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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Hail the Queen | 5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
| Duck Stab/Buster & Glen | 4 | 2.03 | +1.97 |
| Fishscale | 5 | 3.06 | +1.94 |
| Scum | 4 | 2.07 | +1.93 |
| Honky Tonk Heroes | 5 | 3.14 | +1.86 |
| Vivid | 5 | 3.19 | +1.81 |
| The Real Thing | 5 | 3.2 | +1.8 |
| Goo | 5 | 3.23 | +1.77 |
| Rust In Peace | 5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
| Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables | 5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel California | 1 | 3.6 | -2.6 |
| Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere | 1 | 3.55 | -2.55 |
| Tusk | 1 | 3.46 | -2.46 |
| Imagine | 1 | 3.45 | -2.45 |
| Amnesiac | 1 | 3.41 | -2.41 |
| Cross | 1 | 3.27 | -2.27 |
| Tonight's The Night | 1 | 3.23 | -2.23 |
| Scissor Sisters | 1 | 3.23 | -2.23 |
| Vespertine | 1 | 3.16 | -2.16 |
| Le Tigre | 1 | 3.13 | -2.13 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Pink Floyd | 3 | 5 |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 5 |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 4.67 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 4.67 |
| The White Stripes | 2 | 5 |
| A Tribe Called Quest | 2 | 5 |
| Willie Nelson | 2 | 5 |
| Queen | 2 | 5 |
| Yes | 2 | 5 |
| Elton John | 2 | 5 |
| Public Enemy | 2 | 5 |
| Deep Purple | 2 | 5 |
| Beatles | 6 | 4 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4.33 |
| Bob Dylan | 5 | 4 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Neil Young | 3 | 1.67 |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 2 |
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| Artist | Ratings |
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| Björk | 2, 4, 1 |
| David Bowie | 2, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 5, 3, 3 |
| Beatles | 5, 3, 4, 5, 5, 2 |
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Kanye West
5/5
If you can separate the art from the artist this is the best hip hop album of its decade.
1 likes
Scissor Sisters
1/5
the worst possible cover of comfortably numb ever heard. I am just not the target audience.
1 likes
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Kate Bush
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Blur
3/5
4/5
2 of the tracks had so much airplay I could barely listen but the album overall a very strong work as a whole.
Black Sabbath
5/5
One of the all time great hard rock albums. Forget paranoid, war pigs and iron man which you've heard a billion times and you still have some really great tracks like hand of doom, fairies wear boots and planet caravan.
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Gave it an above average review. The musicianship was brilliant but hard for me to appreciate the vocal aspects not knowing the language.
TLC
3/5
Just seemed like a standard 90's pop album to me. Not bad but I didn't find anything special about it.
Erykah Badu
4/5
Slipknot
3/5
I don't really know how to judge it. As an old metal head I hated the nu-metal rap bands of the late 90's early 2000's. I tried to keep an open mind but it seemed like a bog standard nu-metal album to me.
Blur
3/5
Receiving a 2nd blur album in under a week by this system kind of turned me off. They were a mediocre band that I guess is important as one member went on to the Gorillaz but this was a so-so album and not an all time great.
OutKast
5/5
4/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
The Residents
4/5
If your up for some weird shit this is the album for you.
ABBA
3/5
Went from the weirdest album on the list with Duck Stab by the Residents to the most syrupy pop album on the list. Neither is my cup of tea.
Television
4/5
The Doors
3/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Kate Bush
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
Korn
1/5
This was the hardest time I've had finishing an album on this list.
Beck
5/5
Beach House
4/5
Parliament
5/5
Keith Jarrett
4/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Waylon Jennings
5/5
yee haw
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
The Only Ones
2/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Masterpiece
R.E.M.
