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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antichrist Superstar | 5 | 2.48 | +2.52 |
| Moss Side Story | 5 | 2.53 | +2.47 |
| Shalimar | 5 | 2.66 | +2.34 |
| A Grand Don't Come For Free | 5 | 2.66 | +2.34 |
| All That You Can't Leave Behind | 5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
| Car Wheels On A Gravel Road | 5 | 2.99 | +2.01 |
| Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo | 5 | 3.09 | +1.91 |
| It's A Shame About Ray | 5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
| Mermaid Avenue | 5 | 3.18 | +1.82 |
| Time Out Of Mind | 5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| If You're Feeling Sinister | 1 | 3.18 | -2.18 |
| Dog Man Star | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| 69 Love Songs | 1 | 2.85 | -1.85 |
| Rejoicing In The Hands | 1 | 2.82 | -1.82 |
| Ys | 1 | 2.8 | -1.8 |
| Isn't Anything | 1 | 2.75 | -1.75 |
| Jack Takes the Floor | 1 | 2.71 | -1.71 |
| Space Ritual | 1 | 2.68 | -1.68 |
| California | 1 | 2.68 | -1.68 |
| Highway to Hell | 2 | 3.66 | -1.66 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Beatles | 4 | 5 |
| Bob Dylan | 5 | 4.8 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.8 |
| Radiohead | 5 | 4.6 |
| R.E.M. | 4 | 4.75 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 5 |
| The Who | 5 | 4.4 |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 3 | 4.67 |
| Prince | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 5 |
| U2 | 2 | 5 |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 4.33 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 3 | 4.33 |
| Metallica | 3 | 4.33 |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 4.33 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 4.33 |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 4.33 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| My Bloody Valentine | 3 | 1.67 |
| Suede | 2 | 1.5 |
| Dexys Midnight Runners | 2 | 1.5 |
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| Artist | Ratings |
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| Fatboy Slim | 5, 2 |
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Mj Cole
2/5
I’m more inclined to electronic music than I was when I was younger. That said, I’ve got more experience listening to music.
In 2000, this would have been zero point zero from me. I know this.
Now, I find this sort of simplistic and repetitive. I have a hard time fitting it into a spot in my thinking where it was ground breaking or innovative.
It’s very much like asking ChatGPT to make me some banging electronic tracks.
It is inoffensive, so I might have it on in the background when I’m working because I like to play music that’s not going to distract me.
3 likes
1-Star Albums (17)
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Paul Simon
4/5
I totally understand why this was a hit in 1972. Folk was still an influence in popular music that was able to really be put out there.
This album doesn't sound dated by any stretch of the imagination.
But you can tell from the instrumentation that this is an album that wouldn't have mass appeal in 2023.
I like the album, but I don't know that I would need to really listen to this regularly.
It is a bit too mellow for me and I prefer Bob Dylan and Neil Young when it comes to things that have the influence of folk to them.
I'll give this a solid 83.
Erykah Badu
5/5
This is pretty funky.
I love this one.
I forgot how badass Erykah Badu was on this album or at this time. This is amazing.
When I need to chill and just relax, I'll come back to this one. I'm glad this is in my algorithm now.
95/100 or 5 stars in the 1001 album ranking.
Rod Stewart
4/5
Solid.
In retrospect, not spectacular but very good.
I love Rod Stewart after reading his book so I’m leaning towards giving it a bit more grace.
3.75/5
77/100
The Who
5/5
Arcade Fire
5/5
Great album. I’ve had it on reps since I saw the band in Boston in November. Before that I knew of them, but didn’t really know them.
Now I listen to them all the time.
5/5
95/100
Parliament
5/5
Great album. So much of 90s hip hop is here.
This is FUNKY.
5/5
92/100
David Bowie
4/5
I like this.
Maybe not the one filled with catchy pop hits but the sonic palette is insane.
Pearl Jam
5/5
5/5
100
Whatever.
I’ve been a lifelong Pearl Jam fan at this point.
I’ve been to 20+ shows.
Everytime I hear Alive it’s a celebration.
The Prodigy
5/5
Supertramp
3/5
Rahul Dev Burman
5/5
Crazy but I’m totally into this.
I’d have never thought I’d enjoy it so much.
I’d definitely listen to this again.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Great album. Just perfect as an example of raggae.
Joy Division
4/5
I’d never pin this as being from 1980.
It doesn’t feel 40+ years old. It doesn’t have the same production values minus the drums.
I like it.
Not a constant but solid stuff.
82/100
4/5
Metallica
5/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
4/5
Totally dig this.
4/5
Booker T. & The MG's
5/5
This is excellent.
