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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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My Bloody Valentine
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5 | 2.72 | +2.28 |
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Bone Machine
Tom Waits
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5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
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Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
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5 | 3.08 | +1.92 |
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Make Yourself
Incubus
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5 | 3.08 | +1.92 |
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You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
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5 | 3.08 | +1.92 |
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Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
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5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
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The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
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4 | 2.15 | +1.85 |
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Lost Souls
Doves
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5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
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Vespertine
Björk
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5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
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Close To The Edge
Yes
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5 | 3.19 | +1.81 |
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
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1 | 3.72 | -2.72 |
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Hotel California
Eagles
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1 | 3.6 | -2.6 |
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
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1 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
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Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
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1 | 3.13 | -2.13 |
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Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
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1 | 2.92 | -1.92 |
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Slayed?
Slade
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1 | 2.88 | -1.88 |
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
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2 | 3.87 | -1.87 |
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
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2 | 3.76 | -1.76 |
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Boston
Boston
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2 | 3.71 | -1.71 |
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Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
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1 | 2.7 | -1.7 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Radiohead | 3 | 5 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 2 | 5 |
| The Velvet Underground | 2 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 2 | 5 |
| Stevie Wonder | 2 | 5 |
| Elliott Smith | 2 | 5 |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 4.33 |
| Beatles | 3 | 4.33 |
| Björk | 3 | 4.33 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Blur | 3 | 1.67 |
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| Artist | Ratings |
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| The Who | 4, 5, 2 |
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Slade
1/5
this album was so boring and bland that it made me freak out about wasting my life.
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Duke Ellington
4/5
kept my attention throughout the entire album, which for jazz can sometimes be hard. it had a good mix of moods, and the energy in the crowd and voices you hear really add to it. not my favorite Duke Ellington project (Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is real hard to beat) but still a solid jazz album
JAY Z
3/5
I went into this album expecting great things since I’ve heard nothing but praise for it. What I got was a very mixed bag full of poorly aged parts. I’m shocked how it went back and forth between great song and terrible song. I would probably give it 3 and a half stars but idk how to do that on here
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
a few classic songs and then a ton of what i describe as swamp rock that has not aged too great in it's sound
Snoop Dogg
4/5
this album is very dated, but i found it's dated aspects entertaining. i think a big difference between my reaction to this dated type vs. jay z's blueprint was that this one felt more fun and less taking itself seriously. i'm sure that is because it is a debut rather than a career milestone, yet it still lended to a more enjoyable listening experience. this one is probably more like a 3.7 or whatever, but fuck fractions like that. four stars. i would for sure go back and spin this when i want some sorta goofy 90's G funk.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
i would for sure return to this later on. janis joplin has a very enthralling singing style that has gone on to influence so many people. this is one of those very influential albums that i do kind of see. the guitars are dope and i think like with Ellington at Newport the faux live setting adds extra energy.
ABBA
3/5
some classic singles for sure. ABBA is great at making fun, catchy pop songs, but the sequencing and album all together didn't hit for me.
Paul McCartney and Wings
5/5
This album completely took me by surprise. when i first got it, i was dissapointed. my last few albums hadn't been my favorites and after the weekend break i was hoping for something more modern. 41 minutes and a second later i had changed my mind. band on the run has some truly catchy, encapsulating 70's rock that is fun and a good time.
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
This album makes me want to chain-smoke a pack of American Spirit blues and get shit-faced on whiskey so bottom shelve that the liquor store worker has to fully bend over to even see where it is.
2/5
sometimes you hear an album that sounds very much of it's era, that perfectly makes sense in slotting into the musical canon in that time. this is one of those albums. some catchy stuff but overall not my favorite of the 90's/00's sound. some pretty good songs on it thought.
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Jack White
3/5
Blur
2/5
mid brit pop with some great songs springled in a real long album. they lose a star for being british and for bullying nardwuar.
