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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambient 1/Music For Airports | 5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
| Cross | 5 | 3.28 | +1.72 |
| Trout Mask Replica | 4 | 2.28 | +1.72 |
| Made In Japan | 5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
| Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | 5 | 3.3 | +1.7 |
| Channel Orange | 5 | 3.31 | +1.69 |
| The College Dropout | 5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
| Doggystyle | 5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
| There's No Place Like America Today | 5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
| Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | 5 | 3.39 | +1.61 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forever Changes | 1 | 3.23 | -2.23 |
| Architecture And Morality | 1 | 3.05 | -2.05 |
| Deserter's Songs | 1 | 3.02 | -2.02 |
| The Dreaming | 1 | 2.96 | -1.96 |
| Warehouse: Songs And Stories | 1 | 2.86 | -1.86 |
| Disintegration | 2 | 3.85 | -1.85 |
| Live / Dead | 1 | 2.82 | -1.82 |
| Scott 4 | 1 | 2.81 | -1.81 |
| Born In The U.S.A. | 2 | 3.7 | -1.7 |
| Out Of The Blue | 2 | 3.64 | -1.64 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Beatles | 4 | 4.75 | 4 |
| Nirvana | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Metallica | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Bush | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
5-Star Albums (47)
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Grateful Dead
4/5
A really great, chill, acoustic album. Love putting it on in the background.
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Neil Young
4/5
How can you not like a Neil Young album? And the kind that’s only 40 minutes long. I love short albums, it makes each song feel that much more special.
Talking Heads
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Not my fave Rick Rubin Johnny Cash album, but Hurt is a new classic, and his voice can add soul to any cover.
The Temptations
5/5
The funk is real! The slow jams are good, but interrupt the funk more than I’d like. Still great!
Beatles
5/5
Come on. It’s Abbey flipping Road.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
5/5
Tom Petty debut “new wave” album. You can really hear his R&B roots here on tracks like “Luna” & “Fooled Again”, but the classics “American Girl” and “Breakdown” are also present. The rest is sweet icing on this delicious cake.
Fugees
5/5
A masterclass in rap and hip hop hooks and samples, a classic!
Stan Getz
5/5
Such a great jazz album. The bossa nova tracks are so smooth.
M.I.A.
4/5
Great groovy electronic album! Pulsing and alive with MIA’s staccato vocals. Also a great primer for creating electronica.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
A great big band record. Great for relaxing - even the bops feel chill.
Oasis
3/5
Not quite as good as What’s the Story, but some good tracks. The mix feels over compressed, sometimes bordering on shoegaze with its “Wall of sound”.
Tom Tom Club
3/5
Nice experimental beat album of the 80s. More about repetition than hooks (though there are a few).
Fairport Convention
3/5
Decent folk rock. Great vocals when they’re not buried too deep in the mix.
Pulp
2/5
Not big on the vocal performance here, but I can see why some may love it. Feels a little disjointed.
Carole King
5/5
Such a great rollicking folk album. Awesome for both active and passive listening!
Spiritualized
2/5
A pretty epic experimental rock album. Play at medium volume and chiiiiillllllll…
Living Colour
3/5
Like many, I’ve only really heard “Cult of personality”, but the rest of the album really follows through with the same energy and talent as that. A great 90s hard rock listen!
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
It’s a classic. With it for Cecelia and the Boxer alone!
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Pure 80s pop. Not my thing, but if that’s what you’re looking for, this’ll get ya done just fine.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
Soulful vocals and folk songwriting are on point here, but dear god, the horrible mixing choices. Putting the entire drum set on the right side and guitar on the left? That’s….not how it’s done…?
Mercury Rev
1/5
Meh.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Stones are full R&B on this one. Great stuff!!
JAY Z
4/5
Great rap and beats. Kanye beats, Jay’s verses, can’t miss
AC/DC
5/5
The best studio album from the group outside of a greatest hits album. You like rock? We’ll, here it is!
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Another funky Stevie joint. Good for general relaxing.
Duke Ellington
4/5
Ellington at his best? Such a great energy here for big band/jazz lovers!
The Byrds
4/5
It’s the Byrds! When things get weird, I start to tune out, but when the big jangle comes, I’m all in!
