I'm not a big fan of the Pumpkins, but "Disarm" is a great song

I just do not enjoy being screamed at for an hour. The instrumental song was nice, though

How does this man hear recordings of himself, and think, "yes, singing is clearly something I'm good at and should continue doing"?

Just kind of boring

Like a lot of music of this era, I love the sound of it, as long as I don't listen too closely to the lyrics

On a scale of 1 to Dusty Springfield, how bad was your breakup?

The first half is definitely better than the second. Her hits are amazing, though.

Exceptionally 80s

I'm really not a rap person

Not a punk person, either

Elevator music for a very fancy hotel. I thought tango music would be faster?

I was enjoying this album until the second half. Moog Raga sounded like background music from a Muppets alien sketch. Triad was about trying to convince someone to be a part of a trouple (with possibly more to join later). And I just didn't like the last three songs.

I was enjoying this album until the second half. Moog Raga sounded like background music from a Muppets alien sketch. Triad was about trying to convince someone to be a part of a trouple (with possibly more to join later). And I just didn't like the last three songs.

Good beats, but the obsession with the word "rectum" got really old.

A love song to his girlfriend in prison A song about Emily, who no one will ever love, and ever her flower garden will fade so it can't even be used on her grave A song about how maybe his girl will love him again after the new guy is gone A song about PTSD during WWI. Truly, this album has everything.

I hadn't heard "40" before, but I really liked it. A nice surprise on this album.

One star off for being terrible people

A mix of slow Sting songs and Cold Play. I really liked "Grounds for Divorce," but everything else was so generic and dull.

This album was ridiculous, and I kind of liked that.

Not my jam, but fine. Sometimes the lead singer was a little too whiny, but on at least song, they reminded me strongly of The Cars.

I really liked the music, but the lyrics give me huge "angry incel" vibes. Disappointing, because I love the song Blister in the Sun.

Mind Garden was pretty terrible, but I enjoyed the rest of this album

Alternative title: I Heart Misogyny and Toxic Masculinity

A lot more twangy/country than I expected from Rod Stewart.

My ten dubbed this "good background music"

Pure nostalgia

A good sound, but I could have done with the casual domestic violence joke

"Slit-eyed lady?" Really Rod? You couldn't, with all your song writing experience, find a better description?

Laguna Sunset was not a song I expected, bit I really enjoyed it

This was terrible. Why did I need to listen to it before I died??

Very mellow- reminded me of The Killers

Good, classic rock. I was surprised to recognize the theme song to "That 70's Show!"

Hearing the theme song to "That 70s Show" was an pleasant surprise.

A drunk-sounding man rambling "I'm 14 and this is deep" lyrics, and the whole thing sounds vaguely discordant. The Tennessee/"ten I see" pun was physically painful to hear.

Dire Straits vibes. Except for "Burning," which is 100% a Bruce Springsteen song.

Mellow electronica, which was mostly fine. I could have done without the bit that sounded like the "CD" was skipping/breaking/malfunctioning though.

His songs are probably good, but that voice... So, so nasal and whiny.

I just don't like Chrissie Hynde's voice. Otherwise the music was fine.

This album made me smile- especially the last couple of songs

I liked the earlier songs in this album, but I really dislike falsetto ballads, which appeared in the second half.

Disappointingly mediocre. I don't understand why this was a "must listen."

Most of the album was okay, bit that was a pretty terrible version of Strange By Me.

I'm just not on enough drugs to appreciate this, I think

Two good songs, and a lot of really not good songs. Plus JT is a slime.

The lead singer's voice reminded me of the guy from OMD. I enjoyed it!

I was wary when I saw this was a "concept album," but I was pleasantly surprised. Still not my thing, but not bad.

I consider it a great accomplishment that I did not fall asleep during this album.

I'm not a fan of jazz, but this wasn't bad.

Once I got over my disappointment that it wasn't Fats Domino (like I initially thought), it wasn't bad.

Deeply uninteresting

Elegia was amazing, and I liked a few of the other songs, too. But on many of them, I was left unconvinced that the lead singer could actually sing.

Paint It Black is so good, and Under My Thumb is so, so bad

This album has the dubious distinction of being one of the very few I couldn't make myself finish. Aggressively boring.

The first Bowie I've actually liked!

