Jan 29 2025
Miriam Makeba
Miriam MakebaWow. This why we do it.
5
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Aug 28 2024
In It For The Money
Supergrass4
Aug 29 2024
Physical Graffiti
Led ZeppelinIt’s good. Not THAT good.
4
Aug 30 2024
Tapestry
Carole KingIt’s really good. It’s just not something I often reach for. An extremely high 3.5- mostly just to distinguish it in this contest- a 3.
3
Aug 31 2024
Remain In Light
Talking Heads5
Sep 01 2024
Kid A
Radiohead4
Sep 02 2024
Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker DüFriend you’ve got to fall and up in the air
5
Sep 03 2024
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues3
Sep 04 2024
The Predator
Ice Cube4
Sep 05 2024
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets4
Sep 06 2024
Different Class
PulpVery very good- just needs to grow on me I think- going with a high 3.5- rounded down.
3
Sep 07 2024
Garbage
Garbage3
Sep 08 2024
Dear Science
TV On The Radio4
Sep 09 2024
Pet Sounds
The Beach BoysIt’s hyped for good reason.
5
Sep 10 2024
Hot Fuss
The Killers4
Sep 11 2024
Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch5
Sep 12 2024
Sunshine Superman
Donovan4
Sep 13 2024
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks5
Sep 14 2024
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim4
Sep 15 2024
Beyond Skin
Nitin SawhneyGuys. This one is a 2 or a 2.5. It sounds great- there’s nothing objectionable really on it— it combines a bunch of interesting sounds—- but - those alone do not equal greatness. It’s just fine. I expect more from the albums on this list.in a vacuum - if I was in a better mood MAYBE I’d give it three- but for this exercise - it’s a big 2. My least fav thus far. There’s clearly a lot of talent/technical work on here- but- it feels lifeless. Just like someone who likes massive attack and various hindustani music melded them seamlessly without thinking as far as why they were doing it.
2
Sep 16 2024
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents2
Sep 17 2024
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters4
Sep 18 2024
Hms Fable
ShackI want to give this a 2 for the site- because I find it hard to argue it’s essential in any way— but it’s a low three and a half in my book. Better than decent Brit pop.
2
Sep 19 2024
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement4
Sep 20 2024
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company3
Sep 21 2024
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's3
Sep 22 2024
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco4
Sep 23 2024
Teenager Of The Year
Frank BlackThis is a sky high three point five. Some great tunes- but it’s too long for its own good. And the good stuff comes later in the sequencing. Not 1001 essential.
3
Sep 24 2024
All Directions
The Temptations4
Sep 25 2024
Survivor
Destiny's Child1
Sep 26 2024
The Nightfly
Donald Fagen4
Sep 27 2024
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music5
Sep 28 2024
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast5
Sep 29 2024
Either Or
Elliott Smith5
Sep 30 2024
New Boots And Panties
Ian DuryGuys , I don’t know about this.
2
Oct 01 2024
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground4
Oct 02 2024
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson5
Oct 03 2024
Lost Souls
Doves4
Oct 04 2024
Gold
Ryan Adams4
Oct 05 2024
Blur
Blur4
Oct 06 2024
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson5
Oct 07 2024
The Man Who
Travis2
Oct 08 2024
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder3
Oct 09 2024
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club3
Oct 10 2024
Aja
Steely Dan5
Oct 11 2024
New Forms
Roni Size2
Oct 12 2024
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie4
Oct 13 2024
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers3
Oct 14 2024
Hotel California
Eagles4
Oct 15 2024
The Wall
Pink Floyd2
Oct 16 2024
Fifth Dimension
The ByrdsKinda shouldn’t be as good as it is.
5
Oct 17 2024
Arrival
ABBA4
Oct 18 2024
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & GarfunkelHow else would I get over the troubled water?
