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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi • 2/5
I've heard it said of Stephen King that he "writes books for people who don't read books". Likewise, Bon Jovi makes music for people who don't listen to music.
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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Gold
Ryan Adams
|
5 | 2.83 | +2.17 |
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Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
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5 | 2.84 | +2.16 |
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Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
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5 | 2.87 | +2.13 |
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Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
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5 | 3 | +2 |
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Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
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4 | 2.01 | +1.99 |
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Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
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5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
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Manassas
Stephen Stills
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5 | 3.06 | +1.94 |
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The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
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5 | 3.08 | +1.92 |
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Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
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5 | 3.1 | +1.9 |
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Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
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5 | 3.11 | +1.89 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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American Idiot
Green Day
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1 | 3.77 | -2.77 |
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
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1 | 3.45 | -2.45 |
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Homework
Daft Punk
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1 | 3.28 | -2.28 |
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Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
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1 | 3.19 | -2.19 |
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Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
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1 | 3.03 | -2.03 |
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
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2 | 3.98 | -1.98 |
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Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
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1 | 2.97 | -1.97 |
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Spiderland
Slint
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1 | 2.97 | -1.97 |
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Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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1 | 2.95 | -1.95 |
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
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2 | 3.86 | -1.86 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 5 |
| U2 | 4 | 4.75 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 4.5 |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 4.67 |
| Dusty Springfield | 2 | 5 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 2 | 5 |
| Steely Dan | 4 | 4.25 |
| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 4.25 |
| Prince | 3 | 4.33 |
| Van Morrison | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Doors | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Kinks | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Who | 3 | 4.33 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Sepultura | 2 | 1 |
| My Bloody Valentine | 2 | 1 |
| Pere Ubu | 2 | 1.5 |
| Robert Wyatt | 2 | 1.5 |
| Radiohead | 6 | 2.33 |
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Robert Wyatt · 3 likes
1/5
Seriously, who listens to shit like this?
Lightning Bolt · 1 likes
1/5
Unintelligible lyrics, some extremely derivative guitar work - and the rest sounds like you handed some 3 year olds some instruments.
Stephen Stills · 1 likes
5/5
What a breath of fresh air after multiple days of seemingly random awfulness.
The Beta Band · 1 likes
2/5
Definitely sound like a band of Betas….
Radiohead · 1 likes
2/5
This mostly sounds like music. I’ll call that a win for a Radiohead album.
1-Star Albums (26)
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Ramones
5/5
Makes sense that this is on here - groundbreaking US punk. These guys and The Clash on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean showing the way.
Dusty Springfield
5/5
This is Dusty Springfield at her best, and listening to this I couldn't help but think that you don't get from Doris Day to Patty Smythe without Dusty to build the bridge.
Beatles
4/5
It's pretty easy to lose track of how groundbreaking these guys were, but listening to this I could imagine being a teenager in 1963 and being absolutely blown away.
The Cars
4/5
Been a fan of these guys since the early days. I remember hearing this album for the first time and thinking - this is different. Still is. The Cars found their own niche in the New Wave/Punk scene.
Miles Davis
5/5
Miles Davis at his understated best.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Obviously a classic. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes gets all the love, but for my money I'll take Helplessly Hoping as the lynchpin of this record. Amazing harmonies.
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Some interesting sounds and influences, clearly, but eventually it ended up just sounding like a random musical theatre soundtrack. Fine if you're into that kind of thing, but not my cup of tea. Happy to be introduced to this artist though - I always enjoy interesting music.
Lou Reed
5/5
Hadn't heard this one in a while. Brought back some good memories.
R.E.M.
4/5
Having never been much of a fan of these guys, I was pleasantly surprised by this. Great sounds. First time I ever made it all the way through one of their albums.
Eagles
5/5
Great album, no need to say more.
Willie Nelson
4/5
Like time traveling to a simpler, wilder, harsher past.
Big Black
1/5
Awful.
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
I'm not a huge fan of this genre, but if I were, I suspect this would be one of the best. These guys were definitely at the forefront of the 90s hip-hop scene.
Morrissey
3/5
Great voice, his songs just don't resonate with me.
Elbow
3/5
Listenable, but noting earth shattering
Beck
4/5
The Byrds
4/5
Metallica
4/5
As good as it gets in this genre - excellent guitar work, meaningful songs. Of course it's on this list.
