This is what ADHD sounds like when you like jazz

Monotonous. Why do half the albums on this list sound like this.

I have listened to this many many times in the past so didn’t listen to it on the day. Good stuff 4/5

Didn’t hate it as much as I thought I would. I still think you’re a big old loser if you sit and listen to this though

I’ve been listening to T-Pain’s cover of War Pigs on repeat recently, so been meaning to give this album a proper listen. Really brings together my two loves: ‘Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock’ and ‘Spinal Tap’. Can’t complain. Had a great time. Album is fun and interesting. Can see me listening to this a lot more in the future. Such a good 3 track run from War Pigs, Paranoid, Planet Caravan. 4/5

I listened to Either/Or recently and didn’t enjoy it, so had low expectations going in. It’s so much better than Either/Or, but it’s still so so boring. Just because you’re sad doesn’t mean you can’t be interesting. 2/5

*Guy who’s only ever listened to the ‘Skate 3 Soundtrack’ listening to any other album*: “getting some serious ‘Skate 3 Soundtrack’ vibes from this album” It’s ok. Didn’t enjoy listening to it, but I didn’t hate it. American pop punk is probably the worst genre in the world, so this is high praise. 2/5

I don’t think it’s as interesting as it thinks it is. But it’s still more interesting than most. And an album being interesting is more important than it being good. 3/5

He’s got a good solid name and this is a good solid album. Not as good as a lot of the other French language stuff that Del Schwartz has opened me up to, but I had a good half hour listening to it. Probably better if I knew French. The best thing about this album is that on the cover he looks like a sexy Belgian Martin Clunes. 3/5

I knew bits and pieces of T Rex - my Spanish teacher at school used to sing Debora all the time - but this is my first full listen of any album. It’s good stuff. ‘Life’s a Gas’ is so good - I wish it was longer. I think it needs a bit more variety and one BIG hit to be a 5/5 though. 4/5

Good to hear some early blues. Very clearly influenced lots of the music I love. Maybe I’m just a product of the times, but I love the stuff it influenced more than I love this. Great name though - he’s got a future working for a rivers charity if this whole blues thing doesn’t work out for him. 4/5

It’s fun and the live elements add a lot. I find it slightly one note, but that one note is one good note. 4/5

It’s alright. After years of disdain for the band, I’m slowly getting into them. This has some parts of the Radiohead I’ve hated for years, and some parts of the Radiohead I’ve liked for weeks. 3/5

I’ve no strong opinions on this. As inoffensive as music gets. 3/5

Pretty boring - there’s probably a good album in there somewhere. The description sounded good, but the music sounded bad. 2/5

Music for dads to nod along to

Some very good songs. But it feels long when you listen to it as an album. 3/5

It’s fine. 33 minutes of what is undisputedly an album of music. Probably better than I’m giving it credit for. Maybe ol Fogerty should make his own account on this website then. 3/5

Infinitely more interesting than anything those Gallagher bastards have ever done. So crazy I’ve never actually listened to this album in full before. Isn’t that crazy!! 3/5

18 albums in before I am given a woman. 18!!!! Never listened to this album before. Didn’t enjoy it as much as some of her other stuff, but its fine. 3/5

Fine. Nothing overly interesting, but then again I can’t say I paid massive attention to the lyrics first time round. 3/5

Not as good as I remember it being.

Loved it! Look at those Tree Wizards go. 4/5

Tom waits. Tom Waits joins the list of full sentence names. 3/5

BB ate

Funk Daddy Pussy. So good.

Keith Moon is too cool of a name to be in a band with alongside names like Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and John Entwistle.

Fleet Foxes fucked Gee’s dad. Probably not better than half the albums I’ve rated 3, but ah well, 4 nostalgic stars out of five

In my strongest Barnsley accent: “Welcome to the Metrodome” I don’t think this was great, but lucky for them it came just after watching All of Us Strangers, which ends up moving it up to a 3.

