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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Nixon
Lambchop
|
5 | 2.75 | +2.25 |
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Truth And Soul
Fishbone
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5 | 2.96 | +2.04 |
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Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
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5 | 2.99 | +2.01 |
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...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
The Dandy Warhols
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5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
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Vespertine
Björk
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5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
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Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
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5 | 3.25 | +1.75 |
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Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
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5 | 3.35 | +1.65 |
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
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5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
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5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
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Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
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5 | 3.39 | +1.61 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
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1 | 3.41 | -2.41 |
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
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1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
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High Violet
The National
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1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
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GREY Area
Little Simz
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1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
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Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
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1 | 3.18 | -2.18 |
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Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
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1 | 3.13 | -2.13 |
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Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
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1 | 3.09 | -2.09 |
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Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
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1 | 3.06 | -2.06 |
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Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
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1 | 3.05 | -2.05 |
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evermore
Taylor Swift
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1 | 3.03 | -2.03 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Drake | 2 | 5 |
| R.E.M. | 2 | 5 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| M.I.A. | 2 | 1 |
| Public Enemy | 2 | 1.5 |
| Sonic Youth | 3 | 2 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Portishead | 2, 5 |
| The Cure | 2, 5 |
| Radiohead | 4, 4, 2, 1 |
5-Star Albums (24)
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young · 23 likes
2/5
Corny, Stale, Naff, and Yawn
Queen · 2 likes
3/5
It's a good album, don't get me wrong, but it's coated in a thick, sticky layer of 70s excess and heavy guitars. Sometimes, it leaves me feeling a little sick by the end. With that said, I can see myself enjoying a lot of these songs individually in the future.
The Doors · 1 likes
2/5
It's fine - as an overstimulated zoomer who was born decades after this I probably miss out on a lot of the appeal and innovation of The Doors.
The Who · 1 likes
3/5
Sure, I like this. It's pretty good. Can't say much else, honestly.
The xx · 1 likes
2/5
No combination of words strike more fear into the heart of a man than "English Indie Pop".
1-Star Albums (28)
All Ratings
Gorillaz
4/5
Pretty good album to start this whole thing with. It's a little loaded, maybe a song or two could have been cut but overall I like. Favourite song was definitely the opener "Re-Hash" that shit hypes me up.
Boston
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Billy Joel
5/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Tracy Chapman
2/5
Air
5/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
1/5
phone bad >:(
Def Leppard
3/5
Dusty Springfield
2/5
Genesis
2/5
Portishead
2/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
Guns N' Roses
3/5
Goldie
4/5
Jane Weaver
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
How can a person listen to this and not rate it at least a 4? I haven't actually heard a Stevie Wonder album coming into this... I was a bit sceptical going in, noting the length and the fact that this was like his eighteenth album or something. But luckily, this is just solid from beginning to end, and it was over before I knew it.
Klaxons
2/5
Never heard of these guys before, so was very curious to get into it. Unfortunately, it didn't really work at all. It was a brief album, excluding the strange 10+ minute gap of silence to fit in the underwhelming secret track on the last song... it just didn't hook me at all, and I found it a tad dull.
Johnny Cash
4/5
My dad loves Johnny Cash and therefore I must also love Johnny Cash. Thems the rules.
Baaba Maal
2/5
This was pleasant, something a little lighter and more energetic after some heavier albums. Nothing I would revisit personally, though. I would have given it a 3 had it not been a bit too repetitive and lengthy - but it's very close.
The Who
3/5
Sure, I like this. It's pretty good. Can't say much else, honestly.
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
The Band
3/5
Bad Company
2/5
It's like a short but underwhelming yacht ride. Trite.
Pink Floyd
4/5
The algorithm is good to me, blessing me with this album after yesterday's flop. This is really just stellar - it doesn't quite hit the 5 star mark, but only because I have very specific standards for an album to reach that calibre, but this is definitely a 5 star album in general.
Kate Bush
4/5
I haven't actually listened to a Kate Bush album, for the reason that I resented her legendary status that Netflix Show helped popularise, and I deemed "Running Up That Hill" overrated. Thing is... I accidentally loved it. Stranger Things have happened, I suppose.
The Killers
4/5
This is a really difficult one to rate because the first half is really good, but it drops quite a bit in quality during the latter half. I decided to be gracious, because there is some excellent music in this album.
The Cure
2/5
I'm disappointed, but I suspect I might need to revisit this one eventually. I feel as if I missed a lot of the nuance.
Talvin Singh
2/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Another Pink Floyd, so soon after the last album? You're too good to me. This is a definite 5 stars through and through.
Ananda Shankar
2/5
Justice
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
The Smiths
2/5
Every song sounds the same. I need to be in a very specific mood to enjoy this type of music and it was just not hitting today.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
This is pretty good, it does all sound a little bit samey but I think it's short and sweet enough to not bring the quality down too much. It doesn't get higher than 3 stars however, as the only standout song was "The Bucket"... and my dad would kill me if I scored this album lower, he loves these guys.
Rush
3/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
2/5
Corny, Stale, Naff, and Yawn
UB40
2/5
It's just some standard reggae, man. It's not even particularly good reggae...
Green Day
4/5
I almost resent Green Day being good, but goddamnnit, this is great.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Talk Talk
4/5
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
The Specials
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
2/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
My 50th album! A pretty minor milestone when looking at the long road ahead, but it's still satisfying.
...oh, the album? It's pretty great - OK, even. Massively overrated if we're really saying this is one of the best of all time, though.
Frank Zappa
4/5
This Zappa fellow has incredible aura.
The Rolling Stones
2/5
This whole album is basically the brilliant "Sympathy for the Devil" stacked on top of nine turds.
Aimee Mann
2/5
All filler, no killer.
Prince
2/5
Leftfield
2/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
The album is almost perfect, save for that 11 minute long blight that completely kills the pacing.
Pantera
3/5
Charles Mingus
2/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
ZZ Top
3/5
George Michael
3/5
Aretha Franklin
3/5
This is good! Classic! I feel like once I get older I can appreciate this a lot more.
Sparks
3/5
Finley Quaye
2/5
The Doors
2/5
Led Zeppelin
2/5
It's really painful listening to these classic albums for the first time, only to come out extremely underwhelmed by something so critically acclaimed. Like I really want to love Led Zeppelin, and this album, but I can't dig it at all.
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
The Charlatans
2/5
Look at the album cover. Complete apathy coming from all those lads, you can tell they didnae put their heart into it at all.
