My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
Devil Without A Cause Kid Rock	5	2.06	+2.94
Scum Napalm Death	5	2.07	+2.93
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman John Zorn	5	2.23	+2.77
Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt	5	2.28	+2.72
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	5	2.29	+2.71
Locust Abortion Technician Butthole Surfers	5	2.39	+2.61
En-Tact The Shamen	5	2.43	+2.57
Black Metal Venom	5	2.46	+2.54
We're Only In It For The Money The Mothers Of Invention	5	2.47	+2.53
Calenture The Triffids	5	2.55	+2.45

Album	You	Global	Diff
Wild Is The Wind Nina Simone	1	3.64	-2.64
Stardust Willie Nelson	1	3.4	-2.4
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	1	3.39	-2.39
Seventeen Seconds The Cure	1	3.38	-2.38
Music From Big Pink The Band	1	3.36	-2.36
Pornography The Cure	1	3.31	-2.31
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	1	3.3	-2.3
Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds	1	3.22	-2.22
Pyromania Def Leppard	1	3.13	-2.13
Ambient 1/Music For Airports Brian Eno	1	3.07	-2.07

Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	8	5
Beatles	5	5
Metallica	4	5
Pink Floyd	4	5
Led Zeppelin	5	4.6
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	4	4.75
U2	4	4.75
Radiohead	4	4.75
Black Sabbath	3	5
Blur	3	5
R.E.M.	4	4.5
Beck	3	4.67
Joni Mitchell	3	4.67
The Stooges	3	4.67
Bob Dylan	3	4.67
The Smashing Pumpkins	2	5
Elton John	2	5
Bruce Springsteen	2	5
Adele	2	5
Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	5
Simon & Garfunkel	2	5
Beastie Boys	2	5
The White Stripes	2	5
Nirvana	2	5
Sepultura	2	5
Iron Maiden	2	5
Oasis	2	5
Kendrick Lamar	2	5
The Pogues	2	5
Green Day	2	5
Dinosaur Jr.	2	5
The Kinks	2	5
Taylor Swift	2	5
Michael Jackson	2	5
Johnny Cash	2	5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	2	5
Motörhead	2	5
The Mothers Of Invention	2	5
Pet Shop Boys	2	5
Kanye West	2	5
Deep Purple	3	4.33
Sonic Youth	3	4.33
Kraftwerk	3	4.33
Talking Heads	3	4.33
The Who	3	4.33
Queen	3	4.33

Artist	Albums	Average
The Cure	3	1.33
The Band	2	1.5
Miles Davis	2	1.5

Artist	Ratings
Def Leppard	1, 5
Stevie Wonder	5, 2
Willie Nelson	4, 1
Emerson, Lake & Palmer	5, 2
Tom Waits	5, 2

Deep Purple

5/5

Funny this should be the first album, have been a massive Machine Head fan since their Burn My Eyes debut and am aware they named themselves after this album but have never actually listened to this record. That was a mistake. All I really knew about Deep Purple up to this point was Smoke on the Water. Opener is already sucking me right in. This is my type of album for sure.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

5/5

Like this one more than I thought I would. I don't think I'd ever find myself reaching for Buddy Holly normally so well done generator.

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Had only really heard the title track. I prefer the rock/blues songs to the more ballad type tunes but on balance a pretty solid dad rock LP.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

5/5

An undiscovered gem. I was expecting some filler with an album so long, but every song earns its place in the tracklist. A masterpiece.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

4/5

I've been trying to listen to more jazz, this album is a treat. Another one for the regular playlist.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

First album generated that I have actually listened to before. I'm not a massive SP fan but this album is rather special, imo. My favourite of theirs by quite some margin. I'd forgotten how noisy this album can get, but listening again after some time I'm appreciating the softer tracks. To Forgive is simply beautiful. Heavier the better usually for me but Pumpkins are a band that can get the ballads right too. Nothing better than a heavy band dropping the heaviness, to my ears at least. I can see how this might become a bit much being 2hrs long but I truly can't get enough of this.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

4/5

Liked it more than I expected to. More than just another punk album.

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

4/5

Quite liked this one.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

A great Beatles album. Such great songs in this. Easy 5 stars

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

What can I say. It's Bob Marley and it's great.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Easiest 5 stars ever. This album has it all, sadness, sorrow, hope, joy and a whole bunch of gruesome murders. The Bad Seeds at the top of their game here, though to be fair they are on most albums. Ending it all with the Dylan cover 'Death Is Not The End' is a stroke of genius. Long live Nick Cave.

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

Not really my bag. Songs were ok, but nothing that really grabbed me much

Metallica

5/5

I pretty much grew up with this album, as familiar as my own skin. Love it more with every listen. Nothing Else Matters is a perfect rock ballad. Just a perfect LP.

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

4/5

Sad he only got to finish this one album. Would love to have heard what would come later. Nice listen.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Over 20 years before I was born, still sounds fresh today. Good music will remain good music, regardless of when it was recorded. Ready Teddy a particular favourite.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

I like blues, I like guitar solos. This album is just a lil too long though. Version of Little Wing is OK, prefer the original though.

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Up til now the only way I knew of Steely Dan was through an old Harry Hill joke. Not a bad album, was nice to listen to on the way home from work. Probably won't listen to it ever again though.

Debut

Björk

5/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Meh

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

5/5

Punk at it's very finest. Love Biafra. Great album.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

4/5

Quite liked this one. Worth a few more listens.

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

I prefer his more eclectic albums, but this stripped back focus on songwriting Beck is not too bad either.

Goo

Sonic Youth

5/5

The best bits are the feedback parts. Beautifully noisy. Love this album.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Listening to the Beatles always makes me smile. Great album.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

Meanders a little bit in the middle. Still a really solid album overall though.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

5/5

More wonderful noise from Sonic Youth. Plenty of feedback etc. This is how guitars should be played.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

A nice listen. Likely won't revisit this one much.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

4/5

A pretty solid listen. Guess I'm more of a Sting/Police fan than I thought.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

If it hadn't been early morning some of this album would possibly have put me to sleep. Not a terrible album by any means, just not for me.

