Pretty tolerable up until that 17 minute noise track; that shit sucked. I was gonna give this a pretty high score before that, but it was pretty unlistenable afterwards. Peking O sounded like an auctioneer on coke who they pitched up a fuck ton in the studio, and while it did make for a pretty entertaining listening experience, wasn't a very good song. 3/10

Pretty strange, even for new wave. It was very good, but I don't know if I'd want to listen to these songs regularly. Dude's voice is kind of a lot to take in

Solid but not really my thing, didn’t listen to all the live versions of the songs because fuck that 6/10

Fun listen. Also I’m not gonna rate out of 10 anymore, my feelings on albums change so much after I rate them and I feel like a rating out of 5 is generally more accurate in the long run

It's pretty crazy how good these guys sound even when they're going for a significantly more mellow sound than what they're known for. Not usually a fan of the live albums on here, but this is really good

Almost sounds like Christmas music? Voice a little whiny at times. Overall fire

someone please take away this fucker's harmonica

aight

IM GONNA GETYAGETYAGETYAGETYA

If it weren't for the first few songs this would be an easy 10, like 8.5/10

Pretty fun to listen to but it does kinda trail off. Probably could've been a little shorter. 7/10

Dope voice and some great lyrics but her flow is kinda ass and I really did not enjoy listening to the songs. 4/10

Pretty cool guitar stuff and way more entertaining than I thought it'd be. Still a little repetitive. 5.5/10

I do not like this band and making me listen to them for over an hour made me very unhappy. 2/10

I'm not a huge fan of the whole punk/hard rock sound, but I liked the transition from super energetic to mellow and I was pretty into this one for most of the songs. 7/10

Nothing bad but nothing really stood out to me. Wouldn’t revisit. 4.5/10

The shout rapping is pretty corny when it’s not executed well, which happens a few times on the album, but overall the energy in this is great and the production is outstanding which made it a lot of fun to hear. 7/10

Holds up really well for a 30 year old album, and you can really hear the influence this has on a lot of indie today. 6.5/10

Didn’t expect the reggae vibe, but it actually worked pretty well and this was an overall enjoyable album. 7/10

Aight 5.5/10

A little derivative but overall just an enjoyable listen, 7.5/10

This is pretty interesting. The production is really good, and honestly id probably rate this album much higher if it were just instrumentals, but the singing is hot ass on pretty much every song. I dunno, maybe I just don’t like house music. 4/10 because the cover is dope

Oui oui baguette bonjour 8/10

Tough to rate because of nostalgia and it being the holiday season but the songs are good and Darlene goes hard

Solid but not really my thing, didn’t listen to all the live versions of the songs because fuck that 6/10

This is long and for sure has some filler stuff that probably could’ve been cut, but overall this is really good. 9/10

I was a lil busy listening to this so I didn't give it my full attention, but it sounded nice. Maybe I'll listen again. 6.5/10

Just sounds like exactly what I’d expect from 60s pop I guess. Not great, not bad. 5.5/10

Nothing super crazy or special here, but I enjoyed listening 7.5/10

There’s definitely some good and some bad on this album. I like the overall sound and most of the songs have a pretty cool vibe, but the song hospital illustrates everything I dislike about the album. Dude’s voice can be annoying as fuck at times, and he tries to do some weird, taylor swift like spoken word rap shit that just doesn’t work at all. Like a really shitty attempt to mimic Lou reed. However, the album is still kinda weirdly charming. I really don’t know how I feel about this. 5/10

This was good 8/10

This guy was fuckin it up on that sitar, but I’m not gonna rate it that high just because I don’t think it’s something I’d listen to again 6/10

Didn’t listen to the full 3 hour thing but the best of was pretty great 8.5/10

Masterpiece. 1/10

This one is hard to rate for me. Fantastic production, some of the best I’ve heard in a while, but I really dislike the way the beastie boys rap- the weird shout rapping just doesn’t do it for me. It ruins some of the songs that could be great if the rapping was at least bearable. 6.5/10

This is weird. It doesn’t sound that bad, but the thought of this old ass man trying to get with a middle schooler is pretty disgusting and kinda ruined the experience for me, even if it wasn’t a true story. 1/10

I enjoyed this, most of the songs were enjoyable to listen to and pretty entertaining. 7.5/10

Never been a huge fan of Simon or Garfunkel. Don’t hate their stuff, but never really got into it. This felt the same for me; nothing offensively bad, but nothing really blew me away. 5.5/10

I feel like I can only focus on listening to something like this for so long before I just kinda start to get bored and tune it out. Still good though. 6.5/10

Most of this wasn’t bad, however that second song “one two cha cha cha” was the closest I’ve been to just turning off one of these albums and not returning. That song was one of the most annoying things I’ve heard in a long time. Without that this is probably a 5 or 6, but that song makes it a 3/10

I really liked this. Great production, weird but catchy singing, upbeat and high energy. 9/10

This shit slapped. What was I thinking

This shit blew me away. There's not a single dull moment on this entire thing, which I really didn't expect going into a jazz album. Every instrument just feels like it plays its own role to perfection, and each time they busted out that guitar I nearly came. It also somehow felt like it just kept getting better as it went on. I think I need to listen to more jazz now. 10/10

This didn’t age super gracefully, but it is still good. 7/10

Thought this was gonna be one of those albums that’s only on here for that one huge song, but I was pleasantly surprised- this was great. I love some good disco. 8.5/10

Not bad, but nothing too special. 5.5/10

This did get a little boring after some time, but it's still relatively pleasant music that's nice to listen to, so 7.5/10

This had some fun stuff but it also had a fair amount of genuinely bad songs. Shit kinda sounds like if the red hot chili peppers had a baby with the beastie boys and that child grew up listening to Snoop Dogg. Overall this wasn't bad though; it would probably be 3 stars with no context, but I just feel like there are so many better alternative hip hop albums from the 90s through today that are both better and more influential than this. 4.5/10

7.5/10

Sounds super dated and her voice really doesn't do it for me. 4/10

I was kinda gone listening to most of this, but I remember feeling pretty similarly to his other album. Pretty good. Here comes the flood is a great song, but I think it was overall a slightly weaker album than so. 5.5/10

Just kinda boring, but not too bad. 5/10

Weird but nice voice, pretty good album. 7.5/10

Hard to understand without the context of Scott 1. 5.5/10

Not usually a fan of anything where the lead singer does a lot of screaming, but the instrumentals here were pretty dope and kinda saved this for me. Also pretty unique compared to the rest of these albums. 6/10

Did not expect to like this, but it fucked. 8/10

Did not fuck 3.5/10

Classic indie rock. Not a big fan of Stephen malkmus’s voice, but I’m still a little biased because of the influence this has had on the genre. 7/10

Not a bad song on this album (except maybe that last one). Also a great live album; really shows off her voice, a little bit of her personality, and makes you feel like you’re right there in the venue. 9.5/10

Similar feelings to that mamas and papas album. Old pop music just doesn't really do anything for me, and it's probably not something I'd listen to again, but it wasn't bad. 6/10

Lou reed’s talk singing misses quite a bit, but there are some bangers on this album and the songs all have fantastic production. I don’t know how to rate it since a good number of the songs are ass but a few are incredible, 8/10 I guess

First song sounds like a 10 year old trying to make a daft punk song in garage band but they don’t know how to start a new song so they just keep piling on to one with all their new ideas 4.5/10

Common isn’t the greatest rapper, but an album produced by j dilla and Kanye is gonna sound nice regardless. Really enjoyable and easy to listen to. 8/10

Pretty fun album, nothing stood out to me too much other than come on Eileen though. 5.5/10

Not good enough to be an hour long 3.5/10

Aight, just kinda blends in with all the other old ass pop music. Not bad, not great. 6/10

