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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Side Story | 5 | 2.53 | +2.47 |
| Shalimar | 5 | 2.66 | +2.34 |
| Night Life | 5 | 2.82 | +2.18 |
| Arular | 5 | 2.83 | +2.17 |
| São Paulo Confessions | 5 | 2.84 | +2.16 |
| Out of Step | 5 | 2.92 | +2.08 |
| Tellin’ Stories | 5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
| The Last Of The True Believers | 5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
| O.G. Original Gangster | 5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
| Teenager Of The Year | 5 | 2.99 | +2.01 |
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Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wish You Were Here | 1 | 4.3 | -3.3 |
| The Wall | 1 | 4.15 | -3.15 |
| Cosmo's Factory | 1 | 3.93 | -2.93 |
| Grace | 1 | 3.71 | -2.71 |
| Document | 1 | 3.56 | -2.56 |
| Strangeways, Here We Come | 1 | 3.44 | -2.44 |
| Fleet Foxes | 1 | 3.43 | -2.43 |
| The Köln Concert | 1 | 3.39 | -2.39 |
| Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea | 1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
| Sea Change | 1 | 3.33 | -2.33 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Public Enemy | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| David Bowie | 7 | 4.14 | 3.8 |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Pink Floyd | 2 | 1 | 2.2 |
| The Byrds | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Gene Clark | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Scott Walker | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
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The Divine Comedy
2/5
I love the full instrumental, but get tired of his voice, so there's only so much I can take. I didn't love this
3 likes
Barry Adamson
5/5
I really enjoyed this. He did a good job capturing the noir feeling. Would definitely listen to it again.
1 likes
Tom Waits
5/5
I didn't like the first two songs, but then the album just got better and better.
1 likes
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The Flaming Lips
3/5
I gave it a whirl, but it's not for me.
Genesis
4/5
Not bad. Would I listen to it again? Unlikely. As prog rock goes, it wasn't unbearable.
Mudhoney
3/5
Started out as a rollicking mosh pit of fun but quickly started to wear on me. More suited for live club experience than a listening session .
Santana
5/5
Amazing album, forever associated with Woodstock. Made for summer afternoons and outside listening. Love Mother's Daughter.
1/5
Not for me. The same droning, dirge guitar on every track. Depressing. Didn't like her in the 90s, still don't.
De La Soul
5/5
The production on this is so specific to 1989/1990. It's a great, joyful album full of clever samples. Lots of fun, back when rap could be fun.
Gram Parsons
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
What an amazing album. This is fantastic fantastic fantastic. Another great road trip album, too, along with Graham Nash's.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
There are some good songs on this, and I appreciate his experimental, slightly less accessible ones.
Amy Winehouse
3/5
This was such a new sound when she first came on the scene, so I have to give credit for that, and her voice. It all gets a little samey for me after a few songs, though.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
Yawn.
Fats Domino
2/5
Old school dance music, pretty low energy by today's standards.
Minor Threat
5/5
Loved this. It was over too soon! If I were at a live show it would've been awesome. "You had us pegged all along. Damn."
Hole
3/5
No. It's just impossible for me to get past how bored I was with the whole grunge scene in the 90s. Despite a kickass drummer.
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
It gets a little samey. But a classic for sure
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Big Star
3/5
I feel like the production on this could have improved the overall experience. Needed more depth of sound.
New York Dolls
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
1/5
Queen
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
There's only so much Jack White I can take in one sitting, but if this were playing in a bar I wouldn't complain.
Barry Adamson
5/5
I really enjoyed this. He did a good job capturing the noir feeling. Would definitely listen to it again.
Stereolab
1/5
I didn't like this at all. Didn't like the vocals, music didn't have enough variation within the songs, each song just went on too long.
R.E.M.
1/5
Dullsville. Seriously boring and uninspired.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
I like the guitar and bass work, pretty boppy in places. But I don't care for the lyrics or vocalese.
Pretenders
5/5
Excellent songwriting. Chrissie Hynde is a badass musician.
Jacques Brel
4/5
Exactly what you want from a French pop crooner.
