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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
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5 | 2.47 | +2.53 |
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Movies
Holger Czukay
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5 | 2.7 | +2.3 |
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Orbital 2
Orbital
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5 | 2.7 | +2.3 |
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Snivilisation
Orbital
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5 | 2.71 | +2.29 |
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Atomizer
Big Black
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5 | 2.72 | +2.28 |
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Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
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5 | 2.75 | +2.25 |
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Gris Gris
Dr. John
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5 | 2.88 | +2.12 |
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Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
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5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
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Joan Baez
Joan Baez
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5 | 2.96 | +2.04 |
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O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
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5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Thriller
Michael Jackson
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1 | 4.22 | -3.22 |
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Bad
Michael Jackson
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1 | 3.81 | -2.81 |
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Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
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1 | 3.78 | -2.78 |
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
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1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
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Feast of Wire
Calexico
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1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
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S&M
Metallica
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1 | 3.26 | -2.26 |
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Me Against The World
2Pac
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1 | 3.25 | -2.25 |
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Like Water For Chocolate
Common
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1 | 2.95 | -1.95 |
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Gold
Ryan Adams
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1 | 2.84 | -1.84 |
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Metallica
Metallica
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2 | 3.79 | -1.79 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Radiohead | 5 | 5 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 5 |
| Beatles | 4 | 4.75 |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4.75 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 5 |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 5 |
| Neil Young | 4 | 4.5 |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 4.5 |
| U2 | 4 | 4.5 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 3 | 4.67 |
| Kraftwerk | 3 | 4.67 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Velvet Underground | 2 | 5 |
| The Flaming Lips | 2 | 5 |
| A Tribe Called Quest | 2 | 5 |
| Van Halen | 2 | 5 |
| Orbital | 2 | 5 |
| The Pogues | 2 | 5 |
| The Stooges | 2 | 5 |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Doors | 3 | 4.33 |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 4.33 |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 4.33 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 1 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 1.33 |
| Common | 2 | 1.5 |
| Metallica | 4 | 2 |
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Ryan Adams
1/5
according to "meet me in the bathroom" Ryan Adams knowingly got Albert Hammond Jr. (from the strokes) back on heroin.
in fact everything I've ever heard about him is that he is a douche. but I've never met the guy. so i dunno.
as far as music, he's got a nice voice, but the album isn't interesting. lyrics are pandering; music is predictable.
If they had to change this from 1001 to 1000 albums to listen to, this should be the one that goes.
11 likes
Michael Jackson
1/5
imagine being a child and getting raped by someone, then the rest of your life people say you've got to listen to his music before you die.
fuck this perv
3 likes
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
somehow I feel fatter after listening to this album
1 likes
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The Killers
2/5
meh. dated. lyrics are pretty whiny, but good production value and music. Change your mind is good.
David Bowie
3/5
Golden Years is on this one. Not dated, but sounds very 70's. Bass forward, longer songs around 5-10 minutes each. Beautiful music and voice. David Bowie used the persona: Thin White Duke for this album. He also did a ton of coke during this period.
Kings of Leon
2/5
verrry sensible rock and roll. commercially sexy, clearly staying safe. whole album sounds uninteresting and the same. similar to other commercial schlock from early 2000s: maroon 5, coldplay, killers, john mayer. ugh
not my cup o' tea.
Massive Attack
2/5
I guess this was important to "trip-hop?" Listened to remastered version on tidal.
meh.
Boston
5/5
fuck yeah
Michael Jackson
1/5
Pedo
Minutemen
4/5
good stuff
You can hear its influence. esp RHCP
Song called Toadies - did they get their name here? Jackass theme song "Corona"??
Don't look now - cool live song
Brian Wilson
4/5
Saw the documentary on this when it came out (~2004).
I mean it's Brian Wilson. What do you say?
Napalm Death
3/5
duhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduh
bangbangbank
roarAAAAARRRRRRroarROOAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR
Paul McCartney and Wings
2/5
meh. not a big "wings" fan. Here're the neat things I learned on wikipedia:
they recorded part of this in Lagos, Nigeria. Paul wanted to record it somewhere exotic. He got held up at knifepoint. Lost a bunch of demos and lyrics. Went back to England.
Two dudes quit the band before he left for Lagos, so Paul filled in their parts.
Iron Maiden
3/5
Totally not what I expected. Way more melodic (is that the right term? I dunno). And not super heavy or thrash. I guess this is a good album to see the transition from regular old rock to heavy metal?
Band complained about production values. I listened to 2015 remaster. It's not bad but kinda flat.
The Byrds
3/5
Alright album. Can hear the influence it had. Velvet Underground, Can, Yo La Tengo, etc.
R.E.M.
3/5
Man, makes me think about high school. Dude named Matt King was a big REM fan. Gives me an honor roll music vibe.
Album is good. Still stands up.
lol. . .the song that autoplayed after the album as God's Country by U2. Funny cause I was in a play with Matt called God's Country back in the day.