Deep Purple
5/5
A great Rock show!! I think Spinal Tap pulled a lot of stuff from here.
Justice
5/5
Awesome electronica!
3/5
Can't stream it. Putting the stars at the to average it out
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
It’s not Actually or Please, but it’s still a good PSB album.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Classic CCR. Highly recommended!!
Funkadelic
5/5
Great funk record to just put on and chill to
Jane's Addiction
2/5
Not a big fan of JA, they were definitely doing something new before grunge exploded. Like reggae plus 80s rock but more heroin chic. It’s okay.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
It’s Joni Mitchell, the soft acoustic poet. Either you already know, or you’re about to.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Dylan breaking into electric - it’s fantastic.
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
A really great R&B album.
Paul Simon
3/5
It ain’t Graceland, but anything from Simon is going to be solid listening.
Moby
5/5
So chill. Keeping this one in my library.
Radiohead
3/5
Radiohead’s most “90s” album, in my opinion. I prefer their later stuff.
Van Halen
4/5
A classic of 80s rock when it was groovy and silly. Such a fun album!
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
If you like 50s classic bops, look no further.
Al Green
4/5
Smooth Al Green. Great for a chill night with a special someone.
White Denim
3/5
Not a bad rock album. There are moments during the dual guitar solos that remind me of the Allman Brothers.
Herbie Hancock
5/5
Da funk right here. Keeping this one, it’s like Herbie’s Bitches’ Brew (kinda).
The Cure
2/5
I’ve never been a huge fan of this one. I feel like there are much better Cure albums.
Gram Parsons
4/5
A great country album. Emmylou Harris’ vocals ties it all together so beautifully.
Air
5/5
Such a chill album, a precursor to Zero 7 and other 00’s downtempo/chill-hop. Love it.
Kate Bush
1/5
Don’t grab me. Not a huge fan of this one.
Radiohead
4/5
A great move into rhythmic ambient from OK Computer.
Elvis Presley
4/5
A great Elvis album when you’re sick of the hits.
Hüsker Dü
1/5
Didn’t really grab me. Guess I’m not a fan of 80s alternative?
The Band
4/5
A great laid back honky-think Americana album. I will be listening again!
Slipknot
4/5
Good heavy 2000s metal. It’s like a guy version of Kittie.
Madonna
4/5
A really good pop album!
Morrissey
3/5
I dig it for the passionate political lyrics, I’m not a huge fan of Morrisey’s voice.
The Smiths
2/5
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
Okay Rock album. I’ve never been a fan of double albums.
Ravi Shankar
4/5
A pretty amazing album. The explanatory intro track really prepares you to listen actively.
Funkadelic
4/5
More from the funk masters. A god listen
Paul Simon
5/5
It's Paul Simon. It's great songwriting, lyrics, and musicianship. Always a hit!
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
I’ve never been a huge arctic monkeys fan, but this is a decent rock album!
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Not a huge fan of his voice without some interesting instrumentation.
Ray Charles
5/5
Amazing big band and Ray Charles!
TLC
4/5
The beats and melodies (and of course, the vocal performances). Make this a really great album. I’ll definitely refer back to it for 90s beats inspiration.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Better than Daydream Nation, I think. Grunge is front and center!
Eagles
4/5
It’s a classic. A classic rock classic.
Traffic
2/5
Late 60s rock/folk. Not bad, but kind of bland.
Brian Eno
5/5
The most chill music. I'm going to be playing this a lot.
Lightning Bolt
3/5
Some fun noise punk.
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Such a great voice. A great album for relaxing and the positive vibes of early 60s country.
Megadeth
3/5
Megadeth's sophomore album. Some pretty good stuff here
Cornershop
3/5
It would be typical late nineties funk pop, but the Indian flair makes it stand out enough for a listen.
Beck
3/5
Great nineties throwback, Beck's called styles always keep things interesting
Violent Femmes
3/5
Unique late nineties acoustic pop rock. Worth a listen for the stripped down production!
2/5
2000s groove rock plus synth and a Thom Yorke impression. A few standouts, but I'm not really a fan.
Kraftwerk
3/5
it was groundbreaking and inspired a lot of electronic music, but not hugely listenable.
