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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Octagonecologyst | 5 | 2.69 | +2.31 |
| Group Sex | 5 | 2.74 | +2.26 |
| Ananda Shankar | 5 | 2.82 | +2.18 |
| Arular | 5 | 2.84 | +2.16 |
| Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury | 5 | 2.88 | +2.12 |
| Superfuzz Bigmuff | 5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
| Call of the Valley | 5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
| O.G. Original Gangster | 5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
| Get Rich Or Die Tryin' | 5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
| Queen Of Denmark | 5 | 3.14 | +1.86 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highway 61 Revisited | 1 | 3.77 | -2.77 |
| Graceland | 1 | 3.74 | -2.74 |
| Blood On The Tracks | 1 | 3.67 | -2.67 |
| Remain In Light | 1 | 3.67 | -2.67 |
| Bringing It All Back Home | 1 | 3.65 | -2.65 |
| The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1 | 3.63 | -2.63 |
| Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme | 1 | 3.62 | -2.62 |
| The Velvet Underground | 1 | 3.54 | -2.54 |
| Blonde On Blonde | 1 | 3.5 | -2.5 |
| Amnesiac | 1 | 3.41 | -2.41 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Nirvana | 3 | 5 |
| The Doors | 3 | 4.67 |
| Eminem | 2 | 5 |
| Johnny Cash | 2 | 5 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Bob Dylan | 7 | 1.29 |
| Björk | 3 | 1.33 |
| Dexys Midnight Runners | 3 | 1.33 |
| Paul Simon | 3 | 1.33 |
| Steely Dan | 2 | 1 |
| Tom Waits | 4 | 1.75 |
| Radiohead | 6 | 2 |
| Elvis Costello & The Attractions | 3 | 1.67 |
| Tim Buckley | 2 | 1.5 |
| John Lennon | 2 | 1.5 |
| Scott Walker | 2 | 1.5 |
| Kings of Leon | 2 | 1.5 |
| Primal Scream | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Band | 2 | 1.5 |
| Morrissey | 2 | 1.5 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 4 | 2 |
| Leonard Cohen | 4 | 2 |
| Neil Young | 3 | 2 |
| The Beach Boys | 3 | 2 |
| Blur | 3 | 2 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 2 |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 2 |
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| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| The Flaming Lips | 1, 5 |
| Miles Davis | 3, 5, 5, 1 |
| Elton John | 2, 5 |
| Kraftwerk | 4, 1 |
| Frank Sinatra | 4, 5, 2 |
5-Star Albums (61)
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The Beach Boys
1/5
Never cared much for them but good god I'd rather listen to an asmr of a colonoscopy than whatever the hell this was
4 likes
Aerosmith
2/5
Music isn't bad but everything is just creepy and nasty af given steven tylers history with minors. It's all kinds of wrong
3 likes
Mekons
2/5
There were a couple brief moments where a song would start to trend towards being not completely awful. Or maybe it was when I just couldn't be bothered to pay attention
1 likes
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
God I hate this album. 90 fucking minutes of a bunch of hicks singing about Alabama and Skynyrd. What the hell
1 likes
4-Star Albums (147)
1-Star Albums (66)
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Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Beck
4/5
Little Simz
4/5
The Jam
2/5
Bass lines were solid but everything was uninteresting
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Would've been better as an instrumental album
Black Sabbath
3/5
Elton John
2/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Le Tigre
3/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
Sugar
3/5
Björk
2/5
Eminem
5/5
Neil Young
2/5
Saint Etienne
2/5
Erykah Badu
3/5
Duran Duran
3/5
Little Richard
5/5
Derek & The Dominos
2/5
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
The United States Of America
1/5
Thos was a horrible, tortuous listening experience that i hope ill be able to soon forget
Tim Buckley
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Album is not engaging enough for its nearly 2 hour length. Has some absolutely amazing songs but also has lots of boring songs that dont hold your attention. A 2 hour album is fine but you need to keep the listener engaged throughout. If the album were split into 2 albums, they each would've been a 3-4 for me
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Blondie
3/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
Buck Owens
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
The Sugarcubes
2/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Starts off with an amazing 20 minute epic but then the rest of the album is compromised of sub 4 minute songs that domt go anyehere or build off of the first track. Had so much potential but fails to deliver
ZZ Top
2/5
The Cure
2/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Dennis Wilson
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
The Incredible String Band
2/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
2/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
TLC
3/5
Small Faces
3/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Miles Davis
3/5
2/5
Metallica
2/5
Symphony improved everything immensely but still managed to be a relatively boring show
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
I domt care much for Young's voice. I wss sure id end up hating this album. I was determined to not like it. First track met my low expectations. Then white line played and i was blown away by how much i enjoyed it. Then fuckin up played and i enjoyed it more. I was confused and amazed. Not every track resounded with me eventually, but im shocked i found a lot of good stuff in here. Still dont care much for Young's voice but thats ok. Solid album.
