It's a shame that these albums are paired together, because Speakerboxxx is a 5, while The Love Below is a 1. It took me a second to adjust to Speakerboxxx, but I was grooving and vibing to every track. There wasn't any 1 particular song that stood out, but rather the entire album was well-constructed, well-thought-out, masterfully executed, and each feature was used to elevate Big Boi, rather than take the spotlight for themselves. The Love Below did a similar thing with its features, the issue is there's not a whole lot that's great to highlight and elevate. The album is overly repetitious and also quite a bit over sexualized. There's a time and place for that kind of musical content, but the first half of the album goes too far for me, and it ends up being a really bad first impression that never really improves. I did like what they did with My Favorite Things. That was very good. Favorite Song(s): Unhappy, Reset / Hey Ya, My Favorite Things

Sooooo smooth If I was asked, "Do you like jazz?" I would respond yes, and not be startled or surprised by who or what is asking me. Listening to this just demands my attention, which is hard to do for me with lyric-less music. It's so incredibly modal and dissonant without being "crunchy".

Wayyy more vibey than I was expecting. Had to throw in the second earbud part way through The Corner. I don't love the refrains. They feel a little odd and sometimes uncomfortable and forced. The verses are incredible, though. The production of the album is fantastic. The produced noises are never overdone, and are finely tuned to the song. A really good album, particularly the first half. I will probably never listen to this again, though.

I think this album probably really benefits from a chronological listening, because as is, separated from its contemporaries, it just kind of falls flat for me. But the review says this is the first "trip hop", so congrats for that. By fall flat, I don't mean that it's bad, just, for the most part, uninteresting. There are flashes of brilliance, though, like the guitar riff in Be Thankful For What You Got. Hymn of the Big Wheel was probably my favorite song.

The album starts off soooo hot with Rio, and shortly after, Hungry Like the Wolf. I didn't realize how insane some of the bass lines are for Duran Duran. By far the best part of their music. I thought this was going to be one of those albums thats a couple of boys and nothing else, but the back half of the album is definitely doing its part.

The first non-Eurocentric album on this listen through. Really enjoying the vibes. I wish there was a little more evolution in the songs, but I'm pretty sure that's a style thing, a back beat with lots of solos throughout. That does mean it makes excellent background music for me.

First impression: it sounds like if John Lennon grew up in a small town. Yeah, I can understand why this was really popular in the late 60s. Unfortunately, I'm not sure I love the combination of psychedelic and folk. Kind of wish the singer wouldn't push the bottom of his range so much. He sounds much better in the mid and upper ranges of his voice. The low stuff ends up losing a lot of his nice tonality. And as soon as I typed that out, he hit that really beautiful low note on Nightfall.

Really fun! I like the energy. I feel like this is something that music has exceeded, though. Like there's music released recently that has the same vibes and style but is better. That's influence, though, so good for Iggy

This is beautiful. I don't love the lower range of his voice, but I feel so comfortable listening to him. Roads is an amazing song. I've actually been hoping to start a new playlist for my fall vibes, and Roads got to start it for me. An amazing album. Intimate but comfortable, relaxing but emotional. I loved every song.

This is not my preferred style of music. It does slap, though. I'm just not impressed with the other music elements of the album. I want more than just backing loops. I will say, Killing Me Softly is killing me

Much more my style compared to some of the other stuff on this list. It doesn't really stand out for me though. Most of the songs are really solid without much else. The back half of the album definitely brings it up a notch though.

A lot of fun! A good album front to back.

I think I understand some of the ideas of the songs, but man, I really did not like listening to this. Fodderstompf made me want to claw my eyes out of my head.

It's all a little too much for me. I prefer quieter jazz, but this is excellent for what it is. Track C is my favorite on the album.

Took a while for it to click for me, and nearly wrote it off before we got there. Lyrics and writing were very good, but music that relies heavily on loops isn't for me. Did enjoy the vibes, though.

A lot of fun. I really enjoyed the sax solos. Just kind of there, though. Missing something for me, though, so it falls into a "this was fine." for me.

Really enjoyed listening to it. The fusion of jazz and disco goes really well together. I wanted the vocalist of the title track to come back, but I was still jamming to every song.

I really love the concept of the album, and really enjoyed listening to people's stories and then a musician exploring the concepts musically. The vocals on the album are also stellar.

She is such a good singer. Her scatting is unparalleled. I kind of wish there was some more uptempo songs, a lot of the album is slow and beautiful, but they all blend together. Oh, Lady be Good legit gave me chills.

I think its cultural importance is a big reason why this album is so highly regarded. Not that the music is bad, but I don't think it's elite, in a vacuum. I will say, this album is legit all the way through. Ziggy Stardust might be my favorite song, and it's third last on the album.

A masterclass in vocal harmonies. Absolutely incredible. I really wish it didn't have a 70s musical vibe, though. It really brings it down a notch or two for me. A lot of the songs feel like they're a rip off of The Sound of Music, when they would excel more if they had their own identity.

I love that the album kind of sounds like it was made in a bedroom. I don't like drum machines, but I'm also a drummer, so I recognize that's a bias that I have. For how simple it is, it sounds really good. And while they embrace the punk vibes of loud instruments and muffled vocals, the message still comes through loud and clear. I love the recorded spoken bits of Slideshow at Free University.

It's so heavily over-produced that it's really hard to listen to. The lyrics seem really good! At least when I can hear them. Unfortunately, it just kind of sounds like bad, over-produced hype music, though.

It's not quite The Smiths that I've listened to on my own. I do enjoy listening to them, though. I think one of my favorite things about The Smiths, just in general, is that their albums don't really fall off in quality as you listen. The end of the album is just as strong as the beginning.

I do really like his keyboard playing. He's a very talented instrumentalist. His voice isn't incredible, but it is perfect for this genre. A lot of true bops on this album. You Are the Sunshine of my Life. Maybe Your Baby. You And I. Superstition. The songs that aren't bops, though, are really losing me. The last few songs on the album are snooze-fests. Except the ending section of I Believe (When I Fall...)

I actually really like the unique way the lead singer sounds. Makes them stand out from other bands of a similar style. It kind of all blends together after a bit, and I just find myself listening to noise. Noise that I like, but I'm not paying attention to what I'm listening to.

The "beep beep. beep beep. yeah!" lives rent free in my head. This is the beginning of my favorite Beatles era. Just a lot of my favorite songs from the Beatles, and a really good album beginning to end.

It's a little kooky, a little strange, but well created and sounds really good. His voice is a little off-putting, but it works well for his style. I ended up tuning out for over half the album. I like it, but it becomes really good background noise.

I really love Pink Floyd's instrumentals, so I really enjoy Shine On You Crazy Diamond, all parts of it. There's nothing that really stands out for me in the album, but it's so good from top to bottom. Really good listening.

I was really into it for the first couple songs, but as the album progressed, I started losing interest. The varied voices is kind of a weird thing to do. It just makes me worried about inconsistency with the vocal quality of the songs. To me, there's three distinct sections to the album, a beginning, middle, and end. The middle section is the different by being the most upbeat, and to me, it's the worst section. If you just got rid of it, I think there would be a complete album with a full feeling, and there wouldn't be any necessarily bad songs.

I'm not a big fan of the really deep voice. But I really like everything else with the sound.

To be honest, this makes me think of the Gaither Gospel Band, a 80s southern gospel vocal group. I don't like it. I do really like some of the orchestration, but it's a miss for me otherwise. If there was no singing, I'd say this was a really good instrumental album. But I'm getting the ick from this.

This has some *iconic* 90s sound. I couldn't tell you what that is. Maybe like unfiltered and underproduced? All I know is that it sounds like the 90s. The talent of the musicians is pretty clear. And I feel like they also really like their own style. So the musicianship is just really good.

Really good. But doesn't really have moments of greatness for me. I do like the style, and the bass slaps.

Bad radio style pop rock

This is some pretty weird stuffy. But there is some strange vibey-ness to it, that makes it tolerable at worst, and oddly enjoyable at best.

Through two songs, both of them have some really great moments. I generally like this style of music - the experimental rock, so I'm a little biased. Lots of really good stuff. There weren't any parts, really, that felt like it didn't belong in the song.

Really good stuff. A couple of weird things that I just didn't vibe with, but for the most part, a really quality album with some really good vocals and instrumentation. I also loved that each track flowed into the next, made for a really enjoyable listening experience. Could have done without Save the Children. That was just weird.

This is goooooood. It's got the throwback garage band sound, while still taking every advantage of music production and quality.

This album definitely benefits from being a live recording. The singing bit in Egbe Mi O is really fun.

This is fine. Not a whole lot of interesting things going on. The first 2ish minutes of Starship was the best part, but I didn't like all the electronic stuff going on after that point.

Skrillex was really overplayed when I was in high school, so I'm pretty burnt out from this heavy electronic dance music. That said, this is good. Like very good music. The ending of Let There Be Light is phenomenal. Some of the songs on the back half of the album are causing me pain. Stress and DVNO, specifically.

I really love Rush's sound. This album isn't quite at the level of Moving Pictures for me, and some of the back end of the album is just there, but the story telling in the first track is incredible.

This is not the first time listening to parts of this album or Sufjan. So, I know already that I really like his sounds, and know to brace myself for some of his weird instrumentations. High key, this is an incredible album. A little artsy (but what Indie album isn't), but full of character.

Yeah, this is some real American rock, with songs about guns and drugs. Kind of wild and weird, but really consistent, which I appreciate a lot. The album quality doesn't change as you progress towards the end of it.

I didn't really like the lead singer's voice. There were some moments of brilliance from the album, but for the most part it was just kind of bland or uninteresting. The ending of the album was by far my favorite bit.

I'm loving the bass on Same Ole Love. I'm a sucker for the poppy bass playing, especially when it carries some melodic weight. The whole album wasn't available on my Spotify, so I wasn't able to listen to the whole thing, but what I did get was good, but not great. A couple of really good songs, and some songs that sounded like they shouldn't be allowed to leave a hair salon.

