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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
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5 | 2.61 | +2.39 |
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Bummed
Happy Mondays
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5 | 2.64 | +2.36 |
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Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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5 | 2.71 | +2.29 |
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Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
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5 | 2.73 | +2.27 |
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So Much For The City
The Thrills
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5 | 2.81 | +2.19 |
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Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
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5 | 2.83 | +2.17 |
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Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
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5 | 2.88 | +2.12 |
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Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
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5 | 2.9 | +2.1 |
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Fred Neil
Fred Neil
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5 | 2.92 | +2.08 |
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The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
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5 | 2.93 | +2.07 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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xx
The xx
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1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
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1 | 3.35 | -2.35 |
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
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1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
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1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
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Homework
Daft Punk
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1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
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Since I Left You
The Avalanches
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1 | 3.28 | -2.28 |
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Cross
Justice
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1 | 3.27 | -2.27 |
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1989
Taylor Swift
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1 | 3.27 | -2.27 |
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american dream
LCD Soundsystem
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1 | 3.18 | -2.18 |
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Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
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1 | 3.17 | -2.17 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| David Bowie | 7 | 5 |
| Bob Dylan | 5 | 5 |
| Beatles | 4 | 5 |
| Deep Purple | 3 | 5 |
| Steely Dan | 3 | 5 |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 5 |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 5 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 5 |
| Leonard Cohen | 3 | 5 |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 5 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 3 | 5 |
| The Who | 3 | 5 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 5 |
| Neil Young | 3 | 5 |
| Marvin Gaye | 3 | 4.67 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 4.67 |
| Paul Simon | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Temptations | 2 | 5 |
| Adele | 2 | 5 |
| John Lennon | 2 | 5 |
| The Smiths | 2 | 5 |
| Green Day | 2 | 5 |
| Aerosmith | 2 | 5 |
| T. Rex | 2 | 5 |
| Joy Division | 2 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 2 | 5 |
| Stan Getz | 2 | 5 |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 2 | 5 |
| Willie Nelson | 2 | 5 |
| Aretha Franklin | 2 | 5 |
| Ray Charles | 2 | 5 |
| The Rolling Stones | 2 | 5 |
| Johnny Cash | 2 | 5 |
| Iron Maiden | 2 | 5 |
| Elvis Presley | 2 | 5 |
| Alice Cooper | 2 | 5 |
| U2 | 3 | 4.33 |
| Peter Gabriel | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Kanye West | 3 | 1.33 |
| My Bloody Valentine | 3 | 1.67 |
| The xx | 2 | 1.5 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
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| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 4, 1 |
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Willie Nelson
5/5
I'm coming back from a night of drinking, I'm completely hungover. There was no better time to listen to a Willie Nelson album! I mean, I feel like I'm in heaven, shit, I threw up during September Song, it was just beautiful!
14 likes
Elis Regina
5/5
BRAZIL MENTIONED!! Elis is arguably the greatest female singer in my country of all time! Hearing her voice is a blessing! This album has great songs and can be considered an excellent introduction to Elis's discography. I was very happy to have received this album today. Elis Regina is a pride of Brazil!
7 likes
Heaven 17
5/5
It's because of albums like this that I've been on 1001albunsgenerator for 227 consecutive days. Discovering gems like these on a Thursday night is priceless.
The album has a very creative sound, built on funk grooves. 38 minutes very well spent! Great lyrics. The vocalist sounds like Ian Curtis had joined a disco band.
I don't usually give 5 stars to a newly discovered album, but today, I'll make an exception.
6 likes
Slayer
5/5
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5 likes
Flamin' Groovies
5/5
How had I never heard of these guys before? They sound like a mix of Rolling Stones and CCR.
70s, right? There's no error. That's my kind of music. Every time I think I've heard everything about this decade, I'm always surprised! 5 stars of course.
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Sam Cooke
4/5
Great Album! Very well recorded to a live album from 1963. Sam was a great show man!
Deep Purple
5/5
Absolute Bang! Live album with such a massive sound. Purple at their prime: no mistakes! Actually, you can hear mistakes in their performances. Even just a few. But that's what make this album so great: Their REAL! They're actually playing. And playing very well!
Beatles
5/5
This was an excellent surprise. Revolver is one of the most indispensable albums of my life. Revolutionary album; magnificent songs; Beatles at their peak: no mistakes! 10/10
Charles Mingus
3/5
High Quality Jazz! I had never heard of Charles Mingus before. It was a beautiful surprise! I liked!
Linkin Park
4/5
A 2000's Classic! It's so good to hear Chester's voice again. It's huge for a first album. In The End is an imortal song!
5/5
I still can't believe that even after all these years, this album still gives me goosebumps. Definitely an immortal album that breathes fresh air to this day
PJ Harvey
4/5
Interesting discovery! It was like listening to Alanis Morissette in a grunge band. I feel like one day wasn't enough to properly appreciate this. I'll need a few more rounds to digest it properly. I wonder where I was, I had never heard this before...
Steely Dan
5/5
Fantastic! The best that the 70s sound had, compressed into a single album. I was won over at the exact moment the chords of Rikki Don't Lose That Number began to sound. Many artists from my homeland (Brazil) speak very highly of Steely Dan. This was the perfect opportunity for me to delve deeper into their work!
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Today was the day to dust off my old CD to enjoy some of this music that has already been imprinted in my soul since I was a teenager. There's not much to say. Absolute classic that never gets old
Anita Baker
4/5
When a woman with a voice as powerful as this can achieve the sweetest melodies, something special is certainly about to come. It wasn't a surprise at all. When I looked at the album cover I already expected to hear a spectacular voice and I was more than right. It was a pleasant surprise!
Pink Floyd
5/5
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This is probably my favorite album.
Bill Evans Trio
1/5
I don't even talk about that...
Bob Dylan
5/5
If today I am a great admirer of Dylan's work, I owe it to this album, which was responsible for opening the doors to this universe that this gentleman provides us with. Absolute Classic!
Eagles
4/5
In my opinion, Eagles represents the perfect stereotype of an American rock band from the 70's. Rock of the highest quality, of course!
It's unbelievable that they managed to make an album with such sound quality on its first release. Take it Easy is in every classic collection from the 70s, for sure!
Christine and the Queens
3/5
It's not my kind of music, for sure. But in such a decadent pop music scene, this album sounds like a breath of fresh air. Very well done and well produced. But as I said before: It's not something I'll hear every day.
Metallica
5/5
Another CD that had its dust removed today. It was great to remember this album that I've been listening to since I was a teenager. To this day, if I want to introduce Heavy Metal to someone who has never had contact with the genre, this is the album I recommend every time, after all, it is synonymous with this type of sound!
Black Sabbath
5/5
Black Sabbath with Ozzy didn't make a single bad album. I don't think they even made a single bad song at that time. Classic band, with 4 classic members, playing in a raw way and making classic albums. There is nothing more to say!
Magazine
4/5
Punk Rock albums tend to be Russian roulette: you don't know if you're going to hear a masterpiece or a piece of shit. But today was a pleasant surprise. I've been hearing about Magazine for a long time, but only today I had my first experience. Excellent sound for a 1978 album, good songs, very well performed... perfect album!
CHIC
4/5
A golden age disco album. Absolutely everything that came out at that time is either very good or has become a classic. I didn't know CHIC. But when I looked at the album cover I already knew it was going to be BANG!
Ramones
4/5
This album has a timeless sound that, even after almost five decades, still sounds like the music of a young rebellious teenager. Blitzkrieg Bop has become a classic that tops all playlists and collections of Punk Rock Anthems. Legendary!
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Agressive and Young! I Kinda Like It!!
It's like Nirvana meeting Green Day.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Without a doubt, this is the most different album I've ever heard. Especially because I had never heard an album of just acapella songs before. It's not the kind of thing to listen to casually. It has to be felt and observed, every little thing. It definitely has its value! The voices are very well harmonized. They make whoever listens to them feel comfortable and welcomed.
Guns N' Roses
5/5
Perfect Rock album with the perfect lineup of members. They could have just made this record and then disappeared from the face of the earth, and they would still be considered legends. For me personally, the album has enormous credit for completely changing the face of the Rock n Roll scene at the time, bringing the good old sound in a raw and naked way.
Roxy Music
4/5
I always thought that the band Roxy Music didn't have much "More Than This". I was apparently mistaken. Pleasant surprise; great album!
OutKast
3/5
Great rap album! It has the sound of the 2000s. Nostalgic and heavy!
The Cure
5/5
Probably one of the best Goth Rock albums I've ever heard. One Hundred Year and The Hanging Garden top most playlists and compilations of the genre. A curious fact is that I had never heard this entire album from start to finish in the sequence of tracks in which it was released. However, I already knew all the songs, precisely because they appear on all Goth Rock playlists. And in fact: they work much better together and in this sequence. Excellent Album!
Sex Pistols
5/5
Nowadays we live in a disgusting cult of celebrities. This could have started much sooner if these young Brits hadn't had the courage to express their anger. There is no way to imagine a world without Punk Rock and, without a doubt, this album is the definitive album of this genre. Album that made the great Rockstars come down from their pedestals as celestial and untouchable beings, in the presence of a band that spoke to the people.
Brian Eno
3/5
I'm not a great connoisseur of Talking Heads' work, much less David Byrne. I had never even heard of Brian eno. So all I expected was Psycho Killer type, but it wasn't. It was actually a very interesting musical experience. An experimental album that definitely has its value and must be enjoyed calmly. But it's not something I'll hear every day.
Massive Attack
3/5
A rap album with a much thicker sound than I'm used to hearing. It was a pleasant surprise!
Leonard Cohen
5/5
It's impressive how an album based on such simple vocals and guitars can be so stupendous and comfortable to listen to. I didn't know Leonard Cohen. Little did I know that he is the composer of the legendary "Hallelujah". And even fewer knew that this was his first album. Still, the voice delivery and interpretation, and especially the lyrics, can be divine.
The Temptations
5/5
The Temptations is one of the musical groups that has been on my waiting list for a long time. Then the day arrived and everything I heard met my expectations. The wonderful songs My Girl and Papa Was A Rolling Stone have been part of my life for years and this album gave me everything I expected and more. Sensational! What else can I say? That's my kind of music!
The Youngbloods
3/5
Instruments very well fitted, songs very well made and performed. A beautiful album to listen to on a Wednesday afternoon while drinking tea.
Van Morrison
4/5
Have you ever heard an album that made you feel like you were coming home? Well then: this is exactly the feeling this album gives me.
Van Morrisson had been on my waiting list for some time and this was a pleasant surprise.
Björk
4/5
Honestly, I've never heard someone mix so many dissonant musical genres before without it sounding weird. On the contrary, it sounds fantastic. Her voice sounds like magic. Even though it's not really my type of music, I was impressed. I've proven that she really is what people say she is and this is just her first album... I can't wait for the others!
Led Zeppelin
5/5
One of my top 20 favorite of all time for sure. And probably the best debut album of all time. No mistakes e no surprises here. Just the best that rock n roll has to offer!
Weather Report
4/5
I believe that's the first time I hear a jazz fusion album. Still got a lot to know. Boys like Zappa has been on my waiting list for a long time. Anyway. That was a great experience. I had to listen twice to get the feeling but it worked: Now i'm totaly into Jazz Fusion and i want to hear more! 4 stars that's the vote.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Dylan between 65-76 it's just perfect. There's not much to say about this. An album with Maggies Farm, Tambourine Man and Baby Blue must to be a Great album!
Os Mutantes
5/5
Brazil Mentioned! Brazil Mentioned! So good to hear something from my motherland. And what an album! Revolutionary and psychedelic. It represents some of the best Brazilian music has to offer. VIVA RITA LEE!!
Coldcut
3/5
I felt under the influence of ecstasy and was completely sober. What kind of music is this? How can the union of so many different sounds make you so "fast"? It's definitely not the kind of thing I hear every day, but it's definitely the first time I've heard something I can't understand. Therefore I am not able to apply a true assessment. I will give 3 stars
Adele
5/5
This is the best singer of this century. She only made 4 albums. And she couldn't make any bad songs! It was great to remember 25. I haven't listened to it in years. "Hello" still gives the same goosebumps from when it was the most listened to song in the world in 2016. Goosebumps! This is the word that defines her voice throughout her career, but especially on this album she was splendid. And even more especially in songs that give the impression that this woman is capable of absolutely anything, having only her voice and the piano in possession. 5 stars, of course!
Amy Winehouse
5/5
An icon of the 2000s. Amy is greatly missed today, for her originality and talent. Back To Black is certainly one of the 5 best albums of the 2000s. The rating will be nothing other than 5 stars.
Mj Cole
2/5
Okay this is boring. Seems like a background of some clothes shop.
Barry Adamson
4/5
At certain times, Barry invites you to a soft or lively dance in a ballroom with a jazz group playing in the background. At other times, Barry invites you for a late-night car ride. And at another point, he puts you to sleep on a bed of nails, along with your own mental discomforts. This was, without a doubt, a very ambiguous and intriguing experience.
Van Halen
5/5
Well, this is a classic! I'm feelling like 16 again! Jump was my clock alarm every morning when i was in highschool and Panama was the Bus Anthem! Even though I'm drowning in this feeling of nostalgia, there's something about this album that brings a sense of youth to whoever listens. Because it's fast and quick hahahaha. Jokes Apart. This album has never gotten old. This still smells like teenage spirit, full of pimples and horny! Exactly how I once was.
Koffi Olomide
4/5
You know that feeling of not understanding a single word of the song's lyrics? That's the feeling! The only word I understood from the entire album was actually the song title "Obrigado" (which means Thank You) because it's in my native language (Portuguese). But the question is: WHO CARES ABOUT THIS? My body didn't stop moving for a single moment. The instruments are very well played and have a captivating rhythm. It's very similar to another genre of music here in Brazil called "Lambada". And that means that I really felt at home listening to this album.
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
This is probably the best album of the 2000s. The songs on this album still sound fresh even 18 years later. If I want to show someone older what it means to be young in my generation, I'll show them this album. Plus: A Certain Romance is one of the best songs I've ever heard in my life. The feeling of being inside an old 69 Mustang at 100 miles per hour that this song gives me at its climax is still an indescribable emotion for me.
U2
4/5
If my band does an album like joshua's tree, I swear, we're gonna dissapear from earth and be legends forever. But U2 did not. Achtung Baby proves that they never were lazy. They're always trying to bring something new and fresh. Inovating their music. This is not one of my favorite U2 albuns, but certainly is a classic!
Frank Sinatra
4/5
I listened to the 1998 remastered version of this album and I honestly can't say if it makes any difference to the original release. But the fact is: This 1956 album seems much better recorded than many from the following decade. The quality of the instrumentals is impressive. I had never heard an album from the 50s of such quality. And what about Sinatra? This man is synonymous with Love Songs. His voice is a landmark of the 40s and 50s that resonates to this day. The romanticism of his interpretations makes me travel to a time I've never been to and think: Where do we human beings go wrong? Where did all this romanticism and emotions go? Did all of this really die back then? I don't know. But this is the sensation conveyed by Sinatra's voice: A journey through time where the world was completely different from the one we live in.
Buffalo Springfield
4/5
Okay, that's my kind of music. It's impressive how many good albums came out in 1967. It's a year that never ceases to surprise me. I had Buffalo Springfield on my list for a long time and this was a pleasant surprise.
Iggy Pop
4/5
Iggy Pop sounds like a dangerous and sexy version of David Bowie. It seems like everything he sings is really cool. He could be singing about farts. I don't care. He's so cool! I honestly don't know much about his work. I know some songs but I've had some of their albums on my list for some time. It was a pleasant surprise.
Marvin Gaye
5/5
If you are going to make a list of at least 15 albums that "you must hear before you die", or "you would take to a desert island", this album has to be on this list. I believe that if an alien from Mars starts studying the history of the human race, at some point he will have to go through What's Going On to understand some things. The song that gives the album its name is also among the best compositions of all time. This isn't even my opinion, it's facts! And the rating cannot be anything other than 5 stars.
Miles Davis
3/5
Definitely a unique experience. It is not easy to consume this type of material. Especially when there are no lyrics in an album that are almost 2 hours long (I almost didn't have time to listen to it today, for example). But despite it not being an album for casual listening and not really being my type of music, it is very well conceived and produced for an album from the beginning of the 1970s. I'll leave it with 3 stars.
John Lennon
5/5
Lennon is probably the reason I'm here today. I probably wouldn't even enjoy music if in the past I hadn't come into contact with his voice and his unique way of writing songs about his feelings in a way that no one else can. Since the Beatles, he has already explored the personal side he imprinted on his songs, but especially in his solo career, like on this album, it is very clear how personal these songs are, which gives the feeling of being extremely real and establishing a direct connection between Lennon and the listener. So it's not uncommon to hear stories from people who claim that "Lennon spoke to me." Lennon put heart and soul into his songs like no one else... Besides, of course, a certain Paul, but that's a story for another day.
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
This is without a doubt one of the best discoveries I made this year. A true Soul masterpiece. I just keep asking myself (I did my homework) why an album with the importance almost as great as Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" had never reached my ears, not even through the film that bears the same name . Music never ceases to amaze me!
Iggy Pop
5/5
To my delight, this is the second time this week that I have received an Iggy Pop's album. From the same year! It still sounds dangerous and sexy, but the difference between this album and "The Idiot" is that here now we have excellent compositions from the beginning to the end of the album, including songs like "Lust For Life", "Success", "Neighborhood Threat" and the classic "The Passenger" which I knew from the voice of Siouxsie Sioux. I was very happy to discover that the relationship between Iggy and Bowie wasn't just a figment of my imagination. Bowie in fact produced the album and composed some of the songs. It is possible to notice in the album, some elements of what would become Post Punk and Goth Rock in the future. Even New Wave is possible to notice in the album's sound. My rule is clear: Every album that catches my attention the first time gets 5 stars!
The Auteurs
4/5
I honestly don't have much to say about the technical aspect of this album's sound. This is very similar to several other records contemporaneous with this one. It comes from England, it sounds alternative, beautiful melodies, heavy sound... Nothing that I haven't heard in the Brit-pop scene of the 90s. But what caught my attention in a curious way, is that throughout the album I I can feel the sensation of coming home, from somewhere far away. And whether you know it or not, the last song on the album is precisely about that. Like I said, I can't say if it was intentional. But if it is, it's an impressive detail.
Randy Newman
4/5
Listening to an album by the guy who sings "You got a Friend in Me" was one of the most random things that could have happened today. His voice takes me back to peaceful childhood days, free from worries and responsibilities. I feel at home. This album has very interesting songs that deal with heavier and even sad themes. And the interesting thing is that the same voice that sings a song as happy as "Toy Story" can easily adapt to songs that bring other types of feelings.
Fugees
5/5
This is probably the best rap album of all time. At least the best i've heard. The samples are perfect, the voices and the lyrics are perfect and the album got some deep vibe that really makes you trip and chill.
Missy Elliott
3/5
Excellent rap album. Very well recorded, produced and conceived. I had never heard of Missy Elliot, but I loved her voice.
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Beautiful and soft melodies. Her voice is as delicate as the touch of a silk sheet. All of this added to the beautiful harmonies that invite you to sit, rest your back and enjoy the winds of a Wednesday afternoon.
Marvin Gaye
4/5
They say a divorce can destroy a man's life. Well, as far as I know it wasn't Marvin's ex-wife who shot him, on the contrary, he recorded an entire album about it. As always, everything Marvin touches turns to gold. Another 5-star and error-free album
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
5/5
Do you know what the best part of a 25-minute album is? You can listen to it over and over again hehe! And even more so when it comes to Buddy Holly and the golden age of Rock n roll. It's impossible to hear without moving your hips. That was a great start to Friday!!
The Velvet Underground
3/5
It's fascinating that these guys make such strange experiences seem fun and captivating. It completely smells like the 60s!
Supergrass
4/5
I Should Coco was an album that was part of my adolescence, but I had never stopped to listen to the other Supergrass albums. I found it impressive that the band found so much musical maturity from one album to the next. The first album is still and always will be a classic, but I really liked this one too!
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Road rock from the 70s. Songs to drive at night. Guitar solos and lyrics about life. About being alive. That's definitely my kind of music. Springsteen is one of the artists living on my waiting list. But with the discovery of this album, from now on I'm going to rush to get to know the others in depth.
DJ Shadow
3/5
A good and well produced rap album. Practically instrumental, few lyrics, but with a great vibe. It was a pleasant surprise!