4/5
really enjoyable album to listen to in the background while working.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Gene Clark
4/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Nine Inch Nails
5/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Thelonious Monk
4/5
MC Solaar
2/5
Hard to jam out to a rap song you don't understand the words for
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
King Crimson
3/5
Serge Gainsbourg
1/5
an album about banging a 14 year old is hard to take even if I don't understand french
T. Rex
4/5
The White Stripes
5/5
masterpiece
Sonic Youth
3/5
Tito Puente
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Dion
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Neil Young
1/5
garbage music by a garbage person
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Willie Nelson
5/5
A country master work
Radiohead
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
not a fan of sprintsteen but a good album all the same
The The
3/5
Talking Heads
5/5
Adele
4/5
Scissor Sisters
1/5
the worst possible cover of comfortably numb ever heard. I am just not the target audience.
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Alice Cooper
4/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
LTJ Bukem
3/5
Lou Reed
3/5
Funkadelic
5/5
Eddie Hazel's masterwork
Fugees
5/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Khaled
3/5
Air
2/5
Queen
5/5
The Dandy Warhols
4/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Fleetwood Mac
1/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Queen
5/5
The Black Keys
5/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
The Cardigans
3/5
Talking Heads
5/5
David Bowie
2/5
Came out as he was dying so holds sentimental value but the music is not his best.
The Slits
4/5
The White Stripes
5/5
The Associates
3/5
Pretenders
4/5
Frank Zappa
5/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Nico
2/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
Willie Nelson
5/5
De La Soul
5/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2/5
Skunk Anansie
4/5
Syd Barrett
2/5
The Stone Roses
3/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Madonna
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Paul McCartney
3/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
Norah Jones
5/5
Merle Haggard
4/5
Led Zeppelin
2/5
David Bowie
5/5
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
1/5
The Isley Brothers
5/5
Yes
5/5
Suzanne Vega
4/5
Can
2/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Ghostface Killah
5/5
Yes
5/5
Beth Orton
2/5
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
Sisters Of Mercy
4/5
Traffic
4/5
Sex Pistols
5/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
DJ Shadow
5/5
Jeff Beck
4/5
Queen Latifah
5/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
5/5
Guns N' Roses
5/5
Elliott Smith
2/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Björk
2/5
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
The Who
5/5
Van Halen
4/5
Faith No More
5/5
Obviously no Angel Dust but still an amazing album
GZA
5/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
pretty boring take on British grunge
Janis Joplin
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Solomon Burke
4/5
New York Dolls
2/5
George Michael
3/5
Iron Maiden
5/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
MGMT
4/5
Laibach
2/5
Jeff Buckley
3/5
Supertramp
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Joan Baez
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Elton John
5/5
Side one couldn't be any better with probably 3 of the 5 or 6 best songs of his career on one album side.
Pixies
2/5
A pretty mediocre album. I get that a ton of great 90's bands point to them as the trailblazing band for the 90's rock sound but other than historical importance it isn't a great album to listen to.
Ryan Adams
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Eminem
3/5
Beatles
3/5
Some iconic songs but not the later day masterpieces of their other albums
Blondie
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
A record of extremely solid unoffensive and vanilla songs. They are well recorded, produced and written but most of these albums I play while working and there will be a track or two that grab my attention. These just all came across as background noise with nothing jumping out as interesting.
Lou Reed
2/5
Not a horrible album but no idea what merits warrant it being on this list.
David Bowie
2/5
just not up to his earlier standards.
Funkadelic
4/5
Santana
4/5
Calexico
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
I've never understood how so many people think of this as the greatest album of all times. They are a bunch of mostly decent songs but the over saturation of them in TV, Movies, presidential campaigns etc etc make me dislike them even more. That being said The Chain is a pretty fucking amazing song which gets this album to 3 stars despite me not really caring for the rest of the album.
Beatles
4/5
The Sugarcubes
2/5
UB40
4/5
When I saw an album by UB40 and clicked it and saw Red Red Wine which is the only song most American's (myself included) know from UB40 wasn't on the album, I was expecting this to be slog to listen to. I was pleasantly surprised to be giving this a 4 star rating as I was expecting 2 at most.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Metallica
4/5
The completely muted bass and last couple of tracks makes this a 4 star instead of 5 but it is without question their best album.
