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Albums Rated
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Average Rating
41%
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1970s
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24
5-Star Albums
3
1-Star Albums
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Albums
You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
|
5 | 2.91 | +2.09 |
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The Rise & Fall
Madness
|
5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
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Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
|
5 | 3.1 | +1.9 |
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Close To The Edge
Yes
|
5 | 3.19 | +1.81 |
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Fragile
Yes
|
5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
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Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
|
5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
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2112
Rush
|
5 | 3.39 | +1.61 |
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
|
5 | 3.43 | +1.57 |
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En-Tact
The Shamen
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4 | 2.43 | +1.57 |
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Live!
Fela Kuti
|
5 | 3.44 | +1.56 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
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1 | 2.84 | -1.84 |
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
|
2 | 3.5 | -1.5 |
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
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2 | 3.38 | -1.38 |
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
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2 | 3.35 | -1.35 |
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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
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2 | 3.15 | -1.15 |
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Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
|
1 | 2.06 | -1.06 |
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Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
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2 | 3.05 | -1.05 |
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Hunky Dory
David Bowie
|
3 | 4 | -1 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 5 |
| Yes | 3 | 4.67 |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 4.67 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4.14 |
| Steely Dan | 3 | 4.33 |
5-Star Albums (24)
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Crowded House
4/5
83%
Best: Chocolate Cake; Weather With You; Whispers And Moans; She Goes On
Must-Hear? Sure
2 likes
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
4/5
81%
Best: Visions of You; Ungodly Kingdom; Erzulie
Must-Hear? Sure
1 likes
The Residents
3/5
71%
Best: Constantinople; Blue Rosebuds; Hello Skinny;
Must-Hear? No, unless you really like experimental music.
1 likes
Brian Wilson
3/5
72%
Best: Heroes and Villians; Surf's Up; Good Vibrations
Must-Hear? No. RIP Brian Wilson
1 likes
Funkadelic
5/5
92%
Best: One Nation Under A Groove; Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock?; Into You; Cholly (Funk Getting Ready To Roll)
Must-Hear? Fuck yes
1 likes
1-Star Albums (3)
All Ratings
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
4 stars is the rating, my actual critical reception is more like 3.5
Linkin Park
4/5
4 stars
Fav: Papercut, One Step Closer
Least: N/A
R.E.M.
4/5
4 stars.
Fav Trax: Radio Free Europe, Laughing, 9-9
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
75%
Best: Keep on Growing, Anyday, Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?, Layla
Must-Hear? No
Pink Floyd
4/5
87%
Best: In the Flesh(?), Young Lust, Hey You, Nobody Home, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell, Waiting for the Worms, The Trial
Must-Hear? Sure
The Cure
4/5
85%
Best: Pictures of You, Lovesong, Lullaby, The Same Deep Water as You, Disintegration
Must-Hear? Sure
ABBA
3/5
73%
Best: Dancing Queen, Knowing Me Knowing You
Must-Hear? Nah (DQ yes)
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
70%
Best: Atlantic City, Open All Night, Reason to Believe
Must-Hear? No
Fatboy Slim
3/5
74%
Best: Going Out Of My Mind, The Weekend Starts Here
Must-Hear? No
Le Tigre
3/5
77%
Best: Decepticon, Hot Topic, Phanta, My My Metrocard, Friendship Station
Must-Hear? Not quite (overall; it is must-hear for its genre)
Green Day
3/5
78%
Best: American Idiot, Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Wake Me up When September Ends
Must-Hear? No
Motörhead
4/5
87%
Best: Ace of Spades, Live to Win, Fire Fire, The Chase Is Better Than the Catch, The Hammer
Must-Hear? Yes
Kanye West
3/5
72%
Best: Black Skinhead, I'm In It, Blood On The Leaves, Bound 2
Must-Hear? No
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
80%
Best: Dreams, Don't Stop, Go Your Own Way, The Chain, You Make Loving Fun
Must-Hear? Sure
5/5
97%
Fav: Close to the Edge; Siberian Khatru
Must-Hear? Hell yeah
John Lennon
4/5
80%
Fav: Imagine, Jealous Guy, I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama, How Do You Sleep At Night?
Must-Hear? Sure
Todd Rundgren
3/5
77%
Best: International Feel, Zen Archer, Just Another Onionhead/Da Da Dali, When the Shit Hits the Fan/Sunset Blvd., La Feel Internacional, Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel, Medley, Hungry for Love, Is It My Name?, Just One Victory
Must-Hear? Side 2 yes, Side 1 no
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
80%
Fav: Rockin' Around (With You), Breakdown, Fooled Again (I Don't Like It), Mystery Man, Luna, American Girl
Must-Hear? Sure
Aerosmith
4/5
80%
Fav: Last Child, Rats in the Cellar
Least: N/A
Must-Hear? Sure
The Prodigy
4/5
85%
Fav: Breathe, Diesel Power, Narayan, Firestarter
Least: N/A
Must-Hear? Sure
4/5
82%
Fav: Wonderwall, Don't Look Back In Anger, Morning Glory, Champagne Supernova
Least: N/A
Must-Hear? Sure
The Young Rascals
4/5
85%
Fav: A Girl Like You, How Can I Be Sure, Groovin', I Don't Love You Anymore, You Better Run
Least: N/A
Must-Hear? Yeah
Finley Quaye
3/5
76%
Fav: Ultra Stimulation, Sunday Shining
Least: Ride On and Turn the People On
Must-Hear? No, but give it a chance
Grizzly Bear
3/5
78%
Fav: Two Weeks, Ready Able
Least: Hold Still
Must-Hear? Nah
Meat Loaf
4/5
87%
Fav: Bat Out of Hell, Heaven Can Wait, For Crying Out Loud
Least: N/A
Must-Hear? Yes
Foo Fighters
4/5
80%
Fav: This Is a Call, I'll Stick Around, Big Me, Alone+Easy Target
Must-Hear? Sure
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
70%
Fav: There Is a Kingdom, (Are You) the One...?, West Country Girl, Idiot Prayer, Far from Me
Must-Hear? Depends on your mood. Want to relax or be romantic? Yes. If not? Go ahead and skip it.
The Doors
4/5
83%
Best: Break on Through (To the Other Side), Light My Fire, The End
Must-Hear? Sure
Lupe Fiasco
4/5
81%
Best: Kick, Push; I Gotcha; Daydreamin'; Hurts Me Soul; Pressure; American Terrorist
Must-Hear? Sure
Mike Oldfield
5/5
90%
Best: Tubular Bells (Part One)
Must-Hear? May be my prog bias speaking, but hell yeah
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
75%
Best: Nick of Time; Love Letter; Too Soon to Tell; I Will Not Be Denied; I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again
Must-Hear? Not quite
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
83%
Best: Be Anything But Darling Please Me Mine; Stairway To The Stars; Honeysuckle Rose
Must-Hear? Sure
Kid Rock
1/5
30%
Best: N/A
Must-Hear? Fuck no, worst shit I've ever heard
Pulp
3/5
78%
Best: Mis-Shapes; Disco 2000; Something Changed
Must-Hear? Must hear to get the full scope of Britpop, but other than that, almost but not quite
Duke Ellington
4/5
82%
Best: Newport Up; Diminuendo In Blue
Must-Hear? Sure
Rush
5/5
90%
Best: 2112; A Passage To Bangkok; Something For Nothing
Must-Hear? Oh yeah, it's Rush baby!