The Smiths
5/5
The Smiths is one of my comfort bands and one of my favorites of all time. I know all the songs off the tip of my tongue. It's always a pleasure to listen to The Smiths. Strangeways is an album that I've learned to love a lot over the years and it's a shame that they stopped at that. For me, they were at their technical and artistic peak. But some bands are just like that: They pass through our existence like a comet, a true phenomenon that leaves its mark on anyone who comes into contact with this music. Morrissey, Mars, Joyce and Andy were the voice, heart, pulse and soul of an entire generation!
Radiohead
3/5
Definitely not one of my favorite Radiohead albums. But it's always a pleasure to hear Thom Yorke's melancholy voice. I have a very serious problem with the post OK Computer albums released by Radiohead. Albums like this, Kid A, Amnesiac and others, never really appealed to me. But it definitely has its value.
Amy Winehouse
4/5
That girl really had the soul of jazz. I don't like to compare albuns, but that one is way more spiritual than Back To Black. Has a different soul. It's more catchy. More engaging. I don't know how to explain it, but it sounds even sexier! Very pleasant surprise
Green Day
5/5
Probably one of the best albums of the 2000s. I've heard a lot during my life about how a true Punk should behave. I heard a lot about how a real Punk should act, what kind of sound he should play, how to play and where to play. But for me, the true identity of Punk is just one: Not to fear! And Green Day is a band that never feared the kind of evil that said Punk shouldn't be pop or conceptual. Because Punk was never afraid of being pop. Punk was never afraid of anything!
Sonic Youth
3/5
It's definitely not my type of music. But it certainly has its value!
Nas
5/5
Another great rap album that i get from this page. This have been on my list for a long time and today, I finally heard this masterpiece. I honestly ain't got much to say. The Rap and Hip-Hop world it's kinda new to me. But I know how to recognize a hit when a I hear one. And definetely, this album got a lot of them!
John Lee Hooker
5/5
The Legend John Lee Hooker. No mistakes here. I always take a step back before I listen to an album full of collabs. I ain't got a good experience with that. But like i said: no mistakes here. C'mon, it's blues! It's JLH! But I'll take a especial note to the first song with Carlos Santana. I really didn't knew that I was in need to hear that! Awesome!
The Boo Radleys
4/5
I'm personally a big fan of that fuzz guitar sound that existed in the 90s. Some of my favorite bands have that kind of guitar sound. And honestly, it's very easy to win me over with just that. If it combines pop rock elements: even more so! So in short: I loved it!
Prefab Sprout
5/5
It has a kind of 70s sound that I feel was lost in the following decade amidst so many synthesizers and metallic instruments. I'm not saying the 80s sound is bad, just different. But there are some cases where an artist manages to bring back some 1970s aspect to the contemporary sound in an excellent mix. Good examples of this are the albums that Fleetwood Mac released in the 80s: Mirage (1982) and Tango in The Night (1987). And today I just discovered another excellent example. And once again I ask myself: where was I all this time that I never heard of these guys? Prefab Sprout managed to bring to Steve McQueen the musical essence from two different decades, without hiding the fact that it was released in 1985, all bathed in a top quality pop sound. Besides, it's been a while since I've heard of an album with a name as badass as that, seriously, even I wanted to be called Steve McQueen! That's it: I loved it!
The Band
4/5
Another great album from 1968! I'm very sure that magical things happened this year. The last years of the 60s are at odds with everything that exists when we talk about music, and here it couldn't be any different.
Richard Thompson
4/5
Another beautiful discovery from the 70s. This decade never ceases to amaze me!
Carole King
5/5
A true classic from the 70s. Some of these songs have been part of the soundtrack of my life for years. 5 stars!
Garbage
4/5
Bro, I love the 90s so much! I always end up discovering things like this. I really liked the dynamics between the songs that vary between different emotions from one to another. It has 2 real hits ("Stupid Girl" and "I'm Only Happy When It Rains"). In other words: This is definitely not garbage! Despite the name hahaha
Miles Davis
4/5
I've been having very bad experiences with the Jazz albums sent to me on this site. So much so that in my summary it says that the genre I like least is Jazz, but that's not true. I just wasn't lucky! Miles Davis is an artist whose name I've heard somewhere but I've never come into contact with his work and I have to say, this is an excellent example that a Jazz album can be fun and entertaining. I don't give it 5 stars because of my philosophy that music should convey a message, even if it's an instrumental album. One of two things: Either I don't know enough about Jazz to understand the message of this album, or there is no message at all. Either way, it's a great album!
N.E.R.D
4/5
Another good album from the 2000s. I really liked the mix between the indie rock sound and elements of R&B. It's also very interesting that the album's sound seems to be at least a decade ahead of its time. Very good discovery!
Frank Ocean
3/5
I have the defect of prejudging an album based on its year of release. I know that there are several examples of good albums from 2010 onwards, but even so, I end up taking a step back.
With that in mind and said, this is not a perfect example. I personally don't like those synthetic and almost robotic vocals that permeated the decade. But I recognize that, musically speaking, there is a very good mix between pop and contemporary R&B and hip-hop. All of this stuck together in a kind of Lo-fi vibes with lyrics. I really liked the instrumental part, but it's not something I'll choose to listen to on a Saturday night while enjoying a good whiskey. No! But it's an excellent background to spend the night with some friends, playing Minecraft!
Steely Dan
5/5
I became a huge fan of Steely Dan this year a few months ago when the site sent me Pretzel Logic. I was instantly swept off my feet by the first lulls of Rikki Don't Lose That Number. So to sum it up well: I'm totally into them! It's my kind of music, no mistakes! It's the kind of 70's road rock band that I've been looking for for a long time. I thought I had already seen all the good ones, but now in 2024 I am blessed with Steely Dan. And this review of mine has nothing to do with the album itself. I just wanted to say thank you to this site! 5 Stars!
Aerosmith
5/5
I feel 15 years old again! Some of Aerosmith's songs are immortalized in my life and it was a pleasant surprise to re-listen to Toys in The Attic. Classics like Walk The Line and Sweet Emotion were part of the soundtrack of my adolescence and I still get goosebumps listening to them today. Easy 5 Stars!
Can
4/5
Initially I was very excited about the fact that it was the third day in a row that an album from the 70s came to me. This decade is actually my favorite. So I googled the album and discovered it was Experimental Rock. Not only that. It's one of the precursors of Krautrock, which I had never come into contact with before. I figured it would be good to start exploring the genre by drinking straight from the CAN. Jokes. But anyway. It was an excellent discovery. The album follows a psychedelic line, almost kissing progressive rock, but leaving experimentalism in evidence. I've had experiences with experimental albums before and I have to say, they weren't very good. But here it is not the case. Experimental sounds have to be strange and dissonant in themselves, but on this record, despite following this rule, everything sounds very cohesive! Nice surprise, I'll leave 4 stars.
Frank Zappa
5/5
The genius, Zappa! Previously, in the past, I tried to get in touch with Zappa's work. I heard, if I'm not mistaken, Joe Garage, I don't remember the year (guess it was realeased in 79). Anyway. It wasn't a good experience at the time. I was around 15 or 16 years old and as I gained musical maturity, getting to know new genres and sharpening my ears as a musician, I had in my mind that it was just a matter of time before I heard Zappa once again and then I would have a good experience. I was fucking right! It's truly different from anything I've ever heard, and at the same time it's everything I've ever heard before. I still need to process it properly because musicality like this cannot be processed in mind overnight. So I'll just leave 5 stars and walk away confused for a while...
The Fall
4/5
To be honest, when I read that it was a post-punk album from the mid 80s, I already imagined the kind of thing similar to "The Cure" or "Siouxsie and The Banshees" (bands I really love) but Maybe it was a very gothic ideal thought I have regarding Post-punk in general. So I tried to neutralize myself when listening to this album and to my surprise, I was VERY wrong! The album moves in a more Iggy Pop direction and even reminds me a little of American punk-rock bands like X (los angeleeees). There's even a bit of rockabilly in the mix, which made me very happy. Anyway, one more album that proves two things: 1. Post Punk is one of my favorite genres 2. I'm very easy to please! I don't even remember the last time I gave an album less than 4 stars! Aaaah may it continue like this!
CHVRCHES
3/5
Yesterday I said that I didn't remember the last time I gave less than 4 stars to an album here on this site. Me and my big mouth! I don't really like Synth Pop, at least not as a form of entertainment in itself. It works more for me as a background for anything else I'm doing, especially in the early hours of the morning. So as not to seem like I'm voting solely in the name of my personal taste, I want to highlight that the synthesized vocals and all this plasticized production are not a positive point in the slightest. In fact, it can even be boring and tiring to listen to. But like I said, it works well as a background and I'll probably use these songs on my Minecraft nights!
Robbie Williams
5/5
You know when a song hits you in a totally different way and you start to have familiar, comforting feelings? That's what happened today. I knew the name Robbie Williams, because I've been a huge fan of Oasis and the Gallagher brothers since I was a teenager, and apparently they didn't get along very well in the late 90s, trading public barbs and shit. And like the stupid fan I was, I wore an Oasis shirt as if it were a football team and I've never heard a single Robbie song to this day, at least as far as I know, and I'll explain why. There is a Brazilian forró band called "Nostalgia do Forró" that recorded a Portuguese version of Angels, which I listened to exhaustively when I was a child. So the moment Angels started playing, it was like coming home, to simpler days and away from problems. Other than that, all the prejudices I had regarding Robbie died today listening to this album. This is more than enough reason to give 5 stars!
T. Rex
5/5
Glam Rock's ground zero. This is one of the albums that you can listen to over and over again without getting bored. Get it On is a must on every 70s classic playlist!
John Cale
4/5
Another album that proves that the 1970s is my favorite. It's not a perfect album, nor an album that I'll listen to every day, but it's very comfortable to listen to and I could play it all day and I wouldn't get sick of it. I'll leave 4 stars!
Joy Division
5/5
This was probably ground zero for Goth Rock. One of the most disconcerting albums in rock history. But still a timeless classic!
David Bowie
5/5
Easy 5 stars! I love everything that Bowie did in the 70s. Especially this one! I used to play Life On Mars on my earphones going to school years ago, definetely one of the songs of my life and idk, i spend years without listen this one and it seems a lot better than I used to remember. Actually the intire album is givin me this fellin now. I guess that musical maturity finally came to me hahahaha.
Prince
4/5
Another artist leaving my waiting list today! Not to lie, I heard Purple Rain a few years ago and I remember being ecstatic and euphoric with this record. For this reason, I already knew that Prince was this eccentric, extravagant and powerful artist. So I went to listen to 1999 with great expectations and was honored with the satisfaction of all of them. This is probably the sexiest album I've ever heard in my life (it competes very well with Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On), it even gets pornographic at times. The sound quality is impeccable and, once again, Prince's vocals left me entranced and breathless. I'm not a person who likes to dance, but there's no way I can sit still and listen to this. The album suffers a little from the excessive length of the tracks. I think some of the 7 minute songs could be more compact. Apart from that, the album is perfect and was a pleasant surprise!
Ravi Shankar
4/5
Today I'm going to do one of the most complicated album reviews I've ever had to do. The time has come to clearly separate what is good music and my personal taste. I never bothered to do this before because I'm not a music critic, just a music lover. Indian music is not one of my favorites. Obviously, as a big Beatles fan that I am, I am very familiar with the name Ravi Shankar and the sound of his sitar. The entire album felt like a hyper-extended version of Within You Without You. But the album fulfills its purpose perfectly. Just as the title of the first song announces, the entire album is like an initial experience for anyone who doesn't know Indian music, a true introductory performance. One fact I would like to highlight is that Ravi is really good at playing the sitar. Everything I knew about this instrument came from George Harrison's songs and it was an extraordinary experience to hear the sound of an expert! In the end, I ended up really liking the album, even though it's not something I'll listen to every day, I feel like this experience brought me something very positive! I will leave an honest 4 star review.
Kings of Leon
4/5
Very good! Excellent rock album from 2000s. Still sounds fresh even after 20 years!
Violent Femmes
5/5
Great discovery! As I usually say: Punk fears nothing! Punk is not afraid of being pop, much less making songs without guitars or with almost no distortion. On the contrary, Punk is purely attitude! And this album has that. I would like to highlight the bassist's work on this album. It's been so long since I've been so excited about the sound of an instrument. Speaking of excitement, I must have listened to this album about 4 times in a row today. I really liked it a lot and it was definitely one of the best discoveries this year! 5 stars!
Stevie Wonder
5/5
If I had to summarize what Stevie Wonder is in a single word, it would be "Joy", because that's what he brings us. Once again, the 70s. Just like Bowie, everything Stevie released at that time was a masterpiece. I wanted to highlight the song Bird Of Beauty where Stevie sings in Portuguese (Brazil Mentioned!). Anyway, it is truly an honor to live on the same planet as this genius! Every time Stevie appears, it will be 5 stars automatically!
Love
4/5
Another good discovery I made thanks to this site. And this time, this album comes straight from the most psychedelic year in music history. 1967: what a year!
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Another good rap album from the 90s. Pleasant surprise!
Common
4/5
C O double M O to the N! 2 rap albums in a row, check it out! I loved the samples used in this album. It has a very pleasant vibe to listen to. I had a very wrong idea about rap and hip-hop albums from the 2000s, but this one is making me change that view a little. Nice surprise!
Nirvana
5/5
Today we have a classic! There's not much to say about Nevermind that hasn't already been said by millions over the 33 years since it was released. I mean, this album is where it all started for me and a lot of people. I can't imagine being the person I am now without having listened to Nevermind when I was younger. But one thing is for sure: This album hasn't aged a single day! Still smells like teen spirit to this day.
Lucinda Williams
4/5
Road trip songs! Yeah! My type of music. Don't have much to say. I'll leave 4 stars.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
There's something very special about this album and I can't say exactly what it is. Whether it's the extremely sentimental sound or the lyrics with deep themes... I don't know.
But I really liked this one a lot. Fun Fact: I haven't seen Harry Potter in almost 10 years, and when I read that the closing track plays in one of the films I was like "Ah shit, I'm going to have to watch Harry Potter again" hahaha
Kate Bush
3/5
Everyone who hasn't been living under a rock for the last 2 years has heard of Kate Bush because of the show Stranger Things. No wonder, Running Up That Hill is a great song and Kate Bush is one of the most original singers to have ever appeared. But I'm not sure if I was able to properly digest the work done on The Dreaming. The feeling I have is that something is missing. Maybe it's something I'll come across throughout her discography, but while The Dreaming isn't something I'll listen to every day, it definitely has its value. I'm going to leave 3 stars today, but maybe that rating will change over time.
Stan Getz
5/5
BRAZIL MENTIONED!! I know that Stan Getz is not Brazilian. But he did everything for it. In addition to the legendary album recorded with João Gilberto (which displaced the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night from #1 in the charts, suck it) there is also this one with Charlie Byrd. And these two albums together helped to spread the music of my homeland throughout the world. What rating other than 5 stars could I give, right?
Adele
5/5
Adele's Prime! It seems like yesterday that the songs from this album exploded all over the world. But on the contrary, it has been more than a decade. I grew up listening to Adele's songs. It's part of the soundtrack of my life. I say again, just as I did in the 25 review, that this is the greatest singer of this century. Her songs will echo forever!
Ice Cube
5/5
This is the first Rap/Hip-Hop album I heard in my life, when I was 16 years old. I discovered "It Was a Good Day" while playing GTA: San Andreas in a video game many years ago, and that led me to want to know more about this world of Rap. For the record, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soul, Jazz and Funk were not part of my life until then. I have my roots coming from Rock n' Roll, Blues and music from my country, Brazil (Samba, Forró, Baião, Bossa Nova, Sertanejo). I remember exactly the feeling of listening to this album for the first time. The album starts with an intro that immediately gives away what the mood of the album will be and then it becomes one of the heaviest (if not the heaviest) songs I've ever heard in my life. "When Will They Shoot?" It doesn't owe anything to a Trash Metal song from the 80s when we talk about weight. To this day I consider this the best Rap album I've ever heard and Ice Cube is still my favorite Rapper, and that probably won't change anytime soon hahaha. So now, many years later, I see that The Predator is in fact one of the most influential albums on my musical taste, because thanks to the songs on this album and the samples, I discovered artists like The Isley Brothers, Wilson Pickett and later, several other Soul music artists from the 60s and 70s such as Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and many others. Not to mention that now, I have a completely open mind to Rap/Hip-Hop, knowing from this album, artists like Snoop Dog, Dre, 2Pac, Too $hort, NWA and many others. Damn, I had no idea how important this album was going to be in my life. Anyway, it was great to be able to remember this album today!!
Rush
5/5
One of the easiest 5-star ratings I've ever given. Absolute classic! I don't have much to say. Tom Sawyer was one of the anthems of my adolescence, XYZ is one of my favorite instrumental songs and Limelight is beautiful! In fact, all 7 songs are absolute classics. Probably one of the best albums in history.
The Pharcyde
3/5
It was very fun to listen to it! Another good hip-hop album coming from this site :)
Kate Bush
4/5
This is the second Kate Bush album that I have received from this site in a short period of time. In the review of The Dreaming I had said that I needed time to properly digest the songs on that album. Some time passed and things got better. Of course, the fact that today we have an album that starts with one of the best songs of the 80s (Running Up That Hill) helps a lot to get into the mood. Even though it sounds dissonant with reality, the depth she reaches with her voice and her lyrics are extremely real and genuine, apart from the fact that the album's sound is based on the best of the 80s. Today I'm going to give 4 stars, again, with the possibility of giving 5 next time ahaha!
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
No Shit! Another Hip-Hop album? That must be the third time in the week! But that's ok cause this one is good too.
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
now, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!! I had already heard some things by Sly & The Family Stone separately on the Soul & Funk playlists I listen to, but I had never listened to an entire album before. It was something that had been on my list for a long time and it was a pleasant surprise to be able to experience this iconic musical group!
Blondie
5/5
What a way to start the week, huh? This is one of my favorite albums from the second half of the 70s (yes, I have to separate this decade into two to talk about my favorite albums without forgetting any). I'm not into celebrity culture, but if I was, I'd probably be a crazy Debbie Harry's groupie!
Arcade Fire
3/5
There are some great songs on this record, but I'm not sure they work well together as an album. Experiencing the album as a whole gives a disjointed feeling between the songs, even though the sound and content of the songs are very good. I will leave 3 stars today.
Machito
4/5
Very cool! I had never heard an Afro-Cuban Jazz album before, but I can imagine a lot of songs that I know that draw from the source of this album. It's basically Jazz with insane Latin percussions; I loved it!
King Crimson
5/5
Okaaay. So we have classic today! This is the proof that it ain't need to fill an album with bunch of songs to be great. In here, we only got 5. 4 classics and 1 weird cousin (moon child it's coo coo). But the album is fantastic!
Pink Floyd
5/5
Pink Floyd is probably my favorite band. If it's not, it's one of them. And absolutely everything that appears from them here on this site (at least between 1970 and 1994) will receive automatic 5 stars. Anyway, there's nothing I can say without sounding like a crazy fanboy. So I'm going to shut my mouth and give silent thanks that today's album is Wish You Were Here!
The White Stripes
4/5
A 2000s classic!! Got some good memories with Seven Nation Army from the time I was learning how to play guitar. Good Album!
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
This was an interesting discovery. An album that really needs to be felt to be understood. Fun Fact: This album isn't on Spotify (at least not in my country) so I had to turn to YouTube and luckily I found it. There I had the opportunity to read the comments section and I wanted to highlight one of them here: "A very special album. I revisit this every few years - it is it's own universe."
Marvin Gaye
5/5
S E X !!! This is probably my favorite Marvin Gaye's album. I think that never in the history of music has anyone managed to communicate and convey the sensations of... you know what, like Marvin did on this record. About the title track, a renowned Brazilian journalist once said: "...it presents such an engaging atmosphere that I have no doubt that 1/3 of children born since that year on the planet have been conceived to the sound of the song."
Guided By Voices
2/5
They sound like coitus interruptus! A premature ejaculation. Although they have a lot of potential good songs and some good ideas, they are completely wasted, because you can't just fill an album with a bunch of one and a half minute songs and think that's cool. Other than that, they actually sound cool at times, and for that reason alone I won't give them the slightest rating. 2 stars.
