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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
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5 | 3.15 | +1.85 |
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Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
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5 | 3.42 | +1.58 |
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
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5 | 3.43 | +1.57 |
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
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5 | 3.57 | +1.43 |
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Kenza
Khaled
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4 | 2.58 | +1.42 |
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
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5 | 3.62 | +1.38 |
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Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
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4 | 2.62 | +1.38 |
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Remain In Light
Talking Heads
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5 | 3.67 | +1.33 |
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Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
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4 | 2.67 | +1.33 |
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90
808 State
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4 | 2.69 | +1.31 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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The White Album
Beatles
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1 | 4.18 | -3.18 |
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OK Computer
Radiohead
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1 | 4.1 | -3.1 |
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
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1 | 3.94 | -2.94 |
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Ten
Pearl Jam
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1 | 3.92 | -2.92 |
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
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1 | 3.87 | -2.87 |
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Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
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1 | 3.82 | -2.82 |
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Metallica
Metallica
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1 | 3.79 | -2.79 |
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
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1 | 3.73 | -2.73 |
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
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1 | 3.67 | -2.67 |
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
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1 | 3.66 | -2.66 |
5-Star Albums (7)
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Flamin' Groovies
1/5
i am so bored of guitar music man band and the same seven rock covers
6 likes
Machito
3/5
BONGO JAZZ ‼️
this made me feel like a tom and jerry character in the big city
3 likes
Terence Trent D'Arby
2/5
i enjoyed a lot of the instrumentation in this but was otherwise kinda just like: well that sure is 80s music that sounds like other 80s music. 2.5
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Marvin Gaye
2/5
i am not convinced i have ever actually listened to lets get it on all the way through, bc of how iconic (and therefore punchlineable) the first few bars are
overall too molasses-esque to be my thing but i DID enjoy:
- those strings!
- the zyoop!-y synthy sounds
- all of keep gettin' it on, not nearly enough songs have direct sequels these days and i find them charming as heck
Isaac Hayes
3/5
i know I am in the minority here but i am a sucker for a long song and consider the first two a huge win for the all 7+ minute song playlist i have in regular rotation
however the third song lost me, and the almost nine minute approach for by the time i get to phoenix cover was a too much the top even for me. gotta go listen to the 2:42 glen campbell original instead.
Kraftwerk
3/5
i appreciate kraftwerk crawling so the rest of us could eventually run, but this does feel a liiiiitle bit like listening to someone play hot cross buns. great music to zone out to, probably wouldn't listen through again, but i do harbor a soft spot for the model in the same way i have soft spots for all the classic songs my dad would play for me growing up
AC/DC
3/5
the first of i presume many albums with songs i was introduced to via being a teenage supernatural fan, a fact that i will not acknowledge under further interrogation
i don't rly wanna listen to them all back to back but i COULD karaoke literally half of these songs at Any Moment
R.E.M.
1/5
this was a slooooooooog for me. i think the least objectionable was either man on the moon or nightswimming, thought the instrumental was a nice break from having to listen to his singing. would give this a 1.5, rounded down bc i am feeling uncharitable
Björk
1/5
absolutely not
3/5
unobjectionable and perfectly fine to listen to but not rly distinct for me in any way beyond being a live album (derogatory). motor city is burning was probably the highlight for me
Cream
3/5
King Crimson
3/5
i liked 90% of it and then every song had One Element that made me wanna tear my hair out
The Cars
4/5
3.5, rounded up to four because my mother loves the cars, so half of these are like, canonical nostalgia for me. the other half are bit samey but i was boppin' along nonetheless.
Pearl Jam
1/5
very much not for me. i skip individual songs by pearl jam all the time, i cannot believe i made it through this whole album
New Order
3/5
not my favorite new order but it was nice to spend some time with them regardless!
The Band
3/5
I did not realize that The Weight was this band or this album until i got hit with the chorus lmao. enjoyed it! 3.5
The War On Drugs
3/5
lost on the dream felt pretty killers, other parts felt very springsteen. overally Fine but not like, earthshattering or anything. Had never heard of this artist.
Ramones
2/5
was about 30% longer than could hold my attention, but I liked most individual songs, but fell of pretty quickly after the chainsaw sound blasted through my car speakers, fucking wrecking my eardrums.
variety is the spice of life. 2.5
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
I actually have some of the songs on this album liked on spotify but was simply not in the mood that day. DNF
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
rating this like a month after i listened and i still have fuckin' "Keep the Customer Satisfied" stuck in my head
Fairport Convention
3/5
wasn't able to give this my full attention but this was really good working music. enjoyed the parts i noticed!
The Temptations
2/5
fine!
Kings of Leon
2/5
Who the absolute fuck is this vocalist doing an impression of, it was driving me nuts.
However: for the most part, really liked the instrumentation! Bassist and drummer were real highlights, i would probably enjoy an instrumental version of this album
2.5
Moby
1/5
things i am not impressed with: moby's music
things i AM impressed with: moby's high jump
could have sworn i had never heard anything if his but some of the songs sounded familiar
1.5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
someone tell me what genre this even is. update: wikipedia says it's swamp/roots/blues/country/southern/folk rock, so that means something i guess.
who'll stop the rain / lookin' out my back door / up around the bend all chart on the "canonical to my childhood soundtrack and therefor i am fond of them"
unsurprisingly, rly was vibing to the 11min cover of hoid it thru the grapevine
good drivin' music. 3.5
Public Enemy
2/5
2.5
Sisters Of Mercy
4/5
my favorite new-to-me album of this project so far. great for the darkness, which is aplenty
Robbie Williams
2/5
felt like i was watching the opening credits of a 90s movie about teenagers but with an intended audience of 11 year olds. goofy but whatever,
Beck
1/5
this is what happens in the mind of your uncle's single buddy who comes to family events bc he's got nowhere else to go but also he brings weed.
i stand by go it alone but the rest is not for me. 1.5
The Sonics
1/5
ik rock standards are just part of the package with this era of recording but i'm not super into this being mostly covers. still can't believe how square this is to be considered early punk. 1.5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
love the songs i knew, enjoyed the songs i didn't. 3.5
Beastie Boys
2/5
was so mad to be listening to this bc i did not have this energy today, however, some of the lowlights were so bad that i was actually relieved to hear "Brass Monkey" by the time it rolled around, a song which i am on the record as despising
However, I will be repurposing "She's Crafty" for my indie movie about the cutthroat tribal politics of fiber and knitting conventions. One slowmo pan through a crowd of white haired 70yos in matching sweaters? absolutely
anyway. 1.5
Gang Of Four
3/5
it was fine! enjoyable but all meshes together in my mind. 2.5
Richard Hawley
1/5
1.5
The Fall
3/5
programmed since birth to enjoy the fall, it surprises nobody that i enjoy the fall, despite the drunk uncle reciting spoken word poetry vibes. 3.5
Supergrass
2/5
i knew the one song, tho am kinda surprised it's from 1995 and not like the early 2000s. the rest of the album was fine. 2.5
Soft Machine
2/5
enjoyable in parts, but so all over the place that it's hard to justify the parts i like, yk? 2
Skepta
2/5
probably only one song i'd listen to again. I'm unduely annoyed by between-song adlibs, so maybe this just wasn't my day. cool to have some more modern stuff on the list tho. 1.5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
sabotage obviously a highlight, was genuinely surprised at the tail end with the buddhist vibes, which i enjoyed; beastie boys can get verrrrry samey and i appreciated the change of pace
Christina Aguilera
1/5
Crowded House
2/5
I don't know how to review this other than saying that every song sounded like an 80s/90s sitcom tv theme song.
