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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peace Sells...But Who's Buying | 5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
| Larks' Tongues In Aspic | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| Dig Your Own Hole | 5 | 3.11 | +1.89 |
| Hejira | 5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
| Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor | 5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
| Close To The Edge | 5 | 3.19 | +1.81 |
| Deloused in the Comatorium | 5 | 3.2 | +1.8 |
| Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman | 4 | 2.22 | +1.78 |
| Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black | 5 | 3.23 | +1.77 |
| Rust In Peace | 5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartbreaker | 1 | 3.03 | -2.03 |
| Searching For The Young Soul Rebels | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| Group Sex | 1 | 2.74 | -1.74 |
| Cut | 1 | 2.71 | -1.71 |
| Let's Get Killed | 1 | 2.68 | -1.68 |
| A Grand Don't Come For Free | 1 | 2.67 | -1.67 |
| Follow The Leader | 1 | 2.65 | -1.65 |
| Ramones | 2 | 3.58 | -1.58 |
| Now I Got Worry | 1 | 2.52 | -1.52 |
| Blood Sugar Sex Magik | 2 | 3.5 | -1.5 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.8 |
| Bob Dylan | 7 | 4.43 |
| Beatles | 6 | 4.5 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 5 |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 5 |
| David Bowie | 7 | 4.29 |
| Radiohead | 6 | 4.33 |
| Steely Dan | 4 | 4.5 |
| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 4.5 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 4.5 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.67 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Doors | 3 | 4.67 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.67 |
| Megadeth | 2 | 5 |
| Aretha Franklin | 2 | 5 |
| King Crimson | 2 | 5 |
| Van Halen | 2 | 5 |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 5 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 5 |
| Joni Mitchell | 4 | 4.25 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Smiths | 3 | 4.33 |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 4.33 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 4.33 |
| Marvin Gaye | 3 | 4.33 |
| Yes | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Dexys Midnight Runners | 3 | 2 |
| Elvis Costello & The Attractions | 4 | 2.25 |
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4/5
I 100% understand why this is a bottom 10 album (10 at the time of writing) on this list. Reviews like "what the actual fuck" and "Sounds like drums beating saxophones" are 100% accurate, and made me laugh. Funnily enough, I, going in blind, decided to listen to this album (of all the ones to pick) while trying to lay down to start to go to sleep. I will say though, maybe it caught me on a good day, and especially after 10-15 straight albums of middling of the pack psychedelic albums, one off 2000's pop albums (Looking at you Ceelo) or British wannabes from different eras, trying to emulate Oasis, Blur, The Beatles, or even Radiohead. (Not to say there aren't great versions of these things listed) but this was incredibly refreshing to hear, even if sonically, it wasn't nearly as accessible. This is by far my biggest positive stray from the pack in terms of rating, and after all, is that not what this project is for?
1 likes
Björk
4/5
Split between giving a genuine review and making a “Me when I see the horse of wisdom” joke due to Pagan Poetry.
1 likes
Megadeth
5/5
Admittedly, I don't think this is their best (see Rust in Peace), and may not be as much as a 5 as others I have rated, but I have a soft spot for Megadeth, and taking them at face value, it's a pretty great album. I'm not listening to get introspective, or take a lesson (not that you couldn't) the experience of Friedman shredding, and Mustaine's one of a kind vocals (whether that's good or bad) is the fun in it.
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1-Star Albums (13)
All Ratings
Linkin Park
4/5
A staple of the nu metal genre, I have heard of it, but never listened to it besides the radio hits, was an interesting listen, that although it feels like 2000’s music, that doesn’t make it a knock on it, if anything it’s stood the test of time.
Fela Kuti
5/5
Phenomenal Drumming by Ginger Baker, and I can’t imagine how this helped expand his drumming for future projects, it’s a good introduction to African rooted music, and the last track on the album was by far the best. (16 min Drum Duet)
ZZ Top
3/5
I can understand the appeal, and some songs were good, but never been a fan of ZZ Top, so this was a personal preference rather than objective.
The Who
4/5
Iron Maiden
5/5
A legendary album in the history of metal, and a benchmark for a new era. Arguably Maiden's best album and it has one of my top 5 songs on it being its closer "Hallowed Be Thy Name." I am heavily biased for this opinion, but it maintains as a 5/5 album that anyone who listens to metal should listen to.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2/5
Tina Turner
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
X-Ray Spex
3/5
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Megadeth
5/5
I love this album, very biased, the only knock I have on it are the shorter songs (interludes?) are a bit tough to listen to, but still a favorite that gets played frequently.
