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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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American Gothic
David Ackles
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5 | 2.49 | +2.51 |
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All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
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5 | 2.7 | +2.3 |
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Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
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5 | 2.77 | +2.23 |
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Vulnicura
Björk
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5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
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Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
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Bone Machine
Tom Waits
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5 | 2.85 | +2.15 |
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Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
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5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
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Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
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5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
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16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
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5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
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Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
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5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
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1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
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Le Tigre
Le Tigre
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1 | 3.14 | -2.14 |
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The Libertines
The Libertines
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1 | 3.01 | -2.01 |
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Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
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1 | 2.88 | -1.88 |
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Atomizer
Big Black
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1 | 2.72 | -1.72 |
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...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
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1 | 2.68 | -1.68 |
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White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
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2 | 3.67 | -1.67 |
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Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
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2 | 3.56 | -1.56 |
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
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2 | 3.5 | -1.5 |
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
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2 | 3.47 | -1.47 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| David Bowie | 5 | 4.6 |
| Tom Waits | 3 | 5 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 2 | 5 |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 2 | 5 |
| Dire Straits | 2 | 5 |
| Steely Dan | 2 | 5 |
| King Crimson | 2 | 5 |
| Björk | 2 | 5 |
| Air | 2 | 5 |
| The Doors | 2 | 5 |
| Beatles | 5 | 4.2 |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 4.25 |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 4.33 |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 4.33 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 2 |
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Goldfrapp · 8 likes
5/5
So dramatic and odd with the processed vocals. Sometimes it feels like outer space, other times like a James Bond song. Amazing.
TV On The Radio · 2 likes
5/5
Great album. These guys can make harmonies like nobody's business. I'm getting some Bobby McFerring vibes from this. Favorite song: Bomb Yourself or Ambulance. It's hard to decide.
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band · 1 likes
3/5
Fun and wacky, nice as an upbeat background if you aren't as distracted by lyrics like I am. This guy clearly had fun in the studio.
Emmylou Harris · 1 likes
4/5
Good music as support, and good singing on top. A nice listen.
Air · 1 likes
5/5
Another Air album I'm really liking. Some of the songs are pretty out there for a movie, but the others are intimate and special.
1-Star Albums (10)
All Ratings
Beatles
4/5
It's easy to hear where a lot of later rock has come from. Favorite song: Michelle.
The Smiths
3/5
Wooshy 80s rock, what more can I say? So much reverb.
Liked it okay. Favorite track: Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me.
Fela Kuti
5/5
Lovely funk. Another day and already another artist I hadn't heard of. It's clear these guy were having a ton of fun on stage. Favorite song: Egbe Mi O (Carry Me).
John Cale
3/5
Classic rock. Pretty nice. Favorite song: Half Past France.
Iron Maiden
4/5
Definitely one of the classics. I hadn't heard this specific album of Iron Maiden, but it's very recognizable. Favorite song: Phantom of the Opera.
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Earlier rock. These were clearly rebellious youths in their day. Favorite song: Whizz Kid.
The Band
4/5
Loved this album. Took a few songs before I recognized a very big hit they apparently released: The Weight. Favorite song: Chest Fever.
Taylor Swift
2/5
The kind of songs that make you wish you didn't know english. Her voice is amazing to listen to, and the music is interesting enough for pop music, but the lyrics are just not my thing at all. Favorite melody: Wildest Dreams.
Pearl Jam
4/5
Classic for me. It's probably the only few Pearl Jam songs I've heard. My friend was big into these during our teens, but I guess I moved on. Favorite song: Black.
Nick Drake
5/5
One of my favorites until now. Chill folk guitar. Love it.
3/5
Funky, but definitely more chill than other funk I've heard.
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
Experimental and improvised sounding. Nice as background droning, but it doesn't really hit me.
AC/DC
5/5
Classic.
Heaven 17
3/5
Probably special back in the day, but I didn't really care for this a whole lot. Favorite song though: Let's All Make A Bomb.
The Cure
4/5
Quite like this one. It's just as classic as the other songs I've heard from them. Never listened other than on the radio and on parties. Favorite song I think: In Your House.
Big Star
2/5
Not feeling this one. Holocaust was a decent song, but the others weren't really my thing at all.
TV On The Radio
5/5
Great album. These guys can make harmonies like nobody's business. I'm getting some Bobby McFerring vibes from this. Favorite song: Bomb Yourself or Ambulance. It's hard to decide.
Cocteau Twins
5/5
Ethereal and soft. Reminds me of a calmer My Bloody Valentine. I loved it.
4/5
Comfy listening and a little wacky. Favorite song: Space Child.
The Kinks
4/5
Classic whimsical rock. Not too fetching, but okay to listen to.
The Band
4/5
Easy classic listening.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Lot of classics here. Lovely album. Favorite song: Broken Spoke Shuffle or Sinister Purpose.
Moby
4/5
Classic dance music. I like the beats, but I was never really type for one or two specific sampled vocal phrases repeated through most of the song. Favorite song: Everloving.
Django Django
3/5
Reminds me of Beach Boys, only it's 50 years later and more modern. Interesting and fun, but not something I'd listen a lot to.
Scissor Sisters
4/5
I remember this one. Hard to accept that it's already turning 20 years. It's a fun album.
Cat Stevens
4/5
Easy listening with a few very well known classics.
Supergrass
3/5
Upbeat listening. It's the kind of music I'd expect to hear at the pub.
Big Black
1/5
First album I couldn't listen through. I got to the second song and turned it off. This wasn't available on Spotify, so I listened on youtube. Judging by the comments, the album sounded fine.
Horrible.
Metallica
4/5
Classic. This stuff is way older than I thought. I was 3 when this was released.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5/5
I liked this a lot. Calm and evocative, or something. I don't know all that many adjectives. This is apparently the third in a trilogy for the band, so I guess I should listen to the previous two as well.
Pink Floyd
5/5
Nothing can be said about this album that hasn't already. I love it, just like so many others.
Lenny Kravitz
4/5
Good music. Kravitz' singing can get a bit rough at times, but he's good.
Hugh Masekela
5/5
Absolutely love this. It's like a mix between Miles Davis and Fela Kuti.
The Verve
3/5
A decent album to my ears. I'm just not particularly into this brand of laid back rock. Their one really great hit was the one that stuck with me, so I'm in no way special there.
Norah Jones
4/5
A good voice and good music.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Good instrumentation and she's a good singer, but it's not doing anything for me.
Iggy Pop
4/5
Pretty cool album. Took a few songs to get into, but then it was downright groovy.
Paul Simon
5/5
Classic. My dad listened to this on the radio a lot, and I can listen to this all day. Reminds me a lot of earlier Sting work, which I've listened to a lot already.
Deee-Lite
2/5
Sounds like the time it's made for sure. It's a nice background noise for when you're doing something fun already.
Tangerine Dream
4/5
I had trouble believing this album was as old as it is. Seems the lineup has changed a lot over the years, but they have been really prolific. I'll listen to this group more for sure.
Bebel Gilberto
4/5
A lovely voice to listen to, even though I don't understand most of the lyrics.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
A nice listen, but it doesn't really hit me.
The Specials
4/5
This is fun. Like a more chilled and serious version of the Weird Al I grew up with. It's clear these guys were enjoying themselves.
5/5
Modern classic, even though it's nearing.. wait, what? 20 years old?
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Very comfy listen. Reminds me of a pub I used to hang at.
Guided By Voices
4/5
An interesting way to make songs. Just when you're getting into the song, it's over and they continue on yet another thing. An long string of short, inspired tunes. I kinda like it.
Arcade Fire
4/5
I quite like this one, too. I think I've heard the band before, but I can't really remember. Big and bombastic.
Prince
5/5
Sounds timeless to me. Prince's amazing voice carries everything he did, and I didn't even know he played so many instruments himself. Love it.
Gorillaz
3/5
Gorillaz is a band I haven't listened to much, because it isn't quite my style. It's okay to my ears, the dissonances in some of the areas are kind of interesting. Suddenly Feel Good Inc. blew up and they were everywhere.
Suzanne Vega
4/5
Interesting songwriting. I found myself actually listening instead of just putting it on in the background.
