My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
Suicide Suicide	5	2.46	+2.54
Timeless Goldie	5	2.53	+2.47
Bummed Happy Mondays	5	2.65	+2.35
Let's Get Killed David Holmes	5	2.67	+2.33
90 808 State	5	2.69	+2.31
Snivilisation Orbital	5	2.7	+2.3
The Infotainment Scan The Fall	5	2.72	+2.28
Electric Prunes The Electric Prunes	5	2.73	+2.27
Club Classics Vol. One Soul II Soul	5	2.82	+2.18
Kings Of The Wild Frontier Adam & The Ants	5	2.83	+2.17

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Night At The Opera Queen	1	3.96	-2.96
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John	1	3.93	-2.93
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	1	3.89	-2.89
Back In Black AC/DC	1	3.85	-2.85
(What's The Story) Morning Glory Oasis	1	3.84	-2.84
Automatic For The People R.E.M.	1	3.81	-2.81
At San Quentin Johnny Cash	1	3.8	-2.8
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman	1	3.79	-2.79
American Idiot Green Day	1	3.76	-2.76
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd	1	3.75	-2.75

Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	4	5
The Velvet Underground	3	5
Jimi Hendrix	3	5
Kraftwerk	3	5
Brian Eno	4	4.5
Roxy Music	3	4.67
Motörhead	2	5
Massive Attack	2	5
Joy Division	2	5
Nirvana	2	5
Stevie Wonder	2	5
Fatboy Slim	2	5
Lou Reed	2	5
PJ Harvey	2	5
The Chemical Brothers	2	5
The Fall	2	5
The Stooges	2	5
Blur	2	5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	2	5
The White Stripes	2	5
Beatles	5	4.2
Bob Dylan	3	4.33

Artist	Albums	Average
Peter Gabriel	3	1
Leonard Cohen	3	1
Pet Shop Boys	3	1
Oasis	2	1
Slipknot	2	1
Aerosmith	2	1
Queen	2	1
Billy Bragg	2	1
Everything But The Girl	2	1
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	2	1
Johnny Cash	2	1
Elvis Costello	2	1
Arcade Fire	2	1
Def Leppard	2	1
R.E.M.	2	1
Elvis Presley	2	1
The Beach Boys	2	1
Rush	2	1
U2	3	1.67
The Police	2	1.5
Yes	2	1.5
Eagles	2	1.5
k.d. lang	2	1.5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	1.5
Stan Getz	2	1.5
Talking Heads	3	2

Artist	Ratings
The Cure	4, 2, 5
David Bowie	2, 5, 5, 3, 4
Beatles	5, 4, 2, 5, 5

Bob Dylan

5/5

Even after all these years, it’s a masterclass in songwriting and production values.

Talking Heads

2/5

There are some classic songs here, and the band create some wonderful musical weirdness, but by God, do I hate David Byrne. Yes, the lyrics may be clever and he quirky but he just annoys me as a singer/artist/etc (Sorry, David. I’m sure you’re a lovely person if I met you)

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

There’s some great tracks here, but ultimately some filler, too. Earlier stuff had more of their raw edge, shown only briefly here. You can tell it’s a band in transition.

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

2/5

This sounds like a cross between Parquet Courts and the Wiggles, but without the best parts of both. I am sure at the time it was a great record, but it now sounds cliched. There’s a couple of well-known tracks here, but a lot of filler.

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

2/5

This is what happens when you rent a studio and then drop too much acid on the bus ride there. Musically, it’s not their best work. The last track (Happiness Stan) sounds like their attempt to outdo Edward Lear. It fails

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

5/5

Wonderful album from an oft-overlooked great of the grunge scene. Saw them live a couple of times and the deluxe edition reminds me of just how good they were

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

1/5

Two words. FUCKING AWFUL. Then again i hate country…

Femi Kuti

3/5

Not my usual thing, but I did enjoy listening to it. I’d call it interesting, and it deserves another listen

Mask

Bauhaus

4/5

Pretty much the turning point when post-punk became Goth. I assume there’s a lot of Joy Division influence here but doesn’t quite achieve the same heights.

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

3/5

Not until Primal Scream wrote Screamadelica did band want to become the Rolling Stones more. Couple of good tracks, but most just 1970s filler rock.

Fever Ray

3/5

I first heard this when it came out and I honestly don’t know what my opinion of this album is. Some days I love its ambient feel, and other days it feels cliched and annoying. I think it’s her voice. I need to be in the right mood for it

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

2/5

My favorite TH record, but that’s not saying much.

The Next Day

David Bowie

2/5

Of all the music that Bowie has recorded, this piece of AOR / Middle of the road / play it safe / elevator muzak is what you send me? It's not bad. It's just not his best work by a country mile.