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Apart from a couple of songs that were too straight-ahead metal for me, the rocking bass lines had me hooked. I appreciate that they use their music for political activism and not just general rage; this is exactly the kind of music you want to listen to after a bad day at work to get your frustrations out. I forgot this was The Matrix closing music.
Pink Floyd
1/5
I hate this so much. It's too miserable to enjoy at all. And don't ever make me sit through the film again!
4/5
Dire Straits
3/5
It's a little too country-ish for me to take in one sitting, but I appreciate the music.
New Order
4/5
Hmm. I feel like the vocals let this down in many of the songs. But I really love the layered instrumentals and depth of sound.
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
I think I like the production on this album more than I like the songs, if that makes any sense. Having said that, most of the songs seem to be a little too slow and long. I did really like Guilt. It's too bad she wrecked her voice.
Arcade Fire
4/5
Ok, I didn't hate it. If you put this on in the car, I could listen to it. Some songs were better than others.
The Offspring
2/5
Come out and Play and Self Esteem were their big radio hits. That's about all I can take of this style of music.
Tom Waits
5/5
I didn't like the first two songs, but then the album just got better and better.
The Smiths
3/5
This album epitomizes my issues with The Smiths. As always, I love the guitar work and riffs. I also think Morrissey writes a good lyric. However, it seems like he writes his lyrics, and then comes in and just makes up a tune that has no relation to what the band is doing, like a five year old making up a tune. And it doesn't really work for me most of the time. I think The Headmaster Ritual and Well I Wonder are the strongest songs all around.
Nirvana
4/5
Ok, it's a good album for the kind of music it is. I think I'm just bored of the music since it was on such heavy rotation (and still is). It's very well produced
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Some of this is too honky-tonk, a little boring. Trying too hard to be American gospel or blues. But I do like a few songs. Somewhere in between a 3 and 4 for me
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Maybe it's because everything sounds better through my headphones, but I kinda liked this. Better than the other Echo album.
The Slits
3/5
This is the second time I've listened to this. There's nothing on this album that stands out to me or makes me want to listen to it again. But I really enjoyed Viv's memoir, and I get what they were trying to do.
AC/DC
3/5
I mean, the lyrics are terrible and the screaming gets tired, but if you're looking for hard driving guitar rock, this is classic.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
What a voice. These are all classics and still sound relevant.
Eric Clapton
2/5
Pretty boring overall. Mainline Florida had a little kick, plus one more was vaguely interesting. Meh.
Baaba Maal
1/5
I couldn't listen to this. It was too depressing and monotone
The Mamas & The Papas
2/5
This was like Beach Boys light, or Motown songs that needed more production. There were catchy songs here, but very boring sounds.
The Zombies
2/5
More subpar Beatles/Beach Boys
The Band
3/5
You know, I didn't mind this. It's not something I would listen to on my own, but if it were a road trip and someone put it on, I would listen.
The White Stripes
2/5
I can't say that I enjoyed any of this.
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Great concept album. I just found the subject matter hard to stomach.
Tears For Fears
4/5
This really takes me back! I love how in touch with their feelings they are. Some really great songs that still hold up.
Gang Of Four
3/5
I liked two songs: Damaged Goods and At Home He's a Tourist. The rest wasn't my cup of tea, but I bet Daddy loved it!
Parliament
2/5
Give up the Funk is good; the rest gets a little boring after awhile. I'm not that into funk in general.
The B-52's
4/5
Aimee Mann
3/5
Fleet Foxes
1/5
Hate it
John Cale
3/5
Perfectly pleasant.
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Not my thing
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
I like it. Reminded me of Saturday mornings at my dad's house. He'd get up and make coffee and it'd be cowboy music hour on public radio.
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
This is amazing. When you get a great songwriter, tight band and it all works. But I have the feeling this is the only full Springsteen album I like.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
A few beautiful songs, but I didn't love it.
The Kinks
2/5
Overall this was pretty boring and slow. I thought it was under produced.
Jack White
3/5
There were a couple songs I liked, but a lot of it was just the same song.
Little Richard
3/5
Ok, a lot of the tracks sound the same, and it's needing better production, but it's very catchy and was very influential.
