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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| En-Tact | 5 | 2.43 | +2.57 |
| All Hope Is Gone | 5 | 2.7 | +2.3 |
| Yeezus | 5 | 2.77 | +2.23 |
| Rejoicing In The Hands | 5 | 2.82 | +2.18 |
| Chris | 5 | 2.82 | +2.18 |
| Grievous Angel | 5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
| Moby Grape | 5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
| The Last Of The True Believers | 5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
| Copper Blue | 5 | 2.96 | +2.04 |
| Heavy Weather | 5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remain In Light | 1 | 3.67 | -2.67 |
| Talking Heads 77 | 1 | 3.56 | -2.56 |
| Surfer Rosa | 1 | 3.5 | -2.5 |
| James Brown Live At The Apollo | 1 | 3.46 | -2.46 |
| The Fat Of The Land | 1 | 3.4 | -2.4 |
| Since I Left You | 1 | 3.28 | -2.28 |
| GREY Area | 1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
| Here Are the Sonics | 1 | 3.16 | -2.16 |
| The Modern Lovers | 1 | 3.06 | -2.06 |
| Slanted And Enchanted | 1 | 3.03 | -2.03 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Black Sabbath | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Def Leppard | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| ZZ Top | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Adele | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Aretha Franklin | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Van Halen | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Talking Heads | 3 | 1.33 | 2.17 |
| M.I.A. | 2 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Elvis Costello & The Attractions | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Pavement | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Pixies | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Radiohead | 4 | 2.25 | 2.57 |
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John Prine
5/5
Folk country. I liked this album a lot. Pretty simple but the songs carry a lot of emotion, with some humorous lyrics sprinkled in. On a personal note it also felt like an album my dad would enjoy.
3 likes
The Human League
5/5
Electronic pop. an immensely fun album that had me grooving the whole way through.
1 likes
The Who
2/5
I was looking forwards to this album, but for a rock opera, it was just so…boring. A few good songs scattered here and there but just not much else to care about. Some songs almost had some unintentional humor with how dumb they sounded.
1 likes
Christine and the Queens
5/5
French pop. I didn’t expect to like this but I really did! It was super catchy and the songs had a good way of keeping you guessing. One song might have a killer bass line and another with an interesting keyboard. Even though it was pop, it felt complex, but still easy to listen to.
1 likes
Eagles
5/5
Country rock. The Eagles get a bad rap because of one line in a movie, but this is honestly a stellar debut. Fun song with good harmonies and different feels. Perfect length. I enjoyed it.
1 likes
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Radiohead
2/5
The Killers
5/5
Eminem
3/5
Bad Company
2/5
Judas Priest
4/5
Beastie Boys
2/5
Anita Baker
4/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3/5
Ray Charles
2/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Steely Dan
2/5
The Who
4/5
Ray Price
2/5
Calexico
5/5
Beck
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
5/5
M.I.A.
1/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Metallica
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Roni Size
2/5
Jungle Brothers
3/5
The Cure
3/5
Morrissey
4/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
2/5
Simply Red
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Slipknot
5/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
5/5
Pixies
2/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Solange
3/5
Beatles
5/5
DJ Shadow
3/5
Bon Jovi
5/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Oasis
3/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Pentangle
3/5
Talking Heads
1/5
Moby Grape
5/5
The Band
3/5
Def Leppard
5/5
Supertramp
3/5
Keith Jarrett
2/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
ZZ Top
5/5
David Bowie
3/5
Lightning Bolt
4/5
Hawkwind
2/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
Daft Punk
2/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
Anthrax
3/5
Blondie
5/5
The Police
4/5
Lou Reed
2/5
Traffic
2/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
TLC
2/5
The Young Rascals
3/5
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
The Modern Lovers
1/5
Beatles
2/5
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Os Mutantes
1/5
The Monkees
2/5
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
Songhoy Blues
5/5
Deerhunter
4/5
Klaxons
3/5
U2
4/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Linkin Park
5/5
Carole King
4/5
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
k.d. lang
2/5
Hole
5/5
Adam & The Ants
1/5
Beatles
5/5
Elton John
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
The Smiths
3/5
The Byrds
5/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Radiohead
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
5/5
Janet Jackson
2/5
Not my favorite. I don’t think I’m a big fan of the slow R&B. I did really like the song black cat though.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
If I wanted to listen to an hour of instrumental jazz, this is probably the album I’d listen to. Unfortunately I don’t think I’d want to listen to an hour of instrumental jazz very often.
FKA twigs
4/5
An odd album. Soft pop with ethereal sounds and choir-like vocals. I liked it.
4/5
A good old classic rock album. I liked the concept and felt that it mixed it up enough to be interesting. I wasn’t a big fan of the vocals. A pretty good album.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Great. Heavily blues inspired rock album with classic after classic. Sometimes gets a little meandering in the middle of long songs but an amazing album.
Miles Davis
3/5
Some nice slow jazz. I like it, but it’s hard to sit through a full album of instrumental songs that flow into each other. Sounds like one 45 minute song. Got pretty good in the last 10 minutes or so. This is a vibe album to put on in the background.
The Undertones
4/5
Gives me kind of an indie sound but also reminds me of old 60s rock bands with the simplicity. I liked it.
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
A mix of pop and R&B. Sounds like an off brand Michael Jackson. I liked it but didn’t really get me like I wanted.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Classic hard rock album. So many good songs here, good from beginning to end. Mixes it up to stay interesting. Hard rock songs, epic masterpieces, more bluesy feeling stuff, it’s all here, and it’s all good.
Mariah Carey
1/5
Slow R&B/pop. Felt like I was listening to the same song 12 times. She had a nice voice, but didn’t really get the chance to show it off until maybe the last song. Definitely not my thing.
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Not too bad. A simple album with some interesting elements. Nice and short.
Sabu
2/5
South American folk music. A lot of call and response singing. Songs too long for what they are. The drums and sparse guitar were nice though.
Louis Prima
4/5
A fun jazz album. A lot of other jazz hasn’t really hit with me, but this was up tempo and I enjoyed it a lot.
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Ambient electronic music. The title track felt like a mix of Mass Effect and Pink Floyd’s “Echoes”, and I really liked it. The others didn’t grab me as much. Good background/vibe music.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Classic rock album. Amazing guitar work demonstrated across slow and fast songs. So many good songs here. Unfortunately there were a few I didn’t like, and I think at times all of the sounds of the instruments and the singing and the effects just covered each other and became noise. So close to perfect.
Steely Dan
5/5
a definite dad rock album. I was surprised how much I actually enjoyed it though. Very understated instruments with some lovely guitar solos.
Dusty Springfield
4/5
60s pop album with some soul influences. Nothing too spectacular as far as instruments go, but what elevated this album for me was the vocals. Dusty can sing! I enjoyed it.
The Louvin Brothers
3/5
Simple folk album. I liked it, thought the brothers harmonized well. Not enough to elevate it for me but still I enjoyed.
Devendra Banhart
5/5
Indie folk album? Just one guy and his guitar & piano. I really liked it. The songs were soft, slow, haunting in parts, but beautiful. Insect Eyes was a really good song. The majority of songs were only 1-2 minutes long so the album really felt like it was moving at a breakneck speed despite the typically slow tempos. I want to listen again.