5
Oct 19 2024
Blue
Joni Mitchell4
Oct 20 2024
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears4
Oct 21 2024
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits5
Oct 22 2024
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac5
Oct 23 2024
We Are Family
Sister Sledge4
Oct 24 2024
Moondance
Van Morrison5
Oct 25 2024
The La's
The La'sThere she goes
4
Oct 26 2024
The Stranger
Billy Joel3
Oct 27 2024
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads4
Oct 28 2024
Vento De Maio
Elis Regina4
Oct 29 2024
Frank
Amy Winehouse4
Oct 30 2024
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins5
Oct 31 2024
Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand5
Nov 01 2024
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays3
Nov 02 2024
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park2
Nov 03 2024
Street Life
The Crusaders2
Nov 04 2024
Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine3
Nov 05 2024
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees3
Nov 06 2024
Truth And Soul
Fishbone3
Nov 07 2024
Back to Mystery City
Hanoi RocksIt’s a 1.5 —- it’d be a 2.5 or 2 — there’s a few songs that are a tad catchy and fun, but I found it obnoxious to listen to and will not revisit.
1
Nov 08 2024
At Budokan
Cheap Trick4
Nov 09 2024
Pink Moon
Nick Drake5
Nov 10 2024
Pornography
The Cure4
Nov 11 2024
#1 Record
Big Star5
Nov 12 2024
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana5
Nov 13 2024
Fromohio
fIREHOSE4
Nov 14 2024
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth4
Nov 15 2024
The Rise & Fall
Madness3
Nov 16 2024
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand5
Nov 17 2024
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra3
Nov 18 2024
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics4
Nov 19 2024
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra4
Nov 20 2024
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets4
Nov 21 2024
Trafalgar
Bee Gees3
Nov 22 2024
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope4
Nov 23 2024
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure3
Nov 24 2024
The Visitors
ABBA3
Nov 25 2024
Heroes to Zeros
The Beta Band4
Nov 26 2024
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone5
Nov 27 2024
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction4
Nov 28 2024
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy5
Nov 29 2024
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian5
Nov 30 2024
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello5
Dec 01 2024
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails4
Dec 02 2024
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins4
Dec 03 2024
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath3
Dec 04 2024
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix5
Dec 05 2024
Trio
Dolly Parton4
Dec 06 2024
Hypnotised
The Undertones4
Dec 07 2024
Imagine
John Lennon4
Dec 08 2024
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal2
Dec 09 2024
Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne2
Dec 10 2024
Figure 8
Elliott SmithBumped this up to 4.5. Not as good for me as the previous two— but damn this guy was a master. What a loss.
5
Dec 11 2024
Beautiful Freak
Eels4
Dec 12 2024
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits4
Dec 13 2024
Kimono My House
Sparks3
Dec 14 2024
Graceland
Paul Simon4
Dec 15 2024
The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu4
Dec 16 2024
Synchronicity
The Police5
Dec 17 2024
Violator
Depeche Mode4
Dec 18 2024
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem3
Dec 19 2024
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd4
Dec 20 2024
Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen3
Dec 21 2024
On The Beach
Neil Young5
Dec 22 2024
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa2
Dec 23 2024
Nixon
Lambchop4
Dec 24 2024
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince5
Dec 25 2024
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi2
Dec 26 2024
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists3
Dec 27 2024
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs5
Dec 28 2024
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse6 stars
5
Dec 29 2024
Hunky Dory
David Bowie5
Dec 30 2024
Take Me Apart
Kelela3
Dec 31 2024
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar5
Jan 01 2025
american dream
LCD Soundsystem3
Jan 02 2025
Like Water For Chocolate
CommonOne of my favorite hip hop albums. Dilla forever. Part of the soulquarians sessions w things fall apart, mamas gun and voodoo
5
Jan 03 2025
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'ArbyCouple good performances- great voice. Dated flat album.
2
Jan 04 2025
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix4
Jan 05 2025
Legalize It
Peter Tosh4
Jan 06 2025
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead4
Jan 07 2025
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder5
Jan 08 2025
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor4
Jan 09 2025
Sheer Heart Attack
QueenQueen is a singles band.
