1001 Albums Summary

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age

★★★★★

Grungy

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith

★★★★★

Classic Aerosmith!

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder

★★★★★

All Directions by The Temptations

★★★★★

Classic Motown

Among The Living by Anthrax

★★★★★

Too heavy

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys

★★★★★

Epic hip-hop album

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying by Megadeth

★★★★★

Too heavy

Boston by Boston

★★★★★

Good 70s rock

Blunderbuss by Jack White

★★★★★

Rising Above Bedlam by Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

★★★★★

Low key techno vibe

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

★★★★★

Mellow, dreamy rock

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters

★★★★★

Great blues

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

★★★★★

Great reggae

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock

★★★★★

Good workout album

Rio by Duran Duran

★★★★★

Great album

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan

★★★★★

Good bluesy album

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

★★★★★

With The Beatles by Beatles

★★★★★

Short, poppy Beatles album

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon

★★★★★

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

★★★★★

Great chili peppers

Dog Man Star by Suede

★★★★★

A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay

★★★★★

Fun album

High Violet by The National

★★★★★

Savane by Ali Farka Touré

★★★★★

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Raekwon

★★★★★

Okay. Not as good as original wu-tang clan

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin

★★★★★

The White Album by Beatles

★★★★★

Classic album

Traffic by Traffic

★★★★★

Shadowland by k.d. lang

★★★★★

Dreamy, country album

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

★★★★★

The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu

★★★★★

Experimental rock. Some very dissonant sirens and horns throughout. Our dogs hated it.

School's Out by Alice Cooper

★★★★★

School’s out is great but rest of album underwhelmed.

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

★★★★★

Not as catchy as the 8 mile soundtrack nor his later work.

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club

★★★★★

Okay punk album

Medúlla by Björk

★★★★★

Experimental, poppy, trance-like

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers

★★★★★

Good reggae album

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

★★★★★

Not his best album

War by U2

★★★★★

Phenomenal album. Early U2 classic.

Hypnotised by The Undertones

★★★★★

Early 80’s British rock.

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

★★★★★

Great 80’s album

The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

★★★★★

Very, very 80’s album

En-Tact by The Shamen

★★★★★

Early 90’s techno / trance album

good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar

★★★★★

Did not enjoy the lyrics

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow

★★★★★

Trance-like, jazzy techno

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

★★★★★

1989 by Taylor Swift

★★★★★

Fun Swiftie album

Crazysexycool by TLC

★★★★★

Good R&B album

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch

★★★★★

Country feel to this album

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

★★★★★

Great 90’s rock

Yeezus by Kanye West

★★★★★

Not his best album

The Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

★★★★★

Great bluesy album

Raw Power by The Stooges

★★★★★

Fun early iggy pop

Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur

★★★★★

Beatles feel to the album

Sincere by Mj Cole

★★★★★

Techno / hip-hop

Picture Book by Simply Red

★★★★★

Van Halen by Van Halen

★★★★★

Great VH album

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

★★★★★

Synthesized, poppy, classic Annie Lennox

Stankonia by OutKast

★★★★★

Outlandish lyrics. Has bombs over Baghdad which is catchy but rest of album was mediocre

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

★★★★★

Dissonant, hard techno sound

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

★★★★★

Poppy 80’s album

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

★★★★★

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

★★★★★

Great jazz album

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

★★★★★

Timeless by Goldie

★★★★★

Ok light techno feel

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

★★★★★

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

★★★★★

Classic album

Now I Got Worry by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

★★★★★

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

★★★★★

Classic jazz album

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

★★★★★

Good hip-hop album

Don't Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

★★★★★

Ok very 80’s

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

★★★★★

Iconic album

1984 by Van Halen

★★★★★

Can Halen at their best

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

★★★★★

Angsty

Architecture And Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

★★★★★

Soothing 80s synthesizer music

The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles

★★★★★

Great bluesy album

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

★★★★★

Latin jazz

Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone

★★★★★

Great voice / low key jazz feel

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

★★★★★

Low key Springsteen

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters

★★★★★

Great Foo Fighters album

Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis

★★★★★

Experimental, smooth jazz

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel

★★★★★

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

★★★★★

Truth And Soul by Fishbone

★★★★★

2112 by Rush

★★★★★

Heavy drums

B-52's by The B-52's

★★★★★

Classic groovy B-52s

OK Computer by Radiohead

★★★★★

Ehterreal, haunting, classic Radiohead

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen

★★★★★

Early 80’s British rock

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone

★★★★★

Cool, funky album

All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot

★★★★★

Heavy metal. Too heavy

OK by Talvin Singh

★★★★★

Smooth, trance-like

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse

★★★★★

Bluest sorrowful

D by White Denim

★★★★★

Tidal by Fiona Apple

★★★★★

Phenomenal voice

Sea Change by Beck

★★★★★

Twangy, country feel. Atypical Beck

Vento De Maio by Elis Regina

★★★★★

Jazzy Latin feel

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch

★★★★★

Folksy, country, old time feel

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

★★★★★

Great Aretha

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes

★★★★★

Kind of poppy, kind of light punk

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.

★★★★★

Not a great Biggie album

Purple Rain by Prince

★★★★★

Classic prince album

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

★★★★★

Classic snoop

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

★★★★★

Early Cure before Cure grew into their signature sound

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

★★★★★

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Public Enemy

★★★★★

Late 80’s rap

Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson

★★★★★

Progressive rock. Very experimental.

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

★★★★★

Good mid-period R.E.M.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

★★★★★

Classic

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

★★★★★

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

★★★★★

Trance, low-key

GI by Germs

★★★★★

Low quality punk

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

★★★★★

Motown feel

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

★★★★★

Great mid-90’s beastie boys

Pump by Aerosmith

★★★★★

Great Aerosmith

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

★★★★★

Classic Marvin Gaye

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

★★★★★

Poppy Hip hop

Gold by Ryan Adams

★★★★★

Rock / country mix, americana

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

★★★★★

Tribal hip hop

American Idiot by Green Day

★★★★★

Good Green Day

Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals

★★★★★

Light, funky

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

★★★★★

Poppy, trance-like, low key

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe

★★★★★

Low key funky vibe

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues

★★★★★

African folk.

