My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
Calenture The Triffids	5	2.55	+2.45
Trafalgar Bee Gees	5	2.63	+2.37
New Boots And Panties Ian Dury	5	2.69	+2.31
Group Sex Circle Jerks	5	2.75	+2.25
Olympia 64 Jacques Brel	5	2.78	+2.22
Tago Mago Can	5	2.79	+2.21
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso	5	2.85	+2.15
Red Dirt Girl Emmylou Harris	5	2.87	+2.13
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy	5	2.87	+2.13
Broken English Marianne Faithfull	5	2.89	+2.11

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	1	3.36	-2.36
Trio Dolly Parton	1	3.12	-2.12
Ambient 1/Music For Airports Brian Eno	1	3.08	-2.08
Fishscale Ghostface Killah	1	3.05	-2.05
Microshift Hookworms	1	3.03	-2.03
Larks' Tongues In Aspic King Crimson	1	2.98	-1.98
Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective	1	2.91	-1.91
Smokers Delight Nightmares On Wax	1	2.91	-1.91
Kings Of The Wild Frontier Adam & The Ants	1	2.83	-1.83
Night Life Ray Price	1	2.81	-1.81

Artist	Albums	Average
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	4.8
Bob Dylan	6	4.67
The White Stripes	3	5
Beatles	5	4.4
R.E.M.	4	4.5
Leonard Cohen	4	4.5
Public Enemy	3	4.67
Queen	3	4.67
Nirvana	2	5
Manic Street Preachers	2	5
The Clash	2	5
The Police	2	5
Bruce Springsteen	2	5
Depeche Mode	2	5
The Band	2	5
The Smiths	2	5
Deep Purple	2	5
Iggy Pop	2	5
Ali Farka Touré	2	5
Talking Heads	2	5
The Cure	2	5
Dire Straits	2	5
Michael Jackson	3	4.33
Led Zeppelin	3	4.33
U2	3	4.33
Jimi Hendrix	3	4.33
The Rolling Stones	5	4

Artist	Albums	Average
Brian Eno	4	2.25

Artist	Ratings
Frank Sinatra	2, 5
The Byrds	2, 4, 5, 5

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Well, it's not my type. Anyway, I fully understand it's value and importance.. Herbie Hancock surely was/is very innovative ;-)

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Very nice, it surely help me go through the day at work ;-)

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

5/5

Very good! I understand why this is recommended

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Great album ;-)

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

5/5

One of my favorite bands

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

4/5

Smile

Brian Wilson

2/5

Does not suit my "type" of listening. But a good album, anyway, always thankful for your suggestions ;-)

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

2/5

Doesn't make my type (but good, anyway) :-)

Tracy Chapman

5/5

Fantastic album, great suggestion, thank you very much, so many memories ;-)

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

4/5

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

A classic

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

The Clash

5/5

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

5/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

4/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

5/5

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

1984

Van Halen

5/5

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Amazing album, still holds it's originality, power and controversy! This is a 5 star, for sure ;-)

Lost Souls

Doves

3/5

I liked it a lot; very pleasant to listen to, in fact ;-) However, it wasn't the most appropriate choice for listening to at work, it's quite melancholy

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

I really love PJ Harvey, the tone of her music is so dark and so "fuck off, leave me alone" that I really enjoy listening to her

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

It's not my thing, so to speak; nevertheless, it's fun and interesting ;-)

Third

Portishead

3/5

Definitely, not their best ;-) But, since I like Portishead, my 3 stars rating

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

5/5

Beautiful... It certainly helped me get through a strange day at work ;-) Seriously, George Harrison had something very special when it came to writing and composing songs, they never lost their beauty and intensity

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

2/5

Doesn't fit my taste, sorry :-(

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

4/5

Well, that turned out to be interesting! I didn't know anything about it (neither the group nor the songs) but I liked it because it's blues... and good blues at that! A 4, no doubt ;-)

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Wonderful album ;-)

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

It's Otis, man! What could ever go wrong with this?!?! I had a calm and lovely day, how about you?

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

A classic, a pleasant listen ;-) I can't say much more, I didn't usually listen to this kind of music when I was growing up, but now, as an adult in my 50s, we've come to appreciate something truly unique and rich

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

Listening to this album brought back good old memories of my teenage years, of getting together at a friend's house to listen to this band and others that were so important to us growing up! Back in the days of cassettes, walkmans and pirate radio ;-)

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Only rating 3 stars because listening to live albums it's not my kind of thing! About the band and their music, nothing to say: absolute classics ;-)

Sulk

The Associates

1/5

Had to stop after the 3rd song; all this seemed pretty weird! Than I read some previous reviews and, yes, I had to agreed with those smashing this album! There was a lot more and better music from this year, why this album is on this list became a mistery to me :-(

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

Fleet Foxes

2/5

NEU! 75

Neu!

3/5

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

3/5

While I have the utmost respect for Tom Waits and love many of his songs, I had a hard time listening to this album! Maybe the day wasn't the best, but I wasn't helped by the cacophony and experimentalism it contains. So only 3 stars. Sorry, Tom ;-)

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Well, it's become a classic, hasn't it?