ZZ Top
5/5
Bluesy rock. Not as polished as Eliminator but more impressive instrumentally. Lots of good guitar solos. Another good album from them!
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
An oddball album. Felt like an instrumental jazzy cover album with a very prominent organ player. Some of the songs I had heard before but not necessarily from this album. Feels like they’ve been sampled a ton. The organ kinda wore on me after a while. Felt like being at a baseball game.
Christine and the Queens
5/5
French pop. I didn’t expect to like this but I really did! It was super catchy and the songs had a good way of keeping you guessing. One song might have a killer bass line and another with an interesting keyboard. Even though it was pop, it felt complex, but still easy to listen to.
Frank Zappa
4/5
A strange album. Jazzy rock? It’s hard to define but at least it was interesting to listen to the whole time. You never knew what was going to happen next. Long guitar solo? Saxophone? Some instruments I’ve never heard of? Check.
Wilco
2/5
Indie pop. I didn’t really care for it. I didn’t really like the vocalist, and nothing really excited me at all about this album. Some of the slower parts were okay I guess.
Steve Winwood
4/5
Keyboard heavy soft rock. Nothing mind blowing but decent easy listen.
Hookworms
4/5
Indie rock. A lot of nice tunes here. I enjoyed it.
Kraftwerk
4/5
electronica. Sounds like the soundtrack to a science fiction SNES game. To be honest, I kinda liked it. My only real complaint was that I felt that the songs were a little bit too long, which wouldn’t be a problem if they weren’t so repetitive.
Aerosmith
3/5
Classic rock. A couple of really good songs here like Sweet Emotion. I felt like the production needed a little work, especially with the vocalist. I felt like in half of the songs, everything was muddy and difficult to listen to. Wanted to like this more than I did.
Bob Dylan
2/5
Folk music. I appreciated some of the songs but thought they’ve been covered better by other artists. Just seemed to me that he didn’t sing his songs with any emotion and so it all felt a little flat. Not much to differentiate the songs from each other either.
The White Stripes
3/5
An odd album that jumps through a lot of different genres. There were some songs on here I liked but probably not enough to listen to the whole thing again.
Hot Chip
3/5
Alternative rock with a pop feel. Not too bad. Started off strong then kinda died off at least for me.
The Sonics
1/5
Rockabilly music. Think “Johnny B Goode”. It would’ve been okay but the singer’s constant screaming really made me dislike this album.
The Auteurs
2/5
Indie rock? Sounds kinda like Beatles I guess. I don’t have much to say about this one. Didn’t really stand out for me.
N.W.A.
5/5
Classic gangsta rap. Good beats, clever lyrics, good from beginning to end.
The Zombies
5/5
Of all the Beatles knockoff bands I’ve heard, this is the best so far. Good harmonies and songs that bring out different feels. I really enjoyed it.
The Vines
3/5
Alternative rock. I was getting heavy Nirvana vibes through this one. Switches from slow songs to fast ones pretty often which keeps it interesting, but I wasn’t a big fan of the screaming vocals on the faster songs. Still a good album.
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Classic r&b. Not much to say about this one. It’s well done, short and sweet.
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
I have listened to quite a few r&b albums so far, and while I’ve liked some of them, I haven’t really loved any. This is my favorite one I’ve heard. Felt like a concept album with varied songs, lots of depth. Even the instrumentals were great.
Weather Report
5/5
A jazz album I actually love! Mostly due to the bass guitar being front and center for a lot of the album, gives it a different feel.
10cc
3/5
Classic rock? A very unique sounding album though. I don’t know how to explain it, but almost sounds like the soundtrack to a musical with the singing style and bits of comedy thrown in. I feel like I need to listen to it again.
Air
3/5
Another oddball album. I suppose I would call this synthpop if I had to label it. Not a bad album by any means, but nothing really stands out about it. Kind of devolves into background noise.
Iggy Pop
2/5
Classic rock. Felt a little on the simple side to me. There were a few songs I enjoyed but not much reason to revisit for me.
R.E.M.
3/5
Alternative rock. REM is one of those bands I loved growing up, I’m not sure why. I still feel like they’ve got some of the greatest songs ever written, but they’ve also got plenty of forgettable tracks as well. This album is the same. A couple great songs, and a bunch of other ones that I forgot as soon as they were over.
Fleetwood Mac
2/5
Not the Fleetwood Mac album I wanted. Rumours is one of my favorite albums of all time, and I had high expectations for this. I was pretty disappointed. Everything about this album just felt flat. There wasn’t any of the genius that the other album had. It didn’t hurt my ears or anything, but I wanted more.
Spiritualized
3/5
Spacey indie rock. Definitely a vibe album. Fortunately I happened to listen to this album driving by myself late at night in the rain, and it fit perfectly. Most of the songs were fine, but the final song on the album literally had a woman counting from one to a hundred in the background and it made me feel like I was losing my mind.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
An interesting album. I could see where this band was influential to a lot of others, but as is, I didn’t really care for it. Too many times it felt more like noise than music. The only song that really stuck out to me was the last one on the album, and I wish there had been more like it.
Talking Heads
1/5
Another Talking Heads album. I didn’t like the last one, and I didn’t like this one either. I usually like stuff that’s a little different, but I think this band is just too oddball for me.
Willie Nelson
4/5
Old country ballads. Simple, reminded me of old 50s crooners at parts. I enjoyed it.
Spiritualized
2/5
Hey I just got another album from these guys. Not too bad but I felt like it fell into “noise” more than music a lot of the time. My favorite parts of the albums were the slower, more stripped back songs.
John Cale
2/5
British singer songwriter. Not too bad but nothing special either. An easy listen that faded into background noise for me.
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Classic crooner jazz. What really makes this are the vocals, she has an absolutely lovely voice. This album made me feel nostalgic even though I’m in my early thirties.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
I admit I had no idea what to expect from a band called “The Flying Burrito Brothers”, but it turns out it’s classic country. This album started out really strong, but then kinda devolved into your average country album. Loved the first song though and the rest of the album was a fair listen.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
More of a complex album from the folk duo. Not too bad. “Hazy Shade of Winter” was a favorite song from this album.
Can
1/5
A very eclectic album, and not one I enjoyed. The first half wasn’t bad but the vocals were terrible, just overridden by everything else. Took me twenty minutes to even realize they were speaking another language because it was all so muddy. I think it would’ve been better as an instrumental. But the second half was just bad, with a song that sounded straight out of a generic “Spooky Songs to Play at Halloween” album.
Eurythmics
2/5
Synth pop. I thought I would like it a lot more than I did. Even the title track fell flat for me.
John Prine
5/5
Folk country. I liked this album a lot. Pretty simple but the songs carry a lot of emotion, with some humorous lyrics sprinkled in. On a personal note it also felt like an album my dad would enjoy.
The Smiths
3/5
British rock. I felt like the album would go from a song I really liked to one I couldn’t remember anything about immediately after it was over, and just alternated until it was over.
