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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
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5 | 2.67 | +2.33 |
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Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
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5 | 2.84 | +2.16 |
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Want One
Rufus Wainwright
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5 | 2.9 | +2.1 |
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Sail Away
Randy Newman
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5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
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Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
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5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
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Permission to Land
The Darkness
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5 | 3.14 | +1.86 |
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The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
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5 | 3.18 | +1.82 |
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Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
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5 | 3.25 | +1.75 |
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Homework
Daft Punk
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5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
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5 | 3.31 | +1.69 |
You Love Less Than Most
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
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1 | 3.28 | -2.28 |
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Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
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1 | 3.16 | -2.16 |
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Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
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1 | 2.99 | -1.99 |
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Live / Dead
Grateful Dead
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1 | 2.83 | -1.83 |
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L.A. Woman
The Doors
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2 | 3.66 | -1.66 |
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Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
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1 | 2.61 | -1.61 |
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Hotel California
Eagles
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2 | 3.6 | -1.6 |
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Moving Pictures
Rush
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2 | 3.58 | -1.58 |
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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2 | 3.55 | -1.55 |
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Eagles
Eagles
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2 | 3.3 | -1.3 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 5 |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 5 |
| Beatles | 6 | 4.33 |
| Rufus Wainwright | 2 | 5 |
| Elton John | 2 | 5 |
| Neil Young | 3 | 4.33 |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 4.33 |
| Radiohead | 3 | 4.33 |
| Bob Dylan | 5 | 4 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 4 |
5-Star Albums (60)
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Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
They should call this Fire, Fire & Fire.
15 likes
Bonnie Raitt
4/5
The kimono, divorced housewife energy of this album is unmatched.
7 likes
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Bada mama jama california! three stars and now Imma put it on you bing bong california!
2 likes
1-Star Albums (7)
All Ratings
Jethro Tull
3/5
Flute. Finally flute and rock
Alice In Chains
3/5
Grunge! Metal! Recognized a few songs, and listened to the whole thing.
Louis Prima
3/5
Erykah Badu
5/5
Love this freakin album. One of the all timers.
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
What a voice! Classics on here.
Eminem
3/5
Dre is a master. What a debut. This dude hit em with so much energy right off the bat. Crazy.
John Coltrane
5/5
One of my all-time faves. A jazz great! This album feels like genius.
Queen
5/5
HELL YES.
The Thrills
3/5
Fun lil blog era sound. Pitchfork is shaking!
Ozomatli
2/5
Green Day
5/5
High school. A classic. Wake me up when september comes.
The Kinks
4/5
Super fun! The Kinks!
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Pretty jazzy
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
Super funky instrumentals. Really enjoyed this. Good writing music, party background tunes.
The Byrds
3/5
Really interesting historical country rock artifact! Not for me :)
Cat Stevens
5/5
One of the greatest guitar albums ever created. Cat is a legend.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
The best Stones album. Classic. Can't believe how many bangers they had on this one.
Steely Dan
4/5
incredible production. smooth as all get out.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Incredible folk. Really appreciate now how beautiful the songwriting is.
The Yardbirds
3/5
UB40
3/5
Not much of a reggae guy
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Cool to hear jazzy early Amy.
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
THE BOSS.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Can I give something more than five stars. Just the best.
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Best tango I ever heard.
U2
4/5
Love Sunday Bloody Sunday. A heavy record for sure.
Duran Duran
5/5
Super fun. Bops upon bops.
The Who
3/5
Was ok
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
Rap rock is not my thing. Scooby snacks is fun.
The Police
4/5
every song is from a different album and yet... it makes sense. What a way to go out. The Seinfeld of albums.
Dion
3/5
Interesting! Had never dived into Dion.
Elbow
3/5
Killer single from this record. very pleasant indie pop.
Ice Cube
4/5
Sugar
3/5
Beth Orton
3/5
The Band
4/5
All killer no filler
David Bowie
4/5
Love bowie
The Strokes
4/5
Crazy how relevant and great this still sounds. 2000s rock! What a time to be alive!
The Adverts
3/5
punk. got it.
Manu Chao
2/5
Fun but not for me.
Neil Young
4/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
This album is responsible for 90% of the good music after it. Man Chic and Niles really put their whole hook-ussy into this one.
King Crimson
3/5
The origins of prog rock. Weird sounds, hitting keys, guitar riffs, it's all here. First track is a banger. Kanye heard it too.
TLC
3/5
Best selling album by a girl group! Just launches right into CREEP. Damn. Have never listened to the whole album... but the hits on this are bangers for ever.
Robert Wyatt
3/5
Elastica
3/5
Rips.
Television
4/5
Really fun. An epic album with great tunes.
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
An absolute all-timer. What a freakin album.
Van Halen
3/5
Synths?
John Lennon
4/5
Classic. Feels really Lennony
Missy Elliott
4/5
Otis Redding
5/5
Incredible album. Otis is amazing. Each song is great.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Classic.
R.E.M.
4/5
Classic. Love those jangly tunes
Skunk Anansie
1/5
Frank Zappa
3/5
Love Zappa
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Jimmy is 2/2
Beatles
4/5
Pentangle
2/5
Suede
3/5
Elvis Costello
4/5
Metallica
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Love this album. Incredible stuff from Sly.
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
Saint Etienne
3/5
Wild Beasts
2/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Queen
3/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Richard Thompson's origin story. What a time to be alive.
Everything But The Girl
3/5
The Smiths
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Absolute classic. Fascinating follow up to sgt peppers
Various Artists
4/5
Nico
3/5
Supergrass
4/5
Really fun.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Metal and fun!
Kraftwerk
3/5
Kraftwerk walked so Daft could run. Fun
Dagmar Krause
3/5
The Pogues
4/5
RIP Shane. Great listen
Ghostface Killah
4/5
Love Ghost.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Love this album. Poetry in melodic motion.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
Must be hard to hate each other when your voices sound like this together.
Taylor Swift
4/5
Taylor's best? A collection of killer pop songs.
Maxwell
3/5
Smooth, funky, slightly forgetable.
The Cult
3/5
Green Day
4/5
Classic
Dusty Springfield
4/5
"You Don't Own Me" for every perfume commercial in the early 2020s
Tim Buckley
3/5
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Sadly these lyrics will be relevant until the American Empire sinks into the sea. Until then, RATM rules.
M.I.A.
