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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safe As Milk | 5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
| Truth | 5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
| Chicago Transit Authority | 5 | 3.2 | +1.8 |
| School's Out | 5 | 3.2 | +1.8 |
| Deloused in the Comatorium | 5 | 3.2 | +1.8 |
| This Year's Model | 5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
| My Aim Is True | 5 | 3.35 | +1.65 |
| Hot Rats | 5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
| Get Behind Me Satan | 5 | 3.42 | +1.58 |
| Aqualung | 5 | 3.44 | +1.56 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| To Pimp A Butterfly | 1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
| Brothers | 1 | 3.58 | -2.58 |
| Sound of Silver | 1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
| The Fat Of The Land | 1 | 3.4 | -2.4 |
| Low-Life | 1 | 3.3 | -2.3 |
| Since I Left You | 1 | 3.28 | -2.28 |
| Closer | 1 | 3.22 | -2.22 |
| Technique | 1 | 3.17 | -2.17 |
| Pyromania | 1 | 3.13 | -2.13 |
| Too Rye Ay | 1 | 3.12 | -2.12 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 5 | 4.25 |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Beatles | 4 | 4.25 | 3.71 |
| Pixies | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Metallica | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Neil Young | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Dexys Midnight Runners | 3 | 1.33 | 2.17 |
| New Order | 2 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Kate Bush | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Orbital | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| LCD Soundsystem | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Joy Division | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Tim Buckley | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2/5
Started strong, got a little generic and weird towards the end.
1 likes
Jeff Beck
5/5
All time favorite album. The album just has a feel of being truly an entire album, not just a collection of songs.
1 likes
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Iggy Pop
5/5
George Harrison
3/5
Easy to listen to, some good songs, a bit calm for my tastes.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Green Day
4/5
Had a ton of hits on this album. Lots of songs sound the same and not many hidden gems outside the hits.
Frank Zappa
5/5
Excellent. Crazy busy bass parts. Weird and jazzy but not crazy weird like some of Zappa's other stuff.
Pixies
5/5
Love the album, really think it was ahead of its time. For some reason always thought it was early/mid 90s, not 1988. Convenient timing to listen as it was recorded by Steve Albini, who also recorded In Utero by Nirvana which is celebrating 30 years currently.
4/5
Always a sucker for concept albums, interesting story that it is inspired by his sister and brother in law. Musically quite good as well
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Sounds fairly generic 60s music. Can hear the influences that would follow David Crosby in music going forward
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Change of pace from typical music. Neat guitar grooves, enjoyable and relaxing to listen to.
Willie Nelson
2/5
Willie Nelson singing a bunch of standards. Good if you like that sort of thing but nothing too special.
Metallica
5/5
Forgot just how many good songs were on this album.
Nirvana
5/5
Classic album, not much more to say
Liz Phair
3/5
Some interesting back tracks and rhythms on a few songs. Not too much interesting vocally
Guns N' Roses
4/5
Massive hit album for GNR. Most of their best known songs were all off this album. Signature Slash sound on all the tracks. 53 straight minutes of Axl Rose's voice was a little much though.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Great grooves, short and sweet album. Fantastic vocals as would be expected
Miles Davis
4/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
2Pac
4/5
Enjoyed it more than I was expecting. Really good rhythm tracks, quite musical. Way better than modern day trap beats.
Mylo
2/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
Hard to believe this album is almost 25 years old. I remember getting it as a birthday present when I was 8 and my parents immediately taking it away to hold onto until I was older.
The Police
3/5
I always want to like the Police, objectively it's good music but hard for me to get into. This album didn't appeal to me as much as some of their others.
5/5
Saint Etienne
2/5
Decent cover of Only Love Can Break Your Heart, other than that nothing too notable.
Traffic
4/5
Really good album. Never listened to Traffic much before but was definitely missing out. Lots of the aspects similar to Cream and other major blues inspired rock bands.
Sister Sledge
3/5
Keith Jarrett
2/5
Good background music, obviously impressive, but just piano music to me.
