1001 britpop albums to listen to before you die by your own hand i hope the hms fable sunk with no survivors, this album was trash
Man this album is boring. I forgot I was even listening to it at one point, I had to double check it was still playing because my brain had tuned it out as white noise. I only 'came to' because of how shit The Bunting Song is. There's really not much to say about this, it's not offensive or bad necessarily, it's just boring as fuck. I constantly kept looking at the track list hoping I was close to the end. Go listen to the Gorillaz instead.
This album just sounds like the last recording found on your dad's phone after he goes missing in the Belanglo State Forest and you spend the rest of your life convinced that he was abducted by aliens. Good album if you're an audiophile (or...) and like listening to beep boop random noises and being freaked out (Hamburger Lady put me on edge) - but this shit isn't music. At all.
Alone Again Or was a good lead track, you can clearly tell this album was structured around that song. Every other song blurred into each other, I genuinely couldn't tell when one song ends and another begins, in a bad way. There was one exception though - Old Man. That song sucked, and didn't even make any sense. My God is this album plain. It feels like every British band from the 1960's album offcuts blended into one boring ass album. The only times I got some modicum of entertainment was from whenever the trumpets started playing, which made songs like "Maybe The People ..." tolerable, and actually pretty good. It's not a bad album, per se, but it's just flavourless. Plain Greek Yoghurt. Dull. I'm tossed between a 2 and a 3 here, but the fact I just was waiting for the album to end leads me towards a 2.
I'd never heard of Fugazi before this, and as soon as I heard the first song, I knew it was the singer from Minor Threat - one of my favourite punk bands ever. Unfortunately, this doesn't even come close to Minor Threat, and nor would I have expected to. Nevertheless, this was a solid album and an enjoyable listen. My main gripe with this album is nothing really stood out to me. As a piece of art I did enjoy the sit down and listen through of it, but did anything really pop for me? Not really. I don't have anything I hate about this album, at all, honestly there was no skips on this album - but every song kind of just meshed together as one piece. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but there's nothing in here that draws me back. This was such a hard album to rate. If there was a 10 star scale it would be a 6.5 or 7 out of 10. I was inclined to give this a 4 because it really was an enjoyable listen, but it just feels too forgettable for me to rate it higher than a 3.
Man the start of this album is absolutely killer. Jump and Panama back to back, then Drop Dead Legs? Fantastic. I love a good guitar solo, and Eddie VH is one of the best to ever do it. I was not expecting Van Halen to be so polarising, that was a surprise to me. This album rocks. There was only one caveat I had with it: Hot For Teacher is a weird song and I felt gross listening to it. This album is near perfect to me, the only thing that stops me from giving it a perfect 5 is Hot For Teacher. What a shame. Nevertheless, awesome album, and definitely will be giving it further listens in the future.
Is this album better than Bad? No - but, this album is still incredible. A real benchmark for what pop music is and it defined pop music forever. This album is the best selling album of all time for a reason, and nothing I can say here could do justice to the other tens to hundreds of thousands of other reviews written for this beast of a thing. So alas, 5.
Despite being a massive fan of Gaucho (one of my favourite LP's ever), I've never actually ventured much further into Steely Dan's discog. I've obviously listened to Do It Again, and Reelin' in the Years, and Dirty Work - but songs like Kings, Midnite Cruiser, Only A Fool, etc. all held up so well. Honestly, this album is so solid every single song on it could handle itself as a single. This album is flawless. Probably my favourite album on this generator so far.
This album is very special to me, so there's no chance in me being objective or unbiased, I happily admit that. This album, of which I discovered from New Vegas, but my love further reinforced from El Paso's feature on Breaking Bad. Every song holds on its' own, but put together, it's a masterpiece. Marty Robbins had such a beautiful voice, and his way of storytelling in songs was incredible. I could listen to this album on repeat forever - it's one of my favourite albums ever. It's beautiful, and if you actually give it a proper listen outside of "le big iron" album, you'll find some really interesting and beautiful music. Easy 10/10.
Deathwish was a cool song, the drums were great and how it picks up the pace after the chorus. But that's all the good I can write about this album. Obviously Message in a Bottle is a classic, but they didn't seem to give a fuck about any of the other music on this record, knowing they'd sell more copies. Two good songs, the rest is almost unlistenable horseshit.
Probably one of the most iconic indie albums ever, although in my opinion AM takes the cake for /most/ iconic. This album is fantastic. I was worried going into this as I hadn't listened to it in a very very long time, and didn't know if I'd hold it in as high of a regard - but every song here stands on it's own flawlessly. You can tell what the songs are on it that are 'standouts' by stream numbers, like IBYLGOTD, Mardy Bum, WTSGD. This is a flawless execution of what British indie should sound like, that became the fastest selling album by a band in UK and changed the way music is listened to and distributed forever (as they were one of the first bands ever to release their album online). This album is extremely consequential, so I think most reviews are either going to be a 'love it' or a 'hate it' mentality, and I'm firm on the side of the former.
Man, this album was great. I enjoyed every song, not a single miss on this album. It really reminds me of a mix of Bob Dylan meets Townes Van Zandt. The vibes were sombre, and I actually really enjoyed how almost nothing rhymed. I was so close to giving this a 5, but for me, it just is missing /something/ that I can't put my finger on. It's not a 'perfect' album. I am definitely keen to listen to some more Leonard Cohen, and hopefully a future album is deserving of a perfect score.