4/5
Parliament
5/5
This was awesome!
Alice Cooper
5/5
Slipknot
2/5
AC/DC
4/5
Bangers, all the way through.
Soundgarden
3/5
Don’t love the sound mix, but a solid 90s rock and roll offering
Billy Bragg
4/5
Very enjoyable. I could listen to more of this.
Aimee Mann
4/5
I liked this a lot. Like a pop album by Brandi Carlile. Listened to it all day and never got old.
ABBA
4/5
Any Album with "Dancing Queen" is going to be worth a listen.
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4/5
Minutemen
3/5
Solid offering in the early 1980's Southern California surf punk genre. Some interesting sounds. Probably a line from Dick Dale to these guys.
R.E.M.
3/5
This album reminded me of why I'm not much of an REM fan. I think it's just personal preference. I liked "Automatic for the People" much more.
Fairport Convention
4/5
Enjoyed this a lot. British Folk rock, while unoriginal is a very apt description.
Rush
4/5
Any album that includes Tom Sawyer is going to be pretty good. That is an absolutely exceptional Rock and Roll song. Beyond that, some other good underrated tunes, notably YYZ.
Primal Scream
3/5
Not awful, but a little too much electronica sounding to me. The songs were repetitive to the point that I couldn't tell when one ended and another began. Still, some interesting sounds, including some nice jazz influences - just not my cup of tea.
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Glad I listened to this, but not my style.
The War On Drugs
4/5
Liked the sound of this. I could listen to it some more.
Tricky
3/5
Better than expected - very listenable, and I can in the right atmosphere, this would be an excellent choice.
The Strokes
4/5
4/5
As an early 80s teenager, this is right in my wheelhouse. Love Trevor Horn as a producer, so this gets a thumbs up!
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Full disclosure - not a Joni Mitchell fan. She's written some exceptionally great songs, notably "Woodstock" and "Both Sides Now", but vocally, she's subpar and difficult for me to listen to. But I made it through this, and it wasn't unbearable, so let's call it a win.
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
Let out a bit of an “ugh” when this popped up, but turns out it was remarkably good. A little goes a long way, of course, but glad I haven’t a listen.
Prince
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Christina Aguilera
4/5
For a Pop album, pretty solid.
Beastie Boys
4/5
Ray Charles
5/5
I really liked this - great job with many of the standards. A lot of horns and strings, I would have like to have the piano play a little more prominent role, but the vocals are great.
Hawkwind
2/5
Sometimes there's a reason you've never heard of some of these acts. They aren't very good. This sounds like a cross between Black Sabbath and Spinal Tap, but not in a good way. What happens when you take a borderline genre (prog rock) too far. Cool album cover though.
Wire
3/5
Pretty standard Punk offering, with some pop flavors and hints of Lou Reed. Cool name for a band though.
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Of course.
Derek & The Dominos
5/5
Can I give this six stars?
Beatles
4/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Good, but no stand-outs.
Bee Gees
3/5
Not sure what they were going for here. Some decent Simon & Garfunkel feels, but just so-so for me.
Van Morrison
5/5
Classic
Van Morrison
4/5
More accessible than people give it credit for - don’t be afraid.
Gillian Welch
3/5
Stark, intimate. Enjoyed it, but no great revelation for me.
The Magnetic Fields
2/5
Music for a middle school drama club. And way too much of it. Barely listenable for me.
Bright spot - Sweet Lovin' Man
Might be 10 or 12 decent songs in here, but easy to miss amongst the nonsense
Iron Maiden
4/5
Pantera
1/5
I do my best to listen to everything thrown out me on this project, but some of these genre's push the limits of actual music. Vocals are unbearable. Had to move on quickly from this one.
Madonna
3/5
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
Better than expected. Enough jazz influences to keep it interesting.
The B-52's
4/5
Green Day
1/5
Neil Young
3/5
Good, but I couldn’t wait to finish so I could listen to Tom Waits “Heart of Saturday Night”.
The Birthday Party
1/5
Right up there with the worst of them.
Goldfrapp
3/5
Pretty good actually. Gal’a got a decent voice and the electronica is tempered with enough pop hooks to make it listenable. I checked out a couple other albums - liked Silver Eyethe best.
Arcade Fire
3/5
As I was listening to this, all I could think was "What's the big deal about these guys?" Pretty standard early 21st century pop rock. Decent, but nothing stood out.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Might be their best album. Really enjoyed listening to this all the way through.