Gorillaz
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
5/5
So so so good
Finley Quaye
4/5
The Streets
1/5
fuck british people.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Slint
3/5
Venom
3/5
it's alright
Various Artists
2/5
I didn’t listen to this one
Donovan
2/5
The Louvin Brothers
4/5
this album reminds me of walking in the middle of night in Fallout New Vegas. digitally wandering through the post-apocalyptic Mojave is such a powerful nostalgia for me that there was no way I could rate it less than three stars. it also reminded me of being high on kratom or a little tipsy while in my David Lynch and film noir class. that was also a real comfy time. Just hanging out a little intoxicated in a theater while watching old fifties and forties flicks.
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
this is an album i like more and more every time i listen to it. still my least favorite jimi, but like it's five stars
Garbage
3/5
Barry Adamson
2/5
what the hell is this
King Crimson
5/5
Nas
4/5
Badly Drawn Boy
4/5
some less sad elliot smith vibes with some alex g too
Primal Scream
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
honestly the bit where the prisoners are cheering during san quentin and how he playedc it twice earned an extra star. so good
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
New Order
3/5
The The
2/5
Charles Mingus
5/5
The Doors
3/5
solid 60's rock. the doors are alright. don't mind listening to them, but don't think i'll return to this album for a while
The Verve
3/5
i liked this one. didn't finish it but want to come back to it
Pretenders
4/5
pretty good 80's pop
Queens of the Stone Age
5/5
fucking dope ass album. weed really helped me with this one. if this was a number scale it would probably be an 8, but after all the bullshit these last few days it's a five star.
Eagles
1/5
something about the eagles annoy the shit out of me. it's music that i only like when driving at night in the desert. outside of that it does not fuck
The Who
4/5
when i was like 12 or 13 the who were one of my fav bands. never listened to this album though. i really liked it, nostalgia for the band for sure playing into it. i fucking hate the album art though
Wilco
5/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
these culture vulture pedophiles go hard sometimes
Pink Floyd
5/5
I still remember the time I listened to this for the first time on a greyhound to portland in like 2017. i feel like remembering when you listened to the album for the first time is a good sign that it's a five star
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
good vibes
The White Stripes
3/5
good garage rock revival, but idk i was a little bored. just not in the right mood for it i guess
Talking Heads
3/5
talking heads is a band that i'm not super keen on and sorta feel crazy for it just because of how hyped they are.
Deep Purple
3/5
decent jam rockish shit. not my thing, but i feel like my parents would love it. pretty good overall
Dagmar Krause
2/5
Like Moss Side Story, it's an album I would have never listened to on my own, and probably never will again, but glad that I did. it was a great little project about ww2 from a German civilian perspective. I loved the track "Song of a German Mother". truly moving shit.
Antony and the Johnsons
3/5
beautifl and deeply moving music. not really something i would listen to again, but for sure was quality. made me feel like i was at a gay bar at 1pm on a tuesday, with just me and a vocalist rehearsing.
Adele
3/5
21 has the same problem that Feel Good Inc. and Clint eastwood have. both of these gorillaz songs are awesome, but when you've heard them countless times without wanting to they lose most of their charm. most songs off this project are like that. if i was listening in 2011 or had back then i'm sure this would be higher. as it is, i only really vibed with the few songs that i hadn't heard too many times before.
Beck
3/5
some good weird shit that i vibed with at times. jack ass is a dope song.
Pink Floyd
5/5
this album has grown on me over time. still i think my third favorite pink floyd album, but a 5 star for sure. pink floyd is a band i cannot review without nostalgia goggles.
Big Star
3/5
some classic rock that had a certain spice to it taht made me like it more than normal
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
shit makes me feel like i'm an old man hanging out in a pixar film set in cuba playing chess or some shit. maybe just chatting with buddies i knew from the revolution.
Slade
1/5
this album was so boring and bland that it made me freak out about wasting my life.
