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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trout Mask Replica | 5 | 2.28 | +2.72 |
| Tago Mago | 5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
| Millions Now Living Will Never Die | 5 | 2.87 | +2.13 |
| Paris 1919 | 5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
| Heavy Weather | 5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
| Safe As Milk | 5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
| Duck Stab/Buster & Glen | 4 | 2.03 | +1.97 |
| They Were Wrong, So We Drowned | 4 | 2.11 | +1.89 |
| John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band | 5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
| The Renaissance | 5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad | 1 | 3.8 | -2.8 |
| The Marshall Mathers LP | 1 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
| My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | 1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
| 25 | 1 | 3.36 | -2.36 |
| The College Dropout | 1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
| Thriller | 2 | 4.22 | -2.22 |
| AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted | 1 | 2.93 | -1.93 |
| (What's The Story) Morning Glory | 2 | 3.84 | -1.84 |
| Dookie | 2 | 3.8 | -1.8 |
| Metallica | 2 | 3.79 | -1.79 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Radiohead | 5 | 4.4 |
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Velvet Underground | 2 | 5 |
| Funkadelic | 2 | 5 |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 5 |
| Elliott Smith | 2 | 5 |
| Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | 2 | 5 |
| Bob Dylan | 5 | 4.2 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Kanye West | 3 | 1 |
| Michael Jackson | 2 | 1.5 |
| Adele | 2 | 1.5 |
| Eminem | 2 | 1.5 |
| Metallica | 3 | 2 |
| Kings of Leon | 3 | 2 |
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| Artist | Ratings |
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| Public Enemy | 2, 5 |
| Pink Floyd | 5, 5, 2 |
| R.E.M. | 3, 2, 5 |
5-Star Albums (54)
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White Denim
4/5
Took me a few listens, but this album is fantastic! Love the versatility between odd meters, incredibly tight playing, and delicate tracks like Street Joy hidden in between. I'll be back for more.
2 likes
The Pretty Things
4/5
Sounds pretty good, even though I didn't have a lot of headspace for it yesterday. I might give this another shot some other day.
1 likes
Napalm Death
1/5
I can believe that there is something worthwhile buried under the noise, as hinted at by the surprising surf rock rhythm in "Scum", but I won't be around to figure out what that is.
This album is quintessentially what turns me off metal, and is everything I don't like in music. I can't think of a mood where this is anything but exhausting to me.
1 likes
Bob Dylan
4/5
Guy: "JUDAS!"
Bob: "I don't believe you. You're a LIAR! [To the band] PLAY IT FUCKING LOUD!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znrlLDG0ynU
Very hard to grasp how, from today's standpoint (and especially coming fresh off yesterday's The Downward Spiral), a tame folk-rock album was able to evoke such raw emotions, but there you have it: Bob Dylan, the Judas, the complete and utter sell-out, had gone electric. ⚡😱
Do I like it? It's familiar, it's cozy. Some really great tracks. As a whole, a bit retro-derivative to my millennial ears, which is a ridiculous thing to say of course, but you probably had to be there to fully grasp its significance. Not my favourite Dylan record, but more than happy to have given it a few rotations today.
1 likes
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OutKast
3/5
Was going to give it a 2, but We Luv Deez Hoez got stuck in my head.
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Classic/10
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
What a trip.
Dynamics and tension ark across the album are top notch.
Bob Dylan
4/5
Guy: "JUDAS!"
Bob: "I don't believe you. You're a LIAR! [To the band] PLAY IT FUCKING LOUD!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znrlLDG0ynU
Very hard to grasp how, from today's standpoint (and especially coming fresh off yesterday's The Downward Spiral), a tame folk-rock album was able to evoke such raw emotions, but there you have it: Bob Dylan, the Judas, the complete and utter sell-out, had gone electric. ⚡😱
Do I like it? It's familiar, it's cozy. Some really great tracks. As a whole, a bit retro-derivative to my millennial ears, which is a ridiculous thing to say of course, but you probably had to be there to fully grasp its significance. Not my favourite Dylan record, but more than happy to have given it a few rotations today.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Jimi-Jimi-Yeh
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Took me almost twenty years to crack this album, but I finally did. Immensely enjoyed it. Heavy rotation all day.
Iron Butterfly
2/5
Cringy lyrics and endless organ noodling, what's not to love.
Some riffs are admittedly pretty good, but I'll be moving on. Thanks, I. Ron.
Bob Dylan
5/5
💔
What an album.
Brian Eno
4/5
This sort of thing is my bag, baby. They ate with the cover art, too.
The Crusaders
2/5
Elevator jazz, next to one standout track which got too much airplay on "solid gold" radio shows when I was a kid.
I listened to the album a few times, but there was no spark.
George Harrison
3/5
I always expect to like his solo stuff more than I actually do. There are great songs on here, but all in all it doesn't feel like an album but a bunch of tracks, further evidenced by multiple versions of the same song, and the track list changing with each reissue.
Julian Cope
4/5
Had never heard of Julian Cope before, and I was on the fence after the first few tracks, but it's growing on me fast. I hear influences from The Cure, Nick Cave, New Model Army, Iggy Pop.
Safesurfer and Soldier Blue were the tracks that piqued my interest on my first listen, and on the second I was already liking the whole thing quite a bit.
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Could potentially like this, but would need more listens. But it made me look into Burundi beat and that's really cool.
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
I have tried many times, but Belle & Sebastian just sounds boring (read: lack of edges, bland) to my ears. There's nothing _bad_ about it, but very little that grips me either.
It's the same gripe I have with Nick Drake, and I very much see B&S in his tradition.
Common
3/5
Surprised how turned off I am by the Kanye-stank that's all over this, start to finish. Past that, there are some nice soul samples, but Kendrick and others have spoiled the rap game too much for me to really get into this. It's a 2.5 for me.
Joanna Newsom
3/5
Never quite saw the appeal when this came out and everybody was raving about it, but I connected with the album a bit more this time around. Still a bit too meandering for my taste.
Public Enemy
2/5
Throwback to a time where
- saying "yo",
- rhyming "yo" with "dough",
- AABB rhyme schemes in general (e.g., "I was watching the TV screen; Can't believe what I seen; Three guys tried to rob a store; Got more than what they bargained for")
were very cool. Frosted-tips-cool.
All in all, the beats are too repetitive and stripped back for me and the rap style feels a bit clumsy and dated, but this album serves as an insightful link between funk and soul, and rap as we've come to know it since.
PS: OOOH YEAH Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2!
The Police
2/5
Not my cup of tea.
The Beach Boys
4/5
I like the cover, the production (drier than the beachies I'm familiar with), the vocal melodies and the very funny "don't go near the water" joke. I don't like that the political and environmental messages sound a little insincere, but the energy and directness are on point. Pretty good record all in all. Not something I'll be searching out regularly but glad I listened to it.
