This is easily both the best heavy metal album of all time and the most influential heavy metal album of all time. War Pigs, Paranoid, and Iron Man are obviously beyond legendary tracks, but tracks like Electric Funeral still absolutely rip and I’m still surprised by how they got away with putting a mellow track like Planet Caravan between Paranoid and Iron Man while still maintaining a coherent sound. The music and vocals are top fucking tier coupled with the genre defining sound and aesthetic that kicked off a whole generation of metal. Not to mention the ironclad tearing down of pro-war sentiments. This is truly one of the most perfect albums of all time for me. 4.8 stars

I mean, as far as an album with a song about necrophilia, it was pretty decent. 3.4 stars

Cash register gunshot song good, the rest of the album forgettable. 2.6 stars

Goth. Sounds super sloppy and incoherent and the vocals were wholly unenjoyable. Some passable beats occasionally. 2.0 stars.

The first couple of songs showcased some nice vocals and component music, but as the album went on it was kind of all over the place and very boring. 2.4 stars

Love Her Madly, LA Woman, and Riders on the Storm are the only good tracks. Everything else is forgettable at best.

This album is complete, interesting, iconic, and has a wide range of emotional affects that make for a near perfect listening experience. 4.7 stars

I understand that this album was groundbreaking in its time and place, and in my opinion the blending of electronic, rap, and reggae among other genres kind of works. However, this album is absolutely not to my taste and the vocals do almost nothing for me. 2.3 stars

Not even an interesting album in context

I don’t normally listen to blues/jazz but this was an amazing live album. It must’ve been an absolute blast to see this live especially given that it was probably the first time a lot of white people heard blues. 4.0

I’m sorry, this sucks. I did enjoy the song wham bam though for its lyrics. I mildly dig the honky tonk parts of some of the tracks, but god damn that whiney country twang just pisses me off. 1.3

4.1

Solid 4.0 for Michael Stipe

Still a good album, not quite as good as the other 3.7

This album is so fucking smooth. Absolute classics all around. 4.5

A decent mixture of some great songs and some forgettable songs. I love his energy level and charisma. 3.5

I hadn’t been exposed to much of Paul Simon’s solo stuff and I couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed. Musically it was pretty great but I didn’t really enjoy the vocals as they seemed pretty rambling. Listening to this kind of made me feel like I was going a little insane. 2.6

Amazing live album. I love how it delivers to you a slice of history. I even watched several of the songs from the performance on YouTube and am blown away. Not a huge fan of the country twang by any means, but his vocals are perfection and very complimentary for this kind of music. 4.4 stars

4.5

Decent enough with a couple of legendary tracks. 2.8 stars

Now this is rock! This album fucking shreds with Eddie’s A+ guitar work and David Lee Roth’s charismatic energy in his voice. Eruption might STILL be the best guitar solo of all time. Immensely enjoyable if not a short album. 4.5 stars

Wasn’t very engaged by this album, it all had the same boring vibe and the songs got less good as the album went on. 2.3

Very odd, but some minor points for creativity I guess? 1.7 stars

This was so amazingly good! I had never knowingly listened to Carol King before and I had no idea she was behind some of these great songs covered by other artist. Incredibly talented and an absolute joy to listen to. 4.5

The guitar on this album was on another level! The jazz influences made for a great listening experience. 3.5

Definitely a lesser Dylan work. Seemed like a lot of filler with a couple of high points. Never been a huge fan of his vocals, but his song writing is pretty great. 3.3

Much better than I thought it would be. The hard rock/grunge transition sounded pretty great to be honest. 3.5

Not my cup of tea 2.4

Not my favorite Foo Fighters album, but it still rocks. The energy is infectious. This is an album that sat in my cd player in my car for a long time, but when I took it out I never intentionally put it in over other albums again. Solid though. 3.6

1.5 stars for the vocals, but not a lot here for me.