Yeah this rocked. I love blues. I can't bring myself to give a live album a 5, and this album just feels like a long extended jam rather than a produced and put together piece of art - plus, there's nothing really 'unique' about this, it's just blues, and good blues at that. I also think it goes on for a bit long, there's only so many guitar solos you can listen to for an hour to make this a 'perfect' live album. Still, I enjoyed this a lot and it's well deserving of a 4.
I never really considered myself a fan of Bon Jovi, but my mind definitely changed with this record.This album is about as hair metal as it gets, but I think they did it the best. I really enjoyed the latter half of the album, after they played all the hits (which of course, are obviously good). The mixing was great, there was just enough guitar solos in there that it felt rock enough, and the lyrics were on point. This is a really good album, I can't see myself coming back to it in a hurry, just because I'm not huge on hair metal, but this is definitely a solid listen.
Man, I didn't expect this album to be so polarising. I thought it was great. The instrumentals of this album are genuinely incredible, I loved the brass and the horns. I can understand why there seems to be a hate for the vocals, but I quite enjoyed them. They didn't tire for me at all. It worked well with the brass backing. Unless you're referring to Thankfully Not Living in Yorkshire - holy shit that song was foul, like he completely forgot to sing. I'm Just Looking had so much passion and soul put into it - that song was a standout. The latter half of this album was somewhat of a letdown when compared to the first half to middle, but still an enjoyable listen to me.
Never listening to this album again. It wasn't unlistenable, but Jesus Christ was is boring. I couldn't tell when one song ended and another begun, it all sounded the same. Nearly an hour of repeating guitar chords and barely hearable harmonica. This shit is just plain as - I wanted it to end by the time I got to Farewell Ride. Very soulless and uninspired album. I can't believe I put up with this for an hour.
One of the essentials of Aretha Franklin, between this and I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, but I reckon this is her best work and you won't find a better soul album from the 1960's. There's not a single song on this album that I even remotely dislike, it was a pleasure from start to finish. With classics like Good to Me as I Am to You, Ain't No Way and CHAIN OF MOTHERFUCKIN FOOLS. People Get Ready is probably a standout for me, that song is special and I adore it - though it reminds me of Changes by Charles Bradley vaguely. Easy 5 - if you don't like this album idk what to tell you man you're either a contrarian fuckwit, a racist, or your music taste just fucking sucks.
Alone Again Or was a good lead track, you can clearly tell this album was structured around that song. Every other song blurred into each other, I genuinely couldn't tell when one song ends and another begins, in a bad way. There was one exception though - Old Man. That song sucked, and didn't even make any sense. My God is this album plain. It feels like every British band from the 1960's album offcuts blended into one boring ass album. The only times I got some modicum of entertainment was from whenever the trumpets started playing, which made songs like "Maybe The People ..." tolerable, and actually pretty good. It's not a bad album, per se, but it's just flavourless. Plain Greek Yoghurt. Dull. I'm tossed between a 2 and a 3 here, but the fact I just was waiting for the album to end leads me towards a 2.
A lot of these songs seem really poorly mastered, Schizophrenia sounds nothing like the rest of the album, I can barely hear the lyrics over the instrumentals. There's a few quality songs on here I enjoy, namely Catholic Block, Stereo Sanctity; But there's also a few songs on here I /don't/ enjoy, like: Cotton Crown, Master Dik (WE'RE CICCONE WE'RE CICCONE WE'RE CICCONE WE'RE CICCONE WE'RE CICCONE WE'RE CICCONE WE'RE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE CICCONE ) Pipeline/Kill Time (two and a half minutes of fucking guitar reverb? wtf is that shit?) I definitely didn't hate this album, it was on the enjoyable side. I honestly feel like where this album falls over is the vocalists - neither of them can sing and they detract from the awesome guitarwork. Listen to White Cross and tell me that their male vocalist can sing. He can't. If there was an instrumental version of this album, it would be an easy 4, but alas.
This album has two fans, people who abuse psychedelics and hipsters with a superiority complex who pretend to like this shit to seem unique and cool. You know that old wives tale about your cousins mate who did too much acid and fried his brain into permanently thinking he's an orange? This is what I imagine was playing during that dudes trip, and not in a good way. Summertime Clothes is the only enjoyable song on the album, I came back to listen a second time for that song (it's actually good) - but it doesn't redeem the rest of the album, which is tainted, annoying, uninspired, hipster garbage. Standout awful tracks include: Daily Routine, where I thought I was actually enjoying the song until it just suddenly turned into 2 minutes of dumb noise effects. Just end the song dude. Taste, where the singer decides to repeat the same thing for over 30% of the song. Yeah sick dude we get it. Brother Sport, where I couldn't even understand what the fuck the vocalist was saying, it sounded like a completely different language. This album doesn't need to be an hour, most of the songs runtime on this thing are littered with repeating vocals or annoying long drawn synths that go on for ages. It was a dread listening to this and I hope I never have to be subjected to it ever again.