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

It is, indeed, a masterpiece ;-)

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

A masterpiece, truly survived the test of time, it become a classic ;-)

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

This was a milestone in my/our adolescence: who doesn't remember being stunned by the video, practically a short film by John Landis? And the handful of songs that you could listen to from one end to the other and put the needle back to the beginning and repeat? God, we were so happy and we didn't know it :-)

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

A very pleasant, original and danceable album. It put me in a happy, relaxed mood and my work definitely went much better ;-) And that's why I consider it very positive - as I've been listening to this list while working, it's very important how much an album helps me (or not!) get through the day :-)

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

The more I know this band the more I respect them and learn to love it ;-)

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

I really enjoyed this album, great tunes, Jack White is really a very talented guitar player, one of the very best ;-)

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

3/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Franz Ferdinand

5/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

It brings back great memories. Although I find it a bit repetitive in terms of rhythm and melodies. Anyway, the RHCP are a group I always listen to with great pleasure ;-)

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Very good album, as usual, coming from "The Boss" ;-)

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

Wonderful album. I enjoyed it immensely :-)

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

5/5

I think this is an excellent rap/hip-hop album! In fact, along with De La Soul's “3 Feet High and Rising”, they're the only two albums of this genre that I've bought. Every now and then, I revisit them ;-)

Buena Vista Social Club

5/5

No words needed to this; just enjoy it!

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

The only Boss who never disappoints ;-)

The Stooges

3/5

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

4/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

I like Willie Nelson, like him a lot... but yesterday wasn't the right day to listen to such a melancholic and quiet album! Other than that, I would love it :-(

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

2/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

5/5

Truly a great classic... It's incredible how well these songs have aged, it's almost like if they're Porto wine or a pure malt. Delicious ;-)

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

I've always known and heard Black Sabbath, but it's only now, in my 50s, that I've heard a full album of theirs. Anyway, I think music is like books, they come to us and choose us when they think it's most appropriate (and not the other way around, as many people think!). Good album, I liked it... but now, for me, it's much easier to appreciate “heavy” music anyway :-)

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

World Clique

Deee-Lite

3/5

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

4/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

2/5

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

5/5

I just love it, I find this fusion of styles very interesting and very well done. This project in particular is very, very good... but I also like Bajofondo and a few others who explore the same path! 5 stars, “porque me encanta!”

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

5 Because it brought back memories of a time when we couldn't get enough of hearing this... Oops, I guess we still can't get enough ;-) It's so, so good <3

In It For The Money

Supergrass

5/5

Very good, these guys know how to make great songs ;-)

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

4/5

A nice surprise, didn't knew this band, I enjoyed a lot listening to this album ;.-)

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

I rate the albums I listen to not on the basis of their musical quality (I'm not a musicologist, or an expert, or anything like that!) but on how much I like them and how they make me feel! This one came on a day when I needed something funky and it really made the day better, so my solid 4 It'll go on my 1001albunsgenerator favorites playlist, that's for sure ;-)

Third

Soft Machine

1/5

I rate these albums based on how much I like them and how good they make me feel (I'm not a musicologist or an expert, so it couldn't be any other way!). This album is definitely not my thing, sorry; I know it's considered by many to be a perfect 5 but, for me, I can't give it more than 1 star :-( Next :-)

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

A pleasant surprise, I've never heard a complete Nas album, this one left me shaking my shoulders at the rhythm of the songs, hmm, hmmm :-D

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

Great listening, wonderful memories ;-)

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

A classic, always a good listening, like in every classic :-)

The Band

5/5

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

3/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

5/5

There are simply artists and songs that are on another level - even a 5 doesn't seem enough to distinguish such works!

Foo Fighters

3/5

1977

Ash

3/5

It was really refreshing. And, in some ways, pioneering, because it sounded like a lot of what you hear nowadays... Anyway, good songs to spend some time with A solid 3 <3

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

For someone who practically only knew DMR from “Come on Eileen”, listening to this album was a beautiful and very pleasant surprise. A solid 4 (and maybe I'm being a bit greedy here)

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

When life was good and we were young, there were groups like this who made albums like this and made us happy to be able to listen to them and share them... Then, I don't know how or why, things changed and the only thing we're left with is nostalgia. And many thanks to this project and its authors for reminding us and allowing us to relive it ;-)

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

2/5

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Lovely, a wonderful surprise (I didn't knew this), I greatly enjoyed it, it helped me a lot through the working day ;-)

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

5/5

Just loved it... what's more to say?!?! ;-)

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

3/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

Le Tigre

2/5

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

3/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Amazing performance, quite intimate, and an excelent album. Masterpiece ;-)

Iron Maiden

4/5

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

3/5

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

3/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

5/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Boston

4/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Easiest 5 so far; amazing record, a masterpiece ;-)

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5

The Coral

3/5

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

4/5

Dare!

