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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
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5 | 2.4 | +2.6 |
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Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
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5 | 2.6 | +2.4 |
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Bright Flight
Silver Jews
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5 | 2.68 | +2.32 |
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KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
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5 | 2.69 | +2.31 |
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Arise
Sepultura
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5 | 2.74 | +2.26 |
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My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
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5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
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Guitar Town
Steve Earle
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5 | 2.8 | +2.2 |
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Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
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5 | 2.81 | +2.19 |
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Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
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5 | 2.82 | +2.18 |
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Gold
Ryan Adams
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5 | 2.83 | +2.17 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
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1 | 3.28 | -2.28 |
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Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
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1 | 2.5 | -1.5 |
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Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
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2 | 3.43 | -1.43 |
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
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2 | 3.42 | -1.42 |
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Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
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2 | 3.41 | -1.41 |
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Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
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2 | 3.39 | -1.39 |
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
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2 | 3.38 | -1.38 |
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
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2 | 3.38 | -1.38 |
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
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2 | 3.34 | -1.34 |
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You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
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2 | 3.32 | -1.32 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 4.8 |
| Metallica | 4 | 4.75 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 4 | 4.75 |
| Beatles | 4 | 4.75 |
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 5 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 5 |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 3 | 4.67 |
| Funkadelic | 2 | 5 |
| Beastie Boys | 2 | 5 |
| Amy Winehouse | 2 | 5 |
| Joni Mitchell | 2 | 5 |
| ABBA | 2 | 5 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 2 | 5 |
| Motörhead | 2 | 5 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 2 | 5 |
| Van Halen | 2 | 5 |
| Muddy Waters | 2 | 5 |
| Van Morrison | 2 | 5 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 2 | 5 |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 5 |
| Jane's Addiction | 2 | 5 |
| Def Leppard | 2 | 5 |
| The Doors | 2 | 5 |
| David Bowie | 7 | 4 |
| U2 | 3 | 4.33 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4.33 |
| Frank Sinatra | 3 | 4.33 |
| Madonna | 3 | 4.33 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
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| The Cure | 2, 3, 5 |
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Oasis
4/5
Excellent. 4
Sam Cooke
5/5
LOVE!!! 5
CHIC
3/5
Groovy. 3.4
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Wow. 5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Solid! 4
Radiohead
3/5
Radiohead. 3
Funkadelic
5/5
Flawless. 5
Hookworms
4/5
Awesome. 4.3
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
Great. 4.
John Coltrane
5/5
Perfect. 5
Frank Black
3/5
Cool. 3.6
David Bowie
3/5
Ok. 3.5
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
Ok. 2.5
B.B. King
4/5
Sweet. 4
Radiohead
3/5
Radiohead. 3
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Horny :) 3.5
Beck
3/5
Funky. 3.5
Magazine
4/5
Wild! 4
Lou Reed
4/5
Transformative. 4.5
Radiohead
3/5
Cool. 3
Beastie Boys
5/5
Groundbreaking. 5. RIP MCA.
Björk
4/5
Beautiful. 4.
The Undertones
3/5
Fun! 3.5
Fats Domino
4/5
Phat!! 4.5
Ray Charles
4/5
Swingin'!! 4
The Young Gods
3/5
Crazy. 3.5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Alright. 3
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Strange. 3.5
Aerosmith
4/5
Classic. 4
U2
3/5
Classic. 3.4
Saint Etienne
3/5
Sexy. 3.75
Missy Elliott
3/5
Sexy. 2.9
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Classic. 3.8
Willie Nelson
4/5
Classic. 3.8
David Bowie
4/5
Magic. 4.375.
The Auteurs
2/5
Boring. 2.
Bert Jansch
3/5
Cool. 3.25
The Cars
3/5
Classic. 3.5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Classic. 4
Steely Dan
4/5
Classic . 4.5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Ok. 3
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Dope. 4
System Of A Down
4/5
Yes!! 4.5
The Zombies
2/5
? 2
The Pogues
5/5
Genius. 5. RIP Shane.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Masterpiece. 5
Amy Winehouse
5/5
Brilliant. 5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Hope!! :) 4.5
Fiona Apple
3/5
Frowny. 3
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Revolutionary!! 5
Deep Purple
4/5
Deep. 4
Drive Like Jehu
4/5
Screeeeeeam!!! 4
James Brown
5/5
Undeniable. 5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Nope. 3
Iron Maiden
4/5
Classic. 4
American Music Club
2/5
Na. 2
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Magic. 5
Hawkwind
4/5
FUN!! 4
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
Unique. 4
Pearl Jam
4/5
Classic. 4.75
Queen Latifah
4/5
Slay. 4
Sonic Youth
5/5
Exquisite. 5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Classic. 4.85
Judas Priest
4/5
🤘 4
5/5
Masterpiece. 5
The Thrills
3/5
Sunshiney 🌞 3
TV On The Radio
3/5
Ok. 3
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Joy!! 🙂 4.9
Jurassic 5
5/5
Represent. 5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Classic. 4
Johnny Cash
4/5
Confusing. 4
Paul Simon
5/5
Beautiful. 5
Wilco
4/5
Solid. 4.5
Jerry Lee Lewis
5/5
Quintessential. 5
Metallica
4/5
Metallica. 4
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Smooth. 4
The Jam
4/5
Cool. 3.5
The Clash
5/5
Revolutionary!! 5
Metallica
5/5
🤘😝 5
The Black Crowes
5/5
Too often overshadowed by the genius of their sophomore effort, The Black Crowes' Shake Your Money Maker stands confidently alongside albums like Are You Experienced and Appetite for Destruction as one of rock's greatest debuts. Caw!! 5
The Modern Lovers
3/5
If The Doors were proto-punk vampires. 3.5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Prehistoric. 3
Alanis Morissette
4/5
The influence of Jagged Little Pill on post-pop progressive death metal cannot be overstated. 4
Cat Stevens
4/5
💙 4.5
The Clash
4/5
Punk. 4
The Byrds
3/5
Someone needs to teach these guys how to spell. 3.5
Missy Elliott
5/5
Exclusive. 5
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
Renegades!?! 3
Michael Jackson
4/5
Heee-hee!! 4
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Beautiful. 3.5
The Mars Volta
3/5
Tool meets System of a Down meets Santana meets King Crimson meets Bjork. Nice. 3.5
Neil Young
3/5
Neil. 3
The Cardigans
3/5
Dreamy. 3
Norah Jones
3/5
Smooth. 3.5
David Bowie
5/5
Insane. 5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Guy Ritchie soundtrack. 3.25
Michael Jackson
4/5
Shamone-Ah!! 4
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Perfect. 5
Al Green
3/5
Ok. 3
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Masterpiece. 5
ABBA
5/5
Fucking 💙 ABBA!! Brilliant! 5
Nick Drake
3/5
Never step into a faerie ring. 3.5
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
The Arctic Monkeys wish they were The Libertines. But pretty cool though anyway. 3.75
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Keith Moon was right...just kidding...5... obviously.
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Junky. 4.75
The Band
4/5
Classic. 4
1/5
I absolutely fucking hated this shit. 1
Koffi Olomide
5/5
I absolutely fucking loved this shit! 5
Janelle Monáe
5/5
Very Cool. 5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Is "Are You Experienced" the greatest debut album of all time? Was Jack the Ripper a sixty foot sea serpent from Scotland? Did I take this job for a quick buck? We may never know the answers to these questions... 5
David Crosby
5/5
RIP David. 5
Blur
3/5
Quirky! 3.75
Motörhead
5/5
Motorhead. 5 🤘
Pixies
4/5
Pixies. 4
Harry Nilsson
2/5
Meh. 2.5
The Human League
3/5
Totally 80's. 3.25
Les Rythmes Digitales
2/5
Ok. 2.35
Nanci Griffith
5/5
Angelic. 💙. 5
Adele
3/5
I liked this a lot better than I thought I would. 3
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Down, cool, groovy and smoothe...3.5
The Roots
5/5
Fuckin. A. 5
The United States Of America
2/5
Maybe if I was tripping. 2
1/5
I shouldn't even dignify this with a review, and I'm sure as hell not going to listen to it. Dumbest band name ever. Dumbest album title ever. It should be on a list of albums to avoid at all costs. Fuck Limp Bizkit. 1. Obviously.
