started off rough with the songs sounding way too similar, more variation toward the end which made the songs much more enjoyable
easy 5 stars. Neil Peart stands alone
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
its fast and loud just like a classic punk album should be. easy 5 stars
interesting grunge pop album
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.
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.
just like watergate some of these songs should've stayed clandestine, but somehow were made public anyway
very theatrical and over the top while some feeling underwhelming
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.
probably my favorite Metallica album
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
the inside scoop is that he named the album truth because verisimilitude was too hard to pronounce
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.
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.
not the Beck album i wouldve chosen for the list(Guero) but an interesting listen nonetheless
liked this more than i expected to
this isnt something id normally listen to so it really surprised me how much i liked it
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A few cool beats repeated until you hate them
he had a great voice but this album was terrible
this album isn't good enough to be so incredibly long
i understand why it was so popular but it's not for me
a bit repetitive but still a great album
good background music but not something id actively listen to
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
could've dropped one or two of the weaker tracks but otherwise great album
better than it has any right to be
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.
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
virtually unlistenable; not a single good track on the album.
not my style but it was fine
a couple of great tracks sprinkled in among some ok tracks
this drags on for way longer than it should and the incredibly slow tempo makes it feel even longer
before listening i honestly expected to hate this but it turned out to be really great
another album that would benefit from trimming it by 20 minutes, decent background music though
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
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.
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
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
wow this one is unique. certainly not like anything id normally listen to
adele is a great singer, unfortunately that doesnt always translate to being someone who makes great music.
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.
we just had another album by the band a month ago. i liked this one more but it's still not great.
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.
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.
i liked this way more than i expected
quite mellow and relaxing
the skits really brought this down
This may be one of the best Christmas albums in existence. Unfortunately, it’s still a Christmas album
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
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.
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.
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
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
lyrically relevant even today, but not something id want to revisit
not an album id want to put on again but i didnt hate it. it had a lot of interesting things going on
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.
funky grooves. i wasnt expecting to like this due to my familiarity with the title track but it wasn't as bad as expected
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.
classic album, five stars if only for bass line on peace sells
interesting mix of indie, grunge, and punk. not sure it works well but it wasnt bad
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.
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.
fantastic album. the grooves do tend to overstay their welcome after a while though.
easy listen but not something id come back to
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
better than expected. many of the songs started off with some pretty cool instrumentals that went absolutely no where.
funky grooves but they get old quickly. i found myself waiting for end halfway through each song.
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.
this was fine. it started out a lot of fun but got repetitive pretty quickly
short and sweet, incredibly fun album. i put it on at work and before i knew it i was halfway through it.
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
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.
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".
the album cover perfectly encapsulates the vibe of this album. energetic, raw, and unhinged
self-indulgent, meandering drivel
Great album to listen to when you inevitably find yourself in love with your friends wife
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
generally its a little too ambient and spacey for my taste but there is some nice grooves on here
liked this more than expected considering how much i hated the Lou Reed album we had
not a bad album, slight edge to Da Capo over this album though
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.
fun album. wildly inconsistent track volumes. beating gets faster in particular is so much louder than the tracks immediately before and after it.
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.
cool album, there are a few tracks i wish were cut to make it a little tighter but i really enjoyed this one
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.
enjoyed the first half way more than the second half, but overall it was a good album
a few good tracks but also some really bad tracks
not my favorite beatles album but fantastic nonetheless
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
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
pathetic attempt at making songs people want to hear
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.
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
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
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
great musicians who sound great live
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
significantly better than the csny album or any of the solo albums i've heard from them
enjoyed this one way more than the other album by him on the list
this wasn't great but there are definitely worse albums on the list
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
iconic punk album, easy 5
no complaints here. not as good as some of blackstar or some of his earlier stuff but not bad
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.
there are certainly worse albums on the list
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.
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
good album but not even close to the best output by the who
interesting listen, enjoyed the more upbeat songs
great album, didn't realize how many hits were on this
i was on the fence between 3 and 4 for this but the album cover pushed it over for me
interesting listen. not something id put on but it was good
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.
great percussion, fun listen
theres a few good songs on here but overall its a pretty boring album.
