I like some Steely Dan songs, but this is Steely Dan but worse. It's got no bite, it's too yacht rock.

When Stevie's good he's good. Quite familiar with this album already, some Stevie Wonder tracks can get a little slow, but on the whole i like this album. Living for the City is my favourite.

Pleasant enough listen. Has that typical 60's American middle of the road sound, (orchestral arrangements, backing singers, pretty soft drums) which made me want to know what it actually is. Apparently the 'Nashville Sound' was an attempt to counter the rise of rock and roll, using elements of 'Traditional pop' (think crooners like Frank Sinatra), making quite an easy listening kind of music. Kind of ironic that this was the kind of music the 'King of Rock and Roll' ended up making.

It's not bad. An hour too long though and James sounds autotuned which is distracting. AND OF BAKED APPLE PIEEEEE MYEAH

I found I liked the album but then I don't remember much about it afterwards, not much in the way of hooks. It's generally a kind of desolate americana which maybe you need to be closer to to truly understand, but I think it's still a decent album.

Wasn't sure what to expect but I enjoyed this. Nice collection of pretty tunes, made the room feel a bit warmer. Probably a good length though. Seemed to fade into the background and forgot it was on towards the end, not sure if that's a particularly good or bad thing though.

Radio friendly rock, but pretty good radio friendly rock. Would be more of a 3.5/5

The first Weird album! I was vaguely aware of this band's existence but never bothered to look into them. Quite listenable for something more 'avant garde', I liked it.

Brilliant album. Kate bush is up there with the best of them. This album manages to be enjoyable to a wide audience without compromising on creativity or overall quality.

Don't think I've ever listened to an Iron Maiden album before, also didn't know they had a different singer originally. I liked it though, good listen.

This is one those albums that critics wank themselves silly over. I don't get it. It's like a bunch of middle class american arts graduates who like sniffing their own farts got together and said: 'Why don't we make a Joy Division album but remove all traces of character and make every song double the length? Oh, and while we're at it lets all stand 10 feet away from the mics!' I tried listening to this album before on a plane whilst half asleep. Even being half asleep I thought it was dragging.

It turns out the spotify link isn't the actual album... anyway I found the actual one. Wouldn't want to sit down and listen to it end to end, but it's not bad background music for tidying. Probably better at a rave

Eh, it's pretty jaunty but not amazing.

I don't listen to lots of metal but I do appreciate it as long as it doesn't just descend into noise. I like this, good guitars, good drums. I'm not completely bothered by the singing either

Crikey, was unsure of what to expect but from what I've heard of the Kinks had fairly high hopes. What you get is sharp social commentary on the classism in British society with some good music to go with it. I don't think the Beatles ever wrote anything which depicts British life so well.

I have listened to this album before and honestly I thought I liked it more than I did this time. Some good guitar playing sure but goes on too long for my tastes.

Never heard of the guy before, guess this album didn't have the cultural staying power of albums of 1997. With that being said, it wasn't bad album! Sounds nice and smooth, as I was listening my main thought is that it was 'Lounge Reggae'. Not groundbreaking but nice enough to listen to

I didn't hate it lol. It was cringe and I can imagine any edgy 13 year old at the time loving it, but maybe it's so cringeworthy its fun.

It sounded like it had potential in the first track, but doesn't really get up and go, veers close to being elevator music at points. Still a pleasant listen, but maybe was hoping for a little more.

Less of tuneful piece of work, more a political essay set to an assortment of looped samples. Gets a bit tiresome to listen to. Not my favourite hip hop

I do like this album a lot. Probably had some effect on my music taste growing up. Don't love every track, but the majority do resonate with me. Not as good as Demon Days, but still very good nevertheless.

Velvet smooth voice, music is also in keeping with this. The spotify link is an abridged version, the version that is actually on the list is 3 hours long though. I'm not sure if it's a really an album at that point and I can't withstand 3 hours of the same kind of music, although it is easy to listen to so there is worse music to listen to for that long.