I really liked the first and last songs, bit other than that, this album was pretty meh

I had no idea Gangster's Paradise was based on a Stevie Wonder song!

Everything in my music history says I shouldn't have liked this album, but it was just so much fun!

Boring, inoffensive

I'm really just not a fan of this guy's singing

They remind me of Massive Attack, only not as good. The lyrics of Aisha are incredibly cringey and impossible to take seriously.

"Light My Fire" works as a sitar sing.. Who knew?

I'm choosing to believe this is satire.

I'm not a big fan of the Pumpkins, but "Disarm" is a great song

My weekly reminder that I do not like punk rock

It took 299 albums, but I finally found a punk album I don't hate! I enjoyed the humor, and the Cats And Girls song (with the signature Beach Boys Whoo on the background) cracked me up.

I didn't mind 'Are you experienced,* bit this just felt like a confused, disorganized mess. But All Along the Watchtower is a great song.

Incredibly dated sounding

An extra star, just for being featured on the Cruel Intentions soundtrack

Adding lyrics to smooth jazz doesn't make it suck any less

I just do not enjoy being screamed at for an hour. The instrumental song was nice, though

I preferred the second half of the album, which was a lot quieter.

Nothing says "timeless classic" like name-checking Arsenio Hall a half dozen times, and an entire song dedicated to your beeper.

Not particularly interesting, but not actively offensive, either.

I expected a band called "primal scream" to be much less mellow.

I had braced myself for an album of disco crap, and was pleasantly surprised by this mellow, pretty album!

Surprisingly boring. And the liner I listened, the more I couldn't shake the getting that Bob would be insufferable in person.

Find yourself someone who loves you as much as Kraftwerk loves the Trans-Europe Express

Generic 70s soft rock interspersed occasionally with truly weird shit.

Oasis vibes. Not bad, but it was all pretty similar sounding.

Iron Maiden was my nearly as bad as I was expecting.

Upbeat, mindless background music. Not bad for what it is.

Hey Ya and Caroline are still great songs, but the rest of this album was very much not

Weird af, but never boring

I just get such a skeevy vibe from these guys

"Zombie Eaters" is a seriously weird song, and Edge of the World is even worse.

Remarkably listenable for post-punk

Remarkably boring

I had high hopes for this one, but it was just kind of whiny and discordant.

This album was not at all what I was expecting. I don't really go for experimental serious, but this album wasn't bad. Some germs of good stuff. And also a lot of weird, discordant squawking.

A really interesting sound, and never boring.

I did not expect this to end with a cover of Goldfinger. Sure, why not, I guess?

I think I'd quite like Bjork's music, if it had a different vocalist.

Minus 1 star for crappy remakes of Hand Jive and I Shot the Sheriff

How does this man hear recordings of himself, and think, "yes, singing is clearly something I'm good at and should continue doing"?

Often weird, occasionally actually unpleasant to listen to.

The first song was my favorite

So stereotypically "British punk" that it almost sounds like a parody.

Mellow electronica - I'm here for it

Neil's not so bad when drowned or by electric guitar or backing vocals. But when he goes practically acoustic... I found myself physically cringing.

Good music, terrible album name. Except for "You Could Be Love." That was bad.

This guy was just creepy sounding

This felt longer than 15 minutes. Not in a good way.

I just can't separate art from the artist

Upbeat disco songs are incredibly repetitive, and the slow ones are just unlistenable.

I'm apparently much more tolerant of weird music if the lead singer has a melodic voice

I'm not a swiftie, not I do enjoy Taylor's music

The longer this album went on, the lower my estimation of the singer's ability went

Soporific. "Gypsy woman" would have been too long at one-quarter the length.

My husband dubbed this "Toy Story B Sides"

Such a great voice

I was surprised this came out in 79, not the mid-90s. Still, entirely forgettable music

A perfect album for a rainy Sunday afternoon

Incredibly slow and quiet. "I Dream a Highway" would make an excellent lullaby.

I didn't mind Missy Elliott's music, except for the slow stuff where she sings high.

Brian Eno is such a weird dude

This album started off with some mellow jazz, then suddenly a rap song happened, followed by some upbeat punk. An odd mix, but it wasn't actively bad.

A symphony makes everything better, so this Metallica album got boosted to a 3.