Keith Jarrett
4/5
Pleasant. 4
The Kinks
3/5
Meh. 3
Wild Beasts
2/5
Ok. 2.5
Genesis
4/5
Fine vintage progressive rock. 4
MC Solaar
3/5
Oui. Tre Bien. 3.65
Bob Dylan
5/5
Perfect. 5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Classic. 5
Van Halen
5/5
How do you not open this album with Eruption>You Really Got Me? I'll never understand it. Still, another great debut. 5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Fun! 3.5
Thin Lizzy
3/5
I'm giving this a three because the songs are great and Thin Lizzy rocks. But this is not an album. In any universe. It's barely even an EP. 3
The Rolling Stones
3/5
I don't understand The Rolling Stones. 3.5
Nick Drake
3/5
Chill. 3
UB40
3/5
Reggae. 3
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
Not so much. 2.25
David Bowie
4/5
Good job, David. 4.5
Rush
4/5
The angle of the dangle is adversely proportionate to the heat of the beat. Classic prog. 4.75
3/5
I'd rather be listening to Iron Maiden. 3.5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Is this objectively great, as so many seem to think? Or is it maudlin garbage? Was Jack the Ripper a sixty foot sea serpent from Scotland? Did I take this job for a quick buck? We may never know the answers to these questions, every one of these songs sounds exactly the same, and they all make me want to drown myself in a pool. I'm only giving it a 2.5 because the poetry is pretty good.
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Cool. 3
Christina Aguilera
3/5
I think most double albums are self-congratulatory, over-reaching, pretentious and unnecessary. Back to Basics is no different. Four songs in I was giving it a five. Sexy...hot...fire. But as much as I love hearing Christina call me Daddy and beg for a spanking, the second album totally loses the plot, and wouldn't have been heard by anyone if not for its pairing with the first. And sadly, not even her planet shatteringly incredible voice can save it. 3.5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Good old Simon Garfunkel. 3.5
Beatles
4/5
Beatles. 4
CHVRCHES
2/5
Not quite. 2.5
Jane Weaver
3/5
I dug these mellow grooves. 3
D'Angelo
2/5
Not sure, but I don't think so... 2.5
Prince
5/5
Violet precipitation. Cinco. That means you too.
The Cure
2/5
...and yet, I still feel sick...🥴...2
Cowboy Junkies
5/5
One of the few albums I will totally forgive for being incredibly cover heavy, The Trinity Session was a game changer for me. A true masterpiece and contender for greatest debut album of all time, the fact that this trend defying gem was released at the height of the hair metal craze gives it legit punk credentials. And Margot has the voice of an angel. Unquestionably a 5.
R.E.M.
3/5
Everybody Hurts is one of the worst musical crimes ever committed. And this is by no means my favorite REM album. But it's a solid effort. 3.1
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
Wow. Five CD's and all of it great. Incredible. Loved listening to this. 5
Parenthetically, not considering CD number 6, cuz no vocals and wtf 🥴
Fela Kuti
4/5
Groovy!! Needs more drumz though 😋
4.75
The Killers
3/5
I like The Killers. 3
Muddy Waters
5/5
Indeed. 5
The The
3/5
So so. 3
Motörhead
5/5
Nothing like the thought of amorous lizards to get my blood pumping 😝🤘. 5
The War On Drugs
3/5
Pleasant, mellow, liquid grooves...but didn't quite grab me ... 3
Green Day
5/5
Perfect hip hop magic. 5
The Beta Band
2/5
Not what I expected. Not impressed. 2.5
The Jam
3/5
When the still sea conspires an armor
And her sullen and aborted
Currents breed tiny monsters
True sailing is dead.
3
Living Colour
5/5
A breath of fresh air in a world of big hair. 5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
If ABBA went to space... 3
Hugh Masekela
3/5
Good. But didn't quite get me. 3
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Not the biggest Meetwood Flac fan, but there's no denying this one. I'll even forgive Christine for Oh Daddy 🤢. 5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Play that funky music white boy!! 3
The Beta Band
3/5
Liked this a lot more than the last Beta Band album we got, but still not completely on board. 3
The Prodigy
3/5
I guess this is good for what it is, but I'm not really into it...3.
Television
3/5
Classic. Influential. But not my favorite thing. 3.5
New York Dolls
5/5
This is great rock-'n'-roll. 5
Scott Walker
2/5
What in the actual fuck?!? I'll show mercy and withhold the one rating, considering how absurd and hilarious this is...🥴...2.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Slay Queen. 5
Fela Kuti
5/5
Fela. 5
Kate Bush
4/5
Everything But The Girl
4/5
I dig these mellow grooves. 4
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Great album, but the Pumpkins have yet to earn a five from me. 4.5
The Undertones
4/5
Fun! 4
MGMT
3/5
Cool...I guess... doesn't really do it for me...3
Parliament
4/5
Parliament is funky as hell...but they're no Don Simmons. 4.75
Van Morrison
5/5
A true piece of mastery. 5
Billy Bragg
4/5
Good not great. Like not love. 4
William Orbit
3/5
Ok. 3
John Lennon
4/5
I am the walrus. 4
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Ministry
5/5
Undeniable. 5
Underworld
3/5
This isn't really my thing, and the fact that it came out in 1996 but still makes me feel old and out of touch makes me feel even older and out of toucher...but I guess it's alright...3
Sabu
3/5
Thought I would enjoy this more than I did. 3
Nas
5/5
First time listening to Nas. Good shit. 5
The Avalanches
4/5
This was fun. 4
Kanye West
5/5
Not all that glitters is gold but stack your money to the sky. Whatever Kanye. And let me be clear. Fuck this guy. But I feel like this is an objectively great album. So 5.
Suicide
3/5
Weird. Not horrible. Not my favorite thing. I'll be generous. 3
Joy Division
2/5
Nope. 2
Count Basie & His Orchestra
5/5
Hard to argue with that. 5
Songhoy Blues
5/5
I enjoyed listening to this music. 5
Ice Cube
5/5
Awesome. Now I won't have to use my AK today. 5
ABBA
5/5
Perfection. Absolute joy. God bless ABBA!! 5
OutKast
3/5
I've never understood why this was so big. I just don't get it. 3
R.E.M.
4/5
Classic REM. 4
Beck
3/5
I enjoyed listening to these mellow grooves. 3
Fred Neil
2/5
I've got your secret green cocaine dolphin right here!!! 2
Justice
4/5
This made me want to shake my booty. So I did. 4
Bad Brains
5/5
That is what I am talking about. 5
Beastie Boys
5/5
They named this album after my boutique. Ill. 5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Another 5 for Credence!!
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Bob. 5
The Sonics
4/5
Gee whiz, these mother fuckers can certainly play that rock -n-roll...4.5
Buzzcocks
4/5
Cock buzzing goodness. 4
The Smiths
4/5
Fairly ashamed that I've never heard this album before. It's great. Falls short of a five for me, though. Not big on the title track. 4.5
Nine Inch Nails
5/5
This both totally appropriate for where I'm at right now and the last thing I should be listening to...but a great album nonetheless...5
Solomon Burke
4/5
BURKE!!!! 4
Traffic
4/5
Chill grooves for my Wednesday...kind of boring though...4
Brian Eno
3/5
Interesting. Weird. Not bad. 3.25
Pretenders
5/5
Chrissie Hynde is a Goddess. Capital G. Great Friday record. BIG 5.
Pink Floyd
5/5
A 5 for the Pinkest of Floyd's!!
Stevie Wonder
3/5
This didn't quite get me there. 3
The Residents
2/5
If there was an early 70's version of Primus, but not as fun or interesting. Kind of liked Bach is Dead, though...2.25
The Verve
4/5
Other than Bittersweet Symphony, I went into this totally cold. Brit Pop, innit? Very much enjoyed it. 4
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Solid. 4
Stan Getz
5/5
Remember that one time...when we were doing the album generator thing...and Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd was the album...and it was a Monday...and all of a sudden it was cool jazz Monday? That was awesome. 5
Ice Cube
4/5
Ice Cube is indeed in the motherfucking house. 4
The Cure
3/5
Suspiciously drum heavy effort from these pioneers of Scottish samba funk. I liked this better than the last Cure album we got, but still waiting for the really good stuff. 3.65
Crowded House
3/5
Neil Finn is the antichrist. 3
Santana
5/5
Carlos!! 5
Sade
5/5
For your information, my Nigerian goddess, Chicago is not on the coast and there is no R in your name. That being said, Diamond Life is a unique masterpiece of smooth jazz pop, and I LOVE it!! 5
Cornershop
3/5
Only knew the hit going into this. It was interesting. 3
The Libertines
5/5
I think this album is objectively awesome, but The Libertines get 5's all around for being one of the coolest bands ever anyway. So 5.