It opens with Gimme Shelter so it's off to a flying start, bookended by You can't always get what you want which is also great. But the rest doesn't really do it for me. Not my favourite album of theirs, but I'll still give it a 4.

I find that folk/indie like this can walk a fine line between beautiful and boring. I think this is closer to the former. It's quite gloomy but not everything can be happy and positive.

This is the 4th album from 1969, seems to like this year or something. Comparing to the stones album from the same year, I'd say it's more consistent but the highs aren't as high.

This is a blast from the past! I remember having this on in the car first time I went to Snowdonia in 2006. Some of the lyrics are a bit cheesy but it goes hard.

I think I like this, but I listen to a few of the songs again and I'm not sure.

Never really get on with Dylan's music. He's an amazing songwriter apparently but I don't have the attention span to bother to get past his voice and listen and I wasn't any good at english lit anyway so can't make out some deep meaning from poetry several layers deep in imagery.

The track Like a prayer is an unmitigated banger. Track 2 is good too. On the 3rd track the Prince beat is pretty cool, but lots of it seemed a bit filler-y.

Some good grooves throughout in this one.

Do I respect it? Kind of, do I like it? Not really. Some interesting moments but too much noise.

I've tried listening to Joni Mitchell before but the music's never really clicked. Maybe because she's similar to Bob Dylan in some ways. Although her voice is better, but there's something about it I don't like, can't put my finger on it. Listening to this though I actually enjoyed it, nice production, just nice to listen to.

With 4 songs two near the 10 minute mark and one nearly 19 minutes I thought they might drag, the near 9 minute monologue on the last track was a bit unecessary, but the way that track builds to a crescendo, as well as the other tracks makes it a good album IMO.

Another album that I've listened to previously but didn't really stick in my mind, thought I wouldn't care for it and it's too damn long. Actually listening I don't recall a song I didn't like, which is quite impressive for a double album.

Pretty good, enjoyable throughout. No bad songs although that Coconut song could be considered irritating, but I learnt that he was where that song came from!

I cant make out a word that's being said, but like it, it's just a vibe. Some delightfully dated 80's drum machine sounds too

Classic album. Possibly should give it 5 stars but gonna give it 4 for some reason, maybe for just being too familiar, maybe for saying 'baby' too many times.

Plodding and dull throughout. He's got a decent voice but all the songs are like: 'I love my baby' 'baby come back' 'my baby ain't no good for me' 'baby I love you' Just couldn't be interested in it

It's a fun and creative album, breath of fresh air compared to more 'Gangster' hip hop which became popular later. 4.5/5

Massive album, with some massive songs of course. Although some songs are pretty standard early 80's R&B, and I do like that kind of music but they're not mindblowing. Mark it down a little as a whole album but no doubt still great for the most part.

Pretty simple formula, no whizzbang gimmicks but all the better for it. Can't help but belt out Baby Can I Hold You.

He's from Sheffield and has worked with Jarvis Cocker and the Arctic Monkeys, and I can hear how he inspired some of their more boring stuff. I kinda get the feeling he's going for of being lonely in a dark town in the norf but it's still not my cup of tea.

Gratingly dull indie

Kind of fun, buy gets a little repetitive.

Pretty good

I thought it wasn't bad, sounds a bit like echo and the bunnymen at times, which as it had the same producer makes sense.

Like most people I only knew the first 30 seconds or so. I Liked it though, the sort of thing that could only be popular in the 70's, some good bass licks, some good guitar, some good... bells?

Pretty nice laid back 60's rock

It's OK, nothing to really make me like it but nothing against it either.

Haha the pictures are being moved by removal men and the lady looking at them is being moved get it??

Any one track taken in isolation is nice enough, the trouble is they all sound the same. Some have a slightly slower tempo, some faster.

It seems personal considering it's mostly covers. Simple arrangements, Johnny warbling over them, and it works.

It's loud and abrasive and weird. I quite like it.

I do respect Brian Eno, but his stuff can often not have much to hook you in, very 'ambient'. I find this an interesting album, has a groove to it, possibly David Byrne's influence.

