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Arcade Fire
2/5
Didn't feel like relistening but it's pretty good, though ultimately forgettable, like all Arcade Fire
2 likes
Prince
2/5
Definitely better than I remembered, but still weird in an uninteresting way
1 likes
The Triffids
2/5
Warm & wonderful & enveloping...for half the album, then it loses all distinctiveness
1 likes
Nina Simone
3/5
Barely feels like an album with how frequently it changes modes (perhaps that turned me off a touch a few months back), but that grew on me immensely this time around. Beautiful work start to finish.
1 likes
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Otis Redding
4/5
Ran out of tracks much faster than I would've liked it to—immediate favorite
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
First track is merely very good before immediately churning out a series of tracks that have been looping in my head since listening (and relistening to them several times). This project is starting on a concerningly good foot…
James Brown
3/5
Tapers off a good bit in the back half (a better way to put this is that it changes modes and I prefer the first mode), but pretty damn great all the same. Surely these have to get worse at some point, I’m not used to so much great music in such a short span.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
First of these I've listened to before! Very grateful for the incentive to listen again since it didn't stick the first time. I still think this is quite a ways below Innervisions since (almost by definition) it's a bit inconsistent, but found it a lot stronger this time around. Lovely stuff all around.
George Harrison
2/5
Not nearly as bad as I thought it’d be! More or less insufferable when Harrison is actually singing, but fortunately, that’s not all that frequently. Two hours is pretty ridiculous though.
Adele
2/5
Pretty funny that I picked up this project to experience a greater breadth of music and get hit with Adele in the first week. (She’s fine. This is fine.)
Nina Simone
3/5
Barely feels like an album with how frequently it changes modes (perhaps that turned me off a touch a few months back), but that grew on me immensely this time around. Beautiful work start to finish.
The White Stripes
2/5
Thought I would be annoyed by this, but actually found it quite pleasant (though it certainly overstayed its welcome)
Justice
2/5
Kind of annoyed this includes the recent edition of the book because these post-first-edition selections are rough. Not Bad bad, but sounds like nothing after a few tracks.
The Doors
2/5
All over the place by design, but the quality is more inconsistent than I'd like. Still enjoyed it a lot.
Santana
2/5
Blends into itself very quickly
Little Simz
2/5
Love Little Simz! But this is probably her worst.
The Pretty Things
2/5
Lots of fun and exciting sounds but goddamn do I hate this motherfucker's voice
Miles Davis
3/5
Not his best, but still so great. Could (and did) listen to this for hours.
Teenage Fanclub
2/5
Not a fan of the guy's voice, but I liked it! Love the Walls of Sound.
The Avalanches
3/5
Crazy that this thing is even good, much less half as great as it is. Walls of Sound
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
I’ve always had a consistency issue with Cave, and it would be wrong to label this as consistent, but fuck me if this isn’t what music is made for. First five tracks on Abattoir Blues is as untouchable a run as you’ll find.
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Maybe I’m overvaluing this a touch, but it’s just so much fun. “In Heaven” is an all-timer
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Pretty surprised to see this on the list, but very happy it is included! A late-career peak from (maybe) the best to do it.
Ice Cube
2/5
Quite enjoyable, if a touch longer than it should be
Sex Pistols
2/5
Thought I would hate this, but it’s just okay!
The Triffids
2/5
Warm & wonderful & enveloping...for half the album, then it loses all distinctiveness
Heaven 17
2/5
First three tracks are pleasant enough, but the rest is quite grating. Cannot fucking stand the voice of a single person from England.
Kings of Leon
2/5
I had fun! An unusual selection.
The Stooges
2/5
Fun!
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Quite surprised that I didn't hate it! I didn't like it, but I didn't hate it! Not really sure what I think of it!
Pink Floyd
1/5
God I hate the British (and will be using this exact review several more times)
Pixies
2/5
Occasionally interesting, frequently not
Television
2/5
Bleh. It’s fine
Slayer
2/5
Annoying
Queens of the Stone Age
2/5
Enjoyed it front to back which is pretty surprising for ostensibly conventional rock. Even the vocals were okay!
Fela Kuti
3/5
Let it play right through again after finishing and will probably let it play a few more times. The Good Stuff
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
My mode of listening is so sound/sensation-forward that I usually can’t make heads or tails of a song’s lyrics until five or so times through. This is usually more rewarding since I’ve found greater appreciation for mediums in considering their base elements (music is sounds, not words), but it does have its drawbacks—especially so with rock. Since I don’t tend to hear the words on the first go around, rock tends to blend together for me, so there wasn’t another layer of melancholy here as indicated by the entry in the book. It didn’t sound like much of anything, really.
