Another band I've never listened to that I assumed would be pretty dated sounding, but man I really dug this one too. Marrakesh Express and Guinevere were my favorites here.

I've known White Denim through a couple of singles on their Stiff album. But god damn are they really good. Initially sounds like it might be some generic indie rock, but the instrumentals in this are so awesome, particularly the drums and lead guitar, that many of the songs become full face melting jams. Back at the Farm and Bess St. are exactly what I'm looking to find in this journey.

Ozzy has such a great rocker voice. This album is great and I love the early 70s metal. Has the right amount of kick and. Ompared to the other sounds from this era, it's pretty intense. Tame today, sure, but the guitar licks sound crisp and creative. There were also some surprising easy going songs that also were nice. My favorites were Wheels of Confusion/ The Straightener, Changes, Supernaut, and Laguna Sunrise.

Yeaa I have a hard time even calling this music. This was hard to listen to and I don't think I will ever revisit it or even tell anyone about it. I don't like the instrumentation, or Beefheart's voice, or lyrics. It's rough throughout. I will admit there are moments that caught my ear, but it's buried under such chaotic dissonance that it killed any momentary enjoyment.

The album is solid with a couple songs that I liked, particularly Orange Crush, though it was kind of forgettable otherwise. I definitely liked Document more.

Easy listening, some well known songs on this album. They're all basically romance songs and have similar music styles. Old Devil Moon is probably my favorite from the album.

Really awesome sound, loved the song Venus.

Fun jazz album, though nothing standout for me.

Awesome album, really love Willie's voice. There's just something so relaxing in this album that is a joy to listen to.

Great album, the whole vibe is somber, relaxed, and overall legendary.

Weird and eccentric, really glad i listened to it. This town aint big enough is such a cool and loud song. The rest of the album is enjoyable.

Glad I listened, but this one was pretty challenging to get through. The distortion will probably keep it from being a repeat listen, but can definitely hear this band in other groups. It's not for me though.

I really liked this album. There were a couple songs i already knew but most of it was new. This is the style of hip hop I am most familiar with and it was a fun listen.

I wanted to like this album more than I did. It really didn't click with me though.

Really liked this album, the sambas were a great relaxing listen.

I've nevet really listened to Bob Dylan before and it wasn't my favorite. I was starting to dig the end end of the album, maybe I was liking it the more I listened, but perhaps I just don't like the storytelling style of music as much as the next. I'd like to give some of his older stuff a chance though, before his voice was completely gravel.

I didn't really like the start of this album but the more I listened to it, the more I enjoyed it. Took some time but after getting to the end I wanted to listen again. There are a couple of songs that are really not enjoyable for me and I really couldn't ever see myself casually listening to, but overall I liked it by the end.

I liked this album, don't know how much I will relisten to it though.

Pretty cool album, unabashedly 80s. Knew more than I thought I would ( relax and war). Enjoyed this album a bunch.

Yeaa this is a great album. Still sounds good today and the heavy rock and angsty, politically charged lyrics just work so well.

This album is so good, I've loved it since high school. Black is probably still my favorite. This is one of the first things I listened to that helped me appreciate music as art.

I enjoyed this. Never really listened to Wu Tang or any of its members stuff before but this was an easy sounding old school rap track. Everything sounded effortless and I much prefer this style on average to some of the newer stuff I've heard, like Kendrick.

Definitely a cool sound, I was disappointed with how short this album was. Good classic R&B.

I thought Amy Winehouse was poppier than this, so this was a very pleasant surprise of an album. Liked quite a bit of it. Some songs didn't really work for me, like Amy, Amy, Amy, but most were pretty good. Awesome voice, better than expected music.

I've heard some Django Django before. This album was a good listen, but probably not a must listen going forward, though I did quite like Hail Bop.

Safe album, though generally boring.

Pretty boring and not my style of music. My wife liked it quite a bit though, which is nice, and there were a couple sings I liked. My Oh My is probbably my favorite here.

Didn't really enjoy this one, the music was a little too simple I think.

Pretty tame stuff, dated as well.

I've had a couple of Samba records now and I'm digging it. Very relaxing and nice sounding.

Pretty powerful stuff. Shame so much is still relevant 35 years later, but this album was good. I had never heard any of it before, so it was a fresh listen, though my wife knew all the words to fast cars. Musically, I liked it mich more than most singer/songwriter stuff.

Great album, never listed to REM outside of the radio hits but I love their sound and cannot believe they were mainly an 80s band. I think my favorite songs that were new to me were Fireplace and King of Birds.

It's a crime I had never heard of this guy before. This album was incredible and Gotta Get Up is probably worth the 5 stars by itself. Will definitely be listening to this one again.

Not really my jam.

Such an awesome album. I already knew like half of these songs and they are only getting nore poignant as I get older. Loved this one.

Had no idea what to expect from this album but I really liked it. It was a lot darker and weird than what I was reading in the comments about it being elevator music. I'd listen to this again.

Great album, I just don't love old metal like I used to. Still really enjoyed this one though.

I kind of found this boring. Repetative riffs for 7 mins with stuff going on in the background, but nothing that ever really stuck with me.

Yea this was an awesome album. I had only ever heard "Love Will Tear Us Apart", but the reputation of Joy Division has ways been great, I just never got around to listening to them. This album has a great vibe and sounds so good for being 40+ years old.

This groop was way more rockin then I expected. Some punk like tunes and some bluesy Elvis stuff. While I enjoyed it, though, I don't think I'll revisit it that often.

Pretty good, La Grange is a classic, and I really liked the first 2 songs from this album too.

I've never listened to Harrison's solo work but man did I like this. I'd Have You Anytime immediately caught my ear and had it the whole album. Probably like the tune above, My Sweet Lord, and Let It Down the most. When I have more time, I need to listen to disc 2.

Damn, this album kicked ass. The music here is so upbeat and catchy, I really liked this one.

Of all the folksy songwriters this journey has given me so far (Van Morrison, Bob Dylan) l, this is by far my favorite. Nick Drake's lyrics are engaging and the music it's paired with is excellent. Pretty somber at times and it's sad that he passed so young, could have used more of his music.

I mean, it's Thriller. I knew most of these but I was actually surprised by the other songs here that I hadn't heard before. This is exactly what I associate with 80s pop and overall, it's quite good. Biggest surprise for me was Baby Be Mine.

I've heard some MIA before but none of this really. It's entertaining, but a little too disjointed for me. I had no idea she was part Sri Lankan, though that is obviously apparent after listening to this album, which is pretty cool. Interesting listen, not my favorite.

This album is fine, but it didn't really stand out to me like some of the other late 60s early 70s rock I've gotten from this so far. Plenty listenable, no ear worms. I'd probably say Commotion was my favorite here.

This album is absolutely crazy. It starts with some jazzy tunes, has a really interprative free form guitar jam, and is straight rock opera by the end. What a journey. I definitely liked the beginning half more than the end half, with my favorite being Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?. Overall, great album.

Cool album, I knew most of the actual songs but not the ambiance stuff in between. Cool sound and can really see what they were going for. Overall though, I have other Radiohead I like more.

It's fine, but I don't think this album will stick with me that long.

Man, Nick Drake is really good. This is the 1st artist I've gotten 2 albums from and it continues to hold as on I really enjoy. I think Five Leaves Left is still better in pretty much every way, but still really liked this one.

Yeaa this was awesome. Already love Metallica for being heavy without screaming, now add in a symphonic orchestra for extra grandness? Cool sound. I will say that it doesn't totally work for every song in this 2 hour set, but it really does for others, enough that I enjoyed the whole trip.

So again, another singer/ songwriter that I like more than Dylan, which is cool. His style is kind of rambling, lots of sentences and statements that continue on and on, but it kind of has a charm that I like. I'm ready for something different though, feel like I've gotten a lot of these singers from 1968-1972 in the last 2 weeks.

Lots of great music here, I haven't ever specifically listened to Kanye, but I knew many of these. I think the strongest part of this album for me is the music backing the tracks. It's all pretty inventive and cool sounding. The raps are mostly mid to me, Kanye is kind of an edgelord.

Awesome album, just the right amount of kick ass. Master of Puppets, Orion, and Thr Thing that Should Not Be are my favorites here.

I was epecting some hippie music but man this kicked ass. Janis Joplin went hard and it's a shame we didn't get more music from her.

Good album has a pretty distinct vibe about it. Of course Lovesong is great, but I really liked Lullaby and Fascination Song.

This is just a little too chaotic for me. I look forward to seeing more Nike Cave once his sound developes some more.

It's Christmas! Didnt know anything about Phil Spector, that's kind of crazy. The music is pretty good for Christmas music, don't know if I'll add any of this to my main rotation since it's seasonal, however.

I'm pretty done with the Stooges. Their music is just boring to me, and this one has that weird 7 min chanting song that really made this one drag.

Another band I've never listened to that I assumed would be pretty dated sounding, but man I really dug this one too. Marrakesh Express and Guinevere were my favorites here.

3rd Metallica album in 2 weeks, and they still kick ass. This one is not quite as good as Master of Puppets, and doesn't have the novelty of the S&M album, so I'm gonna put it at 4 stars.

First time actually listening to a full soul album. It was enjoyable, but not a must-listen to me. I am going to rate this a 3 to keep as a baseline for other soul albums I get.

The highs are pretty high. I am ready for something outside of 1971 though.

This album was so refreshing after luke 2 straight weeks in 1969 to 1971. The music is quite nice and I like the testimonials in between the songs, kind of a unique gimmick that works well with the album title. Price Tags was my favorite here, followed by Lost One.

Such a cool album. The vibe is consistent throughout and sounds great. The whole thing almost works for me, but sometimes the every-beat drumming can get a little grating. Otherwise though, can totally see playing this album on a day where the mood matches.

Pretty sweet album. Never really looked into Bowie or Glam Rock, but this stuff goes pretty hard. Some of my favorties here were Alladin Sane, The Prettiest Star, and Lady Grinning Soul. I'm sure there's more Bowie on this list and I will be looking forward to it.

Absolutely awesome album. This band reminds me so much of my favorite group, Snarky Puppy, and it's clear to see them as an influence to fusion jazz pieces everywhere. Incredible stuff.

Never really heard much beyond the hits (Every Breath You Take), and like everything else on this album was better. I really liked Sychronicity 1 and King of Pain. Overall good album.

This rocked so much more than I expected it to. I need another listen to pick a favorite song, but this was a great listen.

This is my favorite style of jazz. Its so high energy and I love the trupets and sax throughout. Cool thenes and great throughout.

I think I just like old country. Reminds me of a dusty old town, and it feels nostalgic. Pretty good, not as good as the Willie Nelson album I had.

This was just great. Powerful songs, great music, some of them really are a jam. My favorite here was probably Break Down and Let It All Out.

This McCartney guy is pretty good, I hope he sure continues to pursue music as a career. This is an interesting album with only a cpuple songs and then the rest are kind of jam samples. Overall, pretty good, though I so far prefer George Harrison's solo work immediately following the Beatle breakup.

Some sick beats and music in this track, and I do like Jay Z's flow quite a bit. My favorite was probably Heart of the City or Renegade.

It's a fine album, and it actually was nice to listen to something from the 90s, but overall this album screams mid.

I liked this album and the old rock n roll style that the Stones had. More blusey than I expected, though those parts did start to blend together during this long album. Overall it was good.

This album kicks is just so, so good. Everyone knows rock lobster, but so much on here was great. Loved the opener, Planet Claire, and Dance This Mess Around.

Nice album, I like this type of rock quite a bit. Not sure if it's full on glam but sounds a little more modern than other hair bands from this era. My favorite was probably Malibu Beach Nightmare.

Obviously an important and influential album. My favorite here is Heartbreaker for sure. On a full album listen through, however, can't help but feel like it all blends together. Same general lyrics in all the songs, but ultimately not my favorite in a full listen.

Man this is so 2000s. I generally like this electronic style, and it was refreshing to hit on a new genre on this playlist. Sounds like something my older cousins would have listened to growing up. Overall, most trscks were hit or miss for me, I liked Keeping Pigs Together and Don't Go Nowhere the most.

I almost had whiplash going from Red Snapper to this album, but wow this was a treat. Never heard of k.d. lang before. But this was really pleasant to listen to. Gentle music and I love her voice. Miss Chatalaine made was great, as was Constant Craving and Save Me.

As an album, a 3. As a movie soundtrack, probably a 4.5. Dug the mood and atmosphere for sure here.

C'mon, its the White Album. What else was it gonna get? To be honest though, I was suprised at how many non-mainstream songs there were here, I seriously didn't know a good portion of this, unlike other Beatles albums so far. Still great though.

I never really thought about where "Freak Out!" came from, but here it is. All in all, pretty fun album, and Savoir Faire is by far my favorite on this album. Good stuff.

Pretty all over the place, had it on and none of it really grabbed me. Some interesting sounds in Slip Inside This House and Inner Fight.

I expected to like this more, but it was still a good listen.i liked the backend of this album more than the front, with Weep Themselves to Sleep and On and On and On.

Man Sleater-Kinney rocks. This has a great indie sound that still works today. Dig Me Out is probably the best here. Also liked Heart Factory and Words and Guitar.

This is some pretty good folk music. It's also some pretty weird and unique music, which I quite like. Starts off strongly, and I also really liekd Harry's House/ Centerpiece.

Some interesting sounds but I listened to this album twice and nothing really grabbed me. Pretty mid album for me.

Not quite as good as the other two Nick Drake albums. Also criminally short. Will probably put all three albums together in a playlist thoigh, because Nick Drake is quite good.

I liked this a good bit. Definitetly gangsta and hearing an 18 year old Snoop is kinda crazy. My favorite here was Stranded on Death Row.

