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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
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5 | 2.39 | +2.61 |
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Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
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5 | 2.52 | +2.48 |
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Bright Flight
Silver Jews
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5 | 2.68 | +2.32 |
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Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
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5 | 2.7 | +2.3 |
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Faust IV
Faust
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5 | 2.78 | +2.22 |
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My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
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5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
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Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
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5 | 2.8 | +2.2 |
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Damaged
Black Flag
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5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
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World Clique
Deee-Lite
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5 | 2.87 | +2.13 |
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Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
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5 | 2.91 | +2.09 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
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1 | 4.3 | -3.3 |
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Hot Fuss
The Killers
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1 | 3.74 | -2.74 |
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Grace
Jeff Buckley
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1 | 3.72 | -2.72 |
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Blue
Joni Mitchell
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1 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
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Stardust
Willie Nelson
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1 | 3.4 | -2.4 |
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Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
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1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
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2 | 4.12 | -2.12 |
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The Libertines
The Libertines
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1 | 3 | -2 |
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Dog Man Star
Suede
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1 | 3 | -2 |
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Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
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1 | 2.98 | -1.98 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Radiohead | 6 | 4.83 |
| The Rolling Stones | 6 | 4.83 |
| Talking Heads | 4 | 5 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.6 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 5 |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 5 |
| Prince | 3 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 5 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 5 |
| The Stooges | 3 | 5 |
| David Bowie | 8 | 4.25 |
| Steely Dan | 4 | 4.5 |
| Beck | 3 | 4.67 |
| Van Morrison | 3 | 4.67 |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 4.67 |
| Sonic Youth | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Cure | 3 | 4.67 |
| Public Enemy | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Kinks | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Beach Boys | 3 | 4.67 |
| Iggy Pop | 2 | 5 |
| Brian Eno | 2 | 5 |
| Deep Purple | 2 | 5 |
| Lou Reed | 2 | 5 |
| The Clash | 2 | 5 |
| The White Stripes | 2 | 5 |
| Funkadelic | 2 | 5 |
| AC/DC | 2 | 5 |
| Kanye West | 2 | 5 |
| A Tribe Called Quest | 2 | 5 |
| LCD Soundsystem | 2 | 5 |
| Pixies | 2 | 5 |
| Neil Young | 3 | 4.33 |
| Marvin Gaye | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Who | 5 | 4 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Willie Nelson | 2 | 1.5 |
| Slipknot | 2 | 1.5 |
| Joni Mitchell | 3 | 2 |
| Björk | 4 | 2.25 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Pink Floyd | 1, 5, 4, 4 |
| Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | 1, 4 |
| Suede | 1, 4 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 2, 4, 5 |
| Beatles | 2, 5, 4, 2, 4, 3 |
5-Star Albums (175)
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Pink Floyd
1/5
Elevated elevator music. Boring. Progressive, yet anti-climatic.
6 likes
Dire Straits
5/5
Serenely shredding
Guitar guides you through the blues
With effortless cool
2 likes
Butthole Surfers
5/5
Weird, abrasive, fuzzy, and shocking. The guitar sound is superb, as is the playing. I think I love it.
1 likes
Kid Rock
1/5
Wow. So bad it’s laughable. It’s from a very distinct time in cultural history, and it only fit in that brief window. Now it’s near offensively terrible.
1 likes
1-Star Albums (19)
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George Harrison
4/5
Metallica
5/5
Iggy Pop
5/5
Weird, but alluring. China girl is especially cool and nightclubbing has some uniquely awesome guitar sounds.
Pink Floyd
1/5
Elevated elevator music. Boring. Progressive, yet anti-climatic.
T. Rex
5/5
Fun, jangling, up beat. I listened to this album like 4 times yesterday. The lyrics are whimsical, especially in Cosmic Dancer. Love this.
The Temptations
3/5
I like bass guitar a lot, but the music itself doesn’t really inspire to do or feel anything. Just nice to listen to on occasion.
Neil Young
3/5
This sounds like every other Neil Young album I’ve ever listened to, but not as good. How many more Neil Young albums are essential to listen to before I die? Like for real.
Girls Against Boys
4/5
Never heard of this band. Good listen, will listen again.
Supertramp
4/5
Fun to listen to. Definitely an experience. Really cool harmonica intro. Not really my style though.
Machito
4/5
Some of the more interesting jazz I’ve ever heard. With the right setting this music is a lot of fun, and with some practice, danceable. Lots of fast music, fast drums, fast horns.
The Divine Comedy
1/5
Didn’t like it. Cheesy, boring, basic instrumentation.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
I love most tracks. To me there are one or two duds, but overall rollicking good music.
Black Flag
5/5
Punk rock classic. Love the intensity!
Tracy Chapman
4/5
What a voice. Definitely worth a listen. Instrumentation is kind of blah, but the voice steals the show anyway.
Brian Eno
5/5
This feels like the Beatles and The Beach Boys had a baby who’s into alternative and borderline punk. I like it a lot and the instrumentation is exquisite.
Frank Zappa
4/5
Jazz rock fusion is more enjoyable than I would have guessed. The whole album is a bit too chaotic for me. Track 2 was my favorite.
John Lennon
4/5
The title track is undeniable. It’s an amazing piece of art. The rest of the album is, in my opinion, mostly forgettable, although pleasant enough to listen to.
David Holmes
2/5
Eh. Long tracks, long intros. Maybe I just wasn’t in the right mood, but I don’t care for this really at all.
Blur
4/5
There’s a few great songs on this album, but mostly this feels like an artist’s exploration of their own sound. The album doesn’t feel cohesive.
Beck
5/5
Great album. So many genres and influences coming together to make some slick, fun, great music.
ABBA
4/5
Infectiously poppy.
Caetano Veloso
3/5
New to me, this music was captivating at first, but its novelty wore off quickly. Pleasant to listen to, and good ambience for a lively party.
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Superb. One of the better classic rock albums. Amazing guitar.
Dr. John
4/5
Interesting, but not captivating. I may have just had a lot going on while listening, but this one just isn’t memorable.
Butthole Surfers
5/5
Weird, abrasive, fuzzy, and shocking. The guitar sound is superb, as is the playing. I think I love it.
David Bowie
3/5
It was fine. Nice to listen to, but unremarkable.
Willie Nelson
1/5
Nelson has an amazing voice, but I hate this. Covering some of his childhood favorites, but in this restrained, I guess you could say classic way. The passion that makes so many of these songs great is gone. No crescendo. Flat.
The Mamas & The Papas
2/5
It was better than that last Willie Nelson album. This seems like an album that was likely innovative at the time, but now it’s just kind of whatever. Fine background music but not worth listening to again.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
I really liked “ I Don’t Remember” and “ and through the wire” but other than that I thought the album was so so.
The Isley Brothers
4/5
“That lady” and “summer breeze” are so fire. But the rest just doesn’t meet the potency of these songs. Still good.
KISS
3/5
High camp, so so music.
Aimee Mann
1/5
Pop country is a genre that rarely feels like a musical success. And this album falls right into line. I couldn’t make it through the whole album. Cheesy and boring.