Gene Clark
3/5
Singer songwriter. It was fine, but didn’t really distinguish itself from all the other Bob Dylan-esque “guitar and harmonica” albums.
Ministry
3/5
Metal. This album had the curious habit of alternating pretty consistently between songs I really liked and songs I really didn’t. I liked the more thrash sounding stuff; Hero was a standout.
Hugh Masekela
2/5
Jazz. Not bad, but I’m just not really a jazz guy. A bit on the long side for me as well.
Lupe Fiasco
4/5
Rap. I enjoyed it. Interesting beats and lyrics. I don’t really have a lot to say about this one even though I really liked it.
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Synth pop. I didn’t really care for it, didn’t feel like anything really stuck out for me.
Buena Vista Social Club
2/5
Latin folk music. It was okay, nothing mind blowing.
Thin Lizzy
3/5
Rock. Pretty good, but I’m not really a fan of live albums. I would’ve much rather heard the studio versions.
Bee Gees
2/5
I feel like The Bee Gees get a bad rap. Unfortunately this album isn’t doing them any favors. Felt like they wanted to be the Beatles, have their own Sgt. Peppers. Didn’t quite get there.
Genesis
4/5
Prog rock album. Pretty good but really long and I felt like the album had some filler songs that didn’t stand out. Still there’s a lot to take in here and I liked it enough to want to listen again.
Eagles
5/5
Country rock. The Eagles get a bad rap because of one line in a movie, but this is honestly a stellar debut. Fun song with good harmonies and different feels. Perfect length. I enjoyed it.
King Crimson
5/5
Prog rock. I’ve got a lot of nostalgia for this album. Looking at it more objectively, I think it still holds up really well, except for the multiple minutes of near silence in “Moonchild”, broken up by just the slightest of instrumentation. Other than that, one of my favorite albums.
KISS
2/5
Rock n roll. Kiss is frustrating because they open the album with one of the greatest rock songs of all time in Detroit Rock City, then follow it up with a decent song, then have like 8 duds in a row.
Adele
5/5
Pop with some soul influence. I was a little biased against this album because I’ve heard a lot of the songs so much on the radio, but this really is a fantastic album. Great vocals and lots of different styles of songs.
Elton John
5/5
Classics. Even a few bumps in the road can’t stop me from loving this album.
Elbow
3/5
British indie pop? An odd feeling to this but I kinda liked the somber sleepy feeling the album had.
Big Star
2/5
Another odd album. Mostly slow ballads with piano, but with a couple of rock songs thrown in. I wish they had leaned more into the rock stuff, I liked it a lot more.
Jeff Buckley
2/5
Soft rock. I didn’t really care for this album much. I did enjoy the rendition of “Hallelujah”. There was one weird grunge sounding song on the album that really stuck out, but I didn’t like it much either.
The Youngbloods
5/5
An interesting album. Rock, but with influences from country, jazz, others. I liked it a lot.
Scott Walker
3/5
Singer songwriter with a folksy feel. A perfectly acceptable album.
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Very Eclectic feeling singer songwriter. I honestly don’t have much to say. I enjoyed it I suppose.
Lou Reed
3/5
Pop album I guess. Kind of a slower affair, but I liked it. No real low parts, but no real high parts either.
Mudhoney
4/5
Hard alternative rock. It reminded me of some bands I used to listen to. Not quite good enough to get full marks but I enjoyed it all the way through.
M.I.A.
1/5
Hip hop with an African feel. I didn’t like her previous album and I didn’t like this one either. I think it’s just not my style of music. I don’t think it’s bad, I just don’t like it.
Talking Heads
2/5
After 3 albums, I’ve come to the conclusion that this band just isn’t for me. They’re talented for sure but it’s just too weird for me. I did like this album more than the other though.
a-ha
3/5
Synth pop. Never really evolved beyond that, and that’s okay. Still fun. Take On Me is excellent of course.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Rock. Better than the other album of his I got. A little too long and repetitive for me though.
The xx
3/5
Pop. Pretty good, I liked the male and female leads together. I could easily see some of this on the radio.
Deep Purple
5/5
Good old rock and roll. A great album with lots of classic songs.
The Human League
5/5
Electronic pop. an immensely fun album that had me grooving the whole way through.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
They don’t call her the Queen of Soul for nothing. Some genres are made by their vocalists, and you can’t sing soul if you can’t sing. Aretha can sing.
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Mostly ballads but with some rock influences here and there. It also felt a little tongue in cheek with some of the humor. Overall a good listen all the way through.
New York Dolls
3/5
An interesting album. Sounds to me like a mix of Thin Lizzy and punk music. I could see this being a big influence on later bands.
Janelle Monáe
5/5
This was unexpected. I guess it was overall a pop album, but with influences from varied places: hip hop, rock, hymnals. Very fun all the way though.
The Soft Boys
2/5
British rock, very Beatles inspired. It was okay.
Steve Earle
2/5
Country. Not really my favorite genre but not offensive.
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
Rock. A couple of great songs mixed in with some forgettable ones. White Rabbit rules.
Green Day
4/5
Rock. Pop punk, but lots of classics on this album. A little repetitive in parts and some songs were a bit too long for their own good, but a good one overall.
Sade
2/5
R&B. Not too bad but not really my thing.
Air
4/5
Atmospheric electronic rock? Gave me Pink Floyd vibes which I loved.
CHIC
2/5
Funk. A little too laid back for me. Decent background noise but that was about it.
Cream
3/5
Rock. I was actually a little disappointed with this album. A few great songs, but mostly I didn’t like the vocalist in a lot of the songs, and the vibe was just a little off.
Madonna
1/5
Pop. Wow I really didn’t like this album. It felt like there were a bunch of do things tried, but all of them were terrible. The whispering, the sudden stops, the auto tune, the cover. There were a couple of okay songs here, but not one I’d recommend.
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Hip hop. Pretty good, I liked the jazzy production and the lyrics were clever. It did feel a little repetitive in style near the end and one song didn’t really stand out as great?
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
Bluesy rock. Your enjoyment of this album will depend on how much you like blues guitar. if you love it you’ll love this album. If you’re like me though, it starts to take over and be a little much. The title track is truly excellent, but I didn’t feel like there was any other track on the album that really stood out.
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
Alternative rock. I liked it a lot, wish the vocalist was a little more clear. I thought he was hard to understand. Also hated the song with feedback, always hurts my ears.
Jazmine Sullivan
1/5
Rap. I didn’t like this. I don’t like the short staccato form of rapping and the overt sexuality really turned me off, although I understand that’s a personal thing.
Slipknot
2/5
Metal. I apparently really liked the other Slipknot album I listened to, but I didn’t care for this one. It sounded a little raw, too much screaming, not quite enough musicality to keep it interesting.
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Rock. Truly a classic. I love these albums that are essentially a “greatest hits” collection, just so many good songs from beginning to end. Even the songs I hadn’t heard before sounded stellar. Just perfect.
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
80s rock. Started off really strong but petered out in the second half. Loved the bass.
Beastie Boys
2/5
Hip hop. I don’t really like the Beastie Boys. It’s mostly the style of rap, just gets on my nerves. It’s a shame because the beats and sound is good.