While I enjoyed this and it worked well as I was sitting on a plane, it overall was pretty samey throughout and easily blends into the background, meaning it wasn't too memorable to me.

More chill samba. I'll keep listening to everything this list gives me.

Had no idea Michael was so funky. Obviously I knew Don't Stop Till You Get Enough, but I also liked wuite a bit more here, like Rock With You and Off The Wall. Gotta separate the artist from the art here and give it a 4.

I thought this was kind of boring. Easy to listen to, but nothing super innovative and all the songs tend to blend together. I did like the title track Connected, but then it was 50 kins of the same type of stuff.

I was surprised that I enjoyed a couple of these songs after seeing the reviews. Safe album, but I still kinda liked it. Vagabond Holes was probably my favorite here.

I like the Smiths quite a bit but most of my favorite songs hy them were not on this album. Overall, though, good listen. Really enjoyed That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore and Nowhere Fast.

Love this album, pretty good vibes all around. I had heard like 75% of this album in various places already, and I still really enjoyed it again. Intro is a classic.

Wow, outstanding bum. I had only really ever heard a couple Alice Cooper things in like commercials, and I think Billion Dollar Babies was in Rock Band or something, but this grabbed me immediately with Hello Hooray. This was an incredible album.

Best soul I've heard in this playlist. Let's Stay Together is a classic and the rest of this album is just sooo good too. Lovrd every second of it.

Interesting album that is only half as interesting as Dennis Wilson's Wikipedia page. I did enjoy the listen, particularly the songs You and I, End of the Show, and Tug of Love. I think this album kept growing on me as I listened. I still haven't really listened to a lot of the Beach Boys, but I am looking forward to it.

Wow this album blew me away. Loved it. My favorite songs here are probably Aja and I Got the News, but really the whole album is so good. Will definitely listen to this again.

Man I like Karen Carpenter's voice. Bubbly album, light hearted and fun to listen to. Close to You is great here, but I also really liked we've Only Just Begun, Mr. Guder, and Another Song.

This album rocks so hard. Ive always loved Seven Nation Army and its short solos, Hardest Button to Button, and Ball and Biscuit, but kistening through the whole album was a treat and I will definitely be coming back.

This album reminded me so much if the doors, but generally in a lesser way. Still enjoyed the album, and I really like rhe song Pablo Picasso, but overall, a very average album to me.

This took me 2 listens, 1st on my car speakers 2nd with headphones. I am so glad I gave it another listen, as this album is so cool. I had never listened to Peter Gabriel and had no idea about his sound, and I actually kind of hated it on 1st listen, but with a little more attention, this judt sounds so good. My favorites here are No Self Control and Games Without Frontiers.

I had no idea this group sang both Low Rider and Why Can't We Be Friends! Such diffefent songs. And they sound very different from this album too. My favorite here was probably The World Is A Ghetto, but it was all actually pretty good.

As an album, I did not love this. Way too much randomness and "quirkiness" for this to beconsidered good for me. Sounds like a Ren Fair comedy sketch, which I also don't really care for. That being said, I actually liked Mom and Dad, and Absolutely Free, which saves it from 1 star.

Never heard of this group but they were awesome. They had a song that sounded like Helicopter by Bloc Party, which was cool. I liked most of this album throughout, notably Monday. Start!, and That's Entertainment.

I have known this band for the House theme and was slightly disappointed that Teardrop wasn't on this album. Altogether though, this feels like a precursor to The XX. Moody and a good sound, I like the different singers throughout it.

Lots of iconic sounds here that dtart to sound very same-ish by the end. Though I was surprised at judt how many of these jams I knew. Good listen, my favorite that was new to me was Stranger On The Shore.

Blackstar is such a weird song, and I love parts of it and others I did not. Bummed, cause I thought about this as the song I would add to my playlist, but ultimately decided on Dollar Days. I enjoyed the album on the whole and with the context that he died 2 days later, it definitely gives it an eerie tone. I kiked the Alladin Sane album more, but this was still good.

I knew Staring at the Sun and still enjoy that song. I also liked Dreams. But man, I wanted to like this album and really didn't. The backup falsetto really was irritating me after a couple songs. Pretty disappointed in an indie band i knew and was kind of looking forward to.

Fun, brief listen. Most of the songs are pretty similar, but they definitely have a charm to them.

It worked really well as an album while I was doing some monotonous work, the drums keep it ticking along. On a more focused listen, it's not my favortie but I don't have the best ear for all the intricate differences in the drum beat song-to-song. My favorite here was Inner City Life (Baby Boy's edit).

Definitely sounds like hip hop from the early 2000s. Dated, but charming. Overall an ok album.

Really great stuff, I love seeing what modern music has made this list and this is one I had never heard of. My favorite here was probably Hard to Say Goodbye.

What a charming album. From the opening to her making a mistake and singing through it, with the audience laughing along, this was such a nice listen.

Only major metal band ive listened to has been Metallica and I like them a lot. Megadeth obviously has a lot of that same feel. They wanted to be a "faster and heavier" Metallica and I think they can have a claim at faster, heaviness feels similar though. Their lyrics are a lot kore morbid and on the nose though, which isnt quite my vibe. I liked Bad Omen the most here, interested to see if there is more Megadeth on this album.

I did not love The Mothers of Invention album that showed up a couple weeks ago, so my Zappa impression was pretty low. But wow, this album was unbelievable. It's so creative and varied and is technically crazy. I loved this. Peaches En Regalia and Son of Mr. Green Genes were my favorites.

Awesome album, I really enjoyed this. Reninds me of middle school, I knew So Fresh, So Clean and Ms. Jackson, but I hadn't listened to the rest of this album before. It's weird, lyrically dense, and just really cool. I don't love every song, but had a ton of fun throughout this album. My favorite is maybe Snappin' & Trappin', or maybe Red Velvet (besides BOB and Ms. Jackson).

Man this is a dumb, fun album. All the voices the singer uses are insane and add a lot of flavor to the songs. Sugar is still the standout song here, and one I remember listening to a bunch when I was young. Also some of these songs are basically metal polka, like Suggestions, which surprisingly works.

Love the sound, love the album. Got a post-punk style that sounds like it would fit in today. The songs all all different and interesting, with my favorite being Parade. Reminds me a lot of Television, one of my favorite finds on this app.

I had to go back and listen to the Stooges after this because I was shocked this was still Iggy Pop. I really didn't like his older work, and while this was better for me, I still didnt love it. I did like The Passenger and Tonight, though.

This album is pretty on the nose with its anti-war message, and it took a while for it to get going, but I liked it quite a lot by the end. I think the second disk was much stronger than the first, with The Trial being a overly dramatic but fun climax to the story.

Exactly what I think of when I think of 80s synth pop. Its overall ok, though Love is a Stranger is a standout (besides Sweet Dreams, which is a stone cold classic).

The music in this album is pretty dang good, but man does this make me feel like i left a British pub late at night trashed and fell face first into a gutter. It's slimy and dirty feeling and holds this feeling throughout, which is a little much for me. The music is similar to the Doors, particularly on Sometimes, which is my favorite from the set. I thought I would like it more by the end than I actually did.

Beastie Boys let the beat... mmm... drop! Yeaa this album is great. So many bangers and classics, and the lyrics are hilarious, like some sort of twisted origin story of how the three met and how cool they are. Considering the only other old school rap I've gotten here through Run-DMC, this is streets ahead.

This album was pretty mid to me for the most part. I had never listened to Janet Jackson before, and her songs are well produced, but this does feel pretty disingenuous. Maybe Janet really does feel that music can save the world, but Rhythm Nation, State of the World, and The Knowledge all seem to trivialize the real state of things. Though the ending of Livin in a World is pretty haunting, given the amount of shooting issues we've certainly had since this album came out. As for the actual songs, I did actually like Alright, Come Back to Me, and Someday is Tonight.

These songs are so familiar sounding, but maybe thats because Mambo sounds pretty samey to me as a genre. I do enjoy some of the horn work, and it was a nice breezey listen, though I dont know if I'll come back. My favorite was probably Cuando Te Vea.

Yeaa I have a hard time even calling this music. This was hard to listen to and I don't think I will ever revisit it or even tell anyone about it. I don't like the instrumentation, or Beefheart's voice, or lyrics. It's rough throughout. I will admit there are moments that caught my ear, but it's buried under such chaotic dissonance that it killed any momentary enjoyment.

For a band I normally associate with well known pop/ rock classics, I didn't know a single somg on this album. It's still a great time and you can see a lot of precursors to things like Bohemian Rhapsody in the White/ Black Queen tales. I liked it, though I don't think it's peak Queen. For the year this came out in, 1974, this rocks quite hard, and Brian May's guitar sounds timeless to me.

Dang who hurt these women? Almost all of these songs are heartbreak, but maybe that's just how some of this old Country is. Overall, the album was enjoyable, and I particularly liked Hobo's Meditation. I thought it was kind of funny at first, but the question it asks stuck with me past the album's conclusion. I also liked To Know Him is To Love Him and Wildflowers.

Country two days in a row after 4 months of only a single Willie Nelson album. This was much more modern sounding, though its still from the 80s! It was pretty dark and sounds like a fable of a deranged man after a breakup. The music is pretty enjoyable and it was nice to hear some twang after not having any for 4 months. Country is still not my favorite, but I liked the album well enough.

The music in the album just sounds so good and polished, especially against other albums I've heard from this era. Jimmy Page really rocks a guitar. That being said, I don't love the call and response parts between Page and Plant where Plant just moans back the sound, and this happens a bunch on this album. My favorite from here that I hadn't heard before was I Can't Quit You Baby.

I almost admire the audacity to release a 3 hour album of love songs. By my ratings system, I should give this a 1 because I didn't finish it. I only got through about 40 songs. Most are generic nothing songs and it was all blending by the time I called it quits. There are a couple in here that I actually recognized and enjoyed, but the rest was forgettable. I would hardly call this mandatory listening.

I really did not like the opening track here, but then there was a run of some pretty good stuff between Lost In Music and Paranoia Man in Cheap Shit Room. The end was pretty forgettable though. I had never heard of this Indie group, and doubt I'll revisit it, but it was a solid listen.

This is what I'm here for. A band I've never heard before from an era I've never really explored that has multiple songs that catch my ear. What a cool album. The sound is pretty modern besides the older singing style. I really enjoyed Kingdom of Love, Insanely Jealous of You, and You'll Have to Go Sideways.

Who doesn't love the stuff that was popular when they were in high school? RHCP are funky and the music sounds so nice. I knew this album coming in and I still really enjoy it, particularly Scar Tissue, I Like Dirt, and Savior. It's a boppin ride the whole way through, though the production value is actually not that great. Still loved it.

Never heard of this group before but I somehow dug it. I didn't like the droning dissonant sounds on some other albums here, but this one strangely worked for me. The vocalist was not great, but that only fed into the vibe. The bass guitar rocked and the weird sounds that would flare up during songs were intriguing. I don't know if I will revisit it, but I enjoyed the ride more than I expected. My vaorites here are Albatross, Swan Lame, and Socialist.

I first listened to this in a car ride home on car speakers while talking with my wife and it didn't really sound great to me. I then got home and tried again with headphones and it really worked well. The sounds are inventive yet familiar. It feels like it's always leading you to its next section that hits nicely when you actaully get there. I still don't love electronic music as a genre, but this was the best this playlist has given me. I also liked the "Homework" lore behind it as the two Daft Punk artists wrote this in their own home studio. Crazy that this is the group to put out Random Access Memory, as their sound will grow a ton over the next 15 years. My vacorites were Da Funk, Around the World, Rock'n'Roll, and Burnin'.

I'm surprised Bon Jovi even has any other albums, because it seems all of his hits are from the first half of this album. Livin' On a Prayer is definitely the best tune here, with Wanted Dead or Alive behind it. The rest of the album doesnt really do anything for me. The music is ok, but nothing unique or impressive enough to stand out for me. Do I enjoy the singles when I catch them on the radio? Sure. Would I ever seek out this album again? Probably not.

The first couple songs did nothing for me, but Safesurfer saved this album for me. Funky with a cool baseline and the guitar is really solid. Average album overall with somr cool peaks.

Cool Reggae album by an artist I had never heard of. I like how diverse this album is in sounds despite being clearly reggae. There are some solid guitar licks that creep up before dropping into a reggae groove. While I dont smoke, Legalize It is still a jam. Good stuff.

Weird. Very weird. And I was pretty into it, for parts. I think the weakest part of this album is the vocals. I just don't like them all that much. All that said, a couple songs here are really unique and piqued my interest several times on my listen. My favorites were On The Surface, Dub Housing, Drinking Wine Spodyody, and Codex. I didn't love this album, but I did have a surprisingly great time with it and I am glad I listened.

What an album. Everything in this album worked for me. There's the hits I've heard a ton, like Dead Leaves, Hotel Yorba, and We're Gonna Be Friends. But I was really focusing more on the deeper cuts that I haven't really listened to before. Standouts for me are The Union Forever, Offend in Every Way, I Can't Wait, and This Protector. Nostalgic, hard rocking, and just flat out an awesome album that I really gravitate towards.

This album is hilarious with the number of times Cee-Lo calls himself God. Its pretty pretentious throughout and doesn't feel very generous, contrary to the Lupe Fiasco album this list gave me. That said, there are some songs here I liked despite his constant self-glorification. Namely, Childz Play (thanks Luda), I Am Selling Soul, and Let's Stay Together.

This album was boring, really boring. It had a steady, kind of distant and faint sound to it behind the organ and the whispy singing, and it just couldn't sink in with it. It almost seems unfair that it ended with a cover of May the Circle Be Unbroken, as that's a song I adore and this was a cover I did like. But all in all, I won't be coming back to this one.

