singing is awful at times. Favorite song: is there anybody out there

This album definitely belongs in the list. I'm not a Michael Jackson fan. I hadn't played the album before, but I knew every single song except the last one. It's not my style, but there's nothing to complain about on this album. Favorite song: wanna be startin' somethin'

To me this has very strong theater nerd or art school vibes. Doesn't mean it's bad, 'cause it's not. Does mean that I don't like it. I don't have the patience for this kind of music. And it's long too. Favorite song: Waiting for you

Some of the songs are too long without the visual support of a movie, but most of them are great on their own. It's mainly instrumental music, so probably not for everyone. Most people value singing too much. Favorite song: No name bar.

The White Stripes did it before them, but the Yeah Yeah Yeahs did it better. No need to listen the Arctic Monkeys anymore once you heard them. One of the first records so far that's too short. Favorite song: Pin

This is one of my favorite albums. It's very noisy, but the noise is catchy. Favorite song: Catholic Block.

Incoherent mix of folk, psychedelic rock and soul. Not bad, but I don't think I'll play this again. Favorite song: Good time boy

Couple of good songs and lots of filler. Favorite song: Fever.

She sings like she's singing to a baby. That's a little annoying. Otherwise it's good. Favorite song: Hard Feelings.

This album is much longer than it should have been. A couple of the funky songs are good. The more hardcore songs are not very good and sound outdated. Too much filler in between. Favorite song: Bombs Over Baghdad.

This is all rhythm and sound design. Techno, but not as bass heavy and entrancing as rave techno. The vibe is more similar to Aphex Twin and maybe Nine Inch Nails. I appreciate the creativity, but I don't like the music very much. Favorite song: theme 4

Grunge was over, so they made a power pop album. And they did a good job. Not very original, but there isn't a single bad song on this album. Favorite song: Use once and destroy

The Beach Boys did it better, but not by much. Slightly more European vibe to it. Hard to pinpoint what it is. All songs are good, but Time of the Season is obviously the best.

I wasn't a big fan of this cowboy rock style in the first place, but by the time "Moved" came up, I really wanted to turn it off. And that was only halfway. None of it is objectively bad, but there's too much of it. Favorite song: dead drunk and naked

I couldn't find 2 of the songs: not available in my country. The first song sounds promising. Most of the rest of the record is not very exciting. It's Latin pop, but there's more to it. They try to incorporate a lot of styles in their music, but they're not particularly good or bad at any of them. This would not be on the list if I was in charge. Favorite song by far: Who's to blame

I hated this record when it was new. I don't hate it as much anymore. The singing annoys me a little. Otherwise it's pretty good. Favorite song: Airbag

I think this is underrated. I hadn't heard it before. People don't mention the band very often. They combine lots of styles into a cohesive sound. It has anything from the Beatles to Acid House. And it's all good. Definitely better than the average record on the list. Favorite song: Sidewalk serfer girl

In my memory this album was better. Most songs are longer than they should be. Some are great, some just drag along. I don’t like the vocal harmonies most of the time. Favorite song: would

This sounds like a lot of music I heard before, but nothing I know sounds like this. The bass player is really good. Almost half of the songs were hits. My favorite song is not one of those: right through you.

This sounds like a more intense version of the most intense Nirvana, Fugazi or Sonic Youth songs. I like this record, but it's a little too repetitive and dissonant for the sake of being dissonant at times. I like most of John Reis' other bands better (Hot Snakes, Rocket from the Crypt, Plosivs, etc.) and some of the bands this band influenced are among my favorites, like At the drive-in and Refused. Favorite song: Do You Compute.

About half of this record is wallpaper music, the other half is very good. Favorite song: Home again

I don't like this record. The music is too monotonous for me and the singing is annoying, but it sounds completely intentional. I'm convinced they tried to sound like this and succeeded. Favorite song: All The King's Men.

They put punk on the map overnight, so they definitely belong on the list. That being said, I like a lot of the bands they influenced better. Favorite song: Pretty Vacant.

It's a good album. Some songs are great, some are good, none are bad. But there's three Simon and Garfunkel albums on the list. I like the other two better. That makes this record a good candidate to make way for newer artists. Favorite song: The Dangling Conversation

I don't understand what emotion this music is trying to caption or evoke. The songwriting is creative, but the performance and production are about as boring as it gets. Very listenable, though. Very inoffensive. Favorite song: Parker's Band

I can understand why people would like this, but I don't. It reminds me of Pink Floyd. Not my taste, but it's obviously quality music. Favorite song: Empty House.

Couple of good parts and a lot of rubbish. Favorite song: Praise You.

I think a double album is too much. They could have made a great single album from these recordings. The first couple of songs are very good. The singing is not entirely up to par. Maybe that's why there's not so much of it. Then the middle part is not very interesting to me. My favorite song is near the end: Master of the Universe.

Very good. Every song is good. But it's not his best. Favorite song: They won't go when I go.