Spacemen 3
4/5
This came out in 1989, but it's totally new to me.
Sounds pretty currrent (2023). Ethereal. Distortion. Paced.
Easy to hear the Velvet Underground influence.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Banger. I ain't the one, tuesday's gone, gimme three steps, freebird.
Freebird was my class song in high school. . . lol
Dire Straits
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
AfTerYeARsofwAITing,nO-th-ingCamE
this is the soundtrack to my early 2000s life
Milton Nascimento
3/5
sounds good. all in brazilian, so I have no idea what they're talking about. sounds like: the beatles, love, the zombies,etc.
Richard Hawley
3/5
Album is okay. The guy has a deep baritone voice.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Double album, all great stuff. The guy is a genius.
Deep Purple
5/5
sick. drums, guitars, keyboards, vocals, etc. all of it.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
I mean sympathy for the devil and street fighting man. classic stones. but some of their songs (salt of the earth) I'm not a fan of.
Super Furry Animals
4/5
good stuff. listened to them a little when they came out; wish I'd listened to this album tho
k.d. lang
3/5
beautiful voice, but aside from that everything is soo soft, predictable. maybe just not my cup o' tea
N.W.A.
5/5
banger.
like that deep purple - in rock. archetype shit
Joni Mitchell
4/5
What a voice.
Simply Red
3/5
Simply Red reminds me of a neighbor that lived next door to mom and dad around 1990. The Nolans? The lady was a big SR fan.
"Holding back the years" is a dope song. But a lot of the tracks are cheese.
DJ Shadow
4/5
parking tickets
listen to 2021 re-release tho; it's better
Brian Eno
3/5
bueno
Arcade Fire
3/5
it's alright
Kendrick Lamar
2/5
When this came out there was sooo much hoopla around it. Listening then and now, the album is just \"okay\" to me.
Suede
2/5
britpop
Lou Reed
5/5
fucking love this album. I think David Bowie produced and the backing band is The Spiders from Mars.
Reed's real first solo album, but his second overall after self titled debut. The first album was written while he was in VO.
First song - "vicious" comes from Warhol.
Warhol: write a song called "vicious"
Reed: andy, vicious can mean a lot of things, what do you mean?
Warhol: you know, "vicious" I hit you with a flower.
such a dope album!
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
David Bowie
5/5
a lad insane, right?
Arcade Fire
5/5
first time listening. dope.
Beatles
5/5
one of the greatest albums ever made. ever.
makes me regret giving any other album five stars, but also not fair to compare other albums to this bc it's soo fucking good.
Meat Loaf
5/5
John’s first album
Moby Grape
2/5
meh. album really has a late sixties sound. So if you like that 67 sound, this is the album for you. But that's the total identity (\"1967 sound\") this album has for me.
usually listen on tidal, but their Moby Grape album is messed up. only has tracks 14-18 from a bonus album, so those songs aren't even on the original album. So listened on youtube.
Alanis Morissette
3/5
Washington
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Sparks
3/5
barbecutie
lollol
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Calexico
1/5
no me gusta
Elton John
4/5
bought used vinyl from half price books in 1994
Steely Dan
4/5
Always listen to Steely Dan w the highest quality file and headphones. So much detail!
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
another elvis costello album. . . *sigh*
nothing against the dude, but he has such a unique sound you've gotta be in the mood to listen.
Madonna
2/5
lots of great musicians worked on this. Prince, Jeff Porcaro (co-founder of Toto), Rose Stone (from Sly and Family Stone), and tons of studio artists (Randy Jackson . . .lol).
The Cure
2/5
no sunshine on this album.
Taylor Swift
5/5
Bought this in 2015 at Kroger on a whim because it was in the mark down bin. So glad I did. Great album. Great production.
I was listening to the album a bunch before I took Jen to NY for the first time. This album, especially the first track, always reminds me of her and that trip.
Stan Getz
4/5
dope if you need a Samba fix
short tho - 35 min
Ryan Adams
1/5
according to "meet me in the bathroom" Ryan Adams knowingly got Albert Hammond Jr. (from the strokes) back on heroin.
in fact everything I've ever heard about him is that he is a douche. but I've never met the guy. so i dunno.
as far as music, he's got a nice voice, but the album isn't interesting. lyrics are pandering; music is predictable.
If they had to change this from 1001 to 1000 albums to listen to, this should be the one that goes.
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
good stuff
Sebadoh
3/5
Here I am, on my knees
With nothing to blame but my curiosity
It got the best of me
AC/DC
4/5
Various Artists
4/5
Coldcut
4/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Deerhunter
3/5
Supertramp
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
did not know that John Lennon plays guitar on Fame
Q-Tip
3/5
George Michael
4/5
Chicago
3/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
you aint the problem
George Harrison
5/5
Jo, if not for you
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
just saw them last week (Dec 2023 in SFO). they opened the show with the first track off this album. still fresh.