Totally going into my rotation of music to work to.
The Who
5/5
The Verve
2/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
My grandma loved Elvis. I have watched Blue Hawaii more than I should ever have had to.
This is the start of Elvis. It’s wild how wide his influences are.
Maybe not as jaw dropping as Little Richard but sort of awesome to hear now.
Anthrax
3/5
My first Anthrax album.
Very hard.
I’m maybe not as big a fan of this as I am of Megadeath or other metal bands.
I can appreciate why folks like this though.
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
‘Fame’ and ‘Young Americans’ are solid songs.
The rest is a vibe, but not a must listen album.
50 Cent
3/5
“In da club” is a banger.
The beats hit.
The guests are great. But on the whole, I feel this is less than the sum of its parts.
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
I don’t know if I ever listened to the entire album before.
But this is raw and intense. These are songs you’ve heard or know the names of in a lot of instances. But I get the hype about this concert now.
5/5
Tortoise
4/5
Solid. I like it.
Atmospheric.
4/5
Pulp
2/5
2/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
Gene Clark
3/5
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
It’s great. It’s too much. It isn’t really an album.
Stereolab
3/5
The Specials
4/5
Still sounds fresh.
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Fatboy Slim
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
2/5
Not my thing. I was like, “will this ever end?”
The sonic landscape is fine. The vocals are fine. Everything is fine, but I think I had higher hopes for a Fleetwood Mac album.
In looking at the reviews of others, they put the album in the context of everything happening around the band.
I don’t have that historical reference. So, for me, it is just sort of a hodgepodge of sounds, vocals, and styles.
Not something I’d come back to…
‘Sara’ is a good song though.
Brian Eno
4/5
2Pac
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
It’s great. It’s important. This album has influenced so many albums and artists and songs.
It is also uneven. So I’ll say 4 not 5.
But still really cool. So many influences here.
Public Enemy
3/5
Ice T
4/5
Love
2/5
Wouldn’t need to listen to this regularly.
It could be because this kind of pop was never my thing but it just sounds like the soundtrack for a forgettable 60s youth movie made in 2015 to be nostalgic.
Fela Kuti
4/5
Strong 4.
Miles Davis
5/5
The Jam
4/5
The Police
4/5
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
Fugees
5/5
Loved it.
Gorillaz
3/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
I like this. I’ve never listened to this guy before, but I might listen again.
Barry Adamson
5/5
The Saints
3/5
Blur
3/5
Little Simz
4/5
I like this more than I thought I would. The newer British hip hop has been stronger than I might have thought.
Massive Attack
4/5
4/5 I’d listen again.
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
The Black Keys
5/5
Frank Ocean
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Not my thing.
George Michael
2/5
Fugazi
4/5
Eagles
3/5
The Zombies
3/5
Tangerine Dream
3/5
If I knew this was what I was listening to it would be fine.
Know it’s some trippy ambient music going in.
Beck
4/5
I’ve been revisiting Beck lately. This is a funky, wide ranging album.
I’d put this up there as one of the best Beck albums from start to finish.
I have no problem listening to this over again.
4/5
Solange
4/5
Listened to this a couple of times. I like it.
Green Day
4/5
Country Joe & The Fish
2/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Nanci Griffith
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
David Gray
2/5
2/5
Taylor Swift
5/5
5/5
Great pop album with great production.
Ray Charles
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Belle & Sebastian
1/5
Sheryl Crow
2/5
Couldn’t do it.
One hit. So I’ll give it a 2.
The Stone Roses
3/5
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
I know the name, but never listened to Marianne Faithful before.
Probably cool not listening to this again. There’s not much interesting to me in this one.
I’m guessing the atmospheric stuff was rarer in the 70s when this came out. But to me it feels tired and uninteresting.
Nas
3/5
Ghostface Killah
4/5
The Lemonheads
5/5
I enjoy this.
I can’t tell if it is dated. Some of it is but a lot of it still feels fresh.
It is still an album I can’t divorce from the 90s. I’ll come back to this because it’s catchy. That holds up.
George Jones
3/5
Magazine
4/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Genesis
3/5
The Magnetic Fields
1/5
I get the concept but 3 hours of this crap.
Come on.
I thought this was a joke.
The only joke was on me for listening to this crap. Never need to hear this again.
1/5
The Band
4/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
ZZ Top
4/5
As funky as it can get. But still a little filler in spots.
Lambchop
2/5
It’s bad knockoff Cat Stevens.
