Tried to hear what everyone loves about it but didn’t really get it. Nice but a bit forgettable!
A really accomplished version of ‘this sort of thing’ so great if you love that. I liked it.
One good song on here and it’s the first one. The rest is drivel and every one is too long.
Good, but wouldn’t bother listening to it again.
I can see why people like him so much. Some great stuff but every song is too long like all 70s albums. Just wondering, is he American?
I bet Rod doesn’t play that opening track live anymore! Maggie May obviously slaps but reminds me of respected nonce John Peel. The rest is… whatever. Wonder if the Stereophonics have ever heard this.
First track is a classic. Can’t remember the rest even immediately after listening. Nice sound but not much more to it. Can see how it’d have been quite new sounding at the time. Liked it way more than I thought, still.
I mean yeh, whatever. Very good if you’re in to this sort of thing, certainly accomplished. I’ve yet to hear a 70s album where the songs aren’t too long. I saw someone say it’s a good dinner party album - bang on. Great background music.
Lovely because it’s Ella Fitzgerald!
I’m just never gonna like hip hop but I’m sure this is a great example of it.
When this came up I immediately thought of that video of her shushing the crowd!! This album’s fucking dreadful. Sounds like someone who got famous through TikTok and made a record with their parents money.
Couldn’t finish it. I’m sure it was great at the time but just a bit annoying innit?
Very nice. If someone had asked me when Nick Drake was about I’d have said… I dunno, 90s? He fucking died in 1974!! Two years after this album. And he’d already retired! Turns out I was thinking of Nick Cave. Some lovely stuff, but also one track that is barely even a demo. Like, babe… just leave it off. Will appeal, I imagine, to fans of Dylan. (Bob Dylan).
Free Bird is not as much of a banger as I remember, the rest of the album is utterly forgettable and I found out they’re racist?? No thanks!!! Getting really sick of the 70s tbh.
At first I was like…This is a bit more like it!! Would have absolutely blown my head off in 1987. Then after the first track it’s just a bit boring. One song sounds like soundtrack to GoldenEye for N64. Otherwise… nah.
There is very little hip hop I enjoy - not none, but this doesn’t qualify. Just sounds like noise to me and is actually really stressful to listen to. Can’t understand a word, no tune… though I am aware he is highly respected in the field.
Didn’t have time to listen to all of this, but what I did hear was lovely. Good old George. The fifth beatle!
Oh fuck yeh. Coldplay at their purest and occasionally best. They’re a different band now but that doesn’t take away from this, masterpiece. People like to say they’re imitating Radiohead but every band is like others and I don’t think this is close enough. Deal with it!!!
I’ve always hated this band’s music. This sounds like someone dancing in your face when you’re in a bad mood, saying ‘come and daaaaance’ when your face is clearly telling them to fuck off. Annoying.
Fucking hell. Some of this sounds like it’s been written with irritating me specifically in mind. I’m sure this is ‘great’ but I tried every track and I just absolutely hate it. Best of luck to Kendrick.
I didn’t love all of this but there’s enough real classics to get 4 stars. Always loved Dusty. Very culturally American though eh? Whatever, she’s great.
On paper I should love Bowie but he always leaves me cold. This one especially boring. Unwise to do a Beatles cover if it’ll end up being the best track on the record. Sorry David!!! I’ll try the other EIGHT albums you have on here…
I’ve heard much better versions of this sort of thing. Whatever.
Couldn’t get through this one. Dreadful. Some things need to stay in the 80s.
The singer sounds like Elvis Costello! I think I enjoyed some of it but wouldn’t ever put it on again. I think I could die without hearing this one.
Not annoying but utterly unremarkable.
Not sure if I’ve ever sat down and appreciated this as an album. Can’t believe so many good tracks are on one record. A masterpiece, really. Imagine what she’d have done next.
This has always been my favourite Beatles album. Amazing that all these songs are on one record?! And they broke up pretty soon after this! IMAGINE being around when this came out. I’d have had to stay home for a few days I reckon. I love how they’re not making it to please anyone at all, just doing whatever the fuck they want. So many experimental elements here, from recording to songwriting, to structure… absolutely fucking mind blowing.
The definition of original punk to me is ‘purposefully shit’, but then post-punk and emo came along with ‘what if we took the good bits of punk but could actually sing in tune and play our instruments’ - this is late enough that they should have taken a bit more of a cue from that movement. A bit too early punk for me - some bands need to have the guts to tell their singer they shouldn’t be the singer of the band anymore but they can stay and play guitar. I can imagine seeing them at this old venue in Croydon that I can’t remember the name of, and then never hearing from them again. But here they are? Total fluke. HOWEVER good on them for being women in this scene at that time, can’t have been easy.
I would never choose R&B but I can enjoy the musicianship and there’s some particular nice bass playing here. The main problem with this record is it’s just a bit boring. Also ‘Shit, Damn, Motherfucker’ sounds exactly like an R&B song this kid I used to sit next to in year 9 would make up as a joke! Best of luck, D’Angelo.
Oof, dreadful. Managed two and a half tracks and had to bail. Glad it’s out of the way.
Absolutely amazing really. Although ‘The Girl Is Mine’ is a perfect example of two people so successful they can’t tell each other an idea is a bit shit, so they have to commit to it, both thinking ‘eeeesh, wish we hadn’t gone with this’, both partly trying to sabotage it out of existence by adding more bad bits, but ultimately not having the conversation, so you get left with that. And SO many of the lyrics are totally nonsensical, made up words, ridiculous… I don’t really listen to MJ anymore because… ya know. Somehow… a 5 star album anyway.
