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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trout Mask Replica | 5 | 2.28 | +2.72 |
| Movies | 5 | 2.71 | +2.29 |
| My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts | 5 | 2.78 | +2.22 |
| Tago Mago | 5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
| White Light / White Heat | 5 | 2.88 | +2.12 |
| Black Monk Time | 5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
| Swordfishtrombones | 5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
| Future Days | 5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
| Safe As Milk | 5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
| Meat Puppets II | 5 | 3.02 | +1.98 |
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Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thriller | 1 | 4.22 | -3.22 |
| (What's The Story) Morning Glory | 1 | 3.84 | -2.84 |
| Appetite For Destruction | 1 | 3.74 | -2.74 |
| Jagged Little Pill | 1 | 3.72 | -2.72 |
| Paul Simon | 1 | 3.51 | -2.51 |
| War | 1 | 3.47 | -2.47 |
| xx | 1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
| Smash | 1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
| Melodrama | 1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
| Private Dancer | 1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
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Artists with 2+ albums and high weighted score
| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Brian Eno | 5 | 4.6 | 4 |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 4 | 4.5 | 3.86 |
| Joni Mitchell | 4 | 4.5 | 3.86 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4.14 | 3.8 |
| Massive Attack | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Sly & The Family Stone | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Can | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Leonard Cohen | 4 | 4.25 | 3.71 |
| Bob Dylan | 7 | 4 | 3.7 |
| David Bowie | 9 | 3.89 | 3.67 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| The Smiths | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| The Rolling Stones | 5 | 4 | 3.63 |
| Tom Waits | 5 | 4 | 3.63 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4 | 3.63 |
| Radiohead | 5 | 4 | 3.63 |
Least Favorite Artists
Artists with 2+ albums and low weighted score
| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| U2 | 3 | 1.67 | 2.33 |
| The xx | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| The Divine Comedy | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Rod Stewart | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Metallica | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
5-Star Albums (77)
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1/5
Liam Gallagher is one of popular musics absolute worst singers. Wonderwall sounds like a South Park character doing a Kurt cobain impression. His voice is devoid of any personality or dynamics. Thank god he at least sorta sings in key
16 likes
The Sonics
5/5
ONE OF MY FAVORITES OF ALL TIME!!!! Mostly covers. Lots of classic songwriting. The recording is rough and the performances are rock and roll as fuck. So much so that they inadvertently foreshadow the arrival of punk rock about a decade later... Also, the singer is a like a lil' Little Richard.
3 likes
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
One of the most important albums of modern music. It’s hard to be honest without sounding pompous, but this music is unlikely to amaze today’s listeners, myself included (b. 1994). Yet the sparse, electro beats and outdated drum machines paved the way for hip hop to explode into the mainstream just a few years later. Amazing how the style evolved so quickly.
1 likes
1-Star Albums (20)
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Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
I’ve already this album, it’s one of my favorites
2/5
Bono makes me cringe and the music is boring
Otis Redding
4/5
classic soul
Jamiroquai
4/5
Fun album.
Blondie
5/5
I’ve already heard this. Love this album.
Lorde
1/5
Overproduced pop and bad singing
Liz Phair
4/5
Bold and catchy. Love the guitars and the vocals. Good songwriting.
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
This is okay
The Beach Boys
4/5
Classic
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Soulful and pretty, but at times a little boring.
Dexys Midnight Runners
5/5
This band sounded oddly familiar and then "come on eileen" came on, which I don't think I've ever known the name of. I loved this album. Very energetic and full of personality. Catchy and danceable, too.
D'Angelo
4/5
Smooth
Fugees
4/5
Classic. Great verses. Dramatic instrumentals with live instruments and unique influences
Janis Joplin
3/5
Amazing singer was songwriting is just okay
Pixies
4/5
Another solid pixies album
Tina Turner
1/5
Corny as hell. Good singing tho
Bob Dylan
4/5
Classic. A bit long for my tastes and I prefer his first two in this “trilogy”
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Classic soul. Highly influential, too
The Pretty Things
4/5
Cool psych rock. Some songs in the second half really caught my ear with the experimental yet pleasing sounds. Will certainly listen to again.
Fatboy Slim
3/5
A fun record, but a bit dated I suppose. Having been born in 1994, it gives me a weird sense of nostalgia. I heard the few two songs a lot as a kid.
