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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| Yeezus | 5 | 2.77 | +2.23 |
| D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle | 4 | 1.88 | +2.12 |
| Kala | 5 | 2.91 | +2.09 |
| Music Has The Right To Children | 5 | 2.91 | +2.09 |
| Get Rich Or Die Tryin' | 5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
| Scum | 4 | 2.07 | +1.93 |
| NEU! 75 | 5 | 3.09 | +1.91 |
| Before And After Science | 5 | 3.09 | +1.91 |
| Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo | 5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
| Trans Europe Express | 5 | 3.15 | +1.85 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| A Night At The Opera | 1 | 3.96 | -2.96 |
| Brothers | 1 | 3.58 | -2.58 |
| Slippery When Wet | 1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
| Back In Black | 2 | 3.86 | -1.86 |
| American Idiot | 2 | 3.77 | -1.77 |
| Appetite For Destruction | 2 | 3.74 | -1.74 |
| Californication | 2 | 3.71 | -1.71 |
| 21 | 2 | 3.69 | -1.69 |
| Sheer Heart Attack | 2 | 3.65 | -1.65 |
| Aladdin Sane | 2 | 3.62 | -1.62 |
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| Beatles | 7 | 4.43 |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4.75 |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4.75 |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 4.67 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.67 |
| Metallica | 2 | 5 |
| Kraftwerk | 2 | 5 |
| Steely Dan | 4 | 4.25 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Queen | 3 | 1.67 |
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Metallica
5/5
I'm sick and tired of being judged for Metallica being my favourite band... you guys cannot take this away from me.
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John Lennon
4/5
Although I would have Imagine as the fifth best post-beatles album, Jealous Guy and Oh Yoko are possibly the two most affecting songs for me in the post-beatles catalog. John was always the edge in the Lennon-McCartney pairing and his songs have a way of slicing so deep for me... Imagine is extremely corny (but I can't help but sing along) and How Do you Sleep is the like first rock music diss track from what I can tell! The issue is that none of the other songs are particularly memorable... but man does Oh Yoko! fuck my shit up every time
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The National
2/5
I just think the national is the most boring and inoffensive band around ... just middle of the road - it's not even bad! it just does nothing for me
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The Who
3/5
i feel bad cuz everything i read thinks of this as one of the greatest live albums ever and it is pretty cool dont get me wrong ... i just dgaf :(
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
happy to see some road bike appreciation on this album cover - but the bike looks like shit... stu cook is looking absolutely zooted and like a st8 chiller ... music rocks, coolest dudes ever
Elvis Presley
3/5
first off - album artwork is just undeniably epic... dude is singing his heart out, artwork looks extraordinarily modern considering this thing is 68 years old, love the colorway ...
I am pretty shocked to see that most of these songs clock in at 2mins & something as I see a frequent criticism of contemporary rap music and 'tik-tok era music' that the songs are too short! Meanwhile this guy singing standards is left unbothered with his 2min long songs... I am curious to know when we got it in our heads that a long song = a good one because clearly that is a post 60s idea, however I feel very comfortable blaming prog rock for this.
I was trying to parse out why old people like Elvis so much, beside the fact that he reminds them of their youth... in my teens I was searching for the most abrasive and offensive music I could find, so far in my twenties I have been interested in coming back to earth through calming music, now that I near my thirties, I have been increasingly searching for the sublime, looking to classical music and opera to find the most beautiful music my ears can hear... while I find Elvis to be generally deplorable - there is moments of devastating feeling in this album, deep seeded emotion and undeniable beauty... it feels as if he's singing right to you and I found many of these songs to be deeply moving and heartbreaking. bad man, okay album but some really beautiful moments ...
Tracy Chapman
4/5
tracy chapman is looking like a ghost on this album artwork - kinda matches the sad ass proletariat music in which it contains!!
Janelle Monáe
2/5
my lord ... i haven't heard this since it came out and really enjoyed it at the time ... i found it to be incredibly grating and irritating music. I had hoped that Tightrope was a misnomer on this album as far as annoying tracks go but the whole thing is annoying as absolute hell ... theatre kid with a budget.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
As a noted Beatles fan the Stones were always a bit too crass and vulgar for me. The Beatles are undeniably dorky and their music generally sounds like it was made for children - this could not less true about the Stones who ooze sexual energy. I would feel comfortable calling them criminally horny. Just an aside but I actually have no frame of reference for why the blues are so popular with white people... anyways the music was fun and I like this album artwork a lot even tho some of the pics are racist.
Taylor Swift
2/5
Hate the album art, pastiche music. Really boring
Iron Maiden
4/5
While I think it pales in comparison to the Powerslave-Somewhere In Time-Seventh Son of a Seventh Son era of Maiden which is when they start to incorporate prog metal aspects into their albums this album undeniably kicks ass and the art is super epic... do wish it was more thrashy tho but this is the defining album of NWOBHM
The Band
4/5
Real chiller music ... vibes are absolute perfect. this is the vibe im on this summer
Beatles
4/5
The White Album is an absolute freakfest. Especially compared to the beatles preceding album Sgt. Pepper's which is so sunny and schmaltzy that it sounds like children's music... Listening to the The White Album to me has always felt like you can hear the seams of the 60s unraveling and the hippie movement collapsing in upon itself. It's very raw and frantic at points, it veers into a psychedelica that borders schizophrenic and Revolution 9 will always stick with me for what it meant for the most popular band on earth to put out a Fluxus-esque piece of music concrete at the height of their fame... it would be the equivalent of like if one direction made a collab album with merzbow in 2014.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
Was really excited for this & expected to love it but I unfortunately did not find the music particularly fun or interesting
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Extremely epic and badass album. Anytime kate bush is on an album… i love it!
Metallica
5/5
The more Metallica I listen to the more i may just have to admit to myself that they are my favourite band. No music energizes me more than trash metal and I think Metallica is the best at it. This is likely my second favourite album by them but it is always a treat to listen to and I love the classical guitar influences on the album.
The Byrds
4/5
Just an absolute joy to listen to. Really fun and enjoyable - had a wonderful time with this one!
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
This is exactly the kind music I love but something about this duo has never sat right with me... i just think i am sadly a paul simon hater but the music is very pretty and sweet
Garbage
3/5
Pretty solid but ultimately not my style!
Alice In Chains
3/5
have never known the difference between this band and alexisonfire ... did enjoy this tho felt extremely 90s.. i liked the grunge and metal mix more than I thought i would!
Violent Femmes
4/5
i don’t quite know how to explain but there’s nothing that recaptures the angst and heartbreak of being a teenage for me than folk punk…
Janet Jackson
4/5
Album rocks and its deranged but also epic to put an interlude between every track
Wilco
4/5
imho he should change his name to jeff wilco... also i like songs that bring up KISS because they remind me of weezer so heavy metal drummer got a big thumbs up from me
Suede
3/5
had never heard of this or really encountered it! Fun but kind of a bummer!
Supertramp
3/5
Obviously i know these blokes from the Magnolia soundtrack. I was shocked to learn that they are from the uk tho. They have a real American sensibility … anyways. I enjoy their vibes and am gonna check out more trax
Joe Ely
3/5
This has to be the most obscure album on this entire list! I guess we were due for some Honky Tonk representation .. pretty okay album - still scratching my head at this one's inclusion ...
Herbie Hancock
5/5
Some of the absolute coolest music ever recorded. the only reasonable complaint one could make about this album is that it's too damn funky!
Johnny Cash
4/5
just unreal - tunes rock and the setting is perfect. really one of the coolest and most badass albums ever
k.d. lang
3/5
Pretty enjoyable but I wasn't struck by anything special here! Usually when I listen to lesbian music I like it to be a bit sadder ...
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Monk's 50s works have never been my favourite - partially because he never quite got weird in the way that I appreciate from his contemporaries (Mingus, Coleman and Cecil Taylor specifically) - Not to sound like a pretentious dickhead but I like the freak side of jazz - and at the end of the day I'm a spiritual jazz head more than any other movement in jazz (altho i have embraced third-stream in recent years)
I like Monk's 60s ragtime-y stuff which is weird, but only weird because it's incredibly normal. Anyways, this dude was pretty normal at the end of the day and I guess it seems like that was my basic issue with him. But I also think hes epic and he rocks.
Johnny Cash
4/5
Very beautiful album that feels to be entirely about Cash’s faith and mortality. Really incredible stuff on here, I can say with confidence that these two Cash albums have made me a fan for sure!
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
this is like the textbook definition of dad-rock, laid-back, lowkey and dope as hell
ZZ Top
3/5
The beards might be long but the songs are short! These are fun and playful tunes but these guys have never been my fav
3/5
Most certainly in the canon of "awesome" music... my main issues is that I felt it made mistakes that a lot of "made it" albums have where the album is too dang long and the band is attempting to show their versatility as group by making music in many styles... i think theres a really good 40min album in here without the slow songs if you just kept the rift-heavy nu-metal tracks... anyways, album is badass and these dudes rule
Fela Kuti
5/5
So... this should come as no shock - but I am a bit mentally ill. and one of the ways in which that manifests is that I am obsessive with musician discographies... that being said I have listened to 43 Fela Kuti albums in the past two years and Zombie is by my measure one of the three best albums he ever recorded (Expensive Shit & Gentleman being the other two). What makes Fela's 70s so damn good is his band, Africa '70 and specifically Tony Allen, his percussionist who is really the driving force behind the success of this era, which is by my count the most successful and consistent era of any musician in recorded history. Afrobeat is a genre with a lot of variation but what I really appreciate about Fela's music is how consistent it is. You can listen to any of the Fela & Africa 70 albums that came out in the 70s and have a rough idea of the music you are about to hear. He created a sound that is absolutely timeless, unparalleled in its consistency and good as hell every damn time.
Dr. John
4/5
I really liked this album in high school and haven't revisited it in a long time... its really great! what a delight
Deep Purple
3/5
Generally a fan of super rift heavy music - this album fell a bit flat for me. It was certainly one of my favourite albums when I was 12 due to learning the Smoke on the Water rift on guitar and playing Guitar Hero at my friend Shayan's house. I always loved Highway Star which I still think is very good. I almost feel like the songs are a bit long and drawn out and it made the album feel much longer than it actually was.
Ride
3/5
When I was more of an avid shoegaze head this album was pretty big for me ... it's still a really nice and pleasant album ... but i remember it a bit more fondly... alas
Green Day
2/5
Famously my least fav band, I was shocked by how many of these songs I did remember from the last time i listened to this album (i must have been nine years old?) I will at a later date maybe try and do some research about the best art made during the bush era of political activism (there was basically nothing good made tho...)