Utterly uninspiring with a healthy dose of childish misogyny. Was going to get a 2 for the fun guitar playing but, nah.
Keyboards will NEVER be cool.
I don’t like Bowie and I don’t like this. Really lazy stuff.
Listened to this whole thing and couldn’t whistle you a single tune from it. If you’re writing when the Beatles are putting out Sgt Peppers a year before… you’d just give up wouldn’t you? Boring, but not annoying.
I am not a Bowie fan but… this is cool. Detailed, deep, interesting. I think people who really love him didn’t like this so much - makes sense I suppose. It’s the most I’ve ever enjoyed old DB. I didn’t enjoy every track but enough to listen again, I think.
I don’t remember liking Bob Marley this much, but this record is lovely. A relaxing, soulful listen. Pleasantly surprised twice in a row after some absolute shockers. 3 stars because I can’t imagine choosing to listen to it again, really.
Look, I can fuck with music like this. But this has been done a LOT better since, and before. Even when I heard this as an angsty 13 year old I remember thinking ‘eughhh…. no’. There was this girl called Claire who I became friendly with - she turned out to be a compulsive liar - who I thought was cool because she introduced me to rock music pretty much. But even then, when it would have been cool to like Korn… I didn’t. Some really juvenile / misogynistic / homophobic / horrible stuff in here. It’s all the same. It’s too long and boring. NO THANKS. I looked up Claire recently and all I could find was that she started a computer company that folded within 2 years, otherwise nothing.
The sound of two old white men tuggin’ each other off.
Small town bar house band takes requests and invites locals up to sing
I really gave this a proper go - wouldn’t it be nice to like Pink Floyd? They’ve got loads of material to enjoy etc… but fuck me it is so boring. There’s so many bits where if I was in the room I’d say ‘hey guys… maybe let’s take this bit out. no one wants to hear alarms ringing. this other bit is repetitive and pointless’ etc. Boomers were so easily impressed. Was hoping for some sweet guitar solos but nope, there’s like half a one. Boring shit. Probably deserves a 2 from me but deserves more to have its average brought down.
Thought I’d like this a lot more, just a bit boring.
I don’t know Beck very well, but I like a lot of what I’ve heard. So when this came up I was very excited! But, I dunno. It really didn’t do anything for me. Disappointed!!! (Like that guy from that film)
Don’t know what the fucking point of this is
If a 16yr old kid played me this I’d be like ‘wow, great first album, really well done. you got all your ideas you’ve been hanging on to for years out, you can probably hear now how on the nose those lyrics are, and you’ve probably learnt a lot in the process. now don’t ever play it to anyone again’. This leaves a door open for an actually good second album, which I’m not gonna look up but I know he went on to write some bangers. Thing is, Kravitz was 25 when he made this. He was old enough to do better. And you know, playing all those instruments isn’t as impressive as it seems. Sorry Lenny, throw this out with your big stupid scarf.
REM’s greatest hits album absolutely blew my head off when I was about 13, so I’ll always have affection for them and I like their sound enough to enjoy this. However, there are no songs here that aren’t on the hits album that would deserve to be. A bit too much of Stipe’s inner child for me, and ‘Stand’ has always sounded to me like it’s written to teach children something, not sure what, standing? Points on a compass?
I just looked it up and this is their SIXTH album?!! Mad that they took over ten years to get in to their stride - they really had a good few years at the beginning of the 90s.
Best thing: it’s only 30 mins
Worst thing: VERY boring
Yeh, really boring stuff. Top tip- listen to track 1, and you’ve heard it all.
Neil Hannon is a genius. Unfortunately most people are too stupid to appreciate his music, which is why he’s not more successful. You actually have to use your brain for this, and your heart will thank you. Love it!
I think we studied this at school. Didn’t like it then either!
I was in a pub once and I heard these two Irish voices behind me saying ‘I’ll have a pint of Guinness’, I turned round and it was Bono and his mate The Edge. Bono looked at me and said ‘Alright mate?’ and I said ‘Oh no, not YOU TWO again!’. Anyway we all laughed and I told that while I’m no U2 super fan, this is a perfect album. I asked him why he was wearing sunglasses indoors but I don’t think he heard me because he started talking about something else.
I just don’t like rap and I can’t get any enjoyment from this. Wonder if that’s a Common opinion?
I was not aware of how racist and stupid Clapton is! Lolllll. Sorry Eric your music is boring.
Not for me. Also probably not aimed at me. They were good in the Simpsons.
I really like some Nirvana songs but I don’t think I enjoyed any of this. I’ll say it - not the drummer’s best work.
I LOVE Sam Cooke, and he’s great live, but this certainly isn’t a great listen. The recording quality is quite poor and I think you really had to be there for this one. Don’t know why it’s made this list at all? 3 stars because he’s amazing whatever he does. If he has any actual records on here, they’ll be getting 5 from me.
Thought this was going to be boring but it was rather pleasant!
I reeeeeally don’t like constant repetition so this album is quite annoying for me. Every song could be about 30 seconds and I would get the picture. There are some bangers but they ALL go on too long and are one idea again and again. I can imagine someone who thinks they ‘know about music’ absolutely insisting that this is an amazing album at a party but… nah.
Like the Pet Shop Boys but somehow worse
Really, desperately boring, feels like on purpose most of the time. I was 14 and into indie music in 2004 and had no awareness of this band, so they didn’t have a cultural impact either. Should have done ‘beta’.
Dull purple, Deep shit, Deep beige, Shit purple, creep purple, deep boring, dumple bumple, smoke on your mum, ma-shit head
I don’t think I’ve listened to this all the way through since the first time. So many classics, and some stuff which is them fucking about but would be other bands absolute best work. Such trailblazers but try not to think how briefly they were even a band because it’s freakish levels of productivity. Album of the year and then Abbey Road was the next fucking year?!!! Madness. Also McCartney invented heavy metal on this album!