Celebrity Skin by Hole

★★★★★

Great, grungy, angry album

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

★★★★★

Sympathy for the devil and street-fighting man we’re good. Otherwise felt very bluesy and slower than classic Stones

Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits

★★★★★

Sounds like he wants to be Louis Armstrong

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

★★★★★

Sheet Music by 10cc

★★★★★

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

★★★★★

Smooth, folksy

Copper Blue by Sugar

★★★★★

Hard 90’s rock

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye

★★★★★

Smooth but no notable songs

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

★★★★★

Good 80’s Smiths

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa

★★★★★

Fun 80’s rap. Rage Against the Machine covered their music

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

★★★★★

Funky vibe

Feast of Wire by Calexico

★★★★★

Funky, latin

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

★★★★★

Amazing Pink Floyd albun

Myths Of The Near Future by Klaxons

★★★★★

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

★★★★★

Folk, soul feel

Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise

★★★★★

Dreamlike, smooth

The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen

★★★★★

Different Class by Pulp

★★★★★

Light British pop-punk

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

★★★★★

Smooth Miles

Pearl by Janis Joplin

★★★★★

Good Janis album

Butterfly by Mariah Carey

★★★★★

Good voice but not my vibe

Hotel California by Eagles

★★★★★

Classic eagles

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre

★★★★★

Instrumental, dreamy, sleep music

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers

★★★★★

Dissonant, punk

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

★★★★★

Funky, fun album

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

★★★★★

Great Bowie album

Slanted And Enchanted by Pavement

★★★★★

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro

★★★★★

Not sure how this made the list.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

★★★★★

Folksy, indie, shoegaze kinda feel

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

★★★★★

Fun 80’s British

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

★★★★★

Flaming Lips sound

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

★★★★★

Great, smooth jazz

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

★★★★★

Great album

Heroes to Zeros by The Beta Band

★★★★★

Poppy, low-key

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

★★★★★

Early punk sound plus covers of 60’s songs

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

★★★★★

Instrumental, experimental

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads

★★★★★

Poppy, 90’s British rock

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

★★★★★

Smooth jazzy feel with deep horns

Odelay by Beck

★★★★★

Poppy, funky, eclectic Beck

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

★★★★★

Great rock album

Dirty by Sonic Youth

★★★★★

Great early 90’s rock

Brothers by The Black Keys

★★★★★

Retro rock

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69) by Ministry

★★★★★

Heavy industrial spund

Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday

★★★★★

Smoky vocals

Horses by Patti Smith

★★★★★

70’s rock

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello

★★★★★

Recognizable songs. Has a honkytonk feel on some songs.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys

★★★★★

Okay grungy feel

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

★★★★★

Psychedelic, rock opera feel

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

★★★★★

Great VU album.

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys

★★★★★

Recognizable Sing along music

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury by The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

★★★★★

Hip hop focused on social justice

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones

★★★★★

Awesome stones album

Ten by Pearl Jam

★★★★★

Great grunge sound

Opus Dei by Laibach

★★★★★

Not sure how this made the list

Abraxas by Santana

★★★★★

Classic 70’s guitar rock

Nevermind by Nirvana

★★★★★

Great, gritty Nirvana

The Next Day by David Bowie

★★★★★

Not the best Bowie album

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

★★★★★

Familiar songs, sing along

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

★★★★★

Fun 80s album

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

★★★★★

Ok kinks album

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

★★★★★

Bad Aussie rock. Not sure how this made the list

Second Toughest In The Infants by Underworld

★★★★★

Fun techno frel

Disintegration by The Cure

★★★★★

Classic, gloomy, Curr

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads

★★★★★

Fun, poppy, quirky

Protection by Massive Attack

★★★★★

Electronic/trip/hop, funky

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones

★★★★★

Fun early Rolling Stones

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath

★★★★★

Old school heavy metal

First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans

★★★★★

Classic 90’s

A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers

★★★★★

Early 60’s crooners

Superunknown by Soundgarden

★★★★★

Great grunge album

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys

★★★★★

Long British rock album

Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson

★★★★★

Memorable songs. Used in goodfellas and other movie soundtracks

White Light by Gene Clark

★★★★★

Folk / country feel

Either Or by Elliott Smith

★★★★★

Great Elliott Smith

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

★★★★★

Twangy, whiny voice

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

★★★★★

Great blues album

Violator by Depeche Mode

★★★★★

Familiar album from junior high

Greetings From L.A. by Tim Buckley

★★★★★

70’s rock

The Stooges by The Stooges

★★★★★

Late 60’s punk sound

Low by David Bowie

★★★★★

Great Bowie album

Kid A by Radiohead

★★★★★

Not my favorite Radiohead

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

★★★★★

Soft rock / high-pitched vocals almost a cranberries sound

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees

★★★★★

Light punky sound

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

★★★★★

Fun, familiar classic Sinatra songs

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

★★★★★

Dreamy early 90’s rock

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

★★★★★

Heavy, techno-industrial

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

★★★★★

Poppy sounding Elvis Costello

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

★★★★★

Houses of the holy and Kashmir

Make Yourself by Incubus

★★★★★

Hard with industrial/synth sound

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan

★★★★★

Soft 70’s rock

The Slider by T. Rex

★★★★★

Ok 70’s rock

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.

★★★★★

Achtung Baby by U2

★★★★★

Good album, not their best

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

★★★★★

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

★★★★★

Okay Bruce

Technique by New Order

★★★★★

New wave. Not New Order’s best

Street Signs by Ozomatli

★★★★★

Funky Afro-Latin sound

Definitely Maybe by Oasis

★★★★★

Very by Pet Shop Boys

★★★★★

Fun, light synth-pop

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

★★★★★

Slow, soft rock

Tapestry by Carole King

★★★★★

Folk rock

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo by Devo

★★★★★

Pop/ punky vibe

Sex Packets by Digital Underground

★★★★★

Funky funny hip hop

Aqualung by Jethro Tull

★★★★★

Rock opera type feel

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

★★★★★

Fabulous album

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.