Love
3/5
A nice enough album, probably a little wacky when it was released. Some of the grunting and yelling was really off putting, but other than that it's nice.
Miles Davis
5/5
Now it's even more classic than before. Miles Davis I have definitely listened to less than I should have. Thanks!
Jane's Addiction
3/5
A cool enough album, and it doesn't sound like anything else I've heard from the late 80s or early 90s. Nothing really stood out to me though.
Sonic Youth
3/5
The guitars were a bit too screamy for my taste, and some of the vocals a bit whiny for me. It's another one of those "Now I've listened to this as well" albums.
Dire Straits
5/5
One of the best albums I've ever heard.
Can
2/5
This was a very out there album. In 1973 I imagine this was what people thought going to the moon would sound like. Occasional glimpses of something that sounds like music.
Pink Floyd
5/5
This is a delightful album to listen to for me. I love two of the songs especially: Have a Cigar and Wish You Were Here. The crazy diamond parts in the beginning and end are nice cornerstones.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
4/5
Deceptively simple pop, but I quite like it.
Baaba Maal
2/5
This just wasn't very special to me. It sounded droning and monotonous, and the guitar was usually out of tune to my ears. If I understood the language, maybe I'd have gotten more out of it, but this wasn't even enjoyable as background music.
The Go-Go's
3/5
Fun listening in the background, but nothing to really bite my teeth into.
Keith Jarrett
5/5
Always a pleasure. I love improvising at home, but this is a whole other level. On a wholly different planet.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Enjoyable listen. The harmonies of their vocals are very nice to hear.
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
What is this? Upbeat folk rock? I liked it. Pretty different from other stuff I've usually heard from the 80s.
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
A few all time classics here, and the rest is good guitar play that fades into the background for me. No doubt that Jimi Hendrix was very influential though. Imagine what he could've done if he'd lived to become old.
The Divine Comedy
2/5
I really wasn't feeling this one. I hope for this guy's sake that the sleazy player act was making fun of that kind of artist, otherwise yikes.
Ute Lemper
3/5
This was a weird experience. Clearly she is a good singer, and I like some of the music in the background, but I never felt comfortable listening to it. It leaves me feeling odd. I get the feeling there's more to dig into here, but I don't really want to.
The Stranglers
3/5
Sounds like something generic and background-y I'd hear at the irish pub I go to regularly. It's okay, and nothing special to me. Makes me want to play pool again.
Brian Eno
4/5
I quite like this one. Cool sampled 80s music without being repetitive noises. I've listened a lot to Brian Eno music, and I've definitely heard some Talking Heads music already. Good partnership.
Stephen Stills
4/5
Easy listening. Really like it. The guy is a really good guitar player.
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
Fun and wacky, nice as an upbeat background if you aren't as distracted by lyrics like I am. This guy clearly had fun in the studio.
Buzzcocks
2/5
I wasn't really feeling this one. I'm just not that into the sped up punk thing, I guess.
Blur
4/5
Nice melodies and twists in there I haven't heard before. I recognize the very well known Song 2 of course, but the others were easy listening too.
Elbow
4/5
An chiller orchestral version of Arcade Fire is my description of these guys. I quite like it.
Eric Clapton
4/5
Any album with Clapton is probably a classic. I've only heard a couple. Except for the big one everyone's heard, the others seem nice. His twangy playing wakes some teen memories from slumber.
The White Stripes
2/5
Some of the songs are well known, but the music is simplistic and I don't like the singing.
Foo Fighters
3/5
An okay background rock album. Not too screamy and actually pretty chill in spots. Another album for the pub night.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4/5
Actually pretty interesting. I've always had a soft spot for silly 80s synthesizers and sampled sounds. This is right up that alley.
Joy Division
2/5
The album cover is really cool, but the music wasn't hitting me at all.
Khaled
3/5
Instead of something playing at the local pub, this would probably play where I usually get my fast food later in the evening, so it feels somewhat familiar. It was funny to suddenly hear Lennon's Imagine in the middle of unknown foreign music.
Venom
2/5
Nah.
The Temptations
4/5
Chill and funky. Me like-y.
Jeff Beck
3/5
Nice and easy blues rock something to listen to. It didn't stand out to me, but I feel like there's a lot of formative stuff in these albums that I just don't realize was at the forefront of music that came after it.
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
4/5
Kind of otherworldly and pretty interesting to listen to.
Ian Dury
4/5
Fun and irreverent. I might have to suggest this guy at the local pub.
Fever Ray
4/5
Another one of those where I suddenly hear a few songs I have definitely heard on the radio before. Quite like this one.
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
African blues? It certainly feels real, and I enjoyed this for a background listen.
Green Day
4/5
Remember this playing way too many times in middle school. Now it's fun to listen to it again. Easy listening.
Korn
4/5
A few classics here too, though this I mostly remember from older teen days when I was trying to listen to something my friends didn't. I wanted to be one of the odd, cool kids. Man, times flies.
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Big and full of showmanship, it's easy to hear how this was popular way back when. I often find myself measuring if an album makes me stop what I'm doing to listen. This one did.
U2 was one of my friends' favorite bands to listen to, so I admit I got a bit tired of them playing in his car all the time. But they are really good.
Sister Sledge
5/5
Now we're talking. This is so groovy I can hardly sit still.
Happy Mondays
3/5
Background music for me, but it becomes a bit more interesting back there because of the experimental sounds and vocals I hear.
Bobby Womack
5/5
Now this is some comfy and groovy stuff. Definitely adding this guy to my list of interesting artists I never would have discovered if it weren't for this project.
The Velvet Underground
1/5
This was awful to listen to. I couldn't get through it.
Steely Dan
5/5
Always loved Steely Dan. Still songs in here I haven't heard, because I think I listened more to a compilation album.
Marvin Gaye
4/5
An enjoyable, easy listen.
Crowded House
5/5
Very controlled and well produced pop rock (?). Again I find myself often listening instead of it just being in the background.
CHVRCHES
4/5
Big synth pop. I like it.
The Crusaders
5/5
Loved listening to this. Keep showing me albums like this and I'll groove to them for weeks.
Don McLean
4/5
It's that one song I've heard, and a bunch of other nice ones. Calming.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
The one song I've heard before and a ton of others. It's comfy pop rock or something, and it's decent in my ears.
Drive Like Jehu
2/5
Bit screamy for my tastes.
The Magnetic Fields
4/5
Some of the more synth oriented songs were interesting, and most of the more folk-y tunes were charming. I liked it.
Elvis Costello
3/5
I had no idea Elvis Costello played music like this. I always pictured him like some Tom Jones clone. Still, it wasn't really my thing
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Probably a cool album, but I could only hear four of the songs on Spotify. What I did hear was good though.
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Some nice chords and tones in there, but I don't understand the lyrics at all. It could be comfy listening on some caribbean island bar with a nice drink.
Al Green
4/5
Comfy listening. It must have been so freeing for people to listen to something like this after the 50s and 60s.
King Crimson
5/5
Really nice blend of some classical instruments and the more rock oriented sounds I'm used to from later music. I know this band is one of the prog forefathers, and it's good that I'm finally listening to them.
The United States Of America
2/5
Whimsical yes, but not comfy listening.
Nina Simone
5/5
A beautiful album. A soft, intense, beautiful voice and nice music that went well with it.
Beyoncé
3/5
I'm sure this is well produced and she is definitely a good singer, but I'm not feeling it.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
This is one of those songwriter names that several of my singing friends have spoken of in reverent tones. It's good listening.
Antony and the Johnsons
4/5
A very haunting voice with its quiver. I enjoyed this.
Fairport Convention
3/5
Fairly whimsical for its time, I think. Nice to listen to in the background.
George Harrison
5/5
I'm guessing this is what set George Harrison apart from the other Beatles after they went their own separate ways. I found it very nice to listen to.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
The music is nice, but it's too sad and melancholy for me to enjoy.
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
This is nice listening. I don't know if this was a compilation or they really made this in '79, but I liked it a lot.
Hawkwind
2/5
A bit too weird even for background listening, in my opinion.
XTC
4/5
I enjoyed listening to this.