This entire album sounds like a truck commercial 5/10

I wanna have sex with marvin gaye after listening to this, so 8/10

Bjork weird as fuck but still pretty good. Throat singing song was one of the strangest I’ve ever heard. 7/10

Iconic album, but didn't really blow me away. 7.5/10

Not bad, but pretty long and nothing really stood out. I’m sure they could’ve found a better reggae album than this for the list. 5/10

Nostalgic, energetic, good indie pop. Parts sound like MGMT. Really enjoyed it 9/10

These songs all kinda sound like the same song, so it loses some points for that. That one song is pretty good though 8.5/10

Pretty tolerable up until that 17 minute noise track; that shit sucked. I was gonna give this a pretty high score before that, but it was pretty unlistenable afterwards. Peking O sounded like an auctioneer on coke who they pitched up a fuck ton in the studio, and while it did make for a pretty entertaining listening experience, wasn't a very good song. 3/10

Some good songs, some not good songs, but overall an enjoyable listen. Liked the weird trip hop shit they did on monsters, almost sounded like a Portishead song. Wasn't really paying attention to the lyrical content, which I'm sure was a selling point of the album, so can't really speak on that. 7/10

Pretty solid as far as old rock, but I don't understand why this list has so many live albums that just don't need to be here. 6.5/10

also solid 6.5/10

Probably the most elevator music sounding album I’ve ever heard. Fine, just not a very entertaining listen. 4.5/10

Every song just sounds so nice 9.5/10

Damn, this was really good. None of the songs were bad, and there were a few standouts that I really enjoyed. Obviously have never heard of these guys before this list, so I'm glad they made it 8/10

Old country is usually good, this is just that. Doesn’t seem to do anything too different or original, but sounds pleasant 7/10

Classic 9.5/10

Very pleasantly surprised by that first song, and otherwise a pretty good album 8/10

Pretty good 6.5/10

Shoegaze bible 10/10

Not at all what I expected, but pretty good 7/10

Nothing I can say that hasn’t been said

So average. Nothing stood out, no songs I'd want to revisit, but also not necessarily awful sounding. Just a boring album. 3/10

Feels like I've been handing out a lot of fives recently, but this album was great. Never been a huge fan of this kind of mellow old British rock, but something about this album had me vibing the whole time. Good mix of different stuff, and a bunch of great songs. 10/10

Super interesting stuff. Enjoyed the first listen but I don’t know if there are any songs I’d come back to. Pretty crazy that it came out in the 70s 6.5/10

This feels a little more generic and bland than the last arcade fire album, but it's still a generally enjoyable listen. 6/10

I typically like experimental stuff. This album does the experiment part well, but unfortunately just doesn’t sound good. 4/10

Fine, but repetitive and boring 4/10

Pretty surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Lots of catchy and well made songs 8.5/10

I was expecting a little more going into this since I'd heard a few of the songs and liked them, but the album had a lot of bad/ok songs with just a few standouts. 6/10

Really good 9.5/10

Generic and bland and pretty boring 3/10

I can definitely see the appeal here. This is one of the albums that’s really tough to rate for me, because I think it’s objectively good music, but isn’t something I’m super into. 6/10

Eh 5/10

Not my favorite, but enjoyable and easy to listen to 6.5/10

Every song just makes you happy. Dude on the guitar shredded. So enjoyable 9.5/10

Enjoyable album, although a little boring at times. Mr. Tambourine man is a banger though. I have listened to that song probably like 15 times today 8/10

First song was good. The rest were not. I don’t like this trend of albums putting their best song at the start; I know it made sense back in the day, but I hate the idea that when I’m listening to an album it probably won’t get better than the very first song. 4.5/10

Thought I'd dislike it, but I didn't. Hope it gets added back to spotify soon so I can listen some more. 7.5/10

I’m a beach house enjoyer. None of their music does anything too crazy and it all sounds pretty similar, but I like how calming and pleasant their sound is. 9/10

Bleh

Justin Timberlake is one of my least favorite artists of all time. He’s one of like 2 people on Spotify that I have the “don’t play this artist” turned on for. Why he has an album on this list is fucking beyond me; yeah he’s famous, but there are so many better r&b/pop albums from the 2000s to today. Honestly, I’d rather listen to just about any album than this. Plus, it was like an hour long. Also, what's going on on the album cover? Where is he? The moon? 1.5/10

This was crazy to get since I put an Elliott smith song on the music league like two days ago. He’s great, and this is a great album. 9.5/10

I was locked in on super auto pets listening to this, but I think it was pretty good. 8/10

Fine, but nothing here was super memorable outside of the album cover which is pretty cool. Is it wrong to rate an album higher for its cover? I don’t think so. 6/10

Solid, pretty fun listen 6/10

The original corny white dude. Not a bad rapper, but edgy for the sake of being edgy; misogynistic, homophobic, etc., so kinda hard to listen to. 3/10

Not the biggest fan of this, but I don’t really know why. The music is fine I guess, maybe it’s just the lead singer’s voice 5/10

HOW DOES IT JUST KEEP GOING? WHY WON'T IT END? WHY WOULD ANYONE EVER NEED TO LISTEN TO 2 FUCKING HOURS OF DRUM AND BASS WHY WHY WHY 3/10

Never really been into metal, thought that maybe this album would change that seeing as Metallica is one of the most acclaimed and famous bands of all time. There was some cool stuff, but I didn’t really enjoy listening to it 4/10

I think I’m becoming a Kinks fan. Also, this is one of those times again where I feel like this album is probably not as “good” as yesterday’s, but I still prefer this one. I’m a sucker for this kind of chilled out jangly sound. This is super close to a 5 for me. 8/10

Sounds super 80s, but not necessarily in a bad way. Solid, but there’s a lot out there that’s very similar but also just better 6/10

Part of me wants to give this a 10/10 because it’s hilarious. But also I’m pissed that out of all the hip hop albums that could’ve been chosen this somehow made it. HOW? This album is easily the least deserving of a spot of all the ones we’ve had so far. At least it was entertaining. Super easy 1/10, actually sounds like a middle schooler made it.

I'm a sucker for disco. I love the energy 7/10

Good album, enjoyable the whole way through, but maybe a little boring 7/10

I really liked this. The back half especially was super solid, and the last few songs were bangers. I just don’t think I can give this a 5 because the first half of the album wasn’t my favorite 8/10

This album is super famous, and for good reason. Just a great album the whole way through, and I love the cover. Super fitting 9/10

maybe my favorite album on the list thus far

I really want to give this a 5 because I think mgmt is great, but I feel like outside of the 3 or 4 standout songs the rest of the album is pretty weak. 8/10, but super close to 9

We’re really on a hell of a run right now. Another fantastic album (with another fantastic cover), just sounds so cool with the bass and the weirdly distant vocals 10/10

The songs were fine and I really liked the flute, but I guess I’m not a huge fan of prog rock. I think the songs just get kinda boring after a while 6/10

Not as good as rumors (duh) but still has some bangers. Sara and tusk are classics. Good album 8/10

Eh 4/10

I think I’m just a sucker for this type of stuff. I love hearing all the instruments working together, and I love the solos. Some great drumming on here too 8/10

Once again, prog rock doesn’t really do much for me, but this is still a great album. 8/10

alt bitch sent me a Spotify playlist bitch I’m from the hood do I look like I listen to bjonk

This seems like something I’d normally enjoy. Maybe I just wasn’t in the mood, but really not a huge fan of this 4/10

I feel the exact same way about Peter Gabriel as I did after listening to his other two albums. I can see the appeal, but this is not for me. Don’t think this one’s as good as So, but it’s definitely better than the other one. Giving it a lower score than both because I’m tired of getting Peter Gabriel albums 5/10

Not super into this, nothing about it really stood out to me. It does kinda rock at times though 6/10

Definitely pretty strange, but at least it was an interesting listen with a few really good songs. 8/10

