Mar 08 2024
Different Class
Pulp
3
Mar 11 2024
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
4
Mar 12 2024
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
started off rough with the songs sounding way too similar, more variation toward the end which made the songs much more enjoyable
4
Mar 13 2024
Moving Pictures
Rush
easy 5 stars. Neil Peart stands alone
5
Mar 14 2024
Queen II
Queen
ehh...it was fine
3
Mar 15 2024
Traffic
Traffic
interesting listen
4
Mar 18 2024
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3
Mar 19 2024
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
Solid album
4
Mar 20 2024
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
this album grew on me as it went on. it was some interesting musical elements but i think the songs tend overstay their welcome. i think they could really benefit from cutting the length of some of the songs
4
Mar 21 2024
Group Sex
Circle Jerks
its fast and loud just like a classic punk album should be. easy 5 stars
5
Mar 22 2024
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
very cool musical ideas
4
Mar 25 2024
Garbage
Garbage
interesting grunge pop album
4
Mar 26 2024
Station To Station
David Bowie
4
Mar 27 2024
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2
Mar 28 2024
Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Solid album
3
Mar 29 2024
Manassas
Stephen Stills
3
Apr 01 2024
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
4
Apr 02 2024
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
4
Apr 03 2024
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
3
Apr 04 2024
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
4
Apr 05 2024
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
5
Apr 08 2024
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
5
Apr 09 2024
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
2
Apr 10 2024
Third
Portishead
2
Apr 11 2024
Arular
M.I.A.
2
Apr 12 2024
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
3
Apr 15 2024
It's Too Late to Stop Now
Van Morrison
4
Apr 16 2024
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
4
Apr 17 2024
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
4
Apr 18 2024
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3
Apr 19 2024
Who's Next
The Who
5
Apr 22 2024
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
5
Apr 23 2024
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
4
Apr 24 2024
In Rainbows
Radiohead
3
Apr 25 2024
25
Adele
2
Apr 26 2024
Calenture
The Triffids
3
Apr 29 2024
Amnesiac
Radiohead
3
Apr 30 2024
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
4
May 01 2024
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
4
May 02 2024
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
4
May 03 2024
Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen
3
May 06 2024
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
3
May 07 2024
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
1
May 08 2024
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
2
May 09 2024
The White Room
The KLF
2
May 10 2024
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
5
May 13 2024
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
May 14 2024
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
i wanted to like this album. she has a great voice and most of the beats are awesome. the album just drags on for entirely too long and so i found myself counting down how many songs i had left which is never a good sign. the combination of the length and the overbearingly preachy lyrics made this feel like more of a chore than anything else. my assumption is someone told her that cds could fit 80 minutes and she was miseducated enough to think that meant the album had to be that long.
3
May 15 2024
Street Signs
Ozomatli
5
May 16 2024
Ys
Joanna Newsom
1
May 17 2024
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
4
May 20 2024
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
3
May 21 2024
Violator
Depeche Mode
5
May 22 2024
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
2
May 23 2024
The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
4
May 24 2024
Chelsea Girl
Nico
3
May 27 2024
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
3
May 28 2024
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
5
May 29 2024
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
2
May 30 2024
Tommy
The Who
4
May 31 2024
90
808 State
2
Jun 03 2024
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
5
Jun 04 2024
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
3
Jun 05 2024
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
4
Jun 06 2024
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
5
Jun 07 2024
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
4
Jun 10 2024
The Score
Fugees
4
Jun 11 2024
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
4
Jun 12 2024
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
4
Jun 13 2024
Rubber Soul
Beatles
5
Jun 14 2024
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
4
Jun 17 2024
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
2
Jun 18 2024
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3
Jun 19 2024
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
when i first heard this album back in high school i didnt like it. i appreciated the skill with which Jimi played but really only came away liking "Crosstown Traffic". listening again so many years later, im much more impressed by how everything comes together. its still not something id want to listen to all the time but i wouldnt mind throwing it on every now and then.
4
Jun 20 2024
Nixon
Lambchop
just like watergate some of these songs should've stayed clandestine, but somehow were made public anyway
2
Jun 21 2024
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
very theatrical and over the top while some feeling underwhelming
3
Jun 24 2024
American Idiot
Green Day
There are so many things I'd like to say about this album. In fact, that its taken me 5 months and 100 other albums to finally sit down and begin typing out my thoughts. As I sat down and began waxing poetic on each song—its instrumentation, lyrics, and place in the album’s overarching narrative—I realized that what I really wanted to convey was how much I absolutely love this album. So while this may not be the ten-thousand-word thesis I initially set out to write, the core message remains the same: this is one of my favorite albums.
5
Jun 25 2024
Metallica
Metallica
probably my favorite Metallica album
5
Jun 26 2024
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
this album is aptly named as listening to it felt like a bad dream. i actually liked the majority of this album but it suffers a good bit due to the length. there were some cool musical ideas presented but most of the songs meandered far too long and there was one or two weaker songs that should've been cut completely. ultimately this causes what otherwise wouldve been a nice listening experience to feel like a slog
3
Jun 27 2024
Truth
Jeff Beck
the inside scoop is that he named the album truth because verisimilitude was too hard to pronounce
4
Jun 28 2024
Out of Step
Minor Threat
Sheep. They’re everywhere. Those woolly, innocent-looking creatures, just grazing in fields, but don't be fooled. They’re not as harmless as they appear. Oh no, they’re watching us, I tell you! Have you ever looked into their eyes? There’s something there, something sinister. They communicate in ways we can’t even comprehend, plotting and scheming while pretending to be these docile animals.
Think about it. Why are there so many of them? They outnumber us, and yet we think we’re in control. We shear their wool, milk them, and even eat them, but that’s exactly what they want us to think. It’s all part of their grand plan. They’ve infiltrated our farms, our petting zoos, and our storybooks. The sheep are everywhere, silently biding their time.
And then there's their leader. You know the one, that black sheep. The one that stands out, the one that doesn’t follow the herd. That’s the mastermind. It’s coordinating the others, sending signals through those eerie bleats. It’s no coincidence that when you see a black sheep, something goes wrong. They’re the overseers, making sure everything goes according to their secret agenda.
Remember that nursery rhyme? “Baa Baa Black Sheep, have you any wool?” It’s a code. It’s been right there in front of us all along. Those aren’t just words; they’re instructions. The black sheep, the wool, it’s all symbolic. The sheep have been whispering their plans to us since we were children, and we didn’t even notice.