B.B. King
5/5
So we had the King today! There are a lot of things that can be said about BB King, his songs and his legendary guitar licks, played by the equally legendary Lucille Guitar. But what I wanted to highlight about this album, is precisely the fact that it is live. The interaction with the audience and the stories he tells between songs (sometimes even during the song) give an impressive feeling of immersion, apart from the fact that this type of interaction between audience and artist no longer happens nowadays. BB King and the audience are almost talking to each other, as if they were at a Sunday barbecue sitting around a bar table. A very intimate atmosphere! Love it, 5 stars!
LL Cool J
3/5
Another Great Rap/Hip-Hop album from this site! I really liked the samples on this one!
Norah Jones
4/5
So we got the Shankar's daughter today! She's a great singer and this is a really good album! 4 stars.
Wilco
3/5
Interesting discovery. Very good!
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Neil Young, a living legend! One of the biggest shames I have as a musician and music lover is never having explored this icon's discography in depth. Of course, the most famous albums from the 70s have been part of the soundtrack of my life for a long time, but here today is an album that I had never heard of before. And I really don't want to say anything about the record. Nana not today. I just want to sit my ass down in the chair and listen to this record over and over again and reflect on where I was and what I was doing all these years for me to have never heard this masterpiece before. So if you'll excuse me... (5 stars, of course)
The Beach Boys
5/5
This is probably the most difficult album to review in just one paragraph. There is so much, so much details that can be said about these songs, that it would be enough to write a book. Pet Sound is huge! Absolutely everything about this album is simply huge! It captures the entire essence of the deepest human feelings, from genuine joy (Wouldn't It Be Nice) to deep sadness (Caroline, No), passing through and addressing themes such as loneliness and emptiness (That's Not Me, I Just Wasn't Made For This Times) and even the greatest of feelings of love, represented by one of the most perfect songs that human beings have ever made: God Only Knows! Like I said, a book would easily be written if I were to say everything I think about this album. Long Live to the Genius Brian Wilson!
Kraftwerk
3/5
Kraftwerk had been on my list for a long time so I was very happy to know that today would be the day to try one of their albums. I know they must have sounded very innovative at the time with that sound, but I don't think this record has aged so well. My main criticism of this album is that it doesn't grab you. You can test things, bring innovative sounds, recording techniques never seen before, but it's no use if you can't connect with those who listen. I didn't research it but I believe this is a work from the very beginning of Kraftwerk's career and although I criticize it, I give full credit to the band for these innovative experimentalisms and I hope to see more of this on the next albums but of course, I hope it is more attractive. I'll leave 3 stars.
Röyksopp
2/5
I'm not going to lie, this one was pretty boring. It has its moments but overall it's pretty boring.
Cheap Trick
4/5
I had never heard Cheap Trick before (although the name was familiar) and mind you, that's why the 70s is my favorite, because albums like that come out every day and even though I don't know these songs, I had so much fun listening to them, which makes me very suspicious to speak and give notes, as they will almost always be good reviews and high star marks. But what to do, right? Rock n' Roll can't go wrong! The only song I actually knew was the beautiful cover of Ain't That a Shame, which I had already heard by John Lennon's voice (and which until today I didn't know it was a Fats Domino's song). At the beginning of 'Surrender' (which is apparently their most popular song) he says "this song is the opening song to our latest album which was released this week" I felt like I was in a time machine, like I was actually there 46 years ago. By the way, great choice of place to do a show. The Japanese women are hysterical and scream at the top of their lungs the entire show! hahaha
Supergrass
5/5
I listen to many albums every day throughout the years and what most of these albums have in common is that almost all of them are from a time that I didn't live through. But there was a specific period in my life, when I was in high school, when everything seemed more intense and albums like I Should Coco were part of my experience of what it was like to live at that time. I really lived intensely the things and people of my time and albums like this, Stone Roses, some by Oasis, Primal Scream are albums that connect me directly with that era every time I listen to them. I can smell the hormones, the cheap drinks, the crazy parties... Yes, there is a feeling of nostalgia, but I'm glad that this time has passed, and when I want to remember those good times, I Should Coco and Supergrass will be there. always available!
Scissor Sisters
4/5
Very good rock album! I would like to highlight the great mix of classic rock n' roll with House Music and the good songs: Take Your Mama, Tits On The Radio, Filthy/Gorgeous and the interesting cover of Comfortably Numb.
Willie Nelson
5/5
I'm coming back from a night of drinking, I'm completely hungover. There was no better time to listen to a Willie Nelson album! I mean, I feel like I'm in heaven, shit, I threw up during September Song, it was just beautiful!
Jerry Lee Lewis
5/5
That's a hell of a way to start a Monday!! The lendary Rock n' Roll Star: Jerry Lee Lewis! Hell Yeah! That's my type of music, no mistakes here. 5 stars!
The Last Shadow Puppets
4/5
Nice album! Always good to hear Alex Turner's voice. There's some real good song in it!
Cypress Hill
4/5
Great rap album! Cypress Hill is one of the classics of the early 90s! I grew up listening to How I Could Just Killed Man, as it was played on GTA SA radio stations hahaha so yes, this is all very familiar to me. I'll leave 4 stars.
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Everyone who hasn't been under a rock for the last 26 years has heard The Rockefeller Skank. The album is cool, but it's not my type of music. I'll leave 3 stars!
Solomon Burke
4/5
Yeah! That's my kind of music! I really liked his voice. I'll leave 4 stars.
Beatles
5/5
I love it when this site sends me an album that I have in my collection, because it encourages me to dust off all of them hahaha. Anyway, Beatles, right? 5 Automatic Stars activated! You can go away, there's no review, it's Beatles! You don't need one. Just kidding. This is probably the best early Beatles album and probably one of the best film soundtrack albums of all time. It was the album that opened the doors of the world wide open and said "We are the best band on the planet!". I wanted to highlight the title track for one simple reason: how many songs do you know that can be easily recognized by the first chord at the beginning? It's as if the music stole that chord for itself, so much so that if you play it (if you're a musician) in any other context in your life, you'll immediately remember A Hard Day's Night!
Fun fact: I watched Paul Mcartney in December 2023 here in Brazil, and he opened the show with Can't Buy Me Love and I was curious to notice how a song that I've heard since I was a child still gives me the same chills that I felt the first time. Seeing Paul sing that day was like watching my entire life flash before my eyes!
Anyway, like I said, Automatic 5 stars!
Steve Winwood
5/5
I don't usually give 5 stars to an album I heard for the first time, but today it happened, once again, that immediate connection that music gives me from time to time (I've been very lucky, because here on this site, this has happened a few times ) and it reminds me of the principles of everything: why I started listening to the albums on this site, why I listen and make music every day and why I love music so much. I feel really lucky!
I already knew Steve because of Higher Love, but after this album today, I will definitely get to know his work in more depth!
Black Sabbath
5/5
Heavy Metal's Ground Zero!! Today was the day to dust off another CD from my collection and listen to this masterpiece! I confess that I don't know how to listen to Black Sabbath in moderation because when I listen, I play 3 or 4 consecutive albums. That's what happened today. I started with the first one, then I dusted off the Paranoid CD, then I pulled out Master Of Reality... My speakers were burning out! It's not every day that I listen to Black Sabbath, but when I do, so my neighbors! hahaha Anyway, today was a great day, it was good to remember these wonderful albums!
Brian Eno
1/5
That was very, very boring! I understand the concept of an ambient sound album, but the atmosphere created in these tracks is as enthusiastic as a half-hour recording of just my farts.
Elis Regina
5/5
BRAZIL MENTIONED!! Elis is arguably the greatest female singer in my country of all time! Hearing her voice is a blessing! This album has great songs and can be considered an excellent introduction to Elis's discography. I was very happy to have received this album today. Elis Regina is a pride of Brazil!
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
It had everything to be a good Post Punk album, but the vocalist gives me the impression that he is eternally falling down a staircase while singing! Although the instrumentals are very good, it was painful to listen to until the end. I'll leave 2 stars.
Pretenders
4/5
A New Wave classic: The Pretenders debut! Some of the songs on this album are eternal classics like "Tattooed Love Boys" and "Brass in Pocket". Although the album has some low moments, it's still a great debut album and one of the most important New Wave albums of the 80s. I'll give it 4 stars!
Brian Eno
3/5
By far much better than the album I previously heard from Brian Eno, because its actually music ya know hahahaha. No jokes, Music for Airports was a disaster, but this one was cool. It still hasn't won me over sonically speaking. But there are some very good songs here. I'll leave 3 stars!
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
This album has some very good songs, however I feel that some of them were wasted thanks to the bad guitar work on some of them. The singer's voice is very similar to Iggy Pop's (it's probably him, right? I haven't looked at the wiki) and the lyrics are good. Although it is overall a good album, it didn't impress me much. I'll leave 3 stars!
Steely Dan
5/5
Since this site sent me Pretzel Logic a few months ago, I have become a huge fan of Steely Dan and his records have become part of my listening routine. And of course, their debut album is also part of this description. It has some really good songs, some really wonderful ones and also one of the best songs of the 70s: Reelin' In The Years which, after just a few plays, has already entered my select playlist of my favorite type of music: Road Trip Songs! Not just any song I put on this playlist. It took about 10 years to put together 50 songs and this year alone, Steely Dan released two including Rikki Don't loose that Number which was also one that won me over immediately! Anyway, I don't have much else to say about this album. I just have to thank this site for introducing me to this wonderful band! Another very easy 5 stars!
Beck
2/5
I really don't know what to feel about this one. There diferent rythms and sounds like some kind of collage idk... I really can't say if it's good or bad, but I really didn't feel it right. I'll leave 2 stars.
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Uh! Some smooth hip hop album. I like the samples on this one and the vibes too, but didn't impress me much. I'll leave 3 stars.
Tim Buckley
2/5
Definitely one of the best naps of my life!
John Coltrane
5/5
A certain Brazilian musician once said that in music "You have to be gentle as a lamb and quick as a rattlesnake". I couldn't find a better phrase to define the perfect mix between subtlety and lightness that exudes from this album.
All the instruments are very well intertwined, as if they were tied with a sailor's rope. Everything is very subtle and fast, which makes me believe that this is one of the most sonically sophisticated albums I've ever heard from the 60s.
Although the instrumentals are perfect, that's all! I have a rule that makes me never give an instrumental album full 5 stars, as I believe that vocals are a vital part of the connection between the artist and the listener. Be it the simplest vocals to the most orgasmic screams in the style of Pink Floyd's The Great Gig In the Sky, vocals are essential on any album, even if it has instrumental tracks.
However, I'm going to leave this stupid rule of mine aside for a day, because everything I said will fall apart in front of this album. 5 Stars!
Mike Oldfield
5/5
Today we have a progressive classic! This album has been on my list for about 8 or 9 years when I was discovering Progressive Rock. However, I don't remember exactly why, I was exhausted by this type of music and ended up forgetting to listen to some of the albums that were on that list.
But the day finally arrived and it is with regret that I say that it didn't impress me as I thought it would. The sound is fantastic, but tiring at some points. The sound is really ahead of its time, but I don't think it has aged very well. Although the album focuses on the sound of instruments, at some points the lack of vocals is really felt. Despite the flaws, the sound synergy is fantastic. I'm going to leave 4 stars today.
Traffic
5/5
My kind of music! Good rock album to do a road trip. I didn't know that Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi came out of this band. No wonder that's so good! I knew Steve from his solo song Higher Love (on the soundtrack of GTA V) and Jim from a cover of a Brazilian song called "Anna Julia" (very popular here) with the participation of George Harrisson. It was a good surprise and i'll leave 5 stars.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
I heard someone say once that Lady Soul is Aretha Franklin in her prime... and I was like, and when the hell wasn't she in her prime?
Easy 5 stars for the greatest singer of all time!
Korn
3/5
It is possible to see several elements of what would become Linkin Park in the 2000s on this album, no wonder Korn is one of the giants of Nu Metal. It's not my type of music but it's not bad.
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4/5
Excellent! I loved the guitar work on this record. It's a great debut album and very pleasurable to listen to.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
This is a great jazz album
Stevie Wonder
5/5
First of all: Stevie is an automatic 5 stars!
Innervisions is one of Stevie's albums that I've heard the least from this golden period between 68-85 but it's still a masterpiece (and one that I'll listen to more frequently from now on). I really like the psychedelic vibe of some of the tracks, which gives the album a unique sound, but without losing the funky & soul style characteristic of Stevie's albums. The difference between Innervisions and the other albums from this period released by Stevie in the first half of the 70s is that here we have an obvious high point between the songs and it is called Higher Ground. This song completely differs from the others as it is a tremendous Funk & Soul hit. One moment you're listening to the fresh breeze of Innervisions' tracks and suddenly you take a break to riff on Higher Ground and then return to normal programming. As much as it may seem like it was randomly placed in the middle of the album, the song doesn't interfere at all (quite the opposite) with the vibe of the album, much less its maximum rating of 5 stars.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
I'll tell you what: all hip hop albuns should sound like that!
Spacemen 3
3/5
It's not an easy-listen album. At first it seems like a set of good ideas lazily wasted, but little by little, as the songs progress, the sound takes you on a really cool journey. The big problem is that at some points it is very tiring, which cancels out any kind of replay factor that the album may have. I'll leave 3 stars!
Ray Charles
5/5
The legend Ray Charles! No mistakes and nothing to talk about here. 5 stars!
Simple Minds
4/5
Until 2021, I had never heard of Simple Minds until one fine day a taxi driver wearing fluorescent glasses and a button-down shirt half-open revealing a hairy chest passed by the street where I work, driving his taxi slowly playing Don't You Forget About Me at the last volume that car stereo could emit. Since then, this song and those from the album Once Upon a Time have been a must-have in my daily playlists. However, I had never heard another album besides this one and it was a pleasant surprise to discover that even 3 years before the band's Big Hit Album, they already sounded in this spectacular way, a very characteristic 80s sound, but of course, without all those big hits with the exception of the first track.
Anyway, I loved it! I'll leave 4 stars!
Boards of Canada
2/5
I really don't like this kind of music. Although it has its value, it doesn't really tell me anything.
Steve Earle
4/5
Nice country album. Highway songs, my kind of music. Love it!
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Rolling Stones between 1968 and 81 is an automatic 5 stars! Rock n' roll has always been about breaking the rules. In 68, while the Rock world was immersed in psychedelia, The Stones released an album filled with country songs and acoustic guitars. All this, of course, without leaving aside the good old Rock n' Roll that they still carry to this day, featured in tracks like Street Fighting Man and the iconic Sympathy for the Devil! Charlie Watts is a God!
Justin Timberlake
3/5
It's not my type of music. For many years I had a very negative image of Justin Timberlake because for me he represents the epitome of this disgusting celebrity culture that exists today (from the 2000s to now). But I'd be lying if I said this album was bad. I'd be lying if I said that at certain moments I wasn't grooving to the songs. At certain moments, Justin's voice (which for me is the highest point of the album's sound) tries to imitate the vocal mannerisms of the late Michael Jackson, of course, with due proportions, this is just a mere influence, and not a copy. But even with these qualities, the album sounds very tiring. The experience I had with this album was as if I had gone running in the street. 1 hour later I'm tired of it and now I want to take a nap.
Buzzcocks
4/5
"I like my music like I enjoy sex: Fast and quick!" Hahaha
Good Punk Rock album!
David Bowie
5/5
Bowie's last dance
I was almost 15 when Bowie died. At that time the only thing I knew about him was the Aladin Sane cover (as recognizable as a plate of rice and beans) and I definitely wasn't ready for this album at the time. But I remember seeing the Lazarus video and thinking "This is Bowie dying"
Today, 8 years later, having explored the entire discography and having Bowie as one of my main artistic influences, I can feel what Blackstar is. I can see that this was a beautiful ending worthy of a legend!
The xx
2/5
Okay. That was boring.
Leonard Cohen
5/5
Splendid! It is the second Leonard Cohen album that I have listened to through this site. Both from different eras (1967 and 2016) and it is clear that even though there are so many years of difference from one to the other, this introspective vibe that is brought out in the sound and especially in his voice, has not dissipated, quite the opposite. Speaking of his voice, in this 2016 album, it is much darker (as the name of the album suggests) a style that apparently was adopted by Leonard throughout his career and that manages to convey unique emotions to the lyrics of the songs in such a way which makes me think that no one else could be singing these songs but himself. I will repeat, splendid!
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
The legend Bob Marley! Here's an artist who has been on my list for a long time. Not that Bob wasn't very familiar to me. Because anyone who never heard Three Little Birds or One Love in the last 5 decades was certainly living in the catacombs where Judas lost his boots.
The album contrasts with the mainstream super productions of the time. While hard rock bands were exploring the weight of the most distorted guitars, progressive bands were extracting as much revolutionary sound effects from another world as the studios and technologies of the time could put into their songs, Bob Marley and The Wailers arrived bringing a completely different vibe, with its relaxed grooves, and lyrics that, despite being politicized, also spoke of peace and in fact brought peace to those who listened and listen to this day.
Bob Marley is one of those pop culture icons that is hard to believe actually lived on the same planet as us and joins other names like John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix and others, in a group of legends that change the history of music and the world.
The Who
5/5
The Who is one of my favorite bands ever. I've been listening to this for years. And before I start writing too much (which I tend to do a lot) I'm just going to highlight the only thing that should be said about this album and the emergence of The Who in the mid-60s.
Who came with the British invasion. They played the same pop rock as other bands at the time. The lyrics of the songs talked about the same things as the songs of the time. But then I ask myself: what makes The Who a special band? What makes them stand out from the rest? Simple! There's a crazy lunatic behind the drums! Keith Moon doesn't play a single song like a normal drummer. A level of madness builds up and reaches its peak in the last track "The Ox" and all of this makes the album nothing more than a great introduction to the craziest and most talented drummer who ever lived.
When I hear comparisons with John Bonham, I usually make a modern analogy in relation to football. Keith Moon is like Messi, and John Bonham is like CR7. Both genius, great and talented, but their talents come from different places.
Dire Straits
5/5
Nothing convinces me that Mark's guitar wasn't a member and leader of this band. This bad little girl did the solos, provided the rhythm and even shared the vocals with Mark.
The licks on Down On The Waterline are a perfect foreshadowing of what will come later on in the album. A sequence of spectacular jams that leads to the masterpiece Sultans Of Swing, which is very similar to classical music in the way it induces the listener to pay attention to the smallest details of the song. Especially this bad little girl who made her name in the history of rock n roll in the two solos of this song.
Anyway, a hell of a debut album!
Queen
5/5
Sheer Heart Attack is one of the Queen albums I've listened to the least and I don't know exactly why. I believe it was due to the lack of big hits like the subsequent albums, my teenage head didn't have the patience for the band's first 3 albums. Today I realize that it was a huge mistake.
I was recently revisiting Queen's discography, which I hadn't listened to in a while. I felt I needed to do this because Queen was the first Rock band I ever heard when I was 10 years old, so I felt I needed this moment of nostalgia with myself.
In fact, Sheer Heart Attack is the best of the first 3 albums. It counts Killer Queen and Brighton Rock as its main hits and I think the main characteristic that can be noted here is precisely the factor that makes Queen a different band from the others: Freddie Mercury, obviously. Without Freddie, Queen is an excellent hard rock band. With Freddie, Queen is one of the biggest and most spectacular bands of all time. That said, the main sound characteristic of this album is precisely this contrast between the heavy sound of an excellent Hard rock band, with the fierce and imposing subtlety of Freddie Mercury's voice.
Anyway, Queen between 1974 and 1986 (with the exception of Flash Gordon and Hot Space) have my automatic 5 stars!
Aretha Franklin
5/5
What a great way to start a Monday!
It's not the first time that Aretha Franklin has appeared here. First Chains Of Fools and now Never Loved a Man. There is nothing more that can be said on this subject. She's the best of soul, she's the greatest singer of all time!
The only comment that I will, in fact, repeat, will be the old saying that says that Aretha between the second half of the 60s and the first half of the 70s was at her peak... and my comment about that is the following: When hell wasn't she at her peak?
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
This kind of music just doesn't make sense to me. I mean, it's kinda cool sometimes but it looks like some background music of some car parts shop.
Robert Wyatt
4/5
A very interesting experience. It really surprises me that an experimental and progressive album like this was released in the 90s with such a 1970s atmosphere! Very good!
5/5
A classic from the 2000s! I discovered this album a couple of months ago thanks to a recommendation from a friend and I loved it.