Beastie Boys
4/5
Circle Jerks
4/5
Sade
4/5
Has that mid 80s production groove that screams summertime in France. Pretty easy listening.
Muddy Waters
4/5
Good blues. I couldn't listen to this on its own, too much blues for one sitting, but in the background it was fine
Hole
2/5
Started out strong, but I quickly got tired of it.
Hüsker Dü
1/5
Super boring. Were they really under the impression these were different songs? I couldn't finish it.
Soundgarden
3/5
Of all the grunge bands this is the most palatable to me, but really less than half of the album.
Giant Sand
1/5
Nope. Didn't get past first track.
Tom Waits
3/5
Didn't enjoy this as much as the other Waits album.
David Bowie
4/5
I enjoyed the first half more than the second, but it was all very modern sounding. Not what I was expecting from 1977 Bowie.
George Michael
4/5
Solid 4, maybe 5, but Freedom is an absolute 5. Such a good voice.
The Temptations
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Not bad.
MGMT
2/5
Decidedly mediocre. Why is this on the list?
Finley Quaye
3/5
Not a fan of the reggae, but this was fairly inoffensive.
Nick Drake
2/5
Too depressing for me, but I thought it was good quality.
The Beach Boys
4/5
There are a several songs that are absolute masterpieces, but I also find a lot of it boring. So tough call on rating.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
I actually enjoyed about the first half of this album, and then did not enjoy the rest very much at all.
Astrud Gilberto
4/5
Easy listening. I'm not sure it was super exciting
Elliott Smith
4/5
I didn't mind this. It would make good movie soundtrack music.
The Smiths
1/5
Boring. Not even some fun guitar work. He's such a misery guts
Muddy Waters
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
5/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Air
3/5
Okay for a soundtrack, but I wouldn't listen to it on its own.
Todd Rundgren
3/5
This got a little samey for me, and could've used an editor.
Bob Dylan
3/5
I started this on the plane, and was actually enjoying it, but then it started to just feel like the same song over and over...Dylan lyrics + harmonica. But then the last two songs were soooo Dylan and so nonsensical. JFK asks him how to grow the country and he says Brigitte Bardot and Sophia Loren, and he's got a woman who works all the time so he doesn't...yeah.
Brian Eno
4/5
Van Morrison
2/5
So annoying
The Go-Go's
4/5
That went really fast. Easy to listen to, but not great.
Can
1/5
I tried. I can't.
David Bowie
5/5
Neil Young
3/5
I thought On the Beach was a beautiful song. The rest of it isn't my cup of tea, but I think a lot of it is his voice. They'd be different songs with a different vocal. Five stars for the album cover, though.
Queen
3/5
Too prog for me, really. I didn't enjoy this.
1/5
Neil Young
1/5
This was difficult to get through.
Ryan Adams
2/5
It started out as easy listening road trip music, but I got pretty sick of it halfway through and didn't make it all the way to the end. Too country ish.
Underworld
3/5
I liked, or rather, didn't object, to some of it.
Buffalo Springfield
2/5
There's a lot going on musically in these songs, so I appreciated some of the musicality. But overall, not a fan.
Guns N' Roses
4/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Really not my thing
Bob Dylan
2/5
Um, pretty Dylanesque. Sounded very samey.
Meat Loaf
3/5
I don't know how I've gone through life not really knowing what meatloaf sounds like, but this was not what I was expecting. Very theatrical, not at all what the cover would suggest. It did get a little much for me after a couple of songs, but it's fun.
Genesis
3/5
First of all, no album needs to be this long. Having said that it's quite ambitious and not terrible. It was just far too much.
Fela Kuti
3/5
This was much like sitting through a reggae album.
Travis
4/5
Solid 4. Driftwood is now stuck in my head.
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Better as a soundtrack.
Frank Black
5/5
I loved this, which was unexpected.
Oasis
4/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
Weird mix
Megadeth
2/5
I can't listen to much of this. But if I liked thrash metal, this seems like it would be good.
The Divine Comedy
2/5
I love the full instrumental, but get tired of his voice, so there's only so much I can take. I didn't love this
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Mixed bag. I'm not that crazy about the slow bluesy ones.