SAULT
2/5
Tom Tom Club
3/5
Arcade Fire
5/5
five stars just for the lyric: \"You change all the lead sleeping in my head to gold\"
The Cure
3/5
Crowded House
2/5
Bluey's parents grew close over this album when they dated.
Doves
2/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
wtf is this cover?
Gorillaz
2/5
soo boring. \"oh dope beat, I wonder where this song will go?\" Nowhere. The song will go nowhere. it's all style over substance; built to sell cars.
CHIC
3/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
fun facts!
Senegal is home to:
- a tiny car-free island made from seashells;
- seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites;
- Africa’s tallest statue;
- rivers with killer hippopotamuses;
- a pink lake.
There has been work done to build a "Great Green Wall" from Senegal's capital, Dakar, to Djibouti, Djibouti. The wall is made of trees and meant to hold back expansion of the Sahara.
The Who
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
good album, but it's kinda: \"shut up and play the hits. . or someone else's hits even, idc.\" but there was novelty to it at the time making it hugely popular to the mainstream. you had people who never before listened to johnny cash or NIN telling you how great it all was.
but that's not Johnny's fault. he just showed up and killed it, even at 900 years old.
The Smiths
3/5
always made fun, but never really listened. It's good. Can hear how groups like Belle and Sebastian were influenced.
David Bowie
2/5
emotionally charged because this is his last album, but . . .ugh
Peter Gabriel
3/5
aka Peter Gabriel 1: Car
that solsbury hill song is popular. but it's rare that I want to groove in 7/4 time. rest of the album: meh. could have aged better; could have aged worse.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
sounds like an album I'd have on a tape in the 80s. a copy of a copy from someone who recorded it off vinyl. likely by holding a tape recorder to a speaker. one side of a 90 minute cassette with some other band I never learned the name of on the other side.
here's a haiku about it:
plastic magnet sound
the jesus and mary chain
gray days with walkman
Peter Gabriel
5/5
Yes
3/5
at about the 2:15 mark of the song \"Your Move\" the chorus of Lennon's song \"Give Peace a Chance\" is sung by the backing vocalists under the main melody.
\"all we are saying (big pause) is give peace a chance\"
it repeats till end of song
Blondie
4/5
The Waterboys
2/5
jeez it was a slog getting through this album
Eric Clapton
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Cream
4/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
weird the first song is just busta rhymes.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
He held his breath . . .
Radiohead
5/5
To support this album's release, Radiohead had an inflight radio program on American Airlines. I heard it while flying from DFW to London. I listened the entire flight. The album dropped a month or two later (October), but it was near impossible to find stateside. I finally got a copy on Christmas that year (2000).
20+ years on and this album still blows me away like it did on that flight.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
first time listening. great album!
The Velvet Underground
5/5
I'd like to know completely what others so discreetly talk about. . .
check out the song "Distortions" by Clinic
The Pretty Things
3/5
the drummer goes by the name \"Twink.\" he converted to Islam later in life, changing his name to Mohammad Abdullah. though he still records under the name Twink
Portishead
4/5
Had it been rainy when I listened, I'd give it five stars
The Clash
5/5
I went to the market to realize my soul; what I need I just don't have
Neil Young
5/5
though my problems are meaningless, that don't make them go away
Traffic
3/5
has nothing to do with this album, but there's a Chicago Traffic Jam Band that plays on street corners in Chicago. stuff like cubs games. xylophone rush covers and such. good stuff.
This album reminded me of the band Chicago, so some search strings around the bands Chicago and Traffic lead me to CTJB.
Funkadelic
3/5
Lots of reviews say this is funkadelic's best album. I disagree. Uncle Jam Wants You is better IMHO, but I grew up on that album.
Maggot Brain is listed as a bonus track. Always think of Ken's Show on WFMU when I hear.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
think we'll ever meet Stevie?
Janelle Monáe
3/5
more is more
CHIC
4/5
the whole world's a circus, don't you be the clown
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Borderline unlistenable because of such shit production. terrible synth and awful drum machines. the lyrics make the album better, but can't distract enough from the cheap music, terrible sax solos, cheez ball backing vocals, etc...
It’s like someone with terrible breath telling you a secret too close to your face.
Soft Machine
2/5
yeesh. . .long form cacophonous jazz.
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
britpop from portland, oregon
Aretha Franklin
4/5
respect
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Wake up
3/5
Good album I hadn't heard before. \"This is love\" is a good track.
A guy named Robert Ellis was a producer on this album. Despite what Tidal says, this is not the same Robert Ellis of Topo Chico and Lime fame.
4/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
what a long, strange trip it has been
Eminem
2/5
eminem's career consists of making the same album over, and over, and over, and over again.
OutKast
3/5
this is really two albums presented as one to collectively promote these solo acts under the outkast name. brill marketing move.
Spkrbx: 2; TLB: 4; so 3 overall.
