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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
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Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
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5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
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69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
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5 | 2.85 | +2.15 |
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Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
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5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
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Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
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5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
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Reign In Blood
Slayer
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5 | 2.96 | +2.04 |
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Heavy Weather
Weather Report
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5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
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Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
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5 | 2.99 | +2.01 |
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Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
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5 | 2.99 | +2.01 |
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Smile
Brian Wilson
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5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Funeral
Arcade Fire
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1 | 3.56 | -2.56 |
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
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1 | 3.41 | -2.41 |
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C'est Chic
CHIC
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1 | 3.34 | -2.34 |
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Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
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1 | 3.34 | -2.34 |
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
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1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
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The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
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1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
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Homework
Daft Punk
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1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
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Cross
Justice
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1 | 3.28 | -2.28 |
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Closer
Joy Division
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1 | 3.22 | -2.22 |
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Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
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1 | 3.11 | -2.11 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Beatles | 7 | 5 |
| The Rolling Stones | 6 | 4.83 |
| Bob Dylan | 7 | 4.57 |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4.75 |
| Leonard Cohen | 4 | 4.75 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 5 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 3 | 5 |
| Deep Purple | 3 | 5 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 4 | 4.5 |
| Yes | 3 | 4.67 |
| David Bowie | 8 | 4.13 |
| Green Day | 2 | 5 |
| Queen | 2 | 5 |
| Van Morrison | 2 | 5 |
| King Crimson | 2 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 2 | 5 |
| Fela Kuti | 2 | 5 |
| Aretha Franklin | 2 | 5 |
| John Lennon | 2 | 5 |
| The Clash | 2 | 5 |
| Stan Getz | 2 | 5 |
| Joni Mitchell | 2 | 5 |
| Motörhead | 2 | 5 |
| AC/DC | 2 | 5 |
| Rush | 2 | 5 |
| Van Halen | 2 | 5 |
| Miles Davis | 2 | 5 |
| Big Star | 2 | 5 |
| The Who | 4 | 4.25 |
| Prince | 3 | 4.33 |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 4.33 |
| Neil Young | 3 | 4.33 |
| Radiohead | 5 | 4 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Kanye West | 3 | 1 |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 1 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Air | 5, 2 |
| The Velvet Underground | 4, 1 |
| Pink Floyd | 2, 5 |
| Metallica | 5, 2, 5 |
5-Star Albums (170)
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Peter Gabriel · 2 likes
5/5
These songs contain powerfully articulated messages about everything from mental health to apartheid. Peter Gabriel is also enough of a musician to wrap these songs in music that serves the message. Dark and easy to listen to.
The Incredible String Band · 1 likes
1/5
Wow. I feel like this was the inspiration for Spinal Tap's folk phase. Which is parody. Just sayin'.
1-Star Albums (28)
All Ratings
Dire Straits
5/5
The Who
3/5
Lorde
3/5
great poet, music is disposable.
Beatles
5/5
Like kids in a toy store filled with musical instruments. And a record button.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
Just a perfect storm. It's only unfortunate that it was apparently painful to make, and that due to Joe Rogan's douchebaggery, facilitated by spotify, four songs are still missing from that service.
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
I love the way this album felt. The musicianship was simultaneously technical and organic. The themes are something I can't feel the way the musicians did. It's a very cohesive album, like an opera with suites.
Thelonious Monk
5/5
I appreciate this as a musician. it seems like a master class in tone and instrumentation. I hear stories in the notes.
Kate Bush
3/5
fIREHOSE
2/5
This is disposable, even by punk standards. There are a host of better punk bands more appropriately suited to this list, including Mike Watt's own Minutemen, who are probably the only reason this band got any attention. The extra star is for Mike.
CHIC
1/5
Green Day
5/5
Queen
5/5
Bad Brains
4/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
The Undertones
3/5
Just my personal opinion, not a slight of the band or it's multitude of loyal fans. Punk is a difficult beast, at it's best it's emotionally cathartic. Sometimes, it feels a little bit disposable. This will not stay with me, but 3 stars out of respect.
