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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| Slipknot | 5 | 2.68 | +2.32 |
| Make Yourself | 5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
| Golden Hour | 5 | 3.09 | +1.91 |
| S&M | 5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
| American Pie | 5 | 3.28 | +1.72 |
| Live Through This | 5 | 3.28 | +1.72 |
| Channel Orange | 5 | 3.31 | +1.69 |
| Be | 5 | 3.35 | +1.65 |
| Aja | 5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
| The ArchAndroid | 5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| Licensed To Ill | 1 | 3.56 | -2.56 |
| The Marshall Mathers LP | 1 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
| Bitches Brew | 1 | 3.3 | -2.3 |
| Since I Left You | 1 | 3.28 | -2.28 |
| Coles Corner | 1 | 3.02 | -2.02 |
| Music From The Penguin Cafe | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| I See You | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| Swordfishtrombones | 1 | 2.95 | -1.95 |
| Pet Sounds | 2 | 3.93 | -1.93 |
| My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts | 1 | 2.78 | -1.78 |
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| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Metallica | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
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| Brian Eno | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
i got a headache and it freaked me out
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Eminem
1/5
DNFed bc the lyrics are disgusting and I actually cherish my finite time on this Earth.
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
This album is really moving, I don’t tend to listen to music that affects my mood negatively because I don’t need help with that 😀 but this was so so good.
I heard a lot of elements of nu metal which is a genre I love, and it was good to listen to an album/artist which influenced that genre.
A great part of doing this project is opening myself up to music like this and I’m so glad I started because this album is really great.
Standout tracks:
- Heresy (3.5/5)
- Closer (5/5)
- Ruiner (3.5/5)
- I do not want this (3.5/5)
- A warm place (4/5)
- Hurt (5/5)
Steely Dan
5/5
As a girl who currently listens to Dirty Work everyday on my spring/summer playlist, I was excited for this one - and I was not disappointed at all.
A gorgeous little album, I have no notes.
Also, as a big Michael McDonald fan I was SO EXCITED to hear him on Peg and I Got The News ❤️❤️❤️
Standout tracks:
- Peg 5/5
- I Got The News
- Josie 5/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
3/5
I enjoyed listening to it while cleaning, but I won’t be able to listen to this at any other time - wish I was sophisticated enough, but I’m not.
Standout track:
- Take Five 5/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
2/5
This simply isn’t for me - 2.5/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
I enjoyed - 3.5/5
Standout tracks:
- Good Golly Miss Molly 4/5
- Penthouse Pauper (fell in love with this one) 5/5
Madonna
3/5
This is getting a 4/5 for the music and a 2/5 for the lyrics - I wished someone else got a hold of these tracks and wrote something better bc, while this album sounds like a very cathartic process for Madonna, I found myself getting bored of the lyrics halfway through each song.
Skin is 5/5 for me, wish she’d just sing more about fancying someone in a club lol (this is what I think it’s abt anyways)
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to find an album that’s like this by someone else
Van Morrison
2/5
It's pretty... that's it.
As someone who always feels sick with nostalgia at the best of times, I really don't need to be listening to an hour's worth of reminiscing.
I also don't want to listen to someone who sounds like he has mouth full.
The one positive thing I will say is that this sound is timeless and if you told me this was released in 1998 and not 1968, I'd believe you.
Willie Nelson
3/5
This is a lovely album - it really cheered me up and reminded me life is worth living if we are able to listen to music like this.
I am officially a Willie Nelson fan.
His cover of Unchained Melody is great too.
Also, last week Willie Nelson released a duet of a country song about gay cowboys with Orville Peck and that makes me so so happy.
ALSO, the interludes on Cowboy Carter? SLAY
Standout tracks:
- Blue skies: 4/5
- Someone to watch over me 4/5
The Offspring
3/5
I memories of The Offspring - mainly of my brothers listening to it before I could even talk and even back then I thought "this music is dumb". Because of this, I will always see their music as "music for boys" and I cannot override that thought no matter how hard I try.
However, I can appreciate this album as providing something unique against the grungey landscape of 1994 US - I know they cite punk as their main influences, but I am getting a lot of old heavy metal in there too and I can DEFINITELY appreciate that.
Standout track:
- Genocide 4/5: as the guy said, "I ESPECIALLY enjoyed that one", gorgeous main riff *chefs kiss*
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
The start of this album was captivating, but it became repetitive by the end.
Sarah Vaughan's voice, however, is perfect.
It was nice to hear a live album, the imperfections make this album even lovelier.
Standout tracks:
- Willow weep for me: 4/5
- Just one of those things: 4/5
- Be anything but darling be mine: 5/5 (perfect first dance song)
Brian Eno
1/5
jesus christ.
standout track:
- mea culpa: (made me anxious bc it reminded me of the hell level in super castelvania IV) 1/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
I stopped listening after track 5 - couldn't get past listening to this from my mum's perspective and I don't like crying at my desk on a Thursday morning.
Despite the obvious grief in this album, I can't give it higher than a 2/5 as this is simply not for me - my god I am so so so sad.
Al Green
4/5
4.5/5 - gorgeous.
standout tracks:
la-la for you - 5/5
how can you mend a broken heart -4/5
Joy Division
3/5
3.5/5 - was nice to have on in the background while I worked.
I can also appreciate just how important this album and sound is to a lot of the music I love.
standout track:
- Shadowplay 5/5 - I fell in love with this one
Beatles
3/5
3.5/5 - I thought I disliked the Beatles.... consider my ignorant self proven wrong
Standout tracks (I fell in love with both instantly):
- It won't be long 5/5
- All I've got to do 5/5
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
2.75/3 (I listened to the condensed 45 minute version)
Ella Fitzgerald's voice is gorgeous and I enjoyed listening to this in the background while working, but I am quickly learning that this era of music is not for me.
