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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | 5 | 2.68 | +2.32 |
| I Am a Bird Now | 5 | 2.84 | +2.16 |
| New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) | 5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
| Signing Off | 5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
| Walking Wounded | 5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
| All That You Can't Leave Behind | 5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
| I See You | 5 | 2.99 | +2.01 |
| Behaviour | 5 | 3.04 | +1.96 |
| Tuesday Night Music Club | 5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
| Youth And Young Manhood | 5 | 3.1 | +1.9 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth Of The Cool | 1 | 3.65 | -2.65 |
| A Love Supreme | 1 | 3.63 | -2.63 |
| Ellington at Newport | 1 | 3.43 | -2.43 |
| The Köln Concert | 1 | 3.39 | -2.39 |
| Home Is Where The Music Is | 1 | 3.36 | -2.36 |
| The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady | 1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
| Bitches Brew | 1 | 3.3 | -2.3 |
| Daydream Nation | 1 | 3.3 | -2.3 |
| Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables | 1 | 3.27 | -2.27 |
| Rust In Peace | 1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Radiohead | 5 | 4.8 |
| Beatles | 6 | 4.67 |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4.75 |
| U2 | 4 | 4.75 |
| Arcade Fire | 3 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 5 |
| David Bowie | 7 | 4.29 |
| Pet Shop Boys | 3 | 4.67 |
| Coldplay | 2 | 5 |
| The xx | 2 | 5 |
| Oasis | 2 | 5 |
| The White Stripes | 2 | 5 |
| Michael Jackson | 2 | 5 |
| Madonna | 2 | 5 |
| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 4.25 |
| Blur | 3 | 4.33 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Doors | 3 | 4.33 |
| Prince | 3 | 4.33 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 3 | 4.33 |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Waits | 3 | 1.33 |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 1.33 |
| Robert Wyatt | 2 | 1 |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 2 | 1 |
| Barry Adamson | 2 | 1.5 |
| Todd Rundgren | 2 | 1.5 |
| My Bloody Valentine | 2 | 1.5 |
| Sepultura | 2 | 1.5 |
| Grateful Dead | 2 | 1.5 |
| Sonic Youth | 4 | 2 |
5-Star Albums (79)
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Brian Wilson
1/5
01) Our Prayer/Gee - 4,0
02) Heroes and Villains - 6,0
03) Roll Plymouth Rock - 5,0
04) Barnyard - 3,0
05) Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine - 3,0
06) Cabin Essence - 7,0
07) Wonderful - 6,0
08) Song For Children - 5,0
09) Child Is Father of the Man - 5,0
10) Surf's Up - 5,0
11) I'm in Great Shape/I Wanna Be Around/Workshop - 3,0
12) Vega-Tables - 4,0
13) On a Holiday - 5,0
14) Wind Chimes - 5,0
15) Mrs. O'Leary's Cow - 5,0
16) In Blue Hawaii - 5,0
17) Good Vibrations - 8,0
TOTAL: 4,94 (49/100)
Maybe I'm just too tired, but I don't get this. It's like snippets of the songs, repeating all over again. "Cabin Essence" is the only song I hear, the rest are all 30 seconds snippets. Is this like a children's album? My favorite vegetables? WTF? Oh, I'm too tired, it's been a long day...
10 likes
John Coltrane
1/5
01) A Love Supreme, pt 1. - Acknowledgement - 3,0
02) A Love Supreme, pt. 2 - Resolution - 2,0
03) A Love Supreme, pt. 3. - Pursuance - 2,0
04) A Love Supreme, pt. 4. - Psalm 3,0
TOTAL: 2,50 (25/100)
God I hate jazz! It's like my left ear is fighting with my right one. Every instrument plays it's own tune. I know this is worthy album, but it's a big no for me.
7 likes
Kanye West
4/5
01) Intro (Skit) - /
02) We Don't Care - 7,5
03) Graduation Day - 5,0
04) All Falls Down - 8,5
05) I'll Fly Away - 5,0
06) Spaceship - 7,0
07) Jesus Walks - 9,0
08) Never Let Me Down - 8,0
09) Get Em High - 7,0
10) Workout Plan (Skit) - /
11) The New Workout Plan - 7,0
12) Slow Jamz - 9,0
13) Breathe In Breathe Out - 7,0
14) School Spirit (Skit 1) - /
15) School Spirit - 7,5
16) School Spirit (Skit 2) - /
17) Lil Jimmy (Skit) - /
18) Two Words - 8,5
19) Through the Wire - 9,0
20) Family Business - 8,0
21) Last Call - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,59 (76/100)
There's something seriously wrong with Kanye and all that parading with his half-naked new wife... I liked Kanye's music for the first few albums but since "Yeezus" it all went down. And his behavior certainly didn't help that. I would probably rate this higher ten years ago, but in this day and age, it is what it is... A very good debut album by a future a**hole nazi lunatic.
5 likes
Moby
5/5
01) Honey - 10,0
02) Find My Baby - 9,5
03) Porcelain - 10,0
04) Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? - 10,0
05) South Side - 10,0
06) Rushing - 9,5
07) Bodyrock - 10,0
08) Natural Blues - 10,0
09) Machete - 10,0
10) 7 - 9,0
11) Run On - 10,0
12) Down Slow - 9,0
13) If Things Were Perfect - 9,5
14) Everloving - 10,0
15) Inside - 9,5
16) Guitar Flute & String - 9,5
17) The Sky Is Broken - 9,5
18) My Weakness - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,69 (97/100)
Current ranking: 11/364
This album takes me back to my college days, God how much I used to play "Play". Now, 25 years later, with the first bars of "Honey", nostalgia hits me hard. I will listen to it in its entirety again after such a long time, but I can already promise it a perfect five. For the good old days!
3 likes
David Bowie
4/5
01) The Next Day - 8,0
02) Dirty Boys - 7,5
03) The Stars (Are Out Tonight) - 9,0
04) Love Is Lost - 7,5
05) Where Are We Now? - 8,5
06) Valentine's Day - 8,0
07) If You Can See Me - 7,5
08) I'd Rather Be High - 7,5
09) Boss of Me - 7,5
10) Dancing Out in Space - 7,5
11) How Does the Grass Grow? - 7,5
12) (You Will) Set the World on Fire - 7,5
13) You Feel So Lonely You Could Die - 7,5
14) Heat - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,71 (77/100)
The surprise release was cool, I remember it like it was yesterday... I wasn't really impressed by the album when it came out, I felt like it was too artsy for me. It's a 3 and a half stars from me, but as I am always generous with the marks, I will give it 4 stars. Favorite song "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)".
3 likes
1-Star Albums (52)
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Beck
4/5
1) E-Pro - (#17, 6 wks) - 8,5
2) Qué Onda Guero - 8,5
3) Girl - (#25, 7 wks) - 9,0
4) Missing - 8,0
5) Black Tambourine - 8,0
6) Earthquake Weather - 8,5
7) Hell Yes - 8,0
8) Broken Drum - 8,0
9) Scarecrow - 8,0
10) Go It Alone - 8,0
11) Farewell Ride - 8,0
12) Rental Car - 8,0
13) Emergency Exit - 8,0
14) Send a Message to Her - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,18 (82/100)
Al Green
4/5
01) Let's Stay Together - 10,0
02) La-La for You - 7,5
03) So You're Leaving - 8,0
04) What Is This Feeling - 8,0
05) Old Time Lovin - 7,5
06) I've Never Found a Girl (Who Loves Me Like You Do) - 8,5
07) How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - 10,0
08) Judy - 8,0
09) It Ain't No Fun to Me - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,39 - 84/100
Dusty Springfield
4/5
01) Mamma Said - 9,0
02) You Don't Own Me - 9,5
03) Do Re Mi (Forget About The Do And Think About Me) - 8,0
04) When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes - 8,0
05) My Coloring Book - 8,5
06) Mockingbird - 7,5
07) Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa - 8,0
08) Nothing - 7,5
09) Anyone Who Had A Heart - 8,5
10) Will You Love Me Tomorrow - 9,0
11) Wishin' And Hopin' - 9,0
12) Don't You Know - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,33 (83/100)
The Temptations
4/5
01) Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On - 8,0
02) Run Charlie Run - 7,0
03) Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - 10,0
04) Love Woke Me Up This Morning - 7,5
05) I Ain't Got Nothin' - 8,5
06) The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - 7,5
07) Mother Nature - 8,5
08) Do Your Thing - 8,0
TOTAL: - 8,13 (81/100)
Arcade Fire
5/5
1) The Suburbs - 10,0
2) Ready To Start - 10,0
3) Modern Man - 10,0
4) Rococo - 9,5
5) Empty Room - 10,0
6) City With No Children - 10,0
7) Half Light I - 9,0
8) Half Light II (No Celebration) - 9,5
9) Suburban War - 10,0
10) Month Of May - 9,5
11) Wasted Hours - 9,5
12) Deep Blue - 9,5
13) We Used To Wait - 10,0
14) Sprawl I (Flatland) - 10,0
15) Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - 10,0
16) The Suburbs (Continued) - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,78 (98/100)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
3/5
1) Blue Rondo À La Turk - 7,0
2) Strange Meadow Lark - 6,5
3) Take Five - 10,0
4) Three To Get Ready - 6,5
5) Kathy's Waltz - 6,5
6) Everybody's Jumpin' - 6,0
7) Pick Up Sticks - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,93 (69/100)
Pulp
4/5
1) Mis-Shapes (#27, 3wks) - 8,5
2) Pencil Skirt - 8,0
3) Common People (#16, 6 wks) - 10,0
4) I Spy - 9,0
5) Disco 2000 (#30, 4wks) - 9,5
6) Live Bed Show - 8,5
7) Something Changed - 8,5
8) Sorted For E's & Wizz - 8,5
9) F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. - 8,0
10) Underwear - 8,5
11) Monday Morning - 8,0
12) Bar Italia - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,58 (86/100)
Tim Buckley
2/5
01) No Man Can Find A War - 7,0
02) Carnival Song - 5,0
03) Pleasant Street - 6,0
04) Hallucinations - 4,0
05) I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain - 5,0
06) Once I Was - 7,0
07) Phantasmagoria In Two - 6,5
08) Knight-Errant - 5,0
09) Goodbye And Hello - 3,5
10) Morning Glory - 4,5
TOTAL: 5,35 (53/100)
Dion
2/5
01) Born To Be With You - 6,5
02) Make The Woman Love Me - 6,0
03) Your Own Back Yard - 6,0
04) (He's Got) The Whole World In His Hands - 6,0
05) Only You Know - 6,5
06) New York City Song - 6,0
07) In And Out Of The Shadows - 6,0
08) Good Lovin' Man - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,06 (60/100)
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
01) Can You Forgive Her? (#1, 9 wks) - 10,0
02) I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing (#7, 4 wks) - 8,0
03) Liberation (#6, 6 wks) - 8,5
04) A Different Point Of View - 8,0
05) Dreaming Of The Queen - 8,5
06) Yesterday, When I Was Mad (#32, 2 wks) - 8,5
07) The Theatre - 8,5
08) One And One Make Five - 8,5
09) To Speak Is A Sin - 8,0
10) Young Offender - 7,5
11) One In A Million - 7,5
12) Go West (#1, 7wks) - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,46 (85/100)
Led Zeppelin
5/5
01) Good Times Bad Times - 9,5
02) Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - 10,0
03) You Shook Me - 10,0
04) Dazed And Confused - 10,0
05) Your Time Is Gonna Come - 10,0
06) Black Mountain Side - 10,0
07) Communication Breakdown - 9,5
08) I Can't Quit You Baby - 10,0
09) How Many More Times - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,83 (98/100)
Quicksilver Messenger Service
1/5
01) Who Do You Love Suite - 4,5
02) Mona - 5,5
03) Maiden Of The Cancer Moon - 4,0
04) Calvary - 3,5
05) Happy Trails - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,30 (43/100)
Joy Division
4/5
01) Atrocity Exhibition - 8,5
02) Isolation - 8,5
03) Passover - 7,5
04) Colony - 7,0
05) A Means To An End - 7,5
06) Heart And Soul - 8,0
07) Twenty Four Hours - 8,5
08) The Eternal - 8,5
09) Decades - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,06 (81/100)
Pixies
3/5
01) Cecilia Ann - 7,5
02) Rock Music - 6,5
03) Velouria - 7,5
04) Allison - 7,0
05) Is She Weird - 8,5
06) Ana - 8,0
07) All Over The World - 7,0
08) Dig For Fire - 8,0
09) Down To The Well - 7,5
10 The Happening - 7,5
11) Blown Away - 7,0
12) Hang Wire - 7,5
13) Stormy Weather - 7,0
14) Havalina - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,39 (74/100)
Wild Beasts
3/5
01) The Fun Powder Plot - 8,0
02) Hooting & Howling - 8,5
03) All the King's Men - 7,0
04) When I'm Sleepy - 7,0
05) We Still Got the Taste Dancin' on Our Tongues - 8,5
06) Two Dancers (I) - 8,0
07) Two Dancers (II) - 7,0
08) This Is Our Lot - 7,0
09) Underbelly - 6,5
10) Empty Nest - 7,0
11) Through the Iron Gate - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,32 (73/100)
Barry Adamson
1/5
Act One: The Ring’s The Thing
01) On The Wrong Side Of Relaxation - 1,0
02) Under Wraps - 7,0
03) Central Control - 5,0
04) Round Up The Usual Suspects - 1,0
Act Two: Real Deep Cool
05) Sounds From The Big House - 3,5
06) Suck On The Honey Of Love - 4,5
07) Everything Happens To Me - 5,0
08) The Swinging Detective - 5,0
Act Three: The Final Irony
09) Autodestruction - 2,0
10) Intensive Care - 1,0
11) The Most Beautiful Girl In The World - 3,0
12) Free At Last - 1,0
For Your Ears Only
13) Alfred Hitchcock Presents - 1,0
14) Chocolate Milk Shake - 3,5
15) The Man With The Golden Arm - 7,0
TOTAL: 3,37 (34/100)
Incubus
3/5
1. "Privilege" - 6,0
2. "Nowhere Fast" - 6,5
3. "Consequence" - 6,5
4. "The Warmth" - 7,5
5. "When It Comes" - 6,5
6. "Stellar" - 6,0
7. "Make Yourself" - 5,5
8. "Drive" - 8,0
9. "Clean" - 5,5
10. "Battlestar Scralatchtica" - 5,0
11. "I Miss You" - 7,0
12. "Pardon Me" - 6,5
13. "Out from Under" - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,31 (63/100)
Green Day
4/5
1. "American Idiot" - 9,0
2. "Jesus of Suburbia" - 7,5
3. "Holiday" - 8,5
4. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - 10,0
5. "Are We the Waiting" - 9,0
6. "St. Jimmy" - 7,0
7. "Give Me Novacaine" - 7,5
8. "She's a Rebel" - 7,5
9. "Extraordinary Girl" - 7,0
10. "Letterbomb" - 7,0
11. "Wake Me Up When September Ends" - 10,0
12. "Homecoming" - 7,0
13. "Whatsername" - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,16 (82/100)
Laibach
3/5
1. "Leben heißt Leben" - 6,5
2. "Geburt einer Nation" - 6,5
3. "Leben - Tod" - 6,0
4. "F.I.A.T." - 6,5
5. "Opus Dei" - 7,0
6. "Trans-National" - 5,0
7. "How the West Was Won" - 5,0
8. "The Great Seal" - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,06 (61/100)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
01) Zero - 9,5
02) Heads Will Roll - 9,0
03) Soft Shock - 8,5
04) Skeletons - 9,5
05) Dull Life - 8,0
06) Shame and Fortune - 8,0
07) Runaway - 8,5
08) Dragon Queen - 8,5
09) Hysteric - 8,5
10) Little Shadow - 8,5
11) Faces - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,59 (86/100)
Steely Dan
3/5
01) Black Cow - 7,0
02) Aja - 6,5
03) Deacon Blues - 7,0
04) Peg - 7,0
05) Home at Last - 6,0
06) I Got the News - 5,0
07) Josie - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,43 (64/100)
Waylon Jennings
3/5
01) Honky Tonk Heroes - 7,5
02) Old Five and Dimers Like Me - 7,0
03) Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me - 6,5
04) Low Down Freedom - 7,0
05) Omaha - 7,5
06) You Ask Me To - 8,0
07) Ride Me Down Easy - 7,0
08) Ain't No God In Mexico - 6,5
09) Black Rose - 6,5
10) We Had It All - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,15 (72/100)
Never heard of Mr. Jennings before. I'm not a big country fan, but this was pretty decent...
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
01) Oh, Boy! - 7,0
02) Not Fade Away - 6,5
03) You've Got Love - 7,0
04) Maybe Baby - 6,5
05) It's Too Late - 6,5
06) Tell Me How - 7,0
07) That'll Be The Day - 10,0
08) I'm Looking For Someone To Love - 7,0
09) An Empty Cup (And A Broken Date) - 6,5
10) Send Me Some Lovin - 6,5
11) Last Night - 6,0
12) Rock Me Baby - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
Mudhoney
2/5
01) Generation Genocide - 4,0
02) Let It Slide - 7,0
03) Good Enough - 7,0
04) Something So Clear - 5,0
05) Thorn - 5,5
06) Into the Drink - 5,5
07) Broken Hands - 5,0
08) Who You Drivin' Now? - 5,5
09) Move Out - 6,0
10) Shoot the Moon - 6,0
11) Fuzzgun '91 - 7,0
12) Pokin' Around - 5,5
13) Don't Fade IV - 5,0
14) Check-Out Time - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,68 (57/100)
I was a big Nirvana fan in the 90's but this did nothing for me...
Joan Armatrading
4/5
01) Down to Zero - 8,5
02) Help Yourself - 8,0
03) Water with the Wine - 7,5
04) Love and Affection - 8,5
05) Save Me - 8,0
06) Join the Boys - 7,0
07) People - 7,5
08) Somebody Who Loves You - 8,5
09) Like Fire - 7,5
10) Tall in the Saddle - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,80 (78/100)
"Drop the pilot, try my balloon
Drop the monkey, smell my perfume"
That's all I knew about Joan Armatrading before listening to this album :-) This is very pleasant listening. Track #1 is my favourite, followed by #4 & #8.
The Go-Betweens
4/5
01) Love Goes On - 8,5
02) Quiet Heart - 8,5
03) Love Is a Sign - 7,5
04) You Can't Say No Forever - 7,5
05) The Devil's Eye - 7,5
06) Streets of Your Town - 9,0
07) Clouds - 7,5
08) Was There Anything I Could Do? - 8,0
09) I'm All Right - 7,5
10) Dive for Your Memory - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,00 (80/100)
I love it when an album by artist I don't know comes around... And I love it when I like it. Streets of Your Town, Love Goes On, Quiet Heart and Dive For Your Memory are my favourites.
Dr. Dre
2/5
01) The Chronic (Intro) - 5,5
02) Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') - 6,5
03) Let Me Ride - 6,5
04) The Day the Niggaz Took Over - 5,5
05) Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang - 6,5
06) Deeez Nuuuts - 5,5
07) Lil' Ghetto Boy - 6,5
08) A Nigga Witta Gun - 5,5
09) Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat - 5,5
10) The $20 Sack Pyramid - 2,0
11) Lyrical Gangbang - 5,5
12) High Powered - 5,0
13) The Doctor's Office 1,0
14) Stranded on Death Row 5,5
15) The Roach - 6,0
16) Bitches Ain't Shit - 4,0
TOTAL: 5,16 (52/100)
The production and the beats are great but the lyrics are plain s**t. I understand why it's on this list, but it's just not my cup of tea.
Black Sabbath
4/5
01) War Pigs - 8,5
02) Paranoid - 10,0
03) Planet Caravan - 10,0
04) Iron Man - 8,5
05) Electric Funeral - 8,5
06) Hand Of Doom - 8,5
07) Rat Salad - 7,5
08) Fairies Wear Boots - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,69 (87/100)
"Planet Caravan" is so different than the rest of the album, love it! "Paranoid" is a rock/metal royalty. Not the fan of the genre, but this is very, very good...
The Soft Boys
3/5
01) I Wanna Destroy You - 8,0
02) Kingdom of Love - 8,0
03) Positive Vibrations - 7,5
04) I Got The Hots - 7,0
05) Insanely Jealous - 8,0
06) Tonight - 7,5
07) You'll Have To Go Sideways - 6,0
08) Old Pervert - 6,5
09) Queen of Eyes - 7,0
10) Underwater Moonlight - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,30 (73/100)
Never heard of the band.
60s meet punk rock.
Weird, but kinda good weird. I think.
Dead Kennedys
1/5
01) Kill The Poor - 5,5
02) Forward To Death - 5,0
03) When Ya Get Drafted - 5,5
04) Let's Lynch The Landlord - 5,5
05) Drug Me - 4,0
06) Your Emotions - 5,0
07) Chemical Warfare - 4,0
08) California Uber Alles - 5,0
09) I Kill Children - 5,0
10) Stealing People's Mail - 5,0
11) Funland At The Beach - 5,0
12) Ill In The Head - 4,5
13) Holiday In Cambodia - 5,5
14) Viva Las Vegas - 4,5
TOTAL: 4,93 (49/100)
It stardted ok, but after a while it all just starts to sound the same - like noise...
Justice
4/5
01) Genesis - 7,0
02) Let There Be Light - 7,0
03) D.A.N.C.E. - 8,0
04) Newjack - 7,5
05) Phantom - 7,0
06) Phantom Pt. II - 8,0
07) Valentine - 7,5
08) Tthhee Ppaarrttyy - 8,0
09) DVNO - 8,0
10) Stress - 8,5
11) Waters of Nazareth - 7,5
12) One Minute to Midnight - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,63 (76/100)
Very Daft Punk esque. It would be 3,5 stars for me, but I'm feeling generous, so it's 4 stars. "Stress" is very interesting. While in other songs I hear Daft Punk in this one I can hear a bit of Chemical Brothers. This is my 31st album and it goes in at number 15. Neeext!
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
01) Bookends Theme - 8,0
02) Save The Life Of My Child - 6,0
03) America - 8,5
04) Overs - 8,5
05) Voices of Old People - 1,0
06) Old Friends - 7,5
07) Bookends Theme - 8,0
08) Fakin' It - 9,0
09) Punky's Dilemma - 8,0
10) Mrs. Robinson - 10,0
11) A Hazy Shade of Winter - 9,5
12) At The Zoo - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,71 (77/100)
I know it's a concept album, but I can see no point in track #5. On the other hand, "Mrs. Robinson" is a classic and my favorite. So, this is the first album that has lowest and highest mark on it. Oooh, and I know "A Hazy Shade Of Winter" too :-) I don't know why, but I kind of expected more.
David Bowie
5/5
01) Station To Station - 8,5
02) Golden Years - 10,0
03) Word On A Wing - 8,5
04) TVC15 - 9,0
05) Stay - 9,0
06) Wild Is The Wind - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,17 (92/100)
Five stars! Album #33, and only my 3rd highest mark. Hope there's more Bowie along the way...
Radiohead
5/5
01) Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box - 9,0
02) Pyramid Song - 10,0
03) Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors - 8,0
04) You and Whose Army? - 9,5
05) I Might Be Wrong - 9,5
06) Knives Out - 10,0
07) Morning Bell/Amnesiac - 8,5
08) Dollars and Cents - 8,5
09) Hunting Bears - 9,0
10) Like Spinning Plates - 8,5
11) Life in a Glasshouse - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,00 (90/100)
I remember being disappointed with Radiohead albums after "OK Computer" but after today's listening to "Amnesiac" I can't remember why. This sounds fresh, maybe it was ahead of its time?
Rush
3/5
01) Tom Sawyer - 6,5
02) Red Barchetta - 6,5
03) YYZ - 6,5
04) Limelight - 6,5
05) The Camera Eye - 6,5
06) Witch Hunt - 6,5
07) Vital Signs - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,50 (65/100)
I mean, every song sounds the same. His voice is... special. Unfortunately, I wouldn't say in a good way. Maybe song #3 is the best, because of the before mentioned reasons? :-P
Brian Wilson
1/5
01) Our Prayer/Gee - 4,0
02) Heroes and Villains - 6,0
03) Roll Plymouth Rock - 5,0
04) Barnyard - 3,0
05) Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine - 3,0
06) Cabin Essence - 7,0
07) Wonderful - 6,0
08) Song For Children - 5,0
09) Child Is Father of the Man - 5,0
10) Surf's Up - 5,0
11) I'm in Great Shape/I Wanna Be Around/Workshop - 3,0
12) Vega-Tables - 4,0
13) On a Holiday - 5,0
14) Wind Chimes - 5,0
15) Mrs. O'Leary's Cow - 5,0
16) In Blue Hawaii - 5,0
17) Good Vibrations - 8,0
TOTAL: 4,94 (49/100)
Maybe I'm just too tired, but I don't get this. It's like snippets of the songs, repeating all over again. "Cabin Essence" is the only song I hear, the rest are all 30 seconds snippets. Is this like a children's album? My favorite vegetables? WTF? Oh, I'm too tired, it's been a long day...
The Waterboys
4/5
01) Fisherman's Blues - 10,0
02) We Will Not Be Lovers - 8,0
03) Strange Boat - 8,0
04) World Party - 7,5
05) Sweet Girl - 7,5
06) Jimmy Hickey's Waltz - 8,0
07) And a Bang on the Ear - 8,5
08) Has Anybody Here Seen Hank? - 7,5
09) When Will We Be Married? - 7,0
10) When Ye Go Away - 7,5
11) Dunford's Fancy - 6,0
12) The Stolen Child - 8,0
13) This Land Is Your Land - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,65 (77/100)
I love track #1 "Fisherman's Blues". The rest of the album is also good, very pleasant listening, unlike some albums on this list :-)
Dagmar Krause
1/5
01) The Song of the Whitewash - 4,0
02) (I Read About) Tank Battles - 3,0
03) You Have to Pay - 3,0
04) Chanson Allemande - 5,0
05) The Ballad of the Sackslingers - 3,0
06) Mother Beimlein - 1,0
07) The Perhaps Song - 4,0
08) Lied von der Belebeden Wirkung des Geldes - 5,0
09) Mankind - 2,0
10) Bettelied - 3,0
11) Song of a German Mother - 4,0
12) Change the World – It Needs It - 2,0
13) Bankenlied (Banking Song) - 5,0
14) Legende von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking - 2,0
15) Balad of (Bourgoise) Welfare - 2,0
16) Mother's Hands - 2,0
17) Berlin 1919 - 2,0
18) And I Shall Never See Again - 2,0
19) Genevieve: Ostern ist Ein Ball sur Seine - 5,0
20) The Wise Woman and the Soldier - 4,0
21) Failure in Loving - 2,0
22) Und Endlich Stirbt - 3,0
23) The Rat Men – Nightmare - 2,0
24) The Homecoming - 2,0
25) The Trenches - 2,0
26) To a Little Radio - 3,0
TOTAL: 2,96 (30/100)
And here's another album I don't know why I had to hear before my death. Maybe because it's boring to death. I was listening on You Tube and ad breaks were the best moments...
Pink Floyd
5/5
01) Speak To Me/Breathe - 9,5
02) On The Run - 9,5
03) Time - 10,0
04) The Great Gig In The Sky - 10,0
05) Money - 10,0
06) Us And Them - 10,0
07) Any Colour You Like - 10,0
08) Brain Damage - 10,0
09) Eclipse - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,88 (99/100)
I never actually listened to this album, and I call myself a music lover. Despicable. But this is exactly why I wanted to do "1001 albums...". I have 962 more albums to go, but this is definitely one of the most important ones. It deserves every praise it has received.
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
01) Broken Skin - 8,0
02) Letting Go - 7,5
03) Homelands - 8,0
04) The Pilgrim - 7,5
05) Tides - 7,5
06) Nadia - 8,5
07) Immigrant -6,5
08) Serpents - 6,0
09) Anthem Without Nation - 6,5
10) Nostalgia - 7,0
11) The Conference - 5,0
12) Beyond Skin - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
I read the reviews before listening and expected very little of this one. But it started quite well, let's see how it will go.
Half way through, the songs are starting to sound a bit repetitive, but still very pleasant listening. It reminds me of Deep Forest or Enigma, and I like that kind of music.
"The Conference" sounds just like that, a bunch of people mumbling rubbish at the same time.
At the end, it's not as bad as I thought it would be. "Nadia" is my favorite track.
Harry Nilsson
4/5
01) Gotta Get Up - 8,5
02) Driving Along - 8,0
03) Early in the Morning - 8,0
04) The Moonbeam Song - 8,0
05) Down - 7,5
06) Without You - 10,0
07) Coconut - 7,5
08) Let the Good Times Roll - 7,0
09) Jump into the Fire - 9,0
10) I'll Never Leave You - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,05 (81/100)
Various Artists
4/5
01) White Christmas - 9,5
02) Frosty The Snowman - 9,5
03) The Bells of St. Mary - 8,5
04) Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - 9,0
05) Sleigh Ride - 10,0
06) Marshmallow World - 8,0
07) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - 8,5
08) Rudolph The Red-Nosed Raindeer - 8,5
09) Winter Wonderland - 8,5
10) The Parade of the Tin Soldiers - 8,5
11) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - 10,0
12) Here Comes Santa Claus - 8,0
13) Silent Night - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,81 (88/100)
Merry Christmas everyone!
Cowboy Junkies
4/5
01) Mining For Gold - 7,0
02) Misguided Angel - 8,5
03) Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) - 8,5
04) I Don't Get It - 8,0
05) I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - 8,0
06) To Love Is to Bury - 8,5
07) 200 More Miles - 8,0
08) Dreaming My Dreams with You - 8,0
09) Working on a Building - 8,0
10) Sweet Jane - 9,5
11) Postcard Blues - 7,0
12) Walkin' After Midnight - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)
I can almost imagine myself sitting in that church while they're playing and recording. And I enjoy the worship.
Listening this on a cloudy winter tuesday morning is definitely helping to set the mood. Very nice.
Throwing Muses
2/5
01) Call Me - 5,0
02) Green - 7,0
03) Hate My Way - 5,5
04) Vicky's Box - 5,0
05) Rabbits Dying - 5,0
06) America (She Can't Say No) - 5,0
07) Fear - 5,5
08) Stand Up - 5,0
09) Soul Soldier - 5,0
10) Delicate Cutters - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,30 (53/100)
Song #2 sounds OK to me. Later I read that is the only song on this album not written by Kirstin Hersh. Well, it seems I'm not a fan of hers. Although, I loved "Your Ghost" when I was a teenager. Go figure.
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
01) Billy Jack - 7,5
02) When Seasons Change - 7,0
03) So in Love - 7,5
04) Jesus - 7,0
05) Blue Monday People - 7,5
06) Hard Times - 7,5
07) Love to the People - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,36 (74/100)
There's nothing really wrong with this album, nice music, nice production, nice voice, nice songs but the final result is kind of... boring.
Sam Cooke
4/5
01) Feel It - 8,5
02) Chain Gang - 9,0
03) Cupid - 10,0
04) It's Allright/For Sentimental Reasons - 9,0
05) Twistin' the Night Away - 8,0
06) Somebody Have Mercy - 8,0
07) Bring It On Home To Me - 8,5
08) Nothing Can Change This Love - 8,0
09) Having a Party - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,61 (86/100)
It must have been a fun night at The Harlem Square Club.
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
01) Days of Graduation - 6,5
02) Ronnie and Neil - 6,5
03) 72 (This Highway's Mean) - 6,5
04) Dead, Drunk, and Naked - 6,0
05) Guitar Man Upstairs - 5,5
06) Birmingham - 6,0
07) The Southern Thing - 5,0
08) The Three Great Alabama Icons - 6,0
09) Wallace - 5,0
10) Zip City - 5,0
11) Moved - 4,5
12) Let There Be Rock - 4,5
13) Road Cases - 5,5
14) Women Without Whiskey - 4,5
15) Plastic Flowers on the Highway - 4,5
16) Cassie's Brother - 4,5
17) Life in the Factory - 4,5
18) Shut Up and Get on the Plane - 4,5
19) Greenville to Baton Rouge - 4,5
20) Angels and Fuselage - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,22 (52/100)
Oh God! Another one I have to listen on You Tube :rolleyes
When you think you're finally done, there's a second part, because why not. Well, at least I had enough time to learn something about George Wallace, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the city of Birmingham, Alabama... Wikipedia is my friend.
I started to lose patience half way through the second part. God, this is sooo booooriiiiing!
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
01) Darklands - 7,5
02) Deep One Perfect Morning - 7,5
03) Happy When It Rains - 7,5
04) Down on Me - 7,5
05) Nine Million Rainy Days - 7,5
06) April Skies - 7,5
07) Fall - 7,0
08) Cherry Came Too - 7,0
09) On The Wall - 6,5
10) About You - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,25 (73/100)
I should love this more than I do. Good, but nothing special.
David Bowie
4/5
01) ★ - 8,5
02) 'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore - 8,0
03) Lazarus - 9,5
04) Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) - 8,5
05) Girl Loves Me - 9,0
06) Dollar Days - 8,5
07) I Can't Give Everything Away - 9,5
TOTAL: 8,79 (88/100)
I didn't like it much when it first came out, it was too dark, too experimental for me. But now, after few years, it sort of sits with me a bit more. "Lazarus" is my favorite track, followed by "I Can't Give Everything Away" and "Girl Loves Me".
Leonard Cohen
5/5
01) Suzanne - 9,5
02) Master Song - 9,0
03) Winter Lady - 9,0
04) The Stranger Song - 8,5
05) Sisters Of Mercy - 9,0
06) So Long, Marianne - 10,0
07) Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye - 9,0
08) Stories Of The Street - 9,0
09) Teachers - 9,5
10) One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,10 (91/100)
It's my 50th album, and my 6th five stars. I love the story telling, love the atmosphere and I loooove "So Long, Marianne".
Stephen Stills
4/5
01) Love The One You're With - 8,5
02) Do for the Others - 8,0
03) Church (Part of Someone) - 8,5
04) Old Times Good Times - 7,5
05) Go Back Home - 8,0
06) Sit Yourself Down - 8,5
07) To a Flame - 7,0
08) Black Queen - 7,0
09) Cherokee - 7,0
10) We Are Not Helpless - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,75 (78/100)
Nice music, it has everything you expect of the 70's... It even has Hendrix, Clapton, Ringo Starr and Cass Elliot. What more could you wish for.
Django Django
4/5
01) Introduction - 7,5
02) Hail Bop - 8,5
03) Default - 8,5
04) Firewater - 8,0
05) Waveforms - 8,0
06) Zumm Zumm - 8,5
07) Hand of Man - 7,5
08) Love's Dart - 7,5
09) WOR - 8,5
10) Storm - 7,5
11) Life's a Beach - 8,5
12) Skies Over Cairo - 8,5
13) Silver Rays - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)
This is so my cup of tea, why have I never heard of this band? It's kind of Hot Chip-ish... Uuuh, who knows if Hot Chip is on this list?
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
01) Band On The Run - 10,0
02) Jet - 8,0
03) Bluebird - 9,0
04) Mrs. Vandebilt - 9,5
05) Let Me Roll It - 9,0
06) Mamunia - 9,0
07) No Words - 8,0
08) Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me) - 8,0
09) Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five - 9,0
TOTAL: 8,83 (88/100)
Almost five stars, but I lost it a bit in the second half. Still, very good record, can't wait to get some Beatles albums... Let it beee, let it beee...
Tito Puente
3/5
01) El Cayuco - 7,0
02) Complicación - 7,0
03) 3-D Mambo - 6,5
04) Llegó Miján - 7,0
05) Cuando Te Vea - 6,5
06) Hong Kong Mambo - 7,5
07) Mambo Gozón - 7,0
08) Mi Chiquita Quiere Bembé - 6,5
09) Varsity Drag - 6,5
10) Estoy Siempre Junto a Ti - 6,0
11) Agua Limpia Todo - 6,5
12) Saca Tu Mujer - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,75 (68/100)
This was probably dance mania back then, but now, 66 years later, it's...not.
Sister Sledge
4/5
01) He's The Greatest Dancer - 9,5
02) Lost In Music - 9,5
03) Somebody Loves Me - 7,5
04) Thinking of You - 8,5
05) We Are Family - 9,5
06) Easier to Love - 8,0
07) You're a Friend to Me - 8,0
08) One More Time - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,63 (86/100)
Why do you guys hate disco so much? I mean, this is definitely more pleasant listening than half of the other albums on this list (not to mention names). Half? Make that 75%
Daft Punk
4/5
01) Daftendirekt - 8,5
02) WDPK 83.7 FM - 6,0
03) Revolution 909 - 10,0
04) Da Funk - 10,0
05) Phoenix - 8,5
06) Fresh - 8,5
07) Around the World - 10,0
08) Rollin' & Scratchin' - 8,5
09) Teachers - 8,5
10) High Fidelity - 8,5
11) Rock'n Roll - 7,0
12) Oh Yeah - 7,5
13) Burnin' - 9,0
14) Indo Silver Club - 8,5
15) Alive - 8,5
16) Funk Ad - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,44 (84/100)
Ah, mon Dieu, finally something from when I was young :-P I loved french house/electronica acts of the late 90s and early 00s like Air, Daft Punk, Cassius, Modjo, The Supermen Lovers, Stardust, Bob Sinclar, Martin Solveig... and then David Guetta came and ruined it all :-/
William Orbit
4/5
01) Water from a Vine Leaf - 8,5
02) Into the Paradise - 8,5
03) Time to get Wize - 8,5
04) Harry Flowers - 8,0
05) A Touch of the Night - 8,5
06) The Story of Light - 8,5
07) Gringatcho Demento - 7,5
08) A Hazy Shade of Random - 8,0
09) Best Friend, Paranoia - 7,5
10) The Monkey King - 7,0
11) Deus Ex Machina - 7,0
12) Water Babies - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,92 (79/100)
My first knowledge of William Orbit is that he produced Madonna's "Ray Of Light", I didn't know he released five albums before that. This is actually very cool listening. It reminds me of Moby's "Play", but it was released before that so... maybe "Play" was influenced by Orbit. Oh, and I always thought that William Orbit is a part of "Orbital". Seems I was wrong :-) One can learn a lot while listening to 1001 albums.
Pixies
3/5
01) Debaser - 7,5
02) Tame - 7,0
03) Wave of Mutilation - 7,0
04) I Bleed - 7,0
05) Here Comes Your Man - 10,0
06) Dead - 6,5
07) Monkey Gone To Heaven - 8,0
08) Mr. Grieves - 7,5
09) Crackity Jones - 7,0
10) La La Love You - 7,5
11) No. 13 Baby - 7,5
12) There Goes My Gun - 7,5
13) Hey - 7,5
14) Silver - 7,0
15) Gouge Away - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,47 (75/100)
Here's Pixies again. Once again it's three stars from me. I understand why they are influential and all, but there's just something missing for me to enjoy them more.
Morrissey
4/5
01) Now My Heart Is Full - 8,0
02) Spring-Heeled Jim - 8,0
03) Billy Budd - 8,0
04) Hold On to Your Friends - 8,5
05) The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get - 8,5
06) Why Don't You Find Out for Yourself - 8,0
07) I Am Hated for Loving - 8,5
08) Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning - 8,5
09) Used to Be a Sweet Boy - 8,5
10) The Lazy Sunbathers - 8,5
11) Speedway - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,32 (83/100)
I understand he's a bit of an asshole these days? Oh well...
I like this, it's depressive, it's sad - just like a teenage me. I was 16 when this was published, I really don't know why I didn't listen to The Smiths and Morrissey back then.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
01) I Ain't the One - 7,5
02) Tuesday's Gone - 9,0
03) Gimme Three Steps - 8,5
04) Simple Man - 9,5
05) Things Goin' On - 8,5
06) Mississippi Kid - 8,5
07) Poison Whiskey - 7,5
08) Free Bird - 9,5
TOTAL: 8,56 (86/100)
I'm not very familiar with Lynyrd Skynyrd, except for the "Sweet Home Alabama" and the fateful plane crash. Few weeks ago I had to listen to Drive-By Truckers and their hommage to Lynard Skynard "Southern Rock Opera" and I was bored to hell. I was kind of afraid this would be similar shit all over again but, thank God, this is miles better.
Tom Waits
1/5
01) Opening Intro - 5,0
02) Emotional Weather Report - 5,0
03) Intro - 1,0
04) On A Foggy Night - 4,0
05) Intro - 1,0
06) Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson) - 4,0
07) Intro - 1,0
08) Better Off Without a Wife - 4,5
09) Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street) - 2,0
10) Intro - 1,0
11) Warm Beer and Cold Women - 5,0
12) Intro - 1,0
13) Putnam County - 5,0
14) Spare Parts I (A Nocturnal Emission) - 3,5
15) Nobody - 4,5
16) Intro - 1,0
17) Big Joe and Phantom 309 - 3,0
18) Spare Parts II and Closing - 2,0
TOTAL: 2,97 (30/100)
What the hell... Is this stand up comedy? Jazz? The hell is this? If stand up, I don't understand him, he's mumbling. If jazz, I don't like jazz. There are probably 1001 album that didn't get to this list but would rather listen to before I die.
Cat Stevens
4/5
01) Where Do The Children Play? - 8,5
02) Hard Headed Woman - 8,0
03) Wild World - 10,0
04) Sad Lisa - 8,5
05) Miles from Nowhere - 7,5
06) But I Might Die Tonight - 7,5
07) Longer Boats - 8,0
08) Into White - 7,5
09) On the Road to Find Out - 7,5
10) Father and Son - 9,0
11) Tea for the Tillerman - 6,5
TOTAL: 8,05 (81/100)
It's a nice album, a solid 4 stars. It features two big hits and it seems I prefer "Wild World" over "Father and Son".
George Harrison
4/5
01) I'd Have You Anytime - 9,0
02) My Sweet Lord - 10,0
03) Wah-Wah - 8,5
04) Isn't It a Pity (Version 1) - 9,5
05) What Is Life - 8,5
06) If Not For You - 9,0
07) Behind That Locked Door - 8,5
08) Let It Down - 8,0
09) Run of the Mill - 8,5
10) Beware of Darkness - 8,5
11) Apple Scruffs - 8,5
12) Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) - 9,0
13) Awaiting on You All - 8,5
14) All Things Must Pass - 8,5
15) I Dig Love - 8,0
16) Art of Dying - 8,5
17) Isn't It a Pity (Version Two) - 8,5
18) Hear Me Lord - 8,0
19) Out of the Blue - 7,5
20) It's Johnny's Birthday - 6,0
21) Plug Me In - 7,0
22) I Remember Jeep - 7,0
23) Thanks for the Pepperoni - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,30 (83/100)
Not double, but triple album. My sweet Lord... If this was cut in half (or at least without "Apple Jam") it would stand a chance for the highest mark. The album is great, but do we really need two versions of "Isn't It a Pity" when the first one is so nearly perfect? George Harrison shows that he is as great as Lennon and McCartney are.
The Electric Prunes
3/5
01) I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) - 8,0
02) Bangles - 7,0
03) Onie - 7,5
04) Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less) - 7,5
05) Train for Tomorrow - 7,0
06) Sold to the Highest Bidder - 7,0
07) Get Me to the World on Time - 7,5
08) About a Quarter to Nine - 6,5
09) The King Is in the Counting House - 6,0
10) Luvin - 7,5
11) Try Me on for Size - 6,0
12) The Toonerville Trolley - 5,0
TOTAL: 6,88 (69/100)
Oh Lord, I'm stuck between 1967 and 1973 for whole week. If it wasn't for Tom Waits, this would be the weakest one. Started good but ended... thank God it ended...
Tracy Chapman
5/5
01) Talkin' 'bout a Revolution - 10,0
02) Fast Car - 10,0
03) Across the Lines - 8,5
04) Behind the Wall - 8,5
05) Baby Can I Hold You - 10,0
06) Mountains o' Things - 9,0
07) She's Got Her Ticket - 8,5
08) Why? - 8,0
09) For My Lover - 9,0
10) If Not Now… - 8,5
11) For You - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,96 (90/100)
Now this one I could listen again, and I bet it would score even higher. The album which features "Fast Car" and "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" deserves highest mark.
Roxy Music
3/5
01) The Thrill Of It All - 7,0
02) Three and Nine - 7,0
03) All I Want Is You - 7,5
04) Out Of The Blue - 7,5
05) If It Takes All Night - 6,5
06) Bitter-Sweet - 8,0
07) Triptych - 7,0
08) Casanova - 6,5
09) A Really Good Time - 6,5
10) Prairie Rose - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
Only "Bitter-Sweet" stands out a bit for me, the rest is more or less the same and not very exciting. Actually, quite boring album.
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
01) Money Changes Everything - 7,5
02) Girls Just Want To Have Fun - 10,0
03) When You Were Mine - 7,5
04) Time After Time - 10,0
05) She Bop - 10,0
06) All Through the Night - 9,5
07) Witness - 8,0
08) I'll Kiss You - 7,5
09) He's So Unusual - 6,0
10) Yeah Yeah - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,35 (84/100)
Ah, 80's pop. 4 great songs, 5 nice songs and one filler song we could do without. I was only five when this album came out but I too do have a memory to share: It was summer 1996, the school was about to end, I was in a class, sitting next to the open window, it was a beautiful day. A car went by and "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" was blasting out. Me and my friend sitting next to me looked at each other and started singing. Since than, every time I hear that song I remember her smile, that moment of pure happiness in combination of school ending and the beginning of the last innocent summer... And it feels like I'm 18 again...
ZZ Top
4/5
01) Waitin' for the Bus - 8,5
02) Jesus Just Left Chicago - 8,5
03) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers - 8,5
04) Master of Sparks - 8,0
05) Hot, Blue and Righteous - 8,0
06) Move Me on Down the Line - 7,5
07) Precious and Grace - 7,0
08) La Grange - 8,5
09) Sheik - 7,5
10) Have You Heard? - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,90 (79/100)
My uncle used to listen to this kind of music when I was a kid. I was more into pop, but hey, I was just ten. It reminds me of him and his generation. So, maybe it's not dad rock, but it's definitely cool uncle rock.
XTC
3/5
01) Summer's Cauldron - 8,0
02) Grass - 8,5
03) The Meeting Place - 8,5
04) That's Really Super, Supergirl - 8,0
05) Ballet for a Rainy Day - 7,5
06) 1000 Umbrellas - 7,0
07) Season Cycle - 6,5
08) Earn Enough for Us - 7,5
09) Big Day - 7,0
10) Another Satellite - 7,0
11) Mermaid Smiled - 7,5
12) The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul - 7,0
13) Dying - 7,0
14) Sacrificial Bonfire - 7,5
15) Dear God - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,53 (75/100)
I've heard of XTC but never actually listened to them. I couldn't name a single song of theirs even if my life depends on it. This album actually sounds better than I thought it will.
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
01) Excursions - 8,0
02) Buggin' Out - 8,0
03) Rap Promoter - 7,5
04) Butter - 7,5
05) Verses From The Abstract - 7,5
06) Show Business - 8,0
07) Vibes And Stuff - 8,0
08) Infamous Date Rape - 7,5
09) Check The Rhime - 8,0
10) Everything Is Fair - 7,5
11) Jazz (We've Got) - 8,5
12) Skypager - 8,0
13) What? - 7,5
14) Scenario - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,82 (78/100)
Didn't like Dr.Dre's "The Chronic" (2 stars, it currently ranks #63 out of 69) so let's see how this one will score. Three songs in and it's much more enjoyable. Ok, two songs 'till the end and now I know why I like this one better (Butter?) - there's no excessive cursing... Lyrics are better, beats are minimal, only drum, bass and jazz samples. Much better, it goes in at number 35 out of 70.
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
01) Ponta de Lança Africano (Umbabarauma) - 9,0
02) Hermes Trismegisto Escreveu - 8,5
03) O Filósofo - 8,0
04) Meus Filhos, Meu Tesouro - 8,0
05) O Plebeu - 7,5
06) Taj Mahal - 9,0
07) Xica da Silva - 8,5
08) A História de Jorge - 7,5
09) Camisa 10 da Gávea - 7,0
10) Cavaleiro do Cavalo Imaculado - 7,0
11) África Brasil (Zumbi) - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,91 (79/100)
Another one I have to listen on You Tube. It started interesting but towards the end it started to sound a bit repetitive. "Taj Mahal" is the only song I know, it's played frequently on my local radio station. We also know it as the song Rod Stewart sang as "Do ya Think I'm Sexy".
4/5
01) For Tomorrow - 8,5
02) Advert - 8,0
03) Colin Zeal - 8,0
04) Pressure On Julian - 7,5
05) Star Shaped - 7,0
06) Blue Jeans - 7,5
07) Chemical World - 8,0
08) Sunday Sunday - 8,0
09) Oily Water - 7,5
10) Miss America - 7,0
11) Villa Rosie - 7,0
12) Coping - 7,5
13) Turn It Up - 7,0
14) Resigned - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,61 (76/100)
I was always Blur in Oasis vs. Blur. And this is typical Blur.
The Last Shadow Puppets
4/5
01) The Age of the Understatement - 9,5
02) Standing Next to Me - 9,5
03) Calm Like You - 7,5
04) Separate and Ever Deadly - 8,0
05) The Chamber - 8,5
06) Only the Truth - 7,5
07) My Mistakes Were Made for You - 9,5
08) Black Plant - 8,0
09) I Don't Like You Anymore - 8,0
10) In My Room - 7,0
11) Meeting Place - 8,5
12) Time Has Come Again - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,29 (83/100)
Staaanding next to meee, staaanding next to mee...
Very good album, but I'm saving highest marks for the Arctic Monkeys.
Elvis Presley
4/5
01) Blue Suede Shoes - 9,5
02) I'm Counting on You - 9,0
03) I Got a Woman - 9,0
04) One-sided Love Affair - 9,0
05) I Love You Because - 8,0
06) Just Because - 8,5
07) Tutti Frutti - 8,5
08) Tryin' to Get to You - 8,5
09) I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) - 8,5
10) I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') - 8,0
11) Blue Moon - 9,5
12) Money Honey - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,67 (87/100)
It's Elvis. I'm feeling almost ashamed for giving it only 4 stars but I have a feeling we're gonna hear more from him in the future :-)
Kate Bush
3/5
01) Sat In Your Lap - 7,5
02) There Goes A Tenner - 7,0
03) Pull Out The Pin - 7,0
04) Suspended In Gaffa - 8,0
05) Leave It Open - 7,0
06) The Dreaming - 6,5
07) Night Of The Swallow - 7,0
08) All The Love - 6,5
09) Houdini - 6,0
10) Get Out Of My House - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,85 (69/100)
John Coltrane
1/5
01) A Love Supreme, pt 1. - Acknowledgement - 3,0
02) A Love Supreme, pt. 2 - Resolution - 2,0
03) A Love Supreme, pt. 3. - Pursuance - 2,0
04) A Love Supreme, pt. 4. - Psalm 3,0
TOTAL: 2,50 (25/100)
God I hate jazz! It's like my left ear is fighting with my right one. Every instrument plays it's own tune. I know this is worthy album, but it's a big no for me.
Arcade Fire
5/5
01) Black Mirror - 9,0
02) Keep The Car Running - 10,0
03) Neon Bible - 10,0
04) Intervention - 10,0
05) Black Wave/Bad Vibrations - 9,0
06) Ocean Of Noise - 9,5
07) The Well and the Lighthouse - 9,0
08) (Antichrist Television Blues) - 8,5
09) Windowsill - 8,5
10) No Cars Go - 9,5
11) My Body Is a Cage - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,27 (93/100)
I love Arcade Fire and although this is not my favorite album of theirs, it's a clear 5 stars from me. In at number 4 after 77 albums that I listened, ladies and gentelmen here's "Neon Bible". FYI, "The Suburbs" is currently at number 3.
Favorite tracks: "Keep The Car Running", "Neon Bible" and magnificent "Intervention"
The Stone Roses
4/5
01) I Wanna Be Adored - 10,0
02) She Bangs the Drums - 8,0
03) Waterfall - 9,0
04) Don't Stop - 9,0
05) Bye Bye Badman - 9,0
06) Elizabeth My Dear - 7,5
07) (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister - 8,5
08) Made of Stone - 9,0
09) Shoot You Down - 8,0
10) This Is the One - 9,0
11) I Am the Resurrection - 9,5
12) Fools Gold - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,88 (89/100)
Not too familiar with The Stone Roses discography, but this is a really really good album. "I Wanna Be Adored" is such a classic! "Fools Gold" is incredible. "Don't Stop" is actually "Waterfall" in backwards? They re-recorded the drums and wrote a new lyrics and they learned to play it live. Ok, I need to give it another listen. Brilliant!
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
01) The Shining Hour - 7,5
02) Jupiter and Teardrop - 7,0
03) Fuzzy - 7,0
04) Wish You Well - 6,5
05) The Hook - 7,5
06) Soft Wolf Tread - 7,0
07) Stars 'n' Stripes - 7,0
08) Dixie Drug Store - 7,0
09) America Snoring - 7,0
10) Grace - 6,5
11) You Just Have to Be Crazy - 6,5
TOTALS: 6,95 (70/100)
Never heard of the band. It's not bad, but nothing I would remember in a few days.
The Auteurs
3/5
01) Show Girl - 7,0
02) Bailed Out 7,0
03) American Guitars - 6,5
04) Junk Shop Clothes - 7,5
05) Don't Trust the Stars - 6,0
06) Starstruck - 7,0
07) How Could I Be Wrong - 6,5
08) Housebreaker - 7,0
09) Valet Parking - 7,5
10) Idiot Brother - 7,5
11) Early Years - 7,0
12) Home Again - 7,0
13) Subculture (They Can't Find Him) - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,96 (70/100)
Here's another band I've never heard of. It's OK-ish. Unoffensive and pleasant listening but nothing more than that.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
01) Whole Lotta Love - 10,0
02) What Is and What Should Never Be - 10,0
03) The Lemon Song - 9,5
04) Thank You - 10,0
05) Heartbreaker - 9,5
06) Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) - 9,0
07) Ramble On - 9,5
08) Moby Dick - 8,0
09) Bring It On Home - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,39 (94/100)
Another five stars for Zeppelin. It seems I have a whole lotta love for them.
Coldcut
3/5
And here's another "worthy" album that cannot be found on my streaming service! I mean, come on! I should give it 1 star just because of that.
01) People Hold On - 8,5
02) Fat (Party and Bullshit) - 7,5
03) (I'm) In Deep - 7,5
04) My Telephone - 6,5
05) Theme From "Reportage - 7,0
06) Which Doctor? - 7,5
07) Stop This Crazy Thing - 7,0
08) No Connection - 7,5
09) Smoke 1 - 7,5
10) Doctorin' the House - 8,0
11) What's That Noise? - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,32 (73/100)
I can see how this inspired the future artists (Avalanches, I'm looking at you). If I was little older in 1989, I would probably dig this.
Steely Dan
3/5
Didn't really like "Aja", so let's see how this one will score.
01) Bodhisattva - 6,0
02) Razor Boy - 7,0
03) The Boston Rag - 6,0
04) Your Gold Teeth - 5,5
05) Show Biz Kids - 6,0
06) My Old School - 6,0
07) Pearl of the Quarter - 6,0
08) King of the World - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,19 (62/100)
Well, still not impressed. I don't think Steely Dan is my cup of tea.
Supertramp
3/5
01) School - 8,0
02) Bloody Well Right - 8,0
03) Hide In Your Shell - 7,0
04) Asylum - 7,0
05) Dreamer - 9,0
06) Rudy - 7,0
07) If Everyone Was Listening - 7,0
08) Crime of the Century - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100)
I knew only one song ("Dreamer"). The rest was ok. Some of these songs are really too long. I think I'm gonna love "Breakfast In America" better.
The Shamen
4/5
01) Move Any Mountain (Progen - Beatmasters 7") - 10,0
02) Human Nrg (Massey) - 8,0
03) Possible Worlds: Deep PSI - 8,5
04) Omega Amigo - 8,0
05) Evil Is Even [Edit] - 7,0
06) Hyperreal Orbit (Early Fade) - 8,0
07) Lightspan - 7,5
08) Make It Mine (v1.3 Lenny D Vox) - 8,0
09) Oxygen Restriction - 7,5
10) Hear Me (O My People) (Edit) - 7,0
11) 666 Edit (Move Any Mountain) - 6,5
12) Make It Minimal - 6,5
13) Hyperreal Selector (Edit) - 7,0
14) Lightspan Soundwave (Edit) - 7,5
15) Progen 91 [I.R.P. in the Land of Oz] - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,70 (77/100)
I love me some 90's dance music. Very refreshing after all that 70's rock. "Move Any Mountain" is definitely the hit that opened the road for "Ebeneezer Goode", "LSI", "Boss Drum" and other hits from the next album. It is maybe a bit too long for my taste, but never the less, it's a good dance album and great representation of the mighty 90's.