OutKast
4/5
I didn't want to listen to this album, then I did. Wow. The richness of the music with multiple layers interweaving seamlessly is hypnotic. The raps and ryhmes (I'm white, I don't know nothin', but I'm pretty sure there's a few different rap and rhyme styles being used interchangeably, and brilliantly) are like a mental massage. This was a fast and mood-alicious two plus hours, and I am gonna be listening again. Docked one point for releasing two solo albums as a band album. But better done than Kiss (1.5 out of 4 vs. 2/2 for Outkast)
Alice In Chains
5/5
First thing first. These guys are not grunge. This is the best kind of metal, borderline progressive, except that sturm and drang are favored over speed and flash. And the feel is real, the experiences written about here are being lived, viscerally, and felt at the deepest level by all four members. This is a historical record of a dying man, and the art does the story justice.
Boston
4/5
Classic album, even purported haters don't change the channel when this comes on (with maybe the exception of Let Me Take You Home Tonight). Some pioneering recording techniques and devices. Docking one point because Scholz could have achieved all this without being a monumental douchebag. But he did not kill Brad Delpy.
Billy Joel
5/5
Great classic album.
Radiohead
5/5
X-Ray Spex
2/5
This is completely subjective. Just not my thing. I found her voice insanely aggravating.
Eagles
4/5
I had only hear the hits on this album, so interesting to give it a listen. Mostly very country-rock-typical-what-you-expect-from-the-Eagles, pleasant but a bit banal after a while. A couple of nice surprises though, in Chug All Night and Take the Devil, which had some nice grit. Would love to hear Joe Walsh cover those.
Mudhoney
3/5
Disappointed. Was aware of the legend. Felt like more noise than innovation, insight or emotion. Very little dynamics. 3 stars for influencing countless, better others.
Louis Prima
3/5
Fun. Goofy. Iconic. Good music for when you're depressed. Don't know if it's a classic.
Janelle Monáe
5/5
Very pleasant surprise. A lot of styles under one umbrella, a new kind of progressive music. The spirit of the best prog rock, but with modern and non-rock musical elements. And what a great voice.
The Youngbloods
2/5
A few bright, inspired moments, but maudlin overall.
Fugazi
5/5
I don't know if it's punk. (and I'm not a punk "fan," so I don't have to make it a hobby of arguing about it) But it's visceral AND musical. Plus, Ian Mackaye.
The Pogues
4/5
The War On Drugs
3/5
The Verve
5/5
This just FELT good. I love the layers and tones of guitars and other classical instruments peppered throughout the album. Ashcroft has a distinct, emotive voice. Another pleasant surprise as I had only heard the singles.
The Cure
5/5
Amazing moodscapes. Haunting. Grabs you by the soul and yanks.
Peter Tosh
4/5
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
Love Bonnie Raitt. This album was a little too adult contemporary for me, not my favorite overall, but it had some of her best moments, and I am thrilled she finally got the mainstream recognition she richly deserved.
Nina Simone
3/5
I'm not a fan. When she's good, it's bone-chilling. Sometimes, her voice just scares me.
Prince
4/5
Great Prince album. Not yet his nadir.
Liz Phair
4/5
Incredible Bongo Band
2/5
So totally not my thing. I feel like I could have slapped this together.
Van Morrison
5/5
ZZ Top
5/5
Nick Drake
2/5
Maudlin. Not in a good way. And a bit one-dimensional.
Hawkwind
4/5
Another pleasant surprise. A little weird, a little out there, a little trippy, a little left field, but never boring. And some tight grooves locked in. Lemmy sounds like a kid.
Doves
3/5
Too pleasant. Very well orchestrated and well-articulated themes, thought provoking. But I didn't FEEL anything.
The Beach Boys
4/5
Lou Reed
3/5
Talking Heads
2/5
Really just not my thing. Didn't find it particularly musical on any level.
The Isley Brothers
4/5
I knew they were good, but this is great. The covers were an especially pleasant surprise
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Arcade Fire
1/5
I'll be honest. Though I actually think they're overrated, I'm dropping an extra start because Wyn Butler turns out to be a massive, misogynist douchebag. And he's about as Canadian as July 4th.
Fugees
4/5
King Crimson
5/5
The Shamen
1/5
Solange
4/5
Powerful messaging, beautiful voice. The music didn't quite do this justice, she could have used a little help there.
Syd Barrett
2/5
Portrait of an artist well on his way to insanity. Critics got this wrong. This would have rightly gotten zero attention without his tenure in Floyd. I am giving the extra star myself for this reason.