The Human League

4/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

4/5

I didn't know anything about this artist or this album. I liked it a lot, a solid 4 from me - my evaluations being as subjective as possible; if an album and/or an artist makes me feel good, then I'm good ;-)

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

3/5

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

All That You Can't Leave Behind

U2

3/5

Parklife

Blur

4/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

2/5

Sorry, not for me, I skipped it after a while! I guess it's a cultural thing, I don't know; for English native speakers I understand the storytelling can be fabulous but for me, meh... let's just say, doesn't make my type ;-)

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

4/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

5/5

Always loved The Smiths, this is so, so good. A solid 5 stars from me, it brings such wonderful memories ;-)

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

1/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

5/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

2/5

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

4/5

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

After listening more and more I became a fan of this guy, great songs, great music, absolutely wonderful. Updated my rating from 4 to 5 ;-)

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

4/5

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

5/5

Destroyer

KISS

3/5

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

1/5

Not for me, sorry... I wouldn't think of this as one album to listen before die, as a matter of fact :-/ Also, can't remember a thing from McLaren worth listening :-(

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

2/5

Just discover that "Hot Dog" has verses stolen from NiN "Closer" and also "Take a look around" has underlying "Mission Impossible" theme; I'm really surprised how these guys didn't suffer consequences as, for example, De La Soul, one of my rap favorites band, whicj were one of the most sued bands for sampling :-( Unbelivable! And they went to become nu-metal heros?! Wtf... I can listen to My Way, Rollin and such but on a second listening they're not so great anthems, after all. A 2, just for their effort and fame :-/

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

4/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

5/5

California

American Music Club

3/5

Hypnotised

The Undertones

4/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

4/5

This was so strange... but I had so much fun with it! A total discovery for me! I mean, this project is becoming a big part of my working days, because I'm listening to so many albums I didn't know anything about! And then I get to revisit the ones I've always liked ;-)

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

Mott

Mott The Hoople

3/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

5/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

5/5

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

It was something back in the day... Nowadays, I kind felt that it didn't aged well, you know? I mean, songs like "Buffalo Stance" and "Manchild" are great, but the rest I felt like meh :-( Giving it a 3 because it brought happy memories, nevertheless ;-)

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

4/5

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

5/5

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Technique

New Order

3/5

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

4/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

5/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

4/5

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

4/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

3/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

5/5

Hms Fable

Shack

4/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Marquee Moon

Television

5/5

Fantastic album, an album you can easily listen to it on loop! One of the easiest 5/5 on this project ;-)

Chris

Christine and the Queens

3/5

Os Mutantes

3/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

The Doors

4/5

Gorillaz

2/5

With exception of 19-2000 (and to my surprise, I must confess!), I found this album quite boring :-( Giving it a 2, because boring is not the same as bad, IMHO, and there were a few good ideas here, we can tell

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

2/5

Definitely not my kind of music; respect for the legend, for the icon, great artist... anyway not for me, sorry!

The Cars

5/5

War

U2

5/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

5/5

The White Room

The KLF

4/5

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

5/5

Tommy

The Who

4/5

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

4/5

Arular

M.I.A.

3/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Van Halen

4/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

5/5

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

3/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

3/5

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

5/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

The Man Who

Travis

4/5

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

4/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

5/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Copper Blue

Sugar

4/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

5/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Scum

Napalm Death

4/5

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

4/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Miriam Makeba

4/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

4/5

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

4/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

4/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

5/5

1989

Taylor Swift

3/5

Not the kind of music that I usually listen! The only reason I gave it a 3 ;-) Nothing against her, nothing against her music, she's obviously a talented woman... but this music is, for me, the kind of music I compare to a gum, you chew it and you through it away when finished!

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

3/5

Caetano Veloso

5/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

5/5

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

1/5

Absolutely disposable, background music for pret-a-porter store :-(

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

5/5

Absolutely marvelous album! Songs that are as fresh as in the day they're released. I had a wonderful time listening to this album and reliving old memories, memories that go back to when I was a young teenager and we got together in groups, at some friends house, listening to this and having a great time <3 Can we go back in time, please?

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

5/5

Absolute pioneers of a genre, Kraftwerk at their best, wonderful masterpiece :-)

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

5/5

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

4/5

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

4/5

Da Capo

Love

2/5

Not my kind of music, sorry! After a sequence of great albums, it was some how difficult for me to go through this. But, as I stated, this is a purely subjective opinion, I'm not into this particular kind of music, this definitely didn't stuck with me

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

4/5

Ramones

5/5

The Grand Tour

George Jones

1/5

Please, not for me, absolutely no country... This is something that will make me die if I have to listen to it! So yes, I think it's apropriate to say that with a record like this on this list, if you're not dead afterwards you'll survive pretty much anything :-/

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

5/5

It captures the 80s very well, great songs, great melodies, something you listen to and listen to and can't get enough of. I was undecided between 4 or 5 and then I started thinking about other albums I'd given 4 to and, naaahhh, this one's going to get a 5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

5/5

The Libertines

3/5

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

5/5

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

2/5

Be

Common

3/5

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

3/5

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

4/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

3/5

90

808 State

2/5

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

4/5

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

1/5

Not for me, sorry! I went through the whole thing but it was too much strange so that I could really enjoy it! I know this is not a popular opinion since I saw the high ratings around here... but I can't go for such, not my thing. Once again, sorry, all the KC lovers :-(

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

Perfect album... in fact, I didn't remember that it had so many perfect songs: Bad, Dirty Diana, Smooth Criminal, The way you make me feel, Man in the mirror... Come on, how many artists/bands have such a line up album?!? Only rating possible by this criteria has to be 5/5

