I tried to make love in an elevator once. It was far more difficult than Aerosmith make out. Maybe you aren’t supposed to do it in the lift of a 2 floor Marks and Sparks but you haven’t even got your pants down before you’re interrupted by an old person with mobility issues - Aerosmith really need to be more clear about how this works. 2.2

Exactly as it was in 2001. 10-15 minutes of going. Wow - this is great. Then an hour of wondering. Wow - this is shit; please end now. 2.1

I adore parts of sonic youth. Then it suddenly just gets a bit too noisy and kind of irritating! 3.2

A mixture of epic bangers and boring dross. Over rated, underwhelming 3.3

Good album. Few bits a bit too abstract for me but enjoyed it 3.4

Great for late night blog writing! Good, upbeat but chilled vibes

I’m not a fan of Radiohead. Bit too depressing and dreary for me. But I’d forgotten how good this album is. I feel like they lost me after this album. Nice to relive it though!

I have no idea why this would need a 25th anniversary edition?!! One track almost made me interested. Hasn’t aged well. Typical dreary early 90s indie dross. If this was cutting edge and started some sort of musical revolution that needs celebrating, I’m over the moon I don’t know about it

Brilliant, time less album. This is the kind of album that really shows how difficult the 5* rating is. Should it deserve a 5? It’s so close. And so much better than other 4* ratings but equally you don’t want to devalue 5* ratings by dishing out too many. I’m probably overthinking this

This is why I love this platform. Both an artist and genre I wouldn’t ever go near. Enjoyed listening to it! There are a few tracks id listen to again. Maybe not the whole album - country just isn’t really my thing. But I’ve got a whole new appreciation for Dolly the songwriter! Lovely stuff!

Total musical boredom…. 1. Don’t Know Why - really apt question for this album - you ask yourself that 14 times 2. Seven Years - how long this album felt and how many years it took off my life 3. Cold Cold Heart - the core of the production team and record label who released this 4. Feelin’ The Same Way - not sure I’ll ever feel the same again 5. Come Away With Me - only if you promise to never sing anything from this album 6. …Shoot The Moon - if this album was the moon I’d be unleashing my entire arsenal on it. Then asking NATO to borrow more weapons 7. Turn Me On - by turning this off 8. Lonestar - incredibly I prefer Charlie from Busted 9. I’ve Got To See You Again - I hope not 10. Painter Song - Kevin Painter would make a better album 11. One Flight Down - I can only assume the pilots were listening to this 12. Nightingale - I’d rather spend a night in Gail Platt than listen to this again 13. The Long Day Is Over - totally misleading and really disappointing when you find out there’s another track to come 14. The Nearness Of You - I’ve told you before, don’t come near me

Made my car journeys extremely dramatic! Some absolute bangers on this album, interspersed with lots of ‘vegas lounge room fillers’. The 20 minute long track at the end of the album seems unnecessary and is loooong and repetitive. It’s made me want to watch the film!

Brilliant album! Haven’t listened to it in about 10 years. Every song feels epic

Effortlessly brilliant. How is an album made in 1959 still so modern sounding and so relevant? Incredible. Totally timeless 4.9

Good album. Really long album! Enjoyed it but got a bit bored towards the end

Serious piano overload. I would love to listen to this album with a piano player. I feel likes it’s so technically brilliant that it’s a bit lost on me. Can’t help but admire the shear talent and passion. Incredible!

Didn’t realise that Adele song was a cover. Good album. I feel like there is so much Dylan to listen to that this can’t be the best by a long way. It was all fine. Nice. Average. Will listen again but probs will investigate earlier Dylan

Great first album. Shame they went down hill quickly from here and just became a commercial band focussed on money making

Great low-fi indie album

Musically it deserves a 5. Morrisey makes it a 3

Brilliant Saturday afternoon album! The full version on street life with full instrumental is worth the whole album getting a 4

Too quiet. Too mellow. Forgot it was even on half way through. From a period where it seemed to be everyone’s agenda to try to make atmospheric, anthemic, seminal albums. Rubbish

Brilliant album. Perfect

Good Paul Simon album. Everything you’d expect. Nothing particularly special but catchy!

Springsteen writing songs to sell out stadiums. Crowd pleasing anthems - but samey across the whole album

Regretfully a great album full of bangers

Lovely album! Almost Tony Bennett esqe at times. Loved it. Makes the five star rating system frustrating. I want to give it more than 3 but have to rate based on other albums 72/100

Any talking heads will get 4/5. Although this is far from their best - it’s still brilliant

Great album. Good to listen to early Cure. Very inspiring to listen to more

Don’t know why everyone thinks this is the greatest album ever. It’s fine. Maybe I haven’t listened to it in the right mood

Packed with bangers! He’s the greatest dancer is up there with my fave disco tracks - loved it

Too eclectic. Brilliance mixed with total garbage

Great album!

Worries me that this thing will have an Ed Sheeran album at some point. 1 extra point cos she can sing

Great album. Musically brilliant. Very eclectic

Meh. Bit meh. Fine. Not too good, nothing too bad. Hoped for more

Everything you’d expect

Nice eclectic album. Some bangers. Some not so bangers. A great album for the right sort of mood. Want to listen to it on vinyl

Genius. Brilliant

Near perfect album!

I’m not sure this genre will ever be me. Although I appreciate the opportunity to listen to it and it bought smiles, laughter and dancing to my household so bonus points for thay

Suffragette City is such a banger

Proper dad rock

Bit the same. Appreciate it was ground breaking at the time though

No thanks

I just can’t abide by morrisey. The music will never out shine how utterly irritating he is in every way

Raw! Great album! 3.8

Brilliant vibes!

Good grunge. Bit too grungy in places

Didn’t expect that!

Classic album. Can’t believe another cover of Alexandra Burke - she must be rolling in royalties

Found the album really stressful. The relentless mind bending repetition gave me actually heart palpitations and genuine anxiety

Genius! If you don’t appreciate how good this gig must have been. Listen to more Van Morrison and appreciate how much he changed and orchestrated every track to make it unique. Education in live performance

Good but expected more

Left me constantly wanting more fr the album. Never delivered

Good solid album! Better on vinyl

Total surprise. Track 2 was a total banger! Really enjoyed the album - first listen was amazing. Second listen it started to get a bit annoying

All time classic

Nice. Almost lovely. But really samey and doesn’t really ever get anywhere. I just want to walk into my local and see him on the piano. I imagine live it’s unreal

Bit boring. Might not have been in the right mood to listen to it. Going to give it a re-listen

Overall this album is psychedelic or furry enough! The start of the album felt a bit of a mish mash of all sorts of music but The middle part of this album is incredible! Some absolute bangers. 3.5

Great guitars. Wasn’t sure after first track - great driving album! 3.6

Was Van Halens aim to become the pinnacle of a genre called Dad Rock? And kind of ridiculed as a result? Not sure. But with listening to Dad Rock, the excitement fades fast and the boredom sky rockets. I just want to watch spinal tap

Jaaaaazzzzzzzzz! 4.0

Solid album. Lots of genres. The Spotify playlist after this album was awesome - probs better than the album. 3.3

This album should be titled ‘Anxiety Inducing Electronic Nonsense’ I got 14 minutes into track 1, realised the album is like 2 hours and gave up. Terrible. My first project failure. No one needs this in their life. I’m sure if I was in a field gurning my nuts off on day 5 of a life changing bender, in the middle of a field listening to this with a whole load of terrible people I’d thoroughly enjoy it. But in the car, the morning of total toddler meltdowns and stress levels beyond comprehension, this is the last thing anyone needs. 0.5

I didn’t enjoy this album as much as I have in the past. Not sure I was listening on the correct format or in the right mood. Anyway, gotta rate it based on current listen - 3.4

Adam & The Ants both stood and delivered with this album. Not sure the remastered version with 4000 versions of everything on it lasting 2.5 hours is worth it but all the same - cracking kitchen prep album! 3.8

Favourite Beatles album? I’d have to say, the best of the Beatles. 4.8

Really interesting album! Got worse after fat boy slim went solo. 3.2

Adore the flow of this album! Intensity, tempo - it’s amazing! Some total bangers. Hard to choose my favourite track. 4.6

I’ve never taken the time to listen to Bob’s actual albums. And after this, I’m ashamed of myself. I’m going to erase every time I’ve ever listened to legend from my memory and work through his back catalogue. Thoroughly enjoyed this! 4.5

I finally understand what my wife keeps going on about. I just wished it got a bit bigger than it did…….Nice anthemic feel but gets a bit boring. One track started sounding a little bit Chris Isaac which was nice. Feels like it’s building somewhere but never quite gets there. 3.1

‘Lovely stuff! Not my words, the words of Shakin’ Stevens’ 3.8 Great guitars and amazing bass lines!

