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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Scum
Napalm Death
|
5 | 2.07 | +2.93 |
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They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
|
5 | 2.11 | +2.89 |
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Junkyard
The Birthday Party
|
5 | 2.16 | +2.84 |
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Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
|
5 | 2.7 | +2.3 |
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Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
|
5 | 2.75 | +2.25 |
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Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
|
5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
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Damaged
Black Flag
|
5 | 2.87 | +2.13 |
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Fromohio
fIREHOSE
|
5 | 2.88 | +2.12 |
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Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
|
5 | 2.92 | +2.08 |
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I Against I
Bad Brains
|
5 | 2.93 | +2.07 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Graceland
Paul Simon
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1 | 3.74 | -2.74 |
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Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
|
1 | 3.72 | -2.72 |
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L.A. Woman
The Doors
|
1 | 3.67 | -2.67 |
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
|
1 | 3.63 | -2.63 |
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
|
1 | 3.6 | -2.6 |
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1984
Van Halen
|
1 | 3.51 | -2.51 |
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Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
|
1 | 3.44 | -2.44 |
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
|
1 | 3.43 | -2.43 |
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
|
1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
|
1 | 3.39 | -2.39 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Radiohead | 6 | 4.5 |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 4.67 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.67 |
| Cocteau Twins | 2 | 5 |
| Coldplay | 2 | 5 |
| The Flaming Lips | 2 | 5 |
| Dinosaur Jr. | 2 | 5 |
| My Bloody Valentine | 3 | 4.33 |
| The White Stripes | 3 | 4.33 |
| Sonic Youth | 5 | 4 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Elvis Costello & The Attractions | 4 | 1.25 |
| Aerosmith | 3 | 1 |
| Steely Dan | 3 | 1.33 |
| Ali Farka Touré | 2 | 1 |
| Orbital | 2 | 1 |
| Elvis Costello | 2 | 1 |
| Randy Newman | 2 | 1 |
| Big Star | 2 | 1 |
| CHIC | 2 | 1 |
| Robert Wyatt | 2 | 1 |
| Bee Gees | 2 | 1 |
| Tom Waits | 5 | 1.8 |
| Van Morrison | 3 | 1.67 |
| The Rolling Stones | 5 | 2 |
| Barry Adamson | 2 | 1.5 |
| Grateful Dead | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Divine Comedy | 2 | 1.5 |
| Happy Mondays | 2 | 1.5 |
| Pere Ubu | 2 | 1.5 |
| Baaba Maal | 2 | 1.5 |
| Public Image Ltd. | 2 | 1.5 |
| Everything But The Girl | 2 | 1.5 |
| Funkadelic | 2 | 1.5 |
| Eagles | 2 | 1.5 |
| John Martyn | 2 | 1.5 |
| Christina Aguilera | 2 | 1.5 |
| k.d. lang | 2 | 1.5 |
| Rod Stewart | 2 | 1.5 |
| Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | 2 | 1.5 |
| Morrissey | 4 | 2 |
| Neil Young | 4 | 2 |
| Brian Eno | 5 | 2.2 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 2.2 |
| Deep Purple | 3 | 2 |
| Paul Simon | 3 | 2 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 3 | 2 |
| Tim Buckley | 3 | 2 |
| Elvis Presley | 3 | 2 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Doves | 5, 1 |
| Super Furry Animals | 4, 1 |
| Fleetwood Mac | 5, 2 |
| The The | 1, 4 |
| Joy Division | 2, 5 |
5-Star Albums (102)
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The Birthday Party
5/5
This was way better than a lot of these reviews would lead you to believe. Noisy? Yes. Discordant? Fuck yeah. Off putting? Sort of, but that’s the fucking point.
Fuck it, it’s getting a five just to balance out all the fucking Steely Dan and Elvis Costello records I’ve had shoved in my face by this goddamn book.
27 likes
The Vines
1/5
“The next Nirvana” my ass. This is one of the most flaccid, soulless rock albums I’ve ever listened too.
