The Modern Dance
Pere Ubuwhy do i have the best time with the weird albums
why do i have the best time with the weird albums
No other album can match the hype I got when generating this one. You see, Daft Punk is me and my friendβs favorite artist. Not my specific favorite, but ours as a group (or duo, since itβs just one friend). βRevolution 909β, βDa Funkβ, βAround The Worldβ, βBurninββ and βIndo Silver Clubβ are all straight bangers and no one can tell me otherwise. βRollinβ And Scratchinββ and βRockβn Rollβ just go off the rails. βHigh Fidelityβ would look absolutely hilarious with a lyrics sheet (thatβs not really something to specifically praise the album for but still). My one gripe with its inclusion is that it was picked over Discovery. I mean, personally, I think they should have three: this, Discovery, and Random Access Memories. However, if youβre only going to pick one, I would go with the second of the three. Homework is amazing, but it sounds like an artist still in the formative stages; for example, βAround The Worldβ is the only song where the vocals feel fully formed. Anyway this album slaps bye
I wasnβt expecting to like this as much as I did. Iβve never really liked much country released after the 50βs to 60βs and maybe 70βs, but this is great. The mellow vocals and soft, smooth instrumentation just set such a mood. Actually, the vocals are the best part of it; country vocals are one of my main dislikes of the genre (modern country, not old country), but these donβt feel like that at all. Iβll end the review by saying how good the backstory is: thereβs just something inherently funny with claiming youβre a family band to get into a place. (Thinking about it, that makes it sound like itβs common).
Why does everyone hate this album so much? Itβs a good drum and bass experience. I know itβs not the most accessible of genres, but 2.57? Really? Anyway this is good. Not really βtimelessβ, but good. Reminds me of Aphex Twin in some parts, specifically Drukqs. Good electronic album. I guess I kind of like this type of music too much, though.
Itβs alright R&B and blues styled music, but I have no idea why they chose this over one of their later albums. Itβs got none of their famous songs, nor does it work well as an album. Purely meh.
Not super amazing, but a great hard rock record and a good place to start (my first album on the generator). The title track is iconic, βShoot To Thrillβ is fun, and βHells Bellsβ is probably my favorite AC/DC song due to its darker theming. (Not like itβs super serious or anything, but I like the imposing bells and riff at the start.) I also really like the guitar tone in βRock And Roll Ainβt Noise Pollutionβ for some reason.
This is such a great R&B/funk album and it really shows how great The Temptations are compared to their lackluster representation in the Rolling Stone Top 500 albums. (An anthology album? Really?) The obvious centerpiece is the 12-minute βPapa Was A Rolling Stoneβ, which is just such an amazing song, but there are other highlights as well. βThe First Time Ever I Saw Your Faceβ is a beautifully sung Roberta Flack cover, βI Ainβt Got Nothinββ is well-produced, and βRun Charlie Runβ is surprisingly poignant social commentary.
I canβt believe it. My favorite album of all time, and itβs the third to come up. βEverything In Its Right Placeβ is a perfect opener. It sets the mood perfectly. I could not imagine it being anywhere else on the album. Then is the title track, the first thing I associate with the word βsoundscapeβ. The instruments feel like theyβre bouncing around softly as Thom Yorkeβs heavily-edited voice sings about something βstanding in the shadows in the end of my bedβ. Itβs simultaneously soothing and sinister. βThe National Anthemβ is both a jam and absolutely apocalyptic. βHow To Disappear Completelyβ is justβ¦ beautiful. The ending is amazing. The strings, which have been playing the whole time out of key, start going haywire, and it seems the sad but peaceful aura has been broken, but then - the strings play in key, and itβs 45 seconds of ethereal beauty. βTreefingersβ is a pretty ambient piece to string the previous song to the hard-rocking βOptimisticβ, which is the song most reminiscent of OK Computer. It combines elements from both albums to make another great song. βIn Limboβ is the one I have the least to say about, but itβs still good. What follows is one of my favorite 3-song runs of all time. βIdiotequeβ is an amazing apocalyptic dance song, much like βThe National Anthemβ (not the dance part, but the apocalyptic part). βMorning Bellβ is a song I donβt know how to describe, but itβs a word for good I havenβt used yet. I donβt know why Iβm making this review so long. Anyway, closer βMotion Picture Soundtrackβ is one of the most ethereal, tearjerking songs I have ever had the pleasure of hearing. It feels like the end of an era, a final goodbye to an old friend. After that, the hidden track is an almost happy ending, how even after all that, the future is bright. Life will get better. Or thatβs just me over analyzing. Probably.
Great album. I switched to headphones about halfway through and it really makes the listening experience better (at least with high quality ones). My favorite song is βThe Way Young Lovers Doβ; I really like the horns on that one. Acoustic instrumentation is high quality all around as well.
This is just an all-around classic funk album, although βThat Ladyβ hangs over the entire album as being substantially better. Astounding guitar work on that one with a great outro - one of my favorite songs of the genre. However, the rest of the album is still great, with another favorite of mine being closer βThe Highways Of My Lifeβ.
Iβve been getting a lot of 70βs funk/soul in my first few albums, and this is no different. βSuperstitionβ is a great song, to the point from what Iβve seen, most negative reviews of this album still point out this song as being good. I also love βMaybe Your Babyβ - it has a uniquely heavy sound for a funk song. A lot of the rest of the record is really smooth, although itβs a bit sappy at times. I didnβt like βYouβve Got It Bad Girlβ for it sounding kind of controlling though, like telling someone they DO love you and THEYβRE in the wrong.
This album is ultra-smooth. I especially love βStrawberry Letter 23β, and, while a very unique thought, βRainy Dayβ would maybe be a good basis for a mellow electronic song.
I mean, itβs alright. It doesnβt suck, but I never liked U2 all that much and, while this is an enjoyable listen, itβs not super great. Also, did they just have too many album cover ideas and cram them onto one instead of picking one?
This is an incredibly unique album. I wasnβt expecting the EDM influence, but itβs an integral part of some of the best songs here, especially βThere Is More To Life Than Thisβ. Also, βBig Time Sensualityβ sounds like a Mario Kart course theme in the best way possible. My favorite song is split between the beautiful βLike Someone In Loveβ with that beautiful harp and rain sounds or the abrasive βPlay Deadβ. BjΓΆrk has a highly distinctive voice that complements the music well, too. Amazing album, and, of the two BjΓΆrk albums I have heard, I actually think this is better than βPostβ.
This is just disturbing. I like it. βOβMalleyβs Barβ in particular is extremely screwed up - him gruesomely depicting how he killed everybody in a bar, especially the one whose head he split in two with an ashtray. βSong Of Joyβ is also creepy, specifically the, again, gruesomely detailed depiction of her death. βThe Curse Of Millhavenβ is my favorite song here; Cave acts perfectly in character, almost singing with glee about his killing spree (I didnβt mean to rhyme). The duets with PJ Harvey and Kylie Minogue respectively are great, too.
This is a quintessential country album. Willie Nelson is one of my favorite singers for his distinctive voice and the songs are worthy of it. I especially love the title track for its storytelling, which is really interesting. A lot of the tracks are short and there are a lot of instrumental songs, too, giving it a nice, quick feel.
I didnβt enjoy this album much when I first listened to it. Since then, my opinion has improved from below average toβ¦ just average. Itβs a fine rap album, but it doesnβt even come close to being the best.
This is the definition of okay. I understand giving my other two 3s so far 4s, but I feel like 3 is the sensible option here. Itβs okay, but did we really need a live album by Cheap Trick over other, better records left off?
Itβs a good early 70βs rock album. I wouldnβt say itβs that great, but for the higher quality than the other 3βs Iβve given, Iβll barely give it a 4.
Fats Domino was one of the great β50s artists and this shows it. Classic older music that really encapsulates the sound of the era in a very enjoyable form.
My first folk album. It really sounds unique to me - it has an Irish sound, I think. (I donβt really know enough about this album to make assumptions). βA Sailorβs Lifeβ doesnβt need to be 11 minutes long, though
This is an absolutely perfect album full of amazing social commentary. Iβve had a lot of β70s R&B and funk, but I was still so excited for this one because of its reputation as one of the all-time greats. Needless to say, it did not disappoint. If you told me this wasnβt a soundtrack, Iβd believe you - the songs go so perfectly. Some of my favorite songs are the instrumentals - both βJunkie Chaseβ and βThinkβ add a bit of variety to the album. Of course βFreddieβs Deadβ is the best song; a great cautionary tale.
This album is weird. Thatβs obvious from the opener βBamboo Bangaβ, which is justβ¦ what. One of my favorites is βMango Pickle Down Riverβ, which has a feature of who I assume are kids, because itβs a song called βMango Pickle Down Riverβ with a group of kids as a rap feature. βPaper Planesβ is clearly the best song, though; itβs so catchy while having a poignant topic.
This album was good. It has the type of β80s sound I like (not the synthy type, although this album has good synths). I liked it.
Eddie Vedder sucks at singing and it drags the whole album down. There, I said it. I always hated his moan in the singles on the radio, but I hate his screaming even more. This would be maybe a 3 or 4 without him, but he takes it down to a 2. Just know that just because I hate Pearl Jam doesnβt mean I hate grunge as a whole.
I like it. Great mix of country and pop music, although it could have been a little shorter.
Interesting metal album. βCult of Personalityβ is great, but the rest of the album fails to live up to that. Itβs still a good album, but not enough to warrant a 4.
Iβm a sucker for this type of music. I love the harmonies, theyβre so impeccable. βHeard Them Stirringβ is actually one of the best songs on the record in my opinion - I love the way the guitar sounds throughout, and it takes center stage on this instrumental. βBlue Ridge Mountainsβ is amazing, too. Itβs all just modern folk at its finest.
Jamming. I like how exciting the electronic music is on this album, even if some of the songs are too long.
Led Zeppelin are one of the all-time greats, and Iβm sure theyβll have a 5-star album down the line, but this is too long. I feel like this would have been a great 10 song or so album, but there was too much here. βKashmirβ is an all-time great, however.
Itβs a decent rap album. Not as good as things to come, but I enjoyed it.
My first artist with two albums generated! This one is decidedly different than Murder Ballads; a lot more sincere love, and not, you know, bloodshed. The songs here are good and flow well, but I donβt enjoy it quite as much.
These electronic albums have consistently been some of the best so far, and this is no exception. I usually listen to my albums before school starts. This fits that for a mellow electronic mood; it could be ambient music if you didnβt want to pay attention to it. Overall, an amazing album.
The Grateful Dead are an overrated band, as many reviews on this agree, but this is still a good album. The mix of country, bluegrass, and rock makes this a pleasing listen.
Another great funk album. The title track and βEveryday Peopleβ are the two best songs on the album: two immortal statements in music form. βSex Machineβ has great guitar, although itβs too long.
βVoices of Old Peopleβ sucks, but otherwise the first side is great, telling a life story. Seriously, though, βOld Friendsβ is good enough for that to not be on the album. The second side is amazing, though; βMrs. Robinsonβ, βA Hazy Shade of Winterβ, and βAt the Zooβ are all classics.
The first album Iβve completely never heard of. Itβs very unique, mixing electronic with world music to create a distinctive blend that sounds nothing like anything Iβve heard before.
The album cover sucks, but the rest is great. It tells a story, but itβs vague and I ended up just enjoying the extremely pretentious lyrics. Itβs very high octane. Also, I was surprised at βCicatriz Espβ being 12 minutes, but it was stupid of me to assume that there wouldnβt be a 12 minute song on a prog album.
This is the type of pop music I like - very emotional. It flows really well - especially the climactic βWriter In The Darkβ into βSupercutβ. It feels very genuine.
It had a good message. All the βTalesβ tell of things that you can really learn from. βLost Oneβ is the best, since it has a clear message and good music.
This album was really pretty. Thoughtful lyrics and a nice acoustic sound (a bit jazzy on some songs) make this a great and rewarding listen.
He has six albums on here (for some reason), so I had to get one eventually. Blood And Chocolate is fine. I donβt think it deserves its place here at all, but it was fairly enjoyable. It has a few long songs, but βTokyo Storm Warningβ and βI Want Youβ are the two best anyway. It definitely shouldnβt be here, but I wouldnβt object to listen again.
This continues the streak of really good electronic albums. The excessive sampling (over 900 in total, I believe) gives a unique and unified sound. Standouts arenβt really prevalent because of how good it is in general.
Itβs nothing special, but itβs decent. The opener is the best one due to the great singer, but while the vocals are good, some of these songs lack substance.
Iβve heard the main four VU albums now, and I think that this might be my favorite. Thereβs not a bad song; from pretty songs like βCandy Saysβ and βAfter Hoursβ to the sadness of βPale Blue Eyesβ to βThe Murder Mysteryβ, my favorite of their experiments.
Itβs probably one of my least favorite indie albums to come up, but itβs still pretty good. Nice lyrics and production.
Great modern R&B album; I honestly prefer this to BeyoncΓ©βs work. It has an impactful message told through amazing songs, βCranes in the Skyβ being a real highlight.
This sounds like the band was high on LSD and stayed up all night reading Lord of the Rings and The Bible. First, the instruments other than the guitar sound extremely sloppy. Also, the lyrics are absolute crap; Iβd highlight one, but there are so many. The singer sounds bored, too.
Really good modern R&B/rap. My favorite songs are the ones with great lyrics, like βSuper Rich Kidsβ and βCrack Rockβ.
As an aspiring musician, this is how I want to go out. This album has so much finality to it, from the heartbreaking (βHurtβ, βI Hung My Headβ) to the bittersweet (βGive My Love to Roseβ, βFirst Time Ever I Saw Your Faceβ, βIn My Lifeβ), and it all culminates in βWeβll Meet Againβ, which, while a cover, is a fitting send-off for one of the greatest country artists to ever do it.
Weird setup, with Billy Bragg and Wilco collaborating to do unreleased Woody Guthrie songs. Itβs pretty good, as Bragg and Wilco give life to the songs in a nice way.
This album is just 38 minutes of pure funk. Especially the bass. It just grooves so hard
Good album. βScarborough Fairβ is nice, βThe 59th Street Bridge Songβ is a good Bob Dylan parody, and βSilent Nightβ is haunting. Not as good as Bookends, but still good.
First of all, that name is WEIRD. Secondly, this album is decent, if a little forgettable.
I didnβt pay much attention to this album the first time I listened to it, so Iβm glad I gave it a second chance here. This is a depressing album; sometimes I donβt like Ian Curtisβ vocals, but they seem very genuine. All the instruments are good, with lyrics to match. Itβs sad what happened to the singer, and it wouldnβt have hit as hard was this not released posthumously.
Remember when I said on the Physical Graffiti review Led Zeppelin would probably have a 5 star album somewhere? Probably not, but it came sooner than expected. Itβs not a moving listening experience of self-discovery, but what it is is really good music. These 8 songs are so great throughout. I have it on vinyl, and the mid-album climax βStairway to Heavenβ works the best when closing a side.
Itβs alright R&B and blues styled music, but I have no idea why they chose this over one of their later albums. Itβs got none of their famous songs, nor does it work well as an album. Purely meh.
Itβs pretty good indie. I donβt have much to say, but I like the dreaminess of it.
Pretty good 70βs rock. The only Bruce Springsteen album Iβve ever completely loved is Nebraska, but this is good. βAdam Raised a Cainβ can be a bit grating, though.
Pretty good 80βs music. Not super essential, but enjoyable.
I enjoyed the eclectic variety of songs on this album, with the softer songs being my favorite. Maybe not one of the best, but certainly unique.
Itβs noisy. I donβt really know how to feel; I donβt hate it, but thereβs really no reason it should be here. βMeatmakerβ randomly reminds me of Suicide, though.
The highest quality 00βs rock. A nice dose of minimalism is here due to the lack of bass, and bluesier elements add to the music.
Love the music on this album. Itβs almost a precursor to Britpop. A shame that they never made much more music, but this is still great.
Oh, come on, Iβm trying to be less merciful with my ratings, and then THIS album comes up, and itβs the best since Kid A (my all-time favorite). The audacity to release a double album plus EP as your eighteenth and have there be no filler. Itβs hard to choose a highlight, but the one-two punch of βAsβ and βAnother Starβ is amazing. An hour and 45 minutes well spent.
Itβs good. My favorite song is βThe Next Lifeβ - itβs such a good closer.
Nice funk. He only sings on 3 songs, but the instrumentals are great and they were composed by him, so itβs not like an album where the featured artist is only on a few songs. Also, to the person asking for βSaturday Night Feverβ (even though the comment was like 1.5 years ago) - I think it counts as a compilation in the creatorβs eyes.
Pretty good rap. Mostly nothing super great, but βA Song For Assataβ is such a great song. Overall, maybe not the best, but enjoyable.
Not the best Britpop band by a long shot (both Blur and Pulp blow them out of the water), but this is a great album full of enjoyable songs. βWonderwallβ is the worst song on the album, though.
One of the greatest trip-hop albums. βUnfinished Sympathyβ is simply stunning, and, while the rest of the album isnβt quite as good, it still sets a mood with smooth songs that are a joy to hear.
Similar to the Rolling Stonesβ debut in that itβs a debut from a famous artist that doesnβt really feel essential. Songs like βBreakdownβ and βAmerican Girlβ are great, but this spot on the list would be better filled by Damn the Torpedoes or Wildflowers.
Pretty good goth. Moody and atmospheric.
Good metal, but it overstays its welcome. If youβre looking for an all time great, Iβd recommend something like Sabbath, not this.
I knew I was in for something good when I saw that Daft Punk (my favorite electronic artist) offered Justice to open for them. I generally donβt like the vocal songs - βD.A.N.C.E.β is an obvious exception - and βThe Partyβ and βDVNOβ are the low points, although the music is still good. Otherwise, good instrumentals all around.
A real classic. βBreak on Through (To the Other Side)β is an amazing opener, βLight my Fireβ is simply a classic, and βThe Crystal Shipβ is a slow, somber song, but the real highlight is βThe Endβ. 11 minutes of insanity from the intro to the weird next part (what is the βblue busβ supposed to be) to the Oedipal freak out. No way I couldnβt give it 5 stars.
Fine. I know itβs about a relationship and stuff, but it doesnβt really grab me and I donβt remember much about it.
I love eclectic albums like these; a ton of short songs in a normal amount of time. These songs are great and offer a variety of material thrown at you quickly.
Iβve had hip-hop albums before, but this is the first one from a really classic artist. Ice Cube is one of the best rappers (outside of the sexism, which also seems to decrease from his other album Iβve listened to [but havenβt gotten] AmeriKKKaβs Most Wanted) and this has superb lyricism. βIt Was a Good Dayβ is undoubtably a classic - itβs upbeat, but it still notes the troubles throughout the rest of the album (two of the good things that happen to him are getting passed by a policeman without any trouble and nobody he knows dying) - it feels earned, rather than just a happy song for the sake of being a happy song. Great through and through.
The kind of prog that I donβt really like. Itβs okay, but I donβt see why this would be included over some more unique prog (prog metal maybe?).
This album is absolutely insane but also amazing. Songs with a more normal structure like βGiganticβ and βWhere is My Mind?β ground the album and give you some breaks from the ones that are super crazy like βSomething Against Youβ, βBroken Faceβ, and βOh My Golly!β. It adds up to a frenetic and extremely unique album.
I really like the production on this album; everything comes across so cleanly. With songs that are practically a better Coldplay, this is a great listen.
Itβs my second album in a different language, but unlike the Suba one, it doesnβt feel interesting to someone who doesnβt speak the language. I love stuff like The Incredible Beat of Soweto - a compilation of real-feeling African music. However, this just feels tepid and too produced; it doesnβt get to the rawness that makes this type of music good, and it lacks the warmth. Probably a 2, but Iβll rate it a 1 because he sucks as a person.
This is an album that really earns the face-melting moniker. The instrumentation is always stellar. Donβt think that the lyrics arenβt as good, though, because theyβre also great. A classic overall.
Kind of forgettable, but fine. βDear Godβ is a great song, though. Close to a 3, but Iβd say more of a 2.
Itβs pretty good. I prefer 2020s Taylor Swift to 2010s Taylor Swift, and the reason is the vastly better songwriting on songs like βchampagne problemsβ. Not every song is great, but a good listen.
I enjoy this specific type of indie (donβt know how to describe it, but I can tell when itβs the type), so this was a good listen. I really like the guitar on βRunawayβ specifically. Not amazing, but enjoyable.
Ah yes, the Kurt Cobain killer band. This is pretty good with an interesting sound, though the lyricism often isnβt as good as it seems to think it is.
Pretty good live album; itβs fun, though definitely not one of the greats. I listened to the original 6-song version because Iβve already heard the 1 hour 17 minute length one, and itβs probably better. βMy Generationβ is WAY too long, but otherwise a good album.
I love this mix of mod and post-punk; every song is great. It has one of their most popular songs in βThatβs Entertainmentβ, which has been misunderstood in the million puns of the title made in media. Amazing album.
One of the most influential rap albums ever, with great songs like the commentary of βItβs Like Thatβ and the awesome guitar of βRock Boxβ. While the rapping isnβt the best (this came 3 years before Paid in Full came and revolutionized the game) this is overall a great album.
Alright music. While I donβt have a distaste for this one like I do for So (hasnβt come up, but itβll probably be a 2), I donβt particularly enjoy this. βSolsbury Hillβ is a great song, and I enjoy the more rocking tracks, but it doesnβt really interest me overall.
An 80s classic. Moments of greatness are balanced out by less intelligent ones: case in point being that βAndrogynousβ and βGaryβs Got a Bonerβ are both songs on this album. They also do a good Kiss cover, which is surprising because I hate Kiss.
The Stooges are one of the first punk bands (proto-punk, technically) but their first album (listened to, not gotten) wasnβt the best, mostly due to βWe Will Fallβ, a song so atrociously slow that it reaches 10 minutes without any structural or musical changes. Granted, I know that was sort of a middle finger to the record label who wanted the album to be longer, but it still sucks. On the other hand, this album is a quality listen from front to back. The first few songs are loud and brash, with some dirtiness. The last 3 songs are the best, though. β1970β is a frenetic burst with a great chorus. The title track stands out in the crowd in that it throws horns in the mix, adding a touch of uniqueness that makes it great. Closer βL.A. Bluesβ ends the album with the insanity at the end of the song (I think there were horns on this song, too, but I donβt remember). An amazing album.
One of my favorites so far. The avant-garde rock of the first few songs is great, with βBackwaterβ and βKingβs Lead Hatβ, which sound similar to The Beatles and Talking Heads, respectively. I love the more ambient stuff, specifically - well, everything, but βJulie Withβ is my favorite. This album brilliantly shows Enoβs genius and Iβm excited for the 4 other albums from him.
A classic prog album, straight from the first few seconds of the iconic βRoundaboutβ. That and closer βHeart of the Sunriseβ, with its great bassline, are the two best songs here. Not much to say except i enjoyed it a lot.
Well, seems like we have another 1 on our hands. At first, it seems like it might be an alright album, with the decent (and more self-aware) βDetroit Rock Cityβ. Then it takes a nose dive - not good for an album that wasnβt particularly great anyway. The next two songs are just throwaway, but then we reach βGreat Expectationsβ, which is literally about how you great the singer is and you how much you want him to notice you. Youβve apparently got βgreat expectationsβ, so he does, but hereβs a question: what the HELL does that even mean? His head was probably so far up his own ass that it was cutting off his air flow or something. Then comes βFlaming Youthβ, literally just the comedy stereotype of βpunk kid is so much cooler than older people; they just donβt get itβ, but itβs played completely seriously. Thatβs literally it. After that comes βSweet Painβ - on first listen, I only noticed the chorus, but then I realized itβs about involuntary S&M and how the girl will eventually love him for it. Holy shit. Letβs just move on to βShout It Out Loudβ, which isβ¦ the same thing as βFlaming Youthβ as a Wikihow article. One of the lines actually advises you to tell people saying that your parties are too loud that theyβre βtoo old to understandβ. I guess being a douche who doesnβt care about other peopleβs lives and not thinking about anyone but yourself fades away after 30 or so, unfortunately. βBethβ is actually about framing the bros before hoes mentality sadly to your girlfriend, promising that heβll be there in a few hours when she says heβs never home. It ends with him saying theyβre playing all night. Lying, much? βDo You Love Meβ is fine. It doesnβt suck, but itβs not earning this shitload any points. The album closer is βRock βNβ Roll Partyβ. Itβs just fanfare, but I guess thatβs better than another song. Thank god this is short.
I just realized how lucky Iβve been with electronic albums in my first 100. Weβve had MHTRTC, SILY, Blue Lines (granted, arguably not electronic), Cross, and now this. Kraftwerk were pioneers of electronic, and this is a great work - all the songs are just so enjoyable. βThe Modelβ has great lyrics along with these enjoyable melodies, which makes it possibly the best song here. Albums like these make Kraftwerk in my top 2 electronic groups on this list who are robots. (Just try to guess the second one).
Pretty good, but a weird choice over the work he did in his prime. The features are pretty good and add flavor to the songs (except for the last 3, which donβt have any). Overall, itβs fine, but not something Iβd listen to again.
Alright prog album, if a little forgettable. Doesnβt really compare to something like Fragile (which I got recently), though.
The Wu-Tang Clan is one of my favorite rap groups, and Ghostface is one of its most talented rappers; his flow is impeccable, and his lyrics are often great to match. While this isnβt as good as, say, Supreme Clientele, it all comes through on this album. Just take βThe Champβ, which is such an enjoyable song just because of how he raps. Definitely viable for inclusion, though itβs reasonable that they cut it in other editions.
The songwriting on this album is just amazing, with nice acoustic instruments to go along with it. His voice was a lot less gravelly then, too, which makes the vocals better to listen to. Definitely a great album, even if just for the lyrics alone.
This was a really nice listen and a great chamber pop album. The soft vocals and the instrumentals complement each other well. It just hits that Autumn feeling (itβs Summer, but I feel like this is a Fall album) so well.
Nice new wave/synth pop stuff. Reminds me of Depeche Mode. Also, what a weird way to spell βmaneuverβ.
Eh. Itβs fine. Itβs not at all unique, though, and I see no reason for inclusion. Perfectly serviceable, but you donβt really have to listen to it ever.
Better than I expected. βThere She Goesβ is obviously great, but I also enjoyed βLooking Glassβ, a weird 8-minute song at the end of the album. The rest is just great rock, and sometimes, thatβs all you need.
I mildly enjoyed it. βSultans of Swingβ and βSix Blade Knifeβ are great songs, and the rest is good, too, but not something Iβd willingly turn on again. Wouldnβt turn it off, though.
This one completely dodges the complaints leveled at my other African album (the Koffi Olomide one). It not only feels real, but itβs interesting and enjoyable. 4 stars, but one added just because I felt nice today (itβs because of my new dog).
When I saw the genres were samba and psychedelic rock, I knew I was in for something interesting. This did not disappoint, with its unique blend of the general sound of that era mixed with Latin. Highly enjoyable (and, on a side note, my second album in a different language in a row).
Great pop-punk album. Not very βartisticβ, per se, but very enjoyable nonetheless. Thereβs an entire run in the middle of the album thatβs mostly made up of hits; who doesnβt know βLongviewβ, βBasket Caseβ, or βWhen I Come Aroundβ? Just a great album.
Great metal album. The singing on this is insane and the instrumentals are frenetic, which makes for a burst of energy put onto record. Enjoyed it and Iβm thinking of listening to Toxicity now that Iβve heard this one.
Fine. Thereβs no reason for this to be here, but itβs tolerable. Iβm glad I didnβt have to listen to βSide Fourβ, though, and nobody has to hear his nine-minute opus. Overall, extremely OK.
I liked it. βMessage in a Bottleβ is predictably the best one, but I also really enjoyed βBring on the Nightβ. Not as good as their one Iβve heard before this generator, Synchronicity, but still great.
I always love some Talking Heads. From the interesting rhythmic guitar playing to the unique vocals, this is a great album. I also love the Brian Eno production, which probably at least in part due to the fact that itβs Brian Eno. Amazing, and it only foreshadows the absolute masterpiece Remain in Light.
I really enjoyed this album. The production and rapping are both stellar. (Thatβs really all I have to say.)
This is a great album. While some call it uneven, it grabbed me throughout and was overall much more enjoyable than Mermaid Avenue. I enjoyed the more Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (an album I likely wonβt be getting for a while) esque songs on here than the more country ones, generally. Overall great, though long.
Good, kind of dancey. I think Iβm legally obligated to give this at most a 4 since Iβm not gay, though.
I love this album. The music is stellar, with the catchy βDevils Haircutβ and the weird βWhere Itβs Atβ being my favorites. The production is great and the samples add to the music. Simply amazing.
A fine, generic garage rock album. Really not very notable in the slightest, though βIβm Not Your Stepping Stoneβ is at least pretty good. βMelody For An Unknown Girlβ pisses me off. βThere are no wordsβ vuvtx GB be am CB Iβllc C c Iβmcycyf T- but youβre talking RIGHT NOW! (the gibberish was anger sounds i guess) I donβt care about it, but Iβd listen to over, I donβt know, dying? Okay thatβs a bit far. also this was the last day of school nice
Jerry Lee Lewis has always been one of my least favorite of the famous 50βs artists, but this is an exception. This performance just oozes with frenetic energy, and it keeps it up for almost the whole set. That said, it doesnβt change my opinion of him as a whole, and his normal music is pretty boring.
Three 60βs albums in a row. Thatβs cool, I guess. I love the Kinks for how much they indulge in theirβ¦ Britishness? Britainism? Britishity? Wait. Anyway, their baroque pop is just really enjoyable. Apparently this is a concept album about stories or something like that. I just think it has good songwriting . I donβt know how to end this, so Iβll just close out with the fun fact that my band at School of Rock (a music learning place, I play guitar) played Picture Book once. I wasnβt on it.
Another excellent album from Joni Mitchell, although I find the experience bogged down by ads (I do respect her stance on Joe Rogan, but why would Spotify keep someone who says misinformation about COVID over two of the greatest artists of the 70βs, the other being Neil Young). Her lyrics are amazing, as always. One song that really grabbed me instrumentally is the proto-electronic βThe Jungle Lineβ - it just stands out from a lot of other things coming out in the mid-70βs. This challenge is helping me realize Joni Mitchellβs greatness, both from this album and C&S, so 5.
I like early 00βs Coldplay more than I should. (Not their other stuff, just that specifically). Really good songs on here, kind of like Radiohead but as mainstream pop. βDonβt Panicβ in particular is really good to me; kind of odd since a lot of other people donβt mention it. I also like βShiverβ, though I donβt like the other, bigger hit from this album, βYellowβ. Something that bugged me was the chorus of βSpiesβ; you canβt touch themβ¦ becauseβ¦ theyβre spies? What? Anyway, while my enjoyment of it teeters on a 5, I think it just deserves a 4.
I was so excited when this showed up after rating my last album; Iβve seen a lot of reviews that sounded like an album I would love. I was correct, with this being a beautiful album about life. (I translated the lyrics this time; Iβll probably do that for every album in a different language now). All of the songs, with the exception of the first and last, reach at least 6 minutes in length, but they never feel that long. They just pull you into the whole experience. I massively enjoyed this album, and Iβm thinking of listening to () soon.
I wasnβt expecting to like this as much as I did. Iβve never really liked much country released after the 50βs to 60βs and maybe 70βs, but this is great. The mellow vocals and soft, smooth instrumentation just set such a mood. Actually, the vocals are the best part of it; country vocals are one of my main dislikes of the genre (modern country, not old country), but these donβt feel like that at all. Iβll end the review by saying how good the backstory is: thereβs just something inherently funny with claiming youβre a family band to get into a place. (Thinking about it, that makes it sound like itβs common).
Ehhhhh. Rod Stewartβs fine. Just in general. Wish he didnβt have two albums on the list, but this oneβs fine. I donβt mind that itβs on here. The music is decent. The vocals are decent. I really just feel indifferent to this one.
Itβs fine. MotΓΆrhead really arenβt an album band, but itβs energetic, at least, and I didnβt hate it. Really not remarkable, but alright.
Outside of the two big hits, this is really just unremarkable 60βs folk music. The songs arenβt really that memorable except for βThe In Crowdβ. βThe In Crowdβ sucks. Not very good, but at least better than The Incredible String Band.
It took me 123 generations, but I finally got a jazz album. This doesnβt come close to being one of the best on this list, but it sets a nice mood nonetheless. Like a beach scene in a movie or something. I wouldnβt revisit this while listening intently, but Iβd put it on on a beach vacation or a similar escapade.
This record is pretty good. I especially like the deranged vocal delivery (though I donβt find it as deranged as others do) and the clear imperfections in the music - it sounds kind of sloppy in a good way. The acoustic guitar also sounds cool on a lot of these songs, such as βBlister in the Sunβ, probably this albumβs most popular song. I donβt know how to end this review. Help.
Good album, but outside of the first two songs, I feel like this isnβt their best material. βBeetlebumβ and βSong 2β are great, though. The other twelve songs are still good, but they donβt reach those heights. Iβd say that although those gripes are there, itβs an enjoyable Britpop album, and it deserves a 4.
It was good, but there was a 2-star review here that I agree with outside of opinion, in that the album kind of fools you with the title, cover, and first few songs, since itβs a much slower album than youβre led to believe. Heads Will Roll is a banger, though, and the slower songs are still good. In conclusion, RIP egg.
Another good album from Oasis. Just more great songs, though not as good as (Whatβs the Story) Morning Glory. βLive Foreverβ is probably my favorite song of theirs, though. Fun fact: this makes Oasis the first artist with multiple albums Iβve got all albums from. (Doesnβt really make much sense as a sentence).
Fine, generic alt-rock - why this over something more unique? The music is fine, but it doesnβt stack up to Oasis, Blur and the like. Actually, Iβm struggling to find words for this because itβs so unmemorable. In conclusion, New Wave? More like OLD WAVE! *canned laughter and applause* *sitcom theme plays*
This one is so good. The atmosphere is fantastic - the spaciness lets the gloomy mood shine. The melodies are amazing and instantly memorable - just listen to that bass on βLovesongβ. Lastly, I love the lyrics - βA woman now standing where once there was only a girlβ particularly hits me hard, even though Iβm a guy who hasnβt been in a relationship before. It is a good album. The end.
I loved the musical eclecticism on this one. From the electric bop βCome Alive (War of the Roses)β to great R&B songs like βFasterβ and βSay Youβll Goβ to βBeBopByeYaβ, which sounds straight out of an old-timey movie. One of the best discoveries Iβve made so far.
A good alt-rock record. The songs on this are the good kind of sloppy, but I canβt help but feel I wonβt remember this as well as other records of the same genre on the list. Actually, βDonβtβ is the most memorable song here because of how out of left field it is. I donβt know how to end this review, so Iβll just say that βFeel the Painβ is the only song from them I knew beforehand and itβs way better than the songs on this.
If I was going to get one of the longest albums on the site, might as well have been on a day where I didnβt have to do anything. Anyway, this is bloated, but thereβs some great material on here. First of all, βHey Ya!β is just a banger. Also itβs deep because relationships and stuff. βRosesβ is also good. Also Big Boiβs side is a good rap album. The surprise favorite for me was βMy Favorite Thingsβ. Combining a Coltrane song with those cool drums (kind of reminds me of Aphex Twin, though definitely not as crazy) was inspired. This was a good album, but why this over Aquemini or ATLiens?
I prefer Steely Danβs more jazzy stuff, such as Aja, but this oneβs good, too. βDo It Againβ is an absolute classic, and the other two hits, βDirty Workβ and βReelinβ in the Yearsβ are great, too. Some of the album is less memorable, though, and i donβt know why, but I really hate the song name βBrooklyn Owes the Charmer Under Meβ. What? Anyway, good. Also the cover is really weird.
oh no oh god no *sigh* Next time I get one of the lowest rated albums, can I please get a weird one? Give me Trout Mask Replica, or Duck Stab, or Locust Abortion Technician (last one got bumped off the list by newly added albums, but the point still stands). This is the low point of this whole experience thus far. He thinks heβs rebellious, but this album is so generic. Apparently he toured with Ice Cube, a rapper I actually like (see my rating/review for The Predator), in 1990. Iβm disappointed in Ice Cube, honestly. The title track is just atrocious. The rapping about how popular heβs going to be is just so self-centered and stuck up, and the actual kid rapping is just sad. It was pulled off way better a full 116 albums ago with βMango Pickle Down Riverβ on Kala. On βWelcome 2 The Partyβ, the βboom boom boomβ part is SO annoying. Okay, I think Iβve said enough. Anyway, Iβm actually only halfway through. Iβll check back in to tell you if I still agree with my points here. intermission no one feels this oh my god this song is 5 minutes long and all that happens is he acts sad with autotune over generic country chords i dont care anymore either buddy end of intermission ok i still hate it. the last songs is about a woman who keeps pregnanting or something. then a remix about how he is god or something. i think spotify sensed my pain because on the radio after they played the bring the noise metal version. i actually like that song. anyway i think im turning into a southern redneck (living in texas doesnt help) so im going to heal my ears with some miles davis. see ya.
I guess giving me one of the highest-rated albums after one of the lowest-rated albums (Kid Rock, no less) was the generatorβs way of apologizing to me. Also, interestingly, this is the first time Iβve had an album from an artist with a least 7 (in Bowieβs case, 9) and I feel like itβs about time. Anyway, Hunky Dory is a great album, with the great melodies and show-tuney atmosphere making it unique, especially in masterpieces like βChangesβ and βLife on Mars?β. What more can I say? Itβs a ubiquitous classic, and a breath of fresh air after Kid Rock (Iβm still mad about that album).
I wasnβt expecting to give this a 5, but I forgot how rock solid this one one. With the exception of βOoby Doobyβ, none of the tracks donβt pull their weight, with songs like βWhoβll Stop the Rainβ, βLookinβ Out My Back Doorβ, and the 7-minute jam βRamble Tambleβ (though most people would point to the other long song on this album, βI Heard It Through the Grapevineβ) being some of my favorites. CCR deserve a spot on the list, and, though I know they have two more albums to go, this is a great choice.
This is some interesting experimental pop. The best part is the hypnotic loops; theyβre really great stuff and they grab your attention. The lyrics and singing are not nearly as good, though. Theyβre enjoyable, but donβt work well enough to make this a masterpiece. Anyway, 4. Also, since Panda Bear featured on Doinβ It Right, this album is Daft Punk Approved TM.
This is a seminal riot grrrl album and one of the best. Almost every song on here is energetic and ferocious, and the ones that arenβt are great as well. Just an all-around classic for a fan of punk and arguably the best of its subgenre.
This album just oozes sexiness from every pore; this type of jam-funk is just so tasty. The songs are all extended grooves, but all 4 pull their weight and are a treat to listen to. Just such an essential R&B album.
The experimentalism of this one was groundbreaking, and the music is great. Both the ambient songs and songs with vocals stand out, and they combine for a unique listening experience. I loved it, and itβs probably even better than Before And After Science, my other record from him.
This is similar to a lot of the indie rock weβve had on the list, but itβs good nonetheless. βSoul and Fireβ is an especially good song. I liked it, but itβs kind of weird it made the list.
This album is weird and I love it for that. In the realm of new wave, the weirdness fits in perfectly, and the 60βs elements give this a unique sound. βRock Lobsterβ is just nearly 7 minutes of surf-rock craziness with an undeniably iconic and cool guitar riff - what more could you ask for? Cindy Wilsonβs manic vocals on βDance This Mess Aroundβ are just so good. This albumβs vibrant energy is unmatched, not just on the two best songs on the album (as I just talked about) but through the whole thing. Itβs just peak oddball music from front to back.
Although this album probably does deserve to be on the list, from the generator offering me both their albums (in a short time, too, since I only got their live one 3 weeks ago), I get the feeling theyβre more of a singles band, or at least songs band, since everything on here is still good on its own (well, musically; lyrically, βJailbaitβ is justβ¦ no). It kind of drags, even if thereβs nothing bad (again, excepting the one song), and Lemmy is an iconic singer, but his vocal style can get kind of repetitive. Of course, the title track is a metal classic, and the energy is great, so itβs more my opinion. Iβd say keep it in, even if Iβm not the biggest fan.
My first real jazz album (I had Jazz Samba before this, but bossa nova is really kind of its own thing), and itβs from Sir Duke himself. I was contemplating just listening to the original, but I had a long plane ride today and decided βscrew it Iβll just listen to the whole thingβ. Probably a good idea, since because of stormy weather it left all the way at βTulip or Turnipβ. Anyway, how do I describe this album? Iβll just say this: itβs very warm and nice, sounds like something good to drink coffee to or whatever. That sounds like a 3 or a 4, but I actually really loved this album. βDiminuendo in Blueβ especially, for that legendary sax solo that made Paul Gonsalves literally faint. A must hear for any jazz fan.
And so begins my descent into Byrds hell. Do you know how many albums are either theirs or feature someone from them? 12. At least, because I didnβt even check, but I know thereβs 5 albums from them, 2 Gene Clark solo albums, 2 CSN/CSNY albums, 1 David Crosby solo album, 1 Gram Parsons solo album, and one Flying Burrito Brothers album. Why? They do not matter THAT much. Anyway Mr. Tambourine Man is pretty good. Itβs good, jangly folk rock, and the title track is a classic. Good album, but itβs kind of hard to look past the looming shadow of the other Byrds albums.
Come Away With Me is - wait what? Okay so apparently Norah Jones is Ravi Shankarβs daughter. How was I not aware of this? Probably because Iβve never took the time to listen to her music before. Whatever thatβs kind of weird. Anyway, Come Away With Me is bland, uninteresting, and generic. Seriously, thereβs not a single song I can even point out as anything. Itβs just generic, unremarkable vocal jazz. You know what? I was going to give it a 2, but I talked myself into a 1 for just how boring it is. None of these songs are painful to listen to, to but itβs just a time-waster as an album.
Weirdly enough, I got this album exactly one week after Another Green World, but given my enjoyment of that album (and Before And After Science), getting a third from him so quickly is a welcome surprise. Besides, this is a far different album from those two, leaning in completely on ambient music; in fact, Iβm pretty sure itβs the only ambient album on the entire list (I know Selected Ambient Works 85-92 is on here, but thatβs really more of an IDM album with ambient influences. Anyway, as ambient music, this is really just meditative, calming music, and I love that. The first song of the four in particular is nice, with the piano playing being something that brings it all together. Honestly, what more can I say? Anyone interested in ambient music should listen to this album.
Really good new wave music. The stretch from βThis Is The Dayβ to βThe Twilightβ in particular is masterful. I donβt have much to say, really; just an amazing discovery from one of my favorite genres. Very excited for Infected.
I didnβt know this album was on the list. Huh. Anyway, itβs good disco music. Title track is a classic. Not much to say, but it was good.
Iβm split on this album. I like the industrial sound in a lot of places, but a lot of the lyrics are just kind of whiney. That said, βHurtβ is a genuinely great song, and itβs still enjoyable enough, so Iβll give it a 3.
Oh, yeah. The Duke Ellington one was great, but this is just hot fire all the way through, with some slower-paced numbers to ground it. Songs like βThe Kid From Red Bankβ, βDouble-Oβ, and βWhirly-Birdβ. The explosion on the cover was ballsy for the time, but it fits so well. Just amazing.
Itβs good pop-rock, but it doesnβt benefit from the album format. The Go-Goβs are just a singles band that donβt have that much song variety (although βLust To Loveβ is fairly different from the other stuff on here) and it shows. But to be honest, this album is still enjoyable, and βOur Lips Are Sealedβ and βWe Got The Beatβ are two iconic 80βs singles. Just nice as an album, and worth a listen.
Fun Latin music. I donβt know why, but I have trouble remembering specific songs from other languages, but this was great nonetheless. I think I enjoyed the songs with the piano the most, like another reviewer I saw. Just good music. Listen to it.
This album grew on me while I was listening, from a below average album to a pretty good one. Itβs nothing special, but itβs good. I like the energy, the style, itβs just enjoyable. Not essential (why I decided to give it a 3), but listen to it if youβre a punk fan.
The first real part of the Nine Circles of Byrds (why nine? Gram Parsons is kind of his own thing that was on a Byrds album, and Mr. Tambourine Man, which I got 10 days ago, is a good album to ease me in). This album - why? No, just why? Why do we need an ex-Byrd shamelessly copping Dylan while having an ounce of the talent in this book? Not all good folk is Dylan rip-offs. This book knows that - they have five Leonard Cohen albums. And unlike the Byrds, Cohen actually DESERVES those albums. Instead of adding more different sounding folk albums, they add two of a Byrd ripping off Bob Dylan. Oh yeah, he has two. Why does this guy get two, especially when he was in a band that has five? But letβs look at the album itself. Every single song is forgettable, except βTears of Rageβ - a Dylan-penned song. Of course. Iβd just be repeating myself if I talked any longer. Just skip this one. (Side note: why am I always so much more interesting when hating on an album than praising it?)
Arcade Fire is a classic indie band, so I was excited to get one of their albums (already heard Funeral before, so being one I hadnβt was also good). Fun fact: The Suburbs was released the day I was born. But anyway, Neon Bible is a great album, with the songs on it being amazing. I donβt have much to say, but I really enjoyed it.
I donβt know why, but I tend to enjoy Neil Young a lot more than his country rock contemporaries - probably just because he makes better music, but I digress. Anyway, Harvest is a classic albums with such great songs as βHeart of Goldβ, βOld Manβ, and βThe Needle and the Damage Doneβ, and thatβs just scratching the surface. All the songs are primarily acoustic, with the exceptions of βAlabamaβ and βWordsβ, unifying the album. The real great thing about the album is simply how good the songs are, though. Seriously, all of them are great. Just give it a listen. (God, this review was basic.)
My second album from him, and first I hadnβt listened to before. Who can argue with Bowie? This is great. Itβs kind of similar to Ziggy Stardust, but A) some of the songs are really unique, such as the R&B-esque βDrive-In Saturdayβ and βTimeβ, which sounds as if it was from an old musical but got a glam-rock makeover, and B) who wouldnβt want more of that?. Besides, a lot of it straight up rocks; see βWatch That Manβ, βCracked Actorβ, and βThe Jean Genieβ. Even the Rolling Stones cover pulls its weight. I donβt want to gush about this album any more. Just give it a listen.
Odd that I got Syd Barrettβs solo album before any by Pink Floyd, but unlike those albums, I havenβt heard this one before. It really captures his degrading mind and insanity at this point - really sad. The music is great anyway, somehow. I really liked the songs βTerrapinβ and βHere I Goβ, especially the latterβs sort of twist in the middle. Great album from a legend who sadly lost his mind at a young age.
Well that was quick. Only two days ago I had Aladdin Sane. Itβs a Bowie album, so itβs bound to be good. The title track is amazing and iconic, of course. I also loved the trio of ambient tracks near the end of the album. What more can I say? Just another one of his masterpieces.
Alright modern blues rock. Doesnβt really have a unified sound like the White Stripes, though, and kind of forgettable. I like βSixteen Saltinesβ, though.
Itβs fun, but also long and kind of samey for that length. Itβs cool how it kind of acts as a celebration of this kind of traditional music, though, and the songs themselves are often nice tasty bluegrass. I also dislike some of the songs, though, like the one about the jewel or whatever. Interesting, but you donβt necessarily need to hear the whole thing.
Itβs A Night At The Opera. It speaks for itself.
As someone whoβs given 5βs to most jazz albums Iβve come across, I obviously have to bestow that rating onto this. It just sounds so natural, despite how it experiments with time signatures when most jazz songs were in 4/4, but it sounds just as good as the other albums of its time. Also, for all the people saying they kind of feel bad for not listening to a black artist, the bassist for the quartet was black and Brubeck refused to play without him. So that makes not one bad thing about this album (other than nitpicks).
I mean, sure. Itβs generic indie, but I like most indie anyway. Enjoyable - you know, even though I liked it, itβs not really noteworthy.
I wasnβt expecting to like this as much as I did, considering I wasnβt very positive about it when I first heard it. But, outside of one glaring exception (βJoyβ is incredibly stupid), the songs are all great. It keeps an incredible consistency in being good, and the songs are enjoyable with good lyrics. Really, I donβt completely know why Iβm rating it so high, but I really enjoy it.
No other album can match the hype I got when generating this one. You see, Daft Punk is me and my friendβs favorite artist. Not my specific favorite, but ours as a group (or duo, since itβs just one friend). βRevolution 909β, βDa Funkβ, βAround The Worldβ, βBurninββ and βIndo Silver Clubβ are all straight bangers and no one can tell me otherwise. βRollinβ And Scratchinββ and βRockβn Rollβ just go off the rails. βHigh Fidelityβ would look absolutely hilarious with a lyrics sheet (thatβs not really something to specifically praise the album for but still). My one gripe with its inclusion is that it was picked over Discovery. I mean, personally, I think they should have three: this, Discovery, and Random Access Memories. However, if youβre only going to pick one, I would go with the second of the three. Homework is amazing, but it sounds like an artist still in the formative stages; for example, βAround The Worldβ is the only song where the vocals feel fully formed. Anyway this album slaps bye
Why does everyone hate this album so much? Itβs a good drum and bass experience. I know itβs not the most accessible of genres, but 2.57? Really? Anyway this is good. Not really βtimelessβ, but good. Reminds me of Aphex Twin in some parts, specifically Drukqs. Good electronic album. I guess I kind of like this type of music too much, though.
Nice new wave album. Kind of like The Smiths. Not very unique, but I might listen to it again. Of course, however, this is one of those albums that isnβt really notable enough for a lengthy, detailed review.
Good art-rock, but not as good as another album from this book, For Your Pleasure, which Iβve listened to before. The songs are still great, with me enjoying the first two and last one specifically. Itβs not as good as that album, but listen to it if you liked their other music. (Iβll probably articulate my thoughts on the band better once that or maybe their self-titled come around).
These standards albums are fun, especially this one. Itβs nowhere near as good as Red Headed Stranger, but Willie putting his spin on some pop classics is just nice to hear. My favorites are the first four songs and βSunny Side Of The Streetβ; theyβre all enjoyable, though. Not an all-time classic, but a nice listen, with the two albums in this book showing two sides of his music, which is great.
Eh. Itβs standard 70βs dad rock, so fine. None of the songs are bad, but they donβt really feel unique in any way, and this doesnβt do a great job at what it seems like itβs trying to be. I do have an interesting anecdote about the band, though. When I was in the car ride - somewhere, I forgot - one day, my dad played βShooting Starβ. I asked him to turn it off (I donβt really know why, I donβt hate that song or anything). He proceeded to play it THE WHOLE TIME. It got on my nerves so much. Anyway Bad Company is an ok album I guess.
Is it weird that I prefer Highway to Hell to Back in Black? The songs on it just tend to be faster paced than those on the next album. Anyway, AC/DC have always been a great band, but not amazing. Both their records in the book deserve to be here, but theyβre not super amazing or anything. Title track is a classic. Songs are great. Give it a listen if you like this kind of classic rock.
Not amazing, but I like the songs on it. In fact, it does keep a consistent quality, and I can even see why one would rate this 5 stars. I especially like βPeace of Mindβ. Itβs just a good song. In my books, give it a listen; itβs fun.
Another baroque pop masterwork. I like how the two things people call it are just Something Else, which kind of makes it sound self-touting, all futuristic like, and the full title, which makes it sound ordinary, plain, just another release. But just another release by The Kinks still clearly makes a great album. Firstly, something I noticed was that as the album went on is that the first side feels less polished than the second. Of course, it doesnβt change the quality of the album; so many great songs; βDavid Wattsβ, βDeath of a Clownβ, βTwo Sistersβ, Iβm really just listing the whole album here, arenβt I? The extremely obvious highlight is βWaterloo Sunsetβ; what a beautiful masterwork of a song. I also particularly like βLazy Old Sunβ and its unique chord changes. What more can I say. The gods of baroque pop make a great baroque pop album.
Surprisingly good. I didnβt have high expectations after the opening track, which isnβt the worst thing in the world, but a definite mess. It only got better from there, though, culminating in the great songs βDo It Betterβ and βLazyitisβ. At those high points especially, itβs got such a layered sound and production. A nice, dense album overall.
Something funny: I didnβt realize the pun in the band name until I told my dad the album today and he asked about the pronunciation (I was saying Hiphoprisy, as in ph pronounced as f). Anyway, this album is extremely bleak. It makes some good points, and the best songs kind of tend to be the ones I can get on with more; for example, I prefer βLanguage of Violenceβ to βTelevision The Drug Of The Nationβ. The beats are nice; kind of similar to Public Enemy, but they have more exotic elements, which is good. In conclusion, a good rap album I wouldnβt have listened to otherwise.
Iβm kind of a sucker for most electronic music on this list, arenβt I? I mean, Iβve mostly gotten more popular artists, really, except for Goldie and Boards of Canada, with even the latter being critically acclaimed, just not super accessible. Anyway, a lot of great songs on this album, some of my favorites being βRight Here, Right Nowβ, βPraise Youβ, and especially βThe Rockafeller Skankβ. Again, I just love this genre, but I like these songs a lot, and itβs a good example of great electronic music.
The rap albums on this list have been pretty consistently good (aside from my hated Kid Rock), and this is more of the same. While I enjoyed it, it was admittedly not very distinguished from other rap at the time, at least listening with modern ears. The songs were, of course, still good, however, the highlight being βJust To Get A Repβ, which highlights the pointlessness of gang violence. I donβt know how to end this review. Nice beats I guess.
This album is weird. It felt kind of generic at first, but then it randomly got death metal at the end of βReceptacle for the Respectableβ. Then β[A] Touch Sensitiveβ was a nice beat. Then βShoot Doris Dayβ started off like a song you would sing for a holiday or something, though it got more normal. Then βMiniatureβ was a spacey 40 second instrumental. Then βNo Sympathyβ was like a Nick Cave song that randomly turned into an Aphex Twin song in the last two minutes. Then βJuxtaposed With Uβ was like a reggae song with randomly robotic vocals. Then it got more normal. Well, itβs oddly middle-loaded, with the beginning and endings being a 3 and that part being a 5, so weβll average it out. Side note, can I get something more interesting than a sixth four star in a row today? Thanks if yes.
What can I say about Elton John? Heβs one of the most seasoned and consistent hit makers of all time, and the sheer pop sensibility in his songs is impeccable. This is apparent on Madman Across The Water, though the two hits (and the two songs I knew) being the first two songs on the album. βTiny Dancerβ is a good opener, but it would be nice to put βLevonβ in the middle of the album rather than straight after another ballad. Of course, the album isnβt bad after that (just look at my rating), but after the title track and βIndian Sunsetβ, which are arguably on the same level of quality, itβs kind of less interesting. Still, though, this is a great album. Although most Elton John albums I could see taking its place (considering I kind of see it as giving him an album thatβs not Goodbye Yellow Brick Road), itβs a good listen.
happy birthday to me Itβs my birthday. Fun. Anyways, Machine Head is a great early metal album, especially on the faster songs. βMaybe Iβm a Leoβ and βNever Beforeβ are my least favorite songs as a result of this. Also, βSmoke On The Waterβ gets all the attention, but βHighway Starβ is the real best song. I will die on this hill. Anyway, hope I get a good birthday album.
Well, my birthday album. Itβs insane that I got two albums in a row by a group with only 3 albums in the book on my birthday. Anyway, this is nowhere near as good as Machine Head. Firstly, the production is kind of shoddy. Not like it sounds atrocious or anything, but this could do with a remaster. Second, the songs arenβt as memorable. Aside from βChild In Timeβ, I probably wouldnβt be able to name a song from this album if you played it for me. Finally, itβs simply not as fun to listen to. I had a good time with Machine Head, but a part of me felt like I was just waiting for the album to end. A lesser effort than its successor on this list (chronologically speaking).
I didnβt like the first song very much, but it got pretty good after that. Early Steely Dan is kind of hard for me to love, though (note early, as Aja is an unabashed classic in my eyes). I do like the more jazzy influences on this, as they give it more of a unique feel, whereas Canβt Buy A Thrill was more so built around its best songs (Do It Again, Dirty Work, and Reelinβ In The Years). Overall, a good release from the Dan. Ew, I sound like a dad. Anyway, hope I get the pretzel album next so it can be all chronological.
50βs vocal jazz is a nice genre, and this record is fairy charming. Sarah Vaughan is a pretty good vocalist, and her personality comes through on this album (just listen to βHow High The Moon). Granted, it does feel a little silly and unprofessional, but it humanizes the singer. Also, one of the instrumentalists was born in 1925 and is still alive. Cool.
This Neil Young album is arguably better than Harvest, with every song being great. My favorite song is βSouthern Manβ; itβs got a great melody and lyrics, and itβs way better then βSweet Home Alabamaβ, which it inspired. The rest of the album is no slouch, though. This is one of the Neil Young albums I have less to say about, so bye.
What words can be used to describe this album? Boring. Derivative. Uninteresting. Why is this guy in the book instead of actual reggae. That part of the genre is super underrepresented, but apparently this is straight-up one of the best reggae albums. No. Just no. Also, he has ancestry from Ghana, apparently, but come on, heβs just another white guy. This is nowhere near as bad as what Iβm about to mention, but it kind of reminds me of a joke in one South Park episode where a guy finds out he has 3% black DNA and saysβ¦ that wordβ¦ to a coworker. Not that similar, I just think itβs funny and wanted to mention it. Anyway, screw this guy. Also back to school (pain).
This is another obvious 5. To be honest, Iβm surprised it only has a 3.9. Orchestrated to perfection, mature lyrics, amazing melodies, youβve heard it all before. You donβt need my opinion on this.
Nah. I do not like blues jamming in the slightest. At least this had sections, and it didnβt actively bother me, but itβs just jamming, and not unique. Having an entire side be a 25-minute version of a two chord song was a fun idea that never should have gotten past that phase. Not very good at not at all memorable, the only reason Iβm not extremely mad about getting two one stars so close is because in between I had Pet Sounds.
For some reason, this feels like an album that people would say should be on the list but it isnβt. I donβt know why, itβs got that quality of being super popular on RYM and similar stuff, but overlooked on best albums lists by big labels and publications. Anyway, itβs a great album. I mean, I like indie pop. This is one of the biggest indie pop albums. Itβs good.
This album is weird, but not really in a good way. This guy is like Nick Drake if he didnβt want to sing nicely. Seriously, these vocal stylings are weird, and I donβt like them. The rest of itβs generic. 2, because I donβt really hate it.
Amazing, sublime album. I really love the acoustic guitar on this album, and his voice is really nice. Some of my favorites are βSpeed Trialsβ, βBallad Of Big Nothingβ, and βSay Yesβ, which I somehow recognized on the first listen (on the Rolling Stone 500, which appears to be a far inferior list, though unlike this it has the Neutral Milk Hotel album, so thatβs a plus) despite having no real knowledge of Smithβs catalogue. Great album. Side note: for some reason he has one more album on the list and itβs Figure 8, even though I feel like most people would pick his self-titled or XO over that.
I really like this style of pop/rock. The only one I recognized was βKidsβ, though Iβve definitely heard βTime To Pretendβ before this. I am really lost for words. Uhhhhhhjjhhhβ¦. itβs good?
I donβt feel like writing a long review right now but basically this record was really good and it surprised me. Also, I knew βOur Houseβ when I wasnβt expecting to recognize anything. Noice.
Iβm not the biggest fan of this style of rock, but this is undoubtedly a classic album. Come on, it has βThunder Roadβ, the title track, AND βJunglelandβ all on it. I think thatβs all that really needs to be said.
Liked how this was a metal album that doesnβt take itself too seriously, but it isnβt an absolute joke, either. βJesus Built My Hotrodβ is fun. Ok Iβm drawing a blank on what to say again.
I definitely donβt dislike it, but Elvis is a singles artist first and foremost, and this may be an unpopular opinion, but I wouldnβt be opposed to the idea of only including his 1956 self-titled album. For some reason they didnβt include βSuspicious Mindsβ on this? I know itβs not a whole singles not on albums thing because they DO have the inferior βIn The Ghettoβ on this. The rest is ok. I mean, I guess I donβt really mind this check-in in the late 60βs on Elvis. Whatever.
Generic punk. I mean, Iβm really feeling the common-ness of it all by now. Whatever. 2, because Iβm bored of this.
This is my first listen to this album, and itβs as good as any by Led Zeppelin. When I was little, I thought βImmigrant Songβ was like the coolest song ever, and itβs not like I donβt see why I would think that now. My favorite song on this album ended up being the blues dirge βSince Iβve Been Loving Youβ; I donβt know why, but I just really enjoyed it. Anyway, Iβm praying that I get their second album next, so I can get them in descending order.
Album number 200! Want Two is pretty good. My favorite songs were βThe One You Loveβ, βPeach Treesβ, and βThe Art Teacher'. Theyβre just good, I guess. One of the top reviews says that he sounds like Thom Yorke at moments, which he does, but it bothers me because he hits the high notes in a similar way but just doesnβt have the same voice. For some reason I knew of him before this project? Like, I had no idea who he was, but I knew there was a musician named Rufus Wainwright. I thought he was from the 60βs-70βs, honestly. Anyway good album.
I wonder why I enjoy these 50βs albums so much. Maybe because thereβs only 20 or so, the quality control is just better. Anyway, Lady In Satin is a good sendoff for one of the greatest singers in her era. The songs arenβt the most interesting, but the vocals and arrangements really stand out. While I did say the songs werenβt the most interesting, they really fit the way she was living at the time and the emotion she brings is palpable. Great album from a great singer.
Whatβs with me getting absolute classics every Monday since school started back up? Kind Of Blue is sort of the popular decision for greatest jazz album of all time. What can I say? This is influential, original, technical, enjoyable, all the positive words. Just listen to it if you somehow havenβt by now.
I wouldnβt give a 5 to just any Johnny Cash album, but this book picked them really well. This is a classic live album; one where the songs have more energy and the artistβs full personality is on display. Seriously, just the sheer charm of his talking and monologuing is just so entertaining. Doing an album at a prison as a country artist is just a great idea, too, and itβs made even better by being the prison from one of his greatest songs, garnering lots of applause and enthusiasm from the inmates. Wow, I was surprised at how much I had to say about this one. Anyways, in conclusion, just one of the greatest live records ever to be put on wax.
I know this is all political and stuff, but for some reason it doesnβt hit me the way it feels like it should. I donβt know whether itβs the instrumentation or the lyrics that Iβm not a fan of. For the record, I like βFast Carβ and βBehind The Wallβ. This record is just whatever to me. I donβt mind its inclusion, though.
This album is so atmospheric that it genuinely felt like it was a colder season, not summer. Then I went outside and instantly caught on fire. I screamed for help and some people luckily came to my aid with a fire blanket. However, the damage was done. As I laid in the hospital, writhing in pain, a doctor came and gave me some anesthetic before telling me they were going to have to remove the melted cotton from my skin. I blacked out soon after. When I came to, I was in a lot of pain, and they told me it would take three weeks to recover. So I hate you, Vespertine. But itβs a pretty good album that Iβd have given a 5 if it hadnβt nearly killed me, so I guess Iβll give it that.
Good, personal alt-rock. I knew five of the songs before I listened to it for the first time (βYou Oughta Knowβ, βHand In My Pocketβ, βHead Over Feetβ, βYou Learnβ, and βIronicβ), which Iβd say is a pretty good track record. I donβt know, itβs good. Iβd say it doesnβt deserve too much praise, though (how did it get the funny number spot on the Rolling Stone Top 500).
I had a really fun time listening to this. Itβs no masterpiece, but these songs just slap. I donβt know what to say; itβs just enjoyable and fun. Aphex Twin sampled βApacheβ in βHeliosphanβ and Iβm a big Aphex Twin fan, so thatβs cool. 4, since itβs not amazing, but I have a good chance of listening to this again.
Why is the songwriting on this so stupid? Seriously, βAllergiesβ? βWhen Numbers Get Seriousβ? βCars Are Carsβ???????? The worst part is that not all of these lyrics are bad, which clearly means he could have done better on this album. Instead we have this. And the music? The musicβs fine. But. Why would you not pick an album with good songwriting and the same caliber of music instead of this. Why would you choose this in general? The man is sitting comfortably with three albums with Garfunkel and two on his own already, so why do we have this? On its own merits, this is a 3, but since itβs Paul Simon weβre talking about, Iβm giving it a 2.
The classic album every Monday streak continues. Another one where itβs just βwhat do I have to sayβ. One this I do have to say is that βElectioneeringβ is a full-on banger and I am coming to your house if you say itβs the low point on this album. Other than that, itβs OK Computer. Just read one of the other billion positive reviews.
Classic soul. Not much else to say, but since Iβve stopped getting so many R&B or funk artists, itβs nice to get another from the genre. I really like all the songs on this album, though itβs not really made as a cohesive work for the most part, which is why it gets a 4 as opposed to a 5. Not much else to say, really.
This is one of the most influential punk albums out there, and itβs a fun listen, too. It wouldnβt necessarily be a 5 instead of a 4 if not for when it came out, but itβs one of those albums you just have to respect. The songs are still great, too, and at less than 30 minutes, it doesnβt overstay its welcome. A fun and extremely important record.
Another from Elvis Costello. Itβs pretty good, I guess. I canβt really talk at length about this one. I like βWatching The Detectivesβ, even if itβs not on the original release. Just for the record, I prefer this to Blood And Chocolate. Iβll probably get that treated to a 2. Bye.
Good. Gothy. I like βMonitorβ and βNight Shiftβ. Thatβs it.
*insert generic but not wrong complaint about how there are way too many 80βs British albums here instead of music people actually care about here*
It feels weird to have Bruce Springsteen in my favorite artists list, but I happened to get the two albums of his Iβm giving 5βs as my second and third from him. Nebraska is a chilling, atmospheric album much different from Springsteenβs musical fare. The stories here are dark, highlighted by how minimalist the arrangements are. Although the morals have a tendency to be not quite right, the storytelling is on point. Overall, one of his best.
I can see why people like this, but personally, it just doesnβt hit me. I guess Iβm not a big fan of this sound. The songs are good, but they also have a tendency to be too slow and long, outside of βEverybody Wants To Rule The Wordβ, obviously, plus a few others. Not bad, just not my jam.
This is lame. Generic rap that no one cares about. Why is it on the list? I donβt know. There are probably at least 100 rap albums that I would have been happier with inclusion. If youβre going to include a generic one, at least let it be a generic one people like. Just boring.
Good synthpop. I really like βItβs A Sinβ. I donβt have anything to say.
Really fun album. I thought it would be be like punk and Irish folk mix, but itβs more like pure Irish music with the punk spirit. It just kind of makes me want to go to the pub and get drunk. Except Iβm not 21. And I donβt like the taste of any alcohol Iβve tasted. I guess Iβll just drink some of that soda in a glass bottle and get a caffeine rush.
It seems weird to say this since I gave Ten a two, but Superunknown is a great album. Honestly, Chris Cornell is like Eddie Vedder if he was a good singer, way less whiney while still having the same low voice. The worst song here, βHalfβ, is two minutes, and even then itβs not really bad. Otherwise, this album is incredibly consistent, especially since most of its songs reach at least 5 minutes. The singles are just inarguable, and a lot of the other songs are amazing, too, such as βLet Me Drownβ, βHead Downβ, and βLike Suicideβ. Just go listen to it; itβs one of the great grunge records and one of the best double albums in rock.
People probably should have been more concerned about Kurt Cobain after this album. After the first two songs, hearing βHeart Shaped Boxβ is a relief, and that song is super bitter. Thatβs kind of how this album functions: super loud songs followed by poppier, but definitely not Nevermind-esque songs. Itβs great. Iβd list songs, but I like all of them (and itβs uninteresting to read). Bye.
βYou know how we just made one of the most influential, groundbreaking, and important albums ever?β βYeah?β βWhat if we followed it up with one of the sexiest things man has ever created?β
Good afrobeat. However, Iβve heard some of Kutiβs studio material as well (though not his other album on this list, Zombie) and itβs just better. Still a good album, but I wouldnβt mind substituting it for, say, Expensive Shit.
This album is really good; βFreak Outβ, βI Want Your Loveβ, βSometimes You Winβ, itβs all great. Except for one song. βAt Last I Am Freeβ is long, repetitive, and overly dramatic and not very fun - on a disco album. I cannot stress enough that this would be a filler song anyway, since the chorus is annoying to begin with with (especially the last line). But otherwise, I enjoy it, so 4.
Good punk music. I like the saxophone. This is one without much to say.
Meh. Despite the fact that this is so genre-bending, it ultimately feels like something unremarkable and not unique. I like some of the rapping, though.
A seminal sampling album with fun lyrics. For some reason, I always thought βShake Your Rumpβ was the single, but not only is it not, but itβs not even one of the non-singles with a Wikipedia page. Anyway, this is just a great album that flows well. Why am I constantly getting records that I donβt really have anything to say about?
I donβt know. Kind of boring, generic psychedelic music. Meh.
Nice. Dreamy. More unique than The Last Broadcast. The End.
Metallica, but James Hetfieldβs singing is worse, thereβs a random orchestra that doesnβt really do anything yet still manages to make the songs have less bite, and for some unknown reason, the line βhow Iβm killing youβ in Master Of Puppets is changed to βhow Iβm fucking youβ. The song is about drugs - you should know that considering you wrote it. -1 star for length, too, as the album Master Of Puppets itself was a little on the long side, but I liked that album, and I donβt like this one.
Good dance music. I didnβt really think it would be any different, since I liked the one I heard already, but whatever (I prefer that one, just so you know). Something interesting about this one is that I think it was mistakenly thought to be one of the albums here that wasnβt on the list when it really was, since Iβm only the fifth or so review since 2021. Cool.
that was definitely an album of generic 60βs rock.
Good 70βs rock. Nothing special, though.
As a fan of Radiohead, I am biased, but this is one of the best alt-rock albums out there. βPlanet Telexβ, the title track, βHigh And Dryβ, Fake Plastic Treesβ, βJust, βMy Iron Lungβ, βStreet Spiritβ. All recognizable songs from this album. Thatβs over half the tracklisting. Can you really argue with that? (yeah, but I guess Iβm making a point)
why are you singing mr tambourine man like that its so ANNOYING on to the actual review Okay, Iβm writing this first part after hearing the acoustic part. Firstly, Iβm surprised this is our first encounter with a Dylan record. He has seven, so itβs weird that Iβm only having one from him when Iβm so close to the midpoint of this project (since thereβs 1,089, unless they release a new version before Iβm finished with the project, that would be around album 273). Actually, itβs even weirder that Iβve had no Beatles or Beatles-affiliated albums. Seriously, there are 12. Thatβs as many as the Byrds! (His smile fades as he realizes the ramifications of this horrifying, tragic realization). Ok so the second thing is that we will ignore that fact forever now. The actual second thing is why not just listen to an acoustic studio album from Dylan? Seriously, this disc has no reason for you to play it for want of a live album. A studio album is A) more focused and B) doesnβt have this annoying version of βMr. Tambourine Manβ on it. I donβt know why I dislike it so much, but his vocal delivery is annoying and it goes on for 4 extra minutes where nothing happens. The outro is really so long that when βTell Me, Mommaβ actually started it was like a jumpscare. Future me here: I actually quite like the second disc. It brings a lot of energy to the songs on it, especially to songs that Iβm not the biggest fan of in their studio counterparts, most notably βLeopard-Skin Pill-Box Hatβ, which I hadnβt really enjoyed both times Iβve listened to Blonde On Blonde (one time for a failed attempt at listening to every album in the top 50 albums in the RS500 and the other for a successful one of the whole list), but this version is way more enjoyable just for the energy added in. The one gripe I have is that βBallad Of A Thin Manβ is kind of poorly mixed, especially since itβs probably my favorite Dylan song, but even then itβs not that bad. I debated whether to give this a 3 or a 4, but Iβll go 3 just to be mean.
Good mix of African music and the sound of the era. There are some songs in English on the back half, so I was surprised when I realized I was actually understanding the lyrics on one song. Itβs also odd, but kind of hilarious that the male singer is just having a full-on giggling fit on βOne More Danceβ as in the song heβs telling his girlfriend that her husband sheβs cheating on is dying (he straight up LOSES IT when he dies). Anyway good album.
Honestly, Iβve never really enjoyed this album like I should, but Iβll give it full marks out of obligation. Itβs still good classic rock, and I just never really listened to it whenever I would want to. Good album, just one I donβt enjoy so much.
Simply one of the best double albums ever made. Just the first four songs should tell you that. I wouldnβt say Iβm a big fan of Elton John, but thereβs something about his music and Bernie Taupinβs lyrics that really makes it special. Itβs going to feel weird having him in that favorite artists page, though.
Pretty good, but minus one star because Morrissey is stupid or something.
Justin Timberlake has a few good songs, but this is pretty generic. βCry Me A Riverβ is alright, though.
Not as good as Superfly, but itβs still super funky, still great social commentary, and, most of all, still Curtis. What more can you want?
Although technically my first Funkadelic album, Iβve had Mothership Connection, their album under Parliament on the list, and the differences between the two really show. While Mothership Connection was straight FUNK (one of the funkiest things I have ever heard), Maggot Brain is more experimental. For example, the guitar opus of the title track, the uniquely acoustic funk on βCan You Get To Thatβ ,the epic βWars Of Armageddonβ, etc. One of the most unique albums of its genre, and one of the finest, too.
Finally, my prayers for one of the insanely weird and inaccessible albums from the low rated list have been answered! This is jazz on acid. Not acid jazz, jazz on acid. It does bother me that Coleman himself is not included, and I would cut this album to make room for one of his, but I would cut other albums first. Itβs just insane and brimming with energy, too, especially the drums and sax. I can tell why people dislike this one, but I love it.
Pretty good ambient electronica. I donβt know, nothing to say.
Good shoegaze. More generic than Loveless, the other shoegaze album Iβve heard, but songs like βVapor Trailβ are still great.
Really great punk music. Itβs amazing how they can seamlessly switch from different parts of the song so fast. The reggae elements feel more minor and woven in, too, which is nice. Donβt have any other thoughts, but I like this.
Nice electronica. The end.
An alright rap album.
dog on the cover
The OG metal album. Even the cover was way creepier than other stuff at the time; it just conveys some kind of menace to me. The title track just portrays fear so aggressively, almost. It seems almost like a larger-than life fear, like something horrible, scarier than you can imagine. The instrumental gives us only a taste of this. The other songs are good, too; βN.I.Bβ sounds like something off the next album, Paranoid, without having the disadvantage of every song next to it being in the same key. (Why did they do that? Weβll get to that album when we get to it, I guess.) Anyway, uhhhhhhhh the end I guess (I just said I guess twice in quick succession).
Ok, I havenβt actually started the review but I just saw on Wikipedia that on the censored version, βJust Donβt Give A Fuckβ and βStill Donβt Give A Fuckβ are changed to βJust Donβt Giveβ and βStill Donβt Giveβ and I just find that really funny. Also I just remembered the line βGo-go gadget dickβ and while the song itβs on isnβt great, I find that absurdly hilarious. Anyway, this is a fun album with some problematic lyrics. More specifically, I like the deranged-ness of it all when it doesnβt feel misogynistic, homophobic, etc. I like the other stuff, though, so 3.
Iβd write a review for this, but I could never top, never say anything not represented in the top review. That is simply one of the greatest pieces of literature of our generation. Such an in-depth, inspiring, beautiful review. So, Iβll just repeat it: βGreenβ
war is bad 2011 edition but pretty good
Sure, enjoyable EDM. Kind of forgettable, though. Actually, so forgettable that after calling someone, I completely forgot I was still listening to it and only realized as I was getting on to the school bus. Whatever. I thought I recognized the vocalist on βSetting Sunβ, so I looked, and yeah, itβs Noel Gallagher. Not Liam, but Noel. Fun. ending sentence
Talking Heads album! Itβs also my brotherβs birthday but this far outweighs that. Even though this isnβt even my first. Whatever Talking Heads are my band right now. I hadnβt heard this one before (outside of the obvious βPsycho Killerβ, plus βUh-Oh, Love Comes To Townβ) but this is great; poppier, but still retaining elements of their best work. Some of my favorite songs other than the ones I had already heard are βNo Compassionβ, βThe Book I Readβ, and βFirst Week/Last Weekβ¦.Carefreeβ. Though not the best of their albums, still amazing.
I donβt know why, but I got a lot more out of this than Green. I mean, for that one I wrote a joke review because I didnβt know what to say and Iβve done a ton of reviews where I just said that. Review was lame, anyway. Whatever, I like Murmur. Itβs just nice and jangly, and all the songs are great. I guess I donβt really have anything more to-DAMMIT
The originator of that whole βton of songs in short albumβ thing, and it does it well. Only 3 songs even reach the 3-minute mark, and those songs are some of the best on the album. The shorter songs are great, too, and they donβt overstay their welcome. I remember thinking βThree Girl Rhumbaβ was the second song on the album and lasting 29 seconds, but itβs the third, and a minute and a half. The second song is - well, not that song, I guess. Anyway good album.
Pretty funky. Not as unmissable and amazing as Maggot Brain or Mothership Connection, though, so 4.
Good album. Not so much as Violator.
Better than I expected for 50βs rock. I know how influential he was, and itβs a shame that he died so young. Rivers Cuomo kind of did look like Buddy Holly, though, didnβt he?
This is my favorite Rolling Stones album, and βGimme Shelterβ is my favorite Rolling Stones song; it just has so much apocalyptic energy and Merry Claytonβs vocals are absolutely insane. The rest of the album is no slouch, either; the title track is fun, βMidnight Ramblerβ jams, and, while Iβm not as much of a fan as most, βYou Canβt Always Get What You Wantβ is a great closer. In conclusion, a great album.
Sad. Nice. Good album.
A lot like Want Two. Not as eclectic, though, and thereby not as good. The end I guess.
A great album. Instead of continuing to try and chase the highs of The Beatles, this album is highly personal, with one of the main themes being letting that phase of his life go. The last line of the last song (outside of the glorified outro) is βthe dream is overβ. Other parts of the album discuss other parts of his life. All in all, a highly personal album and a great listen.
Classic of the genre. It seamlessly mixes braggadocio with more conscious themes, doing both amazingly. Nas is such a great rapper; just listen to his flow on βIt Ainβt Hard To Tellβ. One of the best parts of this album is its brevity. Where most hip-hop albums of the 90βs overstay their welcome, this is a concise 10 tracks in 40 minutes. In conclusion, just one of the best rap albums in creation.
Stupid generic music. With such great songs as your silvyourer silvstreakyourer or some crap in βGraceβ, βwhat if there was a comic book about Lyndon B Johnson being stupid?β in βSuper Birdβ, and more songs which I didnβt care to pay attention. Hippy dippy bullshit.
The music isnβt quite as on point as his other work, while his lyrics are descriptive and creative as always. More specifically, the music feels more like bar blues than the Tom Waits Iβve heard (this is my first album from him). Heβs an excellent songwriter, though; βDonβt you know there ainβt no devil, thereβs just God when heβs drunkβ specifically just really hits hard. Great lyrics, ok music.
Nice. Jazzy. 50βs. Other descriptive words.
At Folsom Prison again. So 5 stars.
why do people like madonna
Pretty good. Canβt think of anything to say. Words.
Like the Slim Shady LP, but with better music, lyrics, and with actual serious songs. Seriously, I canβt imagine the sheer whiplash a new listener would get from βKimβ. It does have βKen Kaniffβ, though, so I donβt think I canβt give it 5 stars in good faith.
60βs country. Fine. End.
Nice electronica. Songs are pretty good, but too long.
mediocrerandb i dont know
Donβt know why but The Band just never hit me like Bob Dylan himself. Nice Americana folk though.
Obvious indie classic. Too lazy to expand upon that thought.
watered down jazz
This is the only Pixies album I hadnβt heard beforehand, and itβs Pixies, so itβs good. I like the surf-rock influences especially. Good.
Iβve now heard all three of his solo albums on the list (havenβt gotten So, but Iβve heard it). Surprisingly, I think this is my favorite. The songs on So felt prolonged and slow, with that 80βs production Iβm not a fan of, and Car didnβt grab my attention. With this album, though, I enjoyed the songs on it, including βNo Self Controlβ, βAnd Through The Wireβ, and βGames Without Frontiersβ. I also like the weirdness through the whole album. Just good.
Nice mix of punk and electronica.
Help me. After listening to the album, I suddenly had some horrific reaction and began my transformation into white trash⦠no, worse, an Eric Clapton fan! Just leave before I infect you too; please just ggbdhkgcghn-RACISM MISOGYNY WHITE BLUES
Good early 70βs pop. Like the hits and βJump Into The Fireβ. Other songs are also good. Nice album.
pruple
why do i have the best time with the weird albums
goodalbumnotmuchtosaygenericcrap
NOOOO STOP GIVING ME GOOD ALBUMS ITS GOIND TO MESS UP MY AVERAGE RATING Masterpiece.
nice country throwback not too good though
Good rock. The end.
ah yes, the worst beatles album.
Alt-rock that was better than what I expected. Cool.
Mediocre folk music. It would be a 2, but 1 for the cover of him dramatically holding a child that clearly does not want to be there.
David Bowie = 5 Stars This is fact.
Itβs classic Black Sabbath. Iβm not going to be psychotic and give it less than a 5.
yeah this is 5 stars what did you expect
Pretty good, nice 70βs rock. Cool Thanksgiving album.
its fine i guess
obviously
Not as good as his other stuff, but still good.
Pretty good blues rock. Not as good as Elephant. Album 300.
Pretty good 80βs rock. Singing is weird. Thatβs it.
Queen are basically 70βs rock gods.
Classic punk. Kind of messy.
Charles Bingus
Alright EDM. Weird cover though.
I tend to like electronica, but this is just boring and has nothing of value.
Nice classic blues. Doesnβt feel fake, like one Eric who claps. (ok i dont think he does that but the point still stands)
One of the coolest albums out there. Thereβs something so chill and lo-go about it that I love. βGet It Onβ is the clear standout, but theyβre all great.
nice raps (I donβt know what to say)
Surprisingly better than Actually. Chill. Liked it.
Nice, classic country.
Pretty good glam rock. Way better than hair metal, even if it bears a passing resemblance.
bars
Nice, classic metal. These albums have had not much to talk about for me.
Good. I liked the title track, βNo More Mr. Nice Guyβ, and βI Love The Deadβ the most. Alice Cooper has a good brand of shock rock, though not really actually that shocking.
You know, I said this would probably be a 2 in my review of his first album, but itβs better than I remembered. I always like βSledgehammerβ and βBig Timeβ and thought all the other songs were too slow, but those actually turned out to be great, too. An album my stance has actually positively changed on.
This is actually one of my favorite Radiohead albums. The top 5 on this album is just so great, although weird in some parts: βPyramid Songβ, βI Might Be Wrongβ, βKnives Outβ, βLike Spinning Platesβ, and βLife In A Glasshouseβ. What can I say? This album also just hits so different from the rest of them. I donβt know why, but it just feels like itβs in its own world. Anyway, great album bye
I wasnβt expecting to give this 5 stars, but thereβs really nothing wrong with this. Just classic 80s pop rock.
Pretty good. Beach Boys are good. I donβt know why Iβm drawing a blank but whatever.
Sure, itβs as long and convoluted as other, worse rock operas, but this oneβs just so much fun. There are actually amazing songs on their own, like βHey Youβ or βComfortably Numbβ, plus ones that are just a lot of fun or have great music (part 2 of βAnother Brick In The Wallβ, βYoung Lustβ, βRun Like Hellβ). One time I listened to this on a plane on my way to New York (I was on the generator at that time, actually; that was the day I had Another Green World). I hadnβt gotten much sleep the night before and it was an early flight, so I kind of drifted in and out of sleep while listening to it. It was surreal, especially when the end of βBring The Boys Back Homeβ started, I fully woke up, and that opening to βComfortably Numbβ just HIT. Same thing happened when I saw Harry Potter on Broadway a few days later, but that show sucked, so whatever.
Good jazz, as always. Minus one star for that extremely annoying track listing on Spotify.
ok i guess
Bob Dylan is good songwriter so 5
Itβs fine. Some nice creativity on display. Probably wonβt give it another listen, though.
This has an amazing backstory that earns this a place in the book on its own, but I really enjoyed the piano in some places, too. Easy 5.
boring
Amazing rap album. Big Boi brings the traditional great rap on this album, while Andre 3000 adds uniqueness. βMrs. Jacksonβ, βB.O.B.β, I could go on. Easy 5.
crimas
It was fine until he went full Vegan Teacher mode on us.
Muse is eh.
Nice, catchy world music. A pleasant listen overall.
I mean, yeah.
Tom Waits is good. These songs are very interesting, with βGoinβ Out Westβ having particularly cool music. He also has good, descriptive lyrics that feed into the mood of the songs. Great album.
Pretty unremarkable. I didnβt hate it, I guess, but I really got nothing out of it.
Classic album. βBrass In Pocketβ is great, and I canβt think of a bad song on this. Unexpected, but 5.
youre twisting my melon man
This album slaps. Itβs catchy, complex, full of paranoid energy, all the good things. βBorn Under Punchesβ has great rhythm and the chorus just HITS, especially when it comes in during the outro. βCrosseyed And Painlessβ is sharp and David Byrne has a great performance. βThe Great Curveβ just stays in motion for the whole 6 and a half minute runtime. βOnce In A Lifetimeβ is a classic. This praise goes on practically throughout the album. Easy 5.
I donβt know what to say about this one. On one hand, thereβs some good stuff I heard throughout, but then again, some parts would be better without the effects, and some are sort of pointless. 3 for neutrality.
Good album. βTake Me Outβ is a classic of the early 2000βs, and the rest is nice indie rock.
had all of their albums now wish it was more like behavior, but still good
Pretty good, like everything Iβve had from Beck. βE-Proβ especially is a good song. The end.
Nice classic blues. Okay thatβs it.
Great, unique R&B album. βThem Changesβ is a really good song Iβve had in my recommendations from time to time, and the rest of the album is of a similar quality. It will probably be a touch dated later down the line, but otherwise, I liked it a lot.
So influential, and songs like βEleanor Rigbyβ, βTomorrow Never Knowsβ, and βTaxmanβ are all excellent. Ok thatβs all I have Beatles are hard to talk about.
Pretty good. Not as good as Sound Affects.
Excellent album. As an album from the Smiths, itβs predictably somewhat whiny, but it has such great songs as βI Know Itβs Overβ, βBigmouth Strikes Againβ, and especially βThere Is A Light That Never Goes Outβ, which is just purely beautiful. But why did they have to end it with βSome Girls Are Bigger Than Othersβ?
Pretty good glam rock, but not really anything notable about it. Alright.
Pretty alright I guess. Nice to see Bjork before her solo work.
Neil Young is almost always great. I donβt like it as much as his other classics, but itβs still worth listening to.
Classic punk album. βTypical Girlsβ is really good. I keep getting albums I have nothing interesting to say about.
just feels fake Okay, I was going to give this a 2, but why? What am I giving it credit for? Thereβs nothing I enjoyed here, so why not give it a 1?
Woah, two one stars in a row. This is so boring I forgot about once in the morning when I turned it off and forgot it was on and once when I had to finish it in the afternoon and forgot I had it until I went on Spotify to do something else. Also, as other reviews have said, itβs really bad how the guy is Irish but thereβs a ton of New Yorkers talking about his street cred. Also, the guy screaming about not being able to release his energy before a song that you wouldnβt be able to release energy to even if you were dancing because of how slow it was was just kind of pitiful.
Really good. One of the few times using music from another culture doesnβt feel fake, probably because he doesnβt try to act like itβs his culture. Plus, the songs are really good. 5 stars, and a massive step up compared to Hearts And Bones.
Pretty good, but not really anything that stood out to me. Liked the dog, though.
Vastly prefer this to Treasure. I love how shoegazey and dreamy it is. Itβs just a vibe.
Yes the love is very supreme now please get out of my house
Pretty good. Not really memorable, though I did enjoy the closing track. Also, it bothers me how itβs technically not a self-titled album due to the lack of a βTheβ.
I like a lot of the stuff on this album, but at the same time, itβs very uneven. My two favorite songs are the insanely sarcastic βThank You Friendsβ and the dark βHolocaustβ. Having βDownsβ as the closer instead of one of the more downtempo songs was confusing, though, and there are other flaws (Iβm pretty sure the order varies on a lot of versions, but I listened on Spotify). Still good enough for a 4.
I donβt know why I would enjoy this album at all, but I do. βWaterfallsβ is a great song, and I did not know Andre 3000 was on the last track (this early in his career?). Anyway pretty good.
I donβt know why Iβm getting the most albums from one of my favorite bands, but I like it. This album is really underrated. I love songs like the great βThere, Thereβ, the cynical βA Wolf At The Doorβ, and the haunting βSail To The Moonβ. It doesnβt stop there, and I donβt think thereβs any filler on this. This is overall my fourth favorite Radiohead album, actually, behind OK Computer, Kid A, and In Rainbows, so all in all, very good.
meh
Unique, but maybe most bands donβt want to do low quality loungey stuff with no real effect on the listener.
I donβt feel like many people would want to listen to this just because, but the influence is important. Four stars, though, because five stars is warranted for someone like Little Richard, someone who absolutely kills the mic. Elvis is a good singer, but I canβt like his music as much, since it doesnβt feel as genuine.
No, itβs not.
Meh electronica
Pretty good live album, but also pretty long.
I like Nick Drake, his songs are chill. This isnβt as good as Pink Moon, and might not be as good as Five Leaves Left, but I still enjoy it a good amount. Also, a few days ago I hit being on here for a whole year (February 1st).
rickety raps
Cool electronic music, but too long, which wasnβt something I felt about Fat Of The Land, for some reason. These songs just overstay their welcome.
Pretty nice mix of blues and electronic in the first half or so, but it loses it towards the end of the album. Nothing on this is bad, so still a 4, but its cohesion starts to fade as it goes on.
Eh
Not nearly as good as Back To Black, though there are a few good songs on here. Way longer than that one, too
Pretty good, but too long and too many Lynyrd Skynyrd references. Seriously thereβs a reference to Lynyrd Skynyrd on every single song basically. Just reference something else from the South, like other country music or eating a ton of meat (more American, but whatever) or (offensive thing the South did as a joke that ends up not panning out the way I expected).
Pretty good. Thatβs pretty much all I have to say.
You know, I wasnβt expecting to give this a 5, but itβs really good at what it does. The guitar, the vocals, the rhythm, everything. So I guess this is a 5.
Generic sounds, annoying singing, forgettable melodies, the works. Not very good.
Slow songs are somewhat catchy with meh vocals, and funkier ones are very annoying. Did not like the inferior βAround The Worldβ on this list, βGet On Topβ, or any of the funky songs that played after I stopped paying attention. Yeah, I donβt know why this band is so popular.
Pretty good pop; everyone knows βDancing Queenβ, and thatβs the best song. The end.
Pretty good, and way less pretentious than most 60βs and 70βs rock operas. There are some songs on here that arenβt that good (βLoneliest Personβ is definitely very sympathy-inducing and sad), but the good songs make up for most of it.
Really good punk album. I got a pretty good amount of enjoyment out of this, and itβs really good at what it does.
this slaps
No real feelings on this one, it was fine ig
You know, this is still a good album, but to be honest, it doesnβt quite reach 5 stars for me. It doesnβt have the same ubiquity or enjoyment of Kind Of Blue, or my personal favorite, In A Silent Way, for that matter (Iβll be getting that later). Still, itβs a weird album that I enjoyed listening to for this.
yeah, this is 70βs rock all right
Less ambient than I thought, but still really good. One of them, I think around 3-5, goes into this cool chiptuney thing around halfway through (like 7 years before chiptune was commonly used in video games). Anyway, good.
I hate this singer so much. Heβs just an annoying singer. Like Only By The Night, but without the hits so thereβs not even a βfamousβ factor at play. And thereβs one more! Why?
Pretty good, but not as enjoyable as their later work. Basically everything I have to say.
what do some of these songs mean but very good
Surprisingly good. I thought this was going to be generic UK trash, and maybe it is, but I got more out of it than expected. 4, since I donβt remember it that well, but I enjoyed it a good amount.
More like Venus Luxure No. 2 Baby Get it cause it sucks
This is enjoyable, but at the same time, this is one of those bands most well-known for the story; come on, I think Sid Vicious doesnβt even play on this, he was so bad at bass. Even then, itβs still a good, low 4-star record.
Everyone listens to this for the title track, but I really want to talk about the first side. What is there to talk about? NOTHING. There is not one thing I remember about the first side other than it was forgettable and that there was generic psychedelic and a slow song, I think. I donβt even remember the names of any of these songs. Theyβre just meant to pad space before the title track, which is what everybody bought this for. Itβs like including a movie thatβs mostly boring with one really good scene in the 1001 Movies list. And unlike there, they can just put it on the 1001 Songs! I really hate this albumβs inclusion. Only 15% of βIn-A-Gadda-Da-Vidaβ is actually enjoyable, anyway.
This manβs singing reminds me of James Corden (not a good thing)
classic
nothing to say but good
60βs country. Yeah, just that. Not like itβs bad, but it doesnβt really differentiate itself from the rest.
Like Murder Ballads with less personality and theme.
hee hee
Probably good songwriting, but France so I donβt know. Still good though.
Middle of the road rap, not really getting anywhere with its theme.
I donβt like classic punk as much as others (it has a tendency to blend in with other stuff), but this is good. Like really, really good. The lyrics, the melodies, the singing, all great. Not anything more to say, just very enjoyable.
Cee-Lo Green⦠Is Not As Good As He Would Have You Believe
boring like it felt like time was moving slower and i was trapped listening to this just desperately wanting to do something else but I signed up for this
Really good, especially in songs like βSummer Babeβ and βHereβ. I like this type of indie a lot, and itβs done well here, even if some songs arenβt as good.
Average blues, with βPiece Of My Heartβ standing out, just with an excellent singer that bumps this up a star.
Good, but somewhat whiney 90βs rock. Yeah, thatβs all I feel like saying about it.
Good rock. Thatβs it thatβs all you get
whatever
This is one of my favorite albums. First of all, Jeff Tweedyβs voice fits perfectly with the calm, but emotional tone of the album. These songs are so memorable, and I love the soft, but steadily-paced songs such as βWar On Warβ and βHeavy Metal Drummerβ, which also has a really good transition into it in βAshes Of American Flagsβ (not the whole song, but the ending). βI Am Trying To Break Your Heartβ has a great vocal performance and is an excellent opener. βJesus, Etc.β has an instrumental that hits such a mood and some of the best lyrics on the album. I donβt like how βReservationsβ has all that whatever at the end, but the song itself is a perfect choice to close out the album. So yeah, very clearly a 5 to me.
I generally donβt hate 80βs British pop, but this is just lifeless. Seriously, this is just all the stock instruments and effects of the era without any soul.
Great Value Radiohead
Basically just watered down Steely Dan. Which makes sense since itβs just one member, but whatever. Why is this here?
Typical 90βs rock; decent, but not amazing.
Overall, good music in that old pop style. I have no idea what βMakinβ Whoopeeβ is, though, and I donβt think I want to.
What do you know, the title perfectly encapsulates my feelings on the album!
Pretty nice, standard rock.
I donβt know what to say about this one. βSagarβ is really long and boring. Thatβs it.
One of the few albums I forgot was on the list. Itβs classic 90βs metal, but not really super amazing. It also sort of blends together, save a few songs. Still a fine listen, though.
Standard 90s rock for moms, outside of a few (not good) weird ones like βSolidifyβ, which I guess is trying to be a funk song, and a really annoying one called βThe Na Na Songβ or something like that (yeah thatβs what itβs called I looked it up). Anyway, the rest is bog standard, including βAll I Wanna Doβ, which was better when Weird Al sang it for that polka.
this slided mell
This singer is annoying and the music isnβt that good, either. How βBabyβs Got Sauceβ was called the song of the year for 1994, a year with great output from much better bands, is beyond me, considering that I donβt remember a second of it. I donβt remember most of it, because it wasnβt notable enough for me to pay attention to it during my morning activities. I do remember the last song, though. It, like the rest of this album, is bad. This is one of my less bitter 1 star reviews, but itβs not like I have a higher opinion of it.
Pretty good, and kind of funny that he paid off his divorce (I think) with an album being just super bitter about his wife. Long, but I still like it.
For the praise itβs gotten, this album didnβt really seem all that special to me. BeyoncΓ© can really sing, and this actually has songs I remember, unlike a lot of other albums, but the production is basic and the lyrics arenβt always as deep as described by critics. Overall, I still like it, but itβs not outstanding.
I donβt really want to say anything about this but it is gpod
Not only is the music standardly great from the Kinks, but also the lyrics raise some great criticisms of things like war, poverty, and the economy. Basically, an easy 5.
One of the better albums of this era that Iβve gotten, both due to its influence and its length. Itβs a precursor to metal, and itβs pretty fun. Most importantly, though, itβs just not boring. I would hate this if it were a double album, but 30 minutes is just fine.
He sounds like the Pet Shop Boys singer if he went into generic rock instead of cool synthpop
You know, I always listened to this band when I was little - really little, before I was in kindergarten. I went to one of their shows in 2021, too. They were really the band that got me into music. And I think that might be largely due to just how fun it is. Itβs not the most unique, but itβs fast and memorable. That being said, this isnβt as good as some of their other work, so itβs a 4.
Pretty good alt rock. Not as good as Rid Of Me, which I heard on the RS500 when I did that, or the 2011 one that I canβt quite remember the name of - Let England Shake, I think? (yeah I got it right good job me) Anyway, 3 stars seems appropriate.
Really good. Nothing more to say, but I did realize that her (and Neil Youngβs) music is back on Spotify, so I donβt have to listen to YouTube ads in between.
i sure do love mediocre 60βs music
Pretty good mix of indie and country, with some weird lyrics at times (slant rhyming βcoldβ with βnoseβ in the first song basically felt like a non-sequitur). The end.
Generally pretty okay, with nice production but not super unique melodies. One song I think was called βTwo Weeksβ I remember from an annoying ad, though, so thereβs that.
Thereβs some pretty good indie rock on this album, and thereβs some not so good stuff. One of the songs I remember most is βFlowerβ, which isnβt good because I really really donβt like it. Anyway 3
This is really great. Reminds me a lot of the Pixies (because he was the singer), but a bit different. On consecutive songs βSuperaboundβ and βBig Redβ, his vocals remind me of Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, respectively, but with far different music and more of a Pixies sound. Something about this album that I like in music is it switching between songs quickly. There are still some that get to shine, but it has a nice energy to it. The end
Pretty good rap. Thatβs it Iβm sorry
This is really good. The songs are intricate, unpredictable at times, and memorable. It is carried by the first side, and βThe Gumbo Variationsβ runs a bit long, but itβs still very good.
Some really good stuff on here, especially βA Forestβ. Not quite as good as Disintegration, but I got more out of it than a lot of other albums lately, considering that Iβve kind of gotten a bit bored with it (on weekends, at least; Iβm fine listening to it when Iβm getting ready).
I didnβt necessarily hate it, but I wanted it to end by the fourth to last song, so that is not good. Obviously. Bye bye
Music to be played in the background of a low-tier Caribbean resort, because it fits the vibe and no one really listens to it anyway. Except for the parade one. That was a real mood killer.
This is just a great album from one of the best 60βs/70βs rock bands. The commercial theme really ties it together, and these songs are great for their time, such as βI Can See For Milesβ, one of the catchiest and heaviest songs from this year, or βRaelβ, a precursor to their general pretentiousness later on. All in all, very good.
Foxbase Br
(I accidentally clicked vote in the middle of writing the last review so now it makes no sense) This is good early punk. It does feel more like fast rock than later stuff, but thatβs what I think of it. I like it, but I donβt really have something interesting to say about it.
The thing about this album is that some songs are better than a lot of others on this list and some absolutely suck. For example, I enjoyed the second song, but the last song was just annoying. At least I didnβt have to listen to the hidden track thatβs not on Spotify (I wouldnβt have anyway).
This is a good album, and I like how he mentions the people heβs mourning by name instead of just βheβ or a fake name - it grounds it in realism more and makes it feel more genuine when you know exactly who the subjects of the song are. That being said, a lot of the songs here just arenβt as good as some on his other albums; I prefer this to Ragged Glory and, to an extent, Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, but I otherwise donβt get as much out of it as others of his.
Good, but really long for having only 9 songs. It hits a vibe, but I would have liked to see this being around 10 minutes shorter.
I like some of their more popular songs (two of which are on here), but as an album, itβs not the best. At worst, the songs are just okay, but itβs not really cohesive, so Iβll give it a 3.
these guys arenβt even from france
I didnβt hate it, so not a 1, but I really didnβt get anything out of this album. Itβs like a crooner so except he swears so most people who do listen to that type of music wouldnβt really listen to this. Thatβs really it. Itβs just kind of nothing for me, even though the lyrics are alright.
Pretty good rap. Itβs not really anything special, but it was fine to listen to in the morning. Thatβs it again Iβm not being good at writing reviews lately
Pretty good. I like the singles especially, and it has a good vibe while being more accessible than its predecessor.
Some really good stuff on here; I wouldβve loved to see more from him on a lot of actual Beatles stuff. However, itβs just so LONG. This would have been great as a single or even double album, but at 2 hours long it just started to feel like a slog. That being said, the first few songs on this album are really good, and more good ones pop up throughout.
Fairy enjoyable, but the songs are, for the most part, really long, but theyβre not as engaging as those on Fragile. Itβs a good album, but I wouldnβt mind if it was cut for some other prog album from a new band.
Weird cover. Anyways this is a bit better than their debut, with a few good songs on it.
Not in English. 1/5 Seriously, though, this was an enjoyable album. There are nice melodies, and every song is at least good.
This album is fine. Thereβs not really much notable about it, itβs just fine. I knew The Black Keys were fuzz rock, but I donβt really like the blues direction on this one.
I really wasnβt expecting give this 5 stars, but itβs honestly just really enjoyable pop music, even if the claim of being the best album since Sgt. Pepperβs. Just a nice treat from the generator - kind of like Rio, except I would have never listened to this otherwise.
Good and influential rap and beats that aged very poorly in some parts (see βI Ainβt Tha 1β). End of review
To be completely honest, this is like the Terence Trent DβArby album in that itβs just really enjoyable. I always thought Stereolab was an electronic band that people said was good but was really just fine, but this album is actually really unique rock. I especially liked songs like βCybeleβs Reverieβ, βThe Noise Of Carpetβ, and the title track. This just felt refreshing compared to generic stuff Iβve been getting lately.
There isnβt a bad song on this, but it almost completely just blends together, largely lacking differentiation between the sad slow songs, with the exception of the bridge in the second to last song, which comes too late to really spice things up anyways. 3 because itβs all enjoyable, but it just doesnβt work as an album.
This is a good album but why does he have 4
Weird, but I for some reason donβt like it as much as other weird stuff on this project. I like the dark feeling on this album, though.
I enjoyed this a lot. Thatβs it but I liked it
Almost every song on this album hits like a single. That should tell you enough.
Honestly, this is just a good classic soul album. It doesn't hold any significance to me, but it was a nice listen while making myself breakfast, and thatβs what I wanted today.
Probably doesnβt deserve to be here, but it was a fun enough listen for 40 minutes.
It seems a bit wrong to listen to his dying album only having listened to one of his others (his first one, too), but itβs an interesting contrast between the two. This gets overshadowed by Blackstar in terms of 2016 death albums, but itβs still a great look into one of the greatest songwritersβ outlook in his last days.
The worst music on any of his albums Iβve gotten so far, but consistently good lyrics all around. βJazz Policeβ is the biggest exception to that, but itβs musically engaging enough to not be a slog. Songs like βFirst We Take Manhattanβ, βEverybody Knowsβ, and the title track are really good in the departments of both lyrics and their general vibes. This is the end of the review. I didnβt have a good way of doing it.
This might have been better as a shorter album, but I still like it. Obviously, it peaks in the last two songs, but the rest is pretty good. However, it does run long. Some songs are also forgettable.
This is fine, but I can see why the top 7 reviews are all saying or referencing the quote from The Big Lebowski. Itβs really not remarkable, but they somehow became one of the biggest bands of the 70βs. βTake It Easyβ is the best songs here, end of review.
Honestly, just If Youβre Feeling Sinister but a bit worse.
fine ig
Iβve learned that I generally like higher pitched metal vocalists than lower ones from this project (like this or Iron Maiden). This is just a fun album to listen to - who doesnβt like a good metal album?
Pretty good. I have nothing to say today.
This is just such an entertaining album. Itβs just so theatric that it never ceases to be great. Im done
Pretty good, especially for a soundtrack. It hits a vibe that I generally like. End of having to say things.
It doesnβt connect with me on a personal level (though it might someday), but it held my attention and I enjoyed it, even when the shortest song was still nearly 8 minutes long. I also got used to her voice after a few lines, so I donβt have a problem with that.
The title song was important in rap, but itβs only one out of seven songs on this album. For the rest, I was honestly more interested in the instrumentals than the actual rapping. A fine album, but one thatβs probably in here because of its influence instead of its quality.
Pretty enjoyable folk. Iβm mostly surprised at the generally positive reaction in the top reviews given the general opinions of people on old British music.
This hits like the music playing on the radio in an older relativeβs car.
Some nice music, but not really anything warranting listening to the full album. Iβll give it a 3, though, because it doesnβt deserve the same rating as Calenture, which I rated yesterday.
who listens to this Like sure, some of the jazzier stuff is fine, but tell me anyoneβs favorite song is βNadiaβ or βSerpentsβ. None of this is artistically bankrupt or anything, but it seems like the artist put no effort into actually making this something people want to listen to. This made me feel nothing, and unlike other albums I could say that to, I really see no appeal to this. Probably the 1 star album I have the least hatred of, but who is this for?
very british
One of those βnothing wrong with itβ albums - all the songs on here are good except βMotherβ, and that songβs weird enough to not be a waste of time. End.
Pretty enjoyable, but at the same time, the plot is convoluted, doesnβt really come to a satisfying conclusion, and kind of jumps from point to point. Itβs like he does a thing, his parents are concerned about this aspect of his life, it introduces a random family member thatβs basically just evil and then leaves for the remainder of the story, heβs really good at pinball (very random but hey it makes for the best song on the album), he regains his senses, then he becomes a leader who immediately gets rejected. It just feels lacking in the progression department. Still very influential, though.
pretty good
doesnβt deserve as much praise as it gets itβs fine though
This seemed like an album that people mostly wouldnβt like on this site, like a lot of albums that were added later on, but everyone likes it. I agree with this opinion - itβs just some good rock. By the way, this band is from my home state, Texas, and it got me thinking how people just tend to sum it up to cowboys and stuff (not the worst stereotype about the state, but whatever). I was at a local Italian place the other day, and this guy with a guitar and a cowboy hat showed up, said this was his second show in Texas, and started playing the karaoke versions of songs on an iPad, singing, and barely playing the guitar. It wasnβt very good. But yeah I like this album.
Nice jazz to listen to in the morning, no real flaws.
I really like this album but I honestly donβt want to review it today so this is the review now
This is the music they play in hotel lobbies. I was going to give this a 2, as I was eating breakfast and not really having to give this my full attention, but then I was done and had to actually listen to the last 3 songs and oh, no. They felt longer than the 9 songs I didnβt actively listen to as much, they are that boring. And I listened enough to know that theyβre the same exact type of music, that theyβre basically the same songs, the same boring songs, and this 1 star rating is for all the people who had to actively listen to this for an excruciating 45 minutes. And also since it got me specifically so bored but still.
Not bad, but did we really need pre-Pet Sounds Beach Boys on the list?
Itβs not like itβs bad, but why?
Good proto-punk, worse than Fun House, βWe Will Fallβ sucks, end.
not actually live, 0/5
What do you want me to say?
Weird, but not really entertainingly weird. Just kind of nothing experimental music.
This album honks, tonks, etc. Thatβs a fun way of saying I donβt know how to talk about this album but itβs pretty good.
Pretty good, but I donβt feel like writing a review right now. Again.
Thereβs nothing wrong with it and I like the mafia (I think) aspect, but this never stood out to me like other Wu-Tang projects for some reason.
I just enjoyed this album a lot. It was cool how the title track at the end had parts that were way more intense than the rest of the album, and it the ninth song was an interesting juxtaposition of music and lyrics. But Iβm just giving it five stars because of the enjoyment factor.
Why?
Crazy how much better this is than Something/Anything, but it combines better songs with not being 7 years long.
Sure. Enjoyable enough outside of the guitar feedback one, and even that wasnβt as bad as I expected.
Probably the best one from him. I mean, if there werenβt five others from him, I think this album would have better reviews.
Janis Joplinβs singing is just really, really good. Like really good.
Pretty good. I donβt want to review at the moment so this is all you get.
itβs fine
Pretty good soul. I really like βStand Upβ. I am lazy and never want to write a review so sorry ig
Pretty enjoyable actually. The end.
Better than I expected. The first song was my favorite, and the last song felt like it should have been in the middle of the album.
I donβt know how to feel about this one. The music wasnβt that memorable, but it worked, and the guy never leaving the mic alone was weird, but I didnβt hate it. Itβs also a concept album, which is ALSO weird but itβs not like the main concept is supported by the artist. I liked how it was under 30 minutes, though. Iβve been getting a lot of short albums lately. Time to suddenly get hit by 69 Love Songs or The Gershwin Songbook.
Kind of just hit me as a worse version of thrash metal, though I know that this is influential.
This is the definition of an eh British album that probably shouldnβt be here but I donβt mind it.
On par with most other jazz from this list, so itβs good enough for at least 4 stars, although it wouldnβt be my first choice when listening to jazz.
Good rap I donβt want to talk about.
Itβs fine. Iβm pretty sure most of the songs are in the completely wrong order, but whatever. I doubt it would affect my rating.
Weirdly enough, I wasnβt really a fan of the first two songs, but then it just got better and stayed better from βFuntimeβ onward. Itβs kind of like a David Bowie album, just a bit different, which makes sense considering the fact that he produced this, not to mention the fact that heβs basically as important as Pop in the backstory and production of this album. Anyway, pretty good. I think Lust For Life is generally considered better than this one, so that could be 5 stars, but Iβll have to see.
Itβs enjoyable enough. Itβs kind of worse as an album than if you were to listen to any of the songs alone, though, since most of the songs are in the same key and the instrumentation generally shifts between one type of heavy and the occasional soft. Still fine, though.
Thereβs some good stuff on here, but I also feel like a lot of it is just John Lydon trying to feel cool/different by making weird songs and lyrics.
Pretty good at being music you think of when thinking of Texan music.
Oh, thank goodness this generic British album is here! I donβt know what I would do if it wasnβt!
A bit worse than his first when talking about early Leonard Cohen, but still good. βThe Butcherβ kind of sucks, though.
Enjoyable listen - nice and smooth. I donβt really have anything else to say on this.
I mean, itβs good, but it doesnβt really need to be here in comparison to his other stuff. Iβm fine with its inclusion, and I donβt mind representing modern Dylan (not to mention this probably deserves inclusion more than his live album), but it didnβt hit me in the way some of his others do. I guess I just prefer the acoustic stuff that really lets you sink into the lyrics, and this just doesnβt feel like that. Itβs also just that older Bob Dylanβs singing isnβt that good, especially from an artist whose vocals were already often criticized. Finally, βHighlandsβ is fine, but for being a 16 minute closer, it really doesnβt hit like other long closers from him, such as βDesolation Rowβ.
I generally prefer the sound on their first album to the blues on this one, but itβs still good, with some great songs, especially the two long ones, those being the title track and βRiders On The Stormβ. That being said, there is a lot of forgettable material on the album and it is somewhat derivative, but I like it nonetheless.
Itβs crazy how Sonic Youth has five albums on this list and Iβm getting my first one over 500 days in, nearly halfway through. The thing about this is that Iβm not the biggest fan of this - I still like it, but I donβt necessarily love it - but its influence cannot be overstated. Since itβs still a good album on top of that, I feel like it still deserves 5 stars.
Just really good. The band is playing almost perfectly and the energy is great. Yeah thatβs it basically
Pretty good, saw a review that said this was similar to Nick Drake, and I have to agree. Just the acoustic guitar and some vocals, for the most part.
The definition of an okay, unremarkable album.
Just classic rap. Not as amazing as other albums from this time period, but still good.
why does rod stewart have two albums on this list
Very good punk.
Honestly, I know why people donβt like this, but I actually found it pretty unique and enjoyable. This is an album that you need to listen to when doing something, though, because itβs just kind of weird to sit down to listen to something like this.
Enjoyable, with good instrumentation, singing, and lyrics. The definition of βpretty goodβ.
eh
Yeah, everyone knows this is good.
Very good, very influential. Iβm sorry I just donβt want to write these things sometimes.
Definitely unique. I like the uniqueness of it, but itβs still not the best. Between a 3 and a 4, but Iβm giving it a 3 because of the whole sampling problem on this. (Itβs mentioned in some of the other reviews).
This album really hit, especially in songs like βAvalancheβ, βDress Rehearsal Ragβ, and βFamous Blue Raincoatβ. βDress Rehearsal Ragβ especially is just so dark and hateful. Honestly, probably my favorite of his albums here. Itβs also weird that I got all of them in the first half of this project.
I donβt know what to say about this one but 5 stars. Itβs a hard listen for a lot of people just because of what it is, but many people have better things to say on it than I ever could.
Good. I donβt want to take time reviewing today though so this is all you get.
yeah pretty good honestly not as good as a lot of his other stuff though
alright album
The energy, performance, and vibes are all on point, with this also being an excellent way to represent an influential artist with big singles without adding an album that doesnβt really belong just because of some songs on it.
Pretty good, but Hypnotised is better and also on this list, so I think just that one would be better.
the whole time it just felt like waiting for it to end
Honestly, every song on this album is at least good, so I feel like I can give it this, even if itβs not necessarily a favorite.
Good stuff
Itβs okay
Pretty good. She has a unique voice (even if it makes everyone think itβs a man singing, which is understandable) and the songs are interesting. 3 stars, but more in the way of βpretty good, but doesnβt warrant 4β than βthis album is just okayβ.
man its just really good
Not bad, and I gave it an extra star for being influential, but who has this as their favorite Brian Eno album on the list?
Lyrics are very good. Music is eh though
Itβs just nice to have an album thatβs most well known for its guitar that doesnβt suck (the album, not the guitar). Seriously, how hard is it to have an album mostly based around good guitar thatβs not self-indulgent crap?
Itβs fine.
is good
How was this even legal to release in 1966? Itβs absolutely bonkers to look at the albums this predates. I mean, this would be insane in 1976, let alone 10 years earlier. Itβs pretty good too so thatβs nice
The songs are pretty good, but it feels like the effect that runs throughout the whole album was added after they were created to give it more βflavorβ. It honestly makes the songs worse, anyway; Iβd rather hear versions of these songs where you can focus on the vocals and melodies. btw this is better than darklands but i rated that a 4 for some reason
Pretty good. That being said, Elephant is easily their best on the list.
Pretty good. I never have anything interesting to say about these albums, but it was, in fact, good.
Not really the biggest fan of country, but this was good and I donβt mind its inclusion.
The definition of βpretty good metal I didnβt love but enjoyed listening toβ.
I mean, itβs no oneβs favorite album, but itβs fun.
If you were going to break your own rules and include a compilation, the least you could have done is make it a good one.
Pretty good classic rap. Not one of the all-time greats, but a nice listen nonetheless.
is fine
The hits are good. The other songs are slightly less good. Itβs a 4.
semaluhtounuyulohowwah
Getting a real hot streak of decent albums lately. Like itβs all 3s give me something I can get enthusiastic about. This is alright though, enjoyable enough.
This is good.
The thing is that this is both a good album and a bad one. This album can be really prolonged and not have the best lyrics, but itβs still enjoyable, and I liked the most melodic parts the most (Snuff, Dead Memories, the chorus of Psychosocial). Thereβs both a 2 star album and a 4 star album in this, so I think a 3 is warranted.
I like some songs on here, but Iβd be fine having only one Doors album (their debut), and even with 3, why no Strange Days? Like Iβm not mad about it or anything, but that would make way more sense to include than this album. Itβs still fine though.
Very Irish. Why do I like the Pogues but not this?
Itβs fine, but I didnβt love it. It doesnβt have the consistent quality of Born To Run or just the general vibes of Nebraska, but itβs still a fine album.
Chore of an album hahahahahahhahaha It was fine.
Yeah itβs good. Songs are fun, and beats are cool.
Pretty good, especially for British music on the list, but a few songs just made me kind of uncomfortable (the song Underwear comes to mind). That being said, I still like it, and Common People is really good.
Itβs fine
Vocals are kind of weird, but I didnβt dislike them, and the music is really cool.
Yeah, I have a generic opinion on this album.
The thing about this album is that while it is very influential, it also doesnβt hold up as well as some of the other albums made around this time. I never disliked it (outside of the doctorβs office skit, which has no discernible reason for existing and just made me uncomfortable), but I feel like 3 stars is good for an important album that isnβt as good as others.
Itβs definitely not a masterpiece, but itβs just really fun.
U2 just makes me feel nothing. Like, itβs fine, but I just donβt care.
Kind of not what Iβm into, but still very good.
Enjoyable. I donβt have any deep thoughts on this album or anything, itβs just enjoyable.
Yeah, most 50βs jazz on here is really good.
Pretty good. I really need to get more locked in when listening to these albums.
Not as good as Sound of Silver, but still good. I think call the police (none of the songs here have capitalization, Iβm not just being lazy) was my favorite song on here.
This is exactly what it looks like it is.
I mean, itβs not bad, but itβs still standard British electronica.
The thing is that all of his albums here are fine, but there are way too many.
I enjoyed this one a lot. Itβs just really good I donβt know what to say about it
Itβs fun, catchy, unique, all the good stuff, basically.
Itβs pretty good. I donβt think itβs worth five stars, but I like it.
Why is this on the list?
is good
please give me an album i have opinions on
Itβs pretty good.
I felt nothing about this album. Please just give me one I can talk about. Also I think this is album 600 cool
This album is way better than I remember. I thought it was just okay, like a lot of their other early albums, but itβs actually very catchy and good.
Itβs one of the highest rated albums on the site, everyone knows itβs good.
Itβs totally fine, but itβs way less interesting than a lot of other weird albums with low ratings. Also itβs not on Spotify which is really annoying.
It was enjoyable. βTake On Meβ is iconic. Yeah thatβs it
I wish I could say βthis title is accurate lolβ and get on with my day but this is actually really good
shame he never made a second album called moar
Honestly, I have like no feelings on this album.
yeah arcade fire is just really good
I feel bad for Randy Newman. He did songs with important topics and great lyrics and now everyone knows him as the Toy Story guy.
I know itβs influential and stuff, but I donβt really enjoy it as much as others. Iβll still give it an extra star, though, because of its influence and uniqueness.
Just very boring.
Probably doesnβt deserve to be here, but itβs good for what it is.
I really liked this, other than the fact that roughly the last seventh of the album is just the last chord of the last song held out for 10 minutes. That was stupid but I still really liked this
Itβs just not very interesting. I didnβt dislike this, but I probably wonβt ever listen to it again.
My least favorite Smiths album here, but itβs still fine.
This is just an enjoyable and unique album. I like all the songs on it, and it has a feel thatβs different from the others Iβve gotten on this list.
It doesnβt bother me, but this has no real reason to be here.
Every song on this just hits right.
I enjoyed this one. I donβt actually want to do a review right now. Again.
Mezzanine should be here instead, but this album is fine.
I donβt particularly like this, but I appreciate the weird 80sness of it.
I feel like this is one of those classic albums that everyone knows is a classic album. The Who are iconic, and I think this is their generally agreed-upon best album (though I have seen some differing opinions).
Iβm fine with this, but I didnβt really get anything out of it.
I keep getting 70βs classics, and I have no problem with that. This is just a collection of great songs, and Iβm fine with that.
I didnβt get the most enjoyment out of this, but itβs way more original than most of the other 90βs albums Iβd never heard of before this list, so thatβs nice.
Not actively trash, but why is this here
Like his other album on the list, I like this fine. However, itβs really not a good idea to put two albums by the same artist that fill such a specific niche on the list, especially since it could easily be argued that neither of them deserve to be there.
I like the melodies and singing, but itβs just so 80βs sounding, and that cover of Help is more like the lyrics of the original song over a completely different melody.
WHAT again!? This is pretty good though
Kanyeβs not a good person, but heβs a really good artist. And Iβd consider this his worst album on the list.
This is an okay album, but nothing special.
This album is fine. The songs are all of decent quality but not that notable, and it doesnβt overstay its welcome. I donβt have any strong feelings on it, but I guess Iβm okay with it being here.
Aretha Franklin is just a great singer. Itβs not perfect, but itβs good that she has a couple of albums here (and that her full albums are still good enough to deserve inclusion).
Iβm not really a big fan of this, but itβs good at what it is.
Iβm fine with this. Itβs enjoyable country and not much more (in my eyes), but thatβs okay.
A great mix of political criticism and good music.
Good. Itβs interesting that the second to last song is more of an 8-minute speech than a song, and I didnβt like that this wasnβt on streaming (not that I docked it any points for that), especially considering that a majority of Gil Scott-Heronβs work was.
The definition of mid. There is absolutely nothing special about this album. The instrumentals are technically good, but donβt make me feel anything, and the singing isnβt good, but itβs not bad enough to warrant talking about. Plus, this is a double album. And no, the second half doesnβt really differentiate itself from the first at all.
βIf peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davisβ - my mom every time I mention Miles Davis
Pretty fun but also pretty weird. I still enjoy this a good amount, though.
Country is weird for me since I never love nor hate any of it here. Itβs all just fine.
Better than his solo album but not that much better. I donβt think Clapton being on the list at all is necessary, and if he needs to be, Disraeli Gears should be the one chosen, since itβs at least a decent album. But yeah this is just a nothing album to me
I enjoyed this. Itβs just high-quality new wave. Yeah I donβt have any ideas for this review honestly
This is nice and groovy. I have nothing more to say again.
I just donβt like the vibes this is giving off. It has those kind of fake-feeling modern vocals, which is a turn-off for me in most cases, and the instrumentals arenβt really notable. Also, since they had another album on the list, it seems pointless to take it out and replace it with a worse one (I think thatβs what happened).
This is fine, and itβs probably the shortest album on the list, which is nice. Goofy name though
Itβs good, but the hate against women at times has not aged well at all, so I have to retract a star for that.
I liked a lot of the stuff on this, but then there was some stupid 80βs stuff. What was it doing there? It doesnβt fit the rest of the album at all, and it just served to make me remove a star. That being said, the softer stuff is nice.
Thereβs nothing bad on this album, but itβs really forgettable.
This is actually very good. I saw them live a few months ago (being one of the openers for Weezer) and it was my least favorite of the three bands that were there, but it was still pretty good, and the stacked amps were unique (they only played the first song from this album, by the way). That being said, I much prefer their studio stuff. This has the same energy without being too loud to get more melodies, and I overall prefer the vibes this album gives me. And yeah, I have Bug as a 3, but I had a bad headache that day so I was probably misjudging it.
gotta respect robert dimery for actively seeking this out and adding it in instead of better 2018 albums that people have actually heard of
This album surprised me. I thought I was going to hate it, or at least dislike it, but if I were to describe it in one word, it would be βdecentβ. Itβs enjoyable, but nothing really great. You can make an argument for it deserving to be here, but itβs not a must-have. All the songs are fine, but nothing rises above that. I understand why someone would give this 1 star, and I also understand why someone would give it 5. Overall, this is just an alright album.
This is a fun album, but not much more than that. Iβm fine with it, but itβs not an album that I really like.
This is pretty good, but it wasnβt that striking to me.
This one was just such a nothing album to me. I enjoyed some of βWait And Bleedβ and remember absolutely nothing else. I kind of liked their other album, but this one was just too Slipknot for me to at all care about.
I know they were a famous jam band, but I donβt want to sit through over an hour of it. I did the math, and the average song length on the album is around 11 minutes. Thatβs not always bad, but here, itβs just boring.
This is just a nice album. It was fun to listen to, but not a masterpiece, so itβs a 4.
Iβve listened to Loveless before and really liked it, but this just didnβt hit me. I donβt know what it is about the album, but it just feels lesser.
Itβs fine, but I donβt know why he has two albums on this list. I had never heard of him before this project.
A good album thatβs mostly made up of hits. Kind of in the same boat as Thriller, but not quite as good.
I liked this way more than I expected. All the songs are good, and itβs pretty different from other albums on the list.
This is an enjoyable album, which gets it 4 stars, but it doesnβt rise much above the other 80βs new wave albums from the UK.
I donβt know what to say but this is just really really good
Why? Thereβs nothing wrong with this album, but what did it do to warrant inclusion? This is the definition of just okay.
I thought it was going to be some new wave album and it wasnβt, so thatβs cool. Still, itβs good, but not something Iβm dying to relisten to anytime soon.
Like if Slipknot was way better and also had Brazilian influence. This is a really good and unique listen.
yeah i have no idea what the point of this being here is
No particular thoughts on this one but REM is pretty good
One of the most influential albums, and it still holds up.
Itβs fine. Nothing really stood out to me, but itβs fine.
Why is this so popular? I canβt really remember a lot of songs on here besides the hits, and itβs so unnecessarily long. The musicians are good, but I do not like Anthony Kiedis as a vocalist. I prefer Californication, just because a lot of stuff on that is slower, and they tend to do that better than their usual style.
This is a fun album, but itβs not perfect. I am tired and am too lazy to write an actual review.
This is just really good. Iβm too lazy to elaborate but itβs really good.
why do the bee gees have two albums and neither are the ones with songs people like
I understand this is ahead of its time, but I am genuinely concerned for anyone who actually listens to this in their free time.
I like this. It has good lyrics. Iβve actually now listened to every Fiona Apple album now - the RS500 has 3 and this one has 2, she has 5 albums, and there is no overlap between the two lists.
I donβt particularly like this style of music, but this is fine.
This is good and unique. I really hope I have something interesting to say about the next one.
This is an interesting album that I once again do not want to talk about at length. I feel the need to write a review for everything, but sometimes I donβt want to.
what is this doing here
The instrumentation here is still pretty good and ahead of its time, but at the same time, I really donβt like the vocals. I honestly would have preferred this as an instrumental album, considering how much the vocals just take you out of the experience. I get why theyβre like this, but I really donβt like them. Anyway, I feel like three stars is good for this one.
Not as good as their two other albums on the list, but I still like this. Also, the metal version of Bring The Noise goes hard.
Itβs just an Aerosmith album. Like, nothing here stands out to me, but thereβs nothing that wrong with it. That being said, Iβll give this a 2. I can see why Aerosmith would get one album here, but three is too much (and this would definitely not be the one album anyway).
Itβs fine, but Iβm just not that into it.
Itβs alright, and definitely different than what I expected. I donβt have much to say on this though.
I like this. All the songs on it are good. Also, it feels weird hearing the original sample from Money Trees by Kendrick Lamar, considering the fact that Iβm so familiar with that song. In conclusion, this is again pretty good.
Like, itβs okay, but I do not at all care about this album.
I really like A Tribe Called Quest, and this is a good album. Thereβs nothing really wrong with it, but I donβt feel like itβs good enough for a 5 (Low End Theory is, though).
yeah this is really good
who listens to this
I hate this guyβs voice, and the musicβs not that good, anyway. And I mean his voice really really sucks.
Itβs not good, but I donβt understand the sheer vitriolic reaction to this one. A lower average rating than Suicide? Itβs bland, but itβs not that bad.
Not necessarily my thing, but still enjoyable.
Before I listen to this I just want to say that itβs very silly that I got the album with Thank God Itβs Not Christmas on literal Christmas Day. This is a fun album, but I donβt love it. I feel like this is a 4 from those traits. Thatβs the end.
I enjoy this. Iβve been getting a lot of albums that I enjoy but donβt necessarily love lately. But yeah I donβt have much to say on this clearly
Not my favorite, but enjoyable, with good lyrics.
Good rock music that I enjoy, but donβt love. Also on Spotify the deluxe is stupid - for those who donβt want to listen to the whole thing, the original album is tracks 4-9.
I completely understand why one would love this album even though I feel like itβs just fine. Itβs 4 stars I have nothing else to say
An amazing voice singing some great songs. My favorites would probably be Four Women and the title track. To my ears, itβs a 4, but I know this deserves a 5.
Itβs pretty good. I donβt have much else to say. Itβs cool how I got my 700th album on New Yearβs Eve though.
Thereβs not really anything I love on this album, but the whole thing just has good vibes.
Thereβs nothing bad about it, but I am never revisiting this thing. There isnβt anything I really find special here.
While itβs not necessarily my type of music, this is still good for what it is, and itβs way different from most other stuff on the list.
Not a masterpiece, but a fun listen. None of the songs are very distinct from one another, but it flows really well, and I like that itβs just a solid 30 minutes of fast metal. If it were longer, I wouldnβt like it as much, but I think it works really well as a short album.
How did this completely unremarkable album that I would have never heard of if not for this list make it in?
This is just an interesting and unique one. Itβs fun to listen to, and thatβs enough.
I didnβt like this a ton at first, but later songs were way better. I think this is just a good hip-hop record. That being said, I really donβt like how the outro is 12 minutes of him shouting people out. Thatβs a seventh of the album.
Itβs weird considering the fact that my 5-star review for their other album is by far my most popular, but I didnβt like this one as much. I guess Iβm just not as into this music right now, considering that it didnβt feel that different and it came out the same year.
Country isnβt my thing, but this is a good country album, so I feel it deserves a 4. I also enjoy the cover of Love Hurts.
yay more eric clapton Honestly, Eric Clapton is good at guitar, but heβs not anything special. Disraeli Gears being included is fine, since thereβs some actual good songs on that album, but I donβt understand listmakersβ obsession with him in general.
I enjoy a lot of this album, but at the same time, I donβt like Aumgn, and Peking O is worse. Both are still more interesting than a lot of other stuff on this list though.
This is pretty good. I feel like I prefer the first disc of Tago Mago (which I got yesterday) to this, but thereβs a good amount of not great stuff on that album, so this has it beat.
Yeah I really like this one
I like this album, but not as much as I remember liking it from the Rolling Stone list. Thatβs it Iβm tired and donβt want to write a review
Iβd be lying if I called this outright bad, but I just donβt care about it.
This is really good. I donβt have anything to say though
This just does nothing for me. I kind of get the appeal, though. I canβt see how someone would give this a 5, but I can totally see how itβs a 4. Also this really didnβt need to be this long
Yeah itβs probably not that good but I enjoy it anyway.
This is the most generic country rock album Iβve ever heard
This is pretty good, and it also seems influential. No more review Iβm tired
I donβt like his voice, but itβs alright overall.
This list has a habit of passing up an artistβs best work for the debut - it happened with Tom Petty, System Of A Down, Foo Fighters, and this. None of the debuts are bad albums, but the artists should have had different picks if they were only getting one. But anyway this is still pretty good. It feels different from their other albums in a way, probably because they were just getting started.
Itβs pretty good. I have absolutely nothing else to say about it.
is good
Itβs alright
I like it, and itβs an important album. Iβm sorry Iβm too lazy to write something better
This is the best trip-hop album. I have no further thoughts.
Yeah this is good reggae
Kate Bush is good and I like Hounds Of Love but this isnβt it.
βStill got that freak in meβ - Christina Aguilera, 2006 Sheβs good at singing and none of these songs are bad, but they donβt really stick out from each other. That would make this a 3, but it is also inexplicably nearly 1 and a half hours long.
Itβs good for what it is. If I was at a restaurant or something and a song from this played, Iβd be fine with it.
I donβt really know why but I get a good amount of enjoyment out of this. I donβt really have anything else to say.
Itβs hard to make bad music in this style, but still, why is this here? Itβs a three because itβs good at what it does, but what makes this album notable enough to be in this list?
Honestly, I never understood what sets this album apart from others. Itβs all fine, but none of it really stands out in particular to me. How did this rank as Rolling Stoneβs 10th greatest album ever?
Itβs really weird, but in a good way. Itβs both enjoyable and completely different from the rest of the list, so you know what? Iβll give it 5 stars.
Definitely better than their other album on the list - this is way darker and also more interesting.
Yeah itβs fine but not really notable
Not as good as Aja, but my second favorite album of theirs that Iβve listened to.
I like albums with a lot of short songs like this. Idk what to say
I appreciate this being different than most other albums on this list, but why does he have two?
There are some good songs on this, but I honestly only thought this was decent. The hits are good, but not as good as I had previously thought, and I didnβt get much out of the second half.
I always kind of forget that The Who were a British Invasion band (I think) at first. This is good, but at the same time, itβs not amazing or anything. I ran out of things to say
Good for what it is, but I just donβt like country.
Honestly Iron Maiden is just a really fun band, gonna have to listen to more of their stuff.
This band is fine, but I donβt care for any of their music. This is the best one, for the record.
Yeah itβs alright just not my thing
Aerosmith are such an okay band, I have no idea why theyβre so well-known. Whenever I hear one of their songs, Iβm not really invested in it, but Iβm not going to ask for someone to turn it off, either.
Yeah this is just a lame album
The thing is that all of Rod Stewartβs stuff is just really okay, but none of it is great.
This is my favorite album with Eric Clapton. I donβt really know why but itβs better than all the others. Iβm too tired to write this
Yeah itβs pretty good but I once again cannot think of something to say
Itβs pretty unique, but I still think itβs just alright.
This is just such a classic rap album. While I donβt enjoy it as much as a lot of others, I still think it deserves 5 stars.
This is way more interesting than a lot of other stuff on here, and I enjoyed it a lot, too.
Itβs fine, and pretty unique compared to similar albums, but I still donβt love it.
This album has gotten so much critical praise over the years, but honestly, all I can say is that itβs just really, really good.
Itβs really similar to Rain Dogs, and that was a four (I think), so this also is.
This is alright, but not super notable
The thing about this album is that I really didnβt care for Abattoir Blues, but I liked The Lyre of Orpheus. I guess it averages out to a 3. Bye
i listened to this in the shower and it was pretty good for that so 4
A pretty nice album. I donβt love it, but every song is good. Thatβs all I have see you next time
Itβs fine. More unique than a lot of the other stuff, I guess.
Q-Tip is a great rapper but this isnβt his best work. Low End Theory is a 5. Bye
another morrissey album yay first song is really annoying
I remembered this album being better than it actually is. I thought it was really good, but I now realize that itβs just alright. Firstly, I kind of donβt like the way she sings throughout the album, which is weird, because she is a talented singer (she sounds way better on the Kendrick songs Iβve heard her on, including All The Stars, which only came out a year after this album). I also just donβt remember most of these songs the best. Itβs still fine, though.
this album is just so irrelevant, the most streamed song only has two million streams and some of these songs get like twenty a day itβs mid too
i hate kings of leon That being said, this is actually a bit better than the other two. Also I didnβt realize they made Supersoaker until Spotify played it after the album and that song is way better than any on their three albums here.
Yeah I just didnβt care for it. The last song was actually pretty good though, which was surprising since I expected Tainted Love to be the only notable song.
My enjoyment rating for this would probably be 4 stars, but I have to give it an extra star just for how experimental it is while still being great, unlike albums like Suicide or Junkyard.
This is the type of bad experimental I was talking about in the Atomizer review. I know itβs an important post-punk album, but there are other important post-punk albums with the distinction of actually being good - itβs like John Lyon is allergic to actually singing here. In his rant against religion, he mentions that God spelled backwards is dog. He really acts like heβs better than all the people in religions when he saying things like that. Shut up. (Also Metal Box is fine so I donβt see the reason this needed to be included in the first place)
Itβs alright
Pretty good hard rock. Not much to say on this one.
Pretty good and also really important for the formation of the nu metal, which isnβt the best genre, but was really big and also overhated. Alright I have nothing more to say
literally 1984
The thing about this album is that itβs completely fine, but I donβt see why it needs to be here. Calling it bad would be a lie, but it doesnβt really have any reason to be here when Mr. Tambourine Man, which is both more important and just plain better, is here.
There are better Bowie albums. There are better soul albums. This is unnecessary
Yeah just a classic basically Probably a 4 from my listening but I feel obligated to give it a 5
One of the best showcase albums. Iβm tired
The first song is the only reason this is included but itβs a fine album
I did enjoy this some just for how laughable it was, but this may take the cake for the least musical album on the list, in terms of that it felt made by some random British guy. Not a random musician, just some guy.
A very influential album that hasnβt aged the worst, either. Ok you get it this is a very popular album
Yeah I donβt usually care for country but this one was better for some reason
Itβs alright drum and bass. Also I know how long it is but Spotify has it as an hour and I am NOT listening to this for two and a half
Pretty good upbeat rap. Bye bye
Yeah itβs pretty alright. I feel like I should like this more but I donβt so
Iβm going to be honest, this probably deserves a 5, but this never it me the way Pet Sounds did. Idk why bye
Itβs alright, and I like that itβs different from the others on the list. I still donβt get that much out of it, though, and itβs only on YouTube, which doesnβt lower my rating but still.
tolerable beep boop music
almost had a heart attack when seeing the length but i only need to listen to the second half Anyways this is completely fine but Iβve also never in my life had the compulsion to listen to word music outside of challenges like this so
this band really so unremarkable to me i gaslighted myself into thinking i had already gotten this This is fine but I just do not care.
Itβs pretty alright
Adeleβs a really good singer but her music is just fine
Not much to say, Kendrick is goated
Yeah itβs listenable and I liked some songs. Overhated (he is a weirdo though)
Obviously
Itβs good for what it is but if you actually listen to this unironically Iβm kind of concerned for you
Peak reggae
Not as good as catch a fire but still good
Itβs alright. Pretentious ahh title though
Extremely okay, easy 3
Yeah itβs good Nothing new to say Iβm sorry
Yeah itβs fine
The definition of okay
Itβs definitely one of the most unique albums on the list, and I respect that, but at the same time itβs 3 hours (although itβs less boring than you would think) Also I kind of want to get the Gershwin Songbook tomorrow just because I think getting both 3 hour albums in a row would be really funny
no guys you donβt get it he said the n word hard r seven times for artistic purposes
Yeah you guys are just haters. Itβs not a good album but itβs still a pretty fun album and the two biggest songs are good. I also think All In The Family NEEDS to be included solely because of when they randomly just start saying gay stuff at the end. Like dude thatβs funny come on
Itβs alright but we really only needed loveless
Yeah clearly Also Iβm getting all their albums in reverse order so thatβs cool
Still alright but obviously here for just the last song
What is this both mid and unpopular folk album doing here
fine I want to have something good to say about the next one
Most generic trip hop album ever
Yeah I heard someone say Taylor Swift sounds like unseasoned chicken once and I have to agree. Like how does she have such a massive following?
Good folk music, thatβs all
Only here because of one song and the song isnβt even that good anyway
This is actually pretty unique and good, nice discovery
Good rap, but not the best Wu-Tang Clan solo album.
The album cover is definitely one of those things Album is fine though
More Byrds, hooray
I prefer their other album on the list, but this is still good
Fun album, pretty unique too
Itβs fine but the other three albums of theirs on the list clear it in every way, why is this here
I have no idea why I mess with this but I do
The inferior third on the list
Straight positive vibes and good beats, I really enjoy this album
Itβs ok but not my type of music
Rest in peace ray i guess
Good album, not their best
how do all but one of these songs have Wikipedia pages
peak
Generic and boring Honestly, Iβd rather relisten to my last one star than this, so I guess Iβll give it one star too Pretty trash anyway
This album is good but itβs just so long That being said if I was a stoner this would go hard
Fun prog album
I enjoyed it
Solid punk, London Calling better, end of review
Average country album
Generic house
Not as good as I remembered but still good
Objectively probably not 5, but I just really like listening to it
bangers
Surprisingly good for some reason
Just a nice album
Ok album, donβt see why it needed inclusion
There are some ok songs but this isnβt good as an album
Enjoyable
Yeah as the albums go on I see point behind the electronica hate more and more
Quality new wave, I donβt want to write a review rn
Nice chill album
Solid rap album
Yeah itβs the beatles I have to (though I did rate With The Beatles a 3 so)
One of my preferred Nick Cave albums on the list, along with Murder Ballads and The Lyre of Orpheus (just that part, Abattoir Blues is kind of mid)
Itβs good those are all my thoughts
Solid new wave album, I enjoyed it
Very good at the vibe it creates
Around the quality of a 3 but Iβll give it an extra star cause I enjoyed it. That being said this is most likely her worst on the list
Pretty good rock album, not their best though
Enjoyable enough, I liked the second to last song
Itβs ok, pretty unique though
First song is good but overall pretty mid
Solid rap album, not my thing personally though
Ok, pretty much my whole thoughts on this
Good album, not sure why the average is so low
Really generic Also I used YouTube for this because Spotify was down and for some reason everyone in the comments was glazing this band like crazy
Just a good 90βs rock album. Yeah itβs 2 hours long but at this point I listen to so much music itβs like a regular album length to me
Some songs are just ok but overall a really good pop album
Yeah itβs ok
Great songs and he was a super talented singer
Might be the most random inclusion on the list but itβs fine
Overall good album, kinda weird that this is rated higher than every velvet underground album though
As good as their other album on the list
Ok country album
Expected to hate this but it was ok
Pretty good for what it is just good older music
The better songs just kind of feel like lesser Rumours and I just donβt like some of Lindsey Buckinghamβs songs
I like indie but this just wasnβt it
Classic country album
Probably my favorite reggae album
Bit overrated but overall still great and highly influential
Not very artistically good but still catchy
Good pop album but seemed to drag for me (no idea why, the longest song is like 4 minutes and itβs less than 40 overall)
Enjoyable rap album. Actually liked the skits on this one, prolly cause they werenβt randomly freaky and weird or trying too hard to be funny
Epitome of the 80s, itβs alright though
Absolute classic
I feel like I should like this more but it just doesnβt do much for me
Nice kind of ambient stuff
Generic ahh album itβs ok though
Solid post punk I wish I had more to say
Idk why I mess with this but I do (Iβm way too pretentious)
Solid but not anything special
One of the YouTube comments called this βtimelessβ like this is one of the most dated things Iβve ever heard
Good album thatβs it
Good, title track is worse than I remember though
Demon Days and Plastic Beach clear this but still a solid album
Good metal album
Not his best but still good
Ok rock album
Didnβt really mind 3 hours of this, it was nice background music
Enjoyable pop rock
Alright but there is so much better prog
I might just not like reggae but nothing about this stood out to me
People call this album really influential but it doesnβt do it for me
Never been the biggest fan of her music but this is good Also Radiohead guy is on it which makes me like it more
4 for enjoyment but I think it deserves a 5, also it has the best instrumentation of her albums
I enjoy this
Title track is good but just ok as an album
Ok but kind of got bored during the weaker parts, nowhere near as good as his others on the list
The whole time I was listening to it I was waiting for it to end
Not the best album but an enjoyable listen
God rap stuff
Never really been a fan of The Band but this album is ok
Ok early punk album I have no other thoughs
I respect him ig but sitar is not my thing
Enjoyable ig I thought I had already gotten this
why is this here
Different than most albums but not reallly my thing I like the first song though