Anyways still think it sucks :)
The Magnetic Fields
3/5
the concept is nice and I have affection for this album from my youth but it is extremely long and can be a bit tedious. This thing basically singlehandedly got me four albums behind on our listening journey so that was also extremely annoying
Arcade Fire
2/5
Liked it more than i remembered but i do not really enjoy these guys and their weirdo concept
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
very fun and super enjoyable pop bangers on here - album was a bit long for my tastes but did not really overstay it's welcome
Spiritualized
4/5
Really fun and cool album, I remember when I was like 12 I really felt like I would never understand music until I 'got' this album... still haven't quite gotten it but I really enjoy it, especially the free jazzy breakdowns
Richard Thompson
4/5
Very pleasant and enjoyable… i guess i like it when spouses make music cuz i can think of like 4 other albums i like where a couple made the music
Nirvana
4/5
Never really been a Nirvana fan but this one has always been my fav of theirs… i really appreciate the hardcore breakdowns and noise rock influence on this thing. Really makes ya wish they made some more music cuz they were headed in a really interesting direction
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
I have always been a bit weary of this album because I’ve always felt like McCartney’s schmaltz goes unchecked and borders upon a sorta cringy over-earnestness... Paul’s post Beatles albums are all really strange in a way I really appreciate because they are just him tinkering around in his farm house (at least the McCartney series) so the operatic scale that comes with a backing band is ultimately not my favourite Paul. The album is really non-stop fun and has some all timers on it (Let Me Roll It is a personal fav) but it doesn’t reach the heights that albums like McCartney II and especially Ram do.
Pink Floyd
3/5
Pretty long and dense album - I was complaining that this feels pretty empty in it's anti-authority stance and doesn't really saying much considering that Roger Waters is one of the most political and vocal rockers of this era now...
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
I sorta have nothing to say about this one other than it is some perfectly serviceable indie rock music, not a huge Albarn fan - but of course my fav drummer Tony Allen shines on this thing and it was pretty fun overall!
Van Halen
3/5
Van Halen is super fun and I am especially partial to this early era of theirs... never been my fav band but its fun... kinda perfect watching hockey in the garage music
The Who
3/5
Never been a big The Who fan and kinda lean toward thinking they suck, but I am glad for a classic rock album that doesn't fall into the "blues rock" genre (altho i think theres two tracks on this album that would be categorized as that. Anyways it's pretty decent for a debut and the title track is a fav from childhood.
Rahul Dev Burman
2/5
Ultimately I felt this album was a bit generic and overly western compared to the Bollywood soundtracks we listened to around the house when I was a child. It was very jarring to hear an English language sung tune too... I was a bit disturbed by the music here and generally confused at this album's presence as this album's inclusion on this list seems to be the only noteworthy thing about it... some of the instrumental tracks were pretty good and I enjoyed the Hindi sung songs but One Two Cha Cha Cha was maybe the most grating and perturbing song I have heard in a long time...
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Hard to talk about this album objectively because it is by my count one of the three 'all-around' best albums of all time (Pet Sounds & Songs in the Key of Life being the other two.) It is otherworldly in its grace... makes me wanna yearn and pine, but also marked by some incredibly thoughtful lyricism and orchestration... It's really hard for me to quantify but I just really adore this album and think it's unbelievably special. When I was 16 I bought the vinyl and would lie on my floor in the centre of my bedroom and be brought to tears by this album's beauty. Some of the most sublime music I've heard and it was a blessing to be able to listen to this today...
Meat Loaf
3/5
Always been taken by the background of this album? Very much has the air of a musical theatre album... written entirely by Steinman and preformed by Mr. Loaf... i think the real benefit that this album has is having Todd Rundgren producing it... it really is a convergence of a number of people at the height of their power which is impressive to me... that being said I have always found the music to be a bit too corny and never quite able to reach the heights it sets out to reach.
T. Rex
5/5
A perennial album for me, one I have loved dearly for my whole adult life. A one time 'favourite album' and joyous and funky celebration.
The National
2/5
I just think the national is the most boring and inoffensive band around ... just middle of the road - it's not even bad! it just does nothing for me
Nick Drake
4/5
I have always really enjoyed this album but never quite understood why it is so wildly popular compared to some of it's contemporaries that i've found a bit more enjoyability in. Regardless... its wonderful
John Lennon
4/5
Although I would have Imagine as the fifth best post-beatles album, Jealous Guy and Oh Yoko are possibly the two most affecting songs for me in the post-beatles catalog. John was always the edge in the Lennon-McCartney pairing and his songs have a way of slicing so deep for me... Imagine is extremely corny (but I can't help but sing along) and How Do you Sleep is the like first rock music diss track from what I can tell! The issue is that none of the other songs are particularly memorable... but man does Oh Yoko! fuck my shit up every time
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
Really, really great stuff - super vibrant and fun. Kinda shocked I had never listened to this before as I know Willie Colón to be kind of like the king of Salsa music!! Really happy to listen to this one!
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
i mean like I said in my first review, these guys kick ass and are one of the best bands ever. the music is so consistent and good - i love it!
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
exteremly funky and epic... loved it!
Miles Davis
5/5
towards the sublime .......
Throbbing Gristle
4/5
One of the first forays into industrial music for me in high school, was a band that lead me to a lot of really amazing music... I really enjoy it but I feel that they're one of those bands who are a bit more influential than good
Nas
5/5
Sorta can't overstate how important this album was to me in youth, and I definitely have made and retained a lot of friends due to my early immersion in hip-hop music... it does seem in recent years that there has been a re-evaluation of hip-hop's greatest album, which would have been Illmatic basically since it came out in '92. it's sort of interesting listening to this as the 'old' best hip-hop album of all time (obviously, To Pimp a Butterfly is the new GOAT hip-hop album, although i don't even think it's Kendrick's second best album and I would place like 4 albums before it, including Illmatic) anyways, I don't understand the distinction of this as an "old school" hip hop album, to me it sounds incredibly modern and I do think from top to bottom it is a perfect album. I do wanna give a special shout out to the production on "The World Is Yours" - if there was any question that Pete Rock is the greatest producer in hip-hop history just that track alone would dispel any doubt.
Grateful Dead
4/5
Never been a big Dead fan but I do enjoy their live albums more than the recorded ones! This one has always stood out as my favourite of their recordings that I've heard. It's really nice, I love a meander-y guitar... fun zone for me
Caetano Veloso
4/5
really enjoyed this gentleman's album titled Transa which i remember listening to vividly because it was the day after my birthday (may 20) in 2020 during covid lockdowns lol - anyways it was a bit funny to revisit his music as it kinda brought me back to at time and a place, BUT the album is really nice and pleasant - really enjoyable.
Dr. Dre
4/5
Truly juvenile, I find this album to be so sincere in a very endearing way… lots of very vivid imagery in these songs. Sorta made me nostalgic for a time when artists in the mainstream were murders and like actually ‘scary’ people? So much of the image of pop music is now manufactured. I guess it just felt good to listen to something ‘authentic’
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Have always been a Zeppelin skeptic, this is the album I remember the most from childhood and I was shocked at how much I enjoyed this... generally speaking i am not a huge blues rock guy and this verges on the edge of being blues rock but generally stays in the Hard Rock genre, which is totally much more my speed. Thought the rifts and vocals were solid and enjoyed a lot of what i heard, excited to listen to more zeppelin as we do this challenge!
The The
3/5
pretty fun! always knew of this band because of their epic name but now i know them for their new wave music
John Prine
4/5
Always had a sweet spot for Mr. Prine, past TVZ and Lucinda Williams I always thought he was one of the best storytellers in the folk/country scene... the album is really fun and kinda zany - dude kicks ass!
Nina Simone
4/5
Always been in awe of this one, incredibly powerful stuff... this album has sadly become a bit tainted in my brain because of the Jay-Z song that samples Four Women but then subsequently the beat of that Jay-Z song being used for that Pusha T song where he exposes Drake for having a child...
B.B. King
4/5
B.B. King is like one of those musicians that is totally ubiquitous but whose music ive never heard in my life.. it was more rock than i expected and really fun!
3/5
Pretty interesting and kinda all over the place, I enjoyed it enough altho I agree with the group that it was just fine for the most part
Shack
2/5
i do not understand this album or why its on this list and I wish i never heard it
Radiohead
5/5
Sorta always been skeptical of this album being considered the 'Best Album of All Time' - although that by my estimation is mainly because the Gen-Xrs and Millennials have aged into guiding culture since the 90s... not to say that I have a better alternative to suggest, but something about this being the best album ever doesn't sit right with me. That being said, I do have a very strong personal connection to this music as I listened to this a few times in my early teens and didn't quite get it. When I was 16 or 17 this album really connected and I would listen to it and The Blue Album every day. I owned this album on CD (one I inherited from my brother) and would lie on the floor in my room and pop this into the first slot of my 6 disc player. The summer of 2015 was one of endless rejection in my memory. I had a girlfriend who I loved very much and I often felt very dismissed by (nowadays, reflecting on my reactionary and uncontrollable temperament it makes total sense why someone would have kept a healthy distance from me) and I was a bit constricted by my mom who I was supporting through a painful divorce at the time. Oftentimes, it was expected for me to stay home for weeks at a time, and since we lived far from where all my friends lived (1hr-ish on transit) I obliged. I would go to the library and get stacks of DVDs to watch between the living room and the computer room (disc drives!!) It was not a good summer. I looked at my letterboxd (which btw I joined way later than Nick and Luke because I was for some reason really paranoid that those guys didn't want me on there - just to illustrate what was happening in my brain this summer) stats page and I was impressed to see that on July 17th 2015 I watched 7 movies in one day... which is a record for me I think... I mainly watched movies from Criterion, foreign stuff and would sort metacritic by what had the highest rating and watch whatever I could find... I guess this is all to say that this album reminds me of that summer because I spent a lot of time laying on the floor in my room between the two 4ft black floor speakers my parents bought in the 80s (they still sit on either side of me as I write this review!) listening to this album and weeping uncontrollably. Which I still find very funny because it's not even like I related to the lyrics THAT much - but there was enough pity in these songs to really get me going. I guess this is all to say that I have a bizarre emotional attachment to this album as it reminds me of basically the most mentally ill and depressed I ever was in my life 👍.
Megadeth
4/5
I was a big Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? fan when I was a teen but never branched out and listened to their other albums!! this kicked a lot of ass and was probably better than Peace Sells... who knew!
Neil Young
5/5
By my accounts the practical pick for Neil's best album, it kicks off maybe the most productive and prolific half decade any musician has ever had... my connection to Neil (my favourite artist) is kinda bizarre as I always liked him but his music never connected until I decided to put on Harvest when we were first renovating the garage that Hearth opened in October 2019... my motivation was actually to try and 'impress' or 'relate to' Rowan's dad who was helping us insulate the walls and rewire the lights... In retrospect it was kind of silly but it was the first time I actually listened to a Neil album and i was hooked right away... The timing was funny because once pandemic lockdowns started I was basically listening to Neil Young every day, other than my friends on discord his music was the most consistent 'relationship' I had in lockdown and I was often listening to him when I felt down and he always helped me feel better. I have become very endeared to this old ass man and I am very proud to call him my favourite artist. This album is one of two that never leaves my phone (with The Blue Album) and it is endlessly relistenable... the music on here was famously inspired by a screenplay that Dean Stockwell wrote with a guy who wrote lyrics for Captain Beefheart which is really cool cuz at times you can kinda tell its a soundtrack for a movie that doesnt exist... anyways, every track here is perfection for me and its the last neil album that Danny Whitten played on before he died (see: The Needle and the Damage Done)
I'm sure I'll be playing this game for every neil album that comes up here but I do think this is ultimately his best album, but im sure I'll be saying something different when we listen to Rust Never Sleeps and On The Beach...