Dr. Dre
4/5
Production is of the highest quality and there are some absolutely great tracks on here, but as I age I find myself less amused with the obscene lyrics. Sure, it’s a goof, a show, but one that in less attracted to these days.
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Cohen has a great voice, but this whole thing just falls into that category of music that I hear but just can’t ever focus on and really listen. It’s not captivating.
The Bees
2/5
What? Why? This is just modern pop. The hit track “A Minha Menina” has nice commercial value, but I heard nothing that set this album apart, and made it essential to listen to before death.
Cheap Trick
4/5
This is a pretty cool album. Lots of good songs, but also cool instrumentation with plenty of solos, both guitars and drums.
Thin Lizzy
5/5
Excellent album!
The Band
5/5
This is what I want to hear on classic rock stations. Great listen.
Jimmy Smith
3/5
The title track was fun and interesting to listen to, something I’d heard before but never the whole album. Jazz just isn’t really ever what I want to listen to.
Hugh Masekela
2/5
This is just more jazz to me. Pleasant enough, but unremarkable.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
Too much noise.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Better than the last Cohen album. A few songs were pretty good, and had some fiercely good lyrics.
Ray Charles
3/5
Ray Charles has a wonderful voice, and there are some great tracks here. Overall album is a bit long, a few snoozers for sure.
Beastie Boys
5/5
So fun. The hooks are top notch, great to rap/yell along with the chorus. The beats are funky. Love it.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
The instrumentation is fine, but to me this just sounds like a goofy version of the Beatles. I can’t take his voice seriously, and I don’t particularly like it.
The Flaming Lips
5/5
What an album! Weird sounds, topics of beauty and death, and just absolutely beautiful music. Every track is great. Love this album.
Little Simz
4/5
What a flow! Opening track and venom are my favorites. She changes up her rhythm and tone a lot, which I like. Very cool album.
Joe Ely
3/5
They’re a few cool tracks on here. Boxcar has this fuzzy, almost kazoo like guitar sound, that has a rocking’ solo at the end. Fingernails is super fun to sing along to. Overall it’s a bit flat, but a few cool songs.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3/5
There is some great banjo playing and general instrumentation, but the “skits” on seemingly every track are a bit much in my opinion. The album while fun to listen to, doesn’t have that next level to it.
The Gun Club
5/5
Fuzzy punk rock, I love it.
Meat Loaf
4/5
Fun rock opera. Funny lyrics, goofy but fun.
Kid Rock
1/5
Wow. So bad it’s laughable. It’s from a very distinct time in cultural history, and it only fit in that brief window. Now it’s near offensively terrible.
Pretenders
3/5
I wish they’d be a little more punk. The hit track was too poppy for me, and after that the album gets less good in my opinion.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
It’s fine. There are some pretty cool instrumentation from time to time and some biting lyrics, but the whole record is just soft and doesn’t really capture attention.
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Very pleasant and soothing. This is how you make a soulful and interesting album that is slow, methodical, and interesting.
The Shamen
2/5
The 90s club scene in its awkward glory. Indie, electronic and hip hop smashed together in sweaty rave where no one listens and everyone dances to their own blend of drugs.
Van Halen
3/5
What a wild pop phase. It’s not terrible, but multiple listens are not for me. It’s fun and lively, but also silly.
Joni Mitchell
1/5
Not for me. A few strummed notes and a shrill woman almost crying on a few tracks. No thanks.
The Psychedelic Furs
4/5
Pretty good. Gets better with multiple listens as it can just slip into background noise. The lyrics can be silly and ridiculous, but somewhat fun or funny. And there are multiple tracks with some smooth saxophone, that I wish there was more of.
Beatles
2/5
How many Beatles albums am I supposed to care about? Is their whole discography categorized “must listen before I die?” The beat songs here are covers, the rest are whatever.
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
I liked it. However, I don’t remember much about it.
Van Morrison
5/5
What an album. So many genres smoothly mixed into one that doesn’t quite fit any mold. Dude can sing, lyrics are fire and the instrumentation is both pretty and danceable.
Deep Purple
5/5
This album rocks! Great live performance, that has some fun solos and fairly jammy parts that work really well.
Ride
4/5
I liked this. The only part I wasn’t sold on what the singing, at times it wasn’t what I thought worked best with the music, and a bit cheesy, but overall good album.
Radiohead
4/5
Maybe not their best or my favorite Radiohead album, but it was good.
Khaled
2/5
I only listened to one track. I can appreciate the style, but it’s not my particular style, nor do I care to listen to it.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Better than I thought it would be. Would love this on a classic rock station, but maybe not something I would put on.
5/5
Incredible album. Lyrics are other worldly. Guitar licks are catchy. David Bowie at his alter ego finest.
Radiohead
5/5
Amazing mix of styles, rocking out at points, dancy, beautifully weird.
Anita Baker
2/5
Pretty music, that I’m just not into.
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Deep Purple
5/5
I didn’t realize how much I like deep purple. This band keeps it rocking and has some great, fun tracks. Keep the deep purple deep.
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
Too much talking, not enough hooks. Wholly forgettable. It’s too pretentious and goofy.
Mike Oldfield
4/5
This album was pretty cool, especially the intro. My only problem with the album is the way it was presented, two really long tracks. So many cool parts to the tracks, but a lot of progression to get there, that doesn’t really feel like the same song.
James Brown
5/5
A legendary performance, great music, supercool intro, but as this album ages I wish the production of it was better.
Simple Minds
4/5
I wasn’t expecting to like it as much as I did. It did live up to the idea of ambient dance music.
The Fall
2/5
When reading the blurb on this band I was excited to listen, then I did. The songs feel like rants over mediocre music, barely cohesive. If Lou reed was both more punk and worse.
The Black Crowes
3/5
Fun and upbeat, but a bit silly and pop forward.
Sigur Rós
5/5
Beautiful first of all, with layers of melody, rumblings, weird noises and instruments all working together, and giving so much depth. It’s motivating while calming. I have no idea what they’re saying, but I love it anyway.
Milton Nascimento
2/5
Pleasant, but simplistic and boring instrumentation.
Kraftwerk
4/5
I like it more than I was expecting to. It quite easily manages to mingle in backgrounds while still be interesting. It has intricate layers much like Sigur ros, but with a totally different and unique sound. It’s motivating and even a little danceable.
Various Artists
3/5
This feels like my generations version of classic Christmas songs. This is how I remember hearing them when I was younger. It’s nice, not over the top, just solid.
Coldcut
4/5
Really fun and grooving album. Easy to dance to and get lost in. There were a few weird tracks and misses, but overall good.
Fred Neil
3/5
Whimsical and relaxing. It’s almost something I’d listen to over and over again, but lacks that attention grabbing factor.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
I used to love this album. I still love under the bridge, but most of the songs feel goofy and overly crass. I’m just not into it as much.
Metallica
3/5
It’s good, but silly. It’s hard to take seriously. The riffs are pretty cool though.
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Like the Beatles, but a few song with some edge and grit to them.
Aretha Franklin
3/5
Beautiful, but nothing grabs your attention like respect and the other tracks just don’t match up.
Duran Duran
5/5
Super fun and upbeat. Sing alongs and more brooding songs, some funky bass on occasion. Really good album.