Real Life

Magazine

4/5

Lots of great guitar and synth lines. Will be checking out more of their work in future for sure.

Low

David Bowie

5/5

Big time Bowie fan. Was never gonna be any other rating for this one. Solid album from start to finish, even the Eno instrumentals. Up there with the Dame's best.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Great album, though some.of the songs go on just a bit longer than they really need to.

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

4/5

Liked this way more than I thought I would. Strong Bowie influence can be heard throughout.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Some interesting rhythms going on here. Had already heard the Soulful version of the first track, which I didn't realise was a cover until now. Can see the influence on later (Max fronted) Sepultura and Soulfly in the drums at least.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

4/5

Some nice lo-fi on here. Will need to check out some more.

The Blueprint

JAY Z

4/5

Jay Z on top form here.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

4/5

I was hesitant to listen to this, nu metal isn't my favourite form of metal so I only was kinda aware of Linkin Park having intentionally avoided them in the past. This album is pretty good all told, nice riffs and found myself enjoying most of the songs. Scored higher than I expected to.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

5/5

I'm not quite sure how I've managed to avoid listening to so many classic albums, but The Rolling Stones always seemed a band cemented in a time before mine. Ultimately you can't really beat a bit of good old rock n roll, and The Stones have always excelled at that. This album feels to me like you're in the studio with the band getting loaded and just enjoying some jams. The type of album this list was made for, imo.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Loved it. Another classic I had totally neglected until now.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

5/5

Bon Jovi at their Bonniest and their Joviest.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

Quite liked this one. Not amazing, bit pretty damn great.

Disintegration

The Cure

2/5

I honestly tried to like this. It's just so damn boring to me. I listened twice thinking I must be missing something, but still just hmmmmmm. Not for me I guess

Faith

George Michael

4/5

Good set of songs. Shame we lost such a brilliant talent.

Sulk

The Associates

4/5

Another undiscovered gem. Not even a name I was familiar with. Loved it.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

5/5

Reading the notes, Elliott recorded all parts himself. This is precisely the type of album I wish I could've written myself. Top marks well deserved.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

This album is sheer utter ear candy from start to finish. A complete joy to listen to. Perfection.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

3/5

Sounds better late at night when you're very blazed. Apparently some of these songs were written as a stream of consciousness and it really shows.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

JJ at her finest. A brilliant album with a brilliant band.

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Le freak, c'est Chic.. Besides the songs I already knew the rest felt like filler. I appreciate their influence and the amount of other hits he's written or been involved in, but this album fell flat and was underwhelming.

Foo Fighters

4/5

You'd be forgiven for thinking a full band recorded this and not Dave Grohl all by himself. Some really great songs on here.

Lost Souls

Doves

2/5

I lost something listening to this, not sure it was my soul though. Some interesting parts here and there but most of the songs felt like they dragged and plodded along. Bland

Music From Big Pink

The Band

1/5

More like The Bland. Music from Big Stink

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

This is more like it. Great album.

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

1/5

I imagine being at an airport nowadays would be bad enough without having to listen to this snoozefest. Yawn.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

5/5

Hip hop classic. Bars upon bars upon bars.

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

4/5

I was a bit hesitant over this one, as I didn't particularly like the solo album I listened to. This is however a great live album. Kinda get Van the Man now.

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

Lou Reed with some help from Bowie. Some really silly lyrics. And Perfect Day. Love this album.

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

2/5

These songs all blended together. Dull.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

Some interesting stuff on here for sure. Will need to listen again some time.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

3/5

Middle of the road.

Mask

Bauhaus

5/5

FISHCAKES

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

Plods along wearily.

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

4/5

Randomly picked this up on vinyl as it intrigued me. Very eclectic.

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

4/5

Utterly bonkers

Palo Congo

Sabu

4/5

So different from what I'd usually listen to. Liked more than I didn't.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

A corker of an album

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

It's Al Green. Nuff said really.

White Ladder

David Gray

3/5

Pleasant enough. Average.

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Great album

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

4/5

Not my usual bag, but I quote liked this.

The World is a Ghetto

War

2/5

This felt longer than it actually was.

Pyromania

Def Leppard

1/5

Never getting that time back.

Live At Leeds

The Who

5/5

Was putting off listening to this one as I generally don't like live albums. The Who are tighter than Axls 90s hot pants here. Wow.

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

5/5

Forgive me Father For I have synthed....

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Classic

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

Groovy grunge

Eternally Yours

The Saints

5/5

Another great band I'd never heard of.

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

5/5

Timeless classic

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

5/5

What a wonderful, wonderful album. Loved every second of this.

25

Adele

5/5

Beautiful

Headquarters

The Monkees

4/5

Was a nice listen overall

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

An interesting listen. Still undecided.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Worth it for the 11 minute Grapevine cover alone. Everything else great too. Enjoyable listen.

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

3/5

I liked this a little more than I expected.

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

5/5

We like both kinds a music here. Country AND western.

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

4/5

Way way better than expected. One I'd never have checked out.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Sublime. Another top scorer.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

Long live Ozzy. Perfection.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

5/5

Oh my god, that's the funky shit.

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

Yes

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Classic hip hop. Great use of samples throughout.

Vivid

Living Colour

5/5

Extra points for unexpected Public Enemy.

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

3/5

I kept expecting strings to break. Very mellow. Can take or leave most of it to be brutally honest.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

5/5

One I think I'm going to return to a lot.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

5/5

Our eldest cat is named after Mossy Elliot. This album is awesome. Old school hip hop at its finest.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

2/5

Dull as dishwater.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Meandering mellow dance music. Meh.

Queen II

Queen

5/5

Freddie and the boys rocking out. Gotta love it.

Country Life

Roxy Music

3/5

Not really my bag.