This album is not all about the music. It's as much about acting and styling and story telling. The Ziggy Stardust persona was a big part of the success, I imagine (I wasn't born yet). That's the main merit of this record, not the music. The singing is a little flat almost all the time. The band sounds more like individual musicians than like a solid unit. The drums sound weak and they drag slightly. Guitar sounds boxy. Overall the timing is a little shaky. The songs are not bad, but not great. Similar to what the Small Faces and the Kinks already did better before. All in all it's not terrible, but the current 4.3 average rating is too generous. Favorite song: Suffragette City.

Every song has at least one good idea, but none of the songs are good from start to finish. I think I understand what the appeal of this music is. The singing is very annoying, but the good parts are really good. I hear echoes of this album in the obvious Joy Division and Gang of Four etc., but also early U2 and later Dead Kennedys. Favorite song: overground, because it's the most consistent.

It’s all a blur to me. No catchy hooks, hardly any dynamics, songs are way too long. If you play as many extra notes in a chord, every chord sounds the same. Pointless.

This would be great as a very dark and dramatic movie soundtrack. The singing is an acquired taste. Favorite song: Heirloom

I knew Marlene on the Wall before and I like it. Most of the record didn't live up to my expectations. Favorite song: Freeze Tag.

I think their next 2 albums are better, but this was a huge step forward from Licenced to Ill. It's funky and it has enough variation. I don't like all the songs, but there's definitely some good ones on this record. They shout too much. I'm not an expert on hip hop. I don't know how this compares to other hip hop from the same time. To me it sounds somewhere in the middle between Dela Soul and Public Enemy, but that's just me. Favorite song: Eggman

They were very popular, but they were pop hip hop rather than innovators. Compared to the other hip hop on the list so far, this is a little boring. Favorite song: Fu-gee-la

Not the greatest record ever, but I like it. Favorite song: Grande Finale.

She's better than the Digital Undergrounds and Salt-n-Pepas of the world, but that's what I associate this sound with. And that's a bad thing. Favorite song: Wrath of my madness

Over-all a very good power pop album. The most important part is good, the songs. Except maybe the 2 long songs in the middle. Favorite song: Goodnight.

I don't like it, but it belongs on the list. Favorite song: Fiesta.

Post-punk dub or something. I like it. That is, I like every song by itself, but an entire album is too much. Favorite song: instant hit

Not bad at all, but I like most of his other albums better. Favorite song: Paper Tiger

It's good. Towards the end it gets a little boring. Favorite song: the jungle line

I heard about half of the songs before. And while they're good songs, I don't like them. I didn't like the songs I didn't know before either. I never thought about why, but while listening to the full album I found a couple of reasons. The performance in general sounds very lazy to me, unexciting. The singing makers me want to yawn alinea. And all songs are a couple of bpm off of the ideal tempo. Favorite song: god put a smile upon your face.

It's a wall of sound. Very monotonous. Production is not that great, but that's not uncommon for live albums. It's fun for as long as it is. It shouldn't have been any longer. Favorite song: the roadcrew

Played well, sang well, just not my taste. The more psychedelic songs are OK, I hate the more Americana songs. Favorite song: it doesn't matter

I understand the importance, but I like my music more succinct. Favorite song: so what

I usually don't have the patience for this kind of music, but this didn't annoy me. Probably underrated, because very few people mention them these days. On the other hand, they're not as good as Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd. Favorite song: when you love.

I like most of the songs, but this record is not essential. They were followers, not leaders. Almost every song reminds me of an older song by someone else. But in a good way. Favorite song: Smile

I like this a lot better than his album Sea Change, that I got about a week ago. Especially the first half. Favorite song: Black Tambourine.

Somehow more than one motorhead album made it to the list. With a lot of the dame songs. It only needs one and it's this one. It's a very influential album for both heavy metal and hardcore punk. They do one trick, but they do it well enough to justify a 36 minute album. Favorite song: Bite the bullet.

I like this album. The melodies and the instrumentation are good. They set a very specific mood. Recognizable. Unique enough for the list. I usually like shorter songs, but these songs seem shorter than they actually are. I like this record. However, I can't think of any occasions on which I would want to put on a record like this. Favorite song: the fix.

I don't understand why this would be good for airports. This would be perfect background music for a David Attenborough documentary or something, but the music by itself is extremely boring. Nobody needs to hear this album before they die.

This record was a necessary step in the evolution of music. It's been done a lot better by thousands of bands after them, but they couldn't have done it without this record. Favorite song: I don't want to walk around with you.

This is an improved version of The Scream. I like it better. It kind of has the same issues to some extent. I don't like the singing much and most songs are good, but not from start to finish. Favorite song: Into the light.

I hadn't heard this band before, because I hate Lou Reed's solo work. It's not as bad as I expected. It's good for a while and then it's very repetitive. I understand why this record is important. I like some artists who were obviously influenced by it, like Sonic Youth and the Pixies. Favorite song: The Gift

I never played this record before, but I knew quite a lot of songs. Good pop record. It could have been great if they skipped a couple of songs. Favorite song: four seasons in one day.

I heard it before. I didn't remember a single track. Most of the beats are not very interesting to me. I wouldn't rate this as the top hip hop album of all time, as many reviewers say. But I don't hate it. Favorite song: the world is yours.

Well crafted music. The singing isn’t terrible, but his voice is boring. He was one of the members of the Velvet Underground. This record is the opposite. Favorite song: Paris 1919.

