1001 Albums Summary

Average. Lo-fi hip-hop tracks stand out more than the alternative rock tracks.

First full Eminem album I've listened to. Brain Damage, If I Had and Role Model are the best songs. Solid rapping and production. I can think of 4-5 rap albums from 1999 better than this though.

Not for me.

Hotel California the song is a classic. Life in the Fast Lane might be my favorite from the album. Rest of the album is good, but not my taste. I liked how short and compact the album was.

Good mix of jazz/blues/rock. James Brown is an impressive live performer.

Favorite song was Starlight. First half sounded like a Radiohead cover band, with the middle being more grunge and unique (which I preferred). The backhalf of the album went back to sounding like Radiohead.

Haven't listened to this since when it came out when I was in middle school. I enjoyed re-listening to it. The breakdowns were great throughout the album. Dead Memories was my favorite, I wish they had included more clean vocals on this album.

The sound of this album is painfully stuck in the late 70's/ early 80's and the lyrics come off as trying to be angsty and edgy.

Good singer, but I found myself enjoying the instrumentals more than the singing. No real takeaways from this one.

I knew Back in the Saddle, but never knew the name. Sick as a Dog is my favorite track. Objectively a good album, but like most stuff from the 70's not my style.

Okay. Don't get the hype around this album.

Production was good, but the vocals lowered the rating. The album also fell off on the back end.

Pretty good, sounds a lot like Pink Floyd. Some songs sounded familiar. Really enjoyed the guitar, especially on "The Way I Choose"

Good, but unmemorable album

Great voice, but the album is a snoozefest.

Janie's Got a Gun was my favorite. Not their best work, but Aerosmith still brought it on this one.

Unorganized collection of random genres and vocals. There were some passages of some songs that were average, but no one track is even good on this. Then you add in the bad vocals on each track and there is nothing positive about this album for me.

A little too slow overall. Supercut is the best song.

I underestimated Elton John, this was incredible. Front to back this was amazing. The pacing and transitioning between songs were perfect.

Good album. Take me out is a 8/10. Rest of the album sounds too much like that song without being better.

A little slow in some parts, but the singing, guitar and harmonica were great. Didn't feel too dated even though this was from the 70's.

Great sounds in the background, but I don't think David Bowie still had it by this point.

Fun album, but not one I'd revisit.

Great background instruments throughout. The comedic and storytelling lyrics were fun at first, but start to drag as it goes on. Regardless still a fun record. Feels like a snapshot into history.

She has a great singing voice, but this album is just too dated for me.

I didn't know it was possible to shred this hard on a sitar. Really fun album.

Good albums for the 60's. Forget That Girl was the best song. Randy Scouse Gilt sounded the most modern.

Really fun trip-hop album that feels like you're chilling at a jazz club. I was surprised by how long it was that it only dragged in a couple spots. Looking forward to keeping this in rotation.

A lot of country style folk throughout the 60's and 70's it seems. Good voice, but the music failed to draw me in.

Average overall, long stretches where the songs sound the same and it makes the album drag.

An album that almost demands you sit back and absorb its immersive soundscape—featuring incredible production. I understand the hype around this album now.

Fun and energetic introduction to Cuban music. Not an album I'd ever listen to again though.

Average rock, instrumentals are good but vocals are super dated. Space Truckin is the best song.

Went into this expecting more like what I heard on Nighthawks at the Diner. Instead I got instrumentals and vocals that were grating to listen to for almost an hour.

Great instrumentals, but the singer's voice has always sounded grating to me.

Stand is the best song. Rest was bland.

Experimental, but not in a good way. Felt like they were trying to make a Nine Inch Nails album. Not sure why this album is on this list.

Good Times is a timeless classic and has been sampled more than I can remember. Lyrics are forgettable, but the production is solid on every song.

Sledgehammer is good, but all of the instrumentals are painfully from the 80's and there is a reason that style died quickly. Also his voice has always been grating.

Really enjoyed the instrumentals. Vocals were hit or miss throughout, but a fun album overall.

Felt like a stereotypical early 2000's alternative album. Nothing bad to really call out, but also nothing that really stood out. Not an album I'd re-visit. Outtathaway and Homesick were my favorites.

Good songs and a decent performance, but not sure why a live album like this is in this list. Especially when there wasn’t any cultural significance to this show.

Dancing queen is a classic, none of the other songs really hold up to that song. Upbeat songs are fun.

Incredible album. Recognized a ton of samples and influence this album had on other works. Too many good songs to pick a favorite.

Good industrial rock, the lyrics were lacking for me though. Favorite song was Ruiner

Great album. Freddy Mercury showed why he was one of the best ever. Instrumentals were great as well. You're my Best Friend was my favorite. Rock version of God Save the Queen was awesome.

Only giving a 2 because this reminds me of playing Tony Hawk games as a kid. I can tell the influence this had, but still a little to disorientating and raw for me.

Another decent instrumental album bogged down by weird vocals and spoken word.

Let's Stay Together is a classic and my favorite track. No bad songs on this album and Al Green shows why he's a legend.

Instrumentals are the only reason this isn't a 1/5. The vocals are grating. Sleeping on the Roof was my favorite (straight instrumental).

Favorite song was Billy's One Stop. Instrumentals were good, but album was mostly forgettable.

Help Me was my favorite. Pretty good album, a couple songs sounded like songs from the 90's. Some of the ballad-type songs dragged and made the album feel longer.

Into the Mystic was the only song I somewhat liked.

Somebody to Love was my favorite. Great instrumentals and solid vocals. I can tell this album was influential. A couple of the slower songs dragged, but the majority of the album was up-tempo.

Whole Lotta Love/Living Loving Maid/Ramble On are the standouts and tied for my favorite. Guitar solo on Heartbreaker was incredible. Amazing instrumentals and singing throughout.

I Miss You was my favorite. Awesome instrumentals, vocals and lyrics throughout. All the songs had my attention. Great album.

When Will They Shoot was my favorite. Good early 90's West Coast rap album and the first full Ice Cube album I've heard. Not as good as The Chronic though.

No real positives from this album.

Make some sense was the most complete song on the album. Not completely bad, but really no positives on this for me. She's a good singer, but the music was so average at best.

Experimental, but not in a good way.

The instrumentals throughout this are fast paced and incredible. I can tell this album inspired a lot of 90's & early 2000's alternative bands. The vocals are really the only thing holding this back from being a 4 for me. [Silver Rocket] probably wins out as my favorite.

I've been waiting to hear a British alternative/rock album like this. A good mix of standard alternative with just the right amount of rawness and experimentation. I felt like only a couple songs didn't stack up to the rest, which was surprising since this album is over an hour.

Sounds like generic 70/80's British punk, but not as polished and versatile as something like the Sex Pistols.

Standard 70’s rock that is done way better by other bands. I’d rather their studio album(s) be put here rather than an hour and a half live album.

Rudderless was my favorite. Average alternative album.

Generic and unimaginative 80’s music.

Mr. Brightside is perfect and the obvious best song on the album. I hadn't heard the complete album before and was pleased by how strong the rest of the tracks were.

For being such an old record I was surprised how much I liked this. Fun songs throughout and interesting they have an early version of a skit at the end.

This style of blending electronica and rock can work and actually be really good, but this album doesn't show that. Had never heard anything by LCD Soundsystem before and was excited to finally listen. I'm going to listen to their other albums, but this was not a good start.