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

2/5

Dull dull dull

Gorillaz

5/5

Got sunshine in a bag. Brilliantly bonkers. Love Damon.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

Been listening to this for over 30 years. It's part of my DNA. Brilliant.

The Visitors

ABBA

5/5

When ABBA does their swan song, the swans do sing. Great stuff.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Great album

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

3/5

Melancholy MOR. Meh.

1977

Ash

4/5

Rocktastic

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Musical perfection.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Acoustic Zeppelin hits different for sure. Amazing.

Liquid Swords

GZA

5/5

Liquid lyricism. Bold beats. Wonderful Wutang.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Need to listen to this one more. Liked it more than I expected to going in.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

5/5

Masterful use of samples. Rhymes effortless.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

U2

4/5

Better than I expected it to be

Elephant

The White Stripes

5/5

Earworms coming out the wazoo. That last song is so damn sweet it hurts, reminds me of I'm Sticking With You by Velvet Underground.

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

1/5

That feeling when 38 minutes feels like 3 hours. Yyyyyyyaaaaawwwwwnnnnnnzzzzzzzz

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

RIP Kurt. Amazing performances from all throughout. Nirvana on top form.

Cut

The Slits

3/5

Some nice grooves on here.

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

5/5

Gloriously barmy. I love every second of this nutty LP.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

5/5

Great album.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

3/5

A pleasant enough listen. Nothing more, nothing less.

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

4/5

Repetitive, meditative. Made for a pleasant work commute. Probably won't listen ever again but don't feel like I wasted the time.

Traffic

5/5

Well, Traffic rock. Loved it.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

This album has everything anyone could ever want or need from one of the tightest bands ever recorded. Amazing from start to finish. Not a second wasted. Perfect.

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

5/5

Rock On Tommy

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

3/5

Insipid

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Reggae reggae sauce.

World Clique

Deee-Lite

2/5

Groove Is In The Heart does all the heavy lifting on this snoozefest of an album.

Stephen Stills

4/5

Pleasant sounds for a morning commute. Classics are classics for a reason.

Ingenue

k.d. lang

4/5

I feel like this is a grower. The slower paced tracks let it down a bit for me. Voice is amazing.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

1/5

Bit of a bitch to get through, that Bitches Brew.

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

5/5

My kinda music.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

5/5

This album should come with a hearing damage warning. That cheering at the start near burst my eardrums. Great album

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

I feel like I could grow to really love this album.

The Stooges

4/5

Prefer the punk parts to the meandering bits.

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

4/5

Some outrageous bars on this. Classic

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Eclectic

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

Went on for a bit longer than it needed to, both individual songs and album as a whole. Liked it a lot but it could have done with some trimming, imo.

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

5/5

Divine indeed

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

4/5

Groovy

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Classic metal.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

2/5

Meh

Arise

Sepultura

5/5

Metal masterpiece

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Some good stuff woven into the mix. Seemed like it went on longer than it had to.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

5/5

Wonderful.

The Rise & Fall

Madness

4/5

They call it madness.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

4/5

Not my favourite hip hop record. Good though.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Took me a few days to take it all in. Some great songs on this.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

This album isn't always an easy listen, but it is near the top of greatest of all time lists for a reason. Brilliant from start to finish. It's not easy banging your head against some mad buggers wall.

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

4/5

Loved the second half more than the first. The instrumental was the best track on here. Will likely check out some more from them.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

5/5

I'd somehow managed to dismiss Snoop as a features rapper and had never listened to a full album of his. Big big huge mistake. Hip hop at its finest.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

I actually prefer the songs where they aren't rapping, as great as those are. The instrumentals are off the charts. Another album I criminally neglected til now. This project is turning up some real gems for me so far.

Iron Maiden

5/5

Rocks like a mf from start to finish.

Ananda Shankar

2/5

The covers felt unnecessary and the originals aren't essential listening either, imo.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

This is a rock masterpiece. Classic Bowie. Love every bit of it. RIP DB

Cross

Justice

2/5

Expected to like this. Some nice grooves and interesting noises but most of the songs felt like they went on a bit too long.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

Title track is good but all the others are better. Guess I like Paul McCartney. Who knew?

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

4/5

A nice little album. Not earth shattering, but close to it.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

I keep expecting to like NY, but so far have found his work to be a tad self indulgent.

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

Beautiful wee album. Perfection.

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

5/5

Nothing to dislike here.

The Band

2/5

The Bland strikes again.

California

American Music Club

4/5

Reminds me of the Trashcan Sinatras. This isn't a bad thing.

Damaged

Black Flag

1/5

Sub par punk from the guy who sued Negativland.

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

4/5

Liked this one. Great stuff.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Hard rock done by the masters.

Black Metal

Venom

5/5

So many albums and bands inspired by this record. Some good riffs on here even if the production is ropey at best. Well deserves its place on the list.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Pleasant enough. Won't ever listen to this again.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

Can smell the cigar smoke and whisky. Glorious.

Play

Moby

5/5

Stunning work of art.

B-52's

The B-52's

5/5

Delightfully bonkers

Manassas

Stephen Stills

5/5

Double albums don't get much better than this.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

Another brilliant beatles album. Total coincidence that last sentence spells out ABBA.

Signing Off

UB40

5/5

Fuck Thatcher.

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

5/5

Stunning debut. Well deserved five stars

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

What a wonderful album.

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

4/5

Groovin indeed.

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4/5

Liked this one. A pleasant morning commute made a little better.

Rapture

Anita Baker

4/5

What a voice.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Everybody wants to rule the world. They very nearly did.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

3/5

Another day, another Morrissey album. Nothing to write home about. Some good songs.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

1/5

Zzzzzzzz all these songs just drone on and oooonnnnn. First album that I truly don't understand why it's on this list. Didn't need to hear this at all. Wish I could give it no stars.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

A pretty solid album. Second half let it down a bit imo.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

5/5

Apparently I'm a ZZ Top fan. Who knew?