X-Ray Spex
2/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
U2
2/5
Beatles
4/5
This album is influential and iconic enough for 5 stars but it is ultimately a 4.5 due to a few songs that are just downright awful. You have an otherworldy song like While My Guitar Gently Weeps (the bassbline alone is an eargasm) and Helter Skelter (the godfather of hard rock) but then you have Wild Honey Pie (pretty sure this song would be used as elevator music in hell)
Green Day
4/5
John Coltrane
5/5
Beatles
5/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
The Verve
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
Van Morrison
2/5
The Auteurs
3/5
Supertramp
3/5
Richard Hawley
3/5
2/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
Tina Turner
2/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
5/5
Janelle Monáe
2/5
Janelle has a beautiful voice but her early albums are all disappointing. I hope the next iteration of this list drops this album and replaces it with the Age of Pleasure. THAT is an amazing album that you should listen to instead.
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
Charles Mingus
3/5
The Monks
2/5
The Doors
5/5
Kanye West
2/5
Blur
2/5
Tracy Chapman
5/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
The Flaming Lips
1/5
Coldcut
4/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
4/5
4/5
2/5
The Youngbloods
2/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Beatles
2/5
The B-52's
1/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
The Who
2/5
Portishead
2/5
System Of A Down
4/5
Femi Kuti
2/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Gang Starr
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Duke Ellington
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
2/5
John Grant
5/5
The description of John Grants music on Spotify immediately made me feel apprehensive about listening to this album. It did not sound appealing at all. About halfway through the second song I was absolutely hooked and in love. This album is a true masterpiece
Fairport Convention
2/5
No
Yes
3/5
Sleater-Kinney
2/5
Nas
5/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Keith Jarrett
5/5
Haven't listened to an album that made me want to cry in a long time. Absolutely beautiful performance
Willie Nelson
3/5
Deerhunter
2/5
Started horrible, slowly got ok, then crashed at the bottom
Lou Reed
3/5
Billy Joel
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
The Smiths
3/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2/5
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
Johnny Rotten can't sing for shit but the music is so damn good
Gil Scott-Heron
2/5
Wildly inconsistent in terms of quality and was such a chore to listen to
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Calexico
4/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Funkadelic
2/5
M.I.A.
5/5
Foo Fighters
3/5
Don't particularly care for the foo fighters but this is decent album
Eagles
3/5
Grizzly Bear
1/5
If paint drying had theme music, this album would be it
R.E.M.
2/5
A little bit of REM here and there is great but listening to a full album of a monotonous voice is a little bit much
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
The National
5/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Thelonious Monk
3/5
Blur
2/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
2/5
Lauryn Hill
5/5
The Kinks
2/5
Madness
1/5
Kanye West
3/5
The Who
4/5
The Who
4/5
Rush
3/5
Too heavy on the synth, gaddy has one of the worst voices to ever ruin a microphone
Eric Clapton
2/5
Frank Sinatra
5/5
David Gray
2/5
The Sonics
4/5
Queen
3/5
Coldplay
5/5
Hookworms
2/5
Why?
Ananda Shankar
5/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Beck
4/5
Suede
2/5
LL Cool J
4/5
The Doors
4/5
Vintage American Rock
Faith No More
3/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
Jack White
2/5
The Charlatans
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
Dagmar Krause
2/5
Truly a painful and confusing listen. I don't understand what I just listened to and I'm not referring to the German lyrics. Even reading about the album and it's origins did not help to make this an easier or at least more understanding experience. Some songs were somewhat enjoyable bit honestly a 1.5 star album
Leonard Cohen
1/5
Definition of boredom
Blue Cheer
2/5
Started off pretty solid but towards the end I was repeatedly looking to see how much longer I had to endure
The War On Drugs
3/5
I expected a more wild or exotic album from how absolutely ludicrous and pretentious the band describes themselves. The album was alright but nothing special. Prog rock influence but eh
Miles Davis
5/5
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
Carpenters
2/5
Shout out to the carpenters for writing half the songs that i hear whenever I walk through a retail department store
Boston
3/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Iconic album. However while the music is phenomenal, what set this album apart from everything else was the music videos. The album would not be as highly regarded aa it is were it not for the videos and dance choreography that MJ brought to the table
Joy Division
2/5
Orbital
3/5
I'm not knowledgeable in edm, electronic / dance music. Parts of the album were kinda annoying bit otherwise seemed ok
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Boards of Canada
3/5
Laura Nyro
2/5
50 Cent
5/5
One of the best debut albums by a rap artist
R.E.M.
2/5
Genuinely shocked at how commercially uninspired this album was
Talking Heads
2/5
Jethro Tull
4/5
Filthy, grimey, and absolutely phenomenal album. Jethro Tull was my inspiration for learning to play the flute as a kid
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Mekons
2/5
There were a couple brief moments where a song would start to trend towards being not completely awful. Or maybe it was when I just couldn't be bothered to pay attention
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Lightning Bolt
1/5
This sounds like music I'd end up making because it lacks any semblance of talent and is pure nonsensical noise. Wtf is this doing on this list?
