My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
Millions Now Living Will Never Die Tortoise	5	2.89	+2.11
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle	4	1.89	+2.11
Heroes to Zeros The Beta Band	5	2.9	+2.1
Ingenue k.d. lang	5	2.94	+2.06
Black Monk Time The Monks	5	2.94	+2.06
Rhythm Nation 1814 Janet Jackson	5	3	+2
Hot Shots II The Beta Band	5	3.01	+1.99
Future Days Can	5	3.01	+1.99
Microshift Hookworms	5	3.02	+1.98
Savane Ali Farka Touré	5	3.03	+1.97

Album	You	Global	Diff
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	1	3.51	-2.51
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	1	3.47	-2.47
Stand! Sly & The Family Stone	1	3.43	-2.43
Aqualung Jethro Tull	1	3.43	-2.43
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	1	3.42	-2.42
Bossanova Pixies	1	3.37	-2.37
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	1	3.36	-2.36
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	1	3.36	-2.36
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	1	3.35	-2.35
Figure 8 Elliott Smith	1	3.33	-2.33

Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	5	4.8
Beatles	7	4.57
R.E.M.	3	5
Prince	3	4.67
Coldplay	2	5
Johnny Cash	2	5
The Beta Band	2	5
Green Day	2	5
Bruce Springsteen	5	4.2
Brian Eno	4	4.25
Miles Davis	4	4.25
Creedence Clearwater Revival	3	4.33
Van Morrison	3	4.33

Artist	Albums	Average
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	4	1.5
My Bloody Valentine	3	1.33
Super Furry Animals	2	1
Pavement	2	1
Suede	2	1
Public Image Ltd.	2	1
Emerson, Lake & Palmer	2	1
Sepultura	2	1
Sonic Youth	3	1.67
Kanye West	3	1.67
Dinosaur Jr.	2	1.5
Eminem	2	1.5
Siouxsie And The Banshees	2	1.5
Love	2	1.5
Roxy Music	2	1.5
Gene Clark	2	1.5
Bee Gees	2	1.5
Morrissey	2	1.5
Belle & Sebastian	2	1.5
Barry Adamson	2	1.5
XTC	2	1.5
The Smiths	3	2
Arcade Fire	3	2
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	3	2
The Fall	3	2

Artist	Ratings
The Who	5, 2, 2, 1
Portishead	2, 5
Pere Ubu	1, 4
King Crimson	1, 4
Air	4, 1

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Title track is lovely. Album is very very 1966 sounding. I'm surprised I've never heard Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall before.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

That'll Be The Day is the highlight still. Oh Boy! Also remains a classic.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

2/5

Rainy Day Women is super, and a great opener. It just jumps right in. Although I'm guessing most people know it as the Every Body Must Get Stoned song. Rest of the album is meh. Also didn't anyone ever like women? The song Just Like A Woman is terrible.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

2/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

I love funk. Maybe didn't have any major radio hits I'd know decades later. But solid the whole way thru & got the sound

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

2/5

Not for me.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Of course it's a great album.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

3/5

Blood, Sweat & Tears

4/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

3/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

2/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Timeless

Goldie

1/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

4/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

4/5

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

4/5

Foo Fighters

4/5

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

4/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

3/5

Great guitar & drums. Meh lyrics & singer.

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

2/5

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

2/5

Listened to the whole thing and can't recall a single note. It's not for me.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

4/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

2/5

I can see why it's an ultimate Metallica album. And i admire the driving guitar. What they do, they do very well. And i just don't care for it at all.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

4/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

4/5

Memphis! Such a good song. Solid album all the way.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Night Life

Ray Price

4/5

Ramones

3/5

I like punk's style, message, existence, whole thing way more than i like punk's music, alas. For an album under 30 minutes it sure has a lot of songs that sound similar.

Parklife

Blur

2/5

Blur sounds like it should be for me but it just isn't.

The Rise & Fall

Madness

3/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Somehow reminds me of a 90s version of John Lennon's later Beatles songs. The ones i don't like, unfortunately.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

The Teams That Meet In Caffs, an instrumental, is excellent. Whole album is enjoyable!

Joan Armatrading

4/5

New York Dolls

4/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

2/5

Calenture

The Triffids

2/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Two great songs. The whole album sounds very epically psychedelic but the lyrics are not great. It's maybe too much of its time to relate to. Also Eric Clapton, blech.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

There is nothing like the feeling you get when listening to this album late at night with headphones and just letting it permeate.

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

4/5

The best kind of jazz. deep, rich.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

I accidentally like Dexy's now

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

What a distinctive voice! Respect, of course, is a classic. Her voice just shines and it feels life she lived every moment. I can't believe she was 25.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

I do like his flow. And his video in the boxing ring.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Wow. Just straight wow. Feels like nighttime.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

A good album with two classics, but it's all cowboy songs. All of it. I'd rather just listen to El Paso on repeat

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

3/5

Third

Portishead

2/5

Meh.

Pretenders

3/5

Of course Brass in Pocket is amazing. I also like Private Life, it is immediately recognizable as Pretenders yet I've never heard it before. A solid album.

All Mod Cons

The Jam

2/5

Sounds good, and i can see connections to The Who etc. But 5 minutes after i stopped listening, i couldn't recall a single note.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Oh the 90s.

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

2/5

Another review said that you'll probably rate this the same as Bob Dylan. And boy i can see what they mean.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

2/5

I thought, hey great, I like Arcade Fire. Turns out no, I don't.

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

3 - because the album is alright but Cult Of Personality is amazing & brings up the whole rating.

The Predator

Ice Cube

3/5

I respect the work & the skill. It's not for me though.

Liquid Swords

GZA

3/5

Smooth. Interesting concept, good rhymes. This is a case of "if i liked this, this would be exactly the kind I'd like" but it's not for me.

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

1/5

Play

Moby

5/5

This is exactly the type of electronica that I love. Would listen any time

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

Such a relaxing album. Atmospheric.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

Best song is Teach Your Children , and their harmonies are tight.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Went thru a big Doors phase when I was in college. And I'm still a fan of the lush, dark sound.

Achtung Baby

U2

5/5

One of my favorites, and my first real concert. "One" is still a beautiful classic.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

4/5

Boy did i dislike that first song, thought at first it would be a 1-star album. Then the beats with the unplanned feel of the vocals started to grow on me. Relay was more catchy than it should have been. Newspaper was exactly what I've felt before too. Heavy Balloon gives me the great line of "i spread like strawberries, i climb like peas and beans" what great imagery! The whole album feels like old front porch blues except made now. I ended up enjoying the whole thing.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

2/5

I always feel like i ought to like folk but mostly i just don't.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

2/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

John Prine

3/5

Very country and very folk, which is not for me. But the lyrics are amazing. Especially Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven.

