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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tragic Songs of Life | 5 | 2.58 | +2.42 |
| Live / Dead | 5 | 2.83 | +2.17 |
| A Date With The Everly Brothers | 5 | 2.96 | +2.04 |
| Fishscale | 5 | 3.06 | +1.94 |
| Fifth Dimension | 5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
| Repeater | 5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
| Chicago Transit Authority | 5 | 3.2 | +1.8 |
| Hysteria | 5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
| Time Out Of Mind | 5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
| American Beauty | 5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dummy | 1 | 3.71 | -2.71 |
| Play | 1 | 3.47 | -2.47 |
| Parachutes | 1 | 3.46 | -2.46 |
| Pornography | 1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
| Homework | 1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
| First Band On The Moon | 1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
| Protection | 1 | 3.25 | -2.25 |
| It's Too Late to Stop Now | 1 | 3.25 | -2.25 |
| GREY Area | 1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
| Melody A.M. | 1 | 3.21 | -2.21 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Beatles | 5 | 5 |
| Led Zeppelin | 4 | 5 |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4.75 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 5 |
| The Who | 3 | 4.67 |
| Elvis Presley | 2 | 5 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 2 | 5 |
| OutKast | 2 | 5 |
| The Band | 2 | 5 |
| Grateful Dead | 2 | 5 |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 4.25 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 4.33 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| The Jesus And Mary Chain | 2 | 1.5 |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 4 | 2 |
| The Smiths | 3 | 2 |
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| Artist | Ratings |
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| Van Morrison | 5, 1 |
| Pink Floyd | 4, 1, 5 |
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Jerry Lee Lewis
5/5
Wish I was there, glad I wasn’t a tween girl there.
4 likes
Public Enemy
5/5
One of the greatest works of art in American history
2 likes
Massive Attack
1/5
It’s 2003. You walk into the W Hotel. You hear the soundtrack to your life and realize you are a secret European spy. THIS IS THE REAL YOU.
1 likes
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
1/5
This list is losing all credibility. Still no Seger.
1 likes
1-Star Albums (45)
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R.E.M.
3/5
Lightnin Hopkins could be a Chili Peps song.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
A couple bangers and a nice vibe.
Aphex Twin
2/5
Welcome to the JetBlue lounge
Aerosmith
2/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Would launch a thousand copycats 40 years later.
Bob Dylan
5/5
It’s life and life only
The Everly Brothers
5/5
The roots of rock perfection
Green Day
4/5
Much better than I remember.
Johnny Cash
4/5
An already exceptional voice gaining character with age. You can feel Johnny and the Rick Rubin experiment winding down.
Mudhoney
2/5
Desperation rock.
Cornershop
2/5
You’d never know this was a British list.
Dire Straits
3/5
Knopfler > Clapton
Basement Jaxx
1/5
This was bad house music at the time. It’s even worse now.
Fleetwood Mac
2/5
A long, boring slog to get to the only good song (Tusk)
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
The second-best movie soundtrack of all time (Caddyshack II)
Machito
4/5
Revolutionary in its day and still a rhythmic mind-blower.
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Neo-baroque nepo-folk
Tears For Fears
4/5
I could go for some popcorn
Queen
4/5
I’d like to do something about global warming, but I also want to have sex with my car.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
If he didn’t look so badass, people would mock him for this poetry slam claptrap.
Stereo MC's
1/5
So hilarious when Brits attempt hip-hop. These assholes heard Public Enemy and made Muzak for The Gap
Rush
3/5
Revenge of the nerds
Def Leppard
5/5
Ronald Reagan’s best vocal performance
The Who
5/5
Pete is the best British guitar player
Billy Bragg
4/5
Billy is on our side
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Do you realize this album is still pretty good??
Ash
2/5
The sweet spot between Nirvana and the Jonas Brothers.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Never hard any of these songs and it’s still a pretty good album.
Neil Young
5/5
Everybody knows this is awesome
Adele
2/5
Not the best Hello of all time.
The Beau Brummels
2/5
What if the Kingston Trio had a cousin who told them about taking acid?
R.E.M.
3/5
Ignoreland rulz
Soundgarden
3/5
Spooooonman
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3/5
Now I can die with sabor.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Was this band brilliant or fucking insufferable? Time hasn’t been kind.