A decent enough album by Bowie, who is obviously the GOAT but probably not even within his top 10 albums. 3.6

4.6

This is some great folky Irish punk, definitely wasn’t expecting the middle eastern vibes of Turkish Song of the Damned. 3.5 stars

I enjoyed the weirdness and the guitar action this album. 2.6

Generic beats that were 100% meant to be enjoyed while under an altered state of consciousness. I enjoyed it as background noise. I guess I would listen to this if I were forced to do homework or creative writing? 2.5

Legit Motown sound. 3.2

Interesting album, I really liked the vocals and I ended up listening to the whole album 2.5 times. I probably wouldn’t recognize their songs if I heard them again though. 3.0

I’m not sure what genre to classify this as. It was obviously heavily jazz influenced but I got a bit of a Yes vibe to some of the tracks as well coupled with blues/soul. Glad was a fun track, dug the jazz flute on Freedom Rider, the guitar and organ were fun all the way through. Pleasantly surprised! 3.5

This was a surprisingly fun album to listen. I definitely said “how come I’ve never heard of these guys?” out loud. 3.5 stars

Zeppelin is so incredibly overplayed, and I genuinely never want to listen to them again. That said, this album starts off so strong with Immigrant Song and then never really reaches that high again on this album. Quality music, but it’s not even close to Zep 4.

This album satisfies my inner goth greatly. Starts out a little slower but not in a bad way and Personal Jesus, Enjoy the Silence, and Policy of Truth are such amazing tracks. 4.3 stars

I could myself listening to this.. sitting at Disneyland waiting for my beignet order to be fulfilled. 2.5

Very interesting early punk that I hadn’t really listened to before. 3.4

The fact that this is like the 4th best Beatles album should emphasize how they were truly masters of their craft. 4.7 stars.

Well done album despite it not necessarily being my kind of music. The B-side tracks are all pretty good and I particularly liked Ambulance Blues’s lyrics. 3.5

I enjoyed the lyrics, but this album didn’t really speak to me at all. 2.4 stars

I liked the songs with funk elements, but I do not like the vocals or lyrics and I fucking hated the multiple songs about Jesus. A generous 1.5 stars for the Sax player.

Very repetitive songs and there isn’t a huge difference between the tracks. I think there is a very special place in music hell for songs that use the sound of kids in their tracks. I wanted to like this album way more than I did, and I think that is because of how dated it sounds. Oh did I mention it was repetitive? 2.1

A lot of bops on this album. The musicianship is top tier and having not listened to The Smiths much I was surprised by how funny the album was. Also is that last track supposed to be about titties??? 4.2

Seems like relatively generic, if not enjoyable indie music. Although one would expect a singer that was addicted to crack to have a little bit more realness in their voice. Solid 3.0

The first three tracks sound like James Bond opening songs. And that’s not a bad thing! The vocals are beautiful and the music is interestingly weird and haunting. I really liked ‘Human’ and ‘Utopia’. The electro sound can definitely be interesting when paired with good vocals like this. 3.6 stars

Every other track on this album was fantastic! Superstition is obviously an all time great, but I also really enjoyed Tuesday Heartbreak & Big Brother. The funk elements were great, the more soul-soundy stuff were pretty mid. 4.0 for that synth

This is easily both the best heavy metal album of all time and the most influential heavy metal album of all time. War Pigs, Paranoid, and Iron Man are obviously beyond legendary tracks, but tracks like Electric Funeral still absolutely rip and I’m still surprised by how they got away with putting a mellow track like Planet Caravan between Paranoid and Iron Man while still maintaining a coherent sound. The music and vocals are top fucking tier coupled with the genre defining sound and aesthetic that kicked off a whole generation of metal. Not to mention the ironclad tearing down of pro-war sentiments. This is truly one of the most perfect albums of all time for me. 4.8 stars

I mean, as far as an album with a song about necrophilia, it was pretty decent. 3.4 stars