1996-97 were good years for pretentious British-Indian one hit wonders from the Midlands. You had Babylon Zoo, White Town, and these guys. Mind you the credit goes to Norman Cook for, ironically, spicing up Brimful Of Asha and making it popular. As for the album, pretty boring, sitars weren't enough to make it interesting.

Holy crap! I went in with the expectation it'd be a nice listen, but it was really good! Not a bad track on it. Powerful voice, good instrumentals, and as the title implies it's got soul.

Whole album felt a bit thin

Lot of great songs on there. Wouldn't say they're all fantastic but still good.

I thought it was pretty good, laid back in a sort melanchonic way. Sounds like the hippie movement dying. His voice is a bit annoying though.

Now I like weird music, but this manages to be weird and boring at the same time.

58 minutes of headache inducing beats and Flava Flav ocassionally shouting YEAH BOIII

Started out as nice enough gentle country, but was kind of forgettable. Had some moments but not enough to make an impact.

This album sounds so damn nice. Some reviews say it has Bob Dylan like qualities, I might actually enjoy him if he sounded anywhere as good as this.

I kinda liked it, has some interesting parts.

Very 70's some good but didn't hold my attention

Okay, bit too slow and lounge for me

It was kinda fun and upbeat, the lyrics weren't the deepest and It tailed off a bit at the end.

It's got some classics, but maybe that's the problem, it's too stereotypically classic rock. Maybe that's because they are one of the bands that pioneered what became 'classic rock' and can't be held responsible for it being played to death.

It's a bit unconventional of course. Some songs are great, but it wasn't always feeling it totally when passively listening.

It was punk but with some of the rough edges sanded off. Was decent enough to listen to.

It has pizazz, that's the word.

I love Stevie Wonder when he's turned the funk on, but some of the slower soul ballad type songs I can take or leave. Still very good overall.

Definitely an album of the mid 90's

The back story is interesting, the fact that it's all improvised it mighty impressive, but it's still an hour of piano playing.

They obviously were very excited about thier shiny new hammond organ, and I understand but the novelty wears off by the 2nd track.

There were some big hits on this album, lots of nostalgia. Unfortunately they put all of them at the beginning, and some but not all of the later tracks are a bit filler-y. Still good overall.

I like prog half of the time, unless it descends into a 12 minute long organ solo, which it didn't fortunately, bit of twiddling but not too much.

I think as an album overall, I prefer it to Let it bleed. Goin' Home was twice as long as it should be though.

I wanted to love it, and Otis sure had some great songs, but this just felt a bit too like typical soul music. Aretha Franklin's cover of Respect also blows Otis' original out the water. Maybe a 3.5/5

I thought I didn't care much for Peter Gabriel era Genesis (despite liking his solo stuff), but it was actually pretty good. Long, yes but not too laborious to listen to at least while doing chores.

Alice in Chains > Nirvarna

It's alright but it's no Violator.

I don't see any reason not to give it 5. What more can you want from 60's pop?

I was never a big fan of early Syd Barret era Pink Floyd. The man inspired better music than he made, which I feel a little bad about saying. This album sounds kind of like a disjointed Kinks.

Far out, man

One of my favourite albums of the 80's. Atmospheric, great singles.

Smoooooth

There were some nice moments but for the most part its 60's mush. I don't think the Bee Gees would've been remembered so much if not for the 70's.

Damn good...

I've listened to this album some years back and I thought I liked it, but this time I found it kind of annoying. I'll be generous and give 3 cos at least it's not boring.

About what I expected. No nice suprises.

Supposedly Stones' best work but I find it just OK. A bit boring even.

Suffers a bit with the problem a lot of these old swing, jazz or whatever albums suffer of sticking very much to a formula. Still, nice songs and I listened to one half and came back to it later for the other with renewed enthusiasm. 3.5/5.

Pretty good, better that I was expecting which was usual boring indie. It's quite relaxed but in a kind of dark brooding way.

I struggle to find any enthusiasm about this album. It's not unpleasant but it's so mediocre. The Mrs Robinson cover is the best track but the original is better anyway.