Coldplay
5/5
I love this. Layers upon layers provided by four excellent craftsmen, while remaining true to the storytelling roots of rock'n'roll. Classis Rock Poetry.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Peter Gabriel
5/5
These songs contain powerfully articulated messages about everything from mental health to apartheid. Peter Gabriel is also enough of a musician to wrap these songs in music that serves the message. Dark and easy to listen to.
LL Cool J
4/5
Mot my area of expertise, but really enjoyed listening to this. Smooth.
David Crosby
5/5
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
Stephen Stills
5/5
Pleasant surprise. A little more three dimensional than CSN, a little more 'rawk.'
Common
3/5
Joy Division
1/5
Art is subjective. I just do not get Joy Division. It must be genetic, like that person who doesn't like pizza.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Dr. Dre
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
5/5
Björk
2/5
Nirvana
5/5
Goes without saying. This is like, the Frampton Comes Alive of my generation.
The Doors
2/5
I've heard this to death all my life. Have never understood the idolatry for Morrison. The musicians have some skill, and would be enjoyable without his bloated egotistical excess.
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
I haven't lived these experiences, so giving the extra star seems disingenuous, if paradoxical.
Gang Of Four
3/5
Of its time.
Fela Kuti
5/5
I'm giving it a five in spite of the Ginger Baker distraction. Kuti is even better without it.
Gram Parsons
5/5
The Police
4/5
The balance of technical prowess and listenability is a fine one.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
A no-brainer. That voice gives me goosebumps. I feel every word she's singing.
Iron Maiden
5/5
I'm a metalhead. 9/10 metalheads will cite this album as a favorite of the genre. The tenth has brain damage from the bleach.
John Lennon
5/5
3/5
I respect it, the message was probably stronger then, and the music is a bit two-dimensional.
The Offspring
5/5
The Avalanches
2/5
A dozen songwriters is exactly as scattered as it sounds.
The Clash
5/5
This is really solid. Perfect mix of punk attitude and musicianship, the latter which helps get the message across IMHO. Stop wasting your time on the Sex Pistols. I like the US version better though.
Snoop Dogg
5/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Elton John
5/5
Stan Getz
5/5
Brian Wilson
5/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Derek & The Dominos
5/5
This is a brilliant album, which makes it all the more tragic that he has become an ogre. Why is an Englishman raising money for a U.S. presidential candidate, one who has to look to the left to see Donald Trump?
Fela Kuti
5/5
Janet Jackson
5/5
Coldcut
2/5
They wer ahead of their time, if not their time signature.
Beatles
5/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Pavement
5/5
I don't know how Malkmus got essentially a new band to see his vision, but it speaks to his songwriting that they understood how to execute. The perfect blend of art and chaos. Meticulously produced madness.
Christina Aguilera
4/5
I dock one point for the heavy use of tech (samples) when time and money was likely available to pay a few more great session musicians, maybe some that the ladies she is paying tribute to have used, but four stars for the message:
"I've waited for some time
To get inside the minds
Of every legend I've ever wanted to stand beside
So here I stand today
In tribute I do pay
To those before me who laid it down and paved the way"
Niiiice.
Bee Gees
3/5
I love the Bee Gees, but this got a bit repetitive. A little one-dimensional, not a lot of dynamics.
Air
5/5
This is downtemp/trip hop before it became a thing even. Innovative for its, and standing the test of, time.
Kate Bush
4/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
Really didn't like this. Then I kinda did.
Billie Holiday
5/5
Every note by every musician in this session is not just played, it's lived.
Steely Dan
4/5
The Jam
3/5
The problem with music that is message oriented is that if I can't pay absolute attention, I'm missing most of it.
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Like one really good 48 minute long song.
Jeru The Damaja
4/5
David Gray
4/5
Jimmy Smith
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
T. Rex
4/5
The xx
3/5
Beck
4/5
Mariah Carey
3/5
Lou Reed
4/5
I heard about all the controversy about this, many calling it a failure of vision. I enjoyed this, it is a perfect marriage of theater and rock'n'roll. Just a lot of layers musically, very rich, deep and satisfying.
Traffic
3/5
Jam bands are great. For the band. It's self-indulgent and your audience will all be musicians. I am one, which is why this didn't get two stars.
Keith Jarrett
5/5
Amazing what he did. Proof that talent wins over technology.
Carole King
5/5
Once you realize that it all sounds familiar because SHE created this sound.
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Pixies
5/5
Lana Del Rey
3/5
Can
2/5
Computer programming, not music.
