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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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NEU! 75
Neu!
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5 | 3.09 | +1.91 |
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Achtung Baby
U2
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5 | 3.3 | +1.7 |
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Synchronicity
The Police
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5 | 3.42 | +1.58 |
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
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5 | 3.43 | +1.57 |
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
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5 | 3.45 | +1.55 |
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So
Peter Gabriel
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5 | 3.54 | +1.46 |
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
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5 | 3.6 | +1.4 |
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Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
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5 | 3.61 | +1.39 |
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Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
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5 | 3.63 | +1.37 |
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Palo Congo
Sabu
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4 | 2.69 | +1.31 |
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That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
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2 | 3.5 | -1.5 |
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Groovin'
The Young Rascals
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2 | 3.03 | -1.03 |
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
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3 | 4 | -1 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 5 |
| The Rolling Stones | 2 | 5 |
| The Police | 2 | 5 |
| Radiohead | 3 | 4.33 |
| Beatles | 3 | 4.33 |
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Can
4/5
Sure, they’re fucking around, but they’re not just fucking around. It’s like Ummagumma, but by post-mothers Zappa. This is good, and at the very least, good for you. If you feel that listening to this is eating your vegetables, then I’ll just have you know that while you’re living under my roof, you have to finish the album before you put down your headphones and go listen to Dookie, the doors, Taylor Swift, John fucking Williams, Vivaldi, or whatever it is that kids listen to nowdays.
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Linkin Park
3/5
Tough first album to listen to in this project. Sounds very 2000s, which would make it quite a trendsetter I suppose. I liked it, but I don't think I can tell nu metal bands apart just yet.
Elvis Presley
3/5
Pretty good. Some tracks remind you that Elvis used to be in the same genre as the Rolling Stones, although it can't help but it can't help but let 70s Elvis seep in and eventually take over.
Bob Dylan
4/5
You can hear what everyone else at the time was missing and would absorb to elevate the entire genre. Leading straight to the career highlight that was Lucky Wilbury.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Rocking in all the best ways. Takes one to the time when today's dad rock was for the youth!
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Never paid attention to Siamese Dream at the time. It's solid and it rocks. Peak grunge.
Deep Purple
4/5
After nearly forty years, I finally dove into the album that surrounds that single string riff I learned in 7th grade. It sits somewhere between the Doors and Judas Priest, but knows exactly in which direction it's facing. For its not quite forty minute runtime, it seems like they mostly let the drummer play through while the band starts and stops and starts again. I say this was the right call.
Hole
4/5
This was close to being my first 5 stars. I don't know if it's my male gase talking, but in Love's voice you can hear a fury, that in some other guy could come across as aggressive posturing. Here you can feel the hurt.
Amy Winehouse
5/5
Nothing to add, really. This is timeless. I can't see any of the aughts' fingerprints on these tracks. Just soul.
Steely Dan
4/5
Aja's strengths are also its weaknesses. It's as if perfection itself was a genre. It does that perfectly, but it is just the one thing.
4/5
Nice listen. If in the mood for Kinks, no reason to pick any other album.
Björk
3/5
To be clear, Björk is an artist, and this album is a great example of her work. But her music works for me better when she creates within the constraints of a song. Her other, freer tracks are fine, but I keep returning to her songs.
The Libertines
3/5
What if the Kinks, but the Cars? That’s not fair. This is good stuff. Still… maybe Violet Femmes lived next door?
U2
5/5
It was only 91 when U2 showed everyone what the 90s were going to sound like (outside of grunge, which is kind of a large caveat, but still...). Achtung is no Zooropa, but it is the U2isest U2 has ever achieved. Not a lemon in the bunch (get it?).
The Rolling Stones
5/5
You can't blame this album for not being Exile. That alone cannot make it a 4. The Mick Taylor era of the Stones is not the peak Stones necessarily, not even the most Stones... but it is them being the best at what they do best. Even if it's doing something everyone else was also doing at the time. It kinda makes it more impressive, really.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Not quite Damn the torpedoes, but pretty solid. If you don't mind a time when the Heartbreakers could also sound like other bands of their day.
