Like listening to the classic rock station at work… could be a lot worse but not really moving the needle

Really cool. Not sure what I was expecting but great guitar playing on musically and lyrically interesting songs was absolutely welcome

Always great, best xylophone solo in a rock album ever

I’m sure this was sort of novel at the time but not really all that special. Not bad though

Like listening to the classic rock station at work… could be a lot worse but not really moving the needle

This feels like something you need to listen to more than once to really dig into. Enjoyed it overall. It’s like Beck, Arcade Fire, and Phillip Glass all rolled into one.

The Mahler of soul - very cool, wow those tracks are long though

Great stuff. BB kills it.

Interesting - only got through the first couple tracks

Enjoyed but not my favorite Clash album, might have to give another listen

Didn’t give a dedicated listen, liked it in the background though

“A good pop album.” - J. E. Shaull

Beastie Boys are a treat as usual, could see this becoming 5 star with repeat listens

Not bad! Very New Wavey to my ears

Like rap without the rapping

“I’ve got an alligator suitcase under my arm” Take hair metal but make it actual music! Surprisingly enjoyable.

I feel like this this is setting the bar pretty high for world music - quite good

Really interesting and fun, she explores other genres a bit with that same spectacular voice!

Cool, want to listen again

Quite good!! Liked the anger/love theme

Really don’t care for Shout, likely from too much time hearing it in a certain dishroom, but rest of the album was quite good

Really great R&B - was pleasantly surprised that this album was included. Loved the themes of wealth and disaffection

Not bad - kind of like B-level Who in my mind

Almost didn’t make it through the first 2 tracks… Got whiplash from hearing a really great song followed by a song that I don’t really need to hear again. Would give this simultaneously 2 and 4 stars so will settle with 3

Le pédophile raciste

Great instrumentation and arrangements, starts strong and then tapers a bit.

A lot to enjoy but got a bit overindulgent at times. Didn’t expect any of their hits to have came from this album but was pleasantly surprised!

Got a few tracks in and got busy but don’t really plan to start it up again. Not a Chilis guy

Banger after banger - only complaint is that Simon is such a great writer of diverse songs he can’t help himself and the tone of the album is a bit disjunct

Didn’t make it all the way through but sincerely enjoyed everything I heard

Great beats and production! I wonder who was in charge of that… Seriously though liked the lyrical content and the flow quite a bit over outstanding production

I liked the song about being in the shower but every other song is like “we said this crazy thing… are you shocked?!?!”

Inject Moby Dick into my veins!!! Probably the most lewd of the Led Zeppelin og studio albums (not to discredit it) - too much incredible stuff going on to write about but what gets me is any time the beat drops out and Jimmy Page comes in strong is next level stuff

Lots of good music but would have benefited from being 2 albums instead of one… liked it a lot but docking for being unnecessarily long

Good but didn’t impress me - Radio, Radio is always good though

Wall to wall bangers! Lennon/McCartney really coming into their own as songwriters and the whole group maturing as musicians. Couldn’t help but sing along the whole time, an outstanding pop/rock record.

Enjoyed, great vibe

No thanks

Good stuff, didn’t amaze me though. Maybe a deeper listen would change that

Gets a little bit “hard rock” for me at times but some really great tunes interspersed

The Wikipedia blurb said it best: “jazz-funk”. Loved it!

Interesting how Bob does a lot of interesting wordplay in the verses and returns to the same words at the end of each musical phrase. Lots of good music that of course merits serious lyrical study that I don’t plan to do - oh well! Enjoyed it a lot.

Derivative

No one does it like Stevie! Want to spend more time with this album.

Don’t have anything bad to say about this. Wasn’t bad at all

WOKE Neil Young strikes again! Really liked the first tune, lots of typically prescient political fare. Not his best but very enjoyable.

Cool vibe, felt like proto-Talking Heads almost?

Absolutely A+ vibe - I’ve always felt like I should listen to the Smiths and I love the feel. Lyrics a bit depressing when I was listening carefully and Morissey was a bit out of tune some. Should listen to more of their catalog!

