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2020s
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17
1-Star Albums
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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
|
5 | 2.48 | +2.52 |
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Yeezus
Kanye West
|
5 | 2.77 | +2.23 |
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Ctrl
SZA
|
5 | 2.91 | +2.09 |
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Ingenue
k.d. lang
|
5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
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Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
|
5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
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Groovin'
The Young Rascals
|
5 | 3.03 | +1.97 |
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Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
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5 | 3.04 | +1.96 |
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Crazysexycool
TLC
|
5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
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Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
|
5 | 3.15 | +1.85 |
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The Blueprint
JAY Z
|
5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
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1 | 3.66 | -2.66 |
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
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1 | 3.64 | -2.64 |
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Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
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1 | 3.39 | -2.39 |
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The Stooges
The Stooges
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1 | 3.26 | -2.26 |
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Pump
Aerosmith
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1 | 3.11 | -2.11 |
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A Night At The Opera
Queen
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2 | 3.96 | -1.96 |
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When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
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1 | 2.92 | -1.92 |
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Gris Gris
Dr. John
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1 | 2.88 | -1.88 |
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Back In Black
AC/DC
|
2 | 3.85 | -1.85 |
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
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2 | 3.74 | -1.74 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Metallica | 4 | 4.75 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 4.5 |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 5 |
| OutKast | 2 | 5 |
| Kanye West | 2 | 5 |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4.25 |
| Beatles | 6 | 4 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Wyatt | 2 | 1 |
| AC/DC | 2 | 1.5 |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 2 |
| Aerosmith | 3 | 2 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Pink Floyd | 5, 5, 2 |
| The Stooges | 4, 3, 1 |
5-Star Albums (49)
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Linkin Park
1/5
Not even Jay z at the peak of his powers could get me listen to these losers and I’ve been proud of that fact for all this time up until today. As bad as I assumed.
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1-Star Albums (17)
All Ratings
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Solid dad rock but I’ve heard more dynamic stuff from both the genre and artist that appeals to me more.
Faith No More
3/5
Solid enough but nu metal/rap-rock will never be my main bag.
Pearl Jam
5/5
Classic
Beck
3/5
Decent enough work from an artist I’ve never found particularly riveting, and that didn’t change here.
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Little Simz
4/5
Really good. Will probably join the regular rotation.
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Garbage
4/5
Possibly higher than a 4 but I didn’t get to pay full attention. Will definitely run it back.
Madonna
2/5
Only one song I really liked (Cherish) and a few I actively wanted to skip make this a 2 for me.
Jack White
3/5
Good stuff but needed a couple of outright banners to make my upper echelon.
Dire Straits
4/5
Not usually a southern rock guy but really enjoyed this. A couple of undeniable groovers on here for sure.
Charles Mingus
5/5
Duke Ellington
3/5
The music is good but a 2-1/2 hour album doesn’t feel like it fits the nature of this project.
Keith Jarrett
3/5
ABBA
3/5
I’d give this a 3.5 if I had the option.
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
4/5
The kind of random, weird album this exercise is ideal for.
Metallica
4/5
Do old head Metallica fans still hate this or are they over that?
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
The music was good but a bit too droning and aimless for my taste.
Elis Regina
3/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Rush
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Not my favorite collection of songs but I’ll definitely check out their other work.
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
An all timer. Probably still Kendrick’s best album in that I think it’s the best combination of both artistry and accessibility.
Kate Bush
4/5
Vibes
3/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
Some decent instrumentals, but I’m just never gonna be a rap/rock guy.
Cocteau Twins
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
Paul Rudd as Kunu voice: “you sound like you’re from London!”
Julian Cope
4/5
Really good songs but an albums can’t be longer than goodfellas.
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
The Clash
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
I don’t get it
Gotan Project
4/5
Dope
Ice Cube
4/5
Metallica
5/5
Every great artist should do one of these.
The Pharcyde
4/5
I was always more into the G-Funk sound as a kid but this is undeniable. Will stay in the rotation forever.
