Harvest
Neil YoungIf you don't like this album then you don't like Neil Young. If you like Neil Young this is about as good as it gets.
If you don't like this album then you don't like Neil Young. If you like Neil Young this is about as good as it gets.
These guys really just woke up and decided to blueprint the next 25 years of music. Amazing.
Basic. Boring. This is really not a great album. It doesn't belong on this list. Nothing of any real interest going on here. Sounds and feels hollow.
Listening to this will make your neck red and your rocking chair squeak. It'll make your overalls faded and your shotgun loaded. It'll turn your cousin's attractive and your brandy into moonshine.
So Roger Waters spat on a fan during a concert and instead of having some self reflection and becoming a better, more humble person he instead writes an 80 minute ego stroke about how its all everyone else's fault. 6/10 Comfortably numb is probably my favourite pink Floyd song though.
Getting depressed has never gone down this smooth. Self indulgent. The only break from depressing is melancholy and apathy. Dark. Also devastatingly beautiful. Polished until it shimmers and gleams. The cure did make better pop music but this is their best music.
Stevie clearly hitting his stride. Superstition stands out. Kinda timeless. Some fat basslines.
Some absolute trash mixed in with some of the prettiest pop songs ever written.
This is terrible.
It Elvis. Live
Morrissey that only wallows in misery and self pity half the time. I'll be honest I don't like his songwriting. Years ahead of his time though.
Straight up blues but not the really great heartache blues of old. Some great features. Very polished sound.
Beige is not a colour of spring.
This is good. Except even for 65 it sounds like it was recorded through a payphone
This is like listening to an argument between a visionary who wants to change the shape of music forever(Eno) and a visionary who envisions a bigger bank account(Perry). The whole things sounds about 10 years ahead of its time. But let's be real Brian Eno is the real genius here.
A snapshot in time.
Oh man this goes off. What a voice. Power and tenderness all at once.
I enjoyed this album a lot more than I thought I would. Varied and interesting the whole way through.
Pretty good for new wave, keeping a lot of it's punk roots on show. Couple of tracks I'm sure I've heard before or maybe it's just Belinda Carlisle. Really great energy throughout.
Believe it not kids, there was a time Kanye was a focused, creative and energetic musician and producer. This holds up pretty well. The hits still hit.
This is just acoustic guitar and reverb. Folk music for suburbanites. Safe, shallow and utterly soulless. This spawned a million douchebags wearing flannel shirts carrying around the most expensive guitar daddy could afford wailing into microphones pretending to be deep and sensitive.
Apparently if you were in the music industry in the 70s and liked heroin, you had to do an album with David Bowie. This is a David Bowie album. The production, the music, even the lyrics scream Bowie. It's good but it lacks the menace of Iggys later work or the noise and violence of the stooges.
Not my style of music at all. If I was the bass player I'd buy a cool hat and start a band singing about speed and gambling. Honestly give me two hits of acid and a time machine and I probably would of loved this concert. 7/10
I don't even know how to rate this. The songs are fine. First three tracks got played nonstop on commercial radio for 30 years for a reason. But man it just sucks for some reason. Maroon 5 for boomers
Interesting, I am able to find something I enjoy in almost every track. Different and experimental in its use of instruments. I don't think this deserves to stand next to some the giants on this list but I can honestly say I've never really heard anything like it. 7/10 but I'll give it four stars because after enduring the Eagles this was fresh and kinda fun.
I'm sure a lot of babies were conceived while this was playing back in the day.
Self indulgent egotism. Actually the worst janes addiction album. I know some Gen X types that think this is some sort of masterpiece. I guess you had to be there because I just don't see it. 6/10
Pretty good. A few duds. It's so hard to say when REM were at their best, this is close.
Boring. Horribly delivered vocals. Every now and then there's a moment when it all sounds good. The rest is mud.
This was pretty alright. Great guitar sound. 7/10 but 3 stars because the singing gets grating by the end.
Saving this for my next psychedelic adventure. Rich full sounds. Pleasant.
I swear this album has been sampled non stop since release. I know I have never heard this before and the whole thing sounded warm, familiar. I liked this.
Next time someone asks you what dad rock is, play them this album. The music is fine if a little boring. No risks were taken here and the radio friendly production makes that stand out.
These guys really just woke up and decided to blueprint the next 25 years of music. Amazing.