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
This album is good and I am a fan of the boss but knowing his contemporary context really puts the whole proletariat rock thing into perspective and makes these albums all a bit less believable
The Icarus Line
2/5
Sincerely, I need to find out where the hell the guy who made this list is finding these albums, the music here was completely fine, totally unremarkable - nothing about this album was influential, it didn't even get good reviews when it came out. Really the only thing remarkable about this album is that it's on this 1001 album list... basically sounded like a White Stripes cover band but a bit edgier and honestly not that good !
Billie Holiday
4/5
Read up on Billie Holiday's very tragic life... had never listened to her music, the songs were very pretty and this was a very nice album.
Joy Division
3/5
I am at a point in my life where I can enjoy things devoid of irony and expectation... this is like the biggest meme album ever and obviously its the t-shirt of the century... but I can say with certainly devoid of influence that this album is just okay! lol. I am a way bigger new order fan and always found joy division to be pretty underwhelming
AC/DC
3/5
kinda famously one of those bands that I love to hate - i was shocked that i enjoyed this as much as i did - it was really fun as far as the 'hard rock' genre goes (which i am seriously starting to dislike due to this list)
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
There are a few things that hold me back from giving this a perfect rating, but i have always really enjoyed this band and their messy dynamics. Goes without saying, this album has some massive bangers on it, shit kicks ass.
Buzzcocks
4/5
pretty teenage and angry but thats what makes punk fun! reminds of of being a teenage, wish I had listened to this while biking around because it was very energizing. Instead i listened while I answered emails at my work desk ... rip
Radiohead
4/5
Sorta a mixed bag of feelings on this one. For a long time it was my fav radiohead album and I think that’s mostly cuz Planet Telex was the theme song to Q on CBC radio... anyways - sorta their most successful ‘alternative rock’ album? And the britpop vibes really work on me, but i ultimately think it can be a bit tedious at times.
Janis Joplin
3/5
When I used to date Rowan, I was always so confused why her mom and all her friends loved the blues… it seemed so bizarre and random to me that southern ontario white hippies would be so obsessed with a genre that in my (clearly) limited prevue seemed so Black… this 1001 list has made it extremely apparent to me that I just haven’t heard a lot of the music that was popular in these white hippies’ youth… which seems to overwhelmingly be blues rock, which for the record, i think sucks. It sorta makes the white co-opting of Black music so much more apparent than i ever knew… like what does this white lady from texas know about ‘goin down to detroit’ … anyways this is my fav era of music generally but I mostly stick to the jazz, folk and modern classical music of the late 60s… which all feels a lot more authentic to me than whatever the hell this shit is. Anyways crazy joplin is still so revered when she died a year after woodstock with only one solo album to her name. I was surprised to learn this was a posthumous album! Its not even half bad i just dont believe anything shes saying and i don’t find her affect cool or charming
The Louvin Brothers
4/5
Now this is the kinda music white people should be making instead of pastiche-y blues.
4/5
As a childhood prog-rock fan this album was always one of my favs... i do think these days that prog rock is for loser nerds but I still have a lot of affection for the bands I liked when I was in grade 9 (king crimson, rush, yes, ect.) this album i think is really pretty and good - it never really allows itself to get boring and I think it's neat runtime accomplishes that.
Guns N' Roses
2/5
band sucks, this is their only good album and you could argue that it's 'fun' but imo it's actually not fun at all and rather sucks shit
4/5
had honestly never heard of this band or project and really enjoyed it! very kickass
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
Very soft nd tender music, always liked these guys but seem to frequently forget they exist
The Go-Go's
3/5
lots of fun!! never really registered this band in my brain but knew a bunch of tracks
Living Colour
3/5
who's coming to Orillia with me to see these guys at casino rama on sept. 27th?
Common
3/5
was a big common fan when I was a teen but I think i kinda find this music cringey now... it's very earnest and common is really clearly trying to say 'something' which i find annoying
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
pretty cool! never heard of these guys and enjoyed this one
Dire Straits
4/5
just really good stuff, so smooth and pleasant. Always liked these guys but this is my first album of theirs and I was very impressed!
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
as a guy with a newly broken heart this was not fun to listen to
Randy Newman
3/5
alawys been a randy fan but i think in 2024 I disagree with his methods of getting his politics across (taking on personas)
Otis Redding
4/5
as a guy with a newly broken heart this was not fun to listen to
The Darkness
2/5
almost sounds like a parody
Joy Division
4/5
Really great stuff, honestly its pretty heavy at points and it makes ya wonder how these guys got so popular... they seem very anti-mainstream!
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
shockingly great jazz rock instincts on these boys! almost convinced me they were the real deal for a second there
Bob Dylan
4/5
for the first time in my life, dylan clicked! I have been a lifetime skeptic of his even though I know I should like him... i like his influences (seeger, guthery ect.) and his politics (at least in the 60s)... but something about him never clicked until today! generally my issues is that he is sorta one of those songwriters that is trying to say a lot in his songs and they come along wordy and almost preachy, for whatever reason today, altho I could feel those things... i was totally charmed! Worried I'm about to go down a deep rabbit hole but let's see lol
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Certainly doesn't reach the heights of Cosmo's but this album is an absolute slugger fest, these guys are basically the most consistent band in swamp rock and they consistently kick ass
Roxy Music
3/5
These first two Roxy Music albums really appeal to me as an Eno guy, it's the points where I can really hear his instincts come across that I enjoy the most on these two records... that being said I've still never been the biggest Roxy Music fan and something about them just doesn't work for me... anywho it's great just not always my thing!
David Bowie
2/5
never ever been one of my fav bowie albums and have never quite got what people like about this one... its a mess and really an anomaly for me considering I like nearly all of bowie's other work...
System Of A Down
4/5
I love SOAD... they kick such extreme ass
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
2/5
😴💤😴💤😴💤😴
MGMT
3/5
have a really hot and cold relationship with this band... i liked them when i was a kid and then HATED them, when I was dating rowan she was a really big fan and I never got it but then their Little Dark Age album reallllly connected with me.. and I still think its a really wonderful album, but that might be sorta where my fandom starts and ends... altho there are some really great tracks on this album and Congratulations.. none really connect or reach the heights of LDA...
The Zombies
4/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
ultimately kinda boring for bruce but i think it suffers from being a bit too 'modern'
U2
3/5
pre-eno album but you kinda hear how he would perfectly compliment their style when they connect to make their masterpieces... u2 is good (sometimes)
Jungle Brothers
4/5
Really good and fun golden age hip hop... i loved it and haven't heard any JB albums but Straight out the Jungle... and thought this one was way better!! will explore further
The The
2/5
not for me!
The United States Of America
2/5
i thought this was The Presidents of the United States of America and was soooo excited ...
Parliament
5/5
c'mon now, this is the shit
Muddy Waters
4/5
not my fav style but really great!! i enjoyed it a lot
CHIC
4/5
one of the goat of all time sounds !! always loved this band but not my fav album
The White Stripes
3/5
generally like this band but never liked this album that much !!
ZZ Top
3/5
better than i expected!
Dwight Yoakam
4/5
i love this guy and hes a great actor !!
Yes
4/5
now we are certainly moving towards the sublime ...
Talking Heads
4/5
Certainly a debut!! Got me sooo excited to listen to the following 4 TH albums!!
John Cale
4/5
John Cale has been such a big part of my music listening journey, from TVU to The Theatre of Eternal Music and his Terry Riley and Brian Eno collabs… i really like him and am finally exploring his solo work… who woulda thought - i love it!
Grateful Dead
4/5
I’m gonna be brave and say that I like the dead!!!
Beatles
4/5
u can really tell the boys were coked up for this one
Aimee Mann
4/5
really great!! nice and chill
Goldie
3/5
I like and love dnb!!!!!!!!
Tangerine Dream
4/5
absolutely love THIS
Deep Purple
3/5
do not care but it rocks i cant lie
Iggy Pop
3/5
Never really connected with this one but its cool that bowie produced it and i always will connect it to ian curtis’ death
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Can’t help but agree with the crew, disc one was really fun and awesome and there is an extreme drop off. Woof
Pink Floyd
4/5
I liked it better than i thought i would! like the ambient-y chill vibes that we fall into sometimes
Mike Ladd
3/5
This was just ok. I am at a place in my life where i kinda resent music like this … his mom seems cool tho
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Uhm?
The xx
3/5
Hmm really loved this 1 at the time but have kinda come around to thinking it was boring and i do generally like romy and jamie’s solo stuff a lot more!
The Doors
4/5
I kinda hate the doors but this is easily their best and most successful album! Gotta give it up
The Fall
4/5
I love this album!!!!
Tom Waits
3/5
i like tommy boy and its great to get a sense of his personality with a release like this - really silly and fun! great tunes
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
This was fun!!
R.E.M.
4/5
Yea its undeniable
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
The production is very fun and i do enjoy the tunes but i find him corny especially compared to how complex his contemporary work is (which is way better than this btw)
Arrested Development
3/5
fun but just ok for me!!
Nine Inch Nails
5/5
came to these guys as an adult and used to be a certified hater, sometimes you just gotta ask yourself... what am i accomplishing by hating something this epic and badass?
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
i like to call them Jexi’s midnight runners :)
Method Man
4/5
this was a big one for me back in the day and it really holds up !!
Adele
2/5
i had no idea XL put this out... thats fucked up lol
Funkadelic
4/5
just absolutely mind bending
Mekons
3/5
not the biggest cowpunk fan but this was pretty sweet!
Iron Maiden
4/5
i mean come on you guys know how i feel about this
Amy Winehouse
3/5
her voice has a very nice texture... its really crazy to remember just how much of a news story she was back in the day ... the music is good even tho its not exactly my thing
Steely Dan
4/5
Of course as everyone knows this is my fav band... but pretzel logic is sadly their weakest album! there is some low points, and I hate to admit it ! I love steely dan!!!!
The Undertones
3/5
Never heard of this but super fun !! And the pic of the lobster guys is so funny
Led Zeppelin
4/5
pretty crazy this is a debut!! already fully formed!
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
I always wish i was more into nick cave!! he's good
Dusty Springfield
4/5
A name i had always heard but not someone who's music i had ever listened to! really beautiful stuff - I love covers!! the two randy newman covers kicked ass imo... really gorgeous and uplifting album
Syd Barrett
4/5
I really liked this!! excited for this list to force me to listen to a lot more floyd !!
David Bowie
3/5
I remember being really disappointed by this when it came out, but i can enjoy it now for exactly what it is ... very solid late bowie album! Crazy to think that in three years he would make his opus and best album... we had no idea what we had in store when The Next Day came out!