7 likes
The Zombies
5/5
Ironically, enough, I like this more than most of the Beatles albums. I’ve listened to. Really fantastic early psychedelic rock.
1 likes
1-Star Albums (176)
All Ratings
Carole King
4/5
Elbow
5/5
I was surprised for two reasons. One, that I haven’t heard of this album before. And two, just how exceptional it really is. Some of the production reminds me of early Coldplay (i.e. fantastic and multilayered), but it has a really unique sound and an overall orchestral feel. Highly recommended.
The War On Drugs
4/5
I already knew this one, but a fantastic album nevertheless.
Pink Floyd
3/5
Elton John
4/5
De La Soul
3/5
Roxy Music
4/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
The Style Council
2/5
T. Rex
4/5
The Smiths
4/5
Adele
3/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
The Dictators
2/5
Grizzly Bear
5/5
One of my favorite albums of all time.
Arrested Development
2/5
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
Alice In Chains
3/5
The Crusaders
1/5
The Specials
3/5
Björk
5/5
Spacemen 3
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
The Verve
3/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
B.B. King
3/5
3/5
Britney Spears
3/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Janet Jackson
5/5
Leonard Cohen
1/5
I really don’t get the appeal.
King Crimson
4/5
Thelonious Monk
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Fall
2/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Heaven 17
3/5
Sisters Of Mercy
5/5
Bauhaus
3/5
Cocteau Twins
5/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Foo Fighters
5/5
New Order
4/5
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
Animal Collective
4/5
Morrissey
3/5
Arcade Fire
5/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Beck
4/5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Le Tigre
4/5
KISS
3/5
Television
3/5
The Cardigans
1/5
Love
3/5
a-ha
2/5
Yes
4/5
The Who
2/5
Astrud Gilberto
2/5
Suede
3/5
Roni Size
1/5
Digital Underground
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
John Lennon
2/5
Shivkumar Sharma
1/5
Dire Straits
3/5
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
Coldplay
5/5
Dire Straits
2/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
1/5
Pulp
4/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3/5
Garbage
3/5
Steely Dan
1/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Drive-By Truckers
4/5
Primal Scream
2/5
Sugar
4/5
Gorillaz
3/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
5/5
Duran Duran
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Talk Talk
2/5
Norah Jones
3/5
Alanis Morissette
3/5
Billie Holiday
2/5
3/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
The Saints
4/5
Big Black
4/5
The Who
4/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Bobby Womack
3/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3/5
Cowboy Junkies
5/5
John Grant
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
The Pogues
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Super Furry Animals
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Elis Regina
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Jungle Brothers
2/5
Sufjan Stevens
5/5
One of the greatest albums of all time… If you’re not a sour old grinch that hates a little bit of whimsy.
4/5
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
Metallica
3/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
2/5
Ice T
3/5
Nightmares On Wax
1/5
Radiohead
5/5
The Triffids
2/5
Boston
4/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Prefab Sprout
2/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
Ghostface Killah
4/5
The Police
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Slayer
4/5
Hugh Masekela
2/5
Black Flag
5/5
Nas
5/5
Neil Young
1/5
Deep Purple
2/5
The White Stripes
4/5
3/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Fugees
5/5
Bill Evans Trio
2/5
Cat Stevens
2/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
Madness
2/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
Nitin Sawhney
1/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Caetano Veloso
2/5
Blur
3/5
Barry Adamson
1/5
The Prodigy
2/5
Isaac Hayes
1/5
Al Green
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Fishbone
1/5
The Doors
4/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Ramones
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Orbital
1/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Santana
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Grateful Dead
2/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Richard Hawley
2/5
5/5
Queen
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
2/5
Aimee Mann
3/5
GZA
4/5
Beach House
4/5
Prince
4/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Metallica
3/5
Doves
5/5
The Fall
3/5
Cornershop
4/5
Elvis Costello
1/5
David Bowie
3/5
3/5
Frank Ocean
5/5
Pretenders
3/5
Paul Weller
2/5
Bebel Gilberto
2/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
2/5
Blondie
5/5
Chicago
2/5
Sex Pistols
5/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Dr. Octagon
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Brian Eno
1/5
Portishead
4/5
Common
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
The B-52's
3/5
Gary Numan
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Beck
4/5
The Band
2/5
Hole
4/5
The Cult
3/5
The Slits
2/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
The Lemonheads
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Dwight Yoakam
4/5
Shuggie Otis
2/5
Nirvana
5/5
New York Dolls
5/5
Emmylou Harris
5/5
The Incredible String Band
1/5
Nirvana
5/5
Buzzcocks
4/5
Klaxons
3/5
Joan Armatrading
2/5
Anthrax
4/5
Pere Ubu
1/5
M.I.A.