Blur
3/5
Never thought I’d say this but has Noel Gallagher had a better post-band career than Albarn?
Coldplay
1/5
Relentless boredom
Hüsker Dü
4/5
Even lesser Husker Du is moster than anyone else. Never clocked the REM similarities before, but they’re thick on this album.
Holger Czukay
3/5
A fun surprise, which is quite a feat for a German.
Elvis Presley
5/5
Nobody beats the king but the king
Madonna
3/5
Paul Weller
4/5
Some Brits can make a convincing Americans turn.
Television
5/5
Jam punk innovation
The Black Crowes
3/5
What if The Rolling Stones were white?
XTC
3/5
Shouldn’t be surprised that Skylarking is a playful album, but “dear God” sets a tone that suggests otherwise.
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
I pee on twee
Björk
4/5
Weird works wonders.
The Boo Radleys
3/5
Put early 90s rock in a blender. Maybe 6 too many songs.
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Happy to get introduced to some new music, but this is taking up a space that should probably belong to Bob Seger.
The Allman Brothers Band
5/5
More like fill my ears, amirite?
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
Chick can sing.
Beatles
5/5
When Paul’s harmony comes in on “If I Fell,” … damn.
3/5
Rips
The Strokes
3/5
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Misty Roses is a bona fide fuck jam.
Ananda Shankar
3/5
A milestone in raga rock. Sagar is great
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
This is your funk on acid.
New Order
4/5
Bloody good, innit?
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Frodo would be proud
James Brown
4/5
Kids and parents lost their minds over this, for different reasons.
Severe drop-off after 3 songs.
Bill Evans Trio
5/5
The coolest white people ever got.
Beatles
5/5
Bro, when Don’t Bother Me hits … George changes the game.
Robbie Williams
1/5
Could have been worse
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Cock 7
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
I could go for a Second Helping
Blondie
3/5
Blondie kinda rules
Beck
4/5
Gibberish never sounded so good.
The Who
4/5
Embryonic punk
Napalm Death
1/5
Grindcore has come a long way
Beth Orton
2/5
Nice in a British way.
Circle Jerks
4/5
Punk done right
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Her real name is Dusty Sprungfeld
Peter Gabriel
5/5
Dude can write
Elton John
3/5
Too much fat on this steak. And cheese.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Pretty strong side B
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Racing in the Street is a killer
Sepultura
4/5
A kick in the ass
David Holmes
2/5
Why does trip hop sound so dated?
Leonard Cohen
2/5
At the end of every Leonard Cohen song, say “in bed.” Hilarious.
Iggy Pop
3/5
A hell of a step away from punk, as lame as that sounds.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
The soundtrack of the “jerk-off” hand motion
Metallica
4/5
Some great tunes, but Lars is the most timid metal drummer of all time.
Michael Jackson
4/5
Not as good as Thriller, but pretty damn close?
Michael Jackson
4/5
Not as good as Thriller, but pretty damn close?
The Temptations
5/5
One of the best album openers of all time?
Kanye West
3/5
Garbage flow.
Fairport Convention
3/5
Let’s go back to The Shire!
Van Morrison
5/5
Perfect vibe
The Black Keys
3/5
Solid grooves and kinda blah
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
It’s ok
John Grant
1/5
Brits love trash
Cream
4/5
Jack Bruce!
Nina Simone
3/5
Not her best songs/performances
Jerry Lee Lewis
5/5
Wish I was there, glad I wasn’t a tween girl there.
The Beach Boys
4/5
This is what happens when you smoke weed.
The Doors
3/5
Always a lot of filler on a doors album.
SZA
3/5
SZA seems fun
Iron Maiden
3/5
Not the classic lineup, but the seed of a rock monster was planted.
Pink Floyd
4/5
The power of the acoustic guitar
GZA
4/5
Ain’t nuthin to fuck with
Eurythmics
2/5
Annie deserved better than Dave Stewart.
Fiona Apple
3/5
What if Elton John was cock 7?
Pixies
3/5
Maybe the dorks in high school were right…
Sigur Rós
3/5
I wish I was fluent in Hopelandic
Gotan Project
1/5
This is the best French music ever made.
Röyksopp
1/5
What buying a Kia Soul sounds like
Ghostface Killah
5/5
Rocky III gets some love. Respect.