It’s very cool to like this sort of thing isn’t it. Was a bit worried by the first track but after that it took no convincing. Some really powerful, beautiful stuff on here. Thanks Nina!
Beautiful, haunting record. I did not know Billie Holiday didn’t make it to the 60s!
A pretty lazy entry to the list I think. I bet there’s thousands of other albums like this that are way better. Ah well. Not annoying but not for me
Don’t know why anyone would need to listen to this dead or alive
I’ve always loved Do You Realize, the rest is fine. Perfectly enjoyable in the background but I wouldn’t put it on deliberately.
Ash have three good songs, and none of them are on this album.
If this was a local band when I was a teenager, they’d probably have been one of the best on the scene, but this album cannot compete on any higher level than that. Thinking about it, loads of my friends’ bands were better than this. If we’re all honest with each other Tim Wheeler’s no singer is he. Ah well.
When I met U2 again I did make a point of asking Bono why he wore sunglasses indoors. He winked (I think) and said ‘Achtung, Baby’ so he may not have known what that actually means. He kept talking about ‘Edge’ and I said ‘Don’t you mean THE Edge?’ and he just sort of chuckled and didn’t say anything. Adam Clayton was writhing around - turns out he doesn’t just do that on stage - and it was all a bit fucking weird to be honest. Good album though.
A really enjoyable listen, especially if it’s the version that had How Soon Is Now? on it. But… their stuff has such a high bar and I think this dodges all their best songs, of which there are LOADS. Would be 5 for anyone else but for The Smiths, a 4. Though as vegetarian I do agree that Meat Is Murder.
God damn… Marvin. One of my favourite singers ever and this steaming album is excellent all the way through.
So this has a few of the hits, but arguably not the best ones, and there is a big gap between their hits and album tracks. Still, enjoyable and of course some interesting ideas. Would be a 5 for a lot of other artists but they can do better.
Really great but I think needs the film, which I haven’t seen. I’m sure it’s a brilliant soundtrack, and would be a better album if I’d seen it. Solid work as always from Air.
Really takes me back to playing Crazy Taxi and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater on the Dreamcast. Should have waited for the PS2 to come out!! I had an Offspring hoodie despite only having heard their music on those games and not knowing it was them! Quite boring music really, 2 stars coming straight from nostalgia!
One of my three favourite albums from my favourite band so… it’s gonna be a 5.
Two stars because it wasn’t unbearable, no more because it wasn’t interesting
I know it’s cool to like this so I’m giving it three stars and not listening to it again
Stopped after 4 or 5 songs sounded exactly the same. Very dull.
I love them, but I didn’t love this. Only really 2 amazing tracks and the rest of some of it feels a bit lazy or silly.
Very exciting start but is followed by much the same thing over, and over…
Life’s too short to bother with music like this. I gave it 3 tracks, no thanks!
I enjoyed this a LOT more than I thought I would. Very accomplished version of this sort of thing and better than many copies of it.
Don’t have time to listen to a double album so skimmed this. It’s fine, a bit repetitive but some pleasant bits. Could not have told you what Nick Cave sounded like before this. 3 because it was good but I won’t play it again.
Good but won’t listen again
Fuckin hell, Nick Cave again? Almost exactly the same as the last album. No fuckin way they both need to be on this list. Boring.
Jesus, imagine being around in 1966. There wasn’t much new music, maybe you take a chance on this to try something new, and then you get home and get fucking BORED out of your goddam MIND. Bullshit.
This had absolutely no effect on me whatsoever
Liked it more than I thought but certainly won’t listen to it again
These guys couldn’t be bothered to think of a name, or album name, or write any interesting music, or get a good album cover design, so I didn’t bother listening beyond the first few boring tracks.
I think I will take the lift to heaven, might be more interesting music x
REM if the R stood for Rock. Fine, absolutely never listening to this on purpose again but it didn’t irritate me and I tried every track.
I’ve heard enough of these songs before to know that I hate it so gonna skip this one.
The epitome of ‘you had to be there’
Lovely stuff. Windmills Of Your Mind is one of the most impressive songs ever written I think. A well deserved 4 stars.
This is great! I didn’t think I’d enjoy it nearly as much. Well done JA!
This really needs the film with it. Or something else ;) - would have been higher if it had either.
This is better than the other one I had by them, but still, Plant always sounds like he’s about to go ‘ohhh mama’ which must be appropriated from somewhere, and sometimes he actually does it, and it’s just kind of embarrassing. I listened to more of each track than I thought but there’s no way I’d put it on again. Really hope there’s not loads more LZ on the list. 3 stars is GENEROUS. Actually fuck it, 2.
Actually really enjoyed that. Queen know how to write a memorable tune and are never lazy, despite being terminally uncool somehow.
The beauty of ‘Moving’ still makes me disappointed in everything else by Supergrass, including the second half of the song, but this is fine. It’s quite abrasive so a whole album is a bit much, but there’s some good tunes.
Oof, dreadful. I hate rap, only managed a track and a half then tapped OUT (motherfucker)
This went right through me, totally average. Nice voice, nice songs, but done better by a lot of others.
Not as good as many of their contemporaries. Terrible cover of Grapevine. But still a nice sound, a comfortable 3.
Nice to hear some melodies on a rap (?) album but definitely not my thing
No thank you not listening to this
This album might have had a chance at being good if his voice wasn’t so fucking irritating. Get someone else to sing for you Gary.
