Leftism
LeftfieldGreat electronic album. This album you can focus and zone out on anywhere and still enjoy it.
Great electronic album. This album you can focus and zone out on anywhere and still enjoy it.
Very strong start and finish but lags in the middle, much like me having a shag.
IT'S OK-EASY LISTENING. SHAME LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM IS OVERSHADOWED. i LIKE FLEETWOOD MAC IN ITS EARLY DAYS
Often cited as a pioneering act in the shoegaze genre, their sound is characterized by dissonant guitar textures, androgynous vocals, and unorthodox production techniques.
Grohl said that he recorded the album just for fun, describing it as a cathartic experience to recover from the suicide of Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain. The album is considered to have started the post-grunge genre.
The term classic rock is all-encompassing and is a simple way to describe The Who.
ENRGETIC-VIBE MUSIC-The album was nominated for Best Electronic/Dance Album and "D.A.N.C.E." was nominated for Best Dance Recording and Best Video at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.
The album combined pop music with the band's feminist political lyrics.
2Pac draws lyrical inspiration from his impending prison sentence, troubles with the police, and poverty.
The songs rock but I find the vocals shriek-y, like I'm being yelled at by my girlfriend for 35 minutes straight.
Americana, and the crossroads of Blues, Country, and Rock.
Totally electrifying live performance, raw and raucous but still note-perfect — breathes new life into songs I've heard to the point of fatigue
The Verve is like U2, if they were less annoying, but also way more generic.
"África Brasil" is a masterclass in rhythm and performance, with secretive but long-lasting influence that can still be felt today. Even for any listeners wary of any language barrier with music, Jorge Ben Jor makes music that anybody can immediately understand and groove along with.
A thrill ride, like a rickety wooden rollercoaster hurtling at speed; driving rhythm section, stabbing horns, charismatic frontman; slick back you hair, rev up your motorcycle, pull on your leathers. Rock music like it should be done - get in, get out fast, look good whilst you do it.
- so much fun, great vibes - great quality for a live album - left the album radio on all day - so many likes
POST PUNK! I can fast forward through any song and wherever I stop sounds exactly the same as where I started.
Ok but dull, samey jangly pop rock. Not worth a second listen.
Inventive, beautiful, and poetic. There's so much energy and soul in these tracks, it's incredible front to back.
I just can't get into her voice and her weird infantile fairy thing.
A cultural colossus.
Spirit was a little too out there for most people. They were a little bit rock, a little bit jazz, a bit psychedelic, and several doses of just plain weird.
One of the most genuine and authentic albums I’ve ever heard. I love it when he breaks mid-song to tell a joke or a laugh slips, especially when it’s in contrast to some soul-crushingly melancholy lyrics. I don’t really think there’s a bad track in the bunch. I love this album and the special place it takes me to every time I revisit it. I give it a 10+
1st album purchased as a kid- one of many great albums
Coldplay as the alternate-universe version of Radiohead that continued to explore the Pablo Honey sound and style
Sexy Album!!!
Quite an exhausting listen, and I'm still someone who struggles with all the interstitial skits that pepper hip hop albums, but the music itself--no thanks-heard better
It's just sloppy noise-rock.
The rest is mostly the worst aspects of indie meets a really toothless brand of punk rock I suppose you could call it.
It has moments of delicacy and beauty, and of utter stormy cacophonous noise. Putting aside the stories about Mingus (aggressive, violent bugger, essentially) it feels like these people are all playing for their lives. Quite a thing to behold
Van Morrison makes some of the most soothing and relaxing songs that feel personal. The lyrics are great. The jazzy instruments are wonderful.
I forgot how violent this album is. And anti gay. And misogynistic. I can never figure out if satire, a joke, or real. it's ok.
Great album-one of my favorites!!!
Anti-groove jazz.
raw, emotional, artistic, alt. punk
Just ok. Our House, obviously a terrific song. The rest of it? What am I even listening to
I don't think that they are bad or unskilled, just not for me.
i get why this album is important i don't hate it but i don't love it.
A hard album. The music of a great talent deteriorating. You can hear this is someone who is damaged.
classic, still can't get enough of this record - sent me into a Neil spiral
A decent album to put on while I drink my morning coffee and browse the ol' Internet on this Sunday morning, but on the other hand, it lacks a certain spice to make me want to listen to more.
Good beats, good production. I liked the whole album, but no single track jumped out at me.
