Hot Shots II
The Beta BandI've already forgotten this, yawn.
I've already forgotten this, yawn.
Like the other MJ albums, this one is chock full of classic singles and completely forgettable album tracks, but the singles are so good it makes the whole thing incredible.
These dudes were diabolically horny.
In one ear and straight out the other, yawn.
Forgettable jam band nonsense
Good, easy to listen to album, but not much in it to make me want to come back to it again. It's interesting to hear how this album would go on to influence other post-punk music.
An exquisite listening experience from start to finish, grand & bombastic, soft & sweet, an essential listening experience for everyone, both Queen and music at its peak.
I went into this expecting to not enjoy it, I was aware of this album's reputation and thought it was going to be too retro and naff to enjoy. However I'm very pleased to say that it is good, yes, it's over the top and ridiculous, but in a very fun and theatrical way, when you take it for what it is, it's an hour of camp nonsense.
It's good classic rock, a bit self indulgent at times, but still a band in their prime absolutely flying. Putting three encores at the end of this version of the album is an odd choice, especially when they're all the same song, but the core of the album is still good.
Fine, just fine.
The classic tracks on this are what raise it from being a fairly dull affair to the iconic work that it is.
It might be a classic, but it's a slog to listen to, won't be revisiting this one.
With editing this could be a pretty good album, but it's long and self-indulgent as it stands, so fails to live up to its full promise.
Really odd album, quite boring for large parts, a few glimmers of quality but they don't last long, would very happily never listen to this again.
An album of two halves, side one is back to back classics, some of the best songs written in rock music. Side two is objectively quite boring, both generally and in comparison to side one. Turn of after Limelight and it's one of the best EPs ever made!
If you don't like jazz rock, I don't see this changing your mind.
Went in one ear and out the other, fine but forgettable.
Not my cup of tea, the singles are good but the rest left no impression.
Fine, but not particularly memorable.
Pretty good, nothing particularly ground breaking, but overall very enjoyable
Better than I expected, Mark E Smith was the boss of post-punk, I need to listen to more Fall for sure.
If the track list was pared down it would be a lot more Killer, but the Filler drags it down.
Very plinky plonky and twee, if you like that vibe then happy days, but it's not for me.
Had never heard k.d. lang before this, and this album hasn't put me off but also hasn't inspired me to check put more, not my thing.
It's early Queen, you know it's amazing.
I like Nirvana best when they're loud, intense and raw, this album doesn't really tick those boxes so I can't say it's my favourite Nirvana album. Good but lacking.
Big beats are the best, get high all the time.
Prog rock? More like slog rock, because it was a slog getting through this snoozefest.
I hate yacht Rock. I hate Steely Dan. I hate the music of Steely Dan's individual members. I hate most popular music from the USA in the 80s. I hate this album.
Going from Illmatic to this in 24 hours is quite the contrast. Illmatic is an undisputed classic, fresh and ground breaking. This is not Illmatic. It's overall fine, but by the end I was bored and waiting for it to be over, not one I will return to.
I like techno, but I don't think ambient techno is quite my thing, dull and overly repetitive in many places.
Maybe one day I will like Talking Heads, but today is not that day.
Loud, raw, unapologetic, this is brilliant
Fine for a live album, sounds good but the tracks are pretty samey. Motorhead overcome this by being an inherently great band though.
Can't believe I'd not listened to this before, good Mersey beat inspired Britpop, shame they never made another album.
Lots of gems, but so much drawn out, long-winded waffle that doesn't feel like it's elaborating a point, more belabouring it.
If this wasn't a Stevie Wonder album, it would be pretty sub-par, but he brings a quality that can't be denied, so it gains an additional star.
I preferred it when they were making plans for Nigel
Great early punk, rowdy but melodic enough to be catchy, need to listen to more of The Clash
Good, easy to listen to reggae album, will definitely check out more Peter Tosh, especially in summer!
Great album, honestly don't think there's a bad song on, I don't love all of them, but the overall quality is undeniable, with Jack White's particular sensibilities easily heard all the way through.