As someone who generally passionately hates The Smiths, I put that behind me and went into this with open ears, and I was pleasantly surprised. Don't get me wrong, this album is still shit - I can't stand Morrisey's stupid fucking monotone whining voice - BUT, I didn't hate all the songs, and I definitely didn't hate the instrumentals. The guitarwork was nice, and had a great 80's tone to it. I genuinely enjoyed the title track of this album, I don't think I'd listen to it regularly, but it's tolerable. But that's about as far as I can go for the positives. This album is whiney, annoying, and boring. Most songs drag on and on and on. When the album finished, I genuinely couldn't tell when it looped because each song sounds exactly the same as the other. I still hate The Smiths, and I still hate Morrisey's annoying vocals and lyrics - but I at least can say that this album isn't the 1 star rating I was expecting to give and I'm glad I at least gave it a chance.
I don't know what is so magical about this album, I can't put my finger on exactly what it is, but this album is perfection. I literally looped it for 3 more plays it was that good. Every single song fucks. The instrumentals are amazing and so in-tune with the 80's. The vocals are obviously amazing. There's really no need for a long-winded review here. This album is as good as it gets for pop. I could listen to it over and over and not get tired of it. Perfection - nonce or not.
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Man, I was not expecting this album to be as good as it was, I've never even heard of John Lee Hooker before this. Some great features on this album. I knew the Cuttin' Out was going to be a good song, given Canned Heat feature on it. That and Think Twice Before You Go are so fun and high-energy. I had to listen to this album 4 times to know what I wanted to rate it, I was so tossed between a 4 and a light 5, but honestly the last two songs on this album are so special and pushed me over the edge to a five. The emotion on My Dream really hit me, I had to pause the album and process in silence after listening to that song, that shit made me feel something. What a beautiful piece of music. This album has ended up being one of (if not) my favourite blues albums I've ever heard. Five stars.
While I generally enjoy early rock & roll, this album was a bit of a snooze fest for me. Really have else nothing to say about this album, it's not a jam mate, it's just total marmalade. Lucille was a good song, but other than that, this record feels very plain and unimaginative, the lyrics were uninspired and all about the same thing. This is just Temu Beach Boys. Note, it's definitely still listenable, and I didn't dislike any of the songs, it just wasn't that interesting to me. I'm sure if you played this at the local RSL on a Friday you'd have the oldies frothing at the mouth though.
TLDR; first half is meh, the second half is God-tier good; 4. But why did the Beastie Boys copy Mr Beast when picking their name???????? What I love about the Beastie Boys is their recognisable sound, they're one of those artists you can immediately tell it's them, even if you're not a fan - which I'm not generally. That's not to say I dislike the Beastie Boys, I just never took time to sit down and listen to them outside of a select few tracks which I love (So What'Cha want is such a bop it's unreal) and License to Ill. I genuinely think the first 5 songs or so in this album are a letdown just in terms of scope, I found them a bit plain and uninteresting. The instrumentals on this album are absolutely phenomenal from start to finish. I couldn't stand the first half of The Sounds of Science, but after that, shit got real and the song actually rocked. From there, 3-Minute Rule really started to pick things up for me. Instrumentals picked up, until 5-Piece Chicken Dinner. What the fuck was up with that? Anyways, this album is good. It wasn't a life changing listen, but it's fun, interesting, and honestly I'd definitely throw this album on when going for a drive.
I wrote a really long review about how this album was okay and listenable/enjoyable after my first listen. Then I listened to it a second time. And a third. Then a fourth - and finally made up my mind: this album is shit. If you removed the vocals from this album you could easily throw this into the background music of a video game from 2005 (specifically the part where nothing happens and you're just exploring). The only song that was the exception to this rule was Idioteque. I had so many questions during my listen through: What was the point of this album? What message was it trying to convey? Who is this records' target audience? I left with more questions than answers. What a mystifying album, in both a good and a bad way. I don't know what I think about this album. In some ways I absolutely hate it, and can't stand certain songs. But then, when I think of the album as a whole? It wasn't /that/ bad. By my third listen through I decided I'd had enough and the album really goes nowhere, and has no point to make. It's boring. It had potential, and my first listen through was definitely exciting in trying to unravel the mystery that is this album.
Man this album is boring. I forgot I was even listening to it at one point, I had to double check it was still playing because my brain had tuned it out as white noise. I only 'came to' because of how shit The Bunting Song is. There's really not much to say about this, it's not offensive or bad necessarily, it's just boring as fuck. I constantly kept looking at the track list hoping I was close to the end. Go listen to the Gorillaz instead.
I love jazz. If I saw this live, in a jazz club, I'd probably be all for this album - in fact if I was in a jazz bar, or somewhere that matched the atmosphere of this album, I'd definitely rate this higher - but honestly, I just don't feel this translates well onto a record. Obviously it's not the instrumentals that's the issue, it's Tom rambling on and on about some of the dumbest things I've ever heard: You can't go fishing because of your wife? Various things you had for breakfast? Who's in the diner while you're eating? What the fuck? The whole concept of this album is whack. This album really does have some standout tracks, Warm Beer and Cold Women just worked - because he stopped doing his stupid rambling mumbling shouting, and actually used his harsh, gravelly voice in sync with the jazz behind him. And it worked. The song is great. A shame it can't be said for the rest of the album, because like clockwork, it's back to rambling about masturbating or some other nonsensical shit. This album isn't for me, because for all the faults I have with Tom's vocals, the band behind him are pretty damn faultless. I was hard tossed between a 2 and a 3 here, but I'm going to go with a 3, just because I think if I listened to this in the right mood and in the right place, I'd actually enjoy this record. I'm going to re-listen in the future and I think my opinion will change, but I'm definitely interested in listening to more Tom Waits in the future.
