May 17 2024
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
5
May 20 2024
Amnesiac
Radiohead
There's talent behind it somewhere, but the end result comes off as uninspired, pseudo-intellectual, and instantly forgettable. Pyramid Song is one of the more listenable tracks, but even then the stair stepping major chords are simple and repetitive while the unusual rhythm just feels contrived.
2
May 21 2024
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
May 22 2024
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
4
May 23 2024
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
3
May 24 2024
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
4
May 27 2024
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
2
May 28 2024
In Rainbows
Radiohead
1
May 29 2024
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
2
May 30 2024
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
3
May 31 2024
Dirt
Alice In Chains
1
Jun 03 2024
Aja
Steely Dan
5
Jun 04 2024
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
3
Jun 05 2024
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
5
Jun 06 2024
Disraeli Gears
Cream
3
Jun 07 2024
Kala
M.I.A.
1
Jun 10 2024
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
1
Jun 11 2024
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
4
Jun 12 2024
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
5
Jun 13 2024
The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
3
Jun 14 2024
Remedy
Basement Jaxx
1
Jun 17 2024
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
2
Jun 18 2024
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
3
Jun 19 2024
Back In Black
AC/DC
3
Jun 24 2024
American Idiot
Green Day
2
Jun 25 2024
Eliminator
ZZ Top
3
Jun 26 2024
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
3
Jun 27 2024
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
3
Jun 28 2024
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
3
Jul 01 2024
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
5
Jul 02 2024
War
U2
3
Jul 03 2024
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
2
Jul 04 2024
The Poet
Bobby Womack
4
Jul 05 2024
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
2
Jul 08 2024
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
5
Jul 09 2024
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
3
Jul 10 2024
Liquid Swords
GZA
2
Jul 11 2024
L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
1
Jul 12 2024
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
3
Jul 15 2024
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
1
Jul 16 2024
Diamond Life
Sade
5
Jul 17 2024
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
2
Jul 18 2024
Guero
Beck
2
Jul 19 2024
American Gothic
David Ackles
3
Jul 22 2024
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
3
Jul 23 2024
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2
Jul 24 2024
Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
3
Jul 25 2024
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
2
Jul 26 2024
Nevermind
Nirvana
3
Jul 29 2024
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
5
Jul 30 2024
On The Beach
Neil Young
4
Jul 31 2024
Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
3
Aug 01 2024
Blackstar
David Bowie
4
Aug 02 2024
Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
2
Aug 05 2024
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
Did Jim Morrison come back to life for a day just to channel a bootleg Smiths premonition in his garage? I found neither joy nor pleasures on this ruthlessly depressing album.
2
Aug 06 2024
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
5
Aug 07 2024
Mott
Mott The Hoople
3
Aug 08 2024
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4
Aug 09 2024
Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
2
Aug 12 2024
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
5
Aug 13 2024
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
5
Aug 14 2024
All Directions
The Temptations
Solid tracks throughout, but this one would be worth it just for the full minute version of Papa Was a Rollin' Stone with all that crunchy Wurlitzer that was cut out of the single edit.
5
Aug 15 2024
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
Listened to the whole thing straight through. 75 minutes of my life I'll never get back. Sure, some of the tracks are less terrible than others, but I completely fail to understand what it's doing on this list.
1
Aug 16 2024
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
Stevie rarely fails to impress, but the '72-'76 albums are on another level. This one starts incredibly strong and the songs flow beautifully to the end. Those deriding the non-Superstition tracks as self-indulgent or too fluffy are clearly not musically inclined; there's richness and depth in texture, instrumentation, chord structure, and harmony throughout. Easy 5 all day long.
5
Aug 19 2024
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
4
Aug 20 2024
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
4
Aug 21 2024
Your Arsenal
Morrissey
1
Aug 22 2024
The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
1
Aug 23 2024
Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
1
Aug 26 2024
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
4
Aug 27 2024
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
5
Aug 28 2024
Make Yourself
Incubus
1
Aug 29 2024
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
4
Aug 30 2024
Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
2
Sep 02 2024
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
5
Sep 03 2024
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
5
Sep 04 2024
Butterfly
Mariah Carey
2
Sep 05 2024
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
2
Sep 06 2024
Dirty
Sonic Youth
1
Sep 09 2024
Debut
Björk
3
Sep 10 2024
1984
Van Halen
4
Sep 11 2024
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
2
Sep 12 2024
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
3
Sep 13 2024
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
4
Sep 16 2024
Murmur
R.E.M.
