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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Yeezus
Kanye West
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5 | 2.77 | +2.23 |
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Damaged
Black Flag
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5 | 2.87 | +2.13 |
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E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
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5 | 2.89 | +2.11 |
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The Dreaming
Kate Bush
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5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
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Smile
Brian Wilson
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5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
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Dirty
Sonic Youth
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5 | 3.11 | +1.89 |
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Close To You
Carpenters
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5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
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The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
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5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
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Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
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5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
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Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
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5 | 3.23 | +1.77 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Elephant
The White Stripes
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1 | 3.85 | -2.85 |
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White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
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1 | 3.67 | -2.67 |
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Ramones
Ramones
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1 | 3.58 | -2.58 |
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
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1 | 3.53 | -2.53 |
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My Generation
The Who
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1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
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Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
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1 | 3.41 | -2.41 |
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Tommy
The Who
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1 | 3.34 | -2.34 |
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
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1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
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Live At Leeds
The Who
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1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
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Pornography
The Cure
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1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Beatles | 5 | 4.6 |
| Steely Dan | 3 | 5 |
| The Beach Boys | 3 | 5 |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 5 |
| Sonic Youth | 4 | 4.5 |
| Marvin Gaye | 3 | 4.67 |
| David Bowie | 7 | 4.14 |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 5 |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 5 |
| Public Enemy | 2 | 5 |
| Radiohead | 5 | 4.2 |
| Beck | 3 | 4.33 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 4.33 |
| Pixies | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| The White Stripes | 3 | 1 |
| The Who | 3 | 1 |
| The Fall | 2 | 1.5 |
| Joy Division | 2 | 1.5 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
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| Kanye West | 2, 5 |
| XTC | 1, 4 |
| Tom Waits | 4, 1, 3 |
| The Cure | 2, 1, 4 |
5-Star Albums (59)
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Steely Dan · 2 likes
5/5
Doesn’t get much better than Steely Dan, this album has some of their most popular songs. Technical execution and production are absolute perfection, and the songs are memorable, well-written and fun
Throwing Muses · 1 likes
1/5
I got about halfway through the 2003 album “Throwing Muses” before I discovered I should have been listening to the 1986 album “Throwing Muses”. I guess it’s easy to get them confused. The earlier version isn’t available on streaming, so I had to hack together the track listing on YouTube. I’m not sure why I should care about an artist that obviously doesn’t care to have their releases done properly on streaming services, or take the time to give their albums meaningful (or even different) titles.
All that aside, the music was awful. No musicianship, could not connect with it at all. Worst album so far on this list (170 albums in).
The Darkness · 1 likes
2/5
It feels like they did to Queen what Greta Van Fleet did to Led Zeppelin. Very forgettable
1-Star Albums (33)
All Ratings
Air
4/5
Sounds like Daft Punk, but compositions are WAY more interesting. Production value is incredibly high, if there’s not a lot of live instrumentation, then it definitely has me fooled. Side one had hits, but I enjoyed side two more, very introspective and deep.
The Doors
2/5
Good Blues album. Jim Morrison is self-admittedly not a musician, and it unfortunately shows in this album since it's all live. Nothing groundbreaking or interesting
Bob Dylan
2/5
Great songwriting, landmark album for Dylan and for rock in general. Not easy to listen to, harmonica is always too high in the mix. Not an album you can really enjoy listening to without knowing the backstory and context.
The Kinks
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Great songwriting, landmark album for Dylan and for rock in general. Not easy to listen to, harmonica is always too high in the mix. Not an album you can really enjoy listening to without knowing the backstory and context.
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Landmark album. Amazing textures, ahead of its time. Very fun, deep listen
Metallica
2/5
B.B. King
3/5
It's great, I mean it's B.B. King, legendary blues musician who inspired and continues to inspire generations of guitarists. This Live album isn't particularly moving for me, though I'm sure I would have been blown away if I were in attendance.
Talking Heads
4/5
Public Image Ltd.