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

The way it opens with the slowly building guitar & melody. A classic album that always sounds perfect for a summer night.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

Freedom 90 is one of my all time favorite songs, hands down. And i love George Michael's beautiful voice. But the rest of the album just doesn't soak to me. 3/5 mostly due to Freedom 90, it's video, and all it's meant to me.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

I can hear how it's got more of a raw rock sound than the prior album, which is an interesting development. And i immediately knew Jean Genie yet had absolutely no idea of the words in any way. (Unless there's another version same melody but about a 70s flower child lady? ) so this is a 3 star for me. It's fine, i didn't dislike it.

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

3 great, great songs. The whole album is clever and interesting, although I'm over skits & interludes forever. B.O.B., So Fresh So Clean, and Ms Jackson are classics.

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

I enjoyed this more than expected. Perfect for a quiet day with a cozy blanket & a good book. Maybe some rain.

Smile

Brian Wilson

3/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

5/5

The saying "If you're going to go, go all the way" was invented for this album. When you know every word of an 8 minute song (Paradise) that came out when you were 3, you know it's good! The magic of Meatloaf's dramatic vocals with Jim Steinman's over the top songs can't be recreated, only enjoyed. My brother had this in 8 track, i have it on CD, it's a classic.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

A classic. Willie's voice sounds like home to me.

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

2/5

I wish i liked them. But i don't. It's like background jazz.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

3/5

I don't like John Lennon. And this album is very very John Lennon. It's vulnerable, and pretentious, and well put together. 3 stars because it didn't make my ears hurt like a 2, i didn't hate it like a 1, but i could never hear it again and that would be fine by me.

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

4/5

Somehow I'd never really listened to them before. And i enjoyed every moment of this album. 4/5 will listen again.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

4/5

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

1/5

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

1/5

No.

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

It's very ambient and pleasing to the ear for alt-country-rock music but i can't recall a song. Didn't hate it. Don't ever want to hear it again.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

What a wonderful voice! I knew the two famous songs of course, Mercy Mercy Me and What's Going On, but hadn't ever listened to the album before.

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

2/5

Musically it sounds good. But it is not my taste at all. Can it be pretentious if he's very sincere about it and really lives the life? It's like Andy Warhol for me - I see what he's trying to say n and he's interesting about it, but none of it connects to me or engenders any feelings.

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

1/5

Ew. It's so disjointed. There's a fine line between deep and pretentious and this is on the wrong side of it.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

3/5

White Ladder

David Gray

4/5

Sliver Lining was my favorite. I wasn't expecting much of this album but i liked it more than i thought i would. Babylon was immediately familiar.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

3/5

It started at a 3, went up to a 4, but then started to drag. 52 minutes is to long, it would be perfect at about 38.

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

2/5

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

1/5

I'd never heard of this band before and i kinda wish i still hadn't

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

1/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Talking Heads makes me wish i liked art music more as a genre, but alas it is only Talking Heads that I like. Solid album, good music.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Bossanova

Pixies

1/5

I'd like to like it. A lot of bands i like were inspired by them. And i don't even a little.

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

1/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

Every Beatles album is sone new direction. Eleanor Rigby is the best one off this set, I think. This album is only 2 years after Eight Days A Week and feels like a new decade.

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

1/5

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

2/5

Follow The Leader

Korn

3/5

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

4/5

Lovely, interesting piano.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

3/5

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

2/5

2 and that's only because Genesis is musically gifted so it's of course well done. But boring. And i don't like prog rock, it is so pretentious & long winded. I'll stick with my 80s Genesis & Oeter Gabriel instead.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

5/5

Perfection. I've always loved Son of a Preacher Man but this whole album is lovely. Such an amazing voice! Perfect any time of day, but really calls for a comfy chair after a good meal, with a good book and a nice drink in hand.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

I'd never listened to this album in it's entirety before and boy it's just a perfect mood. Love Drive, Everybody Hurts, Man on the Moon. I first heard Nightswimming I think in 2020 and it reverberated thru me. The album is so sad and so reassuring at the same time. I listened to the whole album twice today. And this one is going in the regular rotation

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

3/5

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

4/5

I don't hate this and now i question everything. 4 stars, I'm listening again.

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

2/5

There's nothing to object to. But nothing i want to hear, either.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

New Wave

The Auteurs

1/5

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

2/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

I remember when this album came out and it was the darling of critics. It's aged pretty well. Heavy Metal Drummer is my favorite here.

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Love Lou Reed. And this is a very very Lou Reed kind of album.

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

3/5

Pump

Aerosmith

4/5

xx

The xx

2/5

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

2/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

2/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Simple Man is one of their best.

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

I don't hate this, and i thought i would. And i think i would have been really into it at the time. If it was now the late 60s, it'd be a 5 star. Now though we're 60 years down the road. It's still a nice solid 3 though, for the social commentary and the interesting way it's said.

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

1/5

Imagine

John Lennon

2/5

Imagine is a perfect song, if you forget that the person saying "imagine no possessions" had a separate apartment in NYC for just clothes. The rest of the album is mid at best, and the singer is a git, so, overall, 2.

I See You

The xx

4/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

3/5

Music is a 4 but the lyrics are forgettable, so that's a 2. Or less, really. Would have been better with no lyrics at all.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Groundbreaking, classic, so catchy. A little repetitive maybe at this point, but you can hear how this would have rang out like a clarion call when it was released. Also, 13 songs in 33 minutes, this album moves it right along. As of today this album is 67 years old and yet we still know & instantly recognize songs, that's a hell of an accomplishment

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

3/5

Paul Simon is a great musician who does his best work in collaboration. Otherwise he gets a little pretentious & in his own head. This one's a 3 - lovely to hear, nothing great. Best song is The Late Great Johnny Acen it's the only one I'll listen to again.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

3/5

Punk with saxophone. At last a punk album that I like. Usually i love punk's message & style but not the music. Apparently a mostly in tune sax can change that.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

evermore

Taylor Swift

4/5

Probably the first Swift album I've listened to as a whole. Actively disliked Coney Island but loved both Marjorie and also No Body No Crime. So this is getting a 4 - I'll listen again.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

The harmonies! So amazing. Cecilia is one of my favorite songs.

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

2/5

Live shows are great, live albums generally not. Especially a band like this - long jams are wonderful when you're in the moment. Maybe not so great when you can't see them & aren't there Also do we need that many covers of the same song on side 2?

The Libertines

2/5

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

1/5

Second album by them that's been on this list and boy i hope it's the last

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

What a voice!

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Drunk

Thundercat

3/5

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Chelsea Girl

Nico

1/5

So much droning. Ugh.

Faith

George Michael

5/5

Amazing singer! I know every word, ihad this album on dubbed cassette, bought cassette, CD, minidisk. The opening of Faith gives me the shivers every time. Have spent hours and hours listening to this; it always takes me back to the hot summer days doing chores & dreaming of growing up.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

I always think I like Elvis Costello & then realize i don't.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Opus Dei

Laibach

3/5

Some is very good, some is meh. Thought provoking & difficult. And it's hard to tell if the militarism is ironic or real, which means I suppose that it's very good irony indeed.