Sort of generic, partly annoying, but mostly forgettable. The Joplin cover and the other cover were the only tracks I really enjoyed. Also I’m mildly triggered by all the track title misspellings. 2.4 stars

I’m sorry this is kinda boring. I felt like I was waiting for the album to kick into high gear the whole time I listened to it. Maybe this album was the pioneer of the boring generic New Wave genre as a whole? 2.0

I don’t think anyone does gothy-synth-pop better than Depeche Mode. The flow of the album is great, and I love how simple everything is. I do prefer Violator to this album, but it’s still a great one. 4.0

Excellent guitar work but I must say that everything was instantly forgettable. Obviously highly talented, but kind of a a slog to sit through a 25 minute guitar recital. 2.5

If you enjoy repetitive sounds, loud dissonance, and the occasional sound of seagulls you might enjoy this album. There were one or two tracks that I enjoyed like ‘Frontier Psychiatrist’, but it was too much like the experience of an ADHD brain trying to understand a strange world for my liking. 2.2 stars

The album starts off on a really high note with Gimme Shelter which is an all timer for me. Unfortunately, it quickly loses most of its momentum and never really builds it back until You Can't Always Get What You Want on the very last track. I sincerely hated the country songs and a lot of their bluesy ones seem inauthentic and boring. The Stones are legendary, but I’m just not really a huge fan of most of their work. 3.4 stars leaning heavily on their two massive hits.

I absolutely hated the falsetto shit with the vocals. It’s like a bunch of theater kids singing an obnoxious version of Hapoy Birthday two tables down in a restaurant. They tried too hard to be like ABBA, Elton, or Freddie and completely failed at the emulation. 1.9 stars

Fantastic album! Her vocals are charismatic and powerful. So many of these songs are hits and even the non-hits are still great. This is probably the best 80’s pop album, and I’d listen to this album any day. 4.6 stars

An album that truly shows their mastery of song writing. Great album with sharp, witty lyrics that has something to say. Not their strongest album though. 4.4 stars

This album really shows off the growing strength of the Lennon/McCartney duo. While not my favorite Beatles album or even in the top 5, this album really delivers and I think the simplicity of their earlier more-pop influenced sound makes it almost infinitely replay-able. 4.6 stars

Minstrel-esque folk rock. Meh. 2.4 stars

The first couple of songs showcased some nice vocals and component music, but as the album went on it was kind of all over the place and very boring. 2.4 stars

Too much of a good thing with the harmonies, make this album mostly sound dated and boring. California Dreamin’ is a fantastic song (take a moment to go listen to the Bobby Womack version) but there’s not much else here except a couple of other songs that sounded okay. Listening to this album made me want put on the Beach Boys or the early Beatles instead. I’m sure it was a little edgy for the time, but it seems very tame, repetitive, and milquetoast today. 2.5 stars

This album is a fun one that brings back memories of listening to this on repeat with a portable cd player on long car trips. Rockafeller Skank, Gangsta Trippin, Praise You, and Acid 8000 are some of my favorite tracks on this albums. 3.7 stars

Recently well done music with bizarre lyrics and weird punk aesthetic vocals that seem to be boarding on a joke album. 2.5 stars

Strong vocals, but nothing else stands out too much 3.0

Great album with several stand out hits. I feel like this album gets more and more British as it progresses. 4.4 stars

This album was an absolute treat to listen to to. I’ll have to check out their career highlights 3.7

Someone tell them that is not, in fact, a live album. 2.4

Would’ve been a great show to see during the era, but listening to this in the year of our lord twenty and twenty-four leaves a lot to be desired. 3.0 stars for a jazz great.

