A near perfect folk-rock album from the 70s. It's the simply yet elegantly beautiful track Harvest that scores most of the points in this record for me. The cinematic orchestral swells in songs like A man needs a maid (??) and There's a world feels unnecessary. Alabama was a banging rocker. The outro track with the piano was good. Overall, it's just....good.

50s old school rock and roll and jazz. Wild, weird and dance worthy (for the old folk). Doesn't work much for me other than the fact that the origins of rock music can be traced back to here.

Finally a jazz album that's not Miles Davis or John Coltrane. A very complex, heady and musically rich sounding album that could also put you to a trance or sleep if you're tired. Opening track is very heady and abstract. The track Pannonica with its jingle bells and slow tempo almost feels like a lullaby. Overall an album to listen to if you want to listen to more jazz.

The Soul record you have to listen to. Nearly 90 minutes long but each song super melodic and catchy. Wonder's velvet smooth sound is very beautiful to listen to. Songs have great production: sounds very clean. Like Mozart pieces. Fun and enjoyable. Political lyrics seems a bit cliched (still relevant though). Favorites: Love's in need of love today, Sir Duke, Joy inside my tears, Another star, Ebony Eyes.

A brooding, melancholic vocal jazz record carried mostly by Nina Simone's powerful vocals and beautiful piano. Except for the track Four Women, all songs are about love and heartbreak. Very easy on ears and sleep inducing (in a good way). Favorites: I love your loving ways, Four Women, Lilac Wine, Wild is the wind (absolutely gorgeous), Either way I lose.

Soft and lush socially charged soul album. Lyrics less preachy.Short and precise even though sounds loose and jazzy. Favorites: What's Going on, Mercy Mercy, Save the children, inner city blues

80s girl pop, synths and glassy vocals.The hugely popular opening track is indeed a banger. Loved the faint barking vocals in the song Hounds of Love. Along the middle it becomes a bit atmospheric and sounds as if something from a disney princess adventure. Jig Of Life with it's bagpipe like instrumentation is fun. Last two tracks forgettable.

90s Dance-house-techno-big beat record. All bangers. Every track danceable. Loved the looping short vocal samples and the big drop beats. Great fusion of rock, jazz and funk in some tracks. So much fun. Favorites: Rockafella skank, Gangster trippin, Kalifornia, You're not from Brighton, Praise you.

An electronic record without any novel ideas. Songs having more of rock flavour are better. how do you sleep and call the police great tracks. The 12 minute closer black screen very grim and sad. But overall it's underwhelming.

Laid back, chill and easy going album. First reggae album I've ever heard. The instrumentation is sparse but the melodies and beat are infectious and catchy. Goes best with weed.

A great American classic rock album. Rocks hard. Songs are mostly about working class disillusionment and need for love. Vocal range is exceptional from the screams of Born in Usa and the intimate pathos in Downbound train, I'm on fire and My hometown. A perfect rock album that is catchy, fun and emotional in equal parts .

A clean alternative pop/rock album. Every song is listenable, with great guitars and vocal harmonies. Lyrics are absurd af. Too jangly. Okayish. Favorites: Talk about the passion, We walk.

A short 70s soft rock/jazz rock album. Clean production. First five songs are great. Second half just didn't work for me, except maybe the song Pretzel Logic. Other favorites: Night by Night, Barrytown, Any major dude will tell you.

Such a creative and fun record. Proper 80s fun vibe. Opening track a total crazy banger. Super emotive and wild vocals. The Beautiful Ones is probably the wildest vocals I've ever heard in a song. Darling Nikki is seductively cool. And wrap things up, the perfect rock ballad Purple Rain. Pinnacle of emotional rock. Loved it!