The Smiths
3/5
One of those albums that I don’t really know what to say. Not bad, not great. Changes it up enough. Right about average.
The Mothers Of Invention
1/5
On one hand I admire someone who makes music that is uniquely them. This album sounds like it was trying to take the piss out of the Beatles, but it was just too weird for me.
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
Pop with a bluesy feel. Not too bad, but some of the vocalizations got on my nerves.
T. Rex
3/5
Rock. Not bad, a little softer than I expected it to be. Still a fine listen
AC/DC
4/5
Hard rock. A fun album all the way through, although there are a few songs that kind of blend together. The vocals aren’t bad, but they kinda wear on my ears after 40 minutes. Still though, some excellent songs in here. Would probably give it a 4.5 if I could.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Rock. The first half of the album was better than the second half, almost felt like they could’ve been two different albums. Still good though.
Queen
3/5
An early queen album, definitely before they really nailed down their sound. There are a few flashes of greatness here but overall only decent.
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
I love this album. It’s not perfect, with some nasally vocals and some songs that are a bit grating, but it flips from good hard rock to beautiful soft melodies quite successfully. There’s a lot of interesting musicality that makes the songs stick in my head.
Kate Bush
5/5
Wow this came out of nowhere. Started off like 80s pop but with a soul voice, and I enjoyed it. But then it continued to get more experimental, throwing in Celtic music and old hymnal style singing. I enjoyed it a lot.
The Band
2/5
A mix of easy rock and country. It was okay but nothing really stood out.
Missy Elliott
2/5
Hip hop. Her first album I enjoyed much more. This one leans more into the rap, and it just felt a little flat and repetitive. There were some songs I enjoyed, but a lot of things I didn’t.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
An album of two halves. The first half was very punk sounding, then the back half was a lot slower. I liked the second half a lot more.
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
Quite an odd album. Classical jazzy rock with French spoken word vocals. Musically it was enjoyable but the vocals weren’t.
Kings of Leon
4/5
Alternative rock with soul-esq vocals. Pretty good.
Jurassic 5
4/5
Hip hop. Pretty good and lyrically impressive. I was starting to get a little tired of it by the end but still really good.
The Verve
1/5
Alternative rock. I didn’t like this album. It was almost too busy in most tracks, which made it difficult to actually listen to any particular part. It was also repetitive. My favorite song was the last one, a spacey instrumental, but even this lasted 2 minutes longer than it should have.
The Doors
4/5
Bluesy rock. Pretty good, enjoyed the instruments and the vocals.
Depeche Mode
3/5
Electronica. Not too bad and a few catchy songs, but I was expecting more. The vocals were too repetitive and the songs dragged on a little.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Blues. His gravely vocals work well here. Simple songs that are enjoyable to listen to. The album was too long but it’s a good one to pop on if you want some blues.
Eagles
3/5
Classic rock. A few good songs and no real bad ones but it just started to sound too generic at the end.
Heaven 17
4/5
Almost like synth funk. Weird but I liked it.
Aerosmith
3/5
Rock. Some good stuff here but overall it felt too noisy for me. Difficult to parse out individual instruments.
Cee Lo Green
2/5
Hip hop. I didn’t really like this album. The beats were plain, the vocals weren’t great, a lot of the time it was hard to understand. I will give the lyrics some credit, they were pretty clever throughout and flowed well but overall just ok.
Norah Jones
3/5
One of the first things I saw when I was searching this album was a playlist titled “Coffee Shop Mix”, and that’s a pretty apt description. Nice and soft, with guitar, piano, strings, and a nice smoky voice to tie it all together. A perfectly listenable album.
Randy Newman
2/5
A mix of easy listening and country. Not too bad but a little flat.
The Cult
3/5
Hair metal. Nothing really special here, nothing to differentiate this from other more famous bands, no songs really stuck out to me afterwards….and yet I still had a good time listening to this album. I just liked the driving guitars and the sound.
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Soul. The first half was pretty good, the second half was pretty boring.
Björk
3/5
One of those odd albums. Pop but done a lot of different ways. Slow ballads, dance stuff, songs I can’t really describe. Overall I liked it, but probably a little weird to give a raving review.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Classic rock. A good short album, lots of good songs, but a few felt too samey which I feel is just the band.
Soundgarden
4/5
Grungey alternative rock. I love this stuff. Black Hole Sun followed up by Spoonman is just fantastic. The album was a little too lengthy and the sound half dragged a bit.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
I always thought of Rolling Stones as a simple rock band but this album definitely stretches out what they could do. Lots of good heartfelt ballads mixed in with rock and roll. Good album.
John Coltrane
3/5
Jazz. Pleasant to listen to. Would make a good soundtrack.
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Alt rock/pop. Not too bad, something that would make good radio noise.
The Black Keys
3/5
Bluesy rock. Pretty good but I didn’t really care for the vocals. Sounded almost electronic in a way.
The Dandy Warhols
2/5
Alternative rock with a poppy feel. Not bad, but forgettable.
James Taylor
3/5
An eclectic album. Pulls from rock, country, folk, to have a very nice album.
The Who
2/5
I was looking forwards to this album, but for a rock opera, it was just so…boring. A few good songs scattered here and there but just not much else to care about. Some songs almost had some unintentional humor with how dumb they sounded.
James Brown
1/5
I typically don’t like live albums, and this album is a big indicator of why. The crowd noise is terrible. Hearing people scream over the songs just takes away all my enjoyment.
Beyoncé
2/5
R&B styled pop. Not too bad, but dragged on a little for my taste. She can sing, but it felt pretty bare.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
British pop rock. Pretty good, a little off the beaten path but enjoyable.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Soul music. The instruments are pretty basic, but that’s okay. The focus is on Aretha Franklin’s voice, and rightfully so.
David Bowie
4/5
Rock. Pretty good, with some absolute classics, along with a few songs that didn’t quite hit. Very good though.
Prince
3/5
R&B, funky pop I guess is how I’d describe this album. Not too bad, but nothing really stood out.
Ravi Shankar
4/5
Indian music. I enjoyed this, mostly because it was novel. I liked the little bits of music theory thrown in, to kind of explain what he was playing.
Cat Stevens
5/5
Folk music. I loved this album. It was simple but excellent. The vocals, the instruments, the lyrics. Top notch.
The Who
3/5
Definitely an experimental Who album, and I appreciate that they try different stuff, but I still only thought this album was okay. A few good songs scattered throughout.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Classic rock. Very much a bluesy rock vibe. Simple but done well.
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
Classic hip hop album. Love all the different flows and clever lyrics. A few stumbles but too many hits to not love this album.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
African acapella. Interesting and I did enjoy it, but a full album was too much. Some instrumentation would’ve helped bump this up a little bit. Not even anything fancy, just a simple drumbeat, maybe a little guitar.
The Icarus Line
1/5
Sounds reminiscent of hard 90s alternative rock, but with the noise turned up to 11. Unfortunately this made the album difficult to listen to, since many of the songs just sounded like a wave of indistinguishable sounds. Add to that the ample feedback for some songs which literally hurt my ears and you have an album I didn’t enjoy. A little pared back and I probably would’ve liked it.
