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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brutal Youth | 5 | 2.82 | +2.18 |
| Destroyer | 5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
| Peace Sells...But Who's Buying | 5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
| 1977 | 5 | 3.03 | +1.97 |
| Woodface | 5 | 3.1 | +1.9 |
| Billion Dollar Babies | 5 | 3.11 | +1.89 |
| Rocks | 5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
| Permission to Land | 5 | 3.15 | +1.85 |
| Ragged Glory | 5 | 3.15 | +1.85 |
| Hysteria | 5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kid A | 1 | 3.71 | -2.71 |
| The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1 | 3.63 | -2.63 |
| good kid, m.A.A.d city | 1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
| Stankonia | 1 | 3.55 | -2.55 |
| Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music | 1 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
| The Marshall Mathers LP | 1 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
| Paul's Boutique | 1 | 3.47 | -2.47 |
| Sound of Silver | 1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
| My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | 1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
| Ready To Die | 1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Metallica | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.4 | 3.88 |
| Queen | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Michael Jackson | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Rush | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Deep Purple | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Iron Maiden | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Aretha Franklin | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| AC/DC | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 4 | 4.25 | 3.71 |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4.25 | 3.71 |
| Aerosmith | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Steely Dan | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Prince | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Beatles | 5 | 4 | 3.63 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Brian Eno | 4 | 1.25 | 2 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Public Enemy | 3 | 1.33 | 2.17 |
| M.I.A. | 2 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Bob Dylan | 6 | 2 | 2.33 |
| Leonard Cohen | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Missy Elliott | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| John Lennon | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Public Image Ltd. | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Eminem | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Tom Waits | 5 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Kraftwerk | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 4 | 2.25 | 2.57 |
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Haircut 100
2/5
If you can't tell the band name from the album name something isn't right. And that kind of sums up this album.
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1-Star Albums (101)
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ZZ Top
4/5
ZZ Top is an interesting mix between blues/bluegrass and rock. There's some great songs on there, but also some average ones.
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Ugh. All the songs sound the same. Sure he's got a way with words, and has some great songs - Hurricane comes to mind. But generally my favourite Dylan songs are ones performed by other bands - and they won't be on this album.
Tears For Fears
4/5
I'm glad they ditched the full synth-pop sound of their first album, but really only 3 songs on this album are worth listening to. A bit too much synth used still for my tastes.
Charles Mingus
4/5
I like the idea of free-style jazz more than actually listening to it. Sure the musician is phenomenal... but you have to be in the right mood to listen and you kind of need to concentrate on it as the music isn't the repetitious sound that you can just tune out and chill to. Appreciate it for what it is, but it's not high on my listening lists. I did really like the medley song though, that was groovy to listen to.
Adele
5/5
I've heard this album a bunch of times. Adele has a magnificent voice. The songs are all good, and it flows quite well. While not my preference in music, the album is definitely a good one.
Ride
4/5
Very brit grunge sound - Oasis comes to mind. Heavy guitar, lots of distortion. It's OK.
The Young Rascals
2/5
Like a poor man's Beatles... without the killer riffs.
Tangerine Dream
1/5
Wow. What a trip. Someone was on drugs when they made this. While I generally love albums that kind of tell a story... this is very... no
Kate Bush
3/5
This is alright. A single vocalist with backing music, it's very chill. I love that Stranger Things created a resurgence for Kate Bush.
Jane Weaver
2/5
I'm just not a big fan of that electronic sound... so repetitive and artificial sounding. Not for me.
Travis
3/5
I feel this singer could have won Australian idol... or any of the singing competitions. He just has that sound to him that so many of them do. Not my thing, but not the worst album we've heard.
Bill Evans Trio
2/5
Lounge Jazz. It's an interesting sound that's to be sure. I feel like I need to be in a bar in the 40s, cigarette in hand...
Real guitar. Nice balance between instruments and vocals. Very 70s sound.
The Sonics
4/5
Huh. They did shake it off baby. Crazy.
Goldfrapp
4/5
Didn't think I was going to enjoy that one, but it really wasn't bad.
Boston
5/5
Boston is Boston... it is a great album. Foreplay/Long Time is a such a great song. That opening of the instrument only Foreplay. Chef's Kiss.
Circle Jerks
1/5
What the fuck did I just listen to? The only positive I have to say about this is at least the songs, and hence the whole album, was really short and over quickly. I like the sound, but the vocals and lyrics are junk.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
This has some good songs on it - Midnight Rambler for example. Others are average. But a prolific band like The Stones you'd expect that - there's a reason their Best of Albums sell best.
Iggy Pop
4/5
Iggy Pop is pretty cool to listen to. Very upbeat. Could listen to this album again.
The Beau Brummels
1/5
I lost interest in this album about 3 songs in...
Mekons
2/5
Ok... sure... this feels like the band had some kind of emotional breakdown and then recorded this album. Oh boy.
