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Albums
You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
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5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
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Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
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5 | 3.11 | +1.89 |
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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
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5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
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The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
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5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
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The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
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5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
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5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
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5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
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Smash
The Offspring
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5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
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5 | 3.47 | +1.53 |
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
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5 | 3.49 | +1.51 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
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1 | 4.2 | -3.2 |
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Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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1 | 3.84 | -2.84 |
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Stankonia
OutKast
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1 | 3.55 | -2.55 |
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
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1 | 3.5 | -2.5 |
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Aja
Steely Dan
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1 | 3.47 | -2.47 |
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
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1 | 3.45 | -2.45 |
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
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1 | 3.43 | -2.43 |
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Synchronicity
The Police
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1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
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1 | 3.4 | -2.4 |
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
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1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Beatles | 4 | 4.5 |
| Beastie Boys | 2 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 2 | 5 |
| Eminem | 2 | 5 |
| Radiohead | 5 | 4.2 |
| Bob Dylan | 5 | 4 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Steely Dan | 3 | 1.33 |
| Björk | 2 | 1 |
| The Police | 2 | 1 |
| OutKast | 2 | 1.5 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 2 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Pink Floyd | 2, 5 |
| Billy Bragg | 4, 1 |
5-Star Albums (29)
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John Prine
1/5
Fucking country music. I just can’t. It’s fucking shit.
The same snivelling, whining nasally banal tone. The same shitty, zingy, steely guitars. The same overcooked lyrics.
Yee fuckin’ haw.
More like yee fuckin’ fuck off you fuck.
15 likes
Pink Floyd
2/5
Wow. I’ve heard this before, just as any Pink Floyd fan will have…but just wow. It’s truly abysmal.
I might have a controversial take here, but thank god Syd buggered off.
Really hard to listen to, most tracks are skippable and the gibberish is just too much.
9 likes
Amy Winehouse
2/5
This wasn’t good. I felt it droned on to be honest. I know she’s got pipes but it was well below average for me.
8 likes
Count Basie & His Orchestra
1/5
I’m not sure what I was expecting off this.
But not what I got, that’s for sure.
Awful.
3 likes
Ride
3/5
Ok, so this is more average than Mr A. Average, of average age and average height with average shoe size. He’s got brown hair and brown eyes. He’s so average if he walked alongside you you’d barely blink at just how average and unremarkable he is. He lives in a semi detached house with a back garden patch and his bins. He drives a Dacia Duster and listens to The Eagles (favourite song is Hotel California obviously). He wears jeans and a polo top on the weekends and enjoys watching Britains Got Talent on a Saturday with five cans of pale ale.
In conclusion, it’s average.
1 likes
1-Star Albums (56)
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The Cure
4/5
Atmospheric, emphatic, almost euphoric in it’s melancholy. Absolutely tremendous album. Enjoyed from the first minute to the last! Now, where’s my eyeliner…
Easy 4 stars!
The Killers
3/5
First five tunes are HUGE! Make no mistake they are incendiary bangers! Not a stinker among them! Album dips for tracks 6, definitely 7 and 8 is forgettable to be honest. Doesn’t really pick back up till the finale of ‘Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll’. Flowers knows his way around a tune, the band are sharp and there is a genuine reason why The Killers built such a following! However, this album is half killer, half filler so only the three star average here.
Black Sabbath
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Well, what can be said about this album that hasn’t already been said? Certainly nothing from me! Stonewall classic. Should be in every record collection, regardless of your fondness for the genre. 4 stars for me as it ISN’T my favourite genre. An album that I will occasionally seek out to listen to, but not as often as others! Musically and lyrically it’s excellent, there’s just something I can’t quite figure out that holds it back for me!
Steely Dan
2/5
First time I’ve ever listened to Steely Dan, and unfortunately, I shan’t be rushing back to them. This is nondescript, generic, monotone and quite frankly dull soft rock. Nothing exciting, adventurous or intriguing about it sadly. So, a big miss on this one.
Motörhead
3/5
Well now! This was 40mins of balls out, riff fucking, drum smashing, vocal growling joy! Did not expect this! I’ve shied away from the likes of Motörhead, Iron Maiden etc for no reason in particular and maybe I’ll end up investing more time to them! This was good fun! Love Ace of Spades as an opener, serious nostalgia waves for this one as it took me back to Tony Hawks Pro Skater (bloody loved that game, but I digress) and shitty student accommodation! Is it the best album of all time, no. Is it going to change your life, no. Will you air guitar and bang air drums to it, yes. Yes you will.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Now, I like Nick Cave. A lot. But this? Not for me, just seems to be Nick shouting. Struggled to get through it! I’ll stick with his later stuff that got me into him, and sadly award this just the deuce. Shame really, I was looking forward to this one.
2/5
This is not very good at all. All sounds EXACTLY the same. Chirpy riffs? Done. Stupid Mockney accent and gibberish lyrics? Done. No discernible songs? Done. Awful album.
Nico
2/5
Hmmmm, this is not what I expected. An awful lot of wailing and screeching. Musically it’s awful. My colleague agrees with me so a lucky two stars. And that’s only because it isn’t absolutely unlistenable.
Slayer
1/5
Um, nope. Awful. Couldn’t finish it.
I suppose you’ll either love it or hate it?
3/5
Ok, so country music ain’t my thing at all. For the same reasons as everyone else who doesn’t like it. How many songs about cheatin’ lowlife ratbags can one listen to in all honesty? However, Loretta has a voice that makes me think of the Aunt that everyone fancies and used to give you a cuddle that made you feel funny…
I liked it, I didn’t love it though and I’ll never look to revisit it but it was enjoyable for what it was I suppose.
New Order
2/5
If average was an album, this would be it. Background noise and nothing more.
Manu Chao
3/5
Ok, so this was interesting! As with most music that falls under the “worldwide” umbrella it’s obviously going to appeal to a certain customer rather than a 40 year old, fat Scotsman. But, I enjoyed it for what it was! Not going to be racing down the local record shop for it though!
The Byrds
3/5
This was…acceptable. Happy enough to hear it burbling away in the background but I won’t rush back to it! All a bit invisible for me! But hey ho, it is what it is I suppose. Acceptable like I say but nothing more.
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
NOW YOU’RE TALKING! Awesome album! Love a bit of Run D.M.C! Excellent, excellent hip hop! Truly excellent. Lyrically impressive, the beats are brilliant and the scratching is awesome! Loves it I does!
Gotan Project
4/5
This was very nice indeed, chilled out beats, floating vocalists, just really nice! Will make its way into my collection I don’t doubt. Muchos enjoyment! It won’t be for everyone, but fans of the likes of Portishead and Goldfrapp will enjoy!
Taylor Swift
1/5
Hell no. This is absolute noodles. Total bag of shite. Like being made to have sex with two tightly packed cheesegraters lubed up with pickled onion vinegar. Absolutely god awful.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Alright! This was good! Only heard “Let England Shake” prior to this and I wasn’t a massive fan, I’m still not but this was good! How often would I reach for it? Not often enough to end up in my collection, but it’s certainly something I wouldn’t switch off if it popped on the stereo.
Aretha Franklin
3/5
This was a shame to be honest, was looking forward to it but it just didn’t grab me like I wanted it to. Another one I’ll chalk up as bang average.
The National
4/5
This was an interesting listen. I bought this years ago as a music magazine rated it so highly and I don’t remember being blown away by it. Think it was something to do with it not sounding exactly as I pictured it, so, gathering dust is all it’s done the last wee while. Let me tell you now though, the folly of youth was clear in me as this album is fantastic! Broody, melancholy, atmospheric, dark and gloomy let uplifting too! Musicality is excellent and your man’s vocals are like being covered in melted Galaxy chocolate. I loved this!
Grateful Dead
2/5
Forgettable, generic soft rock. There were some nice harmonies but legitimately, each and every song is a non-event. Another album where I can see lots of people being mad for it, but not me. Maybe there will be more Grateful Dead to come and I hope there is at least SOMETHING to praise. This however, was as generic as they come. It’s not offensively shit or anything, but certainly isn’t an album that I feel I would have missed out by not hearing ever in my life.
The Band
2/5
This is another artist I feel like I’m told I should like often. Problem is, I just don’t. I’ve tried, Lord Jebus help me I’ve tried. It’s all just too ‘meh’.
I Shall Be Released was the highlight for sure, but I’m not sure if that’s just because that’s what I was thinking by the time it came on.
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
Hmmmmmmmm. Couldn’t dig this at all. I understand vaguely why some people might like to hear these weird musings but I’ll avoid for just now. Not my gig at all.
Badly Drawn Boy
5/5
Absolutely excellent album. Beautiful, melodic, charming and fizzing with originality. One song to the next it’s an adventure. I adore this album. Could not recommend it more highly.
Le Tigre
4/5
Punchy, punky, poppy brilliance! Loved this! Had never heard of them prior but I really enjoyed this! They sound so tight as a band, crisp and clean and the music is just great! Loved it!
2/5
I’ve argued this point with my mates before, I’m my humble opinion The Kinks are a good ‘Best Of’ band and nothing more! A Best Of will give you all you need from them without having to sit through the 8+ below average tunes on each album. This album is irrefutable proof that I am, in fact, absolutely correct. I’ve never heard any of their albums that are all great songs and this is no exception. Two or three bangers and every other track is forgettable. Sorry, not sorry.
Traffic
2/5
This is 70’s ROCK! From the 70’s! That ROCKS! In the 70’s it ROCKED! 70’s ROCK! ROCKIN’ 70’s!
Sadly, it’s 2023 and this is absolutely desolate. Move along people, nothing to see here. Unless you like beige? It reminds me of the colour beige.
Bebel Gilberto
2/5
Not even sure how to class this? It put me in mind of the music I’d be forced to listen to on a cruise liner each night. Inoffensive, but dull. Not for me.
Eagles
1/5
Awful.
Blondie
4/5
This was GREAT!!! New to Blondie, I know the big hits like everyone else does but this album is awesome! Debbie Harry has ‘tude and the band are whip tight! Not a bad tune on this album! Definitely going into the collection! It’s amazing!
Gram Parsons
1/5
I just can’t with Country music. This is abysmal.
Neu!
3/5
Krautrock is something that’s never really triggered anything with me, not sure why, I think mainly due to how non-descript it all is. Each track blends into the other to such a degree that it’s indiscernible the differences. However, this was pleasant enough. The bar is that I wouldn’t actively seek it out, but also wouldn’t switch it off if it was on. Take that as you will. Standard three star review.
Public Enemy
3/5
Aggressive, powerful, lairy hip hop. Absolutely enjoyed it! Loved it? No, enjoyed it? Oh hell yes. But then, I like hip hop. It’s fun to hear the original hip hop masters and I hope to hear more like this. I’ve got “A Nation of Millions” and have probably listened to it maybe twice in ten years! Need to get back to it! This is great! Definitely won’t be for everyone though! Very polarising record I would expect! A three star album, but a BIG three stars!
Bob Dylan
3/5
Now, Dylan is a very marmite kinda artist. You either love or hate him in my experience. You either GET him or you don’t get him. This album is a great entry level for him.
The dude knew his stuff, and this proves it. Excellent album but as with all Dylan stuff, I can take it or leave it.
Lambchop
4/5
This was a truly lovely record to listen to. Beautiful, wistful and melodic indie music. I adored it.
Anita Baker
2/5
Ok, so I can see how some people would appreciate this M.O.R. soul record.
Not me though, this was pish.
Green Day
4/5
A classic, nothing else left to say about this really! But I will anyway…
Punky, poppy, stoner rock n roll! Some huge tunes on this that even the most alien to Green Day will know of. Basket Case, Welcome to Paradise and When I Come Around are all certified classics and I defy anyone to not love them.
Album is a masterpiece.
Maxwell
2/5
Oh no, this was not a fun listen at all. Talk about poor r&b. Awful.
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
Truly an album of two halves. First half is straight up funky rock. Filled with unskippable tunes! Literally first seven tunes are awesome. Second seven? Not so much! Huey is cool as fuck though so a solid 3 star album!
Madonna
3/5
I was looking forward to this one, classic Madonna album. Opens huge with Like A Prayer which is just an absolute belter of a tune! Tails off somewhat after that, with not much else of note on the album that I could tell. If you’re mad for Madge then you’ll love this I would think, if you’re not a heavy fan you’ll find it pleasant enough but nothing to set your heather alight. Solid 3 stars.
N.W.A.
4/5
YES!
That is all.
Talking Heads
3/5
So, I was kind of looking forward to a Talking Heads album as I know they are highly regarded by many, many people.
I come out of it no further forward with them than I already was. It’s almost instantly forgettable music. Generic spiky guitars, basic musicality that I could appreciate and nothing special to tickle me nipples.
I’ll give it a three, as I expect it’s the kind of music that isn’t good but isn’t bad. Definition of average I suppose.