And the way they move in unison, like they’re controlled by some hive mind. Have you ever seen a flock of sheep being herded? It’s like watching a well-oiled machine. They know exactly where to go, what to do. They’re training, practicing for the day they rise up. And those sheepdogs? They’re not herding the sheep; they’re working with them, keeping them in line, making sure they don’t give away too much.
They've got us all out of step, just like the song says. We think we’re the ones out of step, struggling against the system, but it’s the sheep that have us dancing to their tune. “I can’t keep up, out of step with the world,” Minor Threat sang, and maybe they were onto something. The sheep have us out of step, out of sync with reality, making us believe we’re the odd ones out, the misfits, while they march in perfect formation, slowly tightening their woolly grip.
And those sheep hybrids you hear about? Dolly the sheep? A clone! They’ve cracked the code of genetics. They’re experimenting, trying to create the perfect sheep, the ultimate overseer. We think we’re cloning them, but what if they’re cloning us? Creating perfect human-sheep hybrids to infiltrate our society. We could be living among them right now!
Stay vigilant. The sheep are not what they seem. They’re out there, watching, waiting. And when the time comes, they’ll make their move. You’ll see. You’ll all see. Baa, baa, black sheep, indeed. They’ve got us out of step, and it’s time we started marching to our own beat, breaking free from their woolly chains.
5
Jul 01 2024
Disintegration
The Cure
overall this album was great but the 71 minute runtime really works against it. if they Disintegrated a few minutes off of each track it'd be a much better album.
4
Jul 02 2024
Odelay
Beck
not the Beck album i wouldve chosen for the list(Guero) but an interesting listen nonetheless
4
Jul 03 2024
Berlin
Lou Reed
1
Jul 04 2024
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
4
Jul 05 2024
Whatever
Aimee Mann
4
Jul 08 2024
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
5
Jul 09 2024
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
4
Jul 10 2024
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Jul 11 2024
Like A Prayer
Madonna
liked this more than i expected to
3
Jul 12 2024
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
1
Jul 15 2024
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
4
Jul 16 2024
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
3
Jul 17 2024
Moon Safari
Air
this isnt something id normally listen to so it really surprised me how much i liked it
4
Jul 18 2024
World Clique
Deee-Lite
3
Jul 19 2024
Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
2
Jul 22 2024
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
4
Jul 23 2024
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
4
Jul 24 2024
Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
2
Jul 25 2024
The Clash
The Clash
4
Jul 26 2024
Goo
Sonic Youth
4
Jul 29 2024
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
3
Jul 30 2024
Kid A
Radiohead
4
Jul 31 2024
The Last Broadcast
Doves
3
Aug 01 2024
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
4
Aug 02 2024
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
3
Aug 05 2024
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
4
Aug 06 2024
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
4
Aug 07 2024
Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
4
Aug 08 2024
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
4
Aug 09 2024
Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
4
Aug 12 2024
Murmur
R.E.M.
3
Aug 13 2024
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
3
Aug 14 2024
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
2
Aug 15 2024
Slipknot
Slipknot
3
Aug 16 2024
Homework
Daft Punk
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A few cool beats repeated until you hate them
2
Aug 19 2024
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3
Aug 20 2024
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
3
Aug 21 2024
Tidal
Fiona Apple
3
Aug 22 2024
Night Life
Ray Price
he had a great voice but this album was terrible
2
Aug 23 2024
Gold
Ryan Adams
this album isn't good enough to be so incredibly long
2
Aug 26 2024
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
i understand why it was so popular but it's not for me
2
Aug 27 2024
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
4
Aug 28 2024
Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
2
Aug 29 2024
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
2
Aug 30 2024
Country Life
Roxy Music
4
Sep 02 2024
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
5
Sep 03 2024
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
5
Sep 04 2024
Elephant
The White Stripes
4
Sep 05 2024
Back In Black
AC/DC
a bit repetitive but still a great album
5
Sep 06 2024
Technique
New Order
4
Sep 09 2024
Ten
Pearl Jam
4
Sep 10 2024
Dirt
Alice In Chains
5
Sep 11 2024
Cross
Justice
3
Sep 12 2024
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
good background music but not something id actively listen to
3
Sep 13 2024
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
wow, this was not what i was expecting. this album is fantastic! my only complaint is the length of the album but they managed to keep it interesting the entire time so i can overlook it
5
Sep 16 2024
Liquid Swords
GZA
3
Sep 17 2024
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
4
Sep 18 2024
Doolittle
Pixies
4
Sep 19 2024
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
entertaining album
4
Sep 20 2024
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
solid live album
5
Sep 23 2024
Is This It
The Strokes
3
Sep 24 2024
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
could've dropped one or two of the weaker tracks but otherwise great album
5
Sep 25 2024
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
bland
2
Sep 26 2024
Connected
Stereo MC's
better than it has any right to be
4
Sep 27 2024
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
5
Sep 30 2024
Dummy
Portishead
4
Oct 01 2024
Document
R.E.M.
4
Oct 02 2024
Opus Dei
Laibach
theres some cool stuff in here. im rating this based on the first 8 tracks which was all that was on the original album. the last 4 tracks were added on the cd version of the album and were far and away the worst tracks on the album. if i had to include those my rating would drop to a 2 due to how incredibly annoying they were.
4
Oct 03 2024
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
3
Oct 04 2024
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
This was awful. Sonically there was some cool ideas but it was brought down by the incessant droning that they tried to pass off as singing. The few times there was an attempt at singing may have been even worse than the talking. Not even autotune could help this guy
2
Oct 07 2024
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
virtually unlistenable; not a single good track on the album.
