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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
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5 | 1.91 | +3.09 |
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Dub Housing
Pere Ubu
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5 | 2.35 | +2.65 |
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Sulk
The Associates
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5 | 2.36 | +2.64 |
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Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
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5 | 2.39 | +2.61 |
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Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
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5 | 2.39 | +2.61 |
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Opus Dei
Laibach
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5 | 2.39 | +2.61 |
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Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
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5 | 2.43 | +2.57 |
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Third
Soft Machine
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5 | 2.43 | +2.57 |
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Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
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5 | 2.46 | +2.54 |
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Suicide
Suicide
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5 | 2.46 | +2.54 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
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1 | 3.89 | -2.89 |
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Dookie
Green Day
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1 | 3.79 | -2.79 |
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
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1 | 3.73 | -2.73 |
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
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1 | 3.72 | -2.72 |
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Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
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1 | 3.39 | -2.39 |
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Fragile
Yes
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1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
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1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
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Rust In Peace
Megadeth
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1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
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Like A Prayer
Madonna
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1 | 3.23 | -2.23 |
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Hysteria
Def Leppard
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1 | 3.22 | -2.22 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 5 |
| PJ Harvey | 4 | 5 |
| Neil Young | 4 | 5 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.8 |
| Sonic Youth | 5 | 4.8 |
| David Bowie | 9 | 4.33 |
| R.E.M. | 4 | 4.75 |
| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 4.75 |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 5 |
| Tim Buckley | 3 | 5 |
| The Cure | 3 | 5 |
| The Smiths | 3 | 5 |
| Kraftwerk | 3 | 5 |
| The Rolling Stones | 6 | 4.33 |
| The Stooges | 3 | 4.67 |
| Pixies | 3 | 4.67 |
| Prince | 3 | 4.67 |
| My Bloody Valentine | 3 | 4.67 |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 4.67 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.67 |
| U2 | 3 | 4.67 |
| Echo And The Bunnymen | 3 | 4.67 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4.14 |
| Massive Attack | 2 | 5 |
| M.I.A. | 2 | 5 |
| AC/DC | 2 | 5 |
| Portishead | 2 | 5 |
| Wilco | 2 | 5 |
| John Lennon | 2 | 5 |
| The xx | 2 | 5 |
| The White Stripes | 2 | 5 |
| Big Star | 2 | 5 |
| Iggy Pop | 2 | 5 |
| Joy Division | 2 | 5 |
| Can | 2 | 5 |
| Dexys Midnight Runners | 2 | 5 |
| Siouxsie And The Banshees | 2 | 5 |
| Air | 2 | 5 |
| Lou Reed | 2 | 5 |
| Brian Eno | 4 | 4.25 |
| Radiohead | 6 | 4 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 4.33 |
| Blur | 3 | 4.33 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 4.33 |
| Deep Purple | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Doors | 3 | 4.33 |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 4.33 |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 3 | 4.33 |
| Van Morrison | 3 | 4.33 |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 3 | 4.33 |
| Kings of Leon | 3 | 4.33 |
| Leonard Cohen | 5 | 4 |
| Tom Waits | 5 | 4 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 2 | 1.5 |
| Megadeth | 2 | 1.5 |
| Yes | 3 | 2 |
| Elvis Costello & The Attractions | 4 | 2.25 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Johnny Cash | 1, 5, 5 |
| George Michael | 1, 4 |
| Billy Bragg | 5, 2 |
| Green Day | 1, 4 |
| The Clash | 2, 5 |
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1-Star Albums (30)
All Ratings
Pink Floyd
5/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Très bien et geignard
Traffic
4/5
Seems ok
The Cardigans
4/5
Really pleasant listening. A typical album of its time.
And a great voice.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Première partie d’album connue par coeur. Fin d’album moins connue. Et pourtant j’ai entendu Joan of Arc très souvent.
Nas
3/5
Old rap is too rough on the edge
James Brown
5/5
Some parts sound flat but others are full of energy. The communion with the public Is palpable.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
I don’t think that I heard this album before. It seems very long, with some very heavy pieces (rapping on hard is rarely my thing) and some jazzy (mostly) instrumentals.
Probably not my thing.
3/5
I should listen to it more, to understand the hype.
Talk Talk
4/5
I prefer TT here, during their poppy era, more than during their more feted later albums, which I find flat and overproduced.
Public Enemy
3/5
Super heavy stuff. Some moments of brilliance but too long and heavy for me. I’ll keep on listening about once a year.
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Inconsistant, but a few crazy tracks make it a special album.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Seems in line with Are you experienced and electric ladyland.
Quality, but I still don’t get the fuss, after 30 years.
The Verve
3/5
I didn’t pay much attention. I will come back to it at sont point.
Blur
4/5
Very good album. Too long, same as many albums of that time. Many very memorable songs. Diverse in styles.
Stan Getz
4/5
Not my favourite genre yet, but I’m not completely giving up
Crowded House
3/5
An ok album, nothing more
Kanye West
5/5
Superb album. Too heavy to listen too often, but brilliant nonetheless
Ray Price
4/5
Probably enjoyable after a few listens. Will that ever happen thought?
Shuggie Otis
3/5
Starts very well but the end is dull prog/ambient/blues
The Adverts
4/5
Possibly a good album but a bit too raw. And I know several albums of that time.
Black Sabbath
4/5
Amazing cover, great intro. Then the rest of the album is good, typical Sabbath minus the Celtic bores.
Roxy Music
3/5
I really didn’t know this album and listened to it 3 times today. It left no impression at all. But at least it’s a start and hopefully next time I’ll start enjoying.
Texture and sound are good.
The B-52's
4/5
Great album. Band commercially super successful but not enough critical appreciation.
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Not a very good album in a way. WLWH is poor, Sister Ray not as good as the JD cover, etc
But a great artistic statement.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
Dated.
Fleet Foxes
3/5
Whine whine
Joan Armatrading
2/5
Really not exciting.
Supergrass
4/5
Very good guitar album, from start to finish.
Paul Simon
2/5
Still sounds exactly like what it is: a Lizzy Mercier des loud rip-off
Death In Vegas
4/5
Great album of its time
1/5
Judas Priest
3/5
Ok album
Santana
3/5
Still only 1 song wonder, no?
Paul Weller
3/5
Quite bland, considering his Jam output.
The Notorious B.I.G.
3/5
Not that bad
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Ian Dury
4/5
Fun
The Fall
2/5
Not a Fall period that I like
Taylor Swift
3/5
Sounds quite good actually
Manu Chao
3/5
Big ups , rest still sounds average
Sebadoh
4/5
Some hits and misses, but I must come back
Hot Chip
4/5
Great album, except for the singer’s voice
Femi Kuti
4/5
A good surprise.
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
Quite mild, which always surprises me.
Baaba Maal
2/5
Bof
Röyksopp
4/5
2 great songs at the start then a pleasant album of its time
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Great
Gorillaz
3/5
Too long. A few great sings
The Beach Boys
2/5
I don’t really need another Beach Boys album from the sixties. It sounds like pet sounds.