Gang Starr
5/5
Buttery smooth.
Merle Haggard
3/5
It’s pretty and sometimes witty, but fades into background, not attention grabbing.
k.d. lang
4/5
I wasn’t expecting to like this, but as it played I found myself drawn in by the lyrics and the music. It’s passionate and oh so sad catchy.
Beastie Boys
5/5
Raucously fun
Sarah Vaughan
2/5
Pretty. The live performance added to the ambiance perfectly. A little on the boring side.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Crisp, solid, classic rock.
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Funky and fun. Utterly ridiculous persona and story telling, but somewhat funny. It transports you to a time and place, very much of its era.
Baaba Maal
1/5
Pleasant enough, but overall boring. Not my style.
The Dictators
2/5
A mash up of things I do and don’t like, almost punk, but elements of many musical styles. Lyrically strange.
The Undertones
3/5
This feels like a small step forward for punk rock from the Dictators. Similarly poppy and also covers a super old pop song. Better, but still not amazing.
Eminem
3/5
Lyrically he’s talented, but the subject matter doesn’t appeal anymore, after the shock value wears off. I do like that intro a lot, a reminder that this is made up, art, for entertainment, and for specific audiences, not everyone.
Calexico
4/5
This album transports you to movie land, as it feels more like a score. Definitely mood setting.
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Interesting, poppy indie rock. There are some cool sounds and one really weird but fun track, “useful chamber.” Nice to listen to, might listen again.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
I like this, it feels raw and energetic.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
His voice is captivating, his stories are brilliant, his style is strange, and category defying. I like it.
Ray Price
3/5
Calm echoes echo
Sad cowboy’s teary eyed tales
Twang drowned in lost love
Eminem
3/5
Regular rude dude
Does not control your actions
Raps art not advice
Alanis Morissette
3/5
Passionate anger
Trembling yet bold belting
Woman of sure fire
Pearl Jam
2/5
Better Dave Mathews?
Blended into nothingness
Drone on grunge I guess
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Trippy hippie love
Generation defining
Wax poetic rock
Nina Simone
3/5
Lyrically inspired
Cocktail songs with social pluck
Beautifully bold
Aphex Twin
5/5
Rhythm and robots
Strobe light pool party all night
Set program to dance
TV On The Radio
2/5
Occasional charm
Choir pop rock might be tight live
Bolstering needed
Prince
5/5
Superlative here
Funky rhythms, killer voice
Superlative there
5/5
Hell on earth exists
But funky beauty does too
Chill in that beauty
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
Neu!
5/5
Simple as lightning
Beats and sounds rain down your ears
Engineered nature
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Broken hearted men
Have their guitars cry for them
Shredding memories
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Wiggles and squirming
Weirdly poppy but not catchy
Bouncing off the walls
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Wispy as light fog
Pretty sounds arranged ugly
Put me to shleep please
Femi Kuti
2/5
Gorillaz
5/5
Head bopping deep beats
Shoulders popping vulture style
Moody dance pop hop
The Chemical Brothers
5/5
Block party starter
Driving beats that move your feet
Dance until you’re dead
CHVRCHES
4/5
Pop worth a listen
Dreamy kaleidoscope sound
Dance in a synth trance
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
Instant funk IV
In your blood, must obey beat
Rhythms flow through you
Fela Kuti
4/5
A soulful jam sesh
Unknown words sang with passion
Raucous drumming fun
Little Richard
3/5
Big band supported
Wildly scratchy smooth vocals
Twisting and rocking
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Lou Reed
5/5
Casual poems
An upbeat melancholy
Beautifully life
D'Angelo
3/5
Big bass, whispered songs
If your bedroom is your church
Ecstasy abounds
Daft Punk
5/5
The Clash
5/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Sonic confidence
Instrumental perfection
So smooth sing-alongs
Blondie
4/5
The White Stripes
5/5
Slick riffs and plain drums
Energetic fun blues blend
Twisted charisma
Beastie Boys
5/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Nirvana
5/5
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Thundercat
4/5
Wild sounds wildly paced
Smoothly bold yet erratic
Blotto R&B
Ian Dury
4/5
Charming yet cheeky
Solid rock butter knife edge
Iconic finish
Skepta
3/5
Witty, aggressive
Pop culture referencing
UK Gangster rap
Pulp
2/5
Radio Brit rock
Safely unadventurous
Boldly quite boring
The Libertines
1/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Parliament
5/5
Funk personified
Serenely otherworldly
Meteoric high flight
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Dead Kennedys
5/5
Blunt force messengers
Aggressively absurdist
Anti pop ear worms
Oasis
3/5
Uncompelling rock
Radio friendly product
Guitar solos shine
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Justice
5/5
Bouncing beats, warped bass
Non stop dance party special
Unique electronic
Nightmares On Wax
5/5
Vibes on top of vibes
Jazzy chill hip hop techno
Windows down night drive
David Bowie
3/5
A haunted presence
Another reinvention
Bleakly beautiful
The Stone Roses
4/5
Effortless alt rock
Pleasant enough, competent
Last track: show stopper
Sugar
4/5
Heavy melodies
Raucous noise nicely arranged
Mix of cheese, joy, rock
The Who
4/5
Pristine performance
Too much chit chat in between
But good enough though
Arcade Fire
5/5
Dystopian hope
Enshrined in sweeping dirges
Composed in beauty
Fatboy Slim
5/5
Drive a la techno
Infectious you best dance beats
Samples, sounds, on point
De La Soul
4/5
5/5
The Jam
4/5
Pop rock with feeling
A la the Kinks and the Who
Garage feel with grit
Scissor Sisters
4/5
Björk
2/5
Aloft, light as air
Abrupt, shocking as lightning
Aloof, tech folk witch
The Go-Go's
4/5
Eels
3/5
Klaxons
3/5
Funkadelic
5/5
CHIC
4/5
Shoulders slink to toes
As rhythms sway those loose hips
Body dance party
Elton John
5/5
Piano rocking
Dueling himself, shakes the bar
Songs of deep feeling
OutKast
5/5
The Killers
1/5
Alice Cooper
4/5
Miles Davis
3/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
Quiet bold ballads
Coping with soft haunting rage
Simply powerful
AC/DC
5/5
Old but gold anthems
Shrieked over rock solid riffs
Feel badass feel good
Mylo
4/5
Low key vibes city
Weird samples looped pleasingly
Smooth after party
The Allman Brothers Band
5/5
Melodic jamming
Might sing might not don’t matter
The guitar’s your guide
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Massive Attack
3/5
The Band
4/5
Not the best of band
Almost too soulful blues rock
The Weight is the great
Jack White
3/5
Guitar slick as oil
Fun energetic lyrics
Anthemic ditties