Deep Purple
3/5
Tori Amos
4/5
Basement Jaxx
4/5
4/5
Mike Oldfield
3/5
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
3/5
New Order
3/5
Kanye West
4/5
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
Dirty Projectors
2/5
Beck
3/5
3/5
Interesting. A bit uneven, but totally radical at the time it was released.
DJ Shadow
4/5
4/5
The Temptations
4/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
4/5
Hole
5/5
OutKast
3/5
3/5
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Blue Cheer
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
Guns N' Roses
5/5
This is crazy.
I hate to love it, but I do.
This is all the best bits of the 80s metal scene in one album. But I know the lyrics are wrong.
I know Axl has been a giant jackass.
But it is a great bit of music.
F*&^
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
I’ve been on a little of a run with the Pumpkins lately.
This is a really great album that doesn’t fit into the grunge mold of the time even if it’s 90s guitar driven rock.
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
Great hip hop album.
One of the most intense concerts I ever saw was the Wu opening for Rage.
The Wu’s impact is everywhere still.
5/5
Merle Haggard
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
4/5
Björk
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Nina Simone
3/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Eminem
4/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Aerosmith
3/5
A little too ‘80s for me, but still fun.
3/5
Louis Prima
5/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Julian Cope
3/5
I enjoyed this more than I might have imagined. But I don't understand how this is on the list.
It is just average.
The Cars
5/5
This song has a lot of 80s era bangers on it. I caught myself singing far too loudly to a few of these.
Egads!
The Fall
2/5
I reserve 1s for the absolute worst things like Kid Rock and that noise metal thing that was a hate crime.
This is awful.
There isn't anything worthwhile about it, but I still feel like I will give it a 2.
Just a boring and worthless album.
Songhoy Blues
4/5
This hits from the opening riff.
It is not what you are likely to expect from the album cover. It is blues based rock music from dudes from Mali.
It has a really funky beat. It is good. It is fun. And, these guys play...
Fleet Foxes
3/5
Pleasant music. Good. Not great. Wouldn’t turn it off. Not sure I’d search it out either.
Billie Holiday
4/5
4
Bob Dylan
5/5
5/5
The voice isn’t great, but these songs are something else.
That it’s just one album, wow! Because for most artists this would be enough to make a career.
5/5
Lou Reed
4/5
The Pharcyde
3/5
Boston
4/5
4/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
4/5
Supergrass
2/5
Paul McCartney
2/5
Common
4/5
Sex Pistols
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Beth Orton
3/5
Beatles
5/5
This has always been my favorite Beatles album because I think it was the first one I really got into.
I love this one. It is straight ahead catchy pop. It’s just the perfect early Beatles album because you have the drums and bass driving the music. The harmonies. The lyrics. The catchiness.
It’s all just there.
Do I love other albums by the Beatles? Certainly. But this my first love and my favorite.
The Associates
2/5
Not my thing. I don’t even find this a good example of 80s synth pop. It’s just sort of meh for me.
Coldplay
3/5
The Roots
4/5
King Crimson
2/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
k.d. lang
2/5
Laconic would be my one word review...
Not really anything you have to listen to...kind of surprised that it is on here.
Run-D.M.C.
5/5
This is a fantastic old school hip hop album.
Run DMC is top shelf stuff.
Beatles
5/5
For me, I think every album by the Beatles is a 5 star thing.
I saw someone say that it was tempting to give this one a 4 because there are others that the writer preferred more.
I feel the same way, but listening to this...the sheer number of great songs overwhelms that feeling.
5 stars it is.
Anita Baker
3/5
Alice Cooper
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Laibach
3/5
I’m not sure if I love this or hate it.
I don’t know what this is. But I’m kind of into this.
Dusty Springfield
3/5
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
Meh. I was excited because of the song by The National, but it’s kind of generic alt rock or maybe it’s not.
2/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
JAY Z
5/5
Great. 5/5
Common
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
SZA
3/5
Kelela
3/5
Perfectly pleasant.
Entirely unmemorable.
As average as it comes.
Waylon Jennings
4/5
The Band
4/5
James Brown
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Fats Domino
3/5
Sade
4/5
It’s not all bangers. But it’s a solid album.
You have interesting influences and the hits are great.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
George Harrison
4/5
Expansive. Indulgent. But very listenable.
Like an exotic ear massage.
This is a giant F you to John and Paul were the geniuses of the Beatles.
Joan Armatrading
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
A banger. Some peak Neil Young and Crazy Horse. A mix of light and loud.
5/5
Prince
5/5
This has been a favorite since I was a kid. It’s got a bit of everything.
It’s pop, but not.
Rock, but more.
Dance, but something else.
80’s excess, but more sophisticated.
Just great.