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
Good quality southern blues rock. Some overlap in song sounds, a couple were very Mary Jane's Last Dance-ish. Good content, interesting concept for an album. Did drag on a little bit into the second part.
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
Long mumbling intros wondering when the song will begin, then still somehow being just as bored listening to the song itself. First album that I skipped through to the middle of songs to just get a general feel of the songs. Couldn't even bother listening to it in its entirety.
Tim Buckley
3/5
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
Neat album, blending of very different styles. Amazing Baker drum solo at the end.
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
Enjoyed listening to it. Huge variety from track to track. A few very much had the intangible late 90s sound to it that spans multiple genres, but you can still hear when it was released .
Syd Barrett
2/5
Weird like his stuff with Pink Floyd, but much worse musically
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
Fugees
2/5
Decent album, lots of samples and great voices. Interesting ride reading how each of the trio were terrible people
Fats Domino
3/5
Tangerine Dream
2/5
Fiona Apple
2/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Tracy Chapman
3/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
3/5
Beck
4/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
Elbow
2/5
Various Artists
4/5
Chicago
5/5
The Jam
2/5
Mike Oldfield
3/5
Knew nothing of this beyond Tubular Bells being used in the Exorcist. Had no idea it was part of another album or that the album was really quite good.
Janis Joplin
4/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
AC/DC
2/5
The more I've listened to AC/DC, the less I like them. Musically it's so simple it doesn't do much for me, never was a fan of the vocals, yet still can't deny the amazing energy all of these tracks put out. It's so boring yet at the same time you can't help but get into it.
The Associates
1/5
Pretty inconsistent album. Some tracks I start to like, then the next one comes on and it's nearly unlistenable. Party Fears Two had some strong Talking Heads vibes and is by far the best song on the album, the number of listens on Spotify certainly backs that up. I'm guessing a large portion of listens of some songs are only thanks to this 1001 albums list.
Butthole Surfers
2/5
Kind of a meh album. Liked the sound of a few songs, then a few random noise sort of tracks kind of brought it down. Enjoyed the riff on Sweet Leaf a lot.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
One of my favorites. Hot take is that Kashmir is boring and overrated
Al Green
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
About what is expected from any Simon and Garfunkel. Nice to listen to but not my style
Solange
2/5
Listenable, some decent backing tracks, nothing special though
Slint
3/5
Never heard of the band or album before. Enjoyed the sound of the album a lot, a lot of the darker sounds of the early 90s, but not really metal and not really grunge either.
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Another new one to me. Very good listen, cool arrangements and vocal pairing with the guy from Arctic Monkeys.
Queen
4/5
Good iconic Queen album. Always want to like Queen more than I should but it's often hit or miss with the misses being a little bit too, corny maybe? Bohemian Rhapsody bumps up the rating of the album.
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
Enjoyable background music that I'm glad I've listened to. Not sure how there are two albums of his on the list though. Might start turning all of these reviews into complaining about how there's no Zevon on the list.
Neil Young
5/5
Excellent album. Multiple hits, great guitar tones, awesome song writing
Ice Cube
2/5
Not my style, but enjoyed the overall sound of the album. Not a fan of talking insert pieces as they disrupt the flow of the album, but obviously important topics that still ring true 30 years later.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
David Bowie
4/5
One of those albums I will always remember listening to for the first time. Listened to it two days after it was released, when it was announced he had passed. The opening line of Lazarus truly accurate at that point.
Tom Waits
3/5
Weird, groovy. Some Zappa or Captain Beefheart vibes to it. I like it.
Ian Dury
2/5
It's fine I guess. Not sure why it's on here though. Should have been Warren Zevon on the list instead.
Iggy Pop
3/5
Good album musically. Obvious Bowie influence which drowned out the Iggy Pop sound that I prefer if I'm listening to Iggy. Bowie good, Iggy good, but together it's in a middle ground that isn't as good as either of their individual work.