Radiohead
4/5
A Radiohead album I hadn't heard. I guess it was time for me to listen to this one as well. The list provides and I obey. I especially liked the first track.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Stewie Wonder will always get a thumbs up from me. I love this stuff.
Randy Newman
3/5
Piano blues with string backing is new for me. It's nice to listen to, if a little melancholic for my taste.
Fishbone
4/5
I'm a sucker for good electric guitar and something rocky and funky.
Sparks
3/5
I'm sure this is interesting to someone, but it doesn't strike me as anything other than background music.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Classic.
Blue Cheer
2/5
This is too noisy for me, and some riffs feel repetitive to the point of being annoying.
Wilco
4/5
A lovely listen. At times comfortable and quiet, and nice melodies and instruments carry it for me.
Napalm Death
1/5
Sorry. This isn't for me.
T. Rex
4/5
This is good. I really enjoyed this.
Sigur Rós
4/5
I like the experimental stuff they do. I actually hadn't listened to this album before. Only the newer ones.
The Who
3/5
A musical almost, told with interesting melodies and even some classical instruments.
Neil Young
3/5
Nice listening, thought I find his voice to be a little thin.
3/5
3 - Good stuff, but it doesn't hit me.
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
Powerful rock. I can dig that well enough.
Adele
4/5
She is an amazing singer, but this is way too sappy for me.
Tori Amos
5/5
I really liked this. I was already weak when the piano came in and dominated.
Michael Jackson
5/5
Classic. An album with this few duds is incredible.
Elastica
3/5
More pub rock. This is the exact kind of music my favorite bar would play.
Mylo
4/5
I like many of the tunes, but the samples can get a bit repetitive.
Lauryn Hill
3/5
She's a very talented singer, but this doesn't hit me.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
I'm sure this was very interesting in the late 70s, but this sounds more like screaming to me than singing.
Stan Getz
4/5
Comfy listening with a classic in there I had heard many times before.
The Prodigy
3/5
This is a blast from the past for me. It was my first real introduction to party music. It's not something I just put on while sitting at home though.
Sepultura
2/5
Hard and tough. I'm sure this is impressive live on stage, but I'm not gonna listen to music like this at home.
Todd Rundgren
4/5
An interesting experience for sure. It starts out weird, but slowly comes back down. The guy was probably bare still on earth while making this.
Electric Light Orchestra
5/5
This is a classic. They do so much with music, and for the time it must have been crazy.
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
They made a long album and they can play, but I'm not at all feeling it.
Van Halen
4/5
There's just a bit too much guitar wank here to take it all the way to the top for me, but there is no doubt that it's very cool.
Arcade Fire
4/5
I like it. Good variation too.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
This sounds great. The music is catchy and funky, with something tender in between.
The Modern Lovers
3/5
Whimsical and laid back at the same time, but when I listened to the lyrics it was kinda silly. Still okay in the background.
Michael Jackson
5/5
The best album of all time, in my opinion.
Joy Division
2/5
I'm not feeling it. Simple music is fine, but the bored, monotonous singing doesn't add to it at all.
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
A good voice ruined by autotune. The instrumentation was really nice.
Grateful Dead
2/5
Sorry, this isn't my thing. Improvisation needs a bit more structure than this, in my opinion. I'm sure people at their concerts in the 60s and 70s really enjoyed their drugs though.
Yes
4/5
A classic, never mind that Roundabout has been a meme in modern times.
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
Comfy listening.
DJ Shadow
4/5
Interesting loops and musicality in there, and not just repeated loops of a short phrase to get tired of immediately.
Fatboy Slim
3/5
This oozes the 90s, and I can appreciate the nostalgia. It's just too loop-y for me.
Dire Straits
5/5
This is an amazing album. Already from the first tones it's easy to hear who's playing.
Elis Regina
4/5
Something funky and energetic in the music, and this woman's singing is amazing.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
I read that the guy spent months in a hospital and this is what he made after he came out. It still doesn't make me like it. The only impressive thing is that he apparently played all the instruments himself.
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Cozy and upbeat.
Paul Simon
3/5
The guy's a good singer, but I felt like this was just more of the same as the previous album I heard from him. And I suppose that's what some people want.
R.E.M.
3/5
Just like I remember them.
Sebadoh
2/5
A bit too noisy for my tastes.
Soft Machine
4/5
It started out pretty weird, but then by the second half of the first song I was hearing more melodies and getting into it. I only got to hear half the album on Spotify, it seems, but I could definitely listen to more of this.
Violent Femmes
3/5
They call it alternative, and I can agree with that. It's sometimes catchy, and I am pretty sure my local pub plays this in their playlists.
Sade
4/5
Comfy listening. It's like she's singing with a very low falsetto. One classic song and a bunch of others I never really heard.
Ash
3/5
Kind of action filled listening. Not my type of music normally, but certain occasions may call for something like this.
David Bowie
5/5
This is pretty experimental stuff, but isn't that what Bowie was all about? I really like it. I had this idea in my head that Bowie had died in like 2008, so when I read this was from 2016 I thought it was a re-release. Glad to hear I was wrong.
The Electric Prunes
3/5
I'm not feeling this, but I'm sure people felt electrified back in the 60s listening to this.
The Verve
4/5
An enjoyable listen, with the one classic everyone has heard. It's the quintessential 90s song for me. The album is also lifted by the other songs being nice.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
A classic that I had never listened to in full.
CHIC
4/5
Can you call funky classic these days? It feels like that to me. Easy to listen to, though at least one of the songs could benefit from some more lyrics than just repeating pretty much one phrase over and over.
Beck
3/5
Relaxed pop with a broken voice. It's easy to listen to at least.
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Something folksy and upbeat here. It's neat.
The Who
3/5
This is definitely cool to listen to, although live albums have only really stood out to me if I knew the band already.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Again it's one of those "I had no idea this was the guy who made that song" moments. Dylan never really struck a nerve with me, but it's undeniable how big he was and still is.
James Brown
3/5
It's a lot of fun to listen to, but not very interesting, if that makes sense. James Brown's shouts and screams are fun, but the rabid fans' in the crowd are not.
The Beach Boys
3/5
This is the kind of classic that is easy to listen to, even though I haven't done much of it. Makes me wanna go to the beach and wear nothing but sunglasses.
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Interesting and dramatic. Highly skilled, especially the vibraphone player. The music is a bit dramatic for my tastes, and the high to low slides of the fiddle are a bit distracting.
David Bowie
3/5
Compared to the previous album of Bowie I heard, this one was a little too experimental for me.
Depeche Mode
4/5
Is there something called dark pop? I feel like that should be a name.
Devendra Banhart
3/5
It's comfy, but not relaxing. He has a nice voice and plays well, but I think I automatically expect acoustic music to be relaxing.
4/5
This music was probably a play at some point, or a musical that I haven't been much aware of. I wonder if this was very odd to fanatical Beatles fans at the time.
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Many people heard something new and interesting here. Not me. It was groundbreaking at the time, I'm sure.
Ryan Adams
3/5
It's a nice voice, but I listened through the whole album in the background while I was doing something else, and I couldn't remember a single thing about it.
Bee Gees
3/5
It's well made music, and they hadn't yet hit that disco craze that they are remembered for today, but I think I'm just not old enough to listen to this.
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
Classic. I had no idea it Hurt was a Nine Inch Nails song, but there you go.
Thin Lizzy
3/5
Old, hard rock. It's decent to me.
Michael Jackson
3/5
It's comfortable listening, but I definitely like his later albums more.
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Sorry, I couldn't even finish the album. The noise and harmonies can be nice, but it was just not hitting me at all. Their next album is one of my all time favorites.
2/5
What did they call it? Post punk? It's not really my thing, but it's at least possible to listen to in the background.
The Cure
3/5
Bit ethereal for pub music, but I can see them playing it later at night when they want people to mellow out a bit.
Jack White
4/5
I wanna call this fun rock. I like that there are more instruments joining in as well.
3/5
This guy has never been my thing, but at least in the early days his voice still sounded nice.
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Heavy and pretty decent.
Fleet Foxes
4/5
Really enjoyable background music.
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Classic and comfortable. I like the singer's voice a lot.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
This is a classic. I almost feels light hearted in its simplicity.