Woohoo! Can sort of hear 2000s alt starting to develop here

Cool stuff. Not much to add!

Take the blues, put it in rock band instrumentation, and turn it up to 11. Absolutely insane debut album!

Some really great tunes and some “meh”. Great vocals all around though!

More of a mellow Jimi Hendrix vibe - got some great tunes but when I want to listen to Hendrix I’m looking to rock out a little more.

Actually really enjoyed, not sure what I expected. A good alt rock vibe.

Listened to the first few tracks and likely won’t go back but some decent, standard punk

Cool acid punk sound overall but the bookends feel a bit indulgent. Worth the listen.

The first disc could be a 5 star album on its own - outstanding songwriting, production, and performance from one of the most underrated musicians of the 20th century!

Unique Johnny Cash vibe here. If I’m not mistaken he was heavily on drugs in this period so that sort of explains a little bit of the goings on in this album. Really good stuff, A Boy Named Sue is an all time performance for him

Really fun and light. Super enjoyable but funny that this was objectionable music at one time.

Standard reggae. Fun to switch it up but won’t come back to this probably

Honestly not the worst thing I’ve ever heard but didn’t feel like finishing it.

Great stuff - surprisingly versatile artists based on the rep they have among classic rock listeners. Not a bad song on the album.

Not really exciting or moving but I guess that’s the point. Pretty much muzak as far as I’m concerned. I did note how much this seemed to influence future video game music though!

Need to give a better listen - some really nice songs and some stuff that is not really worthy of Lennon’s songwriting acumen but I wasn’t listening super carefully

Love love love this album! Great playing all around and a pristine vibe. Makes me want to be on a Brazilian beach

Peak Elvis Costello - Alison is easily my favorite song of his. Lots of great stuff on here, no complaints at all

Seems like it was meant to be satirical or make a point but it was a little erotic for my taste… some good tunes here and there though. Probably 2.5 stars

Some good stuff but didn’t blow my mind

Not Genesis at their best but definitely making some interesting musical decisions

Missing a lot of what makes the talking heads great - but you can see it developing! Not a bad listen, Psycho Killer is always fun

Didn’t get all the way through it but have listened to it many times before - awesome album, huge diversity in music but all great performances

Ray Charles singing jazz standards - what could possibly be bad about that?

Great tunes. Shorter than I wanted it to be!

Not bad but I’m deducting a star on principle because I disagree with the idea that out of all the music in the world that TWO Deep Purple albums should be required listening

Have listened before - great Latin music. Very fresh and interesting

10 years ago I would have been really impressed by this but I think it was just kind of good.

Blah - liked the southeast Asian stuff they included later in the album but doubt it was because they liked the music

She’s talented and creative but I don’t really get a ton of that here. Kinda whatever

Lots of cool stuff going on here. It didn’t really strike me like I expected but definitely worth the listen. Really enjoyed the last tune

Kobain simply embodies grunge in this - vocals are more about effect than strict technique, sort of elitist but down to earth? Excellent song choices and performances on a basically perfect live album!

Really good vibe but nothing special otherwise

Didn’t make it all the way through but was surprised by this one. Good stuff overall!

Some of the worst singing you’ve ever heard followed by a really touching ballad with outstanding orchestration - over and over again. He’s obviously really talented but so many musical decisions I will never understand… it’s good I guess?

Not bad but just made me want to listen to a better band the whole time. Kind of like a bridge between the Stones and New Wave stuff

Really enjoyable stuff. A lot of the tunes could be a little more succinct but other than that no complaints

Against all my instincts I think this is a good album. I wasn’t an angry enough young white boy to be into Eminem when he was making his hits but he’s obviously a very talented and creative artist and this album has a lot to say

LOVED this.. great voice and made me want to dance the whole time.

Vibe killer!! Probably just caught me at a bad time

Not bad - wasn’t really feeling the vibe tonight but not complaining.