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

5/5

Dylan is one of my favorite songwriters. But I've liked very few of his albums or songs as a performer. Until now. This album is so good. The sound so intimate, like you're right in the room with the band. It's probably a dark bar that serves fried foods and cheap drinks, in a small Midwestern lake town. Most everyone feels a little cynical yet nostalgic tonight, winter is in the air.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

Lovely & lilting.

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Maps is a great song. The rest of the album is alright. Not great, not terrible. Which makes it a 3.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

3/5

I was pleasantly surprised. If "pleasantly " can be used to describe this style of music

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

A good solid live album for listening. I do like jazz and blues and rock so this is right for me. A great live album.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Bad Company

3/5

Bad Company and Ready For Love are standout tracks. The rest of the album wasn't.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

4/5

Half of the album is one song but that song is amazing

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

2/5

Very 80s.

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

3/5

How did the voice and the guitar work so insanely well together??

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

3/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

The type of jazz I like with just a bit of cacophony perfectly thrown in

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Rating this one feels like cheating since it's perfection.

Being There

Wilco

2/5

Listened to the whole thing, can't recall a single word.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Cut

The Slits

4/5

Musically this really isn't great. It's jangly and her voice goes all over the scale. It sounds like some pretty talented but young girls playing in the garage across the street. And I love it. It's so appealing and real and passionate. Best song: Ping Pong Affair. 4 stars

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

2/5

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

2/5

I Shot The Sheriff is the best song on here. Willy and The Hand Jive is the worst, sounds like he's on Ambian. Most of these are covers, so I listened to the originals too. And wow did the originals make the covers sound lackluster! (Lucinda Williams cover of Motherless Child, BTW, is what this one wishes it was.) Also we all agree that it's hard to separate the art from the artist. Especially when the artist is so tied up into the music - every Clapton song is indisputably Clapton all the way thru, very distinct.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

Closer and Hurt are amazing. And I admire Trent Raznor's abilities - this album does exactly what he wants it to do and how he wants it to do it. A great concept album. And the video for Closer is one of the best I've ever seen, a perfect match. But in terms of listening? Not for me. I'm not & was not ever a sad angry young man nor a mid 30s angry quiet woman, the two groups of people who are the biggest fans I know. It's a 3 for the artistry & the ability of Closer to suddenly pop up in my head decades later. Complete with Trent spinning in midair.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

A quiet album for quiet days.

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

2/5

Every song sounded the same. Bombastic. This is a band you're either into or not, and I'm not.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

4/5

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

4/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

Solid album, easy on the ears. Standouts: the piano in Weep Themselves To Sleep, amazing the way it thunks. The light funk & blues of I'm Shaking.

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

4/5

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

It's fine.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

2/5

It's not for me, am hour of this is way too much. I can see & agree with their huge influence & groundbreaking style. But to me it brings nothing. Also I just despise Fairy Tale of New York.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Dreamy. Quiet. Listen to it while wrapped in a blanket reading a book & falling asleep to the rain.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

4/5

Good songs, great writing. And country as can be.

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

1/5

A 3 Hour Album that lives up to the title, but shouldn't. It's an interesting concept but it would have been better to have written all these songs & edited down to 10 good ones.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

That Miles Davis is something. Perfection. 5/5.

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

4/5

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

1/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Beautiful Freak

Eels

3/5

I never listened to this album because the cover gives me the heebie jeebies. Which is a shame because the music is solid 3 maybe even a 4.

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

3/5

I love me some Christina, she really does have such a great voice. Her songs are so intimate & painful, she can really emote & you know she's right there in the trenches of heartbreak & loss with you. This album would be a 4.5 if it was half the length - as long as they kept Ain't No Other Man, Candy Man, Mercy On Me. He voice is so overwhelming that she needs strong songs and a shorter album to showcase it.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

I do love a pretentious band but only if it's rock. I'd go so far as to say that rock REQUIRES a certain grandiose viewpoint. And this one delivers. I'm sure many won't like this, but Muse's lyrics & feel are very Led Zep. Driving beats and lyrics-wise, especially.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

2/5

The Doors

4/5

I'm no longer really into this, but dang the album remains an almost perfect encapsulation of a certain 60s rock. Makes me want to go smoke a cigarette out in the dark night while listening to it on headphones after a party.

Queen II

Queen

4/5

It's like seeing a baby picture of your husband, you can see what they'll become but the features are still a little blurred, puberty hasn't quite hit. And the further you go into the album the more it sounds like Queen. Nevermore and Seven Seas of Rhye, especially. Enjoyed this more then I thought I would. The songs sound great together, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

3/5

Rocks

Aerosmith

3/5

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

3/5

I like it more than I thought I would. But it's not that good.

Metallica

4/5

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

Solid middle score. More listens might take it higher but also might go lower, hard to tell. Starts out slow but gets better.

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

3/5

Like how every space is filled with sound, but it does drone.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

2/5

Close To The Edge

Yes

2/5

I like two songs by YES. Neither is on this album. But if you've ever heard Roundabout and thought, I wish this song was longer, 10 minutes longer, and more pointless - this may be the album for you. Not for me though.

Eternally Yours

The Saints

4/5

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

4/5

4 great songs, and a solid rest of the album. I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for the Black Crowes because they introduced a teen me to blues rock, a great love of my musical life.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Yeah, the lyrics could be deeper, but dang this is still a perfect encapsulation of the moment.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

U2

2/5

If the album ended after track 4, it would be an amazing album. Unfortunately it doesn't. I'll always love you, U2, but I'll never listen to this again.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

2/5

This album is so unremarkable that I still can't tell you what the words are even though I read the lyrics.

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

2/5

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

2/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Perfectly pleasant, but nothing more.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

4/5

A good solid album new to me. A couple weird moments I'm not into, (what's up with the laugh? ) but overall good and I'll listen again

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

4/5

Lives up to its name for sure. The bingos are incredible. Probably a little better in smaller doses though. And that cover of In-a-Gadda-da-vida is perfect.

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

One of my favorite albums ever. It's perfect.

Quiet Life

Japan

4/5

This is an album that I wish I would have found sooner, when it was new. But I wasn'teven old enough for kindergarten when it was released. Over all, enjoyed this; can really see their lasting influence especially on Duran Duran & that era.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

4/5

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Is This It

The Strokes

2/5

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

3/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

3/5

The Grand Tour

George Jones

3/5

The sound of my childhood, so smooth. Not any outstanding songs or great classics, but I do like She'll Love The One She's With.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

I love early Beatles and this is a good album. Somehow I've never listened to this album and it was an excellent surprise. Not as many favorite songs as on, for example, Revolver, yet over all this is a more solid album with a consistent sound. Swear I've never heard Things We Said Today and yet it just went straight into me and might be a new favorite.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Perfect and distinctive.