1
Oct 08 2024
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
not my style but it was fine
3
Oct 09 2024
Drunk
Thundercat
great instrumentals
3
Oct 10 2024
Ctrl
SZA
3
Oct 11 2024
Heroes to Zeros
The Beta Band
3
Oct 14 2024
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4
Oct 15 2024
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
a couple of great tracks sprinkled in among some ok tracks
4
Oct 16 2024
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
this drags on for way longer than it should and the incredibly slow tempo makes it feel even longer
2
Oct 17 2024
A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
3
Oct 18 2024
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
Oct 21 2024
Blackstar
David Bowie
4
Oct 22 2024
C'est Chic
CHIC
before listening i honestly expected to hate this but it turned out to be really great
5
Oct 23 2024
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
another album that would benefit from trimming it by 20 minutes, decent background music though
3
Oct 24 2024
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
4
Oct 25 2024
Born To Be With You
Dion
2
Oct 28 2024
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
the opening song was incredible and followed immediately by some of Elton's most popular tracks. the rest of the songs are good but they fall a little flat in comparison
5
Oct 29 2024
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
2
Oct 30 2024
GI
Germs
5
Oct 31 2024
London Calling
The Clash
5
Nov 01 2024
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
4
Nov 04 2024
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
5
Nov 05 2024
The Band
The Band
3
Nov 06 2024
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
3
Nov 07 2024
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
2
Nov 08 2024
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
4
Nov 11 2024
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
wow, this certainly was one of the albums of all time. it had some tracks with great instrumentation and overall i thought the production was well done. despite that, i found myself counting down the seconds with over half an hour left in the runtime. the extended length makes the album feel like incredibly bloated mess full of half baked ideas. the genre feels like arcade fire covering bob dylan, which is another way to say that this may be the least listenable genres around. the thought of having to ever hear another song by Sufjan makes me physically ill and i pray that no more of his albums are on the list so i dont have to hear anymore of this hipster garbage.
1
Nov 12 2024
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
my fifth album in the crosby/stills/nash/young extended universe. as with the others i dont have much to say in the way of compliments or complaints. its extremely bland but its an easy listen given the short runtime. hopefully I dont have too many of these left on the list
2
Nov 13 2024
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
4
Nov 14 2024
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
4
Nov 15 2024
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
2
Nov 18 2024
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
2
Nov 19 2024
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
there are some really incredible tracks on here but the overall experience is pulled down by the presence of some not so great tracks. it was still an enjoyable listen
4
Nov 20 2024
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
4
Nov 21 2024
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
4
Nov 22 2024
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
4
Nov 25 2024
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
3
Nov 26 2024
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
2
Nov 27 2024
Roots
Sepultura
4
Nov 28 2024
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
4
Nov 29 2024
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
4
Dec 02 2024
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
wow this one is unique. certainly not like anything id normally listen to
5
Dec 03 2024
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Adele
adele is a great singer, unfortunately that doesnt always translate to being someone who makes great music.
2
Dec 04 2024
Imagine
John Lennon
3
Dec 05 2024
Hypnotised
The Undertones
im doing a list of 500 essential pop punk albums and this album is on that list as well. to be honest im not sure this album should be on either list. i dont really have many complaints, this was fine as background music but i preferred their self-titled album that came out right before this one.
3
Dec 06 2024
Music From Big Pink
The Band
we just had another album by the band a month ago. i liked this one more but it's still not great.
3
Dec 09 2024
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
this was interesting. two solo albums smashed together under the outkast brand. both were enjoyable but the format really detracted here. the transition between big boi's album and andre's album was jarring even though i knew to expect it. it was also incredibly long, coming in at just under 2 hours 15 minutes.
4
Dec 10 2024
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
i really enjoyed the majority of this album. the instrumentation is on point and the sound quality is good. that said, the song "lost someone" perfectly encapsulates what i hate about live albums. they took a 3 minute track and stretched it out to 10 minutes by repeating the same motif over and over while James rambles and provokes the audience to scream and shout. with the exception of that track and the medley that immediately follows it, the crowd noise isn't too bad but those two tracks really brought down the rating for me.
4
Dec 11 2024
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
3
Dec 12 2024
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
4
Dec 13 2024
Microshift
Hookworms
i liked this way more than i expected
4
Dec 16 2024
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
5
Dec 17 2024
All Directions
The Temptations
4
Dec 18 2024
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
quite mellow and relaxing
3
Dec 19 2024
The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
4
Dec 20 2024
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
4
Dec 23 2024
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
the skits really brought this down
3
Dec 24 2024
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
4
Dec 25 2024
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
4
Dec 26 2024
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
This may be one of the best Christmas albums in existence. Unfortunately, it’s still a Christmas album
2
Dec 27 2024
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
didn't know what to expect from a live prog album based on a classical music suite but it was fantastic! there were some sections that leaned a little too heavy into the art rock side things to the point where it was almost just incomprehensible noise but it was for such a short duration i'll overlook it. the more annoying aspect of the album was the gratuitous amount of clapping left in on the last two songs which easily add 2 minutes to the runtime. despite that, i thoroughly enjoyed this album
5
Dec 30 2024
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
5
Dec 31 2024
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
this album was rough. there are some funky grooves on here but they are drowned out by vocals produced by a high school kid working at a mcdonalds drive through who is frustrated that you had the audacity to order a burger. with a different vocalist and better mixing this couldve been a great album.
2
Jan 01 2025
Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
fun early punk songs
4
Jan 02 2025
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
they made some terrible choices on this album. the only song i remotely liked was ironically titled "the wrong way". it would've earned them two stars if i hadnt accidentally listened to the version on spotify with the bonus track "you could be love". i usually try to keep my review to only the original album but this bonus track was so bad it soured my already negative perception of this album and i cant shake it.
1
Jan 03 2025
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
this album is full of half baked ideas and random noises. at one point i had to pull over because i thought something was wrong with my car but it was just the violently annoying sounds Frank decided to put on the record. the last song on the record is 6 and a half minutes of random sounds and yet somehow it sounds more coherent that some other parts of the record. i appreciate that it is satire and the few song ideas that feel more fleshed out arent bad but overall this was more annoying that enlightening. +1/2 star for the album cover
2
Jan 06 2025
Parallel Lines
Blondie
my first thought was why are there so many band members in blondie? second thought was hey this should be a fun album. and it was for a while. i dont think any of the songs were bad but some were definitely better than others. its not a long album but towards the end it was beginning to wear out its welcome
4
Jan 07 2025
Grace
Jeff Buckley
2
Jan 08 2025
The Predator
Ice Cube
lyrically relevant even today, but not something id want to revisit
4
Jan 09 2025
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
not an album id want to put on again but i didnt hate it. it had a lot of interesting things going on
3
Jan 10 2025
Blur
Blur
4
Jan 13 2025
Abraxas
Santana
fantastic album
5
Jan 14 2025
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
whats so unusual is the high ratings this album is receiving. there are a couple of cool synth parts and a few good bass lines but otherwise unremarkable.
3
Jan 15 2025
Permission to Land
The Darkness
tasty riffs on this one
5
Jan 16 2025
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
funky grooves. i wasnt expecting to like this due to my familiarity with the title track but it wasn't as bad as expected
4
Jan 17 2025
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
1
Jan 18 2025
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
4
Jan 19 2025
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
there are certainly worse albums on the list. extra points for the iron man cover. i appreciate when artists can take a song from another genre and make it sound like their own. i dont think i ever want to hear it again but A+ for effort.