Beatles
4/5
The Allman Brothers Band
5/5
Hard to overstate how good these guys are.
Wilco
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Nice album - great songs done as only Elvis can.
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Know many of these songs, but never listened all the way through. Very solid top to bottom.
Santana
4/5
Not a big Santana fan, but a lot to appreciate here.
Screaming Trees
3/5
Big sound. Polished grunge, maybe? Some nice 80s synthesizer touches. All in all, not too bad.
Lorde
3/5
Aptly titled - a little too much of the Billie Eilish whiny schoolgirl vibe on this one for me. I listened to her two other albums in conjunction with this, and this was my least favorite.
Kate Bush
2/5
I know the critics love her, and understand she's trying to push the boundaries, but at a certain point it's just noise. Other than Running Up That Hill, I'm passing on most things Kate Bush.
Tangerine Dream
1/5
Pure Electronica - not for me.
Pink Floyd
5/5
One of the best ever.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
An archetype of the genre.
Fatboy Slim
2/5
More electronica, or at least electronica adjacent. This actually has some musical sounds, so more tolerable than most.
The White Stripes
4/5
Pretty solid rock and roll listening.
The Beach Boys
4/5
Marilyn Manson
2/5
I hear that people used to kill themselves after listening to this guy. Now I know why. Extra star for coming up with the scary guy gimmick to overcome average talent. Decent heavy metal voice, though.
Steely Dan
5/5
Just so goog.
Steely Dan
4/5
John Grant
3/5
Listenable, but nothing of note here.
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
Interesting. Maybe a little too "International" for my taste, but enough good sounds to keep me engaged.
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Happy to have listened to this. Very good jazz record.
Venom
2/5
Unlike most of the death metal I’ve been exposed to on here, these guys at least sound like they are trying to approximate music. In other words, not entirely unlistenable.
3/5
Not bad, but nothing for me to connect with.
Rush
2/5
Objectively, not good. Songs are ridiculous, Geddy Lee’s voice is awful. These guys got better, but without the benefit of knowing that, this album would never see the light of day.
Solomon Burke
4/5
Definitely one everyone should be exposed to. Classic R & B.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
I was hoping this would make me have a greater appreciation for this band. Didn't work. Definitely worth a listen, but run of the mill 90s grunge, which never really spoke to me. I appreciate what that genre did to save Rock & Roll, however.
Tim Buckley
3/5
Different. Good. Nice to have been made aware of this artist.
Grant Lee Buffalo
4/5
I liked this a lot. Surprised I never came across these guys back in the day. They are right up my alley.
10cc
2/5
Stupid. Songs sound like if Paul McCartney wrote the music for Spinal Tap, or a bad Queen knockoff. Waste of time.
Dolly Parton
4/5
Classic Dolly. Hard to beat.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
A really good listen. Great voice and great lyrics.
Robbie Williams
4/5
Boards of Canada
2/5
Ugh. Is it just me, or is there too much electronica on this list?
Deep Purple
4/5
Early seventies heavy metal, pushing the envelope. Everything afterwards owes itself to this.
The Stone Roses
4/5
Enjoyable. Some 60s psychedelia sounds. Will listen more.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
As prog rock as it gets. Thanks for pushing the envelope.
Talk Talk
3/5
Unique sound. I could listen to more of this.
James Taylor
5/5
Love revisiting these classics.
Sade
4/5
Unique, soulful sound. One of a kind.
The Police
3/5
Can hear these guys finding their style.
TLC
4/5
Doves
3/5
Another band that for some reason I've never heard of that I could like. This is what I'm here for.
Al Green
5/5
Classic R & B. Learn from the master.
Dire Straits
5/5
Genesis
3/5
Ute Lemper
3/5
Not my style, but she can sing.
Taylor Swift
5/5
solid pop offering
Flamin' Groovies
4/5
Always love it when I hear something I haven’t before and it turns out to be really good. I little too much filler at the end of this though.
Elton John
4/5
Some classics, rest is solid as well.
The Associates
1/5
I try to listen to all of these, but barely made it through 3 songs on this one. Awful.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
A must listen for everyone.
Gorillaz
4/5
Really interesting, enjoyed the experience
Boston
5/5
Absolute classic
Arrested Development
4/5
Really good. Sorry I missed it the first time through.