Haircut 100
2/5
eh. good new wave, but kind of forgetablle. good music though.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
great cheesy 80's pop
Violent Femmes
4/5
another album that i've been meaning to check out for a while. so glad i did. it's great and full of character.
5/5
first listened to t his a bit ago and thought it was good, but not great. this listen changed that. what a blast.
Jeff Buckley
3/5
this is like a 3.9 stars for me or something. almost 4 stars. i'm going to listen to it a few more times, and i'm sure after listen four it'll be even at a five star. one of those albums you can tell will grow on you, but this early with it it's a three.
The Smiths
5/5
fucking awesome. hope Morrissey dies soon.
ABBA
4/5
I'm surprised how much I loved this album. it's almost a 5-star for me. I think it's just cause I don't have the Adele effect for this one where I've overheard most of the tracks like with the last ABBA album. great stuff.
Green Day
3/5
classic pop punk. cheesy, but good times
Doves
5/5
woah
Blur
2/5
fuck blur
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
some more classic indie rock garage rock revival from the early 00's.
The Specials
2/5
i can't stand it is a bop. the rest of it is eh.
The Flaming Lips
5/5
alternate reality neil young that decided to make experimental psych rock with his friends instead of folk music.
Scritti Politti
2/5
play that funky music white boy
Bob Dylan
5/5
i've learned and forgotten how to play a lot of these songs countless times. classic folk album for me.
The Cure
3/5
A forest is a classic, but I'm not crazy about the rest of the album, if I didn't already love the cure I could see myself giving this a lower score.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
like i said before, these culture vulture pedophiles know how to make/steal great music.
Death In Vegas
2/5
some cool stuff, but forgot i was listening to music half the time.
Basement Jaxx
1/5
not my favorite type of house. maybe if i was high out of my mind in some warehouse in a sketchy part of town i would vibe with it, but sober and in my room it's bleh.
Queen
3/5
eh? good i guess but i've heard bohemian rhapsody too many times in my life. weird in a good way.
The Waterboys
2/5
there were four songs i really liked, and the rest was boring.
Coldplay
4/5
is Coldplay cringe? absolutley. is this album a great time? yeah. coldplay did to Radiohead what Creed did to Nirvana and I'm not upset about it.
Donald Fagen
3/5
made me feel like i was cruising through a fictional city at 1 pm, a little drunk with no cars around and no chance of hurting anybody
Nick Drake
4/5
heartbreaking and comforting at the same time.
Leftfield
4/5
now THIS is my type of house music
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
i'm more of a mingus man myself, but it was a nice listen that soothed while i wrote and played games. nice stuff.
ZZ Top
2/5
this music that i think i can only fully understand if i peaked in 1988 when i was the popular high school quarterback, and now have an unfulfilling marriage and a queer art school son that i try to support but don't understand. that being said, it's pretty alright dad rock. not the best, not the worst.
Massive Attack
4/5
some good trip hop. not huge on the genre, but it was a solid 70 somethign out of 100 for me. massic attack has a charm to it that sucks me in a lot more than portishead.
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
I really liked this one! had a great energy to it that I dug much more than I expected. great stuff.
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
some really moving and beautiful instrumental music
Queen
2/5
I respect queen a lot, but for me so much of their music is in one ear and out the other.
The Incredible String Band
4/5
i like this hippie bullshit. kinda dragged at points but was pretty cool and way better than i expected.
The Beach Boys
3/5
it's pretty beach boys stuff that all blends together. somewhere between a two and three. it's good for what it is, but forgettable.
The Cure
5/5
one of my favorite albums of all time. easy 10/10 for me
PJ Harvey
3/5
better than the other pj harvey album. i liked it quite a bit.
Fugazi
4/5
foundational bit of music history. ian mackaye is the puppet master behind most alt genres. like a solid 80 something
Public Enemy
4/5
i feel like this one will grow on me. the political nature and energy in this makes it age a lot better than some other early 90's hip hop. glad to finally have a reason to check out public enemy.