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
Underworld
2/5
Rapid fire house beats
Droning on robotically
Can’t find the dance here
Kanye West
5/5
Social narratives
Rapped over top production
Hooks and samples snap
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Just some laid back dudes
Good alone good together
Playing laid back tunes
Michael Jackson
3/5
King of pop is bad
Killer voice, solid hit tracks
But uninspired hype
Stan Getz
4/5
Transportative jazz
Seaside open air cafe
Relaxed yet cultured
The Everly Brothers
2/5
Old school dreamy rock
Beachy romantic summer
Sounds like times gone past
Sex Pistols
5/5
Organized chaos
Loud, abrasive, so much fun
Barely holding on
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3/5
Too sad for this joy
Too naive for this high art
Too bad, it’s charming
Miles Davis
4/5
Engrained, familiar
Pleasing without imposing
Simply elegant
Sister Sledge
3/5
Mudhoney
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Get in your bones riffs
Country sounds, rock and roll style
Raucous good time voice
The Fall
4/5
Quality of groove
Hidden in droning guitars
And a voice mundane
Arcade Fire
4/5
Sadness wrapped in hope
Reserved pent up energy
Explodes with great noise
Dr. Octagon
5/5
Ceaseless and complex
Scratched and spun maze of wordplay
Odd, head bobbing rap
Radiohead
5/5
Cool nerds make music
Pretty, artsy, yet badass
Dance, chill, it all works
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Suede
1/5
Beck
5/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
A nurtured, tamed noise
Droning voice screeching guitars
Odd, uniquely primal
2/5
Three songs too many
Rambling jammy hoopla
No hooks, just endless
George Jones
2/5
A grandiose voice
Bare bones instrumentation
Sad man croons lost love
Neil Young
5/5
High and haunted voice
Coos folk songs powerfully
Harmonica rocks
Elliott Smith
2/5
PJ Harvey
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Gang Of Four
5/5
Sparse yet exciting
Striking noisy melodies
Bass driven fun tracks
Jane Weaver
2/5
The Cure
4/5
Eerie dance music
Wholly encapsulating
Hip horror flick vibe
Yes
2/5
Peter Frampton
3/5
Peter Tosh
3/5
Dusty Springfield
2/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Mariah Carey
2/5
She got altitude
Krayzie bone can’t save lulling
Like rhythm and snooze
Faust
5/5
Ambient tech rock
Oddly charming noise music
Whimsical clanging
Björk
2/5
Whispered lofty voice
Between a night lounge and club
Strange pop, space worthy
The Byrds
4/5
Bill Callahan
3/5
A fully flat voice
Barely sings formal ditties
On sweet melodies
Radiohead
5/5
Layered highs and lows
Pays homage and paves forward
Mellow yet rocking
Nick Drake
2/5
Prefab Sprout
1/5
Cheesemongers gather
For your pure stinky cheddar
It’s all you can eat
Spiritualized
4/5
Vast outer soundscapes
Stretching to infinities
Brings a spacey bliss
Led Zeppelin
4/5
What an opener
Then a settling, soft side
As rock bleeds to folk
4/5
Step to twangy bliss
Sad songs sang with full vigor
And soft rebellion
Rahul Dev Burman
4/5
Bollywood epic
With international flair
And a classy vibe
Michael Jackson
4/5
King tackles disco
Beat after beat moves my feet
Plus funky breakdowns
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
A Christian rock vibe
An album of sad tribute
Doesn’t make it good
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
Weird noises throughout
Distract from so-so psych rock
On too long album
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Slice of America
A story telling wonder
Grit and class combo
The Verve
2/5
Pop that ain’t catchy
Rock that rolls over near dead
Music feels empty
Slipknot
1/5
Method Man
5/5
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
In awe from the first
From bass lines on down to flows
Masterclass of cool
Norah Jones
3/5
A soothing calm flood
Bathes you at the couch or lounge
With sweet reveries
Public Enemy
5/5
Aptly aggressive
Calling out fat injustice
While repping culture
Stephen Stills
3/5
Pleasantly twangy
Southern rockers having fun
Playing porch music
Fiona Apple
2/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
4/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Organized chaos
Production and protest
An album phenom
Judas Priest
4/5
Sparse yet striking riffs
Support shout along anthems
And wicked solos
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
Lightly dance a sway
That builds into full on trance
Oops… grooved the day done
Beatles
4/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
Vibe below midnight
Relaxed but not without grit
Music to melt with
Rush
5/5
Love
1/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
Class up the club
With that slinky black dress on
til champagnes gone
Pantera
4/5
Radiohead
5/5
Acquired listening
As oddities come to life
Pretty as a bloom
Sam Cooke
3/5
Up on the pulpit
To a raucous crowd, preaches
Living through troubles
Beatles
2/5
A first here and there
Growing as musicians blah
Apathy takes me
Basement Jaxx
2/5
The Kinks
5/5
Cheeky lyricists
With undercurrents of cool
Play jaunty rock riffs
Alice In Chains
3/5
Gnarly grunge guitars
Get lost in long banal wails,
Flailing genre mix
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Soft rock radio
Playing this sort on repeat
World wide moms rejoice
The Roots
3/5
Far from cohesive
Skills lost in exploration
Pushed a bit too far
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Twang filled rock n roll
Highlighting each instrument
With skill and good times
a-ha
2/5
Dripping in eighties
Synth pop sliding off the page
Fun over substance
Beatles
4/5
Half on and half off
Nice songs followed by snoozes
Almost enough weird
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
The king of reggae
Lays down relaxing, mellow
Sing a long protests
Miles Davis
2/5
Classy, impressive
So not me, I can’t even
I was not born cool
Adele
3/5
A voice magnetic,
Drawing you deeper, deeper
Into pop magic
Pink Floyd
5/5
Undulled by decades
Much revered album still jams
Nearing perfection
Van Morrison
4/5
The Who
5/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
With signature tunes
They deliver surf through sound
Then rinse and repeat
Otis Redding
5/5
A full range of feels
Sung soulfully with slight grit
And well timed horn blasts
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
Ambivalence coils
While pleasantly melodic
Yet cool adjacent
The La's
2/5
At points bearable
But mostly nauseating
Poppy rock drivel
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
whimsical vocals
Sing along lyrics with charm
Make listening fun
The Replacements
5/5
Punk with song structure
Oddly catchy anti-pop
Not unsatisfied
The Coral
4/5
No nice genre box
Shapeshifting music wizards
Casting rock weirdness
Coldplay
3/5
The Who
3/5
A rock opera
Groundbreaking concept album
Doesn’t slap for me
T. Rex
3/5
A presence subdued
With a near singular tone
Fades fast to forgot
M.I.A.