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

5/5

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

4/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

5/5

Palo Congo

Sabu

3/5

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

1/5

At some point, one has to ask himself: "is this original, does this contribute somehow to our happiness, does this add some value to whatever"?!?!? The start was not bad but after some minutes the repetition ad nauseam really got me headaches! And from that point on the amount of repetitive beats, songs and themes was such that I struggle to keep listening to it. I do love electronic music but please, there's a limit to what you should praise in it :-/

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

4/5

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

4/5

Joan Baez

3/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Leftism

Leftfield

5/5

What a show, it brought back the energy I thought I didn't have to enjoy such a vibrant album! You feel like moving to the sound of every beat... and it never stops, it's always pumping!

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

5/5

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

4/5

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

3/5

GREY Area

Little Simz

4/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

A fantastic album! I really loved this band and was fascinated by Eddie Vedder's vocals, their lyrics and their sound. I enjoyed listening to them so much that they became my favourites and I put aside a lot of the stuff I was listening to at the time (80s and mostly mainstream pop and electronic bands at the time). It reshaped my taste, opened my mind to other genres and I believe it partly brought me to the music listener I am today. The singles here are all spectacular, from the first to the last, real bangers <3 10/10

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

1/5

It was painful to go through the entire album... It quickly became repetitive IMHO! And yes, we can, and is refreshingly awesome, that we do have different opinions!

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

4/5

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

3/5

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

4/5

Fred Neil

4/5

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

5/5

A pure gem, a wonderful listening - Games without frontiers and Biko, on their own, are amazing! But the rest of the songs doesn't get behind. I loved it, one of my favs

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

4/5

Ingenue

k.d. lang

4/5

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

5/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

5/5

It was a joy to listen to this album, what can I say? I'm no expert but this sounds so refreshing, different and beautiful. 5/5

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Killing Joke

4/5

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

1/5

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Konnichiwa

Skepta

4/5

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

2/5

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

2/5

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

3/5

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

4/5

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

1/5

Please, no more country, I'm begging you! I know, I understand, I respect the big names on this genre: Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson... I mean, I can and will listen to those, they're amazing, almighty talented people! This was just unbearable to me; call it cultural differences, whatever, I couldn't go over the entire album, skipped past the 3rd or 4th track! Who knows, can't remember a thing but the whining, a solid 0 from me (oh, wait, can't give 0!!!)

Feast of Wire

Calexico

2/5

It gets boring pretty soon! I can't even remember any song past 4th or 5th :-( Also, like the country albums I'm getting, I'm totally sure these are not for my taste

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

2/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

I remember this, it was so amazing... and we were taking knowledge (at least in my country, anyway!) of the tragedy/crimes of apartheid and what was going on in South Africa! Listening to several artists showing their art and their collaboration and showcasing what wasn't being told (at least, once again, not in the country where I live!) was an eye opener and a maturing process. If I recall, later on, in 1987, Paul Simon did a tremendous gig in New York's central park, which was nothing ever seen at that time, such a large amount of people went there :-) Overall, I really love this album and "Diamonds on the sole of her shoes", alone, it always will be a masterpiece IMHO

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

5/5

I knew a lot of these songs but I didn't knew which artist was... So, after all this years, I'm glad that I had this opportunity! Overall, a master classic, really enjoyable album

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

5/5

My favorite band from teenage years - every song still "clicks" with me! I'll give it a 5/5 easily: - great songs, - lovely memories, - everything is as it should be ;-)

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

1/5

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

3/5

Pelican West

Haircut 100

3/5

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

1/5

This is the 80's that I don't miss not even a bit of it :-( It could be something back in the day but it certainly didn't aged well. Total waste of my time

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Cross

Justice

2/5

Another repetitive french electronic... some themes are great but, after a while, everything seems the same! And you're reading this from a guy who really enjoys electronic music :-(

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

4/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

3/5

The Undertones

5/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

3/5

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

Trio

Dolly Parton

1/5

Sorry if I offended anyone! As much respect as I have for Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt, I can't listen to any more country music! I can understand why this album is on a list of albums to listen to before you die—it's definitely a killer! Seriously, it's one thing to listen to everything and keep an open mind and blah blah blah... but no one can be criticized for saying enough is enough, I can't listen to any more! Country music is definitely not my thing, I already feel depressed sometimes without needing this help. 1 because yes, it didn't make me feel good, unlike so many other albums :'-(

Out of Step

Minor Threat

4/5

Very nice punk album: fast, furious... I was thinking in giving it a 3, as an average, but then I thought: "well, it made me feel great, it kinda energised me!" And a 4 it is, yes sir

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

Beautiful album...