★★★★★

Classic, old-school hip-hop

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons

★★★★★

Bluesy smooth vibe

Risque by CHIC

★★★★★

Disco feel

Real Life by Magazine

★★★★★

Kind of punky

Guitar Town by Steve Earle

★★★★★

Fn country album

Bad Company by Bad Company

★★★★★

Old school rock album

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

★★★★★

Smooth soft funky

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

★★★★★

Funky

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

★★★★★

Funky, British techno pop

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

★★★★★

Soft, very 50’s feel

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós

★★★★★

Smooth, slow, ethereal

On The Beach by Neil Young

★★★★★

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

★★★★★

Smooth jazz

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix

★★★★★

Classic Hendrix

The Predator by Ice Cube

★★★★★

Old school gangster rap

Rocks by Aerosmith

★★★★★

Great rock album

Your New Favourite Band by The Hives

★★★★★

Punk vibe

Harvest by Neil Young

★★★★★

Solid Neil Young album with heart of gold

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

★★★★★

Old times country

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

★★★★★

Softer Elliott Smith

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

★★★★★

Rock-a-Billy / almost B-52s feel on some songs

Paris 1919 by John Cale

★★★★★

Slow very soft vocals.

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield

★★★★★

Fun, old timey

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

★★★★★

Smooth R&B

Eliminator by ZZ Top

★★★★★

Great 80’s rock

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

★★★★★

Dreamy, poppy

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

★★★★★

Great album with dazed and confused

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

★★★★★

Solid 90’s hip hop

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

★★★★★

Great 80a rock.

Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs

★★★★★

Good early 80’s album with pretty in pjnk

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

★★★★★

Fun poppy / hip hip

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

★★★★★

Hard rap / classic Dr. Dre

Ragged Glory by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

★★★★★

Slower Neil Young album

Diamond Life by Sade

★★★★★

Smooth soul

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

★★★★★

Dreamy, smooth hip-hop

The United States Of America by The United States Of America

★★★★★

Dr. Octagonecologyst by Dr. Octagon

★★★★★

Childish lyrics / how is this in the top 1,001 albums

The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground

★★★★★

Fun, slow, low key velvet underground

Grace by Jeff Buckley

★★★★★

Good vocals and good guitar

Mothership Connection by Parliament

★★★★★

Funk album

Frank by Amy Winehouse

★★★★★

Great bluesy, smoky vocals

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

★★★★★

Fun early Beatles

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge by Mudhoney

★★★★★

Fun grunge

Zombie by Fela Kuti

★★★★★

Funky, experimental jazz

Debut by Björk

★★★★★

Good to re-listen to this album

Gris Gris by Dr. John

★★★★★

Not a great album. Some weird, wannabe Cajun nonsense

Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine

★★★★★

Dreamy rock with great vocals

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis

★★★★★

Quick album. Not all originals but fun somgs

Infected by The The

★★★★★

Poppy 80’s / light punk vibe

Youth And Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

★★★★★

Mediocre album

The Blueprint by JAY Z

★★★★★

Great early Jay-Z

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

★★★★★

Good vocals, soft / folk

Metallica by Metallica

★★★★★

Classic Metallica album

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

★★★★★

Offbeat quirky

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears by The Mamas & The Papas

★★★★★

Fun folk rock

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

★★★★★

Awful lyrics. Had to turn it off midway through second song. Not sure how this could be enjoyable.

american dream by LCD Soundsystem

★★★★★

Fun low key album

The Man Who by Travis

★★★★★

Great vocals and fun album

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

★★★★★

Fun, familiar songs

Scott 4 by Scott Walker

★★★★★

Okay vocals, unusual lyrics

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel

★★★★★

Great Gabriel

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

★★★★★

Classic album

Smile by Brian Wilson

★★★★★

Some instrumental - not my fsvorite

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

★★★★★

Experimental / not my fav

Before And After Science by Brian Eno

★★★★★

At first was soft Punk then ambient. Not the best

Is This It by The Strokes

★★★★★

Familiar songs. Soft pink vibe

1999 by Prince

★★★★★

Classic album

The Rise & Fall by Madness

★★★★★

Our house and two other songs. Very brief album

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

★★★★★

Classic Dire Straits

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

★★★★★

Fun talking heads album

...And Justice For All by Metallica

★★★★★

Classic Metallica album

Kala by M.I.A.

★★★★★

Poppy Indian - British hip-hop

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz

★★★★★

Great jazzy feel

Hard Again by Muddy Waters

★★★★★

Fun blues album

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of... by Arrested Development