4/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Little Richard
3/5
Hugely influential, one of the first cross-over artists and OG rock & roller. Obnoxious, weird kid just kept doing what he was doing and helped to found my favorite genre of music.
The Lemonheads
1/5
Really didn't like this album, didn't feel anything while I listened. Nothing new or interesting here, the best song was the Mrs. Robinson cover (not included on the original release), and even that did not provide anything new.
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Duke Ellington
3/5
Peter Tosh
3/5
The Boo Radleys
4/5
I loved this album and was pleasantly surprised. Some great sounds and texturing happening here.
Lorde
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
The Killers
3/5
This album has some gems outside of the singles that I was unaware of, overall some really cool sounds and textures in this album that I previously wrote off. I still can't get over the vocals, they just don't do it for me.
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
One of my favorite, recent, concept albums. Amazing sounds, fantastic songwriting, I see myself listening to this many more times.
Ice T
3/5
Brian Wilson
5/5
R.E.M.
2/5
Jack White
3/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Solid album, was not really aware of this one before. Great sampling and beats, definitely ahead of its time.
Country Joe & The Fish
2/5
Some alright sounds, but a lot of the playing is really sloppy, which isn't my cup of tea.
Solomon Burke
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Soundgarden
3/5
Ok album, two stars normally but three with Black Hole Sun.
Bon Jovi
2/5
Two stars for the hits which can be fun, but this album really represents everything that I hate about the commercialization of music. Everything sounds so overproduced and phony.
Tangerine Dream
2/5
The Cars
3/5
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Good album, strong guitar work. I'm not sure it adds anything new or interesting to the desert blues genre, but it's a good listen regardless.
2/5
Decent album, I like the sounds and textures, very cool rhythms. Woul dbe a three but the album is too long, should have been shortened by 15-20 minutes. You start out thinking this is a great, unique sound, but it gets very repetitive.
Beck
4/5
Great album, Beck almost never misses, and this is a great, early example when he could still come out of left field and shock you with something totally unexpected. Very introspective album, sad songs that anybody going through a difficult time in a relationship can identify with.
Os Mutantes
3/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Blondie
3/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
King Crimson
5/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Solid production, great sounds but I couldn't really get excited about any of the songs.
Michael Jackson
5/5
Leftfield
1/5
Sam Cooke
3/5
Eagles
3/5
R.E.M.
2/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
2/5
4/5
Van Halen
4/5
Yes
4/5
Fats Domino
2/5
Ice Cube
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
One of the greatest albums of all time
Fatboy Slim
2/5
A lot of this album is way too repetitive, I think 20 minutes could easily have been cut to make this a normal-length LP. Two stars for that reason alone, otherwise this music is well-produced, nostalgic, fun to listen to.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
The Smiths
1/5
Really just could not get into this album, or the band for that matter.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Adele
3/5
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
New York Dolls
3/5
Beach House
2/5
David Bowie
4/5
Kanye West
2/5
Kanye West is a great example of why you shouldn't drop out of college.
This album is ok, it has some great hits. I really don't like the whole idea of chipmunk pitching, it hurts my ears.
1/5
Really did not enjoy listening to this at all
Manu Chao
4/5
Wasn't sure that I would like this, but found the tunes very catchy. Nothing too crazy going on musically, but still fun to listen to.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Great album, Led Zeppelin rules, love the guitar-forward riff-based music.
Jeff Buckley
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Björk
2/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Bobby Womack
3/5
3/5
Television
4/5
Really surprised by this, hadn't really listened to Television before. Amazing instrumentation all around, but the two interplaying guitars and bass guitar were really intricate and fun to listen to. I listened to their other two albums on streaming and enjoyed them as well. Solid band!
Green Day
3/5
Ghostface Killah
3/5
Bauhaus
1/5
Did not like this at all, not for me. Wasn't impressed with the songwriting, instrumentation, vocals, or anything.