Lenny Kravitz
2/5
The only person who loves Lenny Kravitz more than Lenny Kravitz is two Lenny Kravitzes.
I need to leave a little room for stuff I actively dislike, but there's nothing for me here.
Iggy Pop
4/5
Good album for a guy who slept with a 13-year-old and seems to be incredibly okay with that. For shame!
I'll rate this on music alone even though it's hard. I'll try to do the same for Kanye, Bowie, Led Zep, but can't promise anything.
Beck
3/5
Earthquake Weather is a truly great song, as are a few others on here. I prefer Seachange vibes and production, but I enjoyed listening to this a lot.
ZZ Top
2/5
I was ready to write it off completely until I changed to proper speakers and an appropriate volume. So, it does rock. It's still dumb (and thirsty) as sand and made me wish I was hearing other hard rock instead, but it's something.
If only the lyrics to Legs weren't so unbelievably lame, we'd have one cool song on here.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Hmmm, I can't figure out what bothers me with this album. Too cerebral, maybe, in a way that makes me go "ah, a curious note indeed" instead of "oh yeah!"
Who knows, maybe I'll come around at some point.
The Doors
3/5
Jingle, jangle.
Jim Morrison with amazing presence and voice. Otherwise not too memorable for me, and a lot less interesting than their earlier records.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
So this is the beginning of that sound, huh? Well executed for sure. And Clapton changing the game at sweet 21...
Too formulaic to my ears today, but I respect it!
Radiohead
5/5
It's okay.
The Who
3/5
Pretty good listen, but I much prefer Who's next.
Bob Dylan
5/5
Yes, it's a truly great album.
Can the generator pick something other than Dylan now, please?
Digital Underground
2/5
Early hip hop often sounds silly, so good on them for leaning into that.
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Didn't grab me, but it's nice.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
It's nice but doesn't hook me.
Thin Lizzy
3/5
THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
More fun than I expected in a few places, but too long and too much filler.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
A formative album in my teens, although I realise that I really dislike the guitar sound.
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Lightyears ahead of Public Enemy Apocalypse 91 in rhyme style and production although it's just two years younger.
Muddy Waters
3/5
Ain't got no belt
Frank Ocean
5/5
One of the ones I wish I could erase from my memory and discover all over again. No clue how many times I've listened to this masterpiece.
Joe Ely
3/5
Too honky tonky for me, but an interesting listen nonetheless.
Neil Young
4/5
Great album.
Ananda Shankar
3/5
I was worried, but this actually wasn't bad.
The Clash
5/5
Loved it at 16 in the early naughts, love it now - timeless clashic.
Common
4/5
Hard to stay focused for 1hr 17. Nothing really stuck out to me even after two rotations, but I like the sound and the rap style.
Joan Armatrading
3/5
I like her voice, and could almost really like this. Missing the mark by a little bit for me, but glad I listened to it.
Moby
4/5
Peak 90s!
Peter Gabriel
5/5
I wasn't aware this was Daniel Lanois produced, but always gravitated to it in the Peter Gabriel discography. One more piece of evidence that Lanois helps artists shine brightes. I love almost everything about this, 80s sound and all.
Beck
5/5
Favourite Beck Album. The melancholic mood is almost too strong for me at times, but oh so sweet.
Cat Stevens
5/5
One of my earliest musical experiences: My mum's "The Very Best of Cat Stevens", which was basically most of Tea for the Tillerman and some of Teaser and the Firecat. I'll always have a soft spot for those albums. Thanks mum!
Grateful Dead
2/5
My buddy Steve who plays 17 instruments and I with my one-man-band setup including a heel-operated bass drum strapped to my head, high out of our minds on LSD be like.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
2/5
Not sure why this album is on the list. It's not a bad album, but there's nothing I can see that it does better than lots of other music. Fly band name though.
Janis Joplin
3/5
Old rocker dudes with nicotine-yellow beards and biker chicks with hotline bling voices. Half of them alcoholics, the other half glued to their one armed bandits in the back of the bar. Janis with her amazing vocal presence playing on the jukebox.
In a different time line I am those people, but it isn't this one.
Fleet Foxes
4/5
Never quite my thing before, but I was vibing with it yesterday.
Nico
4/5
I mean sure, the strings and flute are a bit much, but that doesn't make it a bad album. Far from it; so many beautiful songs on here.
Portishead
4/5
Portishead always feels claustrophobic to me. The songs are really good, but I can rarely stand that feeling. I wonder what it is?
Living Colour
3/5
Surprisingly fun. Had never heard of them.
KISS
2/5
Look how sexily I am playing my guitar. Look at those fingerings and double stops. Look how manly I'm handling my drums over here. Dontcha wish your boyfriend was HOT like me?
Marty Robbins
3/5
I'm a sucker for outlaw country, but some of this has no bite. Still cool.
King Crimson
5/5
Really strong album, really serious album. Not a single light thing about it. Formative in my late teens.
New York Dolls
3/5
No spark but familiar sounds
The Mars Volta
4/5
Still a pretty wild one.
The Prodigy
2/5
Peak 90s
Suicide
3/5
A demanding listen not without merit, but "Girl" is definitely too much for me. What was he thinking? 😵💫
Brian Eno
4/5
Great music; very close to a 5
The Kinks
3/5
Fun tracks, but not too memorable.
Queen
2/5
I think I'm starting to accept the fact that I just don't like Queen. Too theatrical and too purposeful. Sure, each and every one of them are amazing musicians, but the result just doesn't work for me.
Jethro Tull
4/5
I forget how enjoyable this is. Haven't listened in a long time.
Beatles
5/5
An easy and uncontroversial 5, of course. Even with Octopus's Garden.
The Mamas & The Papas
2/5
California Dreamin' is a great song. Other than that forgettable at best.
Also, is Spanish Harlem a song about grooming?
Eagles
2/5
Maybe it's classic rock overload from the generator lately, but this didn't even really catch my attention once.
The Stooges
2/5
Meh
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Pretty good
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Restepce!
The Waterboys
4/5
This is up my alley. Never heard of them before.
R.E.M.
3/5
Out of Time was one of the first albums I proudly owned.
The thing for me with R.E.M. (and maybe more specifically early R.E.M.) is that while the hits really hit, I find many of the other songs to be incredibly boring. Not bad, but boring.
They do have a very particular vibe, but I think it comes out much more fleshed out and fully formed on Out of Time or Automatic for the People.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Not very convinced. The album mostly goes by. Not bad, but not exciting.
George Michael
4/5
I expected a boring pop record, but this was great.
Black Sabbath
4/5
Unexpectedly, very enjoyable.
Simple Minds
3/5
Didn't do all that much for me.