Alice In Chains
5/5
Fantastic album. Heavy grunge sound, amazing harmonies, goofy 7/8 time signatures, tons of great songs on the album.
The Temptations
3/5
The Band
4/5
Air
2/5
Was a bit nervous when I saw electronic, was prepared for an hour of sandstorm but was pleasantly surprised. Nice work background music with some good groove to it.
Parliament
4/5
Van Morrison
5/5
Didn't realize that all of these songs were on the same album. Love every single one of them.
Elton John
4/5
Fiona Apple
2/5
Santana
4/5
The Birthday Party
2/5
Not the worst thing that I've heard, but still not a fan. Though it did grow on me a bit throughout the record, still a 2.
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Spotify put an ad between Heartbreaker and Living Loving Maid. Splitting a double track is just wrong.
Dusty Springfield
2/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Enjoyed the listen, such a unique sounding band. Mountain Song and Jane Says almost brought it up to a 4, but overall the album was just ok.
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Good vibes, fun to listen to for a change of pace.
Dire Straits
3/5
Enjoy listening to Dire Straits from time to time, but this album was honestly a bit repetitive. Many of the songs could be mistaken for Sultans of Swing in various parts.
2/5
Not as terrible as I was anticipating based on knowing Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova. Still didn't enjoy it though.
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Fine background music. Not unlistenable but not really enjoyable
Fred Neil
3/5
Decent folksy album. I don't think I had ever heard the original Everybody's Talkin before.
Beatles
5/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Ghostface Killah
2/5
Decent background music, not a fan of the skits
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
Pretty meh. Couple of good songs, only vaguely remember Scooby Snacks so didn't add much nostalgia. Plenty of better rap rock out there. Should have included Zevon in the list instead of this
The Teardrop Explodes
1/5
Was intrigued by neo-psychedelic, pretty disappointed by the fairly generic 80s Brit pop rock sound. Should have Zevon on the list instead of this.
Lauryn Hill
2/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
Jane Weaver
3/5
Good album from an artist I've never heard of before. Might be the first one on the list that's totally new to me that makes me want to listen to more.
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2/5
Started strong, got a little generic and weird towards the end.
AC/DC
2/5
The Zombies
3/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Interesting concept for an album and cool for the novelty but fairly boring musically.
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Genesis
3/5
Have never listened to Genesis beyond their few hits that get radio play. I'm a sucker for prog rock so I really enjoyed it.
Elliott Smith
3/5
The Avalanches
1/5
Alternated between annoying and boring. Did not enjoy.
John Prine
3/5
Arrested Development
3/5
Bobby Womack
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Love Talking Heads. Never listened to the whole album through, delightfully strange.
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Queen
3/5
I'm a bad music fan. Not a huge fan of Queen. I enjoy a lot of their big hits but any deeper into their discography loses me.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
Eagles
3/5
Nostalgia factor is up there on this album, but apart from the main hits the rest of the album isn't anything special.
Lou Reed
4/5
Frank Black
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Great classic album with tons of hits
The Rolling Stones
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Want to rate it a 2, but it's Bowie so I can't. The title track alone compensates for the boringness of the rest of the album to bring it up to a 3.
Orbital
1/5
Peter Gabriel
2/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Magazine
2/5
Not a terrible listen, but nothing special. Sounds a bit like a knockoff version of the Clash
The Smiths
3/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
5/5
Alice Cooper
5/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
Mostly just noise. Every once in a while a song appears for a brief moment and it's back to noise. Can hear some sounds that eventually make their way into industrial rock, only other bands actually make music out of it by putting them into melodies or some sort of rhythm. Most of the tracks remind me of noises a kid would assemble and call it music, and a parent would say "oh yeah, great job buddy" and hope they never have to hear it again.
The Doors
4/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Norah Jones
3/5
Wrote the following half way through the album, but then the album kept going and going, yet is somehow only 45 minutes long, so maybe just a 3 instead of a 4- Enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. Being a kid when it came out, it was boring adult music on the radio. Great voice, nice relaxing music, and the familiarity led to a 4.
