A classic from my middle school days that I never got around to listening to all the way through. Pretty good! Has a good flow all the way through
It's hard to follow up the back to back masterpieces Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets, so of course this doesn't live up to those two. That being said it's still pretty solid, and One is an incredible song - it just drags in parts sometimes. Another one that i was familiar with but never sat down and listened to all the way through
I'm not a fan of live albums, and this is no exception. I've heard this recommended plenty of times, but I just couldn't get over the fact that the recording wasn't always great and the crowd just served to distract from the music rather than enhance it. I will admit that by the time I Want You to Want Me came around I was singing along in my car
Dreamy indie rock from the late 2000s isn't really my thing, but I can appreciate it it for what it is. That's the beauty of this site, though - you listen to stuff that isn't your cup of tea.
Judas Priest is a formative band for me, so of course I love this album. Still incredible
Super lively and fun! I listened to this a couple of times in a row at work and will absolutely be returning to it. This is exactly what I was looking for from this site.
I hadn't heard of Pulp before, but finding this album led me to their previous album Different Class which is great, too. I'm excited to dig into the rest of their catalog
I'm mostly familiar with jazz through hip-hop, so I'm loving all the stuff this site has been sending me. I love how funky this is.
This is my favorite Radiohead album. The one-two punch of High and Dry and Fake Plastic Trees gets me every time - but the entire thing holds up to those and is fantastic
Musically I dig it, I've just never been a fan of Joni Mitchell's voice. Nothing against her, I think she's wildly talented but it's a personal hangup that will always prevent me from truly appreciating her
The Beasties debuted so confidently and fully formed. This album has everything they'd be known for - their sense of humor, hybrid of rock and hip-hop, etc. I love this album so much
Do I speak Spanish? No. Does it matter? No. Do I wish summer would hurry up and get here so I can sit on the beach and drink a mojito? Absolutely.
Bjork tops my list of artists who I respect and find interesting, but try as I might I just cannot get into their music. Her voice does nothing for me. She's cool in The Northman, though.
What more can I say about this that hasn't been? Of course it rules - it's Sgt. Fucking Pepper's
I know this whole album back to front, and although I haven't listened to it in years it's still so much fun.
3 albums in a row that I know back to front. Not my favorite Rush album, but great nonetheless
Kendrick's run from this to Damn is one of the greatest of any artists ever. I need to revisit his latest album, I wasn't into it when it came out but maybe if I give it another shot I'll appreciate it more.
good kid, m.A.A.d city is a total masterpiece, though
This is another formative album for me. I torrented it and listened to it on my iPod constantly, so the whole thing is burned in my memory. It was just so cool and like nothing I ever heard of - the use of samples to form a coherent piece that moves throughout the entire thing was just so cool, and frankly still is. All these years later it still feels fresh. It introduced me to a whole new world of music, and for that I'm forever grateful.
Also, if you haven't seen the music video for Frontier Psychiatrist, check it out, it's a lot of fun; I tell my daughter that she's "a nut; you're crazy in the coconut" all the time. She's a baby, but I'm sure she'll appreciate it some day
Fun, goofy devil worship music. It's so funny to me (it really shouldn't be, a lot of people's lives were ruined) that Venom and other's were taken so seriously that it sparked a nationwide panic - but that's America for you
Didn't expect to see a movie score on here, and was kinda dreading it because I've never seen the movie - but it was pretty cool! Yes, of course there are repeating motifs and it's designed to be played in the background, but I've certainly listened to scores before, so it's not a genre I'm averse to. I wonder if there's some Tangerine Dream or Goblin on this list... we'll see what comes up. Also, the spoken word sections added a lot to it
When I was a kid there was a commercial that played constantly for one of those CD compilations where they play clips from the songs included - remember those? Well, Porcelain was on there and the little clip they played scared me so much as a kid; I was a weenie, but it was just so haunting and ghostly. That's a memory that's burned into my brain.
I really like South Side, though.
I grew up on The Doors because they were my mom's favorite group growing up. I know a lot of people think Jim Morrison was hokey and pretentious, but I will never not love them
If I were doing ecstasy in a warehouse maybe I'd be into this; but I was at work, so anytime they started going into talking about moving mountains I was not feeling it at all
I knew it would eventually come that someone who's personal life makes it difficult to truly enjoy their work - your Kanyes and Eric Claptons. Unfortunately Steven Tyler falls right into that category; if you don't know, he had an underage groupie right around the time of this album whose parents he convinced to allow him to adopt so he could take her on the road and fuck her - it's really gross. A lot of the lyrical content of this album feels extra icky with that knowledge.
That being said, I did my best to listen as objectively as I could, so here's what my review would be with no preconceived notions:
I'm a child of New England, so of course I grew up with Aerosmith. In my "classic rock is the only real music" phase I would have loved this, but my tastes have drifted and it just doesn't do it for me anymore. I still love Sweet Emotion, though.
I have always appreciated and respected Sinead O'Connor, but only knew Nothing Compares 2 U. The podcast You're Wrong About did a good episode a little bit ago that made me like her even more, and even more angry at how she was treated after her SNL performance, but I didn't look up any of her music. I was pleasantly surprised by how varied this album is! Some pop, some more folky stuff - and her voice is incredible.
"Fight the real enemy"
Every song on this album feels 2 minutes too long, and it's not even a long album! I was surprised by how much I did enjoy it, though, even if it dragged in places.
I listened to this twice - once on my commute to work, and once back. I liked it better the first time (maybe I was in a worse mood because I was going to work as opposed to leaving, who knows?) I appreciate what it is and they're certainly talented, but I prefer my music to be a little more melodic
After getting a few too many live classic rock albums I was wondering if this project would hold my attention- glad it did! This album was a delight
This is a good album for #100 since I love Bob Dylan and don't really have anything new to say about him.
My review of the whole project so far: it's pretty clear that white boomers compiled this list - so much classic rock. I like classic rock, but I feel like it's over represented. I haven't gotten a single country album - I realize it's not a "cool" genre, but there's so much good stuff out there; maybe I'll get 900 country albums from here on.
Overall, though, I have been enjoying the project. I have found some artists that I had never heard of and now really love, and I'm excited to keep on with it. Despite the prevalence of rock, I have discovered a new love of jazz and rekindled my love of funk
The last Kraftwerk album left me kinda scratching my head and thinking that it was probably only included for historical reasons. This one on the other hand totally jived with and I really enjoyed it! Just the right amount of retro-futurism and synths
When I was a teenager the local record store sold packs of random used CDs for pretty cheap - I used to love buying them because you'd find all kinds of weird shit in them, and also some all time classics. One of them had just The Love Below and not Speakerboxxx, which ended up being my first foray into Outkast - a group I love dearly.
That's all a roundabout way of saying that, despite my love of all things Outkast, I've for some reason never listened to Speakerboxxx until today. What a mistake; I think I prefer it to The Love Below. I wish they'd get back together, but what an incredible album to leave on (shhh, Idlewild doesn't count)
I get that this album had a bunch of hits, but that doesn't automatically make something this boring and bland warrant a spot on the list of albums I NEED to listen to imo. Well, to each their own I suppose
Prog is a genre that I respect more than I enjoy; even if I sometimes find it to be a little pretentious
When this album came out there was a flash game where you drove the jeep from the cover around on a 3d map while 19-2000 played on loop; it was pretty cool for what it was, but was glitchy as hell. I wonder if there's a way to play it anymore - probably not.
This album is made up of different parts that individually I don't normally care for and yet somehow they come together to create something that I found hauntingly beautiful front to back. I really liked this
Edgelord bullshit. I try to do my best to separate the art from the artist, but I feel like the content makes it impossible. Regardless, I've never been a big fan of Marilyn Manson and always thought he was just being performatively shocking to scare the "normies".
Under normal circumstances this would probably warrant two stars, but I'll subtract one for the sex crimes
"Timeless?" More like "Endless."
Oh Kanye. This album, like so many more of his, is a masterpiece. I was grooving to this, cranking it on my way into work only to remind myself that he's a Nazi and to turn it down at red lights, lest people think the wrong things about me. Ugh. I want him to get the help he so clearly needs, but mental health can't always be used as an excuse... I mean, he was always kinda an asshole... I'm meandering, but Kanye was my first true foray into Hip Hop as a whole; he hit when I was in high school and was a total breath of fresh air in comparison to the stuff that was coming out. I loved his music, he was smooth, confident, funny and had great production. It's a bummer he went the way he did
Probably deserves 2 stars because it's inoffensive and I didn't HATE it... but I did feel lied to by the album cover, so I'm docking it a point for that. Also, the heart sinking feeling when I opened it up on Spotify and saw that the similar playlists were "Yacht Rock" and "Soft Rock"
Long, but I never felt it. Just incredible all the way through. Not once does it get repetitive or boring
This is my favorite album of all time - full stop. It's perfect back to front. That bass line that flows into Tip's verse get me hyped every time; the first time I heard that I knew I was in for something special, and my God does the rest of the album deliver. This is Hip-Hop at it's finest
RIP Phife
The album cover has a guy getting his head cut off by a flying guillotine; that's 5 stars by itself.
I guess I understand why this is here, and it's certainly nice, but it is what it is, which isn't exciting
I didn't have high hopes from reading some of the top reviews, but I really dug this!
This album hit close to home. My grandfather loved this era of country music and it would always be playing when we went to his house. He unfortunately passed away a little over a year ago, and my daughter was born exactly a week later. He never got to meet her, but her and I got to dance and listen to his favorite music together. I'm not a spiritual person, but I feel like there will always be a part of him somewhere with her, and we will always keep his memory alive
I respect the Hell out of Frank Zappa and he's clearly talented, but he also gets too clever for his own good. Experimental is all well and good, but often I feel like I'm just being inundated with noise
https://youtu.be/QHi479xN_po?si=mvo2sRT_oQI10eTf
Billie Jean has a legit shot at being the greatest pop song of all time. Also, Vincent Price's presence is always great. Aside from the core hits, though, the rest of this album has always left me kinda cold.
I never know how to rate jazz albums, because I am no musician. I really liked it, though, and my one year old daughter got into it, too. So thumbs up from us
This and Revolver are my two favorite Beatles albums. On any given day I'll say one or the other, but it's a perfect album regardless
Beautiful harmonies. I, like so many other people of my generation were inundated with "world" music through things like The Lion King; I never really appreciated it as a kid and had basically written it off (unjustly) because of how omnipresent it was. For all this lists faults, I will always appreciate it for opening me up to rediscovering African music and learning to truly love it. I know I'm barely scratching the surface, but it's exciting to know how much is out there to explore
This album immediately overstayed it's welcome. Some of the funky bass stuff had me tapping my foot, but aside from that it really dragged
I've listened to this album a million times, I even have it on vinyl. I know it's cliche to say this, but his music will never not be relevant - I put it on and when it immediately started with "Blowing in the Wind", I cried thinking of Gaza. "Masters of War" being two songs later, too, with "Girl From North Country" in between - a song that I play for my daughter, who is my girl from the north country. Bob Dylan's music simultaneously is of it's time and is transcendent; he captures and puts words to complex emotions in ways that I will never not find something in
I liked this album a lot better when I was a teenager. Someone pointed out to me once that in between each line Matt Bellamy takes a huge breath, and now that's all I can hear when I listen to Muse.
Knights of Cydonia still slaps, though
Saw this album come up and immediately cringed thinking about how much I loved it as a teenager. I haven't listened to it in probably 15 years, but it's still pretty great
I was listening to the podcast Behind the Bastards and the host, Robert Evans, was talking about his love of this album. Just a funny little coincidence. I would call it spooookkkkyyyy, but it happened the day after Halloween
Tom Waits is an artist who I want to love; he's always so much fun when he pops up in a movie, but I just can't get into his music. The whole throwback troubadour thing is cool, but just not for me I guess. Also, that album cover could not have been made in any decade besides the 90's.
"Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" going straight into Folsom Prison Blues. Doesn't get any better than that
For a bootleg this sounds pretty great. I just don't care for live albums unless it's something truly special
I liked this album a lot better when I was in college. Still nice to revisit something I hadn't heard in years, though
A little weird and offputting hearing Phil Spector's message at the end of what was otherwise an incredible Christmas album