Metallica
2/5
What's a wildly successful group of men with small penises at the height of their career to do, but to hire an orchestra to add the missing layer to their pretentiousness.
The Ecstasy of Gold was really good though. Ennio forever! (I listened to the whole thing, I swear!)
Talking Heads
4/5
Ayayayayaya!
The The
3/5
3
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Any good monkey will tell you that this is NOT the side of a banana from which you want to start peeling. 🙄
Cypress Hill
2/5
Cypress Hill were really big with my fellow 14-year-olds back when, and I owned a copy or another of their albums myself then. Never really got the appeal, although stylistically at least, they came to create a very unique thing all their own. You can see it here already, albeit not yet fully formed.
The Isley Brothers
5/5
This sort of thing is my bag, baby.
Napalm Death
1/5
I can believe that there is something worthwhile buried under the noise, as hinted at by the surprising surf rock rhythm in "Scum", but I won't be around to figure out what that is.
This album is quintessentially what turns me off metal, and is everything I don't like in music. I can't think of a mood where this is anything but exhausting to me.
Prince
4/5
Sexy
Heaven 17
3/5
Interesting album, I like it. A bit hectic in places so it wouldn't become a mainstay for me, but glad I gave it a few listens.
The Vines
2/5
Utterly boring to my ears.
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
His first two albums were exciting. This is still very good, but nothing really stands out to me.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Is that a banana in your hand or are you happy about the 5 you're anticipating?
Sorry to disappoint, but it's a strong 4 for me.
Circle Jerks
2/5
I don't hate this, but neither do I think it has a lot of merit. At least it's over quickly.
Rush
2/5
Go away with your pretentious 20 minutes rock overtures.
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Never really got the fascination with Amy, but Fuck Me Pumps is a bop.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
A strong album, but could have profited from a bit of a shorter run time. I enjoyed the quiet songs way more than the power pop tracks.
Magazine
2/5
I don't know, man. Relevant for being first in something maybe?
Funkadelic
5/5
I pledge groove allegiance to the flag and the united funk of Funkadelica, one nation under a groove.
Manu Chao
4/5
I wasn't into this back when, and it was heavily overplayed then, but it's a really good vibe now. Late summer lends itself particularly well. Good job, generator!
3/5
This album doesn't annoy me as much as it used to, and the hits actually hit. The rest... boring at best.
Bauhaus
2/5
Not crazy about the sound on this one. Didn't give it a very close listen, but the only thing that caught my attention was fish cakes. 🐟🎂😵💫
Pretenders
3/5
Not too bad, but not really for me.
The Pharcyde
2/5
Coldcut
2/5
Not for me
Michael Jackson
1/5
Is it morally okay to like Michael Jackson's music? Don't care, I despise it. I'll never understand why people like this so much.
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
I like this. The melodies and moods are up my alley, although I don't have an urge to listen to it again. I wonder if it's an album that could have drawn me in more had I found it earlier in my musical socialisation.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Moody, I like it!
Tim Buckley
4/5
Oh yay. I don't listen to this enough, but I really love it. Moody, eccentric, great musicianship and songwriting, and weird production. What's not to love!
Fugees
4/5
Ou la la la!
Frank Zappa
3/5
Frank Zappa's music generally makes me feel like I wouldn't have liked him very much as a person.
This album is interesting, but too much noodling for my taste.
Jungle Brothers
2/5
This list shows me that with few exceptions, early hip hop just sounds naive to me.
Thelonious Monk
4/5
This album is old enough to be my jazzdaddy.
Ozomatli
2/5
Unconvinced this album should be on the list. It's not bad, but doesn't do anything special.
PJ Harvey
4/5
Man, this album is louder and tougher than most of heavy metal!
Also, 100% where The Kills found their sound.
Weather Report
5/5
What a vibe!
And Jaco on bass... just great.
Green Day
2/5
Green Day has never been my thing. Not punk enough by a long shot to warrant the naivety of their music. Where's the anger, where's the energy?!
Coming at it 20 years later, this still holds true for me. Plus, I haaate the guitar sound.
Steely Dan
3/5
Very undecided on this one.
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Sweet and forgettable.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
"Physical Graffiti is one of the corner stones of rock history"
and
"Jimmy Page is a horrible human being"
go together like a horse and carriage.
Fugazi
4/5
Usually not exactly my thing, but this album goes hard.
The Doors
5/5
Yeah yeah, it's really great.
The Associates
3/5
Has some interesting aspects, but over all not really my jam.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
I went into this expecting bland blues rock. That's mostly what I got, but it wasn't too bad. Really love the 2s solo in Proud Mary!
Beatles
3/5
Baby's first pop album. How very innocent.
I can most clearly hear what's to come in McCartney's bass.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
meh
The White Stripes
2/5
On paper I should like the White Stripes way more than I actually do. The odd song here and there I vibe with, but overall it's just not for me.
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Not my cup of tea, but bad it ain't.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Led Zep, man. They really couldn't do wrong, musically.
Sufjan Stevens
5/5
A bit too much filler, especially since it feels too long. When it hits, it hits hard and it does so quite a lot!
Beastie Boys
3/5
Fun to see the "finish each other's thoughts" thing a bit unpolished, before they perfected it on albums like Hello Nasty. Overall, it drags on for too long, but still fun.
Prefab Sprout
4/5
First listen: boring; whatever
Second listen: not sure about some of the jazzy instrumentation, but Desire As has a pretty good hook
Third listen, after wanting to hear Desire As again: this is actually awesome
The sound gives it away here and there, but no way I would have guessed this is from the deep 80s.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
That's some high quality hotel lounge music, in the best sense.
Public Enemy
5/5
I would have sworn this album came out a lot later than Apocalypse 91. It sounds so much more competent and to the point in every regard.
Fear of a Black Planet sounds like a direct prototype to Kendrick Lamar's best work, and Welcome to the Terrordome is 100% where Cypress Hill found their whole sound.
Really good!
The Everly Brothers
2/5
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla
Ice Cube
1/5
Nope
The Black Keys
4/5
I forgot that I love this
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Not really my jam, but it's a classic for sure
Sinead O'Connor
2/5
Nothing Compares is nice, but I much prefer the original. The rest of the album is hard to get through for me, although it picks up a bit after excruciating strings early on.
Jerry Lee Lewis
2/5
Boogie woogie and a-rockin and a-stompin
Michael Jackson
2/5
While this is better than Bad, it's still utterly unappealing to me. Why was this so massively successful?
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Not bad, but not memorable either.
White Denim
4/5
Took me a few listens, but this album is fantastic! Love the versatility between odd meters, incredibly tight playing, and delicate tracks like Street Joy hidden in between. I'll be back for more.
Fred Neil
2/5
Didn't do anything for me, but I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to it either. Not a sound that easily hooks me.