4/5
What were you doing if you weren't listening to this walking around NYC, interning, sweating through a collared shirt. Pairs nicely with Aziz Anasari's bit from "Invite Them Up" about trying to spit game at MIA. A very Millennial 4/5!
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
The enlightenment. The Algonquin round table. How did these dudes all find each other? How did they create a super group of people they just knew? Why are some places epicenters of creativity? HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN. Wu-Tang Forever.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Off with your head, baby. Dance till ur dead, baby.
The Associates
3/5
Fun 80s britpop.
The Velvet Underground
4/5
The album that launched a thousand bands/albums
Lou Reed
4/5
Bowie + songwriting + Lou. Gold.
Nick Drake
5/5
I love this dude. Love this album.
Beatles
5/5
What more is there to say. An all-timer.
The Everly Brothers
3/5
David Lynch-ass album!
Pulp
3/5
New to Brit pop but Jarvis always brings it.
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
Hell yeah.
DJ Shadow
3/5
Cocteau Twins
4/5
The vibes are immaculate
Beastie Boys
4/5
Cause you can, you won't, and you don't stop.
Bad Company
3/5
When I was 18 I worked in a snack bar at my local country club, serving rich kids french fries. I only had one source of entertainment for 12 hours of fry slinging - a classic rock radio station.
Apparently I have listened to this album hundreds of times, but I never knew that. 3/5 - reminds me of fries.
The Streets
5/5
I fucking love this album. Wore it out. Thought this dude was going to be the biggest musician on the planet. An epic story. Great production. Grime/Drill before we all fell in love with it. This would have destroyed on TikTok. Maybe it still will.
Carole King
4/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Love any album that feels like it defines the sound of a band. This album just feels like the most Talking Heads album ever.
Tom Waits
4/5
Love the SOUNDS in this album. Pure uncut Waits.
Klaxons
3/5
Pretty fun indie rock from the late mid 2000s. Feels like I would have heard this from behind a door as a roommate is sparkin one.
Beastie Boys
4/5
Rick and the boys made a super fun record.
Björk
4/5
One of the better Debut albums ever. The soaring vocals and beautiful oddity. I love her. She's so weird. And I love her.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
This feels like Springsteen-core but nothing feels as memorable as his other singles and classics. Might have to re-listen.
The Black Crowes
3/5
Black Crowes walked so the Black Keys could run.
Primal Scream
2/5
Pleasant but forgettable.
The Prodigy
3/5
Every song sounds the same. Of course I listened to it twice.
The Clash
3/5
Punk classic.
David Bowie
4/5
Bowie before Ziggy, but the pieces are all there. Some of his best songs. Life on Mars is an all-timer, epic piece of songwriting. Loved Queen Bitch and The Bewlay Bros as well.
Machito
3/5
Fun and jazzy!
TV On The Radio
3/5
Reminds me of being in college again. Feels significant as a marker of a time when blog bands really ran the world.
Dizzee Rascal
3/5
The first grime record I ever listened to. Historically interesting.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
I loved this album growing up. Always wanted to be an old guy in NY sitting with my best friend on a bench. My mom had a soft spot for S+G so I listened to them a lot as a kid.
Johnny Cash
3/5
Incredible idea for a live album. Beautifully recorded. Bad ass as hell to sing about murder to murderers. "How does that grab you Bob."
Haircut 100
3/5
Fun, funky, and danceable. Had never heard of them.
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
this album got the yams
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Clearly influential. Not for me!
Pink Floyd
4/5
A classic. A true album.
The Go-Go's
4/5
Upbeat, fun, delish!
John Martyn
3/5
Very Nick Drake coded.
Sonic Youth
3/5
It's ok. I understand that it's cool.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Fuzzy!
Janelle Monáe
3/5
Love tightrope of course. But this whole album is lovely.
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Harmonies for days. California dreamin' will always belong to Chungking Express. Now to take a read about this lil band as i take a big sip of coffee...
Goldfrapp
3/5
Like listening to James Bond.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Love Len. Not my fave, but still a classic
Joni Mitchell
3/5
ABBA
4/5
Perfect pop. Eurovisions finest do it again!
Eminem
3/5
This is Em's masterpiece. It's challenging and horrifying at times, but I'd rather the violence be in the music. To see how Em has gone from the American nightmare to a Dad who shows up to lions games. The arc of life is long.
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Beautiful and haunting. Just how i like it.
Hot Chip
3/5
Really fun! Missed these dudes when they first came out.
Violent Femmes
4/5
This is just so freaking charming and well done. Amazing what a guitar can do.
Radiohead
5/5
just a freaking 10/10 album. One of my all-timers and puts Radiohead into the god level.
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Right about now, rating this a three now brother.
Aerosmith
3/5
Def some hits here. But not super into Aerosmith.
Q-Tip
3/5
Reminds me of college. A slight album, but underrated because Q is so good.
The Temptations
4/5
Loved them when I was a kid. Love this now!
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
College with a capital C. Still thrashes.
Bon Jovi
3/5
it;s fine
The Beta Band
2/5
Fine. But why did I need to hear it before I die?
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
Had no idea Michael Franti did anything besides not wear shoes.
4/5
A classic. Cinematic. Just never really got into U2 tho
Public Enemy
3/5
This combo will always be hilarious. How did these two get together?
Rush
3/5
My uncle loves Rush. I just learned a lot about my uncle.
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Mild pop. Goes in the Australian/UK list
Paul Weller
2/5
It was fine
MGMT
4/5
An absolute millennial classic. Amazing when satire also slaps.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Think I may have heard this first song somewhere... oh yeah, in every single Martin Scorsese movie for the last 50 years!
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
Fun! McCartney might not be the king of pop, but he's like a duke.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
This rips.
Merle Haggard
3/5
Good old fashioned country from an actual criminal like it should be.
Joan Baez
3/5
Folking folky folks.
Van Morrison
3/5
Van is one of our great live performers. Nice to hear him at the top of his game before the rest of life occurred.
Billy Joel
4/5
We can hate on Joel all we want. But this album is undeniable.
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Young Bjork was bringing it!
Hole
3/5
I wish Courtney Love still made music and I wish they let her be in movies.
LL Cool J
3/5
Nothing will ever top, "My hat is like a shark's fin."
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Bada mama jama california! three stars and now Imma put it on you bing bong california!