The Fall
3/5
01) Mansion - 7,0
02) Bombast - 5,0
03) Barmy - 6,5
04) What You Need - 5,0
05) Spoilt Victorian Child - 5,0
06) L.A. - 7,5
07) Vixen - 5,5
08) Couldn't Get Ahead - 6,5
09) Gut of the Quantifier - 5,5
10) My New House - 5,5
11) Paintwork - 7,5
12) I Am Damo Suzuki - 6,5
13) To Nkroachment: Yarbles - 6,5
14) Petty (Thief) Lout - 7,0
15) Rollin' Dany - 5,5
16) Cruiser's Creek - 7,5
TOTAL: 6,22 (62/100)
"Hey Mark! You're spoiling all the paintwork!"
At the end, I liked it more than I thought I would. Now I feel I rated some albums much higher than this one and liked them less... Best songs, in my opinion, are "LA", "Paintwork" and "Cruiser's Creek".
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
01) Block Rockin' Beats - 10,0
02) Dig Your Own Hole - 8,0
03) Elektrobank - 9,0
04) Piku - 7,0
05) Setting Sun - 10,0
06) It Doesn't Matter - 7,5
07) Don't Stop The Rock - 7,5
08) Get Up on It Like This - 7,0
09) Lost in the K-Hole - 8,0
10) Where Do I Begin - 8,0
11) The Private Psychedelic Reel - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,18 (82/100)
I remember a girl from school going to London, UK in 1997 to babysit some kids for the summer. There she met a guy who liked "Block Rockin' Beats" while she liked The Kelly Family (German teen pop band) and she couldn't stand "those fuc**ing beans" (in her words) he was playing all the time. And I thought to myself, what a cool guy, we would probably get along. I laughed at her and called her a Balkan peasant and an embarrasment because she didn't know who "The Chemical Brothers" were. Ah, it was a nice time to be in your late teens...
Jurassic 5
3/5
01) This Is - 6,5
02) Freedom - 7,5
03) If You Only Knew - 7,5
04) Break - 7,0
05) React - 6,0
06) A Day at the Races - 7,5
07) Remember His Name - 7,0
08) What's Golden - 7,5
09) Thin Line - 8,5
10) After School Special - 7,0
11) High Fidelity - 7,0
12) Sum Of Us - 7,0
13) DDT - 4,0
14) One Of Them - 7,0
15) Hey - 7,5
16) I Am Somebody - 7,5
17) Acetate Prophets - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,06 (71/100)
Hip Hop is not really my thing, but this was actually very pleasant to listen. Favorite track is the one with Nelly Furtado.
Suzanne Vega
3/5
01) Cracking - 7,5
02) Freeze Tag - 7,0
03) Marlene on the Wall - 7,5
04) Small Blue Thing - 8,0
05) Straight Lines - 7,0
06) Undertow - 7,0
07) Some Journey - 6,5
08) The Queen and the Soldier - 6,5
09) Knight Moves - 7,0
10) Neighborhood Girls - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,05 (71/100)
Her voice reminds me of Dolores O'Riordan in some places... The best song to me is "Small Blue Thing".
Girls Against Boys
2/5
01) In Like Flynn - 6,5
02) Go Be Delighted - 6,0
03) Rockets Are Red - 6,0
04) Satin Down - 6,0
05) Let Me Come Back - 6,0
06) Learned It - 6,0
07) Get Down - 5,5
08) Bulletproof Cupid - 6,0
09) Seven Seas - 5,5
10) Billy's One Stop - 5,0
11) Bug House - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,82 (58/100)
I don't like the vocals, he's very scratchy, I can't understand him. If the vocals were clearer, the songs would sound much better. After few songs it all just melts together, there's nothing to separate them. I had to check if the same song is playing or has another one started without me noticing...
Deep Purple
4/5
01) Speed King - 7,5
02) Bloodsucker - 7,0
03) Child In Time - 10,0
04) Flight of the Rat - 8,0
05) Into the Fire - 7,5
06) Living Wreck - 7,0
07) Hard Lovin' Man - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,64 (76/100)
"Child In Time" is by far my favorite song on the album. The rest is, I guess, good enough to (just barely) ensure 4 stars. "Black Night" is not on original album, but let's say it would contribute to the higher mark of the album. Well, it seems that I prefer Led Zeppelin.
Coldplay
5/5
Oooh, this is gonna be an easy five stars from me. One of my favorite albums ever, and the best Coldplay album in my opinion. I was a big fan of their first four albums, seen them twice on their "Viva La Vida" tour (Budapest/Udine). "Clocks" is an absolute masterpiece! After "Viva La Vida" they totally changed the direction and basically became a genuine pop band... Not a fan of that part of their career, but still enjoy the singles like "A Sky Full Of Stars" or "Something Just Like That"... So, I guess I'm a boring basic person with no taste in music whatsoever. Go figure :-)
01) Politik - 10,0
02) In My Place - 10,0
03) God Put A Smile Upon Your Face - 10,0
04) The Scientist - 10,0
05) Clocks - 10,0
06) Daylight - 10,0
07) Green Eyes - 10,0
08) Warning Sign - 10,0
09) A Whisper - 10,0
10) A Rush Of Blood To The Head - 10,0
11) Amsterdam - 10,0
TOTAL: 10,0 (100/100)
Billy Joel
4/5
01) Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) - 9,0
02) The Stranger - 8,0
03) Just the Way You Are - 9,0
04) Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - 7,5
05) Vienna - 9,0
06) Only the Good Die Young - 8,0
07) She's Always a Woman - 9,0
08) Get It Right the First Time - 7,0
09) Everybody Has a Dream - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,17 (82/100)
A nice sounding pop album with a few timeless classics like "She's Always A Woman", "Vienna" or "Just The Way You Are".
Richard Hawley
3/5
01) Coles Corner - 8,0
02) Just Like the Rain - 7,5
03) Hotel Room - 8,0
04) Darlin' Wait for Me - 7,0
05) The Ocean - 8,0
06) Born Under a Bad Sign - 7,5
07) I Sleep Alone - 8,0
08) Tonight - 7,0
09) (Wading Through) The Waters of My Time - 7,0
10) Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? - 6,5
11) Last Orders - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,41 (74/100)
Never heard of him. So, Wikipedia says that he was with Pulp? Yep, can see a bit of Jarvis in his music. He collaborated with Arctic Monkeys? Well, his voice definitely reminds me in some places of Alex Turner's voice (especially on "Tranquility..." and "The Car" albums). It also says that he has done some film scores? Well, the last track "Last Orders" makes much more sense now. The music is soft, nice, very easy listening... Not great - not terrible...
The Clash
5/5
01) London Calling - 10,0
02) Brand New Cadillac - 8,5
03) Jimmy Jazz - 9,0
04) Hateful - 9,5
05) Rudie Can't Fail - 9,5
06) Spanish Bombs - 10,0
07) The Right Profile - 9,5
08) Lost in the Supermarket - 9,5
09) Clampdown - 9,5
10) The Guns of Brixton - 10,0
11) Wrong 'Em Boyo - 9,5
12) Death or Glory - 9,5
13) Koka Kola - 9,0
14) The Card Cheat - 9,5
15) Lover's Rock - 9,0
16) Four Horsemen - 8,5
17) I'm Not Down - 9,0
18) Revolution Rock - 9,0
19) Train in Vain - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,37 (94/100)
I've been looking forward to this album and here it is, album #95. I've always liked The Clash but I was familiar only with the singles. My favorite tracks are "London Calling", "Train In Vain", "The Guns Of Brixton" and "Spanish Bombs", but really, there is no weak tracks in here. This album deserves all the praise that it gets.
Joanna Newsom
1/5
01) Emily - 3,0
02) Monkey & Bear - 2,0
03) Sawdust & Diamonds - 2,0
04) Only Skin - 1,0 (17 minutes?!)
05) Cosmia - 3,0
TOTAL: 2,20 (22/100)
Wiki says she's married to Andy Samberg. Interesting. And the music? Not so interesting. She sounds like some Björk/Tori Amos/Kate Bush wannabe, but not in a good way. The lyrics are stupid, the songs are too long (17 minutes!?!) and boring. Maybe she influenced Florence + The Machine for using the harp.
Anyway, not for me... Thank you, next!
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
01) September In The Rain - 7,5
02) Willow Weep for Me - 7,0
03) Just One of Those Things - 7,0
04) Be Anything (but Be Mine) - 6,5
05) Thou Swell - 7,0
06) Stairway to the Stars - 7,0
07) Honeysuckle Rose - 7,0
08) Just a Gigolo - 7,5
09) How High the Moon - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,11 (71/100)
I don't like jazz but Ms Vaughan vocals made it more interesting. Sarah has a beautiful, soothing voice and it is very pleasant to listen. Love the mess up in song 2, it kinds of makes me feel like i'm really there at Mister Kelly's with them. The original album had 9 songs, so I chose to listen to that version, expanded version has 20 songs, it's too much jazz for me...
Muddy Waters
3/5
01) I Got My Brand On You - 6,5
02) I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - 6,0
03) Baby, Please Don't Go - 6,5
04) Soon Forgotten - 6,0
05) Tiger in Your Tank - 6,5
06) I Feel So Good - 7,0
07) Got My Mojo Working - 7,0
08) Got My Mojo Working, Part 2 - 7,0
09) Goodbye Newport Blues - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,56 (66/100)
Second live album in a row. Somehow I wish it was "Queen Live at Wembley", but it's not... So, blues. I can't help it, but to me it sounds like they are playing the same song for 35 minutes. Which they could, there's been a few albums like that... The music and the singing are great, the vibe is good, everything is perfect if you like blues. Yep.
Amy Winehouse
5/5
01) Rehab - 10,0
02) You Know I'm No Good - 10,0
03) Me & Mr Jones - 10,0
04) Just Friends - 9,5
05) Back To Black - 10,0
06) Love Is A Losing Game - 10,0
07) Tears Dry On Their Own - 10,0
08) Wake Up Alone - 9,0
09) Some Unholy War - 9,0
10) He Can Only Hold Her - 9,5
11) Addicted - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,68 (97/100)
Gone too young :-( If she was still alive, I'm sure she would be a global superstar right now. But, on the other hand, if she didn't lead the life she did, would we have this masterpiece? I think "No, no no!" Rest in peace, Amy!
Röyksopp
5/5
01) So Easy - 10,0
02) Eple - 10,0
03) Sparks - 10,0
04) In Space - 9,0
05) Poor Leno - 10,0
06) A Higher Place - 9,5
07) Röyksopp's Night Out - 8,5
08) Remind Me - 10,0
09) She's So - 9,0
10) 40 Years Back\Come - 7,5
TOTAL: 9,35 (94/100)
I am looking forward to this one, know the singles ("Eple", "So Easy", "Remind Me", "Poor Leno" and "Sparks"), hope the rest of the album is as good.
It turns out, the rest IS good enough for me to say that this is great album which I would definitely listen to again. Didn't expect that, but this is another 5 ★ album for me. No wonder it was named the best Norwegian album of the 2000s :-)
This is my album no. 100.
So far I have distributed my marks like this:
★★★★★ - 13 albums (including this one)
★★★★- 42 albums
★★★ - 30 albums
★★ - 7 albums
★ - 8 albums
I would listen again those 4 and 5 ★, wouldn't listen to those with 3 if I don't have to, and would prefer never to hear again those with 1 or 2 ★... 3,45 is my average rating. I guess I'm on the generous side... Bring the next 100!
Baaba Maal
3/5
01) Lam Tooro - 6,5
02) Loodo - 6,5
03) Muudo Hormo - 6,5
04) Salminanam - 7,0
05) Maacina Tooro - 6,5
06) Djam Leelii - 7,0
07) Bibbe Leydy - 6,0
08) Sehilam - 6,0
09) Kettodee - 6,5
10) Ko Wone Mayo - 6,5
11) Daande Lenol - 6,0
12) Taara - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,38 (64/100)
I like it when non-English language artist appears because there IS good music and there are good albums outside of the English speaking world. This one is a very pleasant ambient music with some nice guitar playing. It makes a great background music while working or driving. After a few songs it tends to get a bit repetitive, but it's still a nice listen.
3/5
01) Victoria - 8,0
02) Yes Sir, No Sir - 7,5
03) Some Mother's Son - 7,5
04) Drivin' - 7,5
05) Brainwashed - 7,0
06) Australia - 7,5
07) Shangri-La - 7,5
08) Mr. Churchill Says - 7,0
09) She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina - 6,5
10) Young and Innocent Days - 7,5
11) Nothing to Say - 7,0
12) Arthur - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,33 (73/100)
Nice sixties rock, but nothing special or memorable. The album didn't even chart in UK. Weren't they like a big thing back than? Only few months after this album their single "Lola" came second in the UK charts.
Johnny Cash
4/5
01) The Man Comes Around - 9,0
02) Hurt - 10,0
03) Give My Love To Rose - 8,5
04) Bridge Over Troubled Water - 8,0
05) I Hung My Head - 8,5
06) First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - 8,0
07) Personal Jesus - 9,0
08) In My Life - 9,0
09) Sam Hall - 8,0
10) Danny Boy 8,5
11) Desperado - 8,0
12) I'm So Lonsome I Could Cry 8,0
13) Tear Stained Letter - 7,5
14) Streets Of Laredo - 7,5
15) We'll Meet Again - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,37 (84/100)
Mr. Man in black... Some songs work better than the others, but as a whole, this is a very good farewell album by a great artist.
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
01) Bring Da Ruckus - 6,0
02) Shame On A Nigga - 8,5
03) Clan in da Front - 6,5
04) Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber - 6,0
05) Can It Be All So Simple - 8,0
06) Da Mystery of Chessboxin - 6,5
07) Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit - 7,0
08) C.R.E.A.M. - 7,5
09) Method Man - 5,0
10) Protect Ya Neck - 7,0
11) Tearz - 7,5
12) Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber - Part II - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,79 (68/100)
English is not my first language (as you can probably see :-P) so the lyrics don't mean much to me. Maybe that's the reason I'm not really a big fan of rap. I can not follow them that fast... But I can appreciate the beats and the flow... In that light, "Shame On A Nigga" and "Can It Be All So Simple" (without "Intermission") are my favorites.
P.S. Maybe I don't understand all the lyrics but the beginning of the "Method Man" is vile! The f**k?
David Bowie
4/5
01) The Next Day - 8,0
02) Dirty Boys - 7,5
03) The Stars (Are Out Tonight) - 9,0
04) Love Is Lost - 7,5
05) Where Are We Now? - 8,5
06) Valentine's Day - 8,0
07) If You Can See Me - 7,5
08) I'd Rather Be High - 7,5
09) Boss of Me - 7,5
10) Dancing Out in Space - 7,5
11) How Does the Grass Grow? - 7,5
12) (You Will) Set the World on Fire - 7,5
13) You Feel So Lonely You Could Die - 7,5
14) Heat - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,71 (77/100)
The surprise release was cool, I remember it like it was yesterday... I wasn't really impressed by the album when it came out, I felt like it was too artsy for me. It's a 3 and a half stars from me, but as I am always generous with the marks, I will give it 4 stars. Favorite song "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)".
Todd Rundgren
2/5
01) I Saw the Light - 7,5
02) It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference - 7,0
03) Wolfman Jack - 7,0
04) Cold Morning Light - 7,0
05) It Takes Two to Tango (This Is for the Girls) - 7,0
06) Sweeter Memories - 7,0
07) Intro - 1,0
08) Breathless - 5,0
09) The Night the Carousel Burned Down - 6,5
10) Saving Grace - 7,0
11) Marlene - 6,0
12) Song of the Viking - 6,5
13) I Went to the Mirror - 6,0
14) Black Maria - 7,0
15) One More Day (No Word) - 7,0
16) Couldn't I Just Tell You - 6,0
17) Torch Song - 5,5
18) Little Red Lights - 5,5
19) Overture–My Roots - 1,0
20) Dust in the Wind - 7,0
21) Piss Aaron - 6,0
22) Hello It's Me - 7,0
23) Some Folks Is Even Whiter Than Me - 6,0
24) You Left Me Sore - 6,5
25) Slut - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,04 (60/100)
So, 25 tracks and an hour and a half of my life. Was that really necessary? On side one (songs 1 to 6) we can hear unoffensive but not too exciting pop/rock songs of the early 70s. Quite OK. Than side two starts with "Intro". I don't get the purpose of those spoken nonsense, I'm here for the music. "Breathless" is some kind of instrumental that started promising but continued with annoying synthesizers. And than we return to pop/rock or what ever this genre is. At this stage it starts to get a bit boring, and we have 16 more tracks to go! On side three (songs 14-18) I lost any interest and am waiting for the end that surely has to come, right? 7 more songs. Side four... starts with the "Overture" where we have to listen to some other people live records of his favorite songs, or what? Then some more 70s pop-rock. And than the final song called "Slut". And I swear to God I would rather listen to Taylor Swift than this album ever again.
Public Enemy
3/5
01) Lost At Birth - 7,0
02) Rebirth - 6,0
03) Nighttrain - 6,5
04) Can't Truss It - 6,5
05) I Don't Wanna Be Called Yo Niga - 7,5
06) How to Kill a Radio Consultant - 6,5
07) By the Time I Get to Arizona - 6,5
08) Move! - 6,0
09) 1 Million Bottlebags - 5,5
10) More News at 11 - 5,5
11) Shut 'Em Down - 6,5
12) A Letter to the New York Post - 6,0
13) Get the Fuck Outta Dodge - 6,5
14) Bring the Noise - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,39 (64/100)
I appreciate it for what it is, but it's really not for me. "I Don't Wanna Be Called Yo Nigga" reminds me of "Tennessee" by Arrested Development so I guess it's my favorite track...
Air
5/5
01) La femme d'argent - 9,5
02) Sexy Boy - 10,0
03) All I Need - 10,0
04) Kelly Watch The Stars - 10,0
05) Talisman - 9,0
06) Remember - 9,0
07) You Make It Easy - 9,5
08) Ce matin là - 9,5
09) New Star in the Sky (Chanson pour Solal) - 9,0
10) Le voyage de Pénélope - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,45 (95/100)
I was 20 years old when this came out and I loved it. "Sexy Boy" is one of my all time favorite tracks. 26 years on, and it still sounds fresh AF. Hell, all of the album makes me feel like I'm 20 again and like the whole world is mine... And you know what? Maybe it is...
The xx
5/5
01) Intro - 10,0
02) VCR - 9,0
03) Crystalised - 9,0
04) Islands - 10,0
05) Heart Skipped a Beat - 8,5
06) Fantasy - 8,5
07) Shelter - 9,0
08) Basic Space - 9,5
09) Infinity - 9,0
10) Night Time - 8,5
11) Stars - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,10 (91/100)
After Air, here's The XX. What a great two albums in a row. "Intro" is the best intro on any album ever! This album is a perfect summer soundtrack. I'm a big fan of Jamie XX's album "In Colour" which I presume is not even on this list... Shame, cause it's better than 95% of the list. "Loud Places" is such a gem!
k.d. lang
3/5
01) Western Stars - 8,0
02) Lock, Stock and Teardrops - 7,5
03) Sugar Moon - 6,5
04) I Wish I Didn't Love You So - 7,0
05) (Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance Floor - 7,0
06) Black Coffee - 7,0
07) Shadowland - 6,5
08) Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - 7,0
09) Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them - 7,0
10) I'm Down to My Last Cigarette - 7,0
11) Busy Being Blue - 7,0
12) Honky Tonk Angels' Medley - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,04 (70/100)
She's a great vocalist but the songs she's singing are not something I would necessarily want to listen too again.
4/5
01) Big Exit - 7,5
02) Good Fortune - 9,0
03) A Place Called Home - 8,5
04) One Line - 7,5
05) Beautiful Feeling - 8,5
06) The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore - 8,0
07) This Mess We're In - 8,5
08) You Said Something - 8,0
09) Kamikaze - 8,0
10) This Is Love - 9,0
11) Horses in My Dreams - 7,0
12) We Float - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)
I had festival tickets and I could've listened to Polly Jean live a few years ago, but I've skipped that entire day. In retrospect, listening to this album, I can say I was probably wrong :-) "Good Fortune" and "This Is Love" are my favorites, but I also like Thom Yorke ones.
Fela Kuti
3/5
01) Zombie - 7,5
02) Mister Follow Follow - 7,0
03) Observation Is No Crime - 6,0
04) Mistake - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,86 (69/100)
This Fela had 27 wives!?!
Oh, yeah... the music... It's OK. Nothing special. I don't like jazz but afro elements do make this listenable. Every song lasts for a few hours and he starts to sing after 45 minutes. The ladies are repeating after him (after all, they are his wives), the musicians are jamming, and Fela sings some political lyrics that infuriated the Nigerian government so much that they killed his mother. Who was, by the way, the first Nigerian woman to drive a car. See? I learned a lot today...
Fever Ray
4/5
01) If I Had a Heart - 8,5
02) When I Grow Up - 7,5
03) Dry and Dusty - 7,0
04) Seven - 8,5
05) Triangle Walks - 8,0
06) Concrete Walls - 8,0
07) Now's the Only Time I Know - 7,5
08) I'm Not Done - 7,5
09) Keep the Streets Empty for Me - 8,5
10) Coconut - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,85 (79/100)
I've never heard of the artist. This is weird because it sounds like something I would like back in 2009. And I do. My favorites are "If I Had A Heart", "Seven" and "Keep The Streets Empty For Me".
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
01) ... And the Gods Made Love - /
02) Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) - 7,5
03) Crosstown Traffic - 9,5
04) Voodoo Chile - 9,0
05) Little Miss Strange - 7,5
06) Long Hot Summer Night - 7,5
07) Come On (Part 1) - 7,5
08) Gypsy Eyes - 7,5
09) Burning of the Midnight Lamp - 7,5
10) Rainy Day, Dream Away - 7,0
11) 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) - 7,0
12) Moon, Turn the Tides....Gently Gently Away- /
13) Still Raining, Still Dreaming - 7,0
14) House Burning Down - 7,5
15) All Along the Watchtower - 10,0
16) Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - 9,0
TOTAL: 7,93 (79/100)
Hendrix is a rock God and the album is good, but I think it's a bit too long. All the songs started to blend into one after some time. I excluded the two interludes from marking because it's just noise. "Crosstown Traffic", "All Along The Watchtower" and "Voodoo Child" are the highlights.
Ash
4/5
01) Lose Control - 8,0
02) Goldfinger - 7,5
03) Girl from Mars - 7,5
04) I'd Give You Anything - 8,0
05) Gone the Dream - 7,5
06) Kung Fu - 8,5
07) Oh Yeah - 8,5
08) Let It Flow - 7,5
09) Innocent Smile - 7,0
10) Angel Interceptor - 7,5
11) Lost in You - 7,0
12) Darkside Lightside - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,67 (77/100)
I've heard of Ash, I know "Shining Light" and "There's a Star" and that's about it. I don't know this album or singles from it. It's a nice pop-rock album from a bunch of teenagers. Wish I had a band like this when I was 18. Kudos to them. There's nothing wrong with songs, they are good enough but the problem is I won't remember any of them after I finish listening to the album. Will add "Kung Fu" to my 1001 albums playlist. It's a 3,5 stars album that will receive 4 stars from generous me :-)
Bob Dylan
4/5
01) Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35 - 8,5
02) Pledging My Time - 8,0
03) Visions of Johanna - 9,5
04) One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) - 8,0
05) I Want You - 9,0
06) Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - 9,0
07) Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat - 8,0
08) Just Like A Woman - 9,5
09) Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine - 10,0
10) Temporary Like Achilles - 8,5
11) Absolutely Sweet Marie - 8,5
12) 4th Time Around - 8,5
13) Obviously 5 Believers - 8,0
14) Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,64 (86/100)
It is one of the best albums ever, and I almost feel bad for not giving it five stars. For me, it just comes very close. His way of singing is unique, you either like it or not. I don't mind it, but I feel the album is a bit too long and in some songs, (especially the final two) I lost interest and got a bit bored by it. "Visions of Johanna" and "Just Like a Woman" are among my favorites, but "Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine" is the best one for me.
Raekwon
2/5
01) Striving for Perfection - 1,0
02) Knuckleheadz - 7,5
03) Knowledge God - 7,0
04) Criminology - 6,0
05) Incarcerated Scarfaces - 6,0
06) Rainy Dayz - 6,5
07) Guillotine (Swordz) - 6,0
08) Can It Be All So Simple - 5,5
09) Shark Niggas (Biters) - 1,0
10) Ice Water - 5,0
11) Glaciers of Ice - 5,0
12) Verbal Intercourse - 5,0
13) Wisdom Body - 5,0
14) Spot Rusherz - 5,0
15) Ice Cream - 5,0
16) Wu-Gambinos - 5,0
17) Heaven & Hell - 6,0
18) North Star (Jewels) - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,17 (52/100)
So, they do drugs, they do guns, they do bitches, you know what I'm saying? Boring repetitive samples, then some more shooting, drugs, bitches, endless talking. You know what I'm saying? The first half was better, or maybe I had more patience. You know what I'm saying?
Robert Wyatt
1/5
01) Sea Song - 5,5
02) A Last Straw - 5,0
03) Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road - 4,0
04) Alifib - 5,5
05) Alifie - 3,5
06) Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,58 (46/100)
Ok, the music is slower and his way of singing is special. Like Radiohead before Radiohead. But what I found annoying are his "wahwahwahwah" wailings in almost every song so far. It's irritating. The music is in places almost dissonant. It's like bad jazz. And I hate jazz. Is song number 3 starting to be played backward halfway through? It's like I entered the red room in Twin Peaks. Song number 4 is kind of tolerable from the middle to the end. And what the hell are those noises at the beginning of the song number 5? Like someone is cleaning windows... OK, this one was the final nail in its coffin. It's a ★ for me. I don't think song number 6 can save this. Is this Mike Oldfield on guitar? Oh, yes it is, I'm good :-) But the song is not. Bye Felicia!
Paul Simon
5/5
01) The Boy in the Bubble - 8,5
02) Graceland - 10,0
03) I Know What I Know - 8,5
04) Gumboots - 8,5
05) Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - 10,0
06) You Can Call Me Al - 10,0
07) Under African Skies - 9,0
08) Homeless - 9,0
09) Crazy Love, Vol. II - 9,0
10) That Was Your Mother - 8,0
11) All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,95 (90/100)
So, is he an a**hole benefiting from cultural appropriation or a genius who introduced South African music to the world during the hardest period for the country and the majority of its people? I don't know. I mean, Queen played several concerts at Sun City in 1984. during apartheid. Was it wrong? Hell yes! Do I still think Freddie Mercury is God? Hell yes! All said aside, I think this is a great album, with several excellent songs ("Graceland", "You Can Call Me Al" and "Diamonds..."). It also introduced us to Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Youssou N'Dour and many other African musicians.
Neil Young
4/5
01) Walk On - 8,5
02) See the Sky About to Rain - 8,0
03) Revolution Blues - 8,0
04) For the Turnstiles - 8,5
05) Vampire Blues - 8,0
06) On the Beach - 9,0
07) Motion Pictures - 8,0
08) Ambulance Blues - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,25 (83/100)
I never actually listened to Neil Young, so I'm looking forward to this one. Love the album cover. The guitars on "On The Beach" are great, I think that's my favorite song on the album.
Stephen Stills
3/5
God give me strength, another double album...
01) Song of Love - 7,0
02) Rock & Roll Crazies/Cuban Bluegrass - 7,5
03) Jet Set (Sigh) - 7,0
04) Anyway - 6,5
05) Both of Us (Bound to Lose) - 7,0
06) Fallen Eagle - 7,5
07) Jesus Gave Love Away for Free - 7,0
08) Colorado - 7,5
09) So Begins the Task - 7,5
10) Hide It So Deep - 6,5
11) Don't Look at My Shadow - 6,5
12) It Doesn't Matter - 8,0
13) Johnny's Garden - 7,5
14) Bound to Fall - 7,0
15) How Far - 7,5
16) Move Around - 7,5
17) The Love Gangster - 7,0
18) What to Do - 7,5
19) Right Now - 7,0
20) The Treasure (Take One) - 7,0
21) Blues Man - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,17 (72/100)
Well, it's not as bad as I thought it would be. I think I have traumas of the past double albums I listened to. It has 4 sides, each side has its own theme. I think I prefer side 3 with folk-rock songs, "It Doesn't Matter" stands out for me. It reminds me of Fleetwood Mac.
Minor Threat
1/5
01) Betray - 6,0
02) It Follows - 5,0
03) Think Again - 5,0
04) Look Back and Laugh - 4,5
05) Sob Story - 4,5
06) No Reason - 4,5
07) Little Friend - 4,0
08) Out of Step - 4,5
09) Cashing In - 6,0
TOTAL: 4,89 (49/100)
21 and a half minutes, now we're talking! I don't think I could take more than that, this is not something I enjoy. It's just plain shouting without a trace of any kind of melody. I know it's punk and that's the way it's supposed to be, energetic, angry and shouty, but I have the right to not like it.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
01) You Are the Sunshine of My Life - 10,0
02) Maybe Your Baby - 8,5
03) You and I (We Can Conquer the World) - 8,0
04) Tuesday Heartbreak - 8,5
05) You've Got It Bad Girl - 8,5
06) Superstition - 10,0
07) Big Brother - 8,5
08) Blame It on the Sun - 9,0
09) Lookin' for Another Pure Love - 8,5
10) I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever) - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,80 (88/100)
Stevie Wonder is truly a music royalty. "Superstition" and "You Are The Sunshine of My Life" are classics, and solely because of those two songs this album deserves very high marks.
Ride
3/5
01) Seagull - 7,5
02) Kaleidoscope - 7,5
03) In a Different Place - 7,5
04) Polar Bear - 7,0
05) Dreams Burn Down - 7,0
06) Decay - 7,0
07) Paralysed - 7,0
08) Vapour Trail -7,5
09) Taste - 7,5
10) Here and Now - 7,0
11) Nowhere - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,18 (72/100)
First of all, what the hell is Shoegaze? Never heard of that genre of music...
So, Wikipedia says that shoegaze is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volume. It's not a bad album. Maybe with a few more listens it would grow on me, but for now, it's just ok...
Neil Young
3/5
01) Tonight's The Night - 7,5
02) Speakin' Out - 7,0
03) World on a String - 7,0
04) Borrowed Tune - 7,5
05) Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown - 7,5
06) Mellow My Mind - 7,5
07) Roll Another Number (For the Road) - 7,5
08) Albuquerque - 7,5
09) New Mama - 7,5
10) Lookout Joe - 7,5
11) Tired Eyes - 7,5
12) Tonight's the Night – Part II - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,42 (74/100)
Second Neil Young in four days... I get the feeling that I should like this more than I do. I was very generous with "On The Beach" (83/100) so either that one is better or I was in a better mood when I listened to it... Don't know.
The Zombies
4/5
01) Care of Cell 44 - 8,0
02) A Rose for Emily - 7,0
03) Maybe After He's Gone - 8,0
04) Beechwood Park - 8,5
05) Brief Candles - 7,5
06) Hung Up on a Dream - 7,5
07) Changes - 7,0
08) I Want Her, She Wants Me - 7,5
09) This Will Be Our Year - 8,0
10) Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) - 7,0
11) Friends of Mine - 7,5
12) Time of the Season - 10,0
TOTAL: 7,79 (78/100)
It's a nice and enjoyable pop album. Like a blend of Beach Boys and The Beatles. The album was not successful when released but it eventually achieved a cult following which is very interesting to me. "Time of the Season" is the best song on the album.
Wilco
3/5
01) Misunderstood - 7,5
02) Far, Far Away - 8,5
03) Monday - 7,5
04) Outtasite (Outta Mind) - 7,5
05) Forget the Flowers - 8,0
06) Red-Eyed and Blue - 8,0
07) I Got You (At the End of the Century) - 7,5
08) What's the World Got in Store - 7,0
09) Hotel Arizona - 7,0
10) Say You Miss Me - 7,0
11) Sunken Treasure - 7,5
12) Someday Soon - 7,0
13) Outta Mind (Outta Sight) - 7,0
14) Someone Else's Song - 6,5
15) Kingpin - 7,0
16) (Was I) In Your Dreams - 7,0
17) Why Would You Wanna Live - 7,0
18) The Lonely 1 - 7,0
19) Dreamer in My Dreams - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,26 (73/100)
It's way too long. It's getting boring. The marks are getting lower and lower with each passing song. It would be 4 stars if it was just CD 1, but this will probably end up with 3 stars because it's not that interesting, especially towards the end.
Eric Clapton
3/5
01) Motherless Children - 8,0
02) Give Me Strength - 7,0
03) Willie and the Hand Jive - 7,5
04) Get Ready - 7,0
05) I Shot the Sheriff - 9,0
06) I Can't Hold Out - 7,0
07) Please Be with Me - 7,0
08) Let It Grow - 7,5
09) Steady Rollin' Man - 7,0
10) Mainline Florida - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,40 (74/100)
It seems to me that every album recorded between 1967 and 1977 is so essential that it has to be on this list. And they sound just the same when you listen to them day after day. This is my 128th album and I had 42 albums from that period. At least half of them really aren't something I should listen to before I die. Is this one? Well, it's a nice album, but he's an a**hole so I don't enjoy it as much as I probably should. Half of the songs are covers.
Megadeth
1/5
01) Holy Wars... The Punishment Due - 4,0
02) Hangar 18 - 5,0
03) Take No Prisoners - 4,5
04) Five Magics - 4,0
05) Poison Was the Cure - 4,5
06) Lucretia - 4,5
07) Tornado of Souls - 5,0
08) Dawn Patrol - 5,0
09) Rust in Peace... Polaris - 4,5
TOTAL: 4,56 (46/100)
Mmmm... t(h)rash metal... I can't say how much I HATE this kind of music. Sure, the drums are great, guitars are great (especially in Tornado Of Souls), but where's the song? It's just noise. And the voice? That macho growling sh**t ain't singing... I see in reviews that there are more Megadeth and thrash metal albums to come, I'm certainly looking forward to it. Hey, my average is too high anyway so I have to give a few low marks...
Kanye West
4/5
01) Intro (Skit) - /
02) We Don't Care - 7,5
03) Graduation Day - 5,0
04) All Falls Down - 8,5
05) I'll Fly Away - 5,0
06) Spaceship - 7,0
07) Jesus Walks - 9,0
08) Never Let Me Down - 8,0
09) Get Em High - 7,0
10) Workout Plan (Skit) - /
11) The New Workout Plan - 7,0
12) Slow Jamz - 9,0
13) Breathe In Breathe Out - 7,0
14) School Spirit (Skit 1) - /
15) School Spirit - 7,5
16) School Spirit (Skit 2) - /
17) Lil Jimmy (Skit) - /
18) Two Words - 8,5
19) Through the Wire - 9,0
20) Family Business - 8,0
21) Last Call - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,59 (76/100)
There's something seriously wrong with Kanye and all that parading with his half-naked new wife... I liked Kanye's music for the first few albums but since "Yeezus" it all went down. And his behavior certainly didn't help that. I would probably rate this higher ten years ago, but in this day and age, it is what it is... A very good debut album by a future a**hole nazi lunatic.
Iron Butterfly
3/5
01) Most Anything You Want - 7,5
02) Flowers and Beads - 7,0
03) My Mirage - 6,0
04) Termination - 7,5
05) Are You Happy - 6,5
06) In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
In-A-Whatta? Never heard of the band, let's see what this is all about. It reminds me of The Doors, which is not a bad thing. The title song should have ended after three and a half minutes. The drum solo feels so basic like someone is learning how to play drums. The rest of the songs are so-so. Some are better than others.
Bee Gees
3/5
01) How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - 9,5
02) Israel -8,0
03) The Greatest Man in the World - 8,0
04) It's Just the Way - 7,0
05) Remembering - 7,0
06) Somebody Stop the Music - 6,5
07) Trafalgar - 7,0
08) Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself - 7,0
09) When Do I - 6,5
10) Dearest - 5,5
11) Lion in Winter - 6,0
12) Walking Back to Waterloo - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,04 (70/100)
They are world famous band and is this album the best they did? An album that didn't even chart in UK and it reached number 34 in US? It started as an OK pop-ish album, but towards the end it just started to be plain boring. And those chorus vocals in "Lion in Winter"? Lion roaring would be more on point. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" is the best song on the album and it's all down from there.
Radiohead
5/5
01) Airbag - 9,0
02) Paranoid Android - 10,0
03) Subterranean Homesick Alien - 9,5
04) Exit Music (For a Film) - 10,0
05) Let Down - 10,0
06) Karma Police - 10,0
07) Fitter Happier - 9,0
08) Electioneering - 9,5
09) Climbing Up the Walls - 9,5
10) No Surprises - 10,0
11) Lucky - 10,0
12) The Tourist - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,67 (97/100)
This one was huge back in the day. I loved it! I had some version of it taped on my cassette, missing a few songs. Ah, you have to love the nineties. "Karma Police" (love that ending), "Let Down" (what a great f***ing song!), "No Surprises" (my favorite back then, and I think it still is), "Lucky", "Paranoid Android", "Exit Music"... Fantastic songs and a fantastic album!
The Cardigans
4/5
01) Your New Cuckoo - 8,5
02) Been It - 7,5
03) Heartbreaker - 7,0
04) Happy Meal II - 7,0
05) Never Recover - 7,5
06) Step on Me - 7,0
07) Lovefool - 10,0
08) Losers - 8,0
09) Iron Man - 8,0
10) Great Divide - 7,5
11) Choke - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,73 (77/100)
On this album I know only "Your New Cuckoo" and "Lovefool", I'm more familiar with "Gran Turismo" which I have on CD and which has a bit heavier sound than this one. "Lovefool" is such a classic even though it's overplayed. I like the Black Sabbath cover.
Lenny Kravitz
4/5
01) Sittin' on Top of the World - 7,5
02) Let Love Rule - 8,5
03) Freedom Train - 7,5
04) My Precious Love - 8,0
05) I Build This Garden for Us - 8,0
06) Fear - 7,0
07) Does Anybody Out There Even Care - 7,5
08) Mr. Cab Driver - 9,5
09) Rosemary - 7,0
10) Be - 7,0
11) Blues for Sister Someone - 7,0
12) Empty Hands - 7,0
13) Flower Child - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,58 (76/100)
I guess I tend to lose concentration towards the end because the marks are getting lower and lower in just about every album, not just this one... I'm torn somewhere between 3 and 4 stars. It's not a bad album, but it's really not special in any way... "Mr. Cab Driver" is my favorite track.
TV On The Radio
3/5
01) The Wrong Way - 7,5
02) Staring at the Sun - 7,5
03) Dreams - 7,5
04) King Eternal - 7,0
05) Ambulance - 6,5
06) Poppy - 6,5
07) Don't Love You - 6,5
08) Bomb Yourself - 7,0
09) Wear You Out - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
This one is different. Do I like it? Not quite sure. The first three songs are interesting, but it goes nowhere from there. "Ambulance" and "Poppy" are annoying, and the rest is just there.
Nirvana
5/5
01) Smells Like Teen Spirit - 10,0
02) In Bloom - 10,0
03) Come As You Are - 10,0
04) Breed - 10,0
05) Lithium - 10,0
06) Polly - 10,0
07) Territorial Pissings - 10,0
08) Drain You - 10,0
09) Lounge Act - 10,0
10) Stay Away - 10,0
11) On A Plain - 10,0
12) Something in the Way - 10,0
13) Endless, Nameless - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,92 (99/100)
And here's a picture of 13-year-old me with his copy of "Nevermind" cassette and a big Nirvana poster on the wall behind my bed. I can picture it like it was yesterday... So, as you can guess, I'm very biased towards this album. I haven't listened to it for a long time, but every song brings memories back, except maybe "Endless, Nameless" which I obviously didn't have on my copy of the album :-)
Bob Dylan
4/5
01) Subterranean Homesick Blues - 8,0
02) She Belongs To Me - 9,0
03) Maggie's Farm - 8,5
04) Love Minus Zero - 8,5
05) Outlaw Blues - 8,0
06) On The Road Again - 8,0
07) Bob Dylan's 115th Dream - 8,5
08) Mr. Tambourine Man - 10,0
09) Gates Of Eden - 8,0
10) It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - 9,0
11) It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,68 (87/100)
Another good one from Bob.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
4/5
01) History Song - 8,5
02) 80's Life - 8,0
03) Northern Whale - 8,5
04) Kingdom of Doom - 8,5
05) Herculean - 8,5
06) Behind the Sun - 7,5
07) The Bunting Song - 7,5
08) Nature Springs - 7,0
09) A Soldier's Tale - 7,0
10) Three Changes - 7,5
11) Green Fields - 7,5
12) The Good, the Bad & the Queen - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,83 (78/100)
I like everything Damon Albarn does, and this project should be no exception. It's like slowed-down Gorillaz. The only problem is that songs are starting to get a bit... pointless and unexciting towards the end of the album.
The Black Keys
5/5
01) Everlasting Light - 9,0
02) Next Girl - 9,0
03) Tighten Up - 9,5
04) Howlin' for You - 9,5
05) She's Long Gone - 8,5
06) Black Mud - 9,0
07) The Only One - 9,0
08) Too Afraid to Love You - 9,0
09) Ten Cent Pistol - 9,0
10) Sinister Kid - 8,5
11) The Go Getter - 8,5
12) I'm Not the One - 9,0
13) Unknown Brother - 8,5
14) Never Give You Up - 9,5
15) These Days - 9,0
TOTAL: 8,97 (90/100)
I'm reading the reviews and am surprised by how many people said that this isn't worth being on the list. I mean, have you listened to some other shit that pops up here? The fu**? This is a very good, listenable, catchy rock album and I would rather listen to this than exactly 123 albums that I listened to so far (this being my album #140). On the other hand, it has an average of 3,66 so that means that I'm not the only one that feels this way towards The Black Keys.
Air
4/5
01) Playground Love - 10,0
02) Clouds Up - 9,0
03) Bathroom Girl - 8,5
04) Cemetary Party - 8,5
05) Dark Messages - 8,0
06) The Word 'Hurricane' - 8,0
07) Dirty Trip - 8,5
08) Highschool Lover - 9,0
09) Afternoon Sister - 8,5
10) Ghost Song - 8,0
11) Empty House - 8,5
12) Dead Bodies - 9,5
13) Suicide Underground - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,65 (87/100)
I never actually watched the movie, maybe I should look it up. "Playground Love" is the only song I know, hence is my favorite. This is definitely not "Moon Safari", but it is enjoyable for what it is... a score to the movie I will watch later today. I just must!
Suede
4/5
01) Introducing the Band - 8,5
02) We Are the Pigs - 9,0
03) Heroine - 8,0
04) The Wild Ones - 9,0
05) Daddy's Speeding - 8,5
06) The Power - 9,0
07) New Generation - 8,5
08) This Hollywood Life - 8,0
09) The 2 of Us - 8,5
10) Black or Blue - 8,0
11) The Asphalt World - 8,5
12) Still Life - 9,0
TOTAL: 8,54 (85/100)
I had the pleasure of listening to Suede live in 2019. and checking the setlist, it seems I heard 4 songs from this album live (2, 4, 7 and 9). I was never really into Suede, I always felt that I ought to love them more than I did, but we never "clicked". Not even after I heard them live. But listening to this album, I must say the songs are good, the guitars are great, it keeps me interested, and I didn't expect that. Not even the 9-minute song felt boring. It's not 5 stars, but it's a very solid 4 from me. Oh, and I love the album cover.
Gorillaz
5/5
01) Re-Hash - 10,0
02) 5/4 - 10,0
03) Tomorrow Comes Today - 10,0
04) New Genious (Brother) - 10,0
05) Clint Eastwood - 10,0
06) Man Research (Clapper) - 10,0
07) Punk - 10,0
08) Sound Check (Gravity) - 10,0
09) Double Bass - 10,0
10) Rock the House - 10,0
11) 19-2000 - 10,0
12) Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?) - 10,0
13) Starshine - 10,0
14) Slow Country - 10,0
15) M1A1 - 10,0
TOTAL: 10,0 (100/100)
Ok, this one is gonna be easy, after all, it is one of my all-time favorite albums. It was a breath of fresh air when it came out, it was like all these music genres mixed into a new one, a cool one. This CD was constantly in my player, I love every song on this album! But if I must choose, my favorites would be "Slow Country" and "M1A1". A thousand miles an hour!
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
01) Rockin' Around (With You) - 7,5
02) Breakdown - 8,0
03) Hometown Blues - 7,0
04) The Wild One, Forever - 6,5
05) Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll - 7,5
06) Strangered in the Night - 7,0
07) Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) - 7,0
08) Mystery Man - 7,0
09) Luna - 7,0
10) American Girl - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,30 (73/100)
It's an OK rock album from the seventies, but nothing spectacular and nothing we didn't hear before. Speaking of that, there isn't one song I've heard before on this album :-)
Alice In Chains
2/5
01) Them Bones - 7,0
02) Dam That River - 7,0
03) Rain When I Die - 6,5
04) Down in a Hole - 7,0
05) Sickman - 5,5
06) Rooster - 6,5
07) Junkhead - 6,0
08) Dirt - 6,0
09) God Smack - 5,5
10) Intro (Dream Sequence)/Iron Gland - 1,0
11) Hate to Feel - 6,0
12) Angry Chair - 7,0
13) Would? - 7,5
TOTAL: 6,04 (60/100)
The music and melodies are not that interesting, the songs are kind of monotone to me. Drug use was a lyrical theme on the album so I can't really relate to the lyrics either. I guess the real grunge/metal/hard rock fans would say that this is much better than "Nevermind" but I'm not a grunge/metal/hard rock fan so I can say that I prefer the likes of Nirvana or even Pearl Jam.
The Adverts
2/5
01) One Chord Wonders - 6,5
02) Bored Teenagers - 6,0
03) New Church - 6,0
04) On the Roof - 6,0
05) Newboys - 5,5
06) Gary Gilmore's Eyes - 7,0
07) Bombsite Boy - 5,5
08) No Time to Be 21 - 6,0
09) Safety in Numbers - 6,0
10) New Day Dawns - 5,5
11) Drowning Men - 6,0
12) On Wheels - 6,0
13) Great British Mistake 5,5
TOTAL: 5,96 (60/100)
Well, I really don't like adverts, but if they are funny or cleverly written, I can bear them. And that's just about what I can do with this album. Bear it.
Metallica
2/5
01) Blackened - 5,0
02) ...And Justice For All - 5,0
03) Eye Of The Beholder - 5,0
04) One - 7,0
05) The Shortest Straw - 5,0
06) Harvester Of Sorrow 5,0
07) The Frayed Ends of Sanity - 4,0
08) To Live Is to Die - 7,0
09) Dyers Eve - 4,0
TOTAL: 5,22 (52/100)
Jeez, can these songs be any longer? Metallica was huge when I was a teenager but I never saw the appeal. Sure, I loved "Nothing Else Matters" or "Unforgiven" but never bothered to listen to the albums. It was a good decision because I really didn't like this one. It's all about the riffs? Really? Because I don't get it. It's just boring guitars, annoying drums, and no melody to be found. And here comes another nine and half minutes of riffs... "One" sounds OK. "To Live Is To Die" sounds interesting. Because of those two songs, I will give it two stars, but just barely...
The Charlatans
3/5
01) With No Shoes - 7,5
02) North Country Boy - 7,0
03) Tellin' Stories - 7,5
04) One to Another - 7,5
05) You're a Big Girl Now - 7,5
06) How Can You Leave Us - 7,0
07) Area 51 - 7,5
08) How High - 7,5
09) Only Teethin - 7,0
10) Get on It - 7,0
11) Rob's Theme - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,32 (73/100)
It's an OK Oasis-esque album with a pinch of Bob Dylan. It's nothing special, but it's not terrible either.
Queens of the Stone Age
2/5
01) Regular John - 7,0
02) Avon - 6,0
03) If Only - 6,5
04) Walkin' on the Sidewalks - 6,0
05) You Would Know - 6,0
06) How to Handle a Rope - 6,5
07) Mexicola - 6,0
08) Hispanic Impressions - 5,0
09) You Can't Quit Me Baby - 5,5
10) Give the Mule What He Wants - 5,5
11) I Was a Teenage Hand Model - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,05 (60/100)
I guess the only worthy albums in the world are rock albums. All of them. Every day. And it's getting boring. They all start to sound the same. Endless riffs, guitars, drums...I'm getting tired of it and my marks will reflect it. This one is so worthy that nobody but their fans know the songs from it. It reached fascinating number 48 in the UK albums chart and number 122 on Billboard... 121 albums were better selling that week. 121.
Boston
4/5
01) More Than a Feeling - 10,0
02) Peace of Mind - 8,5
03) Foreplay/Long Time - 8,0
04) Rock & Roll Band - 7,5
05) Smokin' - 8,0
06) Hitch a Ride - 8,5
07) Something About You - 8,5
08) Let Me Take You Home Tonight - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,44 (84/100)
If something is called classic rock, then it must have done something right to be called a classic. "More Than a Feeling" is a great song, even if it is overplayed by radio stations.
The Who
3/5
01) Out In The Street - 7,5
02) I Don't Mind - 7,0
03) The Good's Gone - 7,0
04) La-La-La-Lies - 7,0
05) Much Too Much - 6,5
06) My Generation - 10,0
07) The Kids Are Alright - 8,0
08) Please, Please, Please - 7,5
09) It's Not True - 8,0
10) I'm a Man - 7,0
11) A Legal Matter - 8,0
12) The Ox - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,54 (75/100)
Once upon a time, it was called "the hardest rock in history" but today it sounds to me like a sugar-sweet pop with doo-wops backing vocals a la Beach Boys. "My Generation" is a classic though.
Metallica
4/5
01) Enter Sandman - 10,0
02) Sad but True - 10,0
03) Holier than Thou - 7,0
04) The Unforgiven - 10,0
05) Wherever I May Roam - 8,5
06) Don't Tread on Me - 7,5
07) Through the Never - 7,0
08) Nothing Else Matters - 10,0
09) Of Wolf and Man - 7,0
10) The God That Failed - 8,0
11) My Friend of Misery - 8,0
12) The Struggle Within -7,0
TOTAL: 8,33 (83/100)
I listened to "...And Justice For All" a few days ago and the maximum I could give it was two stars. This one is much more to my taste, and I know it's because of the monster songs "Nothing Else Matters", "The Unforgiven", "Sad but True" and " Enter Sandman". If not for those, it would be a lower mark, but still better than its predecessor.
Fiona Apple
3/5
01) I Want You To Love Me - 7,0
02) Shameika - 7,0
03) Fetch The Bolt Cutters - 7,0
04) Under The Table - 7,5
05) Relay - 6,0
06) Rack of His - 6,5
07) Newspaper - 6,5
08) Ladies - 7,0
09) Heavy Balloon - 7,0
10) Cosmonauts - 7,5
11) For Her - 7,0
12) Drumset - 7,0
13) On I Go - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,92 (69/100)
There's nothing wrong with this album, but I can't see nothing that would attract me to it either. I like the sound of dogs barking, it adds the real home recording atmosphere to it. Songs are interesting, lyrics are fine, her voice is great and still I can't remember a single melody after I'm done.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
01) You Want It Darker - 10,0
02) Treaty - 9,0
03) On The Level - 8,5
04) Leaving The Table - 9,0
05) If I Didn't Have Your Love - 8,0
06) Traveling Light - 8,5
07) It Seemed the Better Way - 8,0
08) Steer Your Way - 9,0
09) String Reprise / Treaty - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,56 (86/100)
I'm leaving the table, I'm out of the game.
I'm traveling light, it's au revoir.
I'm ready, my Lord!
What a great farewell album from a legend.
There's something so soothing about this album, his lyrics and his voice make me feel so calm, so peaceful and I really like that feeling. It's not five stars, but it's very close.
Pere Ubu
2/5
01) Non-Alignment Pact - 6,5
02) The Modern Dance - 7,0
03) Laughing - 4,0
04) Street Waves - 7,0
05) Chinese Radiation - 4,5
06) Life Stinks - 5,0
07) Real World - 5,5
08) Over My Head - 6,0
09) Sentimental Journey - 1,0
10) Humor Me - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,20 (52/100)
This album is full of weird and unpleasant noises including the singer's vocals. Few songs sound like actual songs, the rest is some experimental weird stuff with lame sound effects like in the 1978 SF space movie. Can "Sentimental Journey" really be allowed to call itself a song?
LTJ Bukem
2/5
01) Demon's Theme - 7,0
02) Links - 7,5
03) Music - 7,0
04) One & Only - 1,0 (not on You Tube)
05) Bringing Me Down - 7,0
06) Danny's Song - 1,0 (not on You Tube)
07) Vocal Tune - 6,0
08) Coolin' Out - 6,5
09) Western (Remix) - 7,0
10) Horizons - 7,0
11) Airtight (Remix) - 6,5
12) New Element - 6,5
13) Drums in a Grip - 6,0
14) Solutions - 6,5
15) In Too Deep - 6,0
16) So Long - 1,0 (not on You Tube)
17) Pharaoh - 5,0
18) Miles High - 5,0
19) Groove Therapy - 5,0
20) Mind Games - 1,0 (not on You Tube)
TOTAL: 5,28 (53/100)
So, on a day I don't have much time, of course, I get a double album... But here I am, at the end of the day, listening to this dreamy drum and bass for half an hour and I'm just at the beginning of the song number four. I don't dislike this kind of music, it's a great soundtrack for evenings (especially summer evenings), but we will see if and when my patience will start to fade...
Oh, and a big minus for the fact that the album is not on streaming services so I have to listen to it on YouTube. Even there you can't find the whole album, some songs are missing.
And at the beginning of the second part, my patience is kind of gone... I don't even know which song is playing. The tracklist is messed up. Oh, f**k this shit...
Herbie Hancock
2/5
01) Chameleon - 6,0
02) Watermelon Man - 6,5
03) Sly - 4,0
04) Vein Melter - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,50 (55/100)
How refreshing is to see 4 songs on the album after the double album yesterday... On the other hand, it's jazz. Maybe funk can save it. Let's see... aaaand it can't. I still hate jazz.
The Police
4/5
01) Message in a Bottle - 10,0
02) Reggatta de Blanc - 8,5
03) It's Alright for You - 8,0
04) Bring On the Night - 8,5
05) Deathwish - 8,5
06) Walking on the Moon - 10,0
07) On Any Other Day - 8,5
08) The Bed's Too Big Without You - 8,0
09) Contact - 8,0
10) Does Everyone Stare - 8,0
11) No Time This Time - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,54 (85/100)
Sending out an S.O.S
Mike Oldfield
3/5
01) Tubular Bells, Part One - 7,0
02) Tubular Bells, Part Two - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,75 (68/100)
He was 19 when he recorded this. When I was 19 I longed for a PlayStation. There are some fine sounds here but I don't really like how all these parts that seem to have nothing in common are all glued together into just two songs. The sequence in Tubular Bells Pt. II with the grunted vocals is a bit disturbing, don't like it. Anyway, the first three minutes are the best and the rest is... so, so... The question is if it wasn't for "The Exorcist" would this album be as big as it was? Tubular Bells has sold more than 2.63 million copies in the UK, and an estimated 15 million worldwide. And he was only 19! I got my PlayStation in 1998. for my 20th birthday.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
01) Green River - 10,0
02) Commotion - 8,5
03) Tombstone Shadow - 8,5
04) Wrote a Song for Everyone - 9,0
05) Bad Moon Rising - 10,0
06) Lodi - 9,5
07) Cross-Tie Walker - 9,0
08) Sinister Purpose - 8,5
09) The Night Time Is the Right Time - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,11 (91/100)
"I didn't like the idea of those acid-rock, 45-minute guitar solos," Fogerty explained to Uncut's David Cavanagh in 2012. "I thought music should get to the point a little more quickly than that."
Amen to that!
Great rock album with great songs, "Bad Moon Rising" being the greatest!
Eagles
4/5
01) Hotel California - 10,0
02) New Kid In Town - 10,0
03) Life In The Fast Lane - 8,0
04) Wasted Time - 8,5
05) Wasted Time (Reprise) - 6,0
06) Victim of Love - 8,5
07) Pretty Maids All in a Row - 8,0
08) Try and Love Again - 8,0
09) The Last Resort - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,33 (83/100)
It's a 3,5-star album that will get 4 mostly because of the two exceptional songs at the beginning of the album. The rest is not so remarkable.
3.6 Roentgen, not great, not terrible...
David Gray
4/5
01) Please Forgive Me - 10,0
02) Babylon - 10,0
03) My Oh My - 8,0
04) We're Not Right - 8,0
05) Nightblindness - 7,5
06) Silver Lining - 7,0
07) White Ladder - 7,0
08) This Year's Love - 10,0
09) Sail Away - 10,0
10) Say Hello Wave Goodbye - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,75 (88/100)
I remember how huge this album was back then. I really loved (and still do) "Babylon", it's a great track. I know all the singles, listening to the rest of the album for the first time. I know we all kind of dislike Ed Sheeran and James Blunt these days, but back when this album came out, this was new, it was fresh and it was like nothing else at the time. And I simply can't put Ed Sheeran and David Gray in the same sentence, David Gray was never as "sugary" as Sheeran is. I see some reviewers are very harsh on this, as I will probably be on some thrash metal band, but hey, we can't all like the same things. For example, I don't even like vanilla. Go figure...
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
01) Little Furry Things - 7,5
02) Kracked - 7,0
03) SludgeFeast - 6,5
04) The Lung - 7,0
05) Raisans - 7,0
06) Tarpit - 5,5
07) In a Jar - 6,5
08) Lose - 6,0
09) Poledo - 4,0
10) Just like Heaven - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,30 (63/100)
Yesterday I was reading reviews for David Gray's "White Ladder" and one person said that if you click anywhere on the album you wouldn't recognize which song is playing because they are all the same... How is this one any different? And yes, whilst David Gray probably influenced the boring people like Blunt or Sheeran this might have inspired Nirvana or Pearl Jam. I would definitely rather listen to Nirvana than Ed Sheeran, but I would also prefer David Gray to Dinosaur Jr.
Miles Davis
1/5
01) Pharaoh's Dance - 3,5
02) Bitches Brew - 3,5
03) Spanish Key - 3,0
04) John McLaughlin - 3,5
05) Miles Runs the Voodoo Down - 3,0
06) Sanctuary - 3,0
TOTAL: 3,25 (33/100)
It's an hour and a half of my life I will never get back. But still, I'm willing to sacrifice it so I can say I listened to this probably-worthy album. I wouldn't know. To me, it sounds like sh*t. But then again, I just hate jazz.
Thirteen minutes into the song number one, and I already have suicidal/homicidal thoughts. Help me, Lord! Day two... I mean... song number two... Oh wait, this is still song number one...
It's been seven hours and fifteen days, and finally, here's song number two. This one is even longer. Still, no structure and no melody can be found.
Song #3, my eyes are painfully open, and I want to escape...
Song #4 is going on my playlist! Why? Because it's the best, it's only 4 minutes and 23 seconds long!
It's been 84 years, but here we are at song number 5. In reality, song number two is still playing, but I'm bored so I'm writing ahead. And I know how this one will sound. Just like the others. 15 minutes of pure cacophony.
Are we there yet, did we make it? Is it the end? Can I give my 1 star and go? Yes? Thank you so very much!
Radiohead
5/5
01) 15 Step - 9,0
02) Bodysnatchers - 9,5
03) Nude - 10,0
04) Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - 9,0
05) All I Need - 9,5
06) Faust Arp - 8,0
07) Reckoner - 10,0
08) House of Cards - 9,5
09) Jigsaw Falling into Place - 10,0
10) Videotape - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,35 (94/100)
This is my third Radiohead album and while "OK Computer" was sure shot five-star material, I was surprised by "Amnesiac" and its five stars. So, I was asking myself how many listens would take for "In Rainbows", because the album didn't click with me back in 2007., just like "Amnesiac" didn't a few years earlier. Jigsaw fell into place after the second listening, and after listening to "Nude" for the second time, (going from 8,0 to 10,0!) I knew this would deserve top marks from me. "Reckoner", "Nude", "Jigsaw..." and "All I Need" are my favorites.
The Monkees
3/5
01) You Told Me - 8,0
02) I'll Spend My Life with You - 7,5
03) Forget That Girl - 7,0
04) Band 6 - 3,0
05) You Just May Be the One - 8,0
06) Shades of Gray - 7,5
07) I Can't Get Her Off My Mind - 7,0
08) For Pete's Sake - 8,0
09) Mr. Webster - 7,5
10) Sunny Girlfriend - 7,5
11) Zilch - 4,0
12) No Time - 7,0
13) Early Morning Blues and Greens - 8,5
14) Randy Scouse Git - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
It's a nice pop album from the Summer of Love era. To be honest, I don't know a single song on it. Oh, but I am familiar with Mr. Dobalina, Mr. Bob Dobalina :-)
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
01) If I Were Going - 6,0
02) Gentlemen - 6,0
03) Be Sweet - 6,0
04) Debonair - 6,0
05) When We Two Parted - 5,5
06) Fountain and Fairfax - 5,0
07) What Jail Is Like - 5,5
08) My Curse - 6,0
09) Now You Know - 5,0
10) I Keep Coming Back - 6,0
11) Brother Woodrow/Closing Prayer - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,73 (57/100)
Here's another band I never heard of. Looking through their discography I can see they had literally no album or singles chart success. They sound just like any other rock band of the era so I don't really get it what is it that is so worthy to be included on this list? Lyrics like "I got a dick for brain" are really groundbreaking.
Talking Heads
4/5
01) I Zimbra - 8,0
02) Mind - 8,0
03) Paper - 8,0
04) Cities - 8,5
05) Life During Wartime - 8,5
06) Memories Can't Wait - 8,5
07) Air - 8,5
08) Heaven - 8,5
09) Animals - 7,5
10) Electric Guitar - 7,5
11) Drugs - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,18 (82/100)
Quirky, funky, crazy melodies, David Byrne vocals and equally quirky lyrics, and Brian Eno production. Oh, and Tina Weymouth's bass. This sounds very good! If I were a teenager in 1979, I would definitely dig this album! I can't decide if "Cities" or "Life During Wartime" is my favorite track. I also like "Air" and "Drugs", but who doesn't, right?
The Offspring
4/5
01) Time to Relax (Intro) - /
02) Nitro (Youth Energy) - 7,5
03) Bad Habit - 7,5
04) Gotta Get Away - 9,0
05) Genocide - 8,0
06) Something to Believe In - 7,0
07) Come Out and Play - 10,0
08) Self Esteem - 10,0
09) It'll Be a Long Time - 7,5
10) Killboy Powerhead - 7,5
11) What Happened to You? - 8,0
12) So Alone - 8,0
13) Not the One - 7,0
14) Smash - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,00 (80/100)
I was 16 when this came out, and I remember I wasn't a big fan of all that punk revival. I felt like I should like Green Day and Offspring, but for some reason, I didn't care for them much. I did like the singles though. "Self Esteem" is with Radiohead's "Creep" one of my teenage hymns. I guess I'm not the only one :-)
David Crosby
3/5
01) Music Is Love - 7,0
02) Cowboy Movie - 7,0
03) Tamalpais High (At About 3) - 7,5
04) Laughing - 7,0
05) What Are Their Names - 8,0
06) Traction in the Rain - 7,5
07) Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves) - 7,0
08) Orleans - 7,0
09) I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here - 5,0
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
Current ranking: 117/170
I'm not really familiar with CSNY discography, even less with their solo albums. This is a nice, easy listening but not something I would listen to on my own. It has a bunch of famous contributors and I guess it's a good representative of the day and age it belongs to.
Peter Gabriel
5/5
01) Red Rain - 9,5
02) Sledgehammer - 10,0
03) Don't Give Up - 10,0
04) That Voice Again - 8,5
05) Mercy Street - 9,0
06) Big Time - 9,0
07) We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37) - 8,5
08) This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds) - 8,0
09) In Your Eyes - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,00 (90/100)
Current Ranking: 19/171
When you have "Sledgehammer", "Don't Give Up", "Big Time" and "Red Rain" all on one album, that's a guarantee for at least four stars. So let's see the rest of the songs that are unfamiliar to me.
"That Voice Again" is typical 80's pop-rock (to me it sounds like a blend of Police and Genesis), "Mercy Street" is a very nice slow song, "We Do What We're Told" sounds like a part of the "Blade Runner" soundtrack, "This Is the Picture" reminds me of Gabriel's earlier work ("Games Without Frontiers") and "In Your Eyes" gives us a bit of world music with Youssou N'Dour on backing vocals.
After the first listen, the album has a mark of 8,94 and it is 0,01 points short of five stars. It seems cruel to me to leave it at that so let's give it another listen.
And then I listened to "Mercy Street" for the second time. Those harmonious vocals accompanied with beautifully haunting music were enough, it's a five stars album.
The Clash
4/5
01) Janie Jones - 8,5
02) Remote Control - 8,0
03) I'm So Bored with the USA - 8,0
04) White Riot - 8,5
05) Hate and War - 8,0
06) What's My Name - 8,0
07) Deny - 7,5
08) London's Burning - 7,5
09) Career Opportunities -7,5
10) Cheat - 7,0
11) Protex Blue - 7,0
12) Police and Thieves - 8,5
13) 48 Hours - 8,0
14) Garageland - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,82 (78/100)
Current Ranking: 77/172
I prefer "London Calling", maybe because it sounds a bit less punk. The songs are short, which is a good thing, but after a few songs, they all start to sound the same.
The Saints
3/5
01) Know Your Product - 7,5
02) Lost and Found - 6,0
03) Memories Are Made of This - 7,5
04) Private Affair - 6,5
05) A Minor Aversion - 7,0
06) No, Your Product - 7,0
07) This Perfect Day - 7,0
08) Run Down - 6,5
09) Orstralia - 7,0
10) New Centre of the Universe - 6,0
11) Untitled - 7,0
12) (I'm) Misunderstood - 6,5
13) International Robots - 7,5
TOTAL: 6,85 (69/100)
Current ranking: 130/173
Second punk album in a row. I'm not really a fan of punk so this is gonna be interesting. But this one IS kind of interesting. We have horns, we have harmonica, we have some slower songs here and there... It's still not my cup of tea, but it's not as shouty and repetitive as some other punk albums.
Basement Jaxx
4/5
01) Rendez-Vu - 10,0
02) Yo-Yo - 8,0
03) Jump n' Shout - 9,0
04) U Can't Stop Me - 8,0
05) Jaxxalude - /
06) Red Alert - 10,0
07) Jazzalude - /
08) Always Be There - 8,5
09) Sneakalude - /
10) Same Old Show - 8,5
11) Bingo Bango - 10,0
12) Gemilude - /
13) Stop 4 Love - 8,0
14) Don't Give Up - 7,0
15) Being with U - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,59 (86/100)
Current ranking: 38/174
This album came out when I was 21 years old and I wish I had been more extroverted back then and danced to "Rendez-Vu" and "Red Alert" somewhere in a club and not just in my room.
De La Soul
4/5
01) Intro - 7,0
02) The Magic Number - 8,5
03) Change In Speak - 8,0
04) Cool Breeze On The Rocks - 7,0
05) Can You Keep A Secret - 7,5
06) Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge) - 8,5
07) Ghetto Thang - 8,5
08) Transmitting Live from Mars - 8,0
09) Eye Know - 9,0
10) Take It Off - 7,0
11) A Little Bit of Soap - 8,0
12) Tread Water - 8,5
13) Potholes in My Lawn - 9,0
14) Say No Go - 8,5
15) Do as De La Does - 7,0
16) Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend) - 8,5
17) De La Orgee - 5,0
18) Buddy - 8,5
19) Description - 7,5
20) Me Myself and I - 9,0
21) This Is a Recording 4 Living in a Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E.) - 8,0
22) I Can Do Anything (Delacratic) - 7,0
23) D.A.I.S.Y. Age - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,87 (79/100)
Current ranking: 75/175
Now this is the kind of rap I really like. Every song is different and interesting, I like the samples, and I like the lyrics and the avoidance of unnecessary swearing just "to sound badass" (we will forget the existence of "De La Orgee"). The album has 23 songs, but boy, sometimes five songs on the album sound like hell whilst this was one hell of the ride. Funky, sunny ride with a smile on my face.
The Triffids
2/5
01) Bury Me Deep in Love - 6,5
02) Kelly's Blues - 6,0
03) Trick of the Light - 6,5
04) Hometown Farewell Kiss - 6,0
05) Unmade Love - 5,5
06) Open for You - 5,5
07) Holy Water - 6,5
08) Blinder by the Hour - 5,5
09) Vagabond Holes - 5,5
10) Jerdacuttup Man - 5,0
11) Calenture - 5,0
12) Save What You Can - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,75 (58/100)
Current ranking: 153/176
I guarantee you that we had better albums in Ex Yugoslavia only in 1987. Nothing is exciting or new on this album.
American Music Club
2/5
01) Firefly - 6,0
02) Somewhere - 5,5
03) Laughingstock - 60
04) Lonely - 6,0
05) Pale Skinny Girl - 6,0
06) Blue And Grey Shirt - 5,5
07) Bad Liquor - 5,0
08) Now You're Defeated - 5,0
09) Jenny - 5,0
10) Western Sky - 6,0
11) Highway 5 - 6,0
12) Last Harbor - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,67 (57/100)
Current ranking: 156/177
An album that is so important by a band that no one has ever heard of. The album did not appear on any charts, nor did the singles from it. The album is so important that you can only hear it on YouTube. The album is still not totally unlistenable, so it generously gets a two stars from me.
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
01) Monday, Monday - 10,0
02) Straight Shooter - 8,0
03) Got a Feelin - 8,0
04) I Call Your Name - 7,5
05) Do You Want to Dance - 7,5
06) Go Where You Wanna Go - 8,0
07) California Dreamin' - 10,0
08) Spanish Harlem - 8,5
09) Somebody Groovy - 8,0
10) Hey Girl - 7,5
11) You Baby - 7,0
12) The 'In' Crowd - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)
Current Ranking: 63/178
"California Dreamin'" is one of those timeless songs, one wonders how it didn't reach the top of either the US or UK singles charts. "Monday Monday" is also a huge hit, and for those two songs alone this album deserves a higher rating. The rest of the album is not at that level, there are some solid songs and beautiful harmonies, but also a few unnecessary covers.
Van Morrison
4/5
01) And It Stoned Me - 7,5
02) Moondance - 8,5
03) Crazy Love - 8,5
04) Caravan - 7,5
05) Into The Mystic - 8,5
06) Come Running - 7,0
07) These Dreams Of You - 7,5
08) Brand New Day - 7,0
09) Everyone - 7,5
10) Glad Tidings - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,70 (77/100)
Current ranking: 87/179
Well, I'm not really enthusiastic about this album. I mean, it's not bad, but it's also not something I'd want to listen to again. One song I'm half-familiar with ("Moondance"), while the others all try to sound like "Brown Eyed Girl". And I know it sounds too harsh for the rating I gave, but I think my criteria are too low :-) This is 3.5 stars rounded up to 4.
New Order
4/5
01) Love Vigilantes - 8,0
02) The Perfect Kiss - 8,5
03) This Time of Night - 8,0
04) Sunrise - 7,5
05) Elegia - 9,5
06) Sooner Than You Think - 8,5
07) Sub-culture - 8,5
08) Face Up - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,31 (83/100)
Current ranking: 54/180
Perfect melancholic eighties synth pop. I would recognize New Order even if I didn't know who it was. Eight songs that perfectly describe the time they come from. "Elegia" is a masterpiece, a perfect tribute to Ian Curtis.
The Beta Band
3/5
01) Assessment - 6,5
02) Space - 7,0
03) Lion Thief - 7,0
04) Easy - 6,5
05) Wonderful - 6,5
06) Troubles - 7,0
07) Out-side - 7,5
08) Space Beatle - 6,5
09) Rhododendron - 6,0
10) Liquid Bird - 6,5
11) Simple - 6,5
12) Pure For - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,62 (66/100)
Current ranking: 140/181
I have never heard of this (Beta) band. They remind me a bit of Alt-J, which is good for them. I'd rather listen to Alt-J though. I can't give them more than three stars.
Janelle Monáe
4/5
01) Suite II Overture - /
02) Dance or Die - 7,5
03) Faster - 7,5
04) Locked Inside - 7,5
05) Sir Greendown - 7,5
06) Cold War - 8,5
07) Tightrope - 8,0
08) Neon Gumbo - /
09) Oh, Maker - 8,5
10) Come Alive (The War of the Roses) - 8,0
11) Mushrooms & Roses - 7,5
12) Suite III Overture - /
13) Neon Valley Street - 8,0
14) Make the Bus - 7,0
15) Wondaland - 8,0
16) 57821 - 8,0
17) Say You'll Go - 8,5
18) BabopbyeYa - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,83 (78/100)
Current ranking: 79/182
I think the strongest point of this album, apart from Janelle's voice, are the different genres that are mixed in such a masterful way that every song sounds fresh, different and never boring. I didn't rate the interludes because they would lower the album's rating and this album doesn't deserve that.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
01) Rich - 8,0
02) Date With The Night - 8,5
03) Man - 7,5
04) Tick - 7,5
05) Black Tongue - 8,0
06) Pin - 8,5
07) Cold Light - 8,0
08) No No No - 8,0
09) Maps - 10,0
10) Y Control - 9,0
11) Modern Romance - 9,0
12) Poor Song - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,38 (84/100)
Current ranking: 48/183
A combination of The White Stripes and Siouxsie and the Banshees. I forgot what a great song "Maps" is. The rest is a little weaker but still very good.
Paul Weller
3/5
01) Sunflower - 7,5
02) Can You Heal Us (Holy Man) - 7,0
03) Wild Wood - 9,5
04) Instrumental (Pt 1) - 8,0
05) All the Pictures on the Wall - 7,0
06) Has My Fire Really Gone Out? - 7,0
07) Country - 7,5
08) Instrumental Two - 7,0
09) 5th Season - 7,0
10) The Weaver - 7,5
11) Instrumental One (Pt 2) - 7,0
12) Foot of the Mountain - 6,5
13) Shadow of the Sun - 7,0
14) Holy Man (reprise) - 7,0
15) Moon on Your Pyjamas - 7,0
16) Hung Up - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,31 (73/100)
Current ranking: 112/184
When I was a teenager I always saw Paul Weller as boring, too serious, something that adults listen to. And now that I'm an adult, I still don't see it as something I would listen to. It seems to me that this is music for an even older generation ;-)
There are still some good songs here like "Wild Wood".
Gene Clark
2/5
01) The Virgin - 7,0
02) With Tomorrow - 6,0
03) White Light - 5,0
04) Because of You - 5,0
05) One in a Hundred - 5,0
06) For a Spanish Guitar - 5,0
07) Where My Love Lies Asleep - 4,5
08) Tears of Rage - 5,0
09) 1975 - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,33 (53/100)
Current ranking: 166/185
Sounds like a Bob Dylan wannabe to me. The album was popular only in the Netherlands. How random. I don't really know how it deserved to be on this list, a boring and uninspiring country folk album.
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
01) I Looked Away - 7,0
02) Bell Bottom Blues - 8,0
03) Keep On Growing - 6,5
04) Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - 7,0
05) I Am Yours - 7,5
06) Anyday - 7,5
07) Key To The Highway - 7,5
08) Tell The Truth - 7,0
09) Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? - 7,5
10) Have You Ever Loved a Woman - 7,0
11) Little Wing - 8,0
12) It's Too Late - 7,0
13) Layla - 10,0
14) Thorn Tree in the Garden - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,46 (75/100)
Current ranking: 103/186
It seems that Eric Clapton is an asshole, but one cannot deny that he is a master on the guitar. As the name of the album itself says, it's really all about "Layla" and not much about other assorted love songs. And while "Layla" is a supreme rock masterpiece, other assorted love songs... are not that much. I liked "Bell Bottom Blues", "Little Wing" is also one of the better ones, while the others sound more or less the same. The guitars are great, but the album is too long, so I lost interest in them after a while.
Cornershop
4/5
01) Sleep On The Left Side - 8,5
02) Brimful Of Asha - 9,5
03) Butter the Soul - 8,5
04) Chocolat - 7,0
05) We're in Yr Corner - 8,0
06) Funky Days Are Back Again - 7,0
07) What Is Happening? - 7,5
08) When the Light Appears Boy - 6,0
09) Coming Up - 6,5
10) Good Shit - 7,5
11) Good to Be on the Road Back Home - 7,5
12) It's Indian Tobacco My Friend - 7,0
13) Candyman - 7,5
14) State Troopers - 7,5
15) Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,57 (76/100)
Current ranking: 99/187
Honestly, I thought I would only like the first two songs because I knew them, and I didn't have too many expectations for the others. And then a bunch of interesting things with an Indian flair followed. Some more and some less impressive, but nevertheless very interesting.
Skepta
2/5
01) Konnichiwa - 6,0
02) Lyrics - 5,5
03) Corn on the Curb - 4,5
04) Crime Riddim - 4,5
05) It Ain't Safe - 5,5
06) Ladies Hit Squad - 5,5
07) Numbers - 6,0
08) Man - 5,0
09) Shutdown - 6,0
10) That's Not Me - 5,5
11) Detox - 5,0
12) Text Me Back - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,38 (54/100)
Current ranking: 167/188
Normally I'm not a fan of rap, and grime is even lower on my list of preferences. However, it's funny to me how in the comments people slander this album because it's British. As if everything American is perfect (endless folk rock albums from the early seventies, I'm looking at you!). This gets a low rating from me because I don't like it, not because it's British.
I gave a lower rating to many songs because of unnecessary dialogues/skits at the end, if I wanted dialogues I would watch movies.
Beastie Boys
3/5
01) To All the Girl - 7,5
02) Shake Your Rump - 7,5
03) Johnny Ryall - 7,5
04) Egg Man - 7,5
05) High Plains Drifter - 7,0
06) The Sounds of Science - 6,5
07) 3-Minute Rule - 7,0
08) Hey Ladies - 7,0
09) 5-Piece Chicken Dinner - /
10) Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun - 7,5
11) Car Thief - 7,0
12) What Comes Around - 7,0
13) Shadrach - 7,5
14) Ask for Janice - /
15) B-Boy Bouillabaisse
a. 59 Chrystie Street - 6,5
b. Get on the Mic - 6,5
c. Stop That Train - 7,5
d. A Year and a Day - 7,0
e. Hello Brooklyn - 7,0
f. Dropping Names - 7,5
g. Lay It on Me - 6,5
h. Mike on the Mic - 6,5
i. A.W.O.L. - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,05 (71/100)
Current ranking: 124/189
Not really my type of music but in any case they are better than gangsta rap. And they are waaaaay better than Drake :-P
Travis
4/5
01) Writing To Reach You - 9,0
02) The Fear - 8,5
03) As You Are - 8,0
04) Driftwood - 8,0
05) The Last Laugh of the Laughter - 7,5
06) Turn - 9,0
07) Why Does It Always Rain on Me? - 10,0
08) Luv - 7,5
09) She's So Strange - 7,5
10) Slide Show - 7,5
11) Blue Flashing Light - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,27 (83/100)
Current ranking: 58/190
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. You're welcome.
This was popular when I was young, maybe that's why I get sentimental every time "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" starts. They had a couple of decent songs, several successful albums, including this one. Nothing revolutionary, but pleasant to listen to.
Buzzcocks
2/5
01) Fast Cars - 6,0
02) No Reply - 5,5
03) You Tear Me Up - 5,0
04) Get on Our Own - 5,0
05) Love Battery - 5,5
06) Sixteen - 4,0
07) I Don't Mind - 6,0
08) Fiction Romance - 5,5
09) Autonomy - 5,0
10) I Need - 6,0
11) Moving Away from the Pulsebeat - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,32 (53/100)
Current ranking: 172/191
One can learn a lot from this project. At first I realized that I simply hate jazz, and now it's slowly dawning on me that punk isn't much better either.
Paul Simon
4/5
01) Allergies - 8,0
02) Hearts and Bones - 8,5
03) When Numbers Get Serious - 7,5
04) Think Too Much (b) - 8,0
05) Song About the Moon - 7,5
06) Think Too Much (a) - 7,5
07) Train in the Distance - 8,0
08) Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War - 7,5
09) Cars Are Cars - 7,0
10) The Late Great Johnny Ace - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,70 (77/100)
Current ranking: 92/192
First of all, a song about allergies... Who would have thought to sing about allergies. Best of all, the song is actually quite good. Then we have a song about numbers. Two times two is twenty-two, four times four is forty-four. Sounds legit to me. Then there's a song about the moon, a song about a train in the distance, and a song about cars, which are supposedly cars around the world. Let's not forget the late Johnny Ace, as well as Rene and Georgette Magritte with their dog. After the war. Maybe I'm thinking too much, but:
a) I think the best song on the album is the title song Hearts and Bones.
b) I think Graceland is a better album (23/192).
The Doors
5/5
01) Break On Through (To the Other Side) - 10,0
02) Soul Kitchen - 9,5
03) The Crystal Ship - 9,0
04) Twentieth Century Fox - 8,5
05) Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) - 8,5
06) Light My Fire - 10,0
07) Back Door Man - 9,0
08) I Looked at You - 9,0
09) End of the Night - 9,5
10) Take It as It Comes - 9,0
11) The End - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,18 (92/100)
Current ranking: 15/193
I was at Morrison's grave and it was nice to see how much he still means to people. This album is one of those that you don't even have to listen to to conclude that it deserves to be on this list, and when you do listen to it, you realize that it is one of the best albums ever.
Hole
4/5
01) Violet - 9,0
02) Miss World - 8,5
03) Plump - 8,0
04) Asking for It - 8,5
05) Jennifer's Body 8,0
06) Doll Parts - 10,0
07) Credit in the Straight World - 8,0
08) Softer, Softest - 8,5
09) She Walks on Me - 8,0
10) I Think That I Would Die - 8,0
11) Gutless - 8,0
12) Rock Star (Olympia) - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,42 (84/100)
Current ranking: 48/194
Of course, when a woman writes an album like this, there are immediately misogynistic rumors that her husband is responsible for it. Because she, as a woman, is of course not capable of that. I think the relationship between Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain just turned people away from listening to this album and this band in general, and I think that was totally unfair on our part because this is a really great album.
Everything But The Girl
4/5
01) I Don't Want To Talk About It - 10,0
02) Love Is Here Where I Live - 7,5
03) These Early Days - 7,5
04) I Always Was Your Girl - 7,5
05) Oxford Street - 7,0
06) The Night I Heard Caruso Sing - 7,5
07) Goodbye Sunday - 7,0
08) Shadow on a Harvest Moon - 7,0
09) Blue Moon Rose - 7,5
10) Tears All Over Town - 7,0
11) Lonesome for a Place I Know - 7,5
12) Apron Strings - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,58 (76/100)
Current ranking: 103/195
I've always loved Tracey Thorn's voice, "Missing" is one of my favorite songs from my teenage days. I only know the first song on this album, while the rest sounds typical of the way eighties pop albums sounded. From today's point of view, maybe a little dated and not too inventive, but still inoffensive. I've heard worse things on this list.
The Notorious B.I.G.
3/5
01) Intro - 6,0
02) Things Done Changed - 7,0
03) Gimme the Loot - 6,5
04) Machine Gun Funk - 8,0
05) Warning - 6,5
06) Ready to Die - 6,5
07) One More Chance - 7,0
08) #!*@ Me (Interlude) - 1,0
09) The What - 6,5
10) Juicy - 7,0
11) Everyday Struggle - 7,0
12) Me & My Bitch - 6,5
13) Big Poppa - 7,5
14) Respect - 7,0
15) Friend of Mine - 6,5
16) Unbelievable - 7,0
17) Suicidal Thoughts - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,47 (65/100)
Current ranking: 154/196
If I wanted to listen to the sounds of sex, I would go to porn hub and turn down the volume. Back to the album, a typical nineties rap album, with a lot of swearing, shooting, fu**ing... Not too interesting, at least from my point of view. I'll have to watch some documentary on Netflix because I'm still not sure who killed who and if Notorious had anything to do with 2Pac's murder and vice versa.
Bad Brains
2/5
01) Intro - 5,0
02) I Against I - 5,5
03) House of Suffering - 5,0
04) Re-Ignition - 5,5
05) Secret 77 - 5,5
06) Let Me Help - 5,0
07) She's Calling You - 6,0
08) Sacred Love - 6,0
09) Hired Gun - 5,5
10) Return to Heaven - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,40 (54/100)
Current ranking: 174/197
At times it seems to me that I might understand what this is about, but those moments are short-lived and they quickly disappear. I personally like "She's Calling You" the most because it's the least punk/hardcore/whatever...
Lorde
5/5
01) Green Light - 10,0
02) Sober - 8,5
03) Homemade Dynamite - 9,0
04) The Louvre - 9,0
05) Liability - 9,5
06) Hard Feelings/Loveless - 9,0
07) Sober II (Melodrama) - 8,5
08) Writer in the Dark - 9,5
09) Supercut - 9,0
10) Liability (Reprise) - 8,5
11) Perfect Places - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,05 (91/100)
Current ranking: 20/198
I didn't expect to like it this much. I know a couple of songs from the album, but I have a feeling that they sound better now than they did in 2017. There is not a single boring song, each one has something that draws you in to listen. The vocals are excellent, the production is superb and the result is 5 stars for me - Jelićka, welcome to the club.
Brian Eno
3/5
01) Needles in the Camel's Eye - 7,0
02) The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch - 6,5
03) Baby's on Fire - 6,5
04) Cindy Tells Me - 6,5
05) Driving Me Backwards - 5,5
06) On Some Faraway Beach - 6,5
07) Blank Frank - 6,0
08) Dead Finks Don't Talk - 6,0
09) Some of Them Are Old - 6,5
10) Here Come the Warm Jets - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,35 (64/100)
Current ranking: 159/199
It reminds me of Talking Heads. I later read that he was their producer, so that makes sense. I think I'm too simple, I don't get this whole concept of art rock and experimentation. It's relatively listenable, but honestly, I can't wait to get it over with.
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
01) She Has Funny Cars - 8,0
02) Somebody To Love - 10,0
03) My Best Friend - 8,5
04) Today - 9,5
05) Comin' Back to Me - 8,5
06) 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds - 8,0
07) D.C.B.A.–25 - 8,5
08) How Do You Feel - 8,0
09) Embryonic Journey - 9,0
10) White Rabbit - 10,0
11) Plastic Fantastic Lover - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,77 (88/100)
Current ranking: 31/200
"Somebody To Love" & "White Rabbit" are among the best songs ever written. The rest of the album is also very good and I almost regret giving it a four. But it's a very high four, almost a five.
By the way, this is my 200th album. So far I have distributed 25 ★★★★★, 81 ★★★★, 59 ★★★, 23 ★★ and 12 ★ with an average rating of 3,42.
Bring on the next 100!
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
01) Leave Home - 9,0
02) In Dust We Trust - 7,5
03) Song to the Siren - 7,5
04) Three Little Birdies Down Beats - 7,5
05) Fuck Up Beats - 7,0
06) Chemical Beats - 7,5
07) Chico's Groove - 8,0
08) One Too Many Mornings - 9,0
09) Life Is Sweet - 8,5
10) Playground for a Wedgeless Firm - 7,5
11) Alive Alone - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,95 (80/100)
Current ranking: 79/201
It starts with the excellent "Leave Home" and continues fiercely in the same rhythm. And just when you think you've had enough of electronic beats, the second, more relaxed part of the album begins with the magnificent "One Too Many Mornings". The Chemical Brothers are truly masters of their craft.
KISS
1/5
01) Detroit Rock City - 6,0
02) King of the Night Time World - 5,5
03) God of Thunder - 5,0
04) Great Expectations - 5,0
05) Flaming Youth - 5,5
06) Sweet Pain - 5,5
07) Shout It Out Loud - 5,5
08) Beth - 5,5
09) Do You Love Me? - 5,0
10) Rock and Roll Party - 1,0
TOTAL: - 4,95 (50/100)
Current ranking: 190/202
I've never listened to Kiss but I thought (at least from their looks and their reputation) that they were some bad-ass metal rockers who scared parents in the seventies that their kids would go down the wrong path if they listened to them. And what did I get? Chamomile. The vocals are not really rock, the songs are middle of the road plain, the lyrics are nonsense. "Beth" sounds like a Barry Manilow song... Where's the rock here? I could paint my face and sing Backstreet Boys rock covers, it would sound better.
Bon Jovi
4/5
01) Let It Rock - 8,0
02) You Give Love A Bad Name - 10,0
03) Livin' on a Prayer - 10,0
04) Social Disease - 7,0
05) Wanted Dead or Alive - 10,0
06) Raise Your Hands - 8,0
07) Without Love - 7,5
08) I'd Die for You - 8,0
09) Never Say Goodbye - 8,5
10) Wild in the Streets - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,45 (85/100)
Current ranking: 48/203
Ah, eighties hair metal. I listen to some of these songs and think to myself how could this ever be so popular? Three monster hits certainly increase the rating of this album. The other seven songs are solid for their time, not so much from today's perspective.
3/5
01) The Cisco Kid - 8,0
02) Where Was You At - 8,0
03) City, Country, City - 7,0
04) Four Cornered Room - 7,0
05) The World Is a Ghetto - 7,5
06) Beetles in the Bog - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,42 (74/100)
Current ranking: 114/204
Pleasant enough but nothing more.
Elliott Smith
3/5
01) Speed Trials - 8,0
02) Alameda - 7,0
03) Ballad of Big Nothing - 7,5
04) Between the Bars - 7,5
05) Pictures of Me - 7,0
06) No Name No. 5 - 7,0
07) Rose Parade - 7,5
08) Punch and Judy - 7,0
09) Angeles - 7,0
10) Cupid's Trick - 7,0
11) 2:45 AM - 7,0
12) Say Yes - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,21 (72/100)
To me, this sounds like more or less the same song 12 times in a row. Nice song, but again, the same song...
Pavement
3/5
01) Summer Babe (Winter Version) - 7,5
02) Trigger Cut / Wounded-Kite at :17 - 7,0
03) No Life Singed Her - 7,0
04) In the Mouth a Desert - 6,5
05) Conduit for Sale! - 6,5
06) Zurich Is Stained - 7,0
07) Chesley's Little Wrists - 5,0
08) Loretta's Scars - 7,0
09) Here - 7,0
10) Two States - 6,5
11) Perfume-V - 6,5
12) Fame Throwa - 6,5
13) Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era - 6,5
14) Our Singer - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,64 (66/100)
It started interesting, continued boring.
Blur
4/5
01) Girls & Boys - 10,0
02) Tracy Jacks - 7,0
03) End of a Century - 8,0
04) Parklife - 10,0
05) Bank Holiday - 7,0
06) Badhead - 8,0
07) The Debt Collector (instrumental) - 6,0
08) Far Out - 7,0
09) To the End - 10,0
10) London Loves - 8,5
11) Trouble in the Message Centre - 8,5
12) Clover Over Doveri - 8,0
13) Magic America - 8,0
14) Jubilee - 7,5
15) This Is a Low - 7 5
16) Lot 105 (instrumental) - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,94 (79/100)
New Order
4/5
01) Fine Time - 8,5
02) All the Way - 8,0
03) Love Less - 8,0
04) Round & Round - 8,5
05) Guilty Partner - 8,0
06) Run - 8,0
07) Mr. Disco - 8,5
08) Vanishing Point - 8,5
09) Dream Attack - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,28 (83/100)
Can
3/5
01) Future Days - 8,0
02) Spray - 6,0
03) Moonshake - 8,5
04) Bel Air - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,38 (74/100)
Rage Against The Machine
3/5
01) Bombtrack - 7,5
02) Killing in the Name - 10,0
03) Take the Power Back - 7,5
04) Settle for Nothing - 7,5
05) Bullet in the Head - 7,5
06) Know Your Enemy - 7,5
07) Wake Up - 7,0
08) Fistful of Steel - 7,0
09) Township Rebellion - 7,0
10) Freedom - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100)
Current ranking: 113/210
Review? Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me...
2Pac
3/5
01) Intro - 5,0
02) If I Die 2Nite - 6,5
03) Me Against the World - 6,0
04) So Many Tears - 7,5
05) Temptations - 6,5
06) Young Niggaz - 6,0
07) Heavy in the Game - 6,5
08) Lord Knows - 6,5
09) Dear Mama - 9,0
10) It Ain't Easy - 6,5
11) Can U Get Away - 7,0
12) Old School - 7,5
13) Fuck the World - 7,0
14) Death Around the Corner - 6,5
15) Outlaw - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,67 (67/100)
Current ranking: 161/211
"Dear Mama" is the best song on the album, I also like "So Many Tears" and "Old School". The album is nothing special, but I have heard worse.
Yes
2/5
01) Roundabout - 7,0
02) Cans and Brahms - 4,0
03) We Have Heaven - 5,0
04) South Side of the Sky - 6,0
05) Five per Cent for Nothing - 1,0
06) Long Distance Runaround - 6,5
07) The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) - 6,0
08) Mood for a Day - 6,5
09) Heart of the Sunrise - 6,5
TOTAL: 5,39 (54/100)
Current ranking: 188/212
Another album whose importance eludes me. I have nothing to grab onto here. I can't even define what genre this is, how do songs 2 and 8 fit into the concept of this album? And why is song number 5 even called a song? Take those three songs away and you get 6 boring and too long dad rock songs on an album that sounds identical to a bunch of other albums on this list that I had from that era.
The Who
4/5
01) Baba O'Riley - 10,0
02) Bargain - 9,0
03) Love Ain't for Keeping - 8,5
04) My Wife - 8,0
05) The Song Is Over - 8,5
06) Getting in Tune - 8,5
07) Going Mobile - 8,0
08) Behind Blue Eyes - 10,0
09) Won't Get Fooled Again - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,94 (89/100)
Current ranking: 26/213
The situation when you lack 0.01 points to get a five stars. I could stretch the grade, but I won't on purpose. Let it stay as it is. The best of the albums that didn't get the highest rating. And that's an honor!
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
01) Born on the Bayou - 9,0
02) Bootleg - 7,5
03) Graveyard Train - 7,5
04) Good Golly, Miss Molly - 7,0
05) Penthouse Pauper - 7,0
06) Proud Mary - 10,0
07) Keep On Chooglin' - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,93 (79/100)
Current ranking: 85/214
Slayer
1/5
01) Angel Of Death - 5,0
02) Piece By Piece - 4,0
03) Necrophobic - 4,0
04) Altar Of Sacrifice - 4,0
05) Jesus Saves - 4,0
06) Criminally Insane - 4,5
07) Reborn - 3,5
08) Epidemic - 4,0
09) Postmortem - 4,0
10) Raining Blood - 5,5
TOTAL: 4,25 (43/100)
Current ranking: 209/215
Even without listening, I can assume that this will get the lowest rating from me. How can anyone take this kind of music and lyrics seriously? Btw, until recently I was convinced that this type of music is called TRASH metal, and honestly for me it is nothing but trash.
Steve Winwood
3/5
01) While You See a Chance - 7,5
02) Arc of a Diver - 7,5
03) Second-Hand Woman - 7,0
04) Slowdown Sundown - 7,5
05) Spanish Dancer - 7,5
06) Night Train - 8,0
07) Dust - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,43 (74/100)
Current ranking: 119/216
Pleasant pop from the eighties. Nothing too exciting but also nothing offensive. I don't know a single song from this album, but I see that Steve was more popular in the US than in Europe. I think "Night Train" is the best song on the album.
Prince
4/5
01) 1999 - 10,0
02) Little Red Corvette - 10,0
03) Delirious - 8,5
04) Let's Pretend We're Married - 8,0
05) D.M.S.R. - 8,5
06) Automatic - 7,5
07) Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) - 8,0
08) Free - 8,5
09) Lady Cab Driver - 7,5
10) All The Critics Love U In New York - 8,5
11) International Lover - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,45 (85/100)
Current ranking: 49/217
I can't decide whether "1999" or "Little Red Corvette" is better. The rest of the album is a little weaker than these two songs, which is to be expected, but still very good. Typical funky, sexy Prince.
The Velvet Underground
4/5
01) Candy Says - 7,5
02) What Goes On - 8,0
03) Some Kinda Love - 7,5
04) Pale Blue Eyes - 8,0
05) Jesus - 7,5
06) Beginning to See the Light - 7,0
07) I'm Set Free - 7,5
08) That's the Story of My Life - 7,5
09) The Murder Mystery - 8,0
10) After Hours - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,65 (77/100)
Current ranking: 106/218
Honestly, I was expecting a more boring album. Each song is interesting in its own way, and the most interesting is definitely "The Murder Mystery". Left and right ear each play their own song for almost nine minutes, and somehow it all sounds just right. The best song for me is "Pale Blue Eyes", but as I said, each one is interesting in its own way.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
01) Coyote - 8,0
02) Amelia - 7,0
03) Furry Sings The Blues - 6,5
04) A Strange Boy - 7,0
05) Hejira - 6,5
06) Song For Sharon - 7,5
07) Black Crow - 7,0
08) Blue Motel Room - 7,0
09) Refuge Of The Road - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
Current ranking: 149/219
This is great storytelling, but musically I find this boring. I wouldn't even say musically, the music is ok, but the final product, the songs themselves are boring. There is no chorus, no hook, nothing to catch on to. Joni Mitchell definitely deserves to be here, but I still hope there are better albums of hers on this list than this one. If not, then I'm not a fan.
X-Ray Spex
2/5
01) Germ Free Adolescents - 5,5
02) Identity - 5,5
03) The Day the World Turned Day-Glo - 5,5
04) Genetic Engineering - 5,0
05) Art-I-Ficial - 5,0
06) Plastic Bag - 5,5
07) I Am a Poseur - 5,0
08) I Live off You - 5,0
09) Let's Submerge - 5,0
10) Obsessed With You - 4,5
11) Warrior In Woolworths - 5,5
12) I Can Do Anything - 5,0
13) Age - 5,0
14) Highly Inflammable - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,18 (52/100)
Current ranking: 204/220
Spotify and Wikipedia have different track listings, but I won't bother with that, Spotify it is. Let's see who X-Ray Spex are, I've never heard of them. Hmmm, English punk rock band, it doesn't sound promising. Once again, it turns out that I'm really not a fan of punk. Her voice is annoying to me, the songs are all the same, guitars, drums, noise and that's it. Oh, there's a saxophone, but it doesn't help much. Not for me. Next!
Nas
3/5
01) The Genesis - 5,0
02) N.Y. State of Mind - 7,0
03) Life's a Bitch - 7,0
04) The World Is Yours - 7,5
05) Halftime - 7,0
06) Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park) - 7,5
07) One Love - 7,0
08) One Time 4 Your Mind - 7,0
09) Represent - 7,0
10) It Ain't Hard to Tell - 7,5
TOTAL: 6,95 (70/100)
Current ranking: 157/221
I'm not an expert on rap music, but as far as I'm concerned this is totally ok. Listenable, understandable, good samples, not boring. A good rap album.
Tortoise
3/5
01) Djed - 7,0
02) Glass Museum - 7,0
03) A Survey - 6,0
04) The Taut and Tame - 6,5
05) Dear Grandma and Grandpa - 5,5
06) Along the Banks of Rivers - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,50 (65/100)
Current ranking: 173/222
An ambient, instrumental post rock album perfect for background music while you work. "Djed" is a 21-minute long song that practically consists of five or more experimental songs glued into one. It's not unpleasant to listen to, but the length of the song irritates me. "Glass Museum" at least has some common melody that ties these parts together as well as a more appropriate length. "A Survey" is a song where you hear bass and crickets for three minutes. "The Taut and Tame" somewhere in the middle sounds like RHCP without the vocals, but only briefly. "Dear Grandma and Grandpa" is just some weird sounds, I wouldn't even call it a song. "Along the Banks of Rivers" sounds cool, light, one of the better songs on the album.
Wilco
3/5
01) I Am Trying to Break Your Heart - 7,0
02) Kamera - 7,5
03) Radio Cure - 7,5
04) War On War - 7,0
05) Jesus, Etc. - 7,5
06) Ashes of American Flags - 6,5
07) Heavy Metal Drummer - 7,0
08) I'm the Man Who Loves You - 7,5
09) Pot Kettle Black - 7,5
10) Poor Places - 7,0
11) Reservations - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,18 (72/100)
Current ranking: 139/223
I am interested in how the publisher (who should be an expert in this matter) refuses to publish an album that was declared a masterpiece by many critics after its release. I wouldn't exactly call the album that. It's not a bad album, but it's not anything special either. But that's just me. I am neither a publisher nor a critic.
Miles Davis
2/5
01) So What - 5,5
02) Freddie Freeloader - 4,5
03) Blue In Green - 6,0
04) All Blues - 5,0
05) Flamenco Sketches - 4,5
TOTAL: 5,10 (51/100)
Current ranking: 210/224
Miles Davis got the lowest score from me for his "Bitches Brew" album, so I'm curious how he'll do on the resit exam. I repeat, I am aware of the fact that Miles Davis is one of the greatest jazz musicians, and that this album is considered one of the best albums of all time (in 2003 and 2012 it was ranked number 12 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, the rating descended to number 31 in Rolling Stone's revised list in 2020), but I simply don't understand the appeal of jazz. I hate that genre, and I don't like this album. It's so boring and annoying. But still, it seems less irritating than "Bitches Brew", I even kind of like "Blue In Green". Sit down Miles, here's your two stars.
Eagles
3/5
01) Take It Easy - 10,0
02) Witchy Woman - 9,0
03) Chug All Night - 6,5
04) Most of Us Are Sad - 7,5
05) Nightingale - 7,0
06) Train Leaves Here This Morning - 7,5
07) Take the Devil - 7,0
08) Earlybird - 7,0
09) Peaceful Easy Feeling - 7,0
10) Tryin - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100)
Current ranking: 119/225
Typical American country rock. I liked two songs, the rest were forgettable.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
01) Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - 6,5
02) Tonight, Tonight - 10,0
03) Jellybelly - 6,0
04) Zero - 6,5
05) Here Is No Why - 7,0
06) Bullet with Butterfly Wings - 10,0
07) To Forgive - 7,0
08) Fuck You (An Ode to No One) - 6,5
09) Love - 7,0
10) Cupid de Locke - 7,5
11) Galapogos - 8,0
12) Muzzle - 7,5
13) Porcelina of the Vast Oceans - 7,0
14) Take Me Down - 8,5
15) Where Boys Fear to Tread - 7,0
16) Bodies - 6,5
17) Thirty-Three - 7,5
18) In the Arms of Sleep - 8,0
19) 1979 - 10,0
20) Tales of a Scorched Earth - 5,0
21) Thru the Eyes of Ruby - 6,5
22) Stumbleine - 7,0
23) X.Y.U. - 6,0
24) We Only Come Out at Night - 7,5
25) Beautiful - 7,0
26) Lily (My One and Only) - 6,5
27) By Starlight - 7,0
28) Farewell and Goodnight - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,27 (73/100)
Current ranking: 137/226
Tonight (tonight) the Smashing Pumpkins are performing at the InMusic festival, which I used to go to, but I wasn't attracted to the performers this year, so I decided to skip it this year. And as if this generator knew that, it assigned me their most popular album on this very day. "Tonight, Tonight", "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" and "1979" are familiar to me, moreover "1979" is one of my favorite songs from my teenage days considering the approximate year of my birth :-) Except for "1979" I wasn't really Smashing Pumpkins fan, I've never listened to this way too long album, so let's give it a go.
Basically, this double album has everything. From very good, usually lighter songs, to harder stuff with terrible vocals and almost unlistenable screaming. I didn't regret not listening to them tonight (tonight). These two hours were too much for me anyway.
DJ Shadow
2/5
01) Best Foot Forward - 4,0
02) Building Steam with a Grain of Salt - 6,5
03) The Number Song - 5,5
04) Changeling/Transmission 1 - 6,0
05) What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4) - 6,0
06) Untitled - 4,0
07) Stem/Long Stem/Transmission 2 - 5,5
08) Mutual Slump - 5,0
09) Organ Donor - 7,0
10) Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96 - 5,0
11) Midnight in a Perfect World - 8,0
12) Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain - 6,5
13) What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1 – Blue Sky Revisit)/ Transmission 3 - 7,0
TOTAL: 5,85 (59/100)
Current ranking: 192/227
I liked a few songs, while others sounded rather boring and uninteresting, which surprised me because I normally like electronic music. "Midnight in a Perfect World" is the best song on the album for me and has that nineties vibe that takes me back to my teenage days. The album was very close to three stars, but in the end it got two.
Steely Dan
3/5
01) Rikki Don't Lose That Number - 7,0
02) Night by Night - 6,5
03) Any Major Dude Will Tell You - 7,0
04) Barrytown - 6,5
05) East St. Louis Toodle-Oo - 5,0
06) Parker's Band - 6,5
07) Through with Buzz - 6,0
08) Pretzel Logic - 7,0
09) With a Gun - 7,5
10) Charlie Freak - 7,0
11) Monkey in Your Soul - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,59 (66/100)
Current ranking: 174/228
One thing I learned through this project (after listening to two of their albums - current ranking 177 & 185/227) is that Steely Dan are one of the most boring bands ever. And here is the third album filled with the same, boring, lukewarm songs as the previous two. "With a Gun" is a decent song.
GZA
2/5
01) Liquid Swords - 6,0
02) Duel of the Iron Mic - 5,5
03) Living in the World Today - 5,5
04) Gold - 5,0
05) Cold World - 6,0
06) Labels - 5,0
07) 4th Chamber - 5,5
08) Shadowboxin' - 5,0
09) Hell's Wind Staff / Killah Hills 10304 - 6,0
10) Investigative Reports - 5,0
11) Swordsman - 5,0
12) I Gotcha Back - 5,5
13) B.I.B.L.E. - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,42 (54/100)
Current ranking: 200/229
I don't like these endless movie dialogues and skits. Honestly, I don't really like the album either. It's kind of boring, the songs all have the same dark atmosphere, uninspiring samples and I can't tell one from the other if my life depends on it.
Deep Purple
3/5
01) Highway Star - 6,0
02) Child In Time - 9,0
03) Smoke On The Water - 9,0
04) The Mule - 5,0
05) Strange Kind Of Woman - 7,0
06) Lazy - 6,0
07) Space Truckin' - 5,0
TOTAL: 6,71 (67/100)
Current ranking: 171/230
Live, double album with only 7 songs of considerable length. What have we done to deserve this? This is definitely not one of the 1001 albums you need to listen to before you die. Unless you're a Deep Purple fan. I don't consider myself one.
Garbage
5/5
01) Supervixen - 10,0
02) Queer - 10,0
03) Only Happy When It Rains - 10,0
04) As Heaven Is Wide - 10,0
05) Not My Idea - 10,0
06) A Stroke Of Luck - 10,0
07) Vow - 10,0
08) Stupid Girl - 10,0
09) Dog New Tricks - 10,0
10) My Lover's Box - 10,0
11) Fix Me Now - 10,0
12) Milk - 10,0
TOTAL: 10,0 (100/100)
Current ranking: 3/231
Finally an album that will get five stars from me, I don't even have to listen to it. But I want to, just like I've wanted to for the last 28 years that I've had it on cassette tape. I bought it in 1996 on my graduation trip to Spain and we've been hanging out ever since. The best songs on the album, in my opinion, are "Stupid Girl", "Queer" and "Milk". My dream came true in 2019 when I listened to Garbage live at the InMusic festival. They did not disappoint and Shirley Manson was and remains one of the main idols of my teenage days. A musical icon! This album goes into my personal top 10 of all time.
N.E.R.D
3/5
01) Don't Worry About It - 7,5
02) Fly Or Die - 7,0
03) Jump - 7,0
04) Backseat Love - 7,0
05) She Wants To Move - 9,0
06) Breakout - 7,5
07) Wonderful Place/Waiting for You - 7,5
08) Drill Sergeant/Preservation - 7,0
09) Thrasher - 7,5
10) Maybe - 7,5
11) The Way She Dances - 7,0
12) Chariot of Fire/Find My Way - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,38 (74/100)
Current ranking: 130/232
The problem with this album (but not only this one) is that after a while all the songs start to sound the same. I remember that at that time "She Wants To Move" sounded very fresh, new and different. Now I don't have that feeling anymore, it sounds very '00 just like the rest of the album. Not a bad album, but nothing I'll remember later. Except maybe the previously mentioned "She Wants To Move" which goes on my "1001 albums" playlist.
Scott Walker
3/5
01) The Seventh Seal - 8,0
02) On Your Own Again - 7,5
03) The World's Strongest Man - 7,0
04) Angels of Ashes - 7,0
05) Boy Child - 6,5
06) Hero of the War - 7,0
07) The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime) - 7,5
08) Duchess - 6,5
09) Get Behind Me - 7,0
10) Rhymes of Goodbye - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,05 (71/100)
Current ranking: 151/233
Well, the sun ain't gonna shine on this album anymore, at least for me.
Common
3/5
01) Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela) - 6,5
02) Heat - 7,0
03) Cold Blooded - 6,0
04) Dooinit - 5,5
05) The Light - 7,5
06) Funky for You - 6,5
07) The Questions - 6,5
08) Time Travelin' (Reprise) - 5,0
09) The 6th Sense - 7,0
10) A Film Called (Pimp) - 5,5
11) Nag Champa (Afrodisiac for the World) - 6,0
12) Thelonius - 5,5
13) Payback Is a Grandmother - 5,5
14) Geto Heaven Part Two - 7,5
15) A Song for Assata - 6,5
16) Pops Rap III... All My Children - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,28 (63/100)
Current ranking: 189/234
A bit too long and a bit boring rap album without any interesting happenings.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Double albums should be rated lower. I really don't have an hour and a half a day to listen to
album, even if it's Nick Cave.
01) Get Ready For Love - 8,0
02) Cannibal's Hymn - 7,0
03) Hiding All Away - 7,0
04) Messiah Ward - 7,5
05) There She Goes, My Beautiful World - 9,5
06) Nature Boy - 9,0
07) Abattoir Blues - 7,0
08) Let the Bells Ring - 7,0
09) Fable of the Brown Ape - 7,5
10) The Lyre of Orpheus - 7,0
11) Breathless - 8,5
12) Babe, You Turn Me On - 7,5
13) Easy Money - 7,5
14) Supernaturally - 7,5
15) Spell - 7,0
16) Carry Me - 7,0
17) O Children - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,65 (77/100)
Current ranking: 108/235
I was at a Nick Cave concert a couple of years ago, he played three songs from this album. It was a good performance even though I'm not really a fan of his. It's the same with this album, a really good album, but that doesn't mean I'm going to listen to it again. "There She Goes..." is going on my playlist. "Nature Boy", "Breathless", "O Children" and "Get Ready For Love" are also excellent.
The Streets
4/5
01) It Was Supposed to Be So Easy - 7,0
02) Could Well Be In - 8,0
03) Not Addicted - 7,0
04) Blinded by the Lights - 10,0
05) Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way - 7,0
06) Get Out of My House - 7,0
07) Fit but You Know It - 9,5
08) Such a Twat - 7,0
09) What Is He Thinking? - 7,0
10) Dry Your Eyes - 10,0
11) Empty Cans - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,86 (79/100)
Current ranking: 92/236
It's funny to me to read the disgusted comments of Americans on one of the best British hip hop products in my opinion. Finally a concept album whose concept actually makes sense. The whole album is like watching (in this case listening to) a season of a TV show in 11 episodes, with the last episode having both a happy ending and a not so happy ending. Although "Dry Your Eyes" was the biggest hit from the album, I still prefer "Blinded By The Lights", which goes on my "1001 albums..." playlist.
The Birthday Party
1/5
01) Blast Off - 5,0
02) She's Hit - 5,5
03) Dead Joe - 4,5
04) The Dim Locator - 5,0
05) Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) - 4,0
06) Several Sins - 5,5
07) Big-Jesus-Trash-Can - 4,0
08) Kiss Me Black - 4,5
09) 6" Gold Blade - 4,5
10) Kewpie Doll - 4,5
11) Junkyard - 4,0
12) Dead Joe (2nd Version) - 1,0 (first version was more than enough)
13) Release the Bats - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,31 (43/100)
Current ranking: 229/237
This is the second lowest ranked album I've listened to so far (2.15). We have Nick Cave on vocals. Let's see what it's all about.
Well, the atmosphere is as if we are in the original Mad Max movie, entering some obscure bar where some post-apocalyptic band plays post-apocalyptic music. Nick Cave sounds like he's possessed by an evil spirit. The whole album is on the border of unlistenable with very frequent excursions across the border.
5/5
01) Hello - 8,5
02) Roll With It - 9,5
03) Wonderwall - 10,0
04) Don't Look Back In Anger - 10,0
05) Hey Now! - 7,5
06) The Swamp Song — Excerpt 1 - /
07) Some Might Say - 9,0
08) Cast No Shadow - 9,5
09) She's Electric - 9,0
10) Morning Glory - 8,5
11) The Swamp Song — Excerpt 2 - /
12) Champagne Supernova - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,15 (92/100)
Current ranking: 18/238
In the Battle of Britpop, I always preferred Blur, they were more likeable, their music was more fun to me ("Song 2" is a banger!). But I admit that Oasis were definitely maybe as good as them. In the battle "Wonderwall" vs. "Don't Look Back In Anger" I choose what (I suppose) most of people wouldn't, and that is the magnificent "Don't Look Back In Anger" which I consider one of the best songs of the nineties. Don't get me wrong, "Wonderwall" is also creme de la creme of British music. Even "The Masterplan", which was on the B side of "Wonderwall" single is excellent (shame it wasn't on this album)! I would single out "Champagne Supernova" as the third best song from the album.