Idk, maybe just not really for me. A few huge songs that I knew were pretty good, but even those bored me a little. Nothing besides fast car really stands out, just solid songwriting and decent music. Also max beat me on the review yesterday. Can’t let it happen again. 6/10

The Byrds go... country? I guess? Why did they do this? I enjoyed the sound on their last album, but I guess this one's good too. I just don't really get the pivot. 7/10

I hate war now 3/10

I had fun listening to this; I don’t know how many of these songs I actually want to listen to again, but I enjoyed the album 7/10

Really not a huge fan of shouting as a form of singing but despite that there are some good moments on this 5/10

Fuck off album generator 3/10

Some good and some bad. Outro seemed unnecessary and was not a fun listen 7/10

I enjoyed this. Felt longer than 52 minutes because a lot of the songs sounded the exact same, but still pretty good 7/10

Summary says the album is about how his son died, which obviously is very sad, but I couldn’t really get into the music. Weird voice 5/10

Not the biggest fan of Bruce Springsteen but this is solid. Born to run alone gets this at least a 4 7/10

I guess I don't like metal very much. I do think this was a little better than the metallica album though 4/10

Pretty good 7/10

Eh 5/10

Biggie is one of the greatest rappers ever, and this is his best work. Essential east coast hip hop. 9/10

Fuck off album generator <- wrote that before I listened. Leaving it because why am I being made to listen to 2 Iron Maiden albums in less than a week. That being said, this album was actually fine; thought I'd hate it like I do most other metal stuff, but I guess it was a bit more melodic or laid back or something because I really didn't mind most of it 6/10

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Alright I gotta rant a little. I’m getting sick of the metal pretty quickly - I think it’s mainly because it all feels the exact same to me. I’m probably only saying that because I lack knowledge of the genre and am biased against it not having listened to any metal growing up, but whatever. It’s just a bunch of dudes playing shit thats probably very technically difficult, but just doesn’t sound very good. If they’re so good at playing their instruments, why don’t they just make music that sounds good? And also, why call your band megadeth, is everyone in the band 13 years old? Do they think that sounds like a cool name? Grow up 3/10

Not the type of electronic/ambient that I'd usually listen to but still not bad 6/10

Did not know this album was on here. Obviously have heard a few of the songs, but none have ever really stuck out to me in the sea of generic corporate sounding pop music, and none stood out on this listen either. Reading that review back makes it seem like I hated this. I didn't, it's just kinda bland, especially for pop music 6/10

Was gonna comment on how similar this sounded to a talking heads album, but I guess eno helped produce it so that makes sense. I liked this more than the last Bowie album; the sound was a little strange overall but my issue with Bowie is typically that he just kinda bores me, and this was pretty entertaining. 7/10

I grew up listening to a lot of nick drake because my dad loved him, so I’m a little biased here, but this album is great. I think this and pink moon shaped my music taste quite a bit. Also northern sky is such a great song. 9/10

I’ve always thought that the rest of take me out doesn’t do the intro bit justice, but it’s still a good song. The rest of the album is fine. Really like the premise behind cheating on you, but the song unfortunately is forgettable. 5/10

This is probably the greatest rap album ever made, and one of my personal favorites. Deserves all the praise it gets 10/10

Had never really given any of Janelle Monae’s music a chance, but this was really good. 8/10

I guess people with German accents singing in English just doesn’t sound nice, because at its best this made me laugh and at its worst it sounded like tank battles

Fun listen. Also I’m not gonna rate out of 10 anymore, my feelings on albums change so much after I rate them and I feel like a rating out of 5 is generally more accurate in the long run

Talking heads if they had no idea how to make music? Not a big fan but points for creativity I guess

Alright, two awful albums in a row. Funny how we went from illmatic to this- one of the worst rap albums ever- so quickly. It’s actually beyond me how this made the list. Just for max, my rating out of 10 on this one is a 0. Shit sucks.

One of those albums that just sounds super 80s, but it also works very well here. Bunch of really good songs, good album, and I really cannot decide whether to give this a 4 or a 5.

Not bad, just got a little annoying to listen to after some time

Another just kinda boring but not bad 60s pop album. They all kinda sound the same to me

I had been meaning to listen to this, but not on Spotify, so I’d never gotten around to it. This was weird, and I’m not sure if I’d really want to go back to any of the songs, but I also thought it was pretty good. It felt like just the right amount of weird.

Never really been able to get into instrumental hip hop stuff. J dilla’s donuts is pretty good, but otherwise I just kinda find it boring. I tried to listen to this album a while back and didn’t really like it, this time around it was just whatever.

This was alright. Not great, not bad.

Another just kinda boring electronica album that doesn’t really stand out to me at all and is so mediocre that it makes me mad

This is some shit that I think people are either gonna really like or really dislike, and I can totally understand hating this album. Corgan’s voice is ass and the album is long as fuck and a lot of the songs are weird, but I love it. The more mellow songs are definitely more my thing than the in your face stuff, but I honestly enjoyed the whole thing, which is crazy for something 2 hours long

Honestly the most surprising part of this was that it came out in 1990. Other than that it was just fine; never been a huge fan of LL Cool J, but mama said knock you out went hard and the rest wasn't unlistenable.

This was a lot better than I was expecting after I saw "British reggae band" in the Wikipedia description. Pleasantly surprised, loved the relaxed sound and will definitely be listening to this some more

Another mid as hell performance from Bowie. The original across the universe performed by the Beatles is a pretty good song, but it sounds like ass on this album.

Peak virgin music

Listened in car. Wasn’t paying much attention, but I think it was solid

I had heard some bad things about this album, but I honestly thought it was fine. Maybe it’s because my expectations were so low going in and there was like one song that I thought was good, but I don’t think this album deserves its spot as one of the worst on the site

Starting to like Neil young. This album wasn’t fantastic, but it has its moments

Definitely unique. Really didn't like the first half, but didn't mind the second half. I can't tell if the songs grew on me or the album actually got better, but it wasn't terrible

This is pretty ass. Every time we get a bad electronica album, which there seem to be quite a few of on here, I get more and more upset that they didn't include discovery on this list

Eh

When I generated this album, I remember being pretty excited to listen. Then immediately after I got super sick for like 5 days. It has been awful. Finally back though, and this was good. I feel similarly to abbey road; this might get a 5 from me if it weren’t the Beatles, but I just came in already expecting so much

I really liked it. Even the weird songs usually had something cool about them

Honestly didn't mind this one as much as I thought I might. It didn't feel nearly as lifeless and boring as a lot of the similar stuff we've had recently, and some songs were actually quite fun

Two old eminem albums in and I cannot understand people who defend him as an artist claiming his old stuff was good. Dido was far and away the best part of this album, and even Stan, which easily the best song, is way cornier than I remember. And the lyrics on every song are, of course, unbearable to listen to.

It's a shame this is so hard to find. There are some good parts on here, but some other not so good parts.

Aight this is ass. Don't get how this one made the list

I think I might've just been really in the mood for this, but I found it very enjoyable

Every breath you take is really good but the rest of the album is super mid

Pretty good

I like a good jazz album every once in a while and this was pretty good. Not my favorite, but I liked listening.

I always thought these dudes just made boring shit for old people. This was kinda that, but it was good, and I liked it way more than I was expecting to

It's pretty crazy how good these guys sound even when they're going for a significantly more mellow sound than what they're known for. Not usually a fan of the live albums on here, but this is really good

Honestly pretty tolerable as far as punk goes. Probably not gonna return to any of this, but it fine to listen to once

Pretty strange, even for new wave. It was very good, but I don't know if I'd want to listen to these songs regularly. Dude's voice is kind of a lot to take in

Solid, not incredible. This was gonna be a 3 but the last song brought it up

Really really good. Super close to giving it a 5 but I don’t know how many of these songs I’ll actually listen to frequently. Album was a great listen though

Albarn seems like kind of an annoying lil shit but I liked this

This got me funked up

Definitely one of the most surprising albums we've had so far; hadn't ever heard of it and it ended up being great. Loved the mix of genres and sounds. Glad this is on the list

mid

OutKast is one of my favorite groups of all time in any genre. Pretty sad aquemini didn’t make this list, but I love stankonia and I’m glad it showed up even though I feel like it’s way more hit or miss than some of their other stuff.

