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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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5 | 2.58 | +2.42 |
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Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
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5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
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Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
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5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
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Maxinquaye
Tricky
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5 | 3.04 | +1.96 |
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Django Django
Django Django
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5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
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Pink Flag
Wire
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5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
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John Prine
John Prine
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5 | 3.22 | +1.78 |
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Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
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5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
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Risque
CHIC
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5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
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Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
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5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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The Score
Fugees
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1 | 3.69 | -2.69 |
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Mothership Connection
Parliament
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1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
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Play
Moby
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1 | 3.47 | -2.47 |
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Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
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2 | 4.3 | -2.3 |
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The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
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1 | 3.14 | -2.14 |
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
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1 | 2.94 | -1.94 |
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Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
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1 | 2.91 | -1.91 |
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
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2 | 3.87 | -1.87 |
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Damaged
Black Flag
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1 | 2.87 | -1.87 |
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
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2 | 3.8 | -1.8 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 |
| Radiohead | 3 | 4.33 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
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| Kendrick Lamar | 5, 2 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5, 2 |
| Beatles | 5, 4, 2, 5 |
5-Star Albums (40)
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Neil Young
2/5
Did he get whinier? I can't imagine a less beachy album than this.
4 likes
Emmylou Harris
5/5
Title track wins but I thought a lot of these songs were gorgeous.
1 likes
1-Star Albums (11)
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Arcade Fire
4/5
4/5
Five Years - I know this song, but I know the Placebo/Brian Molko cover better. I didn't realize it was the opening track.
Soul Love - saxophone
Moonage Daydream - I should know this song but I don't. the guitar strumming and drum remind me of the song Ziggy Stardust.
Starman - A+ but I knew that already
These songs are starting to sound same-y.
Ziggy Stardust - okay I'm back to thinking that just the solidity of every song, even if they sound samey, makes this a great album.
Suffragette City sounds out of place.
Wasn't prepared for this to end. Didn't feel culminatey.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5/5
Zero - good.
Heads Will Roll - I like the drums. Wasn’t this in Rock Band? But it’s always struck me as repetitive and whiny, vocally.
Skeletons - I like the instrumentation. Song feels “deep”. Layers of sound.
Dull Life - I liked the beginning more than the end. I think
Runaway - I don’t like the record-skip repetition she does across multiple songs. I feel like it’s fine once but don’t like using it twice+ in the same album. The song itself felt interesting throughout even though it wasn’t. Loud. Or whatever.
So far this album feels like, thematically cohesive. No song has felt like it sticks out or doesn’t belong.
Dragon Queen - zoned out through this song. Remember the beginning being kind of interesting.
Hysteric - again I like the drums and the pulsing (synth? What is that?) in the background. Vocals/lyrics underwhelming or I didn’t notice them.
Little Shadow - very 2000s. Resonant.
John Lennon
2/5
This is SO BORING. It makes sense that “Imagine” (song) is simple because it’s a straightforward idea. Why are the rest of the songs so uninteresting? I liked the mixing on some of them and the variety of instruments (whistling, harmonica, was that a harpsichord in “Oh My Love?”) but all the songs were just so boring, structurally. After “Hold On”, a song started that I was immediately like “okay this is more like it” but it was just Spotify playing the Beatles “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” after. (Oh apparently “Hold On” wasn’t part of the album either. I wrote “good mixing” for that one.) No one would think twice about this album if anybody besides a Beatle made it.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
John Prine
5/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Reminds me of Joy Division
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Jethro Tull
5/5
I listened with both headphones at work! I dig this. It’s very up my alley, not sure why I never tried to listen to the album before. No bad songs. When did stereo become a thing?
Immediately listened again once it was done.
I like the almost medieval folk sound.
“Aqualung” (song) has a real “What’s New Pussycat” feeling in the middle/end there. “Hmm, Aqualung is a lot longer than I thought…”
Talking Heads
3/5
I like Talking Heads but this was a little hard to get through
Mudhoney
3/5
I liked “Good Enough” and “Pokin’ Around”. Harmonica in a grunge album was cool to hear. The rest was at best early Nirvana sounding and at worst kinda uninteresting.