What the bloody hell was that? I was sold Scott Walker as a ‘genius’ - theres a fine line between lunacy and genius. How does anyone tread that line, wobbling both ways for an entire album and end up still on that line, leaving me without a clue as to what my feelings are towards it all. An incredible group of musicians with a guy singing everything he sees and does in the style of a las vega lounge show. Whats not to love?…..don’t ask me, i’m just as confused as everyone else. 2.5

There’s only potentially one more inspirational kitchen prep album. 3.8

Very good listen. Much prefer his earlier work. The stuff about his blue shoes and his time in prison, rocking out with the other inmates! 3.7

First track was a good reminder to go get some laundry detergent from home bargains. Also good to see a track mentioning Melon Coulis. Melon coulis isn’t something you see very often. I think it’s probably the texture of the melon. Doesn’t really break down too well. Would probably be quite mushy and not a pleasant texture. Also, who wants a melon coulis? Sounds a bit gross. Just have a shot of midori and crack on. That’s what I say. 1.5

The kind of album that makes me sad, angry and annoyed that I don’t live in the 60s and this incredible music was being churned out all the time. 4.4

Great experience! 4.1

I can only assume that it’s albums like this that led to Gwyneth Paltrow leaving Chris Martin 1.4

I was there. The band were in front of me. My jaw was on the floor the entire time. In 6 hours I listened to this 4 times and bought the vinyl. Incredible stuff. 4.9

2 certified total bangers and the rest is a bit of all sorts. Hard to focus as one track is great then the next is total madness. 2.8

The more I listen to Simon and Garfunkel the more I can’t help but feel that Garfunkel was holding Simon back the whole time. Everything’s lovely but not really all that inspiring to make me listen again 3.0

Bit meh! 2.5

Didn’t expect to enjoy that as much as I did! Great for a hungover Monday morning 3.5

Good start. Got a bit samey. Nice though. 3.0

Very nice 3.8

Absolutely world class hip hop. So much going on! There isn’t a single weak track on the album 4.6

Probably the best opening to an opening track on any album ever. Made an excellent soundtrack to stomp through the festive crowds in town. 4.4

Changed my whole perception of Black Sabbath! Enjoyed this far more than I expected 3.8

Excellent! Really good soundtrack for housework. 3.6

Didn’t expect such a funk fest. Pleasantly surprised 3.2

Prefer ‘now that’s what I call Christmas’ 1.5

Total jazz! 4.8

My emotional response to this album is astonishing! I think it’s foundations are in 15 year old me starting to feel like I was finding myself In a really good way. Starting to be happy with who I was becoming. The opening bars to The Shining still gives me that feeling deep in my gut that I’m about to pour out some sort of emotion. For some reason, I fill with happy tears. Yet it’s not my favourite album in the world! Weird! 4.4

The 2 periods of time where I would have most loved to have been in my 20s would have been mid-late 60s and early 90s - I’d have been no use to anyone but would have had the best time! This is from that period where every band was just made up of some blokes from down the pub - which means every album starts with some bangers then slowly fizzles out into the same track repeated over and over - gets very boring! Maybe pills would make it better? 3.1

I realise since Woolworths shut their root to market has disappeared. But I feel like they should stick to what they do best and make really great unlicensed best of’s and collections. 4.7

They have gotten away with murder here. Unbelievable! Total rip off of Steely Dan. Even the vocals are almost identical. Ed Sheeran gets pulled up for one chord - where’s the law suit? Madness! 4.4

A short while ago I thought the undertones were a bit of a one hit wonder band - what a total moron! Bangers everywhere! 4.1

Sheer Perfection 5.0

It’s 2006, I’m driving HGVs around the Cotswolds in the sunshine. Life’s good, money flowing, living for the weekend, travelling all over the places. This albums becoming an anthem of the summer. Zero pressure, everything positive. Roll on to now, it’s 2024, I’m married with 2 kids. Self employed scraping together every penny I possibly can. Just attempting to survive each day as it comes. Constantly questioning whether I’m doing the right thing. Second guessing everything. And this album is irritating and just a load of nothingness. The real circle of life! 2.5

We all know how technically brilliant tori amos is. Great voice. And lovely to listen to in small doses. Small doses being less than an entire album. Preferred the stuff she did with Kellogg’s 2.0

I struggled. I’ve never really been sure what all the fuss was about with Morrison. I’m sure this was mind bending and totally groundbreaking at the time but listening now it just sounds like a demented fairground ride from a low budget horror movie. Doubt I’ll listen again. 2.4

This is like the ramblings of a mad man. A former genius who’s gone totally mental but he did some good things some time ago, so everyone just accepts it - we are all idiots. Possibly the most frustrating album I’ve ever listened to. I can’t play a single musical instrument but I feel like I’d be capable of writing a better album than this. I love early police albums. This is totally abhorrent. I’m pretty sure Ed Sheeran has written better albums than this. I’m blown away by how much I can’t stand this 0.1

So middle of the road you can easily forget it’s even playing. Just listen to Eels - you’ll have a much better time 1.9

Great stuff. Right level of kind of atmospheric for me. Some albums try a bit too hard. This seemed effortless solid 4.0

I have always yearned to love Prince albums but i can never quite get there. I feel like he’s the natural born live performer whose albums would never live up to that. Not a studio artist. Couple of bangers on here though. 3.8

Total grooves! Enjoyed this so much more than I expected. A genre I gave no time to. Loved it 4.3

Good but I preferred the stuff he did with Bill Crosby, Stan.D.Stills and Kate Nash. 4.5

Didn’t really enjoy Scott 2. Enjoyed this a bit more. I can definitely appreciate the musical genius behind it all but it just doesn’t really sit with me that well. All a bit too dramatic for me. Feels like a soundtrack to a 60s musical tv drama at times. 3.0

I can finally see what all the fuss is about. What a great career resurgence. Great to see Jeff Beck do something so forward thinking. Excellent. 4.1

A perfect ode to Elvis 5.0

It’s like listening to 5 or 6 different albums in one. So hard to even comprehend how good it is! 5.0

Joint fave stones album 4.8

Really appreciate this style of hip hop - considering what was happening at the time. Feels like it’s part of a big movement. A bit like punk though - gets a bit too shouty for me! 3.4

Nice album. Very pleasant listen. It came and went nicely but never really struck a chord. Very easily faded into the background 2.5

Lots of noise. Some nicer noises than other. Right when you think you’re getting into it. It sounds like someone’s thrown the drum kit off the top of a multi-storey car park! Which takes you right back to twitching unexpectedly 2.0

The first and only true punk album I’ve ever enjoyed. And so it begins! BRING ON THE PUNK. 4.5

Exactly the kind of album I’m doing this for. Really struggling to rate this. Not really like anything I’ve heard before but not in an abstract way. 3.4

Enjoyed this - although it’s really really 60s. Not sure I’ll listen again but it didn’t offend me 3.0

Lovely stuff. 4.5

Sat on the fence with this one. Absolutely epic moments with totally forgettable ones in equal measures 2.5

I’m starting to lose faith with this process. I mean, we get total unknown bands like this yet I still haven’t had any of the Boo Radleys Albums. 3.4

My ears vomited 0.0

Another day and still no boo radleys - interesting. 4.2

Striving to hear that bit in Sail Away when he whistles, live. Just wow. Sunday afternoon, Glasto legends spot. The world stops. For 5 minutes there’s peace in the world. Everyone listening. Everyone whistling. I think we can all agree that THIS was what John Lennon Imagined! 1.9

Have a thought for the drummers poor legs on that bass drum. 3.8

Always had this nailed as a ‘great album’. Possibly one of those albums that I’ve always thought was ‘cool’ to love. Have listened to tracks off this regularly and love them. Not listened to the entire album for maybe 10-15 years. A few bangers with largely forgettable fillers. Disappointed - I realise why I didn’t listen to the whole album anymore 3.2

Lovely stuff. 3.6

Very very nice. Still no boo radleys 4.0

Made my throat hurt just listening to the shouting! Fortunately I like sore throats. 3.8

Prefer The Boo Radleys. 4.0

Didn’t really get into this. Bit too out there for me. Shame, I was very excited about listening to it 3.0

