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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band • 1/5
The period where musicians started talking about sex openly is just nauseating. An entire decade of manchildren caterwauling about how much they love pussy. Really embarrassing.
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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Junkyard
The Birthday Party
|
5 | 2.15 | +2.85 |
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Logical Progression
LTJ Bukem
|
5 | 2.52 | +2.48 |
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Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
|
5 | 2.52 | +2.48 |
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Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
|
5 | 2.69 | +2.31 |
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Orbital 2
Orbital
|
5 | 2.7 | +2.3 |
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KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
|
5 | 2.7 | +2.3 |
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90
808 State
|
5 | 2.7 | +2.3 |
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My Bloody Valentine
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5 | 2.72 | +2.28 |
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Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
|
5 | 2.73 | +2.27 |
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What's That Noise?
Coldcut
|
5 | 2.77 | +2.23 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
|
1 | 3.75 | -2.75 |
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Pink Moon
Nick Drake
|
1 | 3.65 | -2.65 |
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Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
|
1 | 3.63 | -2.63 |
|
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
|
1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
|
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
|
1 | 3.56 | -2.56 |
|
So
Peter Gabriel
|
1 | 3.53 | -2.53 |
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Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
|
1 | 3.51 | -2.51 |
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
|
1 | 3.44 | -2.44 |
|
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
|
1 | 3.39 | -2.39 |
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
|
1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Radiohead | 5 | 5 |
| David Bowie | 7 | 4.43 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4.43 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 4.75 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 5 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 5 |
| Yes | 3 | 5 |
| Van Morrison | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Cure | 2 | 5 |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 5 |
| Siouxsie And The Banshees | 2 | 5 |
| Missy Elliott | 2 | 5 |
| Run-D.M.C. | 2 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 2 | 5 |
| Blur | 2 | 5 |
| Johnny Cash | 2 | 5 |
| A Tribe Called Quest | 2 | 5 |
| Beastie Boys | 2 | 5 |
| Queen | 2 | 5 |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 5 |
| Mudhoney | 2 | 5 |
| My Bloody Valentine | 2 | 5 |
| Green Day | 2 | 5 |
| OutKast | 2 | 5 |
| Leonard Cohen | 3 | 4.33 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Stooges | 3 | 4.33 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Waits | 5 | 1.4 |
| Peter Gabriel | 2 | 1 |
| Randy Newman | 2 | 1 |
| The The | 2 | 1 |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 1.67 |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 3 | 1.67 |
| The Fall | 2 | 1.5 |
| Def Leppard | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Divine Comedy | 2 | 1.5 |
| Scott Walker | 2 | 1.5 |
| Aerosmith | 3 | 2 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Bob Dylan | 1, 1, 1, 4, 5, 4 |
| U2 | 4, 1 |
| Dexys Midnight Runners | 1, 4 |
| Paul Simon | 2, 5 |
| Traffic | 2, 5 |
5-Star Albums (187)
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Popular Reviews
Green Day · 2 likes
5/5
The most important rock album of my generation.
Randy Newman · 1 likes
1/5
Randy Newman is Bob Dylan for squares
Kid Rock · 1 likes
1/5
Kid Rock is a fake ass poser who makes music for dumbasses.
Frank Sinatra · 1 likes
3/5
If you've heard one Sinatra song, you've heard them all. The man had vocal talent beyond words, but a great album this is not.
1-Star Albums (66)
All Ratings
Fatboy Slim
5/5
All the best parts of 90s electronic rolled into one big fat burrito. I don't know why I hadn't listened to this one sooner, it's a clear inspiration for Hideki Naganuma who's one of my faves. 4.5*
The Police
3/5
Pretty good album with some clunker songs, I don't really feel much about it. Obviously "Every Breath You Take" is the highlight here but it just doesn't do much for me.
