It has a song called spaghetti junction 100/100
Real score 80
This is a hard album to rate because of its inconsistencies and interludes. Thankfully in the digital age you can just not add the interludes to your playlist. They do add slight context to the songs but I've never liked skits on albums.
Most songs on here are quite good, a couple real bangers make the experience better, BOB is easily the highlight with a very catchy and layered hook. Other songs seem to suffer from repeating the chorus every 25 seconds which can get a little monotonous.
The lyricism is always on point and helps elevate some of the lesser tracks on here, some are quite beautiful and poignant. Overall a really fun, creative wacky album with some luigis mansion type beats and silly grooves with occasional real slappers
Score: 50
I dont know the history of this album but all I can imagine is a fat bastard producer with a lit cigar and his fingers cradled together menacingly under his chin in the back of the room as they perform the music. It is scientifically engineered to be the most "get up and move your ass" music it could have possibly been for back in the day.
This album really only has 3 songs; tutti fruiti, the slower song, and the other song. little richards voice is genuinely interesting to listen to, and sometimes he screams so loud it actually peaks the audio. this imperfect production actually adds to music to make it feel more human. Its not great music, and its certaintly not bad, but it isnt something i would come back to again
Score: 60
Went into this album knowing it was very highly regarded and expected to like it, honestly was shocked to find its quite repetitive and boring. I like the sounds I'm hearing but they aren't interesting. I'll revisit this one later
Score: 85
Almost every song on this album is an upbeat turn about being invaded, the inevitability of war, being on the brink of a breakup, the guilt of not spending time with a daughter, feeling alone, domestic abuse, the regret of not helping someone more after they commit suicide.. And the one song with a dark and atmospheric tone is one about how life was a miserable routine before they met someone, which you think would be a happy song, but the lyrics never once mention life after meeting the person and it's implied their life got worse instead.
The music on this album isn't the absolute greatest thing but a lot of it is catchy or memorable, but you wouldn't call them hit songs. The lyricism and storytelling is what makes this album for me as it's fantastic
Score: 70
Every song sounds like it belongs in toy story or the beginning montage of Up. Feels like the better songs are on the front half. Good production
Score: 70
Some good songs. Some mid songs. At least they admit they beat women on this album
Score: 60
Prototype music. Some pretty cool stuff in here, if the production was better or this album got a remaster it would definitely be better. Not really the albums fault for being released forever ago.
Score: 70
David Bowie has too expansive of a discog for me to know where to start so it was fun to listen to an album. I really like some of the songs on here and others kind of just didn't stick with me too long. The last song was particularly interesting with a very strange outro. I'm sure there are better bowie albums
Score: 90
Beautiful. You don't need to understand anything they are saying to understand the music. Every song has something to offer and comes together as a very enjoyable experience. Despite it being Icelandic it still retains a very 90s feel, and not in an outdated way. It's nice to listen to something that makes you feel something
Score: 70
If you left a 1 star review with the reason stating why being it's not in English, get the fuck off this website. That isn't constructive, it's not a review, and it certainly isn't a review of the album. It's nothing and you're either a dumbass bigot or you don't know the right time and place for jokes.
This album starts off incredibly strong and slowly throughout its runtime becomes a little more average and tame. All the while the production and instrumentation are great, but the tracks become slower and a bit less exciting. Very chill and enjoyable. This album also made me very hungry.
I'm giving it a 5 to counteract some of the dumbfuck reviews
Score: 30
We've made it to the complete antithesis of artistry; making music with the sole purpose of making hits and winning grammys. Produced to the max, designed to be as catchy as possible. So is it any good? No not really. Some songs are good like blank space and style. Every other song is middle of the road or insufferable. Welcome to new york, shake it off and bad blood fit into this category.
The production on shake it off deserves its own little paragraph because it is atrocious. I've heard better horn sound effects on children's toys at target. If the drums are played by a real human being i would be shocked. The clacking drumstick sound is so mind numbing and it's persists throughout the entire track and once you notice it it's game over. The bridge is cringe. Bad blood is just a bad song period, everyone knows that.
Taylor never sounds like she's trying at all with her vocal performance besides maybe a few moments in wildest dreams and clean. Her voice never sounds bad but it fuels the soulless feel to this album. Nothing about it feels organic. The lyrics are vapid and I don't believe they are sincere, even as generic as they are. I wanted it to end multiple times
Score: 20
Movie soundtracks, and soundtracks in general often use leitmotifs as a way to tie every track together and the technique can be used incredibly well. Sadly here, it isn't. Nothing interesting is done to build upon the themes of the music. This does not work as a standalone album.
The first track is admittedly quite nice, there is some beauty to it and it's performed well. Sadly after that it devolves into the same song over and over. I dont like the mixing at all on this, a lot of it sounds drowned out and not in an intentional way. When a song hits a nice melody it ruins it by dragging on too long.
Dead bodies is also a pretty decent song on it's own but it's hard to look past the mediocre production. The final track is agonizing to get through with its obnoxious spoken word lyrics. I was begging for it to be over.
Without the movie attached this is a slog to get through, and all you're left with is a shitty pysch rock album.
Score: 50
I was ready to give this album an 80. Then the last 3 songs played and it occurred to me. I really dislike a lot about this album. Instrumentally great, some catchy songs and riffs for sure.
A major problem I have is the writing and the vocals. I don't dislike the vocals when they are sung at a normal cadence and volume, but a lot of the time it's so much louder than that. I don't need to hear high pitched wailing lyrics that are sometimes mixed so loud that I literally can not hear the instruments anymore. It doesn't help that a lot of them are generally vapid and generic and are often repeated over and over.
I don't really love the country influence and the funk influence is fun but I do wonder how much of it is just stolen from other artists.
It wouldn't be a classic rock album without having an entire song about how hard it is not to instantly bust a nut at the sight of a 15 year old girl, and unfortunately on this album it's the very last song. Hearing a whining douche bag for an hour and a half to have it end with him desperately grooming children lowered the score immensely for me. I don't care what anyone says this shit is dated as fuck and with so much better music out there I don't feel the need to ever ever return to this mediocre pedophile music
Score: 60
The first track isn't really great because it's mixed in such a way that the white noise hissing is very loud. The last track isn't great because it's crying babies, animals yelping and loud wet farts set to a funky beat. All the other tracks are good which leaves you with 15 minutes of good music. Very cool.