The Go-Go's
3/5
Some good songs. Not convinced it’s a great album.
David Bowie
4/5
Still gets better energy listen
Jacques Brel
3/5
Some great live performances
The Libertines
3/5
Worth more listens
Deep Purple
4/5
Superb
Roxy Music
4/5
Sex Pistols
4/5
A few great songs. Great rock album.
Meat Loaf
2/5
Not yet interested. Maybe one day
Soul II Soul
2/5
Has aged ok
Supertramp
4/5
Great
Astrud Gilberto
2/5
I don’t know
King Crimson
4/5
Excellent
David Ackles
3/5
Not bad.
John Prine
2/5
Bit boring
5/5
Brilliant
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Superb
Buzzcocks
4/5
Half the album sounds great
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
Ok
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Ok and deserves a few tries
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
I dont know it as well as I thought
George Michael
1/5
Bof
Blondie
4/5
Very pro
Brian Eno
4/5
Amazing first track
Johnny Cash
1/5
Boring
Silver Jews
2/5
I really don’t know
The Pogues
4/5
Strong but the best songs are covers
The Undertones
3/5
The first undertones albums are too similar
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
I should definitely revisit
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Very energetic. Likely to be excellent.
Massive Attack
5/5
Great
A Tribe Called Quest
2/5
Not so interesting
Fugees
5/5
Super
Black Sabbath
2/5
Too many weak parts.
Great cover once again.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
The Mars Volta
2/5
Too long and sound the same all along
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Not his best but still
Underworld
4/5
Sounds great
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Great but a bit flat in the end
Mike Oldfield
1/5
Tracks are far too long
Ramones
3/5
Still waiting to love it
PJ Harvey
5/5
Superb
Tim Buckley
5/5
Funky
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
M.I.A.
5/5
Billy Bragg
5/5
Spacemen 3
4/5
Mostly superb
The Isley Brothers
4/5
A bit soft otherwise very good
Ella Fitzgerald
2/5
Sounds flat
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Not exciting
The Stooges
4/5
Messy
Steely Dan
4/5
Surprisingly good. I should come back.
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Very repetitive genre
The Prodigy
3/5
Sounds good
Soundgarden
2/5
Heavy and nothing exciting
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Strong
Talvin Singh
2/5
Dull launge music
Alice In Chains
3/5
Interesting
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Good but similar to his other stuff
Shack
1/5
Dull
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
Stylish and not excessively wordy
The Cars
4/5
Fun
The Beach Boys
4/5
A strong Beach Boys album
Eurythmics
3/5
With coming back to
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Not bad
The Prodigy
4/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
I still don’t get it completely, after many listens
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Seems very strong
Green Day
1/5
Not interesting
Pentangle
1/5
Way too folky for me
Sade
5/5
AC/DC
5/5
No waste
Elis Regina
2/5
Maybe one day
Queen
4/5
Sounds great
Frank Zappa
3/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
Where we already hear what she will become.
Fairport Convention
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
Monotonous
The Clash
2/5
I’m still not impressed. One great song only.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Actually 1/2 excellent
Pixies
5/5
No waste at all
The United States Of America
3/5
Sounds good
Frank Ocean
5/5
Great singer
Travis
4/5
Half great
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
Fun but there is better
Portishead
5/5
Amazing
Sonic Youth
5/5
A bit too long.
Rush
4/5
I should go back
Nina Simone
4/5
1/2 known by heart
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Was exciting
Jane's Addiction
4/5
String but annoying voice
The Vines
4/5
Strong
Sister Sledge
4/5
Great pleasure
Steve Winwood
3/5
Might actually be ok,but very similar to Clapton and more
Jamiroquai
4/5
Much much better than I expected
System Of A Down
4/5
Strong
Wilco
5/5
Modern classic
T. Rex
4/5
Very good but same as the one I know
Joni Mitchell
3/5
I am still not convinced
David Bowie
5/5
Excellent
Randy Newman
3/5
Classic newman
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Excellent.
Mike Ladd
3/5
Good but not as good as Prefuse 73
The Doors
4/5
Very strong
Drive Like Jehu
4/5
Sounds really interesting
The Cramps
3/5
Cool, sexy. Too long.
DJ Shadow
4/5
A bit overrated and inconsistent but somehow still great
Elliott Smith
3/5
Boring
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
What a second album. !
The Monks
4/5
Need to come back
The Band
3/5
After all these years, I’ve never got it. There are hundreds of albums from the seventies which I like more.
Antony and the Johnsons
3/5
Winge whine
Yes
1/5
Horrible!
Prince
5/5
Excellent
The Avalanches
4/5
Too much ambiant stuff to be perfect
Mudhoney
4/5
Sounds great
Kelela
3/5
Not unpleasant but dull and long
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
Very good
Tori Amos
4/5
Very good. A bit too long and some songs sound similar.
Girls Against Boys
4/5
Really enjoyable
Jerry Lee Lewis
2/5
Aged
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
I should come back
The Cure
5/5
Not my favourite cure album but still almost perfect
Beatles
5/5
Amazing
Radiohead
2/5
Too winge and not all the songs are great.
Arrested Development
5/5
Excellent. Ages very well.
Björk
2/5
Super bland, after many listens.
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Punchy
The Flaming Lips
4/5
A tad overrated but many great moments
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
Really not interested
Nanci Griffith
4/5
I want to go back
Talking Heads
4/5
I should really know it better
Arcade Fire
2/5
Sounds too much like the other albums. Hard to judge on our own merit.
Aerosmith
4/5
To listen
Daft Punk
5/5
Still amazing.
Beach House
4/5
I guess I like it very much.
Todd Rundgren
4/5
Illuminated
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Too well produced, too sweet. Not a real Cocteau album.
Billy Joel
3/5
Ok
Prince
4/5
Not my favourite prince album. Some of the driums are simply irritating
Christina Aguilera
2/5
Heavy and commercial.
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Great start. I don’t know the end so well
Christina Aguilera
4/5
Some surprisingly good bits
Nico
5/5
Deee-Lite
3/5
Extraordinary single. Rest is fine, from its time.
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Classics à gogo
Beck
4/5
Excellent
John Lennon
5/5
Great album (do I know the last song?)
Tears For Fears
4/5
Not as good as the first one but still…
4/5
A bit repetitive but interesting
Elton John
4/5
Listen again
Robert Wyatt
5/5
Intense
Funkadelic
3/5
Excellent vibes but a few songs don’t hit off
TV On The Radio
2/5
Heavy
The Offspring
2/5
I may finf something about this album which I like, but it’s unlikely that I will ever come back.
Pink Floyd
5/5
The Beau Brummels
4/5
Come back. A bit like Donovan.
Louis Prima
4/5
Seems great
Elvis Presley
4/5
Sounds really enjoyable
Yes
2/5
Enough Yes albums!
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Excellent, exciting diverse
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Excellent
Blue Cheer
3/5
That was impressive for the time
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Some great sounds
Bee Gees
2/5
Boring and annoying voice
Michael Jackson
3/5
Only a few great hits. The rest I’m not sure.