George Michael
2/5
Breezy
Amy Winehouse
3/5
I mean, it's Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
Carpenters
2/5
Quite pleasant, if decidedly minor
Grizzly Bear
2/5
Another puzzling selection in the post-05 crop
SAULT
2/5
I’ve got a feeling this one is going to linger. So, I like it plenty now, but figure I’ll love it this time next year
Sigur Rós
3/5
Pretty remarkable, found this enrapturing. Not sure why it’s labeled “rock.”
Soft Machine
2/5
Whole lot of nothing
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Need one more listen to call this an out-and-out favorite (only had time for one today), but pretty damn great regardless. Glad one of the post-05 selections has hit
Pulp
2/5
Impossible to truly love a British person’s voice, but quite fun otherwise
Radiohead
2/5
Would love to be a hater as I am with the other Radiohead I’ve listened to, but actually had a pretty good time here
The Kinks
2/5
Okay, but still has BVD (British Voice Disease)
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
Assumed this would piss me off and was pleasantly surprised by the contrary! Light and lovely.
Deep Purple
2/5
I didn't hate it, which is a pleasant surprise in itself
Sly & The Family Stone
2/5
Weak in relative terms (doesn’t hold a candle to Stand!(per the write-up: for obvious reasons)); strong in absolute terms (it’s good!)
Anthrax
2/5
Vaguely annoying
Kanye West
3/5
Came to the same conclusion I always do - that the back half is considerably weaker, dampening the experience quite a bit. Still, it's The College Dropout by Kanye West.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
Funky
Beatles
1/5
I cannot imagine how much better a place the world would be if these insufferable cunts never existed
Pulp
2/5
Like the weirdness at the beginning, then it sounds like more of the same. Plus annoying British voice becomes more prominent at that point.
Moby
3/5
Pretty damn great! So cool to organically discover the origin of the Southland Tales dance song.
Gillian Welch
3/5
Rarely give a shit about country, but fell in love with this immediately
R.E.M.
2/5
Same as the other I’ve heard from them, pleasant enough, but won’t think about it again
Keith Jarrett
2/5
Loved reading the background and the first part had me convinced it was the all-timer the book claimed, but it fizzled out soon afterward. Still good!
Jethro Tull
2/5
Not much of anything
The Blue Nile
2/5
Annoying voice
Beyoncé
2/5
I've realized that Renaissance being the first Beyoncé album I listened to (in full) massively inflated my opinion of her, and she's just pretty good outside of it (and then there's Cowboy Carter...*shudders*)
Hugh Masekela
3/5
Great from front to back. Could listen to several more hours of this.
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
Very pleasant
Joan Baez
1/5
I feel like if this was in a movie I loved I would be praising it to no end, but as it stands by itself, this woman’s voice is totally insufferable
Paul Simon
2/5
Pleasant
Ryan Adams
2/5
So many of these are blending together, not in form or style or anything, just as "pretty good, not sure why it's on here"
Madonna
2/5
I mean, it's alright
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Pretty good! Sounds like bad Springsteen for some reason (bad Springsteen is still good music, of course)
Jimmy Smith
2/5
Does sound a bit like elevator music, but it’s nice elevator music
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Lovely
Radiohead
2/5
Radiohead
Frank Zappa
2/5
Whatever
Yes
2/5
I listened to this last night and have already forgotten everything about it
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Yes!! Love it!! (Is this related to the Kenneth Anger?)
Traffic
2/5
Nice!
ZZ Top
2/5
Groovy
Dr. John
2/5
Apparently I've listened to this before! Groovy [2]
Peter Tosh
2/5
Groovy [3]
Janis Joplin
2/5
Not groovy [4], but good!
Parliament
4/5
Ah,,, groovy [4]. Also, a perfect album.
The La's
2/5
Have mostly forgotten this and listened to Mothership Connection like three times today, but good! Always fun to stumble upon songs I've heard a billion times in movies.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Okay?
Willie Nelson
2/5
It’s country, so there’s a pretty set ceiling on how much I like it, but fairly enjoyable all things considered
Jeff Beck
2/5
Sure! Okay!
Neneh Cherry
3/5
So much fun!
Kanye West
4/5
Yeezy got my pussy reupholstered
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Jack off to lyrics by Leonard Cohen
The The
3/5
Hell yeah
The Go-Go's
2/5
Fun!
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Lovely
Suzanne Vega
2/5
Pretty
The Beta Band
3/5
Was concerned that I loved something by a British band then found out they were Scottish. No wonder I actually like their voices
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
No shot a rock album is this good. Definitely mislabeled
Waylon Jennings
2/5
This sounds like every parody of country, had no idea it actually existed
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Basically everything I could possibly ask for from a piece of music. Slightly torn up that this hasn’t been in my life since birth, but it’s here now which is what counts.