What an absolute masterpiece. I'll admit I'm biased here because I love the Zep, I love Tolkien and John Bonham is the drummer I probably idolised the most growing up. bombastic and beautiful. This is one of the albums I most wish I could hear for the first time again. Solid 10/10
Adele is a talent and song selection here is damn good. Can't help but thinking her stardom has more to do with whiteness than talent. Like Elvis she has taken soulful, impactful music, made it safe, made it clean and made a fortune.
Full of energy, probably from amphetamines, this a genuinely great debut. Some of the lyrics are a bit dated these days. The music has a redneck jangle that is irresistible in the right setting.
Like a time machine, listening to this sent back to the past, when I was a long haired stoner sitting in my friends car. Smoking weed out of a seashell pipe, I can taste the slight saltiness from the ocean on the pipe. He turns to me and says "hey man, have you heard the new green day album, dude, its actually pretty good" He connects his no-brand discman into his 92 corollas tape deck, I hear the slight click of the disc being placed the snap of disc lid closing over the ocean waves as the sun begins to set and for the next hour I ignore a stunning, glowing tropical sunset as I sit enthralled by what comes out of the speakers. I really feel like this album captures the impotent rage of newly politically conscious suburban teens in the early bush era. Production is nicely polished. Having the balls to come out with a direct attack on American warmongering, anti- intellectualism and jingoism in the climate of post 9/11 America has to be noted. Despite what the 'hardcore' punk fans think, this is punk. 9/10 but 5 stars because I know it'll piss off a NOFX fan.
This is great, really it is.both ahead and very much of its time. Very punk. Very musical at the same time. Not for everyone, if you click with it you'll love it. If you dont it's just noise.
Basic. Boring. This is really not a great album. It doesn't belong on this list. Nothing of any real interest going on here. Sounds and feels hollow.
This sucks. It's not just a bad McCartney album. It's a bad album in general. Unfinished and sloppy. If this was by any other artist it would of been forgotten long ago. Why it's on this list I will never understand.
Smooth and funky. It's very of its time and honestly should probably stay in it's time.
There's a lot here to like. 1hr runtime gets to be a grind near the end though. Some gorgeous moments.
This is glorious. This is what I want from this list. Fantastic music from a band with a hefty catalogue I've never heard before. This is chill but keeps it mainly upbeat throughout. Perfect for doing chores around the house. I can't explain why I like this so much the more I listen the higher I want to rate it. It's just great fun. 9/10
Really lovely stuff. The music and delivery really forces you to focus on the content of lyrics, which is luckily very good. Very poetic. 8/10
Beautiful compositions. Nice, comfortable sounding album.
Ok so this sucks. But if you forget how much it sucks it's a lot of fun.
Loud, brash and obnoxious. Horrible lyrics. Riffs. This is music for blurry nights full of cheap whiskey and dirty speed... Lemmy, It's made by Lemmy for people who live like Lemmy. Classic. 9.5/10
If you don't like this album then you don't like Neil Young. If you like Neil Young this is about as good as it gets.
Ambitious. Hugely influential on the music that emerged after this released. Dragging indian music into the electronic age with it. The compositions are rich and usually lovely. A wild mix of styles and influences. Production is tight. It's just not very engaging. It's ok.
This is pretty fire. Drags on a bit after a while and I feel like some these tracks can be trimmed a minute or two. Sax is slick.
It's a hard sell in the modern age but there was literally nothing that sounded like this in 79 which is cool. I like this, I do, but I have to admit it's just not very good a lot of the time. When its great it's fantastic. 7/10
So very ahead of its time. Sharp guitar sound. Bass is very forward. Lyrically punk.
Guitar just attacks your ears. Singing is rotten. Noise everywhere. Was that a synth? What a bewildering experience. 8/10
It is immensely difficult to drive these old synths, so, this is amazing. Very balanced, controlled and textured sounds. Fascinating from top to bottom. 9/10
This album is a miserable experience. Dylan moans and drones in meandering pieces full of vitriol and bitterness. 10/10 my favourite breakup album and the only Dylan album worthy of the list.
Nu-metal sucked. Korn didn't, but this isn't a very good Korn album 7/10.
This holds up.
Not as bombastic and technical as Zeppelin, not as dirty and dreary as sabbath. There's a charm to early heavy metal that I personally adore. 8/10.
As bland and unremarkable as tepid tapwater. Every single song sounds like a budget option for a tv drama to play over end credits. the sort of stuff playing in the background of an intense coffeeshop breakup scene. It sucks. Another album taking up a spot in this list it doesn't deserve. 3/10
Listening to this will make your neck red and your rocking chair squeak. It'll make your overalls faded and your shotgun loaded. It'll turn your cousin's attractive and your brandy into moonshine.
