Aug 16 2023
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4
Aug 17 2023
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
4
Aug 18 2023
The Bends
Radiohead
I feel sad :(
3
Aug 21 2023
Hotel California
Eagles
Great overall album with a surprise orchestral piece that was outstanding.
4
Aug 22 2023
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Not bad, but not a regular listen for me
3
Aug 23 2023
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
Good album overall. The fucker is older than I am
4
Aug 24 2023
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
Not a bad album. Blues is a mood
3
Aug 25 2023
Ingenue
k.d. lang
Much better than I anticipated. KD had a fantastic voice.
4
Aug 28 2023
xx
The xx
A slow droning album full of the same song over and over. Won't be listening to this again.
2
Aug 29 2023
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Solid album.
3
Aug 30 2023
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
Surprising enjoyable
3
Aug 31 2023
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
OK. He has a definite inclination for 70s & 80s soft and synth pop.
2
Sep 01 2023
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
Nice change of pace. Enjoyed it.
4
Sep 04 2023
Queen II
Queen
Solid Queen album before they really skyrocketed into international acclaim
3
Sep 05 2023
ΓgΓ¦tis Byrjun
Sigur RΓ³s
Nice. Mellow and heavy orchestral sound.
3
Sep 06 2023
Wild Gift
X
Not too bad
3
Sep 07 2023
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
Solid Metal album.
3
Sep 08 2023
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
Not my bag, but not that bad. Glad I listened to it.
2
Sep 11 2023
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
I've never understood why Springsteen is so revered by people. After listening to this album, I still don't.
3
Sep 12 2023
Mothership Connection
Parliament
It was ok. Not my bag.
2
Sep 13 2023
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
It's creative and I enjoyed the layered music underneath. Rap just isn't my bag even when it's more enjoyable like this album is.
3
Sep 14 2023
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
Pretty chill. overall enjoyable
3
Sep 15 2023
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
One star for the music sans harmonica. I can't fathom how people listen to Dylan's voice and go "Yeah, that's the shit." I'd rather set fire to my face and then try to put it out with a fork than have to suffer through his voice again.
1
Sep 18 2023
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
Not bad. A bit gloomy
3
Sep 19 2023
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
Solid album. Enjoyed it
3
Sep 20 2023
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
Ok for what it was
2
Sep 21 2023
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
Good Listen. Not sure i'd listen to it outside a pub, but I definitely listened here.
3
Sep 22 2023
Let It Be
The Replacements
Straightforward rock album with a few songs I know and like.
3
Sep 25 2023
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
Pretty good. Decent listen if you're in the mood for it.
3
Sep 26 2023
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
Decent background music, but nothing I would sit and listen to on purpose.
3
Sep 27 2023
Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
Not my bag. I'm sure it's good if you're into the edgy and weird vibe and listening to the same song over and over again.
2
Sep 28 2023
Warehouse: Songs And Stories
HΓΌsker DΓΌ
Fine. Just fine
3
Sep 29 2023
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
Enjoyable overall
3
Oct 02 2023
Graceland
Paul Simon
I've always enjoyed this album. Happy to hear it again.
4
Oct 03 2023
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
I'm sure people love this for many reasons, but I am not sure what they are. This album was just meh for me. Sounds like old school R&B at times, but with a rapper who can't sing and tries to be "creative" with voice effects and sound effects.
2
Oct 04 2023
Ten
Pearl Jam
One of the best albums in the last 30 years.
5
Oct 05 2023
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
Freeform jazz just isn't my thing. It's difficult to listem to.
2
Oct 06 2023
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
Solid. Enjoyed the listen.
3
Oct 09 2023
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
3
Oct 10 2023
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
Ok. Not good, not bad.
3
Oct 11 2023
Technique
New Order
Decent but nothing is listen to repeatedly
3
Oct 12 2023
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
I enjoyed this overall.
3
Oct 13 2023
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
Upbeat, good vibes album. I enjoyed listening even though I had no idea what was being said
4
Oct 16 2023
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Oct 17 2023
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
Just a great rock album.
4
Oct 18 2023
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
Decent album though pretty folksy.
3
Oct 19 2023
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
Solid rock album from a 70's icon.
3
Oct 20 2023
Rio
Duran Duran
I'd only heard the radio hits until now. I really enjoyed this album all the way through.
3
Oct 23 2023
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
3
Oct 24 2023
Tommy
The Who
Solid concept album. I enjoyed it more than I anticipated.
3
Oct 25 2023
Gris Gris
Dr. John
This is music that people were obviously not ready for at the time. Dr John is an acquired taste and though not the best album it was an Intriguing and interesting listen
3
Oct 26 2023
A Northern Soul
The Verve
Meh.
2
Oct 27 2023
Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
The super chill coffee house vibe and ethereal vocals make this a fantastic album. It perfectly fit my mood for the day.
4
Oct 30 2023
In Utero
Nirvana
Decent but they've never been my cup of tea.
3
Oct 31 2023
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Really enjoyed this one. This may be the most inoffensive music ever created.
4
Nov 01 2023
Manassas
Stephen Stills
Knew nothing of this album or any of the songs on it. Overall an enjoyable listen. Would probably listen again if I was in the mood for that bluesy southern folk riock vibe.
3
Nov 02 2023
E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
Not my vibe at all.
2
Nov 03 2023
Van Halen
Van Halen
Great album. I wish there was more of it.
4
Nov 06 2023
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
3
Nov 07 2023
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Surprisingly enjoyable. Good mix of rap, hip hop, and reggae with none of them being too overbearing
3
Nov 08 2023
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
This was a pretty good listen. late 80s/early 90s hip hop is way better than what's rolling around today. Get off my lawn!
3
Nov 09 2023
Future Days
Can
Ok background music, but nothing to wrote home about.
3
Nov 10 2023
Tank Battles
Dagmar Krause
Just not something I'll ever listen to again hopefully.
2
Nov 13 2023
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
3
Nov 14 2023
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
Fun listen, though repetitive.
3
Nov 15 2023
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson
Nothing exciting or altogether interesting here. Too folksy for my tastes.
2
Nov 16 2023
Garbage
Garbage
Solid vibe. I dig it.
3
Nov 17 2023
Me Against The World
2Pac
Better than expected. Overall good listen
3
Nov 20 2023
Disraeli Gears
Cream
I'm sure this was a landmark album in its time, but it was just OK for me. Some good bluesy rock
3
Nov 21 2023
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
Solid.
3
Nov 22 2023
Dookie
Green Day
Fun little romp through the pop-punk landscape.
3
Nov 23 2023
Spiderland
Slint
Eh. It was ok. I can see how it influenced some later bands, but not going to rate it very high on my list
2
Nov 24 2023
Closer
Joy Division
This album really spoke to me. It told me to never listen to it again.
2
Nov 27 2023
Aja
Steely Dan
Technically sound, but it's so unexciting to listen to.
3
Nov 28 2023
Synchronicity
The Police
Great album. I've always loved the Police.
4
Nov 29 2023
Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka TourΓ©
I was hoping for a more upbeat album, but this wasn't that bad.
3
Nov 30 2023
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
Good, but kinda somber and introspective.
3
Dec 01 2023
Orbital 2
Orbital
Really enjoyed the nostalgia this provided. Good album overall
3
Dec 04 2023
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
Not too bad save for the freeform sections eliciting madness
3
Dec 05 2023
Pearl
Janis Joplin
I thought I was going to hate this, but I was pleasantly surprised. Very good album
4
Dec 06 2023
Kenza
Khaled
Decent, but difficult to find streaming
3
Dec 07 2023
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
First time through an entire Doors album and I thought it was pretty good. More eclectic than I expected.
3
Dec 08 2023
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
Not bad, but overly long. These guys were trying way too hard to be different and do odd things.
3
Dec 11 2023
Funeral
Arcade Fire
This was OK. I am rarely in the mood for melancholy hipster rock.
3
Dec 12 2023
Guero
Beck
Really enjoyed this album. Low-level grooves suit my mood sometimes.
3
Dec 13 2023
Highly Evolved
The Vines
Average rock album. Nothing great, nothing bad.
3
Dec 14 2023
New Forms
Roni Size
Meh. This was not some sort of groundbreaking album for me as all the people in the UK thought. It was just repetitive, uninteresting background music.
2
Dec 15 2023
Apocalypse 91β¦ The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
Better than I expected and always happy to see an Anthrax song.
3
Dec 18 2023
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Solid boring easy listening album.
3
Dec 19 2023
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
Pretty damn good blues album. I had no idea Duane Allman was part of this group.