In this album: British invasion cosplay made by some losers in the 90's who were born in the wrong generation. Another generic British rock album but completely uninspired. Once I got to Looking Glass I wanted to shoot myself. I struggled to finish this record. Looking Glass and All By Myself were incredibly painful, I nearly gave up on finishing this album when I had to deal with them. WHY ARE THEY SO LONG AND REPETETIVE? I GET IT CUNT, YOU'RE ALL BY YOURSELF, SHUT UP. This album is obviously just a one-hit-wonder album, as There She Goes is the only recognisable (and good) song on the album. Why does the quality of the music suddenly perk up only for There She Goes, then the rest of the album sounds like it was recorded on a used microphone from the 1960's? Did they spend all their budget on the one hit song and forgot they had to record a whole album around it? Why is There She Goes a completely different genre to the rest of the album? Just go listen to literally any British invasion album instead, it sounds the exact same but at least it's good.
I had to listen to this a couple of times to decide what I really thought of this. I loved this, as a soundtrack it honestly was unreal. As an album it held itself well too. I wanted to give this a 5. I think the only thing that stops me is its' staying power in my head. I can't see myself coming back to this album in a hurry even though I loved it. This is why I hate the 5 star rating system, it would be a 9/10 if I had the option, but alas. Songs like Pusherman (famously sampled by Eminem), Junkie Chase, and Freddie's Dead were standouts, Pusherman is definitely a favourite. I'm gonna go hunt down the film and watch that soon, and maybe it'll tide me over to a 5. If the movies anywhere near as good as this soundtrack; it'll be a great watch.
While I'm not nor have ever been a fan of Deep Purple, I can come to appreciate how consequential they were to rock. This is probably the most 'classic' or album they have, with so many songs being cult classics. I don't need to go into much detail about Some On The Water or Highway Star, everyone has heard them, either consensually or by stepping food into a Guitar World for more than 4 seconds. I did just want to call out Lazy - man that song was good. It felt like a blues inspired rock ballad. The keyboards and harmonica really stood out here. Man, the back end of this album rocked. The rest of the album was pretty vanilla to me. As I said, Deep Purple just really isn't my jam, but this is still a pretty good album all things considered. I can't fault the instrumentals on here, but I definitely have my issues with the lead singer's vocals. I enjoyed this listen, and went to give it a 3, but the latter 3 songs on the album are all so good they're worth giving this thing a 4.
When I saw I had to listen to MORE British rock, I went in with pretty underwhelming expectations, but I'm happy to say I was pleasantly surprised. This album feels so 90's it's insane, and really does feel like exactly what Britpop should sound like. Nothing really /stood out/ to me per se, but as a record it was super enjoyable. I think North Country Boy was probably my favourite song though. This album was just cool and fun. Also the fact that their keyboardist died while recording this album so they drop him from the album cover and just give him a 3 minute organ solo at the end of the album is really funny to me. Rest in peace Rob Collins you got teleported to heaven through the sunroof of that E34 mate.
I empathise with the people who hate Bob Dylan who had to sit through an hour and a half of his droning voice and ear piercing harmonica. I love Bob Dylan, but a live album? Really? That's like having a 'greatest hits' album on a greatest list, I don't really think it counts. I get that Bob Dylan of all artists sounds completely different pretty much every live performance, but I really didn't want my first Bob Dylan album on this list to be this - it just feels disingenuous to rate some of my favourite Bob Dylan songs all on one album despite them all coming from different places. Visions of Johanna is one of my favourite songs of all time, so it was nice to hear a true-to-record version of that live. I also appreciated the first disc of the album. Honestly, sitting there for an hour and a half got pretty tiring listening to this. I really don't think a bootlegged live recording is a 'must-listen', but it's still enjoyable nevertheless. Tossed between a 3 and a 4 (I'd give this a 7/10 if it were on a 10 scale), but I think there's better Bob Dylan records out there to listen to, nor is this essential, so I'm gonna go with a 3.
This album just sounds like the last recording found on your dad's phone after he goes missing in the Belanglo State Forest and you spend the rest of your life convinced that he was abducted by aliens. Good album if you're an audiophile (or...) and like listening to beep boop random noises and being freaked out (Hamburger Lady put me on edge) - but this shit isn't music. At all.
Honestly, this album was a very enjoyable listen. I am willing to die on this hill and say this album is good, even. My only gripe is that this album feels like you've listened to something completely different once you get to the latter half. It doesn't feel like the same album, and this album doesn't feel super true to itself. It feels like they've recorded some of these songs in the 60's, some in the 70's, and some in the 90's - but I don't hate it honestly. We're Not Supposed To was atrocious, but after that the best songs on the album were present. I was tossed between a 3 and a 4 here, but considering this album only has one 'skip' on it, and the rest of the songs I enjoyed, I'll go with a 4. As far as highlights are concerned: Time felt kinda like a Smashing Pumpkins record, and the harmonicas rocked. Sofa was just a belter of a tune, with fantastic instrumentals, it sounded like it was from the 60's honestly. But yeah, good stuff. Definitely will be coming back to this one after the insufferable wave of Britpop in this album goes away and I can finally listen to a British accent in a song again without gagging.