50 years later and everyone is still racist and farting
Score: 80
This is a very fun and quick album. I never knew how many hit songs were on here. The production, performances and lyrics are all very good. The 40 minutes went by very fast
Score: 80
Babies 1st Lingua Ignota album.
I disagree with a lot of other reviews on here, I think this album is quite beautiful and honestly ahead of its time. This singer-songwriter, prolonged verse style is something a ton of artists do much better today, but this is still good. The singing and lyricism feel real and heartfelt, and while not exactly the greatest singer, I think that's kind of part of the appeal. Her deeper register works for this kind of music and sets the tone.
Score: 60
A less interesting version of The Cure
The production is good, the faster paced songs are pretty good. But having half the album be slower songs kind of creates a pacing issue for me. Not bad though. Just made me really want to listen to The Cure instead
Score: 65
Album art: 60
This album is about as musically interesting as my balls.
That being said, the lyrics are good, the singing is good. The lyricism does a lot of the heavy lifting here. The instrumentation is good though, although sometimes the pan flutes and stock drumkit beats come off as silly. It's surprisingly very dark for what is essentially elevated elevator music.
Fav songs: They won't go when I go
Least Fav: Soul free. The mixing is awful on this track compared to rest of the album.
Score: 70
Album Art: 60
This is pretty good rock music for 1972. Lots of great ambient sounds in the background of the songs. Sometimes they go on for a little too long but not the point of irritation, they are still nice to listen to. Not sure why the last track isn't on Spotify but it is worth listening to.
Fav tracks: Seeland and Hero
No least favorites
Score: 80
Album art: 80
A beautiful soundscape album with a cold, otherworldly feel. It's very easy to imagine a story in your mind to match the music. A sense of hopelessness and loneliness with an extremely small touch of hope mixed in. Phaedra is the best track though and the most interesting, and if you didn't like it you won't like the rest of the album as it's basically just 1 40 minute long song.
I imagined an explorer trapped on a cold alien planet seeking refuge only to die in the end. A lot of the little synthesizer plucks sound like little creatures or birds and it adds to that feeling.
Favorite tracks: Phaedra
No least favorites
Score: 90
Album art: 70
This album is so incredibly cheesy and dumb, but it's also a lot of fun. Almost every track is a banger. I laughed out loud when the singers voice was paulstretched during the chorus of the first song and it set the tone for the rest of the album. The final track is different, being a more serious dark wave track. There's not a lot of lyrics but damn if they aren't true.
Favorite tracks: pretty much every song
Least favorite: disco II disco
Score: 80
Album art: 70
When am i going to make a living?
This album is produced and mixed impeccably, and not in an annoying squeaky clean way either. It just sounds fantastic. Every single track is good with the exception being the last one. It's just a tad too slow but the lyrics are just not very well thought out or interesting and just come off as corny. I'm not disbelieving that Sade's feelings are genuine but they just don't seem to fit here on the album. Make a living is a much better seriously toned song. Was a very fast listen. Not sure how other people think this is worthy of a 1 or that her vocals aren't good. You're on crack bruh
Score: 80
Album art: 70
Music
I didn't read the Wikipedia article but I'm not sure in what sense this is a live show. The recording is immaculate and when he asks the crowd to sing on the last song it sounds like they know what they are doing, so props for that.
I think if an alien came to earth and requested to hear human music for the first time this would be a good option. Extremely pleasant and fun to listen to. Even with the song lengths they go by very fast. Every song is good
Score: 30
Album art: 50
I want to fucking die
ThIIIs albUuum sUUUcks. If you're annoyed at how I typed that sentence then congratulations, you know what listening to this fucker sing for an hour is like. As much as I love hearing completely off key vocals set to endless verses with harmonica mixed at the fucking top of the mix, I'm very glad it's over.
First couple songs are terrible. The faster paced songs liked the death grips one and obviously five believers are actually pretty decent. Especially on the latter song, Dylans singing actually matches the song and it isn't bad. Any slower, ballad type songs had me frantically searching my surroundings for a loaded gun. I cannot stand the constant ebb and flow of his vocal volume. He also never shuts up, and almost no songs have a chorus. The song will end the same way its starts regardless of length. If you aren't here for lyrics or harmonica, well then that's too bad.
Not really related to this album but I'm also pissed this loser takes up 1% of this entire album list. He ain't that important, let's get some more variety please.
I want to give this album a 1 but I wont because I know it's not truly that bad. The writing is interesting, and if you're here for that I can see why you could enjoy this more. But this isn't for me.
Score: 80
Album art: 80
I got the powers that be running through me
This record is very 90s. The drum beats, the record scratching, the topics and vibes are all here. The use of news clips and spoken word is so smart and well done. Everything is pretty damn near on point for most of the album. At 1 hour and 20 songs, I feel like it could use a little tightening though.
The pacing only falters a little here or there though, and I like that a lot of songs have a good amount of breathing room before and after the lyrics. It makes this album flow very well as the songs mesh into each other. It would be hard to deny the importance of this album.
Pollywannacracka was the only song i didn't care for. I don't think this album needed an interpolation of ring around the rosie. It is toungue in cheek but I would skip this every time.
Score: 70
Album art: 60
The bends
Guess I'll get this out of the way right away. It is very hard to shake off the comparison to Radiohead while listening to this. Like extremely hard. With that being said it is different enough to have its own sound.
Bittersweet symphony is for some reason the first song. I'm guessing this is because a label wanted it right in front but it makes no sense for the flow and feeling to be first. It's a great song but I think the 3 song stretch from the rolling people to to pimp a butterfly is better. Those songs are great.
Sadly after this the album falls off slowly and ends up being uninteresting by the end with the exception of the last track which is pretty good. Sadly it's not a good song to have in your Playlist because there's 8 minutes of silence to hide a bonus track. I really hate this style of bonus track listing on Spotify and I wish they would stop doing it.
None of the music here is bad and it's all well mixed and produced. But it does drag in the second half. It's between a 3 and 4 so I'll round up
Score: 70
Album art: 50
This album is a fun but inconsistent time. There's a lot of good songs here but also a decent amount that arent bad by any means but they definitely aren't as interesting or well polished. The mixing on the songs is all over the place and it makes some of them feel more like demos than fully developed tracks.