3
Jan 20 2025
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth
classic album, five stars if only for bass line on peace sells
5
Jan 21 2025
Moondance
Van Morrison
2
Jan 22 2025
Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
interesting mix of indie, grunge, and punk. not sure it works well but it wasnt bad
3
Jan 23 2025
A Seat at the Table
Solange
this was fine. production was good and she has a good voice. the songs all sound pretty similar and the slow nature of them makes them feel like they are dragging on even though most are not that long.
3
Jan 24 2025
Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3
Jan 25 2025
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
4
Jan 26 2025
Orbital 2
Orbital
4
Jan 27 2025
Let It Be
The Replacements
3
Jan 28 2025
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
4
Jan 29 2025
Da Capo
Love
3
Jan 30 2025
E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
3
Jan 31 2025
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
i was bored by most of the album but there were a few songs i genuinely liked. i tend to dislike this genre as a whole but this is certainly one of the better albums I've heard from it.
3
Feb 01 2025
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
Feb 02 2025
Live!
Fela Kuti
fantastic album. the grooves do tend to overstay their welcome after a while though.
4
Feb 03 2025
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
easy listen but not something id come back to
3
Feb 04 2025
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
this wasn't as bad as i expected it to be. i really didnt have the patience to deal with the shout rap on the day i got this album but this album is a lot of fun and managed to overcome my negative feelings for the most part. i also really enjoyed some of the samples on this album. i understand why people enjoy it but at the end of the day its not for me
3
Feb 05 2025
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
2
Feb 06 2025
Rio
Duran Duran
enjoyed this one
4
Feb 07 2025
The Undertones
The Undertones
4
Feb 08 2025
Achtung Baby
U2
better than expected. many of the songs started off with some pretty cool instrumentals that went absolutely no where.
2
Feb 09 2025
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
funky grooves but they get old quickly. i found myself waiting for end halfway through each song.
3
Feb 10 2025
Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
this was a really interesting album. i really enjoyed it though i'm not sure i'd ever listen to it again. it never really felt like it was overstaying its welcome which i expected to happen given the runtime.
4
Feb 11 2025
Raw Power
The Stooges
3
Feb 12 2025
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
this was fine. it started out a lot of fun but got repetitive pretty quickly
3
Feb 13 2025
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
2
Feb 14 2025
Kenya
Machito
short and sweet, incredibly fun album. i put it on at work and before i knew it i was halfway through it.
5
Feb 15 2025
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
enjoyable listen
4
Feb 16 2025
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
4
Feb 17 2025
Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
i went into this with low expectations thanks to the genre listing on wikipedia but came out of it pleasantly surprised by how much i liked it. i wouldve given it a 4 if they made the effort cut a few of the weaker tracks
3
Feb 18 2025
Diamond Life
Sade
i had heard a few of the songs before and absolutely loathe smooth operator, but i enjoyed this more than expected. it definitely works better as a cohesive piece rather than just a collection of songs.
3
Feb 19 2025
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
5
Feb 20 2025
Play
Moby
good background music with an interesting mix of ideas from various genres. i admit that i probably have a bit of nostalgic bias when it comes to this album. i remember my older sister having this album and know ive heard many of the songs before, even if i only consciously remember "honey".
4
Feb 21 2025
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
4
Feb 22 2025
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
4
Feb 23 2025
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
the album cover perfectly encapsulates the vibe of this album. energetic, raw, and unhinged
4
Feb 24 2025
Want One
Rufus Wainwright
self-indulgent, meandering drivel
1
Feb 25 2025
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
Great album to listen to when you inevitably find yourself in love with your friends wife
5
Feb 26 2025
Eliminator
ZZ Top
4
Feb 27 2025
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
this may be one of the worst things I’ve ever heard. i genuinely can’t tell if it’s a parody or an earnest attempt at making music. if it’s a parody, then whatever he was mocking was rightfully lost to time, and he succeeded in turning it into songs so absurd they made me laugh out loud. if it’s serious, then this is another Robbie Williams situation—where the Brits somehow think this flavorless, beans-on-toast-esque music will appeal to a wider audience. between the monotone rambling, lifeless beats, and lyrics that sound like they were written on the back of a nandos napkin, i can confidently say that anyone who unironically enjoys this needs their head examined. a grand don’t come for free, but somehow, this garbage did
1
Feb 28 2025
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
2
Mar 01 2025
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
generally its a little too ambient and spacey for my taste but there is some nice grooves on here
4
Mar 02 2025
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
liked this more than expected considering how much i hated the Lou Reed album we had
3
Mar 03 2025
Forever Changes
Love
not a bad album, slight edge to Da Capo over this album though
3
Mar 04 2025
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
not what i expected at all. i always confuse joy division and new order so i was expecting a much more upbeat album. the album was fine overall but i have to admit im a little disappointed in the lack of synth even though its my own fault for expecting it.
3
Mar 05 2025
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
3
Mar 06 2025
Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
fun album. wildly inconsistent track volumes. beating gets faster in particular is so much louder than the tracks immediately before and after it.
3
Mar 07 2025
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
good album. given the obvious satire in the first track and the fact that it was made 50 years ago, I'll look past the repeated use of slurs.
4
Mar 08 2025
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
cool album, there are a few tracks i wish were cut to make it a little tighter but i really enjoyed this one
4
Mar 09 2025
The Cars
The Cars
4
Mar 10 2025
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
3
Mar 11 2025
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
2
Mar 12 2025
Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
5
Mar 13 2025
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
what a disappointment. i went into this with high expectations only to be let down. great guitar work from mark knopfler can't save this album of boring b-sides. the only song on the album that i'd consider great is money for nothing which is about two minutes too long.