The Who
5/5
Some say that this is the best live album in the history of Rock n' Roll. I can't say anything. I'm not an expert on this. But I know one thing. Few things in this world can be as exciting as the original lineup of The Who live.
I heard someone say once that the members of The Who are all solo. Keith Moon is a solo drummer. John was a solo bassist. Roger was the singer. And Pete was a damn guitarist.
Keith beat the drums at the speed of a Formula 1 car and with the strength of a steam locomotive. John beautifully walks his bass lines through the harmony of the song in the most free way possible. Roger sings the verses with the delicate voice of an angel and the ferocity of a lion. and Pete designs spectacular solos and riffs underneath it all!
Everyone was doing their part, in very different ways, but everyone was working for the common good of music. They made Rock concerts sound like real spectacles! And there were only 4 guys...
1/5
I must believe that this isn't even music.
Björk
3/5
Silence in the studio! Björk is doing Music N°2
It looks like an 1 hour long Revolution 9 with lyrics but it ain't bad. It's good in a strange way.
Alice In Chains
5/5
A grunge classic!
I hadn't listened to this album in years. I'm happy to see that it's an album that has aged very well. Them Bones is one of the songs I listened to most when I was a teenager.
Kanye West
1/5
A very weak Hip-Hop album. Waste of good musical ideas, stupid superficial lyrics and ridiculous use of autotune. The sequence of tracks matched absolutely everything I hate in music.
The Stranglers
4/5
They sound like The Doors if they were a Punk Rock band and had a bassist!
Really nice album. They sound very clean and the songs are fun to listen
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
I have a report to make. I woke up a little sick this morning, but I still decided to play today's album. The album finished a few seconds ago and now I feel much better. I don't know if this has anything to do with the songs, but one thing is a fact: Bruce Springsteen's songs have a very special way of touching the heart.
I had little contact with Bruce's work (everything I heard from him was thanks to this site) and even then they were albums from the 70s. Listening now to an album from 2002, I can see that his voice and melodies have aged like wine.
My type of music: 5 stars
(out of curiosity, today I discovered the term Heartland Rock. Apparently the type of music I like most, it had that name all the time hahaha)
Kanye West
2/5
A little better than the previous one I listened to. Two Kanye albums in the same week is torture...
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
ANGER - THE ALBUM
I hadn't listened this album in years. Killing In The Name Of was one of the songs I listened to most when I was a teenager. Time when I woke up in the morning, drank my coffee and went to fight the system (skip class)
Rod Stewart
5/5
Love Rod Stewart!!
Any album that fits with a road trip is an automatic 5 stars to me.
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
In 2018, a friend of mine recommended this album to listen to, but I ended up not paying much attention to it at the time and ended up putting the album on my eternal waiting list until today. As soon as I finish writing this review, I'm going to give him a huge scolding: "WHY DIDN'T YOU INSIST MORE ON ME TO LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM?"
Musically speaking, it is a top quality alternative rock album! It's energetic when it needs to be energetic, it's soft when it needs to be soft, everything, absolutely everything on this album is precisely in the right proportion, including the voices, instruments, volumes, production, everything!
Without any fear, I give it a 5 star rating!
Sonic Youth
4/5
Very good album
I really liked the psychedelic aspects of this album’s sound. It's great to hear something like this outside of the 60s. 4 Stars!
Massive Attack
3/5
A very creative album.
I liked the experimental sounds used in the songs without making the whole thing look weird. 3 stars
The Doors
5/5
It's always a good day to listen to The Doors!!
The first time I listened to this album, it was celebrating 50 years since its original release. And this is an album that I can perfectly imagine myself listening to when it turns 100.
Johnny Cash
5/5
How badass do you have to be to perform in prison, intimidate and gain the admiration of inmates? Simple answer: You have to be Johnny Cash!
Flamin' Groovies
5/5
How had I never heard of these guys before? They sound like a mix of Rolling Stones and CCR.
70s, right? There's no error. That's my kind of music. Every time I think I've heard everything about this decade, I'm always surprised! 5 stars of course.
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Amazing is the word that describes this album. Amazing voice, amazing sound... I'm sorry but today I'm speechless...
The Black Crowes
5/5
Excellent Album!! Hearing the sound quality of a 90s album playing top quality rock n' roll is a true delight! The songs are energetic, vibrant and alive! I Love It! 5 Stars
Soft Machine
2/5
As Dwayne Johnsson once said: "It's the biggest piece of dog shit that I've ever heard"
The album is tiring and boring. No matter how technical and innovative the sound may be, if it doesn't create connections with the listener, none of it makes sense. I'm gonna leave 2 stars today.
5/5
This must be the third Beatles album to appear here and as I said before: Anything by the Beatles is automatically a 5-star rating! After all, the Beatles were my first love. It was how I learned to listen to and love music. However, this album has a special place in my heart. It was one of the first albums I listened to from start to finish in my life, at a time when I had just discovered that the best way to consume music is through albums. If I search my memory, I can tell a different story involving each of the songs on this album.
Leaving aside the emotional memory for a moment, there is nothing wrong with this album. Although everyone knows that this is a masterpiece conceived by Paul, who brought the entire concept and aesthetics of the album, some of the best compositions of his career and the most revolutionary bass lines in history, we cannot forget the fundamental roles of John Lennon, who also brought some of his best compositions and, in my opinion, the best vocal performances of his career. George brought the impeccable Indian psychedelic sound to Within Without You and Ringo Starr, often labeled as the least talented Beatle, showed in his performances on this album why he is one of the most revolutionary drummers of all time. Ringo is like the beating heart of this band and, on top of everything, he brought us the unforgettable performance of With A Little Help From My Friends.
I repeated the word "revolutionary" a few times while writing this review and for good reason. Revolutionary is the correct word to describe this album.
I don't think I said anything in this review that hasn't already been said by millions of people over almost 60 years. But I make a promise here: I am currently 23 years old and as long as I live, I will spread the Beatles' music and pass it on to future generations. I will introduce the Beatles to my children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and even my great-grandchildren's children if possible, until my last breath. And this will be the first album I will always recommend!
Bob Dylan
5/5
What a great album! I always thought I should give this album a little more attention and today I found out why. Bob Dylan is a great storyteller and this, combined with a simple sound and his unique way of singing like a solitary troubadour, makes Blood On The Tracks one of the most creative albums of his career. Personally, it is not among my favorites, for the simple fact that you can't choose 10 albums to be your favorite, you can only choose two or three hahahaha. Jokes aside, this is without a doubt a 5 star album!
Moby
4/5
That was a really good experience. I usualy don't like eletronic music but this one was fine!
Spiritualized
4/5
Very good album! I loved the psychedelic vibe in these songs. It's like an album from the 60s released in 1997.
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
It has a slight touch of Radiohead (well, at least the singer's voice sounds like Thom York). It sounds very good at some points, at others it is very dragging and tiring. However, the whole album has a very touching atmosphere. Not bad! I will leave 3 stars today.
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
What a great way to start a Monday! Today we have here the masterpiece of one of the most influential bands of the early 60s.
I personally have a special connection with the song Green Onions, despite it having been released decades before I was born, because the song is present in the soundtrack of GTA San Andreas (the video game I have played the most in my life). For this reason, there is a very strong feeling of nostalgia going on right now hahahaha.
The idea of the album is simple and fun and the sound is spectacular. The sound of this album seems to have been released at least a decade ahead of its time. It's as if it were an album from 1972, released in 1962 hahaha.
I don't give 5 stars to instrumental works. As I have said in other reviews I have done for this site, the vocals are fundamental pieces that establish a stronger connection between the artist and the listener and this is the only flaw of this album. The only one. So the rating is 4.999999/5 stars which is very painful because my nostalgic side wanted to give it 5 ;-;
Beyoncé
2/5
Very boring!
Her wonderful voice doesn't support this succession of bad songs.
Some are even cool and save the album from total uselessness. I'll leave two stars today
New Order
4/5
Another artist on my waiting list. Coming from the ashes of Joy Division, I had long been curious to know what the remaining members of that legendary band became. And I tell you: another really cool band! This album has some low points but is very comfortable to listen to. I loved! I'm going to leave 4 stars today!
Air
3/5
Very interesting experience. It's not something I'll listen to every day but I like the experimental vibe of this album. I don't understand French, but they sound great. I will leave 3 stars today.
AC/DC
5/5
Let me share some stories; In 2017, when the album turned 37, I placed my CD copy on the floor around some candles and flowers, as if in a kind of African religious ritual, and then I listened to the album 37 times in a row; that same year, Back In Black and other AC/DC songs were some of the main reasons I became interested in learning to play the electric guitar; Back In Black was playing on the radio when I made love for the first time; Back In Black is the first album I listened to from start to finish. This was the album that taught me that we consume music through albums and to this day, at least in my opinion, the standard format for an album is: about 40 minutes, 10 tracks, about 4 minutes each track, beginning, middle and end, all thanks to my countless listenings of this album.
Anyway, I could spend all day here telling you several other stories I have with this album. But then, instead of a review, I would be writing a 900-page book!
Today I am certain that this is the most important album of my life, because if today I am a lover and compulsive consumer of music, if today I am here listening to the daily albums from 1001albunsgenerator, it is because almost a decade ago I was listening to this album for the first time.
5 stars of course!
Throwing Muses
5/5
This is legitimately an album you need to hear before you die.
At first I was confused about the album, because the name and year refer to an album and the cover is from another album. I did some googling and discovered everything.
It's a perfect post punk album that seems to mix the sounds of bands like Siousie and The Banshees, The Cure and The Smiths with light touches of pure originality! I loved!
The Stooges
5/5
I'm starting to believe that everything The Stooges have done is pure gold!
Common
4/5
If I remember correctly, this isn't the first time a Common album has appeared here... anyway, great rap album! I really like it when an album like this sounds like the 90s, even though it isn't. His voice is very comfortable to listen to. It was a great start to the morning listening to this! I will leave 4 stars today.
R.E.M.
4/5
It's time to dust off a CD on the shelf. Green and R.E.M are a great way to start a Tuesday! Green, when compared to other absolute classics, seems like a lesser work by the band, but on the contrary, Green is a great work by R.E.M that proves that simple but well done is wonderful!
Tom Waits
3/5
I love jazz and a good storyteller! The atmosphere is really cool. The big flaw of this album is the lack of immersion. There is a very specific chemistry between Tom and the audience that was captured for the album, but the only feeling it gives me is the desire to be there live and enjoy that moment. Under no circumstances would it make me go out of my house to buy this album, because it is not the same. Performances like Tom Waits' are intimate and have something very special, but only at the moment of the performance. It does not work well on a recording.
In short: Great performance, terrible album. I will give it 3 stars because I like storytellers!
Alanis Morissette
5/5
A classic from the 90s! It's really interesting how the sound of this album remains fresh to this day. It feels like it was released yesterday!
There's not much to argue with. A classic 90s rock album, with really good songs... 5 stars!
David Bowie
5/5
This is one of the few Bowie albums that I had never listened to before.
But as I had already imagined, Bowie doesn't have bad albums! I always prejudged this album because of its similarity to the cover of Heroes, but I can see that (or maybe I'm crazy) The Next Day is a kind of sonic and spiritual continuation of Heroes... It may not have anything to do with it, but that's the feeling I got. Anyway, 5 stars.
Ghostface Killah
4/5
This was a really fun rap album! I loved the theme, the vocals and the rhythm... I'm giving it 4 stars!
Pixies
4/5
Wow! I haven't listened to Pixies in ages. Doolittle is one of the albums that is part of the soundtrack of my adolescence. I have great memories of Here Comes Your Man among others...
However, this album hasn't aged very well, in terms of sound. The songs are still very good but not good enough for a full 5-star rating. I'll give it 4 today!
Santana
5/5
This is one of the sexiest albums I've ever heard! The swing and synergy of the percussions and Santana's iconic guitars make you freely wander imaginatively through the curves of this Black Magic Woman on the album cover!
Beastie Boys
3/5
If this album were a drink, its composition would be: A good Hip-Hop whiskey with a good amount of Rock Cola and Soul & Funk ice on top!
Very interesting sound. It's not something I would listen to every day, but it was fun to listen to. I had never listened to Beastie Boys before today. I hope to hear better albums than this one in the future.
Tim Buckley
3/5
Tim Buckley sounds like a mummified zombie version of Jim Morrison, who came back from the dead to sing in a really good Doors cover band!
Some of his lyrics are silly and superficial. Others are really good, like Sweet Surrender.
The main problem here is that there are some songs that are a little over 6 minutes long, and from the middle onwards they are just clumsy improvisations that end up ruining the song.
The best songs on this album are precisely those that escape this parameter, like Nighthalkin', for example. That's because Tim's band is really good! The instrumentals are great. However, it's not exciting enough for me to give it a rating higher than 3 stars...
This is the second album by Tim Buckley that I've received through this site. I'm curious to know what other picturesque things he's done on his albums in his short career...
Kraftwerk
4/5
Kraftwerk's sound sounds like the perfect stereotype of "modern music" or "music of the future"
The first 3 tracks are basically composed of a unique and singular sound and the lyrics were basically repetitions of the name of the song, as if they were Pokémon shouting their own name.
Then I was surprised by a song called "Das Model", which uses the same unique sound that had been presented until then, but this time with lyrics that talk about a woman. This ends up transforming the track into a great pop song!
I was curious about the origins of Krautrock, so I opened the wiki and discovered that this name is nothing more than a media stereotype. Then, while listening to Neon Lights, I found myself reading an entire page of Wikipedia about the health benefits of German sauerkraut... Wonderful!
In the title track that closes the album, we have the return of the Pokémon shouting its own name... but it's good too!
Today I'm going to give it 4 stars! This is the second album by this band that I have listened to through this site and this one was much better than the previous one, Autobahn.
The Smiths
5/5
I'm going to be on a road trip for the next 3 days and I'm more than grateful to have this iconic album recommended!
The Smiths are one of my Comfy Bands and I probably listen to Queen is Dead about 20 times a year!
I don't want to review it today. I just want to enjoy the view from the road and listen to this album over and over again on my car stereo.
Frank Black
4/5
Second day on a road trip. Another good album to enjoy the view from the road! I won't be reviewing it today, just like yesterday, but I will express my curiosity about Frank Black. I had no idea he had a solo career (I'm not a regular Pixies listener) and his voice sounds great on this album.
Neneh Cherry
4/5
Third and last day on a road trip. No reviews today either. This album doesn't really fit the road trip landscape, but it's still really good. It has elements of hip-hop and R&B and her voice sounds really sexy! 4 stars today!
Jack White
4/5
Following the example of the Frank Black album that I listened to the day before yesterday, I'm not a big White Stripes listener either and I had no idea that Jack White had a solo discography. Blunderbuss sounds very similar to the White Stripes style, of course this is due to Jack's iconic vocal lines and unmistakable guitars and his unique, carefree and relaxed way of playing the Blues. Very cool! It's not a perfect album but it's a very enjoyable listen! 4 stars!
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Echo and The Bunnymen is a band that I criminally haven't paid enough attention to yet. Until today I only knew The Killing Moon and Porcupine has a wonderful sound! Today I'm going to leave 4 stars, because I need to digest the album better. But I hope to hear more of their albums in the future!
Stereo MC's
3/5
Very interesting experience! It has a very nice groove to listen to! Although the percussion and beat make the 53 minutes of this album a bit tiring, it works very well as a sound background for some other activity... I'm giving it 3 stars today!
Heaven 17
5/5
It's because of albums like this that I've been on 1001albunsgenerator for 227 consecutive days. Discovering gems like these on a Thursday night is priceless.
The album has a very creative sound, built on funk grooves. 38 minutes very well spent! Great lyrics. The vocalist sounds like Ian Curtis had joined a disco band.
I don't usually give 5 stars to a newly discovered album, but today, I'll make an exception.
ABBA
5/5
The songs have silly lyrics that talk about love and relationships, about dancing, about beautiful, young and sweet girls who are only 17 dancing, about kissing the geometry teacher and constant questions from someone who really wants to know if Fernando is listening to the drums... But all of this in an atmosphere that manages to be danceable, magical and cozy at the same time! I loved it! 5 stars!
Led Zeppelin
5/5
I have a little problem with Zeppelin... After many years listening to their songs, i'm not able to listen to a single album anymore! So thanks 1001albunsgenerator! You made me do a Zeppathon today...
5 stars of course.
fIREHOSE
2/5
The whole album sounds like they were testing out a bunch of potentially good songs, but instead of finishing the work, they decided to release the half-baked, incomplete versions of the songs on an album. 2 stars
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Imagine that you are in 1967 and the guitarists you are used to listening to are Eric Clapton, George Harrison, BB King... You turn on the radio and suddenly the first thing you hear are the first notes of Purple Haze... That changes everything! There was Rock Music before Hendrix and after Hendrix. Even today, if a kid decides to learn to play the guitar, he will come across Hendrix at some point in his learning. That's how great this guy was for music... And this album is the pinnacle of his work. An album that perfectly summarizes and presents him as an artist. 5 stars, of course.
Billy Bragg
4/5
The strong point of this album is definitely the lyrics. They address themes such as love and politics in a very unique way. Billy's very strong British accent adds a charming touch to the minimalist sound, based basically on an electric guitar with very 80s sound characteristics or a piano, with some other instrument just providing a little support from time to time. Although minimalist, the sound of the album never sounds empty at any point. The lyrics are very captivating and tell stories that you want to follow until the end.
I want to highlight the song "Honey I'm a Big Boy Now". Not because I think it's the best on the album, but because I think it's the most different. It's based on voice and very characteristic piano. I can imagine it being played in some American saloon in the 1800s. Only without the British accent, of course.
In fact, it's an album that deserves to be heard before you die. I'm giving it 4 stars today!
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
A very interesting experience. An album that exudes a very deep emotion in its sound and lyrics. I was in tears while listening to "Go or Go Ahead". Few things stop me from giving it 5 stars today. It's hard to find faults. I'll give it 4, but a 4.99999999...
Siouxsie And The Banshees
5/5
This was the album that introduced me to Goth Rock. The album that showed me that those weirdos with makeup and messy hair had feelings too. Spellbound is one of the hardest songs I've ever played on guitar... damn.
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Just like you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, you shouldn't judge an album by its release date. When I saw that it was a 2019 album I thought "fuck me, another boring album" but I was completely wrong. The sound has great soul influences wrapped in a progressive and impactful atmosphere that matches the deep and intense lyrics. The album sounds like Bill Withers had collaborated with Pink Floyd or something...
k.d. lang
4/5
I can't remember the last time I heard a voice as clear and crystal clear as this one! It's so nice to listen to. The album is so good that it's almost impossible to find any flaws. I'm giving it 4 stars for personal taste reasons: it's not something I'll listen to every day. But as a music lover, it definitely matches the theme of the site and it's definitely an album to listen to before you die!
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
Too much noise and waste of good ideias. I just couldn't understand a single word of what they were saying. Potentially good songs were simply thrown in the trash. There is nothing to enjoy from this album... 1 star.
David Bowie
5/5
I used to listen to this album a lot when I was in high school. It had been years since I had listened to the Berlin Trilogy. Today was a great day for that. Bowie is an automatic 5 stars!
TLC
3/5
Not my kind of music but yeah not bad...
Various Artists
5/5
A Christmas album on Christmas day? How convenient, isn't it, 1001albumsgenerator??? It almost seems like it was written to be like that... Well, I loved the gift, although it's never a pleasure to read Phil Spector's name, but I recognize that his work is very relevant and, let's face it, what could be wrong with a collaborative album with names like The Ronettes and The Crystals? I had never heard of Darlene Love and Bob B. Boxx, but I liked them a lot too! Well, 5 stars and Merry Christmas to everyone who's reading this!
Miles Davis
5/5
A friend of mine once told me: "Man, you have to listen to this album! It's the most revolutionary jazz album ever!"
I had already started doing the 1001albumsgenerator challenge when he told me this, so I replied: "relax, at some point the site will send me this album to listen to."
And here we are, 250+ days later I'm listening to Kind Of Blue and now I want to beat my friend up for not insisting that I listen to this album sooner!
There are no flaws in this album, that's all. It is truly a masterpiece of jazz, as everyone says. I'm going to give it 5 stars today without even thinking about it!
Dusty Springfield
4/5
A nice pop album from the 60s. I liked her voice. Instruments well played. Very tasteful album, but nothing too impressive. I'll give 4 stars today.