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
Lenny Kravitz
2/5
Nick Drake
2/5
Rocket From The Crypt
1/5
Elvis Costello
2/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
3/5
Public Enemy
5/5
It's the GOAT for the genre
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Harry Nilsson
2/5
5/5
Aphex Twin
4/5
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Aimee Mann
2/5
if you had a girlfriend in the 90's you undoubtedly have heard this more than enough for one lifetime. Myself included.
Beatles
5/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Arrested Development
3/5
Gillian Welch
3/5
Scott Walker
2/5
One album from this guy would have been more than enough. Two Albums on a list of 1000 great albums is fucking excessive.
Jurassic 5
4/5
Cream
3/5
3 incredible songs but a lot of filler
Linkin Park
2/5
Dizzee Rascal
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
The Clash
4/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
Napalm Death
4/5
While not a fan of grind core in general preferring more traditional metal and punk this is the best it has to offer. The best the genre has to offer is still not worth 5 stars however.
808 State
3/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
I typically don't care for the foreign language albums but the music here was amazing.
The Smiths
2/5
Not a horrible album. No idea how it made this list though.
Fairport Convention
3/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Very much like Fleedwood Mac's Rumors to me. The good songs on the album have been so overplayed in radio and other media that I have no desire to listen to them and while it certainly isn't a bad album there is just nothing that really seems interesting when listening to it.
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Really a 3 star album but I'm giving an extra star for not having Neil Young on the album.
Robert Wyatt
1/5
Really had to force myself not to quit before I finished 1 play through. I'm clearly in the minority though as the album seems to be rated fairly well. To each his own.
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
I was expecting another boring art piece album when I saw the cover but was pleasantly surprised. Pretty rocking album and the weirdness of the band members disappearance made for an interesting read while enjoying the album.
Devendra Banhart
1/5
meh
Radiohead
2/5
The worst album from a band spiraling the drain creatively does not deserve to be on this list. It isn't absolute garbage but it is a substantial step down from the bends or ok computer.
Ray Charles
4/5
Ray Charles playing country standards sounded like a horrible idea and I was pleasantly surprised by how wrong I was.
Herbie Hancock
4/5
John Coltrane
4/5
Sarah Vaughan
2/5
Elton John
5/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
1/5
Another overrated album by an overrated artist on this list. Harvest is a great album but I'll take a pass on all the other Neil Young on the list.
David Bowie
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
The xx
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
In a year where they released 3 albums in a single year there was obviously a lot of fluff. However you still have some all time great songs like Lodi on this one that makes it 4 stars.
Ryan Adams
2/5
failed to impress. His other album on the list was much better.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Beyoncé
2/5
There are a couple of really good songs but probably 45 minutes of fluff that does nothing for me and makes the album a real chore to listen to.
Tears For Fears
3/5
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Joy Division
3/5
Billie Holiday
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
Kanye West
5/5
If you can separate the art from the artist this is the best hip hop album of its decade.
Christina Aguilera
2/5
Way too long. Could have dropped some filler tracks and had a 3 or 4 star album.
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
4/5
Probably only a 3 star album but as someone who plays bass i gave it an extra star for the bass lines
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Really fine album. Was waffling between 4 and 5 stars for a while before deciding on 4.
Neil Young
2/5
Another album by Neil Young with 2 good songs and a lot of filler but hey its Neil Young so definitely have to hear it before you die.
Travis
3/5
Solid album with a couple stand out tracks
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Grizzly Bear
2/5
Moby
5/5
I begrudgingly give this 5 stars as I generally hate this genre of music but listening with an open mind I can acknowledge it as the best of the best of what it has to offer. I generally hate when the link from this site brings me to an extended version of an album but in this case 2 of the bonus tracks are stand outs and it isn't just filler.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
5/5
After so many bad to mid David Bowie albums on this list I was tempted to give this 4 stars instead of 5. I found the albums instructions that it was "To be played at maximum volume" to still hold true however. This really is his masterpiece however and while I'll undoubtedly listen to this a hundred more times in my life I don't think I'll ever be listening to any other of his albums again as I think I've made it through all the horrible later albums and OKish early albums by him on this list.