Advances in sampling techniques and digital production mean that, today, this album sounds a bit rigid. It doesn’t help that the songs are so long. It’s a slow burn.
David Bowie
4/5
Bowie is one of the greatest of all time!
Morrissey
3/5
I love the smiths and I like Morrissey but I think this effort is mediocre, relatively speaking. More of the same, but less memorable and a bit bland
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Not bad. Some jangly, riff driven guitar, nice vocal melodies, and grand, cinematic instrumentals. Second half stood out to me. Unfortunately just a little forgettable. Worth revisiting to see if it grows on me
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
I don’t think I’m a big fan of breakbeat albums
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
One of the most important albums of modern music. It’s hard to be honest without sounding pompous, but this music is unlikely to amaze today’s listeners, myself included (b. 1994). Yet the sparse, electro beats and outdated drum machines paved the way for hip hop to explode into the mainstream just a few years later. Amazing how the style evolved so quickly.
New York Dolls
4/5
Fun glam rock
The Police
2/5
Didn’t care for most of this. Every Breath You Take is great and there are a couple other good tracks.
Megadeth
4/5
I've never been crazy about Megadeath, but I do enjoy this album. The musicianship is off the charts. A total classic.
Animal Collective
4/5
Im tired right now so it’s hard to write this. But this album is pretty, well, psychedelic. No guitars and lots of weird synths. I like the vocal melodies too. Things can drag on, but it’s not a huge deal.
Dire Straits
4/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
I haven’t listened to a lot of salsa. This was funkier and more lavish than I expected. I thought maybe it’d sound more rootsy. Enjoyable throughout
Air
4/5
SAULT
2/5
almost every song is incredibly boring. typically just consist of some short loop and minimal vocal contributions. it's honestly very underwhelming. the lyrical content is also not as powerful as other artists with similar themes
Michael Jackson
1/5
Corny
Big Brother & The Holding Company
2/5
Joplin is a great singer but this album is forgettable
Terence Trent D'Arby
4/5
Finally, some good fucking r&b. This thing is soulful and catchy, but it’s also weird as hell at times, in a bold and clever way. I like the weird synth instruments. They really help push this album from ordinary to extraordinary.
1/5
Liam Gallagher is one of popular musics absolute worst singers. Wonderwall sounds like a South Park character doing a Kurt cobain impression. His voice is devoid of any personality or dynamics. Thank god he at least sorta sings in key
Adele
3/5
This wasn’t bad. The first song is a highlight but also establishes a formula of soft, piano driven verses followed by blown-out choruses. It’s very 2010s-ish. A million years ago and all I ask are refreshing, with their colorful chords and vocal melodies
X-Ray Spex
4/5
this is awesome. i had never heard of this until now. the singer absolutely kills it and has plenty of spunk and personality. she reminds of sugarcubes-era bjork or the lead singer from sleater-kinney. the music reminds me of parallel lines by Blondie or of a Madness record. This stuff is fun, dancey, and quirky.
Shack
3/5
mostly okay brit pop, some nicely arranged and layered songs, particularly the folky-sounding ones
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Hell yeah!
UB40
4/5
Very laid back, expertly-performed reggae. None of the jam sessions are too long, and it seems like every instrument gets a chance to shine with some lead parts. Love the basslines. Occasionally things get so mellow that the music seems to fade into the background. Still, great stuff.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Always thought it was odd that Leonard Cohen went in this electro, synth-based direction, but this album is executed phenomenally. Cohen’s baritone voice is full and rich. He’s even more of the drab, monotone singer he started as, but somehow he’s taken that approach far beyond what I thought would be possible. Excellent.
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Guns N' Roses
1/5
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Bob Dylan
3/5
at the risk of just sounding like a contrarian, i'm not crazy about this album. i find it pleasant and i realize it's responsible for catapulting dylan to international fame, but the rootsy folk and dylan's strange vocals are boring and fail to amaze me.
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
Top tier musicianship and some badass blues rock. This is when the allman brothers had a bit more soul and attitude, I think. The songs can drag on a bit, with only 7 tracks in 80 minutes, but it's a live album, so it's not too surprising.