Liked this a little more than the Aretha Franklin album from a week ago. Again, just a really good album

I was pretty confused when I saw that this was “folk punk”, but after listening I guess that actually makes sense. For what it is I guess it’s pretty good, but I’m not a huge fan

Parts reminded me of simon and garfunkel, but a little goofier. Didn't like it that much, but not offensively bad

One of the most respected and acclaimed hip hop albums of all time, but I just can't get into it. It's pretty similar to fear of a black planet, and while I liked that on the first listen, it just kinda grew more and more annoying as I continued to listen to it.

Usually like this kinda weird new wavey pop shit but I didn't think this was very good. I've tried may times to like XTC because they're always popping up in the related artists of groups I like but I never can

Uh yeah

Beck is a little boring but I do mostly enjoy the music

Dumb stupid fucking 2+ hour metal album. At least the symphony makes it interesting because I don't know what I would've done if it was just 2+ hours of Metallica. Album was still dumb and still doesn't need to be on this list. Metallica can actually fuck off

This was rather enjoyable

Still find prog rock boring as hell. Nothing about this stood out to me

Pretty good

Don't know how to rate this; it was bad, but at least it was pretty entertaining Also that is a great cover for this album

Just another Byrds album. Why they have 5 albums on this list is beyond me, but the albums we’ve had have all been enjoyable listens so far

Thought it was gonna suck. It was actually pretty good

I had never given a full doors album a chance, and I don't know why. This was really good; probably the most I've liked an album from this list on a first listen

More like midvin Gaye

Significantly better than blue

Another easy 5

Sounds a lot like some of the stuff my mom would listen to when I was a kid. Not crazy about it though

Pretty much exactly what I was expecting, which was just very mediocre.

This fucked. Maybe it was just great music to listen to while working because it's kinda just nice background noise, but I enjoyed it

Very good. Almost a 5

Not as unique or interesting as the other Beatles albums we’ve had but still a nice listen

These guys might be onto something

Like I’ve said many times before, it doesn’t get much more boring than prog rock- but as far as prog goes Pink Floyd is actually pretty enjoyable. I liked this album

Midnight and body count were pretty cool. Otherwise pretty similar sound to Public Enemy, which means mid

PJ Harvey is really good, and this album is really good. Between a 4 and a 5

Some nice ambient stuff and then some less enjoyable weird stuff. Pretty good though

Probably the best Bowie album we've had, but I still don't get why he has so many albums on the list. He's consistently pretty good but never anything more than that

Really boring and really bad. The closest I’ve come to just not finishing one of these albums so far

Definitely understand the appeal here. Really enjoyed listening to the full album, don’t know how much I’ll want to go back to individual songs

I like 80s synthpop stuff so I thought this was pretty good but if I'm gonna listen to Depeche Mode I'd rather just listen to violator

Bowie finally delivering an album that doesn't make me want to fall asleep. This was great

Mid

Kinda made me feel like a pirate. Not really sure if I like it or not

Pretty disappointing; I expected a lot since it's a post 2000 album and one that I'd heard good things about, but none of the songs really stood out and the whole album just kinda blended together into one mediocre indie song. The intro also sounded like the background music for a car commercial.

So in love is a great song. The album’s kinda boring but everything sounded pretty good

I know Vardaan’s gonna like the length of this one

Definitely better than the divorce album. Maybe not one of the greatest albums of all time for me, but still really good

Van Morrison is lowkey way hornier than Marvin Gaye. I feel like he doesn’t get the recognition he deserves for this

Maybe just my mood but I was not feeling it. Just sounds like background music for a pixar movie

Boring and long but not offensively bad

Did not know how hard this went

Metal bad. At least this was a little different

Metal still bad

I guess this was my reward for getting through 2 metal albums

Totally unrelated but should've given deja vu a 5. That album slaps

I guess I’m just gonna go my whole life without ever understanding why people like this

Fine

This album is shorter than the song I submitted to music league this week

I love dummy but I had never listened to this whole album. Pretty good

This was really good

Pretty good

This was interesting. I’m probably gonna forget about it in a week

I remember eating in Schatz once when this version of nothing compares to you came on. That was funny as fuck

The fist song slapped, and the rest was pretty good for a mostly instrumental movie score

This was really good. Not as good as Deja vu though. Still can’t believe I didn’t give that a 5.

Some solid country

Many men and in the club slap, the rest was fine

I love this album but I feel like I can’t give it a 5 because they’re all covers

Not even a top 3 Radiohead album

I fw it

Pretty good

I had no idea this album was so good. The only real criticism I have is that its a little long and most of the songs feel very similar

I’m not the biggest rnb fan but sza is always fun to listen to

This was really all over the place. Some good, some boring. I still don’t know if I like it or not

This was really good. Sucks that it’s not on Spotify

I mean acdc is kinda fun to listen to, but doesn’t do much for me beyond that

I guess I just like grunge, which doesn’t make any sense to me since it feels pretty close to metal which I can’t stand. Idk. This was good

Sorry old man but I’m not feeling it

A few really good songs and a bunch of solid ones

Solid

This was alright

Knew a few of the songs, and I did really like those, but most of the album was pretty unremarkable

There isn’t really anything wrong with it, it’s just boring as hell

Really fun listen, by far the best arctic monkeys stuff I’ve heard. Probably gonna regret not giving it a 5

I think it was pretty good. Idk. Wasn’t listening that closely

It’s fine but I expected a lot more from one of the highest rated albums on the site

Not usually into this sort of stuff but this really wasn't that bad

Wow! This rocks!

Sorry Jojah. Steely Dan is boring. I’ll give this a 3 for production and a few good tracks towards the start

Simply too much Motörhead. Some of the guitar was cool though

Bjonk

A couple good songs. The rest was pretty boring

Boring, uninspired, unoriginal, and forgettable rock radio fodder. Just a less interesting version of blues rock that came 20 years before it. I hate this type of shit but it’s not actually bad enough to give it a 1

I guess it’s fine, I just don’t really like reggae that much

Feels a lot like pavement. As with other slacker rock, I’m a big fan of the general vibe, but I really could do without the style of signing on this. Right between a 3 and a 4

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CkEHikn17eU

This is almost a 5. I feel like all the songs were great, but not gonna give it a 5 because none of them really stuck with me

Mid

A couple huge hits but otherwise pretty underwhelming. Time after time is great, but the rest doesn’t come close to that

Boring country rock

Boring arena rock

I was expecting more

It was fine

Feels like I’ve been giving out a lot of threes, but I also feel like we’ve been getting a lot of very mediocre hard rock

Fine I guess. A little annoying while I was trying to work though

Pixies is one of the bands I didn’t realize I liked before I started 1001. This and bossanova were both really good. This was better though

Tiny dancer goated the rest was fine

Can’t help but feel like I’m not really part of the target audience here

Apparently paint it black is only on the US version and I listened to the uk version. With that this is a low 4, but it’s a 3 without

Ngl I did not want to like this but it was actually pretty good. New guilty pleasure I guess

More mediocre hard rock. Between a 2 and 3, going 3 because it wasn’t offensive

I really liked it. Lots of different stuff, kept me engaged the whole time, a few great songs.