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
prog goes free (?) Always liked ELP (altho i think Asia sucks!!) but Greg Lake is just undeniably the goat for his one year in King Crimson... I'm sure there will be more of their non-live albums on the list which i look forward to!
Bill Callahan
3/5
my like older millennial friends are obsessed with this dude and i remember like the dance floor of my friend tea's wedding featuring Bill Callahan tracks which was very funny to me... i think i dont exactly get it and it kinda occupies the same corniness that like conscious hip hop does in my mind
Jethro Tull
4/5
i like these guys and the FLUTE
The Smiths
4/5
i love the smiths but this shit is funny sometimes
Jamiroquai
4/5
I had seen these guys' music videos but never listened to a full album - way more jazzy and dancy than I ever even knew! Really good and fun - I feel like I could put this on anytime and it would brighten my day
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Really strong argument for Bruce’s best album. I think it is a really succinct encapsulation of Bruce’s whole thing. His politics are on full display and the songs are catchy and impassioned. I will always be a Nebraska lover first and foremost but as far as his rock albums go, it doesn’t get much better than this.
Green Day
4/5
i feel like i have ostrich egg all over my noggin
Ice Cube
4/5
i love ice cube and his first four album - this album came out when he was 20 and believe it or not ... there is some immature shit on here! but it reminds me of being an angry teen which is a feeling ive been tapping into more and more as of late
Jane's Addiction
3/5
never knew this band but enjoyed this enough
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
the rockier versions of the Hitchhiker tracks are interesting to hear now that we have finally heard that album after 50 years on the shelf... it's really an unreal album - and the second disc is some of the hardest rock he's ever recorded (the live versions on the Weld disc are basically the most fucked up songs I've ever heard) and its no doubt that this is his most influential album (in tandem with ragged glory i suppose) Pocahontas is sorta complicated cuz it reminds me that he has recorded some really important music about Indigenous struggles, and preformed at standing rock and stuff .. but i think ultimately does so in the most white guy way that ends up being a bit distasteful in the long run... that being said i was trying to convince my friends sage and kelsi (who are both Indigenous) that it was actually cool that he wrote these songs like two weeks ago, so look at me now ...
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Erm …
David Bowie
3/5
album sucks
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
this was so nice!
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
it is really pretty but does get a bit boring and repetitive
The Smiths
4/5
i love the smiths and this is a fun last album for them!! its kinda weird compared to their other stuff and i like that they tried some stuff ...
Femi Kuti
3/5
I love femi's dad and i also love highlife ... this was enjoyable but so similar in sound to his dad that in all honesty it just made me wanna listen to his dad's music !
Prince
4/5
This is a stone cold classic and a helpful reminder to get more into Prince ~ !
Def Leppard
3/5
a little too 'awesome' for me
Spacemen 3
4/5
Always liked Spacemen 3 more than Spiritualized (their joydivision/neworder esque sequel band) and I had never heard this album but really enjoyed it - i think the psychedelic and post rock influences work really well with the drone-y and dream pop vibes on this record .. anyways i really liked it!
Basement Jaxx
3/5
was really looking forward to this one but thought it was just okay!
Harry Nilsson
3/5
i always really enjoyed Nilsson! i love that hes silly !!
Cocteau Twins
5/5
just undeniably one of the most consistent bands of all time, each album better than the last, with this their masterpiece... some of the most sublime music in the history of pop
The Young Rascals
2/5
found this grating and annoying and felt that its only relevance was its inclusion on this list and maybe it deserves to be forgotten to time !
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
beautiful and powerful and so fun!
Fela Kuti
4/5
I dont mind being brave and saying that Ginger Baker being on two of these tracks actually takes away from the tunes when Tony Allen, literally the greatest drummer in all of music is just chilling waiting for his turn... it is pretty remarkable tho that Baker did record these songs in Nigeria in 71, im sure it did much to bring Fela to a western audience ! The problem for me tho is that i also think Cream sucks
The Killers
3/5
used to like this as a teen but i am def embarrassed by it now!
The Fall
4/5
punk 🤝 rap
N.W.A.
4/5
its so impressive when you consider how young these guys were... and that comes across on some of the more immature tracks and lyrics on this album (mostly from easy-e who was kind of a dumbass i think) but its still just really something to behold.. i think ultimately it is a bit overrated which is to say that I think its very good but the lads sorta get in their own way a couple of times... should be shorter too !
The Cars
4/5
Just What I Needed is just the most weezer song of all time ... seconding nick's comment that this album is making up for the lack of Weezer on this list! we love Ric Ocasek !!
4/5
that was legitness
Pretenders
3/5
hmm never heard this and it kept my attention ... but not sure i need to venture back to this one again
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
i do like a couple songs but i had sorta a hard time locking into this one. it was fun and enjoyable but not my fav!
Faust
4/5
i always loved this album ... it kicks ass
The Jam
3/5
short and to the point!
Nirvana
4/5
i have historically been a nirvana hater but i am coming around to appreciating them as i near my 30s and i revert back to being a depresso angsty guy
Portishead
4/5
kinda unreal album to listen to ... all killer no filler but hasnt quite connected strongly enough for me to give her the old fiver
Miles Davis
4/5
is there such thing as being too cool? hold your horses miles!
Kanye West
5/5
sorta interesting to think of as Kanye's response to chicago drill ... stripping down the noise and clutter and making a minimalist drill album lol while keeping his lyrics extremely maximalist. certainly one of the most formative albums of my lifetime, it was a true alignment of the planets that resulted in this album coming out when i was 16 years old... man, i forgot how hard New Slaves goes, i had to run it back at least 5 times... just one of the most raw and passionate albums of the century... it doesnt get much better than this...
also just an aside, i do think this is unironically maybe the funniest album of all time? kanye's horny ass brain is just so impressively hilarious. some real deviant ass shit on this album
Sex Pistols
4/5
i know this one is divisive but i like energy music! its fast and hypes me up!! i like the vocals too.. its fun !
New York Dolls
4/5
I like this album ! i really like the lyrical content
Simple Minds
3/5
some really fun and entertaining tracks on this one! it sorta struck me ultimately as unremarkable but i did have like a great time listening to it
Everything But The Girl
4/5
honestly EBTG... i was not familiar with your game. this was flames ... i LOVE DnB !!!!
Talking Heads
4/5
eno and the heads laying the groundwork for one of the best albums of all time ... this thing rocks and the heads are unreal on it. it is so preposterous to think of eno's output at this time... between the heads, bowie, his solo output... devo, no new york... obscure records... like its mind boggling how productive he was and how everything he touched is some of the most important music made by white people ever ....
Common
4/5
yeah i mean its undeniable. beautiful album ... somehow makes conscious rap not corny af and kanye and dilla's production is truly unreal. I actually really enjoy kanye's vocals being used as a 'production effect' i think it adds a beautiful texture to this album ...
Cream
2/5
sorry but cream sucks and eric clapton is a stupid piece of shit
Joni Mitchell
5/5
this for me is one of the most beautiful albums of all time ... joni's voice and lyrics invoke such incredible images in my mind ... and Case of You is one of the most devastating songs ever written i reckon ...
Al Green
5/5
this was a childhood favourite of mine and as i grow older and more yearnfull it only hits harder and harder... How Can You Mend a Broken Heart is just an absolutely devastating song. it absolutely floors me in its beauty... its so elegant, so longing... you can tell this mf has seen some shit. this is some real loverboy music for sure
Neneh Cherry
3/5
i do not know this individual but it seems like she has been involved in some really impressive musical projects!! and she's don cherry's step-daughter ! woah! this album seems like a real departure for her cuz she seemed really involved in the post-punk scene ? anyways it was fun but like mostly silly i thought
Calexico
3/5
erm i did not get it really ... white indie rock dudes who make mexican music ?
Pearl Jam
3/5
Had never actually listened to these guys could i kinda had a feeling I wouldn't exactly love it ... certainly still feeling that way after listening but it was fun to listen to. And nice to give me a better appreciation for the first wave of grunge... should come as no shock that I love their collab album with Neil Young lol but I was having a hard time hearing the connection between this album and neil when I know they are huge neil fans and he was a big influence on them ... anyways it was cool!
Gang Starr
4/5
one of the mount rushmore groups in hip hop imo ... i think these guys are just timeless and sooo cool... I unfortunately have had the pleasure of having listened to all their later albums so this ends up feeling like a precursor to me... not only would they go onto make some of the best hip hop albums of all time but Moment Of Truth is just one of the best albums of all time period... anyways i should stop hating and just say that the production is really clean and guru's vocals kick ass ... these guys are just the absolute best
The Offspring
3/5
never actually listened to these guys but this rocked! apparently John Mayer did the spoken word trax also ? lol ... pretty good tony hawk pro skater tunes . nice energy
Fleet Foxes
2/5
the kinda music that just makes me wanna turn it off the moment i put it on ... i like joy and pleasure but there's something just stomach turning about this music to me and i especially hate the album artwork ... whats insane is that i dont even think its bad it just makes me physically ill BUT i do wanna try the hunter biden special (getting a lap dance while smoking crack cocaine to this music)
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3/5
This was pretty cool! Don't know how I feel about Blues Punk music I appreciated the noisy moments
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
admittedly the only RATM album ive heard .. I do think ultimately the music is really exciting and entertaining and it is nice to see a band who I share politics with be successful... me and Tom are actually in the same union :) and its nice that he has sorta kept the socialist folk singer thing alive with his The Nightwatchman project... anyways the band really does kick a lot of ass and I gotta listen to the rest of their stuff ... and audioslave apparently
Daft Punk
4/5
perhaps the most nostalgic album for me - I listened to this obsessively and it was for me a marker of 'cool' music that for example an older brother would listen to... it is def the second best album in their catalog but I do think the basslines go really hard and i love exactly the texture of the 909 bass ... so ya this one is a winner for me
Van Morrison
3/5
I honestly think van morrison is one of the weirdest guys ever and like why does he make like blue eyed soul... hes a lad from northern ireland i wanna hear some pro IRA folk rock not some corny ass rnb from his plumber ass... anyways i do have a sweet spot for anyone who was in The Last Waltz but yea idk ive never been particularly impressed with this guy.
Public Enemy
4/5
just effortless and impressive but somehow public enemy has remained a bit uncool in my brain - need to unpack this further
The Thrills
2/5
we have had to listen to a lot of forgettable music on this list but this 1 might take the cake
The Rolling Stones
3/5
i sorta never gave the stones a chance and certainly do not love them ... i think i was surprised at how 'experimental' this record was and by that i mostly mean that they used a lot of 'world music' percussion... funny i almost basically entirely associate the stones with martin scorsese movies at this point so listening to this did sorta make me feel like I was in a martin scorsese movie... anyways i dunno always mixed with these guys - i liked the country tunes but I don't appreciate the like ... oozing horniness on the record cuz i think the dudes are a lil nasty ...