Muddy Waters
5/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
1/5
Somehow I've never listened to Bob Dylan sing before now. I've heard plenty of covers of his songs. I know he's a phenomenal writer. But I've never heard his voice. I've been told by people that have seen him live recently and they've commented on how awful he sounds NOW.... I've never known how awful he sounded 60 years ago. Wtf??? Why did anyone bother listening to this guy? Did anybody ever sit him down and say, "Bobby, just stick to writing songs"???? And who the hell gave him a harmonica??? I just listened to muddy waters and the harmonica on that album was crisp, clean, and smoking. This was trash
David Bowie
2/5
I wonder how well this album would've been received had Bowie not died as it released. It feels like the music and the vocals were recorded without either party knowing what the other was doing. The only well recorded song is Lazarus
Fiona Apple
2/5
The album started pretty decent and then the end of the first song assaulted me with a tribute to Yoko Ono, which I did not appreciate. Newspaper was alright
Otis Redding
4/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Good god it to a long time to get to a song that wasn't the auditory equivalent of smelling wet dog. Wilmot was decent and the second half of the album was better than the first but the bar was below the floor so..... whoohoo
Arcade Fire
2/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Music isn't bad but everything is just creepy and nasty af given steven tylers history with minors. It's all kinds of wrong
Leonard Cohen
2/5
I never want to listen to another Cohen album again
Hot Chip
3/5
Throwing Muses
2/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Radiohead
2/5
I've often wondered why I don't listen to other radiohead songs other than creep. I now understand why I don't listen to other radiohead songs other than creep
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Joy Division
3/5
Frank Zappa
3/5
Gang Of Four
3/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
Traffic
4/5
The Zombies
4/5
OutKast
3/5
John Martyn
4/5
Somewhere around a 3.5-3.9
Paul Weller
4/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
While not a bad album, Ill Communication pales in comparison to Licensed to Ill and Paul's Boutique.
Donald Fagen
2/5
Badly Drawn Boy
2/5
Soundgarden
5/5
Chris Cornell was one of the best vocalists of all time
Norah Jones
3/5
Alanis Morissette
2/5
John Lennon
1/5
I'd rather eat dirt than listen to this
Nick Drake
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Ray Charles
3/5
The xx
4/5
This was a surprising, pleasant treat
Talvin Singh
4/5
3.5 some of the electronica got a little annoying but overall an enjoyable album
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Yes
2/5
Metallica
3/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Sepultura
2/5
Kings of Leon
2/5
Listened to this album a lot when I was a teenager. I absolutely loved it. Now? Wtf? Over half the songs seem to repeat themselves over and over. And nearly none of them make sense. They all bleed into each other. And 17??? What the double actual fuck is that song? Idk what the hell was going through my teenage brain enjoying this album.
Kate Bush
2/5
Not bad enough to get the abysmal 1/5, but not good enough to even get a 2
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
Primal Scream
2/5
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
Hella good voice. Hella boring concert
Meat Loaf
2/5
Cringy, raunchy, goofy, corny. Its an impressive, amazing disaster.
Björk
1/5
I've heard heard people call Billie Eilish boring. They've clearly never listened to a Bjork album. Boy I can't wait for the next one...
Burning Spear
4/5
Radiohead
2/5
The Pogues
4/5
The Beach Boys
2/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
2/5
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
God I hate this album. 90 fucking minutes of a bunch of hicks singing about Alabama and Skynyrd. What the hell
Tori Amos
4/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
Slayer
2/5
Not my preferred brand of metal. Kinda rough around the edges. Postmortem is a pretty good song though.
Mott The Hoople
1/5
Less than 90 seconds in and I want to cut off my ears
The Temptations
3/5
Giant Sand
2/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
The Cure
2/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Radiohead
2/5
Why the hell is radioheads entire damn catalog on this list?
Robert Wyatt
1/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
The Doors
5/5
Incubus
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Billy Jack is a helluva strong start to an album but things immediately fell off and don't quite reach that high level again. Overall okay album
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Jacques Brel
3/5
3/5
Buzzcocks
2/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
DJ Shadow
2/5
Billie Holiday
3/5
Amazing voice but all the songs blend and blur together. Without looking at each track go by, I wouldn't be able to tell when one ends and another begins. All too samey
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Mike Ladd
3/5
The Electric Prunes
2/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Bob Dylan
1/5
Amazing lyricist that should've been born mute
Britney Spears
2/5
Impossible to overstate how influential Spears was back then. I remember baby one more time being played all over the place and the girls at school singing and mimicking her dance moves. Britney was only barely 17 when this album came out and the adult themes of love that she sings about is... unsettling. Gross, even.
The Beach Boys
1/5
Never cared much for them but good god I'd rather listen to an asmr of a colonoscopy than whatever the hell this was
Michael Jackson
5/5
Bad is consistently amazing throughout its entirety. It's outstanding. Compared to an album like Thriller, which is held up by its singles, and the huge dance choreography and music video of thriller itself.