Steely Dan
3/5
my preferred yacht rock. fuck the eagles, this is the music to listen to while wanting to pretend that you're rich in the 70's.
Elton John
3/5
a classic 70's album where there are like six or seven amazing songs and then a shit ton of bullshit dated shit. first four song run and the back little bit are 10/10.
The Rolling Stones
2/5
the organ tone is really nice and the production for 60's has a good crunch to it? idk if that makes sense. anyways boring music. saw two other reviews on here that said "if this wasn't the rolling stones it wouldn't be on the list" and another that said "it's just the stones covering black artists and not giving credit". yeah.
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Brian Eno
3/5
The The
4/5
i did not expect to like this one as much as i did. guess i'm just a sucker for anything with horns in it.
Thin Lizzy
4/5
The Black Keys
4/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
5/5
this is an amazing bit of ambient electronic awesome. if i heard this in 1976 it would have blown my fucking mind.
Giant Sand
4/5
a fun grab bag of late 90's sounds.
Nirvana
5/5
one of my favorite songs by nirvana is only on the deluxe edition (marigold - demo). it's a classic.
Christina Aguilera
2/5
the first disc was pretty good but the second half was boring as shitt and brings teh whole thing down
Michael Jackson
4/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
5/5
immaculate vibes
Beatles
3/5
Little Richard
3/5
it's like with the beatles or rolling stones self titled except for with soul.
N.E.R.D
3/5
not as boring as i thought it would be and had some catchy tracks.
Neil Young
5/5
Raekwon
4/5
Marty Robbins
4/5
American Music Club
3/5
some pretty nice alt country, alt rock, whatever you want to call it. the singer reminds me a lot of the ex singer of Black Country New Road, so it helped pull me in. i really liked this project, but sadly i don't see myself listening to a lot if it due to the lack of spotify presence.
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
fun hippie shit
Carpenters
3/5
the 70's version of Drake. it's nice, easy listening songs that are mostly forgettable. great if you just want "generic 70's pop", which i mean sometimes is the vibe.
The Byrds
4/5
The Isley Brothers
3/5
The Police
2/5
fuck this walmart new wave and dollar general reggae.
The Pharcyde
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
idk what to make of this one
Janelle Monáe
3/5
George Michael
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
part of me wants to go with a 2, the other part wants to go with a four, so i'll settle for a 4 or 5, so i'll settle for a 3
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
didn't like it as much as the other neil young album, but still had some bangers
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Common
5/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
it's got some good spots and the fact that never fade away is a cover blew my mind. had no idea one of the dead's most iconic songs came from the 50's.
Deep Purple
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
i knew i'd like this since c.r.e.a.m has been a mainstay on all my hip hop playlists since i was like 13. like slightly too many skits for my liking, but it does give teh album a vivid personality.
Fatboy Slim
4/5
good vibes
Jethro Tull
4/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
The Who
5/5
some of the catchiest songs about child abuse and molestation, murder, and cults that i've heard
2/5
Eh? It was nice but was kind of just background music. Maybe I would have liked it more if I wasn’t freaking out about my life while I listened to it
Guided By Voices
4/5
gen x alex g
Motörhead
3/5
fun metal that makes me feel like i'm in mad max or some shit.
Yes
3/5
don't like it as much as the other big one, but still some good prog rock
The Byrds
3/5
pretty hippie shit. not as interesting as the other birds album
Incubus
5/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
this shit feels crazy modern for the genre. never listened to sonic youth before and now i get at least part of the noise music legacy.
Talking Heads
2/5
still don't get talking heads. never thought i'd give an incubus record a 5 star and talking heads almost completely 2's across the board
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
take five is one of the most iconic jazz standards from this era. the other songs are great to.