I was really enjoying this, and then the singer went into his falsetto range, and now all I hear is Tiny Tim. The instrumentation is really good and interesting, but I can't get past how not great the falsetto singing is.

I'm learning that I might not like hip-hop. Don't get me wrong, this is very good. But I just don't think it's my preferred flavor of music.

This is nuts. Eminem is a wordsmith, though, and these songs are so incredibly detailed. It's a pretty profane and insane album, but it's really well done, and I've enjoyed it more than quite a few other albums on the list so far.

I really enjoy the grungy rock of the album, distorted guitars and attitude of the lyrics.

Yeah, this is just kind of fine. I'm wishing it was more rock influenced. I just didn't really like it that much.

I really like this. Chill and subtle. I'm a big fan of quiet/chill music in general, though. So this is just in my wheelhouse. I really enjoy the different instrumentations. The horn section in Down was a really great touch. I really enjoyed the first half of the album, but then I just started getting lost in the second half, starting with Coconut.

Didn't really get it. I can understand why it's good, but not for me.

His guitar playing is incredible. I really have no idea how guitarists can play a melody line and chords at the same time. The lyrics of his music are thought provoking and just generally interesting. I love the sounds. The anti-war music of the 60s and 70s is low-key some of my favorite music, and this feels like an evolution in that style, even if it doesn't have the same message.

This is sooooo good. Excellent instrumentation and musicality. Giving me a lot of feels. Why Keep On Breaking My Heart is kind of a dud for me. Everything else, so far, is incredible. I tuned out for a little bit, but that's because I listen at work, and I got bombarded with emails, but this is so good.

Confession: I've never actually listened to Elvis besides some of the iconic hits, and I never really liked them all that much, honestly. So it's nice to listen to Elvis apart from a top hits. And the first two tracks have changed my opinion on Elvis. I love all the varied styles and genres in the album, really shows a depth of talent from Elvis.

Yeah, this misses for me more than it hits. There's a few flashes of brilliance, but most of it feels over-the-top. I couldn't even finish the last song.

Neil Peart is the best. Tom Sawyer is one of my absolute favorite songs. The vocals, the bass licks, the solos. It's all just so fucking good.

I'm learning I don't really love the 90s vibes, but this is a pretty good album. Don't really love anything, but it is pretty good.

It's like Wanna Be Beatles, but they're actually really good. I really liked the story-telling bit, and will probably re-listen to the whole album again.

The bass is the only thing that I'm really enjoying from this album. His voice isn't impressive, nor do I feel like unique or interesting.

It's got that experimental vibe, but it's kind of, tame? Not that that makes it bad, but if they were going for the wild and different, why wouldn't you really go for it? I guess this was one of "the first great American albums to come from the underground". So I'll cut it some slack, but it just doesn't do enough for me. The guitar work is top notch. The back half of the album is much better than the first half, in my opinion.

There's a lot right with Elton John's music. His piano work is always excellent. The instrumentation with strings, brass, and woodwinds. His voice is also distinct and wonderful.

Some really good Americana vibes. I do have a love/hate relationship with vocalists in this genre, as I often feel like they sing in a way that hurts the quality of the music. For the most part, though, this avoids the poor quality sound. This is just a really good Americana album. Maybe the best I've ever heard in this genre? But there's not really much competition for "Best of Americana".

A really, really good jazz album. The funky time signatures are the highlight, but they only get to shine because everything else is executed so well.

I'm not really sure what I was expecting, but this is really good. You can pretty easily trace how their music influenced the next generation. What's impressive is that even with the hindsight of the evolution of the genre this still holds up and is really enjoyable. I'm really glad the songs are so short. I feel like if they went much longer they'd start bordering on annoying, but they're kind of the perfect length.

I really don't like the singer's voice. But I also don't like Bob Dylan's voice, and I think that's kind of what he's going for. Other than that, this album is really incredible. Excellent instrumentation. Some really interesting songs, too.

Listening to this album makes me realize that I'm mostly just a fan of the Police's hits. They are this interesting blend of reggae and rock, but it really doesn't do much for me overall. Message in a Bottle is still a bop, though.

I didn't know that I was a Black Sabbath fan until today. Some really good stuff. Not quite sure if it's what I would call Metal, or just 70s Metal. It feels like it's missing something. Just not punchy enough. But really solid.

Some interesting bass lines, and I like the phasing parts. But all in all, this album really isn't for me. I'm not a fan of electronic heavy music, or music that relies on loops, and this heavily leans on both.

This feels like the album wants to be jazz but is afraid to try. It's blues, I guess, but I don't think that the genre choice was intentional, and in my opinion, that really hurts it. If they were intentional about their style and sound this might be good, but it is just meh. Eli's Coming puts the train back on the tracks, so to speak, but I'm already pretty checked out.

I love a good concept album, and this kills it, in that sense. But it goes a little too hard for me.

This is a tough one to rate. With hindsight and some of his takes on the album, there's some pretty hurtful things that he says. But the music is really good. The lyrics that aren't controversial or hateful are really good, and occasionally brilliant. I love that he shares his story of the album on the last track. If he wasn't a shitbag guy, this probably gets 5 stars/a 10.

A really good Christmas album. Some of the best versions of classic Christmas songs. But does a Christmas album, even if one of the best, deserve a spot in the top 1001? I don't think so.

This was bad. The only thing that I kind of liked were some of the instrumentals in the background, but they were also just on repeat, so even that got boring.

I don't normally like EDM music, but this is hitting a little different than it normally would for this genre. The repetitiveness of the songs kills it a bit for me. The melodic material is all very good, and the vocals are always well timed. I'm left wishing songs were 30 seconds to a minute shorter so that I'm getting less fluff and just the best stuff.

The album art had me a bit deceived. I thought this was going to be some driving and distorted guitar heavy music. But I am pleasantly surprised by what this album actually is. Despite my expectations being wrong in a pleasant way, I'm not sure I really actually enjoy this album. It's better than what I was expecting it to be, but there's a lot of misses for me on the album.

Just not good. Uninteresting. The best part was when it ended.

I don't like the dance era of Taylor, but sue does still have very good music. Just not my Swift Style. The harmonies are on point

I like George Harrison! I think he's got great musical ideas! But over 100 minutes for an album is too long! I couldn't finish this album! It would have been better if he broke it into two smaller separate albums, and he could have developed some songs more, made them more unique. If this album is a normal respectable length it gets 3 maybe 4 stars from me.

I'm not sure I would call this one of the greatest albums of all-time, but it is, at worst, really solid for sure, and has some really nice highlights in Sunshine of Your Love. The back half of the album is so good. I take back what I said before. This definitely belongs.

I'm learning that I really like this rock-a-billy/bluesy rock kind of music, and this album is no exception. A few moments really stand out, but otherwise, so far, solid throughout. The tempo changes are sooooo good.

This is fine, but I think if I wanted to listen to Willie Nelson, I'd rather listen to some of his outlaw country music, not him singing covers.

Maybe one of the greatest rock albums of all-time.

I don't know that I would call this the Byrds best album. It's definitely one of their most developed, that shows their most growth and change. But I don't think that necessarily makes it their best. Still good, though! Moog Raga sounds like it would be in one of those weird SpongeBob episodes.

I feel like Neil Young is the king of bad lyrics with really good music. The instrumentals are so good, but I just don't care about most of what Neil is saying. Old Man is a good song, though.

I'm not really a big fan of electronic music. This is one of the best electronic music albums I've listened to, though. The repetition gives comfort, and the slight variations in the melody or adding/removing a channel (is that the right word?) becomes really noticeable and impactful.

Yeah, I think I'm okay only listening to Tom Petty's hits. This album is good, but I don't think it's great. It's consistent, which I really appreciate, but Luna and American Girl are the only really highlights, and they're not dramatic highlights by any means.

This is actually subtly really good. Repetitive, but has a lot of small changes and developments that it's never boring. It doesn't demand your attention to be a really good album, but when you do give it the attention all the small details become really enjoyable.

Lots and lots of bangers. Hits a bit a of a low point in the middle of the album, but starts and finishes on high, high notes. Great classic rock.

The instrumentals are really good. Some of the piano riffs are top notch. The lyrics are also really good, from what I can catch. My brain generally doesn't work fast enough for me to understand rapping. High key, this is a really good album. There hasn't really been a single dud song on the album. Even the songs that aren't among the best on the album have moments of excellence.

There's a vibe to it, but it's hidden under a bunch of stuff that's bad. Just not for me.

So, I hear this as the more rebellious version of The Beatles, but I'm not sure that I like it more than the Beatles. I do get it, and I don't dislike it, but it doesn't measure up to the other music of the time for me. It is still good, and deserves a place in the top albums of all-time though! The back half of the album is also much better than the first, but I think that's because it gets away from that rebellious attitude and settles down a bit.

Each new song that I listen to through Are You a Hypnotist?? on this album because my favorite song on the album. The only exception to that is Pt 2 of the title track, and even that wasn't a bad track, I just didn't like as much as what I had already listened to. This is an awesome album. It kind of hits some of my favorite things about music. Melancholic. Is experimental in sounds/noises, but doesn't allow that to be the driving music. And it also has a good story. This isn't mind blowing, but it is really really good.

I really like big band jazz. Lets multiple instruments shine. I prefer slower tempos generally, and most of this album is fasssstttt. But it's really good throughout. Doesn't really do anything revolutionary, but it's the height of big band. Excellent dissonances and I was bobbing along to every song.

One of the best Beatles album (not the very best, in my opinion). Really straddles the crazy psychedelic Beatles and the rock Beatles, and I think it kind of nails it perfectly.

The lyrics are really detailed, which makes it a little hard to get the full scope of his music on one listen through. The light instrumentation means the electric (steel?) guitar really shines in its moments, and the harmonies on Paradise are excellent. Better than Bob Dylan.

