I'm hoping this isn't the only Sigur Ros. I've seen them live a few times. Spent a good chunk of my late teens/early 20s listening to them. Very special place in my heart.
Welcome to New York is truly awful. What a way to open an album. The musical is honestly so vapid. Great H&M, or whatever box store you like, shopping music. Shake it Off is fun tho.
Bittersweet Symphony brings me right back to elementary school but I have not heard a single other song of theirs. "Sonnet" is actually awesome. "Drugs Don't Work" is nice. Neon onwards its all duds. I think that without having a real emotional or nostalgic connection to this album, it's just ends up sounding like pretty generic alt/pop-rock.
A little self-serving. Their spotify about us is hilariously self-important.
meh
Classic. Love the guitar in "You Shook Me"
Love the funk. Fun listen. Could see myself putting it on often.
Maybe at another point in my life. But for now, not a lot going for me.
Amazing album. Saw them live in Osheaga. Not a single song on this record I would skip.
good ol' Canadiana. Great listening. Love the harmonica.
Happy to have discovered them. This is a fun sound.
Good sound and I can appreciate the talent, but it isn't something I'd go back to.
Really hard album to track down. I ended up accidentally listening to a song, "Magnolia" off of another album and loved it. The songs are carefree, and Jorge's voice is quite soothing.
Album starts with a bang with "Show Girl." I really enjoyed the sound. For me, it kind of slowed way down, with "Junk Shop Clothes" making me want to just turn the record off. I enjoyed the guitar in "Idiot Brother"
Such a fun album. Second-Hand Woman is amazing. While You See a Chance is fantastic. Slowdown Sundown is a song I could picture my parents listening to in the living room when I was young young. Last few songs on the first disc kind of fall off but I will be coming back to Steve Winwood often. He has the added bonus of really reminding me of my parents' music. A nostalgia that will continue to tug at my heart.
Have never really listened to Kiss seriously before. It was a ton of fun! I wish it was grittier, like their debut 'Kiss.' But maybe that's a remastering issue. Fun times!
Great listening. I love Morrissey's singing style. It has a 'lazy' drawl/croon that I enjoy. I've wanted to get into The Smiths but was always intimidated by the choices. Glad I finally dipped in.
Love Coldplay. For me, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends is my favourite album of theirs.
David Bowie is another one where I had always intended to explore but never got around to it. I am so glad that I did. The guitar solo in Moonage Dream rocks. Starman is fantastic but Lady Stardust may be my favourite off the album. I'll be coming back to this one requently!
Interesting for sure. Loved "Afterglow." The adlib talking sections were too much for me. I'll continue to explore Small Faces but I don't think I'll play this album again anytime soon.
Beautiful voice but not my cup of tea.
It just seems really bland/flat to me. I don't think I will ever go back to these guys. Lyrics/singing seems low effort and not in a good way at all.
Couple of good songs but they just sound so old. I can't really get behind listening to them a ton. Appreciate their classics but that's all it is to me.
Brilliant. Love every minute of this. Indie is my favourite genre so I'm sad I hadn't started listening to them sooner. Electronic Renaissance is incredible and a new favourite song of mine.
Punk is punk. It's fine.
The hits are undeniable but everything in between is a total miss for me. Sweet album cover though.
I actually enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Some really cool sounds. I think a few of the tracks continued on for a little too long.
This is too 'stripped down' for me. Voice is grating. Not my cuppa
Sounds old. Not in a good way. A few good tracks but not a great overall listen
Not a big fan of the vocals on this.
I've heard songs off of this album all over Thailand but have never sat down to give the whole thing a listen. What a joy. I'll be putting this back on. This album is perfect for the beach bar but it is more than that as well.
Interesting voice for sure. Almost taps into a country kind of twang. I enjoy the guitar a lot.
Opening song, 'Stardust' is beautiful. Loving the harmonica everywhere. Surprisingly, Blue Skies is meh for me compared to the rest of the album. This album is just so beautiful. I always pictured Willie Nelson as a much more typical honky tonk country guy.
Big ol' double feature project. Wide variety of sound. Songs like Jellybelly and Zero don't really do it for me. Bullet is fantastic. Tonight, Tonight is incredible. Cupid De Locke, love it. Porcelina so good. 1979 is my absolute favourite. I wish songs like that, Thirty-Three, Stumbleine were more prevalent on the album
Good album. Easy to listen to. Loving the guitar.
Love the Cisco Kid. The instrumental pieces are interesting, no doubt. I can't really sit and listen to it that long.
My baby loves this. Graceland is incredible. The album loses steam imo.
A more popular and poppier Purity Ring, who did it a whole year earlier. I'll stick with Purity Ring.
Had no idea these guys were so country rock. I just assumed it was all Hotel California, which I like better...
Great for the time but man it all just sounds so lame now. The beats are wildly simplistic and repetitive. Does not age well. Really sounds like one of those groups that would 100% sound better live. Their remastered albums sound hyper clean, flat and one dimensional. Same problem I have with some of the Ramones, and even Rage Against the Machine for example. Less of a critique on the artists tho, idk.
What a welcome surprise to have this pop up. Marquee Moon is iconic.
why was this shit included
I'm hoping this isn't the only Sigur Ros. I've seen them live a few times. Spent a good chunk of my late teens/early 20s listening to them. Very special place in my heart.
Entertaining for sure.
Hauntingly beautiful. One of the best voices ever.
It's whatever. Not a good voice, especially since this followed Johnny Cash...
First Beatles album I've deliberately listened to. Definitely interesting, much more diverse of a sound than I had thought. Don't know if I'd go back to this one though.
Still so fun. Much more timeless than other classics. Not quite as strong as their self-titled tho.
Quick, easy listen. Love Mandela but I really just don't have a ton of time for Jazz. There is so much I'd rather put on.
Welcome to New York is truly awful. What a way to open an album. The musical is honestly so vapid. Great H&M, or whatever box store you like, shopping music. Shake it Off is fun tho.
It was alright. I would still like to do a deeper dive on them
Damn this is fantastic. Going to be on repeat for a while. Always thought soul got a little repetitive but this is just something else. Feels like a wonderful little Sunday afternoon album
So groovy. Joy Inside My Tears is my favourite song I think.
Not a huge fan of the opener, but album bounces back with "I Don't Mind." It's okay. I think I'm coming to find that I don't like 60's rock, ha.
Can't say I enjoy her voice very much.
Nothing about this stands out to me. Love the name though.
Finally some rap. Complex album. I don't know if it's my favourite from Kendrick but still fantastic. Love 'Alright' and 'How Much a Dollar Cost.' King Kunta of course.
This album had a massive influence on the music I listened to when I was in high school. Despite what MGMT has to say about this album, I still think it's incredible. "The Youth," "Pieces of What," and "Weekend Wars" are some of my favourite MGMT tracks. "Time to Pretend" is where it all started for me though. Years later and I'm still coming back to this album.
This first song is awful I must say. The chorus... I don't think I'm very fond of 'the concept' of this one and I don't even know if I can appreciate the 'art' of it. Is it spoken word? Is it just bad flow? It's too young to be this lame.
This is great punk/grunge. Sounds good and messy. "Teenage Kicks" is fun. I think "Jump Boys" to "Get Over You" is a low point in the album and could have been left off. Now that I've continued listening, the quality really dips after "Wrong Way." Or I just got tired of the sound. Either way, this album didn't need to be 26 songs long.
"Breakdown" is awesome but "American Girl" carries this album big time. There really aren't any other standouts for me. I do like the overall sound of it and could see it being on a wider rotation of 'set and forget' albums/artists.
Pretty slow and dreary. I like You Want it Darker better. Good canadiana tho. Remarkable talent.
"Preaching the Blues" is good fun. "Jack on Fire" is awful. It's an okay listen.
Great opener, energy carries. Not a fan of "Money."
Sure.
This is so 90's hahahahaha. The same drum line used in every song. The quieter moments remind me of music used at a salon that's trying to be upscale.
Ambient electronic music just isn't it. Play the drums for real, at least. This does not age well. I love this list for the music it introduces but I hate it all the same for the time it wastes on shit like this.