I knew most of the songs before, but not all of them. A lot of variation, and it’s all good. No atrocities like yellow submarine or ob la di. Production is not great. It’s was new and everybody was still learning. Favorite song is hard to pick, ‘cause they’re so different: Girl.

I already knew a couple of songs. They were popular over here. I never heard the entire album before. I like it. Most songs are great, no bad ones. Favorite song: strange ones

Fascinating record. It's weird and objectively bad sometimes, but it seems intentional. I bet they had a good laugh making this. Favorite song: Waltz of the New Moon

It sounds maybe 5 years newer than it is. Lots of attention to detail regarding the drums. The bass and the rest of the music are sometimes in completely different keys. It definitely belongs on the list, but I don't like it very much. Favorite song: anacodia.

A greatest hits of Aretha Franklin album would be great from start to finish. This album has a couple of songs that would definitely make it onto that, and also a lot of dime a dozen Fats Domino style rhythm and blues. None of it is bad, but not all of it is great. Favorite song: don't let me lose this dream

All of the songs have great parts. Most have a couple of unpleasant transitions or chord changes. The singing is flat sometimes, especially the harmonies. Favorite song: boy about town

They managed to perfectly capture the sound of indifference. The songs are way too long. Otherwise not particularly good or bad. I only knew Tinseltown in the Rain before. Favorite song: Stay

I hadn't heard of her before. A lot of the music reminds me of Lauryn Hill with more modern production (low end way out of proportion etc.) Not bad, but I'm not sure many people will remember this in 20 years. Favorite song: the other side.

It's alright. Sounds old. Not sure if I like his voice. Favorite song: Everyone

I like it. There's so much going on. Favorite song: son of mr. green genes.

I knew their name, but not their music. In my head they were Duran Duran wannabes. Not too far off at times, but it doesn't do them justice. They're funkier. More guitars and horns. Not bad at all. Pleasant surprise. But after around 20 minutes, they couldn't keep my attention anymore. Favorite song: lemon firebrigade

Very smooth folky jazz. Very well done. A little too smooth for me, but I can understand why people like it. Favorite song: cold cold heart

I didn't like either the Bowie or the Eno records I got before very much. But this one is alright. They obviously bring out the best in each other. The best thing is, Bowie doesn't sing much. Favorite song: a new career in a new town.

It's ok, but never great. Better than I expected, but I had very low expectations. A lot of the songs remind me of songs by different artists. Not good enough to put it on myself, not bad enough to turn it off. Favorite song: we're not right

This is from the time when an album was the singles plus B-sides and other filler. As one would expect, it has a couple of great songs and lots of filler. Most of the filler is not too bad. Favorite song: Under My Thumb

Most of it is good. Favorite song: Happy feelin

Not terrible, but nothing special. Favorite song: bailed out

Psychedelic soul done to perfection. I don't even mind the falsetto singing. Favorite song: blue monday people

This has almost everything people hate about 80s music and it doesn't have much of what people love about it. Favorite song: angels of deception

Better than I expected, but not something I would ever play much. Favorite song: the robots

I rated the Chic album from the same year 3 stars. This one is slightly better. More varied, some songs are better, some songs are not that long. But it's not worth 4 stars. Favorite song: lost in music

I don't know this style of music very well, so I don't know how it compares to similar music. I don't hate it, but the songs should have been a lot shorter. Favorite song: yaadan vichre sajan dian aiyan

This is my favorite Hendrix record. It shows the widest range of his capabilities. A little out of control at times, but that's great. Favorite song: crosstown traffic.

I understand what's good about this. I think this album was a necessary step in the development of music, but I don't recommend going back to it anymore. It's a little too sweet for me. Production sounds very thin. The B-side is more interesting than the A-side. Favorite song: tribal gathering.

First impression was, I liked it a lot. But they couldn't keep my attention all the way to the end. Favorite song: slavery days

It has some moments of genius, but some of the record is just bad. Favorite song: there she goes again

I don't think this recorded adds much to the list. It's a lot like Dark Side Of The Moon. While DSOTM was not as boring as I remembered, this record was more boring than I remembered. Over 2 minutes to the first chord change, for god's sake.

Not bad, I just don't like the vibe of most songs. Favorite song: our house.

I don't think this is essential. It's good, but the list also has their next two records. Those are the essential ones. This doesn't bring anything much different to the list and the newer records are better. They should have included one of their 80s synth heavy records like The Works instead, to show more of the bands versatility. Favorite song: Ogre Battle.

I don't get it. I think you must have been there when it was new to fully appreciate it. Favorite song: I want you.

I saw them at a festival around that time. Not very impressive. I never checked out their records. I like it better than I thought I would. Not all of it, but it has a lot of good parts, besides the weird parts. I also understand this doesn't work very well live. Favorite song: identity

Not bad, but nothing special. It's been done a lot better by lots of people. Favorite song: Atlantic City

This is not in the latest issues of the book anymore. Probably because it's not different enough from Ray of Light. It's not the worst album on the list by far, so that can't be the reason. It's alright. Not a record I would pick myself. Favorite song: What it feels like for a girl

I didn't think I'd like it, but I did. His flow is amazing. Favorite song: Alexander's ragtime band.

