Abbey Road
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It’s Abby Road
Fun first choice
I had this album when it came out because everyone said Radiohead was so amazing and revolutionary. It was so boring and overrated. Now hearing it again 20 years later, it’s still boring and overrated, but a little better on headphones. The dude cannot sing and there’s much better electronic music out there.
Fun dreamy glam rock
Started very fun, but fell off at the end
Not their best work, but not bad.
It’s Abby Road
A peaceful listen, but not too memorable.
Lots of classic southern rock with blues influences
I really like the dreamy low tempo electronic music
A little weird at times, but overall very groovy and chill
Mind bending
Reminds me of Miseducation, but less memorable
This is one of the 90’s best
Wow that was great! How did I miss this before?
I could go the rest of my life without hearing Under the Bridge or Give It Away again, yet the rest of the album still soars.
Jane’s Addiction is kind of annoying
A breath of fresh air
Much better now that high school is over and the annoying girls who played this all the time are far away. Now it’s very groovy
I didn’t get into this back in the day. He was smooth, but a lot of it is very repetitive. It gets stronger towards the end. It’s not bad overall, but the era has better hip hop too.
The second disk was awesome! I can’t be 100% sure if I heard the artist’s original intent since only later additions were available. Nonetheless, this jumped genre and did reasonably well in all of them
I’m obviously going to love this, but I don’t know that I have 3 1/2 hours to dedicate to it. Agree with others that a best of should not be eligible.
4 instead of 5 because I thought it had it’s oh so quiet and it didn’t
This is completely insane and I can’t begin to know how to rate it
The Cure was around in 1980? I like their later work, but this didn’t really speak to me so much. I enjoyed the penultimate song a lot
Well, it’s not bad, but I don’t see picking this over the original stuff. It’s definitely performed really well and helped introduce this stuff to a new audience.
Pretty and raw, but I don’t think I’m likely to listen again
I remember hearing about this artist back in the day, but never listened to it. It was much better than I was expecting. Haunting and well crafted
This was five stars up until that weird Telephone song. Nonetheless I loved this and have absolutely no idea why. Aw never mind, it’s a five in spite of that
This is so unique and only possible in the 90’s
I enjoyed this well enough. You could have told me that this was U2 in the late 80’s and that would have been pretty believable. Yet, I doubt I will revisit this one too often
That’s tough, I loved this in 7th grade but was way too cool for it in 12th. I guess I’ll just have to try to give it an honest listen 30 years later. It pretty much holds up! The instrumentation is top notch, but the lyrics are dumb and boring. It would be a five if it were in a language I don’t understand.
Not very memorable. Some of the breaks were nice, but I can’t imagine putting this on
Maybe I wasn’t in the right mood, but I had a hard time getting into this
Fun distraction, I could put this on again
No one jams like this. Dolby Atmos sounds so good with this too
Radiohead was deeply overrated at their best. This collection of B sides that even they didn’t like was torturous to slug through. The only listenable track was the instrumental one.
Still so much better than Oasis
A bit of a slog after the title track
Tough to judge, Jay-Z was always pretty funny and without much gimmicky stuff or unimaginative swearing. He picks good tracks to mix, but it does get a little same-ey after a while
This is unique and new to me! I have heard the name, but I don’t think I’ve heard her stuff before.
A couple great tracks but it gets really weird and experimental. Not necessarily a bad thing tho. Tough to digest
That was great, never heard of him before
He was certainly talented, but this is such a product of its time that I cannot help but be a deeply bored child again when I hear it.
This was better than Eminem led me to believe. Elvis was kind of the go-to pop culture joke in the late twentieth century, so it’s kind of weird to give him an honest listen. It was pretty enjoyable really (still hoping to see the original blues men make their appearance tho)
Well that was different. I mostly enjoyed it, but the Flaming Lips did it better
I can’t be sure that I heard the correct version, but I enjoyed it well enough without being blown away by it
This was kind of a mess, but with a few bright spots. I can understand why someone might like it and can see how it inspired the goth sub genre, but it was pretty grating
Summer Breeze is a lovely song (at least the first time it appeared on this album), but the rest was in the best that 70’s soul has to offer
Haunting and absolutely beautiful
Trippy and fun! I probably wasn’t in the right headspace for this, but I can tell he definitely pushed the technology available in 1973 to the max to great effect . Really rocked near the end
This was so much fun! It’s stuff that you know you’ve heard in the background of movies, but really focusing on it lets the storytelling shine through
Well this is what I’m here for! Amazing music that I’d never heard of before! Have to welcome multiverse Beatles into the regular rotation
My streaming service didn’t carry this album, but I was able to cobble together most of it from other albums. Absolutely beautiful, but not Miles Davis
Fun but rather same-y. I’m surprised that they started with their hit.
Best of the Southern rock genre
Megadeth kinda sucks. Metal can be great when it carries a big atmosphere, but this almost sounds AI
Pretty relaxing, but forgettable
Beats are best in genre. Unfortunately the skits are still dumb
So much fun! I appreciate how they inspired Rev Horton Heat
Morrissey is great but this wasn’t his best
Tough follow up album. Enjoyable, but not as memorable
Pretty mellow and enjoyable on a weekend morning
I like jazz, but fusion is a mess. The musicians are talented tho
What a trip, early punk sounds. This was so fun
An unexpected 5 stars! I have heard plenty of Young’s music, but not this album. That was hauntingly beautiful
It’s literally Thriller
I recently discovered these guys too! Good stuff
This album is so fun and would probably be 5 stars if it was just one disk
Crazy how I don’t think I ever heard this beyond the singles before. So complex and beautiful
That was fantastic and shall be added to the rotation
Better than expected after hearing their whiny and shitty later work. They should have kept this energy
Eargasm
One interesting track but mostly boring
I was really surprised to discover that I have not heard this whole album before, but know about half of it very well. The highlights are some of the best songs ever written, but the lows are so stupid “let’s do Julia in the road 100x” that’s it’s so hard to rate. I would rate it 4.5 if I had the option
Pretty good, I love the call and response on this! You definitely need to be in the right mood for it tho
Enjoyable background music, but doesn’t really catch you for the most part. You can tell it wasn’t a cohesive work, but just kind of everything he was working on
He had a lot of gusto
It’s really tough to know if an album this recent will stand the test of time, but this one seems likely. She’s a world class poet
Modern R&B does not appeal to me, but I recognize the talent
That was awesome! If not for the screaming vocals would probably be a five
Hauntingly beautiful lyrics
Not bad, but typical of the era
Sorry, quite boring
That was a pleasant, but very forgettable background sound
First half was incredible! Fell off a bit at the end
Dolly is the greatest American
I was never really into these guys, but they were definitely a big influence. This is 1990s rock in the 1980s
This is the background of a 1990’s coffee shop, pleasant but not memorable
Man, it was really weird to find this album on the list. Like, it’s fine, but more a goofy distraction than anything influential or must-hear
America’s poet
I was expecting much worse based on these reviews. This is pretty ordinary pop from the late 80’s. Not my thing but well done
It grew on me on the second listen. Not bad if you keep an open mind
Not his best work, but the highs are still pretty high
This hit just right! Not normally a genre that I’m into, but I wish I’d given it more attention in the 90’s
Billy Joel owns the 70’s
This whole time, I thought I didn’t like U2. This was really something else
Good, but not as great as Kind of Blue was
Didn’t like it at first but it really grew on me
What a deep reference! I heard these guys in their Alternative Tentacles days. Some of the writing is cringe now, but the rolling bass is lots of fun
I’ve been sick of this album for 40 years, but can’t deny it’s great
Pretty good, it reminded my wife of Pink Floyd
That was something different. Sounded a lot like a precursor to Beck
It had some solid moments (Ice Cream Truck), but the beats were not very memorable. Wu was missing its Tang
One of my wife’s favorite albums and I can see why. Haunting and beautiful. I enjoyed the loving Dylan send-up too
I can see why this one was so controversial. It took a second listen on a good speaker with no distractions to really get into it. It really grew on me tho, and I think it would be a five if her voice matched the project better (she has a bluesy voice). I’m intrigued
These beats were insane and never let up. I normally don’t enjoy the whole “movie dialogue sliced into the track” thing but this DJ excels at at. This has to be an unexpected 5
Not exactly my jam, but I can definitely acknowledge how atmospheric and enchanting it sounds in the right environment
Aside from the Jamaica song was perfect
This was a lot of fun (outside of the last track). It reminded me of a small town local band in the 90’s
OG
As someone who played video games in the 1980’s, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Not my thing, but I’ll grade on a curve since this sound had to be pretty new in 1974
I didn’t like it at first but it grew on me. I’m still not sure why it’s here when there’s so many more impactful broadway recordings and this was nothing new in 2000
Prince does what he wants
Well, I can’t argue the talent, but it got very same-y very quickly
Raw and awesome. Not sure how I missed this in 2003
It’s fine but from the era when R&B started to fall off