5/5
The Pogues
4/5
Interesting stuff.
Never really listened to The Pogues before. My wife’s family is almost 100% Irish and I have a son with a very Irish name. So I have to listen to this and enjoy it.
I don’t think it is a full 4 stars for me, but it is more than 3 stars. So I think I will go 4 stars because I would listen to this again.
Dizzee Rascal
3/5
Love the beats. The lyrics may be a little over my head.
Like The Streets, this one may grow on me as I become more familiar with it.
Frank Sinatra
4/5
It could be that I’m sitting here on a Saturday night, having a drink, chilling…but this feels pretty good.
The Auteurs
2/5
Perfectly inoffensive.
Nothing much memorable about this at all.
Like elevator music from the 90s.
Blondie
4/5
Kanye West
3/5
I can’t tell if I love it or hate it. The beats are pretty great. The lyrics are hit or miss.
I’m really torn on this one.
10cc
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
This was the first album I really got into U2 on.
Seattle, 2000-2001. I had this thing on constantly at the Bauhaus coffee shop.
This is U2 at peak preachy, but still catchy.
System Of A Down
2/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
3/5.
I get it. I’m not that much of a hard rocker though.
Björk
3/5
Interesting. Not electronic. Not entirely vocal driven. Somewhere in the middle.
3/5
CHVRCHES
4/5
I had no idea what I was going to hear when I put this on. It is a really solid synth pop thing.
I’d totally listen to this again. I really enjoyed it.
It takes the best of dance, synth, and pop and puts it together. The band is quite charismatic and lively.
Not quite 5 stars, but solid 4.
Radiohead
5/5
The Thrills
2/5
Meh. 2/5
John Lennon
4/5
Aphex Twin
4/5
The Smiths
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
New Order
3/5
The Undertones
4/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Youssou N'Dour
4/5
Duke Ellington
5/5
The Pretty Things
3/5
Venom
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
3
The Doors
5/5
Femi Kuti
4/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
This is pretty classic folk music.
I don't feel like Crosby, Stills, and Nash have the same heat or quality without Neil Young.
Some of these songs feel timeless.
Lorde
4/5
Janelle Monáe
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
This still sounds fresh for the most part, especially the hits and more recognizable songs.
I like this one.
I think I am slightly too willing to drop 5 stars, but this is pretty innovative in the context of rock music and guitar playing...so I think the 5 stars is deserved here.
I'll go 90/100.
Peter Frampton
4/5
I've never heard this, but I do know the songs.
So, probably better than I imagined.
4/5
5/5
From the start with 'The Cisco Kid' this is funky...
I'd listen to this again. It is funky and still sounds fresh. The music is great.
5/5
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
Holger Czukay
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
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
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Cocteau Twins
2/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Marilyn Manson
5/5
The Streets
5/5
Love this one. The first time I listened to this, I had no clue what I was listening to. But it grew on me and it’s in the regular rotation now.
Black Sabbath
3/5
Good. Not the best Black Sabbath album IMO.
3/5
Deerhunter
2/5
Meh.
ABBA
4/5
Solid 4/5
Cowboy Junkies
4/5
4
Johnny Cash
5/5
What an album!?
I've been a fan of Johnny Cash. Especially the older stuff with Rick Rubin, but I hadn't listened to this in a while or since I can remember.
This is just raw and amazing. It is all heart, emotion, and simplicity.
Fuck!
5/5
Dusty Springfield
2/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Dead Kennedys
3/5
Richard Thompson
2/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
Pixies
4/5
Ryan Adams
4/5
Joanna Newsom
1/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
CHIC
3/5
The Psychedelic Furs
2/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
Jack White
3/5
Donovan
4/5
Alanis Morissette
5/5
A little dated production wise but the songs hold up well.
There are some mid-90s bangers with a little filler but not too much. TBF, almost all of these albums had some filler.
I’ll go strong 4.5, but round up to 5 like in school.
Adele
3/5
Adele has an amazing voice. But it’s also music that is just there.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
This is a mix of styles.
What I notice most is how rough and energetic this is compared to other Stones albums.
Not 5 stars but solid 4.
Kings of Leon
4/5
Remember hearing this around 2004/2005 as an advance thing.
I’ve enjoyed it over the years. But always felt like KoL left a little to be seen. Like they only got part of the way to where they could have.
The Gun Club
2/5
Middle of the road punk for me. Not quite average.
Van Halen
4/5
The hits are hits. The rest of the album isn’t as solid.
Dwight Yoakam
4/5
Swinging country music.
I don’t remember listening to Dwight Yoakam but knowing him as Julia Roberts’s ex-husband.