Sinead O'Connor
5/5
GZA
4/5
Al Green
4/5
Ministry
4/5
The Stooges
4/5
Not what I was expecting. Legend is a strange thing. Was expecting 35 minutes of Anarchy, but there are a lot of flavors here. Some funky groove, and the aggression is measured.
Death In Vegas
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Better than I thought, but extremely repetitive. And 1:18 is too long. I wonder how much of this would be created or listened to in the absence of ecstasy.
Sister Sledge
4/5
Feel good. Funky!
Crosby, Stills & Nash
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Burning Spear
4/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
Solid, not stellar. Original blend of style for the time.
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Paul Simon
4/5
4/5
Supergrass
4/5
Devendra Banhart
4/5
This guy makes "folk" (not sure he'd buy into the label) sound original and visceral. And simultaneously fun and deep.
Ride
3/5
Being a member of the commonwealth apparently doesn't help bring this past average, or invoke a deeper understanding of the mania. Maybe Damon Albarn can explain it to me.
Linkin Park
5/5
Buena Vista Social Club
5/5
Transcendental. Real lives expressed in the most visceral way. And in the words of the immortal Gord Downie, "Get Ry Cooder to sing my eulogy!"
Japan
2/5
Duran Duran did it better.
Bebel Gilberto
4/5
Sexy. Hypnotic. Where's my lava lamp?
The Byrds
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
5/5
The perfect marriage of complexity and appeal.
Tom Tom Club
1/5
Important thing about 1001ABYD: It's a personal opinion. None of this album appeals to me in any way.
Beatles
5/5
Marty Robbins
4/5
Pleasant surprise. Heard the name before, recognized a couple songs.
Green Day
5/5
They got more people listening to punk that the sex pistols.
John Martyn
3/5
Elvis Costello
4/5
Eminem
4/5
To quote Christgau, "a devastating wordslinger." But docking a point for something he can't control, his gift being more innate than learned.
The Magnetic Fields
5/5
How you keep something this long this engaging is a work of passion and art.
Grateful Dead
3/5
10cc
3/5
Leonard Cohen
5/5
IMHO, his very best album, front to back, and a perfect exit.
Sigur Rós
5/5
This shouldn't work, but it does. How something so ethereal and fractured can sound melodic, thematic and centered is a work of art.
The White Stripes
4/5
Solid.
The Lemonheads
3/5
Meh.
Dusty Springfield
5/5
One of a kind.
Earth, Wind & Fire
5/5
The Temptations
4/5
Prince
5/5
Oasis
4/5
I have to split the fifth star evenly between the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, in that order, without whom none of this is possible. It's good company, and the reverence is articulate and brilliantly executed.
Klaxons
3/5
Joan Armatrading
5/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
Robert Wyatt
3/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
I mean, Joni and Jaco. Perfect.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Tracy Chapman
5/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Deep Purple
5/5
Boards of Canada
1/5
I do not like electronica, and this is everything I hate about it. Formless, shapeless, chronically repetitive. Like someone dropped a paperweight on a computer.
Antony and the Johnsons
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Kanye West
1/5
Refuse to listen.
The Young Rascals
3/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Pleasant surprise. Very good album all around.
Yes
5/5
David Bowie
4/5
Lost a point for self-indulgence. The fan is always right.
U2
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Yes
5/5
Basement Jaxx
3/5
Leonard Cohen
5/5
The Who
5/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
This was cool and innovative, and surprisingly melodic. The samples were used as for inspiration, not dericvation.
Simply Red
4/5
Butthole Surfers
4/5
Music needed this, the same way it needed Black Flag and Fugazi. It's not user friendly, but it's worth the effort. And to the haters: the music you and the critics fawn over wouldn't look so good if it wasn't for these guys.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
I don't get it.
The Who
4/5
Stan Getz
5/5
Otis Redding
5/5
Genesis
3/5
The Smiths
4/5
Never liked the Smiths. I liked this album.
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Jeff Buckley
3/5
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
The Clash
5/5
Portishead
5/5
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Duran Duran
4/5
Prince
4/5
Minutemen
5/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
All due respect to Christgau, comparing them to the Ramones is disingenuous, there is as little melody here as there is self-deprecating humour.
Suicide
2/5
I'm all for the dark stuff, but this makes Nine Inch Nails Look like Abba. Very one-dimensional.
Elvis Presley
5/5
N.W.A.