Alice In Chains
4/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
A true Masterpiece
The Doors
3/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Metallica
4/5
Probably my favorite Metallica album, it certainly brought heavy metal to a wider audience, and did it with grace. It's not something I find myself listening to these days, but it the impact on Rock music is undeniable.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
The Temptations
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
The Thrills
2/5
The White Stripes
1/5
Really bad. Some white stripes is ok, but this album didn’t have a single song on it that I liked. Really not sure why it’s on this list
Pixies
4/5
Charles Mingus
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
This album has some of the classic Smashing Pumpkins hits, but at the length, there’s just no glue holding it all together. I don’t care much for the band to begin with, but I do respect their career.
The Verve
4/5
MGMT
4/5
I love this album, it marks a special era in the 2000s. There are moments where the music doesn’t feel authentic, which I think was the band’s intention to a certain extent, but it takes away some of the magic for me.
Genesis
3/5
The Avalanches
4/5
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Fantastic debut album. Lot's of energy, rocks very hard
Donald Fagen
3/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
The Go-Betweens
2/5
This had some interesting guitar work, but really didn’t like any of the songs.
T. Rex
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
One of my favorite albums, and one of the best by Led Zeppelin
The Who
1/5
I really did not like this at all. Maybe if I liked the music from the band, I could appreciate this album more.
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
The Electric Prunes
3/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
David Bowie
5/5
I don’t have anything bad to say about this album, it’s so good
Pavement
1/5
I didn’t like this at all. I didn’t like the songs, and really did not like the vocals. No redeemable qualities for me.
The Smiths
3/5
Lucinda Williams
4/5
Great album from a relatively obscure artist, I really enjoyed this
Sigur Rós
4/5
Great album, I always wrote this band off, but this one is solid. A little on the long side, which affects replayability in my opinion
Iggy Pop
5/5
Solid record, Iggy Pop is a gem, not a single bad song on here. Great old-fashioned rock & roll, almost sounds like a live record.
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Underworld
2/5
Orange Juice
4/5
Great band, sound a lot like Talking Heads
Sade
3/5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
Boston
4/5
The Clash
3/5
The Fall
2/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
All the classic Bob Marley tracks, ahead of its time, Bob is one of the GOATs
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
I was excited to listen, but disappointed in the end result. This album constantly sounds like you are on the edge of something amazing, but never really delivers. A lot of it is very flat and noisy.
Nico
3/5
Johnny Cash
3/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
Beck
5/5
Q-Tip
3/5
Anthrax
2/5
Neil Young
4/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Stephen Stills
4/5
The Charlatans
2/5
The Dictators
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
2/5
The Police
4/5
2/5
Nothing groundbreaking. It's Limp Bizkit, 13-year-old-me loved this album.
Jimmy Smith
4/5
I’ve always loved Hammond b3 organ, it was interesting to see who popularized it. Solid jazz album
Todd Rundgren
4/5
Excellent album, super original and creative. Will be listening to this more.
Steely Dan
5/5
The Cure
2/5
Pretty boring. Actually starts getting somewhat interesting by the end
Lenny Kravitz
4/5
The Pogues
3/5
Skepta
1/5
Has some cool beats, but some of the lyrical content was cheesy and felt inauthentic, maybe because it felt like London gangsta rap.
Funkadelic
4/5
Fantastic album, great textures, very psychedelic
Stan Getz
3/5
Black Flag
5/5
Perfection
Scott Walker
1/5
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
Brilliant
Adele
5/5
Really amazing record and so well produced. It feels so big but only runs for 52 minutes. Seeps so much emotion, Adele has an incredible voice, the accompanying music works as a perfect compliment.
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Ravi Shankar
3/5
The Mars Volta
2/5
Can’t stand the vocals. Good musicianship otherwise, but not my style of rock music at all.
