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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Very
Pet Shop Boys
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5 | 2.93 | +2.07 |
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Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
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5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
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GREY Area
Little Simz
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5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
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Live Through This
Hole
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5 | 3.28 | +1.72 |
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Melodrama
Lorde
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5 | 3.31 | +1.69 |
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You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
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5 | 3.34 | +1.66 |
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Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
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5 | 3.34 | +1.66 |
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
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5 | 3.35 | +1.65 |
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The World is a Ghetto
War
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5 | 3.35 | +1.65 |
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Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
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5 | 3.42 | +1.58 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
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1 | 3.28 | -2.28 |
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Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
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2 | 3.92 | -1.92 |
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Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
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1 | 2.92 | -1.92 |
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The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
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2 | 3.59 | -1.59 |
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Moving Pictures
Rush
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2 | 3.58 | -1.58 |
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Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
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2 | 3.51 | -1.51 |
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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2 | 3.5 | -1.5 |
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Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
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1 | 2.48 | -1.48 |
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Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
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1 | 2.47 | -1.47 |
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
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2 | 3.45 | -1.45 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Leonard Cohen | 2 | 5 |
| A Tribe Called Quest | 2 | 5 |
| David Bowie | 4 | 4.25 |
| Neil Young | 3 | 4.33 |
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| Artist | Ratings |
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| Led Zeppelin | 2, 4, 5 |
5-Star Albums (53)
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Curtis Mayfield
5/5
This was a great album. Smooth as butter, with surprising depth.
9 likes
Guided By Voices
3/5
I wish some of the songs were longer. I'd just start getting into them, and then they were over.
3 likes
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
This was really good. I'm gonna need to listen to it through a few more times to take it all in. Great storytelling.
2 likes
Dire Straits
4/5
This feels awfully modern and well-produced, I was surprised to find it's their debut album.
1 likes
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Johnny Cash
5/5
Fantastic energy. I've heard most of these songs before but never listened to the album the whole way through. Really an experience.
The Offspring
3/5
Until I listened to this I would have said that I'd only heard the radio-played songs off this. As it turns out almost all of them sound familiar and I even seem to know the lyrics to about half. I definitely never owned this album as a child so I think my brother must have, and played it often enough to permeate my consciousness.
The good songs are still good, and individually I think they're all decent, but the thrashy energy gets tiring at length.
Rush
2/5
I get why it's on here, and I enjoyed some parts, but overall this just isn't really my thing. I don't see much reason why the 20-minute song couldn't be broken up, since it's obviously separate songs already. Also fuck Ayn Rand.
Radiohead
3/5
Radiohead seems pretty divisive, both in general and for me. I'm not a huge fan, I enjoy some of their music but whole albums can really bore me if I'm not in the mood for them. This one landed solidly in the middle for me.
Daft Punk
3/5
The ideal state for listening to this is drunk in a club dancing. Unfortunately instead I am stone cold sober, at home with headphones on. It makes great background music for doing other things, since it's repetitive and doesn't really reward close listening.
Sonic Youth
4/5
Really good stuff that set the stage for even more good stuff later on. I enjoyed listening to this.
The Clash
5/5
A punk classic for sure. Still great to listen to.
The Zombies
5/5
I'd never really heard of the Zombies before (shows my ignorance) but this album was fantastic. Just a pleasure to listen to from start to finish.
Violent Femmes
5/5
Packed full of excellent songs, dirty and raw and neurotic. It really feels like it fits right in the 90s alternative era - but it came out 10 years earlier. Truly before its time.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
A real classic. Not personally a music genre I love, but I can appreciate the skill and talent that went into this.
Pixies
2/5
It felt like pretty standard alternative rock. No real standouts on the album for me, though it wasn't difficult to listen to. Made good background music.
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Extremely repetitive. I was glad when it was over.
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
I saw them live once, great energy, great show. Their sound is very distinct and I really enjoy it.
Pet Shop Boys
5/5
A lot of fun to listen to. Upbeat dancey pop with a bit of camp and a dash of melancholy. I liked it a lot.
Death In Vegas
2/5
I'd never heard Death in Vegas before. It was solidly ok. Some good tracks like 'Dirge', a lot of less interesting stuff that faded into the background. Not anything I'd listen to again and I didn't feel like it was especially original.
Napalm Death
1/5
I probably could have died without hearing this album and been fine.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
Great harmonies, great songwriting, classic great stuff here.
Joan Armatrading
4/5
Gorgeous voice, very soulful.