The Black Crowes
2/5
This album lost my attention twice
Dolly Parton
3/5
Not as many bangers as I was expecting but otherwise solid
Beatles
5/5
I was expecting more songs like Norwegian Wood. But once I got over that disappointment I liked the pop rockiness of the album. Still don’t like “Drive My Car” much.
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
I like “King Kunta” and “How Much A Dollar Cost.” Like the jazzy elements. “The Blacker the Berry” DAMN.
Van Morrison
4/5
John Grant
3/5
Motörhead
3/5
Most of the songs were musically interesting but I don't find Lemmy's voice very appealing to listen to.
Talking Heads
5/5
* Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town - I dig this. Has a "Come and Get Your Love" kinda riff.
He talks about his friends a lot.
Acoustic "Psycho Killer" sound the same.
I liked this much more than Fear of Music. It's much catchier and. More musical, I guess.
ZZ Top
3/5
Not memorable. But it was fine
Alice Cooper
4/5
Much groovier and poppier than I was expecting!
Ice Cube
4/5
Billy Joel
5/5
Movin' Out - classic
The Stranger -
Just the Way You Are - a little saccharine but that's fine
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant -
Vienna - this is nice. I like this. I like the accordion or whatever. goes well with Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.
Only the Good Die Young - A+
She's Always A Woman - fav
Got It Right the First Time -
Everybody Has a Dream -
Not as piano-y., Seems like a lot of songs are multi-part or change tempo/time signatures. Lots of instruments. Solid songs.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
1st listen: sure! This is fine. Kind of forgot that I was listening to it.
2nd listen notes:
Green River - this is fine
Commotion - I zoned out
Tombstone Shadow -
Wrote A Song for Everyone - I like this one
Bad Moon Rising - this is good.
Lodi -
Cross-Tie Talker -
Sinister Purpose - a little boring but I can dig it.
The Night Time Is the Right Time -
Okay, I think this is a great "feel" for an album. Gives a vibe. Just not very interesting.
Johnny Cash
2/5
Does Johnny Cash not know how to tune his guitar?
I found this kind of boring. Most of Johnny Cash's music is kind of samey but at least the studio recordings for some reason feel more exciting. This bland live performance of his kinda bland music and his bland speaking voice just weren't interesting to me.
I just realized I've never listened to "A Boy Named Sue" all the way through.
Janet Jackson
2/5
Many of these sound like "Equal Rights" from Popstar. Lyrically, this is rough.
The Police
3/5
This sure do be a reggae fusion pop rock album.
Os Mutantes
4/5
I had heard "Bread and Circuses" before and I did kind of like it. Kinda Beach Boys-y harmonies but also kinda discordant?
There is a lot of interesting music on here. Each song feels like it has its own vibe, but somehow still cohesive mostly. Maybe because my brain still hears it all as "'60s".
Yeah, I dig this.
Pixies
3/5
The only Pixies song I know is "Where Is My Mind."
Cecilia Ann - fine
Rock Music - wow that's some yellin'! More hard rock than I was expecting.
Are they doing like, a song in every genre?
Cat Stevens
5/5
Sorry I don't have anything interesting to say except I <3 Cat Stevens
Björk
3/5
Started strong. Like how eclectic it was. Latter part of the album was too eurobeat-y for me. I liked the last song though.
Syd Barrett
2/5
this was fine. Unrefined, haphazard. But I didn't hate it. I regret rating Imagine 2 stars because this is better than Imagine but not worth 3 stars.
Elastica
4/5
The Isley Brothers
5/5
This is exceptional, except for Summer Breeze >:(
Alanis Morissette
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
I liked the plinginess of it.
G. Love & Special Sauce
3/5
This is a VIBE. 3.49 stars.
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
The bluesy stuff kind of drags on a bit.