3
Mar 14 2025
Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
4
Mar 15 2025
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
enjoyed the first half way more than the second half, but overall it was a good album
4
Mar 16 2025
Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
2
Mar 17 2025
1977
Ash
4
Mar 18 2025
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
4
Mar 19 2025
No Other
Gene Clark
2
Mar 20 2025
Shleep
Robert Wyatt
a few good tracks but also some really bad tracks
2
Mar 21 2025
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
Mar 22 2025
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
boring but not bad
3
Mar 23 2025
Abbey Road
Beatles
not my favorite beatles album but fantastic nonetheless
5
Mar 24 2025
British Steel
Judas Priest
5
Mar 25 2025
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
i had heard 3/4s of the tracks before. obviously kendrick is a great rapper and the beats are great as well but i was always annoyed by the high pitch voice he uses on some of the songs. money trees and swimming pools in particular use it quite frequently. i understand that thematically its supposed to represent his conscience but it doesn't work for me. additionally almost every song overstayed its welcome by multiple minutes. even with those complaints i still enjoyed it for the most part
4
Mar 26 2025
Bad Company
Bad Company
thought i only knew one of these but ended up recognizing way more of them than i expected. a little boring at times but at such a short runtime i wont hold it against them. overall pretty solid album
4
Mar 27 2025
Chris
Christine and the Queens
pathetic attempt at making songs people want to hear
1
Mar 28 2025
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
i've never understood the appeal of oasis. they are the musical embodiment of a headache. ill be the first to admit that this was way better than i expected but my expectations were through the floor so it wasnt a very high bar.
2
Mar 29 2025
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
another great album by stevie made even more impressive by fact that he played the majority of the musical parts. the songwriting is solid but the ballads do detract from the funky vibe brought by the use of the moog bass. still an incredibly well crafted album
5
Mar 30 2025
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
very interesting album. each track was unique and stayed fresh throughout. im not sure how much i really liked it vs liking the variation it provided but i enjoyed it either way
4
Mar 31 2025
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4
Apr 01 2025
L.A. Woman
The Doors
i didnt like the doors as a kid and because of that have never really given them a chance as an adult but i really enjoyed this one
5
Apr 02 2025
Live At Leeds
The Who
great musicians who sound great live
4
Apr 03 2025
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
the title of this perfectly encapsulates this album-an insipid manifestation of the suburbs themselves; a lifeless and boring soundscape to match the monotony of suburban life. the suburbs feels like the milquetoast hipster who lives next door trying way too hard to impress his equally insufferable friends. there are a few songs with redeeming qualities but even those wore out their welcome before the two-minute mark.
2
Apr 04 2025
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
the a side was good, but the b side was great. aside from the killing moon, which is the clear standout, i really enjoyed crystal days and find it odd that it wasn't a single. it had a bit more pop sensibility than the rest of the album while still maintaining the dark post punk aesthetic.
4
Apr 05 2025
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
I had heard quite a few of these tracks. I always thought the instrumentals were cool, but never liked his singing. Still a pretty good album overall
4
Apr 06 2025
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
i didn’t expect to like this after seeing the genre was noise rock and hearing the first track but at some point in the second song I really started getting into it. underneath all the noise , they had some really great grooves on this album.
5
Apr 07 2025
Beautiful Freak
Eels
this one is a mixed bag. one great song, a few more good ones and the rest are best left in the 90s. the vocal delivery on the first track reminded me of len's steal my sunshine which came out a few years after this.
3
Apr 08 2025
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
this year's model? more like this year's fourth elvis costello album. i've been doing this for just over a year somehow have already had four elvis costello albums, three coming in the last month. there is nothing inherently wrong with this album, it's good, but i'm so tired of elvis costello. he's wildly over-represented with six albums on the list while countless other artists and genres were completely snubbed. that said, his work with the attractions is miles better than his solo work.
4
Apr 09 2025
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
interesting music with a lot of lyrical substance. that said, the beat poetry thing doesn't really work for me and the songs were too long to stay fresh over the entire duration
3
Apr 10 2025
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
well produced album with a ton of variety as well as great samples. not really my style but i prefer this to other stuff i've heard from the genre
4
Apr 11 2025
Real Life
Magazine
weird and interesting
4
Apr 12 2025
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
significantly better than the csny album or any of the solo albums i've heard from them
4
Apr 13 2025
Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
enjoyed this one way more than the other album by him on the list
3
Apr 14 2025
The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
this wasn't great but there are definitely worse albums on the list
3
Apr 15 2025
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
4
Apr 16 2025
The Doors
The Doors
enjoyed this more than i expected. i remember a bunch of these from when i was a kid but i appreciate them much more now
4
Apr 17 2025
Damaged
Black Flag
iconic punk album, easy 5
5
Apr 18 2025
The Next Day
David Bowie
no complaints here. not as good as some of blackstar or some of his earlier stuff but not bad
4
Apr 19 2025
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
enjoyed this immensely. i grew up hearing this album though the only tracks that I really remember are the singles. ironically the album cuts are just as good if not better than the singles.
5
Apr 20 2025
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
there are certainly worse albums on the list
3
Apr 21 2025
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
individually, the songs aren't as bad as everyone is making them out to be. if you turn your brain off for a bit some of them are actually pretty fun tracks. they arent good, but they arent that bad.
that said listening to them back to back is torturous. there are maybe three distinct ideas across the whole album, recycled endless across tracks which are already far too long for how little substance they offer.
up until now in the review, i've separated the art from the artist because, lets face it, if we judged every album here by the artist's behavior, a lot of classics wouldn't get a single star. that said, kid rock is one artist who absolutely deserves to be lambasted for his actions. the lyrics of the last song are a clear window into a deep rooted, ugly mindset that poisons any remaining enjoyment this album might've offered.
1
Apr 22 2025
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
beautiful songwriting and arrangements. i like the melancholic vibes. overall extremely well done and an easy five if you like this style but ultimately it's not for me
4
Apr 23 2025
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
4
Apr 24 2025
My Generation
The Who
good album but not even close to the best output by the who
4
Apr 25 2025
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
interesting listen, enjoyed the more upbeat songs
4
Apr 26 2025
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
good music
5
Apr 27 2025
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
great album, didn't realize how many hits were on this
5
Apr 28 2025
Infected
The The
i was on the fence between 3 and 4 for this but the album cover pushed it over for me
4
Apr 29 2025
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
interesting listen. not something id put on but it was good
4
Apr 30 2025
NEU! 75
Neu!
4
May 01 2025
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
i've always thought of sheryl as pop country so i was surprised to hear some of these songs that leaned more pop rock. theres a few good really good tracks, a few really bad ones, and the rest fall somewhere in between.
3
May 02 2025
Dance Mania
Tito Puente
great percussion, fun listen
4
May 03 2025
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
fun listen
5
May 04 2025
A Northern Soul
The Verve
theres a few good songs on here but overall its a pretty boring album.