Standout tracks:
The man I love - 4/5
Someone to watch over me 5/5 - preferred her version to Sarah Vaughan's
They can't take that away 4/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
4/5 - I enjoyed this a lot, this sounds way ahead of its time
Was nice to hear what else was going on in late 80s/early 90s when grunge was taking over
Standout tracks:
- No bones 4/5
- Yeah we know 5/5 (listened to this 2-3 times)
- Don't 0/5 hurt my ears literally, had to skip
- Keep the glove 1/5 it's like they got bored during the last two songs and decided to stop being good
Kanye West
4/5
4/5 - I enjoyed
I keep seeing Chris Rock on a gambling advert and I have to change the channel bc it makes me cringe too much
Adele
3/5
3.5/5 - I do love Adele but I cannot listen to a lot of slow songs in a row bc it makes me sad
Standout tracks:
- Million years ago 4/5
- Sweetest devotion 4/5
- All I ask 4/5 (I sobbed)
Gorillaz
3/5
3/5 - enjoyed!
standout tracks:
- ...Sound check (gravity) 4/5
- Clint Eastwood 5/5
Paul McCartney
4/5
4/5 - I really enjoyed this.
Had the potential to be 5/5 if the songs were more complete.
Standout tracks:
- Every night 5/5
- Maybe I'm amazed 5/5 this reminded me of Mountain
I'd say I'm officially a fan of Paul McCartney
Jane's Addiction
2/5
2.5/5 - If you were to look at my music taste, you would assume I love Jane's Addiction, but the truth is I could never get on board, and I still can't - I got very bored towards the end, the songs are so unnecessarily long.
Standout:
- Three days 4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
2.5 - alright
heads will roll obviously a banger - 4/5
Common
5/5
perfection, i have nothing else to say.
no standout tracks because they were all 5/5
The Beau Brummels
3/5
3/5
standout tracks:
- magic hollow 5/5
- the wolf of velvet fortune 4/5
The La's
3/5
3/5 - I enjoyed!
standout tracks:
- there she goes 5/5
- clean prophet 4/5
- over 5/5 - I LOVE THIS ONE
Tori Amos
3/5
I'm not the biggest fan of songs with a lot of lyrics but when it worked it WORKED for me.
standout tracks:
- winter 4/5
- china 4/5
- leather 5/5 - LOVED this
- me and a gun... oh my god. I don't want to rate it bc it's so much more important than that
Frank Ocean
5/5
This is the first album I've had on this generator that I have a physical copy of. This album was an integral part of my adolescence and it is perfect.
My fave songs:
- thinkin bout you
- fertilizer
- sierra leone
- sweet life
- super rick kids
- lost
Nirvana
5/5
pivotal to my adolescence and still special to me, the songs objectively slap and i have no notes
Nas
4/5
I enjoyed it, always have loved Nas' rapping and this didn't disappoint
Led Zeppelin
4/5
not my fave led zep album, but it still slaps - 4.5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
1/5
not for me - 1.5
Jack White
2/5
2.5 - not for me even tho i love the white stripes, the mixing isn’t very good and the lyrics are annoying
Muddy Waters
2/5
I appreciate it, I'd enjoy it in the background in a dive bar but I'm not going to sit and listen to it in my spare time - 2.5/5
Burning Spear
3/5
I enjoyed, old marcus garvey was 5/5 absolute banger
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
i got a headache and it freaked me out
Janet Jackson
4/5
If this album was shorter and there was less going on, it would be a masterpiece.
I am a sucker for late 80s/early 90s preachy songs, it makes me feel so nostalgic and it fills me with hope, even though everything has gotten worse LOL
Very good album, enjoyed
Led Zeppelin
5/5
The first album I owned on vinyl - this album will always be close to my heart <3
stairway to heaven and battle of evermore are some of my most favourite songs in the world
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Brian Eno
2/5
alright nothing to write home about - 2.5/5
- in dead finks don't talk, it sounds like louis theroux is rapping at the 2:25 minute mark
Youssou N'Dour
3/5
3/5 - really nice to have on in the background while I worked!
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
i couldn’t finish - hauntingly sad, i love bruce but my mental health takes precedence 🫡
3/5 for what i did listen to - highway patrolman will stay with me for a very long time, especially bc i thought the man lying on the ground was his brother and he chased and chased a random car bc he hallucinated he saw his brother driving WOW anyway
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
this made me bored and sad
The White Stripes
3/5
Love
3/5
first half of the album is way better than the second half, a house is not a motel and bummer in the summer stand out to me
Solange
3/5
I enjoyed! 3.5
Anita Baker
4/5
So so good!
Idk if I'll get hate for this but her voice reminds me of Michael McDonald - this is the biggest compliment coming from me!!
Standouts:
- Mystery
- No one in the world
- Watch your step is SO Michael McDonald coded
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
3.5 - some of these songs are perfect, others are boring.
Said perfect (5/5) tracks are:
- Billy Jack
- Hard Times
- Love to the People
Leonard Cohen
2/5
As a full time yearner who feels sick with nostalgia almost daily, I CANNOT listen to music like this. It's all "you were so sad, and your hair was so soft" cheers lad I'm crying now.
I am happy to reduce my exposure to this music to hearing it on films during sad montages.
Tracks I actually liked:
- So Long, Marianne
- Teachers
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
I am tempted to give this album 5/5 because it brought us Layla, but I simply can't.
3/5 - It's sad when an album that should be meant for me ends up missing the mark :(
Now, let me talk about Layla.
When I hear that riff, I ascend to another plane of consciousness. I see the clouds next to me, I see a bright blue sky above and I get higher and higher until I am floating, existing merely as a vessel for these vibrations to enter through my ears all the way towards my heart. I am complete for the 7 minutes and 3 seconds this song lasts, and I thank the universe I could live in a time after 1970. Those poor souls who died in 1969, they missed out big time.