One of my favorite musical duos of all time, but I've never actually listened to this whole album. They're just so incredibly talented, and every song is at minimum interesting to listen to, if not a certified banger. The guitar work paired with their harmonies and *also* great lyrics? Just an all-timer. I don't think it replaces my favorite album from them though.

This album doesn't really stand out on its own, but it does lay the foundation for a lot of the 90s and 00s music that follows it (including some of the other Radiohead albums). It's definitely good, but without its influence, I'm not sure it deserves a spot in an unbiased top 1001. I do like the style a lot and enjoyed every track, though.

Aside from No More Mr. Nice Guy, this album just doesn't do anything for me. It sounds like other stuff from the era, just worse. I'm also not a big fan of some of the content of the lyrics. Gives me the ick.

Radiohead goes harder than I thought/remember them going. I really love the the electronics and post production instruments are used to enhance what was already there, rather than be the focal point of the music. Definitely some certified bangers on the album. No real low moments at all during the album, but it's lacking a wow factor for me.

Listened to this album while hangry and doing chores, so I'll try not to hold that against it. Honestly, the best songs on this album are some of the best songs ever. Every Breath You Take, Synchronicity II, King of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger. There are a couple of misses, though, that actually make it tough to get through the whole album.

This is mostly just too weird for me, and lives mostly in a genre that I don't like, house/dance/electronic sound. It's not bad, but it isn't really enjoyable for me. I am glad that she leans into her unique sounding voice, rather than shying away from it and trying to create more "normal" sounding music.

A good Beatles album, but it's one of the few albums that doesn't have a ton of hits. A good album, but definitely not one of their best.

My biggest "issue" with the album is just that it's live. I feel like it takes away from all the interesting things Sam Cooke brings to the table. The music is really good, though. Sam's voice is interesting, and his songs are fun. Just wish this wasn't a recording of a live performance.

This is giving me Meatloaf vibes, in the best way. I really love the orchestral touches and evolution in this. A lot of really interesting bits exist only because they challenged the expectations of what rock and roll should be. I also wish there was more through-composed popular music like some of the songs on this album.

This is really good 70s country, which is pretty expected since Dolly is a queen of country. There are a few things that I'm glad we moved away from that are mainstays in this album, mostly the "bouncy" bass lines and some of the plucky guitar work. But those were standards of the time, and also just minor issues.

You can tell that this is a group that is really trying something new, as they've got that unrefined kind of sound. It does get credit from me for that, but ultimately, I don't think it goes far enough.

Some of the lyrics are problematic, but otherwise this shit just fucking rocks. Sweet Child O' Mine is a banger, Welcome to the Jungle is insane. This album is definitely Hall of Fame worthy, but it's not quite inner circles Hall of Fame, if that makes sense.

This album just makes me miss Simon and Garfunkel. This genre/style isn't doing Paul Simon's voice any favors. You Can Call Me Al definitely exists and Graceland is good, but this album is mostly a miss for me.

Based on the first track, I was really worried that this was going to be an EDM/House/Dance album, which I would have not enjoyed. BUT it was just a fakeout. A real emotional album, excellent lyrics, and instrumentation that supports it. A really wonderful surprise (as I've never listened to the xx before).

Just some really good classic American rock n roll. Some big times hits and some hidden gems (for those not familiar with Lynyrd Skynyrd like myself), and not a single disappointing or bad song throughout. Spotify had some demo versions that don't really do much for me, but I'm not holding that against the album.

I feel like this is a victim of just having to pump out an album a year. The highlights of this album are awesome, but there's just so much fluff that's not needed. A 'Best Of' album by Stevie Wonder would be an auto-10, but there's so many songs on this album that aren't even that good. Even some of the songs have extra fluff, that if you trimmed them down they'd be a lot better. Honestly, just go listen to Stevie's best songs and leave the albums alone.

I didn't really enjoy this? Which is strange, because they do things that I generally enjoy, and they're leaning into a style that I also usually enjoy. I think just most of the album falls flat for me.

Some really good rock blues. I wish there was some more variety throughout the album, but that just makes Layla shine all the more when you do get to that song. A few other songs are top notch, and the rest of it is just incredibly solid.

A really good album, and a great response to hitting the mainstream from the previous album. Heavy and abrasive, and excellent writing (for the most part; not a big fan of screaming "R*pe me"). The hits coming from this album are also deserving of their popularity.

Kind of bounces between really great folk music, and Sufjan Stevens kind of odd sounding, but it's never really bad, and the album has some really great "high" moments.

I really don't want to give this a one star, because Bob is a great guitar player, and the harmonica work is excellent, but I absolutely hate his voice, and it kills everything for me. The intonation sucks. His vocal embellishments are cringy. The vocal strain is bad. It's just bad.

So In Love is an incredible song. Everything else is kind of a miss, though. The vibes are great, but the singing drags it down, and I'm left wishing this was 30 minutes of So In Love.

This mostly ends up feeling kind of like a Kirkland brand Genesis or other synth heavy band. Still good! But not an original vibe or top name brand quality. Good, but doesn't blow me away.

This just fucking rules. It's got a classic rock sound and vibe with the attitude of the aughts. The guitar solos are excellent, and the singer is masterful in the control over his voice.

There's nothing here that's particularly good. Sometimes her voice sounds really nice, but on the whole it's forgettable. Definitely not a bad album though. Just not special.

Definitely a tale of two halves. The first half is different, experimental, and awesome. The second half is some classic motown, which just doesn't hit as good after the first half. Wishing the first half was more, or by itself.

Riders on the Storm is the big hit on the album, but I think some of the bluesy stuff is better music. Some solid stuff, but I don't think it really stands out.

They've got a great sound, but I get a bit tired of it quickly. They're still a really good group, and even though this album doesn't have any big hits, there's still some great listening on the album.

I really like the rock music, and the lyrics are really well crafted. There's some quality difference in some songs. The beginning of the album was missing something for me, but the album gets better and better as it goes. Not great, but this is definitely good.

I'm not a huge fan of his voice, and while the music is fine and has some flashes of brilliance, it's never really consistently great. The star of this album is the lyrics and the story of the full album. They're dark and sad, but well crafted and make for a great listen.

Hell Yeah

I really don't like Bob Dylan's voice, and Idiot Wind is the perfect storm of why I hate it. But then immediately after that song on the album, he voice is much less abrasive. It really actually let me listen and appreciate his lyrics, and also was kind of a window into why he is such a highly regarded musician.

This could be a really, really good album, but there's some songs on here that are just misses, that don't do much of anything interesting. The good songs are excellent, including some of the 3-part harmonies, but it's just not a great album from beginning to end.

This was way different than what I was expecting, but it was so good. Her voice was perfect for the style, and the "triphop" was a jam the entire time. It does fall just short of a 10 for me, but it is darn close.

I was fully expecting this to be a bad album, but it's actually really good folk (even if it is occasionally weird/odd). His voice is perfect for the genre and vibes. I don't really appreciate the use of slurs in any music. But outside that, this is a great album.

I'm finding that every Radiohead album doesn't really have a standout song for me. Which is more about the fact that all of the songs go so well together and are all excellent, rather than any single song being single worthy. This one just feels like one complete idea. The album is a tapestry of songs all woven together.

The backing tracks are actually really awesome. The lyricism is really great, but the content is often too violent or misogynistic for me to really get behind it.

High key, the instrumentation and instrumentals are incredible. I really don't like the singer's voice, though. The spoken parts are kind of perfect. I really don't like how much I actually truly enjoyed this album.

This is not for me really. I can see why this is on the list as a boundary pusher, and helped evolve music, but I won't be listening to this again.

This just fucking slaps. It's like Kansas, but turned down to like and 8, rather than an 11. I was really worried the album would fall flat a bit as it went on, but it constantly surprised me and some of the back half was even better (not all of it). This is saved, added to playlists, and I can't wait to listen to it again.

I have a really hard time catching the lyrics, which is what (apparently) makes this album great. Without that it all just kind of falls flat. There's some good production work, but otherwise I'm not into it. Good enough that it's not bad, though.

Bon Jovi's hits are so good. You could argue that they're overplayed, but I would say they're played that much because they are *that* good. The album does, however, have a feeling of the hits and some other songs, but that's probably more a me problem being unfamiliar with other Bon Jovi songs. The songs other than the hits aren't quite misses, but they're not as good as the hits.

Some of the best big band jazz I've ever heard. The variety in singers is wonderful, because every single one of them is really talented. This is just kind of like chicken soup for my soul.

I'm liking this album more than our previous Stones album, Aftermath. I do like the folky rock style a lot, and I feel like the identity of the album is a lot more clear. I know what it's trying to be, and how it's accomplishing that. There's no real "highlight" on the album but it's an incredibly solid and consistent listen from beginning to end, which is something that I really appreciate. A hit or two would make this into a 5-star album for me, but it just misses on that.

Weird, and not enjoyably weird. The vocals aren't great, and the rest of it is just odd folky music with some ancient instruments thrown in (that was a nice touch, though). Not worth listening to.

This is fine pop/blues/jazz. Nothing really impresses except her voice. The light instrumentation doesn't elevate or highlight. Just a fine album.

I just don't like this. Like, there's nothing enjoyable about this to me.

There's some really good instrumental moments in this album, including "Trillium". I enjoy the folk/country/rock vibes, but the psychedelic moments are not quite as enjoyable. A good album that isn't a major hit, but also avoids missing, for the most part

Man, Neil is just not a great singer, or at least I don't like his voice, at all. His lyrics are really good, though. If he would have been content to just be a songwriter for a different vocalist, this would be top tier stuff. Everything except the vocals on this is incredible. Like, an easy 10 if any other professional singer is taking lead.

This guy gives me the creeps. Which sucks because the rest of the music is actually pretty good. But this is unlistenable because of the lyrics.

I generally really love the guitar and bass playing on Neil's albums. The solo on Down by the River goes on quite a bit too long for me, though. Actually all of the instrumentals are a bit too long for me. I don't mind music with really long solos or instrumentals (I'm a big Kansas fan), but the ones on this album just don't do enough new or interesting things to really keep me engaged.