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
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
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.
this album was alot fun. its wild how many times this album would go on to be sampled in 90s hip hop.
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
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
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
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
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
middle of the road album. not good, not bad
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.
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
a few cool riffs but super repetitive
nothing mind blowing but still solid
most I’ve enjoyed a stones album so far
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
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.
not bad as background music, his accent is pretty awful though
chuck d is fun to listen even if the messages are heavy. album itself is a bit long for what it is
this is not the type of music i like but tracy does an incredible job making it a compelling listen.
liked this more than expected based off of the singles
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
i was disappointed by this album. its fine, but its certainly not as good as it could've been
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.
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.
the title track is really good, the rest range from good to fine
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
pretty bland, but not bad
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.
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
same complaint as their other album on the list, too long for what it is, still decent overall
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.
well produced jazz rock album with some incredibly well done instrumentals. the songs themselves are little boring which keeps it from getting a 5
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
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.
very interesting album. not something i think i'd want to come back to but it was enjoyable.
nice bass throughout, and some decent guitar work. the songs themselves were pretty boring
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.
this album was a slog to get through which is saying something considering the relatively short runtime
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
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
enjoyed this way more than queen ii. there are a few really great songs on this one
this was a tough listen. i actually enjoyed two of the songs so im not gonna give it the one star it deserves
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
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.
Significantly better than expected, still suffers from having Bono at the helm
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.
i've never really cared for jello's vocal delivery but this album is a classic
very good album for this genre
great beats, great rapping. as a whole its a bit bloated and the skits don't do it any favors.
didnt know what to expect going in and i was surprised to have heard a few songs. the album was short and sweet
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
this was a tough listen. there are two or three songs that were listenable which keep this from getting a one
really enjoyable but entirely too long
more tolerable than the other bruce springsteen albums on the list but nothing of note on here either
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.
maybe the stones are growing on me. im liking each one progressively more
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
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.
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
great songs, great voice. a little too much frank all at one time
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
wow i enjoyed this significantly more than the last album we had from her. after hearing this one i can understand the hype.
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
pretty standard 90s alternative album. enjoyable but not great. would probably get a four if it were 10-15 minutes shorter
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.
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.
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
great beats, great rapping, great lyrics. relatively short compared to other albums from this time period. 5 if only for ny state of mind
classic album with one of my favorite black sabbath tracks in war pigs. R.I.P. Ozzy 🪦
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
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
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
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.
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
odd but interesting listen
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.
this album is short but vibrant. fantastic percussion. the structure gets a bit repetitive but the energy never dips. fun listen
very funky, made for a fun listen
interesting album. not really a great album, but entertaining at least. really enjoyed the instrumental and the war pigs cover
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.
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.
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.
interesting album but it really feels like he only had a few solid songs and had to record some of these as filler
theres a reason this album is in the top 5 highest rated on here. its an absolute banger
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.
solid album. no real standouts but no real filler either.
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
sounds like a lot of other 90s alt rock but its enjoyable.
not as interesting as other albums from this genre but not bad
i hated this but it wasnt actively bad, just incredibly boring
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.
enjoyed willies take on some classics. wish it wouldve had some originals on it
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
never heard of this band but ill have to check out their other stuff. this was a jam
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.
atmospheric, a little boring at times. didnt enjoy this as much as other albums in similar genres but it was good.
not the type of country id normally listen to but it was enjoyable.
i struggled to rate this one. on one hand the beats are incredible and his flow is immaculate. on the other hand its an incredible bloated album where the majority of the songs simply aren't memorable. thats to say nothing of the actual lyrical content. i understand the context of the album but it doesnt help it age well at all. the marshall mathers lp had similar issues but was much more interesting.
first half is an incredible pop record. the second half is more experimental. its dark and moody, almost haunting in a way. its good but unlike the songs on the first half, not something im likely to revisit.
not as good as the other massive attack album on the list but the title track was a banger.
its like listening to a decent album on broken speakers. it would actually be pretty good if they just had the static on a few songs but doing it on everyone song makes it borderline un-listenable.
is this album great? no, not really. but it sure is a fun listen.