Beatles
4/5
felt very experimental, as in many different styles. it didn't feel cohesive but is still impressive
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
Fats Domino
3/5
oh! it's over. half the tracks weren't available on spotify, but I get the gist. It's very fun music.
The White Stripes
4/5
3.6 stars. Musically interesting, the songs had a cohesive and recognizeable sound but were not too samey. inb4 "bu'in"
1/5
Was this not just the same thing for 50 minutes? I don't get this.
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
The xx
4/5
Bee Gees
3/5
I liked this! Nothing really stood out but it was nice to listen to.
Black Sabbath
4/5
Similar to other Sabbath that I have listened to. I dig the kind of medieval sound. Not sure what that is but I think it's really cool
Aimee Mann
3/5
Kanye West
5/5
unironically and only a lil apologetically, this is SO GOOD.
TIL about chipmunk soul. I didn't know that was a Kanye thing. I also liked the use of rock-sort-of sounds (something I think comes in more heavily in some of Kanye's later music) and tasteful use of autotune (imagining going back in time and saying that to my 2004 self and chuckling)
I laughed out loud at some bits.
appropriate criticism of the idea that education = good to the point that educated = worthy, without ever attacking the educated. also felt very personal.
good album
Stan Getz
3/5
idk why sometimes bossa nova annoys me and sometimes it's soothing. it's one of life's little mysteries.
Frank Zappa
3/5
I guess I see why people like this! It's cool and fresh without being too weird. Not my thing though. I'm not big on instrumentals.
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
This was fine. I liked the Caribbean/reggae sort of influence on some of the tracks. I think it was solid, not boring, just not my thing.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
Produced by Frank Zappa. Experimental. I'm reading the wikipedia article because. this makes no sense to me.
I was suspicious of this from the start because this is an iconic album cover and a well-known album, but I can't name any songs from it. Which is usually an indication that it fucking weird
I hate this
Checking my watch after each song to see when it ends
It's like they had to figure out what music isn't before they could figure out what it is and just recorded all of their attempts
Oh thank god. it's over
Rating 2 stars because I recognize that this did a lot of cool stuff that hadn’t been done before but man was it insufferable to listen to
Arcade Fire
4/5
1. Black Mirror - 2.5/5
2. Keep the Car Running - 5/5
3. Neon Bible -
4. Intervention
5. Black Wave / Bad Vibrations -
6. Ocean of Noise
7. The Well and the Lighthouse - 4/5. I like the lulling/lilting sort of melody? Idk how to explain that. I think it's the time signature.
8. (Antichrist Television Blues) -
(okay I guess I got bored of doing that when I listened on Friday)
but overall I like this, it feels livelier than their other one we listened to (The Funeral?
Van Halen
3/5
So not 1001albums, but I listened to British Steel by Judas Priest a few weeks ago and it sounded really flat? and I remember thinking "okay this is why people in the '80s loved concerts so much, because their recordings sounded like poop." Spotify SAYS this is 1984 Remastered but really?? it has no depth, it feels like.
I like the synths
The Beta Band
3/5
I like this. Reminds me of a less trippy Massive Attack, or Cornershop. Or even early Blur.
Keith Jarrett
2/5
Sounds like a '90s movie soundtrack. I guess piano jazz is better than the other kinds of jazz.
Kanye West
3/5
I do like this sound-wise for the most part. Content-wise, I think at the time it felt like, a fun kind of arrogance. and now it's just like... awww.
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
DJ Shadow
2/5
Shrug
Slint
3/5
I liked it musically. Broody. Vocals were not my thing.
Gary Numan
1/5
They are all the saaaaame. And boring, to boot. I guess it's kind of cool that he was making electronic music in 1979? But that doesn't make it interesting.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Yeah! I can dig this.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Unobjectionable!
Foo Fighters
3/5
some bits were too grungey for me. overall I was meh on this and prefer the more sanitized foo fighters
Air
2/5
Very eclectic.