I never had listened to B.B. King and had thought he was a jazz guy of the period. But he is blues all the way and this album was awesome. Definitely a charismatic performer with a great voice and surprising guitar skills. Really enjoyed this with my favorites at It's My Own Fault and How Blue Can You Get?.

This is a fine album, but it didn't really stand out too much for me. Early 80s rock that sounds good but I had to listen twice because by the end I had forgotten much of it. Nothing really offensive or bad in it, but nothing notable.

Strange album. I kind of dig the instrumental stuff on Mick's Blessings and Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse, but then there is some very, very 80s sounding stuff that doesn't age well in A Gospel and You're the Best Thing. Ny favorite here is Blue Cafe by a lot. All in all, good highs, bad lows, mid album.

All I knew of Neil Young before this album was Harvest Moon, and not even his version but the Poolside cover. This blew me away though, I thought it was awesome and had very expressive guitar. I do think the album started strong and started to wane in the back half, but I still really enjoyed this. My favorites were Speakin' Out and World on a String.

I knew so much of this album. It's a fun album with memorable riffs and poppy lyrics that is a good listen. But by the end, it all starts to blend together. However, my autoplay started playing Arctic Monkeys afterwards and I realized I wished I had listened to them instead for the hour.

I had only ever heard a couple of Bjork songs and never in a dedicated session prior to this, and that is simply a shame. This whole album is so inventful, playful, and just flat out fun. It was a great listen with many songs that stood out to me, particularly Human Behavior, Crying, Venus as a Boy, and One Day. Truly looking forward to more Bjork on this list.

I expected a hippie 60s band and, yeaa, they're hippies, but this was much more than I expected. More country than rock, the twang sounds surpisingly nice. The lyrics are pretty interesting, with Christine's Tune and Sin City being pretty dark and funny while My Uncle and Hippie Boy are about draft dodging and the realities of growing up. I didn't expect much with a name like the Flying Burrito Brothers, and it certainly exceeded my expectations.

This album is insane and I love it. From the first song, everything here is prison or criminal themed and the crowd is cheering each time Cash talks about killing a man, or going on a cocaine bender. The atmosphere here is pretty special and unlike any live album I've heard. Cash has a great voice and most the songs here were new to me. My favorites were Folsom Prison Blues, Cocaine Blues, and 25 Minutes to Go (shoutout Shel Silverstein).

Exactly what I'm looking for here. An artist that is new to me playing music that immediately grabs me. The title track Zombie is so funky and pulled me right into the music. I was so absorbed I didn't even realize 14 minutes had passed, it just sounded so good. Inventive sounds, good singing, great instrumentals.

This album didn't really do anything for me. I found it mostly boring and struggled to pay attention to it. The music didn't do enough interesting things to hold me and it just kind of washed into the background. I don't think it's bad and it aged pretty well and could fit into a much more recent indie scene without much issue. Reminds me of Dinosaur Jr, who I have similar feelings on. My favorite was probably Ice Cold Ice.

Worse that Number of the Beast in pretty much every way, and the singer is not very compelling. Makes sense they replaced him shortly after this. I did enjoy Transylvania into Strange World, and the album is still fun, but not the highlight of Iron Maiden.

Pretty cool Beatles album that doesn't really have the same amount of singles that make the rounds as some of their other albums, but they sound great here. Loose and fun sounding. Doesn't hurt that In My Life is on this album and that's my wedding song, so it's easy to love this. Others here that I enjoyed are Drive My Car, Norweigian Wood, and Girl. Not the best Beatpes album but fun anyway.

So many notable singles on this list, but I don't really love them like I used too. I do still like Disarm a lot and it's probavly my favorite on the album. I also liked Soma into Geek U.S.A. The rest of the album, however, was pretty bland to me. And while Crogan's voice is certainly unique, I dont know if I really wanted an hour of it.

Is this really the same Ice T from SVU? The one from Rick and Morty playing a literal Ice T? This goes pretty hard and I like Ice T's flow a lot, but the standout traits of this album to me are the beats and rhythms, along with the lyrics. It's often funny and clever, and has a steady identity throughout. My favorites here are O.G. Original Gangster, Straight Up N***a, Midnight, New Jack Hustler, and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. An album that completely caught me off guard, and I love that.

This album started pretty boring to me and I didn't really care for either of the big songs from it, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down or Up On Cripple Creek. I did quite like some of the other songs though, like Whispering Pines, The Unfaithful Servant, and King Harvest. Don't think I'll be coming back to the band anytime soon though.

All i knew of TLC was Waterfalls, and thats still a pretty great song. The rest of the album is ok, though I think most of the appeal to me was it being R&B, which I haven't had a lot of. While it was nice to listen to something different, it's a little too romantic for me to seek listening to this. My favorites were probably Diggin' On You and Waterfalls.

This is nice easy folk listening. It's pretty pleasant to listen to, even if it is at times fairly simple. My favorites were probably Sunny Skies and Blossom. His bluesy stuff was probably the most boring parts of the album to me but overall a good listen.

Peter Gabriel is awesome and I had no idea. This album goes all over the place and most of it is really good. I'm torn over which is my favorite between Moribund the Burgermeister, Waiting for the Big One, and Down the Dolce Vita. Each song is wildly different and going to track to track is like a grab bag of cool ideas. If you like your songs to connect, this might not work well for you, but I aas looking forward to where esch track would go. Cool stuff.

This album starts amazing with Take a Bow and continues to hit throughout. They have a very unique sound in the early 2000 alt rocm scene, which admittedly is kinda vampireish (thanks, Twilight), but I love all the little synth flourishes everywhere in the music. It also goes pretty hard at times like in Assassin and of course Knights of Cydonia. Feels special and sounds like bothing else so far in this list.

This is a classy and timeless sounding album. It feels super familiar but maybe because it's kind of elevatorish or maybe hotel lobby. Still, I can see myself turning this on during a warm Spring afternoon chilling in the hammock. Nice even listening.

This album blew me away. I repeatedly thought "Damn, this sounds pretty sick, good beat and complex lyrics", just for the next song to do it again. Sacrifice, Thought @ Work, Break You Off, and Complexity are all amazing. Will definitely remember this one.

Sympathy for the Devil is by far the best song on this record. I've still yet to listen to a Stones album that made me drop what I was doing and pique up in interest. This album was again a lot more blues than I expected, so much so that Synpathy feels out of place. My favorites here are probably Dear Doctor and Prodigal Son.

Pretty cool mid-80s alt rock. The Killing Moon is particularly good. I also liked the song Noctornal Me. It still sounds a little dated overall, but I did enjoy the album.

Dang so many classics here and now I know where they're from. And while I knew Respect, My Girl, and Satisfaction, the real hits for me here are Change Gonna Come, I've Been Loving You Too Long, and Wonderful World. The way Otis sings has depth and made me want to listen to this again immediately.

This album is kind of deranged and crazy, starting right off with Frustration and that song is pretty fun. I didn't think I knew anything from this group, but I never knew they sang Tainted Love, which is still a banger. I also liked the songs Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, and Memorabillia. Early 80s pop, and its a bit much at times, but I enjoyed listening to it.

I don't know anything about Joan Armatrading or how popular she may have been, but for folk music I had never heard before, I liked this quite a bit. The songs Help Yourself and Tall in the Saddle were absolutely amazing. Others were kind of bland or dated, but there was enough here for me to stay engaged.

When I started listening I thought this would be a rather boring album. It sounded like renaissance fair music, and I do still think that. But it surprised me around every corner with interesting musicallity and lyrics. It was much deeper than the first couple bars would let me believe. My favorites were Patterns, Homeward Bound, and The Dangling Conversations.

Amy is certainly talented, her voice is great and her music has a surprisingly good to great band. It's hard for me to relate to her work since it is largely immoral with several songs talking about cheating or drug use. Doesn't bother me too much as she is hardly the first muscian to sing of those things, but it does put up a wall that keeps me from loving it. There is a great stretch in the middle that I really, really enjoyed between Love is a Losing Game, Tears Dry On Their Own, and Wake Up Alone.

The album is solid with a couple songs that I liked, particularly Orange Crush, though it was kind of forgettable otherwise. I definitely liked Document more.

I peaked at the global reviews before listening to this one and so, maybe it's because I had lower expectations, but I enjoyed this album quite a bit. The Super Bird song is pretty cool with its Marvel references from a time way before it became mainstream. Other than that, I really liked Porpoise Mouth, The Masked Maurader, and especially Grace. Pretty cool album for pysch rock.

I really don't like shoegaze music apparently. I didn't like Jesus and the Mary Chain when I had them, and I didn't like this. If this is the pinnacle of the genre, then I am not feeling great about it. I'll try one more time when my bloody valentine's Loveless album comes up, but yeaa, not my jam.

What a strange album that had me thinking a bit about how much I enjoyed it. Some parts are cool (best in show here is Triumph of a Heart, followed by Where is the Line? and Oceania), and it only hit me maybe 20 mins in that this is an a cappella. There were other parts leaving me scratching my head and ready to move on. Of the two Bjork albums I've had so far, I much preferred Debut. This had it's moments, however, and was worth the listen.

I like Common's flow quite a bit and I really appreciate the music in the background for being pretty interesting and good sounding. The standouts for me here are Intro, Testify, and Real People. Overall, pretty good 2000s hip hop.

This album didn't really stand out to me all that much, even though it was a fine listen. I did like the Memphis, Tennessee cover, even more than the original. I also liked Miss Judy's Farm.

We have a rare triple name between the song, album, and band name in Bad Company, which is a certified banger of a song. Covered by a thousand bands, but because it's quite good. As for the album on a whole, this is quintessential dad rock and what I would expect to find on a classic rock radio station. Most of it is forgettable or cheesy anthem rock, though I also liked Ready for Love.

This album has so many hits on it, god damn. And they hold up pretty well today, too. Great album with some pop rock classics and one of my gateways towards indie rock. I hadnt really heard much from the backside of the album, but even that stuff is pretty great with On Top and Everything Will Be Alright standing out. Great music here.

I wasn't around in the 80s so I have no idea why everything thinks Morrissey is an asshole, but man do I like The Smiths. The lyrics are surprisingly clever and laced with a dry sense of humor. My favorites on this album got to be There is a Light That Never Goes Out, The Boy with the Thorn In His Side, and I Know It's Over. The music in the background also goes pretty hard with the guitarist and bassist casually crushing it. It's easy to overlook, but the last 60 seconds of Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others accentuates this musical talent. Great album.

This album didn't really grab me in. Im a little burnt out on early 70s blues-rock and this didn't really do anything I hadn't heard so far. I did like Make It Right, pretty good song and kind of funny, too.

Guess I do like country. This got my attention right from Bluebird Wine and was pretty great. Emmylou has an awesome voice and i liked the music here a lot. I've heard a couple mid 70s country albums here and so far they've all been pretty good. My favorites here are Bluevird Wine, Gone Too Far, Bottle Let Me Down, and Hank and Lefty.

I remember loving this album as a kid thinking it was so clever. And the sampling is dtill done very well. But the album doesn't resonate with me as well nowadays and I expected to enjoy this more than I did. Frontier Psychologist is still the obvious best song here, but I also liked Two Hearts in 3/4 Time.

This was way more interesting than I expected. The singer has a calm but confident voice that I loved and while the music is pretty minimalist, it works pretty well for me. Maybe because it's something pretty new to me so I haven't heard a ton of it. Reminds me some of Massive Attack.

Never heard of Slade, and I feel mind of conflicted about this album. There were parts that were really not for me, but then there were some bangers sprinkled throughout. I really liked Look at Last Nite, I Won't Let It 'Appen Agen, and I Don't Mind. The rest is pretty boring 70s rock to me. Glad I listened, don't think I'll be back again though.

Yeaa, this album was awesome. I liked it significantly more than Kid A. A number of indie classics here that I hear fairly often, as well as some that were new to me. My favorites are 15 Step, Bodysnatchers, Faust Arp, and Jigsaw Falling into Place.

Not good. Fuzzy, dumb lyrics, and just generally bad music. It's got a vibe, and if you're in a trance then maybe this is for you, but I didn't really like any of it. If I had to pick a favorite, probably Here She Comes Now, party because its actually a somg, and partly because it's only 2 mins long.

I knew some of these songs from various movies and radio stations from a while ago but this is my first time really listening to Nora Jones. Phenomenal singer and the music is easy listening. It tends to be generic love songs which was my problem with some other pop singers like Frank Sinatra, but overall it's a good sound. Don't Know Why, Feelin' The Same Way, and Painter Song were my favorites here.

Obviously everyone knows who Bob Marley is, but this wasthe first time I've listened to something other than Don't Worry or No Woman, No Cry. And it was awesome! Standouts to me are Them Belly Full and Rebel Music. Both are pretty rebelious but with an surprising amount of musicality. Really enjoyed this.

Is there a band that likes singing the name of their song over and over in the chorus like AC/DC? Highway to Hell (song) stands the test of time because it's the best song here. Once you've heard that, though, you've basically heard everything here. Anthem rock all the way and it's pretty boring for that, in my opinion. My favorite song that was new to me was Beating Around the Bush.

This was some pretty cool punk music. Considering I had AC/DC yesterday from the same year, I liked this so much more. It has personality and uniqueness to the music. My favorites here are I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Anti-Pope, and Plan 9 Channel 7. I'd like to hear some more punk from this era now.

Parallel universe to Arctic Monkeys and it's great. I've always liked the dryness in Alex Turner's voice and lyrics as it's always been pretty tongue in cheek and kind of funny and that carries over here. I already knew My Mistakes Were Made for You, but I alos liked Standing Next to Me, I Don't Like You Anymore, and In My Room. Really I liked most of this album, will definitely listen again.