This was fine I guess. I do not love the who

Made me feel cool

A little too similar sounding for how long it was

Production made this album feel long and a bit stale after some time but you can tell why people think 2pac is the greatest rapper ever. He sounded great

Feel pretty much the same about this as I did about the last Adele album. I can see the appeal, the songs are good, she’s talented, I didn’t mind listening, but it’s not really my thing

This sounded hella dated and I didn’t really enjoy it

Not at all what I was expecting from a Bee Gees album but it was fine I guess

This went hard

Was expecting this to be better than it was

Kinda boring. Don’t really care about it

Wasn’t expecting a lot when I saw scritti politti in their related artists. It was still bad

All these 60s pop albums sound the same. Still good though

It was fine I guess. Sounded like shitty Radiohead at times

It was aight

Borderline unlistenable

Don’t care

Queen is a little overrated to me. I’d still rather listen to them than most other pop rock bands from their era though, and this album was fine

Got annoying real quick

Pretty much what I’d expect from oasis. Nothing groundbreaking, but the music was good

Jawn Lennon

Pretty fun album

Very early and very pretentious prog? Not a huge fan. Some of the jazzier parts were nice though

Meh. Kinda boring

Couldn't tell you why but I really liked this

She talk on my head til I 77

Doesn’t make any sense that this came out in 67. Also, 3 5s in a row

Everybody loves this album but that’s because it’s a fucking great album. One of the easiest 5s so far

Better than tago mago I guess, but not much worth noting outside of that. It did actually sound pretty nice at times

Some real DC shit. Unfortunately I don’t care for hardcore but I’ll give it a 3 because it wasn’t bad

Maybe I wasn’t able to fully appreciate this because I was doing homework, but this was pretty wack

Worked while listening, so kinda tuned out. Fine I guess. Probably would’ve been bored if listening more intently because it is pretty long and kinda samey

Just not good unfortunately

As far as Bowie goes this was really good. Maybe my favorite Bowie yet. Great album

mid and weird

It was fine I suppose. Parts of it felt like they were trying to capture the same vibe that the stuff the b52s were making at around the same time captured, but didn’t do it nearly as well. Fine album, will never listen again

I fw the stooges I wanna be your dog is a banger

He's so painfully mediocre and has so many albums on this list that just don't deserve to be here I just do not get it

It was really good. Idk if it was 5 good, but I really enjoyed it

It was pretty good, just long

It was pretty good. Definitely not much variety, but the songs were fun to listen to

It was aight

Songs just sounded bad. These guys were trying way too hard to make something unique and it flopped

It sounded pretty cool but none of the individual songs were that memorable so idk how much I’ll want to return to it

Not usually into this upbeat Americana folk stuff but this was actually pretty good. Enjoyed most of it

Good album. Gonna have to relisten because I wasn't paying enough attention

Feel like I usually know going into an album whether or not there's a chance I'll give it a 5. I was not familiar with Leonard Cohen's game. The album wasn't particularly exciting or groundbreaking, but there were just so many really nice sounding songs on here. Really liked it

It’s just so mediocre. This dude doesn’t need to include every single 60s psych rock album that exists on this list. This really doesn’t need to be here

it was fine

Sonic youth has recently become one of my favorite bands. This is one of the few albums of theirs that I haven’t listened to. After listening I can say that it’s definitely less accessible and a bit more noisy than a lot of their other good stuff, but it still fucks

A bit too heavy for me to really get into it, but I think I almost liked it

It was aight. I think I was expecting more

A personal favorite. Really great as an album experience, and lots of great individual songs. Motion picture soundtrack and itioteque by themselves would get this album a 5

Not quite as good as the other two pixies albums but still solid

It was pretty enjoyable to listen to. Right between a 3 and 4 for me, gonna give it a 3 because I have a feeling I'll like it less the more I listen. And also it's a little annoying at times

Not too sure what an “achtung baby” is and this album didn’t explain it very well. Also I didn’t really like the music. Mid album + confusion = 3/5

More mediocre new wave stuff

Never realized how huge Coldplay was. This album was solid, like a less exciting Radiohead

Guess these guys got some cool points for finding out about synths before everyone else? Still doesn’t make the music good. Do like the album cover tho

It was fine, just got a bit boring. Sounded way too Americana for a britpop band which was a little confusing

Fine. Mostly boring, couple good songs

Been putting this off because I didn't want to listen to it. My thoughts on the album itself aren't too crazy; it was fine. Pretty similar to the last Kings of Leon album we got, but a little more poppy, which leads me to the main point of the review. I was talking to Alex earlier and he was explaining how little he liked the Sonic Youth album, which honestly was understandable; I was really into it, but can see how someone might not be willing to sit through all the screeching and shouting for the few moments of really good stuff (which is kinda how I see their music, obviously some might just think it's shit). To me, even though that album was pretty abrasive, I liked that it was unlike any other album we've heard and is totally different from anything you might hear in the mainstream, while still being (to me) a pleasant listen (I liked the songs). My point is just that I think I definitely skew towards trying to give points for things that I like while also doing something unexpected or different, and I'm more into stuff like that than this album, which is objectively fine. I think my reaction to a first listen of this wasn't that much more negative than Sister - it's just that this is super reminiscent of a lot of other pop rock you'll hear on the radio. I feel like kind of a dickhead after writing this. Obviously people are gonna like stuff that's somewhat unique. I guess between this and music league I'm just trying to rationalize how someone can genuinely love something that someone else genuinely hates. If anyone's read this far and has any good theories please lmk. Maybe this will get covered in a philosophy class I take in the future. That being said I do not think these guys deserve more than one album on this list, especially since this was just a more formulaic version of the other album. For that reason I'm rating it lower even though it was probably a more enjoyable listen.

My dad really likes REM, but he never played any of their earlier stuff. This might be the best REM stuff I've heard though. Really liked it

I've found that I tend to like country a lot more as a full album than I do when an individual song pops up while listening to a playlist. As an album this was probably a 4, but I'm gonna give it a 3 because I don't think I'll listen much in the future

Feel like Van Morrison doesn't really deserve as many albums as he has on this list with how similar all his stuff sounds, but I don't really care because they're always pleasant listens. This was solid.

More Rolling Stones. More mid

Jojah reacted on airbuds while I was listening to this, so if you're reading this Jojah, I'm sorry. I just don't get The Who. I was bored listening to this. It was boring.

Like it. Much better than the other spiritualized album

Had pretty high expectations but this ended up being pretty mediocre. Nothing was really bad, but not much stuck out besides slipping through my fingers

Still a big fan of Dusty Springfield's singing. This album is mostly covers and doesn't really do anything crazy, but like the last album, it's a generally pleasant listen

It was fine. There was some enjoyable stuff. I’d just never listen to this over any older disco, didn’t really do anything for me

Some pretty crazy and interesting stuff on here. 20 dollar sounded like bladee at times and was just a pixies song at times. I don’t think there are any songs I really liked other than paper planes, but paper planes is such a great song

The smiths, but worse. I love the smiths, so I still thought this was pretty good, despite a few questionable lyrics and the fact that morrisey is not a great dude

This might be the only time that Rick Ross shows up on 1001, so I just wanna say that his performance on devil in a new dress is actually one of the best rap verses ever. At the very least, it’s his best. Lost in the world is maybe my favorite hip hop (if you can even call it that) song ever. Runaway might be objectively the best hip hop song ever. This album does everything right, from the creativity to the production to the features to Kanye’s crazy performances on like every song. This might just be the greatest hip hop album ever; even my mom likes it. It just sucks that I can’t really listen because of who Kanye is now.