Very nice 3.6

Brilliant! Great! Well Done to everyone! 4.7

Caused an outer body experience and unlocked a new part of my soul 4.9

The rare occasion I enjoyed the second disc of a mega album as much as the original release. Bangers everywhere. 4.4

I’m just not sure if I love David Bowie that much. This was good. Didn’t love it. Don’t think I enjoyed it as much as ziggy. Anyway. We’ll see - I’m going to listen again 3.8

I can see why they had to apologise to Ms Jackson - their language is appalling. Really hard work explaining those words to the kids in the car. They only knew 3 or 4 of them already. 2.4

Not sure this should have ever happened. Can something be so smooth that it loses any credibility? I listened to a new (ish) Smokey Robinson album called ‘Gasms’ recently - similar vibes. Is it a joke? I’m not sure. What’s that song about secrets all about? Why’s he singing about KFC and some tasty apple pie. Weird. 1.8

Enjoyed it. As with all hip hop from this era. Love the individual tracks but by the end of the whole album it all feels a bit samey and tedious. I have to really concentrate to pick up the lyrics! Happy I listened to it. 3.2

Wowee. Loved this. Loved all of it. Great vibes. Will definitely be on my regular listening list. 4.4

The greatest band of all time! Custodians to the single greatest banger ever written. Also owners to this largely forgettable 90s indie classic. 2.4

A female Chris Isaac - not really my bag but not really offensive to my ears in anyway. I’ll never listen again 3.0

I’m off to Brighton to set up and run the most left wing political group from the beach. It MUST NOT trip over into Communism! Good but ill never listen to it again 3.3

Pockets of upbeat relief from what is otherwise the mood changing depression you expect from Radiohead. I imagine this album gives Radiohead fans absolute raging boners (men and women) - am I a Radiohead fan or have I just had a slightly promiscuous thought? I’m not sure 3.5

I confidently told my wife to play this album during our game of scrabble this afternoon. Promising ‘you’ll love this’. She switched to ‘her choice’ before the end of track 1. 4.4

Harmless, fine, fairly non-existent, you might say boring. Absolutely nothing about this makes me want to turn it off or ever listen to it again. 2.5

I don’t remember feeling like this album had so many fillers in it. Maybe it’s just my age. 3.5

Shot by his dad! Real shame! This isn’t his best work. Also a real shame. 3.4

This project has allowed me to mature. This might be one of the only times i fully agree with my best friend 4.8

Thank god this is only 39 minutes long. What is going on? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills! Morrissey and Thom Yorke - either of them could just record an entire album of arm pit farts and it would get nothing but rave reviews! At least with the smiths at least there was some great music he was ruining with his incredibly frustrating voice! This has nothing to offer me! It worries me how much more of him I’ll have to listen to on this project. No wonder Lesley Ash left him and got that terrible lip job! He should have stuck with Martin Clunes - his TV stuff was marginally less frustrating than his music! I’m not sure Even Bob The Builder could fix this. 2.0

Come a long long way since Fame Academy. Fair play 4.2

Sometimes I wish you’d know they were the good old days when you were actually in them. 4.4

Lots of noise. Largely not great noise but on occasion it didn’t make me want to turn it off. Although it got very close very often 1.4

Fats Domino, Derek & The Dominos, Phats & Small - think about it. 2.4

Pretty much perfect. Incredible album 4.7 Fave Track: The Seed

Excellent. This guy is my find of this project so far 4.4

Any band who is renowned for having incredible ‘greatest hits’ albums - especially plural greatest hits albums generally have terrible albums. Queen should have just stuck with their first 2 greatest hits albums and night at the opera. Apart from that who cares? Had to listen to 35 minutes of guff before getting to a bonefide banger ‘seven seas of Ryne’ 1.3

Really great. All 4 discs of the same album. 4.4. Marginal regrets is it a 5? Closest album on the 4/5 star mark so far. Hmmm

Don’t chuck out sub genres based on a really quite prejudice view of the full genre. Thank you project overlord for finding me a dnb genre I can really appreciate! 4.0

Nice to have an album where all the best songs aren’t just crammed into the first 5 tracks. Actually thought the album got better as it went along. Will listen to some tracks again but probs not the whole album 3.2 Fave Track - Not The One

Producer: what’s the idea then guys? RUN DMC: (hits Casio keyboard demo button)’this sounds cool’ Producer: ‘oh wow. Ok. So what are you going to rap about?’ RUN DMC: ‘Have you ever noticed that Little Bo Peep rhymes with sheep?’ Better than their first album - there’s more cowbell in it 3.1

Kinda feel totally blindsided by this. Didn’t know what to expect. Loved it. Real varied album. Can’t wait to listen again. 4.3

Just sounds like 3 talented people who are just complete tossers. Trying to show off to each other about how great they are. It just leaves you with a pile of steaming self indulgent shit that reeks of arrogance 0.4

Enjoyed this. Can’t decide whether that’s because I listened to it just after being forced to listen to a god awful Emerson, Lake & Palmer live album that made me wish I didn’t have any ears. Will listen again. 3.3

Not my thing. The kind of music that’s Popular with idiots who think they ‘love’ music and ‘hate’ commercial pop but only listen to radio 1 breakfast shows. It’s basically commercial pop from a different era 2.5

Hated this album when it first came out. Loved it when I just listened to it. What does that tell you? 4.3

Lovely, beautiful! Stunning album. Gives me all the Sunday afternoon red wine vibes! Which is exactly when I’ll listen to it! Not sure it will get much play outside of that - but doesn’t take away from how lovely it is! 3.7

I’m not sure I’m musically gifted enough to understand how good pink Floyd were. Atmospheric but not sure if it’s my thing 3.2

Bit too much for me. Enjoyed it more than expected though. 2.6

Found it frustrating. Kept almost loving it. Then it would just get a bit too abstract and jarring. Almost like a not so good yeasayer! 2.5

So close to a perfect score. Brilliant 4.9

Great album. So many bangers. Problem is when I think about it, I’m not sure it’s even in their top 3 albums? Or maybe even top 5? But how many of them will appear in this list? Consistently brilliant albums! 4.3

Just a great album. Near perfect. Then there’s just a bit too much of a shouty track at the end. 4.5

This is the dad Rock I hoped I’d find on this journey! Not too cheesy, lovely level of guitar that doesn’t make you feel like you’re listening to a support band off spinal tap. 4.0

Haven’t listened to this in about 25 years. Thought it would be nice to remember it. Not really sure I know many of the tracks. Proceeds to sing the entire album word for word with a beaming smile. 4.5

Out of all the albums that are a bunch of horrible and abrasive sounds shoved together completely randomly to a point that my ears shut down and try to tear themselves off the side of my head - this has been my favourite so far - 1.4

I’m realising that I’m not an ELP fan and I never will be. Just too much. Feels too self absorbed and just arrogant. I feel like this is an album that would be played by your alpha Romeo driving yuppy uncle at a family do, who’s marriage is falling apart for obvious reasons and is just too keen to appear ‘cool’ and thinks this music is relevant. Having said that. It was better than the appalling live album I had the other week 2.1

Good rock! Gets a bit tiresome towards the end of the album. Glad my fave track wasn’t the one I knew 3.1

Really enjoyed this. Constantly threatened to get a bit boring and samey before whisking me off to a whole new place. Packed with lovely building tracks. 4.2

A mixture of epic bangers and boring dross. Over rated, underwhelming 3.3

Brilliant. Makes me want to watch re-runs of flava of love - the best reality show ever created. Why isn’t it back on tv? 4.5

Very nice 4.1

I originally listened to the wrong LCD Soundsystem. Then listened to this one. What a great day. 4.6

What is it with all the self indulgent prog nonsense? 1.1

The problem with the monkees is that they just always sound too much like the monkees. Apart from this album where they don’t sound like the monkees. Which is also a problem. The deluxe edition of this album is a whopping 36 tracks long. Another problem. It’s so samey. But that’s because there are so many different versions of the same tracks. And when each track is less than 3 minutes on average it’s impossible to care about what you’re listening to. Nice to know there is a side of the monkees I didn’t know. Another side of the monkees I don’t want to listen to. 2.5

Take me back to a time when pop music was exploratory and worth something. Sheer perfection 5.0

Really enjoyed this! Love the groove! 4.1

Pavement has always been a band I’ve wanted to love more than I actually ever do! Prefer some of the less loud tracks. Can get a bit ‘noisy’ at times. Maybe I’m just an old man these days? 3.4

