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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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What's That Noise?
Coldcut
|
5 | 2.78 | +2.22 |
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Chris
Christine and the Queens
|
5 | 2.82 | +2.18 |
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Street Signs
Ozomatli
|
5 | 2.87 | +2.13 |
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Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
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5 | 2.88 | +2.12 |
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Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
|
4 | 1.9 | +2.1 |
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When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
|
5 | 2.91 | +2.09 |
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More Specials
The Specials
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5 | 2.96 | +2.04 |
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O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
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5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
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The Coral
The Coral
|
5 | 3 | +2 |
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Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
|
5 | 3.02 | +1.98 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
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2 | 3.3 | -1.3 |
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First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
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2 | 3.29 | -1.29 |
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Teen Dream
Beach House
|
2 | 3.27 | -1.27 |
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
|
3 | 4.26 | -1.26 |
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Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
|
2 | 3.25 | -1.25 |
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Virgin Suicides
Air
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2 | 3.24 | -1.24 |
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Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
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1 | 2.22 | -1.22 |
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
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2 | 3.17 | -1.17 |
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Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
|
3 | 4.16 | -1.16 |
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Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
|
2 | 3.14 | -1.14 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4.67 |
| AC/DC | 2 | 5 |
| The Police | 2 | 5 |
| Fela Kuti | 2 | 5 |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 5 |
| Portishead | 2 | 5 |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 4.33 |
| Radiohead | 5 | 4 |
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Beck
5/5
I really like this. Had a lot of Beck on here and this is the best I’ve heard so far.
2 likes
AC/DC
5/5
There may be many things AC/DC are not, but one thing they really ARE is fun. And sometimes that’s just what you need. Take my stars…
1 likes
Einstürzende Neubauten
4/5
This is audio performance art. It doesn’t have to make sense and you don’t have to immediately understand what it’s all about, for it to get to you. From what I’ve read, if you saw them live you also got the visual performance art to go with it - which I’m sad, but also relieved(?) to be missing out on. Ultimately this was interesting, and engaging enough that I listened all the way through - which can’t be said of some of the very mid, bland, inoffensive pop albums on this list. So I’m giving it more stars than it seems most people have done.
1 likes
1-Star Albums (2)
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The Velvet Underground
3/5
Very chilled and relaxing - which is really nice if you’re in need of this vibe. I thought I couldn’t stand Lou Reed - but it turns out that’s just certain songs I’ve heard too many times over. Overall I enjoyed this one.
The Kinks
3/5
Some bangers on here. Very 60s, not entirely my thing but I did enjoy it.
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
These guys were better than I remembered them being. Solid album
De La Soul
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Nice
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Totes emosh
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4/5
Very 80s but I liked it
Neil Young
3/5
This is probably better than I realise - not particularly captivated on first listen, but maybe I wasn’t paying enough attention. Will give it another go at some point.
Prince
4/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Nice guitar stuff on here - not a big fan of the guy’s voice and style overall, but this was easy to listen to.
The White Stripes
5/5
Love this album. Not a bad song on it, and a nice variety considering it’s all done by 2 people. I forgot how good the White Stripes were/are.
Paul Weller
4/5
This was decent. Think I need to listen again to do it justice, but I enjoyed it.
Megadeth
3/5
Not totally my bag but there’s some great guitar work in here and definitely better than I expected
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Like the music, not into the vocals
David Bowie
4/5
Weird but good weird. Never paid Bowie too much attention before but I definitely need to listen to this one again.
Mike Ladd
3/5
Meh
Al Green
4/5
Lovely
Rush
4/5
I like this one - never really listened to Rush but will listen again
Bob Dylan
4/5
I liked this more than I thought I would. Good old Bob.
KISS
3/5
John Grant
2/5
John Cale
2/5
Not my cup of tea
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Not really my thing but not bad
Frank Ocean
5/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
2/5
Not my bag at all
Kelela
4/5
Really liked this one - can’t believe I’d not heard of her before!
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Fine
The Beach Boys
4/5
Nice
PJ Harvey
4/5
I liked this one
N.W.A.
4/5
Boston
4/5
Impressive
Beatles
3/5
Middle of the road Beatles innit
Badly Drawn Boy
4/5
Nice
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
All over the place but I think I like it?
The Cardigans
2/5
Not my thing
Kraftwerk
5/5
Loved this
Eagles
4/5
Dolly Parton
5/5
Lovely. Dolly is a legend
Pretenders
5/5
Loved this
Miles Davis
4/5
Delightful
New Order
5/5
Loved this
Kanye West
3/5
Batshit but… decent?
SZA
4/5
Liked this one - need to listen again.