Skylarking

XTC

3/5

Some interesting songs but nothing I'd revisit in a hurry

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

3/5

Besides the ones I already knew this album seems quite forgettable.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

5/5

Everyone talks about OK Computer. And I understand why that is. But man, this album is such a good damn vibe.

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Sometimes experimental albums are amazing and sometimes they are garbage. This is somewhere in between.

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

1/5

'Skip' indeed. Boooooringggggg.....

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

4/5

Rock N Roll.

The United States Of America

5/5

Wonderfully eclectic. Another band I had never heard of til doing this. Another easy five stars.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

Deep. Purple.

No Other

Gene Clark

3/5

Meh.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

5/5

Oh my soul.

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

5/5

Can't quite think what to say about this. Blew my mind a wee bit. Nice one

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

5/5

Gonna see Liam perform this for it's 30 anniversary soon. Looking forward to it. Amazing album

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Better than the South Park version

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

From the first riffs on War Pigs to the last notes of Faries Wear Boots, this album is perfection. The ultimate metal masterpiece. Timeless.

Wild Gift

X

4/5

Punktastic

The Only Ones

4/5

Pretty solid album all round. Somenice guitar tones.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

Beautiful.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

Great live album. I'm usually not a big fan of live LPs but this well earns its place on the list.

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

4/5

Nice Sunday afternoon music.

The Joshua Tree

U2

5/5

Well, I'll be jiggered. There it is... Negativland made me familiar with a particular song on this album. Taken in its proper context the song is great and so is the album. 5 stars is VERY STUPID, VERY STUPID, and who gives a shit?

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

3/5

Guitar jangly yumminess

Copper Blue

Sugar

4/5

Niiiice

Forever Changes

Love

3/5

A nice little album, but for me at least rather forgettable.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Grooooovy maaaaan

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Seminal hip hop album. Love the mix of jazz etc. Kendrick on top form.

Basket of Light

Pentangle

2/5

Nah

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

I stood on dog shit while listening to this. It's not Sarah's fault of course. I don't really like standing on dog shit it messes up my nice leopard print trainers. I was less angry than usual cos this woman sings so beautifully. She gets an answer extra star for that. Sue me.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

4/5

Really liked this one. Very 80s but that's not always a bad thing.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

This was a really really pleasant surprise. Amazing album.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

This album didn't really do it for me. Extra star for her voice

Young Americans

David Bowie

5/5

Plastic soul Bowie is it my favourite Bowie. Still Bowie though, and still great.

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

3/5

Some good stuff in there, but not enough to maintain interest. Was glad it was over by the end.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

California Dreaming is sublime. Rest I could take or leave.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

2/5

I know Miles Davis is one of the greatest etc etc yada yada but this stuff just boooooores me so.... Shoot me I guess. Grudging 2 stars

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

3/5

Passed the time. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. MOR for me.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Bit too dad rock for me. Wasn't bad but wasn't great either.

Street Signs

Ozomatli

5/5

Fuck yeah. I had to assemble this in YouTube and include live versions. This shit rocks though. Might try to pick it up on vinyl at some point. Unexpected greatness.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

2/5

Maybe this was the shit in the 70s. Listening over 50 years later I'm just not feeling it.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

5/5

God bless Shane McGowan.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Meh

Document

R.E.M.

5/5

REM are the band that KEEPS giving. I love their big hits and even know some deeper cuts but haven't ever deep dived into their early catalogue. This album fucking ROCKS!!!!!!!!!

Horses

Patti Smith

5/5

Wowsers. Never really bothered to check out Patti. Will need to rectify that.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Pretty solid dance album.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

5/5

Wish I could give this 6 stars. Honestly perfect album. Covers did so well they sound like originals. Wowsers.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Stevie Wonder. Nuff said really.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

As much as I adore Nick and even though there are a few good songs on this, I just can't give it full marks. Few too many dull moments for me personally.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

3/5

Meh

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

Hail.

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

2/5

Didn't really like this all that much.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Give it away now

Nowhere

Ride

4/5

Meanders it's merry way.

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

Their greatest work so far. Love every second of this.

The Predator

Ice Cube

4/5

Some ok bars on this. Not my favourite rapper or album.

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

1/5

Boooooringggggg.

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

Some great songs on here, just not quite enough of them for five stars.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

That last piano tune was stunning. Enjoyed this a LOT more than I expected to.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

It's all dark.

Franz Ferdinand

5/5

An extra point just for being Scottish.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

3/5

Started off OK, thought this may turn the tide of low jazz scores but sadly didn't last. Probably my most liked jazz album so far, but can't justify any more than 3 stars (and feel like it's bordering on 2 tbh). Just as well today is a good day.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Stripped back and all the better for it. The Boss bossing it.

Suzanne Vega

5/5

Another unexpected brilliant album. The story telling on this puts me in mind of Taylor Swift. I love a song that tells a tale.

Parklife

Blur

5/5

Any album that has Phil Daniels talking about the dirty pigeons gets an automatic five stars from me.

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Beautiful

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

2/5

Not for me

GI

Germs

4/5

Pretty good punk.

xx

The xx

3/5

A pleasant enough listen.

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

Nice voices. Got a bit repetitive after a while.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

Meh

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Rocks like a motherfucker

Pornography

The Cure

1/5

Listened because I had to. Won't be repeating the experience ever again.

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

4/5

Song at the end is beautiful. Title track a work of sheer genius. Middle bits were so so.

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

5/5

Sheer unadulterated brilliance.

Tommy

The Who

3/5

Could've done with a fair bit of trimming.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Plods along merrily with a few stand out tracks.

Music

Madonna

4/5

Not too shabby.

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Seems like maybe he needed Paul after all

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

4/5

Some good stuff in here. Extra star just for Nick Cave and Jarvis Cocker.

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

Dragged a bit.

Chris

Christine and the Queens

3/5

Had high hopes for this one but it didn't live up to them sadly.