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Hard to overstate how good this is. Happy for the opportunity to listen again
The Doors
5/5
A lot of good groundbreaking stuff on here.
Lou Reed
4/5
Maybe the best Lou Reed album I’ve ever heard.
GZA
4/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Based on this, I’d say these guys were a lot more interesting early on. Later stuff is formulaic.
Muddy Waters
5/5
Great live blues from a master.
American Music Club
3/5
Couldn't find this album on Apple Music. Listened to some of their other stuff - not bad, but nothing special.
KISS
3/5
3 chord rock with a gimmick
The Smiths
2/5
Sorry, just not a fan...
Baaba Maal
3/5
Hard to evaluate, but interesting
Grizzly Bear
2/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Not sure I'd have this Led Zeppelin album on this list, but I presume there will be others.
4/5
New York Dolls
4/5
Proto-Punk at its finest
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
A lot to like here.
Stan Getz
4/5
Really enjoyed this
Kraftwerk
2/5
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
Supertramp
4/5
The Cult
4/5
Barry Adamson
1/5
Next update this should be the first one off of this list. It’s movie background music.
The Cure
3/5
Solid, if unspectacular
Stereo MC's
3/5
Better than I expected
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Meh
The Who
4/5
Some very cool stuff on here
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
A lot of good ones on here. Criminally underrated.
Incubus
4/5
Good rock and roll!
David Bowie
4/5
The Temptations
5/5
The Kinks
5/5
The Sonics
4/5
Never heard of these guys. Happy that’s been corrected.
Jimmy Smith
5/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Better than expected
Destiny's Child
2/5
Uninteresting
Metallica
3/5
Masters of their genre, just not my genre.
Burning Spear
3/5
The Residents
1/5
Ridiculous. How did they ever get an album made.
Adele
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Sepultura
1/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
The Zutons
3/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
Queen
4/5
Solid rock & roll
Coldplay
3/5
The Libertines
4/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Faust
2/5
Fleet Foxes
3/5
Meh
Primal Scream
3/5
A nice sounding album with a pleasant surprise in “Damaged”. I’d listen again.
Deee-Lite
2/5
Repetitive dance/electonica. Yawn.
The Smiths
3/5
Look, Morrissey has a great voice, and with the music polished up, this is a Smiths album worth listening to.
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Linkin Park
4/5
The Byrds
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Laibach
2/5
Gene Clark
3/5
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
The Temptations
4/5
Haircut 100
3/5
Blue Cheer
3/5
Poor man’s Cream.
Judas Priest
5/5
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
Barely music
Def Leppard
3/5
Overproduced pop masquerading as rock and roll.
R.E.M.
4/5
Mj Cole
4/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
The Style Council
3/5
George Harrison
3/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Alanis Morissette
5/5
Manu Chao
3/5
B.B. King
3/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
The Modern Lovers
2/5
Violent Femmes
3/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Pedantic early 70s themes.
Megadeth
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
Rocket From The Crypt
4/5
The Smiths
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
The Kinks
4/5
The Jam
4/5
Adele
4/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Sepultura
1/5
No way these guys should have more than one album on this list. Hopefully this is the last.
Arcade Fire
3/5
Meh.
Julian Cope
2/5
Skunk Anansie
3/5
Cream
4/5
Tom Tom Club
4/5
Steve Winwood
4/5
Klaxons
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
The Killers
3/5
Gene Clark
4/5
Stan Getz
5/5
Listened to this all day. Absolutely beautiful.
Fugazi
3/5
Prince
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
I sincerely hope I don't see another one of these guys albums on this list. Mostly static.
Ash
4/5
The Offspring
4/5
N.W.A.
4/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Grateful Dead
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
The Monkees
3/5
Billy Joel
5/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Pretty big fan of Tom Waits, but this one is a stretch.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
John Cale
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
George Michael
5/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Kanye West
4/5
FKA twigs
3/5
N.E.R.D
4/5
Duran Duran
4/5
Wilco
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
The Young Gods
1/5
Combining two things I hate: French & thrash metal
Supergrass
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
The Black Keys
3/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Moby
3/5
Alice In Chains
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
John Lennon
3/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Bad Brains
3/5
Neu!
