Artist #411 on last.fm but never heard this record Some classic tunes here! Nothing wrong with a bit of Leppard!

Got a soft spot for this kind of English pop

Honestly, wtf

I would rather listen to almost anything else besides reggae

bit bland

I've listened to most of this album, once, in 2007.

I have never previously streamed Depeche Mode! I'm sure fans love this album. It's just not my thing.

Two days in a row, a famous, well regarded artist that I've never heard. I mean I thought it was fine, probably not going back for a repeat listen soon but i'll check out some other Elvis Costello stuff.

I've listened to Iron Maiden 7 times, but never this record. Artist #1498 pre this album It's average yeah? Surely there are better Iron Maiden albums.

Never listened to this album. Probably heard the songs from it but post 2006 I've only listened to Billy Joel 7 times. Artist #1459 pre listening to this A bit "musical theatre" for my taste tbh

Listened to Suede once in 2019 Artist #6989 on Last.fm Nice surprise, this was pretty good.

Of course I've heard it. Many many times. Funnily enough Nirvana aren't high in my post 2006 (last.fm era) listening stats. Artist #156

I've never listened to Yes before. Huh. Interesting.

Never heard of 'em... Interesting

Yet another artist I've never listened to! Nice discovery, I'd listen to more More like 3.5

No

Unbelievable as it seems, I've never listened to this record. The hits from this are amazing, the vocal only track is great too!

Again, never scrobbled. I can appreciate this. I can hear the work that went into it. The stuff with vocals was cool... I just don't know

Artist #886 on last.fm 15 scrobbles This record is not terrible but overrated IMO

Scrobbled 1 time Artist #4820 Nice vibes, like the jazzy backing tracks

Who knew? John Martyn is actually Artist #1667 on my scrobbles Never heard this album though Hmm, disappointed actually - I was really looking forward to this one.

Believe it or not I've only listened to Deep Purple 3 times - 3! Artist #2556 I was expecting a whole lot more metal sounding minor stuff... this is like good time rock yeah?

260 streams for The Beatles but only one listen through Sgt Peppers - seems criminal doesn't it? Artist #64 Who am I to give this album anything less...

Another artist I had heard of, but never heard. It was surprisingly enjoyable considering my usual tastes, great for a chilled evening. Currently sitting at artist #1207

Never listened to this artist before It's OK I guess.

Another one from the never listened batch! This was surprisingly enjoyable though

Some nice stuff on here but some super indulgence too

I can appreciate the effort here - didn't do it for me though

OK I have listened to Kanye before but just putting it out there that I'm not doing this as a fan any longer Artist #108 on my last.fm but i've only heard some of this album before

Yep. Enjoyed. Artist #992 on last.fm

I loved this, great record!

Not a reggae fan

Last fm artist #477 I have a feeling this album has not aged well. Either that or we've all grown up and realised how shit these macho rappers are in the shadow of some of what conscious hip hop is doing. Drags a bit actually. I found myself wanting it to be over towards the end - checked out

Decent record, I don't think any of these are their best songs though

I can see why people love it, grooves and great tunes.

I love Tom

Dragged after a while

It was fine.

It cannot be true, but my stats say I've never heard this record. What!? Artist #123 in my Last.fm (now #114)

Breath and King of Pain are great, the rest... meh...

Don't think I even know who this band is. Not an album I needed to hear before I died.

The Beatles are artist #61 currently on my last.fm but, if i can believe the stats, i somehow skipped over listening to this record!? Not my favourite work by the band but still solid

Two Bruce in one week! Artist #114 - an album I've listened to twice before Ah so hard! It's not perfect but it's pretty bloody good!

Some cool beats. Just not something I can get into for an hour.

I mean it's fine but I don't have the desire to listen again ever

1 previous listen... to 1 song

Artist #411 on last.fm but never heard this record Some classic tunes here! Nothing wrong with a bit of Leppard!

Streamed once in 2017 haha - song wasn't on this record

Artist #331 but hadn't listened to this album before

Prior to listening, I'd only heard one BS song in my life, "Pepper" Was this a noise experiment?

Oh I know this record #49 all time streams I listened to this a lot when it came out, not so much in the streaming era Love this record, forgot how much so

R.E.M. are #148 on my all time streams but I've never heard this album!

Apparently I streamed "Everyday People" twice in 2016. Random fact of the day. Not my thing.

Really looking forward to this! On last.fm Sabbath are #609 in my all time artists but really should be higher Thoroughly enjoyed!

Currently #818 on my artist charts. I know this is supposed to be a classic but it'll be different listening after his lockdown tantrum. Pretty plain.