Cat Stevens
4/5
Back when singer/songwriters wrote acoustic songs with something to say, and have people sing along with! And it also has Wild World!
The Auteurs
3/5
Pretty good mid 90s brit-pop.
The Go-Go's
5/5
'81 woman-led post-punk pop rock album. It's really great - and, I think, very important!
Various Artists
4/5
Classic Christmas album.
The Strokes
4/5
Great early aughts rock before metal/hard rock took hold. Recommended!
Sonic Youth
4/5
Early grunge before Nevermind dropped. Pretty good stuff!
Genesis
3/5
Genesis' massive epic, but before they went more pop, which is what I prefer.
The Flaming Lips
3/5
A good Flaming Lips album, I'd put it right under Yoshimi.
The La's
4/5
Pre-Nevermimd pop rock was special. "Here She Comes" is still a classic.
Elton John
3/5
Feels like most EJ albums, you know what you're getting into, and if that's what you want, you won't be disappointed!
GZA
4/5
Great rapping, top tier, but I wish there were more hooks like 36 Chambers.
Iron Maiden
4/5
A great speed metal album. There's a rough quality to it, like it's almost home made, which gives it a lot to like!
Buffalo Springfield
2/5
Classic rock with country/bluegrass. Not too bad.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Rocking, rollicking, honky-tonk stones. Good times!
Joan Armatrading
4/5
Such a great mid 70s acoustic pop album. Worth a listen!
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
So unique! I really enjoyed this because I hadn't heard anything quite like it before, but the talent is there.
Prefab Sprout
2/5
80s pop, but could use more hooks.
Prince
4/5
Classic Prince. I put it right under Purple Rain.
5/5
Probably my favorite Bowie album.
Frank Ocean
5/5
Such a chill rap album. One of my faves!
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Never realized how many singles were from this album. Pretty great!
Snoop Dogg
5/5
Laid back beats and vocal delivery with hardcore lyrics. Classic west coast debut from snoop.
Dire Straits
4/5
A great chill album. The clean guitar work, laid back vocals, all so very nice!
Simply Red
4/5
A nice disco/funk album with some great tracks!
Kanye West
5/5
Kanye’s debut - it’s a great album, breaking new ground for its cheekiness and production.
The Pharcyde
4/5
Great rap album, good books - feels like “West Coast Wu Tang”
Dennis Wilson
3/5
A chill late 70’s rock album. Not too shabby.
5/5
The U2 Classic. It’s all great on this one!
Elvis Presley
4/5
Here’s all you need for a great introduction to the King.
Fela Kuti
5/5
Fantastic album! Great for listening while doing creative things.
Yes
2/5
70s classic rock - long epic songs, but not really a good hook or chorus to be found…
Iron Maiden
4/5
Another solid thrash metal album!
Aerosmith
3/5
Before their nineties mega-hits. Not too bad late 70s hard rock.
Kid Rock
1/5
The late 90s. Contain is dead. Music is still trying to figure out what it wants to be…. Mistakes were made…
Le Tigre
3/5
Pretty good late nineties alterna-punk.
Beatles
5/5
The Classic! Great tunes all around
The Byrds
4/5
The Bible of the 70s Big Jangle.
Arcade Fire
3/5
Their pre-Suburbs album. It’s not bad, but not nearly as good as their follow-up.
The Who
4/5
A great album by the Who. Some classic rock showing where things would start to go in the 70s.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
4/5
Hard 70s rock but with the 90s heaviness and smear of grunge. Pretty good stuff!
The White Stripes
3/5
Lite on the hits, but still a solid WS album. You know what to find here.
The Shamen
2/5
I feel like this was the blueprint for the nineties electronic dance that followed. If that interests you, here you go!
Wilco
5/5
One of the best indie rock/singer songwriter albums. Love this one!
Suzanne Vega
3/5
A poet’s work. As that, it’s very good.
Gene Clark
3/5
Great laid back 70s acoustic songwriter album.
The Smiths
2/5
Not a horrible album, but I’m still just not a fan.
Pere Ubu
2/5
Weird album. There’s definitely some DNA that leads to 80s post Rock here. But not my jam.
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Funk, African/Cuban beats, love this album!
Beyoncé
4/5
Such great production and performance. Almost her best…
Public Enemy
4/5
Peak 80s hip-hop. Beats and the attitude is all you need.