It wasn't bad in fact there were lots of nice touches, but it was lacking a certain something to make it really good.

I'm not very knowledgable about VU, but from what I remeber it's very different to Nico. Most of the songs are formed around simple loops, and I find it a little tiresome after a while with some of them. The track 'The Murder Mystery' is interesting, sounds well ahead of it's time and like something a post punk band would put out in the early 80's. Not to say I love it, but interesting.

It's THE rock opera. It's one of a handful of albums this long i'll gladly listen to end to end without fatiguing. It's got some all time classics on there. It's just great.

I think out of the Berlin trilogy, Heroes is best, but this is very good too. That echoey snare drum sound that runs throughout irritates me a bit for some reason. Ambient part does sound good through headphones whilst concentrating on something. 4.5/5

A bit slow in places, but also really good in others.

Good music to listen to whilst enjoying a bostin cup a soup.

I enjoyed it a fair bit, feels much more positive and optimistic than Darkness At The Edge of Town. Also, it's a simple album cover, but it has a timeless quality to it, for something made 50 years ago it looks like it could've been shot yesterday.

Some grooves, and made a big impact on electronic music. But like their descendants, Daft Punk, many of the songs just repeat a bit too much and don't go anywhere.

I like some Steely Dan songs, but this is Steely Dan but worse. It's got no bite, it's too yacht rock.

I haven't any idea about a word she says, but I like it. It's ethereal.

3 out of 5 ain't bad (nor is it particularly good).

Pakistan's answer to Bob Dylan or something idk

Pretty good, not as cohesive as Paul's Botique but they were adventurous with it and when it hits it hits

Has some good grooves but it's too long and too repetitive in places

This tickles my brain in the right way. It's a good example of how to do indie.

Like most of these jazz type albums, it starts off and it's fun and energetic, but it's hard to differentiate one track from another and it just gets downgraded to upbeat background music.

Very accessible radio friendly rock/pop but very well done.

Not sure I'm qualified to say what's good jazz, lots of noodling as seems to often be the case with jazz. Nice enough to listen to though, sounds like something that would be playing in a swanky restauant.

Really the only song that gets much exposure off this album is Immigrant Song, but it's an interesting album and I'd say I prefer it to II. 4.5/5

Each half would get a 3 by itself, but combined it's so damn long it gets a 2.

It's a puzzling album... I'm genuinely not sure if I like it or not? Didn't expect Bearwood to be mentioned.

I liked it a lot, it was fun and pairs well with a hot clammy summer's night. Somehow takes me back to 2005 despite not even knowing of the album back then when I was 10.

It seems cliched to say this album is one of the best. Think of the 12 year olds who just discovered classic rock and were 'born in the wrong generation'. But it is one of the best isn't it? It's probably the first album i'd think of when asked to name an album, it epitomises the album as an art form, it's probably about as close to perfect an album that's ever been made IMHO.

It's kinda lounge music with the slightest touch of country, but it sounds nice.

Eh. Not my favourite work by Neil and I'm not a big fan of his anyway.

Although I like a lot of Blur's singles I've never been enamoured with any of their albums I've listened to. I'd say the same about this, some decent but too much fuzzy distorted stuff that doesn't amount to much. But special mention goes to 'On Your Own' which is good fun. Damon Albarn said it was basically an early Gorillaz track which probably explains why I like it.

I'm noticing a pattern with stones albums. There are a few hits and then the rest of the album is blues-y mush. The 2nd half was better though.

I dunno about pulp. Jarvis Cocker goes on about being working class and all that, but i'm not sure he really is. Maybe he was monetarily challenged at certain points in his life but spiritually... I mean he's called Jarvis FFS With all that being said, solid album musically.

Very 60's. Some of the harmonies are reminiscent of the Beach Boys.

It's good overall, not all the tracks are great so not 5 stars though.

Oh good sonic youth. I don't know if I have the same contempt for it as Daydream Nation, they've learnt how to stand near their microphones at least. Unfortunately, sometimes they should stay away from the mics. The female vocalist especially is like nails down a chalkboard. The music is OK, it would get a 3, although it's nothing special and it's long and boring.