Average, no real takeaways from this. Album dragged in a couple spots.

Had never really listened to the Beach Boys before and was suprised by how much I liked this. The album was fun and felt like the right length.

The first MBV album I've listened to. Decent industrial sounding instrumentals and vocals, but not an album I'd listen to again.

Ace of Spades is a classic, but this isn't an album I'd spin through again.

Fun album, but one I used to enjoy more when I was younger. Gin & Juice is a classic, but Doggy Dogg World is my favorite.

Never heard of this band, but I really liked this project. Freak Scene and They Always Come were my favorites. Feels like this album influenced a ton of 90's alternative artists and has a lot of elements that were used in 2010's pop-punk. Unfortunately the songs fell off in the second half of the album.

First time I've ever listened to a complete album by Common and this did not disappoint. The production and rapping are incredible and gel together well. The entire album is great, but The 6th Sense is my favorite.

I genuinely don't understand the hype around this band, everything I've heard is bad or below average. There were not positives on this album for me except recognizing Frank Ocean sampled like 10 seconds of the intro of one song. One of the worst albums I've ever heard.

Not good and the half screaming type of singing doesn't work for her. You Said Something and We Float were the only half decent songs.

The instrumentals were really good and captured the elements of what people like about 80's music. However the singer's voice was hard to listen to.

Okay, but NERD improved significantly on Seeing Sounds.

Pretty bad. She claimed she had bars on the first track, but the majority were wack. Some of the beats are the only reason this is a 2.

So bad. Horrendous album and band.

I went in with low expectations and was still disappointed. I'm not a hater of rap rock, but Kid Rock doesn't do a good job of mixing the two. Wasting Time was the only song where I felt he found the right balance.

Some different rock genres going on in this album. I preferred the more alternative tracks, but overall the album never really grabbed my attention. Sounds like a standard mid-90's rock/alternative album.

So far Elton John is the only singer who can make this genre of ballad songs from the 70’s palatable.shes a good singer, but didn’t do anything musically to catch my attention.

Similar to a lot of albums on this list, good singing but too slow and doesn’t grab my attention.

Fun 70's rock album that doesn't run for too long. Only downside is I had to listen to this one too much growing up.

Great grunge rock. The only drawback with this one is a lot of the songs sound too similar, which causes the backhalf to drag.

I've seen this one on a lot of best albums lists and had been holding off. Went in with high expectations and was let down. The guitar and industrial sounds were okay, but the droning singing didn't resonate with me. This feels more like a movie soundtrack with no real direction or cohesiveness.

Good guitar and drums, but large parts where the songs are directionless.

Bob Marley is a legend for a reason. Great range and awesome transitioning on this one.

Great voice and backing instruments. Got Christmas vibes from this one for some reason. However, another singer-songwriter album that doesn't really differentiate itself from others albums in the same genre. Was surprised to see this is one of the top selling albums of all time. Shoot the Moon was my favorite.

Really liked the scuffed sounding mixing on this one, I like that the instruments weren't polished. It started strong, but it lost me in a few parts and I would've preferred a ton of other vocalists on these songs than the one we got.

Definitely sounds super dated now, but for the time the sampling and lyrics are good. Not an album I'd re-listen to, but I'm glad to have heard it.

Didn't know what to expect when I started this and my initial thoughts were this was a bit jumbled, but then once embraced that I started to enjoy the ride. This is an incredible beat and sample album. I especially got hype when the Raekwon Glaciers of Ice sample came on.

Good production and mixing, but completely forgettable.

Great instrumentals, but the vocals subtract most of the goodwill I had towards this album.

I usually don't mind industrial sounding music, but this was bad.

Solid production. This was awesome through the first half then it lost me, brought me back and lost me again at the end.

Standard 80s punk album. Great riffs and breakdowns.

I can recognize the production value on this, while also recognizing how boring this is.

Solid Christmas album with a lot of these renditions being the classic go-to-versions of the songs. Nothing more to really add.

Been a while since I've seen Shaft. The score is great, but not something I'd listen to on its own again.

Some good riffs scattered throughout this, but this album failed to have any songs impress me.

Not typically a fan of 80's music, but Tina Turner's great voice drew me in. Wish the backing instruments were more powerful. I ended up liking her version of Let's Stay Together more than What's Love Got to Do with It.

Okay album. The sampling here is much less impressive than something by Daft Punk or the Avalanches.

Not sure if he was serious with this or ironically doing avante-garde punkish music. Either way it's bad.

I remember when this came out and hearing Sex on Fire and Use Somebody. Those are great along with the other standouts like Notion and Revelry. Kings of Leon really impressed me with this album.

Solid heavy metal album that helped pioneer the genre. Great riffs, but Ozzy grew into a better singer as time went on.

Decent production and great singing, but most songs just fall flat here. Freedom! 90 was the best song by a lot here.

Good folksy alternative album, but once again a lot of the singer-songwriter albums on this list have a problem where the songs blend together to the point where it's hard to differentiate between songs.

Good punk album, but hard to rate it above a 3 when I factor in how much better their follow-ups are.

If I didn't know anything about this album going in I would've been able to tell you it was a late 70's or early 80's record by the vocals. The singing is painfully stuck in that time period. The production was good, but more so in a I want to see if any rap producers sampled these instead of a wanting to listen to this record way.

This was tough to get through.

I don't hate Dylan's voice like a lot of people do, but this one still doesn't do it for me outside of "Like a Rolling Stone".

I know most of the songs from this album are considered timeless classics, but I just couldn't get into it.

Solid instrumentals, especially guitar riffs, and vocals throughout. Wish I could get more into 80’s rock.

Mid reggae

Production was actually pretty good, but the spoken word really subtracted from the good of this album.

I was grooving to this at first, but the novelty wore off as the album continued.

Great album with classics like Iron Man. 70/80's rock will never be my go-to, but this was great.

Really really good. Not sure if it's better than Music for the Jilted Generation though.

Pretty good Brit-rock album. Solid instrumentals and I liked the singer's unique voice.

Groovy 90's British electronic music.

An album packed with all of the bad from 80's music, with almost none of the good qualities from that decade.

Not really sure what genre this one was. Okay, only really enjoyed the songs with hip-hop inspired drum beats.

I had always heard of this album, but never got around to listening to it. Pretty much got what I expected based on reviews I had seen. Great riffs and drumming and good singing, but ultimately nothing out of the ordinary for a 2000's alternative album. Just solid front to back.

I enjoyed the faster songs on here, which surprised me because I struggle with a lot of 60's albums. Slower songs are the reason the rating is dragged down.

Great music with a variety of styles, the only drawback here is that Jack's voice kind of wears on me as this goes on.

Great reggae album, even though I didn't enjoy this one as much as Natty Dread

This one is littered with classics. Would rank it higher if not for a couple songs that don't quite reach the heights of the singles. Great album regardless.

I was surprised to hear the That 70's Show theme here. Really good alternative album from a band I had never heard of before this.

Copy and paste what I said about "Fear of Music". One thing to note is that Once in a Lifetime is prob the best song between the two albums.

Solid front to back from Pearl Jam. Not much else to say.

Incredible singing and although I'm not usually a fan of 80's production, this album was nicely produced. I liked the concise run time because if this went over 50ish minutes I would've started to lose interest.