David Holmes
3/5
73%
Best: My Mate Paul; Gritty Shaker; Radio 7; Don't Die Just Yet
Must-Hear? Not quite, but great background music
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
76%
Best: Monday, Monday; Straight Shooter; California Dreamin'; The "In" Crowd
Must-Hear? Not quite
Radiohead
4/5
84%
Best: Weird Fishes/Arpeggi; All I Need; Jigsaw Falling Into Place; Videotape
Must-Hear? Sure
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
85%
Best: Shining Star; The Way of the World; Happy Feelin'; Africano
Must-Hear? Sure
Kanye West
4/5
80%
Best: Gorgeous; POWER; Devil In A New Dress; Runaway; Hell Of A Life
Must-Hear? Sure
The Rolling Stones
3/5
72%
Best: Can't You Hear Me Knocking; Bitch
Must-Hear? Slightly overrated imo, so no
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
81%
Best: Tarkus; Infinite Space (Conclusion)
Must-Hear? Side 1 is a must-hear, side 2 you can go without (I don't dislike side 2, it's just not as good)
ABBA
4/5
80%
Best: The Visitors; I Let the Music Speak; One Of Us; Slipping Through My Fingers
Must-Hear? Sure
Stephen Stills
4/5
80%
Best: Song of Love; Jet Set (Sigh); So Begins the Task; Don't Look at My Shadow; How Far; The Love Gangster; What to Do; The Treasure
Must-Hear? Sure
Joni Mitchell
4/5
83%
Best: My Old Man; Carey; Blue; River
Must-Hear? Sure
Sister Sledge
4/5
84%
Best: He's the Greatest Dancer; Thinking of You; We Are Family
Must-Hear? Sure
Q-Tip
4/5
85%
Best: Gettin Up; WeFight/WeLove; ManWomanBoogie; Move/Rap Renaissance; Believe
Must-Hear? Sure
Thelonious Monk
4/5
86%
Best: Brilliant Corners; Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are; Bemsha Swing
Must-Hear? Sure
Steely Dan
4/5
82%
Best: Rikki Don't Lose That Number; Night By Night; Pretzel Logic
Must-Hear? Sure
Guns N' Roses
4/5
83%
Best: Welcome to the Jungle; Mr. Brownstone; Paradise City; Sweet Child O' Mine
Must-Hear? Sure
Crowded House
4/5
83%
Best: Chocolate Cake; Weather With You; Whispers And Moans; She Goes On
Must-Hear? Sure
Adele
4/5
83%
Best: Hello; I Miss You; Water Under the Bridge; All I Ask; Sweetest Devotion
Must-Hear? Sure
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
4/5
82%
Best: A Minor Place; I See A Darkness; Death To Everyone; Madeleine-Mary
Must-Hear? Sure
Al Green
4/5
86%
Best: Let’s Stay Together; So You're Leaving; I've Never Found a Girl; How Can You Mend a Broken Heart; It Ain't No Fun to Me
Must-Hear? Sure
Led Zeppelin
4/5
82%
Best: In My Time of Dying; Houses of the Holy; Trampled Under Foot; Kashmir; The Wanton Song
Must-Hear? Sure
Madness
5/5
90%
Best: Rise And Fall; Tomorrow's (Just Another Day); Blue Skinned Beast; Primrose Hill; Mr Speaker (Gets The World); Sunday Morning; Our House; Tiptoes; That Face; Are You Coming (With Me); Madness (Is All In The Mind)
Must-Hear? Yes
Tangerine Dream
4/5
83%
Best: Phaedra
Must-Hear? Sure
The Clash
4/5
87%
Best: London Calling; The Right Profile; Lost in the Supermarket; Clampdown; Wrong 'Em Boyo; I'm Not Down; Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
Must-Hear? Sure
Yes
5/5
90%
Best: Roundabout; South Side of the Sky; Heart of the Sunrise
Must-Hear?: Yes
David Gray
4/5
82%
Best: Please Forgive Me; Babylon; This Year's Love
Must-Hear? Sure
The Rolling Stones
4/5
80%
Best: Under My Thumb; Going Home; Out of Time; Think
Must-Hear? Hmm...sure
Wilco
4/5
81%
Best: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart; War on War; I'm the Man Who Loves You; Reservations
Must-Hear? Sure
Dusty Springfield
4/5
80%
Best: Mama Said; When The Love Light...; Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa
Must-Hear? Maybe
Neil Young
4/5
81%
Best: Only Love Can Break Your Heart; Southern Man; Birds; When You Dance You Can Really Love
Must-Hear? Sure
The Beach Boys
4/5
83%
Best: Wouldn't It Be Nice; I'm Waiting For The Day; God Only Knows; I Know There's An Answer; Here Today; I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
Must-Hear? Sure
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
85%
Best: Cherub Rock; Quiet; Today; Hummer; Disarm; Silverfuck
Must-Hear? Sure
The Doors
4/5
80%
Best: Love Her Madly; L.A. Woman; Riders on the Storm
Must-Hear?: Sure
Tina Turner
4/5
85%
Best: I Might Have Been Queen; What's Love Got to Do with It; Show Some Respect; Steel Claw; 1984
Must-Hear? Sure
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
81%
Best: I Need a Man to Love; Piece of My Heart; Ball and Chain
Must-Hear? Sure
Goldie
3/5
70%
Best: State of Mind; Angel
Must-Hear? Nah
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
76%
Best: Little Hands; War In Peace; Broken Heart; Books of Moses; Grey/Afro
Must-Hear? Not quite
Frank Sinatra
4/5
79%
Best: The Girl From Ipanema; If You Never Come To Me; I Concentrate On You
Must-Hear? Almost
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
86%
Best: Born On The Bayou; Good Golly Miss Molly; Penthouse Pauper; Proud Mary
Must-Hear? Sure
The Beta Band
3/5
77%
Best: Squares; Quiet; Alleged; Life
Must-Hear? Pretty good, but not quite
Os Mutantes
3/5
76%
Best: A Minha Menina; Adeus Maria Fulô; Bat Macumba; Ave Gengis Khan
Must-Hear? Not quite
Aretha Franklin
4/5
85%
Best: Chain of Fools; Niki Hoeky; (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman; (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone; Groovin'
Must-Hear? Sure
Morrissey
4/5
80%
Best: Glamorous Glue; The National Front Disco; You're the One for Me, Fatty; Seasick, yet Still Docked
Must-Hear? Maybe
The Boo Radleys
3/5
77%
Best: I Hang Suspended; Upon 9th And Fairchild; Thinking of Ways; Barney (...and Me); Best Lose the Fear; Lazarus
Must-Hear? Not quite
The KLF
4/5
82%
Best: Make It Rain; Last Train To Trancentral; No More Tears; The Lover's Side
Must-Hear? Sure (if you don't mind electronic music)
Willie Nelson
4/5
80%
Best: Time of the Preacher; Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain; Red Headed Stranger; Can I Sleep in Your Arms; Remember Me (When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming)
Must-Hear? Almost
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
4/5
81%
Best: Visions of You; Ungodly Kingdom; Erzulie
Must-Hear? Sure
Turbonegro
4/5
85%
Best: The Age Of Pamparius; Get It On; Rendezvous With Anus; Prince Of The Rodeo; Humiliation Street
Must-Hear? Sure
Pixies
4/5
80%
Best: Gigantic; Where Is My Mind?
Must-Hear? Almost
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
83%
Best: Blue Rondo à la Turk; Take Five
Must-Hear? Great album, but Idk about "must-hear"...
Justin Timberlake
2/5
66%
Best: Rock Your Body
Must-Hear? No
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
76%
Best: Cupid Come; (When You Wake) You're Still in a Dream; Feed Me with Your Kiss; You Never Should; Nothing Much to Do
Must-Hear? Not quite
Cocteau Twins
4/5
86%
Best: Pitch the Baby; Fifty-fifty Clown; Wolf in the Breast; Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires
Must-Hear? Sure
Sepultura
4/5
88%
Best: Roots Bloody Roots; Ratamahatta; Breed Apart; Straighthate; Spit; Born Stubborn; Ambush; Endangered Species
Must-Hear? Yes
4/5
81%
Best: Starlight; Supermassive Black Hole; Assassin; City of Delusion; Knights of Cydonia
Must-Hear? Almost
Fatboy Slim
2/5
55%
Best: Right Here, Right Now; Gangster Trippin; Praise You
Must-Hear? No
Slade
4/5
88%
Best: How D'You Ride; Look at Last Nite; Move Over; Gudbuy T'Jane; Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Must-Hear? Sure
Khaled
3/5
78%
Best: Aalach Tloumouni; Trigue Lycée; Ya Aâchkou; El Aâdyene
Must-Hear? Not quite, but it is good
The Band
4/5
80%
Best: Up On Cripple Creek; Whispering Pines; Jemima Surrender; Look Out Cleveland; King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
Must-Hear? Maybe
The Police
4/5
81%
Best: Message In A Bottle; Walking On The Moon; The Bed's Too Big Without You; Does Everybody Stare
Must-Hear? Sure, I guess?
N.E.R.D
3/5
76%
Best: Don't Worry About It; She Wants To Move; Drill Sergeant/Preservation; Maybe; The Way She Dances
Must-Hear? Not quite
Joy Division
4/5
80%
Best: Disorder; New Dawn Fades; Shadowplay; Interzone
Must-Hear? I think this record is solid, but not much more than that. So I would say no.
R.E.M.
4/5
80%
Best: Pop Song 89; Stand; Orange Crush; Turn You Inside-Out; I Remember California;
Must-Hear? Solid, but no
Deee-Lite
4/5
85%
Best: Power of Love; Try Me On...I'm Very You; Smile On; Groove Is in the Heart; Who Was That?
Must-Hear? Sure
Stevie Wonder
5/5
94%
Best: Smile Please; Boogie On Reggae Woman; Creepin'; You Haven't Done Nothin'; It Ain't No Use
Must-Hear? Definitely
Laura Nyro
3/5
78%
Best: Luckie; Eli's Comin'; Stoned Soul Picnic; Woman's Blues
Must-Hear? Not quite
The Temptations
4/5
84%
Best: Run Charlie Run; Papa Was A Rollin' Stone; The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face; Do Your Thing
Must-Hear? Sure
Buck Owens
3/5
75%
Best: I've Got a Tiger By the Tail; Wham Bam; Fallin' for You; Memphis
Must-Hear? Not quite
The Byrds
4/5
80%
Best: Mr. Tambourine Man; I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better; All I Really Want to Do; Don't Doubt Yourself, Babe; Chimes of Freedom
Must-Hear? Not quite. It's a solid record and I get why it was so influential, but listen to what it inspired instead.