Blur
4/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
Todd Rundgren
4/5
Really good
Elbow
4/5
Really good. Almost made me think of if Max Richter had a band.
Metallica
5/5
Santana
3/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Dope
Cee Lo Green
4/5
Blondie
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
4/5
Ms. Dynamite
4/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
The Bees
4/5
Korn
2/5
Public Enemy
3/5
I recognize the historical significance but the mid 80s up tempo early hip hop has never been my favorite sound.
Lauryn Hill
5/5
Classic. To Zion is my shit.
Portishead
5/5
Portishead is dope.
Arcade Fire
5/5
Classic. Crown of Love into Wake Up remains one of my favorite back to back couplings of songs on any album.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Bill Callahan
4/5
Really enjoyed this. Great songwriting. Need half stars so I can give this a 4.5
David Bowie
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Great of course but I’m more of an I and V guy than an II and III.
Tricky
3/5
Suzanne Vega
4/5
Started off slow but grew on me.
Tears For Fears
2/5
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Kinda weird
Femi Kuti
4/5
As a big burna boy fan, this hit great. 4.5
4/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Kelela
3/5
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Pixies
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Giant Sand
2/5
Radiohead
3/5
4/5
4.5
Coldplay
4/5
4.5
The Clash
4/5
Various Artists
4/5
Darlene Love is the best. 4.5
808 State
2/5
Isaac Hayes
5/5
You could make another 5 star album just outta songs that sample the songs on here.
Marilyn Manson
5/5
4.5
Blur
3/5
Violent Femmes
4/5
Ice Cube
4/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
4.5
Van Morrison
2/5
The Velvet Underground
2/5
AC/DC
2/5
Sounded like a bunch of AC/DC songs in a row.
Iggy Pop
3/5
MC Solaar
2/5
Sounded like an average hip hop album from 1991 but in French.
Miles Davis
4/5
Sepultura
4/5
The Stooges
4/5
The Killers
4/5
Elton John
3/5
Sparks
3/5
Cool vibe and well done in the rock meets Broadway kind of thing they’re going for but realistically I’m not throwing this on very often.
Raekwon
4/5
AC/DC
1/5
I had always heard the “all AC/DC” songs sound the same thing but after two of their albums in one week, it’s even worse than I thought.
Hot Chip
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Frank Ocean
5/5
Beatles
4/5
Common
5/5
Impeccable production and the most I like common at any point in his career. 4.5
James Taylor
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
I’m a simple man. If every song on an album is great, it gets a 5.
Brian Eno
3/5
B.B. King
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
I’m so horny, the crack of dawn isn’t safe around me.
Beastie Boys
2/5
I’m just not a beasties guy.
Leftfield
4/5
Rod Stewart
4/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
Megadeth
4/5
The Vines
4/5
Aphex Twin
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Adele
5/5
Pretenders
3/5
Slipknot
4/5
System Of A Down
4/5
Screaming Trees
3/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Lambchop
4/5
Steely Dan
4/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
U2
3/5
Holger Czukay
2/5
Pavement
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Donovan
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
ACAB
Frank Zappa
4/5
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Fleet Foxes
3/5
3/5
Aerosmith
1/5
Jeru The Damaja
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
The Pogues
4/5
Jimmy fuckin Mcnulty
Radiohead
4/5
Janelle Monáe
4/5
4.5
Os Mutantes
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
The Smiths
4/5
Air
3/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Thelonious Monk
3/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
5/5
Cornershop
1/5
Turbonegro
3/5
The Stone Roses
1/5
The Cure
4/5
4.5
GZA
4/5
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Fishbone
3/5
John Lennon
3/5
Dr. John
1/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Prince
4/5
4.5
The Electric Prunes
1/5
Traffic
4/5
Lou Reed
2/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Spiritualized
2/5
Beatles
4/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
The Strokes
4/5
4.5
Brian Wilson
2/5
Kinda slow
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Alice In Chains
4/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
The War On Drugs
3/5
I like the music but the vocals weren’t doing it for me.