I actually did like parts of this. There was some pretty cool stuff. Not much I’d ever want to revisit, but a fun listen

It was good. Feel like Springsteen just doesn’t take enough risks for me to really get into it. It all kinda sounds the same

My mom used to always listen to this, so I feel like I like it a lot because of the nostalgia

Just didn’t really do anything for me

The music was honestly decent as far as hard rock goes. Just don’t understand why this needed to be a live album

Started out fine, got a bit boring and repetitive

Liked it more than other Rolling Stones albums we’ve had. Wild horses doesn’t feel like a song I should like, but I’ve always loved it. That song bumps the album up to a 4

Me when my generation is jilted

More decent country that I probably wont listen to again

All time great pop album, lots of classic songs, no real complaints

Still think they’re a little overrated. Album was fine, but it’s just hard to take the music seriously when they sound so goofy

Still don’t care about queen

Lot better than what I was expecting given how much i disliked the last echo and the bunnymen album. Also echo and the bunnymen is a stupid name

Better than I expected

More early 2000s pretentious indie stuff. First half was pretty bland, second half was a little less bland but still didn’t do much for me

Willie Nelson was the first artist that made me realize I didn’t dislike country. This is a great album

Pretty long and not too much variety, but consistently solid. Pretty enjoyable listen

Kinda generic but I did really like a few of the songs. The rest was meh

I guess that long review I wrote a while back was actually all bullshit. This album isn’t groundbreaking or genre defining, but I liked the songs

The verses were pretty uncreative, and the production was a bit too creative - I think that led to a pretty dated feel. It’s even worse when you consider that albums like illmatic and ready to die were coming out of the same places at around the same time as this album. This album doesn’t come close to either of those. Comparisons aside though, the album was fine. I didn’t love it, but I wasn’t bored while listening which is worth something I guess

Responding to Iniyaa’s review on the last album, yea I read the reviews, and I also put off albums that are on this list. This was one of the albums I’d been putting off, since I’d heard a lot about frank zappa and never really had any idea who he was. After listening I think he deserves all the hype he gets from music snobs. This was good

It was quite good

Similar to other Beatles albums. Liked it a lot, really high 4

Nirvana is another one of those bands where there’s not a whole lot I can say that hasn’t been said. Great album

Dated and forgettable

This is exactly what I’m talking about when I say prog is dumb and stupid and boring. This is just the same dogshit song for an hour and a half and there’s probably some chump out there that thinks it’s the greatest thing ever created simply because the songs are long and it sounds goofy. At least Pink Floyd has good songs. This is ass

It’s alright

It was fine

There’s a moon in the sky called the moon is the greatest song title of all time

I’ll set the music snob shithead part of my personality aside here and concede that this was a fun album

Sounds like a boring amalgamation of every Beatles album we've had thus far. Not sure why this list loves the Bee Gees early stuff so much; seems to me like they were ripping people off both early and late in their careers, but at least their disco stuff is fun to listen to

Not nearly as good as I was expecting. Maybe I just wasn’t in the mood

I'm a big Sonic Youth fan. This album is one of their best. I feel like they're definitely divisive, and can see how some might find this grating and hard to listen to. In my opinion though, these guys were able to perfectly merge elements of punk, alt rock, and indie to make music that to me is super engaging and unique. Yeah, a couple of the tracks are just noise and aren't even really listenable as songs, and I'm not going to pretend that it's some super deep art form that some people just don't get - at the end of that day those tracks suck - but the rest is so strong. A few all time favorite songs of mine are on this album. Also the cover is great

Just not very good. Definitely prefer sex pistols to this

Hard to understand without the context of Scott 3

A little too punk for me at times but mostly liked it

Couldn’t stand his voice

Not as good as London Calling but still fun to listen to. I like the clash a lot more than most other punk stuff I guess

Stuff like this is just so silly to me

About an hour longer than it needed to be

Lowkey kinda good at times. Liked it

Still don’t really know how to feel about Joni Mitchell. I like the vibe most of the time, but when I pay attention the songs don’t really work

Coming across an album that’s right up my alley that I’ve never heard of before doesn’t happen that much anymore. Loved this album, thank you list

A couple hits and some other fun stuff. Good album

Yeah still not crazy about steely dan but this album was good

Like worse 80s/90s noise rock mixed with worse 90s/00s alt/garage rock. This doesn’t need to be on the list. Its just bad

There is actually no reason these guys should have two albums on the list. Crazy how much great stuff from the last 20 years this list overlooks so the fucking xx can have 2

Album was fine in the background. My Lady is sampled on a Mac Miller song from Faces that I really like, which was pretty fun to hear. As far as jazz goes this isn't doing enough for me to really care about it, but it's also not really bad

Chill album. Pretty good. Liked it a lot more than Graceland

Otis Redding? More like Otis bl... oh my god

It’s fine. I’m pretty sure the roots are Jimmy fallons live band which makes it hard for me to take them seriously as real artists. But also this album just wasn’t that good

Honestly I don't even know. Parts sucked ass and were hard to get through, and parts - the first few songs, the last song - were really enjoyable and clearly very influential on a lot of the stuff I like. Pretty entertaining album even though it isn't the easiest listen at times

I usually feel pretty let down by trip hop albums because I go in expecting dummy and there isn't really anything that compares. It's pretty telling that probably the best song on this album is basically glory box. Still pretty good though

I was talking to Alex about my feelings towards REM today. I feel pretty much the same way about the white stripes. Always solid, never really blows me away

Decent

Kinda interesting. Mediocre music

Like Blondie but I was paying less attention

Least favorite Beatle

Not offensive but also not good at all

Too hipster

Another British electronica album that is way too long and doesn’t really do anything unique or interesting

You’re twisting my melon man

I kinda liked it. I think learning about blues and how important it was in class has helped me appreciate the genre more

Geordie Greep actually stole this dude's whole flow

I like dinosaur jr, they have some good songs. This album wasn’t amazing, but I liked parts of it. The end was pretty ass unfortunately

I like britpop. Oasis is very good. I’ve listened to like 4 albums today. I’m going to bed

Had some decent moments but generally pretty underwhelming

Really bland and forgettable. Doesn’t deserve a spot on the list

Respect

The goat. Most songs don’t hit quite as hard as stuff on back to black, but the talent is still there and there are a few fantastic tracks

Pretty mediocre

Don’t really understand this pick. Feels like Springsteen is well past his prime and this is a pretty unnecessary addition to the list

Thought this one was pretty entertaining. Pretty sure there's only 1 Bowie album left for us to get

It was fine. Got pretty boring after a while

Dull

Higher energy version of the cure. I liked it

A little disappointing compared to their self titled, still pretty good

I have a similar problem with almost all late 90s/early 2000s pop, which is that it sounds super dated, and often there's only one good song on the album and the rest is filler that's just a worse version of the good song. Also the albums are usually a lot longer than they need to be

More mid ambient/electronica

Kiss seems like more of a gimmick than an actually good band, but this was fine. Super basic and didn’t really take risks, but had some solid songs

Didn’t think he had a great voice but the album was solid

Few really great songs, good amount of filler. Seems like that’s kinda how most Stevie albums are - really good, not quite great

There was one song on here that I really liked most of. The rest was still dumb stupid prog. Gonna give it a 3 instead of a 2 for the one song because the rest was more boring than offensive

This is a tough one, because there are parts of this album - and even entire songs - that I do really like and think are quite good. However, Anthony Kiedis is the worst (pretty sure he bragged about sleeping with a 14 year old as an adult, and is just generally not a great dude) and his rapping is comically bad and makes some parts of the album unlistenable. So I guess this album gets a 3

Real strange. Don't really like prog, but this was at least interesting to listen to despite being a little boring

This was such a pain to get through. Over an hour long but not a single memorable song on the whole album, which is surprising because I mostly liked the last common album. Felt like the whole thing was just filler

A bit long but I thought it was pretty good

Quite different from either/or, but still fantastic the whole way through

Pretty fun album to listen to even though i didn’t love a lot of the individual songs. Not a big fan of the cover though

Could never really get into gang starr. Their stuff sounds a little too dated for me. Still a decent album