Def Leppard
5/5
Hard rock. An absolute stellar album that rocks hard all the way through.
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Interesting album, I can see why it’s so influential. Almost like early alternative rock. A good mix of songs and feels. One thing I didn’t like the the gratuitous use of feedback in the latter half of the album. I hate when songs have noises that make my ears hurt. Still pretty good though.
Animal Collective
2/5
Electronic rock? I guess? A little reminiscent of the Beatles sometimes with their vocal harmonies. There were some moments where I was kinda getting into it, but there was a lot of noise and it didn’t stick with me.
Sugar
5/5
Feels like one of those 90s alternative rock bands I always like so much. More of a poppy feel with the vocals. Not really a dull spot on here and I enjoyed it from start to finish.
The Style Council
3/5
Such an oddity of an album. So many different genres here. Goes from jazz to pop to almost old school hip hop. Almost makes me wonder if this was a soundtrack or something. I feel like I should listen to it again.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
2/5
Country rock. It was alright, nothing really stood out to me personally.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
A sparse album with electronic, spacey feel, and an almost spoken word vocal style. This feels like an album that’s deep, personal, and meaningful, but as a music album it was just okay. All of the songs sounded pretty much the exact same.
4/5
Opens with some classics and is a pretty solid album all the way through. Something about it just doesn’t make it hit that next level for me though.
Method Man
3/5
I’m a pretty casual hip hop fan who enjoys Wu Tang, especially their first album. For some reason their solo albums haven’t really clicked with me. This was a good rap album but lacked the interesting changes of a full WTC album.
Parliament
2/5
Funky. But not as good as I wanted it to be. Songs were overlong and repetitive. I wanted it to be shorter, punchier. Instead I just got bored.
Björk
2/5
Weird techno euro-pop. Very laid back style of music. Just a bit too odd for me. I think one Bjork album is about my limit.
Solomon Burke
4/5
Old classic soul music. It’s a simple album but one that is fun and fun to listen to throughout.
Iron Maiden
5/5
Classic heavy metal album. Some absolute bangers here.
Stereolab
4/5
Another album that defies easy classification. I guess I’d call it euro electro pop. Starts out with some mostly instrumental stuff that is nice as background music but evolves into fuller songs as the album progresses. I enjoyed it.
The Temptations
5/5
Old school r&b. The title track was absolutely fantastic and the rest of the album was very enjoyable as well.
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Folksy rock. This might be, pound for pound, the greatest album of all time. Just hit after hit. Even the worst song on this album could be the best song on lesser albums.
Metallica
4/5
Thrash metal. This is a tough one. It sounds a little “thin” and some (most) of the songs are overlong. But for every clunker there’s a classic right behind it. I think I would objectively give this a 3 but an extra bonus point for nostalgia.
The Flaming Lips
5/5
A laid back pop concept album. Another odd one but I really liked it. Interesting if nothing else.
Suede
3/5
Like alternative British rock. Not too bad but not much stuck with me.
Alanis Morissette
4/5
Pop rock. A little same-y sounding throughout but definitely a guilty pleasure belting out to some hits.
Duke Ellington
4/5
Jazz. About as jazz as it gets. Most of this album had a very laid back sound to it, very understated. Good background music. I enjoyed it.
Neil Young
3/5
Folk rock. I would’ve liked this a lot more but I really didn’t like his voice.
Django Django
3/5
Sounds like British pop mixed with the Donkey Kong Country soundtrack. Another oddity.
MGMT
4/5
Pop rock. Pretty fun throughout. Electric Eel is a banger.
Mike Ladd
2/5
Hip hop, but sounded different than what you’d expect. This sounded like hip hop for “intellectuals”. Some of the songs sounds like they were written with a thesaurus. It was ok.
Big Black
4/5
Rock with a punk vibe. A bit repetitive at pets but I was jamming the whole way through.
Yes
4/5
Prog rock. This is a pretty solid representation of the genre. Roundabout is a classic of course but the rest of the album was good too.
Fever Ray
5/5
Trippy vocals with jungle beats. Such an oddball but I really liked it.
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Folkish rock. I knew Come On Eileen of course but this album is so much more than just that song. Definitely a good one.
Scissor Sisters
4/5
What an odd, eclectic album. Feels like they tried a different genre for each song. Folk, rock, pop, it’s all here. Even a disco cover of Comfortably Numb. Not bad for sure, all the music was good, but I definitely need to give this one a relisten.
Billy Joel
5/5
Man plays a piano and sings. A classic album with hit after hit after hit.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Folksy rock. Pretty good, some songs had good lyrics and emotional vocals.
The Blue Nile
3/5
Interesting. Kind of like a slower U2. Or maybe Springsteen? I don’t know, but pleasant if nothing else.
Charles Mingus
2/5
It’s jazz. And if you’ve listened to one jazz album, you’ve listened to them all.
Okay, maybe not, but you have listened to a majority of them. And this falls into that majority.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1/5
Reminiscent of Tom Petty, but worse. Somehow felt offbeat and boring at the same time.
Madonna
4/5
Pretty good pop album. Nothing earthshattering but fun throughout. Started off really strong.
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Prog rock. Some good songs in here but mostly boring.
The Who
4/5
As a rule I generally don’t like live albums but this one was pretty good.
Dwight Yoakam
4/5
Classic country. A good listen, if nothing else fancy.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Grungey rock. Not bad but nothing special.
The Offspring
4/5
Alternative rock; punk vibe. The Offspring always sounds kind of corny to me, but their songs are still lots of fun.
Fred Neil
4/5
Folkish, like Bob Dylan but with a deeper voice. I liked it.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Light r&b + funk. Pretty enjoyable.
Jack White
4/5
Kind of a soft alternative rock with a bluesy vibe. Pretty good.
Japan
3/5
80s as all hell.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Kind of a folksy rock. A few good songs but mostly forgettable.
Blur
2/5
WOO HOO!! (And 13 forgettable alt rock tracks)
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Alternative rock. I had this album growing up and there’s still plenty of classic tracks here. It’s definitely getting a nostalgia point from me though.
Miles Davis
3/5
It’s jazz. If you like jazz, you’ll like it. If you don’t, then you won’t. For the rest of us, it lands right square in the middle.
3/5
80s love ballads. Plus a funky bass guitar throughout, which really saves the whole album if you ask me.
Mike Oldfield
4/5
A very interesting instrumental album with lots of different feels and instruments. Almost perfect but the werewolf portion of the album took me out of it.
Van Halen
5/5
Classic hard rock album with great guitar. Not much more to be said.
Primal Scream
4/5
Interesting mix. Started off super strong but fell down a little after that. Still really liked it.
Tracy Chapman
5/5
Wonderful heartfelt folk album.
Elvis Costello
2/5
Rock and roll with a lot of older influences. Wasn’t bad but not really my thing.
The Fall
3/5
An odd album but good enough.
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Hip hop. Pretty good beats but the flow sounded about the same every song.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
5/5
Kind of like an alternative rock. Really liked this one musically.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Folk. Not bad but a lot of the songs blended together. Some standouts though.