3
Dec 20 2023
Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
OK. Not my thing
2
Dec 21 2023
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
Actually enjoyed this more than I thought it would. I prefer this kind of sound over Nirvana to be honest.
3
Dec 22 2023
The Doors
The Doors
Great album with many familiar songs.
4
Dec 25 2023
Abbey Road
Beatles
Fantastic album back to front.
5
Dec 26 2023
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
Solid Christmas album
3
Dec 27 2023
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
This was fine. I've never been a big fan.
3
Dec 28 2023
Cross
Justice
It's not s bad album, but it's super annoying in some parts
3
Dec 29 2023
Different Class
Pulp
Weird haphazard collection of mediocre and sometimes creepy songs. Not my bag
2
Jan 01 2024
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
3
Jan 02 2024
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
3
Jan 03 2024
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
Always an enjoyable album
3
Jan 04 2024
Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
Eclectic and not too bad
3
Jan 05 2024
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
Nothing spectacular for me
2
Jan 08 2024
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
Always enjoy the Police
3
Jan 09 2024
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Solid debut for Dave post Nirvana. He's kept the good music flowing for decades. One of my all time favorite bands.
4
Jan 10 2024
Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
Depeche Mode early in their basement with pre-loaded keyboard sounds. OK, but nothing special
3
Jan 11 2024
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
Not my cup of tea. I'm sure this kind of thing really speaks to someone... specifically Tom himself.
2
Jan 12 2024
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
Pretty solid hip hop album
3
Jan 15 2024
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
Decent easy listening. Not sure why everyone thinks this guy is the shit though
3
Jan 16 2024
OK Computer
Radiohead
Fine. Just fine.
3
Jan 17 2024
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
Not bad. Had a Public Enemy feel to it at times.
3
Jan 18 2024
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Solid Album with some definite bangers.
4
Jan 19 2024
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
I think you had to be born at the right time to have a soft spot for this kind of funk. This is only marginally better than Parliament. Two stars... Will never listen to again.
2
Jan 22 2024
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
Always good vibes when listening to Booker T, but the sound gets repetitive and old pretty quick for me.
3
Jan 23 2024
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Really enjoyed this one. It's not your typical "rap" album and has great hooks, good lyrics, and a little tongue-in-cheek weirdness.
4
Jan 24 2024
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
Not bad. Less a rap album and. More of an experimental R&B/Hip-hop album
3
Jan 25 2024
Transformer
Lou Reed
This album was just 40 minutes of meh. I don't really enjoy Lou Reed's music or vocal stylings.
2
Jan 26 2024
Harvest
Neil Young
Nice vibe through the whole album. Chill to listen to.
3
Jan 29 2024
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
Pretty good blues album
3
Jan 30 2024
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
A big part of my late high school life. This bastard was on repeat for a long time. In recent years the allure of the Chili Peppers has waned thanks to the nonsensical lyrics. I think I could have recounted every song without listening at all.
4
Jan 31 2024
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
Ok. Kinda boring and coma inducing
3
Feb 01 2024
Siembra
Willie ColΓ³n & RubΓ©n Blades
3
Feb 02 2024
Sea Change
Beck
Maybe I was in the right way today. Maybe I was expecting something different. I certainly wasn't expecting so many slow, introspective, and depressing songs.
2
Feb 05 2024
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
For me a more enjoyable Nirvana album. It was whored out after Kurt's death, but is just a great listen
3
Feb 06 2024
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
It's boring, annoying, has dylan-esque vocals, mediocre female vocals, and I have an overall desire to never hear it again
2
Feb 07 2024
Yeezus
Kanye West
Ok. It would be much better without the whole rapping by Kanye thing.
3
Feb 08 2024
Blunderbuss
Jack White
Fine musically. Not so good vocally.
3
Feb 09 2024
Doolittle
Pixies
Ok. Another vocally annoying album.
3
Feb 12 2024
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
This was a great listen. It wasn't my bag growing up and that's disappointing. I missed out for sure.
4
Feb 13 2024
The Cars
The Cars
Just a great album with a ton of known hits. Didn't quite get to that Abbey Road level, but it was damn close.
4
Feb 14 2024
Back In Black
AC/DC
Just a solid rock album from back to front. I was leaning heavily towards five stars, but realized that it doesn't really rise above any of the other rock of that era. It's still damn good though.
4
Feb 15 2024
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
Fine if you're in the right mood. I was not
3
Feb 16 2024
Let's Get Killed
David Holmes
This was the most boring electronica album I have ever heard.
2
Feb 19 2024
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
3
Feb 20 2024
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
Slow. Somber. If you're in the mood did not feel good about yourself or life this is the album for you.
2
Feb 21 2024
The Grand Tour
George Jones
Great 50's era country. Can't get much better.
3
Feb 22 2024
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Technically sound musicianship. Typically odd vibe per Zappa.
3
Feb 23 2024
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
3
Feb 26 2024
Arrival
ABBA
This is just not a great album. There are a few hits on it, but outside of that, the music isn't great and the lyrics are subpar at best.
2
Feb 27 2024
Parachutes
Coldplay
Solid album with some good tracks. Very melancholy.
3
Feb 28 2024
Close To The Edge
Yes
It was fine, but not my bag.
3
Feb 29 2024
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
Eh, it was ok. It was also the most unmemorable collected of music that I've listened to in some time.
2
Mar 01 2024
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
MotΓΆrhead
I liked this more than I thought I would. Pretty tight live band
3
Mar 04 2024
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Another solid rock album.
4
Mar 05 2024
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
Not bad overall, but not a normal listen for me
3
Mar 06 2024
Only By The Night
Kings of Leon
This was always a really good album. So many good songs.
4
Mar 07 2024
L.A. Woman
The Doors
Good album. Typical of the Doors
3
Mar 08 2024
Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
Pretty good album when the main guy isn't involved in singing. Definite 90's smooth jazz production techniques in play.
3
Mar 11 2024
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
OK rock album, but I don't understand why it's so highly regarded by some.
3
Mar 12 2024
Dirt
Alice In Chains
If there were half stars this would get a 4.5. It's THE Alice in Chains album and solid throughout save for some odd vocal stylings on God Smack. This was a staple growing up and it still holds a nostalgic place in my life, but it's not quite 5 stars for me.
4
Mar 13 2024
Street Life
The Crusaders
Standard jazz stuff. Nothing awful and nothing great.
3
Mar 14 2024
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Good R&B album.
3
Mar 15 2024
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
Good album. Very cohesive and consistent vibe.
3
Mar 18 2024
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
Competent and consistent blues rock, but just.... boring.
3
Mar 19 2024
Stardust
Willie Nelson
Overall good album of standards by Willie. I don't know how but his voice just slid right into each of these without being overly noticeable
4
Mar 20 2024
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
Unbridled hot garbage flowing through a sea of complete ridiculousness on it's way to my foot, so I can put it in someone's ass for making this.
1
Mar 21 2024
The Stranger
Billy Joel
There were a few duds, but overall a pretty good album.
3
Mar 22 2024
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
I'm sure this is highly regarded in Brazil, but it's just another 60s album in another language to me
2
Mar 25 2024
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
Fantastic hip hop album
4
Mar 26 2024
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
Overall good, but definitely recycled the same musical elements on several tracks (clarinet anyone?).
3
Mar 27 2024
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
It wasn't that bad, it's just that nothing remotely differentiates it from other music of the same style.
3
Mar 28 2024
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
I can't think of a world where I would find this album remotely enjoyable. 80's casio keyboard music and spoken word vocals that overwhelm everything else on every track is just god awful. A dumpster filled with diarrhea and cat piss would be too good of a trash receptacle to throw this away into.
1
Mar 29 2024
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
Solid dad rock album. This is the most I have enjoyed Springsteen at any point in my entire life.
3
Apr 01 2024
Fragile
Yes
Better than the last Yes album, but average overall.
3
Apr 02 2024
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
Solid Blues album. Really dropped off after that openeing track, but i enjoyed it thoroughly.
3
Apr 03 2024
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
Good.... Just low energy jazz
3
Apr 04 2024
One World
John Martyn
I had no idea who this was and it turned out to be okay
3
Apr 05 2024
Slipknot
Slipknot
I just love the raw, angry, aggressive, chaotic, and in your face sound of Slipknot. They seem to be able to sraddle the lines between thrash metal, death metal, and straight heavy metal while throwing in turntables and melodic vocal stylings as well. This album was a fun listen .
4
Apr 08 2024
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
After a dismal vocal offering from the first track, this album settled right into 70's easy listening. The album was OK, but a far cry from the polish of someone like James Taylor.
