Phil Specter's brand of sugary pop music combined with christmas music is really a magical combination that was made to be. The perfect way to have a fun, classy christmas album. A
Possibly the best jazz album ever made, it's one of those albums where there is this like "11/10 sheen" that I stumble upon in albums with super high ratings. It's a suite with some of the best big band playing ever recorded. Waves of saxophones and trumpets.
Their first album to really be worth listening to, even if a lot of the tracks are not very good. B
Step up from the last album, the single here is obviously absurdly good, and there are still plenty of other synthy soul tracks. B
More intense and faster than the debut with seemingly endless memorable song elements. A+
Probably her best album, it's shorter than previous album that had some big highlights but lulls after the A-Side, but this one keeps it shorter and is consistently great. A
This is respectable old school punk fused with modern alternative rock trends and production to make something radio friendly yet full of edge. However, I will rate it low from hearing it a lot as a kid. C
Well made 90s art pop, uses a lot of elements from old school chamber jazz music in order to differentiate itself. B
This is next level. I love D'Angelo and he's on this. This is basically a hip hop version of his sound, and his sound is incredible. Deep funky grooves with poetic raps that still won't let go of the street. A+
One of the most unique albums ever made. Masterpiece of psychedelic guitar music, half the songs are stuck in my head. A+
I haven't listened to this in 9 years. Really lush poppy music with emotion. There's a lot of earwormy parts of this album too which is a weakness for me. Probably a masterpiece. A
Besides the singles this is pretty boring. But the singles are good enough I will rate it high. B
Wow okay, this has amazing songwriting, best of their career and it's even jazzier than the last album, it even has Wayne Shorter on it. A+
Not as experimental as the last album, but pristine, big sounding pop with plenty of artfulness. A+
More of the last album, but with this super unique Neo-Neo Soul funk jazz production. Obviously incredible. A+
Has three good songs, and the rest suck. Terrible sound, even on mono, which is apparently much better than the stereo sound. Perhaps a compilation with just the singles by this band is worthwhile. D
More of the last album, perfectly produced rock, but it lacks the things that make their earlier or later albums masterpieces. B
Timeless progressive soul + funk. Complex and catchy with atmosphere and spirit. A
More like the last album, sublime blues rock that moves between soft and hard. B
Creative dark folk rock in the vein of White Chalk with dark, grand lyricism. A
One of the best metal albums ever made, thrash metal at full throttle intensity, accompanied by amazing song writing and atmospheric moments. A+
One of the best modern hip hop albums, the lyrics are deep and intense without being heady. A
I'm a hater for this band and I can't even deny this album. Dazed & Confused is a perfect song. B
This has a flawless 45 minutes on it but about half of this is not very exciting folk ballads. I will rate it higher because some of the best songs I've heard are on here. A
Not quite as good as Nevermind, but it's more consistent and is their harshest sounding album. Amazing closer. A
This is a lyric centric album and I don't know French, but the backing band is really good. B
Amazing album that transcends genre. A+
Pretty good for 70s punk, has some hits on it, similar to the rolling stones but more raucous. C
It's really interesting how this is their longest album and also their most consistent. Their early discography is just extremely inconsistent albums, then last album is pretty consistent and while it is better than this one, this is completely worth listening to the whole way through. An artist who put out 30 minute albums with skips has a double album without any. A
This is their best album to this point. The B-Side falls off however, but the A-Side stands up to Rubber Soul. B
I didn't like this too much before, but since then I have grown an appreciation for clean vocals in metal. This takes sludge metal and fuses it with a radio friendly production to create alternative metal that still has atmosphere and grit to it. The vocals are honestly kind of incredible in this album, they do more for this album than the vocals on most pop albums, and the guitar works with them perfectly. A+
Amazing live album, the last track is obviously mind melting, but there is high energy and great playing the whole time. A
This is just as good as his older masterpieces, but in a different style. A
Not as good as their first album but pretty good. B
Has two undeniable hits, the rest of this sounds like a David Bowie album but not as good. Some of the songs are not that good and go over 6 minutes long. I will rate this higher than it deserves for the singles. B
Meandering nonsense and La Grange.