3
May 05 2025
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
i enjoyed this overall. he incorporated a ton of different instruments which kept things feeling fresh and unpredictable. speaking of unpredictable, my major complaint about this album comes from the vocalizations. the random growls in pt 2 interrupt the groove in a bad way. but they don't hold a candle to the sudden announcement of incoming instruments at the end of pt 1. this made me bust out laughing completely took me out of the music. without those two things this is easily a five star album
4
May 06 2025
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
fantastic instrumentation dragged down by tedious vocals and juvenile lyrics. flea and chad smith were locked in and laid down a funky rhythm section. john frusciante came in and overlaid some absurd guitar parts; then here comes anthony kiedis to ruin it all. the vocal delivery ranges from tuneless talk singing to half hearted crooning. the discrepancy between the amount of talent possessed and effort put in by ak vs the rest of the band is absolutely mind boggling and i can't for the life of me understand why they've put up with him as the frontman for so long. without ak this would be 5 easily, with him its hard to justify more than a 3. the fact that its 74 minutes of him pulls it down to a 2 for me
2
May 07 2025
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
i had heard clint eastwood before but i've never listened to anything else off of this album. an eclectic mix of genres but overall works pretty well.
4
May 08 2025
Mothership Connection
Parliament
this album was alot fun. its wild how many times this album would go on to be sampled in 90s hip hop.
5
May 09 2025
Virgin Suicides
Air
as far as movie scores go, this was really great. its well played and its well produced. having never seen the movie, listening to a movie score without context isn't as great. the last song in particular is really out of place but overall this was still really good
4
May 10 2025
Pretenders
Pretenders
cool album, nothing mindblowing but good music. the album is a bit long and there were a few songs that probably couldve been cut to make the flow a little tighter
4
May 11 2025
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
i like a good concept album so i was intrigued going into this. after listening im no longer intrigued. they were way too focused on trying to tell the story that they forgot to make the songs good. the instrumentation is really good but the songs themselves are a slog to get through especially with a double albums worth
3
May 12 2025
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
this was interesting. normally with rap id be focused on the lyrics but that wasnt possible since i dont speak french. the delivery and the beats were good though
3
May 13 2025
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
i was hopeful going in because i like some of paul simons solo work and the other s&g album we had was ok but this one just bored me. mrs robinson was the only track i actually enjoyed and that was probably just nostalgia. everything else ranged from forgettable to outright bad. if i had to say something nice, ill give it credit for being concise and wrapping up in under 30 minutes
2
May 14 2025
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
middle of the road album. not good, not bad
3
May 15 2025
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
this is our fourth paul simon album, the second in 3 days, and we still havent gotten an album from so many classic artists that i know have multiple on the list. i know its random but i wish there were a way to space out artists with multiple albums. now that im done complaining, this album is so much better than bookends. if we had more than a day between the two this couldve possibly gotten a 5 but i really didnt want to listen to s&g again so soon and it put me in a sour mood.
4
May 16 2025
Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
a little weird but a lot of fun. i went in knowing very little about captain beefheart but it was really enjoyable. it’s my understanding his other album on the list is a lot weirder and not as fun, im looking forward to it
5
May 17 2025
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
fantastic listen
5
May 18 2025
KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
a few cool riffs but super repetitive
2
May 19 2025
Elastica
Elastica
nothing mind blowing but still solid
4
May 20 2025
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
most I’ve enjoyed a stones album so far
4
May 21 2025
Reign In Blood
Slayer
these guys are metal royalty. easy 5. the raining blood blood riff is absolutely iconic and the rest of the album is just as good
5
May 22 2025
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
this is such a weird album. they definitely had some interesting song ideas which are pretty fun for the first minute or two but quickly get boring.
2
May 23 2025
Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
not bad as background music, his accent is pretty awful though
3
May 24 2025
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
chuck d is fun to listen even if the messages are heavy. album itself is a bit long for what it is
4
May 25 2025
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
this is not the type of music i like but tracy does an incredible job making it a compelling listen.
5
May 26 2025
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
liked this more than expected based off of the singles
3
May 27 2025
Purple Rain
Prince
fantastic album. the only song on the album that i dont really care for is i would die 4 u but the rest of the album is so good
5
May 28 2025
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
i was disappointed by this album. its fine, but its certainly not as good as it could've been
3
May 29 2025
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
they had me in the first half, im not gonna lie. i thought this was gonna be my least favorite of their albums weve had so far but the second half turned it around for me.
3
May 30 2025
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
this one is interesting. its very poorly produced, even by live album standards, and the audio balancing is all over the place. that said i did really enjoy the songs and the fact that its live helps bring the energy needed for songs like this.
4
May 31 2025
Marquee Moon
Television
the title track is really good, the rest range from good to fine
4
Jun 01 2025
The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
this album is cursed. ive tried to listen to it on three separate occasions and each time i was repeatedly interrupted. i felt like this is an album that really needs a full uninterrupted listen to appreciate it but alas i dont think that will happen. it has a lot of interesting things going on. im not sure if i like all of them but overall pretty enjoyable
4
Jun 02 2025
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
pretty bland, but not bad
3
Jun 03 2025
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
not as good as the one we got from them last week. its always a pleasure to listen to chuck d but less so when it comes to flavor flav.
3
Jun 04 2025
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
great punk album
5
Jun 05 2025
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
i don't understand the hate for this album on here. its not great but by no means is bad. sounded a bit like bob dylan mixed with billy joel
3
Jun 06 2025
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
same complaint as their other album on the list, too long for what it is, still decent overall
3
Jun 07 2025
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
i have similar thoughts on this as i did the previous beastie boys album. i thought this one had a lot more interesting instrumentals that relied less on sampling(as far as i could tell). the length is still a problem, i was ready to bow out a little less than halfway through.
3
Jun 08 2025
Aja
Steely Dan
well produced jazz rock album with some incredibly well done instrumentals. the songs themselves are little boring which keeps it from getting a 5
4
Jun 09 2025
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
this was a tough listen. a few cool beats that drag on way too long. i spent some of that extra time reading about the artist which further soured my thoughts on the album
1
Jun 10 2025
Ramones
Ramones
the debut album by an iconic band who would go on to inspire many of my favorite bands. however, listening to the album in full makes it apparent how similar all of the songs sound. this album is really just three songs repeated over and over again. its enjoyable for the duration of the short runtime but not much longer.
4
Jun 11 2025
The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
very interesting album. not something i think i'd want to come back to but it was enjoyable.