The rhythm guitars are great. Very melodic with lots of maj7 and 9 chords etc. Probably influential to late 90s/early 2000s emo like Sunny Day Real Estate and the Get Up Kids. Not all songs are very interesting. The singing is a little flat at times. I'm not sure about the lyrics. Favorite song by far: Debonair.

I appreciate the creativity, but the music not so much. Somewhere in the middle between Zappa and Supertramp. Very 70s. It's all over the place. So it's not all bad. Production is so so. Favorite song: Tic tic tic

First song is not that great, the rest of the album is. Even the bonus tracks. Favorite song: Enjoy the silence

I saw them at a festival and I didn't like them. I never listened to their albums. The songs are not bad, but the singing is. Favorite song: race for the prize

It's hit and miss. Not essential to me. Favorite song: Homemade

She's a good singer, but her voice is a complete mismatch with the super clean emotionless 80s production. Quite a few cover songs. None of them are better than the original. I don't like the originals on this album very much either. Favorite song: I can't stand the rain.

Great. First record I got for this challenge was Automatic for the People. That's boring. This is a lot better. A lot. Favorite song: The One I Love

It's a weird record. At times it seems completely random, off the beat and incompetent, at times it's genius. Over-all it's a mess. The male singer annoys me. He sings most of the time. It's still a good addition to the list, if only to show people what's possible. Favorite song: stillness is the move

I can't listen around the awful production. Hurts my ears. Least hated song: Come back to me

It's not terrible, but a little boring. Same level of intensity all the time. Sounds like one very long song. Favorite song: under the pressure

It's pretty good from start to finish. One song stands out: California dreaming

You could make a best of Elvis Costello record and it would be one of my favorite albums. But his regular albums have to much filler besides the couple of great songs. Nothing bad, but just not that great. Favorite song: Accidents will happen.

I'm sure there's over 1000 more essential albums than this. This is the musical equivalent of color by numbers. Everything by the book. The result is not really bad, but it's not exciting in any way. Favorite song: blue moon rose

2 Chic albums on the list. Very generous. They're not bad, but they're pretty much the same. The songs are long and repetitive, with subtle changes in the arrangement. Perfect for dancing, not as much for listening. I'd keep this one on the list and remove Risque. Favorite song: funny bone

It sounds outdated, but it's not the worst of that time. The singing is not that good. The rapping has a more natural flow than a lot of her contemporaries. The first three songs were big hits here, but they definitely wouldn't be if they were released now. Favorite song: So Here I Come.

Not bad, not great. Incoherent. It wouldn't be on my version of the list. Favorite song: supernatural defibrillator.

I like it. Favorite song: the blues to be there.

It's alright. A little long. They're a key early Britpop band. Probably underrated, but only slightly. They probably listened to the Smiths and David Bowie and Echo and the Bunnymen. I like them better than Oasis, but I don't like Oasis very much. Favorite song: the asphalt world

Nothing objectively bad about, but it's not my taste. Favorite song: Fly by night

A lot better than I expected. A lot. But some of the lyrics are very immature. Favorite song: BLKKK SKKKN HEAD.

There's a lot going on. I don't like all of it. It has really good parts to listen to and parts that are just for showing off their skills, sometimes both in one song. The good parts are really good, the showing off is not very annoying most of the time. Favorite song: the fish

There's 3 pet shop boys albums on the list. PSB definitely belong on the list, but not 3 albums and not this one. It's not bad, it's not great. Favorite song: Yesterday When I Was Mad. But really none of the songs are very memorable.

This is good. On par with Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. A little too bluesy for my taste at times, but so are Hendrix and Zep. Lyrics are not very good. Favorite song: Morning Dew.

It's a bit of Led Zeppelin and a bit of The Band, but not as good as either of them. In all fairness, they were there before The Band. They know how to play, but the songs are not very interesting to me. Favorite song: I ain't the one. Because they obviously aren't.

I thought I'd only know 1 or 2 songs off this album. Turns out I knew about half of the album. Must be a classic then. I like it. Favorite song: roads.

This is probably on the list because it's the most mediocre record ever. I can't think of any other reason. It's not good, it's not bad, it's right in the middle. Generic alt. country. In one ear, out the other. Favorite song: Transylvanian Blues.

Some songs are good, some are just Ok. I read a lot of reviews blaming him for not playing real enough reggae. The Rolling Stones were not playing real enough blues and people worship them anyway. This record is obviously not pure Jamaican reggae. It also has big beat and trip hop influences. And that’s fine. Favorite song: sunday shining

It's OK, but very much of the same. The Brits did it better. Favorite song: hard to explain

I liked their other record on the list better. A-side 4 stars, B-side 2.5 stars. Solid 3 stars. Favorite song: Tarkus

I like their 2nd album better. It's more consistent. This one has some great songs (obviously More Than A Feeling), but also too many generic 70s rock parts (like Smokin'). Favorite song: More Than A Feeling.

Somehow I'm not convinced of the sincerity, but most of the songs are good. Favorite song: She's always a woman

Well done, but not very memorable. I don't remember what my favorite song is. It's not the title track.