Pink Floyd
5/5
did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
greatest album cover ever
Manu Chao
3/5
Every hostel in the world is required to play this album at least once a day.
Laibach
2/5
I recently said Pink Floyd's "wish you were here" had the greatest album cover. I was wrong; it goes to this album.
not so crazy about the music tho
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Wilco
4/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
This album deserves some context. There was nothing like it on the radio when it released. Here's the Billboard hot 100 from that time:
1. Michael Bolton - How am I Supposed
2. Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract
3. Rod Stewart - Downtown Train
4. Seduction - Two to Make it Right
5. Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun
It was a welcome change.
The Specials
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Liz Phair
4/5
5/5
This cd has been in my car for the past 15 years, at minimum.
Jack White
3/5
good stuff, but this is not a must hear
tho Pokey LaFarge lends some background vocals. he's worth hearing, if only the once
Judas Priest
3/5
Pixies
3/5
this came out in 1987. that's bananas.
vamos is good
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Solange
2/5
important social critique in the lyrics, but the music is just meh. . .
The Cars
5/5
Linkin Park
2/5
over produced. specifically the levels are bent so much to allow the lyrics to be whispered. this puts a huge expectation on the lyrics but they just don't deliver.
The Icarus Line
3/5
The Police
4/5
I lent this album to a girl named Jill who lived across the street. She moved to Hawaii a week later. Never heard from her again. . .
Michael Jackson
1/5
imagine being a child and getting raped by someone, then the rest of your life people say you've got to listen to his music before you die.
fuck this perv
David Bowie
4/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
little boy lost his dad and deals with growing up
Jeff Beck
3/5
bet this blew people away when it came out. guitar is amazing.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
talented group of musicians but no identity.
Daft Punk
4/5
The Flaming Lips
5/5
let them know you realize
Morrissey
3/5
Suede
2/5
Blue Cheer
3/5
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Roxy Music
5/5
John Lee Hooker
4/5
Nina Simone
3/5
wanted to like this more than I actually did. still good tho
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
Joan Armatrading
4/5
beautiful voice
Jurassic 5
4/5
Yes
3/5
Jes
Dolly Parton
4/5
Elbow
3/5
someone get these guys a cup of coffee
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
reading the lyrics helped me appreciate this album
Beastie Boys
5/5
Al Green
4/5
2/5
meh.
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
'When I Dream' is the audio equivalent of used watercolor water. just all muddled together. and its seven minutes long ffs
Paul Simon
4/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Love
4/5
first song is soo good
The Youngbloods
3/5
Travis
3/5
seems like this was produced to have no edges, no teeth. underlying music is okay; I'll bet they're pretty good live.
oh, these guys sing "why does it always rain on me" . . . it was quite popular at the turn of the century.
Radiohead
5/5
no one likes a smart arse but we all like stars
The Doors
4/5
everything I know about being a doors fan I learned from the kids in the hall
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
I listened to this album so much in high school; listening again is like catching up with old friend.
Spiritualized
3/5
Still sounds modern. Ethereal velvet underground vibe.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
pusherman getting mellow y'all
The Go-Go's
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Aerosmith
3/5
I'm negatively biased against aerosmith because of all the toothless schlock they churned out for MTV in the 90s.
But they were a decent band in the 70s.
Gillian Welch
4/5
Immediately feel the need to re-listen when I can focus more on the lyrics. Seems like there's a lot to absorb.
Little Richard
4/5
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Wilco
4/5
she fell in love with the drummer
ABBA
3/5
Kings of Leon
2/5
They're like a cover band of their own band. Talented musicians, but there's something soulless about the music. They're like what Gertrude Stein said about Oakland: there's no there there.
based on record sales, this band is much more popular outside the US, e.g. this album sold 218K in the US and 500K in UK. So it may be surprising for Americans to see any of their albums on this list. But having three Kings of Leon albums on the list is completely unnecessary, no matter where you live.
based on record sales, this band is much more popular outside the US, e.g. this album sold 218K in the US and 500K in UK. So it may be surprising for Americans to see any of their albums on this list. But having three Kings of Leon albums on the list is completely unnecessary, no matter where you live.
Queen
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
I have a strange relationship with Eric Clapton’s music
Tom Waits
4/5
Soundgarden
3/5
The Doors
4/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Björk
3/5
Marty Robbins
5/5
Don Law's influence on American music cannot be overstated.
Blur
3/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
changed my myspace profile song to "say yes" when Jen and I started dating.
Sister Sledge
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Muddy Waters
5/5
Paul Simon
5/5
Van Halen
5/5
M.I.A.
3/5
5/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
3/5
maybe not hitting my playlist everyday, but some really good stuff. the serge gainsbourg cover Jet'm shows some humor, which is always endearing.