The first of likely many Dylan albums here. The only debate is whether it gets a 4 or 5 from me. Good God, the music released in 1965 is just insane.
What a surprising musical journey. Beautiful vocals and grandiose music pieces.
Enjoyable country rock with a light psychedelic tinge.
This was a funky album. But also... my life doesn’t need to have shaft music in the background.
It's so clear in what she sings about and how she lives.
Basically the same song over and over again. Lead vocalist has no range.
Good 70s funk
It reminds me of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Not bad music but kinda long songs and not particularly special to me.
It was a bit much at times though. I think the wackiness sometimes surpassed the actual quality of the music,
this was a surprisingly fun and enjoyable album.
Not bad, absolutely fine to have playing during work. But there's nothing remarkable about it either.
The sound of a fembot sipping a cocktail from a coconut next to the pool just before Austin Powers swings round the corner.
420 stars.
Not my thing, but that doesn't mean it's without merit. If you like this sort of music I suppose this would be pretty good. But it's music you don't need to engage with.
The beginning of the Stones really sounding like the Stones. Recording is still a little rough, although Brian Jones' use of whatever instruments were around lifts the sound into something fresher than most of their contemporaries.
Motha fucking classic. Always a pleasure listening to this.
Smooth, soulful, enjoyable. beautiful voice
Overall forgettable and boring to me.
Clean, like the genre Would listen to it outside of this
Maybe occasionally let the music breathe and stop inserting your Nick Cave-ness into everything.
Great for summer background. Sittin on da porch. Cookin a nice meal. Do something active but lowkey, turn this bad larry on.
I listened for a few tracks, lost interest, shut it off and didn’t feel bad about it, because this album has been removed from the book.
The guitar on this album is phenomenal, and songs in short snippets really sells it for me.
First time with this album and I can see it growing on me even more. It's got a more chill vibe and the jazz influence on a few track adds a nice little extra.
Great electronic album. This album you can focus and zone out on anywhere and still enjoy it.
Mysticism and pop can be a perfectly fine combination. Sometimes a perfect one. But it can quickly turn turgid if the artist gets dumb about transcendence being antithetical to pop. Suddenly, they think tempo, vibrancy, structure and precision are the enemy.
better than I thought, never heard of him before - he is country, but not pop nor is it willie nelson
Bowie! It's hard to dislike anything Bowie has done, honestly. He was so alien and ahead of his time that there's always something new and strange to learn when listening to his albums.
Brilliant speed and rhythms. A little more separation in the mix for lead guitars wouldn’t have harmed, but still a thrill a minute.
The Platonic Form of Hip Hop. Lauryn Hill is hands down what elevates this album to a firm
Love many individual tracks and the psychedelic effects in the production. Love the way certain tracks flow into one another.
I'll stick with Radiohead, thanks.
one of the best live albums.
Beautiful, high energy without ever getting manic.
Give me 85 degrees, a beach, and a cooler full of beer and this album is a 5.
"Beggar's Banquet" is a bit of a roller coaster of an album. It's blues, it's rock, it's got some country.. it's kinda all over the place but everywhere it goes is good. It's a raw sound in all the best ways.
The album itself consists of hunks of tripe interspersed with tidbits of sweet genius. But dig deeper into the KLF story and you won't be disappointed.
The songs are still brilliant. It is easy to get caught up in Jimi's excellent guitar work but the other pieces of the band are just as great.
A couple of good tracks but I'm not a massive fan of his style
Perfect inflection point between 60’s folk/rock and what was to come in the early 70’s for rock. Everybody was for a moment in that band totally together and making a near perfect album.
Folk, blues and traditional. Fairly bland, felt a little like a contractual obligation album.
More like Husker don’t
Very strong start and finish but lags in the middle, much like me having a shag.
A new discovery that's going to make it firmly into more regular listening
I just can't enjoy the monotonous sludge of distorted guitars and Corgan's petulant whine.
Bookended by two stone cold classics, the Stones try their hand at numerous genres and pretty much nail every one. A classic album in every essence.
Good music but I can really only handle Bruce's voice in small doses.
A whole album of Lauper is far too much Lauper.
This one stopped me in my tracks. I was predisposed to dismiss ABBA as mindless pop (which is not to say I haven’t listened to “ABBA Gold” countless times). But this album is much better than I expected.
The first few songs have a bit of a Grateful Dead meets David Bowie feel before the prog/art rock really takes hold. Brian Eno’s contribution is immense and hints at his ambient music aspirations.