Lana Del Rey
1/5
My first inclination was to give this a 1 star rating because, come on, what is a Lana album doing in this challenge? But I don't completely hate her work, I've listened to some of her albums before, but all of them, including this one, sound like everything Lana is saying sounds fake as hell. The ballads have some good melodies here and there, but overall the songs are slow and boring and don't fit in any everyday situation. Not even the most depressing and lonely times. Her voice makes me sleepy and the harmonies sound empty.
Well, my initial inclination remains, 1 star.
Justice
1/5
That kind of music just doesn't make any sense to me... 1 star
Fela Kuti
5/5
Yeah! Nice! I never had listen or heard about afrobeat before, but that was a pleasent surprise! Another good discovery from the 70s! 5 stars today!
The Sabres Of Paradise
1/5
That's one of the most boring things I've ever listen... hell of a way to end the year, huh?
Thundercat
3/5
First of all, this is high class music! But there's no denying that the production was a huge pain, like, 23 tracks? Seriously? Some of them are unnecessary and some good song ideas are criminally short and underused. I'm going to give it 3 stars today, but the sound of this album had the potential to be 5.
Happy New Year to everyone reading this!
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
A Simon & Garfunkel classic! I like this duo, but I'm not a big fan of this album. But I recognize that it's high class music! I'll give it 4 stars today!
Green Day
5/5
A Green Day's huge classic! Today was a day to dust off an old CD and bang to those hits in this album! Nothing more to say. Just 5 stars.
Q-Tip
4/5
Uh, I like this one! It has the chillin' vibe that I love on hip-rop/rap music... I'm gonna give it 4 stars today.
Talking Heads
5/5
A Talking Heads classic! 5 stars. Nothing to say!
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
My only problem with CCR is that when I have to listen to them, I have to listen to all 6 albums in a row. CCR is one of my comfy bands since I was a teenager. 5 stars of course!
Hot Chip
4/5
A very pleasant discovery! In my mind, if Michael Jackson were alive, he would be doing something like this. 4 stars.
Yes
5/5
Oh my gosh, I haven't listened to this album in ages. I used to listen to a lot of Yes when I was in high school and those early 70's albums are masterpieces of progressive rock. It was really cool to reminisce about iconic songs like Yours Is No Disgrace and I've seen all good people. 5 stars of course!
Willie Nelson
5/5
Did Willie Nelson released any bad albums???? Answer: no!
Fats Domino
5/5
There's something about the 50s sound that really excites me. So simple, but so good! 5 stars of course!
Jimmy Smith
4/5
It has the same vibe as Green Onions by Booker T and MG's. A Jazz and Blues album without lyrics, but very well executed and enjoyable to listen to. I'll give it 4 stars.
The Byrds
5/5
God only knows how much I needed to listen to a Jingle Jangle this morning! The Byrds is one of the bands from the 60s that I have listened to least. Of course I knew the cover of Tambourine Man, but I had never stopped to listen to a whole album.
Two interesting things:
1 - The first time I listened to Mr. Spaceman, it was in the voice of my fellow Brazilian, Raúl Seixas - Father of Brazilian Rock. His version is called "S.O.S" and came out on his second album "Gita" (1974)
2 - A version of Hey Joe older than Jimi Hendrix's. Interesting, but obviously Jimi's is superior. But this one is also very cool!
I'm going to give it 5 stars today! Where have I been all this time that I hadn't listened to these guys before...
Public Enemy
2/5
Lately, I feel like I'm listen to same hip-hop album over and over again... I'll leave 2 stars today.
4/5
Very Good! A true rock n roll album from the 70s! I never heard about Spirit before, but they sound amazing! I'll leave 4 stars today!
Iron Maiden
5/5
Iron Maiden smells like teen spirit. It smells like a virgin, pimply teenager.
I hadn't listened to this album in many years. For some reason, Iron Maiden is one of the bands I stopped listening to when I became an adult, just like Metallica, Slayer and others... But without a doubt I have great affection for this album, as it was one of the albums that introduced me to Heavy Metal.
Other than that, the album's sound has aged very well. Listening again after so many years, with more maturity and definitely with speakers much superior to those I had at 15 years old, I realize how fantastic these guys were, as in the sharp guitars, in Steve Harris's monumental bass, in the drums on point and perfect, and of course, Bruce Dickson's insane vocals, which give me goosebumps to this day.
5 stars, of course!
The Cardigans
4/5
Today I listened to the most cute version of Iron Man ever! Jokes apart, that's a great album! Her voice is so soft and enjoyable to listen to. It's an album that I need to listen more times to proper digest. I'll give 4 stars today!
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
This is probably the best debut by a Southern Rock band of all time.
Are you kidding me? 3 of the 8 songs on this album are on every compilation of Rock n' Roll anthems! Especially Free Bird. This song still makes me play air guitar for 4 minutes straight, even though I know how to play a real guitar.
What a great album! I've been listening to this album since I was a teenager and I'll definitely listen to it forever! 5 stars, obviously!
The Mamas & The Papas
5/5
Just like The Byrds, whose Fifth Dimension was sent to me a few days ago, Mammas and The Papas is also a band that I criminally never listened to. Obviously, I already knew the legendary classic California Dreamin', but I had never listened to an entire album. I was surprised by the spectacular sound of the album, and especially by the harmonious vocals that border on perfection. I really liked the covers of Do you Wanna Dance and I Call your Name, which I already knew from the work of the Beatles and the Beach Boys. Just like Lynyrd Skynyrd's debut that the site sent me yesterday, this is also a great debut album! 5 stars!
Wild Beasts
3/5
It didn't impress me much, but it's not bad. 3 stars.
Paul McCartney and Wings
5/5
Ho? Hey Ho! Ho? Hey ho!
Yeaaah! So we have an absolute classic today, huh? After my first 10 years of beatlemanic, I was afraid of exploring the solo albuns by the former members. That fear was completly gone when I first listened to this album for the first time. All of the 9 songs are very enjoyable to listen to, and some of those are huge classics.
I'll never forget the experience of listen to Let Me Roll It live when Paul came to Rio in December of 2023. Let Me Roll It was kept me wonder of how good it would be played live, and it was much more that I was expecting. Mindblowing!
Best solo beatle album? I don't know. But certainly one of the three best, for sure!
Elvis Presley
5/5
I opened the review section before writing mine a little while ago, and boy, that was a big mistake! It's full of Elvis widows from Sun Records in that section.
Others, however, consider From Elvis In Memphis to be a rebirth of Elvis, who after spending most of the 60s without presenting very creative things in his albums, releasing albums without originality, and films that were as repetitive and silly as their soundtracks, reemerged bringing the good old Elvis of always, but this time much more mature, and with much more country and even Motown influences.
His voice is much more mature, and the production is impeccable. I read some idiots say that the album was overproduced. But in truth, that's how every Elvis album should sound! There are some excellent and very talented musicians playing on this album. Can you imagine what Elvis' work in the 50s would have sounded like if those songs had this quality of production?
All this, added to the presence of the anthological song Suspicious Mind, one of the high points of Elvis' career!
Anyway, I can't think of any other rating other than 5 stars!
Emmylou Harris
5/5
Now that's real country music!
Her voice is angelic, and the arrangements and lyrics are fantastic. I listened to it 3 times in a row and I was left wanting more! Incredible and wonderful! 5 stars!
Nick Drake
2/5
There's a famous saying that goes: "Never judge an album by its cover!" But we only say that to amazing albums with bad covers, right? I've never bothered to do the reverse. Not to judge a spectacular cover of a boring album.
For me, the flaw in this album is the instrumental minimalism, which for some reason, didn't work properly to intensify and spread the message of some of the great lyrics on this album, which ended up being a complete waste in the end.
I mean, the album is only 28 minutes long, and this guy still gives me a song like "Know", with just an acoustic guitar playing the same notes and only 4 lines of lyrics. That's sooo boring and tedious! It kills 2 and a half minutes of the album for nothing!
Because of the good lyrics on most of the songs, I'm going to give it 2 stars!
Neil Young
5/5
Neil Young is like a good cup of coffee. You can live without it, right? But why risk it?
The Associates
2/5
not for me mate.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
5/5
They sound like a mix of Simon & Garfunkel and Neil Young. So much so that Neil himself joined them later, right?
A great debut album. I loved it! 5 stars!
Depeche Mode
4/5
Not perfect, but really good! Sounds like a mix of Joy Division and Kraftwerk.
Personal Jesus is on the soundtrack of GTA San Andreas, so I listened to it a lot since I was a kid. Gonna give 4 stars today.
Fugazi
3/5
Cool but not for me mate. 3 stars
Mylo
3/5
Has a interesting sound but not for me mate.
Pink Floyd
5/5
Pink Floyd is my favorite band and I'm a simple man. I see Floyd and I hit 5 stars.
David Bowie
5/5
I always find it amazing how David Bowie's music can take me straight back to high school. It's like going back in time, when only music could ease the anxiety and the teenage blues, you know, before I was introduced to the alcohol industry.
John Lennon
5/5
I saw a video the other day of John recording 'Gimme Some Truth', and I think he hears someone in the studio missing a note or something, and then he turns to the camera and says "Oh C'mom you Cunts!". And the facial expression he makes is exactly the same as the one on the cover of this album, and I can't look at it without laughing!
That aside, Imagine is definitely an iconic album. It's not the best solo Beatle album. Or even Lennon's best. But it's a good album. The production is very well done and some of John's best compositions are present here, like Crippled Inside, Gimme Some Truth, Jealous Guy, the infamous How do You Sleep, and of course, the classic Imagine, which I spent years believing was a Beatles song. It certainly could be. It is in fact the greatest song released after the Beatles in terms of relevance (it is not one of my favorites, but there is no denying that)
Over the years, I have learned to appreciate songs like Don't Wanna Be a Soldier and even Oh Yoko more, which makes me leave this review today giving it 5 stars.
Janis Joplin
5/5
She sounds like that smoking aunt that everyone has. Despite that, her vocals are insane. This is a great album, good songs, good lyrics and very well played instruments.
Out of the members of the "27 Club" she is the only one that I never imagined going much far than this. I mean, she sang good songs, but she didn't have the same creative force as Hendrix or Morrisson. But I can't deny that it would have been very interesting to listen to more of this powerful voice throughout the 70s.
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Second member of the "27 club" in two consecutive days. What's tomorrow going to be? The Doors? I'm starting to think that all 1001 albums are scripted. Anyway, jokes aside.
Everything Hendrix did is brilliant. But I always thought that the production of his albums was of low quality. At least compared to what such a brilliant artist deserved to have. Every note he plays with his guitar exudes an enormous aura of creativity and originality, showing the unique way he had to play the guitar. The good bass lines and Mitch Mitchell's brilliant drums complement the songs perfectly. But as I said before, the production is very lacking. At some points, the guitar completely stands out over the other instruments. It almost gives me a headache.
But if you think the rating will be anything other than 5 stars, you're crazy! There's no way I can listen to Hendrix without getting goosebumps, no matter how poorly produced the album is. Of the members of the "27 club" this is certainly the one that is most missed. It would have been a delight to see what Hendrix would have done in the 70s, with superior production and recording qualities... we can only imagine!
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Just that little drum roll at the beginning of the songs is already worthy of 5 stars. Imagine the rest!
Donald Fagen
4/5
A solo album from a Steely Dan member? I really have a lot to listen to...
This is a very good album. Nothing compared to the SD classics, but very enjoyable. Makes me think that everything this guy did is worth listening to. I'm giving it 4 stars today.
Paul McCartney
3/5
I get the whole McCartney trilogy thing about experimental music from Paul's creative mind. But... I don't know! This album always gave me the impression that it was poorly made, or made in a haphazard and careless way. I even heard someone say that this album would be the first LO-FI album in history. I think that's an exaggeration. But I get the point. Anyway, this is the album that introduced the world to the anthology "Maybe I'm Amazed", so it gets credit for that. I'm giving it 3 stars today.
Gorillaz
3/5
It's definitely better than anything Damon Albarn has done in his career.
Prince
2/5
I must that didn't impress me much. Maybe I need more time to proper digest this.
The Beta Band
4/5
Way cooler than I thought! It has a unique sound. Very enjoyable to listen to. I'll give it 4 stars today.
Pixies
4/5
Very good! Pixies never disappoint. There's the classic "Where Is My Mind?" here, and that's worth listening to the whole album, which is very enjoyable to listen to.
Mike Ladd
1/5
I almost fell asleep.
Genesis
4/5
When I was 16, I had a "ProgMania era" in my life. It was the period in which I discovered many bands of all genres, especially progressive. Perhaps of all these, Genesis was the band that I explored the most superficially. I remember having only heard Sailing England by The Pound, and I remember that I liked it. And that was it. Listening to the band now years later, I feel that my 16-year-old self would have loved it if I had determined to listen to them carefully. My modern self, however, ahhh... not so much! I mean, it's a very good album, it has great songs and incredible sound effects for the time, and in fact a legitimate album from the peak of Progressive Rock in the 70s, but... I don't know, something about this almost flashy sound doesn't really appeal to me. I'll give it a fair 4 stars.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
There are two types of Neil Young fans:
1: I want to live on a farm, raise cattle, and grow corn.
2: I want to live in Seattle, be depressed, and never shower.
Paul Simon
4/5
So cozy and comfortable to listen to. It felt like a good day on a holyday. I'm gonna give it 4 stars.
Aerosmith
5/5
Aerosmith in their prime. No mistakes here. 5 stars.
Alice Cooper
5/5
I was wondering... if I was a teenager in the early 70s, I'd loooose my mind listen to this!
I never had listen a Alice Cooper album until this day, but of course I knew the track "School's Out", and when I saw the album here today I thought "Oh another regular rock album with at least 2 or 3 good tracks". But turns out to be a great album, where all of the tracks got this "last day at school" vibe. Love it! 5 stars.
The Go-Go's
5/5
If The Beatles were a girl band in the 80's, they would sound just like this!
I listened to "We Got The Beat" a few years ago for the first time, and I went crazy about it. At the time, I was discovering girls bands from the 70's and 80's like Blondie, Pretenders, Runaways, B-52's and many others, but never actually stop and listen to a Go-Go's album. They sound pop and very dancing. Simply but good lyrics and an amazing vibe. No mistakes here, 5 stars!
Judas Priest
5/5
Wow, I haven't listened to this album since high school. Listening now years later, I can notice that this album contains the essential basis of all heavy metal from the 80s. Mainly Iron Maiden, in which I found several similarities. And now I'm a Manchester United fan.
5/5
I already knew War because of the legendary song "Low Rider", but I had never stopped to listen to a full album and, I have to say, this is easily one of the best Soul and Funk albums I have ever listened to. Everytime I hear about the best albums in this genre, I hear names like Marvin Gaye or Curtis Mayfield, but I never hear anything about this great band called War. They are very underrated, and they make top quality music. Their Wikipedia article is nothing more than a mere sketch and that is almost a crime. 5 stars of course!
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
Great album. It sounds folk, but it's pop. He's got a sweet melody voice. I believe that if The Stone Roses released an acoustic album, it would be sounding just like that. I'm gonna give 4 stars today.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Prime Stevie! 5 stars.
Christina Aguilera
2/5
I think the biggest problem with this album is the amount of tracks, because half of it is garbage. There are some good tracks on there, and she has a good voice, but the album is boring and tiring. I'm gonna give it 2 stars.
Neil Young
5/5
Ever since this site sent me a Neil Young album for the first time, I've been exploring his work more and more and becoming more and more addicted to it. This must be the fourth album that has arrived here on the site, but I've listened to practically everything he released between 1969 and 1992 (I stopped at Harvest Moon because I've been listening to that album on repeat every day for a few weeks). So, I credit this site for giving me my newest addiction. Thank you.
On The Beach has a much more bluesy aura, without abandoning the folk aesthetic that characterizes many of his songs. The big difference on this album is in the percussions. They give a more relaxing dynamic to the album. It really makes you think you're listening to this on a beach.
5 stars, no secrets!
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
I just received a Neil Young album yesterday, and today we have CSN & Young... I'm keeping an eye on that premeditated script, huh, 1001albunsgenerator! But I'm not complaining, quite the opposite. I've been completely immersed in Neil Young's work, and all his projects, like his contribution to Crosby, Stills & Nash. Here he leaves us with at least two wonderful songs in his voice: Helpless and Country Girl.
Speaking of the album as a whole, few times in history do you get the opportunity to listen to an album as perfect as this one. All 10 tracks are absolute hits. There are songs that hit the soul hard like "Almost Cut My Hair" and "4 + 20" and there are songs that are impossible not to shake your bones like "Woodstock" and "Everybody I Love You"
One of the easiest 5 stars I've ever given!
Kings of Leon
4/5
That's a Fine Album! One of the best things that the 2000's rock got to offer. That was the first time I ever listened to this band, and it was a great experience. Not perfect, but great! I'm gonna leave 4 stars today.
Deep Purple
5/5
I used to hang out with this girl who loved to have sex while listening to this album. Things always used to go crazy when "Space Truckin'" started to play (COME ON!). I wasn't even a huge Deep Purple fan back then, but when you have a hot chick like that claiming you as her Highway Star, you change your mind in a heartbeat!
Seriously, Smoke On The Water deserves a proper shout-out. Not only because it's probably the most famous guitar riff in music history, but everything involved in the context of this song is absolutely legendary, and the guys in Purple knew it. So much so that in the lyrics of the song itself they say:
"No matter what we get out of this
I know, I know we'll never forget"
An absolute 5 stars for this legendary album!
The Dandy Warhols
4/5
I had a lot of fun listening to this album. It sounds like the good old days of 90's Britpop. I'll give it 4 stars.
5/5
An absolute Bowie classic! Probably the album I've listened to the most, along with Heroes. It's one of the anthems of my adolescence, and at the same time it's an album I've never stopped listening to. Every now and then I play it and start enjoying it as if it were the first time.
5 stars, obviously!
Madonna
4/5
When I was a kid, Michael Jackson died, and his popularity grew tremendously at that time, especially among us kids, who were getting in touch with this 80s pop music for the first time. Along with this whole new world that appeared before us, a kind of silly rivalry also grew between the King and Queen of Pop. The boys were fans of Michael, and the girls were fans of Madonna. And it was as simple as that: the boys didn't listen to Madonna because it was a girl thing, and the girls didn't listen to Michael because it was a boy thing. Silly, right? But because of that, Madonna is probably the most famous artist whose songs I've never listened to until today! And only today I realize what a huge mistake I made all these years. I had a lot of fun listening to this album, and just like in 2009, a new world of 80's pop music is once again open up before me to explore... even though it's a "girl thing."
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
This is definetely not pop music! It's not something I'll hear every day. It needs a proper time to enjoy it, but it's definetely good music... I'm gonna leave 3 stars today.
Elton John
4/5
That's a fine album! Tiny Dancer worths the all the trip, but the rest of the album is also pretty good! Not my favorite Elton John's album, but Madman Across The Water is an obrigatory stop on the marathon. I'm gonna give it 4 stars.
Leftfield
1/5
bad day to have ears.
Underworld
1/5
I rather listen to the sound of my farts.
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
"Baby's Got Sauce" but they don't. Some of the songs give me the same feeling as drinking spoiled milk after waking up with a tequila hangover. The album ends up being a compilation of good song ideas wasted.
I'm giving it 2 stars because I admit I found myself dancing to "Cold Drinks" and "Shooting Hoops", and these guys seem to be having a lot of fun recording this, so it's worth it. It's the kind of thing I'd play with my friends while we knock back a few beers.
Coldplay
4/5
I'm not a great fan of Coldplay, but that's a fine album! Yellow is a 2000's classic! Gonna leave 4 stars today.
Tim Buckley
4/5
This is a nice album! Must be the third Tim Buckley's album I got from here, and in all of them I had basically the same experience: A good, calming and enjoyable album. 4 stars it is.
Fairport Convention
3/5
Not bad at all. Just a regular good album from the end of the 60's. 3 stars.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Here we have some great 80's music! Listening to Peter Gabriel was a really nice surprise. He is one of the artists on my waiting list whose work I most need to explore in more depth. I'm going to give it 4 stars today. Very Nice!