4/5
4.5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Eagles
4/5
The Shamen
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
Christina Aguilera
4/5
The Pogues
2/5
Prince
4/5
Daft Punk
4/5
Rush
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Gillian Welch
2/5
Gang Starr
3/5
Robert Wyatt
1/5
T. Rex
2/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Supertramp
2/5
2/5
2Pac
4/5
Solange
4/5
Stan Getz
3/5
Love
3/5
Neneh Cherry
2/5
Air
3/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
Ride
2/5
CHIC
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Slade
2/5
Led balloon
Megadeth
4/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
The Specials
2/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Jeff Buckley
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
William Orbit
3/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Linkin Park
1/5
Not even Jay z at the peak of his powers could get me listen to these losers and I’ve been proud of that fact for all this time up until today. As bad as I assumed.
fIREHOSE
3/5
Nina Simone
4/5
The Cars
5/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
The Doors
4/5
Eurythmics
4/5
The Saints
3/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
2/5
Foo Fighters
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Britney Spears
2/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
Antony and the Johnsons
3/5
The Verve
4/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
ABBA
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
The Jam
3/5
The Specials
3/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
OutKast
5/5
Radiohead
4/5
Ravi Shankar
3/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Oasis
4/5
Green Day
4/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
Ministry
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
The B-52's
4/5
4.5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
k.d. lang
4/5
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
4/5
Morrissey
3/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
OutKast
5/5
The Who
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
Television
4/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
The Who
2/5
FKA twigs
2/5
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Hawkwind
3/5
John Cale
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Green Day
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Fugees
5/5
Van Halen
4/5
Meat Puppets
2/5
The Offspring
4/5
Steve Winwood
3/5
The Fall
3/5
Beck
2/5
The Doors
4/5
Stereo MC's
2/5
The Stooges
3/5
Dire Straits
3/5
The Temptations
4/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Slayer
4/5
Paul Simon
3/5
TLC
5/5
White Denim
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Alice Cooper
4/5
Elton John
4/5
The Zombies
3/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Tortoise
2/5
Heaven 17
2/5
Queen
3/5
Bon Jovi
2/5
Justin Timberlake
4/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Solomon Burke
4/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
Tracy Chapman
5/5
Sigur Rós
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Christine and the Queens
3/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
2/5
The Temptations
4/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Machito
3/5
John Martyn
4/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
King Crimson
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Gang Of Four
3/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
2/5
Destiny's Child
4/5
Yes
3/5
The Sugarcubes
4/5
Miriam Makeba
3/5
The Smiths
4/5
3/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Hookworms
3/5
Queen
2/5
Giving this a 2 for Bohemian Rhapsody and general musical competency, but this really didn’t do it for me. I like Queen more when they’re just straight rocking out and less being “quirky” or “fun” and this felt like more of the latter. Most of these songs bored me and a few outright annoyed me.
Van Morrison
4/5
Syd Barrett
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Can
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
Adam & The Ants
2/5
Pulp
2/5
Genuinely love this whole endeavor but sometimes I wish someone other than a biritish baby boomer made this list.
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Dirty Projectors
1/5
This album reminded me of that sopranos episode where Adriana is trying to executive produce a record for the band “Defiler” (lol) and the exasperated studio engineer guy is like “CHORUSES?!? WHERE ARE THE FUCKING CHORUSES?!?”
Beatles
4/5
Joan Baez
2/5
She’s good at it but an album made up exclusively of some folksy singing and guitar strumming will never be my main bag.
Fever Ray
3/5
Digital Underground
2/5
The Avalanches
4/5
Mad Men theme worthy
The Roots
4/5
Mad Men theme worthy
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
When they found Carbone in the meat truck, he was frozen so stiff it took them three days to thaw him out for the autopsy.
Funkadelic
4/5
Suede
2/5
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
N.W.A.
4/5
An important and seminal record that sounds just a bit too dated compared to what Dre would be producing 2-3 short years later.