Ian Dury
4/5
Lyrics are goofy and nonsensical as hell but the music tho... that bass line slaps
Klaxons
4/5
Saw the music video for Magick when I was a young teen (MTV I think?) and it fucking haunted me. For whatever reason it just grossed me out and was very disturbing. It's stuck with me throughout the years. Watched it now as an adult when this appeared on my list and it still just disturbs me and twists my stomach up. The rest if the album is quiet pleasant and enjoyable to listen to. Magick itself is an ok song, definitely weaker compared to the rest of the album though
Fats Domino
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
The The
2/5
An unremarkable album carried by an unremarkable overplayed single
Dr. Dre
5/5
Portishead
4/5
Album felt instrumentally strong and lyrically weak for the most part. Glory box was a beautiful exception
Hole
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
New Order
2/5
I initially thought the vocals weren't the greatest but I had heard worse. Elegia was quite enjoyable. Then the final track played and I couldn't believe how far the quality of everything just dropped. What a horrible way to end an album
Iron Maiden
4/5
Weather Report
2/5
Genesis
2/5
Elton John
5/5
Christine and the Queens
3/5
The Cramps
2/5
Elastica
3/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
The Cars
2/5
Bobby Womack
3/5
Mostly solid album but the quality really dropped off the last few tracks
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
The Mars Volta
4/5
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
I wanted to like it
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Joan Armatrading
4/5
M.I.A.
4/5
The only low point on this album is Paper Airplanes and that's only because it was overplayed to death and back when it came out. Overall Killer album
Guided By Voices
1/5
Started off sounding like trash and progressed into a landfill
Kraftwerk
4/5
Not even close To my preferred cup of tea but this was a surprisingly pleasant listen. Very fun
Big Black
2/5
Moments of something amazing drowned by shit
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
The Saints
3/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
John Lee Hooker
5/5
Fugees
2/5
Sam Cooke
3/5
AC/DC
5/5
4/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Solomon Burke
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
I would like a refund for the last hour of my life please
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
U2
2/5
Massive Attack
4/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Wilco
2/5
New Order
3/5
The Band
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Louis Prima
4/5
The Smiths
2/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Gary Numan
2/5
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Neil Young
2/5
Magazine
2/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Bob Dylan
1/5
3rd Dylan album and my opinion has not changed. Would rather listen to a wet dog fart than hear his voice
Björk
1/5
Not sure what I did to deserve listening to a Bjork album immediately after a Dylan album
Mylo
1/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Wilco
2/5
As with most double albums, this one overstayed it's welcome
Adele
4/5
Bob Dylan
1/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Alice In Chains
5/5
Lucinda Williams
2/5
Soft Cell
1/5
Not sure why a 1 hit wonder is considered to be an entire album that needs to be listened to
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Voice of an angel
John Lennon
2/5
Ignoring the infinite flaws and atrocities of Lennon, for an album called Imagine, it is quite an unimaginative album
Kraftwerk
1/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Slint
3/5
Is it good? Is it bad? I can't tell whether I love it or hate it. It's definitely punk and the songs definitely go on longer than they should
MC Solaar
4/5
Eminem
5/5
It's eminem. It's his early days. Of course he's offensive. It's fucking eminem. He didn't get that rep by being a choir boy. The way I am perfectly summarizes him. He says goofy ass lewd shit and gets blamed for the world's awful things. As if we are not responsible for our own actions.
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
The sex skits drag down an otherwise perfect album. Some of the skits are in the songs so it's not like you can easily just skip them
Grateful Dead
2/5
Holy hell what a boring slog. Never listened to grateful dead before. Never want to again. There were a couple moments when something got interesting but when it did I was so mind numb I couldn't remember to check which track and which minute it happened.
Maxwell
4/5
Albums like this are why I'm doing this project. Never would have listened to this album otherwise but I'm glad I did. A pleasure for the ears
Black Sabbath
5/5
An amazing mix of accessible prog rock and classic heavy metal
Iron Maiden
4/5
Iron maiden just isn't my preferred cup of metal but god damn, strange world slaps hard and Charlotte the harlot ain't no slouch either
Bad Brains
2/5
Dr. Octagon
5/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Screaming Trees
2/5
Gene Clark
3/5
Jeff Buckley
3/5
Pros: Jeff had such an impressive range that he made an album consisting of many genres of rock, so chances are you're gonna find a couple of songs that you'll like
Cons: Jeff made an album of so many rock genres that the majority of the album will not be enjoyable, and the couple songs you do like aren't strong enough to carry the weight of the album
Megadeth
5/5
Quite frankly you could remove the other 1000 albums from this list and just call it the one album you should listen to before you die
Os Mutantes
2/5
Despite being under 40 minutes, this album still managed to overstay it's welcome
Radiohead
2/5
Despite there being over 1000 albums, random fate has decided I need to listen to the entire radiohead catalog before I even get halfway through. As with every other of their albums, I don't get why they're here. This album, like the others, isn't special or notable. It's boring. Dry. Whiny. It would sound better submerged underwater
Paul Simon
2/5
The Pogues
5/5
Started off great and got better with each song
The Byrds
4/5
Was expecting some Beatles generic knockoff but was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the songs. Not half bad
3/5
Muse is a band that hotboxes themselves with their own farts
James Taylor
4/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
White Denim
3/5
The Go-Go's
2/5
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
The Pretty Things
2/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
Neu!
3/5
First track wasn't great but the next few tracks were amazing. Then some guy started making noises and it killed me
Shuggie Otis
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Cee Lo Green
2/5
Never realized how awful and annoying his voice is
Venom
3/5
While the album is very influential on metal today, it has not stood the test of time. It is very noisy and with most "satanic" music, it's edgy for the sake of being edgy. A ploy to get older conservative parents outraged and inspire the youth to seek them out to find out what has the parents so riled.