Classic album with political lyrics/messages that are still relevant. Chuck D shows his knowledge of politically charged music history with how he helped craft this album. There's a reason this album is so influential to so many rappers, especially those that came through in the 90's.

Hard to put into words how great this album is. I remember hearing it when it first came out and instantly loving it. Front to back filled with bangers and thought provoking songs interchanging throughout.

Good world-genre production. I've never been a fan of Paul Simon's singing though.

Not bad and I like the flutes, but it was hard to get into this. Just isn't for me.

Good unoffensive 70's rock. Felt like a palate cleanser for some bad music I've gotten from the list lately.

I wish the vocals on this were mastered a little cleaner. I felt like the muted vocals took away from the songs, even though it made the solid instrumentals more pronounced.

Funky and certainly influential as I recognized different parts that were sampled in rap, not to mention RATM basically ripped Renegades of Funk verbatim. However this is definitely sounds outdated and will be higher rated by people who were around when this was revolutionary.

Nice spacey sounding electronic album. I wasn't excited when the first song was 17 minutes, but was surprised by how much I liked this.

Crazy how this sounds like a late 90's/early 2000's alternative album (like something Elliot Smith would put out). Shows how this album was ultra ahead of it's time. Near-perfect instrumentals on this one and the only drawbacks were a few parts where I felt the vocals didn't mesh with the instrumentals.

Great instrumentals that are fun to listen to, but the vocals on this are bad. The singer is trying too hard to sound like a 70's Britipop singer

Classic front to back. Crazy how they made each song unique, but had the album still feel cohesive.

I was interested on where this album was going after the first song, but it fell off significantly as it went on.

Impossible to overstate how much this album shaped my taste in music. I must have been 14/15 when I first heard this and it completely solidified my love of rap. The lyrics, flow, production, etc. throughout this is perfect. NY State of Mind or Life's a Bitch are in my top 10 rap songs of all time. The stretch from NY State of Mind through The World is Yours is prob the best 3 track run in any rap album. Just an incredible album front to back with an iconic cover to match.

This what Britpop/Shoegaze should be, fun and unpretentious. This one is definitely all over the place and eccentric, which I loved, but that also means their is gonna be a few misses when the album is 17 tracks long.

Instrumentals on this are insanely good, but the vocals are too 80's for me.

Groovy and fun, not much else to add to this.

Incredible voice/production and each song felt unique in their own right. Not an album I'd return to often just because most of the album has been overplayed by now, but still a great album.

Pretty much the definition of okay. Some highs and some lows, mostly the lows were the droning vocals that annoyingly distract from the instrumentals.

A few good tracks with a lot of filler. The blues vocal samples got repetitive, but then the droning vocals came in and I wanted the blues samples back.

Pretty standard late 90's/early 2000's alternative album. I was surprised that this was their 3rd album, because they still sound a little raw throughout this.

Dope instrumentals and breakdowns. I feel like I'm more used to this style of singing than the average person and can still find it grating over the course of 28 tracks.

Singing is fine, but I've never been one to groove to some 50's swing. Also way too long.

After hearing Planet Telex I thought I was finally in for a good Radiohead album. But then they followed that track up with more pretentious rock.

Pretty good, interesting to hear once but wouldn't listen again.

The first track was a fun blend of psychedelic rock and folk. Then the second track started the streak of pretentious folk songs. The Trip was a nice style shift to something more like the opening track and then the album closed out with more pretentious folk.

2Pac is on top of his game in terms of lyrics and flow on this one. A couple skips on this one for me, but Dear Mama will always be a classic. Lord Knows and Old School are standouts as well.

I wish more music from the 80's sounded like this.

Just okay. I know Walk on the Wild Side was/is popular, but it really only registered for me because ATCQ sampled it.

Great thrash metal album. I think this one will rise with subsequent listens.

The songs just seemed to wander and never really go anywhere.

Like a Prayer is a classic song, but the rest is just safe unimaginative 80's pop.

Good concept, but too long.

The songs I like I really like, but a few of the slower songs on this drag it down.

With classics like Respect, Good Time and A Change is Gonna Come I feel like 4 has to be the lowest I can give this

Definitely a classic and one that I remember hearing for the first time in my early teens. Dre and Snoop are good, but not great on this in terms of flow, lyrics etc. However their are some classics and I enjoy bumping it every now and again that it definitely deserves a 4.

Genuinely had no idea what to expect before going into this one. Was pleasantly surprised by the rock/latin/rap fusion going on here. I liked the Spanish lyric sections, but the rapping is where this album gets high praise from me.

Good debut from the band, but their follow-ups are a significant step up from this.

The vocals on this sound like something you'd find on a soundcloud track that has 14 listens and the person recorded on a cheap mic in their bedroom.

Didn't know what to expect with this, but really really enjoyed it. A lot of passionate angst, dope lyrics and bangers going on here.

This has some groovy moments, but overall it's stuck in that 60's rock sound that is hit or miss for me.

Jump is a classic, but the rest of the album doesn't hold up as well.

Fleetwood on top of their game. Can't think of a reason this isn't a 5 star album.

Fine, but not something I'd put on myself.

I enjoyed more of the hard-rock parts on the album, but the slower acoustic song "Breathless" might've been my favorite song. Overall the album just felt painfully average.

Different. Not always in a good way, but it has its moments. The Garden of Earthly Delights was my favorite and the Mac Miller sample caught me completely by surprise.

Wow. Near perfect instrumentals and the only real drawback is the vocals are too droning in parts. This project is getting me into 90's Britpop/shoegaze (expect for Radiohead, I'll never like them).

Wow this was bad.

I only knew of Air from "Alone in Kyoto" being played on Blonded Radio back in the day. Good album that doesn't do anything crazy and doesn't overstay it's welcome.

Pretty good, I'm glad this project is introducing me to more jazz. Also loved having this on in the background while reading.

Decent blues album with a great opener featuring Carlos Santana, but the rest of the album fails to meet the bar set by the opening track.

It's hard for me to explain but I feel like the vocals don't match the production on each song. Regardless this album is too one-dimensional. I feel like if I heard this at 18 I would've really liked it, but my music taste is different now.

Calling vocals and instrumentation that you would expect from a drunken person "experimental rock" is an insult to experimental rock.

Groovy all around.

Great instrumentals and mixing, but not much else exciting going on here.

Another jazz album I'm glad this project introduced me to. Solid front to back. Gonna add this to my playlist for when I'm reading.

The production on this is incredible.

Good, I especially liked "Love Lives Here" and "Debris". I look forward to revisiting this.

One of the many incredible albums by Outkast. They showed their Southern style as well as their ability to mesh genres here with classics like So Fresh, So Clean, Ms. Jackson and Spaghetti Junction. Their is probably only a couple tracks I'd take off, but they don't detract from the album's greatness.

Groovy and fun. The breakdown on the first track surprised me and sounded super modern for an album from 1968.

A mix of really good and boring tracks throughout. I wish more beat tapes would either shorten the run time or if they insist on being an hour long, find a way to keep the listener's attention.

Two Outkast albums in one week is nice. Although this album signaled that Outkast were starting to prefer being solo artists, they still combined to make a classic. Big Boi brings it on the first half with multiple rap classics and Andre takes it home on the back half with soulful and jazzy tracks. "The Way You Move" and "Hey Ya" are the clear standouts and still classics 20 years later, but the whole album is great.