Fats Domino
3/5
It definitely was Fats Domino. He's good, but has been massively outclassed in every respect afterwards.
Living Colour
3/5
Gene Clark
3/5
The Go-Go's
4/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Can
2/5
This album lulls you into a false sense of security with some solid music, and then suddenly Frank Zappa comes out of nowhere to barrage you with like 35 minutes of feeling like you're losing your mind.
The Monks
2/5
Portishead
5/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
2/5
You're watching Adventure Call! My name is Falconhoof, and I will be your guide on your quest!
Billy Bragg
2/5
3/5
King Crimson
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
Carpenters
2/5
That godforsaken song has popped up in my life like half a dozen times for the past week. Please make it stop.
The xx
2/5
No combination of words strike more fear into the heart of a man than "English Indie Pop".
Rush
3/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Method Man
2/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Beck
4/5
Foo Fighters
3/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Lauryn Hill
2/5
For the greatest album of all time that was pretty shit.
Mudhoney
4/5
3/5
Parliament
4/5
Metallica
3/5
Deep Purple
2/5
I genuinely got pissed when I arrived at the last track to find out that's it's 20 bleeding minutes long.
M.I.A.
1/5
This is my 100th album. Thank you for the headache and also recommending me 99 albums before I had to suffer through this one.
Elliott Smith
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
It's alright. It's adequate. I hate to be rating all these albums 3 out of 5 - 4 is a bit much for an album I just kind of thought was okay, and 2 would make it out like I disliked the album. Ah well.
The National
1/5
T. Rex
3/5
Judas Priest
4/5
Sigur Rós
5/5
For me, this was the "Holy shit. I get it." moment for post-rock.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
As far as overly long live albums go, this is pretty much the best it can get.
Dolly Parton
2/5
Country is so polarising for me, and unfortunately this ended up on the wrong side of it. Not feeling this at all. It sounds like any other country music I've heard.
Talking Heads
4/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
That harmonica lives rent-free in my head after listening to this album, it's strangely brilliant yet extremely irritating at the same time. Anyhow, I can't in good conscience rate this anywhere above or below the average of 3 stars, it has the problem of every song being basically indistinguishable - but it's pleasant, Bob Dylan's voice doesn't grate on me.
Electric Light Orchestra
5/5
This is like the 5th best Electric Light Orchestra album, and yet it's still getting the maximum rating. I know why this one is on here though, it obviously has the "Concerto For a Rainy Day" suite, you can't really argue with "Mr Blue Sky".
I do think something like "A New World Record" or "Time" are better albums all around though, because this one is a little overlong and some songs are a bit forgettable, in comparison to the all killer, no filler albums I rank above it.
You have an impure soul if you're rating this under 3 stars. I'm sorry, I don't make up the rules.
Fever Ray
2/5
Eh, I really vibe with the actual music, but I can't get behind Miss Fever Ray's grating vocals. There is something about the vocal delivery that genuinely pisses me off a little, it's like she's preventing me from actually enjoying the music. It reminds me of a coherent Yoko Ono.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2/5
It just sounds like reggae, man. Clearly my ears aren't sonically refined enough to appreciate much more about it other than being pretty good reggae.
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
I will not respect your concept album if the concept doesn't have enough substance to constitute a full album, so you have to have this awkward second side to justify it even being an album in the first place.
That said, I like Mrs. Robinson doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
The Stone Roses
4/5
My dad likes this one a lot, and I do too :)
Beatles
4/5
The Black Crowes
2/5
My head really didn't need this today.
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Respect to Gaye for putting a sequel to his song within the same goddamn album. He must really like gettin' it on.
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
George Jones
3/5
Funkadelic
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
This is a very good album but I struggle to fully enjoy it sometimes because of the weird fuzzy sound it has... it's off, but not too intrusive to make it not an amazing listening experience.
Little Richard
3/5
The Police
3/5
Stan Getz
4/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Morrissey
4/5
Morrissey sounds like an insufferable human being, to such a ridiculous extent that I sort of respect him in a way that transcends understanding.
I think this album is superior to any The Smiths outing, so I can definitely say he's at least a good artist with confidence.
k.d. lang
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
The Stooges
2/5
David Ackles
2/5
Eminem
2/5
It's like a bad Adult Swim show.
DJ Shadow
5/5
4/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Good music for when you go on a scenic boat trip with your FBI-informing mafia associate (after he appears to you as a talking fish in a dream).
The Style Council
3/5
Posh twat university student core.
Pixies
4/5
Bill Callahan
3/5
Ghostface Killah
2/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
Eagles
2/5
This is just... how do I rate this?! It feels like it transcends rating.
Air
4/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
I feel like these songs have lost their flavour due to the passage of time.
Khaled
1/5
What even is 'world' music? Would this be considered world in its country of origin? I don't know. What I do know is this album is an odd duck, and I don't really want anything to do with it.
Kelela
1/5
I praise the production team for making every song sound like the one that came before it, and making me question my ears.
Fela Kuti
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
2/5
Probably the most mediocre thing I've listened to on this list so far.
Eels
4/5
Circle Jerks
3/5
Finally, an album that respects my time!
Oasis
3/5
Public Enemy
2/5
a-ha
4/5
I always love exploring a-ha, because you would never expect truly quality music out of the "Take on Me" band. Not that "Take on Me" isn't one of the finest one hit wonders out there, but you know what I mean?
Dire Straits
4/5
Pretty amazing at the start, although it fizzles out into mii maker music near the end.
Solange
2/5
I was vibing with this for a little bit... but it's just so one note and my opinion on it dropped dramatically as it went further on. I was begging for it to be over by the end. A real shame.
Tori Amos
3/5
Neneh Cherry
2/5
The Cure
5/5
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
The scariest thing about listening to this album is that I know they have another entry on the list... lurking in the shadows... waiting to strike the moment I let my guard down... and I'm going to force myself to listen to it all the way through.
Liz Phair
3/5
Phair enough.
Coldplay
2/5
Jeff Beck
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Pixies
3/5
Heaven 17
1/5
Falling asleep just by looking at the cover... and listening to it put me in a coma shortly after. Snoozefest. Nothing interesting to note.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
John Coltrane
2/5
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
do i fucking look like i have time to listen to an hour and a half long album on christmas eve ;-;
Various Artists
2/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Richard Hawley
3/5
Kid Rock
2/5
This really isn't *that* bad, although it does sound like music that'd play during the credits of a Paul W.S. Anderson Resident Evil movie...