Jungle Brothers
3/5
Decent. Nothing mind blowing. 3.5
Wilco
5/5
Wilco. 5
Arcade Fire
5/5
Not necessarily my favorite thing, but credit where credit is due... this is a great album. 5
Japan
2/5
Had me. Lost me. But for what it's worth, kudos for the pre-80's eighties sound. 2
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Good job Neil. 4.5
Cypress Hill
3/5
Didn't like this nearly as much as I thought I would, but a good album just the same. 3.75
Metallica
5/5
Been listening to this since I was fourteen. It never gets old. I still remember the exact moment I first heard Metallica as if it were yesterday. Master of Puppets. Truly undeniable. One of modern music's greatest achievements, across all genres, and as far as greatest metal albums are concerned, only Slayer's Reign in Blood even comes close to this true masterpiece. There isn't a high enough number. Rest in power Cliff Burton.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Pure love. 5
Ute Lemper
5/5
Kinda sorta loved this. Five for originality. Five for chanteusery. And a big five for the line, "if sex were an Olympic sport we'd have won the gold". 5
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
If David Bowie and T. Rex made me want to kill myself. 2
Sparks
5/5
Whatever this is, I love it!! 5
Yes
5/5
The angle of the dangle is adversely proportionate to the heat of the beat. Classic prog. 5
Ray Charles
5/5
Go ahead. Give Ray Charles less than a five. I fucking DARE you!! 5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
😐. 3. Barely.
Sepultura
5/5
Hell. Yeah. 5
Joe Ely
3/5
This is a fine album. But I have not clue one as to what about it necessitates interaction with my ears prior to my demise. 3
Tears For Fears
4/5
The saxophone. One of a gazillion reasons why the 80's is my favorite musical decade. Love the alligator mouth trio of Broken>Head Over Heels>Broken. But not quite a five, I'm afraid. 4.5
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
More props than Arsenio Hall, you say? On point!
Taylor Swift
2/5
Post 80's top 40 pop music absolutely sucks. "Take On Me" by Ah-Ha is better than anything Taylor Swift ever did. 2. (Feeling generous)
Julian Cope
3/5
I can't decide whether to give this a 4 or a high 3. I liked it, though.
Skunk Anansie
3/5
This was totally new to me. Never even heard of it. Not bad. 3
Neil Young
4/5
Good job, Neil. 4
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Incomprehensibly depressing. Wish I could give it a three for the poetry, but I just can't do it. Ugh...2
Public Enemy
5/5
Cold chillin' in effect!! Saw PE open for U2. It was awesome. Another game changer for me. 5
Various Artists
5/5
Is this album proof that a murderer with bad hair can't be all that bad? Was Jack the Ripper a sixty foot sea serpent from Scotland? Did I take this job for a quick buck? We may never know the answer to these questions. That being said, this is the definition of a masterpiece, my favorite Christmas music, hands down, and Darlene Love is an angel. 5
Can
3/5
Cool. Interesting. Ahead of it's time. 3.75
Meat Loaf
5/5
Paradise By the Dashboard Light is one of the greatest rock n roll songs ever recorded, and this is a great album. 5
Nirvana
4/5
Don't know about this one. Hard to see. Obviously great. Original. Influential. Can't pull the trigger on a five, though. 4
The Coral
2/5
Nah. 2
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Dig Dinosaur Jr. But this didn't really do it for me. 3
Iggy Pop
2/5
I dig Iggy Pop, but I did not like this and I didn't think it was very good and I don't think it belongs on the list. 2
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Am I the only one who thinks that Siouxsie sounds like Geddy Lee? This wasn't my favorite thing, but gets points for originality. 3
Cyndi Lauper
5/5
80's pop meets punk new wave. Cyndi Lauper
makes it her own. SO much fun listening to this! What a voice!! BIG 5!!
Tom Waits
5/5
Tom Waits is an American treasure. The throat clearing on Frank's Wild Years alone is enough for me to give this masterpiece of beautiful weirdness a five. LOVE!! 5
Marty Robbins
3/5
Lay still, Lenore, I'm coming? Big iron, indeed! 3.5
Death In Vegas
3/5
I liked this. All over the place and all good stuff. 3.75
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Good job, Neil. 5
Frank Zappa
5/5
Finally some Zappa!! 5
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
I don't even know what to say about this. Not remotely what I expected. Liked it quite a bit, actually. Thought most of the music was really good. Points, as always, for being eclectic. The in-between dj stuff got a little old, though. 3.85
Nico
3/5
I love Nico. And I love These Days. But I didn't love this album. I wanted to love it. But I only liked it. And only a little. 3
Le Tigre
4/5
Le Tiger is cool. 4
Adele
3/5
Didn't like this as much as the other Adele we got, but still think she's cool. 3
Crosby, Stills & Nash
5/5
Classic. 5
Jane's Addiction
5/5
Classic. 5
Ray Price
3/5
This was pleasant to listen to. Until it wasn't. Every artist should be required to include a cheesy intro on every album they record. 3
The Electric Prunes
3/5
I gotta have more harpsichord!! Classic psychedelia. 3
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
5/5
Classic. 5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
The Chili Peppers pretty much lost me after Mother's Milk (which damn well better be on the list because it's a fucking masterpiece). Blood Sugar Sex Magic was great, but I could see the direction they were going and it didn't interest me. I just find most of post BSSM Peppers to be boring. Californication, not unlike their live performance, rocks for a few seconds, but then settles into an hour plus of mild funk and weird ballads. No thanks. 3
King Crimson
4/5
Cool. Weird. But not necessarily my cup of juice. But genius nonetheless. 4
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
I'm plenty down with hot metal and methadrine, but this isn't really my thing. I suppose it's alright for what it is, though. Goth? 3
Stephen Stills
4/5
First time hearing this. Cool. Groovy. 4
Elvis Presley
3/5
Not sure if this was worth interrupting my satanic death metal Friday, but I guess it's ok. It is The King, after all. And I never knew that true love travelled on a gravel road, so that's something. Guess I'll be moving to the country...but I digress. 3.65
Black Sabbath
5/5
Great album. 5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Solid effort for a debut, but nothing really memorable here. 3
5/5
Wish these guys were still around...need them now more than ever. 5
Supergrass
5/5
Can't find anything wrong here. Lotsa fun. 5
ZZ Top
5/5
Classic classic rock. 5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Obviously, Stevie Wonder is a genius. Obviously, this album is a masterpiece. And obviously I'm giving it a five. But this album generator has taught me something I am somewhat surprised to learn. I'm just not that into Stevie Wonder. Weird.
Charles Mingus
5/5
YES!!! 5
The Vines
3/5
Good not great. Like not love. 3.5
Love
3/5
Rock n Roll for lonely hobbits. 3
David Bowie
4/5
Bowie. 4
OutKast
3/5
I get that this is good. I get that it's unique. I liked a few tracks, like Bombs Over Baghdad. Otherwise, I still don't get it. I'm just not an Outkast fan, I guess. 3.5
Finley Quaye
3/5
I liked this. It was fun. 3.7
Dr. John
5/5
Oh yeah. Dig that swampy gumbo. 5
Femi Kuti
5/5
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The Smiths
5/5
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Elvis Costello
3/5
Elvis Costello is cool. But kind of boring. 3
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Is this fool trying to be a 90's version of Scott Walker? Keep dreamin' buddy!! I'm giving this a four because it's so weird and out of the box for something recorded in 1996. And I didn't hate it. 4.
Madness
3/5
Had to go to YouTube because for some reason Spotify only has a three song EP version of this? Get your shit together Spotify! And then practically every song was interrupted by ads? Get your shit together YouTube!! Solid album, though. Our House gets a five, but the entire package lands just shy of 4. 3.7
Roni Size
2/5
NOT my thing. 2.3
Blur
3/5
Meh. 3
Talking Heads
5/5
My head also speaks. 5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Open any dictionary and look up the definition of the word masterpiece. It will say, "see Joni Mitchell's 'Blue'". 5
Todd Rundgren
5/5
I guessed the most sounds!! I win!! Ha Ha!! 5
Frank Sinatra
5/5
I have to be in a particular place to appreciate Sinatra, and since I don't drink anymore, I'm never in that place. But I actually enjoyed this. Even more than the Rundgren. 5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Die hard, old school Springsteen Heads might call Born in the USA a sellout. Ignore them.