I've always seen this album on best albums of all time lists, but never got around to listening to it. After listening I see why so many people include it in those lists. For me, the instrumentals are incredible throughout with the only drawback being that the vocals are hit or miss depending on the song.

“Laughing” was incredible, but nothing really else impressive on this album.

Incredible album front to back. I remember hearing CHVRCHES the first time with "We Sink" on FIFA 14. That led me to hearing "The Mother We Share" and ultimately this album. Glad to see this included in the list.

Boring and inoffensive alternative. Felt like I was listening to a guy have an existential crisis for an hour.

Didn't know what to expect with this one, but ended up really liking it. Looking forward to hearing more from this group.

This is what a Radiohead album would sound like if they actually made good music. Great 90's Brit-rock album.

Standard Bowie album that starts out with a timeless classic and dwindles down over the rest of the album.

Sounded like an album of people who try to be different just for the sake of being different. I'd pay to not have to listen to this again.

Easy listening, but unimaginative and boils down to just standard 60's rock.

Classic southern rock

Great record. I’ve really only ever been a fan of their classics, but this album expanded their catalog for me.

This one takes me back to freshman year of high school. One of the best albums of the 2010s and Kanye's most cohesive work. This album is packed with so many top producers, great features and classic tracks. It sucks Kanye went crazy.

Great, but doesn't match the heights of Dark Side of the Moon.

Not bad, but a lot of filler you have to sit through to get to the good songs. I enjoyed a few songs, especially "Pass In Time" and the grunge/folk elements of the production. However, over an hour long album her voice can start to be hard to listen to at times.

Nice chill folk music, but completely forgettable.

Sounds like they were setting out to make an album with only radio friendly song. The result is an album where no song stands out.

I've never been a big fan of Pantera, but I found myself enjoying this one. Although the front half is stronger than the back half.

As smooth as it gets.

Fun 70's rock from a legend.

I liked "Suzanne", but outside of that song everything else was too slow and droning.

Good instrumentals, but his voice is tough to listen to.

Legendary band with a great album here.

An example of a solid 70's rock album. Drums and guitar were incredible, but I wish the vocals kept up with the production value. I don't think I'll ever be a huge fan of most 70's and 80's rock albums.

Really great structure and musicianship. Not sure if I'll return to this one though.

Just dope rapping, production and sampling. I can't believe I've been sleeping on this album. The last 6 or so tracks were just back-to-back incredible and a great way to close out the album.

Fun Afro-inspired jazz/funk to listen to on a chill afternoon.

I try to be positive, but this was tedious to get through.

A lot of power, anguish and angst. I hadnt heard this album in a while, so I’m glad it popped up on this list. Dope album.

Classic after classic on this one. I need to research rap samples from this album, it has to have been picked apart by producers.

Good, but Prince has better albums in Purple Rain and Controversy that reach better heights and don't drag on so long.

Just a great album and one that holds up really well 30 years later.

Good singing by Janae and intriguing production, but I just could not get into this album for some reason.

Whenever I get a jazz album I never know what to expect, mostly because I haven't expanded my music catalog enough. This album blew me away though, great album.

Groovy, but this album has no idea what genre it wants to be. The hip-hop tracks were good, but unimaginative for a time when hip-hop was the wild west. It's also jarring going from hip-hop to latin music so quickly and without any transition.

Good version of American glam-rock/early punk.

Pretty good. It's like a folkier version of "Only by the Night" by Kings of Leon

I can appreciate what Bowie was going for here, but I'm not really trying to listen to experimental rock from a 68 year old Bowie.

I'm starting to get a little Bob Dylan'ed out after this 3rd album given to me. I'm afraid of how many more I have to go. I think I enjoyed his harmonica the most on this album compared to the other two, but this one definitely dragged on too long.

I like hearing different experimental albums, but this one was largely forgettable.

The instrumentals are so good, but then Morrissey's vocals come in and ruin the songs.

The vocals took me a minute to get into, but once they did I started to like the singing style. My biggest gripe is that some of the songs are aimless and go in varied directions, but despite that parts of this sound super modern and seems like this influenced groups like the White Stripes and others.

I don't speak spanish and I'm not well versed in salsa music, but based off pure vibes this was fun.

My favorite rap album of all time. The intro sample is incredible and pulls the listener in immediately (it is also my favorite movie sample from any Wu-Tang album). Every song is perfect on here and tells a unique story critical to the album. GZA's rapping is compact and he doesn't waste any rhymes or lyrics while RZA on the other side perfected the abstract production he developed on Enter the Wu-Tang. No bad verses, no bad instrumentals/samples, and no bad features. A perfect album.

A 2 song 40 minute album. King shit.

Some good ska/punk tracks here mixed in with some sub-par tracks.

Good singer, but way too 60's sounding for me.

Just okay, nothing more nothing less.

Standard old school country. Title track is great and catchy, but the rest not so much.

Would it kill the singer to show a little emotion? A complete waste of decent instrumentals.

Smooth and has plenty of classics. Sade's singing is great and the production is consistent, but I wish it had a little more edge to it.

I have no idea what any of the lyrics were saying, but I really enjoyed the soundscape Suba created here. I wish more tracks were like the opener, that probably would've made this higher rated.

I always have soft spots for instrumental/ambient albums I can throw on in the background while reading or doing chores. Brian Eno exceeded my expectations on this one. This album is definitely get more plays from me.

Fun and eccentric, but not something I would return to.

Good production with lackluster vocals.

Groovy, but also eccentric and all over the place. I enjoyed the ride regardless though.

Good, not great, 80's punk.

Legend of the game.

Some good tracks with impressive singing and production, but the sound is all over the place and too many misses on this.

I don't need this in my life.

The vocals on this are so bad and stereotypically 80's that it borders on parody.

I enjoy the non-english language albums on this list because I most likely never would've listened to them on my own. This one is vibey in parts, but overall a bit too wacky and over-the-top for me.

The title track, Shot Down in Flames, and If You Want Blood are the standouts for me. The rest is solid, but doesn’t reach the heights of those 3.

An album where I didn't know what to expect with each song, which can be fun but here it just felt jumbled.

Prince was truly one of a kind. It's hard not to love this with Prince's funk, suaveness, uniqueness, etc in top form here.

Horrendous vocals. The instrumentals are the only thing slightly saving this.

I enjoyed this one. It doesn't do anything crazy or unique, but it's just nifty throughout.

Fine, but the mixing is off and makes the listening experience worse.

I'm not well versed in jazz, so it's gonna take a few more listens for me to feel solid in my rating. But on first listen I really enjoyed this.

Fun vibe with the live band and crowd interaction, but not an album I'd return to.

Really fun and kick-ass record from a legendary group.

Dope production, rapping and singing with carefully crafted lyrics. All around amazing.

Nice change of pace, but not something I will ever listen to ever again. "C'est la nuit" is a beautiful song.

If I was sitting down when I was listening to this I would've fallen asleep.

A legendary album filled with beautiful and magnificent storytelling. Gaye was a master with his lyrics and sound throughout. I've listened to this many times, but each time makes me realize more just how influential this album has been on generations of artists that followed.

Not bad musically, just not my style at all.

Extremely middle of the road album. A couple radio friendly hits mixed in with some misses for me.

Solids R&B album front-to-back from a VA legend, but I've always felt Voodoo was better and more complete.