Happy Mondays
2/5
This might just be too 90s for me.
Tim Buckley
2/5
This was pretty good, but it only made me want to listen to other, better albums.
N.W.A.
3/5
A couple of absolute classics with a few more top level tracks peppered in. About half still feel like filler to me, though.
The Killers
3/5
Some great songs, good rock and roll. Some not so memorable.
Eagles
3/5
There's no denying the success and timeless status of that title track. Most of the rest is defiantly mediocre. Classic Eagles, I suppose.
Neu!
5/5
This might have been a 4 start record if I was already familiar with it. How have I never heard this? 5 stars to 1001albumsgenerator for telling me about it.
Nina Simone
4/5
Simone is impeccable. This is not my go-to album, though.
Soundgarden
4/5
I wasn't into Soundgarden as much back in the day. But hearing it now, I have no idea why. Good stuff.
Sigur Rós
4/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Like a good workout, it takes a while to really take off. In spite of the opening track. Still, most influential. If not the most listenable.
The Smiths
4/5
We need the Smiths more than ever, to forget what Morrisey has become.
John Cale
4/5
I didn't expect this to remind me so much of early Floyd. Loved it.
Radiohead
4/5
Their first great album.
Pink Floyd
5/5
You shouldn't read about this record. It's greater than the sum of its parts, which is a bold statement when those parts include Comfortably Numb, and Another Brick in the Wall part 2. It's a prog rock album that care more about what it has to say than about the technical mastery of its musicians. And sometimes a weeping wailing guitar solo is what it has to say, and it does so masterfully.
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Nice, energetic. Unfortunately, the best tracks are the least original.
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
I was entirely unaware of Nitin or his work. Wow. Pretty good. I much prefer the non musical theater kind of tracks by far. It’s all quite nice.
The Cure
4/5
It's like a mission statement. A taste of what they were capable of before reaching the top. Also, immediately before releasing The Top, but that pun was accidental, I swear.
These tracks drag you along relentlessly. They can't stop, but they can't elevate, because it's oh so painful to live.
I didn't ask to be born, MOM!
I will, however, ask to play this album again.
Adele
4/5
Adele doesn't give a fuck. She'll find someone like you, you're lucky to hear her cry about it. You'll love it. You'll fall in love with it.
TV On The Radio
4/5
Never heard of them. Wasn't sure what to expect. Seems out of time. Amazing.
Queen
4/5
Only in hindsight can this album look diminished. Here Queen was a band that could be another T Rex, another Sabbath, another Supertramp. But it fooled us all and became Queen. You could sense it in their earlier stuff, but here it was in your face, daring you to listen to what might come next.
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
I enjoyed. But it didn't quite stick.
Muddy Waters
4/5
Makes Zeppelin and early Stones sound like a bunch of white teenagers. I wonder why.
Yes
4/5
Not my most go-to Yes, but very Yes indeed.
Madonna
2/5
This is not peak Madonna, nor is it peak 2000s dance pop. Even Madonna doesn't sound very convinced of what she's singing. She famously set out to rule the world, not to bet the top singer or top composer. This is the album she made when she saw her rule evaporating.
Anita Baker
3/5
A little too produced for my taste. But I hear the quality.
KISS
3/5
Detroit rock city might be their best and most impactful track. And Beth is at least there second most popular. The rest may well all be the same song. It's funny that back when I was really into Kiss I was too young to understand how horny the songs were, and now it's clear you really need to be an 11 year old straight boy to appreciate them. The whole thing would be substantially elevated if they (at least Gene and Paul) had a bit more awareness of their silliness, even while they were making millions.
Beck
4/5
What if Neil Young, but Radiohead? Solid, but you need to be in this mood. But so what?
Nick Drake
3/5
Quite lovely, but it didn't really reach me.
