The Holy Bible
Manic Street PreachersCool music. I can't understand a word they say.
Cool music. I can't understand a word they say.
For me this works as background music. It isn't something I would put on when I was wanting a real musical vibe though. There is no circumstance in my life where this fits the mood of I want to pay attention to the music. Lots of cool sounds though. Soft 3.
Awesome record. Have loved forever. Still goes hard.
Thank you is so good and you always forget it. Don't forget it when you rate.
A couple good songs but overall pretty bad.
I can't really see listening to this regularly, but it isn't bad. Just not my preferred style.
Love it.
A little samey and some songs drag. Other parts are really great and catch my ear. A mixed bag. Really could give it a 3 or a 4.
Offensively boring. I don't understand how anyone can like this type of music.
Great the whole way through.
Easy 5 stars. I have loved this album for 20 years.
Some songs were really great, but it also had some boring stuff. Most songs drug on too long.
I just don't like the blues. This isn't bad, just gets boring. It all sounds sort of the same. And it's so slow and plodding.
This isn't unlistenable. It is very dull though. This type of music just doesn't move me at all.
Fantastic record. Built for driving on open roads. Songs are probably too long but it does add to the grand feel.
This isn't reinventing anything. But it is pretty pleasant. Just a real solid record.
This is pretty but very boring.
Not a jazz fan, but as jazz goes this is solid. So I'm grading on a curve a bit.
This album is great. No duds. I don't know what most of the lyrics mean but they sound cool.
Cool beats on a dull record.
I actually like this a fair bit, but I'll never listen to it. Cool yacht rock sound musically but I don't like the lyrics. Too cheesy.
Probably about 90% of the music I love owes something to this period Stones. This is just a front to back great album.
This just sounds so sterile. There are plenty of cool instrumental moments but they just don't feel genuine. I can't imagine anyone hearing this and actually being moved to dance. Also lyrically this is terrible.
This is a decent album. Nothing more or less.
This is clearly cool and interesting. But I like music that fits some life situation or feeling. This is too all over the place and crazy to feel that way. So I'll never listen to it again. That's my problem with avant-garde records. I recognize them as cool but they make me feel nothing. Still better than lots of stuff though so I'll go 3.
I'm not normally a fan of jazz/instrumental music, but this is really good and fun. Not something I'd put on a lot but I have to admit once in a while I will. A total surprise of a 4 for me.
A really strange album for me. On lots of songs there were things I really like or drew me in. But then something would happen that felt like something that would happen in an snl sketch with weird singers. Ultimately I didn't like this much but it's probably the album I disliked with the most random moments I loved.
When Kanye produced albums in this era they were basically always really good.
This type of music is for someone. That someone is not me. Electronic music like this is punishingly boring and I can't imagine being moved by this. I guess if I was doing club drugs I could tolerate it but I'm not so I can't.
This album rules.
Could have possibly went to a 4. The highs on this are very high but a lot is just really solid. Either way, it's a pretty good record.
I love it.
Brutal.
Assumed I would hate this but honestly it's got some bops. It needs some editing though. Too many songs and too many long songs. Overall I will never go back to this.
I love the kinks but this isn't one of my favorites. Still solid though.
Better than a 3 but not quite a 4. I will listen to at least some of it again.
A couple great songs but mostly just long and boring. There is no real point to listening to most of this record.
This just isn't for me. Me rating it is silly.
I love R.E.M but this isn't their best.
I hadn't heard this and was excited for it. Turns out it's just sort of fine so there is no reason to have heard of it. Bummer.
Morrissey is a problem, but this record is really good.
I have loved this album for 25 years. It rules.
Really good album but too many songs go on too long. Close to a four but I think a strong three is right.
Randy is a tough one to rate. I really love his music as I'm listening to it but I never really put it on. The social commentary is great but I don't really listen to music for biting satire. I guess it's a 3, but it's damn good.
I hate Santana.
Awesome arrangements. Great 80s synth pop. A lot of the songs do run too long though. One thing this project is teaching me is that I don't think very many songs should run over 5 minutes and most not even that.
Queen has better records. They are a band that I think it's great but also don't really want to listen to that often so this can't ride above a 3 even though there is tons of talent here.
Very boring classic rock.
I've never actually listened to this record. I've of course heard sabotage and love it. Turns out the whole record is really good. Strong 4.
This is my favorite albums of all time. Perfect.
The fast songs are good. The slow songs are bad.
I love this entire album.
Very very close to a 5.
It's good, but I don't love it as much as some other Beatles records.
This is obviously goofy in certain ways, but it doesn't stop it from being really good. A band like rush needs to exist to fill this weird niche.
I love it. I'd give it a 6 if I could.
Very good. Slightly tighter and may be a 5.
This is a strange record. Not bad but very weird. It's sort of like a movie soundtrack. But also not? I don't love it, but I will say I think becoming familiar with this type of thing is why I'm doing this challenge.
Definitely got a cool sound. Not one I'll go back to much though. Also don't love the vocals.
I really like music like this. But this isn't really a very interesting version of this style. Strange choice.
I was 20 when this came out and it was huge. I've heard basically all of these songs but I don't think I've ever just listened to the album through. It's not my favorite but it's pretty good. I like it more than most modern hip hop. But not a top hip hop record for me. Would be a 3.5 if I could.
Long, boring, samey. I like reggae to an extent, but when I don't I think it's a pretty bad style of music. This is just not good enough to rise above a 2.
One of my favorite records ever.
I'd never heard of these guys. Really glad I now have. These guys are very good.
I never listened to sinead in the 90s. I clearly was wrong about her sound. This is really great.
Lots of decent songs in isolation, but as an album pretty boring.
Cool music. I can't understand a word they say.
This is very 90s in ways both good and bad. Easy to see why someone would love it and why someone would hate it. I'm in between. I can't see coming back to it though. Also it's too long. Would give 2.5 if I could.
I actually like this quite a bit, but probably not enough to seek it out again. Sort of a perfect 3 album.
Great album. Very close to a 5, but just short.
I did like this quite a bit. But 3 seems fair.
I got Depeche mode two days in a row. I feel largely the same as music for the masses. I like this but it's still probably just a 3 with this scale. It just isn't music I can see myself putting on. It doesn't really capture a mood I'm ever in.
Way too long. It isn't awful but it isn't really good. I can see it's cultural significance and can see why someone would give this 5, but for me it just isn't much.
This was good, but not something I'm going to regularly put on. Incredible source of samples though.
This isn't exactly bad, but it's also not really anything. It's overproduced and seems like normal inauthentic pop music. Music for people who just listen to whatever is on terrestrial radio. I don't see how the type of person who would take on this project really needs to hear this. Even if they haven't heard this specifically, they've heard it many times before.
Mixed bag. Some songs are pretty ripping. Qotsa sound. But then a totally dull slow shit song comes on. I suppose bands like this had to walk so better bands could run. But I'm trying to rate based on how well I like the record not significance, impact, or influence. So this is a 2.
The Cisco Kid is great. Everything else is not for me.
This is too dreary for me. It does nothing for me. Sounds like it's for sad people. That said it's not unlistenable so not a 1.
Vocals are too low in the mix. Other than that this is a solid if unremarkable version of this style of music. Other bands did it better.
The absolute softest 3. It's probably more of a 2 for me personally, but it's artistic accomplishment is pretty undeniable so a 3 seems more correct. Plus river is very good.
Excellent rock and roll from around the last time rock and any cultural hold. Not quite perfect enough to get a 5, but a very easy 4.
For me this works as background music. It isn't something I would put on when I was wanting a real musical vibe though. There is no circumstance in my life where this fits the mood of I want to pay attention to the music. Lots of cool sounds though. Soft 3.
Great record drug down by 1 real stinker.
I just don't like the blues. It's not unlistenable so it gets a 2.
I liked the back half a fair amount. I was not a fan of the funk sound of the first half though. And even the back half didn't reach the standards of great motown. Kind of a bummer really.
Not accessible to get above a 3, but too cool to fall below a 3. It is really cool, but just not something I'd come back to.
I like XTC quite a lot. I'm not sure this needs to be on the list though. It's solid but not really necessary considering other XTC albums are much more essential.
Concept albums, rock operas, etc can't be great. I'll die on that hill. The greatest albums are full of songs that speak to specifics of the human condition. They can't exist to tell some half ass, ill explained tale. Some good tracks here though.
This is a great record that defies categorization. It's challenging but accessible. It's lack of complete of complete bangers (there are some but not enough) is all that keeps it from a 5. It's an extremely strong 4.
I love R.E.M.
This is much better than I expected. Basically every song was too long though. Still a strong 3.
An all time great record. Easy 5 star.
The national are a band I want to love. I always like their records ok, but never love them. In part I think it's because I always get the sense that writing something I think is incredible is within their grasp. I also think if they wrote lyrics that were more clear about what they wanted to say and less poetryish I'd like them better. I almost want to give this a 2 out of this frustration, but it wouldn't capture how I feel about the songs as they are, only how I wish they were. So, it's a 3.
In general I don't like electronics, but come on. This record is great and full of bangers. It's probably as close to a 5 as any electronic record will come. Strong 4.
This was my first time listening to the psychedelic furs. It won't be the last. This was really good. I liked the entire record.
This has tons of good songs. But it also is too long. It has Benny and the jets, but it also has Jamaican jerk off. Ultimately for me it's a 4 because it's clearly great at lots of points but doesn't maintain that greatness enough to climb to a 5.
It's solid. Not something I'll go back up but it's got some cool stuff.
I like music like this and this isn't bad at all, but nothing really grabs me either.
The Dan rules.
First of all, I can completely understand why someone would hate this. But if you are someone that ever wants to kick the world's teeth in then I think you can vibe with this. It's not an every day listen type of thing but it definitely has its place in my life more than lots of higher ranked records on this list. Plus Siege of Power fucking rocks.