i've heard this album one other time and i hated it. listening to it it this time, i can say i still hate it. it's not that the songs are bad but they meander way too long. van morrison isnt doing anything interesting enough to warrant an almost 10 minute song
i think i wouldve actually enjoyed this without the vocals. the instrumentals were interesting and had a lot of variation but the vocals really took me out of it. after the first song i was thinking this would be a one so i ended up rating it much higher than i thought i would
not as good as their self titled album but theres some good songs on this.
this was fine. some of the songs felt familiar though im fairly certain ive never heard them before.
i wasnt sure what to expect going into this album. i first heard of billy bragg when lars frederiksen covered "to have and to have not" back in the early 2000s. i always enjoyed that track but never really explored his discography. then i got the billy bragg/wilco album on here which I did not enjoy. this one was closer to what i was hoping for from him but still left me with a lot to be desired. the genre on wikipedia is folk punk which i think does fit a few of the songs but i think folk is more accurate. for the most part it felt like listening to the uk bob dylan.
really great instrumentals. i was surprised how spare the vocals are
started off really great and slowly went downhill from there. i found myself waiting for it to end. then the last song decided to pan left making me think i had an issue with my headphones which aggravated me to no end
incredibly 80s but it was a fun album with good instrumentals and a fantastic vocal performance
doesnt get much better than serj and daron
great instrumentals, many of the songs go on for far too long but i wouldnt mind hearing this in short bursts of one or two songs at a time
enjoyed this way more than iggys solo work
probably my favorite of the three beastie boys albums weve had so far but similar issues as the other ones. good for a song or two but hard to listen all the way through.
this album had a few really great songs. the rest ranged from fine to good. realistically its a 3 but another girl, another planet gets it an extra star
this was incredibly tough to get through for me. it felt more like slam poetry that a cohesive album. i appreciate that this was more about the lyrics than anything but lyrics cant carry an album. the tracks that actually focus a bit more on the instrumentals are really good. the rest are pretty minimalistic and tend to be a bit boring. two stars overall, plus one for the message.
this was fine. they really leaned into the noise rock thing more than i remember them doing on other albums.
this album surprised me in the best way. i had heard the singles before and thought they were fine but listening to them in context of the album really highlighted them. her voice is great and fits the style of the songs really well. the runtime is long but i was actually enjoying the album so much i barely noticed. there were a few weak songs that couldve been cut to keep it closer to the 60 minute mark but overall i was very impressed with this one
reading about this album i expected to like it a lot more than i did. sadly it did not live up to expectations thought id still take it over the majority of albums on here
not what i expected based on the artist name, album name and cover art. some cool beats most of which dont really progress over the runtime of the tracks which make for a very unenjoyable experience. i really thought i was going to have to take a break from listening halfway through so i wouldnt fall asleep.
side one is incredible, side two is pretty good too.
and the award for best album in the worst genre goes to:
didnt like this as much as i expected to. its got some solid tracks but a few really felt like filler which is sad on a 35 minute album. still pretty enjoyable overall.
appreciated the real instruments on the tracks, otherwise not alot stood out to me. venom was the only song i really enjoyed
didnt expect rod stewart to rock this hard. its not polished, its not deep, but it rocks. realistically it’s between 3 and 4 but it hit just right so it gets an extra star.
its no cosmos factory but its still a banger
my favorite of the radiohead albums so far
in what world did this album need a 9 minute song? certainly not this one
a little corny but otherwise pretty good. interesting instrumentals though it did feel a little preachy at times
i didn't hate this one but can't say i really enjoyed it
this is fine. it sounds like 80% of rock from this time period. nothing special but an easy listen
better than the last dexys album but not by much.
theres a few ok tracks on here but i could get into most of it
expected to like this more but it didnt really impress me. i wouldnt mind hearing it again but its not something id reach for
i really enjoy metallica and i really enjoy a good symphony orchestra. while a few songs feel like a regular metallica live show with the symphony tacked on as an afterthought, most of the songs do a job of blending the two. some of the song choices were odd considering that there were some classics that were omitted. as live albums go, sounds great, and the symponic arrangements add interesting variations to the classics, but at the end of the day, i'd take the studio versions of most of these songs over the live ones. overall, its a bold and unique album but length and the live format make it though to sit through in one stretch.