T. Rex
3/5
Kind of inoffensive background music
10cc
2/5
I got really tired of the rock opera/musical theater sound. Didn't finish with two songs left.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
I can't take this much Siouxsie in one sitting. It's too discordant.
ABBA
3/5
Musically I thought this was kind of boring. The lyrics seemed more interesting.
Ash
4/5
Very 90s.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
I guess this is Southern rock? It gets a little tiresome after awhile, and I've never been a Freebird fan.
Mylo
4/5
1/5
Radiohead
3/5
Now that I'm thoroughly depressed ...
Dion
2/5
So boring. I feel like everyone who was influenced by Dion maybe improved the sound with their own music.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
I don't know how to rate this.
The Charlatans
5/5
Rating this on its own merits and not based on it sounding like other britpop bands.
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
It just feels like every song is the same and Bruce is straining his vocal chords on every one of them. Not a fan
The Clash
4/5
Queens of the Stone Age
2/5
Billy Joel
5/5
Sorry, but I love this album.
The Byrds
1/5
Awful.
Saint Etienne
2/5
I found this pretty boring. Background cafe music.
Donovan
1/5
Dreadful. I hate this hippie music.
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
Since this is a live album there's the inevitable noodling that was ok in some songs and interminable in others. I didn't mind it on the whole. I do quite like In memory of Elizabeth Reed.
Peter Tosh
3/5
I don't like reggae, but I'll give it the stars.
Joan Armatrading
4/5
A few songs got a little depressing for me, but there were other winners.
Cream
2/5
Ugh. Hated it, and that twee Mother's Lament at the end was the icing on the turd cake.
Stephen Stills
3/5
Didn't hate it.
DJ Shadow
3/5
Impressive, but I can't say I enjoyed it.
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
I tried, but I couldn't take more of it after three songs
M.I.A.
4/5
Adele
4/5
Robert Wyatt
1/5
Ugh
Dolly Parton
3/5
Can't say anything bad about the songwriting. But it's not my favorite style of music.
Roni Size
2/5
No.
Leonard Cohen
2/5
No.
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Pretty bland stuff
Mike Ladd
1/5
Got tired of it especially when the pussy references started. Why waste my time.
Nas
3/5
Seems pretty good as far as rap albums go. But I don't need to listen to it again.
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Fiona Apple
2/5
I don't have the patience to get through this.
Antony and the Johnsons
2/5
I can't deal with the tremulous voice.
Elton John
5/5
So many classics. Easy 5.
Bill Callahan
2/5
Too depressing
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Am I the only person on earth who doesn't like Joni Mitchell? She and Morrissey should do an album together since they both sound like children making up melodies as they go along.
Herbie Hancock
3/5
Al Green
3/5
Yeah, ok.
Rush
2/5
The Stooges
3/5
It's all kind of the same. But a good same if that's what you like.
David Bowie
4/5
Rod Stewart
4/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Meh.
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
I can see why this would've been a commercial failure. It's more of a spoken word concept album. I found it a little tiresome, but I suspect it might grow on me.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Note to Dylan: Hearts is not a two syllable word, last I checked.
CHVRCHES
2/5
This is very boring and the lyrics don't scan well. I have no idea why it's on the list.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Prog rock takes itself way too seriously.
Various Artists
5/5
Great classics
Ray Price
5/5
Perfect soundtrack to a sad dance in a Western bar with Sam Shepard and Jessica Lange
Kate Bush
3/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
Every song sounds the same to me.
Ice T
5/5
I have no idea how to rate rap artists, but I enjoyed this.
3/5
Felt like entering a time machine to 1970s hard streets of New York. Not a place I want to be. Points for atmosphere.
Pixies
3/5
4/5
Elvis Costello
4/5
Yeah, it's too long, but there was enough on here to keep me interested.
Doves
4/5
It's funny how there are certain production techniques and sounds and rhythms that are so specific to a time period. This had a few that I find annoying, like the whole underwater fuzzy sound, but I did enjoy a good portion. I felt the last three tracks were unnecessary.