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Eagles
2/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2/5
Another one of these ones that would only be on this British dudes list
Elvis Presley
2/5
LL Cool J
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Method Man
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Beck
2/5
Always found beck to be pretty fucking corny. Like hip hop for rich white liberals who vote blue but lock their doors when driving through the hood.
Donald Fagen
2/5
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
George Michael
3/5
Metallica
5/5
Ray Price
3/5
Thundercat
3/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
You’re fucking with me right?
Bobby Womack
3/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Meat Loaf
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
The Beau Brummels
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
The Libertines
3/5
Sugar
2/5
Like a one hit wonder band from the 90’s only without anything that sounded like a hit.
The Stooges
1/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Tom Waits, original mumble rapper?
Basement Jaxx
2/5
k.d. lang
5/5
Damn now I wish Spotify had that unplugged version uploaded.
Little Richard
4/5
N.E.R.D
4/5
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Roni Size
2/5
Groovy at times but there’s absolutely no reason for these songs to be 8 minutes and the rapping is terrible.
The Notorious B.I.G.
5/5
The Go-Go's
4/5
Coldplay
3/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Tim Buckley
4/5
New Order
4/5
Beastie Boys
2/5
I’ve almost viscerally disliked the Beasties for my entire 40 years breathing, but I decided that an endeavor like this 1001 album thing is my (possibly final) chance to see if I can’t come around on them. And while I respect their place in hip hop history, and enjoy some of the production, I just can’t do it. The rap-rock-frat boy-white guy delivery will always be like nails on a chalkboard to me and I blame them for every white rap-rock I’ve hated in the decades that follow. Not for me. Just give me the actual rappers.
Primal Scream
4/5
Couldn’t really classify what that was but it was pretty cool.
Eminem
4/5
Tito Puente
4/5
[Ordering drinks in a Havana cafe]
Fredo Corleone: Uno... por favor...
[to Michael]
Fredo Corleone: How do you say "banana daiquiri"?
Michael Corleone: "Banana daiquiri."
50 Cent
5/5
I’ve long debated how to rate this compared to the classic debut rap records of the time, as it’s much less a personal, artistic statement 50 had been waiting his entire life to make and more of an almost cynical collection of focused grouped singles covering all the necessary bases of the time period (NY gangsta records? Check? R&B tinged song for the ladies? Check. California record, Atlanta record, weed smoking song from a guy who doesn’t even smoke? Check, check, check. Etc). But the reality is those focused grouped singles are phenomenal, backed by immaculate production and 50 spitting his ass off in way he never would again. So while it’s not illmatic or ready to die, it deserves its place among them.
The Beach Boys
2/5
Songs about trees and feet? lol
The Young Rascals
5/5
Some soulful ass white dudes lol
Pixies
3/5
Boston
4/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
Lana Del Rey
4/5
4.5
David Crosby
4/5
Deerhunter
4/5
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Scott Walker
3/5
TV On The Radio
2/5
John Martyn
2/5
A little downbeat for my tastes
The Soft Boys
2/5
The Beach Boys
2/5
Robert Wyatt
1/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
The Style Council
3/5
I liked a lot of this but that rap song in the middle was an abomination.
Genesis
2/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
Baaba Maal
4/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
Was gonna write this off as too British for me but then I got to “There’s Power In a Union” and I have to give it up to the man purely out of respect and solidarity. ✊
Can
4/5
Trippy but groovy. Will check out the rest of their discography for sure.
Jungle Brothers
3/5
A seminal record but one that’s a bit dated sounding.
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
What an OG she is. Triple OG
Hole
3/5
Fats Domino
4/5
Big Black
4/5
I’m not a huge punk guy but I got into this.
Barry Adamson
2/5
Paul McCartney
4/5
The Waterboys
4/5
Liked this better than I thought I would but I stopped it after the original first disc, didn’t do the bonus stuff.
The Cure
2/5
The The
2/5
Eric Clapton
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Spacemen 3
1/5
Another one of those ones where I wish someone would tell the dude who made this list that every obscure, weirdo British rock band he liked when he was 14 isn’t worthy of sharing with the world.