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

4/5

Kate bush. And woman with the voice of both an angel and a banshee. She uses it to great effect here.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

I have never really understood the hype around NIN. I definitely don’t hate them, but they also don’t excite me in the way that other people are. It means I listen to this every couple of years in the hopes it will get better (for me) but it never does… Maybe next time

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

An absolute masterclass is in how to write a song. But it still sounds like music for my grandma

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

5/5

This is how all live albums should be.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Some stellar songwriting here.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

This album gives a new definition to the terms bland and mediocre

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

1/5

This album served one purpose only. To reinforce my view that Country is literally the most regressive, pathetic and offensive music known to humankind. This is literally what Cancer would record if it was let into Abbey Road.

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

3/5

It’s good, but pretty homogenous. By track four or five I was bored. Sounds a lot like the fugees, which isn’t always a good thing

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

It’s not that bad, but it’s also not that great.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

5/5

Some of the finest psychedelic rock ever.

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

4/5

Definitely some of her best work.

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

5/5

Some delightful very sixties rock. They were the first band to use a wah-wah pedal, but not much evidence here.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Pure rock genius.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

2/5

One of Paul’s better solo efforts which really isn’t saying much…

Country Life

Roxy Music

5/5

A truly superb listen as Roxy Music demonstrate there is life after Eno.

The Slider

T. Rex

5/5

Marc Bolan was a pop music genius and this shows why

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

4/5

An album that could only have exited in the 1960s. In just 29 minutes, it shows a greater ability in writing songs than Ed Sheeran ever will and gives fuel to anyone that says modern music is crap.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

still one of my favorite records ever. It has energy which may never be matched

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

2/5

She had a great voice, but a tragic life. I still don’t like this record.

California

American Music Club

1/5

Yet another that is not on Apple Music in Canada. Then again, I did listen to couple of others from them I condone Apple in saving us from this much tedium and mediocrity in songwriting.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

5/5

Genius record

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

1/5

Ugh. A record that everyone I know loves and yet I find tedious and insipid. Does this mean I hate all my friends?

The Doors

4/5

It’s hard to appreciate Jim Morrison any more. He has the voice of a lounge crooner, but gets dirty when he needs to. I wish I’d seen them live…

En-Tact

The Shamen

3/5

An album that’s aged like warm milk. I loved it when it came out and now it sounds clumsy.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

4/5

A wonderful, raw piece of punk energy. Just a shame about the saxophone

Beautiful Freak

Eels

3/5

Possibly about the most average record I’ve ever heard

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

3/5

Musically interesting but ultimately there are many better records…

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Some excellent songwriting here

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

5/5

In 1979, Gary Numan invented music when he released Cars. The world has not looked back and we continue to venerate him until this day

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

3/5

Meh. Was vaguely interesting until they got to the creepy Jesus song. After that I couldn’t take it any more

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

Great for fans of world music and four hour drum solos (or so it feels). But too much saxophone for me

School's Out

Alice Cooper

1/5

While the title track is memorable, the rest is pomp-rock at its most vapid. Complete shite

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

3/5

This is to modern music in the same way the cave paintings are to Da Vinci or Picasso. Listenable but little else

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

This is the most Beavis and Butthead record ever.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2/5

While she has a good voice, the album is incredibly lackluster

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

5/5

Such a creative take on hip hop when it arrived, it’s lost little of its originality. A true gem

Basket of Light

Pentangle

3/5

Pleasant enough but ultimately it’s background music

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

One of the greatest albums ever made. Hannett’s production and Curtis’ lyrics and amazing and capture the edgy, raw feelings of a city on the cusp of decline and rebirth.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Some good, some bad. Great guitar, mediocre vocals. It’s eric Clapton….

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

1/5

Total. Cockney. Wank. Never saw the appeal of Ian Dury. Too melodic to be punk, his lack of edge is like shaving with marshmallows and he bores me intensely

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

4/5

I didn’t know this existed and now I do. It’s fairly good

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

5/5

Cracking album that still amazes

Homework

Daft Punk

5/5

Love this record. Sooo gooood when it came out, it still sounds good

Elastica

3/5

A nostalgic journey that reminded me of a time where everyone either did or wanted to sound like Blur. I liked the singles, but the rest was meh

Being There

Wilco

1/5

I’ve never really listened to Wilco before, but thanks to 1001 Albums generator I now know they are completely shit.

Vulnicura

Björk

2/5

Bjork has a fantastic voice, but for some reason, keeps making the same, self-indulgent song over and over again since she released Post. I, for one, have had enough of it.

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

1/5

Nope. Nope. Nope. Just nope.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

This is your typical white-man blues nonsense. Some very good guitar playing mired by awful singing. It’s enjoyable, but I’d rather listen to Muddy any day

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

1/5

Ugh

Sheet Music

10cc

4/5

Sounds a bit like Paul McCartney but is infinitely better

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

2/5

Pop shit. Not offensively bad pop shit, but just pop shit

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

4/5

Not often you find something this original, and I’m really enjoying it

So

Peter Gabriel

1/5

Utter. Shite.