Pixies
4/5
love this album. 4.5
Radiohead
1/5
i disliked this less than i expected, based on my previous feelings about radiohead. 1.5
The Kinks
2/5
i don't dislike the kinks, but i don't like this much the kinks back to back. a little the kinks (as a treat) is fine.
Beatles
3/5
it's the beatles
Talking Heads
3/5
Dire Straits
2/5
this one barely stands out in my memory
X-Ray Spex
3/5
mixed bag!
Daft Punk
4/5
Back half did start to drag when listening front to back but there are some certified bangers bc its daft fcking punk. 3.5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
i was feelin' it today. 2.5
Fred Neil
3/5
was surprised to learn everybody's talkin' was a cover. otherwise: fine. 2.5
U2
1/5
gun to my head i would have said this album came out in 2002. Some serious "hits of the 80s, 90s, and today" time blindness on my part. two songs is more than i expected to like. 1.5
3/5
Calexico
2/5
John Prine
1/5
this was a DNF for me
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Joan Armatrading
4/5
this one rly hit for me today. 3.5
Keith Jarrett
1/5
sure was a piano in there huh. made for fine background music while at work, but this neither stirred anything in my nor stands out in my mind. will probably never listen again. 1.5
Muddy Waters
2/5
2.5
Frank Black
2/5
2.5
Soundgarden
2/5
enjoyed the front half more than expected but then it outstayed its welcome for me
Germs
1/5
Nina Simone
4/5
never gonna be mad to listen to nina simone. not sure how this one got caught in the backlog
Roxy Music
2/5
for a less than 40 minute album, it lost me REAL quick
Bad Brains
2/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
i was really dreading listening to this one based on my past bob dylan experience but it was pretty mild and an enjoyable fall day farmers market listen. 2.5
Arctic Monkeys
2/5
The Police
2/5
the first two more electronica-y songs i actually enjoyed, but then it quickly mellowed out to the police that i know and detest
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
1/5
The Kinks
2/5
gun to my head i would have told you picture book was a beatles song. i think i was mixing it up with paperback writer
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
3.5 with a bump for me being nostalgic
Deep Purple
2/5
Various Artists
1/5
Richard Thompson
2/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
2/5
David Bowie
4/5
Steely Dan
2/5
i def listened to this one ans forgot to rate it. giving it a 2 bc it does not stand out in my mind even a little
Yes
4/5
Tom Waits
1/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Judas Priest
2/5
BREAKIN THE LAW BREAKIN THE LAW
Alanis Morissette
3/5
Björk
1/5
i may swear off music for good after this
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
UB40
1/5
absolute fucking slog of an album
Eagles
1/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
Scott Walker
1/5
The Pogues
1/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Talking Heads
1/5
Deerhunter
3/5
great music for listening to alone and thinking that it's getting too dark too early and winter is way closer than you realize. this was the album that the teacher who was grooming my friends in high school was using to bond over their mature and worldly taste
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Lou Reed
2/5
hoo boy that was a depressing one
Happy Mondays
3/5
i enjoyed this but there is one song on this album that sounds juuust enough like megalovania to get that stuck in my head. well played, album from 1989, i never saw it comin'
The Roots
4/5
!!!!
4/5
I mean, of course. 4.5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
lcd soundsystem was like, THE band you got fun of for liking at the college i went to for some reason? which is a shame, my 20yo, pre-SSRI self would have been into this, but it didn't particularly hit for me
The xx
4/5
these are just so calming, though mostly it makes me want to listen to the gorillaz cover of crystallized that i mainlined as a teenager and then promptly forgot about for ten years
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Johnny Cash
2/5
Gil Scott-Heron
1/5
The Killers
5/5
thankful that this album was there for teenage me, who needed to be told everything will be alright so desperately i would listen to that track more or less on repeat for six consecutive months
besides, it's back to back bops. smash.
JAY Z
3/5
3.5
Television
3/5
total unknown for me, enjoyed it just fine. 3.5
Stan Getz
3/5
this is either better than the other samba album, or i'm just in a better mood. i think the sax helps tho. 2.5
The Avalanches
1/5
album make adhd brain go brrrrrr
i did not enjoy it (too much horse????) but honestly, it seems like great workin' music. will probably listen again
CHVRCHES
3/5
Look, I listened to this album a TON when it came out, and it's no longer fun for me. That being said, it's not *bad* but it's got that quality where It Feels Like All The Lyrics Are Capitalized and that bugs me. Lungs was my favorite song at the time, but really enjoyed You Caught The Light this time around
Def Leppard
1/5
was not feelin' it. 1.5
The Who
2/5
concept albums have no effect on me, a person who struggles to process lyrics in teal time
started actually surprisingly into it, but absolutely overstated it's welcome. pinball wizard sure does come outta nowhere
Jurassic 5
2/5
a pleasant listen but nothing particularly stood out to me
Todd Rundgren
3/5
ooh, a 2.5 but in a VERY mixed bag sorta way. basically every song had bits i adored, and bits that felt like someone was jamming needles in my skull. halfway through i was really feeling like it overstayed it's welcome but then i enjoyed the back half. wtf.
Common
3/5
this one rly benefited from the full speaker setup i had access to this day. 3.5
Rage Against The Machine
3/5
not my favorite musicwise but the anti-war anti-state anti-cop vibes were really hitting this weekend. 2.5
Talk Talk
2/5
kind of a nothingburger for me
The B-52's
4/5
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
the only way i think i can describe this is music for a modern dance performance you would stumble into at a museum
Lou Reed
4/5
Travis
2/5
Tricky
3/5
i guess i like trip hop. TIL
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
1/5
today i learned i had no idea who the pet shop boys were. i thought this was gonna be somewhere between beach boys and jersey boys but it was actually the worst slog of an album so far
The Zombies
3/5
Gang Starr
3/5
Snoop Dogg
2/5
Traffic
1/5
1.5
Brian Eno
3/5
i listened to this yesterday and have already forgotten everything about it. i liked a couple songs on spotify tho apparently, so it can't have been all bad. 2.5?
Elliott Smith
1/5
dreadfully dull. hard skip.
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Nirvana
2/5
Youssou N'Dour
1/5
was not in the mood for this today
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Destiny's Child
3/5
2.5
Bad Company
3/5
i think, on average, i enjoy bad company slightly more than other similar 70s rock, but i absolutely forget they exist as their own distinct entity. a lot of this dad rock is incredibly ignorable ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Koffi Olomide
2/5
my only familiarity with this genre of music is from commericals for cruises, which brought a fun and whimsical energy to my seemingly endless covid isolation
Solange
3/5
Duke Ellington
1/5
not today, no
Beatles
1/5
took me four days to finish i enjoyed it so little. one point for the three songs i liked, and down a point because of the amount my childhood made me listen to "why don't we do it in the road" when we were in middle school. who let this album be so long.
