May 16 2023
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
1978
"Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" (track 1) is a keeper
Has "Take Me to the River" which is a classic
"The Big Country" is a great change of pace and is makes me think of Neutral Milk Hotel (was probably an inspiration)
4
May 17 2023
Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Meh. Not bad, but nothing that stood out to me. The guitar was very uninteresting and Neil Young was mostly singing loud (which I find to be whiney) rather than singing softly (like For What It's Worth or Old Man).
3
May 18 2023
Blur
Blur
Good for the most part. The sound is pretty diverse, so it doesn't get boring. Sometimes it has the feel of weird to be weird, but mostly it's interesting. Essex Dogs sucks ass. I had to skip it.
4
May 19 2023
Urban Hymns
The Verve
Bitter Sweet Symphony is a classic, and Lucky Man is pretty great too. The rest of the album is a bit... meh. Not bad, just standard 90's pop rock sound to me. There's a little bit of synth here and there to mix things up, but nothing to adventurous.
2
May 20 2023
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
Good vocals and good melodies. "Wild World" is always awesome.
3
May 21 2023
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
All the classics. Great, but I can only take so much reggae.
4
May 22 2023
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Good Chicago Blues. Apparently this is the band that Eric Clapton and a few other big names were in before they got their breaks. Vocals aren't great, but guitars and horns are pretty nice.
4
May 23 2023
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
Great band, great album. Good variety between tracks and changes in tempo.
5
May 24 2023
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
1960. This woman is crazy prolific. Amazing story of being exiled from South Africa and then returning after 30 years when apartheid ended. Also, she's awesome. The song "Mbube" is definitely where they stole "Hakuna Mattata".
4
May 25 2023
Hotel California
Eagles
the song "Hotel California" is so overplayed for me it's tough not to skip it. I'll try to grit my teeth and get through it...
3
May 26 2023
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Cool sound. Kinda like Super Tramp but darker and more punk. Occasionally Apparently they were bigger in the UK. Definitely recognized their biggest hit, Spellbound. Good song.
3
May 27 2023
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
5
May 28 2023
The Stranger
Billy Joel
This is a five star just off the track list.
5
May 29 2023
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I had to skip the first 5-6 tracks and then just gave up.
1
May 30 2023
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
Her vocals are great, but the lyrics don't rhyme and she just rambles about God a lot.
2
May 31 2023
The Joshua Tree
U2
Lots of hits on this one, but I just don't care for U2 that much.
3
Jun 01 2023
Low
David Bowie
Way to synth heavy for my taste. Had some good tracks, but I would never listen to the whole thing end to end again.
2
Jun 02 2023
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
This was not made for me.
1
Jun 03 2023
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
4
Jun 04 2023
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
3
Jun 06 2023
Moving Pictures
Rush
Corporate rock at its best. Every song is good to great.
5
Jun 07 2023
Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
Mostly ambient noise stuff with intentionally distant echo-y vocals. Unique, but def not something you "have to listen to before you die".
2
Jun 08 2023
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
Good blues album.
4
Jun 09 2023
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
I like Cyndi Lauper, but she's no Madonna. A few bangers, and the rest were okay.
3
Jun 10 2023
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
4
Jun 11 2023
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Like a poor man's Bob Dylan. More spoken word poetry over a guitar than anything else.
2
Jun 12 2023
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
Pretty good album. A few really good tracks, and none that are awful.
4
Jun 13 2023
In It For The Money
Supergrass
Good british pop/rock. Have a nice variation to the sound which was a little Blur at times and a little Arctic Monkeys on other tracks.
3
Jun 14 2023
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
5
Jun 15 2023
American Idiot
Green Day
Probably the weakest Green Day album. No idea why this is here and not Dookie or Nimrod.
3
Jun 16 2023
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
Really good R&B album. Even as background music, it got me moving a bunch of times.
4
Jun 17 2023
Live!