Hard hitting, inventive, mature, badass yet beautiful. Kendrick raps incredibly about fame, wealth, guilt, institutional racism, the black experience and above all the transformation of one's self through art. Music and instrumentation has a whole lot of inspirations from classic Gangsta rap, Jazz, Funk and soul yet feels so original and fresh. Lamar's monologue of 'I remember you was conflicted' gives a very human touch to the record and sort of encapsulates the album theme. Absolutely amazing! Favorites: Wesley's Theory, King Kunta, u, Alright, For Sale, The Blacker the Berry, i, Mortal man

Definitely punkier than the 60s Beatles, yet- with the Beach Boys inspired melodies and vocal harmonies- less wilder than the Stones. Some insane drums by Keith Moon throughout. Lyrically uninteresting. Instrumentally listenable. Favorites: Out in the street, I don't mind, My Generation, I'm a Man.

Was misled by the epicness of the cover. Latin music mostly fails to appeal me. Here there are a bunch of subdued boring latin infused songs or rather instrumentals with some good guitars and bass. An album labelled rock from a guitarist should be epic. This was bland. Liked: Black Magic Woman, Samba Pa Ti (lovely singing by the guitar)

Meh. 60s Psychedelia. The first four songs are okay. The opening track with it's badass horn section was great. Has some good instrumentation especially the strings. The melodies are unique too. But the songs feel very weak and at times musically bland and whiny and annoying.

A near perfect folk-rock album from the 70s. It's the simply yet elegantly beautiful track Harvest that scores most of the points in this record for me. The cinematic orchestral swells in songs like A man needs a maid (??) and There's a world feels unnecessary. Alabama was a banging rocker. The outro track with the piano was good. Overall, it's just....good.

Having listened to two of her albums in a short span, I can say that her music doesn't work for me. It might be objectively good and beautiful with lush instrumentation and feminine poetry, but that kind of experience doesn't interests me. Here too, the songs are at no fault objectively (except the thin production and the too drowned out vocals on some tracks), but they don't appeal to my sense of beauty like Kate Bush's face does. Liked: The Sensual World, Reaching out, Rocket's tail.

A fun straight forward no nonsense rock and roll (glam rock) album. All the songs are cool and catchy hence the run time of nearly an hour doesn't feel tedious. There are some mellow chilled out innocent little songs like the opener Metal guru, Mystic Lady, Rock on and Spaceball Ricochet. There are rock and roll bangers as well like Buick Mackane, Chariot Choogle and Cadillac. Enjoyed it.

An 80s rock/pop album with generic 80s sound. Didn't like the vocals in this. Didn't liked the too jangly sound. Sledgehammer is an absolute banger though. Big time is okay too. We do what we're told is pretty. Rest is just meh. Also, terrible album cover.

Not your generic britpop album. This has a breath of fresh air, both lyrically and instrumentally. It's also not all sunny happy songs. There's a shade of grey and melancholy too, especially the second half of the record. First half is pretty sunny tho. Song number one Beetlebum is beautiful and gentle. Song number 2 song 2 is woo ho. The instrumental 'Theme for the retro' brings the tonal change. There's weird, trippy instrumentation through out the second half. Other favorites: Death of a party (eerie organs), Essex Dogs (mysteriously badass vibes)

Gothic Folk was a new genre for me. It's dark and broody, just like the album cover. And though I like dark stuff, I prefer it heavier. This was light as a feather. Loved the song Black. Maybe I'll revisit this. But for now, it's just meh.

Short, crisp and catchy disco/R&B album. Production is great, ear candy. The bass and Nile Rodgers plucky guitars are so beautiful. But that's it. Nothing much. Favorites: Good Times, A warm sunmer night, Will you cry (when you hear this song).

Classic. I think Beatles were the pioneers of making music that was critically acclaimed without being too high brow or avant-garde. This album is the best example of it. There are so many experimental elements and yet as a whole it's a fun catchy experience. Although all the Beatles shine on this, it's the McCartney songs that does it for me. Eleanor Rigby, Here there and everywhere (my favourite from the album), For no one, Good day sunshine. Harrison's hindustani classical music inspired For no one is beautiful. Lennon's I'm only sleeping and Tomorrow never knows with it's reversed guitars is so trippy. No skips, even Ringo's yellow submarine is fun to listen to with it's goofy lyrics and sing-along rhythm. Truly the pioneers of Pop music.