★★★★★

Funky hip hop

The Doors by The Doors

★★★★★

Classic doors album

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

★★★★★

Soft folk vibe

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise

★★★★★

Very low-key slow techno feel

Killing Joke by Killing Joke

★★★★★

Low key punk album

(What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis

★★★★★

Recognizable 90’s rock album

Tommy by The Who

★★★★★

Very long but good album

Heavy Weather by Weather Report

★★★★★

Fun jazz album

The Band by The Band

★★★★★

Fun folky rock

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile

★★★★★

Very 80’s vibe

Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow

★★★★★

Good vocals, fun album

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

★★★★★

Good late stage RHCP album

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

★★★★★

Good rhythm and beat but not my favorite lyrics

Roots by Sepultura

★★★★★

Brazilian heavy metal. Not my favorite

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

★★★★★

Fun Afro-pop

Stardust by Willie Nelson

★★★★★

Fun cover songs by willie

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

★★★★★

Good 70’s rock

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

★★★★★

Very fun zztop

Parallel Lines by Blondie

★★★★★

Fun, punky album

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

★★★★★

Great album with all the main songs

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

★★★★★

Early 90’s hip hop

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

★★★★★

Funky Brazilian psychedelic rock

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

★★★★★

Fun, folky rock

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd

★★★★★

Psychedelic, slow early floyd

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm by A Tribe Called Quest

★★★★★

Old school tribe called quest

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

★★★★★

Fun rock album

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

★★★★★

Fun early Bowie

Close To You by Carpenters

★★★★★

Good vocals but not my favorite

Movies by Holger Czukay

★★★★★

Funky electronic jazz vibe

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

★★★★★

50’s rock sound. Classic Little Richard

Permission to Land by The Darkness

★★★★★

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

★★★★★

Fun holiday tunes

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

★★★★★

Bland sounding rock album

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

★★★★★

Soft 90’s smumpkins

Hot Fuss by The Killers

★★★★★

Fun rock with recognizable songs

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio

★★★★★

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) by The Kinks

★★★★★

Very British 60’s rock album

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees

★★★★★

Fun rock / poppy sound

The Grand Tour by George Jones

★★★★★

Old timey country

Good Old Boys by Randy Newman

★★★★★

Old time folk. / country frel

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival

★★★★★

Great classic rock vibe

Rubber Soul by Beatles

★★★★★

Great early sounding Beatles album

The Real Thing by Faith No More

★★★★★

Great Faith No More

Blue by Joni Mitchell

★★★★★

Great Faith No More

System Of A Down by System Of A Down

★★★★★

One recognizable song

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

★★★★★

Great Tribe album

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

★★★★★

Fun 80’s bop

Lost Souls by Doves

★★★★★

Low key, soothing

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

★★★★★

Cinnamon girl and other Neil young great hits

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

★★★★★

Soft Fleetwood Mac album with fewer recognizable songs

Kenya by Machito

★★★★★

Fun, jazzy feel

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

★★★★★

Soulful great album

Sunshine Superman by Donovan

★★★★★

Groovy sixties

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim

★★★★★

Groovy sixties

Scott 2 by Scott Walker

★★★★★

Horrible lyrics.

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

★★★★★

Old R&B feel. Great album

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

★★★★★

The Yes Album by Yes

★★★★★

Very 70’s

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes

★★★★★

Fun early 80’s pop feel

The Coral by The Coral

★★★★★

Fun poppy vibe

The Bends by Radiohead

★★★★★

Great radiohead

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse by Faces

★★★★★

Faces / Early Rod Stewart

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) by Loretta Lynn

★★★★★

Old times country

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

★★★★★

Amazing B-Boys

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

★★★★★

Great Zeppelin with classic Moby Dick

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

★★★★★

Catchy poppy album

Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely

★★★★★

Fun country rock

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

★★★★★

Dreamy psychedelic pop

Calenture by The Triffids

★★★★★

Aussie rock

The Specials by The Specials

★★★★★

Biriyse punk

Synchronicity by The Police

★★★★★

Classic Police album

Hunting High And Low by a-ha

★★★★★

Fun, very 80’s album

Vanishing Point by Primal Scream

★★★★★

Very low key early 90’s almost soft grunge

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

★★★★★

Weird, outlandish lyrics

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent

★★★★★

Fun 50 Cent

The Sun Rises In The East by Jeru The Damaja

★★★★★

90’s feel

Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons

★★★★★

Country frel

Station To Station by David Bowie

★★★★★

Great Bowie

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth

★★★★★

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

★★★★★

Classic DM

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits

★★★★★

Raspy vocals

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

★★★★★

Country twang

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

★★★★★

Great Kravitz

That's The Way Of The World by Earth, Wind & Fire

★★★★★

Classic soul vibe

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

★★★★★

Soft rock feel

Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo

★★★★★

Ok album

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton

★★★★★

Enjoyable Clapton

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

★★★★★

R&B vibe

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

★★★★★

Great vocals

Like A Prayer by Madonna

★★★★★

Great 80’s classic

Repeater by Fugazi

★★★★★

ok punk

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

★★★★★

Fun Afro-jazz vibe

The Infotainment Scan by The Fall

★★★★★

Ok

Strange Cargo III by William Orbit

★★★★★

Soft techno vibe

Pornography by The Cure

★★★★★

Early Cure

Kick Out The Jams (Live) by MC5

★★★★★

60’s rock

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

★★★★★

Ok low-fi techno

Solid Air by John Martyn

★★★★★

Low key feel

Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

★★★★★

Classic smiths

The Last Of The True Believers by Nanci Griffith

★★★★★

Fun country feel

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen

★★★★★

Folk

So Much For The City by The Thrills

★★★★★

Soft low-key rock

American Gothic by David Ackles

★★★★★

Lounge vibe

New Forms by Roni Size

★★★★★

Techno beat with lowkey rap

Moby Grape by Moby Grape

★★★★★

Folky album

Faith by George Michael

★★★★★

80’s classic

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen

★★★★★

Raspy, folky, bluesy

It's Too Late to Stop Now by Van Morrison

★★★★★

Fun 70’s Van Morrison

Southern Rock Opera by Drive-By Truckers

★★★★★

Spoken word vibe with southern twang

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

★★★★★

Fun tribute / cover album with Cash covering Depeche Mode’s Personal Jesus

Chelsea Girl by Nico

★★★★★

Dreamy vocals

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols

★★★★★

Classic punk

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners

★★★★★

Ok 80’s vibe

Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim

★★★★★

Great Fatboy Slim

Melodrama by Lorde

★★★★★

Low key Lorde with good vocals

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

★★★★★

Ok, grungy feel

Teen Dream by Beach House

★★★★★

Dreamy lyrics. Low key rock

Stephen Stills by Stephen Stills

★★★★★

Good early 70’s rock from Stills of Crosby, Stills & Nash

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Some good, recognizable Dylan

Fear and Whiskey by Mekons

★★★★★

80’s feel. Not great

Being There by Wilco

★★★★★

Country, twangy rock vibe

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders

★★★★★

Early 60’s rock feel

Vespertine by Björk

★★★★★

Good Bjork

Life Thru A Lens by Robbie Williams

★★★★★

Soft rock

Soul Mining by The The

★★★★★

Early 80’s vibe

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen by The Residents

★★★★★

Weird synthesizer, weird beats, weird vocals

Young Americans by David Bowie

★★★★★

Great Bowie album

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

★★★★★

Classic rock album

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear

★★★★★

Reggae feel

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

★★★★★

Low-key rock

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain

★★★★★

Great alt rock album

Lazer Guided Melodies by Spiritualized

★★★★★

Low-fi techno vibe

If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues

★★★★★

Irish rock / folk feel

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

★★★★★

Beats good, dislike the lyrics

Roger the Engineer by The Yardbirds

★★★★★

Mid-60’s rock

Out of Step by Minor Threat

★★★★★

Early punk

Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü

★★★★★

Poppy punk feel. Early 80’s

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

★★★★★

Classic Chemical Brothers techno album

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

★★★★★

Classic rock

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by Maxwell

★★★★★

Low-key R&B

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno

★★★★★

Experimental feel

Marquee Moon by Television

★★★★★

Late 70’s new wave feel

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy

★★★★★

Late stage PE

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.