Jeru The Damaja
4/5
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
I haven't listened to much Simon & Garfunkel besides the radio hits. This was a pleasant album and listening experience and I was impressed with how good the imagery was on the album, and how smooth the songs were when telling stories, instead of rhyming.
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
The Only Ones
2/5
4/5
3/5
Britney Spears
3/5
Marty Robbins
4/5
Fleet Foxes
5/5
Flamin' Groovies
2/5
Suede
3/5
Pixies
4/5
Nina Simone
5/5
The Cure
3/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
Baaba Maal
2/5
As many others have said in the reviews, due to the cultural and language barrier, I feel my ability to appreciate this is lessened, I get the idea, and appeal, but can’t fully get with it.
Steely Dan
4/5
Very biased, but love Steely Dan, and while I don’t think this album scratches their top 3, it could be a top 3 album for any other band that would’ve made it (wouldn’t be the same though)
Little Simz
5/5
1/5
Beatles
3/5
Bauhaus
2/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
The La's
3/5
AC/DC
4/5
Richard Hawley
4/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
Arrested Development
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
Madonna
4/5
2/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Garbage
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
James Taylor
4/5
Calexico
3/5
Metallica
4/5
The Smiths
4/5
Prefab Sprout
4/5
Finley Quaye
2/5
James Brown
4/5
Dizzee Rascal
2/5
Solomon Burke
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
I can only listen to reggae in short bursts before it becomes very redundant and repetitive, But I also respect, and understand the importance of this album.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Pulp
5/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Decent production, good ideas, middling execution, giving it a 3, since I wouldn't be as hard as it seems some others are.
Beck
3/5
The Darkness
3/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
Holger Czukay
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Ice Cube
4/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Boards of Canada
3/5
I'd like to think if I had heard this album in the time period it was in, maybe I could see it's influence and gravity a bit more, but it's just so sluggish at times, and at others it's beautiful.
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
Joy Division
4/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Django Django
4/5
Korn
1/5
Blondie
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
The The
3/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Beach House
4/5
Ryan Adams
1/5
Sabu
2/5
Amy Winehouse
2/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Suicide
2/5
The War On Drugs
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Culture Club
2/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Billie Holiday
4/5
Rush
4/5
John Lennon
3/5
David Holmes
1/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
The Triffids
2/5
Oasis
4/5
Minor Threat
3/5
Soul II Soul
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Scott Walker
2/5
3/5
Paul Simon
4/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
The Stone Roses
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
The Electric Prunes
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Carpenters
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
The Byrds
3/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Miriam Makeba
3/5
The Streets
1/5
The Fall
2/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Saint Etienne
2/5
The Stranglers
4/5
Nick Drake
5/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Travis
3/5
The Boo Radleys
4/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
Green Day
3/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Röyksopp
2/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
David Bowie
4/5
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Elton John
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Coldplay
3/5
Beth Orton
3/5
Lenny Kravitz
2/5
Ute Lemper
3/5
I like the backing band, and the instrumentation, but it's a bit too dramatic for me after a few songs.