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
I thought I'd love it because it's so British but nope, really didn't care for this
Ute Lemper
1/5
I don't understand what's going on, nor do I want to!
Steely Dan
4/5
It's no Aja, but it's still amazing
4/5
I really really enjoyed this - this is the kind of music I would make if I had the ability to
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
3.5/4 - rlly enjoyed
standout tracks:
- my mind spray
- jungle music
Heaven 17
4/5
4/5 - long live south yorkshire synth-pop
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Such a vibe for playing in the background bc I want my life to feel like this all day everyday - wtf do they be saying tho
MGMT
4/5
I really enjoyed this a lot - pieces of what reminded my of old school rolling stones so much which i LOVED
Radiohead
3/5
was nice to have on in the background!
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
I wouldn't usually listen to this, was a bit samey towards the end but it certainly wasn't bad! 2.5/5
(the extra half a star is for the album cover, i love a medieval moment)
The Pretty Things
2/5
The Slits
4/5
i LOVED this
Beatles
3/5
Fun but slightly boring
Miles Davis
4/5
I loved this, will be listening again - 4.5/5
Tom Waits
1/5
Idk what’s going on, idk want to find out
Tears For Fears
4/5
Amazing 4.5/5
Standout tracks:
- Shout (of course)
- Everybody Wants To Rule The World (of course)
- Head Over Heels / Broken
- Mothers Talk <3 <3
Michael Jackson
5/5
One of the best albums of all time - half of these songs will be on my 2024 Spotify wrapped.
Personal faves:
- Wanna be startin somethin
- Baby be mine
- The girl is mine
- Human nature
- PYT
- <3<3<3 THE LADY IN MY LIFE <3<3<3
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Metallica
5/5
As a girl who loves post-black album Metallica as much as pre-black album Metallica, I will die on a hill for this record. Also I love winding up men about this album, it's only fair since they give me their unsolicited opinions.
There are no skippable tracks, all perfect (some are just more perfect than others, love u lots of wolf and man, wish they made a twilight werewolf spinoff just so they could have used u for the trailer).
Faves:
- <3 <3 of wolf and man <3 <3
- <3 sad but true <3
- holier than thou
- wherever i may roam
- the unforgiven
Neil Young
5/5
The weather was just right, my feelings were just right, everything was just right - 5/5
Metallica
5/5
5.5/5
A love letter to the fans, this live album is a comfort to me, and I have spent many a hungover afternoons watching this on youtube <3 I listened to this album before I could form sentences, so it will forever be lodged into my brain.
The master of puppets to of wolf and man to the thing that should not be run is perfection, no leaf clover is THAT GIRL and Kirk looks so gorg during this show (extra .5 stars for him)
Cee Lo Green
3/5
3.5 - really good album, this genre in the early 00s was so so polished and great, bring it back
Miles Davis
1/5
Hated it - why do I want to listen to something that accurately portrays my brain?
Talking Heads
4/5
AMAZING
Miles Davis
2/5
2.5 - it don't dislike it but i would never listen to it in my spare time.
The Avalanches
1/5
This is overwhelming and overstimulating - it was triggering my anxiety.
Also, I have long-standing personal beef with frontier psychiatrist: my brother would always watch the music video from start to finish whenever it was on the music channels and as a child I couldn’t wait for the infernal noise to be over. That being said, I kind of enjoyed it when I heard it again listening to this album. Maybe if I keep listening to one song at a time over and over I’d understand and appreciate, but who has the time for that?
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
3/5, nice! but i’ll never listen to it again
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
There was absolutely no substance to this - couldn’t finish it
The xx
1/5
This is an insanely boring album - the songwriting is subpar at best and all of the songs sound the same.
The vocals are grating also.
This feels like an album added to the list because this is what the curators thought would stand the test of time, but it didn’t even stand the test of 2018.
PS Dangerous reminds me of my boyfriend being on fifa for hours 😀 BORING so glad those days are over
3/5
I enjoyed! 3.5/5
Lyrics were great.
Standout tracks:
- Shangri-La
- She’s Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina
Elliott Smith
3/5
Music like this is nice but it’s too melancholy for me - 2.5
However - <3 between the bars <3 love at first listen. 4/5
Also, say yes is really lovely.
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
I loved this, the guitar was sensational.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
4.5/5
Gorgeous, but some of the lyrics were a bit strange - if the lyrics were less nonsensical and less questionable this would have been a 5/5
My favourite - In France They Kiss on Main Street 5/5
Least favourite - The Jungle Line (AWFUL)
Stevie Wonder
4/5
4/5 - I really enjoyed, was so fun to sing along to, each time the harmonica came out I was happy to be alive etc. etc.
The Beach Boys
2/5
2/5 - The lyrics are boring, the vibe is boring.
I do really like god only knows, however - 3.5/5
B.B. King
3/5
3.5/5 - I am slowly falling in love with the blues genre and I am SO excited about it
Crowded House
2/5
2/5 - This did not evoke a single emotion out of me.
I used to like weather with you, but now I know it’s not by an 80s yacht rock band, I like it less.
The end of how will you go / I’m still here is the only time I thought they were feeling the music, but even that was for 10 seconds at the end.