Raw Power

The Stooges

5/5

Raw indeed. Love it.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

2/5

Yet another jazz album I didn't like.

Black Sabbath

5/5

Arguably the birth of heavy metal. Definitely a motherfucking beast of an album.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

Brilliant album. David Byrne is something else.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

It was a classic when it released and still a classic now.

Live Through This

Hole

5/5

Courtney Love doing what she does best. Amazing.

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

4/5

Some nice hip hop.

Ramones

4/5

Punk as fuck

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

1/5

Every minute felt like an hour.

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

3/5

Meh

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Average set of songs

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

5/5

Speaks to my soul.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Sheer aural bliss

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

5/5

I'd give this six stars if I could. Hip hop done by one of its finest groups. Amazing.

My Generation

The Who

5/5

Yes, more of this please.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Quite liked this one

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

4/5

Now this Eno I can vibe with.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Schwonderful.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

3/5

It's all sounding really great, let's fuck with everyone's head and inexplicably put bloody jaw harp underneath it all.....

Joan Baez

4/5

What a voice. Arrangements very sparse. All in all a great album.

High Violet

The National

3/5

Meh

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

An OK album

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Nice one Bob

John Prine

5/5

Great songs sung well. Wonderful story telling.

Van Halen

3/5

Cock rock

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

5/5

Grunge at its finest.

Hysteria

Def Leppard

5/5

Rocks like a mother sucker.

Blackstar

David Bowie

5/5

A swansong from one of the greatest artists to have ever lived. RIP DB.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

5/5

Glorious pop songs.

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

5/5

Legendary

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

2/5

A load of tree hugging hippy crap.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

5/5

Love Steinman. OTT rock clichés ftw.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Sinatra sings well, obviously. Most of these songs are just not really my bag though.

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

Not as good as the other REM albums I've listened to. Still pretty good though.

McCartney

Paul McCartney

4/5

Liked it more than the Lennon solo album. The instrumentals were really good. No offence to Paul's voice, but I preferred the bits he wasn't singing on.

1989

Taylor Swift

5/5

Avoided a moral dilemma with this by listening to the original version on vinyl. My wife is way more of a Swiftie than I am, but this is a damn good album.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

5/5

Simply Wonderful. Upbeat pop punk at its finest.

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

5/5

This is quite a lot of Dylan. I mean the last track is 16 straight minutes of him "talking to myself in a monologue" fuck me those are actually lyrics in this mammoth track. Having said that, it's also fuckin Dylan. GOAT.

Dire Straits

4/5

Knopfler rules.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

3/5

Great musicianship but this shit is really not my bag at all

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

1/5

Life is too short to spend it listening to these loooong and mostly boring songs.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Passed the time. Nice voice. MOR.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

5/5

Great guitar chops. My kinda music.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

5/5

RIP FZ. Great album, especially Peaches En Regalia

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

1/5

These guys were definitely seeing trails. There is a cliche that some of the best music is made by people on drugs. Sometimes that can be very true. For this album, that popular Verve song springs to mind. Didn't work for this album

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Perfect voice. Perfect tunes. Perfect album.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Another perfect album. Bonus version of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman from yesterday's album. Nice one.

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

MOR grunge

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Ragged Glory indeed. Just what I needed this morning.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Wanted to like this more. Just a bit too slow paced for my tastes. Still some great songs.

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

5/5

Bang bang. Fucking brilliant. Vaguely aware of her but glad I got thrown into this one today. Great stuff.

Paris 1919

John Cale

5/5

Not at all what I was expecting. I'm a fan of his work with Velvet Underground, but not really listened to his solo material. Thought it would be more experimental. Not complaining, this is another belter.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

Pretty decent hip hop.

Odessa

Bee Gees

3/5

Some good songs in there but it got a bit bogged down in its tweeness by the end.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

5/5

Perfect music to read Guardians of the Galaxy with.

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

1/5

Dull beats and dull instrumentals make Dave a not very happy boy.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Yeah, it's Queen. Expected better from this to be honest. Maybe I'm just jaded.

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

5/5

I know I supposed to hate this. It's vapid, loud, obnoxious, rap rock. Not done that well, but on the other hand it is a great example of a damn near perfect blend of genres. It's like if Vanilla Ice had preferred Guns N Roses to Queen. Fuck it, I love this shit.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

5/5

I love that deep crooning voice.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Another four

The La's

4/5

A Tower Records No Risk Disc back in the day.

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

5/5

Truly a masterpiece. Blew away the cobwebs of a Thursday morning. Amazing.

More Specials

The Specials

4/5

Not bad. A fun album.

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

Took me back to when I was a kid, listening to this in vjnyl through headphones. Over and over, learning every hee hee and shamoan.... How could I score it any lower?

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

Swan song from the Man in Black. Poingnant and poetic. Perfection.

Pump

Aerosmith

3/5

Not bad, but jot great either.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

Brilliant stuff. Got a few laughs from his dialogue during the show too.

GREY Area

Little Simz

5/5

No grey area here. Solid five star performance.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

1/5

More pish from the Cure.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

5/5

Better than Imagine.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Not a bad album. Nice tunes.

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

4/5

I don't mind this more chilled and experimental Skunk Ananse. Would have likely have been 5 stars if it was Paranoid and Sunburnt.

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

4/5

Made my morning commute a bit more pleasant. Was aware of the band but had never listened to this album. Nice one.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

In some cultures a funeral is a celebration. In Arcade Fire world it is a MOR LP.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

3/5

Brightened up a dull rainy morning. Not exactly my cuppa coffee but wasn't at all bad.

Scum

Napalm Death

5/5

I listened to this while playing Mad Max and it fit pretty well. This is abrasive, nasty grindcore before there even was such a thing. It isn't the best ND album but listening to it again I have to say it isn't as bad as most reviews will say it is. My neighbours probably hate me because I liked it so much I also listened to the Full Dynamic range version to see if I noticed a difference. I didn't but this is a great album.