Very percussive and repetitive, very little else going on. It's not just your typical hip hop percussion, but also some exotic samples. I guess that's why it's on the list. Fine. It's just not for me. Favorite song: the turn

I like her voice. I like the lyrics. I don't like the music very much. Favorite song: black coffee

I like a lot of bands that were influenced by them, but I don't like the Talking Heads themselves as much. Singing is annoying. Songs are too monotonous. Not terrible, but it doesn't stick. Favorite song: who is it

This is the missing link between thrash and nu metal. It's not missing anymore. To me when this came out, it was a noisier, more sarcastic, less heavy version of what Godflesh already did a couple of years before. Favorite song: Psalm 69.

What a waste of talent. The man made some great music in the 60s and then he made this. It doesn't sound very original or very good.

I played this a lot when I was young. I still like it. On the other hand, I don't recommend this record. You had to be there when it was new to fully appreciate it. Master of Puppets was better. Most of the songs are too long. The singing is not that good. It's not very heavy by today's standards. Lots of people complain about the lack of bass, but it wouldn't be as tight and punchy with more bass. Favorite song: Battery

The good parts are really good, but it is sooooooo long. Way too long. They could have made a 5 star single album instead. Favorite song: Back in NYC

Weird album. It took a couple of tracks to learn to ignore the terrible singing. Still not that great once you can. Kind of reminds me of the last record by the Clash, which was terrible.

I only knew one of their newer records before. This record is a lot better. Sludgy post-hardcore. People who liked them were probably also into Fugazi, the Jesus Lizard and maybe Quicksand and Helmet. GvsB have a less harsh, more laid-back vibe. The songs are repetitive and long, but I like them. Favorite song: Billy's One Stop.

It's alright. They sound very European for an American band. They remind me of Pulp and Editors at times. The songs are good enough to justify their popularity. Nothing annoying about any of them. Easy to listen to. A lot of the songs go in one ear and out the other. Favorite song: Somebody Told Me.

70s rock. Easy to listen to. Lots of ballads and the occasional hard rocker. The genre has been done to death in 70s and 80s, so I'm not really impressed. It's definitely above average, though. Favorite song: movin' on.

It sounds 10 years newer than it is. Doesn't mean I like it. It's not terrible, but I hate the singing. I haven't heard their other records. Judging by the reviews, they have a more essential one. So I'd take this off the list. Favorite song: Expectations

Most of the songs are great. Some aren't. Probably their most consistent album. Favorite song: Light My Fire.

'90s psychedelic rock with an annoying voice. If you can stand the singing, it's probably quite good, but I can't. Favorite song: Pick up if you're there, because it's instrumental.

This record could have only been made in 1981. Tom Tom Club were a novelty act. I don't hate this record as much as I thought I would, but I don't like it very much. Songs are long and repetitive. It's fun for a couple of minutes. An entire album is too much. Favorite song: Lorelei.

Rhythm and blues with ironic lyrics on social issues. It's alright. Not really my style, but it's done well. I would probably like every song if it popped up in some playlist of random music, but an entire album is too much for me. Favorite song: Louisiana 1927

In a time when people associated soul with Destiny's Child and Mariah Carey and similar super slick music, Amy Winehouse put the soul back in soul. Great record. Very influential. Favorite song: Rehab

Not bad, but for the most part not very interesting. The songs are nothing special. Playing is good enough, but not great. "Clapton is god" was obviously based on his '60s work, not on this. Favorite song: Mainline Florida.

The good parts are really good, the bad parts are a mess. There are quite a few good parts, but also quite a few bad parts. I like it, but I can imagine it's not for everyone. I like it a lot better than Malkmus' other SIlver Jews that I reviewed before. Favorite song: Conduit for sale.

That bass guitar is really amazing. The songs are alright, but some should have been a little shorter. It was definitely different from what was popular at the time. Last 2 songs feel a little out of place. It's not one of my own favorite albums, but no doubt at all it belongs on the list. The youtube playlist is very uneven mastering wise. Favorite song: Under African Skies

I just finished playing the entire record. It sounded good while it was on, but it doesn't have anything that stands out. I don't remember a single song. I think it's 2.5 stars. The average rating so far is a little too high, so I round it down.

Feel good music, even though it's the blues for the most part. Favorite song: Green Onions, but they're all good.

It's been done a lot better after them. It sounds clumsy by today's standards, not essential at all.

They became famous despite having Axl Rose as their singer. This album was one of the first I bought as a kid, so I played it a lot. Over the years it's moved to the bottom of the stack and I hadn't played it for years until now. I didn't remember all the songs. That means not all of them are great. About half of the record is awesome, the other half is just OK. Favorite song: Welcome to the Jungle.

I appreciate the creativity, but it's exhausting to listen to. I'm glad I heard it, but it was the last time. Especially the "funny" voice FX are annoying. The humor is hit and miss, more miss than hit. It's very much about 60s themes, like hippie culture, and I guess you have to be in on it to appreciate it. Or maybe it was never funny. Favorite song: flower punk, which is obviously a parody of Hey Joe.

Pop perfection. Intricate rhythms. Enough variation in chord progressions and melodies. Too many ad libs for my taste, but I can live with it. Favorite song: fancy.