4/5
Sweaty dance party
Of bangers produced crisply
With fun sounds and styles
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Soulful elegance
Undeniably funky
Lovely composite
Pink Floyd
4/5
Prince
5/5
Spellbinding magic
Rock n roll gets makeover
And it’s majestic
Willie Nelson
2/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
5/5
Superb songwriting
Twangy soothing melodies
Lovely country rock
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
Pop melodrama
Reeks of nineties rom com vibes
Sad world blah blah blah
Cornershop
3/5
Sonic potpourri,
Modern mystics do chill pop,
That’s quite appealing
The White Stripes
5/5
Handing out anthems
With oily slick rhymes and riffs,
Smoothly delivered
Big Black
4/5
Fast, provocative,
Flurry of fuzzy punk riffs
And alluring noise
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
Puppy love ballads
Of old time rock n roll fame
With jaunty good vibes
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
Rollicking album
Explores many punk genres
Tackles each deftly
Al Green
4/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Human instrument
On full beautiful display
Soothing old art form
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
Listened on repeat
Never soured, kept moving feet,
So fun, so unique
Pixies
5/5
Born of a garage
And doused in pop’s charisma
Shockingly good stuff
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5/5
Howls ripple throughout
Absurdities and punk riffs
Punctuate this art
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Pretty piano
Chill beats, uplifting presence
With spiritual feel
Metallica
4/5
Isaac Hayes
5/5
Starts and ends funky
Melodies of life between
And an air of cool
Randy Newman
3/5
Piano ditties
And poetic ramblings
Laid back listening
Talking Heads
5/5
Their signature sound
Dances playfully along
This alt pop album
Queen
4/5
Off the wall pop rock
Tempos and keys go loco
As guitar triumphs
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Wear a tuxedo
Dance in a black and white film
Be classy, have fun
Pixies
5/5
An effortless cool
Layered in wild chants and riffs
Beauty and madness
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Light years beyond smooth
Vastly emotional pop
With funky breakdowns
The Police
5/5
Reggae infused rock
And pop and punk all unite
Into rock classics
Buzzcocks
4/5
A shrill rapid fire
Guitars a rolling flame wheel
A blast of punk rock
Madonna
2/5
Ethereal feel
Overly poppy dance tracks
Not worth a listen
5/5
Circus-like whimsy,
a happy-go-lucky feel,
A la classic rock
The Only Ones
4/5
Deadpan delivery
Melodic approaching wild
Uniquely punk rock
King Crimson
5/5
Air
4/5
Atmospheric cool
Drips as chill background music
But fades too easy
Koffi Olomide
3/5
Pops with island vibes
Carefree and energetic
Sand dancing awaits
Sebadoh
3/5
Slint
2/5
Occasional hits,
More misses, in a quiet,
Restrained alt album
Miles Davis
3/5
Pleasant as a stream
Flowing without boundaries
Lost in the current
k.d. lang
2/5
Polished pop country
With a sultry, yet full voice,
And a Hollywood sheen
Kings of Leon
2/5
Two radio hits
Recycled arena rock
And catchy headaches
Black Sabbath
4/5
Melodic yelling
Softens this metal album
While guitars still shriek
Boards of Canada
4/5
Chilled hip hop like beats
melt to the couch quality
With fuzzed ambiance
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Poetic deluge
A voice falling fast down stairs
Wisped away by wind
Kings of Leon
2/5
Voice of high complaint
Whining through so so album
Glad it’s not catchy
The Doors
4/5
Shrouded in mystique
sounds of nature and big tops
And a voice beyond
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Pinch of theatrics
Glamorous, hard hitting riffs
Each track finds some fun
Rod Stewart
4/5
Raspy perfection
Belting out instant classics
Made for moms, still rocks
The Clash
5/5
Scrappy protest chants
Roared to rat-a-tat approach
Punk rock leaps forward
The Pogues
4/5
Fiery tradition
And modern punk’s sweet embrace
Makes fun folksy jigs
Mike Ladd
3/5
Barely hip hop beats
And oft choppy poetry
Rambling album
Chopped up mad samples
Atypical, witty bars
Odd artsy approach
Madonna
2/5
Should be an EP
With a loaf of pop filler
First track magic fades
Jeff Buckley
1/5
The Darkness
3/5
Serious talent
Rocking guitar, vaulting voice
Slapped with silliness
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Talking Heads
5/5
Intrinsic wildness
Dance worthy blend of genres
homage to Fela
Bert Jansch
2/5
Neil Young
5/5
Sickly sweet singing
Poetically stunning
Soul igniting rock
The Who
4/5
Old pop sound beefed up
Drumming mania displayed
Equals debut splash
Dire Straits
5/5
Serenely shredding
Guitar guides you through the blues
With effortless cool
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Words smushed, contorted,
Sang in dramatic fashion
To fancy tent tunes
Jerry Lee Lewis
4/5
Manic piano
And a performance to match
Howling rock n roll
Cat Stevens
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Lively eighties pop
With synth driven dance background
To make a statement
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Easy confidence
Guitar riffs and organ licks
Make one smooth album
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Nerding out so cool
With an energetic sway
Slickly delivered
Green Day
4/5
Brash yet fun pop punk
Driving and melodic noise
Self consciously whined
Slipknot
2/5
Furious onslaught
Tortuously screamed vocals
Massacre music
Kelela
3/5
Sultry seduction
Whispered on subdued dance tracks
More than just a voice
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Meandering on
A pleasantly rowdy way
Of belted hard rock
Nine Inch Nails
2/5
Hardcore elements
Mixed with eerie techno sounds
Odd cacophony
The Cure
5/5
A grooving drama,
Full with life, ensuing gloom,
Sad happy dancing
An eerie aura
Emotional instruments
Nightmare serenade
Killing Joke
4/5
A rough garage feel
A guitar dripping with style
An epic approach
Muddy Waters
5/5
The blues rock blueprint
Wailing guitar made legend
Plus harmonica!
Steely Dan
5/5
Smoothly relaxing
Clarity and precision
Make all day chill tones
The Stranglers
3/5
A tad bit wonky
With punk adjacent offshoots
Cheekiness galore
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Foreign language blues
Familiar rhythms and feels
album to groove to
Beth Orton
2/5
Solange
3/5
A velvet lined lounge
Hosts soul singer laced in pop
Making people hot
R.E.M.
4/5
College radio
Welcomed contemplative rock
Practiced nonchalance
Fleet Foxes
5/5
Folksy abandon
A mythic magic runs through
Spellbinding beauty
Hole
4/5
Catchy guitar hooks
With rebellious energy
And forceful vocals
Nick Drake
2/5
Voice evokes sadness
Yet a morning stroll pep runs
Through soft melodies
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Romance run amok
Drenched in sensuality
Pleasure seeker’s must
American Music Club
2/5
Generic lyrics
Forgettable eighties rock
Mostly broad dullness
Fats Domino
3/5
A voice full and smooth
With horns blasting, band backing,
Jazz peppered pre-rock
The Divine Comedy
3/5
King of crescendo
Building up so-so love songs
Into blissful pop
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
SAULT
4/5
A power propelled
By genre melting music
Itself analogy
Mudhoney
4/5
The fuzzy guitars
Of catchy melodic blasts
Voice a scratchy glue
The Doors
4/5
Such searing lyrics
A touch eerie with funk too
A unique blues rock
Napalm Death
2/5
Troglodytic yowls
Metallic cacophony
Blasted into you
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Windy caresses
Everything and nothing
Time aided by calm
David Ackles
2/5
With utmost drama
Near narrative poetry
Rambles through the mind
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
A funk pervasive
Instruments strained to the brink
In manifesto
Donald Fagen
5/5
The smoothest polish
A jazzy suave atmosphere
Unexpected cool
GZA
4/5
Menacing Aesop
Spinning records, rhymes, and tales
Over chilled back beats
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
A relaxing haze
Simple lyrics and music
profoundly moving
Michael Jackson
4/5
Pop masterpieces
amalgamation of dance
The king reigns supreme
Elis Regina
3/5
Brazil’s classy pop
Funk infused bouncy music
Feels warm like sunshin
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
Chill new wave rhythms
A voice burdened but still strong
Makes pleasant alt pop
Green Day
3/5
Flirts with pop punk line
Banging out radio hits
While still protesting
Pulp
2/5
The Modern Lovers
4/5
Apathetic sway
And gently shredding guitars
Pairs well in punk rock
Muddy Waters
4/5
Mood setting music
Down in the dumps, sun shining,
Core blues performance
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Volumes of slow burns
Gracefully sung with sharp tongue
Classy, folk like edge
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
Old timey country
Pleasantly bucolic feel
Yet drama plenty
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Pinballing effect
A shifty sort of prog rock
Sprawling to no end
N.W.A.