The Triffids
2/5
Soft/pop rock. A few good songs but mostly just ok.
Kelela
3/5
R&B mixed with some electronica. Pretty good, took a little while to grow on me, might go up with another listen
The Kinks
2/5
Old rock, kinda reminiscent of early Beatles. One or two good songs, everything else not really my thing.
Randy Newman
3/5
Folky piano singer songwriter. Good music for a lazy day.
Don McLean
5/5
Folksy guitar tunes. Very melancholy vibe. Loved it
Nanci Griffith
5/5
Folksy old-school country with a voice reminiscent of Stevie Nicks. Loved it.
Faust
1/5
Wow. Kind of like a rock album but with overlong songs and a bunch of noise. Not a fan.
Taylor Swift
4/5
Slow soft ballads. Not too bad actually I enjoyed the melancholy vibe and a few songs were pretty catchy.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
Country rock. Fantastic album. Some rock classics, some moving ballads, this is an exceptional album. Also it has Free Bird.
Prince
3/5
Pop rock. A few real classics here but also some that didn’t hit the mark for me. Wanted to like it more than I did.
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Basically a full album of beats. And honestly they’re really great. I just wish there was a little bit less repetition. Even just basic lyrics over some of the songs would’ve elevated this into a great album.
Barry Adamson
4/5
An odd one. An album made to be essentially a soundtrack. I think it does a good job at creating a feel and mood.
Public Enemy
3/5
Hip hop. A few standouts but a lot of it blended together.
R.E.M.
3/5
Decent alternative rock album. A few good songs, most of them felt the same, but never bad.
Jeff Beck
4/5
Classic rock. Pretty darn good. I’m surprised some of these tracks weren’t on constant rotation on classic rock stations. A few irritating things like the high piano notes that bothered my ears and a tad too much repetition hold it back from full marks.
Black Sabbath
5/5
Arguably the first metal album ever, and what a banger it is. Still a unique sound 50 years on. It does meander a bit in the latter half but still.
The Cars
5/5
Classic rock. Distinctive synth throughout. Lots and lots of classic hits.
Miriam Makeba
3/5
African easy listening? This was a showcase of the lead’s vocals, and she has a lovely voice. I had a more difficult time finding this album online so I hope I listened to the right version but some of the songs were a little odd, like the duet where the man was just laughing the whole time?
Joan Baez
3/5
Folk music. Pretty good with a lovely voice but the high vibrato started to wear on me after a while. Would’ve also liked to hear the guitar more. It was really quiet.
David Bowie
2/5
Pop. But too, I don’t know, chaotic for me? Also I didn’t like the production, could hardly hear the vocals over the instruments.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Bluesy rock. That’s what it is.
Screaming Trees
2/5
Alternative rock. It was fine, but not really anything more than that. It was reminding me of another band that I can’t place, and it’s still irritating me that I can’t think of it.
Nirvana
5/5
The grunge album. Starts off really strong, back half not quite as good but still high marks. Liked the instrumentation, all got a chance to shine.
Erykah Badu
5/5
Soft R&B. This album put me to sleep, but in a good way. It was a very chill vibe throughout that I really liked.
Rocket From The Crypt
4/5
Rock. I was kinda getting a punk vibe from this one. It grew on me. I’d like to give it another listen.
3/5
Prog rock. Enough parts to keep it interesting, but nothing on the scale of Roundabout.
Green Day
4/5
Punk rock. Pretty good, doesn’t quite reach the same heights as American Idiot, still a jammer throughout.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
Alternative rock. Chill and groovy. Love the bass.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The Rolling Stones are like 20% stone cold classics and 80% middling bluesy numbers.
Q-Tip
4/5
Hip hop but a little more laid back, almost with some pop elements? I liked it.
Barry Adamson
3/5
An odd album, almost structured like jazz, but with some really good music interwoven. Ultimately all the other stuff in there was too weird.
Holger Czukay
3/5
German art rock? Started off really weird but then became more instrumental, and I really liked the spacey vibes.
Adele
5/5
Pop ballads. Soul feeling. She’s got a lovely haunting voice.
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
R&B. Laid back funky feel. Started out really good but kinda lost me as it went on.
Lambchop
2/5
British alternative music? Not really bad, just boring.
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
Kind of a weird off beat hip hop. Pretty fun.
Pixies
3/5
Alternative punkish rock. Not bad. A few songs I had some nostalgia for because they were in games I had growing up. The rest was just okay.
The Pogues
3/5
Irish folk music? Kinda cool but started to wear out its welcome halfway through.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
Folkish music. Not bad, but not really memorable either.
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Rap. Normally not my thing but I liked this. It felt important, varied, and genuine. I can see why people would consider this a masterpiece.
Duran Duran
5/5
80s synth rock in all the best ways. Cool electronic beats, great twanging bass, it’s awesome. Nothing super deep but love it anyways.
Beatles
3/5
Classic Beatles. I prefer their later stuff, but not bad.
Rahul Dev Burman
2/5
A soundtrack to an old Bollywood movie? Interesting. The first track was really cool, after that was just okay.
Nina Simone
4/5
Classic oldies. R&B I guess? Good album. Feels very genuine.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Prog rock. Enjoyed it, a few good songs here. Enjoyed the spaciness of a few songs, especially second from last.
3/5
Ah yes, the weird rock project that is Devo. They are weird and out there, and that’s okay. It’s alright. Not really my jam.
Portishead
3/5
Alternative rock, I guess. Slow and meandering, started off pretty cool but kinda dragged a bit afterwards.
Michael Jackson
5/5
Pop. Great album.
Miles Davis
4/5
Jazz. Very evocative. Good background music.
Pulp
4/5
British rock. Pretty good, hard to describe. I was getting English Springsteen vibes at points, don’t know why.
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Springsteen sounds like he wants to be hard rock and jangly piano tune Bob Dylan at the same time. I personally don’t really think it works.
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Techno? Reminded me of the Tekken 3 soundtrack, which is awesome, but kinda bogged down at the end.
1/5
Wow.
Nu metal rap. It was pretty bad. There were instances where it threatened to actually be dumb fun to listen to but then the lyrics and the vocals just killed it. This feels like an album I would’ve made in middle school when it was cool to say fuck. The best song was the one where they brought in actual rappers.
Neu!
3/5
Interesting. Felt like 2 albums smushed together, one instrumental and atmospheric and one more pop and traditional. I preferred the first half for sure. One song almost put me to sleep and I liked that.
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Country. A couple of fun songs throughout.
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4/5
Kind of like an acoustic soft rock. Some songs almost felt like a British take on country music. Pretty good.
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Kind of like a soft pop. He’s got a deep voice that classes with the style of music.
Sam Cooke
5/5
R&B/soul. Pretty good. Energetic and fun throughout.
Little Richard
4/5
Soul/R&B. Pretty lean but some of the songs were sounding pretty similar. Still a fun listen.
Little Simz
1/5
Rap. This was a style of rap I don’t really like, where most of the lyrics are said in a rapid fire, nonstop way that doesn’t really give any breaks. Maybe it’s just me but I have a hard time hearing the words, and in rap where increased attention is given on the clever rhymes and wordplay, I really don’t like that.