5/5
Tina Turner
5/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Guided By Voices
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
I'm docking a point for limiting Clarence Clemons to three tracks.
The Killers
4/5
Metallica
5/5
Love
3/5
Of it's time. Don't think it has aged particularly well.
Tim Buckley
4/5
Guns N' Roses
5/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
Given that he is known for his powerful storytelling, I wish I could understand more of what he's saying.
Motörhead
5/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Kanye West
1/5
Disgusting piece of shit.
Richard Hawley
3/5
I found it very one-dimensional.
The Zutons
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Jack White
4/5
Blondie
4/5
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
Bobby Womack
4/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
Thin Lizzy
5/5
Paul Simon
5/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
5/5
The Kinks
4/5
Circle Jerks
4/5
Alanis Morissette
5/5
Jimi Hendrix
2/5
I never understood Hendrix. I get the skill level, but songwriting? Mostly a wankfest. Dull and repetitive.
Lenny Kravitz
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Ozomatli
3/5
3/5
AC/DC
5/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Talking Heads
3/5
The Beta Band
3/5
5/5
4/5
3/5
The Crusaders
3/5
Motörhead
5/5
5/5
Taylor Swift
5/5
Aerosmith
5/5
Ray Price
3/5
The xx
3/5
Cream
4/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
4/5
The Doors
4/5
Chicago
5/5
Queen
5/5
The Smiths
3/5
Ray Charles
5/5
Gorillaz
4/5
Thundercat
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Daft Punk
1/5
Computers have been replacing humans for a long time.
Björk
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Duke Ellington
5/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Neil Young
4/5
Throwing Muses
3/5
ABBA
5/5
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Supergrass
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Frank Ocean
3/5
Aimee Mann
3/5
Faith No More
4/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Spiritualized
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
Buzzcocks
4/5
The Stone Roses
3/5
Rush
5/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
Adele
5/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Foo Fighters
5/5
The Band
5/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
Arrested Development
3/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
The Go-Go's
5/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
The Only Ones
4/5
Gillian Welch
3/5
Drive Like Jehu
1/5
Blur
4/5
The Zombies
2/5
Air
2/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
4/5
Weather Report
5/5
B.B. King
5/5
Van Morrison
5/5
Goldie
3/5
The Who
5/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Radiohead
3/5
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
Songhoy Blues
5/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
The Velvet Underground
1/5
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Television
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Sade
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Kraftwerk
1/5
Kanye West
1/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Grateful Dead
4/5
The Stooges
4/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Julian Cope
2/5
Travis
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Leonard Cohen
5/5
Jungle Brothers
3/5
The La's
4/5
The Associates
2/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Sebadoh
4/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
4/5
Massive Attack
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Jacques Brel
4/5
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Van Halen
5/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Bill Callahan
2/5
Jethro Tull
2/5
The Prodigy
4/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
Madonna
2/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Pulp
4/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
3/5
Anthrax
4/5
Pantera
3/5
M.I.A.
2/5
Neil Young
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
Soft Machine
3/5
Various Artists
3/5
Robbie Williams
4/5
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
Paul McCartney
4/5
Genesis
4/5
Ramones
4/5
John Grant
2/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
4.5
Happy Mondays
4/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
4.5
The Specials
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Nanci Griffith
4/5
Holger Czukay
4/5
The Doors
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
Supertramp
5/5
The Triffids
3/5
Queen Latifah
4/5
Van Halen
5/5
The Beta Band
2/5
New Order
3/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
Stereolab
3/5
Metallica
2/5
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Magazine
3/5
Red Snapper
2/5
Mylo
3/5
The Specials
2/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Radiohead
4/5
Suede
3/5
Leftfield
1/5
Jane Weaver
2/5
Blue Cheer
1/5
Like a stoned teenage garage band recorded live. In the garage.