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
The Damned
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Raekwon
4/5
Tortoise
1/5
Prince
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Massive Attack
2/5
Metallica
2/5
Sleater-Kinney
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2/5
Scissor Sisters
5/5
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
2/5
The Temptations
2/5
Weather Report
1/5
Mj Cole
1/5
The Who
4/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
2/5
OutKast
4/5
Parliament
2/5
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
Tim Buckley
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
The Allman Brothers Band
2/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Mekons
4/5
Mike Ladd
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Beatles
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
2/5
The Verve
2/5
The Undertones
4/5
James Brown
3/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Flamin' Groovies
1/5
The Jam
2/5
Röyksopp
2/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Prince
3/5
The Doors
2/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Sabu
2/5
Beatles
4/5
Deep Purple
2/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Baaba Maal
1/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
N.W.A.
3/5
John Cale
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
Method Man
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
50 Cent
3/5
Tom Tom Club
1/5
The Go-Go's
5/5
Adam & The Ants
2/5
Fats Domino
3/5
Jane Weaver
5/5
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2/5
Kanye West
4/5
Beatles
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
The Monks
3/5
Wilco
4/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
Little Richard
4/5
Guns N' Roses
3/5
Thundercat
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Pixies
3/5
The La's
2/5
Venom
2/5
Various Artists
3/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Marty Robbins
4/5
Judas Priest
2/5
The Clash
3/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
Blur
3/5
Meat Puppets
3/5
Primal Scream
2/5
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
LL Cool J
4/5
Black Sabbath
2/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Tangerine Dream
2/5
Justice
3/5
Cheap Trick
2/5
The Isley Brothers
3/5
M.I.A.
4/5
Massive Attack
3/5
Beck
4/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Slint
3/5
Hawkwind
2/5
The Killers
4/5
Joan Baez
4/5
Basement Jaxx
1/5
David Bowie
2/5
The Gun Club
5/5
I was surprised by how much I really liked this. A truly unique punk album.
Arcade Fire
5/5
Solange
4/5
Radiohead
5/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Morrissey
2/5
The Cure
3/5
The Human League
2/5
OutKast
4/5
Funkadelic
2/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Silver Jews
1/5
Stan Getz
2/5
4/5
Steely Dan
1/5
1/5
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Bill Callahan
1/5
The Electric Prunes
1/5
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
2/5
Germs
3/5
Killing Joke
3/5
Talking Heads
2/5
Sebadoh
4/5
Neil Young
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Happy Mondays
1/5
Pantera
3/5
Green Day
5/5
Pixies
3/5
The Charlatans
3/5
Tricky
3/5
Fleet Foxes
5/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
Gotan Project
1/5
Country Joe & The Fish
1/5
Bon Jovi
3/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
TLC
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
5/5
Randy Newman
1/5
The Undertones
4/5
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
The Cars
3/5
Fairport Convention
2/5
Queen Latifah
2/5
Eagles
1/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Lorde
5/5
Ananda Shankar
2/5
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Milton Nascimento
3/5
The Vines
1/5
“The next Nirvana” my ass. This is one of the most flaccid, soulless rock albums I’ve ever listened too.
The Avalanches
5/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
AC/DC
3/5
Can
2/5
Tori Amos
5/5
Suede
3/5
Circle Jerks
4/5
Devendra Banhart
4/5
Saint Etienne
3/5
The Mars Volta
5/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
The Kinks
5/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Skunk Anansie
1/5
808 State
2/5
Eric Clapton
1/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
2/5
Supertramp
2/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
The Stone Roses
3/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
The Jam
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Sam Cooke
3/5
Louis Prima
2/5
David Bowie
2/5
The Black Keys
3/5
Ash
3/5
Big Star
1/5
The mix sounds terrible, and the music itself is super uninspired. Their other albums aren’t really my cup of tea either, but the at least feel like they were competently recorded.
Beth Orton
3/5
George Michael
2/5
The Monkees
2/5
It’s pleasant enough, but it feels vacant..empty. Devoid of an animating force. Almost like they were conceived in a board room.
The Beach Boys
5/5
Pavement
2/5
The Byrds
2/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
4/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Boards of Canada
4/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
Gram Parsons
3/5
Buck Owens
2/5
Gil Scott-Heron
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
2/5
Solomon Burke
2/5
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
Björk
4/5
Marilyn Manson
1/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
What a delightful little album.
CHIC
1/5
Missy Elliott
2/5
The The
1/5
This shit is ass.
Neil Young
2/5
Dr. Dre
4/5
John Martyn
1/5
This feels like a prank. Like… it’s really bad? I have a hard time seeing how this ends up on a list of best of anything.
Most off-putting maybe.
Tina Turner
1/5
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
The Strokes
5/5
Christina Aguilera
1/5
Radiohead
4/5
Minor Threat
4/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
1/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Jacques Brel
1/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
The Young Rascals
1/5
John Prine
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
5/5
Van Morrison
1/5
The Offspring
3/5
Emmylou Harris
4/5
The xx
2/5
I hate to agree with the naysayers, but this really hasn’t aged very well. One or two pretty good songs and that’s about it.
Duke Ellington
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Beatles
3/5
Culture Club
1/5
SZA
3/5
Stephen Stills
2/5
Dead Kennedys
4/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Queen
4/5
The Beach Boys
2/5
The Stooges
4/5
Merle Haggard
4/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Eagles
2/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Lightning Bolt
1/5
Herbie Hancock
2/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Sheryl Crow
2/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
2/5
The Cure
3/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Guided By Voices
5/5
Huh…turns out I really like Guided by Voices.
Holger Czukay
1/5
Alice Cooper
4/5
If you had told me a year ago that I would be an Alice Cooper fan, I probably would’ve thought you were nuts.
And yet here we are. Not a perfect album, but really solid.
John Coltrane
4/5
Roxy Music
4/5
Everything But The Girl
1/5
Dagmar Krause
1/5
Queen
3/5
Femi Kuti
3/5
Calexico
5/5
Really fantastic, unique indie album. Great acoustic tracks too.
The Soft Boys
5/5
Fantastic, really unexpected album.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1/5
Man I just do not like Elvis Costello.
Christina Aguilera
2/5
The Replacements
4/5
The Psychedelic Furs
4/5
John Lennon
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
2/5
The Mothers Of Invention
1/5
Pentangle
3/5
Aphex Twin
3/5
Frank Black
4/5
U2
5/5
Robert Wyatt
1/5
Napalm Death
5/5
I’ve come to enjoy hardcore music more and more as I’ve aged (the reverse of many people) and I actually really enjoyed this album.
On a separate note, I can definitely see why conservatives hate this now that I’ve read the lyrics. Some SUPER pointed language at consumerism, imperialism, capitalism, and modern laziness and greed. ESPECIALLY considering it came out in the 80’s.
The Pogues
3/5
Hole
3/5
Incubus
3/5
It’s not actually that great, but it was important to me when it came out as a 17-year-old
Lauryn Hill
4/5
Orange Juice
1/5
This shit is terrible. Big no from me.
Throwing Muses
4/5
Supergrass
5/5
Jethro Tull
3/5
I liked this more than I thought I would, I’ll give it that. This one may grow on me.