Tom Tom Club
2/5
You can make a better album out of songs that sampled these songs.
The Adverts
3/5
The Sonics
3/5
Frank Black
3/5
The Who
3/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Maxwell
4/5
Had the wife and I reconsidering our decision not to make babies. 4.5
The Cure
4/5
4.5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Christina Aguilera
4/5
Not sure why this needed to be two, completely different albums in one but both were pretty good.
DJ Shadow
3/5
D'Angelo
4/5
Death In Vegas
2/5
Ash
2/5
The Mars Volta
3/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
4/5
Elvis Costello
2/5
The xx
4/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Gorillaz
2/5
Kid Rock
1/5
Fuck this pussy ass loser
Robbie Williams
2/5
You’re telling me a monkey sung these songs?!?
Bert Jansch
3/5
Good but a little understated for my tastes.
ZZ Top
3/5
Eels
4/5
Arrested Development
4/5
Mike Oldfield
4/5
Soundgarden
4/5
Cornell, what a fucking beast he was.
Simply Red
4/5
This was pretty dope
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
The opening scene of Belly is so fucking good
Laibach
1/5
Kinda weird in a good way but then the songs just drone on and on aimlessly.
Lou Reed
3/5
Germs
3/5
Safe to say at this point that I’m just not a punk guy. Though I feel like I would like a lot of these punk songs if they just did them in half time lol.
Ian Dury
4/5
Madonna
3/5
A fair mix of slappers and clunkers.
Buck Owens
4/5
John Coltrane
4/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Björk
3/5
The Jam
2/5
The College Dropout and Good Kid, Madd City are being removed from the next iteration of this list but I assume the policy of including literally every random ass British rock band that had a minor hit song in the 70s or 80s will continue in perpetuity.
Spiritualized
4/5
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
The Doors
4/5
Jim is like the “I’m 14 and this is deep” king but I fucking love him. He was put on this earth to sing Roadhouse Blues.
The Beta Band
3/5
More varied then some of the examples I’m thinking of but I still maintain the only weak part of this whole endeavor is the authors insistence on including seemingly any British band he has ever heard of.
Sheryl Crow
4/5
Jane Weaver
4/5
Billy Joel
4/5
Going 40 years as a white male resident of Long Island I was in danger of having my citizenship revoked for having never listened to an entire Billy Joel album so this came up just in time. Been hearing these songs my entire life to the point that I hate some of them but the good ones are good.
Kanye West
5/5
A seminal, timeless classic that sounds just as good today as it did in 2004. A debut record that was a legit turning point in hip hop history, which makes it a turning point in all of music history. That the author of this thing is taking this album off the next iteration of this list is a travesty.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Ice T
3/5
2/5
Limp Bizkit’s greatest contribution to pop culture is My Way being used in the promo video before Rock vs Austin at WM 17.
Baaba Maal
3/5
Manu Chao
4/5
Magazine
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
Taylor has some good stuff, I just think the Swifties do her a disservice by grossly overstating her place in music history. No Body, No Crime is probably my favorite swift song ever.
Def Leppard
2/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Shuggie Otis
3/5
The Band
4/5
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
I imagine this is exactly what Kentucky sounded like in 1956 and while some of it is ok, I can’t do 47 minutes of banjos and southern warbling.
Snoop Dogg
5/5
As far as I can tell there’s literally only two albums on earth that sound the way The Chronic and Doggystyle do, and Doggystyle might be more consistent song to song. Classic shit.
Wild Beasts
4/5
Nick Drake
2/5
Van Morrison
4/5
This was dope. 4.5
Fela Kuti
3/5
Sepultura
4/5
Pretty badass. Love seeing the sentiment of “fuck the police” crossing genres, cultural and even linguistic boundaries.
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
Stan Getz
3/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
I really wasn’t sure what was going at first but at some point I had to accept that whatever it was, I was enjoying it.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Janet Jackson
3/5
The Charlatans
2/5
There’s no way the author of this thing genuinely thinks all these random British bands from his hometown are making albums “we need to hear before we die”.