The Temptations
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Neil Young
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Frank Ocean
3/5
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Mekons
3/5
electro-pop-western 80s vibe
Sonic Youth
3/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Solomon Burke
4/5
Talking Heads
5/5
The Vines
3/5
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
Otis Redding
4/5
Rush
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Kraftwerk
5/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Nirvana
5/5
Foo Fighters
4/5
Robbie Williams
2/5
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
The Young Gods
3/5
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
somehow I feel fatter after listening to this album
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Neil Young
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Neil Young
5/5
Beth Orton
2/5
The Mars Volta
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
life's a bummer;
when you're a hummer
Cat Stevens
5/5
Tom Waits
3/5
LL Cool J
3/5
Depeche Mode
2/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
The Band
3/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
Frank Sinatra
5/5
Os Mutantes
3/5
The White Stripes
5/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Motörhead
3/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
so much personality. . . if this were a list of 1001 people to have at a party, I'd like talking to this person
Brian Eno
5/5
Michael Jackson
1/5
fuck this creep
Santana
3/5
Santana had a huge hit with Rob Thomas in the early 2000s. The song was on every radio station, every commercial, etc. But it was too much. It burnt out all the Santana receptors in my head.
Bert Jansch
3/5
The Charlatans
3/5
decent band, but nothing separating them from other brit pop
2/5
Shortly after this album was released Eddie Van Halen put a gun to Fred Durst's head. From article:
Eddie drove that assault vehicle through L.A., into Beverly Hills, then parked and left it running on the front lawn of the house Limp Bizkit was rehearsing in. He got out wearing no shirt, his hair in a Samurai bun on top of his head, his jeans held up with a strand of rope and combat boots held together by duct tape. And he had a gun in his hand.”
“That asshole answered the door,\" Bennett recalled Van Halen explaining. \"I put my gun to that stupid fucking red hat of his, and I said, ‘Where’s my shit, motherfucker?’ That fucking guy just turned to one of his employees and starts yelling at him to grab my shit. ... Eddie Van Halen stood on the front lawn of a residential home in Beverly Hills in broad daylight, smoking a cigarette while holding a gun on Fred Durst as he went back and forth from the house to the assault vehicle, lugging amps and guitars.”
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Garbage
2/5
Pavement
3/5
Le Tigre
5/5
how r u?
fn thx u.
Sade
3/5
if you want to sway-dance, listen to this album
James Brown
3/5
Jethro Tull
3/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Title track was in a Volkswagon ad in 1999. Google came out in 1998. This was one of the first songs I located through the internet.
The Slits
3/5
can't help saying the band name the way it's pronounced in \"Losing My Edge\" by LCD Soundsystem
4/5
John Martyn
3/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Koffi Olomide
2/5
This is the soundtrack for every 80”s movie that has a palm tree in it
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
5/5
Listen to this on road trip to Nashville
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
5/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Morrissey
2/5
Serge Gainsbourg
5/5
Metallica
2/5
I do not like metallica
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Some bangers; some meh.
Sugar
2/5
Strange album. Repeatedly takes awkward turns to force a pop sound.
Kraftwerk
5/5
Eagles
2/5
sanded balsa
Sepultura
3/5
Reading the wiki about this album really helped me appreciate what I was hearing. Dudes rock
Funkadelic
4/5
Ken's show on wfmu
The Specials
4/5
Rudy or Rudie is a slang term for "Rude Boy"
Bob Dylan
5/5
Will never forget first hearing Visions of Johanna
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Production stands out.
Flood is brill; wish he produced
Leonard Cohen's songs.
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
Public Enemy
3/5
The Verve
4/5
spent too much of late 90s listening to this album while playing battletanx on n64
CHVRCHES
3/5
Herbie Hancock
5/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
great bass lines but soo brooding
Joy Division
4/5
Thundercat
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Sheryl Crow
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
The La's
3/5
Red Snapper
3/5
Sounds like the soundtrack to a ps2 racing game
Fats Domino
4/5
Fun fact I learned: Fats Domino was from New Orleans!
Black Sabbath
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Madness
3/5
Snoop Dogg
3/5
The Clash
4/5
Dinosaur Jr.
5/5
Nirvana sr.
Dr. Dre
5/5
Common
1/5
unoriginal pseudo-intellectual babble
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
The Black Keys
3/5
Joan Baez
5/5
Very few artists could produce a quality album using only their voice and an acoustic instrument. JB doesn’t just do that, she kills it.
Scissor Sisters
3/5
shame backwoods discotheque didn't make this album
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Guns N' Roses
4/5
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
the guy's voice is a lot. second half-ish of the album was more interesting.
thought the album cover was a laugh at first (see: nan and brian in bed), but it provides context for one of the album's themes: just kids dealing with some grown-ass business.
Billy Joel
5/5
this is literally the music I listened to growing up.
Bee Gees
2/5
not a lot that interests me here.
The Jam
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
banger after banger
Radiohead
5/5
Primal Scream
4/5
name is misleading
The Magnetic Fields
4/5
the title is a tongue in cheeks reference.