Nothing particularly special.
Fun lil' country album. Crazy band name.
Yuck. "Firestarter" is on my all time most hated songs list due to how often my dumb radio station would play it late at nights. Nobody wants to hear that shit cruising by the moonlight.
"Clowns" is a great opener. I was initially turned off before even starting after the list gave me yet another 'electronic' group. So 'Clowns' is a great breath of fresh air.
Great guitar. Country half ain't that great.
Noise. This guy has like a million albums on spotify and they all sound like my 16 month old smashing a little piano.
Kind of boring not gonna lie.
So fun. Reminds me of margaritas and hangovers.
Too much Morrissey what's going on. There has to be more out there than all of his albums, right?!
United is fun.
Pretty basic. Too many songs.
Mostly spoken word over generic music. Dubious, disgusting content.
Saw them live ages ago and didn't really know what I was listening to. In the Flowers starts quite slow but when it picks up it is awesome. My Girls is super fun. I wish more of their music was like this.
Bittersweet Symphony brings me right back to elementary school but I have not heard a single other song of theirs. "Sonnet" is actually awesome. "Drugs Don't Work" is nice. Neon onwards its all duds. I think that without having a real emotional or nostalgic connection to this album, it's just ends up sounding like pretty generic alt/pop-rock.
I love the indie grunge sound and I love that it truly comes through in their albums. No hyper clean production taking away the mess. Pond Song and of course Freak Scene are standouts. The album REALLY doesn't need "Don't" on there. Especially with how strong an end Keep the Glove is. I enjoy this album but "Without a Sound" is still my favourite.
In immediate love with their sound.
Every Zep album is going to be on this thing aren't they. Don't mind all that much to be honest. They all definitely start to blend together but they found a cool sound and it works so.
Meh
The beats are nice and groovy. His voice is nice for rap, maybe too plain. I wonder how he feels looking back on some of his lyrics. Em quite famously changed his tune. I don't really think this album is all that bloated. Maybe for the time? But it doesn't have a ton of random 30 second interludes like a lot of rap albums have. The 6th Sense is a standout for me. I'm struggling the rate this one.
Starlings is a killer opening for this album. I'm having a hard time with this rating. Starlings is the best of their sound for me. The rest of the album just kind of meanders around aimlessly.
Incredible sound. Only miss on the album for me is "Jesus" and it's not even really a bad song. Added to the rotation for sure.
I was really psyched at the start of this album. The sound is really fun and catchy. However, the songs are just so damn repetitive. They spend more time talking about 'the funk' than they do just getting down to it.
Every song is a banger, minus "Highway" maybe. Added benefit of the nostalgia of listening to this with my parents in the living room. "I'm on Fire" is incredible. Every song reminds me of my dad and that makes me smile.
Very fun guitar in Prowler. This is honestly just good, no nonsense fun. Guitar and drums shine through above all else. Phantom of the Opera is great. I don't typically listen to metal, but this is great. I think "Strange World" is my favourite.
Crazy good voice just not my cup of tea.
Favourite track, "Laughing." "West of the Fields" is a weird one. The album kind of blends together a little too much for me. It's not bad music, but it isn't spectacular either.
Love the lo-fi sound with slacker singer sound to death. "Hell Yes" is the worst on the album. "Broken Drum" turns it back around immediately though.
Every element is perfect. I love them.
Sounds pretty flat tbh. Would much rather listen to "Only by the Night"
This one was just okay for me.
Obviously we know that after this album, Missy would go on to be a well established and respected artist, however in a vacuum, this album sucks. How are you going to be the third voice heard on your own album? Weird choice to me. In "I'm Talkin" the lines, "I'm such a good rapper" are hilariously bad like wtf. Busta and Lil Kim sprinkled in this album really show her lack of skill at this stage in her career as their parts heavily outshine her. Why include this album? There better be others of hers on this list....
The opening song is tremendous, the second half especially. This is good alt-rock. Their sound really scratches an itch and I don't think it has any misses.
Ya I just don't really care for this sound.