AC/DC
2/5
Album for lame dads and truck commercials
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
This one is much, MUCH more my speed. I don't even know what to write, this album just makes me feel good. 5*
Garbage
5/5
Well it's no surprise that Garbage is great, but going back to their debut album really makes me see how innovative they really were. So much of the early and mid 00s rock was taking inspiration from what Garbage was doing here. It's otherworldly. The ambient atmosphere of each song, the killer drum line, and if course Shirley Manson's incredibly unique vocal style. Everything just sounds awesome and deliberate and exactly how it should.
The Cure
5/5
Atmospheric and cool, don't know why I've never heard any of The Cure's music before now. 4.75*
Depeche Mode
4/5
Atmospheric and cool, don't know why I've never heard any of The Cure's music before now. 4.75*
Coldcut
5/5
Orbital
5/5
David Bowie
5/5
Incredible, the fact that he pjt this out so close to death and it still sound fresh as hell is insane.
Minor Threat
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Blew me away
Ash
3/5
Meh
Television
4/5
Meh
Alice Cooper
4/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
5/5
Really cool synth album, given this came out in 1981 I'm willing to guess it's pretty foundational to what has become an iconic soundscape of the 80s.
4/5
T. Rex
5/5
The Saints
1/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Elliott Smith
5/5
Big Star
3/5
Kinda crummy grandpa rock
Pearl Jam
4/5
Kinda crummy grandpa rock
Oasis
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
5/5
Gang Starr
5/5
George Michael
4/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Radiohead
5/5
Little Simz
5/5
ZZ Top
3/5
5/5
LTJ Bukem
5/5
Talking Heads
1/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
The Monkees
3/5
Public Enemy
5/5
Eminem
5/5
Portishead
5/5
Blondie
5/5
Ministry
5/5
Van Halen
5/5
2/5
Missy Elliott
5/5
Hugh Masekela
5/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
Hole
5/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Ray Price
4/5
The Police
4/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
The Young Gods
2/5
David Bowie
4/5
The Fall
1/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
The xx
2/5
Hot Chip
2/5
Def Leppard
2/5
Run-D.M.C.
5/5
The Offspring
3/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
4/5
John Grant
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
U2 sucks!
Dirty Projectors
2/5
Kind of interesting but overall didn't hit
Suede
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
The Damned
4/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Jeff Buckley
3/5
The Verve
4/5
R.E.M.
2/5
Sigur Rós
4/5
Adele
2/5
She's an incredible talent but the songs have been so overplayed at this point and do nothing for me. Sorry, I know this makes me uncultured
Van Morrison
5/5
The Verve
4/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Bonnie Raitt
4/5
Holger Czukay
2/5
Nine Inch Nails
5/5
Leftfield
4/5
Judas Priest
5/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Bobby Womack
4/5
The Cars
5/5
Sleater-Kinney
4/5
Duran Duran
5/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Willie Nelson
5/5
The Icarus Line
1/5
Paul Simon
2/5
Duke Ellington
5/5
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
Wilco
3/5
Snoop Dogg
5/5
John Martyn
2/5
Liz Phair
4/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Talking Heads
2/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
Dire Straits
5/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
The Beau Brummels
2/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Beck
3/5
The Divine Comedy
1/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
4/5
Buzzcocks
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Pretenders
4/5
Leonard Cohen
5/5
Traffic
2/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
Eagles
3/5
Kanye West
5/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Nick Drake
1/5
Blur
5/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
The Adverts
4/5
The Jam
4/5
The Allman Brothers Band
2/5
The Killers
5/5
Laibach
1/5
Roxy Music
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
3/5
Supergrass
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
Peter Gabriel
1/5
Keith Jarrett
5/5
Peter Frampton
2/5
Jack White
2/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Randy Newman
1/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
The Human League
3/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
The Byrds
2/5
Tom Waits
1/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Al Green
4/5
Grateful Dead
5/5
Stereo MC's
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Carole King
4/5
1/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Björk
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
The Specials
4/5
Hanoi Rocks
4/5
Neneh Cherry
4/5
Marty Robbins
5/5
Fishbone
3/5
Baaba Maal
5/5
Radiohead
5/5
Madonna
2/5
1/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
The Doors
4/5
Metallica
5/5
Machito
5/5
Sufjan Stevens
5/5
Motörhead
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Genesis
3/5
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
Tom Waits
1/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2/5
Country Joe & The Fish
4/5
Queen
5/5
Slipknot
4/5
Klaxons
4/5
Janis Joplin
3/5
50 Cent
5/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Pink Floyd's best.