Sigur Rós
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
CHIC
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
3/5
Lana Del Rey
3/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
Hole
3/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Wilco
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
Massive Attack
2/5
Pere Ubu
1/5
George Michael
3/5
Adele
4/5
Soundgarden
4/5
OutKast
4/5
2Pac
4/5
Prince
3/5
Duran Duran
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Nick Drake
4/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
This one is a tough one. I see the vision, love the instrumental, and the overall vibe, but am
In a paradox of enjoying and not enjoying the vocals.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Brian Eno
3/5
The Avalanches
5/5
Queen Latifah
3/5
Queen
4/5
Radiohead
5/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Kate Bush
3/5
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
Metallica
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
The Velvet Underground
5/5
TLC
4/5
Foo Fighters
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
The Killers
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
The Bees
3/5
Motörhead
3/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Barry Adamson
2/5
Violent Femmes
4/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Primal Scream
2/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Sepultura
3/5
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
The Saints
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Paul Weller
3/5
Screaming Trees
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Charles Mingus
5/5
Green Day
4/5
Paul McCartney
4/5
Adele
3/5
The Pogues
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
John Prine
3/5
Queen
4/5
Leftfield
2/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
2/5
Nine Inch Nails
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Justice
3/5
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Hole
3/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Destiny's Child
3/5
Jacques Brel
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Kelela
3/5
Eagles
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Liz Phair
2/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Weather Report
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Beatles
5/5
The Kinks
4/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
The Undertones
3/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
Circle Jerks
1/5
Portishead
4/5
The Cardigans
4/5
Eels
3/5
The United States Of America
4/5
Giant Sand
2/5
Beatles
4/5
Santana
4/5
Lou Reed
4/5
AC/DC
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
1/5
JAY Z
4/5
Carole King
5/5
Minutemen
4/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
1/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Prince
5/5
Keith Jarrett
5/5
Dr. Dre
3/5
Magazine
4/5
Tortoise
4/5
Various Artists
3/5
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Go-Go's
5/5
The Slits
1/5
Has the honor of being the most unorthodox, slightly enjoyable 1 rating so far.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2/5
Ramones
2/5
The Shamen
2/5
CHIC
3/5
Slipknot
2/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
2/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Klaxons
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
Napalm Death
1/5
Snoop Dogg
3/5
Jack White
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
GZA
5/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Guns N' Roses
4/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Queen
3/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Gary Numan
3/5
Fats Domino
4/5
Janelle Monáe
4/5
Patti Smith
3/5
Björk
3/5
Pearl Jam
5/5
Metallica
4/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Blue Cheer
3/5
The Magnetic Fields
4/5
Metallica
3/5
The Monkees
2/5
Eminem
3/5
Supergrass
3/5
Orbital
3/5
3/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
The Smiths
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Ian Dury
2/5
Pretenders
2/5
Sparks
3/5
Shack
2/5
ABBA
4/5
George Harrison
4/5
Kanye West
5/5
Fishbone
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Femi Kuti
4/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
The Cure
3/5
Al Green
3/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Sex Pistols
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
King Crimson
5/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Van Halen
5/5
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Hookworms
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
4/5
Suzanne Vega
4/5
Blur
3/5
Boston
4/5
The Vines
3/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Fred Neil
3/5
Simply Red
3/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
The Libertines
3/5
The Black Keys
3/5
Talk Talk
3/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Buena Vista Social Club
5/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Mudhoney
2/5
Elton John
4/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
Parliament
5/5
Although I wouldn't hold it as high as most of the other 5's I've given, it deserves it, for good vibes, and being one of the highest standards of funk music to ever come out.
Burning Spear
3/5
Randy Newman
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
The Human League
4/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
4/5
Deep Purple
3/5
The Doors
5/5
Tori Amos
3/5
Turbonegro
2/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Steve Winwood
3/5
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
The Beta Band
3/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
5/5
Q-Tip
4/5
Nas
5/5
(Incredibly biased opinion) There's often a question posed in regards to music, across all genres, that is "If you got rid of the entire genre, but had one album, what could rebuild it?" Just like in the wikipedia, I firmly believe this is one of, if not THE album that could do it. Truly one of the greatest rap albums of all time, and my personal all time favorite hip-hop album, and sometimes outright favorite. Nas managed to put out his magnum opus on his debut at a young age, and although he's never really quite hit that high again, he's still putting out albums well into his 50's. This would be one of the first albums I'd recommend anyone wanting to survey into the hip-hop genre. NY State of Mind is also IMO the best hip-hop song ever made.
U2
3/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
The Cramps
3/5
The Cars
3/5
The Auteurs
2/5
Pentangle
4/5
The Pogues
3/5
This is the second Pogues album I have gotten, and both time's it's been a unique case of good idea, good execution, but just not for me. There are 1 star albums I have rated that I got through easier than this. I still respect the musicianship though, and on the right day, it would probably be a fun listen.
Milton Nascimento
4/5
Christina Aguilera
4/5
Doves
3/5
Daft Punk
4/5
Ice T
4/5
The Stooges
4/5
CHVRCHES
4/5
Duke Ellington
4/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4/5
Marianne Faithfull
4/5
Roni Size
3/5
Richard Thompson
4/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Waylon Jennings
4/5
Love
3/5
The Monks
4/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Someone mentioned, when Waits is in the zone, he’s at his best, but man, when he isn’t, or he’s off-key, it’s a tough listen.