AC/DC
5/5
Fun. How could you not enjoy AC/DC? Whatever else it might be (to me that’s mainly “Dad music”) this is a real feelgood mood booster of an album.
Daft Punk
5/5
Love love love this album. Groundbreaking in its day and just a boo from start to finish.
Waylon Jennings
2/5
Not my bag
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
4/5
Never heard of this guy but this was interesting
Happy Mondays
2/5
Meh
Radiohead
4/5
Melancholy but sublime
Tears For Fears
3/5
Not sure about this one
The Offspring
3/5
They got better with time. This showed some promise and had plenty of energy in a way I like, but it got a bit samey by the end
Beach House
2/5
Too miserable and not interesting enough for my liking
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Love this one
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5/5
Loved this, can’t believe I’ve not listened to this whole album before. A great mix of bangers, more chilled out numbers and some more beautiful, deep, complex tracks that definitely need another listen.
Judas Priest
4/5
Wouldn’t say this was particularly good… but heck I enjoyed it a lot
Billie Holiday
4/5
Nice
Beatles
5/5
Love the Beatles, love this album
Astor Piazzolla
4/5
Lovely
Gorillaz
4/5
So chill. I like
Beck
3/5
Nick Drake
3/5
I enjoy Nick Drake’s sound and style but this got pretty samey after a while
Bee Gees
3/5
I’m sure there’s so much brilliance here but at first listen it was probably mostly lost on me. Sorry!
Taylor Swift
4/5
I like this one, lots of bangers. Second half of the album was definitely weaker than the first but overall this was a good time.
Billy Joel
3/5
Billy Joel innit.
Stan Getz
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Dagmar Krause
1/5
Wtf is this?!
Radiohead
4/5
I like this one.
The Police
5/5
Loved this one. Upbeat but complex and dark all at once.
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Not sure about this one, or about Björk generally. Think it needs another listen.
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Some bangers, bit too much sappy filler. Overall decent album.
Iron Butterfly
4/5
Wasn’t keen to start with but after the first couple of songs it got better. Title track was a meandering delight.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Lovely voice but most of this felt a bit samey, and not really my cup of tea. Sorry Stevie!
Pixies
4/5
Real good fun this one.
Fela Kuti
5/5
Joyful and just excellent. What a breath of fresh air.
Joan Armatrading
5/5
Loved this. Needs another listen
Bob Dylan
4/5
Björk
4/5
I like this one.
The Allman Brothers Band
5/5
Loved this.
Don McLean
3/5
k.d. lang
4/5
LL Cool J
3/5
Cat Stevens
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Fun
Röyksopp
4/5
Lovely chill album
Silver Jews
3/5
Meh
The Everly Brothers
4/5
Lovely
Johnny Cash
4/5
Nice
Arcade Fire
3/5
Some bangers, some overly melancholy blandness
The Youngbloods
4/5
I liked this one a lot
Nas
4/5
Parliament
5/5
Absolutely loved this
Beastie Boys
4/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Nice
Roxy Music
4/5
Very interesting, need to come back to this one
Herbie Hancock
5/5
Loved this
Faust
4/5
Interesting
Sister Sledge
3/5
Nice but not really my cup of tea
ZZ Top
4/5
Fun
The Byrds
3/5
Fine
The Cure
4/5
Need to have another listen of this one, very interesting
The Police
5/5
Banger
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
Jurassic 5
5/5
Love this
Fela Kuti
5/5
Excellent
Beyoncé
3/5
Ryan Adams
4/5
Nice
Songhoy Blues
5/5
Love love love this
The Rolling Stones
3/5
It’s the stones innit
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Nice
Saint Etienne
3/5
Interesting
Ray Price
3/5
Pixies
4/5
The Stone Roses
4/5
Method Man
3/5
Not really my thing, but enjoyable enough
Carpenters
4/5
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Pulp
4/5
Norah Jones
4/5
Madonna
4/5
Nostalgia central, reminds me of being 9 years old. Some bangers here
Depeche Mode
5/5
Love
Talking Heads
4/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Eurythmics
4/5
Animal Collective
3/5
Not sure about this one
Sonic Youth
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Super Furry Animals
4/5
Mylo
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Supertramp
4/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
Ramones
3/5
The Psychedelic Furs
4/5
Eminem
4/5
Can’t help it, I know I shouldn’t but I like it. 2001, you were something.
Paul Simon
4/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
The Monkees
3/5
3/5
Adele
4/5
The Smiths
4/5
Ravi Shankar
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
The National
5/5
Beck
3/5
Frank Zappa
4/5
The Stooges
4/5
Joe Ely
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
The Incredible String Band
2/5
Metallica
5/5
Man I love this album.