Radiohead
3/5
Not a fan of radiohead but I feel like I have to at least admit that this is their best work and certainly deserving of a positive review.
The Strokes
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
did not expect that I would ever give a movie soundtrack a 5 star rating but there it is
John Lennon
1/5
two really amazing songs and a bunch of garbage does not a good album make
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
The Band
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Screaming Trees
3/5
Marty Robbins
4/5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Not a hug fan of folk music and I guess this is a classic but it did nothing for me and felt like a chore to listen to most of the tracks.
Dr. John
3/5
Little Richard
3/5
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
Portishead
5/5
Had only heard sour times before getting this album of the day. Holy shit that was so much better than I would have thought. Not often do I give a second listen immediately but this was definitely one of those times.
Bob Dylan
4/5
John Prine
4/5
I normally dread when I get an album by a singer/songwriter as often times they feel over represented on this list. I knew a couple of his songs going in and was expecting I would enjoy those and be turned off by the other tracks on the album. I was surprised to find myself quite pleased with the whole album. I had to pause when I got to today's rating and think before ultimately choosing 4 stars as it was almost a 5.
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
I try to keep an open mind with foreign language albums but can really only judge the music as I don't know what is being said. This album music sounded incredibly repetitive but given it is a soundtrack I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and assume they were going at this like a concept album and not give it a 2 star review.
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Alice In Chains
5/5
Prior to this album I had lumped Alice in Chains in with the metal scene. I believe they opened the clash of the titans tour with Slayer, Anthrax, and Megadeth that I attended. This was 30+ years ago so my memory is perhaps foggy. I bought this on tape(anyone remember tapes?) and was like WTF is this as I had not heard anything but Would? from the album and was expecting something much more Metal. It did grow on me with each listen and while I didn't care for a lot of the Seattle grunge scene bands, AiC remains my favorite. I had not given this album a listen in a while and think Jar of Flies was their best album by far. This was still a welcome reunion with an old friend and the nostalgia of my teen years pushed this to 5 stars.
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Holger Czukay
1/5
I've never seen an album on this list with less than 1000 plays on one of the song tracks until this album. I think there is a reason for this ...
Garbage
3/5
The Flaming Lips
5/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Carole King
3/5
3 stars for me 5 stars for anyone 70+
Björk
4/5
This is one of those albums I expected to hate and was pleasantly surprised by. Had only heard one of her songs on the radio previously and expected unlistenable new age garbage but music was a lot better than expected. Will certainly listen to this album more in the future.
Michael Jackson
4/5
Billy Joel
3/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
The Pogues
3/5
Charles Mingus
2/5
Cat Stevens
3/5
Peter Tosh
2/5
Iron Butterfly
2/5
one 5 star song and a whole lot of filler
The Smiths
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Lana Del Rey
4/5
Suicide
1/5
A hugely influential album with 0 good songs anyone wants to listen to is still a bad album.
Morrissey
2/5
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Yet another very OK David Bowie Album.
Public Enemy
5/5
Sonic Youth
5/5
A very rare 5 star alternative album for me.
Joe Ely
4/5
Otis Redding
3/5
Tracy Chapman
3/5
The B-52's
3/5
It could have been a 4 star album but after having the Rock Lobster riff stuck in my head all damned day I lowered it to a 3.
Blue Cheer
2/5
Just because something was first doesn't mean it is the best. I understand this being included for historical purposes but it isn't really very good.
The Mars Volta
4/5
I'm a sucker for concept albums and prog rock. Not really a masterpiece but a very solid album.
Oasis
2/5
meh
Massive Attack
3/5
Nas
4/5
The Waterboys
3/5
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
An extra star from me for being half of a concept album.
Rod Stewart
3/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
No real stand-out tracks and Brain Wilson's lack of participation in the album shows but it is still a very enjoyable album to listen to.
The Cure
3/5
I think Cure fans think of this as their best album but I would say the earlier standing on a beach or their later 80's work is better. Still a solid album.