Black Flag
3/5
Didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did, but it felt like a raw and sometimes oddly fun outpouring of anger and teen angst. 35 minutes is about as long as I can handle thrashy music, too.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Didn't enjoy it much, but can't really deny it deserves to be on the list, if just for Free Bird.
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
First time listening all the way through, though I've heard tracks here and there. Revolutionary, of course, and formative, but also really enjoyable even in 2023. Clever, funny, emotional, smart. Good shit.
Steely Dan
4/5
I put off listening to this because I didn't think I would enjoy it, but actually it was pretty good! Solid dad rock. Maybe I'm a dad now?
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Still such an iconic voice. Classy, up-tempo, fun to listen to. The songs do all sound very similar, though.
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
I didn't feel like it rewarded attentive listening - essentially, just background music. It's probably a great time if you're fucked up at a club.
Happy Mondays
2/5
I'd never heard of these guys so I was excited to listen to something new, but it just wasn't very good.
Bobby Womack
3/5
Good voice, funky beats, but nothing really stood out to me.
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Some good songs, some very cheesy ones.
Blur
4/5
Enjoyable beats, fun and sometimes funny lyrics.
Spiritualized
3/5
Pleasant to listen to but not especially amazing.
Little Simz
5/5
Wow, I really enjoyed this. Great flow, insightful lyrics, real skill on display. I'm looking forward to listening to it again and getting more out of it.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
A little over the top and almost goofily dark at points, but overall fun to listen to and well-done.
James Brown
4/5
Real star power, great audience energy. Not great recording quality, though, and pretty short.
U2
3/5
Sunday Bloody Sunday is a great song. Otherwise, even early U2 doesn't do much for me. Too bombastic.
Marty Robbins
4/5
There's real storytelling in these songs, as well as a great Western spirit. Made me feel like a cowboy listening at a campfire.
Minutemen
3/5
It was interesting and enjoyable for the first 30 minutes, but way too long.
Brian Eno
3/5
Very relaxing to listen to, and definitely the start of a real identity for ambient music. But it's background music, designed not to really be listened to.
Sigur Rós
4/5
Very chill, soothing, interesting to listen to. It was hard to keep my full attention on it but when I did it was absolutely worth it.
3/5
Really nostalgic, I heard some of these songs nonstop when I was younger. The ones I hadn't heard before didn't amaze me, though.
Beck
2/5
This feels like it should be something I like - I usually enjoy down-tempo sad boy shit. It just didn't grab me.
Charles Mingus
2/5
It wasn't unpleasant to listen to but I just don't really get jazz.
Led Zeppelin
2/5
I didn't like Led Zeppelin before and I don't now. The songs are way too long, even Kashmir, which was otherwise the only interesting one.
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
A few great songs, and I didn't hate listening to it, but it didn't seem especially noteworthy.
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Not my thing personally, but definitely a classic that belongs here.
The Byrds
4/5
A lot of fun to listen to.
Fela Kuti
4/5
Funky and really made me want to dance. The man's a legend, apparently, and this was my first exposure. Good stuff.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
2/5
White guy blues featuring noted racist Eric Clapton.
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
Scrolling through the reviews and seeing a lot of 5s for an album I thought was solidly average. I guess everyone has different tastes.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Really enjoyable. Great to listen to, definitely deserves its spot.
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
I'm not sure what about this is supposed to be notable. It was fine to listen to but none of the tracks stood out to me.
The Human League
4/5
I really enjoy synthpop and love that big 80s feeling. There were some really standout tracks on this one.
Steve Earle
3/5
Very country.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Some really classic songs, but otherwise not my thing.
Dr. Dre
2/5
Dr. Dre is undoubtedly influential in the history of gangsta rap, as is this album, but nowadays it feels dated. Full of homophobia and misogyny, and only about three things: smoking weed, killing people, and fucking.
TV On The Radio
2/5
Decent to listen to, but I have no idea why this is on the list. Didn't seem notable in any way.
Steely Dan
3/5
Well done, but it felt like it lacked any real emotion.
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
A great album, if not quite as incredible as Rumours.
Fela Kuti
5/5
Incredible stuff.
4/5
Great classic rock music.
The Go-Go's
4/5
I liked this one a lot, upbeat and fun to listen to.
Deep Purple
3/5
Not really my thing, but I can recognize the skill that went into it.
JAY Z
4/5
Surprised me by being much more enjoyable than I expected. Some of the usual boring rap misogyny, of course, but there's some really great tracks as well.
Beatles
5/5
I've heard plenty of songs from this album but had never listened to it the whole way through before. Really great.