Alanis Morissette
4/5
Every song on this album is a monster. Alanis never topped it. But has any singer songwriter ever topped it?
Black Sabbath
4/5
This is so freakin charming... I mean, dark and TWISTED. The DEVIL BABY!
Ute Lemper
2/5
Meh. Lobby jazz.
LTJ Bukem
3/5
Enjoyed this as work music. Didn't need to hear this before my death.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Jazzy Joni is the best Joni
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Dusty has been on here twice! Does she need a biopic? Why don't we know more about Dusty Springfield?
Gang Starr
3/5
Didn't quite capture me.
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Shout out to the old heads.
Rufus Wainwright
5/5
One of my faves. Perfect baroque pop.
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Should be considered one of the greatest bands of all-time. Will need a biopic for people to realize how amazing they truly were/are.
Nina Simone
4/5
De La Soul
4/5
Fire
Charles Mingus
3/5
Beautiful, dark. Kind of haunting?
Marvin Gaye
5/5
A perfect album for sex and listening but also sex.
The Zombies
5/5
This is a no skips classic. Wes Anderson core for sure. Must also be crazy to put together a masterpiece like this and have people shrug. Glad they got their due.
Judas Priest
3/5
Not a big priest guy, but this is fun.
Fela Kuti
4/5
You know how Drake and Kendrick are creating diss tracks? Now imagine if you wrote one about a whole government and they came and burned down ur house. What a bad ass
The Who
5/5
Listened to it in my car in the year of our lord 2005. It's that iconic.
The Zutons
2/5
Pretty skippable.
Michael Jackson
5/5
I mean... what are we doing here. The fiviest of fives.
Rush
2/5
Tom Sawyer will always be an epic needle drop. The rest of this - meh.
Rufus Wainwright
5/5
His voice is so beautiful. The angelic pop baroqueness of it all. Want One is better, but Want Two has so many beautiful moments.
Slayer
3/5
SLAYER. Sounds the same to my untrained ear, but there's some good stuff here. As usual, mystified by Rick Rubin.
Janis Joplin
5/5
Absolute banger. Love her.
Funkadelic
5/5
Almost too funky. And this has to be one of the best album covers of all-time.
Neil Young
4/5
The GOAT
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
1/5
I get it, but I don't need to, you know?
The Monks
3/5
Diet Stooges! Someone should make a doc.
Iggy Pop
3/5
Very glam and bowie and fun.
Jerry Lee Lewis
1/5
Incredible live album from one of the worst guys who ever lived! Just a truly terrible man! 0/5 person! Do not need to be reminded that he once lived and died, before I died!
Talking Heads
4/5
Whenever I listen to any Talking Heads album I think about this story: “He (David Byrne)’s a genuine eccentric,” says Eno. “He’s always been exactly like that, and I’ve seen him remain like that in quite extreme situations. For instance, we were mugged together once in New York. It was quite frightening; we were mugged by 14 people. My enduring memory is of David being dragged off into the bushes, saying ‘Uh-oh!’ That’s absolutely true; it was like a cartoon scene. - Brian Eno
The Libertines
2/5
Meh
Youssou N'Dour
4/5
This is why this list and project is amazing. Never would have heard this. Loved it.
Santana
3/5
A classic.
Miles Davis
3/5
The king.
Lorde
3/5
Not her best, but super fun.
Queen
4/5
I love that this is Queen at their nerdy, mythical, progrock-y. It's incredible that this is the same band that came up with all their more pop-focused stuff. Like how is this the same band that wrote, "Best Friend?"
Listening to this makes me want to spray paint a medusa with huge boobs on the side of a van. And I love that.
4/5
PROG. ROCK. These freakin nerds. Good for them.
Frank Sinatra
4/5
It's interesting how commercials, years of needle drops in film and tv, all of it can degrade the full experience of an album.
I've never listened to a Sinatra album all the way through, from start to finish. His voice, the arrangements. It's all gorgeous.
Paul Simon
4/5
Absolute banger. One of the greatest songwriters alive.
David Bowie
4/5
Legend. Release music right up till the end.
Living Colour
3/5
Walked so Lenny Kravitz could run.
Terence Trent D'Arby
4/5
Had never heard this! A weird miss in my disco. Very 80s production. Prince is all over this record.
Faith No More
2/5
I wonder if this is how we'll think of Imagine Dragons in 20 years.
Nirvana
4/5
Every band should have to prove their chops with an unplugged album. Really shows off the songwriting, the craft, that went into each of these songs. Beautiful stuff.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
I need a Curtis Mayfield documentary now. Influential, one of our great artists, but largely forgotten. Love him. He needs a terrible biopic starring Donald Glover. Bring the man to the people!
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
How many bands has Neil Young been in?
David Crosby
3/5
Ehh, not my thing.
Soft Machine
2/5
Ehhh
Arcade Fire
3/5
College classic. Still feels like every trailer ever had these songs.
Beatles
4/5
Still a banger.
Grateful Dead
3/5
Just can't take the journey, man.
Dennis Wilson
4/5
A really fascinating album due to it's context, Dennis' issues, and the Beach Boys dark past in general. Bet Charlie loved this one.
Bill Callahan
3/5
Soothing. Nice. Sort of boring.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
I like the Janis solo stuff, surprisingly. But man, take a lil piece will always be her great banger.
Frank Ocean
5/5
I mean, the most 5s an album can get. Modern classic.
Suicide
3/5
pretty gnarly
The Auteurs
3/5
I've had enough britpop for one lifetime tysm
David Ackles
3/5
Might be a reason no one has discovered this. Pretty interesting tho.
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Buckingham said he didn't want to sound like Rumors... so they made a bad version of Rumors.
Arcade Fire
3/5
For all the indie rock, early 2000s albums I have consumed, Arcade Fire never really captured me the way Sufjan or Vampire Weekend did. Not sure why. This album is really enjoyable and plays well with suburban decay... but like - Bo Burnham did it better on INSIDE.
The Dictators
3/5
My friend used to go to this guy's bar in NYC. For that he deserves at least 3 stars.
Bonnie Raitt
4/5
The kimono, divorced housewife energy of this album is unmatched.
This powered Vh1 for at least 5 years. Felt like I got up every morning in high school and this album was playing. Itunes and the early 2000s. Can't deny it tho. Like all U2 work I don't really connect with it... but I can't deny that it works.