How great is this album? It's biggest hit, Dancing in the Dark, was an afterthought, written in a matter of hours, after the album was already complete, because Springsteen's manager wanted a single.
The title track was originally recorded with an acoustic guitar and a four track for the Nebraska album but didn't make the cut. Springsteen shows up at the studio one day with a new arrangement, shows it to the band, and they nail it on the first take.
Darlington County was the soundtrack to my middle school spring break trips, rolling past the flat empty cornfields of southern Illinois.
Glory Days was the soundtrack to my senior summer.
Downbound Train - "Now I work down at the carwash, where all it ever does is rain". Damn.
Bruce Springsteen is an American treasure, and Born in the USA, perhaps his crowning achievement, is a masterpiece of classic American Rock -n- Roll. A perfect album.
I too learned more from a three minute record than I ever learned in school. No retreat baby. No surrender.
Pixies
3/5
Overrated. 3
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
This was like listening to The Rolling Stones, but then Elvis suddenly bursts through Mick's chest to sing one, but then T-Rex clubs Elvis over the head and grabs the mic for a couple, and then I guess... rockabilly? This is good rock-'n'-roll, but I'm not hearing anything overly special here. Chaka Khan. 3
Brian Eno
5/5
Today I am a grumpy old man full of fuck you punk rock energy, so I was not expecting to enjoy this as much as I did. REALLY good stuff. 5
Steve Winwood
3/5
Not sure about this one. Per Yoda, difficult to see. I'm going with 3.
Fatboy Slim
2/5
I did not enjoy this album, and I don't know how anybody could. The exception being Praise You, I think this actually belongs on a list of albums to avoid listening to because it could result in your death. 2
Queen
4/5
I love this band and I enjoyed this album. 4
N.E.R.D
3/5
"Her ass is a spaceship I want to ride." Awesome. 3.75
Van Morrison
5/5
Yay Van!! 5
Goldie
3/5
I found the beats to be jarring and dissonant, but I enjoyed the dreamy vocals and spacey synthesizers, as well as the more soulful, jazzy stuff. There is music on this album. Take note, Fatboy. 3
Funkadelic
5/5
Can't say enough about this one so I won't say anything. 5
Johnny Cash
5/5
I met Johnny Cash once. In Utah. He was hitchhiking. I picked him up. We smoked cigarettes and talked about Bigfoot and I dropped him off at a little honky tonk just west of the salt flats. Just kidding. 5
Kanye West
3/5
Kanye West has nothing on KRS-One. Nothing. 3
Massive Attack
3/5
Ignoring the absolute musical crime that closes this album, I liked the cool, chill, mellow grooves...but not as much as I thought I would. 3.1
k.d. lang
5/5
First time hearing this. Loved it. What a voice! 5
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
Jefferson Airplane is not my favorite late sixties psychedelic bay area rock band. In fact, they're not even my favorite Jefferson Airplane. I listen to Jefferson Starship and Starship way more often. But this is a solid album. White Rabbit obviously a masterpiece and Embryonic Journey is pure beauty love. 3.7
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
My experience listening to this album I can only describe as pleasant. 3.8
Gene Clark
2/5
I could have done without this. That's fifty one minutes and twenty one seconds of my life I'll never retrieve. How do you fuck up "Stand by Me"? Puzzled as to how this makes the list. But I guess it might make a good soundtrack to a suicide. 2
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Somebody recommend this album to Gene Clark. This is how it's done, Gene. I imagine Springsteen sitting on the edge of his bed in a T-shirt and jeans, with his acoustic guitar, harmonica, and four track, the only light in the room coming in through the window on a late afternoon in the fall. Except it's Nebraska outside instead of Jersey. There's not much more you really need to know about great American rock-'n'-roll. 5
Elastica
3/5
I like Elastica. 3.3
The Cure
5/5
Now we're talkin! Following a masterpiece with a masterpiece, 1989's Disintegration was a return to form for The Cure, after 1987's overtly pop flavored Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me won them wider popularity with the help of MTV favorite Just Like Heaven, a perfect song if ever there was one. Disintegration was The Cure's peak. Their Black Album without the sellout aspect. Great stuff. 5
The Police
4/5
Despite "Every Breath You Take" being one of the greatest musical crimes ever committed to tape, I went into this prepared to give it a five. Then I heard "Mother" and that was that. Great album, though. 4
Supergrass
4/5
Another solid effort from these guys. Very little not to like here. 4
Brian Eno
3/5
Third Eno so far...not as good as the other two. 3
Fairport Convention
2/5
I'll quote Butthead on this one. "What the hell is this crap?" A French Bob Dylan cover? Only Charlotte Gainsbourg is allowed to do that. I really tried to put my "objective listener" hat on for this, but I was already in a grumpy mood going in and suffering through this oddity didn't help any. And although my one dimensional nature did allow me to appreciate the one mild rocker found here, and one other song that was pretty cool (Who Knows Where the Time Goes ?) (Who knows how this album made the list?) I must throw down a big fat 2 for my review. Sorry not sorry Fairport. 2
Elliott Smith
3/5
This was not nearly as depressing as I thought it would be, so I guess that's a good thing. 3
Radiohead
2/5
Ok, ok. I get it. Everything Radiohead ever did is great. Thom Yorke's shit smells like rainbows. Johnny Greenwood plays guitar better than Jesus. Whatever. If it weren't for "I Might Be Wrong" and "Knives Out" I would have hated this. How is any of this incomprehensible mess worthy of a greatest list? I had to listen to The Bends just to rinse the taste out of my ears. The other Radiohead albums the list has sent me so far (Hail to the Thief, Kid A, and In Rainbows) I thought were good, solid albums, even if I did question their necessity. But I'm afraid Amnesiac is a bridge too far. 2
Serge Gainsbourg
4/5
This was partly kind of what I expected and partly not what I expected at all. Liked it more than I thought I would. 4
The Style Council
3/5
Not bad. 3
10cc
2/5
Boring. Unremarkable. 2
Beatles
5/5
Another clinic in songwriting from the greatest rock-'n'-roll band of all time. 5
The White Stripes
4/5
A lot to like here. I particularly liked "As Ugly As I Seem" and "I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet). Neil Young all over that shit! 4
The Beach Boys
5/5
Perfect. Genius. Magic. Masterpiece. 5
The Pharcyde
3/5
Wanted to like this more than I did. Just got too repetitive. 3
The Black Keys
3/5
The Black Keys are a good band and this is a good album. But I never understood the fascination and I don't get why they're on this list. 3
The Temptations
5/5
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Beatles
5/5
This album is so great I even love the slow ones 😋. Every sound on this album is perfect. Even Ringo's tune is perfect. Maybe the silence between I Want You (She's So Heavy) and Here Comes the Sun could be just a skosh longer, otherwise this is a perfect album. It is my favorite Beatles album. Paul's bass on Mean Mr. Mustard sounds like grunge twenty years ahead of it's time. You Never Give Me Your Money always makes me cry. Two songs begin with the words Here Comes the Sun. And that medley is top tier desert island shit. Masterpiece does not even cover it. There isn't a high enough number.