Ian Dury
4/5
Dire Straits
5/5
Seriously. It is what it is, but I couldn’t be better.
Iron Maiden
4/5
The high points are so high. These guys owned the NWoBM.
Fela Kuti
4/5
Amazing!
Sade
4/5
Amazing! I remember this being a huge hit, now it sounds like a classic. Even the songs I hadn't heard before. Especially the songs I hadn't heard before.
Blondie
3/5
Some real classic tracks, and overall good, but not the most satisfying listen as an album.
Thin Lizzy
3/5
Pretty rocking blues rock, but when the guitars are front and center, they're all "excuse me, I will now demonstrate the NWOBM".
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Quite good, but I do prefer 'the source'.
King Crimson
3/5
Amazing, a bit dense.
Iggy Pop
5/5
Driving and energetic. It must be one of the earliest 80's rock albums. No such thing a s too much Bowie, at least not in 1977.
The Clash
5/5
Perfect. Energetic. Timeless.
Various Artists
3/5
Pretty nice for a Christmas album. Also, mercifully short.
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
I liked it. It makes the 90s sound so good. I still prefer "Very", though.
Sabu
4/5
Amazing! Just listening can clean out your sinuses! More!
Gene Clark
3/5
Top notch country rock.
The Doors
3/5
The Doors were great when they were great. This album has some real sparks, but is more of a "return to form" than "The Doors at their peak". I would've like this more in my 20s.
The Kinks
3/5
Not sure if I liked this better than Arthur! Still quite nice.
Youssou N'Dour
3/5
I like it. But I need to be in the mood for it.
Love
3/5
Rocking. But it didn't make much of an impression on me, I was just reminded of other blues rock classics.
The Doors
4/5
I'll grant that this is one of the great albums by The Doors, and I appreciate the failed effort they put into not having Elektra photograph them as Jim's backup band. Still, I'm not nearly as impressed as I was in my 20s. That's not their fault.
U2
4/5
New wave post punk U2 is the most powerful U2, but not the most U2 U2. It's like you can see the greatness coming, and not have the greatness shoved down your throat.
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Lovely. Easy.
Radiohead
5/5
This was known as a boring and difficult album. But it's so beautiful. It pours into your ears to remind you what those ears are there for.
Digital Underground
3/5
Sounds great. Not too memorable on first listen. Maybe just my taste.
Peter Gabriel
5/5
I remember thinking this sounded too 80's at the time. Now I think that sound fits perfectly. I feel this is his stronger album.
Blur
3/5
Pretty good. Not terribly impressed though.
The Police
5/5
It's a shame that they couldn't follow this up. This album really only started to show what they were capable as a band, outside of the punk pose that they had started out as. Stings songwriting get's truly elevated by Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland.
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Amazing!
Iron Maiden
4/5
Iron Maiden always sounds like the gold standard of metal from my youth. It's outstanding how good this sounds even without the core members form the 80's heyday (like Dickinson, Smith, McBrain). They would get better, but this is top notch.
Frank Zappa
4/5
Zappa is an education. This album is great. Not my favorite Zappa, but still a satisfying listen.
Herbie Hancock
4/5
I don’t listen to this jazz funk enough. Sounds like the most fun. Love it.
R.E.M.
4/5
It’s kind of crazy that this album just just pushed “out of time” to the side. This is some of the best music R.E.M. has made. It’s just not the R.E.M-iest.
Raekwon
4/5
Can
4/5
Sure, they’re fucking around, but they’re not just fucking around. It’s like Ummagumma, but by post-mothers Zappa. This is good, and at the very least, good for you. If you feel that listening to this is eating your vegetables, then I’ll just have you know that while you’re living under my roof, you have to finish the album before you put down your headphones and go listen to Dookie, the doors, Taylor Swift, John fucking Williams, Vivaldi, or whatever it is that kids listen to nowdays.
David Gray
4/5
Lovely.