Bob Dylan
5/5
I'm probably biased because I knew a lot of these songs already. But I enjoyed this
Nirvana
4/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Sister Sledge
2/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
4/5
This is almost right up my alley! A little too reggae/groovy. I was distracted by the bass.
Small Faces
5/5
Listened to the mono versions, 2018 remaster at work.
I actually like this. Pretty standard, British invasion, ever so slightly psychedelic.
Songs that stood out: Lazy Sunday
Public Enemy
3/5
Some of this was more listenable than other parts. Favorite songs: "Revolutionary Generation" goes hard, "Pollywanacraka" is catchy and also reminds me of the Jackal from the West Wing (:
The Beach Boys
5/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
I like it for the most part but not a fan of the jazzy/soul kind of aspects.
Gene Clark
4/5
I like this. Kinda country. But some of it was a little to CSNY/Seals & Crofts for me. Songs I liked: "Some Misunderstanding", "Life's Greatest Fool",
Wilco
4/5
I like this for the most part but it felt a little samey by the end. Like they made the same album twice
George Harrison
4/5
I liked this for the most part! Some songs very beatles-y.
The Who
5/5
This confirms that I love The Who.
David Bowie
3/5
Jazzier/funkier/groovier than my preference but I respect it.
Billie Holiday
2/5
This was fine! but unfortunately a little boring.
Björk
2/5
björk I love you but this ain't it. this one is too avant-garde 4 moi
The Killers
5/5
Almost gave it 4 stars but it is one of my favorite debut albums of all time. all the songs do sound the same production-wise, maybe (a kind of foggy/muffled kind of thing) but I think they're all so good
Black Sabbath
4/5
David Bowie
2/5
Better than Fame and still obviously influenced by genres other than rock, but not very interesting outside of the title track
Green Day
4/5
I forgot how epic this album is. True rock opera.
k.d. lang
3/5
Surprisingly diverse. like normal twangy country but also loungey and blue-eyed soul and Mexican regional music?
Ray Charles
3/5
This is fun!
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
I think this is better than I think it is but his voice just sounds so bad
Aerosmith
3/5
I like this era of Aerosmith but then again I like all aeras of Erosmith. However several songs just felt like do-overs of others. "Sick As A Dog" verses the same melody as the hook of "Back in the Saddle Again."
Django Django
5/5
Kate Bush
4/5
Janis Joplin
4/5
Louis Prima
3/5
this was okay, pretty fun, I guess. more fun than other jazzy stuff
Frank Sinatra
3/5
This is sad and pining and is probably a good album but not fun to listen to.
Taylor Swift
3/5
Mostly too generic-pop-y for me. I also don't like the production on Taylor's Version as much as the originals :(
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Kinda country/bluesy. Doesn't sound dissimilar from other Rolling Stoneses of the time to me.
Dion
2/5
I thought this was kind of boring and badly produced(?). Especially "Whole World In His Hands" sounded very tinny. I kinda liked the blend between '60s folk and '70s soft rock (again ? idk how to talk about genres) but nothing really stood out to me.
Ray Charles
2/5
This & Frank Sinatra etc are so hard because I just forget I'm listening to them. It's not that they're bad, it's just. It feels like I'm at Macy's at Christmas or something. Unobjectionable. 2.4 stars is my subjective rating (I just don't care for it). Not a bad album. idk.
Mike Ladd
3/5
I was shocked this was from 2023, it sounded so retro, '90s hip hop. And then I found out the year was wrong on Spotify. Anyway, I liked the infusion of Indian music into some of the tracks. I didn't listen too hard but I liked the protesty feel of it.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Solid!
Moby
1/5
I've always found South Side kinda pleasant in a nostalgia/inoffensive kind of way. But it's not particularly exciting, and everything else on this album is even more boring. Sry Mobe
Neil Young
3/5
who is this old lady
Giant Sand
4/5
I had never heard of this. I like it a lot but I don't understand why it's on this list
The Doors
2/5
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
I GET the Sufjan hype but I've never been able to get into his music.