Coldplay
4/5
Sound of its time.
New Order
5/5
Amazing.
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Seems really entertaining but after 4 listens, I could not catch a tube.
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
Overrated
Circle Jerks
2/5
One of many
Elvis Costello
2/5
Too wordy
Booker T. & The MG's
2/5
Charlie Oleg
Beth Orton
3/5
A bit boring but charming
The Monkees
2/5
Seems bland and a pale copy of the Beatles
Eels
5/5
Brilliant. Interesting and moving.
Gang Starr
3/5
Not bad
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
1/5
One in a million similar albums
Metallica
1/5
Really not my thing
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
No waste
Van Morrison
3/5
Sounds good
Stereo MC's
2/5
2 very good songs and that’s all. Doesn’t age well
Pulp
4/5
Strong but I am not attached
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
Brilliant
The Young Rascals
3/5
Sounds good, modern for the time.
Oasis
3/5
Good but not that good
Depeche Mode
3/5
I thought that I knew it well, but I don’t. The sound production is too heavy and there seems to be many fillers.
Alice Cooper
3/5
Seems strong. Probably not much my type ever.
Richard Thompson
3/5
Still not impressed.
Dire Straits
3/5
Heavy and MOR.
What a terrible singer.
But credit to the huge commercial success.
3/5
Same as 2 of of theirs
Destiny's Child
3/5
Sounds over produced but still good
Arcade Fire
4/5
Classic
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Not sure. Seems to lack some punch
Mj Cole
3/5
Too long and doesn’t feel so innovative for the time. But sounds fun.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Not his worst
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Hard to say
Gillian Welch
3/5
I still don’t get Gillian Welch
The Zutons
4/5
Really enjoyed it
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
Not sure
ZZ Top
4/5
The Strokes
4/5
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
I may enjoy but I don’t think that I can ever be fan
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Some top notch songs but others are transparent
Eric Clapton
5/5
Great end to end. Hard to admit.
The Beach Boys
5/5
Whiny but exceptional
1/5
Boring
Alanis Morissette
3/5
Seems ok
Paul Simon
2/5
Damn boring… again
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Exceptional start. Then becomes a bit boring.
Radiohead
4/5
Some good bits. Introduced electronic music to millions of chavs.
The Kinks
4/5
Very good
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
Not as great as the first 2, but surly very strong
Manic Street Preachers
1/5
Horrible singer. Still.
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Some really good stuff but I feel that I only know the start of the album, after many listens.
Britney Spears
1/5
No please no!
The xx
5/5
Jamie's rhythms and beautiful sounds, Romy's and Sim's gorgious voices are once again an immense joy to hear.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Makes me want to discover it more
Coldplay
3/5
Seems lostenable
The Cult
3/5
Very good. Doesn’t age that badly.
John Lee Hooker
1/5
Should be removed from the list
Nick Drake
5/5
Perfect
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
4/5
A landmark album of ours time
Basement Jaxx
5/5
All tracks are excellent
John Coltrane
5/5
Perfection in improvisation?
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Probably Hendrix’ best album
Happy Mondays
4/5
Somehow not great but I still listen to it regularly
Digital Underground
2/5
Really horrible stuff. Hasn’t aged well at all.
Beck
3/5
A bit flat
Saint Etienne
4/5
Fun and good
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
Pleasant but not interesting. Can we move on?
Beastie Boys
3/5
Still not
Pearl Jam
4/5
Sounds good. Not sure if it’sa 3 or 4.
Deerhunter
4/5
Very pleasant albeit a bit flat.
David Bowie
5/5
Every song is exciting. Definitely Bowie’ top
Elvis Presley
5/5
Brilliant
Gene Clark
4/5
Seems great. I thought I knew it.
Neneh Cherry
2/5
Still not great
Percussions are horrible
The Who
3/5
Covers. Some good songs.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Influenced Dylan
Grateful Dead
3/5
Same as too many albums of that time
Justice
4/5
Is there a 4.5?
Ryan Adams
3/5
Some great songs
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Very good
Pink Floyd
5/5
So many memories
Common
3/5
Not sure yet
John Martyn
3/5
Seems good
Gene Clark
4/5
Very unique
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Not as good as its reputation
fIREHOSE
3/5
Might just be worth exploring
MC Solaar
5/5
Some really good songs
Various Artists
4/5
Good Christmas album
Beatles
4/5
A little gnangnan
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Too mellow
Little Simz
4/5
I’ll listen to it again
Kate Bush
4/5
Most of it is strong, some fillers and some probably not so great songs
The Slits
3/5
Sound is to shrill
Afrika Bambaataa
4/5
A bit repetitive
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Superb
Animal Collective
4/5
The most remarkable thing about this record is that it was commercially successful.
Eminem
3/5
Seems ok. Vulgar but ok.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
I really don’t like this kind of rhythm section but other than that it’s ok
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
Modern classic
Willie Nelson
3/5
A bit boring
Frank Black
4/5
Good
David Bowie
4/5
The 4 odd songs I recognise are great
John Martyn
5/5
Really interesting
Madonna
1/5
Really not great
Primal Scream
4/5
Great stuff
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Good
LL Cool J
4/5
Some great songs
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Not sure
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
Great band
The Band
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
5/5
Thundercat
2/5
A bit flat
Beatles
3/5
Still not mature, but loads of hits
Maxwell
4/5
I should go back
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Ok ok ok but quite bland
The Cure
5/5
On of my favourite albums ever
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
2/5
Ok
The Clash
5/5
Too many great songs not to give it a five
ABBA
3/5
Hits and void
R.E.M.
4/5
But heavy but very good
Fred Neil
4/5
Dolphins is one of the best songs ever.
Arcade Fire
3/5
Boring
Metallica
3/5
Probably very good but I really don’t value it.
The Temptations
4/5
I should listen again
Scott Walker
3/5
Not sure
Taylor Swift
2/5
Incredibly heavy stuff
The Who
4/5
After years of listening to the album, I’m still not finding most tunes
The Human League
4/5
Much better than I thought
Rod Stewart
4/5
Some got turned
Neil Young
5/5
Almost perfect
Peter Tosh
4/5
A little bit more commercial than one might expect
Norah Jones
5/5
Excellent. So lovely
Small Faces
4/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Frank Sinatra
2/5
Marianne Faithfull
5/5
John Lennon
5/5
Obviously
Talking Heads
4/5
À couple of flat songs
The Birthday Party
4/5
Getting used to it.
Muddy Waters
4/5
Strong
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Not sure
Cornershop
4/5
Too many fillers to be a 5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Good
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Suede
3/5
Seems like one song.