5/5
Hyped up explosive
Dropping truth bombs with mad style
Tight raps, tighter beats
OutKast
4/5
The dichotomy
Splits a pair on two art arcs
A near last hurrah
Slade
4/5
A howling approach
Laid out on noisy rhythms
Straight forward hard rock
3/5
Composite of cool
Alternative poetry
Pulsating power
3/5
Frantic harmonies
Defying industry norms
Still so successful
Spacemen 3
4/5
Welcome to space church
Get lost in the droning stars
And worship vastness
Orbital
4/5
Club drums, mystic sounds,
And mechanical time loops
Forms dance hypnosis
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Drive Like Jehu
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Clean acoustic set
Emotionally wrenching
Nostalgic album
David Bowie
5/5
Hidden gem album
Poetry and piano
Dance delightfully
MC Solaar
3/5
Laid back French hip hop
With big jazz influences
And a skosh of ska
Led Zeppelin
5/5
A duel of passions
Soaring vocals belted out
And guitar aflame
The xx
4/5
Turns little to lots,
With simply slick beats and coos
Sung sweetly, sadly
Megadeth
5/5
Shrouded in deep shred
Absurdities rise and rule
Face melting metal
Lou Reed
5/5
Melancholy drips
On music bold, beautiful,
And rocking weirdness
Louis Prima
3/5
Catchy old time tunes
Sung with verve and gleefulness
To up tempo band
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
Jazz without a care
Breezy sophistication
Pleasantly nuanced
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Folksy quivering
Feels light, lofty, soars above
Rains lovely weirdness
ZZ Top
4/5
Guitar a lickin’
Dudes a grumblin’, wailin’
Rhythms steeped in cool
The Young Gods
4/5
A dramatic flair
Metal rhythms, punk inspired
French high art in rock
Billy Joel
3/5
Piano driven
Classy montage like pop rock
Almost too catchy
The Stooges
5/5
Lyrically wild
With matching sonic aura
Punk influencer
Maxwell
3/5
The jams so sultry
Jazzy, smooth as butter, soul
For you to unwind
Cocteau Twins
3/5
A dreamy soundscape
Guided by a high, soft voice
Enveloping you
King Crimson
3/5
Beyond progressive
Art abstractions run amok
In roaming, wild work
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
Resembles music
But noise and randomness reign
In mechanic art
Stereolab
4/5
Familiar at once
As sonic eras collide
With joyful French rock
Garbage
4/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Guitar heavy jams
With classic vocal wailing
Feels so effortless
Shuggie Otis
3/5
Crispy production
Most pleasantly poppy art
While keeping it weird
Tom Waits
4/5
Gravel vocalized
A crunch so satisfying
Sings eerie poems
The Charlatans
3/5
Vocals lack luster
Instrumental track is best
This one just falls flat
Taylor Swift
4/5
Overtly poppy
With solid song writing chops
And eighties highlights
Chicago
4/5
Dramatic vocals
With celebratory horns
And gnarly breakdowns
AC/DC
5/5
Hyped up riff frenzy
Screeched and wailed at high volume
Rock n roll attack
Christine and the Queens
4/5
Electronic pop
Feels heavy yet effortless
And quite nice to dance
The National
3/5
Nonchalant poems
Deeply sung over droning
Melodic fuzzes
Arrested Development
4/5
Golden aged hip hop
Scratches, loops, and spits mad yarns
With positive vibes
Sufjan Stevens
5/5
A golden aura
Softly glowing through music
Serene, spellbinding
John Coltrane
3/5
Calming yet lively
Predictable as water
Outpouring of jazz
Tito Puente
4/5
MGMT
4/5
Like happy dancing
To sad anthems by yourself
Laden with fun drugs
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
3/5
Sparsely played blues rock
A janky, posturing flow
That works, but barely
David Bowie
5/5
Killer saxophone
Full bodied, artsy pop rock
Elevates your mood
Terence Trent D'Arby
4/5
Prince comparisons
Deserved as they wail and write
Poppy, rock ballads
The Stooges
5/5
Pioneering rock
Heavy, pulsating rhythms
Led with voice of steel
Dolly Parton
3/5
Country music stars
Sing sickly sweet harmonies
And mostly sad songs
Tim Buckley
4/5
Clearly jazz inspired
Crooning soulfully upon
Care free edgy rock
Radiohead
5/5
Modern spirituals
With Cathartic crescendos
Pushing rock forward
2/5
Tonal inflections
Almost all are poor choices
Guitar is cool though
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
A vibe laced in funk
With a voice tender yet strained
Ready to face life
Sade
4/5
Almost tropical
With a calming seduction
Breezy melodies
Wilco
5/5
Country twang lingers
In straight forward rock ballads
Sang delicately
The Avalanches
5/5
A crowded party
Ebbs and sways to sampled tracks
Lives life through the beat
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
4/5
Beautiful yet odd
Emotional arrangements
Feels fresh and timeless
Korn
2/5
Jungle Brothers
4/5
A positive vibe
Dance centric, story telling
Hip hop to chill to
Eagles
3/5
The Kinks
4/5
Rock that’s smooth and full
Sung by accented crooner
To merry effect
The Thrills
2/5
A vibrant guitar
And a little twang tries to
But can’t save this band
The B-52's
4/5
Punk like silliness
Fun loving, odd ball lyrics
And surf inspired tones
Gary Numan
5/5
Sweetly wailing synth
And a voice of whined practice
Offering pop tunes
Love
3/5
Off the beaten path
Folksy yet innovative
Homely rock music
JAY Z
2/5
Tour guide through Jay’s brain
Rhymes and bass without much care
Lacking in substance
Doves
3/5
Suffocating plush,
Layers of soft pretty sounds
Cradles so so voice
Death In Vegas
4/5
An enveloping
Lush, fuzzy, bass driven sound
Nearly great album
Nico
2/5
Pretty yet sparse tunes
Forgettable poetry
Delivered flatly
The Sugarcubes
4/5
Wildness of spirit
Pairs well with fluidity
As boundless pop rock
Rod Stewart
5/5
Scratchy perfection
Joined with a fun loving sound
Makes rock music gold
4/5
Of classy lounges
Mixed with modern techno sounds
Genre crash success
Brian Eno
5/5
Rare find recordings,
Amalgamation of chill,
Ground breaking album
Björk
2/5
Odd and pretty sounds
Arranged in patterns unknown
Emits eerie vibes
The Lemonheads
4/5
Fun loving music
Laid back singing, sad lyrics
Alluring combo
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
Fast paced, bass thumping
Beats to make your body bob
With a swirl of chill
Beck
4/5
Slow jams a la Beck
Soft, sonorous tones grace songs
As he croons along
White Denim
3/5
Busy instruments
Nearly overcrowd soft singing
Makes feel good indie
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Soulful unveiling
Self inspired persona piece
Snuggled in warm tones
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Pervasive pop songs
Redefining star singer
To legend status
Paul Simon
3/5
Verses sung coolly
Of not so plot driven tales
With lax acoustics
Iron Maiden
4/5
Inspired by banshees
Yet peppered with deft restraint
Shocking, raw metal
Stereo MC's
3/5
Dance tracks with some rhymes
Hip hop label is a stretch
Chilled out all the same
Johnny Cash
4/5
Crowd pleasing album
With charming Aesop like tales
On rebel ditties
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Eerie tones cascade
And reverberate inside
A slow dancing soul
Janis Joplin
5/5
Folksy witchcraft vibes
Sang with unbridled passion
Of a free woman
M.I.A.