Garbage
4/5
A great example of the beginnings of post grunge - one of the core 90s rock albums.
Judas Priest
4/5
A core new wave of British heavy metal album, poised to influence 80s thrash from top to bottom.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
One of the greatest albums with one of the greatest songs. You can’t go wrong!
Grateful Dead
4/5
A really great, chill, acoustic album. Love putting it on in the background.
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
Solid late nineties rock showing where early 2000s were headed.
The Associates
3/5
Really good early 80s post punk.
Steely Dan
4/5
Mid 70s harmonies and songwriting, and nice grooves.
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
Great for chilling and smoking…
Yes
3/5
Ushering 70s jam rock, which is good, but there’s not many hooks (lyrically), which some may not like
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
An epic collection of the First Lady of jazz. Beautiful stuff. Ella never misses!
Tom Waits
2/5
Eccentric hurdy-gurdy from someone that’s living inside a Tim Burton movie. Niche.
Emmylou Harris
2/5
Love Emmylou, but this a bit slow overall for my tastes. I prefer to switch it up every few tracks.
Green Day
4/5
A great punk concept album, that even has a lot of songs that stand on their own.
Portishead
5/5
The greatest downtempo/chill-hop album ever made. The blueprint, though it has never been able to be duplicated.
T. Rex
3/5
Not bad for glam rock - actually reminds me of the black keys a bit.
Prince
4/5
In my opinion, Prince’s most accessible album, with great tracks.
Foo Fighters
4/5
The album that kicked it all off. Some great stuff here, but Color and the Shape is Dave masterpiece.
Megadeth
4/5
The warmup to Countdown to Extinction - a great thrash album!!
Radiohead
4/5
My favorite modern Radiohead album. A well-rounded listening experience!
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
A great S&G album (as most are) with some great tracks. A nicely varied listen, built with two clear sides.
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Wonderful relaxing R&B album. Great grooves!
k.d. lang
2/5
Didn’t connect with me, not a lot of standout moments.
Arcade Fire
3/5
A very good indie album with lots of different vibes.
Sam Cooke
4/5
A really fun night with some old classics! So much energy here. Really enjoyed it!
Van Morrison
5/5
Such a great album for any occasion
Venom
3/5
Speeding up Black Sabbath inspired riffs, setting the stage for the new wave of British heavy metal, and laying the groundwork that 80s thrash bands like Metallica and Megadeth would (IMO) perfect.
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2/5
60s jangle-pop that’s not half bad, but less hooks and choruses than I’d like.
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Fun 80s pop with that amazing voice!
Steve Earle
3/5
Can hear the foundations for modern country. If his voice was a bit stronger, it would be pretty good!
The The
2/5
Probably great for ‘86. Today…meh
Adele
4/5
The songwriting and voice talent on display are undeniable. If I was really into this kind of music, I’d give five stars.
The Beach Boys
3/5
A nice one. There’s something for everybody here
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
It has some DNA of the big jangle in the eighties, but the mixing of the cure-esque vocals leave something to be desired.
David Bowie
4/5
Bowie kept the quality great all the way til the end. A really good rock/electronic album
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
You’re getting the title here - great early 70s love songs with Clapton's smooth guitar lines, voice, and songwriting. A great listen for a sunny day.
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
The greatest 90s hip hop album, if not the greatest ever. Massive talents on display
Grizzly Bear
2/5
Late 2000s Indy folk-rock. It’s okay.
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
The ultimate rock-rap group and album - social issue consciousness with righteous anger and a sound that has never been reproduced.
Tim Buckley
2/5
Late sixties mid tempo folk-rock. He uses a lot of falsetto in his voice. Doesn’t really Grab me.
Can
3/5
For ten-minute jam rock tracks. Good if that’s what you’re looking for.
Nas
5/5
The greatest nineties solo rap album. The beats, hooks, bars. The best!
Janis Joplin
5/5
An amazing band, great grooves, and that voice that sits perfectly in the mix with passion, joy, and desperation. I think this is the first time I’ve given five stars in a first listen. A great album!
Röyksopp
4/5
A pretty good chill electronic album.
4/5
Classic country, and a classic country voice.