Eagles
2/5
i expected this to be worse with the amount everyone rags on the eagles
Dead Kennedys
3/5
hell yeah dude
Radiohead
3/5
i enjoyed this more than expected, 3.5
Carpenters
2/5
i have enjoyed this album in the past but today? a slog. such is life. 1.5
Waylon Jennings
3/5
2.5 (affectionate)
Parliament
4/5
parliment always feels like waking up in a sunbeam. i needed this today
Linkin Park
1/5
4/5
Joe Ely
3/5
god i miss my local two-step dance night. wouldn't listen to this on it's own but its not the worst honky tonk i've ever witnessed by far. also, i think the masks at the honky tonk masquerade should be made of straw but styled like a masquerade ball
Beatles
2/5
every time i am asked to listen to a standard or cover as part of this project i am filled with rage. i simply do not care what anyone does with roll over beethoven but mr. berry, not even the beatles. 2.5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
3.5
Paul Simon
2/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
i mean, it sure is elvis. fine to listen to, but milquetoast as always. 2.5
Jethro Tull
4/5
with the way people talk about this band, i was expecting like, fedora-steampunk-nerd cringe. takes-the-renaissance-fair-too-seriously cringe. it's literally just more 70s rock, with pangs of "oh! that's a sample i recognize" it's fine. 3.5
Garbage
2/5
ABBA
2/5
GZA
2/5
Manu Chao
2/5
it was decent background listening but i was absolutely bodyslammed into the boards by a surprise bongo bong. you gotta warn people.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
this was an entirely unknown to me and feels halfway between steampunk ass nerd music (which i loved at like, 13) and broken bells (which i loved at like, 17) so statistically, there IS a balance point where teenage me would have adored this, probably
Fatboy Slim
3/5
this was a lot more subdued than the fatboy slim i am familiar with. not mad about it, will probably stick this whole album on a background noise playlist for future workin'
Iron Maiden
3/5
another metal band i expected to be less approachable based on it's cultural reputation. this feels like the musical equivalent of the satanic panic over d&d. maybe it would hit harder if i was a devout christian?? idk, i enjoyed it, 3.5
Funkadelic
4/5
Dr. John
2/5
i liked the album art more than the album but it was fine. makes me wanna hop a train
Amy Winehouse
3/5
"feel like a lady and you my ladyboy" there's something queer about that, amy. 3.5
Paul McCartney and Wings
1/5
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Green Day
3/5
Wilco
4/5
I was in the perfect indie sadboy mood for this when i listened
Louis Prima
2/5
i mean, whatever
The White Stripes
2/5
2.5
Sigur Rós
3/5
Buzzcocks
1/5
great music to barely hear over the sound of your kitchen's hood exhaust
Goldfrapp
1/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
1/5
Blondie
3/5
Kid Rock
1/5
it's actually okay to not listen to this one. i promise.
The Crusaders
3/5
is this jazz? i assume this is jazz. or something. it was fine, 2.5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
1/5
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
Khaled
4/5
other than the cover of imagine, i was here for it. had a lovely time grooving at the farmers market. 3.5
Neil Young
1/5
SURELY this is the last of the neil young. SURELY i am now free of his godawful little vocals
Jack White
2/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
weirdly was really into this, but i'm also having a mental health episode and feel fucking insane rn. great soundtrack for going 89 on the highway. 3.5 stars
Eminem
1/5
still a 1.5 but WAY less annoying than i anticipated
Pink Floyd
3/5
Beastie Boys
2/5
John Martyn
3/5
The Young Rascals
2/5
OutKast
2/5
2.5
Fugazi
4/5
regrettably, juan was right. this slaps.
The Cure
3/5
this was all new the cure for me. and it was fine! no particularly strong feelings tho
Fats Domino
2/5
2.5
Aerosmith
1/5
oof
Holger Czukay
3/5
this was annoying but the goofy synths mean i almost don't care
The Allman Brothers Band
2/5
i have no feelings about this. the album looped and i didn't notice. 2.5
Beck
3/5
i actually didnt hate this nearly as much as my typical beck hatred. it was mostly vibey and ignorable (a positive) 2.5
R.E.M.
2/5
2.5
Gillian Welch
2/5
sad yeehaw time, but not in a bad way. perfectly neutral. 2.5
Joy Division
4/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
oh, *yeah*. a total unknown for me and i'm unsure why i wasn't expecting this to go this hard. 3.5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
*love* aretha. no notes.
Brian Eno
3/5
Miles Davis
2/5
wasn't feeling this when i was listening, sorry mr. davis
The Divine Comedy
2/5
The Jam
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
i had been avoiding this because i was under the impression i disliked jimi hendrix but i *really* enjoyed it. 3.5
Girls Against Boys
1/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
spent this entire album thinking about voice & gender perception. had to stop in the middle to listen to songs this reminded me of and i wanted to hear more. didn't dislike as much as i anticipated
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
2/5
i got VERY excited about this when it began bc of the funk/disco strings that weren't really in the rest of the album. but it was fine!
Adele
2/5
this album fills me with the dread of thousands of hours of unskippable adele on the radio. just because i have heard them a million times does not mean i enjoy this. 1.5
Beach House
3/5
i cannot tell these songs apart but it was a great listen for multitasking vibes.
Jeff Buckley
2/5
not really a fan of the albums that heavily feature covers, ngl
T. Rex
3/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
this actually grew on me in the second half which rarely happens
Guided By Voices
4/5
songs weren't super distinctive but i enjoyed it as an album
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
2/5
Rush
2/5
i think i dissociated through this bc all i remember was hitting play, returning to work, and then the beach boys being back on
The Beach Boys
3/5
there's probably a joke to be made here about white noise and wall of sound, but i can't quite get there. shoutout to this album for frontloading the recognizable hits so i could drift off into beats to study and relax to mode. 2.5
Kanye West
3/5
i knew i liked through the wire & all falls down but enjoyed the rest of the album more than i expected. 3.5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
1/5
Lenny Kravitz
2/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
bomp bomp bomp bomp bomp bomp bomp bomp
The Who
3/5
i feel nothing. 2.5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
perfectly serviceable oldies that i am surprised i had not heard of. a squirrel listened with me and so that was cool i guess
Ian Dury
1/5
woof
Suicide
3/5
this was not even a little bit what i thought it would be. there were a lot of sounds that sounded almost serrated? like someone left an oscillating fan on. feels ripe for sampling. would have been a four but had to knock it back down for horny moaning and kid-killing lyrics on the back half
Pavement
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Pretenders
2/5
the one song that i knew makes me feel like i am in purgatory. 2.5
The Verve
1/5
sometimes i feel like the creators of this list must regret not picking a smaller number of albums. this is one of those times. why is this here.
Talking Heads
5/5
my mom used to play this album all the time when i was growing up and i am supremely fond of it
Stereo MC's
2/5
when i was in college, the intramural theater club director made everyone do a series of one act plays, and one of them involved a choreographed dance to Stereo MC's Step It Up. I still have stress dreams about being pulled from behind the lighting board to fill in for someone who got injured
Steve Winwood
2/5
2.5
Goldie
3/5
it actually feels disrespectful to listen to an album like this front to back in the middle of the day and not in a sweaty dimly lit room as part of a dj set. lots of catchy parts and sections but *for sure* not a full 2hr listen. 2.5
Cyndi Lauper
2/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
yeah baby!! sad lesbian music!!