I am genuinely lost for words about how incredible this record is, it all feels like one song, and I didn't want it to end. This send me through a rollercoaster of emotions. I'm not going to be able to write an objective review here, because this album is just so fucking good it defies words. Portuguese sounds so beautiful over a smooth jazz background. I would kill to have heard this live in a dark bar and smoke a thousand cigarettes while enjoying this. Incredible. Seriously, I can't believe I've only heard snippets of this before.
1001 britpop albums to listen to before you die by your own hand i hope the hms fable sunk with no survivors, this album was trash
I usually am not a fan of live albums, but man this was great. Honestly, I can only see myself coming back to Boy Named Sue on here, hence the 4. However, this album was damn near faultless, especially for a live album. Looking forward to Live @ Folsom coming up.
Holy fuck this wants me to put a bullet in my head. Just some cunt yelling over constant drums, yeah sick man. I have a theory JFK was hesitant on authorising the Bay of Pigs invasion until he heard this atrocious piece of shit. And 62 years later I am had my own battle with trying to finish this record without un-aliving myself.
I went into this album expecting great things, and was left sorely disappointed. Man, what the fuck is this thing so long for? Like three of the songs are actually good, the rest is filler or stupid skits that got old after the second skit. The hit singles on the album that I need not name are great songs, of course, which spares this album of a 1. This album is trash, I always thought Outkast was overrated, and was hoping to be proven wrong, but sorely I was right. This record has no reason to be 73 minutes of boring filler, good lord.
God the first half of this was a fucking slog. I never got the appeal of this violent junkie lunatic - I think she's extremely overrated and neo-soul is lame and boring. To me this is just Britpop for white kids who grew up on Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye. Rehab is both a disgustingly uncreative song and such horrible messaging. Shame she didn't heed her own advice (or lack thereof) lmao. I admit she has a great voice, but I just don't vibe with her. I was fully prepared to give this a low rating, but the latter half of this album really stepped this up from a 2 to a 3. Tears Dry On Their Own is my only highlight really, that song was actually real good, but the rest was between just 'okay' to 'garbage' - the former seemingly being the main vibe here.
This is like if Deep Purple met The Ramones. You can definitely identify the similarities with The Ramones here, but I believe this record came first. I love punk, and this is probably the first example of punk rock that's identifiable, hence the label proto-punk. The album definitely trailed off toward the end, but man the covers on this album were great. I Got You Babe and California Sun (Ramones did it better though) were so good. I honestly can say I enjoyed every song on this album, probably with the exception of 'Master Race Rock', that was a bit weird. This album was a super fun listen, and the instrumentals were on point. It's not perfect though, and I couldn't see myself running back to listen to this one in a single sitting again, but I've already added a few songs to my playlists. Glad to see some punk rock history appearing on this list.
Big beats are the best, get high all the time. Is this album too long? If you include the remixes, yeah, it is. But I don't really count them, they can definitely be skipped (a 10 minute remix of a song we already heard is grim). I still managed to give it 3 listens and it still kept my attention. Fuck this album was good, I've heard People Hold On before, but that was my extent of experience with Coldcut. It's a shame this album isn't on Spotify. Guess I'll have to buy the vinyl. There's no chance electronic music of this age - when drum machines were really only starting to come out and electronic was only just being defined - could ever not show it's age, but you have to respect your elders in this case. You wouldn't have people gurning their face off on MDMA on Coolangatta Beach listening to Fisher's shit ghost-produced house (ironically with pop samples from around this time) without the precursor records like these. The synths are sloppy, the samples are dated, and the bass and drums sound like they're straight out of a 1990's aerobic workout-at-home VHS tape that your mum used to work out to so she could keep fit for the neighbour she was cheating on your father with. But, I fucking love all of that. It's cheesy in the best way. I loved this thing, and yes my bias is showing here, because I love old house music and trip hop. Easy 5.
Wow what a linear regression of an album. From just okay to downright trash. Especially Equator, that song made me want to put a bullet in my head. There were no highlights, only mediocrity to 'holy fuck I can't wait for this to end'. Pretty sour listen, I struggled to get through it twice, only making it about half way before I was done. That being said, not every song on here is bad, so it's not worthy of a 1. Honestly, not much to be said here, and the album cover just reminds me of two evil American kimono-wearing energy vampire girls at JAZZ IN (ろくでなし) in Kyoto. I will never forget them and their evil, vindictive ways. Those 3 hours of my life on the short trip I had abroad that I will never get back. I wish the rest of their life is filled with nothing but warm beers, sour milk, and mouldy bread. The lies spoken by both parties, sins never washed away, the word of Satan behoves them. One day our paths will cross again, and I will be ready. Ready for what is to come. I will emerge triumphant, or perish. I await that day.
I've never really been a huge fan of Kanye West, my introduction to him being seeing the music video for Stronger on RAGE as a kid. But man, this album was unbelievable. Not a single skip on here, I completely get why this album is so acclaimed. This album could have gone for 2 hours and I would have eaten it up like the pig I am. It was that good. If you can't separate the art from the artist, you shouldn't be on this site rating music, I guarantee I bet I'll see a bunch of paedophiles in your top artists. Get a grip. This album is flawless, no matter how rotten the artist is.