Van Morrison
4/5
Venom
3/5
I don't know a lot about metal, but I'll try my best. First of all, this sounds kind of lo-fi. Also, everything feels very compressed. The vocalist reminds me of megadeath or metallica. The guitar seems more classic rock oriented, but it's definitely similar to those aforementioned bands, too.
I guess this album isn't considered black metal. I wonder if this album had any influence on the genre that would emerge some 10-odd years later? Maybe just the lo-fi part.
I'm not sure how I feel about this. It's pretty cool but also very muddy and I think there are other better introductions to the genre(s) of heavy metal
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Stan Getz
5/5
Massive Attack
5/5
Wow, I friggin love this. I'm familiar with massive attack by way of mezzanine and blue lines, and it's been at least 5 years since those were in my rotation, and I don't remember liking them as much as I like this right now. Every song is a fucking jam and beautifully recorded.
Muddy Waters
3/5
John Cale
4/5
Ramones
4/5
The Sonics
5/5
ONE OF MY FAVORITES OF ALL TIME!!!! Mostly covers. Lots of classic songwriting. The recording is rough and the performances are rock and roll as fuck. So much so that they inadvertently foreshadow the arrival of punk rock about a decade later... Also, the singer is a like a lil' Little Richard.
Circle Jerks
3/5
Cool album. Incredibly short, so it’s hard to get into the songs.
Madonna
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Elvis is a fantastic singer. This album feels like a mixed bag, though. Some of the songs are pretty great but others just feel like dated tween pop.
Bon Jovi
1/5
Ick
The Waterboys
4/5
The Verve
2/5
Boring
Pixies
3/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Coldplay
4/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
The Style Council
2/5
Mid
Wilco
2/5
Mostly boring
SZA
4/5
Turbonegro
3/5
De La Soul
4/5
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Christine and the Queens
3/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Joan Baez
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Tom Waits
5/5
literally my favorite album ever. where do i even begin?
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
1/5
The Who
4/5
Ice T
4/5
Steely Dan
4/5
The Black Keys
3/5
Beck
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Nina Simone
4/5
4/5
Screaming Trees
4/5
Jethro Tull
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
Britney Spears
3/5
Metallica
2/5
Gene Clark
4/5
Snoop Dogg
5/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Beck
3/5
Underworld
2/5
Manu Chao
3/5
Julian Cope
4/5
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
The Kinks
4/5
Sebadoh
4/5
The Roots
4/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Nine Inch Nails
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5/5
David Bowie
4/5
Lucinda Williams
4/5
King Crimson
4/5
The Who
3/5
Traffic
4/5
opening two tracks are amazing. the rest is okay
Kate Bush
4/5
The War On Drugs
2/5
Beastie Boys
2/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Peter Tosh
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
5/5
Elton John
3/5
Ice Cube
3/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Marilyn Manson
1/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
2/5
Portishead
4/5
Le Tigre
3/5
The National
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Björk
5/5
Suicide
3/5
Green Day
3/5
Anthrax
3/5
Wilco
3/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
The Shamen
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Lou Reed
5/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Def Leppard
2/5
Orbital
4/5
Television
4/5
Joe Ely
3/5
Skepta
4/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Solange
4/5
Minor Threat
3/5
Metallica
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Culture Club
3/5
OutKast
4/5
The Killers
2/5
Janet Jackson
3/5
The Smiths
4/5
The Gun Club
4/5
Violent Femmes
5/5
Talvin Singh
3/5
CHIC
4/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
CHVRCHES
2/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Big Star
2/5
Booker T. & The MG's
2/5
William Orbit
4/5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Kate Bush
4/5
The Cure
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Cheap Trick
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Afrika Bambaataa
2/5
The White Stripes
4/5
4/5
Public Image Ltd.
4/5
Beatles
4/5
The La's
3/5
Brian Eno
5/5
U2
1/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
TLC
3/5
Cream
3/5
James Brown
3/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
Travis
2/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Germs
4/5
Keith Jarrett
4/5
Kanye West
4/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Solomon Burke
4/5
James Taylor
4/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Neil Young
4/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Sleater-Kinney
4/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
4/5
The xx
1/5
The B-52's
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Louis Prima
4/5
Sex Pistols
4/5
Nirvana
4/5
Rush
3/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
Spacemen 3
2/5
The Smiths
5/5
The Stooges
4/5
Cocteau Twins
4/5
The Doors
3/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
M.I.A.