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

5/5

Outlaw music. Makes me wanna shoot a gun and chew some baccy.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

1/5

Willie goes all Sinatra n shit. Shit being the operative word.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

Not live and not all that dangerous either.

Snivilisation

Orbital

3/5

Can't say I hated it, but I didn't love it either.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Funky.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

5/5

Used to have this on CD back in the day. Singles are etched into my brain. Forgot how good the rest of it is. I may indeed have come a long way, baby, but my musical tastes haven't changed in the 25 years since this came out. Fatboy is fucking in heaven and so am I.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

I know this is supposed to be a classic, but man does this record put me to sleep at times.

With The Beatles

Beatles

5/5

Pop Perfection.

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

Another gem from the Thin White Duke. I'll admit I'm a little biased, but boy does this album kick ass.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

I honestly try so hard to like jazz, but it's few and far between the jazz albums I can hear and actually enjoy. This had some juice moments but too few sadly.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Yeah, yeah, yeah....

The Next Day

David Bowie

5/5

Here I am, not quite dying. My body left to rot in a hollow tree. It's branches throwing shadows on the gallows for me. And the next day, and the next, and another day. RIP BOWIE

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

1/5

The Tyrds.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

The bits with Thom Yorke were pretty good. Floaty dreamy kinda sound.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

5/5

My kinda music. Loved this. A very nice long bus journey to work. Perfect accompaniment for reading Flash comics. Really enjoyed.

Joan Armatrading

3/5

Was OK.

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Hip hop masterpiece.

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

3/5

Another day, another three star album

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Fuck da police

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

5/5

When I first hit play I thought YouTube Music had somehow managed to cue up the wrong album. Then I heard Elvis' unmistakable voice and realised it's that rare beast: an upbeat Costello LP. I really like this. Maybe I should make an effort to listen to more of his stuff. I do tend to enjoy what I hear generally from him.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

5/5

Another amazing album from an artist I'd never heard of. Some great guitar tones on this.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

5/5

Psychedelic pink perfection.

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

Very tempting indeed. Love Run Charlie Run.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

5/5

This was my entry album to Metallica, and to thrash metal. I rented it on cassette and remember being shocked but captivated by what I heard. By this point this LP is ingrained in my blood. I listened again because who needs an excuse to listen to Justice?

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

Bjork will go on to do much more interesting things. This is still pretty solid though.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Jazz gubbins

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

3/5

80s gubbins

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

1/5

I don't think I'd want to hang around this corner for too long. Stone Coles Shit.

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

5/5

Boy can rap. Nice beats too. Solid hip hop album.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

Wasn't sure of this at first then the more I listened the more it grew on me. Will definitely be listening again.

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

5/5

Experimental, mad and audacious. All of this with Zappa production. Love it.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

5/5

This is how a country album should be done. A banjo, an acoustic and a great voice. An understated masterpiece. This is the kind of thing I wanted to find going through this list.

Pretenders

3/5

Meh.

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

5/5

Perhaps went on a little too long but I won't hold that against it. Brilliant album in the main. Loved it.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

2/5

Not for me.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

Dylan being Dylan. What's not to like?

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

2/5

A bit too bland for my tastes, sorry Stevie.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

5/5

My kinda jam

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Not sure I was in the right mood for this album. It is fantastic however. Voice of an angel and some wonderful songwriting.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

5/5

Hurray for Dolly!

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

Dancing in the sand.

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

5/5

Like early Sabbath. Loved it.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

2/5

I've got better things to do with my time than listen to extended bongo cover versions. I'll give it a couple points for some interesting percussion but this is one of these rare ones where I gonna call it done after the fourth song.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

John Lydon is a bit of an arse. This album is the shit though.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

5/5

This album is nucking futs.

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

5/5

Cool beats. Mellow but nice.

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Just another funky radical bomb track.

Heroes

David Bowie

5/5

Just for one day.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

5/5

My favourite Elvis.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Yes, I really do want it darker.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

Another classic from REM

Achtung Baby

U2

5/5

Pop Perfection.

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

3/5

Not for me.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Let's Marvin Gaye and get it on....

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

1/5

Tried to listen to this all the way through four times now. It's just so boooooooring. Not for me

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

3/5

Every time I get a jazz album I think this'll be the one where the genre clicks. This was not that album. Reminds me of some of the Zappa jazz shit that I like, but ultimately this is just not doing it for me.

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

Took me a whole to listen to this in full. Wasn't hitting at first but actually it's pretty good.

21

Adele

5/5

Say what you will about Adele, her voice is amazing and her albums are immaculate.

Dirty

Sonic Youth

3/5

Felt a bit flat to me. Good but not great.

Repeater

Fugazi

3/5

Prefer Minor Threat.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

5/5

Soul sublime. Brilliant.

Boston

5/5

More than More Than A Feeling.

Cypress Hill

5/5

That funky Cypress Hill shit.

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

5/5

Third self titled album in a row. Queen Bee slays as usual.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

I must confess to dismissing the Arctic Monkeys as just another indie band. This album is full of witty lyrics and some wonderful guitar playing. Top marks from me.

Os Mutantes

4/5

This one was weird in a mostly good way.

Dog Man Star

Suede

3/5

I usually quite like Suede but this album ain't it.

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

5/5

Dreamy. Love it.

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

5/5

I still have a little piece of a radiation suit that was torn off and thrown into crowd at a Devon gig. This band was something else live. Great album to kick off the day with.

S&M

Metallica

5/5

Metallica. An orchestra. Now That's What I Call Five Star Music

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Grew up listening to this

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

5/5

Protest songs by the protest singer.

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

4/5

I'd instinctively say that I much prefer their disco shit, but this album is pretty damn good actually

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

My dad once said that Queen were a singles band and didn't hold up well over a full album. Hate to admit he was kinda right. This album isn't bad, but it's not as great as their greatest can be.

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

3/5

Not bad but not great.