It's good, but I don't love it or connect with it. It's basically Billy Joel but not as good. C
This is like an evil Frank Sinatra. A
Not as good as Dume, which features intense noisy versions of a lot of these songs, but still a career high for him, his best songwriting and best playing. A+
Anthemic, big songs combined with sentimental ballads. Not his best, but the singles are some of the best in his career. A+
Not bad, but this is mostlly background music. The first track was pretty good, but it has a 3 minute outro for no reason. D
Pinnacle of classic hip hop. A
This is close to Discipline by Kc, had no idea Robert Fripp is the guitarist in Heroes. The B-Side is not as strong as the A-Side, he is doing like Low, but the ambient tracks aren't as good here. It's not as good as Low, but almost as good and one of the best rock albums. A
This is amazing, this is like the Beatles with as much swag as possible. A+
This is their Sgt. Pepper, a concept album with their best songwriting till that point, full of career highlights. A+
This is like if the Strokes didn't know how to write memorable hooks and also if you hard plagiarized Bob Dylan. F
Fun and bouncy acoustic rock music. B
The A-Side was pretty good, but after that point is falls off, feels like mostly filler. C
More consistent than the the first album, but it doesn't match all of it's peaks. B
Better produced and noisier than the last album. B
Probably the best pure garage rock album, strong singles, but unlike most hard rock albums from this era, the whole album is actually good. Deserves to be celebrated. B
Okay, this one is her best album, while some of her later albums have more interesting arrangements, having jazz elements and whatnot, this has the strongest songwriting of her career, all the songs are very sharp and better produced than the previous albums. A
I am rating this a bit higher because the singles are some of the best songs of the entire 90s. The rest is just okay. A
Sublime, funky jazz music with a spacey sound. A
This is one of the least accessible mainstream rock albums I have heard, this is like accidentally avant-garde. Just percussion and talking vocals with guitar twangs once every thirty seconds. I have no idea why they made this, most of the songs sound like bizarre parodies of Bob Dylan and I cannot identify why it's supposed to be enjoyable, terrible production that buries the instruments as well. F
Pretty good 90s electic hard rock. Diverse pallete of subgenres.
It's an alright studio session but they're just jamming out some instrumental covers. C
This is a lot better than I expected, the production really carries it and it has some strong singles. Like Yeezus but different. C
One of his best albums with some of the best pop/rock songs of the entire 80s. A
This kinda sounds like 90s Prince but more boring.
One of the only rock albums that surpasses Yeezus at production. Maximalist perfection. A+
Overall her best album, consistent all the way through and with some of her most haunting performances ever.
Not as bad as I thought, the singles are pretty good. C
It's good, but I liked Cook County more. C
One of the best albums of all time. I hear it different every listen, noticing a different current within the composition. A totally unique fusion of just everything in dark experimental music applied to a 90s rock setting. Classic for a reason. A+
Has more creativity and ideas than many metal albums I will rate higher than it, so I have to commend it for that, it just doesn't have songwriting or production good enough to match, guitar should be louder. B
Really is one of the best albums ever, the drumming is insanely good and the keyboards add another level to the music. A+
Surprisingly good angular garage punk with a pop edge that doesn't get in the way of the songs. B
There is an underlying Prince influence in this and the last album that take it over the top and make their sound really unique and stand out. On this album I really like the rock elements. It's not as consistent as the last album, and I don't know why they have so many interludes. A
Possibly their best album, takes the best parts of their normal sound with the exploration of maggot brain. A
I have to be real about it, I don't like this. It's okay music, but I genuinely don't understand how this is considered so notable. It has a few good ditties on it, but otherwise the vocals are just okay, the playing is not particularly standout in any way, and most of the song aren't memorable. I don't understand what most people are seeing. C
I used to listen to this album as a kid, I always assumed it was a 90s acoustic alternative album, but it's actually from the early 80s. Very unique college rock type sound that's all about the struggled of youth in frank terms. B
It's good, but he's not the most charismatic MC and these beats aren't very interesting. C
Nice music, a lot of the value of this is sort of as an archive for all these songs in ideal form. B