Don't get me wrong, this album is good - and an interesting listen. I listened to this a few times, and I really did enjoy a lot of the songs on here; but the latter half of the album really detracts from my rating. This record feels so top heavy, I found myself disinterested and left feeling like they ran out of things to say and it kind of just all blurred together in a bad way after We Can Talk. Definitely would listen to this again, but the tapering off toward the end where all the songs sound the same or touch the same concepts really didn't do it for me. Tears of Rage was a damn good song though, I listened to that like 5 times and loved it.
I came into this never even having heard of The Cars, let alone recognising any of their music. It's nice to come into something fresh. The magic of this album really lies in the synths. Quite possibly one of the few new wave albums I've listened to where I didn't get sick of the synths and in fact was anticipating every time they came back on. I've never experienced that in an album before. This album really has no skips. After a few listens, I wanted to give it a 4, but realised not a single time did I get sick of this, and I really enjoyed every song back to back. I think I listened to this like 3 times in a row without even realising because it felt fresh and new every single time. I think this album might be the perfect new wave album. Everything was done right and not to excess. The only downside to this album is I have to stare at some woman's fucked teeth. What a hideous album cover lmao. If that's the only downside to your album, then you've done pretty well in my books. Highlight tracks: My Best Friend's Girl, Just What I Needed (certified banger), You're All I've Got Tonight, Moving in Stereo. So pretty much half the album are bangers.
Wow a band named after thrush that sounds like LCD Soundsystem for even bigger losers. Instrumentals are good, but once that crybaby wankers voice kicks in I really just can't do it. This record what Radiohead sounds like to people who hate Radiohead You're lucky to get a 2 lads
The Man Who's album is used by anaesthetists to put patients to sleep naturally. Utterly boring uninteresting shite. James Blunt for even blunter individuals. Going to start logging these because there's so fucking many in this ridiculous list: Britpop album #5/48.
I've literally never listened to Neil Young before, and man what a good introduction. This album rocks. I wanted to give this a 4, but on reflection, this album has no skips, no bad points, no downsides, and at no point was I uninterested or felt like this could be better. Honestly, this album is fucking good and I can't wait to listen to more Neil Young in the future if this is what's in store for me. Highlights: Revolution Blues, Vampire Blues, On the Beach, Motion Pictures, Ambulance Blues. Basically the whole album. Light 5.
This album would have been good if they took half the songs from it and deleted them forever. This was a gruelling 70 minutes and did not need to be this long, I got the gist of the album by like track 3 and after that it felt more of the same over and over. I was itching for this to end as I got after the halfway point. Obviously Black Hole Sun is a fantastic song, but that's probably the only song from this album I can say I 100% was into and enjoyed.
I was really looking forward to this album, but man, what a letdown. It's funny to me how this sounds worse than their debut album lmao It sure feels ahead of it's time, and I can appreciate that it probably sounds like shit intentionally, but this is critically acclaimed? Why? It's not particularly interesting. It wasn't a bad listen, I just really don't get the hype behind this album.
This is so NOT rainbow rhythms.
son: mummy can we buy phil collins albome mum: no son we hav;e phil collins at home.. In all seriousness, this album was a fucking snoozefest. Red Rain and Sledgehammer were dope, but then Don't Give Up Played. Fuck. That. Song. Was. So. Shit. Sledgehammer & Big Time are getting slapped into my 80's shitbox playlist, the rest of these songs can go into the slop. Really wanted to enjoy this one as a fan of Genesis and a bigger fan of Phil Collins, who funnily sounds almost exactly the same but at least his music doesn't bore me to death with it's mediocrity. What a disappointment.
One of the few albums that cracks the 70 minute mark that doesn't feel like it drags. I enjoyed this one. It's not for everyone, but I can really feel Elliot Smith's influences in other indie artists. It's a really mellow and easy listening album. I really enjoyed L.A. and Can't Make a Sound. The album really utilises volume to drive home points. There's parts of the album where the instrumentals take centre stage and really overpower Elliot's quiet voice, and those are parts of the album I really enjoy. Overall, probably a light 4.
Is this Iron Maiden's best work? Certainly not. Is this album still good? Apart from the hideous album cover, you bet. Sorry Eddie. This album is never going to be perfect, and I don't think this would ever appear at the top of anyone's 'best Iron Maiden' list. I think some of the bass sections are way too heavy on certain parts of the album, and it's really noticeable on Phantom of the Opera, it just doesn't sound good. The mix could have been better. Specifically on songs like Phantom of the Opera and Iron Maiden. It's criminal that this album appears in here over Powerslave though. Unfortunately the writers had to can the appearance of Powerslave from 1001 Albums due to the fact they needed to cram another Britpop album in there. Oh well. Fuck the guitar solos on this album were good though.