I’ve never managed to get in to Bowie, but turns out I really like his later work. This is great, Blackstar was too!
Not really for me. There’s one idea per song, repeated for a few minutes til it’s over. I’m sure some people love this.
Another couple of rejected tracks from the N64 Goldeneye soundtrack
Whoever is ‘the poor man’s Beatles’, the Kinks are the poor man’s version of that. Insipid rubbish, don’t know how they’re possibly popular. Even their best song (don’t need to name it) is sort of shit? Imagine making this at the same time that the Beatles and Beach Boys were releasing those records…. Embarrassing.
Whoops, accidentally died without listening to this oh don’t worry it’s fine
Complex - needs another listen or two for a full judgement but I will predict 5
Enjoyed rhyming of ‘peaches’ and ‘Jesus’ but that’s about it
If I could only listen to one album, this would be it.
Boy am I glad it’s not the 70s anymore
Sort of like Terars for Fears / Duran Duran but not nearly as good
Not that entertaining, quite pleasant at times. I’ll take this over Pink Floyd any fuckin day of the week
Rolling Stones always sound like a sort of embarrassing impression of American blues to me. No change here, very very boring. A very generous 2 stars.
Holy shit, what a year for music 1997 was! I’ve loved this album since I heard it in maybe… 2004. So - happy 20 years, Urban Hymns. An easy 5 stars.
Wow, that was great. Haven’t dived in to Blur’s back catalogue but I was excited to see this come up and very much enjoyed it. Quite ‘early work’ but I think I’d have loved it when it came out. Lots of people on here comparing it to the Kinks, who are shit, and those people are wrong.
Hadn’t heard this - very much in my wheelhouse but didn’t do a huge amount for me. A VERY generous three.
I understand what they’re trying to do here but it’s not nearly interesting enough to be good. It could be! But it’s not.
I don’t usually like Bowie’s main work but this was fun. Probs won’t listen to it again though.
Can’t be bothered with this one, punk sucks. 2 stars because the title track is good but didn’t bother listening to the rest.
All three of these stars are for The Power Of Love, which is a five star song, but the rest of the album just pales in comparison.
Nice but wouldn’t put it on
Very much in my wheelhouse but did absolutely nothing for me
I’ll watch Walk The Line again one day and that’ll be enough Johnny Cash for me. Bet it was great in priz.
Sorry Taylor… I just really really don’t like your music. Best of luck though.
There are two good songs on this album. From memory I thought they’d be enough to give it a good rating but, no. God funk sucks doesn’t it? So glad none of my friends got that RHCP tattoo they were talking about.
Sounds like and about as good as the band I was in when I was 13
I don’t love all of Beck’s music, but this is so lovely. Some all-timers on there for me. I was gonna give it 4 but nothing really matters so here we are.
Oh fuck yeh. Fever dream masterpiece. Yehhhh what’s happeniiiiiin
The melodic stuff is quite nice, the rest very boring.
Standard Rolling Stones….. SHIT!
Hits just as hard as it did in 2006. This was life changing for me. They’re weird now but this was incredible.
Nice tunes, nice voice, nice sound… won’t play it again though.
Listened to the first few tracks and they were just noise, don’t like Eno anyway so just listened to Hail To The Thief instead
Really enjoyed this but fuck that guy
Some good / iconic tunes but ultimately not for me
Hip hop can be quite enjoyable when it’s got a melody mixed in there!
Very much a ‘back in my day’ album that doesn’t hold up now
Oh fuck off Pink Floyd. Most overrated band of all time. Gave it a track and a half and then listened to something good. Trash!
Very pleasant, and TDCWCT is one of my all time faves. Thanks kd!
This guy heard The Cure and thought ‘I could do that voice’ but didn’t quite manage it. Fine but I would never ever play it again.
I would have much preferred Perfect Day ten times in a row. And not the Lou Reed version, that celebrity one from the 90s.
If you’ve heard any blues song ever, you don’t need to listen to this. Verrrrry boring.
Entertaining but a bit tiresome after a while. Couldn’t listen to it all in one go but did enjoy a lot of it.
Someone has been in my room and drunk all of my beers
Hard to believe this was ever cool
I don’t even remember listening to this and it was yesterday. 2 stars because it wasn’t annoying, just boring.
I usually quite like ‘dreary’ music but this is a bit too far. He sounds half asleep!
Not Banksy’s best work and not to my taste at all - bearable at best.
Some nice stuff here, some quite annoying sounds, some really lovely songs.
Thought this would be dreadful like all punk but it was just quite boring
Sounds like the bits in the Batman series with Adam West when they’d punch people and the cartoon words would come up
Have you heard any country album, ever? Then you’ve heard this
Listened to the whole thing to check it was still 5 stars and fuck yes it is.
Hard to be in the mood for this at the moment but still quality and a perfect example of what it is.
Sounds like the drummer from Genesis
Made me wanna commit… fraud
Really stupid lyrics. Nice at first but his voice got very wearing by the end. Honestly, Alex Turner did it better.
Just listen to ‘Get It On’ and you’ve heard it. Every other song is about the same but not as good.
Always like the REM sound but this went straight through me. Fine, I guess? None of the hits.
Veers a bit too much in to quite annoying noise too often for me. Even people I know personally have done this better so… medium grass.
That one guitar lick isn’t enough to carry this album, and the fact that you know which bit I’m talking about proves my point. Drivel!
Veers a bit too much in to quite annoying noise too often for me.
Probs would have been fine dying without hearing an album with none of Queens hits on it
Chilled, some nice tunes, wouldn’t put it on
Can’t imagine a time when I would be in the mood to listen to this so I’m gonna skip it and say 3 stars
Enjoyed this more than I ever have Dylan but by god his voice is annoying
I really should love Arcade Fire, they have everything I like… but somehow they always leave me cold. Couple of great tracks on here but the rest… very boring.