For a gutter-tier rated album I expected much, much worse.
Iggy Pop
3/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Primal Scream
3/5
Drive Like Jehu
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
The Strokes
3/5
Beck
3/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Pixies
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Ian Dury
1/5
Just too fucking British. Calm it down, mate. I hate quirky British music... except Madness, they can stay.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Mj Cole
2/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Fleet Foxes
4/5
The Pogues
3/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
Lou Reed
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
The Crusaders
2/5
The War On Drugs
3/5
Queen
3/5
k.d. lang
3/5
Pretenders
4/5
Dire Straits
4/5
The Kinks
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Pretty solid honestly, I enjoyed this a bit more than the other Dylan albums I've heard so far.
Pulp
3/5
The Cars
4/5
Simple Minds
3/5
The Auteurs
3/5
The Police
4/5
Dizzee Rascal
1/5
The Brits do it again by needlessly slaughtering another beloved genre.
The Smiths
3/5
The Everly Brothers
2/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
MGMT
3/5
Marvin Gaye
2/5
Supergrass
4/5
Petrifying album art, but some of the best britpop has to offer.
Grizzly Bear
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Faith No More
4/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Afrika Bambaataa
2/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Pearl Jam
5/5
Even the album knows it's a Ten.
Teenage Fanclub
4/5
This is much better than "Nevermind", honestly. I love the dumb pink cover to death. I'm afraid the top reviews are on the wrong side with this one.
Marvin Gaye
3/5
The Clash
3/5
The Doors
2/5
It's fine - as an overstimulated zoomer who was born decades after this I probably miss out on a lot of the appeal and innovation of The Doors.
Erykah Badu
2/5
It's really good until she starts singing and then it just sort of goes downhill from there unfortunately. This could've been a vibe, and that's the biggest tragedy of them all.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
Napalm Death
2/5
That one review stayed in my head longer than a single second from this album.
Machito
3/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Boards of Canada
2/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Soundgarden
4/5
This has the problem with a lot of other albums, in that when the big hit song comes on it completely takes me out of the album purely based on the notoriety of the song (and also Black Hole Sun being like twice as good as any other song on this). Still, it's very good.
Butthole Surfers
2/5
About on par for what I'd expect to be coming out of a butthole.
Gillian Welch
2/5
Whatever Gillian is awkwardly glancing at off-screen on the album cover is probably infinitely more interesting than a single note of music on this dreary, booooring album.
The Modern Lovers
2/5
>The Modern Lovers
>actually very dated and not that loving
What did they mean by this?
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Fred Neil
3/5
All I can think of is Chrissy laid out on that park bench, drugged out of his mind...
Hole
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Frank Black
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Pulp
4/5
The Sugarcubes
4/5
The White Stripes
2/5
808 State
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Dirty Projectors
1/5
I can picture the type of person to enjoy this and it fills me with such a visceral, irrational hatred. Seething. I have issues.
You can listen to this album by looking at the cover and the genre list. Just look at it. That's what it sounds like, and it's as bad as it sounds.
The Temptations
2/5
Faust
2/5
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
Frank Ocean
2/5
Artificial soul.
Gary Numan
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Wire
3/5
The Kinks
4/5
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Duke Ellington
2/5
James Brown
3/5
Muddy Waters
2/5
Moby
4/5
It's a little too scatter-brained sometimes, and the over-exposure to this music in the past probably influences my judgement, but this is truly great stuff.
Adele
3/5
Not necessarily bad but it's just so middling and I'm a little sick of Adele's vocal performance due to being overexposed to it around when this album came out, as impressive as it is. I wish I could rate it a 2.5 (hehe) but I'll be nice and round it up to a 3.
The Who
2/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Soft Cell
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
Not entirely sure what he was going for but I dig it about as much as I enjoy other Bowie albums. It's strange how diverse his material can be but it all ends up at the same rating for me, which I guess is a testament to his consistency? I don't know.
This comes across as a very polarising album, that's for sure, I can definitely see why some people would love it and why some would find it self indulgent.
PJ Harvey
2/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
Through listening to this pretty decent album I realised that Fiona Apple is absolutely capable of producing something I love, because this is the kind of music that really appeals to me. However, as of yet that potentially 4/5 star album is unrealised. Maybe the next Fiona Apple album will be kino?
4/5
Queen
3/5
It's a good album, don't get me wrong, but it's coated in a thick, sticky layer of 70s excess and heavy guitars. Sometimes, it leaves me feeling a little sick by the end. With that said, I can see myself enjoying a lot of these songs individually in the future.
Queens Of The Stone Age
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
M.I.A.
1/5
Why does she get two mentions on this list, exactly? This one is arguably worse than the last because it doesn't have paper planes which is her sole banger - the rest is mash.
R.E.M.
5/5
Paul McCartney
3/5
The Prodigy
4/5
Something about this hits so much harder after weeks of milquetoast guitar and jazz albums.
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Cocteau Twins
5/5
...so this is what us Scottish people sound like to outsiders?
Prince
3/5
Bobby Womack
4/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Chad move putting an interview at the end of your studio album, gotta respect that.
4/5
Little Simz
1/5
I wish I didn't have to rate all of these modern inclusions so low, but this album has nothing going on. It's musically uninteresting, and it veers into being obnoxious a couple of times. Never been a hip-hop fan, honestly.
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
Otis Redding
2/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Meat Puppets
3/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Sam Cooke
2/5
The Go-Betweens
4/5
This is just magic, to me. I can't really justify giving it the maximum rating, but it's so damn catchy and enchanting!
The Specials
3/5
Skunk Anansie
5/5
This is an unexpected surprise, I was going in thinking that I would hate this album because of all the individual elements - but it's incredibly well done. It's the closest thing to metal that I'll truly enjoy, I believe.
Van Halen
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Incubus
2/5
U2
2/5
David Bowie
2/5
Lambchop
5/5
This is so relaxing and pleasant. I visualise all the songs I listen to in my head, and none have produced more joyous imagery than this album.
Le Tigre
2/5
...wait a minute, these girls did that awful "I'm With Her" video back in 2016, right? I like the instrumentation on this album a fair bit, but the tedious vocal delivery and awful mix kills it completely.
Willie Nelson
3/5
Weather Report
2/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
The Clash
4/5
Punk music but they actually know how to write real music and real lyrics instead of sperging out on the microphone for 2 minutes.
Thin Lizzy
2/5
A live Thin Lizzy album is probably amongst the things I want to listen to the least on this current day.