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Why?
Gorillaz
5/5
Why did this get removed from the list? I'll never forgive the British.
Terence Trent D'Arby
4/5
The Yardbirds
4/5
Radiohead
5/5
4/5
Bob Dylan
1/5
Common Bob Dylan L
Shuggie Otis
4/5
Foo Fighters
2/5
Robbie Williams
3/5
Beyoncé
3/5
Common
4/5
The Crusaders
4/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
5/5
Paul Weller
4/5
Massive Attack
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
Supertramp
3/5
The Who
5/5
Otis Redding
5/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Adele
3/5
Rush
5/5
Fever Ray
5/5
Khaled
3/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Jacques Brel
3/5
Van Morrison
5/5
Can
4/5
Guns N' Roses
2/5
James Taylor
2/5
The Pharcyde
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Billy Joel
4/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Brian Eno
5/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Tangerine Dream
4/5
TLC
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Alanis Morissette
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Dusty Springfield
2/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Dizzee Rascal
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
The Doors
3/5
Shack
3/5
Paul McCartney
3/5
Bob Dylan
1/5
Joy Division
4/5
The Modern Lovers
1/5
Jeru The Damaja
4/5
MGMT
5/5
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
Beatles
5/5
The Band
2/5
Germs
3/5
Morrissey
4/5
Sex Pistols
5/5
TV On The Radio
2/5
Faust
4/5
5/5
Tom Waits
1/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
5/5
George Michael
3/5
Big Star
1/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
1/5
4/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
Blur
5/5
The Smiths
2/5
John Cale
2/5
David Bowie
4/5
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Joan Baez
3/5
Big Black
3/5
Caetano Veloso
2/5
Beatles
5/5
The Stooges
4/5
King Crimson
4/5
King Crimson
5/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
N.E.R.D
4/5
Tom Tom Club
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Björk
4/5
The Waterboys
3/5
The Clash
4/5
Billie Holiday
4/5
Scott Walker
1/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
5/5
Gillian Welch
2/5
Ravi Shankar
2/5
Parliament
4/5
Nightmares On Wax
5/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
The Birthday Party
5/5
Norah Jones
3/5
Simply Red
1/5
The Who
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
5/5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
The Prodigy
4/5
The Doors
2/5
Lorde
3/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
2/5
Nirvana
5/5
The Magnetic Fields
1/5
Deee-Lite
4/5
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
5/5
GZA
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Kate Bush
4/5
Small Faces
4/5
Brian Wilson
3/5
Elvis Costello
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
The Avalanches
4/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
5/5
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Iconic 🔥🔥🔥
Aerosmith
1/5
The Coral
3/5
Wannabe 2000s Beatles, meh
Alice In Chains
5/5
Prince
4/5
Mylo
3/5
Mid. Inoffensive but unseasoned
Mekons
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Napalm Death
3/5
Beatles
2/5
UB40
3/5
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Incredible Bongo Band
1/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Tortoise
2/5
Roxy Music
4/5
Coldplay
4/5
The Specials
4/5
Q-Tip
4/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Jimmy Smith
5/5
Bauhaus
3/5
Lambchop
3/5
Calexico
3/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Kanye West
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Metallica
3/5
The Cramps
3/5
Ghostface Killah
4/5
Prince
5/5
Underworld
4/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
3/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
Janet Jackson
4/5
Joy Division
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Frank Ocean
5/5
Tim Buckley
4/5
Incubus
4/5
Bob Dylan
1/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Badly Drawn Boy
2/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
5/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
The Cult
3/5
The Pogues
4/5
Soft Machine
3/5
Living Colour
4/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Slade
3/5
X-Ray Spex
2/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
The Slits
2/5
Peter Gabriel
1/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
George Harrison
4/5