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

It’s just about Ok

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

1/5

As, apparently, is all pretence at musical talent… Honestly, I’ve puked better sounds than this.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

I’m guessing this is what music sounds like before it decides what it wants to be when it grows up Lucinda has a good voice trapped in generic middle of the road music. It belongs in an elevator

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Fucking brilliant

Damaged

Black Flag

5/5

A punk classic.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

I can only imagine the impact this had at the time. Today, it sounds like kids music, by which I mean simplistic and not in a bad way like most modern pop music

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Some excellent Soul music on offer her most of which has been butchered by cover versions.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

1/5

Complete turd. This is music for people who don’t like music.

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

Undeniably a talented bunch, but together it sounds insipid. No, thanks.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Another slice of genius from the period in which they could do no wrong

Timeless

Goldie

5/5

Blinding drum and bass

Picture Book

Simply Red

1/5

It’s was complete cock when it came out and it has not aged well.

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

1/5

Get fucked. Tedious, at best

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

Ethereal is probably the best way to describe it. More accurate than good music anyway

American Pie

Don McLean

3/5

An opening track most people, including me, like. Its then followed by a bunch of mostly dreck

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Still stands up today. I don’t like a lot of Beatles stuff, but this is invention pure and simple. From the songwriting to the way it was recorded, this is something special

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

1/5

I used to think I hated Aerosmith. Now I definitely do

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

Still the king of the blues for me. Awesome

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

Kind of like an early prototype of Radiohead. But not as good.

Risque

CHIC

4/5

Disco fanstastico

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

A classic. Excellent downtempo beats.

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

Prog rock… it’s the jazz version of Rock music and therefore pretentious prittle-prattle. It’s best avoided

The Specials

3/5

Was never a huge ska fan, but this is something y of the bedt

Peter Gabriel

1/5

Pure shite

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

1/5

A steaming turd of over-vocalization and studio electronics. Truly garbage

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

1/5

Dear God, no. This is unlistenable

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

4/5

It's the sixties. Music was usually better then, if a little weedy

Scum

Napalm Death

4/5

An awesome swell of noise and chaos, that still somehow sounds like music.

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

5/5

Liz Fraser's voice soars, and the guitar work from Guthrie remind us that he wasn't always a complete dick, or addicted to chorus pedals.

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

1/5

Words cannot describe just how bad this is, so I am not going to try…

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

5/5

A brilliant reminder that once upon a time, electronic music was diverse, creative and highly original.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Another slice of fairly mediocre American forgettable rock. It’s just about ok and that’s it

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Much better than I remembered it

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

4/5

Classic frank.

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Genius. Pure, pure genius

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

2/5

Just no. Talentless, overproduced crap

Arise

Sepultura

1/5

Dogshit

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

Kind of weird and disjointed. Almost a parody of other music.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

One of the best rock albums ever. Period

The Stone Roses

4/5

It’s mostly a case of hate the band, not the music here. They seem like a bunch of posturing twats, the very worst of “madchester” and yet this album is a joy to listen to. If I recall, John Leckie produced it. That probably is the reason

Eagles

2/5

I never got the eagles. Their most famous song “hotel California” is tedious at best. In this album they’ve yet to achieve even that low.

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

2/5

Jeez… could they be any more formulaic and tedious? Yea, they sound a little like Neil Young, but that’s about it. Besides, that’s not really that much of a high water mark in musical genius…. Vapid shite made for sorority girls who want to feel “edgy” but don’t know how

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

4/5

Yay

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Pure genius.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

1/5

This is a hot pile of steaming shite

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

5/5

Bangin!

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

I’d not heard Ellitott Smith before and while I still don’t get the hype, it’s not bad and definitely merits another listen or four

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

3/5

Some good, solid early punk vibes here, but clearly showing it’s age

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

1/5

A glimmering turd that for some reason, other people think is a good record. The Gallagher show a complete lack of originality or musicality not seen again until Ed Sheeran and it’s amazing they’ve gotten away with it for so long. I’d give this zero stars but I am not allowed to

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

4/5

Some seriously funky Bhangra beats here fused with mid 90s indie energy. And, like a lot of 90s music, sounds somewhat dated now. Still well worth a listen though

Berlin

Lou Reed

5/5

In Berlin, by the wall, you were five foot ten inches tall. Sounding like German cabaret music with lyrics from an addled mind this should be awful. Instead, it’s one of the greatest musical works in the modern era with its tales of suffering and joy. It needs six stars

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

3/5

Sounds like Father John Misty albeit with more major key usage. Not necessarily a bad thing, but folk rock is just so fucking bland sometimes

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

2/5

Sounds like a discount version of Leo Sayer. There’s nothing wrong with this per se but it’s so lacking in edge that he’s a complete circle polished smooth. This offends my punk sensibilities so much he makes me want to throw up

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

3/5

A solid, if uninspiring grunge outing. Works well in a. Car

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

3/5

Back when IDM actually was intelligent, this was an interesting take on just what you can do with beats. It still sounds interesting today, but ultimately never quit makes it past “good ideas” into great and memorable music

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

3/5

There some interesting stuff, reminiscent of Badmarsh and Shri (and even Ravi Shankar). More western than I’d hoped…

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

A landmark foray of folk into the rock sensibilities. He can’t sing with a damn, his guitar playing is simplistic at best and yet this is a tour de force of both song writing and performance. A true classic

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

Very much of it’s time and it feels less interesting than I remember.