We all know Thriller is a great Album, and MJ is at his peak here, his voice is absolutely the best thing about it. Frankly the worst thing about the album is the instrumentation, a lot of it has aged poorly, cheesy 80s synths abound. Other than The Girl is Mine (hang your head in shame, Sir Paul) all the songs are classics, however pop is not my preferred genre, so it doesn't get a 5.
Nice, nothing particularly amazing or ground breaking, just nice.
Not my favourite Rufus Wainwright album, but still very.
Singles are bangers, album tracks are kinda mid.
Not heard much Sonic Youth before, and this has really impressed me. I really can't believe that it's 35 years old this year, it could have dropped yesterday. A cohesive soundscape from beginning to end, although it does feel a bit repetitive at times.
Wow, this is a Southern-fried banger, each song feels fresh and groovy, and it's packed with classics, really enjoyable.
Fine, but not very memorable.
It's good, but I feel like a lot if the hype around it is of the "you had to be there" variety, because I personally don't get it.
Fine, but not my thing.
Dull, run of the mill new-wave, yawn.
Can't go wrong with some classic CCR
It's a'ight
Good singles, boring album tracks, never again.
As if I didn't think Radiohead were bad enough before I heard this, Jesus Christ, what is this shit!?
Perfectly fine in a "mid" kind of way.
Absolute classic, banger after banger.
Amazingly fresh sounding, has aged very well, really enjoyable listen.
Very good.
Is it influential? Sure. Is everything that it influenced way more interesting? Absolutely.
Great album, balances sounds grand and intimate, retro and new, joyful.and melancholy, all at the same time.
Not my usual thing, but pretty good.
Dull by Depeche Mode standards
Definitely suffers from being overly long, a good album, but definitely not Blur's best.
A solid 2/5, but the singles, which are undeniably well crafted and catchy, drag it up a star. The album tracks are dull and forgettable though.
These tracks sound better live than in the studio, so Made in Japan has to get a higher rating than this.
Solid proto-metal blue rock, interesting from an academic point of view, but little other reason.
Probably an album and artist that takes a few listens to to "get", but a good first experience, one to check out again.
I enjoyed the bits with the church organ, even more and it would have been amazing.
Pretty good my Aerosmith's standards.
Really good, a band clearly well into their creative flow.
A flawless album to satisfy your Retro Christmas needs. Never mind who produced it, every performer on here gives it their all and you can absolutely tell. A must play for the Christmas period.
Great singer, fantastic songwriter, shame the album doesn't finish on the same strong foot that it starts, but I need to check more Tracy C in the future.
Perfectly pleasant Latin groove rock, not my thing, but very nice.
First Bob Marley album I've ever listened to, and it's obviously really good, his status as a legend is as clear as can be.
Not my favourite Springsteen album, all a bit slow and plodding. Still plenty of the Boss' swagger and emotion, but I'd rather listen to other BS albums.
Dull, ponderous Alt Rock that Screaming Trees, Morphine etc did better.
I've not listened to a Billy Joel album before, and wow this guy can write a hell of a song, what a great Album!
It's very 60s, it's very Brazilian, and it's not for me.
A modern classic, flawless from start to finish, and an album I would recommend everyone listen to at least once.
Soso proto-punk/psych-rock with one of the whiniest singers I've ever heard. Roadrunner is good, the rest, totally forgettable, and Girlfriend is one of the worst songs I've ever heard.
Soso indie Britpop, absolutely fine but nothing in it to draw me back.
Interesting but didn't really stick in my mind.
It was going so well until Thom Yorke showed up...
My first Jam album, unbelievably solid and consistent, no weak links and so many classic hits.
Some PiL albums are good. This is not one of them.
She's got a great voice, but the song writing is immature at this point and her lyrics even more so
There's a lot of folk in this folk rock, I like it.
I've heard this album enough times to have made my mind up about it a long time ago: a stone cold classic, a band at their peak. RIP Cliff Burton
Great album that is let down by how self indulgently long it is. With a good prune it is an easy 5, but the padding let's it down.
Nothing particularly interesting or noteworthy, 100% fine.
My first Kings of Leon album. It's not bad, not particularly memorable, but they do their thing well.
I really don't care for Neil Young's reedy voice or plinky plonky music, so this album couldn't do anything for me.