This album has so many iconic 90s songs on it that I was genuinely shocked I didn't recognize the artists name. Very 90s in sound in. Angry and spiteful, but also poppy and honest. Pretty cool to listen to the full album and swell in nostalgia, even though I had never even really "listened" to it.

I kept waiting for this album to be overrated, bit damn is it good. Even silly stuff like Octopus's Garden sound great, what the hell. There is some tonal whiplash throughout this album, like going from I Want You (She's So Heavy) into Here Comes the Sun, and then into Because right after. But you can totally feel each member's contributions to what make this so good.

This album was sick. Having never really listened to Elton John beyond Rocket Man, I knew he made pop/rock music, but this had so much musicality it was insane. My favorite by was I've Seen That Movie Too, but there were several that stood out between This Song Has No Title, Grey Seal, Sweet Painted Lady, etc. Cool album that really just is plain fun to listen to.

Got to say it's pretty cool seeing musical connections as I go through this list. Gram Parsons formed the Flying Burrito Brothers, who I loved, and Emmylou Harris, who I also loved, was promoted from background singer to duetist in this album. Pretty awesome stuff. Posthumous albums are also interesting as you listen to subtext in the songs. The original songs here, Return of the Grevious Angel and In My Hour of Darkness are both dark but sound good. The covers are fun with standouts in Love Hurts and Cash On the Barrelhead. I liked this a lot.

Highway Star goes so hard, recorded and live. By itself that elevates this album. Deep Purple rocks and I think I like their sound more than Led Zeppelin. For a live album, it's pretty clean sounding and has long jams in like every song. Child In Time is pretty excellent, too.

I really like how high energy this is, nothing in it is static. The bass, the synth, the singers and background singers are going crazy for 42 minutes. It did start to blend together after a while, and the best song on the album was Rio, so it was a bummer to go downhill from there, but overall it's pretty consistent.

Didn't think I knew anything by these guys since I didn't recognize the group name, bit I knew Picture Book from somewhere deep in my memories. Do You Remember Walter? Is a really awesome song, as is Village Green. They probably hate this, but they are like a lesser version of the Beatles on this album. Overall, thpugh, pretty fun.

Ozzy has such a great rocker voice. This album is great and I love the early 70s metal. Has the right amount of kick and. Ompared to the other sounds from this era, it's pretty intense. Tame today, sure, but the guitar licks sound crisp and creative. There were also some surprising easy going songs that also were nice. My favorites were Wheels of Confusion/ The Straightener, Changes, Supernaut, and Laguna Sunrise.

This album was pretty unremarkable for me. Nothing grabbed me and kept my attention really. The singer doesn't really do it for me and the saxaphone isn't adding too much for me either, besides in Geno, which was my favorite here.

I have been surprised by quite a few of the classic country albums on this list. And sadly this isn't one of them. Merle's story of being a fugitive is hardly a sympathetic one and him going back and forth about bring a hard man but then a man in pain didn't really sound genuine to me. None of the songs stuck out, either. I don't expect to be back to this album.

Dusty has a great voice and this is some good, classic R&B. So Much Love really shows her off. This album fearures good vibes, a soulful band, and a really clean sound.

I liked this waaay more than the other Dylan album I had. There were actually several charming songs here and I wasn't too distracted by his voice as he was so much younger here than on Time Out of Mind. My favorites here were Stuck Inside Mobile with the Mephis Blues, Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine), and Fourth Time Around.

Damn this album was good. The first three tracks were all bangers, with my favorite being It's Too Late. I also really liked Beautiful and Smackwater Jack. Carole has a great voice and that early 70s pop has that Motown vibe with soulful instrumentals that feel powerful and genuine.

What a 2000s album. Many of these songs were recognizable and it was a pretty enjoyable listen with a couple standouts, like Porcelain and Natural Blues. As for sample artists go, I liked this more than the Avalanches, which I didn't expect. At times the music does blend into the background, especially with the B sides, but overall I liked this and could see myself throwing it on when I'm looking to zone out and relax.

I was a little worries about this album when it started cause I didnt really care for how it opened, but it really grew on me as the album continued. My three favorites here were My Old Man, Billericay Dickie, and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. The album reminded me a lot of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers as it's pretty funky and funny, and a little grimey.

Heaven or Las Vegas is a really cool song, gives strong Twin Peaks vibes. Turns out it was an influence for the music there, which makes sense. The rest of the album is ok, easy to get lost in, but not nearly as memorable as the title track. I also liked Cherry-Coloured Funk.

Easy listening with some occasionally interesting beats, grooves, or samples. The standout for me is Aquarius, aa it just pulled me into a deep focus. I also liked roygbiv and a couple others. For an electronic album, I enjoyed it. Not as much as Homework by Daft Punk, and still not my favorite genre.

I liked how this album started, but for some reason I had a rewlly hard time finishing this album, as it just bored me. I can tell the lyrics are deep and pretty interesting, but after about 20 mins of it, I feel I'd heard enough. This was the least distracted I have been by Dylans's voice though, which was nice. My favorite here was Simple Twist of Fate.

I did not expect a bluegrass album, which was a pleasant surprise. This double album was more fiddle than I needed in a sitting, but I just really appreciate a fiddle and banjo. The songs are your standard country fair, but performed well. I liked Tennessee Stud, The End of the World, and the Lonesome Fiddle Blues. Second album on the list to cover Will the Circle Be Unbroken, which was cool.

I had never heard of this group and their brand of bubblegum 60s pop. It was pretty neat with some standout songs, like Kicks, There She Goes, and All I Really Need is You. The rest is overshadowed by the titans of their era, but fun album either way.

This album is so good. It's modern folk/ alternative and there were some many songs I already knew I liked on it, but many new ones that were great too, like Quiet Houses and He Doesn't Know Why. Blue Ridge Mountains is one of my favorites for a while now and it was a joy to hear it again.

This is the first solo Dolly album I had and it was very pleasant. Dolly is clear and is a pretty good story teller. For how quick this album played, there were a couple of standouts, including Coat of Many Colors and Early Morning Breeze. This album could have scored higher if it wasnt so short.

This doesn't sound like any Country or Western music I've ever heard, though it is a pretty good R&B album. Now I didnt like it as much as some of these 50s/60s R&B albums I've received so far on this list, though it is undoubtedly good. My favorite is probably Half As Much.

Doesn't feel like this is Elvis' greatest album, as I didnt recognize any mega hits here, but its overall solid. I had never listened to a full Elvis album before but he has a pretty good range in his voice beyond his normal Elvis twang. The album felt average on the whole and I think my favorites were Thrill of Your Love and Reconsider Baby.

What a surprise this was. Never heard of the Zombies and it opens with such a banger in Care of Cell 44 and closes on the high loint of Time of the Season. Creative 60s pop rock that stands up pretty well to some of the Beatles albums on here, in my opinion. Enjoyed this very much.

Some pretty big hits at the beginning and largely forgettable at the end. Gimmie All Your Lovin' and Sharp Dressed Man are staples of dad rock everywhere, and it honestly still sounds pretty good, albiet simple. The best tune on the album is I Need You Tonight, a more somber and mellow track that has some pretty good guitar work amd a nice groove. Then the album dives with such tunes like I Got The Six, TV Dinners, and Bad Girl, which I didn't really care for at all. Average 80s rock overall.

This Kinks album was not really that impressive, but maybe because I've gotten 60s pop all week. I think it's weaker than the other Kinks album Ive had, the Zombies, and everything by the Beatles. Its just a little too silly for me to take seriously, even if there are interesting parts sprinkled around. I did like Afternoon Tea and Waterloo Sunset. There are other albums from this era I will come back to before this.

I have never once thought about who wrote We Are Family, but damn this was pretty good. I low key kind of like how groovy and funky disco as a whole is, and this is great disco. He's the Greatest Dancer is an awesome opener, didn't realize Gettin Jiggy Wit It sampled this, and I also really liked Lost in Music and Thinking of You.

This took me two listens before it started clicking with me. Obviously, the muscianship here is impeccable, but as someone who listens to more mainstream music, stuff without a solid beat can be challenging (looking at you, Captain Beefheart). After I grasped the motif in A Love Supreme, however, the rest of the music seemed to gravitate around it and time measure started to matter less. I'm interested to see if I feel the same way after another experimental jazz album.

This jas got to be my favorite Led Zeppelin album so far on this list. Kashmir is such a collosal song that rocks in so many ways, but there were a couple new songs on here that surprised me. Down By the Seaside and Night Flight stand out for me.

What an album. I've had a couple Radiohead albums on this list, but this one is my favorite. Early in is the absolutely manic Paranoid Android, shortly followed by both Exit Music and Let Down, which are just really calm and somber tracks. Of course Karma Police and No Surprises are also here, which are still is great despite how mainstream they are. This album hits a vibe that works throughout and I really enjoyed it.

I expected to like this more than I did. Jimi is pretty incredible and I like his singing voice as well, but this album didn't really have any standout tracks that made me want more. I was pretty over the Woodstock vibe by the end. Little Wing is definitely the best here, and I also liked Wait Until Tomorrow and Castles Made of Sand.

More of this, please. This is a group I have never heard of from an era that is not represented much in this list that had me engaged the whole time. These are thoughtful songs that have unique instrumentations and poetic lyrics. My favorite here has to be A Design for Life, though Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky isn't far behind. I was thinking about this album a couple days after my first listening, which is impressive given the nature of this 1001 album task.

I believe in the funk, the whole funk, and nothing but the funk!

This was a pretty interesting album. A lot of anti-war messages. Shangri-La is the best song here, what a jam. Cool chorus and some surprisingly cool guitar and drums. Overall i think the album is good, not amazing. Runner up song is Yes Sir, No Sir.

Nothing too special here. It's pretty chill electronica, but nothing so innovative that it pulled my attention from what I was doing. My favorites were probably Leave Home and One Too Many Mornings.

Parts of this album really are awesome to me, namely 'Cross the Breeze and Teen Age Riot. Sounds like a bunch of people in their garage jammin and given this released in 1988, it was probably pretty unique. This album might need another listen for me to actually enjoy it, though. Don't know exactly why, didn't really click with me as I listened through it.

Didn't like this as much as Live at Folsom Prison, but Johnny shows off his charisma and instant rapport with the people at San Quentin through this album and it's still quite fun. The highlight here is A Boy Named Sue, but the double play of San Quentin is also quite good.

This album is so cool. Had I been born in the 70s, maybe I would have been goth, because The Cure just has a sound that oozes style. While I liked much of the album, In Your House really surprised me, followed by Three. I also liked A Forest, Seventeen Seconds, and I'm a Cult Hero. Great album.

This is one of the first albums where I was caught listening to the drums specifically because they were doing such amazing things. I know Niel Peart was at the top of the class and it shows here, as it's creative and confident. Overall the music is pretty great here, even if I don't love the songs Tom Sawyer or Limelight. YYZ is awesome, and I liked Red Barchetta a lot as a more traditional song.

I feel cooler having listened to this. Not sure if how this album is viewed in the hip-hop community, or if it is mandatory listening, but it was new to me and underground rap is a genre I've never dug into. My favorite was definitely No. 1 St., while Bladerunners was also pretty great (shout out El-P, cool to hear your stuff earlier than RTJ). There were some cool soundscapes on display here, and the poem in the last track is pretty cool too. Interested in more rap in this style.

I think it's hilarious that the 70s funk bands have to use the word funk in all of their songs. It's come up twice now between Parlinent and Funkadelic, just a week ago. Funk is pretty fun and it keeps me bobbing along. I think I liked One Nation Under a Groove by Funkadelic a little more, but this was cool too. Unfunky UFO was my favorite here.

There is no way I could listen to most of these songs in any sort of casual or social setting other than a college party. Vulgar and almost every song starts with a cold cut skit that I wish I could trim in the apple music app. With that being said, Snoop does have a pretty sick flow and the music in the backgrounds of the raps are pretty consistently good-to-great. I can deal with the obscenity of the album, it doesn't really offend me, but it does lose a star just for all the song intros.

How has my wife heard of this while I never have? I guess it's thanks to the Simpsons. The title track is undoubtedly epic. It brings you on a journey, a very long, likely LSD-laced journey, but it works well. However good it is, I'm not adding a 17min track to my playlist, so I got to pick something else from the album. The next best here was Most Anything You Want, which has some pretty sick bass and synth towards the end. The 1st side feels so brisk compared to the 2nd side.

This is probably the most accessible jazz album from this era that I've listened to. The songs are creative and musically impressive, but without challenging the listener too much with complex time signatures. On here I like Move, Moon Dreams, and Rouge the most.

This was incredible. Soulful, musical, thoughtful, and ultimately tragic. I'm sure this was even more powerful furing the Vietnam war, but it sadly still works today. I've heard other R&B music on this list that I really liked, particularly Al Green, but this one really did reach into my soul.

Parts of this album were pretty cool (King Kunta. Alright), and other parts were, uhh, not (Institutionalized). It was cool hearing George Clinton after getting Funkadelics and Parliment this week. I think overall i liked it more than Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.

This was a strange one, a twisted mess of genres that was so different, it really stood out to me. I don't think all of the rock/ country mash up worked, but it was funky and cool anyway. My favorite was definitely Darkness and Doubt.

What a monumentous album. So many hits and classics. Greenday was the definition of punk when I was growing up, and you either loved them or hated them. 30 years later, this album is witty and Billy Joe Armstrong has such a good rock voice. I had never listened to the full album but I might as well have since almost everything here is a radio staple. My favorite that was new to me was probably In The End.

I don't like Van Morrison's music. Brown Eyed Girl is one of the most boring classic songs that sees regular play today, and now with 2 of his albums via this playlist, I'm still not a fan. This album is a lot more jazzy than I expected, but it still isn't for me. If I had to pick a favorite track from here, I'd go with The Way Young Overs Do.