liked this a little more than Jeff's album on the list
liked this way more than expected. not something id put on but i didnt mind listening to it
jay has made some of the top rap songs of the 2000s but unfortunately they are scattered throughout multiple albums. there are probably only two songs from this album that make that list. all the songs have good instrumentals and very slick production and the samples are excellent. i appreciate the fact that there weren't any interludes or skits but it still felt way too long.
enjoyed this way more than songs of leonard cohen. most of the songs are interesting but they do overstay their welcome by a significant margin
not bad in any sort of technical sense, but i did not enjoy listening to it. i didnt mind when they actually focused on making music but tracks like wilson or the opening to like a swallow make this feel so a chore to listen to.
one of the more enjoyable albums ive had recently. interesting melodies and only one or two songs was long enough to overstay its welcome.
my favorite album ive had in weeks. its corny and incredibly dated, but its theres some good guitar work on here. objectively its probably a 3 but it was a welcome change of pace so its gets a 4
the opening had me really excited then we settled into the albums true nature; another midtempo britpop record. its fine but nothing exciting
this is divided into three volumes on wikipedia so im going to listen to it like that; one at a time with a palate cleanser between each volume. ill rate each one and average them for the overall score.
volume one: this wasn't bad, there were a few standout songs. the quality of this gives me hope for the rest of the album. 4/5
volume two: less enjoyable than part one. if i hadnt taken a break i wouldve hated this but on its own its like a 3/5
volume three: i feel like this one was the least consistent. it had the highest highs but also had the lowest lows. 3/5
overall my only real complaint is the insane length. taken as three separate sections i dont love any of them but they werent awful either.
cool grooves ruined by a lackluster vocal performance. it feels like hes being forced to sing; there is no heart in it.
early rock that still holds up very well
ive never been a huge fan of pink floyd but you cant deny how good this is.
this was a rollercoaster. like many others i saw the negative reviews and wondered how a pop album was so negatively received. immediately upon starting the album i was in full agreement with the reviews. everything just felt like a vapid ripoff of stuff better artists were doing. then around the middle of the album there was a few songs that felt like they actually put effort into. then the last few songs they decided to go back to making soulless garbage.
who knew sid the sloth made terrible avant garde pop? i certainly didnt and i wish i could go back to how life was before i did. the worst part is that is my 500th album and i couldnt be more disappointed with the choice.
fantastic listen. short, hooky songs with just a touch of talking heads weirdness
this album is the logical stepping stone between the funeral dirge that was his debut album and the more haunting poems of his third. unfortunately its more like the former. id probably enjoy the songs performed by another artist.
expected more run of the mill post punk so the industrial elements really took me by surprise. a few of the songs dragged on a little too long but most stayed pretty fresh through their runtime.
i was disappointed in this album. i didnt expect it to live up to the hype of karma chameleon but i did expect it to be better than it was. i guess i was expecting more church of the poison mind and less black money. overall it was fine
great songs but they werent interesting enough to warrant the 5 and 6 minute runtimes; not every song needs to be a sprawling epic.
like asmr recorded at a german construction site. lots of beating and banging and some shouting in german. this isnt nearly as bad as people make it out to be. theres lot of tension created by the various sounds but underneath there is a steady mechanical groove that drives the songs forward. i will admit my view is influenced by the bonus tracks on the end of version i heard. the bonus tracks have a lot of similar ideas but are more akin to what to what someone would expect from an album of music.
ultimately id rather listen to this over another boring post punk, folk, or britpop album by an artist no one has talked about in 40 years.
a little dull at times but a pretty good album for the folk rock genre. really enjoyed the instrumental songs and a bit of a detour to a more jazzy sound.