The album cover gives me big Christine vibes, which weirdly also was released in the same year. The men of 1983 really wanted to have sex with their classic cars. Would be a much better album if they didn’t open their mouths. Some good blues in there but far too much bad pop-rock.

Black Monk Time sounds like Brewdog's newest stout. Far from perfect (maybe even far from being good, let alone perfect), but so much more interesting and deserving of its spot than most of the stuff on this list. Most people on this website are boring stiff little idiots. The 60's are soo crazy man!

A pretty perfect follow-up to yesterday's Black Monk Time, which is a far far superior punk album to this. This album is awful. Probably the worst thing I've listened to so far. Impossible to stress how bad this whole thing sounds. Big old bunch of losers making a big old mess. I understand its place on this list - I don't think this list should only contain good music, and having historically important albums on the list is a good thing, but that does not make this album any better to listen to. Have I mentioned enough times that this album sounds bad? This clip is more important than this album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQI9HMg1yyY

Pretty good. Everything that is a clear influence on Oasis is much better than Oasis. This is not the first time, nor will it be the last time, that I complain about Oasis on an album that is nothing to do with them.

Fine. Definitely preferred it to Five Leaves Left, but it’s getting the same rating because it’s all the same really. I enjoyed Poor Boy a lot though. I find the bigger production songs better than when it’s just lonely old Nick.

I don’t love Queen as much as most. But I think that’s because all their big hits are just loud songs for loud people to shout loudly. This album isn’t Queen for the laypeople, who love to shout songs, screaming about Galileo and bicycles. It’s Queen for intellects like me, who prefer music about Ogres. I enjoyed it a lot more than most Queen I knew already, but I still think Queen don’t do it for me.

I like big muff as much as the next guy, but when your big muff is coming in with some super fuzz, that’s just a step too far.

I’m a big fan of Big Bobby D. Not my favourite of Big Bobby D’s, but Big Bobby is still putting out some Big Bops in this.

The album cover looks like they’re playing the ‘Get as close to Alex without him noticing you’ task from Taskmaster series 8. Had a good time. Hopefully we get to see Gang Starr on a New Year’s Treat episode soon.

On the one hand, this album opened the door for lots of shoegaze and Scottish indie music which I really enjoy. On the other hand, its inclusion on the list forces me to acknowledge the existence of East Kilbride.

I much prefer MBWABFYTC to this. I can’t remember ever listening to this before, but this is an extremely my-Mum-coded album. A fine 35 minute album that I will likely never listen to again. Which is better than being a fine 75 minute album that I will likely never listen to again, which a lot of this list is.

The my-mum-coded albums are coming thick and fast. I enjoyed this a lot.

Back to the definitely-not-my-mum-coded albums again. Our Lottie can’t win them all. Listened to it many times so far this year but no harm in one more listen.

After one song I thought this actually wasn’t too bad. After two songs I thought this actually was quite bad.

Scotch music. I’ve probably listened to this album hundreds of times and listened to all other Franz Ferdinand albums about four times in total.

I think I’ve listened to it before, but this is the first time I actually paid attention to it. Obviously, it’s very good. It’s great listening to an album which is definitely an album and not a bunch of songs. I do think other artists have made similar music that is probably better, but this puts it all together as an album very nicely. And I’m also torn between thinking it could do with one or two more shorter “poppy” songs to make it a more enjoyable listen with more variety, while also thinking that they would be forced in there and it’s doesn’t need to be an album filled with actual songs. Hard to criticise a band which is just a bunch of guitar noises for making an album of a bunch of great guitar noises. What do I know! Don’t bother listening to me Roger, you know best. I still had a great time. Who knew I would have so many thoughts on this album. Usually I’m just criticising Oasis (who are losers). A clear plagiarism of Gimme Some Money by Spinal Tap in there though.

I commend it for giving me the authentic live experience: getting annoyed with other people in the audience. Very cool album cover.

Sometimes pretty interesting, sometimes pretty bad. Paper Planes is so good though. The sound of the summer in the common room.