Green Day
4/5
Does this deserve 4 stars? Idk. I think the majority of the album are great. First few songs are a lil weak.
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
2/5
This was a little too talk-y for me. No flow. Avant-garde rap? Experimental hip hop? Very political.
Donovan
3/5
I liked this okay! I like Season of the Witch.
Wire
5/5
I liked this! I like the crunchy/fuzzy/grungy britpunkyness. Especially "Strange." Wtf is 1 2 x U about tho.
De La Soul
4/5
While not really my thing, I was intrigued by this. It was never boring. 3.51/5
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
Arctic Monkeys have always been kind of two bands for me. When I first heard them, I didn't really like them. I knew "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and (from later albums) "Brianstorm" and "Crying Lightning" which all have a kind of dark/minor thing going on. Maybe that's the punky side of AM. It wasn't until I heard "Cornerstone" from their third album Humbug that I started listening to them more and came to appreciate some of those older songs I didn't like. But! Even Suck It And See, my favorite Arctic Monkeys album and their fourth studio release, has an almost even split between jangly indie rock and harder punky songs. Though Whatever People I Say I Am has more of the former, there are a few others (my favorite songs of the album) that are more my style: "Mardy Bum", "Riot Van", and "A Certain Romance." What ties the album together more than its musical style though is Alex Turner's songwriting style, featuring a ton of deadpan humor and vivid reference to working class, struggling musician types in Northern England. 4.49.
The Sonics
2/5
The thing about '60s music is that everybody did everybody else's songs and they all sound kinda the same. The quality of the recording I listened to was awful.
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Stevie has a nice voice but the songs are kind of uninteresting
Wu-Tang Clan
2/5
I know this is probably sacrilege but this is only okay :/
Fugees
1/5
This is very boring :<
Michael Jackson
4/5
Bangers
Sonic Youth
3/5
Even when they're screamy, I can't take Sonic Youth seriously as a punk band or whatever they are. It's fine. I feel like I liked this one better than the other Sonic Youth album we had.
CHVRCHES
3/5
I feel a little bad rating this because it is kind of not my thing. A little too dreamy & synthy. But I feel like I would be able to appreciate the production with some good headphones. Since I'm at work and listening in 1 earbud. I would give this one a second chance.
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
2 psychedelic 4 me
3/5
Black Flag
1/5
This is not interesting.
Elbow
4/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
This made me depressed which was a surprise based on its cheerful album art.
Neil Young
2/5
Did he get whinier? I can't imagine a less beachy album than this.
Peter Gabriel
5/5
This slaps.
"In the Air Tonight" wishes it was as creepy as "Intruder".
"Games Without Frontiers" = love hearing the British children's names of the '80s.
The Notorious B.I.G.
5/5
This is weird because it's serious. If you put out a song like "One More Chance" in 2024 it would be assumed it was satirical.
Is it weird that the main thing I notice is parallels with Hamilton? Obsession with death.
It's not my thing (a lot of the like, beats are kind of samey) but content wise I think it is a very good album.
The Black Keys
4/5
I know this is considered like a perfect album and I think it probably is very good but I only kinda like some of the songs.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
"five isn't enough" said my husband. yeah well. 3 isn't enough. except I'm not going to give it 4
Beatles
2/5
This was boring!
The War On Drugs
2/5
Maybe if I gave it another listen I'd like this more but this was just like a combination of Arcade Fire. M. Ward, Eagles but make it 2000s (even though this came out in 2014?), Tom Petty, but worse.
The Byrds
3/5
This was nice. shrug
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Mostly too bluesy 4 me. I liked "Oh, Sweet Mary" and "Piece of My Heart" obv.
New Order
3/5
Most of this is pretty good. My god "Sub-Culture" is awful tho.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
I like "That's the Way" and "Immigrant Song" (obvi).
Kendrick Lamar
2/5
I liked "Backseat Freestyle" best, and "Swimming Pools." The rest definitely lacked the things I like about Kendrick though. More gangster. Also WTF Drake featured on this?