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

4/5

Excellent for listening to when getting things done. Studying, working, cleaning. Not a huge fan of the genre as I prefer music I can sing along with, but it's pleasant & energetic.

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

2/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Take Me Out - classic. The rest is perfectly ok.

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

2/5

The title track is alright but it's just Canon in D with repetitive words. So of course it's lovely, but low effort, really. Other than that, it's boring.

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

Some classics, and I know the talent is there. I've just never been that tortured of a soul.

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

2/5

Black Sabbath

3/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

4/5

So good. Still sounds futuristic, but it's a lot quieter than I thought it would be.

Born To Be With You

Dion

3/5

Great voice. Mediocre songs. Love "The way you do the things you do" but this version is too slow. Overall, a perfectly pleasant album.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Love the song Tangled Up In Blue. Also added a few more favorites from this album, I'll listen to it again.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

4/5

Amazing album, what a show that would be. That piano! It's a 5 star for the music. 1 star for the terrible person who made it, but he's gone now.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

2/5

They are much more skilled musically than most punk. But it's not meant for me and I don't like it.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

It's baby Beatles! You can see the promise, and the originals are almost all good with a couple greats. But the covers sound too much like the Beatles to be good covers, oddly enough. Some are too slow or too measured or too smooth.

Let It Be

The Replacements

2/5

It's not terrible. It's not catchy either.

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

2/5

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

4/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

1/5

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

1/5

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

This was exactly what I needed today. It's dark & gloomy with off & on rain. Which is exactly the mood of this album, too.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

1/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Turns out repetition can be good.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

5/5

There's no reason I should like this at all. And yet I do. Immensely.

The Band

2/5

Love Up On Cripple Creek. The rest of it, meh.

Permission to Land

The Darkness

2/5

They're good at what they do. I just don't like it. Will listen to Thing Called Love but hopefully never hear the rest of the album again.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

1/5

Not even good for going to sleep to

Fragile

Yes

4/5

I'm getting older. 4 out of 5

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Now this is what I'm here for! I've never heard this band and didn't know this genre at all. And I'm into it. It's energizing yet peaceful, like dusk at the end of a good day. 5 stars. Best song: Sour Times. It sounds like bossa nova by way of Morphine.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

2/5

S&M

Metallica

3/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Most Unexpected song is Planet Caravan.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

2/5

2 amazing songs. When Elton and Bernie are great, they're really really great. But the rest of the album just... isn't. Let's never mention Indian Summer again.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Paul Simon

3/5

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

1/5

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

3/5

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

3/5

Document

R.E.M.

5/5

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

No.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Voice like a bell. Way too long for anyone to listen to in one sitting, but every song is perfectly sung.

Gris Gris

Dr. John

4/5

Weird. 4 stars.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

It's fine. Too long, too meandering, extremely listenable and beautiful. Listen, I love the Beatles and much of their solo or later works. But I think they all really need to come into a studio with a bunch of songs and then whittle them down to a sub-hour length with the best songs, rather than dragging it out. Every song is good, yeah, but the good songs weigh the album down so that you don't even notice the great ones.

Woodface

Crowded House

4/5

I liked this more than I thought I would

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

2/5

This album was the end of the good stuff. I didn't like it when it came out, for some reason, i think the hype was too much and it just didn't live up to it. Only one song is worth relistening to, and it's only good due to the background vocals.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

2/5

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

2/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

I'm very divided on Dylan albums, but boy I love his voice. It's objectivity not a good voice, rarely in tune and randomly whiney. And it is so evocative, the way it soars, the way he can't catch his breath cause he's singing with all he has. And I think the band members are each playing different songs. I love it. Like A Rolling Stone is one of the best songs out there, timeless.

Kimono My House

Sparks

2/5

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

2/5

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

I don't dislike it, and I can see why it's liked, so this is a solid 3. I'm neutral on it.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

I've come to accept that at least part of me had the musical taste of a middle aged midwest sorts. guy. In jorts.

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

4/5

Great songwriter. Voice? If you're in the mood it's superb but otherwise it's grating.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

I don't like PJ Harvey as much as she deserves.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Good album. I always thought Talking Heads was pretentious, and they are a little, but it's sincere & heartfelt. I like the looping rhythm echoed by the looping words. It's an experience to sit with.

Goo

Sonic Youth

2/5

Orbital 2

Orbital

1/5

I like electronica/tech/beats in general and dislike this specifically. Whole album just blurs into one, the kind of background music at a bar/club in a vampire movie.

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

1/5

The speaker was just playing meaningless static and terrible noises, so I checked the connections. Album was still playing, it's just that terrible.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

5/5

Had this on a dubbed cassette when it came out, listened all summer on my generic Walkman while doing farm chores in the sun. And dreamed of a different life.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

2/5

I can see her allure and why her music connects with so many. But it does nothing for me.

The Stooges

3/5

I like it more than I thought I would but not a much as it deserves

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

1/5

Meh. Again. Not my thing even as background music.

Real Life

Magazine

2/5

This album reminds me of the song the punk listens to on the bus in Star Trek IV Voyage Home. I don't hate it.

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

The music is good, great even, but it's Grace Slick's voice that makes it iconic

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

2/5

It's a genre I like and it's fine, it's a 3 or 4 for listenability. But there's not a single memorable song and once it's over it vanishes, that brings it down to a 2.

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

1/5

Black Metal

Venom

1/5

I hope to never hear it again

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

2/5

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

1/5

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

4/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

2/5

How can am album with Superstition on it fail? Well. There is also You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, which is equally corny and sweet. The rest I'd never heard of before and I kinda wish I could still say that.

Vespertine

Björk

3/5

I didn't hate it and I expected to. It's a solid 3. I'll listen again but won't seek it out.

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

1/5

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

4/5

Tommy

The Who

2/5

New Forms

Roni Size

2/5

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

1/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

King Louis for sure! This whole album is tremendous.

Violent Femmes

5/5

How does such an voice match so well with the music? It's dirty, greasy, & raw. Love it.

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

3/5

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

1/5

Garbage

4/5

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

2/5

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

3/5

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

2/5

Had a girl friend who was obsessed with this album when it came out, enjoyed being edgy. Now had several children & a good husband & works in a cookie shop. Idk, man, life comes at you pretty fast.

Forever Changes

Love

2/5

1999

Prince

4/5

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

2/5

Is it supposed to feel real, or like a play? An interesting concept. But I just don't feel it. The crowd seems scripted. The occasional bits of crassness seems pretentious.

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

5/5

And to think I only got into Coldplay, really, because my children were obsessed with Minecraft music videos.

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

2/5

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

3/5

Palo Congo

Sabu

2/5

Blur

3/5

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

5/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Some great songs and some meh songs. Great drums perfectly matched to the songs, I really think he's one of the best drummers in rock today, gives the song exactly what it needs.