Blondie
3/5
Heart of Glass is a bop. That tasty 7/8 bridge...
A few other good ones on here, but the rest sounds very antiquated to me.
Megadeth
2/5
I dislike the entire aesthetic of this, from the sound to the album art. Listening to it doesn't hurt, but I don't see myself seeking this out ever.
Eagles
2/5
I don't know, man. Sure, Hotel California. But did they have to make everything sound so damn cheesy?
Van Halen
3/5
Better than most of "these" bands, but not really my thing.
Beach House
3/5
I liked their first quite a lot, but have since had my fill of 2010s dream pop. It's good, just not very interesting to me right now.
Paul Weller
2/5
Paul Weller I have known by name only, and having given it a listen yesterday I feel it remains that way. Unmemorable to me, except for a few similarities to Neil Young I identified. Oh well, onwards and upwards.
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Interesting. Not as great as later Paul Simon, but a nice juxtaposition of super sweet melodies and weird stuff weaved in.
David Bowie
3/5
Bowie being Bowie
Not my favourite, but still good.
Dagmar Krause
3/5
Interesting album, and a wonderful voice. Not my usual jam, of course (are there people who's usual jam this is? 😅), but much better than its rating here.
Goldfrapp
3/5
Promising ideas in places and a beautiful voice, but ultimately falls short and is boring as a result. Too bad.
Metallica
2/5
I won't do it. I won't listen to an hour of this. I sat through all of S&M when the generator spit it out. No more, I won't do it. I'll skip through it a bit, that's the best I can offer:
Skip
Skip
Skip
Okay, this intro is actually not half bad. Tough-guy solo? Skip
Skip
Don't tread on me wtf skip
Skip
Another quiet guitar intro, I like those. Yeah, this one is super famous for a reason. Skip after first chorus.
Of wolf and skip
The God that skipped
Ooh, My Friend of Misery has a nice bass intro. Oh, but other than that it's a SKIP
Hyposkip
...aaand we're done.
Thanks for listening to my TED talk.
John Lennon
3/5
Mh, not sure about this one. Imagine was hugely overplayed, and the rest is lacking the songwriting of e.g. Plastic Ono Band.
Coldplay
4/5
Coldplay have fallen off the cliff so long ago that I forget they used to make actual music. I liked this a lot in the day, and it still holds up.
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
I never really warmed up to Fleetwood Mac except for a few songs here and there, so I wasn't surprised that I wasn't swept off my feet, especially at this length. Who would have thought the last few songs, just when my patience was wearing thin, would be this nice? Beautiful Child is particularly wonderful.
Duran Duran
3/5
Hungry Like The Wolf is epic, of course. Full album length it's a bit much for me.
3/5
I feel attacked!
Interesting, but not something for a regular Saturday.
Robert Wyatt
4/5
On first listen, the album sounded overly artsy and a bit silly to me. I kept listening a few more times and suddenly realised the pain in the music. "Rock Bottom" is such a strong title given the circumstances surrounding its creation.
Glad I gave the album a real shot, as this could have been a quick dismissal if it hadn't been for a friend's strong recommendation.
The Band
3/5
Coming fresh off Robert Wyatt, this album just wasn't interesting to me. Might have deserved a little more attention, but I didn't have any to give.
Sounded okay.
Kings of Leon
2/5
The guitars are very juicy, but I never much liked their sound over all. The singer's voice I find particularly off-putting. The songwriting... mostly goes by. Oh, and the hits on here have been played absolutely to death in my early twenties. They are DEAD.
All in all, not much here for me except for the guitar sound.
The Slits
4/5
I can see how this is not everybody's cup of tea, but bad musicianship? Seems to me they achieve exactly what they set out to, and I personally find the result really fresh.
John Cale
5/5
I remember first listening to this album, fresh off my angsty teenage punk rock-only phase, thinking what is this hankypanky-ass baroque-ass shit and why is it all the rage.
Suffice it to say that I (a man of culture) quickly found out hankypanky-ass baroque-ass shit is my bag, baby.
Dire Straits
5/5
That title track alone makes this album for me, although almost every single one on here has a lot to offer.
Iconic for a very good reason.
Blue Cheer
2/5
This didn't catch my attention even once.
Fishbone
3/5
sounds like they're competent musicians, but i'm not very interested in the result.
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Iconic songs on here, but over all it's a little whitebread vanilla.
Ryan Adams
2/5
Hubris (noun) /ˈhjuːbrɪs/
The Bees
2/5
Shallow and boring for me.
The Cure
3/5
Unmistakably The Cure, but the greatness is yet to come.
Lou Reed
5/5
I didn't know how to handle this album when I first heard it.
Arctic Monkeys
2/5
Never really was my thing, and I didn't connect with it this time around either.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Sonic Youth - a big name, but I never caught on to their appeal.
Parliament
4/5
George Clinton. Funk so thick you can smell it.
Elton John
3/5
This project really made me aware that I can stand albums over 40 minutes runtime only in exceptional cases. Sad to say, this is not one of them for me. There are good tracks on here, sure, but too long to keep my attention or listen a second time.
Prince
3/5
I have a feeling I'm starting to glean what Prince might be all about. I'm not quite there yet, but I can guess why people are all over this.
Adele
1/5
In one ear, out the other. My brain does not register this as music.
Pixies
3/5
I enjoy a nice set of breasts as much as the next guy. Maybe more.
That aside, I don't know, man... Where is my Mind coming on at the end of Fight Club was a pretty revelatory experience when I first watched it at 15, but other than that one song, this album isn't really my thing.
Arcade Fire
5/5
Almost perfect
Otis Redding
4/5
Classic and cozy
The Clash
4/5
A long way from London Calling greatness, but still pretty good.
The Pretty Things
4/5
Sounds pretty good, even though I didn't have a lot of headspace for it yesterday. I might give this another shot some other day.
John Lennon
5/5
I remember in my early twenties buying this CD on a whim from a discount bin in a small store. I had taken my car to the shop there after a sleepless night, and was killing time waiting to get the car back.
I put it on on the drive home and in my sleep-deprived state couldn't parse what was coming out of the speakers, but it sure made me feel something. It does to this day.
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
The pinnacle of rap. The one before (good kid maad city) and the one after (untitled unmastered) are there with it, but nothing else comes close, in my opinion.
4/5
fun!
Laura Nyro
3/5
Never heard of her before. Sounds pretty good, but I would have liked it more in a different style of music. As is it sounds a little overdone.
Pink Floyd
5/5
Mother!!!
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Familiar as ever.
That gated reverb tho, amirite.
Turbonegro
2/5
The Temptations
3/5
Sisters Of Mercy
2/5
The Stone Roses
3/5
Elis Regina
3/5
Almost something I really like...