Yeah, it's a five stars album, who am I kidding.
Korn
1/5
01) It's On! - 5,0
02) Freak on a Leash - 5,5
03) Got the Life - 5,0
04) Dead Bodies Everywhere - 4,5
05) Children of the Korn - 4,5
06) B.B.K. - 4,0
07) Pretty - 4,0
08) All In The Family - 4,0
09) Reclaim My Place - 4,0
10) Justin - 4,0
11) Seed - 3,0
12) Cameltosis - 4,5
13) My Gift to You - 4,0
14) Earache My Eye - 2,0
TOTAL: 4,14 (41/100)
Current ranking: 233/239
Never in a million years did I think I'd be listening to a Korn album, especially when it's 36 degrees Celsius outside. My brain is mush anyway, God only knows what will be left of it after seventy minutes of this noise.
Here I am about halfway through the album, and I have to admit that it sounds different than I expected. Not better, just different. I thought Korn was some noisy, serious metal band and what I got was practically Limp Bizkit. I fu**ing hate Limp Bizkit.
This was always between one and two stars, but two stars required a little more effort.
Tim Buckley
2/5
01) Strange Feelin - 5,5
02) Buzzin' Fly - 5,5
03) Love from Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway) - 5,0
04) Dream Letter - 5,0
05) Gypsy Woman - 4,0
06) Sing a Song for You - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,08 (51/100)
Current ranking: 224/240
God, what boring music. After a while it starts to turn from boring to irritating. Everything depends on the last song, let's see if this is another one star or it will get away with two...
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Oh boy, this is going to be a long post :-)
01) Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, Illinois - 8,0
02) The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience but You're Going to Have to Leave Now, or, 'I Have Fought the Big Knives and Will Continue to Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands! - 7,0
03) Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition/Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream) - 7,5
04) John Wayne Gacy, Jr. - 8,0
05) Jacksonville - 7,0
06) A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons - /
07) Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother! - 6,5
08) One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' for the Pullman!! - /
09) Go! Chicago! Go! Yeah! - 8,5
10) Casimir Pulaski Day - 7,0
11) To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament, and It Involves Tube Socks, a Paper Airplane, and Twenty-Two Able-Bodied Men - 6,5
12) The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts - 7,5
13) Prairie Fire That Wanders About - 6,5
14) A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze - /
15) The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! - 6,5
16) They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh! - 7,0
17) Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell - /
18) In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth - /
19) The Seer's Tower - 6,5
20) The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders (Part I: The Great Frontier/Part II: Come to Me Only with Playthings Now) - 6,5
21) Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few - /
22) Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals as I Run - 5,5
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
Current ranking: 157/241
So, I spent an entire album reading about John Wayne Gacy. Some songs managed to grab my attention, but I think most didn't. "Chicago" is my favorite, it goes on my playlist. I'm going back to reading, I think Gacy is about to be arrested.
The War On Drugs
4/5
01) Under the Pressure - 8,0
02) Red Eyes - 8,0
03) Suffering - 8,0
04) An Ocean in Between the Waves - 8,5
05) Disappearing - 8,0
06) Eyes to the Wind - 7,0
07) The Haunting Idle - 6,5
08) Burning - 7,5
09) Lost in the Dream - 7,0
10) In Reverse - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,55 (76/100)
Current ranking: 119/242
It starts off very interesting, but towards the end I feel like I'm listening to some Bob Dylan wannabe project. And just like Dylan, this album also gets a little tiring.
Devendra Banhart
1/5
01) This Is the Way - 6,5
02) A Sight to Behold - 6,5
03) The Body Breaks - 6,0
04) Poughkeepsie 5,0
05) Dogs They Make Up the Dark - 4,0
06) Will Is My Friend - 4,0
07) This Beard Is for Siobhán - 5,5
08) See Saw - 4,5
09) Tit Smoking in the Temple of Artesan Mimicry - 4,0
10) Rejoicing in the Hands - 4,0
11) Fall - 4 0
12) Todos los Dolores - 5,5
13) When the Sun Shone on Vetiver - 5,5
14) There Was Sun - 5,0
15) Insect Eyes - 5,0
16) Autumn's Child - 4,5
TOTAL: 4,97 (50/100)
Current ranking: 227/243
This is so utterly boring. I slept through the songs marked with a rating of 4.0 and I don't feel bad about it at all. On the other hand, I do feel sorry that I stayed awake for the others.
Rahul Dev Burman
4/5
01) Title Music - 8,0
02) One Two Cha Cha Cha - 8,5
03) Hum Bewafa Hargiz Na Thay - 7,5
04) Countess Caper - 7,5
05) Naag Devta - 7,5
06) Aaina Wohi Rehta Hai - 7,5
07) Baby let's Dance Together - 7,5
08) Romantic Theme - 7,5
09) Mera Pyar Shalimar - 7,5
10) Hum Bewafa Hargiz Na Thay (Happy) - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,65 (77/100)
Current ranking: 112/244
Wikipedia says: "R.D. Burman married Asha Bhosle in 1980. Together, they recorded many hit songs". Thanks to the song "Brimful by Asha", Asha Bhosle is the only person I know from the world of Bollywood, and here is her husband as the main and responsible for this and hundreds of other Bollywood soundtracks. Asha is also featured, on song #9.
When I got this album I thought shit, here's another boring one I have to listen to, this is going to be another one star, maybe two.
But two songs in, and here I am, moving to the rhythms of these cute, optimistic songs that I would never have listened to if this project hadn't forced me to.
This was very educational and quite entertaining, Asha Bhosle will surely not be the only one from Bollywood that I have heard of after this...
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
01) Second Hand News - 10,0
02) Dreams - 10,0
03) Never Going Back Again - 10,0
04) Don't Stop - 10,0
05) Go Your Own Way - 10.0
06) Songbird - 10,0
07) The Chain - 10,0
08) You Make Loving Fun - 10,0
09) I Don't Wanna Know - 10,0
10) Oh Daddy - 10,0
11) Gold Dust Women - 10,0
12) Silver Springs - 10,0
TOTAL: 10,00 (100/100)
Current ranking: 1/245
Ladies and gentlemen, I have a new number one! The fourth album with a perfect score, but the best rated by the general public out of the remaining three. As this is the overall best-rated album out of 1001, we can already now, after 245 listened albums, declare it my winner because no one can dethrone it.
The album is a real little masterpiece without a single filler song. My favorites are "The Chain", "Dreams", "Go Your Own Way", "Silver Springs", "Never Going Back Again" and "Don't Stop". Oh hell, since I've already listed half of the album, include the remaining six tracks as my favorites as well.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
01) Cherub Rock - 8,5
02) Quiet - 7,5
03) Today - 9,0
04) Hummer - 8,0
05) Rocket - 7,5
06) Disarm - 9,0
07) Soma - 8,5
08) Geek U.S.A. - 7,5
09) Mayonaise - 9,0
10) Spaceboy - 8,0
11) Silverfuck - 7,0
12) Sweet Sweet - 7,5
13) Luna 8,0
TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)
Current ranking: 77/246
Ok, this sounds much better to me (not to mention shorter) than Mellon Collie (Total: 7,27 (73/100), current ranking: 146/246)... Butch Vig is recognizable, at times I hear a bit of Nirvana, and at times a bit of Garbage. The album is much more cohesive than its overlong successor, although there are fewer hits like "Tonight, Tonight" or magnificent "1979". For me, the best on the album are "Disarm", "Today", "Mayonaise" and "Soma".
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
01) The State I Am In - 8,0
02) Expectations - 7,5
03) She's Losing It - 7,5
04) You're Just a Baby - 7,5
05) Electronic Renaissance - 7,0
06) I Could Be Dreaming - 7,0
07) We Rule the School - 7,0
08) My Wandering Days Are Over - 7,0
09) I Don't Love Anyone - 7,0
10) Mary Jo - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,25 (73/100)
Current ranking: 149/247
Cheerful indie pop songs that sound cute at first, but over time that cuteness is lost and they become borderline irritating in their cheerfulness. It's not bad, but it's not something I'll remember after the next two or three albums...
Circle Jerks
1/5
01) Deny Everything - 4,0
02) I Just Want Some Skank - 5,0
03) Beverly Hills - 5,0
04) Operation - 4,5
05) Back Against the Wall - 4,5
06) Wasted - 4,0
07) Behind the Door - 4,5
08) World Up My Ass - 4,0
09) Paid Vacation - 4,0
10) Don't Care - 3,5
11) Live Fast Die Young - 3,5
12) What's Your Problem - 4,0
13) Group Sex - 5,0
14) Red Tape - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,25 (43/100)
Current ranking: 241/248
And while I'm so glad this album is only 15 minutes long, what the hell can a 26 second song say? Basically, the album sounds like 14 demo snippets that should be developed into songs. But that didn't happen.
Keith Jarrett
1/5
01) Part I - 4,0
02) Part II a - 4,0
03) Part II b - 4,5
04) Part II c - 5,0
TOTAL: 4,38 (44/100)
Current ranking: 238/249
Endless piano playing. Ok, we know you can play the piano, but you could actually play some tunes in this hour-long album. Couldn't we have some Ludovico Einaudi album instead of this one?
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
01) Papa Won't Leave You, Henry - 7,0
02) I Had a Dream, Joe - 7,5
03) Straight to You - 8,0
04) Brother, My Cup Is Empty - 7,5
05) Christina the Astonishing - 7,0
06) When I First Came to Town - 7,0
07) John Finn's Wife - 7,5
08) Loom of the Land - 7,0
09) Jack the Ripper - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,33 (73/100)
Current ranking: 140/250
Another Nick Cave album. This one got a slightly lower rating than the previous one, I don't know the songs on it. The only one that sounds familiar is "Straight To You", which is also the best on the album for me.
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
01) You're Gonna Miss Me - 7,5
02) Roller Coaster - 6,5
03) Splash 1 (Now I'm Home) - 7,0
04) Reverberation (Doubt) - 7,0
05) Don't Fall Down - 7,0
06) Fire Engine - 6,0
07) Thru the Rhythm - 7,0
08) You Don't Know - 7,0
09) Kingdom of Heaven - 6,5
10) Monkey Island - 6,5
11) Tried to Hide - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,77 (68/100)
Current ranking: 182/251
Is electric jug this bloop bloop bloop bloop sound in the background? Will it be in every song? It's already annoying after the second one. All in all, a solid album with a typical sixties sound. BTW, I don't think this kind of music was ever played in elevators.
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
01) Green Onions - 10,0
02) Rinky Dink - 8,0
03) I Got A Woman - 7,0
04) Mo' Onions - 8,0
05) Twist And Shout - 7,0
06) Behave Yourself - 7,5
07) Stranger On The Shore - 7,0
08) Lonely Avenue - 6,5
09) One Who Really Loves You - 7,0
10) You Can't Sit Down - 7,0
11) A Woman, A Lover, A Friend - 7,0
12) Comin' Home Baby - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,46 (75/100)
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
01) Milonga Is Coming - 6,0
02) Vibraphonissimo - 5,5
03) Little Italy - 5,0
04) Nuevo Tango - 5,0
05) Laura's Dream - 5,0
06) Operation Tango - 5,0
07) La Muerta Del Angel - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,21 (52/100)
Ruined an hour of my time on the beach, I could have listened to the sound of the waves and not this...
Goldie
2/5
01) Timeless - 6,5
02) Saint Angel - 5,5
03) State Of Mind - 6,0
04) This Is A Bad - 5 0
05) Sea of Tears - 6,0
06) Jah The Seventh Seal - 5,0
07) A Sense Of RageS (Sensual V.I.P mix) - 6,0
08) Still Life - 5,0
09) Angel - 5,0
10) Adrift - 5,0
11) Kemistry - 5,0
12) You And Me - 5,0
13) Inner City Life (Baby Boy's Edit) - 6,0
14) Inner City Life (Rabbit's Short Attention Span Edit) - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,46 (55/100)
The Byrds
3/5
01) So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star - 7,0
02) Have You Seen Her Face - 7,5
03) C.T.A.-102 - 7,0
04) Renaissance Fair - 7,5
05) Time Between - 7,5
06) Everybody's Been Burned - 7,0
07) Thoughts and Words - 6,5
08) Mind Gardens - 6,5
09) My Back Pages - 8,0
10) The Girl with No Name - 7,5
11) Why - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,18 (72/100)
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
01) Jacqueline - 8,0
02) Tell Her Tonight - 8,0
03) Take Me Out - 10,0
04) The Dark Of The Matinee - 10,0
05) Auf Achse - 8,0
06) Cheating On You - 7,5
07) This Fire - 9,0
08) Darts Of Pleasure - 8,5
09) Michael - 10,0
10) Come On Home - 8,0
11) 40 - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,64 (86/100)
David Bowie
4/5
01) Changes - 10,0
02) Oh! You Pretty Things - 8,0
03) Eight Line Poem - 7,5
04) Life On Mars? - 10,0
05) Kooks - 8,5
06) Quicksand - 7,5
07) Fill Your Heart - 8,0
08) Andy Warhol - 7,5
09) Song For Bob Dylan - 7,5
10) Queen Bitch - 8,0
11) The Bewlay Brothers - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,23 (82/100)
Sonic Youth
2/5
01) Dirty Boots - 6,5
02) Tunic (Song for Karen) - 6,0
03) Mary-Christ - 6,0
04) Kool Thing - 6,5
05) Mote - 5,5
06) My Friend Goo - 6,0
07) Disappearer - 6,0
08) Mildred Pierce - 3,0
09) Cinderella's Big Score - 6,0
10) Scooter + Jinx - 4,5
11) Titanium Exposé - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,55 (56/100)
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
01) Natural Mystic - 8,5
02) So Much Things to Say - 8,0
03) Guiltiness - 7,5
04) The Heathen - 8,0
05) Exodus - 10,0
06) Jamming - 10,0
07) Waiting in Vain - 10,0
08) Turn Your Lights Down Low - 10,0
09) Three Little Birds - 10,0
10) One Love/People Get Ready - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,20 (92/100)
Current ranking: 17/259
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
01) Statesboro Blues - 6,0
02) Done Somebody Wrong - 6,0
03) Stormy Monday - 8,5
04) You Don't Love Me - 5,0
05) Hot Lanta - 6,0
06) In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - 6,5
07) Whipping Post - 5,0
TOTAL: 6,14 (61/100)
Current ranking: 208/260
So, so you think you can jam... I really liked "Stormy Monday". Songs #4 & #7 are really, really to long, hence I really, really didn't like them.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
2/5
01) All Your Love - 6,0
02) Hideaway - 5,5
03) Little Girl - 5,5
04) Another Man - 5,5
05) Double Crossing Time - 5,0
06) What'd I Say - 5,0
07) Key to Love - 5,5
08) Parchman Farm - 5,0
09) Have You Heard - 5,5
10) Ramblin' on My Mind - 6,0
11) Steppin' Out - 5,5
12) It Ain't Right - 5,5
13) Lonely Years - 5,0
14) Bernard Jenkins - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,39 (54/100)
Current ranking: 227/261
I guess this was significant when it was released, but I rate it based on personal taste, not significance to world music, so this is barely two stars. So boring!
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
01) The Cutter - 7,5
02) The Back of Love - 7,0
03) My White Devil - 7,0
04) Clay - 7,0
05) Porcupine - 7,0
06) Heads Will Roll - 7,0
07) Ripeness - 6,5
08) Higher Hell - 6,5
09) Gods Will Be Gods - 6,5
10) In Bluer Skies - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,85 (69/100)
Current ranking: 185/262
Honestly, I've heard of the band, but if my life depended on it, I wouldn't be able to name a single one of their songs, so I'm looking forward to getting to know them. They sound like something between Joy Division and The Cure, a typical British indie sound of the eighties. Pleasant to listen to but not something I would want to listen to again.
Björk
5/5
01) Human Behaviour - 10,0
02) Crying - 8,5
03) Venus As A Boy - 9,5
04) There's More to Life Than This - 9,5
05) Like Someone in Love - 8,5
06) Big Time Sensuality - 10,0
07) One Day - 9,0
08) Aeroplane - 8,5
09) Come To Me - 9,0
10) Violently Happy - 10,0
11) The Anchor Song - 8,0
12) Play Dead - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,21 (92/100)
Current ranking: 17/263
Bjork in the nineties was a big star in my eyes, later her music became too abstract and too innovative for me. One could conclude that I will probably like her "Debut" album.
The album starts with the perfect "Human Behaviour", whose music video is still one of my favorites, just like the song itself. The album continues with a journey through genres, from Bollywood in "Venus As A Boy", to weekend parties in the surprisingly good "There's More to Life Than This", to covers of jazz standards in "Like Someone in Love".
"Big Time Sensuality" takes us to the dance floors of the nineties, while "One Day" takes us back to a slower ambient-pop atmosphere. "Aeroplane" is a mix of exotic, ambient and jazz, while the series of slower songs continues with "Come To Me". "Violently Happy" brings us back to the dance floor, while "The Anchor Song" presents us with that "weirder" experimental Bjork that will come to the fore on later albums. It would be a shame to skip the excellent "Play Dead" that was added to the reissued edition.
All in all, a great "Debut" album by a musician who definitely deserves to be on this list several times, because there is no one like Bjork and there never will be.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
01) Brown Sugar - 10,0
02) Sway - 8,0
03) Wild Horses - 10,0
04) Can't You Hear Me Knocking - 8,0
05) You Gotta Move - 8,0
06) Bitch - 8,5
07) I Got the Blues - 8,0
08) Sister Morphine - 8,5
09) Dead Flowers - 8,5
10) Moonlight Mile - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,55 (86/100)
Current ranking: 52/264
Fugees
5/5
01) Red Intro - 8,0
02) How Many Mics - 8,5
03) Ready Or Not - 10,0
04) Zealots - 9,0
05) The Beast - 8,5
06) Fu-Gee-La - 10,0
07) Family Business - 8,5
08) Killing Me Softly With His Song - 10,0
09) The Score - 8,5
10) The Mask - 9,0
11) Cowboys - 8,5
12) No Woman, No Cry - 10,0
13) Manifest/Outro - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,04 (90/100)
Current ranking: 26/265
Fugees were the first to show me that hip hop can be fun, have a melody and that I can actually like it. The singles from this album are all five stars, the rest is also not bad. Lauryn Hill has a beautiful voice, and her rap skills are second to none. Wyclef and Pras are also masters of their craft. This is definitely one of those albums that are ground breaking in their own genre.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
01) Too High - 8,0
02) Visions - 7,5
03) Living for the City - 8,5
04) Golden Lady - 8,5
05) Higher Ground - 10,0
06) Jesus Children of America - 8,5
07) All In Love Is Fair - 7,5
08) Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing - 10,0
09) He's Misstra Know-It-All - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,50 (85/100)
Current ranking: 56/266
Kings of Leon
5/5
01) Red Morning Light - 10,0
02) Happy Alone - 8,5
03) Wasted Time - 10,0
04) Joe's Head - 8,0
05) Trani - 8,0
06) California Waiting - 10,0
07) Spiral Staircase - 8,5
08) Molly's Chambers - 10,0
09) Genius - 8,5
10) Dusty - 8,0
11) Holly Roller Novocaine - 10,0
12) Talihina Sky - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,13 (91/100)
Current ranking: 22/267
Kings Of Leon are one of my favorite bands from the early 2000s, this album is one of their better ones. "Molly's Chambers" is my favorite song on the album, and I had the opportunity to listen to them live twice.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
01) Tarkus - 3,0
02) Jeremy Bender - 7,0
03) Bitches Crystal - 6,0
04) The Only Way (Hymn) - 4,0
05) Infinite Space (Conclusion) - 4,5
06) A Time and a Place - 5,0
07) Are You Ready, Eddy? - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,00 (50/100)
What a pile of shit...
Iggy Pop
4/5
01) Lust for Life - 10,0
02) Sixteen - 8,0
03) Some Weird Sin - 8,0
04) The Passenger - 10,0
05) Tonight - 10,0
06) Success - 8,0
07) Turn Blue - 7,5
08) Neighborhood Threat - 7,5
09) Fall in Love with Me - 9,0
TOTAL: 8,67 (87/100)
Current ranking: 43/269
Nick Drake
2/5
01) Time Has Told Me - 6,0
02) River Man - 6,5
03) Three Hours - 6,0
04) Way to Blue - 5,0
05) Day Is Done - 5,5
06) Cello Song - 5,5
07) The Thoughts of Mary Jane - 6,0
08) Man in a Shed - 5,5
09) Fruit Tree - 5,0
10) Saturday Sun - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,65 (57/100)
Current ranking: 228/270
Boooriiing!!!
MGMT
4/5
01) Time to Pretend - 10,0
02) Weekend Wars - 7,5
03) The Youth - 8,5
04) Electric Feel - 10,0
05) Kids - 10,0
06) 4th Dimensional Transition - 7,5
07) Pieces of What - 7,5
08) Of Moons, Birds & Monsters - 7,5
09) The Handshake - 7,5
10) Future Reflections - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,35 (84/100)
Current ranking: 68/271
Where did they go after this? It's a pity that they didn't have any hits after this album. "Time to Pretend" and "Kids" are definitely in the top of the best songs from the beginning of the 21st century. The rest of the album is a little weaker, especially the second part, but there are still some solid songs.
Ray Charles
3/5
01) Let the Good Times Roll - 7,5
02) It Had to Be You - 7,5
03) Alexander's Ragtime Band - 7,0
04) Two Years of Torture - 7,0
05) When Your Lover Has Gone - 7,0
06) Deed I Do - 7,5
07) Just for a Thrill - 7,0
08) You Won't Let Me Go - 7,0
09) Tell Me You'll Wait for Me - 7,0
10) Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' - 7,5
11) Am I Blue - 7,5
12) Come Rain or Come Shine - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,25 (73/100)
Current ranking: 160/272
Ray Charles is a legend, his interpretations are perfect, the songs themselves are enjoyable. But the album as an album is a bit boring. The big band songs on the A side all sound more or less the same, just like the ballads on the B side.
Jerry Lee Lewis
4/5
01) Mean Woman Blues - 8,5
03) High School Confidential - 8,0
03) Money (That's What I Want) - 8,0
04) Matchbox - 7,5
05) What'd I Say, Part 1 - 7,5
06) What'd I Say, Part 2 - 7,0
07) Great Balls of Fire - 9,0
08) Good Golly, Miss Molly - 9,0
09) Lewis Boogie - 7,5
10) Your Cheatin' Heart - 7,5
11) Hound Dog - 7,5
12) Long Tall Sally - 8,0
13) Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,92 (79/100)
Current ranking: 101/273
David Bowie
4/5
01) Young Americans - 10,0
02) Win - 9,0
03) Fascination - 8,5
04) Right - 8,0
05) Somebody Up There Likes Me - 7,5
06) Across The Universe - 8,5
07) Can You Hear Me - 8,5
08) Fame - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,75 (88/100)
Norah Jones
4/5
01) Don't Know Why - 10,0
02) Seven Years - 8,0
03) Cold Cold Heart - 9,0
04) Feelin' The Same Way - 9,0
05) Come Away With Me - 10,0
06) Shoot The Moon - 8,5
07) Turn Me On - 9,0
08) Lonestar - 7,5
09) I've Got to See You Again - 8,5
10) Painter Song - 8,0
11) One Flight Down - 8,0
12) Nightingale - 8,0
13) The Long Day Is Over - 7,5
14) The Nearness of You - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,43 (84/100)
Current ranking: 65/275
I didn't think this album would be so well known to me. I thought I only knew the singles, but apparently I've listened to it more than a few times because I know most of the other songs. As someone wrote in the comments, when you are 20 years old you feel that this is boring, lounge music, but when you are approaching fifty you suddenly realize that you like Norah Jones and her silky voice. Maybe this is elevator music, but it fits so damn well on a hot summer August evening...
JAY Z
3/5
01) The Ruler's Back - 6,5
02) Takeover - 7,5
03) Izzo (H.O.V.A.) - 9,0
04) Girls, Girls, Girls - 8,5
05) Jigga That Nigga - 7,0
06) U Don't Know - 7,0
07) Hola' Hovito - 7,0
08) Heart of the City (Ain't No Love) - 7,0
09) Never Change - 6,5
10) Song Cry - 7,0
11) All I Need - 6,5
12) Renegade - 6,5
13) Blueprint (Momma Loves Me) - 6,5
14) Breathe Easy (Lyrical Exercise) - 6,0
15) Girls, Girls, Girls (Part 2) - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,03 (70/100)
Current ranking: 179/276
Isaac Hayes
3/5
01) Walk On By - 7,5
02) Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic - 7,0
03) One Woman - 7,5
04) By the Time I Get to Phoenix - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,88 (69/100)
Current ranking: 194/277
Nine minutes of this last song is pure bullshit. If the song ever starts, it will be rated significantly lower. "Walk On By" could also have been shorter, but at least there wasn't ten minutes of talking at the beginning. An album with 4 songs shouldn't even be called an album.
Orbital
2/5
01) Time Becomes - 1,0
02) Planet of the Shapes - 6,0
03) Lush 3-1 - 6,0
04) Lush 3-2 - 6,0
05) Impact (The Earth Is Burning) - 6,0
06) Remind - 6,0
07) Walk Now... - 6,5
08) Monday - 6 0
09) Halcyon + On + On - 7,5
10) Input Out - 1,0
TOTAL: 5,20 (52/100)
Current ranking: 252/278
When time becomes the loop. Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day. It's like a cry for survival. Survival for them and for us! Output rotation. Input translation.
These are the lyrics of this album.
You can cross the street at song number seven.
You're welcome!
Missy Elliott
4/5
01) Intro/Go to the Floor - 7,5
02) Bring the Pain - 7,5
03) Gossip Folk - 9,0
04) Work It - 9,5
05) Back in the Day - 8,0
06) Funky Fresh Dressed - 7,5
07) Pussycat - 8,0
08) Nothing Out There for Me - 8,0
09) Slide - 8,5
10) Play that Beat - 7,5
11) Ain't that Funny - 7,5
12) Hot - 7,5
13) Can You Hear Me - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,96 (80/100)
Current ranking: 99/279
Elton John
4/5
01) Tiny Dancer - 10,0
02) Levon - 8,0
03) Razor Face - 7,5
04) Madman Across the Water - 8,0
05) Indian Sunset - 8,5
06) Holiday Inn - 8,0
07) Rotten Peaches - 7,5
08) All the Nasties - 7,5
09) Goodbye - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,11 (81/100)
Current ranking: 89/280
King Crimson
3/5
01) 21st Century Schizoid Man (including Mirrors) - 6,5
02) I Talk to the Wind - 7,0
03) Epitaph (including March for No Reason and Tomorrow and Tomorrow) - 5,5
04) Moonchild (including The Dream and The Illusion) - 5,0
05) The Court of the Crimson King (including The Return of the Fire Witch and The Dance of the Puppets) - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,10 (61/100)
Current ranking: 225/281
Radiohead
5/5
01) Planet Tele - 8,0
02) The Bends - 8,0
03) High and Dry - 10,0
04) Fake Plastic Trees - 10,0
05) Bones - 8,0
06) (Nice Dream) - 9,0
07) Just - 10,0
08) My Iron Lung - 10,0
09) Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was - 8,0
10) Black Star - 8,5
11) Sulk - 8,0
12) Street Spirit (Fade Out) - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,96 (90/100)
Alice Cooper
3/5
01) Hello Hooray - 7,5
02) Raped and Freezin' - 7,0
03) Elected - 7,0
04) Billion Dollar Babies - 6,5
05) Unfinished Sweet - 6,5
06) No More Mr. Nice Guy - 6,5
07) Generation Landslide - 6,0
08) Sick Things - 7,0
09) Mary Ann - 7,0
10) I Love the Dead - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,75 (68/100)
CHIC
4/5
01) Chic Cheer - 8,5
02) Le Freak - 9,5
03) Savoir Faire - 8,5
04) Happy Man - 8,5
05) I Want Your Love - 9,5
06) At Last I Am Free - 8,0
07) Sometimes You Win - 8,5
08) (Funny) Bone - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,63 (86/100)
Current ranking: 51/284
Peter Gabriel
4/5
01) Intruder - 8,5
02) No Self Control - 8,5
03) Start - 7,5
04) I Don't Remember - 9,0
05) Family Snapshot - 8,0
06) And Through the Wire - 8,0
07) Games Without Frontiers - 10,0
08) Not One of Us - 7,5
09) Lead a Normal Life - 8,0
10) Biko - 9,5
TOTAL: 8,45 (85/100)
B.B. King
3/5
01) Every Day I Have the Blues - 6,5
02) Sweet Little Angel - 6,0
03) It's My Own Fault - 6,0
04) How Blue Can You Get - 6,5
05) Please Love Me - 6,0
06) You Upset Me Baby - 6,0
07) Worry, Worry - 6,0
08) Woke Up This Mornin' - 6,0
09) You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now - 6,5
10) Help the Poor - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,15 (62/100)
Current ranking: 228/286
I'm not really a fan of live albums, nor of blues as a genre. I believe this is the best the blues has to offer, but for me it's just enough for three stars.
Pixies
3/5
01) Bone Machine - 6,5
02) Break My Body - 6,5
03) Something Against You - 7,0
04) Broken Face - 7,0
05) Gigantic - 7,0
06) River Euphrates - 7,0
07) Where Is My Mind? - 7,5
08) Cactus - 7,0
09) Tony's Theme - 6,5
10) Oh My Golly! - 7,0
11) Vamos - 6,5
12) I'm Amazed - 6,0
13) Brick Is Red - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,73 (67/100)
The Darkness
4/5
01) Black Shuck - 7,0
02) Get Your Hands off My Woman - 7,5
03) Growing on Me - 8,5
04) I Believe in a Thing Called Love - 10,0
05) Love Is Only a Feeling - 9,0
06) Givin' Up - 8,0
07) Stuck in a Rut - 7,5
08) Friday Night - 8,0
09) Love on the Rocks with No Ice - 7,0
10) Holding My Own - 8,0
11) Makin' Out - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,95 (80/100)
Current ranking: 104/288
This album was totally different from everything that was out there at the time. I loved "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" and to this day "Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)" is an inevitable part of my Christmas soundtrack. As quickly as they appeared in the musical sky, so quickly they faded away and went back into the darkness... But we will always have "Permission To Land" to remind us of the year 2003.
Orange Juice
3/5
01) Rip It Up - 8,0
02) A Million Pleading Faces - 7,5
03) Mud in Your Eye - 7,0
04) Turn Away - 7,0
05) Breakfast Time - 7,0
06) I Can't Help Myself - 7,5
07) Flesh of My Flesh - 7,5
08) Louise Louise - 7,0
09) Hokoyo - 6,5
10) Tenterhook - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,15 (72/100)
Current ranking: 178/289
This actually sounds better than I thought it would. The album is a bit boring, but at least it's pleasantly boring, not irritatingly boring. Does that make any sense? Ah, who cares... So it's three to four stars boring, not one to two stars boring... There you go!
Primal Scream
3/5
01) Movin' On Up - 9,5
02) Slip Inside This House - 7,0
03) Don't Fight It, Feel It - 7,0
04) Higher than the Sun - 8,0
05) Inner Flight - 7,0
06) Come Together - 6,0
07) Loaded - 7,5
08) Damaged - 7,5
09) I'm Comin' Down - 7,0
10) Higher than the Sun (A Dub Symphony in Two Parts) - 6,5
11) Shine Like Stars - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,23 (72/100)
Current ranking: 172/290
This is a very strange one. Just when you think you know what genre they are playing, the next song starts. And I really lived under the delusion that Primal Scream were a rock band. I guess "Rocks" misled me. Do I like this? Well, I'm not sure, it's different in any case. I had the feeling that I was listening to a remixed version of a real album. "Come Together" became extremely irritating after a while. "Higher Than The Sun" is ok, but second mix is totally unnecessary. "Moving on up" is the only real, unremixed song on the album. In my opinion.
Black Sabbath
3/5
01) Wheels of Confusion - 8,0
02) Tomorrow's Dream - 7,5
03) Changes - 9,5
04) FX - 3,0
05) Supernaut - 8,0
06) Snowblind - 8,0
07) Cornucopia - 7,5
08) Laguna Sunrise - 7,5
09) St. Vitus Dance - 7,5
10) Under the Sun - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,40 (74/100)
Current ranking: 154/291
Jethro Tull
3/5
01) Aqualung - 7,0
02) Cross-Eyed Mary - 6,5
03) Cheap Day Return - 7,0
04) Mother Goose - 7,0
05) Wond'ring Aloud - 7,0
06) Up to Me - 7,0
07) My God - 7,0
08) Hymn 43 - 7,0
09) Slipstream - 6,5
10) Locomotive Breath - 7,5
11) Wind-Up - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,95 (70/100)
Current ranking: 200/292
Kanye West
3/5
01) Dark Fantasy - 7,0
02) Gorgeous - 7,5
03) Power - 8,5
04) All of the Lights (Interlude) - /
05) All of the Lights - 8,5
06) Monster - 7,5
07) So Appalled - 7,0
08) Devil in a New Dress - 6,5
09) Runaway - 8,5
10) Hell of a Life - 7,0
11) Blame Game - 6,5
12) Lost in the World - 8,5
13) Who Will Survive in America - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100)
Current ranking: 145/293
The Police
4/5
01) Synchronicity I - 8,0
02) Walking in Your Footsteps - 8,0
03) O My God - 8,0
04) Mother - 7,0
05) Miss Gradenko - 7,5
06) Synchronicity II - 7,5
07) Every Breath You Take - 10,0
08) King of Pain - 9,0
09) Wrapped Around Your Finger - 10,0
10) Tea in the Sahara - 8,5
11) Murder by Numbers - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,32 (83/100)
Current ranking: 78/294
Fugazi
2/5
01) Turnover - 6,5
02) Repeater - 6,0
03) Brendan #1 - 5,5
04) Merchandise - 6,0
05) Blueprint - 5,0
06) Sieve-Fisted Find - 5,0
07) Greed - 5,0
08) Two Beats Off - 5,0
09) Styrofoam - 5,0
10) Reprovisional - 5,0
11) Shut the Door - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,36 (54/100)
Current ranking: 260/295
Moby Grape
3/5
01) Hey Grandma – 6,5
02) Mr. Blues – 6,5
03) Fall on You – 6,5
04) 8:05 – 8,5
05) Come in the Morning – 6,5
06) Omaha – 7,0
07) Naked, If I Want To – 7,5
08) Someday – 7,5
09) Ain't No Use – 7,0
10) Sitting by the Window – 7,5
11) Changes – 7,0
12) Lazy Me – 7,0
13) Indifference – 6,5
TOTAL: 7,04 (70/100)
Super Furry Animals
3/5
01) Alternate Route to Vulcan Street - 8,0
02) Sidewalk Serfer Girl - 7,5
03) (Drawing) Rings Around the World - 7,5
04) It's Not the End of the World? - 8,5
05) Receptacle for the Respectable - 7,0
06) [A] Touch Sensitive - 8,0
07) Shoot Doris Day - 7,0
08) Miniature - 6,0
09) No Sympathy - 7,0
10) Juxtapozed with U - 9,0
11) Presidential Suite - 7,5
12) Run! Christian, Run! - 7,5
13) Fragile Happiness - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100)
Current ranking: 149/297
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
01) Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter - 7,5
02) Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe - 9,5
03) Backseat Freestyle - 9,0
04) The Art of Peer Pressure - 8,0
05) Money Trees - 8,0
06) Poetic Justice - 8,0
07) Good Kid - 8,5
08) m.A.A.d city - 8,5
09) Swimming Pools (Drank) - 10,0
10) Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst - 8,0
11) Real - 7,5
12) Compton - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,29 (83/100)
Current ranking: 82/298
David Bowie
4/5
01) Watch That Man - 7,5
02) Aladdin Sane (1913–1938–197?) - 7,5
03) Drive-In Saturday - 8,0
04) Panic in Detroit - 7,5
05) Cracked Actor - 7,5
06) Time - 7,5
07) The Prettiest Star - 7,0
08) Let's Spend The Night Together - 7,0
09) The Jean Genie - 8,5
10) Lady Grinning Soul - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,65 (77/100)
Current ranking: 132/299
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
01) I Got You - 6,5
02) One More Name - 6,5
03) What I Don't Know - 6,0
04) Home of the Blues - 5,5
05) Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses) - 5,0
06) I Hear You Knockin - 5,5
07) I Sang Dixie - 5,5
08) Streets of Bakersfield - 5,5
09) Floyd County - 5,5
10) Send Me the Pillow - 5,5
11) Hold On to God - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,68 (57/100)
Current ranking: 254/300
This is my 300th album and the situation is as follows:
★★★★★ - 33 albums
★★★★ - 111 albums
★★★ - 99 albums
★★ - 37 albums
★ - 20 albums
My average rating is 3,33
Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" is the best, and Joanna Newsome's "YS" is the worst so far. At least in my opinion.
And for my mini-anniversary, I got a country album. For me, as a non-American, Country is not exactly a genre that is close and familiar to me. I can't really identify with those country laments and with that culture where it seems normal to put a gun to the head of a woman who leaves you... She wore red dresses but now she lay dead? I mean, really... You poor excuse for a man...
The Velvet Underground
4/5
01) Sunday Morning - 9,0
02) I'm Waiting for the Man - 9,0
03) Femme Fatale - 7,5
04) Venus in Furs - 8,0
05) Run Run Run - 8,0
06) All Tomorrow's Parties - 8,5
07) Heroin - 7,5
08) There She Goes Again - 8,0
09) I'll Be Your Mirror - 8,0
10) The Black Angel's Death Song - 7,5
11) European Son - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,91 (79/100)
Current ranking: 113/301
New York Dolls
2/5
01) Personality Crisis - 6,5
02) Looking for a Kiss - 6,0
03) Vietnamese Baby - 5,5
04) Lonely Planet Boy - 6,0
05) Frankenstein (Orig.) - 5,5
06) Trash - 6,5
07) Bad Girl - 5,5
08) Subway Train - 6,0
09) Pills - 5,5
10) Private World - 6,0
11) Jet Boy - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,86 (59/100)
Current ranking: 250/302
Jack White
4/5
01) Missing Pieces - 7,5
02) Sixteen Saltines - 8,5
03) Freedom at 21 - 7,5
04) Love Interruption - 8,0
05) Blunderbuss - 7,5
06) Hypocritical Kiss - 7,5
07) Weep Themselves to Sleep - 8,0
08) I'm Shakin' - 8,0
09) Trash Tongue Talker - 7,0
10) Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy - 7,5
11) I Guess I Should Go to Sleep - 7,0
12) On and On and On - 7,5
13) Take Me with You When You Go - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,62 (76/100)
Current ranking: 140/303
Simple Minds
5/5
01) Someone Somewhere in Summertime - 10,0
02) Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel - 8,0
03) Promised You a Miracle - 10,0
04) Big Sleep - 8,0
05) Somebody Up There Likes You (Instrumental) - 9,5
06) New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) - 9,5
07) Glittering Prize - 9,5
08) Hunter and the Hunted - 8,0
09) King is White and in the Crowd - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,00 (90/100)
Current ranking: 30/304
This one took me completely by surprise. I thought I knew two songs from the album, but in the end it turned out that I knew five out of nine. And that's a good recipe to get five stars from me. "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" is one of my favorite "summer" songs, "Promised You a Miracle" is a big hit, and when the first notes of "New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)" started I thought, damn, it's Usura's "Open Your Mind", I know this song! "Somebody Up There Likes You" is a wonderful instrumental, and "Glittering Prize" is another hit that was often played on radio stations in the eighties. With the remaining four songs not bad at all, we come to the final five stars that I didn't think would happen today. Great job, Simple Minds!
Funkadelic
3/5
01) Maggot Brain - 8,5
02) Can You Get to That - 7,5
03) Hit It and Quit It - 7,5
04) You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks - 7,5
05) Super Stupid - 7,0
06) Back in Our Minds - 7,5
07) Wars of Armageddon - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,36 (74/100)
Current ranking: 167/305
Robbie Williams
4/5
01) Lazy Days - 8,0
02) Life thru a Lens - 7,0
03) Ego A Go Go - 7,0
04) Angels - 10,0
05) South of the Border - 7,0
06) Old Before I Die - 9,0
07) One of God's Better People - 7,5
08) Let Me Entertain You - 10,0
09) Killing Me - 7,0
10) Clean - 7,0
11) Baby Girl Window - 7,0
12) Hello Sir - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,83 (78/100)
Current ranking: 122/306
Let's be honest, this is a bit boring and average pop rock most of the time. But there is a but... Thanks primarily to "Angels" and "Let Me Entertain You" and to a lesser extent to the other singles from the album, this album rises by one star and becomes a four star album. Throw in a pinch of '90s nostalgia, spice it up with all the other hits Robbie had later in his career, and that's it. Four stars!
Portishead
4/5
01) Silence - 8,5
02) Hunter - 8,5
03) Nylon Smile - 8,0
04) The Rip - 9,0
05) Plastic - 8,5
06) We Carry On - 8,5
07) Deep Water - 7,5
08) Machine Gun - 9,0
09) Small - 7,5
10) Magic Doors - 8,5
11) Threads - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,32 (83/100)
16 years after its release, I'm finally starting to understand the hype surrounding "Third". I guess as a person gets older, some things just fall into place. Maybe it depends on the place and the time, because "Third" sounds like a perfect soundtrack for a cold September Sunday evening like this one.
Bob Dylan
4/5
01) Blowin' in the Wind - 10,0
02) Girl from the North Country - 8,0
03) Masters of War - 7,5
04) Down the Highway - 8,0
05) Bob Dylan's Blues - 7,5
06) A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall - 10,0
07) Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - 7,5
08) Bob Dylan's Dream - 7,5
09) Oxford Town - 8,0
10) Talkin' World War III Blues - 7,5
11) Corrina, Corrina - 8,5
12) Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance - 7,5
13) I Shall Be Free - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)
Current ranking: 98/308
Beck
4/5
01) Devils Haircut - 10,0
02) Hotwax - 8,5
03) Lord Only Knows - 8,0
04) The New Pollution - 10,0
05) Derelict - 7,5
06) Novacane - 7,5
07) Jack-Ass - 8,5
08) Where It's At - 10,0
09) Minus - 7,5
10) Sissyneck - 8,0
11) Readymade - 7,5
12) High 5 (Rock the Catskills) - 7,5
13) Ramshackle - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,31 (83/100)
Current ranking: 82/309
Soul II Soul
4/5
01) Keep on Movin - 9,5
02) Fairplay - 8,0
03) Holdin' On - 8,0
04) Feeling Free - 7,5
05) African Dance - 7,0
06) Dance - 8,5
07) Feel Free - 7,0
08) Happiness - 7,5
09) Back to Life - 10,0
10) Jazzie's Groove - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,10 (81/100)
Current ranking: 98/310
AC/DC
4/5
01) Highway to Hell - 10,0
02) Girls Got Rhythm - 8,0
03) Walk All Over You - 8,0
04) Touch Too Much - 9,0
05) Beating Around the Bush - 7,5
06) Shot Down in Flames - 8,0
07) Get It Hot - 7,0
08) If You Want Blood (You've Got It) - 7,5
09) Love Hungry Man - 8,0
10) Night Prowler - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,15 (82/100)
Current ranking: 96/311
Eminem
4/5
01) Public Service Announcement 2000 - /
02) Kill You - 9,0
03) Stan - 10,0
04) Paul (skit) - /
05) Who Knew - 8,0
06) Steve Berman (skit) - /
07) The Way I Am - 10,0
08) The Real Slim Shady - 10,0
09) Remember Me? - 8,0
10) I'm Back - 8,5
11) Marshall Mathers - 8,0
12) Ken Kaniff (skit) - /
13) Drug Ballad - 8,0
14) Amityville - 8,0
15) Bitch Please II - 8,0
16) Kim - 7,0
17) Under the Influence - 7,5
18) Criminal - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,39 (84/100)
Current ranking: 72/312
Van Morrison
3/5
01) Ain't Nothin' You Can Do - 8,0
02) Warm Love - 7,0
03) Into The Mystic - 8,0
04) These Dreams Of You - 7,0
05) I Believe to My Soul - 6,5
06) I've Been Working - 6,5
07) Help Me - 6,5
08) Wild Children - 6,5
09) Domino - 6,5
10) I Just Want to Make Love to You - 7,0
11) Bring It On Home to Me - 6,5
12) Saint Dominic's Preview - 7,0
13) Take Your Hand Out of My Pocket - 6,5
14) Listen to the Lion - 6,0
15) Here Comes The Night - 6,5
16) Gloria - 8,0
17) Caravan - 6,5
18) Cyprus Avenue - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,81 (68/100)
Current ranking: 227/313
PJ Harvey
3/5
01) Rid Of Me - 7,5
02) Missed - 7,0
03) Legs - 7,0
04) Rub 'Til It Bleeds - 6,5
05) Hook - 6,5
06) Man-Size Sextet - 5,5
07) Highway 61 Revisited - 6,0
08) 50ft Queenie -7,5
09) Yuri-G - 7,0
10) Man-Size - 7,5
11) Dry - 7,0
12) Me-Jane - 7,0
13) Snake - 6,5
14) Ecstasy - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,82 (68/100)
Current ranking: 227/314
Eminem
4/5
01) Public Service Announcement - /
02) My Name Is - 10,0
03) Guilty Conscience - 9,5
04) Brain Damage - 8,0
05) Paul (skit) - /
06) If I Had - 8,5
07) '97 Bonnie & Clyde - 8,0
08) Bitch (skit) - /
09) Role Model - 7,5
10) Lounge (skit) - /
11) My Fault - 8,0
12) Ken Kaniff (skit) - /
13) Cum on Everybody - 8,0
14) Rock Bottom - 8,0
15) Just Don't Give a Fuck - 9,0
16) Soap (skit) - /
17) As the World Turns - 8,0
18) I'm Shady - 7,5
19) Bad Meets Evil - 7,5
20) Still Don't Give a Fuck - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,25 (83/100)
Current ranking: 91/315
The Pogues
4/5
01) If I Should Fall from Grace with God - 7,5
02) Turkish Song of the Damned - 7,5
03) Bottle of Smoke - 7,5
04) Fairytale of New York - 10,0
05) Metropolis - 7,0
06) Thousands Are Sailing - 7,5
07) South Australia - 7,5
08) Fiesta - 10,0
09) Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Races - 8,0
10) Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six - 7,5
11) Lullaby of London - 8,5
12) The Battle March Medley - 7,5
13) Sit Down by the Fire - 7,5
14) The Broad Majestic Shannon - 8,5
15) Worms - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,90 (79/100)
Current ranking: 124/316
Roxy Music
3/5
01) Do the Strand - 6,5
02) Beauty Queen - 6,5
03) Strictly Confidential - 5,5
04) Editions of You - 6,5
05) In Every Dream Home a Heartache - 7,0
06) The Bogus Man - 6,0
07) Grey Lagoons - 6,0
08) For Your Pleasure - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,25 (63/100)
Current ranking: 253/317
Suede
4/5
01) So Young - 7,5
02) Animal Nitrate - 10,0
03) She's Not Dead - 7,5
04) Moving - 8,0
05) Pantomime Horse - 7,5
06) The Drowners - 8,5
07) Sleeping Pills -8,0
08) Breakdown - 7,5
09) Metal Mickey - 8,5
10) Animal Lover - 8,0
11) The Next Life - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,14 (81/100)
Current ranking: 99/318
I've never been a big fan of Suede, but this album is really good, it takes me back to the Britpop days. "Animal Nitrate" is a great song. However, looking at my records, their second album "Dog Man Star" currently ranks higher at #61 with a rating of 8.54 (85/100).
Van Halen
3/5
01) 1984 - 7,0
02) Jump - 10,0
03) Panama - 7,5
04) Top Jimmy - 6,5
05) Drop Dead Legs - 6,5
06) Hot for Teacher - 6,0
07) I'll Wait - 7,0
08) Girl Gone Bad - 6,0
09) House of Pain - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,94 (69/100)
Current ranking: 222/319
The Undertones
3/5
01) Family Entertainment - 7,0
02) Girls Don't Like It - 7,0
03) Male Model - 7,0
04) I Gotta Getta - 6,5
05) Teenage Kicks - 7,5
06) Wrong Way - 6,5
07) Jump Boys - 6,5
08) Here Comes The Summer - 7,0
09) Get Over You - 6,5
10) Billy's Third - 6,5
11) Jimmy Jimmy - 7,0
12) True Confessions - 7,0
13) (She's A) Runaround - 6,0
14) I Know a Girl - 6,5
15) Listening In - 6,0
16) Casbah Rock - 5,0
TOTAL: 6,59 (66/100)
Current ranking: 244/320
The only song of theirs that I know (My Perfect Cousin) is not on this album... This is nothing special to me, happy little songs that all sound a bit the same. Their only advantage is that they are short.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
01) Smile Please - 8,0
02) Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away - 7,5
03) Too Shy to Say - 7,0
04) Boogie On Reggae Woman - 8,5
05) Creepin - 7,5
06) You Haven't Done Nothin' - 8,5
07) It Ain't No Use - 8,5
08) They Won't Go When I Go - 7,0
09) Bird of Beauty - 8,0
10) Please Don't Go - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,80 (78/100)
Current ranking: 134/321
Stevie Wonder always somehow manages to make an album so enjoyable to listen to. Honestly, I didn't know a single song from the album, yet every song sounds like it could have been a hit in 1974.
Elvis Presley
4/5
01) Wearin' That Loved-On Look - 8,5
02) Only the Strong Survive - 8,0
03) I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - 7,5
04) Long Black Limousine - 8,0
05) It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' - 7,5
06) I'm Moving On - 7,5
07) Power of My Love - 8,0
08) Gentle on My Mind - 8,0
09) After Loving You - 7,5
10) True Love Travels on a Gravel Road - 8,0
11) Any Day Now - 8,5
12) In the Ghetto - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)
Current ranking: 106/322
Sheryl Crow
5/5
01) Run, Baby, Run - 10,0
02) Leaving Las Vegas - 10,0
03) Strong Enough - 10,0
04) Can't Cry Anymore - 10,0
05) Solidify - 9,0
06) The Na-Na Song - 8,5
07) No One Said It Would Be Easy - 8,0
08) What I Can Do For You - 7,5
09) All I Wanna Do - 10,0
10) We Do What We Can - 8,5
11) I Shall Believe - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,23 (93/100)
Queen
4/5
01) Brighton Rock - 8,0
02) Killer Queen - 10,0
03) Tenement Funster - 7,5
04) Flick Of The Wrist - 7,5
05) Lily Of The Valley - 9,0
06) Now I'm Here - 9,5
07) In The Lap Of The Gods - 8,5
08) Stone Cold Crazy - 7,5
09) Dear Friends - 8,5
10) Misfire - 7,5
11) Bring Back That Leroy Brown - 7,5
12) She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes) - 8,5
13) In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,42 (84/100)
Solange
3/5
01) Rise - 7,0
02) Weary - 7,5
03) Interlude: The Glory Is in You - /
04) Cranes in the Sky - 7,5
05) Interlude: Dad Was Mad - /
06) Mad - 7,0
07) Don't You Wait - 7,0
08) Interlude: Tina Taught Me - /
09) Don't Touch My Hair - 7,0
10) Interlude: This Moment - /
11) Where Do We Go - 7,0
12) Interlude: For Us by Us - /
13) F.U.B.U. - 7,0
14) Borderline (An Ode to Self Care) - 7,0
15) Interlude: I Got So Much Magic, You Can Have It - /
16) Junie - 6,5
17) Interlude: No Limits - /
18) Don't Wish Me Well - 6,5
19) Interlude: Pedestals - /
20) Scales - 6,5
21) Closing: The Chosen Ones - /
TOTAL: 6,96 (70/100)
5/5
01) Where the Streets Have No Name - 10,0
02) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - 10,0
03) With or Without You - 10,0
04) Bullet the Blue Sky - 8,5
05) Running to Stand Still - 9,0
06) Red Hill Mining Town - 8,5
07) In God's Country - 8,5
08) Trip Through Your Wires - 8,0
09) One Tree Hill - 8,5
10) Exit - 8,0
11) Mothers of the Disappeared - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,00 (90/100)
Parliament
2/5
01) P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) - 6,0
02) Mothership Connection (Star Child) - 6,0
03) Unfunky UFO - 5,0
04) Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (The Bumps Bump) - 5,0
05) Handcuffs - 5,0
06) Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Of The Sucker) - 7 0
07) Night Of The Thumpasorus People - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,71 (57/100)
Bob Dylan
4/5
01) Like a Rolling Stone - 10,0
02) Tombstone Blues - 8,5
03) It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - 7,5
04) From a Buick 6 - 7,5
05) Ballad of a Thin Man - 8,5
06) Queen Jane Approximately - 8,0
07) Highway 61 Revisited - 7,5
08) Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - 7,5
09) Desolation Row - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,06 (81/100)
Current ranking: 113/328
The Kinks
3/5
01) The Village Green Preservation Society - 7,0
02) Do You Remember Walter - 7,0
03) Picture Book - 7,5
04) Johnny Thunder - 7,0
05) Last of the Steam-Powered Trains - 6,5
06) Big Sky - 6,0
07) Sitting by the Riverside - 7,0
08) Animal Farm - 7,0
09) Village Green - 7,5
10) Starstruck - 7,5
11) Phenomenal Cat - 6,0
12) All of My Friends Were There - 6,0
13) Wicked Annabella - 7,5
14) Monica - 6,5
15) People Take Pictures of Each Other - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,83 (68/100)
Elvis Costello
3/5
01) Pony St. - 6,5
02) Kinder Murder - 6,5
03) 13 Steps Lead Down - 6,5
04) This Is Hell - 6,5
05) Clown Strike - 6,0
06) You Tripped at Every Step - 6,5
07) Still Too Soon to Know - 6,5
08) 20% Amnesia - 6,0
09) Sulky Girl - 6,5
10) London's Brilliant Parade - 6,0
11) My Science Fiction Twin - 6,0
12) Rocking Horse Road - 6,0
13) Just About Glad - 5,5
14) All the Rage - 5,5
15) Favourite Hour - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,13 (61/100)
Current ranking: 269/330
Tim Buckley
3/5
01) Move with Me - 6,5
02) Get on Top - 6,5
03) Sweet Surrender - 6,0
04) Nighthawkin - 6,0
05) Devil Eyes - 5,5
06) Hong Kong Bar - 5,0
07) Make It Right - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,07 (61/100)
Current ranking: 271/331
Well, this is definitely better than the first two of his albums that I listened to - "Goodbye And Hello" currently ranked at number 296 out of 330 and "Happy Sad" at number 310 out of 330, both received two stars. The songs are faster, funkier, more rhythmic... let's just say less boring. The lyrics are shit but who cares if the song isn't a total snooze fest like most of his songs on these two aforementioned albums. Given that this is already Tim's third album on this list, and the man died at the age of 28, I hope there won't be any more... On the other hand, he managed to record as many as nine, so one can only hope.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
01) Pure - 5,0
02) Jigsaw Feeling - 5,5
03) Overground - 6,0
04) Carcass - 5,5
05) Helter Skelter - 5,5
06) Mirage - 5,5
07) Metal Postcard (Mittageisen) - 5,5
08) Nicotine Stain - 5,5
09) Suburban Relapse - 5,5
10) Switch - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,45 (55/100)
Current ranking: 291/332
Not really something I enjoy. Her screaming is not helping.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
01) Badlands - 7,5
02) Adam Raised a Cain - 7,5
03) Something in the Night - 7,5
04) Candy's Room - 7,5
05) Racing in the Street - 7,5
06) The Promised Land - 7,5
07) Factory - 7,5
08) Streets of Fire - 7,5
09) Prove It All Night - 8,0
10) Darkness on the Edge of Town - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,55 (76/100)
Current ranking: 164/333
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
01) The Stars of Track and Field - 7,5
02) Seeing Other People - 7,0
03) Me and the Major - 7,0
04) Like Dylan in the Movies - 7,5
05) The Fox in the Snow - 7,0
06) Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dying - 6,5
07) If You're Feeling Sinister - 7,0
08) Mayfly - 6,5
09) The Boy Done Wrong Again - 6,5
10) Judy and the Dream of Horses - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,90 (69/100)
Current ranking: 233/334
Talvin Singh
2/5
01) Traveller - 5,5
02) Butterfly - 5,5
03) Sutrix - 5,5
04) Mombasstic - 5,0
05) Decca - 5,0
06) Eclipse - 5,0
07) OK - 5,5
08) Light - 5,5
09) Disser/Point.Mento.B - 4,5
10) Soni - 4,5
11) Vikram the Vampire - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,14 (51/100)
Current ranking: 313/335
Adele
4/5
01) Hello - 10,0
02) Send My Love (To Your New Lover) - 10,0
03) I Miss You - 8,5
04) When We Were Young - 10,0
05) Remedy - 8,0
06) Water Under the Bridge - 9,0
07) River Lea - 8,0
08) Love in the Dark - 8,0
09) Million Years Ago - 8,5
10) All I Ask - 8,5
11) Sweetest Devotion - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,78 (88/100)
Current ranking: 43/336
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
01) She Found Now - 5,5
02) Only Tomorrow - 5,5
03) Who Sees You - 4,0
04) Is This and Yes - 4,5
05) If I Am - 5,5
06) New You - 6,0
07) In Another Way - 5,5
08) Nothing Is - 4,0
09) Wonder 2 - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,94 (49/100)
Current ranking: 321/337
This sounds like an intermezzo between songs. Is there any lyrics at all? Track # 3 is like an old cassette tape going crazy. It is fascinating to me that these 45 minutes of music were recorded and completed over twenty years. Maybe if they had tried for a few more years, maybe it would have been listenable. If song number 8 had lasted half a minute longer, I think I would have gone crazy. Oh, ffs, track number 9 isn't any better either...