Nirvana
5/5
Billie Holiday
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
5 stars for Sam the Man; -1 for live album
Mercury Rev
4/5
Megadeth
4/5
got this on Christmas day . . . lol everybody's buying
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Pixies
2/5
I do not prefer the pixies
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
imagine this did very well in UK. can hear where Matt Berry was influenced.
Kanye West
2/5
Not an interesting album by Kanye standards. It takes the spirit of Graduation and Dropout (both amazing albums) to push recycled tropes in a directionless manner. The album intro: an airy voice providing a bit of non-sense narration has been done sooo many times. But does he do something inventive? Does she become a character like on ATCQ:Midnight Marauders? No. Does she reappear later to provide insight or relatability? No. Does she provide any value at all besides clicking off the cliche check-box? No. She's included only to say: what follows is semi-clever fully-confused claptrap.
This is just the first three seconds, I know. But everything on here is a rehash, and it just gets boring. Unacceptable for anyone calling themselves the GOAT.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Orbital
5/5
Can
4/5
Eminem
4/5
Björk
3/5
Black Flag
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
The Pogues
5/5
Booker T. & The MG's
5/5
5/5
grandma sent a check for $10 when I turned thirteen. I spent it on this cd. I wrote her a letter thanking and explaining my masterplan to collect all beatles' records in my lifetime.
that's when it started.
Duke Ellington
5/5
watch video of the band. hep af.
Public Enemy
5/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Parliament
5/5
JAY Z
5/5
Respect the game, that should be it;
What you eat don't make me shit.
John Cale
3/5
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Nick Drake
5/5
man, I haven't heard this album in decades. felt like finding an old familiar lost shoe.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Dennis Wilson
3/5
Coldplay
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
While the music may not be as iconic as others, this album marks the return of the artist to work (Bowie hadn't released an album for almost 10 years).
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
2Pac
1/5
biggie smalls is the illest
ZZ Top
4/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
this is what bi-polar sounds like
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
glitter on the wet streets, silver over everything
Slipknot
3/5
3/5
totally didn't understand this album, but I read a great review that gave good context/perspective.
Fiona Apple
4/5
Prince
5/5
The Louvin Brothers
4/5
Learned about them and blood harmony on the cocaine and rhinestone podcast. Good stuff
James Taylor
4/5
it's been 30+ years and I still can't listen to fire and rain all the way through
Queen
5/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Ms. Dynamite
2/5
I'd like to see this replaced with any album by little simz.
Korn
2/5
they played this soo much in the late 90s. like soo, soo much.
Johnny Cash
5/5
R.E.M.
4/5
American Music Club
3/5
Louis Prima
5/5
Fugazi
3/5
Dr. John
5/5
if you ask yo-self: what is dis?
like curious, like curious, like curious jawwge!!
TLC
2/5
The Offspring
3/5
Devendra Banhart
4/5
Frank Zappa
5/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Joanna Newsom
4/5
cool concept. well executed
Richard Thompson
3/5
Mylo
4/5
The Doors
5/5
girl we couldn't get much HIGHER
it's hard to put into perspective what it meant to say FU to Ed Sullivan.
Rod Stewart
5/5
Giant Sand
3/5
too many soft edges. there's a song at the end that wakes up a bit, but otherwise . . meh
ZZ Top
4/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
The Avalanches
4/5
Lauryn Hill
3/5
The Zutons
2/5
3/5
that guys voice is a lot. . . band seems decent tho
maybe better as an instrumental album?
Buzzcocks
3/5
New York Dolls
3/5
Röyksopp
4/5
Classic!! takes me back to 2ManyDJs mix of 9 to 5 with Eple
T. Rex
4/5
Fever Ray
3/5
that first track was a single? swedes are chill af
The Bees
3/5
Jamiroquai
4/5
Metallica
2/5
Lambchop
3/5
The Gun Club
3/5
The Pogues
5/5
Boards of Canada
4/5
Sigur Rós
3/5
The xx
2/5
not for me. It's just style over substance, but the style is predictable and borrowed. so the lack of substance has nothing to hid behind.
I imagine them writing songs struggling to find a rhyme for "me," so they just end up rhyming it "me," saying the mood will carry the song, and calling it a day.
Sabu
4/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
pet peeve of mine is when people cover "Tonight Will Be Fine" in a slow tempo.
please stop
Depeche Mode
3/5
waiting for the night is very pretty
Beck
5/5
Arrested Development
3/5
The Who
3/5
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Julian Cope
3/5
Ice Cube
3/5
Coldplay
3/5
always thought this album cover was Bill the Cat
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
really good album
sounds like Gotye "borrowed" the beat for that song from here
Supergrass
3/5
Alice In Chains
3/5
Violent Femmes
4/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
dope album. wildflowers is a classic. but if this was playing on a turntable, I'd play half the songs on 45 rpm.