Foo Fighters
4/5
Not a HUGE Foo Fighters fan, but respect the hell out of them, and just genuinely love Dave Grohl's story. I really enjoyed this and thought it was maybe even almost kinda great. 4.5
Billy Joel
5/5
My love for Billy Joel runs deep, Glass Houses being one of the first records I ever wore out, You May Be Right being one of my first lessons in rock-'n'-roll. The Stranger is another in a long list of examples of his genius. I fail to recall at what point in my life I came to memorize every word of Only The Good Die Young, but it definitely happened at some point, and it was a joy to realize. And honestly, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant is such a great song, I'd probably give this a five even if the eight remaining tracks were garbage. But if course, no. Movin' Out, Just the Way You Are, She's Always A Woman. Ridiculous, really. Was he listening to Eagles when he wrote Everybody Has A Dream? And will somebody PLEASE bring back the fucking saxophone?!?! 5
The B-52's
5/5
The B-52's are high in the running for most fun band ever!! What is the aqua velva? And Fred Schneider absolutely has to do a covers album of metal songs, starting with Slayer's Angel of Death! Shout out to the musical hot bed, Athens Georgia while we're at it! 5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
This album played a pivotal role in my re-discovery of Bob Marley as SO much more than just another collection of songs on a greatest hits compilation. I was on mescaline. Or was it mushrooms? Difficult to see. The title track, Natural Mystic, Heathen, So Much Things to Say...deep, HEAVY shit. Not to mention the several greatest hits. Bob's lyrics and music are sacred and infinite and Exodus might be his best. 5
U2
5/5
Achtung Baby, it's promotion, and the ensuing Zoo TV tour were flagrant and seemingly proud declarations that U2 are the biggest sellouts in the history of rock-'n'-roll. "Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief. All kill their inspiration and sing about the grief." That should be Bono's epitaph. How do you go from opposing Apartheid South Africa to "I'd join the movement if there was one I could believe in"? Apartheid is still happening, and worse. Crickets from Bono and U2. And how do you write songs like Bullet the Blue Sky, Where the Streets Have No Name, and I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For and then take meetings with war criminals? But if you can somehow forget about all of that... and just objectively listen to Achtung Baby as an album of music, it is pretty great. I hated it the first time I heard it. Not only because of the above mentioned moral and ethical concerns, but because it was such a jarring departure for U2 musically. It took me years to warm to it, and listening to it again I realize I don't care about it enough to really revisit it much. But it is a great album. So 5.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Original and weird is almost always a good thing, and Nick Cave is no exception. Good, but not great. 3
The Yardbirds
4/5
Blues, weirdness, psychedelia...much to dig here...but can't quite get to a five on this one. 4.5
George Harrison
5/5
In a nutshell (pardon the pun), throughout his time with The Beatles, George Harrison was edging and All Things Must Pass is the resulting glorious load. Pure magic from front to back, ATMP completely shatters my theory that double albums are never worthy of a five star rating, and that yes even a fucking TRIPLE album, as it was originally released, can be perfect under the right circumstances and when created by the proper genius. Thanx George! BIG 5! And a GREAT album cover!
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Forgot what a great album this is. Bittersweet memories though. Long story. 5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
This is a great album, but I can't give it a five. I've always had trouble with Sir Paul's cheesy side, and Bluebird just totally kills the potential for perfection here. Probably a couple of other tracks too, if I'm being honest. But as I said, a great album full of unique hits and the title track is one of the best examples of Macca's true genius as a songwriter. 4.8
Metallica
5/5
The small town where I grew up didn't have a record store. It had a photo store that also sold records, CD's and cassettes. When The Black Album was released in the summer of 1991 I was the first person in town to own it. I was waiting at the photo shop when it arrived, and the woman who owned the place handed it to me right out of the box. CD AND cassette. My friend Bill was doing carpentry work on a house around the corner and when I gave him the news as I headed back to my car, he literally dropped his hammer in mid swing and took off down the sidewalk, tool belt and all. He was probably the second person to own it.
But as excited as I was to hear the new album from my favorite band, I'd seen MTV's world premier video for Enter Sandman weeks before and I new what I was in for. Metallica was no longer my band. They were everybody's.
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has been known to say, "yeah we sellout. Every place we play". Respect. But this avoids answering the question. And the answer is yes. The Black Album is, not unlike U2's Achtung Baby, a deliberate effort to change the sound of their music in order to appeal to a larger, more mainstream audience. This point is not debatable. If you want proof, just watch A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica.
Concerning the new direction Metallica took with The Black Album, I will just say this. They didn't need to change their sound. They still would have been the biggest band in the world. And if The Black Album had been produced by Flemming Rasmussen instead of Bob Rock and if Cliff Burton hadn't died, today's world would be a very different place.
But, like Def Leppard's Hysteria, Red Hot Chili Pepper's Blood Sugar Sex Magic, and the above mentioned U2 situation, The Black Album is not just a sellout, it is also a GREAT album. It's influence on 90's metal cannot be overstated, and the fact that Metallica was pretty much single handedly responsible for thrash metal's eventual mainstream acceptance is a gargantuan achievement, and one that should be honored.
Despite the manufactured appeal, and the fact that I just don't think My Friend of Misery measures up to the rest of the album, I'm giving this a five. Honestly, I think every pre-load Metallica album deserves a five. 5
Little Richard
5/5
LOVE old school rock-'n'-roll!! Architect indeed! 5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
Solid effort. Lenny's cool. But kinda boring. Mr. Cab Driver sticks out. 3
Alice In Chains
4/5
Unique harmonies. Solid album. Fairly heavy rotation for me back in 1993. Never liked Rooster, but it was good hearing a lot of these songs for the first time in many years. 4
The Go-Go's
5/5
Yet another reason to love the 80's. Power pop, pop-punk, punk-pop, garage rock... whatever you wanna call it, the Go Go's did it as well as anyone. Yet another one of the first records I owned (I was 8 in 1981), Beauty and the Beat might be a perfect album. It's punk sensibility made it unique among it's early 80's peers, it's influence on women in rock cannot be over stated, and it is high in the running for greatest ever debut album. Plus, it's just endlessly catchy and listenable from front to back, like forever and ever amen...5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
This was one of the strangest experiences I've ever had listening to an album. Full disclosure, Relax was not one of my favorite 80's tunes, and this is my first listen to the rest of the album. Some of it was what I expected, and some of it wasn't what I expected at all, but all of it was pretty cool. Crazy covers. Springsteen?!? Totally unexpected. And that San Jose song was just bizarre. Good stuff. 3.75
Boards of Canada
4/5
If you slowed down Pink Floyd and made it techno. Or gave Alice some acid and a turntable and a beat machine. Reminds me of Amon Tobin. Not the biggest techno guy...or whatever we're calling this... electronic? But if I'm going to dig it, chances are it's going to be mellow and trippy, like most of this is. I enjoyed this. It was chill but kept me interested. 4
Pulp
3/5
"And you dance and drink and screw because there's nothing else to do." This is my new philosophy of life. Not much different from the old one 🥴. I liked this. 3
Miles Davis
5/5
Can't argue with that. 5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Gonna go ahead and call this one The Great Depression. It's great, but hella depressing. 4
Lupe Fiasco
5/5
Chi Town in the house!! Anybody who references Jerry Garcia and calls out the Israeli Occupation is gonna get a lot of love from me, but even forgetting all that (and the rediculously long and completely unnecessary outro), this is a really great album. Socially conscious, soulful funkiness, great beats but also great music...my favorite kind of hip hop...and a shout out to Jill Scott while we're at it. 5
N.W.A.
5/5
One of the most important, influential and necessary albums ever. And although I object to certain lyrics, I've gotta give this a five. Just undeniable, unapologetic, fuck you energy genius. See the movie. 5
Wire
3/5
Good ole New York punk rock-'n'-roll. Some of this I loved, some was just ok. 3.5
5/5
Wam Bam Thank you Mam! God bless David Bowie. The Ziggy Stardust riff is one of the greatest in rock history. Great stuff. 5
Moby
4/5
I thought this was supposed to be about whales?!? Call me Ishmael. Anyway, I liked this WAY better than the book. 4
The Divine Comedy
3/5
More wonderful weirdness from The Divine Comedy! Liked Cassanova better, but props again for being such a unique thing in the late 90's. 3.25
Dolly Parton
3/5
Dolly is awesome, but I'm not sure about this one.