Van Halen
4/5
85%
Best: Runnin' with the Devil; You Really Got Me; Jamie's Cryin'; Feel Your Love Tonight
Must-Hear? Sure
Garbage
4/5
83%
Best: Supervixen; Queer; Only Happy When It Rains; A Stroke Of Luck; Stupid Girl; Milk
Must-Hear? Sure
Nanci Griffith
3/5
78%
Best: Love At The Five & Dime; Lookin' For The Time (Workin' Girl); One Of These Days; Fly By Night
Must-Hear? Not quite
Shack
3/5
79%
Best: Natalie's Party; Comedy; Beautiful; Streets of Kenny; Re-Instated;
Must-Hear? Not quite
The White Stripes
3/5
76%
Best: Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground; Fell In Love With a Girl; We're Going to Be Friends; Aluminum; I Can Learn
Must-Hear? Not quite
Yes
4/5
85%
Best: Yours Is No Disgrace; Starship Trooper; I've Seen All Good People
Must-Hear? Sure
Elvis Presley
2/5
65%
Best: Blue Suede Shoes
Must-Hear? No. Elvis is overrated AF
Cream
3/5
78%
Best: Strange Brew; Sunshine Of Your Life; SWLABR; Take It Back
Must-Hear? Not quite
The Go-Betweens
4/5
82%
Best: Love Goes On!; Love Is a Sign; You Can't Say No Forever; Streets of Your Town; Was There Anything I Could Do?
Must-Hear? Almost
Wilco
3/5
73%
Best: Misunderstood; Monday; Outtasite (Outta Mind); I Got You (At the End of the Century); Hotel Arizona; Kingpin; Dreamer in My Dreams
Must-Hear? 1st disc had a lot of promise, but the 2nd disc was totally unnecessary
Saint Etienne
3/5
78%
Best: Only Love Can Break Your Heart; Girl VII; Spring; She's the One
Must-Hear? Not quite
Neil Young
4/5
83%
Best: Walk On; Revolution Blues; On the Beach
Must-Hear? Sure
Pulp
3/5
78%
Best: The Fear; Party Hard; This Is Hardcore; Glory Days; The Day After The Revolution
Must-Hear? Not quite
Adam & The Ants
3/5
73%
Best: Los Rancheros; Ants Invasion; Don't Be Square (Be There); The Human Beings
Must-Hear? Nope
The Isley Brothers
4/5
87%
Best: That Lady; Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight; Sunshine (Go Away Today); Summer Breeze; The Highways of My Life
Must-Hear? Yes
Buzzcocks
4/5
86%
Best: You Tear Me Up; Get On Our Own; I Don't Mind; Fiction Romance; Autonomy; I Need; Moving Away from the Pulsebeat
Must-Hear? Sure
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
87%
Best: Lively Up Yourself; Them Belly Full (But We Hungry); Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock); Bend Down Low; Talkin' Blues
Must-Hear? Sure
The Saints
4/5
83%
Best: Know Your Product; A Minor Aversion; No, Your Product; Run Down; Orstralia; Untitled
Must-Hear? Sure
Fats Domino
4/5
82%
Best: Blueberry Hill; What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasing You); Troubles Of My Own; The Fat Man ('s Hop); Trust In Me
Must-Hear? Almost
The Velvet Underground
3/5
76%
Best: What Goes On; Some Kinda Love; Beginning To See The Light; After Hours
Must-Hear? Not quite
Aphex Twin
4/5
80%
Best: Xtal; Pulsewidth; Heliosphan; We Are the Music Makers; Ptolemy; Delphium
Must-Hear? Almost
4/5
83%
Best: Good Fortune; A Place Called Home; The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore; This Mess We're In; This Is Love; We Float
Must-Hear? Sure
Janet Jackson
4/5
83%
Best: Rhythm Nation; State Of The World; Miss You Much; Alright; Escapade; Black Cat
Must-Hear? Sure
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
90%
Best (Favorites in this case): The Power of Equality; If You Have To Ask; Funky Monks; Mellowship Slinky in B Major; Apache Rose Peacock; My Lovely Man; Sir Psycho Sexy
Must-Hear? Yes
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
76%
Best: I Am Stretched on Your Grave; The Emperor's New Clothes; Nothing Compares 2 U
Must-Hear? Not quite
Radiohead
4/5
83%
Best: The Bends; High and Dry; Bones; My Iron Lung; Black Star; Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Must-Hear? Sure
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
90%
Best: Excursions; Buggin' Out; Verses from the Abstract; Vibes and Stuff; Check the Rhime; Jazz (We've Got); Scenario
Must-Hear? Yes
Lightning Bolt
3/5
78%
Best: Assassins; 2 Towers; Crown of Storms
Must-Hear? Not quite. Contrary to almost everyone on this site...I kinda enjoyed it? It's good background music.
Paul Simon
3/5
78%
Best: Mother and Child Reunion; Run That Body Down; Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard; Congratulations
Must-Hear? Not quite
Bob Dylan
2/5
65%
Best: I Want You; Just Like a Woman; Absolutely Sweet Marie; Obviously Five Believers
Must-Hear? Uhh no, I'll pass. Dylan is overrated AF
Radiohead
4/5
85%
Best: Paranoid Android; Exit Music (For A Film); Karma Police; Climbing Up the Walls; No Surprises; Lucky
Must-Hear? Sure. Not the greatest album ever, like it's made out to be, but it's still fantastic
Snoop Dogg
4/5
82%
Best: Gin and Juice; The Shiznit; Who Am I (What's My Name)?; Gz and Hustlas
Must-Hear? Sure
Funkadelic
5/5
92%
Best: One Nation Under A Groove; Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock?; Into You; Cholly (Funk Getting Ready To Roll)
Must-Hear? Fuck yes
The Cult
3/5
80%
Best: Wild Flower; Electric Ocean; Love Removal Machine
Must-Hear? Almost
Fever Ray
3/5
76%
Best: When I Grow Up; Seven; Triangle Walks; I'm Not Done
Must-Hear? No, but it is an enjoyable, relaxing experience.
Soundgarden
4/5
84%
Best: Let Me Drown; Fell On Black Days; Mailman; Black Hole Sun; Spoonman; The Day I Tried To Live; 4th Of July
Must-Hear? Sure
Metallica
4/5
85%
Best: Battery; Master Of Puppets; The Thing That Should Not Be; Welcome Home (Sanitarium); Orion; Damage, Inc.
Must-Hear? Sure
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
81%
Best: A Design for Life; Enola/Alone; Everything Must Go; Removables; All Surface No Feeling
Must-Hear? Almost
Ian Dury
4/5
85%
Best: Wake Up and Make Love with Me; My Old Man; Clevor Trevor; If I Was with a Woman; Blockheads
Must-Hear? Sure. I fail to see how the users on here give it a 2.7 overall.
Billy Joel
4/5
81%
Best: Movin' Out (Anthony's Song); The Stranger; Scens from an Italian Restaurant; Get It Right the First Time
Must-Hear? Almost
Harry Nilsson
4/5
83%
Best: Gotta Get Up; The Moonbeam Song; Down; Jump Into The Fire
Must-Hear? Sure
Kacey Musgraves
3/5
78%
Best: Slow Burn; Butterflies; Velvet Elvis; Wonder Woman; High Horse
Must-Hear? No, but I liked it more than I thought I would.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
87%
Best: Around the World; Parallel Universe; Scar Tissue; Otherside; Californication; Emit Remmus; Purple Stain; Road Trippin'
Must-Hear? Sure
Led Zeppelin
4/5
85%
Best: Black Dog; Rock and Roll; Stairway to Heaven; Misty Mountain Hop; When the Levee Breaks
Must-Hear? Sure
Various Artists
3/5
70%
Best: White Christmas; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Must-Hear? No
Circle Jerks
4/5
82%
Best: Operation; Back Against the Wall; Paid Vacation; Red Tape
Must-Hear? Sure
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
82%
Best: The Beat; Pump It Up; (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea; Living In Paradise
Must-Hear? Almost
Isaac Hayes
4/5
85%
Best: Theme From Shaft; Walk From Regio's; Cafè Regio's; Be Yourself; No Name Bar; Bumpy's Blues; Do Your Thing
Must-Hear? Sure
4/5
83%
Best: City, Country, City; The World Is A Ghetto; Beetles In The Bog
Must-Hear? Sure
Violent Femmes
3/5
78%
Best: Blister In The Sun; Please Do Not Go; Add It Up; Prove My Love; Gone Daddy Gone
Must-Hear? Not quite
Steve Earle
3/5
79%
Best: Goodbye's All We've Got Left; Someday; Fearless Heart
Must-Hear? Not quite
Lauryn Hill
4/5
83%
Best: Ex-Factor; Doo Wop (That Thing); Superstar; Final Hour; Forgive Them Father; Every Ghetto, Every City; Can't Take My Eyes Off of You - (I Love You Baby)
Must-Hear? Sure
The Beach Boys
3/5
79%
Best: When I Grow Up (To Be A Man); Dance, Dance, Dance; I'm So Young
Must-Hear? Not quite
Talking Heads
4/5
82%
Best: With Our Love; The Good Thing; Found a Job; I'm Not in Love; Take Me to the River
Must-Hear? Maybe
Ryan Adams
3/5
72%
Best: My Winding Wheel; Bartering Lines; Come Pick Me Up; Shakedown on 9th Street
Must-Hear? Not enough oomph here. No.