The Fall
4/5
I like this! But I don't understand why I had to hear it before I die.
Stephen Stills
3/5
Tempted to give this 4 because it was slightly better than all the 3s I give. 3.49 maybe.
Love
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
I can get behind this. The songs all have a different feel so it didn't feel monotonous.
Hugh Masekela
2/5
I guess I like this more than some of the other jazz (I forgot I was listening to it rather than being put off by it) but I have no other comments.
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
I was actually a little underwhelmed with this. It was fine, I like new wave, but some of the songs felt a little dull. Maybe a remaster would help? I'm not savvy enough to know.
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
okay I'm convinced. I listened to it twice. I still don't really care for "Thunder Road". I actually liked "Meeting Across the River". That + "Jungleland" (also rly good) is what made me want to start over and give it another listen. Also. Is there some kind of musical property that makes something feel nostalgic even though you weren't there? Or do we all just think heartland rock is nostalgic because it's what our parents listened to while being nostalgic? Nostalgiception.
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
Boston
5/5
I <3 Boston. Just a flat-out good time.
Emmylou Harris
5/5
Title track wins but I thought a lot of these songs were gorgeous.
Tori Amos
4/5
This seemed very... artsy. Like it's probably really genius but you have to squint with your ears. It took me like 5 tries to get through it bc of work. But it was good.
Lorde
4/5
Probably better than her debut Pure Heroine production-wise, and a more mature album, but I like it less. I think it is still a good album though. I like "Green Light" as a song but I wish it didn't start with the second line "We order different drinks at the same bars." Yes Lorde, that's how bars work.
Nine Inch Nails
5/5
It's not music I would choose to listen to on a daily basis but I do think that this is a great album.
Pixies
2/5
This was too chaotic 4 me.
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
Okay I like the world music part of this :/ Still weird he's a white British guy tho
King Crimson
5/5
this is gr8
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
5/5
Honestly? Banger after banger
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
3/5
poppier than I was expecting. it was fine.
Weather Report
3/5
I forgot jazz could be smooth. I like the synthiness of some of this. This is like a 2.9/5
Killing Joke
3/5
Tracks 6-10 are bangers, first half is boring af. Tracks 1-5 is a 2, second half is 3.5 so I guess we'll call it a 3.
New Order
2/5
I liked "guilty partner" and "love less" but everything else just sounded generically EIGHTIES
Norah Jones
3/5
I actually think this is a 2.5 "Don't Know Why" is leaps and bounds ahead of everything else on the album IMO.
Kanye West
3/5
All these songs are way too long.
Ian Dury
4/5
.....I like this. idk if it deserves 4 stars but I like it 4 stars.
The Gun Club
2/5
I understand why this is on this list. good for them. however it was very average and since I give too many 3-stars and this album had a slur in it I'm giving it 2
The Go-Betweens
4/5
"Wallis' production maintained the acoustic feel" "Wallis replaced the drummer with a drum machine on five of the songs" the '80s were a weird time
Rush
4/5
The xx
3/5
Not as good as the other one but pretty good. Poppier.
ABBA
3/5
Fernando is a better song than Dancing Queen. fight me. also this album is mediocre but some bangers brought it up to 3 stars.
Public Enemy
2/5
this was very repetitive
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
It's good. Actually it's probably very good. But I was meh on it.
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
okay it grew on me a little but I still gave up 10 songs in. I kinda dig it, just not something I really want to listen to.
Fishbone
4/5
This grew on me! A lot of it was not my thing but I appreciated the variety in songs. It seems like they did a lot of different things well, like I could never tell which genre they were "supposed" to be.
Soul II Soul
2/5
Early '90s R&B is one of those genres that I just. Really hate. Sry
Talking Heads
4/5
David Byrne for president
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Sorry but this slaps a lil. Detracting one star because of all the problematic lyrics I'm sure I missed while listening to this at work
Van Morrison
5/5
Better than Moondance. I'm realizing that I really like Van Morrison's music but I don't really like his voice outside of Into the Mystic. But that's not his fault. He's doing his best.