Moby Grape
3/5
Shuggie Otis
3/5
Ice Cube
4/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
Marilyn Manson
1/5
Sugar
2/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Mj Cole
2/5
Donald Fagen
3/5
I enjoy a lot of Steely Dan, so I was sure I'd enjoy this one, but was surprised to find I didn't as much I wanted to. It's hard to give a 3 vs a 4, because my knock on it is "The Steely Dan sounds like Steely Dan" which is obvious in a solo career, but was hoping for more. It is very reminiscent of Gaucho (release 2 years earlier) and besides I.G.Y and New Frontier sounding semi different I wouldn't be able to tell this was a solo project.
Janis Joplin
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5
5/5
The Crusaders
3/5
Machito
4/5
Dr. John
3/5
Cocteau Twins
5/5
The Who
3/5
Raekwon
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
Japan
3/5
The Pharcyde
4/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Eurythmics
4/5
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
Nanci Griffith
3/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
2/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
Dead Kennedys
5/5
Tito Puente
4/5
Little Richard
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Fugazi
3/5
Beyoncé
3/5
Drive Like Jehu
4/5
King Crimson
5/5
This is my personal all-time favorite album, and normally I would think that's a bias, but I truly think this deserves a 5, regardless of where I hold it. Normally I don't look at reviews, so I can form my own opinion without being swayed. I had an outline of what I was going to write regarding the milestones this album contributed to, and everything in between, but one of the top reviews said almost everything i had to say and more. I would reccomend reading that, because I wholeheartedly agree. (The review starting with 2/14/2022)
Radiohead
4/5
5/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
The KLF
2/5
Neil Young
3/5
4/5
Soft Machine
4/5
George Michael
3/5
Can
4/5
Tom Waits
2/5
The Hives
2/5
Maxwell
2/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
Todd Rundgren
4/5
John Martyn
4/5
Slint
3/5
The Damned
4/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Janet Jackson
3/5
Stereolab
4/5
Kanye West
4/5
Chicago
4/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Slayer
3/5
Dagmar Krause
3/5
Slipknot
3/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
Pixies
4/5
OutKast
4/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
The Zutons
2/5
LL Cool J
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Coldcut
4/5
New Order
3/5
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Jeff Beck
2/5
Khaled
3/5
The Fall
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Yes
4/5
k.d. lang
2/5
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Underworld
3/5
M.I.A.
3/5
SAULT
2/5
This album I think is by far the hardest I’ve had to rate so far a little over 500 albums in. I don’t usually look at reviews until I’ve made mine, but this one helped me put thoughts I had into words.
Despite only being 4 years ago, this feels like a timepiece in the fact that it would’ve been much more powerful during the time it was made for. That being said, I really flip-flopped throughout this album, because for as much good instrumentation and creativity, there is just as much repetitiveness and not-so-blunt delivery. There have been albums on this list, whether it be Beyoncé, Fela Kuti, Grandmaster Flash or even my last album the day before this MIA, and also artists that I haven’t gotten/aren’t on the list, range in decent to great delivery of their messages, and mantain their musical proficiency.
I agree with the sentiment that Wildfire is the best song out of this album, and would be most listenable, removed from the context of the album.
I don’t have a problem with the overall idea of the album, even though at times it feels lazy in the way it’s put to the listener, I just feel there are a lot better ways to convey Black Excellence/empowerment , especially with how rich the history of music is, and how much of it is owed to African/African-American artists. A great example in modern times is GREY AREA- Little Simz, another album on this list released 1 year earlier, (and one of my biggest regrets of giving a lower rating than it deserves.)
The National
3/5
The Beta Band
2/5
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
The Temptations
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Ravi Shankar
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Beck
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Stereo MC's
2/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Meat Puppets
3/5
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
John Grant
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
There aren't many albums on this list that I have personal negative bias towards, but this is one. I've had 1 star albums that were easier to get through than this. I enjoy the instrumental sound they have, but man this is one of the top examples of vocals absolutely killing a band for me.