Janelle Monáe
4/5
A bit hectic and overproduced for my taste but has very good tracks. Cold War is incredible, for example.
Funkadelic
5/5
The title track alone. 🤌
Pearl Jam
3/5
Never caught the Pearl Jam fever. I know Ten is supposed to be all that, but it leaves me remarkably unmoved.
Sonic Youth
4/5
The finest noodling I heard all day.
Billie Holiday
2/5
Man this sounds dated. I'm sure it must have been a revelation back in the day, but I'm struggling to look past the vignette.
3/5
Pretty much exactly mid. Don't particularly see the reason this album is on the list.
Kraftwerk
3/5
Interesting, but I would never listen to this with any regularity.
Tricky
3/5
A few tracks on here I liked, the rest was okay.
B.B. King
4/5
Cozy
Malcolm McLaren
4/5
It's a mood, but the only memorable thing for me is the "coming-coming to you loud and clear" sample that went on to feature in Erykah Badu's The Healer. Duck Rock gets brownie points for that.
David Gray
4/5
Doesn't hold its form all the way through, but man are there good songs on here.
The Undertones
4/5
Teenage Kicks is great! The rest also not bad, but probably would not be seeking it out.
Depeche Mode
3/5
Good, not great
Joan Baez
2/5
Struggling with her vocal style.
Pink Floyd
5/5
It good.
Paul Simon
5/5
Really happy when this showed up yesterday.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
2/5
Ah dropped mah confederate flag in mah moonshine and everything like that goshdarnit.
Various Artists
2/5
The guy in the last two sounds very trustworthy.
Too cheesy for my taste.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Some very good, some not quite so good.
I really don't mind his voice, but can we talk about that harmonica? Like nails on glass...
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Oh so smooth
The Fall
2/5
Granted, this one didn't have a fair chance with me today, listening from laptop speakers while cooking and doing other things. Tough luck. What I did hear annoyed me.
Bee Gees
3/5
Nothing grabbed my attention on here, but I didn't dislike it either.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Unexpectedly loved this. I remember sticking Elvis Costello in the "formulaic standard rock" category when I first checked his music out, but I was mistaken. Great songwriting all around. With time, this could potentially be a 5 for me.
Björk
3/5
Not my favourite Björk. The quiet tracks are nice, but the percussive ones mainly sound dated.
Jeff Buckley
5/5
Devastating
Arrested Development
3/5
Interesting instrumentals in parts, otherwise not too noteworthy for me.
3/5
Not bad
The Soft Boys
3/5
Another basic Andy 🤷
Yes
3/5
Not bad, but don't love the overall sound.
Nirvana
4/5
I liked this more than I usually like Nirvana.
Grizzly Bear
3/5
A few songs very good, the rest below average for me.
R.E.M.
2/5
R.EM. is a band I think I like, but much of their earlier stuff actually has very little appeal to me.
Richard Thompson
3/5
Have a hard time seeing why this is on the list.
David Bowie
3/5
Not sure this would receive much attention if it wasn't a Bowie album?
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
I enjoyed December a lot. The rest, didn't do all that much for me.
The White Stripes
3/5
Pretty good, as far as White Stripes albums go.
Dead Kennedys
4/5
Made it through my teenage punk rock phase without ever listening to Dead Kennedys. What a great album!
Led Zeppelin
5/5
One of the biggest cliches in rock history, but it's so fucking good. What an album.
The song I enjoyed most this time around was probably Going to California. And that Stairway solo... 🤤
Red Snapper
3/5
Forgettably groovy grooves.
The Zombies
4/5
I like this. I only knew A Rose for Emily in passing. Good melodies, good songwriting. Will revisit.
Ministry
2/5
Can I still get to heaven, Daddy Peter? I only listened to the album once and I swear I didn't enjoy it very much.
Britney Spears
2/5
Leave Britney alone.
In seriousness, I hear a lot of Michael Jackson in the production here. Too bad I don't like Michael Jackson.
I suppose the album belongs on the list, but not for good reasons.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2/5
When I hear Bob Marley music, I picture women in their mid 60s, arm in arm, swaying...
Leftfield
3/5
I was going to fully dismiss this as boring and pointless, until I noticed the striking similarities to Moderat's eponymous 2009 album. Still don't find Leftism all that, but I do have respect for strongly influencing an outstanding album coming after it.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Not really my jam, but glad to have listened to it yesterday.
The Young Rascals
3/5
Those British cats with their organs and the rocking and the rolling. Unsure why on list.
Elliott Smith
5/5
Now that's what I call music.
Just wonderful album. Next to no weak tracks and the good ones are so good it hurts.
Elton John
3/5
Tiny Dancer, what a song. At album length, the piano ham-fisting is too much for me though.
Kate Bush
2/5
I'm down with Hounds of Love. This mostly slightly annoyed me.
Norah Jones
5/5
I have such a soft spot for Norah Jones of that era (Come Away With Me, Feels Like Home). My then-girlfriend and I were at a park, sun was shining. We were young and in love. She gave me one of her earbuds and played Sunrise to me. I think of that moment whenever I hear the song and I think of that song whenever I hear Norah Jones. Happy memory!
Pink Floyd
2/5
Hints at good things to come, but misses the mark.
Slipknot
2/5
This wasn't as bad as I expected it to be, but really not for me. In the very rare cases when I am seeking out metal it's going to be black metal, not this middle of the road sort of thing. Plus, I really dislike their aesthetics. Still better than Metallica, though...
Bob Dylan
4/5
It's good of course, but I'm starting to approach my Dylan LimitTM with this list.
Joni Mitchell
5/5
I've considered nitpicking about her somewhat strained and annoying high registers, but scratch that. Gave it another listen this morning and it just makes me feel things. Exceptional songwriting, particularly River and A Case Of You.
Rod Stewart
2/5
Less bad than expected, but definitely not a mandatory listen.
Mike Ladd
3/5
The Police
2/5
If this project has shown me one thing, it's that The Police majorly annoy me. I always assumed I'd probably sort of like them if I were to look into their catalog. Thanks for opening my eyes, 1001 Albums!
Love
4/5
Sonically, this album sits in the middle between American psychedelic rock and Krautrock, which is interesting as e.g. Can hadn't been formed at the time. I wonder if it is one of the ones that paved the way for both directions?
The Saints
3/5
The Who
3/5
It's fine but it doesn't excite me.
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
New York I love you is such a good track.
Skepta
2/5
Too tough for me. Not my cuppa innit mate guvna?
Beth Orton
4/5
Sounds nice. Might revisit.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
I've lost my harmonica, Albert.
4/5
A bit of Bowie, a bit of Dexys. Sounds confident and fun. What a good entry on the list.
Fairport Convention
2/5
Started out promising, but ended up being boring.
The Beach Boys
4/5
A classic, of course, but too sugary sweet for my diabetic ears.