The first and last songs were my favorite, but the whole album wasn't bad.

The worst yacht truck has to offer.

I don't understand sings that change into completely different songs partway through.

So, so weird.. Shades of Bjork. In some ways it felt like listening to the soundtrack to a musical I didn't understand the plot to.

"Christ for President" just different in 2025 than in sure it did when it was written and recorded. 😬

This album started off really promising, very Massive -Esque. Not then it just devolved into shitty, sexual lyrics with uninteresting backing music. Disappointing.

I think I might actually like most of these songs with a different singer. But Cohen's voice is just monotone and droning.

A Bowie album I actually liked!

I surprisingly liked this album. Noting Earth shattering, but a lovely 80s pop/rock album that I enjoyed listening to.

Not good, but not the worst thing I've listened to. Occasional moments of not bad.

I made it 4 songs in before I bailed. Shitty lyrics, boring music, and a lead singer who sounds like he can't actually sing.

About half good songs and half screaming crap.

Glorified hold music

Mega nope

Weird, but at least it wasn't punk

Weird and not good, but at least it wasn't all just off-key yelling, so it's an upgrade from most punk music

I did like the random sea shanty

Unrelentingly terrible.

Influenced a lot more by the blues than I was expecting.

One terrible punk song and a bunch of not horrible. The last couple of songs removed me of Nirvana (particularly the singing style), which I found interesting.

Usually I like the Dead, but this album didn't work for me. I prefer when what they play is more "actual songs," less "just jamming for extended periods "

At least it's melodic screaming? Exceedingly long guitar/drum solos are exceedingly dull.

I don't mind country, and I like musicals, but this was just a classic mess.

It reminded me of Death Cab For Cutie with a weaker lead singer and and way more sci-fi sound effects.

I groaned as soon as the vocalist opened his mouth. I really hate the drunk/slurring/atonal/doesn't care affectation of punk singers. It doesn't matter what interesting things they might be doing instrumentally, or lyrically, I can't get past the "singing." (Of course, a whole song based around "Picasso" sort of rhyming with "asshole" doesn't say great things for their lyrics, either.)

I hadn't listened to the album in decades, so I want sure how I'd feel about it now. Yeah, it holds up. Still amazing.

Unrelentingly loud and boring. Like the background music for the TV show "How It's Made," with lyrics.

I was worried when I saw the genre listed as punk, but this was surprisingly good.

A lovely, mellow album. Dire Stairs always remind me breeze on a summer evening. Favorite song: Walk Of Life Least favorite: Your Latest Trick

Totally fine background music

Shockingly, NOT my new favorite album.

Some lovely music mixed in with some absolute cacophony of sound.

Not at all I was expecting when I read "Icelandic post-rock," but I'll happily take it! Like Massive Attack without the bass.

Least terrible Nick Cave album.

Running Up That Hill is a great song, but Kate Bush is just, in general, too weird for my taste.

Not bad as background music, but if I actually focused on and listened to it, it was not great.

Another day, another chance to wonder how in the heck this man ever became popular enough to have so many freaking albums.

"I'm on fire" is such a beautiful, haunting sounding song.

This had so much potential- some of the songs are so lovely. But the insane amounts of reverb/distortion makes some of the songs basically unlistenable, and gives the whole album a same-y quality.

A couple of good songs, and a bunch of screaming terribleness.

I can count on one hand the albums I've bailed out on (not fully listened to). Welcome to a very exclusive club, Sepultura!

Just kind of boring

Weird as hell, but never boring

A mellow, bluesy album with a lead singer with a voice like an angel. It's a cliche, bit I can't think of a better description.

My opinion of jazz remains unchanged

This guy has strong "insufferable at parties" vibes. "Get Behind Me" wasn't bad though.

Not bad classic rock

Not good, but not disco!

Mostly mellow background music, plus a few songs Gene Belcher would appreciate.

The best metal album (which is an incredibly low bar, but still- they cleared it!)

The subject matter combined with the guy's voice creeped me out so much that I couldn't even get through the first song.

I enjoyed this album of 80s pop

I own this album so, yeah, I kind of like it.

I was braced for more punk awfulness, but was pleasantly surprised by their Beatles-ness. I'm much happier to listen to an hour of social commentary of they're an actual melody involved.