Black Sabbath
5/5
Joanna Newsom
4/5
Joan Baez
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
The Residents
2/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
The Smiths
5/5
The Undertones
3/5
Moby
2/5
Meat Loaf
4/5
Killing Joke
4/5
The Style Council
2/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Rod Stewart
2/5
The White Stripes
3/5
UB40
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
The Zombies
2/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
The B-52's
4/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Dire Straits
5/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Radiohead
3/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Supergrass
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Talvin Singh
2/5
Air
3/5
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
Elis Regina
4/5
Madonna
3/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Dire Straits
4/5
The Coral
2/5
Steve Earle
2/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Primal Scream
3/5
Butthole Surfers
2/5
Otis Redding
4/5
Spiritualized
4/5
Dennis Wilson
3/5
ABBA
4/5
Sisters Of Mercy
4/5
The Modern Lovers
2/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
David Bowie
5/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Skunk Anansie
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Sam Cooke
5/5
Jane Weaver
2/5
Eagles
4/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Gillian Welch
4/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Dwight Yoakam
4/5
The Cult
2/5
T. Rex
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Faith No More
3/5
Kanye West
5/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
Method Man
4/5
Bobby Womack
4/5
Merle Haggard
3/5
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
The Byrds
4/5
KISS
2/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Aphex Twin
4/5
Gang Starr
4/5
Mylo
2/5
Wild Beasts
2/5
Traffic
4/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
Common
4/5
Gotan Project
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Big Black
4/5
The Doors
5/5
Traffic
3/5
Lou Reed
4/5
The Blue Nile
3/5
Morrissey
2/5
Deee-Lite
3/5
Yes
4/5
Pantera
4/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
Devendra Banhart
2/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Peter Tosh
3/5
Doves
3/5
Coldplay
3/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Dr. Octagon
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Cypress Hill
2/5
The Police
4/5
Television
5/5
10cc
2/5
Digital Underground
3/5
Neil Young
4/5
Pavement
3/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Gene Clark
4/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Lightning Bolt
4/5
Orbital
3/5
Kate Bush
5/5
As a mid 20's person, my instinct on seeing this, was of course, thinking about how Running Up That Hill absolutely blew back up in 2022, to the point where you couldn't be on any sort of social media without hearing the song within 10 minutes. (Not that it's a bad thing, just making a point) This didn't give me a negative or positive bias going in, as I don't know much about her besides that, just I knew to expect a heavy hitter. I was pleasantly surprised as a fan of prog rock, and as someone who sometimes needs 2nd listens to certain pop (Heaven or Las Vegas comes to mind) to truly understand it, how well both these elements shined, on the first listen. The aforementioned track deserves it's flowers as the most infamous song, because it stands out from the rest. That doesn't mean the rest of the album disappoints. Kate seems to have been experimenting (especially in the backhalf) in ways that feels 20+ years ahead of her time. Things you see modern artists try to do with their albums. Through 3 of her albums generated, she is the one of the original pop blueprints for maximizing sound to instantly punch through and grant you a vision beyond the lush, purple cover, on what the album is supposed to sound and feel like.
I can understand this album not hitting for others, since I've had a few albums similar to this (including one her other albums) that I just couldn't get right away, but you can't deny the artistic talent, and influence to come from it afterwards.
Justin Timberlake
2/5
Skepta
3/5
I'm learning that I'm not the biggest fan of Grime and British rap, which is unfortunate, cause I can see the talent there, and enjoy the sound, it just hasn't clicked for me expect for Little SIMZ, and even then, I gave it a 2 (regretfully) and only came around to it after the 2nd or 3rd listen. I could see the same happening with this album, but it feels repetitive in the blueprint for the songs.
Black Flag
4/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Barry Adamson
2/5
The Clash
4/5
Objectively one of the best punk albums out there, and an absolute trendsetter, only reason I'm not giving a 5, is simply because I'm not huge on punk.
D'Angelo
2/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Ozomatli
2/5
Elastica
3/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Venom
3/5
Dion
2/5
Afrika Bambaataa
2/5
Small Faces
3/5
Guided By Voices
2/5
Laibach
3/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Truly one of the greatest albums of all time, and probably in my personal top 3. There's not much I can say that hasn't already been said.
Robbie Williams
2/5
The Police
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Ministry
2/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
MGMT
3/5
Talking Heads
5/5
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Cee Lo Green
2/5
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
Pavement
4/5
3/5
diet duran duran, not a good or bad thing.
The Young Gods
2/5
The Incredible String Band
2/5
Van Halen
5/5
Bad Brains
4/5
Lambchop
2/5
Mike Ladd
4/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
Bonnie Raitt
2/5
Kid Rock
2/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
4/5
I 100% understand why this is a bottom 10 album (10 at the time of writing) on this list. Reviews like "what the actual fuck" and "Sounds like drums beating saxophones" are 100% accurate, and made me laugh. Funnily enough, I, going in blind, decided to listen to this album (of all the ones to pick) while trying to lay down to start to go to sleep. I will say though, maybe it caught me on a good day, and especially after 10-15 straight albums of middling of the pack psychedelic albums, one off 2000's pop albums (Looking at you Ceelo) or British wannabes from different eras, trying to emulate Oasis, Blur, The Beatles, or even Radiohead. (Not to say there aren't great versions of these things listed) but this was incredibly refreshing to hear, even if sonically, it wasn't nearly as accessible. This is by far my biggest positive stray from the pack in terms of rating, and after all, is that not what this project is for?