Some fun jams but ultimately nothing more than background music

At first I was thinking wtf is this... but it grew on me

I'm biased. This is one of my favourite debut albums ever. And to think there was better SOAD albums to follow

Heard of but never heard this band. Enjoyed this record, would go back for more

God I hope it's better than the last one of his on this list Artist #877 currently on last.fm Update: Yep. Much better.

It was probably ground breaking in 1978, now it sounds like cookie cutter punk

I expected to like this album so much more.

Not bad. I knew a lot of these tracks already.

I can appreciate this, i think, i just don't get much from it.

1001 albums to bore you to death

Great record. I love it.

Background music at best

It's alright.

2.5 - some amazing lyrics here, probably a friday night album with wine...

Some enjoyable stuff however I could only find maybe half of the tracks online

Unbelievably, for how ubiquitous this was when I was living in London, I've never actually heard this record. First couple of tracks were cool but it's all a bit samey same.

It was fine but I've heard better from Ella

It's astounding to me that this isn't a best of. Just another record.

Got a soft spot for this kind of English pop

not for me

There must be better Elvis albums than this

I'm hearing more Rolling Stones through this than previously in my life. This is the 2nd best of the two Stones' albums so far.

Beck is a legend. I should listen to him more.

See previous day's review haha Still not my favourite Beck album but a good one

Some great songs, some borderline comic (i imagine unintentionally)

Some of the beats here were great but 80s/90s rapping still doesn't do it for me

Yeah I like me some Cure...

Probably a 3.5 but it did end up background music kind of

Energy. Love it.

A genuine discovery! I enjoyed this so much

Some cool grooves but mainly elevator music for me

Nah. There's some cool slacker/shoegaze sure, but this is a bit boring.

Some classic rock here. Takes me back.

Impeccable production. Just a bit too long.

It’s rem sure, love the band but, outside of Orange Crush I wasn’t taken with this record overly

Nice. Some cool tunes I didn't even realise they sang, feeling generous today.

Got a blindspot for ELO, nearly gave this 5 stars before I listened

That was pretty much the same track on repeat yeah?

Dig it

Honestly, wtf

Positive start but all a bit the samey for me

It was fine but I didn't expect it to be *this* country

Sounded exactly like I thought it would, that 7 min song near the end went on forever though

Why? The only band I've ever fallen asleep watching live... This was marginally less rubbish that I expected. Marginally.

For an album with 18 tracks is wasn't that bad actually.

Paint by numbers pub rock

Did I *have* to hear it? - 2.5 rounded down

Who is/are Maxwell? Pretty funky actually, enjoyable but not a repeat listen candidate

According to my records, it's 13 years since I last listened to this all the way through. Let's go! #32 all time artist listens

really? why did i say publicly i would listen to all of these... it takes a lot of effort to be this bad

I was expecting better from Iggy

Probably haven't listened to this in full in more than 20 years. My appreciation has grown.

Tired trope the old man loves young girl thing... not for me

Fine. Kinda blends into one song after a while.

All time classic. It's like a greatest hits record.

More enjoyable than i expected

Iconic and timeless

I'd never heard an Adele album, and I expected this to be outstanding. Her voice and control is, no doubt, but with few exceptions I thought the songs were pretty average.

42 songs is taking the piss.

So is a lot of this album

Soft spot for Uncle Neil

Solid

Alright I suppose

Meh

I should listen to more Wilco

Amazing hit songs and a bunch of filler

The music is cool. But the lyrics are rubbish. And the music belongs to someone else anyway.

I don't jazz enough to know if this is "good", it was rather uninteresting to me

I would rather listen to almost anything else besides reggae

a 2 hour live album is a rubbish way to be introduced to a band...

I found this fascinating but there's little chance I'd ever re-listen :)

Arctic Monkeys B Side collection

I’m sure this hasn’t aged well. Unless it’s intended to be comical?

Rap is better when the performer has something to talk about other than their own gretaness.

Nah

Starting to think I should have signed up for 1001 EPs to listen to. Some of these are just an hour of the same song.

I can appreciate when something is just good. I saw the track list and thought it was a greatest hits record

#62 all time artist on my last.fm This is a debut album. A DEBUT. And arguably their best.

Thoroughly enjoyed this one

#94 all time artist Never heard this album somehow - loved it though

I have actually never previously heard "Free Bird" - i know right...

I read somewhere that Neil wanted Side B to go first so that's how I listened. 3 of the most boring songs I've heard from NY... thankfully saved by Side A, somewhat.