Beastie Boys
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
The day before was Lincensed to Ill by the Beastie Boys. I think for many that may be a 5 star album but I just couldn't get to 4 stars knowing that eventually I'd be getting 36 Chambers, Takes a Nation of Millions and some other classics. As soon as I hit vote I got 36 Chambers which is my all time favorite rap album and its one of the few I've been able to take the vinyl out for and play after receiving the daily recommendation.
George Jones
3/5
A very decent country album with 2 giant hits but not up to the level of some other country albums on this list.
Stephen Stills
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
I somehow had never listened to a Rolling Stones album start to finish previously. I've certainly always thought of them as a singles type band. I was presently surprised at the quality of this album as I was expecting to just enjoy the 2 singles I had previously heard.
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
2/5
The music was good but the album was overly preachy. I enjoy Franti's later work with Spearhead much more.
The Who
3/5
The Who are amazing and this album has an all time great song , but let's be real they have 3 albums that put this to shame and a couple others that are better. This is my first who album on this list so maybe they are like David Bowie and this is the first album in a flood of who albums I'm going to see, but as a fan of The Who I just don't know how you justify putting this on the list as it is maybe their 5th or 6th best album. My generation is certainly an all time great rock song but the album is not that good. A lot of rock bands first albums have a raw feel that is missing in later more polished work like Tool's "Undertow" or Metallica's "Kill 'em All" that have an argument for them being the band's best work but here I think you are just looking at Pete Townsend not having entered his prime for songwriting.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Beatles
2/5
I know it is blasphemous to refer to a Beatles album as Meh but while I enjoy some of the covers this is just a poor or at best OK album. Not horrible but I can't see giving it more than a couple stars.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
2000's alternative is a category that I usually go into expecting the worst. Not a fan of a lot of other beloved bands from that era and was expecting this album to be a chore to get through. This is an album that if I listened to another 4 times may go down to a 3 star but they get extra credit for exceeding my expectations for the genre and in a rare move for me I listened to the album a second time immediately after I finished it.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Sepultura
4/5
Everything But The Girl
1/5
When I get these Brit I always listen hoping that this will be the one that resonates. This wasn't the one that resonates and I'm starting to think maybe Brit Pop might be the equivalent to me of what other people think when they get the a hardcore album from Napalm Death or an out there album from the Butthole Surfers.
Buzzcocks
4/5
Gorillaz
4/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
3/5
Country Joe & The Fish
2/5
Rush
5/5
As a rush fan I was never giving this anything but 5 stars.
Radiohead
1/5
Some bands have no albums on this list. Radiohead on the other hand can record Thom Yorke sing a line over the sound of a flushing toilet and it will be included on the next version of the list with no thought given. This album is objectively bad, maybe not as bad as In Rainbows but I can't take his voice and the music on this album is not very interesting. I know that it is crazy to say I can't take his voice when I just gave 2112 5 stars yesterday but at least that music is entertaining.
The Bees
2/5
Another 1 or 2 star forgettable brit-pop album. Gave it two stars as it was never annoying enough that I was like what is this garbage but never interesting enough that I noticed it as more than background music.
The Magnetic Fields
1/5
WTF did I just listen to and how did it last 3 hours. There were some hints of a few good songs here but none really felt finished and unfortunately there weren't 3 good songs with some filler to fill out a 45 minute album there were 3 or 4 OK songs with 65 filler songs to fill out 3 hours. I guess from a this is something different standpoint I get putting it on the list but just didn't work for me.
Barry Adamson
1/5
I get why it could be interesting for someone that likes soundtracks but I generally never listen to movie soundtracks so listening to one for a pretend movie just does nothing for me.