John Martyn
4/5
Raekwon
4/5
Fats Domino
4/5
Dr. Dre
5/5
Queen
5/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Pixies
5/5
Little Richard
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
ABBA
4/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Yes
5/5
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
Mudhoney
5/5
The B-52's
3/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
The Cardigans
5/5
Soul II Soul
5/5
Ryan Adams
1/5
Fuck you Ryan Adams
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
k.d. lang
2/5
o.k. meh
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Barry Adamson
5/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Slint
5/5
Julian Cope
1/5
Dagmar Krause
3/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
Jane Weaver
2/5
Cowboy Junkies
4/5
Aerosmith
1/5
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Roni Size
4/5
fIREHOSE
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
Nick Cave & His Bad Music
Spiritualized
5/5
Tricky
2/5
The Cure
5/5
4/5
Van Halen
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
5/5
2Pac
5/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
5/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Donald Fagen
4/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
The Gun Club
3/5
Dr. John
4/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Mj Cole
3/5
The Shamen
2/5
Janelle Monáe
4/5
James Brown
1/5
Ruined by the screeches of girls in the audience, as many 60s live recordings are. James Brown is talented but I don't need to hear the horny shrieks of women who are now in their late 70s at minimum
Elis Regina
4/5
Beautiful
Giant Sand
4/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Waylon Jennings
4/5
4/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
MC Solaar
2/5
Fr*nch-language rapping over canned 90s beats. Yawn
a-ha
4/5
Fr*nch-language rapping over canned 90s beats. Yawn
Aretha Franklin
4/5
The La's
4/5
Elton John
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
My Bloody Valentine
5/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
The Smiths
3/5
Mudhoney
5/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
CHIC
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
5/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
The Libertines
4/5
Madness
3/5
Neil Young
2/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
Death In Vegas
3/5
Taylor Swift
5/5
The Mamas & The Papas
5/5
Lupe Fiasco
5/5
B.B. King
4/5
One of the greats, but it's still a live album. Does the screeching of girls add to YOUR listening experience?
Lana Del Rey
5/5
Made me a fan instantly
Butthole Surfers
2/5
Primal Scream
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Primal Scream
4/5
Scott Walker
2/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
Serge Gainsbourg
4/5
Throbbing Gristle
4/5
Eels
3/5
The Triffids
1/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Stereolab
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Fairport Convention
4/5
Finley Quaye
4/5
Rod Stewart
4/5
Tito Puente
4/5
Weather Report
4/5
Morrissey
2/5
Sabu
3/5
Red Snapper
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Alice Cooper
2/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
Anita Baker
5/5
Cheap Trick
5/5
The Kinks
4/5
Nico
3/5
Joan Armatrading
4/5
Cornershop
2/5
Slipknot
1/5
Very funny, guys!
Harry Nilsson
2/5
The Style Council
3/5
Can
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Mars Volta
5/5
Jane's Addiction
2/5
David Ackles
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Beach House
3/5
Kinda interesting ambient music. Not quite lofi, but we were getting there in 2010
5/5
Yes!
Stan Getz
3/5
The Pretty Things
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
System Of A Down
5/5
Christina Aguilera
4/5
The The
1/5
My Bloody Valentine
5/5
Ride
2/5
Stephen Stills
4/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
5/5
Yes
5/5
Doves
3/5
Common
5/5
Marilyn Manson
4/5
Lightning Bolt
2/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
Pantera
4/5
Björk
3/5
Frank Black
2/5
Electric Light Orchestra
5/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Pavement
4/5
Joanna Newsom
5/5
The The
1/5
Silver Jews
2/5
Pentangle
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
4/5
Koffi Olomide
1/5
Hawkwind
4/5
Guided By Voices
3/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
Lucinda Williams
3/5
okay alt country-emo album I guess. This lady sure is fucking sad.