Röyksopp
3/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
5/5
Laibach
3/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
The Darkness
4/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
1/5
Love
3/5
4/5
The Afghan Whigs
4/5
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Fishbone
4/5
Orange Juice
3/5
3/5
Fairport Convention
2/5
The Electric Prunes
3/5
5/5
The Waterboys
4/5
Turbonegro
3/5
Tangerine Dream
2/5
Neil Young
5/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
Giant Sand
3/5
Meat Loaf
5/5
The Verve
3/5
50 Cent
3/5
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
Ice Cube
3/5
KISS
3/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Nas
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
SZA
3/5
Justin Timberlake
3/5
Donald Fagen
4/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
The Pharcyde
3/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
King Crimson
5/5
Incubus
3/5
Khaled
3/5
Ravi Shankar
3/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
4/5
Def Leppard
4/5
Big Star
5/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Barry Adamson
3/5
Grizzly Bear
4/5
Wild Beasts
3/5
Killing Joke
2/5
John Martyn
4/5
The Cure
4/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Cocteau Twins
4/5
The Cult
3/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Scott Walker
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Aphex Twin
3/5
Joy Division
3/5
New Order
3/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Beyoncé
4/5
Donovan
3/5
AC/DC
5/5
Pretenders
3/5
The Cramps
3/5
Elastica
3/5
2Pac
4/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
I'm not prude, but the swearing was distracting. Not arty, not holistic, just like someone farted. Constantly.
The United States Of America
3/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Os Mutantes
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
The Monkees
3/5
Deep Purple
5/5
The Gun Club
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Prefab Sprout
3/5
The Boo Radleys
3/5
Barry Adamson
3/5
The Black Keys
3/5
Adele
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
Afrika Bambaataa
2/5
I guess I'm supposed to separate the art from the alleged serial sexual abuse?
Crowded House
3/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
The Stranglers
3/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Byrds
1/5
This is to country what fart jokes are to humour.
Pulp
3/5
Small Faces
3/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Machito
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
Arcade Fire
1/5
Talk Talk
3/5
Pixies
3/5
Digital Underground
3/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
Deee-Lite
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
Little Simz
4/5
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
Spacemen 3
2/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Sam Cooke
5/5
Tricky
4/5
John Prine
5/5
TLC
4/5
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Ice Cube
3/5
Neneh Cherry
1/5
It's amazing what you can accomplish with a $40 Casio.
Brian Eno
3/5
Hole
4/5
Radiohead
3/5
Big Black
3/5
Randy Newman
1/5
Essentially a defence of instututional racism in the south, treating it as the exception and not the rule, under the guise of 'most of them are good people.' They were not.
Sparks
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Hot Chip
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Justice
1/5
Why so much EDM on this list. All sounds exactly the same.
Tears For Fears
4/5
Manu Chao
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Stereo MC's
3/5
Dance Music I can ken. Eats EDM for breakfast.
Norah Jones
4/5
The Pogues
4/5
The Cardigans
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
5/5
Korn
3/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Public Enemy
4/5
The Jam
3/5
John Lennon
5/5
Dolly Parton
5/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
White Denim
3/5
Little Richard
5/5
UB40
3/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
Elis Regina
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
System Of A Down
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Slayer
5/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Gene Clark
3/5
The Thrills
3/5
Minor Threat
4/5
Raekwon
2/5
Muddy Waters
5/5
The Birthday Party
1/5
The Damned
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Sepultura
4/5
Cypress Hill
3/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Janis Joplin
3/5
LTJ Bukem
1/5
A Compilation is not an album. 2+ hours of more computer programming. I tried. Cried Uncle after three songs.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Roxy Music
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Jeff Beck
4/5
The Incredible String Band
1/5
Wow. I feel like this was the inspiration for Spinal Tap's folk phase. Which is parody. Just sayin'.
Cee Lo Green
3/5
Hookworms
3/5
Metallica
5/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
1/5
Two Chemical brother albums on the the list? Because they're so richly varied?
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
The Human League
3/5
Massive Attack
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Rush
5/5
Bad Company
4/5
Dagmar Krause
1/5
She sems to have a decent voice, but I understand nothing and it gets chronically repetitive. Not my bag.
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
Santana
5/5
Haircut 100
2/5
Nick Heyward seems like a cross between Liam Gallagher and Jon Lovitz's Annoying Man.
Rocket From The Crypt
4/5
Beth Orton
3/5
Tom Waits
5/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Wilco
4/5
Deep Purple
5/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
The Police
4/5
The Adverts
3/5
Joanna Newsom
3/5
John Coltrane
5/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Roni Size
1/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
Big Star
5/5
Beck
3/5
Common
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
4/5
The Cars
4/5
Megadeth
5/5
The Slits
3/5
Judas Priest
5/5
Dion
3/5
Primal Scream
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
The Sonics
3/5
Violent Femmes
3/5
Dr. John
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Beck
3/5
MC Solaar
3/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5