The Band
3/5
Red Snapper
2/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
The Cure
5/5
I was maybe 5 songs in when I ordered a Vinyl copy. Maybe I was just in the correct mood for listening to this album but I was expecting an album of filler with 2 exceptionally great songs in Lullaby and Fascination street and 2 radio friendly hits when I looked at the tracklist. I honestly don't think there is a bad song on this album. I think this is probably my favorite album that I never listened to previously that the list has given me. There have been a couple other albums I hadn't listened to before that I gave 5 stars but I really don't know how I missed this album as I listened to mostly alternative and metal through the 90's but I guess I never gave the Cure the credit I should have. This is simply a masterpiece
The Police
4/5
Digital Underground
4/5
Mekons
2/5
Justice
1/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Richard Hawley
1/5
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
I consider myself to be a huge Queens of the Stone Age fan. I really enjoy this album but it isn't even close to being their best work. To rate an album 4 stars while also saying it doesn't belong on the list is probably an odd hot take but that is my belief. If it is here as a historical importance type album I feel then Kyuss which evolved into QOTSA should have been included. I agree QOTSA should be on the list but I think Songs for the Deaf, Rated R, and Lullabies to Paralyze would have all been better choices. I get they aren't David Bowie or Elvis Costello so don't warrant multiple albums on the list but picking one of their better albums to give people a taste of what the band sounds like would have been better.
The Beach Boys
5/5
David Bowie
3/5
Lauryn Hill
3/5
Fishbone
4/5
I vaguely remembered hearing one of their songs on the radio in the early 90's but didn't remember them and had never heard an album. Was expecting something funky but not something so heavy. It was a pleasing surprise.
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Not a huge fan of the band but they had some really nice hits in the 80's that I remember. Not one of them was to be found on the album. I'll mark this down as confirmation that Brit Pop is not for me as it seemed like a pretty meh album.
Brian Wilson
3/5
The Who
3/5
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
This has to be one of the most front loaded albums ever. The first 6 tracks are had me going. Then it went downhill so fast I was like this went from 5 stars to 3. The closing track thankfully saved the day and while I can't give it 5 stars when I would never play side 2 of a record it is a solid album and I think it might be my favorite from the RHCP. I know there fans would probably find that blasphemous but thats like just your opinion man.
The Go-Go's
3/5
The two singles are really stand out tracks but nothing on the album that hurts my ears. I had listened to this a lot as a kid as it was one of the few tapes my sister had and it would be on in the background a lot. The nostalgia factor for me makes this a positive 3 star review instead of a 2 star I'll never listen to this again.
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
2/5
I felt old listening to this album. I know he is probably the biggest star in hip hop to today's audience but listening to this just didn't do much for me compared to other rap albums on the list. Maybe this is a modern classic and I'm out of touch but I feel like in 20 years 36 chambers will still be a classic and wonder if people will still be listening to this.
Bob Dylan
5/5
I've had a pretty low rating for solo artist folk singers that are included on this list. I saw this one come up and knew it was 5 stars already as it is an album I've listened to countless times before but still find it just as enjoyable as the first time.
Ray Price
2/5
So far from what country music is today. Interesting time piece but not much in the way of amazing music or lyrics to get me to listen again.
The The
2/5
I can see the influences it may have had on other musicians but didn't find it all that great.
Rage Against The Machine
2/5
I listened to this album a lot when it came out. Listening now I am fine just having a track or two from them show up on a playlist. Not an album worth of enjoyment for me on this record.
Common
4/5
I saw him perform at a festival once and the crowd was not really that into hip hop and while he tried to win them over it just fell flat. I was only vaguely familiar with his work but the lack of crowd response kind of soured me on him and I never gave Common much of a chance after that. The lowered expectations based on a performance that was more of a crowd issue let this album give me a pleasant surprise. Damn good album.
Gotan Project
3/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
I try to ignore everything about an artist's personal life and personal failings when listening to music. Given that there is no way this album gets anything but 5 stars. Anyone who rates it less either is basing their rating on rumors of his personal life or just being pretentious. I'd say 80's pop music is one of my least favorite genres to listen to but this is still 5 stars.
Soundgarden
3/5
This was an album I listened to religiously in the 90's. In 1995 this would have been a 5 star album for me. I also would have rated it higher than Dirt by Alice In Chains at the time. I guess time changes things as listening to AIC's album really impressed me and I gave it 5 stars and listening to this I could remember really enjoying it as a teenager but found myself wanting to skip a lot of the tracks.