Lauryn Hill
5/5
If you got a handjob in a girl’s dorm room in 1998, this album was playing.
AC/DC
4/5
Stupidity belongs in rock.
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
More British garbage taking up space that rightfully belongs to Bob Seger.
The Clash
5/5
Punk grows a heart
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
White guys can do jazz sometimes
The Notorious B.I.G.
5/5
His dick sound amazing
Beatles
5/5
The best album of all time. Second-best Beatles album.
Happy Mondays
2/5
Sure captures a moment, donit?
The Cure
1/5
Still no Bob Seger
Little Simz
1/5
Brits can’t do this
Sam Cooke
3/5
One of the best voices in pop history, but this performance felt a little tame, especially considering King Curtis and his crew were backing.
Pretenders
4/5
“I shot my mouth off and he showed me what that hole was for.”
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
The warble wears me out.
Rahul Dev Burman
2/5
I’m sure this choice has nothing to do with Rex Harrison.
Rush
4/5
Nerds
OutKast
5/5
Women, amirite?
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Eat shit, Nixon!
Nirvana
4/5
Albino excellence
Paul Simon
5/5
Best album opener ever?
Ray Charles
3/5
Look, Ray is an indisputable genius, but his skill is best displayed when he plays bluesy fuck jamz for sweaty teens.
Kraftwerk
3/5
Fun fun fun on the man machine
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Brains 7
Heart 7
Cock 7
Tom Waits
2/5
He has better albums, but he’s still Bob Dylan with writers block and a head cold.
Duran Duran
3/5
It’s great! It’s good. It’s OK
Jethro Tull
5/5
Disgusting prog folk. Sick. Gross.
Ray Charles
3/5
Ray expands the great American songbook, and rightly so, but these arrangements don’t always do the songs justice.
Can
3/5
Groundbreaking grooves
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
All Dwight is good, but this ain’t his best album by a longshot.
Incredible Bongo Band
2/5
An 8-second sample you must listen to before you die
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Sexy as silk chocolate
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Kinda rockin
Stan Getz
3/5
Horny sophistication for 60s squares.
Saint Etienne
1/5
Welcome to the most boring dentist office
Morrissey
2/5
The best Morrissey I’ve ever heard.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Born-again Bowie ain’t bad.
Frank Zappa
4/5
I’m the son of Mr. Green Genes
Jacques Brel
1/5
This is the best French music ever made
Manu Chao
2/5
This guy seems cool. World music sure has a sound.
4/5
Devolution is real
The Band
5/5
Rick Danko is the GOAT
Daft Punk
1/5
This is the best French music ever made
2/5
Starting to think some of these Brit prog acts didn’t have much to say.
Massive Attack
1/5
It’s 2003. You walk into the W Hotel. You hear the soundtrack to your life and realize you are a secret European spy. THIS IS THE REAL YOU.
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Excessive, mostly in a fun way.
Metallica
3/5
Pretty good gimmick. Lars never sounded better?
David Bowie
4/5
The sax turns like half these into the SNL theme.
Neil Young
4/5
Rusty Kershaw and honeyslides ftw.
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Expected this to suck. It didn’t!
The Byrds
4/5
Chris Hillman is a vital organ of the American rock corpus. Discuss.
Talking Heads
3/5
The start of something interesting
Bob Dylan
4/5
Eeediot
Air
3/5
Air is good. This is fine
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
Still no Bob Seger
Peter Gabriel
3/5
One for the hardcore pg heads.
Alanis Morissette
4/5
All bangers
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
The best Nick Cave album I’ve heard?
Beyoncé
3/5
Beyoncé: Can you sing a verse on my new album about our passionate love life, family and women’s sexual empowerment?
Jay-Z: Imma beat it like Ike and Iron Mike
Frank Black
3/5
This is good. 90s good.
Norah Jones
4/5
The authentic Starbucks sound
Miles Davis
4/5
This motherfucker right here
Fela Kuti
4/5
Love this stuff. Not even ginger baker can ruin it.
The Last Shadow Puppets
2/5
Good for them
Richard Hawley
2/5
A hit in the UK! Mid Americana in the US.
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
That rhythm section tho
OutKast
5/5
Speakerboxxx wins again.
Elliott Smith
2/5
The songs get better as the production improves.