The Police
5/5
I suppose it’s not fair to mourn the police from outlandos, when you get regatta. It’s the best. But most police albums are the best. What are you going to do?
Kings of Leon
4/5
This is good stuff. Peak 90's guitar rock, but with a kick ass blues rock rhythm section. I enjoy it every time.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Quite beautiful. I like it.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
I know it's been overplayed, but, really? I can't not.
The Isley Brothers
4/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
It's ok. A but much.
GZA
4/5
This is top notch.
Dion
3/5
I liked it. Perhaps it's more Spector than Dion to me. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it's the thing that it is.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
There's really no choice here. It must be heard.
The Verve
3/5
Bittersweet symphony is great, but the rest of it really didn't stick.
The Beach Boys
5/5
I got no choice.
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Quality is good. But it's not easy to get through.
Madonna
3/5
Peak Madonna. Not my favorite Madonna, though.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
A couple of classics in there. Not so sure about the rest.
Sister Sledge
4/5
Disco rocks. At least this disco.
Robbie Williams
2/5
The Oasis influence is very apparent. It's declawed enough that its lukewarm Oasis sounds like really insipid Beatles. This is not for me.
Johnny Cash
3/5
I know it's a classic. I prefer Cash's later stuff, though.
Barry Adamson
3/5
Pretty good. Somewhat uneven.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
It's overplayed, but a true classic nonetheless.
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Sounded great. Not too outstanding.
Sepultura
3/5
Pretty bad ass. Not too in the mood for this music when I heard it, but I could tell it's top notch.
David Bowie
4/5
It's so short. It's amazing.
The Everly Brothers
4/5
I was ready to dismiss this. But damn! It slaps!
Gorillaz
3/5
This one of the better 3s I've heard. Not quite a 4 though.
Beastie Boys
4/5
I dig it. This might be my favorite Beastie Boys album.
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Smooth. Of course. Very original of me.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Beautiful. Not terribly memorable, though.
Johnny Cash
4/5
Is it possible that appreciation for music is subjective? Nah. Some things just hit all the right notes.
The Triffids
3/5
Pretty good. Some great.
Tom Waits
4/5
Amazing.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
The only reason it's not 5 stars is that I've heard their other albums.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
A classic. Perfect.
Koffi Olomide
3/5
Some outstanding tracks.
JAY Z
4/5
Pretty great
Neil Young
4/5
This one of the good ones.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
One of the best at this kind of rock. Not the best kind of rock, though.
Neil Young
4/5
It's not Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, but it's still peak Neil Young.
The Avalanches
3/5
I love Frontier Psychiatrist, but the album together felt like overly busy early 2ks. I still enjoyed it, but for the most part I preferred the deluxe edition extra tracks to the original releases.
The Pogues
3/5
Fun enough.
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
The Cars
4/5
Perfect. Everything where it needs to be.
Tears For Fears
3/5
When it goes 80s, it really goes 80s. Still. A gem
Richard Hawley
3/5
Lovely.
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
This is pretty damn good. I can see this moving to a 4 star on repeated listenings. Still a 3 for now.
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Lovely
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
This album is too much. ELO is too much. Anyone that remotely sounds like ELO is too much. That said,it's awesome.
Pearl Jam
4/5
It's overplayed, but still a classic
Metallica
5/5
No words.
Faust
4/5
Not necessarily an easy listen. But too good to give it a 3.
Oasis
3/5
Pretty solid and rocking, if somewhat unoriginal. But what rock & roll isn't?
Nick Drake
3/5
Lovely. Need to be in the mood for this, though.
Ute Lemper
2/5
I can't tell if I liked it. Not a good sign.
The Band
3/5
Rocking.
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Classic, if a bit of a downer.
Fairport Convention
3/5
Pretty nice. Not the best.
CHIC
3/5
A classic
Miles Davis
3/5
I like it. But it's not very sticky to me.
Joy Division
4/5
Good. The live tracks, man.