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

5/5

This band was pointed to be the 80's Beatles... Don't know what happened but I remember they're huge and some of their songs we're playing every day on the radio! Two Tribes and War are always great tunes and listening to them nowadays is scary, considering everything that's going on

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

5/5

Absolutely lovely! And I just discovered that, in the beginning, all the members of Queen did everything—so it was a wonderful surprise to hear the voices of Deacon, Taylor, and May. I feel like every year we see fewer and fewer of these complete, multi-talented artists :-(

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

4/5

Reign In Blood

Slayer

4/5

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

4/5

Usually I'm not a consumer of this genre/artists, it's a kind of music that, if I had to choose, I would pass. But I must say it is a very, very good album! It was fun, it had many hits and, overall, I was entertained ;-)

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

4/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

5/5

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

5/5

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

3/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

5/5

Timeless

Goldie

2/5

Celebrity Skin

Hole

5/5

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

5/5

Microshift

Hookworms

1/5

Forgetable. One of those that I would dismiss :-(

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

5/5

Play

Moby

5/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

4/5

Kenya

Machito

5/5

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

5/5

This was a country album that I found truly invigorating. I loved it, a big, big (perhaps the biggest!) surprise I had in this project. I never thought I would like a country album so much — this was the one <3

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

5/5

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

5/5

Lovely album, a great surprise for me since I didn't knew nothing about it nor the artists. 5/5, couldn't be any other way

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

5/5

What a wonderful album this is, one of my best discoveries on this project! Keeping this as favourite, that's for sure :-)

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

4/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4/5

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

1/5

This is so weird I can't even think of how to grade/eval this. Well, let's give it a shot: 1/5 for the result (one listening is enough for a lifetime) 5/5 for the bravery in creating this; althgough I think it's not original, it still needs a lot of courage to go and publish such work. It's one of those things "it's so bad it's actually great" 3/5 for getting into this list - yes, I get it, why not to be open minded and experience this? One time? Yeah, I get it 0/5 for the cover art, horrible and I guess it works as a warning for what is inside (which, on the other hand, might worth a 5 fot it's honesty?!?!?) 0/5 for the talent that, aparently, these musicians wasted on this! Everyone tells they're genius, I would love to listen to something great from them, not this :-D Oh God, I'm so divided... nah, I'll give it 1/5! No one should suffer with this

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Chelsea Girl

Nico

3/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Violent Femmes

5/5

Always found this band and their music so original! Can't think of anyone else doing something like it - and for that alone my 5/5 Also, the humor, the energy, I don't know, I can't explained it; I simply love this :-D

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

4/5

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

5/5

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

5/5

What would be electronic music without this guy? The pleasure principle was a simple pleasure to listen to, 5/5, no questions asked ;-)

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

4/5

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

4/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

4/5

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

4/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

5/5 Couldn't be any other way, so, why worry?

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

Medúlla

Björk

3/5

I listened to it twice; the first time was too strange, it was difficult to listen to! And, as has been customary in my approach to this project, I was at my workplace. So it wasn't an easy listen. Then, later that night, I listened to it again at home, with proper headphones, and the experience was totally different. What I'm trying to say is that it's a good album, a very good album, but it's not an album for all moments, you know? I'm giving it a 3 for the whole experience, Bjork has many better albums and songs, IMHO, and I'm only not giving this one a higher rating because of its “strangeness.” Anyway, you'll be amazed by Bjork's unique and fantastic vocals, she is undeniably a great singer, a great artist, and a great performer - a 10/10 kind of artist <3

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

5/5

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

4/5

Suicide

4/5

Another excellent punk album: difficult, strange, unsettling, slow to digest, requiring patience and attention! But undoubtedly very, very good

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Kala

M.I.A.

4/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

3/5

Crazysexycool

TLC

4/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

4/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

3/5

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

5/5

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

2/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

Gold

Ryan Adams

2/5

#1 Record

Big Star

5/5

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

3/5

Totally subscribe a rfeview that I read after listening to it. I identify so much with this line that I'm pasting it here as is: "I don’t feel as though I can give this album a fair rating at this time. I did not immediately dislike it, didn’t love it either." So, in order to not be unfair, I'll try to listen to it one more time and see how it goes :-)

High Violet

The National

4/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

5/5

They could have made an album with average songs, but the fact that it includes Seven Nation Army alone makes it worthy of note. So, a 5 it is :-)

Pornography

The Cure

5/5

My favorite band from my teenage years; how can I not give this album a 5? Wonderful album, never disappoints, never gets old, just becomes a classic :-D

Traffic

3/5

Calenture

The Triffids

5/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

2/5

Although I love listening to world music in this project (and I think it's missing a little bit of that, somehow!), this wasn't for me. It's not that I don't recognize the merits and talent of the artists, but it's just not my kind of preference. And I'm giving it a 2 because I really don't understand or know anything to be able to evaluate it properly. Hey, I know it's my fault, okay?