The Byrds
2/5
01) You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - 7,0
02) I Am a Pilgrim - 6,0
03) The Christian Life - 6,0
04) You Don't Miss Your Water - 5,5
05) You're Still on My Mind - 5,5
06) Pretty Boy Floyd - 5,0
07) Hickory Wind - 5,0
08) One Hundred Years from Now - 6,0
09) Blue Canadian Rockies - 5,0
10) Life in Prison - 5,0
11) Nothing Was Delivered - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,59 (56/100)
Current ranking: 291/338
Are these even their songs or a bunch of covers? Country and I (as an Eastern/Central/Southern European, put me wherever you want) have almost nothing in common, so this music is pure crap to me. We listen to different music at our village parties in the barns... That music is a different kind of crap, but that's why I don't listen to it either...
The Flaming Lips
3/5
01) Race for the Prize (Mokran Remix) - 8,0
02) A Spoonful Weighs a Ton - 7,0
03) The Spark That Bled - 7,0
04) The Spiderbite Song - 7,5
05) Buggin (Mokran Remix) - 7,0
06) What Is the Light? - 6,5
07) The Observer - 6,0
08) Waitin' for a Superman - 7,5
09) Suddenly Everything Has Changed - 7,0
10) The Gash - 7,0
11) Feeling Yourself Disintegrate - 7,5
12) Sleeping on the Roof - 6,0
13) Race for the Prize - 7,5
14) Waitin' for a Superman (Mokran remix) - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,11 (71/100)
Current ranking: 209/339
Hugh Masekela
1/5
01) Part Of A Whole - 4,5
02) Minawa - 4,0
03) The Big Apple - 4,0
04) Unhome - 3,5
05) Maseru - 4,0
06) Inner Crisis - 6,5
07) Blues For Huey - 4,0
08) Nomali - 5,0
09) Maesha - 4,0
10) Ingoo Pow-Pow (Children's Song) - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,35 (44/100)
Current ranking: 329/340
Jazz is sooooo fu**ing boring... I really don't understand people who like this kind of music. What do you see in this? Or, a better question, what do you hear in this? Does this make sense to you? Do you hear a melody? Anything? I'm lost, this music makes me nervous...
Song number 6 sounds familiar and not too irritating. Someone must have sampled it somewhere...
U2
5/5
01) Zoo Station - 10,0
02) Even Better Than The Real Thing - 10,0
03) One - 10,0
04) Until The End Of The World - 10,0
05) Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - 10,0
06) So Cruel - 10,0
07) The Fly - 10,0
08) Mysterious Ways - 10,0
09) Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World - 10,0
10) Ultra Violet (Light My Way) - 10,0
11) Acrobat - 10,0
12) Love Is Blindness - 10,0
TOTAL: 10,0 (100/100)
Current ranking: 5/341
I took my 1991 "Achtung Baby" cassette tape off the shelf, who knows if it would still play? I think it's so worn out from listening, at school it was borrowed all over the class. The covers are worn from being turned around in my hands... I loved this album and I still love it now, 33 years after. For me, this is the best U2 album and one of my favorite albums in general. Favorite song? They changed over the years. It used to be "One" and "So Cruel" and currently it's "Zoo Station" because I visited Berlin just last week so the memories are still fresh :-)
Fred Neil
2/5
01) The Dolphins - 7,0
02) I've Got a Secret (Didn't We Shake Sugaree) - 6,0
03) That's the Bag I'm In - 6,5
04) Badi-Da - 5,5
05) Faretheewell (Fred's Tune) - 5,0
06) Everybody's Talkin' - 7,5
07) Everything Happens - 6,0
08) Sweet Cocaine - 5,5
09) Green Rocky Road - 5,0
10) Cynicrustpetefredjohn Raga - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,90 (59/100)
Current ranking: 283/342
Amy Winehouse
4/5
01) Intro/Stronger Than Me - 9,0
02) You Sent Me Flying/Cherry - 9,0
03) Know You Now - 8,5
04) Fuck Me Pumps - 9,5
05) I Heard Love Is Blind - 8,5
06) Moody's Mood for Love/Teo Licks - 8,5
07) There Is No Greater Love - 9,0
08) In My Bed - 10,0
09) Take the Box - 9,0
10) October Song - 8,5
11) What Is It About Men -8,5
12) Help Yourself - 9,0
13) Amy Amy Amy/Outro/Brother/Mr Magic (Through the Smoke) - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,88 (89/100)
Current ranking: 40/343
Neil Young
3/5
01) Tell Me Why - 8,0
02) After the Gold Rush - 7,0
03) Only Love Can Break Your Heart - 8,0
04) Southern Man - 7,5
05) Till the Morning Comes - 7,0
06) Oh Lonesome Me - 7,5
07) Don't Let It Bring You Down - 7,5
08) Birds - 7,5
09) When You Dance I Can Really Love - 7,5
10) I Believe in You - 7,0
11) Cripple Creek Ferry - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,41 (74/100)
The Velvet Underground
3/5
01) White Light/White Heat - 7,0
02) The Gift - 7,0
03) Lady Godiva's Operation - 6,5
04) Here She Comes Now - 6,5
05) I Heard Her Call My Name - 5,5
06) Sister Ray - 5,0
TOTAL: 6,25 (63/100)
Current ranking: 271/345
The Verve
3/5
01) A New Decade - 7,0
02) This Is Music - 7,5
03) On Your Own - 7,5
04) So It Goes - 6,5
05) A Northern Soul - 7,0
06) Brainstorm Interlude - 7,0
07) Drive You Home - 7,0
08) History - 7,5
09) No Knock on My Door - 7,0
10) Life's an Ocean - 7,0
11) Stormy Clouds - 7,0
12) (Reprise) - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,08 (71/100)
Current ranking: 213/346
Coldplay
5/5
01) Don't Panic - 10,0
02) Shiver - 10,0
03) Spies - 10,0
04) Sparks - 10,0
05) Yellow - 10,0
06) Trouble - 10,0
07) Parachutes - 10,0
08) High Speed - 10,0
09) We Never Change - 10,0
10) Everything's Not Lost - 10,0
TOTAL: 10,0 (100/100)
Current ranking: 4/347
Here's another five star album! Coldplay's first four albums are among my favorite albums of all time and I really liked that band. After that they went completely into pop, which is not really to my taste, but it has to be acknowledged that they are good at it too ("A Sky Full Of Stars" or "Paradise" are great live!). Given that I was at their concert two months ago, I can confirm that "Yellow" is still a banger! And I can confirm that listening to them live has rediscovered my long-lost love for this band.
Anita Baker
3/5
01) Sweet Love - 7,0
02) You Bring Me Joy - 6,5
03) Caught Up in the Rapture - 6,5
04) Been So Long - 6,5
05) Mystery - 6,0
06) No One in the World - 6,0
07) Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year) - 6,5
08) Watch Your Step - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,44 (64/100)
Current ranking: 266/348
This is how the rainy afternoon in autumn 1986 had to sound like. Anita has a great voice, but the songs are very monotonous...
Carole King
4/5
01) I Feel the Earth Move - 9,0
02) So Far Away - 8,0
03) It's Too Late - 9,0
04) Home Again - 8,0
05) Beautiful - 8,0
06) Way Over Yonder - 7,5
07) You've Got a Friend - 9,0
08) Where You Lead - 9,0
09) Will You Love Me Tomorrow - 9,0
10) Smackwater Jack - 8,5
11) Tapestry - 7,5
12) (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman 9,0
TOTAL: 8,46 (85/100)
Current ranking: 69/349
AC/DC
4/5
01) Hells Bells - 8,0
02) Shoot to Thrill - 7,5
03) What Do You Do for Money Honey - 7,5
04) Given the Dog a Bone - 7,5
05) Let Me Put My Love into You - 8,0
06) Back In Black - 10,0
07) You Shook Me All Night Long - 10,0
08) Have a Drink on Me - 8,0
09) Shake A Leg - 8,0
10) Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,45 (85/100)
Current ranking: 71/350
The Damned
2/5
01) Love Song - 6,5
02) Machine Gun Etiquette - 5,5
03) I Just Can't Be Happy Today - 5,5
04) Melody Lee - 6,0
05) Anti-Pope - 5,0
06) These Hands - 6,0
07) Plan 9 Channel 7 - 5,0
08) Noise, Noise, Noise - 5,5
09) Looking at You- 5,0
10) Liar - 5,5
11) Smash It Up - Pts. 1&2 - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,59 (56/100)
Current ranking: 302/351
Ryan Adams
3/5
01) (Argument with David Rawlings Concerning Morrissey) - /
02) To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High) - 7,5
03) My Winding Wheel - 6,5
04) Amy - 6,5
05) Oh My Sweet Carolina - 7,0
06) Bartering Lines - 7,0
07) Call Me On Your Way Back Home - 6,5
08) Damn, Sam (I Love a Woman That Rains) - 7,0
09) Come Pick Me Up - 6,5
10) To Be the One - 5,5
11) Why Do They Leave? - 6,0
12) Shakedown on 9th Street - 7,0
13) Don't Ask for the Water - 6,0
14) In My Time of Need - 5,5
15) Sweet Lil Gal (23rd/1st) - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,43 (64/100)
Current ranking: 270/352
The Lemonheads
3/5
01) Rockin Stroll - 6,5
02) Confetti - 6,5
03) It's a Shame About Ray - 7,5
04) Rudderless - 6,0
05) My Drug Buddy - 6,0
06) The Turnpike Down - 5,5
07) Bit Part - 5,5
08) Alison's Starting to Happen - 6,5
09) Hannah & Gabi - 6,0
10) Kitchen - 6,0
11) Ceiling Fan in My Spoon - 6,5
12) Frank Mills - 5,5
13) Mrs. Robinson - 8,0
TOTAL: 6,31 (63/100)
Current ranking: 274/353
The White Stripes
5/5
01) Seven Nation Army - 10,0
02) Black Math - 9,0
03) There's No Home for You Here - 9,5
04) I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself - 10,0
05) In the Cold, Cold Night - 9,5
06) I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart - 9,5
07) You've Got Her in Your Pocket - 8,5
08) Ball and Biscuit - 9,0
09) The Hardest Button to Button - 9,5
10) Little Acorns - 8,0
11) Hypnotize - 8,5
12) The Air Near My Fingers - 9,0
13) Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine - 8,5
14) Well It's True That We Love One Another - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,14 (91/100)
Current ranking: 25/354
Rod Stewart
2/5
01) Gasoline Alley - 6,0
02) It's All Over Now - 5,5
03) Only a Hobo - 6,0
04) My Way of Giving - 6,0
05) Country Comfort - 6,0
06) Cut Across Shorty - 5,5
07) Lady Day - 5,0
08) Jo's Lament - 5,0
09) You're My Girl (I Don't Want to Discuss It) - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,61 (56/100)
Current ranking: 305/355
Rod Stewart sings covers of other people's songs. And it's one of the 1001 albums we have to hear? Ok, two or three songs are his, so maybe it's because of those? I know I'd rather hear a bunch of albums that most likely aren't on this list.
Mercury Rev
3/5
01) Holes - 7,0
02) Tonite It Shows - 6,5
03) Endlessly - 7,5
04) I Collect Coins - 6,5
05) Opus 40 - 7,0
06) Hudson Line - 7,0
07) The Happy End (The Drunk Room) - 6,0
08) Goddess on a Hiway - 8,0
09) The Funny Bird - 7,0
10) Pick Up If You're There - 6,5
11) Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp - 7,5
TOTAL: 6,95 (70/100)
Current ranking: 240/356
Charles Mingus
1/5
01) Track A – Solo Dancer - 4,0
02) Track B – Duet Solo Dancers - 3,5
03) Track C – Group Dancers - 3,0
04) Mode D – Trio and Group Dancers
Mode E – Single Solos and Group Dance
Mode F – Group and Solo Dance - 2,0
TOTAL: 3,13 (31/100)
Beatles
5/5
01) Back in the U.S.S.R. - 10,0
02) Dear Prudence - 9,0
03) Glass Onion - 8,5
04) Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - 10,0
05) Wild Honey Pie - /
06) The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill - 9,0
07) While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 10,0
08) Happiness Is a Warm Gun - 9,0
09) Martha My Dear - 8,5
10) I'm So Tired - 8,5
11) Blackbird - 10,0
12) Piggies - 9,0
13) Rocky Raccoon - 8,0
14) Don't Pass Me By - 9,0
15) Why Don't We Do It in the Road? - 9,0
16) I Will - 9,0
17) Julia - 9,5
18) Birthday - 8,5
19) Yer Blues - 9,0
20) Mother Nature's Son - 9,0
21) Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey - 9,0
22) Sexy Sadie - 9,0
23) Helter Skelter - 9,5
24) Long, Long, Long - 9,5
25) Revolution 1 - 9,5
26) Honey Pie - 8,5
27) Savoy Truffle - 8,5
28) Cry Baby Cry - 9,0
29) Revolution 9 - /
30) Good Night - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,07 (91/100)
Current ranking: 30/358
"Revolution 9" is really a piece of crap and I didn't want to rate it so it wouldn't detract from an album that deserved five stars.
Duke Ellington
1/5
01) Festival Junction - 4,0
02) Blues to Be There - 4,5
03) Newport Up - 4,5
04) Jeep's Blues - 5,0
05) Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue - 5,0
TOTAL: 4,60 (46/100)
Current ranking: 343/359
I definitely have no intention of listening to the double CD release, instead I found a playlist of the original LP with only 5 tracks lasting an acceptable 40 minutes. Although, what is acceptable when it comes to Jazz... I just can't stand all that Jazz.
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
01) Mr. Self Destruct - 8,5
02) Piggy - 8,5
03) Heresy - 8,0
04) March of the Pigs - 8,5
05) Closer - 9,5
06) Ruiner - 8,5
07) The Becoming - 8,0
08) I Do Not Want This - 8,0
09) Big Man with a Gun - 8,0
10) A Warm Place - 9,0
11) Eraser - 8,0
12) Reptile - 8,0
13) The Downward Spiral - 8,5
14) Hurt - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,50 (85/100)
Current ranking: 71/360
I don't know why I didn't listen to NIN as a teenager, this just seems like something I would really like. I like the sound of industrial rock, it sounds so disturbing but in a good way. It doesn't make me want to kill anyone, if you're worried. Speaking of killings, I find the album link with two famous American crimes very interesting. The album was recorded in the house where Charles Manson, allegedly inspired by the Beatles and their "The white album", killed Sharon Tate and her companions. On the other hand, this album allegedly inspired the perpetrator of the Columbine High School massacre. It seems to be very easy to inspire idiots with guns...
John Lennon
4/5
01) Imagine - 10,0
02) Crippled Inside - 8,5
03) Jealous Guy - 10,0
04) It's So Hard - 8,5
05) I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier - 8,0
06) Gimme Some Truth - 8,0
07) Oh My Love - 8,5
08) How Do You Sleep? - 9,0
09) How? - 8,5
10) Oh Yoko! - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,70 (87/100)
Current ranking: 52/361
Joni Mitchell
2/5
01) In France They Kiss on Main Street - 7,0
02) The Jungle Line - 7,0
03) Edith and the Kingpin - 6,0
04) Don't Interrupt the Sorrow - 6,0
05) Shades of Scarlett Conquering - 6,0
06) The Hissing of Summer Lawns - 5,5
07) The Boho Dance - 5,5
08) Harry's House/Centerpiece - 5,5
09) Sweet Bird - 5,5
10) Shadows and Light - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,90 (59/100)
Current ranking: 298/362
Steve Earle
2/5
01) Guitar Town - 6,0
02) Goodbye's All We've Got Left - 5,5
03) Hillbilly Highway - 5,5
04) Good Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough) - 5,0
05) My Old Friend the Blues - 5,0
06) Someday - 5,0
07) Think It Over - 4,5
08) Fearless Heart - 5,5
09) Little Rock 'n' Roller - 5,0
10) Down the Road - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,20 (52/100)
Current ranking: 331/363
Listening to this album is the equivalent of watching paint dry on a wall. I'd rather listen to Shania Twain, at least she's entertaining. Speaking of Shania, we can evaluate this album in her words:
That don't impress me much!
Moby
5/5
01) Honey - 10,0
02) Find My Baby - 9,5
03) Porcelain - 10,0
04) Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? - 10,0
05) South Side - 10,0
06) Rushing - 9,5
07) Bodyrock - 10,0
08) Natural Blues - 10,0
09) Machete - 10,0
10) 7 - 9,0
11) Run On - 10,0
12) Down Slow - 9,0
13) If Things Were Perfect - 9,5
14) Everloving - 10,0
15) Inside - 9,5
16) Guitar Flute & String - 9,5
17) The Sky Is Broken - 9,5
18) My Weakness - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,69 (97/100)
Current ranking: 11/364
This album takes me back to my college days, God how much I used to play "Play". Now, 25 years later, with the first bars of "Honey", nostalgia hits me hard. I will listen to it in its entirety again after such a long time, but I can already promise it a perfect five. For the good old days!
Laura Nyro
2/5
01) Luckie - 6,5
02) Lu - 6,0
03) Sweet Blindness - 6,5
04) Poverty Train - 6,5
05) Lonely Women - 6,0
06) Eli's Comin' - 6,0
07) Timer - 5,5
08) Stoned Soul Picnic - 6,0
09) Emmie - 5,5
10) Woman's Blues - 5,0
11) Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe) - 5,5
12) December's Boudoir - 5,0
13) The Confession - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,81 (58/100)
Current ranking: 304/365
1/5
01) Broken Witch - 2,5
02) Steam Rose from the Lifeless Cloak - 1,0
03) There's Always Room on the Broom - 2,0
04) If You're a Wizard Then Why Do You Wear Glasses? - 2,0
05) We Fenced Other Gardens with the Bones of Our Own - 2,5
06) They Don't Want Your Corn, They Want Your Kids - 3,0
07) Read the Book That Wrote Itself - 1,0
08) Hold Hands and It Will Happen Anyway - 2,5
09) They Took 14 for the Rest of Our Lives - 2,0
10) Flow My Tears, the Spider Said - 2,0
TOTAL: 2,05 (21/100)
Current ranking: 366/366
Ok, someone put this on this list as a joke, right?
Right?
Maybe this was included on the list of albums we must hear before we die for a reason, to teach us some kind of lesson. That lesson, in my mind, is to get to know what those albums from the other side of the spectrum sound like, so we can appreciate Steely Dan (insert any other bland and boring band you hate and whose three albums you already had to listen to) more!
Right?
Napalm Death
1/5
01) Multinational Corporations - 1,0
02) Instinct of Survival - 1,0
03) The Kill - 1,0
04) Scum - 1,0
05) Caught... in a Dream - 1,0
06) Polluted Minds - 1,0
07) Sacrificed - 1,0
08) Siege of Power - 1,0
09) Control - 1,0
10) Born on Your Knees - 1,0
11) Human Garbage - 1,0
12) You Suffer - 10,0
13) Life? - 1,0
14) Prison Without Walls - 1,0
15) Point of No Return - 1,0
16) Negative Approach - 1,0
17) Success? - 1,0
18) Deceiver - 1,0
19) C.S. - 1,0
20) Parasites - 1,0
21) Pseudo Youth - 1,0
22) Divine Death - 1,0
23) As the Machine Rolls On - 1,0
24) Common Enemy - 1,0
25) Moral Crusade - 1,0
26) Stigmatized - 1,0
27) M.A.D. - 1,0
28) Dragnet - 1,0
TOTAL: 1,32 (13/100)
Current ranking: 367/367
Hahahahaha... What kind of crap is this?
This sounds like listening to my dog barking at some noise in the background. Except my beagle has a more pleasant bark than the vocalist in question.
The best song is song number 12, it goes straight to my playlist and deserves the highest rating! Why? Because it lasts exactly 1,316 seconds.
The album is only 33 minutes long, you should give it a listen, you will have a good laugh, I promise!
OutKast
4/5
01) Intro - /
02) GhettoMusick - 8,0
03) Unhappy - 9,0
04) Bowtie - 8,0
05) The Way You Move - 10,0
06) The Rooster - 8,5
07) Bust - 8,0
08) War - 7,5
09) Church - 8,0
10) Bamboo (Interlude) - /
11) Tomb of the Boom - 7,5
12) E-Mac (Interlude) - /
13) Knowing - 7,5
14) Flip Flop Rock - 8,0
15) Interlude - /
16) Reset - 8,5
17) D-Boi (Interlude) - /
18) Last Call - 8,0
19) Bowtie (Postlude) - /
20) The Love Below (Intro) - /
21) Love Hater - 7,5
22) God (Interlude) - /
23) Happy Valentine's Day - 7,0
24) Spread - 7,0
25) Where Are My Panties? (Interlude) - /
26) Prototype - 8,5
27) She Lives in My Lap - 8,0
28) Hey Ya! - 10,0
29) Roses - 10,0
30) Good Day, Good Sir (Interlude) - /
31) Behold a Lady - 7,5
32) Pink & Blue - 7,0
33) Love in War - 7,5
34) She's Alive - 7,0
35) Dracula's Wedding - 7,5
36) The Letter - /
37) My Favorite Things - 6,5
38) Take Off Your Cool - 7,0
39) Vibrate - 7,5
40) A Life in the Day of Benjamin André (Incomplete) - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,91 (79/100)
Current ranking: 139/368
Although "The Love Below" has two of my favorite songs on this double album, I ended up liking "Speakerboxxx" a lot more. For me, "Roses" is definitely the best out of the 40 songs on the album(s). Even though I hate double albums, knowing that these are essentially two solo albums justifies that fact. Although it was not easy to listen to OutKast for 135 minutes, this is a solid four stars.
Television
3/5
01) See No Evil - 6,5
02) Venus - 6,0
03) Friction - 6,5
04) Marquee Moon - 6,5
05) Elevation - 6,5
06) Guiding Light - 7,0
07) Prove It - 7,0
08) Torn Curtain - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,56 (66/100)
Current ranking: 272/369
Beatles
5/5
01) Drive My Car - 10,0
02) Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - 10,0
03) You Won't See Me - 8,5
04) Nowhere Man - 10,0
05) Think for Yourself - 8,0
06) The Word - 8,0
07) Michelle - 10,0
08) What Goes On - 8,0
09) Girl - 9,5
10) I'm Looking Through You - 8,5
11) In My Life - 10,0
12) Wait - 8,5
13) If I Needed Someone - 8,5
14) Run for Your Life - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,00 (90/100)
Current ranking: 34/370
Portishead
5/5
01) Mysterons - 9,0
02) Sour Times - 10,0
03) Strangers - 9,0
04) It Could Be Sweet - 9,0
05) Wandering Star - 10,0
06) It's a Fire - 9,0
07) Numb - 9,0
08) Roads - 9,0
09) Pedestal - 9,0
10) Biscuit - 9,0
11) Glory Box - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,27 (93/100)
Current ranking: 19/371
I knew the singles, but I never heard the rest of the album. And the rest of the album is the reason why this is one of the most praised albums of the nineties. Apart from "Glory Box", which is one of my favorite songs of all time, I would like to single out "Wandering Star" and "Sour Times" as highlights of this excellent album.
The United States Of America
2/5
01) The American Metaphysical Circus - 5,0
02) Hard Coming Love - 5,5
03) Cloud Song - 5,0
04) The Garden of Earthly Delights - 6,5
05) I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife for You, Sugar - 5,5
06) Where Is Yesterday - 6,5
07) Coming Down - 6,0
08) Love Song for the Dead Ché - 5,5
09) Stranded in Time - 5,0
10) The American Way of Love - 1,0
TOTAL: 5,15 (52/100)
Current ranking: 343/372
Ok, I admit that the sound is avant-garde for that time, but that doesn't mean it's anything particularly good. The sound effects can be irritating, the melody got lost somewhere in the excessive desire to be different, and I am especially irritated by these various circus like sounds.
Sonic Youth
2/5
01) Schizophrenia - 6,5
02) (I Got A) Catholic Block - 5,5
03) Beauty Lies in the Eye - 5,5
04) Stereo Sanctity - 5,0
05) Pipeline/Kill Time - 5,0
06) Tuff Gnarl - 5,0
07) Pacific Coast Highway - 5,5
08) Hot Wire My Heart - 5,5
09) Kotton Krown - 5,5
10) White Kross - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,45 (55/100)
Current ranking: 322/373
Here's another band I've heard of, but I don't know any of their songs. I probably won't know a single song even after listening to this album. And as for the songs themselves, just when you hear a melody the song turns into some dissonant sounds with strange and irritating effects. Not for me, thank you, next!
The The
4/5
01) Infected - 7,5
02) Out of the Blue (Into the Fire) - 7,0
03) Heartland - 9,0
04) Angels of Deception - 7,5
05) Sweet Bird of Truth - 8,0
06) Slow Train to Dawn - 8,0
07) Twilight of a Champion - 7,0
08) The Mercy Beat - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,69 (77/100)
Current ranking: 163/374
I'll be honest, based on the description and the album cover, I expected this to be another one star. However, to my surprise, completely decent and listenable songs started, some of which are even familiar to me (Heartland). In the end, it turned out to be a really good album and a really pleasant listen.
The Doors
4/5
01) Roadhouse Blues - 10,0
02) Waiting for the Sun - 8,5
03) You Make Me Real - 8,5
04) Peace Frog - 8,0
05) Blue Sunday - 8,5
06) Ship of Fools - 8,0
07) Land Ho! - 8,0
08) The Spy - 8,0
09) Queen of the Highway - 8,0
10) Indian Summer - 8,5
11) Maggie M'Gill - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,36 (84/100)
Current ranking: 91/375
The Cramps
2/5
01) TV Set - 5,5
02) Rock on the Moon - 5,5
03) Garbageman - 7,0
04) I Was a Teenage Werewolf - 5,5
05) Sunglasses After Dark - 5,5
06) The Mad Daddy - 5,5
07) Mystery Plane - 5,5
08) Zombie Dance - 5,5
09) What's Behind the Mask - 5,5
10) Strychnine - 5,5
11) I'm Cramped - 7,0
12) Tear It Up - 5,5
13) Fever - 7,0
TOTAL: 5,85 (59/100)
Current ranking: 309/376
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
01) Spellbound - 8,0
02) Into the Light - 8,0
03) Arabian Knights - 8,0
04) Halloween - 7,5
05) Monitor - 7,5
06) Night Shift - 8,0
07) Sin in My Heart - 7,5
08) Head Cut - 6,5
09) Voodoo Dolly - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,56 (76/100)
Current ranking: 179/377
Nirvana
5/5
01) Serve the Servants - 8,0
02) Scentless Apprentice - 7,0
03) Heart-Shaped Box - 10,0
04) Rape Me - 10,0
05) Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle - 9,5
06) Dumb - 9,5
07) Very Ape - 9,5
08) Milk It - 9,0
09) Pennyroyal Tea - 9,5
10) Radio Friendly Unit Shifter - 9,0
11) Tourette's - 8,5
12) All Apologies - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,13 (91/100)
Current ranking: 28/378
Hey, wait! I got a new complaint! Ljubljana is only two hours away from my home...
I was 15 and a half years old on February 27th, 1994, when Nirvana played their second-to-last show at Hala Tivoli in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Maybe I could have been at that show if things had been different back in 1994. But than again, maybe if things had been different, maybe Nirvana would have had more concerts since then.
Some 25 years later, in a different two hours away city, I did see a Foo Fighters show, so that's at least some kind of consolation. Right?
Oh, yeah, did I mention that the album is a solid A?
Can
2/5
01) Paperhouse - 7,0
02) Mushroom - 7,5
03) Oh Yeah - 7,0
04) Halleluhwah - 7,0
05) Aumgn - 1,0
06) Peking O - 1,0
07) Bring Me Coffee or Tea - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,07 (51/100)
Current ranking: 353/379
4/5
01) Tantos Desejos - 7,5
02) Você Gosta - 7,5
03) Na Neblina - 7,5
04) Segredo - 7,5
05) Antropófagos - 8,0
06) Felicidade - 7,5
07) Um Dia Comum (Em SP) - 8,0
08) Sereia - 7,5
09) Samba Do Gringo Paulista - 8,0
10) Abraço - 7,5
11) Pecados da Madrugada - 7,5
12) A Noite Sem Fim - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,63 (76/100)
Current ranking: 174/380
Ovo je uz Laibach jedini album nekoga sa naših prostora na ovoj listi što je naprosto nevjerojatno s obzirom na činjenicu čega sve ima u ovih 380 albuma koje sam ja do sada preslušao.
Idem sada preslušati neki album od EKV-a iz protesta :-P
This was an enjoyable listen, a good album.
Brian Eno
3/5
01) America Is Waiting - 6,0
02) Mea Culpa - 7,0
03) Regiment - 7,5
04) Help Me Somebody - 6,5
05) The Jezebel Spirit - 7,0
06) Very, Very Hungry - 6,5
07) Moonlight in Glory - 6,0
08) The Carrier - 6,5
09) A Secret Life - 6,5
10) Come with Us - 6,0
11) Mountain of Needles - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,50 (65/100)
Current ranking: 282/381
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
01) Carry On - 7,5
02) Teach Your Children - 6,5
03) Almost Cut My Hair - 8,0
04) Helpless - 7,5
05) Woodstock - 7,0
06) Déjà Vu - 7,0
07) Our House - 7,5
08) 4 + 20 - 8,0
09) Country Girl - 7,0
10) Everybody I Love You - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,30 (73/100)
Current ranking: 212/382
Massive Attack
4/5
01) Protection - 9,5
02) Karmacoma - 9,5
03) Three - 8,0
04) Weather Storm - 8,0
05) Spying Glass - 8,0
06) Better Things - 8,0
07) Eurochild - 8,0
08) Sly - 8,5
09) Heat Miser - 8,0
10) Light My Fire (live) - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,30 (83/100)
Current ranking: 104/383
Britney Spears
4/5
01) ...Baby One More Time - 10,0
02) (You Drive Me) Crazy - 9,5
03) Sometimes - 9,0
04) Soda Pop - 7,0
05) Born to Make You Happy - 10,0
06) From the Bottom of My Broken Heart - 8,0
07) I Will Be There - 6,5
08) I Will Still Love You - 6,0
09) Deep in My Heart - 6,5
10) Thinkin' About You - 6,5
11) E-Mail My Heart - 6,0
12) The Beat Goes On - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,79 (78/100)
Current ranking: 159/384
An album with a few great songs and a few filler songs. This is probably an important album in terms of the further development of pop music, but I think there are a lot of better pop albums that aren't on this list.
Jimmy Smith
2/5
01) Back at the Chicken Shack - 8,0
02) When I Grow Too Old to Dream - 5,0
03) Minor Chant - 5,0
04) Messy Bessie - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,75 (58/100)
Current ranking: 319/385
Shack
3/5
01) Natalie's Party - 6,0
02) Comedy - 6,5
03) Pull Together - 6,5
04) Beautiful - 6,5
05) Lend's Some Dough - 6,0
06) Captain's Table - 6,5
07) Streets of Kenny - 6,5
08) Reinstated - 6,5
09) I Want You - 6,0
10) Cornish Town - 6.0
11) Since I Met You - 6,0
12) Daniella - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,29 (63/100)
Current ranking: 296/386
Syd Barrett
1/5
01) Terrapin - 6,0
02) No Good Trying - 5,5
03) Love You - 5,5
04) No Man's Land - 5,5
05) Dark Globe - 4,0
06) Here I Go - 5,5
07) Octopus - 6,0
08) Golden Hair - 5,0
09) Long Gone - 5,0
10) She Took a Long Cold Look - 5,0
11) Feel - 4,0
12) If It's in You - 2,0
13) Late Night - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,85 (49/100)
Current ranking: 368/387
Mott The Hoople
2/5
01) All the Way from Memphis - 6,5
02) Whizz Kid - 6,0
03) Hymn for the Dudes - 5,5
04) Honaloochie Boogie - 6,0
05) Violence - 6,0
06) Drivin' Sister - 5,5
07) Ballad of Mott the Hoople - 5,5
08) I’m a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso - 6,0
09) I Wish I Was Your Mother - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,89 (59/100)
Current ranking: 315/388
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
01) Get Innocuous! - 8,5
02) Time to Get Away - 9,0
03) North American Scum - 9,0
04) Someone Great - 9,5
05) All My Friends - 8,5
06) Us v Them - 8,5
07) Watch the Tapes - 8,5
08) Sound of Silver - 8,5
09) New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,72 (87/100)
Current ranking: 56/389
The Style Council
3/5
01) Mick's Blessings - 6,0
02) The Whole Point of No Return - 7,0
03) Me Ship Came In! - 6,5
04) Blue Café - 6,5
05) The Paris Match - 6,5
06) My Ever Changing Moods - 7,0
07) Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse - 5,5
08) A Gospel - 6,5
09) Strength of Your Nature - 6,5
10) You're the Best Thing - 7,0
11) Here's One That Got Away - 6,0
12) Headstart for Happiness - 6,5
13) Council Meetin - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,38 (64/100)
Current ranking: 292/390
Spacemen 3
3/5
01) Honey - 7,0
02) Come Down Softly to My Soul - 7,0
03) How Does It Feel? - 6,0
04) I Believe It - 5,5
05) Revolution - 7,0
06) Let Me Down Gently - 6,0
07) So Hot (Wash Away All of My Tears) - 6,5
08) Suicide - 5,0
09) Lord Can You Hear Me? - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,33 (63/100)
ZZ Top
4/5
01) Gimme All Your Lovin' - 10,0
02) Got Me Under Pressure - 9,0
03) Sharp Dressed Man - 10,0
04) I Need You Tonight - 9,0
05) I Got the Six - 8,5
06) Legs - 10,0
07) Thug - 8,5
08) TV Dinners - 8,5
09) Dirty Dog - 8,0
10) If I Could Only Flag Her Down - 8,0
11) Bad Girl - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,86 (89/100)
Current ranking: 48/392
Cocteau Twins
3/5
01) Cherry-Coloured Funk - 7,0
02) Pitch the Baby - 7,0
03) Iceblink Luck - 8,0
04) Fifty-Fifty Clown - 7,0
05) Heaven or Las Vegas - 8,0
06) I Wear Your Ring - 7,5
07) Fotzepolitic - 7,0
08) Wolf in the Breast - 7,0
09) Road, River and Rail - 7,0
10) Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,30 (73/100)
Current ranking: 218/393
Dire Straits
5/5
01) So Far Away - 10,0
02) Money for Nothing - 10,0
03) Walk of Life - 10,0
04) Your Latest Trick - 10,0
05) Why Worry - 10,0
06) Ride Across the River - 9,0
07) The Man's Too Strong - 9,5
08) One World - 8,0
09) Brothers In Arms - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,61 (96/100)
Current ranking: 14/394
Oh, I'm going to enjoy this one. My brother really loved Dire Straits when we were kids and thanks to him I learned to like them too. On this album, just reading the track listing, I know that 6 out of 9 songs will get the highest rating. The remaining three probably won't be too far behind, so with the first bars of Sting's falsetto "I want my MTV" I already know that this will be another five stars album for me.
Interesting fact: It was the first album in history to sell over one million copies in CD format.
Here's another one: it's one of the world's best-selling albums, having sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.
Nice.
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
01) Oxygene, Pt. 1 - 7,0
02) Oxygene, Pt. 2 - 9,0
03) Oxygene, Pt. 3 - 7,5
04) Oxygene, Pt. 4 - 10,0
05) Oxygene, Pt. 5 - 7,5
06) Oxygene, Pt. 6 - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,00 (80/100)
Current ranking: 137/395
Michael Jackson
5/5
01) Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - 10,0
02) Baby Be Mine - 9,0
03) The Girl Is Mine - 10,0
04) Thriller - 10,0
05) Beat It - 10,0
06) Billie Jean - 10,0
07) Human Nature - 10,0
08) P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) - 10,0
09) The Lady In My Life - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,72 (97/100)
Current ranking: 11/396
Frank Black
2/5
01) Whatever Happened to Pong? - 5,5
02) Thalassocracy - 5,5
03) (I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain - 6,0
04) Calistan - 6,0
05) The Vanishing Spies - 6,0
06) Speedy Marie - 6,5
07) Headache - 6,5
08) Sir Rockaby - 6,0
09) Freedom Rock - 5,5
10) Two Reelers - 5,5
11) Fiddle Riddle - 6,0
12) Olé Mulholland - 6,0
13) Fazer Eyes - 6,0
14) I Could Stay Here Forever - 6,5
15) The Hostess with the Mostest - 5,5
16) Superabound - 6,0
17) Big Red - 6,0
18) Space Is Gonna Do Me Good - 5,5
19) White Noise Maker - 5,5
20) Pure Denizen of the Citizens Band - 6,0
21) Bad, Wicked World - 6,0
22) Pie in the Sky - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,91 (59/100)
Current ranking: 321/397
Depeche Mode
5/5
01) World in My Eyes - 10,0
02) Sweetest Perfection - 8,5
03) Personal Jesus - 10,0
04) Halo - 8,5
05) Waiting for the Night - 9,0
06) Enjoy the Silence - 10,0
07) Policy of Truth - 10,0
08) Blue Dress - 8,5
09) Clean - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,22 (92/100)
Current ranking: 24/398
A great album with great songs and two now legendary singles "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy The Silence". "Policy of Truth" and "World In My Eyes" are not far behind, while the other songs that were not singles are also in the "could easily have been singles" category. I hope to hear a few more Depeche Mode albums by the end of this list, and I especially hope (although I don't think it's on the list) for the album "Ultra" which I own and which I really like.
Nick Drake
2/5
01) Pink Moon - 6,0
02) Place to Be - 6,0
03) Road - 5,5
04) Which Will - 5,5
05) Horn - 5,0
06) Things Behind the Sun - 6,0
07) Know - 5,0
08) Parasite - 5,5
09) Free Ride - 5,5
10) Harvest Breed - 5,5
11) From the Morning - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,55 (56/100)
Current ranking: 342/399
I see a lot of enthusiastic comments and I see a very good overall rating and I think to myself - am I missing something? Because I find this painfully boring, his guitar is so monotonous, the songs are as similar to each other as an egg to another egg. The songs run for 28 minutes which feels like an hour and 28 minutes. Two stars because I feel sorry for the man because he was troubled and died young. RIP.
Dolly Parton
4/5
01) Coat of Many Colors - 10,0
02) Traveling Man - 9,0
03) My Blue Tears - 8,5
04) If I Lose My Mind - 8,0
05) The Mystery of the Mystery - 8,0
06) She Never Met a Man (She Didn't Like) - 8,5
07) Early Morning Breeze - 8,0
08) The Way I See You - 8,0
09) Here I Am - 8,5
10) A Better Place to Live - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,45 (85/100)
Current ranking: 86/400
My 400th album, 47 of them have earned the highest rating so far. Will Dolly join them? As someone who is familiar with her work only through "Jolene", "9 to 5" and "I Will Always Love You", the first song "Coat Of Many Colors" already leaves me in awe. What a great and emotional song! It is followed by a story about an unusual love triangle (Dolly, traveling man and Dolly's mom) after which I have already found a lot of new respect for Dolly Parton. By the end of the album everything has become a little watered down (or my concentration has weakened), but this is still a very good album. Maybe not five stars (at least not to me), but it deserves four without a doubt.
The Doors
4/5
01) The Changeling – 8,0
02) Love Her Madly – 10,0
03) Been Down So Long – 8,0
04) Cars Hiss by My Window – 9,0
05) L.A. Woman – 8,5
06) L'America – 8,0
07) Hyacinth House – 8,0
08) Crawling King Snake – 8,0
09) The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) – 8,0
10) Riders on the Storm – 10,0
TOTAL: 8,55 (86/100)
Current ranking: 78/401
Skunk Anansie
4/5
01) Charlie Big Potato - 8,5
02) On My Hotel T.V. - 7,0
03) We Don't Need Who You Think You Are - 7,0
04) Tracy's Flaw - 7,5
05) The Skank Heads - 7,5
06) Lately - 8,5
07) Secretly - 10,0
08) Good Things Don't Always Come to You - 8,0
09) Cheap Honesty - 8,0
10) You'll Follow Me Down - 8,5
11) And This Is Nothing That I Thought I Had - 7,0
12) I'm Not Afraid - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,00 (80/100)
Current ranking: 142/402
I prefer "Stoosh" but this one isn't bad either. "Secretly" is one of my favorite songs from the nineties, along with "Hedonism" and "Brazen", which is why I'm especially fond of this band. My closeted gay ass was drooling over the "Secretly" video and those precious few scenes of male love.
The White Stripes
5/5
01) Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - 10,0
02) Hotel Yorba - 10,0
03) I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman - 9,0
04) Fell in Love with a Girl - 10,0
05) Expecting - 9,0
06) Little Room - 8,5
07) The Union Forever - 9,0
08) The Same Boy You've Always Known - 9,0
09) We're Going to Be Friends - 9,5
10) Offend in Every Way - 9,0
11) I Think I Smell a Rat - 9,0
12) Aluminum 9,0
13) I Can't Wait - 9,5
14) Now Mary - 8,5
15) I Can Learn - 8,5
16) This Protector - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,13 (91/100)
Foo Fighters
4/5
01) This Is a Call – 9,0
02) I'll Stick Around – 9,0
03) Big Me – 9,5
04) Alone + Easy Target – 9,0
05) Good Grief – 8,0
06) Floaty – 8,0
07) Weenie Beenie – 7,5
08) Oh, George – 8,0
09) For All the Cows – 8,5
10) X-Static – 8,0
11) Wattershed – 7,5
12) Exhausted – 7,5
TOTAL: 8,29 (83/100)
Current ranking: 114/404
Roni Size
2/5
01) Railing - 6,5
02) Brown Paper Bag - 8,5
03) New Forms - 7,0
04) Let's Get It On - 6,5
05) Digital - 6,0
06) Matter of Fact - 5,5
07) Mad Cat - 5,5
08) Heroes - 7,0
09) Share the Fall - 6,0
10) Watching Windows - 7,0
11) Beatbox - 5,5
12) Morse Code - 5,0
13) Destination - 7,0
14) Intro - 4,0
15) Hi-Potent - 6,0
16) Trust Me - 5,5
17) Change My Life - 5,5
18) Share the Fall - 5,5
19) Down - 6,0
20) Jazz - 5,0
21) Hot Stuff - 5,0
22) Ballet Dance - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,93 (59/100)
Current ranking: 327/405
139:54...
My sweet Lord...
This one will take few days...
It's soooo long and repetitive.
Jeff Buckley
4/5
01) Mojo Pin – 7,0
02) Grace – 7,0
03) Last Goodbye – 7,0
04) Lilac Wine – 7,5
05) So Real – 7,5
06) Hallelujah – 10,0
07) Lover, You Should've Come Over – 8,0
08) Corpus Christi Carol – 7,5
09) Eternal Life – 7,5
10) Dream Brother – 8,0
TOTAL: 7,70 (77/100)
Current ranking: 176/406
Peter Gabriel
3/5
01) Moribund the Burgermeister – 7,5
02) Solsbury Hill – 10,0
03) Modern Love – 7,5
04) Excuse Me – 7,0
05) Humdrum – 7,0
06) Slowburn – 6,5
07) Waiting for the Big One – 6,0
08) Down the Dolce Vita – 8,0
09) Here Comes the Flood – 8,0
TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100)
Current ranking: 204/407
Slint
2/5
01) Breadcrumb Trail - 6,5
02) Nosferatu Man - 6,0
03) Don, Aman - 5,0
04) Washer - 4,5
05) For Dinner... - 4,0
06) Good Morning, Captain - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,25 (53/100)
Current ranking: 367/408
Red Snapper
3/5
01) Keeping Pigs Together - 7,5
02) Some Kind of Kink - 7,0
03) Shellback - 6,5
04) Don't Go Nowhere - 7,5
05) The Rake - 7,0
06) The Rough and the Quick - 6,5
07) Bussing - 6,5
08) I Stole Your Car - 7,0
09) Alaska Street - 6,5
10) Belladonna - 6,5
11) They're Hanging Me Tonight - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,77 (68/100)
Current ranking: 285/409
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
01) Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside) - 6,5
02) Lose My Breath - 6,0
03) Cupid Come - 5,5
04) (When You Wake) You're Still in a Dream - 6,0
05) No More Sorry - 5,0
06) All I Need - 5,0
07) Feed Me with Your Kiss - 5,5
08) Sueisfine - 5,5
09) Several Girls Galore - 5,0
10) You Never Should - 5,5
11) Nothing Much to Lose - 5,5
12) I Can See It (But I Can't Feel It) - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,58 (56/100)
Current ranking: 351/410
The Zutons
4/5
01) Zuton Fever – 7,5
02) Pressure Point – 9,0
03) You Will You Won't – 8,5
04) Confusion – 9,0
05) Havana Gang Brawl – 8,5
06) Railroad – 8,0
07) Long Time Coming – 7,5
08) Nightmare Part II – 7,5
09) Not a Lot to Do – 7,0
10) Remember Me – 8,5
11) Dirty Dancehall – 7,0
12) Moons and Horror Shows – 7,5
13) Don't Ever Think (Too Much) – 8,5
TOTAL: 8,00 (80/100)
Current ranking: 143/411
Lou Reed
3/5
01) Berlin - 6,5
02) Lady Day - 6,0
03) Men of Good Fortune - 6,5
04) Caroline Says I - 7,0
05) How Do You Think It Feels - 6,5
06) Oh Jim - 5,5
07) Caroline Says II - 6,0
08) The Kids - 6,0
09) The Bed - 5,0
10) Sad Song - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,15 (62/100)
Current ranking: 321/412
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
01) She's Fresh - 6,5
02) It's Nasty - 7,5
03) Scorpio - 7,5
04) It's a Shame (Mt. Airy Groove) - 7,5
05) Dreamin' - 7,0
06) You Are - 6,5
07) The Message - 10,0
TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100)
Current ranking: 205/413
Lauryn Hill
5/5
01) Intro - /
02) Lost Ones - 8,5
03) Ex-Factor - 10,0
04) To Zion - 10,0
05) Doo Wop (That Thing) - 10,0
06) Superstar - 9,0
07) Final Hour - 8,5
08) When It Hurts So Bad - 8,5
09) I Used to Love Him - 8,5
10) Forgive Them Father - 9,0
11) Every Ghetto, Every City - 8,5
12) Nothing Even Matters - 8,5
13) Everything Is Everything - 10,0
14) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - 9,0
15) Can't Take My Eyes Off of You - 10,0
16) Tell Him - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,10 (91/100)
Current ranking: 35/414
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
01) Mr. Soul - 7,5
02) A Child's Claim to Fame - 6,5
03) Everydays - 7,0
04) Expecting to Fly - 7,0
05) Bluebird - 6,0
06) Hung Upside Down - 6,5
07) Sad Memory - 6,5
08) Good Time Boy - 7,0
09) Rock & Roll Woman - 7,5
10) Broken Arrow - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,80 (68/100)
Current ranking: 286/415
4/5
01) Show Me - 7,5
02) Poison Arrow - 8,0
03) Many Happy Returns - 7,5
04) Tears Are Not Enough - 9,0
05) Valentine's Day - 7,0
06) The Look of Love (part one) - 10,0
07) Date Stamp - 7,5
08) All Of My Heart - 7,5
09) 4 Ever 2 Gether - 7,5
10) The Look of Love (part four) - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,90 (79/100)
Current ranking: 161/416
The Byrds
3/5
01) Artificial Energy - 6,5
02) Goin' Back - 8,0
03) Natural Harmony - 7,0
04) Draft Morning - 6,5
05) Wasn't Born to Follow - 7,0
06) Get to You - 6,5
07) Change Is Now - 7,5
08) Old John Robertson - 6,5
09) Tribal Gathering - 7,0
10) Dolphin's Smile - 6,5
11) Space Odyssey - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,86 (69/100)
Current ranking: 281/417
Dizzee Rascal
2/5
01) Sittin' Here - 7,0
02) Stop Dat - 5,5
03) I Luv U - 6,5
04) Brand New Day - 6,0
05) 2 Far - 5,5
06) Fix Up, Look Sharp - 7,0
07) Cut 'Em Off - 5,5
08) Hold Ya Mouf - 5,5
09) Round We Go - 5,5
10) Jus' a Rascal - 7,0
11) Wot U On? - 5,0
12) Jezebel - 5,0
13) Seems 2 Be - 5,0
14) Live O - 4,0
15) Do It! - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,67 (57/100)
Current ranking: 354/418
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
01) Accidents Will Happen - 7,0
02) Senior Service - 7,0
03) Oliver's Army - 7,5
04) Big Boys - 6,5
05) Green Shirt - 7,5
06) Party Girl - 7,0
07) Goon Squad - 6,5
08) Busy Bodies - 6,5
09) Sunday's Best - 7,0
10) Moods for Moderns - 6,5
11) Chemistry Class - 6,5
12) Two Little Hitlers - 6,5
13) (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,85 (69/100)
Current ranking: 282/419
Sex Pistols
4/5
01) Holidays in the Sun - 8,0
02) Bodies - 7,0
03) No Feelings - 7,0
04) Liar - 7,0
05) God Save the Queen - 10,0
06) Problems - 7,5
07) Seventeen - 7,0
08) Anarchy in the UK - 10,0
09) Submission - 8,0
10) Pretty Vacant - 8,0
11) New York - 7,5
12) E.M.I. - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,88 (79/100)
Current ranking: 162/420
The Byrds
3/5
01) Mr. Tambourine Man - 10,0
02) I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better - 8,0
03) Spanish Harlem Incident - 7,0
04) You Won't Have to Cry - 6,5
05) Here Without You - 7,0
06) The Bells of Rhymney - 6,5
07) All I Really Want to Do - 7,0
08) I Knew I'd Want You - 7,5
09) It's No Use - 6,5
10) Don't Doubt Yourself, Babe - 6,5
11) Chimes of Freedom - 6,5
12) We'll Meet Again - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,13 (71/100)
Current ranking: 249/421
Here's The Byrds again, for the ten thousandth time... For a change, I know one song on this album, but it's not their original either, so... I really don't understand why we have to listen to every one of their albums. But hey, at least I can conclude that The Byrds are, in my opinion, really overrated...
Antony and the Johnsons
5/5
01) Hope There's Someone - 10,0
02) My Lady Story - 9,0
03) For Today I Am a Boy - 9,0
04) Man Is the Baby - 9,0
05) You Are My Sister - 10,0
06) What Can I Do? - 9,0
07) Fistful of Love - 9,5
08) Spiralling - 9,0
09) Free at Last - 8,0
10) Bird Gerhl - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,20 (92/100)
Current ranking: 27/422
Even though I knew roughly what to expect, I was still very pleasantly surprised. Anohni's beautiful voice and the raw emotion that comes out of it simply takes your breath away. You stop, listen and surrender to the feelings and to the music. Guest vocals by Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright or Boy George only complement this wonderful album.
Weather Report
3/5
01) Birdland - 9,0
02) A Remark You Made - 7,0
03) Teen Town - 7,5
04) Harlequin - 6,0
05) Rumba Mamá - 5,0
06) Palladíum - 5,5
07) The Juggler - 5,5
08) Havona - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,38 (64/100)
Current ranking: 316/423
Khaled
3/5
01) Aâlach Tloumouni - 8,0
02) El harba wine - 7,5
03) C'est la nuit - 7,5
04) Imagine - 7,0
05) Trigue Lycee - 7,5
06) E'dir E'sseba - 7,0
07) Ya Aâchkou - 8,0
08) Melha - 7,5
09) Raba-Raba - 7,5
10) El Bab - 7,5
11) El Aâdyene - 7,5
12) Gouloulha-Dji - 7,0
13) Mele H'bibti - 7,0
14) Derwiche Tourneur - 7,0
15) Leïli - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,43 (74/100)
Current ranking: 216/424
Khaled's album that doesn't have "Aïcha" on it? Damn, that hurts...
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
01) Kentucky - 6,0
02) I'll Be All Smiles Tonight - 5,5
03) Let Her Go, God Bless Her - 6,0
04) What Is Home Without Love - 5,0
05) A Tiny Broken Heart - 5,5
06) In The Pines - 5,5
07) Alabama - 5,5
08) Katie Dear - 5,5
09) My Brother's Will - 5,5
10) Knoxville Girl - 5,0
11) Take the News to Mother - 5,0
12) Mary of the Wild Moor - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,42 (54/100)
Current ranking: 373/425
Remember this album the next time you see a comment that there are too many British albums on this list due to the author's bias. I'd rather listen to the Spice Girls than the Louvin Brothers.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
01) Country Home - 6,0
02) White Line - 5,5
03) Fuckin' Up - 6,0
04) Over and Over - 6,5
05) Love to Burn - 5,5
06) Farmer John - 5,5
07) Mansion on the Hill - 6,5
08) Days That Used to Be - 6,5
09) Love and Only Love - 6,0
10) Mother Earth (Natural Anthem) - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,00 (60/100)
Current ranking: 342/426
k.d. lang
3/5
01) Save Me - 6,5
02) The Mind of Love - 6,5
03) Miss Chatelaine - 7,5
04) Wash Me Clean - 7,0
05) So It Shall Be - 6,5
06) Still Thrives This Love - 7,0
07) Season of Hollow Soul - 7,0
08) Outside Myself - 6,5
09) Tears of Love's Recall - 6,5
10) Constant Craving - 10,0
TOTAL: 7,10 (71/100)
Current ranking: 254/427
Dusty Springfield
4/5
01) Just a Little Lovin' - 8,0
02) So Much Love - 7,5
03) Son of a Preacher Man - 10,0
04) I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore - 8,5
05) Don't Forget About Me - 7,0
06) Breakfast in Bed - 7,5
07) Just One Smile - 7,5
08) The Windmills of Your Mind - 8,5
09) In the Land of Make Believe - 7,0
10) No Easy Way Down - 7,5
11) I Can't Make It Alone - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,86 (79/100)
Current ranking: 165/428
Saint Etienne
4/5
01) This Is Radio Etienne - /
02) Only Love Can Break Your Heart - 10,0
03) Wilson - 7,0
04) Carnt Sleep - 7,5
05) Girl VII - 7,5
06) Spring - 7,5
07) She's the One - 7,5
08) People Get Real - 7,5
09) Stoned to Say the Least - 7,5
10) Nothing Can Stop Us - 8,0
11) Etienne Gonna Die - /
12) London Belongs to Me - 7,5
13) Kiss And Make Up - 8,0
14) Like the Swallow - 7,0
15) Dilworth's Theme - /
TOTAL: 7,71 (77/100)
Current ranking: 181/429
Super Furry Animals
3/5
01) God! Show Me Magic - 7,5
02) Fuzzy Birds - 7,0
03) Something 4 the Weekend - 7,5
04) Frisbee - 7,5
05) Hometown Unicorn - 7,5
06) Gathering Moss - 7,5
07) If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You - 7,5
08) Bad Behaviour - 7,5
09) Mario Man - 7,5
10) Hangin' with Howard Marks - 7,0
11) Long Gone - 7,5
12) For Now and Ever - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,38 (74/100)
Current ranking: 227/430
Dr. John
3/5
01) Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya - 7,5
02) Danse Kalinda Ba Doom - 7,0
03) Mama Roux - 7,0
04) Danse Fambeaux - 7,0
05) Croker Courtbullion - 6,0
06) Jump Sturdy - 7,5
07) I Walk on Guilded Splinters - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,07 (71/100)
Current ranking:
Deerhunter
3/5
01) Earthquake - 8,0
02) Don't Cry - 7,5
03) Revival - 8,0
04) Sailing - 7,0
05) Memory Boy - 7,5
06) Desire Lines - 7,0
07) Basement Scene - 7,0
08) Helicopter - 7,5
09) Fountain Stairs - 7,0
10) Coronado - 7,0
11) He Would Have Laughed - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,32 (73/100)
Current ranking: 233/432
Tom Waits
1/5
01) Earth Died Screaming - 6,0
02) Dirt in the Ground - 5,0
03) Such a Scream - 5,0
04) All Stripped Down - 4,5
05) Who Are You - 5,0
06) The Ocean Doesn't Want Me - 3,0
07) Jesus Gonna Be Here - 4,5
08) A Little Rain - 5,0
09) In the Colosseum - 4,5
10) Goin' Out West - 5,0
11) Murder in the Red Barn - 4,5
12) Black Wings - 5,0
13) Whistle Down the Wind - 4,0
14) I Don't Wanna Grow Up - 4,5
15) Let Me Get Up on It - 4,0
16) That Feel - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,59 (46/100)
Current ranking: 415/433
Todd Rundgren
1/5
01) International Feel - 6,0
02) Never Never Land - 5,5
03) Tic Tic Tic It Wears Off - 5,0
04) You Need Your Head - 4,0
05) Rock and Roll Pussy - 3,0
06) Dogfight Giggle - 1,0
07) You Don't Have to Camp Around - 5,5
08) Flamingo - 5,0
09) Zen Archer - 5,5
10) Just Another Onionhead/Da Da Dali - 4,0
11) When the Shit Hits the Fan/Sunset Blvd. - 5,0
12) Le Feel Internacionale - 5,0
13) Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel - 6,5
14) Does Anybody Love You? - 6,0
15) Medley (I'm So Proud/Ooh Baby Baby/La La Means I Love You/Cool Jerk - 6,0
16) Hungry for Love - 5,0
17) I Don't Want to Tie You Down - 5,5
18) Is It My Name? - 5,0
19) Just One Victory - 6,0
TOTAL: 4,97 (50/100)
Current ranking: 408/434
So, the album was a commercial failure, he canceled the promotional tour after two weeks (probably due to the huge interest) and he himself says that he lost half of his fans with this album. But the album is still on this list as very influential... I guess it influenced the people who listened to it to pursue a different kind of music...