Röyksopp
3/5
Nice. I'm not too attached to it, but I could listen to this.
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
Perfectly fine.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Amazing. Piece of my heart alone cements this in history. Some feels like filler. Grade A filler, but still.
The Who
4/5
Another one whose only fault is being overplayed.
The Cure
4/5
Only other Cure albums can rival this.
OutKast
3/5
Pretty solid. Awesome standout tracks. Not sure if I love the whole thing as much.
DJ Shadow
3/5
I really enjoyed it, if maybe a bit dated. But I had to listen to it 3 times.
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
A lot of fun. Not necessarily indispensable.
Elliott Smith
4/5
Maybe it's my age, but this is a fucking masterpiece.
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Damn.
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Love it. Reminded me of Chemical brothers more than I expected.
3/5
I like it enough. Better than 2 stars. But not that memorable.
Paul Simon
4/5
Overplayed cultural appropriation much? Sill, it fucking rules. Damn.
Grateful Dead
3/5
Good enough. Don't really feel the dead.
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
This is really good. It's tough to rate it highly, though, since the most interesting parts just make me want to listen to exile on main street, or AC/DC, or ZZ top.
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
I don't love the whole thing, but damn those highs are so high
Cat Stevens
4/5
Too much of a classic.
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
I should have payed more attention to hip hop back then. This is awesome.
Don McLean
3/5
Ok I suppose
Happy Mondays
3/5
It's fine, but I couldn't really dig my teeth into it.
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Pretty good. Not mind blowing.
Beatles
4/5
Damn good. These were kids. But they can't all be Abbey Road.
The Black Crowes
3/5
Pretty good. Too similar to the Stones.
Arcade Fire
4/5
This is good shit
Tito Puente
4/5
Solid. Very.
Yes
4/5
Top Yes
Beastie Boys
4/5
Too good. Not my favorite Beastie Boys, but still amazing.
Buzzcocks
3/5
I liked it. No more.
Motörhead
4/5
Most motorhead motorhead.
Turbonegro
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Not sure what to say. I like it.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
I can't really add anything to the conversation on this beast. But it's quite better than a 4.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Great to listen. But again I can't add anything to the conversation. Classic.
Kraftwerk
4/5
Too good for a 3, but it's one of the lower 4s. Still, another classic. Can't argue.
The Waterboys
4/5
No my favorite, but not a 3 either.
Roxy Music
3/5
Better than most 3s. But in the end only with flashes of brilliance.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
It's ok. Not my jam, really.
Dolly Parton
3/5
The Prodigy
3/5
I can't really tell a lot of 90s EDM apart. It's ok, but not quite Chemical Brothers or Underworld.
The Zutons
3/5
Pretty good
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Maybe I'm too old, but sometimes I think there's a bit much of bands from the early 2ks. Still liked it.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
This is old fashioned, but in the right way to please my ears.
Rage Against The Machine
3/5
ZZ Top
3/5
This is peak ZZ Top. Outstanding. But only so much.
2/5
Not really my jam
Wilco
4/5
Not one I'd heard before. But pretty great.
Baaba Maal
4/5
Outstanding.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
I needed that.
Laibach
3/5
The Life is Life cover is fun, but it seems lie too much of a one note joke. I think Residents are much more successful with their irony filled covers.
Supertramp
4/5
This is what the sex pistols were complaining about. It's awesome.
Santana
4/5
Short and sweet.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
It's a classic. But it's uneven
John Grant
3/5
Really good, but it didn't make much of a dent.
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Lovely
Dr. Octagon
3/5
Much better than expected. Not quite a 4 though.
Duran Duran
3/5
This is a classic, but still a bit uneven in some tracks.
Beatles
4/5
Unfortunately, I can’t help but compare this to other Beatle albums.
Iggy Pop
3/5
The Stooges
4/5
Ahead of its time. That has to count for something.
Patti Smith
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
This guy is flawless. Some of the live versions are better though.