Fela Kuti
Good jazz with Africa flavor.
4
Jun 18 2023
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
4
Jun 19 2023
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
4
Jun 21 2023
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3
Jun 22 2023
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
Couldn't finish it. Like if McClusky decided they weren't annoying and screechy enough. And also decided that melody and rhythm wasn't important. And also that it's not music if it doesn't hurt your brain.
1
Jun 23 2023
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
2
Jun 24 2023
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5
Jun 25 2023
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
3
Jun 26 2023
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
3
Jun 27 2023
The Score
Fugees
4
Jun 28 2023
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
3
Jun 29 2023
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
Very hair metal. Good bellowing on some and machine gun lyrics in others.
4
Jun 30 2023
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3
Jul 01 2023
Parklife
Blur
okay. very british.
3
Jul 02 2023
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
Very good album. I'd probably give it 5 stars if I hadn't burnt myself out on the Hives years ago.
4
Jul 03 2023
Leftism
Leftfield
Just techno stuff. I imagine it may have been groundbreaking at the time, but nothing special to me.
2
Jul 04 2023
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
Surprisingly good. I think "Bloody Well Right" was the only track I recognized, but I liked it all.
4
Jul 05 2023
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Good folk. A bit weird at times.
3
Jul 06 2023
The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
2
Jul 07 2023
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
4
Jul 08 2023
Metallica
Metallica
The "Black Album". Good metal, but Master of Puppets is better. This was the age where James Hedfield adds a "yugh!" to the end of the last word at every sentence.
4
Jul 09 2023
The Predator
Ice Cube
4
Jul 10 2023
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
4
Jul 11 2023
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
3
Aug 05 2023
Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
Probably just on this list because it was influential.
2
Aug 06 2023
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
3
Aug 07 2023
Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
Great album, great band. Looking for this on vinyl.
5
Aug 08 2023
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
5
Aug 09 2023
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
Meh. British pop rock. Didn't stand out to me.
3
Aug 10 2023
Ys
Joanna Newsom
Slow harp stuff. Not for me.
2
Aug 11 2023
Technique
New Order
3
Aug 12 2023
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
I'm not convinced this is a real album
3
Aug 13 2023
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
5
Aug 14 2023
With The Beatles
Beatles
This is so far down the list of Beatles albums I would've picked. Not bad, but not Sgt. Peppers either.
3
Aug 15 2023
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
2
Aug 16 2023
Hypnotised
The Undertones
3
Aug 17 2023
Night Life
Ray Price
Good, old-school country.
3
Aug 18 2023
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Good background synth type 80's stuff.
3
Aug 19 2023
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
Fine for background music.
3
Aug 20 2023
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
3
Aug 21 2023
NEU! 75
Neu!
so sick of these ambient noise albums. Who picks these for a top album?
1
Aug 22 2023
The Specials
The Specials
70's british ska with reggae influence. Sounds like they had an impact on 311 and Sublime.
3
Aug 23 2023
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
4
Aug 24 2023
Moby Grape
Moby Grape
Sounds like either the Who or The Beatles depending on the song.
4
Aug 25 2023
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
5
Aug 26 2023
All Mod Cons
The Jam
Good early british pop/punk.
3
Aug 27 2023
The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
2
Aug 28 2023
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
Aug 29 2023
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
3
Aug 30 2023
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
This album made me appreciate Bruce Springsteen. Especially the close with Jungleland.
5
Nov 11 2023
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
3
Nov 12 2023
The Clash
The Clash
Good british punk, but it gets old
4
Nov 13 2023
25
Adele
This album made me like Adele. She's pretty impressive.
3
Nov 14 2023
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
4
Nov 15 2023
Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
4
Nov 16 2023
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
This would be a five if I hadn't heard so many of the songs a million times.
4
Nov 17 2023
Chris
Christine and the Queens
Artsy pop. Sounds a bit like Weekend or MJ at times, but not as good.