4/5
Body breaking beats
Equal parts club and primal
With lil rap ditties
Dolly Parton
4/5
Honeyed southern charm
Sings stories of life grand and bland
With soaring vocals
Johnny Cash
4/5
Covers sung anew
With an old hand’s confidence
And sparse, nimble tunes
Eric Clapton
3/5
Bam, gentle shredding
Then softly lulls others’ work
Soothing yet lacking
Doves
2/5
A grandeur squandered
With whining, sappy lyrics,
And hookless blah vibes
Aerosmith
4/5
Hard arena rock
Care free, loose lipped energy
Has a zestful flair
Fugazi
5/5
In your face anthems
Sated with charging guitars
And riveting grooves
Sonic Youth
5/5
Mesmerizing fuzz
Loaded with sticky guitars
Is weird off beat art
John Martyn
3/5
Sounds of Jamaica
Gives relaxing island vibes
To oft garbled act
Arcade Fire
5/5
Sounds like long lost hope
Swelling from dark frantic hooks
Yearning to be heard
Ghostface Killah
4/5
Nonstop rap onslaught
Of comic absurdities
On tight, sampled beats
The Blue Nile
3/5
Bright yet eerie sounds
Host a melancholy voice
That croons deeply sweet
Small Faces
4/5
A classic rock band
Quality musicianship
And soaring vocals
Liz Phair
3/5
Def Leppard
3/5
Strained and uncontained
Soaring vocals, rowdy riffs
Over the top fun
Joni Mitchell
3/5
A voice softly deep
Weaving through folksy rhythms
Singing tales in prose
Bob Dylan
4/5
A slippery voice
Gliding through stories in prose
With a folksy flair
Roxy Music
4/5
An Artsy approach
Classic rock with edgy sounds
And odd ball vocals
Screaming Trees
4/5
The Yardbirds
4/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Spacey alt rock tracks
With somewhat sappy lyrics
And breathy vocals
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Romantic crooning
A generational voice
A guitar that swoons
The Cure
5/5
Thematic echoes
And boldly contrasting drums
Add to eerie rock
Talking Heads
5/5
Artistic rebels
Experimenting in rock
Uniquely upbeat
10cc
3/5
Confident strumming
With light hearted song lyrics
Performed in glam lights
Dizzee Rascal
4/5
Bass and lasers let
The accented assassin
Straight murder the tracks
Cocteau Twins
4/5
High breathy vocals
With a mystic ambiance
And a dreamy daze
World wide pop appeal
Generically bow wrapped
Too cleanly produced
Hole
5/5
Cathartic grunge rock
Bewitching riffs, banshee wails,
Riot girl classic
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Swampy, twangy gems
Caked in blues riffs run amok
And howled into night
Gillian Welch
2/5
Acoustic guitars
With a slight twang, steady voice
With time on its mind
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
A funky smooth flow
Over drum heavy, chill beats
Is electric cool
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Effortless playing
Has a mood lifting function
Nearing perfection
Leonard Cohen
3/5
foreboding music
Drowning in melancholy
And crooned mournfully
Moby
4/5
Electronic depth
Tracks of emotional treks
Full of dance rhythms
Kate Bush
3/5
Vocal pop display
From carnival heights down to
Feral haunting growls
The Cramps
3/5
Garage aesthetic
A touch of rockabilly
Makes fun, no frills rock
The Verve
2/5
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Jazz staples displayed
Conveying effort with grace
In night lounge magic
Jeff Beck
4/5
Solo explosions
Just enough scratchy vocals
And blues via shred
Beatles
3/5
Love is in the air
Sappy love songs in your ear
Simple and catchy
Sabu
4/5
Hand drum bonanza
Feels both ancient and modern
And insists you dance
Madness
3/5
A goofy pop blend
Saturated with brass horns
And catchy lyrics
The Byrds
4/5
Bouncy southern twang
Supports angelic vocals
Weds country to rock
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
A voice made scaly,
Bluesy bass, and good time riffs,
Makes oddball classic
Prince
5/5
Deeply sexual
Futuristic seduction
By man and guitar
Cypress Hill
5/5
With unique vocals,
Funny lyrics, banging beats,
Hip hop takes cool turn
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Juicy guitar riffs
Balancing quiet with loud
While drums run amok
Buck Owens
2/5
A crystal clear twang
Nursery rhyme style lyrics
Yet sadder motifs
Richard Thompson
3/5
Couple makes folk rock
Feels like light in the darkness
That’s lovely, moody
Flamin' Groovies
4/5
Scrappy classic rock
Sharp as a tack guitar hooks
With blues influence
Bee Gees
2/5
Serious ballads
Of their pre disco era
Are proper snooze fest
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Draped in pleasantries
A smoothness beyond reason
Pleads for betterment
Pavement
4/5
Some pretty droning
Some casual poetry
Makes alt rock success
Giant Sand
2/5
Iggy Pop
5/5
Drum beats to bop to
Memorable guitar licks
Raucous rocking fun
The Icarus Line
3/5
Bonnie Raitt
2/5
Le Tigre
5/5
Infectious dance tracks
While wildly relatable
And badass to boot
The Temptations
4/5
Duke Ellington
4/5
A wordless story
Instrumental class and skill
Beyond just grandeur
Adele
3/5
Full bodied vocals
Sing dramatic, classy pop
With a splash of fun
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Mister piano
Tapping keys oh so lively
Lovely jazzy day
Jane's Addiction
4/5
Aggressively fun
With tidbits of goofiness
In grunge psych combo
Def Leppard
3/5
Anthemic crazies
Springing like their curly hair
Loving rocking out
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
When former lovers
Play lost love songs together
The pain resonates
Soft Cell
3/5
Provocative pop
Highlighted with perky synth
Teases the taboo
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Harmonizing dudes
Play tunes sad and peppy as
Folk rock poetry
Germs
3/5
A deluge of noise
Falling into your eardrums
Forcing you to mosh
Goldfrapp
3/5
The Streets
2/5
Dude talking tired raps
With a stoic expression
And whatever beats
Sleater-Kinney
5/5
Feminine prowess
Proudly gutted and displayed,
Fiercely rooted punk
Grateful Dead
4/5
A jam band jamming
With effortless grace and timing
To keep you engaged
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
Björk
3/5
Anthrax
4/5
Galloping guitars
Stampede on metal wastelands
Yelling all the way
The Specials
3/5
Borrowed island sounds
Mix neatly in pop rock blend
Making friendly jams
4/5
A slapping baseline
Elevates this disco pop
To goofy but fun
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
To put it lightly
It’s experimental
And quite weirdly keen
808 State
3/5
A raving pc
Takes over the party mix
With sax and quick beats
Violent Femmes
4/5
Rawly spirited
Busker like revolution
For stripped down alt rock
3/5
Odd time signatures
Lots of discordant noises
Makes an eerie mood
Herbie Hancock
5/5
An infectious groove
Asks zany sounds to the ball
They turn heads all night
Ravi Shankar
3/5
Look not to the West
But rest and open your mind
To sitar world’s best
Morrissey
3/5
5/5
Aptly named album