Dire Straits
4/5
This feels awfully modern and well-produced, I was surprised to find it's their debut album.
The Kinks
3/5
Solid, entertaining.
2/5
It was an interesting listening experience, and I didn't hate it, but I don't think I ever need to listen to it again.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Immigrant Song is fantastic. The rest of the album was pretty good.
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Really makes you want to dance. I liked it.
The Prodigy
4/5
Super nostalgic, my brother played this album nonstop back in the day. Listening to it as an adult, I can't say I purely love it - some tracks bored me. But it has a lot of bangers for sure.
The The
4/5
Really interesting, I enjoyed it.
N.W.A.
2/5
Nice rhymes, good energy, I'm pretty over the intense misogyny.
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
I like this genre so I enjoyed it, but it didn't seem especially original or groundbreaking.
Soundgarden
5/5
A classic staple of grunge. Chris Cornell really was an incredible vocalist.
Dolly Parton
4/5
Great storytelling from a talented artist.
Caetano Veloso
3/5
I love getting stuff I've never heard of before, but while this was interesting at first, I got bored pretty fast. Didn't really love it.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
Such a great album name. The music was fine, but didn't quite live up to it.
Orbital
2/5
Felt like video game background music.
Muddy Waters
5/5
I'm normally not much for blues, but this was incredible.
Queen
4/5
Delightfully nerdy. Maybe not the best Queen, but still Queen.
Ice Cube
2/5
Decent rhymes but the misogyny was a little too much for me.
Neil Young
4/5
It's a little too chill for me, but undeniably influential.
Linkin Park
3/5
This came out when I was 15 and it is absolutely perfect for a 15 year old. Listening to it as an adult, it feels very emotionally and musically repetitive.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Springsteen is a legend, and the album is a classic, but it's personally not my thing.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
5/5
Janis is so amazing to listen to.
Spacemen 3
2/5
Very boring to listen to.
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Very 60s. Fun to listen to.
Rocket From The Crypt
2/5
Nothing really stood out to me as particularly interesting or notable, but I didn't hate it.
Songhoy Blues
4/5
I never would have listened to this on my own, but I really enjoyed it - exactly what I started doing this for.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
A solid, classic album full of great songs.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
4/5
Really interesting and unexpected. Beautiful.
Lauryn Hill
3/5
Nice to listen to, but a little too long.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
It's good, but I just can't get into his mumbly voice.
Jerry Lee Lewis
1/5
I'm just not the kind of person who can say "Well, he might have been a racist, incestuous pedophile who abused people, but he sure made great music!"
John Lennon
3/5
It was all right, but he's just not as great on his own.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Nice work, easy to listen to, but it didn't blow me away.
Paul Weller
2/5
I wasn't impressed. Sounds like easy listening music for dads.
Os Mutantes
2/5
Discordant and weird, not in a pleasant way.
Bob Dylan
4/5
I'm not really a Bob Dylan fan, but I can't deny this is great.
Cat Stevens
4/5
Great songwriting, really enjoyable and chill to listen to.
The White Stripes
3/5
Interesting sound, not a huge standout for me but nice to listen to.
Tim Buckley
3/5
Decent, but not great.
Soul II Soul
4/5
This felt very 90s, in a good way.
5/5
I didn't really need to listen to this one to give it five stars, it was on repeat for most of my teen years. I haven't listened to it in a long time, though, what a joy to revisit such a perfect album.
Harry Nilsson
5/5
I would have said I'd never heard of this guy, but he has so many great, classic songs. For me, a hidden gem.
Metallica
3/5
I can acknowledge that this is an important and well-made album while also having no interest in its sound personally.
Funkadelic
2/5
Most if it was fine, funky, nice to groove too. The 11 minute song that was most variations on poop references was awful.
Joanna Newsom
4/5
I'm gonna have to listen to this a few more times. I think I really liked it, but it's not quite like anything I listened to before. Definitely a unique work of art.
Al Green
3/5
Nice voice, enjoyable to listen to, not life-changing.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Enjoyable to listen to, but it faded into the background.
R.E.M.
4/5
I really enjoy REM's sound. Just great to listen to.
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Maybe not a timeless classic, but I really enjoyed listening to it.
LL Cool J
3/5
A little corny at times, but I enjoyed this a lot more than I was expected. Older hip hop is usually too misogynist for me but other than a few gross lyrics I just got the impression he really, really loves fucking women.
Prince
3/5
Prince was a genius in his area, but it's really not my thing.