The Band
4/5
Dylan knew what he was doing when he put together these dudes.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Part of Stevie's historic run. Every song rules.
Carpenters
3/5
This is where I need to mention that Karen Carpenter is an incredible drummer. Also this first song started as a jingle for a bank commercial. You gotta be pretty hard up for a hit if ur swiping from a bank commercial.
Pink Floyd
2/5
Shine on you crazy diamonds.
Blur
4/5
Song 2 overtook this album, but it's nice to finally hear some decent britpop on a list that has waaayyyyy to much britpop.
Also crazy to think of the artistic impact of Damon when most people in the states wouldn't even look at him twice.
Fela Kuti
4/5
Fela is one of those foundational artists who impacted so much music I have heard... hearing him is like listening to the rosetta stone.
Amy Winehouse
5/5
Incredible soul pop album. Mark Ronson really cooked, and Amy of course.
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Zappa on fire.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The Stones were not really into ladies for this one.
Coldplay
4/5
Crazy to think this is one of the albums of my teen years, that Coldplay is a band that will be associated with my youth. This is probably their best work. Clocks, the Scientist... just all time pop songs. Weird to think that Coldplay was at one point one of the biggest rock bands in the world.
3/5
Pretty fun.
Brian Eno
4/5
Yeah, this is my shit.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
I love what Neil Young is about. I just don't dig the music.
CHIC
4/5
Would listen to Nile Rogers fall into his guitar in the night. This freakin rules.
The Who
5/5
IT'S A BOY MS WALKER, IT'S A BOYYYYYY! An all-timer. Probably the best album with a song about a sketchy uncle.
The Human League
3/5
Great single. Okay album.
4/5
Really fun!
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Some hits but I’m just not into them.
Jack White
3/5
Love Jack White. Very generous to add this album to 1001.
Stan Getz
3/5
That's some damn fine Jazz Samba.
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
These bongos, do indeed, rock.
Tortoise
3/5
Instrumental post rock that screams "ignore me and write emails." I love it.
Rod Stewart
3/5
This sure is Rod Stewart.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
bing dinga donga california! gotta gotta gotta get three stars now!
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
intense and brutal. And yet, some of these are bops?
Jurassic 5
4/5
College dorm room rap at it's finest. You know this one was rocking in the volvo.
The xx
3/5
Never quite able to make it there with the xx. They're cool... but something is missing.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Dark Dylan is the best Dylan.
Jimmy Smith
3/5
I will return to the chicken shack again.
Elton John
5/5
How did I not give this all the stars?
3/5
They walked so Zepp could run.
Robbie Williams
3/5
I have always been fascinated by Robbie Williams as a US person. He is not famous here... his songs are not that popular. I suppose he's like a UK Justin Timberlake with a harder edge? Angels is a VH1 late 90s CVS ballad and Let Me Entertain You feels like Freddie would have loved it. Everything else? Totally fine!
Tom Waits
4/5
Every Tom Waits album should be called "Bone Machine."
The Notorious B.I.G.
3/5
A classic but now all I can think of is baby oil. :(
3/5
True and funky.
Public Enemy
3/5
Appreciate what they did and do. YEAAHH BOIIII
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Thank you for inventing shoegaze. Nice to listen in Oct.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Len is the GOAT.
Air
4/5
Peaceful and vibey and cool. A nice find.
Johnny Cash
3/5
back in prison AGAIN! JK, this is good.
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
Not a big country guy. Dwight is a big country guy!
Aerosmith
3/5
I'm tired.
Gene Clark
2/5
Gene, not familiar with ur game and I am still not.
T. Rex
3/5
let meee innn nowww and it can beeee niceeeeee
Bob Dylan
4/5
A classic's classic.
Nick Drake
5/5
One of my all time faves. And dropping in fall? Makes me think of peaceful New England fall days, writing, and wishing I could play the guitar.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
A heavyweight who doesn't get enough shine. This album rips.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
A million coffee shops have ruined this music for me. It's beautiful, but I just can't hear it anymore.
Van Morrison
3/5
Not my fave Van, but important.
Meat Loaf
5/5
I can't help myself. I fucking love this album. An all-timer, over the top, insane, piano rocker. Meatloaf lived in my hometown for awhile. He coached the girls softball team. They called him "Coach Loaf." 5/5 stars.
Radiohead
4/5
Gave it a RadioHead 4 even though it's a 5 probs.
The Blue Nile
3/5
Really interesting. A fun find and a weird story behind it.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
I know this is the record store guys fave Springsteen. I can recognize the kill. Big Springsteen is my fave. This is nice tho.
Gorillaz
4/5
just one of the coolest ideas for a band ever!
David Bowie
3/5
A classic Bowie moment!
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Has to be the greatest busker --> superstar story of all-time?
Ministry
3/5
SCARY
Tim Buckley
3/5
Gets a three for being Jeff Buckley's dad.
Joy Division
3/5
A JOY to listen to!
James Brown
4/5
At the top of his game. What a nut job. A soulful nut job.
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
fun and flutey.
Tom Tom Club
3/5
fun, natural fun!
The The
2/5
ehh not feeling it. Weird brit moment.
Portishead
3/5
Never got into them. Interesting.
Ramones
4/5
the kings of punk
Led Zeppelin
4/5
get the led out!
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Sly is always an instant green.
Deee-Lite
3/5
the groove IS in the heart
Beatles
4/5
Reminds me of childhood. A classic of the mop top era.
Yes
3/5
I respect the classic rock of it all.
Peter Tosh
2/5
not sure what this is all about ;)
Simply Red
3/5
Sounds more modern than I would have thought... weirdly not 80s?
Death In Vegas
3/5
This is what we call that writing music.
Marty Robbins
4/5
This is what I would be if I was a cowboy. Just four part harmonies with my boys, posing, and singing lil story songs.
Ray Charles
5/5
Ray is getting 5s. Hope he shows up again.
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
Like the Doors but boring.
Kate Bush
4/5
So inventive and world building. She should have worked with Enya.
4/5
Never been a big britpop guy, but these songs can't be denied. This must have hit so hard in the 90s.
Eagles
2/5
Crazy that this is a debut album. But as the Dude says, "Fuck the fucking Eagles, man."
Pink Floyd
5/5
Somethings are just unimpeachable. A cannon event. There's something for everyone. A reason we have lived with it for so long. Funny that it's paired up with Wizard of Oz, another lifelong classic that will never not work on some level.
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
They should call this Fire, Fire & Fire.
Solange
4/5
This album is exactly the type of album you release if your sister is the biggest artist in the world. Strange, beautiful, indie soul.
New Order
3/5
Incredible for a band to come back from losing their lead singer.
Muddy Waters
3/5
The best version of "woke up this morning" blues.
Adele
3/5
Overexposed... and yet somehow ten years old and a classic. This will be the Enya of our generation, and I mean that specifically because it was a CD that was purchased by legions of moms. A starbucks CD released in a post starbuck CD world.
The Clash
3/5
Surprised by the variety and depth of this album.
Traffic
2/5
forgettable.
3/5
pure devocity
The Cure
4/5
The Cure has always been a mystery to me. A hole in my pop culture knowledge. This album is moody, lush, gorgeous. It has hits and unexplored depths. This is what makes this project so much fun.
Van Halen
3/5
Pretty unimpeachable debut and guitar sound.
Koffi Olomide
1/5
This was fine. Then I read about Koffi. And it wasn't fine anymore.
The White Stripes
4/5
You better believe this fucker rocked my powder blue volvo speakers all through high school. Last great rock band? White Stripes fuckin rule. Justice for Meg.
Sparks
4/5
First track is a banger of course. It's so fun to discover bands like this. Really fun, original rock.
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Really fun discovery. Exactly what I love about this website and working through the 1,000
Steely Dan
4/5
I'm fresh off the HBO Yacht Rock Dock so this really hit.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
A masterpiece in Stevie's incredible 70s run. The man was connected to something deeper than we'll ever know. It just flows out of this album. The most 5/5 of all time.
Genesis
3/5
I wonder what makes folks switch from Prog to pop. Genesis really shifted as a group.
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
Crazy to think this is the lady from Portlandia. She rips!
AC/DC
4/5
A staple of rock music that will never die.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
An incredible industry turn around for Aretha and a crucial moment for the cross over from gospel to R&B. Amazing to think she had 9 albums before she hit with this one.
A one-of-one voice.
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
This list is in the grips of 80s britpop
Underworld
2/5
You know that thing where the thing sounds like the parody version of the thing? This is that thing.
Steely Dan
4/5
The ultimate dad rock jazz nerd classic rock album. These freakin nerds.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Why do I feel like I need to ride in a fan boat NOW?
Iron Maiden
3/5
Run to the hills is an all-timer. This freakin rules. Also isn't Bruce Dickinson the name of Chris Walken in the cowbell sketch?
Killing Joke
3/5
Solid mix of rock genres that feels ahead of it's time. Can't believe this came out in 1980
Doves
2/5
I read one review that said "less good Coldplay" and I can't shake it.
New York Dolls
4/5
This freakin rules. Crazy to think that the guy who wrote "Hello it's me" produced this. It sounds awesome, has so much energy, and you can feel the impact. Crazy that this album cover could come out now and still be"controversial."
OutKast
5/5
The final OutKast moment. The cool thing is to tell you how Speakerboxxx is the better of the two. They're both great. A modern classic.
Blur
3/5
Good album, but I'm starting to think Blur created this website and wrote this book.
T. Rex
3/5
"I loved itttttt" - Longlegs
The Prodigy
4/5
Guess I'm a jilted generation, cause this is for me.
Nirvana
5/5
Hard to separate the myth from the music, but it's still a classic.
David Bowie
4/5
This feels like the hipster Bowie pick... but like all Bowie it's still super fun.
The Who
3/5
A lot of the reviews here argue against LIVE album inclusion, which I get. BUT - this really showcases how talented and insane The Who really were. Drums and bass all over the place, but the melodies and musicianship are amazing. Some of their classics feel fresh in this setting. A great idea to follow up Tommy with this.
Anita Baker
4/5
Who else found out about Anita Baker from the secret music video Zach Galifinakis made for "You Bring Me Joy" on his LIVE AT THE PURPLE ONION DVD?
Just me? okay. Cool cool cool.
What a freakin voice.
5/5
Stone cold classic. I listened to this over and over again as a kid. Day in the life might be the best conceptual pop song ever written. And this is the grand daddy of all concept albums.
Isaac Hayes
3/5
An absolute gem of an opener. Diminishing returns after that, but still a great soulful album.
The Temptations
3/5
Surprising album in some ways. It has a monster hit on it, but besides that it's a very 70s version of the Tempations. Some doo wop, but a lot of R&B and more social commentary than I expect from them. Not in the classic five period. Interesting find!
U2
3/5
For years I have wondered why I'm not a U2 guy... I think it's because it's all pretty self serious in a way that i find alienating. And I'm as dramatic of a twat as the next fella. I know this album is well made. I connect with that... but the music itself sort of leaves me cold.
I am sure hearing One for the first time felt really special. But now it just feels like wallpaper.
Tim Buckley
2/5
The rare case where the nepo baby is better.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
Funky and weird!
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Hanoi sort of rocks?
Dire Straits
3/5
Great band name. I recognize the one song. Sort of vanilla.
Radiohead
4/5
Less Radiohead is still pretty good radiohead
PJ Harvey
2/5
Like st Vincent but boring?
Grateful Dead
1/5
sorry. I will die before I listen to this.
Ice T
3/5
Before he was a Law & Order all-star the man made hard ass music and metal. He'll always be a god.
Thin Lizzy
3/5
Odd inclusion to this list, but Jailbreak live must have HIT. Good on ya Irish lads.
Fats Domino
3/5
A foundational artist. You can see everything that came after in this record.
Pere Ubu
2/5
super punk. Lil too punk for me.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
a lot going on here.
Country Joe & The Fish
2/5
it's a no for me dawg. I'm flagging.
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Near and dear to my heart, because of my Dad.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
An absolute classic.
Girls Against Boys
2/5
Just not really a post punk girlie
Madonna
3/5
Never realized Like a Prayer had that first riff?
Animal Collective
4/5
Crucial to all blog boys in the 2000s
Oasis
3/5
Even the best Brit pop is too much brit pop
Ray Charles
4/5
Hit em with the reverse Elvis. Ray is the GOAT
Spacemen 3
3/5
they walked so shoegaze could run/gaze at her shoes.
Dead Kennedys
3/5
punk lives. But I'm still never going to be a punk boi
Beyoncé
4/5
Drunk in love pushes the whole thing to 4.