Jethro Tull
3/5
Really wish we could give half grades with this. 5 different ratings isn’t enough differentiation for my taste.
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Koffi Olomide
3/5
The Damned
4/5
This is the most I’ve liked a punk album so far.
Grateful Dead
3/5
They’re great musicians but I need more structure.
Black Flag
3/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
🤷♂️
Marty Robbins
2/5
The La's
3/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
The Police
3/5
My second favorite white reggae band after 311.
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
As a lifelong hip hop head I respect the elders but the pre-rakim style of rapping and the pre-the chronic style of beats have always sounded dated to me in a way I never got past. Rock box slaps though.
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
As a kid during this time period I much preferred the bombastic beats and more aggressive lyrics coming from the west coast artists as compared to the more relaxed, jazzy sound coming from the NY mainstays and 30 years later…that’s still the case lol
Grizzly Bear
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
I respect the creativity and musicality but none of the actual songs did much for me.
Nirvana
4/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Take me out on the Madden 04 soundtrack is classic shit.
Brian Eno
3/5
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Al Green
4/5
Orbital
4/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
I tend to prefer the stones when they are being funkier/groovier but even more so than that, seeing the movie sinners the other day really affected my enjoyment of this. Listening to the literal white colonizers attempt to sing the blues without any of the actual pain behind the music really fell flat for me.
Stereolab
4/5
Queens of the Stone Age
2/5
De La Soul
3/5
Shout out to Amityville.
Soft Cell
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
Culture Club
2/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Guided By Voices
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Genesis
3/5
U2
3/5
Yes
3/5
Blue Cheer
4/5
Wilco
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Scritti Politti
2/5
Faust
3/5
The Police
3/5
Crowded House
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
David Gray
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
The KLF
3/5
The Blue Nile
2/5
Taylor Swift
2/5
I’m not a swift hater or anything but this all sounded super dated to the mid 2010s. Like a compilation album of songs that played in commercials for the gap.
Iron Maiden
3/5
Suicide
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
“Hey, I believe in God, man. I’ve seen him, I’ve felt his power. He plays drums for Led Zeppelin and his name is John Bonham, baby!”
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
UB40
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
The music is decent enough but the neo-liberal flag hugging has always come off so corny to me that I can’t get into the boss. If America’s political spectrum wasn’t a complete abomination *this* would be the music of the conservatives.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Liz Phair
3/5
Massive Attack
2/5
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
The Prodigy
5/5
What a slapper. I remember bringing this to Amanda Sullivan’s 13th birthday pool party in 1997 and everyone loved it but Amanda’s dad was like what the fuck are you guys listening to lol
M.I.A.
3/5
Killing Joke
4/5
Gram Parsons
3/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Guns N' Roses
3/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
A colossal, towering achievement. The Godfather Part II of albums.
The Incredible String Band
3/5
Morrissey
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
The Undertones
2/5
This 1001 endeavor is funny because one day you’re listening to To Pimp a Butterfly and the next day you’re listening to some random, nondescript British band where I can only assume some of the band members are relatives of the original list author.
The Auteurs
4/5
Portishead
4/5
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Butthole Surfers
3/5
The Associates
2/5
Nanci Griffith
3/5
Moby
3/5
Gene Clark
4/5
Jamiroquai
4/5
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Beth Orton
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Billie Holiday
3/5
Jane's Addiction
2/5
R.E.M.
3/5
The Prodigy
3/5
The Lemonheads
2/5
Kanye West
5/5
Pablo is awesome but this was Kanye’s peak.
Also, I love all the sanctimonious Pearl clutching from listeners who give Kanye albums a 1 and then turn around and throw 5 stars to all the classic rock rapists and pedophiles lol.
James Brown
5/5
Jazmine Sullivan
4/5
The Who
3/5
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Simple Minds
3/5
Jacques Brel
3/5
Lorde
4/5
The Coral
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
Louis Prima
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
The Cardigans
4/5
That was fun.