4
Jun 12 2025
Sound Affects
The Jam
nice bass throughout, and some decent guitar work. the songs themselves were pretty boring
3
Jun 13 2025
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
i appreciate the site creator overriding the random nature of the algorithm to push a beach boys album in honor of Brian Wilson. it was a very interesting album. i didnt realize the beach boys had music that sounded like this. i was between 4 and 5 on this but the album art pushes me over the fence to 5.
5
Jun 14 2025
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
this album was a slog to get through which is saying something considering the relatively short runtime
3
Jun 15 2025
Kala
M.I.A.
even knowing that i liked paper planes, i expected to hate this album given my experience with her first album. i was pleasantly surprised how listenable this was. there are a few odd choices but overall its fun and catchy. as a whole its probably closer to a 3 than a 4 but i saved a few of the tracks so im bumping it up
4
Jun 16 2025
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
really good production. for something in a genre that i dont listen to its well done. the lack of variation between the songs makes the long runtime feel even longer. additionally the last two songs are just different mixes of the two singles which don't feel like they shouldve been on the original version of the album
3
Jun 17 2025
A Night At The Opera
Queen
enjoyed this way more than queen ii. there are a few really great songs on this one
4
Jun 18 2025
Odessa
Bee Gees
this was a tough listen. i actually enjoyed two of the songs so im not gonna give it the one star it deserves
2
Jun 19 2025
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
this is the kinda thing im here for. not a fantastic album but it was a super fun listen. a bit chaotic at times with a fascinating use of different instruments
4
Jun 20 2025
Risque
CHIC
Great instrumentation without much variation and long songs. Seems appropriate for the genre but it left me wishing for a radio edit. Still its hard to deny how good the grooves are.
4
Jun 21 2025
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Great country album
5
Jun 22 2025
War
U2
Significantly better than expected, still suffers from having Bono at the helm
3
Jun 23 2025
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
going in only knowing one song by this band i have to say they defied my expectations in the best way. This is a wonderfully done bluegrass album and features some country/bluegrass legends. my main complaint is the length of this album. Being two hours doesn't lend itself well to listening through the full album. i split the album up and listened in two sessions and i think that allowed me to more fully enjoy it. my other complaint is the talking sections that pop up on the occasional track. if it was once or twice i wouldnt bring it up but it happened quite a bit and a few of the tracks were nothing but this in studio discussion. it was infrequent enough over the two hours that i wont ding them a star for it but it certainly detracts from the enjoyment of this otherwise great bluegrass album.
5
Jun 24 2025
Arrival
ABBA
very good pop album
4
Jun 25 2025
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
i've never really cared for jello's vocal delivery but this album is a classic
5
Jun 26 2025
White Light
Gene Clark
very good album for this genre
3
Jun 27 2025
Stankonia
OutKast
great beats, great rapping. as a whole its a bit bloated and the skits don't do it any favors.
4
Jun 28 2025
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
fun album
5
Jun 29 2025
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
didnt know what to expect going in and i was surprised to have heard a few songs. the album was short and sweet
5
Jun 30 2025
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
i hated this album the first time through and came in prepared to absolutely trash it. i put it on again this morning to remind myself what things i wanted to mention in my review and while skipping through i was surprised the amount of variation on the album. generally speaking i think the songs are still pretty terrible but some of the instrumentation is actually really good.
3
Jul 01 2025
The White Album
Beatles
not the best beatles album by a long shot but still better than 85% of the albums on this list. this album has some of the best individual tracks by the beatles but they are brought down by the filler songs that inflated the album length. the filler songs aren't even bad, but we didnt really need bungalow bill with while my guitar gently weeps right after it. this is an incredible album buried inside a good, very long one.
5
Jul 02 2025
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
overall pretty enjoyable. theres a few really great tracks on here but for the most part everything kind of blended together which started to get repetitive toward the end of the runtime.
4
Jul 03 2025
California
American Music Club
not on spotify but i wont hold that against it. i found it pretty easily on youtube-though i wish that i hadnt. if you make the same mistake of listening to it, be sure to turn on incognito mode so youtube doesn't recommend you more of this lifeless drivel.
2
Jul 04 2025
Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
Quite enjoyable
4
Jul 05 2025
...And Justice For All
Metallica
ive heard this before and really enjoy the album. there is no bass in the mix which makes it feel thin and makes the runtime a bit of a slog. it deserves to lose a star or even two for the mixing but it still gets a five because it’s a classic and the first half of the album is so incredible
5
Jul 06 2025
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
this was a tough listen. there are two or three songs that were listenable which keep this from getting a one
2
Jul 07 2025
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
really enjoyable but entirely too long
4
Jul 08 2025
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
more tolerable than the other bruce springsteen albums on the list but nothing of note on here either
2
Jul 09 2025
Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
this is exactly the type of thing that i dont mind for a bit but starts to wear on my nerves after a bit. the good news is that the songs are short enough to stay interesting most of the way through.
3
Jul 10 2025
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
maybe the stones are growing on me. im liking each one progressively more
4
Jul 11 2025
I Should Coco
Supergrass
i had heard of the artist before but never heard anything by them. as far as artists ive never heard before, this is one of my favorite albums on the list so far
5
Jul 12 2025
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
this is like a worse version of the bealtes white album. this is probably some of the pumpkins best work thrown together some some decent filler to make for an incredibly bloated album. i actually really enjoyed the majority of this and i think if it was two separate albums they would both 5 stars even with corgan singing. that said listening to him for two hours is just too much.
4
Jul 13 2025
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
classic bowie
4
Jul 14 2025
Let's Get Killed
David Holmes
long album of decent background music. some odd skits on here that break up the momentum and make the album feel longer than it needs to be. there are a few cool grooves on here, especially toward the end
3
Jul 15 2025
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
great songs, great voice. a little too much frank all at one time
4
Jul 16 2025
Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
this isnt what i was expecting after reading bjork was the vocalist. enjoyed the vocals from her but the dudes vocals threw me off a bit. the songs were interesting and didnt drag on like a lot of post punk tends to do
4
Jul 17 2025
Dry
PJ Harvey
wow i enjoyed this significantly more than the last album we had from her. after hearing this one i can understand the hype.
4
Jul 18 2025
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
this is a band i've heard a few songs from before and was interested by but never dug any deeper. they have an interesting sound, like an emo prog band. which makes sense after learning the singer was also the singer for at the drive-in. i was also surprised to learn that flea recorded bass for most of the tracks. absolutely wild instruments with unrelenting intensity. fun album
5
Jul 19 2025
Celebrity Skin
Hole
pretty standard 90s alternative album. enjoyable but not great. would probably get a four if it were 10-15 minutes shorter
3
Jul 20 2025
Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
this album had some wild swings. there are some songs id give four or five stars and some id give one or two. for the most part it stayed interesting throughout and it had some really great instrumentals on most of the tracks.