Metallica
3/5
Historically significant. The best thrash metal album? The 80s was a great time for music.
Metallica
3/5
That's a lotta Metallica in one sitting. Back to back Metallica albums :|
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
Two songs available on Spotify and both were weird AF
Blondie
3/5
Albums used to really be ALBUMS. This is all killer no filler.
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Read another review that says, "dramatic" and I think that's pretty much right. Playful but kind of boring?
R.E.M.
4/5
Invented college radio.
George Harrison
4/5
It's really interesting to see Harrison with the restrictor plate off and just feeling free. I also love when you get to hear the reject songs, the ones that didn't make the cut. McCartney and Lennon may have been right, but Harrison was also amazing.
Crazy that the stars aligned to bring them and Ringo together.
Randy Newman
5/5
Newman at his best. Before the jokes, Academy awards, etc. Pop songs hiding dark hilarious satirical messages. One of the best to ever do it. Sail away is so beautiful and feels even more devastating now. Last Night I Had A Dream is an amazing and disturbing song. I want to hear it in an A24 trailer.
Love Randy.
The Pharcyde
4/5
Baby, fun is fun. Love that these dudes were just chopping it up.
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Cute!
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
I sort of feel about this like the announcer does. "ok... the Allman Bros Band"
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Unfortunately my millennial ass can't give this anything less than 5 stars. God dammit, this was such a moment. "Do you realize" is still a song that reminds you to be alive in the moment. This tour was an event. It feels a little out of time. Still love these songs. Damn.
The Cure
3/5
Interesting to compare this album to the later Cure stuff when they really popped off.
The Only Ones
3/5
interesting lil gem.
Elton John
5/5
This has two all-time classics and maybe one of the best rock pop songs ever. Gotta give it a 5
3/5
This is why music is so fascinating. This is technically perfect. Great songs, well played, good vocalist, big hooks. And yet - I feel nothing? Maybe I needed to hear Muse at 13? But makes these guys any different then Radiohead? Something. Some undefinable thing that I am too dumb to understand. But it just aint it.
Adele
4/5
I will always have love for artists that can move CDs. Enya, Norah Jones. This woman's voice and music transcend generations, and that deserves notice. The pure strength of the songwriting, the voice, etc.
Destiny's Child
4/5
A pop monster and the beginning of the beyonce myth. Lots of filler here, but some stone cold Millennial dance classics. Bootylicious launched a thousand ships, ya'll don't even know.
Röyksopp
3/5
Really enjoyed this. Gave it two spins and used it as work music as well. Something sort of innocent about this type of electronica. This is from twenty years ago. Makes me nostalgic.
Stephen Stills
2/5
nah
The Doors
2/5
This is a classic this vs that. There are "doors people" and none doors people. I am a no thank you on the doors person. All the elements are cool sure. Jim, sure. The pianos, fun. But nah. Not for me.
Fugees
5/5
A 5 star classic if there ever was one. Made even more epic by the myths and legends surrounding the group.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Now I don't have worry about this album!
Pixies
3/5
A gap in my music knowledge. ROCK
Cowboy Junkies
3/5
Really interesting. Will have to dive deeper.
Prince
5/5
# 400 and it's one of my all-timers. What's insane about this album is he just decided one day to make an all-time pop album. Literally was like, "how do I do arena rock ballad? Here." "Oh, a bunch of classic 80s dance grooves? No prob." A no skip, makes me weep like a dove, incredible artist at the peak of their powers album. And then never went back to a pure pop well ever again for a full album. A world beater. Baby, he's a star. I could go on and on. See you all in the purple rain.
Parliament
4/5
I don't know about ya'll, but I want my funk uncut. I want to get funked up.
Big Black
3/5
Sounds like it was beamed in from the REPO MAN planet. Fucking rules.
Small Faces
2/5
Nut Gone(a) listen to this one again
Mj Cole
3/5
You can hear the impact that this had on dub step and grime, but this is sitting on the couch while ur wife tries on outfits mall music. Not always a bad thing.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
Daniel Johnson with more studio time.
Love
3/5
Feels like LOVE was either going to be a giant band, or a one hit wonder. And we know which one happened.
Crowded House
3/5
What if Crosby Stills Nash and Young had grown up in AUS? You would get this very pleasant album. I love artists that are huge in one country. Something sort of amazing about the power of music AND YET - can't travel over seas.
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Very (good)
Sade
3/5
Smooth as hell.
Faust
3/5
KRAUTWERK
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Spooky and kooky baby
The Slits
3/5
Pretty rad. Can see how they paved the way.
Sepultura
4/5
Crazy creative. Not my jam, but the reason I love this project and this list.
Barry Adamson
4/5
if Lynch effed with you, I eff with you.
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
TOO RYE LOO RYEEE AYYYEEEE!
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
A gay dance 80s brit explosion that is overshadowed by a huge decade defining single. The production on this is slick, it features a 13 min intro song welcoming you to the pleasure dome? Dare I say, this is brat?
Slade
3/5
Fun. Without these guys we don't get the Darkness and I love the Darkness.
Neil Young
5/5
Neil's masterpiece. Old Man and Heart of Gold make him a legend forever. Loved this. Really cinematic.
Tricky
3/5
bizarre but interesting
PJ Harvey
3/5
This is such a blindspot. Who is this person?
Aimee Mann
3/5
it's not going to stop :)
Massive Attack
3/5
Gotta say one of the best named bands ever.
Kings of Leon
2/5
Can a band be a "one album" wonder? Always fascinated when bands make the choice to write more mainstream music. KOL never reached these heights again, but their music will live on in CVS aisles for years to come.
The Triffids
2/5
What is going on in AUS
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
So much funkier than I thought it would be? Salsa is funky?
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
My millennial heart can't not give this a 5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
I remember the dirty video and how it signaled a loss of innocence for our millennial pop superstars. Ehh who am I kidding it was hot. and Beautiful is a signature song.
Talking Heads
4/5
No such thing as a band Talking Heads album
KISS
4/5
The best KISS album ever? Got to love the pageantry.
Wilco
3/5
An important Wilco and 90s record. I'm more of a basic Wilco fan (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, etc.) again, always intrigued by the records right before the mainstream breakthrough.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
More like Nick Cave and the GOOD seeds, ya know wut i mean?