Mercury Rev
3/5
This reminded me of The Flaming Lips, Pink Floyd and The Polyphonic Spree. Very much enjoyed it. 3.5
Queen
4/5
LOVE that Queen guitar sound!! 4
Nick Drake
3/5
Pleasant. Quite pleasant indeed. 3.4
Grateful Dead
5/5
Bout fuckin time!! Any doubts about The Grateful Dead's genius were laid to rest with the release of Workingmen's Dead and American Beauty. Essentially a double album, and the cornerstone for all subsequent Americana, their importance and influence cannot be overstated. Although I always thought that "Til The Morning Comes" could have been a different and or better song, American Beauty is pretty much a perfect album, the best example of that perfection being my all time favorite song ever, "Ripple". Brokedown Palace, Box of Rain, Friend of the Devil, Truckin. All perfection. I could go on. But I'm tired. 5
Jane's Addiction
5/5
Yet another of rock's greatest debuts. 5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Interesting. Strange. Fun. RIP Brian Wilson 😔 4
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Good to see Tracy on the list! (We are on a first name basis.) Shame on me for never listening to this album before. Other than the first two tracks, of course. I liked it. It was good. But if I'm being honest, it was a scosh underwhelming. Solid debut, though, for sure. 3.65
Led Zeppelin
5/5
I kept telling Jimmy, I said, "Jimmy, 'Stairway' has to close out the album," and he was all like, "na, man. 'When the Levee Breaks'." And then I was like "Jimmy! 'Rock n Roll should be track number one! Obviously!" And he was all, 'Na, man. Black Dog, Black Dog." Whatever. Just makes me wonder. And if the forests are echoing with laughter you probably picked the wrong kind of mushrooms. 5
Shuggie Otis
3/5
Like not love. Good not great. 3.2
Todd Rundgren
3/5
I think I'm learning that I'm not a big Rundgren fan. But his genius can't be denied, nor can the beautiful weirdness. 3.7
Brian Eno
3/5
I'm digging Brian Eno. 3.75
Coldplay
3/5
Pretty much what I expected. Not a big fan of these guys. 3
Eminem
1/5
George Carlin once said, "I can prove to you that rape is funny. Picture Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd". Whether this offends me or not, at least I can tell it's a joke. Is Eminem coming from the same place when he raps about raping a fifteen year old girl after slipping her a roofie? And what does it say that it isn't exactly clear? I'm just asking questions. Anyway, I thought I would be giving this a high rating, even if only for the music and the technic, but no. When the lyrics aren't intentionally disgusting and offensive, they're mostly sophomoric and stupid. I didn't think the music was that great, and too many of the songs started sounding the same. Maybe Eminem's delivery is groundbreaking and great, but it feels wasted among the childish vulgarity. Unless I'm missing something. 1
Linkin Park
2/5
The more "nu" metal I listen to the more I appreciate the fact that I spent the last half of the 90's and most of the noughties listening to pretty much nothing but The Grateful Dead, Phish and Widespread Panic. I was actually surprised by how much I disliked this. "IS THERE NO STANDARD ANYMOOOORE?!!?" 2
Ms. Dynamite
4/5
More of this, please and thank you, ma'am!! Hip hop, r&b, jazz, saxophone, acoustic guitar. And WAY better than Eminem. Love it! 4
Buena Vista Social Club
5/5
This was an absolute joy to listen to. I never thought I'd give a five star rating to a Japanese metal band, but there it is! 5
Björk
5/5
I wasn't really in the mood for this - been listening to a lot of Iron Maiden and Sepultura - but I absolutely loved this entire album! I love the way she growls! Total freak in the best way possible. Quirky, crazy genius! 5
Sex Pistols
5/5
Is this the Greatest debut of all time? Was Jack the Ripper a sixty foot sea serpent from Scotland? Did I take this job for a quick buck? We may never know the answer to these questions. 5
Amy Winehouse
5/5
Member of the 27 club, heiress to the A&W Rootbeer fortune, and one of the greatest voices of her generation. This album sounds like it came from a different era. Amazing. 5
The Charlatans
4/5
I will ignore how much these guys sound like Oasis because I like this album and I think it's pretty good. 4
Also, is the Baby Shark soundtrack on this list? Because it goddamn well better be!
Electric Light Orchestra
5/5
This all started sounding the same after a while, but I gotta give 'em credit... pretty much a masterpiece. 5
Arcade Fire
4/5
For some reason I find myself shying away from Arcade Fire. Like, for some reason I feel like I don't like them, or I'm not going to like them, or I don't want to like them, or I shouldn't like them, but then whenever I hear them I can't deny that they seem to be pretty great and that I think I kind of like them. But the final track lost the five rating for me. So close. 4.75
Guns N' Roses
5/5
Greatest debut ever? Top ten for sure. Maybe top five. Bought this cassette along with Megadeth's "So Far So Good So What". There was a HUGE explicit lyrics sticker on the Megadeth tape and a little tiny one on the GnR tape, so I decided to listen to GnR on the car ride home, along with my entire family, and my grandma. Two songs in the f bombs start flying. Thanx Axle. 5
5/5
I dig War, but was pleasantly surprised by how good this album is and how much I enjoyed it. 5
The Who
4/5
Daaa Who! 4
Paul Simon
3/5
What is special about this? I think my love of Paul Simon begins and ends with Graceland, Rhythm of the Saints, and the stuff he did with his stoner buddy. Great lyrics here, but that's expected with Paul Simon. This shit is boring and too much 80's soundtrack cheese. 3
Elvis Presley
4/5
Don't get me wrong, Elvis is great. He's Elvis, for fucks sake. But the sappy ballads on this album are shite, and the rest of it is just good old fashioned rockabilly. Nothing wrong with it, but I'd rather listen to Ike Turner, Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, or Little Richard. Can't give this a five, or a three. So four it is, even though I'm not sure it's deserving. 4
David Bowie
3/5
Not sure about this one, David. Only one track makes my Bowie playlist, and it seemed kind of all over the place. Still pretty good, just not great, and a little curious about whether or not it belongs on the list. 3.25
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
With a few exceptions, I've never been a big Elvis Costello fan. Just noticing that he kind of sounds like Joe Strummer. 3
Prince
4/5
P to the R to the ince! U go purple one! I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man is SUCH a great song! 4.5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Finding out that Come on Eileen was basically a sellout for these guys doesn't make me love it any less. And I like this album as well. 3.5
Van Halen
5/5
Van Halen's peak. RIP Eddie. 5
Beatles
5/5
"People that don't like The Beatles are fucking idiots." - Noel Gallagher 5
Bebel Gilberto
4/5
I liked this. 4
Black Sabbath
5/5
The birth of heavy metal. Thanx guys. Rock on, Ozzy. 5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
I liked this. 3.75
Can
3/5
Liked the last one better. 3
Simply Red
4/5
Holding Back the Years didn't really do it for me back in 1985, when I was a twelve year old metal head. But that song has aged well, and I loved the rest of the album. Great Talking Heads cover. 4
Antony and the Johnsons
3/5
This was weird. And beautiful. And depressing. 3.75
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
The last artist on this list to use a theramin I forgot to give props. So props for the theramin. This was like a trippy message from another dimension, but then it just kept repeating. 3.5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Damn right there's freight trains in heaven!! What harmonies!! 4
Kid Rock
1/5
It pisses me off when stupid assholes get rich making bad music. Kid Rock is an ignorant, homophobic price of shit, and he doesn't deserve anything that he has. I don't care if this album is good or not. I don't wanna hear it. 1
Manu Chao
4/5
Dig it! 4
Youssou N'Dour
4/5
Dig it! 4
The La's
4/5
Brit pop innit?!? 4
FKA twigs
3/5
The only thing I liked about this was her voice. But then again, I didn't really get it, so I don't think I'm qualified to say whether or not it was good or bad. 3
Slipknot
3/5
This is ok, but I pretty much lost interest in Slipknot after Iowa. 3
Pere Ubu
2/5
Hmmm...I don't think so...2
John Cale
2/5
Hmmm...I don't think so...2
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Elvis Costello is boring. 3
New Order
3/5
Liked this better than I thought I would. 3.3
The Crusaders
4/5
Never heard of these guys before. I like it. I'll never complain about too much sax!! 4
Muddy Waters
5/5
Can't argue with that! (Great album title) 5
4/5
Groovy. 4
Boston
5/5
Greatest debut album of all time. But how Foreplay/Longtime doesn't open this masterpiece will forever perplex me. 5
The White Stripes
4/5
White Stripes 4
Carpenters
4/5
Best version of Reason to Believe I've heard. 4
808 State
3/5
Not really my thing but I enjoyed this nonetheless. 3.5
PJ Harvey
3/5
PJ Harvey is cool. This was interesting. 3.65
Laura Nyro
3/5
This was different. Interesting. Not awful. 3
The Who
4/5
The Who. 4.5
Grateful Dead
4/5
If you don't understand how amazing Grateful Dead music is, then you don't understand music. 4.75
Elton John
5/5
Quite the opener on this bad boy. My first time listening to this album. It was a treat. For some reason I'm struggling about whether or not it's a five. 5
The Incredible String Band
2/5
This band needs to be cited for harpsichord abuse. Some of this was actually painful to hear. Astonishingly bad. 2 (and that's being generous)
Elbow
3/5
Who the fuck is Elbow?!? 3
The Young Rascals
2/5
Whatever. 2.65
Meat Puppets
4/5
Good stuff. Lotta variety. Dig it. 4
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Is there a Zeppelin album that isn't a five? And what's with Robert Plant's weird obsession with having his lemon squeezed? Take it easy, Robert. No one wants hear about the juice running down your leg. 5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
4/5
I liked this. It was good. Especially Music and Politics. But honestly, after a while, the late 80s early 90's hip hop all kinda starts to sound the same. 4
Def Leppard
5/5
My love of Def Leppard begins and ends with Pyromania, and my reasons for hating Hysteria are many. For brevity's sake I'll only name one. Having to watch the Hysteria video sandwiched between Coroner and Kreator on the headbanger's ball. But as much as I hate it, I have to admit that Hysteria is a masterpiece of pop metal absurdity. So 5.