I can finally put Nick Drake behind me. The bastard has been relentlessly haunting over me ever since starting this project. This is a lovely little album to listen on on a bank holiday Friday morning. Nick Drake has grown on me listening to all his albums, but I definitely like him best in Bryter Layter when there’s a bit more production to it. That’s the electric Dylan fan in me.

More Scotch music. According to Wikipedia, Stuart Murdoch ran a marathon in 2:57:08 in 1986, which is arguably more impressive than this album. I enjoy this album - it’s better than anything I ever produced while at uni - but think they have more interesting stuff in other albums. That marathon time though, eh.

Who knew Dolph Lundgren was such a multi-instrumentalist. I didn’t find the music that enjoyable, and by the end of it I actually quite disliked Dolph. I found it very annoying every time he piped up, even if it did offer a slight release from the monotony of the music.

i like the music and i like being exposed to more country sounds. i’m a little english country boy looking for big american country women. i did not know this was going to be my review when i started typing.

It just sounds like an album from 1968. Not in a good way or a bad way, just in a 1968 way. There’s no way that horse is a part of the band!

This was Sex Pistols levels of unlistenable at times - arguably not helped by listening in a hypo. But it gets a bit of respect for its folkier songs and its attempt to do something interesting and blend British punk and Irish folk.

There is not a single grunge album that I need to listen to before I die, but I seem to be listening to so much grunge. Why I do think Courtney Love’s vocals fit the sound much better than most grunge albums I’ve been made to listen to so far. I hate the sound of whingey male vocalists in grunge music. This is maybe the best of the grunge I’ve had so far. Cannot believe the balls Americans have to complain about britpop while they were in their grunge era. Please Generator, if you’re listening, give me something other than grunge. Please.

The double whammy of being both good and interesting. WHAMMY!!

There is a lyric in the album where Louis wishes death upon someone because they steal his meatballs.

I don’t think I’ve ever listened to this album. I used to love cycling around on the single speed to The Fat of the Land though. Maybe if I cycled around to this album I would have more love for it, but I didn’t so I don’t.

It’s not that it’s bad. It’s more that it’s not good. When I see 1994 American rock band and I get anything that isn’t grunge I’m at least somewhat pleased though.

Harry Nilsson mastered the art of winning any argument long before James Acaster.

Greyhounds! Not my favourite britpop album, but it’s far better and far more interesting than any of that Oasis nonsense. That’s right, it’s another anti-Oasis review.

I’ve listened to a quite a few Joni Mitchell albums, but not this one. I really enjoyed it. Very clearly still a Joni Mitchell album but with a nice mix of sounds. Mostly I think there are some artists with too many albums on this list, and I question if all the albums actually deserved it. But regardless of whether or not this album should be on this list, it is and I enjoyed it.

Lauryn Hill would have loved Bradfield sixth form common room. These are exactly the conversations we were having.

For my opinions on this album, I refer you to my friends at the Enjoy an Album podcast. I like the divorce album!!

It’s catchy and loud and I think it would have been great to hear live at the time. But it’s less great to listen to on headphones on a dog walk. Hard to be objective with these boys because our river saviour Feargal Sharkey has a vendetta against the rivers charity I work for.

It’s SCOTCH MUSIC TIME again. Another one where it’s probably great when it’s really really loud. But when it isn’t loud, it isn’t great. I think seeing them live would be great, but it’s not going to be my dog walk music.

I remember a video of some aggressive bladers using a remix of Seven Nation Army to the soundtrack of an edit. At the time, I couldn’t imagine anything cooler.

It’s the 80s, but mooody.

SCOTCH MUSIC!! Lovely timing to get this on the day of London Marathon, allowing us all to remember the time Stuart Murdoch ran the 1986 Glasgow Marathon in an incredible time of 2:57:08

You should be embarrassed and ashamed if you listen to this and enjoy it.

Most people on this website are idiots that only listen to one or two genres of music and have no idea how to understand or rate an Afro-Cuban jazz album, so they just end up giving it a 3/5 and moving onto the next album.