Fuck me Sting’s voice is annoying isn’t it? Dreadful
I listened to this and then an hour later thought ‘oh I haven’t checked my album for today’… I love Marvin but this was far from his best work. Good sound but utterly forgettable.
Liked this way less than I thought I would. Tell Him is an all time classic though! Don’t much like the rest.
One of my favourite albums of all time.
Stay in the chicken shack Jimbo
If i could only remember anything about this album
Ah, so Adele lost touch with reality between this and the last album. Justice for Charlene Soraia and Louis Sharpe!
Good for a bit, but ultimately boring. Why does he sing like that?
Man I wish I liked jazz but I just don’t
Unfortunately I am the type of basic white boy that will give any Beatles album 5
Radiohead are my favourite band!
Wow, 2 Radiohead albums in a row… wish I had more to help recover from shit like Pink Floyd
I was once in a semi-fictional band called Nevermind Mr Bear, and this is what we aspired to be. Unfortunately we lost all our music when MySpace ‘accidentally’ fucked up their data migration. This is good at first and then every song is the same!
Wall to wall Christmas classics. Thanks Phil! Gotta love that wall of sound.
Just a lot of shouting. Obvs love Where Is My Mind? but actually preferred the rip off my friend's band wrote called TV Show in about 2003. RIP Baculum.
I think I might have enjoyed this at the time but it just can’t compete with the wealth of music available nowadays
Quite enjoyable, but dweeby as fuck. Surely ELO were never cool? Mad to think what happened to the cellist. If you don’t know, watch ‘Upright’ with Tim Minchin. Great series!
About 30 seconds of each track of this is enough
Absolutely no way I was gonna like this
Never going to be in the mood for this but a good example
Every one of these songs sounds the same to me
WAY too long for this challenge. This was fine. Some nice sounds but I think I skipped before the end of every track. This sort of thing has been done a lot better before and since
Not on Spotify but I’ve already listened to a DP album and it sucked
Ahhh… Arcade Fire. This type of thing is so far up my street they fucking live next door but… I just don’t get it. Sort of enjoyed a lot of it, some went right through me, I know I won’t think about it again after today.
I like the idea of being a Björk fan, and I enjoyed this, but I won’t put it on again
A pretty lazy Bowie impression. I know Reed came first but… he’s just coasting on the success of his awful band. Perfect Day obviously a banger but done better by almost everyone who has covered it. The rest? Boring.
Really lazy stuff. Just play Drive.
Never Gonna Give You Up is an all time CLASSIC. The rest? Pretty unremarkable. All three of these stars are for that track
Layla obviously a banger but the rest is super boring and Clapton’s a cunt
Don’t really like this era of Bowie. This one certainly shouldn’t be on here. Bowie says he can’t remember recording it because of the drugs - no David, it’s because all the songs are boring. The best one was covered 100x better by Cat Power.
I liked this a lot more than I thought I would, and there’s some pretty recognisable tracks, but I won’t play it again
Seems like Kaiser Chiefs heard the worst songs on this album and decided to make it their whole sound. There are a few good tracks on here but it’s not my favourite of Blur’s oeuvre by any stretch. Some of it I actually dislike.
Let’s see, does this band a particularly good or interesting;
Name? No
Singer? No
Instrumentalist? No
Songs? No
Lyrics? No
Anything? No
Fucking Pet Sounds came out the year before this. You wouldn’t bother would you.
Fucking hell…. ANOTHER Dylan album? The last one was quite good but this one…. Would have been super boring if it wasn’t so annoying
Ah, thought I’d like this. Unrelentingly dreary I’m afraid, only just got through it.
Desperately boring. 2 stars because it wasn’t annoying.
I would have given this a 5 but unfortunately today I have a policy of ‘Dynamic Rating’, so it’s just going to be a 3. And if anyone asks me about it, I’ll say I didn’t know it was happening, even though that would make me - in the words of Robert Smith - ‘fucking stupid or a liar’.
Everything But Unfortunately Their One Good Song
Look, I like The Cure and I’m a big fan of Robert Smith personally, but… what the fuck is this? Two halves of actual songs and the rest is like they laid down an idea for a track, didn’t add anything else and then just left it?!! I know that is literally the story behind one of the tracks but… surely just finish it first?! Absolutely Dreadful.
Hell yeh! This came out when I was 17 so is full of nostalgia for me. No skips!
There was only one track of this on Spotify but that’ll do for me thanks
This is the album that got me in to Rufus. This is him at the height of his powers, a perfect album.
This didn’t make me particularly happy or sad. Unfortunately the best thing Tim ever made is still Jeff.
Still a big fan of Robert Smith personally, but I dare say I only like The Cure when they’re at the poppiest. Enjoyed some of this, won’t play it again.
Yeh, fine, won’t play it again
Sorry PJ I really didn’t like this it was indeed DRY
Wasn’t really in the mood for this - we’ll call it 3 and part ways forever
I thought I’d hate this but it was fine. Won’t be playing it again but well done for not being annoying!
I’m not listening to this
Pleasantly surprising - I bet this is great live. A bit repetitive though and some bands just need to let someone else sing. Think what it’d be like with someone good!
Errr… it’s ‘INtroducing’.
I loved this from the moment I heard it when it first came out and it’s still one of my all time favourites. Fantastic.
What an amazing first album. She’s great - not exactly to my taste but I’ll play this again.
Very standard issue this sort of thing. I didn’t hate it, but I’ll never play it again.