Has barroom brawl energy
As guitars battle
Os Mutantes
4/5
Genesis
3/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
5/5
Aptly named blues band
Burst forth with boisterous sound
And heavy weight jams
Quicksilver Messenger Service
4/5
Serenely shredding
Instantly iconic tunes
That conjure power
Eurythmics
3/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Some charming ditties
Perfect for a glitzy night
Of romantic fun
Steely Dan
4/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
Heavy handed horns
Blasting along a bold voice
With flair for live shows
Steve Winwood
4/5
Catchy melodies
With unexpected dance grooves
By seasoned singer
Pink Floyd
4/5
Sure it’s iconic
With long bouts of oddities
Between knock out hits
The Beau Brummels
3/5
Mekons
3/5
Steve Earle
3/5
Modern country sound
Tip toeing around the cheese
Twangs successfully
Janelle Monáe
4/5
R & B prowess
On a smorgasbord of styles
All serenely sang
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Highly hyped hip hop
Just rocking rhymes right on time
Became a legend
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
A dark cloud rolls in
Melancholy swells and dwells
The boss welcomes it
The Adverts
4/5
Defining punk rock
With catchy “one chord wonders”
And odd ball spirit
Supergrass
3/5
Television
5/5
A riff so perfect
An album was built on it
A thematic win
John Prine
5/5
Silly sounding songs
With serious artistry
And complex critiques
Deerhunter
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Incredible Bongo Band
5/5
Break beats to make beats
A funk album to inspire
Next gen of music
Jamiroquai
3/5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
Hip hop, R & B
Are wedded beautifully
In this acclaimed work
Fever Ray
3/5
Weird before all else
Yet wildly captivating
And shocking techno
Marilyn Manson
3/5
It’s provocative
Spit on your reality
And you will like it
Baaba Maal
3/5
Afrika Bambaataa
5/5
Looking? I’d say found,
The perfect beat booms and blasts
As hip hop rises
Depeche Mode
3/5
Bobby Womack
3/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
Tricky
4/5
Elliott Smith
2/5
Throwing Muses
3/5
Minutemen
5/5
Short blasts of punk rock
disjointed and fantastic
Ditties for rebels
The Waterboys
3/5
Waylon Jennings
4/5
A genuine twang
Strong lyrics and tunes makes them
Honky tonk heroes
The Prodigy
3/5
Tina Turner
4/5
Van Halen
4/5
Public Enemy
5/5
Lorde
3/5
Paul McCartney
2/5
William Orbit
4/5
The Auteurs
3/5
Funkadelic
5/5
Barry Adamson
4/5
Vibrant moods push this
soundtrack without a movie
To deeper feelings
Syd Barrett
3/5
2Pac
4/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
A pleasant deluge
Of full, satiating sound
And sweet harmonies
ABBA
3/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Primal Scream
4/5
Orbital
4/5
Matrix cave scene vibes
But a bit more nineties club
less end of the world
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
An ambiance of
Outer space and inner sway
Wedded sonically
Fun Lovin' Criminals
1/5
The Damned
5/5
Shock value punk rock
With nuance amidst chaos
And ripping solos
Queen Latifah
3/5
Popping beats that blast
Lightning fast delivery
Over big house bass
Tears For Fears
5/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
CHIC
2/5
Hookworms
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
The Sonics
4/5
Burning Spear
3/5
The War On Drugs
4/5
Cee Lo Green
3/5
Lambchop
2/5
Pere Ubu
4/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
The Smiths
3/5
Ozomatli
3/5
Patti Smith
4/5
David Gray
2/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Supergrass
4/5
Dion
3/5
N.E.R.D
2/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Minor Threat
3/5
Nanci Griffith
2/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Brian Wilson
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Gotan Project
3/5
Carpenters
3/5
Traffic
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Simply Red
2/5
Fela Kuti
5/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
Moby Grape
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
Van Morrison
5/5
4/5
Dire Straits
4/5
The Fall
4/5
Linkin Park
2/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
David Bowie
5/5
Fairport Convention
2/5
Lucinda Williams
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Air
3/5
Randy Newman
2/5
Blur
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
Red Snapper
2/5
Wild Beasts
3/5
The Boo Radleys
2/5
John Martyn
2/5
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
Living Colour
3/5
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
Paul Simon
2/5
Marty Robbins
4/5
Meat Puppets
4/5
Sepultura
3/5
James Taylor
1/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
The Slits
4/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
4/5
Joanna Newsom
2/5
Kanye West
5/5
Fishbone
2/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Guns N' Roses
4/5
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
TV On The Radio
4/5
The The
3/5
Manu Chao
5/5
2/5
Motörhead
5/5
The Afghan Whigs
4/5
Laura Nyro
2/5
Billy Bragg
5/5
The Stooges
5/5
Pavement
5/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Skunk Anansie
4/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Ryan Adams
5/5
Suede
4/5
Circle Jerks
2/5
Portishead
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
Django Django
4/5
XTC
3/5
The Triffids
3/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Taylor Swift
2/5
Common
2/5
Rocket From The Crypt
4/5
Thelonious Monk
3/5
B.B. King
4/5
LL Cool J
3/5
Talvin Singh
3/5
The Associates
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Tortoise
3/5
Wire
3/5
Massive Attack
2/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Faith No More
2/5
Deee-Lite
5/5
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Silver Jews
5/5
Ramones
5/5
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Incubus
2/5
Bad Brains
4/5
Turbonegro
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
The Beta Band
4/5
Gene Clark
3/5
Ice T
3/5
Mj Cole
2/5
Sparks
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
The Zutons
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
The Human League
4/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
Drive-By Truckers
4/5
Talking Heads
5/5
Santana
4/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Common
3/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Metallica
4/5
Weather Report
4/5
Sheryl Crow
2/5
Queen
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Emmylou Harris
2/5
The Strokes
4/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2/5
Richard Hawley
4/5
Travis
3/5
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
4/5
The Mars Volta
2/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Sonic Youth
5/5
The Who
4/5