Throwing Muses
1/5
I got about halfway through the 2003 album “Throwing Muses” before I discovered I should have been listening to the 1986 album “Throwing Muses”. I guess it’s easy to get them confused. The earlier version isn’t available on streaming, so I had to hack together the track listing on YouTube. I’m not sure why I should care about an artist that obviously doesn’t care to have their releases done properly on streaming services, or take the time to give their albums meaningful (or even different) titles.
All that aside, the music was awful. No musicianship, could not connect with it at all. Worst album so far on this list (170 albums in).
Alanis Morissette
4/5
It's a good album. Alanis Morissette is a good writer from a compositional perspective, while lyrically, it can be hit or miss.
Pixies
4/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Mylo
2/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Not many times do I listen to an album and know within the first 5 seconds that I will love it.
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
The Libertines
2/5
Some good guitar parts. Really didn’t like any of the songs
The Fall
1/5
Didn’t like anything about this.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Ella Fitzgerald
1/5
Ella Fitzgerald is amazing, Gershwin is one of my top composers. This is not an album, it’s a songbook box set, I’m not listening to all of this.
Billie Holiday
2/5
The Waterboys
4/5
3/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Cream
2/5
Really thought I would like this, but was largely unimpressed. Songwriting didn’t hook me. I was expecting a bigger psych sound, but what I heard was pretty generic blues, something a guitar teacher would use to teach their students the blues.
Kate Bush
3/5
Rush
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
1/5
David Bowie
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Tom Waits
1/5
Very difficult to listen to
Queen
4/5
Slipknot
2/5
I’m sure this was great for Slipknot or Metal fans when this came out, but it’s not for me. Maybe only one or two songs that I would listen to again. Good production, but I don’t think there’s any good songwriting happening.
The Beach Boys
5/5
Violent Femmes
4/5
Orbital
1/5
Not a lot going on with this one
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Joe Ely
3/5
Not much to it, nice to listen to
Stevie Wonder
5/5
The Go-Go's
2/5
The Byrds
3/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
The Black Crowes
2/5
Joy Division
2/5
George Jones
4/5
a-ha
2/5
Cowboy Junkies
2/5
Pretty boring, good musicianship
Marvin Gaye
4/5
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
2/5
Solid musicianship, not really my style. Starts strong but I got tired of it quickly.
Soft Cell
2/5
Not for me, wouldn't listen to this again
Steely Dan
5/5
As close to perfect an album as you can get. Steely Dan rocks, all of the musicians that play on their albums are top notch.
Nirvana
5/5
Elvis Presley
5/5
Not much to say here, very introspective, beautiful album
Ray Charles
3/5
Blur
4/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Queen
5/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Santana
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
Didn’t care much for this, nothing special, could have gone my life without hearing it for sure
Keith Jarrett
5/5
Incredible musicianship, was not aware of this album or this artist before
The Notorious B.I.G.
5/5
Louis Prima
3/5
It was fun, great vocalist and band leader, same vocalist who sings for King Louie in The Jungle Book.
The Flaming Lips
5/5
One of my favorites, extremely well-produced, lot's of textures, introspective lyrics
The White Stripes
1/5
I just can't get into The White Stripes, I've never heard a song that I would want to listen to again
Elton John
4/5
Elton John
3/5
Benny and the Jets is such a great song. Rest of the album is good, but not mind-blowing, must hear this before I die.
The Who
1/5
Didn’t like this at all. Songs are not memorable, musicianship was very average
John Prine
4/5
Khaled
4/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
The Doors
2/5
Pulp
3/5
Steve Earle
2/5
Raekwon
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
The Clash
3/5
The Crusaders
3/5
Kid Rock
2/5
First three songs are ok, rest of the album is just filler
Pretenders
3/5
The Temptations
3/5
Patti Smith
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Carole King
3/5
Method Man
2/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
4/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2/5
Beatles
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Great live album, has more edge than San Quentin. I'm not sure why both albums are on this list.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
John Martyn
4/5
Ice Cube
2/5
I normally like Ice Cube, but this album has really poor production, hard listen.