3
Apr 09 2024
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
While I can understand why this was unusual aand attractive after the musical stylings of the early 60s, I've come to the conclusion that prog rock just ain't my bag. It's long and unnecessarily drawn out songs are more distracting than enjoyable listening.
3
Apr 10 2024
Nowhere
Ride
Obvious Oasis influences aside, this is the very definition of OK. Not great, not bad, just OK.
3
Apr 11 2024
Smash
The Offspring
OK. Never been a big punk fan and this loses a point for the whiny vocals
3
Apr 12 2024
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
Love the music. Ignored the lyrics for the most part
4
Apr 15 2024
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Very polished songs from a group I've always heard of, but never listened to. Decent album and the 2 sides were very different.
3
Apr 16 2024
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
Good album with inventive rhythms. I always seem to enjoy Talking Heads.
3
Apr 17 2024
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
Music was typical mellow synth pop. Not bad
3
Apr 18 2024
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
Beat poetry over jazz just isn't for me. The words and music often didn't mesh and that made for an uncomfortable listening experience.
3
Apr 19 2024
Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
OK musically save for a few tracks with monotonous, never changing beats behind the lyrics.
3
Apr 22 2024
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Well produced and decent songs, but it was just nothing special for me.
3
Apr 23 2024
Illmatic
Nas
Nas is suppoedly a great lyricist and rapper, but I pay little attention to lyrics and more to the music underneath. Pretty good rap album. I enjoyed it more musically than I anticipated.
3
Apr 24 2024
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
Same vocals, same style syncopated drum parts, very similar guitar riffs on every track, but .... An ok listen somehow.
3
Apr 25 2024
Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
Man, Americana music just ain't for me. I dig Bluegrass (this ain't it), but this stuff is so slow and drawn out that I can't find any joy listening to it. I'm sure there's a mood that would lend itself to this symphony of depression, but I can't imagine the situation I would have to be in to listen to this on purpose.
2
Apr 26 2024
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
Not for me man. This was just noise with some 90's alternative trickled throughout
2
Apr 29 2024
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
Fantastic album. These guys will always be great to listen to
4
Apr 30 2024
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
Really good Beatles album and the epitome of 60s pop. I'd give it 4.5 stars if that was an option.
4
May 01 2024
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
Loved this one more than Innervisions. There was a wide array of styles and themes that just fit my mood and the vibe for the day.
4
May 02 2024
The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
There was some good on this album, but the barrage of freeform minor key rambling was disconcerting for me. Not a great listen.
2
May 03 2024
Heroes
David Bowie
Pretty good pre-80s Bowie album. The back half really took a weird turn with the somber instrumentals, but overall pretty enjoyable.
3
May 06 2024
...And Justice For All
Metallica
This is one of those albums that defined my early high school years. I practically wore out the cassette on trips to and from school on the bus. Though I never liked the clicky kick sound and lack of any bass guitar in the mix, this still holds up well for me. I can't give this 4.5 stars so it gets its 5.
5
May 07 2024
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
Solid album when Lindsey's songs don't come up. He was definitely try too hard to break away from the success of Rumours and it didn't go that well.
3
May 08 2024
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
Though I couldn't understand the rapping, it was rarely overpowering the music and complemented it instead. Nice jazzy vibe on this album.
3
May 09 2024
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
Zappa just seems like he's trying to be so counterculture and so opposite of anything mainstream that the average listener would have a hard time enjoying any of what they hear. This album is hard to listen to. 1 star for sticking to his gun throughout his career and another star for musicianship. Outside of that this is shit garbage.
2
May 10 2024
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
This inoffensive and upbeat 80s music that just kind of puts you in a happier mood. Overall a good album with a few odd lyrical choices.
3
May 13 2024
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
This was OK moody 80s synth-pop. My first full listen to anything by them.
3
May 14 2024
Zombie
Fela Kuti
OK. Nothing to scream about. Good rhythms and sound overall.
3
May 15 2024
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
2
May 16 2024
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
Overall a good album, but man did it just have this neutered vibe. It always felt like it was going to go hard and be big and grandiose only to just slink back into the corner and softly play music hoping you'd like it. Everything felt timid and unassuming and that was frustrating to listen to.
3
May 17 2024
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
Another Pixies album, and additional proof why I just don't enjoy it. While the back half of the album was somehow more enjoyable, it still didn't move the needle.
2
May 20 2024
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
Really good chill electronica album with great blend of musical styles.
4
May 21 2024
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
Man this is the blandest 90's rock i've heard. This album is so quiet and demure... as if it's trying to ride a harley and all it could muster was a 3 year old's my little pony bicycle complete with training wheels. If you look up the word "Meh" in the dictionary there's a picture of this album cover.
2
May 22 2024
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
Just a whole bunch of meh for me. I can understand how this sound influenced some later artists, but it's just haphazard and really not my bag
2
May 23 2024
Da Capo
Love
OK. Better than some psychedlia laced rock of the time, but nothing to write home about.
3
May 24 2024
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
3
May 27 2024
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Better musically, but I still hate Dylan's voice. Every one of his albums is hard to get through because of this.
2
May 28 2024
C'est Chic
CHIC
Pretty damn good album for the disco era. More centered on rhythm and instuments than other music of the day.
3
May 29 2024
The Specials
The Specials
Enjoyable Ska album for me. Nothing bad about it.
3
May 30 2024
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
Just a really enjoyable AOR/Blues album. Another one that just sounded in the background and kinda bland, but I liked everything i heard.
4
May 31 2024
Tical
Method Man
Not a bad album, but one that wouldn't be on my frequently played list.
3
Jun 03 2024
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
This wasn't too bad. Kinda liked it as background music.
3
Jun 04 2024
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Really enjoyed this one. Such a groovy chill sound and something I could listen to all the time.
4
Jun 05 2024
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
Spacey electronic goodness.
3
Jun 06 2024
Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
Melancholy as fuck
3
Jun 07 2024
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
I am no rap connoisseur so I will never be able to notice the differences in styles, but this just sounds like another 90's rap album to me. Better than the solo efforts by ghostface and RZA, but only marginally.
3
Jun 10 2024
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
Fantastic chill jazz club vibes. Really enjoyed this.
4
Jun 11 2024
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
I have hated Blister in the Sun since I first heard it, but I decided to give this an objective listen because that's what this list is all about for me. After some thought, I have decided that I hate the rest of it too. The music is uninspired, the vocals are from a whiny 5 year old and why is there acoustic guitar in every damn song that's front and center in the mix? My disdain for this musical style runs deep. Here's hoping this is the only album on the list.
1
Jun 12 2024
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
Whiny female 90s alternative just ain't my bag baby
2
Jun 13 2024
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
Really enjoyed listening to this one. It was a nice surprise to hear many genres melded into an underlying country vibe.
4
Jun 14 2024
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
This was extremely OK. It kind of felt like I was listening to a musical. The crescendo of the album (the final two songs) we're way better than anything that had come before.
3
Jun 17 2024
Eagles
Eagles
Another solid album from The Eagles. Points taken away for Earlybird, which completely ruined the cohesive vibe the rest of the album had going.
4
Jun 18 2024
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
This may be a nostalgia thing, but I enjoy this album quite a bit. That low, grungy doom sound is one of my favorite vibes on an album.
4
Jun 19 2024
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
This was ok for a 60s blues rock album. Joplin's voice is an acquired taste, but the backing band was pretty good.
3
Jun 20 2024
Black Monk Time
The Monks
Pretty good 60's rock album with a heavy anti-war message.
3
Jun 21 2024
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
This ok. Boring, but ok.
3
Jun 24 2024
Marquee Moon
Television
This was just OK.
3
Jun 25 2024
Either Or
Elliott Smith
Another melancholy entry for this guy. I'm not sure why he's on this list twice
2
Jun 26 2024
Dust
Screaming Trees
Pretty good album overall. It had this oddly mellow tone overall and that's an oddity for me.
3
Jun 27 2024
The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
Solid 3.5 for me. I love the new wave of synth-pop.
3
Jun 28 2024
Reign In Blood
Slayer
Slayer entered my realm of music with South of Heaven and I would often visit earlier albums of the bands I was listening to, so this was part of that process for me. I haven't listened to this in years and I still really enjoy it. Add a little nostalgia in and this is a solid 3.75 for me.
4
Jul 01 2024
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Better than I was expecting based on what I had heard from them prior
3
Jul 02 2024
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
Solid fucking R&B album that was really more bluesy to me. This was an unexpected pleasure.
4
Jul 03 2024
Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
What you expect from a bossa nova album. It was surprising that one of them turned into a John Philips Sousa march, but overall a nice chill album.