Ash
3/5
fun enough
Oasis
3/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
Pixies
4/5
listened to this twice in a row. not really cause i loved it that much, but the fact that i could says something
Living Colour
2/5
classic rock and hard rock do nothing for me anymore
The Temptations
3/5
there are a few great bops on here. the rest is alright
Rocket From The Crypt
4/5
fun ska/garage punk that i enjoyed much more than i expected
Joan Baez
3/5
pleasant folk music
Funkadelic
4/5
maggot brain is an amazing song. the rest of the album is also good.
Turbonegro
2/5
in one ear and out the other
Don McLean
3/5
did not expect the rest of this album to be somewhat moody and personal singer songwriter tracks based on what the song "american pie" is and has become. the rest of it was alright.
Kanye West
5/5
i miss when kanye was just an asshole who thought he was a genius. this album is great, but a little self indulgent. runaway does not have to be 9 minutes long, or the weird gap between kanye's and rick ross' verses in devil in a new dress. still like a high 80 something though. maybe like an 87? 88?
Cream
3/5
fuck eric clapton. that being said, this is some fun 60's psych/blues rock.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
i've always heard about nick cave and the bad seeds but never actually listened to them. i liked it!
Sparks
2/5
it's alright. almost a three star-er, but not quite
The Who
2/5
it's good live blusey psych rock, but nothing i haven't heard other places many times before.
Talking Heads
3/5
The La's
2/5
another forgettable rock album with one iconic song on it and a ton of mid
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
it has some high spots but for the most part i'm not a huge fan of 80's hip hop. it's tricky is great and Run DMC changed music forever. still, doesn't mean i vibe with their sound.
Minutemen
2/5
didn't grab me as much as i hoped or expected it to. will give it a few more listens before comingg to my final view on it, but for now two stars. i respect it, that's for sure
LL Cool J
2/5
aged like milk, turning into a little moldy blank chedder cheese
Amy Winehouse
3/5
not a big fan of the do wop revival from this period, but this album had a few great songs on it. can see why millenials ate this shit up
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
cool to finally hear the airplane landing song that deafened countless people. not as good as loveless, but still a lot of great hazy proto shoegaze goodness
Bob Dylan
3/5
this album switches between touching ballads that get to your heart and the most boring generic blues bullshit. highlight is make you feel my love for sure. not gonna return to this one often aside for that one track. maybe a few of the other ballads.
Alice Cooper
2/5
much more interesting than i expected. still not my thing
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
i enjoyed the slower pace in this one. started strong but by the end i sorta lost interest. still solid
Nanci Griffith
4/5
good time of singer songwriter country. wonderful
Blue Cheer
2/5
i like the sound, but nothing makes me want to go back to it over other psych rock of the era
The Band
3/5
has some classic tracks and was fun
Mylo
4/5
fun
M.I.A.
4/5
a 2000's charli that raps as well. also paper planes is one of the best songs of the 00's
Dr. Octagon
1/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
never listened to joni mitchell before this. glad that i finally am cause this was great
Marvin Gaye
5/5
perfect album
Sade
5/5
auditory butter
Frank Sinatra
3/5
the eminem or elvis of jazz, except i'm happier listening to sinatra than either of those two for a full album.
the ultimate wife guy album.
i liked it.
Laibach
2/5
this is about what i'd expect from slovenian "cool" music in the eighties.
Aretha Franklin
3/5
Rahul Dev Burman
2/5
a few great songs and a ton of forgettable
John Coltrane
5/5
i now see why this is considered one of the best jazz records of all time.