Cat Stevens
5/5
I remember the first time I listened to "Father and Son" when I was 16, and it hit so hard in my soul at the time, it seemed that the song were speaking directly to me. Since then, Cat Stevens been on my waiting list, and finally my chance came, and boy... why dind't I had listen to this before? I wasted so much time. This is wonderful. It's my kind of music you know, it just fills my soul! Of course I knew "Wild World" too, but all of the songs are amazing. 5 stars without a doubt!
5/5
The first time I heard a song by X was while playing GTA V a couple of years ago. The song "Los Angeles" is part of the game's soundtrack. And both this song, the album of the same name, and "Wild Gift" have something in common. They are a fierce and fast quickie. The best 4 seconds of a rooster's life. The last dance of a male rabbit. But really, really good! Top-notch punk rock, and that means cheap production, simple chords and played in a quick and dirty way. Damn, this is good...
The Who
5/5
Sometimes, a review isn't needed. This is my top 3 albuns of all time, I grew up listening to this and I won't waste much of my time (and yours) writing about how great this album are!
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OutKast
4/5
Much better than I expected. It was a true journey through different musical genres, all mixed into a high-quality hip hop epic!
The album has its low points, but it's worth listening to!
And also... it has the 2000s classic "Hey Ya!"
4 stars.
Electric Light Orchestra
5/5
This album is a work of art! All the songs are true epics, everything sounds incredibly grand! I enjoy listening to this album every time I vaguely forget how mind-blowing music can be! 5 stars of course.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
5/5
TPATH's debut, huh? What can I say? 30 minutes of top-notch rock n roll. Very good for a debut. I'm definitely not the best person to review an album that goes well with road trips and motorcycles. For me, it's just 5 stars, automatically!
Bonus: I became very happy with the new wave of fans that Tom has been gaining since "Love is a Long Road" was used in the GTA VI trailer, precisely because I also became a Tom Petty fan thanks to a GTA game, in this case, San Andreas, with the song "Runnin' Down a Dream"!
LONG LIVE TOM PETTY! You'll never gonna be forgotten!
Jurassic 5
3/5
Cool. Not bad. Another regular hip hop album, nothing too impressive.
The Monks
5/5
That was fun as hell. Punk rock, before even exists! 60's always manage to amaze me. 5 stars.
Sparks
3/5
It was a fun album. It has some good songs and some that are kind of silly. I really liked the guitars, they sound very creative. The instruments themselves are nothing special, but they are well played. The vocals are also good. My problem here is that the album sounds too average. It lacks flavor, it lacks seasoning.
I'll give it 3 stars.
George Michael
3/5
I knew George Michael thanks to that incredibly boring song called Careless Whisper, which is present in every playlist of bad-fuck songs out there and tik-tok videos with someone doing a car drift in high speed.
I was expecting some romantic and cheesy ballads in advance. Right away, I was surprised by a great song that gives the album its title, "Faith". But the rest is exactly what I expected. His voice is cool and striking, and it fits this type of music. The album loses a lot of points due to lack of creativity. Most of the songs make me believe that I've already heard them in the voices of other artists from the same era. Anyway, I think 3 stars is a fair rating.
Kanye West
1/5
Fuck Kanye
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Always a pleasure to listen to Peter Gabriel. Another good album. 4 stars is fair enough.
Arcade Fire
4/5
Very good indie rock album!
Sometimes I feel like the tracks on this album go on a little longer than they should. I think if some of the tracks were only half as long, it would be a 5 star album.
Half Light II is worth the trip!
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Thanks to today's recommendation, I re-listened to Jimi's entire discography once again. After all, you don't open a good beer just to have a small sip, do you?
Soul II Soul
3/5
It's a great album to listen to as a background for some other activity.
I already knew "Keep On Movin" but I confess that club-house music is not really my thing.
Def Leppard
5/5
Def Leppard is one of the few Hard Rock/Heavy Metal bands from the 80s that I never listened to or was interested in. The only things I knew about the band until today were that they had really cool album covers, and the song "Photograph", which is on the GTA V soundtrack (once again the Grand Theft Auto series has proven to have influenced at least 10% of my musical taste and knowledge).
I immediately melted at the first chorus of "Rock! Rock! (til' you drop)". Any possible prejudice I might have had regarding this 80s aesthetic with a taste of bubblegum and banana, which I now find extremely nauseating, evaporated completely in the face of this overwhelming song. A great start to an album that leaves no loose ends. An excellent hard rock album, with choruses that you can sing at the top of your lungs in large arenas.
There are no flaws. 5 stars.
Jeff Buckley
5/5
He had a sweet and precious voice, and his interpretations were fantastic. A unique artist who is sorely missed today.
The version of Hallelujah on this album is, for me (and for many others), the best version of Leonard Cohen's classic.
There are no mistakes here. 5 stars.
Sade
5/5
S E X the voice!
For me, Sade is the kind of artist that can't be left out of your sex playlist.
She's like the female version of Marvin Gaye, and "Smooth Operator" is like "Let's Get It On"
This is a great debut album. 9 songs of the highest quality, both in terms of sound and composition and instrumental. Her voice embraces us like a soft purple silk curtain, leading us to experience sensations of lust and pleasure.
5 stars, of course.
2/5
I'm definitely not a fan of Nu-metal. Especially Limp Bizkit. I have a very funny memory of a show they did in São Paulo - Brazil, where they decided to play a Nirvana cover, and ended up playing probably the worst version of Smells Like Teen Spirit ever recorded. I burst out laughing when Fred Durst said "Load up on guns..." and let the audience continue the song.
Anyway. Leaving that aside, when the band isn't playing their usual nu-metal mixed with hip-hop, which works as well with Fred's voice as a mix of pistachio ice cream and couscous, I've heard some good songs there, you know, in the brief moments when they did something that didn't follow the cliché.
I'm going to give it 2 stars today, and I think that's a lot.
The Band
4/5
Another great album from the 60's! There's not much to say about it, it's just great. Not the best album in the world, but great. I'm gonna leave 4 stars.
The War On Drugs
4/5
A very interesting album. I can see several references to great artists of the past in the sound of the songs. The lyrics are very beautiful and profound.
Call me crazy, but it sounds like a distant cousin of Bob Dylan with great influences from Pink Floyd, singing in a dreampop band. Coo-coo.
Anyway, 4 stars sounds good.
The Replacements
3/5
A nice pop/punk rock album
The La's
5/5
This is probably the most underrated album I've ever listened to. I first listen it 6 years ago, after reading an interview with Noel Gallagher, where he mentioned his 13 favorite albums, and to this day, The La's first and only release is among my 20 favorite albums of all time!
We know that a huge wave of influence from the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, The Kinks and The Who would hit the market with the bands of the 90s in England. That's how Britpop was born. But right at the end of the 80s, some other bands stood out, like those from the Madchester scene, with bands like Happy Mondays, Charlatans, and of course, the Stone Roses (which the first album is also in my top 20 and I also think it's very underrated).
But practically going in the opposite direction of all the bands of that time, The La's appears, and instead of seeking influence from bands from the 60s, like the Beatles, they drink from the same source that inspired bands like the Beatles, like the Rock n Roll of the 50s, Skiffle bands and others. It's as if a band from the British invasion had been trapped in the 90s after a time travel gone wrong (or very right depending on your point of view).
All the 12 songs here are absolute hits! Starting with the simple and catchy "Son Of A Gun", going through the contagious "Timeless Melody", with great acoustic hits like "Liberty Ship", "Doledrum" and "Freedom Song", stunning rock n' roll songs like "I Can't Sleep", "Feelin'" and "Failure" and of course, the magical finale "Looking Glass" which to this day, is one of my favorite album closers of all time.
But of course the big hit on this album is "There She Goes". I was very happy when not long ago this song went viral on social media in short videos. It's one of the few good things this type of media does, introducing people to great songs from the past.
The rating would be nothing other than 5 stars, of course!
Slayer
5/5
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Wu-Tang Clan
2/5
regular hip hop album
2 stars
The Stooges
4/5
This is where Punk begins.
The anthem: "I Wanna Be Your Dog"
The whole album seems to be a mix of everything that rock had brought us up until then. It mixes this thing they called "Proto-punk" with psychedelic rock in a brilliant way.
The album is only not 5 stars because "We will Fall" comes in in a very disconnected way with the rest of the album. It is a slow, drawn out and long track, which does not match the vibe of the rest of the album.
That said: Great album!
4 stars.
The Streets
2/5
British hip-hop? You gotta be kidding me... 2 stars. I could've died before hear that for sure.
Prince
4/5
I'm not really into Prince. It's just not my kind of music. But I'd be an idiot if I didn't recognize that I'm listening to some truly great music!
plus: Purple Rain is a legendary song!
4 stars is good.
Faust
2/5
I think I lost some brain cells
Bonnie Raitt
5/5
I simply couldn't find any flaws
5 stars. Very high quality music!
The Kinks
4/5
It's not the Kinks' best work.
It sounds very lazy.
But I always find myself going crazy over the drum sound on this album. An extra star will be given for that alone. 4 stars.
plus: Waterloo Sunset is an immortal classic.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Sometimes maybe good sometimes maybe shit
Daft Punk
1/5
Here's a little math for ya
Around the World × 33678 ÷ 800 parts of the same bullshit × Around The World a few more times + 8 ecstasy pills + 85 neon braceletes over ya body + at least 3 white lines in a row × Around The World a few more times = AROUND THE WORLD AROUND THE WOOOORLD!
Run-D.M.C.
5/5
That's the real hip-hop! Not that overproduced bullshit, just the simple samples and the rhymes. 5 stars.
Earth, Wind & Fire
5/5
Did they released any bad albuns?
The Clash
5/5
I've never been a fan of The Clash, but I'd be crazy if I said that this wasn't a masterpiece of Punk Rock. It was where the genre found its peak. It's musically very rich, full of hits, great instrumentals, good vocals... anyway, it's a very fun album, and although it's not to my taste, it's undoubtedly a 5-star album!
The Velvet Underground
4/5
A hidden gem from the 60s. Among so many classic albums that came out at the end of that decade, Velvet Underground may sometimes go unnoticed, but it's always a pleasure to listen to them. I think 4 stars is a fair rating.
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
If the combination of depression and desperation had an album, it would be this one. And that's not a compliment.
I played this for a homeless and he said "here's 5 bucks pal, you need more than me."
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Always a pleasure to hear Bob Marley's voice.
The United States Of America
4/5
I like it! It has a Jefferson Airplane vibes. Very cool. 4 stars
The Byrds
4/5
While most of the rock bands in 68 were doing psychedelic stuff, The Byrds were one of the few bands who said: "Fuck it. Here's some old ragged ass fuckin country music up your ass, mate!"
Beck
4/5
Yeaaaah! Sounded good. I never heard about this Beck before, but it was a nice surprise. I'm gonna give it 4 stars.
Megadeth
4/5
well well well. we got a huge thrash metal classic today. I wasn't a big fã of Megadeath until I listen to the track "Peace Sells" on the GTA Vice City Soundtrack (once again, GTA rulling my musical taste). Still not my taste, but this album is awesome. 4 stars is fair enough.
Björk
2/5
If I had to pay to listen to a stoned Icelandic woman who recorded her own farts on an album, I would be mourning the loss of that precious money to this day. I've listened to some of Bjork's early stuff, and some of it was actually pretty good. But this album wasn't worth the time I spent listening to it. 2 stars and I'm being generous.
Beach House
3/5
Not so bad. Not so good. Just an indie album to listen to in a cold day. 3 stars
Nine Inch Nails
1/5
Honestly, I was very disappointed when I listened to this album. I know the name Nine Inch Nails from Hurt, which I listened from Johnny Cash for the first time. For this reason, I had high expectations for this album. Honestly, it sounds like a collection of noises and melodic vocal lines that sound like moans. Not even the original version of Hurt at the end of the album pleased me. Today it is 1 star.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
5/5
I felt like i'm in 1958, driving a Jaguar Mark IX while listening to this... wonderful! 5 stars.
Femi Kuti
4/5
Fela Kuti's son? This album had no chance of being bad!
Louis Prima
5/5
Hell of a way to start a Monday!
I already knew some of the songs from other sources, such as "Just a Gigolo/ I Ain't Got Nobody" which I listened for the first time sung by David Lee Roth, and also a small excerpt from "Body And Soul" at 2:19 of the song, which was used on the Brazilian program "Pião da Casa Própria" by the legendary Silvio Santos.
This album is a true masterpiece of Doo-wop Sh-boom music!
Air
2/5
Simple math here: for a soundtrack, 4 stars. For a regular album, 3 stars. But why should I listen to this before I die? 2 stars. So yes: 2 stars.
David Holmes
1/5
If I had a physical copy of this album, I think I could sell the plastic of the CD and the booklet sheets to buy a useful plastic bag.
Buena Vista Social Club
5/5
Top quality Latin music! A shout out from Brazil to my Latin friends in Cuba!
Black Sabbath
5/5
This album is for you who finish with your woman cause she couldn't help you with your mind.
For you who agrees that politicians hide themselves away after started the war.
For you, living in the crimson eye of Great God Mars.
For you, that just stares at the world.
For you, living in a dying world of radiation.
For you, who knows what to do when time's caught up with you.
For you, banging your head at the Rat Salad.
For you, who believes that fairies wear boots.
It's a day to dust off the old LP or CD, or even type the album's name in that green app, and let loose!
IRON MAN LIVES AGAIN!
Pearl Jam
5/5
A grunge classical. No more words to say about it. 5 stars.
Muddy Waters
5/5
Any Chicago Blues from the 50's and 60's wins an automatic 5 stars from me.
U2
4/5
Personally, I'm not a big fan of U2's first 3 albums. I'm more into the ones that came after "Unforgettable Fire". But there's no denying that "War" is a great album. Sunday Bloody Sunday is an iconic song. 4 stars is fair.
Neu!
3/5
It was an interesting album, but not very easy to digest.
Jeff Beck
3/5
That's a great album for a debut, but too regular to carry the Jeff Beck's name. 3 stars is fair enough.
David Bowie
5/5
This album still makes me smell the old bus, packed with people, and smelling of old oil and gasoline that took me to school in my first year of high school.
The cold weather and the rain wetting the glass, while "Joe The Lion" was banging in my headphones. "Beauty and The Beast" still makes me dance internally, and Heroes still manages to transport me to another planet.
I still remember singing "I will be king and you will be queen" to my girlfriend at the time, and she thought it was the most romantic thing in the world hahahaha!
"Sons of The Silent Age" and "Blackout" close one of the most incredible Side A's in history!
Over the years, I learned to appreciate the songs on Side B's better too. It's my favorite of the Berlin trilogy, by far!
5 stars obviously.
Patti Smith
4/5
An album that teaches us to look at that young lady on the cover, who looks more like a lost daughter of Mick Jagger and Joey Ramone, and teaches us not to judge the music based on that. 4 stars is fair hahahaha
Grateful Dead
5/5
That was fun as hell! It's just my kinda of music. 5 stars.
Girls Against Boys
2/5
I don't know exactly why, but everything about this album sounds extremely fake.
4/5
I think this must be the second PJ Harvey album to appear on this site... anyway, it's pure and genuine, full of emotion. Great songs and lyrics make this album flow very well, except for the small moments where it seems to drag a little. 4 stars.
Fred Neil
5/5
When I lost sleep at 3:30 in the morning, I never imagined that I would discover one of the best albums of this year. This song simply connects with the soul of a tired worker. It makes you want to pick up your old guitar and sing the old blues out of your chest.
I've been doing this challenge for 380 consecutive days, and albums like this remind me why I started. 5 stars.
Living Colour
4/5
Cult of Personality is yet another proof of how the Grand Theft Auto series has shaped my musical taste over the years. I'll probably forget the other songs on this album. I'll probably even forget the name of the album. But Cult Of Personality will always have a special place in my memories.
Pentangle
3/5
Cool! It feels like I've been transported somewhere in the Lord Of The Rings story or India. It has a cool vibe, but it didn't really surprise me musically. I think 3 stars is fair.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
Here in Brazil, I grew up with an awful thing called "Funk Carioca", which is a poor and disgusting version of the real funk. But at 10 years old, I had no clue about that. I thought that funk it was just an awful and obscene kinda of music. But then one fine day I listened to a song called "Snow" and I thought "Oh nice, it has good guitars, so it's rock". Little I knew... So, like a regular teenager rock fan in the early 2010's, I found the RHCP popular songs, such as "Californication", "Can't Stop", "Otherside", "Scar Tissue"... The famous ones, right?
But not much time later, I randomly discovered a song called "Mellowship Slinky in B Major" and I said "WOW"! Then I started to indulge in the RHCP discography, which introduced me to James Brown's music, and a whole Funk and disco music universe from the 70's.
In my opinion, the only mistake in this album, is the large amount of songs. They could released 2 albuns out of that. But since all of them are awesome, still gets my 5 stars rate.
The Magnetic Fields
4/5
Luckily for me, today is Saturday and I have some free time. A 3-hour album, for christ sake...
But against all odds, judging by the length of the album, the number of tracks and that horrible cover, I really liked this album. Well, at least the songs, individually speaking.
From what I read on the wiki, the idea behind the album was to showcase the songwriting talents of the vocalist Stephin Merritt, and he really does it very well. The songs are genuinely interesting, both lyrically and instrumentally, and completely avoid any cliché that the album's title might suggest.
The biggest flaw of this album is precisely its unbearable length, as it doesn't create any pleasant experience in a "one go listen". Generally, a tired adult who doesn't have time to dedicate 3 hours of their day to listening to music with due attention will take at least 3 days to finish listening to it, thus creating a much stronger connection with just one of the three sides of the album, or with the songs themselves, individually only.
In short, as an album: 3 stars, because it follows the theme established in the title, but it is unbearably long.
Musically speaking: 4 stars, because the songs are genuinely interesting and avoid any cliche that the name of the album might suggest.
I'm in a good mood, I'll give it 4 stars hahaha.
John Grant
4/5
At first I thought it would be another sad indie album. But I was surprised. It's a very sentimental album, everything that is being said, both in the lyrics and in the harmonies, rings very true. It was a pleasant surprise. 4 stars.
Sister Sledge
5/5
FOOOONNNNKEEEeee...
I felt like I was in a late 70's black & white dancefloor. 5 stars
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
Very interesting! That's the second album that it comes for me in this site, first one being the "If You're Feeling Sinister" released in the same year, and I got the same impressions than before. It's pop, it's indie, it's folk... still looks like The Stone Roses released an acoustic album, but a little more electric this time. Not perfect, but great album. 4 stars. In 1996, they're certainly were inspired...
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
This sounds a lot like The Jam. Interesting to hear something of what would become Echo and The Bunnymen in the future, but it's just a well-made copy of Paul Weller's band. 3 stars is fair.
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
Reading the wiki, I was able to understand the background that shows the importance of this album and the influence it had on well-known musicians and artists.
But musically speaking, I didn't hear anything that made this album special or unique, other than the fact that this guy is really horny. Could someone give this man the cunt? For God's sake...
Little Richard
5/5
I've listened to this album and these songs a million of times, and even today I'm still amazed at how much this guy's voice sounds like an electric guitar in overdrive... Simply amazing!
Primal Scream
2/5
Oh boy... what a nap...
Cocteau Twins
4/5
English is not my native language. But the moment I understand any of the Cocteau Twins' lyrics, or any of Liam Gallagher's interviews, without the help of any subtitles, I can get my Green Card anywhere in the world.
This was not a music critic. Music is not just about the words and their meanings. It's about how the sounds they emit make you feel. And in this regard, Cocteau Twins are very good!
The album, despite being slightly short, has a magnetic aura, which attracts the ears of sensitive people and makes them travel into this particular universe that the album possesses. Well, at least that's what I felt, I didn't understand a damn thing of the lyrics! hahahahaha.
Anyway, 4 stars.
The Police
4/5
I'm not a huge fan of The Police, but this album exudes an extremely magnetic creativity that makes you want to listen to more and more of it. Plus, "Every Breath You Take" is one of the most incredible songs ever written.
It's not perfect, but it deserves 4 stars.
The Isley Brothers
5/5
I suspect these guys haven't released a single bad song.
The Damned
4/5
This album sounds like 3 really thick lines of coke at 6 in the morning (which was when I listened to the album. How do I turn off this airplane engine that's in my ear right now, for the love of god?)
Hole
4/5
Would you release an album with your band 1 week after your husband died? Well, this girl did.