Red Snapper
2/5
That was fun.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Weather Report
3/5
The Stranglers
4/5
Minor Threat
3/5
Wire
4/5
I wasn’t a huge punk guy proof to this endeavor (and though I liked a few of the punk albums given to me, including this one, it probably will be my never one genre) but one thing I absolutely fucking love and respect about this genre is how economical the albums are. Every punk album I get recommended is like Total Number of Tracks: 17. Total Runtime: 21 minutes. lol I love it.
Burning Spear
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
The Beta Band
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Prefab Sprout
3/5
Dead Kennedys
3/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Queen Latifah
3/5
Tori Amos
3/5
The Band
4/5
MGMT
4/5
Mj Cole
2/5
Parliament
4/5
As someone whose life was changed when The Chronic came out, I owe quite a debt to Parliament and this album in particular.
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Dion
3/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Marianne Faithfull
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
The Crusaders
4/5
Björk
4/5
Madonna
4/5
I’ve hated the title track of this album my entire life so I imagine my surprise when I really liked the rest of it (minus that terrible American pie cover).
Cat Stevens
3/5
Serge Gainsbourg
4/5
Easily the greatest French concept album about the seduction, statutory rape, and subsequent murder of a teenage girl that I’ve ever heard. Honestly I can’t even think of another contender to the crown.
Pere Ubu
2/5
The Everly Brothers
3/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Take 5 coming on during the monopoly game in Sopranos Home Movies is just 🤌🤌🤌
New Order
3/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
Nico
4/5
The Kinks
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Scissor Sisters
4/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Tim Buckley
4/5
The Cult
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Supergrass
2/5
Pere Ubu
4/5
Jane's Addiction
2/5
Van Halen
3/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Saint Etienne
3/5
LTJ Bukem
2/5
Adele
4/5
Paul Weller
4/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
4/5
Elvis Presley
2/5
That version of Fever was anemic lol
Dennis Wilson
4/5
That version of Fever was anemic lol
Randy Newman
3/5
That version of Fever was anemic lol
The Divine Comedy
4/5
That version of Fever was anemic lol
The Smiths
3/5
Lupe Fiasco
4/5
The Byrds
2/5
Neu!
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
George Harrison
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
SAULT
4/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
The Boo Radleys
3/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
Skepta
3/5
JAY Z
5/5
Rumor has it The Blueprint classic
Couldn’t even be stopped by Bin Laden…
Drive Like Jehu
4/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Cream
3/5
The best analogy I can come up with for cream is that cream is to Led Zeppelin what the movie The Town is to Heat.
New York Dolls
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Slint
3/5
M.I.A.
3/5
3/5
Deee-Lite
3/5
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
The Cramps
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
The Dictators
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
SZA
5/5
Morrissey
3/5
Klaxons
4/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
The Byrds
3/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
The Residents
1/5
The Black Crowes
3/5
Beastie Boys
2/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Slipknot
3/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Steve Earle
3/5
a-ha
3/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
Doves
3/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
Talk Talk
3/5
2/5
Pentangle
2/5
Orange Juice
3/5
3/5
Le Tigre
3/5
The White Stripes
3/5
The Streets
1/5
You’re fucking with me right??? Lmao
Traffic
4/5
You’re fucking with me right??? Lmao
The Replacements
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Goldie
2/5
The Fall
2/5
Justice
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
Ute Lemper
3/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Eminem
5/5
Eminem fully falls off after those first three solo albums and the 8 Mile soundtrack but this remains his opus.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
The Young Gods
2/5
Circle Jerks
3/5
Bad Company
3/5
The Dandy Warhols
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Beach House
4/5
2/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Animal Collective
2/5
Sister Sledge
3/5
Chicago
3/5
The Slits
4/5
Devendra Banhart
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
PJ Harvey
5/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Hole
4/5
Living Colour
3/5
Nas
5/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Sex Pistols
3/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5