Better than their last album but not interested

Everything that’s great about southern rock in a proto-jam format

Started with some potential and then ended up being basically what I expected it to be

Pretty good but not fitting my vibe right now. Would have loved it on the day it was scheduled probably

Some of the 20th century’s best poetry that also happens to be set to absolutely excellent music

Really good stuff overall, very prescient

Undeniable talent and creativity but really not my thing.. would give 2.5

Good vibe but doesn’t have the juice

Really good vibe, need to do some research into this guy

Lots of good songs and a few truly great ones. Tons of musical ideas happening here. Always happy to listen to the Band

Eh. Not bad but not really worthy of inclusion here except as a study of how once great artists age

Really cool. Not sure what I was expecting but great guitar playing on musically and lyrically interesting songs was absolutely welcome

Way too much work to listen to this. No thanks

Really good stuff. More standard performance from the Doors but a lot tighter in most places. Some really great songs here, love the bluesy focus

Meh. Didn’t grab my interest at all

Unquestionably one of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century. Great album with some even greater songs. What could you possibly complain about?

Didn’t listen all the way through (this time) but this album deserves its legendary reputation. Absolutely killer stuff

Most bands don’t have the courage to do a 7 1/2 minute rock song in 6/8… let alone absolutely crush it. Instant 5 from me, also helps that I already love half the songs on the album

Honestly this was really good. Don’t know how often I’ll go back to it but I loved the arrangements and Meat Loaf has a really good voice.

Not bad but not good enough to keep listening to

Good vibe but didn’t seem that special. Didn’t listen very carefully though

Sort of like if the Beatles and the National had a baby while listening to “LoFi Beats To Study To”

Is this better than not listening to music? Probably. Would I choose to listen to it over almost any other music that I know? Probably not. Black hole sun is a good song though

Feel like I’m in Starsky and Hutch

Great vibes. Love Rhymin Simon

Fun tunes but I don’t want anyone to see me listening to the first song

No one is doing it like Kendrick. This album shows that he isn’t ever trying to be a hit factory - he makes really catchy tunes but they don’t really go to full song length. Always incredibly thoughtful

Probably closest to 3.5 stars but really enjoyable. Super unique sound which is cool even though it demolished the lead singer’s voice

Not bad. Sort of like a southern Aerosmith. Probably 2.5

Honestly think this might be my favorite Miles Davis record - really unusual and creative choices but still uptempo and not fully into “cool” mode (which is great in its own right). Love the instrumentation

Honestly I really enjoyed this. First song is great - really enjoyable when you want good music but not an incredibly active listen.

Very cool - kind of like a dirtier Dead in some ways

Probably my least favorite effort from Mr. Simon thus far but still has some really great tunes. He knows how to write em and Garfunkel knows how to sing em!

Interesting lyrically but didn’t blow my mind

The Doors at their Doorsiest. I love this album but I don’t find it to be earth-shattering.

Somewhere between R&B, rock, and jazz - wonderful to listen to all the way through. I reach for this album every fall, so many great songs

This one eases you into the craziness - starts out almost like dance music and then lets loose. Really enjoyed it but some of the synthesizer stuff feels really trite today even though it was much more novel then

Instant 5. Absolutely love this album. Captures so well what it’s like to be young with some of the most innovative production techniques possible at the time. For a long time I didn’t “get” it but once it clicked I understood all the hype

Not terrible but didn’t feel like coming back to it after I got back into the car

FUNKY! Wish I could see this show to go along with it. You can hear his transition from R&B to hard funk happening which is really cool

I find it funny how incredibly transgressive this was to folk fans at the time, which is a testament to how deeply embedded Dylan is into the cultural consciousness that this just sounds like “normal” music. Loads of good songs and excellent wordplay. One of Dylan’s most fun albums, I think

Really great vibe, feels super early for the sound they made which is cool. Enjoyed the listen

So much of what rap is now and has been for the last 30-some years started right here. It’s incredible in many respects that so many of the political talking points are still current to this very day. Loved this front to back