I've had a The Jam and a Style Council album, and I had no idea they were related to each other through this Paul Weller. This album was completely new to me, and I haven't listened to a lot of 90s pop rock. It's supremely produced, the music and singing is really crisp and sounds great. For the tunes themselves, it's a nice sound; at times I was bopping along, and at others I zoned out because it sounded similar to other parts. My favorites here are probably Wild Wood, Ends of the Earth, and 5th Season.

I wasn't expecting much from this album as I don't typically like pop, but maybe I do? This surprised me in nice ways, as the music was far more interesting and the lyrics more intricate than whatever I was planning on hearing. Around Stupid Thing, the album starts picking up. Jacob Marley's Chain through I Could Hurt You Now sounded really good to me.

The Talking Heads rock. Funky, quirky, funny at times, this was a very enjoyable album. Cities and Air were my favorites but the whole album worked for me. Definitely feels like the start of a shift in the music that came before and what would come in the 80s.

Band On The Run has always been a cool song and fortunately there was much more to listen to past the title track on this one. Bluebird and Mrs. Vanderbilt are fun, as is Picasso's Last Words. It's bubbly and poppy in a way that will always compare to the Beatles, but it holds up well with its own identity.

Nothing really outstanding in this album. Also, I try to separate the music from the artist, but the best thing here was the Bob Marley cover of I Shot the Sheriff, which is kind of ironic. I had a Wings album yesterday from the same year and I liked it much more. There is some good guitar work, but nothing that really stood out. My favorite was Let It Grow.

Never heard of this guy and, wow, it is a shame that he died, because this was awesome. First, his voice is really good. There is a lot of emotion in how he sings and it sounds nostalgic yet new, maybe because of the 90s sound. Also the song structures continuously surprised me. My favorites here are Grace, So Real, and Lover, You Should Have Come Over.

Strage album the I liked a lot at times and also didn't at others. The singles on it are my least favorite here. E-Pro and Girl are pretty standard and boring alt rock to me that I've heard too much before. But others here were new that I really liked. The standout for me was Missing. Qué Onda Guero and Scarecrow were cool too. All in all, I liked the album.

This is so ahead of its time. It sounds like Sleater-Kinney or some other 90s indie garage rock, but almlst 15 years earlier. Crazy, and it sounds pretty great for a garage band. Given the limited scope of the instruments, many parts of it sound similar, but it still largely works and I'm really impressed with this sound vs what was popular in the era. Switch eas my favorite, and Jigsaw Feeling did a good job of priming me for the album.

I have heard the song Epic probably hundreds of times, and I never once asked who sang this. And i definitely didnt know it was an 80s song, though mid 90s grunge era. This album by Faith No More is kind of ridiculous, but its fun in that way. It doesnt take itself too seriously, as evident by the lyrics in Zombie Eaters, and its cover of War Pigs is seriously great. I think my favorite is probably Woodpecker from Mars, but Falling to Pieces is good too.

This is the 3rd George Clinton album I've had in a month, but it was probably my least favorite. The opener Maggot Brain is pretty good and I swear I was listening to Hendrix in it with how expressive the guitar was. But the rest of the album didn't really strike me a funk album and was pretfy different from what I expected. I knew the riff in Can You Get To That, which was cool. I like what this group will become more than I like this album.

This is a pretty tranquill easy rock/country album that was a pretty nice listen. I appreciated something a little slower compared to what ive listened to in the past couple days. There is a stretch early in the album that I reallh enjoyed from Silver Raven, to No Other, to Strength of Strings (best in show on this album).

Common is a good rapper, and I like his style and flow a lot compared to his other contemporaries. It's fast and thoughtful, and the beats are suprisingly musical. Some of the lyrics are dated, particularly the homophobic phrases, I wonder if his newer music includes sentiments like this still. My favorite was Ghetto Heaven, though Dooinit, The Light, and The Question were all good too.

This album was kind of dark and definitely different than most of the music I've gotten here, and I am liking it. I do like synth pop, and this feels pretty gothic at the same time. My favorite was Behind the Wheel, but Never Let Me Down Again, The Things You Said, and Pimpf were all pretty cool too.

This album was really, really fun. Reminds me of The Beatles or ELO with all the unique sounds and intruments that show up, but certainly with an 80s twist. Rise and Fall is a good example of instrumentation, chord progression, and tenpo work thay just stands out against a sea of pop. Ironically, Our House is the poppiest and most time tested song here, but I think there are much more interesting songs here.

Emotional album and it feels like a very personal conversation between Cave and the world, almost like a prayer. Is it the most enjoyable album? Not really. It's like being read a poem for 1 hour. It is beautiful, full of grief, and tranquil at the same time, but also largely the same throughout and, as an album, doesn't really scratch that itch for me.

Ive only ever known Pulp for Common People, a funny rock song that also goes kind of hard. This album also carries that humor and tone. Jarvis Cocker is a clever, tongue in cheek artist. And the music sounds good too. I like this sound from a decsde that is typically pretty grumpy. My favorites are Help the Aged, Seductive Barry, and I'm a Man.

Damon Albarn is one of my favorite artists, primarily because of his work on the Gorillaz, but this Blur album is just ok. It's good Britpop, but he definitely comes across as uninterested in a lot of this album. My favorites are Beetlebum, M.O.R., and Death of a Party. I look forward to some eventual Gorillaz on this setlist.

This album is a vibe and it is good. I really enjoyed this and it holds up pretty well for an album that's almost 50 years old. Moody, awesome bass grooves, and fun to listen to. The songs are mostly similar, but it works foe this album. Day of the Lords is my favorite, but it's all good.

By far the weirdest shit on this list so far, and it definitely is not good. But I don't think it's trying to be, and it has a clear identity, so it's actually kind of interesting? I wouldn't say I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I can't think of a situation where I would fire this up, but overall I didn't hate it. Constantinople is the best here and sets the tone for the next half hour. Other standouts to me are Lizard Lady, Bach is Dead, and Blue Rosebuds. Strange experience.

Great old school rap. ATCQ is pretty refreshing after listening to a couple gangsta rap albums recently. They are lyrically deep, got more than one thing they rap about, and have some awesome background grooves. My favorites here are Footprints, I Left My Wallet in El Segundo, and Description of a Fool.

This and Nick Drake have sold me on this slower, more intimate folk music. Bert is a great songwriter, and he is incredible at guitar. There are complex riffs and instrumental pieces throughout this album that were very technically impressive, hidden under the facade of simple folk music. There were several that I loved here: Needle of Death, Alice's Wonderland, Angie, The Casbah, and I Have No Time. Amazing album.

Prog Rock isn't for everyone, but I've always liked just how expressive each instrument can be in a good prog rock album and this one is pretty spectacular, especially for the year it was written. Exiles and The Talking Drum were definitely my favorites, where a steady climb from organized drums into group choas by the end feels like a full journey. There were parts that were just ok, though. I didn't love the title track or the opening half of Easy Money. Still, glad I listened.

Definitely a unique album. Not quite pop, not really rock or alternative rock, at least not what was popular at the time. I'm sure this album was quite provocative in the era it came out, I bet it has aged decently as well. To me, the music was consistently interesting and I liked it quite a bit. My favorites being The One You Love, Hometown Waltz, and Old Whore's Diet.

Wow, flat out wow; I was floored by this album. I've never listened to Janelle Monáe, learned she has a small part in We Are Young by fun. And I know she was in Glass Onion as an actress, but damn is her own music the standout for me. This album opens with one of the tightest 6 songs groupings I've heard on this playlist, between Dance or Die through Tightrope. Not a miss in there, and so many of my favorite musical elements are present. Deep grooves, good instrumentals, great voice. There's even a pysch rock track in Neon Valley Sign. Even the back half of this album is rock solid. This is one of the easiest 5s I've given here.

Cool to hear some world music here, it's nothing I would have ever seeked out on my own. It's good, but not amazing. Surprised how much Latin influence there is throught the soundtrack. My favorite is Aaina Wohi Rehta Hai, this one is really nice with good singing and destinctive Indian intruments and sounds. I also liked the Romantic Theme and Mera Pyar Shalimar

This really didn't do too much for me to stand out from the other bands of this era. There's been so much from these couple years that it's hard to get excited about something from this decade if it doesn't immediately grab me. The production is above average, and some songs are a good time, like Live Has Found a Way and Street Worm. Others, like Animal Zoo, were kind of irritating to me.

This is my favorite Arctic Monkeys album. Witty lyrics, catchy riffs, grooving basslines, it has it all. I've listened to this album a lotin the past compared to most items on this list, and my favorites have always been Mardy Bum and Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured, but everything on this album works. Though the band has changed a lot over the years, this is an album that's easy to come back to.

I've loved the Emmylou and Trio albums I've been given so far on this list, but this album does not scratch that same itch. It's a decades later Emmylou, and much of this album is pretty boring light-country pop that sounds very 2000s without being special. That being said, Hpur of Gold is quite good, and I also liked J'ai fait tout too. Overall though, not sure this deserved to be here.

Super chill album full of vibes. Portishead's Dummy is a very easy listen. The beats and samples are creative without being chaotic. Which happens a lot in electronic music. And Beth Gibbons' voice is very soothing, it just works perfectly for the tone rhey set across this album. I really like the opening four tracks, with It Could Be Sweet probably be favorite of the group.

Missy Elliott has style and this album drips with it, though it just isn't my favorite style of hip hop/ rap. Good flow, it seems effortless, but the content in the songs is either unrelateable or boring to me. Some of the backing tracks are pretty cool and I'm glad I listened. My favorite here is Hit 'Em wit da Hee.

What a ferocious drum showcase this album is! Kuti brings in his funky jam session with Cream drummer Ginger Baker and he just rips through these 4 songs, including a near 15 solo towards the end. It's a really great listen between musicians that are willing to let each other shine. Ye Ye De Smell was my favorite.

I haven't listened to a lot of Springsteen before, and I don't think I'm missing a lot. For an album that has many of his hits and classics, I found it largely simple, music wise, and most of the songs were very similar. I think I was going a little insane hearing the snare on the 2nd and 4th beat every song. That being said, Cover Me is great, and he does a good job putting out mysic that feels like the daily grind of being an American.

Very 80s pop, very light, could definitely see it being played on a yacht. I kept thinking that this sounds boring, but I also liked it way more than I expected. Maybe I just liked that the songs evolved as they went, like Slowdown Sundown, which has a fun bridge. I also liked Second-Hand Woman and Arc of a Diver. Overall, a mid album that kept my attention throughout it's runtime.

I had forgotten all about Celtic rock, but this was awesome. I'm not sure I could listen to this for a long time, but the hour runtime was fun. It's Irish, or course, but it had a surprising amount of depth and sound range. I was immediately caught off guard by the Turkish Song of the Damned. The Medley, Sketches of Spain, and Fairytail of New York were other ones that stuck out to me. I'll give this one another listen next St. Patty's Day.

Summer Breeze was so good i didn't mind the 3 versions that were on the Apple version of this album. That song is beautiful, as is The Highways of My Life, and What It Comes Down To. Soulful singing, funky music, ripping solos, this is a perfect soul album.

Chef is cooking here, this is a very soulful, funky, and seductive album. It's not really one I think I would come back to, as the songs are not very digestible on their own. Hyperbolicsyllabilicsesquedalymystic is the song that best stands on its own, and even that one is 9.5 mins. Overall, good album but not my favorite soul I've had on this list.

Amazing album, Nas has probably my favorite flow of the hip hop artists from the 90s/2000s. Some of the best hooks I've heard are here, with N.Y. State of Mind, Life's a Bitch, The World is Yours, and One Love standing out. There wasn't any duds on this album, I could easily revisit it. Even the backing music is interesting, with pianos and cellos appearing throughout. Easy 5.

Flava Flav is absolutely hilarious on this album with his yeaaaah boooooys. It's hard to take him serious, but I also dont think he knows this. Overall, it's pretty good, with lots of topics that are thought provoking and I'm sure this hit differently in the late 80s. I liked this much, much more than Run DMC, which played so safe and bland it was almost painful. Good group act that definitely left its impression on the industry.

I had almost no folk exposure before this journey, but I've found I quite like it. It's a nice changeup to my typical listens, and it normally surprises me, and this album is no different. The first song is awesome. Joan sings like she was greatly betrayed in Silver Dagger, and I like how somber it hits towards the ends of the verses. The album is a little long, but I liked it throughout.

I can't really tell if I like Prince or not. It's very 80s pop, but done pretty well. It's almost nauseating at times with overproduced drums and synths, but then there are some magical solos sprinkled throughout that rock pretty hard. The lyrics are pretty thirsty, particularly in It and If I Was Your Girlfriend. I think my favorite was Play In The Sunshine, up until it plays Shave and a Haircut. So maybe U Got The Look is my favorite here? I'm sure there is more Prince on this list, at least Purple Rain, so I'm hoping to like that more.

Metallica just rocks. The syncopation throughout their music has always been so crisp and I just really like hearing it in songs like Eye of the Beholder. One is definitely the best overall song here, but it was actually the only one I knew from this album. Still, it was a great album. Metallica makes metal music that is accessible, but the execution is just so good that it still stands above its peers.

The Avalanches, but 15 years earlier. Sample electronica that works pretty well and actually has aged pretty well in my opinion. There are highlights with Stop This Crazy Thing (insanely fun song) and People Hold On. Lots of disk scratching and sampling and weird sounds, I liked it a lot.

Maybe I've had too much electronica in the last week that it was hard for me to focus on this. A lot of it sounded the same, probably in part to the super common drum beat over most the tracks. It felt like I was watching a commercial for Six Flags or something towards the end. I think it's fine music and produced well, it just didn't stand out to me. I think 10th and Crenshaw as my favorite, but it was almost a 12 way tie.