Nico
2/5
This was a lovely record, but it was too melancholy for my taste - 2.5
Favourites:
- The fairest of the seasons
- These days
- Winter Song
(I feel bad enjoying any of this because I read that Nico hated this record because she didn’t have control over what was in it, and she especially hated the flutes - I really hope she got to make music she was happy with)
Reviewed 15/08/2024
Mercury Rev
2/5
Forty minutes of droning followed by his cat running across his keyboard - 2/5
Reviewed on 16/08/2024
Bob Dylan
4/5
Loved - in my folk era
Reviewed 20/08/2024
Charles Mingus
2/5
I understand this is meant to evoke emotion - but the sad thing is I can only listen to these records while I work, and I just don't want to feel even more anxious while I work. Wish I could have listened during a time when I have the capacity to appreciate, but I don't - 2/5
Reviewed 20/08/2024
The National
2/5
Sad and boring - 2/5
Reviewed 20/08/2024
Kacey Musgraves
5/5
As soon as I heard the first song, I knew I was in for a treat - 5/5
Her lyrics are so simple, and that's what makes this album so good. You don't need to overcomplicate things when you are writing music as gorgeous as this. Her lyricism also shows she is one of us (sensitive, melancholic, anxious), and that makes me love her even more.
I will be listening to this a lot from now on, except Mother or Rainbow, because they both made me cry and I don't need to deal with all of those emotions on a daily basis.
Favourites:
Slow Burn
Oh, What a World
Funkadelic
3/5
I thought this would be right up my street, but it fell flat 3/5
…Maggot Brain was amazing, a solid 5/5, but the rest of the tracks didn’t live up to the magic of the first one. The songs were really short too.
Reviewed 23/08/2024
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
A lovely album to have on in the background, I enjoyed
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
I like this album, but it makes me feel really nostalgic and sad, so it can only be a 3/5
Reviewed 27/08/2024
Slipknot
5/5
The pinnacle of its genre, a masterpiece that will stand the test of time - 5/5
There is something therapeutic about finding out this is my album of the day while wearing a Slipknot top, it's like the stars all aligned <3
Favourite tracks:
- <3<3<3 Wait and Bleed <3<3<3
- <3<3 Spit It Out <3<3
- <3 Me Inside <3
Reviewed 27/08/2024
Joe Ely
3/5
I enjoyed this more than I should have - 3.5/5
Iggy Pop
2/5
I am glad that I got to listen to an album that has clearly influenced so many other artists, but this wasn’t my cup of tea - 2.5/5
Reviewed 29/08/2024
Black Sabbath
4/5
Having this as my 100th album is very fitting, as Black Sabbath founded the first genre I fell in love with - 4.5/5
A sublime album, planet caravan was a gorgeous surprise - could listen to it on repeat.
Reviewed 30/08/2024
Sex Pistols
3/5
Glad to have listened to such an iconic album, and enjoyed the lyrics, but it’s not something I would choose to listen to everyday - 3.5/5
The rising inflection style of the vocals can get very grating towards the end, but I understand that adds to the defiant vibe which is great.
Reviewed 02/09/2024
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Gorgeous, a lovely album for all the thought daughters out there - 4/5
While I appreciate this, it is too sad and fluid to be in my rotation, this album is unsettling and melancholic in the prettiest way, but I am too mentally ill for it 👍🏽 Also, I resonate far more with Bonnie Raitt and Carole King, so I can survive without listening to this regularly and not feel like I’m missing out.
After two Joni Mitchell albums, I can safely say I love her, but I will continue to appreciate her from a distance.
Reviewed 04/09/2024
Queen
3/5
I really wish I liked Queen, but it never hits the mark for me - 3/5
Every song on this album sounded the same to me, and while it wasn’t anything offensive, it wasn’t particularly riveting either - I think this is because in the UK before you can even talk, you have listened to Queen some way or another. As soon as I hear the vocal harmonies I think of an Iceland Christmas advert or singing in assembly.
Reviewed 05/09/2024
Daft Punk
3/5
I liked!! 3.5/5
Fave tracks:
- Da funk 5/5 didn’t want it to end
- Alive 4/5
Reviewed 06/09/2024
Dusty Springfield
4/5
I really enjoyed this - I don't have much to say other than I could listen again and probably will.
Reviewed 06/09/2024
The Flaming Lips
2/5
Ironic that it has “robots” in the title because this album droned on and on and on.
Reviewed 10/09/2024
Turbonegro
4/5
Fast, heavy, dumb - 14 year old me and 27 year old me are head banging together right now - 4.5/5
So many NWOBHM elements in this, what a gem of an album.
The lead guitar itself is 5/5
HOWEVER, some of the songs dragged a teeny bit (the ones without guitar solos)
Also the band name is so sus it’s giving white people trying to be edgy YAWN
Standout tracks:
- Selfdestructo bust 5/5
- Prince of the rodeo 5/5
Don McLean
5/5
This is a perfect album, I am so in love.
Horrendous album cover though WOW
All songs were amazing I don’t have any favourites
Lucinda Williams
3/5
A gorgeous album, I loved the 90s twist on country - a lovely album for autumn - 3.5/5
Standout tracks:
- Right in time 4/5
- Car wheels on a gravel road 4/5
- Jackson 4/5
Radiohead
3/5
Not my usual thing, but I enjoyed even though I did get a little sad - 3/5
15 step slays so so hard, I love it so much, that track is 5/5
Reviewed 14.09.2024
The Pogues
3/5
I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would.
Lyrics are great and important
Standout tracks:
Thousands are sailing - 4/5
Can
2/5
Ahead of its time, and it was nice it felt like one big movement of sound, but I will not be revisiting.
Green Day
4/5
Just two days shy of its 20th anniversary, this album’s release is fondly remembered by so many of us - myself included (even if I was getting sick of seeing the music video for American Idiot playing virtually on repeat on Kerrang!
This album has so many hits on it, such a milestone album. I never fully committed to this one as a kid, but its singles are still great.
Standout tracks:
- Jesus of Suburbia 4/5
- Holiday 4/5
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams 5/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Made my apartment feel like a dive bar - I’m not complaining.
Standout track:
- Mannish Boy 5/5
Massive Attack
4/5
Loved this
Air
5/5
I have been looking for this sound since falling in love with Dusty Trails’s only album - I am so so happy right now.