★★★★★

Ok grunge

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

★★★★★

Pre-techno, synthesizer feel

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Good Dylan album

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp

★★★★★

Low key techno

Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks

★★★★★

Good Kinks album

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

★★★★★

Early 60’s rock

Sound Affects by The Jam

★★★★★

Early 80’s new wave feel

Who Killed...... The Zutons? by The Zutons

★★★★★

Rock-a-Billy vibe

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

★★★★★

Old school Cash

Dance Mania by Tito Puente

★★★★★

Fun Latin jazz / dance feel

Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers

★★★★★

Great 70’s punk from U.K.

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

★★★★★

Ok Van Morrison

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

★★★★★

Raspy voice. Not his best

Blood, Sweat & Tears by Blood, Sweat & Tears

★★★★★

Classic rock with folk vibe

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

★★★★★

Alt with a techno rock vibe

Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club

★★★★★

Great Latin sound

London Calling by The Clash

★★★★★

Classic UK punk

NEU! 75 by Neu!

★★★★★

Euro-electronica

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

★★★★★

German pre-techno

Dummy by Portishead

★★★★★

Dreamy, lowkey alt

Connected by Stereo MC's

★★★★★

British techno-pop

A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren

★★★★★

Early 70’s soft rock. Maybe even yacht rock

Funeral by Arcade Fire

★★★★★

Ok, low-key rock

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

★★★★★

Classic Temptations

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

★★★★★

Pop rock feel

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

★★★★★

Twangy old-timer country

Arrival by ABBA

★★★★★

ABBA being an Abba

Orbital 2 by Orbital

★★★★★

Slow techno

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales

★★★★★

Unusual techno vibe

Electric Music For The Mind And Body by Country Joe & The Fish

★★★★★

Funky folk

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

★★★★★

Funky folk

Elastica by Elastica

★★★★★

Punky viby

Fragile by Yes

★★★★★

70’s rock

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

★★★★★

Early 80’s punk vibe

The Undertones by The Undertones

★★★★★

Early British punk

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

★★★★★

Classic Jefferson Airplane

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

★★★★★

Hip hop techno feel

Pyromania by Def Leppard

★★★★★

Classic glam rock

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper

★★★★★

Experimental rock opera vibe with nick cave in the mix

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

★★★★★

70’s funk, more instrumental than expected

Bright Flight by Silver Jews

★★★★★

Alt rock country mixup that shouldn’t have happened

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

★★★★★

Rock country like Cheryl Crow

Mask by Bauhaus

★★★★★

Early 80’s gloom

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

★★★★★

Freak folk

Blur by Blur

★★★★★

90’s rock classic

Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

★★★★★

Experimental with guitar solos

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

★★★★★

Great jazz album

New Boots And Panties by Ian Dury

★★★★★

Rambling, almost spoken-word, not great

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

★★★★★

Old-timey country vibe

Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams

★★★★★

Fun, folk / rockabilly feel

GREY Area by Little Simz

★★★★★

Good vocals, fun British rap

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

★★★★★

Great Stones album

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

★★★★★

Fun, recognizable beach boys

Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren

★★★★★

Softer rock than expected

...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

★★★★★

Recognizable, poppy

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band

★★★★★

Electronica rock mix

Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star

★★★★★

Soft vocals, rock vibe

Headquarters by The Monkees

★★★★★

60’s pop rock vibe

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

★★★★★

New wave poo

The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies

★★★★★

Dreamy, great vocals

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets

★★★★★

Punk / country / rock

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding

★★★★★

Great soul / blues from Otis

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael

★★★★★

Good George Michaels. Very 80’s

Slipknot by Slipknot

★★★★★

Death metal. Not a fan

Casanova by The Divine Comedy

★★★★★

More spoken word. Weird lyrics

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax

★★★★★

Electronica feel

Maverick A Strike by Finley Quaye

★★★★★

Soft vocals

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

★★★★★

Instrumental. First song sounded like theme music from Halloween

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

★★★★★

Classic Miles Davis + Coltrane

Fun House by The Stooges

★★★★★

Early punk

McCartney by Paul McCartney

★★★★★

Early 70’s McCartney with recognizable songs

Da Capo by Love

★★★★★

60’s rock

Remedy by Basement Jaxx

★★★★★

Electronica vibe

Vulnicura by Björk

★★★★★

Smooth Bjork sounds

Woodface by Crowded House

★★★★★

Soft early 99’s

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

★★★★★

Early Elvis

Untitled (Black Is) by SAULT

★★★★★

Slow rap / hip-hop

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra

★★★★★

Surprisingly fun jazzy Sinatra

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

★★★★★

80’s new wave

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

★★★★★

Early 70’s Harrison. Long album but some recognizable songs

Sign 'O' The Times by Prince

★★★★★

Late 80’s Prince. Classic

Space Ritual by Hawkwind

★★★★★

Early 70’s Art rock

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones

★★★★★

Bluesy good vocals

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

★★★★★

Great early 70’s Rod Stewart

Doolittle by Pixies

★★★★★

Great pixies

Skylarking by XTC

★★★★★

70’s / 80’s British pop rock

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

★★★★★

Classic Smiths

Pretenders by Pretenders

★★★★★

Classic Pretenders / Chrissie Hynde

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

★★★★★

A 50’s Bop

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council

★★★★★

80’s jazz vibe

Nighthawks At The Diner by Tom Waits

★★★★★

Lounge singer vibe; classic gravelly voice

Konnichiwa by Skepta

★★★★★

British rap

Cross by Justice

★★★★★

Electronic.