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

A classic… so much energy in the performace And, fun fact, my old Maths teacher swore blind he was the person that bootlegged it. Absolutely no one believed him…

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

It’s a classic. I’m not a huge fan and yet I bought it again yesterday because I secretly do like it

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

1/5

16 tracks of solid no thank you. Oddly Lauded as breakthrough, she has a good voice but little else. Musically dull at best

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

1/5

Fuck. No. Some of the most overrated, tedious and moronic music ever created.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

A fantastic opportunity to give more royalties to The Rolling Stones… Shame it’s so mediocre and dated

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

2/5

Tedious…

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

It sounds like a bad acid trip, and yet comforts and entertains

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Pure genius

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

1/5

Holy shit is this bad. I made it about 20 seconds into any given track. While I’ll give Tweedy a partial pass for being a third-rate musician, Billy Bragg should be banished a long, long way away. Can’t sing, can’t play and can’t write songs worth a damn. This is an album that owes me some time back.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

1/5

More like Everything but the Good Music. She can sing. Ben can seemingly write decent music. Put them together and it's a steaming turd of no thanks.

The Joshua Tree

U2

2/5

The great shimmering turd of Irish music. Are these the most overrated band of all time? Maybe not, but they're definitely a contender

Follow The Leader

Korn

1/5

Shite

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

From the grungy stage of CBGBs to the heights of bubblegum pop sensibilities. She was cute and knew what she was doing. The album is good enough without actually being good.

Clandestino

Manu Chao

1/5

My ex-wife used to listen to this all the time. I never liked it then, and I like it even less now due to the memories…

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

4/5

There's some cracking tracks on here, but it's still only the third best album by the Monday. Blinders like Kinky Afro and Step on are surrounded by average fare like Donovan and Dennis and Lois. You get the impression here they succumbed to their own success. They got far enough up their own arseholes that the record stood until Oasis came along. Still worth a listen though

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

1/5

Goddam is this ever fucking awful

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

1/5

Why the fuck does Elvis Costello keep appearing on “best of” lists??? He’s written maybe two decent songs and produced any number of bands into his idea of mediocrity.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

For some reason, my 21 year old son *loves* this band. It’s just about OK in my opinion

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

Opens like some of the most derivative 80's music I've heard, and doesn't really improve from there. Sounds a bit like Bruce Springsteen with better guitar playing and songwriting, but a lot less edginess.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

5/5

A quieter, more reflective Harvey on display here. The songs, no less effective or powerful for it. She is a genius

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

A somewhat morose outing and with vague Wagnerian overtones toward the end. It’s a long way from their early work with Vince Clarke, but this is what they’ve been for a very long time.

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4/5

Folk rock that is about as good as it gets.

Opus Dei

Laibach

2/5

I love German culture, but this…? I cannot get along with it. It’s almost a stereotype with its guttural vocals and opera-esque arrangements. It’s not for me

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

Just pure genius

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

3/5

It’s ok, but dated

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

1/5

On Apple Music, when you load it, it says this is a cross between Pink Floyd and Coldplay. If you’re still interested at that point, maybe give it a listen. I wasn’t and I listened anyway and completely f*cking hated it. Also, I really don’t see the Pink Floyd bit. They’re just a Coldplay rip-off and one Coldplay is already far too many

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

1/5

Shit

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

A true goth masterpiece from The days before they became just a Pop band

Take Me Apart

Kelela

1/5

Trite shite

Eternally Yours

The Saints

4/5

I’d never come across these guys before and it’s a weird but likable cross between Iggy and the Stooges and Motown. Definitely worth a listen

Make Yourself

Incubus

1/5

This sounds like Soundgarden, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Korn music was stuck in a blender, fed through a corporate “Edgy” filter at Shithole records and then shat into CD cases for mall kids to listen to. It is quite literally fecal matter for your ears.

In It For The Money

Supergrass

5/5

Some superb, cheeky indie rock that seemingly came out of left field. I defy anyone to not enjoy “caught by the fuzz”

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

It’s ok. Prefer Mellon Collie and don’t get why people think this is better

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

5/5

Fucking awesome energy. Brilliant, catchy songwriting, and while sometimes the voice can be a bit grating, fix your EQ... A banging album that is too much overlooked - at least among people I talk to

Smash

The Offspring

1/5

Always hated this band. They felt like the boy band version of grunge and made solely for marketing executives to have Bukkake parties over. Maybe I was just too old and didn’t get it? Perhaps, but I do recall literally everyone at the time being more interesting and less annoying that these turds.