4/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Common
5/5
Aimee Mann
3/5
Caetano Veloso
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
The Louvin Brothers
4/5
The Fall
4/5
Dire Straits
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Gorillaz
4/5
Faith No More
2/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Adele
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Kid Rock
1/5
Radiohead
4/5
John Lennon
3/5
AC/DC
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
The Stooges
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
The Temptations
3/5
Björk
4/5
The Who
4/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
Blue Cheer
4/5
The Band
4/5
Ghostface Killah
4/5
Barry Adamson
4/5
Suede
4/5
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
Van Halen
2/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Primal Scream
2/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Ms. Dynamite
4/5
Moby
4/5
Wild Beasts
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Massive Attack
5/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Shuggie Otis
4/5
Gene Clark
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Nas
5/5
David Bowie
4/5
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
Carole King
3/5
Coldplay
3/5
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
Soft Cell
2/5
Alanis Morissette
1/5
Eminem
4/5
The Stooges
3/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Jimmy Smith
2/5
The Strokes
5/5
LL Cool J
4/5
2/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Eminem
2/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Blur
3/5
Harry Nilsson
3/5
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
The Electric Prunes
3/5
Metallica
1/5
Why
John Martyn
4/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
5/5
Elbow
4/5
Prince
4/5
Portishead
5/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Queen Latifah
4/5
Paul Simon
1/5
Frank Zappa
5/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Mott The Hoople
2/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Muddy Waters
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Willie Nelson
5/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Cat Stevens
3/5
The Associates
2/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Various Artists
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Calexico
4/5
Rush
4/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Brian Eno
5/5
Beatles
5/5
3/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
2Pac
3/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Joy Division
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Nanci Griffith
3/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Billy Joel
4/5
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Grizzly Bear
2/5
Suede
3/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
The Only Ones
3/5
The Offspring
1/5
Awful singing, stupid lyrics, generic pop punk riffs. What’s not to dislike?
The Zutons
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
5/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
Janelle Monáe
5/5
Gil Scott-Heron
4/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Garbage
2/5
Goldie
1/5
On this seminal drum and bass album, Goldie sincerely tries to elevate the genre to new heights. Unfortunately, it's still nearly 2 hours of drum and bass
Beck
2/5
Santana
5/5
The Fall
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
Nico
1/5
Shit singing. Boring songs.
The Monks
5/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
The Band
4/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
The Pogues
2/5
Ice Cube
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Soundgarden
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
Johnny Cash
3/5
MGMT
4/5
Madonna
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
The Monkees
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Carpenters
3/5
Megadeth
3/5
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Can
5/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Brian Eno
5/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
The Divine Comedy
1/5
musically it's not that bad, but god damn it is cringe. I don't think it's supposed to be taken that serious. At least I hope it isn't.
Elastica
3/5
The Streets
2/5
A lot of the beats are very stripped down and dated. It hits its stride here and there, but I think what really ruins this for me is when the vocalist(s) sing along with these crude, dated synth melodies. It's absolutely unmusical. I friggin hate it.
Thundercat
3/5
King Crimson
4/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
4/5
Madness
4/5
The Verve
3/5
Justice
4/5
The Doors
4/5
2/5
The Jam
4/5
4/5
Tears For Fears
4/5
Motörhead
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
Weather Report
2/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
The Yardbirds
4/5
Beatles
4/5
MC Solaar
4/5
Neil Young
5/5
T. Rex
5/5
Beatles
5/5
The Dictators
4/5
Supergrass
3/5
Astor Piazzolla
4/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
3/5
It's long, a little tedious, perhaps boring at times. But I think the reviews here are overly negative. A lot of these tracks make great use of space and texture, and the grooves are tight. Check out "Duke of Earlsfield" to hear what I mean. There aren't many gimmicks here. Just stripped down electronic beats.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
Steve Winwood
4/5
The Blue Nile
4/5
Public Image Ltd.