The Who
3/5
i feel bad cuz everything i read thinks of this as one of the greatest live albums ever and it is pretty cool dont get me wrong ... i just dgaf :(
Various Artists
3/5
I have no relationship to christmas music and tend to avoid it because it is too cheerful and I have prejudice against christians. Luckily for this guy I like two things... Brill Building music and murderers so I will be giving this 3 stars
Air
3/5
very nice album! makes me wanna watch the movie
Nick Drake
3/5
very nice and pleasant album! prob my number 3 nick drake but real nice music !
Ms. Dynamite
3/5
this was like perfectly fine but sorta scratching my head at its inclusion on this list
Mylo
3/5
this one was in the older brother rotation as a kid and i certainly do enjoy the singles (in my arms is really killer) but yeaaa i dont think this one quite lived up to my memories!
George Harrison
5/5
Always oscillate between this one and RAM for the best post-beatles album... it really does appear as if George was bursting at the seams to get his ideas out during the Beatles run, it makes this album all the more sublime... almost like listening to a decade of one man's thoughts
The Vines
2/5
i didnt know anyone made music like this in earnest ...
The Cure
5/5
Just one of the most impressive albums of all time... I always wonder how grown adults are so able to capture that feeling of crushing despair that I associate with being 12 years old (Maybe some just never grow out of it?...) anyways, its a remarkable achievement and the best album by one of the best and most consistent bands of all time ...
Hole
4/5
file under: music that kicks ass
Dusty Springfield
3/5
this was pretty nice but weirdly not for me even tho i thought i was poised to love this
The Modern Lovers
3/5
this was pretty fun but also a bit boring i thought at points ... but i had a good time
The Mars Volta
4/5
i do not know this band i have no idea who they are but they scare me
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
heard this guy was a POS... tunes r bangin tho
The Monkees
3/5
saw these guys on TV ... 3 stars
The Coral
2/5
you when something is on, and even when you try to listen you can't hear it so you just kinda sit there and wait for it to be over
Dead Kennedys
4/5
yeah this shit goes so hard !! its so hard to imagine american music with any kind of political messaging now ... album kicks ass for a multitude of reasons!
Tears For Fears
4/5
Pretty amazing but a bit inconsistent for me … still epic as all hell
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
today i was in the car with my friend Mani and we both got so excited cuz we saw a licence plate that was labeled CSNY XXX and it made me sad that ill never own the CSNY 420 licence plate ... anyways its always been weird to me that neil decided that the best use of his time in the early 70s was to form a super group with these three guys who were already making records together ... i love crosby, and think N & S are totally good musicians but yeah there is super super killer tracks on here and Ohio is just an all time neil track ... ultimately Teach Your Children is my fav one ... its beautiful :)
The Prodigy
4/5
Very cool and in your face. Always liked this one as a kid, fun album to revisit!! Also fun to listen to today cuz im seeing kool keith tonight and hes sampled in the first track!!
Oasis
3/5
I just think its a bit boring altho funny enough it is sort of a more consistent album than whats the story but without the hits this band is useless to me
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Not the kinda music I generally find myself listening to. Very pleasant and unchallenging … but nice!
Elastica
3/5
Pretty fun!! I have no thoughts
Cowboy Junkies
3/5
pleasant and boring <3
Eminem
3/5
I will not be taking any questions but i do like it .. i just think it lags and there a lot of skippable songs ... funny enough one of the things i appreciate about this music is that it is so incredibly emotional, not really like positive or good emotions but very emotional in a way you kinda don't expect from rap music of the era ...
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
I wasn’t that into it but its cool that she is related to joão… nice and pleasant
Ute Lemper
2/5
Very confused by this bootleg kate bush… how tf did she get philip glass, tom waits, nick cave and scott walker to write songs on this thing. This was boring and confusing
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
one of the great debuts and a blueprint for the best and most consistent group in hip hop history
The Cure
4/5
really beautiful record, I really like the cure and agree with nick that they are just super consistent and so fun to listen to!
OutKast
4/5
really modern feeling record - lots of fun and really spectacular showing from the most consistent group of the century... i just always felt like this was their third best album ... i just love the 90s shyt a bit too much i suppose
Jeff Beck
3/5
i hate blues rock... but this album is wild cuz i had NO idea it wasn't beck himself singing and to learn the vocals on this album were done by ROD STEWART of all people... anyways i have affinity for beck and honestly i have no idea why cuz who cares about the yarbirds ... this guy wasn't even in any famous bands ... why do i like him ?
Willie Nelson
4/5
willie is so ubiquitous that i had never actually really listened to any of his albums - but this was straight fire . loved it - as a huge outlaw country fan this is totally my shiT! will be checking for more willie albums
Stereo MC's
3/5
I feel like this is music i have no context for … i needed to live thru the 90s to understand this
Ian Dury
4/5
Wait a gd second this slaps
Norah Jones
2/5
Immediately pissed me off but ngl i would put this on if i was entertaining a shorty 😭🤣😌
The Rolling Stones
3/5
I guess this is like their first “great” album… stones have always bored me to death and the more i listen to them the less i like em!
Beatles
4/5
First off rip nick who died today :( i’ll miss him a lot. Second off the music is fast and fun and thats just a winning combo for me. Songs about love are so comforting! And all these tracks are about love!
Sonic Youth
4/5
similarly never really connected with the youth but i did really enjoy this ! I am seeing a path where i learn to love sonic youth
The Flaming Lips
4/5
always liked this in hs but sorta fell to the wayside as i aged... seeing them live this past summer made me really fall in love with a lot of these songs again ... really pretty music and so positive and nice vibes
SZA
4/5
really good and nostalgic - really amazing debut... reminds me of a simpler time :)
Massive Attack
3/5
i really dont know much about these guys nor do i care ... but i guess they're banksy ? lol
Black Sabbath
5/5
Basically one of the 19 best albums of all time according to me ... its sooo epic and ozzy is soo stupid which I love about this band
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
it's just fun and I like that they are just rapping about regular stuff ... wearing adidas, walking down the street ... just simple guy stuff that appeals to simple guys like me
David Crosby
4/5
Should be no shocker that I love mr crosby. He was all over neil and joni's albums in the 70s (produced Joni's debut!)... hes also just one of those guys who is quietly everywhere ... in the byrds of course, writing songs for jefferson airplane... playin with his old bandmate and my personal fav Gene Clark... anyways - Crosby rocks and this is his best album by far - its pretty and fun and heavy and psychy at points... for me a true pleasure. One of the sadder covid deaths for me ... rip to an absolute unit of a moustache and i loved his lil red knit hat... gotta get me one of those.
Peter Tosh
4/5
I always thought that Peter Tosh was sooo cool and I wonder if it is due to the fact that he is a Wailer but just not as like ... earnest as bob marley ? like his music is just way more cool i find... anyways the album is really mellow and chill and just reminds me of the summertime, it was really nice to listen to in this dreadful winter... did you guys read about his murder ?? crazy shit
Prince
4/5
really still not 'getting' Prince... but really enjoying everything i hear and excited to learn to love his music more ... this was also the best thing of his i ever heard tho it was really amazing
Sugar
4/5
never even heard of this but i really enjoyed it! my kinda rock music
Lucinda Williams
4/5
what can i say ... this couldn't be more in my wheelhouse if it tried. I LOVE lucinda williams and her music means a lot to me even tho shes such a new addition to my life!
Stevie Wonder
4/5
man this album reaaaaaaaly kicks ass - and i love the album art! Not the biggest stevie head of all time but I do have a deep appreciation for his music, he is orbiting the sublime for sure ...
The Stranglers
3/5
I'm sorry to say it but being from sweden is funny to me. its also hard to take you seriously when you're not only from sweden but you also named your first album IV... which is roman for four... do they like start counting at four in sweden? is this some extreme cultural difference that a good old fashioned north american guy like me can't understand? is the title of this album (which is just I guess the latin name for a rat...) some kinda dig at norway ? is that who they're planning to strangle? norwegians? rats??
Scissor Sisters
2/5
you know when something is just immediately so offputting and pisses u tf off right when you put it on
Bobby Womack
3/5
funny enough the only album by this bloke ive heard is his 2012 comeback album right before he passed ... but not familiar with him really otherwise. some nice and funky soul tho ... pretty fun but nothing mind blowing!
The Velvet Underground
4/5
I always hated when people described music as 'timeless' because I don't really believe that things should exist outside of the context in which they were made... that being said one thing that has always attracted me to TVU is how they really straddle the line (I think) of music that your dad likes but also if I showed this to my nephew I think he'd really enjoy it... I don't really know how to describe it but TVU just has this undeniability ... also I did the whole Lou Reed solo discog last year and it was just so freaking good. I really love and respect him... the bisexual king <3 anyways, my preference of TVU albums puts this one at number three.. (I Love Loaded) but yea .. number three is still pretty damn good for this band!
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
not my cuppa tea but nice nonetheless !
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
another band that I know is good but hasnt totally connected with me! this album is really fun tho!!
4/5
i want to love pj harvey so much more ... i need to SUBMERGE
Kraftwerk
5/5
straddles a hard line of being both the coolest and nerdiest shit of all time hahaha
Khaled
4/5
This was sooo nice and enjoyable !! Been getting into Algerian music and Raï slowly over the years … feel like this is so far the best ‘discovery’ from this list for me
The Doors
3/5
honestly i think jim morrison is kinda stupid as hell and i hate this kinda music ... i dont think time will reflect well on the doors
Jurassic 5
3/5
this album is very consistent and the guys all have really solid flow! i saw chali2na one time at hillside and got into these guys after... this album is very solid! not worldbreaking but good!!
Frank Ocean
4/5
really can track this to the exact beginning of my consciousness... being 15.. and looking back at the absolute list of all timers that came out in 2012... just an incredible time to be alive and into music... anyways it has aged pretty well, honestly i havent revisited this one in a while ...
The Sonics
3/5
Making art in a garage … is cool as fuck
Lorde
4/5
this album just straight up kicks ass ... undeniable
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
historically been my fav mbv album which i am kinda questioning in this moment lol... seems like a bit of a contrarian take lmaooo .... anyways it is really good and really different than loveless or m b v (which i feel like i would probably like the most on a re-listen). Anyways - not one of my fav bands but they are really amazing, and I do like their music quite a bit...
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Pretty chill… but in all honesty… a bit pedestrian for my tastes! But this guy seems cool
Radiohead
5/5
i like that its sort of a heavier rock-y sound compared to the early 2000s stuff... i mean i like radiohead, fuck it
Lauryn Hill
5/5
just an absolute stone cold classic ... no two ways about it
Sleater-Kinney
4/5
always really liked Sleater-Kinney! they are super fun and consistent...
The Who
3/5
gotta be one of the most british albums of all time. monty python ass mfs
Little Richard
4/5
this guy was lowkey the goat (of music and being a bisexual pervert) also crazy he died this decade ??
Queen Latifah
4/5
this was so much fun!
10cc
3/5
this was a really weird album lol... never encountered this band! funny ones
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
honestly. kicks ass. didnt know... shit rocked. i had no idea.