A couple snoozers on here, but also some straight heat that makes up for the lesser tracks.

Production on the first few tracks was incredible with the only drawback being the vocals. As the album continued the production value dropped, but this is still a very good album overall.

I loved Pink Moon so I had high hopes for this, but this never reached the same heights. The production and instrumentation was great, but the vocals weren’t on the same level and I felt like the mixing was off.

This suffers from the fact that I’ve heard his material from his peak. This takes a backseat to his later material.

This album is a trip, not a good one, but definitely a trip.

Music for shopping at Zara/H&M (not in a bad way). The first half of the album is way stronger than the back half.

I had never heard of this group and now I've got two of their albums in back-to-back days. I enjoyed the other much more than this one. This one was just unoffensive 80's soft-pop. "These Early Days" was a fun track though.

This started strong and I preferred the fact that it was a live album instead of a studio. But as this went on it fell off hard for me. The experimental guitar on the back-half helps salvage something positive.

60's pop-rock isn't usually in my wheelhouse, but I found myself really enjoying this album.

Good, but not up to par with Stevie's best.

Standard 70's rock with nothing special.

Incredible production for an album from the 60's. This really pulls me in in parts and then other parts were tough to sit through. Overall a fun experience though.

As someone who is a fan of The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders, I've surprisingly never made it around to listening to ATCQ's debut. I enjoyed this as the production is crisp and you can see they are starting to develop their classic sound. The downsides are the lyrics and flows are definitely dated and this feels more like a Q-Tip album with Phife Dawg only providing features. One of the things I love about their later releases is Q-Tip and Phife Dawg going back and forth and neither of them dominating the stage.

The ending of "Bluebird" had some really nice production, but other than that the album was below average.

This project is helping my figure out what type of jazz is for me. This was fine, but doesn’t impress me as much as some others I’ve heard from this list.

Below average, even for the 60s.

Sinatra’s singing was smooth, but I would’ve preferred this was an instrumental album because I much preferred the backing music. Ultimately the elevator music accusations are true with this one.

A “classic” that I had never gotten around to listening to. A great intimate feeling acoustic set. I was surprised this was more lesser known tracks and covers, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Eclectic and unfocused on a track-to-track basis.

Average production even for the 60's with vocals painfully from that decade. Feels like this is trying too hard to imitate the Beatles or the Beach Boys.

Title track is a classic, but the rest is just droning vocals with cliche 80’s synths.

Some catchy parts. Some fun parts. But overall mostly shouty vocals and average production.

I had never listened to a full Björk album before and was absolutely blown away by this. Her vocals take a minute to get used to, but once I got used to them I was hooked in. The production on this is insanely well done.

At first I thought this was gonna be a folk rock snooze-fest, but the album really picked up when it switched to 90's Oasis-style alternative/Brit-rock. The vocals really hold this one back from being higher.

Vocals are still hit-or-miss for me, but I enjoyed the more experimental production on this.

Chill vibes from Willie. Certified legend status.

I don't know much about bossa nova, but this was a lot of fun. Bonus points for this being recorded in D.C. and one of the artists being from Suffolk.

Super average 90's alternative/pop-rock album, but not in a way I completely hate. Nothing new or exciting here, but I still had fun listening.

Great debut album. Although the music wasn't groundbreaking or experimental, they still made it unique.

Considered a classic for a reason. I was surprised when I found out it took him 5 years to follow-up on Thriller, but the time in between the two paid off. It sounds like it's from the 80's, but with this album that doesn't bother me as much as other albums I've heard from that time period. Incredible production and singing from front-to-back.

Rod Stewart's voice can be grating a lot of the time. Here though I absolutely loved how it meshed with the production.

Funky and fun. A pristine example of good 70's disco production with great vocals on top.

Experimental alternative/indie-pop that you can tell is from the mid to late 2000's. A unique album with each song being hit or miss for me.

I usually like the foreign language albums on this list, but I couldn't get into this one.

This gets a 3 based off Moss Garden and Neuköln alone.

A classic and a great full embrace of pop by Taylor.

Groovin through George Jones’ pain

Some okayish production somewhat saves this, but overall pretty bad from a well-known group.

An album that helped define my childhood.

This had potential after the first song, but fell off after.

Average production mixed with lazy vocals. Not a recipe that excites me.

I've never heard of XTC before, and I'm not sure this was the best place to start

Rowdy, rude, and in your face. Flavor Flav with a bigger role than on ITANOMTHUB. Chuck D in prime form. Perfect production from the Bomb Squad.

Glad they realized 41 minutes was the perfect length for this and didn't drag it out. Some dope sections throughout this.

The review that said this was music from a PS2 racing game was correct, but in a good way. Also I'm pretty sure they sampled the Macarena on the first track.

Pretty good, but definitely stuck in the 90's. Song 2 is the clear standout.

Great sounds and a lot of versatility shown. I enjoyed the different styles and sounds, but from an album cohesion standpoint it was slightly disordered.

I like the chill vibes, but this really falls off in the back half.

Below average concept with a horrible execution. WASPY dude rapping off beat on some average at best beats isn't a recipe for success.

Groovy and soulful.

This has the elements to be something I would like, but just completely falls flat for me.

Too much ramblin' for me.

Happy to add this one to my relaxing/slow day music rotation.

Painfully average with a lot of tracks that should’ve stayed on the drawing board.

Some good UK-specific drill beats, but Dizzee's flows and bars are average at best on this. It's prob not fair to compare the two, but US rap in the 90's was already more imaginative than this.

Certified underground classic. Jeru provides great bars and flow, but Preemo steals the show with gritty and abstract production.

Top-tier 90’s Brit Rock.

90's dad rock. Not bad, but it would be hard for any album like this to get above a 3.

The epitome of cool jazz. This is what I'd want to hear if I was chilling in a jazz club.

This impressed me in 2024, if I heard this in 1978 my mind would've been blown.

A 90’s album painfully stuck in a sound from the 80’s.

Super fun and creative album. A relic from an era of rap that was the wild west when the genre was innovating at warp speed.

No track had a good singing performance.

I liked this so much more than Surfer Rosa. I still have a few drawbacks about this album, but I see why it was so influential. It was definitely ahead of the times.

Chill country, but honestly too chill. I could've used some more emotion here.

Good 90's emo/alternative album, but I expected much more given how popular this album is.

Great shredding, but the muted screaming vocals found in a lot of 70's rock has never been for me.

Just a fun 80's pop album.

I wish every song could've been as good as Jane Says.

Ray was in his bag here.

Starts off with a bang but slows down as the album progresses.

Very impressive synth-work and I can tell this album is influential, but everything outside of the synths leaves a lot to be desired for me.

It’s been a while since I’ve heard this album. It’s still great, but doesn’t hit as hard as it did when I was an angsty teenager.

I liked how upbeat this was compared to some of his other works, but something about Bob Dylan's music just doesn't land for me.

Impressive for 1968. The front half was better than the back half though.

Another 70’s album I just can’t get into to.

Some interesting parts to this, but unfortunately those sections are mostly drowned out by the stereotypical hipster indie sections.

Fun, but not an album I'd revisit (even despite all the classics).

You can see the transition from 80's alternative to the more grunge style of the 90's happening here, but this one is still a miss for me.

Certainly ahead of it’s time, but still not for me.

Album definitely drags in the middle, but still solid. It could’ve benefited from cutting a few tracks.