Can’t wait to stare at the ceiling to this one.
The Who
3/5
I am not a big fan of live albums, but I enjoyed this - it was a nice introduction to The Who
While I enjoyed the songs, I can’t imagine myself returning to this album, and it’s not my top musical priority to listen to any more of their stuff.
Also what the fuck is with a quick one, while he’s away? The crowd sounded feral, would not liked to have been there 👍🏽
Oh and another thing, LEEDS LEEDS LEEDS
Pink Floyd
4/5
This was really good - finally I’ve listened to Pink Floyd!
Time is 5/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
I enjoyed this a lot
Standout tracks:
- She's Fresh 5/5
- The Message 5/5
Oasis
4/5
4.5/5
I knew I would really love Oasis, but I stopped myself from having an Oasis phase when I was 15 because I didn't want to be a cliche... I regret that now. I wish I had more years of enjoying their discography.
I'm glad I have to listen now - I loved this so much. I feel sick with nostalgia thinking about the UK this album was made in, though. I don't have the energy to explain further but I'm sure others understand.
Standout tracks:
- Live forever
- Supersonic
- Bring it on down
- Slide away (lead guitar 10/10)
Crosby, Stills & Nash
5/5
A gorgeous album, I'm so glad I started this one album a day thing because it means I can discover gems like this.
Standout tracks:
- Judy blue eyes (the guitar in this is gorgeous) 4.5/5
- Guinnevere (SO pretty) 5/5
- You don't have to cry 4.5/5 - listening to this while working overtime getting eye strain was very hard hitting lol
- Helplessly hoping 5/5 (on repeat)
Hole
5/5
When I saw the music video to Violet playing in the background on Kerrang!, I sat down in front of the TV entranced.... this was it, this was the music I needed during a time where I didn't know what each day would bring.
The soundtrack to my 19th year on this planet, this album is firmly nestled into my heart forever - it was the soundtrack to heartbreak, finding my soulmate, depression, dropping out of university, breaking down and building myself back up.... this album is the definition of girlhood, and I was lucky enough to experience a transitionary period in my life listening to this album the entire time.
My favourite tracks on this perfect album:
- Violet (one of the best songs of all time, so many days staring at the ceiling, getting ready for nights out, watching the sunset from my uni halls window singing along to the lyrics)
- Plump
- Asking for it
- Jennifer's body
- Doll parts
- Gutless
- Rock star
Elvis Presley
2/5
I found this very mind-numbing, it was like he recorded as many songs as he could just to see what would stick… it worked tho ofc he got Blue suede shoes out of it
Standout tracks:
- Blue suede shoes
- Trying to get to you
- Blue moon
American Music Club
3/5
This feels so ahead of its time, and I enjoyed listening, but I won’t be putting this into my rotation because it’s so melancholy, the last song especially.
I also love how most of the songs are about women, as they should be 😌
Standout track:
- Firefly 4/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
This had all the elements of a great album, but I found it far too pretentious for my liking.
Big time, however, is a solid 5/5 and I can’t stop listening to it.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
I have always wanted to get into Lynyrd Skynyrd, and as soon as I saw those long-haired, flare-wearing men on the cover, I knew I was in for a treat.
I knew a lot more songs on this album that I thought, mostly because of covers etc.
Standout tracks:
- Tuesday's gone <3
- Simple man (always makes me so sad) <3
- Poison Whiskey
- Free bird (the solo is 5/5 I feel like I'm ascending to a new dimension)
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
I like all the sounds individually, but it annoys me when it's all put together (it's the style of vocals that annoys me most, in this genre there is a fine line between great and grating). However, it being from 1980, it was innovative so big respect for that. ALSO they are northern, and I have to support them for that reason alone.
Standout tracks (positive):
- Treason - I liked the French version too 4/5)
Standout tracks (negative):
- When I dream
- Strange house in the snow - a solid 1.5/5, I hated it so much I skipped halfway through
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
I HATE dissonance, this album made me so anxious
Standout tracks:
- (When you wake) you're still in a dream (3/5)
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
I actually enjoyed this, but I can’t listen to it all the time especially when seasonal depression is ruining my life 😀 3.5/5
Frank Zappa
3/5
I really liked this, but it could either be annoying or really great - 3.5/5
Standout tracks:
- Peaches in Regalia 5/5 I'm obsessed
- The gumbo variations 2/5, the saxaphone in this was horrific
Beck
3/5
3/5 - slow and sad but enjoyable
Standout tracks:
- End of the day 4/5 - I like Beck's voice in this and guess I'm doing fine
Lauryn Hill
5/5
One of the best albums of all time.
Standout tracks (all of them are, but these have been my faves for years, all 5/5):
- Ex-factor
- Final hour
- I used to love him
- Nothing even matters
- Everything is everything - THIS is the song I heard in Paperchase, I typed the lyrics on my phone (before Shazam), found this album on Spotify and I ended up not listening to anything outside of this genre for the next two years LOL
Talking Heads
3/5
3.5 - I enjoyed!
Louis Prima
2/5
This genre reminds me of two things:
- Breakfast food adverts
- Christmas
It’s difficult to be sad while listening tho, so that’s nice
Sonic Youth
2/5
This was so depressing
k.d. lang
3/5
A sweet album, was nice to listen to but I don't think I will listen again. I preferred the second half a lot more.
Standout tracks:
- Tears don't care who cries them 4/5
- Busy being blue 3.5/5
- Honky tonk angels medley 3.5/5 (I love doing this 1001 albums thing bc who knew I loved honky tonk so much?!)
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Perfection
Standout tracks:
- Immigrant song (one of the best songs of all time)
- Since I've been loving you
- Gallows pole (OBSESSED)
- Tangerine (chills, especially bc it's so misty outside today)
- That's the way (once again, chills)
Jethro Tull
3/5
Start of the album wasn't great, but it got so much better in the middle. A generous 3 because although the vocals and lyrics were grating, the instruments were lovely.