Black Monk Time

The Monks

3/5

Meh

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Rock N Roll Ain't Noise Pollution.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

3/5

Nine songs in his voice is grating on my ears.

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

2/5

Bored me to tears

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

3/5

Old skool hip hop. Was OK I guess

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

5/5

I must admit, when I saw an Outkast double album clocking in at over 2 hours I wasn't overly optimistic. So glad to be proven wrong. This is probably best taken in as 2 separate albums like I did. Banger after banger after banger. Liked The Love Below slightly more mostly for the best version of My Favourite Things I've ever heard.

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

2/5

I usually like noise etc, but this did nothing for me.

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

4/5

Good ole Lenny, good ole LP.

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

5/5

That voice is mesmerising, who knew I quite like folk.

2112

Rush

5/5

Classic album.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Classic rock.

Smile

Brian Wilson

5/5

Smile indeed I did. All the way through this glorious LP.

Gold

Ryan Adams

3/5

Not really my thing

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

1/5

Total snooze fest

Mott

Mott The Hoople

3/5

Not bad but not great either.

Sincere

Mj Cole

3/5

Fair to middling.

Blur

5/5

Wonderful stuff from one of the greatest British bands.

Scott 2

Scott Walker

3/5

Heard worse and heard better

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Started off good, then got a lil dull.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

Not as depressing as I thought it was going to be. Still not really my thing overall.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

The good bits are great, the rest is so so.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Breezed on by nicely.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

4/5

Trippy stuff.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

5/5

The Other King.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

5/5

Old skool hip hop hitting hard still.

Infected

The The

4/5

Pretty Pretty good good album album.

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

5/5

Wonderful stuff. Chill and serine.

Soul Mining

The The

3/5

Meh

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Not as good as I expected.

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

4/5

Bit whiny in places but that's a bit like complaining that the sun is hot. The music was way better than I expected.

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

5/5

Man this dude likes to noodle on the guitar. Quite into that sort of thing though.

Close To You

Carpenters

5/5

I could listen to Karen Carpenter forever. Such a beautiful voice. Great collection of songs. Top marks from me.

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

5/5

Alien indeed. Perfect as a backdrop to Cult of the Lamb.

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

5/5

This album just fucking plain flat out rocks it's fucking arse off from start to finish. An absolutely blistering set from Jerry Lee and band.

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

Nice.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

5/5

Another great live album. I don't usually listen to live albums much as they can be hit or miss. This is very much a hit.

The Real Thing

Faith No More

5/5

This album is a stunning masterpiece from start to finish. Stellar work from Mike and gang.

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

2/5

Boring

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

3/5

Everything I expected it to be, both good and bad.

Woodface

Crowded House

5/5

Fucking belter of an album.

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Aye.

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

Not my bag.

Fun House

The Stooges

5/5

Punk rock mayhem.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

4/5

Decent album.

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

Drifted past uneventfully.

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Sublime.

Odelay

Beck

5/5

Bonkers. Bloody bonkers. But brilliant. Beck's best?

Another Green World

Brian Eno

4/5

Not bad

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

4/5

Very chill.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

5/5

Utterly mesmerising.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

5/5

Metal masterpiece.

The Man Who

Travis

2/5

Some good songs but the general pace gets rather stale after a while. It's like they never quite get out od second gear.

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

5/5

Rappity Rap

Closer

Joy Division

3/5

Man this is a slog to get through. Therapy? did Isolation better in my opinion.

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

5/5

Nice bit of rock. Loved it from start to finish. Like Therapy? mixed with REM. Nice.

Calenture

The Triffids

5/5

Not sure what to make of this one. Fuck it, five stars.

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

5/5

Finally a jazz record I really love.

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

2/5

Like a lounge core gig from Hell.

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

Hip pop. Very of its time, not particularly a bad thing. Buffalo Stance iss head n shoulders above the rest.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

5/5

Freaky

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Billy smashes it as usual.

Roots

Sepultura

5/5

Savage Sepultura.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

Jack and Meg killing it again.

The Clash

5/5

Punk at its finest.

Be

Common

5/5

Produced by Mr West. Really good flows and amazing beats as to be expected.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

5/5

Five stars deserved for The Band Played Waltzing Matilda alone, the rest is also amazing. RIP Shane.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

Simply sublime. Voice of a thousand angels and ethereal instrumentals. Just wow.

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

A few decent tunes fail to save this snooze fest of a record.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Top album.

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

5/5

Man, I could write a whole essay about how good this album is. The rhymes, the beats, the lyrics. Besides another rapper named Ice and one called Hammer this was my introduction to proper rap music. Rented this from the library back when you had to actually buy music to hear it. Since purchased on vinyl which is unfortunately not the full album. May not be for everybody but this shit is my jam.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

Do you need a little time to wake up, wake up. Currently riding high again due to the reformation concerts. I'm much more of a blur fan to be perfectly honest, but this album just fucking rocks from start to finish. Noel is a songwriting legend.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

I saw him in the Barrowlands during his Earthling tour, and afterwards the first album I bought for a mammoth Bowie binge was this one. Love that it is for the most part lead by piano, there's some truly amazing songs on here. An easy 5 stars

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

5/5

Good old fashioned rock n roll from a good old fashioned rock n roller.

Slipknot

5/5

Was too much of a metal purist to give this a proper chance back in the day. Belter of an album.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Love Nick Cave.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

Meh

evermore

Taylor Swift

5/5

Wonderful songwriting from Swift.

Different Class

Pulp

5/5

Different Class indeed. Masterful work from Jarvis and co.

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

4/5

Cock rock shenanigans

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

4/5

I was hoping for this to be about hedgehogs rather than Boss Hoss, but this is a nice take on a bunch of good songs. The singer sounds slightly unhinged at points which earns it an extra star.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

Iconic lp from an iconic woman.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

5/5

This album is perfection. Beautifully sung and played. Joni rules.

Queens of the Stone Age

5/5

Interesting album. Unexpected but brilliant.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

5/5

Genius

War

U2

5/5

Only really know their big hits, but this album is a doozy

Me Against The World

2Pac

5/5

Pac Perfect.

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

5/5

Their best album by far. Such an odd collection of songs but somehow it all fits together to make a cohesive listening experience. Graham Coxon is fast becoming my favourite guitarist, Alex's bass lines are hidden Easter eggs that really shine when you actively listen to them. Some of Damon's best song writing also on display here.

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

3/5

Not what I hoped for.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

As big as the Eiffel Tower.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Still breathing. Mediocre at best.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

Such a sad loss to the musical world. Rip Amy.

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

5/5

Some wonderful noise in here. Will need to check out more of this lot. Last couple of tracks were melt your face off heavy in all the right ways.

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

So much more to this album than Basket Case.

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

5/5

Bloody brilliant.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

Wonderfully weird and weirdly wonderful.

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

5/5

I can't actually think of an album that deserves it's place on this list more than this one. Mike Skinner is a lyrical master.

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

Great album. Some songs suffer from being overly political but it's MSP early work so to be expected.

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

5/5

Monster bass sound, killer grooves. Lemmy and the boys nailing it.

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

3/5

Not as smart as it thinks it is.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

Some nice stuff in there, but not enough to keep me feeling entertained or even interested.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

3/5

Guess I should know better than to believe the hype. Perhaps this was groundbreaking when it released but listening to it now i found it pretty underwhelming. Filled a journey to work but would've preferred listening to something else tbh.

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

5/5

Noisy as fuck. Love it.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

1/5

Underwhelming. Heard better versions of all these songs. Expected more.

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

3/5

Dull

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Cloud 4 or 5 really.

Throwing Muses

3/5

Throwing something

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

5/5

Wonderful.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

4/5

Wacky French shit. Nice.

Reign In Blood

Slayer

5/5

Metal masterpiece.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

5/5

Love it

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

5/5

Too heavy for Superman to lift....

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

2/5

Dull

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

Dragged a bit.

The Modern Lovers

3/5

Liked the one Bowie covered, Pablo Picasso, though his version is far superior.

Tical

Method Man

3/5

Average rap album

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

5/5

Brilliant.

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

3/5

Heavy but hollow.

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

Best thing about this album is it ran the whole duration of my commute home. Felt it was a bit insipid.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

5/5

Wow. Just wow.

So Much For The City

The Thrills

4/5

Thrilling

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

5/5

Damon Albarn is a very under rated songwriter and performer. Easy five stars for this wee gem.

Scissor Sisters

4/5

Would have gotten 5 stars if it wasn't for that horrendous Pink Floyd cover. The world didn't and doesn't need a disco version of Comfortably Numb.

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

5/5

Brilliantly bonkers

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

2/5

Chris TT has a song called Preaching To The Converted that questions the use of singing protest songs to people who agree with you. A line in that song is "Billy Bragg's gone fishing in his 4x4". I would rather listen to 50 minutes of BB driving than this to be quite honest.

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Beautifully messy and chaotic. Prefer this to the more polished Nevermind. RIP Kurt.

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

4/5

Yeah, I guess he is.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

5/5

More classic hip hop. Great album

Very

Pet Shop Boys

5/5

Very, very good.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Just ask the axis...

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

5/5

Another great album. Love FLC.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

4/5

Not too bad. Quite liked this one.

Out of Step

Minor Threat

5/5

Stepping out. Punk greatness.

En-Tact

The Shamen

5/5

I can move move move any mountain

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

2/5

This smoker wasn't too delighted.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Maudlin Morrissey at his finest

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

4/5

Shock rock. Not too shabby.

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

4/5

Not bad. Terrible Bowie cover, but I'll forgive them for it.

Elastica

4/5

Connection is a banger. I used to have a slight thing for Justine back in the day, as I did for a few ladies who play guitar.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

I have a vinyl version of this that replaces the song Kim with the B side track The Kids. As someone who always found Kim to be the sort disturbing thing Eminem has ever released, its my favourite version of the album. Hopefully Slim Shady isn't truly dead.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

Metal at its finest.

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

Dulllllllll

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Not as good as back to black.

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

5/5

Five stars for the werewolf growls alone. Totally tubular.

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

5/5

Poor Dave Mustaine, always the bridesmaid and never the bride. Riffs galore, not the biggest fan of him vocally but this is pure metal straight from the heart and I can't ever disagree with that.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

5/5

Considered by many his magnum opus. I actually prefer Life Of Pablo over this. Still an amazing album, only the end of Blame Game drags it down a bit.

Celebrity Skin

Hole

4/5

Great record.

Guero

Beck

5/5

Yeahro

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Classic hard rock

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

4/5

A fun listen.

Face to Face

The Kinks

5/5

Listened to this on a rainy day in July. Shitty weather but decidedly not shitty music.

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

5/5

Mental guitar riffs on this. Loved it.

Shadowland

k.d. lang

4/5

Nice vox, slightly boring tunes. Not my bag really but great for what it is.

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

More a fan of their earlier guitar lead work. This has some great songs on it though, and love the cover art.

Moby Grape

3/5

Meh

System Of A Down

5/5

Belter of an LP, straight bangers from start to finish. Some of the best nu metal you will ever hear.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Won't you come and wash away the rain?

The Specials

2/5

How much ska is too much ska. This much ska. This much ska is too much ska.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Nice

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

2/5

Critical darlings but I can take or leave this tbh.

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

A pig. In a cage. On antibiotics.

Among The Living

Anthrax

5/5

Turns out the metal band I mostly ignored most of my life are fucking good.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

5/5

Where it all started for the GOAT.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

5/5

Bolan RIP

All Mod Cons

The Jam

5/5

Weller FTW. Nice one.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

4/5

Interesting album.

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

5/5

RIP Dime. That fucking tone on the guitar. I love that Pantera albums get heavier and heavier as they progress, this one falls in their peak groove metal phase. A firm favourite since my teen days.

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