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Great grooves, songs are way too long for me.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Very pretty songs, impressive songwriting. Somehow more political than I expected.
Pere Ubu
3/5
Very modern-sounding, I can definitely see how it was influential for a lot of people and bands. Unfortunately I didn't actually enjoy it.
Jethro Tull
3/5
Prog really doesn't do it for me so most of this was boring. Loved the flute, though.
The Who
4/5
A classic concept album, and for what it was it did it well.
R.E.M.
5/5
I'd never listened to this whole album. It's amazing. Instant fave.
David Bowie
5/5
Not my favorite Bowie album, but even those are excellent.
Judas Priest
3/5
Not a big heavy metal fan, but I did enjoy this. After awhile it all sounds the same, though.
50 Cent
3/5
Every time I started to enjoy it - which was pretty often - he took a little time out to be misogynistic and I stopped enjoying it.
David Bowie
4/5
Not one of the best Bowie albums, but still pretty good.
Marvin Gaye
5/5
A true classic of an album. Gorgeous and melancholy and so smooth.
Sade
2/5
Beautiful voice, but quite boring. Nothing stood out to me.
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Sloppy and raw, a lot of fun to listen to.
Blur
3/5
A couple great songs at the beginning, then it kind of trails off into mediocrity.
DJ Shadow
3/5
Definitely an interesting project, but it didn't really appeal to me.
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
A true timeless classic. I've heard every song on this before and yet listening to the whole album through is still an amazing experience.
Nina Simone
5/5
Such amazing vocals. The entire album was great, but 'Four Women' is such a standout.
Public Enemy
3/5
Interesting and political, with less misogyny than I expected from rap of this era.
Madness
3/5
Some tracks were great, others were ok, a few were not good.
John Coltrane
4/5
I'm not much for jazz, but his skill cannot be denied.
Various Artists
4/5
The classic sound of Christmas. (I'm fine with not getting a gift from Phil Spector though.)
Baaba Maal
3/5
Enjoyable to listen to, and definitely not something I'm used to. However it all felt too long, both the songs and the album itself.
The Police
2/5
I had basically no emotions about any of these songs. They just happened, and then they were over. Boring.
Frank Ocean
4/5
Leonard Cohen
5/5
My favorite Leonard Cohen album. Introspective, incredible lyrics, thoughts from the end of a life.
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
Some amazing talent on display here, dragged down by your standard rap misogyny.
The Coral
2/5
Solidly mediocre. Not sure why it's on the list, I'm not surprised it was removed.
John Cale
2/5
My second solidly mediocre album in a row. Nothing about this stood out to me.
Television
3/5
ABBA
5/5
I'm firmly in camp 'hating Abba is hating fun', but I also think they're too overly silly to be truly transcendent.
B.B. King
4/5
Great live album, you can really feel the crowd energy.
Kanye West
4/5
This is a really great album, soured a little by the unhinged mess Kanye has become since.
Leonard Cohen
5/5
Poetic, melancholy, moody. Just the sort of thing I like.
Yes
3/5
This is one of those albums where I'm really reminded that this list was made by a British man of a certain age. Nothing about it stands out or seems interesting or unique to me, but I'm sure it seemed fantastic to the author at the time. It's not bad, just mid, as the kids would say. There are a lot of albums like this on the list, and some of them have surprised me, but most are just as average as I expected.
Jeff Buckley
4/5
A lovely, haunting album.
Neil Young
4/5
Nice songwriting. Big dad music vibes.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
I liked it well enough, but nothing stood out.
Gil Scott-Heron
4/5
A pleasure to listen to. 50 years old and still just as relevant.
Machito
4/5
Really fun, made me want to dance.
Earth, Wind & Fire
5/5
Funky, what a groove. Shining Star is such a great first track.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
I don't really vibe with Anthony Kiedis' singing or his penchant for statutory rape. That said, I have good memories of a lot of these songs, and they are still fun to listen to.
Portishead
5/5
I'd forgotten how much I enjoy Portishead. Impressive, atmospheric, amazing vocals.
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
Some great tracks but they all sound pretty similar. Luckily that similar sound is good.
Love
3/5
Interesting, and I enjoyed listening to it, but nothing really stood out to me. It just sounded very 60s.
Queen
4/5
What a range of styles and sounds. I love it.
Talking Heads
3/5
I'm not really much of a Talking Heads fan. It was fine.
Holger Czukay
3/5
Very odd! But was it good? I have no idea.
Beth Orton
4/5
Lovely voice. It feels very contemplative and peaceful.