John Prine
2/5
01) Illegal Smile - 6,5
02) Spanish Pipedream - 6,0
03) Hello In There - 7,0
04) Sam Stone - 6,5
05) Paradise - 6,0
06) Pretty Good - 5,5
07) Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore - 5,5
08) Far from Me - 6,0
09) Angel from Montgomery - 6,0
10) Quiet Man - 5,5
11) Donald and Lydia - 6,0
12) Six O'Clock News - 5,5
13) Flashback Blues - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,96 (60/100)
Current ranking: 349/435
The Flying Burrito Brothers
2/5
01) Christine's Tune - 6,5
02) Sin City - 5,5
03) Do Right Woman - 5,5
04) Dark End of the Street - 6,0
05) My Uncle - 5,0
06) Wheels - 5,5
07) Juanita - 5,0
08) Hot Burrito #1 - 5,0
09) Hot Burrito #2 - 5,5
10) Do You Know How It Feels - 5,5
11) Hippie Boy - 4,0
TOTAL: 5,36 (54/100)
Current ranking: 387/436
So it's not enough to have hundreds of The Byrds albums on this list, we also have to listen to albums by their former members. As a European, I'd rather listen to every Brit Pop album ever made than this American country crap.
Mike Ladd
2/5
01) 5000 Miles West of the Future - 6,5
02) Airwave Hysteria - 5,5
03) Planet 10 - 6,0
04) Takes More Than 41 - 6,0
05) Bladerunners - 5,0
06) No. 1 St. - 5,0
07) To the Moon's Contractor - 4,0
08) I Feel Like $100 - 5,5
09) The Animist - 5,0
10) Red Eye to Jupiter (Starship Nigga) - 4,0
11) Welcome to the Afterfuture - 4,5
12) Wipe Out on the Wave of Armageddon - 5,5
13) Feb. 4 '99 (For All Those Killed by Cops) - 4,0
TOTAL: 5,12 (51/100)
Current ranking: 405/437
The Jam
3/5
01) All Mod Cons - 6,5
02) To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time) - 7,0
03) Mr. Clean - 7,5
04) David Watts - 7,5
05) English Rose - 7,5
06) In the Crowd - 7,0
07) Billy Hunt - 8,0
08) It's Too Bad - 7,0
09) Fly - 7,5
10) The Place I Love - 7,0
11) 'A' Bomb in Wardour Street - 7,0
12) Down in the Tube Station at Midnight - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,29 (73/100)
Current ranking: 242/438
Digital Underground
2/5
01) The Humpty Dance - 6,0
02) The Way We Swing - 5,5
03) Rhymin' on the Funk - 5,5
04) The New Jazz (One) - /
05) Underwater Rimes (Remix) - 5,5
06) Gutfest '89 (Edit) - 6,0
07) The Danger Zone - 5,5
08) Freaks of the Industry - 5,5
09) Doowutchyalike - 5,5
10) Packet Prelude - /
11) Sex Packets - 5,5
12) Street Scene - /
13) Packet Man - 5,5
14) Packet Reprise - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,55 (56/100)
Current ranking: 377/439
Meat Puppets
3/5
01) Split Myself in Two - 5,5
02) Magic Toy Missing - 6,5
03) Lost - 6,5
04) Plateau - 6,5
05) Aurora Borealis - 6,0
06) We're Here - 6,0
07) Climbing - 6,0
08) New Gods - 5,5
09) Oh, Me - 6,0
10) Lake of Fire - 6,0
11) I'm a Mindless Idiot - 6,5
12) The Whistling Song - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,08 (61/100)
Current ranking:
2/5
01) Ramblin' Rose - 5,5
02) Kick Out the Jams - 6,5
03) Come Together - 5,5
04) Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa) - 5,5
05) Borderline - 5,0
06) Motor City Is Burning - 5,5
07) I Want You Right Now - 5,0
08) Starship - 2,0
TOTAL: 5,06 (51/100)
Current ranking: 411/440
Iron Maiden
3/5
01) Prowler - 6,5
02) Remember Tomorrow - 7,0
03) Running Free - 7,0
04) Phantom of the Opera - 6,5
05) Transylvania - 6,5
06) Strange World - 7,0
07) Charlotte the Harlot - 6,5
08) Iron Maiden - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,69 (67/100)
Current ranking: 309/441
Not great, not terrible...
Prince
5/5
01) Let's Go Crazy - 10,0
02) Take Me with U - 9,0
03) The Beautiful Ones - 9,0
04) Computer Blue - 9,0
05) Darling Nikki - 9,0
06) When Doves Cry - 10,0
07) I Would Die 4 U - 10,0
08) Baby I'm a Star - 9,0
09) Purple Rain - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,44 (94/100)
Current ranking: 17/442
Queen
4/5
01) Procession - 7,5
02) Father to Son - 8,0
03) White Queen (As It Began) - 9,0
04) Some Day One Day - 8,5
05) The Loser in the End - 8,0
06) Ogre Battle - 7,5
07) The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke - 8,0
08) Nevermore - 9,0
09) The March of the Black Queen - 8,5
10) Funny How Love Is - 8,0
11) Seven Seas of Rhye - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,36 (84/100)
Current ranking: 104/443
Isaac Hayes
4/5
01) Theme from Shaft - 10,0
02) Bumpy's Lament - 8,5
03) Walk from Regio's - 8,0
04) Ellie's Love Theme - 7,5
05) Shaft's Cab Ride - 7,5
06) Cafe Regio's - 8,0
07) Early Sunday Morning - 7,5
08) Be Yourself - 7,0
09) A Friend's Place - 7,0
10) Soulsville - 8,0
11) No Name Bar - 7,0
12) Bumpy's Blues - 7,0
13) Shaft Strikes Again - 7,0
14) Do Your Thing - 6,0
15) The End Theme - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,60 (76/100)
Current ranking: 200/444
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2/5
01) San Francisco Bay Blues - 6,0
02) Ol' Riley - 5,0
03) Boll Weevil - 5,0
04) Bed Bug Blues - 5,5
05) New York Town - 5,0
06) Grey Goose - 4,5
07) Mule Skinner Blues - 4,5
08) Cocaine - 5,5
09) Dink's Song - 5,0
10) Black Baby - 4,5
11) Salty Dog - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,05 (51/100)
Current ranking: 416/445
Björk
3/5
01) Stonemilker - 7,5
02) Lionsong - 7,5
03) History of Touches - 7,5
04) Black Lake - 7,0
05) Family - 6,5
06) Notget - 6,5
07) Atom Dance - 6,5
08) Mouth Mantra - 5,5
09) Quicksand - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,72 (67/100)
Current ranking: 311/446
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
01) Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie (1st and 2nd Movements) - 7,5
02) Smiling Phases - 7,5
03) Sometimes in Winter - 7,0
04) More and More - 7,0
05) And When I Die - 8,0
06) God Bless the Child - 7,0
07) Spinning Wheel - 9,0
08) You've Made Me So Very Happy - 8,0
09) Blues – Part II - 6,0
10) Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie (1st Movement) - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100)
Current ranking: 216/447
TV On The Radio
3/5
01) Halfway Home - 7,5
02) Crying - 7,0
03) Dancing Choose - 7,5
04) Stork & Owl - 7,0
05) Golden Age - 7,5
06) Family Tree - 7,5
07) Red Dress - 7,0
08) Love Dog - 7,0
09) Shout Me Out - 7,5
10) DLZ - 7,5
11) Lover's Day - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,27 (73/100)
Curent ranking: 248/448
Madonna
5/5
01) Music - 10,0
02) Impressive Instant - 8,5
03) Runaway Lover - 8,5
04) I Deserve It - 8,0
05) Amazing - 9,5
06) Nobody's Perfect - 8,5
07) Don't Tell Me - 10,0
08) What It Feels Like for a Girl - 10,0
09) Paradise (Not for Me) - 9,5
10) Gone - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,10 (91/100)
Current ranking: 40/449
Finally some good pop after all that country, psychedelic rock, singer-songwriter bullshit I've been enduring for the past few weeks. Madonna really comes in like a ray of light... You either love pop or you don't. If you don't, you'll spit on this album and give it an average rating of 2.67. But if you like pop, this will easily be a 5 stars!
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
01) Cinnamon Girl - 8,0
02) Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - 8,0
03) Round & Round (It Won't Be Long) - 7,5
04) Down by the River - 7,5
05) The Losing End (When You're On) - 7,0
06) Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets) - 6,5
07) Cowgirl in the Sand - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,29 (73/100)
Current ranking: 247/450
The Cult
3/5
01) Wild Flower - 7,5
02) Peace Dog - 7,0
03) Lil' Devil - 7,5
04) Aphrodisiac Jacket - 6,5
05) Electric Ocean - 6,5
06) Bad Fun - 6,5
07) King Contrary Man - 6,5
08) Love Removal Machine - 7,0
09) Born to Be Wild - 7,5
10) Outlaw - 6,5
11) Memphis Hip Shake - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,86 (69/100)
Current ranking: 300/451
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
01) EXP - 1,0
02) Up from the Skies - 8,0
03) Spanish Castle Magic - 8,0
04) Wait Until Tomorrow - 8,0
05) Ain't No Telling - 8,0
06) Little Wing - 8,0
07) If 6 Was 9 - 7,0
08) You Got Me Floatin' - 8,5
09) Castles Made of Sand - 7,5
10) She's So Fine - 7,0
11) One Rainy Wish - 7,5
12) Little Miss Lover - 7,0
13) Bold as Love - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,19 (72/100)
Current ranking: 257/453
Adele
5/5
01) Rolling in the Deep - 10,0
02) Rumour Has It - 10,0
03) Turning Tables - 10,0
04) Don't You Remember - 8,5
05) Set Fire to the Rain - 10,0
06) He Won't Go - 8,0
07) Take It All - 8,5
08) I'll Be Waiting - 8,5
09) One and Only - 8,0
10) Lovesong - 9,0
11) Someone like You - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,14 (91/100)
Current ranking: 33/454
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
01) Dreamin' - 7,5
02) Music Makes You Lose Control - 7,5
03) Soft Machine - 7,0
04) Hypnotise - 7,5
05) (Hey You) What's That Sound? - 7,5
06) Take a Little Time - 7,5
07) From: Disco to: Disco - 7,0
08) Brothers - 7,0
09) Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat) - 7,5
10) About Funk - 7,0
11) Sometimes - 8,5
12) Damaged People - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,42 (74/100)
Current ranking: 227/455
This guy has written, produced or remixed some huge hits over the last twenty years or so (Madonna, The Killers, Scissor Sisters, Kylie Minogue, Jessie Ware, Dua Lipa, Pet Shop Boys and many others). He's also won three Grammys. Kudos to him for that! As for this album, it's not bad, good enough to break up the monotony after all the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Youngs.
Love
3/5
01) Alone Again Or - 8,0
02) A House Is Not a Motel - 7,5
03) Andmoreagain - 8,0
04) The Daily Planet - 7,0
05) Old Man - 7,0
06) The Red Telephone - 7,5
07) Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale - 7,5
08) Live and Let Live - 7,0
09) The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This - 7,0
10) Bummer in the Summer - 7,5
11) You Set the Scene - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,36 (74/100)
Current ranking: 238/456
Ministry
1/5
01) N.W.O. - 6,5
02) Just One Fix - 5,5
03) TV II - 4,0
04) Hero - 5,0
05) Jesus Built My Hotrod - 5,0
06) Scare Crow - 5,5
07) Psalm 69 - 5,0
08) Corrosion - 4,5
09) Grace - 4,0
TOTAL: 5,00 (50/100)
Current ranking: 429/457
Santana
4/5
01) Singing Winds, Crying Beasts - 7,5
02) Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - 10,0
03) Oye Como Va - 10,0
04) Incident at Neshabur - 8,0
05) Se a Cabó - 8,5
06) Mother's Daughter - 8,0
07) Samba Pa Ti - 10,0
08) Hope You're Feeling Better - 9,5
09) El Nicoya - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,89 (89/100)
Current ranking: 55/458
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
01) Unomathemba - 7,5
02) Hello My Baby - 7,5
03) Golgotha - 7,0
04) King of Kings - 7,0
05) Lomhlaba Kawunoni - 7,0
06) How Long? - 7,0
07) Ikhaya Lamaqhawe - 7,5
08) Yibo Labo - 7,0
09) Rain, Rain Beautiful Rain - 7,5
10) Wawusho Kubani? - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,15 (72/100)
Current ranking: 266/459
Bebel Gilberto
4/5
01) Samba da Bênção - 8,5
02) August Day Song - 8,0
03) Tanto Tempo - 8,5
04) Sem Contenção - 8,0
05) Mais Feliz - 8,0
06) Alguém - 8,5
07) So Nice (Summer Samba) - 8,0
08) Lonely - 7,5
09) Bananeira - 7,5
10) Samba e Amor - 8,0
11) Close Your Eyes - 8,0
12) No Return - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,04 (80/100)
Current ranking: 149/460
Beatles
5/5
01) A Hard Day's Night - 10,0
02) I Should Have Known Better - 10,0
03) If I Fell - 9,0
04) I'm Happy Just to Dance with You - 9,0
05) And I Love Her - 10,0
06) Tell Me Why - 9,0
07) Can't Buy Me Love - 10,0
08) Any Time at All - 9,0
09) I'll Cry Instead - 9,0
10) Things We Said Today - 9,0
11) When I Get Home - 8,5
12) You Can't Do That - 8,5
13) I'll Be Back - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,23 (92/100)
Current ranking: 24/461
Donovan
3/5
01) Sunshine Superman - 7,5
02) Legend of a Girl Child Linda - 7,0
03) Three King Fishers - 6,5
04) Ferris Wheel - 6,5
05) Bert's Blues - 6,0
06) Season of the Witch - 7,5
07) The Trip - 6,5
08) Guinevere - 6,0
09) The Fat Angel - 6,0
10) Celeste - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,55 (66/100)
Current ranking: 334/462
Frank Zappa
3/5
01) Peaches en Regalia - 7,0
02) Willie the Pimp - 7,0
03) Son of Mr. Green Genes - 6,5
04) Little Umbrellas - 7,0
05) The Gumbo Variations - 5,5
06) It Must Be a Camel - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,42 (64/100)
Current ranking: 342/463
The Divine Comedy
3/5
01) Something for the Weekend - 7,5
02) Becoming More Like Alfie - 7,0
03) Middle-Class Heroes - 6,5
04) In & Out of Paris & London - 6,5
05) Charge - 5,5
06) Songs of Love - 6,5
07) The Frog Princess - 6,5
08) A Woman of the World - 6,5
09) Through a Long & Sleepless Night - 6,5
10) Theme from Casanova - 7,0
11) The Dogs & the Horses - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,59 (66/100)
Current ranking: 332/464
2/5
01) Intro - 1,0
02) Hot Dog - 5,0
03) My Generation - 6,0
04) Full Nelson - 5,0
05) My Way - 7,5
06) Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) - 7,5
07) Livin' It Up - 5,5
08) The One - 6,0
09) Getcha Groove On (Dirt Road Mix) - 5,5
10) Take a Look Around - 7,5
11) It'll Be OK - 5,5
12) Boiler - 5,5
13) Hold On - 5,5
14) Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle) - 5,0
15) Outro - 1,0
TOTAL: 5,27 (53/100)
Current ranking: 417/465
Thanks to the singles this chocolate (star)shit gets two stars from me. That laugh at the end is diabolical. I think that's what they use for torturing people...
Doves
4/5
01) Firesuite - 8,5
02) Here It Comes - 8,0
03) Break Me Gently - 7,5
04) Sea Song - 8,0
05) Rise - 7,5
06) Lost Souls - 7,5
07) Melody Calls - 8,0
08) Catch the Sun - 8,0
09) The Man Who Told Everything - 7,5
10) The Cedar Room - 8,5
11) Reprise - 8,0
12) A House - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,92 (79/100)
Current ranking: 163/466
Ozomatli
2/5
01) Believe - 7,5
02) Love and Hope - 7,0
03) Street Signs - 7,0
04) (Who Discovered) America? - 7,5
05) Who's to Blame - 6,5
06) Te Estoy Buscando - 1,0 (not available on Spotify/YouTube)
07) Saturday Night - 7,0
08) Déjame en Paz - 6,5
09) Santiago - 7,5
10) Ya Viene el Sol - 7,0
11) Doña Isabelle - 1,0 (not available on Spotify/YouTube)
12) Nadie Te Tira - 1,0 (not available on Spotify/YouTube)
13) Cuando Canto - 6,5
TOTAL: 5,62 (56/100)
Current ranking: 394/467
I know it's not fair to give the lowest rating to songs I haven't even heard, but on the other hand, I'll die without ever hearing them! :-)
Anyway, what I heard deserves three stars, but because I didn't hear everything, the rating is lower... There you go. Is that fair?
Ute Lemper
1/5
01) Little Water Song - 5,5
02) The Case Continues - 7,0
03) Passionate Fight - 6,5
04) Tango Ballad - 6,0
05) Couldn't You Keep That to Yourself - 5,5
06) Streets of Berlin - 5,5
07) The Part You Throw Away - 5,0
08) Split - 5,5
09) Punishing Kiss - 1,0 (not found on YouTube)
10) Purple Avenue - 5,0
11) You Were Meant For Me - 5,5
12) Scope J - 1,0
TOTAL: 4,92 (49/100)
Current ranking: 446/468
Second day in a row that the album isn't on my streaming platform.
There's no playlist on YouTube either, so you have to search for each song individually. The good news is that you can find them all (except for one). Unfortunately, that's also the bad news. What you find is a combination of not-so-exciting cabaret songs, sung by some German woman (I'm sure people in Germany know her, I've never heard of her) and produced by The Divine Comedy (who themselves aren't very exciting on their own albums).
The result is... well, this. I was confident I would give it two stars but the last song ruined everything. One star for you Ute!
The La's
3/5
01) Son of a Gun - 7,0
02) I Can't Sleep - 7,0
03) Timeless Melody - 7,0
04) Liberty Ship - 6,5
05) There She Goes - 10,0
06) Doledrum - 7,0
07) Feelin - 6,5
08) Way Out - 7,0
09) I.O.U. - 7,0
10) Freedom Song - 6,5
11) Failure - 6,5
12) Looking Glass - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,08 (71/100)
Current ranking: 276/469
Deee-Lite
4/5
01) Deee-Lite Theme - 8,0
02) Good Beat - 8,5
03) Power of Love - 8,0
04) Try Me on... I'm Very You - 7,5
05) Smile On - 8,0
06) What Is Love? - 10,0
07) World Clique - 8,5
08) E.S.P. - 8,5
09) Groove Is in the Heart - 10,0
10) Who Was That? - 8,5
11) Deep-Ending - 8,0
12) Build the Bridge - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,46 (85/100)
Current ranking: 93/470
We've all heard "Groove Is In The Heart," but what about the rest of the album? Well, I found it surprisingly listenable and fun. "What Is Love?" is a masterpiece! "Good Beat" really is a good beat!
We're going to dance and have some fun!
Dig!
Nina Simone
4/5
01) I Love Your Lovin' Ways - 7,0
02) Four Women - 9,0
03) What More Can I Say - 8,5
04) Lilac Wine - 8,5
05) That's All I Ask - 8,0
06) Break Down and Let It All Out - 8,0
07) Why Keep On Breaking My Heart - 8,5
08) Wild Is the Wind - 8,5
09) Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair - 7,0
10) If I Should Lose You - 7,0
11) Either Way I Lose - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,05 (81/100)
Current ranking: 150/471
Jane Weaver
4/5
01) H>A>K - 8,0
02) Did You See Butterflies? - 8,0
03) Modern Kosmology - 8,0
04) Slow Motion - 8,0
05) Loops In The Secret Society - 7,5
06) The Architect - 7,5
07) The Lightning Back - 7,5
08) Valley - 7,0
09) Ravenspoint - 6,5
10) I Wish - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,55 (76/100)
Current ranking: 216/472
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
01) Be-In - 6,5
02) Boys Better - 7,0
03) Minnesoter - 7,0
04) Orange - 6,5
05) I Love You - 6,0
06) Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth - 7,5
07) Every Day Should Be a Holiday - 7,5
08) Good Morning - 7,0
09) Whipping Tree - 6,0
10) Green - 6,5
11) Cool as Kim Deal - 7,0
12) Hard On for Jesus - 7,5
13) Pete International Airport - 5,5
14) The Creep Out - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,71 (67/100)
Current ranking: 331/473
Doves
4/5
01) Intro - /
02) Words - 7,5
03) There Goes the Fear - 9,0
04) M62 Song - 8,0
05) Where We're Calling From - /
06) N.Y. - 8,5
07) Satellites - 7,5
08) Friday's Dust - 7,0
09) Pounding - 8,5
10) Last Broadcast - 8,0
11) The Sulphur Man - 7,5
12) Caught by the River - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,95 (80/100)
Current ranking: 161/474
Blondie
5/5
01) Hanging on the Telephone - 10,0
02) One Way or Another - 10,0
03) Picture This - 8,5
04) Fade Away and Radiate - 8,5
05) Pretty Baby - 8,0
06) I Know but I Don't Know - 8,5
07) 11:59 - 8,5
08) Will Anything Happen? - 8,5
09) Sunday Girl - 10,0
10) Heart of Glass - 10,0
11) I'm Gonna Love You Too - 8,5
12) Just Go Away - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,96 (90/100)
Current ranking: 53/475
Aerosmith
4/5
01) Young Lust - 7,5
02) F.I.N.E. - 7,0
03) Going Down/Love in an Elevator - 10,0
04) Monkey on My Back - 7,0
05) Water Song/Janie's Got a Gun - 10,0
06) Dulcimer Stomp/The Other Side - 8,0
07) My Girl - 7,5
08) Don't Get Mad, Get Even - 7,5
09) Hoodoo/Voodoo Medicine Man - 7,5
10) What It Takes - 9,0
TOTAL: 8,10 (81/100)
Current ranking: 140/476
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
01) Visions of You - 7,0
02) Relight The Flame - 6,5
03) Bomba - 6,5
04) Ungodly Kingdom - 6,0
05) Rising Above Bedlam - 5,5
06) Erzulie - 5,5
07) Everyman's An Island - 5,5
08) Soledad - 6,0
09) Sweet Divinity - 5,5
10) Wonderful World - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,90 (59/100)
Current ranking: 387/477
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
01) Promenade - 4,0
02) The Gnome - 3,0
03) Promenade - 4,0
04) The Sage - 5,5
05) The Old Castle - 2,0
06) Blues Variation - 3,0
07) Promenade - 1,0 (for the third time... come on...)
08) The Hut of Baba Yaga - 3,0
09) The Curse of Baba Yaga - 1,0
10) The Hut of Baba Yaga - 1,0
11) The Great Gates of Kiev - 1,0 (it's all just noise at this point...)
12) Nut Rocker - 5,5
TOTAL: 2,83 (28/100)
Current ranking: 474/478
I don't know what to think about this.
Well, maybe I do: pretentious crap.
Abdullah Ibrahim
1/5
01) Mandela - 5,5
02) Song for Sathima - 5,0
03) Mannenberg Revisited (Cape Town Fringe) - 5,0
04) Tuang Guru - 4,5
05) Water from an Ancient Well - 5,5
06) The Wedding - 5,0
07) The Mountain - 5,0
08) Sameeda - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,94 (49/100)
Current ranking: 452/479
Deep Purple
4/5
01) Highway Star - 7,0
02) Maybe I'm a Leo - 7,0
03) Pictures of Home - 7,0
04) Never Before - 7,5
05) Smoke on the Water - 10,0
06) Lazy - 7,5
07) Space Truckin' - 7,5
08) When a Blind Man Cries - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,75 (78/100)
Current ranking: 190/480
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
01) You Ain't the Problem - 10,0
02) Rolling - 9,0
03) I've Been Dazed - 8,5
04) Piano Joint (This Kind of Love) (Intro) - 8,5
05) Piano Joint (This Kind of Love) - 9,0
06) Another Human Being - 7,5
07) Living in Denial - 9,0
08) Hero (Intro) - 9,0
09) Hero - 10,0
10) Hard to Say Goodbye - 8,5
11) Final Days - 8,5
12) Interlude (Loving the People) - 8,0
13) Solid Ground - 10,0
14) Light - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,96 (90/100)
Current ranking: 54/481
I really like Kiwanuka. I'm going to see him live for the second time this summer (fingers crossed) and I'm really looking forward to it. "You Ain't A Problem" and "Hero" are my favorite songs from this album.
Boards of Canada
1/5
01) Wildlife Analysis - 4,0
02) An Eagle in Your Mind - 6,0
03) The Color of the Fire - 4,0
04) Telephasic Workshop - 5,0
05) Triangles & Rhombuses - 4,0
06) Sixtyten - 5,0
07) Turquoise Hexagon Sun - 5,0
08) Kaini Industries - 4,0
09) Bocuma - 4,0
10) Roygbiv - 5,0
11) Rue the Whirl - 5,0
12) Aquarius - 5,0
13) Olson - 4,0
14) Pete Standing Alone - 5,0
15) Smokes Quantity - 5,5
16) Open the Light - 5,0
17) One Very Important Thought - 3,0
18) Happy Cycling - 5,0
TOTAL: 4,64 (46/100)
Current ranking: 461/482
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
01) Frownland - 3,0
02) The Dust Blows Forward 'n the Dust Blows Back - 2,0
03) Dachau Blues - 2,0
04) Ella Guru - 5,0
05) Hair Pie: Bake 1 - 1,0
06) Moonlight on Vermont - 5,5
07) Pachuco Cadaver - 4,5
08) Bills Corpse - 3,0
09) Sweet Sweet Bulbs - 2,0
10) Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish - 1,0
11) China Pig - 5,0
12) My Human Gets Me Blues - 4,5
13) Dali's Car - 2,0
14) Hair Pie: Bake 2 - 4,0
15) Pena - 1,0
16) Well - 1,0
17) When Big Joan Sets Up - 1,0
18) Fallin' Ditch - 3,0
19) Sugar 'n Spikes - 4,5
20) Ant Man Bee - 3,0
21) Orange Claw Hammer - 1,0
22) Wild Life - 1,0
23) She's Too Much for My Mirror - 2,0
24) Hobo Chang Ba - 1,0
25) The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica) - 3,0
26) Steal Softly thru Snow - 2,0
27) Old Fart at Play - 1,0
28) Veteran's Day Poppy - 4,0
TOTAL: 2,61 (26/100)
Current ranking: 479/483
After the fourth song I thought that finally a normal melody started, but in the end it turned out to be a YouTube commercial. It never sounded better.
How to describe some of these songs? You know that movie "Everything Everywhere All at Once"? Well, that's it!
It sounds like I'm trying to play all the instruments at once but I can't play a single one. But I'm trying and nothing can discourage me. Look at me go!
Filmmaker David Lynch has called "Trout Mask Replica" his favorite album of all time. That tells you a lot.
I'm on song 21 and I feel like I'm dying a slow death... Help!
Green Day
4/5
01) Burnout - 7,5
02) Having a Blast - 7,5
03) Chump - 7,5
04) Longview - 9,0
05) Welcome to Paradise - 8,0
06) Pulling Teeth - 7,5
07) Basket Case - 10,0
08) She - 8,0
09) Sassafras Roots - 7,5
10) When I Come Around - 10,0
11) Coming Clean - 7,0
12) Emenius Sleepus - 7,5
13) In the End - 7,5
14) F.O.D. - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,00 (80/100)
Current ranking: 156/484
The Specials
4/5
01) A Message to You Rudy - 10,0
02) Do the Dog - 8,0
03) It's Up to You - 7,5
04) Nite Klub - 7,0
05) Doesn't Make It Alright - 7,0
06) Concrete Jungle - 8,0
07) Too Hot - 7,5
08) Monkey Man - 10,0
09) (Dawning of A) New Era - 7,5
10) Blank Expression - 7,5
11) Stupid Marriage - 8,0
12) Too Much Too Young - 10,0
13) Little Bitch - 7,5
14) You're Wondering Now - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,07 (81/100)
Current ranking: 150/485
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
01) Allah Hoo Allah Hoo - 7,0
02) Yaad-E-Nabi Gulshan Mehka - 6,0
03) Haq Ali Ali Haq - 5,5
04) Ali Maula Ali Maula Ali Dam Dam - 5,0
05) Mast Nazroon Se Allah Bachhae - 5,0
06) Ni Main Jogi de Naal - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,58 (56/100)
Current ranking: 412/486
Just to clarify, the link takes you to the double album "Love and Devotion", of which disc 1 is the album "Love Songs" and disc 2 is "Devotional Songs". Since the latter is on the list, I decided to listen to only that one. You're welcome.
Muddy Waters
3/5
01) Mannish Boy - 7,0
02) Bus Driver - 6,0
03) I Want to Be Loved - 6,0
04) Jealous Hearted Man - 5,5
05) I Can't Be Satisfied - 6,5
06) The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll, Pt. 2 - 6,0
07) Deep Down in Florida - 5,5
08) Crosseyed Cat - 6,0
09) Little Girl - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,06 (61/100)
Current ranking: 379/487
I'm sorry, but this is just boring to me.
The Killers
5/5
01) Jenny Was a Friend of Mine - 10,0
02) Mr. Brightside - 10,0
03) Smile Like You Mean It - 10,0
04) Somebody Told Me - 10,0
05) All These Things That I've Done - 10,0
06) Andy, You're a Star - 9,0
07) On Top - 9,0
08) Change Your Mind - 8,5
09) Believe Me Natalie - 8,0
10) Midnight Show - 8,0
11) Everything Will Be Alright - 8,5
12) Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,17 (92/100)
Current ranking: 31/488
The Icarus Line
1/5
01) Up Against the Wall Motherfuckers - 5,5
02) Spit on It - 5,0
03) On the Lash - 5,0
04) Caviar - 5,0
05) Spike Island - 6,0
06) Kiss Like Lizards - 4,0
07) Getting Bright at Night - 3,0
08) Big Sleep - 4,0
09) White Devil - 4,0
10) Meatmaker - 3,0
11) Virgin Velcro - 4,0
12) Seasick - 4,0
13) Party the Baby Off - 5,0
TOTAL: 4,42 (44/100)
Current ranking: 471/489
A very tiring kind of music. I was still somehow focused for the first half of the album, but the second half I was buying a washing machine on line and it just made me more nervous. The music, not the washing machine.
Koffi Olomide
2/5
01) Papa Bonheur - 7,0
02) Désespoir - 7,0
03) Koweït, rive gauche - 6,5
04) Qui cherche trouve - 5,5
05) Elixir - 5,5
06) Porte Monnaie - 6,0
07) Conte de fées - 5,5
08) Obrigado - 5,0
09) Dit Jeannot - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,94 (59/100)
Current ranking: 389/490
UB40
5/5
01) Tyler - 9,0
02) King - 10,0
03) 12 Bar - 8,5
04) Burden of Shame - 8,5
05) Adella - 8,5
06) I Think It's Going to Rain Today - 9,0
07) 25% - 9,0
08) Food for Thought - 10,0
09) Little by Little - 8,5
10) Signing Off - 10,0
11) Madam Medusa - 9,0
12) Strange Fruit - 9,0
13) Reefer Madness - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,04 (90/100)
Current ranking: 47/491
Unlike many here, I like their later pop reggae songs like "Red Red Wine", "Don't Break My Heart", "Kingston Town" or "(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You".
I also like their debut album, I think it's one of the more significant albums from the early eighties and deserves to be on this list.
Duran Duran
5/5
01) Rio - 10,0
02) My Own Way - 9,0
03) Lonely in Your Nightmare - 8,0
04) Hungry Like the Wolf - 10,0
05) Hold Back the Rain - 8,5
06) New Religion - 8,0
07) Last Chance on the Stairway - 8,0
08) Save a Prayer - 10,0
09) The Chauffeur - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,00 (90/100)
Current ranking: 52/492
Big Star
3/5
01) Kizza Me - 7,0
02) Thank You Friends - 6,5
03) Big Black Car - 7,0
04) Femme Fatale - 7,0
05) Holocaust - 7,0
06) Stroke It Noel - 7,0
07) For You - 6,5
08) Nightime - 6,0
09) Blue Moon - 6,0
10) Take Care - 6,5
11) Nature Boy - 7,0
12) Till The End Of The Day - 6,5
13) Dream Lover - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,65 (67/100)
Current ranking: 344/493
Prince
4/5
01) Sign o' the Times - 10,0
02) Play in the Sunshine - 7,5
03) Housequake - 7,5
04) The Ballad of Dorothy Parker - 8,0
05) It - 7,0
06) Starfish and Coffee - 8,0
07) Slow Love - 7,5
08) Hot Thing - 7,0
09) Forever in My Life - 7,0
10) U Got the Look - 8,0
11) If I Was Your Girlfriend - 10,0
12) Strange Relationship - 8,0
13) I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - 8,5
14) The Cross - 9,0
15) It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night - 8,0
16) Adore - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,03 (80/100)
Current ranking: 160/494
The Strokes
4/5
01) Is This It - 8,0
02) The Modern Age - 7,5
03) Soma - 7,5
04) Barely Legal - 7,5
05) Someday - 10,0
06) Alone, Together - 7,5
07) Last Nite - 10,0
08) Hard to Explain - 8,0
09) New York City Cops - 8,0
10) Trying Your Luck - 7,0
11) Take It or Leave It - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,05 (81/100)
Current ranking: 156/495
2/5
01) Close to the Edge - 5,5
02) And You and I - 6,0
03) Siberian Khatru - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,83 (58/100)
Current ranking: 404/496
This kind of albums makes me feel kind of stupid. Everyone is talking about what a masterpiece it is, and all I hear is an incoherent collection of music put together under the title of the song "Closer to the Edge" which lasts 18 and a half minutes. And I'm trying to understand the quality of that song but I can't. Which means I must be a bit limited and my understanding of music is not good enough. Which makes me very sad.
Then we have "And You and I" which is again ten minutes long and has at least four different songs put together and I still don't get the point. The first part is good, then the second part starts... When the third part starts you don't even remember the first one, but we're still on the same song...
I don't care. Call me stupid. This is bullshit.
5/5
01) Five Years - 9,5
02) Soul Love - 8,5
03) Moonage Daydream - 9,0
04) Starman - 10,0
05) It Ain't Easy - 9,0
06) Lady Stardust - 9,0
07) Star - 8,5
08) Hang On to Yourself - 8,5
09) Ziggy Stardust - 9,0
10) Suffragette City - 9,5
11) Rock 'n' Roll Suicide - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,09 (91/100)
Current ranking: 44/497
The Pharcyde
3/5
01) 4 Better or 4 Worse - /
02) Oh Shit - 7,5
03) It's Jiggaboo Time - 5,0
04) 4 Better or 4 Worse - 7,0
05) I'm That Type of Nigga - 6,5
06) If I Were President - 6,0
07) Soul Flower (Remix) - 7,5
08) On the DL - 6,5
09) Pack the Pipe - /
10) Officer - 7,0
11) Ya Mama - 7,5
12) Passin' Me By - 7,5
13) Otha Fish - 7,5
14) Quinton's on the Way - 6,0
15) Pack the Pipe - 7,0
16) Return of the B-Boy - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,82 (68/100)
Current ranking: 332/498
Living Colour
3/5
01) Cult of Personality - 6,5
02) I Want to Know - 6,0
03) Middle Man - 6,0
04) Desperate People - 5,5
05) Open Letter (To a Landlord) - 5,5
06) Funny Vibe - 5,5
07) Memories Can't Wait - 6,0
08) Broken Hearts - 7,0
09) Glamour Boys - 7,0
10) What's Your Favorite Color? (Theme Song) - 6,5
11) Which Way to America? - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,14 (61/100)
Current ranking: 383/499
Baaba Maal
3/5
01) Yela - 6,0
02) Toro - 6,0
03) Daande Leňol - 7,5
04) Hamady Boiro - 6,5
05) Daniibe - 6,5
06) Gidelam - 6,5
07) Olel - 6,0
08) Sy Sawande - 6,5
09) Ndelorel - 6,0
10) Lem Gi - 6,0
11) Minuit - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,32 (63/100)
Current ranking: 371/500
500. Am I halfway there? This album is nothing special, after a few songs it becomes monotonous and boring. "Rumours" by Fleetwood Mac is still my number 1.
Cee Lo Green
3/5
01) Intro - /
02) Soul Machine - 7,5
03) The Art of Noise - 7,0
04) Living Again - 7,0
05) I'll Be Around - 7,0
06) The One - 7,5
07) My Kind of People - 7,5
08) Childz Play - 7,0
09) I Am Selling Soul - 7,0
10) All Day Love Affair - 7,0
11) Evening News - 6,5
12) Scrap Metal - 6,0
13) Glockappella - 6,0
14) When We Were Friends - 7,0
15) Sometimes - 7,5
16) Let's Stay Together - 6,5
17) Die Trying - 7,0
18) Outro - /
TOTAL: 6,94 (69/100)
Current ranking: 319/501
Burning Spear
3/5
01) Marcus Garvey - 7,0
02) Slavery Days - 7,0
03) The Invasion - 6,5
04) Live Good - 7,0
05) Give Me - 6,5
06) Old Marcus Garvey - 7,0
07) Tradition - 6,5
08) Jordan River - 6,5
09) Red, Gold & Green - 6,5
10) Resting Place - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,70 (67/100)
Current ranking: 347/502
Happy Mondays
4/5
01) Kinky Afro - 9,0
02) God's Cop - 8,5
03) Donovan - 8,0
04) Grandbag's Funeral - 7,5
05) Loose Fit - 8,5
06) Dennis and Lois - 7,5
07) Bob's Yer Uncle - 7,5
08) Step On - 10,0
09) Holiday - 7,5
10) Harmony - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,15 (82/100)
Current ranking: 142/503
Leonard Cohen
3/5
01) Bird on the Wire - 9,0
02) Story Of Isaac - 7,0
03) A Bunch Of Lonesome Heros - 7,5
04) The Partisan - 7,5
05) Seems So Long Ago, Nancy - 7,0
06) The Old Revolution - 7,0
07) The Butcher - 7,0
08) You Know Who I Am - 7,0
09) Lady Midnight - 7,0
10) Tonight Will Be Fine - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,30 (73/100)
Sigur Rós
4/5
01) Intro - 7,0
02) Svefn-g-englar - 9,0
03) Starálfur - 8,5
04) Flugufrelsarinn - 8,5
05) Ný batterí - 8,0
06) Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm) - 8,0
07) Viðrar vel til loftárása - 8,0
08) Olsen Olsen - 8,0
09) Ágætis byrjun - 8,0
10) Avalon - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,00 (80/100)
Current ranking: 166/505
Culture Club
4/5
01) Karma Chameleon - 10,0
02) It's a Miracle - 9,0
03) Black Money - 7,5
04) Changing Every Day - 7,0
05) That's the Way (I'm Only Trying to Help You) - 6,5
06) Church of the Poison Mind - 8,5
07) Miss Me Blind - 7,5
08) Mister Man - 7,0
09) Stormkeeper - 7,0
10) Victims - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,70 (77/100)
Current ranking: 210/506
Spiritualized
3/5
01) You Know It's True - 7,0
02) If I Were with Her Now - 6,5
03) I Want You - 7,0
04) Run - 7,0
05) Smiles - 6,0
06) Step into the Breeze - 6,5
07) Symphony Space - 5,0
08) Take Your Time - 7,0
09) Shine a Light - 7,5
10) Angel Sigh - 6,5
11) Sway - 7,0
12) 200 Bars - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,67 (67/100)
Current ranking: 354/507
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
01) Beyond Belief - 6,0
02) Tears Before Bedtime - 6,0
03) Shabby Doll - 6,0
04) The Long Honeymoon - 6,0
05) Man Out of Time - 6,0
06) Almost Blue - 6,0
07) ...And in Every Home - 5,5
08) The Loved Ones - 5,5
09) Human Hands - 5,5
10) Kid About It - 6,0
11) Little Savage - 5,5
12) Boy With a Problem - 5,5
13) Pidgin English - 5,5
14) You Little Fool - 6,0
15) Town Cryer - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,77 (58/100)
Current ranking: 418/508
The Modern Lovers
3/5
01) Roadrunner - 7,0
02) Astral Plane - 6,0
03) Old World - 6,5
04) Pablo Picasso - 6,5
05) She Cracked - 6,5
06) Hospital - 6,5
07) Someone I Care About - 6,0
08) Girl Friend - 6,0
09) Modern World - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,33 (63/100)
Current ranking: 377/509
Nirvana
5/5
01) About a Girl - 10,0
02) Come as You Are - 10,0
03) Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam - 8,0
04) The Man Who Sold the World - 10,0
05) Pennyroyal Tea - 9,0
06) Dumb - 9,0
07) Polly - 10,0
08) On a Plain - 9,0
09) Something in the Way - 10,0
10) Plateau - 9,0
11) Oh Me - 9,0
12) Lake of Fire - 9,0
13) All Apologies - 10,0
14) Where Did You Sleep Last Night - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,32 (93/100)
Current ranking: 22/510
Tom Waits
2/5
01) Heartattack and Vine - 7,0
02) In Shades - 6,0
03) Saving All My Love for You - 6,0
04) Downtown - 5,5
05) Jersey Girl - 7,0
06) Til the Money Runs Out - 5,5
07) On the Nickel - 6,0
08) Mr. Siegal - 5,0
09) Ruby's Arms - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,94 (59/100)
Current ranking: 407/511
His voice is really unbearable at times. The previous two albums got one star, this one might get one more.
Ray Charles
4/5
01) Bye Bye Love - 10,0
02) You Don't Know Me - 10,0
03) Half As Much - 8,5
04) I Love You So Much It Hurts - 8,0
05) Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way) - 8,5
06) Born To Lose - 8,5
07) Worried Mind - 9,0
08) It Makes No Difference Now - 8,0
09) You Win Again - 8,5
10) Careless Love - 8,5
11) I Can't Stop Loving You - 10,0
12) Hey, Good Lookin' - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,79 (88/100)
Current ranking: 71/512
Are we just listening to volume 1 or also volume 2 which was released half a year later?
Julian Cope
2/5
01) Pristeen - 6,0
02) Double Vegetation - 5,5
03) East Easy Rider - 6,5
04) Promised Land - 6,0
05) Hanging Out & Hung Up on the Line - 5,5
06) Safesurfer - 5,5
07) If You Loved Me at All - 5,5
08) Drive, She Said - 5,5
09) Soldier Blue - 6,0
10) You... - 5,5
11) Not Raving But Drowning - 5,5
12) Head - 6,0
13) Leperskin - 5,5
14) Beautiful Love - 6,5
15) Western Front 1992 CE - 4,0
16) Hung Up & Hanging Out to Dry - 4,5
17) The American Lite - 6,0
18) Las Vegas Basement - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,61 (56/100)
This drags on forever. The album cover is terrible, the songs aren't that terrible but they're not that special either. I don't know what this album did to deserve to be one of the 1001.
The Stooges
2/5
01) Search and Destroy - 6,5
02) Gimme Danger - 6,0
03) Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell - 5,5
04) Penetration - 6,0
05) Raw Power - 6,0
06) I Need Somebody - 6,0
07) Shake Appeal - 6,0
08) Death Trip - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,94 (59/100)
Current ranking: 408/514
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
01) Thunder Road - 7,0
02) Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out - 7,0
03) Night - 7,0
04) Backstreets - 6,5
05) Born To Run - 10,0
06) She's The One - 7,0
07) Meeting Across the River - 6,5
08) Jungleland - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,19 (72/100)
Current ranking: 287/515
R.E.M.
4/5
01) Finest Worksong - 7,0
02) Welcome to the Occupation - 7,0
03) Exhuming McCarthy - 7,0
04) Disturbance at the Heron House - 7,0
05) Strange - 7,0
06) It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - 10,0
07) The One I Love - 10,0
08) Fireplace - 7,5
09) Lightnin' Hopkins - 7,0
10) King of Birds - 7,5
11) Oddfellows Local 151 - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,68 (77/100)
Current ranking: 215/516
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
01) Tanz Debil - 2,0
02) Steh auf Berlin - 1,0
03) Negativ Nein - 1,0
04) U-Haft-Muzak - 1,0
05) Draußen ist Feindlich - 1,0
06) Schmerzen Hören (Hören mit Schmerzen) - 1,0
07) Jet'm - 3,0
08) Kollaps - 1,0
09) Sehnsucht - 2,0
10) Vorm Krieg - 1,0
11) Hirnsäge - 1,0
12) Abstieg & Zerfall - 1,0
13) Helga - 1,0
14) Schieß Euch Ins Blut - 1,0
TOTAL: 1,29 (13/100)
Current ranking: 517/517
This would be a good way to torture the prisoners at Guantanamo. I don't know why, but while listening to it I felt more than once like it was 1939 and I was at a Nazi party rally. "Scum" by Napalm Death is my lowest rated album so far, let's see if this one beats it! I refuse to listen to the extended version of the album, these 14 "songs" will be enough.
Oasis
5/5
01) Rock 'n' Roll Star - 8,5
02) Shakermaker - 8,5
03) Live Forever - 10,0
04) Up in the Sky - 8,5
05) Columbia - 9,0
06) Supersonic - 9,5
07) Bring It On Down - 8,0
08) Cigarettes & Alcohol - 9,0
09) Digsy's Dinner - 8,5
10) Slide Away - 9,5
11) Married with Children - 9,5
TOTAL: 8,95 (90/100)
Current ranking: 62/518
Fats Domino
4/5
01) Blueberry Hill - 10,0
02) Honey Chile - 8,0
03) What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You - 7,5
04) Blue Monday - 8,5
05) So Long - 8,0
06) La La - 7,5
07) Troubles of My Own - 7,5
08) You Done Me Wrong - 7,5
09) Reeling and Rocking - 7,5
10) The Fat Man's Hop - 7,5
11) Poor Poor Me - 7,5
12) Trust In Me - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,83 (78/100)
Current ranking: 196/519
Black Flag
1/5
01) Rise Above - 6,0
02) Spray Paint - 4,0
03) Six Pack - 5,5
04) What I See - 5,5
05) TV Party - 5,5
06) Thirsty and Miserable - 5,0
07) Police Story - 5,0
08) Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie - 5,5
09) Depression - 5,0
10) Room 13 - 5,0
11) Damaged II - 4,0
12) No More - 4,0
13) Padded Cell - 4,0
14) Life of Pain - 4,0
15) Damaged I - 3,0
TOTAL: 4,73 (47/100)
Calexico
4/5
01) Sunken Waltz - 8,5
02) Quattro (World Drifts In) - 7,5
03) Stucco - /
04) Black Heart - 8,0
05) Pepita - 7,5
06) Not Even Stevie Nicks... - 8,0
07) Close Behind - 8,0
08) Woven Birds - 7,5
09) The Book and the Canal - 7,0
10) Attack el Robot! Attack! - 7,5
11) Across the Wire - 8,0
12) Dub Latina - 7,5
13) Güero Canelo - 8,0
14) Whipping the Horse's Eyes - 7,0
15) Crumble - 8,0
16) No Doze - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,70 (77/100)
Current ranking: 213/521
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
01) Scarborough Fair/Canticle - 10,0
02) Patterns - 8,5
03) Cloudy - 8,0
04) Homeward Bound - 10,0
05) The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine - 7,5
06) The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - 7,5
07) The Dangling Conversation - 8,0
08) Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall - 8,0
09) A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission) - 7,5
10) For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her - 8,0
11) A Poem on the Underground Wall - 8,0
12) 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,25 (83/100)
Current ranking: 136/522
Arrested Development
3/5
01) Man's Final Frontier - 6,0
02) Mama's Always on Stage - 7,0
03) People Everyday - 8,0
04) Blues Happy - /
05) Mr. Wendal - 9,0
06) Children Play with Earth - 6,5
07) Raining Revolution - 7,5
08) Fishin' 4 Religion - 7,0
09) Give a Man a Fish - 7,0
10) U - 7,0
11) Eve of Reality - 6,0
12) Natural - 7,5
13) Dawn of the Dreads - 7,0
14) Tennessee - 10,0
15) Washed Away - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,36 (74/100)
Current ranking: 269/523
Big Black
2/5
01) Jordan, Minnesota - 5,0
02) Passing Complexion - 5,5
03) Big Money - 5,5
04) Kerosene - 5,5
05) Bad Houses - 5,5
06) Fists of Love - 4,0
07) Stinking Drunk - 4,5
08) Bazooka Joe - 4,5
09) Strange Things - 5,5
10) Cables - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,05 (51/100)
Current ranking: 485/524
Aerosmith
4/5
01) Toys in the Attic - 8,0
02) Uncle Salty - 7,5
03) Adam's Apple - 7,0
04) Walk This Way - 10,0
05) Big Ten Inch Record - 6,5
06) Sweet Emotion - 9,0
07) No More No More - 7,5
08) Round and Round - 6,5
09) You See Me Crying - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,72 (77/100)
Current ranking: 209/525
The Mothers Of Invention
1/5
01) Are You Hung Up - /
02) Who Needs the Peace Corps? - 6,0
03) Concentration Moon - 4,0
04) Mom & Dad - 6,5
05) Telephone Conversation - /
06) Bow Tie Daddy - 4,0
07) Harry, You're a Beast - 4,5
08) What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? - 4,0
09) Absolutely Free - 5,0
10) Flower Punk - 4,0
11) Hot Poop - /
12) Nasal Retentive Calliope Music - 1,0
13) Let's Make the Water Turn Black - 5,0
14) The Idiot Bastard Son - 4,0
15) Lonely Little Girl - 5,0
16) Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance - 4,0
17) What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (Reprise) - 1,0
18) Mother People - 5,0
19) The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny - 1,0
TOTAL: 3,37 (34/100)
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
01) Oh Baby - 7,5
02) Other Voices - 7,0
03) I Used To - 7,5
04) Change Yr Mind - 6,5
05) How Do You Sleep? - 6,0
06) Tonite - 7,5
07) Call the Police - 7,5
08) American Dream - 7,5
09) Emotional Haircut - 6,5
10) Black Screen - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,05 (71/100)
Current ranking:
Meat Loaf
3/5
01) Bat Out of Hell - 7,0
02) You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth - 7,5
03) Heaven Can Wait - 7,0
04) All Revved Up with No Place to Go - 7,0
05) Two Out of Three Ain't Bad - 8,0
06) Paradise by the Dashboard Light - 7,5
07) For Crying Out Loud - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,21 (72/100)
Current ranking: 292/528
Simply Red
4/5
01) Come to My Aid - 9,5
02) Sad Old Red - 8,0
03) Look at You Now - 8,0
04) Heaven - 7,5
05) Jericho - 7,5
06) Money's Too Tight (to Mention) - 10,0
07) Holding Back the Years - 10,0
08) (Open Up the) Red Box - 8,0
09) No Direction - 7,5
10) Picture Book - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,40 (84/100)
Current ranking: 113/529
Fishbone
3/5
01) Freddie's Dead - 5,5
02) Ma and Pa - 7,5
03) Question of Life - 6,5
04) Pouring Rain - 6,0
05) Deep Inside - 6,0
06) Mighty Long Way - 5,5
07) Bonin' in the Boneyard - 5,5
08) One Day - 6,5
09) Subliminal Fascism - 5,5
10) Slow Bus Movin' (Howard Beach Party) - 7,0
11) Ghetto Soundwave - 6,0
12) Change - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,21 (62/100)
Current ranking: 401/530
Miriam Makeba
4/5
01) The Retreat Song - 8,5
02) Suliram - 7,5
03) The Click Song - 8,0
04) Umhome - 7,0
05) Olilili - 7,5
06) Lakutshn, Ilanga - 8,0
07) Mbube - 8,5
08) The Naughty Little Flea - 8,0
09) Where Does It Lead? - 7,5
10) Nomeva - 8,0
11) House of the Rising Sun - 7,5
12) Saduva - 8,0
13) One More Dance - 8,0
14) Iya Guduza - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,86 (79/100)
Current ranking: 195/531
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
01) A Minor Place - 8,0
02) Nomadic Revery (All Around) - 7,0
03) I See a Darkness - 8,0
04) Another Day Full of Dread - 7,0
05) Death to Everyone - 8,0
06) Knockturne - 7,5
07) Madeleine-Mary - 7,5
08) Song for the New Breed - 7,0
09) Today I Was an Evil One - 6,5
10) Black - 6,5
11) Raining in Darling - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,23 (72/100)
Current ranking: 294/532
Def Leppard
4/5
01) Women - 7,0
02) Rocket - 7,0
03) Animal - 9,0
04) Love Bites - 9,5
05) Pour Some Sugar on Me - 9,5
06) Armageddon It - 8,0
07) Gods of War - 8,0
08) Don't Shoot Shotgun - 7,0
09) Run Riot - 7,0
10) Hysteria - 8,5
11) Excitable - 7,0
12) Love and Affection - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,92 (79/100)
Current ranking: 184/533
Beatles
4/5
01) It Won't Be Long - 8,5
02) All I've Got to Do - 9,0
03) All My Loving - 10,0
04) Don't Bother Me - 8,5
05) Little Child - 8,5
06) Till There Was You - 9,0
07) Please Mr. Postman - 9,0
08) Roll Over Beethoven - 8,5
09) Hold Me Tight - 8,5
10) You Really Got a Hold on Me - 8,0
11) I Wanna Be Your Man - 8,0
12) Devil in Her Heart - 8,5
13) Not a Second Time - 8,0
14) Money (That's What I Want) - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,57 (86/100)
Donald Fagen
3/5
01) I.G.Y. - 7,5
02) Green Flower Street - 7,5
03) Ruby Baby - 6,5
04) Maxine - 7,0
05) New Frontier - 7,5
06) The Nightfly - 7,5
07) The Goodbye Look - 6,5
08) Walk Between Raindrops - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,13 (71/100)
Current ranking: 309/535
The Young Gods
1/5
01) La fille de la mort - 3,0
02) Rue des Tempêtes - 4,0
03) L'eau rouge - 4,0
04) Charlotte - 5,0
05) Longue route - 5,0
06) Crier les chiens - 4,0
07) Ville nôtre - 3,0
08) Les enfants - 3,0
09) L'Amourir - 5,0
10) Pas Mal - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,00 (40/100)
Current ranking: 523/536
Cocteau Twins
3/5
01) Ivo - 7,0
02) Lorelai - 7,0
03) Beatrix - 6,5
04) Persephone - 6,5
05) Pandora (for Cindy) - 7,0
06) Amelia - 6,0
07) Aloysius - 6,5
08) Cicely - 6,5
09) Otterley - 7,0
10) Donimo - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,70 (67/100)
Current ranking: 370/537
The Pogues
4/5
01) The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn - 8,0
02) The Old Main Drag - 7,0
03) The Wild Cats of Kilkenny - 7,5
04) I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day - 7,5
05) A Pair of Brown Eyes - 9,0
06) Sally MacLennane - 7,5
07) Dirty Old Town - 10,0
08) Jesse James - 8,0
09) Navigator - 8,0
10) Billy's Bones - 7,0
11) The Gentleman Soldier - 7,5
12) And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,92 (79/100)
Current ranking: 185/538
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
01) Dominion/Mother Russia - 8,0
02) Flood I - 7,0
03) Lucretia My Reflection - 7,5
04) 1959 - 7,0
05) This Corrosion - 8,0
06) Flood II - 7,5
07) Driven Like the Snow - 7,5
08) Never Land (A Fragment) - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,44 (74/100)
Current ranking: 259/539
The other day, my colleagues at work were talking about Sisters of Mercy and how much they loved them in high school. Since I'm only a few years younger than them, I was only familiar with "More," which was frequently played on MTV and my local radio station in the early 90s. That's why I'm so glad to have this album on my schedule today.