SAULT
1/5
This NPR-ass bullshit is example infinity for why Brits can’t do hip hop. Wish I could give it zero stars.
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
Beautiful all the way through
John Cale
3/5
Endless Plain rules.
The Doors
2/5
The doors can get bent.
Johnny Cash
5/5
Thousands were there, but only one of them started a band.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Pretty good!
Janet Jackson
4/5
I’m a part
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Nerds love puddy too
Metallica
3/5
Some baller stuff.
Cat Stevens
2/5
birth of the twee
Faith No More
2/5
Mike Patton is no Chest Rockwell
Dolly Parton
5/5
A good joke would be to give this 2 stars because of her boobs.
3/5
The origin story of Mr. Skin
The Avalanches
2/5
What if we did hip-hop without the MC 25 years later? Still kinda fun
R.E.M.
4/5
Mike Mills' harmony is one of the great gifts of rock
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
1/5
This list is losing all credibility. Still no Seger.
Hole
3/5
Pure 90s rock, better than it should be
Slayer
3/5
Somethin for the honeys
David Bowie
3/5
Harbinger of musical genres to come
David Bowie
3/5
Context gives it import
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
This list is hilariously 95-05 heavy
Malcolm McLaren
1/5
Still no Bob seger
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
Baz Lhurmann does Dolemite
U2
4/5
The snare is the star
R.E.M.
3/5
Bill Berry is a damn drum god
Faust
2/5
Has a few compelling moments
The Yardbirds
2/5
British Invasion juuust before the acid hit.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
1/5
Yikes
Jimmy Smith
2/5
Really odd deep cut to put on this list. It's cool, but probably not even worthy of 1001 blues/jazz albums to listen to...
Pink Floyd
1/5
They actually get better
Mariah Carey
1/5
Never has a great voice done so little
Dagmar Krause
1/5
Nice to learn about Eisler, but seriously what the fuck is this?
Eagles
2/5
Some of the biggest dicks in pop music, trying to be as limp as possible.
Arcade Fire
4/5
Tortured bombast, the epitome of the aughties
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
They sound so wholesome!
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
One of Ry’s most tasteful moves was to let them play.
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Some cool stuff I’d never heard before but man this fucking list
Lorde
3/5
It’s fine
Elliott Smith
4/5
Not the sad strummer I was led to believe.
Ian Dury
2/5
Kinda funny. Still no Seger
Meat Loaf
3/5
The best broadway.
Lightning Bolt
2/5
Well, now I know.
Pink Floyd
5/5
I was really drunk at the time
Elton John
4/5
Elton’s best
Frank Ocean
4/5
Turns out odd future lived up to the hype
The War On Drugs
5/5
Under the pressure indeed
1/5
You slog through one of the worst albums ever made only to be rewarded with a final, 10-minute track of farts. Epic.
Miles Davis
5/5
He’s the GOAT for a reason
Arctic Monkeys
2/5
Nothing special
David Bowie
3/5
Strummy and sexy
Christine and the Queens
2/5
Ain’t it like France to lionize lukewarm pop 10 years behind the zeitgeist
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Great words. The delivery could use some pizzazz
Gorillaz
3/5
This has aged OK
Supertramp
2/5
If Breakfast In America is also on this list I swear to fucking god man. Still no Seger.
Mylo
1/5
Girl Talk for grandmas
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
2/5
Something new, something fine.
Cypress Hill
4/5
ACAB
Bob Dylan
5/5
Changed the world
The Cars
5/5
You think it has one great titty song, but really every track is a great titty song.
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
The birth of a sneering, cynical, doo-wop loving countercultural genius.
Pulp
2/5
What if Robert Goulet and Billy Corgan had a Jaguar?
Roxy Music
3/5
Some nice songs
Dr. Dre
5/5
Motherfuckin’ OG Henny Loc strikes again.
Funkadelic
5/5
One of the great works of American art
G. Love & Special Sauce
3/5
Did not expect to see G Love on this list.
Alice In Chains
4/5
The soundtrack to digging through a bag of pills in a mobile home
The Rolling Stones
4/5
It’s possible The Stones understood gospel better than the blues.
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Can’t go wrong with Curtis.
Depeche Mode
2/5
Pretty boring!
The Smiths
2/5
Yep. Smiths still mid.