3
Jul 04 2024
Debut
BjΓΆrk
I went into this only marginally aware of Bjork's musical style. I was pleasantly surprised by this album and its eclectic sound. I enjoyed it much more than I would have expected.
4
Jul 05 2024
Live At Leeds
The Who
I enjoyed this much more than the last album. Live Who is much better than album Who.
3
Jul 08 2024
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
Repetitive, boring, and super whiny vocals. The back half of the album was better, but just not good enough to get that 3rd star for me.
2
Jul 09 2024
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
Solid funk/R&B album. I've always enjoyed the sound and vibe of EWF
3
Jul 10 2024
Scott 2
Scott Walker
Kudos to this guy for getting more than one album under his belt. I cannot fathom how this guy was remotely popular with his haphazard songs and lounge lizard singing, but you do you Britain.
2
Jul 11 2024
Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
This was a nice somber chill album. I enjoyed it.
3
Jul 12 2024
A Little Deeper
Ms. Dynamite
It was better than expected, but not something that I would ever listen to again.
3
Jul 15 2024
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
Solid 50's "country" album. No complaints.
3
Jul 16 2024
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
Repetitive, boring, whiny vocals..... All the things I just love to death. This is occasionally OK.
3
Jul 17 2024
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
This was fairly chill to listen to although there was a bit too much scratching in parts and a few spots where the vibe was interrupted by uncomfortable musical phrases.
3
Jul 18 2024
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
This album was just meh. The voice was off putting and the music wasn't all that great.
2
Jul 19 2024
Truth
Jeff Beck
Just an average blues album for me
3
Jul 22 2024
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
Melancholy as always from Morrissey's vocal sound, but the music was good.
3
Jul 23 2024
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
Just a great album through and through. I love the beasties playing their own instruments and there are just masterful sound drops throughout. It also hits my nostalgia card since I had this on repeat for a long time in the 90's
4
Jul 24 2024
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Good album back to front. CCR was tight and had catchy songs that are hard to disparage.
4
Jul 25 2024
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
Middle of the road rock album. Nothing great, but nothing bad either
3
Jul 26 2024
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
It's fine.
3
Jul 29 2024
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Good album and I can understand why it's considered one of their best ones. Just not my cup of tea unless I wanted to maintain a depressive episode.
3
Jul 30 2024
Stankonia
OutKast
I understand why people enjoy Outkast. The music is more creative and isn't just straight forward rap/hip-hop.
3
Jul 31 2024
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
I wasn't sure what this was going to be, but I was pleasantly surprised by the chill nature of the music.
3
Aug 01 2024
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
This is an album whose sound is very indicative of its time. This was a very simple, and unfortunately repetitive album. You better hope you like the first track because every other track sounds almost exactly the same.
2
Aug 02 2024
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
3
Aug 05 2024
Dummy
Portishead
This is a definite vibe that you have to be in the mood for. Overall a good album, though a really homogeneous sound.
3
Aug 06 2024
On The Beach
Neil Young
Decent mellow rock album with an overall melancholy vibe. To be expected from Neil Young
3
Aug 07 2024
Eliminator
ZZ Top
Overall just a great cohesive album of his and blues rock. Really enjoyable
4
Aug 08 2024
Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
Decent electronica album. Nothing groundbreaking and nothing awful
3
Aug 09 2024
Tidal
Fiona Apple
Tidal is a vibe. Man it's a sensual rich tapestry of foreboding, but groovy songs. I found it to be a bit repetitive on a full listen, but it didn't detract from the experience.
4
Aug 12 2024
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Decent album overall. Typical bluesy rock of the time with the usual Hendrix flair along with some weird sonic choices.
3
Aug 13 2024
Feast of Wire
Calexico
Pretty wide ranging blend of musical genres on this album and it was more enjoyable than expected.
4
Aug 14 2024
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
Great classic Cash album. The stage banter and off the cuff interactions with the inmates make this album so good. Really enjoyable.
4
Aug 15 2024
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
Middle of the road 60's bubblegum pop that seems to want to be psychedlic rock, but couldn't pull it off save for the last track on the album
3
Aug 16 2024
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Overall this is a great album back to front. If I could give half stars this would be a 4.5, but here we are rounding up
5
Aug 19 2024
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Good album, but not as solid as the others on this list.
3
Aug 20 2024
Melodrama
Lorde
The music is fine. The vocals are fine. It's fine. That is all this is.
3
Aug 21 2024
Raw Power
The Stooges
Definitely a very raw sound. No technical prowess on display here. Just hard driving rock. I enjoyed it more than I expected, but some of it was a little odd.
3
Aug 22 2024
Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
80's synthpop. Nothing of note.
3
Aug 23 2024
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
This album is musically unremarkable and the vocals are...... not good. I'm not sure how this is considered some sort of seminal work from her. If it is, then the rest of her catalog must be shit garbage.
2
Aug 26 2024
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Solid album back to front and a nice nostalgic ride for me
5
Aug 27 2024
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Excellent overall. Really shows how much range and emotion she had when at her best
4
Aug 28 2024
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
The music was just fine. The vocals were hot garbage. I don't know where they found this Lou Reed wannabe, but they should have just left them there
2
Aug 29 2024
L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
This album was better in the back half, but it's still not great. It was definitely the worst impression of ministry/rammstein/nine inch nails that I've heard. There was absolutely no reason for some of these songs to be more than 3 and 1/2 minutes.
1
Aug 30 2024
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
As popular as the book and Wikipedia make this album sound, I never heard this growing up. I'm guessing this was due to the overwhelming scope of Nirvana's Nevermind. Listening to it now, it's just very pedestrian '90s alt rock.
3
Sep 02 2024
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
This is the stereotype for hippie flower child music. It was ok
3
Sep 03 2024
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Decent songs and good harmonies as you'd expect. It was however, an extremely slow and depressing sound for me.
3
Sep 04 2024
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
3.5 overall. Enjoyable to listen to all the way through even though the songs were long.
4
Sep 05 2024
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
I could hear some motifs that reminded me of other bands, so I don't doubt that this had some influence on future groups, but the music was just mediocre for me.
2
Sep 06 2024
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
The album is fine and has good songs. It just has the most dull, monotonous, and uninteresting sound ever placed on wax. Nothing about these songs is exciting. It's like the band all had a head cold, took some nyquil, and made unusually boring music in that Nyquil-fueled haze like zombies. The lackluster vibe just drags on and on and never changes.
I understand the draw of Coldplay for people, but I only really enjoy this era of their work when I am feeling down and need a soundtrack for that mood. Their more recent work has more life and energy and is way more enjoyable.
3
Sep 09 2024
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
3
Sep 10 2024
Blue
Joni Mitchell
I can hear the talent on the album, but unfortunately I can also hear her voice. It's very inconsistentβ and goes to places I feel it shouldn't. This is not something I'll ever listen to again unless forced to.
2
Sep 11 2024
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
This is the most British album I have ever heard. Hopefully I will never hear another.
1
Sep 12 2024
Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
Middle of the road southern rock. Nothing much to it
3
Sep 13 2024
Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
Fine although a bit odd at times.
3
Sep 16 2024
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
Now this is why people must like the Stones so much. Good overall blues and rock album
4
Sep 17 2024
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
It was decent at times and I understand why he is so revered. This genre just isn't my favorite
3
Sep 18 2024
The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
Better than I was expecting. Good beats and solid lyrics
3
Sep 19 2024
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
Nothing to hear here..... Move along.
2
Sep 20 2024
American Pie
Don McLean
Fine. Boring and repetitve, but fine.
3
Sep 23 2024
Grace
Jeff Buckley
I enjoyed the shit out of this one. Good arrangements, vocals, and musical vibes. Too bad he didn't get to make more music.
4
Sep 24 2024
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Overall great album. Super cohesive groove all the way through.
4
Sep 25 2024
Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
4
Sep 26 2024
Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
Straightforward jazz. No complaints here.
3
Sep 27 2024
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
Not sure what this was, but I listened to it.
3
Sep 30 2024
Thriller
Michael Jackson
Through and through just a masterfully produced album.
5
Oct 01 2024
The Yes Album
Yes
Typical Yes.
3
Oct 02 2024
Sulk
The Associates
What was this? I am still uncertain.
2
Oct 03 2024
Crazysexycool
TLC
Huge album when it came out. This is a solid R&B album when you remove the stupid interludes.
3
Oct 04 2024
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
If you like a consistent, never changing sound throughout your whole album, this is the one for you.