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
TV On The Radio
2/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
The Pretty Things
3/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
The Clash
5/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Louis Prima
4/5
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
Mariah Carey
3/5
David Ackles
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
I love this project, but I sometimes feel the perception you get of some artists are victim to the order you get their albums in.
Example: I got 6 of Bob Dylan’s 7 albums on this list in my first 100 Albums, Time out of Mind and Royal Albert Hall were the first (not the best introductory to him) and 700 albums later I haven’t pulled Highway 61 Revisited. Which is by far his most acclaimed.)
I bring this up in the case of MBV, as I’ve gotten them almost back to back, but neither of them being Loveless, which holds great weight to a lot of people. Both their debut and their long awaited follow-up to the aforementioned Loveless, I just can’t fully grasp. It’s a paradox of enjoying each sound individually, but with it all together, maybe I don’t? I’m not sure. I wonder if I would’ve enjoyed it more had I gotten Loveless first?
Objectively this is a good album, but it lacked something for me. I’m really hoping this can be one of those album’s like previous ones to where, down the line I can relisten with fresh ears and enjoy this album more.
George Jones
3/5
4/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Girls Against Boys
2/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
3/5
Supertramp
3/5
Throwing Muses
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
John Lennon
4/5
Soft Cell
2/5
Hüsker Dü
2/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Sade
4/5
T. Rex
3/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
American Music Club
3/5
Erykah Badu
3/5
Faust
4/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Blur
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Anita Baker
4/5
Alanis Morissette
4/5
Serge Gainsbourg
2/5
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
Kings of Leon
2/5
Silver Jews
2/5
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
The Roots
4/5
Neu!
4/5
Julian Cope
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Ash
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Judas Priest
4/5
The Sonics
4/5
Suede
3/5
Love
2/5
Morrissey
2/5
New Order
3/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
I've always been a Songs in the Key of Life guy (so much so, that it's going to be in contention for my favorite when all is said and done.) But I saved the rest for this project, knowing they were coming. Talking Book was a great album, but good in Stevie standards, FFF was also great, but this one by far takes the cake. Legit one of the best albums I've ever heard. Crisp production, captivating bass and backing tracks, and great lyricism as always. Easiest 5 in a while.
Frank Ocean
4/5
Os Mutantes
4/5
Adam & The Ants
2/5
Neil Young
4/5
Heaven 17
2/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
4/5
Germs
3/5
System Of A Down
4/5
N.E.R.D
3/5
Randy Newman
2/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
Gorillaz
3/5
Hawkwind
4/5
The Dictators
3/5
Tracy Chapman
5/5
Goldie
2/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Common
5/5
The Fall
3/5
Can
4/5
The xx
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
k.d. lang
3/5
The Young Rascals
2/5
Sebadoh
3/5
The Waterboys
3/5
Rush
4/5
Pixies
3/5
Björk
4/5
Split between giving a genuine review and making a “Me when I see the horse of wisdom” joke due to Pagan Poetry.
Tom Tom Club
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Spacemen 3
3/5
Don McLean
4/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Elbow
3/5
The Jam
3/5
Deerhunter
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
The Verve
4/5
Lorde
4/5
As someone who’s grown up in this 2000’s/2010’s pop era, I find some of the really bad albums on this list easier to listen to than the pop that’s oversatured my listening tastes for virtually my entire life. This is objectively good, and Lorde has a great voice, but something about this modern style just makes me impatient very quickly due to how much I wanna branch out from this.
Reading the top review is funny though, considering I’m a millennial who has King Crimson as one of their favorite artists of all time. So maybe they were onto something there.
The Mars Volta
5/5
There's a select dozen of albums, that I go into not having heard of them at ALL, and it blows me out the water. This was one of them. A fun album, that I truly wasn't sure I had grasped, so I waited and listened to it 1 more time, to confirm before giving it a rating.