Singles are great, albums tracks are fairly generic disco.
This is better than On The Beach, but Neil Young still sucks.
Some good Springsteen cuts here, but not his favourite work of mine.
Heroes is a great song, the rest went in one ear then out the other.
I am fond of Pet Shop Boys, but not really this album and it's sound.
Great album, but you forget how long some of the songs are, especially the ones that shouldn't be that long.
What a boring album, you can hear the lack of passion echoing around it.
Very nice songs
Forgettable, no idea how this is on this list.
Man, I wish I could suck myself off the way Radiohead do after making the MOST boring music that gets constant universal critical acclaim.
Great song writing, but the rambling, jam-band improv sessions take a lot of wind out of the sails and make this album struggle to shine.
Fine, nice songs performed well, but nothing to come back for.
A fine album that only has a few standout moments, showing a clear reason why Anthrax are definitely 4th amongst the Big Four of Thrash.
I've already forgotten this, yawn.
Starts out a bit weak, and the dread set in, but is it goes on it gets a lot better, ended up really enjoying this one.
Fine but forgettable
Apart from the two well-known singles, it's middle 60s pop, nothing to be excited by.
She's a great singer, but the voice I know and love is slightly wasted on these slow, crooning ballads.
George Harrison was the best Beatle and this is an incredible album, frankly, I wish it was longer.
Probably the weirdest thing I've had yet on this list; funky, alt-hip-hop rock which is so INCREDIBLY 2000s. I didn't love it, but i was definitely along for the ride.
Crushingly boring, why oh why?
Holy pretentious nonsense, Superman!
I'm sure it's great if you know the context these songs play in during the movie, but for the uninitiated, it's not very engaging.
Good jazz!
Miles, I love you, but this is a hard listen.
If I knew about this album when I was 15, I would have been even more of an emo nightmare than I was.
Who cares?
I was Jamming to it, good stuff.
Not bad, some of the better New Wave from this list so far
Good album, would be great with less of the talking between tracks, I get why it's there, but it's not for me, and it could lose at least 4/5 tracks to be a bit more focused, but Lauryn is such a talented artist.
Raw and unpolished, but remarkably creative for someone who produced when he was 17-19 years old. Not for everyone, and not totally for me, but Dizzee was pushing boundaries and shaping culture here. Could do with dropping a few tracks to make it a bit tighter, but like it or not, it's a British classic.
Like the other MJ albums, this one is chock full of classic singles and completely forgettable album tracks, but the singles are so good it makes the whole thing incredible.
Not bad, Peter Gabriel is clearly a quality song writer but overall this album doesn't do much for me.
Fine, twee and quiet, inoffensive and forgettable.
I prefer early Dylan.
People just did fat rails of blow then recorded absolute dog shit back in the 80s, didn't they?
Imagine is one of the worst, most saccharine and tone deaf songs ever written, the rest is mid Beatles B-side rejects.
Not bad, but a bit forgettable.
Some classic tracks, a lot of forgettable proto-prog.
Cripplingly boring, just why?
A fair bit of filler, but overall enjoyable blues rock.
D'ya like jazz? Why yes, yes I do, and I really liked this album.
Undeniably a great Album, but it doesn't elicit a particularly strong emotional response or a desire to listen again, so I can't give it a 5.
Starts out well, cabaret pop, very atmospheric, but eventually vanishes up its own rear end.
60s psych rock, nothing breathtaking, just fine.
Jazzy.
Fine, forgettable.
It's a classic for a reason.
This is a good album, everyone here is a hater. Ambient, low-fi folk is my thing, so I liked this album. It could lose a few tracks to be tighter, but overall I enjoyed it.
Better than I thought it would be, Tom Waits lite, not bad.
I like it, very rocky dance, need to listen to more LCDS.
Krautrock, more like... noperock
80s nonsense, you know how it be.
Sound like bad Mario Kart demos, first flop jazz album, what a shame.
These dudes were diabolically horny.
Great musicianship, but completely unfocused.
