For there to be above average music some music must be below average. This band makes the normal distribution work. Not bad music, but the singer sounds like being rick rolled for 49 minutes, the instruments, especially the piano have some fun riffs, but its not enough to save it.

I think this might be too jazz. This whole album left me somewhere between lost and confused, I'm not sure if any of the songs had a beginning, middle, or end. Maybe I will come back in 2 decades and see if it grows on me.

Love the guitar, especially in the first few songs, but it is outshined by Janice's iconic voice. The album starts much stronger than it finishes, though the two live performances at the end bring it up a bit. 2nd song was my favorite.

This album was not for me. It's creative, and each song brings something different, but none of it captured me. While each song was different, within the song they were flat and repetitive. No favorite song from this one.

I mean, it's Stevie. The vocals, the funk guitar, the driving rhythms, there's nothing not to love. I particularly always love how much individual voice the bass has in every song. The one thing keeping thus from 5 stars is that the album doesn't play to me like its meant to be listened as one piece. Favorite song is of course living for the city, the music and the message.

Maybe I am a little basic, but I love this album. It's just so fun to listen to, and you want to sing along to every song. This is the band that defined the music of the next half century. No skips. 5 stars. Favorite song is please mister postman.

This feels like it could be my favorite rappers favorite album. So many later artists have a sound that reminds me of the fugees sound. The rhyme schemes are layered and equal to any modern rapper. Mant of the tracks remind me of MF Doom. I cannot believe I didn't find this album sooner. Favorite track was Zealots

This album is ok. Jeff has an incredible voice and listening to it is a treat. It's very moody though, and I rarely seek the kind of melancholy this album emotes. Also the electric guitar often enters songs in a way I feel very jarring. Favorite track was hallelujah.

I only knew this band from Smoke on the Water, so this album surprised me in a good way. It is the exact sound I think of when someone says classic rock n roll. If you love guitar riffs you will love this album. Outside of the guitar though this album didn't stand out to me. My favorite track was child in time.

I was given this album on a quiet weekend in fall. There could have been no better time. This album embodies the quiet morning of contemplation. Soft sweet voices, incredible saxophone, immaculate vibes. I will be returning to this one many times. My favorite track was the girl from impanema, the first version.

This album feels cinematic, like each track should be playing during a shot in an award winning film. This also means that the album can fade to the background though, which made it less engaging for a stand alone listen. It also felt like many of the songs ended before they should be done, which was unsatisfying. Favorite track was st elmos fire.

This album is right at the edge of synthetic and electronic, but it also has two almost acoustic track. They give a lot of the same energy as daft punk but ... worse? Less? The whole thing was just a little forgettable. Favorite track was Kelly watch the stars.

This was a creative and artistic set of songs, while still being a fun listen. I think I have heard multiple other songs sample this tracks. The melodies felt familiar. I don't think you should have 2 or 3 versions of a song on the same album though. It kind of took away from the back half of it. Favorite track was the highways of my life

This is classic folk music, and Willie has the perfect voice for it. This is a beautifully stripped down album, mostly guitar and voice. If you don't like folk or country though, this album will probably fall pretty flat. I just feel like there is better Willie Nelson out there. Favorite track was remember me.

What genre is this? Because I am lost. Folk-country-rock I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The album is pretty and has some good tracks with especially pleasant harmonies. I do feel like I am missing some key piece of info to 'get it' though. Favorite track was hoodoo voodoo

The music here is top notch, but the 10 minute wandering one-person conversation that occurs in the middle of the album really brings it down. My favorite track was walk on by, original version.

Dark and ethereal, this album feels like David bowie looks in the Labyrinth. Not a standout for me, but no strong criticisms either. Favorite track was strangelove.

This album deserves better than the rating I am going to give it. It's a heartfelt reflection and critique of American culture and society, especially war culture, perfect for the American counter culture 1970s. The lyrics are poetic and occasionally darkly humorous. I just really don't like slow country. Favorite track was Sam stone

Maybe I shouldn't be surprised because it's Aerosmith, but this album is straight bangers start to finish. Toys in the attic and you see me crying are IMO a perfect opening anx closing track. While this isn't my favorite genre of rock, I cannot find a reason to give this less than a perfect score. Truly the best of Aerosmith. My favorite track was Uncle salty

Some bands make their name by having a singer with a non traditional voice. Aerosmith, queen, etc. These guys/girls don't have it. I think they're just bad at singing. It really holds the album back because the rest of their sound is great rock and roll. Just get a new singer I advise a half century late. Favorite track was trash.

This album was pretty unremarkable to me, good band, but nothing special. I don't even have a favorite track that stood out.

This was a surprise in the best way. I like beastie boys, but I mostly know them for the shouting. This album is far more diverse, with great guest rappers and numerous instrumental tracks. The tracks flow seamlessly between each other, and the mix of voice and instrumental tracks makes you feel like you are listening to an underground radio station. This album listened to as a whole is more than the sum of its parts, and I believe listening to it entirely is the best way to experience it. Favorite track was Do It

This album seems to be in the same vein as depeche mode. Ethereal, but not quite as dark. The album is a bit too long and too slow for me, with no stand out tracks. Best track was their untitled track I guess

Truly no aspect of this album seems great to me. The vocals, the band, the lyrics were all adequate I guess, but how this is on a list of greats, even a list 1000 long is beyond me. It is saved from a 1 star score only because the music isn't actively bad, but at least 1 star albums are memorable, this one I will forget as soon as I finish. No favorite track. Ok I actually changed my mind, the music is bad, 1 star.

Kinda zoned out while listening, so no notes. Favorite track was lust for life.

I miss 2000s music. Arcade fire has a sound i associate with both modern indie rock and alt rock, twi genres I really love. This album is heartfelt and musically pretty simple, maybe it's getting a bit of a rating boost because it's the first album from the 2000s I have had, but I think its pretty good. Best played during late night cars drives, my favorite track was Neighborhood power out.

I think this is an album that if I gave fans my review, they would tell me I just don't get it. And I don't get it. The singer has incredible range and can change their timbre as well as their pitch, but they switch these aspects without warning which stresses me out. It's also just more horny than I am, like, ever. Favorite track was through the iron gate

I think this might be too jazz. This whole album left me somewhere between lost and confused, I'm not sure if any of the songs had a beginning, middle, or end. Maybe I will come back in 2 decades and see if it grows on me.

So this is damn good, it sucks it is not on Spotify. The album has lyrics like Bob Dylan and a singer like Joan Baez. Clever metaphors and rhyme schemes wander over a relaxing musical background that you would expect in a Renaissance tavern. A real hidden gem that deserves more listens. Our skin was my favorite track

This album starts as epic rock with almost synthetic undertones, sounding like a cyberpunk soundtrack. It then switches to alternating ballads and more traditional hard rock tracks. I liked the cyberpunk, I am sad the didn't stay in that space for the whole album. Shoutout to then for one of the best album openings i have heard though. Favorite track was map of the problematique.

This is really fun, a little bit less pop version of the Beatles classic rock sound. It feels like young American summer life in the late sixties, which is weird to say of a band that is British I think. Still, can't fault a classic sound. Favorite song is please please please.

This feels like bro rock from another era. The singer to me is pretty mid and the album is horny in a cringy way. I think someone who wanted to be edgy and say they knew real rock might point toward this album, then tell you that actually men are really the more oppressed gender. Guitar was good though.

How did this band get away with a name like primal scream? So, not what I expected, but not bad. This was easy to listen to, which had not been true of many other instrument dominant albums. I think you could give me an edible and this album and entertain me for a whole afternoon. Favorite track was slip inside the house.

Great classic rock, Paul doesn't miss. Favorite track was let me roll it.

For there to be above average music some music must be below average. This band makes the normal distribution work. Not bad music, but the singer sounds like being rick rolled for 49 minutes, the instruments, especially the piano have some fun riffs, but its not enough to save it.

Elton has one of the great iconic voices, up there with Freddie and Michael. I would listen to this even if it was fully acapella. I think Indian sunset might be a song that has aged out in the modern era, especially when sung by a British man. Still overall a great album. Favorite track was the titular madman across the water.

The album starts better than it ends. It's not bad, but it's too much sound. The instruments overwhelm my brain and leave me anxious as I listen. Favorite song was meus filhos, meu tessoro.