Raekwon
2/5
Often rap doesn't work for me because of the misogyny, and this had that, but mostly it just wasn't very good.
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
This was a great album. Smooth as butter, with surprising depth.
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Songs are a little too long and everything feels repetitive. I didn't hate it, but I wouldn't listen to it again.
The Monkees
3/5
A lot of fun to listen to, but it still felt a little too derivative of the Beatles. Some interesting stuff in there, though.
Stephen Stills
3/5
Very dad rock. Not my thing, but it wasn't awful.
The Killers
4/5
Some really great tracks on this. My friend is a huge Killers fan so I've developed an appreciation - though I wouldn't call them groundbreaking, they make solid, enjoyable rock.
Beck
3/5
Fun, and not terrible, but nothing really struck me about it. Maybe Beck's just not my thing.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Great songwriting, but a little too much harmonica.
The Fall
3/5
Nothing really stood out here. It was fine. Sounded a little too similar overall.
The Cure
4/5
Brooding and dark, this gives life to the part of me that always kinda wanted to be a goth.
Goldfrapp
3/5
I enjoyed this, but it didn't stand to me as being especially groundbreaking or noteworthy.
Supertramp
2/5
Prog rock is really boring to me and this wasn't any different.
Massive Attack
4/5
Loved the first track immediately. The rest wasn't all as good, but there's definitely some great stuff here.
The Black Keys
3/5
It sounds all right, but it just didn't feel like it had much emotion or heart.
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Incredibly influential, and it deserves it. A beautiful album with incredible, introspective songwriting. Delicate and intense.
Marilyn Manson
1/5
Sometimes it's difficult to rate music because it can be hard for me to separate my knowledge of the terrible things the musician has done from their talent and skill. Luckily, this time it's not hard at all, because Marilyn Manson's music sucks as much as he does.
Alice In Chains
4/5
Dark, hard, and depressing. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did.
Louis Prima
4/5
A lot of fun, I bet this was a good time live. A little too much trumpet for me.
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
Enjoyable, interesting. I can only handle so much of the Rufus Wainwright Voice though.
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
I enjoy the Pet Shop Boys a lot. This album felt mellower and maybe more mature than the others I've listened to.
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Really interesting. I liked the Western song covers less than the other stuff, they felt a little too gimmicky.
Depeche Mode
4/5
I am the masses.
Thelonious Monk
3/5
I am too uncultured to properly appreciate jazz, but this seemed good.
Scritti Politti
2/5
Every song sounds the same and that one song is just not very good.
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
I feel like he was trying to do something interesting but didn't quite make it.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Wow! It never felt too long.
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Sounds fantastic, of its time but somehow not dated. Grace Slick should sing all the songs.
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
What a great performer, and what a voice.
Ride
2/5
It was fine. Nothing special, and the sound was pretty samey, but I didn't hate listening to it.
Saint Etienne
2/5
All right. A bit boring after a few tracks.
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Classic.
Public Enemy
5/5
Still incredibly relevant, and for classic hip hop has a pretty low level of misogyny and homophobia. Loved it.
Ray Charles
4/5
Incredible stuff, but a little too much of it for me,
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Huh? Why this?
3/5
I like Bob Dylan, but this was too much Bob Dylan for me.
TLC
4/5
I loved this album when it came out. I listened to my copy all the time. It doesn't quite hold up - not as brilliant and classic as I remember - but it's still pretty great.
Radiohead
4/5
Some great tracks.
The Strokes
4/5
Solid album, a lot to enjoy here.
The Divine Comedy
2/5
I guess it was mostly firmly tongue-in-cheek but it just wasn't that good.
Pearl Jam
5/5
A real classic, and set the stage for a lot of other bands.
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
This was really good. I'm gonna need to listen to it through a few more times to take it all in. Great storytelling.
The Who
2/5
I'm not really into The Who and I'm not really into live albums.
The Verve
2/5
Bittersweet Symphony is great, but the rest is pretty samey. I got bored.
Bonnie Raitt
4/5
My mom loved this album and I didn't realize how many good memories it would bring up. I can't rate it objectively.
Scissor Sisters
4/5
A lot of fun.
The Cure
5/5
That melancholy Cure sound. A classic.
Nine Inch Nails
5/5
I listened to this album endlessly as a teen. As I no longer exist in that state of frustrated anger and hormones, it hits different - but I still found myself really enjoying it. Raw and haunting and angry.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Great lyrics, not quite as gripping as Blue.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
Very enjoyable, certainly a classic.