Depeche Mode
3/5
Opening the nineties with a new wave sound that would feed into nineties industrial. A good listen.
The Beta Band
2/5
I’m unsure as to what this is supposed to be. Each song on its own has merits, but as an album, it feels disjointed and unfocused.
Q-Tip
4/5
Great sample based hip hop and rap. Pretty awesome stuff. Feels like nineties hip hop in the aughts.
Eurythmics
3/5
A good eighties synth album
Marvin Gaye
4/5
A wonderful feel good soul album. I can see myself revisiting this when I need a pick me up.
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Good shimmery shoegaze, but not their best, imo.
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
Sixties blues jam rock. A great live exhibition, if that’s what you’re looking for.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
This is my new favorite Stevie album. Such great funk and soul.
The Magnetic Fields
3/5
I like the Magnetic Fields, but I’m more a fan of their synth stuff. And 69 songs? Ehhh…
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
Nineties rock is so hit and miss…for me, this was the latter.
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
The songwriting definitely shows talent, but on the first couple listens, I’m not connecting with it much.
George Harrison
4/5
Such a fantastic collection of songs from the quiet beatle. I only wish some of the songs wouldn’t vamp for 2-3 minutes at the end. Sometimes they feel like they overstay their welcome a bit.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Like most of them, another solid Stones album. Great to put on and groove to.
Michael Jackson
5/5
The king of pop’s greatest album. The grooves are so great I don’t mind the longer track times.
Kate Bush
2/5
I’ve listened a few times now, and it just doesn’t connect with me.
Devendra Banhart
2/5
A little too laid back acoustic for me, but I’ll bet there’s a lot here for the right people.
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Not a bad late sixties acid-rock LP.
Simple Minds
2/5
Very eighties pop - it sounds like a lot of other bands in the genre, but doesn’t stand out above others.
The Beach Boys
4/5
Such great harmony and composition, but not many hits.
De La Soul
4/5
A great album during the golden age of hip-hop.
Tom Waits
2/5
Another hurdy-gurdy Tim Burton-esque musical soundtrack. Entertaining for one listen.
Massive Attack
4/5
Love the downtempo electronic, but the vocals take something away.
Haircut 100
3/5
This is really fun 80s pop, but the lack of hooks keep it from being a repeat listen.
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
It feels like a big joke. Maybe it is. Either way, I didn’t really connect with it.
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Not available to me. I’ll submit the average rating.
The Zombies
2/5
Late sixties pop, but not much substance here.
The Smiths
3/5
The first Smiths record I’ve actually liked. Good hooks and clever songwriting with a reach that doesn’t exceed its grasp.
The Birthday Party
3/5
A fun junk-punk album, some like the band recorded it all in the same room together.
MGMT
4/5
A really good electronic pop album with some great hooks and choruses.
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Dizzee Rascal
3/5
Great production and beats. Highly listenable!
Japan
4/5
Pretty cool to hear this kind of synth pop from 1979. Ahead of its time.
Bon Jovi
4/5
Eighties Rock at its peak. The hits are classic.
3/5
This a pretty hard rocking live album, harder than expected for ‘69. Very enjoyable!
Sade
3/5
Here’s your eighties soft pop right here. THE example.
Elton John
3/5
Such great musicianship - I can’t help but think there’s an amazing ten song album here, but the bloat doesn’t help.
Kings of Leon
4/5
Their first fully realized mainstream album, a great rocker with unique sound for today.
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
A great electronic gem for when you need some block rocking beats!
R.E.M.
3/5
It’s REM in the eighties - it feels just as you would expect, if you’re more familiar with their nineties outings.
Suicide
2/5
Surprisingly super lo-fi and repetitive for a rock album. Should almost be under electronic.
Nico
2/5
Nice acoustic folk, but I’m just not a fan of the voice.
Nirvana
5/5
Amazing album. How an unplugged set should be done.
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Peter Gabriel…I’m just not a huge fan, I guess.
Korn
3/5
Though from 1998, it really helped define what would come in the 00s. Unique sound.
Neu!
2/5
Decent 70s electronic instrumentals, but not much to hold on to.
The Cure
2/5
Their second album - The cure hadn’t gotten to a place where I really liked them at this point.