Hard to pick a favourite track. My fave talking heads album. 4.7

Loved it 4.4

Lovely vibe to the whole album. Calmed my chaotic morning down exactly how I needed it to be! Will listen again very soon 4.2

The biggest surprise of the project so far for me. Never thought I’d find any level of metal I’d love. Let alone thrash metal! Brilliant! Great drums, great guitars and vocals that actually let you listen to that. Marvellous - will be a time and a place album to play but over the moon i now have it in my arsenal 3.6

Lost me in the last 1/3 of the album. My friend said I have to be on heroin to get it. I called everyone I know. Couldn’t get hold of any. I just don’t move in heroin circles. I wished albums like this would flag the need for heroin. I can’t just magic it up. Surely they should have a warning or something like the parental guidance sticker from the 90s. ‘Heroin Advised’ or something. I feel like the lack of heroin has really dampened my experience of this album. 3.4

I tried to make love in an elevator once. It was far more difficult than Aerosmith make out. Maybe you aren’t supposed to do it in the lift of a 2 floor Marks and Sparks but you haven’t even got your pants down before you’re interrupted by an old person with mobility issues - Aerosmith really need to be more clear about how this works. 2.2

Very much appreciate this. Very happy it’s on here. Appreciate the serious musicianship involved but not something I’ll likely listen to again 3.1

Decent album. Nice listen. Bit boring 2.4

Seemed fun for a couple of tracks. Gets boring fast. Too samey and makes me feel slimy when I listen to it. 2.3

What is it with Marvin? First he starts trying to find out what’s going on? Then he’s insisting we get it on. Half way through this he insists we keep getting it on. Before long he wants you. And you’re in the midst of midnight love. Surely this is the tell tale signature sign of a sex pest? 4.9

The question ever always thinks about is. If you had a Time Machine, would you go back and kill Chris Martin. Everyone’s answer is yes. But at which point in time? I’d say just after this album was released. If Coldplay had decided this was it, I think this would have been considered one of the great albums of all time and coupled with the assassination - their fame would be set in stone. Unfortunately I don’t have a Time Machine and even more unfortunate is that Coldplay continued and continue to make music. Music that’s getting considerably worse by the day and has created an entire fan base of pure idiots. They lose points for this. They also lose points for blatantly ripping off Jeff Buckley in track 2 - it’s so Jeff Buckley I had to check my Spotify wasn’t on the blink. 3.8

Everything you would want from an album with tracks titled Ramble Tamble and Ooby Dooby! Lovely stuff 4.4

Lovely! 4.2

The kind of hip hop that makes it impossible to keep up with when one track ends and the next starts. Not sure. Bit boring. Bit samey 2.5

Some serious classic bangers on this! To think he’d eventually fulfil his life long life dream and work with Rob Thomas! We all have to start somewhere I suppose. All a bit too guitar-y for me. This is what Rob Thomas does so well - pulls the guitar back down to laymen’s terms so we can all understand just how incredible it is. 3.1

Better than expected! Always had them down as a ‘best of’ band - no point listening to the albums. As per usually, I was generally right. Some great tracks though. 3.2

Wait? What? He was gay? 5.0

Shame he’s dead! 4.5

Best Bruce album so far. Much more ‘real’ than the rest. Really proving why the boss is the boss. 4.5

Are the seriously talented band not really angry that the vocalist ruins everything? 1.2

My favourite track from this album wasn’t even on this album. It was the first track of the Spotify radio playlist that started after this album finished. It wasn’t even by this band. It was by The Monkees and I hate the Monkees. So let’s recap 1. Totally forgettable album 2. Best Track Isn’t Even On The Album 3. Best Track isn’t even by Small Faces 4. Best Track is by a band I hate 1.2

This has completely wet my Dylan whistle! I can’t wait to dive in further. The middle 4 tracks are potentially the best 4 continuous tracks from the middle of an album I’ve heard. 4.6

Don’t get it. Dont find it funny. Pretty arduous listen. Never got the who or why they had the career they had/have. This does nothing to make me want to explore them more. Awful 0.8

Lynn? Are those your mums cataract glasses? 2.0

Good album. Few bits a bit too abstract for me but enjoyed it 3.4

Sunday Bloody Sunday! What a great song. It really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday, doesn't it? You wake up in the morning, you've got to read all the Sunday papers, the kids are running round, you've got to mow the lawn, wash the car, and you think Sunday, bloody Sunday! 4.0

Took a few tracks to get into it. But once i was in I found a real appreciation for this album! 3.3

Generally a bit forgettable although also feels forward thinking. Probs would sit with some early 90s stuff to be honest. 2.7

The first half is brilliant, the second half not so much. I’d say it’s an album of 2 halves. One brilliant half, one not so much half. The first half is the brilliant half. 3.2

It’s really hard not to love REM. it’s like I really try to not like them. But I can’t do it. 3.8

An album that is fine. Just sort of passed me by. Struggled to even notice a favourite track. Although Grey Lagoons increased my driving speed by 10% so maybe that’s it. 2.5

I heard from a friend that Brian Eno has a secret husband called Howard. I don't think I trust him though, he's never met Brian. And I mean, Howard Eno? 2.7

I almost cried because all I wanted was to see them perform this album. That will never happen. Dreams don’t come true 4.8

Remember that old school parenting technique. Find your kid smoking. So you force them to smoke 50 cigarettes back to back to make them hate smoking. Only it doesn’t work. It makes them love it - you can’t understand why. In this case, the cigarettes are bluegrass, rootin’ and a tootin’ country music. The brand is this album. Relentless foot tapping music that makes you feel like you should hate it but after 2 hours you seem to have been brainwashed to quite enjoy it. 3.2

First 3/4 of this album is spectacular! Starts to wind down too early. Gets a little boring. Would have been better with maybe 2-3 less tracks. Still great though 4.2

Just what is the point. I don’t get it. Wont ever get it. What are the lyrics on about? Blah blah the chime of the bell in the past life of the children of the dead in the gallows of satans arsehole…..blah blah. Best track was actually by AC/DC on the Spotify radio playlist that came on after this. 1.8

The start to live forever might be the most gut wrenching, soul destroying start to any song. The terrible drum beat followed by the totally disheartening ‘ai sed, maaayyyybeeeee’ - makes me wish music didn’t exist. Still don’t quite get why this album is so highly rated or oasis for that matter. Can’t really see what they bought to anything apart from a generation of awful fans who are stuck in the past, poncing around with mop haircuts (wishing they were Paul Weller), wearing 90s lower league football away shirts in their worn bootleg jeans and worn adidas gazelle trainers. Still pretending that whatever either Gallagher brother does is actually relevant. Apparently it must be cool to love shit hair, shit shoes, shit football and shit music. Would be a better album without the overplayed singles that all sound the same. Listening to this was a terrible start to my honeymoon 3.4

Enjoyed this more than expected. Quite pleasant although a little too abstract. Unlikely to listen to it again but thank you for the opportunity to listen! 2.5

Brilliant! The samples are ace. It’s all over the place with so many genres. Loved it. 4.7

It’s really an album of three halves. The first half is beautiful! Stunning! The second half starts to drag a touch but still lovely. The third half got a bit boring. But all the same lovely. So one beautiful half and 2 lovely halves. 3.6

Ok. Quite enjoyed it. Sort of 2.6

Exactly as it was in 2001. 10-15 minutes of going. Wow - this is great. Then an hour of wondering. Wow - this is shit; please end now. 2.1

Never really got the doors until this album. I hadn’t really noticed Jim Morrisons voice before this. Sounds incredibly mature for his age. Remarkable. Great to see they ditched the mental fairground organ a bit. Much more enjoyable 4.1

How do you follow something like rumours? Unbelievable! Gets better as it goes on. Second half of the album is genius! 4.7

Some of Billy’s best bangers on here! Lovely stuff! 4.0

A really thought provoking album. The thoughts are largely negative. Really great first 2-3 tracks. Then it seems to slide in to bizarre sort of chaos. Incredible songwriting to foresee the exact point I would start to struggle with this album and shove a track called ‘Somebody Stop The Music’ right there. This is of course followed by a show of pure arrogance to then continue the album with even more irritating tracks than the ones that already sent me over the edge. Why does every track sound like my mate Hairy Jon is bellowing it out after a couple of pints of scrumpy down the pub? I feel like this needs a disclaimer attached to it and should only be listened to by people at the absolute peak of their mental health. Any cracks in your mindset and this album will find them and totally exploit them, potentially leaving you in a right mess. Is it worth the risk? No. Not if you ask me! 1.9