Guided By Voices
3/5
I wish some of the songs were longer. I'd just start getting into them, and then they were over.
Moby
3/5
Easy to listen to and not bad, but sonically repetitive.
Fiona Apple
5/5
Love her voice, love her lyrics, love her emotion. I wasn't into this kind of music when it came out, but I am now, and it's incredible.
Basement Jaxx
2/5
Feels pretty generic. Not even sure I could dance to this.
Alice Cooper
3/5
The problem with basing your persona on being shocking is that things rapidly become normal, and your songs about necrophilia get kind of cringey. Not terrible, but not great.
Brian Eno
3/5
I can see how this was influential, but it mostly ended up being background music for me.
Deep Purple
3/5
A classic, I guess. Not really my thing.
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Unfortunately, still just as relevant today.
Massive Attack
4/5
Very chill. Enjoyed it.
Slayer
3/5
This seems very love-it-or-hate it, but I'm in the middle. I don't dislike metal (love the energy) but I want something that will make it stand out to me. This didn't, it all sounded the same.
The Cars
4/5
Great songs.
Pretenders
4/5
Great stuff, love her vocals.
Prince
5/5
Undeniably groundbreaking and influential. Also, a fantastic listen.
Johnny Cash
4/5
A moving and well-done collection of covers.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Some classic songs, some writing that's a little too fond of its own cleverness.
Meat Puppets
3/5
Pretty solid.
The The
3/5
I'm sure they felt very clever and revolutionary while writing these songs.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Nice to listen to, but nothing really stood out.
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Foundational for sure, and an absolute blast to listen to.
Röyksopp
3/5
Relaxing and pretty, but unremarkable.
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
I enjoyed this, but I don't see what's so exceptional about it that it deserves a place on this list.
Q-Tip
3/5
I didn't hate it, but it didn't blow me away. Decent.
Ray Charles
5/5
I mean, he really was a genius.
Oasis
4/5
Oasis is really enjoyable, but I have to admit that a lot of their songs sound the same to me. At least it's a good sound.
Talking Heads
4/5
I'm not that familiar with the Talking Heads. This was a really interesting album, it felt very unique.
The Libertines
4/5
Better than I expected, fun to listen to.
Emmylou Harris
4/5
Lovely voice, songs that grabbed me, I enjoyed this quite a bit.
The White Stripes
4/5
Some great tracks on here. They have a distinctive sound that I like.
The Temptations
4/5
I recently developed an appreciation for The Temptations, and this is one of their good ones.
William Orbit
3/5
Very relaxing. Some bleeps and bloops. Kind of faded into the background.
Mudhoney
4/5
I like grunge, and this is some formative stuff.
Guns N' Roses
4/5
There are a lot of great songs on this, and it definitely deserves its place on the list, but man are the best songs overplayed. I don't really need to hear them ever again.
Snoop Dogg
2/5
A little too much misogyny here for me.
Neil Young
5/5
Really enjoyed this. In my mind Neil Young is firmly dad rock, but I guess that just means I'm a dad now.
Lorde
5/5
Great album. It really showed the progression of her talent, and it's a perfect soundtrack for a particular moment - heartbroken in your early 20s, partying to try and deal with it.
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Not my thing. It was fine.
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Interesting. Good vibes, but I could not tell one song from another.
Jack White
3/5
This was fine, but his work in the White Stripes is better.
Duran Duran
4/5
Wow! A lot of fun, and some real bangers.
Frank Zappa
3/5
Some of it was interesting, some of it was really annoying, a little was great.
The Who
4/5
I'm not a big Who fan but I cannot deny that this album is full of bangers.
American Music Club
3/5
I'd never heard of this band before. It was fine, but nothing amazing.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
It's Aretha.
CHIC
4/5
Classic, foundational disco. Disco isn't really my thing but I did enjoy this.
Jimmy Smith
4/5
Very chill. Great vibes.
Hole
5/5
This was a formative album for me and it still holds up all these years later. Regardless of your feelings about Courtney Love, this is a foundational record for so many bands. It's propulsive, angry, and honest. Even now, Violet and Asking For It hit really hard.
Also, for the record, I went to school in Olympia.
The Beta Band
2/5
Unremarkable and uninteresting.
Pulp
4/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Great voice, great songs.
Lana Del Rey
3/5
It was all right. The songs all sounded pretty similar, but it wasn't a bad sound.
The Byrds
3/5
Felt like pretty standard 60's folk/country. Not a standout.