U2
5/5
I can't tell you how many times I've listened to this. It was on constant rotation in my Walkman in high school. I forgive their Christian, pre-Good Friday earnestness and still love most of the songs.
The Louvin Brothers
3/5
Like Loretta Lynn, I just picture folks on a Friday or Saturday night at the local dance hall. I didn't mind it until it got too religious. Seems pretty obvious Satan would be a big fat liar, based on his reputation.
Kelela
2/5
Nope. Not my thing.
The xx
2/5
Didn't love it. Her voice affectations annoyed me, got tired of the album halfway through.
Isaac Hayes
5/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
I can't listen to this whole thing. Why is it so long? I've had my fill of late 60s early 79s blues rock.
Chicago
3/5
Hmm. One point for cow bell. But demerits for way too much noodling.
Pixies
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2/5
I just don't like reggae. No offense.
5/5
Funkadelic
5/5
Solid
Death In Vegas
2/5
Meh
I don't consider this a very strong album, and wouldn't even include it in U2s top albums.
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Blondie
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
Dreadful
The Bees
2/5
Yawn
JAY Z
2/5
I'm not going to listen to this while thing, let's be honest. It didn't catch me
Guided By Voices
2/5
I don't like the guys voice, and it sounds very 90s
Sam Cooke
5/5
Sounds like a fantastic concert!
Happy Mondays
4/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Wow, I enjoyed that far more than I anticipated. I didn't realize all those classics were from one album; the harmonizing is terrific.
The Who
4/5
Public Enemy
5/5
Duke Ellington
5/5
What a crazy crowd! Pretty sure this was in my dad's CD collection on heavy rotation.
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Rahul Dev Burman
5/5
Calexico
1/5
George Harrison
3/5
Too long without enough variation. I would've enjoyed a better curated experience.
Radiohead
4/5
Ramones
5/5
Booker T. & The MG's
2/5
Snoop Dogg
2/5
Motörhead
4/5
Impressive speed. I just can't take this much headbanging in one sitting.
Wilco
2/5
Stan Getz
5/5
Prince
4/5
X-Ray Spex
3/5
The Temptations
3/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
4/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
5/5
Basement Jaxx
4/5
Laibach
1/5
John Lennon
3/5
Johnny Cash
3/5
Method Man
1/5
Django Django
2/5
The Black Keys
2/5
I could only take so much.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Van Morrison
2/5
I was tired of this after one song. They all sound the same.
Mudhoney
3/5
Johnny Cash
3/5
Violent Femmes
4/5
The Police
4/5
N.W.A.
3/5
Lyrics are awful but beats are good
50 Cent
4/5
Hanoi Rocks
1/5
The Mars Volta
1/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Portishead
2/5
I really don't like her voice.
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Beck
4/5
The Stooges
2/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
John Coltrane
3/5
The Birthday Party
1/5
Soft Machine
2/5
Songhoy Blues
2/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Wild Beasts
2/5
Nope
Beach House
1/5
Johnny Cash
2/5
Boring
Sonic Youth
2/5
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Dirty Projectors
1/5
David Bowie
4/5
Joy Division
3/5
Slade
2/5
I do like how polite they are in the promo voiceovers. But it's a lot of the same.
The Hives
3/5
Another album where songs are good individually but too much to listen to for an entire album.
Björk
2/5
Not my thing
Bon Jovi
2/5
Pretty dull stadium rock
Solange
2/5
Led Zeppelin
2/5
Pretty boring
The Who
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
Madness
2/5
The Doors
2/5
I did not enjoy this. If I never have to listen to late 60s/early 70s blues rock again, it will be too soon.
Butthole Surfers
1/5
Couldn't take it.
Weather Report
2/5
Meh.
Miles Davis
2/5
Not my style of jazz.
The Stone Roses
5/5
Supergrass
5/5
Ride
2/5
Boring, repetitive, gave up on it.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Honestly, there are a couple of good songs, but I thought this was a bit lackluster.
Paul McCartney
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
The Stooges
2/5
Wasn't much fun to listen to.
Nick Drake
5/5
Richard Thompson
2/5
Mostly depressing folk. Wouldn't listen again.
Steely Dan
4/5
Green Day
5/5
The Only Ones
3/5
Very Violent Femmes sound
Bad Brains
2/5
I didn't much enjoy this.
The Boo Radleys
1/5
I didn't like this at all
Pink Floyd
1/5
Didn't listen. Hate Pink Floyd.
Meat Puppets
3/5
Actually enjoyed this
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Started out not minding it, but it was depressing in places, and enough trumpet to please Phoebe Bridgers. I started to feel like I was trapped in a never ending Broadway show.
Beatles
4/5
Common
4/5
Primal Scream
3/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
Jeff Buckley
1/5
Oh, no. Just no. Music to spiral into neverending depression, if that's your bag.
David Bowie
3/5
Black Sabbath
2/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Carole King
5/5
Classic
The Beach Boys
3/5
Milton Nascimento
2/5
Too depressing.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Some of the rough cuts were preferable to the album cuts. I can't get past some of the lyrics and noodling, but the bass is ten stars.
R.E.M.
5/5
When REM were cool and interesting
Bob Dylan
3/5
Small Faces
2/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
The Prodigy
2/5
The Incredible String Band
1/5
Dreadful
Frank Sinatra
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Rated against other grunge in general.
Roxy Music
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
The Human League
3/5
Fugazi
3/5
Prince
4/5
The Teardrop Explodes
4/5
Adele
3/5
I mean, if you like big voices and power ballads, but I can only take so much.
Thin Lizzy
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
I didn't really like this
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
Cannot stand this guy's affected vocals, and every song was the same
Ravi Shankar
4/5
Coldplay
3/5
The Cult
2/5
Mj Cole
3/5
Got tired of the extended version. Type of music you'd hear in hip cafes in Scotland.
Massive Attack
2/5
GZA
2/5
Not my cup of tea
Love
1/5
Dreadful
Lenny Kravitz
2/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Dylan lite, with a lot of stereotypical themes and rhymes
Frank Zappa
3/5
Tom Waits
3/5
These Waits albums are starting to all sound the same
Black Flag
2/5
Meh. I don't think I would ever choose to listen to this again.
Mercury Rev
5/5
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
Pavement
2/5
Unenjoyable trip back to 90s sound.
Carpenters
4/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Kind of did my head in in one listen, but I guess that's partly the point. I didn't hate this as much as I expected to, and enjoyed the time signature changes. The Iron Maiden t-shirt was standard issue for half the males in my high school.
Fever Ray
2/5
Too slow, depressing, didn't enjoy voices
Raekwon
2/5
I thought this was pretty dull.
2/5
Radiohead lite.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Pulp
4/5
This grew on me the second time around.
2/5
Pretty intolerable
Beatles
4/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Le Tigre
3/5
Sister Sledge
3/5
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
5/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
George Michael
5/5
The voice on this guy.
Julian Cope
3/5
I thought it would never end. I liked bits of it.
Fugees
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
Radio friendly Radiohead
Machito
4/5
Yes
4/5
Keith Jarrett
1/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5/5
Sleater-Kinney
4/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
5/5
Van Halen
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
Buzzcocks
4/5
Randy Newman
3/5
The Beta Band
2/5
Japan
2/5
Public Enemy
5/5
Led Zeppelin
2/5
The Wonton Song was actually interesting. The rest of it was very meh, and don't make me listen to Kashmir one more f'ing time!
Paul Weller
4/5
The Libertines
4/5
With a couple of tracks trimmed, this would've been a 5.
Digital Underground
2/5
So early 90s. Got bored.
The Residents
2/5
No, I cannot listen to an entire album of this. One song is interesting, but that's enough.
Boards of Canada
1/5
Hate this style of electronica
The Verve
5/5
Moby
5/5
The Dandy Warhols
1/5
That was soooooo boring. I skipped through every song.
David Bowie
4/5
This grew on me the longer I listened to it, but I didn't like the first track
Neil Young
4/5
Yeah, a begrudging thumbs up.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
I don't really have an issue with the music. It's depressing, but some of it sounded like it would've fit right in with early 2000s electronica. I just have an issue with her singing. Every song sounds exactly the same.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
2/5
This did nothing for me.
a-ha
3/5
Such earnest pop music
Beck
4/5
The Associates
2/5
I couldn't get through this. Dreary dreary and dreary.