3
Jan 10 2025
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols4
Jan 11 2025
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz3
Jan 12 2025
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel4
Jan 13 2025
Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators4
Jan 14 2025
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks4
Jan 15 2025
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths3
Jan 16 2025
L.A. Woman
The Doors3
Jan 17 2025
Fragile
YesProg masterpiece- such groove and hooks. Phenomenal bass playing.
5
Jan 18 2025
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival4
Jan 19 2025
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel4
Jan 20 2025
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo4.5
4
Jan 21 2025
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets4
Jan 22 2025
New York Dolls
New York DollsFirst listen. More punk-sounding, aggressive and better than I expected.
4
Jan 23 2025
São Paulo Confessions
Suba2
Jan 24 2025
Shleep
Robert Wyatt5
Jan 25 2025
Ramones
RamonesCome on.
5
Jan 26 2025
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys4.5— did you notice beastie boys are a punk/funk band?
5
Jan 27 2025
Little Earthquakes
Tori AmosHigh 4. Could be 4.5— I understand why folks have this at 5.
4
Jan 28 2025
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse3
Jan 29 2025
Miriam Makeba
Miriam MakebaWow. This why we do it.
5
Jan 30 2025
Bubble And Scrape
SebadohBetter than expected—- 3.5 going 4 due to lack of love here.
4
Jan 31 2025
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions4
Feb 01 2025
Gorillaz
Gorillaz4
Feb 02 2025
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John4.5
4
Feb 03 2025
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest4
Feb 04 2025
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat LoafThis is corny glory. Todd is king. His name was Robert Paulson.
5
Feb 05 2025
Rid Of Me
PJ HarveyWow. First listen- 5 stars.
5
Feb 06 2025
Feast of Wire
Calexico3
Feb 07 2025
Sex Packets
Digital Underground5 stars for humpty. 2 for everything else.
3
Feb 08 2025
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio4
Feb 09 2025
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.5
Feb 10 2025
American Pie
Don McLeanBetter than I expected.
3
Feb 11 2025
Live!
Fela Kuti4
Feb 12 2025
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone5
Feb 14 2025
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized5
Feb 15 2025
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles4.5
5
Feb 17 2025
Cross
Justice4
Feb 18 2025
Pearl
Janis JoplinFirst listen - I can’t believe I have to admit it. But holy crap- worth the hype!
5
Feb 19 2025
This Is Hardcore
Pulp3
Feb 20 2025
Queen II
Queen3
Feb 21 2025
Junkyard
The Birthday Party3
Feb 22 2025
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane5
Feb 23 2025
Stardust
Willie Nelson3
Feb 24 2025
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC54.5 more fun, crazy, important than relistenable.
4
Feb 25 2025
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake5
Feb 26 2025
All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot2
Feb 27 2025
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith3
Feb 28 2025
Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo3
Mar 01 2025
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean5
Mar 03 2025
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder5
Mar 04 2025
Electric Warrior
T. Rex4
Mar 05 2025
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds4
Mar 06 2025
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions5
Mar 07 2025
S&M
Metallica2
Mar 08 2025
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis4
Mar 09 2025
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath5
Mar 10 2025
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer3
Mar 11 2025
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 54
Mar 12 2025
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star4
Mar 13 2025
1989
Taylor Swift4
Mar 14 2025
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton3
Mar 15 2025
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy4
Mar 16 2025
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood4
Mar 17 2025
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden4
Mar 19 2025
Marquee Moon
TelevisionWith a bullet
5
Mar 20 2025
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan5
Mar 21 2025
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane4
Mar 22 2025
The World is a Ghetto
War4
Mar 23 2025
I See You
The xx4
Mar 24 2025
Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely3
Mar 25 2025
Tidal
Fiona Apple5
Mar 26 2025
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell4
Mar 27 2025
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses3
Mar 28 2025
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter5
Mar 29 2025
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse4
Mar 30 2025
In Rainbows
Radiohead5
Apr 01 2025
Doolittle
Pixies5
Apr 05 2025
1999
Prince5
Apr 06 2025
Close To You
CarpentersI like her voice and Burt Bacharach songs as much as the next guy. But this doesn’t hang together all that well.