3
Oct 07 2024
The ArchAndroid
Janelle MonΓ‘e
Surprisingly good album. Eclectic and ever changing genres and they were all handled very well
4
Oct 08 2024
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Well, Franz Ferdinand has a sound and they stick to it. This is a good album if you like that sound, but it's not overwhelmingly awesome or anything.
3
Oct 09 2024
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
Not bad. Not great. Just average alt-punk rock.
3
Oct 10 2024
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
3
Oct 11 2024
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
If you're into someone doing an impression of singing under their breath and/or spoken word over pseudo country-folk then this album is great. For me, this is just someone's dad that thinks they have a great singing voice and rents a studio to put the horror show onto tape. It's god awful and boring. I'd rather listen to Dirk Diggler's unreleased studio album on repeat than listen to this.
2
Oct 14 2024
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
To me this sounds like they're trying too hard to be unusual and avant-garde and they are overreaching big time. The music bed underneath is extremely basic
3
Oct 15 2024
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Standard Neil Young. Not much else to say about that.
3
Oct 16 2024
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
There's something so comfortable and enjoyable about 50s & 60s country, like a warm blanket on a cold day.
3
Oct 17 2024
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Classic upbeat jazz record. Really enjoyed it
4
Oct 18 2024
Timeless
Goldie
If the Hackers soundtrack had less enjoyable music riddled with poorly sampled drum sounds, this is what it would sound like. There were a few ok spots, but I can't fathom how people could ever have listened to drum n bass as a primary musical style.
3
Oct 21 2024
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Great album from Ray. Much more enjoyable than the country one on this list.
4
Oct 22 2024
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Being the first time I have ever heard this in its entirety, I found it pretty enjoyable. It's a solid 3.5 for me. The last 4 tracks were definitely leftover filler tracks judging by how good the front of the album was. Well produced and slick catchy songs even decades later.
3
Oct 23 2024
McCartney
Paul McCartney
I enjoyed this one more then his wings debut. This one felt more personal and honest and real
3
Oct 24 2024
25
Adele
Though the subject matter is consistently about pain and loss, this is a well produced and arranged album. You can't deny how talented Adele is.
4
Oct 25 2024
Follow The Leader
Korn
Good Korn album, though the 1hr runtime felt like 5hrs. There are some classic songs here, including one with possibly the heaviest breakdown I've ever heard (Freak on a Leash). I get chills every time I hear it. I had never heard this one in it's entirety and it wasn't anything groundbreaking, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
3
Oct 28 2024
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
Decent soul/R&B/funk album. The last track was like audible blue balls. There's no need for a 13 minute track telling some story while playing the same chords over and over.
3
Oct 29 2024
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
Well, this Dylan album is musically better, but you still have to listen to Dylan sing, so still just an awful listen
2
Oct 30 2024
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
I found this to be the most unassuming and subdued collection of music I've heard on this list. Nothing stood out and had I not KNOWN I was listening to it, I may not have noticed it was even there.
3
Oct 31 2024
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Unexciting 70's bluesy rock.
3
Nov 01 2024
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
Decent early electronic music though extremely repetitive
3
Nov 04 2024
Abraxas
Santana
Great rock album wrapped with latin jazz flavors and some notes le radio hits. Would listen to this album again.
4
Nov 05 2024
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
Good homespun country music from the Queen of country.
3
Nov 06 2024
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Better than expected, but not something I would listen to often.
3
Nov 07 2024
Iβve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
Pretty enjoyable county twang. Would listen again.
3
Nov 08 2024
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
Fine for what it is. It's not really much though.
3
Nov 11 2024
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
Just a mellow and good album through and through. 3.5
4
Nov 12 2024
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
Better than I was expecting. It has a nice mellow 70s rock sound throughout
3
Nov 13 2024
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth
4
Nov 14 2024
Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
This sounds like the musicians were told to play as quietly and with as few notes as possible while the singer talked into and had mouth sex with his microphone. Garbage.
1
Nov 15 2024
Woodface
Crowded House
3
Nov 18 2024
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
The heavy misogynist and frat boy vibe is a bit over the top, but was welcomed by many back in the day. Still a nostalgic and fun romp through what was rap back then.
4
Nov 19 2024
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
Better than the last Joni Mitchell album, but this still isn't enjoyable for me.
3
Nov 20 2024
Next
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Fine blues rock if you ignore the lyrics
3
Nov 21 2024
Permission to Land
The Darkness
Solid rock album. I wish the vocal stylings weren't so distracting, but it was a fun listen.
4
Nov 22 2024
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
I have always enjoyed this album since its release. This listen has not swayed that opinion. Though the album gets slower and more melancholy as it goes, I still dig it.
4
Nov 25 2024
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
This album is not my thing. Some of the music and beats are good, but i can do without the rapping and conversational vignettes at the end of seemingly every song.
2
Nov 26 2024
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
Fine P-funk stripped of its ridiculousness and gimmicks.
3
Nov 27 2024
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
Fine if you're in the mood to continue your depressive episode with music.
3
Nov 28 2024
Suicide
Suicide
The same synth sounds on every track made this album very boring and very repetitive
2
Nov 29 2024
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
Whoever suggested that they cover Pink Floyd should be smacked in the face with a raw fish. Otherwise this album was odd but fine.
3
Dec 02 2024
Blackstar
David Bowie
Most of the music was fine. It was the vocals that often seemed out of sync and not really connected to the music.
2
Dec 03 2024
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
I'm sure this was the bee's knees when it came out and it seemingly bridges 60's rock with 70's glam. This is a ridiculous and over the top album with songs that go on way too long for their own good. While Meat Loaf carries the weight of the songs well, I felt like he would collapse at any moment from the sheer energy he's belting out the lyrics with. This wasn't something I grew up on and only heard sparingly on the radio until now. I understand it's draw for people of a certain era, but listening to it fully for the first time has me convinced that it will also be my last.
3
Dec 04 2024
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
Many good songs on the album and very cohesive vibe throughout
4
Dec 05 2024
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
Often repetitive late 80s to time capsule.
3
Dec 06 2024
Hysteria
Def Leppard
Where to begin with this iconic album? This is definitely a different sound than their previous albums, but that worked to their advantage in a giant way, making it more accessible for mainstream music fans and not just die-hard rock stans. This album is tightly produced and meticulously crafted to produce a cacophony of sound that envelops your ears. The most noticeable of these techniques being the liberal use of reverb and the layer upon layer of vocal overdubs. I also noticed how far back the drums are in the mix because of this. Still, this is one of the biggest and most fun albums of that era and it deserves the full compliment of stars that I have to give it.
5
Dec 09 2024
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
The music was what you'd expect, but the vocals were lacking the flair I've come to expect from Iron Maiden. Having only been exposed to Bruce Dickinson's vocals this left me wanting something different. Overall still a decent album.
3
Dec 10 2024
Moon Safari
Air
This is an easy 4 for me. I love this kind of shit. Lo-fi esque, chill shit like this is just so enjoyable
4
Dec 11 2024
Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
Can't complain about this one either. Nice middle of the road electronic
3
Dec 12 2024
Diamond Life
Sade
Solid soft rock/pseudo-jazz album. Sade's vocals are always mesmerizing and her backup band is as tight as it gets. Even the non radio hits are well done.
4
Dec 13 2024
Seventh Tree
Goldfrapp
Man this one was slow and melancholy to me. Not bad, but not someone I would listen to on purpose.
3
Dec 16 2024
Brothers
The Black Keys
Enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I would have enjoyed it more if the vocals didn't have effects on every damn song.
3
Dec 17 2024
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
It started off as some sort of electronica, but then pivoted into an eclectic alt-rock sampler. It was OK, but it's not joining my library anytime soon.
3
Dec 18 2024
Urban Hymns
The Verve
Decent, but it got overly monotonous after a while. All the songs started to blend together in one long forgettable musical arrangement.
3
Dec 19 2024
Blur
Blur
Best britpop album on this list so far. Overall an enjoyable listening experience.
3
Dec 20 2024
Take Me Apart
Kelela
Fine yet planned R&B that all melts together into one long song.
3
Dec 23 2024
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
I'm sure the poetry/lyrics resonate for a lot of people, but I'm just not one of them. The music is also nothing special and typical of the time it was released. This album was just completely uninteresting to me.
1
Dec 24 2024
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
Pretty damn enjoyable 80's pop rock. Consistently upbeat and solid throughout
4
Dec 25 2024
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
The vocals fit perfectly into the music. Though this is a pretty Singer album it was a good listen.
3
Dec 26 2024
Like Water For Chocolate
Common
Rap would be a much more likeable genre if it was more like this. Enjoyed the beats and music and the rapping wasn't about how much better than everyone he was because he had more money, guns, or bitches.