A pretty average version of a style of music with limited room for error.
Bit of a direct innit? This is actually pretty good and I'm tempted to go 4 here, but I think the fact that I will probably not go back to this for the most part probably keeps it a 3.
A little too down for me. The cure are at their best when the music is more upbeat. Also, the drums just got a bit annoying for me in parts. Still, not awful and I could see listening on a rainy day.
I like Belle and Sebastian, but this isn't my favorite of theirs. Not a lot of stand out tracks.
There is a reason the Bob Marley album everyone has is Legend. This isn't legend.
This is a solid record. By no means is it a must hear. Strange to be on the list.
I can not imagine telling a friend they have to listen to this record. It does nothing of note. And the vocals are awful. It gets a 2 because it didn't make me turn it off.
This is music for people who call people who are normal "sheep" and use the word sportsball. Fucking awful.
Fantastic. What Britpop should be.
Lots of songs on here that could be on a 5 record but a few that hold it back. Overall a really good record that I listen to a few times a year.
This record is great. It is what I think art rock/experimental music should be. Only thing keeping it from a 5 is the lack of certified bangers that you can always listen to.
This is really close to a 5 for me. Probably has one or two too many average songs, but even they are interesting and under the right circumstances I'd like hearing them. Nick cave really should be more well known.
Queen are absurdly talented. This isn't my favorite of theirs though, and even my favorites don't always work for me. Still can't go below a 3 though.
I get why people don't like it. But in general I think it's pretty good. Sister Ray is good. The gift is awful though.
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This is a favorite of mine. I think it's truly beautiful. This album puts me in mind of sitting outside, watching a sunset, and thinking of the good times spent with a friend you recently lost. Or perhaps you are dying and thinking of the happy moments in your life. It makes me reflective in a way that is beautiful and sad. I'm not sure what higher praise I can give to a piece of music.
This sucks.
You either like the music of a psychotic carnival barker singing over nothing but weird percussion or you don't. I do.
Much more interesting and variable than I was expecting. Probably not something I go back to, but worth listening to.
This isn't really a style of music I care for, but it does it pretty well. Overall I didn't mind listening to it, a few bangers, and extreme horniness. A classic 3.
Quite possibly my favorite Talking Heads record.
Bob Dylan is one of my favorite artists and one where how someone feels about him informs how much I respect their music tastes. This is an incredibly easy 5.
I like this. I don't love it. Seems to be how I feel about most Morrissey.
I like the who but this is before they started doing much interesting. I can appreciate it for its historical importance but that's it.
Not exactly something that I want in heavy rotation. A seriously heavy record. But it's also pretty incredible at accomplishing its goals.
For me, Simon and Garfunkel have very high and very low lows. They probably deserve their place in music history but I don't begrudge anyone who thinks this is the weeniest shit ever. This record sort of epitomizes all that. For me it's a soft 3.
This was a tough one for me. It hovers between a 3 and a 4. Ultimately, I probably won't relisten often enough to give it a 4. But it's good.
This is a style of music I'm somewhat embarrassed I like as much as I do. That said, this is only an ok version of this style.
One of the all time great sitting on your porch, drinking beer albums. Which just happens to be my favorite thing to do.
It's obviously dated, but it still weirdly holds up. Chaotic and full of great beats. Chuck D sounds cool as hell. Surprisingly I could see myself throwing this on occasionally.
Lots of really cool ideas on this. Lots of really bad ones too. Hard to give this more than a 2 when I don't think I would put a single song on by choice. Two probably seems a bit harsher than my feelings for this, but I don't think it is a 3.
Pretty good. I'll have to revisit sometime.
The parts of these songs are often good, but the whole mostly stinks. No way this can get above a 2 and at times I thought it might be a 1. Ultimately the musicianship drug it to a 2.
Probably my favorite live album ever. Perfection.
This is the type of record that I know is good and deserving of respect. But I don't like soul music. That said, giving it less than a 3 is allowing my personal taste to creep in too much.
I do not like this. It's not a style of music that I enjoy or think deserves much respect. But, trying to meet it on its terms, I can get it to a 2.
Bad smooth jazz instrumentation. Bad lyrics. Bad vocals. This is a record that would be liked by a middle aged woman with the worst taste in music that you know.
Their is some interesting musicianship on here, but I generally do not like the songs at all. This is just not a genre of music for me. Another one that I don't like, but since I'm not mad that it even exists it gets a 2.
The Monkees are often said to be underrated. This album definitely supports that position. This is great 60s pop. No it isn't the Beatles. The fact that a band isn't the equal of the greatest band of all time is not the knock some seem to think it is.
This is a fun live album because they left in some obvious goofs and playful stuff that normally gets removed. But I think the vocals are too high in the mix and I'm pretty indifferent to this music on the whole.
I'm not a huge Radiohead fan. In general I think the are Overratediohead. This album is the exception. It's fantastic. It misses a 5 for me just because it's a bit too dour for regular re-listens. It is a very strong 4 though.