Too old school for me. No disrespect. I just don't like the blues.

Instrumentally not very exciting or lush as her second album. Lyrically its mostly about her boyfriends and how they treat her and cheat her and all that. Huge inspirations from the R&B music of the 50s and 60s. Too long. Liked: Intro/Stronger than me, Fuck me Pumps (favourite), Moody's Mood for love, Help Yourself.

It's supposed to be an alternative classic, and sure you can feel it's greatness, but after all that technical brilliance and razor sharp production, if the music doesn't touches your soul, then what to feel about it? I don't know. The opening track's grooves are irresistible. Brian Eno's production makes sure that you hear each and every instrument with crystal clear clarity. Loved the song Great Curve. It's one running beast of a song behind which you can only half run/dance and try to catch up. Once In A Lifetime is okayish. Rest I didn't care much, not even the brooding closer The Overload. And yes I'm not a big fan of African music. It's fun, but not 'nuf.

White boys doing Reggae didn't sound good to me, but after a couple of listens I was interested. Reggae rock would be a perfect genre to listen to chilling at the beach on a sunny day. Frontman Sting's vocals and basslines are so cool. Loved the songs Walking on the moon and The Bed's too big without you (the syrupy interplay of the lead guitar and bass is so groovy). But honestly I'm a bit tired of listening to New Wave. Please don't test my patience.

Not quite grunge but noisier with lo-fi production. Almost all the songs are equally noisy and jangly. Vocals are weak, and not intentionally. Almost all songs kind of sound similar without any melodic hooks or notable guitar passages. And then there is this growling monster of a song ' Don't '. Probably the heaviest/noisiest thing I've ever heard. Truly ear bleeding. Maybe a 2.5.

Nothing sounded like it when it first came out, or when I first heard it four years ago (when I wasn't exposed to much music). A completely new sound, a record that defies any genre classification. Abstract. Noisy. Dissonant. And yet, if you peel slowly, at the core there is something very beautiful and sweet. It's like modern art. You may think that who cannot make noise for 7 and a half minutes and call it a song? Who cannot write random rhyming words to a rhythm that doesn't mean anything? Who cannot be a vocalist without having a soothing voice, like Nico? But nobody did it and they did. They thought out of the box. This is truly one of the greatest achievements in music. And I sort of feel proud that I was able to understand and appreciate it's genius even before knowing about it's legacy. All songs are favorites. So I'll just rank them. Sunday Morning > All tomorrow's parties > I'll Be Your Mirror > Venus in Fur > Femme Fatale > The Black Angel's Death Song > Heroin > I'm waiting for the man > Run Run Run > There she goes again > European Son

Bangers after bangers. Noisy and punk yet immensely accessible. I don't think I need to say anything about Teen spirit, In bloom, Come as you are and Lithium. 10/10s. Territorial Pissings(favourite) and Stay Away (new find) blew my mind. So much energy and madness. The raw power of punk.Polly and Something in The way are hauntingly beautiful. I love Cobain's lyrics. Sounds both deep and nonsensical at the same time. And he's self-aware about that. The songs here make me want to start a band and perform these songs in Cobain style before an audience that includes my crush. Someday.

If only he could sing decently, I would've given it a solid 4. Instrumentally it's so good, be it the beautiful piano throughout, the bittersweet guitar riffs or jazzy and soulful horns and saxophones. There is classic rock and roll energy as well as tender moments.The sax solo in Jungleland is such an emotional ride.(And the album should've ended with that. But the song stretches on to end with his typical croaking). Lyrics are great too. But his vocals and lack of melody in his singing are a big downer for me.And I'm not a purist when it comes to voice. I love Bob Dylan and Kurt Cobain. But they sound self aware. Springsteen's voice just doesn't strike the same chord. Is it an acquired taste? Will it grow on me? Album cover is so cool though. Favorites: Thunder road, Backstreets, Born to Run, She's the one,

Just an 80s hard rock album where all the songs sound so same. Sounds just like it's awful album cover.Boomer rock. No standouts. Tired of listening to all these boomer music.