Little Simz
2/5
The Stranglers
2/5
Just looking at their photos on the album cover I knew I was in for another British band. As with most other British bands on this list they also failed to impress
Burning Spear
3/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Duran Duran
4/5
Surprised by how much I enjoyed this album. I have not found a lot of love for brittish pop bands and while I certainly remember Duran Duran from the 80's I expected to just enjoy the nostalgia of the radio tracks but enjoyed the album as a whole.
Le Tigre
1/5
Not a very interesting album. Not sure what makes it an album I need to hear before I die.
Dolly Parton
3/5
Skepta
3/5
This is where people write me off as an American elitist or whatever else you want to call me but British rap all sucks. I try listen to everything that comes up with an open mind but no British rappers have been better than 2 stars to me. Congrats Skepta you've exceeded expectations and I rounded up my 2.5 star review to 3 stars as it was clearly better than the other British rappers on this list but nowhere near the level of Public Enemy, Wu-Tang or the other American heavyweights on this list.
Massive Attack
3/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
Gram Parsons
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
As years go bye this album has become Nirvana's masterpiece to me. I know for Nirvana fan's that is probably blasphemy as it should clearly be Nevermind but I never dust off that album and give it a listen but I do listen to In Utero front to back at least once or twice a year.
D'Angelo
4/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
The Kinks
2/5
The kinks have a ton of great songs. None of them will be found on this album. I get that they were trying different things and it is different than normal but it just fell flat for me. Hopefully next Kinks album will have Sunny Afternoon, Lola, or even an 80's pop song like Come Dancing. Anything would be better than this.
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
One of the more enjoyable albums that I couldn't understand the lyrics to.
Destiny's Child
3/5
Eagles
1/5
I try to separate the artist from the art but Don Henley is a piece of shit human being drugging and raping 16 year old girls but getting a pass because your famous and have good lawyers is not a forgivable offense.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
I've enjoyed a lot of progressive rock on this list like Rush, King Crimson, and Yes but this album just fell flat for me. Part of the blurb on this album mention this Album almost breaking up the band and I can see where everyone wouldn't have been on board for this.
Metallica
3/5
Doves
2/5
Haircut 100
2/5
Leftfield
3/5
Ian Dury
3/5
Coldcut
2/5
Q-Tip
3/5
Def Leppard
3/5
80s quasi hard rock masterpiece. If it was 1989 I'd have probably given this 5 stars but having not listened for 2 decades it just didn't sound anywhere as good as I remembered. I waffles between 3 and 4 but I had to resist the urge to skip tracks more than normal so went 3.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Basement Jaxx
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
I saw shoegazing in the album description and thought this is going to be an awful 1 hour listening experience. Was pleasantly surprised. A very solid album.
U2
3/5
I've always thought of U2 as being a highly overrated band. Even so I don't think I can give this less than 3 stars as there are a couple really fantastic songs here and the rest of the album is decent.
Suede
2/5
The Temptations
4/5
Megadeth
5/5
I think I forgot how hard megadeth used to be as later albums seemed to be chasing that Metallica accessible metal sound but as soon as Holy Wars started up I was cranking it up to 11 and remembering how great the early 90's was for metal before grunge took over the rock scene.
Joy Division
3/5
Neil Young
2/5
I gave it an extra star with the hopes that it is celebrating the last fucking Neil Young album I have to listen to. Used to go to the bridge school show's when they were a thing in the Bay Area. A great thing about Neil Young closing every show was that it was a great way to beat the traffic leaving the shoreline amphitheater.
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
This is an odd album for me. I enjoyed listening to it a lot and even gave it a second listen. I'll probably go out and add it to my collection but to me there is no stand-out track that really grabbed me. Maybe it will grow on me more in subsequent listens and I'll think I should have gone 5 stars but I could also see me not listening again for years and not really missing it.
Deep Purple
5/5
Orbital
2/5
This might be rated higher if I was zonked out of my mind at a rave but listening at my house while working is probably not the right frame of mind to enjoy it.