2
Nov 18 2023
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
4
Nov 19 2023
Wild Gift
X
Great punk with a bit of blues or country or folk to some of it. Not too heavy and not too repetitive.
5
Nov 20 2023
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
3
Dec 29 2023
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
3
Dec 30 2023
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
5
Dec 31 2023
No Other
Gene Clark
Sounds like Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young at times and Jethro Tull (minus the flute) at others. Pretty good album.
4
Jan 01 2024
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
Africa music with good desert blues sound
3
Jan 02 2024
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
5
Jan 03 2024
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
I wish I could give this zero stars. Nothing but random annoying noises and bad vocals. I'm sure art snobs could call it a masterpiece, but it's dog shit.
1
Jan 04 2024
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
3
Jan 05 2024
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
2
Jan 06 2024
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
Crazy jazz. Not for me.
1
Jan 07 2024
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
Good and funky, but not my thing after a while
3
Jan 08 2024
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
4
Jan 09 2024
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
Good mix with both Nico and Lou Reed singing. A bit too much ambient heroin noise.
4
Jan 10 2024
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
It was cool as background music, I guess
2
Jan 19 2024
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Good, but not their best by far.
3
Jan 20 2024
Is This It
The Strokes
5
Jan 21 2024
Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
Can hear similarities to King Gizzard in a few tracks. Good, light hair metal-ish pop.
3
Jan 22 2024
Pieces Of The Sky
Emmylou Harris
A few bangers including Blueberry Wine. The rest is good, but a touch slow for me.
3
Jan 23 2024
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Jan 24 2024
Beautiful Freak
Eels
Novocaine For The Soul is great, but they're one hit wonders for a reason. Not into the rest.
2
Jan 25 2024
Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
Is it punk? Rock? Jazz? Yes. Are the vocals annoying? Also yes. Good, but way too long.
3
Dec 21 2024
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
I think I just didn't care for Morrissey's voice.
2
Dec 22 2024
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
3
Dec 23 2024
Sail Away
Randy Newman
Fine, I guess. Just Randy Newman singing what he sees.
3
Dec 24 2024
Illmatic
Nas
4
Dec 25 2024
Live At Leeds
The Who
4
Dec 26 2024
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
No thank you.
1
Dec 27 2024
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
All covers, but pretty good. Great for background music while working.
4
Dec 28 2024
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
4
Dec 29 2024
Legalize It
Peter Tosh
decent reggae
3
Dec 30 2024
Django Django
Django Django
Mostly covers, but good. More complex and interesting than I would have guessed.
3
Dec 31 2024
In Rainbows
Radiohead
5
Jan 01 2025
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
2
Jan 02 2025
Calenture
The Triffids
dog shit.
1
Jan 03 2025
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
Two guys from the Minutemen. Good late 80's punk.
4
Jan 04 2025
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
Icelandic atmospheric music. Meh.
2
Jan 05 2025
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
Great front to back.
5
Jan 06 2025
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Organ jazz.
3
Jan 07 2025
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Good, but not as good as some of the others.
4
Jan 08 2025
Crazysexycool
TLC
Good 90's R&B, but I don't really love 90's R&B.
3
Jan 09 2025
Young Americans
David Bowie
Upbeat and original without being too weird. Only thing I didn't like was his cover of Across the Universe.
4
Jan 10 2025
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
Instrumentals. Gets old.
2
Jan 11 2025
Moon Safari
Air
4
Jan 12 2025
Back In Black
AC/DC
opens with Hells Bells and closes with Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution. Almost all bangers in between.
5
Jan 13 2025
Back to Basics
Christina Aguilera
4
Jan 14 2025
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
2
Jan 15 2025
It's Too Late to Stop Now
Van Morrison
It's a multi-part live album. No thank you.
1
Jan 16 2025
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
4
Jan 17 2025
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
3
Jan 18 2025
Heroes
David Bowie
3
Jan 19 2025
Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
Didn't finish it. Way too 80's.