Jungle Brothers
4/5
90%
Best: Feelin' Alright; Sunshine; U Make Me Sweat; Belly Dancin' Dina; Beeds on a String; Tribe Vibes; Doin' Our Own Dang
Must-Hear? Fantastic album. Yes
Muddy Waters
4/5
85%
Best: I Got My Brand On You; I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man; Tiger In Your Tank; Got My Mojo Workin'
Must-Hear? Sure
SZA
3/5
75%
Best: Prom; The Weekend; Go Gina
Must-Hear? Decent, but no
The Who
4/5
81%
Best: Out In The Street; My Generation; The Kids Are Alright
Must-Hear? The Who have better albums than this. In that case, no.
George Harrison
4/5
84%
Best: My Sweet Lord; Isn't It a Pity (Version One); What Is Life; Apple Scruffs; All Things Must Pass; Art of Dying;
Must-Hear? Sure
Radiohead
3/5
77%
Best: The National Anthem; How to Disappear Completely; Optimistic; Idioteque
Must-Hear? Not quite
Lana Del Rey
2/5
67%
Best: Dark But Just A Game; Breaking Up Slowly
Must-Hear? Nah. Boring af. Some solid ideas, though
AC/DC
4/5
82%
Best: Highway to Hell; Shot Down in Flames; If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It); Love Hungry Man
Must-Hear? Sure
OutKast
4/5
84%
Best: So Fresh, So Clean; Ms. Jackson; Spaghetti Junction; B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad; Humble Mumble
Must-Hear? Sure
Beatles
3/5
78%
Best: All My Loving; Don't Bother Me; Please Mister Postman; Hold Me Tight
Must-Hear? Nah. You can tell the Beatles are still improving their songwriting
Elliott Smith
3/5
72%
Best: Junk Bond Trader; L.A.; Wouldn’t Mama Be Proud; Happiness
Must-Hear? Nah
Iggy Pop
4/5
83%
Best: Sister Midnight; China Girl; Dum Dum Boys
Must-Hear? Sure
Dusty Springfield
4/5
82%
Best: Son of a Preacher Man; Don’t Forget About Me; The Windmills of Your Mind; In the Land of Make Believe
Must-Hear? Sure
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
76%
Best: Oliver’s Army; Party Girl; Moods For Moderns
Must-Hear? Not quite
Massive Attack
4/5
87%
Best: Safe From Harm; Unfinished Sympathy; Lately
Must-Hear? Sure
John Coltrane
5/5
92%
Best: Acknowledgement; Pursuance
Must-Hear? Yes
Gene Clark
3/5
75%
Best: The Virgin; One In A Hundred; 1975
Must-Hear? Not quite
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
83%
Best: Somebody to Love; ⅗ of a Mile in 10 Seconds; How Do You Feel; White Rabbit; Plastic Fantastic Lover
Must-Hear? Sure
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
74%
Best: Lonesome Day; Empty Sky; Let’s Be Friends (Skin to Skin); Mary’s Place
Must-Hear? Nah
Stevie Wonder
5/5
92%
Best: Too High; Golden Lady; Higher Ground; Jesus Children Of America; He’s Misstra Know-It-All
Must-Hear? Definitely
Billy Bragg
4/5
80%
Best: Greetings to the New Brunette; Ideology; Help Save the Youth of America; The Warmest Room
Must-Hear? Maybe...
SAULT
3/5
73%
Best: Wildfires; Bow; Why We Cry Why We Die; Monsters
Must-Hear? No
Depeche Mode
4/5
88%
Best: World In My Eyes; Halo; Enjoy the Silence; Policy of Truth
Must-Hear? Sure. Especially “Enjoy the Silence”, one of my favorite songs ever.
Lou Reed
4/5
82%
Best: Caroline Says I; How Do You Think It Feels; Sad Song
Must-Hear? Sure
The Everly Brothers
3/5
72%
Best: Baby What You Want Me to Do; Lucille
Must-Hear? No. Run of the mill 50s/60s music.
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
76%
Best: Swampsnake; Gang Bang; Vambo Marble Eye
Must-Hear? Not quite
Nirvana
4/5
83%
Best: Come As You Are; The Man Who Sold The World; Something In The Way; All Apologies
Must-Hear? Sure
Ash
3/5
78%
Best: Lose Control; Let It Flow; Innocent Smile; Angel Interceptor; Darkside Lightside
Must-Hear? Not quite
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
82%
Best: If Only; How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat); You Can’t Quit Me Baby
Must-Hear? I like it, but Songs for the Deaf should have been chosen over this. Therefore, no. Go listen to Songs for the Deaf.
Keith Jarrett
3/5
78%
Best: Pt. IIA
Must-Hear? I respect the art, and think this record is good background noise for studying or sleeping. Would I listen to it for fun? No. Therefore, unless you really like solo piano music, I would say no to must-hear.
The Divine Comedy
2/5
55%
Best: Becoming More Like Alfie
Must-Hear? No
Pentangle
4/5
81%
Best: Light Flight; Train Song; Sally Go Round the Roses
Must-Hear? On the fence...it's better than the average score on here indicates.
Common
4/5
83%
Best: The Corner; GO!; Testify; Real People; They Say
Must-Hear? Sure
Lorde
3/5
77%
Best: Green Light; Liability; Hard Feelings/Loveless
Must-Hear? Not quite
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
73%
Best: Me and the Major; Get Me Away from Here, I’m Dying; Mayfly
Must-Hear? No
Dr. Dre
4/5
85%
Best: Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’; Let Me Ride; Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang; The Roach (The Chronic Outro); Bitches Ain’t Shit
Must-Hear? Sure, though parts of it have aged slightly poorly.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
71%
Best: On the Level; Traveling Light
Must-Hear? No. RIP though
Madonna
3/5
68%
Best: Runaway Lover; Paradise (Not for Me)
Must-Hear? Nah
The Residents
3/5
71%
Best: Constantinople; Blue Rosebuds; Hello Skinny;
Must-Hear? No, unless you really like experimental music.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
81%
Best: Adam Raised a Cain; The Promised Land; Prove It All Night; Darkness On the Edge of Town
Must-Hear? Sure
Queen
4/5
88%
Best: Father to Son; White Queen (As It Began); Ogre Battle; The March of the Black Queen
Must-Hear? Sure
Nirvana
4/5
85%
Best: Smells Like Teen Spirit; In Bloom; Come As You Are; Lithium; On A Plain; Something In The Way
Must-Hear? Sure. If you somehow haven't heard this album, the hype is real.
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
67%
Best: only tomorrow; new you
Must-Hear? No
Beatles
4/5
84%
Best: A Hard Day’s Night; And I Love Her; Can’t Buy Me Love; You Can’t Do That
Must-Hear? Sure. Every album pre-A Hard Day’s Night, aside from the hit singles, feel lackluster. A Hard Day’s Night is the first solid Beatles album experience.
Solange
3/5
76%
Best: Cranes in the Sky; F.U.B.U.; Borderline (An Ode to Self Care); Junie
Must-Hear? Not quite
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
75%
Best: N/A
Must-Hear? I can understand why this album was so influential in the West: it is rich Indian classical music. As I am not an avid classical music listener, I would not put on this record to focus on. Falling asleep or studying are the best times to listen to this record. Therefore, I am going to say not quite on the Must-Hear factor.
Tracy Chapman
4/5
83%
Best: Fast Car; Baby Can I Hold You; Mountains O' Things; Why?; For My Lover
Must-Hear? Sure
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
82%
Best: Gloria’s Steps; Solar; All Of You
Must-Hear? Sure
Pearl Jam
4/5
85%
Best: Once; Even Flow; Alive; Black; Jeremy; Garden; Release
Must-Hear? Sure
Def Leppard
4/5
80%
Best: Animal; Pour Some Sugar On Me; Armageddon It; Hysteria
Must-Hear? Maybe
Queen
4/5
84%
Best: Death on Two Legs; You’re My Best Friend; Sweet Lady; The Prophet’s Song; Bohemian Rhapsody
Must-Hear? Sure
Dirty Projectors
4/5
81%
Best: Cannibal Resource; Stillness Is The Move; Useful Chamber
Must-Hear? Sure. Y’all are trippin’, this album is good.
Marvin Gaye
4/5
88%
Best: What's Going On; Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology); Right On; Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Must-Hear? Yes
The Velvet Underground
3/5
78%
Best: White Light/White Heat; Here She Comes Now; Sister Ray
Must-Hear? Almost
Black Sabbath
5/5
90%
Best: Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener; Changes; Supernaut; Snowblind; Under the Sun
Must-Hear? Yes
David Bowie
3/5
79%
Best: Beauty and the Beast; Heroes; The Secret Life of Arabia
Must-Hear? Almost
XTC
4/5
82%
Best: The Meeting Place; Ballet For A Rainy Day; Earn Enough For Us; The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul; Dear God
Must-Hear? Sure
Beastie Boys
4/5
86%
Best: Rhymin & Stealin; The New Style; Posse in Effect; No Sleep till Brooklyn; Paul Revere; Time to Get Ill
Must-Hear? Sure
Willie Nelson
4/5
80%
Best: Stardust; Georgia On My Mind; September Song; Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Must-Hear? Sure
Hole
4/5
80%
Best: Miss World; Asking For It; Doll Parts;
Must-Hear? Sure?