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Bruce gets it
Merle Haggard
3/5
Hard to beat Merle, but Ralph Mooney steals the show
The White Stripes
4/5
Cock 7
Hugh Masekela
3/5
Very nice
George Michael
3/5
That guitar on Faith is surprisingly country. Gets a little same-y, but hits are hits
Ozomatli
2/5
These guys were hot shit on the jam scene back in the day. Now it’s borderline cringe?
Pere Ubu
2/5
Innovative, influential, somewhat painful.
The Pogues
5/5
My horse won
Moby
1/5
The soundtrack to white privilege
The Byrds
5/5
Welcome to the revolution
Various Artists
4/5
It's the reason for the season
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Seeing Summer Breeze live changed my life
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Ding dong ding dang
Taylor Swift
2/5
Gets more compositionally boring and less emotionally convincing as it goes on. Criminal that HAIM gets the worst song on the album.
Syd Barrett
2/5
Every 60s brit musician wanted to do Vaudeville
Sonic Youth
3/5
I've listened to this so many times and it just won't click
ZZ Top
4/5
Nobody does rock minimalism as perfectly as this.
Jurassic 5
3/5
Sounds woefully wholesome these days.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Mostly forgettable.
The Smiths
2/5
Would be a good album if not for Morrissey’s voice.
T. Rex
3/5
More influence on the White Stripes than you might expect
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
5/5
Fucking rips
Eminem
4/5
M&M as a pedo serial killer just works
Scritti Politti
1/5
A whole album of 80s TV theme songs. Still no Seger
Bill Callahan
3/5
Time to put God away.
Hawkwind
2/5
LSD is a crazy drug
3/5
I appreciate the Kinks, but they never seem to put it all together on one album...
Jack White
4/5
Jack White never misses
David Ackles
2/5
Such high hopes for an album is never heard of. But it’s Neil Diamond with extra schmaltz.
The Auteurs
2/5
Probably a friend of the author?
Kate Bush
4/5
We’ve got Bush!
Al Green
4/5
Dat voice doe
Adele
3/5
Billions of Spotify plays can't be wrong! Slightly more exciting than the standard adult-contempo fare.
Green Day
4/5
Never really my thing, but I think Green Day might be a great band.
T. Rex
4/5
Glam groove
Calexico
3/5
Glad I finally gave them a chance
Eagles
3/5
Glyn Johns also thought these guys were pussies
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Undeniable. But Songs for Young Lovers is better
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
I’ll give them an extra star for being Scottish?
The Rolling Stones
3/5
RIP Brian Jones
Ice Cube
4/5
As hard as they come
Little Richard
5/5
He invented all your favorite music
John Coltrane
5/5
One of the greatest works of human creation
Quicksilver Messenger Service
4/5
My jamband ass would have loved to see this live.
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
A goddamm masterpiece. 7-7-7.
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
This is good shit
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
An incredible band and one incredible song. And some other stuff.
Sex Pistols
3/5
Aside from Lydon's voice, this shit is clean and tight
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
2/5
It's nice to have some of these old-timers on record, but this shit drags and is a c-hair from being an exercise in cringe pandering.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
The drum tone on Fantail is glorious. 5-Star album cover
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
Never heard it before. It's OK
The Smiths
2/5
So many Smiths. No Segers. Ugh.
Joy Division
2/5
I get the importance, and Ian’s voice gets better throughout, but I’m not coming back to this one
The Louvin Brothers
5/5
Blood harmonies
Badly Drawn Boy
2/5
Just the sort of derivative drivel I expect from a Mancunian.
Suzanne Vega
1/5
“Knight Moves” comes on my headphones and a finger of the monkey’s paw curls.
Janis Joplin
4/5
Overplayed and overhyped, but goddamm what a singular voice, and the production is killer.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Unbelievable
Lupe Fiasco
2/5
I liked this album at the time, but it’s boring
Public Enemy
5/5
One of the greatest works of art in American history
Randy Newman
4/5
Hilarious
King Crimson
2/5
Lukewarm Zappa. Humorless bombast
4/5
A classic for a reason
The National
2/5
Midlife angst sounds boring
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
7-7-7
Nick Drake
3/5
If Wes Anderson was an album.
Beck
4/5
Beck is good
2/5
Like T. Rex and Queen took Molly together at an EDM festival but then accidentally got locked in a porta-john overnight?