Ghostface Killah
3/5
j dilla and mf doom production on the same album is crazy. over all though it's alright
William Orbit
2/5
you know chill electronic music ain't it when it doesn't even hit when baked
Arcade Fire
4/5
Neneh Cherry
4/5
fun 80's stereotype
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
alright early 90's alt rock
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
pretty nice swing
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
vibes
Megadeth
4/5
doesn't quite have teh same special sauce as master of puppets, but fucking slaps and is peak 80's/90's thrash cheesy fun
Metallica
5/5
one of the best thrash albums ever and one that got me into metal in general
Todd Rundgren
3/5
solid 70's pop
The Yardbirds
2/5
good 60's stuff but ultimately forgetable
2/5
blah punk
Bon Jovi
3/5
cheesiest 80's shit ever, but full of iconic songs
Talk Talk
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
a sonic baby blanket
Daft Punk
4/5
i prefer discovery, but this is still a great album
Einstürzende Neubauten
3/5
some pretty good early industrial
Björk
5/5
Hole
5/5
one of the best grunge projects i've heard
fIREHOSE
2/5
it's music alright
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
this album has some of the best rock songs of the 70's on it, some deep cut bangers, and a few truly annoying songs.
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
weirdo shit but cool. also apparently an important album or whatever
The Darkness
3/5
auditory tillamook
Foo Fighters
4/5
this actually goes hard. still think foo fighters is a cringe band, but this is a good album
The Kinks
3/5
The Lemonheads
4/5
very fun 90's indie stuff. nice mix of all sorts of sounds with jangly guitars all the way through
Cocteau Twins
4/5
vibes
Radiohead
5/5
The Go-Go's
3/5
decent jangly new wave shit
Iron Maiden
5/5
some dope early thrash
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
some great millenial indie music
Kanye West
4/5
there's a reason why this launched his career
Stevie Wonder
5/5
every one of these songs i think has become an iconic sample for some great song. as a whole i like innervisions a bit more just cause this one is a little long for my gen z brain, but still is rated accurately in the zeitgeist.
The United States Of America
4/5
this shit goes crazy for the 60's and i should give it a relisten later
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Dire Straits
1/5
rizzless grateful dead
4/5
this is pure cunt
The Sugarcubes
2/5
bjork's singing is good as always and teh tunes themselves were pretty eh
Blondie
2/5
fuck heart of glass. i've heard it a billion times at work
The Stone Roses
5/5
never listened to this before. now after looking up a little can't believe i never did. this shit is why i'm still doing this stuff
Willie Nelson
3/5
some great covers
Paul Simon
4/5
great vibes
Emmylou Harris
4/5
amazing production on this
The Only Ones
2/5
eh
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
proud mary is a 10/10 but other then that not ccr's best
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
i've tried listening to this one a few times but i always bounce off it. maybe i might return to it and it's nothing i hate, just not catching my ear
Billy Joel
4/5
listened to this right after paul simon's self titled. it's a good night of east coast white boy energy
Beatles
5/5
Bee Gees
3/5
some good shit. it lost me, then got me, then lost me again. it's a pretty good sixties beatles-like album that i enjoyed
Rod Stewart
2/5
oh wow more forgettable blues rock singer songwriter bullshit. who could've seen it coming.
The Zombies
4/5
classic 60's album
Megadeth
3/5
maybe four stars in actuality since it was pretty good, but just wasn't in the right mood
Big Star
4/5
Idk something about big star clicks for me more than other shit from this era. Same with the zombies. Hits different
Fiona Apple
4/5
banger after banger
Joe Ely
3/5
:)
Tom Waits
5/5
i recently watched the original creature from the black lagoon, and i imagine this is the type of music he would make
Eminem
1/5
life is too short to listen to a full eminem project
Dinosaur Jr.
5/5
N.W.A.
4/5
some of the best hip hop tracks of all time and changed the genre forever. that being said there are peltny of cheesy, poorly aged moments.
Waylon Jennings
4/5
Outlaw country owns
5/5
banger after banger
Fela Kuti
4/5
this album has a crazy lore that is awesome. i watched a video on it years ago, but didn't listen to it until now. so glad i did.
the baker solo at the end started to lose me, but the rest of it was solid.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
play that funky music white boy
Cocteau Twins
5/5
auditory bliss
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
right on, man
De La Soul
4/5
comfy
Aerosmith
2/5
sweet emotion and a few other are great but walk this way sucks ass
Rush
5/5
gamers rise up
Koffi Olomide
2/5
this album reminds me of a particular cafe in bandon oregon along the coast. it's a small tourist haven, a carbon copy of many such towns that you can find all along northern oregon's coast. white washed timber buildings splintered from years of harsh salt in the air and water. wind cuts it's path through everything.