3
Jul 21 2025
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
somehow this album manages to be worse that achtung baby. at least that one had some interesting musical ideas even if they didnt really develop. they played this incredibly safe and the album suffers for it.
2
Jul 22 2025
Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
the reviews on this album would make you think that captain beefheart killed their dog and ran off with their wife. this album is not nearly as bad as everyone is making it out to be. dont get me wrong, it is not one of my favorite albums on the list but it certainly is one of the most interesting.
overall its kinda of like being trapped in a basement with a bunch of drunk jazz majors trying to tune their instruments over each other, which to my understanding is pretty close to how the album was recorded. its disjointed and borderline incoherent at times, but there are some great moments that remind me of the captains first album "safe as milk".
theres also a lot of humor on this album. both lyrically and through the vocal stylings. if it werent for the fact that its 78 minutes long, it couldve gotten four stars
3
Jul 23 2025
Illmatic
Nas
great beats, great rapping, great lyrics. relatively short compared to other albums from this time period. 5 if only for ny state of mind
5
Jul 24 2025
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
classic album with one of my favorite black sabbath tracks in war pigs. R.I.P. Ozzy 🪦
5
Jul 25 2025
Soul Mining
The The
very different from the first album we had from them. some very cool ideas on this album. it was a strange mix of groove and gloom. enjoyed this one a lot
4
Jul 26 2025
Vespertine
Björk
excellent composition, frustrating vocal delivery. she has a beautiful voice but on this album she sounds strained in a way that doesn’t serve the music. the album is also quite long, and it’s incredibly slow pacing only serves to make it feel even longer. there were also a few production choices that puzzled me. in particular the crackling effect on one of the songs made me think my headphones were going out. if you gave me 30 minutes of this it’s an easy 5, even with my complaints. by the time an hour rolls around the wonderful compositions start to blur together and listening has become quite arduous. im looking forward to her other albums and hoping i enjoy them more
3
Jul 27 2025
Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
interesting mix of genres, certainly not what i expected when i saw pharrell. if all of his music was like this id probably like it more. some of the ideas feel a little half baked but overall pretty enjoyable
4
Jul 28 2025
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
this was certainly an album. at first i was incredibly bored and thought this would be an easy 1. then the songs became much more interesting and the lyrics became a bit more sarcastic and witty. they were still overly dramatic but at least they were entertaining, a bit like jonathan coulton doing a knockoff bowie impression. honestly a few of them were good enough to bump this to a 3 before he dropped a bunch of slurs. i understand the ironic messaging hes going for, but unlike randy newman, who pulled that off in the 70s, this came out in 2010. at that point he shouldve known better and for that it gets dropped one star.
2
Jul 29 2025
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
fantastic album
5
Jul 30 2025
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
not sure if bruce is growing on me or if i actually liked this one slightly more than the others weve had from him but this is the most tolerable one so far. still not good but better
2
Jul 31 2025
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
odd but interesting listen
4
Aug 01 2025
Pornography
The Cure
easily my least favorite cure album weve had so far. they do a great job of setting up the dark and moody atmosphere but the songs never really go anywhere. i kept waiting on a payoff that never arrives. its never a good sign to think you are getting close to the end but you are actually just finishing the fourth song.
3
Aug 02 2025
Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
this album is short but vibrant. fantastic percussion. the structure gets a bit repetitive but the energy never dips. fun listen
4
Aug 03 2025
1999
Prince
very funky, made for a fun listen
5
Aug 04 2025
The Real Thing
Faith No More
interesting album. not really a great album, but entertaining at least. really enjoyed the instrumental and the war pigs cover
4
Aug 05 2025
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
this is not what i expected at all. i remember my mom having an album by them, not sure if it was this one or not, and i hated it at the time. this was actually incredibly well done.
5
Aug 06 2025
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
a few good tracks hidden among a minefield of monotony. liams voice is incredibly grating. the highlights struggle to shine under the weight of the bands bloated self importance.
3
Aug 07 2025
The Slider
T. Rex
with the first track being called metal guru i was expecting something a lot heavier. while its not heavy, it is catchy. a little boring at times, its not as good as electric warrior but not a bad album.
3
Aug 08 2025
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
interesting album but it really feels like he only had a few solid songs and had to record some of these as filler
3
Aug 09 2025
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
theres a reason this album is in the top 5 highest rated on here. its an absolute banger
5
Aug 10 2025
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
this starts off pretty strong; the instrumentals and production are fantastic. that said, theres a time and place for this type of album and my desk at work aint it. additionally the songs feel very repetitive the more you listen. its great for what it is, but outside of that context i dont think id ever listen to this album from wish.com prince again.
2
Aug 11 2025
Blunderbuss
Jack White
solid album. no real standouts but no real filler either.
4
Aug 12 2025
Close To The Edge
Yes
this is what im talking about. this album is a masterclass in writing music that keeps you interested the entire time. its so easy to get lost in this that i put it on and the first time i checked my phone i had 3 minutes left of the last song. incredible album
5
Aug 13 2025
Copper Blue
Sugar
sounds like a lot of other 90s alt rock but its enjoyable.
4
Aug 14 2025
Maxinquaye
Tricky
not as interesting as other albums from this genre but not bad
3
Aug 15 2025
The Man Who
Travis
i hated this but it wasnt actively bad, just incredibly boring
2
Aug 16 2025
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
interesting take on jazz. its a bit much at the start but songs on the later half are a lot more coherent. it kind of turns your brain off in a way, i listened twice and almost fell asleep the second time. after listening to some of the coleman originals he did a good job of of capturing their essence in whatever avant-garde jazz fusion genre you could call this.
4
Aug 17 2025
Stardust
Willie Nelson
enjoyed willies take on some classics. wish it wouldve had some originals on it
4
Aug 18 2025
Future Days
Can
ive heard one other album by this group and hated it. this actually makes me excited to revisit it when it pops up on the list. not that i loved this but it was interesting
3
Aug 19 2025
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
never heard of this band but ill have to check out their other stuff. this was a jam
4
Aug 20 2025
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
another album where i dont fault people for the low rating but think there is a lot of exaggeration around how bad it is. that goes double for the people that couldnt even be bothered to listen to the entire thing.
3