I was not familiar with anything Tracy besides Fast Car, but this is a really good acoustic album. It doesn't stand out as a best ever, but it is very, very good.

This is really, really good. I love the choice timings for harmonies. Occasionally there's some really interesting and great chord choices. The instrumentation and vocals pair together wonderfully. There's not a single miss on the album, and there's some really, really good songs that push it over the top for me.

Ugh, the first song was fine, but this guy is a bit of a creep, and his music makes me uncomfortable. Yeah, the album starts fine, but then it immediately gets bad and cringy and nearly unlistenable. I would have a better life if you promised me that I would never listen to Scott Walker ever again in my life.

Slaps. There's not significant lowlight to the entire album, and neither does any song stand out above the rest for me. A really great album, but one that I think misses out on being like a top 50ish. Still well deserved on this list, and I really enjoyed listening to it.

It either starts off a little too indie for me, or I just wasn't fully prepared for the sound/style when I started up the album, but god damn it's growing on me. Really good indie music. Raw and unique. It doesn't blow me away by any means, but it is really solid album to listen to.

Tonality that no one musician would touch with a 10-foot pole, and Miles Davis and his friends make this one of the smoothest sounding albums ever??? Incredible. I honestly could have done without the last track. The singing is just not up to par with the rest of the instruments. Favorite song: Moon Dreams

I'm not really impressed at all? Maybe because it's "old" pop punk, but imo this isn't that good. Space Invaders is rad, but the majority of everything else is a miss for me. The soft ventures into other genres is really cool, but when the base sound isn't great, it's like adding sprinkles to bad food.

At this point in my life, I need big band music that I'm listening to for the first to do something interesting, and there's nothing that stands out about the first half of the album to me. I would listen to it again, but I'm not going to go seek it out. Now, the ballads on the second half of the album are a completely different story. I'm a big sucker for slow jazz ballads, and these songs are killing me.

If I listened to this in the 80s, I'd probably think this is rad as hell, but in today's context it doesn't really sound good, and I'm mostly uninterested.

I need to be careful, because I could describe all the things I love about this album in detail, and I don't want to get too long winded. The songs are incredibly well crafted, from lyrics, to guitar riffs, to offsetting the drums. The back half of the album simply cannot keep to the same standard of the first half, but it's still really good.

Yeah, I'm just not a big fan of live albums. I do enjoy listening to music live, but I don't want the same experience when listening to a recording. I do like the vibes of the band/music/album, the slightly jazzy rock. Yeah, this would be awesome to listen to live, but I really am uninterested in this kind of album layout for a recording.

This is some fine Indie Pop. A couple of songs have good vibes to them. I don't have anything bad to say about the album at all. But I also don't really have anything great to say? It just ends up being a good but not great album for me.

I'm not really a fan of the first few tracks. This is all just kind of too weird without much direction, in my opinion. It feels like something frog men would listen to. I don't know what that means exactly, but that's what it sounds like. After a few songs, it mellows out, and the avant guard-iness plays so much better in this low energy/slow tempos. I'm glad I didn't fully give up on it after the first half, because I ended up really enjoying the second half of the album.

The bass playing is pretty slick, especially on Erzulie. But otherwise I'm not interested. The male vocalist is boring and bad, and the instrumental being a weird mix of synthetic and acoustic just is not combining very well. This gets worse as I listen too. I'm so checked out, and just waiting for the album to end.

I'm not a big hip-hop fan, but greatness is still easily recognizable. There's a few songs that I don't like at all (either Break or React, I don't remember already), but otherwise this slaps hard. This isn't quite best of the best, but it is excellent from beginning to end. Beats go hard, lyrics are topical and well crafted.

This a really good punk album. I'm not blown away by it musically, but I don't think that's what makes it legendary. It is a really, really good album. There's not really any highlights for me personally. Just a whole lot of good late 70s punk from beginning to end. Listening to this 45 years after its release, I don't think it has any of the same impact that it may have once had. In comparison to the music being released today, this is no longer ground breaking in any way. But I can appreciate its historical significance.

It's house music. Everything gets repeated or looped about 418 times, so the interesting stuff becomes boring and the bad moments become a nuisance. I just don't like this style or genre, and nearly quit listening to it.

The first song was good! But then it gets kind of bad immediately after. Not really interested in much else going on in the album. The bass playing is pretty great, though. I do think the changes in vibes and style a bit made in the second half of the album elevate it some, but it's still not that good.

I feel like this album is just "Imagine" and friends. Nothing else really lives up to that song. Not that any of it is bad, it all still has the John Lennon vibes, but none of it is as good as Imagine

This is some really good hip-hop. Shit constantly slaps. I don't know what else to say about this, just because I'm not familiar enough with the genre and the history of hip-hop. But I enjoyed it, and it was good music the whole time.

I've never actually listened to this album, so we're learning some things about Franz today. Take Me Out might be one of the best songs ever. I could listen to it on repeat for hours. I was a little worried that it would overshadow every other song on the album, and while it is still the best song, the rest of the album really holds up well. I'm bobbing and jamming along to The Dark of the Matinee and Darts of Pleasure. Just an excellent album in total. They stay true to their unique sound throughout, but vary themselves enough that each song feels unique.

This isn't really an album that I would expect to find on this list. About halfway through, and this is good, but I'm not sure what makes this so special or important to be here. Yeah, this is fine, but it's not great. The novelty of the singing gets old pretty quick for me. The guitar playing and distortion is pretty nice, though.

They can be a little much sometimes. But when it's not noise pollution or overstimulating, it's really great music. Tight vocal harmonies, instruments are all in sync. This is great, but it falls short from elite, for me. A few odd songs, and sometimes there's just too much going on. But I was bobbing along to most songs, and it's an overall great listen.

Better than earlier Metallica albums! I'm glad they slowed it down. It lets the differences in each song stand out more, so the album doesn't sound like one continuous song. Favorite Song(s): Enter Sandman, The God that Failed

Most of the songs sounded very similar to each other, which is probably more a reflection of the genre than the album, but I checked out after the 3rd song or so. He's a great singer, he's got a good band, and this is probably one of the best blues albums, but I don't really need a full blues album in my life. Favorite Song: How Blue Can You Get?

There are some staples of the genre on this album, and they're a little different than the most popular versions of the songs, but they still slap hard. Some of the singing is off-putting, but it's only brief moments of a couple songs. The instrumentation is incredible, especially for the time. It's honestly a really incredible album from beginning to end. I did skip all the alternate versions that were at the end of the Spotify album, because I didn't really want to "re-listen" to songs with minor changes to them.

An incredible album from beginning to end. It's different from the other Radiohead albums we've had, and I love what they did.

Man, I do not like this guy's singing at all. I do really like the general style, but I can't commit to completely listening, because his voice is so bad and off putting. I honestly think I would love this album if it wasn't for the singer. The guitar, drums, and bass are all excellent. The last song on the album is stinky poo poo, though.

The last song in the album keeps this from being a 1/10, but while they were trying to be interesting, they forgot the music did still need to be good. Just not something I want to listen to.

R&B Bass playing is one of the best things in the world. I found myself bobbing and dancing in my chair subconsciously constantly while listening to this. Just a fuckin incredible album. Favorite Song(s): Thinking of You, You're a Friend to Me

This is a much different vibe than Elephant. Not that it's bad, but I do miss the grunginess of the previous album. Like, if I heard this first, I would think they're just an odd rock band. Jack White's voice does carry the songs that aren't as musically interesting. I spent the first few songs just getting used to the less grungy/lighter style, but once I got use to it, this album is pretty great. There's a couple of songs that blow me away, but the whole album doesn't have that same quality.

Really enjoying this. The synth is not a musical choice I would have made, but it's not overused and doesn't take away from anything else. A bit of a strange album, but a very good weird album. Favorite Song(s): Cybele's Reverie, Tomorrow is Already Here, Monstre Sacre

The album starts off with a bang with Karma Chameleon, and it never gets back to that level of quality. In fact, a handful of the songs are just really bad. It's never consistently bad, but the album on a whole is not worth listening to.

Before I say anything else, I just need to note that I don't like this genre or style of music. I generally find repetitive electronic music boring and uninteresting. That said, this album does actually do some really interesting things, even if there is a lot of boring repetitions still. Bending of pitches. Manipulations of samples already introduced. Using non-musical samples in musical ways. I didn't love it, but it wasn't offensive to me, like a lot of other electronic/dance albums have been, and there were some occasional really good things happening!

This album does not start off strong for me. The first couple of songs made me think this whole album might end up a miss, but there's a big swing at "Beautiful Feeling" and the album doesn't really look back from there. Beautiful Feeling is the peak of the album, but every song after that is much better than the first part.

This album as a whole goes hard. Some excellent lyricism and rapping. It gets a little old near the end of the album, but that's not a major issue. There is a major issue of some of the set pieces and some of the content of the songs. They cross a line for me, and it takes away from the album for me. Favorite Song(s): Ready to Die, Juicy, Everyday Struggle

Very clearly a modern singer-songwriter album. Ethereal, breathy singing, and light synth work. Some of the songs could be on a space-related movie soundtrack. A pretty good album, but honestly nothing particularly special.

A couple of the tracks feel like elevator music, and I mean that as a compliment. Smooth, repetitious, but not boring, and incredibly comforting, whether you're actively listening or just letting it play through in the background. This is a really good soundtrack, but that's also kind of all it is. Imo, it's really hard for soundtracks to be among the greatest albums of all-time. This one deserves a spot, but it doesn't get to sit among the elite of the elite. Also, Spotify only has 6 tracks available, and I don't feel like using another platform.

The unusual/experimental stuff is cute, but I really don't think it adds anything worthwhile to the album. There's some moments that are okay, but otherwise it's pretty bad.

I don't love when does some squealy things with her voice, but this is solid lady punk rock. I started listening to this before I was really awake, so I started it over, and this is a much better album that I thought it was on first listen. I think the back-half of the album is the better half, but an awesome album nonetheless.