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Monkey Man puts it over the top
Van Morrison
1/5
Too lame to give a fuck
The Stooges
4/5
This shit kicks ass. Cock 7
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Some cool stuff
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Some bangers
The White Stripes
5/5
I love Jack white like a little brother
Dr. Octagon
3/5
I loved this era of weirdo rap. Highly influential to Odd Future et al
Maxwell
2/5
Starts pretty good but damn it drops off HARD
Charles Mingus
5/5
Wind me up, Chuck
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
Top drawer
Led Zeppelin
5/5
My favorite album cover as a kid
Megadeth
3/5
Some of my favorite metal, but I’m not enough of a fan to enjoy a whole album.
The Thrills
3/5
I expected this to be some euro garbage this list writer fell in love with in 7th grade, and I was right, but it’s a notch above garbage.
Arcade Fire
4/5
The were good once
5/5
Best album ever. Day in the life is the best song ever.
New Order
3/5
It’s fine
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Your mom is gonna cum
Deep Purple
3/5
Hard organ
Radiohead
5/5
The only Radiohead album I like. And I love it.
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
I never had a pager
Christina Aguilera
2/5
really testing my poptimist tendencies. Still no Seger.
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
A singular, stubborn weirdo
Radiohead
3/5
Cool shit periodically interrupted by spa music.
Patti Smith
2/5
I know this is important, and I've tried soooo many times. She seems amazing, but...
Fela Kuti
4/5
One nation under a groove
Wilco
2/5
A mid Wilco makes the list. Will Son Volt?
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
Mid. Guess this list needed some Africadabra
David Bowie
4/5
Bowie goes jamband
Talking Heads
4/5
My fave talking heads
MC Solaar
1/5
There better be 100 3rd Bass albums on this list
M.I.A.
2/5
Meh
The Jam
3/5
A nice surprise
Van Halen
4/5
Atomic Punk FTW
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Pop greatness
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
4/5
I was not familiar with the world's 4th greatest singer of all time according to the LA Times, but I'm glad to know him. Inspired a rewarding trip to YouTube.
Pulp
3/5
Snide Tom Jones having fun
Orange Juice
1/5
Robert Dimery must owe these guys money.
Queen
3/5
More rockin than the D&D titles suggest
Franz Ferdinand
2/5
After 3 songs, I thought maybe I misjudged this band back in the day. Nope.
Nick Drake
3/5
Mellow moodiness
Herbie Hancock
4/5
The album that made white college students think they could play funk
Black Sabbath
4/5
Kick ass
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Now do a song about Louis Kahn!
The Stone Roses
4/5
What are you gonna do when Maggie Thatcher destroys your future? Molly.
Bee Gees
2/5
These guys needed disco more than disco needed them
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Not bad for a Scottish band.
Beastie Boys
3/5
Bratty white parody of hip-hop has gained stature
The Who
5/5
A perfect album
Waylon Jennings
4/5
Billy Joe Shaver gets Waylon on the right track
Simple Minds
3/5
No bangers, but it turns out broadening my Simple Minds horizon was a good move.
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
grew up with this one
The Shamen
1/5
Seger deserves reparations. Zero stars.
Beatles
5/5
Planting the seeds for the future of music
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Like if Randy Newman had a stroke and lost his sense of humor.
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
People love a comeback.
Nanci Griffith
3/5
What a happy hooker song!
Steve Winwood
3/5
Heavy pitch wheel work on this bad boy. Love little Stevie
Missy Elliott
3/5
Shout out to Trump! Beyoncé ruins everything
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Bangers on bangers
Brian Wilson
3/5
Sometimes beautiful, but sad in a lot of ways
Talking Heads
4/5
Loses steam, but an undeniable classic
Animal Collective
1/5
I still don't get why hipsters fucking loved this band
The Young Rascals
3/5
A better album than expected from what I assumed was a singles band.
Guided By Voices
3/5
Some cool quick hitters.
Ride
3/5
I'm learning to appreciate shoegaze!
The Soft Boys
4/5
Another critical darling I've never given a chance. This one pays off.
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
I can see why this was influential, but it leans too heavily theatrical.
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
Love how it fucks with my head
Barry Adamson
1/5
what if a movie, but for blind people?