3/5
Common
4/5
The Replacements
4/5
Blur
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Tina Turner
3/5
The xx
4/5
Elton John
4/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Mike Oldfield
3/5
The Specials
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
The Electric Prunes
4/5
Fun, classic 60s psychedelia
Tim Buckley
3/5
Radiohead
1/5
The most overrated band in the history of rock and roll.
Television
4/5
Chicago
4/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
Pretenders
5/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
The Police
4/5
The Avalanches
3/5
Radiohead
2/5
Shack
3/5
U2
5/5
Syd Barrett
3/5
Surprisingly pedestrian.
Can
2/5
4/5
Solange
2/5
Various Artists
4/5
George Jones
3/5
Dennis Wilson
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Fugees
4/5
The Hives
3/5
Radiohead
2/5
A few songs were not unlistenable. I call that a win for a Radiohead album. The good news is that I think this is the last one I’ll come across on this project.
Pixies
2/5
The best thing about most of these songs is that they’re short.
The Roots
4/5
Probably the most musically complex
Hip Hop album I’ve ever heard.
Steve Earle
3/5
Traffic
5/5
Dusty Springfield
5/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Tom Waits
5/5
Carole King
4/5
Meat Loaf
4/5
Butthole Surfers
2/5
Maybe I’m thinking of someone else, but I remember these guys being a lot better.
Jane's Addiction
4/5
OutKast
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
New Order
3/5
King Crimson
2/5
Too much prog, not enough rock.
Roxy Music
3/5
Pulp
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
John Coltrane
5/5
Paul Simon
5/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
The Isley Brothers
3/5
Hole
3/5
Better than expected. At least the first 8 songs.
Queen
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Nirvana
4/5
Pulp
3/5
M.I.A.
2/5
Lambchop
3/5
Orbital
3/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Throbbing Gristle
2/5
Pretty stupid, but not unlistenable as background noise.
T. Rex
4/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
The xx
3/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Beck
4/5
Nirvana
4/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
3 minus, only because of Once In A Lifetime
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Rage Against The Machine
2/5
Method Man
3/5
Common
4/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
CHVRCHES
3/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Public Enemy
3/5
John Lennon
2/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
As a fellow reviewer said: "Better than Radiohead"
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Genesis
4/5
AC/DC
4/5
Turn it up loud and don’t overthink it.
Johnny Cash
5/5
Nirvana
4/5
The Mars Volta
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
The Doors
3/5
Sebadoh
2/5
Drive-By Truckers
4/5
Roni Size
2/5
Van Halen
3/5
Drive Like Jehu
1/5
Cheap Trick
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Soft Cell
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Waylon Jennings
4/5
Sarah Vaughan
5/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
4/5
fIREHOSE
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Jeff Buckley
3/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Maybe the best jazz album of all time.
Love
3/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Sounds like it could be a Bond movie soundtrack. Not a bad thing. 3+
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Classic 60's pop with a handful of must knows.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Incredible vibe all the way through.
The Undertones
3/5
David Ackles
3/5
Air
3/5
I always get nervous when something is categorized as "electronica", but his had some actual music on it. Pleasantly surprised.
The Streets
3/5
If Frank Turner was a hip-hop artist....
Morrissey
3/5
OutKast
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Meat Puppets
3/5
Ryan Adams
4/5
Garbage
5/5
Maybe the best 90’s alt/grunge album I’ve listened to.
Erykah Badu
4/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
The Prodigy
3/5
2/5
Sex Pistols
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Paul Weller
4/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Some interesting influences here.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Holger Czukay
2/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Janet Jackson
3/5
New Order
3/5
The Byrds
4/5
3/5
The Stooges
4/5
The Adverts
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
3/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
The Cure
4/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
2/5
Mostly nonsense, but some of it is beautiful.
Death In Vegas
2/5
Joan Baez
3/5
The Thrills
3/5
Japan
3/5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
U2
5/5
The Jam
4/5
The Clash
5/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
The Cardigans
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
The Waterboys
3/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
100/5
Iron Butterfly
4/5
Bauhaus
3/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
A little goes a long way, but worth listening to
Emmylou Harris
4/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
Not even music. Industrial noises and German screaming. Feel free to skip this one with extreme prejudice.
Frank Sinatra
5/5
Massive Attack
3/5
Pretty good. Some really interesting stuff on here.
Britney Spears
3/5
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Buffalo Springfield
4/5
Motörhead
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
The Stooges
2/5
Beatles
3/5
Some great stuff, some really stupid stuff.