this one is nostalgia bait for me; i used to really like this one. unfortunately it doesnt hold up as well as i remember. i still enjoyed the genre bending that beck gets into but i could easily see some of the weaker tracks dragging this down for someone who doesnt already have fond memories of them. my favorite song from this album has always been "girl" due to the super poppy groove contrasted with the darker lyrics about stealing the life of his sun-eyed(cyanide) girl. i have to give it a 5 even if it really only deserves a 4
some absolute bangers and some decent filler. fun listen nonetheless
R.I.P. Chris Cornell. i'd never heard this full album but was familiar with half the songs already so i had high expectations and they did not disappoint
ive heard this album before and didnt enjoy it. its been many years but looking on spotify i see a mono version and a stereo version. im guessing i listened to the mono version back then. i listened to the stereo version this time and i enjoyed the album way more. production is still pretty rough around the edges compared to what their contemporaries were doing at the time. the instrumentation is great, especially guitar which makes sense given jeff beck played on every track. overall not a bad listen.
i did not expect to like this as much as i did. overall i thought most of the songs well performed and well produced. that said, the songs arent good enough to warrant the runtime. the fact that manson is apparently a terrible person and the repeated use of slurs in the opening track dont help. realistically if you cut a few songs this couldve been a 4 but as it stands its a 3 with a point knocked off for personal antics.
nothing groundbreaking but an interesting listen. to me they sound like an indie version of the doors.
i was over this album halfway through. there were some decent songs on here but an absolutely incredible amount of filler. i was between a 2 and a 3 until i hit the last song which had a 10 minute one synth chord outro. i kept listening expecting it to kick back into the song or go into a hidden track but nothing ever materialized. wish i wouldve read the reviews mentioning it before i listened to the whole thing. either way it loses points for adding to an album that was already too long.
this was fine, not something id want to listen to again. the fact that ben gibbard is a big fan of this makes a lot of sense in retrospect.
this is a tough one to rate. on one hand every song is genuinely enjoyable; great singing and great playing. on the other hand, youve heard 90% of the song in the first 20 seconds. he establishes the motif immediately then that ostinato repeats for the remainder of the track, with what little development there is coming from additional instruments slowly layered in. from what ive been able to find it seems that is typical of african blues, potentially due to alis influence. i think if you removed the vocals and sold this to me as an ambient album i wouldve received it much better.
my favorite of the my bloody valentine albums we've had(it didnt take much). i still dont really get the hype. most of the songs are like sitting next to a guitarist who just discovered fuzz and reverb and insists they only work when cranked to the max. in the next room over theres a drummer playing while submerged in water and also your neighbor is doing karaoke in the shower. the last few songs were way more interesting than anything offered by than the rest of the album and brought the score up by 1.
man this reminded me so much of leonard cohen: poetry over very sparse arrangements. almost every song is beautifully written and performed, but there is little contrast between them making the entire album feel static. any individual song(except green eyes) could be a five on its own but as album it drags alot.
nothing on here is particularly impressive but its better than his other album on the list. at the very least there are one or two songs that i didnt hate.
i have a similar problem with this album that i did with the willie nelson stardust album; none of the songs are hers. she has a great voice and did a good job with these songs but i wish there was some original material here. its a fun album that id happily listen to again but i cant give it a 5.
this album was pretty disappointing for me. i went in only knowing cult of personality and had high hopes for the rest of it. by no means is the album bad, but it doesn't come close to living up to the banger opening track. overall its well played funk rock that i think leans too much into pop to be truly great.
this was incredibly average. she has a good voice there was some good instrumentation on some of the songs but otherwise it was pretty bland.
what a weird album. kinda reminded me of talking heads at some points. im not sure how much id listen to it again but there was so much variation it kept me engaged the entire time which is more than i can say for the majority of albums on here.
theyve got decent vocals, good instrumentals and some political charged, socially conscious lyrics but something about it just feels lackluster. for example their cover of strange fruit wasnt bad, but im not sure the haunting lyrics work in the context of their sound. i appreciate the intentions but think the execution was bit flawed. i think i could've given it a 4 had it been a bit shorter
great grooves but the lyrics did not age well. theres also no reason each song needs to be 6 minutes or more. if you chopped this down to runtimes that dont let the beat get stale its probably a 3.
i was pretty bummed when this popped up. it certainly wasnt a happy monday(mostly cause it was a thursday). pretty boring overall, but it was fine.
surprisingly decent album
ive never understood the appeal of these guys. ive always thought their big singles were pretty average yet those were the better tracks from the album. also considering this came out in 2008, no one thought to tell these guys that grown men singing about teenagers wasn't acceptable anymore?