The Kinks
3/5
77%
Best: David Watts; Situation Vacant; Love Me Till the Sun Shines; Funny Face
Must-Hear? Not quite
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
85%
Best: Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe; Backstreet Freestyle; Money Trees; good kid; Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst
Must-Hear? Sure
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
78%
Best: Block Rockin' Beats; Piku; Lost In The K-Hole
Must-Hear? Not quite
The Jam
4/5
83%
Best: Party Green; Set The House Ablaze; Dream Time
Must-Hear? Sure
Cat Stevens
4/5
82%
Best: Where Do The Children Play?; Wild World; Miles From Nowhere
Must-Hear? Sure
Beatles
4/5
85%
Best: Back in the U.S.S.R.; Dear Prudence; While My Guitar Gently Weeps; Happiness Is a Warm Gun; Blackbird; Don't Pass Me By; Yer Blues; Helter Skelter; Revolution 1
Must-Hear? Sure
The Who
4/5
84%
Best: Baba O’Riley; Getting In Tune; Behind Blue Eyes; Won’t Get Fooled Again
Must-Hear? Sure
Sonic Youth
4/5
83%
Best: Silver Rocket; The Sprawl; Eric's Trip; Candle; Rain King; Trilogy
Must-Hear? Sure
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
90%
Best: Pusherman; Freddie’s Dead; Give Me Your Love (Love Song); Superfly
Must-Hear? Yes
Travis
3/5
78%
Best: Writing To Reach You; Driftwood; Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
Must-Hear? Not quite
Peter Gabriel
4/5
87%
Best: Red Rain; Sledgehammer; Mercy Street; Big Time; In Your Eyes
Must-Hear? Sure
Michael Jackson
4/5
88%
Best: Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough; Rock with You; Workin' Day and Night; Get on the Floor; Off the Wall; Burn This Disco Out
Must-Hear? Sure. Sidenote: why isn't this album categorized as a funk or disco album?
GZA
4/5
83%
Best: Living In The World Today; Cold World; 4th Chamber; Shadowboxin’
Must-Hear? Sure
Frank Sinatra
4/5
82%
Best: You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me; Pennies From Heaven; We’ll Be Together Again; Makin’ Whoopee; How About You?
Must-Hear? Sure
Alice Cooper
4/5
82%
Best: Raped and Freezin’; Elected; Billion Dollar Babies; Unfinished Sweet
Must-Hear? Sure
Fela Kuti
5/5
95%
Best: All Tracks
Must-Hear? Dude. Hell Yes.
2/5
60%
Best: Tell Me, Momma; Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Must-Hear? I wouldn’t wish the first disc/set against my worst enemy. However, the 2nd disc/set is actually pretty decent, in no small part to the Band.
The Smiths
4/5
83%
Best: The Headmaster Ritual; I Want the One I Can’t Have; Nowhere Fast; Barbarism Begins at Home
Must-Hear? Sure
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
88%
Best: Stormy Monday; You Don’t Love Me; In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed; Whipping Post
Must-Hear? Sure
The Lemonheads
3/5
78%
Best: It’s a Shame About Ray; Rudderless; Kitchen;
Must-Hear? I like this record, but there are plenty other albums in this style (even in this book) that makes it non-essential.
Bebel Gilberto
4/5
83%
Best: Samba Da Bencao; August Day Song; Sem Contencao; Bananeira; Close Your Eyes
Must-Hear? Sure
Beth Orton
3/5
78%
Best: Stolen Car; Couldn’t Cause Me Harm; Stars All Seem to Weep
Must-Hear? Not quite
David Bowie
4/5
82%
Best: Fascination; Right; Somebody up There Likes Me; Fame
Must-Hear? Sure
The Flaming Lips
4/5
81%
Best: Race for the Prize; The Spark That Bled; What Is the Light?; Waitin’ for a Superman; Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
Must-Hear? Maybe
Elvis Presley
3/5
78%
Best: Wearin’ That Loved On Look; I’m Movin’ On; Power of My Love; Gentle On My Mind
Must-Hear? I don’t like Elvis usually, but this album is probably his best. If there’s one Elvis album you must hear, it’s this one. That being said, in the grand scheme of things, it is not a must-hear.
4/5
85%
Best: Victoria; Brainwashed; Australia; Mr. Churchill Says; Nothing to Say; Arthur
Must-Hear? Sure
The National
3/5
77%
Best: Sorrow; Anyone's Ghost; Bloodbuzz Ohio
Must-Hear? Not quite
Donovan
4/5
82%
Best: Sunshine Superman; Ferris Wheel; Season of the Witch; The Trip
Must-Hear? Sure
Sheryl Crow
4/5
83%
Best: Run, Baby, Run; Can't Cry Anymore; Solidify; All I Wanna Do
Must-Hear? Sure
Nina Simone
3/5
76%
Best: I Love Your Lovin' Ways; That's All I Ask; Break Down And Let It All Out
Must-Hear? Not quite. Also, I'm certain she has better albums than this.
CHVRCHES
3/5
73%
Best: We Sink; Gun; Night Sky
Must-Hear? Not really
Aerosmith
4/5
83%
Best: Young Lust; Love in an Elevator; Janie's Got a Gun
Must-Hear? Sure
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
86%
Best: Shame On a N***a; Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit; C.R.E.A.M.; Method Man
Must-Hear? Sure
Girls Against Boys
3/5
79%
Best: Go Be Delighted; Let Me Come Back; Bullet Proof Cupid; 7 Seas
Must-Hear? Not quite
The Crusaders
4/5
88%
Best: Street Life; My Lady; Carnival Of The Night; The Hustler;
Must-Hear? Sure
Coldplay
3/5
75%
Best: God Put a Smile upon Your Face; The Scientist; A Whisper
Must-Hear? Not quite
Talking Heads
4/5
84%
Best: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On); Crosseyed and Painless; Once in a Lifetime
Must-Hear? Sure
R.E.M.
4/5
82%
Best: Exhuming McCarthy; It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine); The One I Love; Lightnin' Hopkins
Must-Hear? Sure
T. Rex
4/5
82%
Best: Metal Guru; The Slider; Buick Mackane; Telegram Sam; Baby Strange
Must-Hear? Sure
Blur
3/5
77%
Best: Song 2; M.O.R.; I’m Just a Killer for Your Love; Movin’ On
Must-Hear? Not quite
Buffalo Springfield
4/5
81%
Best: Mr. Soul; Hung Upside Down; Rock & Roll Woman
Must-Hear? Maybe?
Tears For Fears
5/5
90%
Best: Shout; The Working Hour; Everybody Wants To Rule The World; Head Over Heels
Must-Hear? Yes
Beatles
4/5
88%
Best: Drive My Car; Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown); I'm Looking Through You; In My Life; Run for Your Life
Must-Hear? Sure
N.W.A.
4/5
87%
Best: Straight Outta Compton; Fuck Tha Police; Gangsta Gangsta; Parental Discretion Iz Advised; Express Yourself; Something 2 Dance 2
Must-Hear? Sure
The Modern Lovers
4/5
81%
Best: Roadrunner; She Cracked; Hospital; Modern World
Must-Hear? Maybe
Beyoncé
3/5
71%
Best: Pretty Hurts; Blow; Blue
Must-Hear? Nah
T. Rex
4/5
83%
Best: Mambo Sun; Monolith; Bang a Gong (Get It On); The Motivator; Rip Off
Must-Hear? Sure
Morrissey
3/5
74%
Best: Now My Heart Is Full; Hold on to Your Friends
Must-Hear? Nah
Marty Robbins
4/5
82%
Best: Big Iron; They're Hanging Me Tonight; El Paso
Must-Hear? Sure
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
83%
Best: The Cutter; Heads Will Roll; Ripeness
Must-Hear? Sure
Beatles
5/5
92%
Best: Come Together; Something; Oh! Darling; I Want You (She's So Heavy); Here Comes the Sun; The End
Must-Hear? You can probably tell from the fact that this is the highest rated album in the book, that it is a Must-Hear.