Bad Brains
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
2/5
Nirvana
3/5
Eagles
2/5
Suicide
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
The Who
4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Moby Grape
2/5
Van Halen
3/5
Janelle Monáe
2/5
Ice Cube
3/5
This dude acting like he's this influential prophetical lyricist when half of the songs are just about fucking bitches and killing gangstas, and then using snippets of speeches and interviews with no context, then calling that riveting social commentary.
I do kind of like it, though.
Marty Robbins
3/5
Fairport Convention
4/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Makes me feel sophisticated and classy whilst also having major alcoholism and domestic issues.
Black Sabbath
4/5
Steely Dan
5/5
I love this so much, every song is a delight to listen to. Pure joy from beginning to end, the production is excellent and makes every instrument sound immaculate.
AC/DC
3/5
The Thrills
4/5
I couldn't help but compare this vocalist to Grandaddy because the similarities are almost uncanny.
I really did like this album, though, I have a weakness for these comfy 60s inspired bands. I do sorta wish that Jellyfish or The Lemon Twigs were on here, though. I'd even take more XTC or ELO.
Norah Jones
4/5
This is one of these "Fuck you, I liked it." albums. I was in a damn good mood.
Barry Adamson
2/5
Scott Walker
3/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Radiohead
2/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Black Flag
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
It's okay. I prefer his later albums where he finds his footing and his balls droop down a little lower.
Iron Maiden
4/5
New York Dolls
3/5
Keith Jarrett
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Wilco
2/5
Is that the fucking meet the engineer song?
Neu!
4/5
Motörhead
2/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
Snoop Dogg
3/5
The Icarus Line
1/5
This album should have the 'rock' genre stricken off of it, because this does not rock in any way, shape, or form. Just depressing.
ZZ Top
3/5
Dead Kennedys
3/5
Kacey Musgraves
1/5
This sounds EXACTLY like those Suno AI songs - the resemblance is uncanny. That's probably the only area in which this album has been 'influential' in any capacity.
The Cardigans
4/5
I'm a third of the way through the list! I've already listened to this album, so it's a nice little checkpoint where I don't have to fully lock in. Love The Cardigans. Those silky sweet vocals always put me at ease.
Cat Stevens
4/5
David Bowie
2/5
Bon Jovi
4/5
Nas
2/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
fIREHOSE
2/5
Paul Simon
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Are people here really getting filtered by Elvis Costello? This is perfectly solid music, and I'd take it over any of the endless Bowie slop this list loves.
Neil Young
2/5
Cream
2/5
ABBA
4/5
Killing Joke
3/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Nirvana
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
The Waterboys
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Taylor Swift
1/5
You know, I thought I would enjoy this. I do have a weakness for "basic bitch pop music", despite it being poisonous hollow slop, but unfortunately this is just not doing it for me. Just incredibly dreary - where's the energy? Production is ass too, there's something up with the guitars and the vocals that just makes this genuinely unlistenable.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
2/5
Queen
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
David Bowie
4/5
Elton John
3/5
Much like Elton Johns career, it starts off with a bang, and then just progressively peters out...
Grant Lee Buffalo
4/5
I dig this, it's a unique sound which is a treat on this list, and it maintains its consistent quality throughout the duration of the album.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
2/5
This is too stock for me. Too nothing. I'm sure its significance and innovation is lost on me, but on its own it's just not that great.
Elbow
4/5
OutKast
2/5
Disappointing. I always thought, with how prestigious this album is, that it would genuinely be something more than just another hip-hop album. The skits in this one are particularly outdated and embarrassing to listen to.
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
James Taylor
3/5
Radiohead
1/5
I've now discovered the reason that nobody talks about Radiohead's later albums... this is utter shit. I could stand Thom Yorke's whiny vocals in his earlier work, but he sounds like he's about to climax in this one, I can't take it anymore!
Randy Newman
3/5
Pleasant Randy session today, very laid back. It's a little too "sing-songy", I would never revisit the full album, but I'll get some mileage out of a couple songs here.
American Music Club
2/5
Had to haul ass over to SoulSeek for this one, not exactly a worthwhile venture. It's acceptable enough, I guess? It does sound ahead of its time, which is impressive, but the sound is bland, and if it did come out in the 1990s, it'd fall into obscurity.
Shack
2/5
There was something unique about listening to this album, but not the good kind.
This is perfectly acceptable music, and I genuinely enjoy a number of the compositions and instrumentation... but it's missing something, and it feels like it would have been dated even way back in '99. Everything done here has been done better, before and since.
Public Enemy
1/5
Holy shit, this is the most obnoxious thing I've ever heard... and the worst part is, that's the point?!
Gang Starr
1/5
Disappointing 400th album. The songs just don't go anywhere - there's no progression, no structure. It just repeats a short sequence of notes with some inane mumbling layered over it until the 'song' is over.
Aphex Twin
4/5
This kind of music reminds me of the transitionary period of life that I'm currently in. It's a kind of purgatory that I find comfort in, oddly.
If there was a soundtrack to my life, it would realistically sound something like this.
Venom
2/5
This sounds like my cousin. I was yearning for something with adrenaline, but the production on this is noticeably poor. It's so muddy, and it feels as if there's a layer of Vaseline separating myself and the music.
Blur
3/5
PAHKLOIFE
Blur was never as good as Oasis, plain and simple. Oasis had a knack for creating catchy tunes that whisper sweet nothings in your ear with its ambiguous lyricism. Blur is just fun! I like Blur.
Fugazi
3/5
RIBENA 🗣🗣🗣
The Jam
3/5
I like The Jam, I can appreciate this kind of music. In and out. "That's Entertainment" is the highlight, but I also liked "Monday". This isn't something I'm going to be spreading often, but it's tastes good!
Arcade Fire
3/5
I've already experienced the mediocrity of Arcade Fire on this list, like a year ago. This revisit didn't shift my opinion much. The songs are good, but the album as a package is not.
The sound is just very overbearing, and loud. It's like the album is on its knees, begging you to get into their sound... and I admittedly feel some pity for them. I like some of this music, and it brings me back to my childhood, when this slop alt rock was running rampant on the radio.
Ms. Dynamite
2/5
Called Ms. Dynamite... but not a single banger.
In all seriousness, this isn't a horrible album, but it burns out very quickly because it feels like it loses energy after the first couple tracks. The beats are lethargic, and the lyrics are generic. No defusing this bomb of an LP.