The album has a handful of above average hip hop tracks, but with 2/3 I wondered why anyone would even consider recording it. The man is full of contempt and obsessed with sex and violence. I'm pretty sure the world became a little better the day he died. Favorite song: things done changed.

Nice but a bit samey. At least the samey parts are good. Favortie song: Mercy Mercy Me

It's alright, but I lost interest after about 7 songs. Favorite song: Back in the day

I never heard this full album before. I remembered a couple of songs from when they were hits back in the day. I love the production. Most of the songs are good. Some are a little boring. The voice is an acquired taste. Favorite song: Living in another world

There's nothing wrong with this album, it just doesn't resonate with me. Favorite song: Longer Boats.

This could have been a good post-punk album if literally anybody else sang it. This guy is even worse than Loud Reed. I hate Lou Reed. The bonus tracks are awful. Favorite song: Glam-racket

It's not terrible as background music. Not very good to actively listen to. Obviously made for dancing, but I don't think anyone would dance if you played it at a party these days. It sounds very outdated. Way too long. Favorite song: Move any mountain. (it's on the US version)

The beginning is dull, later on it becomes better. Or maybe it just took some getting used to. Favorite song: Kimberly.

Not really my taste, but I understand what people like about it. Favorite song: Omaha.

I knew the album before this one, but only 2 songs off of this one. I like it. The other record was more grunge like. This is leaning towards the pop side of nu metal like Incubus and Alien Ant Farm, but with a much better singer. Favorite song: Tracy's Flaw

Only problem is, it's too long. It's not particularly good at any of the genres it blends, but I like the blend. Favorite song: this ain't living.

It's good, but very samey. Favorite song: I hung my head

The music is very good. Lyrics... Half of them are basic dick and bitches hip hop lyrics that make you look stupid, no matter how eloquent you are. The other half is pretty good with recurring motifs etc. Favorite song: God is gangsta.

This album is a lot better than their first one. It has great songs like War Pigs and Planet Caravan, but it also has the atrocity that is Iron Man. Not a big fan of the titel track either. Favorite song: war pigs

Besides the hits, I only knew their 1st two albums. They had some good ideas and lots of filler. This album doesn’t have any filler. Apparently critics say this is the album that finally combined their influences to a sound of their own. Probably true. I’m not a big fan of the overly dramatic style of singing, but I think it complements the music well. And it’s instantly recognizable as either Radiohead or Muse. The music is put together very well. There’s a lot going on and none of it is coincidence. Favorite song: map of the problematique

I like most of it, but the 13+ minutes Sagar is booooring. Favorite song: snow flower.

Nice electro disco. It starts of great, but there’s definitely some filler on this record. Favorite song: newjack.

I already got their newer album Sound Affects before. The song structures of this album make more sense to me. Paul Weller always sings a little flat, but less on this album. So this album is slightly better. But not enough for an extra star. Favorite song: A-bomb on Wardour Street.

This is by far their worst album. It's also their most important one. I loved it when it was new and I was 10, but it didn't age well. The flow is very unnatural. The samples are very short loops and a lot of the time it's just a drum machine with rapping. Favorite song: no sleep til brooklyn.

I liked this better than The Hissing Of Summer Lawns, which was also very good. Favorite song: Car on a Hill

Yesterday I got Joni Mitchell. So this is a little disappointing. It’s not bad, but nothing that hasn’t been done better. Some of the chord progressions are very far fetched. Not essential if you ask me. Favorite song: you set the scene.

I liked this better than the debut. It has the same flaws to less extent. Repetitive, annoying singing. Favorite song: Warning sign

Good with a couple of songs that are almost great. Favorite song: Candy's room

I like it, but their debut was better. Favorite song: Hypnotised

If Queen made a yacht rock album, it would sound something like this. It shas a lot of variation. For the most part it's good. The not so good parts are short. Favorite song: worst band in the world.

It's alright. Some of the songs are a little too predictable. The singing is full on all the time. Would have been better with more dynamics. Favorite song: Green River.

Better than I expected. Repetitive, but somehow it works. Favorite song: Them Belly Full

I don't understand why everybody needs to hear this before they die. It's not terrible, but it's not good. Favorite song: Only dreaming now.

The songs are good, but I can't stand the flat singing. Would have been an extra star with a different singer. Favorite song: neigborhood #2.

I read the reviews and lots of people compare them to the Strokes. I don't hear it. It's like comparing Cheap Trick to the Sex Pistols. The strokes are a drunk indie band, the hives are excited rock 'roll puppies. Favorite song: Outsmarted

Great. Favorite song: la-la-la-lies

Booooring. Next. I mean, it's very monotonous. Whatever interesting may be going on in the background is drowned out completely by the bass and the singing. Especially the bass is very monotonous. I don't like falsetto singing and he does that almost all the time. The harmonies all sound the same. The shortest song is 4:20, which is already too long. I hate all the songs. Music like this should be actively discouraged.

There's too many Elvis Costello records on the list, but this one belongs on the list. Favorite song: the beat

This is great, but they should have made a shorter album. They only had about 30 minutes worth of good ideas and made a 54 minute record. I like their noisier records they made before better. Favorite song: Chocolat.