Daft Punk
5/5
Meat Puppets
3/5
Nanci Griffith
5/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Destiny's Child
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Deep Purple
4/5
The Who
5/5
The Sugarcubes
4/5
LL Cool J
5/5
Wilco
4/5
Ice Cube
3/5
The National
4/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
Randy Newman
1/5
Randy Newman is Bob Dylan for squares
Korn
4/5
Randy Newman is Bob Dylan for squares
The Byrds
3/5
Cocteau Twins
2/5
Eric Clapton
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
Ray Charles
3/5
3/5
Sparks
3/5
Love
2/5
The Stone Roses
4/5
Bee Gees
1/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Ramones
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Iron Maiden
5/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
The Stranglers
2/5
The Smiths
4/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Faith No More
3/5
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
Good but a little repetitive
Kate Bush
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
David Gray
2/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Herbie Hancock
5/5
Derek & The Dominos
1/5
Clapton
Happy Mondays
4/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Green Day
5/5
The Boo Radleys
5/5
Spiritualized
4/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Buck Owens
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Public Enemy
4/5
OutKast
5/5
Hole
4/5
Bad Brains
4/5
Röyksopp
5/5
Gil Scott-Heron
4/5
Gram Parsons
2/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
Linkin Park
5/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
TV On The Radio
4/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
1/5
Beth Orton
4/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Nick Drake
1/5
Can't believe the number of depressing, boring musicians whose music apparently only made this list because the musician tragically killed themselves. 3 albums from this guy? Come on.
Dion
2/5
The Zutons
2/5
Morrissey
3/5
Beck
3/5
Billy Bragg
5/5
Prefab Sprout
3/5
The Go-Betweens
2/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
Culture Club
1/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
5/5
Justice
5/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Talk Talk
4/5
Genesis
3/5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
Sugar
4/5
The Auteurs
3/5
Massive Attack
5/5
Ute Lemper
1/5
One of the worst albums on the entire list. Nick Cave, The Divine Comedy, Tom Waits, all in collaboration with a lounge-singer reject? It's like someone had a premonition in 2005 and put this album in to bother me, personally. Negative infinity stars.
Sepultura
4/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Afrika Bambaataa
1/5
I understand the historical significance of Afrika Bambaataa, but a hip. hop. a hip hip hop. a hibby to the hop and ya just don't stop. My name is Lance Taylor and I'm here to say that it's time to rap in an old school way! 🤓
And I never stop being embarrassed.
Gene Clark
4/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Good but they're better with Nico.
Mott The Hoople
2/5
The definition of 'fine enough'
Led Zeppelin
4/5
The KLF
3/5
The Psychedelic Furs
2/5
Grateful Dead
4/5
Richard Hawley
3/5
The Band
2/5
Tori Amos
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
Pulp
4/5
Dead Kennedys
4/5
New Order
3/5
Basement Jaxx
2/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Os Mutantes
1/5
*loud slurp*
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
Somehow I enjoyed the loud Brazilian slurping of Os Mutantes more than this. Will wonders never cease?
4/5
Paul Simon
5/5
Paul Simon is the musician Randy Newman wishes he was.
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
White Denim
3/5
Fine
David Bowie
4/5
The Residents
1/5
If this is a joke, I don't get it.
Madonna
2/5
Yeah man, plenty of artists put out something worth listening to 16 years into their careers. I just don't think Madonna is one of them.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Traffic
5/5
Various Artists
2/5
Secular Christmas songs produced well. It is a wall of sound though perhaps not fury produced by an idiot, signifying nothing. Surely a beloved classic of white baby boomers settling down for their seventh child's first Christmas, in their third house which they bought for $2000 at age 24. Merry Christmas!
Joni Mitchell
4/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Magazine
3/5
Pretty good! 3.5/5
5/5
Brazilian-Serbian trip hop? Yes please.
The Soft Boys
2/5
Another boring British band of lads. Yawn
Missy Elliott
5/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Everything But The Girl
1/5
New Wave has to be top 5 most oversaturated genres. The Brits just COULDN'T get enough. I'd yawn, but I fear opening my mouth would be enough of a prompt to barf after this.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
1/5
David Crosby
2/5
Grizzly Bear
5/5
Travis
3/5
It was okay, sounds very 1999 if that makes sense. Sorry Travis.