3/5
Eh. While it's an album I owned, I think nostalgia carries it. Typical emo brit pop sound.
Pavement
3/5
Eh. Not a fan. Too slow for my taste. Got Bob Dylan vibes.
The Cardigans
3/5
I could barely tell this album from the last one... it was only that I searched YouTube Music for this album that it wasn't just "similar songs" added at the end of the last album. I think the Cardigans would have faded into obscurity much faster if it wasn't for Love Fool being part of the Romeo & Juliet soundtrack.
The Last Shadow Puppets
4/5
I actually liked this. Was definitely the better album of the last 3.
Aerosmith
5/5
Yes. Now we're talking. Aerosmith. And this is a good album. No massive scene stealing songs, but all of them just rock.
John Lee Hooker
2/5
The title track is a collaboration with Santana... and a bunch of the other songs feature other prominent artists - though it's a very blues/bluegrass/rock combo sound. Pretty easy listening, but not for me.
Metallica
5/5
Best album given so far (it may also align with my music tastes more than any of the others lol)
Quicksilver Messenger Service
4/5
I kinda dig this album. The guitar-work in particular is awesome.
Tito Puente
3/5
Not my thing to listen to as an album, but you can hear the origins of so much music in there. I do like the brass injection to the music. Everything is better with brass instruments involved.
Bonnie Raitt
2/5
Nope. Sounds like every pop album ever produced.
Faith No More
4/5
They're a weird mix of rock, and screaming metal... with ballardy backing guitar. They've got some epic songs... pun intended. Shame the best song on the album is a cover of War Pigs.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
Pretty typical Neil Young. There's some talent there, but ugh. Just not for me.
Muddy Waters
4/5
This is some blues and traditional rhythm and blues (not the bastardisation that "R&B" is these days). Very smooth. I am getting into this album.
Spiritualized
2/5
The album title feels appropriate. Got a half decent sound, but the constant droning on the electronically adjusted vocals is a no from me.
The Temptations
5/5
Some of the original cool cats of music. What a group. I'm down for the groovy-ness of this album. Easy listening.
Leonard Cohen
1/5
Nope. Nope and nope. I'd rather listen to Bob Dylan on repeat.
Cocteau Twins
1/5
Oh man. After Leonard Cohen I was hoping for a nice rock or metal album. Hell I could have gone something pop or even jazz or swing. Instead we get this... Oh man. I needed to check if my ears were bleeding multiple times.
Mudhoney
3/5
Better than the last 2 albums... but kind of sounds like what you'd hear in a garage in suburbia of high school kids rehearsing as a band for their \"gig\".
Nick Drake
4/5
Smooth. Good guitarist. Odd choice featuring a different instrument each track to accompany the guitar. All in all, not bad.
Dolly Parton
2/5
Ugh, this is the sort of country music that encourages the perception that country music is all melancholy and emo. Not Dolly's best work.
Everything But The Girl
1/5
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.... wake me up when they do something interesting.
1/5
This opens with an absolute cacophony of noise. And it really doesn't get better... but you do get better at listening to it.
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Best album we've heard in a while, but still not the greatest. But it is a fun listen.
The Who
4/5
Much like Queen, you can't go wrong with Roger Daltrey, Pete Townsend, Keith Moon and the bassist... The Who is an iconic band from that era. While I don't rate them as highly as I do Queen, this album is pretty good.
The Human League
2/5
Ugh. It was OK, but that's the most positive thing I can say bout it.
George Michael
2/5
Ugh. Faith is a fun song. But honestly this isn't my thing.
Super Furry Animals
3/5
It's a lot of noise going on. But not too bad. I think I was too harsh on George Michael last time cause I rate them similarly, and I think this is worth a 3.
The 13th Floor Elevators
1/5
Nope. Just nope. Not the worst music I've ever heard, but seriously, I'm drifting off to sleep.
Emmylou Harris
1/5
This is fairly typical sound of the 70s. She's got a good voice, but it's not for me.
The Band
3/5
Bonus points for the original name of both the band and the album. Typical sound of that era. It was OK.
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Some nice guitar and drum work. Not a fan of the screaming/singing but that's Jane's Addiction for you.
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
I feel that emos that like LIVE would like this album. It's grungy with a side of melancholy. Perfect for those moments of self reflection deciding on when/how to get attention.
Songhoy Blues
4/5
This is kinda funky. I dig it.
Madness
4/5
First 10 seconds and you know who is playing... it's definitely Madness.
Roni Size
1/5
What the hell was that? I feel like someone got Ross from Friends to make an album.
Aerosmith
4/5
It's Aerosmith.
Beach House
3/5
Not terrible. But isn't really my thing. Too much gentle pop sounds going on.
Parliament
4/5
Kinda funky. I didn't mind it.