Child in Time is awful. The rest is great. Basically a tighter, better version of Led Zeppelin with an organ. Favorite song: speed king

He’s a great singer. Obviously. First songs are ok and then it just keeps getting better almost until the end. Favorite song: suspicious minds.

I thought I'd hate it, but I didn't. It does what it's supposed to do, entrance you. Favorite song: OK.

I like some U2 records, but this one not so much. I think this is their take on the Madchester sound that had been around for a couple of years already. It's neither groundbreaking nor very good IMHO. Favorite song: Ultra Violet.

I think I understand what people like about this record. I just don't like it very much myself. It's good enough and original enough to be on the list. Favorite song: Frou-frou foxes in midsummer fires

A while ago I got to rate their next record Fragile. I gave it 3 stars. This record sounds more natural than Fragile. I like it better. I still don't like the singer's voice very much. Favorite song: Yours is no disgrace.

Let's be honest. The Cramps were not famous for being great musicians. Their main claim to fame is the manic freakshow they put on live. That was really something. The music is a very punk version of rockabilly. Horror lyrics, but the real horror is the music: out of tune, off the beat. Favorite song by far: their cover of Fever.

The vocal harmonies are a bit too much at times, some of the spacey sound effects are annoying, but most of this album is really good. Favorite song: Everybody's been burned.

Some of the songs are great, others are generic stadium country rock. Favorite song: glory days

It's not terrible but not great. They combine hard rock and folk. The hard rock is not very good compared to Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. The folk is just OK. Favorite song: Mother Goose.

It's Beck. He does whatever he wants. Some of it's great, most of it just exists. Usually I like the first half of an album better and lose interest after a while. On this record I like the second half better. Favorite song: Minus.

I never checked them out. They were always bracketed together with the Strokes. I didn't like the Strokes very much. I like the Vines better. If Nirvana were a brit pop band from Australia, they would have sounded like this. 3.5 stars. Favorite song: Outtathaway

If you have trouble getting to sleep, this album is for you. I literally fell asleep listening to this record. Middle of the day. Never happens. It's not as polished as their newer records, so that's good. None of the songs are bad, but I don't understand how they got to be one of the biggest bands of the world. Favorite song: Shiver.

All the songs are pretty much the same, but it's good. More bands should have songs as short as these. I like the intensity of the performance. Favorite song: doesn't really matter because they're all the same.

I hadn't heard it before. Pleasant surprise. It reminded me of fairy metal like Nightwish and Within Temptation, but it's obviously not metal at all. The singing, the mysterious fairy tale lyrics, the entrancing arrangements. Very well played. Sometimes they get carried away with melodies that are more appropriate for instruments than for singing, but in general it's very good. Favorite song: Light Flight.

I'm a little disappointed. This doesn't sound that different from the Rolling Stones to me. Some songs are alright, some are nothing special. Favorite song: lust for life

It's good, but the songs are toon long. I prefer the studio version.

Sounds mysterious and surreal. Reminds me of triphop, dubstep and Bjork. Not my taste, but I can understand why people like it. It's unique enough to be on the list. Favorite song: closer.

Apparently a rock band with rave influences. But really they do both, but they don't blend them. They're not very good at either. Not essential, but not 1 star bad.

There's some tension in this music that's lacking from most other hip hop I got so far. I like it. Favorite song: 101FM

It's good, but a little too long. As opposed to their later records, there's actually something going on in the midrange. Favorite song: Luck of Lucien.

Eight Miles High, the rest goes in one ear and out the other.

Some songs are great, some not so much. Example: I Can't Help It has a great bass line, but the other parts seem kind of random. Favorite song: off the wall.

The tempo of must songs just doesn't feel right to me. I would have liked it better if it was either quite a lot faster or a couple of bpm slower. Favorite song: Bloodbuzz Ohio.

There's 4 REM records on the list. That's too many. I like this record, but it's not their best by far. Not the worst by far either. But I don't think this should have been on the list. Sounds like a British new wave record with an American singer. Favorite song: Pilgrimage.

I don't like it. I don't hate it, but I don't like it. It does belong on the list. A perfect example of that horrible 2000s electronic indie sound. A warning to not ever make music like that again. Favorite song: Dancing Choose.

Starts off alright and gets better with every song. Favorite song: Beetles in the Bog.

Part garage rock, part psychedelic rock. I like the garage parts. The psychedelic parts are boring. Favorite song: I wanna be your dog.

He definitely proved he's not just that dude who was allowed to hang out with Lennon and McCartney. I would have liked this record better than John Lennon's solo records if it wasn’t way too long with way too much filler. Favorite song: Art Of Dying.

Fun dance record. It suffers from the same repetitiveness as other dance records, but somehow it's more tolerable. Favorite song: Since I Met You.

It's good for such an old record, but I don't think I'll ever play it again. Favorite song: Buena Sera

First of all, the production is like nails on a chalkboard. Especially the S-sounds and some of the percussion. That being said, she has a good voice. The songs would have been good with a more organic production. The arrangements are too tight, too perfect, emotionless. And it's longer than it should have been. Apparently this record is not in the latest editions of the book anymore. There's other records I would remove before this one, despite the obvious shortcomings. Favorite song: Oh Mother.