Agh, MORE Dylan? Some of it’s nice, some is boring, can’t do his voice for a whole album in one go
This came out when I was 14 so, yeh. Still SLAPS.
Arguably her best one but shouldn’t be on the list - far from ‘seminal’
I actually pretended to like this in an attempt to impress a girl when I was about 12 and then actually LOVED it - very much my introduction to rock music. I really hate rap EXCEPT when it's got the backing of some heavy guitar music and a melodic vocal every now and then. Trailblazing album.
Barely held my attention but nice enough
Less than 24 hours later and I can’t remember anything about this album.
Why does he sing like that? It’s so annoying
Very good, I think they got better later, even though they ended up making the same album again and again at least 3 times. Solid stuff but not their best by any stretch
How does Paul Weller keep worming his way in to this list in different outfits? Average white guy and nothing more.
David, are you gonna bother to sing on the rest of these tracks?
Errr…. No.
You sure?
Yeh.
Oh. Okay. We’ll just put it out like this then?
Yep.
Okay!
Some cool guitar stuff. Won't be playing it again.
I dig some of their music but a whole album is quite stressful. File under: pioneering and important but not pleasurable
Barely noticed I was listening to this throughout
I really didn’t like this at all
I’ll get the bus back from Guitar Town if I have to
Pleasant but dull. Like a lot of people I know!!!
Thought I’d hate this but it wasn’t all that bad. Couldn’t be bothered to do the whole thing but got an idea and listened to their terribly-aging best song.
Probably joint favourite album with OK Computer so…. Yeh.
I don’t get it. The best song still really needs that YouTube duet with Miles Davis (look it up) to be better. Ah well.
A very unique sound that is not for me
Sorry I just don’t like rap. I’m sure they’re great.
This would have been my jam if I’d been born in 1941, but it’s 2025, and I’ve heard it done better by many other people, so it’s just a bit boring.
One of these reminded me of that episode of The Simpsons where they go to the worlds fair, but that was the best bit.
Thing about improvisation is... you haven't rehearsed, have you? So how about I pay for a ticket if it's good. There's no one in the world I'd go to watch improvise, and I certainly wouldn't be so presumptuous as to set up recording equipment. Like hearing a friend noodle from the next room kind of hoping he'll stop quite soon.
If I wanna listen to a jazz concert, I'll go to a jazz concert. Obviously amazing musicianship etc but not enough to grab me when I listened to it.
Utterly unremarkable. Beatles F-sides at its best, just chords in a row at its worst. Not annoying, but not at all interesting.
I use the word 'dreadful' quite lightly but this was DREADFUL. I mean unlistenable.
This fucking sucked. Dreary, whiny, dull, self indulgent SHIT.
Wow, exceptional. A couple of skippable moments made up for by some truly extraordinary songs. Also she’s really cool.
Not my favourite Stevie Wonder album but even at his worst he’s pretty good so I enjoyed it
Chemistry teacher plays us the album he and his new girlfriend made over the Summer on holiday with parent's inheritance money
What’s the fucking point of this? I’m serious. Just half an hour of ‘country songs’ - that literally describes the whole album. Absolutely pointless. 2 stars because it didn’t actively irritate me but that is generous.
Did absolutely nothing for me.
Someone had it right on here that her voice sort of ruins it. Good vibe but ultimately not very exciting, I got bored QUICK.
Cut the fuckin ropes of this elevator so it crashes
Not annoying but not good either
When you get a bit older you realise you don't have to be so reverant of this album made by essentially teenagers, which I assume they were because whatshisface died at 27 I think. Never listening to this again!
So glad I’ve finished all the fucking Paul Weller albums. Both of these stars are for ‘English Rose’ which is a lovely song despite the wilfully incorrect grammar.
About as interesting as the cymbal they are named after being hit again and again with nothing else
Just finished this and already forgotten it
Obviously very accomplished but not for me, dawg. Beautiful singing but rap is just noise for me xx
Some of it is quite pleasant but broadly… what’s the point?
Yeh I mean quite nice but I can’t listen to a whole album of it.
Another PJ album?! I think I’ll stick to her later stuff. The first track was downright unpleasant and the rest not much better!
A nice sound but I wasn’t interested until Black Hole Sun, which sort of embarrasses the rest of the album with how standout it is. I’ve got time for Chris Cornell though so might give it another go.
Are the Ramones 13 years old? Because if so this is a great start to forming a band. Some nice ideas and decently played, well done boys. Or if they were grown men at the time of recording, this is shit.
I’m sorry I just really don’t like this!!!
I've said it before but it often applies. If it's the 60s and the Beatles and Beach Boys are making music... why bother if this it the best you can do?
Can’t say I enjoyed much of this. I’m more of a last three Bowie albums man so the earlier stuff doesn’t do much for me.
Don’t get it. They’re annoying.
Even when it’s not their best stuff it’s still pretty damn good. Really one of the only acts of this time and style that could stand alongside the Beatles.
In the words of a song from this album, that's enough for me.
BANGERS from the Big Chair. Only discovered this whole album recently and it's fucking brilliant.
Be warned that this album starts with a loud obnoxious scream which sets the tone for the rest of this fucking shit
Not blown away but will definitely listen again, he’s a talent for sure! Some interesting stuff but needs a few more goes I think.
I’ve had at least two albums from The Who and that’ll do me thanks, don’t need to hear another. I’ll give it 2 to be nice.
I’m sure it makes me very uncool but I found this unbearable
Not yet at the heights of the following couple of albums. I know he played all the instruments himself but I could do that. A later track came on after this and I was like OH YEH HERE WE GO so while FF deserve to be on this list, not with this album.