This is a good country album, catchy.
Kind of higher than a 3.5 and slightly below a 4. I’ll round up because I wasn’t expecting much and got a lot more than I expected.
Pink Floyd
5/5
Is it possible to go higher than 5 stars?
This is just a perfect psychedelic rock album. I am not even a Pink Floyd fan and this is just lush, well constructed, anthemic, and timeless.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Started slow for me, but it grew on me.
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Chaotic. Not bad. Not as amazing as some of the reviews led me to hope for.
Good though.
Public Enemy
5/5
This is amazing.
I was grooving to the entire album.
It holds up too. That’s fortunate, but unfortunate as well.
This is a straight banger.
Dennis Wilson
3/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Definitely something I appreciate more having worked through this project.
Also, when I was younger and this first came out, I didn’t really get past the singles.
Now, I appreciate the influences and how subtle a lot of this is.
Solid album that’s not what you’d expect from early Beastie Boys albums.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Stan Getz
4/5
4/5
Beatles
5/5
This is probably the only album besides ‘The Blueprint’ that I’d call perfect of the 200+ I’ve had so far.
This is just perfect.
It still feels fresh and amazing.
The Byrds
4/5
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.
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Pixies
4/5
Def Leppard
4/5
It’s a lot. It’s great. It’s a touch dated.
It’s a bit of everything 80’s.
Aerosmith
3/5
I like it because it’s got groove and funk.
It’s also only ok because the songs aren’t that great compared to the hits.
It’s something I’d listen to but wouldn’t intentionally put on.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Barry Adamson
3/5
3/5
Mariah Carey
2/5
I mean, this is Mariah...so you know it is going to have a certain amount of vocal quality.
It does.
But this isn't the album filled with all the poppy, danceable hits that I associate with Mariah.
It is a solid album, but not as much fun as I think I want from someone so connected to pop and dance and high flying vocal trilling.
It was really more of background music to me.
2/5
The Dandy Warhols
2/5
That’s a solid 2 from me.
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
5/5
Still almost perfect. Hasn’t aged a second.
Incubus
2/5
David Holmes
2/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
This is the blues.
Rock has nothing on the real blues when it comes to soul because this is generational pain coming through in music form.
That’s not meant to take away from rock, but just that we might think we know blues based music but we don’t until we hear real blues.
4/5
Grateful Dead
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Motörhead
5/5
I’ve only known Lemmy by reputation. But I have to say this doesn’t disappoint.
Again, it’s straight ahead rock.
The lyrics are out of touch with today but in 1980, this shit must have been poetry.
Janet Jackson
3/5
The Specials
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
4 stars
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
4 stars.
Lenny Kravitz
4/5
Billy Bragg
5/5
5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
5/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Jeff Beck
4/5
The White Stripes
4/5
The Fall
3/5
Hawkwind
1/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Jacques Brel
3/5
Fun. But my French isn’t good enough.
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
Jimmy Smith
5/5
The War On Drugs
3/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
The Damned
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Pavement
5/5
To me this is the peak Pavement album.
I loved this one in the 90s. It still holds up and has a freshness to it. It’s likely because it tried so hard to not sound like grunge.
Anyway, if I’m listening to a Pavement album, this is it for me.
Mj Cole
2/5
I’m more inclined to electronic music than I was when I was younger. That said, I’ve got more experience listening to music.
In 2000, this would have been zero point zero from me. I know this.
Now, I find this sort of simplistic and repetitive. I have a hard time fitting it into a spot in my thinking where it was ground breaking or innovative.
It’s very much like asking ChatGPT to make me some banging electronic tracks.
It is inoffensive, so I might have it on in the background when I’m working because I like to play music that’s not going to distract me.
Solomon Burke
4/5
Mylo
2/5
I’d be inclined to go 3 here but the title song was so bad. I needed to subtract a point.
It’s kind of middling electronic music.
Jane's Addiction
4/5
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
Queen
3/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Haircut 100
3/5
Iron Maiden
2/5
2/5
Wild Beasts
3/5
3
Bob Dylan
5/5
To me peak Dylan. 5/5
ZZ Top
5/5
Can I go more than 5. This was my first ZZ Top album as a kid.
So this wins due to nostalgia.
Talking Heads
4/5
4/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Tom Waits
3/5
3/5
The Avalanches
2/5
It’s not bad. It’s just not interesting.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
James Taylor
4/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Ray Price
2/5
The Stooges
4/5
Miriam Makeba
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
4/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
Blur
3/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Sleater-Kinney
4/5
Various Artists
5/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Bobby Womack
4/5
Justice
4/5
Violent Femmes
5/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
3/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
4/5
2/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Linkin Park
3/5
Alice Cooper
4/5
Deep Purple
3/5
The Birthday Party
2/5
Not my thing. Loud, abrasive and those are the redeeming qualities of this one.