The Sabres Of Paradise
1/5
Gang Of Four
4/5
Mylo
1/5
Air
3/5
Donald Fagen
1/5
The KLF
2/5
American Music Club
2/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Joy Division
2/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
1/5
Depeche Mode
5/5
Aerosmith
1/5
Can
4/5
Portishead
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
5/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Public Enemy
4/5
The Louvin Brothers
4/5
Funkadelic
1/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
New Order
3/5
Dennis Wilson
2/5
Common
3/5
Magazine
5/5
Fred Neil
3/5
Grateful Dead
1/5
Paul Simon
2/5
k.d. lang
2/5
Genesis
1/5
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
4/5
The Hives
2/5
The White Stripes
5/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
1/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
1/5
Marvin Gaye
2/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Japan
2/5
George Michael
2/5
Soundgarden
4/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Sigur Rós
5/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Barry Adamson
2/5
Dusty Springfield
1/5
Lou Reed
2/5
Talvin Singh
1/5
4/5
David Gray
1/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Laura Nyro
2/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
The Streets
1/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
The Adverts
5/5
The Rolling Stones
1/5
Soft Machine
1/5
Coldplay
5/5
I know it’s cool to hate on Coldplay, and post-this album I’m right there with you. Their past 20 years of output has been almost universally mid to bad, and I’m sure their mediocrity must haunt their dreams as they sleep on piles of money.
But this album is a genuine high point. Admittedly, I am biased if for no other reason than I was 21 and in college when it came out. But I argue that it stands proud as a indie pop/rock masterpiece.
Brian Eno
3/5
JAY Z
2/5
The Go-Betweens
1/5
Wild Beasts
1/5
The United States Of America
1/5
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Butthole Surfers
1/5
Khaled
3/5
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
The Byrds
4/5
The xx
3/5
The Who
2/5
Joanna Newsom
3/5
Daft Punk
2/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
1/5
Wire
5/5
If there’s one thing, this serious has taught me, it’s that I’m a way bigger fan of punk, and post-punk than I ever thought I was before. It’s easy to see why so many other bands were cribbing from this template in the years that followed. What a fantastic album.
The The
4/5
Travis
2/5
Neu!
2/5
Wilco
4/5
I actually liked this quite a bit. Might be my favorite Wilco album.
The Police
3/5
Crowded House
2/5
The Who
3/5
Koffi Olomide
1/5
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
Amy Winehouse
2/5
Sparks
5/5
Honestly one of my most pleasant surprises on here. Very theatrical, very glam, very hooky, with some lovely proggy influences sprinkled in there.
The Boo Radleys
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
The Waterboys
2/5
Mudhoney
4/5
Hanoi Rocks
1/5
Mercury Rev
2/5
Afrika Bambaataa
2/5
Bad Company
2/5
Dion
1/5
Rod Stewart
1/5
The Coral
1/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Mike Oldfield
1/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
2/5
Red Snapper
1/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
1/5
Stephen Stills
2/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
2/5
Robert Wyatt
1/5
The Shamen
1/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
The Cramps
4/5
Roxy Music
4/5
Tears For Fears
4/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
I thought this would be higher, as I really like TVOTR and Return to Cookie Mountain (the follow up to this album) is one of my favorite albums of the 2000’s. There are some good songs on this (The Wrong Way, King Eternal, Wear You Out) but a lot of the songs lack the dynamism and complexity of their subsequent works.
Björk
3/5
This gets three stars because one, it’s Bjork; two, she’s trying something genuinely different and unexpected; and three, there are bits of it that I like and it’s overall inoffensive.
That being said, this really isn’t my cup of tea. The incessant beatboxing also makes it sound very “early 2000’s” and not in a good way.
Bonnie Raitt
1/5
I like country that feels like country. This has not aged well.
Blue Cheer
2/5
Os Mutantes
5/5
What a fascinating, forward thinking album. Really unexpected and deeply satisfying.
Slipknot
4/5
Serge Gainsbourg
1/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Robbie Williams
1/5
Megadeth
4/5
Eels
4/5
Leftfield
1/5
Not to be controversial, but I think there’s a bit too much 90’s British electronica on this list.