Stan Getz
3/5
Jazz. Sounds like something I’d listen to in an elevator.
Neil Young
4/5
Folk/country. Pretty good. Heart of Gold is great.
Red Snapper
2/5
Feels like an album of beats produced for rap songs but with no rapping (except for the 2 that did). I don’t mind instrumental stuff but this kind of music just feels incomplete to me. Decent music for a club, not for sitting and listening to.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
1/5
This album is like listening to alternative rock on the radio but also being just out of range of the station so you hear only snippets of the album but mostly static.
Common
3/5
A solid rap album.
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
I’m not even sure how to classify this one. British pop with Indian influences? Started out solid enough with the psychedelic elements but fell off near the end.
Jane Weaver
5/5
Kind of a weird psychedelic indie rock album. I really like that kind of music though.
Moby
4/5
A rare electronic album I actually enjoyed. The songs were varied and interesting and there were some spacey sounding ones near the end that I really enjoyed. Going back and forth between 4 and a 5 but I did feel like it was a tad overlong for my tastes.
Joan Armatrading
5/5
A lovely mix of R&B with some country instrumentation. Add in a lovely soulful voice and this is an album I really really enjoyed.
Robbie Williams
2/5
Pop rock. It was okay, although it was starting to grow on me a bit more towards the end. On another day perhaps it’d get another star.
Venom
3/5
Decent metal album. A little muddy and started to get old after a while, but still fun.
Stereo MC's
2/5
Like an alternative pop. It was okay.
The Saints
2/5
Rock and roll. It felt pretty generic to me.
4/5
Pretty good rock album. A few good classics.
Peter Tosh
3/5
Reggae. Pretty decent.
Rod Stewart
4/5
Rock with blues and country feel.
The War On Drugs
5/5
Soft rock with that ambient, spacey feel. This probably isn’t up a lot of people’s alleys, but it is up mine.
Kate Bush
2/5
I’m not really sure how to describe this. Like a pop opera? Interesting but a bit too weird for me.
Arcade Fire
2/5
Alternative rock. Didn’t stick in my head at all.
LTJ Bukem
3/5
A whole album of beats and bass. Sounds like a PS2 fighting game. I really don’t see any reason why this had to be over 2 hours long, but it was weirdly entrancing.
Alice In Chains
5/5
A grunge masterpiece. It almost veers into heavy metal territory but with some great vocals and sounds. I love this album.
Simple Minds
2/5
Good ol 80s electric pop cheese. A few little standouts but nothing remarkable
Elvis Presley
5/5
Yeah a great Elvis album. A few songs I knew but most I didn’t and it was still lovely.
Funkadelic
3/5
Funk. I was under the impression that funk was upbeat, danceable music. The majority of this album was slow, with a section in the middle that was mostly just noise. The last few songs pulled me back around though.
Shivkumar Sharma
2/5
Traditional Indian music. It’s quite lovely but my tolerance for this kind of instrumental cultural music is about 20 minutes or so, then I’m ready to move on.
Throwing Muses
4/5
Alternative rock. Pretty good although the vocals were a little irritating at points.
The Beach Boys
5/5
Not what I expected from a beach boys album. It had a slower sadder vibe to it that I really liked. Lots of little touches to really elevate it.
Paul Simon
2/5
Folksy music. It was ok.
Rod Stewart
3/5
Old folksy bluesy rock. Not too bad but not as good as others.
The Shamen
5/5
Electronic music but I liked this. Shorter songs meant that the sound changed pretty frequently and there was a lot of interesting songs.
The United States Of America
2/5
Someone listened to too much Sgt. Pepper. A few neat songs but otherwise weird and it hurt my ears.
Paul McCartney
3/5
Not too bad rock album, sounds the most like mid-Beatles
808 State
3/5
Electronic music. Kinda fun and listenable but also kinda noisy. It was alright.
Jethro Tull
5/5
Progressive rock album that’s awesome the whole way through. Not many rock bands have a flautist, you know.
Britney Spears
1/5
90s Disney channel pop. Not for me.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Alternative rock. I like the slower songs but a good mix.
The Prodigy
1/5
Electronic with some hip hop elements? It was pretty bad. Just so repetitive and noisy.
Haircut 100
3/5
Jazzy pop. Pretty decent.
Slayer
4/5
Oh man this metal album was a favorite of teenage me, but I guess the older I get, the wimpier I get because I think it’s just a little bit too heavy for me. Raining Blood is one of the greatest metal songs of all time still. Regardless, still a headbanger from start to finish even if the album gives me a heart attack nowadays.
John Martyn
3/5
Jazzy rock album? I liked it, especially the ambient track at the end.
Les Rythmes Digitales
2/5
Electronic music. Not quite as enjoyable as some of the other ones I’ve heard. Kind of irritating at points to be honest. Also I’ve gotten like 5 electronic albums in a row and I’m a little tired of it.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
This is a tough one. It’s overlong with too many songs that veer off into “noodling”. But it also has like 5 songs that are absolutely perfect. And the album is still so good.
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
A pretty decent rock album.
The Kinks
2/5
Beatles sounding rock. It was okay.
Grizzly Bear
2/5
It’s definitely an indie rock album. Didn’t really make much of an impression on me.
ABBA
4/5
Pop. Quite good. The harmonies really make it enjoyable to listen to.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4/5
Pretty good pop album. A lot of different and varied songs.
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
Southern rock. Toes the line between modern country and a skynyrd knock off.
Pavement
2/5
Alternative rock. I like the sound of this album a lot more than the execution.
Carpenters
5/5
Soft rock, but really good. Wonderful voices and the songs were beautiful and interesting.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Funky smooth soul. Love it.
Black Sabbath
5/5
Hell yeah. Classic heavy metal. I love Joe diverse Sabbath is. So many sub genres of metal can trace their roots back to them in a way.
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
Pop. Not too bad, the first few songs were pretty catchy.
Dagmar Krause
1/5
Sounds like the soundtrack to a musical set in early 1900’s Germany. No thanks.
Sebadoh
2/5
Sounds like alternative rock. Started out good and had a few pretty good songs but then balanced them out with some really terrible ones. Sounded sloppy and had some of the worst harmonica I’ve heard on one of the early tracks.
Germs
1/5
Punk. I did not like this. Just incoherent and loud. Not my kind of music.
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Pretty great r&b/soul music
Steely Dan
3/5
Jazzy rock. It was fine. Pleasant background music.
The Avalanches
1/5
Hmm. Some sort of backing tracks kind of? Sounds like someone just started putting together random sound clips in GarageBand or something. Never offensive but not great.
Van Halen
5/5
Hard rock. The real thing that elevates this album is EVH’s guitar. It’s fast when it needs to be, but even slow it’s captivating. Even the singer’s high pitched screeches doesn’t bring this album down.
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
Electronic music. Sounded like an interesting soundtrack, but that’s about all.
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Grunge rock. Started out solid but fell apart with a few weird songs at the end.
Crowded House
3/5
Soft alternative rock. Not too bad but felt like the same song 10 different times.
SZA
3/5
Slower paced hip hop. Not really my thing usually but there were a few songs that I wouldn’t turn off if they came on the radio.