This is the African music I like. Psychedelic and jazzy. Loved the tribal voodoo chants and the mystic Oriental instrumentation. It creates a strange vibe of being in some kind of a cult that looks goofy and funny at first but as you listen more, you feel something dark is there underneath the goofiness. Still felt that it could've better with a tighter structure. Liked: Gris-gris Gumbo ya ya, Danse Kalinda Ba Boom, Croker Courtbullion, Jump Sturdy

Emotional and dramatic but less so than Funeral. They went for a subdued, more mature sound in this one. Although the lyrics seems to be about apocalypse, loss of innocence among other heavy themes, the tone of the album feels rebelliously hopeful. Not a big fan of Win Butler's boomer voice. Also there are many fillers, so the one hour isn't that great an experience. Anyways, it rocks and has emotion. So that's fine with me. Liked: The Suburbs (absolutely gorgeous), Suburban War, Wasted Hours, Sprawl II .

A great folk rock album. Inspite of the two 9 minutes+ songs and the overall loose instrumentation, it is precise and not at all a drag. Neil Young sings in his signature gentle voice about love and heartbreak (mostly) while the band rocks with a kind of a lazy energy. Down by the river is such a banger. The Losing End was my favourite from the record. It's like the definition of bittersweet. The high pitched strings of Running Dry where also something new to listen in a rock song. Cowgirl in the sand could've been shorter. Overall, it was great.

Straight forward, fast-tempoed rock songs. First half was good. By the second half, it starts to sound monotonous. Nothing much really to listen to.

It is difficult for me to appreciate an album just because it was groundbreaking when it came out, but you can't deny that these boys really knew how to make proper pop music. They have a strong sense of melody and that shines through the best of the tracks here. 'If I fell', 'And I Love Her' and ' I'll Be Back ' were my favourites just because of the beautiful melody and the harmony. Rest of the songs are just good. Nothing special.I think it's mostly a Lennon album and I prefer McCartney to him.

A different kind of country album. Loosely structured with most of the tracks being 1-2 minute interludes and very sparse instrumentation, it still worked for me as it created a mood. The storytelling was also very evocative.There are only a few fully developed songs (but that maybe be a creative choice) in this and out of them I absolutely loved the gentle and mostly silent 'Can I sleep in your arms'. No other song on its own attracted my attention. But like I said, the whole thing sets a mood. So it was okay for me.

An album with no drums or bass, and generally sparse instrumentation, which, after my first spin, I thought was a cool creative choice and definitely had a gentle vibe, contrasted by her deadpan vocals and heady surreal poetry. But then I read the Wikipedia article and came to know that Nico actually hated the album, as she wanted drums and more guitars. The flute and string arrangements, too, were added without her knowledge. That information changed my perspective. Sure, I loved the beautifully melancholic 'Fairest of The Seasons' and 'These Days.' But 'Winter Song' sounded too folky. The lack of drums in 'It Was A Pleasure Then' held back the sonic catharsis you usually experience in avant-garde noisy songs like that. And though the title track was a great tune with bittersweet flutes, I wondered how much better it would have sounded if it were rockier. The rest of the songs were just uninteresting. I feel that it would have been a solid 5-star album if Nico had been given full creative freedom.

A solid rock album, that doesn't forget to rock hard even when drowning in loose psychedelia. There are short tight catchy songs as well as 15 minute trippy cosmic rock experiences. The dynamics between the drums and Jimmy's powerhouse guitars carry the whole album. Loved the tracks 'Voodoo Chile', 'Gypsy Eyes', '1983' and 'Voodoo Child (slight return).