Gotan Project
4/5
Cool. 4
Ryan Adams
5/5
High in the running for best album of 2001, and tied with Bob Dylan's Love and Theft for my favorite album from that year, Ryan Adams Gold is a beautiful masterpiece of rock -n-roll. A perfect album in every way. From New York to Hollywood Boulevard, from poets to prostitutes, from gorgeous ballads and love songs to balls out rave ups, it is the best kind of American rock -n-roll...sacred... holy. An achievement. It Deserves it's place on this list for sure, and five just doesn't seem to cut it. Nevertheless, 5.
Duran Duran
4/5
Great album. 4.5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Sonic Youth is obviously great and innovative and everything, and there was a lot on here that I liked. But by the end of the album I was tired of it. 3.5
Gorillaz
5/5
This was super fun! 5
Everything But The Girl
3/5
I wasn't in the mood for this. I liked a few of the songs, and especially the cheesy 80's soundtrack vibe from one towards the end of the album. But I didn't care enough to go back and check which one. 3
The Doors
5/5
Remember exactly where I was the first time I heard this! 5
Stephen Stills
3/5
I'll allow it. 3.4
Pink Floyd
5/5
Fuckin interstellar scarecrow gnomes, bruh!! 5
Alice Cooper
4/5
Never been a big Alice Cooper fan. But this was pretty solid and a bit weird. So 4
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Meh.
Dirty Projectors
3/5
I liked much of this. Nothing mind blowing, but interesting and quirky. Good clean family fun. 3.4
Ice T
5/5
Delightful. 5
Ghostface Killah
4/5
Good stuff. 4
Sebadoh
3/5
I kinda don't get it. 3
SAULT
5/5
I loved this. Hard to categorize. Totally new to me. Poetry. Very pleasantly surprised by this. 5
Raekwon
4/5
I am not hip. And my knees are way too messed up to do much hopping. But I'm finding this genre to be pretty consistently great. How many people are in Wu Tang Clan anyway? This was my least favorite of the WuTang offshoots so far, but still solid. 4
Drive-By Truckers
5/5
I think this is worthy of the rare and seldom seen double album 5. Dark, brooding, celebratory, honest. Great southern rock. 5
Bauhaus
3/5
This was ok. 3.2
Mylo
4/5
I like this. It's got a funky beat. And I can dance to it. 4
Morrissey
3/5
Pretty ok I guess. 3.7
Burning Spear
4/5
I'm not sure how qualified I am to judge the quality of reggae music. After Bob Marley it kind of all starts to sound the same. But the message hear is a good one, and there weren't any songs I would say I didn't like. So 4.
The Psychedelic Furs
5/5
Ashamed to say that heading into this i'd only heard Pretty in Pink. What a great album! Really liked pretty much all of it, and much of it I actually loved. 5
Suede
3/5
This was ok. 3.1
Buffalo Springfield
4/5
Buffalo Springfield doesn't really do it for me, but this is a solid album. 4
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
Clapton's great and everything, but this is just an album of blues covers. 3
Willie Nelson
4/5
Liked this cover album better than the last one. 4
Basement Jaxx
3/5
Ok, I guess. Not really my thing. 3
The Rolling Stones
3/5
What's with all the covers lately? Sheesh! 3
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Liked this better than the last Fatboy we got. The Sabbath sample was cool. Much more listenable. But still not really my thing. 3
John Lennon
3/5
Happiest. Record. Ever. 3.35
Suzanne Vega
4/5
This was a nice chill album to start my day with. 4
Small Faces
3/5
I liked this, and I thought it was good. But the carnival circus stuff didn't do it for me. 3.1
Sonic Youth
4/5
I'm tired of Sonic Youth. Nevertheless, 4.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
I don't get Stevie Wonder. 3.75
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Good shit! 4.75
Bonnie Raitt
5/5
Not exactly my thing, but can't really deny this one. Solid all the way through. LOVE the cheesy 80's keys. Bonnie Raitt, yet another not necessarily 80's artist who assimilated to the era and hit it big. 5
LTJ Bukem
3/5
I can't tell if this is any good. And I'm not sure if I like it. But I listened to the whole thing and wasn't completely miserable, so there must be something to it. Way too long though. 3
Led Zeppelin
5/5
My favorite album from the band I rank as the third greatest of all time. Yet another Zeppelin masterpiece. 5
Spacemen 3
3/5
I liked this. Thought it was really good. But none of the songs seemed to go anywhere. 3.5
Soul II Soul
5/5
Really liked this one. Solid all the way through. 5
Mekons
3/5
This was interesting. Not what I expected. But didn't really grab me. 3
Neil Young
5/5
The first time I ever heard Neil Young I was pulling out of my high school parking lot. My girlfriend, whose parents were hippies and who was a hippie herself, had gifted me a cassette of After the Gold Rush in her steadfast attempt to ween me off of hair metal, which she hated and considered to be some of the worst music ever created. She gave me Crosby Stills and Nash, The Doors, Hendrix, Janis Joplin. Even The Pogues, Fugazi and 7 Seconds. But Neil was the best of all those musical gifts, and I'll never forget that moment. That strange new music. That odd and beautiful voice. It is a journey I am still on 35 years later. 5
Kate Bush
3/5
Mistaken for a tree? What the fuck? Kate Bush is weird. 3
AC/DC
5/5
Giving AC/DC a perpetual 5 for being the undisputed champions of the rock riff! 5
Barry Adamson
2/5
No. 2
Gillian Welch
5/5
I wasn't ready for this one on Friday. But over the weekend I ended up listening to it 3 or 4 times. Beautiful. Haunting. Unique. 5
Pavement
3/5
I don't know. I guess. 3.5
Kraftwerk
3/5
Liked this more than I thought I would. 3.8
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
You go girl! 3.9
Bad Company
3/5
Ain't nobody in Bad Company born with a 6 gun in their hand. Like a lot of 70's rock, this is good but totally unremarkable. Maybe if there was a list of all the 70's albums you need to hear before you die. Otherwise, no. 3
Madonna
4/5
Madonna was my favorite artist somewhere around sixth grade, after Motley Crue and before Van Halen. I liked this. Not sure about the American Pie cover, but I'll allow it. 4
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
This was cool. And weird. But I thought it would be cooler. And weirder. 3.6
The Jesus And Mary Chain
5/5
If everybody listened to the Jesus and Mary Chain the world would be a much better place. Absolutely LOVED this. Undeniably great. 5
3/5
Never realized these guys had such a boner for the Beatles. Jesus. Good stuff, but I prefer the hits. 3.3
Frank Sinatra
4/5
I never know what to do with Frank Sinatra. His music isn't really my thing, but I want to be objective. I it's cool for what it is. But it all starts to sound the same to me, and pretty quickly. Dig the trumpet on Ill Wind. I like that the songs are concise. But when it comes to Dancing on the Ceiling, I prefer Lionel Ritchie. 4
Mj Cole
3/5
I feel like this guy needs to invest in a more versatile beat machine 🥴. Started off alright, but then lost me at some point. 3
Klaxons
3/5
Franz Ferdinand much? Like not love. Good not great. 3.3
JAY Z
3/5
If this was a blueprint for how to fail to meet expectations, then congratulations Jay-Z. You nailed it. Listening to this album was like expecting The Beatles and getting Bad Company instead. I don't care if Jay-Z loves girls. I don't care how many cars he drove. Maybe I'm missing something. But I didn't like the delivery, and I didn't think the lyrics were that great. Public Enemy is necessary. 2 Pac is necessary. This isn't. And Jay-Z admits as much on the track, "You Don't Know" - he's selling you something you don't need. Intentionally. I did like some of the music, though. So I'm going with a 3.