The Cars

5/5

9 songs on the album and 6 were already on my favorites list before I even listened to this classic album. I had forgotten how lovely Moving In Stereo sounds in a good pair of headphones.

The Bends

Radiohead

3/5

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

Ugh a poser with sexist lyrics who really wants to pretend he grew up atruggling. Two songs that are catchy, one lifts the chorus from Busy Bee the rapper, the other sure does sound similar to I Want To Be A Cowboy.

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Much better than I remember it being.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Low-Life

New Order

2/5

Debut

Björk

2/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

2/5

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

It's got some banners and is a solid album. Some great turns of phrase, too. I really don't like this style of music, not a fan of singer-songwriter confessional tunes, but it's still a 4 out of 5.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

The Rolling Stones

1/5

Covers that don't even have the sound of the Stones.

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

2/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

5/5

I know I was too young for this when it came out and so i missed it, but I feel a little cheated of all the years I could have enjoyed it

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

2/5

I'm not sure how something so loud can also be boring.

Like A Prayer

Madonna

3/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Love Dusty, and this is a good album of covers by a 17 year old. But not great, yet.

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

You Can Call Me Al was my first love but the older I get, the more I feel Graceland in my soul.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

5/5

This is just a good, fun, classic album.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

4/5

Never heard of them, somehow I doubt that this album is really essential. And oh no I kinda enjoyed it. Great atmosphere.

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

3/5

It's well done and melodic. I am not the audience for this, not by time or place or gender or age, but these are passionate & skilled rhymes.

25

Adele

5/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Copper Blue

Sugar

1/5

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

2/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Even if you've never listened to this album on purpose, you probably know every song.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

2/5

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

3/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

4/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

His voice and the feeling behind every line is amazing. And the sparse instrumentation lets the story shine.

Phrenology

The Roots

3/5

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

2/5

It's an inoffensive album with not much to say.

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

1/5

Utterly forgettable.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

I'm always somehow surprised by how good Iggy Pop's albums remain

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

4/5

I have no idea why this is on the list. But I liked it.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

1/5

Aside from all the cult vibes, the music just isn't for me and has none of what I enjoy.

Odelay

Beck

2/5

I would've thought that I liked Beck, but now I've listened to the whole thing. And I still think he's neat, but this mostly isn't good music.

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

The Specials

2/5

Homework

Daft Punk

3/5

One thing this 1001 list has taught me, is that i really do appreciate a good repetition.

Tago Mago

Can

2/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

I'm sure someone likes this, and I'm sure the musicians had a good time. They worked hard, have a vision, and are skilled. And boy I don't like it at all.

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

1/5

It's a shame I had to listen to this.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

No lyrics, just vibes. Great vibes.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

1/5

The Score

Fugees

2/5

Killing Me Softly is such a good song, it brought the album up from a 1 to a 2 for me. Now i know why I never really listened to this when it came out, either.

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

1/5

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

1/5

This may have been amazing when it came out but I don't think there's enough weed around to make this good today.

Electric

The Cult

1/5

Generic

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

1/5

#1 Record

Big Star

4/5

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

4/5

I always like Kraftwerk more than I think I will.

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

Headquarters

The Monkees

4/5

This album definitely sounds even better with headphones. Hearing the mix adds so much definition and layers that you don't pick up otherwise. Added a while star just for the enjoyment of listening with two ears

American Gothic

David Ackles

1/5

The orchestration is lush. If you play it really quiet so you can't make out the words, it's not bad. Unfortunately, the words are still there.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

I still like Don't Know Why. The album as a whole is soft, warm, jazz for a mellow mood. It's perfectly alright.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

1/5

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

1/5

So Much For The City

The Thrills

1/5

Why?

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

3/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

1/5

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

4/5

This is my favorite kind of live music - it's well done, the songs are still very similar to the versions you already know & love, with a bit of riffing on the themes.

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

2/5

I love his voice. But not this album.

Sincere

Mj Cole

1/5

High Violet

The National

3/5

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

2/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

3/5

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

Microshift

Hookworms

5/5

It's been a few days and I keep coming back to it. Updating my rating from 4 to 5.

Technique

New Order

2/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Os Mutantes

3/5

Scott 2

Scott Walker

1/5

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

2/5

Interesting story, Interesting album in an unfinished, raw way. Could have had a lot to say, but at this point in time it just feels like a compilation of practice sessions.

Be

Common

3/5

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

3/5

I listened to it three times in one day and still have no idea what i think about it. It's like a transmission from another planet is that is almost the same as ours but not quite. But I don't hate it.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

A Northern Soul

The Verve

1/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

2/5

I dislike it but don't hate it. Why? Probably because I didn't hear it in context when it came out, and it's very much of its time but the moment is gone.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

1/5

Clandestino

Manu Chao

4/5

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

2/5

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

4/5

Wish I would have heard this when I was 18.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

3/5

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

2/5

Tainted Love is one of the best songs to exist. The way the singer is ever so slightly off occasionally, the minimal musical track, the distinctive sound. Lovely. The rest of the album is alright,I just don't want to ever hear it again.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

1/5

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

If you're going to be influenced by someone, Stevie Wonder is a good choice.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

4/5

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

2/5

I'd rather not hear it again but it wasn't awful.

Lost Souls

Doves

5/5

It's quiet and calming and just interesting enough. Late, late night turning to early morning.

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

2/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

1/5

NEU! 75

Neu!

2/5

Solid Air

John Martyn

3/5

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

1/5

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

3/5

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

1/5

46 minutes is too long.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

These harmonies! California Dreaming makes me feel. Cass, we love you.

D

White Denim

4/5

I like this! It's not got the hooks or catchy choruses that I love, but it's a great combination of jazzy & prog rock & guitars, without the pretentious feel. At 37 minutes, it gives you just how much you want without too much. A new band to me.

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

2/5

Had this on cassette when it came up, but never upgraded to CD despite the song Back To Life. The album didn't age as well as 6th grade me would have thought. These lyrics were deep when i was 12

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

4/5

Gorgeous electronic instrumental.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Listen, i love Bride Springsteen. And I like the stripped down sounds of this album. But I was looking for either catchy or searing lyrics and this just didn't quite get there. It's a 3 for, liked it, didn't love it.

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Nowhere

Ride

1/5

Femi Kuti

3/5

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

4/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

9 songs, and 7 were already on my favorite songs list. This is an easy 5 for me.

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

2/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

1/5

Basket of Light

Pentangle

2/5

Ugh folk tunes.

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

1/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

5/5

Atmospheric, moody. Listened to it 4 times in a day, so that makes this a5 star. Even though it didn't have any catchy songs which is what i usually want in an album, it just hangs together so well and is such a good listen.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

1/5

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

The Modern Lovers

3/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

5/5

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

5/5

Went can I not retain how to count down with five fingers the way Janet does? It was so cool. I wanted her style so badly. The fact that the countdown is part of the pledge right before and not part of the Rhythm Nation track is a crime.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

2/5

Make Yourself

Incubus

2/5

Drive is amazing and perfection. The rest of the album is nothing special. 2 stars because Drive exists.