Lambchop
2/5
Really bland stuff.
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
I can't stand the whole "I forgot the words let's scat and vocalese instead ha ha ha" schtick.
Billy Bragg
4/5
The Pogues
4/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Morrissey
4/5
Justin Timberlake
2/5
Goldie
2/5
Why was this so long, and was the singer supposed to sound off key? It all blended into one long track, and isn't that exciting to me.
Gene Clark
1/5
Eminem
2/5
Musically interesting, but lyrically abrasive.
Janet Jackson
3/5
Youssou N'Dour
5/5
Simple Minds
3/5
Green Day
4/5
Yeah, a solid album. Everything you want from a green day album.
Van Halen
4/5
The Specials
5/5
Ozomatli
3/5
Nanci Griffith
5/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
I got tired of this halfway through. And she's slightly off key all the time, which is annoying.
Charles Mingus
4/5
Missy Elliott
2/5
Just not very interesting to me
Tina Turner
3/5
Sigur Rós
2/5
Meh.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Joanna Newsom
2/5
Pretty dreadful. I can't stand her baby voice.
Sparks
4/5
Sisters Of Mercy
1/5
Depeche Mode
2/5
Too much
Willie Nelson
4/5
Beck
1/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Scott Walker
1/5
So awful
TV On The Radio
2/5
Burning Spear
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Nitin Sawhney
1/5
Jane's Addiction
2/5
I didn't care for it
Neil Young
3/5
If it weren't so sad and depressing...
Sepultura
1/5
Um, no. I did not care to listen.
Magazine
4/5
Elbow
4/5
I was going to give this a five but it started grating on me very close to the end
The Cure
3/5
Louis Prima
3/5
This is fun to listen to, but I'll not sure it's worth being on this list.
Fairport Convention
2/5
I didn't care for is
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3/5
Not bad
Norah Jones
3/5
The playlist at every wedding in the early 2000s
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
I need a stiff drink after all that drama
The Kinks
4/5
Primal Scream
3/5
It's not really my thing but there were aspects of it that I liked
Peter Gabriel
5/5
I like this album more every time I listen to it
The Pretty Things
1/5
Dreadful.
Slint
2/5
Boring and depressing
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
That's a lot of funky bongo to get through in one sitting. Works better in a Steven Soderbergh soundtrack.
The Replacements
5/5
The heartfelt backdrop to my college years.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Big Black
1/5
No
Living Colour
3/5
Brian Eno
5/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Deep Purple
2/5
Not my thing and way too much noodling
Bobby Womack
3/5
Richard Hawley
4/5
The Police
5/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
Too long
Solomon Burke
2/5
Arrested Development
3/5
Too long by half, and everything started to sound the same
The Vines
2/5
Skepta
2/5
Lauryn Hill
3/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
The Cramps
3/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
The spoken word long play was annoying.
Drive Like Jehu
2/5
This just got to be a little too much.
The Byrds
2/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
The Damned
5/5
Now that's some punk music I can get behind. Enjoyed it from beginning to end
Brian Eno
4/5
Spiritualized
2/5
Made it through, but didn't like it.
Erykah Badu
2/5
I got bored with this very quickly. The sound is dated now.
Doves
2/5
Paint by numbers sound. Also depressing.
Tortoise
2/5
Not my thing.
M.I.A.
5/5
That was a lot of fun
The Cure
1/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
A couple of catchy anthems, but it's all the same sound, and I'm suspicious of songs that require a lot of lyrical padding such as repetition of words and syllables.
The Sonics
2/5
Pretty dull, but I guess the whole point of this album is just party music to do the 60s dances.
Brian Wilson
5/5
Public Enemy
5/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
2/5
I did not enjoy this.
Talking Heads
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
This is the new standard for five star ratings. Outstanding.
Thelonious Monk
3/5
Scott Walker
2/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Christina Aguilera
4/5
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Sabu
3/5
The Who
5/5