Radiohead
3/5
I've enjoyed previous Radiohead albums far more than this one.
10cc
4/5
There's something old timey here mixed in with modern sounds. I can dig it.
Tim Buckley
3/5
Guitar noodling and a very nice voice. I could listen to this in the right mood.
Steely Dan
5/5
Love this band. It's cool that they had pretty much found their style and stuck with it already from the get go.
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
I remember friends putting this one and a few other similar ones on at parties when I was younger. It's nostalgic, and reminds me of way too many long nights partying.
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Blues in the bottom, noodling on top. I like it.
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Something very slick about this. Easy to listen to.
Sugar
3/5
Just hard enough to be interesting, but I didn't hear any songs that really stood out to me.
Pere Ubu
2/5
I realize this is another one of those bands that were probably very influential in music history, but it's just not for me.
Adele
4/5
This woman's voice is amazing. I admit I don't care much for the lyrics, but she could sing anything and I think it would sound incredible.
The Flaming Lips
4/5
A quavering voice that tries too hard, but I also somehow find it endearing. The music sounds older than it is, or maybe it's just me getting older.
Willie Nelson
4/5
Nice and comfy listening. This guy meant a lot to a whole bunch of people musically, even though it's not really my thing.
Eagles
4/5
These guys have always been amazing at their harmonies, and the music is nice too. Lot of songs here I hadn't heard before, and I quite enjoyed it.
Orbital
4/5
Interesting to listen to. It's funny to me to see that this was recorded in the beginning of the 90s. There's something timeless to it.
Ray Charles
4/5
The man had an amazing voice, and the big band music behind it makes it even better.
John Martyn
4/5
Like the acoustic guitar and the rhythms. Feels good. Soft vocals add to the authenticity of it, in my opinion.
PJ Harvey
2/5
Nope. Sorry. If they played this at the pub, I'd finish my drink and leave.
Bob Dylan
4/5
I have to admit I'm coming around on older Bob Dylan music. It's almost festive in a simple way, and enjoyable to listen to. I especially liked the last song: Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands.
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
Interesting use of samples that doesn't get too repetitive.
Brian Eno
4/5
Not the Eno I'm used to hearing, because I've mostly listened to the ambient music he also made. But this was a pleasant surprise.
Talk Talk
5/5
Those vocals and the steady drum beat throughout, I really like it.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Calm and a little sad. It's nice to listen to, but not very uplifting.
Grateful Dead
4/5
Some good harmonies in the vocals here, and the music is nice.
Cheap Trick
4/5
Powerful energy on stage. They sounded like they were having fun. And I quite enjoyed listening to it in a certain mood.
Pentangle
4/5
Nice vocals and harmonies, with good guitar in the base.
Queens of the Stone Age
5/5
Powerful and catchy. There were a couple of riffs I remember from when my friends used to listen a lot to this, but a lot of new stuff for me as well.
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
I kinda like this. Some catchy riffs in there too.
Travis
4/5
Classic. So many enjoyable songs here. Reminds me of one of the other chill bands I used to listen to, Keane.
SZA
3/5
Chill music with some good beats. And she has a good voice. The lyrics are hilarious, but I don't really listen to them anyway.
Les Rythmes Digitales
4/5
Cool beats, though the voice samples can get repetitive and repetitive and repetitive. It's always fun to hear a song you thought long lost.
Supertramp
4/5
Lot of good songs here, and good rhythms. Yet another one of those albums where I've heard one song before, and now discover a bunch of others.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Another one of those albums where I've grown up with one of the songs, and the rest are interesting and fun to hear. The upbeat jazz feel here is great.
U2
3/5
En enjoyable if formulaic listen. I have warmer memories of U2 than I otherwise would have, because a friend of mine would listen to this album repeatedly while we were on vacation one year.
Goldie
3/5
Timeless it may be, but drum and bass always was a little too hard for me.
Motörhead
4/5
Powerful and fun, just like I remember it.
The KLF
3/5
There's something nostalgic about listening to 90s drum machines. Back when CDs cost more than what I made in a month.
Ananda Shankar
3/5
An odd mix of western pop rock and indian folk, it seems like. It was certainly a new experience for me to hear Light My Fire played on sitar.
Gene Clark
4/5
Calm and beautiful. A lot of nice chords in there.
Soft Cell
2/5
Tainted Love is the classic that pulls the rest of them up. The rest really wasn't my cup of tea. The singing especially.
Emmylou Harris
4/5
Good music as support, and good singing on top. A nice listen.
Roxy Music
3/5
Interesting music. This stuff was probably way more interesting back in the day than it is today, though.
Justin Timberlake
4/5
It's funny to listen to all this now after not having listened to it at all when I was younger, except when it played on the radio. A lot of good rhythms and arrangements, and his voice is very good, even if I don't really enjoy the lyrics
Mercury Rev
4/5
I don't know what to call this, except for special music. A lot of different things merging into something that I can listen to, and it's good.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Hendrix is classic rock guitar, and an almost whimsical vocal style that was pretty cool to listen to. He died too young.
Simply Red
4/5
Perky 80s funk rock or something like that. It's good. And fun to listen to.
Billy Bragg
3/5
I'm bad at listening to lyrics, but the music is good and the guys seem really into it.
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
A good voice and good music, though I don't listen to country much at all.
Björk
5/5
Absolutely amazing. This quavering, intense voice combined with the experimental song compositions has me stopping me what I'm doing to listen. I have heard some of her songs 20 years ago, but it's clear with how prolific she's been I have a lot of catching up to do.
Air
5/5
The kind of electronic music I could listen to for a long time. Not just loops and drum boxes, but actual playing as well. Amazing.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Noisy and a bit ethereal, and okay to listen to for me.
Dirty Projectors
4/5
Interesting music. Odd rhythms and good melodies. Vocals are nice, too.
Air
5/5
Another Air album I'm really liking. Some of the songs are pretty out there for a movie, but the others are intimate and special.
Funkadelic
4/5
I remember a few friends of mine played stuff like this for us at parties when I was younger, and it's like I'm back there again. This is a lot of fun to listen to.
Muddy Waters
3/5
Blues and bluegrass, sounds like. Enjoyable in the background.
Taylor Swift
2/5
Good production and she has a beautiful voice that doesn't sound autotuned, which is a very good thing these days. I just can't get into the lyrics at all though.
Green Day
4/5
Funny to think that this album has become almost classical in many younger people's minds these days. I listened to it a lot back then, and I still enjoy it today.
Suede
3/5
Light and crazy vocals, and the music is all right. I'm sure I've heard this at my local pub.
Primal Scream
3/5
Rocky and kind of frenetic, but yet another artist whose songs I've probably heard at the local pub.
Traffic
3/5
An enjoyable listen and yet another artist I've never heard of before today. I'm probably not doing it justice by listening to it in the background and not taking in the lyrics.
Meat Loaf
4/5
Big music that I can really enjoy listening to.
Weather Report
4/5
Amazing music to listen to. I remember a friend of mine showed these to me, and it was a whole experience.
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Ah, the 80s. These riffs are as powerful as the hairdos on the cover.
Herbie Hancock
4/5
This feels almost prototypical. This guy must have been having a lot of fun experimenting with those synths. It's also a lot of fun to listen to.
Hole
3/5
Intense, raspy vocals and music. I remember thinking this sounded much like Nirvana that I remember from way back, and I didn't notice until later that it was Courtney Love singing.
Louis Prima
3/5
Many classics here, and the band music is cool, though I admit I'm much more used to hearing David Lee Roth singing Just a Gigolo.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
I'll bet this was a crazy experience back in '67, and it's a lot of fun to listen to today as well.
Morrissey
4/5
A very enjoyable background listen for me. I can't actually hear if this is a live album or a studio one, which makes it more haunting.
Nick Drake
4/5
Very comfy listening. Nice and laid back with a good voice.
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Okay listening. It's a nice mix of instruments, including some piano in there that I don't usually pick up.
Elvis Costello
3/5
Comfy music, not too daring. Apparently this guy was something of a chameleon, but I at least recognized this album as fairly normal. Maybe the more eclectic stuff wasn't as popular.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
This is another classic for those times when I'm in the right mood. Still a few I hadn't heard before, but it's very easy to get through.