This is like a best hits album almost... but the ones that I don't know are excellent too. There's definitely a formula but I really don't mind in this case.

Probably the first sorta country album on this list I've clicked with. It's a cover album but I'm feeling it.

It's interesting to see the average score is close to 3 (it's pi lol) I think it's a marmite album, some hate it, I happen to love it. Having a 17 minute song that depends into noise in the middle is audacious, although then again any prog rock fan should be used to that. But more than that it does pull off it's space-y feel. Just a cool album all round.

There's american pie, which I dont mind but i've never loved, then the rest of the album is pretty but kinda boring

It's the most bland R&B ever.

Not my favourite album by Bowie, but any 70's bowie is still great

I was surprised, usually any of this folk rock kind of stuff from the late 60s/early 70's I find to be a bit forgettable, like some of his collaborator Neil Young's work. Not helped by his whiny voice in Neil's case. But I liked this, I think more for the feel of it, very laid back feeling but a bit moody.

Apart from the times the singer tries to sing in the upper register, it's alright.

Like Most Beck albums, it's good but I don't find it absolutely amazing.

I respect it for what it is and what Kraftwerk did, but I don't love listening to this album, not to say that it doesn't have it's moments.

Reminds me of that Robert wyatt album but more likeable.

Yeah I don't really see the case for this being on the list. It's just generic rock type music for the most part.

Angsty

Most likely his best known album, and lots of good songs on it for sure. I've been finding his albums a bit hit and miss, but I like this one on the whole, very much part of 80's americana.

I liked this more than I like to admit.

That was a challenging listen, the sort of music they'd torture detainees with at Guantanamo Bay. If the band was there like 'hehe what if we played like a thrash metal band' for one track as a joke yeah fair enough, but leave it at that. The first half is purely the sounds of a jazz band falling down stairs, the second part lets up a little but still not exactly a relaxing listen. I'll give it 2 stars though cos I respect it for going balls to the wall lol.

Pretty bog standard indie with a few nice touches.

Some good tracks on here, lots of well known songs considering it's the debut. No really weak tracks on here.

I hate shoegaze for the most part. This album should be called 'Music to induce headaches'.

I don't know about nirvarna... Never been into them really, and grunge for the most part. It's not that I dislike them or the music, I can't really put my finger on it.

Great bit of early 80's new wave

I'd seen this album bought up before about how good it is, but I thought it'd find it a bit plain. It's actually lovely.

Take on me is good, Sun always shines on TV arguably better, but the rest I find a bit meh

Sterotypical electronic indie including the pretentious name spelling. First track was definitely used in an advert at some point. Still, I like it tho.

Never thought I was into The Jam that much, but I can't knock this album. Tempted to give it 5... aw what the hell

I enjoyed this a lot

Said I didn't like Blur albums, there's parts of this I'm not keen on but the good songs outweigh it somewhat.

I still don't really get Bob Dylan. Leaving the scratchy voice and harmonica aside, he's much vaunted for his lyrical content. Maybe they're just too verbose for me to listen to whilst doing other things, but having read some of them I still can't draw out some great meaning, maybe you need a 200 IQ to really understand Dylan idk.

I can imagine many Jam fans being a bit bemused by this. It doesn't seem to know what it wants to be, but I suppose there's at least a little bit of something for everyone.

Pretty heavy album, been a while since I listened to it before and I don't recall thinking it was really good, but this time it really is

I've listened to this album once before, when I was on a long drive. My Main memories were that it was a bit tiresome to listen to, also halfway through HAHA JACKASS SONG This time, I did find it's still a bit exhausting, due to it's length and because it's a bit too discordant in places for too much of the run time, although there were some interesting parts.

Surprised how much I liked it. I was expecting it to be pretty boring country, and sure it's got anything crazy, but it's so damn nice to listen to.

Truly one of the bands of all time.

Lots of great stuff but feels like the back part is padded out a bit.