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

2/5

Virgin Suicides

Air

1/5

I'm sure it's a great soundtrack but it's not a great album.

Roxy Music

2/5

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

What a classic! And it's a great album for headphones, the mixing is inspired.

Different Class

Pulp

2/5

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

2/5

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

Suede

1/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Iron Maiden

2/5

It's me musical than I would have thought, based on all the 80s fanboys I knew in high school. Still not my taste though

Stephen Stills

3/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

2/5

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

2/5

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

3/5

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

The entire album is only 34 minutes and almost 12 minutes is Papa Was A Rolling Stone. Not mad about it, though.

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

2/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

2/5

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

2/5

Before I did this project, I never realized that I actively dislike reggae.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

3/5

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

4/5

What the heck is this? Punk, yes, with blues in it, raw but musically sound. An unexpected gem.

Dog Man Star

Suede

1/5

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

4/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

War

U2

3/5

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

2/5

Good for Mariah, taking charge of her music. And she has an amazing voice. But most of the songs are forgettable.

Throwing Muses

4/5

Difficult to find but worth looking for!

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

5/5

This is exactly my kind of thing somehow, I've listened to it 5 times today. And I've never heard of this band before. What a good discovery!

The Coral

1/5

Utterly forgettable.

Truth

Jeff Beck

4/5

Great guitars. And I do like Rod Stewart's voice.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

1/5

Suicide

1/5

Pyromania

Def Leppard

4/5

I unironically love the line "Rock of Ages, still rolling". The whole song is sung with such passion, everyone was into it. Pyromania followed by Hysteria is a pair of perfection.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

5/5

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

Good voice, good singing, but I don't like this. It's pretty, but I can't hear the words. And that's OK, it's not meant for me anyways. I can admire the skill without connecting with it.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

California

American Music Club

2/5

Ananda Shankar

3/5

Sugar (The Ocean) is petty good.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

Kenya

Machito

3/5

Cypress Hill

3/5

Worth listening to for certain. Interesting layers and very strong feelings about cops.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Ray Charles is a gift, and his talents are in full display here

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

5/5

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

2/5

I hadn't heard these before although i knew of Randy Newman because of "Short People", which i do like. I understand what he's doing with his lyrics, and he's very good at the lyrical poison pen. But i don't like it and don't want to relisten to it ever again.

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

4/5

Live albums are tricky, this is one of the few that pulls it off so successfully that three of the songs are still played on rock radio today, 50 years later.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

Repetitive and not in a pleasant listenable way

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

1/5

She's a good singer and has fascinating visuals/videos/imagery, but man I do not like her music. Too many writers can indeed spoil a song.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

3/5

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

1/5

This set of songs based on samples & others work, has no attributes and is just a mess, don't love it.

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

4/5

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

Great lyric: "Well, the devil made me do it the first time. The second time I done it on my own"

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

2/5

Smooth jazz. So smooth that it falls right out after you hear it, and you can't remember a note.

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

1/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

2/5

I much prefer later Dylan. Good thing then that there's 5 of his albums on here, huh

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

2/5

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

4/5

14 songs, 15 minutes, enough lyrics and passion to chew on for days.

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

4/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

3/5

It probably would be higher but i lack both context of the movie, and the language to understand, so no emotional depth for me. It does sound cool, so it's a nice solid 3 - I don't seek it out or change the station.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1/5

Absolutely not for me. No.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

3/5

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

3/5

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

2/5

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

4/5

White Light

Gene Clark

1/5

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

The Poet

Bobby Womack

3/5

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

4/5

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

3/5

Solid.

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

3/5

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

A nice solid album. I bet it gets more interesting when you know where the samples are from, and it's groundbreaking at the time. But right now? Almost all of these tracks could flow right into lo-fi girl sleep playlist & you'd never notice them. I do like lo fi, though.

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

4/5

I'm giving this a 4, for the sheer creativity & skill on display. This album deserves dedicated listening time. Reading the lyrics is essential to understanding the songs.

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

Oh, the early 80s. And this band has it all. How can every chorus be so, so catchy, yet the lyrics are almost word salad? And the perfect 80s cover. I love Duran Duran.

Odessa

Bee Gees

1/5

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

5/5

Surprisingly complex tunes by a trio. Fast punk songs that get to the point, with elements of jazz and funk. Love it.

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

1/5

Among the many things I have learned about music is this fact: I do not, in any form, like German cabaret. At all.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

2/5

I feel like i should like this more than I do

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

Viva Hate

Morrissey

1/5

This album is enough to make you depressed

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

2/5

This is a stressful album. It was going to be one star, because it makes me feel like I've had too much caffeine for a solid week, but I'm going to up it to a 2, for the interesting things it does. Two drummers & two sax in a 5 piece band, and mixing one sax on each side? The influence of punk? The way I feel i went thru a battle? All something important to say.

Rapture

Anita Baker

1/5

Yeezus

Kanye West

1/5

By the time of this album it is so obvious how much he doesn't like women.

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

5/5

It does exactly what it says in the label.

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

2/5

Walk This Way, yes. Sweet Emotion, all right. Otherwise they're still in the Rolling Stone Clone era. They're too serious and not as playful as they are later.

B-52's

The B-52's

5/5

I only knew Rock Lobster, but this whole album is so fun to listen to. Great harmonies.

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

Eagles

3/5

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

2/5

Future Days

Can

5/5

Mood music, I'm the best ways.

McCartney

Paul McCartney

3/5

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

2/5

Mid. Reminds me of Clapton, without the virulent racism or the charisma either.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

2/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

1/5

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

2/5

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

1/5

Damaged

Black Flag

4/5

Oh yeah. Loud, fast, short, intensive.

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

Van Halen

5/5

A solid feel good album with great guitar, drums, perfect match with the voice. Heck of a debut.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

1/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

2/5

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

4/5

Never heard it before, and no stand out tracks. But I like it, and won't mind listening again.

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

Amazing.

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Once in a while I start thinking Led Zep is overrated. Then I listen and I'm captivated all over again.

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

1/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

In It For The Money

Supergrass

2/5

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

2/5

Ingenue

k.d. lang

5/5

Why have I been sleeping on her music? So good. Rich, lush voice.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

5/5

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

2/5

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

2/5

I feel like i should love her, she's got an interesting clear voice and a lot to say. But it doesn't speak to me. 2, because although I don't want to hear it ever again, it's skillful and pleasant.

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

2/5

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

4/5

Am unexpected find.

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

2/5

It's fine. It didn't hurt my ears but hopefully I don't listen again, either.

Slayed?

Slade

1/5

I lie a few Slade songs, none of which are on this record

Da Capo

Love

1/5

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

1/5

Manassas

Stephen Stills

1/5

Meh.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1/5

This music hates me for being female.