SAULT
3/5
I can see why this is an important album... but nope. Not for me.
Tom Waits
2/5
This is just odd. The music. The lyrics. The vocals. Just odd.
Adele
4/5
Not as good as 21. But OK.
The Rolling Stones
2/5
It's early Stones. Some OK songs. The album isn't terrible.
Bob Dylan
1/5
It's Bob Dylan. Enough said. Except I'd prefer we weren't subjected to more of his albums. 1 was 1 too many. 2 is a joke.
Queen
5/5
One of the greatest bands ever. Killer album.
Iron Butterfly
2/5
Pretty typical sound for that era. Nothing stands out above anything else from then.
Pixies
3/5
It's OK. Nothing ground breaking but an alright album.
David Bowie
3/5
Won't make my list of great albums. I think his other albums are better, but I've never sat down and listened to them.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2/5
Nope. This album is really summed up by one of his other hits (not on this album): Free Falling.
Dizzee Rascal
1/5
This is not for me. I disliked every second of that album.
Pentangle
2/5
It has a very church/cult kind of sound to it. Would probably go well in a soundtrack dealing with those topics...
Arcade Fire
2/5
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
This is pretty funky. Would listen again.
Lorde
2/5
Everything sounds the same. And very.... Idol/The Voice kind of sound to it (most of the singers that do well in these shows all sound kinda the same when they are finished).
Michael Jackson
5/5
There's a few average songs, but the album is a banger from the king of pop
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
He's got better albums
Serge Gainsbourg
1/5
WTF is this.
Cypress Hill
2/5
This just isn't my thing. It is better than Dizzee Rascal though.
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Eh. Was putting me to sleep.
Moby
4/5
Not bad album to be honest. Takes me back to listening to it when it released.
Ryan Adams
3/5
soft rock like this just doesn't do anything for me. Bring on the power ballads if you are going to do this kinda stuff.
Elvis Presley
3/5
Elvis is Elvis. This isn't his best album though.
Otis Redding
3/5
Good style, easy listening
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Nope. Not for me. But got a good rhythm about the album. 3 stars.
Missy Elliott
1/5
Again. Rap is not for me. I can't stand listening to it.
PJ Harvey
2/5
Skilled musician and singer. But not for me.
The Kinks
3/5
Typical sound for the era. Can see the inspiration for other bands, but as an album... eh.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Best album in the last 3 or 4.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Wizard on guitar, and that takes centre stage on the recording - so much so that a lot of the vocals sound muted. It's OK, but really just his guitarwork is worth listening to, the rest is average.
The Streets
1/5
I am not a fan of this kind of thing. I just don't like it.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Smooth. don't mind this. 4 stars.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
Oh man I love Lynyrd Skynyrd. Such a neat sound. Free Bird is like one of the best songs to play on Guitar Hero ever!
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
Takes me back to my childhood, my parents used to listen to Buddy Holly all the time.
Sonic Youth
2/5
Very grungy, but a lot of it is guitar distortion just to make the noise. Not a massive fan.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3/5
A couple of good songs, but on the whole it wasn't really for me.
Air
2/5
If I need an album to put me to sleep, this would be pretty high in my choices.
Teenage Fanclub
2/5
It's OK. Very typical 90's grunge sound though.
Can
2/5
WTF am I listening to.
The Doors
5/5
I like this album, not sure if me, or influenced by my dad when I was a kid.
Motörhead
4/5
Lemmy is alright
Morrissey
3/5
Not a fan, but the album actually isn't bad.
White Denim
3/5
This is weird... but in a kinda neat way.
Joy Division
2/5
I just don't like the repetitive electronic sounds....
Johnny Cash
5/5
This is just an amazing album
Crowded House
5/5
It's a great album.
Cyndi Lauper
5/5
If this isn't the sound of the 80s I don't know what is....
Snoop Dogg
2/5
This is just junk. It's better than some other rap I've heard, but it's still not great.
The Band
3/5
Eh. Again.
Aimee Mann
3/5
Was OK.
Pink Floyd
5/5
Shouldn't need to put anything here. It's only one of the more influential albums in rock history
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Surprisingly better than I was expecting
Steely Dan
4/5
Pretty funky album
Al Green
5/5
Great album. Really smooth listening.
Beatles
3/5
Not their best album that's for sure. But still ok.
Fiona Apple
3/5
This is just odd. She's got a good soul/jazz voice, but some of the random noises are just weird.
Nick Drake
3/5
It's fine... not fantastic, not horrible.
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Kinda funky. I like how it is instrumental.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
I love me a bit of Creedence
Ghostface Killah
1/5
I don't like rap. I have 0 appreciation for it.
Meat Puppets
3/5
As a general rule, the music is alright, but the singer leaves a bit to be desired.
B.B. King
4/5
Lauryn Hill
2/5
This is not for me. Good voice. But that's where my compliments stop.