The Who
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
1/5
please, god, tell me i am free of this man now
Tom Waits
3/5
my expectations were so unbelievably low for more tom waits after absolutely DESPISING swordfishtrombones that enjoying a song or two from this feels like a revelation. 2.5
The Monkees
2/5
i'm real player out on this era of sound rn
Steve Earle
1/5
1.5
Talking Heads
3/5
future participants heed my warning:
le secret pour profiter de ce projet et ne pas expérimenter l'épuisement est de s'assurer que vous n'écoutez pas les albums de longueur double ou de luxe si vous n'en avez pas besoin. nobody needs wall-to-wall david byrne. 2.5
Lupe Fiasco
4/5
tiktok has fucking embedded daydreamin' in my head. i was exactly in the mood for this today. 3.5
The Boo Radleys
3/5
3.5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
look, I was half named after an elvis costello song. this is so embedded into my head that it almost doesn't matter if I like it. 3.5
Basement Jaxx
3/5
this was another weird one to listen to in broad daylight. i had fun tho. total unknown for me.
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
extensively sampling werewolves of london: hell yeah. enjoyed this a normal amount 👍
Cornershop
2/5
2.5
Miles Davis
3/5
two 20min songs may be the perfect sized bite of jazz for me. my workday was slightly more enjoyable as i morphed into a noir detective for a bit at my office desk. any further analysis would be me talking out of my ass.
Os Mutantes
3/5
weirdly this band keeps coming up for me? the word on everybody's lips is os mutantes? anyway it was enjoyable and i'll probably return to it for background listening at some point
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
sure. a full album was a bit too much of this back to back for me but individual songs were perfectly enjoyable. 2.5
Tears For Fears
3/5
3/5
there was an initial adjustment period while i mourned that this wasn't X of gonna give it to ya fame, but then it grew on me. belongs on a playlist with early the white stripes, i think
Randy Newman
1/5
jfc who let mr. toy story do slurs in my ears. zero stars
Serge Gainsbourg
2/5
having not understood a single word of this album, i am left to speculate only by vibe. this feels like an album a middle aged man in the 70s would make about his upsettingly young girlfriend & muse who he treated badly and then later killed. i have not checked wikipedia yet to see how i did. 2.5
Steely Dan
1/5
this did nothing for me today. kinda sounded like ragtime piano-y in the middle, which i did not expect
The Black Crowes
3/5
NOW that's what i call the 90s. 2.5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
having not listened to them before this project, i think i like jane's addition. i disliked the one song that i knew, but into the rest. 2.5
Massive Attack
3/5
not the massive attack album i would have picked but sure. 2.5
N.W.A.
2/5
ACAB
Metallica
1/5
i am always shocked by how comparatively normie metallica sounds compared to what i have in my head. i think i hang out with too many metalheads with niche subgenre tastes
Venom
2/5
didn't realize tom hardy had it in him! 2.5
The Stone Roses
3/5
Van Morrison
2/5
i despise live albums. not even my residual nostalgia from being being sung van morrison as a kid (#browneyedgirlchild) was moved by this. he sure does Just Do That with his voice huh. 1.5
fIREHOSE
3/5
2.5
Neil Young
2/5
the second star is for not *entirely* filling me with contempt
Happy Mondays
3/5
deja vu as hell for me
The Smiths
1/5
William Orbit
2/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
i actually had no idea that bruce springsteen could also be this. pleasantly surprised.
Burning Spear
1/5
not the vibe for the hottest, meltingiest day of the week. time could not move slower.
Nirvana
3/5
3.5
Björk
1/5
i like her taste in samples, for the most part, but really dislike literally every other part.
Sebadoh
3/5
okay, with the caveat that i only listened to what was available on spotify: rly surprised that the tail half of this grew on me. i really thought i was gonna despise the whole thing. 2.5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
4/5
i was somehow exactly in the right mood for this (read: feverish, woozy, taking a bath) 3.5
James Brown
2/5
i like james brown! but the crowd needs to get it together. 2.5
Leftfield
2/5
2.5, i was really feeling it the day i listened but i can't ever imagine listening again
White Denim
1/5
The Doors
2/5
"I'm a back door man
The men don't know
But the little girls understand"
jesus fucking christ dude
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
I actually didn't hate this. 20min song on a 37min album is a helluva choice tho
Frank Zappa
4/5
idk what's wrong with y'all, i love guitar music that sounds like i put my earbuds in my mouth and am making weeoeowoeweoeowwwowow sounds with my mouth. 3.5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
i love knowing that someone was stuck listening to this full album on the car radio at 7am. a real 50/50 for me. 2.5
Chicago
3/5
this was a real mixed bag for me—i almost turned it off twice but also really liked most of it. 2.5
The Stooges
2/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
The Lemonheads
2/5
positive this was radio background music at some point in my life but i rly only recognized the mrs. robinson cover. 2.5 in the "eh, whatever" kind of way
Stevie Wonder
3/5
REAL mixed bag on this one, Stevland. I struggle with albums that are so long and so mixed, bc I feel taunted by the fact that there could have been a normal length phenomenal album with some editing. 2.5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2/5
was dreading more bob marley but there were aspects of this that sounded similar to music i like. 1.5
Coldplay
2/5
i was complaining online about getting this album on a friday night, and three separate people reached out and said that this was their go-to teenage depression album. which makes sense! what a bummer.
Mike Ladd
2/5
The Undertones
3/5
with how much this sounds exactly like other music, i'm surprised i hadn't heart of any of it. Perfectly fine album to listen to on my drive home, if a little long/monogonous. 2.5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2/5
In the words of Tom Petty himself: I don't like it, I don't like it.
I reached a point listening where i realized it really is just the vocals that i find off putting, which is to say: I have nothing against the heartbreakers. 1.5 for them.
(also American Girl is overrated k thx bye)
Afrika Bambaataa
4/5
i had so much fun with this one! 3.5
Sepultura
1/5
this was not spreadsheet-editing music to say the least. I'm not sure i've ever been in a mood that requires this album. the heavy vocals remain not for me but the chanty and instrumental tracks were fine
Ananda Shankar
3/5
usually i would bristle at (nearly? all?) covers, but i'm gonna cut this guy a break. i am mostly beefing with the editor's logic, can't help but think there's probably another album of non-derivative indian music that could have been here instead. can't deny i loved the synths and sitar tho
David Bowie
3/5
golden years is not my favorite bowie song. 2.5
k.d. lang
4/5
i am unsure who i was mixing up KD Lang with, but this was a pleasant surprise for a first thing in the morning listen. I've been developing a soft spot for older & femme-fronted country recently. songs didnt feel particularly distinct but i liked the vibe. 3.5
The Temptations
2/5
i saw i need your lovin' on the tracklist for this and had the four tops song stuck in my head the whole time, smh. I listened to this yesterday and already can't remember a damn thing about it.