Megadeth
5/5
I can see why my evangelical family spent so much energy keeping my generation from listening to “secular” music, let alone Megadeth, suspect #1 in Americas descent into satanism.
This album whips ass, full stop. It probably would have made 8 year old me into a metal head on the spot.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Morrissey
1/5
Joy Division
5/5
Machito
2/5
George Harrison
3/5
The Young Gods
2/5
CHVRCHES
4/5
I loved this album when it came out. I still like it, but it does feel very of the time/dated over a decade later.
The Roots
5/5
Turns out this is exactly the kinda shit I’m into. Black Thought is one of the best MC’s ever, full stop. Fantastic musicality and instrumentation too.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
Thin Lizzy
2/5
D'Angelo
2/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
1/5
Elvis Presley
2/5
Paul McCartney
2/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Living Colour
1/5
Deerhunter
5/5
Oasis
3/5
Laibach
1/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Beyoncé
2/5
The Blue Nile
1/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Moby
3/5
Look. I was 17 when this album came out. He placed an indelible mark on the soundscape of my youth, and it is very catchy and well produced. It is also way too long, very repetitive, and outside of the well-known songs. There’s nothing really great about it.
Tim Buckley
1/5
Miles Davis
2/5
The Fall
2/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Lenny Kravitz
1/5
Otis Redding
2/5
Bert Jansch
3/5
Buffalo Springfield
2/5
Baaba Maal
2/5
Miles Davis
2/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Erykah Badu
2/5
The Cure
3/5
Neneh Cherry
1/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Billy Joel
3/5
Couple of good singles… But I just really don’t care for Billy Joel that much
3/5
Nina Simone
4/5
Aretha Franklin
3/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
4/5
XTC
4/5
The Yardbirds
2/5
The Associates
2/5
Def Leppard
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1/5
Snoop Dogg
3/5
Mott The Hoople
2/5
Traffic
2/5
Faith No More
2/5
Billy Bragg
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Paul Simon
1/5
Yeah…not a big Paul Simon fan it turns out.
Steve Earle
2/5
Aerosmith
1/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Rush
3/5
Don McLean
2/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
4/5
Manu Chao
2/5
Sarah Vaughan
2/5
Morrissey
2/5
Stereolab
5/5
Mudhoney
4/5
Jamiroquai
1/5
The Icarus Line
3/5
Nanci Griffith
2/5
Steve Winwood
1/5
The Youngbloods
4/5
The Birthday Party
5/5
This was way better than a lot of these reviews would lead you to believe. Noisy? Yes. Discordant? Fuck yeah. Off putting? Sort of, but that’s the fucking point.
Fuck it, it’s getting a five just to balance out all the fucking Steely Dan and Elvis Costello records I’ve had shoved in my face by this goddamn book.
Dolly Parton
4/5
Slade
2/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
2/5
The Magnetic Fields
4/5
The Residents
1/5
Nah…I’m good, thanks.
Pink Floyd
3/5
John Martyn
2/5
Throbbing Gristle
3/5
Rush
3/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Minutemen
5/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
George Jones
4/5
Sepultura
4/5
Carpenters
1/5
Madonna
3/5
1/5
Shack
1/5
Supergrass
4/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Yes
2/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
2/5
Ian Dury
1/5
Peter Frampton
1/5
The Sonics
2/5
Deee-Lite
1/5
David Ackles
2/5
Stan Getz
3/5
Traffic
2/5
The Zombies
5/5
Ironically, enough, I like this more than most of the Beatles albums. I’ve listened to. Really fantastic early psychedelic rock.
Janis Joplin
2/5
Janis Joplin, for me, is a prime example of a supremely talented artist that does literally nothing for me. Clearly an incredible voice, but in a style and wedded to music that I couldn’t wait to stop listening to. Sorry Janis, I wish your life could have been an easier one.
Frank Sinatra
1/5
Ozomatli
2/5
Tito Puente
2/5
ABBA
2/5
Linkin Park
3/5
fIREHOSE
5/5
Fantastic, unexpected album.
The Divine Comedy
1/5
Did not care for this.
Jerry Lee Lewis
1/5
I don’t much care for pedos.
LTJ Bukem
1/5
Beatles
2/5
Meat Loaf
5/5
Well I didn’t see that coming. Very fun.
Screaming Trees
4/5
Madonna
2/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4/5
Madonna
2/5
I’ve never been a huge Madonna fan, but even taking that consideration this just hasn’t really aged well. I was in high school when this came out, and even the nostalgia isn’t doing it for me.
The Black Crowes
1/5
4/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Bee Gees
1/5
Cypress Hill
3/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
Pulp
2/5
The Kinks
3/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
Simply Red
1/5
Ray Price
2/5
Miriam Makeba
2/5
Air
3/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
Michael Jackson
2/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
TV On The Radio
4/5
The Only Ones
2/5
Ravi Shankar
2/5
Ride
5/5
The Byrds
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Kings of Leon
2/5
Mariah Carey
2/5
The Pretty Things
5/5
William Orbit
1/5
A Tribe Called Quest
2/5
Hookworms
5/5
Fantastic surprise. 100% my shit.
Tim Buckley
1/5
Gillian Welch
2/5
It’s pleasant enough, and she is certainly talented. But it’s kind of a snooze fest. Not a lot of dynamism or energy.
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Donovan
4/5
Randy Newman
1/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Clearly very good…I just still don’t really like the blues.
Curtis Mayfield
2/5
Orbital
1/5
Motörhead
3/5
Brian Wilson
3/5
Elton John
2/5
2 stars for Tiny Dancer. But the rest is just not my style.
Nirvana
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Frank Zappa
1/5
Love
2/5
Pet Shop Boys
1/5
The Stranglers
2/5
The Prodigy
2/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2/5
Eminem
3/5
David Crosby
2/5
Deep Purple
2/5
Scritti Politti
1/5
Dizzee Rascal
2/5
Van Halen
1/5
Hey they made that song you hear at basketball games…
The Thrills
2/5
Genesis
4/5
Huh…turns out I kinda like Genesis.
The Bees
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Sade
3/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1/5
This shit is so ass
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
Pixies
5/5
Cee Lo Green
1/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Rod Stewart
2/5
Violent Femmes
4/5
Finley Quaye
1/5
Simple Minds
1/5
Motörhead
4/5
Sepultura
3/5
Super Furry Animals
1/5
Faust
2/5
Ice Cube
3/5
Doves
1/5
Elvis Costello
1/5
1001 Elvis Costello Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
Bad Brains
5/5
The Beta Band
2/5
The Rolling Stones
1/5
Lambchop
2/5
The Doors
1/5
Soul II Soul
1/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2/5
Stereo MC's
2/5
The Beta Band
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2/5
Antony and the Johnsons
1/5
The Smiths
3/5
Eminem
2/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Keith Jarrett
2/5
The Specials
3/5
Cocteau Twins
5/5
Green Day
3/5
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
Suzanne Vega
2/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
Spiritualized
2/5
Syd Barrett
1/5
Aerosmith
1/5
Death In Vegas
3/5
The first song is real strong. Everything else is just not my cup o’ tea.
Janelle Monáe
5/5
Exceptional album. Incredible musicianship, vocal performance, orchestration, the whole package. I would put Janelle Monáe up against any of the other great performers of the 20th and 21st-century, any day.
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Little Simz
3/5
Kings of Leon
2/5
Peter Tosh
1/5
Charles Mingus
1/5
The National
5/5
Boxer is my favorite National album by far, but this is definitely a solid second place entry.
MC Solaar
3/5
Django Django
5/5
Lana Del Rey
2/5
Boxer is my favorite my far, but this is
Ms. Dynamite
2/5
The Pharcyde
2/5
MGMT
5/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
Slipknot
3/5
Eurythmics
3/5
Ice Cube
2/5
X-Ray Spex
5/5
Another fantastic early punk album I likely would have never heard of without this list. Super fun.