I only knew a few songs from Hole, and I had definitely never heard this album, but I was impressed by Courtney Love's vocal energy, how it sounds visceral and soft at the same time, and the same logic can be applied to the band. They sound like a post-punk band that decided to play metal. In other words... grunge hahaha.
It's not a spectacular album, but the 4 stars are deserved.
Iron Maiden
5/5
Wow... It's no wonder that many fans are so attached to the early phase of this band with Paul.
I listened to this album for the first time, not long ago, and I noticed the huge contrast in the sound of this album with those that would come later in this decade. They sound much more raw, like a rough diamond, but one that doesn't need to be polished. It's like a slightly cleaner version of Motorhead, if it's not too much of a heresy to say that hahaha.
Plus, just like Black Sabbath, who debuted with an album of the same name, with a song of the same name in it, and changed the history of this so-called Heavy Metal by creating this genre, here we also have an "Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden", which introduces (at the end of the album hahaha) one of the most important and influential bands of this genre in the 80s. Everything fits together perfectly, as if the universe were conspiring for this...
The Vines
4/5
Cool. Sounds like a mix of Oasis and Jet. Very cool.
The Verve
4/5
God, I love maturity...
The Verve released one of my all-time favorite albums, Urban Hymns, and it made a certain 17-year-old (AKA: me) very disappointed with the band's other albums.
But now, listening to it again years later, The Northern Soul sounds amazing! Maturity has taught me to appreciate albums like this, without the need to compare them to other albums that are incomparable.
It's not perfect, but it deserves 4 stars.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Any Simon & Garfunkel album is automatically 5 stars.
The White Stripes
4/5
I was listening to some White Stripes music the other day, and I came to the conclusion that they are a band from the 70s, who released their albums in the 2000s. It's hard to find something as raw and visceral as this in this decade in terms of production and sound (I'm not talking about Nu metal). It's nothing spectacular, compared to others from the same era, but this style of laid-back, carefree, naked and visceral blues rock is contagious! 4 stars is fair.
The Libertines
3/5
Cool. Nothing Else to say. I mean, It's not like I din't listened to things like that millions of times before. Just a regular rock album. 3 stars
Elvis Costello
4/5
The first impression this album gives, as soon as "Welcome to The Working Week" starts playing, is that it's an album from the 2000s... except it's 1977!
As the tracks go by, the evidence of the album's real year becomes clearer, but it's still an album with a sound that's way... way ahead of its time.
Despite being simple, it's catchy and fun. No technical or lyrical excellence, but it's really cool. 4 stars is fair.
Sebadoh
2/5
That album wás a disaster...
Ozomatli
2/5
Looks like something that Carlitos de la technobanda would dance to.
10cc
5/5
Wow, I had a great time listening to this album! It has the perfect 70's vibe that I can totally relate to. 5 stars, no mistake.
Jane Weaver
3/5
This sounds like those songs that play on your car radio early in the morning while you're driving to work. The ones where you think "hmm that's cool" but you have no genuine interest in it. 3 stars.
Gotan Project
2/5
Looks like a soundtrack for a boring novela
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
This was really cool! I had listened to some of this band's songs on random playlists, but I had never really stopped to listen to them. It exceeded my expectations, very good. 4 stars.
Brian Wilson
5/5
Thank you so much 1001albunsgenerator for send this one day after Brian Wilson's death. His legacy will be eternal!
Iron Butterfly
3/5
A good and regular album from the late 60's. Nothing more.
Is it me, or at some points, the guy singin sound like bowie?
4/5
I'm not a big Blur fan. But I recognize the importance of this album for the so-called Britpop of the 90s. I'm not sure if this is the right album to be in the 1001 albums. I personally consider Parklife a much better and more important album. But anyway, I'll leave 4 stars here and leave.
Stan Getz
5/5
BRAZIL MENTIONED!!!
This is probably the most internationally known album from my country, and it is indeed a national treasure. But here's a warning to the gringos: there's much more to our music than you can imagine. We're not just made of bossa nova, soccer and hot womens hahahahaha
Jane's Addiction
4/5
The first time I came across Jane's Addiction was through Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (again, GTA has always shaped my musical taste, ever since I was a kid). In the game, the classic Been Caught Steeling plays on Radio X. I love this song, but I had never stopped to listen to a full album by this band.
When I saw it was a Jane's Addiction album I thought "huh, could this be the one with the GTA radio song?"
NOP, it wasn't.
But it's a very fun album, from a time when the term "alternative rock" meant something. 4 stars is fair.
Mekons
3/5
Interesting, but none of the songs got me going. Maybe I need a few more listens to digest this properly. I'll leave 3 stars.
The Killers
2/5
This smells like the 2000s and puberty... in a bad way
The Darkness
4/5
Cool! A very raw and visceral rock for a change. It has that Airbourne or AC/DC vibe.
Elastica
5/5
When I was a teenager, I used to wear my Oasis t-shirt like it was a football team shirt, and all the other Britpop bands were my "rivals". Blur? Enemies!
And then one day someone came up to me and said "This band called Elastica, has surpassed Oasis in fastest-selling debut albums", and I was like "Noooo waaaayyy..."
Thank God for maturity! hahahaha
Although, as I thought back then, I still think this band sounds like a female version of Blur, but there's no denying that this album is spectacular. Top-notch Britpop!
Lauryn Hill
5/5
If every Hip Hop album had at least 20% of the power and aura that this one has, the world would be a very different place.
Eurythmics
5/5
For me, this is the peak of electronic music. The whole genre could have ended there.
Eric Clapton
5/5
I only really started to indulge in Eric's solo career in my early 20s, after spending my entire teens listening to overstimulating bands like Led Zeppelin, with their grueling guitar solos and riffs. Then, listening to albums like 461 Ocean Boulevard, I started to notice things, musically speaking, that I hadn't noticed before. It was like watching pornography your entire life, and then suddenly having sex for the first time. Amazing!
The Modern Lovers
2/5
This turned out to be surprisingly boring. This singer's voice sounds like a dead version of Morrison. It really bored me, but there are some good moments here and there. 2 stars.
Elliott Smith
2/5
Not for me mate. Sure it have it's value, but I had some problems to keep myself awake during this. 2 stars
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Not my kind of music but the version od House Of The Rising Sun worthed the trip. 3 stars
Cee Lo Green
4/5
This was surprisingly good. A very moody hip-hop and soul album. Totally different from what I expected.
It was only after listening to the album that I discovered that this guy sang Kung Fu Fighting for the Panda movie. I listened to that version my entire childhood. I thought I had heard that voice somewhere before. Anyway, 4 stars.
Black Flag
4/5
A good Punk Rock band. But a band that I discovered through the GTA franchise. They are raw and dirty, as every good punk band should be. It's not perfect, but it gets the job done clearly and to the point. 4 stars.
Super Furry Animals
3/5
It was fun. Sounds a lot like the 90s indeed
The Thrills
5/5
It was a great pleasure to be able to listen to this album. The 2000s should have had more albums like this.
Dolly Parton
4/5
A good country album. The harmony of their voices together is the highlight of the whole thing. It's divine! I'll give it 4 stars.
Mott The Hoople
3/5
This album made me think a little bit. I can imagine myself in the 70s, buying this vinyl in a random record store, and I would probably think "Uh, this is new? I'll take it", but for me it wouldn't make much of an impact, because albums like this came out every day in the 70s. It's very regular, very normal! But here's what really sets the 70s apart, because here I am listening to this extremely regular album, 52 years after it was released, on the other side of the world. Even the regular and bad music from the 70's still lives on, and that's really impressive. But as for the album itself... not so much. I feel like I've heard this album a million times under the feet of others. I'll give it 3 stars, it doesn't get any more regular than that.
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Nice. It has a similar vibe to Electric Light Orchestra. I liked it.
Talking Heads
3/5
I've never really liked David's singing. Either he's having a stroke or he's getting a blowjob. That's the impression I get. But other than that, the sound is pretty cool. They always sound very creative. But it's not something I would listen to every day. Talking Heads is a band that I've never really liked, but 3 stars is fair.
N.W.A.
5/5
This is probably the best (and perhaps the only) album of true Gangsta Rap. Absolute classic, 5 stars
Devendra Banhart
4/5
Sounds good. Like a more folksy and mystical version of Bob Dylan. Chillin' folk for a Sunday night.
Soundgarden
5/5
Anything with Chris Cornell's voice in it is 5 stars.
Talk Talk
5/5
The album already won me over with the first two tracks. Particularly with the song "I don't Believe In You". But I was wondering inside, "Where have I heard this guy's voice before?"
The next song answered my question: Life's What You Make It is on the GTA Vice City soundtrack. I listened to this song throughout my adolescence, and here's more proof that the GTA series shaped almost all of my musical taste.
Speaking of the album, the whole thing sounds so smooth. It went down like a warm coffee with cream at 10 in the morning on a cold day. Love it.
Motörhead
5/5
Probably the best live recording of one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands of all time at their peak. Every time I listen to Motorhead, I'm amazed by how powerful this sound is, played by just three instruments. Overkill is the moment when this reaches its highest level, in my opinion.
I can be wrong, but I think the reason that it sounds like that, it's because Phil 'Animal' Taylor's drums sounds just like an atomic bomb. That's not a drum kit, it's a locomotive without brakes. Damn...
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
This album has a shitty sound, but the shitty version of just like heaven worthed the trip. 2 stars.
Julian Cope
4/5
This album left a huge mystery in my mind throughout its duration. I couldn't quite define what I was listening to, whether it was post-punk, goth rock, alternative rock... when an album leaves you with this confusing atmosphere and still gets you going... you have to give it some credit. 4 stars is fair.
Paul Simon
5/5
Paul Simon is one of those artists who probably never released a single bad song. Need I say more? 5 stars.
The Avalanches
1/5
Much more noise than music itself. Revolution 9 Enhanced dub remix version.
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
This album is like a Mozzarella Pizza or coffee: You might find someone who doesn't like it, but it's pretty hard.
Richard Hawley
4/5
Sounds like a mix of Sinatra and Willie Nelson. Loved It! Totally could be released in the 50's
CHIC
5/5
Even someone who doesn't like music has heard Le Freak at least once in their life. This song is embedded in pop culture and everyone's imagination. It's truly a legendary song, made by an equally legendary band, who's never released a bad song. Is it possible to give it more than 5 stars?
Bob Dylan
5/5
Imagine someone recording songs with just a guitar and a harmônica, and 62 years later, people are still listening to it. Simply Dylan.
Freewheelin' is an imortal album, with legendary songs and It was the first big hit of a legendary artist. Music wouldn't be the same without it.
Even tho we livin diferent times, those lyrics remain fresh as new. His odd voice, singing in a odd way, sang for an intire generation, and people remained passing it foward until today. There's no words enough to say how big is Bob Dylan, and I won't waste them anymore. 5 stars.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
5/5
The late '60s were a big time for country music. I don't think any bad albums in this genre were released during that era.
This album is as easy listening as pizza is easy eating. You know the flavor, but you never get tired of it. 5 stars.
Orange Juice
4/5
It has a The Jam vibe. I liked it. New wave was a really fantastic era.
The Black Keys
5/5
The Black Keys. What a great band for times like these. I think that El Camino is their best album, but Brothers were their peak of creativity. I'd like to listen to more bands like this on mainstream.
Maxwell
5/5
So smooth! This album is going on the sex playlist 🗿🍷
Madonna
3/5
I don't know, everything that I listened to from Madonna sounds so regular... 3 stars is enough.
Burning Spear
5/5
REGAAAEEE!!!
That was freakin awesome mah bruhder!
BOM
BO
CLAAAAT!
LCD Soundsystem
1/5
Wow, what an awful album! It almost ruined my day off. Zero creativity, from the cover (which looks like some evangelical church pamphlet made in the old Windows XP Paint) to the last second of this crap. I think this is the first time in a long time I've had a huge urge to give it less than 1 star. Unfortunately, I can't. Next one, please.
Queen Latifah
4/5
I didn't know she was a singer, I swear. I knew her from the movies. Very well done, like practically everything she does. 4 stars.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
5/5
In the '60s, everything Eric Clapton touched turned to gold. It's no wonder he was called "God." This album is awesome! 5 stars.
Coldplay
4/5
Before invasive cameras and colorful wristbands. Before thousands of people with emotional problems go to concerts just to take blurry selfies, back in 2002 there was a great band, with two great albums, that should have split up that year.
Although some are reluctant to say it, songs like "The Scientist" and "Clocks" are classics of the 2000s.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
Just like honey is a classic, but all the rest sounds too fuzzie for me. 2 stars
Van Morrison
5/5
A good example of an artist who improves 100% in his live performances. Great Album!
Skunk Anansie
1/5
"Post Orgasmic chill" it's just for girls. For the boys is "Post Jerk Off Depression"
The Crusaders
3/5
The Street Life track was good, but the other ones without lyrics sounds like porno soundtrack. Still better than most of the shit that plays on the radio these days tho...
Chicago
4/5
Great album. Very ambitious and bold for a debut album. Some things didn't work at certain points, which can make the experience a bit sluggish, but I think that's just a consequence of the era when most bands were experimenting too much. It has good songs, and it's a great debut from a great band. 4 stars is fair.
Jeru The Damaja
3/5
Looks like he recorded one single beat and putted on loop, and then jammed a 40 minute rhyme book on top of that. I mean, it's cool, but boring at the same time.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
If I'm traveling on a highway at 70 miles per hour, how many brain cells can I pop in 1 hour, 18 minutes, and 38 seconds?
Answer: Countless.
Cream
5/5
On any ordinary day in 1967, masterpieces like this were coming out. Impressive.
As I said a few days ago on the Blues Breakers album, everything Clapton touched in the '60s turned to gold, and it's no wonder he was called "God." But this is different. Because not only Clapton, but two other musical geniuses were involved: Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.
What these three did on Cream's three albums is something that will be studied by music lovers until the end of time, especially the songs on this album. Dude, seriously, how do you live just another ordinary day of your life, and out of nowhere write "Sunshine of Your Love"? How do you come up with such a powerful and hypnotizing guitar riff? That bass, so heavy for the standards of the time, those mind-blowing drums? It's all the result of a time when everything was in the name of music, and about creating something no one had heard before, but based on something everyone had heard. Of course, in the midst of all this acid trip, there was always the Blues. It was always about the Blues...
Kraftwerk
5/5
Everything I've heard from Kraftwerk so far has been a lot of fun. I can't help but wonder what it would have been like to listen to this in the 70s and genuinely feel like it was "the sound of the future," or even "the sound of space." And despite being so experimental and creative, late 70s Kraftwerk (which is all I've heard so far) sounds incredibly poppy, pleasant to the ears, and doesn't sound strange. All things considered, it's what Brian Wilson did with Pet Sounds a decade earlier, and the Beatles with Sgt. Peppers. Because after all, no matter how experimental and technological the sound is, if it doesn't move people, inside and out, it's useless. 5 stars.
The Adverts
3/5
A very regular punk rock album...
Paul Simon
5/5
This is maybe the forth album by Paul Simon to appear in here, so I just going to say it again.
This man never released a single bad song.
Pere Ubu
1/5
So this is what an aneurysm sounds like...
Tortoise
1/5
Boooooring
42 minutes of useless sounds
The Beau Brummels
4/5
When the Disraeli Gears appeared in here a few days ago, I said on the review that masterpieces like these used to come out every regular day in the late 60's. Tringle by The Beau Brummels only confirms that.
I'll be honest, the only thing I dind't liked in here was the vocals. Dind't catched me and dind't gave me the right vibe. But it's solid good music. 4 stars is enough.
Sonic Youth
3/5
I found out that Sonic Youth is just not for me.
I do understand their music, and the reason that people might like, but doesn't have me going. Well, at least in the 2 or 3 albuns that I listened to. I think 3 stars is fair enough
The Undertones
4/5
It was a really fun New Wave album. It reminded me a lot of The Knack's debut, same vibe. 4 stars.
Aimee Mann
4/5
A nice pop rock album from the 90's. Loved it.
The xx
1/5
why? why? why this is on the list?
Ray Charles
5/5
Ah... the 50's... There's a feeling of nostalgia and glamour that music from that decade exales. Ray Charles was indeed a genius.
808 State
2/5
I had a fall of expectations when I saw the genre and the year. I thought it was gonna be another weird tech-house eletronic music from late 80's and 90's. But for my surprise, it wasn't a complete bullshit. I caught myself jamming with my head with the music (tho I think it was a start of a stroke), so it have some value. But after all, this kinda music just don't make any sense to me. This should be hidden in some old DJ's pen-drive for him to play to some stoned heads in rave parties. 2 stars
Dwight Yoakam
4/5
It's funny how everything today pointed in the direction of Country Music. I went to work today (even though it was Sunday), and Spotify's recommendations suggested "Amarillo By Morning." When I got home, a Sunday celebrity dance show had a country music theme. I opened YouTube just before opening the day's album, and the site recommended a Gabriel Iglesias stand-up comedy sketch where he talks about Country Music...
Did I slept with Willie Nelson and not remember it?
Well, anyway, great Country Music album. Never heard of Dwight Yoakam before, but he's good. I'm too lazy to say more about it. I worked on a Sunday for god sake.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
There are some great songs here. The biggest problem is the length. Two-hour albums are enough entertainment for a whole week, not just one day. The experience gets tiring and painful from the middle to the end. But this album holds together by the strength of its songs. 4 stars is fair.
Jane's Addiction
5/5
BEEN CAUGHT STEALING
once
WHEN I WAS FIVE
The Velvet Underground
5/5
No. This is definitely not a t-shirt brand.
The Gun Club
3/5
Not so exciting as I thought it would be...
It's just regular, I guess. I mean, It's punk, right?.... so 3 stars.
Deep Purple
5/5
For the ones who claims knowing Deep Purple and only knows Smoke On The Water.
For the ones that Machine Head is the Only masterpiece they released.
For the ones who reads "DP," and thinks it's about some Double Penetration.
Here's some Purple... In Rock!
Sepultura
4/5
BRAZIL MENTIONED
Always a pleasure seeing some band from motherland coming up here.
I never expected that Sepultura would be in the list. Much less with this album.
not a big fan of black metal, but they sound really good
SZA
1/5
I'll make sure to access that when I'm in the mood for porn.
Goldfrapp
3/5
There's something strangely comforting about these songs, and I can't quite put my finger on it...
Sometimes it sounds soft, like a "morning sounds" you put on while having breakfast, and other times it sounds like the soundtrack to a thriller.
It's not something I'd listen to every day, but it was a very interesting experience. 3 stars.
Fatboy Slim
2/5
The only interesting thing I have to say about this is that when "You're Come a Long Way Baby" appeared a few months ago, for some reason, since that day, every time I open the 1001albumsgenerator app on my phone in airplane mode, without internet access, the album page appears as if I had never listened to it. Which made me desperately want a T-shirt that says "I'm Number 1, so why try harder?". Thanks, little-chubby-guy! You're the coolest guy in the world!
Other than that, it's still not my type of music and sounds even more repetitive than what I've listened to before. 2 stars
Taylor Swift
1/5
Since there's nothing interesting about the songs, let me share a story.
Taylor came to my city, Rio de Janeiro, a few years ago. The mayor shut down the city, lit up the Christ the Redeemer statue, and a bunch of people, in 50-degree celsius heat (122 °F), gathered at a soccer stadium to watch this bitter-whited-ass girl sing using playback.
Anyway, a little bit of everything happened on the day of her show (at least one of them, I don't know how many there were):
There was a blackout in the poor part of the city (remember, it was 50 degrees Celsius), a fan died of overheating and dehydration during the show... in short, this bitch's presence in Rio was something to forget.
Bon Jovi
3/5
I'm definitely not a Bon Jovi fan, and I find everything they've done pretty boring, with the exception of two songs: "Wanted Dead or Alive" and "Livin' on a Prayer." And coincidentally, both songs are on this album. So, 3 stars.
Bob Dylan
5/5
This is probably the first Bob Dylan album I ever heard. I remember back then, researching bands and artists, listening directly to the album that contained each of their most famous songs. In this case, it was "Like a Rolling Stone," and I thought, "Okay, let's see what this is all about." My first impression was... "Who is this man who sings like he's recently had a stroke?"
It sounded so strange. I spent years not appreciating Dylan's great albums because of this initial strangeness. I believe this happened to a lot of people. I'm glad it's over, because this album, and everything Dylan released between 1963 and 1976, is pure gold! 5 stars.