I can’t explain why but I fucking hate Eurythmics.
I much preferred this when Gertie played it. A bit fucking whacky for my liking!
Incredibly accomplished, and I love some of the tracks. The whole album is a bit too much to listen to in one go though, not much range. I'm gonna rate it based on its best songs.
Didn't set my world alight but a pleasant listen. It's a shame when the best song on your album is a cover.
Literally middle of the road for me as it reminds me of being in the car with family, very nostalgic good memories and I love that weird little head wobble he does!
Didn't do anything at all for me but I could tolerate the whole thing - obviously better than Pink fucking Floyd.
I'm probably never gonna be in the mood for it so let's go 3.
Oof, what a disappointment this would have been at the time. Great first track obviously and then... nothing to write home about.
Over three albums I have learnt that REM have enough good songs for ONE 5-star album, which is their greatest hits. Arguably a perfect album. But their regular albums... disappointing. This one gets 4 because it has the most tracks from the Best Of that I recognise.
Would be good for someone 'moving to the city' montage in a film but that's about it.
Quite strange; every cover I've heard of a Prince song has been better than his original. Knowles, O'Connor, etc. Maybe I just don't like HIM?
Okay but not as good as Duran Duran
Pleasant but quite dull, wouldn't put it on again.
Fuck yeh, turns out I’m a Billy Joel fan!
Amazing musicianship but I found this VERY stressful to listen to.
Exactly the same as every other album like it. Not annoying, not at all interesting
Someone has been in my room and stolen my beers from my room
This went right through me. Just, nothing.
Apart from All Along The Watchtower... it's really nothing to write home about.
Some excellent tracks but not perfect. I think the Smiths have enough for one perfect quite long greatest hits but no more.
I like him but it’s nothing to write home about
Haven’t met a live album that deserves to be on here yet
Some lovely stuff but it just doesn’t grab me and I have to say I found her voice grating a bit by the end. Mad respect tho
One of my least favourite Radiohead albums but obviously still majestic so an easy 5 stars.
That guitar bit in the first song is amazing, the rest is nice but gets tiresome. Fucking awful lyrics throughout.
Some 'bangers' on here but I find repetition really fucking irritiating, which is a massive problem when listening to this. Which are ya boy, fat or slim?!
Good but ultimately nothing to write home about.
IF I liked jazz it'd be a 5. But I don't. Man it'd be cool to like this, wouldn't it? I'm not cool. But at least it's not Pink fucking Floyd.
I couldn’t tell if this was good because she was shouting.
Ah.... fine. His voice is a bit weird / annoying after a while. Can't remember any of the songs.
I really gave this a go with an open mind but fuck, I really hated it. I think she’ll be fine though.
I’m sure it’s great but not for me
Super dull. Ashamed to say I much preferred Ryan Adams' version, even though he's a monster.
I’m not listening to this x
Very much a ‘heard one, heard em all’ situation. In one ear and out the other.
Some all-time-stone-cold-classics on here but not my favourite.
Broadly love Al Green but this one didn't hit me in the usual way consistently. He might be one of those artists with an INCREDIBLE greatest hits that are really the only truly brilliant ones.
I like their sound but a bit samey. Don’t think this one deserved a spot.
Real weak effort from McCartney here. He and Lennon really were more together!
Neil Hannon is a genius. This is one of my favourite albums of all time. Unfortunately a lot of people on here are too stupid to appreciate it, but I don’t care. More concert tickets for me.
Yeh, nice. Didn’t love it. Probably won’t play it again. But I’ve got respect for Elton and there were some nice bits. Not that I can remember them!
Quite boring and occasionally annoying.
Woah, jazz can be fun! Learning to play Take Five on guitar changed my life so will always love it. Big up Dave B!
Yeh, fine. Certainly never playing it again!
Some absolute bangers on here, and obviously pioneers of the genre. As is sometimes the case, later artists did it better (Beach House, Delays), but this still rocks.
Fucking hell, I don't get it. Couldn't get through the whole thing.
It's A Shame About This Album
Very accomplished and eclectic, but not for me. This definitely deserves to be on the list from a musical historical perspective!
I never liked Green Day, even when it would have been cool for me to be in to them at about 13. Still not that keen, but I don't hate it. It's just been done a lot better by other artists. I think this does deserve to be on the list though.
Eh, fine. I like Paul Simon and will gladly listen to his music but I can't imagine putting this on on purpose.
Heard the first song I was really enjoying and turned out it had started playing suggested artists. Woops!
The Byrds don’t even deserve one album on this list and this is I think my third. Bit fucking pointless!
White light / white shit!
Well, I’m afraid that aim was well missed
This guy’s a monster so not listening
I mean, real, TOTAL shit.
Sorry I just can't.... you motherfuckin' bitch!
Tried over three occasions to get through is and I know it's cool to like Wilco but it was a fucking slog.
I really like the songs I recognise, but nice to know I haven’t been missing out on the rest for 23 years
Nice, then boring, then tiresome.
Some of this was VERY annoying, and not much of it was enjoyable. Only giving it a 2 because I've given so many 1s recently.
I quite like this sort of thing but when Death Cab did it 500 times better this just doesn’t cut it
Good background music for a film, nothing else.
Nice voice, nice songs, already forgotten it
Would have been amazing to be there! But of course music must evolve, and this is just a bit boring now
Not listening to this cunt!
He needs Johnny Marr. And to not be racist.
I just really don’t get this band
I liked this more than her other one but I still don't really like her music :(
Sorry Britney. You did better later.
Didn't do that much for me. Sort of tuned out and only realised it had finished when something else came on.