I hadn't heard of the Cardigans, but was familiar with "Lovefool". Overall a really fun pop rock album.

I love rap and this was still hard for me to sit through. It sounds like something someone recorded in their dorm room and uploaded to Soundcloud.

I'm glad the project introduces me to albums like this. I wish it was shortened by a few tracks though.

A couple filler tracks, but still kick ass metal.

Impressive guitar skills, but not much else standing out for me.

I liked the grimy instrumentals, but not much else.

Nothing to hate, but also nothing to love on this one.

Decent background music for me, but not much else I take away from this.

I enjoyed the variety of sounds the Beatles were able to craft, but on the flip side I think the sequencing could've been done better. Altogether an insanely creative album for the 60's.

An album that was made for the 80's and probably should stay there. Also the Born to Run cover came out of nowhere.

From a high level this is a a great compact soul record. On a deeper level this is a great showing of vocal range, a mix of soul/rock instrumentals, and much more.

Some interest synth and dreamy-alternative sections. I'm confused on how something so average made it onto this list though.

Fine in increments, but painfully stuck in the 80's.

A classic from Elton John, but not as cohesive an album as "Madman Across the Water" was.

Listening to this was fun, but Fatboy Slim definitely has better records.

Nothing really here for me outside of a few interesting instrumental sections.

Great album showcasing some of the best 90's R&B had to offer. I feel like you don't hear the singles off this album as much as the singles off her previous album, which makes it feel less timeless than Daydream but it's still a great album.

My 6th Bowie album so far and my response is pretty much the same as the others. Bowie is solid, but not great here. I'm waiting to hear a cohesive album from him that really blows me away.

Too slow, too dreary, and too boring.

Good mix of kick-ass rock and somewhat-alternative (for the 70's) songs.

Instrumentally - This is Kanye at the peak of his high-pitched soul sampling beat production. He took what the likes of Just Blaze and other producers were doing and reached an entirely new level by himself. Lyrically - Common shows us the experienced craftsman he is, which given this is his 6th album should be no surprise. To add, Common sounds just as hungry as ever on this. This album is the cherry on top of a great run of albums.

The boss brought it, but unfortunately it drags too long. This one starts to fall off the longer it goes.

A more melancholy Beck than I'm used to. Some good here (with really no bad tracks), but definitely a lot of meh filler that could've been refined.

I enjoyed the soul influences and something about Bowie's voice impressed me more here than on most of his other records I've gotten.

Any goodwill regarding this album that I got from the first song quickly left as the album went on.

This feels like I was transported to a coffee shop in the early 90's and have to listen to a guy play grunge-folk for the entire place.

Interesting and certainly ahead of its time, but didn’t pull me in enough to want to explore their other works.

Good, but certainly didn't live up to the hype that surrounds it.

The good songs I really vibe with, but the others just sound like TJ Maxx/Target music.

Good singing, production, and compositions. However vocal jazz is just not my jam.

I enjoyed this. It’s like a more raw version of “Only By the Night”.

Overtly British, but in a good way.

I'd start liking with a song, but then it'd kept going for an extra 5 minutes to the point I no longer liked it. Rinse and repeat for the majority of this album.

The title track is a classic and the rest of the album, except for a couple tracks, matches the production quality and genius of Paul McCartney.

More meh from Mr. Young.

Simon & Garfunkel create a soothing and comforting vibe, but as a cohesive album I found this tedious and dull.

The vocals are grating, but the instrumentals kept me enamored throughout this.

In a time where electronic music was experiencing a ton of innovation, you have this which is just pointless sounds and noises.

Clean vocals and production, but not something I'd re-listen to for fun.

Nothing bad, but also nothing incredible either. Just a solid punk album.

No idea why this album is on this list.

Good, but loses it's luster by being too long.

This gets better as it goes along, but was still average at best.

I can kinda see the vision they had with making a 90's alternative rock album with elements of electronica, gospel, grunge, etc. However they didn't stick the landing smoothly.

For such a talented group this felt unimaginative and too similar to a lot of alternative/electronic indie that was coming out in 2017.

Super fun 90's skater punk album. The type of album you shouldn't take seriously (in a good way).

Some cool breaks mixed in throughout, but even if I heard this live I wouldn't be impressed.

Fine, but this really is JCPenny's music.

I really liked this at first, but felt like it failed to expand on the initial sound as it went on.

Production that is full of life and a political message that is still relevant. Great album.

"Piece of My Heart" is fantastic, but the rest of the album paled in comparison.

I like 90's Britpop, but this felt uniquely bland and stale.

The production was fine, but the lackadaisical vocals make this a drag to get through.

I knew I was in for a treat when I immediately recognized "Marcus Garvey" as being sampled by Mos Def for "Do It Now". The rest of the album held up with a vibe that is infectious.

The songs I liked I really liked, but this was a very inconsistent album.

I didn't understand most of what was said, but that didn't matter. This is impressive. I wish it had a little more "edge" to it, but enjoyed this regardless.

Less cohesive than the other project from them I got.

Great start to the album, but unfortunately it fell off as it went along. Still a fun album in parts, but too much filler.

I see what they were going for, but I feel like the execution just didn't work out. But that can sort-of be expected during such a revolutionary time of Hip-Hop.

Alternative music with a tinge of country. This made for an interesting listening experience, but didn't leave me with a lot to come back to.

It was hard to stay awake during this at points.

Not bad sound wise, just unorganized as an album.

Masterful singing by Sinatra, but every song being about heartbreak starts to get old as this goes on.

He has singing chops, but this album isn't for me.

Soulful production with tranquil vocals from Stevie layered on top. A lot to like here.

I wasn't initially excited diving into a folk/country record from the 80's, but this completely blew me away. Nanci Griffith is an incredible singer and the production is powerful without overshadowing her. In fact it perfectly lifts her up her vocals.

They were trying a little too hard to sound like an early-70's band.

Really fun record.

This is another album where I can recognize its beauty, even though it may not align with my personal taste.

I enjoyed the blues influence on this album. Goes without saying that "La Grange" is a classic.

I love hip-hop and what the Beastie Boys did for it. The album features excellent production, innovative sampling, and solid lyrics, but suffers from a lack of variety in the flows.

It's upsetting to think that people spent money on this.

Some good, some bad. A fun experience regardless.

This made for fine background noise while working, but definitely not something I'd ever return to.

Fun vibe, but not something I'd come back to.

I enjoyed this sonically, it reminded me of N64 videogame music. As a complete record though this dragged on way too long.

Way worse than any of the other Rolling Stones albums I've had so far.

I'm not sure where I first heard "The Girl from Ipanema", but as soon as I heard it I immediately recognized it. Very smooth flowing album, albeit a bit repetitive although the short-run time doesn't make that too big of an issue.

This wasn't hardcore, it was just bad.

The production is innovative and full of life, but Morrissey’s vocals are really distracting and don’t pair well with the rest of the band.

I got more into this as it went on. Nice composition and transitions.

Pretty good punk rock from a group I had never heard of before. Nothing groundbreaking, but solid. I enjoyed the faster songs, which thankfully was the majority of the tracks.

I like the Who, but this was difficult to listen to. I get the concept, but they should've kept this hidden.

This seems like something I'd like, but I couldn't get into this.

An authentic and legendary performance in a unique location.