Sepultura
1/5
Annoying
King Crimson
2/5
Pretty much head-over-heels for "21st Century Schizoid Man," but pretty much don't give a shit about the rest
The Mars Volta
2/5
Don't even remember what this sounds like
Nine Inch Nails
2/5
It's alright
Jack White
2/5
Fairly enjoyable
Janelle Monáe
2/5
Way too damn long and gets progressively worse, but still pretty fun on the whole
Sarah Vaughan
2/5
Pleasant, if forgettable
Kraftwerk
2/5
Okay, sure
Beck
3/5
On the line between like and love and after listening to the first few tracks again, I'm leaning love, but I may forget this album entirely in three days. We Shall See
AC/DC
2/5
Was prepared to despise this, but found it very listenable
Lana Del Rey
3/5
Lana Del Rey seems to get stronger for me with each passing day
Beastie Boys
2/5
Fun!
Joy Division
2/5
Maybe great, but this mostly played in the background so I can't feel all that strongly about it
Culture Club
2/5
Starts out bleh and only gets worse
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
Good I think? But can say I feel all that strongly about it
Solomon Burke
3/5
Not game-changing or anything, but I could listen to this indefinitely pretty much
The Fall
2/5
Okay!
Elvis Presley
2/5
He's white?
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
Pleasant
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Second half nice and wacky first half boring
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
What if this just ends up being my favorite band I mean come the fuck on
Jamiroquai
3/5
Fun!
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Wtf how do I like Zeppelin this much
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Sure man
Arcade Fire
2/5
Pleasant
Dusty Springfield
2/5
Nice enough I suppose
Kacey Musgraves
2/5
Every bit as nothing as I'd remembered (it did win the Grammy for best album), but "Velvet Elvis" is a jam so there's that
The Sonics
2/5
Decent
Simple Minds
2/5
Moving on
Johnny Cash
2/5
As forgettable as I had forgotten
The Young Gods
2/5
Well it's different!
Isaac Hayes
3/5
That's right
3/5
Not sure why I haven’t been listening to Oasis constantly for the past several years but we move
Aimee Mann
2/5
I love magnolia (1999)
2/5
I do not remember what this sounded like but I'm pretty sure I liked it
Gil Scott-Heron
2/5
Hate when I have to listen to these on YouTube but very good
Paul Simon
2/5
Cute!
CHIC
3/5
Fun!
Coldplay
2/5
Why the hell is this in here
The Smashing Pumpkins
2/5
Glad to try it again but about the same as last time: nice to listen to, but all sounds the same and goes on forever
Pink Floyd
2/5
Almost listenable, but it is still Pink Floyd at the end of the day
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
Another odd choice
Sleater-Kinney
2/5
Neat
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
All it's cracked up to be
Venom
2/5
Shockingly not terrible
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Hell yeah
Green Day
2/5
Pretty fun and not at all annoying which is a massive plus
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Absolutely hell yes
Jungle Brothers
2/5
Groovy
Burning Spear
2/5
Groovy [2]
ABBA
3/5
Love
Kid Rock
2/5
Entertaining! Why is this hated?
Blue Cheer
2/5
Fairly amusing
Steely Dan
2/5
Fun
Thelonious Monk
2/5
Neat!
Various Artists
1/5
Phil Spector I will shit on your rotting corpse
Tom Waits
3/5
So fucking cool
Metallica
1/5
Toddler music
Led Zeppelin
2/5
I suppose the primary deficiency of listening like this is losing change and continuity over time. Anyhow, this is good! But it doesn't hold a candle to the first.
Rahul Dev Burman
2/5
I find it hard to believe that this wasn't just selected entirely at random, but it's pleasant
Eminem
1/5
lol
The Human League
2/5
Grating
Kate Bush
2/5
Neat!
Adam & The Ants
2/5
Can't feel anything about this
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2/5
Pretty fun
Weather Report
2/5
Funky
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
Surprisingly found this fairly enjoyable
Frank Ocean
2/5
Every time I think I'll finally fall head over heels for it, and every time, I'm blindsided by how inconsistent it is
Screaming Trees
2/5
Had a good time with this!
Count Basie & His Orchestra
2/5
Pleasant, but not at all memorable
Bob Dylan
4/5
Loved it before, bowled over by it now
The Stone Roses
2/5
Nice enough
10cc
2/5
Had a good time!
William Orbit
2/5
Starts fairly strong and gets progressively more nothing
Cream
3/5
Yes!!
Sugar
2/5
It’s alright!
MC Solaar
3/5
So much fun!!
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Can’t quite decide if I love it, but I sure do like it!
John Coltrane
3/5
I mean, this is A Love Supreme we're talking about here
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Pleasant for precisely two tracks
John Lee Hooker
3/5
Yes!!!
Led Zeppelin
3/5
All in on Zep I fear
Madonna
2/5
Thought about doing a full relisten on principle then gave up after one track. Don't care!
Michael Jackson
3/5
Okay I Get It Now
Goldfrapp
2/5
Pretty top-heavy, but still quite good
Linkin Park
2/5
Couldn't be assed to go back to the well on this one—whatever
Frank Sinatra
2/5
Nice!
The Velvet Underground
2/5
I might like it a teensy bit more, but still doesn't do much of anything for me
Fats Domino
3/5
Fats Domino!!!!
Slade
2/5
Good, perhaps even great—pleasantly surprised by this
The Black Keys
3/5
Yes!!
The Byrds
2/5
I could take it or leave it, but gun to my head? I'd leave it
The Who
2/5
OK
Joe Ely
2/5
Remarkably not offensive at all
John Lennon
2/5
Music is nice, but the voice isn't
R.E.M.
2/5
R.E.M. is growing on me. At a snail's pace, mind you, but growing nonetheless.
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
It's fine
Leftfield
2/5
Have no idea how anyone could feel anything about this
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2/5
Not sure how I feel about the fact that I'm now extremely into a song with the chorus "Ain't nothin' like a gang bang / To blow away the blues," but life goes on
Massive Attack
2/5
Sure!
k.d. lang
2/5
Not the worst thing in the world which is a win!
John Cale
2/5
Sure, fine by me
The Who
2/5
It is becoming apparent that I just don't give a shit about, like, 70% of music, but oh well, the point of living is experiencing new things as far as I can tell, so I'll keep on moving
The Band
2/5
First one in ages I've really dug, praise god
The Temptations
3/5
We are so back
Dr. Octagon
2/5
Neato
Radiohead
2/5
OK
Ray Charles
3/5
Yes!
Germs
1/5
I'll pass
Metallica
1/5
Why would someone like this
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
It took 3 years, but I've finally bought in
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Greatness cut short by a mopey final third
The Style Council
2/5
Nice!
Blur
2/5
Britain should not have been allowed to survive into the 20th century
Hot Chip
3/5
Yes!!!
Manu Chao
2/5
I was gonna chalk this up to another case of the non-english entries being randomly generated, but apparently people actually listen to this guy
Booker T. & The MG's
2/5
Elevator music-adjacent, but still quite good
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
Huh
The Jam
2/5
Huh [2]
2/5
Actually a lot of fun! Little more startling than fucking Ben Stiller showing up to deliver a monologue in an album.
Duke Ellington
3/5
Raw as fuck
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. True.
2/5
Do not remember listening to this
The Police
2/5
Sure, nice
The White Stripes
2/5
I will never give a shit about ""The White Stripes""
2/5
I guess?
Tortoise
2/5
Literally nothing?
Radiohead
2/5
Slightly less bad than I remembered
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
A constant "hell yeah" from me. "This Corrosion" maybe an all-timer.
Amy Winehouse
2/5
Nice enough
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Raw as fuck
The Electric Prunes
2/5
Pass
Miles Davis
3/5
Only got about halfway through, but it's Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
PJ Harvey
3/5
Mulling over just *how* great this is, but it's pretty damn great
Pink Floyd
1/5
Can it ass whole
Rush
2/5
what ever
Massive Attack
2/5
Moving on
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Yes!!!!! Music!!!!!!!!!!!
Donald Fagen
2/5
Elevator music
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
A 1-hour album feels like a 2.5-hour movie
Primal Scream
2/5
Nothing?
Elton John
2/5
Fun!
The Jam
1/5
God I fucking hate the British
Air
2/5
Interesting. Not sure I'm into it, but I'm definitely not out of it!
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Come the fuck on
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Kind of fire?
Wilco
2/5
Not too bad!
Big Black
2/5
Pretty annoying!
Prince
3/5
Weirdly I'm not quite sold on this being the best thing ever even though I am sold on Prince being the best ever, but it's still Purple Rain at the end of the day
Minutemen
2/5
Long...so long...
Queen
2/5
First ~5 tracks are faultless. The rest is alright.
Deep Purple
2/5
I listened to this 5 hours ago and do not remember a thing about it
The Everly Brothers
2/5
Had a pretty good time with this but that may just be because I watched Wild at Heart recently
M.I.A.