I think I'm learning I'm just not a big David Bowie fan (this is the third album I've listened to.) It just doesn't really stand out to me as anything particularly special? "Lady Grinning Soul" is a great song, but the rest of the album is just good. A few better than good moments, like the piano solo in "Aladdin Sane", stand out, but on the whole, good not great.

I enjoy a good concept album, but the concept of this one kind of goes away or at least is pretty unnoticeable after a little while. It also sounds nothing like what I would expect a Bee Gees album to sound like, and they're not playing to their strengths. Some of the songs sound like straight Beatles rip-offs. Just kind of a miss overall. Wishing it were a "classic" Bee Gees sound. Favorite Song(s): Edison, I Laugh in Your Face

This is some really nice/chill indie rock. I really like atmospheric sounding music, and this falls under that umbrella. Yeah, this is just comfort music to me. I don't often save albums from this list to listen to again, but I did with this one. It kept getting better until the end, and I just really enjoyed the sound.

This is some fun upbeat electro-pop-rock, but it's repetitive. I could have listened to 30 seconds or less of each song and gotten everything I could have needed from the song, and saved myself maybe half an hour. It is fun. It does groove. But I get quite tired of it pretty quickly. It also probably doesn't help that I had a work meeting break up my listen.

I'm not entirely sure why this album is labeled as Soul/Jazz. I can get behind calling it blue-eyed soul. But it's really Pop with some jazz influences. She's got a great voice, and the album does a great job of highlighting it on every song. All of the instrumentation is just there to support her singing. Outside of her voice, though, the album is pretty bland. It's a good pop album, but not a great one, and pop is just pretty boring. If it was any singer other than Dusty, this would probably be 1-star.

This feels so unique. The jazz elements are just delicious. The bass, guitar, and drums all drive everything forward. The singing is just kind of what it is, but I could live in this sound for days. Every solo was different and interesting, and there wasn't any major or noticeable dips in quality from song to song. Favorite Song: Peg But they were all great.

This isn't bad by any means, but I don't think it really has great legs to stand on. The style is good, and I like his voice, but other than that, it's bounces between standard/normal music and some slightly odd/weird music that's not off-putting, just odd. Favorite Song(s): Everyday is like Sunday

I don't know if my expectations/bias for Led Zeppelin played a role in my opinion here, but the first half of the album didn't really impress me all that much? It is still a good listen, but it didn't particularly stand out to me. But Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, and In The Light all flip a switch for me, and those songs are by far the best on the album. As an album, on the whole, I'm kind of just whelmed. But those three songs made 1 listen through worth it, but pull them out and listen to them separately rather than relistening to the whole album.

This is definitely some 80s music. There's a couple of moments that are pretty good, but for the most part it's overproduced and cringy. Any moment that I start enjoying the music is ruined pretty shortly after. I didn't really find any whole song good or enjoyable. Favorite Song(s): Small Talk

I love some good protest music, and even though this doesn't fit the historical mold for political protest music, it does still absolutely scratch that itch for me. Unfortunately the sound of Metallica gets pretty worn out for me as the album goes on. They really only have the one setting, and that's fast, loud, and rockin'. Which is fun for a while, but I need something varied, even just a little bit, to keep me engaged.

We Got The Beat doesn't impress me as much as I thought it might, honestly. But the album on the whole is a lot of fun. And the songs are varied enough, even though they all have the same high tempo and vibe, that I'm engaged to every song throughout the album. Favorite Song(s): Our Lips are Sealed, Can't Stop the World

What to say, other than Queen good? Aside from Killer Queen, there aren't any **hits** from Queen on this album, but it still has that incredible, distinctive Queen sound, which means every song will, at worst, will be solid. Most songs are excellent works of artistry.

Honestly, some very good old country. I really love some good steel guitar playing. The high harmonies are a treat whenever they show up. The peak of the album is at the end, which I was a little confused/worried about in the middle of my listen-through, but it made the end of the album that much better. Favorite Song(s): Old Five and Dimers (Like Me), You Ask Me To, Black Rose, We Had It All

The fusion bits are kind of lost on me. So any of the moments that start heavily featuring the electronics I'm a bit out on. Everything else is so so damn good, though. Miles Davis is a jazz genius and it really comes through in all of the quiet moments. Favorite Song: In A Silent Way

Soundtrack-style orchestral music pairs so well with heavy metal. This album is way too long for streaming/listening, but I'm sure the live performance was incredible. I didn't listen to the whole album, but I did listen to enough to know exactly how I feel about it. It's just an elevated version of Metallica's best music.

When I first started collecting records, I always thought Abbey Road was overpriced and overhyped. The more I've listened to the Beatles, though, I've come to learn that a lot of my favorite songs come from this album, and this is some of their best artistry. I honestly don't really have anything negative to say about this album, other than a couple of the songs don't sit in the same tier as the rest, but is that really a complaint if the songs are still very good? Favorite song(s): Come Together, Oh! Darling, Octopus's Garden, Here Comes the Sun

I'm not a huge fan of live albums, but this one is a lot of fun. The band bangs the entire time. The instrumental bridges between the songs are high-key fucking insane. Favorite Song(s): Try Me, I Don't Mind

His voice is pretty unique, and I could see how that could be a problem for some people, but he's a magician with his lyrics and instrumentation. Each song is fairly unique, but all of them have this underlying haunting-ness to them.

The album is high energy, driven by the live performance. There's a couple of major hits on the album, that bring it up a ton for me, but there's a few moments where the band just seems out of sync/tempo, and it just doesn't sound great to me. Favorite song(s): Good Golly Miss Molly

This just isn't it. The first couple of songs are really good, but the rest of the album is either fine, or not good. The synth/drum machine starts pretty interesting but gets old after a handful of songs. It's got vibes, but I find the music mostly uninteresting. "Lady Cab Driver" breaks up some songs worth skipping, but that's only a brief reprieve. I've never actually listened to Prince before, so this experience is teaching me that his hits are great, that rest is just there. Favorite Song(s): 1999, Lady Cab Driver

I don't think there's any individual stand-out from this album. None of the songs really blow me away. But every song is really good. I really like the bluesy vibes, and the varying instrumentation keeps every song interesting. This album is the poster child for high floor, low ceiling. A really, really good album, but no shining star.

I just don't like electronica music. There's nothing about this that is interesting to me.

I can't really explain it, but, as a straight man, this album makes me want to put on a sundress and spin while the sun is shining down on me. This album just makes me happy and comfortable. The jazz music in the singer-songwriter/folk style is incredible. Favorite Song(s): Help Me, Down to You

Jackson 5 is one of my favorite artists, and this is the perfect transition from that group to MJ's solo work. The bass playing is a definite vibe, and his ballads hit so so hard. The last couple songs on the album are a far cry from the quality of the rest of the album, but it does not make a large enough difference to impact the rating much. Favorite Song(s): Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough, Girlfriend

A masterpiece from beginning to end. Not a down moment. Obviously some songs are greater than others, but just one of the greatest albums of all-time. Don't ask me what this means, but I feel like this appropriate music to play at a petting zoo. Favorite Songs: I'm Waiting for the Day, God Only Knows, Hang on to Your Ego

I've listened to the album before, but I did not realize until today that Us and Them is one of my favorite songs ever. Fucking incredible. I love, love, love when an album flows seamlessly between tracks, and this album does that so well I didn't know the track changed a couple of times. This is just an all-time elite. One of the best albums ever. Favorite Song(s): Time, Us and Them, Any Color You Like, Eclipse

The style and genre is right up my alley. Really melancholic without being sad. The melodies, but vocally and instrumentally, drive the album. I would really love to listen to this while driving at night; I feel like that's what this album was specifically created for. There's a few songs that kind of lose the magic of the rest of the album, but on re-listens it's easy enough to just skip them. Favorite Song(s): Rise, Catch the Sun

This album is why reading the little Wikipedia excerpt is really important. Without that, I would have been really disinterested in this album. But knowing that this is the beginning of Shoegaze as a genre really gives the album an air of importance. Musically, this isn't really for me. Underneath all the heavy extreme distortion, it's basically just a pop album, which is why that distortion is so important. Without it, this is honestly a really bad album. Favorite Song(s): Cut the Dead, Some Candy Talking

The album is largely hit or miss, and then it becomes a lot more miss. Aside from the two songs below, it's all kind of same-ish and forgettable with brief moments of musical clarity. I like the vibes and the idea behind the songs/album had a little bit or promise, but it just ends up falling pretty flat for me. Favorite Song(s): Shellback, Belladonna

The album is an incredible vibe from beginning to end. The interludes of the classroom talking about love is really wholesome and fun. The lyrics are excellent, and I was bobbing along from the get go. Favorite Song(s): Ex-Factor, Nothing Even Matters

My foot was tired from tapping at the end of this album, even though it is so short. An excellent early rock and roll album with obvious New Orleans influences. The songs and album are both very short, so not a lot of details to call out, but an album that just makes me happy. Favorite Song(s): What's the Reason I'm not Pleasing You, Blue Monday, Mardi Gras in New Orleans

One of my favorite things that an album can do is flow from one song into another. I think it really shows an intentionality to making an album, rather than just making a collection of songs. Queen is very good at that, even in their early days. Ogre Battle had me really worried that the second half of the album was going to be, uh, not good, but that song kind of stands alone as not great. Besides Ogre Battle being pretty rough, none of the other songs really stood out, good or bad. The whole album has an early/rough Queen Sound (tm), which they obviously refined later. The album misses out on being great, though, imo. Favorite Song(s): Some Day One Day, Nevermore

I hated this. The music itself is fine. It's not particularly good, and it doesn't have any flaws or anything, but I don't like the guy's voice, and the style of music is something that I really don't like. So this is just an un-perfect storm.