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
Not terrible. A little slow for my liking though.
Van Morrison
3/5
Not his best album.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
Underworld
1/5
What the fuck did I just listen to?
4/5
The best album of the last 5.
Metallica
5/5
I don't even need to listen to this album to rate it. It's only one of my favourite albums of all time. Instant-5.
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Eh
Norah Jones
4/5
Lovely voice
Elliott Smith
4/5
This was surprisingly good
Boards of Canada
1/5
Red hot garbage.
The Stooges
3/5
Started strong... then got a little odd. Overall it was OK.
Tom Waits
2/5
Tom Waits again. Such a weird album. I don't hate it. I don't like it either.
Metallica
5/5
Not my favourite Metallica album... but I firmly believe bad Metallica is still better than a lot of the other shit we have had to listen to.
De La Soul
3/5
This was tough to rate, i liked it, yet also disliked it.
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Weird album. But it was ok
5/5
While I think U2 is completely overrated in the last 10-15 years, this is a phenomenal album.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4/5
Not bad to be honest. Very chill.
Dire Straits
5/5
I strait up love Dire Straits (pun intended). And this album is full of bangers.
The Waterboys
3/5
This was ok, in a sea shanties of the 1970s kind of way
Frank Zappa
4/5
Frank Zappa is kind of funky. I like.
Frank Ocean
1/5
What the actual living hell is this album?
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
Layla is a fantastic song. The rest of the album is OK.
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Honestly this is a good album.
Deee-Lite
3/5
OK. Nothing brilliant though.
Love
3/5
Eh. It was OK.
Peter Gabriel
2/5
This is a junk album.
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
Mrs Robinson and Hazy Shade of Winter are good. And while their harmonies are something other singers should aspire to, this album is junk. Voices of Old People. Bloody hell.
Haircut 100
2/5
If you can't tell the band name from the album name something isn't right. And that kind of sums up this album.
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
Massive Attack
3/5
Eh. Nothing special, but not bad.
Miles Davis
3/5
No doubt Miles is a top trumpet player... but an entire album is a bit much.
Sabu
3/5
Kinda funky - but would I listen to it again? Nope.
ABBA
2/5
ABBA has some great songs. Shame none of them are on this album.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Stevie Wonder is pretty great.
The Fall
2/5
Music was OK. Lyrics were junk.
Caetano Veloso
1/5
Zzzzzzz..... if I wanted to go to sleep, I'd consider this album.
Coldplay
2/5
I don't like Coldplay. Completely overrated and repetitious garbage.
Mariah Carey
2/5
I think the dogs in the neighbourhood all knew I was listening to this - everything is so high pitched - for someone with such great vocal range, she sits in a fairly high key all the time.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Not as annoying as his other albums we've listened to in this list
Lupe Fiasco
2/5
This is not my style of music... but I don't hate it. I don't understand why he needs to insert his moniker in every song though.
Taylor Swift
2/5
She sells out stadiums? How? Why? Based on this album, I can't see why she's as big as she is.
Astrud Gilberto
2/5
Yeah... nah. It's OK, but not for me.
The Soft Boys
3/5
That wasn't bad. The album cover was kinda cool too.
Ice Cube
2/5
I just don't like this style of music.
Destiny's Child
3/5
Eh. Not good, but not bad.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
Very easy listening.
Elastica
3/5
The vocals and music could do with better balance. But I do like what I am hearing.
Carole King
4/5
Classic songs. Good album.
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4/5
I liked this
Massive Attack
3/5
I'm not a fan of this one... I like the piano, but the electronic synth bass is just not doing it for me
Billy Joel
3/5
John Lennon
1/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Not bad.
Kate Bush
4/5
I actually enjoyed that album
Queen
4/5
I love Queen... but there is a reason not many of the songs on this album are played on radio.
Big Black
3/5
Very garage band sounding... and not in a good way
The La's
3/5
Was better than I was expecting. But the bar was pretty low.
Rush
5/5
This is a brilliant album!
Pavement
2/5
Oh dear. It's emo rock.
The Specials
2/5
eh not that special...
Wire
3/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Psychedelic Rock masters. It's odd, and yet works.
The Adverts
3/5
Not bad.
Sleater-Kinney
2/5
Not a big fan of this one, but definitely heard worse.
U2
4/5
I think U2 are overrated. But this is a pretty good album.
Beatles
4/5
I can't believe we've listened to this many albums before our first Beatles one. They really were pioneers.
XTC
3/5
I'm doing dull repetitive stuff for work right now... this album got put on. I've not yawned this much in hours.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Great voice. But this just isn't for me.
Deep Purple
5/5
Epic album. Both in length and quality.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Fred Neil
2/5
He's got an Elvis sound to his voice, but without the up beat songs to go with it.
Sufjan Stevens
2/5
What the fuck is this? This is one of the weirdest albums I've ever heard... and yet it's not bad.
Dr. Dre
1/5
I can't finish listening to this album. I just can't stand this genre.
Method Man
1/5
Ugh. Double dose of rap. I just can't enjoy this genre.
Joan Armatrading
2/5
To soft, too much focus on the vocals (which are quality) but not for me.
5/5
Good to great album.
The Cure
2/5
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
What the hell is this? Sounds like a demented cow joined a grunge band.
Meat Loaf
5/5
Hell yes. A classic rock album. While Meatloaf lost it in his later years, this album is the pinnacle of his career!
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
what the fuck. This reminds of that episode of Friends where Ross plays random noises on his keyboard. And yet somehow... this is worse. Who the fuck buys this album and why is it in this list?
1/5
It's like an album made by a 50's housewife... for 50's housewives (if they knew their husband was listening)
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
2/5
This is not my genre. But it's better than a few other things we've been forced to listen to lately.
Beck
3/5
Eh. Beck... is Beck.
Blue Cheer
4/5
5/5
Coldplay
2/5
Rather clean my ears out with a piece of barbed wire.
Rufus Wainwright
1/5
Yikes. What the hell.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
If I was prone to depression this album would send me over the edge. Far out. Could it be any more emo?
Sepultura
4/5
This album would be so much better if you could mute the vocals. I love the heavy metal drums and guitar, but the screaming of the vocalist is just draining and detracts from the music.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Not too bad
Buena Vista Social Club
5/5
Absolute classic album. Great chill music. Loved it.
The Lemonheads
3/5
Meh. Right in the middle.
The Go-Go's
4/5
M.I.A.
1/5
Ugh. No. Just no.
The Icarus Line
4/5
Sugar
1/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Def Leppard
4/5
Heaven 17
1/5
Ho boy this isn't good
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Magazine
4/5
Brian Eno
1/5
Album title is accurate. Wouldn't choose to listen to this again.
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Elton John
5/5
The xx
3/5
This just isn't my thing. I can understand why people would like it.
Maxwell
3/5
Kinda funky.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Hard to rate an album that starts off with Immigrant Song lower than a 5, but I'm going to.
The Teardrop Explodes
4/5
The Verve
1/5
That was junk
The Auteurs
2/5
This isn't great.
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Funky. Smooth. Easy listening.
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Louis Prima
3/5
Started a bit average, but finished strong.
Blur
3/5
The Hives
2/5
The music is OK at best. The vocals are just junk.
Gram Parsons
1/5
Don't mind me while I go cut something in the carpark
Christine and the Queens
1/5
I was about to give this album a 1 cause I wasn't a fan, then I realised I was listening to a different album (thanks Youtube Music). so I corrected what I listened to. And I want to rate this album lower than the previous one.
Queen
5/5
It's Queen. It's different. They pushed the boundaries. And I love it.
Janis Joplin
5/5
Fishbone
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Big Star
3/5
Shuggie Otis
3/5
Lou Reed
2/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
I appreciate the vocals and talent, it's not really for me.
Silver Jews
3/5
Radiohead
2/5
Oh geez. They are trying really hard to put me to sleep with this album.
Wilco
3/5
Lambchop
2/5
Jamiroquai
2/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Gets a 2 because it has my favourite Rolling Stones song on it.
The Magnetic Fields
2/5
Femi Kuti
4/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Jacques Brel
2/5
Butthole Surfers
1/5
How does this album even make it on this list? *sigh*
Led Zeppelin
4/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
1/5
I really tried with this album. But I just don't get this "music" - I use that term loosely.
Solomon Burke
2/5
Pixies
2/5
Album seems to actually have nothing to do with Bossanova...
The Isley Brothers
3/5
I'm ok with this album.
Guns N' Roses
5/5
I'm a self-confessed Gunners fan. I just can't help myself.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
Not bad. Pretty much on par for CSNY
Beyoncé
2/5
This was just shit. I think I expected more and was let down, but I disliked it all.
Pink Floyd
5/5
One of those albums that actually flow from one song to another, rather than just a collection of songs.
Public Enemy
1/5
I think, by now, we've all worked out I don't like this genre of music.
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Got some famous hits in there, but really it sounds pretty typical for the era.
Iron Maiden
5/5
Big Star
2/5
The Verve
3/5
I used to use Bittersweet Symphony as my pump-up song for my HSC - it would be the last song I'd have playing in the car before I went in. Don't know why, but the intro got me in the zone. The actual album and other songs take them or leave them.
Elis Regina
4/5
Ray Charles
1/5
How did an album of covers make it onto this list? It's not terrible, but rating a 1 cause this album shouldn't be on this list.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
The The
2/5
Freaking weird album.
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
Public Enemy
2/5
Yeah, this isn't for me.
Weather Report
4/5
Slint
3/5
3/5
After the first song I was ready to rate this as a 1 or 2. The vocals just didn't mesh with the music well, but as the album went on, it got better.
The Young Gods
2/5
Tortoise
2/5
If I wanted to listen to random noise that sounds a bit like a thunderstorm, I'd listen to a thunderstorm.
Nirvana
4/5
I'm not as enamoured with Nirvana like a lot of people from my generation. Do I like it, heck yeah.
Talking Heads
4/5
T. Rex
4/5
Beastie Boys
1/5
Nope. I can't do it.
David Bowie
3/5
Robert Wyatt
1/5
What kinda junk is this?
Drive-By Truckers
4/5
Public Enemy
1/5
I can't do this genre.
Jeff Beck
4/5
The Stooges
3/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
John Coltrane
4/5
LTJ Bukem
2/5
This is just one of those weird progressive albums that is a bunch of noise.
Carpenters
4/5
Easy listening album.
Johnny Cash
5/5
Daft Punk
1/5
I just don't like this style of electronic music.
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
1/5
Donovan
2/5
Fugees
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
Anita Baker
4/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
Oasis
2/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Goldfrapp
1/5
Someone wake me up. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
This album got me through some emotionally trying times.
Screaming Trees
4/5
The B-52's
3/5
The Coral
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Van Halen
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2/5
Elvis Presley
2/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Why are there so many Bob Dylan albums in this list when there is so much other music out there that hasn't even been considered?
Marvin Gaye
1/5
The Fall
3/5
Nas
2/5
This is probably the highest rating I'll ever give to this genre
American Music Club
2/5
Primal Scream
2/5
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
The Killers
5/5
The Darkness
5/5
This is just... classic rock for a reason.
Arcade Fire
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
2/5
Beck
4/5
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
Various Artists
2/5
What the hell is this? A compilation album of Christmas songs. On a list of albums you need to listen to? The only reason this should even be considered is if it was the first album like this ever released.
CHIC
3/5
Bauhaus
4/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
Are they trying to break my speakers and make me hate life? Because that's where this is heading.
Amy Winehouse
3/5
It's OK. Not really my thing, but isn't hard to listen to.
This is one of U2s worst albums. And I'm not a massive U2 fan. Think the hype around them is exaggerated.
William Orbit
1/5
What is this? It reminds me of Ross playing random noises on the keyboard in Friends.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
I enjoyed that
New Order
3/5
Spacemen 3
1/5
Annoy sounds "music" at it again. Why are there so many terrible albums like this and no truly excellent albums in so many other genres.
The Vines
3/5
It's OK.
The Stone Roses
4/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Apart from the singles that made it big, the rest of this album isn't great.
Supergrass
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
1/5
Nope. Nope. Nope. I'm out.
Randy Newman
2/5
Eagles
5/5
Culture Club
3/5
James Brown
3/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
They harmonise well, and I like the subtle tunes. Good song writers, but this album is just not for me.
Shivkumar Sharma
2/5
ABBA
4/5
The Who
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Julian Cope
2/5
FKA twigs
1/5
Oh hell no.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
A couple of good songs, but not their best album
Prince
4/5
Steely Dan
4/5
The Byrds
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
Fever Ray
1/5
Willie Nelson
2/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
I actually enjoyed that album, much to my surprise
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Enjoyable album overall.
Chicago
4/5
This was pretty good.
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Wilco
2/5
Melancholy much?
Abdullah Ibrahim
2/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Billy Bragg
2/5
Traffic
3/5
Blondie
4/5
Pulp
3/5
The Jam
3/5
Donald Fagen
2/5
Beatles
4/5
KISS
5/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Ash
5/5
The Avalanches
4/5
Neu!
2/5
Portishead
1/5
Red hot garbage.
Black Sabbath
4/5
Not their greatest album
George Harrison
4/5
Buck Owens
1/5
This sort of country needs to stay in the country...
Sparks
2/5
Radiohead
1/5
This was a shit album. I wanted to bash my head against the desk just to make it stop.
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Peter Frampton
4/5
Hot Chip
2/5
The Sugarcubes
2/5
Neil Young
3/5
4/5
X-Ray Spex
3/5
Roxy Music
2/5
Ice T
1/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
CHIC
2/5
Tom Waits
1/5
Hawkwind
2/5
Justin Timberlake
1/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Ozomatli
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Scissor Sisters
4/5
I really enjoyed this album. Not typically my thing, but it was real good.
Pretenders
4/5
David Gray
3/5
Cee Lo Green
2/5
John Martyn
1/5
Dagmar Krause
3/5
Neil Young
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Suede
2/5
UB40
1/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Def Leppard
5/5
Van Halen
5/5
heck yeah!
System Of A Down
3/5
The screaming is too much.
The Blue Nile
2/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Brian Eno
1/5
Kanye West
1/5
I'm not even going to give this album more than one track. Totally shit. And I refuse to give Kanye any money from further youtube views.
Bad Company
4/5
I enjoyed that
Mott The Hoople
4/5
This was not what I was expecting, but it was actually good
Roxy Music
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Good old double albums - at least when they are good this is a good thing.
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Talvin Singh
2/5
Buzzcocks
4/5
David Holmes
2/5
This is dumb
Goldie
1/5
The last album was dumb. This album was dumber. Jim Carey would be proud.
Grateful Dead
3/5
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
The Yardbirds
3/5
Soft Cell
1/5
Simply Red
3/5
Skunk Anansie
3/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Klaxons
4/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
1/5
The Offspring
5/5
This is my teenage years in a single album.
Orbital
1/5
I didn't make it through. Too much random noise, not enough music.
The xx
3/5
The Monks
2/5
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
1/5
Absolute junk
Gang Of Four
3/5
The Cure
3/5
Sex Pistols
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
PJ Harvey
2/5
The Temptations
3/5
The Zombies
4/5
Milton Nascimento
2/5
The Pretty Things
3/5
Very Beatles sound to it.
2/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Liz Phair
2/5
Elbow
2/5
Why is this an "essential album" we have to hear... yet there are so many good ones out there that haven't had a look in?
Van Morrison
4/5
Madonna
3/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
Sebadoh
1/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Some of the lyrics were interesting, but it was a fairly junk album
Queen Latifah
2/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
The Triffids
4/5
Bee Gees
2/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
1/5
The music is OK. The vocals are so so bad.
5/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
OutKast
1/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Judas Priest
4/5
Mike Oldfield
4/5
This completely surprised me how good it was.
Van Morrison
4/5
Shack
3/5
King Crimson
2/5
The Prodigy
2/5
Rush
5/5
Such a good album! Rush is a good sort of progressive rock.
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
2/5
Doves
2/5
Coldcut
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Can appreciate the vocal ability, but it's not really for me.
Digital Underground
2/5
Incase we haven't worked this out... I don't like rap/hip-hop. Like not at all.
Dire Straits
4/5
This is a toss up between 4 and 5
Björk
2/5
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
The Specials
3/5
Bill Callahan
3/5
2/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Flamin' Groovies
4/5
Minor Threat
4/5
Talking Heads
2/5
The last track on the album is titled "Drugs" - it kind of sums up the entire album. They had to be on drugs to record it, and you'd have to be on drugs to enjoy listening to it.
Soundgarden
5/5
Waylon Jennings
1/5
Gil Scott-Heron
1/5
Oh man, listening to this on headphones was headache inducing. The constant fade from left to right channel, pulsing back and forward. Why would this be considered a good idea. I need some panadol.
Paul McCartney
3/5
John Lennon
2/5
Kanye West
1/5
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Ray Price
1/5
This is exactly what I would expect from something of this era.
The Dictators
4/5
Cornershop
2/5
The Residents
1/5
What the actual fuck?
The Stooges
3/5
Devendra Banhart
2/5
Lana Del Rey
2/5
808 State
1/5
Machito
3/5
Ryan Adams
2/5
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
Willie Nelson
2/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Jimmy Smith
4/5
After the chaos that is Fat Boy Slim, this was soothing and pleasant.
Green Day
5/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Prince
5/5
Garbage
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Genesis
3/5
This is just a weird album.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Alice In Chains
4/5
Dennis Wilson
3/5
Gotan Project
3/5
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
James Taylor
3/5
Janelle Monáe
4/5
Frank Black
2/5
Missy Elliott
2/5
Tori Amos
4/5
Fugazi
4/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
The Birthday Party
1/5
If "Bobcat" Goldthwait had an album...
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Giant Sand
2/5
Stereolab
2/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Common
1/5
I f&^%ing hate rap.
Baaba Maal
4/5
Gillian Welch
3/5
First song I was ready to set the album on fire, then the bajo kicked in on song 2, and it redeemed itself.
Saint Etienne
2/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
The Libertines
4/5
The Kinks
3/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
1/5
Cream
4/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
T. Rex
4/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Kings of Leon
2/5
This is a rubbish album.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Barry Adamson
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
The KLF
3/5
Talk Talk
3/5
Alice Cooper
5/5
Britney Spears
3/5
Joan Baez
3/5
Iron Maiden
5/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Scritti Politti
3/5
Nick Drake
2/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Robbie Williams
4/5
Ravi Shankar
1/5
Os Mutantes
2/5
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
Kanye West
1/5
I'm not even going to listen to this.
a-ha
3/5
Madonna
2/5
This isn't anywhere near her best album.
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
Ugh.
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Just weird. Where are the truly great albums?
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
2/5
The Mars Volta
1/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2/5
The Clash
4/5
The Zutons
3/5
This album felt bi-polar. Wow. That was certainly a change part way through.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5/5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
The Smiths
3/5
Deep Purple
5/5
Joe Ely
2/5
I don't hate it. But I don't like it.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
The Byrds
4/5
John Martyn
4/5
The Charlatans
4/5
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
JAY Z
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
Red hot garbage
Joy Division
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
The Cure
4/5
The Smiths
3/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
2Pac
1/5
I just can't appreciate this genre.
Duran Duran
4/5
New York Dolls
4/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Little Richard
4/5
John Cale
3/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
What is this junk? A compilation album and we still have hundreds of albums that haven't made the list.
Sam Cooke
3/5
Blur
3/5
Lenny Kravitz
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
"You can't create an album of just random noise and have it in lists of 1001 albums you must listen to"
"Hold my beer"
Sonic Youth
3/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Yes
5/5
This was great!
Minutemen
1/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Ms. Dynamite
2/5
Madonna
3/5
The Doors
3/5
N.E.R.D
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Guided By Voices
2/5
The Cult
3/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Malcolm McLaren
1/5
Prefab Sprout
3/5
Sepultura
4/5
2/5
Sigur Rós
1/5
Venom
2/5
Anthrax
3/5
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
John Grant
4/5
Elvis Costello
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
Brian Eno
1/5
Khaled
1/5
Calexico
4/5
Very James Bond feel about it
Hole
3/5
Le Tigre
3/5
Pantera
4/5
Björk
4/5
AC/DC
5/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Marilyn Manson
3/5
Small Faces
3/5
Janet Jackson
2/5
Fleet Foxes
2/5
Wild Beasts
2/5
Leftfield
2/5
M.I.A.
1/5
The National
5/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Peter Tosh
1/5
Eurythmics
5/5
Turbonegro
3/5
The Associates
3/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
David Bowie
2/5
Not his best album, that's for sure.
Thelonious Monk
4/5
The Byrds
1/5
Erykah Badu
2/5
David Bowie
5/5
Randy Newman
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Nanci Griffith
3/5
Slipknot
2/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Koffi Olomide
2/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
Genesis
4/5
Moby Grape
4/5
Justice
1/5
Nico
3/5
Japan
3/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Deerhunter
2/5
Gorillaz
4/5
CHVRCHES
3/5
Patti Smith
3/5
Bon Jovi
4/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Nina Simone
3/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Lightning Bolt
1/5
This isn't a quality album you must hear. This is noise that's been recorded. How about any of the other 6000000 artists that make good albums.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Björk
3/5
Billie Holiday
4/5
The Clash
4/5
The Undertones
3/5
The Slits
1/5
Scott Walker
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Killing Joke
2/5
Primal Scream
2/5
Neneh Cherry
2/5
The Who
3/5
Solange
2/5
Pere Ubu
1/5
Kendrick Lamar
1/5
The Bees
3/5
Finley Quaye
2/5
Beth Orton
4/5
AC/DC
5/5
Death In Vegas
3/5
The Only Ones
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
That's a blast from the past - Scooby Snacks
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Eminem
1/5
Ugh. I don't understand why people like this.
The War On Drugs
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
George Michael
4/5
Motörhead
4/5
Soul II Soul
4/5
Laibach
4/5
Fela Kuti
5/5
Traffic
4/5
The White Stripes
5/5
Holger Czukay
3/5
2/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Antony and the Johnsons
3/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Ramones
4/5
Raekwon
1/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
The Electric Prunes
2/5
Dr. John
4/5
Fats Domino
3/5
Aphex Twin
2/5
Björk
3/5
4/5
The Black Crowes
5/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Spiritualized
2/5
Supergrass
3/5
Little Simz
2/5
Elvis Costello
5/5
New Order
4/5
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
The Shamen
2/5
The Modern Lovers
3/5
Prince
4/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Linkin Park
4/5
Germs
2/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
The title track is a banger. The rest... Eh
Nirvana
5/5
Not sure why a love album is here, not a studio album.
The Prodigy
4/5
Oh man, I heard this album hundreds of times during the years I worked and played at lazerzone
Paul Simon
4/5
Pulp
4/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
1/5
This just isn't for me.
Animal Collective
2/5
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Astor Piazzolla
4/5
Duke Ellington
4/5
Supertramp
4/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Fairport Convention
2/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
3/5
Drive Like Jehu
2/5
Like every other punk rock band of this era. Distorted guitar and a terrible vocalist.
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Another album that sounds like all the other rubbish punk rock type sound. They're all the damned same. All rubbish. Why are they on this list?
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Nirvana
3/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
There's some tracks with weird noises, detracts from the album as a whole
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Jack White
5/5
This is a total banger!
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
MC Solaar
4/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Manu Chao
5/5
Lucinda Williams
4/5
Eminem
2/5
I just don't like this genre. At all.
Elliott Smith
3/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
LL Cool J
3/5
Megadeth
5/5
Skepta
2/5