The Go-Betweens
5/5
The Fall
5/5
Sufjan Stevens
5/5
Whiny
Van Halen
2/5
No
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
The Stone Roses
5/5
Unique
Korn
1/5
Horrible
Jeff Buckley
5/5
A couple of weaker songs, and too many covers but still
Sly & The Family Stone
5/5
A nice rediscovery
Elvis Costello
3/5
I still can’t, after 30 years
Michael Jackson
4/5
Patchy and horrible cover but songs are good
Gang Of Four
5/5
One of the top post punk albums
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Not hard or nasty enough yet
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
Doesn’t age well
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
I still don’t get it
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
Ok
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Next one definitely more consistent
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
Pleasant
Serge Gainsbourg
5/5
Beautiful
Charles Mingus
3/5
Not sure
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
Does not age that well
The Rolling Stones
2/5
The covers I know are really not as good as the originals
The Triffids
2/5
Incredibly heavy. Who likes this?
Beatles
3/5
Maybe not so bad
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Seems addictice
Orbital
2/5
Doesn’t age well
Janelle Monáe
5/5
Wonderful
The Waterboys
5/5
Joyful
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4/5
Very strong
Minor Threat
3/5
Hard to say. Probably not for me.
The White Stripes
5/5
Rock & roll is back
Carole King
4/5
I was going to give it a 5 but 1/4 of the songs are not that great
Jurassic 5
4/5
Sounds really good
Talking Heads
5/5
Great first album
Steely Dan
2/5
Seems dull
Bob Dylan
2/5
Still totally unconvinced
Aerosmith
4/5
Exciting
Kanye West
3/5
Full of great stuff
Björk
3/5
Not my favourite from that time
Beatles
4/5
It’s actually a 5 compared to other bands, but for a Beatles album, compared to the later phase in their career, it’s pretty uninteresting
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Ok
UB40
5/5
Mostly great
Bauhaus
3/5
Great sound. Super innovative at the time.
Herbie Hancock
5/5
Great, actually
The Smiths
5/5
Perfect
Nirvana
5/5
What can we say?
The Undertones
3/5
A bit too basic. Teenage Kick is amazing. The guitars sound like That Petrol Emotion
Public Enemy
3/5
Interesting
B.B. King
3/5
Quite funky in some places
Mudhoney
3/5
Don’t know
Bert Jansch
4/5
Some really beautiful tunes
Calexico
2/5
Flat
De La Soul
5/5
Excellent. Joyful.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Sometimes not so heavy
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Full of great songs, a little bit inconsistent
The National
3/5
No idea after listening 3 times
Fishbone
1/5
Really no
Billy Bragg
2/5
Verbose
Al Green
4/5
Sexy, funky but a bit undiverse
Big Star
5/5
Excellent
Dead Kennedys
2/5
US punk always seems basic to me, un melodic.
Killing Joke
4/5
Great sound
Jean-Michel Jarre
5/5
Amazing. What a sound.
Big Star
5/5
A few exceptional songs
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Incredible first side. Completely flat second side
Television
4/5
Strong bit overrated
The Gun Club
3/5
Seems good but too close to their other albums
Bebel Gilberto
2/5
Bof
Cowboy Junkies
2/5
Really doesn’t age well. It was an important album to join the dots between folk, country and the Velvet Underground. But now it really sounds boring.
Iggy Pop
5/5
Inconsistent song structures but absolutely amazing. Just think that he sang I wanna be your dog just a few years later.
John Grant
2/5
It was never that interesting, but ended album of the year for several music magazines. Was it such a bad year?
Cypress Hill
3/5
Quite pleasant
Neil Young
5/5
IMO not that great. Beginning is bleak but in a Big Star way. It’s just not so beautiful.
Then the rest of the album is more classic Neil Young, but not at his best.
Great album cover.
Stephen Stills
4/5
Not bad but not as good as Neil Young or CSNY stuff
Screaming Trees
3/5
A bit heavy but pleasant
The The
4/5
Really good
Slint
5/5
Dry but good
Klaxons
1/5
Really irritating
Soft Machine
5/5
Marvelois
Julian Cope
2/5
Still not a fan
Cee Lo Green
4/5
Mercury Rev
5/5
Surprisingly great, for such a gnangnan album
Def Leppard
1/5
Absolutely horrible
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Great sound great songs great voice
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Best RS
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Too long
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Too long
Khaled
4/5
Sounds good
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Always sounds the same
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Not a fan yet
Einstürzende Neubauten
5/5
Revolurionary
Orange Juice
4/5
Some pure classics
Sepultura
2/5
Only 1 listen, please
N.W.A.
4/5
Some interesting wresting stuff
Turbonegro
2/5
Not so bad
The Incredible String Band
3/5
Not as exciting as it sounded the first time I heard it
The Jam
4/5
Not my favourite Jam album.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Not perfect
U2
5/5
Great
The xx
5/5
One of my favourite albums of the past 20 years
Teenage Fanclub
4/5
Fun
Portishead
5/5
Still great
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Spellbinding
PJ Harvey
5/5
Classic
Fats Domino
3/5
A bit soft
Merle Haggard
2/5
Always the same
Donald Fagen
3/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
À pire wonder
Joe Ely
2/5
Boring
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Seems interesting
David Holmes
5/5
Brilliant. Exciting
Sleater-Kinney
5/5
Some excellent bits
Don McLean
4/5
Sounds nice with a hit wonder
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
At least one amazing song
Ministry
3/5
Mmm reall heavy
Kings of Leon
4/5
Too much rocknroll
Bon Jovi
1/5
Horrible stuff
JAY Z
4/5
Surprisingly good
Leftfield
4/5
Great
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Best MOR album ever
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1/5
I still don’t understand Elvis Costello, after years of trying
The White Stripes
5/5
Excellent
GZA
3/5
Seems fun
The Byrds
3/5
still underwhelmed
The Residents
3/5
Too crazy?
Scritti Politti
4/5
Weird attempt at being commercial
Iggy Pop
5/5
Overrated but still very good
The Byrds
3/5
A better Byrds
Hole
2/5
Uninteresting
5/5
Not my cup of tea but excellent
Janis Joplin
4/5
On and off
The Pharcyde
3/5
Ok
Sigur Rós
3/5
Too long?
The Thrills
3/5
Ok
Jethro Tull
5/5
JT are very unique
Joy Division
5/5
What is there to say. One of the best albums ever.
Tom Waits
4/5
Oddly overrated. Not TW’s best
The Sonics
3/5
Too many basic covers
TLC
3/5
Too many fillers
The Dictators
2/5
Not impressed
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Perfect
The Yardbirds
3/5
Getting used I to it
Culture Club
3/5
Fun
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
Ok
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
Very strong.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Worth knowing better
Tom Waits
4/5
Seems very robust
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Let’s come back to this one
The Pogues
4/5
Strong
Can
5/5
Very interesting
Kraftwerk
5/5
Marvelous
Public Image Ltd.
4/5
Amasing start
Mott The Hoople
4/5
Seems quality
The Everly Brothers
5/5
Great
Pere Ubu
4/5
Overrated in the sense that it’s a good album but I can’t see how it could be someone’s best album of all time
Anita Baker
2/5
The 80s were sometimes terrible
Tangerine Dream
4/5
Nice
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
Sticky
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
My fav Springsteen
The Smiths
5/5
Fantastic
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
The end is a bit long and they repeat the old recipe anyway
Def Leppard
4/5
Surprisingly appealing
Black Sabbath
4/5
Some great songs. Others a bit boring.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Excellent songs horribly produced
The Sugarcubes
5/5
Really fantastic. Refreshing balance between Bjork’s sparkly outbursts and the bands almost dull post punk influenced indie music
Rod Stewart
3/5
A bit bland
Paul Simon
4/5
Playful and tuneful
Moby
3/5
Starts like a Ferrari with a handful of annoying hits. Then becomes forgettable.
Missy Elliott
4/5
Exciting
CHIC
4/5
Good
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2/5
Dry
Dire Straits
1/5
Flat
Paul McCartney
3/5
Half the songs are amazing, the rest are rubbish. How is that even possible ?
The Crusaders
2/5
Really dull apart from the first song
Magazine
3/5
I’m’a bit bored of this
Skepta
4/5
Interesting
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Tried 4 times. Not so interested
Throwing Muses
5/5
Fresh
Love
5/5
Overrated but still a 5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Amazing Exciting, corrupt, tuneful.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Why did he think (and his fans) that piano bar music was ok?
A few great songs but not many.
The Black Crowes
4/5
Worth going back to
Slipknot
4/5
Better than I thought. More metal than nu metal.
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Nice
Guided By Voices
3/5
Dizzee Rascal
4/5
Very impressive start for a kid, but a tad too long.
Burning Spear
5/5
Amazing
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Slightly not as good as 2, but still incredible
Dexys Midnight Runners
5/5
Fun
Big Black
4/5
Cutting music
Laura Nyro
2/5
I tried to like LN, but I find her high pitch annoying and repetitive, her songs too verbose and barely any of her tunes catchy.
Fairport Convention
4/5
Seems worth coming back to
Depeche Mode
3/5
The eighties were so heavy. Sometimes I can’t stand the drums.
Dirty Projectors
2/5
Incredibly overrated by everyone, starting from Pitchfork. It’s over complicated, barely tuneful, the singers are annoying, etc. I didn’t understand the hype at the time and still don’t understand.
Looking back, 2009 was a bad year in music, except for the xx.
X-Ray Spex
4/5
Probably most influential riot girls album
George Harrison
5/5
Great tunes all around
The Damned
2/5
These punk albums all sound a bit the same, don’t they?
TV On The Radio
4/5
Sounds really interesting. Certainly worth more listens.
CHVRCHES
3/5
Was probably relevant at the time, but has probably been copied too many times since then.
U2
4/5
Some great songs, others less impressive
The Beta Band
3/5
Mmmm not sure.
Janet Jackson
2/5
Far too overproduced. MJ’s contribution is also annoying.
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Not awful actually.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
5/5
Outstanding first album
Steely Dan
3/5
I still don’t get steely dan. It’s too polished.
Pink Floyd
5/5
Incredible album. The craziest ever?
Simply Red
2/5
Annouing
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Decent NY album
Hawkwind
3/5
Sooo long
Air
5/5
One of my favourite albums of all time.
The Jam
4/5
Strong, with some hits
Morrissey
2/5
Really disappointing from the ex Smiths leader.
2Pac
4/5
Much better than expected: playful, tuneful, entertaining
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
A bit flat
Ozomatli
3/5
Seems fun but not my type
Spiritualized
4/5
Excellent but they didn’t really evolve much after that
Aerosmith
2/5
There must have been plenty of better albums that year
Simple Minds
3/5
Seems interesting but annoying when catchy
Skunk Anansie
3/5
Could they not find better albums? (I know tens)
Weather Report
3/5
Ok
The Electric Prunes
3/5
Not so interesting
Muddy Waters
3/5
No more blues please
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
Excellrnt
Linkin Park
1/5
Really not a genre that i like
3/5
Ok ok ok not that bad
Neu!
5/5
Fantastic
Neil Young
5/5
One of my favourite albums.
King Crimson
4/5
I’ve known this one for a long time. I have not cracked it, far from it, but it gives me good feelings.
Eminem
3/5
Ages well
Incubus
1/5
Nu metal was a disease
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Fun
Tito Puente
3/5
I don’t know
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
Canne too late , after the first daft punk
Nick Drake
4/5
A bit too cheesy because overproduced
T. Rex
5/5
Excellent
Joan Baez
4/5
Lovely
Brian Eno
5/5
Some amazing tracks, a fantastic sound. Overall, this is an incredible album.
Country Joe & The Fish
4/5
Interesting
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Absolutely fantastic
Green Day
4/5
Much better than expected. Did they influence Arctic Monkeys?
Method Man
1/5
Really didn’t enjoy
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Should that not be the most famous jazz album ever?
Jazmine Sullivan
5/5
Really great
LTJ Bukem
1/5
What a terrible bore.
Tracy Chapman
3/5
A bit dull
Living Colour
1/5
Please stop. That’s enough. I don’t want to hear any hard rock cover of talking heads.
Violent Femmes
5/5
So peculiar for an album with standard instruments
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Not his best. And I’m not sure why it was his most rated album for a long time.
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
Really nice
The Who
3/5
Still a bit disappointed after hearing so much that it was one of the best live albums ever. The Doors or Joy Division have done better.
Robert Wyatt
4/5
Sounds good even though I’m not sure if Brian ENO is a good choice as a producer
Beyoncé
5/5
Some fillers but many great songs.
Love
4/5
Giving it a 5 was tempting but it’s a bit too dry.
Aphex Twin
5/5
Very influential, quite enjoyable
Minutemen
5/5
Very little waste. Impressive
The Specials
4/5
How quickly some bands evolved successfully at the time
Morrissey
4/5
Very good. And Vinny Reilly’s guitar is lonely as usual
Butthole Surfers
5/5
Sounds super interesting
Primal Scream
5/5
Exciting from start to finish
Missy Elliott
4/5
Quite sweet actually
Dion
3/5
Ok
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
So dull, repetitive, annoying. I don’t get it.
Robbie Williams
3/5
Oasis inspired, with at least one fantastic song
Marilyn Manson
3/5
Ok
Stereolab
5/5
Great sounds and everything
Ray Charles
4/5
Really good
Solange
4/5
A bit whiny
Pixies
4/5
Very good but lacks Kim Deal’s freshness
The Killers
4/5
Probably good but I don’t like the singer’s voice.
3/5
Weird album: many failed starts. I’d love to release a version with reordered tracks.
Brian Eno
4/5
Important for historical reasons
Dolly Parton
3/5
I don’t know
David Bowie
5/5
Fantastic.
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Not sure
Miles Davis
2/5
So dry
Sam Cooke
4/5
Great energy. Great songs.
Bobby Womack
3/5
Sound production is too 80s
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
A bit dated, but probably some good stuff.
Johnny Cash
5/5
Crazy recording.
Laibach
5/5
Heaviest album ever
George Jones
3/5
I’m insensitive
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Seems great. She was unique. What a loss.
The Louvin Brothers
3/5
I guess they had nothing else to listen to at the time
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
I still don’t get EC
Sonic Youth
5/5
Great atmosphere/tunes
Garbage
4/5
Very strong. A bit cold.
The Fall
5/5
What a mess
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Diverse
Ash
3/5
A bit borin
Sabu
3/5
Might be worth coming back one day. Really in the middle between Africa and South America
The Only Ones
4/5
I should come back
Japan
5/5
Sounds superb
Sugar
4/5
Could be a 5?
Bad Company
4/5
MOR and pleasant
Stephen Stills
4/5
Some good stuff.
Kanye West
5/5
Fantastic
Pavement
4/5
Great but the fillers are too quirky. I bet they never played them live.
Roni Size
3/5
Doesn’t age well
David Crosby
4/5
Pure
Morrissey
3/5
A bit dull
Elton John
4/5
Ok
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
One of the best albums of its time
Lana Del Rey
2/5
Sounds flat
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Heavy
New York Dolls
3/5
Nothing exciting
Madonna
4/5
Not bad, maybe the end is a bit bland
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2/5
Really not great. Anyone thinks otherwise?
Liz Phair
4/5
Cool
Traffic
4/5
Muet portent more
Spiritualized
5/5
A symphony
Marty Robbins
3/5
Old
Baaba Maal
3/5
Ok
Queen Latifah
2/5
Too hard on the edges
Van Morrison
5/5
Not my favourite because it’s too heavy compared eg to Astral Weeks, but still it’s full of great tunes
2/5
Bof
Lou Reed
5/5
Classic. Strange to think that Bowie was involved, who has released Ziggy Stardust 6 months before. How did that happen?
Thelonious Monk
5/5
I should come back
Willie Nelson
2/5
Annoying voice, mostly covers, commercial sound production: really not my thing.
The Style Council
4/5
Quite nice actually
Keith Jarrett
4/5
I still need to spend more time listening to it
Fun Lovin' Criminals
4/5
A cool version of the Red Hots
Common
4/5
Sounds fun
Coldcut
4/5
Probably very inspirational at the time.
Prefab Sprout
5/5
Interesting. I’ve known this album for 40 years. I’ve always considered it a pleasant fraud. The songs are beautifully produced and played but are not real songs. It’s as if they were made by AI.
However it’s still a very enjoyable listen, so I give it a 5… oh and also for the cover and the great album ‘s name, almost as good as George Best.
Kate Bush
4/5
Quite heavy, commercial but crazy, in a good way
Boards of Canada
4/5
Great first album with a unique style. However, I think that they refined their sound later hence the 4.
The Kinks
4/5
Not their best
Bee Gees
3/5
Too beatlesesque, churclike , nasal and long.
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
To listen to more
Genesis
5/5
I’m really enjoying Genesis more and more
Roxy Music
4/5
If tête is something of amusing. The rest falls a little flat.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Really noce
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Not one I know very well
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
Not a genre for me
The Sabres Of Paradise
3/5
Some of this has aged well.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Sounds good but I am still not into it after a few years
Moby Grape
3/5
Hard to find in one piece on the various streaming services.
Diverse but quite standard for the time.
The Stooges
5/5
Fan hard rock
Pulp
4/5
Seems fine
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Someone had to do it
Lauryn Hill
5/5
Amazing songs, voice, charisma, everything.
As often, the album is probably 15 minutes too long.
Pretenders
5/5
Perfect new wave album. Or is it post punk?
Wilco
5/5
Wilco are unique
Johnny Cash
5/5
It’s one of these albums were the context is more important than the musuc
David Bowie
3/5
Not sure. Maybe a bit too hard , not bowiesque enough.
Ghostface Killah
2/5
Impossibly too long
Morrissey
4/5
A bit too simple, too heavy
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Not sure
The Verve
4/5
Some great songs and a lot of noise in between.
Duke Ellington
3/5
Not sure
Eagles
3/5
A bit flat?
The Doors
5/5
Exceptional first record
Alice Cooper
3/5
Ok ish
Happy Mondays
4/5
Period defining
Kraftwerk
5/5
Superb sounds and melodies. I listened to the German version.
The Coral
3/5
I didn’t find the catchy tunes yet
Erykah Badu
4/5
Why are most modern r&b albums so/too long?
The Byrds
3/5
Not sure
4/5
Pleasant but I’m still not a big fan of Partridge’s voice
Slayer
3/5
I wish I understood
Ms. Dynamite
4/5
Fun, neat
Machito
2/5
Really not something I like. I feel that I’m watching a movie from the 50s again and again
5/5
Great transition album, from sexy punk goddess to bard/poet
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Very messy, in a good fun way. Not filthy like sticky fingers. Not my favourite RS album but very enjoyable.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Brilliant
Pantera
2/5
Hopefully one day I’ll be able to appreciate
Everything But The Girl
3/5
Bland. But 1) one of my favourite bags in the world. 2) was the wedge which opened my life to good music
Massive Attack
5/5
Can never be as important as blue lines, but still a very strong album
My Bloody Valentine
5/5
Shoegaze by Robert Fripp. Exceptional.
Jane's Addiction
5/5
An album which as definitely grown on me over the years.
Steve Earle
2/5
Boring
The War On Drugs
4/5
Great Springsteen album
Dr. Dre
3/5
Ok I’m gradually getting used to it
Barry Adamson
4/5
Some great tracks, not consistent though
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Give me more listens
James Taylor
3/5
Too bluesy while MOR
Shivkumar Sharma
2/5
Seems just a folk album
Heaven 17
4/5
Better than human league
The Associates
5/5
My favourite quirky album
Justin Timberlake
2/5
Please stop adding the latest fad to the list
John Cale
5/5
Mixed feelings but so great
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Uneven
R.E.M.
5/5
Indie music with great, innovative harmonies
Jack White
3/5
Not bad, not original and doesn’t sound as sharp and fresh as when he’s with Meg.
The La's
5/5
Looking Glass actually > There She Goes
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
Horrible voice, sadly
Sisters Of Mercy
4/5
Unique voice + sound , but not perfect throughout the album.
David Bowie
3/5
A side amazing, B side not
Giant Sand
4/5
Think calexico or lambchop.
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
Sounds fun and musically interesting
Brian Eno
4/5
Too much ambient
The Cure
5/5
One of my top 5
Snoop Dogg
3/5
Doesn’t feel special
New Order
4/5
Not remotely as good as older NO albums
American Music Club
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Mellow, sexy, etc.
Megadeth
1/5
Still not getting the genre
3/5
Nice but no exciting
The Police
3/5
This album is definitely a prog album. It shows that the Police were a bunch of opportunists
White Denim
3/5
Beautiful covers, but fairly uninteresting music
Aimee Mann
4/5
Sounds strong
The Jesus And Mary Chain
5/5
Classic shoegaze. But not as noisy s it was perceived at the time
Peter Frampton
4/5
Tuneful, good harmonies, diverse enough, but what a horrible haircut
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
4/5
Carpenters
4/5
Cheesy but super tuneful
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
Some interesting tracks but is it really that good?