I know it’s Nick Cave, but it’s just too chaotic and incoherent to even be considered something as a jumping off point for me.
Roxy Music
2/5
Beach House
3/5
Totally fine.
Norway, I like.
It’s not great or offensive. I would have been fine not listening to this in my lifetime.
3/5
Queen
4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
3/5
Can
3/5
“I was there. At the first CAN show, in Cologne.”
3 stars. Maybe 2 if it wasn’t due to LCD Soundsystem
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
D'Angelo
3/5
5/5
Tom Tom Club
4/5
Portishead
5/5
Morrissey
2/5
T. Rex
4/5
Sigur Rós
4/5
I’ll put this on my list of things to work to.
It’s just right for deep work and deep thinking.
4/5
MC Solaar
5/5
I dig it and I don’t know a word of French.
Tito Puente
5/5
Great stuff.
TV On The Radio
2/5
Daft Punk
3/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
American Music Club
1/5
Can’t find it easily. Gets 1 star.
Miles Davis
4/5
Soft Machine
4/5
I enjoy this. It’s interesting and unusual.
I like to listen to stuff without words when I work and this fits that bill nicely.
4/5
Madonna
3/5
One star for each hit. But pretty average the rest of the way.
3/5
Christina Aguilera
2/5
2/5
Repetitive and a bit lame.
Dr. Dre
5/5
Morrissey
3/5
Sugar
2/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Traffic
4/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
John Lennon
4/5
The Who
5/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
4/5
Ice Cube
3/5
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Joy Division
2/5
2/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Willie Nelson
5/5
The Undertones
3/5
The Mars Volta
4/5
Big Star
3/5
Weather Report
3/5
Massive Attack
4/5
Happy Mondays
1/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Suzanne Vega
2/5
Mekons
2/5
John Coltrane
5/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
The Smiths
3/5
Television
4/5
Fairport Convention
4/5
This is some good renaissance fair shit.
Queen
3/5
Scissor Sisters
4/5
Sepultura
3/5
Not my thing but I did appreciate the creativity.
Kings of Leon
4/5
I’d forgotten about this album but when KoL were first on the scene one of their promoters sent me a copy because I was involved in the entertainment business.
I was sworn to not share it with anyone.
I had this on a loop for a long time in 2004/2005.
Along with Eagles of Death Metal.
Laugh. It’s cool. I do as well.
Devendra Banhart
1/5
This is some of the dullest music I’ve ever heard.
Good god man.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
4/5
Cee Lo Green
3/5
It’s fine. Not great. I enjoyed it. 3/5
The Yardbirds
3/5
The Doors
4/5
4/5
The Police
3/5
3/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
These songs are classics.
I didn’t realize this album had so many classic Dylan songs on it.
This is a 5 from me.
OutKast
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
3/5
Tina Turner
4/5
The Electric Prunes
2/5
Boards of Canada
2/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Coldplay
4/5
The Cult
2/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Drive Like Jehu
2/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
3/5
George Michael
4/5
The Cure
3/5
Klaxons
3/5
The The
2/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
The Blue Nile
2/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Bauhaus
2/5
Otis Redding
5/5
Finley Quaye
2/5
LL Cool J
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Moby
5/5
Big Black
2/5
The Human League
2/5
This is a one hit thing.
I was interested due to the name check by LCD soundsystem. But meh.
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Meh. 2/5
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
3/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Yes
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
This is better than I would have expected.
Sure, Smoke on the Water but it’s good blues based rock.
Wire
4/5
Janis Joplin
4/5
Talk Talk
3/5
Doves
2/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Nico
2/5
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
3/5
Nice electronic music but nothing essential.
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
3/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
John Lee Hooker
2/5
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Fiona Apple
5/5
Air
4/5
Prince
4/5
Machito
4/5
GZA
3/5
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
Don McLean
2/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
This is bleak. This is painful. It is also beautiful in the way that only the bleak and painful can be.
Elton John
5/5
The Byrds
2/5
AC/DC
2/5
Jethro Tull
2/5
Randy Newman
2/5
2/5
Tears For Fears
5/5
Air
5/5
Sebadoh
3/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Metallica
4/5
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
Björk
4/5
I enjoy this.
4/5
Garbage
3/5
Supergrass
3/5
Kanye West
4/5
The Incredible String Band
1/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Marty Robbins
4/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Frank Zappa
4/5
The Who
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Neil Young
4/5
Korn
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
Suede
1/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Thelonious Monk
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
I don't know that I listened to this one as a core Springsteen album.