Pretty poor mixing and general production. Besides that, most of the album outside of take on me is just alright - I did like the sun always shines on tv though. But take on me is one of those hugely popular songs that I think deserves all the hype. That song makes me happy every time I hear it, and I'm honestly considering giving this album a 5 just for that

Generally a pleasant listen

Actually shockingly good considering how indifferent I felt about the last big star album we got. Between a 4 and 5

Super unique and interesting album. The highs are super high, but I unfortunately do not like some of the songs enough to give it a 5

Listened at gym. Twas pretty annoying

It was pretty good

As far as actual listening experience goes this was probably like a 3 but unfortunately I don't think twangy Walmart Springsteen deserves a place on the list

Another Bjork album that has some super interesting and beautiful moments but a bunch of parts that are a little too out there for me to truly love it. Think this one is on par with vespertine and a little better than medulla and debut, but not quite good enough for a 5

Jesus christ

Just straight up one of the greatest albums ever made. My face actually lit up when I saw we got this album

It feels like the list is pandering to me with these 90s british alt/indie albums

More mediocre electronica. Not that bad to listen to while working

More unremarkable and boring 2000s indie crap. Not really interesting enough for me to care

Pretty chill. Music was fine

Don't like mellow Bruce nearly as much as energetic Bruce. This isn't as good as his other old stuff that we've listened to

Like a sillier Rufus Wainwright. Not too bad musically, but a little too goofy for me to really take seriously. -1 for dropping the n word, which I don't think this guy is allowed to do

It was fine

Pretty chill. I’m sure the lyrics were profound but I wasn’t paying bc much attention. Strange vibes for the gym

Like the last happy Mondays album but worse. I like the cover tho

A lot better than most of the other 90s-2000s electronica/techno on the list

It was fine

I don't listen to much house music, but surely there's a more interesting house album that could've been picked for this list? Seeing as this is one of very few albums we've had so far that really fall into that genre, this was a lot blander than it should've been. Still not a bad listen

Fine

I like blur

It was pretty good. We've had better/more interesting alt rock that sounds a lot like this. This felt like some of those albums but lacking a personality

Copernicus mentioned

Had never really given Prince a chance before this album. When I saw it was an early 80s album that was an hour and ten minutes long, I figured it'd probably be a slog - I was very wrong. Somehow both dated and interesting at the same time, and was a super fun listen. Great album that shockingly didn't feel bloated despite the runtime and the longer than usual individual songs.

It was fine

It was quite good

Sounded like a musical, which I didn't really like. At least it was interesting enough to keep me engaged though

Nina Simone has one of my favorite voices of any singer ever. This album was fantastic. Really high 4 or low 5

The hard on that this list has for mediocre 90s electronica is ridiculous

Really really bad

Did not like it as much as her older stuff. Still mostly liked listening though

Morrissey is a kinda fucked up weird dude but I do like his music

I tend to like 60s pop, Kinks are just more boring Beatles, Sunny Afternoon slaps, good album

Definitely a baffling pick for this list. Doesn't feel very important, wasn't that interesting to listen to, songs just weren't very good. Too Rye Ay was a fun album (mostly because of come on eileen), but this album was pretty ass

Liked this one more than the other beta boys album. It was a little less soulless, but still pretty bland

More than 2 hours of this is probably too much, but like I was saying to Alex, this sounds a lot like a lot of the stuff we’ve been learning about in roots of rock and roll. I think understanding the significance of a lot of the artists on here and the music that this album is imitating and covering definitely helps me like it more

mid electronica

More chemical brothers. Yay.

A lot of pretty interesting and unexpected stuff on this. Fun listen

Maybe could've been trimmed down a bit. 40+ songs is a little excessive. It was still a good album though, had a pretty wide range of genres and was varied enough to keep it interesting through all 40 songs

I know jamiroquai is a little corny but their music always puts me in a good mood

Such a unique sounding album. While I don't think the vibe works some of the time - I feel like there are songs where the vocals just don't really match the instrumental, which makes for a goofy sound - when it does work, it's one of the greatest songs ever. Sour Times, Roads, and Glory Box are all perfect songs for me. The lows on the album are pretty mediocre (but still interesting), but the highs are higher than almost anything else we've heard on this list so far

Sweet dreams has always been kinda annoying to me. Fortunately I liked the rest of the album more than I thought I would. Wouldn't revisit, fun to listen to once.

I find this album cover hilarious and I love it. This album was really good; liked it a lot more than other beach boys stuff we've had. It was still nice sounding, but a little weirder, which made it more interesting

What the fuck was this? Some really old hip hop, some world, some... country? Is that what that was? Idk. Strange but engaging listen

This was actually quite good. Seems like something Matty p might like if he were still doing this

These guys have done nothing to stand out to me at all

Overall not great, had some weird and unpleasant shit, but there were parts that I liked. Mostly just faded into the background though

For a noise rock album with pretty low global reviews this actually wasn’t that bad

Long and a lot of noodling. There were some nice parts though

Solid vibe. Nice album

What the florp

Listened on a train in Europe and it was still booty

Pretty long but pretty good. Kinda wild even though I was half asleep for most of it

Good energy and not very long which made it pretty fun to listen to. Decent album

Some parts sounded like Springsteen and Dylan, and some parts were a bit too sad boy country for me. Mid

Boring and unremarkable metal. The one notable song is breaking the law which is only popular because it’s fucking stupid

Too long for what it was but I was fuckin with it

I fw the stooges

Awful voice great album

I’m a fairport convention enjoyer. Couldn’t say why but I like their vibe

Starting to like these guys

Mediocre

There were parts that I did like and parts that I did not like

Honestly was kinda fucking with parts of it. I guess I was in a really weird mood. Still gonna lose points for stupid lyrics and being too long, but this will narrowly avoid a 1

The streets but less funny

It was pretty good

It was fine. Pretty much exactly what I expected

Liked it a lot

Fine. A little bit too much going on though, couldn’t really get into it

Beck definitely has too many albums on this list. At least he’s better than Elvis Costello, so I didn’t really mind listening

My roots of rock and roll professor said that his only real regret was skipping a Johnny cash concert. I can see why; seems like an entertaining dude and this seems like it would’ve been a great concert

Still don’t understand why aquemini isn’t on this list. This album is good, but it doesn’t make sense to have this in over aquemini

These songs all sound the same but my mom liked Billie Holliday a lot so I heard a lot of her growing up which means I enjoyed listening

Billy corgan having a writing credit on this makes sense. Liked it more than the other hole album; high 4 or low 5

It was fine. Not very memorable

Not as good as the last mudhoney album

It was pretty good. Not as much of a fan of spoken word type stuff though

This was alright. I feel like it had a lot of potential - the way a lot of the songs started had me excited, but they all ended up sounding like the same basic ass post punk stuff. Looking forward to their other album on this list

Actually pretty good. I feel like albums I don’t know at all are always at a disadvantage ratings wise so I’m gonna give this a 4 because I was kinda fuckin with it

Not real music

Definitely better if silver springs is included, and oh daddy and don’t stop are pretty ass imo. Other songs are still good enough for this to be a 5 though

Waits’ other album was at least strange in an interesting way. This one was a little disappointing; a lot more spoken word poetry which I don’t really like. Still an alright album

Decent country. Nothing special

Sounds like these guys borrowed a lot from groups like new order and lcd sound system, which made for a pretty good (if unoriginal at times) album

Fine

It was alright. About what I’d expect from a beach boys solo album; sounds like The Beach Boys but a little less interesting. I know he died which sucks and I feel bad complaining but this probably doesn’t need to be on the list

Not actually that good but still pretty entertaining. Don’t think I’d want to listen more than once though

Probably the most creative and consistent hip hop album ever. Can't not give this a 5

I was mostly asleep on a bus listening to this. Maybe it deserves another chance, but I have too many albums to catch up on. I think it was solid