Holy shit that Imagine cover was dreadful lmfao. This album was okay, a lot of dreadful songs on here, but some were okay in my books, I even liked E'Dir E'Sseba and El Bab. An almost 80 minute runtime fucking killed me though. I can't in good conscious give this more than a 2, because I was so fucking over this by about the 9th song. An absolute slog, I could bare differentiate one song from another, apart from Imagine, obviously. Cut this album in half and remove the filler and you'd probably have a pretty solid album. Unfortunate it didn't pan out that way. The absolute lowlight of this album for me was that screeching woman's voice which sounded exactly like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWO5J_DIK84
I'd never heard of Fugazi before this, and as soon as I heard the first song, I knew it was the singer from Minor Threat - one of my favourite punk bands ever. Unfortunately, this doesn't even come close to Minor Threat, and nor would I have expected to. Nevertheless, this was a solid album and an enjoyable listen. My main gripe with this album is nothing really stood out to me. As a piece of art I did enjoy the sit down and listen through of it, but did anything really pop for me? Not really. I don't have anything I hate about this album, at all, honestly there was no skips on this album - but every song kind of just meshed together as one piece. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but there's nothing in here that draws me back. This was such a hard album to rate. If there was a 10 star scale it would be a 6.5 or 7 out of 10. I was inclined to give this a 4 because it really was an enjoyable listen, but it just feels too forgettable for me to rate it higher than a 3.
Come on man. Who the fuck doesn't like this? This is nearly a 5, but just doesn't have that staying power I'm looking for in an album. God this was good though.
I like Bob Dylan, but this is easily his most overrated work. This album is a fucking mess - have no idea how this is considered one of the greatest rock history; it's really really shit. It wouldn't hurt to sing with some vocal range, instead of the same dreary whiney voice, Bob. Fuck me. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" really rescues this album.
A pretty tasty fusion of punk-rock and early 2000's indie. Lots of substance, and a pretty enjoyable listen. However, it's just not for me. I really didn't feel one way or the other when listening to it, and nothing stood out for me. It just felt a bit plain to me, I don't know why.
Individually most of the songs on this album are shit. If you played me any of these songs on their own I would probably turn it off and go listen to something else. But when played as an album, there's something magical that happens. I really do think this is one of those albums you have to listen to in it's entirety to be able to enjoy, and boy do I enjoy it. Admittedly this album is 10x better to listen to on vinyl than digitally. Do I think this album is perfection? Not really. It's close, and I definitely will keep coming back to it. However, it's really hard to find any flaws in this. Yes, there is a difference between flawless and perfection to me. tldr; perfect? no. flawless? yes. I want to give this a 4 but my brain will not allow it, simply because this is a 9/10 to me and not deserving of less.
This is horrifyingly bad. Holy fuck. Two songs in and I could not believe I still had another hour and a bit of listening to this garbage. Somehow this is Bruce Springsteen's 9/11 "comeback album", but ended up just being terrorism to my ears. Like the war in Afghanistan, this album went for entirely too long, was almost entirely pointless, and caused almost incalculable amounts of suffering.
Okay, I'm prepared for the incoming pretentious, fart-sniffing, pontificating allegations. And I ain't beating them. I'm also not going to go to war with everyone. I'm just going to put my best case forward for this album. Talking Heads released their first feature-length album in '77, which was wildly ahead of its time in predicting the sounds that would define the 80s, but also in its sampling, editing, and production techniques. This only grew on future albums. Similarly, even earlier, White Light / White Heat by the Velvet Underground came out in '68 and captured the textures, fuzz, and punk that would explode in the early 70s with Branca, Sonic Youth, the Swans, and all the other subsequent alt-rock and punk projects of the late 70s and early 80s. What does *Metal Box* have to do with any of that? It released in '79, riding that end-of-decade wave of innovation. No one was making sounds like this, except for Eno and maybe, before him, Halim El-Dabh with his piece Wire Recorder Piece or even John Cage’s experiments, though to a much lesser degree. There are probably others, but those are the ones I know of. I was disappointed by No Birds because it felt like it was going somewhere but didn’t. I felt as though not only is the album deeply experimental, but it has nothing to show for it at times. Thankfully, I didn’t feel that way throughout. In fact, everything up to and including Albatross didn’t amount to much more than an early use of dub techniques in this manner. However, Poptones blew me away. This track came out nearly 45 years ago, and it sounds like an experimental track that could come out today. It’s so unique and chilling, capturing that post-punk rawness while being strangely beautiful. Careering pushed me. The hollow echo and the jarring rhythms really got under my skin. And that was the point. By experimenting with dub, post-punk, and heavy distortion, PiL created soundscapes that were previously unthought. Music doesn’t have to be catchy and danceable—it can be abrasive and off-kilter. This track filled me with a sense of unease. Very cool. Graveyard, minus the vocals, if used for the soundtrack of a contemporary horror film, would receive praise for its building of tension. The imagery associated with it is haunting. Some people are amazed that Aphex Twin developed some of his early works in the mid-80s. Radio 4 came out in ’79, come on, you gotta admit, that’s pretty cool. I feel the same way about The Suit as I do about Graveyard. It could fit into a modern horror soundtrack and no one would bat an eye. It may even receive praise. The walls of sound on Metal Box are a premonition of the looping soundscapes of no-wave and influence that would dominate the early 80s and have a lasting impact on alt-rock and industrial music going forward. This album reminds me of Eno’s Another Green World. And while he might have beat them to the punch, this album is certainly remarkable and influential for its time and certainly deserving of a spot on the list of post-punk classics. What people need to understand is that this album, while not to most people’s taste, isn’t a flaming garbage heap. It’s not just banging noises together. I’ve been to awful live noise shows; anyone can bang some stuff together and call it music. That’s a 1/5. This isn’t that. This is well-composed, influential, ahead of its time. It had structure and nuance. 10/10 Fav tracks – Poptones, Careering, Graveyard, Radio 4, Albatross, The Suit, Memories Least fav – No Birds -- Just kidding, this album was fucked.
