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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Street Signs | 5 | 2.87 | +2.13 |
| Reign In Blood | 5 | 2.96 | +2.04 |
| Kimono My House | 5 | 3.06 | +1.94 |
| Dig Your Own Hole | 5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
| Rust In Peace | 5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
| Sweet Baby James | 5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
| The Predator | 5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
| The Seldom Seen Kid | 5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
| System Of A Down | 5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
| Kenya | 5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquee Moon | 1 | 3.5 | -2.5 |
| Unknown Pleasures | 1 | 3.47 | -2.47 |
| All Things Must Pass | 2 | 3.81 | -1.81 |
| Darkdancer | 1 | 2.58 | -1.58 |
| Funeral | 2 | 3.57 | -1.57 |
| Boy In Da Corner | 1 | 2.57 | -1.57 |
| The Velvet Underground | 2 | 3.54 | -1.54 |
| Blood Sugar Sex Magik | 2 | 3.5 | -1.5 |
| Violent Femmes | 2 | 3.5 | -1.5 |
| Antichrist Superstar | 1 | 2.48 | -1.48 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Beatles | 5 | 4.4 | 3.88 |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4.25 | 3.71 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Joy Division | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
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David Bowie
2/5
Didn't like the energy that much
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Low dynamic range, the songs all tend to blend together. Some songs have really good lyrical flow, especially Show Business & Vibes and Stuff.
The Prodigy
3/5
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
5/5
Don't Call Me N*gger, Whitey had some amazing guitar work.
I Want to Take You Higher is very groovy, goes on for quite a while, yet still left me wanting more.
Everyday People had a strong rhythm, the horns section bouncing around was fun and the vocals had a strong soul feel to it, almost like a James Brown song.
The instrumentation throughout is superb and the positive, upbeat message found in each song is a real breath of fresh air that isn't really seen in music these days.
Thundercat
2/5
It gets 2 stars because the album art is cool.
The music was derivative and forgettable, except for the tracks that had other featured artists.
Radiohead
4/5
This one took a few listens to grow on me. Overall, the instrumentation is very atmospheric, the vocals go from soothing to grating.
I enjoyed the opening track, nice and laid back.
Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors was haunting, robotic and strange, yet oddly enough may have been my favorite song on the album.
I Might Be Wrong was the most cohesive song on the album.
Beatles
5/5
Revolution 9 is the most Yoko Ono thing ever.
The rest of the album is damn near perfect.
The Jam
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
1/5
Turned it off halfway through. I guess this qualifies as music since it's got rhythm and melody (sometimes), but it sounds like something that would be blared at 4 in the morning at Gitmo as a means of some type of psychological torture.
Nina Simone
3/5
Wilco
4/5
It's pretty good for "quiet is the new loud" indie alternative, but it's really borrowing a lot from Elliott Smith. I'd much rather just go listen to him.
Sister Sledge
3/5
Eels
4/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Very bluesy, lots of high energy
The Cure
4/5
Sad white people music
Bob Dylan
4/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
Ice T
3/5
Pixies
4/5
Jane Weaver
3/5
Ministry
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Ice Cube
5/5
Gorillaz
4/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
MGMT
3/5
4/5
The Who
2/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Neu!
2/5
Sounds like the soundtrack to a movie that I would fall asleep halfway through.
The Black Keys
4/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Lana Del Rey
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
There are a few diamonds, but they're buried in a lot of rough.
Queens of the Stone Age
2/5
The Jam
2/5
Beatles
5/5
MC Solaar
3/5
Machito
5/5
Marilyn Manson
1/5
Joan Baez
3/5
King Crimson
3/5
2/5
It's telling that the first playlist recommended under this album on Spotify is a playlist of covers of Dylan songs. He's a hell of a songwriter, but one and a half hours of Dylan is decidedly too much Dylan.
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
Frank Black
2/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
George Harrison
2/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
George Michael
4/5
Can
3/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Alanis Morissette
5/5
The Kinks
2/5
This is the worst Beatles album I've ever heard
The Clash
4/5
Metallica
4/5
Slayer
5/5
Koffi Olomide
3/5
The Crusaders
4/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Frank Zappa
3/5
Gang Starr
3/5
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
The War On Drugs
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Disco for people with anxiety
Brian Eno
3/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
The Verve
3/5
Fugees
3/5
The Doors
4/5
Aimee Mann
2/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Sufjan Stevens
5/5
The Police
4/5
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Pulp
2/5
You could get pretty much the same thing from an earlier album.
Al Green
4/5
Mariah Carey
4/5
Disclaimer: I am not an R&B fan, never listened to this album before.
This album feels really representative of the time it came out. I was pretty young, but I seem to remember a lot of music on the pop stations around that time having this style of late '90s R&B. Now, again, I'm no expert on R&B, so I can't really say whether Mariah started the wave or just rode it, but this does scratch a certain nostalgic itch for me.
Dead Kennedys
5/5
I love how Dead Kennedys pull off being so blunt & direct, while also being so tongue-in-cheek at the same time.
U2
4/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
David Gray
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Anita Baker
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
k.d. lang
4/5
Dire Straits
4/5
OutKast
4/5
Madonna
3/5
The xx
2/5
Beatles
4/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Alice In Chains
4/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Elton John
4/5
CHIC
4/5
Fleet Foxes
4/5
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Green Day
4/5
The Kinks
3/5
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Foo Fighters
4/5
The Coral
2/5
Beck
5/5
Os Mutantes
2/5
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
Metallica
4/5
Janelle Monáe
5/5
M.I.A.
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Stan Getz
5/5
When I listen to Sam Getz's music, I always imagine it playing over a montage of a young couple's first date in the city at night.
ABBA
4/5
Lou Reed
2/5
Joy Division
1/5
These guys make The Cure sound like Katy Perry. What a snoozefest.
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Beth Orton
2/5
Holger Czukay
3/5
Daft Punk
4/5
Great background music.
Depeche Mode
4/5
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Richard Hawley
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Dire Straits
3/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
The xx
2/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Lorde
5/5
Weather Report
2/5
2/5
Nirvana
4/5
Louis Prima
4/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Talking Heads
5/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Duran Duran
5/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Guns N' Roses
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Common
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Paul Simon
5/5
Scritti Politti
1/5
Pentangle
3/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
The Who
4/5
Various Artists
4/5
Pavement
3/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Culture Club
4/5
The Boo Radleys
2/5
Definitely one of the albums on this list that isn't good or memorable, but really nails the vibe of a certain point in time. It's got this DIY edginess that's very evocative of '90s alternative, but doesnt really do muck for me bsides give a hit of nostalgia.
Linkin Park
5/5
One of the most influential albums of the early '00s. If you listen to any top modern rock list today in 2024, you'll be able to see the massive influence Linkin Park still has on music.
David Bowie
3/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
Turbonegro
3/5
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Queen
3/5
Wild Beasts
2/5
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Carole King
4/5
Megadeth
5/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
GZA
5/5
Bill Callahan
4/5
Coldplay
4/5
Liz Phair
2/5
Judas Priest
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Astor Piazzolla
4/5
Adele
4/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Fishbone
4/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Elbow
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Morrissey
3/5
Blur
2/5
T. Rex
3/5
Prince
4/5
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
The B-52's
5/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Bon Jovi
4/5
Great Value Springsteen, but still really well done.
Duke Ellington
4/5
Soft Machine
2/5
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
Influential, but very dated.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
The Incredible String Band
1/5
Radiohead
4/5
Television
1/5
Just listen to the Talking Heads instead.
Calexico
5/5
Ash
4/5
Caetano Veloso
4/5
Metallica
4/5
The Cars
5/5
David Bowie
2/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Little Richard
4/5
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
The Who
2/5
Eminem
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
4/5
I don't care what anyone says, Limp Bizkit is a ton of fun. Are they high art? Absolutely not, they're goofy as shit, and thats the main part of their appeal. If you dont understand that, you can kiss my Chicolate Starfish.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
John Grant
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
The Cure
2/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Obviously give it up to Aretha Franklin for the amazing vocals, but my man Tommy Cogbill on bass elevated this.
Eagles
4/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Billy Joel
5/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Steve Earle
4/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Jack White
3/5
Muddy Waters
5/5
Aerosmith
4/5
The Band
2/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Orange Juice
2/5
If you told me this was that this album was a Weird Al-style spoof of 80s music in general and Tears For Fears specifically, I would 100% believe you with absolutely zero hesitation. This whole album screams 80s and feels like a total knock-off of every interesting band from that era. That typically means one of two things: the album was insanely influential, or is just super derivative. The fact that the most noteworthy piece of trivia for this album, the only fun fact that could be scrounged up for the wikipedia page intro, is the album's inclusion on this list tells me that it's likely the latter.
Paul Simon
4/5
Ride
2/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Sade
2/5
Sugar
3/5
Moby
3/5
Dolly Parton
5/5
Green Day
4/5
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
Don't get me wrong, this is a great record, but it's really restricted by only being a 3-piece jazz group. There's only so many bass solos you can do before stuff starts getting boring.
Heaven 17
3/5
Rush
4/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
David Crosby
3/5
Barry Adamson
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Tangerine Dream
2/5
Minutemen
2/5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Björk
2/5
Grateful Dead
2/5
James Brown
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Laura Nyro
2/5
Screaming Trees
3/5
The Smiths
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Nas
4/5
The Yardbirds
2/5
Parliament
4/5
Aerosmith
4/5
The Who
4/5
Ozomatli
5/5
David Bowie
5/5
I did not expect to like this album nearly as much as I did.
PJ Harvey
2/5
Neil Young
3/5
Keith Jarrett
4/5
Scissor Sisters
3/5
The Doors
4/5
Rush
3/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
2/5
AC/DC
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Coldplay
4/5
I never understood the Coldplay hate. I'm not a fan of their newer bubblegum style, but their first few albums were amazing.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Le Tigre
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
The Police
4/5
Fugazi
4/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
Stephen Stills
2/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
Deep Purple
2/5
Amy Winehouse
2/5
Sex Pistols
5/5
George Michael
4/5
Violent Femmes
2/5
I was just talking to a coworker of mine about how weird The Velvet Underground is and how I can't imagine why people consider them so influential. Then I put this shitshow on and totally got it.
The Offspring
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
The Electric Prunes
2/5
Jeru The Damaja
2/5
Sparks
5/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
It's nuts how different this album is from their later albums—even Number of the Best 2 years later. It's good for what it is—an early metal album heavily influenced by the hard rock of the 70s (I could've even mistaken some of these songs for Deep Purple tracks), but as an Iron Maiden album, it's not their best outing.
Jimmy Smith
4/5
Don McLean
4/5
Everybody Loves Me, Baby felt weird in the middle of all that, but I understand why the tone was so upbeat—it would've sounded super whiny if it matched the tone of everything else. Nevertheless, it detracted from the overall groove of a pretty good album.
The Undertones
3/5
3/5
The Temptations
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
James Taylor
5/5
Lambchop
4/5
Orbital
3/5
Shuggie Otis
3/5
The Velvet Underground
2/5
This was not an enjoyable listen.
LL Cool J
3/5
A little too long.
Beyoncé
2/5
I am not the target demographic. It was fine, just not for me.
The Byrds
3/5
The Style Council
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
3/5
Scott Walker
3/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
4/5
Steve Winwood
2/5
The Go-Go's
4/5
The Beta Band
2/5
Aphex Twin
2/5
John Lennon
4/5
David Holmes
4/5
System Of A Down
5/5
The Adverts
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Quintessential dad rock
The Chemical Brothers
5/5
Shivkumar Sharma
4/5
Portishead
2/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Madness
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
4/5
Mylo
3/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
Gram Parsons
4/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Thelonious Monk
5/5
The Killers
4/5
John Cale
3/5
N.W.A.
4/5
Beatles
3/5
Later Beatles >>>> Early Beatles
I'm sure this got people going back in the day, but it doesn't do much for me today.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Van Morrison
4/5
I had no idea this dude was Irish.
Beck
4/5
Mike Oldfield
2/5
I like how towards the end of the first track, he just starts listing off all of the instruments his keyboard can play.
Spiritualized
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
Ravi Shankar
2/5
2/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Dizzee Rascal
1/5
Oasis
3/5
Faust
2/5
Brian Wilson
3/5
Paul Weller
2/5
The Auteurs
2/5
Hookworms
2/5
Joy Division
2/5
The Undertones
3/5
Jacques Brel
4/5