The Police
2/5
1.5
Green Day
3/5
pros: it bops
cons: activated an unskippable cutscene about the bush presidency
3.5
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
largely unremarkable, imho. 1.5?
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
enjoyed this more than i expected. as a lifelong audio-processing-disorder haver, til that song is called Layla. 3.5
The Cult
3/5
having never heard of the cult before, this feels like it was answering a call for "please give me the rock and roll i know and crave, but new"
would have loved for born to be wild not to be there tho. 3.5
Norah Jones
2/5
weird to get two ravi shankar relatives so close together. a lot of this album feels like it belongs on the soundtrack for a wintery romcom with a bittersweet ending. didn't hate it, but can't imagine ever listening again. 2.5
The Incredible String Band
2/5
mmmmm I can't deny that the fall vibes were strong, but it was not for me. 1.5
Living Colour
2/5
2.5
Cheap Trick
3/5
cheap trick 👍
live in tokyo 👎
2.5. stop torturing me with live albums
Peter Gabriel
1/5
sledgehammer in MY eyes? it's more likely than you'd think
Blur
3/5
2.5, rounding up bc my type is absolutely girls who are boys who like boys to be girls who do boys like they're girls who do girls like they're boys and i need to thank blur for phrasing it so succinctly
Aimee Mann
2/5
i've only ever had people i don't like recommend me aimee mann and so have avoided her work completely until today. it was perfectly fine and inoffensive, 2.5
The Offspring
4/5
storytime: in 2019 i took a road trip with my mother through pennsylvania, where we had a loooooong stretch of driving through amish country with no service and nothing to entertain us but local radio. she, a lifelong lover of puzzles and scrabble, got SO excited about "a song about play!!!" and was heartbroken that i was like. mom this is ABSOLUTELY a song about child gang activity
i haven't listened to much of the offspring since i was a teenager, and i was braced for a rough listen, but liked it far more than expected.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
i mean, i'm never gonna argue with the RNG giving us led zeppelin. even mid led zeppelin is neutral listening for me.
The Psychedelic Furs
2/5
listened last week and have already completely forgotten this album. 2.5
Tom Waits
1/5
smells like raindog in here
The Velvet Underground
5/5
the velvet underground was the first band i ever heard described as "your favorite band's favorite band" and TIL i've been calling this album Andy Warhol for YEARS and that is actually, not what it's called at all huh
was cool to revisit this album after discovering nico as a solo artist, i fully didn't realize that it was her on this album until this relisten
anyway, i have such a fondness for this entire album that it gets a perfect score
LL Cool J
2/5
struggled with this one. i've had the part of Milky Cereal where he just says "milky......cereal....." over and over again stuck in my head since listening over the weekend, which should be a crime. getting to the title track was like embracing an old friend
Cowboy Junkies
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
3.5
Lucinda Williams
4/5
listened to this album for the first time in the last year, and i still enjoy it more than expected. 3.5
G. Love & Special Sauce
1/5
this made time move slowly, in a bad way
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
i often listen to these when i'm on my morning commute, and today this was the soundtrack to the first fall day where you have to put your defrosters on and the world full of fog
all this to say: vibey, enjoyable, can't imagine i'll ever revisit it but it was a nice listen
The White Stripes
3/5
Heaven 17
4/5
i LOVE this exact flavor of 80s bullshit
Astrud Gilberto
2/5
VERY not for me. not so bad that it was painful tho, which is my rubric for one-star ratings. 1.5
Little Richard
2/5
listening to these first thing in the morning can be rough sometimes but you cannot deny staring ur day with A WOP BOO A LOO MOP A LOP BAM BOOM does bring a certain energy to one's cold, foggy morning commute
Tortoise
3/5
this is like, perfect background music for me. i already kinda forget what it sounded like. 3.5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
less yelling than I anticipated! not a single megaphone! barely street preachers at all! 2.5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Sister Sledge
2/5
Stevie Wonder
2/5
as a lifelong ballad hater, you are the sunshine of my life makes time move immeasurably slowly. superstition a win, the rest not particularly my thing
The Modern Lovers
4/5
this is not the modern lovers album i grew up listening to but it DID spur a lengthy revisit to their discography at a particularly reflective & emotionally fraught moment in my life, and for that, random number generator, i am thankful
Bill Evans Trio
1/5
mm, not to be a jazz hater, i just don't want to listen to an hour of elevator music back to back
Massive Attack
2/5
no strong feelings
Nightmares On Wax
2/5
another album that was looooooong for a front to back listen. will be going on my background noise playlist going forward, would make great study music for me
Elvis Presley
3/5
cool of elvis to reference the clash like that
The Who
3/5
we start strong with the only The Who song i know, and fade into shockingly indistinguishable dad rock. 2.5
Flamin' Groovies
1/5
i am so bored of guitar music man band and the same seven rock covers
John Lee Hooker
2/5
this was: fine
Metallica
1/5
i don't wanna say that metal is not my genre, because i like the metal my friends make, but i simply don't have this much energy or care that much about what men have to say; I fell asleep and woke up halfway through orion, then had to relisten.
Ryan Adams
2/5
slotting this beside norah jones in the "dull but inoffensive" rankings. 1.5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
my tolerance for mr. costello taps out at around six songs. 2.5
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
kind of whatever, i will never listen to this again. 1.5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
did not hold my attention for two hours but was less annoying than anticipated. 2.5
Baaba Maal
1/5
not today, sorry
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
in 2024 this feels kinda goofy in it's earnest delivery. like this guy HAS a point, but in a land of "ur algorithm is ruining your brain and society" hearing "tv is ruining out brains and society" is like...yeah man we know.
I think this is the first sample of a phone tree i've ever heard and i do kind of like that there's a record of that in this. 2.5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
i can never decide if albums deserve more or less stars because of the amount i have been made to listen to them as a filthy american.
Brian Eno
2/5
my friend made me listen to this a couple weeks ago when we were picking up a mutual friend from the airport. there was no parking, and so we just drove around in loops for like a DVD idle screen waiting for her flight to get in. it was perfect for that, so great work there. would never listen to it in my spare time, it's a little too minimalist to make my brain smooth in the way i think it's attempting to
Justice
4/5
i knew D.A.N.C.E. but not the rest of the album—was delighted to get daft punk's fruitier cousin 💅
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
AC/DC
1/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Jimmy Smith
1/5
eh
The Smiths
1/5
1.5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Dennis Wilson
3/5
enjoyed this more than anticipated, but there were some hard misses in there
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
five stars not because i think it's perfect music, but because it's an album that means a lot to me
Terence Trent D'Arby
2/5
i enjoyed a lot of the instrumentation in this but was otherwise kinda just like: well that sure is 80s music that sounds like other 80s music. 2.5
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Listened to this suuuuuper early in the morning, enjoyable but liked the last song in particular. 3.5
Violent Femmes
3/5
had all three of their songs i liked, plus one new-to-me that i also liked. at it's best, i think some songs kinda resemble a more upbeat lou reed, at worst it's just kind of annoying. 3.5? my mom was a huge violent femmes fan so i have a soft spot
Bill Callahan
1/5
this really was not for me. something about his vocal delivery or the way it was mixed just drove me absolutely nuts. eid ma clack shaw dealt me psychic damage
4/5
title track has been in my head all day. my fondness for loretta lynn has grown since similar-era country since i was introduced to queer two-step night, where fist city is a stone-cold classic.