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
I remember at least one of these songs from Guitar Hero back in the day. The rest are a fun listen in the background.
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
Funky goodness from way back. Easy to keep listening to.
David Bowie
5/5
Really enjoyable to listen to. I found myself restarting later in the evening after having listened to it once.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Listened to this album and really enjoyed it. Ended up listening to several other albums of his as well, mostly the earliest stuff. He is a very talented musician. Genesis for me has always been mostly a Phil Collins thing, but it's easy to see where they came from.
The Young Gods
3/5
I did not have french metal on my bingo card for this series, but there it is. And quite experimental, too, from the sound of it.
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
I think I should be more present than I am for an album such as this, as it's more of a play than music really. I have heard some funny Zappa stuff later, but this wasn't it.
Nitin Sawhney
4/5
Interesting voices in the samples, very different culturally from what I'm used to. It also stops them from seeming too repetitive, since I don't actually understand any of the words.
Madonna
3/5
A nice voice and a fun 80s soundtrack makes this album easy listening.
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Controlled and noise-like, I wanna say. That's just what I'm left with here. And it's not as bad as I feared from the first few tracks.
American Music Club
3/5
Didn't find the album on Spotify, but I did get to listen to it after some searching. Nothing really stood out to me, but it was an okay listen.
Iron Maiden
4/5
Powerful and irreverent. That's how I would describe this. There's a lot of action and energy in here, and it's undoubtedly a lot of fun to listen to. Even though my mom would just about throw a fit if she knew what the cover looks like.
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4/5
Groovy listening with so much brass almost overtaking the organ. My favorite song has to be God Bless The Child.
Prince
4/5
A bit lovey dovey for my tastes, but the raw music and funky rhythms make it far more interesting than just an album of love songs.
Ray Charles
4/5
Very nice listen.
Kelela
3/5
She has a nice voice, and the beats are chill. There is an almost industrial quality to it that makes it more interesting.
Depeche Mode
2/5
Much ado about synthesizers, and some samples in the songs that had me almost looking around to see if there were people very close all of a sudden. Interesting, if nothing else.
The Who
3/5
This album was probably pretty out there in the decade it was released. It's an okay listen, but nothing that stands out to me, and I think they were all new to me.
3/5
I feel like this is so old that it's comfy listening even though it was probably pretty intense for the time.
The Last Shadow Puppets
4/5
There's something retro about this. I feel like this is something I could hear in a Tarantino movie. And it's nice.
Nirvana
3/5
A classic. To many of my friends this was the best of the best. To me it's okay, but grating.
Kid Rock
3/5
Laid back and irreverent, this is kind of fun.
Skunk Anansie
5/5
Heavy and intense. I really liked listening to this.
Mudhoney
2/5
Honestly one of those albums I didn't listen all the way through. This noise just isn't the right type for me.
Metallica
4/5
Powerful. This played a lot in my friends' cars when we were younger.
Slade
3/5
Fun, old times. Is what I imagine at least.
The Shamen
3/5
A bit too noisy and upbeat for my electronic tastes, but something to listen to in the background just fine. Reminds me of my first school party.
Britney Spears
1/5
Some of the songs are undeniably catchy, but I can't listen to this more than I absolutely have to. It reminds me too much of my early teen years.
Tina Turner
4/5
Queen of rock, they say. I certainly like it.
The Stooges
3/5
Old times, psychedelics and music instruments.
Jacques Brel
3/5
Big and intense, and also tender in a way. It's interesting for a while, but can't quite catch me since I don't speak more than a few words of french.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Quick and light hearted. The album felt much shorter than it actually is.
The Go-Betweens
5/5
Comfortable and upbeat at the same time. Favorite song of the album is Love Goes On! for its interesting chord progression.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Raw and pretty heavy. Don't listen for the voice, though. I feel like the instruments drown out the singing in the mix.
k.d. lang
4/5
Lovely voice and nice melodies.
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Comfy listening, but most of the songs are so short I don't really have time to enjoy them before it's over.
Eels
4/5
Comfy music, reminds me of Radiohead.
Manu Chao
4/5
4 - Very fun to listen to. Many times I found myself finger drumming to the rhythms.
Flamin' Groovies
4/5
Fun and old-timey, for me anyway.
Tom Waits
5/5
Janky and gnarly, it's easily identifiable. This was one of my favorite albums when I first moved out from home and got to hear different music.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
It's fun to listen to piano rock like this, and the chords are nice. But every song sounds much the same as the last to me.
Maxwell
3/5
Beautiful voice and cool rhythms, especially the bass. But the lyrics are a bit too sappy for me.
Rod Stewart
4/5
Nice to listen to, and the guy can certainly sing.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
Funny, old time listening. Over almost as soon as it started.
Neil Young
3/5
One of the songs he sounded so much like Willie Nelson, but the rest of the songs were stronger, and pretty nice.
Roxy Music
4/5
Something here that reminds me of one of my favorite bands, so it's not hard to hear some of the inspiration they had. Also a lot of fun.
Aerosmith
3/5
More varied than I thought. The guy can really sing his heart out.
Morrissey
3/5
Can music be brooding and almost whimsical at the same time? And I haven't even listened to the lyrics. I'm sure they say something, too.
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
It's easy to hear who these guys are on their light voice and electronic beats. None of them really stood out to me on this disc, but nice to listen to nonetheless to keep the eyes open.
Small Faces
2/5
Probably fun to listen to if you really listen, but I was too distracted for it to be a background thing.
Anita Baker
3/5
A powerful voice with good music behind it.
Animal Collective
3/5
The music is cool, but I can't endure the almost shouted vocals.
Suede
4/5
Comfy rock, there isn't really more to it.
Björk
5/5
Experimental and ethereal as always. I love it.
The Kinks
3/5
It's fun to imagine young people listening to this back in the day, and their parents shaking their heads in disbelief.
Le Tigre
1/5
Sorry, not my cup of tea.
Tricky
4/5
Smooth beats and a calming way of getting the message across. I like it.
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
I didn't feel much listening to this. Just a little bit too nosy to stay in the background.
King Crimson
5/5
Fantastic album. These guys were experimenting with quite a bit in their time, and they were much of the inspiration for my all time favorite band who came after them.
The Police
4/5
I've always loved Sting's music, and his time in a named band is also very good.
The Police
4/5
It's like the music of this older Police album has a thinner sound, but the songs are still good.
Various Artists
3/5
Maybe the random generator is biased towards christmas music for christmas, but it's a bunch of classics that set the mood well.
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
Feel good tones, but there's just too much lyrics for me to really catch.
The Byrds
3/5
A few classics even I have heard in here, and the rest are at least nice to have around when doing something else.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Reminds me of my past in my dad's car. Good listening.
Little Richard
2/5
Hope you like the three chord piano blues, because that's what you get here - in spades! The guy sure can sing though.
Nico
3/5
Deep, calm voice, and the music seems a bit sad.
Janelle Monáe
3/5
Interesting and varied music, even though the lyrics aren't really my thing.
The Auteurs
4/5
Easy to listen to, but I didn't really catch the lyrics much. Keane reminds me of these.
Mike Oldfield
4/5
What an interesting experience. It's always fun to hear where an artist came from, and this must have been quite the introduction for people.
The xx
3/5
A nice voice and some good beats in the background. I thought I heard some cover songs in there, but maybe they were just inspired.
Daft Punk
3/5
There are some classics in there as usual, but some of the songs are just too noisy and repetitive for me to enjoy fully.
The Thrills
3/5
Beach Boys played at half speed, and it's nice in the background.
William Orbit
5/5
I love ambient music. It's such a chill experience. It lowers the pulse and makes everything feel calm. This is pioneering work, along with Brian Eno.
Sonic Youth
2/5
Not really my thing. I like instrumental noise better, because the voices here weren't hitting where I like it.
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
The musical accompaniment is just a bonus behind a star like this.
The Cure
3/5
Some good tunes in here, and it's nice enough for a background listen. I imagine this was quite the catchy album title back in the day.
Genesis
5/5
So many good songs here. I could easily listen to this again and actually get the lyrics this time.