This is energetic and pretty good. Everything is well polished. Very radio friendly Britpop. Not sure it belongs on this list but I do love the energy from the band.
There's some filler in here but for the most part this is full of top tier pop. Catchy. Memorable. Classic. 9/10
There was nothing wrong with this. Basic boring guitar pop. Seems insincere. 3/10 doesn't belong here
Drab and grim most of the way through. Morrissey has a way with words. Love the guitar sound. 8/10
This is a lot better than I was expecting. Good warm old style rock. Nice. Redneck. 9/10
Smooth. Silky.
I only listened to this album about 6 hours ago and I've completely forgotten every song. Utterly forgettable, serviceable pop. Good for filling in dead space on the radio and not much else. 5/10
Political, conscious. It's been 30 years and kkk still wearing 3 piece suits. Sounds old. Repetitive samples and very 1991.
Gets better as it goes on. Great guitar sound, I can see how this influenced a lot of music that came after. Singer is annoying to me.
Both overrated and under appreciated. Only works as a complete piece with side A and side B being the only real seperation points. Personally I love this album. Nothing else like it. Pop art in musical form 10/10
Ella had a beautiful voice and this holds up well. A solid showcase of the talent found in the original recordings. For those interested the original release was around 3 hours long and is amazing in scope.
Whole album has about four chords. Songs are short, fast, loud and often obnoxious. Terrible singing. Amateurish guitar. Catchy as hell. Punk was born here. 10/10 Birth of a genre
Pretty good for country. Nanci gets a lot of emotion across. Sounds all a bit the same by the end. Not to my taste. 7/10
Featuring some of the hottest talent in music from the last 25 years and Justin Timberlake. Justin delivers a decent Pop/R&B performance. The real stars here are in production. Pharell Williams and Chad Hugo are pure legends.
Kacey Musgraves walked so Taylor Swift can fly. Still boring. Still basic. 5/10
This is ok. This lineup feels like it's missing something. Someone young
This is a disjointed rambling mess of an album. I'll admit it was an interesting listen. Sounds like this guy is coming apart at the seams which is a pretty captivating. The music's pretty bad though. 6/10.
This is sure pretty at moments. Sounds like a soundtrack to cheap animated movie
Absolutely delightful.
A monster in the industrial metal scene. Influencing almost every metal album that followed. Gets a bit repetitive but every track at one point just assaults the ear. A must listen for any metalhead. 8/10
I have to give this 4 stars just because I know almost every Zeppelin album will be on this list. 4 stars because as great as it is it's pretty low on my normal rotation.10/10 album. 8/10 Zeppelin album
Tough listen. Points for ambition I can see what is being attempted here and sometimes it almost hits. 3/10
Lush but dreary. Production is great. Nothing really stands out though
This goes hard. Immature and somehow bombastic 90s punk. Fun
You can probably skip this one. Just listen to get it on and imagine 10 variations of that. Done. Repetitive but fun 7/10
Has some of the best, prettiest beach boys arrangements next to some of if not the worst beach boys songs. Great when it's leaning into psychedelia. Actually terrible the rest of the time. 7/10
This album fucks. Now you may think I mean it's smooth, sexy and full of funk and all that's true. This album evokes that feeling when your on a date and you realise that both of you have decided to sleep with each other and then spend the next 30 minutes sending increasingly provocative signals to each other. 10/10 will be seduced again.
So here's an idea, let's take some of the most dynamic and interesting artists of the late 20th century and make them sing boring show tunes. This sucks. The only interesting thing is that somehow Ute Lemper convinced a bunch of super talented musicians to agree to work on this project. 3/10
So this was recorded in a church on a single microphone, seems to give the whole album and ethereal yet intimate quality I adore. Kept me engaged the whole time. Bonus points for a sick sweet Jane cover. 8/10
It's the cure. Dark, depressing, menacing and pretty. A great album if you like that sort of thing. I do. 9/10
Some classic 60s stones here. Even for the times it feels like a series of attacks on women. I've never been a big fan of the stones and this isn't even close to their best work. 5/10
Beautiful vocal work. Worth the listen but will never listen to this again. 8/10 succeeds in exactly what they set out to dom
Mopey music for people who like moping. Emo with even less edge. The smooth SpongeBob of depressing music. 6/10
Covers a lot of musical ground in it's runtime. Jazz is a very subjective experience. Either it clicks or it doesn't. For me this clicked. 9/10
I dunno man, sounds like your most boring grandparents favourite band.