Songhoy Blues
4/5
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
God what a slog. Instrumentally good but fuck that boring ass vocalist
Various Artists
1/5
A couple people featured have nice voices, but I hate Christmas music with every fiber of my being. The only genre worse than Christmas music is country Christmas music
Beth Orton
3/5
The Killers
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
God Tier album
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
The The
4/5
Actually.... enjoyed it? I think? Same annoying ass band that did that annoying ass this is the day song? What?
Love
2/5
Skepta
4/5
Nothing like skits baked into the songs completely ruining them. Great album but skits need to be their own tracks
Booker T. & The MG's
2/5
The Byrds
2/5
The Stooges
4/5
Finally, some good solid punk
Madonna
2/5
Yeah she has a great voice but that doesn't stop this album from being a dragging slog
Caetano Veloso
2/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Mj Cole
1/5
Japan
3/5
Some of the songs were interesting and well crafted and others were uninspired generic things
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
Bob Dylan
1/5
First few songs had me thinking maybe bob finally fixed his voice and was kinda sounding decent. Then he pulled the rug out from under me and started to make noises similar to Chipotle induced diarrhea
Lorde
2/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
Jeru The Damaja
4/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
MGMT
2/5
Lambchop
1/5
This was hovering at a 2 but then that falsetto came in and good God whoever thought this album was worth listening to needs to rethink their life choices
Deep Purple
3/5
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
A band this unremarkable should not have their whole catalogue in this list holy shit
Elliott Smith
4/5
A very pleasant listen
Arcade Fire
3/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
Bill Callahan
2/5
Like Cohen but even more monotone and boring
Queen
4/5
The Shamen
2/5
2/5
Like the audio version of a fever dream
Adele
2/5
I've never really paid much attention to hello in the past, it was something that would be playing somewhere and it was always background noise. Now, actually paying attention, I quite enjoyed it. I thought if the rest of the album delivered this level of emotion, it could end up being a surprise 4 for me. Then Send my Love played and I had forgotten that was her song. God that song is beyond awful. It's the worst kinds of noises smashed together. Then the rest of the album was boring and devoid of emotion. Waste of time
Sonic Youth
2/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
1/5
It's not often you get a truly tortuous experience that you will also forget you ever endured it in the first place
Ghostface Killah
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
A legendary concert and probably one of the best live albums ever created. Absolute masterpiece throughout
The Crusaders
2/5
The Who
2/5
Awful album. I get it, but that doesn't stop it from being awful
The Roots
3/5
Ambitious but overly long. A case where a studio exec should lve stepped in and said ok that's enough
Lou Reed
2/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Kinda boring in a few parts but overall an interesting album. Would be a 4 but the boring parts drag it down further than the high points raise it up
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Moby
2/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
2/5
Mercury Rev
2/5
Goddess on a hiway was alright but the rest of the album is pretty blegh
Sonic Youth
3/5
Wildly inconsistent but overall a better offering than Sister
Megadeth
3/5
Some really good riffs but a lot of the songs are pretty samey and difficult to differentiate
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Pleasant voice, nice instrumentation. Don't particularly care for listening to someone describing things in a sing songy voice though. I'm left wondering what exactly the point is?
2/5
Baaba Maal
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
I feel like Im the only person in the world that does not like S&G
Muddy Waters
3/5
Muddy waters has another album in this list, hard again. That album is electric fire dynamite. I was hoping this would be similar but it's pretty disappointing
Youssou N'Dour
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Strong start, thought it could become my favorite bowie album. But the quality of songs slowly degrade throughout
Koffi Olomide
2/5
Made me want to dance but I simultaneously lost my mind because I swear the same song played 4 or 5 times throughout the album
Robbie Williams
4/5
Love
2/5
The Slits
1/5
It's been awhile since I let someone take a shit in my ear but here we are. There is literally nothing redeemable or good about this album. It is a statement on how to not make music
Air
2/5
I enjoyed sexy boy and thought it was an indication that this album would be an enjoyable experience but everything after that was mindless generic boops and beeps
Mariah Carey
3/5
Great voice but I can't get into her music. Just not for me
Supergrass
2/5
Minor Threat
2/5
Like most punk, this one unapologetically shits the bed. Usually I can at least enjoy the musicianship of a punk album but this time I genuinely don't know when a song ended and a new one began. EVERYTHING sounded the same throughout. Noise for the sake of noise
Merle Haggard
2/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
2/5
Mudhoney
5/5
Masterclass of a punk / grunge album. I can see nirvana, stone temple, sound garden, and others being influenced by this record. I'm grateful for this experience.
Jeff Beck
2/5
The Residents
1/5
Every other album I've given a 1 is now retroactively a 3 by comparison to this shit
I know now this list is a complete joke, a perfect execution in trolling. There is no universe where this album or this band should be recognized for anything, except for producing a plethora of garbage. I regret ever starting this list and I no longer want to finish it.