Queen
2/5
best thing about this band is Freddie Mercury's Mineshaft shirt... i hate queen
Dire Straits
3/5
pretty chill and cool... ik luke loves these guys ... not exactly sure i get it
The Boo Radleys
4/5
never encountered this or really heard of it at all but i quite liked it ! really solid :) I liked the noise rock and kinda psych touches to what would have otherwise been a really normal britpop-y album
Van Halen
3/5
honestly this album is kind of 'awesome' as hell but its maybe not my speed looool
Black Flag
4/5
just such a perfect capsule of one of the coolest sounds on earth
The Strokes
5/5
Just one of the best albums ever. It’s kinda truly unreal how good this thing is
Van Morrison
3/5
Still dont love van m but this was a nice album and i feel like hes the kinda guy i’d enjoy more in greatest hits fashion than album fashion so it makes sense
DJ Shadow
5/5
probably the core album for me . mateen kinda forced me to buy a used copy of this at dr disc when i was like 14 and im glad he did! it really changed about what i thought music could look like and also introduced me to a lot of older rap music which I still really love... dont tell mateen tho...
Simply Red
3/5
honestly idk what the hell this one was but i liked it
G. Love & Special Sauce
3/5
i was gonna keep this album to be my 1001st album but it was getting confusing so i listened to it ... and had 0 thoughts but it really wasnt that bad, kinda fun but also the kinda thing you see at the transac on a wednesday night at 9pm and not usually the kind of music i would expect to be recorded, listened to and considered hahahaha
Supergrass
2/5
never ever heard of this and it was ok not my cuppa
Queen
1/5
I have no patience for this bullshit but i do like the song where roger taylor is in love with his car and the best friend song is so nice
Ice Cube
4/5
Ice cube is the goat !!
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Never given these guys a fair shake! I liked it!!
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Pretty goated album. I Love music
The Slits
4/5
Love this album a lot but since im writing publicly i have to mention that the album art is racist. Thank you
Public Enemy
4/5
Undoubtedly cool. I miss when mainstream music was this political
The Velvet Underground
5/5
its really good and i dont mind saying it... just beautiful
TLC
4/5
so fun and nice!! TLC rocks :)
Beatles
5/5
I'll always love this album and band... this is to me just what i call 'music' and i'll always think about playing beatles rockband in my basement with adam and going to Australia with just an mp3 player with every beatles song on it when i was 11... this is their best album ...
Bad Company
2/5
this hurt my heart
Fatboy Slim
4/5
i was doing the christopher walken shuffle with spike jones in front of the cinema if you kno what i mean #dvdwatcher
The Last Shadow Puppets
2/5
i dont love this kinda music and i dont like arctic monkes
Pink Floyd
3/5
i am not a floyd guy. i am open to it. i know nothing about them. but this was their first album and its pretty cool and weird. maybe i will like more of their albums
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
not rlly a nick cave guy ... this album was interesting but also i guess sounds like every other nick cave album ive heard ?
Napalm Death
4/5
This shit kicks TOO much ass!!!
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
Best non joanna newsom album of the 2000s?
Goldfrapp
2/5
i was inexcusably bored
Beck
4/5
beck is such a genuinely weird musician... its so funny to me that he was making like anti-folk and alternative country for like a decade and then now just makes singer-songwriter folk rock ... this being the start of that transition. anyways hes good at both so no complains but he is a walking fucking paradox ,,, no hes not .,, triceratops
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
rye cooter
Aerosmith
2/5
hey, as far as worst bands of all time go, these guys are pretty good!
Solomon Burke
3/5
only heard his later stuff but this was real nice!
Steely Dan
4/5
This is my fav band... their music makes so happy and makes me wanna move
5/5
still so baffling to me that eno produced this, i love the stories that the band hated everything he said to do and just waited for bowie to show up to remix the album. anyways its one of the best of all time
Mudhoney
2/5
Honestly i didnt understand this music. Couldn’t comprehend what i was hearing at all. Absolutely indecipherable for me
Radiohead
5/5
Ice age coming, ice age coming… tell your familyyyy… march 15th two thousand and twoooooo
Fishbone
3/5
Honestly just not for me. I like their next album way better which is a funk metal album and that kicks ass
Koffi Olomide
3/5
This was fun!
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Never been much of a Marley fan but this was very enjoyable and nice!! Also i knew so many tracks off this bad boy!
PJ Harvey
4/5
hey! pretty good... i liked it !
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
i like it but i gotta admit ive never gotten it... liked it more that previous listens but it still kinda does nothing for me
Tina Turner
3/5
this was fun!
Blondie
4/5
always really liked these albums .. i just dont think i understand CGBG at all... like the first band i associate with the club is the ramones (punk rock?) but so many other bands associated with the club are like pop rock bands like this ? random ass club
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
pleasant... perfectly nice
Pantera
3/5
this was pretty fun... fast!!
Coldplay
3/5
ok randomly ive been listening to so much coldplay lately and Yellow has like been the soundtrack to my grandfather's death (no idea why) i remember begging my piano teacher to let me learn Clocks on the piano and she wouldnt let me because it wasn't royal conservatory ... anyways it was cool to listen to and i kinda wanna listen to their 2024 album ...
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
Buddy Holly i was not familiar with your game... this shit bangs
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Love the music & story of this band. Rlly need to see the Wim Wenders documentary !!
Taylor Swift
2/5
i just feel like she has such negative vibes ? does everyone feel that ?? like she seems like such a loser LOL ... anyways this is like the most okay i find her, and I was telling Nick that i like the other 2020 one more but like jesus she is intolerable
Beck
3/5
Beck is so confusing to me. Like his grandpa was a great Fluxus artist, his mom was andy warhol’s protegee, in mekas movies and Vaginal Davis(!!)’s bestie. His dad is like an extremely prolific producer and film composer. All these people are cool. Beck is a stupid cheugy scientologist. Anyways the music is pretty nice
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
he still hasnt fully connected but i enjoyed this!
Tim Buckley
4/5
was a huge tim b fan in hs... guess what... i still am
The Police
2/5
most random band of all time ... they make Reggae
????
Magazine
3/5
never heard of this but it was cool
Kraftwerk
5/5
one of the albums and bands of all time
AC/DC
2/5
this band sucks and so does this album... they shoulda stayed in aus
Bob Dylan
5/5
just unreal, i loved it... dylan is finally clicking
The Damned
3/5
yeah this kicks ass
Jeru The Damaja
4/5
yeah this kicks freaking ass
Queen
2/5
i honestly like killer queen but eff off
Tito Puente
3/5
new yaaaaaaaark!
Leonard Cohen
5/5
this is an all timer for me and the army of depressed men I represent
Soft Cell
3/5
super fun!! this has always been one of mateen's favs so i heard it a lot growing up... i like it too but mostly tainted love haha
The Verve
2/5
not only did this suck... but it was also long as fuck
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
i like this guy and his music is nice as hell!
The Only Ones
3/5
sometimes you listen to the most random shit cuz of this list ... btw we're almost at a year of albums!!
Bob Dylan
5/5
I love bob. its official. i adore this man
Fats Domino
3/5
i actually had never listened to this bloke ... i guess it was cool ? lol ... i liked it enuff
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
more like gooning squad also he said the nword but 'white n-words' ?? wtf is that bullshit . anyways i actually like ec so i was a bit appalled
Goldfrapp
3/5
this really sounded like stereolab, i honestly enjoyed it!! it was way better that the piece of shit album of theirs we listened earlier in this process
Arcade Fire
4/5
yea sorry but this was a certified crying on the floor album for me . love this bugger but honestly i think i outgrew it and this band is so despicable on so many levels LOL
Haircut 100
3/5
british people really make me laugh man ... what a crazee bunch
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
4/5
i really liked this album in high school due to the brian eno connection (produced and put it out on his label!) its pretty cool and quite fun!
The Black Keys
1/5
im sorry but this is absolute dogshit lol
Leftfield
4/5
this was awesome as fuck but basically I couldn't summarize it better than the top review on rateyourmusic
Weed + Leftism = Divinity.
Traffic
3/5
i guess its fine ? i didnt really know steve winwood was in bands
The Sugarcubes
3/5
pretty fun! had never heard this band but i enjoyed what i did... hear that is
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
wait... this was extremely epic
Fugees
5/5
The score you ask? five out of five...
Soul II Soul
4/5
hey, this was fun and awesome... thanks!
R.E.M.
4/5
undoubtedly one of the debuts of all time
Ash
3/5
uhm .. yeah i guess this was fine idek
Motörhead
3/5
okay FINE - I'll download Motörhead's discography when i get home from work
The Clash
4/5
probably been 15 years since i listened to this ... its good ! i like this band and their politics... good shit!
Marty Robbins
4/5
quite goated i suppose ... yes yes... with the sauce indeed
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
yeah i suppose ... the punk precursor stuff is cool
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
ya! pretty fun!
Yes
3/5
yes no maybe ,,,,, ,can you repeat the question ///// you're not the boss of me now !!
Happy Mondays
3/5
before listening wikipedia said that the band made this album after listening to a lot of house music and doing a bunch of ecstasy and somehow the music recorded didnt reflect that at all
Aretha Franklin
3/5
prettttttttty gooooooood
Erykah Badu
4/5
soooo good !! love her
The Temptations
4/5
as far as kicking ass goes ... this one does in fact kick ass
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
no shocker that i love this one ... always loved the harmonies on this album... just good freakin vibes
George Michael
4/5
i have come to really love george michael over time ... he's one of my fav pop stars and Freedom 90 literally might be one of my like 10 fav songs lol
Carole King
3/5
this album is like a classic 'classic' album... really fun!
Shuggie Otis
4/5
wow i had never heard this music or really ever heard of this guy... i realllllly liked this! what I like to call 'morning music' music that is just downright pleasant to wake up to
Dolly Parton
4/5
i love this album and all three women in the TRIO... a trio of queens if you ask me. this is kinda morning music too.. imagine making eggs while listening to this.. holy shit. putting some harissa on the eggs, and this is playing from the speaker... chef's kiss. you're toasting pita bread and you hear 'to have known him is to love him' gently playing from the bedroom as the love of your life stirs from their slumber.. wow. just wow
The Beach Boys
5/5
the kinda album that just makes you wanna break down and sob... so achingly beautiful... wilson really taps into the sorrow that love brings with it...
"... to resist love and inoculate yourself against heartbreak is to reject life itself, for to love is your primary human function." - nick cave
Steely Dan
5/5
sorta goes without saying that i am obsessed with this record... its my fav band's best album ... fuck it
Adele
2/5
Still the funniest thing about this record is that XL records put it out... like that is inconceivable now looking back on it - one month before they put out Goblin by tyler, the creator... just bizarre... anways i have nostalgia for these songs i suppose because i heard them all in the dentist's office and in my mom's car but honestly who gives a fuck? the music kind of sucks and album is boring as hell... i just dont care at all
Joan Baez
4/5
i love Joan... i love Greenwich Village... i love folk music so much
Kid Rock
1/5
just absolutely confounding... there are unequivocal truths in this world... one such unequivocal truth is that Uncle Kracker wrote 12/14 songs on this album... another unequivocal truth is that the last thing i expected to hear while listening to Kid Rock is an interpolation of fleetwood mac's second hand news.. a third unequivocal truth is that Kid Rock should have been arrested for writing Black Chick, White Guy just sayin... next time I see nick im quoting that awesome em line from fuck off about how kid rock and em are two white boys who like to drink punch and smoke joints and hang out around drugs, loud music and like lots of noise
OutKast
3/5
ok I do like it but unforch for me it is a bit too long for my liking and not every track is hitting as hard as i'd like.. its a 3.5 for me
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
i def had mateen's CD of this but im not sure i ever listened all the way through until now... i was never a big smashing pumpkins fan but loveee 1979 and have really come around to them thru this list! i really liked it .. big fan!
