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.

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.

Not my cup of tea, but bad it ain't.

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.

Was going to give it a 2, but We Luv Deez Hoez got stuck in my head.

Classic/10

What a trip. Dynamics and tension ark across the album are top notch.

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-Jimi-Yeh

Took me almost twenty years to crack this album, but I finally did. Immensely enjoyed it. Heavy rotation all day.

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.

💔 What an album.

This sort of thing is my bag, baby. They ate with the cover art, too.

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.

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.

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.

Could potentially like this, but would need more listens. But it made me look into Burundi beat and that's really cool.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Not my cup of tea.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jingle, jangle. Jim Morrison with amazing presence and voice. Otherwise not too memorable for me, and a lot less interesting than their earlier records.

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!

It's okay.

Pretty good listen, but I much prefer Who's next.

Yes, it's a truly great album. Can the generator pick something other than Dylan now, please?

Early hip hop often sounds silly, so good on them for leaning into that.

Didn't grab me, but it's nice.

It's nice but doesn't hook me.

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN More fun than I expected in a few places, but too long and too much filler.

A formative album in my teens, although I realise that I really dislike the guitar sound.

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.

Ain't got no belt

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.

Too honky tonky for me, but an interesting listen nonetheless.

Great album.

I was worried, but this actually wasn't bad.

Loved it at 16 in the early naughts, love it now - timeless clashic.

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.

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.

Peak 90s!

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.

Favourite Beck Album. The melancholic mood is almost too strong for me at times, but oh so sweet.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Never quite my thing before, but I was vibing with it yesterday.

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 always feels claustrophobic to me. The songs are really good, but I can rarely stand that feeling. I wonder what it is?

Surprisingly fun. Had never heard of them.

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?

I'm a sucker for outlaw country, but some of this has no bite. Still cool.

Really strong album, really serious album. Not a single light thing about it. Formative in my late teens.

No spark but familiar sounds

Still a pretty wild one.

Peak 90s

A demanding listen not without merit, but "Girl" is definitely too much for me. What was he thinking? 😵‍💫

Great music; very close to a 5

Fun tracks, but not too memorable.

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.

I forget how enjoyable this is. Haven't listened in a long time.

An easy and uncontroversial 5, of course. Even with Octopus's Garden.

California Dreamin' is a great song. Other than that forgettable at best. Also, is Spanish Harlem a song about grooming?

Maybe it's classic rock overload from the generator lately, but this didn't even really catch my attention once.

Meh

Pretty good

Restepce!

This is up my alley. Never heard of them before.

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.

Not very convinced. The album mostly goes by. Not bad, but not exciting.

I expected a boring pop record, but this was great.

Unexpectedly, very enjoyable.

Didn't do all that much for me.

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!)

Ayayayayaya!

3

Any good monkey will tell you that this is NOT the side of a banana from which you want to start peeling. 🙄

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.

This sort of thing is my bag, baby.

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.

Sexy

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.

Utterly boring to my ears.

His first two albums were exciting. This is still very good, but nothing really stands out to me.

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.

I don't hate this, but neither do I think it has a lot of merit. At least it's over quickly.

Go away with your pretentious 20 minutes rock overtures.

Never really got the fascination with Amy, but Fuck Me Pumps is a bop.

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.

I don't know, man. Relevant for being first in something maybe?

I pledge groove allegiance to the flag and the united funk of Funkadelica, one nation under a groove.

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!

This album doesn't annoy me as much as it used to, and the hits actually hit. The rest... boring at best.

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. 🐟🎂😵‍💫

Not too bad, but not really for me.

Not for me

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.

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.

Moody, I like it!

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!

Ou la la la!

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.

This list shows me that with few exceptions, early hip hop just sounds naive to me.

This album is old enough to be my jazzdaddy.

Unconvinced this album should be on the list. It's not bad, but doesn't do anything special.

Man, this album is louder and tougher than most of heavy metal! Also, 100% where The Kills found their sound.

What a vibe! And Jaco on bass... just great.

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.

Very undecided on this one.

Sweet and forgettable.

"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.

Usually not exactly my thing, but this album goes hard.

Yeah yeah, it's really great.

Has some interesting aspects, but over all not really my jam.

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!

Baby's first pop album. How very innocent. I can most clearly hear what's to come in McCartney's bass.

meh

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.

Not my cup of tea, but bad it ain't.

Led Zep, man. They really couldn't do wrong, musically.

A bit too much filler, especially since it feels too long. When it hits, it hits hard and it does so quite a lot!

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.

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.

That's some high quality hotel lounge music, in the best sense.

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!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla

Nope

I forgot that I love this

Not really my jam, but it's a classic for sure

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.

Boogie woogie and a-rockin and a-stompin

While this is better than Bad, it's still utterly unappealing to me. Why was this so massively successful?

Not bad, but not memorable either.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I don't know, man. Sure, Hotel California. But did they have to make everything sound so damn cheesy?

Better than most of "these" bands, but not really my thing.

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 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.

Interesting. Not as great as later Paul Simon, but a nice juxtaposition of super sweet melodies and weird stuff weaved in.

Bowie being Bowie Not my favourite, but still good.

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.

Promising ideas in places and a beautiful voice, but ultimately falls short and is boring as a result. Too bad.

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.

Mh, not sure about this one. Imagine was hugely overplayed, and the rest is lacking the songwriting of e.g. Plastic Ono Band.

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.

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.

Hungry Like The Wolf is epic, of course. Full album length it's a bit much for me.

I feel attacked! Interesting, but not something for a regular Saturday.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This didn't catch my attention even once.

sounds like they're competent musicians, but i'm not very interested in the result.

Iconic songs on here, but over all it's a little whitebread vanilla.

Hubris (noun) /ˈhjuːbrɪs/

Shallow and boring for me.

Unmistakably The Cure, but the greatness is yet to come.

I didn't know how to handle this album when I first heard it.

Never really was my thing, and I didn't connect with it this time around either.

Sonic Youth - a big name, but I never caught on to their appeal.

George Clinton. Funk so thick you can smell it.

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.