The Slits
1/5
Like early punk. Sounded like a middle schooler’s first band.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
A weird rock album that I wouldn’t fault you for liking, but it’s not for me.
Ian Dury
2/5
Rock and roll. I couldn’t tell but the album felt slightly comedic in a tongue in cheek way. It was entertaining at first but got annoying fast.
Pixies
1/5
Alternative rock. I didn’t like it. I didn’t like the vocalist, didn’t like how noisy it was.
The Stooges
3/5
Solid rock album.
System Of A Down
2/5
Okay. I actually like this band and you can hear where they’re starting to put it all together on some songs but it’s a bit raw.
The Lemonheads
4/5
Alternative rock. Pretty good. Simple but enjoyable.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Pretty good folk album.
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Rock. Not bad but boring.
The Adverts
4/5
Pretty good punk sounding album.
White Denim
4/5
Pretty good modern rock album.
Brian Eno
4/5
Lovely little peaceful ambient music.
Radiohead
3/5
Alternative rock. Not too bad, the best Radiohead album I’ve gotten so far, but I still don’t think this band is for me. Did enjoy the ambient feel of this one though.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Pretty good folksy songs.
Billy Bragg
4/5
Pretty good British folk album. Liked it.
Gene Clark
5/5
Mix of folk, country, and rock. Great guitar playing, and even gave me some Floyd vibes. Loved it.
The Cramps
2/5
Like early punk rock. Not bad.
Boards of Canada
2/5
Alright electronic album. Good background filler.
Magazine
4/5
Good interesting rock album.
Wire
2/5
Alright punk rock-ish album.
Violent Femmes
5/5
Interesting. Like an alternative acoustic rock band. Some say it was punk but it sounded a little softer than that for me. I liked it a lot though.
John Lennon
4/5
Pretty good honestly. Sounded different enough from Beatles stuff.
Digital Underground
2/5
Old school sex obsessed hip hop. It was pretty okay.
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Pretty good slow album with nice Sinatra voice.
Jane's Addiction
5/5
Hard rock. I liked it a lot. Songs were layered and interesting.
John Grant
5/5
Weird little alternative rock album I guess. I really liked it though.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Pretty good country rock. Short and sweet.
Pantera
4/5
Some pretty good heavy metal. Think I liked it a little bit better when I was younger but still rocks hard.
PJ Harvey
2/5
Grungey pop punk. It was okay, just a little flat.
Gram Parsons
5/5
Old classic country
The Byrds
4/5
Good rock album. Some Beatles, some country, some sounds all their own.
Blur
3/5
Boring britpop mostly, but there were a few interesting songs sprinkled throughout to keep me entertained.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Prog rock that drifts dangerously close towards the “pretentious and obnoxious” side of the scale. Add in the live crowd noise and I’m gonna have to pass.
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
R&B/funk. Thought I’d like this more than I did. Some good instrumentation but never felt like it was all put together.
Sisters Of Mercy
4/5
Kind of like a dark rock, almost a German industrial vibe to it. Pretty good.
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
British pop rock. Not too bad but forgettable.
3/5
Jazz.
Musical chaos. Sometimes it sounded good, sometimes it didn’t.
Goldfrapp
3/5
An odd album. Very ethereal sounding. I liked it, except when I didn’t. There’s one song that wouldn’t sound out of place at a spooky carnival, and not in a good way.
The Verve
3/5
Indie sounding britpop. Some really good songs here balanced out by plenty of forgettable ones.
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Another electronic album another three out of five
Killing Joke
3/5
Interesting mix of alternative and punk rock. Feel like I should listen to this one again.
Brian Eno
4/5
Nice mix of rock songs and soft ambient ones.
The Who
5/5
Classic rock. Perhaps one of the greatest albums of all time. Rock anthems and slower ballads, this is a masterpiece from start to finish.
Soft Machine
1/5
The worst parts of jazz and prog rock mixed into one album.
1/5
Rock. I think this might be a band I’d like, but I hated this particular album. Didn’t like that it was live, didn’t like the singer, didn’t like the weird falsetto song. Sucks because the guitars sounded pretty good.
Pavement
1/5
Alternative rock. Not great. It was irritating and hurt my ears.
Ramones
3/5
Punk rock. Like the same song 10 times, but fortunately that song is 2 minutes 30 seconds and fun.
Ryan Adams
2/5
Folk. Was okay.
Bert Jansch
3/5
Folk. Pretty good.
The Fall
2/5
Like slowed down punk. Could’ve been interesting, but was mostly boring.
Suede
5/5
Rock. Gave me a strong Bowie vibe, I really liked it.
Soul II Soul
4/5
Funky songs with African vibes. Pretty good.
fIREHOSE
3/5
Rock. This is one of those albums that sounds perfectly fine when you’re listening to it but once it’s over, you can’t remember a single thing about it.
Manu Chao
3/5
Kind of like a Latin reggae. Fun.
Deee-Lite
2/5
90s dance music. Not much more to say than that.
Prince
3/5
Some interesting pop but there is no reason for every song to be 7-8 minutes long.
The Clash
4/5
Punk rock. I’ve always liked the Clash. Simple music but so much fun.
Motörhead
2/5
Motörhead is repetitive hard rock that is still pretty fun, but man do I hate live albums. Just muddles the production and the crowd noise makes it harder to hear.
Joy Division
4/5
Pretty good alternative rock album. Reminded me of another band that I couldn’t remember and it’s driving me nuts.
Raekwon
4/5
Hip hop. Pretty good although a little long.
Incubus
2/5
Alternative rock. Sounds like a band I’d expect to hear at a high school talent show.
2/5
Rock. Nothing noteworthy here.
Bob Dylan
3/5
The most Bob Dylan-y album of all the Bob Dylan albums I’ve heard.
Radiohead
2/5
Radiohead is just not a band for me. I don’t know why, but they just don’t hit with me. Their songs are just kind of boring and forgettable.
Minor Threat
4/5
Heavy punk music. I really liked this except for the vocals. The music was just varied enough to keep it interesting throughout.
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Funky soul soundtrack. Liked the few actual songs and wanted more of them.
CHIC
5/5
Funky R&B perfection.
Tom Tom Club
5/5
Super unique. Dumb but so catchy and I really liked it.
Madonna
4/5
Honestly some decent soft pop.
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
Spacey instrumental music. Sounds like something I’d put on to study to.
Alice Cooper
4/5
Rock. Took a while to grow on me but I think would be good with more listens.
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Alternative folksy pop? Straddles the line between uniquely creative and pretentious.
Kanye West
5/5
Hip hop. Really good, possibly the best production on a rap album I’ve ever heard.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Rock with some alternative and punk vibes. Interesting but drawn out.
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Old school twangy country.
Tim Buckley
3/5
Folk music. Was ok.
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
Woof. This was tough. A strange folksy album with a jazzy feel, but I didn’t like it. Too much of a weird conversationalist vibe, and I didn’t really care for the vocalist.
Orbital
3/5
So many of these electronic albums remind me so much of old ps1 games. This one wasn’t too bad, a few catchy tracks.