Scissor Sisters
2/5
Thin Lizzy
3/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
Maybe it’s because I love prog, but I loved how all over the place this was, so I def understand the lower rating on this album, but this was just a lot of fun overall
Bob Dylan
5/5
Brian Wilson
4/5
Getting this album the day Brian Wilson passed away, and judging by others online, this may have not been a coincidence. If it was forced, there are very few people still alive on this list, maybe Mccartney/Dylan, that would deserve a forced generation, but Brian Wilson is one of them. His impact and pure understanding of the theory of music shines, even 40 years later from the original making of this album. Maybe it's due to him passing, that I took a closer listen and enjoyed it with a heavy heart, despite not being a Beach Boys enthuiast, but you couldn't describe modern music today, without him.
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
Hot Chip
2/5
Bad Company
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Motörhead
4/5
It’s about what you’d expect from 3 hours of Motörhead. Great for ‘81 though, and you can clearly see the influence on Thrash Metal. That being said, I love the Ace of Spades, but hearing it then 2-3 songs eeriely similar isn’t the best. Fun album though.
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
Buzzcocks
2/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Eric Clapton
2/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
Nico
3/5
Ray Price
3/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
N.W.A.
5/5
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Throbbing Gristle
2/5
Objectively, this is a rough listen, and understandable on why it’s the lowest album. I’m going a 2, because there were a few enjoyable songs, and also, there are elements in this album, that I’ve heard influence bands, 10, 20 years on.
Jungle Brothers
4/5
The Gun Club
3/5
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Shivkumar Sharma
4/5
Frank Black
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
John Cale
3/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
The Verve
2/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Van Morrison
4/5
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Neneh Cherry
3/5
Portishead
4/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
The Thrills
2/5
Animal Collective
3/5
Red Snapper
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Beatles
5/5
50 Cent
4/5
Rahul Dev Burman
4/5
Joe Ely
3/5
Bill Callahan
4/5
The Birthday Party
2/5
I hear shades of Joy Division, Tom Waits, and Jim Morrison in this, all 3 who I've grown to love throughout this project. Problem is, Nick Cave is currently on the opposite side of the spectrum of that. I genuinely didn't mind it compared to some of the other lower rated albums on the list. I think if you Cave's vocals out for over half the songs, it's pretty decent musicianship. I also don't think we needed to reaffirm that Joe is dead, with a 2nd version but it never hurts I suppose.
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Mott The Hoople
2/5
William Orbit
3/5
Decent background music, but not the best music to full-fledged listen to, about as down the middle you can get.
Björk
4/5
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Cyndi Lauper
5/5
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Jazmine Sullivan
3/5
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
David Crosby
3/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
The album sounds very nice, and I like the instrumental, but every couple songs, the lyrics just sound so forced that I have a reaction to it. Similar to an edgy teenager trying to portray themselves as an outcast, or putting on a mask.
Tricky
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
5/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
4/5
A bit long, and a bit unstructured at time, but really enjoyed the album.
Madness
2/5
The Band
4/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Antony and the Johnsons
3/5
Le Tigre
4/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
Todd Rundgren
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
I'm pretty neutral on a lot of artists on this list, and most music that is lower rated, I would be forgiving on, and even my 1's were early on, and probably changed now. All this to say, that I firmly believe Elvis Costello for me is my "worst artist" on this list. I can't get with him, and most if not all of his albums I have not enjoyed, and not a single one has left a memorable mark on me.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
a-ha
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Koffi Olomide
2/5
The Specials
2/5
The Kinks
2/5
Frank Sinatra
5/5
John Coltrane
5/5
Big Star
3/5
MC Solaar
4/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
Wilco
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
The Adverts
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
The Associates
2/5
Frank Zappa
5/5
Alice In Chains
4/5
Megadeth
5/5
Admittedly, I don't think this is their best (see Rust in Peace), and may not be as much as a 5 as others I have rated, but I have a soft spot for Megadeth, and taking them at face value, it's a pretty great album. I'm not listening to get introspective, or take a lesson (not that you couldn't) the experience of Friedman shredding, and Mustaine's one of a kind vocals (whether that's good or bad) is the fun in it.
Wire
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Haircut 100
3/5
David Gray
2/5
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
Was more interested in the concept as it started than I expected to be, but it fell flat fast. Not bad, just not 90 minutes worth.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Living Colour
4/5
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
Thundercat
4/5
Prince
4/5
Slade
2/5
Pulp
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
2/5
The Charlatans
2/5
808 State
3/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Bon Jovi
3/5
The Stooges
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Lupe Fiasco
5/5
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
Basement Jaxx
3/5
David Bowie
5/5
John Martyn
3/5
Joy Division
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
The Stooges
4/5
Laura Nyro
4/5
Ananda Shankar
3/5
The xx
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Temptations
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Grateful Dead
4/5
The Strokes
4/5
5/5
I've really changed my mind on The Beatles throughout this project, especially after hearing a lot of music before and after they impacted the history of it. My project had most of their early albums in my first 200, and then abbey road at 250. I am at 950, and I just got White Album a few weeks back, and now Sgt. Peppers (here's hoping after I send this Revolver shows up.) Albums I know are on this list, I refuse to listen until they generate, even if it takes 700...