I'm too young to have caught him on the way up.
I might have been about 10 when 'Born in the USA' came out. That was my first exposure to BRUCE.
I do appreciate this one now. Especially as I know the story around the album.
It is also a real departure from almost everything else Springsteen has done.
The Adverts
3/5
The The
2/5
Ravi Shankar
3/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
Elis Regina
3/5
Van Halen
5/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
The Young Rascals
3/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Slint
4/5
Suede
2/5
The Stranglers
3/5
Circle Jerks
4/5
k.d. lang
2/5
N.W.A.
5/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
Lucinda Williams
5/5
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
Bon Jovi
2/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Dion
2/5
Norah Jones
2/5
Nothing bad about this.
It’s just not my style of music.
2/5
M.I.A.
3/5
I wouldn’t call this a good album.
I wouldn’t call this a bad album.
It is kind of repetitive in a unharmful way.
I listened. I didn’t think it needed to be on a list of essentials.
Killing Joke
2/5
Is this supposed to be important?
I’ve heard of Killing Joke before, but this doesn’t really make me need to listen to them again.
Feels like a suburban form of edgy, even if they are British punks.
Everything But The Girl
1/5
This is offensively anodyne.
Why is this album on a list of albums I must listen to.
1/5
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
1/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
Pantera
2/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
Steve Earle
2/5
White Denim
4/5
Some hippy music.
Not bad though.
Like prog, psychedelic, and pop mixed up in an acid laden vat.
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
3/5
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
Underworld
3/5
Pentangle
2/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Raekwon
3/5
Spacemen 3
2/5
It sucks and I don’t know why I have to listen to it as part of this project.
Still not the worst thing I’ve heard here.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
Muddy Waters
5/5
Elbow
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
The Beach Boys
2/5
Paul Weller
3/5
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Totally fine.
I enjoyed it.
Doesn't need to be on this list...I don't think.
3/5...really 2.5 so I am rounding up.
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
Elastica
4/5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Soundgarden
5/5
Great album.
This is peak Grunge.
I especially like 'Like Suicide' because it has the riffs, bass, and drums that marked a change from the 80s for me.
I know that Grunge was a catch-all, but this was always THE grunge album for me.
Pavement
3/5
3/5
Leftfield
3/5
If I had to rate it on the idea that my life wouldn't be complete without ever hearing this, it is definitely 1 star.
If I rate this as whether or not I did or didn't like it, I'd say it was totally fine and I'd give it an average score...maybe a 2.5.
I feel like I give a lot of 3s because stuff is just average.
This is another in that line.
Not bad, but not essential by any stretch of the imagination.
Can
3/5
3/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
The Vines
2/5
Metallica
4/5
Not my style of music but I get it.
As I listened to it, I got a bit more into the musicality of it.
So I’m going to bump my rating up to a 4. ‘One’ hits.
Elton John
4/5
Alice In Chains
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
4
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Patti Smith
5/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2/5
Madness
2/5
The Triffids
2/5
The Isley Brothers
5/5
A banger. 5 stars.
Green Day
5/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Santana
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Lauryn Hill
3/5
Portishead
3/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
1/5
Nirvana
5/5
I haven't listened to this album in a long time.
It is unexpected when you consider it in the context of what Nirvana is known for.
They also did a nice job of covers and not playing to the audience.
A true work of art.
The Cramps
4/5
Buck Owens
4/5
X-Ray Spex
4/5
I like it.
It is interesting. Not crazy, earth changing music. But girls doing punk is fun and different for this list.
4/5
Ryan Adams
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Wilco
4/5
The Strokes
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
4/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
3/5
The Stooges
2/5
Todd Rundgren
4/5
John Martyn
2/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
De La Soul
4/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
4/5
The La's
3/5
3
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Bert Jansch
2/5
Mudhoney
2/5
The Beta Band
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Talvin Singh
2/5
Wilco
5/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Genesis
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Screaming Trees
3/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Fine. 3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Billy Joel
5/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
1/5
Neil Young
3/5
Bad Company
3/5
Black Flag
4/5
I try to add context to these things.
So I give this a higher rating than I might.
Why?
Because if you only listen in the moment, you’d say this sounds like a lot of punk.
But this is foundational.
So 4.
Take that back. Knock it down to a 3 due to some production issues.
Ride
2/5
2/5
Dire Straits
3/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
The Cure
5/5
Robbie Williams
2/5
This isn’t the best thing I’ve heard.