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

4/5

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

4/5

Justified

Justin Timberlake

1/5

I'm not the same person I was back when this album came out. I liked it then, now it seems like cotton candy with no substance. Also, Cry Me A River is vastly improved if you look at it as the song is actually about him, he just doesn't know it (don't act like he don't know it)

Teen Dream

Beach House

4/5

Dreamy, indeed.

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

1/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Such a voice even on her debut! And she sings of her own doom.

School's Out

Alice Cooper

4/5

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Iconic and catchy. 4 stars cause it's a bit repetitive by today's standards, and i won't be seeking it out. But it's easy to see why it's a classic.

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

3/5

Man, those first two songs are sheer perfection. I hope every day that Britney knows how much joy she brought and that she lives a peaceful, happy rest of her life now.

Dare!

The Human League

2/5

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

3/5

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Perfect rock.

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

2/5

I'm glad the world has room for art pop musicians like Kate Bush who are out there being their weird, interesting selves. Also glad I don't need to hear it again.

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

4/5

Never heard of this band or this album before, and that's a shame. Mick Jagger is right, this is like Sticky Fingers, in a good way.

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

4/5

This is a weird experience. Would travel it again.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

5/5

This blew my Midwestern middle school mind in 1986 and you know what? It's still great. The beats they use and the way they bounce off each other, so good.

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

It's fine. Best song is Since I Met You, which is almost great if it was just a little more bombastic. So I'm giving this a meh, over all. Didn't dislike it at all.

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

2/5

Slipknot

1/5

Good drums.

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

4/5

Jazz, but make it 80s movie. I think it's the maracas and definitely the saxophone.

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/5

You know what, follow your passion with great skill, that's a good thing. Extremely well done live album. But boy i do not like prog rock at all.

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

1/5

Forgettable.

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

3/5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

5/5

This is just plain good. Interest to listen to, layered, with the drum holding it all together

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

3/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

2/5

Truckin' is good.

World Clique

Deee-Lite

4/5

Listened with headphones and the stereo sound was really a delight.

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

3/5

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

3/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

2/5

Two stars because the harmonies are great, otherwise it would have been just 1. Songs are forgettable though. Disco was the best thing that happened to them.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

I love Bruce Springsteen and yes i have this album.

LP1

FKA twigs

3/5

I can admire something for the skill and creativity and also not particularly like it.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

This is just enjoyable. And basing it on Illinois is so odd. Anyways, I approve. Especially love the electronic but instrumental sound

Tom Tom Club

3/5

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Django Django

4/5

I like this. It inspired a whole day of genre exploration.

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

2/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

3/5

At first I thought, how is the total rating so low, when it has Smooth Criminal, Bad, Dirty Diana, & The Way You Make Me Feel? But then I remembered I hate Man in the Mirror, and boy there's a lot of filler on this. Comes out to a 3 for me too.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

4/5

90

808 State

3/5

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

3/5

Interesting

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Chris

Christine and the Queens

4/5

I really enjoy the interesting complex voice, it scratches an itch my eardrum didn't even know it had

Elvis Presley

3/5

Rock and Roll wouldn't be what it is today without its first superstar

Elastica

1/5

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

3/5

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

Some day maybe this won't seem quite so politically relevant. Today's not that day, though. 5 stars.

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

4/5

This is so odd and so neat to listen to. It would be 5 stars except i don't want to hear the lyrics again

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

1/5

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

1/5

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

3/5

Picture Book

Simply Red

2/5

Street Life

The Crusaders

2/5

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

2/5

Trio

Dolly Parton

3/5

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

5/5

I love early Chicago. Also later Chicago, actually, but boy this album just hits the spot.

Medúlla

Björk

3/5

I don't hate it, like I thought I would. Does this represent growth?

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

1/5

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

3/5

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

2/5

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

1/5

Perfect Way sounds so so much like the much better song Who's Johnny (she said, you know I love you)

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

4/5

I always like Goldfrapp more than I think i will.

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

3/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

2/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

2/5

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

1/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Dry

PJ Harvey

3/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Faust IV

Faust

4/5

I like krautrock and boy that's an unexpected genre to me.

Mask

Bauhaus

2/5

Arular

M.I.A.

3/5

Kenza

Khaled

1/5

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

4/5

Oh no it grows on you, the longer you listen the more it works.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

I like CCR all the way. This album has two great classics, but it's solid and consistent the whole way thru

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

1/5

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

3/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

Kala

M.I.A.

4/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

2/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

2/5

Bert Jansch

4/5

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

1/5

Leftism

Leftfield

2/5

The Blueprint

JAY Z

1/5

Somehow every single thing he raps has the same flow sound to it, idk man

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

Wow.

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

4/5

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

5/5

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

1/5

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

1/5

Crazysexycool

TLC

3/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Great album, starts off iconically and keeps going.

Sail Away

Randy Newman

2/5

Great songwriter, especiallyfor other people. And I actually dig his voice. But he's mean & resentful & cruel in so many of his songs.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Boy I hate this album cover. Great album though

Highly Evolved

The Vines

2/5

Get Free is very good, but otherwise - well, we all have our albums we love not because they are great, but because they came out when we were 16. Alas I was grown when this came out. It's a 2 from me.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

1/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

1/5

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

Low

David Bowie

4/5

One of my favorite albums of his, now. And I'd never heard it before today. I especially liked the soundscapes of the 2nd half. And to think that this is at the same time he's out with Iggy Pop making Lust for Life & Passenger and touring with him. There's a lot going on in this time period and we get these lovely sonic pictures out of it.

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

Better than I though it was

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

1/5

Cross

Justice

2/5

I think I'd like an opera- disco album but this is not it. The less lyrics, the better the songs were.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

4/5

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

3/5

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

1/5

It feels abusive to the singer. I hope he had peace in his life after this.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/5

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

3/5

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

3/5

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

1/5

Musically interesting. But lyrically, this album hates and degrades women. I see why he killed off his character later. Still. 1 star for the hate.

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

The Last Broadcast

Doves

4/5

Shadowland

k.d. lang

3/5

What an amazing rich voice! Wish the songs were worth it. There's better kd Lang albums.

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

2/5

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

4/5

Lo fi and lovely. Electronica for your home.

Hypnotised

The Undertones

3/5

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

4/5

Beautiful music.

GI

Germs

2/5

Two stars for being banned from locations and then booking yourself into those same locations under Germs Incognito.

Scum

Napalm Death

2/5

I'm going for two states because of the audacity. Great drums. Even though Spotify had the lyrics I still failed to distinguish a single word, the singers sound like Animal from the Muppets except less coherent, I refuse to believe it's in English.

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

4/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

The Clash

4/5

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

5/5

A classic and still so relevant.

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

2/5

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

I just don't like Nick Cave.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

2/5

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

3/5

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

4/5

This is so quiet and dark and excellent. Like vampires or 3 am

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

2/5

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

5/5

Unexpected and i enjoyed it. Right up there with Hookworms and The Beta Band, sounds that somehow I missed the first time but I'm glad I found now

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

2/5

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

4/5

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

5/5

I am down for some mellow repetitive yet interesting Electronica.