Standout tracks:
- Up to me 3.5/5
- My god - 4/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Gorgeous, I can't lie though I was waiting for Sultan's of swing the whole time (fun fact I heard this for the first time in a coop near my uni house and I was looking around like is nobody hearing this absolute masterpiece?!
Standout tracks:
- Southbound again 4/5
- Sultan's of swing (one of the best songs of all time) 5/5
3/5
Good I enjoyed - 3.5/5
Standout tracks:
- It ain't easy 4/5
- Suffragette city 4/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2/5
Boring, but some tracks sounded like videogame levels, so that's alright 2.5/5
Standout track:
- Souvenir 3.5/5
3/5
I have no idea what is going on, but I do like it.
Standout tracks:
- Rocket reducer no. 62 - talk (the guitars in this are chef's kiss (4/5)
The Police
3/5
I enjoyed! 3.5/5
Standout tracks (good):
- Synchronicity 4/5
- Synchronicity II (3.5/5)
- Tea in the Sahara (3.5/5)
- Every breath you take (absolute banger of course) 4/5
Standout tracks (bad):
- Mother 1/5 IT'S SO SCARY
Arcade Fire
2/5
takes some doing to make me sad while making a heart and bow themed bridal shower scrapbook, well done arcade fire
David Bowie
3/5
It was ok, but the fact he wrote these with his death looming at a different type of nuance which can make any musical work more interesting. 3/5
Standout track:
- Lazarus 4/5
Sebadoh
2/5
I HATE DISSONANCE
Standout track:
- Think (let tomorrow bee) 4/5
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
4.5/5 - wow
Green Day
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
3.5/5 - very good, but it’s not an album I would put in my rotation.
Standout tracks:
- House Burning Down (4/5)
- All Along The Watchtower (5/5)
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (5/5)
Meat Loaf
3/5
Guitar tone is sensational
Album cover art is also gorg, absolutely obsessed
Meat Loaf always makes me feel so nostalgic, I know he's American but there's something really British about his sound.
Duke Ellington
3/5
Very fun to do chores to, makes everything feel fun and cheeky - not a genre I resonate with however, so it can never be higher than a 3
Def Leppard
4/5
4.5/5
A lovely classic rock album that accompanied a sunny January day - I enjoyed very much.
Extra half a star because they were formed in Sheffield (Yorkshire Yorkshire Yorkshire).
Standout tracks:
- POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME 5/5 <3<3<3 dancing to this in Key Club when I got there at 2am and really should have gone home will always be one of my fave memories <3<3<3
- Gods of War 5/5 - the guitar from about 5:30 onwards is gorgeous and is more nuanced than the rest of the album.
- Love and Affection 4/5
Nick Drake
4/5
4.5/5
Absolutely gorgeous - this transcends time, seasons, emotions.
He's English!! I am so surprised and so happy, I am glad I got to hear some English folk today, forever excited about this genre that is so new and lovely to me.
Standout tracks:
- Hazey Jane I 5/5
- Poor Boy 5/5 (was 4/5 but then the Saxophone kicked in)
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Really enjoyed
Prince
3/5
3.5 - it was good, but I didn't enjoy it IN MY SOUL which was disappointing :(
Stand out tracks:
- Sign O' The Times 5/5 - one of my favourite songs of all time, absolutely beautiful
- Strange Relationship 4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
One of the best albums of all time <3<3<3
My favourite tracks in order (all 5/5):
- Otherside
- Scar Tissue
- Californication
- Road Trippin’
- This Velvet Glove
- Porcelain
- Easily (I love this song because it could be on Stadium Arcadium and nobody would notice, I love that we could hear that sound 7 years earlier here)
Beastie Boys
1/5
This album is American in the worst possible way.
The lyrics prove that Beastie Boys knew their main listenership was 14 year old boys with undiagnosed ADHD.
I can imagine the first impractical joker to get a car rang the other impractical jokers to ask if they wanted to blast this album while driving round the block.
This shaved at least 1 day off my life expectancy.
…. I decided to google them to see what they looked like. Don’t do that please, it’s not worth it.
Standout track:
- Fight For Your Right (barely tolerable)
Prince
4/5
Prince is horny on main.
Second half of the album is better IMO, minus 1999.
Standout tracks:
- 1999 5/5
- Little Red Corvette 4/5
- Something in the Water 5/5
- Free 4.5/5
- Lady Cab Driver 5/5 (for guitar solos only).
- All the Critics Love U in New York 4/5
CHIC
4/5
Absolutely gorgeous
Standout track:
- At last I am free 5/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
I loved this so much, the amount of samples used here is like a treasure trove. The one sample that made my day however was Metallica’s Orion in “The Number Song” - finding my safe space song in this album was an unexpected joy.
I didn’t keep an eye on the track names while I listened, but I loved it all.
Nanci Griffith
4/5
I loved this, listened as the sun was setting <3
Standout track:
- Love At The Five & Dime 4.5/5, would be a 5 but it’s too sad, I literally felt like I was a god watching Rita and Eddie from afar thinking how sad it was that humans lived for such a short amount of time.
The Police
3/5
Very fun, I enjoyed - 3.5/5
Standout tracks:
- Message In A Bottle 5/5: This song transports me back to August 2007 which is lovely, also one of the best songs ever written.
- Contact 4/5: The last part is especially good.
Yes
4/5
4/5 - I enjoyed, this may be in my rotation during the summer months.
This album came out on my birthday before it was my birthday <3
Standout track:
- Mood for a Day 5/5: so so pretty, I would listen to this again.
- Heart of the Sunrise 4.5/5: 5:40 to 6:11 is perfection.