This is pretty good. I wasn't overly impressed by their musicianship, but it's a lot of fun. The guitar distortion is excellent, and the vocals find a great balance between singing and screaming (lol). If the album was any longer without any other stylistic changes it might get old, but it's kind of the perfect length. It's also really solid from beginning to end, without any songs that are "duds". Favorite Song(s): Night Time is the Right Time, Good Golly Miss Molly

If this album was Money for Nothing for a straight hour, it would be a 5/5. It still is a really good album, even though none of the other songs really measure up to Money for Nothing (what can, if we're being honest?). It's a lot more vibey than I thought it would be.

The low-fi vibes are pretty incredible on this album. I normally really don't like Electronica albums, but this one hits different. A big thing for me usually is the repetitions of the electronics, but here I feel like those repetitions are used more as a backdrop for the more interesting bits. Honestly, just vibey and fun to listen to. Favorite Song(s): La femme d'argent

There's some pretty good moments in a couple of songs. Hymn for the Dudes has a great riff. Whizz Kid is a good song. But otherwise, I'm having a hard time finding any song that I really like, or that sounds good from beginning to end. This album is hard, because there's some good moments, some meh, and some moments that are really not good.

This is basically just slightly elevated shitty club music. For the most part it's fine. There's some parts that aren't good, and the style is just boring.

I don't like that this is a compilation album. There's not really any other "best of"s or comp albums post 1950s on this list. I do like this music, though. So I'm in this difficult spot of trying to rate an album that I don't think should be on the list, but am thoroughly enjoying. Musically, it's not complicated at all, but it doesn't need to be. They want to blow your face off with distorted guitar riffs, muted screaming vocals, fast tempos, and drums that sounds like a train that lost its breaks. They do all of those things well. On principle of it being a compilation album: 1 star Rating it as if it were any other album: 3.5 star (ish) So we'll split the difference and call it a 2 star. Favorite Song(s): A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T, Main Offender

This is a major vibe. A lot of fun. I don't like some of the instrumentation, but that's more a cultural difference than poor music choice. I'm having a hard time differentiating the songs from one another, so I don't really have a favorite, but they're all a good time.

Honestly, not that impressed. It sounds good, but it's carried pretty heavily by Gimme Shelter, and You Can't Always Get What You Want closes it out, and that's really all that's notable about it. Other than those two songs, though, the rest of the album feels really forgettable.

Aw shit. How do you rate this anything other than a 5/5 or 10/10???? It's just hit after hit after hit, and the songs that aren't top 10 hits are top 50 hits. (and then there's Second Hand News). Just an incredible album. I get goosebumps listening to The Chain, even though I've heard it hundreds of times. The vocals throughout are incredible. Favorite Song(s): Dreams, Don't Stop, *The Chain*, I Don't Want to Know

It's a shame that these albums are paired together, because Speakerboxxx is a 5, while The Love Below is a 1. It took me a second to adjust to Speakerboxxx, but I was grooving and vibing to every track. There wasn't any 1 particular song that stood out, but rather the entire album was well-constructed, well-thought-out, masterfully executed, and each feature was used to elevate Big Boi, rather than take the spotlight for themselves. The Love Below did a similar thing with its features, the issue is there's not a whole lot that's great to highlight and elevate. The album is overly repetitious and also quite a bit over sexualized. There's a time and place for that kind of musical content, but the first half of the album goes too far for me, and it ends up being a really bad first impression that never really improves. I did like what they did with My Favorite Things. That was very good. Favorite Song(s): Unhappy, Reset / Hey Ya, My Favorite Things

"Ugh, the ending of I'm So Young gives me goosebumps. Beach Boys albums can suffer from songs sounding too same-y, and this one falls into that category. Especially the first half. But you can also hear the development towards Pet Sounds in this album. An expansion of instrumentation. More complex harmonies. And an attempt to get out of the surfing/summer lyrical content rut. My bias bleed through on this rating. I really love the Beach Boys. They just have a really high floor for me, almost exclusively because of their vocal talent. I could listen to them sing harmonies about anything. Favorite Song(s): Help Me, Rhonda, I'm So Young"

It's just good rock. Excellent guitar work, awesome vocals. I love the song structures, very non-standard. I could listen to Led Zeppelin for hours. The abrupt transitions between some songs is pretty jarring. Not sure if that's just the version I'm listening to or actually a fault of the album, though. The only thing this album is missing for me is a real banger. Like a song that absolutely blows me away or a major hit. But it's such a good album from beginning to end, that it's hard to fault it for that. Favorite Song(s): Good Times Bad Times, Dazed and Confused, Your Time is Going to Come

Jump and Panama are iconic songs. I think I like Panama more, just because Jump is a little more pop with the all the synth, but both are the cream of the crop on the album. Some of the songs are a little odd/creepy, but for the most part this is a good album with some great songs. I generally like the rock music from this era, and this is not an exception to that. Favorite Song(s): Jump, Panama, I'll Wait

I honestly love this. It's rock enough, that you could pull out a song and put it on the radio, but it's very clearly an album that begs to be listened to as a complete piece. I actually really like the story. Although, I'm also just a sucker for a rock opera. The only song that really doesn't really do anything for me is Tommy's Holiday Camp. Everything else about the album though, I really, really enjoyed. Favorite Song(s): Christmas, Pinball Wizard, Go to the Mirror!

The more rock influenced music on this album isn't particularly interesting to me. It just doesn't seem like it's fully realized. But the more folk influenced songs, the ones with heavier vocals, are very good and I think they can compete with some of the other major folk artists (i.e. Mamas and Papas). The stretch of songs of 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds to Embryonic Journey is really good and, in my opinion, the cornerstone of the album. The rest of the album is just alright. I'm not overly impressed by it. Favorite Song(s): 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds, How Do You Feel

Just some really good, heady, crunchy jazz. It gets a little monotonous, but I'm sure live it's an incredible experience. Favorite song(s): Alice in Wonderland, Jade's Visions

This just makes me happy to listen to. I'm not as familiar with Soul or Al Green to make well-thought comments or critiques, but I'm vibing and having a great time listening. The title track is definitely the cream of the crop here, but every song has something going for it and is a good listen. Favorite Song(s): Let's Stay Together, Old Time Lovin, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

This is generally one of my favorite styles of jazz. Just a singer, an excellent pianist, and some soft percussion. Her voice is just slightly off-putting for me though. And with this style being so stripped down, something as small as that makes a fairly big difference. Her scatting also is just not that impressive. Overall, it's a fine jazz album, but it's not particularly unique nor incredibly excellent. Favorite Song(s): Willow Weep for Me

This is fine. I do appreciate that it's very apparently real instruments and singing. I do think the instrumentals are probably better, mostly as some of the singing is just not for me. Some of the vocal embellishments are really really good, though. English is also my only language, so I don't understand most of the vocal songs. I'm also not a fan of this being a movie soundtrack. I'm not familiar enough with Bollywood movies and soundtracks, so maybe this is the best soundtrack to come from Bollywood, but that's not something I would know, or even really be able to tell, without listening to more content from Bollywood. Favorite Song(s): Romantic Theme

Musically, there's a lot of stuff that is starting to come out now that sounds exactly like this. It's really really good stuff. I'm not entirely on board with some of the content of the songs, but I also understand what's she's trying to communicate, and why she chose to communicate it in that way. If that makes sense. (looking at you Doves in the Wing). As a 29-year old, I really resonated with 20 Something. Honestly, though, an incredible album. The vulgarity and explicit-ness was a little much on a couple songs, but otherwise no notes from me. Favorite Song(s): Prom, Anything, 20 Something

This just feels like a natural evolution of jazz. Incredible instrumentation. Her voice is perfect for this style and content. This is an album that just feels really comfortable to me, even though I've never listened to it before. And it really just makes me happy. Favorite Song(s): ...& On, Orange Moon, Time's A Wastin, Green Eyes

I think hindsight has only hurt this album. Not dramatically, but I don't think it stands out as much now, as it probably did when it was released. That said, it's a very, very solid album. Not really "greatest ever" but still great. Nothing particularly stands out, other than the keys/synth work throughout the album, which is really well done and balanced. Favorite Song(s): Light My Fire

The musicians are incredibly talented, and the music itself is carefully crafted. There's something vaguely off about the album, that kind of makes it all forgettable, though. I can't put my finger on it, but once a song is over, it kind of feels like I never listened to it in the first place. This album is something that high school me would have *loved*. My tastes have changed some though. This is good modern rock, including good uses of electronics. But it kind of just ends up being good, not great. Non-zero chance I end up coming back to this at some point and relistening, but it'll be to make sure I'm not crazy, and not because I really secretly loved the album. Favorite Song(s)? Starlight

The album bounces between really good brit rock/indie and weird and difficult to listen to Beatles sitar-era rip-off music. If they would have leaned a little less into the latter, this would be a great album, but those misses drag down the whole for me. It's kind of a shame, because the album kicks off incredibly well with Sleep on the Left Side, that I'm left wishing the whole album was like that one song. Favorite Song(s): Sleep on the Left Side

I have a little bit of mixed feelings about this. The album starts off awesome. Overcome is one of my favorites on the whole album, but then it kind of falls off right after. There's a few other good songs, but, as new and experimental albums tend to go, there's also some duds. All-in-all, the album is pretty fine. There's some really good songs, and the style and artistic decisions definitely paved the way for a couple of albums that have already come up on this list. I'm not wholly impressed though. Favorite Song(s): Overcome, Hell is Round the Corner

This is some solid punk. It's pretty simple, which isn't a knock against it, but it does kind of cap how great it can be. Yeah, the simplicity of the album cannot be overstated. A good album, but nothing particularly special, other than it sets punk off onto a great track. Favorite Song(s): What's My Name

Parts of this are totally fine. The instrumentals are really interesting, and sometimes very good. I really don't like the low singer at all. His voice is very unclear and uninteresting. There's honestly some really good things in this album! And some very not good things. All-in-all, it's a fine album. I would probably leave it off my top 1001 albums, but I can understand it sneaking in at the bottom of other people's lists. Favorite Song(s): Vastopol, The Softest Hammer