And when they harmonize, I want to pick out and appreciate each of their voices singularly. It's like taking the three best bottles of wine you can find and mixing them together.
The Young Rascals
3/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Slint
3/5
I listened to this about 5:30 in the AM and it didn't do anything for me. but I re-listened later and looked up some info on what's going on with the guitars. time and education helped.
John Prine
4/5
Fatboy Slim
4/5
mixed feelings here. I listened to a lot of u2 in the 80s-90s. With this album, u2 retired the mcphisto persona (which was fascinating!) and took a totally different direction. It's like we broke up on good terms; they "walked on" and I tuned in more to radiohead, etc.
Not a bad album by any means, but not the formative music that built our relationship.
David Bowie
5/5
turns into a john carpenter soundtrack for the second half
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
King Crimson
3/5
can see how this inspired a bunch of folks. good stuff
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
cool cover of helter skelter
The Isley Brothers
3/5
Dr. Octagon
4/5
I don't know if one of the best 'rap' albums of the nineties, but the underlying music is up there.
Talk Talk
3/5
not for me. it's all so very pretty, so very soft, so very gentle. I'm just not feeling that today.
Maybe a counterbalance of something balls out and noisy might help.
I went back and listened with good headphones. I picked up a lot more of the music and realized there's a lot to appreciate . But I'm still a tourist here, like oscar the grouch in a spotlessly sterile landscape.
SZA
3/5
The Style Council
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
5/5
Van Halen
5/5
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Destiny's Child
3/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
Ice Cube
2/5
lyrics didn't age well and there's not much range. really repetitive.
Madonna
3/5
lol, forgot ali g is in the 'music' video.
Madonna seems to always surround herself with an amazing production team. This is not to take anything away from her as a musician; more to say it's a smart business mentality.
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Stevie Wonder
3/5
X-Ray Spex
4/5
Japan
3/5
starts strong but loses steam
The United States Of America
3/5
lots of good production stuff involving reverb, distortion, etc.
The Who
4/5
Guided By Voices
3/5
nice demo tape
Cornershop
4/5
Van Morrison
5/5
Pantera
4/5
Gotan Project
3/5
great restaurant music
Beck
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
I was obsessed with "nightswimming"
Sex Pistols
3/5
(lack of) style over substance
King Crimson
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Bonnie Raitt
4/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Pavement
4/5
The Coral
2/5
B.B. King
4/5
New Order
3/5
Big Black
5/5
accessible
William Orbit
3/5
Heaven 17
3/5
Carole King
5/5
One of mom’s favorites
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
George Michael
4/5
The Stooges
5/5
John Cale produced
Slayer
3/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
sample for DJ Quik's Born and Raised in Compton at song two
Roxy Music
4/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Holger Czukay
5/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Def Leppard
3/5
Grateful Dead
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
5/5
Maxwell
3/5
k.d. lang
4/5
Cypress Hill
3/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
RIP Brian Wilson
he passed away yesterday, nice this album coming up today
Radiohead
5/5
Dion
3/5
Your Own Back Yard stood out
Album is a good capture of overall seventies pop production to that point.
The Stooges
5/5
The Mothers Of Invention
5/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
yay! finally the first dub album on this list. . . .oh, nevermind
Fishbone
3/5
Peter Frampton
3/5
Kanye West
1/5
Didn't listen. No residuals for nazis. Listened instead to a great album by Jewish rapper Action Bronson.
ABBA
4/5
there some really good synth pop here
Aerosmith
2/5
Ride
3/5
The Modern Lovers
5/5
all the moder lovers tracks
Dead Kennedys
3/5
Jungle Brothers
4/5
The Zombies
4/5
Ozomatli
3/5
Syd Barrett
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
appropriation issues
New Order
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
5/5
Pearl Jam
5/5
Faith No More
3/5
Nightmares On Wax
4/5
The War On Drugs
4/5
Talvin Singh
4/5
Television
5/5
Orbital
5/5
Portishead
3/5
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2/5
3/5
soul music for people with adult braces
MC Solaar
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
The Darkness
3/5
this needs some context. there was absolutely nothing like it when it came out. it was such a refreshing breath of fresh air back then, having a band sound completely different and just having fun.
the rumor back then was that the band overheard the future lead singer in a karaoke bar and said - we gotta make an album with this dude.
Black Sabbath
5/5
Ozzy died yesterday. RIP thank you for making some amazing music!
Wire
4/5
Kanye West
1/5
Anthrax
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
5/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Mudhoney
4/5
Little Simz
4/5
yay little simz!! so happy to see her here. well deserved
Not everything she does is a fit for me, but she gives 100%. And she's never afraid of different styles. So i give a listen to anything she drops.
Metallica
1/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Flamin' Groovies
4/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
Hawkwind
3/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
50 Cent
4/5
If you love me say you love me, but don’t stare at me man
U2
5/5
Flood and Eno. every song's foundation, its rhythm is so tight and opens up to lyrics intuitively. Like even if you don't like Bono, listen and ignore the lyrics. The pockets are so natural and deep.