2
Sep 17 2024
Van Halen
Van Halen
3
Sep 18 2024
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
2
Sep 19 2024
Groovin'
The Young Rascals
3
Sep 20 2024
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
4
Sep 23 2024
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
5
Sep 24 2024
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
1
Sep 25 2024
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
3
Sep 26 2024
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
4
Sep 27 2024
S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
3
Sep 30 2024
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
4
Oct 01 2024
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
5
Oct 02 2024
Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
3
Oct 03 2024
London Calling
The Clash
3
Oct 04 2024
The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
5
Oct 07 2024
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
4
Oct 08 2024
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
2
Oct 09 2024
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
3
Oct 10 2024
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
2
Oct 11 2024
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Oct 14 2024
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
3
Oct 17 2024
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
5
Oct 18 2024
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
3
Oct 21 2024
Ten
Pearl Jam
2
Oct 22 2024
Moondance
Van Morrison
5
Oct 23 2024
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
I get it, this is the one that really made them popular. It's significant, sure. I won't ever play it through again though; the recording quality and crowd noise make it a real disappointment overall. There are some reality good songs on here, and I'll gladly revisit them on the studio albums. It's a real shame this is the Cheap Trick album that made the list.
2
Oct 24 2024
Among The Living
Anthrax
Skill involved? Of course. Are these sounds made by musical instruments? Sure. Is it music? Debatable.
Next time I want to be screamed at in an echo chamber of constant cacophony, I'll just take my kids to the next indoor amusement park birthday party. Easily could've died without hearing this one.
1
Oct 25 2024
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
5
Oct 28 2024
Doolittle
Pixies
3
Oct 29 2024
Hotel California
Eagles
5
Oct 30 2024
Tellin’ Stories
The Charlatans
2
Oct 31 2024
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
4
Nov 01 2024
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
2
Nov 04 2024
Garbage
Garbage
2
Nov 05 2024
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
3
Nov 06 2024
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4
Nov 07 2024
Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
4
Nov 08 2024
The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
1
Nov 11 2024
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
3
Nov 12 2024
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
4
Nov 13 2024
Beautiful Freak
Eels
2
Nov 14 2024
Achtung Baby
U2
I've never understood the hype for U2, so I hoped maybe listening to this all the way through would be educational at least. It's actually kind of impressive that they managed to make music this bland and soulless. There are albums on this list I actively hated more, sure, but I've rarely felt boredom so intense as in waiting for this one to finally be over.
1
Nov 15 2024
Transformer
Lou Reed
3
Nov 18 2024
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
4
Nov 19 2024
Blue
Joni Mitchell
5
Nov 21 2024
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
4
Nov 22 2024
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
4
Nov 25 2024
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
Nov 26 2024
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
2
Nov 27 2024
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
4
Nov 28 2024
Elephant
The White Stripes
2
Nov 29 2024
So
Peter Gabriel
5
Dec 03 2024
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
2
Dec 04 2024
Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
1
Dec 05 2024
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
3
Dec 06 2024
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
4
Dec 09 2024
The Next Day
David Bowie
2
Dec 10 2024
25
Adele
2
Dec 11 2024
Heroes
David Bowie
4
Dec 12 2024
Want One
Rufus Wainwright
2
Dec 13 2024
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
3
Dec 16 2024
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
4
Dec 17 2024
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
5
Dec 18 2024
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
3
Dec 19 2024
Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
2
Dec 20 2024
The Clash
The Clash
2
Dec 23 2024
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2
Dec 24 2024
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
3
Dec 25 2024
Fragile
Yes
5
Dec 26 2024
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
3
Dec 31 2024
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
4
Jan 01 2025
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
5
Jan 02 2025
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2
Jan 03 2025
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
2
Jan 06 2025
Rubber Soul
Beatles
5
Jan 07 2025
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5
Jan 08 2025
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
3
Jan 09 2025
Central Reservation
Beth Orton
2
Jan 10 2025
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
5
Jan 13 2025
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
4
Jan 14 2025
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
4
Jan 15 2025
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
1
Jan 17 2025
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
4
Jan 20 2025
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
5
Jan 21 2025
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
3
Jan 22 2025
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
3
Jan 23 2025
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
3
Jan 24 2025
Arular
M.I.A.