Chicago
5/5
Peter Cetera used to be cool
Sisters Of Mercy
2/5
Vampire fuck jamz
Burning Spear
3/5
A fine ragga album
The Monks
2/5
Hockey arena organ player on acid
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
They get better, but this is a groundbreaker
TV On The Radio
3/5
Like LCD Soundsystem with more Lou Reed
Bobby Womack
4/5
Not sure he’s demonstrating his poetry skills here, but Bobby is a legend
Black Sabbath
4/5
The black lord lives!
The Jesus And Mary Chain
1/5
What if The Beach Boys grew up inside an industrial clothes dryer?
The xx
3/5
Sensual beats.
Kings of Leon
2/5
I bet their dads loved George Thorogood.
Foo Fighters
2/5
It’s fine
Brian Eno
3/5
Brian Eno ran so Moby could trip on his dick
Emmylou Harris
4/5
Some incredible songs on this one, but a few duds too. Still, it’s Emmylou
The Cardigans
1/5
Good lord. Still no Seger.
Super Furry Animals
3/5
What if Wilco had ballz?
Jazmine Sullivan
3/5
I guess I should know about this person? She's pretty good.
Robert Wyatt
1/5
I’ll give this a one. And that’s grading on a handicap
fIREHOSE
4/5
Pretty amazing follow-up of the post-Boone Minutemen.
Radiohead
4/5
They changed the game! On the internet! The internet sucks.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Love the Lanois production. A top-5 Bob for me.
Grateful Dead
5/5
What America means to me
Aimee Mann
4/5
The queen of cynical detachment. She captured a moment, and it was great.
Billy Joel
4/5
A wonderful trip into the Joel Hoel to hang with Sgt. O'Leary, Mama Leone, Brender and Eddie and Tony et al.
Garbage
3/5
Pretty good 90s rock.
Spiritualized
4/5
Way better than I expected.
Tito Puente
5/5
Let the bodies hit the floor
Tori Amos
4/5
Pure power
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
So much production for so little spine
Terence Trent D'Arby
2/5
Dude recorded the “rain rain go away” song. But sign your name is a bop
The Band
5/5
Come on now
Fugazi
5/5
This is not a Fugazi review
The Fall
2/5
I guess I appreciate the Mark E Smith ethos
Grant Lee Buffalo
1/5
This list is comically, detrimentally 90s
Pere Ubu
3/5
Taste the beefheart
Pet Shop Boys
1/5
Fucking garbage. Still no Seger.
Femi Kuti
3/5
Nepo groovz. It’s fine.
Portishead
1/5
The soundtrack to the 90s most boring movie scenes.
Leftfield
1/5
We are all dumber for having listened to this. May god have mercy on our souls.
Culture Club
2/5
Bring back pop harmonica!
Michael Jackson
5/5
Human Nature does the heavy lifting here. Thanks Toto.
Nightmares On Wax
1/5
Another UK embarrassment.
Mercury Rev
2/5
This passes for great in some cultures. It’s fine.
Django Django
2/5
Default is a cool song
Mike Ladd
4/5
New to me, and great! Thanks, British dude from the 90s with an otherwise basic bitch taste in music!
Keith Jarrett
5/5
Hornsby's hero
Small Faces
3/5
Diminishing returns after track 4-5.
John Lee Hooker
2/5
So John Lee Hooker is a fucking beast, but this album turns him into a candy ass. You know something is wrong when Thorogood is the best pairing, but the title track with Santana is an abomination.
The Specials
2/5
I suddenly want to watch Moonraker
Talk Talk
2/5
I don’t know, kinda Peter Gabriel lite?
The Mars Volta
4/5
I think I've finally come around to the Mars Volta.
Arcade Fire
3/5
What if Bruce Springsteen lived long enough to use an iPhone?
Orbital
3/5
Techno has gone straight downhill from here
Happy Mondays
2/5
I don’t know, I listened to the new De La Soul album. 4 stars. This is probably mid.
Thin Lizzy
5/5
Leave it to the Irish to recognize the brilliance of Seger. But one song does not an album make. This English list is still pure rubbish.
Elvis Presley
5/5
Lots of filler, but the good stuff is killer.
Scott Walker
1/5
Snooze
Grateful Dead
5/5
One of the greatest folk albums ever made
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
I appreciate the DBs, but shit gets tiresome