Adam & The Ants
4/5
Upbeat and fun. I liked listening to this.
UB40
3/5
Fun to listen to, but the songs sounded kind of same-y to me.
3/5
And OK sound I can chill with, and it works well in the background since I can't understand the lyrics.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Good voice and pretty calm music. Some odd but interesting instruments pop in out of nowhere to make it almost comical at times.
The Doors
5/5
That special voice and the prominent organ in the music. It's far more timeless than anything else I've heard from that time.
Lambchop
4/5
Interesting and chill.
The National
4/5
A bit monotone and almost ethereal in the melodies. It's not too chill and not very energetic.
Marianne Faithfull
1/5
Porn grooves with a bad voice. I'm sorry, but I couldn't listen to this all the way through.
The Smiths
3/5
An interesting listen. Good music. Vocals aren't too whiny to enjoy.
Tears For Fears
5/5
An album filled with classics, and Everybody Wants to Rule the World is one of my all time favorites.
Shack
4/5
Good music and a good voice.
Laura Nyro
3/5
Interesting music for the time. Good voice, if a little shouty at times.
The White Stripes
3/5
Simplistic and fun at parties. I remember very well the music video with the drum kits and guitar amps lining up through the streets.
David Holmes
2/5
I'm not feeling it.
Bad Company
3/5
Cheesy hard rock, which today doesn't seem as hard as it would have back then. It seems they went the love song route, with a lot of lovin' and can't get enough and such.
Fugazi
2/5
A bit too noisy for me. Sounds like it came from a garage, which was probably the point.
Beach House
4/5
Sounds like a more ethereal version of Mew, and I quite like that.
Alice Cooper
3/5
Surprisingly fun and varied for a heavy album of its time. There's creativity here and not just anger.
Fiona Apple
4/5
A fuller voice than many, with good and varied music around it. Quite the piano player as well.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Okay listening. Not overproduced, that's for sure. Simple and cool.
Rod Stewart
4/5
The guy was almost out of voice by the early 70s, and still he kept going for like 40-50 years. Kudos.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Light and lyrical. Not my thing, but she's good.
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
It's another one of those where I can picture myself somewhere else as a tourist. I can't understand the words, but I can enjoy it.
KISS
3/5
So cheese you can almost taste it, but it's good.
Radiohead
4/5
Very comfy, even though I liked some of the later stuff better.
k.d. lang
2/5
There had to be country at some point, and for me it took until almost 400 albums in. Great voice, but I can't stand the music.
The Temptations
3/5
Oldies, but goodies. It's funny to hear the Grapevine, which I think most people are more used to from Creedence.
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
It's fun to hear a guy be that excited with the piano, even though I feel there's only so many similar takes on the standard three chord blues I can take.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
It sounds repetitive to me because I don't recognize the lyrics, and the songs do go on for quite a while.
Anthrax
4/5
Some really catchy and hard tunes here, and there is good musicianship. If I had been a teen in the 80s, I could see this being one of my main things.
George Michael
3/5
The comfy voice from the big hits, in a more comfortable setting. The reverb and mix of the 80s is still there.
5/5
Another great album by this group. I can definitely recognize where some of my favorite bands got their influence.
Barry Adamson
3/5
An interesting cinematic feel to it, but kind of eerie and distracting in the background.
Radiohead
4/5
Very musical, and there are some definitive bangers here. Maybe a bit too noisy for the background listening.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Comfy to listen to, this almost sounds like something that could release in the early 2000s.
Black Sabbath
4/5
Some classics on here. It feels like the start of something when they can't even play in time properly, but it's a lot of fun.
John Lee Hooker
2/5
If you're really into blues, this is probably a classic. It gets a bit too repetitive for my tastes, though.
The Zombies
4/5
A very comfy listen. Another one of those where I find myself stopping what I'm doing to listen, and find I'm tapping my foot more than usual.
Santana
4/5
Some classics here and easy listening. The rhythms are catchy.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Easy to listen to. It's just there.
Richard Hawley
3/5
Comfy and almost sad. The voice is a nice change of pace.
Frank Black
3/5
Hectic and upbeat. You can hear some Pixies in there still, and it's fun if you're in the right mood.
Scott Walker
3/5
Good voice and more interesting music than just pure background filler.
3/5
A couple of cool tracks, except for the big one that everybody has heard. It all gets lost in generic pop rock for me, though.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
5/5
Some really good prog rock.
Os Mutantes
2/5
Not really my thing.
Van Morrison
3/5
Easy listening, but it does nothing special for me.
Marvin Gaye
3/5
"Please Let's Have Sex - The Song" is funny, because in the first minute he says he won't push, but the song goes on begging for another 4 minutes. At least the music is comfy, even if the lyrics aren't.
The Yardbirds
3/5
Fun rock with some blues and absurdity thrown in.
Killing Joke
4/5
Hard and punchy. At times even a little bit funky. It was fun to listen to. Feels timeless.
Massive Attack
4/5
Feels almost like a hits album, even though it's relatively early. Probably because there are so many different singers. Very chill mood. I like it.
David Bowie
5/5
Absolutely cool to listen to. The guitarist especially was having a lot of fun.
Pere Ubu
2/5
Sorry, no. This isn't my thing at all. I'll give it a two for the okay music, but the singing and annoying noises throughout pull it way down.
New York Dolls
3/5
It sounds trashy and dirty, but they are having fun. It's typical pub music.
Nightmares On Wax
4/5
Very nice listening. Not just repeating loops or beats, but actual creativity in arrangement.
D'Angelo
3/5
There's a good voice there, and good instrumentation, but nothing in the lovey lyrics stand out to me.
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
Comfy accompaniment, but I can't pick up any of the lyrics.
Peter Tosh
3/5
Sounds like very comfy music at a bar I haven't been at too much.
New Order
4/5
The closest I can compare it to is Depeche Mode. This is pretty good when you're in a nostalgic mood.
Randy Newman
4/5
It's like a mix of Bob Dylan and Tom Waits. I like it.
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Clearly a guy who is into experimenting. It was funny when he was going around the studio showing off different noises.
Paul Simon
3/5
Comfy listening, and if I was more into it I bet there would be interesting lyrics.
Julian Cope
3/5
An album where you never know what you're gonna next once the next song rolls around. Kind of interesting.
Solomon Burke
3/5
They do try to squeeze a lot of songs into 35 minutes. The man's a really good singer, and the backing vocals are classic for the time. A good show.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Some classics in there, and ending the album on such a high note leaves a really good taste in the mouth that lasts.
Wild Beasts
3/5
A bit more interesting than just generic pop, but the voice can be a little over the top for me.
Everything But The Girl
3/5
Good voice and good beats. From what I'm reading, this is a band that changed a lot over the years, so I don't know if this is really representative.
CHIC
4/5
Again the disco vibes. I really like it. Makes me wish there were still some pubs around playing tunes like these.
Motörhead
3/5
Powerful and driving. A lot of fun and the sound is good for an old live album.
The Byrds
3/5
A bit comfy, a bit weird, which I'm sure a lot of stuff was back in the day too.
Wilco
4/5
The better version of country and blues. I didn't feel like fast forwarding and skipping this, which is new for me.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Really comfy, and suddenly a classic showed up as well that I'd forgotten.
Arcade Fire
3/5
Pretty regular and comfy, but nothing stands out to me. Nice background music.
The Pretty Things
3/5
Sometimes fun, and more varied than you'd maybe think from something as old.
Elvis Presley
5/5
This is iconic, and it really gives me the dancing itch. My feet are tapping along with the tunes.
Jimmy Smith
5/5
This is very good listening. One of the times where I forget how long it has gone on and it's suddenly over.
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
This is the pop I remember on the radio from when I was a kid. Fairly catchy for background foot tapping.
David Ackles
5/5
The arrangements and music behind his very nice voice are something I'm glad to have experienced.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
As so many other times, a lot of classics that I didn't know were from such a well known band. But someone has to write them before they can become classics.
Tom Tom Club
4/5
I had no idea these were two thirds of Talking Heads, but it's clear they had a lot of fun. This was the heyday of the synthesizer and twisted effects. The catchy beats grounds it throughout.
Love the guitar, and the rest is okay.
Nirvana
3/5
It's like hearing my late 90s and early 00s condensed into music. I never played it myself, but everyone else did.
Elliott Smith
4/5
Very comfy, and the voice is so smooth. I read the guy died at 34, so maybe that contributed to the popularity upswing as well.
Tom Waits
5/5
What a classic. This is my early 20s sitting in a smoky room with friends, pretending to be intellectuals and not being like "all the other posers". Good times.
Bob Dylan
4/5
It's nice to hear Dylan from back before the songs I knew about. It feels smaller and lighter, more tender somehow. I like it.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Still very easily recognizable with their sometimes sudden use of sample hits. This sounds like a soundtrack, which I'm going to assume it is.
R.E.M.
3/5
I hear they hadn't yet found the very signature sound I remember from later, but I haven't heard a lot. The voice is very recognizable, though.
The Young Rascals
3/5
A fun listen. Some good harmonization in there, too.
Mariah Carey
2/5
A very good singer, but it's so far removed from what I like to listen to that I am struggling to get through it.
Femi Kuti
4/5
Good music, good rhythms. This is easy to like.
David Gray
4/5
Another one of those classic you don't realize you've heard many times. A nice mix of singing with electronic stuff.
Metallica
3/5
Rough and hard around the edges. These guys know what they are doing, and I like it quite a bit.
The Soft Boys
3/5
Something pub-y for the background, but all the bonus tracks kept dragging.
The Triffids
4/5
Good instruments and music. The lyrics aren't as nonsensical, but otherwise it reminds me of Crash Test Dummies, another favorite of mine.
Cream
4/5
Classic. It's easy to hear who the guitarist to come out of that group was.
Chicago
3/5
Pretty cool in places, and far too wishy washy experimental for me in others. A very mixed bag.
The Beach Boys
3/5
Short and comfy. Some nice chords in there, too.
Aretha Franklin
3/5
Good singing where the band has as much as fun as the singer. I wonder if her music changed much in the later decades.
The Isley Brothers
3/5
Good music, but the guitar was coming on a bit too strong for my taste.
Pantera
4/5
Vulgar and powerful, indeed. This can get you hyped, no matter how old it is or how old you are.
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Very comfy. Feels timeless, and I can easily relax to this.
Gram Parsons
3/5
It's country music, which already has me rolling my eyes a bit, but it was decent for all that.
Sepultura
3/5
A bit too angry for my taste, but the playing is good.
Living Colour
4/5
This was interesting. Rock music with some real creativity in it.
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Some classics in there obviously, but the loops are a bit too annoying and repetitive for me. Teenage me thought it was the coolest shit though.
5/5
Classic. A few I haven't heard as well, but they all sound undeniably like him.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
The title of the album became the most boring song I've ever heard by this guy, but that's what they want, I guess. Luckily this doesn't become noticeably country, but the other songs are pretty much all right.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
The album title sounds more like he's talking about his voice. It's gravelly and sounds like it's coming from the underground, but it's still nice to listen to. There are some good arrangements here, too.
Marilyn Manson
3/5
A bit too noisy and edgy for me these days, but I loved this stuff when I was 18-20.
Lou Reed
3/5
Like a more relaxed Tom Waits, at least from looking at the cover, laid back and a bit silly.
Robbie Williams
3/5
Entertainer and pop star. Usually stuff like this doesn't grab me, but this is nice.
The Charlatans
3/5
Simple enough to be in the background, but involved enough to listen to.
Terence Trent D'Arby
4/5
Good songs and rhythms. Easy to listen to and not just for the background.
Turbonegro
3/5
Fairly punchy, but also pretty comfy. Not so out there it's impossible to listen to.
Ministry
2/5
Too noisy for me. Some cool riffs, but that's it.
Robert Wyatt
3/5
Otherworldly and kinda weird, but it's more than nice enough to listen to.
John Lennon
2/5
Getting out there, but maybe not the weirdest he ever was. I'd like more melodies and less screaming.
Ride
3/5
More pub music in my ears. I could play pool and have a Guinness to this any day of the week.
Sonic Youth
4/5
Noisy and a little experimental for its time, I think. I like it.
Giant Sand
4/5
Comfy. This one was long, but didn't feel like it.
Paul McCartney
4/5
I've noticed over the years that if I loved the chord progressions and changes in a song, it was often Paul McCartney who wrote it.
Goldfrapp
5/5
So dramatic and odd with the processed vocals. Sometimes it feels like outer space, other times like a James Bond song. Amazing.
The Stone Roses
3/5
Too distracting to be in the background, but not interesting enough to keep my attention.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Classic. So many catchy tunes, and you realize as you listen where so much music took its inspiration.
Mj Cole
3/5
This was just before I started to listen to "worldly" music, and I can hear a lot of inspiration for other artists I discovered.
Deep Purple
5/5
Such a classic, even though I have never heard the full album before. This is what all my guitar friends tried to play through their teenage years, and it's easy to understand why it's so cool.
Christine and the Queens
3/5
A nice voice and cool beats. If I knew the second disc was the same songs again in french, I think I would have listened to that one instead.
Destiny's Child
2/5
Good voices, but not my kinda music. It's funny how it's a lot of booty, and also a lot of praying.
Stereo MC's
4/5
Laid back and not too loopified. Nice to chill to.
Carpenters
4/5
Easy listening. I imagine this went down really well with a beer in the 70s.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Classy from a different time. Very short though.
Morrissey
3/5
Something here reminds me of a more pop-like version of Nick Cage. Not quite as emotional, but still a nice listen.
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Good musicianship here. I imagine this was huge for Beatles fans at the time.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
On the cover I first thought it was Bob Dylan, but the voice obviously wasn't his. This is nice to listen to, but doesn't do more for me than that.
Otis Redding
3/5
Classic and fun to listen to. Only a few of them I remember from before.
Coldcut
3/5
Found on Youtube instead of Spotify, but it was a cool background listen. A bit loopy of course, but they had a lot of fun with this.
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
A bit too screamy for me at points, but some good noises and beats too.
Culture Club
4/5
A breath of very fresh air, and I'm sure these guys were perceived very interestingly by their peers and listeners.
Klaxons
2/5
Fitting name with how noisy it was. It wasn't really my thing.
ZZ Top
3/5
If unapologetic rock is what you're looking for, this will probably fit. It's a bit repetitive, but can get you pumped nonetheless.
John Prine
3/5
Laid back and kinda funny in places. An easy listen.
Burning Spear
4/5
A comfy listen, the cover looks rougher than it sounds.
The Libertines
1/5
I couldn't finish this. These guys can't sing for shit, but the music was okay enough for a sports pub or something.
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Almost surf music, with some more esoteric stuff mixed in, I feel. It's a chill listen in the background.
The Bees
4/5
Very comfy and a bit sad. The vocals are a high point.
Janis Joplin
4/5
Her voice is absolutely an acquired taste, but she certainly got the groove across along with the band.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
This is rough to listen to, and I would have to be in a very special mood or at a party to listen to this. The guitar is way too screamy for my taste.
Pink Floyd
3/5
Interesting to hear the origins, before it became even more eclectic.
Brian Wilson
4/5
This is odd. Like an echo of Beach Boys from way back, wrapped in more modern voices and musical layers.
The Cardigans
4/5
Another classic album where I've only heard the big hit, and now get to explore the other songs from it.
Saint Etienne
3/5
Could be fun for a retro party, but otherwise it's more of a background thing for me.
Beth Orton
4/5
A very comfy listen. Her voice is the best part of the album.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Once again it's funny to hear the older roots of band who have had one huge radio hit later on. It's somewhat relaxing at least.
Donovan
4/5
Relaxing, even though I didn't listen to the lyrics all that much. My favorite melody was Legend of a Girl Child Linda.
Kings of Leon
3/5
Honestly feels pretty generic to me. Whether this is because they were early than some others, I don't know.
The Sonics
3/5
Fun for the time, I'm sure, but I wouldn't ordinarily listen to something like this at home.
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
Some classics here, and always some I haven't heard when it's something this far back.
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
Such a haunting voice. It makes up for the simple instrumentation around it, and makes it not needed.
Pixies
2/5
Noisy and not at all my thing.
Gary Numan
3/5
Simple and kinda hard. Fun enough in the background.
U2
3/5
Timeless. I can't hear if this is late 80s or early 00s. Very typically U2, and easy to listen to.
1/5
I'm sorry, but I can't finish this. I realize the musicianship behind it is good, but it was an amazing feeling just to turn it off.
The xx
3/5
A bit dramatic again, just like that James Bond like album I heard a while ago. I kinda like it.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Cool arrangements, if a little monotone and repetitive at times. Easy to put on in the background.
Haircut 100
4/5
Funky goodness and a little bit of everything. You know it's the 80s when the saxophone comes forward.
Alice In Chains
4/5
Good name for a dirty album. It's hard and surprisingly melodic in places, and from the era before anyone had discovered metronomes. Can it be called organic? I like it.
Faust
4/5
Experimental sounds that sometimes causes me to stop and listen more than usual.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Calm and relaxed. Sounds like a darker Bob Dylan at times.
Dr. John
2/5
A bit too experimental for my tastes, but there's some good musicianship in there, too.
Deep Purple
4/5
These guys were having a lot of fun playing, and it's good old fashioned rock and roll. I like it.
John Martyn
4/5
Can something be called etheral funk? This sounds so out of time in the 70s. I would love to hear more of this.
Duran Duran
4/5
Upbeat and very 80s.
Japan
4/5
I found myself relistening to some of the songs. It's upbeat and funky enough to be a lot of fun.
Neil Young
3/5
Almost banal at times, and more elaborate at others. A nice listen.
Linkin Park
4/5
To my friends this was the greatest thing since sliced bread. It's powerful, full of electronics, and it's the soundtrack to my late teens.
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Different words with classic sounds. Interesting.
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
This feels completely okay to me. Maybe even generic.
Coldplay
4/5
A good voice with good music. What's not to like?
Kraftwerk
4/5
Interesting mix of old time synths and analog instruments. The singing is just funny, but it's a classic listen.
Primal Scream
3/5
Experimental with a bunch of different songs. Quite a long album, but a nice listen in the background.
3/5
Very energetic, and quite fun to listen to.
Joan Baez
3/5
A very nice voice, but the whole album felt like one long song with different verses.
Black Sabbath
5/5
Classic. Rest in peace, Ozzy.
Neneh Cherry
3/5
Hip for an old school late 80s album.
Hookworms
4/5
I feel like I've heard this before, but it's a lot of fun.
Ravi Shankar
2/5
A bit too monotonous for me, though he's probably a good player.
Bad Brains
4/5
Not what I expected, but what I got was really cool.
Stan Getz
4/5
Feel good music with a lot of thought behind it. Very easy to listen to.
Slipknot
3/5
So harsh, but it's a good shot of adrenaline if you're working out.
The La's
5/5
A very good listen.
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
Good music and good singing. This sounded so much harsher from the band name.
Kraftwerk
4/5
I love synths, and this is iconic stuff.
Billie Holiday
4/5
Magnificent voice and beautiful music.
The Incredible String Band
2/5
Okay singing and instrumentation, but nothing more than that.
The Coral
3/5
About as hectic as I anticipated from the album. There's some old timey influences there, but not really my thing.
MGMT
4/5
Cool music.
M.I.A.
2/5
In a very particular mood I could listen to this, but most often not. Very cool, experimental beats, but this really isn't my thing.
M.I.A.
2/5
Harder music than the previous one I heard from her, and it's not my thing at all.
The Cars
3/5
There's something classic in here and something mundane. It's like I'm at the pub again.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Quite hectic and not really my thing, but they are giving it a good shot.
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Interesting for a couple of songs, but after that I felt like I was listening to the same song over and over again.
Portishead
5/5
Lazy and tender. It's so relaxing to listen to this that I ought to listen to this at night instead of earlier in the day.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5/5
This tender group again have managed to climb my own list of groups I'd love to have more of.
Steve Earle
3/5
Average and quite catchy.
Def Leppard
4/5
Powerful and cheesy, just like we remember it. I feel like these guys were the other KISS, and more of a good thing is never wrong.
Tom Waits
5/5
Rough and classy at the same time. I love it.
John Lennon
3/5
Some nice songs here, with my favorite being Crippled Inside. Otherwise I wasn't really grabbed all that much.
Gotan Project
4/5
Funky and interesting. Good voice, too.
Deep Purple
3/5
Hefty and hard. They knew what they and their fans wanted.
Aimee Mann
4/5
The music is very good, and the singing is quite nice.
Pixies
3/5
Unhinged at times, and laid back at others. All the songs have played at my local pub for ages.
The Offspring
2/5
This is just not for me, but they are good players.
Beatles
5/5
Such creativity in the compositions, and it sounds like they had a of fun.
Happy Mondays
3/5
Silly and funny. I'd have trouble placing this in time, but I think I would guess the 90s, which is barely correct.
Neil Young
3/5
Like a talk show in music form. Sounds a little like Bob Dylan at times. It's nice in the background.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
Easy to listen to, but nothing special.
Aphex Twin
4/5
Classic, though a little rough at times.
James Taylor
3/5
Good melodies, but a little preachy for my tastes.
The Birthday Party
3/5
Gnarly stuff, but not at all unlistenable. I don't know what to do with that. I guess it'll just stay in the list.
Pulp
4/5
Reminds me of the music my friends played when we were younger. Good times.
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
Comfy and well made.
X-Ray Spex
3/5
Wacky and interesting. It's always fun when the saxophones come out to play.
Portishead
3/5
A far more industrial and grindy sound than I expected from previous music I've heard from them, and not as easy on the ears. Still enjoyable.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
4/5
Very comfy, with some really good synth stuff inbetween the laidback instruments.
George Michael
4/5
Some powerful beats there, and a good voice. What's not to love?
The Doors
5/5
One of the all time greats. Not fully my taste, but the songs that really hit are bangers.
The Afghan Whigs
4/5
Love the music, but the voice can be a bit grating at a few points.
Minutemen
3/5
Hectic and over before you know it. But also some nice music.
Sonic Youth
2/5
I didn't really get much out of this. Energetic and trashy, but I know many people love that.
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
4/5
An enjoyable listen, even though it didn't exist on Spotify.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Again it's a talk show with some music to it. I don't really feel it as much as the others I've heard, but it goes down just fine.
Beatles
3/5
It's easy to hear that this is earlier stuff. Listening to this, I would never know what they were capable of later.
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Classic and comfy.
Lightning Bolt
1/5
Not my thing at all. I couldn't finish a single one of the songs.
Hot Chip
5/5
Expertly crafted, and not too out there so that I fall off. Love it.
Gene Clark
4/5
Comfy listening and interesting guitar play.
Jane Weaver
4/5
Very interesting. There's a lot behind this that I feel I'm not grasping.
Slipknot
5/5
Strong and hard. I am a sucker for the dual guitar melodies throughout. Good vocals too.
Van Halen
4/5
Powerful 80s pop rock. Fun to listen to.
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Smooth, except for the annoying guitar.
1/5
Sorry, another album I couldn't really enjoy. Immersed in something very uncomfortable, waiting for a few waves of something nice that never arrived.
Queen
5/5
Instant classic when it was released, and still is.
Underworld
5/5
Sounds like a classic, and I'm glad to have discovered it.
Calexico
4/5
Laid back and melodic. I like it.
Everything But The Girl
4/5
Very comfy both for background or actually paying attention.
The Divine Comedy
4/5
I enjoyed this one quite a bit more than the previous TDC album I heard, so that's a marked improvement.
Traffic
4/5
This must have been quite the bucket of everything back when it came out. It's really fun to listen to.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
The vocals and harmonies are especially good here. It reminds me of Eagles.
Beatles
5/5
A classic. So many good songs here.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Another "that one song everyone knows, and also a bunch of others" album for me, but it's a good listen.
Incubus
3/5
Easily something me and my friends could have listened to around that time.
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Cheesy love songs with comfy music behind it. I've certainly heard worse.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Amazing classic. This is the kind of stuff my dad had showed me if he dared.
Dion
3/5
Comfy for the background.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Feels more improvised, but they are still giving all they've got.