Arcade Fire
4/5
Doesn't reach Funeral greatness, but close.
David Holmes
3/5
A vibe, but could do without.
Neil Young
5/5
A stone-cold classic. Plus I have a huge soft spot for the guitar solo on the closing track.
Metallica
2/5
260 albums in, Kid Rock has yet to make his appearance and so far Metallica owns the crown of most annoying artist. It's like an ear allergy or whatever.
Did not finish listening to this masterpiece of testosterone-dripping testicles. Favourite track is the one where they are unhappy with their hotdogs. ("Mustard! Mustard!")
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Would love this on a lazy summer afternoon.
Ian Dury
4/5
You should never hold a candle
If you don't know where it's been
Heaps of fun!
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Could be into this under the right circumstances. Think road trip through Spain.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
It's 2025 and we're still collectively indie-hungover, so it takes some willpower to fairly rate this album without defaulting to a go-away knee jerk reaction.
Trying to factor that out, I actually like this one okay. Some Kills, some White Stripes, and good energy.
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Too theatrical for me, but there are nice songs here and there.
James Taylor
3/5
Sweet vanilla baby
Deep Purple
5/5
Sometimes I wonder if I'm ignorant towards metal and hard rock and if I'm failing to see some sort of genius when I quickly dismiss (representative example) Metallica as dumb wankery.
Well, thank you for setting my mind at easy, Deep Purple. It's not that I just don't like "heavy". Two notes and I love this album. So very enjoyable.
I'm not ignorant, I just hate Sliptallica because it's dumb, hooray!
Jane's Addiction
2/5
Never got this one.
Billy Bragg
4/5
I'm always up for some Wilco.
The Verve
2/5
Meh
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Jimi!
Gram Parsons
2/5
I can get down with a little country, but this one didn't do much for me. Didn't feel it.
Laibach
2/5
Eeeh
Kanye West
1/5
Luckily this is not a conflicting album for me at all. Kanye literally sucks Hitler ass, and so does this. Everything as it should be.
To be continued when My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy shows up here, I might have a harder time mending my cognitive dissonance.
Pere Ubu
3/5
Could have gotten into this had I found it in my twenties.
Yesterday it mainly made me anxious. In a good way I suppose. 🤷♂️
Justice
2/5
Not my cuppa
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
No unexpected twists or turns. Sounds like blueprint "country" to my ears.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Classic
Taylor Swift
5/5
I was ready to shit all over this album, as I'm fully Taylor-saturated by now. But as much as I try, I can't dislike almost anything on here.
It's poppy and a somewhat guilty pleasure for me, but a real pleasure at that. Peak Taylor right here.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
A bit too serious and heavy in production for me, but man that voice. I would bathe in it if I could.
Adele
2/5
The radio bangers are okay on this one, the rest pretty bland. In general, her music is too much drama for me.
Television
3/5
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
Yeehaw
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
McLouvin, yeehaw!
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
Boooring
Moby Grape
2/5
I have no real opinion on this.
Radiohead
4/5
What is a radio head?
Radiohead
4/5
What is a radio head?
Ice T
3/5
Liked it better than expected, but still not really my thing.
The Specials
4/5
Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up.
Nick Drake
4/5
Mopey and monotonous, I appreciate Nick Drake's ability to set a mood and guitar playing, but not his songwriting.
Strong throwback to the golden age of 2000s quirky cinema/Zach Braff galore.
Nick Drake
4/5
Two Nick Drakes in a row, that is one too many for me.
Carole King
3/5
A bit bland.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
2/5
I went into this with an open mind, actually hoping to like it. Alas, there's something about Damon Albarn projects that's just really boring to me. Granted, there are a few really great Gorillaz tracks, some good Blur, but all in all, it's boooring.
Van Halen
2/5
Didn't do anything for me.
Drive-By Truckers
4/5
I like it, but it's too long to hold my attention. I do wonder if the drive by truckers realise that it's hard to make a point when you keep talking and talking and talking.
Solange
4/5
A bit meandering and too long, but I like it.
The Byrds
4/5
Byrds aren't real
Van Morrison
5/5
This album really makes my van gogh.
System Of A Down
2/5
i don't hate it
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
Alanis Morissette
3/5
🤷♂️
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Kendrick on his way up, already better than most.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Kills-much?
Steve Winwood
4/5
Fun, but not very memorable
Blur
2/5
Damon why are you so boring
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Teach me your ways, Dr. Spaceman
Morrissey
2/5
Shut up, Morrissey
The Verve
2/5
The Drugs Don't Work is a good tear jerker. The rest ranges from irrelevant to ill-advised (Bitter Sweet Symphony).
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Spooky! Second half is a little less convincing, but the first is brilliant.
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Groovy. Can you dig it? Don't bogart that joint, man.
Sister Sledge
4/5
Groovy baby, groovy!
Kanye West
1/5
Sure, I was convinced back when this came out. The album was all the rage, everybody's darling. Voice of our generation. And it had enough to offer to make me look past the things that, in hindsight, had rubbed me the wrong way from the start. It's larger than life, but not in a quietly confident way and instead an obnoxious look-at-me way. There's obviously still a lot to like in the music, but to make a long story short: Shut the fuck up Kanye, you literal nazi cretin.
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
That felt violating, in a subtle way. I don't often say this, but I was glad when it was over.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
A nice song here and there in a sea of okay songs.
Radiohead
4/5
What is a radio head?
Iggy Pop
4/5
I so wish I had never learned about Iggy's taste in women (young!)
Don't care to listen to a song about showing a sweet sixteen his explosion either.
The album itself is great great, but man...
Tori Amos
4/5
Fairy tale vibes
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Fucking in heaven
Yes
4/5
You say yes I say no
You say stop I say go go go
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Album comes on: "oh great, another boomer classic on the boomer-classics list," but by the time I'm on Fire starts I'm fully invested. No Surrender, Dancing in the Dark, those are perfect songs.
Supergrass
3/5
sure
Fats Domino
4/5
Sure
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Starting to lose some patience with this list on day 327. One Chemical Brothers album, sure. But two? Among the most important 1001 albums of all? Highly doubt.
The album itself? Whatever man.
Linkin Park
2/5
2emo4me, never got the appeal
The Offspring
4/5
Actually fairly listenable
Prince
4/5
Naughty
The Who
3/5
I wish The Who had 1001 albums and this list only had The Who on it. Or The Who and Bob Dylan.
Saint Etienne
3/5
sure
Alice In Chains
3/5
I don't need this in my life, but it's not bad. I'd say it's a 3.5.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
5/5
fast and bulbous!
The Dandy Warhols
2/5
next!
Suede
3/5
Not bad
Joy Division
4/5
It's certainly a specific mood. I'm rarely looking for it, but very distinct.