3
Dec 27 2024
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
Sounds like dudes who were in a a punk band 15 years ago, got back together, and wanted to change their sound but don't know how to. It's a pseudo-clash style band and they're not pulling any of it off.
2
Dec 30 2024
The Clash
The Clash
These guys are heralded in the music world, but when I hear them it just isn't exciting for me. It's just standard post-punk rock with heavy British accents singing lyrics. It's fine occasionally.
3
Dec 31 2024
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
Solid early rhythm & blues album. He has a great voice.
3
Jan 01 2025
Space Ritual
Hawkwind
Rock + Poetry. Meh.
2
Jan 02 2025
Kenya
Machito
This was a really enjoyable rhythmic fiesta. It didn't let up the entire time and provided a happy upbeat vibe for the day.
4
Jan 03 2025
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
This was a more enjoyable Elvis Costello album for me. The tighter pop-rock production really hit the right vibe for me
3
Jan 06 2025
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
Another solid outing from the Stones. The songs always sound like covers of other songs to me, but that doesn't stop the enjoyment.
4
Jan 07 2025
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
The beats and music were great, the interludes and skits unnecessary, and rapping was unique. Typical.
3
Jan 08 2025
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4.5 stars for me. For being the first album on his own it's such a great one. He would only get better, but this is a solid outing. The addition of the I-Threes rounds out an already tight group and it would be hard to hear his music without them.
5
Jan 09 2025
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
Fair music, though uninspiring. The vocals seemed like someone who had no idea how to sing and was just emulating what they thought was singing. Forced vibrato for the fail.
2
Jan 10 2025
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
Good, soulful music but the format of this record was a bit weird. I wish they would have let the concert just play out instead of adding pauses in between songs. That ruined the flow a bit. It also seemed a bit forced and rushed. I'm not sure why that is, but I just couldn't get past that.
3
Jan 13 2025
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
Pretty good album outside all the weird free-form jazz vignettes. Much more cohesive and pop-centric which is what made it more bearable.
3
Jan 14 2025
Tapestry
Carole King
Good 70s soft rock.
3
Jan 15 2025
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
There are definitely a few straight bangers on this album. I appreciate the experimentation, but on some songs it was completely out of the blue and took me right out of the vibe. Some of the other instrumental songs were fine, but I'm not sure what their purpose was or why they were included at all. Those points lost it a star for me.
4
Jan 16 2025
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
There is obviously a large contingent of the population that enjoys Lana Del Rey. I can't see how this can be in anyone's regular rotation unless they were constantly living in a sea of disappointment and pain. This would only be useful music if I was in a depressive state and wanted to force myself to stay there.
Having no expectations going in, I just wasn't impressed. Her voice seems average and she doesn't really have to stretch it since the pace and range of the music is so minimalist. She just puts off an air of indifference and boredom, making it seem as if she really doesn't want to be singing.
I was hoping I would hear at least one upbeat song at some point but its just track after track of dejection and melancholia. The album is tiring to listen to and has nearly shut the door on me ever listening to her voluntarily again.
2
Jan 17 2025
The Rise & Fall
Madness
This was fine. Not great, not bad.... Just fine.
3
Jan 20 2025
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Just a fantastic album from beginning to end.
5
Jan 21 2025
The White Album
Beatles
Another fine Beatles album that gets a little long in the tooth after a while. This is good, but not Abbey Road good.
4
Jan 22 2025
The White Room
The KLF
If you want to feel as if you were part of a montage from the film Hackers, then this is the album for you. While not a bad listen, it was definitely locked in time to that era.
3
Jan 23 2025
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
Man there were some tracks (I'm looking at you track 2... you're straight up a U2 song) that emulated other artists pretty damn well. I enjoyed this album though. It's got that late 80's early 90's vibe when the rebellious alt-rock genre was morphing into the adult alternative genre.
3
Jan 24 2025
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
This album was so uneventful and bland I don't even remember what it sounded like yesterday.
3
Jan 27 2025
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Just exceptional for a debut album. So many great tracks.
5
Jan 28 2025
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
This was what I expected from Prince. It was fine to listen to, but I wouldn't go out of my way to ever purposely listen to it again. Prince is just a weird cat and that is reflected in the music.
3
Jan 29 2025
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
Punk has never been my thing. This album is OK. I enjoyed a few songs more than I expected to.
3
Jan 30 2025
Repeater
Fugazi
Pretty good overall. Takes me back to my Helmet listening days, which oddly enough was 2 years later
3
Jan 31 2025
A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
50s pop. Nothing exciting.
3
Feb 03 2025
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
Fine blues rock album. This is what I expect from my middle of the road 70s rock.
3
Feb 04 2025
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Every song on this album is great and nearly every song on this album is a rock classic.
5
Feb 05 2025
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
Fine for Neil Young. A bit too slow and whiny for me, but overall OK.
3
Feb 06 2025
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
This is OK to listen to. There are some fun songs, but man the sound is the same for every one of them. It got old quickly for me.
3
Feb 07 2025
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
Good beats and rapping and well produced overall. I liked it more than I thought I would.
3
Feb 10 2025
Superunknown
Soundgarden
This album is a 4.5 for me. 4 for the album itself and another .5 for the nostalgia attached to it. Growing up when this album entered the world was just fantastic musically and this one was in my rotation. I had friends who took to this right away and loved every second. I wasn't so immediately smitten, but this has grown on me over the years to be a very solid, dar, and complex listen.
5
Feb 11 2025
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
The second Oasis album on this list and it's just as boring as the first one. It's just one bland song after another and they all sound the same.
3
Feb 12 2025
Shadowland
k.d. lang
I have come to really enjoy K.D. Lang thanks to this list. This album wasn't quite as good as Ingenue, but still really enjoyable.
4
Feb 13 2025
Connected
Stereo MC's
There's just something about this that's missing. The music was fine, but it was just too subdued and missing a punch or soul. Hard to put my finger on it honestly. it's just kinda boring
3
Feb 14 2025
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
This was an ok Bowie album with weird vocals.
3
Feb 17 2025
My Generation
The Who
Fine. The better who albums are live albums.
3
Feb 18 2025
21
Adele
Solid. Adele's voice elevates the sometimes bland and boring music.
4
Feb 19 2025
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
I guess you had to be there? This is just middle of the road '70s rock to me. It's nothing groundbreaking or particularly interesting.
3
Feb 20 2025
B-52's
The B-52's
While I don't go out of my way to listen to the B52s, it's always a good time when I do. There's something so fun and happy about listening to this cacophony of sound that always puts you in a good mood.
4
Feb 21 2025
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
While I usually enjoy James Brown when I hear it, this album seemed underwhelming to me and very short. I couldn't feel the energy that usually comes from a JB album
3
Feb 24 2025
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
Pretty good overall and better than I was expecting.
3
Feb 25 2025
Ramones
Ramones
It's the Ramones. You know exactly what the album sounds like.
3
Feb 26 2025
Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
100% Stones clone. 1000% List filler.
3
Feb 27 2025
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
There was some odd stuff on this album, but overall not bad.
3
Feb 28 2025
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
There is good prog rock and bad prog rock. This is the latter.
2
Mar 03 2025
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
Nothing to report here. Typical 80's pop from the Smiths
3
Mar 04 2025
Pretenders
Pretenders
Pretty solid and enjoyable album. Pleasantly surprised.
4
Mar 05 2025
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Did the distortion knob get stuck on 11 for this album? It's overbearing and ridiculously annoying for most of the album. For the tracks where you're not getting sonically abused by that the standard 80s pop songs are OK.
2
Mar 06 2025
Moby Grape
Moby Grape
This was just fine for a late 60s rock album. Better than I was thinking it would be.
3
Mar 07 2025
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Girls Against Boys
This album is straight up 90s. Lots of grungy riffs. I would totally believe it if i read an article saying Chris Cornell heard this album while writing for Superunknown.
3
Mar 10 2025
The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
This album was just fine. Nothing too great and nothing really bad.
3
Mar 11 2025
Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
This group is revered but I still don't know why after two albums. This album was the same ambient music with poetry for every track. Extremely slow and depressing.
2
Mar 12 2025
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
Much like Paul McCartney & Wings' Band on the Run album, this one is just bland.
From my Wings review: "It always felt like it was going to go hard and be big and grandiose only to just slink back into the corner and softly play music hoping you'd like it. Everything felt timid and unassuming and that was frustrating to listen to."
3
Mar 13 2025
Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
I don't like and I don't hate this. It's completely ineffective at producing any emotional response from me
3
Mar 14 2025
Mott
Mott The Hoople
Average glam rock. No one should ever try to make a violin or saxophone sound rock n roll.
3
Mar 17 2025
Roots
Sepultura
4.5. I really enjoyed this one more than I thought I would. It's a solid metal album with some tribal rhythms interspersed throughout. It loses half a star because of the vocals. The gutteral singing style wasn't quite for me.
4
Mar 18 2025
Fun House
The Stooges
Better than expected, but still really fucking annoying screeching guitars and monotony in the longer songs.
3
Mar 19 2025
Tago Mago
Can
Well, it started off fine and devolved into madness. The longer tracks were just pure experimentalism and not enjoyable. I can see doing that for yourselves as artists, but to actually put it on an album and expect people to eat it up is just wishful thinking.
2
Mar 20 2025
The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
This album with its one long run on song certainly does set a specific vibe. If you want to wallow in your own self-loathing this is the album for you.
3
Mar 21 2025
Talk Talk Talk
The Psychedelic Furs
Meh
2
Mar 24 2025
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
This kind of downtempo & chill electronica really hits all the right notes for me. I'd abandoned this genre for some time and I loved re-engaging with it. I enjoyed this from beginning to end.
4
Mar 25 2025
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
This was the slowest and sleepiest country album I think I've ever heard. For it to be this bare bones and have this much impact is pretty telling.
3
Mar 26 2025
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
This is like an attempt at a Psychedelic Brazilian Beatles. It's not a great one either.
3
Mar 27 2025
Butterfly
Mariah Carey
This was ok. As always, she has a fantastic voice, but the music became less and less interesting after the 20min mark.
3
Mar 28 2025
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
It was a fine listen if you like Kings of Leon. It's overall just average musically and didn't really do much for me
3
Mar 31 2025
Homework
Daft Punk
Pretty good overall though repetitive and irritating as hell in some spots.
3
Apr 01 2025
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
The music was enjoyable, but his signature voice is an acquired taste for sure. That being said, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
3
Apr 02 2025
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
I enjoyed this quite a bit. Sometimes the bongos and drums got a little out of hand, but overall it was a good one.
3
Apr 03 2025
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
I enjoyed this album. I particularly like the back half more than the front. I had heard several songs off the first half, but it wasn't until Assassin hit that I really started paying attention
3
Apr 04 2025
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
This wasn't all that good for me. It was a huge nothingburger full of unimportant songs and occasionally annoying music.
3
Apr 07 2025
Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
This was one big cover version of Shawn Mullins' Lullaby. Did not enjoy this one as it was all the same song over and over again.
2
Apr 08 2025
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
Not really worth even the short time it took to listen to this. The music was average and the singer was just whining into the mic the entire time.
2
Apr 09 2025
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
I rarely stumble across Nina Simone in my normal listening, but I am sure the Spotify algorithm will change that soon. Until now, I was most familiar her song Sinnerman, perfectly used at the end of Pierce Brosnan's Thomas Crown Affair and I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl, which I probably stumbled into from a promo jazz compilation during my time at Best Buy. Her voice is unique and at times she strains when really projecting ("MY name is Peaches!!!!"), but overall this is an enjoyable album.
3
Apr 10 2025
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
-1 for the sheer amount of boredom injected into each song
-1 for Thom Yorke's whiny vocals
-1 for the consistent malaise that the music elicits
-1 for making me listen to 16 versions of the same song
+1 because they can play instruments well enough and giving this a 0 is not an option
1
Apr 11 2025
Rocks
Aerosmith
Solid 70s rock album. There is little to complain about here, so I won't.
4
Apr 14 2025
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
This wasn't bad. I enjoyed the eclectic genre weaving throughout the album. This was a pleasant surprise for me.
3
Apr 15 2025
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
Maybe a 3 for this. Very single-minded lyrically - bitches, hos, guns, dick size, etc... without Snoop chiming in all over the place this would be a very different album
3
Apr 16 2025
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
This was fine. The music was generally OK and the vocals were nothing spectacular. I am not sure why it's so highly regarded, but everyone has their own taste.
3
Apr 17 2025
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
This was a darker and heavier album than I was expecting. Much more enjoyable than I would have imagined.
3
Apr 18 2025
Rapture
Anita Baker
While ultimately enjoyable, this is middle of the road 80's soul music that just happens to have a great voice over the top. It's pretty soulless and lifeless listening to it. If I asked an AI to create 80's soul music it would spit out this specific music bed.
3
Apr 21 2025
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
The opening track was the highlight for me, but I think this stays at a 3 for me. Decent to listen to but nothing amazing.
3
Apr 22 2025
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I've never specifically listened to ELP and I can say I have missed nothing by doing so. Prog rock is extremely hit or miss and this one was a big miss for me. I had it one in the background at work and I was able to completely ignore it. Nothing caught my ear AT ALL.
2
Apr 23 2025
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
Rather enjoy this type of music from time to time. There were some sections that became annoying repetitive, so it was hard to listen to at times. Overall worth the listen though.
3
Apr 24 2025
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
"American indie rock band" usually means I will hate it, but I really enjoyed this one. It kinda has a 70's smooth rock vibe to me, though the vocals and a few songs get dangerously Dylan-esqe a few times. Not so much that it threw off the vibe, but my brain sure as hell perked up in those instances.
4
Apr 25 2025
Trafalgar
Bee Gees
This was just a nothing burger. Nothing about it was altogether enjoyable and I swear Robin's vocals would have been much better on the soundtrack to Rankin & Bass' animated Hobbit. Glad to be done with this one.
2
Apr 28 2025
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Pretty good country rock album really. No real complaints.
3
Apr 29 2025
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
A pleasant surprise for this album. I loved the vibe and the African rhythms
4
Apr 30 2025
Django Django
Django Django
I'm not sure what this album was supposed to be, but it wasn't really that enjoyable. The vocals were whiny and annoying the entire time and to be honest I don't even remember the back half of the album it was so forgettable.
2
May 01 2025
Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
This is just different Bjork. Nothing of note here for me.
3
May 02 2025
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
This was fine thanks to the music from Dre and a few solid radio hits. Otherwise it's purely forgettable posturing and machismo
3
May 05 2025
The Next Day
David Bowie
This Bowie album was overall pretty good. Less chaotic than Blackstar. It was kind of boring musically, but somehow it works for me.
3
May 06 2025
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
It's amazing that I have never heard of Jazmine Sullivan after all the praise and awards she's seems to have garnered since 2008. This is just nothing amazing at all. I could have never have heard any of this, but still know exactly what it sounds like since it's the same as all the other hip-hop/R&B that existed before and after it. Trailblazing lyrics like "I want to spit on it" and "I want to sit on it" really change the musical landscape.
2
May 07 2025
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
This was OK. It really sounds like it belongs in the movie Hackers and has nods to Daft Punk as well.
3
May 08 2025
American Gothic
David Ackles
There's an extremely obvious reason this album wasn't a huge hit and it's immediately apparent starting at track 1. If you're a non-completist and skip albums occasionally, this should be one of those.
1
May 09 2025
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
The music was average to meh. The vocals were overly distracting.
2
May 12 2025
Who's Next
The Who
The best things I have heard from The Who. Several classic hits and some of the other songs were good too.
4
May 13 2025
Rubber Soul
Beatles
Another solid Beatles album. Some great songs all the way through, but it just doesn't hit the heights of Abbey Road.
4
May 14 2025
Bad
Michael Jackson
This gets a 4 for me. You can't deny the MJ effect on popular music and this album just is riddled with big hits. Even the non-hits maintain the same feel and production for me. Overall a good album.
4
May 15 2025
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Not as good as some other Sabbath albums, but still damn solid for me. I just love the heavy, dirty sound they produce.
4
May 16 2025
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
It was fine.
3
May 19 2025
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
This is music that really wanted to be part of the Garden State soundtrack, but it wasn't even considered because it was so bland and lifeless. It's like that one friend that hangs with the group, but everyone really doesn't enjoy their company.
It's so uncomfortable listening to this. It feels as if they are trying so hard to make something good and are continuously failing to do so. The singer sounds so unsure of everything he's singing and you can hear the lack of confidence in his voice. It's uncomfortable to the point of eliciting pity for the rest of the band from me.
1
May 20 2025
A Seat at the Table
Solange
This was just OK. It had a chill vibe throughout which I mostly enjoyed. As usual, the interludes on albums are a waste of space. I'd listen to this over anything Beyonce every single time.
3
May 21 2025
Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black
This album is just way too long to be playing the same song over and over again. Early on in the listen I thought "This is OK. It fits right into the decade it was released in." As I continued to listen the songs began to meld together into one long irritating blur with the same high-pitched vocal and I definitely soured quickly. This is 150% a filler album for this list. It has no significance for anyone outside of a Pixies fan.