Alice In Chains
4/5
For a genre that usually only has one sound/vibe, I didn't get bored with this album at all. Some gnarly bass on "Rain When I Die."
Hole
4/5
Sam Cooke
3/5
Jurassic 5
2/5
This got better as it went along, but still not my thing. I liked "I Am Somebody."
Big Black
4/5
sorry not sorry. this goes hard for 1986 or w/e
Eric Clapton
2/5
booooo
Astor Piazzolla
4/5
3.5 ish! This was cool.
Radiohead
5/5
Best shit: "2+2=5", "Where I End and You Begin", "We Suck Young Blood", "The Gloaming", "There, There" (top 100 songs ever IMO), "I Will", "Myxomatosis", "A Wolf at the Door". That's most of them. This shit fucks. 4.5/5
Supertramp
3/5
This was only okay. Honestly I find Supertramp just a lil creepy/uncanny. I like some of their stuff musically but maybe it's the vocals that just make it feel "off"
3/5
This teeters between a 3.4 and 3.5 when I average my ratings of individual songs. The latter half (or maybe even 2/3) is great Britpop but this is probably my least favorite '90s Blur album so I'm bumping it down to 3/5
Joan Baez
3/5
I should've saved my listening notes yesterday because I don't remember anything about this at all. It's folk music! I remember thinking "3 stars"
Todd Rundgren
2/5
The song called "Intro" which is puzzlingly in the middle of the album is a fun look back at 70s music production. Anyway, this wasn't really objectionable except that I didn't really like it? It was also long. Not sure if it is objectively bad or I just wasn't in the right mood.
Muddy Waters
3/5
I actually kinda like this. Was more interesting than some of the other blues stuff. Dance-y.
3/5
This is fine! (: I think this is one of those albums that is probably better than I give it credit for. As soon as I started I was like "this is the same as Low Rider", but it got better from there. Still a distinct sound but not boring. idk
Grateful Dead
2/5
This is so boring. I didn't finish it :< Giving it 2 because it seems like they're good at what they're doing but it is not Pleasant To Listen To
Germs
2/5
It's fine for "the first hardcore punk" album, I guess.
The Beach Boys
3/5
Not as intriguing as Pet Sounds
Radiohead
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
This album rocks so hard now, I can only imagine how mindblowing it was in 1970.
Thelonious Monk
2/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Ghostface Killah
2/5
Did not finish. I guess I liked it musically but. I know rap is misogynistic but it was just a lil hard to listen to.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
every song sounds the same as all other CCR songs except "Good Golly Miss Molly" which sounds the same as the original
The White Stripes
5/5
Okay, I'm a White Stripes convert.
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
I am giving up and giving this 3.5 stars. I have tried many times to listen over the past few days and work+phone data issues have made it hard. But I like it. Even the stuff that's not quite to my taste, I think is relatively interesting and well done. I like that while they have a sound and in that way all the songs sound the same, there's a lot of variety in the album as well.
Soundgarden
3/5
I do love grunge but I don't know if this stood out among other grunges.
Beastie Boys
2/5
nah
Iron Maiden
4/5
This was poppier (in the sense that like, hair metal is poppy) than I expected
Parliament
1/5
I like to think that I am open-minded but I feel like this was particularly uninteresting as far as funk goes.
Megadeth
2/5
slightly varying speeds of chuggas and growly lyrics about social issues. not interesting.
Korn
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
I kind of dig this? But I would never like, listen to it for fun. Is that weird?
Milton Nascimento
3/5
The Pogues
4/5
almost all of these songs are on the Pogues Best Of.
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4/5
I like this! He sounds like Michael Hutchence.
The Smiths
5/5
if you can death-of-the-author this and ignore some of the other silliness. this is a REALLY good album
Metallica
3/5
It was fine. I liked some of it but not the super thrashy stuff (go figure)
Mercury Rev
4/5
why does "Endlessly" have Silent Night in it.