1001 albums to die before listening to. How is there so much grunge on this list. Please… make the grunge stop. PPLEASE. Potentially the worst album I’ve listened to so far.

Timed nicely as I’m getting a lot more into country and Americana. I was very excited to see she featured in the O’ Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack. The highest honour for a country/Americana musician.

It’s really really really good. Two days ago I had the worst album so far. Today I have one of the best albums so far. Nice to be reminded the list is worth it, despite the all the grunge. Great work from the Rivers Trust ambassador.

Really enjoyed it. All sorts of genres. Great fun.

I can only assume the “three bean salad” John speaks of in ‘JC Hates Faggots’ is the podcast.

I love it when the albums are only 30 minutes, even when they’re good (which this one isn’t).

Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe interesting. Me and Gattuso enjoyed this album.

Struggled through the first couple of songs on an 8am dog walk. Had a great time powering through the rest of the album in the last hour of work. It would have been great Uber Eats music, but now it makes for great coding music.

Pure, unbridled dog walk music today.

Proper good.

I didn’t mind it - I’m on my country journey - but it didn’t land as much as other albums. Still a nice time though.

On the whole it is very boring. I did quite enjoy the little Dylan-esque Soft Cell cover at the end though. The saving grace of an uninteresting album.

Before giving it a listen today I knew it was between a 4 and a 5. Spent the whole day listening to it, had a great time, our Elton gets a 5.

It’s 70s rock album and it sounds like a 70s rock album. If you like 70s rock albums you’re going to go crazy for this. If you think 70s rock albums just sound like 70s rock albums then this 70s rock album will just sound like a 70s rock album. It’s not bad, but it just feels very uninteresting to me. There are so many similar albums on this list; we don’t need all of them.

This was everywhere in 2016. Don’t think I’ve ever listened to the whole album though. I’m not much of a grimey boy but this is good stuff. Can’t believe all these god damn yanks on this website complaining about this album. Complain about the grunge people!!

My only prior knowledge of Rush came from I Love You Man. I’m not sure if it’s changed my opinion on the film knowing that Rush sound this bad. Shhlappa da bass man

Other than Bowie, it’s about as my-mum-coded as an album gets.

It’s important to know that Lorde’s favourite Kiwi musician is Paul Williams

It brings me deep deep shame to say that I found this album overall listenable, with a couple of songs I genuinely enjoyed. It does still mostly sound like Morrisey though.

It’s so good. Janelle Monae is so good. Been a while since I’d listened to this one in full. I’ve been going for Age of Pleasure for my Janelle fix recently because I’m a sexy little boy by the pool, so I’m very happy to be made to go back to this again. I’d forgotten how good it is (it’s so good).

After a long day in London (bad place) with my train back not getting in until after 2 in the morning, what a day to be greeted home with some Scotch Music.

This is the sound of ADHD.

I never loved a man the way I love Aretha Franklin

I love Johnny Flynn a lot, but I’ve never really given any other northern folk a chance. Turns out it’s unsurprisingly good stuff

Had a great time with this one. I quite enjoyed the collaborations, even if it felt a bit all over the place sometimes. I wonder if poor John is victim to the papers automatically changing his name to things like John Lee Sex Worker like they do in articles about rugby. Definitely going to do some more listening to our John Lee Sex Worker.

When did Beyoncé really become Beyoncé though?

It’s interesting, but in a way that makes it completely unenjoyable to listen to.

Bowie’s got those apple bottom jeans and the boots with the fur.

I used to be a big Arcade Fireman. This was probably one of my favourite albums for my entire teens. I still enjoy this album and was glad to relisten to it today, but it’s not the same enjoyment 17 year old me had for this album. This fireman has extinguished the Arcade Fire.

I passionately believe that The Smiths sound like The Smiths. It’s a shame Morrisey is involved in the whole Smiths thing though.

It’s funny to me that there are people that actively choose to listen to Moby

It’s a lot of fun. One Two Cha Cha Cha is probably the greatest song to appear on this list.