Pentangle
3/5
01) Light Flight - 7,5
02) Once I Had a Sweetheart - 7,0
03) Springtime Promises - 7,5
04) Lyke-Wake Dirge - 7,0
05) Train Song - 7,5
06) Hunting Song - 7,0
07) Sally Go 'Round the Roses - 7,5
08) The Cuckoo - 7,0
09) House Carpenter - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,17 (72/100)
Current ranking: 307/540
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
01) Dumb Waiters - 8,0
02) Pretty in Pink - 7,5
03) I Wanna Sleep with You - 6,5
04) No Tears - 6,5
05) Mr. Jones - 6,5
06) Into You Like a Train - 7,0
07) It Goes On - 6,5
08) So Run Down - 6,5
09) All of This and Nothing - 6,5
10) She Is Mine - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,80 (68/100)
Current ranking: 362/541
The Kinks
3/5
01) David Watts - 7,0
02) Death of a Clown - 7,5
03) Two Sisters - 7,0
04) No Return - 7,0
05) Harry Rag - 7,0
06) Tin Soldier Man - 6,5
07) Situation Vacant - 7,0
08) Love Me Till the Sun Shines - 7,5
09) Lazy Old Sun - 6,5
10) Afternoon Tea - 7,0
11) Funny Face - 6,5
12) End of the Season - 6,5
13) Waterloo Sunset - 9,0
TOTAL: 7,08 (71/100)
Current ranking: 316/542
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
01) Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - 7,5
02) Marrakesh Express - 8,0
03) Guinnevere - 7,0
04) You Don't Have to Cry - 7,0
05) Pre-Road Downs - 7,0
06) Wooden Ships - 7,5
07) Lady of the Island - 6,5
08) Helplessly Hoping - 7,0
09) Long Time Gone - 7,5
10) 49 Bye-Byes - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,20 (72/100)
Current ranking: 301/543
Sabu
2/5
01) El cumbanchero - 7,0
02) Billumba-Palo Congo - 5,0
03) Choferito-Plena - 5,5
04) Asabache - 3,0
05) Simba - 3,0
06) Rhapsodia del Maravilloso - 6,0
07) Aggo Elegua - 5,0
08) Tribilín cantore - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,06 (51/100)
Current ranking: 502/544
It started promisingly, but by the fifth song it felt like someone was deliberately trying to irritate me with a banging sound that sounded like someone hammering nails. And screams that didn't contribute to anything except my increased irritability. God, give me the strength for three more songs... Here comes the banging again.
Miles Davis
1/5
01) Move - 5,0
02) Jeru - 5,0
03) Moon Dreams - 5,5
04) Venus De Milo - 4,5
05) Budo - 5,0
06) Deception - 4,5
07) Godchild - 4,5
08) Boplicity - 4,5
09) Rocker - 4,5
10) Israel - 4,5
11) Rouge - 4,5
12) Darn That Dream - 5,5
TOTAL: 4,79 (48/100)
Current ranking: 517/545
This is so boring...
Peter Tosh
3/5
01) Legalize It - 8,0
02) Burial - 7,0
03) What'cha Gonna Do? - 7,0
04) No Symphaty - 7,0
05) Why Must I Cry - 7,0
06) Igziabeher (Let Jah Be Praised) - 6,5
07) Ketchy Shuby - 7,5
08) Till Your Well Runs Dry - 7,5
09) Brand New Second Hand - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,17 (72/100)
Current ranking: 308/546
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
01) Yes - 7,0
02) Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart - 6,5
03) Of Walking Abortion - 7,0
04) She Is Suffering - 8,0
05) Archives of Pain - 7,0
06) Revol - 8,0
07) 4st 7lb - 7,5
08) Mausoleum - 7,0
09) Faster - 8,0
10) This Is Yesterday - 7,5
11) Die in the Summertime - 7,5
12) The Intense Humming of Evil - 7,0
13) P.C.P. - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,31 (73/100)
Current ranking: 283/547
Stereo MC's
4/5
01) Connected - 10,0
02) Ground Level - 10,0
03) Everything - 8,0
04) Sketch - 8,0
05) Fade Away - 8,0
06) All Night Long - 7,5
07) Step It Up - 10,0
08) Playing With Fire - 7,5
09) Pressure - 7,0
10) Chicken Shake - 7,5
11) Creation - 10,0
12) The End - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,38 (84/100)
Current ranking: 118/548
John Cale
3/5
01) Child's Christmas in Wales - 6,0
02) Hanky Panky Nohow - 5,5
03) The Endless Plain of Fortune - 6,0
04) Andalucia - 7,5
05) Macbeth - 6,5
06) Paris 1919 - 7,0
07) Graham Greene - 6,5
08) Half Past France - 6,5
09) Antarctica Starts Here - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,39 (64/100)
Current ranking: 401/549
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
01) Hungry Freaks, Daddy - 8,0
02) I Ain't Got No Heart - 7,0
03) Who Are the Brain Police? - 6,5
04) Go Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder - 8,0
05) Motherly Love - 7,0
06) How Could I Be Such a Fool - 7,0
07) Wowie Zowie - 7,5
08) You Didn't Try to Call Me - 6,5
09) Any Way the Wind Blows - 7,5
10) I'm Not Satisfied - 6,5
11) You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here - 7,0
12) Trouble Every Day - 6,5
13) Help, I'm a Rock - 5,5
14) It Can't Happen Here - 1,0
15) The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet - 1,0
TOTAL: 6,17 (62/100)
Current ranking: 419/550
Giant Sand
2/5
01) Overture - /
02) (Well) Dusted (For the Millennium) - 7,0
03) Punishing Sun - 6,5
04) X-Tra Wide - 6,0
05) 1972 - 3,0
06) Temptation of Egg - 6,0
07) Raw - 5,0
08) Wolfy - 5,5
09) Shiver - 6,0
10) Dirty from the Rain - 6,0
11) Astonished (In Memphis) - 5,5
12) No Reply - 5,5
13) Satellite - 5,5
14) Bottom Line Man - 5,0
15) Way to End the Day - 5,0
16) Shrine - 1,0
TOTAL: 5,23 (52/100)
Current ranking: 491/551
Missy Elliott
3/5
01) Busta's Intro - 7,0
02) Hit Em wit da Hee - 8,0
03) Sock It 2 Me - 10,0
04) The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) - 9,0
05) Beep Me 911 - 9,5
06) They Don't Wanna Fuck wit Me - 7,0
07) Pass da Blunt - 7,5
08) Bite Our Style (Interlude) - /
09) Friendly Skies - 7,5
10) Best Friends - 7,0
11) Don't Be Commin' (In My Face) - 6,5
12) Izzy Izzy Ahh - 8,0
13) Why You Hurt Me - 7,0
14) I'm Talkin - 7,0
15) Gettaway - 7,0
16) Busta's Outro - 5,0
17) Missy's Finale - /
TOTAL: 7,53 (75/100)
Current ranking: 249/552
Stan Getz
4/5
01) Desafinado - 9,0
02) Samba Dees Days - 7,5
03) O Pato - 7,5
04) Samba Triste - 7,0
05) Samba de uma Nota Só - 8,0
06) É Luxo Só - 7,0
07) Bahia - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,57 (76/100)
Current ranking: 242/553
Brian Eno
1/5
01) 1/1 - 5,5
02) 2/1 - 4,0
03) 1/2 - 4,0
04) 2/2 - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,38 (44/100)
Current ranking: 534/554
This reminds me more like you are waiting for a live broadcast to start and some music plays while the minutes and seconds are counting down on the screen... And you are getting more and more nervous because it takes too long to start... What are they waiting for, it should have started twenty minutes ago!?
Method Man
2/5
01) Tical - 6,0
02) Biscuits - 6,0
03) Bring the Pain - 6,0
04) All I Need - 6,0
05) What the Blood Clot!?! - 5,5
06) Meth vs. Chef - 5,5
07) Sub Crazy - 5,5
08) Release Yo' Delf - 7,0
09) P.L.O. Style - 5,5
10) I Get My Thang in Action - 5,5
11) Mr. Sandman - 6,5
12) Stimulation - 5,5
13) Method Man (Remix) - 6,0
14) Bring the Pain (Remix) - 6,0
15) Release Yo' Delf (Prodigy Remix) - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,90 (59/100)
T. Rex
4/5
01) Mambo Sun - 9,0
02) Cosmic Dancer - 9,0
03) Jeepster - 9,0
04) Monolith - 9,0
05) Lean Woman Blues - 8,0
06) Get It On - 10,0
07) Planet Queen - 9,0
08) Girl - 8,0
09) The Motivator - 9,0
10) Life's a Gas - 8,5
11) Rip Off - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,73 (87/100)
Current ranking: 77/556
Billy Bragg
2/5
01) Greetings to the New Brunette - 6,5
02) Train Train - 7,0
03) The Marriage - 6,5
04) Ideology - 5,5
05) Levi Stubbs' Tears - 6,5
06) Honey, I'm a Big Boy Now - 5,5
07) There Is Power in a Union - 6,0
08) Help Save the Youth of America - 6,5
09) Wishing the Days Away - 5,5
10) The Passion - 5,5
11) The Warmest Room - 6,0
12) The Home Front - 5,0
TOTAL: 6,00 (60/100)
Current ranking: 438/557
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
01) Ha Ha I'm Drowning - 7,0
02) Sleeping Gas - 6,5
03) Treason - 6,5
04) Second Head - 6,5
05) Poppies in the Field - 6,5
06) Brave Boys Keep Their Promises - 7,0
07) Bouncing Babies - 6,0
08) Books - 6,0
09) Reward - 7,0
10) Kilimanjaro - 5,5
11) Strange House In The Snow - 5,5
12) Use Me - 5,5
13) Traison (C'est Juste Une Histoire) - 6,0
14) Sleeping Gas (Live at Club Zoo/1981) - 5,0
TOTAL: 6,18 (62/100)
Current ranking: 422/558
Cypress Hill
4/5
01) Pigs - 8,5
02) How I Could Just Kill a Man - 8,5
03) Hand on the Pump - 7,5
04) Hole in the Head - 8,0
05) Ultraviolet Dreams - 7,0
06) Light Another - 7,5
07) The Phuncky Feel One - 8,0
08) Break It Up - 7,5
09) Real Estate - 8,5
10) Stoned Is the Way of the Walk - 8,0
11) Psycobetabuckdown - 7,5
12) Something for the Blunted - 7,0
13) Latin Lingo - 8,0
14) The Funky Cypress Hill Shit - 7,5
15) Tres Equis - 7,0
16) Born to Get Busy - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,69 (77/100)
Current ranking: 226/559
Lucinda Williams
3/5
01) Right in Time - 7,5
02) Car Wheels on a Gravel Road - 7,0
03) 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten - 7,0
04) Drunken Angel - 6,5
05) Concrete and Barbed Wire - 6,0
06) Lake Charles - 6,0
07) Can't Let Go - 7,0
08) I Lost It - 6,5
09) Metal Firecracker - 6,0
10) Greenville - 6,0
11) Still I Long for Your Kiss - 6,0
12) Joy - 6,0
13) Jackson - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,46 (65/100)
Current ranking: 400/560
Mariah Carey
3/5
01) Honey - 8,5
02) Butterfly - 8,0
03) My All - 9,0
04) The Roof (Back In Time) - 7,5
05) Fourth of July - 6,0
06) Breakdown - 6,0
07) Babydoll - 5,5
08) Close My Eyes - 5,5
09) Whenever You Call - 6,0
10) Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise) - 7,0
11) The Beautiful Ones - 7,0
12) Outside - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,83 (68/100)
Current ranking: 367/561
R.E.M.
4/5
01) Radio Free Europe - 10,0
02) Pilgrimage - 8,5
03) Laughing - 8,0
04) Talk About the Passion - 8,0
05) Moral Kiosk - 8,5
06) Perfect Circle - 8,5
07) Catapult - 8,5
08) Sitting Still - 8,5
09) 9–9 - 8,0
10) Shaking Through - 8,5
11) We Walk - 8,0
12) West of the Fields - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,42 (84/100)
Current ranking: 114/562
The Prodigy
4/5
01) Intro - /
02) Break & Enter - 8,5
03) Their Law - 7,5
04) Full Throttle - 7,5
05) Voodoo People - 10,0
06) Speedway (Theme From Fastlane) - 7,0
07) The Heat (The Energy) - 7,0
08) Poison - 8,0
09) No Good (Start The Dance) - 10,0
10) One Love (Edit) - 9,0
11) The Narcotic Suite: 3 Kilos - 8,5
12) The Narcotic Suite: Skylined - 8,0
13) The Narcotic Suite: Claustrophobic Sting - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,21 (82/100)
Current ranking: 145/563
Beyoncé
4/5
01) Pretty Hurts - 10,0
02) Haunted - 8,5
03) Drunk In Love - 10,0
04) Blow - 8,5
05) No Angel - 8,0
06) Partition - 9,0
07) Jealous - 9,0
08) Rocket - 8,5
09) Mine - 7,5
10) XO - 10,0
11) Flawless - 8,0
12) Superpower - 8,5
13) Heaven - 7,5
14) Blue - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,64 (86/100)
Current ranking: 87/564
Maxwell
3/5
01) The Urban Theme - 7,0
02) Welcome - 7,0
03) Sumthin' Sumthin' - 7,5
04) Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) - 7,5
05) Dancewitme - 7,0
06) ...Til the Cops Come Knockin' - 7,5
07) Whenever Wherever Whatever - 6,5
08) Lonely's the Only Company (I & II) - 6,5
09) Reunion - 6,5
10) Suitelady (The Proposal Jam) - 7,0
11) The Suite Theme - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
Current ranking: 346/565
Christina Aguilera
4/5
01) Stripped Intro - 6,0
02) Can't Hold Us Down - 9,0
03) Walk Away - 8,0
04) Fighter - 9,0
05) Primer Amor Interlude - /
06) Infatuation - 8,0
07) Loves Embrace Interlude - /
08) Loving Me 4 Me - 8,0
09) Impossible - 7,5
10) Underappreciated - 7,5
11) Beautiful - 10,0
12) Make Over - 8,0
13) Cruz - 7,0
14) Soar - 6,5
15) Get Mine, Get Yours - 7,5
16) Dirrty - 7,0
17) Stripped Pt. 2 - /
18) The Voice Within - 8,0
19) I'm OK - 7,5
20) Keep on Singin' My Song - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,74 (77/100)
Current ranking: 218/566
Tricky
4/5
01) Overcome - 8,5
02) Ponderosa - 8,5
03) Black Steel - 8,5
04) Hell Is Round the Corner - 9,5
05) Pumpkin - 8,5
06) Aftermath - 8,5
07) Abbaon Fat Track - 8,0
08) Brand New You're Retro - 8,5
09) Suffocated Love - 8,5
10) You Don't - 8,5
11) Strugglin' - 7,0
12) Feed Me - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,33 (83/100)
Current ranking: 130/567
The Smiths
4/5
01) The Queen Is Dead - 8,0
02) Frankly, Mr. Shankly - 7,0
03) I Know It's Over - 8,0
04) Never Had No One Ever - 8,0
05) Cemetry Gates - 8,5
06) Bigmouth Strikes Again - 10,0
07) The Boy with the Thorn in His Side - 10,0
08) Vicar in a Tutu - 7,5
09) There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - 10,0
10) Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,55 (86/100)
Current ranking: 99/568
The Roots
3/5
87) Phrentrow - /
88) Rock You - 7,0
89) !!!!!!! - /
90) Sacrifice - 7,5
91) Rolling with Heat - 6,5
92) WAOK (Ay) Rollcall - 3,0
93) Thought @ Work - 6,5
94) The Seed (2.0) - 10,0
95) Break You Off - 8,0
96) Water - 7,0
97) Quills - 6,5
98) Pussy Galore - 7,0
99) Complexity - 7,0
100) Something in the Way of Things (In Town) - 5,5
101) Rhymes and Ammo - 6,5
102) Thirsty! - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,75 (68/100)
Pavement
2/5
01) Silence Kid - 7,0
02) Elevate Me Later - 6,5
03) Stop Breathin - 5,5
04) Cut Your Hair - 6,0
05) Newark Wilder - 5,5
06) Unfair - 5,5
07) Gold Soundz - 6,0
08) 5-4=Unity - 7,0
09) Range Life - 6,5
10) Heaven Is a Truck - 5,5
11) Hit the Plane Down - 5,0
12) Fillmore Jive - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,92 (59/100)
Erykah Badu
3/5
01) Penitentiary Philosophy - 6,0
02) Didn't Cha Know? - 6,0
03) My Life - 6,5
04) ...& On - 6,5
05) Cleva - 6,5
06) Hey Sugah - /
07) Booty - 6,0
08) Kiss Me on My Neck (Hesi) - 6,0
09) A.D. 2000 - 6,0
10) Orange Moon - 6,5
11) In Love with You - 6,5
12) Bag Lady - 7,0
13) Time's a Wastin - 6,5
14) Green Eyes - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,31 (63/100)
Current ranking: 423/571
The Youngbloods
3/5
01) Darkness, Darkness - 9,0
02) Smug - 7,5
03) On Sir Francis Drake - 6,5
04) Sunlight - 8,0
05) Double Sunlight - /
06) Beautiful - 7,0
07) Turn It Over - /
08) Rain Song (Don't Let the Rain Bring You Down) - 6,5
09) Trillium - 6,5
10) Quicksand - 7,0
11) Black Mountain Breakdown - /
12) Sham - 7,0
13) Ride the Wind - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,20 (72/100)
Current ranking: 317/577
10cc
3/5
01) The Wall Street Shuffle - 7,0
02) The Worst Band in the World - 6,5
03) Hotel - 6,0
04) Old Wild Men - 5,5
05) Clockwork Creep - 5,5
06) Silly Love - 6,0
07) Somewhere in Hollywood - 6,5
08) Baron Samedi - 6,0
09) The Sacro-Iliac - 6,5
10) Oh Effendi - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,20 (62/100)
Little Richard
4/5
01) Tutti Frutti - 10,0
02) True, Fine Mama - 8,0
03) Can't Believe You Wanna Leave - 7,5
04) Ready Teddy - 8,0
05) Baby - 7,5
06) Slippin' and Slidin' - 8,0
07) Long Tall Sally - 8,5
08) Miss Ann - 7,5
09) Oh Why? - 8,0
10) Rip It Up - 8,5
11) Jenny, Jenny - 8,0
12) She's Got It - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)
Current ranking: 163/569
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
01) Bodies (Intro) - 6,0
02) Antoinette's Tale - /
03) Pick Up Your Feelings - 7,5
04) Ari's Tale - /
05) Put It Down - 7,0
06) On It - 7,0
07) Donna's Tale - 1,0
08) Price Tags - 6,5
09) Rashida's Tale - 1,0
10) Lost One - 6,5
11) Precious' Tale - /
12) The Other Side - 6,5
13) Amanda's Tale - /
14) Girl Like Me - 6,5
TOTAL: 5,55 (56/100)
Current ranking: 488/570
I don't rate songs shorter than a minute. Luckily, Rashida's and Donna's Tales are a bit longer, so I can happily lower this album's rating to 2.
Scott Walker
3/5
01) Jackie - 10,0
02) Best of Both Worlds - 8,5
03) Black Sheep Boy - 7,5
04) The Amorous Humphrey Plugg - 7,0
05) Next - 7,0
06) The Girls from the Streets - 7,0
07) Plastic Palace People - 7,0
08) Wait Until Dark - 6,5
09) The Girls and the Dogs - 10,0
10) Windows of the World - 6,5
11) The Bridge - 6,5
12) Come Next Spring - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,46 (75/100)
Current ranking: 271/575
The Beach Boys
3/5
01) Do You Wanna Dance? - 9,0
02) Good to My Baby - 8,5
03) Don't Hurt My Little Sister - 7,5
04) When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) - 7,5
05) Help Me, Rhonda - 9,0
06) Dance, Dance, Dance - 7,5
07) Please Let Me Wonder - 7,0
08) I'm So Young - 8,0
09) Kiss Me, Baby - 7,0
10) She Knows Me Too Well - 8,0
11) In the Back of My Mind - 7,0
12) Bull Session with the "Big Daddy" - 1,0
TOTAL: 7,25 (73/100)
Current ranking: 311/576
RIP Brian Wilson
Sepultura
1/5
01) Arise - 4,5
02) Dead Embryonic Cells - 4,0
03) Desperate Cry - 4,0
04) Murder - 3,0
05) Subtraction - 4,0
06) Altered State - 3,0
07) Under Siege (Regnum Irae) - 4,5
08) Meaningless Movements - 3,5
09) Infected Voice - 3,5
10) Orgasmatron - 4,0
TOTAL: 3,80 (38/100)
Current ranking: 565/578
The Stooges
3/5
01) Down On The Street - 7,0
02) Loose - 7,0
03) T.V. Eye - 6,0
04) Dirt - 6,5
05) 1970 - 6,0
06) Fun House - 5,5
07) L.A. Blues - 5,0
TOTAL: 6,14 (61/100)
Current ranking: 444/579
Count Basie & His Orchestra
2/5
01) The Kid from Red Bank - 5,5
02) Duet - 6,5
03) After Supper - 5,5
04) Flight of the Foo Birds - 5,0
05) Double-O - 5,5
06) Teddy the Toad - 5,5
07) Whirlybird - 5,0
08) Midnite Blue - 6,0
09) Splanky - 5,5
10) Fantail - 5,5
11) Li'l Darlin' - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,59 (56/100)
Current ranking: 490/580
Led Zeppelin
4/5
01) Custard Pie - 8,5
02) The Rover - 9,0
03) In My Time of Dying - 9,0
04) Houses of the Holy - 8,5
05) Trampled Under Foot - 9,0
06) Kashmir - 10,0
07) In the Light - 8,5
08) Bron-Yr-Aur - 9,0
09) Down by the Seaside - 8,5
10) Ten Years Gone - 8,5
11) Night Flight - 8,0
12) The Wanton Song - 8,0
13) Boogie with Stu - 8,0
14) Black Country Woman - 8,0
15) Sick Again 8,0
TOTAL: 8,57 (86/100)
Current ranking: 94/581
Lou Reed
4/5
01) Vicious - 9,0
02) Andy's Chest - 9,0
03) Perfect Day - 10,0
04) Hangin' 'Round - 8,0
05) Walk on the Wild Side - 10,0
06) Make Up - 8,0
07) Satellite of Love - 10,0
08) Wagon Wheel - 8,5
09) New York Telephone Conversation - 7,5
10) I'm So Free - 8,5
11) Goodnight Ladies - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,73 (87/100)
Current ranking: 77/582
3/5
01) Uncontrollable Urge - 7,0
02) (I Can't Get Me No) Satisfaction - 7,0
03) Praying Hands - 6,0
04) Space Junk - 6,0
05) Mongoloid - 7,5
06) Jocko Homo - 6,0
07) Too Much Paranoias - 6,0
08) Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy) - /
09) Come Back Jonee - 6,5
10) Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin') - 5,5
11) Shrivel-Up - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,40 (64/100)
Current ranking: 420/583
Taylor Swift
4/5
01) Willow - 10,0
02) Champagne Problems - 9,0
03) Gold Rush 8,0
04) Tis The Damn Season - 8,5
05) Tolerate It - 8,0
06) No Body, No Crime - 10,0
07) Happiness - 7,5
08) Dorothea - 8,0
09) Coney Island - 8,5
10) Ivy - 8,0
11) Cowboy Like Me - 8,0
12) Long Story Short - 8,0
13) Marjorie - 8,5
14) Closure - 8,5
15) Evermore - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,43 (84/100)
Current ranking: 117/584
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
01) Lively Up Yourself - 9,0
02) No Woman, No Cry - 10,0
03) Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) - 8,0
04) Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock) - 7,5
05) So Jah Seh - 7,5
06) Natty Dread - 7,5
07) Bend Down Low - 7,5
08) Talkin' Blues - 7,5
09) Revolution - 7,5
10) Am-A-Do - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,90 (79/100)
Current ranking: 203/585
John Lee Hooker
3/5
01) The Healer - 10,0
02) I'm in the Mood - 8,0
03) Baby Lee - 7,5
04) Cuttin' Out - 7,0
05) Think Twice Before You Go - 7,0
06) Sally Mae - 7,0
07) That's Alright - 6,5
08) Rockin' Chair - 6,0
09) My Dream - 7,0
10) No Substitute - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,25 (73/100)
Current ranking: 316/586
Christine and the Queens
4/5
01) Comme si - 8,0
02) Girlfriend - 10,0
03) The Walker - 9,0
04) Doesn't Matter - 9,0
05) 5 Dollars - 9,0
06) Goya Soda - 9,0
07) Damn (What Must a Woman Do) - 8,5
08) What's-Her-Face - 8,5
09) Feel So Good - 8,0
10) Make Some Sense - 8,5
11) The Stranger - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,68 (87/100)
Current ranking: 83/587
Patti Smith
3/5
01) Gloria: In Excelsis Deo - 8,0
02) Redondo Beach - 7,5
03) Birdland - 6,5
04) Free Money - 7,0
05) Kimberly - 7,5
06) Break It Up - 7,5
07) Land: Horses/Land Of A Thousand Dances - 7,0
08) Elegie - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,13 (71/100)
Drive Like Jehu
2/5
01) Here Come the Rome Plows - 5,5
02) Do You Compute - 5,0
03) Golden Brown - 5,0
04) Luau - 5,0
05) Super Unison - 5,0
06) New Intro - 5,0
07) New Math - 5,0
08) Human Interest - 5,0
09) Sinews - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,06 (51/100)
Heaven 17
3/5
01) (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang - 7,5
02) Penthouse and Pavement - 7,0
03) Play to Win - 6,5
04) Soul Warfare - 6,5
05) Geisha Boys and Temple Girls - 6,5
06) Let's All Make a Bomb - 7,0
07) The Height of the Fighting - 6,5
08) Song with No Name - 6,5
09) We're Going to Live for a Very Long Time - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,78 (68/100)
Ice Cube
3/5
01) The First Day of School (Intro) - 4,0
02) When Will They Shoot? - 6,0
03) I'm Scared (Insert) - 4,0
04) Wicked - 7,0
05) Now I Gotta Wet 'Cha - 6,5
06) The Predator - 6,5
07) It Was a Good Day - 7,0
08) We Had to Tear This Mothafucka Up - 7,0
09) Fuck 'Em (Insert) - 5,0
10) Dirty Mack - 6,5
11) Don't Trust 'Em - 6,5
12) Gangsta's Fairytale 2 - 6,5
13) Check Yo Self - 8,0
14) Who Got the Camera? - 7,0
15) Integration (Insert) - 4,0
16) Say Hi to the Bad Guy - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,09 (61/100)
Current ranking: 460/597
Marty Robbins
4/5
01) Big Iron - 8,5
02) A Hundred and Sixty Acres - 8,0
03) They're Hanging Me Tonight - 7,5
04) Cool Water - 8,0
05) Billy the Kid - 7,0
06) Utah Carol - 7,0
07) The Strawberry Roan - 7,5
08) The Master's Call - 7,0
09) Running Gun - 7,0
10) El Paso - 8,5
11) In the Valley - 7,5
12) The Little Green Valley - 7,0
13) The Hanging Tree - 8,0
14) Saddle Tramp - 7,5
15) El Paso (full lenght version) - /
TOTAL: 7,57 (76/100)
Current ranking: 257/598
Bert Jansch
2/5
01) Strolling Down the Highway - 6,0
02) Smokey River - 5,5
03) Oh How Your Love Is Strong - 5,5
04) I Have No Time - 5,0
05) Finches - 6,0
06) Veronica - 5,5
07) Needle of Death - 6,5
08) Do You Hear Me Now? - 6,0
09) Rambling's Gonna Be the Death of Me - 5,5
10) Alice's Wonderland - 5,0
11) Running From Home - 5,0
12) Courting Blues - 5,0
13) Casbah - 5,0
14) Dreams of Love - 5,5
15) Angie - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,83 (58/100)
Stereolab
3/5
01) Metronomic Underground - 7,0
02) Cybele's Reverie - 7,5
03) Percolator - 7,0
04) Les Yper-Sound - 7,5
05) Spark Plug - 7,0
06) OLV 26 - 7,0
07) The Noise of Carpet - 7,0
08) Tomorrow Is Already Here - 6,5
09) Emperor Tomato Ketchup - 7,0
10) Monstre Sacre - 6,5
11) Motoroller Scalatron - 7,0
12) Slow Fast Hazel - 7,0
13) Anonymous Collective - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,96 (70/100)
Big Star
2/5
01) Feel - 6,5
02) The Ballad of El Goodo - 6,5
03) In the Street - 6,0
04) Thirteen - 5,5
05) Don't Lie to Me - 5,5
06) The India Song - 6,5
07) When My Baby's Beside Me - 6,0
08) My Life Is Right - 5,5
09) Give Me Another Chance - 5,5
10) Try Again - 5,5
11) Watch the Sunrise - 6,0
12) ST 100/6 - 5,0
13) In The Street - 7,5
TOTAL: 5,96 (60/100)
M.I.A.
3/5
01) Bamboo Banga - 7,0
02) Bird Flu - 6,5
03) Boyz - 7,5
04) Jimmy - 8,0
05) Hussel - 6,5
06) Mango Pickle Down River - 6,5
07) 20 Dollar - 7,0
08) World Town - 7,0
09) The Turn - 7,5
10) XR2 - 6,0
11) Paper Planes - 10,0
12) Come Around - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,29 (73/100)
The Sugarcubes
3/5
01) Traitor - 6,5
02) Motorcrash - 7,0
03) Birthday - 8,0
04) Delicious Demon - 7,5
05) Mama - 6,5
06) Coldsweat - 7,0
07) Blue Eyed Pop - 7,0
08) Deus - 7,5
09) Sick for Toys - 6,5
10) Fucking in Rhythm & Sorrow - 6,5
11) Take Some Petrol Darling - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,86 (69/100)
Dirty Projectors
2/5
01) Cannibal Resource - 6,0
02) Temecula Sunrise - 5,0
03) The Bride - 5,0
04) Stillness Is the Move - 5,5
05) Two Doves - 6,5
06) Useful Chamber - 5,5
07) No Intention - 5,5
08) Remade Horizon - 5,5
09) Fluorescent Half Dome - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,56 (56/100)
Current ranking: 509/596
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
01) Strange Boys Play Weird Openings - /
02) Malibu Beach Nightmare - 6,5
03) Mental Beat - 6,0
04) Tooting Bec Wreck - 5,5
05) Until I Get You - 5,5
06) Sailing Down the Tears - 5,0
07) Lick Summer Love - 5,5
08) Beating Gets Faster - 5,5
09) Ice Cream Summer - 5,5
10) Back to Mystery City - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,56 (56/100)
Current ranking: 512/599
SAULT
3/5
01) Out the Lies - 4,0
02) Stop Dem - 7,5
03) Hard Life - 7,5
04) Don't Shoot Guns Down - 6,5
05) Wildfires - 8,0
06) X - 4,0
07) Sorry Ain't Enough - 7,5
08) Black Is - 6,0
09) Bow - 7,0
10) This Generation - /
11) Why We Cry Why We Die - 7,5
12) Black - 7,5
13) Us - /
14) Eternal Life - 8,0
15) Only Synth in Church - /
16) Monsters - 7,5
17) June Child - /
18) Miracles - 7,0
19) Hold Me - 7,0
20) Pray Up Stay Up - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,84 (68/100)
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
01) Silver - 7,0
02) Nocturnal Me - 7,5
03) Crystal Days - 7,0
04) The Yo Yo Man - 7,5
05) Thorn of Crowns - 7,0
06) The Killing Moon - 10,0
07) Seven Seas - 7,5
08) My Kingdom - 7,5
09) Ocean Rain - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,61 (76/100)
Willie Nelson
3/5
01) Stardust - 6,5
02) Georgia On My Mind - 7,0
03) Blue Skies - 6,5
04) All Of Me - 6,0
05) Unchained Melody - 6,5
06) September Song - 6,0
07) On the Sunny Side of the Street - 6,5
08) Moonlight in Vermont - 6,5
09) Don't Get Around Much Anymore - 6,0
10) Someone to Watch Over Me - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,35 (64/100)
The Boo Radleys
3/5
01) I Hang Suspended - 6,0
02) Upon 9th and Fairchild - 6,5
03) Wish I Was Skinny - 7,0
04) Leaves and Sand - 6,0
05) Butterfly McQueen - 6,0
06) Rodney King (Song for Lenny Bruce) - 6,5
07) Thinking of Ways - 6,0
08) Barney (...and Me) - 6,5
09) Spun Around - 5,5
10) If You Want It, Take It -6,0
11) Best Lose the Fear -6,5
12) Take the Time Around - 6,5
13) Lazarus - 7,0
14) One Is For - 6,5
15) Run My Way Runway - 5,0
16) I've Lost the Reason - 6,0
17) The White Noise Revisited - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,24 (62/100)
Current ranking: 451/603
Alice Cooper
3/5
01) School's Out - 8,5
02) Luney Tune - 7,5
03) Gutter Cat vs. the Jets - 6,5
04) Street Fight - 5,0
05) Blue Turk - 7,0
06) My Stars - 6,5
07) Public Animal #9 - 6,5
08) Alma Mater - 7,0
09) Grande Finale - 7,5
TOTAL: 6,88 (69/100)
Lightning Bolt
1/5
01) Hello Morning - 5,0
02) Assassins - 4,0
03) Dracula Mountain - 3,0
04) 2 Towers - 2,0
05) On Fire - 3,0
06) Crown of Storms - 4,0
07) Longstockings - 3,0
08) Wonderful Rainbow - 1,5
09) 30,000 Monkies - 1,0
10) Duel in the Deep - 1,0
TOTAL: 2,75 (28/100)
Current ranking: 599/605
What a f****ng noise...
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
01) Nights Introlude - 7,0
02) Dreddoverboard - 6,5
03) Pipes Honour - 7,0
04) Me + You - /
05) Stars - 6,5
06) Wait a Minute/Praying for a Jeepbeat - 6,0
07) Groove St. - 6,5
08) Time (To Listen) - /
09) (Man) Tha Journey - 6,5
10) Bless My Soul - 7,0
11) Cruise (Don't Stop) - 6,5
12) Mission Venice - 7,5
13) What I'm Feelin (Good) - 6,0
14) Rise - 6,5
15) Rise (Reprise) - 6,0
16) Gambia Via Vagator Beach - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,50 (65/100)
Current ranking: 425/606
Tom Tom Club
3/5
01) Wordy Rappinghood - 7,0
02) Genius of Love - 9,0
03) Tom Tom Theme - 5,5
04) L'éléphant - 7,0
05) As Above, So Below - 7,0
06) Lorelei - 6,5
07) On, On, On, On... - 6,5
08) Booming and Zooming - 6,0
09) Under the Boardwalk - 7,5
10) On, On, On, On... (Remix) - 7,0
11) Lorelei (Remix) - 7,0
12) Spooks (Single version) - 6,5
13) Elephant (Single version) - 6,0
14) (You Don't Stop) Wordy Rappinghood (Single version) - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,82 (68/100)
Current ranking: 395/607
Arcade Fire
5/5
01) Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - 9,0
02) Neighborhood #2 (Laïka) - 10,0
03) Une année sans lumière - 9,5
04) Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - 10,0
05) Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles) - 9,5
06) Crown of Love - 9,5
07) Wake Up - 10,0
08) Haiti - 10,0
09) Rebellion (Lies) - 10,0
10) In the Backseat - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,65 (97/100)
Current ranking: 15/608
With "The Suburbs" at #10 and "Neon Bible" at #25 you could say I'm a fan.
50 Cent
3/5
01) Intro - /
02) What Up Gangsta - 7,0
03) Patiently Waiting - 7,0
04) Many Men (Wish Death) - 7,0
05) In da Club - 10,0
06) High All the Time - 6,5
07) Heat - 7,0
08) If I Can't - 8,0
09) Blood Hound - 6,5
10) Back Down - 6,5
11) P.I.M.P. - 9,0
12) Like My Style - 6,5
13) Poor Lil Rich - 6,5
14) 21 Questions - 7,5
15) Don't Push Me - 6,0
16) Gotta Make It to Heaven - 6,0
17) Wanksta - 7,0
18) U Not Like Me - 6,5
19) Life's on the Line - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,03 (70/100)
Current ranking: 354/609
Grateful Dead
1/5
01) Dark Star - 5,0
02) St. Stephen - 5,0
03) The Eleven - 5,0
04) Turn On Your Love Light - 5,5
05) Death Don't Have No Mercy - 5,0
06) Feedback - 4,0
07) And We Bid You Goodnight - /
TOTAL: 4,92 (49/100)
One. Endless. Song.
N.W.A.
2/5
01) Straight Outta Compton - 6,0
02) Fuck tha Police - 6,5
03) Gangsta Gangsta - 6,0
04) If It Ain't Ruff - 6,0
05) Parental Discretion Iz Advised - 5,5
06) 8 Ball (Remix) - 6,0
07) Something Like That - 6,0
08) Express Yourself - 7,5
09) Compton's N the House (Remix) - 5,5
10) I Ain't Tha 1 - 6,5
11) Dopeman (Remix) - 5,5
12) Quiet on tha Set - 5,5
13) Something 2 Dance 2 - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,04 (60/100)
Current ranking: 475/611
Funkadelic
3/5
01) One Nation Under A Groove - 7,5
02) Groovallegiance - 7,0
03) Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?! - 7,5
04) Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers) - 7,0
05) Into You - 6,5
06) Cholly (Funk Getting Ready To Roll!) - 6,5
07) Maggot Brain/Chant (Think It Ain't Illegal Yet!) - 7,0
08) Lunchmeataphobia (Think! It Ain't Illegal Yet!) - 6,5
09) P.E. Squad/Doo Doo Chasers - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,94 (69/100)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
01) No Action - 6,5
02) This Year's Girl - 7,0
03) The Beat - 6,5
04) Pump It Up - 10,0
05) Little Triggers - 6,5
06) You Belong to Me - 6,5
07) Hand in Hand - 6,5
08) (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea - 7,0
09) Lip Service - 6,5
10) Living in Paradise - 6,5
11) Lipstick Vogue - 6,5
12) Night Rally - 6,5
13) Radio Radio - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,85 (69/100)
Current ranking: 389/613
"Pump It Up" is great, the rest is average...
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
01) The Shining - 7,5
02) Everybody's Stalking - 8,0
03) Bewilder - /
04) Fall in a River - 7,5
05) Camping Next to Water - 7,5
06) Stone on the Water - 7,5
07) Another Pearl - 7,0
08) Body Rap - /
09) Once Around the Block - 7,0
10) This Song - 7,0
11) Bewilderbeast - 7,5
12) Magic in the Air - 7,0
13) Cause a Rockslide - 7,0
14) Pissing in the Wind - 8,0
15) Blistered Heart - 7,0
16) Disillusion - 7,5
17) Say It Again - 7,0
18) Epitaph - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,31 (73/100)
Current ranking: 305/614
3/5
01) Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) - 7,5
02) I Really Don't Want to Know - 7,0
03) Tomorrow Never Comes - 7,0
04) There Goes My Everything - 7,5
05) The Shoe Goes on the Other Foot Tonight - 7,0
06) Saint to a Sinner - 6,5
07) The Devil Gets His Dues - 7,0
08) I Can't Keep Away from You - 7,0
09) I'm Living in Two Worlds - 7,5
10) Get Whatcha Got and Go - 7,0
11) Making Plans - 7,0
12) I Got Caught - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,08 (71/100)
Current ranking: 348/615
Billy Bragg
3/5
01) Walt Whitman's Niece - 7,0
02) California Stars - 7,5
03) Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key - 7,0
04) Birds and Ships - 6,5
05) Hoodoo Voodoo - 7,0
06) She Came Along to Me - 7,0
07) At My Window Sad and Lonely - 6,5
08) Ingrid Bergman - 6,5
09) Christ for President - 7,5
10) I Guess I Planted - 7,0
11) One by One - 6,5
12) Eisler on the Go - 6,0
13) Hesitating Beauty - 7,0
14) Another Man's Done Gone - 6,5
15) The Unwelcome Guest - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,80 (68/100)
Current ranking: 404/616
Venom
1/5
01) Black Metal - 4,0
02) To Hell and Back - 3,5
03) Buried Alive - 5,0
04) Raise the Dead - 4,5
05) Teacher's Pet - 4,0
06) Leave Me in Hell - 4,0
07) Sacrifice - 4,0
08) Heaven's on Fire - 3,5
09) Countess Bathory - 5,0
10) Don't Burn the Witch - 4,0
11) At War with Satan (Preview) - 1,0
TOTAL: 3,86 (39/100)
After the first song, I can already see that this will be a well-deserved one star album.
Black Sabbath
3/5
01) Black Sabbath - 7,5
02) The Wizard - 7,0
03) Behind the Wall of Sleep - 7,0
04) N.I.B. - 7,5
05) Evil Woman - 8,0
06) Sleeping Village - 7,5
07) Warning - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,43 (74/100)
Current ranking: 281/618
RIP Ozzy
Terence Trent D'Arby
4/5
01) If You All Get to Heaven - 7,5
02) If You Let Me Stay - 9,0
03) Wishing Well - 10,0
04) I'll Never Turn My Back on You (Father's Words) - 7,0
05) Dance Little Sister - 10,0
06) Seven More Days - 7,5
07) Let's Go Forward - 7,0
08) Rain - 10,0
09) Sign Your Name - 10,0
10) As Yet Untitled - 6,0
11) Who's Lovin' You - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,41 (84/100)
3/5
01) Prelude – Nothin' to Hide - 7,0
02) Nature's Way - 7,5
03) Animal Zoo - 7,5
04) Love Has Found a Way - 6,5
05) Why Can't I Be Free - 6,5
06) Mr. Skin - 7,0
07) Space Child - 7,0
08) When I Touch You - 7,0
09) Street Worm - 6,0
10) Life Has Just Begun - 6,5
11) Morning Will Come - 7,0
12) Soldier - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,88 (69/100)
Serge Gainsbourg
4/5
01) Melody - 8,0
02) Ballade de Melody Nelson - 8,5
03) Valse de Melody - 7,0
04) Ah ! Melody - 7,5
05) L'Hôtel particulier - 7,5
06) En Melody - 7,0
07) Cargo culte - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,57 (76/100)
Gang Starr
2/5
01) Name Tag (Premier & The Guru) - /
02) Step in the Arena - 6,0
03) Form of Intellect - 5,5
04) Execution of a Chump (No More Mr. Nice Guy Pt. 2) - 5,5
05) Who's Gonna Take the Weight? - 7,0
06) Beyond Comprehension - 5,5
07) Check the Technique - 6,0
08) Lovesick - 6,0
09) Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - 5,5
10) Game Plan - 4,0
11) Take a Rest - 5,5
12) What You Want This Time? - 6,0
13) Street Ministry - 5,5
14) Just to Get a Rep - 5,5
15) Say Your Prayers - 5,5
16) As I Read My S-A - 6,5
17) Precisely the Right Rhymes - 5,5
18) The Meaning of the Name - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,71 (57/100)
Current ranking: 516/621
Madonna
5/5
01) Like a Prayer - 10,0
02) Express Yourself - 10,0
03) Love Song - 9,5
04) Till Death Do Us Part - 9,5
05) Promise to Try - 9,5
06) Cherish - 10,0
07) Dear Jessie - 10,0
08) Oh Father - 10,0
09) Keep It Together - 9,5
10) Spanish Eyes - 10,0
11) Act of Contrition - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,73 (97/100)
Current ranking: 11/623
This was the first cassette I bought with my own money when I was 11 years old. It's still on the shelf with other cassettes, books, CDs... It has a very special place in my heart.
Q-Tip
3/5
01) Johnny Is Dead - 7,5
02) Won't Trade - 7,5
03) Gettin' Up - 8,0
04) Official - 7,5
05) You - 8,0
06) We Fight/We Love - 7,0
07) Manwomanboogie - 7,0
08) Move / Renaissance Rap - 7,0
09) Dance on Glass - 7,0
10) Life Is Better - 7,0
11) Believe - 7,0
12) Shaka - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,29 (73/100)
Current ranking: 318/624
Dolly Parton
3/5
01) The Pain of Loving You - 6,5
02) Making Plans - 6,0
03) To Know Him Is to Love Him - 7,0
04) Hobo's Meditation - 6,0
05) Wildflowers - 6,5
06) Telling Me Lies - 6,5
07) My Dear Companion - 6,5
08) Those Memories of You - 6,0
09) I've Had Enough - 5,5
10) Rosewood Casket - 5,5
11) Farther Along - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,14 (61/100)
Led Zeppelin
5/5
01) Immigrant Song - 10,0
02) Friends - 8,5
03) Celebration Day - 8,5
04) Since I've Been Loving You - 9,0
05) Out on the Tiles - 9,0
06) Gallows Pole - 9,0
07) Tangerine - 10,0
08) That's the Way - 10,0
09) Bron-Y-Aur Stomp -10,0
10) Hats Off to (Roy) Harper - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,25 (93/100)
Current ranking: 27/626
Pink Floyd
4/5
01) In the Flesh? - 8,5
02) The Thin Ice - 8,0
03) Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1 - 10,0
04) The Happiest Days of Our Lives - /
05) Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 - 10,0
06) Mother - 9,5
07) Goodbye Blue Sky - 9,0
08) Empty Spaces - 8,0
09) Young Lust - 9,0
10) One Of My Turns - 8,0
11) Don't Leave Me Now - 7,5
12) Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3 - 9,0
13) Goodbye Cruel World - 8,0
14) Hey You - 9,0
15) Is There Anybody Out There? - 8,5
16) Nobody Home - 8,0
17) Vera - 7,0
18) Bring the Boys Back Home - 6,0
19) Comfortably Numb - 10,0
20) The Show Must Go On - 8,5
21) In the Flesh - 8,0
22) Run Like Hell - 9,0
23) Waiting for the Worms - 7,0
24) Stop - /
25) The Trial - 5,0
26) Outside The Wall - 5,0
TOTAL: 8,15 (82/100)
Current ranking: 162/627
Too long, gets a bit boring.
Van Halen
3/5
01) Runnin' with the Devil - 7,0
02) Eruption - 6,0
03) You Really Got Me - 7,0
04) Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love - 7,5
05) I'm the One - 6,0
06) Jamie's Cryin' - 7,0
07) Atomic Punk - 6,0
08) Feel Your Love Tonight - 6,5
09) Little Dreamer - 7,0
10) Ice Cream Man - 6,0
11) On Fire - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,55 (66/100)
Current ranking: 439/628
Meh... Dad rock. And I mean oooold dad, because I'm as old as this album and this is really not my cup of tea...
Robert Wyatt
1/5
01) Heaps of Sheeps - 6,5
02) The Duchess - 4,0
03) Maryan - 5,0
04) Was a Friend - 4,5
05) Free Will and Testament - 5,0
06) September the Ninth - 4,0
07) Alien - 5,0
08) Out of Season - 4,5
09) A Sunday in Madrid - 5,0
10) Blues in Bob Minor - 6,5
11) The Whole Point of No Return - 4,5
TOTAL: 4,95 (50/100)
Current ranking: 588/629
Rod Stewart
3/5
01) Every Picture Tells a Story - 7,0
02) Seems Like a Long Time - 7,0
03) That's All Right / Amazing Grace - 5,5
04) Tomorrow Is a Long Time - 6,5
05) Henry - /
06) Maggie May - 10,0
07) Mandolin Wind - 7,5
08) (I Know) I'm Losing You - 6,5
09) (Find a) Reason to Believe - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,13 (71/100)
Current ranking: 348/630
Everything But The Girl
5/5
01) Before Today - 8,5
02) Wrong - 10,0
03) Single - 10,0
04) The Heart Remains a Child - 8,5
05) Walking Wounded - 10,0
06) Flipside - 8,5
07) Big Deal - 8,5
08) Mirrorball - 8,5
09) Good Cop Bad Cop - 8,0
10) Wrong (Todd Terry remix) - 10,0
11) Walking Wounded (Omni Trio remix) - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,95 (90/100)
Current ranking: 66/631
Destiny's Child
4/5
01) Independent Women Part I - 10,0
02) Survivor - 10,0
03) Bootylicious - 10,0
04) Nasty Girl - 8,5
05) Fancy - 7,5
06) Apple Pie à la Mode - 7,0
07) Sexy Daddy - 7,0
08) Independent Women Part II - 8,0
09) Happy Face - 8,0
10) Emotion - 10,0
11) Dangerously In Love - 7,0
12) Brown Eyes - 7,0
13) The Story of Beauty - 7,0
14) Gospel Medley - 6,5
15) Outro (DC-3) Thank You - 6,5
TOTAL: 8,00 (80/100)
Current ranking: 195/632
Goldfrapp
4/5
01) Clowns - 8,0
02) Little Bird - 8,5
03) Happiness - 10,0
04) Road to Somewhere - 8,0
05) Eat Yourself - 8,0
06) Some People - 7,5
07) A&E - 10,0
08) Cologne Cerrone Houdini - 8,0
09) Caravan Girl - 9,0
10) Monster Love - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,50 (85/100)
Current ranking: 111/633
5/5
01) Take a Bow - 9,0
02) Starlight - 10,0
03) Supermassive Black Hole - 10,0
04) Map of the Problematique - 9,5
05) Soldier's Poem - 8,5
06) Invincible - 10,0
07) Assassin - 8,0
08) Exo-Politics - 8,5
09) City of Delusion - 8,0
10) Hoodoo - 9,0
11) Knights of Cydonia - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,14 (91/100)
Current ranking: 40/634
Emmylou Harris
3/5
01) The Pearl - 7,5
02) Michelangelo - 7,5
03) I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now - 7,5
04) Tragedy - 8,0
05) Red Dirt Girl - 7,5
06) My Baby Needs a Shepherd - 7,0
07) Bang the Drum Slowly - 7,5
08) J'ai fait tout - 7,5
09) One Big Love - 7,0
10) Hour of Gold - 7,0
11) My Antonia - 8,0
12) Boy from Tupelo 7,0
TOTAL: 7,42 (74/100)
Current ranking: 295/635
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
01) Erdi - 6,0
02) Yer Bounda Fara - 6,0
03) Beto - 5,5
04) Savane - 6,0
05) Soya - 5,5
06) Penda Yoro - 5,5
07) Machengoidi - 5,0
08) Ledi Coumbe - 5,0
09) Hanana - 5,0
10) Soko Yhinka - 5,5
11) Gambari Didi - 5,0
12) Banga - 5,0
13) N'Jarou - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,42 (54/100)
Current ranking: 557/639
Beatles
5/5
01) Come Together - 10,0
02) Something - 10,0
03) Maxwell's Silver Hammer - 8,5
04) Oh! Darling - 10,0
05) Octopus's Garden - 9,5
06) I Want You (She's So Heavy) - 9,5
07) Here Comes the Sun - 10,0
08) Because - 8,5
09) You Never Give Me Your Money - 8,5
10) Sun King - 9,0
11) Mean Mr. Mustard - 8,5
12) Polythene Pam - 9,5
13) She Came In Through the Bathroom Window 9,5
14) Golden Slumbers - 10,0
15) Carry That Weight - 9,5
16) The End - 9,0
17) Her Majesty - /
TOTAL: 9,34 (93/100)
James Taylor
3/5
01) Sweet Baby James - 7,0
02) Lo and Behold - 6,5
03) Sunny Skies - 6,0
04) Steamroller - 6,5
05) Country Road - 7,0
06) Oh, Susannah - 7,0
07) Fire and Rain - 7,5
08) Blossom - 6,0
09) Anywhere Like Heaven - 6,0
10) Oh Baby, Don't You Loose Your Lip on Me - 6,0
11) Suite for 20 G - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,59 (66/100)
Chicago
3/5
01) Introduction - 6,0
02) Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? - 6,5
03) Beginnings - 7 0
04) Questuins 67 and 68 - 6,5
05) Listen - 6,0
06) Poem 58 - 6,0
07) Free Form Guitar 5,0
08) South California Purples - 6,5
09) I'm a Man - 7,0
10) Prologue, August 29, 1968 - /
11) Someday (August 29, 1968) - 5,5
12) Liberation - 5,0
TOTAL: 6,09 (61/100)
Thundercat
3/5
01) Rabbot Ho - /
02) Captain Stupido - 7,5
03) Uh Uh - 7,5
04) Bus in These Streets - 7,5
05) A Fan's Mail (Tron Song Suite II) - 7,0
06) Lava Lamp - 7,0
07) Jethro - 6,5
08) Day & Night - /
09) Show You the Way - 7,0
10) Walk on By - 6,5
11) Blackkk - 6,5
12) Tokyo - 7,0
13) Jameel's Space Ride - 7,5
14) Friend Zone - 6,5
15) Them Changes - 7,0
16) Where I'm Going - 7,0
17) Drink Dat - 6,5
18) Inferno - 6,5
19) I Am Crazy - /
20) 3AM - 6,5
21) Drunk - 6,5
22) The Turn Down - 6,5
23) DUI - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,83 (68/100)
Current ranking: 415/643
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
01) Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier - 7,5
02) A Design For A Life - 10,0
03) Kevin Carter - 8,5
04) Enola/Alone - 7,5
05) Everything Must Go - 8,5
06) Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky - 8,0
07) The Girl Who Wanted to Be God - 8,0
08) Removables - 7,5
09) Australia - 8,5
10) Interiors (Song for Willem de Kooning) - 7,0
11) Further Away - 7,0
12) No Surface All Feeling - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,00 (80/100)
Current ranking: 195/641
The Gun Club
3/5
01) Sex Beat - 6,5
02) Preaching the Blues - 6,5
03) Promise Me - 6,5
04) She's Like Heroin to Me - 6,5
05) For the Love of Ivy - 5,5
06) Fire Spirit - 6,0
07) Ghost on the Highway - 6,5
08) Jack on Fire - 6,0
09) Black Train - 6,0
10) Cool Drink of Water - 6,5
11) Goodbye Johnny - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,23 (62/100)
Current ranking: 482/645
Jane's Addiction
3/5
01) Stop! - 7,0
02) No One's Leaving - 6,0
03) Ain't No Right - 6,0
04) Obvious - 6,0
05) Been Caught Stealing - 7,5
06) Three Days - 5,5
07) Then She Did ... - 6,0
08) Of Course - 7,0
09) Classic Girl - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,39 (64/100)
Current ranking: 465/647
Traffic
3/5
01) You Can All Join In - 7,0
02) Pearly Queen - 6,5
03) Don't Be Sad - 6,5
04) Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring - 6,5
05) Feelin' Alright? - 7,5
06) Vagabond Virgin - 6,5
07) Roamin' Thru' the Gloamin' with 40,000 Headmen - 7,0
08) Cryin' to Be Heard - 7,0
09) No Time to Live - 6,5
10) Means to an End - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,70 (67/100)
Current ranking: 437/646
Gang Of Four
2/5
01) Ether - 6,5
02) Natural's Not in It - 6,5
03) Not Great Men - 6,0
04) Damaged Goods - 6,5
05) Return the Gift - 6,0
06) Guns Before Butter - 5,5
07) I Found That Essence Rare - 6,5
08) Glass - 6,5
09) Contract - 5,5
10) At Home He's a Tourist - 5,5
11) 5.45 - 5,45 :-)
12) Love Like Anthrax - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,00 (60/100)
Current ranking: 504/640
U2
4/5
01) Sunday Bloody Sunday - 10,0
02) Seconds - 8,5
03) New Year's Day - 10,0
04) Like a Song... - 8,5
05) Drowning Man - 8,5
06) The Refugee - 8,0
07) Two Hearts Beat as One - 8,5
08) Red Light - 8,5
09) Surrender - 8,5
10) 40 - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,75 (88/100)
Current ranking: 82/642
The Magnetic Fields
2/5
This is my 644th album and the first one I won't listen to, at least not in its entirety. 69 songs in 172 minutes, I mean, my life may be shit but I still value it more than dedicating three hours of it to this album. It's not worth it.