This was pretty bad

Parts were good, but mostly just mediocre. As is the case with every 90s techno/electronica album, it was too long

Is this like the origin of jazz fusion or something? Don’t really love that genre but this was a good album. Very unique. A lot of different stuff going on

The byrds, similar to the kinks, (and most other 60s stuff on the list) are consistently good but not great. Just like 90s techno there are way too many albums from this corner of the music scene on this list that are probably not different enough to warrant all of them being on here

What the fuck

I wanna like suede because they’re just another 90s britpop adjacent band but I just can’t get into them. Pretty boring album

Fine. Like one song I really like, indifferent about rest

It was pretty good. Kinda reminded me of the Pogues or something (Alex correct me if that’s wrong). Nice cover of sweet thing

It was good. I feel like the older albums tend to be a lot less out there for the most part so it’s a lot easier to like them

Album cover kinda threw me off but otherwise pretty good

Did not impress me nearly as much as I thought it would. Maybe a 4, but I’m gonna give it a 3 for being kind of a letdown. Born to run better

Now I have nothing to look forward to

Actually thought it was pretty good for some 60s psych rock that I’d never heard of. Don’t usually like this stuff

Meh. More unimpressive 60s stuff

Pretty boring Britpop. In this case, boring does not mean generic; I feel like the verve do enough to achieve a pretty unique sound, so gotta give them credit for that. It’s just not that good

Frank Zappa trying too hard to be funny

Really is a shame he completely lost it. Would give it a five if it weren’t Kanye

Been liking steely dan a lot more recently

Not good. At least I get to listen to the smiths now

Marr’s guitar is so so good, morrisseys weird vocals work so well, and as a result this album is fantastic. Some really beautiful songs on here

A little too sad girl country for me to really get into it, and for that reason i don’t think I’ll revisit much. That being said, still a very good album. Did enjoy listening

Not good

Very mediocre

Pretty fun to listen to. I remember learning to play smoke on the water when I was a little kid. Still doesn’t stand out much

Never really understood the hype for this album. It is the cure and it’s a good album so it’s obviously still getting at least a 4 from me, but the head on the door is a much more enjoyable album imo and that didn’t even make this list.

I was expecting this to suck but tbh it was very nice. Really enjoyed it. Pretty unique compared to rest of list, and some really pleasant stuff on here

If only Bernard sumner knew how to sing

Blur is solidly in the “4/5” band territory for me. Always enjoyable, never really stands out enough to get a 5. Oasis better

Not really special but definitely more enjoyable than I was expecting considering how shit most of the 60s psychedelic stuff on this list is

Once again new order is at their best when sumner shuts the fuck up. I love new order and they have so many amazing songs but I just don’t think they have a single 5/5 album unfortunately

Like this typa laid back indie rock a lot. Definitely had potential to be a much better album, I feel like the vocals don’t work as well as they should on a lot of the tracks. Still pretty good

Didn’t have the same groove and energy as their other album on the list, which resulted in uninteresting hard rock that I am not a fan of

Just not good

Meh. Unremarkable

We’ve had like 30 albums that sound and feel exactly like this album. Even the cover looks unoriginal. If this is neither unique nor very good, why is it on the list?

Mid folk

We’ve been on a pretty long run of pretty mediocre albums. At least this one was kinda interesting. Hopefully something in me changes and I really like this Black Sabbath album

Really liked this. Unless I’m forgetting something this is my favorite metal album we’ve had thus far by a lot, really good

Really unique and really creative. Great album

Doesn’t really hold up when compared to other Radiohead stuff, still a good album. As Om would say though, comparison is the thief of joy.

Meh

Learned about him (and listened to some of this album) in roots of rock and roll. Interesting dude, fun listen

Really good. Probably my favorite actual punk album we’ve had thus far. Would listen again

Felt kinda lacking compared to other morrissey/smiths stuff. Just kinda boring

Interesting. I guess. Unfortunately also super ass. Like I kinda want to give it a 1

Yeah Leonard early stuff much better than his late stuff

Skepta is such a random pick for this list. I guess he's british so it makes some sense. Not the biggest Skepta fan but his music is still fun to listen to because of how damn angry he always sounds

Some more pretty sold early punk stuff. Honestly reminds me a lot of the damned album we just had

Still don’t really like tom waits

Really fun listen. Goofy voice definitely adds to the album

Worse arctic monkey

Generally pleasant and inoffensive at the cost of being unoriginal and boring. Easy 3, but still a pleasant listen

One of my dad's favorite albums ever. I can see why; still got those weird ass Thorn vocals from Idlewild but now over some much more interesting dnb/electronica stuff that makes for a really unique and engaging listen

Better than the last Robert Wyatt album I guess. Ridiculous that this dude gets at least 2 solo albums and Weezer gets none

Another solid album from chic. Listening to it I can definitely understand why disco might die, but since I’m not sick of the genre yet I thought it was pretty fun

meh

Kinda boring but kinda liked it. Really low 4

Meh. Too long

Not very good for a Radiohead album

Johnny cash live album. No complaints

I liked it

More mediocre pretentious Zappa crap. Doesn’t need to be on list

Meh

Nude->all I need might be the greatest 3 track run of all time

Meh

Some solid country ish indie ish stuff. Liked it, probably won’t listen agaib

Entertaining

Something about this albums sound is so unique. Every single song is great

Too long but I feel like I’ve come around to drum and bass a little. At least it’s kinda fun if you can get past the repetitiveness

Listened to blood on the tracks a while back and went from really liking Dylan to him being one of my favorite artists. I've been trying not to listen to his stuff so I can hear it for the first time when it pops up on this list, so first time hearing this album. Not a lot to say other than it was great and I really liked it

70s movie soundtrack so you kinda know what you’re gonna get. Still really good

Really good. First half is probably a 5, but second half drags it down

Don’t really care about punk for the most part

Not that good but also at least pretty interesting

It was alright. Some good moments. Too long though

I mean I knew about this album but I never realized how good it was. Exceeded expectations

Even if this album wasn’t completely full of classics thriller alone is a good enough song to get it a 5. But thriller to beat it to Billie Jean to human nature to pyt is insane

It was pretty good. Much better than I remember the last kd lang album being

Way too much mediocre 60s psychedelia shit on here. Album was fine, just kinda feels like there were a ton of artists hopping on this psych pop circlejerk in this decade making the same damn album over and over

Too much moaning

Bob Dylan fans eating good

Aight

I feel like Kate bush is really mid except every once in a while she’ll accidentally make a really good song. This album lacked good songs

A couple great songs and some alright ones

I do not like Elvis Costello

Solid

Somehow never even knew queen latifah made music. This was not good

Very 80s but it actually works quite well for this album. The vibe kinda reminds me of the replacements but a bit blander

Exactly what you’d expect

They talk about frisbee

Cool how early something like this came out, but unfortunately pretty average in terms of quality

Always kinda surprises me when an albums best song is at the very end. Most albums just start throwing filler at you and that’s when I kinda tune it out so when holiday in Cambodia came on it kinda caught me off guard

Liked it a lot more than I thought I would

Wowza. Pretty close to a 5

Blur give us another pretty good but not great album

Pretty good

Not on par with songs in the key of life but otherwise really good for Stevie. Definitely feels like less filler than talking book

It’s quite good. The first 4 tracks kinda carried the album and were noticeably better than the rest, but those 4 were really good

From what I can remember this is better than the other Sly Stone album was, but that was almost 2 years ago at this point so idk

Jesus etc is a fantastic song. The rest was also good

Worse happy Mondays. Still liked it

Just don’t really like Alice cooper that much. Not hard to listen to but also not that interesting

Like a freakier oasis. Liked it a lot

I should not like motorhead but for some reason I do

Kinda like fairport convention but more country and more boring

So so so much better than that last pavement album. And I didn’t think that other one was bad, this one was just great