Beats are really good but ya, I don't know, the lyrics seem kind of lame at this point. Was really hoping for something better since I've never sat down with this one front to back before. Oh well.
The hits hit for sure. "Somebody Loves Me" is such a snooze fest, jeez.
I had a really tough time rating this album. I picked it up and put it down probably 10 times. I think it just has a little to much fluff for me. The top songs are incredible, no doubt. Bu as an entire project I think it's a bit much.
Fuck the police. 5 stars for that
Sleep on the Left Side is awesome and left me really excited for more. What the hell happened to the rest of the album.
Easy listening but doesn't do anything for me.
Not nearly as good as The Rise and Fall. Won't put this one back on.
I'm a sucker for lo-fi
Not my favourite. If it's on the radio I'm skipping it.
Enjoyable, soft, older sounding than I would have thought haha.
Nice sound but nothing really stands out to me.
Not too crazy for it. Have nothing to say really hahaha
Loving the introduction to UK rap for me. I'll definitely be adding a lot of these songs into my rotation.
Breath of fresh air. I love delving into music I haven't spent a lot of time in. This is awesome. The title track is irresistible.
Love the guitar, a lot of misses. Those slurs come out of nowhere though.
Classic. Don't like Chain of Fools.
No misses on this one.
Crazy name.
I really only dislike 'Jenny.' The rest are amazing. Full of classics, able to listen to it time and time and time again. That's a five in my books.
Hell yeah.
I just really don't enjoy this style of music. Just kind of goes and goes and goes.
Unmistakably Beatles. Their harmonies stand out to me. Good background music, always great to add a little extra texture in a movie/show.
Not doing anything for me. Sounds like Sephora music.
oh my god Bubble and Slide II is so boring. This is true shit 90's electronic.
Absolutely beautiful. Would play this on repeat if I wasn't only a tenth of the way through this list.
Super fun, groovy, not too serious. Not a huge fan of scorpio.
Really enjoyed this. A few skips but overall a very strong album
This is incredibly fun.
Interesting style. Singer-songwriter meets broadway show. Love's Enough is fantastic. Too bad the momentum slams to a halt with a Ballad of the Ship State. It all starts to sound very similar.
Night and Day sucks.
Honestly a very fun album to listen to. Cannot deny it's influence and importance in pop culture. It's definitely more than just Wonderwall.
This is great. call the police is my favourite song. oh baby is amazing as well.
Big fan of Q-Tip. Love his voice for rap.
Good stuff. A little kitschy but fun nonetheless.
Loved every minute of it.
First few songs are great but then Sealand really slams the breaks on this album, adding in the random banging noise to the end of the track just to really remind you of how awful it was. I really was enjoying this one up until that. The rest is fine too.
A little self-indulgent. Nice tho.
Bleh.
It really does not sound as old as it is. Very good album. Time Has Told Me is beautiful.
A little self-serving. Their spotify about us is hilariously self-important.
Bonny is super cool. Rest of the songs have super weird lyrics
Title song is amazing. This album has just a nice warmth to it.
Of course. Brings me back to middle school and I love it.
Good stuff. Saw them live in Osheaga. They are much more than their hits.
Absolute shit. How can an album have 19 songs and still be under 40 mins? Let's just take a second to thank god it's only 40 minutes eh.
I'm a sucker for harmonica.
No way hahahahaha
Pretty bland.
Very fun album. Guitar great. Iron Man is kind of lame though.
Pretty boring stuff.
Is it as good as Funeral? No. Is it still a five? Yes.
Not nearly as good as Tiger Milk.
Mostly a pretty fun album. "Mother" sucksssss.
The sound is so great. I love a lazy lo-fi singer. "Someday" is the standout for me.
It's a Queen album that's for sure. Great hits. Fun. Every one of their albums is gonna be on this list, I feel it.
Artwork is so cool. In the Morning of Magicians is such a beautiful tune.
Lazy voices! Love it. I love this album for what it was for me. Perfect for the hipster college student at the time. This is a funny one to me because I can totally see why someone with no connection to this album would give it a 1.
Lotta soul. Lotta rasp.
Pretty generic