Throughout the album I was wondering how much better it would've been if it was stripped down to just some acoustic guitars and Drake's intimate vocals. The lush strings and flutes does work beautifully on some tracks. But on the whole, it sounds a bit overproduced. I loved Nick Drake's vocals. They sound as of a wise young man who has seen and gone through it all but still doesn't complain and is hopeful. Loved the tracks At the Chime of a City Clock and One of these Things First. Poor Boy was good too. The instrumental title track and the album closer Sunday were also a pleasant listen. The album cover has an old-school charm that is impossible to resist.

Thing with Steely Dan albums is that you can't really find a fault in it. Instrumentally as well as lyrically, they are good. Their songs are catchy with clean, groovy production. It's the lack of experimentation and passion that makes them uninteresting. You can sit through them, you may even like some of the songs (Do It Again, Dirty Work, Midnite Cruiser), but they seem to play safe.

Not a big fan of the jangly rock/pop sound in which R.E.M usually dabble, but here there are some gorgeous melancholic touches that I really liked. Drive, Everybody Hurts, Sweetness Follows, Nightswimming and Find The River are some really beautiful songs. Michael Stipe sings very clearly with just the right amount of emotional intensity. But there are bad songs too. Songs that spoil the tone of the record. Ignoreland and some other forgettable tracks. Still, all in all, a pretty decent listen.

Having heard Mezzanine, this felt a bit underwhelming but still a fire record. There's R&B, Soul, Hip-Hop and even Reggae.The opening song is just so badass. Loved the rimshot beat of Five Man Army. Unfinished Symphony was really unsettling. The track Lately was strangely beautiful. Others were just okay. Maybe a 3.5.

Might've been groundbreaking when it came out. And surely it has influenced a lot of artists and musical styles (notably rap-rock). But to the modern ears, it just sounds typical old school rap that has been so overused and even mocked in the 90s pop culture. But you can't deny the exuberance of youthful irreverence, libido and just raw energy these Manhattan punks display. I liked the tracks that rock- Rhymin' and Stealin', Fight For Your Right, No Sleep Till Brooklyn. But rest of them where just uninteresting.

A singer-songwriter folk album with tender yet strong vocal performance accompanied by gentle guitars, pianos and an instrument called Appalachian Dulcimer. Joni Mitchell's poetry is very intimate and she paints some really vivid and melancholic images. It's a mood piece, you have to be in the right mood and place. Her vocals, though, may come off as atonal or a bit whiny at some points for some. For me, they kind of worked. Loved the first half more, the first four songs. Little Green was my favourite. It's not a sad album throughout. There are upbeat songs as well. But still, the album mostly drenched me in waves of blue and I felt very relaxed. Definitely worth listening.

A true classic. I might be biased in favour of it because I was repeatedly listening to it during a bumpy phase of my life, but there is no denying the musical genius of David Bowie. It's really weird because the album has so many elements that usually put me off, like the vocals or the jangly sound. But none of that spoils the listening experience and I think it's because the album doesn't seem like a human creation. Bowie entirely became Ziggy Stardust. So it's basically an extraterrestrial rock and roll album, and hence the weirdness. Its's playful, it's dramatic, it rocks hard, it's emotional, it's everything. Above all, it's immensely accessible, with a tight structure. Probably the best opening and closing tracks ever in an album. It's a celebration of rock and roll and music.

A beautiful soft pop album right from the tender age of the 70s. Karen Carpenter delivers a gorgeous vocal performance singing songs of love, heartbreak and struggles of getting over it. The vocal harmonies were really soothing to the ears and the backing vocals complimented it well. Being a soft pop album, you won't find much instrumental adventures but there are some playful passages. Loved the first six songs more than the rest. The song Mr. Guder, although hauntingly playful, felt out of place. Album ended well with the jazzy instrumental flourish in the closer 'Another Song'. All in all a pleasant listen. Loved it.

A monotonous break up album with many easy-on-ears ballads that'll sound good on a night drive. Didn't like Beck's nasal whiny vocals. Lyrically just meh. Nigel Godrich's production gives it a polished sound, hence listenable.

Boring 80s pop. Neither catchy nor experimental.Bland. Pretentious. Forgettable.