Sebadoh
2/5
A nice variety of songs that peak at entirely forgettable or generic and all the way down to awful
Faust
2/5
The Verve
3/5
Tangerine Dream
3/5
So short I don't know if it's good or bad
Crowded House
4/5
Television
3/5
Black Flag
2/5
The Zutons
3/5
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Fred Neil
2/5
2/5
Röyksopp
4/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Nina Simone
4/5
Marvin Gaye
2/5
De La Soul
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
Shivkumar Sharma
5/5
The Beta Band
3/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Pantera
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
Minutemen
2/5
The Psychedelic Furs
4/5
Nitin Sawhney
4/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Antony and the Johnsons
2/5
The Stooges
4/5
Gene Clark
4/5
Skunk Anansie
3/5
Fever Ray
1/5
The White Stripes
2/5
The Clash
2/5
The Allman Brothers Band
2/5
80 minute jam sesh
Red Snapper
2/5
I want to like it but it keeps missing the mark
Ravi Shankar
2/5
Goldie
1/5
It finally happened
I committed to myself when I started this project that I would listen to every album in its entirety, no matter how much I hated it.
This album is making me break my promise.
I will not listen to 2 hours of a drum machine. I made it halfway through the 6th track and I just fucking cant go on anymore. This is fucking awful
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
2/5
ABBA
2/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Just an amazing piece of art
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
The Police
2/5
Sparks
4/5
Absolutely chaotic and not my typical jam but I couldn't help but like it
Jefferson Airplane
2/5
The Offspring
4/5
Not quite as iconic of a 90s album as Americana, but still a mostly solid album
Emmylou Harris
4/5
Beautiful set of pipes, felt like i was listening to dolly at times
Ryan Adams
3/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
Ryan Adams
1/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
The Black Crowes
3/5
k.d. lang
3/5
Bad Company
3/5
Steve Winwood
2/5
Laibach
3/5
Was enjoying the album a lot, really fun stuff to vibe along. Was thinking this definitely gonna be 4/5 and a new gem for me. Then somewhere around the halfway point the album took a nose dive off the cliff into suckville
Morrissey
2/5
Sure do enjoy being talked to...
Can
2/5
The Magnetic Fields
2/5
Voices were mostly pleasant and a lot of the songs were somewhat enjoyable, but the album commits the cardinal sin of being forgettable while its being listened to. On more than one occasion i had to check to see if my player had screwed up reset to the beginning of the album cuz so many songs were too similar. Add on that this behemoth is 3 hours long.... like why? Just because you can do a 3 hour album doesn't mean you should.
While ive forgotten a lot of the albums ive listened to on this project,very few were forgettable whilst being actively listened to. I couldn't tell you which songs were actually enjoyable. They weren't that remarkable to begin with but the fact so much was same same makes everything worse. Album could've been a 4 if the more unique songs were cherry picked and released as a more typical album.
Stan Getz
4/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Kanye West
2/5
Ill be reviewing this album on its own merits, and not the actions of its shitastic creator. If i judged music on its artists then thered be nearly no music to enjoy. Ill be leaving my personal opinions of how disgusting and awful of a human being that kanye is.
This album sucks. Idk why people shove their head so far up kanyes unwiped asshole and claim how good it is. The guys done some good songs and his early work is definitely his best, but this aint it. I think the only semi enjoyable song here is black skinhead but its the only positive thing going here
Also, kanye is a nazi and hates black people. Go listen to kendrik or joyner instead of this dickhead. Kanye isnt worth your time
FKA twigs
2/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Its ok but why is this an album i need to listen to?
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
2Pac
5/5
Hüsker Dü
2/5
Production quality is inconsistently ass. Thought my ear buds were dying at first but no, the album just sounds bad
JAY Z
3/5
The best song, and frankly the only good song, on this album isnt even jayz's song. Its renegade and was written by eminem. Rest of the album barely even hits mediocre. 3 stars for eminem outperforming jayz on his own album.
Suzanne Vega
2/5
TV On The Radio
4/5
Goldfrapp
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Ice Cube
5/5
Such a powerful album. Cube was probably at his peak with this one
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Nice album, made me want to go listen to back to black again
ABBA
2/5
Bob Dylan
1/5
Donovan
3/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
One the greatest American albums ever made. Cash has such an impressive catalog that its odd to me his best body of work is a posthumous release of cover songs. 6/5, would listen to this album on any given day
Brian Wilson
2/5
Doves
2/5
Like a poor coldplay imitation
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
The Temptations
3/5
Neil Young
2/5
Paul Simon
1/5
Thought it was a pretty bland album until paul thoughtfully declared "cars are cars" like damn Socrates, save some pussy for the rest of us. Jk this album sucked
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Never listened to this band before. God damn that is a near perfect album, absolutely beautiful
Silver Jews
2/5
A compilation of the some of the cringiest dad puns ive been subjected to. Transylvania Blues was quite enjoyable, its the only song with lyrics and the only reason this shit isnt a 1
Common
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Took a little bit to warm up to it but i ended up enjoying it after awhile. Quality isnt consistent but the good was pretty good
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Janis Joplin
3/5
Bauhaus
3/5
Circle Jerks
5/5
5 stars for being so damn short that i have no idea if i loved or hated it. World up my ass was a fun one
Travis
2/5
Roni Size
1/5
Damn this is some boring repetitive ass shit
The Byrds
2/5
Gotan Project
4/5
This album is a perfect example of why im going through this list. Never in a thousand years would i have listened to it. Its not my style, none of my friends would be listening to it, and no algorithm would recommend it. Absolutely amazing album
The Triffids
2/5
Eels
2/5
Sex Pistols
5/5
The only reason this album isnt the greatest punk album ever recorded is because johnny rotten sounds like he has a can of beans stuck in his windpipe