Ramones

3/5

At one time, they were the epitome of rebellious rock and rock, and a lead proponent of the punk sounds. Unfortunately, they only had the one song and after a while it started to get awfully repetitive. It didn’t help that other bands (especially the british punks) took the “fast and loose” approach to a 150 seconds three-chord trick tune and were infinitely better at it. Worth listening to now only as a trip down memory lane as it now sounds as tame as the 50’s rock and roll it sought to both emulate and subvert.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

2/5

Bor-ring

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Pure psychedelic rock perfection from a true musical genius.

Shadowland

k.d. lang

1/5

Holy crap. A collection of some of the most mediocre songs ever recorded in the most mediocre of ways. I strongly suspect this album was created to appeal to accountants

Infected

The The

3/5

I loved this at the time. I do not recall why

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

1/5

Just nope. No idea why he’s popular and I have tried. He’s a nice voice, two good songs and this was a waste of my time

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Hate the cover, but love the originality of the songs.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

Quirky energetic songs tat sometimes feel a little forced. Listenable but dated

I See You

The xx

2/5

Pop dreck.

Van Halen

1/5

utter cock rock.

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

1/5

Please stop recommending to me music that sounds like it was made by people who ride the short bus.

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

Probably the first actually interesting Beatles record. Prior to this they were, for the most part, just a pop band. Rubber soul had a couple of interesting tracks, but this was a record. It’s amazing what stopping touring and taking a shed-load of drugs can do for a music group

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Pure genius from a true musical wizard

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

1/5

Nobody needed or wanted Peter Gabriel 1. That there are two (or more) sequels is truly horrifying

Close To The Edge

Yes

1/5

Everything g that is wrong with 70s Music in one album!

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

4/5

Genius

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

2/5

Ugh. Love the synths. Cannot stand annie’s voice.

Suicide

5/5

A truly original piece of work

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

I only ever liked one his records and this ain’t it

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

2/5

Meh

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

1/5

I wish someone’s aim was true. They could put a bullet in my brain so I didn’t have to listen to his adenoid-addled voice

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

5/5

Genius IDM

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Shite

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

3/5

Goths… punks without the attitude or the energy. Only ever learned to play songs in minor keys. This is one of the better examples

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

Ugh

Bummed

Happy Mondays

5/5

Pure genius. It combines genres from country to dance and indie rock, with quasi non-sensical lyrics. It shouldn’t work and yet it does. This is proof that musical training isn’t necessary, especially when drugs are available. Shame they were such fuck ups…

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

1/5

Utter crap

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

Not as good as Rum, and mostly spoiled by the awful Fairytale track. But, if you enjoyed that song, this album may be for you

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

2/5

A quick reminder that synergy is a real thing. Many songs co-written by Lennon and McCartney were amazing. Few of Lennons solo efforts hit those highs and none of McCartneys did. If he hasn’t already been famous, this album would have sunk without trace

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

Geno was a decent track. The rest sounds like a perpetual b-side

Thriller

Michael Jackson

2/5

I’ve listened to this many times. I still have no idea why it’s so popular. The production is good, the music is moderately interesting and yet it’s much less than the sum of its parts. Michael’s constant lyrical affectations really don’t help anything, and I’m sure he was popular for essentially being a dancer as his music was average at best. If I never hear this again, I will be happier

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

1/5

If they’re giving out awards for “most overrated band”, these guys are up there along with U2 and Coldplay. This is a finely polished turd

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

It’s ok I guess.

Virgin Suicides

Air

4/5

Delicate French electronica, paired with quotes from strange and wonderful film. What’s not to like?

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

1/5

It was shit then, and it’s still shit now. One star for consistency

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

2/5

Yet another attempt to create a “youth culture movement” out of a much community, this time with cultural appropriation! It’s not good…

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

1/5

I first heard this when it came out I wish I hadn’t

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

1/5

This is surely a joke, right?

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

5/5

It;s not often you get to hear the birth of a new form of music. It’s far more melodic than a lot of the ambient music that followed, but this is pure musical genius. It remains one of my personal Top 10 records of all time

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

4/5

Not his finest work. Mainly as he is singing

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

5/5

A fucking blinder seemingly from left field. Still a brlliliant record today

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

3/5

It’s OK.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

the better end of the prog rock block. It can be a little grandiose, but most of this is solid 70s pop music at heart.

Hysteria

Def Leppard

1/5

Awful. Just plain, awful cock rock

Roxy Music

4/5

Pop genius

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

4/5

Fast paced early Indy pop. Still sounds good to this day

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

5/5

Absolute blinder that seemingly came out of nowhere.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

4/5

I’m a huge Brian Eno fan, but strangely not of this. It’s good. It’s just not his best work

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

Very, very average with little to recommend it.

Killing Joke

4/5

Some cracking post punk from a band that genuinely deserved more success. I mean, seriously, people think U2 are better than these guys…?

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

One of my girlfriend’s favorites but I never really got into them. This is one of their better efforts

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

2/5

Girl from Ipanema is a catchy and brilliant track perfect for many movie soundtracks But jazz can go fuck itself

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Rock and roll genius.