It's like listening to the same song over and over again for an hour. Pretty bad in my opinion.
A lot of the records on this list are ahead of their times but that's not the case here. Dusty gets points for some really great recordings of really great songs but they're mostly rips of other people's work. That was common for the time (especially among white performers covering songs by black artists) but it still makes me wonder why this was included in the list. It was enjoyable but nothing groundbreaking.
I was not expecting to rate Lenny Kravitz this high. Was completely unfamiliar with his work, but the versatility and energy is incredibly impressive. He made this album basically ENTIRELY BY HIMSELF.
Politically charged, yet makes me wanna party.
What an absolute masterpiece.
A nailed-on 5 and without any competition the best dance/electronica album ever made.
On the whole, I liked it. Good, old-school, jazz-infused psychedelic rock.
Pretty boring album, there's some decent songs in the middle but it starts off with nothing and ends with nothing, I was not impressed with most of the songs on this album
I really like this Jazz album- I was very productive listening to it because jazz piano is my favorite.
A masterpiece of thrash metal. One of my favorite albums of all time.
This hits the sweet spot between rock and roll and the "roots" sounds of country, blues, and friends. Hits it perfectly, as far as I'm concerned, with a delicious dusting of California psych.
4.5, but honestly, cant really find any major flaws with the album. Great mixture of energetic tracks with slower ballads, with super dense instrumentation.
He really is one of the best. Something so mysterious and unconventional about his voice
Sounds like Depeche Mode but boring. Didn't see anything special in this, just more 80s synth music.
this is a fun album.
Funny, energetic recording of Prima's legendary live show. It's loose and irreverent, uptempo and hilarious. Prima takes liberties with his own material and jazz standards to create a raucous big band experience that leans towards the coming RnB.
One of the most influential albums of all time and the point where the Beatles started changing the game. Tomorrow Never Know’s is perhaps one of the greatest finale’s on any album.
Love me some classic Elton but this doesn't really make the cut. First two are great, rest is typical '70s Reg - clumsy but oddly endearing lyrics and some pleasant tunes.
Most 60's groups had three choices: copy the beatles, copy the beach boys, or sexually abuse minors. These guys changed the game and did all three- Four stars!
Yes has always been a great band to mellow out to and enjoy.
Some tracks a bit too long but great overall. Gonna party like it is 1999.
Could’ve happily made it to death without ever hearing this
Another perfect Sabbath album.
A quintessential blues album which gained Clapton his “God” nickname. This influenced very popular guitar sounds in the years and decades which followed and is an album which many many successful artists will point to as inspiring.
They don’t call this Birth of the Cool for nothing. What a fucking classic
THIS CAT RAPS AS SMOOTH AS A PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH.
Not good, could not listen
Don't really know what to say about this except that it does exactly what it tells you it's going to do and it does it very well. Great studying music and very relaxing
It made me feel very happy listening to it.
Everything was perfect about this album. Perfect run time, solid production, amazing vocal performance, a unique blend of 70s music styles, progressive in its own way, and kept me intrigued from beginning to end. Bowie is a fascinating person, I really look forward to his other albums. Masterpiece.
Talk about an album that fizzles... The first half is pure fire, but the last half lingers way too long.
Very fun and incredibly clever. Many reviews compare this record to Sgt. Pepper but for hip pop.
Absolute garbage. Repetitive, uninteresting, dated, meaningless new-agey-druggy lyrics, awful sound, terrible singing - tedious beyond belief
Outstanding. I've never heard this album before yesterday. It really blew me away. It will get repeated listening from me. Road trip music for sure.
Aggressive, noisy, raw. To start with. Slides into mediocre lager rock which is alternately boring and annoying.
Very bluesy, awesome album with a different sound every song and high school themes. I love it.
When I listen to Nick Drake, I can feel my brain expanding.
Cheap Trick rode a wave that was departing the Disco era, when most bands were transitioning to Soft Rock. These guys turned up the heat and brought some heaviness back to Rock music. This was a great listen and an album you must hear before you die.
To simplify…a musician with a bad back who was hungry, slightly grumpy and playing a piano that wasn’t even the one he asked for and was substandard at that, improvised this piano solo. I’m blown away by it and the talent of the musician. I wouldn’t term this as Jazz, just an absolutely beautiful piece of music.
Always wanted to like the Pretenders more - and definitely do now after listening to this album!