Sonic Youth
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Fucking hell, did dylan actually make a not god awful album? What the hell? I am bewildered. There were songs here that didnt sound like a cat scratching on a chalkboard. Dont get me wrong, there were several songs that annoyed the shit outta me but damn, i actually didnt hate this album at times
Julian Cope
2/5
Good god what a boring slog. Literally felt time slow down and my life force drain away
Raekwon
4/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
Al Green
2/5
Tom Waits
2/5
2 stars, 1 each for the bassist and saxophonist for trying to make this trainwreck less trainwrecky
The Beau Brummels
2/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Khaled
4/5
3/5
Apart from this albums hits, which arent even that great, this is a pretty boring album
fIREHOSE
3/5
Nice guitar work but this album is sloppy and forgettable
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
Its frustrating cuz this album touches the edges of greatness but does everything wrong by it. If there was just a little more musicality and direction it could be so good
Serge Gainsbourg
1/5
Orchestra was boring, dude doesnt even sing, and also *gag*
Scott Walker
1/5
Despite being under 4 minutes, boy child somehow manages to be the longest most drawn out song in existence. And this is felt in every single damn song. Every song overstays its welcome by what feels like an eternity
The Young Rascals
2/5
Meh, its ok but it blends in with too much of the 60s not-beatles
Johnny Cash
5/5
Epitome of outlaw and punk. No one else but the man in black would have the balls to walk into a prison snd sing about murder, drugs, and walking death row
Cornershop
2/5
This felt so 90s in all the worst ways
Violent Femmes
3/5
The Darkness
2/5
I think that falsetto voice worked for like one song and ruined the rest. The music was pretty good though
T. Rex
3/5
Joe Ely
3/5
Miriam Makeba
3/5
The Fall
2/5
Insufferably boring and repetitive
The Human League
2/5
Primal Scream
1/5
Whoever made this list has their head so far up their own ass that they cant even see they're a dipshit
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3/5
Kings of Leon
1/5
Shit album from a shit band. Im happy to hear this band has consistently been obsessed with 17 year old girls no matter how old they get. Fucking creeps
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
The Blue Nile
2/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Nirvana
5/5
XTC
2/5
Solange
2/5
Waaaaay too long
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Think this is my 3rd Springsteen album and i feel like i confidently say i dont care for his music
The Adverts
2/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Liz Phair
4/5
Manu Chao
5/5
Simon & Garfunkel
1/5
Wasnt enjoying it too much but then Dylans voice came on and tanked the whole damn thing
Hanoi Rocks
4/5
Glam but with actual substance
James Brown
4/5
Not a huge fan of his work but the production on this live album is soo clean and good. The people sound like theyre having a helluva time. Wish i could've been there fot it
Fleet Foxes
2/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
So noisy and boring
2/5
Don McLean
2/5
This list is 1001 ALBUMS, not 1001 SONGS. i know how iconic American Pie the Song is, but this album as a whole is largely unremarkable. Grave and Babylon were alright but this album isnt that good
George Harrison
4/5
The second half of this album really drags down a near flawless first half. But by god, the first half is glorious. George was, by far, the most talented of the Beatles and this album showcases it beautifully
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Cant help but wonder why this album waa included. Murder ballads was much better. This feels like a weaker prequel concept of murder ballads
Miles Davis
1/5
Frank Black
2/5
Barry Adamson
3/5
Bounced around from being not great to awkward to cool and around and around it goes. Probably the most uncomfortable ive been listening to an slbum before
Deep Purple
5/5
Goddamn what an amazing album. Definitely gonna revisit this one soon
Queen
3/5
Queens insistence of including everyone's random ass ideas sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. A very jarring and inconsistent album that will hit the peaks of genius and sink to the valleys of "what fart were you smelling when you wrote this?"
Doves
4/5
First half was great musically, but the vocals were a special kind of ass. But the second half of the album the vocals improved a lot.
Lana Del Rey
1/5
Lana del rey belongs on the list of 1001 artists whose music is used for torture at guantanamo bay
Steve Earle
2/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Alice Cooper
4/5
Largely unfamiliar with his work, except for a few of his hits. This is not what i expected an album of his to sound like
John Martyn
2/5
GZA
2/5
Probably the weakest album ive heard so far from one of the wu-tang clan members. Felt more like a cheap imitation of other works
Drive Like Jehu
4/5
Damn good punk album, that was fun. Felt a little bit like Refused
Paul Simon
1/5
I know what i know is probably one of the most annoying songs ive heard in recent memory
Underworld
2/5
Not the worst thing ive ever heard but a solid contender for most boring
Pink Floyd
4/5
Feel like pink floyd and this particular album is way overrated but its still a good album
Happy Mondays
1/5
This was quite an awful experience, no redeeming qualities to earn a single star
Tom Waits
2/5
Why does this guy bave 3 albums on this list? This one is marginally better than the other 2 but the bar is pretty low. Just one of these albums would be enough to explain this guy
Eagles
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
Its like listening to a train wreck fall up a staircase. Its awful and you want to get away but you stay out of morbid curiosity because a trainwreck falling up stairs makes no sense and youre hoping youll understand what youre witnessing
Justice
1/5
a miserable experience
Tom Tom Club
2/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
The Kinks
4/5
Absolutely loved death of a clown and harry rag. Overall pretty decent album
The Vines
3/5
Slipknot
4/5
Ground breaking album that ruffles so many feathers, i love it. I would argue that Iowa is the definitive slipknot album that must be listened to, but this album is also deserving to be on the list. Love it or hate it
Pavement
1/5
Hole
5/5
Ok, i owe an apology to Courtney. I have completely dismissed her work and thats my bad. Damn, what an album.