GI

Germs

4/5

Fever Ray

4/5

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

Will the construction on this street ever end?!?!?!? I'm sick of this noise :'-(

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1/5

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

4/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Dire Straits

5/5

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

3/5

Actually, I quite liked this country album. Is there something wrong with me? Is all the country music I've been listening to starting to have an effect? :-(

Blackstar

David Bowie

4/5

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

A classic, what else can be said? Truly an album to listen to before you die :-)

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

2/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

After listening to it a second time later that evening, I agreed with many users who wrote that this was a 5-star album. The truth is that sometimes it can be really depressing, and it's certainly not an album to listen to on all occasions. So when I listened to it at night, when everything was quiet and it was almost time to go to bed, that's when it worked for me — calm, with great stories, sad stories, for sure, but well constructed and presented — a kind of great work of art that really matched my mood and made me love it! I'm adding this singer to my favorites, as he's on another level, far removed from the singers out there who write songs to be consumed and spat out in the moment. No, not Sufjan Stevens, this guy is more like a craftsman and knows his craft well ;-)

D

White Denim

4/5

Vulnicura

Björk

3/5

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

This lady is from another dimension; what a wonderful and powerful voice; what an energy; I have all the R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Aretha, I believe she still is delighting all the heaven souls 🥰👍

Country Life

Roxy Music

3/5

Arise

Sepultura

4/5

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

5/5

Bad Company

5/5

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

2/5

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

5/5

Eternally Yours

The Saints

5/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

2/5

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

4/5

A classic. Not something I would listen to on a regular basis but, as I'm getting older, I do understand the importance and the value of these classics... it's like confort music, you know?

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

5/5

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

3/5

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

5/5

Faith

George Michael

5/5

Stephen Stills

4/5

Justified

Justin Timberlake

2/5

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

5/5

wtf?!?! It's f*****g Leonard Cohen, of course it has to be a 5

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

3/5

Although it's not my favorite genre, this is a good album. My rating of 3 is mainly because it doesn't quite fit my preferences. After a few listens, I get really tired of the swearing and slang, which I don't always understand :-)

Slayed?

Slade

4/5

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

5/5

What a wonderful way of ending 2025! Maybe I'm being biased on this evaluation because of this, but I really enjoyed all this "bossa nova" thing on my last morning of 2025. Absolute brilliant partnership between Sinatra and Jobim, 5/5

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

Woodface

Crowded House

5/5

So much beautiful tunes and songs that keep popping on your head; I think my 5 rate it's mainly because this is the sort of music that always make you feel good, you know? Like a medicine that puts you back on track, no side effects, just great

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

3/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

3/5

Someone said "I'm too old to pretend I give a shit about pop music." I have this same feeling. Anyway, giving it a 3 for her vocals, she definitely has a great voice ;-) But all wrapped up, this ain't my genre :-(

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

3/5

Infected

The The

4/5

Wild Gift

X

5/5

I don't understand the metrics of this project: samba appears as one of my favorite genres when, for me, it's more than clear that it's punk that I'm really passionate about! I've liked all the punk albums I've found here, to the point that they're among the highest scores I've given—only 4 or 5. This one is fantastic, a solid 5/5 from me.

Electric

The Cult

4/5

Berlin

Lou Reed

4/5

Phrenology

The Roots

4/5

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

3/5

Pyromania

Def Leppard

3/5

It brought back some memories; I didn't listen to this kind of music back then! It's fun to listen to after all these years, and some songs really get us going, lots of energy... but my tastes have evolved and the metal I listen to now is something more mature and heavy! But it was fun, so a solid 3/5

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

2/5

Well, I understand (I think I understand!) all this hatred. I listened to this album trying to keep an open mind, but unlike many other albums on this list, this time I focused on the lyrics, trying to pay more attention to them, influenced by many opinions I read. The truth is that, in the end, my opinion is: - I think it's much ado about nothing; - the guy is (was) an idiot trying to act tough; - this never had any impact here or in my life and experience in the 90s (I'm talking from Portugal), we were all very interested in listening to other things; - the lyrics, at least many of them, are ridiculous; - once again, everything about this album and this artist is much ado about nothing; - this is definitely not an album you have to listen to before you die! You can die in peace if you've never heard it, you haven't missed anything; That said, I give it a 2 because it didn't make me feel anything, but I don't give it less because I think I've had much worse here, OK? And that's it ;-)

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Wonderful album. Stevie Wonder is, for real, an extremely multi talented musical genius. This is an album that will make you a very happy person whenever you listen to it <3 Easy 5

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

5/5

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

5/5

Yeezus

Kanye West

2/5

Not for me, sorry. All the swearing and slang tire me out—even though certain songs are truly original and have an excellent beat!—I even get headaches and feel physically sick. And then there's all the misogyny, omnipresent... thanks, but no thanks!

Quiet Life

Japan

4/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

It didn't fit my mood; a classic, for sure, but I'll give it a 4, 'cause has "No woman no cry" but it was not the best day to have this! I will have to come back to it in the future, so that I can make it proper justice... maybe!

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

5/5

Funny, entertaining, with a sharp sense of humour, and featuring the classic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll... how can anyone remain indifferent to this?

Signing Off

UB40

4/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

The Joshua Tree

U2

5/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Some classics, overall a great album, but I was reluctant to give it full marks - I'll stick with 4, to see if I can “escape” this hippie era a little :-)

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

5/5

Wow, what a wonderful surprise! I knew the song sung by Sinead O'Connor... finding out that this guy was the author left me speechless. Overall, a fantastic album and, from now on, undoubtedly one of my favorite discoveries in this project. And I feel like singing in the face of some colleagues, loud and clear, “Why don't you bore the shit out of somebody else?”