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Possibly funks greatest hour

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

3/5

A nice great songwriter (with the smiths) plumbs the depths of averageness here. He truly wasn’t the same without Mr Marr

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

5/5

Love it

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Not their best offering, but like everything they do it’s immaculately Produced and always trying to break new ground. Flawless

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

5/5

One of the true kings of music. Raw and unfiltered. Pure genius

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

1/5

Shite. The purest shite imaginable

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

1/5

A steaming hot turd if ever there was one

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

4/5

Some of Mr Wellers best songwriting. It feel emotional and candid

All That You Can't Leave Behind

U2

1/5

I wish I could leave this behind. Pure cack

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

1/5

As country goes, this is about as good as it gets. And by that I mean it still sounds like music composed by a four year old who is afraid of anything that includes a minor key.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

The some reminders of why they were a great band at one time here, but not too many.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

2/5

The best thing about this is the guitars on the cover.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

1/5

Overindulgent and very poor imitation of Led Zeplin. Should never be listened to

Debut

Björk

4/5

A highly original piece of work that bridges her poppy yet quirky Sugarcubes work with her later esoteric and just plain weird stuff we get today. I contend this remains her most accessible and enjoyable piece of wor

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

2/5

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

4/5

Shoe-gazing bliss

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

Disco freakadelica and it’s finest

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

I have yet to meet anyone that doesn’t own at least two copies of this. It’s a classic. It is great. It’s also both easy listening and complex. One of the finest of all tome

Green

R.E.M.

1/5

Shite

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

3/5

Not their best

Eliminator

ZZ Top

1/5

Some of the most embarrassing, cringey, Crap Rick and roll ever made. Their whole value proposition is they have beards. Total bollocks

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

The thin white duke almost never lets you down. At least until we entered the 1980s… This is pure genius

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

An amazing live event that showed that Nirvana had depth. Its most telling point is the last track, where Cobain gives a performance inspired by both greatness and true despair.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Totally a product of its time, it still sounds great today.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

5/5

The album that launched a thousand techno careers… beautiful and fragile electronica. If pointilism had a musical form, this is it

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Some of the most overrated music ever made. It’s not that it’s bad. It’s just very, very average. If you want reggae, Lee “scratch” Perry is way better

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

One his better solo efforts, but he rarely if ever captured the highs of working with Johnny Marr.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

An album that everyone should listen to at least twice

xx

The xx

2/5

Loved this when it first came out but it’s aged like old milk. It now sounds (to me) cliched and dull

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Seemingly came out of nowhere by band that refreshingly seemed to care far more about their music than anything else It’s streets ahead of most of its contemporaries and deserves a listen at least once by everyone

Black Sabbath

4/5

Excellent metal

NEU! 75

Neu!

4/5

Classic Krautrock that influenced so many of the 80/90s bands. It remains a classic

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

1/5

Complete crap

Slayed?

Slade

4/5

Often viewed as something of a joke in the UK (watch Reeves and Mortimer) this is actually a pretty decent record. Sure, they’re a pretty low effort Led Zeppelin wannabe, but they still did some banging tracks

Pyromania

Def Leppard

1/5

Complete shite. The worst kind of rock and roll ever. Far too much spandex, hairspray and a vague impression they have an unhealthy obsession with their own balls. I am also sure that this is the band spinal tap are based on. However, despite the satire, Tap are still 100 times better than this The songs are crap, the playing is mediocre at best and I wish I had back the time I wasted listening to this

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

5/5

If I didn’t know Brian Eno was involved, I would have said it was majorly influenced by him Truly a great record, this shows the incredible Brian/bryan synergy that was early Roxy Music

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

1/5

Total close harmony wank

Reign In Blood

Slayer

1/5

Music for eight year olds

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

A solid slice of eighties song writing. It’s ok

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

3/5

I do remember liking this once. Now it’s just ok

Destroyer

KISS

1/5

A finely polished turd. This is a fine example of just how shit people’s tastes can be. Total dreck and the musical equivalent of a straight to video movie I wish I could give this zero stars

Disintegration

The Cure

2/5

I know a lot of Cure fans who consider this their best work. Personally, I’m not a fan. It lacks the intensity of earlier work

Metallica

3/5

I get it. Huge band. Big, heavy sound but honestly it leaves me cold. Maybe everyone copied them, but they sound formulaic and staid.

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

4/5

Often indulgent, this is about a tight as TD get.

2112

Rush

1/5

Total wank. Mediocre songs and symptomatic of just how bland Canada usually likes things to be. Just fucking awful

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

1/5

Shit pop boys more like

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

1/5

This won a Grammy? How? It’s trite, Obvious and bland as all fuck. I can only assume the people who judge these things are deaf and have never made music in their lives

Moving Pictures

Rush

1/5

Yet another slice of pure shite

Graceland

Paul Simon

1/5

Total cack

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

1/5

Can’t sing, can only play the most basic guitar. His saving grace is his politics which are delivered with the subtlety and nuance that makes left wing ideology so easy to ignore. And I do consider Myself left wing.