Deerhunter
4/5
havent heard this since it dropped when I was 12 years old due to its positive pitchfork review and i usually hate bullshit like this.... but i liked it :)
Stereolab
4/5
i feel like stereolab is one of those bands that all the coolest millennials love haha ... its really really good music, I have enjoyed everything ive ever heard from them.
Black Sabbath
4/5
i mean this is the best band ever and Changes is an all timer
Big Star
4/5
i like big star!
Cornershop
3/5
plenty of cool sounds but I suppose ultimately it was not my fav thing i ever heard
Beatles
5/5
Revolver and Abbey Road have always been my favs into adulthood with these guys... just kinda back to back bangers and with every beatles album i just have such incredible nostalgia for these songs... i suppose I'll love them for the rest of my life...
Stevie Wonder
4/5
I feel like stevie is the true underrated GOAT... idk if im right but from the discourse I observe he often isn't considered one of the great musicians as far as the critical reception of his albums (no one is denying his talent of course) but he has incredible albums and this is one of them!! If I had to rank them I feel like Talking Book is his 4th best album but the 4th best stevie album is like still one of the 200 best albums ever made haha (or 1001 i suppose...)
Buck Owens
3/5
i liked this but it was funnty
Frank Zappa
4/5
I have a lot lot lot of issues with frank zappa... primarily I think he's untalented and a fake freak (worst offence imaginable) but sometimes the stars align with him and something interesting comes through in his albums... anyways I know im being a bit pedantic and not explaining myself much but he sorta represents all the worst things about the hippie movement to me (i.e. he's racist, stupid and has nothing to say) but i also liked this album enough LOL so fuck it 4 stars
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Isaac Hayes has an album called Hot Buttered Soul that is basically one of my 10 fav albums of all time.. it rocks my socks off. Shaft also rocks my socks, but they remained on... 4 stars
Wilco
3/5
wilco is really easy to listen to but im not sure if they're good yet or not
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
i feel like i hear about this band a lot ... but i actually dont think that is true .. i think theyre the band called my chemical romance. and this is the first time ive listened to either my chemical romance or the chemical brothers. the brothers are good ill see about the romance some other time
Beth Orton
2/5
sorry but this was bullshit
R.E.M.
4/5
listened to this on cassette on my new tape deck this morning while I got ready and while R.E.M. has never been my fav band I really do understand the appeal! they are pretty good and bisexual !
David Bowie
5/5
I feel that I have a very conflicted relationship with mr bowie. I more or less only like his output with mr eno and mostly just think hes a bit of a fraud... at the same time he has a lot of music i deeply love despite not particularly loving the musician...
anyways, the blackstar album makes me deeply emotional and i honestly consider it one of the most remarkable and special albums released in my lifetime. i remember distinctly not exactly giving a shit it came out, being surprised that it got a good review from pitchfork, then the bastard kicked the bucket and i was floored and listened to it right away and it blew my socks off. listening tonight with fresh ears was such a pleasure - i forgot how expansive and touched this music is... its really something!
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Amy Winehouse music is like kind of interesting and unique i feel like ? she def is a very distinct musician but i don't quite understand why she has such a stronghold on cultural discourse... i suppose besides the fact that she had a very troubled and tabloid heavy life the music is not like so unique or life-changing ... anyways the two albums are good but i kinda find her oeuvre unremarkable
Santana
4/5
I have come to really like Santana and Abraxas is probably my fav album of theirs. one thing i dont get is why is the band named after carlos.. he did produce this album and write two songs but so much of this music feels extremely collaborative ! its just funny that its named after him when its such a group effort
Billy Bragg
4/5
really awesome when socialist music goes mainstream and i love the inclusion of some topical songs on this list! also i like the tunes - they are awesome
John Lee Hooker
3/5
pretty cool and good guests ... i guess him and canned heat made an album together in 71, sounds cool idk
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
this shit sounds so insanely british it is a pain in my ASS
Pavement
4/5
Bands like Pavement are funny to me because like today, I'll listen to an album by them and be like WOW i finally get it... pavement rocks... and then never listen to them again, forget they exist, get prompted to listen to them and have my mind blown all over again lol. maybe its my oogga boogga neanderthal brain ... jk i have no neanderthal dna unlike u knuckleheads haha .. .. .. .
Raekwon
4/5
big album for me as a lad... really love the production on this album and how simple it is... gives raekwon lots of room to absolutely glide over these beats
Joni Mitchell
4/5
i love joni and listened to her entire discog this year ... she is probably i guess one of my goats even tho she is insane and very racist. i love folk music
The Isley Brothers
4/5
really awesome album and kind of an undeniable intro i was into it right away and also i was really stoked to hear a cover of the premier baha'i band seals and crofts on this bad boy
Sheryl Crow
3/5
if i was born like 5 years earlier i bet i would have been obsessed with this
Rush
4/5
Listened to this tonight while I stressfully try to withdraw 200 dollars canadian from my Bet365 account to in-part pay for a switch 2. I know that this makes me seem like a degenerate gambler but I actually only put 20 dollars in here in 2022 and made a 10x return in three years from only betting 1 and 2 dollars on basketball games and the academy awards. I know its haram but it was harmless and i made 180 dollars that I will now use, along with 250 dollars in gift cards to subsidize a 700 dollar switch 2... if you ask me I am stealing from amazon and I feel awesome about that.
anyways rush was my fav band growing up and I don't really like them as much anymore but I still think they undeniably kick ass soooo 4 stars.
Soft Machine
4/5
i like Robert Wyatt and never listened to his band but turns out i like the band too! who knew. anyways i like jazz rock... sue me
Pixies
4/5
I do really enjoy the three pixies albums but they never totally connected for me and lets just say i am really scared of all the post kim deal music... anyhow its great!
Bon Jovi
1/5
one time in grade 7 me, brian danielson and cole jefferies all wore canadian tuxedos to english class and performed a lip sync'd version of Livin' on a Prayer as like a boy band. I do not remember what assignment inspired us to do that but I do remember two things distinctly. number 1 is that it was completely my idea. the song, the dress code, the choreo. I also stayed up until like 2am on a school night to fully memorize the lyrics to the song to improve my lip syncing. The second thing I remember is that we were the only students who came to class in costumes, the only students who did a performance of any kind AND we got a near failing grade on the assignment because apparently I completely misunderstood what we were supposed to do and convinced bryan and cole (a students) that I understood the assignment better than them (B- student btw)
anyways, unrelated to the story bon jovi sucks
Miles Davis
5/5
yeah i mean the goat's goat album ... just goat of all time shit
Black Sabbath
5/5
new revelation just dropped: maybe black sabbath is my fav band...
fIREHOSE
3/5
I had never actually heard of this album or this project! cool that hurley and watt got together to make this band after Minutemen broke up, altho they didn't quite reach the high highs of Minutemen it was still a solid listen... sometimes this list is so strange tho cuz like why this album hahaha
Wire
4/5
feel like these guys had one of the strongest first three albums ever ? just an awesome bad no two ways about it
Morrissey
3/5
very curious... somehow both good and bad at the same time... something im now calling bood. this album was bood.
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
this was one of my first CDs and just some of the absolute most badass music ever made... i absolutely loveeee this era of orchestral soul music with the nasty ass horns. btw i legit think this and curtis are two of the best albums ever... just undeniably cool
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
cant really explain why but i was anticipating this pissing me tf off but it was actually pretty good! i love space rock so all the spacey stuff works on me
Elvis Costello
3/5
honestly Alison used to be one of my fav songs.. i am still really undecided on mr costello but he has some really great tracks and also some other ones that make me wanna kill myself <3
Moby Grape
2/5
2 thoughts about this band... one is that san fran seems like it was super super cool in the 60s and that this band has the worst name ever.
one of the guys in this band was in a band called The Ducks in santa cruz with neil young in 1977. They tried to just be like a local bar scene band but bc neil was in the band they blew tf up and broke up in 6 weeks. anyways i thought that was cool and neil put out some live recordings thru the NYA in 2023... they did some rock n roll covers of neil songs which are cool but this was actually a helpful reminder to download the full album... anyways i hate blues rock but the more folky songs on this were nice but i honestly think it kinda sucked <3
Weather Report
4/5
one thing i really appreciate about Wayne Shorter is that he was maybe the most dynamic of all the 60s titans of jazz. the fact that he spent his 70s and 80s basically playing in bands and making albums with joni mitchell is so cool to me. i actually had never heard of weather report but it kinda blows my mind that Shorter and Jaco Pastorius were in a jazz rock band and it kinda upsets me that i didnt already know about it!!!!
anyways i am slowly starting to make a mental case for Shorter being the goat ...
4/5
really striking artwork and I love the name of this album... shes such a queen for that... and is she wrong? no.
Paul Simon
4/5
i dont love paul simon but i do love that me and julio down by the schoolyard is in the royal tenenbaums ... kinda true that this guy was the original sauced up white boy eh ? opening the album with a reggae
song.. come on... anyways i loveee the flutes on Duncan... this album is awesome hahaha.
Talvin Singh
3/5
i was impressed that this guy was only 18 when he made this album but i am curious why the list maker felt the need to include two Asian Underground albums ... just feels like a movement that wasnt particularly influential or groundbreaking... anyways it was cool at points dont get me wrong 3 stars
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
pretty fun and uptempo but sorta unremarkable i felt. Atom Willard who plays drums on this record seems like the coolest dude ever
Pixies
4/5
this is awesome for me because after listening to Doolittle two weeks ago i was thinking it was a shame i never heard bossanova and i wanted to listen to it!! clearly the algo read my mind...
pretty cool and i enjoyed the more post punk sound this album has... still not lovin the pixies but still finding them perfectly enjoyable and good!
Hüsker Dü
4/5
always been a husker du fan!! they are really cool and good and i like bob mould. never ever heard this record but it was awesome! Listened to it as i drove into banff and it was an awesome soundtrack for giant mountains.
50 Cent
5/5
this was like the ultimate album that my cool older cousins and brother liked and i always wanted to be let into the club, then i forgot about it and listened to it again when nick, jonah and I traveled to nyc when we were 18... pretty much loved it since then....