01) Absolutely Cuckoo - 6,0
02) I Don't Believe in the Sun - 5,5
03) All My Little Words - 7,5
04) A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off - 6,0
05) Reno Dakota - 5,5
06) I Don't Want to Get Over You - 6,0
07) Come Back from San Francisco - 6,0
08) The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side - 6,0
09) Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits - 6,5
10) The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be - 4,5
11) I Think I Need a New Heart - 5,0
12) The Book of Love - 5,5
13) Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long - 6,5
14) How Fucking Romantic - 3,0
15) The One You Really Love - 5,0
16) Punk Love - 1,0
17) Parades Go By - 5,5
18) Boa Constrictor - 4,0
19) A Pretty Girl Is Like... - 5,0
20) My Sentimental Melody - 5,0
21) Nothing Matters When We're Dancing - 5,5
22) Sweet-Lovin' Man - 6,5
23) The Things We Did and Didn't Do - 5,5
24-69) did not listen to - /
TOTAL: 5,33 (53/100)
Current ranking: 570/644
So, I decided to listen to Volume One only. Half of these songs sound like some kind of stupid nursery rhyme. Maybe I should have taken one rating off because I didn't listen to two thirds of the album, but I'll give them the benefit of a doubt. Things could only get worse...
The National
4/5
01) Terrible Love - 8,0
02) Sorrow - 8,0
03) Anyone's Ghost - 9,0
04) Little Faith - 7,5
05) Afraid of Everyone - 8,0
06) Bloodbuzz Ohio - 8,0
07) Lemonworld - 8,5
08) Runaway - 8,5
09) Conversation 16 - 8,0
10) England - 8,0
11) Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,18 (82/100)
The Stooges
3/5
01) 1969 - 9,0
02) I Wanna Be Your Dog - 9,0
03) We Will Fall - 6,5
04) No Fun - 8,0
05) Real Cool Time - 7,5
06) Ann - 7,0
07) Not Right - 6,5
08) Little Doll - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100)
Grateful Dead
2/5
01) Box of Rain - 6,5
02) Friend of the Devil - 6,0
03) Sugar Magnolia - 6,0
04) Operator - 7,0
05) Candyman - 5,5
06) Ripple - 6,0
07) Brokedown Palace - 6,0
08) Till the Morning Comes - 5,5
09) Attics of My Life - 5,5
10) Truckin' - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,00 (60/100)
Shivkumar Sharma
2/5
01) Rag Piloo - 6,5
02) Ahir Bhairav - 6,0
03) Nat Bhairav - 6,0
04) Rag Des - 6,0
05) Bhoop - 5,5
06) Rag Pahadi - 5,0
07) Bageshwari - 4,0
08) Ghara-Dadra - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,50 (55/100)
Current ranking: 563/651
Primal Scream
3/5
01) Burning Wheel - 7,5
02) Get Duffy - 7,0
03) Kowalski - 7,5
04) Star - 7,5
05) If They Move, Kill 'Em - 7,0
06) Out of the Void - 7,5
07) Stuka - 7,5
08) Medication - 7,5
09) Motörhead - 7,0
10) Trainspotting - 7,5
11) Long Life - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,32 (73/100)
Current ranking: 320/652
Eurythmics
5/5
01) Love Is a Stranger - 10,0
02) I've Got an Angel - 8,5
03) Wrap It Up - 8,5
04) I Could Give You (A Mirror) - 8,0
05) The Walk - 9,5
06) Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - 10,0
07) Jennifer - 9,0
08) This Is the House - 9,5
09) Somebody Told Me - 8,5
10) This City Never Sleeps - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,05 (91/100)
Current ranking: 53/653
Joni Mitchell
3/5
01) Court and Spark - 6,5
02) Help Me - 7,0
03) Free Man in Paris - 7,0
04) People's Parties - 5,5
05) The Same Situation - 5,5
06) Car on a Hill - 6,0
07) Down to You - 5,5
08) Just Like This Train - 5,5
09) Raised on Robbery - 7,0
10) Trouble Child - 6,0
11) Twisted - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,14 (61/100)
Current ranking: 498/654
2/5
01) The Once Over Twice - 6,5
02) We're Desperate - 6,0
03) Adult Books - 5,5
04) Universal Corner - 6,5
05) I'm Coming Over - 6,0
06) It's Who You Know - 5,5
07) In This House That I Call Home - 6,5
08) Some Other Time - 6,0
09) White Girl - 6,5
10) Beyond and Back - 5,5
11) Back 2 the Base - 5,5
12) When Our Love Passed Out on the Couch - 5,5
13) Year 1 - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,92 (59/100)
Current ranking: 527/655
Wire
2/5
01) Reuters - 6,5
02) Field Day for the Sundays - 6,5
03) Three Girl Rhumba - 6,0
04) Ex Lion Tamer - 6,0
05) Lowdown - 6,0
06) Start to Move - 6,0
07) Brazil - 5,5
08) It's So Obvious - 5,5
09) Surgeon's Girl - 5,5
10) Pink Flag - 5,0
11) The Commercial - 5,0
12) Straight Line 5,5
13) 106 Beats That - 5,0
14) Mr. Suit - 5,0
15) Strange - 5,5
16) Fragile - 5,5
17) Mannequin - 6,0
18) Different to Me - 5,0
19) Champs - 5,0
20) Feeling Called Love - 5,0
21) 12 X U - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,52 (55/100)
Current ranking: 566/656
Morrissey
4/5
01) Alsatian Cousin - 6,5
02) Little Man, What Now? - 7,5
03) Everyday Is Like Sunday - 10,0
04) Bengali in Platforms - 7,5
05) Angel, Angel Down We Go Together - 6,5
06) Late Night, Maudlin Street - 7,5
07) Suedehead - 10,0
08) Break Up the Family - 7,5
09) The Ordinary Boys - 7,0
10) I Don't Mind If You Forget Me - 7,5
11) Dial-a-Cliché - 7,5
12) Margaret on the Guillotine - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,71 (77/100)
Current ranking: 245/657
Sepultura
2/5
01) Roots Bloody Roots - 7,0
02) Attitude - 7,0
03) Cut-Throat - 6,5
04) Ratamahatta - 7,0
05) Breed Apart - 6,5
06) Straighthate - 6,0
07) Spit - 5,5
08) Lookaway - 6,5
09) Dusted - 5,5
10) Born Stubborn - 5,0
11) Jasco - 7,0
12) Itsári - 7,5
13) Ambush - 5,0
14) Endangered Species - 5,5
15) Dictatorshit - 3,0
16) Canyon Jam - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,03 (60/100)
Current ranking: 516/658
The Prodigy
5/5
01) Smack My Bitch Up - 10,0
02) Breathe - 10,0
03) Diesel Power - 10,0
04) Funky Shit - 9,5
05) Serial Thrilla - 9,5
06) Mindfields - 9,5
07) Narayan - 9,5
08) Firestarter - 10,0
09) Climbatize - 9,5
10) Fuel My Fire - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,70 (97/100)
Current ranking: 13/659
I'm the trouble starter, punkin' instigator
Psychosomatic, addict, insane
Blows your mind drastically, fantastically
Oh my god that's some funky shit!
Hookworms
3/5
01) Negative Space - 7,5
02) Static Resistance - 6,5
03) Ullswater - 7,0
04) The Soft Season - 6,5
05) Opener - 6,5
06) Each Time We Pass - 7,0
07) Boxing Day - 7,0
08) Reunion - 6,5
09) Shortcomings - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,83 (68/100)
The xx
5/5
01) Dangerous - 9,0
02) Say Something Loving - 9,0
03) Lips - 9,5
04) A Violent Noise - 9,0
05) Performance - 9,0
06) Replica - 9,5
07) Brave for You - 9,0
08) On Hold - 9,5
09) I Dare You - 9,5
10) Test Me - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,20 (92/100)
Current ranking: 35/661
Nick Drake
3/5
01) Introduction - 7,0
02) Hazey Jane II - 7,0
03) At the Chime of a City Clock - 7,5
04) One of These Things First - 6,5
05) Hazey Jane I - 6,5
06) Bryter Layter - 7,0
07) Fly - 6,0
08) Poor Boy - 6,5
09) Northern Sky - 6,0
10) Sunday - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,70 (67/100)
Current ranking: 444/662
Barry Adamson
2/5
01) Set the Controls for the Heart of the Pelvis - 7,5
02) Something Wicked This Way Comes - 8,0
03) The Vibes Ain't Nothin' but the Vibes - 7,0
04) It's Business as Usual - 4,0
05) Miles - 6,0
06) Dirty Barry - 4,5
07) In a Moment of Clarity - 5,0
08) Achieved in the Valley of Dolls - 7,0
09) Vermillion Kisses - 1,0
10) The Big Bamboozle - 7,0
11) State of Contraction - 6,0
12) The Sweetest Embrace - 7,5
13) Set the Controls Again - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,88 (59/100)
Current ranking: 540/663
George Michael
4/5
01) Faith - 10,0
02) Father Figure - 10,0
03) I Want Your Sex" (Parts 1 & 2) - 10,0
04) One More Try - 10,0
05) Hard Day - 7,5
06) Hand to Mouth - 8,0
07) Look at Your Hands - 7,0
08) Monkey - 8,0
09) Kissing a Fool - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,78 (88/100)
Current ranking: 83/664
The Beau Brummels
3/5
01) Are You Happy? - 7,5
02) Only Dreaming Now - 7,0
03) Painter of Women - 6,5
04) The Keeper of Time - 6,5
05) It Won't Get Better - 6,5
06) Nine Pound Hammer - 6,5
07) Magic Hollow - 6,5
08) And I've Seen Her - 6,5
09) Triangle - 7,0
10) The Wolf of Velvet Fortune - 6,0
11) Old Kentucky Home - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,64 (66/100)
David Holmes
3/5
01) Listen - /
02) My Mate Paul - 8,5
03) Let's Get Killed - 6,5
04) Gritty Shaker - 7,0
05) Head Rush on Lafayette - 6,0
06) Rodney Yates - 7,0
07) Radio 7 - 7,5
08) The Parcus & Madder Show - /
09) Slashers Revenge - 7,0
10) Freaknik - 6,0
11) Caddell Returns - 6,5
12) Don't Die Just Yet - 8,5
13) For You - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,05 (71/100)
Current ranking: 380/666
Steely Dan
3/5
01) Do It Again - 8,0
02) Dirty Work - 7,5
03) Kings - 7,0
04) Midnite Cruiser - 7,0
05) Only a Fool Would Say That - 7,0
06) Reelin' In the Years - 7,5
07) Fire in the Hole - 7,0
08) Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me) - 7,0
09) Change of the Guard - 7,0
10) Turn That Heartbeat Over Again - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,20 (72/100)
Current ranking: 350/667
The Jam
3/5
01) Pretty Green - 7,5
02) Monday - 7,0
03) But I'm Different Now - 6,5
04) Set the House Ablaze - 7,0
05) Start! - 7,5
06) That's Entertainment - 7,5
07) Dream Time - 7,0
08) Man in the Corner Shop - 7,0
09) Music for the Last Couple - 7,0
10) Boy About Town - 6,5
11) Scrape Away - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
Current ranking: 389/668
Killing Joke
3/5
01) Requiem - 7,5
02) Wardance - 7,0
03) Tomorrow's World - 6,5
04) Bloodsport - 7,0
05) The Wait - 7,0
06) Complications - 7,0
07) S.O.36 - 6,5
08) Primitive - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,88 (69/100)
Current ranking: 414/669
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
01) Perfect Skin - 7,0
02) Speedboat - 7,0
03) Rattlesnakes - 6,5
04) Down on Mission Street - 7,0
05) Forest Fire - 7,0
06) Charlotte Street - 7,0
07) 2cv - 6,5
08) Four Flights Up - 6,5
09) Patience - 7,0
10) Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken? - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,85 (69/100)
Current ranking: 425/670
Kate Bush
3/5
01) The Sensual World - 7,5
02) Love and Anger - 7,0
03) The Fog - 6,5
04) Reaching Out - 7,0
05) Heads We're Dancing - 7,0
06) Deeper Understanding - 7,5
07) Between a Man and a Woman - 7,0
08) Never Be Mine - 6,5
09) Rocket's Tail - 6,5
10) This Woman's Work - 7,5
11) Walk Straight Down The Middle - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,95 (70/100)
Current ranking: 403/671
Finley Quaye
3/5
01) Ultra Stimulation - 7,0
02 ) It's Great When We're Together - 6,5
03) Sunday Shining - 7,0
04) Even After All - 8,5
05) Ride On and Turn the People On - 6,5
06) The Way of the Explosive - 6,5
07) Your Love Gets Sweeter - 8,0
08) Supreme I Preme - 7,0
09) Sweet and Loving Man - 6,5
10) Red Rolled and Seen - 7,0
11) Falling - 6,5
12) I Need a Lover - 6,5
13) Maverick a Strike - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,92 (69/100)
Current ranking: 411/672
Magazine
3/5
01) Definitive Gaze - 8,0
02) My Tulpa - 7,0
03) Shot by Both Sides - 8,0
04) Recoil - 7,0
05) Burst - 7,0
06) Motorcade - 7,0
07) The Great Beautician in the Sky - 6,5
08) The Light Pours Out of Me - 7,5
09) Parade - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,33 (73/100)
Current ranking: 321/673
The Slits
2/5
01) Instant Hit - 6,5
02) So Tough - 6,0
03) Spend, Spend, Spend - 6,0
04) Shoplifting - 5,5
05) FM - 5,5
06) Newtown - 5,5
07) Ping Pong Affair - 6,0
08) Love und Romance - 5,5
09) Typical Girls - 6,5
10) Adventures Close to Home - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,85 (59/100)
Current ranking: 554/674
Ian Dury
2/5
01) Wake Up and Make Love with Me - 7,0
02) Sweet Gene Vincent - 5,0
03) I'm Partial to Your Abracadabra - 6,0
04) My Old Man - 5,5
05) Billericay Dickie - 4,0
06) Clevor Trever - 6,5
07) If I Was with a Woman - 5,0
08) Blockheads - 5,0
09) Plaistow Patricia - 5,0
10) Blackmail Man - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,40 (54/100)
Current ranking: 594/675
Really?
Johnny Cash
5/5
01) Wanted Man - 9,0
02) Wreck of the Old 97 - 8,5
03) I Walk the Line - 10,0
04) Darling Companion - 9,0
05) Starkville City Jail - 9,0
06) San Quentin - 9,5
07) San Quentin (Reprise) - 10,0
08) A Boy Named Sue - 10,0
09) (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley - 9,0
10) Folsom Prison Blues - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,25 (93/100)
Current ranking: 30/676
Michael Jackson
5/5
01) Bad - 10,0
02) The Way You Make Me Feel - 10,0
03) Speed Demon - 7,5
04) Liberian Girl - 10,0
05) Just Good Friends - 7,5
06) Another Part of Me - 10,0
07) Man in the Mirror - 10,0
08) I Just Can't Stop Loving You - 10,0
09) Dirty Diana - 10,0
10) Smooth Criminal - 10,0
11) Leave Me Alone - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,55 (96/100)
Current ranking: 19/677
Sonic Youth
3/5
01) 100% - 7,0
02) Swimsuit Issue - 6,5
03) Theresa's Sound-World - 6,5
04) Drunken Butterfly - 7,0
05) Shoot - 7,0
06) Wish Fulfillment - 7,0
07) Sugar Kane - 7,0
08) Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit - 6,5
09) Youth Against Fascism - 7,0
10) Nic Fit - 5,5
11) On the Strip - 7,0
12) Chapel Hill - 7,0
13) JC - 6,5
14) Purr - 7,0
15) Crème Brûlée - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,77 (68/100)
Current ranking: 445/678
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
01) Little Hands - 6,0
02) Cripple Creek - 6,5
03) Diana - 5,0
04) Margaret/Tiger Rug - 5,5
05) Weighted Down (The Prison Song) - 6,0
06) War in Peace - 5,0
07) Broken Heart - 5,5
08) All Come to Meet Her - 6,0
09) Books of Moses - 6,0
10) Dixie Peach Promenade (Yin for Yang) - 6,0
11) Lawrence of Euphoria - 5,0
12) Grey/Afro - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,71 (57/100)
Current ranking: 568/679
Ananda Shankar
3/5
01) Jumpin' Jack Flash - 7,5
02) Snow Flower - 6,5
03) Light My Fire - 7,5
04) Mamata (Affection) - 6,5
05) Metamorphosis - 6,0
06) Sagar (The Ocean) - 5,0
07) Dance Indra - 5,5
08) Raghupati- 5,5
TOTAL: 6,25 (63/100)
The Who
2/5
01) Overture - 5,5
02) It's A Boy - /
03) 1921 - 6,0
04) Amazing Journey - 6,0
05) Sparks - 5,5
06) The Hawker - 6,0
07) Christmas - 6,0
08) Cousin Kevin - 6,0
09) The Acid Queen - 6,0
10) Underture - 7,0
11) Do You Think It's Alright? - /
12) Fiddle About - 5,5
13) Pinball Wizard - 7,5
14) There's a Doctor - /
15) Go to the Mirror! - 6,0
16) Tommy Can You Hear Me? - 5,5
17) Smash the Mirror - 6,0
18) Sensation - 5,5
19) Miracle Cure - /
20) Sally Simpson - 6,0
21) I'm Free - 6,0
22) Welcome - 5,5
23) Tommy's Holiday Camp - 5,0
24) We're Not Gonna Take It - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,93 (59/100)
Current ranking: 545/681
Rock opera? I mean, coome oooon.... I hate musicals, this is boring as hell.
Brian Eno
2/5
01) Sky Saw - 6,0
02) Over Fire Island - 5,5
03) St. Elmo's Fire - 7,0
04) In Dark Trees - 6,0
05) The Big Ship - 5,5
06) I'll Come Running - 6,0
07) Another Green World - 5,0
08) Sombre Reptiles - 5,5
09) Little Fishes - 5,0
10) Golden Hours - 6,5
11) Becalmed - 5,5
12) Zawinul/Lava - 5,0
13) Everything Merges with the Night - 6,0
14) Spirits Drifting - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,68 (57/100)
Current ranking: 571/682
Genesis
2/5
Another rock opera? 94 minutes? Oh, help me Lord 🙄
01) The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - 6,0
02) Fly on a Windshield - 6,0
03) Broadway Melody of 1974 - 6,5
04) Cuckoo Cocoon - 6,5
05) In the Cage - 6,0
06) The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging - 5,5
07) Back in N.Y.C. - 5,5
08) Hairless Heart - 6,5
09) Counting Out Time - 6,0
10) Carpet Crawl - 7,0
11) The Chamber of 32 Doors - 6,0
12) Lilywhite Lilith - 5,5
13) The Waiting Room - 5,0
14) Anyway - 5,5
15) Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist - 5,5
16) The Lamia - 5,5
17) Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats - 5,0
18) The Colony of Slippermen - 5,0
a. The Arrival
b. A Visit to the Doktor
c. The Raven
19) Ravine - 3,0
20) The Light Dies Down on Broadway - 5,0
21) Riding the Scree - 4,0
22) In the Rapids - 5,0
23) it. - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,50 (55/100)
Current ranking: 593/683
What's the purpose of this album? How is this good to anyone?
Björk
4/5
01) Hidden Place - 9,0
02) Cocoon - 8,0
03) It's Not Up to You - 8,5
04) Undo - 7,5
05) Pagan Poetry - 8,5
06) Frosti - 7,5
07) Aurora - 8,0
08) An Echo, a Stain - 7,5
09) Sun in My Mouth - 7,5
10) Heirloom - 8,0
11) Harm of Will - 7,0
12) Unison - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,88 (79/100)
Current ranking: 228/684
Louis Prima
4/5
01) Medley: Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me) - 10,0
02) (Nothing's Too Good) For My Baby - 8,5
03) The Lip - 7,5
04) Body and Soul (instrumental) - 7,0
05) Oh Marie - 8,0
06) Medley: Basin Street Blues / When It's Sleepy Time Down South - 7,5
07) Jump, Jive an' Wail - 10,0
08) Buona Sera - 10,0
09) Night Train (instrumental) - 7,5
10) (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,40 (84/100)
Current ranking: 137/685
The Only Ones
2/5
01) The Whole of the Law - 6,5
02) Another Girl, Another Planet - 6,5
03) Breaking Down - 6,0
04) City of Fun - 6,0
05) The Beast - 6,0
06) Creature of Doom - 5,5
07) It's the Truth - 5,0
08) Language Problem - 5,0
09) No Peace for the Wicked - 5,5
10) The Immortal Story - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,80 (58/100)
Current ranking: 566/686
Richard Thompson
3/5
01) When I Get to the Border - 7,0
02) The Calvary Cross - 7,0
03) Withered and Died - 6,0
04) I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - 7,5
05) Down Where the Drunkards Roll - 6,0
06) We Sing Hallelujah - 6,5
07) Has He Got a Friend for Me - 6,5
08) The Little Beggar Girl - 6,0
09) The End of the Rainbow - 6,0
10) The Great Valerio - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,50 (65/100)
Current ranking: 478/687
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
01) Burn It Down - 6,5
02) Tell Me When My Light Turns Green - 6,0
03) The Teams That Meet in Caffs - 5,5
04) I'm Just Looking - 6,0
05) Geno - 8,0
06) Seven Days Too Long - 5,5
07) I Couldn't Help If I Tried - 6,0
08) Thankfully Not Living in Yorkshire It Doesn't Apply - 7,0
09) Keep It - 6,0
10) Love Part One - 5,0
11) There, There, My Dear - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,18 (62/100)
Current ranking: 515/688
Joy Division
4/5
01) Disorder - 8,0
02) Day of the Lords - 7,5
03) Candidate - 7,5
04) Insight - 7,5
05) New Dawn Fades - 8,5
06) She's Lost Control - 8,0
07) Shadowplay - 7,5
08) Wilderness - 7,5
09) Interzone - 7,5
10) I Remember Nothing - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,70 (77/100)
Current ranking: 256/689
Tangerine Dream
1/5
01) Phaedra - 5,0
02) Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares - 5,0
03) Movements of a Visionary - 4,0
04) Sequent C - 3,0
TOTAL: 4,25 (43/100)
Current ranking: 671/690
Kraftwerk
4/5
01) The Robots - 10,0
02) Spacelab - 8,0
03) Metropolis - 7,5
04) The Model - 10,0
05) Neon Lights - 8,0
06) The Man-Machine - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,58 (86/100)
Current ranking: 109/691
Fela Kuti
3/5
01) Let's Start - 6,5
02) Black Man's Cry - 6,5
03) Ye Ye De Smell - 6,5
04) Egbe Mi O (Carry Me I Want to Die) -6,5
TOTAL: 6,50 (65/100)
Current ranking: 480/692
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
01) Combination of the Two - 8,5
02) I Need a Man to Love - 8,5
03) Summertime - 10,0
04) Piece Of My Heart - 10,0
05) Turtle Blues - 8,0
06) Oh, Sweet Mary - 8,0
07) Ball and Chain - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,79 (88/100)
Current ranking: 84/693
01) Beautiful Day - 10,0
02) Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of - 10,0
03) Elevation - 10,0
04) Walk On - 10,0
05) Kite - 9,0
06) In A Little While - 9,5
07) Wild Honey - 9,0
08) Peace On Earth - 9,0
09) When I Look At The World - 9,0
10) New York - 9,0
11) Grace - 9,0
12) The Ground Beneath Her Feet - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,42 (94/100)
Current ranking: 22/694
The Undertones
3/5
01) More Songs About Chocolate and Girls - 7,0
02) There Goes Norman - 6,5
03) Hypnotised - 6,5
04) See That Girl - 6,5
05) Whizz Kids - 6,0
06) Under the Boardwalk - 7,0
07) The Way Girls Talk - 6,5
08) Hard Luck - 7,0
09) My Perfect Cousin - 10,0
10) Boys Will Be Boys - 7,0
11) Tearproof - 7,0
12) Wednesday Week - 8,0
13) Nine Times Out of Ten - 6,5
14) Girls That Don't Talk - 6,5
15) What's With Terry? - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,97 (70/100)
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
01) The Things That I Used to Do - 6,5
02) Blues Music - 6,5
03) Garbage Man - 6,0
04) Eyes Have Miles - 6,0
05) Baby's Got Sauce - 7,0
06) Rhyme for the Summertime - 6,0
07) Cold Beverage - 6,0
08) Fatman - 5,5
09) This Ain't Living - 6,0
10) Walk to Slide - 5,5
11) Shooting Hoops - 5,0
12) Some Peoples Like That - 5,0
13) Town to Town - 5,0
14) I Love You - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,79 (58/100)
Current ranking: 575/696
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
01) Stand! - 7,5
02) Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey - 6,5
03) I Want to Take You Higher - 7,5
04) Somebody's Watching You - 7,0
05) Sing a Simple Song - 7,5
06) Everyday People - 8,5
07) Sex Machine - 7,5
08) You Can Make It If You Try - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,44 (74/100)
Current ranking: 307/697
The Cure
3/5
01) One Hundred Years - 8,0
02) A Short Term Effect - 7,5
03) The Hanging Garden - 8,0
04) Siamese Twins - 7,0
05) The Figurehead - 7,0
06) A Strange Day - 8,0
07) Cold - 7,0
08) Pornography - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,31 (73/100)
Current ranking: 336/698
Frank Sinatra
3/5
01) In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning - 9,0
02) Mood Indigo - 8,0
03) Glad to Be Unhappy - 7,5
04) I Get Along Without You Very Well - 7,0
05) Deep in a Dream - 7,0
06) I See Your Face Before Me - 7,0
07) Can't We Be Friends? - 7,5
08) When Your Lover Has Gone - 7,0
09) What Is This Thing Called Love? - 7,0
10) Last Night When We Were Young - 6,5
11) I'll Be Around - 7,0
12) Ill Wind 7,0
13) It Never Entered My Mind - 6,5
14) Dancing on the Ceiling - 6,5
15) I'll Never Be the Same - 6,5
16) This Love of Mine - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,13 (71/100)
Current ranking: 379/703
Justin Timberlake
4/5
01) Señorita - 10,0
02) Like I Love You - 10,0
03) (Oh No) What You Got - 8,5
04) Take It from Here - 8,0
05) Cry Me a River - 10,0
06) Rock Your Body - 10,0
07) Nothin' Else - 7,5
08) Last Night - 7,5
09) Still on My Brain - 7,0
10) (And She Said) Take Me Now -7,5
11) Right for Me - 7,5
12) Let's Take a Ride - 7,5
13) Never Again - 6,0
TOTAL: 8,23 (82/100)
Current ranking: 171/701
The Who
3/5
01) Young Man Blues - 7,0
02) Substitute - 7,5
03) Summertime Blues - 7,5
04) Shakin' All Over - 7,5
05) My Generation - 6,0
06) Magic Bus - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,08 (71/100)
Current ranking: 387/705
Brian Eno
4/5
01) No One Receiving - 8,0
02) Backwater - 7,5
03) Kurt's Rejoinder - 7,5
04) Energy Fools the Magician - 8,0
05) King's Lead Hat - 9,0
06) Here He Comes - 8,0
07) Julie With... - 7,0
08) By this River - 7,0
09) Through Hollow Lands - 7,0
10) Spider and I - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,70 (77/100)
Janis Joplin
4/5
01) Move Over - 8,5
02) Cry Baby - 10,0
03) A Woman Left Lonely - 8,0
04) Half Moon - 7,5
05) Buried Alive in the Blues - 7,0
06) My Baby - 8,5
07) Me and Bobby McGee - 10,0
08) Mercedes Benz - 10,0
09) Trust Me - 8,0
10) Get It While You Can - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,50 (85/100)
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
01) Skunk - 5,5
02) Identify - 5,5
03) Wail - 5,0
04) Fuck Shit Up - 5,5
05) 2Kindsa Love - 6,0
06) Love All of Me - 5,5
07) Chicken Dog - 5,5
08) Rocketship - 5,5
09) Dynamite Lover - 5,5
10) Hot Shot - 5,0
11) Can't Stop - 7,0
12) Firefly Child - 6,0
13) Eyeballin - 5,5
14) R.L. Got Soul - 5,0
15) Get Over Here - 5,0
16) Sticky - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,50 (55/100)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
2/5
So I have a whole week of albums to catch up on and then I get this two-f**king hour country shit to start with... God give me the strength...
01) Grand Ole Opry Song - 5,5
02) Keep on the Sunny Side - 6,5
03) Nashville Blues - 7,5
04) You Are My Flower - 6,0
05) The Precious Jewel - 5,5
06) Dark as a Dungeon - 6,0
07) Tennessee Stud - 6,0
08) Black Mountain Rag - 6,5
09) Wreck on the Highway - 5,5
10) The End of the World - 5,0
11) I Saw the Light - 6,0
12) Sunny Side of the Mountain - 5,5
13) Nine-Pound Hammer - 6,0
14) Losin' You (Might Be the Best Thing Yet) - 6,5
15) Honky Tonkin' - 5,5
16) You Don't Know My Mind - 5,0
17) My Walkin' Shoes - 6,0
18) Lonesome Fiddle Blues - 6,0
19) Cannonball Rag - 6,0
20) Avalanche - 5,5
21) Flint Hill Special - 5,0
22) Togary Mountain - 5,0
23) Earl's Breakdown - 5,0
24) Orange Blossom Special - 5,0
25) Wabash Cannonball - 5,0
26) Lost Highway - 5,5
27) Doc Watson & Merle Travis First Meeting (Dialogue) - 1,0
28) Way Downtown - 5,5
29) Down Yonder - 5,0
30) Pins and Needles (In My Heart) - 5,5
31) Honky Tonk Blues - 5,5
32) Sailin' on to Hawaii - 5,0
33) I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes - 6,0
34) I am a Pilgrim - 5,5
35) Wildwood Flower - 7,5
36) Soldier's Joy - 5,0
37) Will the Circle Be Unbroken - 7,5
38) Both Sides Now - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,61 (56/100)
Current ranking: 592/699
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
01) Luv n' Haight - 6,5
02) Just Like a Baby - 7,5
03) Poet - 7,0
04) Family Affair - 9,0
05) Africa Talks to You 'The Asphalt Jungle' - 7,0
06) There's a Riot Goin' On - /
07) Brave & Strong - 7,0
08) (You Caught Me) Smilin' - 7,0
09) Time - 7,0
10) Spaced Cowboy - 7,5
11) Runnin' Away - 7,0
12) Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,23 (72/100)
Current ranking: 357/700
The Beach Boys
4/5
01) Wouldn't It Be Nice - 7,5
02) You Still Believe in Me - 8,0
03) That's Not Me - 7,5
04) Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) - 7,0
05) I'm Waiting for the Day - 7,0
06) Let's Go Away for Awhile - 7,0
07) Sloop John B - 8,5
08) God Only Knows - 10,0
09) I Know There's an Answer - 8,0
10) Here Today - 7,5
11) I Just Wasn't Made for These Times - 7,5
12) Pet Sounds - 8,0
13) Caroline, No - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,77 (78/100)
Current ranking: 249/702
Otis Redding
4/5
01) Ole Man Trouble - 8,0
02) Respect - 10,0
03) Change Is Gonna Come - 9,5
04) Down in the Valley - 8,0
05) I've Been Loving You Too Long - 9,0
06) Shake - 7,5
07) My Girl - 9,0
08) Wonderful World - 9,0
09) Rock Me Baby - 8,0
10) Satisfaction - 8,0
11) You Don't Miss Your Water - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,55 (86/100)
Current ranking: 116/704
fIREHOSE
2/5
01) Riddle of the Eighties - 6,0
02) In My Mind - 6,0
03) Whisperin' While Hollerin' - 5,5
04) Vastopol - 5,5
05) Más Cojones - 5,0
06) What Gets Heard - 6,0
07) Let the Drummer Have Some - /
08) Liberty for Our Friend - 6,5
09) Time With You - 5,5
10) If’n - 5,5
11) Some Things - 5,5
12) Understanding - 6,0
13) 'Nuf That Shit, George - /
14) The Softest Hammer - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,75 (58/100)
Current ranking: 588/709
Radiohead
4/5
01) 2+2=5 - 8,0
02) Sit Down. Stand Up. - 7,5
03) Sail to the Moon - 7,5
04) Backdrifts - 8,0
05) Go to Sleep - 8,0
06) Where I End and You Begin - 8,0
07) We Suck Young Blood - 7,5
08) The Gloaming - 7,5
09) There There - 9,0
10) I Will - 8,0
11) A Punchup at a Wedding - 8,5
12) Myxomatosis - 8,0
13) Scatterbrain - 8,0
14) A Wolf at the Door - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,96 (80/100)
Current ranking: 215/710
Holger Czukay
3/5
01) Cool in the Pool - 7,0
02) Oh Lord, Give Us More Money - 6,0
03) Persian Love - 7,5
04) Hollywood Symphony - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,50 (65/100)
Current ranking: 499/711
Tears For Fears
4/5
01) Shout - 10,0
02) The Working Hour - 7,0
03) Everybody Wants To Rule The World - 10,0
04) Mothers Talk - 7,5
05) I Believe - 7,0
06) Broken - 7,0
07) Head Over Heals - 7,0
08) Listen - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,81 (78/100)
Current ranking: 248/712
The Band
3/5
01) Tears of Rage - 7,0
02) To Kingdom Come - 6,5
03) In a Station - 6,5
04) Caledonia Mission - 6,5
05) The Weight - 9,0
06) We Can Talk - 7,0
07) Long Black Veil - 6,5
08) Chest Fever - 7,0
09) Lonesome Suzie - 6,5
10) This Wheel's on Fire - 7,0
11) I Shall Be Released - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
Current ranking: 409/713
Marvin Gaye
4/5
01) What's Going On - 10,0
02) What's Happening Brother - 8,0
03) Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky) - 7,0
04) Save the Children - 7,0
05) God Is Love - 7,0
06) Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - 10,0
07) Right On - 7,5
08) Wholy Holy - 7,0
09) Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,94 (79/100)
Current ranking: 220/714
OutKast
4/5
01) Intro - /
02) Gasoline Dreams - 7,5
03) I'm Cool - /
04) So Fresh, So Clean - 9,0
05) Ms. Jackson - 10,0
06) Snappin' & Trappin' - 7,0
07) D.F. - /
08) Spaghetti Junction - 7,0
09) Kim & Cookie - /
10) I'll Call Before I Come - 7,0
11) B.O.B. - 9,0
12) Xplosion - 8,0
13) Good Hair - /
14) We Luv Deez Hoez - 7,5
15) Humble Mumble - 8,0
16) Drinkin' Again - /
17) ? - 7,5
18) Red Velvet - 8,0
19) Cruisin' in the ATL - /
20) Gangsta Shit - 7,5
21) Toilet Tisha - 7,0
22) Slum Beautiful - 7,0
23) Pre-Nump - /
24) Stankonia (Stanklove) - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,75 (78/100)
Current ranking: 256/715
Femi Kuti
2/5
01) Wonder, Wonder - 6,5
02) Survival - 6,5
03) Frustrations - 6,0
04) Nawa (Intro) - /
05) Nawa - 6,0
06) Plenty Nonsense - 5,5
07) Stubborn Problems - 5,5
08) No Shame - 5,5
09) Live for Today - 5,5
10) Changes - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,83 (58/100)
Current ranking: 586/716
Pet Shop Boys
5/5
01) Being Boring - 10,0
02) This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave - 8,5
03) To Face the Truth - 8,5
04) How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously? - 10,0
05) Only the Wind - 8,5
06) My October Symphony - 8,0
07) So Hard - 10,0
08) Nervously - 8,5
09) The End of the World - 9,0
10) Jealousy - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,05 (91/100)
Current ranking: 59/717
CHVRCHES
4/5
01) The Mother We Share - 10,0
02) We Sink - 9,0
03) Gun - 8,5
04) Tether - 8,5
05) Lies - 9,0
06) Under the Tide - 8,0
07) Recover - 9,5
08) Night Sky - 8,0
09) Science/Visions - 8,0
10) Lungs - 8,0
11) By the Throat - 8,5
12) You Caught the Light - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,63 (87/100)
Current ranking: 103/718
James Brown
3/5
01) Introduction to James Brown and The Famous Flames - 5,5
02) I'll Go Crazy - 7,0
03) Try Me - 7,0
04) Think - 7,0
05) I Don't Mind - 7,0
06) Lost Someone - 7,0
07) Medley: Please, Please, Please/You've Got the Power/I Found Someone/Why Do You Do Me/I Want You So Bad/I Love You, Yes I Do/Strange Things Happen/Bewildered/Please, Please, Please - 7,0
08) Night Train - 7,5
TOTAL: 6,88 (69/100)
Current ranking: 440/719
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
01) Concrete Jungle - 8,5
02) Slave Driver - 8,0
03) 400 Years - 8,0
04) Stop That Train - 7,5
05) Baby We've Got a Date (Rock It Baby) - 7,5
06) Stir It Up - 8,5
07) Kinky Reggae - 8,0
08) No More Trouble - 7,5
09) Midnight Ravers - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,89 (79/100)
Current ranking: 238/720
Jeff Beck
3/5
01) Shapes of Things - 6,0
02) Let Me Love You - 7,0
03) Morning Dew - 6,5
04) You Shook Me - 6,5
05) Ol' Man River - 6,0
06) Greensleeves - 7,0
07) Rock My Plimsoul - 6,0
08) Beck's Bolero - 8,0
09) Blues De Luxe - 5,5
10) I Ain't Superstitious - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,40 (64/100)
Current ranking: 514/721
Snoop Dogg
3/5
01) Bathtub - 3,0
02) G Funk Intro - 7,0
03) Gin and Juice - 8,5
04) W Balls - /
05) Tha Shiznit - 7,5
06) Domino Intro - /
07) Lodi Dodi - 8,0
08) Murder Was the Case - 8,5
09) Serial Killa - 7,0
10) Who Am I? (What's My Name?) - 9,0
11) For All My Niggaz & Bitches - 7,0
12) Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None) - 7,0
13) Chronic Relief Intro - /
14) Doggy Dogg World - 7,5
15) Class Room Intro - /
16) Gz and Hustlas - 7,0
17) Checkin' - /
18) Gz Up, Hoes Down - 7,0
19) Pump Pump - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,21 (72/100)
Guns N' Roses
4/5
01) Welcome to the Jungle - 10,0
02) It's So Easy - 7,5
03) Nightrain - 7,5
04) Out ta Get Me - 7,0
05) Mr. Brownstone - 7,5
06) Paradise City - 10,0
07) My Michelle - 8,0
08) Think About You - 7,0
09) Sweet Child o' Mine - 10,0
10) You're Crazy - 7,0
11) Anything Goes - 7,5
12) Rocket Queen - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,00 (80/100)
Current ranking: 209/723
Slipknot
1/5
Do I really need to listen to this? It's gonna be 1 star, I can tell you right away...
01) .execute. - 2,0
02) Gematria (The Killing Name) - 4,0
03) Sulfur - 5,0
04) Psychosocial - 6,0
05) Dead Memories - 6,0
06) Vendetta - 5,0
07) Butcher's Hook - 4,0
08) Gehenna - 5,0
09) This Cold Black - 4,0
10) Wherein Lies Continue - 4,0
11) Snuff - 6,5
12) All Hope Is Gone - 3,0
TOTAL: 4,54 (45/100)
Current ranking: 697/724
The Rolling Stones
3/5
01) Route 66 - 7,5
02) I Just Want to Make Love to You - 7,5
03) Honest I Do - 6,5
04) Mona (I Need You Baby) - 7,0
05) Now I've Got a Witness (Like Uncle Phil and Uncle Gene) - 5,5
06) Little by Little - 6,5
07) I'm a King Bee - 6,0
08) Carol - 6,0
09) Tell Me (You're Coming Back) - 7,5
10) Can I Get a Witness - 6,0
11) You Can Make It If You Try - 6,0
12) Walking the Dog - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,50 (65/100)
Current ranking: 505/725
The Coral
3/5
01) Spanish Main - 6,5
02) I Remember When - 7,0
03) Shadows Fall - 7,5
04) Dreaming of You - 9,0
05) Simon Diamond - 7,5
06) Goodbye - 8,0
07) Waiting for the Heartaches - 7,0
08) Skeleton Key - 6,0
09) Wildfire - 7,5
10) Bad Man - 7,0
11) Calendars and Clocks - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,32 (73/100)
Current ranking: 345/726
Marilyn Manson
2/5
01) Irresponsible Hate Anthem - 6,5
02) The Beautiful People - 7,0
03) Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World - 7,0
04) Tourniquet - 7,0
05) Little Horn - 5,5
06) Cryptorchid - 6,5
07) Deformography - 7,0
08) Wormboy - 6,5
09) Mister Superstar - 6,0
10) Angel with the Scabbed Wings - 5,5
11) Kinderfeld - 5,5
12) Antichrist Superstar - 5,0
13) 1996 - 5,0
14) Minute of Decay - 6,0
15) The Reflecting God - 6,0
16) Man That You Fear - 6,5
99) Empty Sounds of Hate - 3,0
TOTAL: 5,97 (60/100)
Current ranking: 574/727
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
01) Feel So Different - 8,0
02) I Am Stretched on Your Grave - 8,5
03) Three Babies - 8,5
04) The Emperor's New Clothes - 8,0
05) Black Boys on Mopeds - 8,0
06) Nothing Compares 2 U - 10,0
07) Jump in the River - 8,0
08) You Cause as Much Sorrow - 8,0
09) The Last Day of Our Acquaintance - 8,5
10) I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,30 (83/100)
Current ranking: 165/728
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
01) Broken English - 8,0
02) Witches' Song - 7,5
03) Brain Drain - 7,0
04) Guilt - 7,0
05) The Ballad of Lucy Jordan - 8,0
06) What's the Hurry - 6,5
07) Working Class Hero - 7,5
08) Why D'Ya Do It - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,31 (73/100)
Screaming Trees
3/5
01) Halo of Ashes -6,5
02) All I Know - 7,0
03) Look at You - 7,0
04) Dying Days - 6,5
05) Make My Mind - 6,5
06) Sworn and Broken - 6,5
07) Witness - 6,5
08) Traveler - 6,0
09) Dime Western - 6,5
10) Gospel Plow - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,60 (66/100)
Current ranking: 498/730
Pet Shop Boys
5/5
01) One More Chance - 8,0
02) What Have I Done to Deserve This? - 10,0
03) Shopping - 8,5
04) Rent - 10,0
05) Hit Music - 8,0
06) It Couldn't Happen Here - 8,0
07) It's a Sin - 10,0
08) I Want to Wake Up - 8,0
09) Heart - 10,0
10) King's Cross - 9,0
TOTAL: 8,95 (90/100)
Current ranking: 75/731
The Blue Nile
3/5
01) A Walk Across the Rooftops - 7,0
02) Tinseltown in the Rain - 6,5
03) From Rags to Riches - 6,0
04) Stay - 7,0
05) Easter Parade - 5,0
06) Heatwave - 6,5
07) Automobile Noise - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,36 (64/100)
Current ranking: 530/732
Gotan Project
4/5
01) Queremos Paz - 8,0
02) Época - 9,5
03) Chunga's Revenge - 8,0
04) Tríptico - 8,0
05) Santa María (del Buen Ayre) - 10,0
06) Una Música Brutal - 8,0
07) El Capitalismo Foráneo - 8,0
08) Last Tango in Paris - 8,0
09) La del Ruso - 8,0
10) Vuelvo al Sur - 9,0
TOTAL: 8,45 (85/100)
Current ranking: 137/733
Japan
4/5
01) Quiet Life - 10,0
02) Fall in Love with Me - 8,0
03) Despair - 8,0
04) In Vogue - 8,0
05) Halloween - 7,5
06) All Tomorrow's Parties - 7,5
07) Alien - 7,0
08) The Other Side of Life - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,88 (79/100)
Current ranking: 245/734
Iggy Pop
4/5
01) Sister Midnight - 8,0
02) Nightclubbing - 7,5
03) Funtime - 7,5
04) Baby - 7,5
05) China Girl - 8,0
06) Dum Dum Boys - 7,5
07) Tiny Girls - 7,5
08) Mass Production - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,56 (76/100)
Current ranking: 305/735
Beach House
4/5
01) Zebra - 7,5
02) Silver Soul - 8,0
03) Norway - 8,0
04) Walk In The Park - 7,5
05) Used To Be - 8,0
06) Lover Of Mine - 7,5
07) Better Times - 7,5
08) 10 Mile Stereo - 7,5
09) Real Love - 7,0
10) Take Care - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,55 (76/100)
Current ranking: 308/736
Leftfield
4/5
01) Release the Pressure - 8,5
02) Afro-Left - 8,0
03) Melt - 7,5
04) Song of Life - 8,0
05) Original - 7,5
06) Black Flute - 7,0
07) Space Shanty - 7,5
08) Inspection (Check One) - 7,5
09) Storm 3000 - 7,0
10) Open Up - 8,5
11) 21st Century Poem - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,64 (76/100)
Current ranking: 291/737
1/5
01) W.R.U. - 1,0
02) Chronology - 1,0
03) Word for Bird - 1,0
04) Good Old Days - 1,5
05) The Disguise - 1,0
06) Enfant - 1,0
07) Rejoicing - 1,0
08) Blues Connotation - 1,5
09) C. & D. - 1,0
10) Chippie - 1,5
11) Peace Warriors - 1,0
12) Ecars - 1,0
13) Feet Music - 3,0
14) Broad Way Blues - 3,0
15) Space Church - 1,0
16) Zig Zag - 1,0
17) Mob Job - 1,0
TOTAL: 1,32 (13/100)
Current ranking: 736/738
How can this even be called music? When the commercial started I thought for a second, this finally sounds ok, and then I realized I was listening to it on YouTube...
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
01) Albatross - 5,5
02) Memories - 5,0
03) Swan Lake - 6,5
04) Poptones - 5,0
05) Careering - 5,5
06) No Birds - 5,0
07) Graveyard - 5,0
08) The Suit - 4,5
09) Bad Baby - 4,5
10) Socialist - 5,0
11) Chant - 2,0
12) Radio 4 - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,79 (48/100)
Current ranking: 704/739
Aimee Mann
3/5
01) I Should've Known - 7,0
02) Fifty Years After the Fair - 6,5
03) 4th of July - 7,0
04) Could've Been Anyone - 7,0
05) Put Me on Top - 6,5
06) Stupid Thing - 7,0
07) Say Anything - 6,5
08) Jacob Marley's Chain - 6,0
09) Mr. Harris - 6,0
10) I Could Hurt You Now - 6,0
11) I Know There's a Word - 5,5
12) I've Had It - 6,5
13) Way Back When - 5,5
14) Nothing - /
TOTAL: 6,38 (64/100)
Current ranking: 534/740
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
01) Ramble Tamble - 8,0
02) Before You Accuse Me - 7,5
03) Travelin' Band - 7,0
04) Ooby Dooby - 7,0
05) Lookin' out My Back Door - 9,5
06) Run Through the Jungle - 8,0
07) Up Around the Bend - 8,5
08) My Baby Left Me - 7,0
09) Who'll Stop the Rain - 9,5
10) I Heard It Through the Grapevine - 8,0
11) Long As I Can See the Light - 8,5
TOAL: 8,07 (81/100)
Current ranking: 202/741
4/5
01) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 8,5
02) With a Little Help from My Friends - 10,0
03) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - 10,0
04) Getting Better - 8,5
05) Fixing a Hole - 8,5
06) She's Leaving Home - 9,5
07) Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! - 9,0
08) Within You Without You - 8,5
09) When I'm Sixty-Four - 8,5
10) Lovely Rita - 8,5
11) Good Morning Good Morning - 8,5
12) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) - 8,5
13) A Day in the Life - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,85 (89/100)
Current ranking: 82/742
The Cars
3/5
01) Good Times Roll - 8,0
02) My Best Friend's Girl - 8,0
03) Just What I Needed - 7,5
04) I'm in Touch with Your World - 6,5
05) Don't Cha Stop - 6,5
06) You're All I've Got Tonight - 7,0
07) Bye Bye Love - 7,0
08) Moving in Stereo - 7,0
09) All Mixed Up - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,17 (72/100)
Current ranking: 395/743
Stevie Wonder
5/5
01) Love's in Need of Love Today - 8,0
02) Have a Talk with God - 8,5
03) Village Ghetto Land - 8,0
04) Contusion - 8,0
05) Sir Duke - 10,0
06) I Wish - 10,0
07) Knocks Me Off My Feet - 8,5
08) Pastime Paradise - 10,0
09) Summer Soft - 8,5
10) Ordinary Pain - 8,5
11) Isn't She Lovely - 10,0
12) Joy Inside My Tears - 9,0
13) Black Man - 9,0
14) Ngiculela – Es Una Historia – I Am Singing - 8,5
15) If It's Magic - 8,0
16) As - 10,0
17) Another Star - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,97 (90/100)
Current ranking: 68/744
The Rolling Stones
4/5
01) Sympathy for the Devil - 10,0
02) No Expectations - 8,0
03) Dear Doctor - 8,0
04) Parachute Woman - 7,5
05) Jigsaw Puzzle - 8,0
06) Street Fighting Man - 8,0
07) Prodigal Son - 7,5
08) Stray Cat Blues - 8,5
09) Factory Girl - 8,0
10) Salt of the Earth - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,15 (82/100)
Current ranking: 190/745
Goldfrapp
4/5
01) Lovely Head - 10,0
02) Paper Bag - 9,0
03) Human - 9,5
04) Pilots - 9,0
05) Deer Stop - 7,5
06) Felt Mountain - 7,5
07) Oompa Radar - 7,0
08) Utopia - 10,0
09) Horse Tears - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,61 (86/100)
Current ranking: 113/746
Talking Heads
4/5
01) Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - 8,0
02) Crosseyed and Painless - 8,0
03) The Great Curve - 8,0
04) Once in a Lifetime - 10,0
05) Houses in Motion - 8,0
06) Seen and Not Seen - 7,5
07) Listening Wind - 8,5
08) The Overload - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,25 (83/100)
Current ranking: 177/747
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
01) Shining Star - 7,5
02) That's the Way of the World - 7,5
03) Happy Feelin' - 7,0
04) All About Love - 6,5
05) Yearnin' Learnin - 6,5
06) Reasons - 6,0
07) Africano - 5,5
08) See the Light - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,50 (65/100)
Current ranking: 521/748
John Martyn
2/5
01) Dealer - 6,5
02) One World - 5,5
03) Smiling Stranger - 5,5
04) Big Muff - 6,5
05) Couldn't Love You More - 6,0
06) Certain Surprise - 5,5
07) Dancing - 6,0
08) Small Hours - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,81 (58/100)
Current ranking: 620/749
Little Simz
3/5
01) Offence - 6,5
02) Boss - 5,5
03) Selfish - 7,5
04) Wounds - 7,0
05) Venom - 7,0
06) 101 FM - 7,0
07) Pressure - 6,5
08) Therapy - 6,5
09) Sherbet Sunset - 7,5
10) Flowers - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,75 (68/100)
Current ranking: 494/750
Bad Company
3/5
01) Can't Get Enough - 7,0
02) Rock Steady - 7,0
03) Ready for Love - 7,0
04) Don't Let Me Down - 7,5
05) Bad Company - 7,5
06) The Way I Choose - 7,0
07) Movin' On - 6,5
08) Seagull - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
Current ranking: 435/751
R.E.M.
5/5
01) Drive - 10,0
02) Try Not to Breathe - 8,5
03) The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite - 10,0
04) Everybody Hurts - 10,0
05) New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 - 8,5
06) Sweetness Follows - 9,0
07) Monty Got a Raw Deal - 8,5
08) Ignoreland - 8,5
09) Star Me Kitten - 8,5
10) Man On The Moon - 10,0
11) Nightswimming - 10,0
12) Find The River - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,21 (92/100)
Current ranking: 36/752
Love
2/5
01) Stephanie Knows Who - 6,5
02) Orange Skies - 6,5
03) ¡Que Vida! - 5,5
04) 7 and 7 Is - 6,5
05) The Castle - 6,0
06) She Comes in Colors - 6,5
07) Revelation - 4,0
TOTAL: 5,93 (59/100)
Current ranking: 604/753
Blur
5/5
01) Beetlebum - 10,0
02) Song 2 - 10,0
03) Country Sad Ballad Man - 9,5
04) M.O.R. - 10,0
05) On Your Own - 10,0
06) Theme from Retro - 8,5
07) You're So Great - 8,0
08) Death of a Party - 10,0
09) Chinese Bombs - 8,5
10) I'm Just a Killer for Your Love - 8,5
11) Look Inside America - 8,5
12) Strange News from Another Star - 8,5
13) Movin' On - 8,5
14) Essex Dogs - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,07 (91/100)
Current ranking: 58/754
Guided By Voices
2/5
01) A Salty Salute - 7,0
02) Evil Speakers - 6,5
03) Watch Me Jumpstart - 6,5
04) They're Not Witches - 6,0
05) As We Go Up, We Go Down - 6,0
06) (I Wanna Be a) Dumbcharger - 5,5
07) Game of Pricks - 7,0
08) The Ugly Vision - 5,5
09) A Good Flying Bird - 5,5
10) Cigarette Tricks - 2,0
11) Pimple Zoo - 5,0
12) Big Chief Chinese Restaurant - 4,0
13) Closer You Are - 5,5
14) Auditorium - 5,0
15) Motor Away - 5,0
16) Hit - 2,0
17) My Valuable Hunting Knife - 5,5
18) Gold Hick - 2,0
19) King and Caroline - 5,0
20) Striped White Jets - 6,0
21) Ex-Supermodel - 1,0
22) Blimps Go 90 - 6,0
23) Strawdogs - 5,0
24) Chicken Blows - 5,5
25) Little Whirl - 6,0
26) My Son Cool - 5,0
27) Always Crush Me - 5,5
28) Alright - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,09 (51/100)
Current ranking: 697/755
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At first you can still concentrate on listening, but then the songs start changing every thirty seconds or so. It's like someone in the passenger seat is constantly changing the radio stations on your car radio and it starts to get so annoying that you just want to throw them out of the car.
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
01) High Flyin' Baby - 8,0
02) City Lights - 7,0
03) Have You Seen My Baby? -7,0
04) Yesterday's Numbers - 7,0
05) Teenage Head - 6,5
06) 32-20 - 6,5
07) Evil Hearted Ada - 6,5
08) Doctor Boogie - 6,5
09) Whiskey Woman - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
Current ranking: 441/756
The Associates
2/5
01) Arrogance Gave Him Up - 6,0
02) No - 5,5
03) Bap de la Bap - 5,0
04) Gloomy Sunday - 5,5
05) Nude Spoons - 5,5
06) Skipping - 5,0
07) It's Better This Way - 5,5
08) Party Fears Two - 6,5
09) Club Country - 6,5
10) nothinginsomethingparticular - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,70 (57/100)
Current ranking: 637/757
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
01) Obatala - 7,0
02) Buffalo Gals - 7,0
03) Double Dutch - 7,5
04) El San Juanera - 3,0
05) Merengue - 6,5
06) Punk It Up - 6,5
07) Legba - 5,5
08) Jive My Baby - 5,5
09) Song for Chango - 5,0
10) Soweto - 5,5
11) World's Famous - 6,0
12) Duck for the Oyster - 4,0
TOTAL: 5,75 (58/100)
Current ranking: 632/758
Randy Newman
3/5
01) Sail Away - 7,0
02) Lonely at the Top - 6,5
03) He Gives Us All His Love - 6,0
04) Last Night I Had a Dream - 7,0
05) Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear - 5,5
06) Old Man - 6,0
07) Political Science - 5,5
08) Burn On - 5,5
09) Memo to My Son - 5,5
10) Dayton, Ohio – 1903 - 5,5
11) You Can Leave Your Hat On - 7,5
12) God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind) - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,08 (61/100)
Current ranking: 585/759
Soundgarden
3/5
01) Let Me Drown - 6,5
02) My Wave - 6,5
03) Fell on Black Days - 7,5
04) Mailman - 6,5
05) Superunknown - 6,0
06) Head Down - 7,5
07) Black Hole Sun - 10,0
08) Spoonman - 9,0
09) Limo Wreck - 7,5
10) The Day I Tried to Live - 8,0
11) Kickstand - 7,0
12) Fresh Tendrils - 6,5
13) 4th of July - 7,0
14) Half - 7,0
15) Like Suicide - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,27 (73/100)
Current ranking: 380/760
Sonic Youth
1/5
01) Teen Age Riot - 6,5
02) Silver Rocket - 5,5
03) The Sprawl - 5,0
04) 'Cross the Breeze - 5,0
05) Eric's Trip - 5,5
06) Total Trash - 5,0
07) Hey Joni - 5,0
08) Providence - 1,0
09) Candle - 6,0
10) Rain King - 5,0
11) Kissability - 5,0
12) Trilogy - 5,0
TOTAL: 4,96 (50/100)
Current ranking: 714/761