2
May 22 2025
Parallel Lines
Blondie
Great hits. Good vibes. Nice Listen.
3
May 23 2025
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
This is what I expect from an older Bowie album. Nothing at all special to hear here.
2
May 26 2025
1984
Van Halen
This is just a banger of an album. Short, fun and every song is justa good time. Can't NOT give this full marks.
5
May 27 2025
Savane
Ali Farka TourΓ©
Interesting meld of African rhythms and blues. Nice listen.
3
May 28 2025
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
This first track made me think Meatloaf was about to bust out singing. Springsteen is a revered artist and I think it's societally implied that everyone should be able to find the brilliance just by listening. I am just not connecting with this music as expected. It's fine and I am sure people growing up in that era have a nostalgic bond with him. but I'm not going to be one of those people. This is just normal 70's rock with extra instruments.
3
May 29 2025
The Blueprint
JAY Z
This was fine. The music is more agreeable than many other rap albums on this list and the n words are aplenty.
3
May 30 2025
The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
I get the cultural place this album has, but this is one long sitar song. It is neither good, nor awe-inspiring and is most certainly not necessary on this list.
2
Jun 02 2025
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
Marginally better vocally than their follow up, but still mind-numbingly slow and bring for me.
2
Jun 03 2025
Logical Progression
LTJ Bukem
Not sure this is worth a seat on the list, but it was ok.
3
Jun 04 2025
Trio
Dolly Parton
Good harmonies and good music. This is what you would expect from these iconic ladies. An enjoyable listen.
3
Jun 05 2025
Very
Pet Shop Boys
This album is offensively happy sounding. It's almost childishly upbeat. The major chord fiesta coupled with the timbre of those vocals is so saccharine sweet it's cringeworthy for me.
2
Jun 06 2025
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
Slow, plodding, whiny nasally vocals interjected with random sci-fi noises is no way to get me to like an album. A few songs were up tempo enough to be ok, but I don't see the fascination with these guys.
2
Jun 09 2025
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
How can you hate the Beach Boys?
4
Jun 10 2025
Vespertine
BjΓΆrk
Very quiet and unassuming. Not great but not bad either.
3
Jun 11 2025
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
I've always enjoyed the music of Limp Bizkit, but as soon as you hear that high whiny Fred Durst bullshit it just makes it shit garbage.
2
Jun 12 2025
Liquid Swords
GZA
Decent music bed and ok rapping. I was expecting to not enjoy this, but did somewhat.
3
Jun 13 2025
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
Unexpected sound and vibe from the Beach Boys. Slower, and more introspective. I dig it overall.
3
Jun 16 2025
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
This was ok. Not much to say about it one way or the other.
3
Jun 17 2025
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
Solid chill vibes on this motherfucker. I enjoyed it immensely.
4
Jun 18 2025
The Who Sell Out
The Who
Wow. This continues to prove that the only good Who albums are live Who albums. This is strange, experimental, and overall just doesn't have great songs. Not sure where they were mentally, but they weren't thinking about making good music.
2
Jun 19 2025
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
This was just fine as background music. I'm not sure I would listen to it in any other capacity.
3
Jun 20 2025
Quiet Life
Japan
Pretty decent pop synth album. Would listen to it again if bored.
3
Jun 23 2025
...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
This album definitely had a few bangers that shook the pop world. Overall it's pretty saccharine and cringe-inducing at times but nothing awful.
3
Jun 24 2025
Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
Some decent grooves and the overall chill vibe was surprising. Not too bad really.
3
Jun 25 2025
Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
Pretty good hip-hop album. I dig that De La Soul vibe that's underneath this.
3
Jun 26 2025
Damaged
Black Flag
This is fully what I would expect from a black flag album. I've never been able to connect with punk music, but I can see how it speaks to people.
3
Jun 27 2025
Chris
Christine and the Queens
Solid pop album with enjoyable songs. I love the synth-pop style that flows through things. This was a pleasant surprise.
3
Jun 30 2025
John Prine
John Prine
You know when you're sitting on a chair and you lean back so you're just on two legs and you lean too far so you almost fall over but at the last second you catch yourself?
That's John Prine nearly going into full Bob Dylan voice ALL THE TIME.
This is way better than anything I have been forced to listen to from Bob Dylan on this list. It's still not something I would listen to again on purpose, but it wasn't that bad.
3
Jul 01 2025
Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
I found it really hard to enjoy this album. It's disjointed and seems to be trying way to hard to be avant-garde and interesting. Had I heard this prior to Pharrell's more recent successes I may have had a different opinion.
2
Jul 02 2025
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
Can't NOT like a Led Zep album. This one is a little more folksy, but still enjoyable
4
Jul 03 2025
Achtung Baby
U2
I was not into this kind of music back then, but for some reason my girlfriend at the time had this CD and I latched onto it pretty hard. This is still a damn good album
4
Jul 04 2025
Skylarking
XTC
I think they created new major chords for this fucking album. It's so obscenely saccharin and gross to listen to that I can't go any more than 2 for it.
2
Jul 07 2025
Odessa
Bee Gees
This is just middling 60's rock trying to be something it isn't - Good.
2
Jul 08 2025
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
Not bad, but I found it completely average throughout. Nothing was great and nothing was horrible. This was an album I heard.
3
Jul 09 2025
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
Not bad actually. What I expect from Steve Winwood only having ever heard his 80's radio hits. Would listen again if it came across my radar.
3
Jul 10 2025
Microshift
Hookworms
Not much to say about this. It's completely forgettable, but inoffensive.
3
Jul 11 2025
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
This was surprisingly mellow and enjoyable. A rather nice find on this list.
3
Jul 14 2025
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
This mind numbing barrage of one bassline and sound throughout the entire album was exhausting. So exhausting I may need nap. I firmly believe that repeated listens could bring on a spontaneous coma that I might never recover from. I'm going to need to kick things up to 11 after the coalescence of melancholia and despair that this album exhumed.
2
Jul 15 2025
Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
What are "Songs that could be used as a music bed for any Hollywood middle eastern action thriller?" Some of these were more upbeat and enjoyable than I thought. Having said that, this is still not bag of chips. The constant tabla and droning instruments really do wear on your sanity after a while. I appreciate his contributions to this style of music, I don't have any connection to this culture and really haven't enjoyed what I've heard.
2
Jul 16 2025
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
This is a pretty middle of the road late 80's/90's album. Nothing was too good or too bad. It was just average overall.
3
Jul 17 2025
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
This wasn't that bad if you're in the mood for middle of the road country "rock." Not going to add it to the 5-start collection by any means, but not a bad listen.
3
Jul 18 2025
Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
This attempt at music is just bad. There is nothing enjoyable about this unless you're really into a bass player hitting one low, droning note endlessly. I hope I never stumble across this again. EVER.
1
Jul 21 2025
California
American Music Club
The book mentioned these guys compared THEMSELVES to R.E.M. and were surprised when they hit it big instead. Tt's pretty obvious why. None of these songs are big radio hits. They're personal stories for members of the band. There's no broader appeal unless you're into moody, emotional melancholia.
1
Jul 22 2025
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
This was an overall enjoyable listen. It had a bit more substance than I thought it would.
3
Jul 23 2025
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
Typical psychedelic rock of the day. Nothing worth this list save for the big hit.
3
Jul 24 2025
Moving Pictures
Rush
Iconic album. Solid songs and musicianship all the way through. Loved listening to this, so I did so twice.
5
Jul 25 2025
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
This is the Bruce I grew up with. This is a good album full of really enjoyable songs. I'm not sure I connect with anything else I've heard from him on this list, but this was worth the price of admission.
4
Jul 28 2025
Kala
M.I.A.
"This doesn't even deserve the 1 that I am forced to give it. This was just horribly awful to sit through. I can't understand the acclaim this album has gotten. It's boring. It's repetitive. From the album cover that was obviously put together by a hangry 2 year old, to the rudimentary songs and lyrics, it shows little imagination.
Hot. Shit. Garbage."
1
Jul 29 2025
Stripped
Christina Aguilera
This was fine to listen to. It was way better than the disgustingly sweet Britney album I had a while back.
3
Jul 30 2025
Traffic
Traffic
I listen to this entire album yesterday and I don't remember a thing about it. That must mean it was just nothing
3
Jul 31 2025
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Though repetitive, this is a really catchy and enjoyable pop album.
4
Aug 01 2025
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
Quirky, weird, creepy vocals, but ok music
3