I like the different singing styles and the variety of different rock genres. It feels like they were having fun and I enjoyed it despite its faults
Score: 90
Album art: 100
Ocean man
Kind of crazy to think a song called smack my bitch up that sounded like this was ever a hit song. This music was ahead of its time and not very many people were ready for it. The dark and industrial grooves are more mainstream now, and im sure this album helped usher in those types of sounds. Not every single moment of every track is perfect but it's super fun to listen to. The production is insane too. Also there's a crab
Score: 70
Album art: 70
Nothing says raw power like 4s with people clapping along to the entire song
I really loved the first 2 songs. After that there wasn't as much that I enjoyed, and I feel like the album devolves into better than average punk music. Just a bummer it didn't go more in the direction of the first 2 songs. Also there is a song where he starts meowing so that's fun.
I listened to the iggy mix and I liked it, I thought the messier production was interesting and made each song more unique. The performances are good and they elevate this higher than just basic punk/rock music. It's closer to a 3 than 4
Score: 70
Album art: 50
Dirty dirty fingernails
Why does this guy want to hear his nails clacking on piano? It's very strange. Anyway, the first song is really fantastic. After hearing it I asked myself, is this really going to be an amazing country album?? Sadly the answer is no, but it is definitely good!
I listened to the 2022 remaster and I don't know how much of this is the remaster but this thing is produced and mixed immaculately. Sure the mixing is flat but it's by no means bad. It's corny and cheesy but I was never groaning or upset with what I was hearing. Compared to modern country music that alone is an insane compliment. Also I could be wrong but I don't think there was a single mention of a truck so props for that.
My personal enjoyment of this album is around a 3 as I'm not a huge country fan, but it's clear to me this is a cut above the rest so I'm giving it a 4
Score: 20
Album art: 20
This album is completely pointless. It's mixed like shit, sounds like shit, nothing is interesting the entire runtime. The vocals are not good either, and that's when you can even hear them. The drums sound godawful. The lyrics are the definition of vapid and lazy. By the end of it i was getting pissed at how inane and repetitive it was.The number of better albums in the 90s goes into the 1000s. Take this shit off the list
Score: 80
Album art: 70
This album sounds like an artist in the 80s died and came back as a ghost to record in 2009. Its ethereal and calming, subtle and reserved. If you like the soundtrack to donkey kong country 2 or John carpenter's film scores you will like this.
The production is superb and the various vocal effects are interesting. I liked every song but I think concrete walls is easily my favorite. That track is perfect. The album rewards your patience as I feel like it gets better the more it goes on.
Score: 80
Album art: 70
Penis music
The lyrics are a lot darker than I expected. Some songs are just good but others are great, darkness was my favorite. Being before the 80s I feel like this was probably ahead of the game. Enjoyable album
Score: 80
Album art: 70
It's not this albums fault but I couldn't stop imagining k.k. slider singing along to the songs instead. Extremely ez breezy album at only 30 minutes and very nicely made smooth music. I liked the storytelling from the moments I could understand. Very cool
Score: 80
Album art: 70
This is like if the Beatles were talented
There's a lot to like about this album. The production is good, it flows well and it goes pretty decently fast for a 90 minute album. I like that he doesn't always take himself seriously on some tracks and intro and overture are just joke tracks. Some tracks go pretty hard and I enjoyed those ones the most. I also really liked I went to the mirror and I was it was longer and didn't abruptly end.
It's a pretty insane accomplishment for a singer songwriter to do most of this themselves. Sure some tracks aren't as interesting but out of 25 songs there's a good amount of really good and fun ones. Also 3 or 4 songs are just a lot louder than the others for some reason. Other than that and some pacing issues which isn't this albums fault, it wasn't released as 1 single disc, I enjoyed it a lot.
Score: 70
Album art: 50
On a bad day this album is just repetitive self absorbed trash about killing people, having sex and smoking weed. On a good day it's well made and fun rap music. There's not really any denying that the production is great and all the features are great. Skits are hit and miss like always. I'm having a hard time rating this one as I disliked a lot but liked a lot.
Score: 70
Album art: 50
Prototype primus
I was going to right this off as another boring early rock album but it actually does a lot of interesting stuff. Lots of different genres of rock and different singing styles. One of the singers sounds like he's already dead. I ended up liking it a lot more than I thought I would.
Score: 50
Album art: 70
Funne lol
When this album is being funny it's really enjoyable. Sadly when it's not it's the most boring shit on the planet. This album induced nap time within me.
Every song is 6 minutes long and they don't exactly change a lot during that runtime. They rap about how they are the masters of rhyme like 12 times and then they just... dont do anything lol. I was laughing and having fun though. Sex packets put me to sleep but the follow up song is funny. Glad I listened but never again
Score: 60
Album art: 70
This album is mixed like it's sole purpose is to make your ears bleed. It's pretty good though. I haven't listened to this album in over 10 years so it was fun to go back to. The singles are very good and the union forever is very good as well.
The concept of making music with just 2 people is interesting and it's a good first attempt. Thankfully the white stripes go on to make better albums after this one.
Score: 70
Album Art: 60
Eric clapton my head on a pillow cause this shit make me fall asleep
All jokes aside it's actually quite nice. It's mixed and produced well, the singing and lyrics are good. Shooting the sheriff is based. Let it grow is an epic song. It's quiet as hell on spotify which is perfect for falling asleep to.
Score: 60
Album art: 70
It's funky, weird mix of Ska raggea rock and funk, but worst of all its British. Its well made but it's just hard to get through 40 minutes of the same sounding songs. Im not a huge ska fan. Little bitch is really fun. Blank expression and too much too young go one for too long. The fun incel charm really wears off after the 4 minute mark. Keep eating beans and toast boys
Score: 80
Album art: 60
Well I didn't expect a 10 minute drone song when I booted up this album. It's so weird that it's the 3rd song and not at the end. Whoever did this track list was on crack. That being said it's a beautifully dark and harrowing song. The sound of it is amazing and it really elevates the album to something more.
Some of the songs are mixed like demos and don't feel as clean but there's a lot of rocking moments and the performances are really good. I don't think you could really do much better than this in 1969, I can definitely see why it's on this list.
Score: 50
Album Art: 60
The lyrics on here have so much weird hypocritical garbage it's unreal. Ignoring John Lennons actions is almost impossible because of how preachy this shit is. Wow John it is really hard to imagine the world as a better place, you're so deep bro.
The music is good and he's a good singer but I cannot give a single shit about this, I just can't. When he's saying how sorry he is and that he's just a jealous guy it comes off as so insincere it actually sounds like he's bragging about it. Gimme some truth is really funny as well. Oh yoko is really funny with a dumb outro. No one wants to hear about your talentless wife who thinks she's the next Bjork. Glad it's over lol see you on the flip side
From the interestingly subtle opening moments to the epic finish that brings it full circle, this is one of the most easily remembered and well constructed debut albums of all time. Almost every single song is a banger that people are still buying fuck-off ticketmaster nosebleed seats for hundreds of dollars to belt out every single lyric perfectly from memory. With the albums following after especially Vs. and vitalogy, they hone their sound even more and become something truly worth listening to.
That's not to say this album isn't worth it because it is. But it's not without it's faults. I feel like garden and deep aren't the most memorable songs and especially garden doesn't do anything the other songs already accomplished. It also sounds like it's flirting a little too closely to sounding like Christian rock music. But deep is still super fun just not a standout. The mixing also drowns out the instruments and adds a lot of reverb to the vocals which makes this sound like a live album at times. This has always drove me nuts over the years but it's hard to imagine it any other way now.
But those things aside, this is a fantastic album. The lyricism and storytelling is so good, it's hard not to get lost in it and feel emotional one way or another. Stories of heartbreak and broken homes, addiction and other forms of suffering.
Evenflow is an obvious slapper and it kicks ass, but Jeremy is easily the best track and it evolves and progresses so nicely, the writing is incredible and instantly sticks with you. The case could be made for this song being in the top 100 rock songs of all time easily.
Also I love it when it sounds like he's saying suck big dick in evenflow it's so awesome.
Score: 90
Art: 90 - iconic
I don't have much to say about this one except it was an extremely easy listen. Pretty enjoyable too. I feel like the last 3 songs aren't as good as the others.
Score: 65
Art: 70
I love the writing, and the music is beautifully performed and it's pretty, but it's just honestly super slow. I enjoyed listening to it but I just didn't find it musically super engaging. And I don't even know if I'm allowed to add the 2nd song to my playlist as a white person. First 2 songs were my favorite though for sure.
Score: 60
Art: 60
Meh. I got through the album but it was pretty standard rock and some blues. Some of the songs were repetitive and I didn't care for the slower ones. Overall a pretty mixed bag that averages out to a middle of the road experience.
Score: 60 Album art: 50
I've never heard of this band in my life, but this album is great. A lush and interesting 80s album with well written lyrics and a consistent vibe and sound. Except for the song thorn of crowns which has purposefully stripped back and bad production except on the chorus. I kind of like that they took a chance to do something weird but on the other hand I'm not sure how much I love the sound of the singer cumming over and over right in my ears. Definitely the weirdest song, not 100% how I feel about it. It does make the production feel even more deep and lush when the next song plays, and it's a great song. Wasn't super crazy about the final song as well, I feel like this album deserved an epic closer. Other than that I loved it front to back. I think crowns will grow on me in future listens.
Score: 90. Album art: 80
A very nostalgic feeling 90s drum and bass electronic album with 2 remixes right on the standard edition. Very weird that they aren't deluxe version bonuses or something and I personally don't like listening to remixes as an albums closer... it just seems weird. They were pretty good though especially the 2nd one. I really liked the opening and title tracks. I overall enjoyed it but personally don't feel like I'd be listening to it on my own time, it's very close to 4 stars. Just not quite there for me.
Score: 70. Album art: 70
A very intimate soul/jazz/funk experience that I pretty much thoroughly enjoyed. Some songs weren't my favorite like times a wastin or in love with you, but the writing is always good and emotionally intelligent. The singing, production and mixing are all excellent and every song flows into the next, sometimes I didn't even notice a song was over unless I checked. There isn't much to say about this album that it doesn't say for itself. It's just really good.
Score: 85. Album art: 70
Bruh. When track 4 started my jaw dropped so far open you'd think I just found out my mom died. I recognized the song immediately and I started freaking out, it's the fucking claw machine song. If you've played a lot of them you probably know what I'm talking about. I can't believe it's actually from something and I found out what it is through this list.
Well anyways, the album is pretty good. Ethereal early synth soundtrack-esque music. Feels like a predecessor to stuff like metroid and 80s film scores. Wasn't in love with the last 2 tracks however and they take up a lot of the runtime. A silly little mouse is running around on part 6 and no one is trying to catch him. You can picture a dude sitting in his room fucking around with the synthesizer as you listen, but not in a bad way. It's quite endearing.
Score: 70. Album art: 90 - it kicks ass
Went into this one ready to like it and enjoy it and sadly it just wasn't the case. Sister Ray is easily the best song and I'd say its the only track i cared about, which isn't the worst thing considering its 17 and a half minutes long. There's so much layering and different instrumentation, it's cycling and repetitive and I was into it. I can easily see how this would inspire a lot of bands to come.
The other tracks just didn't interest me much or flat out were annoying. The gift is mixed so stupidly shitty and you know where the story is going to go halfway through it. Some very silly choices were made with panning the vocals left to right and back again and it's just annoying. I'm sure they were shitting their pants back then but it's gimmicky now. I'd listen to sister ray again but none of the rest. An the album art sucks.
Score: 40 Art: 20
A fun and fast 90s rock album. Not quite grundge but honestly pretty close. Kind of crazy they went right off the rip into the decade and instantly put out an album that sounds like what it's known for. Some of the songs have 80s style drums which was fun. most songs were pretty short and went by pretty fast. I feel like you almost have to relisten to it to even remember the songs
Score: 80 Art: 80
Yeah this kicks ass, holy hell. The production on this is INSANE for 1969. Every song has it's own style and they don't waste your time at all. It's constantly fast paced and introducing new instruments and elements. Dude recorded a 40 minute album and sung 2 lines like a muppet. Willie the pimp is probably the best song though, it just reminds me so much of Primus and there's no way Les wasn't inspired by this to make his own music. I could be really picky and try to find flaws but there's very very few. Groundbreaking music
Score: 100 Art: 80
Highway star is awesome, other than that everything else is pretty good too. I think they are trying to be hard but it's just regular classic rock. Just needed a few more bangers to be great.
i had no idea what to expect before listening to this and I definitely didn't expect a gothic electronic art rock with haunting female vocals. I have no clue why but I thought Portishead would be a metal band or something. Even for someone like me this a pretty demanding listen. There a lot of dynamic range and the volume will get intense suddenly during a lot of songs. It was surprisingly unnerving, but nonetheless the sound and vibe of it is incredible. I really enjoyed it on first listen but I feel like it demands more of the listener than that.
Score: 80 Art: 70
What is there to say. It's insane that this is the most popular and most recognized album of all time. If something like this came out now it wouldn't even chart. While not the most challenging listen, it demands so much more of the listener than today's godawful mainstream rock music. It's simply on a different level.
This album is very emotionally intense and you can feel how genuine it is in the music. It's lush and dense with a lot of different things going on, the songs perfectly run together to create a feeling of being lost in the sound. The lyrics are perfectly vague enough as to not spell everything out super clearly and let's you have the intelligence to understand them. It's a timeless album that will always hold up. And this isn't even Pink Floyd's best album
Score: 100. Art: 100
Personally not my favorite art of all time but it is literally the most iconic image in all of music
I think all I can really say is that I wish there was more actual music to this album. If the songs went somewhere or did something interesting I would have most likely loved it. Kollaps was a song I mostly enjoyed but the rest just didn't do much for me. The song with the loud power drill is really annoying.
Score: 30 Art: 60
Very smooth and lovely. Incredibly easy listen and fun to groove along to. I'm not sure if this album got renamed or something but it's very hard to find on Spotify and it was confusing. I wish it wasn't so hidden and weird because it is a really good listen.
Score: 80 Art: 60
Do you like jazz? Pretty good jazz album with some cool electronic elements mixed in with a random live samba track in the middle. Some of it drags a little bit but I mostly enjoyed it. Havona was a really good closing track. Almost a 4 star for me
Score: 70 Art: 80
Awesome Jazz album. It's over an hour long but what jazz album isn't. Thoroughly enjoyed it but didn't care too much for the final song.
Score: 80 Art: 40
Never heard of this before but It definitely sounds like a lot of other music released around the time. It's upbeat and fun but also kind of bland at the same time. The production is really good though and I enjoyed the variety of singing styles and songs. The last song was really interesting compared to the rest of the tracks.
Score: 70 Art: 70
Cult of personality is the obvious banger but there's some other good tracks here as well. But a good few come off as really cheesy and I feel like they haven't aged super well. The stuff they are talking about is super important though. I didn't love this album but I appreciate what they are doing.
Score: 60 Art: 70
This album is technically good but I don't think this brand of folksy blues rock is for me. I don't think it helps that the lead singer sounds like imagine dragons. Production sounds great but it feels slow and I didn't really love more than 3 or so songs. That being said it is a good album, I just don't like it as much as others do.
Score: 70 Art: 70
Sadly a pretty mediocre album. I was hoping for better but you can't win em all. The 2nd and last song were pretty good though. Awesome album and band name as well.
Score: 50 Art: 50
This album doesn't feel long at all despite being over an hour. I liked pretty much every song even though it sometimes feels like they are just kind of there to lead you to the next big awesome song. Obviously really great guitar work and production especially for the time. Some of the mixing on some of the tracks is all over the place but it really doesn't matter because it still sounds good and it's so easy to listen to. All along the watchtower being so insanely popular is pretty cool as well, I wish songs like that could chart today.
Score: 80 Art: 70
A classic rockin album. Sultans of swing is the obvious best song but I really liked most of them. The singing on wild west end is funny though it was making me laugh. The guitar work is insane and it sounds great and crystal clear for a 70's album. Really good stuff.
Score: 75 Art: 70
I've heard the song Marquee Moon before so I was excited to listen to the rest of the album. This shit slaps hard for 1977. Guiding light and prove it were definitely my least favorite songs but they weren't bad, Just a little slow. Every other song on here is awesome. I could definitely understand people not liking this singing style but I liked it. You can tell it definitely inspired a lot of other bands moving forward.
Score: 80 Art: 70
This album kicks ass. Every song is a banger, except for maybe I Believe but that's just because it's slower. It still sounds great. The instrumentation and production on this is absolutely insane. Everything sounds so deep and powerful. The lyrics and vocals are great. Also some crazy and wacky choices near the end like including the motif of a previous song and having the closer basically be a 7 minute outro. Some of the best 80's songs ever, perhaps some of the best of it's entire genre are on here and it just hits different. Also Disturbed can suck my ass they suck and should stop covering 80's songs.
Score: 90 Art: 70
I had to pretend this was Krautrock to get past the vocals. I didn't like this album but it's hard to deny it was big influence on tons of punk music. On some of the songs the drums sound so shitty they don't even sound like an instrument. Definitely something to put on to scare the hoes.
Score: 30 Art: 80
This album kicks a lot of ass. A really great debut. There's no other band that sounds like them or gets their messages across in such a unique and meaningful way. Some of their best songs are on here so it's worth going back to after everyone got into Toxicity. All their albums are fantastic so it's a shame this is the only one on this list. Really surprised Toxicity isn't on here. But this one still goes insane-o style, there's no bad tracks.
Score: 90 Art: 90 Iconic anti-fascist imagery
What a quaint and silly little album. There are some heart wrenching and great lyrics on here but sometimes the singing style gets on my nerves. December's Boudoir got pretty silly and i was laughing. It sounds great instrumentally and production wise but it's not really my jam.
Score: 60 Art: 70
Wow a country pop album that doesn't totally suck ass. It's really riding the edge of being overproduced but it mostly sounds good. Some slappers and a couple songs I wouldn't return to but nonetheless it actually isn't bad music which is insanely shocking considering how bad modern country is. It was a nice easy listen.
Score: 75 Art: 70
This is my first time listening to this album in full and it's a lot better than I expected. I expected it to be good but there's such a good mix of extremely loud heavy hitters and songs that take their time. The production is great and yes, on a bad day I don't really want to listen to Billy sing but most of the time I like it. It's grand in scope and length but if you take the time to listen to it I think it is worth it. A little demanding especially if you've never heard this band before. There wasn't any songs that I disliked.
Score: 90 Art: 80
I think there might be something wrong mentally with lead singer. For a debut and 1967 it's insane. Every 5 minutes something disturbing is in the lyrics. Obviously couldn't be a rock album without mentioning little girls. It's a good album but personally I don't think I'd find myself returning to it. The End was awesome though, I feel like Swans took a lot of influence from this song.
Score: 70 Art: 60
Extremely easy listen. A summer breeze you could say. It just keeps flowing along nicely. The instrumentals are slapping and you can tell they are really having fun.
Score: 80 Art: 70
Awesome experimental rap album with interludes I actually liked so that was cool. Enjoyed every song even the long ones. There's just a lot going on instrumentally and lyrically that I really enjoyed and I'm gladly adding it to the playlist. Also seeing a Nelly Furtado feature made me laugh.
Score: 90 Art: 80
I was digging it at first but then all the songs just started to sound the same. I've never really paid too much attention to this dudes voice but it's a lot froggier than I remember. It's defnitely chill and something you can move along to and I liked it while it was on. I never knew that song was called green river
Score: 70 Art: 70
I can see what they're going for and I think the last 2 songs are particularly interesting. I just wish more of this album actually went somewhere that wasn't trying to jump scare you during the 10 minute song about a family being murdered. It's better than taylor swift though.
Score: 50 Art: 70
The way this album ends is hilarious. I thought my internet cut off for a second. A fun mix on punk music and 90's rock that randomly loves to be loud as fuck. The production is good and shitty at the same time. If I listened to this back when I was in high school I would have loved it even more.
Score: 80 Art: 70
This album just cranks it for an hour straight. Never heard of this in my life but this was worth finding. Fat slapping rock brah. It's epic. It sounds insanely good for 1994, about 10 years ahead of it's time. It doesn't have the muddy production a lot of 90's rock and grunge have, which is refreshing every now and then.
Score: 90 Art: 70
My first Kanye album and all I can really say is that it was okay. It's crazy to think that 20 years ago Kanye was a real human being with actual coherent thoughts. The lyrics are good and the concept is good. It feels genuine. I feel like the album drops off after the halfway point. The last song especially didn't really do anything for me in it's 13 minutes. Also didn't care for the skits, I never do. They do add to the entire album as an experience but I wouldn't listen to them again. All in all I thought it was alright. Maybe the next one will be better.
Score: 60 Art: 60
I wasn't sure how much I would like this album at first but I think by the time it got to who sees you I really got into it. It's best to not think too much and just crank the volume, sit back and chill. The final song is fantastic and it gets so pleasantly loud. I listened to it a 2nd time right after.
Score: 90 Art: 60
Damn Dolly's mom is a ho. Half spongebob music half sleepy time country. Definitely not my thing.
Score: 50 Art: 40
It's smooth, it's epic and it's important. What more could you really ask for. Marvin's estate really needs to take it easy on trying to sue everyone under the sun though. It makes them look bad. It would be an extremely sad thing to ruin this dudes legacy with such crap. Amazing album though.
Score: 80 Art: 70
Fitter, happier
More productive
Comfortable
Not drinking too much
Regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week)
Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries
What MM wanted to accomplish with his persona was smart, it was edgy, it was perfect for its time. He knew what he was doing and with Trent Reznors help he became a really memorable figure. Everyone with braincells knew it was a character, but over time he became so fucked he became the villian in his own story. I mean when your idea of fun is inviting Andy Dick to your house and showing him your homemade snuff film under the guise of it being real to scare him, I can definitely get behind that. That's funny. But when your idea of fun turns into raping and torturing women, well then that becomes a problem doesn't it. For the MM character to work the man behind it HAD to be a good person. To absolutely drive the point home. But it didn't work out that way.
As for the album, yeah it's just Trents magic mixed with the complete douchebag vocals and lyrics of from the king of house harkonnen himself. It's good and it works. I'd maybe possibly even give this a 4/5 but I'm not letting it go into my liked albums list. Definitely an album a lot of people will grow out of. It's the downward spiral but shittier.
Score: 70. Art: 20 All your album art sucks bro
An actual good punk album. Punk usually does pretty much nothing for me but this was good. Really catchy songs. It also goes by insanely fast. Definitely worth the listen.
Score: 80 Art: 60
I should like this album a lot more than I do. It's supposed to be one of the best grunge albums. I love the singles but a lot of the songs in the middle of it just don't really grab me. I think it's aged a little bit poorly. The singing gets on my nerves sometimes. I can tell why people love it and that it's a good album but I just can't get super into it. Sorry to all the dirt lovers out there.
Score: 70 Art: 70
This is a really interesting album. Never listened to this band before. I don't really know the best way to describe it. I really like the gospel style organ and synth going on in the background. Every track has a ton of little moments lower in the mix if you pay attention. I like the storytelling style of lyrics and the production is insanely good. There's a lot going on here for a first listen I think. I enjoyed it a lot though.
Score: 80 Art: 70
I've been listening to Chvrches on shuffle for so long that I forgot which songs were on which albums. I've always liked them ever since I first heard them, and seeing them live was amazing. It's also really cool that they have an album on this list now.
This album came out in 2013 and it cannot be overstated how fucking abysmal mainstream pop/rock was at this time. Every single song sounded the same with a buildup to a drop and a chorus that was just a bunch of mmms and ohs. Calvin harris type bullshit was taking over. Chvrches does buildups and drops on here but they are so natural and produced so well. Everything has a deep sound to it. The vocals are unique too in the sense that there are regular male and female singing vocals but also a ton of mouth sounds mixed into the song itself, it's pretty insane how much of each song is just singing digitized and harmonized. It's cool and gives them their iconic sound. Science/visions is their best song and it slaps hard as hell. Very unique sound and structure to it. Their 2nd album is just as good.
Score: 90 Art: 80
A very heartfelt album with really personal and meaningful songwriting. Every song does tend to sound the same though and by the end everything was running together. It's definitely good and if you're into this genre of music I can't imagine finding much better than this to go for. I can't believe people actually think Bruce is a typical gung ho american boomer lol. Very bad media literacy.
Score: 60 Art: 50
Toe tappers for grandpa. It's a solid slower rock album with good lyrics. The remaster on spotify sounds really nice. It just kind of suffers from... being old. So it sounds pretty safe. But there's nothing really wrong with that. I liked it
Score: 65 Art: 70
Oy it's the bloody cure mate. British political music? TRASH. Just kidding. Always remember that an employer asking you to not discuss wages with your coworkers is illegal. Make sure you discuss them especially if you are female. Join a union. Respect your time and your family over work. Fuck the higher ups and fuck the monarchy
Score: 80 Art: 60
This album isn't my thing and the 2nd song can definitely get on your nerves in your in a bad mood. But for how early this is and how good it sounds, it's pretty impressive. some of the songs on the 2nd half are pretty decent. If you like Congos you will shit your pants
Score: 50 Art: 70
If I didn't know this came in 2014 it would've fooled me. They perfectly nailed the sound they were going for. They beat the Killers to the punch on making their own Springsteen album. It teeters right on the edge of me giving it a 4.
Score: 70 Art: 50
Pretty good. Layla was a banger. When they go off and do some more typical blues style stuff I lose a bit of interest. The rest of it is great though. Very close to a 4.
Score: 70 Art: 80
The story behind this album is insane and this dude is a god tier musician. At the start I wasn't exactly sure what to think. I was laughing a bit cause it sounded like some dude was cumming in the audience but it turns out it was the guy cranking the piano. By the end of of it I was really enjoying it. Not my go-to music by any means but Keith's craft is worth admiration. If you're a piano player you're probably losing your mind over this.
Score: 90 - Bonus points for insane artsmanship Art: 60
This album is so strange. 2 minute long tracks that sound really great and then the back half is longer experimental electronic stuff. I wonder if people immediately liked this when it came out or if it took time to become a classic. The 2nd half is beautiful and I wanted more of it. Very easy add to the playlist
Score: 90 Art: 80
One of the best albums on the entire site. I'm a Bowie noob but this album is just incredible. Sometimes it takes me awhile to really know if I love an album but I instantly loved this one. I even listened to it twice before I reviewed it. I'm really glad he could end his legacy this well. People giving this album a 1 as if it's honestly the worst music they've ever heard is so fucking funny to me.
Score: 100 Art: 70
Very silly and fun album. The very end section almost sounded like Ganon's theme from zelda. It sounds great and it's extremely horny. First time ever listening to Prince and I can see why people liked him.
Score: 80 Art: 80 It's awful and great at the same time
This album cranks it, lyrically and musically from start to end. If you weren't paying attention to the lyrics you would even think this album is just a bunch of fun. I'll be happily returning to it later. Very impressive for 1994, considering a lot of grunge/garage rock was out at the time, that this stands out as it's own thing.
Score: 90 Art: 80
One of Beck's best and most consistent albums. I actually think the weakest tracks are the first 2. E-pro is by no means a bad song but after playing it for years on guitar hero and the fact that the song doesn't really go anywhere makes it a strange and not the best opener. Guero is a better song imo but sometimes I'm just not in the mood to hear all the constant background noises. They do lend the song it's vibe though. I think every other song on this thing is a banger. The styles vary from crazy silly Beck to chill and serene Beck to experimental and melancholy Beck. Everything is on here and I honestly think this is a good place to start if you've never heard his music before. Love this album
Score: 90 Art: 70
People are bad and black hair were terrible songs. This almost felt like a Bob Dylan parody album. I liked most of the other songs despite their slow pace.
Score: 60 Art: 50
This is a pretty wild album. I usually don't like skits or interludes but on here they are really well done with the news segments and interviews. There's obvious bangers and some songs are just dumb like the fairy tale one. A lot of it sounds the same instrumentally but it doesn't get annoying.
I think what's most wild is that Ice thought that having a camera would deter police from committing unwarranted violence. In our current time almost everyone has not just a camera but a video camera on them at all times and, well, look how much it changed things. Cops will still kill your dogs, shoot innocent people and even slowly choke people to death over the course of 8 minutes all while being filmed the entire time knowing full well the videos will be posted online. They do not care bro. That song in particular has aged so sadly.
Score: 80 Art: 60
This album is really disgusting but also really good. With lyrics like this I was really surprised to see a song with a female vocalist, but it was pretty awesome. The only song I didn't love was the 2nd to last one. Finding albums like this is what makes this list fun.
Score: 90 Art: 80
Pretty long but also is pretty fun. They really are the sonic youth, this is a loud and crazy album. I like the mix of male and female vocals. A lot of the songs seem to follow the same motif but it doesn't really get old. I liked this one a lot.
Score: 80 Art: 70
This album wasn't for me. I like a lot of stuff that's going on here, but I feel like the pacing and mood of each song kind of leaves it as a mess. Walk of life is so poppy, and working in retail completely ruined any sort of impact that song could have for me. Money for nothing is the best song, and yes he uses a slur, but it's to tell a story. It makes sense for what he's talking about. The biggest takeaway from this album is how immaculate the production and mixing is. It is flawless. Just wasn't for me.
Score: 65 Art: 40
They're finally here, performing for you
if you know the words you can join in too.
A silly album with some fun beats. For whatever reason every song is at a different volume. I like it when they just decide to laugh and make a bunch of stupid sounds for fun. Really enjoy the shitty 80's drums.
Score: 60 Art: 70
I want you to eat me, bones and all. Singer songwriter is a rough genre for me. I kind of couldn't stand this to be honest. The music itself sounds nice and it's very well produced but this dude never shuts the hell up about the most mundane shit possible. It has it's cool moments but please never again.
Score: 30 Art: 40
Very interesting album. Loved the lyrics and writing style and about 75% of the songs. The 2 title tracks and every breath are really far and above the best songs. Some of the others aren't as engaging and I know people dislike Mother but I really like it. Production is good and it definitely sounds like an 80's album. Very close to a 4
Score: 70 Art: 50
I guess it was good that he was ready to die. This is a really hard album to give a rating to. There are a ton of great moments, lyrics, and beats. But then he will make a good song and decide to ruin it by ending it with slurping bj sounds. If I tried listening to this album in public as a white dude it would probably be extremely embarrassing. I was worried in the beginning that every song would just be about killing people but there is a lot more interesting and real shit on here than that.
It's an extremely sad and troubling look into someone's life and it definitely does deserved to be listened to. It's important and well made but personally for me I just can't relate to it or get into it as much as others.
Score: 70 Art: 80 as it is pretty iconic
Hey dip ass, compilation albums is CHEATING. Add Modest Mouse or Swans or Deftones or a The Hives album and not this. Are you dumb lol. No rating, skipped.
It's blues. The production is great, everyone sounds like they are having fun and jamming out. I think the nicest compliment I can give it is that it's extremely pleasant background music. But what exactly are you doing with that little girl at her daddy's farm hm? Name a more iconic duo than pedophiles and playing rock music. Why do you feel the need to make a song like that bro. I would love to hear actual interesting music on this website. Thanks.
Score: 60 Art: 50
If I hear about the 45 king one more time i'm gonna lose it. Mostly basic rapping and beats. I'll be honest I really don't think her rapping is anywhere near good, but it does have a certain charm to it. De la Soul is featured on the 2nd song and it would be good, but instead it's fucking trashed on by an insanely long outro with someone pretending to be a baby with an ungodly outdated voice filter that sounds like complete shit. It's just not worth listening to today, it's really not. So much music outclasses this. I do appreciate the forward thinking lyrics and some of it is pretty fun and charming but it's aged decently poorly.
Score: 40 Art: 60
Very well produced album. Obviously the singing is excellent, and the songs themselves sound great. Kind of gives me Sea Change vibes, this came out first but still. Very chill and relaxing, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Only negative is that it is slower and all the songs sound more or less the same. Still good though.
Score: 75 Art: 50
Very strange album. Greatly preferred the first half with it's loud and crazy buildups and strange vocals and singing. 2nd half was still good but didn't do as much for me. Almost a 4
Score: 70 Art: 50
Pretty darn good. Reminds me of a certain other british band from the 60s. First half is filled with bangers, then they get a little silly with it. Enjoyable and sounds great for the 60s
Score: 80 Art: 80
This is gay
Score: 40 Art: 100 Fantastic album art
A slappy bass funtime 80's album. I really enjoyed it. A little slow sometimes but enjoyable all the same. Might return to this one later.
Score: 70 Art: 70
The xx's are my eyes after I load the single bullet into my pistol and push it straight up against my temple after listening to this. This is like if Portishead were all brain damaged to fuck and somehow made a successful album. My penis receded 12 feet backwards into my large intestine. I have more talent when I bend over and suck my own balls than the 3 of these fuckers combined. I am in the top 5% of everyone who has based taste in music and I declare this shit to be fucking trash.
Score: fuck off Art: suck my balls
Some of this album is ok, some of it is pretty good. The last tracks goes pretty hard and it's over half of the runtime of the entire thing. If some of the shorter songs had better singing or had more substance I would've really loved this one.
Score: 60 Art: 70
Great lyrics on this album. Thoughtful hip hop that won't scare the racist whites like that other violent scary gangster rap. Wouldn't be a bad way to be introduced to the 90's hiphop sound. Didn't overstay it's welcome and it was pretty fun.
Score: 70 Art: 70
Banger. Really enjoyed this, never listened to this band before. The dark and brooding vibe and lyrics are awesome. This dude really wants to kill women for some reason. It's interesting and it sounds great. Sometimes the singer takes a dump
Score: 80 Art: 70
Very strange album. The lyrics are the main selling point here I think, because there are a ton of lyrics and you really have to pay attention to even start understanding what is happening. I do enjoy when the guitar is being plucked at about 600 mph. You kind of have to really get into the mood for this one. It's like a fever dream while adam sandler stares at you on the cover.
Score: 70 Art: 100 adam sandler moment
This bitch is crazy. It's an 80's fever dream nightmare. She self produced this album and it's an extreme achievement and a work of art. There is a lot here to listen to and enjoy. You won't catch everything on first listen. And no this album isn't a 1 just because you heard running up that hill a couple times because of stranger things. The donkey kong country sounds and 80's driving bass and drums are so good on here. You literally cannot ask for a better and more interesting 80's pop album.
Score: 100 Art: 80
Some good old fashioned rock and roll. Sounds great, is a little funky and a bit of fun. Extremely easy to listen to. Nice progressive lyrics and vocals. Really enjoyable and accessible.
Score: 80 Art: 60
I expected to like this more than I did. Man in the mirror is trash. Just can't stop loving you isn't much better. Sounds like christian shit that would play at goodwill in the background, or some wacky background music in a dreamcast game. Other than that every other song ranges from good to great. I'm a huge sucker for the sega genesis soundchip style bass. I can never get enough of that shit. But let's be real. Weird Al did a better version of Bad. And this shit ain't no alien ant farm either. 0/10 trash.
Score: 80 Art: 80
Everything in it's right place is an INSANELY good opener. It's so immediately arresting and hauntingly beautiful. The texture, layering and production is flawless on the entire album. It flows from song to song so naturally sometimes you don't even notice you're on the next song, which is really impressive considering the amount of different sounds going on. The amount of melancholy this album exudes is off the charts. It's almost impossible to get through this without getting a little emotional.
The amount of emotion and desperation conveyed in a minimal amount of lyrics is really impressive. The delivery of the lines is so good, and lyrics are often layered up on top of each other to add to the claustrophobic feel. Idioteque is probably one of my favorite songs ever. The purely experimental electronic soundscape combined with the disturbing and offputtingly delivered lyrics is so fantastic. There really isn't any other song like it.
There's a very good reason why this is considered one of the best albums of all time and really dedicating a sit down and listening to it with full attention is truly a unique experience. And the fact that this isn't considered Radiohead's best album by a lot of people is insane. In Rainbows is arguably even better. But yeah, this album has been talked about and will continue to be talked about for a long time. I don't have any unique thoughts on this album, it's a masterpiece.
Score: 100 Art: 100
Pretty good old school rock. The production sounds really good still after all this time. Sounds pretty much exactly like what you'd expect from this era. Performances are good though and it sounds like they are having fun rocking out
Score: 70 Art: 60
Balls music. I don't like punk music even though i always agree with the statements and ideals behind it. This however is a really great punk album. I could absolutely see people hating this but I think that was somewhat the point. Knowing how successful this album is the plan seemed to backfire.
Score: 80 Art: 80
A nice album from someone who sounds like they've been smoking a little bit too much. It's a shame she died so early because it would have been cool to see more from her.
Score: 80 Art: 70
This shit is somehow terminally online mentally ill music before the internet was even a thing. I don't really understand the concept. The dude is a gynocologist and then he says peepee poopoo black fart balls cock penis lol sex for an hour. The horror vibes are there and it's actually pretty ahead of it's time. It sounds a lot more like 2000s rap than 90s. It's not great but it is funny and it sucks and it's good at the same time. Wild and crazy sounds a lot like a Del song. I hate skits. It's basically death grips for babies
Score: 70 Art: 50
The streaming numbers for something this abrasive is pretty impressive. Ahead of it's time for 1989. Sounds like an early smashing pumpkins album mixed with punk and krautrock.
Score: 80 Art: 70
North American S(cum)
Score: 90 Art: 70