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Brian Wilson
4/5
Everything But The Girl
4/5
Really beautiful
Lightning Bolt
1/5
Unintelligible lyrics, some extremely derivative guitar work - and the rest sounds like you handed some 3 year olds some instruments.
Elastica
3/5
The Dictators
4/5
This is a really fun album. What Rock and Roll should be, not taking itself too seriously. I love finding this stuff on the list.
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Girls Against Boys
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Nick Cave is the Radiohead of the folk-rock genre. The critics love him, but has anyone ever actually met a fan? This is tolerable, but not nearly as good as you might be led to believe.
The Beta Band
2/5
Definitely sound like a band of Betas….
Pere Ubu
1/5
I mean, not good.
Love
3/5
Emmylou Harris
5/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Motörhead
3/5
Beatles
3/5
The Human League
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Can
2/5
These guys feel like the Radiohead of the early 1970s. The critics seemed to like them, but nobody really listened to them; because, while unique, it's just not very good.
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Gram Parsons
4/5
Duke Ellington
4/5
Prince
5/5
The Go-Go's
4/5
Frank Zappa
4/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Ice T
3/5
Eminem
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
Pavement
3/5
Thelonious Monk
3/5
Red Snapper
2/5
Joy Division
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
TV On The Radio
2/5
Beach House
3/5
The Pretty Things
3/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Aphex Twin
2/5
Paul Simon
3/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Slade
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Throwing Muses
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Jack White
4/5
4/5
Q-Tip
3/5
George Michael
4/5
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Portishead
2/5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Overrated album by an overrated artist. She has written a few good songs, I’ll give you that, but none are on this record.
The United States Of America
3/5
Ananda Shankar
2/5
The Sitar is at best a complimentary instrument, and even then a little goes a long way. Hard to make it all the way through this one.
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Gotan Project
3/5
4/5
Psychedelic Beatles are the best Beatles
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Bon Jovi
2/5
I've heard it said of Stephen King that he "writes books for people who don't read books". Likewise, Bon Jovi makes music for people who don't listen to music.
Radiohead
3/5
I’ve come to dread the Radiohead albums on this list, but this was a pleasant surprise. These guys aren’t half bad when they make actual music.
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
The Fall
2/5
Simple hooks and inane lyrics repeated incessantly.
The White Stripes
4/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
5/5
Randy Newman
3/5
Liz Phair
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
The Darkness
3/5
Imagine a very mediocre 80s hairband they couldn’t be bothered to find a half decent lead singer
Johnny Cash
4/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
The Zombies
3/5
3/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
Ryan Adams
5/5
Living Colour
4/5
Metallica
2/5
UB40
4/5
Dr. Octagon
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
5/5
LTJ Bukem
2/5
Randy Newman
3/5
The Who
4/5
Travis
3/5
Khaled
3/5
This is a 3+ for me. I can't really get past the Arabic (and French, and ?) lyrics, but the music is really interesting.
SZA
3/5
The Vines
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
The Pharcyde
3/5
Robert Wyatt
1/5
Seriously, who listens to shit like this?
Elliott Smith
3/5
The Doors
5/5
David Bowie
4/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
Taylor Swift songs are best listened to one at a time.
Jamiroquai
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
D'Angelo
3/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Don McLean
4/5
Realistically more like 3 stars, but gets the 4th solely on the basis of “American Pie”
Alice Cooper
4/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
The Beau Brummels
3/5
4/5
Billie Holiday
4/5
Small Faces
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Not my favorite genre, but I mostly enjoyed this. Eventually, the over repetitive loops just wear me out.
Scissor Sisters
3/5
Other than the electronica/disco rendition of “Comfortably Numb”, which is an abomination, there’s a lot to like here. Might have been 4 stars.
Gang Of Four
3/5
The Yardbirds
5/5
This really highlights how far ahead of his time Jeff Beck was.
Kid Rock
4/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
The Bees
4/5
Nice vibe
Roxy Music
3/5
The Charlatans
4/5
Christine and the Queens
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
50 Cent
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
Ghostface Killah
3/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
Mostly noise and nothing particularly groundbreaking.
Jeff Beck
4/5
The Fall
3/5
Ice Cube
3/5
Donald Fagen
4/5
Le Tigre
2/5
Was there a “bad early 80s new wave” revival that I missed; because I imagine these guys would have been at the forefront.
The Band
5/5
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Calexico
4/5
Slint
1/5
This is mostly bad shoegaze on steroids. A lot of it sounds like feedback, and the vocals are buried in the mix; which might be a good thing because when you can hear them, they’re awful. Still, I was going to give it two stars until the last “song”: 15 minutes of noise, presumably approximating a night in a quarry. This is not “daring” or “edgy” or groundbreaking in any way - it’s just stupid. Where are the record company execs putting their foot down when you need them?
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Tito Puente
5/5
Simply Red
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Eagles
4/5
The Coral
2/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
Buzzcocks
4/5
The Who
5/5
The KLF
3/5
MC Solaar
3/5
Stereolab
1/5
Sleater-Kinney
2/5
Jacques Brel
1/5
I wonder if there is a way to get this app to skip all the French shit.
Keith Jarrett
5/5
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
The Louvin Brothers
3/5
Madonna
3/5
King Crimson
2/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
The Cure
3/5
4/5
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Buck Owens
4/5
Hole
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Anita Baker
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Spiritualized
2/5
The Stooges
4/5
Finley Quaye
2/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
Kanye West
2/5
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
3/5
Maybe the saddest album I’ve ever heard.
Little Simz
3/5
Black Flag
3/5
Daft Punk
1/5
Had to skim this one. Couldn’t take the full dose of repetitive loops. Maybe this is considered good for the genre, but I don’t get it.
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Janelle Monáe
3/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Mix is awful, but otherwise decent early 90s grunge
Orbital
2/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Morrissey
3/5
Circle Jerks
3/5
Wild Beasts
2/5
Eels
3/5
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Shuggie Otis
4/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
4/5
Goldie
1/5
Queens Of The Stone Age
3/5
The Saints
4/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Suede
2/5
Stephen Stills
5/5
What a breath of fresh air after multiple days of seemingly random awfulness.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Public Enemy
3/5
John Martyn
3/5
Jane's Addiction
2/5
The Crusaders
4/5
Magazine
3/5
Scritti Politti
3/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Still sound like a band of Betas, but better than their previous entry on this list.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
The Verve
3/5
Tori Amos
3/5
Everything But The Girl
3/5
Like their earlier stuff better.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Not his best effort.
Pavement
3/5
Femi Kuti
3/5
Weather Report
3/5
Eminem
3/5
Kanye West
3/5
5/5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Orange Juice
3/5
This had some fun sounds. I often wonder if some of these acts would have been more popular if they had a better name. “Orange Juice”? Really?
Missy Elliott
3/5
The Specials
4/5
Fever Ray
3/5
Bonnie Raitt
5/5
Giant Sand
3/5
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
Cornershop
2/5
Little Richard
5/5
Supergrass
4/5
The Verve
4/5
Sheryl Crow
5/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
Soul II Soul
4/5
Dion
3/5
Mekons
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Eurythmics
4/5
Bert Jansch
4/5
Beth Orton
4/5
Eric Clapton
5/5
Peter Tosh
4/5
Patti Smith
4/5
Cowboy Junkies
5/5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
Guns N' Roses
5/5
The Incredible String Band
2/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Norah Jones
4/5
Pixies
3/5
MGMT
3/5
Suede
3/5
Radiohead
2/5
This mostly sounds like music. I’ll call that a win for a Radiohead album.
Portishead
3/5
Not bad, actually. Vocals save it.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Bad Company
4/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Os Mutantes
3/5
Peter Frampton
5/5
The Clash
4/5
The Only Ones
2/5
“Hmm, I’ve never heard of these guys, I wonder why? Oh, they’re not very good, that’s why””
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
A Prog Rock staple.
Baaba Maal
2/5
k.d. lang
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Talvin Singh
1/5
Electronica at its worst.
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
Scott Walker
2/5
Nice to know they were overproducing records in the late 60s too.
William Orbit
3/5
Couldn’t find this one, so listened to Strange Cargo 2. I mean, it’s electronica, how different can they be. Not bad.
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
David Crosby
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Blues in Bob Minor saved this from being a 1.
Morrissey
3/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
John Martyn
3/5
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
Tom Waits
3/5
System Of A Down
2/5
Queen Latifah
3/5
Air
3/5
Doves
2/5
Culture Club
3/5
These guys were musically underrated. Didn’t need the androgyny gimmick. May have worked against them.