Ute Lemper
2/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Supergrass
3/5
Living Colour
5/5
The album is mostly a very strong 3 star album but after hearing Cult of Personality I don't see how anyone can go below 4. It's enough for me to go 5
Billy Bragg
4/5
Completely missed the existence of this album. Much better than expected.
SAULT
1/5
Duke Ellington
5/5
I'm not a fan of jazz music but god damn this album is amazing.
John Martyn
3/5
Flamin' Groovies
2/5
The Stooges
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
Happy Mondays
4/5
Björk
1/5
Once you've heard one of her albums you've heard them all. If it was AC/DC thats a plus but if you didn't love the first one your not going to love the second.
R.E.M.
3/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
1/5
bland rap music for people that like Phish. Hard Pass.
Julian Cope
2/5
Talking Heads
5/5
The Darkness
4/5
An old fashion rock out with your cock out album yet made in the 2000's I'll take it.
The Auteurs
1/5
Oh boy another brit-pop album. Maybe this will be the one. Nope not even close.
Emmylou Harris
4/5
Goldie
3/5
Never really sure how to rate music clearly made for clubs/raves. If I was zonked out of my mind and at a club this may have been a 5 star banger but for listening sober while I'm working in my office it was not a great listening experience. I don't think it was bad but really no idea how to judge it so giving it 3 stars.
Finley Quaye
4/5
I think if 2 or 3 of these tracks were left off the album it would have been 5 stars for me. Always happy when I listen to a British album and don't find myself constantly thinking this album shouldn't be included on this list.
Sister Sledge
5/5
Fever Ray
1/5
I do not have the fever for this album. When I saw the number of listens I was thinking I was in for a treat that I just had missed. I found that I wish I had missed it still.
Tim Buckley
3/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
There is something about a British accent and rapping that instantly makes me want to skip an album. I did listen but felt it to be a chore.
Grateful Dead
4/5
Judas Priest
5/5
I think I probably have the lowest average rating for British musicians of anyone that uses this site. I find Brit pop insufferable and there is something fucking terrible about hearing rappers with a British accent. There is one thing that is undeniable however when it comes to hard rock the Brits do it better than anyone and this album is a perfect example of what the hard rock genre should be.
Miles Davis
3/5
Deep Purple
5/5
Another hard rock masterpiece from a British bad. Now just remove half of the brit-pop albums and add some more.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Rolling Stones have so many great songs but not a lot of great albums. This one being one of the few exceptions.
Meat Puppets
3/5
Fiona Apple
2/5
I liked her first album a lot but the later work just didn't do much for me.
George Michael
4/5
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
I had two british pop albums in a row and normally that would be a nightmare but both of them were surprisingly decent. I am not sure how this is one of the top 20 albums of the 90's but I did enjoy it and may give it another listen or two.
Dead Kennedys
5/5
really is the gold standard for punk albums.
The Killers
3/5
First half of the album is excellent but extremely front loaded.
Pink Floyd
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Jamiroquai
5/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Anthrax
4/5
Not a bad track on this album and 4 stars might be too low but while all the tracks are strong there isn't a song that stays with you all day like you get from one of the other big 4 whose albums tended to have 2 or 3 standout tracks(Metallica, Megadeath, Slayer if you aren't into thrash) . If this had been Persistence of Time it would have been a 5 star without thinking. I know its weird to love a band and think their best song is a cover but Got the Time is such an amazing track on that album. I can see why people would think this is their best and I doubt there are two anthrax albums so I feel a bit conflicted giving it a 4 star review but they are at their best on the next album.
Thundercat
4/5
Youssou N'Dour
4/5
Interesting music but as with any foreign language album it is hard for me to get anything from the vocals. If I understood the lyrics perhaps it would be 5 stars.
Pink Floyd
5/5
I can't imagine anything anyone has to say about this album hasn't been said by someone already. There are a lot of artists that have multiple albums on this list but I've seen 3 and they were all 5 stars. I'm unsure if they have more but hard to find a flaw in the wall, wish you were here, or dark side.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
Ramones
5/5
Moby Grape
2/5
The Velvet Underground
1/5
The Style Council
2/5
Elvis Costello
2/5
meh