I like it when a debut album is just loud. A debut album should be filled with silly noise. Don’t trust artists who have perfect debuts - there’re probably little nerds. It’s a shame how much of this silly noise sounds like grunge though.

Cool music. Cool cover.

One of my all time favourites.

Brandon flowers. Full sentence name.

Hot Rats in your local area.

Some of the worst sounds I have heard in album on this list. But, it is interesting and has a great album cover, and that’s all that really matters. Anyone can make good music, not everyone can make interesting music.

The first Pogues album I got was much more punk, and I didn’t enjoy it much. This is a lot folkier and much much more enjoyable. And it has a great album title.

Sure is an album from 1971.

Horrific. As bad as it gets.

Good stuff. I enjoyed gobbling up this portion of ketchup.

This is the only thing that justifies Bristol being called a cool city.

Straight into the same category as RHCP as music you should be embarrassed to listen to.

It’s very cool. I really need to watch the documentary.

Sometimes maybe good. Sometimes maybe shit.

Loving the Monster Mash vibes

Can’t say I paid it much attention today. It just felt like music that was getting in the way while I was listening to it. Can Depeche Mode really be held responsible for that? As the person eating the album I say yes.

I love him when he raps. I love him when he tweets.

Did not enjoy in the slightest

What ya gonna do aboot it? Phone the polis? Mate, we are the polis.

I really admire how cool and normal Paul McCartney is. And I really admire how cool and normal McCartney by Paul McCartney is.

It’s so fucking insane I was worried a South African was going to put a gravy boat up my anus. But far more interesting than half the stuff on this list. Obviously bad, and hard to listen to, but interesting.

I would thrive at a rave.

I’m no reggae head, so lots of this sounded quite similar. No Woman, No Cry is enough to transform me into a reggae head though.

Boring. Prefer them when Adam Buxton does them. https://youtu.be/iq8IHET9eiE?si=RNAg6RdAGm87F55K

This is what ADHD sounds like when you like jazz

Blueberry Pancakes

More like ‘500 albums to listen to before I gratefully die’ It’s so tedious

Forget it Steve Earle, it’s Guitar Town. I can’t believe Americans genuinely listen to this and this isn’t just pretend music you play pretend American with. It can count itself lucky it doesn’t get a 1.

Love the album cover. Love California Dreamin. Hate the apostrophes. That’s about all there is to say about these Mammas and Pappas.

Monotonous. Why do half the albums on this list sound like this.

Call me a republican, but I just find this unenjoyable to listen to on the whole.

Grew on me. But that’s Love, man.

Tick rock, it’s trip hop o’clock. Sounds like Don Cheadle in the Oceans films.

Nice enough to have on in the background. I didn’t even notice that I started or finished the album.

No doubt influential. But also no doubt that it sounds awful. I’m so bored of how similar most of the albums on this list sound.

Today, instead of having a great, interesting rock album ruined by vocals that I just don’t enjoy, we have a great, interesting rap album ruined by vocals I just don’t enjoy.

I wonder if Grant Lee Buffalo has any relation to Tokyo Lee?

I think I always thought Jamiroquai sounded similar to Keane. Thought it might be because they both wear hats. Turns out the Keane guy doesn’t even wear hats. My world is crumbling

Lovely timing to get this album the day after Terrence Trent D’Arby and the rest of the England squad make it to the Euros final.

Boring. I prefer them as detectorists

The weird little man sure does make good music.

I would probably enjoy this alright album with bad vocals more if I wasn’t so fed up with this list being entirely made up of alright albums with bad vocals.

Takes the fun out of funky. Expected much more with such a cool photo for the album cover.

Always a treat to get something other than a boring rock album

There’s much better stuff from the 90s that does the same thing. But it’s nice to get an electronic album that doesn’t deserve to be on this list than a rock album that doesn’t deserve to be on this list.

Buddy Holly, the Rebel

Reaching a point where this list is becoming a genuine challenge with the lack of range of albums

Something different. Good!