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Probably my favorite Beatles album. It is perfect. Great tunes, great length for an LP, the first foray of the Beatles into the rock album era and out of their pop era. Production is almost perfect
The Streets
1/5
Very bad
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Daft Punk
2/5
Pretty bad. I hate that whenever Daft Punk comes up in casual conversation, someone always needs to bring up Homework, as if it’s like an obscure, early work of Daft Punk that is really amazing. Yeah I’ve heard Homework, and Around the World is 7 minutes long, asshole.
Minor Threat
1/5
The best part of this “album” is that it’s only 22 minutes long (hardly a full length LP). Nothing interesting happening here, can barely understand the lyrics. It sucks
New Order
3/5
Björk
3/5
Eminem
5/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Madonna
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
The White Stripes
1/5
One start for Seven Nation Army.
AC/DC
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
Circle Jerks
1/5
Hard to have an opinion on something with absolutely zero substance
Massive Attack
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Oasis
3/5
Sex Pistols
3/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
I listen to a fair amount of experimental, noisy music. This is not music
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
Justice
2/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Not my cup of tea, but I think they’re a good band and can see why they are popular in their niche.
Magazine
4/5
Hookworms
3/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
Blur
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
1/5
LL Cool J
3/5
Ramones
1/5
Couldn’t wait for this to end
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Band
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Primal Scream
4/5
The Slits
3/5
The The
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
2/5
The Black Keys
2/5
Morrissey
3/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
I, like many others, generated this album the day after Brian Wilson’s passing. I’ve heard it before, and am biased as a huge Brian Wilson fan. This is a fun album, contains the classic Beach Boys harmonies, but some different sounding arrangements that make this a fun listen.
The Cure
1/5
Thank god that’s over. A very difficult listen. Not a fan of the genre, but the music was just not interesting at all
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Sabu
2/5
I I’m sure this album is seminal if I were a jazz / latin percussionist, but I’m not, so it didn’t really move me.
Al Green
3/5
Sepultura
2/5
Not for me, not listenable
Elvis Presley
3/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Doesn’t get much better than Steely Dan, this album has some of their most popular songs. Technical execution and production are absolute perfection, and the songs are memorable, well-written and fun
Calexico
4/5
Didn’t particularly like it at first, but started to come around. I will listen to it again for sure. Maintains a consistent vibe throughout the album.
Nick Drake
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Early daft punk
U2
4/5
Really good album, it has the sound that to me a lot of the 2010s rock music (poorly) emulated. My favorite U2 album
Julian Cope
3/5
I feel like I should have liked this album in theory. Some of the sounds were cool, it none of the songs really grabbed me
Neu!
3/5
Has some strong moments. Good production. Gets repetitive in the second half. Most songs also have kind of a pointless, really long outro, seems like filler. Would listen to it again.
John Martyn
3/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Really cool album. I love Janis Joplin. I didn’t really like the faux “live“ sound of the album, and I thought there were some awesome rock and roll moments that get washed out by the end of the song
The Birthday Party
1/5
This did not have any redeeming qualities. Except maybe the album art matched the music perfectly
Christine and the Queens
1/5
Couldn’t even finish this, just didn’t care for it at all
R.E.M.
4/5
Second half of the album is solid. I love the harmonies in End of the World.
Foo Fighters
2/5
Pretty ok album, not amazing production, but fun to see the genesis of Foo Fighters
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
2/5
Not too bad, liked some of the songs, good production, REALLY did not like the singing
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Great songs, good production, great textures and guitar work,
The Beau Brummels
4/5
I liked this more than I thought I would. Sounds like Bob Dylan in some parts, and has a early San Francisco psych sound in others.
Kate Bush
5/5
Incredible album from an artist I’ve never listened to. Super weird, strong production, great sounds.
Paul Weller
2/5
Awful production. Second track has some bass rattling that almost sounds intentional. Lots of background “tones” that sound bad. Nothing stuck here. A few good moments.