4/5
Common
4/5
Dead Kennedys
4/5
Method Man
4/5
Doves
4/5
Paul McCartney
3/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Dwight Yoakam
4/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Kanye West
2/5
Steely Dan
4/5
John Grant
4/5
Supertramp
2/5
Mike Ladd
3/5
The epitome of backpack rap
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Ozomatli
2/5
Pretenders
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Roni Size
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Ian Dury
2/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Linkin Park
4/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Badly Drawn Boy
4/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Slint
4/5
Fever Ray
4/5
The Darkness
3/5
Mylo
4/5
Randy Newman
4/5
Kelela
3/5
John Martyn
2/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
The Beau Brummels
3/5
Gary Numan
3/5
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Moby Grape
4/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Hawkwind
3/5
Yes
4/5
White Denim
4/5
GZA
5/5
Hookworms
3/5
The Undertones
4/5
Wire
3/5
Tori Amos
2/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Syd Barrett
3/5
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
Nick Drake
3/5
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Soft Machine
4/5
The Vines
3/5
Fleet Foxes
4/5
Magazine
3/5
Roxy Music
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Sparks
4/5
Lightning Bolt
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
Fred Neil
3/5
The Fall
3/5
The Doors
4/5
Pavement
2/5
Japan
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
Rod Stewart
1/5
Duran Duran
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Throbbing Gristle
3/5
George Harrison
4/5
Possibly the best solo album by a beatle
ZZ Top
3/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
Guided By Voices
4/5
Beatles
3/5
John Coltrane
4/5
Black Flag
3/5
Cornershop
3/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Genesis
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Bad Brains
3/5
The Young Rascals
3/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
The Human League
2/5
Talk Talk
3/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
Neu!
4/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Madonna
4/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Herbie Hancock
5/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Tito Puente
3/5
Django Django
2/5
The Cure
5/5
Dion
3/5
George Jones
3/5
Eric Clapton
3/5
The Young Gods
2/5
The Thrills
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4/5
The xx
2/5
Prince
3/5
Sepultura
3/5
Slipknot
3/5
Duke Ellington
3/5
Björk
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
4/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Mj Cole
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Ministry
3/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
50 Cent
2/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Spiritualized
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Fishbone
3/5
The Go-Go's
4/5
Joanna Newsom
3/5
Paul Weller
3/5
System Of A Down
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Nirvana
4/5
The Byrds
4/5
The Byrds
4/5
Hole
3/5
Heaven 17
3/5
Dr. Dre
5/5
Judas Priest
4/5
Saint Etienne
4/5
4 stars just cause the second track is so fuckin bangin
JAY Z
4/5
Merle Haggard
4/5
Small Faces
4/5
Morrissey
4/5
Bauhaus
4/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Throwing Muses
4/5
Randy Newman
4/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
Napalm Death
2/5
Sisters Of Mercy
2/5
M.I.A.
4/5
Al Green
4/5
The Prodigy
3/5
The Zombies
4/5
John Prine
4/5
Tom Waits
3/5
The final album of what I think of as Tom Waits' transitory phase. Long gone are the clean, jazzy ballads of Closing Time and The Heart of Saturday Night. Instead we have Waits' bluesy riffage and guttural delivery of abstract poetry. There's a lot of experimentation here, in fact.
After this album, Waits' would co-write the soundtrack to the Francis Ford Coppola movie One From the Heart. During this time he met his future wife, Kathleen Brennan, who encouraged Waits to pursue his vision of a more experimental and eclectic sound, leading a slew of classics including Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, and Bone Machine.
Steely Dan
4/5
Lana Del Rey
3/5
Morrissey
4/5
CHIC
3/5
808 State
3/5
The The
4/5
Steve Earle
3/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
Pere Ubu
4/5
The Sugarcubes
4/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Raekwon
4/5
Can
5/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Youssou N'Dour
4/5
The Slits
3/5
Meat Puppets
5/5
Dr. John
3/5
Brian Eno
4/5
4/5
4/5
The Stone Roses
5/5
Aphex Twin
5/5
The Undertones
3/5
Blur
3/5
Sugar
4/5
Elis Regina
4/5
U2
2/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
N.E.R.D
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
The Who
4/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
4/5
Q-Tip
4/5
Love
5/5
DJ Shadow
5/5
Pere Ubu
4/5
fIREHOSE
4/5
The Jam
3/5
AC/DC
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
Gillian Welch
3/5
Public Enemy
5/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
John Lennon
2/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
Jeff Beck
4/5
Bert Jansch
4/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Pantera
3/5
Dizzee Rascal
4/5
Beth Orton
2/5
N.W.A.