Weather Report
3/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Minutemen
4/5
I never heard this back in the day, but I should have. Sounds like a classic.
Public Enemy
3/5
Queen
5/5
I mean. Damn.
Marty Robbins
3/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Ray Price
2/5
Sorry. Not my jam.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Maybe unfair, but I wasn't in a Nebraska mood. I'm certain this is quality stuff, but you need to be wanting to hear this.
Prince
3/5
I liked it enough to listen twice, but I still need a bit more to really warm to it.
5/5
Who cares if it's overplayed. Cliches are cliches for a reason.
Einstürzende Neubauten
3/5
Outstanding. But a bit much
Stevie Wonder
3/5
This is my least favorite classic Stevie. Can't give it any more. Still great.
John Lennon
4/5
Ray Charles
3/5
I can't really with country & western, but if you're going to listen to it, you can't do better than Ray Charles. But I prefer him with R&B. Still, it's such a relief to hear what was by all accounts a hit C&W album that wasn't a jingoistic screed in defense of white supremacy.
The Young Rascals
2/5
Randy Newman
4/5
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Yeah. It is.
Carole King
3/5
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
This is ugly and nearly impossible to listen to. But I can just feel that it's GOOD. I would rate it higher if I liked it.
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
That side A makes it
Fela Kuti
3/5
Common
3/5
Parliament
4/5
Liz Phair
3/5
Neil Young
4/5
Elton John
3/5
Solid. The best Elton AFAIK.
Deep Purple
3/5
Pretty solid. I'd never listened to anything besides the obvious. Didn't disappoint.
Miles Davis
4/5
Frankly, is still need to hear this more to get to know it. And I've certainly heard some easier albums. But, man, this felt so GOOD.
Chicago
3/5
2Pac
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Vinyl was created for this.
Beck
3/5
Brian Eno
4/5
That's right. Eno didn't do this much, but when he did, man oh did he.
Meat Loaf
3/5
This is great musical theater. But not actual musical theater.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Not my favorite, but it has some of my favorites
ZZ Top
3/5
Solid Rolling Stones knock off. You could do a lot worse.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
I liked it. I'm certain it's a classic, but it's not my jam.
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
This is outstanding. But not their best.
Mylo
3/5
What is recency bias for $200. Not bad, though.
Funkadelic
4/5
This is good enough that it pisses me off that I've become dependent on streaming (and it's just not easily available).
Funkadelic
4/5
Prog you can dance to. Also, the best.
Neil Young
3/5
Solid. Not my favorite Neil Young.
3/5
Solid. Kinda tiring, tho.
John Martyn
3/5
Snoop Dogg
3/5
Kanye West
4/5
I don't really know this album. And it's hard to tell how I feel about his work before he went full Howard Hughes, but this is just not a 3.
Blue Cheer
2/5
Not very memorable. Lots of fuzz, for sure.
Eagles
3/5
Ice Cube
3/5
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.
Cocteau Twins
3/5
This is lovely
New Order
3/5
Little Simz
3/5
Orbital
2/5
I didn't hate it, but there are many other 90s EDM albums I'd rather listen to.
Earth, Wind & Fire
2/5
Very slick. Nice. Not sure if I like it that much.
Pixies
5/5
Top of the top
The Notorious B.I.G.
3/5
Pretty good. I have low tolerance for the 90's gangsta lyrics, though.
Scissor Sisters
3/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
I'm surprised I missed this. I would've been all over it if it had released 2 years earlier.
George Michael
3/5
Faith and father figure are pretty classic tracks. The rest is kinda mid.
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
About half of this album sounds aggressively mid. Maybe it felt more remarkable at the time. Then you hit the stand outs. Those are brilliant. It's like a baseball game. It'll bore you to tears, but every now and then you'll see magic.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
You always have to squint when reading Paul Simon's writing credits, or thing of them as part of his lyrics. If you concentrate on the songs, though, this album is outstanding. A classic. Just please credit your sources.