Metallica is a good, but not quite great, album, one whose best moments deservedly captured the heavy metal crown, but whose approach also foreshadowed a creative decline.
This sounds like what it is, a soundtrack for a film that doesn't exist. Some nice bits but fairly pointless
The Dude: Do you find them much, these, stolen cars? Younger Cop: Sometimes. Wouldn't hold out much hope for the tape deck though. Older Cop: Or the Creedence.
Radiohead going experimental because they didn’t like their own rock sound anymore and not disappointing at all, this whole album is just an experience with beautiful songs.
This album is like the smoothest cup of coffee and the warmest blanket on the coldest day.
lot of fucking bongos. Too many fucking bongos, if I'm honest. 3/5.
This album has moments of straight techno which melt into new wave and atmospheric rock. At times, the album is danceable and at others, ponderous. The way that the music constructs and deconstructs is interesting and adds to the simmering quality of some of the tracks. Overall, really enjoyable if a touch too long
Incredibly repetitive. Incredibly repetitive. Incredibly repetitive. Incredibly rep rep repetitive. Incredibly repetitive. Incredibly rep repetitive.
Emmylou Harris is somehow an underrated country legend. When it's all said and done, she'll forever be on the Mount Rushmore of female country artists, along with Loretta Lynne, Tammy Wynette, and Dolly Parton. None of those country legends have a voice like Emmylou Harris.
This is my favorite pre-Rubber Soul album. No covers. Full on McCartney-Lennon pop songwriting genius from start to end. There's something to love about each track.
It's frustrating, but at least there's some ambition here.
This album is pure energy. Weird listening to it today, when all the "controversial" aspects seem tame. It's been imitated so much that it almost sounds like a parody of itself. No doubt that this is as punk as a studio album can get.
Thoroughly enjoyable and nicely varied for a punk album. I didn't feel like I was listening to the same slurred song for thirty-five minutes like I often do with bad punk. This was a great introduction to the Dead Kennedys!
A great album! She's basically the female tom petty. A liberating and sometimes heartfelt album.
This album can only be considered a patronizing capitalist insult to those who are getting ground up by "the machine".
This album is funky, it swings. It makes me want to sing and dance. The vocals are incredible and the instruments are clear and good. This is music.
58 minutes of pure adrenaline that always leaves you needing to catch your breath at the end.
Nicely understated and under appreciated. Soft and lovely, the album can sound a bit the same at first, but the songs quickly grow on you.
This is a foundational album. You can love it. You can hate it. And without denigrating anyone's opinion, it just doesn't matter.
A classic. Enough has been said about the self-titled track, but I just want to call to attention how brilliant of a piece Orion is. One of only a few Metallica instrumentals, and simply stunning.
Another excellent entry by Ice Cube. Vocals are strong and so easy to listen to. One of the best songwriting in the genre of the era. Songs are funky and have great use of sampling. Some have catchy choruses making the album very accessible to newcomers.
This album has a fantastic start and then just keeps going. Very funky and jammy with great rhythms. Didn't even notice the songs are 12 min long! Just a fun, and well-rounded album.
So so good. Groove is immaculate. LOVED this.
Brilliant jazz spoken word/ sung style. Relaxing and hilarious, Tom Waits nails his characterization.
I enjoyed this listen quite a bit, at least with an intermission break included midway. I had forgotten how fun bluegrass music can be, and this album proved that by a mile and a half. Not all of the tracks stick, but I enjoyed the vibe of this album enough to stick the whole way through.
The grand daddy of concept albums. Features, arguably, the greatest Lennon McCartney collaboration, A Day In The Life.
Exceptional. They certainly don't make music like this anymore.
Rich and exceptionally well conceived and executed, each song stands on it's own merits while still contributing to the larger themes. Great melodies, kicking arrangements, humor and pathos, this album stands as a rocking testament to the Kinks' contributions to the genre.
There's no question that this album is powerful, and the fact that he played at a prison, and the interaction with the audience of prisoners is beyond remarkable.
The title sums this album up perfectly. Competent music, but for a collection of love songs it feels cold and perfunctory.
An enthralling listen.
I'm not listening to this narcissistic waste of human flesh, no matter how "influential" his music is. Kanye West is an influencer to the decline of civilized society and nothing more.
Absolutely excellent, groundbreaking tunes and an addictive listen.
I'm not going to get into whether this is Dylan's BEST album.