2
Jan 20 2025
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
Really good old school country
4
Jan 21 2025
Who's Next
The Who
Different sound than "My Generation", but very good end to end.
4
Jan 22 2025
Queen II
Queen
Good rock opera
3
Jan 23 2025
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
3
Jan 24 2025
Clandestino
Manu Chao
Spanish, French, and English vocals. Varies a lot, and it's all good.
3
Jan 25 2025
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Good Bowie with deep, complex tracks.
3
Jan 26 2025
Viva Hate
Morrissey
3
Jan 27 2025
Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black
2
Jan 28 2025
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
4
Jan 29 2025
Hejira
Joni Mitchell
Good porch music. Vocal cadence is almost jazzy.
4
Jan 30 2025
Machine Head
Deep Purple
4
Jan 31 2025
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
3
Feb 01 2025
A Night At The Opera
Queen
3
Feb 02 2025
Gold
Ryan Adams
Too poppy. Not for me.
2
Feb 03 2025
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
Loud girl punk
3
Feb 04 2025
Achtung Baby
U2
3
Feb 05 2025
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
Weird, low-key, synth rock. Maybe a touch like lighter radiohead with a female singer.
3
Feb 06 2025
On The Beach
Neil Young
4
Feb 07 2025
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
Blur is good, but not great.
3
Feb 08 2025
Parallel Lines
Blondie
3
Feb 09 2025
Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
live french (or italian) album from the 60's.
2
Feb 11 2025
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
pretty weak early brit rock
2
Feb 12 2025
Parachutes
Coldplay
Fine for background music, but I wouldn't do much more with it than that.
2
Feb 15 2025
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
Good singer songwriter album. 2nd half not as good as the first.
3
Feb 16 2025
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
3
Feb 18 2025
The Bends
Radiohead
4
Feb 19 2025
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson
Irish rock
3
Feb 20 2025
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
Live album. Didn't finish it.
1
Feb 21 2025
Born To Be With You
Dion
Good folk/pop.
3
Feb 22 2025
My Generation
The Who
Only a few tracks I know, but all very good. A few blues tracks as well
4
Feb 23 2025
Goo
Sonic Youth
Good, but a bit too moody.
3
Feb 24 2025
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
Don't love all of Speakerbox, but LB is solid.
4
Feb 25 2025
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
The best Metallica. Metal.
5
Feb 26 2025
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
To light and weird for me didn't finish it.
1
Feb 27 2025
The Wall
Pink Floyd
Was thinking this was going to be four stars before I listen to it again. Still not as good as dark side animals or wish you were here, but pretty great on its own.
5
Feb 28 2025
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
Great band. Great sound for the whole album.
5
Mar 01 2025
Moondance
Van Morrison
4
Mar 02 2025
...And Justice For All
Metallica
Not as good as master of puppets, but still great.
5
Mar 03 2025
Aja
Steely Dan
4
Mar 04 2025
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3
Mar 05 2025
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
Good music, annoying vocals.
3
Mar 06 2025
Ramones
Ramones
Good, but all sounds the same
3
Mar 07 2025
Risque
CHIC
3
Mar 08 2025
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
4
Mar 09 2025
Suicide
Suicide
Hot garbage. This made me mad.
1
Mar 10 2025
Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
Hot garbage.
1
Mar 11 2025
The Yes Album
Yes
5
Mar 12 2025
The World is a Ghetto
War
Good, especially as background music. Funky.
3
Mar 13 2025
Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Touré
3
Mar 14 2025
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
1
Mar 15 2025
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
2
Mar 16 2025
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
4
Mar 18 2025
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
Meh. Too slow for my tastes.
2
Mar 19 2025
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
3
Mar 20 2025
The Blueprint
JAY Z
3
Mar 25 2025
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
3
Apr 01 2025
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
Good, but too much irish music.
3
Apr 03 2025
The Band
The Band
4