Great jazz. The perfect length of jazz album. 38 minutes. Exactly my jazz limit. 4.4

A real struggle to finish. Painfully boring and hard work to get through. Proud of myself for my dedication to this project and finishing the album. Genuine sigh of relief when it ended. 1.0

This was fine. I had quite high expectations. Didn’t quite get there for me. 3.0

Arctic monkeys are a prime example of a band I’ve decided I can’t stand based entirely on their popularity and fan demographic! Nothing to do with the music. I definitely don’t get the whole buzz around that tosspot. The main bloke. Alex The Twat or whatever he’s called. Heralded as a generational song writer and lyricist - don’t get me wrong, it’s catchy and great but just because he can write a song about taking a taxi in Sheffield doesn’t mean he should be considered ‘relatable’ and categorised with some of the best song writers ever. Anyway, back to this album. I remember it coming out, all the buzz by the radio 1 listeners who think they are alternative so a band with actual instruments is cool. Didnt it sell in like a record time? I remember loving it. So I’ve gone in open minded without arctic monkey prejudice! It’s actually brilliant. Hard hitting, relentless. I really love it. Frustrates me in a way that I know it pretty much word for word and that I can’t help but sing along to it! I don’t know who I am anymore 4.5

I’ve always thought that I should love the stooges. Somehow never got round to listening to them. I had the stooges first album - which was a bit of a letdown and a real shame. This was a total banger! Right up until the last track. Why take the shine off a brilliant album? Another shame. Albeit a shame at the end of brilliance! Im punishing them for it. Big time. This album was up in the high 4s until that last track - I hope they learn their lesson 3.8

I was hoping for more. I have 2 older sisters and grew up on this stuff. I was expecting my long lost inner 14 year old girl soul to be unlocked and set free. It wasn’t. This was awful. Boring. Irritating. I struggle to see how it’s on this list? I don’t see how it influenced anything. Just seems like another manufactured pop record. Am I missing something? 1.8

This was ok. I had quite high hopes. Maybe I wasn’t in the right mood but it didn’t really ignite anything for me. If I wasn’t a 40 year old dad who starts to fall asleep after 9pm and hasn’t been on a ‘late night session’ in living memory, id be tempted to say that this would be a perfect post-pub record to listen to into the early hours of the morning while my heads spinning from drinking too much whiskey. Unfortunately, 10am on a Wednesday with a ton of work to do - it didn’t really resonate with me that well. Very pleased to have listened to it though. 3.1

Early Johnny is the just brilliant! Great stuff! 4.4

For such a short album, it takes ages to get going. The first 2/3 seems to be just about it finding its way, then right when you finally want more it’s over! 1.8

I had an uncle called Ray. Not even sure he was my uncle. He was really old. Maybe my grandads brother? Not sure. Anyway. We called him Uncle Ray. When he died I remember saying to my mum ‘it’s a shame about Ray’. It was a shame. He was a bit of a legend. Anyway, you’ll probably find this more interesting than this album. It’s not offensive in any way. Just a bit boring and samey. 2.5

The Spotify radio playlist that plays following this album is better than the album 2.4

Starts way too freaky, then gets really good, then gets way too freaky again. Another album of 3 halves! 2.8

Get a bit fed up of everyone playing the same Elton hits all the time. Lovely reminder of just how great he is when you get to listen to an album largely made up of songs not considered his greatest hits! 3.9

What a bloody find! Incredible album! Proper journey! There I was thinking badu was like an 80s Beverly Knight! Revelation! 4.7

No thanks. The second half of the album salvaged half a point 1.0

Total delight! I used to find there she goes way over played and slightly annoying. Why’s it taken me so long to listen to an entire album by The La’s. Brilliant. 4.6

You can just about spot the exact moment they decided to launch themselves head first down the water slide of commercial sell out shite, belly flopping right into the pool of irritating music. A pool ladened with coldplays piss! Feels like such a sell out album. Average almost post rock drums to try to create some sort of anthemic sound, gravely vocals with bang average, middle of the road lyrics. A recipe to get idiots to love your music. I’m a little bit of one of those idiots though! Would be better if sex on fire and that other god awful single wasn’t on this at all. 2.2

This doesn’t half drag on! Hows it only 33 mins. Felt like a lifetime! Starts well, then just drags on. Maybe it’s a bit too samey for me! It was fine. 2.7

I can’t think of another voice that calms my mood as much as Joni. Everything in the world seems easier when I’m listening to Joni. Not heard this Joni album - a bit different to others which is nice. Some quite eclectic vibes going on! 3.8

Enjoyed this far more than i thought i would! Learnt a lot from reading about him! Excellent song writer! 3.5

This album is about 43 mins 55 seconds too long. The first 5 seconds are great! 1.1

Excellent. As expected - can’t deny little wing is an all time banger! 4.2

Only recently found out knopfler was from Glasgow! Always thought he was from somewhere Salt Lake City or something like that. Maybe Philadelphia? Anyway, got to be the best opening 3 tracks to any album! It’s almost like they knew exactly what I wanted at every point of this album. Totally effortless! There I am thinking this guitar is cool but I really fancy some pan pipes. BAM - hits us with ride across the river! Amazing! 4.4

Absolutely loved this! Listened straight through twice. 4.5

It takes a real mix of guts and pure narcissistic arrogance to put your all time total banger as the first track on an album. Surely it’s a recipe for disaster? Not for Sade - she doesn’t stop throwing out bangers. What an album! 4.8

Lovely surprise! Didnt think I was gonna enjoy this at all. Way ahead of its time! Couldnt believe it was from 1973! Parts were a bit all over the shop for me but will definitely listen again. 3.4

I love Paul Simon and listened to a few S&G albums and never quite got what everyone loves about them. Always feels like a bunch of pixies in a folk band trying to impress their fairy friends with terrible music. But this record is a total banger! Feels way more Simon than Garfunkel - so maybe that’s the problem! 4.6

Stick to what you’re good at lads. Get back to some catchy indie pop/rock. 1.2

Good, nostalgic Christian Rock! I think we should all discount Mr Brightside from our thoughts when rating this album. Such a nausea inducing pile of shite that it doesn’t seem fair to score this album 0.0 just because it’s got one of the worst and most overplayed songs in history on it. That being said, there were a few tracks I had forgotten which I enjoyed. 3.0

Great. Just really great 4.5

Outrageous! What a record! Absolute education in how to blend 4000 musical genres and make them all harmonise perfectly! Completely took me by surprise! 4.7

If all punk was like this. I’d probably be a massive fan of punk. Lovely to find some more musically focussed punk rather than sticking some obnoxious tweeb in front of a microphone ruining everything 4.5

Another album in this list that’s a bit too out of my realm to fully appreciate. I don’t know if there’s some context to this I’m missing but I’m struggling to see how it’s in this list. Whether it’s some sort of seminal album that did something significant to country music? I don’t know. I’ve never heard of Emmylou Harris. I feel like she’s probably an important figure in some way and done something significant but this all just feels a bit too boring for me to be bothered to look into it. I feel like I want it to be one thing or another. Country or rock/pop. Actually I don’t want it to be country - I’m not a fan of country. Maybe that’s the problem? 2.4

This was fine. Ok. Nothing to dislike but nothing to love. Quite enjoyable but largely forgettable hip hop. 2.5

I saw Robert Plant walking in Kidderminster when I was about 6. My dad pointed him out but I didn’t know who he was. Saw him again when I was 38 at my step daughter’s horse riding school. He didn’t recognise me. 4.4

Got totally lost in this album. In the most brilliant way. It almost carried me along without me realising! Lovely stuff. 4.8

Total surprise! Pretty mega sound! Triumphant! Didn’t enjoy the first half. Loved the second. 3.4

Enjoyed this. Not as much as I’d hoped. Doubt I’d listen again. I’ve heard better T rex on other albums. 3.2

If you ask me, Meatloaf is best served lightly spiced with some aromats let nutmeg, clove, fennel seeds. Served with caramelised fennel and a blackberry sauce. It’s really quite marvellous! Theres no 2 ways about it! 4.3

Exactly the sort of album I’m hear to find! Feels really forward thinking and way ahead of its time. There are tracks on this I’ll listen to again, and tracks I’ll happily not. But really appreciate the album! 3.2