Not a huge Talking Heads fan, but it was decent. 2.8

Very interesting mixture of punk and industrial, I dig it! 3.8

I fucking love this album! No Fluff trackless: Burnout, Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, She, When I Come Around, Coming Clean, In the End. 4.6 stars

Not a big fan of this live album, but I did enjoy a lot of the tracks. 3.5

When i read that they pieced this live album together from multiple performances, i was a little disappointed. 3.3 stars

Very personally conflicted by the amazing counter-culture lyrics and his vocal style and the abundance of harmonica. I feel like this is what people think white music sounds like. I still think I overall enjoy it because his voice goes well with his style, and those fucking lyrics carry so much meaning! 4.0

Another great REM album, 3.8 stars.

Classic West Coast hip hop with homegrown Latin vibes. I love the silly tone. 3.4 stars

Beck is a consummate musician with very unique lyrics. Though not his best album it was a fantastic listen and fun! 3.7 stars

Not the strongest album by the Cure, but A Forest is an absolute banger. 3.4 stars

Such a powerful and charismatic voice. Engaging performance sound quality issues aside. Though I don’t prefer live albums, you can tell that the crowds energy really heightens the experience. 4.1 stars

Wasn’t super engaging to me. 3.0

Well, if I’m ever interested in listening to an hour long sitar solo I now know where to look. 2.0

Pinnacle of Simon & Garfunkel’s talents, what a fantastic album! 4.6 stars

The vibes are off the fucking charts on this album. 4.7 stars

Lovely indie album. A lot of the tracks are ethereal with a dreamlike pleasant quality. The vocals (especially the female vocals) are quite lovely. My favorite track on this album was I Dare You. 3.6

Definitely caught a 🔥 on this one. 4.5!

Take on me is really amazing but the rest left a lot to be desired. 3.0

Not my cup of tea, 2.5

Decent, but i wasn’t too into it. 3.4

Didn’t click with me at all. Boring. 2.4

Cash register gunshot song good, the rest of the album forgettable. 2.6 stars

Not bad, but not very memorable. 2.7 stars

Pleasant sounding but not engaging. Background music at a garden party at best. 2.5 stars

Decent background music. Not super stimulating or profound. 2.7

A bunch of nostalgic songs my dad would listen to when I was little. Better than I remember it being, to be honest. Might listen to a few of the tracks again occasionally! 3.6

This album grooved like crazy! This disco and R&B combo is soooo soooo good. 4.5

Some fantastic classics, still would prefer them not be on a live album though. 3.9

This is an amazing album and it’s very difficult to believe that they released 3 hit albums in the same calendar year. Bad Moon Rising alone is such a staple. 4.6 stars

Fan of the Kinks, but this isn’t anything to write home about. 2.8

This album fucking rules! The disco with the r&b added into really made for some catchy and entertaining songs. Bring this type of music back! 4.6 stars

Didn’t really care for it. 2.4

Disgusting country twang. 1.4

Fantastic rap album that stands in sharp contrast with some of shit that runs rampant these days. 4.1

Very chill music, but I’m not going out of my way for this. 2.5

Schools out is a pretty decent album, with the titular track being a great one. 3.6

Pretty decent, but not my thing. 3.3

Pretty decent album, although I think the Kanye stuff was a bit weaker. 3.6

Interesting music, but the mostly mumble vocals are not to my liking. 2.0

It was definitely interesting background music, but definitely not something I’d put on again. 2.4

This is such a fantastic and influential album! Easy 4.5 for me

Some great nostalgic tracks on this. The hits will be heard again whether you like it or not. 3.9

I liked some of the songs well enough, but too many that didn’t click with me. 3.5

Relaxing music, but I’m not gonna turn this on for ambient music. 2.6

Pretty great album! 4.3 stars

It was alright, I guess. Won’t listen again though. 3.4

Edgy anti-religion metal. Not my fave album from them. 3.5 stars

I hated this so so much and I am irrationally upset that this album is included while nothing by Weezer is. 1.3 stars

Entertaining album! 4.0

Was a very interesting sound considering I don’t think I’ve heard African Blues before. That said. Except for a few tracks, I couldn’t get into it that much. 2.4