Cream
2/5
Some amazing guitarwork but overall this album is a 30 minute slog
The Style Council
2/5
Instrumentally very fun but the vocals killed my enjoyment
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
The Who
3/5
Tim Buckley
1/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
1/5
Atrocious snoozefest
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
Orbital
2/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Pixies
2/5
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
Beatles
4/5
Iconic album. Even if it isnt your favorite album or if you hate the beatles, its still absolutely worth learning the story behind this album.
Garbage
2/5
Linkin Park
5/5
This has been a tough one for me to review. This album was with in my formative youth and its hard to not gush over it over a personal nostalgia. However it has problems that ive critiqued other albums on and i feel its unfair to give this album a pass because of the nostalgia trip.
Undeniably an iconic album from the start of the new millennium, packed with iconic songs that have stood the test of time. The album suffers from multiple songs sounding far too similar to each other, to the point that even after all these years, i still need to check which song im actually listening to.
Im struggling between a 4 and 5 but nostalgia is gonna win this out. 5/5 album final answer
Fleetwood Mac
2/5
God this album sounded awful. Horrible mixing, horrible production, horrible quality, everything. Then i read on the wiki on how much tike they spent setting everything up and placing instruments in certain spots and recording equipment in certain angles and in different rooms and blah blah blah. The entire team was high on drugs and recorded everything in a soup can is the only logical explanation
Sepultura
4/5
Damn such a good album. Lotta good songs here. This was my 2nd sepultura album and the first didnt impress me. I felt like it aged poorly. This album, however, holds up. Feels like this album was a precursor for modern metal. Great listen
Judas Priest
4/5
Shack
2/5
The Byrds
2/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1/5
Please god, no more Costello
The Velvet Underground
1/5
B.B. King
3/5
Van Morrison
2/5
Living Colour
2/5
Beatles
2/5
Important album in context of seeing their evolution, but damn what a boring album. Has some fun bangers for sure but overall its one of their worst albums
Radiohead
1/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
The Black Keys
4/5
Banger album
Aimee Mann
3/5
Nice voice, but why is this here?
Emmylou Harris
2/5
Meat Puppets
1/5
Hey harry, you wanna hear the second most annoying sound in the world? "Plays this album"
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Roxy Music
2/5
Talk Talk
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
Neneh Cherry
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
Slow and boring af
The Stone Roses
2/5
Syd Barrett
2/5
Boring list filler
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
I mean as far as psychedelic goes, its not the worst thing on this list
Deee-Lite
1/5
Oh yeah that's annoying
Morrissey
1/5
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Tears For Fears
2/5
The Cult
2/5
Frank Sinatra
2/5
Amazing voice, naturally, but damn does this album suck. It was enjoyable for the first few songs but it became so repetitive and obnoxious. A nearly hour long album about heartbreak gets exhausting. Would give this 5/5 if i heard it in a dimly lit lounge with a few whiskeys and a cigar.
Hawkwind
1/5
Jam albums suck
George Jones
3/5
I dont care much for country but this isnt bad. Leagues better than modern country
Steely Dan
1/5
Ice T
5/5
Was enjoying the album, hovering around a 4/5, close to a 5. Then midnight came on and that song elevated this to a solid 5. The tower was a great song to end on as well
Method Man
2/5
Peter Tosh
2/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
2/5
Some nice solo guitar work amd janis' vocals sometimes work but the live jam vibe while not being live isnt great
Billy Bragg
2/5
Steely Dan
1/5
Coldplay
4/5
Its been forever since i listened to this album. I forgot how good Dont Panic and Trouble were. Not sure why both this and Rush of Blood are on the list, as both demonstrate their early years quite well. Still, solid album
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Wire
3/5
Nanci Griffith
2/5
Bert Jansch
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Isaac Hayes
5/5
Eurythmics
2/5
Haircut 100
2/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
Astor Piazzolla
1/5
Kelela
3/5
The Jam
2/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Fairport Convention
2/5
The Prodigy
2/5
A good variety between god damn wtf awful to not that bad
Fugazi
3/5
CHIC
2/5
Once again, a single hit does not mean the whole album is worth listening to
Motörhead
4/5
Behold the voice of God
Cowboy Junkies
2/5
Sweet Jane and Walking After Midnight are absolute killers, rest of the album is a slog
The Everly Brothers
2/5
Pixies
2/5
Ray Price
2/5
Tom Waits
1/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
The Band
1/5
American Music Club
2/5
Talking Heads
1/5
808 State
1/5
Waylon Jennings
2/5
Sade
3/5