Nina Simone
5/5
The Cult
4/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
The Who
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Fugees
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Appreciate this for what it is, but not really my vibe
Megadeth
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Beck
5/5
I really like this. Had a lot of Beck on here and this is the best I’ve heard so far.
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Better than expected
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
I can appreciate the good things about this (lovely harmonies, very relaxing to listen to) but it just doesn’t grab my attention. I’m crying out for an album on this damn list that does that, it’s been a while!
Pulp
4/5
The Hives
3/5
Meh
Liz Phair
5/5
Ok I don’t know what I expected, but I really enjoyed this.
5/5
Love this so much
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Foo Fighters
3/5
Started off very meh and just wasn’t catching my attention, but the second half was a lot better.
Air
2/5
Meh
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Mekons
3/5
Air
4/5
Santana
4/5
The Pogues
2/5
Not my bag, found this tricky to get through.
Lana Del Rey
3/5
Beautiful but made me sad. I’ll listen again next time I need to cry or am feeling sorry for myself 😂
Skepta
4/5
Coldplay
5/5
Never gave Coldplay the time of day before, and remember early Coldplay as depressing and mushy - but actually this one was great all the way through. Pleasantly surprised.
George Michael
3/5
Meh
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
4/5
Fun
3/5
Can’t decide how I feel about this one. Probably needs another listen.
Prince
5/5
Good ol’ Prince. Not a song on here that isn’t a banger. Love it.
B.B. King
4/5
Orbital
3/5
Not sure about this one.
Grateful Dead
4/5
Rush
4/5
Interesting, needs another listen
The Zombies
3/5
Sixties, innit. Pleasant nonetheless.
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Not really my cup of tea but did give me a lovely cosy old-timey feeling and I enjoyed it for what it was.
5/5
Can’t help but love - it’s got nearly all their bangers on one album.
Wilco
2/5
Dreary. Sorry, couldn’t find anything to like much here.
R.E.M.
4/5
The Doors
5/5
Love this one. Probably shouldn’t but I do.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Can’t get excited about this.
The Who
3/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Decent
Lorde
4/5
Dark, sad, raw, lovely.
Muddy Waters
4/5
Ministry
4/5
Keith Jarrett
3/5
I can appreciate this, but I just don’t care for it right now.
Queen
4/5
Kanye West
5/5
Violent Femmes
4/5
Lightning Bolt
3/5
Just noise. Sometimes great, sometimes terrible. Can’t decide how I feel about this one.
Os Mutantes
3/5
Very cheerful. Clearly made in a simpler more carefree time.
Screaming Trees
4/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
The Coral
5/5
Fun
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Elvis Costello
4/5
Fun
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
The Specials
5/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
I wish I could live this more but it did get very sandy after a few songs
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Beatles
3/5
Beatles innit
Dire Straits
4/5
So chill.
Metallica
4/5
It’s not master of puppets but it does have quite a few bangers.
Slint
4/5
Interesting. Need to listen again.
a-ha
2/5
Not my bag
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
Didn’t expect to love this but I did
Derek & The Dominos
5/5
Deep Purple
3/5
May need to return to this - couldn’t stay focused
Gene Clark
4/5
Alice Cooper
4/5
Metallica
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Lovely
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Just can’t get behind Leonard
Willie Nelson
3/5
Nice
Marianne Faithfull
5/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Isaac Hayes
5/5
David Bowie
4/5
The Temptations
4/5
Lauryn Hill
3/5
U2
4/5
Enjoyed this more than I thought I would
The Temptations
4/5
4/5
Elastica
3/5
Think I need to listen again and pay this more attention. Some good songs, overall didn’t do a lot for me.
Hookworms
2/5
Meh
The Who
4/5
Kanye West
4/5
Queen
4/5
Moby
5/5
God I forgot how good Moby is. Delicious
Morrissey
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Hot Chip
4/5
Bangers at the front, got less interesting towards the last few tracks. Still there’s some tasty stuff here, and I think Hot Chip are generally kind of underrated. Deserves another listen.
The B-52's
3/5
Small Faces
2/5
This brand of 60’s “happy little trip” psychedelic rock just doesn’t do anything for me. I think you had to be there, but I wasn’t born until 24 years after this release.
John Coltrane
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
I appreciate how good this is, and how accomplished. However, it’s Radiohead so it’s depressing. It didn’t help that I listened to it while driving in a heavy fog/rain, at night, as the seasons are turning into a very damp autumn, but holy Jebus the melancholy is thick. I’ll give it another listen (probably many more), but the way it made me feel makes me reluctant to give it 5 stars.