Underworld
4/5
I love whatever sub-genre this is, I thoroughly enjoyed and wasn't bored one bit. 4.5/5
Standout track:
- Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream of Love 4.5/5: 11:31 onwards, felt like I was ascending.
Snoop Dogg
4/5
I can never past the lyrics in some rap, it's not the kind of thing I would like to be listening to as a woman, call me boring I don't care.
I need to rate the aspects of this album in different categories, therefore:
Lyrics: 1/5
Everything else 4.5/5
Standout tracks:
- Murder Was The Case (4/5)
- Serial Killa (4.5/5)
- Who Am I (What's My Name)? (5/5)
The Young Gods
3/5
I expected to hate it, but I didn’t. Guitar tone very cool.
Standout track:
- Rue de tempêtes
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
I liked!
Loved finding sample origins also.
Standout track:
- Yearnin’ Learnin’ (4/5)
4/5
4/5 It's 2025 - time for me to stop pretending I don't think Oasis are one of the best bands of all time.
I would enjoy this more if it wasn't for the awful nostalgic feeling I get in my stomach every time I listen to Oasis - I don't even know why but I have felt like this since I was a child and I cba feeling depressed so minus half a star.
Standout tracks:
- Roll With It (4/5)
- Wonderwall (5/5)
- Don't Look Back In Anger (4/5)
- Morning Glory (5/5)
Bill Evans Trio
2/5
Highbrow albums like these are annoying bc I have nothing to say but I also didn’t hate it.
2.5/5 bc it’s boring
The Stone Roses
3/5
Apologies The Stone Roses, I was unfamiliar with your game. 3.5/5
Standout tracks:
- Bye Bye Bad Man (4/5)
- Elizabeth My Dear (5/5)
Saint Etienne
3/5
Standout track: Girl VII (4/5)
Johnny Cash
4/5
Johnny Cash forever <3
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
I accidentally left my review for "Electric Ladyland" on "Axis: Bold As Love", so this is a review for "Axis: Bold As Love".
Pretty good, and I can see just how influential this album has been on music in the following decades, but I won't be listening again.
Standout track:
- Castles Made of Sand (4/5)
- Bold As Love (4/5)
Guns N' Roses
5/5
(PREFACE: as I have gotten older I do know OF COURSE the lyrics are gross sometimes)
One of the best albums of all time - I still vividly remember finding this album properly on the plane aged 11. I still remember falling instantly in love w/ Paradise City but never being able to listen to it properly bc my brother kept changing the channel when it was on Kerrang. I remember playing Welcome to the Jungle on Guitar Hero for hours on repeat. I remember my brother surprising me with a Slash figure and me putting it on top of my CD rack bc he was the definition of music to me. AHHHH I LOVE THIS ALBUM WITH ALL MY HEART - alsooo this genre is everything to me, it is home in a lot of ways, it is one of the first rock sub-genres I fell in love with on my own, also I had sm piccies of Axl Rose on my Sony Ericsson (yet another long-haired man who changed my brain chemistry) - Love u forever Appetite For Destruction <3 <3 <3
(Also thank u to this album for accompanying me during my 3 month rebel phase when I actually sneaked out to go to a gig while wearing a leather jacket and black eyeshadow UGH I MISS BEING CRINGE AND 14).
I'm not about to try and find standout tracks musicality wise, I am obsessed with every single track. BUT memories wise, the ones I hold closest to my heart are:
- Welcome To The Jungle
- Paradise City
- Sweet Child O' Mine
- Nightrain
- Mr. Brownstone
Talking Heads
2/5
2.5/3
Standout tracks:
- Don't Worry About The Government - 3.5/5
- Psycho Killer - 4.5/5
Incubus
5/5
(Oh no, another diary entry disguised as a review)
One of the best albums of all time, phenomenal - such a lovely surprise that this on the list, even though it very much belongs here.
I could write so much about this album but my words couldn't do it justice - all I know is Incubus' music has been there for me during so many pivotal times in my life. I expected it to be, as I have seen both of my older brothers singing Pardon Me at the top of their lungs when they were 23, and knew that was coming for me too (thank u pandemic and second year of uni, love u lots...)
Standout tracks - every single song is 5/5, and hardly any albums are like that for me. BUT I will list songs that I hold dearer to my heart instead:
- Drive (I have loved this song since I was 3, and also started fancying Brandon Boyd then too LOL. V important song for me in 2018, soundtrack to falling on the floor and getting back up to start my life over).
- Stellar (love u Jack)
- Nowhere Fast (LOL deffo not crying rn)
- Privilege (always think about this song when I am overwhelmed)
- Make Yourself (wow)
- When It Comes (would be a perf wrestler's entrance theme)
- PARDON ME <3 <3 <3
The Human League
2/5
2.5/5 - I love all the elements separately, but put together it wasn’t my cup of tea.
Standout track - do I even have to say it
Morrissey
2/5
2.5/5 - elements of everything i like, but it didn’t come together to make something interesting/great, in my opinion.
Guitar from 3:00 onwards on Tomorrow was perf though
The Smiths
3/5
Generous 3
Standout track:
- Death of a Disco (4/5)
Herbie Hancock
2/5
2.5/5 - Nice, but wouldn’t listen again (except to the part I mention below)
Standout (part of a) track:
- 8:34-13:21 of Chameleon (4.5/5)
Wild Beasts
2/5
"Girls from Shipley" me for 1 hour a month when I get a 12-min train to get my nails done.
2/5 - I don't resonate with this and was waiting for it to finish. That being said, there are some songs that were nice e.g. Two Dancers (i)
Some of the vocals are a little jarring.
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
I enjoyed - 3.5
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
Superb - changed the cultural landscape and I won't hear otherwise.