A massive 80s slap in the face! It opens with potentially the greatest pop song of all time. And just about holds up to that for the rest of the album. A little samey in places but a quality 80s pop album! 3.8

He was better with the attractions. I find everything he does is so Elvis Costello. Not necessarily samey but just really really elvis Costello. Nowhere near his best work. 3.2

I struggle to understand how on earth this is on this list. This does to music what B*Witched did towards the Good Friday Peace Agreement! 0.8

Thoroughly enjoyed this! First 3-4 tracks felt like a totally different album to the remainder. Started with some proper good dad rock. Not cheesy at all. Just proper dad rock. The kind of dad rock I’ve hoped exists. Not just stupid cliched guitar solos. Brilliant stuff. 4.1

Wowee! What a find! Like a mix of Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell and Carole King. I’m not sure why I’ve never heard of her before. Incredible voice! 4.5

I imagine this was out of this world to actually go and see live. I just struggle with connecting with some of these live albums. Can’t question Sam Cooke’s incredible talent! Glad I listened but doubt I’ll turn to it again. 3.2

Meh! This was fine. Nothing much to complain about but likely won’t listen again 3.0

Richard III is a total banger. I find supergrass have a few bangers but largely just filler. Never really grabbed my attention 3.0

Plenty of warbling. Too much warbling to be honest. Cant argue that her voice is incredible and also really irritating! Felt like I should have been sat at a small local folk festival at Sun Down pretending to enjoy a local pint of ‘proper’ cider when I’m really just concerned that it’s stripping all the lining from my stomach. 2.6

I finally get the whole nick cave thing 4.7

Second half is better than the first. Wont listen again. 2.2

Hoped for sea shanties got middle of the road Brit pop. Hard to even gauge an opinion on something so middle of the road. Much like being married to me - hard to criticise but equally hard to love 2.5

Exactly how my wife describes my technique in the bedroom - completely effortless 4.7

Lady punk - marvellous! 3.6

Absolutely barmy! A total rollercoaster. Right when you think it’s awful, it suddenly gets pretty amazing. Before reverting to being terrible but finishing ok! Never heard anything like it 3.2

Didn’t think I enjoyed this at all. But looking back I also saved 3 tracks from the album. What does that tell us? I have no idea so I’m going with my gut. I didn’t enjoy it at all. 2.9

Good jazz! Not too mental! Expected extreme drum and bass based on the cover. I was NOT disappointed! 3.4

I have this thing with this album. When I first start listening, I find it jarring and hard to get into. About 4-5 tracks in, it takes off. It’s incredible. I play it back through and the first 4/5 tracks are some of my faves! It’s like I need to get into a David Byrne frame of mind! Incredible although not their best album 4.6

I’ll just never get beyond morrissey being the biggest tosspot that ever existed. I’ve tried, I just can’t! 2.5

Blimey! There are some bangers on this! 4.6

Better than it was in 2007. Maybe it was ahead of its time but I used to really hate it apart from maybe 2 tracks. 3.7

My attitude towards elvis Costello and the attractions changes with the wind. I love them as much as I find them irritating. 2.5

Very few albums do well when they play their best song first. Especially when they follow it with the worst 4-5 tracks before marginally salvaging the wreckage with the back end of the album. I feel like the album should have started around ‘Campaign of Hate’ and finished with ‘Can’t Stop Me Now’ (ish). Anyway, hugely overrated! 3.3

Better than Maggot Brain but I can’t remember what I rated maggot brain. So this is really where we are explore just how inconsistent my scoring is throughout this whole nonsense. 3.4

If this album was 45 minutes long, I might well be lording this as one of the great finds of this project. It would have really resonated with me. But this feeling soon passes by and makes you feel like you’re stuck on a really frustrating level on a PS1 game - some sort of secret underground room in Metal Gear Solid. It just goes from great to frustrating 2.4

This made me wish I had older siblings that listened to things other than Alicia’s Attic - how did these guys pass me by? Really enjoyed it! 4.1

Perfect 5.0

Strange relationship with the stooges. I love listening to them but also always have a nagging feeling that I want it to end soon. Strange! This was good though. Felt quite ‘raw’ 3.7

I adore parts of sonic youth. Then it suddenly just gets a bit too noisy and kind of irritating! 3.2

I enjoyed this. But I generally enjoy indie rock. Felt like this could have really been any generic indie rock. Lacked a bit of individuality for me. Or did this just influence loads - I dunno, I can’t be bothered to find out. 3.4

Having not really listened to much Dylan - it’s a daunting task on where to start. One of the main reasons I started this project was to discover albums just like this! Incredible! I’m starting to get the whole Dylan thing! How can something make you feel equal measures solemn and happy at the same time? I haven’t felt that since I had a really difficult wank in 2015. 4.8

I feel like the vision behind this album was far bigger than what they actually achieved. Could definitely see what they wanted to do but just not 100% they got there. Still, a good listen and I enjoyed the majority of it. 3.1

T-Rex - my favourite dinosaur, my favourite garden decking company, my favourite baking vegetable fat butter alternative and now a band that’s made a bloody brilliant record. 4.6

I’m just going to have to accept that The Who are just a bit meh. I’ve tried really hard but I just don’t get why they are so revered. This is the best I’ve heard though. So? Exactly! 3.0

If I had a Time Machine, I’d head back. Watch Janis Joplin live and head back! I’d then never use it again. This is absolutely epic! 4.9

Really gone on a journey with public enemy. Having heard a little but not much, this project has opened my eyes. This felt a little more polished, too many samples and not as raw as other albums I’ve listened to. Which isn’t a good thing. 3.3

Simply the best album of first bars to every song ever! Unbelievable! I feel like I’ve heard just about every genre of modern music in this album. Totally timeless and so far ahead of its time. Yellow submarine lets it down! 4.9

Such a cool album. Every time I listen to it it makes me feel like I’m some sort of crime drama. It’s like I’m a cocaine dealer in Harlem. I’ve decided I want to quit the criminal underworld and go straight but I’m gonna have to commit one more crime. Then I’m out. Anyway, things don’t go as easily as I wanted them to or as I thought they would. Incredible the way music can transport you so far into your imagination. 4.5

Rum Sodomy & The Lash - others would call it ‘lockdown’ - 4.4

Absolutely everything you’d expect. Big, over the top, almost stupid guitars. Big, over the top, almost stupid drums with big, over the top, almost stupid vocals. If it’s your bag, I’m sure you’d love it. 3.0

Lots of reviews about him being a racist nonce on here. Says a lot when I’m actually more offended by him incoherently smashing a piano while spouting what sounds like a load of gibberish than his other escapades. 1.5

Thank god after this album they decided to plug Stevie wonder back in and fully charge him. What a pile of dreary shite! 2.1

Feel like this needed to be either more psychedelic or less psychedelic - felt a bit too psychedelic middle of the road. But then I really don’t get on with anything too psychedelic. So maybe it just doesn’t need to exist? Last 3-4 tracks were the best part of the album. 2.8

I enjoyed this. There would have been a period of my life where I would have thought this was the greatest thing ever created. JLS have formed since then, so it’s all changed. A little bit samey but that’s not much of an issue when you like it, I suppose. 3.9

Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit is a massive thing to follow. Lauren did well. 4.0

Frustratingly great pop music. The kind of pop music that you want to hate. But you can’t. It’s too catchy. It’s like the sort of over produced pop music designed to turn us into drones. Let me tell you, id be the head drone! 4.0

In country music, Why is Loretta always down by a big river, eating peaches, looking for Jesus? Played around with the timings/tempos a lot on this. Equal measures great and annoying! Hope Kathy got all those spoons polished… 2.7

Do bands still cop out like this when naming their first album anymore? I can’t be bothered to think and I don’t really care. But it feels like people don’t do it anymore. Super middle of the road just like the eagles always were. 2.9

Very good! First few tracks took a bit of getting into but then it took off! Loved it. Felt very ahead of its time for 2000 - never heard of these guys, would love to hear some more. Always interesting when no tracks off this album are in their most popular tracks on Spotify. 4.1

Not as good as i remember! The singles/hits are bangers. The rest sounds like a year 8 music lesson. 2.8

Comes out gun slinging with the start of this album! The rest is also great! 3.8

Did this inspire every sexy detective drama soundtrack of all time? Is there such a thing as too much jazz? This asks more questions than it answers. 1.8

So close to being epic. Just a shame it never gets far away enough from annoying. Slightly too out there for me 3.0

The B-52s basically created a genre. It’s The B-52s. Such a unique sound! 3.7

The kind of album you can listen to on loop and not realise that you’ve been listening to the same album for 4 days straight. So varied and full of lovely surprises. Loved it. 4.5

Remember that musical instrument trolley you had a primary school in like year 2? Well this whole album sounds like the trolleys been left in the woods and a load of angry little woodland crickets have found it! Right when you think you’ve heard the worst possible album on this project, up pops another contender! 0.8

This is like a piece of my heart. I’m not sure there’s another album that gives me the emotional response this does. Makes me feel so much. Can’t think of an album that makes me want to smile and cry at the same time. It’s nostaligic, it’s effortlessly beautiful! 5.0

Celine Dion Dion Dion Dublin Dionne Warwick Dionny Osmond 3.4

I’d use the success of The Eagles as vital evidence that most people in the world are idiots. So middle of the road it’s hard to have any opinion on it 2.5

I listened to the entire 69 minutes of this. Surely an effort worthy of a Victoria Cross? Introduce ‘Death By Suede’ into the judicial system and watch crime rates fall to zero 1.4

Liked how industrial this sounds. Unsure I’ll listen to it again but nothing much to complain about 3.2

Surely the band with the highest T-shirt sales:actual streams ratio of all time? 3.3

Really enjoyed bits of this. Really hated other bits. It was always so close to being great. Then just got a bit too out there. 2.3

An album I never choose to listen to but always love listening to it. 4.3

Nostalgic bangers! 4.1

You sit there thinking you only know one Harry Nilsson song. Lo and behold you actually know half an album. Nice! Very under the radar genius! 3.8

The band the Beatles wish they’d been. 4.5

Impossible to listen to when you have an explicit lyric filter on Spotify. Nothing but questions from a 9 year old. Questions you can’t answer. Still - inspirational rap. 3.4

Neil Young. Ennit. 4.4

A lot of fun! Very cool. Another piece of evidence that proves I was born in the wrong decade! 4.3

Maybe the most frustrating album on this. A real challenge. It’s so close to being brilliant so many times, then just gets a bit too jarring and frustrating! Second half of the album is better (or did I just get used to it?) I JUST DONT KNOW!!!!! 2.3

I don’t know where to start. I’ve never listened to an album that’s made me want to collect a group of lads, slip on a few jazzy caftans and head to the woods to sacrifice a maiden. It actually almost made me excited about the idea. I mean, that had never even crossed my mind before this album. Powerful stuff! It also made me sing a made up song about Robert California for 4 hours. Really highs and lows and if I’m honest, quite confusing. 2.0

Fine! Nothing particularly special. 3.0

The soundtrack to a low budget daytime tv drama or hallmark film. Jazz, niiiiicccceeeee! 2.3

Very much enjoyed this. Wasn’t expecting that at all. 4.0

Always fun listening to a sigur ros record. Impossible to know which record you’ve actually put on, whether you’re listening to the album in order or if you’ve selected the correct speed to play it on. Beautiful, elegant, layered, complex, meaningful, sexy - I didn’t realise I had so much in common with a record! 4.6

I’m trying to have an opinion on it but I just don’t care 2.5

That was a big slap of 80s fun in the face! 3.8

Not what I was expecting. And not really in a good way. Slightly underwhelming. Maybe it’s just a lesson in not painting an entire back catalogue with the brush of one song you know. 2.7

Still not convinced I’d take medical advice from him. 4.3

Listen to it more than once. Loads to get into! 4.0

Massive fan of their first few albums. Haven’t listened to anything since then. Bands which are so uniquely raw just never seem to age well. They always seem to get slightly over produced and slip into this trap where they are determined to make some sort of anthemic masterpiece that just lacks all the raw energy that they once had and is also far too long! Sadly this album feels a bit like that. There are definitely glimpses of old LCD in it but it just feels like it’s trying a bit too hard and doesn’t live up to their early brilliance! Theres even a track that sounds so much like modern day U2 that it almost made me vomit. Anyway, that’s U2s fault, not LCD. Really glad I listened to it but not sure I’ll be heading back too soon. 3.1

I’m in this project for bands like Black Sabbath. The bands I’ve avoided listening to for silly reasons. Then the project forces me to listen to them and I’m delighted in finding out they are utterly brilliant! I’d judged them entirely on the irritating and over played ‘paranoid’ - if this is their best and most popular track, the rest must be awful!…..delighted to say paranoid is the worst track on the album and it is packed with total bangers! Unfortunately my distain for paranoid takes a whole star off my rating. This has gone straight on my record wishlist 4.4

I’ve definitely been guilty of writing the pretenders off as a ‘it’s only worth listening to the singles off commercial radio’ type of band. Very wrong! Very very wrong! Absolute bangers! The album takes a bit of a dip about 2/3 of the way through which is a shame. 4.3

You don’t even need to be Born In The USA to be proud of being Born In The USA. You’ve just got to listen to the greatest front man in history once and you’ll be convinced! 4.8

Every song by the streets…….woke up, went to the pub, saw a bloke I didn’t want to, took some drugs, watched the football, did some gambling, went home, had a row with my girlfriend, went to bed sad…….is that relatable?….i feel like it should more be, woke up, did park run, had a coffee, went to a natural, organic wine bar, had a lovely pet nat, walked home, had a herbal tea, watched strictly, laughed with my wife, went to bed indifferent……. I can’t be the only one? Surely? It’s just lazy! Sounds like some bloke in a cap down the pub that’s had one too many callings and spotted the karaokes set up but thought they’d do ‘their own stuff’. 2.2

Thank god that’s over - relentlessly depressing but not really offensive! Just not my thing at all! Noel Gallagher said it right….’I reckon if Thom Yorke f***ing s**t into a light bulb and started blowing it like an empty beer bottle it'd probably get 9 out of 10 in f***ing Mojo. 2.4

So much fun! Really nice light hearted listen after dragging myself through some depressing Radiohead dross. 4.3

REM - a band I never think of listening to but a band I always enjoy a lot. Finishing every album really focussed on listening to them more often……..I never will, but I’ll certainly think about it for a short while. 3.8

I seem to always box this album off as ‘not their best’. I think it’s my thing of hating anything that is generally popular…..YOURE NOT REAL FANS……. Anyway, this is far from their worst work. It’s absolutely brilliant! Maybe could have been about 2-3 tracks shorter, maybe a couple of fillers in there. 4.5

I’m pretty sure the first few tracks of this was the soundtrack that Shannon Tweed got her knockers out to every Friday night in the late 90s on Channel 5 This project amazes me - I need an idiots guide as to why some of these albums are on here? 1.5

Imagine if Radiohead just carried on making records like this? Rather than deciding to take any raw edginess and hope out of their music and pursuing a dream to sound like a bunch of whining woodland creatures. 4.3

What genres this? Sort of britpop….I think? Britpop Drab? Brit Borepop? I’m pretty sure there were 1001 better 90s britpop bands than this. It’s absolutely fine but just a bit drag and generally naff. Almost two middle of the road and drab to stir any sort of emotion, positive or negative. Always a worry when the opening track is the 2nd most popular track on Spotify and it’s pretty terrible. Only downhill from here. 2.6

So far on this journey I’ve learnt that the dude who wrote this list bloody loves a live album. Most of them have felt like a waste of time. Not this one. It’s great! Must have been an outrageous band to see live. 3.9

Got a lot of respect for this record. I can really appreciate what they were doing and her vocals are insane! Took a bit of getting into. First listen 2.3. Second listen 2.5. So let’s call it 2.4

How do you make such downbeat music so uplifting? Utter genius 5.0

ABBA-solutely relentless pop banger after pop banger! I mean, why not just release a best of as a studio album. Very efficient way to produce records! I feel like if you don’t love this album you need to go and sit in some sunshine for a bit. Maybe meet some new people. Broaden your horizons. Try to find some happiness somewhere. 4.5

Quite dramatic! 2.9

As far as this genre goes. I reckon this is about as good as it gets. Simple formula - find a group of the most talented musicians to play some amazing music. Get someone to scream over it in a terrible way to take you right to the brink of where you can stand the music 3.6

Exactly as I expected. Simple Minds just aren’t a band I want to listen to albums. They make some bangers but I’m just not into a whole album of it! 3.1

Good, catchy pop music! 4.1

Like a good chunk of this project this was great in a sort of ‘never going to listen to it again’ kind of way. 3.0