The cafe was something you could find all over oregon back then. a funky little room in the upstairs of a building that hadn't changed in generations. bright wood making up the most of the furniture and wall trim.
i remember nursing my drink--most likely a latte with whole milk--and looking at a corkboard set up along the back wall. the entirety of the corkboard was taken up with a world map made sometime between 2000 and 2011. below the map was a simple proposition written in sharpie: where are you from? put a pin!
i remember spending minutes scanning the map. most points on the map made sense with plenty of pins cluttering California and the Pacific Northwest in it's entirety. most pins were placed all over the continental us. a friend of mine put their pin in their small alaskan home, adding to the collective project. there were only a few pins in alaska scattered around the massive state.
it was these outliers that fascinated me. every continent had a pin it somewhere, from england to japan, to argentina to zimbabwe. it seemed hundreds of people from across the globe had wandered into the little hole in the wall in a tourist afterthought for international travel.
i was struck with awe in the idea that people from such different walks of life had stood where i now was and marked their home. invisible threads spread across the earth that intersected in this homey bit of nowhere.
the music of koffi olomide reminds me of that connection. i don't know this man, or can speak the language that he speaks. but in this moment as i write, stoned and feverish, i feel connected. our threads intertwined through a fan project of a book most people will never read. a pin on the spotify listener map.
Björk
3/5
Lost in the dreamy, chilly soundscape of this album I can't help but be remembered by the fire and fury that often comes out of Bjork herself. Each and every time--at least that I've seen--has been well warranted. her anger at misogyny from the mainstream and the constant weird way people treat her. hell, a man she never knew killed himself and tried to kill her with him. A person deserves their anger after going through that.
one incident in particular stands out to me that was spun against Bjork where she attacked a reporter. at first, it was shown as a star acting crazy for no reason. Only later on was it revealed how this reporter had harassed her for days straight. is violence the best response? maybe not. but was it warranted? hell yes. those who pry at people's sanity like that for profit all need a good slap or two. Should that delivery driver have shot that YouTuber? probably not. but he did shoot low with no intent to kill. he got free for assault, instead getting ten years for firing into a populated place. that sounds about right.
Nina Simone
5/5
high priestess of soul for a reason
Lupe Fiasco
5/5
daydreaming has been one of my fav hip hop songs of all time for years. glad to finally listen to the whole project
Bauhaus
3/5
listened to this while watching the original dracula. good vibes
Guns N' Roses
3/5
this album is the magnum opus of butt rock. an album so devoid of anything other than the worst most annoying tendencies of 80's rock. an album that feels like a parody of the very genre it seeks to be apart of. it deserves five stars in it's effort to be the lowest common denominator, and one star for the void of any true meaning. an album of nothing and everything. the worst pop tendencies of metal and hard rock. truly garbage that stands as a monument to what the 80's were.
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
The Specials
4/5
ska will never die
Fun Lovin' Criminals
1/5
people of gen z, myself included, like to focus on all the cool music of the 90's. the shit that led to so many revolutionary genres, or was just stellar pop music. siv of time and all that. this is a grain i'm happy fell through the filter.