Solomon Burke
4/5
Jazmine Sullivan
4/5
A lot of these other reviews stink, like unwashed ass. What kind of moron thinks every single album on the list has to be equal to Abbey Road or DSOTM (WYWH is superior anyway)? You think all 1090 albums are going to be the exact same flawless masterpiece? This album is a great listen with fun if simple production. Maybe some of yall should take a step out of your dad's garage.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
5/5
Another Siouxsie banger
Tears For Fears
3/5
Digital Underground
2/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
More relavant than ever.
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
1/5
The period where musicians started talking about sex openly is just nauseating. An entire decade of manchildren caterwauling about how much they love pussy. Really embarrassing.
Hüsker Dü
2/5
The Stooges
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
You can't be talking like that, white baby
The Fall
2/5
Joe Ely
3/5
New Order
4/5
Violent Femmes
3/5
Tom Waits
1/5
Tom Waits. 1*
OutKast
5/5
Green Day
5/5
The most important rock album of my generation.
Emmylou Harris
1/5
Solange
3/5
Neil Young
4/5
Bee Gees
3/5
Pavement
5/5
Pavement ❤️
The Dictators
3/5
Chicago
4/5
Dr. Octagon
5/5
Sick beats and unhinged rhymes. Kool Keith was wayyyyy ahead of his time, and you can still feel his influence on modern rap. Great pick for the list.
Le Tigre
1/5
What's your take on repetitive garbage?
What's your take on repetitive garbage?
What's your take on repetitive garbage?
What's your take on repetitive garbage?
Hollow! Childish!
Hollow! Childish!
Hollow! Childish!
Hollow! Childish!
Wrote three lines and made an album!
Wrote three lines and made an album!
Wrote three lines and made an album!
Wrote three lines and made an album!
Japan
3/5
Jane's Addiction
4/5
Gary Numan
2/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Okay Tom Waits, maybe there's something to your music after all. But I still despise your vocal performance. You sound like a kid who signed up for Choir to get an easy A and who scoffs at the mere idea of singing with effort.
Bebel Gilberto
4/5
Historically interesting and very beautiful
808 State
5/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
Moby Grape
2/5
Grateful Dead wannabes
Suicide
3/5
Mildly interesting but every track felt like it could've been 90 seconds shorter. Which is saying a lot for a 7-track 30 minute album.
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
Lou Reed
3/5
Not one of Lou's best.
D'Angelo
5/5
Godlike R&B record. D'Angelo was a legend. RIP.
Django Django
2/5
I saw someone else's review include the line "It's like if The Postal Service made an acid pop record." as a positive. I share the same sentiment, but as a negative.
Bill Callahan
2/5
no more singer/songwriter albums please
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
I love The Boss but why is this album here? See also: Music by Madonna. There's just no need for these late-career albums from known greats.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Not as good as Stories From...
Haircut 100
2/5
New Wave 🤮
Elton John
5/5
Elton John is the goat
Cream
3/5
Fugazi
5/5
Oh, I get it now. Fugazi kicks ass.
Air
5/5
Wow. This is a movie soundtrack?
CHVRCHES
5/5
Lauren Mayberry, my beloved. The voice of an angel.
The Go-Go's
2/5
There sure are a lot of performative 5* ratings here. We get it.
Sickened to learn that New Wave came to America and produced such dreck.
Miles Davis
4/5
Frank Zappa
4/5
Cool! Never heard any Zappa before this.
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
The Boss's best.
Rahul Dev Burman
2/5
Some of the other reviews, man. Yall sound like clowns. Anyone who could enjoy the Cha Cha Cha song is just an idiot entertained by novelty. You would clap your hands and gape in wide-mouthed astonishment if I jingled some keys in your face, provided I told you the keys were all made by rural Estonians.
The Teardrop Explodes
1/5
New Wave makes me want to fucking die! No more no more no more!!!