Yeah I’ll listen to more PJ Harvey

Not bad for a band I’d never heard

Dated garbage

Surprised by how much I enjoyed this

I'd written this band off based on their singles, there's some depth here

Not my favourite of Tom's but it contains some of my favourite songs!

Run of the mill Metallica B-Sides

Incredible to fit so many good songs on an album

Indie borecore. Big fan of some of their peers but struggled to get through this.

Initially really enjoyable but the extended instrumental sections started to wear after a while

jazz

According to my stats I listened to this 3 times in 2011 and never since. I'm guessing there's gonna be a heap more hip hop in this generator, hope more of it is like this

Masterful collaboration between Cash and Rubin

Not quite what I was expecting

Late 90s and early 00s I listened to so much of the Who, even saw them live [well two of them] - since then, only 17 plays apparently... Some great songs, some strange inclusions.

Great songs with such an iconic 80s sound. -1 for the awful power ballad

Not for me

3 stars is a lot more than I would have given it at the time of release. I appreciate, rather than like, this album

Solid grooves here

Lots of fun

Recent events colour my thoughts. I will listen to all 1001 albums but some are hard work.

Sometimes interesting but definitely not my thing

Great tunes, some of those lyrics though...

It's been too long, this is a cracking debut!

yawn

I expected more from Tom, this album felt pretty bland

Interesting

not what i was expecting nor very enjoyable

Some funky stuff here but with time other parts sound borderline comedic. Last spoken word piece was powerful though.

Singles are deadset smashes. The rest was more psychedelic than I’d imagined

I can appreciate the band, but they don't do much for me.

Garbage. Such a tough listen. Would almost prefer reggae

Some great tracks... some filler too

It's good, in parts. I don't love this kind of stuff though generally.

Nothing outstanding for me

I hate ska almost as much as reggae and bad hip hop

Not what I wanted it to be

Better than I expected background music

Started ok, a bit much by the end

Pretty good

Just always sounds like toy story haha

Some stuff on here I really liked

Nice

Might have been a 4 on a different day

Occasionally interesting but not anything I’d ever listen to again

Some great songs on here... but I've heard it sooooo much

Nah

60s pop by numbers

The guitar on the title track 😳

A bit too kitsch for me

Some classics and some boring country adjacent strum alongs

Classic funk, but a score without the movie is not my thing

The last few songs were excellent, but you have to wade through a lot to get there. I had high expectations too which doesn’t help

I thought I liked the Fleet Foxes, this was pretty boring though

Music 👍 lyrics and skits 👎

Better than so much of the similarly styled stuff on this list but the records are toooooo long.

Just all a little bit dull and boring isn't it?

I expected I’d love this… didn’t get me

Actually pretty cool

Interested to hear more SY

Got better as it went along, especially the acoustic stuff towards the end

Some very cool stuff, took a while to get going though

I've enjoyed Sepultura albums more than this

Second Traffic album in this list. I'd argue neither are vital.

Didn't do much for me

Side B better than Side A

Not what I was expecting

Some beautiful songs here

Yeah ok

The music on most of these tracks was cool but some of the lyrics... i may have missed something but i was expecting more from Common

Cool. I like it.

bit bland

Loved it. #477 on my all time artists

Not my favourite of the LZ albums

6 tracks in and I was concerned I wouldn't make it through the record but it gets better... the first Genesis album I've listened to in the streaming era.

Bit bland...

Enjoyed this far more than the last Sepultura album on the list

Some parts it's "this is amazing, listen to that", other time "what the f is going on?"

69 songs is a lot. I nearly didn't even attempt it but I swore I'd listen to all these albums. I didn't enjoy it 95% of the time, and as you'd expect it is massively quantity over quality... but it's not the worst thing i've heard on this list - and it blows my mind that nearly 3 hours later I'm willing to give more than 1 star

Better music than a majority of the hip hop on this list but the lyrics, it's still the lyrics - I don't get the acceptance of sexism and homophobia, I just don't.

Funky, although background for me

Started slow but i came to really enjoy

So good. Artist #334 on last.fm, but they will rise!

Never listened to Devendra Banhart before... is was ok

Cool for what it was

Reminds me of family car trips. Not a bad album per se, just not my thing

dig it

Iconic sounds

It's a great record still

Neil does it well

If i'd bought this on the strength of "There She Goes" I'd be terribly disappointed

Disposable power pop

This is what I've been wanting from all the hip hop so far, finally one that delivers #299 albums in.

Some truly classic songs, would make an amazing 6 track EP

Fine but not amazing

It's no Morning Glory