Leonard Cohen
5/5
Bad Brains
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Death In Vegas
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Slayer
3/5
I. A see how other people like this, but not for me personally. Has pretty good production, ok musicianship
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
Radiohead
5/5
Dire Straits
5/5
Carpenters
5/5
The Who
1/5
Madness
3/5
5/5
Fuck yeah
Beck
4/5
Suicide
1/5
It was bad
Serge Gainsbourg
4/5
Nirvana
4/5
Janis Joplin
4/5
Jethro Tull
3/5
Johnny Cash
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
The Replacements
3/5
Can
3/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Thelonious Monk
3/5
Queen Latifah
2/5
Killing Joke
2/5
The Police
4/5
Neneh Cherry
3/5
The Dandy Warhols
4/5
Solid album. Mic just sounded a little muddy at times, and it was too long, and droning at times
Suzanne Vega
2/5
Jurassic 5
3/5
Sebadoh
2/5
Pretty noisy. Had some good moments, but lacked cohesion over all
CHVRCHES
2/5
Portishead
3/5
Pretty ok, has some strong moments, and a few moments where I needed to turn the volume down. Would listen to it again
Ryan Adams
3/5
Roni Size
1/5
Really did not like this. Too long and droning, only listened to the first disc. Very uninspiring
Nina Simone
2/5
The Zombies
3/5
Joy Division
1/5
1,001 post-punk albums to hear before you die
Michael Jackson
4/5
Pixies
5/5
Hard to find anything wrong with this album. One of my favorites
John Lennon
5/5
Massive Attack
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Supertramp
3/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
5/5
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
Isaac Hayes
2/5
Some good parts, don’t understand why it’s on the list
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
A masterpiece, not much more to say
Randy Newman
4/5
SAULT
4/5
Super solid, I really liked this
Talking Heads
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
This was such a big album in the 00s, you couldn’t turn on MTV without seeing a RHCP music video. Some of the songs on this album are good, but the production is horrendous, and way too noisy. RHCP was a band that never needed to participate in the loudness wars, I wish they would have made a stood out and made a statement, but the band just frankly isn’t that great.
Motörhead
4/5
Aphex Twin
3/5
Talented producer. This album is long and has some pimples. Pretty decent
Cheap Trick
3/5
Digital Underground
2/5
Elis Regina
3/5
Beatles
5/5
My all-time favorite Beatles album
The Byrds
2/5
3/5
Lightning Bolt
1/5
Very very bad
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
Some ok moments, but didn't really feel this
Dennis Wilson
4/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
Some good moments, very solid production.
The Cure
4/5
Not my style at all, but The Cure is a solid band and the production on this album is really good
Tim Buckley
3/5
M.I.A.
3/5
Anita Baker
3/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Richard Hawley
2/5
Metallica
2/5
This did not land for me at all, and I don't really mind Metallica's music. I think it was added to the list because "Ohhhh metal band plays with a symphony orchestra, this is so groundbreaking". Vocals sound bad, Lars sounds forever bad, and I'm sure there was a lot of correction applied, still sounds bad.
Kanye West
5/5
This is Kanye West's best album, a masterpiece in my opinion. I love how unpredictable it is, very experimental, it keeps you on your toes and you really don't know what's going to come next. Some of the lyrics are hilarious, while others deal with serious issues. It feels like Ye didn't take himself too seriously with this album, but still created an incredible work of art at the apex of his career.
I can't listen to Kanye anymore, it's a shame he went off the deep end and doesn't make records like Yeezus anymore.
Drive Like Jehu
2/5
Sonic Youth
5/5
3/5
GZA
4/5
Screaming Trees
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
5/5
It’s hard to write a review for this album. It’s an utter masterpiece. So many textures, so many new things to hear every time you listen, incredible songwriting.
Lana Del Rey
4/5
Great sounds, introspective lyrics, this is good music, but it’s no my cup of tea.