I think I understand the concept, but man this is not it…

The vocals were not my cup of tea. However, the production, mostly because of it its prominent use of synths, had me engaged throughout.

Since I don't speak French I can only judge this on beats and flow, both of which were good for 1991.

"Love Less" is a near-perfect song. It's a shame the rest of the album didn't get anywhere near the heights of that song.

If you think of this as the soundtrack to a PS1 racing game it makes it more tolerable.

Sonically incredible with riffs and lyrics that are in your face. I love the Nu-metal and Rap crossover sprinkled throughout. Korn was really at the top of their game here. I only wish this was a few tracks shorter.

Initially, I found this engaging; however, my interest diminished as it went on. This definitely seems like an album I would’ve enjoyed if I was still in my late teens.

This started out okay, but took a sharp dive pretty early on. I'm also not sure why these British beat tapes from the 80's insisted on being so long.

I remember my parents playing this record a lot growing up. Solid 70's rock.

Heavier and thrashier than their more well known albums.

Honestly this is Kids Bop-esque dance music. However, there is something about the positive vibes from this album that are infectious. With all the negativity in the world, we should be embracing more art like this.

An album "stuck in time", but in a good way. A nice illustration of what 90's alternative/indie rock could do.

While I have appreciated the majority of the African albums featured on this list, this particular one, despite its lively nature, failed to capture my interest.

If this was the singer trying their best, then I don't want to hear them on an off day.

I didn't mind the slowness at first, but it started to become a drag as this went on.

This has good moments, but is way too long to the point where I lost interest in the good parts as they arose throughout the back half of the album.

Some fun vibes, but also some songs that should've never made the cut.

The worst I've heard from Eno. He should've stuck to instrumentals.

This started off bad and didn't get much better as it went on.

Groovy, but wish the songs had more "meat on the bone", for lack of a better term.

Raw, in a good way with an infectious energy. This is a good showcase of punk at the time, but not an album I’d return to.

Definitely way more experimental and electronic than the previous Mile Davis albums I got. I was impressed by how well I enjoyed this, while being extremely different than his other albums.

This album's production is both creative and influential. The vocals align with the creativity of the production, but their harshness affects the overall listenability of the album.

Instrumentals were fine, only to be ruining by the singing.

Smooth free-flowing jazz from Miles Davis. I was surprised to see this was a compilation because the album transitioned from song-to-song so seamlessly.

Add this to the list of albums that I really like the production on, but feel like the vocals reduce my enjoyment of.

This album is so good that it makes me sad that I'm not a member of the Isley family.

It just kept getting worse as it went on.

This album creates an smooth atmosphere reminiscent of driving a pickup truck in a rural area with the windows down.

I was more familiar with Björk's vocals/singing style going into this album after getting Vespertine earlier in the list. I enjoyed the modern sounds, but still found myself hoping for more of what I heard on Vespertine.

Not annoying, but also not good. Convincingly average.

Some decent moments on here, but overall it felt like a poor Nine Inch Nails imitation.

With as experimental and out-there Beck is, there are always going to be hits and misses on his albums. Beck did a good job being experimental, but also having a sense of cohesiveness throughout the album.

Good, albeit this is a genre I much preferred when I was younger. The drums are always elite on Slipknot projects.

Ice Cube's lyrics and flow are good here, but the production would benefit from being a bit more stripped down. Too much is going on in the background.

I'm sure seeing them live is an incredible experience, but as a studio album this was just average 70's folk rock. Sugar Magnolia was the stand out for me and I wish it was more songs like that.

Super raw and lo-fi. If you're going to cover classics you need to add your own twist or improve it in some fashion. Not just do a worse version of it.

I'm sure this is influential in the honkey-tonk sub-genre, but overall this isn't for me. There were a few standouts like "Let the Sad Times Roll On".

Some solid glam rock, unfortunately it's tainted by an aura of pretentiousness.

Lyrically and sonically a dope PE record. Although this doesn't hold up to ITANOMTHUB or Fear or a Black Planet.

I enjoyed Vespertine and Vulnicura, but this is way too vocal-driven for my liking.

A delightful brisk album from a legend.

Unremarkable vocals mixed with forgettable instrumentals did not make for a memorable listening experience. There were a few catchy moments on this, but not enough for me to have any takeaways.

I know defenders of this album will stumble over themselves just to tell you it's a masterpiece because they intentionally meant to make it sound bad, but I don't buy that. This album sucks with the only redeeming part for me being a 10 second riff in the middle of "Veteran's Day Poppy".

I really only enjoyed the vocals on “Tinseltown in the Rain”, but man these instrumentals were flat out great. They made this album a joy to listen to.

One of those albums where I don't have anything to nitpick, but after listening don't have any moments from the album I remember. Bang average.

Forward-thinking instrumentals that sound polished. A big downside is that this is the UK version that doesn't include "Paint It Black".

I'm admittedly not well-versed in the Eagles outside of Hotel California, but I found this smooth and enjoyable.

Solid alternative/indie that shows qualities of what the genre was like in the late 2000's/early 2010's. My only issue is that I kept waiting for this to take that next step, but it never did.

Fine, but nothing memorable.

The upbeat songs were enjoyable, but the ballads really dragged this out. Which is hard to do on an album that's less than 30 minutes.

I’m not typically a fan of 70s rock, but this was a fun record.

I should've taken chore being in the title as a warning.

I liked the first song, but after that there weren’t many positives on this album.

Nothing special, but definitely kick ass metal.

I understand the concept, but the execution didn't work.

Johnny Cash singing about guns and coke in a prison...amazing.

Some standout tracks, but overall pretty standard late 90's/early 2000's R&B.

Pretty good, but in a way that I don't want to return to this. I enjoyed it for what it was though.

If you told me about this album without me listening to it I would've assumed I'd hate it, but I actually found myself enjoying this one. The beautiful production mixed well with her unique vocals. The only negative was some of the songs dragged longer than they needed to.

Good, albeit cliche, 90’s electronic. I’m just glad this one didn’t overstay its welcome. 50 minutes was a good length.

A rock album that was low energy.

Thundercat doing what he does best in a fun manner. I hate that this mid-2010's hip-hop/soul/jazz fusion is starting to fade away.

A balance of "this is incredible" mixed with "this is dragging on way too long".

My first time tackling this album. The Beatles have been a massive blind spot in my music listening history. Overall I found myself enjoying this and can easily see why this is considered a classic by so many. For me I found side-one more enthralling, with side-two still being very good, but not as punchy as the first. I'm excited to give this one more listens.

"This Is Hell" was actually written in reference to listening to this album.

Cinematic production, but Newman's voice is too much to bear.

A showcase of Adele's impressive vocals. A lot of songs from this album have shown they have staying power.

A bit slower than I was expecting, but still good vocals from Tosh with great instrumental backing.

Classic rap album and one of the first I can remember listening to. It starts with the iconic coin dropping and includes classics like "Many Men", "In Da Club", and "21 Questions" with underrated hits like "What Up Gangsta" and "Heat". 50 Cent brings it on every song and a wide array of producers hit their marks production wise as well. It's crazy to think this was his solo debut and he made an album this highly-praised.

The instrumentals were good, but I was expecting more from the Robert Smith.

Given it's a 21 track album, there was a balance of good and average tracks. However, I didn't find any songs bad and really enjoyed the guitar riffs.

I'm ok never listening to this again.