Pieerful album that sadly has many of the same cultural issues today as it did 34 years ago when it came out. Many of the songs here are bangers with awesome beats, like 911 Is a Joke, Burn Hollywood Burn, and Fear if a Black Planet. The lyrics are non-apologetic in how it talks about being black in America, with some of the breaks like Incident at 66.6 FM being particularly brutal, but funny at the same time. Flava Flav was much better here than in It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, in my opinion.

Fast and furious lyrics with some pretty fun flow and awesome backing music cannot save this album from the really trashy lyrics. I know Eminem was young and rebellious and a lot of his lyrics are his method of lashing out, but damn this is pretty vile at times. I do like most of the music and if I zone out and don't focus on the lyrics, it works pretty well. But then when I snap back to it, I can't possibly listen to this on good faith on a normal listen.

It was refreshing to listen to something I'm more familiar with. I don't know a lot of Hot Chip, but I've always enjoyed what I knew in Flutes, Haurache Lights, and Over and Over. This album has some really great songs. My favorites are a Beatles-esque Now There is Nothing and also Look at Where We Are. Flutes is also great. Now this album is longer than it needs to be, and there is a fair amount of mid content on it, but great listen.

Very Flaming Lips. It's an ok album that listened fine but it wasn't my favorite. Holes and Tonite it Shows are good, didn't really care for Endlessly.

The title track is pretty cool here, but it's impact is dimished by 45 minutes of piano ballads back-to-back. This album is ok, with my favorites being Tiny Dancer, the aforementioned Madman, and Holiday Inn. I think Goodbye Yellowbrick Road was a more fun album.

This album gets a full star bonus just for I Want to Be Adored, and a bonus star for releasing this all the way back in 1989. This song could have released yesterday and it would still be a banger. This album was really good, with a great trio to open. Didn't love Don't Stop, but it has a unique style, almost like it's played backwards. The rest of the album is timeless and holds up very, very well. My favorites are I Wanna Be Adored, Waterfall, Bye Bye Bad Man, and Made of Stone.

My first introduction The Queens of the Stone Age was 3's and 7's in Guitar Hero and I always thought that song was pretty cool. Working my way through this album, though, and it's a bit raw and undercooked. Feels like it's missing something that keeps it engaging for the full hour long album length. Maybe the riffs are a little too droning and repetative. I thinkmy favorite riff on the album is from These Are Not the Droids You're Looking For, and I also liked The Bronze, How to Handle a Rope, and You Can't Quit Me Baby. But I didn't really love any of it.

This makes me want to sit outside in the warm sun and just be. It's so smooth and relaxing and makes me want to just sleep on a beach. Soukora and Gomni are great, but I think I give the edge to Gomni for the the great jam on its backhalf. Love the communal drums and guitar throughout by Ry Cooder. Good listen.

Good rocking classic rock. Proud Mary and Good Golly Miss Molly are classic, but the best song on this brief album is Penthouse Pauper. I also enjoyed the blues we got here.

The Toy Story guy opens with some hard R's in his first song. I don't really agree with the hypocrisy callout that Newman signals to in Rednecks because, while there are many racial issues in America's largest cities, it's still progress from literal slavery. The rest of this album sounds ok, I kind of like his distinct voice and the clarinets present throughout the album.

The Talking Heads are the perfect blend of pop and weird. They bring a chaotic energy to the 80s along with a ton of different sounds used in ways you won't find anywhere else. My favorites here are Born Under Punches, The Great Curve, and Once In a Lifetime. The rest of the album doesn't hold those highs, but it's still a great album.

Damn this sounds like high school. It's pop punk, fast and fun. It's oftentimes dumb but I can't help but love it. Ive known all these songs for a while, and my favorites on this album are probably Come Out and Play and Self Esteem, but I was looking for a new one to appreciate and I think Killboy Piwerhead scratches the itch for me.

I love the Gorillaz. This isn't even an album I've heard all of before, I normally go to Demon Days. But this was incredible top to bottom. They've always fused sounds that shouldn't work and it just does. There are so many great tracks here that caught my attention from whatever I was doing. Of the songs I didn't really know (sorry Clint Eastwood), I was floored by 5/4 and Double Bass. But this album flaunts electronica, raegae, latin, R&B, and Brit pop as it bobs and weaves through it's many genres. Awesome debut by an awesome band.

Go listen to the Pokemon Johto Theme and tell me that the chorus isn't a straight rip of Mother and Child Reunion. Paul's first album after splitting from Garfunkel is really strong and has some great singer/songwriter pieces. There isn't a lot of weak stuff here, with my favorites being the aforementioned Reunion, Duncan, and Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard. I want to lay in a hammock on an early spring day and relax to this album.

Little Richard brings a very fun energy and his awesome, unique voice to this collection of songs. In the 50s, I'm sure this was seen as an evolution of what music could be, even if now it seems sterotypical. My main gripe woth the album is it's very samey throughout in it's sounds and themes. My favorite is probably Rip It Up, an early "I got Money!" song that you hear everywhere in music today.

I always appreciate the world music we get here because it is always new to me. Sometimes the comments rag on something for not being representative or not the best to offer from an artist, but I still find myself enjoying much of the world music in this list. Jorge Ben Jor is no exception and this album is incredibly strong. More traditional sounds mixed with Brazillian music leads to a great listen. I particularly liked O Plebeu, such a happy sounding song (I dont speak Portuguese, so hopefully it actually is). My other standouts are Taj Mahal and Cavaleiro do Cavalo Imaculado.

This album makes me think of a sleepy, dusty Texan town. Definitely dated and it lacks a lot of the charm from some of the other early country we've gotten here like Ray Price. Mostly a boring album to me, though the harmonizing is solid. My favorite was probably Katie Dear.

Now I can see why Prince was so popular. Compared to Singing O The Times, i enjoyed this album much, much more. The opening to this album is awesome, with 1999, Luttle Red Corvette, and my personal favorite, Delirious. This album is a sex-crazed synth party, and it's simple drum machines and repetative pop notes somehow works for me. It's very confident in its identity, so much so that the ending of Let's Pretend We're Married somehow feels earned and not cringe.

These songs are so over saturated and I don't even care. Ever since I first played Guitar Hero 3 and heard Welcome to the Jungle, this album has been iconic to me. I love Slash's solos in most of these songs and it's a really great hybrid of pop and metal that meets at the exact right spot. And Axl Rose has a great rocker voice. Dirty and drug fueled, but not ashamed of it. For the playlist, I'll probably pick It's So Easy or My Michelle so I don't have to hear one of the oversaturated singles (though they're all still good).

It's too bad it's a challenge to listen to this artist, because this is some strange but interesting music. Feels more like a play than an album, and it sounds far older than 1988, almost like WW2 propoganda. Some of these songs are quite cool, like You Have to Pay. Definitely unique among this 300 albums I've had so far.

This album was awesome. All synth, but not nearly as cheesy as some other synth pop from the era. The music is interesting with some pretty unique structures. Rent is an easy standout on this album for me, but What Have I Done to Deserve This? and It's a Sin are really cool too. I thoroughly enjoyed this listen.

I love pop electronica. This feels like a precursor to dubstep, where I feel electronic really started pushing the boundaries for exotic "Transformer" sounds. Similar to the group Ratatat. The best here is Genesis, D.A.N.C.E., and Stress, which is genuinely stressful.

I really enjoyed this album right off the bat. 2 + 2 = 5 has a distinct Radiohead haunted wispiness to it that is so recognizable, though it's a song I'd never heard before. Much of the album is solid, with only one being a single I've heard a lot of, being There There. I also really liked Sail to the Moon and Where I End and You Begin.

Indie emo band, it was ok. I thought I'd like it more since I was enjoying the more garage rock vibe, but it just didn't click with me. My favorites are Novacoaine for the Soul, Mental, and Your Lucky Day in Hell.

Oh What a World is a strong opener, but the album didn't carry through for me and it was definitely a tad too long. Overall, I'm glad I listened toboth Want One and Want Two, but not sure the next time I'll come back.

Dylan is definitely a great somgwriter and story teller. It's always vivid and I liked it more than I thought I would. The guitars in this on definitely liven up the album without concealing his stories. Some of them are quite fun, like Bob Dylan's 115th Dream and Maggie's Farm. Good album.

Can definitely tell it's Brazillian and also that it's from the 60s. It's a pretty fun album with some beach party songs like Alegria, Alegria, Superbacana, and Soy Loco Por Ti America. I definitely liked some of the other Brazillian music I've gotten here more, like Elis Regina.

I enjoyed how the album started but it's honestly mostly generic Brit rock from the era. I was pretty done with it by the end and none of it really pulled my attention to really focus on it. How Could I Be Wrong or Show Girl got to be my favorites here.

There are a couple of painfully boring songs here, like Driftwood, that derailed any enjoyment I had for this album. It sounds like 100 other albums from this era without doing anything unique to pull it ahead of its competitors. As You Are and Why Does It Always Rain On Me? were pretty enjoyable on an album that doesn't do enough.

You can tell when an artist has the sauce, and Pink Floyd has the sauce. Both prog rock jams, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5 and Pts. 6-9, are awesome and sound fascinating and feel like a true journey. While Wish You Were Here is a classic, I think I liked Have a Cigar a touch more. Definitely an album you have to commit to the whole thing for, as each song doesn't work too well individually, but if you have the time, then it's a really awesome 45 mins.

I enjoyed this significantly more than I expected, even if it doesn't do anything particularly outstanding. Some poppy rock made for an easy listen, but I was fully satisfied by the end, and didn't feel compelled for a second listen. Cut Across Shorty or Lady Day are probably my favorite here.

This album is good stupid fun. The lyrics are truly dumb and the music is sickeningly 80s. There are so many over produced arena hair rock anthems here that it actually is impressive. And it actually slaps pretty hard and was much, much better than the Bon Jovi album I've had. As dumb as it all is, my head was bopping along consistently thinking, "hey, why am I not hating this?". Overall, I think Women was my favorite, though I liked 2/3rds of Rocket more, it just meanders a bit much.

Such a cool album. This was pretty much all new to me, though I've heard some other Massive Attack before. To learn this is basically the beginning of trip-hop, thay really nailed it and it still sounds amazing today. It's very stylish with some good hooks and samplings. I really loved One Love, Be Thankful for What You've Got, and Unfinished Symphony.

Right from the beginning, this blew me away. I think it's fair this group has a style where they crush the instrumentals with a rock or blues lick, the singer sings the name of the song, and the backing vocals echo him back. But it's just so great and it's nothing I would have found on my own. Soubour is an awesome opener, though I think my favorite was Jolie.

I've known White Denim through a couple of singles on their Stiff album. But god damn are they really good. Initially sounds like it might be some generic indie rock, but the instrumentals in this are so awesome, particularly the drums and lead guitar, that many of the songs become full face melting jams. Back at the Farm and Bess St. are exactly what I'm looking to find in this journey.

For a 60s band, its cool to hear one that is of the era, but also not completely ripping off the Beatles. I liked this a lot, with my ear first catching on Renaissance Fair. Also liked Everybody's Been Burned. Good psych pop.

This was so much better than Born in the U.S.A. to me. A lot more rock ballad and actually feels like it brings something unique to the music scene from the mid 70s. I quite liked Meeting Across the River and Tenth Avenue Freeze Out.

Pretty solid electronic music, though I don't know when I would come back. Cool sounds, very rhythmic. I enjoyed Pacific 202 and 808080808 the most. Also special shoutout to the Sonic trampoline sound in Donkey Doctor.

This era of rock has a special, albiet extremely laced in nostalgia, spot in my heart. Sounds like the radio station I would drive to in my first car. Some songs in here are staples of that time, like Stellar, Drive, and Pardon Me. The rest is mostly new to me, but it still feels comfy. It's not an amazing album, but one that I thoroughly enjoyed.

Is it pretentious? Yeaa, definitely, just look at the somg titles. But is it good? Also yeaa, it's great. It meanders a lot, and the trumpet riffs are a little repetitive, but it's an easy listen with some grand moments. I've heard many of this before, like Chicago, Come On! Feel thr Illinoise!, and Casimir Pulaski Day, but got to say that I was floored by The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders.

It's almost how unfair with how huch better Mrs. Robinson is than the rest of this album. I don't love this era of alt/ indie rock as it all kind of blends together and that same effect is apparent here to me. Standard garage band rock. I like Confetti the most from this album.

This is good classic, pre-Beatles rock. Money, in particular, is a blast of a song with great vocals and slamming piano keys. The rest of the album is pretty iconic, though also stereotypical 50s with tunes like Great Balls of Fire and Good Golly, Miss Molly, which Little Richard did better.

Too bad this isn't available to stream because I enjoyed it a decent amount. My favorite was Western Sky. It's a softer indie rock album, a style I like much more than the Dinosaur Jrs. and Lemonheads of this era. Good song writing, the others I liked here were Lonely and Firefly.

Man The Police are weird. Really weird, and I had no idea. This album is quirky and goes a bunch of different directions, and it almost all works for me. First, Message in a Bottle has been a favorite of mine since Guitar Hero 2. But the rest of this album has some real oddities, like Deathwish, the punky On Any Other Day and No Time This Time, and the funky Contact, or their other stalker anthem Does Everyone Stare. I think Synchronicity is still a little better, but this was a great album.

I do not like shoegaze music. It's long, overly distorted, and meandering. It doesn't have any of the charm or creativity of prog rock, and it sounds like what you would play in a dive bar when you dont want anyone to actually realize there is music playing. I think this was slightly better than my bloody valentine and definitely better than Jesus and the Mary Chain, but by the track Brainstorm Interlude, I remembered I just don't care for it. So It Goes was an ok song.