Recently funky, but definitely not enough to unite a nation. 2.5 stars

Who would’ve thought the best selling album of all time would also be one of the absolute best? This album is magnificent from start to finish. 4.7 stars

Piqued my interested in Jazz Orchestra. 4.2 stars

Decent if not generic indie 2.6 stars

A pretty chill listen. 3.5 stars

Bowie is fantastic and the emotions in this album are really raw. 4.2 stars

Not my favorite album due to the religiosity. 3.4

Its okay 3.0

The best of the Stones, easily. 4.5 stars

Way too much patriotism and country twang. 2.1 stars

Flashes of brilliance bogged down by about a tedious extra SEVENTY FIVE MINUTES! 2.4 stars

Great voice, fantastic songs, this is an incredible album! 4.5 stars

Difficult to fully rate since I don’t speak Portuguese, but I enjoyed it anyway. 2.5

Wu‐Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta Fuck wit. 4.5 stars

This album was a lot of fun and so far is my favorite album by a band I’d never heard previously. 4.3 stars

Not nearly as good as the other Dylan albums I’ve heard. 3.1 stars

Pure background music that not interesting enough to merit another listen in the future. 2.4

Very good voice, music is too experimental and weird for my taste. 2.7 stars

The only song of them I had heard before was Come on Eileen, and none of the songs on this album are nearly that catchy. 2.4 stars

This is my favorite Beatles album, just slightly beating out Abbey Road. From start to finish it’s non-stop gold. 4.7 stars

Slightly better than the other African Blues album, 2.5 stars

Sounds pretty decent for an album that’s clearly just some friends fucking around making music. 3.4 stars

Fantastic album full of hits. All time chill music. 4.6 stars

This album is an absolutely fun journey that shows of great music and a cool rock opera story. 4.5 stars

Pretty decent music with good lyrics. A lot of vibe songs. 3.6

Very straightforward bubblegum pop music with a couple of great songs, some great covers, and the rest only decent. Not the best of the Beatles, but better than most of the shit out there. 4.4 stars

Some relaxing Bossa Nova with excellent vibes. 3.6 stars

Great vocals with catchy tunes. I feel like all of the big hits from Blondie are on this one album. 4.1 stars

I didn’t hate it (even if they did have a Buck Owen’s cover) but I would have no reason to ever intentionally listen to this again. 2.3

Really catchy instrumentals coupled with quirky and surprisingly (or not) violent lyrics makes this album really unique and endearing to me. I prefer Surfer Rosa to this album, but it’s a great album. 4.1 stars

Goth. Sounds super sloppy and incoherent and the vocals were wholly unenjoyable. Some passable beats occasionally. 2.0 stars.

This was okay Indie, with a slightly dark sound to it. Better than I expected 2.6

Not much here except the title track. 3.3 stars

One of the few artists that can make enjoy some country staples. 3.8 stars

Too slow for me to really enjoy, and the likability dropped off significantly after the first track. 2.4 stars

I really liked the punk edge to this in the music, but I found the vocals lacking. Not bad though! 3.3

Not a big fan of the fucking eagles 2.8

This was a nice surprise, although it sounds like the author of the book fucked up and put the wrong year and included a compilation album. 3.9 stars

I wanted to like this album much more than I actually did. Seemed to go on too long and wore out its welcome. 2.4

Pretty decent album, if not a bit dated. 3.3 stars

Good album, but not as good as my favorite White Stripes albums. Much slower. Still enjoyed it though. 3.6 stars

I think their special sauce is just ketchup with extra sugar mixed in. 2.1 stars

These guys could’ve used some prunes, they sound constipated. 2.3 stars

Album could’ve used more skits of him fucking. 2.3 stars.