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

2/5

I just don’t get it. The gravelly voice is interesting by man but beyond that is tedious at best.

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

1/5

More shit pop boys? No thanks

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Pure disco classics

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

4/5

I hated this when it first came out. It sounds to my young self like bland sugar pop. Recently I found it on vinyl for $2nand my opinion is changed. Boy George is an amazing singer and the entire album pings from one track to the next. Still not a fan of Karma chameleon though

Frank

Amy Winehouse

2/5

She had a great voice. She was tragically vulnerable to addiction and she seemed to have a magnetic personality. And yet… I find her music a sad parody of a bygone era. It’s just Motown standards but with edgier subject material. It just doesn’t interest me

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

1/5

I’d rather listen to this without ears

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

3/5

This should be a bit of a joke and yet, for many fans of electronic music, you’ll recognize many samples here. That’s not to say it’s a great listen. Just a great source of samples

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

After riding the punk wave, they finally arrived at post punk’s cleaner, tighter sound and it suits them better. Siouxsie’s voice is about as good as it gets here and the songwriting is mostly good.

Woodface

Crowded House

1/5

The good thing about the house being crowded is that it should make an easy target for a surgical strike. Sadly this never happened and we have albums like this as a result

OK

Talvin Singh

4/5

A remarkable fusion. Truly original and a great listen

Very

Pet Shop Boys

1/5

It’s the Shit Pop Boys. The name says it all

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

Not quite as accessible as pink moon, this is nevertheless an intimate and haunting collection of songs from a massively underrated talent.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Pure funktastic magic

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

2/5

Awful jingle pop with Scottish accents to differentiate it. It all sounds the same

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

5/5

A genius

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

3/5

It’s pretty overrated imho.

Wild Gift

X

4/5

Highly underrated post punk

Pretenders

2/5

Chrissie always wanted to be a star. She had a lovely voice, but I personally found her songs a bit bland. This is one of the better ones, but I’m just not a fan

Elvis Presley

1/5

Revered by many, this remains (to me) about as palatable as eating turd. It’s fucking awful

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Decent enough, but ruined by middle class college kids who liked it in order to rebel against racist parents before becoming Tory bankers themselves. This is why you’ll find at least two copies in every used record store. Besides, Lee “Scratch” Perry is so much better

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

1/5

Just. Awful.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

5/5

A tru classic.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

Always a raucous treat

Iron Maiden

1/5

Just no…

War

U2

2/5

It’s ok. They’re so overhyped though the fans love it, but I think most hate it because of what they became.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

1/5

Ugh. Throwback music, whose spiritual successors are the Wiggles. Except I don’t hate the wiggles.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

I automatically hate any music that makes people stand in place and clap over their heads. And that’s what I’ve seen every time Born in the USA is played. No thanks

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

5/5

Sparse sounding, this remains one of my favorite records ever. It’s kraftwerk at their finest. Like most of their early work, your first listen will elicit reactions of “isn’t that the sample in…” Maybe they weren’t as successful as they should have been, but they set the tone for electronic music for decades. Bravo, Mein Herren!

Le Tigre

4/5

Excellent. Sounds a lot like X-ray specs, but also clearly influenced Amyl and the Sniffers.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

1/5

No thank you. Trite. Derivative and tedious at brst

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

4/5

One of the finer 60s acts. Often skipped over due to the more popular Stones and Beatles, they have an amazing back catalog and some super-tight tracks

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

5/5

An absolute tour-de-force from one of the finest British bands ever. Mark e smith cannot sing. The band can barely play, but yet it somehow all comes together in a collection of powerful songs that are not soon forgotten…

London Calling

The Clash

2/5

Majorly overrated “punk” by a bunch of Johnny-come-lately average musicians. There were so many bands that were much more interesting from this era, and yet somehow the clash stole their oxygen. And this is by far their best record… Even I have a copy and I have no idea why I bought it.

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

4/5

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

2/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

1/5

Protection

Massive Attack

5/5

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

5/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

2/5

Yes, they wrote catchy tunes, but it all seems to trite and cliched now. They’re later stuff is just so much better and this is the musical equivalent of looking at a toddlers preschool scribblings stuck to the fridge door

Raw Power

The Stooges

5/5

Genius

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

5/5

Pure slice of crooning heaven. Her voice is majestic with an amazing range. And, rather than just “classic” sounding stuff (ahem, Amy Winehouse) she stretched the song writing form and her self. The result is amazing.

System Of A Down

1/5

Shite

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

1/5

This album is so bland it’s offensive.