(Side note: hearing my accent at age 10 on the music channels when Arctic Monkeys came on was so surreal, I didn't get into them until I was 13/14 but my god that was a great feeling)
Standout tracks (all 5/5):
- I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
- Riot Van <3<3<3
- Mardy Bum
- When the Sun Goes Down (something shifted when this came out)
- From The Ritz To The Rubble
- A Certain Romance
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
It didn’t hit the spot! I’m disappointed
Standout track:
- Mrs. Robinson
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Perfection.
Standout track:
Know your enemy 10/5 - will never get tired of shouting this in other angry people's faces in da clerb
Neil Young
4/5
Getting a Neil Young album on the first 20 degree day of the year? Perfection.
4.5/5 - I loved, but not as much as I loved On The Beach.
Standout tracks/
- Old Man: 5/5 I LOVE this song
- Alabama: 5/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Amy had a perfect voice and she will be forever missed.
That being said, this album was not for me:
Standout track:
- Take The Box (4/5) the only song I really enjoyed
Side note: the lyrics in Stronger Than Me are INSANE
Foo Fighters
4/5
I loved this - I faintly remember some of these songs from when I was a child but I am glad to have listened to the album in its entirety.
Standout tracks:
- This Is a Call (4/5)
- Weenie Beenie (4/5)
- For All the Cows (4/5)
- Exhausted (4/5)
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
It was fun, it sounded good - I wouldn’t listen again, however.
Haircut 100
3/5
3.5/5 - I love the 80s, I love feeling like I'm watching an episode of Supermarket Sweep - it's a win win.
Standout tracks:
- Kingsize (You're My Little Steam Whistle) (5/5) - I restarted this twice bc I didn't want it to end
- October Is Orange (Day 1 & 2) (4/5)
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
4/5 - This album is more up-beat than the other Springsteen records the generator has provided thus far, but it still has a melancholy edge that gets me teary eyed.
(I will always give an extra half a star to any Bruce Springsteen album I get because he was so dreamy LOL).
Standout Tracks:
- Born in the USA (5/5)
- Downbound Train (4.5/5)
- Dancing In The Dark (5/5) <3<3<3 perfect for a forever melancholy but optimistic soul <3<3<3 ALSO watching this music video at 12 is the first time I experienced bi panic!!! good times
- Bobby Jean (3/5) SO SO SAD and reflective and nostalgic, I cried while washing the dishes
Janelle Monáe
5/5
This album meant a lot to me when I was 16, and it is a timeless piece of music. As I have gotten older, certain songs speak to me more where they didn't before.
Favourite Tracks (all 5/5 - probably one of the best tracklists of all time):
- Dance or Die
- Faster
- Locked Inside
- Sir Greendown
- Cold War
- Tightrope
- 57821
Carole King
5/5
I love this album, and I love Carole King.
Fave tracks (all 5/5):
- I Feel the Earth Move
- It's Too Late
- Beautiful
- You've Got a Friend
- Where You Lead
- (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Faith No More
4/5
The first three songs are some of my fave songs of all time, especially Epic and Falling to Pieces, but it just gets boring after the third song 💔
Could have been one of the best albums of all time imo :(
Brian Eno
3/5
A lovely little album to journal too, I feel very relaxed right now.
Standout tracks:
- Backwater: 4/5
- King’s Lead Hat 3:19 onwards: 4/5
Judas Priest
3/5
I always thought I disliked the singer's voice, but this wasn't actually that bad. The guitar (as it always is on late 70s/early 80s metal) was LOVELY.
Standout tracks:
- Breaking the Law: 4/5 (that riff will always be one of my faves)
- The Rage 3.5/5
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
2.5/5 - I found this to be really boring. There was nothing good or bad about it, it was just really plain.
Second half of the album was better than the first half
Standout tracks:
- Removables 3.5/5
- Australia 3.5/5
Booker T. & The MG's
2/5
2.5/5 - While I can appreciate this classic sound and it is fun and easy to listen to, I can’t really get into it - just not for me.
Standout tracks:
- Green Onions: 4.5/5 iconic
- Mo’ Onions: 3.5/5 the name made me laugh, because it literally is just Mo’ Onions
Richard Hawley
1/5
Boring and depressing
Santana
2/5
2.5/5 - fun! But not really my thing.
Standout track:
- Mother’s Daughter: 4/5
The Go-Go's
2/5
2/5 - everyone’s 5 star reviews have surprised me, as this is simplistic and quite boring. I really wanted to like this as I’m having a bit of a new wave phase at the moment, and I have been in love with Kim Wilde’s debut album for years, so I know I am capable of liking music like this, but this album was far off the mark for me.
This Town reminded me a lot of Our Town by Kim Wilde…
Standout tracks:
- Our Lips Are Sealed: 3.5/5 (Hilary and Hailey Duff did a cover of this and I prefer that version 😭)
- Skidmarks On My Heart 3.5/5
Kings of Leon
2/5
This isn’t for me - 2/5
Vocals are grating, idk if they were revolutionary at the time and I don’t care if they were.
Standout track:
- Soft 2.5/5
The Cult
2/5
2.5/5: Bland and boring - there are much better albums out there from this era and genre. Extra 0.5 stars because they are from Bradford.
At this point in the 80s, the riffs and solos had to be better than THIS.
Why did we need a cover of Born to be Wild???
I'm off to listen to far better album released in 1987 by another Yorkshire band (Hysteria by Def Leppard).
Standout track:
- Outlaw: 3/5 - this one had some energy to it.
John Lennon
3/5
3.5 - second half of the album is a solid 4/5, I enjoyed this.
Standout tracks:
- Imagine: OBVIOUSLY 4.5/5
- Oh My Love: 4/5
- How?: 5/5
- Oh Yoko!: 3.5/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
It was good, but I won’t listen again.
Standout track:
- Gimme Shelter: 5/5 - this one however, I could listen to on repeat