3/5
Iron Butterfly
4/5
Tortoise
3/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
The Specials
4/5
Rod Stewart
2/5
Sigur Rós
4/5
Sade
4/5
Sheryl Crow
3/5
The Cars
4/5
The Clash
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
This is fine. It's a late career album from an artist far from their prime. I would say Springsteen has at least 5 albums better than this. Again, it's not bad, but probably not deserving of a list like this.
Johnny Cash
4/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
XTC
4/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
The Saints
3/5
Jack White
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Jeff Buckley
2/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
There are some lovely songs on here, and a fair amount of variety. It's quite long, though. Nothing jumped out to me as "bad" so I would say overall this was alright.
Fairport Convention
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Roxy Music
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Lenny Kravitz
2/5
Haircut 100
3/5
Jeru The Damaja
4/5
Green Day
3/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Erykah Badu
4/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Yes
4/5
Dr. Octagon
4/5
3/5
Love
3/5
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
The Cardigans
4/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Frank Black
4/5
Donald Fagen
3/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Patti Smith
3/5
Big Black
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Destiny's Child
3/5
Leonard Cohen
5/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
Richard Thompson
4/5
Doves
3/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
4/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
Billie Holiday
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
The Kinks
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Jacques Brel
3/5
4/5
OutKast
5/5
Waylon Jennings
4/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
4/5
Anita Baker
4/5
The Cure
4/5
FKA twigs
4/5
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Burning Spear
4/5
Fairport Convention
4/5
Little Simz
4/5
Cee Lo Green
2/5
The Cult
2/5
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
Boards of Canada
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Cowboy Junkies
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5/5
Donovan
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Todd Rundgren
4/5
LTJ Bukem
1/5
Mekons
3/5
Mudhoney
3/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
New Order
4/5
The Temptations
2/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Machito
3/5
ABBA
4/5
Fugazi
4/5
The Birthday Party
2/5
Joy Division
2/5
Minutemen
4/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Pulp
3/5
Klaxons
2/5
T. Rex
4/5
Röyksopp
4/5
Arrested Development
3/5
Parliament
4/5
Incubus
2/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Brian Wilson
4/5
Norah Jones
2/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
The Triffids
3/5
2/5
B.B. King
4/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Slayer
3/5
The Who
4/5
The Kinks
4/5
Fats Domino
4/5
Os Mutantes
3/5
Pixies
4/5
George Michael
3/5
The Auteurs
3/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Holger Czukay
5/5
Air
4/5
Björk
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
Van Halen
3/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Kanye West
4/5
George Michael
4/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Little Richard
4/5
Prefab Sprout
4/5
Astrud Gilberto
4/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
2/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
The Smiths
4/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
Talking Heads
5/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Lou Reed
3/5
Tom Waits
5/5
Prince
4/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
Korn
2/5
The Adverts
3/5
The Crusaders
4/5
Digital Underground
3/5
Gram Parsons
3/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Death In Vegas
3/5
Funkadelic
5/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
The Bees
4/5
Silver Jews
4/5
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Orange Juice
4/5
10cc
4/5
Bebel Gilberto
2/5
Red Snapper
3/5
David Crosby
4/5
Stephen Stills
4/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
The United States Of America
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
5/5
Tom Tom Club
4/5
Jane Weaver
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Bobby Womack
4/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
Cypress Hill
4/5
Queen
3/5
Jazmine Sullivan
3/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Ride
3/5
Buck Owens
3/5
Queen
3/5
The Everly Brothers
4/5
The Modern Lovers
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Gang Of Four
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
Don McLean
4/5
The Boo Radleys
4/5
Robbie Williams
4/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Dinosaur Jr.
5/5
Mudhoney
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Stereolab
5/5
Peter Frampton
4/5
Buzzcocks
4/5
The Hives
4/5
Suzanne Vega
2/5
New Order
4/5
The The
4/5
Meat Loaf
4/5
The Avalanches
5/5
The Dandy Warhols
4/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
3/5
Simple Minds
3/5
Jungle Brothers
4/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
David Bowie
5/5
The Mars Volta
5/5