3/5
Unable to listen on any services, so I’ll drop a three star.
The Last Shadow Puppets
2/5
I’m not the biggest fan of Arctic Monkeys, Strokes, etc., and this album feels the same to me. It’s not bad, I’m just not a huge fan.
Talking Heads
4/5
This is my fave Talking Heads album so far! A good listen.
Massive Attack
4/5
Another great Massive Attack album.
Barry Adamson
2/5
The album is kind of all over the place. Alternative? There’s literally a jazz standard on here. Some tracks are really good, but as an album…
Ute Lemper
2/5
A good vocal album, but that’s not really my thing.
Norah Jones
5/5
A beautiful, soulfully soft pop album. Jazz, R&B, country, it’s all here, all good.
The Stooges
4/5
A short, punchy 70s punk album. A really great listen to hear where a lot of influence comes from.
Neil Young
3/5
Feels like a classic Neil Young album. A little sporadic for me, but just a little.
B.B. King
4/5
A great line album that paints a vivid picture of a sixties blues joint where the King is playing!
The Clash
4/5
A great 70s punk album
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
It’s okay, eighties synth pop.
Fred Neil
3/5
‘66 acoustic summer songwriter album - it’s not too bad. Not a ton of standouts here, but a good voice to be inspired by.
Isaac Hayes
5/5
Definitely influenced Portishead, just four great soul jams!
Queen
3/5
Bohemian Rhapsody and Best Friend, but the rest don't connect with me much.
Nirvana
5/5
It started a new section in record stores. What albums can say that?? Amazing.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Great YYYs album, I put it right under Fever to Tell (their best)
Khaled
3/5
While I'm not hip to the genre, the middle eastern sounds and singing really connected with me.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
A great acoustic and vocal album, as expected! Not bad, but not my favorite CSNY outing.
Willie Nelson
3/5
A good Willie album, solid Americana.
Blur
3/5
A unique album for the nineties, showcasing a songwriter that would eventually create Gorrillaz.
Anthrax
4/5
Wow, I need to explore more Anthrax. A really good 80s thrash metal album!
LTJ Bukem
2/5
Pretty repetitive electronic.
Adele
3/5
Adele is always pretty great vocally, but the question is, are the hooks there? Not too many here, but the ones that are are pretty great.
Shack
2/5
Nineties pop rock, not too deep.
Scott Walker
1/5
Not a fan of crooner albums like this. No real beats or choruses. For languid tunes, I’ll stick with more modern stuff.
Big Star
3/5
Standard Late 70s rock, not too bad.
Iggy Pop
3/5
A good solo outing for Iggy.
Thelonious Monk
3/5
A nice jazz album from Monk.
Peter Tosh
4/5
This honestly might me my new (okay, first) go-to reggae album.
Fela Kuti
3/5
A great intro to Fela Kuti and his music.
Tina Turner
4/5
A great eighties pop/R&B album with Turner’s rocking voice.
Green Day
4/5
A great early 90s pop-punk album.
Black Sabbath
4/5
Not their best, but pretty high up.
Janelle Monáe
3/5
Overbloated with interludes, but the up tempo pop numbers are a good time!
The Police
4/5
Another great police album. The energy and bops outweigh the weirder tracks.
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Early seventies pop rock. Not too bad if that’s what you’re looking for!
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
It’s Hendrix! Some of the best poetry and definitely the greatest guitar playing ever.
4/5
It’s a really good album, but honestly not my fave Fab Four album. But close!
Depeche Mode
4/5
Another solid Depeche Mode album, with good synths and songwriting.
Eminem
4/5
To me, it’s the song that launched Napster (“my name is”), but really it’s the launch of a massive rap talent.
David Bowie
4/5
Second best Bowie album I’ve heard - very classic rock
Public Enemy
4/5
I actually like this one a hair better than A Nation of Millions. Great nineties hip hop that get you BUMPin’.
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
Such a great, laid back R&B/Soul album. Great for lounging on a sunny day or quiet evening.
Radiohead
3/5
One of Radiohead’s classics. Very ethereal and somber, and while the musicianship and songwriting is very good, it’s a bit too languid for my tastes.
David Bowie
3/5
Heroes is undoubtedly a masterpiece of a song. The album, not so much. I prefer Ziggy and Aladdin, personally.