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Excellent and chill.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

1/5

Possibly the single most overrated band to have ever have existed. Mercury has a good voice and May et al are good musicians. But together, they’re the single worst thing to happen to popular culture. If I never have to hear this again, it will not be too soon

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

1/5

Ugh

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

5/5

Quite possibly one of the most delightful, relaxing and satisfying albums ever recorded. The rest of their catalog is just as amazing

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

3/5

I don’t get it. The title track is ok, but the rest is pretty meh. I guess I’m more punk than metal

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

A shoe-gazing spectacular

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Probably my personal favorite Beatles record. It shows them at their most whimsical and creative.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

One of my fave Bowie albums. Far superior to his later material

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

4/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

A classic

Dirty

Sonic Youth

5/5

Just pure genius. One of the best albums by one of the greatest and most original bands ever

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

2/5

Massively overrated, mainly for David Byrne. Musically, it’s good but he’s just so fucking annoying.

The Only Ones

4/5

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

1/5

Shite. Everything he does is pure shite

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

3/5

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

5/5

Lemmy was a god

Foo Fighters

3/5

Hard to believe that the drummer on Nirvana, after being part of such wonderful music, could go on to be so goddamn average…

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

5/5

I still don’t know if they are pink or post punk. What I do know is this album was probably the dividing line. Still sounds so fresh today

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

Snivilisation

Orbital

5/5

Just wonderfull, and not even their best work.

Parklife

Blur

5/5

Part of the so-called Brit Pop moment in time, these were the infinitely more talented alternative to the tosswits called Oasis. Parklife remains probably their best work in a totally solid canon

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Yes, it’s a classic but it’s also a little overrated

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

1/5

White reggae toss

The Clash

3/5

The death of punk music

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

4/5

Buena Vista Social Club

1/5

One of the most overrated albums of all time.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

4/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

2/5

Meh

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

2/5

Skylarking

XTC

3/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

I used to love it, and then I hated it. Now I kind of appreciate it again.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

One of the finest examples of an album that changed music. This challenges the assumption that you need to be a musician to make music. Through their short existence they became musicians though, but this shows raw, unfiltered Songwriting experimentation at its best

Rocks

Aerosmith

1/5

A steaming turd of a record

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

1/5

Toss. My barber used to love this album and I stopped going.

Ingenue

k.d. lang

2/5

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Soul Mining

The The

4/5

One of my exes loved this album, ergo I hated it. You shouldn’t. I’ve grown to love it

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

1/5

Turd

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

Loved it then and still do. Post punk wonderment.

Kala

M.I.A.

4/5

Real Life

Magazine

4/5

Hypnotised

The Undertones

4/5

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

I want to hate this record but I actually really like it

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

5/5

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

Genius at work

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

5/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

3/5

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

4/5

Faust IV

Faust

4/5

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

5/5

One of the first records I bought and I still love it

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

5/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

1/5

A pure shimmering turd of a record

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

1/5

Nah. Not interesting at all

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

4/5

While John created some great tracks as PiL I never felt he quite attained the same heights as the Pistols

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

One of the greats

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

It was ok at the time and it’s still Ok-ish

Hotel California

Eagles

1/5

One of the most overrated and dull records ever made

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

1/5

Pure turd from talentless twats

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Funk at its finest

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

Yes, it’s good but I still prefer Surfer Rosa for its raw edge. This just sounds too polished

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

5/5

Geius

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

3/5

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Not his finest

Fleet Foxes

5/5

A standout from a long list of bands that followed Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear and Tunng with a mix of pop, folk and other genres. Still works today

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

5/5

Picked this up in a junk store a couple of years ago for about $3. It's a little scratched, but that's just adds to the ambience... This is a kick ass record and deserves to be in every collection

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

Genius. Two superb musicians making each other better

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

1/5

Complete and utter toss.

The Stooges

5/5

Way ahead of its time

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

About great example of just how well written but bland AOR can get

Low-Life

New Order

5/5

One of New Orders best works. It’s a thing of beauty!

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Bowie has reinvented himself so many times in his career it’s possible to both live and hate his work. For me, this is one of his more medicore pieces, but then I prefer early Bowie

The Coral

3/5

Violent Femmes

5/5

Wonderful and weird

Closer

Joy Division

5/5

Quite simply one of the greatest post punk albums of all time. Probably one of the best in any genre in fact. It’s also why people tend to think they were a moody, depressed band.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

1/5

Offensively bland and just plain awful

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

5/5

It’s not their best but you can see just how left field these guys were back in 1974/5. It remains a classic to this day

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

One of trip-hops finest. Beth has the voice of an angle

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Cack. Just utter cack

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

4/5

I love this band. I often think this is what Joy Division may have become although I really doubt they’d have used a saxophone ever.

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

4/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Completely turd of a record

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

1/5

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

5/5

Not even their best and still better than most other bands.

American Idiot

Green Day

1/5

Punk for immature seven year old boys. This is utterly shite and completely without merit.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

5/5

Pure genius. The Twin never disappoints

Trio

Dolly Parton

1/5

I think the CIA use this as torture music.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Slipknot

1/5

Pathetic.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

One of the first recorded in stereo and you can tell. Odd bounces around the sound scape were pretty unique at the time. Beyond that everything here stands up taller than almost anything recorded today. This is a testament to a true genius

Low

David Bowie

4/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

1/5

It’s a turd

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

4/5

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt