Influential, but very dated.

Didn't like the energy that much

Low dynamic range, the songs all tend to blend together. Some songs have really good lyrical flow, especially Show Business & Vibes and Stuff.

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.

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.

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.

Revolution 9 is the most Yoko Ono thing ever. The rest of the album is damn near perfect.

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.

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.

Very bluesy, lots of high energy

Sad white people music

Sounds like the soundtrack to a movie that I would fall asleep halfway through.

There are a few diamonds, but they're buried in a lot of rough.

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.

This is the worst Beatles album I've ever heard

Disco for people with anxiety

You could get pretty much the same thing from an earlier album.

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.

I love how Dead Kennedys pull off being so blunt & direct, while also being so tongue-in-cheek at the same time.

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.

These guys make The Cure sound like Katy Perry. What a snoozefest.

Great background music.

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.

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.

Great Value Springsteen, but still really well done.

Influential, but very dated.

Just listen to the Talking Heads instead.

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.

Obviously give it up to Aretha Franklin for the amazing vocals, but my man Tommy Cogbill on bass elevated this.

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.

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.

I did not expect to like this album nearly as much as I did.

I never understood the Coldplay hate. I'm not a fan of their newer bubblegum style, but their first few albums were amazing.

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.

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.

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.

This was not an enjoyable listen.

A little too long.

I am not the target demographic. It was fine, just not for me.