Deep Purple
4/5
Child in time is simply stunning
The Pretty Things
4/5
More interesting than it sounds initially
Astor Piazzolla
4/5
Pleasant
Elastica
3/5
Fun britpop albums , with 2 ripoffs
Ice Cube
2/5
I can’t stand early rap any more
AC/DC
5/5
Exceptional. A joy from start to finish.
3/5
Ok but not very remarkable
Cheap Trick
4/5
Heavy but good
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
5/5
Superb. Refreshing at the time.
OutKast
3/5
Still not impressed
Radiohead
4/5
Whinge
The Auteurs
3/5
Ok but never been great
The Zombies
4/5
A couple of great songs
Everything But The Girl
5/5
Really enjoyable
The Hives
4/5
Fast fun
Hookworms
3/5
Interesting but too long
N.E.R.D
4/5
As cool as you may imagine
Brian Wilson
5/5
I need to know it by heart
Sounds really good
Chicago
4/5
Surprisingly interesting
Prince
5/5
Heavy but quality
Fugazi
3/5
Too Red Hot’ish
Kid Rock
2/5
Really annoying
Django Django
4/5
Sounds interesting
The Dandy Warhols
4/5
Crazy, fun and relaxed
Finley Quaye
5/5
Great voice, great tunes
Lambchop
5/5
Great album
Megadeth
2/5
Still not
The Chemical Brothers
5/5
Great overall listen
Radiohead
4/5
Whiny start, great finish
4/5
Totally overrated but a couple of great songs
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
5/5
Fun and clever pop. A gem.
Slipknot
1/5
So annoying
The Byrds
4/5
Seems repetitive but tuneful
Jeff Beck
4/5
Heavy but I should listen to it more
3/5
Not my favourite kinks album because I find it more falsely pretentious and less tuneful than the others
The Specials
4/5
Not bad
The Youngbloods
3/5
Quite diverse
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Sounds great but when paying attention I thought there was not so much substance
Elbow
4/5
Great album but I don’t like the voice
William Orbit
2/5
This album may have been interesting at the time but it now songs dated
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
Dated, disappointing
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
Long.
Mariah Carey
4/5
Surprisingly pleasant.
I would have hated it when it was released
Tim Buckley
5/5
Beauty
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
Lovely
Pavement
3/5
Not their best
Big Fall influence.
Red Snapper
5/5
Really good
Radiohead
5/5
I wanted to give OK Computer a 4 because it is overrated and because the bends is simply better, but then I listened to it, and was reminded that 6 or 7 of the songs are great.
Yes it’s overrated and the bends of better, but it’s still a 5:)
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
Nice, ages well
Os Mutantes
4/5
Fun and exotic
George Michael
4/5
I actually liked it
The Who
4/5
Still not a massive fan of the Who
Lucinda Williams
5/5
Great Americana album
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5/5
Classic
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Strong rock album, but I still can’t hear the tunes yet
D'Angelo
5/5
Really excellent. Like Prince’s mellow but sexy side.
Dexys Midnight Runners
5/5
Some fillers, but such a great atmosphere. And some hits.
Joanna Newsom
4/5
Too verbose but cosmia is great
Billie Holiday
3/5
Bland
Black Flag
3/5
Heavy.
Holger Czukay
4/5
Terrible style but great satisfaction.
CAN’s opposite?
Sonic Youth
5/5
Threatening, full of energy, tuneful.
Gotan Project
4/5
Slightly annoying but was an interesting project at the time
Sepultura
4/5
Sounds exciting
Queen
5/5
So full of personality
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
5/5
30 years before anyone to make that kind of music
Genesis
3/5
Very long and I’m not convinced
Le Tigre
5/5
Fun
Echo And The Bunnymen
5/5
Was super exciting
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
5/5
Lovely and fun. Damon Albarn is fantastic.
Tom Waits
4/5
Sweet
Kings of Leon
5/5
Full of energy.
Lorde
4/5
Strong compositions.
Blur
5/5
Classic of its time
Raekwon
3/5
Too long
Incredible Bongo Band
5/5
Impressively modern sound
Buck Owens
3/5
Not remarkable at all
The Temptations
5/5
Coool
Scissor Sisters
3/5
Some good stuff
Wild Beasts
4/5
Not bad but falsetto singing should be banned forever
Fatboy Slim
5/5
Important album in transformative times.
Nirvana
5/5
Fantastic album from start to finish
Super Furry Animals
5/5
Really good
The Afghan Whigs
5/5
Is this grunge?
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Very sweet
Sheryl Crow
4/5
Very good
Faust
3/5
Not that great
My Bloody Valentine
5/5
Marvellous
Ryan Adams
5/5
Great americana album
Beck
3/5
Too many Beck albums sound the same
Neil Young
5/5
Imperfect classic
Eagles
5/5
Of course
Doves
5/5
Such a sound and mood beautiful
The Streets
3/5
Hard to think that this is a great album
Grizzly Bear
3/5
already dated
Wire
4/5
Intelligent and exciting. Undervalued band if there is one.
Goldfrapp
4/5
Lovely. Very strong Minnie Riperton influence
Rocket From The Crypt
4/5
Punchy
The Kinks
4/5
A bit bland for a kinks album
David Gray
5/5
Sweet and beautiful
Miles Davis
4/5
Ok
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3/5
Too dry
Cocteau Twins
5/5
Marvellous
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Really not that great, after many listens.
Tina Turner
2/5
Horribly in you face.
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
Good but not more
5/5
5 even though some of the songs near the end are forgettable.
Elvis Presley
3/5
Doesn’t sound vital
Gary Numan
4/5
Modern but repetitive
Fever Ray
5/5
Great sound. Strong personality at a time when bland music dominates.
R.E.M.
5/5
Transition album from indie to a more produced approach
Ute Lemper
4/5
Of its time. A bit OTT maybe.
Suede
5/5
I like it more and more. However I still can’t say that I love it.
Gram Parsons
4/5
Very sweet
The Black Keys
3/5
Ok
Barry Adamson
4/5
Pleasant
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Horribly heavy
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Most of it not so interesting.
Kraftwerk
5/5
Incredible
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Nice
SAULT
5/5
Warm and tuneful
Air
5/5
Amazing debut. Not their best but changed everything.
Can
5/5
A quirky classic
The Who
5/5
Bloody heavy
Scott Walker
5/5
Superb
Guns N' Roses
3/5
American hard rock is generally awful.
This album is no exception
The Soft Boys
5/5
Great indie album with very clear Syd Barret influence
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
5/5
Lovely
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Ok
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Nice and quiet. Nothing special after one listen
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
The music is not that great. Feels largely overrated to me.
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Sweet
Faith No More
3/5
Not so bad
The Lemonheads
5/5
Not bad
Goldie
3/5
2/5
Mostly horrible but not always
Q-Tip
3/5
Seems ok
Iron Maiden
3/5
Still not my cup of tea
Grant Lee Buffalo
5/5
Fantastic
Grateful Dead
4/5
Sounds like one very very long song
The Young Gods
4/5
More enjoyable than I remember
The Flying Burrito Brothers
5/5
Lovely but never served revolutionary to me.