The Teardrop Explodes
4/5
Waiter! Waiter! More Britpop, please! I sincerely don't know why people complain about British New Wave so much, as opposed to the countless rock albums about banging underage girls, or literally anything added to this list post-2010.
This album slaps, just pure energy and passion coming from these lads. Highlights are "Sleeping Gas" and "Reward".
Jacques Brel
2/5
This is a hard one to rate. It's definitely a unique listening experience, and doesn't overstay its welcome, but did I really like any of it? Not that much. It's good music, still. French is a lovely language and this dude's voice is certainly pleasant, but there's obviously a barrier since I imagine that this music is very lyrically driven!
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
Dime a dozen (or in this case, baker's dozen) psychedelic rock music. Too vanilla to be innovative, too indistinguishable to be unique, and too boring to get more than a 2 star rating from me.
The Undertones
3/5
Hey, I dig this. I know that these guys only really do one specific sound well, but it's a damn good sound - I ain't complaining. Highlights would be "There Goes Norman" and "Wednesday Week", just really captivating.
Nick Drake
5/5
This album reinvigorates my will to live, but simultaneously makes me want to lie down and die.
Sonic Youth
2/5
Kind of bored by this one, much like the last Sonic Youth album I received not that long ago. It's just a load of noise to me, nothing musically interesting or memorable.
The Soft Boys
4/5
Always happy to see some neo-psychedelic rock, I didn't listen to any of the bonus tracks but I'm sure they're just as solid and catchy. The sound is oddly warm and comforting to me, and I'm not sure why that is -- but who am I to complain?
Buzzcocks
3/5
Banger alert!!! God bless the Buzzcocks, this whole album had me pumped from beginning to end while I was walking about town. The vocals were a little irritating at first but I came back around on them in the end.
Beach House
2/5
This is what constitutes as dream pop nowadays? I love that genre, and I hear it very little; I just hear generic early 2010s pop music. I might as well have skipped this one, because I heard nothing new, memorable or interesting.
Barry Adamson
3/5
Not gonna lie, I liked this one. This is surprising given my last experience with ol' Barry was his autistic little movie soundtrack that unimpressed me, but I think the noir sound works a lot better in this instalment - and having your music in a Lynch movie certainly helps.
Mudhoney
3/5
Notably does not go as hard as the other Mudhoney album featured on the list, but goes hard nonetheless. Nothing truly stuck out, unfortunately, but I had a fun rockin' time.
3/5
Another banger alert by X, much better than the xx. Super polished punk music that actually sounds like music, and all the songs are catchy.
Cee Lo Green
3/5
This doesn't belong on the list -- but this was kind of a bop, it's a massive guilty pleasure. It was so breezy to listen to, I honestly can't even complain.
Shout out to "The Art of Noise" and "Evening News" specifically, those tracks did the most for me.
Goldfrapp
4/5
Oh, this album has some beautiful music in it. I've always felt that electronic music is the only music to actually elicit emotion out of my autistic ass for some reason.
It does sort of lose me in the middle, when things slow down and get a little more offbeat, but it picks itself up and I love where it goes. Shout out to "Paper Bag" and "Utopia".
Scissor Sisters
4/5
It's like if the Bee Gees took estrogen
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Never been a prog-rock person, too much meandering and weird breathing in this one. I also really do not enjoy whatever the vocals are trying to accomplish.
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
I really enjoy the instrumentation in this album, the guitar and bass work is very infectious. It retains this quality throughout the album, which is a major positive.
However, I really dislike Marianne Faithful's weird voice in this -- not to be rude, but if this were sung by any other major vocalist around at the time, this album would be a point or two higher.
Sheryl Crow
2/5
This just makes me sad about Kevin Gilbert -- any of his albums deserve to be here over this trite, Sheryl Crow is nothing without the people she actively screwed over. She's more of a vulture than a crow.
The Monkees
3/5
This is the cutest thing I've ever had the pleasure of hearing :3 I love The Monkees.
John Lennon
3/5
Surprisingly incredibly pleasant, likely due to the lack of Ono screeching. I guess being in The Beatles makes you a good lyricist and musician, who knew?
Scott Walker
3/5
I really got into this one, which is great seeing as I never got into Scott 4 as much -- that's something I need to revisit. I never expected such bangers from the album cover.
OutKast
3/5
I was really bracing myself to give a 1 to this album -- this absolute titan runs at over 2 hours long, and I didn't think too fondly of the OutKast album I heard roughly a month ago... but this one was actually good. Breezy, even. It helps that I listened to each side a couple hours from each other, I found this one a lot more soulful and less embarrassing than their previous entry.
Big Boi absolutely carries this one, though. He had the better side by a country mile.
The Libertines
2/5
I can stomach Britpop, but this indie landfill straight from the UK is far too much. It exists and then ceases to exist once you finish "listening" to it. It simply is.
Solomon Burke
2/5
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sounds like any other soul album, it made me feel a bit sleepy honestly -- boring.
Travis
4/5
I was expecting something far worse when I saw the reviews absolutely tearing into this... but for what its worth, this is one of the best 1990s British rock albums on the list so far, reminds me of Radiohead (specifically "The Bends") as well as Inspiral Carpets' discography.
I like this one quite a bit. I sang "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" in primary school, and I've heard my Dad put on quite a lot of music from this album throughout the years -- so there is likely bias here, but I find the vocals and guitarwork very easy to wallow in and enjoy.
Culture Club
1/5
I really don't see how this is significant in any way -- sure, "Karma Chameleon" is a one hit wonder, but it's a mediocre one at that, and the rest of the album is just incredibly dated tosh.
Jazmine Sullivan
1/5
Genuinely repulsive. Probably the worst lyricism I've seen on the list so far.
Santana
3/5
This is good. I'm not into overly guitar-y music, but this is very solid, and it did periodically excite me.
The Saints
2/5
You'd think Punk of all genres would be less formulaic, but no, every single song sounds basically identical. Meh.
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
I don't really see the purpose of having every MBV album on the list, especially this one, which is just a bit of a slog to get through. I guess it's to make me appreciate that they went on to actually make GOOD music.
Donovan
3/5
Some chill psychedelic tunes, I dig it!
Mariah Carey
2/5
End credit music from a movie released in the nineties type beat.
Marilyn Manson
2/5
It's long, and it's bad, and it made my head hurt. It barely escapes a 1, honestly. I wasn't alive in that decade, so some of the cultural significance is lost on me, but I'd probably like it less anyway hehe.
Digital Underground
2/5
This undeniably sucks, but it's sort of charming. You can tell they had fun making this! I appreciate that -- but at the end of the day, it still sucks.
Bonnie Raitt
2/5
Okay, this is an inclusion that I just do not understand whatsoever. It's pretty standard fare country music from the late '80s... is Bonnie Raitt particularly influential or special or innovative in any way? No? That's what I thought.
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
I vibed to this quite a bit, it's not bad. I would even call it considerably funky! Great music for strutting.
R.E.M.
5/5
R.E.M. is always a hit, there's something beautiful about those jangly guitars with Stipe's vocals. He might be one of my favourite male vocalists, it has such a unique texture and feeling.
Beastie Boys
3/5
Really good, both quality and quantity are present here. Bonus points for the Mongolian throat singing.
Van Morrison
3/5
I vibe to Morrison's voice, especially when he hits those highs, but some of these songs run a little too long for me to save in a playlist unfortunately.
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
Cock and ball torture soundtrack.
Traffic
3/5
I have learned to tolerate boomer rock, this was a very solid album. Just enough variety to be engaging all the way through -- shout out to "Pearly Queen" and "Cryin' to be Heard".
Nico
4/5
I really love this, it reminds me of Nick Drake with less guitar. Really pleasant listening experience.
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Solid stuff here, lots of interesting elements which made for a good time. Lots of variety in the instrumentation :)
Serge Gainsbourg
4/5
This is so cool! Certain parts reminded me of Beck and Air, albums I'd already listened to on this list. It's definitely interesting finding the original influences when progressing through this thing.
Hüsker Dü
4/5
It is R.E.M. but worse... but R.E.M. is one of my favourite bands, so it really isn't that much worse -- it's a little long, but it's very catchy!
Rahul Dev Burman
1/5
40 straight minutes of boring jeetslop. Do not redeem.
SAULT
1/5
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Tears For Fears
4/5
I want the synth from this album to lay me down and kiss me passionately. This music is so damn atmospheric and chill.
Neil Young
2/5
Pretty forgettable, all things considered. I just have a little too much overexposure to this artist that I just consider "good" I don't see what this album brings to the table, it's all stuff I've heard before.
The Byrds
3/5
Surprisingly more enjoyable than my last experience with this band. I don't think it justifies 5 whole slots on a list like this, but I appreciate this one quite a bit. I really got into the energy, it was fun!
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
-1 star for using lowercase song titles. You're not 17.
Justin Timberlake
2/5
I legit fell asleep halfway through this. What did I miss? Probably nothing, I felt like I was having a stroke with those songs near the end.
4/5
Hell yeah, I love my weird little autistic bands. Quality.
Orange Juice
3/5
Look at that album cover, the jawlines on those lads. Absolute chads. The music, not so much. It's alright, but after the really solid intro track it just sort of plods along with uninspired guitar-work and lyrics. It's okay.
Elastica
2/5
So, why is this on the list? It's not an awful album or anything, but even in 1995 this sound was extremely dated. Nothing stands out, although I can at least say it's consistently below average.
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
I still really like this music, it's obviously dated and a little corny, but I can get myself immersed in it very easily. It's just pure fun.
Lana Del Rey
1/5
Utter wank. Where is the music in my album? Why is there nothing interesting going on in my eardrums? Not an ounce of talent was put into this. Boo I say.
Kraftwerk
3/5
This is good, really good if you consider the time this came out. It definitely could have used a little something more, maybe some intensity or a more interesting direction for it to go in musically, but I can't really ask that much, considering.
Roxy Music
2/5
This music feels like it's edging me. It just constantly sounds like it's going to get good, and it just doesn't. The vocals don't particularly help, it's like a bad impression of David Byrne.
John Martyn
2/5
The vocalist needs a fat glass of water ASAP.
Rocket From The Crypt
2/5
They just be making up bands at this point, what the heck am I listening to?
Alice Cooper
3/5
Pretty mild, it doesn't go as hard as it thinks it does. It's passable, even good, but not great.
Amy Winehouse
2/5
This is just kind of annoying, honestly. It gives me a headache, the music feels like it's just looping over and over until it ends, the structure is not well-defined.
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
I always thought of Cyndi Lauper as a gimmick... and she kind of is. BUT this does slap, so she gets a pass.
The Dandy Warhols
5/5
Unexpectedly excellent. Love the mix of more traditional grunge as well as some ambient and post-rock inspiration. Dandy indeed.
Rod Stewart
2/5
That voice, eugh.
Sister Sledge
3/5
Perfectly passable soul music, but it does get a little tiring near the end. I'd rather listen to these songs individually rather than consecutively.
The Triffids
4/5
This has an almost ethereal quality to it that I love; Super atmospheric and dreamy.
Tricky
3/5
I'm a sucker for trip-hop, but this didn't really impress me too much. Portishead's "Dummy" ate its lunch and fucked its wife and basically makes it completely obsolete. Not to say it isn't bad, it's actually decent, but it's below average for one of my favourite genres.
The Roots
2/5
Pretty dreadful. Sounds like a lobotomy, with just as much substance. It is also very, very loud and obnoxious.
Bauhaus
4/5
It may have been recorded out of a tin can, but this is great. So layered and moody, I was expecting a little more poppiness out of a band named after an art movement but I'm not displeased with what I got!
Arcade Fire
2/5
This is what I can only assume is the final Arcade Fire album I will receive during this project, and I'm very happy about that. This wasn't the best nor the worst of what I've seen, it's pure insufferable hipster blandness.
Tom Waits
2/5
I want to like this very unique and strange album, and Tom Waits in general, but I find that I can't actually enjoy any of the music despite the creative talent. It's penis music.
The Smiths
4/5
Gorgeous sounding album. Not perfect, there are some duds amongst these songs, and I don't have much of an emotional connection to it... but goddamn it's good.
Lightning Bolt
2/5
Straight ass. Truly the scariest thing I've experienced this halloween! It's just pure chaotic noise, and while it's not bad enough for a 1 star it's pretty damn close.
Meat Loaf
4/5
The almighty random generator is trolling me at this point - this is my November 1st album. It would have been perfect as the Halloween album! Anyway this is corny and dated but awesome and makes me want to get up and ride a motorcycle with a skull on it.
David Holmes
2/5
Really below average electronic music, not what I expected given the amount of damn solid electronica music on the list thus far. It has the problem of not having much of an atmosphere, and just not being memorable in general.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Pretty good, but no immediate standouts for me, other than Superstition. It's one of those albums that has that one super famous song on it, but the other songs just can't hold the weight!
Ryan Adams
3/5
I don't hate this, honestly. It might be nostalgia, because this specific country sound has always resonated with me, and it might also be the fact that I like Oasis and the vocalist can remind me of that occasionally. Anyway, much better than Bryan Adams imo. Highlight is "To Be Young".
Haircut 100
2/5
This one was a little rough, even though I am apologetic to these cute little new-wave British bands I cannot justify rating this highly. It just falls off completely after like the third song, and it goes on far too long.
Metallica
4/5
Pretty damn good metal, very accessible music in general. I couldn't say I'd listen to most of this again, as metal isn't really my vibe, but it's still admittedly great.
Laura Nyro
2/5
Very unremarkable album that hasn't impacted me in any manner. Yes, her voice is pleasant and the music is somewhat relaxing, but it's not really achieving anything interesting or memorable.
Coldplay
2/5
Coldplay is a meme and this album did not change my mind that much. The vocals here are really grating, it all sounds extremely artificial and soulless.
Dolly Parton
2/5
This is getting out of hand, now there are three of them!
Joy Division
2/5
Irritating and, ironically, joyless.
The Temptations
2/5
All Directions other than a good direction. What a drag of an album, just very slow and dull for what should be a bit more upbeat.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Wasn't feeling this one until around the back half, when for some reason it really started to grow on me. I think I finally get Elvis Costello, and it was an incredibly rewarding album (although I was really not digging it for half the duration).
Supertramp
5/5
The actual crime of the century is not having more Supertramp on this list.
Songhoy Blues
2/5
Starts off really nice, but it just kind of immediately loses steam. It doesn't really go in any interesting direction, it just stays where it is. As an album it's pretty weak.
Pink Floyd
2/5
Really boring, surprisingly. It's no wonder boomers had to be on another plane of existence to enjoy this kind of repetitive, uncreative psychedelia slop.
The Byrds
4/5
Really goddamn solid! 13 bite-sized bangers, super clean production and really pleasant vocals.
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2/5
Less than stellar, let alone sensational. Guy needs to calm down about his dick.
Elvis Presley
3/5
This is my 500th album, the supposed midpoint of the list overall, and I'm feeling good. This was like a checkpoint, nice and breezy. I feel confident in finishing this without losing my mind, thank you The King.
Björk
5/5
I'm Björkin' it.
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
This hurt to listen to, there's something thoroughly unsatisfying about the texture of this album at points. I swear anybody who rates this positively is just being a contrarian for the sake of it - and that's the only album on the list I'll say that for.
The Byrds
4/5
I got The Byrds like 5 days ago, but I'm not complaining. They are still a very good band, I've definitely come around to them after rating the first two of their albums a bit lower. There's some excellent guitar work, great production, and most importantly they don't overstay their welcome.
The Rolling Stones
2/5
First problem comes with what bloody version I'm meant to listen to. I stuck with the UK version, because that's what it linked to from here, but not a great first impression - the loss of Paint it Black is particularly annoying.
It wasn't really worth it, either. This one is a bit dull, nothing stands out to me. Lyrically it's uninspired, and most of the deep cuts straight-up suck. Way too long, too.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Yeah, I like this one quite a bit - at least compared to the last Stevie Wonder joint I listened to. Catchy and soulful, and a good length too.
The Who
2/5
This feels superfluous when there are already 4 other The Who albums on the list (3 of which I've listened to). It's a well-done live album, I guess, but I don't really know what justifies it being on the list. It's just inferior to the studio version of the music, and you also get weird pacing and tonal shifts because it's not a regular album.
Stephen Stills
3/5
They are calling it the whitest album of all time.
Joy Division
2/5
This shit is only popular because the album cover looks good on a shirt.
Bee Gees
2/5
Why is Saturday Night Fever not on this list, anyway? I'd prefer that over this album which is just The Beatles' table scraps that even Ringo wouldn't release.
The Undertones
3/5
Nothing really new or interesting from these guys, but it's far from bad and it really feels like the album is speedrunning itself anyway with how quick the songs are. I admire it.
Beck
2/5
Beck is one of those artists that I am (for the most part) just unable to get into for some reason -- and I really wanted to like this one. It has a few hits near the end, and that surprised me, but it was really underwhelming.
Red Snapper
3/5
I vibe with this...sorta? There are better electronic albums that aren't on this list, so I slightly resent it for that.
Guided By Voices
3/5
I appreciate the very classy tactic of flinging as much shit in my face as possible and seeing what sticks. That takes gumption. +1.
David Gray
3/5
This is my guilty pleasure kind of music. It's corny and likely unoriginal but goddamn I vibe hard with it.
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
I'm warming up to this band! At least this album. It's not just pure grungey noise, I'm actually hearing the music this time around.
Beastie Boys
4/5
I like it when they finish each other's sentences :) gives me serotonin. What good friends they must be <3
Massive Attack
5/5
It's crazy that every song in this goes hard in a different way. I love trip-hop :)
Ray Price
2/5
Inoffensive but I'd never listen to this again ever. There is a lot of existing music that sounds similar to this that pull it off a lot cleaner, unfortunately.
The Beach Boys
5/5
That production is heavenly! It's a classic for a reason.
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Those 2 songs hard-carry this album. The main problem is that the production/audio-mixing is really poor, definitely feels like this could have more impact with a remaster or something.
Lou Reed
3/5
I like this, but I feel like I could have liked it more! I really enjoy Reed's vocal delivery and when the music really gets into an actual rhythm instead of the meandering twangy guitar it gets real solid.
Beastie Boys
3/5
I got their debut album a week ago, so I got a little burnt out whilst listening to this one around halfway through. I don't think it's as strong an album as that one anyway, but it's still decent.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
Very comfy :)
Ice Cube
2/5
The amount of pearl clutching in these other reviews "muh misogyny!" you didn't actually listen to the album. It's still shit though; Hip-hop will always be shit.
The Notorious B.I.G.
2/5
I'm ready to die too, Biggie.
The Birthday Party
1/5
this is nothing
Kanye West
2/5
GEORGE BUSH HATES BLACK PEOPLE
Ella Fitzgerald
2/5
Quite pleasant and by all means not "bad" BUT when it comes to the album experience, it's just far too long to rate it highly.