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

3/5

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Classic. Still kicks ;-)

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

3/5

A drunk English band pretending to be Irish with a Scottish musical touch... I don't know, some reviews compare them to The Pogues and others, but in no universe or dimension would that be true! Anyway, I enjoyed listening to a few tracks, so it wasn't a total waste of time. I give it a 3 because, in my opinion, there are much worse things on this list

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

4/5

I give it a 4 because Wishing Well, Dance Little Sister, and Sign Your Name still bring back fond memories of better times (although I got tired of hearing Sign Your Name, as radio stations played it so often—and excessively!). In fact, there are only two songs, that I can remember, that I can't listen to much anymore (even though I consider them brilliant songs that were huge hits): Lady in Red by Chris de Burgh and I Just Called (To Say I Love You) by Stevie Wonder. But anyway, in honor of those times, as I said, I give it a 4.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

After giving it a 2nd listening, because there was too much things distracting me while listening to it the first time - I always enjoy nice grooves and funk genre had always a strong appeal on me! - I ended giving a 4. Probably it deserved more, as with many of my ratings here, but I missed the acid part of the listening, with that on, I would probably give it the maximum :-D

School's Out

Alice Cooper

5/5

Like A Prayer

Madonna

3/5

Yep, it was important back then, Madonna was a big gigantic star, yes, yes, I'll understand and agree with you all - but back in the day I didn't listen nor I really enjoy Madonna's work and it seems nothing has changed for me! I could die without listening to this, I don't think it's a game changer nor anything like that :-( So, a 3, considering its importance back then

Joan Armatrading

5/5

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

5/5

Good find, I thought this album was really good... And I noticed that many people refer to it as country! So, yes, surprisingly (if this fits into the country genre!), I'm enjoying some country songs, who would have thought? :-D

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

2/5

Forgettable! Music you might hear in an elevator or a perfume shop... It was a bit difficult to get to the end and it certainly wasn't the best day to listen to this! Anyway, I give it a 2 because, as it was forgettable, it didn't do any harm either ;-)

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

3/5

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

3/5

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

2/5

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

5/5

Quite a surprise, this album, a solid 5 from me ;-)

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

5/5

There is something about Talk Talk's music that transports me to another dimension: the calm I feel, the sense of well-being and communion with the universe, the way my body and spirit react to the melody, my body wanting to dance and my mind escaping to an open space free from the rules of our physical world... I don't know, revisiting this album was great and listening to it at the end of such a busy day! A solid 5 for all that.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

Soul Mining

The The

5/5

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

5/5

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3/5

Perhaps I am biased in this review, since I had to go looking for who these guys were and why this album is here, because my first impression is: ok, it's listenable, some tracks caught my attention, but is it really an album you have to hear before you die? Hence my 3. In practice, it's something I can and do listen to, and even enjoy, but it undoubtedly falls into the category of thousands and thousands of others like it. And that's it, tomorrow I won't remember them :-(

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

4/5

I See You

The xx

3/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

5/5

I think I might be a serious punk fan without even knowing or realizing it—these songs really made me feel something. I loved listening to this album, and I'm somewhat surprised to realize that this isn't the first punk album on this list that appeals to me and that I'd give a 5! Because, in fact, IMHO, it doesn't deserve anything less than that ;-)

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

4/5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

5/5

25

Adele

3/5

As other have commented and rating here, I will also say that overexposure to Adele songs worked against her! Yes, her voice is great and is a ver talented singer, but this is the kind of music I cannot stand no more . they pushed way too much this into our years Giving a 3 for her voice but, please, I would die happily without having to listen to her again :-(

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

4/5

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

5/5

It has Sympathy for the Devil, I would give it 5 just on that; then there's all the others. A classic album, it truly deserves to be in any list ;-)

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

5/5

This turned out to be a great surprise: funny themes that really struck a chord with me, especially when I listened to it for the second time at home (there were too many distractions at work!). The song "I Can't Make Your Way" was my favorite, with "The Nazz Are Blue," "Lost Woman," and "Turn into Earth" also catching my attention. Anyway, I went and read up on it and learned that Jeff Beck was part of it and that Clapton and Page had also been there. So maybe it makes sense for it to be on this list, and I liked it more than I expected ;-)

Suzanne Vega

3/5

I gave Adele a 3, so I can't give Suzanne less than that :-( So it's a 3 (I'm more of a Solitude Standing kind of guy :-D )

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

LP1

FKA twigs

2/5

Repetitive and boring. I don't know why it's on this list. A 2, because it could be in any store in a shopping mall or in an elevator, nothing special about it would make me turn my head and listen carefully :-(

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

5/5

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

2/5

Sick and tired of Brimful of Asha; doesn't feel like an album I had to hear before I die :-(

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

3/5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

3/5

The beginning was really strange, then I thought it got better, and then it became a bit boring. I don't know, a 3 because I see great potential here, maybe I'll listen to it again, but anyway, I think it's another one of those that I could have done without.

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

4/5

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

4/5

Tical

Method Man

4/5

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

4/5

Risque

CHIC

4/5

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

1/5

I have nothing against this type of music; I simply agree with many others—why this is on the list is a mystery to me! Background music, by definition, is the type of music that stays, well, in the background! There's no need to bring it to the forefront :-D

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

Night Life

Ray Price

1/5

Nope :-(

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

5/5

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

3/5

Dirty

Sonic Youth

5/5

I remember being in college and having some friends who listened to a lot of music—their tastes were the most eclectic I’d ever seen! Thanks to many of them, that’s how I became a fan of Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Violent Femmes, and so many others. I was introduced to this band through them as well… those were the days—I really miss all of that!