The Verve
2/5
First reaction: there is a Verve album on this list that DOESN'T HAVE BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY. WHICH MEANS THERE ARE TWO VERVE ALBUMS ON THIS LIST.
More brit rock :( // but there is something here. Interesting to see where Radiohead went and left these dudes in their wake.
Guided By Voices
3/5
Fuzzy and fun
Solomon Burke
4/5
"I fed you candy, you fed me dirt" is a freakin bar. Soul music is just better than all other music.
Nick Drake
5/5
Call me Wes Anderson the way I be putting Nick Drake on. He sounds like fall. The albums are so lush and beautiful. One of my all-timers.
Kings of Leon
2/5
I feel like the jester of leon listening to this.
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
If you love FUZZ you'll love this!
Mudhoney
3/5
Gen X was onto something. The cover of this album rules.
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
it's a sin is such a banger.
Common
3/5
Common's push into the mainstream. This was a really interesting time as rap evolved into something softer, gentler, etc.
Nas
4/5
Classic. Why do debut rap albums hit so hard?
Grizzly Bear
3/5
In the millennial cannon, locked in their deep. This was also the only song that any creative director used for their reel for a bit. What a chokehold this song/album had.
The Byrds
2/5
giving this one the byrd.
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
The chokehold new wave has on this list…
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
Feels like summer
Germs
2/5
Also Germy
X-Ray Spex
2/5
Germy
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
A real vibe. Enjoyed this a lot.
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Indeed it must! Good energy here.
The Fall
3/5
Post punk and fun. Sounds like the 80s but it's 93.
William Orbit
4/5
I am such a sucker for this video game / DVD screen / on hold / ambient stuff.
The Charlatans
3/5
Starting to think the guy who wrote this book might have been English?
Beck
5/5
The chameleon himself. I loved this album and still do. Makes me want to kill myself in the best way. Folky and funky and weird and feels out of time. Crazy follow up to his funk masterpiece Midnite Vultures. 5/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
Crazy that this showed up the week Brian Wilson died. An act of musical genius.
Megadeth
3/5
Can't believe the lead of Megadeath was also in Metallica. What a comeback.
Brian Eno
5/5
A genre creating album. As an ambient fan, this is like listening to a caveman strike flint and tinder together.
Johnny Cash
4/5
The last album of a dying man. Gritty, rough, sparse, and amazing. Helped build the Rick Rubin legend. You can see why.
The Residents
1/5
oh no
Christine and the Queens
4/5
YAS QUEEN
The Undertones
2/5
Gotta be one the best albums with two guys eating lobster on the cover?
3/5
A staggering amount of PJ Harvey on this list. She's good I guess?
Pavement
3/5
Feels very 90s
Slint
2/5
Weird and affecting and off and weird and I think I like it maybe? I dunno?
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
Let's 86 that special sauce
Mekons
2/5
hmm
Fairport Convention
4/5
Folky as hell. Richard Thompson remains undefeated.
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Not my circus, not my monkeys. But I get it.
PJ Harvey
3/5
I wished I loved anything as much as this list loves PJ Harvey. IS THIS HER THIRD ALBUM ON HERE?
Muddy Waters
3/5
Someone sold their soul to the devil.
808 State
4/5
Give me all the bleep blorp you got. Hell yeah.
David Bowie
3/5
Good Bowie is still great, but great Bowie is better than this.
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Geno goes. The rest of this Ska stuff ain't for me, but I respect that this band is better than just one hit.
John Prine
3/5
We used to be a proper country, with proper country music.
Dr. John
4/5
SOUNDS LIKE GUMBO
Bob Dylan
4/5
Pure uncut Dylan.
Common
3/5
Respect it. Common is just not my vibe.
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
Invented the indie rapper in many ways. This and Kanye's rise will always be tied together, along with Cudi. When rap got softer, more interesting, etc. Always kind of reminded me of Tribe's vibe. Lyrical and cool. A millennial touchstone.
Eagles
2/5
EFF THE EFFING EAGLES MAN!
Bob Dylan
4/5
Even weird Dylan is still great.
Morrissey
3/5
Terrible dude. Pretty decent tunes.
Paul McCartney
4/5
An awesome "show your work" album that reveals the talents of McCartney fully stripped down.
Waylon Jennings
4/5
We used to be a proper country
Black Sabbath
4/5
RIP Ozzy
Duke Ellington
3/5
38 SONGS!
CHVRCHES
5/5
Loved this album in 2013 and love it now.
Kelela
3/5
I remember frontline having a real moment. Wonder whatever happened to Kelela?
The War On Drugs
3/5
i have been trying to go to The War on Drugs concert for most of my adult life and been thwarted. For that I give this a normal 3 stars.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Beautiful and folky and rocky and good 80s/90s stuff
Venom
2/5
ty for tenacious d, venom.
Tina Turner
4/5
Mrs Tina reinventing herself in the 80s is just too incredible of a comeback that this album will always rip.
Ryan Adams
3/5
bummer that this dude turned out to suck, cause this was a fun album
Billy Bragg
3/5
You hear what Wilco heard
Donald Fagen
3/5
The Steely Dan heads were eating with this one
Public Enemy
4/5
We need more partnerships between the hype guy and the brain guy.
John Lee Hooker
3/5
A legend getting paid, who can blame him. Also this music feels like it was in every single Ron Shelton movie ever
Eric Clapton
2/5
it's fine. But he sucks.
Fred Neil
4/5
Fred Neil walked so Llewyn Davis could run.
a-ha
2/5
I'LLLL BEE GGGOONNNEEEE ONNEEEE DAYYY ORRRRR 2222222222 STARRRSSSS!
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
80s to the core
Ice Cube
4/5
Diss tracks and a statement from Cube after splitting from N.W.A. Say what you want, but he showed out.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
interesting inclusion of a comeback record.
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
an all-timer that kicked off a generational run.
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
My least favorite of the strokes, hives, rock revival of the early 2000s. But take me out still fricken SLAPS.
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Sludgefeast amirite. Fuzz for all!
Antony and the Johnsons
4/5
have distinct memories of listening to this record, walking around my college town and NYC. Beautiful, haunting, operatic. I miss when pop music went baroque. Rufus Wainright pairs perfectly.
Talvin Singh
3/5
Alo Yoga playlist snapped with this one.
George Michael
4/5
Say what you want. Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou had the sauce.
Britney Spears
4/5
No album more defined my elementary school bus ride.