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

2/5

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

4/5

Le Tigre

4/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

1/5

Dust

Screaming Trees

2/5

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

This is one of the albums where I wish we had a 10 star scale, cause it's an 8 or 9 out of 10 for me. Going for a 5, because 1 don't remains amazing but the whole album is consistent and there's no filler. Every song goes hard.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

I love this album.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

2/5

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

2/5

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

Not my taste, but it's beautiful.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

A much better Rolling Stones album, but not their best one. A solid 4,i like the blues.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

2/5

The older I get, the more I appreciate the music layers and sound, and the more I'm creeped out by the words.

The Undertones

3/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

1/5

So catchy but so full of hate and sadness. If I think the artist (or th artist persona) hates me, I just am not going to score it high.

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

3/5

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Better than I thought. Great music, even the singer's voice suits the songs. The lyrics, well, those don't connect with me and they seem made to impress, idk. The longer songs were the better ones, fewer lyrics and more vibes. I would listen to an instrumental album by the players.

Suzanne Vega

1/5

Destroyer

KISS

3/5

You know what, it's exactly what it says it is. And Beth is a great song.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

2/5

I just couldn't quite get into Sinatra singing bossa nova. He rules his chosen type of music but is maybe so iconic in that, that any other type of music sounds a bit wrong.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

4/5

I don't even know. But I like it.

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

3/5

I still love All I Wanna Do, but I'm pretty over the rest of the album, it no longer allures me the same way it once did.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

2/5

So many of my favorite bands were inspired by Joy Division and I'm always disappointed. I think maybe you had to be there to understand it.

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

4/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Cool jazz is a yes

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

3/5

Black Monk Time

The Monks

5/5

Dang this is so good. Groundbreaking, modern, catchy, interesting. What the heck?

Arise

Sepultura

1/5

Boring. Somehow.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

3/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

The Joshua Tree

U2

5/5

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

2/5

Better than I thought; still, it's neither super influential or super popular . Pretty niche and not in a catchy good way. Didn't hate it.

Moving Pictures

Rush

2/5

This is the band that made me think i disliked prog rock. It's not the voice so much as the pretension and the length and the lyrics all in a combination, the songs just never get anywhere. Tom Sawyer though is good.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Repeater

Fugazi

3/5

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

1/5

No. I love the sound of it but now I know the story and the lyrics and it dropped completely off. I can't get past the artist to the art. But also the art lyric- wise also sucks, so there's that.

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

3/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

2/5

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

1/5

Celebrity Skin

Hole

3/5

It's a fucking shame that Courtney Love isn't a super famous rock star all on her own, she's made for this

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

1/5

Every once in a while I start thinking I like prog rock and then am reminded about bands like this.

The Who Sell Out

The Who

1/5

I love some Who, but not this Who apparently.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

2/5

It's not as horrible as Morrissey's solo albums

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

4/5

I like this, and when I was a teenager I would have LOVED it.

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

3/5

It doesn't feel like I can really judge rap in languages I don't speak. It sounds good and musically the quality is there, but lyrics are essential for comprehension in this genre.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

2/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

5/5

I do like jazz.

Atomizer

Big Black

4/5

Bummed

Happy Mondays

3/5

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

I'm completely ambivalent about reggae.

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

3/5

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

2/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

GREY Area

Little Simz

2/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

3/5

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

2/5

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

3/5

Today I learned Love Hurts by Nazareth is a cover. Also The Everly Brothers have amazing harmonies. But why this album?

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

1/5

OK

Talvin Singh

2/5

The story of it is more interesting than the music of it

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

You know, this should be right up there with great rick operas. Which is not a genre I appreciate, actually.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

1/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

1/5

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

3/5

I recently watched The Last Waltz for the first time, and i do like Joni Mitchell a bit more now. But still not all that much.

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

1/5

Elvis Costello in this album really dislikes women, especially if they wear high heels. Also dislikes men who like women. I don't have room in my life for this.

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

If a cat in heat had a drum machine, you'd get this album.

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Later Cohen albums feel like a cigarette at midnight by a lakeshore with your best friend

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

One World

John Martyn

2/5

Boring. But not bad.

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

2/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

1/5

Out of Step

Minor Threat

4/5

Everything i like about punk and none of what I don't.

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

2/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

1/5

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

5/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

Feast of Wire

Calexico

4/5

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

4/5

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

4/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Reign In Blood

Slayer

1/5

Everything sounds the same.

Very

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

4/5

Caetano Veloso

3/5

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

1/5

Wild Gift

X

3/5

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

1/5

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

Ctrl

SZA

3/5

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

1/5

The music is good enough, the concept is alright. But the success of a concept album telling a story needs a charismatic character, and this album just doesn't have that.

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

1/5

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Fun House

The Stooges

5/5

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Tical

Method Man

3/5

Amnesiac

Radiohead

2/5

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

3/5

This is a genre I hate and the whole side A was one meandering cover of a song that's been better done. Yet it was strangely peaceful and interesting. This is an album that benefits from headphones so you can hear the stereo.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

2/5

How on earth to rate this? Groundbreaking. Catchy. Interesting. Deep. Jesus Walks is a peal for help and an expression of faith. Then, um, listen, he really went off the rails, he should take his drugs, no shame in prescriptions here. Album remains solid though. It would be a 3 but it loses a star for it's dislike of women.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

3/5

This album gets better when it's placed in society & what was going on, definitely recommend reading a bit about it.

Gorillaz

5/5

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

3/5

Much better than I expected

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

It's alright, but why not the first album instead?

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

3/5

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

3/5

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

2/5

Roots

Sepultura

1/5

Pornography

The Cure

2/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

1/5

I hope i don't hear it again

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Listened 4 times, still have no idea what most of the words are. But it's dreamy and lovely.

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

1/5

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

1/5

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

2/5

Skylarking

XTC

2/5

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

4/5

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

1/5

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

1/5

Love the cover, love the drums and guitar and the sound. The first few seconds of the first song was amazing. Hate the vocals, please just sing in your natural range. Falsettos can be great but not when it's strained the whole time

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

4/5

My brain is broken now. I kinda like this. The song "Weeping" is a standout. "Hamburger Lady" is uncomfortable and meant to be.

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

I love the cover, iconic.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

4/5

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

1/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

The Only Ones

2/5

No Other

Gene Clark

2/5

Infected

The The

4/5

Tracy Chapman

5/5

Fast Car has been a love of mine since it came out, but I'd never listened to the album. And I missed out. Best song that's new to me: For My Lover. The way her voice wraps around the lyrics is a piece of heaven.

Berlin

Lou Reed

3/5

Scott 4

Scott Walker

3/5

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

3/5

The United States Of America

3/5

Fear and Whiskey