Neil should try to make his voice less grating.

Fine, but for an album from 1992 this sounds like it could have been from 1988. For a time when rap was changing so rapidly, I would expect to hear more innovative sounds from an album on this list.

Nothing of note here. Just generic below-average 90's alternative with no character.

This album should be nowhere near this list.

No thanks. No redeeming qualities on this.

This grabbed my attention at first, but lost it pretty quickly as this went on.

As big as "Paper Planes" is, I'd never actually listened to this album in full. After listening, "Paper Planes" completely carried it, some other tracks were good, but came nowhere close to that song.

Extremely fun listen.

The guitar work really sold me on this album. Martyn's voice took me a minute to get used to, but once I did I found it meshed well with the instrumentals. No bad songs on this album, just songs I feel don't match the standard set by the best tracks.

Good, but not great. I see why Beatlemania kicked off around this time, but the Beatles have much better projects.

Boring semi-folk/psychedelic rock for fake hippies.

Some nice guitar riffs, but that was about the only positive for me.

This started off well, but then just turned into generic unoffensive 70’s soft-rock. If this was shorter this might’ve gotten a higher rating, but 25 songs was a lot to listen to without much variety. Also the random intro track about audio errors was odd.

Largely boring and uninteresting.

Okay, but this mostly showcases that Lennon thrived much more as a member of the Beatles.

Solid big band record that didn't overstay it's welcome.

"The Scientist" and "Clocks" are definitely the stars of the show here. I was actually pretty underwhelmed by the rest of the album.

Just fine.

I'm glad this list is introducing me to more jazz. This was a fun listen. It reminded me of Herbie Hancock.

Energetic and kick-ass punk, although some of the songs are more miss than hit.

Good, albeit a bit too long. Like a lot of punk albums the songs blend together at a certain point. However I felt the band did a decent job adding some variety throughout the album.

Decent vibes, but still not doing much for me.

Country with a tinge of 90's indie rock. This was fine, but there is a good reason I've never heard of this.

I've never really listened to Def Leppard outside of the hits, which there are many of on this album. Obviously I was impressed with the singles, but also found myself impressed with the rest of the album.

Okay, but Reed's voice can be grating at times. Also this album felt a bit all over the place.

More up-tempo than what I'm used to from the Roots. I enjoyed this more fast paced and in-your-face production and bars from them. Front to back a super powerful and enjoyable record. Every member brought their A game, as did every feature.

The first three songs are top-tier, but the rest of the album doesn't come close to those.

The lyrics and flows on this from Biggie show the talent he had. My biggest gripes with the album are the skits and the fact it has too much filler. Also probably not the best look for Biggie that Method Man outperformed him on "The What". Regardless, "Juicy" is still a perfect song to me and "One More Chance", "Big Poppa", and "Suicidal Thoughts" are classics. I just wish Biggie had slimmed this down a bit.

More of the style I don't like from Björk on this.

This album changed so much from song to song that it's really hard to say what I liked and didn't like.

Felt very meh about this one. It sounded similar to other 2000's indie rock and I couldn't follow the album theme.

Not horrendous, but I'm not in a rush to listen to this again.

Smooth and makes for nice casual listening.

Kick ass all around. Riffs, drums, vovals, pacing, etc.

Super interesting record. I felt like it didn't take itself too seriously, but rather was just solid 90's indie rock with a hint of grunge.

I liked this more than “Kala”, but it still wasn’t doing much for me.

I like when the list introduces me to albums like this. It's nothing mind blowing, but I enjoyed this album. It's definitely got an early Coldplay feel to it, but a bit more experimental.

Boomers will make fun of music made past 2010, but willingly listen to this...

Dope songs made better with the San Francisco Symphony included. My biggest drawback is with the runtime for this.

I was surprised to see this album was from the early 80’s. I found it to have a lot of elements I hear more in early/mid 90’s grunge/indie rock. Fun album that was ahead of its time.

Extremely below average.

So painfully below-average that it makes me question the author's other picks.

Interesting and light-hearted fun, but not something I’ll be coming back to.

I recognized that that was Björk immediately. I kept waiting for the songs to go somewhere and take that next step, but they never did.

"Seven Nation Army" is the clear standout, but the rest of the album is solid.

Not my cup of tea, but I can appreciate the fun vibe they tried to curate. Also points for creating the track that Mariah sampled for "Fantasy".

This started off promising, then took a turn for the worse, then kind of got back to being good, then got bad again. Wildly inconsistent song-to-song.

Silky smooth production with a great blend of R&B, Rap, and Pop.

Wow this was a chore to get through.

This is certainly music.

“Money for Nothing” and “Walk of Life” are definitely classics. The rest of the album was meh.

Energetic record from an iconic voice.

Unique, just not necessarily in a good way. I kind of see the vision though.

Dudes will secure a record deal and record a gloomy album instead of going to therapy.

Some decent moments, but the rest was just so boring.

Another album where I had no idea what they were saying, but still found lots of enjoyment from.

This had some good ideas/sections, but they needed to be fleshed out because it mostly came off as erratic.

I tried, but the vocals on this were just so bad.

This has it's moments, but this mostly felt directionless.

I loved how this started, unfortunately it fell off as it went on.

I'm fine with this not having any of the hits on it, but Queen seems like they were still developing their sound here. I can see the vision that led to their success, however this album falls short.

I enjoyed the grungy vibes, but Harvey’s voice just doesn’t do it for me.

Not good by 1981 standards and definitely not good in 2025.

Given this is 20 tracks long and over an hour, there were some definitely some dope moments. As a cohesive record though this was below average.

The vocals were so so bad. Decent to average production couldn't save this.

Wow what a throwback. I learned about Skepta in 2014 and was immediately blown away with UK grime. I remember the build up to this album and listening to it the day it dropped and being impressed. There are definitely some songs that were made to be more radio-friendly and commercially successful that stray away from his previous more underground style, but nearly 10 years later this still holds up insanely well.

Raucous and in your face punk. This was fun to listen to on a gloomy Tuesday while I worked.

In my top 5 rap albums of all time and one of the greatest concept albums I've ever heard. Raekwon took a massive step up from 36 Chambers, RZA bent his production style to show his versatility, Ghostface played the co-star role perfectly, and the rest of the Wu all brought their A game on their features. “Criminology” is one of the best rap beats of all time and “Incarcerated Scarfaces” is some of the best bravado rapping ever. Just a dope album from front to back that helped start the mafioso rap genre that inspired legends like Nas and Jay-Z.

Off the wall, but I really vibed with this.

Sometimes you just have to admit certain music isn't meant for you. This was meant for UK club-goers in the 80's and not for me sitting at my desk working in 2025.

This album showcases the best of Jay-Z. He was in top form with great production from producers like Just Blaze and Kanye. Also Jay was in the mode of wanting to show he was the king of New York by taking direct shots at Nas, Mobb Deep, etc. Those disses didn’t work out for Jay in the end, but it gave us some great bars and had Jay rapping on another level.

Dope album front to back. I can't believe I considered this group "dad rock for boomers" when I was younger.

I went in knowing this was an influential group from the 60's, but after listening I was left underwhelmed.

This album has it's moments, but overall it wasn't my style. I can easily see why it's influential though.

Really good guitar skills, but this album was mostly directionless and honestly didn’t have any moments that stood out.

An interesting storyline and the singing/production are good, just not for me.