Gang Starr
5/5
Big fan of Gang Starr.
Tom Waits
1/5
Not really sure what everybody sees in this. He can be as authentic as he wants, but that doesn’t make his music good.
David Holmes
1/5
ZZ Top
2/5
PJ Harvey
2/5
The Smiths
1/5
The Smiths made some good music. This is not that. This shit is not good.
Why is he growling so much?
Big Star
1/5
Led Zepplin’s reheated nachos.
Patti Smith
2/5
Nico
1/5
King Crimson
2/5
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
ABBA
4/5
k.d. lang
1/5
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
Maxwell
1/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
1/5
The Auteurs
2/5
Ryan Adams
1/5
Sonic Youth
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Christine and the Queens
2/5
I should like this. But I did not. Pretty boring if I’m being honest.
3/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
Haircut 100
2/5
Elvis Presley
2/5
Cream
3/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Hot Chip
3/5
Q-Tip
3/5
Kid Rock
1/5
Fuck this carpetbagging anal wart AND his dogshit music. Only reason I liked any of his music is because I grew up rural and ignorant in the 90’s, and didn’t know better.
Now I do. You have better things to do with your life than listen to “ Songs to be a Pedophile To: Fake Southern Boogaloo.” Do them.
Kanye West
2/5
5/5
Fantastic surprise. Not nearly as off putting or challenging as some of the pearl-clutchers in here would have you believe. Reminds me of a more experimental Radiohead in places, and that’s a good thing.
1/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
2/5
Fugazi
5/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Soft Cell
2/5
Look, Tainted Love is an all time 80’s banger. But other than that?
This shit is so corny, bro. Like…really? Everybody giving this 5’s? Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
Bee Gees
1/5
Burning Spear
1/5
Rahul Dev Burman
1/5
CHIC
1/5
Neil Young
2/5
Destiny's Child
2/5
The Temptations
2/5
Marvin Gaye
2/5
AC/DC
3/5
Coldcut
1/5
T. Rex
5/5
Underworld
1/5
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
The Byrds
2/5
Suicide
2/5
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
The Beau Brummels
1/5
Youssou N'Dour
1/5
Goldie
1/5
Aretha Franklin
3/5
4/5
Def Leppard
3/5
Giant Sand
1/5
We have Wilco at home, but they all took Ambien.
Michael Jackson
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
UB40
1/5
Adele
3/5
Public Enemy
3/5
The Modern Lovers
2/5
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Richard Thompson
3/5
Julian Cope
2/5
Dinosaur Jr.
5/5
I wish I could tell young me what he was missing out on. But he would have thought this was demonic, so what does he know.
Anyway, this album rips. Clearly super influential on grunge, shoegaze, and 90’s rock in general.
Beastie Boys
4/5
Ray Charles
3/5
10cc
5/5
Moby Grape
3/5
Anita Baker
2/5
White Denim
5/5
Can’t believe I missed this one until today. What a fantastic album.
Van Halen
3/5
Three absolute classics, and the rest are just fine.
Jimmy Smith
2/5
Skepta
1/5
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
2/5
Iron Butterfly
1/5
Jack White
4/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Todd Rundgren
1/5
Justin Timberlake
2/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
1/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Songhoy Blues
2/5
The Darkness
3/5
Waylon Jennings
5/5
This is a hell of an album, and my first by Mr. Jennings. Short, sweet, outlaw as hell, somehow kind of modern?
Great melodic hooks, great storytelling. Fantastic stuff and I’m glad I finally listened to it.
Metallica
2/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Björk
4/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
1/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
It’s really good. Just very samey.
Drive Like Jehu
5/5
Exceptional album. It’s clear from the first song why it is so influential and beloved.
Fela Kuti
2/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Kelela
3/5
Todd Rundgren
4/5
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
The Flaming Lips
5/5
David Bowie
3/5
Elvis Presley
2/5
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
John Lee Hooker
1/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Elastica
2/5
Lou Reed
4/5
Van Morrison
1/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
1/5
James Taylor
3/5
The Zutons
3/5