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Joni’s best album, imo. So lilting and beautifully understated.
David Crosby
3/5
Some solid 70s songwriter tunes, mixed with a few more experimental arrangements.
Alanis Morissette
4/5
A fantastic debut from a unique singer/songwriter.
Brian Eno
2/5
Not as good as his later ambient projects.
R.E.M.
3/5
I never realized how “Irish folk”-y REM was. Not bad.
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Chill world chants, blues, dance.
Guns N' Roses
3/5
A hard rocking album that brought the eighties into the nineties (this and metallicas black album), and started the battle with grunge and alternative.
Electric Light Orchestra
2/5
Seventies glam-rock? Reminds me of Abba. Not really my jam.
Meat Puppets
3/5
The album Nirvana made famous? It’s not too bad.
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Bruce just doesn’t do it for me. Probably a generational thing.
The Monks
2/5
Unavailable for streaming, so I listened to the “early years” album. Didn’t grab me.
Television
4/5
I was pleasantly surprised by this album. Rock and blues/R&B fused in a way that reminds me of Tom Petty’s first album (though this is more overwritten).
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Very sixties weird-pop. Not reallly for me.
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Fantastic Cuban/World grooves and Spanish lyrics. A wonderful album for just chilling with a margarita.
The White Stripes
4/5
Their sophomore effort (?), a great rock album showcasing their unique sound.
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
If you loved Come On Eilleen, there’s plenty more if that here to go around.
The Avalanches
3/5
A continuous jamming funk/hip-hop beats/R&B album. Not bad, but can get a hair repetitive.
The Residents
1/5
Strange experimental rock along the lines of Tom Waits. Not my thing.
Soft Cell
3/5
Enjoy this eighties synth pop album, even though the vocals get a bit grating at times.
Hot Chip
4/5
I was surprised by this one really liked it!
Metallica
5/5
It brought metal into the mainstream, and for good reason. Great songwriting and music, riffs and hooks!!
Morrissey
2/5
Look… I’m just not a Morrissey fan, okay?
Blue Cheer
4/5
Very late sixties rock. Taking tones from Hendrix and moving it to harder rock. Not bad!
The Police
4/5
Solid police album.
Neil Young
3/5
Not my fave Neil Young album, but not bad.
The Who
3/5
As a rock opera, great! As an album to sit down and listen to, it’s not something I would reach for.
Ice Cube
3/5
The angry beautiful poetry of early nineties west coast rap. Ice Cube does amazing work here, even though it’s not something I would reach for today.
Alice In Chains
3/5
Great nineties hard rock album.
Method Man
3/5
A great album to listen to after 36 chambers.
The Electric Prunes
2/5
70s pop that doesn’t jump out enough for me.
Michael Jackson
3/5
A couple hits, and some wonderfully produced tracks.
The Psychedelic Furs
2/5
A glimpse of what’s to come in 1980, but the hooks just aren’t there.
The Beau Brummels
2/5
Jangly Dylanesque folk-pop, but not nearly as deep.
Ian Dury
2/5
Some great seventies rock composition, but I don’t really connect with Ian’s voice.
Beatles
5/5
One of my favorite “early” Beatles albums.
Jeff Buckley
3/5
Not a bad guitar singer/songwriter album
Leonard Cohen
4/5
This a fantastic folk album, mainly acoustic guitar and stories.
The Verve
3/5
Pretty good mid nineties soft rock. Bittersweet Symphony is a classic.
Scritti Politti
3/5
Some SOLID eighties sounds on here. Gotta be DX7 sounds. Not too bad!
John Martyn
4/5
A great chill album. A feel similar to Air and Zero 7.
Tracy Chapman
4/5
A modern Bob Dylan. An album for a revolution, and boy, do we need one!
David Bowie
3/5
Golden Years and Wild is the Wind save this from being two stars for me.
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
I still love LCD Sound system!!
Elliott Smith
4/5
This is acoustic emo at its best, IMO so far.
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
An artistic album with a lot of intention, but lacking musical hooks for me.
The xx
3/5
Not as good as their debut, but the spirit is still there.
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
Driven by Lenny’s voice more than anything, but the guitar hooks haven’t come in yet.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
A really positive album with some great Stevie Wonder classics.