This hits. The beat is pretty heavily laid out, and everything has a pretty clear rhythmic base to it. That can have a negative impact on some of the singing/raping/lyrics, just emphasizing being on beat more than have free expression of the words. But that only happens a few times and doesn't generally take away from an entire song. This is pretty high floor/low ceiling hip hop. I think it's kind of held back by its sub-genre and less than stellar instrumentation, with exception for the bass. The bass is probably the best part of the album. With the exception of "Move" and "Believe", the album starts with its best stuff, and gets a little worse with each song, until the end, which is pretty forgettable. And honestly, the second half of "Move" follows the pattern of the rest of the album. The Norah Jones part is also an exception. Honestly, this whole album is mostly just good moments put in disappointing songs. The songs are just less disappointing at the beginning of the album. Favorite Song(s): Gettin Up, Move, Believe

The album opens with a Theme and Variation from one of my favorite piano pieces from one of my favorite composers, and then immediately goes into some rocking full band music. I've never been so turned on by an album before. They're a little like an off-brand Chicago, just a little more classical-influenced and honky-tonk(?) and not quite as good. Still a great listen, but they fall just short of great for me. Favorite Song(s): Variation..., Smiling Phases

The vibes are just of a bad version of a Beatles rip-off band. Get It On and Lean Woman Blues can stand up on their own legs and be respectable songs, but nothing else is really any good. And honestly, the album gets pretty bad, too. The only really good things in the album are the two aforementioned songs, and they can't hold up a whole album on their own. AND they're not even really great songs, just good songs. Favorite Song(s): Get It On, Lean Woman Blues

Just some good ole fashioned 90s alt/grunge rock. I don't think it's particularly special (other than Grohl doing this all by himself), but it's still very good, and there's no drop off in quality throughout the whole album. Just some quintessential 90s rock. Favorite Song(s): X-Static, Floaty

I think I'm just too familiar with Smoke on the Water for it to have any sort of musical impact to me. The rest of the album is actually pretty awesome, though. My expectations were pretty low, and I'm pretty blown away. I think my expectations were pretty low because I don't have a ton of respect for Smoke on the Water anymore. So I was pleasantly surprised when the rest of the songs on the album has interesting guitar riffs and and fun instrumentals. It still doesn't really measure up that well to its contemporaries, but it's at least a good, fun, and complete album. Favorite Song(s): Maybe I'm a Leo, Never Before

This is so comforting. Not they lyrics/story, but the music. If all country music was like this, I'd be the biggest country fan. One of the best parts of this album also becomes a criticism of it, though: The album is very simple. There's not a lot of interesting instrumentation, tempos are all very similar (slow). It make the album intimate, and some songs sound like they were recorded out on the porch of a ranch house in the wild west. So, even if it draws a little critique, Red Headed Stranger would be much different if it were recorded any other way. Favorite Song(s): Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, Can I Sleep in Your Arms

Off the bat, the instrumentation on this is really interesting: a stereotypical rock band, but also a brass section and some other miscellaneous instruments that show up on individual songs. Even though their musical formula doesn't change much, I'm still slightly surprised every time the brass section pops up in a song, and I'm occasionally searching to find them, keeping me engaged in even some of the worse songs on the album. This would have been awesome to see live which, based on the Wikipedia excerpt, sounds like it's part of the reason it shows up on this list: the fame/excitement from their live performances and on-stage antics. I honestly really enjoyed the album, and wasn't really expecting much. Favorite Song(s): Born in '69, On a Rope, Salt Future

She said She said This is a bad song The 90s garage alt-rock vibes are strong here, but I don't think this particularly stands out. There's a few cool guitar or drum moments, but nothing ever really comes together completely. Favorite Song(s): If I Can't Change Your Mind, Man on the Moon

Neil Young's voice is really abrasive to me. On this album it sounds like Kermit the Frog mixed with a small child. It sucks because everything else about Neil Young's music is right up my alley and is also very good. I really really want to love Neil, but I always just get stuck on his voice. It pulls me out of any immersion I get from the story of his songs or appreciation of talent and skill of the instrumentalists. Maybe one day I'll be able to listen to an album of his and not get distracted by his voice, but today is not that day. That aside, it's an excellent album. The songs are interesting from a lyric and instrumental standpoint, and there's a ton of variation between the songs that no songs sound too similar to each other. Favorite Song(s): Southern Man, Cripple Creek Ferry

I'm vibing to this a lot more than I thought I would. I'm not really a big endorser of cover albums, especially on a list like this, but this does feel special and stands out significantly. Shiiiiiiiiiit, and the album gets better as it goes on. The middle songs are crazy good. I don't love that this is a cover album, but this may be one of the best blues cover albums ever? I'm not actually qualified enough to comment on that, but I really enjoyed this from beginning to end. Favorite Song(s): Down in the Valley, Shake, Wonderful World

This is odd. I don't really like the shout-singing with de-emphasized enunciation. For me, this is kind of cringy throughout. There are some really great instrumentals and backing music, but the singing brings it down a lot for me. Especially since that's what's emphasized in the balance and mixing. This is just a miss for me. There isn't really a whole lot that I like or enjoyed from this album, and I could have lived without hearing it. Favorite Song(s): Uncontrollable Urge

The album has a lot of the distinctly 90s sounds to it, which I'm generally not a fan of. But this album doesn't highlight those trends, and it powers through them when it needs to. The year and the album art honestly didn't have me very excited for today's album, and I didn't recognize Morissette's name at first, but my bias and apprehension was poorly placed. This album is great. I really love when the bass takes the lead with its funk/disco sounding licks. It provides an awesome contrast to the driving pop/angst rock. And Morissette's voice is perfect for the pop/angst rock. It's honestly just an incredibly well-crafted album, musically. I'm never really good at picking out lyrics, but from what I can make out, she's really pouring out her heart and emotions into these songs. Favorite Song(s): Perfect, Forgiven, Mary Jane

Kind of unfortunately, you can tell Bowie is getting pretty old on the album in his voice. If this was recorded 10 years earlier, I think Bowie's voice would really shine, but the instrumentalists end up being the shining light, musically, on the album. It's so different and experimental, that I'm tempted to say that it falls a little flat, but I was emotionally invested in every song. A number of the songs also had an incredible groove that was impossible to not bob along to. Bowie's voice ends up kind of being the worst part of the album, which sucks to say out loud. But everything else was tastefully crafted, including the lyrics, that it ends up holding the album back from being truly elite for me. Still excellent, though. Favorite Song(s): Blackstar, Lazarus, Girl Loves Me

It's crazy how this album is only 17 seconds long. Jokes aside, it is a really short album, and I feel like I barely listened to anything that really lets me know how to feel about it. It's just kind of bland Indie Rock that doesn't leave me with any strong impressions. I probably could have lived my life without needing to listen to this. Favorite Song(s): A Forest

The album sometimes has this surreal soundtrack feeling interwoven with the rock genre. I don't think I really understood what the album was going for until Enola/Alone. That track turned around my perception of the album, and the rest of it kind of clicked. I don't know that this is necessarily an elite album, though. I'll give the first couple tracks another listen, after I finish my first listen through. It is a complete album, and there isn't any large variation in song quality throughout, but it never is really good. I liked it, but it's not a great album. Favorite Song(s): Enola/Alone, No Surface All Feeling

There's very little that I like about this album. Her voice is nasally. The instrumentation is sometimes interesting, but then it gets really basic and boring. The lyrics are ??? (odd, weird, confusing). This feels like a bad album by a new artist that should have been faded. The only song that isn't ruined is I've Had It, but it also kind of fills it's potential, based on what was on the rest of the album. This didn't need to be on the list. Favorite Song(s): I've Had It

It's *vibey*. Moreso than other Fleetwood Mac albums, I would say. The album doesn't have any of their hits that I immediately recognize, but it still has a lot of really great hits. Besides the end of the album, it's a very high floor album with a lower ceiling. The last couple of songs start falling off a bit for me, held up only by their excellent musicianship and vocals. It doesn't blow me out of the water, but I'll be damned if it isn't a great album. Will definitely save it for another re-listen later. Favorite Song(s): Over & Over, Save Me a Place, That's All for Everyone, Sisters of the Moon

This is fine. It's not particularly good, though, and I'm not really sure its place on this list. The long instrumentals are not bad, but they don't do enough interesting things to justify taking up the majority of the songs. On the other hand, I don't think the singer is very good, and when the instrumental sections start, I'm a little relieved to not have to hear the creepy tones of his voice. Favorite Song(s): All Tomorrow's Parties

At this point, Wonderwall is a meme and overplayed. But on release, I can see how this song was really impactful. This is a really simple album; it has "big" choruses or whatever they were trying to say in the wikipedia blurb, but it's not frilly big choruses, if that makes sense. It's pretty straight forward music, made for the masses. There's nothing bad about the album, but it doesn't strike me as great. Very good, though, from beginning to end, and no duds. It's just there. Favorite Song(s): Don't Look Back in Anger, Champaign Supernova

I don't often get through an album without many thoughts, but this album is one of those rare exceptions. There is nothing particularly of note or interest to me with this album. It is simply a fine pop album. But this isn't supposed to be a list of fine albums; it's supposed to be a list of the greatest albums of all time. And it just doesn't do anything noteworthy for me. Favorite Song(s): Columbia

I've only ever listened to Take On Me by a-ha before, so it's nice to hear the vocal quirks and talents from that song on other songs as well, for better or worse. This album is kind of just hits and other songs. The hits really do stand out over the others. That's not a bad thing, but it keeps an album from being excellent for me. Favorite Song(s): Take On Me, Hunting High and Low, The Sun Always Shines on TV

It's low-key absolutely crazy how this sounds like 2000s or later punk. Truly ahead of its time. Aside from that, I don't think it really stands out though. In context of the 80s, and looking at it as an influential album, it's pretty incredible. But musically, comparing it to its contemporaries, it's another punk album without anything particularly special about it. Still good, though! All the songs do kind of blend all together. Favorite Song(s): Look, Back & Laugh