Elvis Presley
3/5
John Martyn
3/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Rush
5/5
neal peart is a beast
Grizzly Bear
3/5
meh
David Gray
2/5
fairly good representation of 1998
Amy Winehouse
2/5
you my lady boy
Bobby Womack
4/5
3/5
Marilyn Manson
4/5
when all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Willie Nelson
5/5
Oasis
3/5
Joy Division
4/5
Todd Rundgren
5/5
Todd Rundgren is an absolutely amazing producer. Everything is thoughtfully and well placed.
Always thought the Isley Brothers cover of "Hello, It's Me" was creepy. Creepy like the Hammond brothers in Peckinpah's Ride the High Country.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
this doesn't sound good. drum machine is shit, guitar too twangy. everything played in different rooms. it's like leonard cohen from around the same time. could use a good remaster maybe?
Brian Eno
3/5
Elis Regina
3/5
Iggy Pop
5/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Common
2/5
Jimmy Smith
5/5
Deee-Lite
4/5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Love
3/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
hearing so much radiohead in this album
U2
5/5
Femi Kuti
3/5
Raekwon
4/5
Goldie
2/5
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
top ten as far as album covers go
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
The Undertones
3/5
perfect album cover
Shivkumar Sharma
5/5
Weather Report
3/5
Metallica
3/5
The Police
3/5
Prefab Sprout
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Donald Fagen
3/5
Cee Lo Green
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
The Dictators
3/5
3/5
Jane Weaver
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
4/5
LOOK! For your information, yes there's one thing, the one thing that still holds true . . .
The Streets
2/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
og radiohead
Stephen Stills
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
The Hives
4/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
Dirty Projectors
3/5
The frontman said this album felt like colors interacting. That context helps. It's like they took every musical idea they had over the previous year, put it into a kaleidoscope and turned the tube. Shifting layers, sounds randomly coming and going, rarely any of it repeating.
Thats cool, but it takes so much effort to track; you've really got to engage to keep up. Whole album at once was too much, like sitting next to someone who is very nice but talks too much.
Aphex Twin
5/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
I saw Dr. Dog and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at the end of a tour in early 2000s. To close this last show together, both bands came out and covered "Helpless." I still get chills.
Sepultura
3/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Blur
3/5
Donovan
2/5
Ice T
5/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Bauhaus
4/5
Magazine
3/5
Klaxons
2/5
Kid Rock
1/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Air
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Khaled
3/5
The Sonics
4/5
Kelela
2/5
Ananda Shankar
4/5
Scritti Politti
3/5
decent pop album, but they need to figure out outros.
Traffic
3/5
The Jam
3/5
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
Orange Juice
4/5
Waylon Jennings
5/5
KISS
2/5
Drive Like Jehu
2/5
Green Day
2/5
longview was cool when it came out bc it sounded a bit different from other pop. but be certain this was played more on mtv than like college radio. you know? I mean, that doesn't change the music, but it does change the framing. So I guess I'm comfortable calling this "punk" where the quotes represent mtv.
Soft Cell
4/5
Tortoise
3/5
System Of A Down
4/5
enjoyed more than I thought I would. some good stuff.
Kraftwerk
4/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
Gene Clark
4/5
Screaming Trees
3/5
GZA
3/5
Paul McCartney
4/5
fun, experimental sound throughout. Collected thoughts developed in the shadow of the beatles. nothing to prove here, just futzing around. beautiful stuff peppered throughout.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Lorde
5/5
The Kinks
4/5
Can
4/5
Tracy Chapman
3/5
3/5
Lou Reed
3/5
made more sense when I read about the concept behind this.
Adele
5/5
not really my scene, but it's hard to fault this album. great voice, production, etc.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Moby
4/5
The Smiths
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Start the album at the third roar of the MGM lion at the beginning (not the third roar of the character the cowardly lion). From what I remember, play through twice.
Also, check out "Dub Side of the Moon" by Easy Star All-Stars. It's a reggae cover of entire album. Five stars there too.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
"kathy, I'm lost" I said though I knew she was sleeping
Eels
3/5
Gene Clark
3/5
Basement Jaxx
3/5
basement jaxx! YAY!
remedy? aww. . .
Frank Sinatra
4/5
I grew up with this, so it's sentimental. But I understand how some find it too repetitive.
Goldfrapp
3/5
perfect 3 of an album
Happy Mondays
2/5
third rate cover band. Their Step On video has pissed me off for years (decades now) for being so uninspiring and lazily plopped together. Compared relatively to the effort the Party Boys and Chantoozies put in, Happy Mondays are a sad Sunday.
Animal Collective
4/5
Animal Collective! This is great, but I love, love, love their album Sung Tongs. It's more stripped back and less pop than this one.
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
solid
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5