1
Jan 27 2025
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
4
Jan 28 2025
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
3
Jan 29 2025
Highly Evolved
The Vines
2
Jan 30 2025
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
2
Jan 31 2025
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
5
Feb 03 2025
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
4
Feb 04 2025
Tidal
Fiona Apple
3
Feb 05 2025
Faust IV
Faust
2
Feb 06 2025
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
3
Feb 07 2025
Stardust
Willie Nelson
4
Feb 13 2025
OK Computer
Radiohead
3
Feb 14 2025
Dust
Screaming Trees
2
Feb 17 2025
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Feb 18 2025
Imagine
John Lennon
3
Feb 19 2025
A Little Deeper
Ms. Dynamite
3
Feb 20 2025
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
Sweet, a whole album of 90s racing game menu BGM. Hard to appreciate the few creative musical thoughts buried in the techno drone of the absurdly long, relentlessly repetitive electronic loop tracks.
1
Feb 21 2025
Celebrity Skin
Hole
2
Feb 24 2025
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
3
Feb 25 2025
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
4
Feb 26 2025
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
2
Feb 27 2025
Destroyer
KISS
2
Feb 28 2025
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3
Mar 03 2025
Grace
Jeff Buckley
3
Mar 04 2025
Queen II
Queen
3
Mar 05 2025
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
2
Mar 06 2025
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
1
Mar 07 2025
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2
Mar 10 2025
Arrival
ABBA
3
Mar 11 2025
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
4
Mar 12 2025
McCartney
Paul McCartney
4
Mar 13 2025
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3
Mar 14 2025
Truth And Soul
Fishbone
2
Mar 17 2025
Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
3
Mar 18 2025
A Night At The Opera
Queen
4
Mar 19 2025
Like Water For Chocolate
Common
4
Mar 20 2025
Funeral
Arcade Fire
3
Mar 21 2025
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
5
Mar 24 2025
Melodrama
Lorde
Pretty solid example of how pop music has become increasingly overproduced and electronic to the point of sterilization. The only trace of human emotion lies in the vocals, and credit where it's due, "Melodrama" is indeed a fitting title.
2
Mar 25 2025
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
4
Mar 27 2025
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3
Mar 28 2025
The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
2
Mar 31 2025
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
5
Apr 01 2025
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
5
Apr 02 2025
Goo
Sonic Youth
1
Apr 03 2025
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
3
Apr 04 2025
Faith
George Michael
4
Apr 07 2025
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
2
Apr 08 2025
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
2
Apr 09 2025
The Wall
Pink Floyd
5
Apr 10 2025
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4
Apr 11 2025
Penance Soiree
The Icarus Line
1
Apr 14 2025
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
4
Apr 15 2025
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
4
Apr 16 2025
Survivor
Destiny's Child
3
Apr 17 2025
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
3
Apr 18 2025
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
5
Apr 21 2025
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
I have great respect for Bob Dylan, and especially appreciate his lyrical prowess; there is no question that this album belongs on this list. That said, a huge swath of what's here is musically pretty uninspired and repetitive. While admittedly the simplistic structure fits with his lyrical delivery, I honestly think I'd rather just read these separately as poems. A singular perspective can of course be enlightening in music and art, but the utter lack of musical conversation, particularly in the latter half, makes this album increasingly tiresome as it progresses. I'm ultimately grateful that Bob has shared his musings with the world, but at the end of the day, I much prefer listening to other artists interpret, expand upon, and add color to them.