Smart, a lot of catchy beats, and several tracks where women are respected?? 3.8 stars

A whole bunch of Home Depot commercial sounds. Glad this album made it onto the list with 0 Weezer representation. 1.2 stars

Classic and fun as hell. 4.5 stars

Great album with a lot of fun tracks. one of the best for Bowie. 4.5 starz

A couple good tracks, but this album did not age well. 2.4 stars

I love Tom Waits, but dear god. This sounds like it was recorded in the shitter. Some of the ballads sound okay, but most of it sucks. 2.1 stars

Not a huge fan. 3.8 stars

Fun album, but probably won’t revisit. Not as great as their other stuff. 3.9

This album almost made me go back to sleep. Pretty vocals, just kind of a drag. 3.1 stars

Great solo album, with a great raw sound to it. It’s the opposite of overproduced and the emotionality of it is just *chef’s kiss* 4.6 stars

One of the best and most influential metal albums of all time. This baby holds up really well. 4.6 stars

So many classic tracks, and not a down track. 4.5 stars

Great prog rock, but some tracks make me literally feel like I’m going insane. 4.3 stars

Probably the finest jazz album I’ve ever heard. Jazz is causal listening to me at best, though. 4.3 stars

3.2

Boring country album, not horrific or pandering though. 2.1 stars

It was okay, 3.1 stars

Surprisingly great! 3.8 stars

So bad. 1.4 stars

Pretty mixed album but overall pretty decent 3.1 stars

3.4 stars

I remember my dad listening to this a lot when I was growing up. High nostalgia, decent tracks! 3.4 stars

Didn’t care for it too much. 3.0

Such a unique sound. Not 100% what I’m into but I enjoyed it. 3.1 stars

Pretty good Stones album, some very forgettable extra tracks make this lose its 5 star status. 4.4 stars

A bit too hipster for my taste, sorry dudes. 3.3 stars

Progressive paradise. 4.3 stars

This album speaks for itself. 4.4 stars

Kanye under-delivers on enjoyability. 2.1 stars

Too much country bumfuck twang. 2.0 stars

Forgettable even though I heard this album a bunch growing up. 2.5 stars

Snoop always has a good sound and style, but I found it tedious and unchallenging. Too much misogyny as well 3.2 stars

Not worth the time to listen to. Slightly better than the other album. 2.2

Clapton’s guitar on this album is a breath of fresh air in the cookie cutter world of English blues albums. 4.2 stars

An all time great album! 4.6 stars

How many milquetoast British rock albums from the late 90s need to be on this list? 2.6 stars

Great punk album! The music side is more middling but this is some good shit. 4.3

Not my favorite thing. 3.1 stars

Very enjoyable! 3.7 stars

Some actually good indie music! 4.4 stars

Forgettable smooth jazz. 2.4 stars

Wooo-hooo. Well at least for the first half of the album. 3.3

2.3, *yawn*

My favorite kind of depressing. 4.0

I don’t like it at all. The album is titled appropriately though. 2.3 stars

The self importance permeates this one all the way through. 2.3 stars

Very fun album. Unique modern sound. 3.6 stars

Not really my genre, but it was super interesting with a strong fuck the establishment vibe, which I dig. 3.7 stars

It isn’t my favorite Prince album, but it blows the hell out of most. Sexy, and catchy. 4.5 stars

I’m sorry, this is just a middle of the road Indie album and I’m not into the vocals at all. 2.4 stars

I generally like Cheap Trick, but this album certainly didn’t need be Live. 3.0

Super front loaded, the first few tracks are great but the rest really drag the fuck out of this album. 3.4 stars

Not really my genre, but enjoyed listening to it. Killer sax, for sure. 3.4

One of my 80’s rock albums. A lot of hits in this one. 4.6 stars

Component if not interesting British Invasion also-ran. 2.7 stars

My favorite Prince album! So damn good. 4.6 stars

Definitely a GOAT contender 4.6 stars

One of the few amazing live albums. The raw sound really goes with their aesthetic and adds to their authentic sound. Excellent covers in the set list. 4.6 stars