Album 2 of the BD trilogy, and the randomised God's have given this to me consecutively. This album really is fucking awesome. Like a Rolling Stone is such a phenomenal track, and is usually a staple for getting introduced to Bob Dylan. My only gripe with this record is I get lost in the lyrics a lot of the time. Desolation Row and Ballad of a Thin man are shocking for this. I lost focus for like 2 seconds and had no idea what he was on about. Actually, now that I think about it, Ballad of a Thin Man is actually a pretty shit song lmao. Nearly a perfect album - probably worth the accolades it got, but there's better Bob Dylan albums out there.
Why does every Eagles song sound exactly the same? Why is every song by the Eagles a fucking love or heartbreak song? Jesus Christ, give it a rest. This was still an enjoyable listen. They have such a recognisable sound, something you'd hear on K-ROSE while you're flying a Regina at max speed at dusk. The Eagles put you into a very sombre mood, shame the sombre mood is always the same fucking thing and you just think about some girl that broke your heart. One of These Nights is such a better album than this. Probably not something I'd come rushing back to outside of the lead track.
Not particularly familiar with The Strokes, but definitely recognise the album art, that shit is iconic. Honestly though, I had high hopes for this one, especially since it's so critically acclaimed; but it wasn't all that grand. It was good, don't get me wrong, but it felt pretty flavourless and lacking in depth. I'm sure there's some British Indie freak out there who thinks this is the best thing since sliced bread, but honestly this really doesn't do that for me and I can't see myself coming back to any of the songs on this record in a massive hurry.
This is like if you kept the instrumentals and 80's feel of The Smiths but replaced the whiney cunt singing with someone more tolerable. This is pretty alright as far as Britslop goes. My main gripe with this record is half the songs could be cut in half and the album would be so much better. I enjoy a long song but some songs are just the same repeating bars over and over and over and it's pretty exhausting. You have to sit through 10 minutes of repeating songs to be able to get to the gold in this album, which is a shame. Fool's Gold is a fucking 10/10 song though. Ten minutes long and I could listen to it on repeat all day, phenomenal. Biased of course as it was featured in GTA SA and thus I grew up bopping to it. How to fix this album: 1. Cut all the songs playtime in half. 2. Delete Don't Stop from the album entirely. 3. Move Fool's Gold to the place of Don't Stop. 4. It is now a 10/10 album. Britpop album #6/48.
Kurt: "This song is called 'I hate myself and I want to die'" Nirvana Fans: "There’s no way this dude killed himself" I don't need to say anything about this album that hasn't been said a million times. This album is a top ten of all time and there is never going to be a valid argument against that fact. Territorial Pissings and Stay Away are absolute favourite of mine.
I was really looking forward to this, but honestly this is a bit of a letdown. Whilst I can tell this was cutting edge for the time, and the mix of samples together on a lot of songs was genuinely great, it was just really missing that oomph that I would be expecting from an instrumental hip hop album. Comparing this to Donuts by J Dilla or the Rappers Best Friend series, does this stack up to those - which are my favourite instrumental albums? I don't think it's even close. Definitely cool record and a worthy listen if you're trying to study or work and want something interesting to focus to, but as a greatest/must listen album of all time this doesn't hold it's weight.
I would like to take a moment to recognise the poor guy that tried out this site but ended up getting two Kate Bush albums as his first and second album. https://1001albumsgenerator.com/shares/5fa11a5923dd065578a169f9 The chances of that happening are 0.000766%, or about 1 in 130,548. I hope one day our noble hero returns, and God willing, he gets this album as his third. That being said - did I get a different album as everyone else reviewing this or something? I fucking hated this. It was awfully boring, lame, and weird. Genuinely struggled to finish this one, it took me a couple of attempts because I just wanted to slam my head against my desk whenever another song started playing. Thanks to Stranger Things for reviving this, it should have just been left buried in the 80's like asbestos and leaded petrol - the latter I had an uncontrollable craving for drinking whilst suffering through this.
Tupac's magnum opus, and a must-listen staple for west coast hip-hop. While it definitely shows it's age more than other 90's hip-hop records, this album has no skips. I grew up listening to this album, and it was my first real introduction to hip-hop as a child. Not many of Tupac's 'best of' appears on here, but this is arguably his only album that is solid from start to finish. Something that you actually *want* to listen to from start to finish. Tupac never replicated that again on any of his albums both during his tenure & posthumously. Don't get me wrong, this dude was an unbelievably disgusting scumbag who deserved everything that happened to him, but separating artist from music, it's a pretty damn perfect album.
Honky Tonk electric guitar from the 50's/60's melts me, I love that shit. This was almost worthy of a 5, the range in emotions was super impressive, and I equally loved the emotional songs as much as the hootin' and hollerin' misogynist drinking anthems. Super solid listen, and something I'll be coming back to in the future. The only reason I'm not giving it a 5 is that it just didn't have that 'pizazz' that separates this from any other Honky Tonk album and makes it feel truly unique. Certainly an 8.5 to 9 out of ten though. Fuck this album art is creepy but.