One World by John Martyn

★★★★★

Smooth, jazzy

The Score by Fugees

★★★★★

Classic Fugees

The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett

★★★★★

Pre-Pink Floyd

Django Django by Django Django

★★★★★

British art rock

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black

★★★★★

Pixies-esque sound

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

★★★★★

Great LDR vocals

Another Green World by Brian Eno

★★★★★

Modern / synthetic

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

★★★★★

New rap

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

★★★★★

Country feel. Good vocals

Whatever by Aimee Mann

★★★★★

Soft vocals. Country rock like Sheryl Crow

Music For The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy

★★★★★

Old school techno

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle by Throbbing Gristle

★★★★★

Synthetic, dissonant, weird spoken word

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra

★★★★★

Instrumental, poppy, light

Goo by Sonic Youth

★★★★★

Grungy punk sound

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by Liars

★★★★★

Mediocr

Rapture by Anita Baker

★★★★★

Great vocals

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

★★★★★

Classic Marley

C'est Chic by CHIC

★★★★★

Great funk

Truth by Jeff Beck

★★★★★

Great classic rock

Survivor by Destiny's Child

★★★★★

Great R&B with Beyoncé

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

★★★★★

Heavy metal vibe / bad lyrics. Not a fan

The World is a Ghetto by War

★★★★★

Funk feel

Floodland by Sisters Of Mercy

★★★★★

Okay English rock

Third by Portishead

★★★★★

Ethereal

Colour By Numbers by Culture Club

★★★★★

Fun 80’s bop

Country Life by Roxy Music

★★★★★

Funky rock

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

★★★★★

Great blues album

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

★★★★★

African funk-pop

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer

★★★★★

60’s rock

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno

★★★★★

Funky, experimental

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield

★★★★★

Folk rock, good vocals and recognizable songs

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

★★★★★

French rock

Le Tigre by Le Tigre

★★★★★

Girl punk / grungy vibe

Low-Life by New Order

★★★★★

Classic new order

Future Days by Can

★★★★★

Rock / experimental

S&M by Metallica

★★★★★

Metallica with symphony orchestra

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

★★★★★

Classic Metallica

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

★★★★★

Fun funk, good vocals

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

★★★★★

Mediocre rap

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

★★★★★

90’s British pop

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

★★★★★

Great Ray Charles

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

★★★★★

Weird British rock

Trafalgar by Bee Gees

★★★★★

Ok BeeGees

Street Life by The Crusaders

★★★★★

Funky vibe

In Our Heads by Hot Chip

★★★★★

Fun pop electronica feel

Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton

★★★★★

Classic rock

The Nightfly by Donald Fagen

★★★★★

Alternative

Penthouse And Pavement by Heaven 17

★★★★★

British pop / new wave vibe

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

★★★★★

Dark, dreamy

Moving Pictures by Rush

★★★★★

Classic Rush

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

★★★★★

Poppy new wave

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

★★★★★

Slow Leonard Cohen

Spiderland by Slint

★★★★★

Good alt-rock

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Classic Dylan

25 by Adele

★★★★★

Great vocals

All Mod Cons by The Jam

★★★★★

Fun rock / pubk

Shleep by Robert Wyatt

★★★★★

Weird art rock

Triangle by The Beau Brummels

★★★★★

Folk rock feel

Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair

★★★★★

90’s light punk

Sister by Sonic Youth

★★★★★

Great early sonic youth

Live At The Witch Trials by The Fall

★★★★★

Early punk

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

★★★★★

Long album. Rockabilly and light punk feel

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

★★★★★

Light alt rock 90’s

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

★★★★★

Great all man brothers

American Pie by Don McLean

★★★★★

Folk rock

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd

★★★★★

Great southern rock

Follow The Leader by Korn

★★★★★

90’s hard grungy / rock

Dookie by Green Day

★★★★★

Great 90’s light punk

Aja by Steely Dan

★★★★★

70’s rock

British Steel by Judas Priest

★★★★★

Classic early metal

Signing Off by UB40

★★★★★

Jazzy reggae feel

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

★★★★★

Alt rock. Good album

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

★★★★★

Great Johnny Cash

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

★★★★★

Alt rock, lo-fi vibe

Let It Be by The Replacements

★★★★★

Minnesota light punk

Atomizer by Big Black

★★★★★

Ok punk

The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

★★★★★

Ok light alt rock

The Last Broadcast by Doves

★★★★★

Soft 90’s rock

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

★★★★★

Classic Hendrix

Club Classics Vol. One by Soul II Soul

★★★★★

Very 80’s feel

The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds

★★★★★

60’s rock from the Byrde

Phrenology by The Roots

★★★★★

Good hip-hop early 2000s

Closer by Joy Division

★★★★★

Early new wave

Moon Safari by Air

★★★★★

Funky French vibe

Nixon by Lambchop

★★★★★

Alt-rock. Okay

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf

★★★★★

70’s yacht rock

Remain In Light by Talking Heads

★★★★★

Classic 80’s rock

Legalize It by Peter Tosh

★★★★★

Weak Rasta

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

★★★★★

Classic folk

The Slim Shady LP by Eminem

★★★★★

Dark Eminem apbum

I See You by The xx

★★★★★

Lite alt rock. Good vocals

Live! by Fela Kuti

★★★★★

Afro- jazz

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

★★★★★

Old school new age rock

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

★★★★★

Good vocals, smooth folk sound

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

★★★★★

Good recognizable songs

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Classic Dylan

Emergency On Planet Earth by Jamiroquai

★★★★★

Funky, poppy

Kimono My House by Sparks

★★★★★

Funky light, early punk feel

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

★★★★★

Smooth Simon & Garfunkel

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

★★★★★

60’s rock

Ambient 1/Music For Airports by Brian Eno

★★★★★

Instrumental and experimental

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

★★★★★

Early pubk

xx by The xx

★★★★★

Fun techno-lite vibe

Public Image: First Issue by Public Image Ltd.