2/5
It has virtues, but I'm not sure why there's an insufferable version of "Where Is My Mind?" in the middle of it
Paul Simon
2/5
Fine
Pixies
2/5
What're the odds I get this two days after I make the "Where Is My Mind?" comment?
Doves
3/5
I'm actually very into this!
The Monks
2/5
Neat
U2
2/5
Pretty fun
Nick Drake
3/5
I finally Get Nick Drake
The Byrds
2/5
Nothing at all
Slipknot
1/5
Pretty bad!
Kraftwerk
2/5
Sure
Koffi Olomide
2/5
Sure
The Soft Boys
2/5
No idea
The Isley Brothers
2/5
Neato
Ananda Shankar
2/5
Ok
Bee Gees
2/5
Ok
The Bees
2/5
Ok
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Ok
Taylor Swift
4/5
Decided not to relisten because I'm so behind but yass!!
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Ok
Minor Threat
2/5
Ok
Beatles
1/5
Fuck!!! You!!! God!!!
Don McLean
2/5
Based on the title track, I was pretty baffled when this turned out to be so lowkey(?), but definitely a fan!
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Finally some good ass fucking music! I think my appreciation for any given Nick Cave album is based entirely on how Big it is, so this is near the top.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
2/5
A little less active(?) than I like my jazz to be, but still quite pleasant
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
Fun!
Christina Aguilera
2/5
Fun!
2/5
Not fun!
Muddy Waters
4/5
Yes!!!!!!
Fred Neil
2/5
Pleasant
Antony and the Johnsons
2/5
Hozier if they were, like, 15% less annoying
Pretenders
2/5
What ever
Dennis Wilson
2/5
Zzz
The Roots
2/5
Fun
Circle Jerks
2/5
Bleh
Peter Gabriel
2/5
No idea
The Prodigy
2/5
Muzak
Prince
2/5
Definitely better than I remembered, but still weird in an uninteresting way
ZZ Top
2/5
Fun!
The Prodigy
2/5
Muzak
Ravi Shankar
2/5
Would be lying if I said I loved it, but I do love the approach! Super cool
Queen Latifah
2/5
Fine
Eagles
2/5
Pleasant!
Neil Young
2/5
Definitely grew on me as it went on, but not a huge fan of the guy's voice
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
Boring
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Starting to learn to love the not-so-big Caves, and I do like this a lot! But I’m not quite there yet.
Bee Gees
2/5
There’s no way a Real Human Being sounds like this
Johnny Cash
2/5
Neat! No strong feelings
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2/5
Sure
Throbbing Gristle
2/5
what
Depeche Mode
2/5
Nothing
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Didn’t get through it but it’s Innervisions so
Brian Wilson
2/5
Bleh
Neil Young
2/5
Nice!
The Notorious B.I.G.
2/5
Quite good!
Arcade Fire
2/5
Didn't feel like relistening but it's pretty good, though ultimately forgettable, like all Arcade Fire
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Fairly pleasant
CHIC
3/5
The goats, I guess
Arctic Monkeys
2/5
Like all Arctic Monkeys, it's pretty whatever, but I had a good time
Khaled
2/5
Listened to in a YouTube playlist with incessant ads, so I have no idea if I actually liked it, but I think I did
Patti Smith
2/5
Perhaps great, but too tied up in Song to Song for me to really know
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The best ever, even moreso than I thought
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Nice!
Marty Robbins
1/5
Eat shit and die
The Beach Boys
2/5
The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson tend to be insufferable, and much of this is, but some of it isn't! In fact, there are a few parts that are actually quite good!
Wu-Tang Clan
2/5
Didn't feel like relistening because it's good (obviously) but ehhhh
The Black Crowes
2/5
Got me through a 40-minute drive in a monsoon, so I feel positively towards it, but even then it's not great
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Starts out pretty strong before quickly dissolving into nothingness
2/5
Already forgotten
Herbie Hancock
2/5
Forgettable unfortunately, but still good
The Darkness
2/5
Okay
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
Okayish
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
All-timer, obviously. Seems to have solidified itself above TPAB for me.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Okayish
Milton Nascimento
2/5
Pretty good I think, don't really remember
Talking Heads
2/5
I do not get the Talking Heads obsession people have
Genesis
2/5
Got Genesis confused with Oasis and was confused why they were so terrible all of a sudden
David Bowie
2/5
I do not get the David Bowie thing
Paul McCartney and Wings
2/5
Can't remember but boring I think
Funkadelic
2/5
Good, not great from what I remember
2/5
bleh
Alice In Chains
2/5
whateva