Coldplay
3/5
74%
Best: Shiver; Trouble
Must-Hear? No
Living Colour
4/5
85%
Best: Cult of Personality; Middle Man; Open Letter (To a Landlord); Glamour Boys; What's Your Favourite Color?; Which Way to America
Must-Hear? Sure
Steely Dan
5/5
92%
Best: Black Cow; Peg; Home At Last; Josie
Must-Hear? Yes
3/5
76%
Best: Where The Streets Have No Name; I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For; With Or Without You
Must-Hear? Not quite
Peter Gabriel
4/5
81%
Best: Intruder; I Don't Remember; Games Without Frontiers; Biko
Must-Hear? Maybe
Bob Dylan
3/5
73%
Best: Tangled up in Blue; Idiot Wind; Meet Me in the Morning
Must-Hear? No. This is my favorite Dylan album so far, though. Only 4 more! (oh god)
Beatles
5/5
90%
Best: Taxman; Eleanor Rigby; Doctor Robert; Got To Get You Into My Life; Tomorrow Never Knows
Must-Hear? Yes
The Soft Boys
4/5
84%
Best: I Wanna Destroy You; I Got the Hots; Tonight; Underwater Moonlight
Must-Hear? Sure
The Zutons
4/5
83%
Best: Zuton Fever; Pressure Point; You Will You Won't; Dirty Dancehall
Must-Hear? Sure
Joni Mitchell
4/5
80%
Best: Help Me; Raised On Robbery; Trouble Child
Must-Hear? Maybe
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
80%
Best: The Kid from Red Bank; Flight of the Foo Birds; Whirly-Bird
Must-Hear? Maybe
Spiritualized
4/5
85%
Best: Come Together; I Think I'm in Love; Electricity; Broken Heart; Cop Shoot Cop...
Must-Hear? Sure
Fela Kuti
4/5
85%
Best: Zombie
Must-Hear? Sure
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
80%
Best: Into The Light; Monitor; Sin In My Heart
Must-Hear? Maybe
The Divine Comedy
3/5
72%
Best: In Pursuit of Happiness; Someone
Must-Hear? No
Orbital
2/5
65%
Best: Forever; Quality Seconds
Must-Hear? No
Santana
4/5
86%
Best: Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen; Oye Como Va; Incident at Neshabur; Mother’s Daughter; Hope You're Feeling Better
Must-Hear? Sure
Beck
4/5
83%
Best: Devils Haircut; Hotwax; The New Pollution; Where It's At; Readymade; High 5 (Rock The Catskills)
Must-Hear? Sure
Neil Young
4/5
83%
Best: Out on the Weekend; Heart of Gold; Alabama; Words (Between the Lines of Age)
Must-Hear? Sure
Jeru The Damaja
4/5
84%
Best: D. Original; Da Bichez; You Can't Stop The Prophet; Come Clean; Statik
Must-Hear? Sure. Y'all underrate this album.
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
81%
Best: De Camino a la Vereda; El Cuarto de Tula; Candela; Orgullecida
Must-Hear? Sure
Boards of Canada
3/5
78%
Best: Turquoise Hexagon Sun; Roygbiv; Rue The Whirl; Aquarius
Must-Hear? Not quite
Milton Nascimento
4/5
86%
Best: Tudo O Que Você Podia Ser; O Trem Azul; San Vicente; Clube Da Esquina N° 2; Lilia; Trem De Doido; Nada Será Como Antes
Must-Hear? Sure
Black Sabbath
5/5
92%
Best: Black Sabbath; Wasp / Behind the Wall of Sleep / Bassically / N.I.B.; Wicked World
Must-Hear? Yes. Every track is killer.
Joe Ely
3/5
78%
Best: Cornbread Moon; Boxcars
Must-Hear? Not quite
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
75%
Best: Malibu Beach Nightmare; Until I Get You; Back to Mystery City
Must-Hear? Nah
Elton John
4/5
84%
Best: Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding; Bennie And The Jets; Grey Seal; The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-1934); Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
Must-Hear? Sure. Would be better as a single album, though.
Iron Maiden
4/5
84%
Best: Prowler; Phantom of the Opera; Transylvania; Iron Maiden
Must-Hear? Sure, although the Bruce Dickinson albums are...greater must-hears.
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
75%
Best: Be-In; Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth; Every Day Should Be A Holiday; Hard On For Jesus
Must-Hear? No
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
79%
Best: Sleeping Gas; Went Crazy; Bouncing Babies; When I Dream
Must-Hear? I'm split on this one... the songwriting is good and the basslines are absolutely killer. However, a ton of the synths sound tacky. They are interesting parts, it's just the sounds used that leave a lot to be desired. Therefore, I have to give this one a maybe.
The Cure
4/5
81%
Best: Secrets; In Your House; A Forest
Must-Hear? Maybe, leaning towards sure
The Shamen
4/5
82%
Best: Move Any Mountain; Possible Worlds: Deep PSI; Omega Amigo; Make It Mine
Must-Hear? Sure. Bonus points for being the first electronic album I have heard on this list so far to not have a single song 6 minutes or longer.
The Sugarcubes
3/5
79%
Best: Motorcrash; Delicious Demon; Cold Sweat; Fucking In Rhythm and Sorrow
Must-Hear? Parts of it, yeah. Maybe?
Fugazi
4/5
82%
Best: Turnover; Merchandise; Two Beats Off; Styrofoam
Must-Hear? Sure
Stevie Wonder
4/5
83%
Best: Maybe Your Baby; Tuesday Heartbreak; Superstition; Blame It On The Sun; I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
Must-Hear? Sure
Pretenders
4/5
82%
Best: Precious; Tattooed Love Boys; The Wait; Brass in Pocket; Mystery Achievement
Must-Hear? Sure
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
68%
Best: Movies Of Myself; 14th Street
Must-Hear? No
The Cars
4/5
87%
Best: My Best Friend's Girl; Just What I Needed; You're All I've Got Tonight; Moving in Stereo; All Mixed Up
Must-Hear? Sure
The Slits
3/5
74%
Best: Instant Hit; Newtown; Adventures Close To Home
Must-Hear? Nah
Shuggie Otis
3/5
78%
Best: Inspiration Information; Island Letter; Sparkle City; Not Available
Must-Hear? The album opens up strongly, flat lines in the middle, and picks back up again for the last two tracks. I would like to give it 4 stars and a must-hear if only the mid-section was better. A maybe is warranted.
Sex Pistols
4/5
86%
Best: Holidays in the Sun; Problems; God Save the Queen; Anarchy in the U.K.
Must-Hear? Sure
Nirvana
4/5
86%
Best: Heart-Shaped Box; Rape Me; Dumb; Milk It; Radio Friendly Unit Shifter; All Apologies
Must-Hear? Sure
The Sonics
3/5
78%
Best: The Witch; Dirty Robber; Money; Strychnine
Must-Hear? Nah
Janelle Monáe
3/5
79%
Best: Dance or Die; Locked Inside; Tightrope; Come Alive (War of the Roses); Neon Valley Street
Must-Hear? Almost
Alanis Morissette
4/5
84%
Best: You Oughta Know; Right Through You; You Learn; Head Over Feet; Ironic; Wake Up
Must-Hear? Sure
Television
4/5
83%
Best: See No Evil; Friction; Marquee Moon; Torn Curtain
Must-Hear? Sure
Boston
4/5
88%
Best: More Than a Feeling; Peace of Mind; Foreplay/Long Time; Smokin'
Must-Hear? Sure
Brian Wilson
3/5
72%
Best: Heroes and Villians; Surf's Up; Good Vibrations
Must-Hear? No. RIP Brian Wilson
Hugh Masekela
4/5
87%
Best: Part Of A Whole; The Big Apple; Maseru; Inner Crisis; Nomali
Must-Hear? Sure
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
81%
Best: Leave Home; Three Little Birdies Down Beats; Chico's Groove; Life Is Sweet
Must-Hear? Sure
Afrika Bambaataa
4/5
84%
Best: Looking for the Perfect Beat; Renegades Of Funk; Go Go Pop
Must-Hear? Sure
The Offspring
4/5
85%
Best: Bad Habit; Gotta Get Away; Come Out and Play; Self Esteem; Smash
Must-Hear? Sure
Supertramp
4/5
85%
Best: School; Bloody Well Right; Rudy; Crime of the Century
Must-Hear? Sure
Brian Eno
2/5
60%
Best: Regiment
Must-Hear? No
Sonic Youth
4/5
81%
Best: Drunk Butterfly; Shoot; Sugar Kane; Youth Against Fascism; Chapel Hill; Purr
Must-Hear? Maybe
Nas
4/5
87%
Best: N.Y. State of Mind; Halftime; One Love; One Time 4 Your Mind; It Ain't Hard to Tell
Must-Hear? Sure
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
85%
Best: You Ain't The Problem; Rolling; Hero; Hard To Say Goodbye
Must-Hear? Sure
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
83%
Best: Gimme the Loot; The What; Juicy; Everyday Struggle; Big Poppa; Respect
Must-Hear? Sure
Jimmy Smith
4/5
82%
Best: Back At The Chicken Shack; Messy Bessy
Must-Hear? Sure
808 State
3/5
73%
Best: Magical Dream; Ancodia
Must-Hear? Nah
Antony and the Johnsons
1/5
57%
Best (a stretch for this album): Fistful Of Love
Must-Hear? You can't be serious...