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
i just dont even know what this was
Fugazi
4/5
one of the goat of all time bands... just unreal how good this shit is
The Style Council
3/5
hey! this was fun
Miriam Makeba
4/5
i always thought she was really interesting as like the first african musician to gain widespread recognition globally... and so cool that she was married to kwame ture... she has a really awesome story and i liked the album too!! its always in dollar bins nowadays but supa solid
Skunk Anansie
3/5
hey this was pretty cool... kinda doin every genre haha
Gram Parsons
4/5
its just funny to me that the byrds arent my fav band ever when Gram Parsons, Gene Clark and David Crosby were all in the band... anyways im gonna read the Laurel Canyon book to find out if this guy was a CIA covert opp <3
Neu!
5/5
i think this is some of the best music ever
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
hey not bad at all
5/5
i like being a dylan guy now
John Grant
4/5
i really had never heard of this album but i really enjoyed it.. it was so nice!! awesome!
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
deeply rude to put an album this long on the list and i like ... couldn't have cared less about it the whole time but i enjoyed it nonetheless
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
this music is SO fun
M.I.A.
5/5
honestly one of my fav albums growing up - it was really cool to me to hear 'eastern' music, decontextualized in this really interesting and cool way, and I still think its the best bloghouse album ever... honestly i love it a lot!!
Orbital
4/5
i loveeeeeee techno !!! this album was so fun
The Jam
4/5
hey this was super fun... i liked it! kundun... i liked it!
Soundgarden
3/5
oh jeez i just dont know... it wasn't bad but i think not for me!
Nanci Griffith
3/5
honestly from the album art i thought this was like a city pop album but turns out its actually just a very nice country album LOL. kind of random and seems like an album that is relevant for being on this list but nonetheless it was enjoyable!
The Black Crowes
2/5
i thought this band was counting crows and i was stoked to listen to it but it was actually some bullshit i did not care about at all
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
this is like the only janis joplin thing where i kinda start to understand what people like about her but generally speaking she does nothing for me
Elton John
3/5
listening to this i kinda realized i had never listened all the way thru an elton john album and it was actually basically exactly what i expected which is pretty good in my books!
Meat Puppets
4/5
cowpunk!! is !! epic!!!
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
huge album that gets an incredible amount of play of play in our house... i really don't like the wonder woman song but i enjoy everything else! How could I not like my nephew's fav album...
The Youngbloods
3/5
started and ended and i suppose i heard it. i do agree with nick about the instrumental trax... they were sick
Michael Jackson
4/5
the best Michael Jackson album BUT i do love teddy riley and the Dangerous new jack swing album...
The xx
3/5
yet another example of this list being random as hell.. the xx' third album? what the hell lol. anyways their first album was really good i listened to it last year and still liked it and this one i didnt listen to since 2017 and its just totally fine and i didnt need to hear it before i died imo
Destiny's Child
3/5
so i do think this album is a bit milquetoast and i actually prefer the album that came before this one.. but its fun... i sorta barely liked it tho sadly
Songhoy Blues
4/5
i love music from mali... its just a fact about me
Iron Butterfly
3/5
kind of an awesome idea for an album: Lets make an album where every song sucks except the last song which is the best song ever
Tom Waits
4/5
really bizarre album, a bit fringe and closer to outsider music than not... tom waits is cool man i love that hes famous for being a weirdo haha
Q-Tip
4/5
really nice... really smooth ... qtip the goat
Ray Charles
3/5
feel like i woulda liked this better if Jamie Foxx did the singing
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
jeez i think think this album starts out insanely bad lol but finishes really strong and Maps is really like one of the best songs of the 2000s... pretty nostalgic listen and a nice testament to how my tastes have changed since i was an early teen
Boards of Canada
5/5
one of the albums of all time for me
Eurythmics
3/5
i suppose this was cool
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
this was nice!
Gang Of Four
4/5
one of the fun albums of all time... been lovin this thing for like 15 years!!
Sonic Youth
4/5
learning to love sonic youth, I think they kick ass but the conversion process is slow
King Crimson
5/5
genuinely inconceivably good ... so impressive and still so fresh... love this album a bit too much
Metallica
5/5
I'm sick and tired of being judged for Metallica being my favourite band... you guys cannot take this away from me.
Brian Eno
5/5
Eno is my guy and this is my album...
Aerosmith
2/5
what the eff is this sheet
Frank Sinatra
3/5
this was quite chill and vibey
The Beau Brummels
3/5
now i should really like this but i am generally skeptical of San Francisco and for some reason its just not workin all that well for me
The Byrds
4/5
here is a copy of David McGowan's Weird Scenes Inside The Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & The Dark Heart Of The Hippie Dream: https://archive.org/details/weirdscenesinsid0000mcgo
where you can learn all about how The Byrds and other similar bands were CIA co-operatives who created the hippie movement to de-ligitamtize the anti war movement in the 1960s...
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
honestly never connected for me but its fun and exciting and i think if i was a millennial this would go so hard
Leonard Cohen
4/5
i wouldnt mind being in that room!
Madness
2/5
Literally this album must be on here cuz of our house... like what the hell was this wacko album. I did not need to listen to it before i died
The Replacements
3/5
nicer and cuter than i remembered !! i liked the part where gary had a boner
Robert Wyatt
4/5
really amazing and sublime album... there is so many eno-y touches on this album ! I really wonder if he's the most represented producer on this list? I really loved it and amazing that he made this within my lifetime... just so pretty and nice
Elliott Smith
4/5
elliott smith is one of those guys who like every time i listen to them make music im like wow this guy is awesome and then i forget about his existence immediately after
The Sabres Of Paradise
2/5
not too sure about this one... coulda been an email!
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
reminds me a bit of joni's albums from the same era... kinda interesting to track both of their arcs as kinda similar... folk star turned experimentalist obsessed with jazz and funk music haha. but ms faithfull goes a more new wave which i probably attribute to her being british... anyways cool album
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
i do like that genre of really gay british music (I guess its called "new pop" ... anyhow this was just ok for me but I suppose i will automatically like anything that is fun, gay and british
Richard Hawley
4/5
this was so nice!
Pentangle
4/5
i had no idea the goat Bert Jansch was in a band!! and the band was awesome!! what the hell
Missy Elliott
4/5
I do think this is like the third best missy album, but i do kinda think it works so well bcuz Timbaland is really uninhibited... the production on this album is awesome haha
Tortoise
4/5
Tortoise was one of those bands i always felt like i was supposed to like but never knew why and guess what... i do like them... so take that!
David Holmes
3/5
weird ? kinda cool... mostly weird
The Lemonheads
4/5
wait this was actually flames
Sepultura
4/5
I think the inclusion of this album actually tells us a lot about the methodology of this list... there's two Sepultura albums on the list... Arise from 1991 (their best) and this one which I would consider not one of Sepultura best albums but rather one of their most unique and interesting in the ways it uses Afro-Brazilian rhythms and traditional Brazilian music... anyways like a dumb thing to remember but i guess its not a list of the 1001 best albums ever but rather the ones this one guy thinks you need to listen to before death.. but still im mad at him for some of the bullshit hes made me listen to ngl... 4 stars
Deep Purple
3/5
i recognize that this is good but boy did i not GAF
Afrika Bambaataa
4/5
basically kicks a planetary amount of ass
The Human League
3/5
one thing i like about british music is that its kinda inherently gay and lots of straight musicians were sorta forced to make music for gay guys
Patti Smith
3/5
man new york rocks... shout out john cale
4/5
i have a disease called 'the-beatles-comes-on-and-i-start-crying-itis' and i need to go to psychoanalysis to cure myself
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
hard genre to fuck up... she got close
Hugh Masekela
4/5
really good awsome!!
Steely Dan
4/5
sooooo steely dan is my favourite band...
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2/5
nicks review made me laugh a lot but ive always been curious about this guy and i see i should have never even begun to start considering him
Ramones
4/5
andddddddd... imma keep it real chief but the ramones kick ass
Morrissey
4/5
When I typed "Does Morrissey have mommy issues?" into Brave search the AI overview answered with a bunch of lines about Morrissey's profound connection to his mother, and I would say that he has all the markers of a man who was loved a little too deeply by his mommy... He really takes on the maternalistic martyr role with his lyrical content that is so concerned with how he is a victim for loving too much... sound like anyone you know? I think partially that's why I find it so easy to connect to his music? I similarly have a weird relationship with my mom who's biggest crime in her eyes was loving me too much... maybe I should write a bunch of songs about it.
Bonnie Raitt
2/5
i dont exactly get it,,,,,,, kinda the most generic and boring shit of all time ?
CHVRCHES
3/5
no comment
Rod Stewart
3/5
not bad per say but not something i frankly gave a flying hoot about either
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
i like stoners, they're just good people ... and they move real slow you never gotta worry about them
Mj Cole
3/5
hard to say... it was most certainly music, that i can confirm
The Saints
4/5
it was fun but i am still aussie-phobic
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
has been heavy in the car rotation lately... i think this record is often overlooked in the greatest hip hop album ever conversation because the lyrics are a bit more goofy than something like illmatic or the infamous but honest to god I think this is best hip hop album ever because of how varied the lyrics are and how much ground the production covers here... anyways its basically the most perfect albums by one of the most perfect groups so yeah... you know what it is
The Divine Comedy
2/5
please,,, please stop
Beatles
5/5
like constant unfathomable nostalgia playing these albums.. i need to see an analyst asap..
anyways 2/10 of my fav beatles trax on this album... In My Life and If I Needed Someone
The Young Gods
2/5
kind of hilarious ? what the hell is going on here
4/5
this was awesome as hell
4/5
this was also awesome as hell
Marvin Gaye
4/5
i like long albums when they kick major ass basically
Tom Waits
4/5
honestly ive barely listened to this bloke before this list and he kicks a whole buncha ass
Chicago
3/5
i kinda can't believe how long it was... sorta went on forever. for the right kinda white guy i can totally see how this is like PEAK music but for me... im good. it was kinda funny to me how much of marc maron's jimmy pardo episode (i think 5th or 4th from the end) was basically just all about how pardo has seen chicago live like 120 times and the most recent time he saw them he was like... wait maybe they suck. anyways.. .3 stars ... i guess ?
Traffic
3/5
not actually that funny but just interesting that the chicago album had a cover of a song that Steve Winwood wrote on it and the next day we got a Traffic album... Steve Winwood's band... it really is a small world afterall
R.E.M.
4/5
these guys rock
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
wow this kicked mega ass lmao
Liz Phair
4/5
classic, good, all timer
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
just completely my shit
David Bowie
4/5
i mean... its just like me bait honestly. I do think "heroes" is potentially the best song of all time and its really to cool to me that brian eno... my hero had such direction on this album and the two before it. anyways i sometimes think bowie sucks cuz he was a genre hopper but he had really obscure taste to be honest... making a krautrock album in berlin in the 70s is just like the coolest thing anyone could ever do... and he got to do it with brian eno... come on... my only issue tho is a lot of bowie music is samey to me and i get a lil bored ..
Stephen Stills
3/5
pretty good but i think its too long... i kinda forgot how long it was.. come on man
Little Simz
4/5
I like her i always liked her