Never mind.
David Bowie
3/5
What if I told you this was better than Ziggy? Better than Hunky Dory? Better than Blackstar?
Well, I’d be lying. This is a Bowie album for fans. Starts off really well with the title track. After that it’s just *shrugs*
As an aside, his cover of Across the Universe is an affront to music in general.
Bang bloody average again.
The Doors
3/5
The Doors have always intrigued me, I know they’re supposed to be awesome but sometimes I just find that they are not. Maybe it’s like Bob Dylan, in that you need to GET it to truly love it.
This album was good, Roadhouse Blues is an absolute banger and the rest of the album flows beautifully but without really taking off in my opinion.
An enjoyable listen but again, not something I’m desperate to add to my collection.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
It’s good, it’s not great but it’s good. It’s sort of vague indie rock but the lead singer does have some pipes. It’ll absolutely blow some people’s socks off I’m sure, but not mine. Average as average can be for me.
James Brown
4/5
A short, sharp, sexy burst of funky soul! This was awesome, guy was at the top of his powers and you can tell that too!
Excellent fun!!
Radiohead
4/5
Radioheads second best album? It’s a tough one to call as we all know that their discography is second to none.
This album is melodic, calm and also exciting. It’s not OK Computer (but then, what is?) and that will put some people off. This is an excellent album from start to finish and I’ll never tire of hearing it.
Truly exceptional.
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Was this good fun? I believe so! Was it a classic album that dudes and dudettes will rave about? I believe not.
Some cracking tunes on it though so will definitely revisit at some point. For now though, I’ll hammer in another 3 star!
Pink Floyd
2/5
Wow. I’ve heard this before, just as any Pink Floyd fan will have…but just wow. It’s truly abysmal.
I might have a controversial take here, but thank god Syd buggered off.
Really hard to listen to, most tracks are skippable and the gibberish is just too much.
The Who
3/5
I was excited when this generated in for me, but boy oh boy was I let down.
I was maybe too hyped for a rock and roll tour de force which, I felt, I just didn’t get. There’s nothing too much wrong with the album, except none of it is memorable at all. Pinball Wizard is only a fragment as it’s one that EVERYONE knows but the rest of the album is almightilly forgettable.
Maybe one I’ll have to go back to in the future.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Beautiful, just beautiful. Stripped back, melodic and elegant. Music to make you weep. Heavy hearted yet light and just hushed tones to embrace you. Cave’s vocals are extraordinary and really grab you. Cannot rate this album highly enough. Absolutely love it.
Jane's Addiction
3/5
This was pretty good rock and roll! Enjoyable album from start to end, not something I’ll rush out to buy and I recently got rid of my only Jane’s Addiction album (can’t even remember the name of it it was so forgettable) so make of that what you will. Solid 3 though
The Shamen
2/5
Really? 15 tracks of intense, ear bleeding, nippy techno?
Fuck no.
4/5
I highly doubt I have anything to say about this album that hasn’t been said before.
An absolute classic.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
AWWWW YEEEEEEAHHHHH!!!
That is all.
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Ok, I should love this but fit some reason it ain’t grabbing me.
I’m gonna give it a safe 3 as I’ll probably try again in the future
TV On The Radio
4/5
This was an eclectic record! Bit of everything and thoroughly enjoyable! Absolutely loved this one, but it won’t be for everyone!
The Fall
3/5
Listened to this twice through and I’m just not sure how to describe it? Is it rock? Is it pop? It’s enjoyable enough, and will undoubtedly be right up some people’s street.
I’ll not be rushing to add it to my want list but it’s entertaining enough. Maybe come back to it at a later date and see how I feel then. Until then my friends, stay steady with a three star!
Buck Owens
1/5
Is this a joke?
Shambles that this is on the list.
Beastie Boys
5/5
Classic. Absolute hip hop classic.
Nuff said bruh
Christine and the Queens
3/5
This is nondescript, inoffensive, slightly sensible, genteel pop.
Nothing more and nothing less.
The Human League
3/5
This was good! Much better than I expected, knowing only the big hit but thoroughly enjoyed listening to this. Not one I’m going to be knocking down doors to buy but good fun nonetheless!
Cream
4/5
Awesome! Loved this! A LOT! Funky, rocky, chilled out casual rock n roll! Excellent stuff!
The Monkees
2/5
Nah, you’re alright.
Shite.
Elvis Presley
3/5
Elvis, innit.
Ray Charles
3/5
I’m really not sure how I feel about this one. I was looking forward to Ray Charles and this just didn’t hit with me.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Belter of an album. Genuinely a classic.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Another classic. Hendrix was just something else man!
Band is tight, tunes are tight. What more could you ask for?
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
Generic, average hip hop.
Definitely not one of the best hip hop albums of all time?
Jurassic 5
4/5
YAAAAASSSS YA FUCKIN’ BEAUTY!
Love me some J5 guys! Awesome stuff! Loved it!
Massive Attack
4/5
Trip hop at it’s finest! Absolutely loved this and is defo on the purchase list now!
Chilled out, melodic, sparse and atmospheric tunes to have on! Can’t get enough of it!
The Byrds
3/5
A pleasant surprise indeed! This was excellent chilled out rock n roll! Will defo come back to this one, a massive improvement from their previous album on this list! It’s not quite excellent, but very good. Wish there was a half star you could add as this would be three and a half. I’ll give it three though, not quite good enough for a big fat four!
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Excellent, just excellent.
Before this project I just wasn’t interested in the Stones at all.
How wrong I was! I’ve been missing out for over 40 rotations of the sun. What a tit!
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
This was an awesome album! Thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish! Added to the list to own!
Deep Purple
3/5
Hell yeah, but of absolute Rock!
Average rock mind, but rock nonetheless.
Korn
4/5
Aw yeeeeeeah! This is a proper great album! I fucking love this, total flash backs to being young and foolish!
Love it to bits!
R.E.M.
3/5
Another pleasant surprise!
Never dug REM, and still don’t to a certain extent! However, this was inoffensive and pleasant to hear! Wouldn’t rush to it again, but wouldn’t switch it off either. So another solid 3 star effort.
Donald Fagen
2/5
Hmmmm. Less said about this soft jazz “rock” the better.
I’m sure this floats some peoples boats, but I thought it was guff.
CHVRCHES
4/5
Now you’re talking!!!
This is exceptionally good! I love the whole urgent vibe of the record and the lassies vocals are mesmeric!
Fuckin’ awesome!
The Lemonheads
3/5
Absolutely bang average indie pop.
Nothing to see here people, move along.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Leonard Cohen doing Leonard Cohen
You’ll either love it, like it, tolerate it or hate it.
I rather enjoyed it, but it’s not a must have in my opinion.
John Prine
1/5
Fucking country music. I just can’t. It’s fucking shit.
The same snivelling, whining nasally banal tone. The same shitty, zingy, steely guitars. The same overcooked lyrics.
Yee fuckin’ haw.
More like yee fuckin’ fuck off you fuck.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Beautiful. Just beautiful.
Never been mad for Si and the Funk but this was excellent! Defo listen to this again and might find it’s way onto the list for purchase!
Songhoy Blues
4/5
So, who else knew that Malian blues would be their thing? Not me that’s for sure but this is absolutely wicked!
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
1/5
Unremarkable in absolutely every way. I can’t remember the last time I listened to an album so forgettable.
Dire.
Brian Eno
3/5
Love a bit of Eno baby! This wasn’t his best ever but it was good. Couple of duff tracks but overall it was a pleasant listen.
The Cure
3/5
The Cure being The Cure! I enjoyed it, but then I like them so I’m bias to it.
Good starter point for anyone looking to get into them, although Disintegration is much, much better.
Solid album though, I’ll probably blitz their back catalogue on a purchase spree at some point too!
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Well now. This is EXACTLY why I joined this project! Hearing an album I would never have normally even thought about but this was AWESOME!
Beautiful voice and the music is just excellent! Thoroughly enjoyed this one!
It obviously won’t be for everyone, as many will hate it but if you allow yourself to open up to it, it’s really rewarding this one!
Jack White
3/5
Jack White at his best? No. Jack White being a tremendous version of himself? Hell yeah!
Great album, thoroughly enjoyed despite expecting disappointment. I love the White Stripes (but is that just because I’ve a crush on Meg?) and dig all their records so why was I so scared of Jack’s solo stuff? This is excellent and I’ll defo dip into his catalogue!
Germs
2/5
Not very good is it. Germanys answer to the Sex Pistols?
It’s poor. Very, very poor.
Miles Davis
3/5
Now, I know this is a classic and well deserved to be in the list.
But, are we all just pretending to like Jazz? I mean, it’s inoffensive enough to not bother me, but do I get excited listening to it? Not really I’m afraid.
It’s ok, not better than that and not worse.
Soundgarden
2/5
This is just not my cup of tea at all. I can’t even put my finger on why.
Disappointed that I’m empty of any kind of feeling toward this.
Ride
3/5
Ok, so this is more average than Mr A. Average, of average age and average height with average shoe size. He’s got brown hair and brown eyes. He’s so average if he walked alongside you you’d barely blink at just how average and unremarkable he is. He lives in a semi detached house with a back garden patch and his bins. He drives a Dacia Duster and listens to The Eagles (favourite song is Hotel California obviously). He wears jeans and a polo top on the weekends and enjoys watching Britains Got Talent on a Saturday with five cans of pale ale.
In conclusion, it’s average.
Lauryn Hill
3/5
I listened to this not long ago and thought it was exceptional.
On second listen, it isn’t sadly.
It’s just ok, and nothing more.
Blur
4/5
Classic. Truly brilliant album full of gems! Not a duff track on the album and that’s coming from a massive Oasis fan! Loved this!
Stan Getz
2/5
Not for me thank you.
Appreciate the talent in this inane tootling, but really not my thing.
Jazz, innit.
The Cardigans
2/5
This was not my cup of tea at all. Just pop, innit. Nothing exciting or groundbreaking?
Hard to see why this is an album I should be listening to before I die?
Less than average.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Aaaaaaand here is the reason why reggae just doesn’t do it for me! I just don’t get it (having said that Exodus is awesome) and struggle to invest in it to a point that I care enough.
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
Weird. I was excited when I thought this was British hip hop and was quickly it in my place by what it quite frankly a deceptive description. Yes, there is some hip hop in there, however it is more than not a love letter to various styles from across the world!
Gets a bit ‘samey’ after about four tracks but hey ho. A pleasant listen but not one I’ll be mad for buying.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Noise! Noisy noise!
Ok though.
Eels
3/5
This was excellent, really liked this album. Only really knew Novocaine For The Soul but the rest of the album doesn’t disappoint either so a thumbs up here!
4/5
This was awesome!
I’m not big on U2, as like many, I find them insufferable pompous buffoons.
However, take nothing away from this album. It’s a classic for a reason! The opening three or four tracks are up there with the best opening to any album ever.
The Clash
5/5
The definition of a classic album.
It’s extraordinary!
Coldplay
4/5
There was a time when Coldplay were not the all conquering, stadium filling, love brigading behemoth that they are now and this is it!
For those old enough to remember when this came out, they will remember 2000 being the year of the dreaded Millenium Bug, the (at the time) jaw dropping juggernaut Big Brother starting (Nasty Nick can still fuck off…), Eminem releasing The Marshall Mathers LP to acclaim and hysteria in equal measure and EVERYBODY trying to get the top score on Snake II on the hallowed Nokia 3310.
They may also remember a bedraggled, toothy, curly haired indie singer serenading us in the wind and the rain on a beach with HUGE single, Yellow.
The rest of the album shines and if anything, Yellow is one of the weaker songs in my opinion.
This album was huge then, is huge now and does nothing to dispel how wonderful a song writer Chris Martin really is.
Beautiful album start to finish.
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
Nice voice, but I just feel like he doesn’t know what he wants to be?
Not one for me I’m afraid.
The Temptations
3/5
This was ok, I felt a little disappointed with it as I was looking forward to hooking into it but it just didn’t grab me the way I wanted it to.
Never mind, hopefully more to come to broaden my horizon with them?
Talking Heads
2/5
Ok, this is my second Talking Heads album now, and I’m no further forward with them than an asthmatic ant carrying some heavy shopping.
I just…don’t get it. What’s the fascination? What do they bring? Why should this be blowing my socks off? Why doesn’t it? Why do I feel so nonplussed by it?
I’m sure there will be another 300 of their albums to plod through so maybe better luck next time?
Merle Haggard
2/5
Not the worst Country album of all time, but it’s still country so therefore it’s shit.
Soz, not soz.
Will never listen to this again.
KISS
3/5
Well I wasn’t sure what to expect from this. I obviously know of Kiss, but more as a parody of themselves.
I was kind of hoping for balls out, gleeful, glam kind of rock and roll and was a little let down by what I heard.
Won’t be joining the Kiss army any time soon I’m glad to say.
The Specials
3/5
Fun! At first…then I lost concentration.
Try again tomorrow!
Edit: same as previous day, starts well but quickly loses my interest.
Rush
4/5
HELLLLLL YEEEEEAHHHH!
Never heard no Rush before but this was the goddamn tiddies!
Tito Puente
3/5
Alright! This was pretty cool! Enjoyed the grooves and will listen again!
This might end up on my racks as a pleasant shift in style and tempo!
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3/5
This was pretty pleasant, although listening on a shitty Bluetooth tin can hasn’t helped it so I’ll blast it on the big stereo and try again!
Conservative 3 at the moment…
Willie Nelson
3/5
I mean, it was nice but that’s all I can muster with it.
One of my colleagues did mention that I was listening to some dogshit today so it obviously doesn’t tickle everyone.
Jeff Buckley
2/5
Ok, so I know this is an album I’m meant to adore. I just…don’t.
It’s super average and in the words of the Arctic Monkeys before they crooned themselves into the books of pretentiousness…don’t believe the hype.
The Black Keys
3/5
Solid bluesy rock and roll album.
Dude has an issue with his ex that much is clear but the album was a solid effort! Couple of bangers but a lot of samey tunes. Wouldn’t switch it off it came on again though so that’s a positive!
Stan Getz
2/5
It’s ok I suppose. I see this pop up on a lot of vinyl groups I’m in so it’s obviously one that lots of folk love (either that or it’s somehow become known as a MUST have on vinyl for some reason and people buy it because they think they should have it?)
Either way, it wasn’t my bag baby.
Bob Dylan
4/5
This is excellent, it’s taken me many years to start enjoying Bob after my first experiences with him left me lukewarm.
I’m no expert, and I’m not going to claim to finally GET Bobby but this is hella good!
Janis Joplin
4/5
This was excellent! I hadn’t heard any Janis Joplin and wasn’t sure what to expect but really impressed!
Ice Cube
2/5
Gangsta Rap at its gangsta’y.
Considering NWA were so important and their music so powerful this was a let down for sure.
Expected more than just an angry man shouting swear words.
Foo Fighters
4/5
Awesome!
Generally not a fan of a full length Foo album, find them too stodgy and repetitive but this sounded brilliantly fresh!
Before they became the all conquering Rock juggernaut that they are now, there was a crispness and freshness about them! Loved this!
The Slits
3/5
This is one I’ll have to come back to i think. Not too sure about it.
The Temptations
4/5
Now THIS is why I joined this gig!
This is exactly the kind of music I was hoping to find a way into and what an album! Sounded great even on a shitty Bluetooth speaker! Will defo be listening to and buying again!!
Bob Dylan
5/5
Awesome.
Beautiful words, beautiful melodies and the sound of a man who is an expert in his craft. Almost overwhelmingly beautiful.
The Birthday Party
1/5
Jesus wept.
Robbie Williams
2/5
Couple of absolute snorters on this one
Angels, Old Before I Die and Lazy Days. Rest is bang average.
However, I’m removing a star as the fat fucker is one reprehensible human being.
4/5
Now I like Muse anyway, but I don’t think they’ve ever bettered their debut album which was incredible.
However, this is close. Very close indeed! An awesome job from start to finish on this one.
Knights of Cydonia should go down as one of the best album closers of all time!
Ray Price
1/5
God fucking dammit, I loathe country music.
Dire.
Elton John
5/5
Absolute CLASSIC! Wall to wall bangers. Hell of an album!
Charles Mingus
2/5
Ok so this isn’t for me. A lot of twiddly doo and twoddly daa.
I can understand how some people think this is peak music, but jazz is a real struggle for me.
Bon Jovi
3/5
Some absolutely GREAT stuff on this! Some, not so much! But Bon Jovi rocking you out is not a bad way to spend some time so very enjoyable!
Dire Straits
3/5
Safe, safe as fuck.
Perfectly enjoyable but it’s a bit like admitting it’s time to buy a cardigan.
Dizzee Rascal
2/5
Oiiiiiii!
Yes bruv. But equally, nah bruv.
Time and a place for this, and it was early 2000’s. Not now, and not here.
“Fix Up, Look Sharp” aside, it’s an album of its time.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Middle of the road soft folk rock. Not great, not shite. Won’t be rushing back to it.
Fleet Foxes
3/5
The harmonies on this are awesome, it’s beautiful music performed well.
Is it going to change my life? No. Am I going to be running to my cd’s to get it on? No.
Very enjoyable for what it is though no doubt about that.
John Lennon
4/5
Lennon’s best album? Yes.
Hole
3/5
I’m not going to lie, when this appeared I physically shrank into myself with a “aw for fuck sake” reaction.
However, this was a real blast! Great album full of strong songs! Will only sound better on a decent stereo too! I’m going to mark it a 3 but really it’s like a 3.75
Black Flag
2/5
Erm, no thank you.
What an awfully shouty man.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
This was excellent! Hadn’t heard a lot of this Elvis prior to this so a real discovery! Will for sure check out some more and add to the list for purchase!
Excellent album!
Donovan
4/5
Absolutely spellbinding. I love this album, it’s a favourite!
Beautiful, wistful and melodic folk pop.
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Good solid funky rock and roll album! Bloody enjoyable! Listened to it a few times as I wasn’t sure but there’s hints of Zeppelin, Doors and many more!
CHIC
2/5
I can see it’s value I suppose but it’s not for me.
Amy Winehouse
2/5
This wasn’t good. I felt it droned on to be honest. I know she’s got pipes but it was well below average for me.
Laura Nyro
4/5
This was hard to describe in my head but it’s absolutely wonderful. A perfect album for a rainy Sunday afternoon with a quiet beer.
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
This was very interesting, not my absolute cup of tea but it’ll do! Pleasant and quirky.
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
Absolute, stonewall, non-debatable, generational, everlasting, jaw dropping, hip hopping banger of an album.
Truly one of the greats.
Nas
4/5
An absolute classic of hip hop music. Nas nails this one and continues to do so even to this day.
Im getting older so it’s beginning to feel more and more like I shouldn’t be listening to this kind of stuff, but when it’s this good? Hell fuckin’ yeah boy!
Dead Kennedys
3/5
Hard rocking thrash punk metal!
This was just OK though, didn’t blow me away although Kill The Poor is an absolute tune!
Skunk Anansie
4/5
Awesome from start to finish. Absolute cracking album.
By fuck, Skin has some pipes!
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Awesome! The more I hear of Neil Young the more I’m digging him! Another one to be added to the collection!
The Modern Lovers
2/5
Generic post rock. Didn’t care for this much at all.
Tom Waits
4/5
This was really good! I’m not mad for Tom Waits. Tried the usual two, Rain Dogs and Swordfishtrombone or whatever it’s called and they did nothing for me.
This, however, was thoroughly enjoyable. Like listening to some drunk dude tell you stories with lovely musical accompaniment behind him. Really loved the feel of the album!
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
Nice smooth, funky guitar rock! Enjoyed this but won’t be rushing out to buy it I don’t think? Maybe add to the list but not as a priority purchase.
Enjoyed how tight the band sounded.
Nina Simone
2/5
Ok so this is odd, it really did nothing for me! I was looking forward to some sensual, smooth vocals and lush production.
Maybe it’s just me, but it just came across as a bit ramshackle and angry.
Will not return to it.
The Only Ones
2/5
Generic rock by numbers again. How the fuck did this get in as something I have to listen to?
Not unlistenable, but hugely unmoving.
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
A truly great album. Full of hard hitting riffs, extraordinary vocals and a band on the top of their game!
The last with Richey, and one of their best for sure. It’s harder hitting than some of their other stuff and anyone looking for another of their classic “This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours” will be a little disappointed by this but I urge you to continue listening.
Tis fucking great.
Incredible Bongo Band
2/5
Starts off well, enjoyable, funky, energetic and different!
By track 5 though I’m all bongoed out and have had enough.
Portishead
5/5
Say no more, this is a beautiful and melancholic album full of ethereal vocals and absolutely tremendous trip hop beats.
An absolute gem.
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
Opens well with “Dumb Waiters” and I was genuinely quite excited that this could go on to be a snorter of an album…
The next few tracks are pretty cool, jangly guitars with a Smiths feel to it and some vocals that could be Bowie going punk so that was ticking the boxes for sure!
Tails off a bit in the middle with a couple of throwaway basic filler tracks then picks up with “So Run Down”
Really good album with just a wee dip but defo one for the future too!
The Avalanches
4/5
Excellent album, and absolutely perfect example of sampling done brilliantly.
Absolutely loved this one.
Frontier Psychiatrist is the stand out track but the whole album passes beautifully.
Violent Femmes
2/5
Erm, nah. You’re alright.
This wasn’t good, it wasn’t bad but weirdly it wasn’t average either.
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Couldn’t find this so three stars to average it out.
Radiohead
5/5
There is very little that can be said about this album that hasn’t been said before.
It is perfect.
The Monks
2/5
This didn’t do anything for me at all. Seems all a bit average to be honest. I must’ve missed the boat on the “novelty” of them?
Fred Neil
2/5
Yawn.
Stereo MC's
3/5
Well, thus started off great. Connected is a banger, the rest of the album did very little for me though.
I wouldn’t rush to put it off if it came on the stereo, but equally, I don’t think I’d ever seek this album out to listen to.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Wow!
What a set of pipes! This was awesome! Exactly why I joined this crusade! Loved this all the way through. It’s not perfect, but it’s bloody close.
T. Rex
3/5
This was a good ol’ romp of glam rock wasn’t it! Enjoyed it well, but not enough to rush out and buy it or add it to my list.
Bloody good though!
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Not their best, not their worst.
Stones, innit.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
This is beautiful. I can’t believe I stayed off Si and the funk for so long! Awesome!
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Really didn’t do anything for me. It’s eclectic and sporadic it felt.
Couldn’t really get into it.
It’s not a bad album, or bad music, it just left me underwhelmed.
Adele
3/5
Well now, Adele is someone I’ve always been aware of but have never dug.
This album is proof to me why. It’s just…ok, and that’s it. There’s a couple of great tunes on it, and there’s no doubting her talent as a songwriter and especially as a singer, but will I ever get home and think “I want to listen to Adele”? No, no I won’t.
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
Hey this was alright!
Gang Bang is awful though.
Daft Punk
2/5
16 tracks?!???
Over an hour long?!??
Fuckin’ nope.
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Really good album from someone I’ve never even heard of!
This is why we do this!
It’s nothing you haven’t heard before, but it’s great!
Elis Regina
2/5
Couldn’t find this one, so listened to a couple of her other albums.
Very niche this one, so be prepared. Unless Bossa Nova Samaba Jazz is your bag, then it might not do too much for you.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Fuckin’ Zeppelin, d’you know what I mean?
Beastie Boys
5/5
Absolutely awesome album. Bloody love the Beastie Boys and this is about as perfect as it gets!
D'Angelo
1/5
Nope. Shite.
The Stooges
4/5
Absolute banger! Great album!
Queen
3/5
Who doesn’t love a bit of Queen?!
Excellent album full of exactly what you expect!
Not their greatest album, but I can see how it would have been fire back in the day!
Genesis
4/5
Goddamn, I bloody love Genesis!
This is one of my favourites too! Easy 4 stars as I know it’ll be a bit odd for some so it’s not perfect!
Yes
3/5
Prog rock at its proggy rocky synsthesiser best I suppose!
If you dig it, you’ll dig it. If you don’t, you won’t.
Can’t make it any more simple than that I suppose!
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
Meh, this was bang average. Couple of my colleagues were loving it but they’re wankers so it doesn’t count.
TLC
3/5
Crazy? Not really.
Sexy? Better believe it brothers and sisters!
Cool? As fuck!
Very good album, beautiful soul inspired hip hop tinged pop album.
Everything But The Girl
1/5
Awful. Couldn’t listen past track 2.
Van Morrison
2/5
Nothing spectacular here. Move along.
Johnny Cash
4/5
Awesome album, Johnny truly was something else!
Guttural and true album. Feels like you’re there and it’s tremendous.
Kanye West
3/5
Now, setting aside the monstrous amount of cunt that Kanye West is, this album was pretty good. It’s no Donda or My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy but nonetheless it’s an exceptional album full of big beats, big hooks and excellent lyrics. A bit too much misogyny but all hip hop seems to be.
Great for what it is, not anything more than a three though.
Tracy Chapman
2/5
Nice voice I suppose. Lovely song in “Baby Can I Hold You” the rest disappeared in a foggy haze of nothingness.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Loved it! More than I thought I would.
Ozomatli
2/5
Couldn’t find it. Listened to one of their other ones and it was shite
TV On The Radio
3/5
Yeah man, this was ok! Enjoyable but didn’t take my socks off!
2/5
Couldn’t find it. Listened to Skylarking instead and GODDAMN it was bloody awful
Sister Sledge
2/5
Nah, not for me cheers. Kind of music that is so incessantly played on radio it becomes nail bitingly terrible.
Madness
1/5
How do people enjoy this trash?
Absolutely awful.
Fleetwood Mac
2/5
Not as good as Rumours.
Didn’t really enjoy this one at all.
Steely Dan
1/5
Jesus Christ I’m losing the will to live here.
Awful.
Steve Winwood
2/5
Well, this was a nice and safe record wasn’t it. Not much to report on this one I’m afraid. Will I ever seek it out? Nope.
Kanye West
2/5
For the love of the wee man, how in the blue blazes of all that is fucking holy did Kanye manage to convince people he was good?
This is terrible. Lucky he got better as he went on.
The Smiths
4/5
Now you’re talking! Awesome album full of banger after banger!
The Go-Go's
3/5
This is truly excellent pop music! Very decent indeed!
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
4/5
Awesome. Beautiful and melancholic. Dude has some talent and it shows here!
Billy Bragg
4/5
This is AWESOME! What an excellent album. Beautifully crafted melodies and lovely little tunes! Will definitely be coming back to this one!
Megadeth
2/5
Wow. This was…something. I’m not sure what, but it sure was.
Not for me, but I can see the appeal. I’m hoping this is the only Megadeath album I’ll need to hear, but I fear not.
Bobby Womack
2/5
Ok, so this had its charm. I suppose it would be nice tootling away in the background. Didn’t light any fires for me though.
Queen
4/5
Queen doing what Queen do best.
Awesome record.
Silver Jews
2/5
Well fuck, this is the definition of indie dirge.
What a dull album.
Mike Ladd
1/5
Fuck me, the guy who complied this list must have been drinking.
No better hip hop albums than this?
The Jam
4/5
Awesome, just awesome!
Bloody love a bit of Weller, and this is no exception!
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
It’s a classic! An absolutely brilliant album with no duff tunes on it at all!
Truly excellent!
Were they better after Richey? Open to discussion and a vehement one at that but I believe so.
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Ok, so this was pretty cool!
Wasn’t sure what to expect and pleasantly surprised indeed!
Perfectly pleasant background grooves!
The Rolling Stones
4/5
An excellent Stones album, worth all the credit it gets!
Turbonegro
3/5
Jack Black would love this I can guarantee it.
Don’t say motherfucker, motherfucker!
Hard rocking, tongue in cheek, balls out!
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
This was cool enough burbling away in the background to be fair.
Got a bit tiresome towards the end but I suppose this kind of funky twittering can at some points.
Norah Jones
1/5
Instantly forgettable. Literally cannot think of a single riff, lyric or tune that sticks with me.
Dire.
The The
3/5
Ok, so this was as average as it gets. Absolutely nothing that’s going to make me recommend, revisit or even think about this album ever again.
Sigh.
Fever Ray
3/5
Bang average.
Can’t think of anything else to say about it to be honest.
Caetano Veloso
1/5
What, and I cannot stress this enough, the actual fuck is this doing on the list.
It starts off awfully and never really betters that.
Truly dismal.
Oasis
5/5
I remember this coming out. Suddenly, the whole world was my oyster. I could do anything I wanted despite being a council estate kid with no money.
It didn’t matter once I’d heard those opening riffs of Rock n Roll Star and Liam snarling at the world.
Get yourself some good shoes, a nice jacket and a smart haircut and you can do anything!
A perfect album.
Swaggering, visceral rock n roll. Not a bad tune on the album.
Mad fer it!
Queen
3/5
Queen are awesome. We all know that! Is this as good as the first Greatest Hits package? No, it’s not. However, there are some lung bustingly good tunes on here and also, of course, the more melancholy of their tunes as Freddie dealt with his mortality in ways that only he can.
Still an excellent album though!
Count Basie & His Orchestra
1/5
I’m not sure what I was expecting off this.
But not what I got, that’s for sure.
Awful.
Pavement
2/5
Jesus this is dull.
Method Man
3/5
Excellent hip hop album from one of the greatest members of the Wu.
Som absolutely HUGE tunes on this one!
Van Morrison
2/5
Goddamn. Van Morrison is just so shit I can’t even.
Absolutely awful, soft rock, pop crooning.
Who the fuck buys this?
Ryan Adams
4/5
Now, Mr. Adams polarises opinion somewhat especially after the shocking allegations that have come to light recently, but this album is a truly great effort.
Cool, sharp, melancholic and wistful music to soothe even the angriest of souls. When he rocks, he rocks and when he wants to tug at your heartstrings, he’ll do just that.
One of his best by a long shot.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Boss innit.
Beautiful album though!
The Zutons
3/5
Now, this is a good album full of very, very good pop tunes.
So why do I find it so grating? I’ve recently chucked this out of my collection during a purge of CD’s so there’s obviously something holding me back on it, what it is though, I have no idea.
I’ll give 3 stars though because it is a good album, I just can’t dig it enough to do more.
Michael Jackson
3/5
Michael Jackson. Doing MJ things.
Couple of HUGE tunes on here, but also some absolute stinkers.
And of course, the elephant in the room makes it hard to separate the art from the artist.
But in general, it’s not a great album, it’s just ok.
The classics stand up well as you would expect - Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Dirty Diana and Smooth Criminal but the rest feels an awful lot like very average filler tunes.
AC/DC
2/5
If ever you can hear a band name and know EXACTLY what the music is going to sound like, it is AC/DC.
Every single song is the same as the last one. How they have become such a rock juggernaut, nay, behemoth is beyond me.
Bang. Sodding. Average.
I feel a headache coming on.
ABBA
3/5
Perfectly pleasant in every way. Didn’t recognise any absolute snorters on here but then I was listening to it at work.
The Damned
3/5
Awesome spiky punk! What more can you ask!
This was an enjoyable listen, not my favourite genre by a long shot but wouldn’t switch it off if it came on rotation!
Thoroughly good album!
Wilco
3/5
Plenty nice chilled out Americana rock and roll! Not their best stuff, but by no means is it bad!
Enjoyable but doesn’t light any fires in me.
Orange Juice
3/5
Pretty average 80’s kind of soft thinky rock?
Not blown away by this but it was ok.
Thundercat
2/5
Nah, what the fuck is this?!
Soft jazzy shite.
Björk
1/5
Wow. Just, wow.
A very, very difficult listen and for almost no reward.
Sheeeeeite.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Now, I like the Bunnymen so this was a cracker for me!
Won’t be everyone’s cuppa, but then, I’m not here for everyone!
Very enjoyable album indeed!
Aerosmith
2/5
Goddamnit. It’s just such shit, generic, hip thrusting by numbers innit.
Absolutely zero to take from this.
U2
3/5
Well, it starts off with some huge tunes then sort of fades off into U2ness.
It’s just U2 innit.
Holger Czukay
2/5
This sounds like me with my Casio keyboard circa 1990.
Nothing more to add, this dude added more than enough bells and whistles and button pushes himself.
Burning Spear
3/5
Not for me I’m afraid. Reggae just isn’t my thing, and as I’m in this to find stuff I’ll return to, I’m afraid this ain’t it.
It’s not that it’s bad, it’s just that it’s reggae.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
A big sign for me on these albums is whether I’d ever reach for it in my collection or even download a tune or two onto my phone maybe?
With this, it’s a resounding nope.
This is as generically dull, pub band, average as can be, soft rock as I’m ever likely to hear.
Cocteau Twins
3/5
This was nice! Very dreamy synth pop and bloody enjoyable! First time with the twins and I may very well check out some of their other stuff! Liked this one!
King Crimson
2/5
No thank you.
Prog rock that doesn’t do hee haw for me. Twiddles away inoffensively enough but just doesn’t drag me into it.
Kraftwerk
3/5
I can absolutely see the appeal with this, and can fully understand how exciting it would have been when released…
But it just didn’t push the right buttons for me (LOLZO WHAT A ZINGER! Buttons…geddit? Cos they use synths…aye? Oh well, just me) and therefore I’ll stick it with a good three stars.
Radiohead
4/5
Not an easy listen if you’re after another OK Computer, but this whole album, nay period, of Radiohead is sheer genius.
If you give it a chance it will surprise, thrill and strike you with joy of untold levels.
You just NEED to give it a chance!
Beth Orton
3/5
Beth Orton being Beth Orton. I found none of the tracks to be memorable, nothing sticks with it.
It is a good album, but one that is forgettable at its worst. Average three coming up!
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Good fun rock and roll! Didn’t seem like it took itself too seriously! Good fun!
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
What, in the blue blazes of fuck and all that is holy, is this?!?
Madness. Not the band, the state of mind.
Louis Prima
4/5
Now you’re talking! This was awesome! Swings, jives, bops and bangs! Awesome stuff!
Chicago
2/5
Nah, what is this? Is it rock n roll? I don’t get it. Twice I listened, twice I sat disappointed.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Not really for me this to be honest. It’s not bad, but it’s not good either.
Totally nonplussed by it.
The Who
2/5
Maybe it’s just me, but I just don’t understand how The Who achieved the success they did.
This was turgid.
Pixies
3/5
A really good album! Solid, spiky, punky rock tunes with melody! It’s a real blast!
Will definitely return to this one!
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Beautiful melodic pop songs. A really nice surprise as I didn’t know what to expect!
Very nice indeed!
Bob Dylan
5/5
Machito
1/5
Absolute pish.
Kate Bush
1/5
Wow. Some serious wailing on this one.
Pish.
The Who
3/5
It’s an upgrade on ‘The Who Sells Out’ that’s for sure.
Mind you, the bar is low on that comparison isn’t it!
This, however, was actually pretty decent!
Ananda Shankar
1/5
If you like sitar you’ll love this.
If you don’t, like me, you won’t.
This was awful.
Radiohead
4/5
An absolute classic. It’s just brilliant!
I fully get how some people won’t see it like that, but for me it’s an easy 4 stars (it’s not OK Computer for fuck sake so no 5)
Suede
2/5
Hmmmm, first track is ok. Second track ‘Animal Nitrate’ is huge.
Rest of album could not be more definitive of the expression “meh”.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Awesome Stones album! One of their best for sure!
For so long in my life I ignored the Stones, and man do I regret it!
The Stranglers
3/5
Excellent album! Wasn’t sure what to expect with this one but was not disappointed! Really enjoyed it!
Peter Tosh
2/5
Nah man. Reggae just ain't my thing. I really need to be in the mood for it I guess but this wasn’t very good.
David Bowie
3/5
It can’t just be me that thinks 50% of almost every Bowie album is filler can it?
Why do I always find myself thinking, this could be so much better…
It’s a standard Bowie album as far as I can ascertain. Average.
Elvis Costello
2/5
I really enjoyed the last Elvis Costello album but this one was a let down. Every track sounded monotonously like the last. I struggled to get engaged with it.
Goldie
1/5
Y’know, once in a while an album comes along that just changes the way you look at life, changes your mentality, your outlook and your soul.
This is not one of them.
To think that people listen to this for pleasure quite frankly bamboozles me to the point of not knowing my own name any more.
I’d rather have sex with two cheese graters tied together, dip my dick in a packet of McCoys Salt ‘n’ Vinegar, jump in a bath of TCP and then shave my own eyeballs rather than have to listen to this again.
*disclaimer - the above may not all be true. I wouldn’t shave my eyeballs.
Joan Baez
3/5
Perfectly pleasant I suppose.
Not going to rush back to it but I can definitely see the appeal.
I might check out some more of her stuff in a bit.
Linkin Park
4/5
An absolute SNORTER of an album!
Genuinely not a duff track on it!
And to think, for a few years when they started, me and my mates would mock them as they were a rock band that didn’t do swearing!
The folly of youth my friends, the folly of youth.
Nirvana
5/5
Wow. Ever heard the expression “don’t believe the hype”? Well on this occasion and for this album, believe it!
I’m in no way Nirvana’s biggest fan, in fact, like most people I only have Nevermind so I was going into this as most people will I expect!
I’ve heard the hype, the hyperbole that this is one of the greatest albums ever and I come away from it in absolute agreement. It’s exceptional.
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Not for me this. It’s not bad, but it’s not good either.
Bjork’s vocals just sort of wrap me up in a cold feeling.
Lorde
3/5
Generic, female led, power pop.
Acceptable for what it is I suppose, but it defo don’t warrant further listening.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
This was a banger of an album! Did not expect this, didn’t know what to expect to be perfectly honest!
Loved it though! Is it perfect? No, it’s not but it’s a raucous, bish bash of an album!
Bang a couple of beers in your belly and turn it up!
Neil Young
4/5
An absolute classic. Took me a long time to appreciate Neil Young but this is defo one of his best!
Nice, relaxing and dare I say it, reflective kind of soft rock.
My review doesn’t do it justice.
The Yardbirds
3/5
This was a thoroughly enjoyable rock n roll record!
Didn’t shake any leaves off the groundbreaking tree, but was a good listen!
Added to the want list!
MGMT
2/5
Nope. Overhyped as hell at the time of release and still considered a classic?
Don’t fuckin’ think so.
Depeche Mode
2/5
Not for me thanking you kindly.
Drab, monotone, 80’s synth misery.
Iggy Pop
2/5
Iggy does his best Bowie impression.
Not great.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
A good album for sure, a great album? Not for me. It was acceptable and nothing more than that.
B.B. King
3/5
I was really looking forward to this when it generated, I was not disappointed! Awesome live blues music, only complaint is it wasn’t long enough!
The Notorious B.I.G.
2/5
Misogynistic, aggressive, nasty, racist shit.
Awful music.
Coldplay
4/5
An absolute dream of an album.
Start off really well with Politik (the second half of the song is just gorgeous), In My Place, God Put a Smile On My Face and (the standout track from the album) The Scientist. An exceptional four track salvo to let you know what to expect!
Tails off a bit in the middle (I still don’t understand why people think Clocks is a tune, I can’t stand it) until you reach The Warning which is gorgeous and then mellows to the end.
A truly great album, by a truly great band.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
This is genuinely about the only reggae stuff I can tolerate.
It’s an excellent album, and I really enjoy it.
The Verve
4/5
Absolutely a classic album. The Verve nearly at their very best!
Awesome, sprawling, psychedelia tinged rock.
If only Ashcroft wasn’t such an anti vax moron…
The Undertones
3/5
Thirty eight minutes of rapid fire poppy punky tuuuuuunes!!!
Had a good time with this one for sure!
Nick Drake
4/5
Beautiful, soulful, whimsical folk pop.
It’s my favourite album of his so it’s a 4 star for me!
Worth it all just for the title song itself which is achingly beautiful.
G. Love & Special Sauce
3/5
Ooooohhhhh BABY!!!!
Some real funky shit right here!
Loved it!
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Wasn’t excited for this, in fact I rolled my eyes and sighed. There’s no reason for it other than an unattached dislike for The Pet Shop Boys…
Pleased to say though that this was rather enjoyable to be fair! I’m never going to WANT to listen to it again, and will NEVER seek out this album in any way but it was ok for what it is!
Metallica
2/5
Well, that was something.
How people can claim this to be an enjoyable 55 minutes is well beyond me, but then, that’s what’s great about music I suppose!
Not for me at all.
Thelonious Monk
1/5
Fiddly, beepy, boopy, twiddly, twinkly, twonky noise.
No thank you.
Jazz is truly abysmal.
3/5
I’m going to have to listen to this one again at some point I think.
I just don’t know what I think about it!
Lou Reed
4/5
Excellent album! A real snorter full of great tunes!
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
I adore this album. It was my gateway to Nick Cave so will always hold a special place in my heart.
The music is rattling rock n roll, bouncing bluesy boogies, wailing hysterical preaching, and tender heartfelt cascades of beauty all wrapped up in a big beautiful bow.
Britney Spears
1/5
Well, I won’t lie. I was more than a little disappointed when this showed up.
Flashbacks to seeing “Baby One More Time” on MTV and losing my teenage mind in lust and hormones at a house party with my pals. A lot of crossed legs and pillows over winkies that evening I can tell you.
But I digress…
The album itself is one truly great track (Baby One More Time) followed by relentless dirge. It’s abysmal.
Can
2/5
Can? More like Can’t.
Raekwon
3/5
Pretty good hip-hop album, but as always, filled with ‘skits’ and pointless trash monologues.
Opening statement on the album appears to be two dudes in a competition to say ‘man’ or ‘son’ as much as they can in a few minutes!
So son, to sum up man, y’all unnastand man, that this time son, y’all better hear me son, y’all betta unnastand son, that man, y’all hear me son, right man, y’all better unnastand son that it’s a three and nothing more.
Son.
The Cars
3/5
This was alright! Nothing too exciting but definitely listenable!
First couple of tracks are excellent but it all gets a bit samey as you go through.
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Old skill hip hop, what’s not to love?
It’s got the famous “It’s Like That” on it, and it is the peak to be fair. The rest of the album doesn’t quite hit that high point but it was pretty decent!
Lana Del Rey
2/5
Wow. I’ve heard the hype!
It was pretty. Pretty dull.
Steely Dan
1/5
Made it as far as track 3.
Utter, utter pish.
The Replacements
3/5
Quite average spiky punk.
Not a single tune stands out.
The Dictators
2/5
Hmmmm. I’m not really sure how this ended up on the list.
Not sure if it’s even serious music?
The Mars Volta
4/5
Awesome album! Hard to describe but it’s fucking rocking!
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
Awesome, boogy filled funky rock! I loved this one!
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
Listen, she’s some serious pipes we all know that…but this just didn’t do anything for me!
Cowboy Junkies
3/5
This was a surprise indeed! Didn’t hold out much hope, but it’s really good!
Beautiful, melodic and stripped back!
The Offspring
5/5
I’ve listened to this about a million times…
And the excitement is still there!
After listening to it today I went out and bleached my hair, bought a skateboard and one of those awesome shirts with the flames up it, some wraparound Oakley sunglasses and a wallet chain!
Fuckin’ fuck yeah!
Eminem
5/5
Everyone remembers where they were the first time they heard “Hi! My Name Is!” and the shock and awe still feels kind of fresh today too!
The album is the introduction for the masses to Marshall Mathers’ alter ego, the nefarious Slim Shady. He’s not a nice guy, and you wouldn’t let him look after your dog for the weekend but by fuck he’s a way with words. The talent Eminem has for bending words and syllables to fit his rhyme scheme are unparalleled and the absolute mastery of the English language mixed with his craft, quite frankly, takes the breath away at some points.
He was only going to get bigger, and this album is the first of his unholy trinity span where he would traverse the ladder of celebrity to superstardom and the struggles that go with it.
This is truly a remarkable album, and yes, some people will hate it. The lyrics are shocking at times (but they’re meant to be) and a lot of people will disagree intently with a lot of things he raps but therein lies the genius.
Slim Shady arrived, kicked your cat in the face, spat on your favourite rug, nipped off with your missus and crashed your car. And after all that, you still wanted more of him!
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
It’s Hendrix. It’s beautiful.
Mercury Rev
3/5
I’m not really sure how I should have felt about this one. I was looking forward to it but found myself in a perpetual state of nothingness.
Disappointed to say the least.
Duran Duran
3/5
This was ok, Rio and Hungry Like the Wolf annoyed me (but only because they’re overplayed to death) but the rest was amiable enough.
Nothing that made me want to buy a frilly shirt, hairspray and eyeliner though.
Elton John
3/5
Elton is one of those artists for me where a ‘Best Of’ compilation is really all you need.
I rarely find myself enjoying any of his deeper cuts. It was, unfortunately, the same for this album.
David Bowie
3/5
An excellent Bowie album from start to finish!
Blow me down!
Leonard Cohen
4/5
This is the album that made me appreciate a bit of Mr. Cohen and I was obviously late to the party.
An album of much melancholy yet extremely soothing with the old man’s husky vocals.
Standout track is You Want It Darker but the whole album positively glistens.
Goldfrapp
3/5
Absolute pleasure listening to this.
Chilled out melodic tunes that bathe you in a warmth all over.
Loved it.
Deep Purple
3/5
Generic Rock! It’s generically rockin’!
Motörhead
3/5
Rockin’ rock! Fuckin’ rock!
Aaaahhhhhh yeahhhhhhh! Etc, etc, etc.
Fine for what it was I suppose but I feel like I need to be right in the fuckin’ rock mood for something like this.
Prince
4/5
It’s a classic isn’t it! Funky, funky and funky! Opening three or four tracks are as good as it gets!
Hell yes!
Neil Young
4/5
Another excellent Neil Young album!
Not a bad track on this one, and I never even heard of the album!
Really enjoyed this one!
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Now, there is a couple of huge tunes on this, but they’ve been played to exhaustion!
The album itself is full of spiky, disco tinged indie pop and it’s pretty good!
Doesn’t break any walls or anything but is very much an acceptable album.
PJ Harvey
3/5
I REALLY want to like PJ Harvey, I really do! I just can’t get into her though. I don’t know what it is but literally nothing she does is of note to me for some reason.
Deep Purple
3/5
Generic rock. The definition of dad rock. Does absolutely zero for me.
I can understand the merits, however, as for my taste it just don’t hit.
Pavement
2/5
Eugh. Maybe I just wasn’t in the mood for sludgy guitars, muffled lyrics and tinny production.
Billy Bragg
1/5
This was dire. Hard to believe this is the same guy who caught me with “Mermaid Avenue”.
Absolutely dire.
Sam Cooke
3/5
Thoroughly enjoyable rambuncious r and b album! Excellent fun!
Dennis Wilson
4/5
A really fine rock album, very enjoyable indeed! I could listen to this a LOT!
Primal Scream
4/5
Absolutely loved this! I legitimately had no idea that the Scream has such a great catalogue as my only real experience with them is Screamadelica but this was awesome!
Randy Newman
1/5
This dudes voice is like listening to that special guy in the street who seems to know everyone.
It’s absurd that people enjoy this.
Paul Simon
4/5
Well, it is a classic and it is for a reason!
Truly great album full of wonderful pop tunes! Tinged with the African influence it’s really pleasant listening!
Scissor Sisters
1/5
Absolutely awful. Only made it half way through the butchering of Comfortably Numb before I gave up.
Hated it when it came out, and I still hate it now.
Brian Eno
3/5
Started off poorly, No One Receiving and, especially, Backwater were terrible. Tails to a non specific dirge in the middle section but becomes more appeasable to me with Julie With and then finishes strongly.
Not his best, not his worst either.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
It’s Sinatra. It’s not my thing. It will be lots of people’s thing, but not mine.
I’m not ashamed to admit I didn’t listen to it, but to recompense my refusal to saturate my ears with this gloop I’ve averaged it as a rating.
Hawkwind
4/5
Epic, sprawling psychedelic rock! Absolutely loved this! Will defo invest in it in the future!
What a great album!
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
I like hip hop, and this is just ok. It didn’t blow my mind at all?
The Coral
4/5
Wow! Forgot how good this album is!
The opening four tracks are as good as it gets, with the sublime ‘Dreaming Of You’ being the standout.
A great jangly, poppy, psychy rock and roll record!
Bob Dylan
3/5
Is it his best? No. Will you enjoy it? Yes.
But…only if you like Bob. If you don’t, you’ll hate this.
Pixies
3/5
This was a good album, not great but good. Pixies are a polarising band I would feel, in that although the music is undoubtedly high quality, it is almost entirely forgettable at the same time.
The Fall
2/5
A bit shouty this one innit.
Beck
3/5
A good album for sure! Is it great? I don’t think so but a pleasant enough experience listening.
Couple of cracking tunes on there, but I’ve heard this album a few times and the telling fact of all this is that I have never bought it.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4/5
Well, I enjoyed this a LOT more than I expected!
Excellent synth pop with power! It truly is much, much better than I was prepared for!
Understandably, this won’t be for everyone but I thought this was pretty good!
Little Richard
4/5
Oh my GOD!!!
One word reviews are not normally cool, but here goes….
Awesome.
Screaming Trees
2/5
Instantly forgettable dirge power chord grunge rock.
Mylo
2/5
Oh dear, very uninspiring electronica.
T. Rex
3/5
Not as good as I was hoping sadly! Couple of huge tunes on it but other than that, I’m not having it!
Radiohead
4/5
Outrageously good. These guys released literally one of the best runs of albums EVER!
The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail To The Thief and then In Rainbows…wow!
The Flying Burrito Brothers
2/5
Inoffensive soft country plinking “rock” music.
Not my cup of tea, but I’m sure plenty of people strap on their boots, don the cowboy hat and line dance their way to the record player for it.
Portishead
4/5
Absolutely sublime ethereal trip hop! A magnificent album, by a magnificent band!
It’s just sublime.
R.E.M.
3/5
R.E.M. are the definition of shitbang average and I’ll fight anyone who says otherwise.
Never ever heard a great album from them, each and every one is middle of the road safe soft rock with a belter or two sprinkled in.
This is no exception.
Dr. Octagon
2/5
Jesus Christ. Why are hip hop artists so intent on letting us all know they’ve seen a vagina?
Fair play mate, so have I but it didn’t compel me to fill an album with skit after skit about my legendary fanny sniffing abilities.
Good beats, sadly ruined by the twerp banging on about banging.
Beck
3/5
Two Beck albums in ten days? Oh Wowzers, what have I done to deserve this?
Anyway, it’s another perfectly pleasant listen (just like Odelay) but nothing special (just like Odelay).
Stephen Stills
3/5
Bang average bluesy country tinged rock by numbers.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
An absolute belter of an album! Not a bad track on it!
I’m off to buy some Levi’s and a dusty ol’ baseball cap and do some trucking!
And, of course, marry Betty Sue to the strains of God Bless America while I stare misty eyed at Old Glory and admire the bald eagle soaring overhead on its way to symbolise the “thoughts and prayers” being sent to the victims of the latest school massacre.
‘Murica!
Talking Heads
3/5
This was (surprisingly for me) pretty good! I’m not going to rush out and buy it or anything but I enjoyed having it on!
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Awesome, just awesome!
What a set of lungs on this lassie! Beautiful, sultry, emotional and soulful.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
Goddamn, this was dire as fuck.
Antony and the Johnsons
2/5
Nah, you’re alright cheers.
This is definitely an acquired taste.
Lupe Fiasco
2/5
Bang average, generic, noughties hip-hop by numbers.
Not even the laziest Jay-Z feature can save it from the total anonymity it suffers.
I defy anyone to claim there’s a single track on this album that stands out or remains with you.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Tremendously noisy album! Really enjoyed this!
Squealing and squalling, rocking and rolling!
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2/5
Just isn’t very good is it?
Every single song sounds the same, every single time.
Instantly forgettable.
Black Sabbath
1/5
What a truly unpleasant assault on the ears this was.
I can only presume that people enjoyed this when it came out due to some sort of mass defective ear genetics.
Pish, utter pish.
Roxy Music
2/5
For fuck sake…
OutKast
1/5
Awful. Actually difficult to listen to.
The xx
3/5
I like this one, a lot! Cool, chilled out synth pop(?) at its finest!
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Excellent poppy rock! Couple of really excellent tunes on the album, but the thing as a whole was really good!
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Funky! Proper funky funk! Enjoyed this one! Not enough to run out and buy it, but enough to maybe look at a bit more Curtis!
Metallica
3/5
Ok, so not going to lie I literally sighed and rolled my eyes when this appeared.
However, credit where credit is due, it wasn’t too shabby at all!
Added to the list to be bought.
It’s epic, it’s sweeping, it’s grandiose in its ambition and I’m pleased to say, it nails it!
The Thrills
3/5
As generic as generic gets. Bang average.
Gorillaz
2/5
Couple of huge tunes, but an awful lot of shite too.
Keith Jarrett
2/5
It’s ok if you like twinkling and tootling.
It’s not if you don’t.
I don’t.
Judas Priest
3/5
Hard rockin’! Leather jackets! Patches! Cigarettes! Long hair! Heavy metal!
George Michael
2/5
Ok, so George has never been my favourite and my review will reflect that
I don’t get it? It’s just all a bit “meh”
Muddy Waters
4/5
Some awesome blues, what can go wrong!
Absolutely nothing with this record that’s for sure! Awesome!
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Oh yes, now this is excellent - but everyone knows that, right?
A wonderful sonic experience and one of the best albums ever recorded!
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
This was alright to be fair! Rather enjoyable ambient electronic music!
R.E.M.
4/5
A classic and rightly so!
They never bettered this if you ask me, it’s a corker with great tune after great tune!
Beatles
5/5
Awesome, magical, melodic, impactful, beautiful…
Don’t have the words to express just how good this is! The first Beatles album that I truly LOVED and remains one of my favourites of all time!
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Not very good is it.
Gang Starr
3/5
Really excellent boom bap example of hip hop! The lyrics are quick and intricate at times and the beats are coolness personified!
Is it the greatest hip hop album of all time? No, it isn’t. Is it perfectly acceptable for what it is? Yes, indeed it is!
The Verve
5/5
An undisputed heavyweight classic of an album!
There is not a bad song on this record.
Absolute masterpiece.
Shivkumar Sharma
4/5
Absolutely loved this! Listen to it loud to truly appreciate it!
2Pac
2/5
I was disappointed with this to be honest, I was looking forward to some real hard hip hop and instead it’s a man moaning about the life path he has chosen almost certainly leading him to his death.
It’s almost schmaltzy at points.
Miles Davis
3/5
Now, jazz is a genre that does my cock in. I just don’t get it.
However, this was pleasant enough to listen to to be fair. Not as jarringly awful as a lot of other jazz stuff.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Absolutely love this! Is it their best album? Very debatable but it is fucking tremendous!
Jane Weaver
3/5
Very nice and relaxing chill pop.
Didn’t blow me away, but then, it wasn’t offensive either
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Arse. Absolute arse.
The War On Drugs
3/5
Very good rock and roll album. Hard to define to be honest, but it was good!
Had a bit of a deep dive, and there’s some excellent stuff by them!
Ice Cube
3/5
A pleasant surprise.
Excellent boom bap, aggressive, angry, lairy hip hop.
Ice Cube has one of those voices that conveys the menace he carries. You just know that the guy has lived everything he raps about. It does nothing more than accentuate the hostility that black Americans face on a day to day basis.
Excellent album, not one for the kids though.
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
Well, this was gorgeous!
Stripped back, mellow, sumptuous and simply gorgeous!
Skepta
3/5
This is an album of its time I feel. Couple of huge tunes on it, but it’s nothing really exceptional!
Grime is defo not going to be an all encompassing genre on this list, but as far as grime goes, this is good I guess?
Billie Holiday
2/5
Weird, I get that she’s got pipes but it really didn’t do anything for me at all.
Disappointed to say the least.
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Smooth and silky, chilled out funky soul music. This is actually throughly enjoyable!
Powerful lyrics fuelled by the racial injustice he and many other African Americans faced, and continue to face this day. Kind of sad that the lyrics still resonate today.
Small Faces
4/5
A dream pop, psychedelic classic!
I love this album, not everyone will but I implore people to really dive into it!
Absolutely tremendous!
Girls Against Boys
3/5
This was all a bit grungy, murky and growly.
Not bad, but not good either.
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
It’s a decent rock and roll record to be fair!
Nothing especially significant, and nothing that jumped out at me? All got a bit “samey” after a while.
It’s clearly a good band, with a decent singer but not the absolute screamer of an album I was hoping for!
The The
3/5
Couple of decent tunes on this, but not enough for me to be truly excited by it. It was ok though, wouldn’t complain if it came on rotation but not sure I’d ever rush to it.
Duke Ellington
1/5
Fucking jazz.
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Couple of huge tunes, but a LOT of filler on this one.
Ok, but not great by any stretch of the imagination.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Tight, frenetic, bluesy pop rock! What’s not to love about this? I’m furious with my younger self for not digging the stones earlier!
Thin Lizzy
5/5
HOLY FUCKING SHIT HOW HAVE I NOT HEARD THIS BEFORE!!!
Gods be praised! Absolute, face meltingly, finger blisteringly, drum thumpingly, fucking AWESOME rock and roll!
Joanna Newsom
1/5
Well, fuck me that was difficult.
Absolutely, and I do mean absolutely, abysmal.
Barry Adamson
2/5
Not sure how I felt about this, middle of the road I suppose. There were parts that were ok, and then there were parts that were atrocious.
The Adverts
3/5
Generic punky rock and roll. Nothing special here I’m afraid.
George Michael
2/5
Starts off really well, tails off at track three however. By track five I’m already wishing it was over.
Eric Clapton
2/5
Dire. Truly dire.
Can
3/5
Gentle sort of ambience, hard to define to be honest. I didn’t mind it at all, but it didn’t blow me away.
The Pretty Things
3/5
Psychedelic rock! What’s not to like!
It’s not exceptional, but it’s definitely not bad either! A pleasant surprise!
Deee-Lite
3/5
Gets a bit samey after a while. Don’t think I’ll ever seek this out again, however I can appreciate that it was a piece of music of its time.
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Not very good is it.
Very disappointed with this one.
Tom Waits
5/5
Some people love Tom Waits and some people hate him.
I LOVE him, and thoroughly enjoy his drunken drawl that sounds like a man deliberately trying to sound like a ripped newspaper. I adore the slurring caterwaul of Mr. Waits and relentlessly force this musical adventure upon my family in an effort to get them to “get” it. How can they not “get” it? Right? Right? Guys?
My wife however disagrees. Anyway, she’s taken the kids and the dog which is a bit harsh I think. Not sure when she’ll be back, she didn’t say as I wasn’t here when they left. I was away in a dreamworld coloured and filled with the tales of whimsy Tom Waits has been spinning me!
But I digress, five wonderful, lonely and tear stained stars!
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
God, this was a slog.
How can they be so enjoyable on one album, and so grinding on another? His voice was really getting on my nerves by the end of this!
Adam & The Ants
1/5
Utter toenail clippings.
No wonder he went mad.
Barry Adamson
3/5
This was perfectly pleasant to listen to. Some tracks on there that I recognised but I’ll never rush to it again!
Liz Phair
2/5
I must be missing the point of this dirge rock.
If albums were colours, this would be beige.
Pulp
2/5
A pleasant surprise, this was extremely tolerable.
Didn’t expect it as I think Pulp are fucking shit.
Never going to listen to it again.
The Vines
3/5
Excellent punky poppy indie record! Couple of absolute monster tunes on it and not a bad way to spend an hour!
Very enjoyable indeed!
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
Fuck me, this dragged on a bit.
Plus, the Chilli Peppers are one of the most overrated bands of all time so not an enjoyable time had here.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Thoroughly enjoyed the cover of Helter Skelter, but hee haw else about this album did anything for me! Shame really, I was kind of looking forward to this one.
The B-52's
1/5
Refuse to listen to this shit.
Simple Minds
2/5
The definition of bang average.
Taking a point off as it bored me just about to tears.
Simply Red
1/5
Jesus wept.
Missy Elliott
4/5
An excellent hip hop album full of great features! Banger after banger with a couple of turds thrown in (but that seems to be a trend in hip hop).
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Now THIS is more like it!
Brooding, melodic, cathartic indie rock. A real surprise as I’d only heard Psychocandy prior to this and both albums are excellent! In many ways this is more accessible maybe than their debut album and proves there’s more to the Jesus and Mary Chain than just feedback and squalling, squealing, loud guitars.
Bloody brilliant!
Paul Weller
4/5
Oh man do I love Weller!
His albums are consistently full of great tracks and this is no different.
Loved this!
Johnny Cash
3/5
Johnny Cash being Johnny Cash.
If you’ve never listened to Johnny before then this would be as good as any for a starter point (although I MUCH prefer the ‘American’ albums) but it won’t tick all the boxes and leave you panting for more as far as I’m concerned.
It’s still country music, but set to the cheers and whistles of some naughty men.
Incubus
4/5
Now, this is an excellent example of a band at the top of their game! Brilliant album full of excellent tunes! Privilege, The Warmth, Drive, Pardon Me and Make Yourself are all songs that would grace any album in this genre!
Bauhaus
2/5
Erm, hard to define. Hard to tell if I enjoyed this or not.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
2/5
Ok, it’s bluegrass. Like, literally the definition of bluegrass. If you like bluegrass, you’ll love this. If you don’t, then you won’t.
I do not.
Massive Attack
3/5
Trip hop at its finest! Well, actually, not quite. This is the sound of a band honing their craft and while absolutely listenable, it does not have the pull of Blue Lines or Mezzanine
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
Smooth, sexy and sensual! Rather enjoyed this!
Could have done without the lassie doing her best dolphin impression on one of the tracks but other than that this was an excellent way to spend half an hour!
Buzzcocks
3/5
Scuzzy, sharp and electric! Riffs galore, shouty, sneery lyrics!
Awesome!
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Neil Young doing Neil Young things!
Nice easy rock and roll, but nothing to write home about!
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Fuckin’ right on! Can’t say anything more about this album than has already been said!
2/5
Shouty rock and roll.
That is all. Not very good.
Bee Gees
1/5
Fucking hell, this was awful.
Pantera
1/5
Fuck sake.
Slade
2/5
Music is ok for a while, quickly gets a bit samey and tiring.
Unforgivable spelling though, so they lose a point for that.
k.d. lang
2/5
Wasn’t what I expected to be fair, so I suppose that’s something.
I’ll never listen to it again of course, nor seek out any further offerings from the artist.
But it’s fine for what it is I suppose?
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
An excellent electronic album! Some great tunes on this for sure!
It isn’t groundbreaking stuff by any stretch of the imagination, but it was bloody good to listen to!
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Screamy, grungy, feedback-y rock.
Nothing here to write home about that’s for fucking sure.
Fats Domino
4/5
A bit more like it! This is why I’m here!
Excellent hoppy jazzy funkiness!
Gene Clark
2/5
Pretty average not gonna lie.
Was disappointed with this as I liked his last album on this project.
Never mind.
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Odd. Not really sure I enjoyed this, but then I didn’t switch it off either?
I’ll guess my mind went blank so I’ll give it the average 3 to be fair!
fIREHOSE
3/5
Pretty cool rock and roll! Enjoyable and something I’d maybe come back to as well! Decent tunes, decent band, decent vocals!
Can’t ask much more!
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Interesting. Enjoyed this, not blowing me away but it was nice enough.
Jamiroquai
1/5
Pish.
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Man oh man, Dusty is just beautiful!
She’s defo been one of the finds of this experience for me. Whole album is beautiful. Her voice is just *chefs kiss* exquisite!
The Saints
3/5
Punk rock! Enjoyable, but alas, incredibly samey after half the album!
Killing Joke
3/5
Thumping, droning, banging rock and roll! Enjoyable, but not great! I can imagine a head ache could be generated!
Doves
4/5
Now, I love Doves as this was my era however, it’s not my favourite of theirs. That belongs to their debut which is exquisite.
This is great though! Melodic, swirly dreamy indie rock!
Elbow
5/5
Awesome from start to finish!
Not a bad song on this track, the band are awesome (and tremendous live) but the real star is Guy Garvey and his lyrics! The man can write, the man can deliver the lines and hold you in the warm embrace of his astoundingly beautiful vocals.
Breathtaking.
Aimee Mann
3/5
Excellent album of alt rock tunes! This was a real surprise, never heard of her before but will for sure investigate more of the catalogue!
Public Enemy
4/5
Listen, it’s a classic for a reason isn’t it!
Powerful, aggressive, lairy boom bap hip hop at its finest!
My word, they’re angry I aren’t they!
Magazine
3/5
This did literally nothing for me.
As generic as it comes.
Nightmares On Wax
4/5
Tremendous ambient mixed hip hop beats! Will for sure be getting more into their stuff! Awesome!
Various Artists
2/5
I mean, it’s Christmas songs done well….but they’re still Christmas songs and therefore are fucking shit.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Nah, not for me.
Grunge punk rock?
Peter Gabriel
3/5
This was really good, I obviously know him from being with Genesis but have never dived into his solo stuff so I was pleasantly surprised to find how much I dug this!
Will definitely investigate more of his stuff based on this!
Saint Etienne
4/5
Dreamy pop, beautiful album!
Roni Size
1/5
Shit the bed, this was bad.
Couldn’t finish it.
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
A very pleasant surprise! I physically shuddered when I saw this come up, but I rather enjoyed it!
It’s nothing breathtaking or groundbreaking, but I wouldn’t put it off it came on again so that’s faint praise I suppose!
2/5
Not for me, but I can see how people would like this.
It’s inoffensive I guess?
Minutemen
3/5
Pretty good punk rock! Enjoyed it, but didn’t blow me away!
Nice surprise to hear the Jackass theme tune in there though!
Hookworms
3/5
Pretty decent indie rock album to be fair! Enjoyed this one without it blowing my socks off!
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Thoroughly enjoyable old school hip hop!
But samey after a while but still enjoyable!
Gang Of Four
2/5
Instantly forgettable, not very interesting.
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
Inoffensive at best.
Background noise and nothing more.
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
Bit noisy innit?
It was decent, but not enough for me to be honest!
Dude has a cool as fuck name though.
The Bees
3/5
Very melodic, tuneful indie pop!
Really liked this, not as good as their later stuff but nice and enjoyable!
Eminem
5/5
I said goddamn! This is one of, if not THE, greatest hip hop album of all time.
Nuff said.
Rufus Wainwright
1/5
For the love of the wee man.
Pish.
Bad Company
3/5
Yaaaasss!!! Hard (lol) rockin’ but fuckin’ enjoyable!
Abdullah Ibrahim
1/5
Nope.
By fuck, jazz is woeful in any form isn’t it?
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Awesome, jangly, 80’s indie rock!
I dig it, I dig it way mucho!
Morrissey
3/5
Not his best is it? Can’t really add much to this review.
The Hives
2/5
Starts off really well with ‘Hate To Say I Told You So’ and then capitulates in on itself into frantic, shouty, squalling noise.
I was glad when it was finished.
Soft Cell
1/5
Fucking beans, did people used to buy this?
Woeful ain’t the word!
Ute Lemper
1/5
Maybe I’m just in a bad mood but, Jesus wept this was awful.
OutKast
2/5
I bought this when it came out, and was obviously swept away by the hype.
I’ve never dug OutKast, and I don’t think I ever will.
Hey Ya is a slammer though.
Big Black
3/5
Not really sure what I make of this? On one day I might find it a bombastic blast of frenetic, punky, shouty, snappy rock and on another I might find it nothing more than fucking noise.
Three stars for at least polarising my opinion of it instantly.
The Police
1/5
🎶it’s dogshit pure and simple.🎶
4/5
Excellent album! I’ve always thought to myself that you can’t define PJ Harvey, and you can’t guarantee you’ll like what she puts out either.
But this, this is tremendous!
Morrissey
3/5
Morrissey being Morrissey!
Loved it! Although, it defo won’t be for everyone!
Gil Scott-Heron
2/5
This left me really looking forward to the end of it, which is a shame as I was keen to hear this!
Not my cup of tea it seems.
David Holmes
2/5
Generic 90’s pop dance.
Nothing more to report sadly.
George Harrison
5/5
Incredible album. Rightly claimed to be the best of all the solo albums from the Fab Four! There is absolutely not a bad tune on this album!
Easy five stars!
Blur
2/5
Twee, shouty, jangly, childlike, ridiculous indie pop of a calibre rarely seen at the time, or even now.
Fuck me, I’m glad they discovered how to write actually good music once they’d lost to Oasis.
This is shite
Robert Wyatt
2/5
What in the name of the wee man is this?
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Not her best album I feel, although I do enjoy a bit of Joni, I find often that it doesn’t captivate me enough.
I can imagine plenty of people will adore this, but it just left me cold and uninterested.
Living Colour
3/5
Starts off with the MASSIVE “Cult of Personality” and tails off almost immediately afterwards.
Basic rock and roll by numbers but if it’s good enough for CM Punk, then it’s good enough for me!
Suicide
2/5
Well, this was ok to be fair.
Apart from Frankie Teardrop, which was woeful.
Not rushing out to the record store for this one I’m afraid.
Brian Wilson
4/5
Awesome album, properly enjoyable and exactly what you want from Brian Wilson!
Really enjoyed this!
AC/DC
3/5
Ok, so, AC/DC are not a band I’m interested in at all, I have always felt so indifferent to them.
But this was not too shabby, if a bit samey after a while. Some fucking huge tunes on it, and I am a little surprised I found it so palatable!
Brian Eno
4/5
An excellent album that will be easily accessible to many people!
It’s not what you expect off Emo, especially considering his more ambient leanings but this is excellent!
The Streets
3/5
When this came out, it was treated like a masterpiece. I treated it that way too.
It is not a masterpiece at all, there are far too many tracks on it that are aimless, clunky and bring the record down.
Three classic tunes on it though.
Blinded By The Lights is an excellent dreamlike, hazy, club beat experience of being on a face melter in a club and slowly falling under the influence of the dodgy pills you’ve been shovelling into your neck. It’s greasy and cloudy and stumbling finishing up with our narrator exclaiming that “I’m mashed” and honestly, we’ve all get that way!
Dry Your Eyes was the all conquering, ubiquitous mega single that came with it. A refreshing (at the time) honest appraisal of a relationship breakdown from the eyes of the man who doesn’t want it to end and the sadness, frustration and anger that comes with having your heartbroken. It was all conquering for a reason. Still sounds fresh today.
Empty Cans, the album closer, is a tremendous double take of how decisions and attitudes shape you and your life. It’s brilliantly done with the repetition of lyrics in different scenarios and a beautiful, whimsy and hopeful message implanted at the end.
Too much of this album is filler looking back at it, but it still holds a place for me.
The Triffids
2/5
Couldn’t get into this at all.
Not sure what to make of it, none of it grabbed me, nothing stood out so I’m at a loss.
The Youngbloods
3/5
Perfectly pleasant floaty pop. Not sure it’s an album I HAD to hear before I die, but then there is a lot on this list like that.
Won’t be rushing back to it, but it was nice enough.
Tom Waits
3/5
Odd. Very odd.
Many will hate this, many will adore it.
I am indifferent to this one. I don’t mind Waits, but this just seems slightly “off” in so many ways!
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
Quite average to be honest, not off putting but not great either.
The cover version of John Lennon’s ‘Working Class Hero’ fits nicely as it doesn’t really know what it’s about and neither does this album.
Television
3/5
Now this is more like it, very decent sharp indie rock (I wouldn’t call it punk, and I wouldn’t call it rock and roll either) with beautiful melodies dispersed throughout.
Really enjoyable, and it will definitely be listened to again!
R.E.M.
3/5
REM doing REM I suppose. I’ve never been a fan, and this hasn’t changed that.
It was ok to have on, but I’ll never look for it again.
Metallica
3/5
Quite average to be honest, not off putting but not great either.
The cover version of John Lennon’s ‘Working Class Hero’ fits nicely as it doesn’t really know what it’s about, and neither does this album.
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
Couldn’t find this so I listened to some of their other stuff.
Wish I hadn’t to be fair.
ZZ Top
2/5
Generic rock.
The American Status Quo.
Pish.
Sebadoh
2/5
Sludgy indie rock. Bit yelpy.
Won’t revisit I don’t think.
Shack
3/5
Absolutely lovely indie pop. Some really nice stuff on here! I enjoyed this, though I’ve a sneaking suspicion I’ve heard it before! Still, many worse records out there than this one!
Johnny Cash
4/5
Oh man, oh man!
What an album this is! I’m biased though as my first real experience with The Man In Black was ‘I Hung My Head’ which I got on a freebie CD with Q Magazine and was immediately buzzing for it!
I LOVE all the American Recording albums, and this is one of the best of them!
The Who
3/5
This was much better than expected. I’ve never dug The Who and honestly, who (haha) knows why?
This is a wonderful example of tuneful rock and roll and I bloody enjoyed it!
William Orbit
2/5
Didn’t get into this at all. Bang average electronic twiddling.
Solange
3/5
21 songs, just under an hour of soulful oooohing and aaaahing.
Wasn’t for me in the slightest. Only time my ears pricked up was with Lil Wayne coming on for a bit and doing his thing.
Will almost certainly never listen to this again. Having said that, for its genre and followers of that genre I can imagine this being a big hit.
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
Beautiful, whimsical, airy, indie pop!
This was beautiful and I’ll investigate more of their stuff!
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
1/5
What the actual fuck.
John Grant
4/5
Absolutely tremendous.
Apart from the dabble in Krautrock, that was shite.
3/5
Didn’t hear this, read some of the reviews and will give it a miss.
Three stars as a general.
Neneh Cherry
3/5
Late 80’s, female led, power hip hop?
Didn’t really enjoy this but I can definitely see why some would really dig it.
SZA
2/5
Awful.
Auto tune, shitty guest rapper verses. A never ending stream of vulgar mediocrity.
Knew I was in trouble after skipping the first two tracks thirty seconds into each.
Bonus star for how much she values her vagina I suppose.
The Flaming Lips
3/5
What the fuck were we all on in the early noughties?!
This was lauded as a masterpiece on its arrival into the public ear, when in reality it really isn’t.
It’s acceptable to listen to and that’s all, not much more than that.
A reason why it was discarded from my collection during the last purge!
Grateful Dead
3/5
Inoffensive twiddly guitar rock? Don’t mind if I do, but I won’t be banging it into the collection to be repeated ad infinitum that’s for sure.
John Martyn
2/5
Bang average. Absolutely bang average.
Would struggle to remember a single note of this album in an hour.
Kate Bush
3/5
Bit wailey, innit.
Not her finest record, but I can see the charm and attraction in it.
Not something that I’ll look to in the future though.
Kelela
3/5
Perfectly pleasant chilled out soul and R&B and done well too!
It’s not groundbreaking, or by any means one of the best in its field but I didn’t switch it off so that’s something!
The Cult
2/5
Thought I would enjoy this but by the time I got to track three I was choking on hairspray and howling vocals.
Will not come back to this.
SAULT
4/5
This is a GREAT R&B album, really great in fact!
I absolutely loved this one, and it’ll be going onto the collection. Tremendous, lifting, airy yet with an edge.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Man, oh man! Sometimes I’m guilty of forgetting how great Led Zeppelin were!
This album is absolutely exquisite.
The Cure
3/5
I’m never quite sure of The Cure. For every Disintegration, there’s a Pornography.
This was very samey, very dirgey and not very exciting. Many would say the same for Disintegration, but weirdly, I rather enjoy that one!
Make of that what you will!
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Well this was a real let down, I was super looking forward to this but it left me totally empty.
Shame.
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
“We’re the Arctic Monkeys…don’t believe the hype”
You better believe the hype, at least for the first few albums anyway!
Absolute classic indie rock!
Razor sharp musicians, razor sharp lyrics.
Nothing not to love on this album, even the cover is cool as fuck.
The Clash
3/5
Hmmm, this was not as exciting as I expected! I love London Calling and Give ‘Em Enough Rope, but this just didn’t tickle me like I wanted it to.
I can totally appreciate however, that this would have been quite something when it arrived on the scene!
Justice
3/5
Well, this was quite something!
Opens really well with Genesis, and doesn’t really let up at all!
I’ll lump it in with the likes of Skrillex and Chase & Status and say that while it has a time and a place, it’s not something I’m ever likely to bang on the player. I can for sure see the appeal in this though.
Good fun!
The Prodigy
2/5
When I was a kid, I LOVED the Prodigy. Fat of the Land was a seminal album for me growing up and so of course I rushed out to get their other albums and to say I was disappointed was a vast understatement.
This is still true, this album was a few years before my time and I wasn’t out my face chewing door frames in a sweaty club so maybe that’s why I don’t get it.
If this is the only representation from The Prodigy in this list, then it’s the wrong choice.
Their Law, Voodoo People and Poison still stand the test of time, the rest however, is not very good.
King Crimson
3/5
Maybe the guy on the cover is listening to this?
Bit twiddly at times for my liking.
Stereolab
3/5
Nice, chilled out tunes!
Enjoyed this one!
Air
4/5
A classic of tripped out, chilled synth pop!
A classic for a reason, it’s beautiful from start to finish.
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Atrociously good funk rap, rock and roll.
Legitimately one of the best albums ever.
It’s so angry, so funky, so riffy, so heavy!
An absolute delight.
Awesome 70’s guitar rock! Absolutely loved this!
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Album starts off brilliantly with the title track, but then tails into a very samey kind of 60’s fused psychedelia rock.
Enjoyable but not amazing.
The Byrds
3/5
This was inoffensive at best I suppose. Didn’t light no fires, and I was kind of oblivious to it?
Then Moog Raga comes along and slaps you right in the tits with how crap it is.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Ok, this is the second Stevie Wonder album I’ve had in relatively quick succession and it’s miles better than the last one!
Some absolute monsters on this, but I’ll never look to it again!
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Woeful. Abysmal. Almost derogatory to my ears.
Pish.
Fela Kuti
3/5
When this generated I was super excited! Kind of thing you look for in this generator, something you’ve never heard of, or listened to!
It was ok, but didn’t do enough for me I’m afraid!
The Beta Band
4/5
Absolutely excellent! Hard to categorise, which juts makes it better!
Red Snapper
2/5
Mediocre at best.
Instantly forgettable.
The Stone Roses
5/5
One of the easiest five stars I’ve given.
Absolutely tremendous from start to finish.
Basement Jaxx
1/5
God, I fucking LOATHED Basement Jaxx when they were on the scene.
Nothing has changed in my many orbits of the sun since.
This is woeful, dreadful, abysmal, mediocre and underwhelming synth dirge.
Absolutely atrocious.
Mekons
3/5
Average but definitely ok to listen to, nothing that stood out as an absolute necessity!
2/5
Noise.
Make of that what you will.
Pink Floyd
5/5
Ain’t nothing I can say about this that hasn’t already been said.
It’s as good as doing your washing and finding a crumpled up tenner in your pocket that you’d forgotten about.
The Police
1/5
For the love of the wee man.
This was shite.
Heaven 17
2/5
Fuck sake.
Roxy Music
2/5
Goddamnit.
The Stooges
4/5
Dirty, scuzzy, sludgy rock and roll!
Love a bit of The Stooges! This was great, I’ve enjoyed both of their albums so far, and that is what this generator is all about for me!
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Yoooooo!
Funky yet mellow, enjoyed this as something to twiddle away in the background for sure!
I imagine it caused quite a stir back in the day!
Sonic Youth
2/5
Gah! Noise!
Wailing, screeching guitars! Wailing, screeching vocals!
Gah!
LL Cool J
2/5
Nah, why do so many rappers from this era spend their time trying to fuck me through the speakers?
I’m sick of hearing about this guys dick by the end of track two and there’s FOURTEEN tracks on this album? It’s honestly pathetic, and the music holds no sway over me either.
This was poor, very poor indeed.
Michael Jackson
3/5
I know this is a classic in many people’s eyes, but really, apart from the three tracks in the middle it’s pretty average pop music.
Legitimately, not the five star album a lot of people will claim it to be.
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Meh.
I don’t get this at all? Are these songs?
The Blue Nile
2/5
Unremarkable in every way
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Very nice indeed, rather enjoyed this one to be fair! Will probably purchase it for further investigation!
Excellent indie pop rock music!
Beatles
5/5
A classic.
One of my favourite Beatles albums by a stretch.
I think I even like Maxwells Silver Hammer. Maybe…
The Roots
3/5
A hip hop album with soul, but not great im afraid. The Seed 2.0 is a certified smoker, but the rest sort of passes by?
Average I would say, I just can’t imagine too many people having this in their top ten albums to be fair.
UB40
1/5
Jesus Christ. This was potentially one of the most abysmal albums I’ve ever heard. Reggae music for fat, white, middle aged, IT consultants.
Music made by people who once saw Jamaica on a map so now feel like they have a kinship with its people.
Truly woeful, and I wish nothing but pain on the artists.
May their next shites be hedgehogs.
Suede
2/5
I know Suede from the two big ones in the 90’s.
There is a reason that I’ve never bought one of their albums. This is proof that I’m correct, I don’t think I would ever actively seek out an hour of my life to listen to Suede do a bad Bowie impression.
To summarise; hair too floppy, trousers too tight, tie too thin.
Big Star
3/5
It was ok I suppose.
Unremarkable I felt.
Deerhunter
3/5
Perfectly acceptable, but not groundbreaking indie rock.
Enjoyable but not breathtaking.
Black Sabbath
3/5
Much better than I expected to be honest, much better.
I don’t think I’ll ever be the biggest Sabbath fan, but I can defo see what they bring to the party!
Rest in power Ozzy!
The Doors
4/5
What an album! This was awesome!
I know of The Doors, but not enough it seems! Excellent bluesy rock!
10cc
2/5
I’ve had more fun breaking a rib than listening to this.
Nirvana
5/5
Absolute classic.
A masterpiece.
Beatles
4/5
It’s the muthafuckin’ boys innit!
Fiona Apple
2/5
Not sure I enjoyed this one to be fair. After only a few tracks I was losing all interest.
I’m not sure I see the appeal of this one.
Alice Cooper
3/5
Perfectly acceptable rock and roll with a touch of glam pomp.
Groundbreaking? No. Enjoyable? Sort of. Forgettable? Very.
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
This was an excellent indie rock album and I really enjoyed it! Added to the list to buy, and I checked out a bit more of their stuff afterwards too!
Very, very good!
Calexico
4/5
Awesome, just awesome! I fucking loved this!
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
What the fuck, how can a band name fill me with so much excitement and then just scream at me?
Not good fun.
The Gun Club
2/5
Generic 80’s pop rock. Not that great.
Cee Lo Green
2/5
Pish.
Pearl Jam
3/5
Well, well, well! I did not expect to enjoy this as much as I did! I don’t know why, but I’ve always swerved Pearl Jam, but oh boy! This was decent as fuck!
Santana
3/5
Didn’t do much for me honestly. It’s not bad, but it’s not great either.
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Ok I suppose, never gonna listen to it again though.
Don McLean
1/5
Absolutely turgid.
Arrested Development
3/5
Old school boom bap hip hop! What’s not to like!
Mr Wendal is the big track everyone will know but the rest of the album stands up too! Hip hop with a message (if you care to listen to it) and not just skits about big willies and vaginas so very refreshing!
Björk
1/5
I just don’t get Bjork, and I never will.
It’s just…aimless noises to me?
I can’t even see the merit in it at all.
Aerosmith
3/5
Meh, it’s ok I guess but it’s just not my thing.
I can get why people would dig it though.
The Chemical Brothers
5/5
What. An. Album!!!
Absolutely breathtaking big beat rock hip hop dance mash up! It’s absolutely tremendous!
Genuinely not a bad track on this album, it’s fucking HUGE!!!
Tom Waits
3/5
Well, this was all a bit industrial wasn’t it! Not my favourite of Tom’s but I’m sure there are some people who adore this!
Elvis Presley
3/5
Well, it’s certainly Elvis! Excellent fun!
I can only imagine the pearl clutching that went on when this smooth, silky, sexy mother fucker rocked into the scene!
The Young Gods
1/5
My ears have just been assaulted, I would like to be recompensed for this but the only info I can find about some form of remuneration appears to be audible and I CANT FUCKING HEAR
Mj Cole
1/5
Two tracks in and I knew nothing was going to change.
Early noughties garage dance with shitty vocals.
This was gash.
The Auteurs
2/5
Generic 90’s rock.
Nothing to see here, move along folks.
George Jones
2/5
Tolerable at its best.
Atrocious at its worst.
Fucking country music.
Patti Smith
4/5
An excellent album in many ways, also I imagine quite polarising. She can’t be everyone’s cup of tea that’s for sure.
However, I bloody loved this!
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
A pleasant surprise indeed, I was worried this was going to be a bamboozler but it was pretty accessible rock!
Jane's Addiction
2/5
I said goddamn it’s generic ain’t it
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
1/5
Gosh, jazz is just crap isn’t it.
Dagmar Krause
1/5
Couldn’t find this one, so I listened to some of their other stuff.
Wish I hadn’t bothered.
Grizzly Bear
3/5
Very good indeed.
Enjoyed this one enough to think about buying it, so that’s something!
Missy Elliott
3/5
Well, a pleasant surprise indeed. Chilled out Hip Hop done extremely well.
I never paid Missy much heed growing up, and I’m not sure I’d invest in this for my collection. However, I wasn’t in any rush to put it off so that’s something.
Outstanding tracks: none, they were all similar enough to each other to not stop me in my tracks.
U2
2/5
This album serves no purpose to me other than to reaffirm what I’ve always known.
U2 are almost certainly one of the most overrated bands of all time.
They make my fucking teeth grind with how shit they are.
John Coltrane
3/5
Jazz just isn’t for me. Sounds like a lot of trumpet tootling, piano bashing, ride cymbal pinging, uncontrollable and quite frankly, off putting noise.
I’m going to score it a three because I’m certain that if jazz is your thing, then this is great.
Nonsense to me though, sadly.
Funkadelic
5/5
A stonewall classic.
This album is a must for any collection.
Truly outstanding.
The xx
3/5
By no means bad, but not great either.
I always feel with the XX that once you’ve heard one song, you’ve kind of heard them all.
Their debut album is still their best, and that speaks volumes in itself.
Fatboy Slim
3/5
The opening four track salvo is like a best of Fatboy Slim for sure! It does tail off in the middle with three or four tracks that just don’t do much for me.
I thought this would prove to be an album “of its time” but it has held up so well!
Great album full of great big beat dance tracks!
Circle Jerks
2/5
SHOUT! LOUD!!! FAST!!! LOUDER!! FASTER!! SHOUTIER!! FASTER!!!! LOUDER!!! SHOUT!
Fiona Apple
2/5
Didn’t do much for me I’m afraid.
Beck
4/5
Absolutely beautiful album.
This is gorgeous stuff.
Tim Buckley
4/5
FUCKIN’ YEEEEEAHHHH!
Awesome bluesy, rock and roll!
Tremendous.
Elvis Costello
3/5
This was ok, but I feel like it both passed me by, and also dragged along a bit.
Won’t go back to it, but it was ok.
The Libertines
3/5
It’s good, but it’s not their best. Nowhere near the levels of Up The Bracket but then I expect that’s the heroin and inter band tensions contributing to that.
Soul II Soul
1/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Starts badly (REALLY badly) with the title track. It’s fucking woeful.
Picks up with some honky tonk bluesy rock with “It’s All Over Now” which is rather enjoyable. Then it all sort of fades off into unremarkable guitar rock.
It’s perfectly enjoyable as an album, but doesn’t light any fires in me.
Eurythmics
2/5
It’s got its merits I suppose, but it ain’t for me.
New York Dolls
3/5
This one wasn’t available on Apple Music but I listened to some of their other stuff. It was ok, but nothing more.
Frank Sinatra
2/5
Slint
3/5
Distorted, fuzzy, feedback heavy indie rock. I love feedback as much as the next guy but when some tracks finish will like eleven minutes of it, it seems maybe a tad overdone. That’s my feedback anyway (see what I did there?)
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Really enjoyable! I’ve never listened to this for whatever reason!
Great album full of cracking tunes, will come back to this one for sure!
The Associates
1/5
First four tracks are God awful, so I stopped listening. Who the fuck thought this was worth including?? Shockingly bad
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
2/5
A difficult listen in all honesty. I wasn’t keen on any of it at all. No stand out tracks, nothing to get my hooks into at all. I can appreciate that this would have ruffled some feathers lyrically, but it’s just a non entity of an album.
I’m going low on a 2, it probably deserves a 3 for its social commentary but hey ho.