Blood, Sweat & Tears
5/5
That's an extremelly high quality music. I may not feel like listening to it casually everyday, but there's no way that someday I'll manage to raise my finger and point any kind of flaw on this. Absolute 5 stars.
Jazmine Sullivan
1/5
"Why, why, why is this on the list?"
If I add a few chords to my last line, I'll make a better song than this entire album.
Every time I listen to albums like this, I secure another piece of my spot in heaven, because this can only be a damned punishment.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
I've never been a big Rolling Stones listener. Not that I don't like it, and certainly not that I don't recognize how great these guys are... it's just that I've always preferred listening to something else. But when Sticky Fingers came to me this morning, I thought, "Damn, they've always been a part of my listening routine"... forever!
Ever since I discovered rock 'n' roll at 10 years old, and Satisfaction was a constant presence on my playlists, throughout my life, The Rolling Stones has been a band I've listened to at some point. Especially Sticky Fingers, which is my favorite.
I was a kid growing up in the download era, and to this day I still have my copy of this album in 320 kbps, in case there's a power outage at home and I need to listen to something offline.
5 stars, obviously.
Roxy Music
4/5
A great debut for a great band!
Leonard Cohen
5/5
Leonard Cohen was one of the artists I discovered through this site. This must be his third album to appear here, but since the first, I've come to appreciate this man's work and talent. He's become one of those artists I never tire of listening to.
M.I.A.
2/5
Most of it was annoying. 2 stars
Adam & The Ants
4/5
I really like these "Punk era" albums, because they all sound the same and they're all really cool.
Public Enemy
4/5
Gold rap/hip hop music. In my opinion, rap music should never stopped sound like this.
Anthrax feat caught me off guard, very good!
White Denim
4/5
Cool!
Back in 2011, I was 10, and that's the kind of thing that I wanted to hear more on the radio back then.
We ain't talk about any masterpiece in here, but it sure has an excellent rock n' roll vibe. Loved it.
Everything But The Girl
4/5
I love this late-night vibe. It pairs perfectly with cold weather and a good wine.
Paul Revere & The Raiders
4/5
It sounds like everything else released at that time. It seems like all the artists of the time were in pure musical and creative effervescence. Listening to it almost 60 years later, with my ears completely "addicted" to the more distinctive and grandiose sounds that would emerge in the following decades, this album ends up sounding incredibly average, even when compared to its contemporary releases. But it's good music, undeniable.
The Temptations
5/5
The aliens will only start communicating with us the day we send a Temptations album into space.
Destiny's Child
1/5
Not for me mate.
I just got zero interest in this type of music.
GZA
3/5
Regular hip-hop album
The Mothers Of Invention
4/5
I love the fact that everytime that I listen to some Zappa album, I ended up with a "???" sign in my head. It feels good and weird at the same time. It leaves you with questions, but no doubts at all. That's a reminder: music can be as much confusing as comfortable. Very good!
Venom
4/5
I had a really harsh day at work today, and instead of relaxing in my couch, I'm in a moshpit with myself, giving punchs in the empty with my elbows. Thank you 1001albunsgenerator.
Fever Ray
2/5
Honestly, I don't see the point in this kind of music. Is it meant for sleeping?
But it would make a good soundtrack for an indie game. 2 stars is fair.
Terence Trent D'Arby
5/5
Think of an artist that mixed up together all the good stuff that soul and R&B gave us in the 60s 70s and 80s in one unique style, with paying the due respect to the old folks that made history back then, and not reinventing the wheel or something like that, just doing some good old music in a fresh way...
Before you can say "Bruno Mars", I say "You're nuts".
5 stars (I was gonna give it 4, but the cover of Who's loving you stoled me a whole star)
Beatles
5/5
It took me over 24 hours to write this review because I simply didn't know what to write.
Rubber Soul, like the entire discography of the Beatles and its members, is as common and frequent in my life as a glass of water.
Writing a review of Rubber Soul would be like writing a detailed text about the appearance of my big toe. It's with me every day, there's nothing new to say about it, but still, I'm eternally grateful to have it in my life.
That's all. 5 stars, of course...
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
3 hours, 14 minutes and 48 secs...
It worthed every second!
That's what I call Prime Music.
Genesis
5/5
I love how every second of this is designed to captivate you. It has a mesmerizing atmosphere that makes you immerse yourself (or even drown) in the waves of sound and the lyrics. Prime progressive rock! 5 stars.
Herbie Hancock
5/5
I've written a few reviews of instrumental albums before. I remain firm in my opinion that albums without vocals fail to communicate completely directly with the listener. Despite being fascinated by music and its artifice and minute details, I understand that music is something that arises from within a human being, and that the voice is the purest and most genuine instrument we possess to convey our feelings.
But I'm not crazy enough to reduce this incredible work to a mere 70s porn soundtrack, as my inner self was tempted to do (broken sense of humor). This is incredible, and since I've made exceptions to my principles before with Miles Davis, this time will be no different. 5 stars.
The Pretty Things
4/5
Wow! Great psychedelic rock album. I can hear some musical elements here that wouldn't be popular until 20 years later. 1968 was a truly magical year.
Nirvana
5/5
Smells Like Cheap Cigarettes.
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
wonder if Dinosaur Senior sounds better.
Basement Jaxx
1/5
It sounds like that sound we hear while we're drunk on tequila and ecstasy. I know this because the music doesn't stop. Even when the party's over, and you're struggling to survive a massive hangover. It keeps pounding in your head like tuts tuts tuts tuts tuts tuts tuts
Bonus: Who had the incredible idea of photographing an orgy and using it as the album cover?
Al Green
5/5
This isn't an album you need to hear before you die. This is an album you need to hear or you'll die.
Jokes aside, Al Green is one of those artists who has never released a bad song.
I knew his work because once I saw someone mixing the lyrics of "It's a Long Way To The Top" by AC/DC, with the rhythm of "It Ain't No Fun To Me" from this album, and that never leaved my mind.
Even the first line is the same: "Riding down the highway..."
Absolut 5 stars.
Tina Turner
5/5
I'd never heard a Tina Turner album before... I don't know why. But now I can say that all this time I've spent without listening to her music hasn't exactly been a life well lived. 5 stars.
Eminem
4/5
I'm sure Jon Lajoie listened to this album a lot before writing "Everyday Normal Guy 2." Slim Shady has exact the same vibe. A very good and fun hip hop album. 4 stars.
Jacques Brel
3/5
French Sinatra
Beck
3/5
He sings as if he's asleep and talking to someone in his dreams. The music around him is very good, great arrangements, beautifully played instruments... all he needed was to shut up. 3 stars.
Alice Cooper
5/5
In a regular weekend of the 70s, you could easily find albuns like this at the record store. No More Mr Nice Guy playing on the radio... yeah it must have been a hell of an era to live... at least musically speaking.
Gillian Welch
4/5
A chill folk/country album. That never will suit me bad. 4 stars.
Joy Division
5/5
Here's a quick recipe for how I made this album a 5-star experience.
1 - Create a playlist and add the 9 songs from the album Closer, plus "Transmission" at the top of the playlist and "Love Will Tear Us Apart" at the end, for a total of 11 songs.
2 - Change the playlist name to "Songs to Hang Yourself With a Clothesline"
3 - Enjoy
The Offspring
4/5
Cool. They sound like the band that I wanted to have in highschool.
Spiritualized
2/5
What a great nap I just had.
4/5
The new wave era was just magic. I think there's not a single bad album from this time.
Pantera
5/5
I got in touch with Pantera thanks to a Spotify playlist called "The Book of Nasty Riffs", and Walk was one of the first songs on it. Since then, I learned to enjoy early 90s metal. Still not much of a fan tho, but you gotta surrender to an album like this. Both Vulgar Display and Cowboys From Hell are trully Metal Masterpieces. 5 Stars.
Sabu
1/5
Unless you're about to indulge on an Aztec tribe's mating ritual, this album is worthless.
The Cult
4/5
I'm not a big fan of The Cult. I've never really understood why they're so beloved, even though I really like some of their albums. I discovered this band through "She Sells Sanctuary" (featured on the GTA Vice City soundtrack), and from then on I started listening to their albums more deeply, and undeniably, they're all very good. On this album in particular, I loved the cover of "Born To Be Wild," but the entire structure of the album is very consistent and fun to listen to. 4 stars is fair.
Grizzly Bear
1/5
I lost almost 1 hour listen to this guy moaning at the mic...
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
This is fucking weird. All the lyrics are just bizarre. Plus, this guy ruins any chance of any of these songs sounding good with his vocals... Whatever "I killed this guy and my dick got hard" concept he was trying to push here, it didn't work.
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
That was fun! New Wave recently turn out to be one of my favorite genres.
The Undertones
5/5
It's been a while since I felt genuine pleasure listening to an album. Nothing like some good old-fashioned Ramones-style punk to bring me back to a good mood.
5 stars. For guys who call themselves the Undertones... they're definitely Ontone!
The Everly Brothers
4/5
I have the impression the Beatles listened to this a lot. A true harbinger of what guitar music would be like in the early '60s.
Peter Tosh
5/5
That's a way to perfect reggae album. Recommended for anyone unfamiliar with the genre and looking to learn more.
I'm not into weed, but for sure this is incredible music! 5 stars
Minor Threat
4/5
That was faster than a rabbit... but good! Fast fast... but good damn.
Rahul Dev Burman
4/5
An Indian film soundtrack is the last thing I expected to hear today. It wasn't even on Spotify or YouTube... I had to "hunt for jellyfish" like I used to do before streaming, downloading the album from a suspicious website with a Windows 98 page layout.
Anyway... honestly, the songs surprised me. I was expecting something extremely "ethnic," like that Michael Jackson Thriller parody called "Golimar." But I was caught off guard by the stereotype and overwhelmed by some good music. 4 stars.
Hanoi Rocks
4/5
One of the pioneers of the "makeup rock". It's actually pretty good. 4 stars.
The Only Ones
3/5
It's good music, but way too regular for me. 3 stars
The Jam
5/5
Everything that The Jam did is an absolut 5 stars coming from me.
Ice Cube
3/5
It's definitely not Ice Cube's best work.
The flow is good, but after 20 minutes, it starts to get boring. The lyrics are awful and haven't aged well.
But it's still enjoyable as background music for a gym workout.
I just need to forget that I understand English. 3 stars.
Elvis Presley
5/5
Ah, some classic Elvis!
Some try to say no, but the early 60's was a really good Elvis phase.
In Elvis is Back, one thing you can notice, is that the audio is way more better than the previous ones. My favorite here is "Reconsider baby", a housebreak blues in the best meaning of the name. 5 stars of course.
Ryan Adams
2/5
It tastes like a glass of water after having 15 rounds of beer.
I just heard 90 minutes of a generic rock pop music collection. Totally forgetable. 2 stars.
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Is great as background music. Not something I think I'll be listening again. 3 stars
Sly & The Family Stone
5/5
As a non north american person, this is probably the most beautiful USA flag I've ever put my eyes on it.
If we put this album on a capsule to mars, the aliens will show us a better way to land in there. 5 stars
Stereolab
3/5
Not bad. A good mix of indie rock with eletronic music.
Peter Gabriel
5/5
Peter Gabriel is one of the great discoveries I've made thanks to this site. It's a pleasure to hear from him once again. 5 stars.
Mariah Carey
1/5
Total crap
Metallica
3/5
It must not have been easy for Metallica to find their feet musically after Cliff Burton's death. The bass lines on this album are practically nonexistent. I still don't know why, whether it was intentional or just a sick joke in the form of bullying towards the newcomer Jason Newsted, I don't know.
There's a masterpiece here... "One," and that's a fact. However, it's the only real hit on the album, and everyone knows that metal albums in general need hits to support the more "obscure" tracks that demand more attention... not that there are many truly interesting tracks here, but it's true nonetheless.
The album, however, doesn't sound lazy, as the band would later sound in the 2000s. On the contrary, every track exudes the energy of a band trying its best to make up for the loss of the main creative leader, and in one of these attempts, with "One," they found the direction they should take for the next albums... and three years later, the Black Album comes, and everyone knows the story.
3 stars seems fair.
Gram Parsons
4/5
It's a good country album, but please, give the lady some credits, would ya?
Pavement
2/5
It definitely didn't appeal to me. It has some interesting post-grunge and punk elements, all wrapped in a thin layer of pop that holds it all together. But the album's sound, and that incredibly lazy vocal, bored me to death, to the point where I had to make a huge effort to keep my eyes open and not fall asleep from the middle of the album onwards. I think two stars are generous enough.
Dr. John
4/5
After the first: "YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YAAAAAAAA" the album had me.
4 stars.
Johnny Cash
5/5
This was the first Johnny Cash album I ever heard. Largely because "Hurt" was incredibly popular, my 16-year-old self was curious about this album, and even back then, knowing it was the last work he released in his lifetime, the whole album sounds like a beautiful and sad epitaph. All the versions performed by Cash carry an extra emotional weight, highlighting Rick Rubin's exceptional work in production. 5 absolute stars.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
5/5
We have Bob Dylan at home.
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Music is a place where you can pick up a guitar, and expose your feelings in a song. In that way, the job here was pretty well done. Her voice is powerfull and beautiful at the same time, giving emotional credit to every single word she sings. No masterpieces here, just a really good amount of good songs. 4 stars.
Christina Aguilera
4/5
Not bad, not bad... she has some insane vocals, and I'm bold enough to say that the second disc is almost perfect. It's a good pop album. 4 stars.
The Slits
2/5
This album sounds like a primal scream of horny ol' ladies from the 70's when they wanted to have coitus.
Kelela
1/5
Why exactly this is on the list?
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
This is a mix of interesting ideas... but it lacked music.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
EL&P live always quite be like:
"Oh, look at us and how we manage to jack off our instruments using this massive ten ton synthesizer"
But taking that apart, it's wonderful music. 4 stars.
The Divine Comedy
3/5
If Meat Loaf were still alive, I would tell him that I have a better lyric for one of his songs:
"- On a hot summer night...
Would you be cleaning the shit outta my stable?
- Yes...
- I bet you say that to all the horses..."
Parliament
5/5
Anything with George Clinton's name in it, is an automatic 5 stars.
5/5
Classic by The Kinks. No mistakes here, 5 stars.
Michael Jackson
5/5
The Quicy Jones trilogy are just perfect. There's no much to say about it.
The Way You Make Me Feel videoclip must be the one that I watched most when I was a kid. I mean, which girl doesn't want a creepy guy dancing and singing round her while she's trying to get home, right?
When Michael first got the lyrics for "Just Good Friends", he came to Stevie and said: "Men, I know that you're blind, but you gotta see this..."
Anyway, following the line of the two previous albuns, this is an albuns full of hits, from begining to end. 5 stars of course.
Culture Club
4/5
I discovered Karma Chameleon a few years ago when it played on the radio. I'm very curious about songs that immediately grab my attention, and I saved the name of this one and listened to it regularly over the last two years. But, criminally, I never stopped to listen to the whole album. It was worth the experience, it's really cool! 4 stars.
Carpenters
5/5
Her voice always brings a tear to my eye... an angel!
In this album, I particularly like the Beatles covers and of course, We've Only Just Begun, a great classic! 5 stars.
Love
4/5
Every time I listen to a Love album, I get the impression that I'm listening to a group of people having a blast. 4 stars.
Jorge Ben Jor
5/5
Hey Gringo! This guy named Jorge Ben is the best my country has to offer. Enjoy.
Gene Clark
5/5
This is the kind of 70s stuff that I would listen to all day long. It's just too suitable to my ears. 5 stars.
Soft Cell
3/5
Despite having a good cover of Tainted Love, the whole album sounds very average to me. Nothing truly exciting. 3 stars.
Fishbone
4/5
They're really good. I had a great time listening to this. 4 stars.
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
Nothing exciting about this one. 2 stars
T. Rex
5/5
T. Rex never let me down. They got the pepper sauce of being the only great band to perform glam rock. The other ones are shite.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
The perfect duo doing a perfect album.
This is S&G prime, all of the songs could be country and folk hits, but especially Bridge Over Troubled Water and Baby Driver are timeless. Baby Driver in fact it's one of the best rockabilly/folked songs of all time. It's hard to find some acoustic guitar sounding so good, and the classic dynamic between the two voices are the cherry on top of it.
5 stars of course.
Gang Starr
4/5
Simple funk and soul samples and no overproducing. That's, ladies and gentleman, it's some real dope rap. Not perfect, but really good.
The Birthday Party
1/5
That was the first album from this 1001 days run that I finally could listen to in FLAC. I could hear all of the details of how shit this album are, great goodness...
The Yardbirds
5/5
I have a feeling that the Yardbirds are too much underrated. People talk about the famous guitarrist that came outta of there, but they don't talk much about how good and ahead of they're time they really were. That's a great album.
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
This album gave me the feeling that it was going to be spectacular at first... but as time went on, I don't know, it seems that from the middle of the album onwards it lost its "spice," something that was making it incredible, becoming just good. As if something sweet had become watered down. I'll give it 3 stars.
Hookworms
4/5
That was a good experience. A sign that people still can do good music.
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
This was way better than that "Loveless" that I listened too a few months ago. Way more polished, but still very boring at some points. The best songs in it it's when the lady (or a men with a real feminine voice) sings, making a perfect contrast with the heavy and distorced sound. The song that I liked most was "new you", and it shows exactly what I say. 3 stars.
ZZ Top
5/5
Hell yeah!
I listened to ZZ Top a little bit too late in life. I used to listen to La Grange, love it, and that's it. But then I heard for the first time the first chords from Sharp Dressed Man, playing on the radio some ramdom day, and boy... that 80's atmosphere hitting you like a ton of lead it's something mind blowing. And then I listened to Gimme All Your Lovin on the GTA V radio station (proovin once more that GTA franchising mold the most of my music taste) and then I was the one giving all of my love to this band. I love all of the albuns, 5 stars to any of them.
Duke Ellington
3/5
Like Stevie Wonder says "The King Of All, Sir Duke". He used to play, in fact, the finest jazz that everyone ever heard.
Talking about the album itself, I'm not much of a fan of instrumental music, due my belief that vocals are a vital part of the conection that music does with people, and most of the songs are instrumentals in here. Besides, I really don't understand the charm behind of all those announcements that Duke does between the songs. I mean, I wasn't there, I don't care, just play the goddanm music man! Hahaha, anyway, those are the flaws I'm pointing, and despite that, it's high quality music.
The Flaming Lips
3/5
That was nice.
Janet Jackson
2/5
This is just a female version of her brother's album "Bad," but without the hits.
Neil Young
5/5
This album appeared for me today, December 3rd, the same day Spotify delivers its annual retrospective. Guess what? It was all Neil Young. Over 7,000 minutes just listening to the Canadian Old Man. And all thanks to this website that rekindled my desire to discover new artists and explore the discographies of artists I already know more deeply.
No kidding. My Top 5, both albums and songs, were all by Neil Young. And I'm almost certain that this was only possible thanks to the day 1001albunsgenerator recommended "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" to me at the beginning of this year, making me listen to Neil Young every day since 2025 began.
Thank you very much.
Eminem
4/5
I really not into 2000's rap, but I'm convinced that Eminem is the best that camed out at the time. His raspy voice adds so much to the songs, it gives a constant sensation of hearing someone really angry. I like it.
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
That's a good soundtrack for a 50's movie, but as an album itself... nah so much.
Jamiroquai
4/5
Nice! These jazz grooves are always welcome.
Peter Frampton
5/5
That's one of the best live performances ever recorded
2Pac
5/5
Rap/hip hop is born from a mix of beats and samples created by other artists. This alone has never been enough to make this genre good music. The difference lies precisely in the authenticity and personal depth displayed in the lyrics, and in this aspect, which carries the entire genre on its shoulders, there has been no one more authentic and original than Tupac Shakur, undoubtedly the greatest rapper of all time.
Napalm Death
1/5
You suffer. I suffer. We suffer. But why? Because this album is fucking awful!
It took me longer to write this review than it took those guys to write all the songs.
But I have to put up with it, because my dog is a huge fan of this album. He barked the lyrics all afternoon today.
The Specials
2/5
Is that reggae?
The Fall
2/5
Too short to be a live album. Too much time wasted listened to this.
Happy Mondays
5/5
Happy Mondays is one of the most underrated bands that great britain ever made. Another great band from Manchester.
So glad to be having this here.
Pixies
4/5
It always amazes me how weirdly good they sound.