Paul McCartney
4/5
His first album after the Beatles, and it shows. Great acoustic tunes that could easily be added to any later Beatles album. Pretty good!
Manu Chao
3/5
Great Latino jams, if that’s what you’re looking for!
Charles Mingus
3/5
A great jazz album - a little fluttery in places, but a good listen.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
A top tier southern rock album.
Fiona Apple
3/5
A good piano R&B/soul singer/songwriter album.
Coldplay
3/5
The breakthrough of 2000s alterna-pop.
Metallica
5/5
The greatest metal album of all time.. Period.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
If you're into raggae, it's all here for you!
Muddy Waters
4/5
A fantastic and chill live blues album fromm one of the great Delta blues players. Great for putting on in the evening and having a drink.
Brian Wilson
2/5
The Brian Wilson harmonies you expect, but with much fewer hooks and choruses to sing along to.
Ryan Adams
4/5
A fantastic mid-tempo singer/songwriter album.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
A solid Zep album, even though it's a bit bloated.
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
A more experimental album. If you haven't shown a hook in four tracks, I don't know what to say.
Bill Callahan
2/5
I just can't get past the vocal delivery, but the music is good.
T. Rex
3/5
Seventies soft rock done exactly as it should be. Not too bad!
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Amy's unique voice, getting ready for the amazing Back to Black album.
Elliott Smith
3/5
Solid acoustic emo.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
A great short and sweet live album that's also a good introduction to NY&CH
Beastie Boys
3/5
A great crossover hip-hop album.
Supergrass
2/5
Late nineties cheeky rock. It's okay.
AC/DC
4/5
A masterclass in rhythm rock guitar riffs and just mid to uptempo rock in general.
Dr. Dre
4/5
An absolute hip-hop classic!
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Late fifties (1960) rock in the style of Buddy, Roy, and others.
Parliament
3/5
A great funk album, if that's what you're looking for!
Pixies
3/5
You can really hear the inspirations for grunge music here. A pretty unique rock album!
Common
4/5
Kanye's production and Common's rapping creates a great hip-hop/rap album.
Stephen Stills
3/5
A good seventies acoustic album!
a-ha
3/5
The eighties synths and falsetto on display showing they’re more than just “Take On Me”.
Willie Nelson
4/5
A wonderful collection of standards covers from Willie. Great for relaxing with a loved one.
Motörhead
3/5
Motörhead Live - it’s what you’d expect!!
50 Cent
3/5
You can understand why fifty and Kanye had beef, because they both had great rap and production. A great rap album!
Ramones
3/5
Punk at some of its best
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
1/5
I don't really find much to connect with here.
Gillian Welch
3/5
Good acoustic/bluegrass singer/songwriter album.
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Amazing hip hop and rap setting the stage for the nineties.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
Wonderful African Acapella.
Pulp
3/5
Not a bad 90s alternative album. Common People is a great track.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Such great work from Dylan. As true today as it was then.
New York Dolls
2/5
Seventies punk that's just like a harder Rolling Stones.
Talking Heads
3/5
A good talking heads album, unique, but with minimal hooks.
2/5
1970 acoustic rock. Not bad, but seems to collapse a bit under is own weight.
OutKast
4/5
A great rap/hip hop album with a lot of different feels, good hooks, and good production
Sepultura
2/5
Good metal, but the production is a bit muddy, and I prefer more melody in the vocals.
Love
1/5
Pretty boring sixties rock, IMHO.
Fleet Foxes
2/5
I was just never a huge fan of this kind of late 2000s folk rock.
Grateful Dead
1/5
I'm not big on jam bands like this.
Jacques Brel
2/5
Live french lounge-esque singing from the sixties. Meh.
Scissor Sisters
2/5
Okay early 2000s pop/rock.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Not one of my fave Dylan albums, but the poetry is still there.
Jamiroquai
3/5
Great funk album!
Jimmy Smith
4/5
A great 60s blues album. Fantastic to chill out to!
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
Bland eighties rock. Not even bombastic enough to call it hair metal.
John Lennon
4/5
While the production is unique to the point the songs start sounding to similar, the songwriting lifts it up.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
It's a classic - I prefer the UK version with Not Fade Away.