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Wow, just beautiful. Not overhyped even a little. I'm floored
Abdullah Ibrahim
2/5
I understand the historical significance of this record, but it mostlysounds like stock standard 50s jazz, 30 years too late.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Joni Mitchell, all the lyrical talent of Dylan, but with a voice that doesn't sound like a Simpsons character
1/5
We don't need any "thirteenth studio album by..." in this household, thank you very much
The Kinks
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
The Beach Boys
2/5
I didn't like this album, in fact I found it rather dumb with terrible lyricism, but I just wanna address the other reviews I read here. What exactly is with GenX and hating any male vocalist who can sing higher than a Low C and doesn't sound like Eddie Vedder? You sound like the worst kind of 60-year-old manchild who still acts like they're on the playground. Castratti? Got their balls stuck in a car door? I'm sure those lines would've KILLED on the playground in 1977. 2 stars to spite the spiteful.
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Kevin Rowland's vocal style was iconic, oft-imitated nowadays. But the instrumentation is the star of the show for me, really cool, falls somewhere between ska and jazz I guess? I'm no music critic, I've only listened to a thousand albums by now. Maybe I could be.
Arcade Fire
3/5
Wild Beasts
1/5
Why is this even on the list? Which dope smoking music critic from 2009 thought this was a true essential?
Scritti Politti
1/5
Enough with the New Wave!
Boston
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
I still do not understand Nick Cave
Kid Rock
1/5
Kid Rock is a fake ass poser who makes music for dumbasses.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Probably the best Stones album on the list. Really cool sound.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
If you've heard one Sinatra song, you've heard them all. The man had vocal talent beyond words, but a great album this is not.
Moby
4/5
Pretty cool! Fatboy Slim meets Portishead? Moby is in the news right now for saying some shit, probably to stir up interest for a tour or smth.
Goldfrapp
2/5
I still don't get it. Their 2000 debut was forgettable and so is this.
The Who
3/5
As a debut album it's good, but not quite as good as their other stuff has been, like *Who's Next* or *Tommy*
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Rap has come a long way. That's all I can say.
Elvis Costello
4/5
Another Costello banger
Orange Juice
1/5
UK critics overestimating the importance of New Wave again. The only thing I want to rip up is this page in the book. Please stop serving me new wave albums.
Doves
4/5
JAY Z
2/5
Good production and samples. But damn, Jay Z loves to say "gay" with a capital F. Shut the fuck up dude.
The Black Keys
5/5
The Black Keys used to be THE band, man. How did they fall off so hard after El Camino?
Saint Etienne
3/5
The Stooges
5/5
I can feel the influence radiating off every track on this album. Intense.
Def Leppard
1/5
There's a kind of guy who likes rock music because it's "bad ass" and "bitchin" but if you ever asked him to articulate beyond these masculine 80s buzzwords, he would probably get flustered and call you gay. That guy loves shit like Def Leppard and KISS.
Femi Kuti
4/5
Maybe it's just benefitting from comparison to my previous album from Def Leppard. But this album kicks ass.
Deerhunter
3/5
Fred Neil
1/5
The artists that Fred Neil influenced are all way better than Fred Neil. This album is a creeping yawn that never satisfies.
Talking Heads
4/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
Can you play the one that goes "bee boo boo bop, boo boo bop boo bop"?
New York Dolls
2/5
Saw another reviewer who said "Without the New York Dolls, there is no punk and new wave."
Seems like an exaggeration. Punk would be a loss, but new wave would not. Neither would this album if it were cut from the 1001, but we all know the book editor would rather cut off an arm before he cut an album older than the late 90s.
Ananda Shankar
4/5
The Monks
2/5
Minutemen
4/5
Surprisingly fresh for being 43 tracks
The White Stripes
4/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
5/5
Fantastic! Really groundbreaking electronic work for its time
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
1/5
what the fuck was that? starts awful and slowly gets "better" but still ends in "this album sucks" territory
Steve Winwood
2/5
I have to imagine this was squarely in the bargain bin by 1981. The 1001 is really testing my patience again.
Scissor Sisters
5/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
The Zombies
4/5
John Coltrane
4/5