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Interesting for sure, but no matter how often I try, Zappa doesn't really work for me.
Baaba Maal
4/5
Excuse me what is this doing on my boomer rock list?
Nina Simone
4/5
Lilac Wine 👌
T. Rex
4/5
Always happy to listen to a bit of T. Rex.
Jane's Addiction
2/5
👎
Can
5/5
Introspective, psychedelic, uber-krauty.
My favourite Can album.
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Great rhythms and vibes.
Kanye West
1/5
29th most popular artist on Spotify at time of writing.
Last I've seen, he recently showed up to an interview in a KKK robe and on a different occasion posed with a diamond studded swastika around his neck next to white supremacist Nick Fuentes. And do I need to mention the nazi salute live on Twitch? (Then again, which billionaire hasn't done that lately?)
We need to stop giving these leeches a stage.
Dr. Dre
3/5
beats better than expected. surely some (or plenty?) of misogyny, if i had to take a guess, but didn't pay any attention to the lyrics.
Willie Nelson
3/5
This Willie did not pique my interest.
Van Morrison
4/5
Did it have to be a double album, Vannie?
Christina Aguilera
2/5
Xtina has so many things to say on this one, it just had to be a double album. And it's a good thing I listened all the way through: Banger Dirrrty sits all the way at the end. What a daring placement!
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
A little cheese never hurt anyone.
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Some really great songs on here.
The Sugarcubes
4/5
I refuse to believe that Björk hasn't always been just Björk and nothing else.
The truth they don't want you to know: Björk has never played in any band, especially not in The Sugarcubes (ridiculous fake name.) Björk is an alien.
Eminem
1/5
this is rea-lly LAME
Although I yearn for a time where Eminem was "the edgy rapper"TM, not Kanye.
Air
4/5
Pleasant textures; more of a vibe than a concrete statement.
I like this more than I used to.
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
A bit boring
Robert Wyatt
4/5
Best album title ever.
With Robert Wyatt, this list is living up to my expectations of making me aware of really unique and intriguing artists I didn't know of.
Nitin Sawhney
4/5
Cool vibe
Pixies
3/5
Sure man
Sonic Youth
3/5
k.d. lang
4/5
When people say they don't like country, this must be what they talk about. It's short at least, but demasiado queso!
Santana
4/5
Creami
Jimmy Smith
4/5
Shmooth
DJ Shadow
3/5
I never got the DJ genre in the late 90s and early 00s. Groovy, yes, but so repetitive and boring.
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
CAKE at home:
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Aged well
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Why not
The Avalanches
3/5
I'd be curious to know if there are people whose favorite album is this one. I'd like to study them.
2/5
Wonderwall first thing on a Monday morning. Thanks.
Small Faces
3/5
Brit rock? I hardly even know her!
The Byrds
4/5
Swéét änd shört.
Judas Priest
4/5
I thought melodies are for weaklings made from inferior metals, but United suggests otherwise.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Fly!
OutKast
4/5
That's a bit much, but I liked it okay.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
I'm a sucker for Neil Young.
Ray Charles
4/5
[...] and Modesty [...]
ZZ Top
4/5
Let down your beard, Rapunzzel.
Eels
3/5
I like the idea of the Eels more than I like the Eels.
The Beach Boys
4/5
It had been one day since Brian Wilson's death when the algorithm cruelly served this up. 1 star to the algorithm.
Charles Mingus
5/5
Awesome! Didn't know this, but I loved it.
Q-Tip
5/5
Do I hear Proto-Kendrick? I liked this a lot.
T. Rex
5/5
I have a soft spot for T. Rex and this album in particular.
Boston
3/5
Too grandiose for me.
Christine and the Queens
3/5
Doesn't do much for me.
2/5
Drama, baby! Drama!
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Not my thing
Garbage
4/5
As a teen I had a crush on Shirley Manson.
Kings of Leon
2/5
Wow, so glad Only By The Night isn't the only Kings of Leon album here. I hope all the other ones made the list as well.
Throwing Muses
3/5
Has its moments (the quite ones), but overall not too hot for me.
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Never got the fascination with this one.
Traffic
3/5
Now this is what I call music!
Ray Charles
4/5
Ray Charles and the Genius of Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Fish are friends, not food!
Iron Maiden
2/5
I'm tired pretending that I give even a little shit about hard rock album #347.
Buck Owens
4/5
Ridiculous
Spiritualized
3/5
not bad, not great
Massive Attack
3/5
Generally too cool for me, but I liked it okay.
Genesis
4/5
good stuff
Syd Barrett
2/5
Don't know about this one. But not too convinced by early Pink Floyd either.
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Liked this one quite a bit.
Eminem
2/5
Slim Shady can bite my shiny metal ass.
Sebadoh
2/5
I don't know about that.
LL Cool J
2/5
DNF; what I heard wasn't horrible, but annoyed me just enough.
Randy Newman
3/5
I don't know about that one.
Mj Cole
4/5
A vibe
Faust
4/5
Das also ist des Pudels Kern!
Dirty Projectors
3/5
Too hectic for my brain
2/5
Ah yes, the grand oeuvre.
Genesis
4/5
Some really nice Peter Gabriel songs in there, but over all a bit flowery for my taste.
Jeff Beck
3/5
Blues rock? How unexpected!
Miles Davis
4/5
Classic cool
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
Why does this sound sleazy to me?
The Prodigy
3/5
Yawn
4/5
A tad too close to Pet Sounds for my liking. Could get into this anyway.
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
Didn't give it my full attention, but what I heard I liked.
Talking Heads
4/5
Talking Heads scare me
Madonna
3/5
I didn't know some of the tracks are Madonna. Fairly enjoyable overall, but not something I need in my life.
Marilyn Manson
4/5
Horrible human, but I disliked the music less than expected. NIN influences very strong.
Sigur Rós
5/5
Great great great
Black Sabbath
4/5
Got this on the day of the Prince of Darkness' death, so safe travels.
Regardless, his image as the darkest and heaviest versus how tame and standard rock this sounds today will never be not funny to me.
Liked it quite okay.
Femi Kuti
4/5
Vibes for days
David Bowie
5/5
The bridge to Let's Dance?
The Kinks
4/5
Expectation: Yet another 60s brit album.
Result: This is a good album.
The Icarus Line
2/5
Not on Spotify and I think I see why.
Youssou N'Dour
4/5
A vibe!
R.E.M.
5/5
My favourite R.E.M.
Death In Vegas
3/5
Has its moments but boring overall.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Never knew she had such a voice. Not really my thing, but I respect it!
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4/5
Good stuff
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
I like their best songs, but overall pretty boring.
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
The slightly annoying brand of 90s rock music. I wonder if there was a time in my life where I might have liked it, but it ain't today.