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
sorry but I kind of hate this? I don't know why. his voice is bad and the songs are lifeless. it got a little better. I liked "Factory" and "Prove It All Night"
Eagles
2/5
this sure do be an eagles album. 2.45 stars
U2
4/5
I'm actually surprised. I think there are a lot of strong songs on here. Some of them FEEL passe just because they are so well known (e.g. Mysterious Ways) but are still pretty good.
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Loving all the new wave/post punk recently.
CHIC
5/5
This is probably the most unexpected album I've loved. The songs aren't bops and yet they are? The power of disco✨
Pink Floyd
2/5
this is boring. also I consistently think that "Wish You Were Here" (which is boring but I still kinda like it, definitely more than the rest) is "6th Avenue Heartache."
R.E.M.
3/5
Queen
4/5
This sure is a Queen album! They do many genres very well.
Boards of Canada
1/5
this reminds me of like, hound of the baskervilles. like, reading it now is underwhelming because it's so basic and riddled with cliches, but that's because it was effectively creating a genre. I'm sure this album was interesting in 1998 but iit's really, really not in 2025.
William Orbit
1/5
Nope
Thin Lizzy
3/5
It's not BAD I guess
Dire Straits
5/5
I know that album cohesion is not a fair metric, but these songs all sound like they could be different bands. They're all great though.
Iron Butterfly
1/5
I did not enjoy this.
The Beach Boys
3/5
this is kinda good but a little boring. I appreciate what he's trying to do though.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
okay this is actually pretty good.
ZZ Top
3/5
kind of annoyed that I enjoyed this. ZZ Top is so boring but also catchy.
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
shrug
Rahul Dev Burman
4/5
slaps. a lot of different styles, felt a lot more experimental/adventurous than modern bollywood.
The Darkness
2/5
Now I know why they are a one-hit wonder.
Venom
1/5
just when you think metal can't get any worse
Carole King
5/5
David Bowie
2/5
boring :/
Tricky
5/5
sorry, I like trip hop. this slaps. 4.5. no notes.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
I was kind of bored.
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Alfred Borden : Sarah :: me : bossa nova. Do I like bossa nova? Today, yes. Ask me tomorrow and my answer may be different.
Beatles
5/5
A few duds but overall a bop.
4/5
I'mma be honest! BHAR is not my fave. I think it's very good but I'm not so much into the space-y stuff. I do like most of the few lyrics that are intelligible.
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Could've sworn that last song was Kimya Dawson.
Napalm Death
1/5
"itsonly33minutesitsonly33minutesitsonly33minutes" - this is probably one of the only albums that made me physically grimace at work. And the only album I've wanted to give -1 star. Even worse than john zorn.
Maxwell
3/5
I suspect that this is probably very good, but it is not my thing.
Christine and the Queens
3/5
French justin timberlake and Haim vibes
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
This is good background music.
Public Enemy
3/5
Lotsa threes lately.
U2
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
honestly, not impressed. Kinda tinny and whiney.
Fatboy Slim
4/5
I hate to say it but this is a solid 3.5 for me.
The Verve
4/5
sometimes a little too space-y/dreamy/shoegaze-y but I like the indie rock bits
Snoop Dogg
2/5
I'm sorry. I tried.
Talking Heads
3/5
2.5/5. Not very impressive.
Judas Priest
4/5
I honestly really like this. It's fun, not too edgy (but maybe that's because "Breakin the Law" has lost all meaning), sometimes anthemic.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
this was pretty medium! sorry I don't have anything interesting to say.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Madness
4/5
I liked the bass and instrumentation(? idk)
Japan
3/5
This is a pretty standard new wave album! Which means I like it but not sure why it's impressive.
Nas
3/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Solomon Burke
5/5
*carlton dancing gif*
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Meh. This is like super average. 2.5.
David Crosby
2/5
is boring
Linkin Park
3/5