Youssou N'Dour
2/5
Extremely tame, in my opinion. Nothing new or exciting that made this an enjoyable listen.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
There's some good stuff in here :) I get why it's a classic even though I personally don't attach myself to it that much.
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Lousy covers -- I absolutely couldn't care less about this band, at least during their 60s run.
Doves
3/5
Coldplay but marginally more listenable. I have some amount of nostalgia for this "sound" so I will graciously give it a 3 >:)
Iggy Pop
2/5
Iggy Pop and David Bowie unite and use their mediocre musical talent to make an underwhelming mediocre album.
Paul Weller
3/5
Perfectly acceptable, I did like a couple of the songs in here even though they were a little generic.
SZA
1/5
Again, whoever picked the albums for this did a horrible job when picking recent albums. Surely there's some *good* modern stuff out there that's also significant?
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
The mix on this is so unbelievably ass. This was never meant to be listened to outside of shitty radio stations and supermarkets.
Aretha Franklin
3/5
Objectively good, but not exactly my thing. A pretty certain 3/5.
The Young Rascals
3/5
Low 3. Not very special compared to what a much more nuanced and creative band like The Beach Boys were doing around this time.
Waylon Jennings
4/5
Dayum this is solid country music with some energy! Love it.
Jane's Addiction
3/5
This one really picked up near the end, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Can't believe the top review for this is some idiot crying about nipples on an album cover lmao
Morrissey
4/5
he's so based :0
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
It's the same song over and over but slightly worse as it goes on. Not that great.
Jurassic 5
2/5
Definitely has its moments, but like most hip-hop albums devolves into extremely similar sounding songs occupying the non-singles.
The Residents
3/5
The audacity of this thing existing is enough to earn some respect from me. What the fuck.
Blondie
3/5
Pretty fitting album name to transition me into the second half of the list, bring it on! This album is solid too, quite a few hits, serviceable filler.
The Verve
3/5
Just good enough. Surprisingly, the one hit wonder wasn't the standout, it was the other popular songs on the album which I suppose are more known in the UK. It's like Oasis without the whiny vocals but less musicianship.
Big Black
2/5
Loud bullshit that's mixed awfully... I don't get it.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4/5
I came for Frankie, but I stayed for The Power of Love.
Fishbone
5/5
This one took me by surprise, there's so much depth to the instrumentation and it actually makes this particular genre extremely interesting.
Run-D.M.C.
1/5
This one actually put me to sleep, it's like it's entirely composed of keyboard presets. No energy.
Q-Tip
3/5
Slightly funky, pretty decent. It comes in, does what it does, and then promptly buggers off.
Jethro Tull
3/5
I liked it! Bit of a change of pace from a lot of the other rock albums around this time, but unfortunately nothing really grabbed me in particular, so I can't justify giving it a higher score.
Fiona Apple
2/5
Foidslop
Don McLean
3/5
The title track basically looms over the rest of the album, it's pretty clearly the only truly great, memorable song, but overall it's still a good album. It's consistent, and for that I can be thankful.
Soft Machine
2/5
Each song just meanders for 20 minutes, restarts itself multiple times, and barely progresses past the mid-point. Nothingburger album.
John Grant
3/5
Decent, but towards the end it's a little played out, and the lyrics are very hackneyed. The inclusion of it on the list at all befuddles me.
Depeche Mode
3/5
I got the other, significantly better Depeche Mode album way early into this whole thing, so this one is just kind of whatever in comparison. It's what you would expect, and it doesn't ascend past that like their subsequent work does.
Django Django
4/5
Really feels unique for the time it came out, I was expecting to be hit with some indie rock trite, but it's a pleasant surprise! Love "Hail Bop" and "Zumm Zumm".
FKA twigs
2/5
Poundland Björk
Genesis
4/5
I love aggressively English progressive rock, and this album is so rich and varied with exactly what I'm looking for. I'm also Scottish and I revel in the misery of England.
Primal Scream
2/5
Don't really know what this is trying to achieve, it's a bit too meandering and scattered for it to be properly enjoyable, too. Gen Xers would get it, I guess.
Steve Winwood
2/5
The quality of this album takes a dive after the first song, which was really charming. It is unfortunate that it just devolves into unimpressive yacht rock afterwards.
4/5
Probably their best album, really bright pop-rock that does get a bit unimpressive near the end, but regardless it's great.
Girls Against Boys
2/5
Pure mind-numbing noise. Wouldn't be surprised if the CIA uses this to break people.
Suzanne Vega
3/5
I prefer the stuff she made in the nineties, but for 1985 this feels very ahead of its time and still sounds fresh. The tracklist is a bit weak, but it still hits.
The Stooges
3/5
Whatever coked up stooge came up with "We Will Fall" should be castrated and never allowed to birth creative ideas again. Decent album otherwise.
Dr. John
3/5
huh?
Ice T
1/5
you sucked in surviving the game
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2/5
Reggae is one of those genres where every single song sounds the same unless you're a turbo-autist fan. I could chill to this while smoking a blunt in a Jamaican beach bar, but not in my shitty bedroom.
Ryan Adams
3/5
A massive guilty pleasure, honestly. This white boy got soul.
Elis Regina
4/5
Hell yeah, I thought this was gonna be some old-timey bullshit but I am presently surprised by how poppy and powerful it sounds.
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3/5
Really interesting and fresh listen -- although the artist's name is maybe one of the worst I've seen on this list. It's consistently good, but the latter half doesn't impress me as much.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
Meh Meh Meh
Todd Rundgren
4/5
This reminds me of that Steve Winwood album, I got that a couple weeks back and while I loved the first track, it gets pretty corny afterwards. This is just solid the whole way through, it's like the fully realized version of that album -- just so much more variety and personality.
Sade
4/5
Who knew something so smooth could come from England? Major respect to Sade, although I love this kind of music anyway.
Laibach
4/5
That cookie monster review rewired my brain and made me enjoy this weird satanic bullshit twice as much.
The Pogues
5/5
Play this at my funeral like they do in The Wire.
The Allman Brothers Band
2/5
This is the type of shit that will play while Stephen Seagal beats up a bunch of hicks in a bar -- but there's no Seagal nor barfight in this album, so it's boring and pointless.
Randy Newman
3/5
Randy is a mad man, I have to give him my respect. He may sound like he's had a stroke but it's oddly poignant in a way.
The Darkness
3/5
This album is basically built around one song, the rest is mostly forgettable and whatever. Thankfully, that one song kicks so much ass >:)