Had no expectations going into this, but holy smokes was this incredible. Kind of a strange, dry, folksy, indie rock hybrid album. But these songs have depth and story telling, and they evolve over their durations repeatedly. My favorite example of this is Eid Ma Clack Shaw. The verses talk about a dream state that supposedly lets him visit a person he has lost, or maybe not? And then he talks about being gifted the perfect song in his dreams and when he wakes, finds out it was all gibberish. While this is a funny twist, the music here speaks with conviction that, somewhere in the nonsense, the perfect songs exists here. It also just generally slaps. Several songs are great, like The Wind and the Dove, My Friend, and All Thoughts Are Pret to Some Beast. Awesome album.

So many hard rock classics here. This album kicks the door open with the opening riff of Them Bones and just holds this unrelenting vibe for the next hour. The album feels suppresive with how dark it can feel, but it nails the tone it's aiming for. Layne Staley has an awesome rock voice and the guitar here is so engaging that I can't help but get pulled in. I already knew many of these (Them Bones, Down in a Hole, Rooster, Angry Chair, and Would?... seriously, this many great songs?), but of the ones new to me, my favorite is Dirt.

Not sure how I feel about this one. Brian Eno is bringing many awesome sounds together, and it sounds like the specific precursor to Remain in Light. But it also sounds like it's the homework to the final exam. It's a work in process. Innovative, maybe, but I think capturing his sound in something more complete, like his Talking Head albums that are already on this list, is more appropriate for a list like this.

This album is absolutely timeless, as I never would have placed it in 1983. Punk, raw, alternative, and could have been released a decade or two later and fit right in. Blister In The Sun is classic, but I liked much of this album, including Gone Daddy Gone, Kiss Off, and Good Feeling. A coming of age album that is incredibly genuine.

I liked this a lot, even more than Document. As a debut, this stands out very strongly against the early 80s and makes sense that they are as influential as they are. We Walk has a really fun riff that is bops hard and was probably my favorite here, but I enjoyed Pilgrimage and Shaking Through a lot as well.

Santana is just so cool. Latin infusion, heavy jazz influences, and it just flat out rocks. Another Guitar Hero classic for me with Black Magic Woman, but I think my favorites are Incident at Neshabur and the reflective Samba Pa Ti. Santana is so expressive with his guitar, it's really one of a kind.

I definitely started liking this much more on a second listen. I dont think the second half of the album very good, but The Passion of Lovers, Of Lilies and Remains, and Hillow Hill are very good underground Brit rock. I really enjoy the simple but addictive bass groove in Of Lilies snd Remains. The singing still has some goofy 80s twang to it, but overall, good album.

80s dance pop that, while it sounds pretty cool and the production is well done, doesn't have any sounds that pulled my attention. I like the riffing in Face Up in its opening moments, though I think Sunrise is my favorite here.

Morrissey must have really pissed a lot of people off because all of The Smiths reviews are full of haters. And maybe that makes me pretentious becuase I loved all of them, especially this one. It was all new to me and it was awesome from the very first song. A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours is excellent. I started Something I Couldn't Finish was also quirete strong. Girlfriend in a Coma is a bit disturbing, and I'm sure it's meant to be funny, but it's not quite ironic enough to nail that tone. The only blenish for me on this album.

As far as world music goes, this feels the most genuine that I have heard here. There's been some western style music performed by Afridan artists, but this is very unique. A lot of repetative drumming or chanting, it's not necessarily the most inspiring music for me personally, but I do appreciate getting to hear some music that was truely new to me.

What an album, the Pet Shop Boys rule. Its very 80s, but almost self reflective as the decade was rolling over. The production is clean, the singing is confident, and I just really enjoyed the synth instrumentation throughout. How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously? Was my early standout, but I also loved Being Boring, My October Symphony, and Nervously. Great album that had my attention the whole time.

Classic garage rock, Teenage Fanclub has a good sound. Not too grungy, not too heavy, not too Dinosaur Jr., it's a sound that I enjoyed throughout. The Concept and What You Do To Me are awesome songs that I still hear on indie stations today and it certainly feels influential. I also liked December and Sidewinder. The album does suffer a little from being a little too samesy, but it's a solid sound they locked into.

One of the first albums I had on my iPod, I used to really love Coldplay. This album and Parachutes are great. And while its still pop rock here, it's not nearly as dreadful as their post Viva la Vida work that really turned me off to them as a group. My favorites are In My Place, Clocks, and Green Eyes, though The Scientist is very good too. It's one of my gateways to softer rock and it helped me be more reflective on music when I was younger.

What a terrible group name for a band that is pretty ok. I was expecting a lot more psychadelia, which didn't really happen. Theres some songs I really enjoyed, like Juxtaposed with U and especially Presidential Suite, but most of the album was pretty forgettable.

This was a good album, particularly on the backend. Starting with Down By the River, it's a long song that has a solid jam on the back end. My favorite is up next with The Losing End (When You're On). It's folksy, country, and just the right flavor of blues for me that is very easy to listen to. Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets) and Cowgirl in the Sand were also quite nice. I liked the groove in the last one and I wasn't even bothered with how long winded and endless it seemed.

Techno to a T, this album fully owns its identity and it's amazing for it. The sounds, the themes, the vocals, everything is so robotic and it works amazingly. Maybe its because this sounds like nothing else on this playlist so far, but every song had me fully glued to its full weirdness. At 36 minutes, it doesn't overstay its welcome and I was glad this was included. The songs are all similar, but my favorite is maybe Spacelab or Neon Lights.

At a brisk 35 minutes, this album is pop rock at it's most fun. Great hooks, not too dark as we enter the grungy 90s, and just overall incredibly listenable. It's aged pretty well. I think my favorite was Feelin', but many on this album justified the second listen.

Classic rock and blues, exactly what you think of when you imagine the 50s. I had surprisingly never heard of Fats Domino, but he's obviously massively important and influential. I actually liked his sound a touch more than Little Richard. Blueberry Hill was my favorite, but the whole album was enjoyable, if a bit repetative.

Terrible album name, bad band name, but decent sound. Half punk, half grunge, this album feels like it was on the brink of some musical revolution. It doesnt quite tip the scales though, and never reaches the heights that are required to be considered great. I liked No One Has the most here.

American Girl is definitely the best song on this short debut album, but I kind of like Rockin' Around (With You) more. The album is so short, but very listenable. Overall, nothing too inspirational for me, but an enjoyable listen.

At first I was kind of interested in listening to something that was completely new to me, but this pop album full of love ballads really isn't my thing. I kind of like the late 80s synths throughout the album, but they are honestly implemented in some of the most basic and safe ways possible. Every song being essentially the same doesn't help the score here either. Have a Heart is ok, so is Nick of Time.

The Ramones are awesome. OG punk that holds up so well, you can hear direct influences in modern music, it doesn't have to be diluted much at all. Blitzkrieg Bop is insanely classic, but everything else here was new to me. Simple music, really, just a bunch of guys smashing the same chords quickly, but it works because it's so counter to everything else from the time. I like Chainsaw the most here. Kind of sounds like a punky Beach Boys.

Cool classic jazz that often has harsh and dissonant sounds, but leans into them to. Reate hooks. Right off the bat with Brilliant Corners, it's abrasive and challenging, but about a minute in it takes off and starts bringing that motiff all around with a ton of different tones and vibes. I enjoyed this as someone who had never listened to Thelonious. Probably just behind A Love Supreme on my favorite Jazz from this playlist so far.

For how legendary Stevie Wonder is, I've never sat through an album of his before. All I can say is wow, what an album. These songs are layered with musical nuance, great singing, and deeply emotional moments. Smile Please opens the album on a high note and Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away sounds like very moving gospel. There aren't really amy low points here, with my other favorites being Too Shy to Say, Creepin', and Bird of Beauty. Loved it.

It's a fine album that didn't really do anything standout to me. I did like Walt Whitman's Niece and California Stars, but after that, it started fading into background noise and slipped from my attention. Nothing offensive, but I probably will not be coming back.

My second Bob Marley album in this list, and just as good. As memorable and influential Three Little Birds and One Love are, I think the beginning of the album is even stronger. It's darker and bluesier in So Much Things To Say and Guiltiness through Exodus. Maybe a little more consistent than Natty Dread (Rebel Music is still the best of both though).

The 50s really loved their Westerns. This album is full of outlaw tales and it's honestly great. Marty Robbins is an awesome story teller. Big Iron is such a cool opener, with a tale of Texas Red vs the Ranger. A lot of the album is similar, but Marty's voice is compelling enough to drive the album for it's whole length. Other standout is obviously El Paso, but I also liked The Master's Call and The Hanging Tree. Would definitely listen again if driving through any dusty old towns.

This is a Bamboo Banga. What a glow up from M.I.A.'s first album, which I enjoyed but didn't love. This one is loud, confident, full of crazy beats and sounds, and is just a kickass album through and through. Of course Paper Planes and Boyz are well known, but I liked the opener a lot, as well as 20 Dollar. This album is fully imbued with her Sri Lankan sound, which is cool for me.

There has been a couple of truly WTF albums on this list ( Captain Beefheart, looking at you), and this definitely belongs. And as insane as this album is, I don't actually hate it like I was bracing to. It starts at 11 and stays at 11 the whole time, with a furious drum background and dueling saxaphones just wailing for 45 mins straight. Despite this, it actually sounds decent and unique for much of the run time. It's like walking into the middle of a jam band 14 min song and you stepped in at the peak of the build up, but then it stays there for 45 mins. I wouldn't ever willingly listen to this again, I don't think, but I will think about it for some time this week. My favorite that stuck out to me was Feet Music. Strange stuff.

Another live R&B live album, and I'm still loving them. I'd never heard of Sam Cooke, but what a performance. Similar to the live albums of B.B. King and Sarah Vaughan, this oozes with charisma. It's also surprisingly well produced for a live album and the sounds are all so crisp. For the tunes themselves, Feel It (Don't Fight It) is awesome, but It's All Right / (I Love You) steals the show. One of the best live albums here so far.

The Verve is just not that interesting of a band to me. This era of music, late 90s, has some pretty dull mainstream music and the only thing saving this from a lower score is Bittersweet Symphony. Sonnet is a good song as well, but this album did not need to be an hour long.

Disco pop with a mega hit, it's not really my jam. Not groovy or funky enough to be my favorite from the genre, though there are still good songs here. I think Hunting High and Low is great and Take Me On is fun, if overplayed.

I was expecting to not love thid and that it might be like the AC/DC album that I didn't like, but then Back in the Saddle kicks you in the teeth and this album flies. These guys know how to make a catchy as hell hook and the instrument work is much closer to Guns N Roses than AC/DC. This was fun, though not amazing, and I really enjoyed it.

Another Radiohead album, another vibe. Such an interesting album because of how tuned in this specific sound is. If you are looking for a mellow and reflective album, it has it in spades, with my favorite being Pyramid Song. Most of this was new to me and I don't think it's an album I would come bsck to frequently, but maybe on a rainy day or when I have to sit down and study for a couple hours.

One of the oldest sounding oldies groups for sure. I find their music mostly boring, but California Dreamin is really, really good. I also really enjoyed I Call Your Name, a song new to me.

Ah Kings of Leon. This album took over the radio when I was in high school, primarily Sex on Fire amd Use Somebody. It's seriously hard to think of a place where these songs weren't playing at the time. I've listened to the rest of the album maybe once before this return and I got to say, it's a nostalgic trip and I really enjoyed the sound that this group brings. My new favorite from here is Revelry but I liked Closer too. It's a very clean and polished alt rock sound that isn't overly synthy like today's alt rock.

This might be my favorite Bowie album so far. It's simple and approachable, something that albums like Aladdin Sane can struggle with at times, but still really creative and catchy. This album sounds like a bridge between eras, where you can here some very Beatles-esque songs like Oh! You Pretty Things and Kooks, but then stuff that is more unique in style like Life On Mars?. Strggling to pick a favorite because I like Changes, Kooks, and Quicksand a lot. I think I'll go with Kooks since it's brand new to me.

I love Billie Holliday's voice. It's raspy but enthralling at the same time and is loaded with emotion. And the songs in this album have a beautiful background whispy chant that peak through on several songs that I really like. There are tons of examples in You've Changed, but it happens a lot. That's really the main negative on this album, all the songs are pretty similar in style, tempo, and progression. This could have been a 45 minute song. I wouldn't have minded so much if it was, as it's such an essy listen, but it does lose a point for that.

I did not expect to like this as much as I did. It's damn hooky, and even though it's a product of its time, the raps have a pretty good flow. Buffalo Style is cool, and I like Heart too. It's fun and often funny, I liked it a bunch.

Feel like I just woke up drunk in a seedy part of London. This is dirty and raw, not a clean production at all, and I kind of liked it but definitely didn't love it. Nothing in it really stuck in my mind after listening, but I enjoyed it as I went. As for alt rock of the late 80s, I definitley had a better time with other albums on this list, like Hüsker Dü. My favorite from this is Performance.

I find this album unbelievably dull. Each song feels like it's intended to be an anthem hit where the crowd can easily sing along, but there is no sauce in many of these songs. They're very safe and stereotypical pop lyrics, too, which doesn't feel too genuine. I wanted to give this a fair shot because I've had a hard time getting into pop, but this album falls into most of the pitfalls that keep me away. Perfectly listenable, offensively inoffensive. I won't get mad at hearing it on the radio, but I don't think I'd actively seek it out. Shake It Off and New Romantics are my favorite here, and I also liked "Slut!".

I must be blessed to have this the day after Swift's 1989. This is what I expected that album to sound like. Poppy, but diverse in sound. Trendy, but also moody. There are some great songs here, like Run, Baby, Run, Solidify, and What I Can Do for You (and All I Wanna Do is a certified banger). I swear this is what people think T Swift actually sounds like.