The Pretty Things
3/5
This probably would have seemed awesome to a UK teenager in 1968. I didn't think it was that unique or interesting, though.
AC/DC
3/5
Undeniably a classic, but personally I'm not a fan. Too loud and dumb.
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
An amazing singer.
The Associates
1/5
Not good, and not even in an interesting way.
Haircut 100
2/5
Some fun moments, but it wasn't very remarkable or memorable.
Steely Dan
2/5
Steely Dan is just all right for me. I don't mind listening to it but their music never sticks.
Hugh Masekela
3/5
I bet if I enjoyed jazz I would love this.
The Band
3/5
A good listen. Some classic stuff.
Small Faces
2/5
The parts where they actually played music were ok.
T. Rex
4/5
Really enjoyed this. I've heard some of the songs before but never the whole thing - what a sexy, sleazy blast.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
It's really long, but honestly, I enjoyed all of it. Some of it was just good memories from my teenage years, but I do think it holds up in general.
Alanis Morissette
5/5
Between this and Mellon Collie yesterday we're going through the greatest hits of my teens. This is a very 90s album, but it still hits. Alanis is a legend.
Miles Davis
3/5
Enjoyable to listen to. Jazz still mostly bounces right off me.
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Fun and clever and good rhythm. One I'm gonna come back to for sure.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Chill, nice to listen to. Where'd Young go? Did they eat him?
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Paint it Black is great. The other songs are all right, except for Under My Thumb, which is incredibly skeevy.
Elton John
5/5
I knew some songs but hadn't heard the whole album. It was great.
Dire Straits
3/5
Solidly enjoyable.
Pentangle
3/5
Extremely folky, which was entertaining at first but got a little old.
OutKast
4/5
Some fantastic songs, great energy. Don't love the skits or misogyny.
Rush
2/5
Rush just isn't my thing.
Don McLean
4/5
These are pretty good songs.
Love
3/5
I liked it, but it didn’t really stand out.
The Stooges
3/5
I can see how this inspired a lot of musicians, but it wasn't really my thing.
Ramones
4/5
Fun and classic. The songs all sound like the same song, but it's got such great energy I can't be mad.
Santana
4/5
Chill and great to listen to.
Peter Gabriel
2/5
There were only a couple songs that were actually good. The rest was just a mess.
Suicide
2/5
Early edgelords.
Fun Lovin' Criminals
1/5
The only song on this album I've ever heard before is Scooby Snacks, which sucked in 1996 and sucks now. As does this whole album.
Pink Floyd
3/5
Some classics, and I'm sure it was amazing when it came out, but it's far too long with far too few interesting songs.
3/5
The songs everyone has heard are pretty solid, even if U2's sound is a little over the top for me. The rest were just ok.
Tracy Chapman
5/5
Fast Car alone deserves 5 stars. I was delighted to find that the rest of the album was great too, smooth and bittersweet and honest.
Ghostface Killah
3/5
Too long, but great storytelling and mostly fun to listen to. Except the skits.
Lambchop
3/5
Completely unexceptional.
Little Richard
4/5
Definitely a classic.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Great songwriting, mediocre-to-bad singing. But that's just Bob Dylan in a nutshell, I guess. I enjoyed it.
Fishbone
4/5
A lot of fun to listen to. I liked it more than I expected to!
Nanci Griffith
4/5
Very pretty.
3/5
Classic country. Not really a fan but I can recognize its importance.
Bob Dylan
4/5
I liked this one. Better than the last Dylan this list gave me, anyway.
Arcade Fire
3/5
Overall fine. I don't like his voice, so In the Backseat was the best song.
Christine and the Queens
4/5
Fun, enjoyable, interesting pop music. Apparently not popular on this site, but I really liked it.
Sonic Youth
4/5
Certainly innovative and inspiring to a lot of later musicians. Not to my personal taste, but it was interesting to listen to.
Rahul Dev Burman
4/5
Fun and interesting. I would love more Bollywood and Indian music on this list.
David Bowie
3/5
Atmospheric and interesting, but far from my favorite Bowie.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Two great songs, the rest just okay.
Weather Report
2/5
As a non-jazz fan, this is the kind of music I think of when I say 'I don't like jazz'.
The Auteurs
2/5
Another mediocre British band that I've never heard of and will immediately forget about. It wasn't awful, just very unmemorable.
David Crosby
4/5
Much more interesting than I expected!
ZZ Top
3/5
Not that great. Not that terrible, either.
Jurassic 5
4/5
This was so fun to listen to. Great, positive energy.