Loved the energy in this performance. Really great stuff
Nothing I can say that hasn't said a thousand times before. The art scene in mid 60s New York must of been wild place. Exudes cool. One of the ten most significant albums in history. 10/10
One of the best concept albums ever made. One of the most complex and complete narrative albums ever made. One of the best rap albums ever made. Inspiring in its ambition, breathtaking in its execution. Masterpiece.
A time capsule. 90s r&b. Mariah Carey elevates this above the usual 90s r&b noise. A truly stunning voice. 8/10
Pretty average pop music. Pretty average song writing. Wishing well slaps but the rest is forgettable.6/10
And the world was inflicted with both heavy metal and Ozzy Osbourne ever since.
Pairs well with a cold can of beer. Two of the bands best but the rest is just good. looking into the band they had an amazingly short but prolific career, this being one of three albums released in twelve months.
This is absolutely a vibe. Frenetic, rhythmic. Timeless music.
Ever played persona 5? This is persona 5 music but in Portuguese. I had fun listening.
So Roger Waters spat on a fan during a concert and instead of having some self reflection and becoming a better, more humble person he instead writes an 80 minute ego stroke about how its all everyone else's fault. 6/10 Comfortably numb is probably my favourite pink Floyd song though.
The word simple always comes to mind with Billy Joel Simple, pretty melodies. Simple, earnest lyrics and delivery. No pretense, no showboating, no gimmicks. Simply good songs. The older I get the more I appreciate Billy Joel. 8/10
Do you like jazz? Because this is extremely good jazz. Such a warm clear recording I can practically smell the tobacco haze and spilled booze. 8/10
This kinda sucks. Despite all the genre smashing every song sounds very samey. Maybe you had to be there for this one. 5/10 Pretentious and boring.
Bold and beautiful compositions paired with some high school level songwriting. Worth the listen and engaging but I don't think I'll be adding this to my rotation. 7/10
The bass on this is wild. The music tends to force itself into the background. The movement on some tracks is outstanding if you can manage to stay focused. 8/10.
My grandmother loved Rod Stewart so I've heard this album many times before. Some killers some filler. 6/10
If this is what the 70s sounded like and I'm glad I didn't have to live through that mess. 4/10
Another secret Bowie album. This time with Lou Reed as a proxy. I honestly find the bright and layered production a great fit for Lou Reed. With love songs about heroin in the park and pop numbers about trans girls from the country giving head in the city, this album was a wilder ride than its polish suggests. 10/10
My personal favourite Metallica album. Heavy, raw and so angry it seems to lose focus. I won't say this is Metallicas most important album. But it is their best. 9/10
This was gorgeous. Ahead of it's time and a pioneer of the downbeat movement that followed. Music for the weary drive home after a weekend festival full of various festival style chemical enhancements. 9/10
Dude it's exactly what it says it is. A vulgar display of power. Do you like metal. I do. 8/10
This is tough one for me. The music kinda sucks, it plays well with the lyrical themes and has some very poignant moments but overall the music sucks. But man, what fantastic storytelling. In under 50 minutes Lou manages to spin a tale of toxic relationships, drug abuse, prostitution, domestic violence, child neglect and suicide. A harrowing and dark tale told with unflinching honestly. 9/10 I just wish the music was better.
My second eagle's album and I very nearly bounced off the list completely. A more country influenced eagle's album. Is it good? Yes. Is it boring? Uninspired? Absolutely. 3/10 Tap water has more flavour
I was going to give this 4 stars until I gave it a relisten. Most of the time when you strip all the noise, fuzz and feedback away from punk you end up with something very close to pop. This is different. So, so different. A unique album that's atleast a decade ahead of it's time. 10/10 a worthy successor to the velvet underground.
A cornerstone album in the evolution of hip hop. Honestly this one speaks for itself. Let the beats get your head rocking and enjoy the smooth flow, clever wordplay and tight storytelling send you back to one of the most exciting times in music history. 9/10
Honestly this album is what I hear in my head when I think about jazz and funk together. It's great. Jazzy and funky. 8/10
Yay! Prog rock is invented, now to have a ten year musical arms race to see who can have the smallest tracklist, the most esoteric lyrics, the most complex, key changiest song structure and longest most wanky instrumental sections and solos. 5/10
Pairs well with European MDMA. Wildly ambitious and a bit pretentious. Well executed overall. 8/10 Some very nice breaks
Pretty pop. Lush production. Pretty forgettable overall. 5/10 aggressively mediocre
Not a good smiths album. Not a good album.