So much of this album sounds like video game background music, and I mean that in the greatest way possible. Many of these sound like they could be written today. It's groundbreaking and full of emotion while also being almost minimalist. There are a couple pop songs sprinkled throughout, but these are honestly mostly forgettable compared to the ambient music Eno brings to the table. My favorites are In Dark Trees, The Big Ship, Another Green World, and Spirits Drifting. Unique and cool.

A bunch of samesy rave music that I remember enjoying as a kid and I just can't really get into it here. It's repetative, but not creative, which is essential for electronica for me. It's more rave than house and it simply sounds very dated in today's soundscapes. I liked Funky Shit and Fuel My Fire enough, but it couldn't save this album for me.

Album oozing with creativity and unfinished ideas. For garage rock/ indie rock of the era, there are several songs that are really unique and don't sound like anything else, in the best way. I liked Speedy Marie, Fiddle Riddle, Ole Mulholland, and several others. Cool sounds, shredding guitar nonchalantly in the background. I think some of it is rather unfinished sounding, but overall, it's quite good. As expected from a member of the Pixies, it's ahead of it's time.

As much as I enjoyed the last couple Cure albums, this one was the most drab and dull. It might be more emo than the other ones (Disintegration, Seventeen Seconds), but not in a way I really enjoyed. No overly weird songs either, like Lullaby. Every song is also 45-75 seconds too long. If I'm picking a favorite song, it's going to be Siamese Twins.

I enjoyed this a ton for something I feared would be your standard fare 60s pysch rock. My standout is Trust, a funky call and response song with some cool chord progressions. The album is familair for it's era while having enough uniqueness to be worth the listen. I also liked The Journey and it's steady build into a chaotic ending. Some of the distortion is distracting, like the chorus in I See You, so it's far from a perfect album for me. But overall, I enjoyed this a bunch.

Each Bob Dylan album this playlist is giving me is having him grow on me more and more. His songwriting feels like watching a 3 act movie, they are full stories. There were several songs here I really enjoyed, like Ballad of a Thin Man and Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues and I found the mix of blues and rock particularly effective in this album.

Chaotic proto-punk, this is just hard for me to enjoy, similar to The Stooges. It's rebellious and angry, but has very basic riffs that repeat too often and isn't very fun to listen to. Now I did enjoy the dueling scales in Rocket Reducer No. 62 and that's definitely the most structured song on the list here.

A quintessential garage band, Dinosaur Jr is a little heavier than I expected them to be, only knowing Feel the Pain before this. The music takes many unexpected turns that make this album standout amongst so many similar albums that I've been given and I like it significantly more for that. My favorite is by far SludgeFeast, this song rocked. The whiney chorus sandwhiches an awesome solo and bridge that might be one of my favorite in this whole list so far. I was thinking of giving this 4 stars, but listening to SludgeFeast again while writing this is going to bump it up.

I've got to apologize to Mr. Pop because I was unfamiliar with his game. Who is this artist and how could he possibly have come from The Stooges. This is weird, funky, rhythmic, metallic, and a ton of other adjectives that are many steps removed from his punk past life. There's still some of the droning and repetative riffs that I commented on in his other music, but it works quite well here. Mass Production sounds like it was made in a factory and is a great song. But several others like Nightclubbing, China Girl, and Dum Dum Boys are just strange and awesome songs. It's a good thing he and Bowie were friends, because I think it evolved Iggy's music by several levels. This was an amazing album.

This album is very good and solid. I like Neil's writing style of blues and folk rock. Revolution Blues rocks, though I think I like Ambulance Blues the most here. I don't know why it evokes so much nostalgia for a song I've never heard, but I really enjoy the long journey this song takes me on.

Well consider me one of the people that learned today that Plataeu and Lake of Fire are not Nirvana songs and instead come from the Meat Puppets. This album is weird, mixes genres that normally aren't in the same room together, and is notably unpolished, and it stands out for all of those reasons. I think the 3 songs that appear on MTV Unplugged are probably the best here, but I enjoyed the other jamming bluegrass stuff the Meat Puppets performed here. My favorite is probably Aurora Borealis.

Double albums need to be good for this list because the time commitment can be hard, but this was well worth the time. I've only heard a couple of these songs, specifically Hey Ya and The Way You Move, but there was so much here I liked. It's funky, musically adventerous, and the raps are fast and furious. Also a ton of guest appearances. I liked Speakerboxx more than The Love Below, with my favorite track being The Rooster, it's just such an addictive backing track. Also, Outkast might be one of the best hook writers out there, so many great ones.

This is pretty good, very similar to TLC. I think it's a bit better due to some better hooks, but it's still an album of R&B love songs. There are classics here like Independent Women and Survivor, but I enjoyed a number of other songs, with my favorite being Emotion. I can really see why this was popular back in the day as the trios singing really makes this a nice listen.

It's an OK album. Pretty confident as a debut, but not as polished or fun as some of my favorites by them. Child of Time is a good song and the build up throughout has a nice payoff, but my favorite here is probably Flight of the Rat, I liked the drum solo at the end. A pure rock and roll band, solid listen but nothing very stand out for me. I'm sure this hit differently in 1970.

This album reminds me a lot of Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. album, including all the things that annoyed me about that. A snare drum every 2 beats for 45 mins and mostly samesy music. I will say that this had far more ambient music than I was expecting based on the radio edits of Under Pressure and Red Eyes that I've heard. Overall though, pretty underwhelmed by this album and by most of what I've heard from The War on Drugs in general. An Ocean In Between the Waves is a cool build up of a song.

This is way funkier than the punky Lisence to Ill, and it's amazing. Q-Tip and the Beastie Boys? C'mon, man. Seveal songs on here are great and I like them more than Sabatoge to be honest, like Get It Together, The Update, Do It, and Ricky's Theme. This album shows me how talented this trio was beyond their funny gag-rap that was prevelant all throughout their debut.

This is way funkier than the punky Lisence to Ill, and it's amazing. Q-Tip and the Beastie Boys? C'mon, man. Seveal songs on here are great and I like them more than Sabatoge to be honest, like Get It Together, The Update, Do It, and Ricky's Theme. This album shows me how talented this trio was beyond their funny gag-rap that was prevelant all throughout their debut.

Such a teenage sounding album, but wow did I love this. It definitely sounds like something a bunch of high schoolers wrote while screwing around with instruments, with childish but awesomely fun songs like Kung Fu or Girl from Mars. But at the same time, it's the right level of catchy and campy that makes many of these songs plain fun to listen to. A couple of them surprised me with just how good the songs actually were, with Goldfinger and Oh Yeah being my favorites.

There are moments of this prog rock album that I really enjoy. The Clap is a standout for me. Yours is a Disgrace has some really fun moments and I like the bluegrass second act of Starship Trooper. Many other parts of this album drag a bit long, even for prog rock. I could definitely find myself throwing this on while droning on some work in my garage. Solid prog, but not my favorite.

I've always thought it was funny that punk lyrics are basically I won't go to war for some country, or that working long boring jobs sucks and that those are somehow opinions that are counter culture. Anyway this album is awesome, excellent representation of the explosion of punk. It's fast, angry, musically simple and just is straight to the point rock. Pretty fun listening to this after a week of psychadelic and prog rock. My favorite is probably What's My Name, the one song I wish has a tad longer.

Somehow I've never listened tl this whole album despite it coming out when I was in high school. Electric Feel and Kids were everywhere, and while great songs, they were severely overplayed which I guess led to me keeling the album at a distance. What a mistake that was, because this is seriously incredible. Every track is inventive and exploratory, reminding me a lot of the Bowie I've heard on this list. The chorus in The Youth is ghostly, and entralling, as is 4th Dimensional Transition. Of Moons, Birds & Monsters has some cool moments in the middle, but the last 2 mins of the song are special. This whole album is a vibe and truly stands out amongst its peers from the decade.

I had no idea what I was getting into with this album, but man am I blown away. Never had heard of this group but their mix of jazz and rock is really spectacular. The bass is grooving throughout this entire album as the horns and piano take turns between David Clayton-Thomas' vocals, which are also awesome. Every song is a little crazy and it's common to see this group jump between sounds, like the ending of Spinning Wheel. And When I Die is a contemplative song and is a joy to listen to with hints of motown. I also really enjoyed Smiling Phases. Pretty much loved this whole thing, exactly what I'm looking for in this set list.

This rap feels so effortless. I had never heard of De La Soul, but I'm really enjoying the rap groups of this era, like ATCQ and the Roots. Cool samples from all over, groovy bass lines, and creative lyrics keep this sounding impeccable. I could listen to this all day. The best here is probably Eye Know, but I also liked Jenifa Taught Me, The Magic Number, Buddy (Q-Tip again, awesome), and Me Myself and I. Could probably do without the skits, but thats a genre problem more than this album.

When you think of blues, it probably sounds a lot like this. Soulful singing, harmonica, repeating lyrics on the hardships of life, and classic blues licks. I enjoyed this a lot despite never heard of Muddy Waters before. Looking at his wikipedia page, he was tremendously influential to a ton of artists. I liked I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man the most here. The only issue is that a lot of this Chicago style blues is fairly similar sounding.

Very experimental, and very cool. The only jazz I've heard so far that trows away convential music norms in this list has been A Love Supreme by Coltrane. This was easier to listen to, I think because of that experience and overall I enjoyed this ballet quite a bit. My favorite is Track C - Group Dancers. A long piano build up, a couple hits of the motiff, and then some Spanish guitar, feels like story telling through the music. Not sure how I'll enjoy this as a stand alone piece in my playlist, but for now it stays.

This kind of slaps. A music style I know nothing about, but it is pretty damn catchy. Haq Ali Ali Haq is pretty great. The drums are addicting and the chanting is never obnoxious. I liked this more than I expected and am glad I listened. No idea how this stacks up to other Pakistani music, but Nusrat feels like a good intoduction to it.

I've had a lot of world music this week and this one was the most boring so far. I thought it would be intersting since it opens with some listening exercises, which is kind of cool on a first listen, but these songs are all just too long and too homogenous for me to want to listen to more. Ravi Shankar is obviously talented and this feels very influential to a lot of stereotypical Indian music and psych music with Indian flares, but a whole album of it is pretty dull.

D'Angelo is a good singer and this is a nice R&B album. A nice change from some of the poppier hip hop I've had from this era. It's a little oversexualized for large stretches, but I suppose that's the genre. The beats are smooth, though safe. My favorite one by far is When We Get By. The songs are all maybe 90 seconds too long with the last minute constantly repeating the chorus for that duration. Overall, fine album, something I wouldn't have listened to before and probably won't return soon. But I enjoyed it enough.

I did not like this very much, especially the last two songs. Feels experimental, a precursor to shoegaze (which I don't like) but also inspirational to some groups I do like, like LCD Soundsystem. There's also a hint of doo-wap in some of the songs, like Johnny, whoch happens to be my favorite here. Shout out to the Donkey Kong sample here, that's neat.

Lyrically dense folk rock, sounds like you could it between a renaissance fair and a nursery rhyme. It's soothing, yet full of more detailed instruments than you initially here at face value. The best song here is The Boxer, but I also enjoyed El Condor Pasa (If I Could), Baby Driver, and Bridge Over Troubled Water. Easy to enjoy this when my wife also loves it.

Wow, such an iconic sound without me having ever heard of them. Sounds like The Offspring, but a decade earlier. This album is fast and gone in a blink, but it's very memorable. It's fast punk, an evolution on what The Ramones and The Clash did the previous decade. Really an incredible album. Betray is great.

Blues masterpiece. All of your iconic Chicago blues licks can be found here, played to perfection. The guitars are ripping, harmonicas are swinging, and Muddy brings a lot to the mic as well. Definitely a lot more polished than his live album that predates this by 20 years, and that studio shine does take away some ues magic, but I can't deny that there are aeveral amazing songs here. My favorite is probably Crosseyed Cat and Bus Driver.

What a strange and sprawling album. Almost none of these songs follow a traditional format and the instrumentals and production are pretty top notch. But it can be hard to follow or just way too experimental at times with random tracks of ambient noise thrown in for good measure. There are absolutely some gems, with my favorite being The Chamber of 32 Doors. What an awesome song. This was a fun but flawed ride from Collins, Gabriel, and the boys.

Sounds like I'm sitting in a coffee shop. And I don't like coffee. This is poetic folk that only has one beat and I don't really love his goat-ey voice and the acoustic guitar really gets irritating after a while. Parts are interesting, I liked the Body Breaks, that's a pretty heartbreaking song. I also liked Insect Eyes. But overall, not really my jam.

Not my favorite Bowie that this list has given me. Some songs are good, like Joe the Lion and I kind of like The Secret Life of Arabia even though it's probably the most simple here. I feel like he is flexing his artistic side with the Eno instromentals here, and I don't think they fit the album super well. But artist is gonna art.

I like Morrissey in the Smiths and find his cynicism pretty funny in many of the songs there. But add a 90s twist and take away his awesome guitarist and it isn't as good. The cynicism is still there, but a lot of the fun is gone. He still comes across like he's the only person who has discovered feelings. My favorite here is Hold On To Your Friends.

Hotel California is still an unbelievably good song. Like really, really great. Going into this, that was the only Eagles song I really knew. The rest of this album really suffers from not being Hotel California. It's also tonally all over the place. New Kid In Town is actually quite good as well, but then there's the disco Life in the Fast Lane and the (dad) rocking Victim of Love and I don't think they make the album greater than the sum of its parts. And the largest part is undoubtedly the Hotel itself.

It took me two listens, but I ultimate enjoyed this a lot more than I expected. I think I just like alt rock from 1975-1980. This is filled with personality and feels very genuine. Thank You Friends hammers that feeling home. I enjoyed several tunes here, including Big Black Car, Kizza Me, and Nightime. Good stuff.