Really? Why? It could be a good soundtrack for an art house movie. But as an album of music and nothing but music, it's awful.

Some of it is great, the rest is good. I don't have the patience for all of the songs. Favorite song: lullaby

It's not surf rock anymore and it's not the masterpiece that Pet Sounds is. It's a transitional record. To be honest the transition is not very interesting. Everything is OK, but nothing stands out. I don't think this belongs on the list. The link to youtube music was dead, but it's there if you search for it. Favorite song: When I Grow Up To Be A Man.

Not terrible, but it wouldn't be rated anywhere near 3.65 average (current rating in 2023) if it wasn't Bowie. Favorite song: Fame.

The music is high in the 4 star range. The lyrics about misogyny and gang life and stupid stuff like that definitely don't raise it to 5 star. Favorite song: Gz and Hustlas.

I heard the album before, but I didn't remember much of it. Some of the safest, least offensive music ever. That's probably why she's so successful. Three of the songs were big hits in my country. Two of them are still played a lot everywhere after 10 years. Her voice is unremarkable, so are most of the songs. I don't hate it, it's just not very exciting to me. Shake It Off is by far my favorite song off the album.

I thought I didn't know this band, but I recognized Become More Like Alfie. Starts out as britpop like Pulp etc. and slowly morphs into music for theatre nerds. It's all well-crafted, but I don't like it very much. I'm pretty sure there's over 1001 records more essential than this one.

There’s one album by the Black Keys on the list and it’s not El Camino. El Camino is better in every aspect. This one is not bad at all. It probably should have been under 45 minutes (most albums really). Favorite song: Tighten up

Beautiful, but a little boring. Favorite song: Hazey Jane I

It's late 60s psychedelic rock that sound exactly like late 60s psychedelic rock. Their experimental parts are a little more out there than most of their contemporaries. It's alright, but nothing sticks with me. Favorite song: SF Sorrow Is Born.

Lots of tear jerkers. Done well, but not my taste. I don't hate it. I played the entire record and I don't remember any song.

I understand what's good about it, but I was not in the mood. I very rarely am. Doesn't help that it's very samey.

It's great for the most part with some filler. There's a strange atmosphere to it in a good way. Favorite song: Cloudbusting

I wanted to hate this, but I didn't. I still hate their later records. Favorite song: Bones

It's Let's Stay Together and some other songs that are easy to listen to, but not as good as the title track.

It's alright, but not essential. Reminds me of early Queen, but not as good. Favorite song: You See Me Crying

If only they left off the filler, it would have been a 4 star single LP. Favorite song: massacre.

It's sounds old, but it aged better than most old hip hop. Favorite song: Planet Rock

I didn't know what to expect. It's good. Smooth but not too smooth. Good songs, good lyrics. Favorite song: the first taste

Early Britpop, they say. I think they deserve their own spot in music history. It sounds darker and much more dramatic than Blur and Oasis and the likes. They're closer to the Cure and the Smiths. The singer has that Bowie gasp. Favorite song: Pantomime Horse

Doesn't sound very special to me, but I don't mind listening to it. Favorite song: The India Song

There's a lot of Neil Young records on the list. This is the first one I got. I hope the others are better. It's not bad but, I just don't like it very much. Favorite song: on the beach

I don't hate this as much as I remembered, but I'm not a fan the singing. Favorite song: elevation

It start OK. Then it gets better and it stays good until the end. Favorite song: 'Til I Die

Never heard it before. I knew Dr. John played some kind of blues. I'm usually not a big fan of blues, so I always ignored him. What a shame. I didn't expect it to sound anything like this. Mysterious, psychedelic, ominous. I like it. Even though some songs are too long. Favorite song: Danse Kalinda Ba Doom.

It's good, but not as good as Doolittle. Favorite song: Allison.

I like it. I don't love it. The Sex Pistol and Black Flag obviously listened to it. The 50th anniversary edition is too long. Just listen the Iggy mix songs. Everything else is filler. Favorite song: Shake Appeal.

This didn't age well.

This record and the album before, Cowboys From Hell, were truly eyeopeners in metal. At the time, metal was supposed to be fast. Death metal was the main style. This record was a step back to Metallica's ...And Justice For All, which sounds very similar to me, and then a step in the other direction. More focus on a New York Hardcore punk style groove (Cro-Mags, Prong, Biohazard, etc.). That being said, I never really liked Pantera. Favorite song: A New Level.

I hate this style of singing with all my heart, but it's a varied, creative album that deserves to be on the list. Favorite song: of moos, birds and monsters

His singing improved a lot over the years. It was always the weakest part of the Jam. That being said, I don't understand what makes this album special. It's not bad at all, but I'm sure it wouldn't have made the list if it wasn't from the UK. Favorite song: all the pictures on the wall.

Perfect background music for coffeeshops. Well played, varied alt country, with a voice that suits the music. Probably a highlight in the genre. However, it doesn't resonate with me at all. On the contrary. When I feel like this music, I'd rather play something to snap me out of it. And despite the variety, it bores me. Favorite song: outtasite

It must have been quite something when it came out. By today's standards the good parts are great, but they're few and far between. For the most part it's boring. I thought I would like this album better. Favorite song by far: 21st century schizoid man.