If this was now you'd find them in what used to be called The Cartoon Club in Croydon while you wait for your friend's band to play and then you'd never hear from them again. They're only successful because they broke through in a time when there was very little choice of music and no one had heard blues properly.
I can't listen to someone 'sing' like that for more than five minutes
NO! NO MORE IGGY POP! SHIT!
Some people should follow their own advice before they make music
The only one I actually enjoyed was the one where someone else was singing. Other bands did and do this sort of thing much, much better.
Some really great classic stuff here. I think I'd have loved this when it came out. Not something I'll put on very often but certainly has it's place firmly on this list.
A poor imitation of The Coral
This sort of blew my mind the first time I heard it, but it's really quite a pale imitation of what it's trying to be, and the main songs don't hit like I thought.
I can't explain why but Joni Mitchell always sounds like she's making up the song and lyrics while recording it
Yeh, nice, probably won't put it on again. Her 2nd one was a banger.
Very presumptuous title! It's fine. A bit boring towards the end which is not great as it's only 28 mins.
I always liked that long song and thought I should check out the rest of the album. I didn't miss anything.
Obviously amazing guitar playing, and it was a real revelation to me when I started playing aged 13. Also would have been if I'd been around when it came out. But today.... I just found myself looking forward to it ending.
Fucking hell I'm in such a drought.
NAH! Boring or annoying, sometimes both
I like the t-shirt I have of this album so much more than the music of it and I am not ashamed of that.
I'm so glad I wasn't around in the 80s
Some great stuff. Dreaming Of You obviously an all time classic. It's not their best album though, and I doubt I'll put it on again. Thought about a 4 but I don't think it deserves it.
I hear that Leonard Cohen is an amazing lyricist but I can't tell because this is so fucking DREARY. And my favourite band is Radiohead for fuck's sake. I like dreary. This is just... I mean, is he lying down all the time? No energy whatsoever. It's actually making me depressed, and I already am so that's something. Fuck me, gonna have to turn it off NOW.
Ah, another one from the childhood. Certain seminal tracks, some forgettable ones.
Actually quite nice... if a bit repetitive. Wouldn't have thought I'll play it again though.
I noticed I was enjoying the music was playing when something else had started and I think that sort of tells me everything I need to know,.
Didn't feel much either way on this one
Unmemorable. Sunny Day Real Estate did it MUCH better.
There is still not a single live album that I've heard on here that deserved to be on the list. As for this one... there's no fucking way I'm listening to the whole thing. After a selective dip.... it's all the same already after 4 tracks.
I didn't really listen while this was playing but it was nice enough
She literally named the album after the middle of the road! It might be nice but I'd need to hear a covers version of it because her voice is a bit grating. Damn, was hoping for a good one.
It’s no Figure 8 but I still love him
There's a reason only one track from this made it on to their best of album.
Super annoying, can't listen
It's a nice sound for a bit, and then it's not. A bit forgettable, it's certainly no Heaven or Las Vegas. Ah well!
She sounds like someone. Can't think who. About as entertaining as the title suggests but not unpleasant.
Better than the other one but he's no Jeff is he. Probably would have enjoyed it at the time. Won't play it again.
Ahhh… none of their good stuff on here I’m afraid.
I actually really liked this. Say what you like about Phil Spector, I love that goddam wall of sound!
Not really any bangers. Just a bit boring really.
Not enough of his bangers. Greatest Hits will do.
I'd have to defer to people who like this sort of thing to know how good it is in general. Some nice sounds but not something I'd reach for.
I can't even think of a live album that should be on here. Title song is fun
God I fucking hate the Pet Shop Boys
One of my old friends lived in a house with some fields and every year they do a festival there, with all the old hippies getting up to play live. It's exactly the sort of thing you'd see there and be like 'oh this is fun' and enjoy them rocking out but EVEN THEN after 5 minutes turn to your friend and say.... shall we go and get a drink? And they'd immediately say yes and you'd hear it fade in to the background as you go to do anything else.
Ahhh some great tracks on here. Also some very boring ones. Waiting In Vain doing a lot of heavy lifting.
I just can't be fucking bothered with something like this
Well hot damn I haven't had a 5 for a while. He's a genius, that's it.
Didn't do a huge amount for me but I did listen to the whole thing!
Sorry, am I going mad? 'Suzanne' and 'Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye' are EXACTLY the same tune melody?! I was just thinking about how fucking samey it was and then he started singing a melody I'd already heard!! I just.... can't...
Not Wilson at his best, but still pretty fucking genius stuff really isn't it.
Very nice. Title track is an all time classic. Boring after a while.
Nothing Compares 2 U outshines everything else on this album so much it's embarassing. The rest... not annoying but I don't wanna hear it again. NC2U not enough to give 3.
Aw, here we go. What do you say we slip out to Moe's for a pint?
At times a bit repetitive, at times actually quite moving. Undeniably a masterpiece even though I wouldn't say I actively enjoyed all of it.
Very uninteresting, but not unlistenable. That's about the best I can say for it.
Sounds like he's being slowly strangled which is affecting not only his singing but his guitar playing and decisions as to what is TOTAL SHIT or not
Listen to the first track and you've got the gist. Dull.
Thought I'd like this more. 'Drive' is such a good song that it makes the rest of it look even worse because nothing comes close to it. Ah well.
Very good but for me nowhere near as good as Back To Black.
Nice at first but I tuned out pretty quick
Just catching up on albums and wondered why I was in such a bad mood and it's because of this shit! Why they were ever successful is beyond me.
He's got such a lovely voice. Brilliant, imaginative storytelling. Only giving it a 4 because I've known about it for many years and not put it on that much. Great to revisit though!