very enjoyable listen with a lot of variety. im excited to hear more of his solo work.
a few good grooves, but mostly just a collage of samples which did not make for a very enjoyable listen
21 years ago i heard somebody told me and loved it. i bought the album and hated it. all the singles ive heard since then have been fine but not great. re-listening, its much better than i remember it being and has a decent bit of variety. its also very heavily frontloaded with a very mediocre string of songs to end the album
like a knockoff beatles with a little bit of queen and just the right amount of zappa weirdness. there are some genuinely good songs on here even if some of them are just one minute ideas that don't really develop.
great beats which isnt suprising given the great producers credited on this album. ceelo has a really unique voice which is hard to put up with for an extended period of time. with a few strategic cuts this couldve been a 3.
every now and then in a sea of mediocre british post punk you come across a hidden gem like this one. this was a refreshing listen that reminded me why i do this project. these guys absolutely rip
this album reminded me so much of a grand dont come for free by the streets. this one takes the edge slightly because the beats don't sound like they were made in the basement of the guys house and the delivery is slightly better(though not by much). i also appreciate the socially conscious lyrics
this was trending between 4 or 5 to me until coconut which dropped me to the 2 or 3 range. turns out that was just the teaser for jump into the fire which was fantastic. brought it right back up to 4 territory. i cant in good conscious give it a 5 with coconut on there but otherwise this is pretty solid.
this was not what i expected, it has way more of a new wave influence. pretty good though
mostly enjoyed this one. i quite enjoy the satirical songs but the more seemingly earnest songs didnt land as well
theatrical and over the top in the best way, incredibly fun listen
what an incredible album. only one real weak spot in the girl is mine and even that song isn't bad
not really up my alley but its well produced and well performed with a lot of variety. i much prefered this album to vespertine
i didnt like this but i gotta give them points for trying something, not sure what exactly but something
i was excited to finally get this album as ive liked everything ive heard from them before. while i was a bit disappointed it was an enjoyable album. its a high 4 but im rounding up
this is a really well done album that just isnt my taste. on the right day it could be a 4 for me but unfortunately thats not today
paul is a pleasure to listen to and a great songwriter. that said, these songs are fine but there arent really any standout songs on here. other than the fact that it was pauls first solo album and was recorded during the breakup of the beatles there isnt much notable about this album
these songs are pretty good but long overstay their welcome. if you cut a minute and a half off of each and added two or three more songs to make up the difference and this could be a four or five star album. as it stands, i struggled to stay engaged.
i knew the name but wouldnt have been able to tell you a single song by her. i immediately recognized the first song and realized this would be a long 45 minutes. she has a beautiful voice and the songs are soothing to listen to. it makes for very good background music but i struggle to imagine someone actively listening to this for pleasure.
if you asked me for an example of my least favorite genre id give you whatever this is
im not sure if leonard is growing on me or not. i certainly prefer this over the other three albums ive had from him where most of the music consisted of barely strummed guitars. the music on this is very dated but actually went surprisingly well with his voice.
this was fine for the most part. im not sure how someone in the process didnt prevent them from putting toonerville trolley on the album but it certainly sticks out.
from the cover i expected hard rock or nu metal not rave music. as far as electronica goes this was pretty good. in my opinion, this type of music doesnt lend itself well to a full album listen.
i think radiohead is growing on me. im liking each album more and more
great voice, not very dynamic but the music is good. i was borderline on giving it a 5 up until charles couldnt stop laughing on one more dance. it really detracted from an otherwise interesting song and dropped it a full point for me.
i actually found this pretty engaging overall. there is some filler but this is one of the better electronica albums ive heard.
its a travesty they even have one album on this list much less a second one. this makes me wanna blow my shiii smoove off brother
man fred really doesnt know when to quit does he? this couldve been a decent album; not a good album but a listenable one at least. the musics ok but the lyrics and vocal delivery bring the quality down significantly. then there is the issue of the length. that couldve been partially fixed by removing the last two tracks, the first of which was just a remix of another song from the same album and second of which was mostly just ben stiller laughing for nine minutes.
its hard for me not to smile listening to this.