Joe Ely
3/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Cream
3/5
Metallica
4/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Fun listen as are most things by Rod Stewart. Nothing too groundbreaking that wasn't already done by his earlier groups
John Cale
2/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Jack White
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
T. Rex
2/5
pretty standard blues rock. Nothing too special, drummer and bass player are probably more bored than me.
The Roots
4/5
Johnny Cash
2/5
Good songs, but not seeing much value in this live album
Duke Ellington
3/5
Pretty enjoyable, super super long. Especially with the added introductions and talking intermissions spread throughout.
Nick Drake
2/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Very chill and songwritery for the most part which isn't my style. But some awesome Jaco bass parts and song arrangements.
Janet Jackson
2/5
Sure it was big for its time, lyrical content obviously good and still rings true today, but musically pretty generic 80s pop noises
Robert Wyatt
3/5
I've never heard of Robert Wyatt before. From the very first notes, I knew that I was going to enjoy this album. A little strange, very musical, random instruments that all work together.
B.B. King
3/5
The Offspring
3/5
Not a huge fan of Offspring as their good stuff all sounds the same stuff and their bad stuff is just bad. But looking only in at this album and the time period it came out in, it's a good influential album.
Girls Against Boys
2/5
Pretty boring, songs drag on. Thought the album was almost over but was only four songs in. Some cool grooves and licks but they never go anywhere.
Dolly Parton
3/5
Common
3/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Sex Pistols
3/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Pixies
3/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Blur
2/5
There's a reason I only knew one of their songs
Buzzcocks
3/5
The Hives
2/5
The Monks
3/5
Some really good stuff, some really weird stuff. All enjoyable.
Beck
2/5
Enjoy most other stuff by Beck, but this was a bit boring and not as weird or interesting as the other stuff.
2/5
M.I.A.
2/5
Extra star for how big of a hit Paper Planes was, but not a great record overall.
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Dr. John
3/5
The Band
4/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
LTJ Bukem
1/5
Everything But The Girl
1/5
Jethro Tull
5/5
John Coltrane
4/5
Radiohead
3/5
SZA
2/5
Pantera
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Oasis
2/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Barry Adamson
2/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Ice T
3/5
Sade
2/5
LCD Soundsystem
1/5
The Slits
1/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
New Order
1/5
Supertramp
4/5
The Doors
4/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Better than the other album, but still not good
The Crusaders
2/5
Very smooth, too smooth.
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
ABBA
2/5
Sugar
2/5
Fine album, good grooves, nothing too special
The Libertines
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Jacques Brel
2/5
Sebadoh
2/5
Eminem
2/5
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Throwing Muses
3/5
Heaven 17
1/5
Every time there's an 80s album that I don't recognize I nervously open the Wikipedia crossing my fingers it won't be another British 80s new wave or synth album. I've been burned again.
The Killers
3/5
Hated it and everyone that liked it when it came out. Not sure if it's in contrast to how terrible popular alternative rock has gotten recently or just musical taste changes but I've come around to slightly enjoying this. Very good instrumentation and obviously catchy.
Ramones
4/5
The Clash
5/5
Joanna Newsom
3/5
I don't know what the hell I just listened to, but I didn't hate it.
Badly Drawn Boy
2/5
U2
4/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Adele
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
The White Stripes
5/5
The Prodigy
1/5
The Undertones
2/5
Erykah Badu
3/5
TLC
3/5
Lorde
2/5
Carole King
3/5
Stereo MC's
2/5
Hole
3/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
Electric Light Orchestra
5/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Sounds fairly similar to alternative songs coming out today. Similar vibes but with more tech drum machine sounds instead of modern production.
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Big Star
2/5
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Tons of great songs. Spent most of the album saying to myself "Oh I didn't know this was who performed this song" or " I didn't know that the cover version I heard was originally by him"
Kendrick Lamar
1/5
808 State
2/5
Little Richard
4/5
Robbie Williams
1/5
The Who
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Orange Juice
1/5
Curtis Mayfield
2/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Baaba Maal
2/5
Weather Report
3/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
The Who
3/5
3 just for My Generation. Can see where the evolution came from to get to their good stuff, but this wasn't that great.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Femi Kuti
4/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Louis Prima
5/5
The Go-Go's
2/5
Don McLean
2/5
The Replacements
2/5
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
OutKast
4/5
Neil Young
5/5
N.E.R.D
3/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
Gil Scott-Heron
2/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Kanye West
2/5
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Def Leppard
1/5
Having this album on the same day Trump gets elected is just cruel.
Ozomatli
2/5
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Very appropriate post 2024 election album.
Gorillaz
4/5
Funkadelic
3/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Pixies
5/5
Jurassic 5
2/5
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
Was excited for the album, figured it'd be at least a 4 or 5. Enjoyed the first couple of songs, then dragged through the rest of the album for another hour before Layla.
Spiritualized
2/5
Fine to listen to in the background. Nothing great, nothing bad, just ambience
Laibach
3/5
Strange but enjoyable. Definitely grew on me.
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
The Police
4/5
Pearl Jam
5/5
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
Can
2/5
Decent start, but really fell off into random noise at the end.
Shivkumar Sharma
2/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
The Kinks
3/5
Otis Redding
3/5
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
Iron Maiden
5/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Orbital
2/5
Digital Underground
2/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Depeche Mode
2/5
The Who
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5/5
The Pogues
3/5
Soft Cell
1/5
High energy and annoying or low energy and boring. Always bad.
Van Halen
3/5
I don't really enjoy it, but somehow it's still good. The talent and energy are excellent but just doesn't come together into something I enjoy.
The Who
5/5
David Gray
2/5
Stereolab
3/5
Enjoyed it more as it went on, some good grooves made it decent to listen to.
Jeff Beck
5/5
All time favorite album. The album just has a feel of being truly an entire album, not just a collection of songs.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Pretenders
4/5
Never listened to Pretenders beyond their hits before. Some really good grooves and fun listen.
Queen
3/5
Lucinda Williams
2/5
George Michael
2/5
Neil Young
3/5
Eagles
4/5
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Mudhoney
3/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Genesis
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
N.W.A.
4/5
Tricky
1/5
DJ Shadow
3/5
Was skeptical reading the description but lots of cool grooves put together, creative idea. Enjoyed it much more than expected.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Duran Duran
2/5
Dr. Octagon
1/5
Hüsker Dü
2/5
Might have gotten a 3 if it was half the length. Couple of fun songs, but really just goes on and on with the same sound.
Bert Jansch
2/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Beck
3/5
Giant Sand
2/5
Morrissey
2/5
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Only had heard Maps before. Really enjoyed the rest of the stuff as it's weirder than Maps
Stevie Wonder
3/5
PJ Harvey
2/5
Waylon Jennings
3/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Pulp
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Gary Numan
3/5
Oh that song! Started off skeptical that it'd be more New Wave synth junk, but it grew on me. Ironically with the major hit being Cars, a lot of the sound is similar to the band The Cars which I enjoyed.
The Young Rascals
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
Kate Bush
1/5
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
MGMT
4/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Missy Elliott
2/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
The Cure
2/5
David Bowie
4/5
D'Angelo
3/5
Marvin Gaye
2/5
Elton John
3/5
The Verve
2/5
If it was under 45 minutes, it might have gotten a 3 but over an hour is too long for this. Not as bad of 90s British pop rock as Oasis, but some of the tracks were encroaching on it.
The Clash
3/5
Little Simz
2/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
The Everly Brothers
3/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
CHVRCHES
2/5
Charles Mingus
3/5
The xx
3/5
The Blue Nile
2/5
Joy Division
1/5
David Bowie
4/5
Prince
4/5
Nina Simone
3/5
ABBA
3/5
George Jones
2/5
The Black Keys
1/5
I have tried for years to enjoy Black Keys but can't. It's boring, poor drumming, and intentional lo-fi without any originality.
Nick Drake
3/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Massively influential, iconic sounds, but just not a fan.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
4/5
Album is half an hour longer than it should be so the good stuff gets lost in itself. Cool music though, can hear some Zappa/Beefheart mixed in with more standard blues rock. One of the few albums I haven't heard before that led me to seek out more of their stuff.
Lana Del Rey
2/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
A few absolutely great songs and then some not so great songs. Just an average record overall
Fleet Foxes
3/5
Beatles
3/5
Happy Mondays
1/5
Brian Eno
2/5
GZA
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Nas
2/5
Yes
4/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
De La Soul
2/5
Had some really good songs, a lot of the good ones had samples. Then a whole bunch of annoying crap that took up time.
Michael Jackson
4/5
The Monkees
3/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Can
2/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
T. Rex
2/5
The Darkness
4/5
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
The Dictators
2/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Dead Kennedys
3/5
Slipknot
4/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Never heard this before but really has a 90s sound, so must have been pretty influential
Solomon Burke
3/5
Bauhaus
2/5
Air
2/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Prince
3/5
Mekons
2/5
Rush
4/5
Billy Bragg
1/5
Stopping this halfway through. Thick British accent rambling on and on is too much.
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Slipknot
4/5
Simple Minds
2/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
The Yardbirds
4/5
Brian Wilson
2/5
XTC
2/5
The Cardigans
3/5
Lou Reed
2/5
Patti Smith
2/5
Paul Weller
2/5
3/5
American Music Club
2/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
OutKast
4/5
Elliott Smith
2/5
Mudhoney
4/5
The Electric Prunes
1/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Joy Division
2/5
Gang Of Four
3/5
The xx
1/5
Justin Timberlake
3/5
The Go-Betweens
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Justice
2/5
Anita Baker
2/5
Janelle Monáe
3/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Afrika Bambaataa
1/5
The Stranglers
3/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Sisters Of Mercy
2/5
System Of A Down
4/5
Megadeth
4/5
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
John Lennon
3/5
The Waterboys
2/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Ray Price
2/5
4/5
The Mars Volta
5/5
Roxy Music
2/5
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
John Lennon
3/5
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
Eminem
4/5
Didn't enjoy it, but can't deny its importance in the genre and pop culture
TV On The Radio
3/5
Kelela
2/5
Motörhead
4/5
Boards of Canada
2/5
Hookworms
2/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
Third Dexy's album, are you kidding me? It's probably a deserving of a two with how big of a hit Come on Eileen was, but I'm going with a one out of spite because they don't deserve to have one album on here, let alone three.
Metallica
4/5
The KLF
3/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
Gillian Welch
3/5
Simply Red
2/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Leonard Cohen songwriting is great, but 4 albums worth? Seems more like an artist you should listen to, but not 4 specific must have albums
The Bees
2/5
2/5
King Crimson
4/5
Jungle Brothers
2/5
The La's
2/5
Fuck. Now I have that song stuck in my head all day.
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Carpenters
1/5
Moby
3/5
The Louvin Brothers
4/5
Tim Buckley
1/5
Boring as shit. Why are there three of his albums on here but not a single Warren Zevon?
4/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
1/5
Radiohead
2/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
1/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
The Magnetic Fields
2/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Pavement
3/5
Minutemen
2/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
Tortoise
4/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
Dizzee Rascal
1/5
Rapping is perfectly fine, but backing tracks and noises are too distracting and annoying. One of the few records I couldn't make it through to the end.
Roxy Music
2/5
Coldcut
2/5
Supergrass
4/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
Elis Regina
3/5
Morrissey
2/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2/5
Elvis Costello
5/5
JAY Z
4/5
Sam Cooke
3/5
Doves
2/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Mj Cole
1/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Japan
3/5
Beyoncé
2/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
The Byrds
2/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Primal Scream
3/5
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
New Order
1/5
I hate this genre so much
The Streets
1/5
Small Faces
2/5
Paul McCartney
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Cypress Hill
3/5