Surprisingly more interesting than I was expecting, I knew Sleep on the Left Side and Brimful of Asha (I'm British, I have to) and wasn't expecting to like the whole album as a result, I thought they'd be a bit of a novelty group, but it's surprisingly deep, layered and unique, I'll have to check more Cornershop out for sure.
Kendrick Lamar is easily the best rapper of his generation, but enjoyment of music is so directly impacted by how you connect with it, and this white guy from the suburbs of the UK doesn't really relate to Kung-Fu Kenny, so I'm left a little cold by the objectively great album.
Better than I thought it would be, the first half is the vastly superior side.
Perfectly palatable but fairly dull Britpop
It's Tom Waits, so you know it's good. That being said, this album is clearly a point of transition for his sound, not the piano man style of the 70s but not the peak of the "dark cabaret" style that he really perfected from Rain Dogs onward, so I feel it's amongst his weaker outputs.
Is it a surprise that this is a great album? A true innovator who changed guitar music forever, it doesn't get much better than this.
A very difficult album to wrap your head around. Musically genius, lyrically unfocused, clearly the product of a conflicted mind. Could be much more than it is, but what it is is still very good.
A classic of Metallica's newer sound and a critically important album to Mr in terms of how it shaped my taste in music.
Pleasant DJ sounds, but nothing Earth shattering.
In one ear and straight out the other, yawn.
Goth-tacular.
Really good, not my usual thing, I enjoyed it.
Good stuff, plenty of the signs they would eventually become, I enjoyed this one a lot.
As with all Belle & Sebastian, it's twee and inoffensive, and not much more can be said beyond that.
Does what it says in the tin, it's cool as fuck.
Ambitious, classic, the work of a genius.
Cool, very very cool, but maybe a bit too cool, perhaps even a little boring...
Unfocused nonsense that went on way WAY WAAAAY too long.
I feel like this album could have been a lot more interesting than it is. Some stand out moments but a lot of generic 80s meh.
Starts out really strong, but tails off by the end. One to listen to again to get a second opinion.
Great album full of grunge classics, Chris Cornell has a voice that could shatter granite. It could drop 3/4 tracks to be a tighter listen, but there are no bad songs.
Quiet funk doesn't do it for me, not my thing.
Imagine releasing Black Sabbath and then nine months later releasing Paranoid, 70s Sabbath were on some different shit.
Starts strong, loses the plot by the end.
This one didn't really leave an impression, I'm sure it was good, just not very memorable.
Listening to this I thought it was an easy 4 from me, but as I kept thinking, I really have no good reason to not make it a 5. It's cheesy, but is it trying to be anything but? Epic in the true meaning of the word with soaring vocals and tigh harmonies, catchy riffs and and snappy, pacey groove, it really is a 5.
Forgettable jam band nonsense
If God was real he would have sent the fatal heart attack to Serge Gainsourg before he ever wrote this shit. The music underlying this French ode to noncery in no ways makes up for or redeems the subject matter.
It definitely yees my haw, but is it definitely something I need to hear before I die?
I'm sure this album was groundbreaking 44 years ago, but now...
If you think of this album as a parody or send up of over the top, bragadocious rap it becomes very funny and enjoyable.
Do yourself a favour and listen to a version on YouTube with a correct bass mix, it sounds great. A difficult album to rate amongst the Metallica discography, the last of the pure Thrash before the 90s came and hit hard, and losing Cliff is very obvious here. Dark, brooding and full of grief, it's great music but not an album I can come back to regularly.
I quite like Morrisey's voice, but the music on each track here is so identical to everything else that it really detracts from the overall quality.
A classic, anthemic banger after banger, they caught lightning in a bottle with this one.
I never expected this album to be on this list, what a mood, what an atmosphere, love it.
Unfocused, but clearly made by talented musicians.
It's fine, but this being a Bowie album doesn't make it fundamentally amazingly.
Dull, uninspiring, boring.
This isn't Saturday Night Fever, what the fuck?
I thought MIA was supposed to be good and interesting...
Morrisey might suck, but damn the Smiths were great.
Pretty good, early glimmers of the band they'd become, but little currently to differentiate them from other Brit-blues bands of the time.
Brutal, bombastic, unrelenting and so influential, a rough & raw classic.