I am familiar with the song Two Weeks, but I did not know the band or the name of the song. This album is Indie Indie, which is pretty unexpected, tbh. Most of the albums I've listened to (260-ish of them) have all been fairly large, in name, sales, reputation, or critical reception. I really like Indie music, and this is a cream of the crop Indie album. I know not everyone is going to particularly enjoy it, but I really do. Favorite Song(s): Two Weeks, About Face, Foreground

I love the harmonies in Alice in Chains. It sometimes surprises me that this heavy rock band has these really incredible vocal harmonies. Honestly, all the musicality of Alice in Chains is really good. All the members are locked in with each other and understand how to work together to make a complete sound. Personally, this is a little too heavy for my tastes. The music is really good, but it falls just a bit outside my range of heavy rock that I personally enjoy. Favorite Song(s): Rain When I Die, Rooster

It's honestly really incredible how quality this sounds from the get-go, and it just never really stops. Black Magic Woman is obviously the well-known hit from this album, but in the context of the other songs, it really doesn't actually stand out all that much, because everything on this album is that good. I do wish there was some more vocals, just to help me differentiate the songs from one another, but that's really only a minor complaint. The vibes on this album never really stop. Favorite Song(s): Oye Como Va

There's some songs that are interesting or vibey, but most of the songs are a miss for me. I'm holding out final judgement for the album after Paper Planes, but my opinion is low before we even get there. Okay, yeah. Paper Planes is still as good as it was when it came out. The rest of the album, though, ranges from bad to meh. The album never really feels cohesive, some of the instrumentation and style choices were interesting, but that was kind of it. Favorite Song(s): Paper Planes

MJ's sound in this album is so iconic that if you took his voice out, I think the music is still clearly recognizable. Holy shit. Man in the Mirror straight fucks. Like, I knew going into listening to the album that it was probably going to be my favorite song. But I always forget just how great this song is. An insanely good album. Some of the songs are kind of forgettable, but the hits go so hard that they quickly make up for it. These songs don't measure up to Man in the Mirror imo, but deserve a shoutout: Bad, Speed Demon, Liberian Girl, Smooth Criminal. Favorite Song (far and away): Man in the Mirror

The album starts off pretty hot. The indie style seems like a great choice for them, but I also never listened to a Blur album before. It starts off with a band, but kind of slowly fades. After the first 6 or 7 songs, you've heard everything that you need to from them. The only song in the back half that really does anything for me is Look Inside America, but I always end up enjoying European songs criticizing America. Save yourself 45 minutes by just listening to Song 2, You're So Great, and then something else randomly chosen from the album, and you've heard everything important. Favorite Song(s): Song 2

You can tell it's the beginnings of an offshoot of a genre. It's not bad, but it's like a photo that hasn't fully developed. That also means that it's kind of the perfect length at a little over 30 minutes. Any longer and it would need to have a lot more variety in sound or style. The end of Second Time Around does end up being some of that needed variety, but it grows out of a song that sounds much like all the others on the album. That all sounds a little harsher than my feelings on the album. Overall, it's pretty good. I don't think it's particularly great though. A contextually and historically important album. Favorite Song(s): Rock Me Baby

The lyricism of Kendrick is insane. The story of the album is really fully fleshed out. Excellent musicality and rapping. The guest appearances don't interrupt Kendrick's story of flow, but add to each song they appear in. The beginning of the album was a bit of a miss for me, but it picks up quickly and doesn't ever really slow down after that until the last couple songs. But an expertly created album. Favorite Song(s): The Art of Peer Pressure, Money Trees

Melancholic and emotional without being sad, if that makes sense. I have not really listened to Beck before, but this is something that I really would have enjoyed in college. There's something, musically, that's keeping me from loving this album. I'm not 100% sure what it is, but it just doesn't resonate with me. It is very good, and a style/mood that I really enjoy, so I'll be saving it for another listen later. I do know that if it was more synthetic/produced, rather than live instruments, I would like it much less. Favorite Song(s): Guess I'm Doing Fine, Sunday Sun, Side of the Road

I don't love the sound. The only way I can describe it is "goat rock" like the animal, but I don't even think that makes sense to me. There are a couple of really big hits and important songs on the album though, and that takes it out of "I don't like this" to "this is tolerable" for me. It's like, bland rock. Not all of the songs, but there are a lot of moments that are the musical equivalent of cooking chicken with no seasoning. It's fine. The good songs help it out a lot. I'd suggest just listening to the middle of the album and saving yourself ~20 minutes. Favorite Song(s): It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine), The One I Love

This album is a *vibe*. There's a couple of songs that are out of place or just a miss, but otherwise I'm bobbing and swaying to every song on the album. There's a few that stand out from the rest, but it's not a "hits and shits" situation at all. The occasional low notes that Solomon sings just hit me in the depths of my soul. The background singers are sometimes a miss for me, especially when they have a more choral sound. Honestly, it's a really complete album. I wish there was a little more form to the whole thing; it just feels like a smashing together of songs, rather than an album. That said, it's a great, great listen from beginning to end. Favorite Song(s): Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye), If You Need Me

His voice is emphasized in the mix, and I don't think it's that good. The whole thing is just kind of odd, and I'm not really all that impressed. The instrumentation is quirky and fun, but that doesn't really elevate the album out of its "meh"-ness. Favorite Song(s): Perfect Day

Tbh, very surprised a Slipknot album is on this list. Not that I think Slipknot is bad, just that I don't know if they belong on a list like this. Also, the album is totally fine. It's not particularly amazing, nor does it really do anything new. It's just good metal. There's a few songs that differentiate themselves from the rest of the album, which keeps you engaged. Those songs end up being the highlight of the album for me, generally. Ultimately, this doesn't really stand out for me too much. It's good, but it's not great. Favorite Song(s): Psychosocial, Snuff, 'Til We Die

I really like the guitar work on this album. I also do like an album that is innovative and pushes music forward, as the drumming does for this album. Musically, it's fine. I don't think it's particularly special other than what I said above. Contextually, it's an important album, and I'm guessing a lot of albums today can trace influences back to this one. With that in mind, it's good, but still not really great. Favorite Song(s): Helter Skelter, Hong Kong Garden

This is good. Peaceful. It's simple, but it makes me happy. And it feels like a much better stylistic choice and vibes for Paul than Graceland. I do miss Art, but this works really well on its own. Favorite Song(s): Run That Body Down

Not worth listening to. Some of the instrument choices were interesting/cool. The musicianship wasn't very good, and I didn't like the singer's voice. The instrumental parts made for interesting background music, but that's about all the album really had to offer. Favorite Song(s): Movin' On Up, Loaded

Just excellent modern singer jazz. The comparison to Frank Sinatra is very easy to make in style/form/genre, and Amy just puts some modern style into the music. Her voice is wonderful to listen to. She doesn't have the silky-smooth tones of Frank, but a little more abrasive sound that matches her twist to the form. Honestly, I've never listened to Amy Winehouse before. I will be listening to Amy Winehouse again. Favorite Song(s): Know You Now, I Heard Love is Blind

Honestly, Metallica just rules. They are an insanely good thrash metal band. I'm also impressed with their lyrics. Disposable Heroes is the stand-out for me, in that regard. The instrumental song helps break up the album quite a bit, tbh. And there's a decent amount of variety in songs/style, which is usually an issue for me with Metallica. Favorite Song(s): Master of Puppets, Disposable Heroes

I can usually get behind albums calling out for societal change, but I'm not really a big fan of this style of pop. The heavy industrialized and (imo) overproduced sound, poppy bass, steel-like snare drum sounds. It just doesn't really sit well with me. And it doesn't help that almost all of the songs sound the same. Escapade is a turning point for me, since it's really the first song to actually vary in sound. The next few songs are also interesting or different in their own ways. But the back half of the album probably keeps me from calling this a bad album, musically. I still don't love the album as a whole, but it ends up being not bad. Favorite Song(s): Escapade

Reelin' in the Years is one of my favorite songs that I had no idea what it was called or who it was by, but it's a song that constantly gets stuck in my head for days. And that song is just casually placed in the middle of this album, while surrounded by already excellent music. The whole album is a lot of fun. They manage to keep the same vibes and groove, while each song is unique and identifiable from each other. I think the solo sections really help out with that. It's honestly a joy to listen to. Favorite Song(s): Dirty Work, Reelin' in the Years, Fire in the Hole

I'm not sure what this is supposed to be, honestly. It's not bad, per se, but there's nothing about this that is good. There's some really odd vocal musical choices. There were a couple of songs that got me to nod along, while mindlessly listening. But any time I pay attention to this album, I just kind of wish I didn't. Again, not because it's bad. It's not bad, but it's uninteresting, and not committed to be anything in particular. Favorite Song(s): Somebody Who Loves You

I don't like the phlegminess of his voice. It's not pleasing or interesting to listen to. A lot of the songs on the album give the vibe of being played during a climatic montage in 80s movies. I like the instrumentation and the general chord/musical decisions, so that just kind of cancels out with how much I dislike his voice. The bass playing, in particular is delicious. You can hear some of the classical influences on the music, especially in Chameleon Day. I'm just kind of wholly unimpressed. I think with some evolutions and development, this album (or later works by Talk Talk) could be good, maybe really good. This album just isn't really it, though. It's not bad, I'm not upset by it, and there are some good things going on. Favorite Song(s): Chameleon Day

I really don't like Bob Dylan's voice. It's strained and whiney, and he slides his pitches all over the place. It just flat out does not sound good. When he doesn't strain, whine, or slide his pitch, it actually sounds pretty good. The issue is he slides his pitch at the end of every line and pushes his voice frequently for lyrical/musical emphasis. If his voice wasn't so bad, I would really like his music. He's an excellent guitar player and maybe an even better harmonica player. I also generally love music from this era (Peter, Paul, and Mary and The Mamas & The Papas being two of my favorite bands). The second half of the album helps a touch. The instrumental sections get even better and easier to listen to. Unfortunately, at this point I'm so sick and tired of Dylan's voice that I'm taping out. DID NOT FINISH