Rod Stewart
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Fun
Dr. John
3/5
R.E.M.
5/5
I love this album. I first heard it aged 14 or 15, making my way through my parents’ cd collection. Back then I had a habit of listening to an album on my Walkman, in bed, to help me get to sleep. Lying there in the dark noticing every detail of the music. This was one of my favourites from doing that. Lemme tell you, it was such a joy to come back to it 15 years later and find I love it even more. Not a single track I’d be inclined to skip. Is it uncool to like REM? I don’t know and I don’t care, this slaps as the kids say these days. ;)
Marty Robbins
3/5
Got a bit samey after a few songs, but I kind of enjoyed the old-times Wild West feels for what they were.
Steve Winwood
3/5
Meh.
4/5
Devendra Banhart
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Lovely in some places, interesting and engaging in places, a bit too much Billy Corgan in others. I enjoy the instrumentals very much but I find his voice a little too whiny and OTT at times and it ruins things a bit. Also 2 hours of smashing pumpkins is a bit too much smashing pumpkins for me. Overall I like this album, in small doses; the whole thing is too long.
Garbage
3/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
4/5
Interesting.
Michael Jackson
3/5
Not my favourite among MJ’s work.
Slade
4/5
Fun
Jack White
3/5
Little Richard
4/5
Ozomatli
5/5
Portishead
5/5
The Cars
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Flamin' Groovies
4/5
The Vines
4/5
Liked this more than I thought I would
AC/DC
5/5
There may be many things AC/DC are not, but one thing they really ARE is fun. And sometimes that’s just what you need. Take my stars…
The Band
3/5
Germs
2/5
Bad
Portishead
5/5
Antony and the Johnsons
3/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Smooth
The Isley Brothers
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Janet Jackson
3/5
Pleasant enough and has some bangers, but it got a little samey after 4 or 5 songs.
Drive Like Jehu
4/5
Better than expected
4/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Ute Lemper
3/5
Not sure how to feel about this one
The Who
4/5
Fats Domino
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
Carole King
4/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
The Clash
4/5
Jethro Tull
4/5
The Sonics
5/5
Scissor Sisters
4/5
Throwing Muses
4/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
4/5
Gang Of Four
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
The Pharcyde
2/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
The La's
4/5
Christine and the Queens
5/5
Love this
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
4/5
This is audio performance art. It doesn’t have to make sense and you don’t have to immediately understand what it’s all about, for it to get to you. From what I’ve read, if you saw them live you also got the visual performance art to go with it - which I’m sad, but also relieved(?) to be missing out on. Ultimately this was interesting, and engaging enough that I listened all the way through - which can’t be said of some of the very mid, bland, inoffensive pop albums on this list. So I’m giving it more stars than it seems most people have done.
FKA twigs
3/5
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
Pearl Jam
5/5
The Pogues
4/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Tortoise
4/5
Aphex Twin
5/5
Pavement
2/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Alanis Morissette
5/5
Scritti Politti
3/5
1/5
Gave up after about 4 tracks
Orange Juice
3/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Jazmine Sullivan
4/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Not sure about this version of Goldfrapp, beautiful in a lot of ways but kinda creeped me out, not sure I’ll be listening again.
Aerosmith
3/5
Green Day
4/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Such a classic, never fails to bring out all of the emotions. Couldn’t quite stick it all the way through the 3 discs so I pretended there were only two and this was perfection.
Fishbone
4/5
Bon Jovi
3/5
Some bangers on here but it turns out my tolerance for Bon Jovi ends after about 4 songs
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Electric Light Orchestra
5/5
Steely Dan
4/5
American Music Club
3/5
Some lovely moments and I enjoyed the instrumentals a lot in places, but this brand of almost-country, Nick Cave meets the Smiths melancholia didn’t really do it for me.
Coldcut
5/5
King Crimson
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Soundgarden
4/5
Linkin Park
4/5
James Brown
4/5
Cornershop
5/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Frank Black
3/5
Maxwell
3/5
The Streets
4/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Upbeat and easy to listen to
Television
4/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
3/5
LTJ Bukem
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Blondie
5/5
This is nostalgia for me and I adore it. Mum used to put it on all the time while doing housework, when I was a kid. Simple good memories. Objectively also a banger.
Beastie Boys
4/5
Duke Ellington
4/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
Amy Winehouse
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Justin Timberlake
3/5
Meh - this didn’t age well. Not sure if it was even good to begin with.
Beatles
4/5
The Smiths
4/5
Ice T
5/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
The Cure
3/5
Primal Scream
4/5
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Decent
Arcade Fire
4/5
Blue Cheer
3/5
Yes
4/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
Delightful until it got boring