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

5/5

It was bound to happen someday, and here it is: my longest album review yet for this project :-) What a delightful surprise it was to listen to this album! And how amazed I am that I’d never heard it before. I first heard it at work, as I’ve done so many times; I listened to it again at home while watching the Champions League games (on mute, obviously, since the commentary doesn’t matter at all!). And on that second listen, I couldn’t resist finding out more about this band and this album—and it all clicked! So, so ahead of its time that it went completely unnoticed. If no one had told me I was listening to a 1980 album, I’d say this was by a new band, as current as can be. They’ve influenced so many great people that it’s nothing short of incredible how discreet their presence is—and always has been. Impressive. Thank you so much, once again, to this project. Amid so much that can spark doubts and controversy, I’m truly grateful for the good things I’ve found here. 10/10, without a doubt

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

Absolute banger

Queen II

Queen

5/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Elastica

4/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

3/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

Escrevo a minha primeira crítica no meu português nativo pois creio que não conseguiria fazê-lo devidamente em inglês. Começo por dizer que já conhecia a maior parte dos temas neste álbum; mas ouvir o álbum como ouvi ontem nunca o tinha feito! E como bateu, esta audição, meu Deus, como bateu fundo, bem cá dentro. A meio do álbum dei por mim com lágrimas nos olhos, não de tristeza, também não de alegria. Creio que foram lágrimas de aceitação, de agradecimento. Não há, neste álbum, uma nota desperdiçada; não há uma música abaixo de excelente; são todas elas canções que nos reconfortam, que apelam ao melhor de nós, são temas que nos preenchem e levam a pensar e a sentir o quanto estamos rodeados de coisas boas - se nos dermos a esse esforço! Ontem a audição deste álbum bateu cá bem no fundo do meu ser! Talvez fosse o momento certo; talvez eu estivesse a precisar de ouvi-lo como ouvi; de qualquer modo, mais uma vez obrigado ao gerador dos 1001 - este é sem dúvida, um álbum a ouvir antes de morrer. Quando tal acontecer, sei que morrerei feliz e em paz. E podem tocar Miles From Nowhere no meu funeral ;-)

Clandestino

Manu Chao

5/5

S&M

Metallica

4/5

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

4/5

A Seat at the Table

Solange

2/5

So boring and repetitiiiiiiiiiive boriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing But yes, I understand she has a good voice,but man, this was so boring, can't remember a thing and... I could easily die without this experience! 2/5 because of the voice, and that's it

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

5/5

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

It’s this kind of “repetition” that I love to hear in a song; those rhythms and sequences are deeply hypnotic; I can’t stop banging my head - it’s totally addictive :-) A killer beat, man, an absolute banger :-D 10/10

Tago Mago

Can

5/5

Okay, this might turn out to be a long review - I’m not sure. First of all, a very pleasant surprise - it struck me as yet another one of those bands and albums way ahead of their time, music from the year my wife was born (yes, it’s true, how time flies!) but that sounds as if it came out today :-o Second - I realized, once again, much to my regret, that there’s nothing new under the sun (as Rádio Macau, a Portuguese band I invite you to check out, sings so well): this album has Gorillaz, Happy Mondays, Radiohead - in short, I heard so many things that made me ask, “Wait, isn’t this…?!?!? WTF?!?!?" So, once again, way ahead of its time. The rating can only be, logically, a resounding 10/10 Bring on the next one ;-)

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

The Only Ones

3/5

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

1/5

I should have died before hearing this album... fuck Sorry, I thought I should be 100% honest :-(

Rocks

Aerosmith

4/5

Thanks to the person who call my attention to 'Nobody's Fault', it really stands out. 3 more themes I already knew and that's it I'm not giving a 5 mainly because I was never a big fan of theirs! But this is a solid 4/10

Sincere

Mj Cole

1/5

This could be playing in any store in a shopping mall... it would have exactly the same effect on me: meh An album to listen to before I die?!?!?!? Naaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

It has so many of his classics, pure poetry 5/5

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

5/5

I just love this version of "Working Class Hero"; pluas, it has "Broken English", "Why D'Ya Do It"... I mean, yeah, I'll definitely feel better for listening to this before I die 5/5

Truth

Jeff Beck

5/5

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

4/5

Am I turning into a country music fan? I think this is the second album of hers that I think is fantastic :-( Geez, what's wrong with me?

Close To You

Carpenters

2/5

I know, I know, her voice is divine, their songs are absolute classics... But this was never my music of choice, it's to lame and boring and just makes me wanna sleep and I don't know, maybe I am just an horrible person but who cares? Listen to this before I die? Nope, I'll pass ;-)

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

5/5

This blew me away from the very first track. It’s this kind of hip-hop, rap, or whatever you want to call it, that grabs me right from the first listen. Music with a message you just can’t ignore. After listening to it, I went to read some reviews - I have to agree with the 5-star ratings. So, I’m giving it a 5 ;-)

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