Sly & The Family Stone
5/5
The whole Funk, and nothing but the Funk.
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Didn't think I would like it very much but I did!
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
Annoying
Traffic
2/5
Head tuned this one out, so I'm guessing it must be between a 2 and a 3.
Stan Getz
4/5
Iconic, sure.
Fela Kuti
4/5
Grooves all the way down to the floor.
The xx
3/5
I could see their first or second album on here, but this one I don't agree with. Boring songwriting.
Mercury Rev
3/5
Neither here nor there
Tom Waits
4/5
Not my favourite Tom Waits era, but a turning point into the weird late work, as I understand it, so I still respect it a lot.
Cocteau Twins
2/5
Not. My. Thing.
Love
4/5
Has its moments
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Fatboy Slim is clucking in heaven.
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Yawn
UB40
4/5
Dubby
Pentangle
2/5
At first I thought what is this pastoral ass album; then reading Bert Jansch was involved piqued my interest for a second, but ended up thinking what is this pastoral ass album.
Deep Purple
4/5
I tend to forget how much fun Deep Purple is.
Eurythmics
3/5
Meh
Travis
4/5
Nostalgic and harmless.
Great and believable poetry that he thinks all bad things happen because he told a lie at 17.
Girls Against Boys
3/5
It's okay
American Music Club
4/5
Worth revisiting
Kings of Leon
2/5
In a very specific way, this bothers me more than Napalm Death. Then again, it doesn't hurt to listen to it.
Pantera
2/5
I have no interest in this
Everything But The Girl
3/5
Not my thing but it's nostalgic
Throbbing Gristle
3/5
way less horrible than most reviews suggest. was i worried when I.B.M. started? maybe. but most of the rest was between okay and interesting. polarising in itself, i'd give some parts a 4 and others a 2. so a 3 in total, but for a very different reason than my usual "don't give a hoot about it one way or the other."
Cheap Trick
4/5
Funner than expected
Underworld
2/5
Were the 90s worse than the 80s?!
4/5
Give me this over the Adeles of this world any day of the week. The last track is particularly cool.
The Residents
4/5
Goofy fun. The many hours invested into Trout Mask Replica as a young adult are finally paying dividends!
Elvis Presley
3/5
Yawn
Deerhunter
3/5
I don't see why this is on the list.
2Pac
2/5
Dare I say it, why does this sound so damn agreeable and tame? Oh well, not my thing.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
5/5
Fire
The Young Gods
3/5
Heavy
Tortoise
5/5
That was awesome.
Thundercat
3/5
Jewels in between pigs.
Lambchop
3/5
Lambchop simply doesn't do it for me.
Koffi Olomide
4/5
Rhythmic fun
2/5
Lame
The Human League
3/5
Why not I guess
Liz Phair
3/5
Promising, but overall bland
Steve Earle
2/5
Springsteen-ass loverboy cowboy
CHVRCHES
3/5
Flat
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Bordering on Nick Drakesy irrelevance at times, but wonderful songwriting to be had here, too.
Aphex Twin
3/5
Hihat after hihat after hihat.
The Cramps
3/5
Spooky
Cornershop
3/5
Lots of fluff and some nice songs in between.
Little Richard
2/5
Tutti Frutti cringe-ass songwriting, I don't like anything about this.
Paul Simon
3/5
Paul on his way to become the greatest songwriter, but not quite there yet.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
"Here I sit broken hearted
Came to shit but only farted"
Easy 5, but it's funny to me that these bad boys got their little toilet poem censored on the cover.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Actually enjoyed a Stevie Wonder album. I think I'm getting old.
Kate Bush
4/5
The good kind of cheesy.
Basement Jaxx
3/5
Would not seek out but didn't hate.
Elliott Smith
5/5
A huge soft spot
Elvis Presley
3/5
Was going to say "at least only half an hour", but I actually enjoyed a song or two.
Anita Baker
3/5
In one ear out the other
Tangerine Dream
4/5
Frickelicious
JAY Z
2/5
Misogyny and homophobia, those are Jay Z traits.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Unsure what to do with this one.
2/5
Too much on a Monday morning.
Muddy Waters
4/5
Me when listening to Muddy Waters
Coldplay
4/5
The coziest of saps.
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
Didn't annoy me much in the background.
4/5
I'm resisting the default 5 and going with how it felt yesterday.
Goldfrapp
3/5
Never got it
Boards of Canada
4/5
Very pleasant
Hugh Masekela
4/5
👋Jazz hands👋
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
I'm coming to see why Costello is so heavily featured on the list.
Sepultura
2/5
I was so glad when it was over.
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
Fun classic sound
Donald Fagen
2/5
Noodling along
John Martyn
3/5
Slightly more grit than Nick Drake, but still on the boring side.
Megadeth
2/5
Don't care
Talking Heads
3/5
Nothing stood out
Sonic Youth
3/5
Where's the noise?
808 State
3/5
🤷
Roni Size
3/5
Fun, but repetitive
Jurassic 5
3/5
I like it
Maxwell
3/5
sure, that didn't annoy me much while working.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Surely relevant for hip hop, but sounds silly to me.
Radiohead
5/5
I always think I'm over In Rainbows until I actually listen to it. So good.
Aerosmith
2/5
Not for me
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
I'm torn, but all in all more fun than old-school hip hop cliche.
Mylo
4/5
Good vibe, but a bit samey.
Queen
3/5
Less theatrical and therefore better than I feared. Seems like they were only figuring out that style I really can't stand with this one.
Machito
4/5
A vibe!
The Rolling Stones
3/5
tame/lame
Pulp
4/5
What a nice surprise. Liked this one a lot.
Method Man
3/5
Could potentially like this more after a few listens.
Nick Drake
3/5
Nick Drake is like a weak handshake. This time with more production.
Billy Bragg
4/5
Best Joe Strummer imitator I've heard all day.
N.W.A.
3/5
not my thing
Bert Jansch
4/5
When it's good it's really great, the rest is lukewarm.
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Had it on in the background while working around the house and that was exactly what it lends itself to. Sounds like a cliche and it's obviously ridiculously long, but it's a mood for sure.
3/5
Mostly harmless.
Beastie Boys
3/5
Had it on in the background, but there's something grating about Beastie Boys that never really clicked with me.
The Cure
3/5
in one ear out the other
SZA
4/5
A few songs really good, the rest not quite my thing but still nice.
Sepultura
2/5
Exhausting
Brian Wilson
3/5
Eh
Minutemen
2/5
Must be pretty busy in the heads that created this.
M.I.A.
3/5
Stressful
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Good stuff!
Khaled
3/5
Not bad, I liked some of this. Imagine... no comment.
Bon Jovi
2/5
ALL of the testosterone, Mr. Bovi?
The Hives
3/5
Meh
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Nice for the most part, the rest silly.