Favorite track was from the Ritz to the rubble

Hmmm about half this album is missing from Spotify, so its not getting a fair shake. Still what I heard did not impress. For being a supergroup this outing felt distinctly average, maybe the best if the content is missing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Favorite track was almost cut my hair

Look, this album doesn't deserve 2 stars, the music is pretty good. But 2 HOURS? Come one, I have a job, I have things to do, you got to work with me here. The track Lazy is a banger though, I would listen to that for 2 hours for sure.

This specificly sounds like it should be the soundtrack to a 2000s coming of age teen movie. Its pretty good, and nice to see more female led groups in this list. The lead singer has a bit of grunginess in her voice that i like. That said the album felt good but generic. Favorite track was reasons to be beautiful.

I guess not all of the music from the 60s was good. The breakup songs on this album have big incel energy. Chimes of freedom was the best track, but only by merit of ots message, not music

Are REM ok? Who hurt them? This was melancholy but beautiful, I think basically all tracks were in a minor key. Favorite track was everybody hurts.

Tina sounds like my aunt who smokes too much doing karaoke. That doesn't mean it was bad, but that is how it sounded. Favorite track was 1984.

This might be the worst album I have ever heard. Definitely the worst on this list so far. It sounds like a band you would see in a house basement concert in the worst way possible. Worst track was cool drink of water blues

Man sometimes I forget how much beef there used to be in the rap world. A great album by one of the all time greats, Jay Z comes in with a chip on his shoulder and delivers. This isn't 5 stars just because I feel that he surpasses this work in his later releases. Favorite track I ain't know love.

A little bit of rock, blues and jazz, this was a solid album. It probably deserves a higher rating, but sometimes you need to experience something live to really appreciate it, that was the case here, I would have preferred the radio edits I think. Favorite track was done somebody wrong.

Sounds like a precursor to punk or maybe grunge. Favorite track was gone daddy gone

The person who wrote this book must have grown up in the 80s. Nostalgia has to be the explanation for so many middling albums from this decade making the list. Best track was hokoyo

Damn these guys have range. Some tracks were classic rock, some were blues, some were something softer with pretty vocal harmonies. The variety made the fairly long album pass enjoyably. Favorite track was white rabbit

I definitely expected something grungier based on the album cover. But this was a nice series of ballads about love, loss and the passage of time. Favorite track was could've been anyone

One of the iconic protests albums, this album embodies the frustration of living in black communities in America. The industrial, siren-like samples throughout build your anxiety as a listener, helping you connect with the stress of everyday black life that public enemy wants you to feel. It's a battle, and you are in the trenches. This is not my style of music, but it is must listen. Best track is by the time I get to Arizona.

Sadly most of this album was missing from Spotify. It seemed pretty cool. The boys are back in town was the best track

A complete rock album, I did not expect to like it this much. It generates a nostalgia for my teenage years despite releasing a decade and a half before I was a teen. I especially love their use of guitar as an almost drone tone, very calming. Favorite track was rocket

So this was a decent album with a couple tracks I really liked, though the song about the cromagnon mummy gave big indie basement band energy. Still, 2 hours is too long for any album to be. Favorite track was vagabond holes

Nice soft rock album, they remind me alot of monsters and men. Then again, I also think monsters and men captured this sound better. Favorite track was 10 mile stereo

I am trying to be picky with my 5 star awards, but I think I might regret not giving one to J5 here. They just don't miss. Favorite track was day at the races

Some great instrumental soundtracks I am certain have been sampled in other artists I like. The more industrial tracks were a bit too intense for me though, bringing the rating down. Favorite track was what does your soul look like part one

I little whiny in a good way, really emotes that grungier rock of the 90s.

Ok this was different, but not bad by any means. What genre is this? Soft rock? Groove rock? It wasn't the best workout track, which is when listened to it, but it was a vibe. Favorite track was the man's too strong.

This album started so punk, it was awesome. I have no idea why they changed the 5 in the latter part of the album, it really could have been 5 stars if it kept the form of the first 5 songs. Favorite track was we don't need who you think you are.