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Roots
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
Pretty solid album, great sounds and textures. Vocals sound a too much like Thom Yorke.
The Incredible String Band
3/5
Yes
4/5
Eagles
3/5
Dion
4/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
The Coral
3/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Great a cappella vocals
Wire
2/5
X-Ray Spex
2/5
Hated this, sounded like nails on a chalkboard
Can
3/5
Started out hating it, then came around. Will give it another listen, some really good sounds in there
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Always an absolutely unhinged listen.
Pere Ubu
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
U2
3/5
Stan Getz
3/5
Sonic Youth
5/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Mike Ladd
4/5
Radiohead
5/5
Gene Clark
3/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
CHIC
4/5
Machito
3/5
2/5
Bee Gees
3/5
Steve Winwood
3/5
Stereo MC's
3/5
Some the these rhymes are pretty whack, but loved the vibe and the beats
Mike Oldfield
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Gun Club
2/5
AC/DC
4/5
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
Motörhead
4/5
3/5
Ash
4/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Wilco
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Dr. Dre
5/5
The Magnetic Fields
2/5
Annoying for this to be on the list, it’s not really an album. Some of the songs have SOLID production and songwriting, but then the next four tracks are an affront to the senses. Would have loved an album of like the ten best songs.
Genesis
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Public Enemy
5/5
Nanci Griffith
2/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Burning Spear
3/5
Ian Dury
4/5
Morrissey
3/5
The Darkness
2/5
It feels like they did to Queen what Greta Van Fleet did to Led Zeppelin. Very forgettable
Sleater-Kinney
2/5
Quite bad
Everything But The Girl
3/5
A little boring, but decent music overall
John Coltrane
5/5
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
XTC
4/5
The Auteurs
4/5
Various Artists
4/5
Red Snapper
2/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Faust
4/5
The Vines
4/5
Public Enemy
5/5
OutKast
4/5
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below is OutKast at their most polished, most technically accomplished and, paradoxically, least inspired. It’s an album that succeeds on craft while quietly revealing the unraveling of the partnership that made OutKast essential in the first place.
Earlier OutKast records thrived on tension. André 3000’s curiosity, abstraction, and vulnerability were counterbalanced by Big Boi’s discipline, grounding, and rhythmic precision. Their voices didn’t just coexist, they edited, challenged, and sharpened each other. That dynamic is almost entirely absent here. Instead, the album feels less like a dialogue and more like two parallel monologues bound together by contract and branding.
The double-album format makes this separation explicit. Speakerboxxx is confident, professional, and impeccably executed. Big Boi doing exactly what he does best. The Love Below is raw, exploratory, and emotionally exposed, capturing André in a state of searching and creative restlessness. Both halves are competent, occasionally compelling, but rarely transcendent. What’s missing is the shared sense of purpose that once made OutKast feel like they were building something larger than themselves.
There’s an undeniable sadness to the record. Not because it’s bad, it isn’t, but because it sounds like closure rather than discovery. The album feels like a compromise: a way to fulfill expectations without forcing a collaboration that no longer existed. The singles are separated, the visions are divergent, and the connective tissue that once defined OutKast has quietly dissolved.
In that sense, Speakerboxxx / The Love Below functions less as a grand finale and more as a sad bookend. It documents the moment when OutKast stopped being a unified creative force and became two gifted artists moving in different directions. Impressive, interesting, and historically significant, but as a whole, it lacks the urgency, cohesion, and magic that made their earlier work timeless.
If Stankonia was the last true OutKast album, this is the paperwork that followed.
Stephen Stills
4/5
The Stooges
4/5
The Cult
2/5
It rocks, but not really in a way that is memorable or would make me want to listen again.
Kings of Leon
3/5
Prince
4/5
Huge fan of the album. Only critique is the heavy use of drum machines, it makes the tracks sound overly synthetic and sometimes steal the show. Maybe it’s just a product of when it was made. Otherwise, love it