3.5
Motörhead
1/5
sure dude, whatever, all blended together
Depeche Mode
2/5
I am usually a depeche mode enjoyer but this really did not hit for me today
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
Bebel Gilberto
2/5
weirdly good for being stuck on the tarmac, but overall not for me
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
John Lennon
1/5
woof
Soft Cell
3/5
soft cell's mix of tainted love that blends into where did our love go is one of my favorite songs maybe ever? regrettably it's not on this album in that form. i did a full listen through of this a couple years back and remember hating it, but maybe it's an acquired taste bc it didn't go down as bad as i remembered this time. still a 2.5 probably
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Missy Elliott
2/5
Harry Nilsson
2/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
wow, maybe they DID make a radiohead album for me. 3.5
XTC
3/5
Van Halen
3/5
Antony and the Johnsons
3/5
For Today I Am A Boy was crushing to listen to, but hell yeah for first album by a trans woman, I think?
CHIC
4/5
The Flaming Lips
5/5
this was probably the first album i listened to contemporaneously? i was 5 in 2002 and remember my dad playing it for me. unsurprisingly i am fond of it
Neil Young
1/5
over 500 albums in and my #1 disagreement with this list is how much fucking neil young there is in it
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
there was like 1.5 songs on this i enjoyed
Spiritualized
5/5
i had heard the title track, which i think is Fine, but i really enjoyed the rest of the album. this may be one of my top 10 new finds from this project (for context, i'm like halfway through)
The Doors
2/5
more generic rock music imo. 2.5
Thelonious Monk
2/5
i don't know a lot about jazz
Neil Young
1/5
Carole King
4/5
carole king gets me in the nostalgia every time
Pantera
1/5
Hole
4/5
for some reason this took me one billion years to finish listening to. had to be in the right mood. 3.5
N.E.R.D
2/5
unfortunately i find Pharrell rly annoying and that cast a pretty major shadow over this
Elton John
3/5
TIL I only really knew the Elton John hits. Kinda nice to hear new-to-me stuff
Big Star
3/5
this was fine. 2.5
Dire Straits
4/5
this one had an unbelievably generous listening conditions on my end. 4, but i'm not sure future me will agree
Minor Threat
1/5
i find this kind of thing meditative (derogatory)
Justin Timberlake
2/5
lol
Kate Bush
3/5
sure. I think Running Up That Hill is overrated but there were tracks on the album i liked more, which was nice. 2.5
Orbital
4/5
really enjoyed this & it will probably go into my "listening while working" shuffle. 3.5
Kanye West
4/5
five star album, knocked mostly because of who kanye is as a person but also because i had to hear the phrase "yeezy reupholstered my pussy"
Dolly Parton
3/5
Hugh Masekela
3/5
i absolutely forgot to rate this when i listened, whoops. 2.5?
Beatles
2/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
David Gray
3/5
totally fine. 2.5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
lost my MIND laughing at the like, "peace and love; lets go to groovy mars and feel each other up groovily and smoke a space joint" song. otherwise, fine and enjoyable as someone who doesn't really clock lyrics
Milton Nascimento
3/5
an enjoyable listen but idk if i'd ever revisit it. some cool sounds in there towards the end. 2.5
The United States Of America
3/5
when i clicked on this i absolutely was mixing it up with The Presidents Of The United States of America. lack of lump nonwithstanding, I liked it. 3.5
The Verve
1/5
this was so nothingburger that i accidentally paused the album twice trying to hit play on my music
2Pac
4/5
never listened to this all the way through before! yes ofc
Super Furry Animals
1/5
the parts of this i liked were the parts that leaned almost bowie-adjacent. the parts i didn't like felt like someone armed my tinnitus with an icepick. 1.5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
as a lifelong ballad hater, turns out some murder ballads are ok. i liked a number of these while listening but i'm almost positive a future me is gonna be listening to shuffle asking wtf is wrong with current me.
The Charlatans
2/5
never heard this before, this is 90s as hell. pretty sure my doctor's office uses rob's theme as hold music. inoffensive. 2.5
Billie Holiday
1/5
listened during a snowy miserable commute to work and am afraid ms holiday suffered for that, this was a bit too jazzy christmassy for me to enjoy
Marty Robbins
3/5
yeehaw
Van Morrison
1/5
i regret to inform that mr. morrison is intolerable for more than three minutes at a time. hard to hear, i know. 1.5
Dion
3/5
begging someone who knows anything about songwriting to tell my why it felt like i already knew all of these songs? unsure if i actually enjoyed this or if my pattern recognition brain was getting dopamine hits from being able to predict what came next.
that being said, i WAS in the right mood for this. feels like someone synthesized a new album to directly fit into the era of radio i grew up on
Miles Davis
4/5
this hits all the pillars of jazz for me: one part easy listening, one part lets me pretend my life is a noir movie, and probably important in a way i don't have the musical background to understand.
i will always recognize So What because when i worked in event planning it was the go to backing track for fundraisers; gotta make the rich people feel Classy
3.5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
two nick caves a week apart was more than i could handle. was absolutely not feeling this one. 1.5
a-ha
2/5
always disappointing when they frontload the absolute banger and nothing else really competes. i love 80s electronic bullshit tho. 2.5
weirdly pleased with myself for recognizing rod stewart by voice alone. i'm slotting this album directly next to "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" in the "uneventful albums with one recognizable good vibes rock song i've heard on the radio but otherwise have never thought twice about" pile. 2.5
SAULT
2/5
didn't realize i knew anything by Sault until Wildfires came on.
not my favorite musically, i'm sure this would have hit harder if i was looking at lyrics instead of driving. a couple of these tracks really felt like the audio track for an experimental art video tucked away in a corner of a museum.
thought Stop Dem did a pretty good job at being chilling, and was delighted to see michael kiwanuka pop up as a feature 2.5
Fishbone
3/5
honestly? was so relieved this wasn't a christmas album i was ready to rate it five stars out the gate. kinda picked up for me in the second half but i can't really imagine returning to this. 2.5
George Harrison
2/5
This was a drag. I think the most interesting thing about this album is the guitar sounds on My Sweet Lord, which is another one of those songs where i'm not sure if i actually like it or if i've heard it twelve million times.
eleven minute instrumental to close out was a plus, imo.
The Replacements
2/5
i had no strong feelings about this
Don McLean
2/5
that's the puerto rican flag and yes, it bothered me the whole time
american pie is one of those songs where it truly doesn't matter if i like it, it's just canonical. rest of the album was way more waifish than expected, in a way i was pleasantly surprised about. was not in a rah rah patriotism mood . 2.5
KISS
1/5
i tried my best not to listen to this
Queen
4/5
Santana
3/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2/5
Really enjoyed the first few songs, absolutely tanked after the cover of Born to Run
Barry Adamson
1/5
not sure what this guy is up to but I'm happy for him i guess
Coldplay
2/5
Weather Report
3/5
surprisingly light listening for heavy weather. jelled well with email-answering, which is what i was doing while listening
The Byrds
3/5
mostly fine, sometimes the scrangly guitar started getting on my nerves. 2.5
Silver Jews
3/5
Enjoyed this a normal amount as someone who thinks Pavement is generally ok. I do love a "and this is my side project where I make music with my wife" tho
Metallica
2/5
I think this is the first album where I agree why it's necessary to have a live album. Symphony parts were cool and it was cool to hear them in comparison to the studio versions, but idk, I'm not the biggest Metallica fan. 2.5
Taylor Swift
2/5
was so pleased to be assigned a modern album by a woman i barely cared that this was taylor
as someone who's not a particular fan: is this really like, a more interesting album to pick than her other work? i feel like this is the equivalent of watching a white woman on youtube do an acoustic cover of a song and being like "WOW, groundbreaking"
anyway the murder ballad was the highlight for me
SZA
3/5
Somehow never listened to this all the way through before despite being in college at the peak of this album's popularity
R.E.M.
2/5
i do not like mr. R.E.M.'s vocals, which makes listening to him sing difficult. this was otherwise fine
Eminem
2/5
extremely funny to me that this album birthed stan culture.
anyway, a bit much for a 7:30am listen. s/o to my childhood friends who heard the rape, homophobia & domestic violence of it all and were like "yeah, this DOES feel like being 11 [flips someone off]"
Jazmine Sullivan
4/5
i feel like we've been getting assigned a lot of albums with interludes and skits lately?
this was a complete unknown for me, and leans a liiiiitle bit too capitalist for my *personal* taste but i really enjoyed the brief reprieve from the rest of this list and getting to sit with some current r&b and production values. 3.5
Can
4/5
absolutely could not tell what any of the lyrics were saying but i was into it. 3.5
Brian Wilson
1/5
thankful he stuck good vibrations on the end there bc this was maybe the most solidly mediocre listen i've had so far, and we're over a year in
David Bowie
4/5
Sound & Vision is one of my favorite songs ever. never in a million years would I have guessed this album would morph into some Koyaanisqatsi-ass soundtrack music by the end, but i'm here for it
The Black Keys
4/5
Tim Buckley
1/5
Killing Joke
2/5
i listened to this so long ago that i actually have no clue how to rate it, so we're going with a 2.5
Britney Spears
2/5
the hits were the hits but the rest of this album felt like being an archaeologist, unearthing never before seen britney. i will never get over how funny "e-mail my heart" is
Dr. Octagon
1/5
fucking woof, dude
The Human League
4/5
Suede
3/5
ok i like it picasso
Pulp
3/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
Miriam Makeba
3/5
The Beau Brummels
3/5
this was fine. i can appreciate discovering new oldies that sound similar to oldies i already know and enjoy
Christina Aguilera
2/5
Love
3/5
TV On The Radio
4/5
MGMT
4/5
Caetano Veloso
2/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
you're telling me this whole Europe Express is Trans?!?
anyway obviously i love this nonsense
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
more canonical rock music. sure man; whatever.
Drive Like Jehu
2/5
overall not my thing but some parts of some songs pinged my "ooh, this would make a cool sample" brain
Mudhoney
2/5
spotify looped mudslide four times before i noticed. 2.5
Paul Simon
4/5
sure was paul simon. i think i enjoy the songs i like more when not all back to back, but it wasn't the most strained listen i've had. 3.5
Pink Floyd
3/5
i was really enjoying the first half, but by the time i got to "Bike" i was ready to eat this album for fuel (derogatory)
Ice Cube
3/5
this project is making me detest albums with skits and interstitials
The Specials
2/5
ska isn't really my thing, every song on this album kind of had the vibe of a painting that got ruined by not knowing when to stop, but there were elements i liked in every song.
Otis Redding
3/5
i would once again like to register my frustration at albums that are largely covers, despite knowing that standards are a big part of early rock and soul. anyway, good bathtub listening
Bon Jovi
2/5
Fleet Foxes
3/5
another album so cohesive it just feels like one long song. and that's fine! the song is okay
Underworld
4/5
Fever Ray
2/5
liked the sounds! hated the vocals. flew too close to bjork for my personal liking. 2.5
Bob Dylan
3/5
sure is bob dylan
808 State
4/5
obviously i love this nonsense. "Donkey Doctor" looped twice before I noticed
The Flaming Lips
2/5
Ride
2/5
whatever. kind of long and samey to be paying attention to the whole time
Machito
3/5
BONGO JAZZ ‼️
this made me feel like a tom and jerry character in the big city
Anita Baker
1/5
this had a really difficult time holding my attention. also 365 days a week is too many.
Napalm Death
3/5
for being one of the worst rated albums on this project this was not NEARLY as bad as expected
like i don't consider myself remotely into metal but maybe all the punk ass trans metal house shows i've been going to to see friends have worn off on me
i'd take this over more neil young (derogatory) any day of the fcking week. 2.5
Elis Regina
3/5
may wind for may! i really enjoyed this, and will probably revisit for background listening in the future. 3.5
Sparks
3/5
sparks was a total unknown for me. this was a fun listen, but i had 0 idea what was being said at any time
Depeche Mode
4/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
exhausting
New Order
4/5
Cypress Hill
2/5
a whole album of having insane in the brain in my head and it's not on here? fucked up
enjoyed this fine but this guy's delivery was SO samey, really started to grate on my by the end
Roni Size
3/5
will always be weird to listen to dnb in broad daylight
Todd Rundgren
2/5
for the most part this is fine to listen to but then it goes on for so long and Piss Aaron is there and it fills me with contempt
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
sure. 2.5
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Again, love this nonsense. Filing this next to Plantasia in my mind for vibey background instrumentals.
Convinced there's a tune-yards song or something that samples Watermelon Man because it sounds SO familiar
Arcade Fire
3/5
not my favorite arcade fire tbh
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
[pointing like leonardo dicaprio meme] omg, same sample as missy elliot
there were a couple i recognized in here actually. great background music for cleaning & packing
Julian Cope
3/5
Did not expect to enjoy this as much as i did. 3.5
Mudhoney
3/5
i listened to this directly off of the 3.5 hour Ella Fitzgerald gauntlet, and therefor viewed it in an incredibly generous light
Magazine
4/5
this was surprisingly enjoyable!
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Hot Chip
4/5
this had a better instrumental-to-vocalist ratio than the Hot Chip i've been exposed to. Nothing earthshattering, but I enjoyed it. 3.5
Fiona Apple
4/5
i did not get the hype on this when it first came out but damn, it sure hit this time. 4.5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
oh, insufferable
Laibach
2/5
this was a helluva thing to listen to at 7:30am. def not my thing, but felt the need to google translate the lyrics bc of how fascist vibe was. lyrics seemed ok!
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
hell yeah dude
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Sheryl Crow
2/5
sadder than i expected! fine tho
Love
2/5
sure! 2.5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
i love this album. kinda hate the skits but have grown to love the kids talking about love
Boston
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Devendra Banhart
1/5
FKA twigs
1/5
this was not hitting for me today
Circle Jerks
1/5
REAL ramones problem with this one, unfortunately. even fifteen minutes felt samey
Lambchop
1/5
lovely instrumental album. shame the recording caught someone talking over it
Bob Dylan
3/5
this had the most generous possible listen on my end: sunshine, windows down, blasting through the speakers on a beautiful almost-summer day. really enjoyed a handful of songs
The Beach Boys
3/5
didn't know the beach boys ever sounded like this. kind of enjoyed it. Student Demonstration Time has me thinking about LA rn. RIP mr wilson
Deee-Lite
2/5
this album mostly hit as interesting parts that added up to a lukewarm whole. added a lot of songs to my "would make a good sample" playlist, but didn't particularly like, groove is in the heart nonwithstanding
Rod Stewart
1/5
thankful for this album to pass in one ear and out the other
Kings of Leon
2/5
as someone who lived through the Use Somebody era of radio play, it's nice that he goes on to Be Somebody later in the album. i feel like i need to chase this with that one mumford and sons song, tbh. 1.5
Elbow
3/5
i knew grounds for divorce but none of the rest of the album. this was juuuuust on the side of enjoyable for me. 2.5
Ray Price
3/5
didn't expect this to be so country! perfectly fine for a rainy morning listen
Buffalo Springfield
2/5
i listened to this yesterday and not a single speck of what this album was like remains in my mind. 2.5
2/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
enjoyed this way more than my average bob dylan listening experience. was having a good time listening to the instrument sounds
De La Soul
4/5
lov this album. hate interstitials. the duality of man.
Stephen Stills
3/5
I think, with a gun to my head, I would have attributed Love The One You're With to Fleetwood Mac. Ya learn something new every day I guess
Sam Cooke
3/5
this did not activate my live album rage. I like sam cooke the normal amount.
Robert Wyatt
2/5
i regret to inform i think that if a single one of these songs came on a playlist i'd think it was good and interesting but as it stands full album length is killing me. Another album where every song has some part of the instrumentation or production that i think is interesting but also every one is paired with something i can't stand
Portishead
4/5
I got this on a nice rainy summer day. I love [sad 90s women sounds]
Sabu
3/5
perfectly pleasant music to putter around and make breakfast to. i like the drums. 3.5
Fela Kuti
4/5
love this stuff. big fan of the lijadu sisters and william onyeabor and this is more in that same late 70s nigerian vein. 4.5
TLC
2/5
This is right outside of the range where I'd know the whole album by heart. All due respect to waterfalls and creep, this was not for me
David Bowie
3/5
[david bowie enjoyer]: yeah i enjoyed this. 3.5
Simply Red
3/5
this is riiiiiight on the other side of goofy 80s production i enjoy. another album in the "vocals drive me fucking bonkers" bin. 2.5
The Everly Brothers
2/5
teen heartthrob music for an era that feels so wildly distant. real goofus and gallant vibe. kind of cloyingly saccharine, but more cringe than bad. 2.5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
sure
Ella Fitzgerald
2/5
this was mid to ok and all blended together; the fact that this was a surely a 3hr 15min four LP box set is a bit much and i am annoyed at the list for pulling this nonsense. 1.5
Kings of Leon
1/5
I actually liked this the most of the Kings of Leon albums, but there is ZERO reason they should have three on this list. In reality its a 2.5 but i'm rating it a one out of protest
R.E.M.
3/5
this may be the least objectionable REM i've heard to date. 2.5
Common
3/5
can absolutely hear the 2005 kanye production in this one, even before he popped into the album. 3.5
Blur
2/5
there was two songs on this that i found somewhat enjoyable, which was two more than expected
Big Brother & The Holding Company
5/5
LOVED this
Black Sabbath
4/5
4.5
Led Zeppelin
2/5
really not my favorite led zeppelin, but immigrant song is STILL stuck in my head. 2.5
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
I was surprised I didn't know anything off of this, considering how hard i was mainlining 90s-00s R&B radio during the early pandemic
Gary Numan
4/5
YES
4.5
Jane Weaver
3/5
the parts of this i liked were the parts that felt very arcade fire-y. didn't stand out very much but it was fine. weird to not have heard an artist this recent
Supertramp
3/5
my first job in food service, i spent all day side by side with my boss who only listened to supertramp live tracks and that one indie song where the man was afraid of dentists. if i had known this album existed, perhaps we could have found middle ground. 2.5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
2/5
i did not like this
Butthole Surfers
1/5
that's BS for sure. 1.5 bc Hay conjured fond memories of goat barns
Emmylou Harris
2/5
whatever
The Stooges
1/5
we have had worse but this was not for me. 1.5
The Rolling Stones
1/5
1.5
Led Zeppelin
2/5
this was fine. i like led zepplin a normal amount. i am so tired of this list
3/5
i really liked supermassive black hole as a tween. it was on my archery practice playlist lol
The National
1/5
eugh
Joan Baez
3/5
her voice is obviously incredible but folk songs aren't super my jam. 2.5
Mylo
3/5
delightful bleep blorp music. a tad to wordy in places for my liking but very sweet
The Soft Boys
4/5
and this IS 80s nonsense i'm here for
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
i was, in fact, feeling sinister. 3.5
Sonic Youth
2/5
2, because i liked it but found the length grating
Van Halen
2/5
meh, i like the songs i know and was annoyed to have to listen to this much van halen consecutively
Boards of Canada
4/5
this is what i imagine plays in the elevator at superman's fortress of solitude. fantastic adhd working music
Fatboy Slim
2/5
idk man, i like fatboy slim, but this is not his finest work. 1.5 today
Orange Juice
4/5
Never heard of these guys, but i really enjoyed it. would absolutely put this album on again
Genesis
3/5
every song was long enough that there were bery enjoyable and very bleh parts. 2.5
Pixies
3/5
3.5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
what a strange little german man. i enjoy his ferdiband.
Ice Cube
2/5
there is something that, in retrospect, is so *goofy* about this, that people were ever scared of rap, that it kinda kicked me in the stomach to hear about kicking pregnant women in the stomach. why that's more visceral to me than the murder and other stuff, i'll never know. anyway.
Q-Tip
3/5
Grizzly Bear
4/5
3.5
Simple Minds
1/5
there are some good synth sounds in here, but this is largely on the "nope, not for me" end of the 80s scale. 1.5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
accidentally waded into the bonus tracks on this one (mistake) but fine-to-pleasant overall
Orbital
3/5
3.5! hovered at "nice, into it" with occasional dips into "annoyingly repetitive"
The xx
2/5
eh, whatever. unsure if i don't think this is as good as their other album on this list, or if i'm just not nostalgic about this one. 1.5
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
I could listen to this kinda thing forever. Reminded me of Plantasia at first, which I adore.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
this is definitely more the era of leonard cohen i'm familiar with, sonically. my brain wasn't really taking in lyrics this listen, but my partner loves leonard cohen so i will probably have plenty of chances to revisit
Hüsker Dü
4/5
i was fülly expecting for this tü be a slog of a listening experience. in no world did i expect tü actually thoroüghly enjoy the whole listen? i guess sometimes albüms sürprise ü
George Jones
2/5
perfectly serviceable country for me, idk. not super memorable. 2.5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
kinda ground gears with the vocal quality in this, which was irritating, but you will NOT catch me complaining about a 35min album. thought that the lyrics were "vampires coming to the rescue". 2.5
Metallica
1/5
just not for me, thanks. made my workday move SO slowly