Kings of Leon
4/5
Fun rock
Ice Cube
4/5
Horrible cover making me dread the first listen. But it’s not as bad as feared, with actually many good tracks.
Joy Division
5/5
The best
4/5
Too serious
5/5
Perfect?
The Boo Radleys
5/5
Epic
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Seems it’s one song
Lightning Bolt
3/5
One single song?
Queen
3/5
Messy at the start, better near the end
The Stranglers
5/5
Impressive
Led Zeppelin
5/5
One to discover
Napalm Death
3/5
Hard to draw a conclusion
Cream
5/5
Nice
Van Halen
3/5
Bof
Jane Weaver
4/5
Not sure if I’ll go back though
Christine and the Queens
3/5
Too much sugar.
Björk
5/5
Extraordinary
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
Repetitive
Lenny Kravitz
4/5
Doves
4/5
Pleasant
The Smiths
5/5
Half the album is classic
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Not unpleasant
Ray Charles
4/5
A bit too gentle
a-ha
2/5
A reminder that eighties pop music was horrible
M.I.A.
5/5
Cool, refreshing, exciting.
Hole
5/5
Actually excellent
XTC
3/5
Still not a fan of partridge’s voice
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Too acid
The Replacements
3/5
I always found them slightly overrated
The Darkness
3/5
OK but really not something I would come back to
Nitin Sawhney
4/5
Nice although a bit too much of its time
Randy Newman
4/5
A bit boring
Pixies
5/5
Amazing
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Bit dull apart from one good song
The Doors
4/5
No freshness
The Bees
4/5
Quite good
Mylo
3/5
Dated and inconsistant but fun
Adele
3/5
Unsubtle
The Magnetic Fields
4/5
Fun and some great tunes
Boston
3/5
Good to know that exists
Otis Redding
4/5
Punchy
Dolly Parton
4/5
Nice
Sonic Youth
5/5
Broadly excellent
The The
4/5
Too close to Soul Mining
Fela Kuti
3/5
Not his best, but his first ?
Syd Barrett
3/5
Is this an album?
Radiohead
5/5
Brit pop? Ha ha ha
Echo And The Bunnymen
5/5
Great
Ravi Shankar
5/5
Very nice
Fiona Apple
4/5
Not all great
Iron Maiden
2/5
Absolutely not
808 State
2/5
Doesn’t age well
The Modern Lovers
5/5
Really fresh. I still don’t count it as punk at all
Stan Getz
3/5
The Saints
4/5
Not so important, right?
Miles Davis
4/5
I thought I knew it well but I don’t.
It’s always going to be some of the most horrible sound ever.
Orbital
3/5
Nice and innovative sound at the time, but always similar
FKA twigs
3/5
Interesting, stylish but a bit boring
Siouxsie And The Banshees
5/5
Exceptional
Nick Drake
5/5
Beautiful
Buffalo Springfield
5/5
Super good
Waylon Jennings
4/5
Sweet
Elliott Smith
3/5
Far too whiny
SZA
5/5
Absolutely marvellous
Bob Dylan
5/5
I’m not sure if it’s a 5 because a few of the songs are annoying by themselves. But others are simply some of the best songs ever, so it’s a 5.
Dennis Wilson
3/5
Not so memorable imo
Malcolm McLaren
4/5
Really interesting
The 13th Floor Elevators
5/5
Great
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
Still don’t get it
Miles Davis
5/5
Superb
Leonard Cohen
4/5
A bit bland
Slade
4/5
Fun
Duran Duran
3/5
The worst of the 80s’ sound?
Ananda Shankar
2/5
Some interesting songs near the end, but the rest it’s annoying
Deep Purple
5/5
Some great tracks
k.d. lang
4/5
Nice
Paul Revere & The Raiders
4/5
I’m surprised that I was not aware of this very good record
Steely Dan
3/5
Perfect hence a bit dull
Haircut 100
3/5
Ok
Madness
3/5
Quite dull, which is unexpected, given the famous and entertaining hits
The Police
3/5
Ok ish
Michael Jackson
5/5
Joy
Tom Tom Club
4/5
Uneven
Nirvana
4/5
They were better electric
Motörhead
5/5
Brilliant
Donovan
5/5
Superb tunes
The Roots
5/5
Very rich
The Stooges
5/5
Unique, essential
PJ Harvey
5/5
Incredible, full of energy.
Some of the songs would not work individually but as part of the album, they are all enjoyable.
Sonic Youth
4/5
Not their best. A bit boring or too produced
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Not so interesting
Jungle Brothers
2/5
Long and repetitive
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
Kanye West got some ideas from here
Lou Reed
5/5
Depressingly beautiful
Bad Brains
3/5
Too American metal, not punk enough
Richard Hawley
3/5
Nice and cosy
Cat Stevens
4/5
Good
The Charlatans
3/5
Not impressive either way
Joni Mitchell
4/5
A bit too verbose, as usual
Funkadelic
5/5
Crazy and quality
Ice T
3/5
Interesting bits but gosh it’s long
Anthrax
3/5
I vaguely heard a rune
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Too much of the same old stuff
3/5
Poor man’s stooges
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Good tunes, great voice. But overall just a product, at a time when punk was happening, with people trying to change the world. I know which I’m on.
4/5
I don’t know enough. Does not seem as good as later albums
Van Morrison
5/5
One of the best ever
David Bowie
5/5
Great late album
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Not another Springsteen please
Bill Callahan
5/5
Really nice
The Byrds
4/5
Still not impressed, even though some songs sound beautiful
ZZ Top
4/5
Fun
Supergrass
5/5
Great album of its time. Better than oasis
Ride
4/5
I usually like it but no so much yesterday
Suicide
5/5
One of my favourite albums. Such an outlier !
Meat Puppets
4/5
Pleasant
Soft Cell
5/5
Fabulous dark fun
Patti Smith
5/5
Great album with very strong personality
Beatles
5/5
Near perfect
10cc
3/5
Witty but not sonically interesting
Big Brother & The Holding Company
5/5
Stunning debut. Janis Joplin, unforgettable shooting star
Suzanne Vega
3/5
A bit too verbose.
Tim Buckley
5/5
Not his best
Throbbing Gristle
2/5
Little Richard
2/5
Really not pleasant voice
Parliament
4/5
Good but sounds like a single song
Leonard Cohen
5/5
A few classic songs. And what a beautiful voice!
Beastie Boys
3/5
Too heavy.
To rap what US metal was to rock.
Pere Ubu
5/5
My favourite Père Ubu album
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Very direct. Fun.
Tom Waits
5/5
What a great, distinctive, romantic, diverse record
Sparks
4/5
Fun, tuneful and intelligent.
CHIC
4/5
One amazing track, the rest neatly below
Madonna
3/5
Nice but not relevant over the long term
The Shamen
2/5
Was interesting at the time but doesn’t age well.
Public Enemy
4/5
Actually better than I remembered
The Icarus Line
4/5
First impression was bad (new metal) but it’s actually not that bad.