Frank Ocean
3/5
Liked this more than I thought I would. 3.3
The Darkness
3/5
Permission denied. 3
The The
3/5
Cool 80's vibe. Otherwise, nothing remarkable here. 3
Eurythmics
3/5
Completely forgot about Love is A Stranger!! What a great song! Never cared for the title track, though. A solid enough album nonetheless. 3.7
Supertramp
4/5
Bloody well right!! 4
Devendra Banhart
3/5
I'm giving this a 3 because some of it was pleasant to hear, some of it was weird, and I think it's original. But I gotta say, I found some of it to be damn near unlistenable. 3
Steve Earle
5/5
This little rock-'n'-roller good ole boy with a fearless heart is gonna take the hillbilly hiway down to guitar town with my old friend the blues. Hope mr state trooper don't stop me down the road someday. Guess goodbye's all I've got left to say. This album may not be a five, but I'm giving it one anyway because fucking Steve Earl IS a five. 5
The Beau Brummels
2/5
I was set to give this incredibly average and remarkably unremarkable 60's bandwagon hopper a three...then I heard Magic Hollow. Harpsichord abuse. Unacceptable. 2
4/5
Loretta Lynn is a country music singer. 4
Garbage
5/5
Is Garbage the perfect evolution of pop rock? Was Jack the Ripper a sixty foot sea serpent from Scotland? Did I take this job for a quick buck? We may never know the answers to these questions...5
Hole
5/5
Great album. 5
Butthole Surfers
4/5
Giving this a 4 for originality and general overall bizarre craziness. But my day was not conducive to having to sit through this, and I didn't really enjoy it. 4
Eric Clapton
4/5
This motherfucker has the balls to cover Bob Marley?!? But seriously, folks...love watching Clapton play... obviously one of the greatest ever...but, with the exception of Layla, I've never really loved his songs all that much. Nonetheless, this is solid stuff. So 4.
3/5
Sure, why not. 3
Gary Numan
3/5
Cars is one of my least favorite 80's hits, so I wasn't expecting much from this. But it was solid all the way through. 3.5
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Snoop Dizzle. Good stuff. 4
Derek & The Dominos
5/5
Can't believe I've never listened to this front to back. I'd be giving this a 5 just for Layla. In fact, just for the end of Layla, which is one of my favorite things ever. But the whole album is solid. 5
Hanoi Rocks
4/5
Embarrassed to say I've never heard this before. Guess I was too busy listening to Shout at the Devil. More 80's rock, please! 4.75
Deep Purple
5/5
Can't find anything wrong here. Good solid rock. 5
Kate Bush
3/5
Kate Bush is weird. But I liked this one better than the last one. 3.5
Ian Dury
4/5
Good stuff. Fun. Weird. Rock-'n'-roll!! 4
Doves
2/5
Found this boring and repetitive and fairly depressing. Utterly unnecessary. 2
Dusty Springfield
5/5
Yum!! 5
Red Snapper
3/5
This was alright. Pretty good. Not bad. Might be the first time I've heard the word clit used in a song, and I feel like that's a plus. 3.65
Def Leppard
5/5
My prayers for more 80's rock have been answered! Said it before, I'll say it again - my love of Def Leppard begins and ends with Pyromania. "Rock of Ages". Summer of '83. Fuckin A. Add these guys to the list of bands whose biggest album was not their best. Gunter glieben glauchen globen! 5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4/5
Ok and so but anyway, is Blood, Sweat &Tears trying to be Chicago? Or was Chicago trying to be Blood, Sweat & Tears? Even though this is pretty standard middle of the road radio from the sixties, there are a few hits, and they're not that bad. And I enjoyed all the jazz craziness and horns. Not what I expected. 4
Christine and the Queens
3/5
Didn't like this at first, but it quickly grew on me. Pretty great pop. Any more recent artist bringing an 80's vibe is gonna get love from me, and f-bombs are always endearing. 3.5
The Stone Roses
5/5
Undeniable
90's Brit Pop masterpiece
5 without question
Neu!
5/5
What a pleasant surprise! I absolutely LOVED this!! Didn't want it to end. Ahead of it's time, I kinda think maybe. 5
Patti Smith
5/5
Groundbreaking. Immeasurably influential. Perfection. 5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Tony Iommi is SO fucking badass!! 5
The Doors
5/5
Kind of over The Doors these days. But once, somewhere between Metallica and the Grateful Dead, they were my favorite band. And this one's pretty perfect. 5
Traffic
5/5
I saw Traffic open for The Grateful Dead. 5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Jimi Hendrix was an alien. 5
Tori Amos
5/5
Giving this a five for originality, gorgeous piano, and fearless feminist angst. 5
Madonna
4/5
Good job Madonna!! 4
Emmylou Harris
5/5
Emmylou Harris is an angel sent from heaven. She could sing the phone book and I'd give it a five. Red Dirt girl is one of the saddest, most beautiful songs ever written. I can't listen to it without crying. One of the most deserving albums to make this list. A true masterpiece from an absolute American treasure. 5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
I don't think I'm a Nick Cave fan. I liked some of this, but generally I'm not really there. It's definitely unique, though, and he is unquestionably cool as fuck. 4
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Some of this isn't horrible. Otherwise, I didn't like it very much, and I didn't think it was very good. 2.5
De La Soul
5/5
This was fun. 5
Big Star
4/5
Ya dar hey dar guy dar hey dar!! 4.725
Rush
5/5
Speaking of Canada, Anne Murray has a new album out. Puts Moving Pictures to shame. 5
Madonna
5/5
I don't know what the FUCK a Candy Perfume Girl is, but I want Madonna to be mine. And whatever drugs she was doing in 1998, I want to take a lot of them. She's totally in the zone here. Frozen, the title track, and Shanti/Ashtangi stand out for me, but the whole album is great. There is a flow...an energy... almost conceptual...damn near perfect...dreamy mystic spiritual dance pop... beautiful... unquestionably one of her best. 5
Silver Jews
5/5
So cool to see Silver Jews on this list! kitten from great Britain. Writing sad songs and getting paid by the tear. I can't raise hell for two. Tanning beds explode with rich women inside. Who writes lyrics like this?!? Crazy and amazing. Honk if You're Lonely is also great by them. 5
Grizzly Bear
3/5
Cool... different...but this one didn't quite get me there. 3
Eminem
3/5
I love The Real Slim Shady. I think it's a genuinely great song, despite some objectionable lyrics. Otherwise, Eminem just kind of disappoints me. Great music, great delivery...but just so many lyrics that are just stupid, or downright misogynist. He may be great but I'm over it. 3
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
I know there's PIL out there that I really like a lot...but this ain't it. 3
The 13th Floor Elevators
4/5
Good job, Roky!! 4
Beth Orton
3/5
I dug this for a little bit, but then it turned on me. Dig Beth, though. She's awesome. 3
Abdullah Ibrahim
4/5
Perfect! I've been getting into jazz a little bit lately (Sun Ra, mofos!!). This was a delight to listen to. 4
The Birthday Party
1/5
Does anyone have a hammer that I could use to pound my balls flat? Because I would rather do that than listen to this fucking abortion. I'm now convinced that some of the albums on this list were included, not because of how great they are, but because of how incomprehensibly awful they are. Like those commercials with the racoons eating the garbage, "oh, this is awful! Here, try it!". Possibly the worst thing I've ever listened to. 1
Big Brother & The Holding Company
5/5
JAY to the AYE to the EN EYE ESS!! 5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
I still don't know what to do with Frank Sinatra. It kind of all sounds the same to me, but I hate that criticism. It's not my favorite thing, but I don't dislike it. And I guess I'm supposed to respect him and his work, cuz he's Frank fucking Sinatra, but I just don't know...I'm going with four cuz three just doesn't seem fair. 4
Fun Lovin' Criminals
4/5
Never listened to this before. Only heard Scoobie Snacks. Liked pretty much the whole thing. Fun. 4
Mott The Hoople
4/5
Mott!! 4
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Suicide inducing. But not bad. 3
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Shoegaze innit?! This got old fast. But not bad. 3