Jurassic 5
4/5
87%
Best: Freedom; Break; A Day At The Races; High Fidelity; Sum Of Us; I Am Somebody
Must-Hear? Sure
The Go-Go's
4/5
83%
Best: Our Lips Are Sealed; Tonite; We Got The Beat; Fading Fast
Must-Hear? Sure
Moby Grape
4/5
84%
Best: Hey Grandma; Come In The Morning; Changes; Indifference
Must-Hear? Sure
Quicksilver Messenger Service
4/5
82%
Best: Who Do You Love Suite; Mona
Must-Hear? Sure
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
84%
Best: Band On The Run; Jet; Bluebird; Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five
Must-Hear? Sure
Jeff Buckley
4/5
82%
Best: Grace; Lover, You Should've Come Over; Eternal Life; Dream Brother
Must-Hear? Sure
The Undertones
4/5
83%
Best: Family Entertainment; Teenage Kicks; Wrong Way; Jump Boys; Get Over You; I Know a Girl; Listening In
Must-Hear? Sure
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
85%
Best: Thunder Road; Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out; Born to Run; Jungleland
Must-Hear? Sure
Led Zeppelin
4/5
87%
Best: Whole Lotta Love; The Lemon Song; Heartbreaker; Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman); Ramble On
Must-Hear? Sure
Pink Floyd
4/5
88%
Best: Time; The Great Gig in the Sky; Money; Us and Them; Brain Damage
Must-Hear? Sure
Björk
2/5
65%
Best: Pleasure Is All Mine
Must-Hear? Nah
Metallica
4/5
85%
Best: Enter Sandman; Sad But True; The Unforgiven; Nothing Else Matters; My Friend Of Misery
Must-Hear? Sure
FKA twigs
3/5
73%
Best: Pendulum; Video Girl
Must-Hear? No
Blondie
4/5
84%
Best: One Way Or Another; I Know But I Don’t Know; Will Anything Happen; Heart Of Glass; Just Go Away
Must-Hear? Sure
M.I.A.
3/5
70%
Best: Jimmy; Paper Planes; Come Around
Must-Hear? No
ZZ Top
4/5
85%
Best: Gimme All Your Lovin'; Sharp Dressed Man; Legs; If I Could Only Flag Her Down
Must-Hear? Sure
Taylor Swift
4/5
83%
Best: Blank Space; All You Had To Do Was Stay; Bad Blood; I Know Places; Clean
Must-Hear? Sure
Fugees
4/5
85%
Best: Ready Or Not; Fu-Gee-La; Killing Me Softly With His Song; The Score
Must-Hear? Sure
Depeche Mode
4/5
84%
Best: Never Let Me Down Again; Sacred; Behind the Wheel; Nothing
Must-Hear? Sure
Frank Sinatra
3/5
72%
Best: Mood Indigo; Ill Wind
Must-Hear? No
Steely Dan
4/5
88%
Best: Bodhisattva; Your Gold Tooth; Show Biz Kids; King Of The World
Must-Hear? Sure
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
81%
Best: Soft Shock; Dull Life; Dragon Queen
Must-Hear? Maybe
Talking Heads
4/5
84%
Best: Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town; No Compassion; Psycho Killer; Pulled Up
Must-Hear? Sure
U2
4/5
83%
Best: Even Better Than The Real Thing; Until The End Of The World; So Cruel; Mysterious Ways; Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
Must-Hear? Sure
Beastie Boys
4/5
87%
Best: Sure Shot; B-Boys Makin' with the Freak Freak; Root Down; Sabotage; Get It Together; Sabrosa; Alright Hear This; Flute Loop; The Scoop
Must-Hear? Sure
Blur
4/5
82%
Best: Girls and Boys; Parklife; London Loves
Must-Hear? Sure
Drive-By Truckers
4/5
82%
Best: 72 (This Highway's Mean); The Southern Thing; Plastic Flowers On The Highway; Cassie's Brother; Shut Up And Get On The Plane; Greenville To Baton Rouge
Must-Hear? Sure
Black Sabbath
5/5
95%
Best: War Pigs; Planet Caravan; Iron Man; Electric Funeral; Hand Of Doom; Fairies Wear Boots
Must-Hear? Hell yes. RIP to the greatest metal frontman...
The Beau Brummels
4/5
83%
Best: Only Dreaming Now; The Keeper of Time; Nine Pound Hammer; Triangle
Must-Hear? Sure. Y'all are wrong for not liking this. Yes, I hear the Dylan similarity, but it is 100% more competently sung and arranged than any of Dylan's bullshit Lady of the Lowlands, etc., overlong, annoying tunes. Plus, it is a manageable 30 minutes.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
86%
Best: Green River; Bad Moon Rising; Sinister Purpose; The NIght Time Is The Right Time
Must-Hear? Sure
Nick Drake
4/5
81%
Best: Three Hours; Cello Song; Man In A Shed
Must-Hear? Sure
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4/5
82%
Best: All Your Love; Hideaway; Key To Love; Steppin' Out
Must-Hear? Sure. Obviously, fuck Clapton. Sometimes you just gotta separate the art from the artist.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
85%
Best: Gimme Shelter; Live With Me; Let It Bleed; You Can't Always Get What You Want
Must-Hear? Sure
Prince
4/5
87%
Best: 1999; Little Red Corvette; Delirious; D.M.S.R.; Lady Cab Driver
Must-Hear? Sure
Roxy Music
4/5
85%
Best: Do the Strand; In Every Dream Home A Heartache; The Bogus Man; Grey Lagoons
Must-Hear? Sure
Common
4/5
86%
Best: Heat; Dooinit; The Light; The 6th Sense; Thelonious; Payback Is A Grandmother; Geto Heaven Part Two
Must-Hear? Sure
King Crimson
5/5
94%
Best: 21st Century Schizoid Man; Epitaph; The Court of the Crimson King
Must-Hear? Yes
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
83%
Best: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes; Marrakesh Express; Wooden Ships; 49 Bye-Byes
Must-Hear? Sure
Mudhoney
4/5
83%
Best: Need; Mudride; No One Has; In 'n' Out of Grace
Must-Hear? Sure
AC/DC
4/5
85%
Best: Hells Bells; Shoot to Thrill; Back In Black; You Shook Me All Night Long
Must-Hear? I mean, this is Hard Rock 101. Sure
The Monks
4/5
82%
Best: Monk Time; Oh How to Do Now; Complications
Must-Hear? This is completely ahead of its time, unlike anything else I've heard from the 1960s. Sure
Missy Elliott
4/5
82%
Best: Hit 'Em wit da Hee; The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly); Pass da Blunt; Don't Be Comin' (In My Face)
Must-Hear? Sure
X-Ray Spex
4/5
85%
Best: Art-I-Ficial; Let’s Submerge; Identity; I Am a Poseur; The Day the World Turned Day-Glo
Must-Hear? Sure
Eminem
3/5
78%
Best: Stan; Who Knew; The Real Slim Shady; Bitch Please II
Must-Hear? Not quite
Badly Drawn Boy
3/5
79%
Best: Everybody’s Stalking; Camping Next to Water; Another Pearl; Once Around the Block; Bewilderbeast; Disillusion
Must-Hear? This album is very uneven; there are a handful of really good tracks (see above), but overall the album is not as cohesive as it could be. It's a not quite for me.
Raekwon
3/5
78%
Best: Criminology; Incarcerated Scarfaces; Can It Be All So Simple (Remix); Ice Water; Verbal Intercourse; Heaven & Hell
Must-Hear? Not quite
Nick Drake
4/5
85%
Best: Hazey Jane II; At The Chime Of A City Clock; Poor Boy; Northern Sky
Must-Hear? Sure
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
78%
Best: Beyond Belief; Shabby Doll; Man Out Of Time
Must-Hear? They had me in the first half. Then failed to match it on the second. Not quite for me
Beck
4/5
86%
Best: E-Pro; Que’ Onda Guero; Missing; Earthquake Weather; Go It Alone
Must-Hear? Sure
The Clash
4/5
83%
Best: Remote Control; White Riot; London's Burning
Must-Hear? Sure
4/5
87%
Best: With a Little Help from My Friends; Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds; Good Morning Good Morning; A Day in the Life
Must-Hear? Sure
Hole
4/5
83%
Best: Celebrity Skin; Reasons To Be Beautiful; Use Once & Destroy; Northern Star
Must-Hear? Sure
Butthole Surfers
2/5
62%
Best: Human Cannonball
Must-Hear? Nah. It's not as bad as others make it seem, but I would never listen to it again, nor recommend it to any (normal) person. I'll just stick with Pepper from the Surfers.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
84%
Best: Carry On; Woodstock; Country Girl
Must-Hear? Sure
John Martyn
4/5
84%
Best: Dealer; Big Muff; Small Hours
Must-Hear? Sure. Once again the average rating on this site is absurd.
Iron Maiden
4/5
88%
Best: Invaders; The Number of the Beast; Run to the Hills; Hallowed Be Thy Name
Must-Hear? Sure
Merle Haggard
4/5
83%
Best: All Of Me Belongs To You; Whatever Happened To Me; If You Want To Be My Woman
Must-Hear? Sure
Queen
4/5
83%
Best: Brighton Rock; Flick Of The Wrist; Now I'm Here; Stone Cold Crazy
Must-Hear? Sure. I don't understand why people say this is their favorite Queen album, though. Sorry, but II is more interesting to me.