Mums gone to Iceland! But they’ve sold out of prawn rings! If you want to listen to some abstract Icelandic music just stick with Sigur Ros - it’s far more atmospheric and less jarring! 2.2

I always forget how old this album is. 1989!!! Way ahead of its time! 4.4

Totally had Patti Smith and Patti Labelle mixed up. This was not what I was expecting in the best possible way! This might be the best find of this project so far (around 400 albums in). 4.9

Tracy Chapman & Cat Stevens - so far the only artists to survive the Boyzone Test. 4.2

Sly & The Family Stone are the biggest disappointment of this entire project. 2.3

The last great thing Bjork did. 4.4

Brilliant Jazz! I have a love hate thing with jazz. I rarely love it and largely hate it but this was my kind of jazz. 4.3

I just don’t get rock operas. Get your head out of your own backsides. No one cares. The Who - what are they even about. I hoped this project would give me a better insight into why they are so revered. I’ve always wondered why a band so widely talked about as one of the ‘greatest’ is hardly ever played by anyone anymore. It’s cos they are rubbish! A few bonus decimal points when you consider this was made in 1969 though - i didn’t realise this was that old. It does sound a bit ahead of its time! 2.2

I’ve ignored this album. I bloody love prime Johnny - grew up listening to it! Had such an emotional connection to the start of this. First 6-7 tracks - unreal. After that, it drags a bit. Talk about dreary! I get it mate, you’re on the way out. No need to drag us all down with you! Still, very happy how this held up. 4.1

Enjoyed this. Although wasn’t as petty or as heartbreaking as you’d expect. 3.6

Largely middle of the road with some lovely little moments thrown in here and there. Enjoyed listening to it but my attention faded in and out from it - maybe it’s a bit forgettable? Dunno. I’d defo listen again though. 3.3

She’s absolutely right. I haven’t got this album, and I don’t want it. 2.1 (0.7 entirely just for nothing compares - banger alert)

Lovely stuff. 4.1

I had really high hopes for listening to The Pogues on this project. Based on what I’ve heard about what they did for Irish Folk music etc. Ends up I think the only style of Irish folk music I know is The Pogues. Relentless! 3.4

Fascinating album. There are track that I totally and emotionally connect with. But there are as many that I’m, meh! 3.3

‘I’m going to say, they’re the best band of the 80s’ - not my words but the words of someone whose opinion I trust more after this statement about Echo & The Bunnymen. 4.4

This was ok. Kinda forgettable but also kinda unique. 3.2

There’s a sub genre of music on this project ‘collection of random sounds’ - within that genre, and I can’t believe I’m saying this but, this is actually probably one of the best. I think in terms of what it’s trying to do and the atmosphere it’s trying to create it’s probably the most commercial and coherent of those albums. Having said that, I’ll also never listen to it again 1.4

Wow! Hard to have an opinion on that. Did they invent being middle of the road? Otherwise I’m struggling to see what they add to this project. Unless this dude got to like 996 and just couldn’t be bothered to think of the last few? 2.5

I like this album because it’s a great demonstration of her clear talent. I enjoyed it way more than i thought i was going to. It was far more soulful than i expected. I (miss dyna) might (tee-ee) listen to it again, but im not sure. 3.4

Never heard this album. Streets ahead of their other stuff. Enjoyed it. 3.6

Impeccable story telling as you’d expect from Joni Mitchell. As a whole album it’s just all a bit samey and far from her best work. 3.4

What a great find! Sounds really 2008. Which is great. Cos I loved 2008. Very enjoyable album! If you close your eyes and really want it to, it sounds a bit like a cross of Beck, Prince and The National. Sort of. 4.4

Much more agreeable than their other stuff! Had to listen to it twice to get into it. Maybe I just always need a joy division warm up! 3.6

The first 3 tracks are just about as good as prog rock gets. The last 2 tracks are everything that’s utterly terrible about prog rock. Why do they always have to ruin it? 3.2

New Order are better than Joy Division. There, I said it. It’s out there now. 3.6

Not as bad as all the reviews on here. Wont listen to it again though. Decent music ruined by the vocals…..again. 2.9

Not his best. But still great. 3.4

I went through a phase of loving Blur in late 90s/early 00s. But then as a kid I went through a phase of thinking I’d marry my mum. Thankfully I grew up and realised she wasn’t marriage material and just good for the sex. Much like Blur who are really only good for their hits. They are a greatest hits band. 3.0

My first proper listen to Derek and the dominos. Really enjoyed it. Can see what all the fuss is about. Album is maybe a little too long. Never used to like their Little Wing - always in favour or Jimi but I must have matured or something. Loved it. 4.2

As one half of UK Jazz Rock pioneers Houmous & Chutney, I really appreciate what Traffic try to do here and it’s almost flattering. But to quote the great late Barry Farrow….’go home mate, this is big boy shit’…..another middle of the road album that’s fine but absolutely not special! And another one I’m convinced I would have been fine with if I died having not listened to it. 2.7

Relentless 80s fun! Pretty samey! The kind of samey where I hadn’t realised the album had played through and I was half way through another one of their albums before I realised. 34 minutes is just about right for something samey though! Enjoyed it! 3.5

Lovely stuff! 3.8

As one half of iconic industrial rock duo Houmous & Chutney I know a thing or two about production and I just can’t quite get on board with the production here. I can really appreciate what they are trying to do but it’s largely just missing enough depth and power for me. Hurt is a banger though! Didn’t see our song writing credits though? I’ll have to take that up with the legal team. 3.1

This reminds me of the time I was on tour with my band mate and great friend Len Houmous and we were looking at bed linen downstairs in Beatties. We couldn’t believe our eyes. We looked up and who should be looking at the crystal glasses, all of Fugazi! Len shouted ‘ey lads, with your ticket sales, shouldn’t you be in Debenhams?’ They just replied ‘Ken, bloody Chutney!’ We all laughed. We reminisce about this a lot and it still makes us smile. But really what are the chances that two globally renowned groups of post hardcore pioneers being in a House of Fraser in Hemel Hempstead? 4.3

Being one half of UK ‘Dad rock’ pioneers, Houmous and Chutney gives me a great insight into longevity and what it takes to make a commercially viable, timeless record. It’s about staying power and riding the waves as they approach. Unlike Rod, who went off to America and ‘went soft’. 3.2

As one half of iconic duo Houmous & Chutney, I know a thing or two about making seriously intense, raw, powerful and unique records that are also ahead of their times. And that’s why I can really appreciate what Patti-Janine has done here. 4.3

As one half of iconic 90s duo Houmous & Chutney, I know a thing or two about holding a grudge. I’ll never forgive Manic Street Preachers for what they did to us. 2.7

As one half of iconic British duo, Houmous and Chutney, I know a thing or two about making music that isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. I remember back in 82 when Ray Serrano wrote in Rolling Stone ‘Ken Chutney sure as hell doesn’t care what anyone thinks. He’ll make his music regardless. Perhaps even regardless of what band mate Len Houmous thinks’ 3.3

As one half of Houmous & Chutney, I know what it feels like to be overrated so I feel sorry for Frank Black. Everything’s fine but in this day and age, that’s just not enough. A hard lesson to learn, but that’s the only way myself and Len have survived all this time. Keep evolving 2.2

It was always a pleasure to bump into Bruce on the circuit. With Houmous & Chutney it was far too common to generate jealousy amongst others. But not Bruce, it was more mutual respect. Take this record, we all knew this wasn’t his best but the thing with Bruce is that it always comes from the heart. It always means something. Which is lovely. And let’s face it, he’s gotta be the most compelling front man this side of Len Houmous! 3.1

As one half of dynamic UK duo, Houmous & Chutney, I know a thing or two about making records packed with a few moments of brilliance but largely made up of just too much 80s self indulgence. 2.8

The Undertones! The band that wished they were Houmous & Chuntey. Almost as fun but nowhere near as funky. 3.4

Ahh. Old Shuggie, Shugster. The Shugmeister General as well always called him. It’s nice to reminisce! I remember when me and Len first met him. We fell in love with his personality in a second but we couldn’t understand his music. We kept saying, ‘Shuggie, come on man! You’re so talented. Let’s get you away from making hotel lounge bar music and let’s make some catchy, funky tunes’. It’s nice to see moments of where he listened to us on this but otherwise it’s just same old Shuggie. You have to respect that in a way. We can’t all be Houmous & Chutney! 2.8

Frustratingly great pop music. Impossible not to love. Some might say ‘that’s the Houmous & Chutney sound’…..3.6