Butthole Surfers
3/5
Didn't really do much for me, but I didn't hate it.
Stan Getz
4/5
Incredible vibes.
Big Star
3/5
Enjoyable, but not very memorable.
U2
3/5
U2 is just too much for me. Album too long, songs too long, too over the top bombastic. I like a song at first, but then it goes too long. I like an album for the first few songs, and then it's 55 minutes of the same.
Herbie Hancock
4/5
I enjoyed this! Very funky and smooth.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Superstition is fantastic. The rest was decent.
Jeff Beck
2/5
Pretty boring.
Travis
2/5
I listened to this whole album and it's already disappeared from my brain.
Sex Pistols
4/5
Hugely influential. And pretty good!.
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Very influential for good reason.
1/5
Perfect for white suburban 13 year olds who want to rebel against their parents.
Sonic Youth
3/5
This is the third Sonic Youth album I've gotten. I enjoyed it, but do there really need to be three?
Def Leppard
3/5
Loud, over the top, kinda fun sometimes but overall just too much.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
This gets two stars because I like Under the Bridge. It's much too long and too annoying. If it were annoying at a shorter length it might even end up kind of fun, but we do not live in that timeline.
The Flaming Lips
5/5
I'd never heard this one before, but I loved it. Really interesting and fun to listen to, with a unique sort of storytelling.
Pere Ubu
2/5
Very raw. I didn’t love it.
The Blue Nile
3/5
Nice to listen to, but it didn’t make an impression on me.
Talking Heads
4/5
Really interesting.
Supergrass
3/5
Pretty good! I’d never heard of them and wasn’t expecting much, but this was fun to listen to.
Elvis Presley
3/5
I didn’t have many feelings about this. Suspicious Minds is good.
Mercury Rev
4/5
This felt dreamy and creative. Very nice.
Germs
2/5
Influential? Sure. Good? Not really.
Mekons
2/5
Just not that great.
Iron Maiden
2/5
White musicians do this thing where they write songs about the Native American genocide & try to make it sad and meaningful but also kind of glorify it because they don't want to feel too bad. I'm over it. The rest was fine.
Björk
4/5
So interesting and unique.
Sister Sledge
4/5
A lot of fun. I bet this was a total blast to dance to when it came out.
Faust
2/5
I thought this would be interesting but it was not.
Megadeth
3/5
Very stupid but also fun.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Very fun and catchy. I'll listen to it again.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
I guess I was expecting this to really blow me away, since I'd always heard it spoken of as a really important, excellent album. I can see how it was influential, but I just didn't find it that interesting. It felt like the same sound all the way through.
The United States Of America
3/5
Interesting, quirky. Not really my thing but I enjoyed the oddness of it all anyway.
Brian Eno
4/5
Artistic and definitely an experience. I'm not sure I loved it, but I sure didn't hate it either.
5/5
Soulful and very rich. Very very cool.
Foo Fighters
4/5
Wow, this brought back a lot of memories. I've never loved the Foo Fighters, but I've always liked them - just fun to listen to, solid music.
Miles Davis
4/5
Nice jazz.
Billie Holiday
3/5
She is undeniably talented. This style doesn’t really do it for me, but her skill takes it far regardless.
Mike Ladd
3/5
I liked the futuristic/sci fi themes but otherwise this didn't really stand out.
New York Dolls
4/5
I unexpectedly loved this. Foundational I’m sure, but also just very fun.
Solomon Burke
4/5
Love that voice. This was really nice.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
3/5
Very crisp and clean. Nice but didn’t stand out.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Sinatra's all right, but I just didn't love this.
Björk
3/5
I didn't like this as much as the other Bjork album I listened to, but it was still interesting and unique.
Jane Weaver
4/5
I’ve never heard of her before, but this was very appealing. Easy to listen to.
Yes
3/5
Kinda boring, not terrible but not amazing.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
This feels intense, emotional, and oddly dreamy at points.
Tom Waits
3/5
He sounds like a bullfrog getting strangled but I don’t always hate it.
T. Rex
4/5
Fun to listen to, felt like it went on a little too long.
The Beach Boys
5/5
Brian Wilson was a genius. RIP king.
Carole King
5/5
Amazing songwriting, strong performance. Definitely deserves to be here.
The Who
3/5
This is the fourth Who album I've gotten and it doesn't seem any more interesting than the others.
The Fall
2/5
As a longtime enjoyer of dudes who have annoying singing voices, this guy's voice is too annoying for me.
Anita Baker
3/5
Nice to listen to, but not too much more than that.