Lightning Bolt
2/5
Dracula mt is a great name for a song. Noise rock ain't it.
Brian Wilson
3/5
Heroes and Villains rips. The genius is here and the madness too.
George Jones
4/5
Cool. Now I have to kill myself. This sounds like a bar with sawdust where I would NOT be welcome. Love GJ
Super Furry Animals
3/5
The brits just had a whole other 90s, eh?
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Just not a noise rock guy
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Lots of experimentation with an all-time, end of the world, desert island song. Gabriel's voice rules.
B.B. King
3/5
BB is a blind spot for me. Sounds great
Kanye West
5/5
Separating the art from the artist - listening to this album felt like levitating. Sad to think what happened to this dude. Art is a hell of a drug. Man he really knew what he wanted with this one.
Sonic Youth
3/5
the kings of fuzz do it again.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Best opener and closer record ever? Wonder what would top this?
Mudhoney
3/5
seattle's finest
Frank Sinatra
3/5
I bet rich people love this shit
Aphex Twin
4/5
ambient genius
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Fall baby
Anthrax
3/5
We probably need thrash to come back.
Rod Stewart
3/5
Thin mix, but it lets Stewart's voice do most of the work. I get it. Not my fave, but this record helps set context for Rod's career.
Sigur Rós
5/5
A mind-bending album that changed music scores forever. Feels millennial now, but no other act captures wonder quite like Sigur Ros.
Todd Rundgren
4/5
I want to pretend to hate this and to be cool, but these are awesome pop songs.
Taylor Swift
3/5
An interesting Swift entry because none of these feel like they got a lot of radio play - is this her Nebraska?
Jane Weaver
2/5
Is this huge in England? Kind of imogene heap lite.
Goldfrapp
3/5
Cozy rain day album
Jungle Brothers
3/5
Walked so tribe could run
The Byrds
3/5
Folk. PSYCH!
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
A surprising inclusion. More middle management than THE BOSS.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
The best Pumpkins album. Helped me understand the hype. Alt rock classics on this one. Feels 90s in an incredible way.
Dr. Dre
5/5
Lyrically - 2/5
Musically? 5/5
Can't overstate how influential the beats are on this album. If you create a whole genre, you probably get a 5/5
Julian Cope
2/5
Super interesting wiki on this dude. Not sure about the music
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
American Girl is a forever bop. The rest is a good start. I'm not a huge Tom Petty guy and this record didn't change that.
John Grant
3/5
I'm a sucker for folk.
Roni Size
3/5
british bias returns to the 1001, but this is fun.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Ryan Murphy should turn this into a show
Gillian Welch
3/5
simple, sparse, emotional.
Portishead
3/5
Interesting. I know nothing about Portishead, so this was a fun dip into their vibe.
The Birthday Party
2/5
noisy!
2/5
someone said NIN but goofy and now I can't un hear it.
Django Django
3/5
Unique hidden gem!
Roxy Music
3/5
Wasn't familiar with your game Roxy Music.
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Really feel like doing a lil Guy Ritchie style heist to this. Fun
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Cinematic, alive, joyous. It feels like the best of being human. Boss was COOKING with this one.
Morrissey
3/5
he's the worst. But this album is good Morrissey.
MC Solaar
3/5
Microphone check / sacre bleu / what is this?
The french assassin with the rough neck business?
JAY Z
4/5
Def the best thing to come out on 9/11 (shout out to Zoolander too)
R.E.M.
5/5
You really going to send this to me on a rainy day. Really. 5 BABY.
Afrika Bambaataa
4/5
Def a 5 star album cover.
The Vines
3/5
Diet Strokes.
Hugh Masekela
4/5
oh hell yeah
Stevie Wonder
5/5
One of the greatest albums of all-time. A masterpiece on par with Mozart etc. Stevie in GOD MODE. 6/5
Throwing Muses
3/5
Gwen Stefani owes this gal some $
The Monkees
2/5
I feel for the young teeny boppers who had to defend this when Sgt Peppers came out and really showed the difference between Monkee and Beetle.
Joanna Newsom
3/5
bjork but married to Andy Samberg!
Aerosmith
3/5
Fun to hear young Aerosmith. Pretty funky!
The Darkness
5/5
The audacity to put this out in 2003. FUN with a capital F and pretty much a no skips album. Love these dudes. I still believe in a thing called love.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Crazy Horse is such a banger artist name. This is ok.
Daft Punk
5/5
The robots will always get a 5. Only robots I like making music.
Hüsker Dü
2/5
more like husker don't amirite
David Bowie
3/5
Inventive and ambient and weird. Let em never know ur next move.
Super Furry Animals
3/5
interesting but not quite interesting enough.
Pearl Jam
4/5
Pearl Jam was a little before my time, as was grunge. But these songs are HUGE and the production is amazing on this. Eddie rules. This rules! I get it!
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Elvis Costello always feels a lil boring to me.
Mylo
3/5
perfectly gentle house for a background sesh
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Hookah tunes
Dr. Octagon
3/5
influential, but not one I need to listen to before I die.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Ramblin for sure. More influential than good. Also no Dave Von Ronk, but this dude?
Beach House
4/5
Oh hell yeah. Beautiful no skips.
The Bees
3/5
hmmm
Deep Purple
3/5
killer album cover.
King Crimson
3/5
appreciate prog rock, but it's not my vibe.
The Black Keys
4/5
Loud bearing 2010s album. Reminds me of college. The best it ever was for them. Hard rock and blues still had a place in the culture.
Tito Puente
3/5
CHA CHA CHA!
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
great now i'm high
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2/5
heavy!
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Sort of like wham without the charm.
Janet Jackson
3/5
Janet + 80s social protest + Minneapolis sound? Pretty potent cocktail
Japan
3/5
Quiet lil new wave album.
The Beach Boys
3/5
Hints of Pet Sounds creeping in. You can feel a shift in this album. Slighter Beach Boys as they build to something bigger.
Serge Gainsbourg
2/5
Crazy how this sort of thing was just cool with everyone. YUCK.dotcom
Supertramp
3/5
Just learned that Super Tramp had a dutch millionaire support them and that's cool.
Os Mutantes
4/5
GOOBA GOOBA OS MUTANTES
Pulp
2/5
we know we know u like britpop
Sonic Youth
3/5
I know you don't have money but that has nothing to do with having a good time