Miriam Makeba
4/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Elliott Smith
5/5
no longer my fav of his, but still the first half is perfect and the rest is amazing
Boston
2/5
very fun glam rock, but not my thing
Sister Sledge
4/5
There are certain things engrained in popular American culture that it hard to remember that there are so many different shades of grey in the world. one of these things is disco sucking.
for some much time it seems that disco has been seen as universally terrible, corny, cheesy, cringe, or whatever negative synonym for a bad fad your generation prefers. see, to me i always liked disco before i was taught it was bad. i went through that phase in teenage years when it's far easier to be a hater and go along with the crowd than stand by something like enjoying disco.
now that i've aged and learned more about the history of disco i can see the beauty and awesome nature of the genre. a group of persecuted people living in a horrific economic time and amidst the 60's hangover banding together and making a place of joy and happiness. to overcome the hurtles it can take to enjoy things when the world seems to be on fire.
i see the similarities in modern times. politics and climate look bleak. heavy effort is needed to help shape the world, but you can't always be doing political work. some times you gotta enjoy life, and in the face of rising fascist tides, to stay alive and enjoy your time on earth is radical.
Elliott Smith
5/5
always heard the big songs and loved figure 8, but never sat down and listened to this one. this is perfect
Randy Newman
2/5
Norah Jones
4/5
people keep calling this starbucks music in the reviews here. this is true, but not in the way they mean. to me it's the starbucks of my childhood. hot chocolate in december, before knowing the evils of the company or the poor quality of the drink. a warm blanket of an album.
Alice In Chains
5/5
first alice in chains album
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
pretty good 80's synth pop, but bored me here and there
Lauryn Hill
5/5
Arcade Fire
5/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Merle Haggard
2/5
The xx
5/5
peak indie tumblr album
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
i remember listening to dancing in the dark shortly after getting a job as a dishwasher.
I was a teenager, working for the first time in my life more days then not. long shifts that stretched into the night. several summer nights I'd stumble out of the kitchen at 1 or 2 am, alone in the streets stinking of rich people's leftovers. all the bites they didn't want splashed into my shirt.
I remember while adjusting to the daily grind feeling hopeless, depressed, and exhausted. Waiting around all day just to go to work at 5 and stay until whenever. one of those smokey summer afternoons before work, feeling the dread of an oncoming shift looming, I listened to dancing in the dark.
Hearing Springsteen describe the mundanity and routine of work life struck me. it may seem silly as others had worse jobs and in hindsight, I didn't work very much, but teenage hormones distort everything to life or death, best or worst. it was the worst, and hearing a man sing a song decades ago about the shitty grind resonated in my fresh entry into the work force. sometimes you spend all day scrubbing dishes for the wealthy, strain your body and inhale cleaning chemicals you should never get close to, and at the end of it feel numb with nothing to say.
The Doors
4/5
hands down my favorite doors project we've listened to on this website
The Velvet Underground
5/5
the quality of the music added with it's legacy makes this an easy five stars
Ray Price
2/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
5/5
i want to punch the asshole brothers in this band so bad. something about them pisses me off. Their little British faces trigger some nascent violent urge within.
that being said the music is pretty good.
Nirvana
5/5
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
iconic
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
i wrote a long diatribe fueled by weed and wine that i accidentally deleted. i liked this album.
Billy Bragg
4/5
reading the history of this album colared by entire reading of this album. it's great, but knowing it's woody guthrie lyrics taken into wilco and billy bragg's hands pushes it up a star.
AC/DC
3/5
out of all the butt rock, lowest common denominator rock that bigot dads like, this is one of the better ones.
Television
5/5
this one didn't click the first time i listened to it, so i'm glad i gave it another chahnce for this project. classic.
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Pixies
4/5
The Smiths
3/5
as a vegetarian i find this shit kinda annoying
Sex Pistols
5/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2/5
american girl is a classic song that feels comfy and nostalgic. the rest of the album is boomer heart land rock
Radiohead
5/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Carole King
5/5
listening to this album is like hearing a soundtrack for my childhood. i didn't know how prevalent carole king was in pop culture until this.
Elvis Presley
2/5
catchy thievery
Tears For Fears
5/5
glad i gave this one a relisten
CHVRCHES
4/5
Burning Spear
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
who gives a shit
Santana
3/5
1/5
i refuse to spend anymore time on the planet listening to blur by conscious choice
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Björk
5/5