Pretty mid album. Boring enough that I have nothing good or bad to say about it, and no favorite track

This was the most 'rock' album I think I have ever heard. Not the best necessarily, but in my head this is what the classic rock genre sounds like. These would make great soundtracks to 80s films. Favorite track was the wait

I think this must be where you go when you're bored of jazz. Not bad music per se, but too out there for me to enjoy. It was difficult to follow the structure of the songs, and many of them approached sounding more like noise.

Decent classic rock album, a little too horny. Bat out of hell was my favorite track

It seems like the beach boys followed the Beatles into more experimental albums in the 70s, but less successfully. Favorite track was student demonstration time.

Damn this is a good album. Every track has a beat that is interesting and engaging, and the lyrics are clever and well crafted whether they are about big macs or black rights. Run-DMC are known as some of the best to ever do it, and for good reason, no notes. Favorite track was ItsTricky.

There were a couple good tracks in this, but most of it bored me. I also feel like the tone was inconsistent. Favorite track was not available

This felt like movie background music. Not bad, but too slow for me and not my style.

Damn what a voice, this album is timeless. It loses a few points because alot of the songs sound the same, but that same song is pretty good. Favorite track was I never loved a man.

Kinda expected to like this album more given the legendary status led zeppelin holds in rock. It's good, but there weren't alot of tracks that stood out to me. Favorite track was trampled under foot.

They sure can sing. Pretty groovy. Favorite track was I heard it through the grapevine.

They have a bit of a Beatles in the modern era vibe. A bit eclectic, but I liked it. Favorite track was useful chamber.

So 5 out of 5, it's the fucking foo fighters. The definition of a rock band, just a pic of them in the old Oxford. Favorite track was weenie beenie

Damn what was this album? A mix of modern and what i think is Indian music came together in a really cohesive experience. Favorite track was tides.

Snoop is unquestionably a generational star, but he isn't one of the greatest wordsmiths. Dre's producing does a lot to carry this album, which is decent, if a little misogynistic for modern times. Favorite track was Gz and hustlers

I did not realize how many songs I knew were from this album. Great classic rock, favorite track was travelin band.

I dont listen to alot of metal, but I expected this to be... more metal? It was decent, but not quite the headband energy I thought Metallica would bring. Favorite track was dryers eve

I think Leonard might have depression. He has an incredible double bass voice, but that is really all the album has going for it. I hope he gets therapy, favorite track was make it darker.

So I think my mom might like Merle Haggard, but this guy is not for me. I think I would have been kinder if this album was from the late 70s or 80s, but this releasedin 2001. It's attitudes seem dated, and it's music is average.

A bit grungy, but nothing about it stands out. Being forgettable is almost worse than being bad. Hang wire was my favorite track

Why is jazzso weird man

This is music for people who wear wrap around sunglasses and leather jackets unironically, and it's 2 hours long.

Sometimes I forget how bad pop music was during the early Beatles era. Luckily I have the monkeys to remind me.

This album took a while to grow on me. It's a bit country for my tastes, but Langs blue vocals eventually win me over. Favorite track was black coffee.

The Ramones have pick me girl energy, they aren't bad though. Favorite track was Now I wanna sniff some glue.

I swear I already had this album.

Damn I expected these guys to be overhyped, I was wrong. I expected the guitar, but the piano player here was also top notch. Great classic rock. Favorite track was poison whiskey

This sounds like a,musical theater score. I like it. Favorite track is cannibal hymn

It's pretty damn good, but not even pink Floyd can live up to the hype this album holds in its 'legendary' status. I wish someone had told me it influenced cowboy beebops soundtrack alot, I might have listened sooner. Favorite track was the great gig in the sky

Off-key and offbeat by design, I couldn't really get into it though. Favorite track was typical girl

This album being on the list has to be a joke. It's fuck boy wanna be metal. I sounds like an incels high-school band, it quality and content.

I grew up on this album. Early internet days of over the top music videos and amvs to the sound of Chester's iconic voice. I miss Linkin Park. Favorite track is crawling.

Damn what a bard. I can't think of any better way to describe Tim Buckley or this album. Great lyrics, an achingly emotional voice and instrumental backing that makes the whole album just a little mystical, this feels like a singer plucked from a fantasy tavern. Favorite track is Once I Was

I'm not sure Aretha has bad songs, like any of them.