This is one of the few albums that I truly can't wrap my head around how it sounds for it's time. It both sounds like the 60's, but also sounds ahead of anything of the year 1967 (besides VU & Nico debut) I thoroughly enjoyed this album.
There's a juxtaposition with the rating on this album. I can see the case for rating this lower than expected based on not liking The Beatles, whether you think it holds up to their other albums, or even are just tired of the 60's sound in general due to Dimery's ever so bias towards 4-5 certain genres. However, there's also an inherit case to be made, that the pure gravitas of the album, and the culture shock it emitted, can only make it a 4 or 5 at the very minimum. One that gets harder to understand and empathize with the impact, the farther we get from the 1960's. Whether it's the outlook the west took after the album came out in the Summer of Love, the full-forced incorporation of eastern music, the artistic expression of album covers, sleeves, promotion, and easter eggs in song and design, the musical directions this would inspire, or of course, the stampeding statement trying to normalize, that this has been sparked by the use of LSD among others, you could argue that never has an album so sharply impacted the world, and it could only be a high rating.
When you hear bands proudly declare that their grandiose album, that they poured everything into artistically, is their "Sgt. Pepper's", that's gotta count for something right?
Def Leppard
3/5
A trend in these hair/glam metal albums, are about 3-4 good hits that made the radio that you recognize. Any other song on the album is not nearly as good or listenable, and drags it down.
Cornershop
3/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Aimee Mann
3/5
Tough one to rate, I like her voice, I just don't know if it's the musical style, or lyrical content, but it drags it down a bit for me.
Cream
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Public Enemy
5/5
This isn’t on the same level as Fear of a Black Planet or my personal favorite It Takes a Million… so this would be a 4, but I was in the gym while playing this and it added an extra star
fIREHOSE
4/5
One of the more coinflip albums I’ve gotten in recent memory, parts of it felt truly forgettable or middling, and other parts I really grooved with. Depending on the day, and how I’m feeling this could’ve been anywhere from a 2 to a 4, today it caught me on a good day, so it gets a 4.
Jeff Buckley
5/5
The Offspring
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Fever Ray
3/5
Kings of Leon
2/5
B.B. King
4/5
Air
4/5
Lucinda Williams
3/5
The Cure
4/5
Madonna
3/5
Eminem
5/5
One of those albums, that unless you have a massive disdain for hip-hop in general, I can't fathom not understanding the importance of at least 4-5 songs, much less the full album. Probably within the first 10 albums you would list regarding hip-hop, if you had to sit and create this list yourself of 1001 albums. As for the actual album review, it's Eminem in his bag both lyrically and sonically, it's him at his absolute peak, knowing the influence he has (whether he wants it or not) and weaponizing it in such an unbelievable manner unrivaled in music. I'm not a huge fan of horror-core at times, especially cause it's a thin line between shock value, and just plain corniness, but for the most part the line is toed very well. Not my favorite Hip-Hop album of all time, but you can't tell the story of the 2000's without Slim Shady.
The Jam
3/5
The The
3/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
The Band
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
The Beau Brummels
3/5
New York Dolls
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Björk
4/5
Massive Attack
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Ride
4/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
Fugees
4/5
Funkadelic
5/5
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
M.I.A.
4/5
I had almost the same questioned reaction as one of the top reviews on this project. "M.I.A. has a second album on this list...?" I actually really enjoyed this one a lot more than the first album I got from her. (so much so I may go back and try that one again at some point.) It's a hard genre to pin-point at times, but I got a cool feeling of being able to hear the past and future in at same points in some songs. The sound of Fela Kuti, aggresiveness of Public Enemy, but also, hearing future rappers like Little Simz, and even the massive wave of K-pop that has washed over worldwide the last decade or so, you can pull similarities from this album, almost a quarter century before. (ugh) Can easily see why people rate this lower, but these type of albums make it very interesting.
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
Orange Juice
3/5
The Who
4/5
The Doors
4/5