I know Robbie Williams more by reputation than anything else.
2/5
Eminem
4/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Le Tigre
4/5
Japan
3/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Harry Nilsson
5/5
Cornershop
2/5
The Waterboys
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Brian Eno
3/5
The Crusaders
4/5
Throbbing Gristle
2/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Beck
4/5
Britney Spears
3/5
Hot Chip
3/5
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
4/5
The xx
3/5
Pleasant.
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Come on Eileen is the only thing that stands out.
2/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
I'll go 4 stars on this one.
Elvis Costello
2/5
Arcade Fire
5/5
Oasis
5/5
New York Dolls
4/5
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
N.E.R.D
2/5
R.E.M.
4/5
John Prine
3/5
Kid Rock
1/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
Baaba Maal
2/5
Forgot I was listening to this...
Not sure if that is good or bad.
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
Sparks
3/5
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Shuggie Otis
5/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Madonna
2/5
I thought I liked most of Madonna's disco, electronic music era stuff...
I was wrong.
Minus the opening song this pretty much sucks across the board.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Gang Starr
4/5
Ozomatli
3/5
This is like being trapped in a hippie drum circle...
Don't know that I needed to listen to this.
It ends up fun though.
So I’ll go 3 stars.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
4/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Hookworms
3/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
Slipknot
3/5
Not my thing but it is melodic for how hard it is.
3/5
Prince
5/5
Gene Clark
2/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Maxwell
4/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
3/5
Carole King
5/5
I often rate a lot of albums if they have bomber hits that almost anyone would recognize.
So...this one has a bunch of those.
It is a little too soft rock for my personal tastes, but I can't deny that this is influential.
It also holds up pretty well and doesn't sound dated like many of the albums that we receive from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.
I'll go 5 stars on this one.
Probably around a 90/100.
Jamiroquai
3/5
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
Small Faces
3/5
Sepultura
2/5
Cream
4/5
Orbital
2/5
KISS
4/5
I saw KISS when they put the makeup back on.
Before that, I had no real affection for them.
This one has a few really solid songs on it...it isn't as dangerous or crazy as the reputation would lead you to believe.
4 stars.
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
The Replacements
3/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Moby Grape
2/5
The Charlatans
2/5
T. Rex
4/5
Christine and the Queens
4/5
Red Snapper
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
Method Man
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
Radiohead
5/5
Aimee Mann
2/5
This isn't bad...it is just very dated.
You can imagine hearing this playing over the speakers at Central Perk during an episode of 'Friends'.
I've listened to other Aimee Mann music and this seems like a poor introduction to her music. I'd prefer some Til Tuesday stuff.
2/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
The Verve
4/5
Eurythmics
3/5
TLC
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
Neneh Cherry
2/5
The Coral
3/5
The Jam
2/5
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Culture Club
3/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
Al Green
4/5
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Dr. Octagon
2/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Fairport Convention
2/5
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Scritti Politti
2/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Cypress Hill
4/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Jane Weaver
3/5
Turbonegro
2/5
Randy Newman
3/5
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Grateful Dead
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Motörhead
3/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Lou Reed
4/5
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
Foo Fighters
5/5
I'm always going to have a soft spot for this album.
It came out of nowhere because people had no clue that Dave Grohl was anything more than a drummer.
The songs are raw.
Even completed for an album, they feel unfinished in the good way.
I also will never forget seeing Foo Fighters on their first tour.
5/5
Roxy Music
2/5
Suicide
2/5
I'm wondering if the timing of this album ending up in my feed is a coincidence.
I'd been looking for it since I saw the Bruce Springsteen move last week.
In the movie, Bruce is his house, listening to this, talking about how important it is.
I can appreciate the artistic nature of what is going on here, but I don't think I need to have this in the regular rotation.
This is one that would definitely get a 2.5 if I had the option of half stars.
As it is, I'm going to go with a 2 because I don't think I can justify giving this a 3 because it is experimental and "important" but it isn't likely to be most folk's jam.
Donald Fagen
2/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
The Monks
4/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
The B-52's
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
The Who
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
3/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
The Slits
2/5
The Monkees
2/5
Digital Underground
2/5
Roni Size
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
The Residents
2/5
I stared out in the category of "WTF?! Why is this awful thing on the list?"
But I grew to appreciate it.
Not like it.
Just appreciate it.
I can hear Primus and other experimental music in here. I can see why this mattered, but I also don't know that I am better off for having heard it.
2/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
4/5
Röyksopp
4/5
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
2
Ice Cube
2/5
Meat Puppets
4/5
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
Frank Black
2/5
4/5
Doves
3/5