★★★★★

Light punk feel

Abbey Road by Beatles

★★★★★

Great beatles

m b v by My Bloody Valentine

★★★★★

Slow, electric, good vocals, early 90s vibe

Viva Hate by Morrissey

★★★★★

Early morrissey post-smiths

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

★★★★★

Lo-fi grunge

Made In Japan by Deep Purple

★★★★★

Long classic rock guitar jam sess

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

★★★★★

Poppy early 2000’s

Broken English by Marianne Faithfull

★★★★★

Synth pop with country twang and punk lyrics

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento

★★★★★

Smooth latin jazz

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

★★★★★

Great Stevie Wonder including Superstition

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan

★★★★★

70’s smooth rock

Roxy Music by Roxy Music

★★★★★

Eclectic mix of country honky tonk, lounge, punk

Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention

★★★★★

Crazy 60’s freak out

Bad by Michael Jackson

★★★★★

Classic early Michael Jackson

Imagine by John Lennon

★★★★★

Slow, dreamy Lennon

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

★★★★★

Weird, slower Nick Cave

O.G. Original Gangster by Ice T

★★★★★

Old school 90’s rap

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp

★★★★★

Slow, dreamy vocals

Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk

★★★★★

Great jazz

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

★★★★★

Free form jazz

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

★★★★★

Stretched the Wu-tang connection too far

Bubble And Scrape by Sebadoh

★★★★★

80’s indie

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell

★★★★★

Folksy soft vocals

The Joshua Tree by U2

★★★★★

One of U2’s best albums

Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen

★★★★★

Classic Bruce

Rust In Peace by Megadeth

★★★★★

Heavy metal, not my speed

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello

★★★★★

Punky 80’s vibe

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley

★★★★★

Slow, mellow, country-sounding Elvis

I Against I by Bad Brains

★★★★★

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

★★★★★

Reminiscent of early Velvet Underground

Water From An Ancient Well by Abdullah Ibrahim

★★★★★

Experimental jazz

A Little Deeper by Ms. Dynamite

★★★★★

British hip-hop

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten

★★★★★

Experimental German techno / industrial vibe

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds

★★★★★

Twangy, country vibe

Live At Leeds by The Who

★★★★★

Great album. Classic Who

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Okay Bob Dylan

LP1 by FKA twigs

★★★★★

Experimental rap

Fromohio by fIREHOSE

★★★★★

Garage / grungy feel

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis

★★★★★

Early Paul Simon

Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg

★★★★★

French expeirmental

Central Reservation by Beth Orton

★★★★★

Good vocals, slow alt-pop

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

★★★★★

Grunge vibe

Logical Progression by LTJ Bukem

★★★★★

Lo-Fi techno feel, longest album ever

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) by Simple Minds

★★★★★

Early 80’s new wave

Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen

★★★★★

Early 80’s lite punk

Liquid Swords by GZA

★★★★★

Watered down Wu

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

★★★★★

Good vocals, low key rock

James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

★★★★★

Great James Brown

Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies

★★★★★

Honkytonk rock almost sounds like Rolling Stones

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

★★★★★

Funky, jazz feel. Very entertaining

Dry by PJ Harvey

★★★★★

Good vocals, 90’s alt

Document by R.E.M.

★★★★★

Great REM album

So by Peter Gabriel

★★★★★

Classic 80’s

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

★★★★★

Weird post-60’s beach boys

Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal

★★★★★

London rap, fast vocals

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

★★★★★

David Bowie sound-alike vibe

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell

★★★★★

Very, very 80’s

The White Room by The KLF

★★★★★

Great techno

White Light / White Heat by The Velvet Underground

★★★★★

Classic Velvet Underground

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen

★★★★★

Early 80’s British rock sound

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt

★★★★★

Generic punk vibe

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail by Buck Owens

★★★★★

Great old time country

Run-D.M.C. by Run-D.M.C.

★★★★★

Classic rap

Live Through This by Hole

★★★★★

Great grungy feel

Let's Get Killed by David Holmes

★★★★★

Hip-hop, techno, trance mix-up

Snivilisation by Orbital

★★★★★

Dreamy, trance-like techno

Chore of Enchantment by Giant Sand

★★★★★

The La's by The La's

★★★★★

Fun British 80’s/90’s rock

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants

★★★★★

Early new wave

Tical by Method Man

★★★★★

Wu-tang derivative

Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J

★★★★★

Classic LL

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan

★★★★★

Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley

★★★★★

Folksy rock, late 60’s vibe

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

★★★★★

Afro-jazz vibe

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized

★★★★★

Ok 90’s alt rock

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays

★★★★★

90’s techno pop

The Who Sell Out by The Who

★★★★★

Great Who album

Suicide by Suicide

★★★★★

Early punk vibe

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police

★★★★★

Classic Police

Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré

★★★★★

Afro-jazz vibe

This Nation’s Saving Grace by The Fall

★★★★★

Mid-80’s lite punk

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

★★★★★

Light rock

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos

★★★★★

Great classic rock with Clapton & Allman

L.A. Woman by The Doors

★★★★★

Great Doors

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine by Cee Lo Green

★★★★★

Ok R&B

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

★★★★★

Okay art rock / experimental

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

★★★★★

Great Neil Young

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

★★★★★

Ok Dylan. Raspy and rusty

Leftism by Leftfield

★★★★★

Old school smooth techno vibe

Drunk by Thundercat

★★★★★

Lo-fi, slow rap and bass. Not my favorite

Chris by Christine and the Queens

★★★★★

Poppy new wave sound

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

★★★★★

Ok, not as great as it sounded at age 13

The Clash by The Clash

★★★★★

Classic clash

Beautiful Freak by Eels

★★★★★

Unusual 90’s rock

Heroes by David Bowie

★★★★★

Great Bowie

Virgin Suicides by Air

★★★★★

Low key techno alt

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

★★★★★

Slow R@B feel and some twang

Disraeli Gears by Cream

★★★★★

Classic Clapton

Trio by Dolly Parton

★★★★★

Twangy country

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie

★★★★★

Great Bowie

We're Only In It For The Money by The Mothers Of Invention

★★★★★

Weird, spoken word, limited music

Dust by Screaming Trees

★★★★★

Grungy mid-90’s

Dare! by The Human League

★★★★★

Early new wave pop

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

★★★★★

Low-fi, alt-rock

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

★★★★★

Wailing’ Janis

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea by PJ Harvey

★★★★★

Dark, slow, dreamy

Wild Wood by Paul Weller

★★★★★

Folksy, bluesy feel

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys

★★★★★

Angry puno

At Budokan by Cheap Trick

★★★★★

Classic rock

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

★★★★★

Alt rock vibe

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

★★★★★

Weird outlandish lyrics

Green by R.E.M.