3
Apr 22 2025
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
3
Apr 23 2025
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
5
Apr 24 2025
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
4
Apr 25 2025
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
2
Apr 28 2025
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
2
Apr 29 2025
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
3
Apr 30 2025
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
2
May 01 2025
Dare!
The Human League
3
May 02 2025
Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
3
May 05 2025
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
5
May 06 2025
The Cars
The Cars
3
May 07 2025
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
3
May 08 2025
Suicide
Suicide
1
May 09 2025
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
3
May 12 2025
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
Bombtrack initially had me thinking I might actually enjoy this more than I did decades ago. Wow, was I wrong. Every other song in the same key (assuming there's enough chord structure here to even call them keys), minor variations on the same handful of riffs, monotonous scream-talking...I have no issue with the message, but could you at least put a modicum of thought into the music as opposed to subjecting us to an hour of the same grungy noodling?
Listened before I died; won't be coming back.
1
May 13 2025
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
4
May 14 2025
Two Dancers
Wild Beasts
3
May 15 2025
Young Americans
David Bowie
5
May 16 2025
Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
4
May 19 2025
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
4
May 20 2025
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
2
May 21 2025
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
3
May 22 2025
Group Sex
Circle Jerks
2
May 23 2025
Clandestino
Manu Chao
3
May 26 2025
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
2
May 27 2025
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
2
May 28 2025
Shadowland
k.d. lang
3
May 29 2025
Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
2
May 30 2025
Infected
The The
3
Jun 02 2025
Hot Fuss
The Killers
2
Jun 03 2025
Sea Change
Beck
4
Jun 04 2025
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
3
Jun 05 2025
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
2
Jun 06 2025
You Are The Quarry
Morrissey
2
Jun 09 2025
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
3
Jun 10 2025
Disintegration
The Cure
3
Jun 11 2025
Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
4
Jun 12 2025
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
2
Jun 13 2025
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
5
Jun 16 2025
Boston
Boston
4
Jun 17 2025
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
5
Jun 19 2025
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
4
Jun 20 2025
Sound Affects
The Jam
3
Jun 23 2025
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
3
Jun 24 2025
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
4
Jun 25 2025
Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
This was a welcome reminder that when I say "I hate country music," what I actually mean is that I despise what commercialism did to country music. Starts strong and never drags. This kind of experience is why I'm here; perhaps the list could lose just a small portion of the Morrissey and middle of the road Brit nostalgia in favor of more varied influential albums?
5
Jun 26 2025
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
3
Jun 27 2025
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
4
Jul 01 2025
The White Album
Beatles
5
Jul 02 2025
Vespertine
Björk
2
Jul 03 2025
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
2
Jul 04 2025
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
3
Jul 07 2025
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
4
Jul 08 2025
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
5
Jul 09 2025
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
5
Jul 10 2025
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
3
Jul 11 2025
Slipknot
Slipknot
1
Jul 14 2025
Machine Head
Deep Purple
4
Jul 15 2025
Odelay
Beck
4
Jul 16 2025
Protection
Massive Attack
2
Jul 17 2025
21
Adele
3
Jul 18 2025
Horses
Patti Smith
3
Jul 21 2025
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
5
Jul 22 2025
Mothership Connection
Parliament
4
Jul 23 2025
Apple Venus Volume 1
XTC
3
Jul 24 2025
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
3
Jul 25 2025
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
2
Jul 28 2025
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
3
Jul 29 2025
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
3
Jul 30 2025
Headquarters
The Monkees
3
Jul 31 2025
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
2
Aug 01 2025
Odessa
Bee Gees
3
Aug 04 2025
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
4
Aug 05 2025
Parklife
Blur
2
Aug 06 2025
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
Bought this album in high school—based on Take On Me alone, it's probably worth a listen, right? Ended up hiding it under the floor of the trunk to keep a good friend from playing it, without fail, every single time he got into my car for months on end. Re-listening decades later and well after the burnout has worn off, it's not bad. Maybe I'll dig it out of the trunk again in a few years.
3
Aug 07 2025
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
4
Aug 08 2025
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
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