Traffic
4/5
86%
Best: Glad; Freedom Rider; Empty Pages
Must-Hear? Sure
Missy Elliott
3/5
77%
Best: Bring the Pain; Back in the Day; Play That Beat
Must-Hear? Not quite
B.B. King
4/5
85%
Best: Sweet Little Angel; Please Love Me; Worry, Worry; You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
Must-Hear? Sure
Peter Frampton
4/5
84%
Best: Doobie Wah; Show Me the Way; Baby, I Love Your Way; Do You Feel Like We Do
Must-Hear? Sure
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
73%
Best: Hello Pretty Girl; Golgotha; Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain
Must-Hear? Not quite. The album is very decent. I can't really justify listening to a full album of this style, but it is very well put together and sounds nice.
Frank Ocean
4/5
83%
Best: Sweet Life; Pyramids; Lost; Monks
Must-Hear? Sure
The Doors
4/5
83%
Best: You Make Me Real; Peace Frog; Maggie M'Gill
Must-Hear? Sure
Eric Clapton
4/5
81%
Best: Willie And The Hand Jive; Get Ready; I Shot The Sheriff; Steady Rollin' Man
Must-Hear? Hate to admit, but sure
The Verve
4/5
85%
Best: Bitter Sweet Symphony; The Rolling People; The Drugs Don't Work; Catching The Butterfly; Weeping Willow
Must-Hear? Sure
Sam Cooke
5/5
90%
Best: Feel It (Don't Fight It); Medley: It's All Right/Sentimental Reasons; Twistin' The Night Away; Nothing Can Change This Love
Must-Hear? Yes
The 13th Floor Elevators
4/5
82%
Best: You're Gonna Miss Me; Reverberation (Doubt); Fire Engine
Must-Hear? Sure
Paul Revere & The Raiders
4/5
84%
Best: Kicks; There's Always Tomorrow; I'm Not Your Stepping Stone; Get It On
Must-Hear? Sure
Bee Gees
3/5
79%
Best: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?; Israel; It's Just The Way; Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself
Must-Hear? Almost
Ms. Dynamite
4/5
83%
Best: Dy-Na-Mi-Tee; Anyway U Want It; Sick 'n' Tired
Must-Hear? Sure
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
76%
Best: Taste The Floor; The Hardest Walk; Sowing Seeds
Must-Hear? The songs are good. It's just the noise makes some tracks unlistenable. It's a nah for me
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
78%
Best: Rattlesnakes; Forest Fire; Four Flights Up
Must-Hear? Not quite
Roxy Music
4/5
85%
Best: The Thrill Of It All; Out Of The Blue; Casanova; Prairie Rose
Must-Hear? Sure
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
50%
Best: AB/7A
Must-Hear? Before listening: surely it can't be that bad!
...After listening: it's that bad
Ravi Shankar
4/5
80%
Best: Dádrá; Bhimpalasi
Must-Hear? If you are a fan or appreciator of world music, it's a sure. If you are used to western music and find world music not of interest, then no.
Thundercat
3/5
78%
Best: Uh Uh; Show You The Way; Friend Zone; Them Changes
Must-Hear? Not quite
Brian Eno
4/5
83%
Best: No One Receiving; King's Lead Hat; Here He Comes; By This River
Must-Hear? Sure
Deep Purple
4/5
88%
Best: Speed King; Bloodsucker; Child in Time; Flight of the Rat
Must-Hear? Sure
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
88%
Best: Stand; I Want to Take You Higher; Sing a Simple Song; Everyday People; Sex Machine; You Can Make It If You Try
Must-Hear? Sure
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
76%
Best: The Teams That Meet in Caffs; Geno; Seven Days Too Long
Must-Hear? Not quite
Green Day
4/5
83%
Best: Longview; Welcome to Paradise; Basket Case; When I Come Around
Must-Hear? Sure
PJ Harvey
3/5
75%
Best: Let England Shake; The Glorious Land; In The Dark Places
Must-Hear? Not quite
Bob Dylan
3/5
73%
Best: Million Miles; 'Til I Fell in Love with You; Cold Irons Bound; Can't Wait
Must-Hear? Nah. Despite my feelings about Dylan, this was better than I expected.
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
86%
Best: Yes; She Is Suffering; Archives of Pain; This Is Yesterday
Must-Hear? Sure
The Prodigy
4/5
83%
Best: Their Law; Speedway (Theme from Fastlane); Poison; 3 Kilos
Must-Hear? Sure
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
84%
Best: Last Bongo in Belgium; In A Gadda Da Vida; Bongo Rock
Must-Hear? Sure
Leonard Cohen
3/5
73%
Best: First We Take Manhattan; Ain't No Cure for Love; I Can't Forget
Must-Hear? Nah
The Charlatans
4/5
83%
Best: With No Shoes; One To Another; How Can You Leave Us; Area 51; Only Teething
Must-Hear? Sure
Kraftwerk
4/5
82%
Best: Spacelab; Neon Lights; The Man Machine
Must-Hear? Sure
Songhoy Blues
3/5
78%
Best: Irganda; Sekou Oumarou
Must-Hear? Not quite
Julian Cope
3/5
78%
Best: Double Vegetation; East Easy Rider; Drive, She Said; Not Raving But Drowning
Must-Hear? Not quite. It's too long. There is a great 40 minute album in there, though.
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
83%
Best: Silver; Crystal Days; The Killing Moon; Seven Seas
Must-Hear? Sure
Wild Beasts
3/5
79%
Best: The Fun Powder Plot; We Still Got The Taste Dancin' On Our Tongues; Two Dancers (i); This Is Our Lot
Must-Hear? Almost
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
75%
Best: Oxygène, Pt. 2; Oxygène, Pt. 4
Must-Hear? Nah. There's nothing wrong with it, it just failed to completely grab my attention.
Dr. Octagon
4/5
83%
Best: Earth People; Real Raw; Bear Witness; Wild and Crazy
Must-Hear? Sure
Ride
4/5
82%
Best: Seagull; Kaleidoscope; Decay
Must-Hear? You could make the argument
Cee Lo Green
3/5
77%
Best: The Art of Noise; I'll Be Around; All Day Love Affair; Let’s Stay Together
Must-Hear? Not quite
Maxwell
5/5
90%
Best: The Urban Theme; Welcome; Sumthin' Sumthin'; Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder); Dancewitme; ...Til the Cops Come Knockin'; Suitelady (The Proposal Jam); The Suite Theme
Must-Hear? Yes
David Bowie
3/5
79%
Best: Changes; Life on Mars?; Queen Bitch
Must-Hear? Almost. If I were to eliminate a Bowie album for the 1001 (which needs to happen), it would be this. This is only my third Bowie record, but that's the way it stands as of now.
Röyksopp
4/5
84%
Best: So Easy; Poor Leno; Röyksopp's Night Out; Remind Me
Must-Hear? Sure
Pere Ubu
3/5
75%
Best: Navvy; Dub Housing; I, Will Wait
Must-Hear? Nah
Bee Gees
3/5
74%
Best: Marley Purt Drive; Whisper Whisper; Sound Of Love; Never Say Never Again; First Of May
Must-Hear? Nah. Stick to their golden-era Disco albums. (Maybe a non-disco Bee Gees album is more worth listening to than this. I wouldn't know.)
Arrested Development
4/5
86%
Best: People Everyday; Mr. Wendal; Fishin' 4 Religion; Give A Man A Fish; Dawn of the Dreads; Tennessee
Must-Hear? Sure
The xx
3/5
75%
Best: Dangerous; Say Something Loving; Lips
Must-Hear? Nah
3/5
70%
Best: Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind); I Really Don't Want To Know; The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight
Must-Hear? Nah
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
86%
Best: Peter Piper; It's Tricky; My Adidas; Walk This Way; Perfection
Must-Hear? Sure
George Michael
4/5
81%
Best: Faith; I Want Your Sex (Pts. 1 & 2) [specifically Pt. 2]; Hard Day
Must-Hear? Sure
Jane's Addiction
4/5
85%
Best: Had a Dad; Mountain Song; Jane Says; Pigs in Zen
Must-Hear? Sure
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
62%
Best: Sun Forest; Hollywood
Must-Hear? No
Megadeth
4/5
85%
Best: Holy Wars...The Punishment Due; Hangar 18; Poison Was The Cure; Tornado Of Souls; Rust In Peace...Polaris
Must-Hear? Sure
Frank Zappa
5/5
90%
Best: Peaches en Regalia; Willie the Pimp; The Gumbo Variations
Must-Hear? Yes
Kate Bush
4/5
84%
Best: Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God); The Big Sky; Cloudbusting; Waking The Witch; Hello Earth
Must-Hear? Sure
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
86%
Best: Luv N' Haight; Poet; Family Affair; Brave & Strong; Time; Thank You for Talkin' to Me, Africa
Prince
4/5
87%
Best: Let’s Go Crazy; Computer Blue; When Doves Cry; I Would Die 4 U; Purple Rain
Must-Hear? Sure