★★★★★

Great REM album

#1 Record by Big Star

★★★★★

Classic rock

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain by Pavement

★★★★★

Alt-grunge vibe

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces

★★★★★

Folk rock

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear

★★★★★

Lowkey Alt rock

Basket of Light by Pentangle

★★★★★

Moody blues sound

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

★★★★★

Early Jackson classic

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby by Terence Trent D'Arby

★★★★★

80’s rock with a little Tracey Chapman sound

Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield

★★★★★

Groovy late 60’s rock

Ramones by Ramones

★★★★★

Mid-70’s punk

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators

★★★★★

Early punk. Sounds like the ramones

Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab

★★★★★

Funky techno vibe

A Northern Soul by The Verve

★★★★★

90’s British rock

Hms Fable by Shack

★★★★★

Generic 90’s British pop rock

Destroyer by KISS

★★★★★

Glam rock

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

★★★★★

Twangy, alt rock with good vocals

Nowhere by Ride

★★★★★

90’s low-key alt-rock

Ray Of Light by Madonna

★★★★★

Mid-stage Madonna

Back to Basics by Christina Aguilera

★★★★★

Bluesy vocals

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche by Koffi Olomide

★★★★★

Afro-jazz

Be by Common

★★★★★

Good rap / vocals

21 by Adele

★★★★★

Great vocals

Sulk by The Associates

★★★★★

80’s Smiths-sound

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention

★★★★★

Folk rock

John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic

★★★★★

Great 60’s rock

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon

★★★★★

Enjoyed “Well well well”, otherwise not a great album

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads

★★★★★

Early Talking Heads

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

★★★★★

Great vocals

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

★★★★★

Classic Grateful Dead

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

★★★★★

80’s alt

Me Against The World by 2Pac

★★★★★

Ok rap

The Sounds Of India by Ravi Shankar

★★★★★

Not in the top 10,000 albums

Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

★★★★★

Weird 70’s vibe

Bummed by Happy Mondays

★★★★★

Early Happy Mondays. Catchy Electronica vibe

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

★★★★★

Early 70’s psychedelic rock

evermore by Taylor Swift

★★★★★

Good vocals. Fun album

Reign In Blood by Slayer

★★★★★

Heavy metal meh

Bone Machine by Tom Waits

★★★★★

Raspy, gravelly voice. Classic Waits

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo by MC Solaar

★★★★★

Fun, French techno

1977 by Ash

★★★★★

Early 90’s Irish grunge

Justified by Justin Timberlake

★★★★★

Memorable JT

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

★★★★★

Early aughts pink sound

In It For The Money by Supergrass

★★★★★

Feels like early 70’s rock

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

★★★★★

70’s folk rock vibe

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes

★★★★★

Classic Crowes

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard

★★★★★

Twangy, old country feel

Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3

★★★★★

Very low key alt rock

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

★★★★★

80’s lo-fi rock

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young

★★★★★

Mellow Neil Young

The Sensual World by Kate Bush

★★★★★

Good vocals, alt-rock

In Rainbows by Radiohead

★★★★★

Great Radiohead alhum

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

★★★★★

Absolute classic

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

★★★★★

Heavy metal, little too heavy prefer Metallica

Blackstar by David Bowie

★★★★★

Mediocre Bowie is still a good album

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead

★★★★★

Long jam, live Grateful Dead

The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

★★★★★

Soft ‘00’s rock

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

★★★★★

Some memorable songs and some weak songs.

Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba

★★★★★

African folk music

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

★★★★★

Very 80’s new wave

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

★★★★★

Classic Springsteen

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

★★★★★

Experimental, theme music

Born To Be With You by Dion

★★★★★

Low key folk rock

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti

★★★★★

Afro-folk pop

The Renaissance by Q-Tip

★★★★★

Good rap from Tribe Called Quest spin off

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto

★★★★★

Brazilian lounge vocals / jazz

Music From Big Pink by The Band

★★★★★

Fun classic rock from the band

All Hail the Queen by Queen Latifah

★★★★★

80’s rap from a young queen latifah

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

★★★★★

Raspy, gravelly, typical Leonard Cohen

Take Me Apart by Kelela

★★★★★

Ok R&B

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

★★★★★

Great, early Rod Stewart

The Healer by John Lee Hooker

★★★★★

Classic blues vibe

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective

★★★★★

Early 2000’s alt-rock

Call of the Valley by Shivkumar Sharma

★★★★★

Soothing Indian music

Eternally Yours by The Saints

★★★★★

70’s British punk sound

Back In Black by AC/DC

★★★★★

Classic rock album

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

★★★★★

Very 80’s

Clandestino by Manu Chao

★★★★★

Latin pop / ballad-vibe

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

★★★★★

Great classic rock album

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

★★★★★

Very light, soft alt-rock focused on Illinois

Berlin by Lou Reed

★★★★★

Ok Lou Reed

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

★★★★★

Great early pubk

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) by Motörhead

★★★★★

Classic early metal

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

★★★★★

60’s psychedelic rock

Guero by Beck

★★★★★

Good late career Beck

La Revancha Del Tango by Gotan Project

★★★★★

Electrotango. Fun fusion/experimental

The Only Ones by The Only Ones

★★★★★

Low-fi 70’s punk

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

★★★★★

Great 90’s angst

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

★★★★★

Lo-fi synth-pop

Under Construction by Missy Elliott

★★★★★

Fun rap

The Dreaming by Kate Bush

★★★★★

Dreamy alt rock

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian

★★★★★

Very soft alt-rock

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne

★★★★★

Early 90’s French slow techno vibe

I Should Coco by Supergrass

★★★★★

British alt-rock

Ctrl by SZA

★★★★★

Okay ish rap

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

★★★★★

Great, classic Stevie Wonder

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

★★★★★

Folksy rock with UK sound

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

★★★★★

Dreamy, dreary punk sound

Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie

★★★★★

Angry, late 90’s punk

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues

★★★★★

Irish folk/punk vibe