2
Apr 08 2025
Purple Rain
Prince5
Apr 10 2025
Ys
Joanna Newsom5
Apr 11 2025
Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes4
Apr 12 2025
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers4
Apr 14 2025
Blunderbuss
Jack White3
Apr 15 2025
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy5
Apr 16 2025
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers3
Apr 19 2025
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin4
Apr 20 2025
Reign In Blood
Slayer3
Apr 21 2025
The Last Broadcast
Doves4
Apr 23 2025
Being There
Wilco5
Apr 24 2025
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac5
Apr 26 2025
Disintegration
The Cure5
Apr 28 2025
Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada5
Apr 29 2025
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine4
Apr 30 2025
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions4
May 01 2025
Achtung Baby
U2Their best album- funky Eno mega pop with great guitar and anthemic tunes.
5
May 02 2025
Paranoid
Black Sabbath5
May 03 2025
Parallel Lines
Blondie5
May 05 2025
System Of A Down
System Of A Down4
May 10 2025
Raw Power
The Stooges4
May 11 2025
Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo4
May 13 2025
Grace
Jeff Buckley4
May 14 2025
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno5
May 15 2025
E.V.O.L.
Sonic YouthFirst listen. One of their best. High 4.5
5
May 17 2025
Low
David Bowie4
May 18 2025
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.3
May 20 2025
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.4
May 21 2025
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention3
May 22 2025
Stankonia
OutKast4
May 24 2025
Young Americans
David Bowie4
May 25 2025
The Blueprint
JAY Z5
May 27 2025
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix4
May 28 2025
Repeater
Fugazi4
May 30 2025
Document
R.E.M.5
Jun 01 2025
Zombie
Fela Kuti5
Jun 03 2025
In Utero
Nirvana5
Jun 04 2025
American Idiot
Green Day2
Jun 05 2025
evermore
Taylor Swift3
Jun 06 2025
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers4
Jun 07 2025
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers4
Jun 08 2025
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr4
Jun 09 2025
Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry3
Jun 10 2025
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings5
Jun 11 2025
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers3
Jun 13 2025
Smile
Brian Wilson5
Jun 14 2025
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's4
Jun 15 2025
Back In Black
AC/DC4
Jun 17 2025
Transformer
Lou Reed4
Jun 18 2025
Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit4
Jun 19 2025
Fun House
The Stooges5
Jun 20 2025
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan5
Jun 21 2025
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen4
Jun 22 2025
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde3
Jun 23 2025
Fever Ray
Fever Ray3
Jun 24 2025
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson5
Jun 25 2025
90
808 State1
Jun 27 2025
Illinois
Sufjan StevensWith a bullet
5
Jun 28 2025
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush4
Jun 29 2025
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu4
Jun 30 2025
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds3
Jul 01 2025
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk5
Jul 02 2025
Phaedra
Tangerine Dream4
Jul 04 2025
The United States Of America
The United States Of America4
Jul 05 2025
The Bends
Radiohead5
Jul 06 2025
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West5
Jul 08 2025
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes4
Jul 10 2025
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart5
Jul 11 2025
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police4
Jul 12 2025
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay4
Jul 15 2025
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse3
Jul 16 2025
Thriller
Michael Jackson4
Jul 19 2025
21
Adele5
Jul 20 2025
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire4
Jul 21 2025
Brothers
The Black Keys4
Jul 22 2025
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa5
Jul 29 2025
OK Computer
Radiohead4
Jul 31 2025
White Ladder
David Gray3
Aug 02 2025
Horses
Patti Smith4
Aug 03 2025
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions5
Aug 07 2025
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized4
Aug 09 2025
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash4
Aug 14 2025
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys5
Aug 16 2025
Parachutes
Coldplay4
Aug 17 2025
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen5
Aug 21 2025
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones3