Sep 03 2024
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John4
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Sep 04 2024
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman5
Sep 05 2024
A Night At The Opera
Queen5
Sep 06 2024
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder4
Sep 09 2024
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield3
Sep 10 2024
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young5
Sep 11 2024
Elephant
The White Stripes4
Sep 12 2024
The College Dropout
Kanye West2
Sep 13 2024
British Steel
Judas Priest4
Sep 16 2024
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen5
Sep 17 2024
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone3
Sep 18 2024
The Undertones
The Undertones4
Sep 19 2024
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald2
Sep 20 2024
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan4
Sep 23 2024
Machine Head
Deep PurpleI'm a sucker for a bit of dad rock. Some iconic tunes on this one as well
4
Sep 24 2024
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions3
Sep 25 2024
Figure 8
Elliott Smith4
Sep 26 2024
Teen Dream
Beach House2
Sep 27 2024
Maxinquaye
TrickyNot usually my sort of thing. Has its high points though, especially the cover of Black Steel
3
Sep 30 2024
Since I Left You
The AvalanchesI like the way this album flows, it feels like you're at a party. Unfortunately it's the sort of party where the vibe isn't for me (although I can appreciate how people are having a good time) and I want to go home and watch a film
3
Oct 01 2024
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat LoafBeen listening to this album for years. Pure melodrama in the best possible way
5
Oct 02 2024
Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers2
Oct 03 2024
Mr. Tambourine Man
The ByrdsIt was fine. Nice background music but not doing anything to stand out for me
3
Oct 04 2024
Nowhere
RideThis album might finally get me into shoegaze
4
Oct 07 2024
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello3
Oct 08 2024
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic3
Oct 09 2024
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire3
Oct 10 2024
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno1
Oct 11 2024
Low-Life
New Order4
Oct 14 2024
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan4
Oct 15 2024
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans TrioI'm really sorry. I really want to like freeform jazz, but I think my brain just isn't programmed for it
2
Oct 16 2024
The Sensual World
Kate Bush4
Oct 17 2024
Live At Leeds
The Who3
Oct 18 2024
Thriller
Michael Jackson4
Oct 21 2024
The Stone Roses
The Stone RosesA classic that defined the Madchester sound going into the 90s. Only loses a star as there's some filler in between the bangers
4
Oct 22 2024
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs3
Oct 23 2024
Quiet Life
JapanThis album was highly influential to the sound of the 80s, but apart from a few songs it did very little for me
3
Oct 24 2024
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem4
Oct 25 2024
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills4
Oct 28 2024
Smash
The Offspring4
Oct 29 2024
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies3
Oct 30 2024
Emergency On Planet Earth
JamiroquaiSome nice funk, but derivitive of better stuff from the 70s. I do like some of the later hits they put out
3
Oct 31 2024
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile2
Nov 01 2024
Funeral
Arcade FireThis is what I love about this project. This is the sort of album with universal acclaim that I've put off listening to because it's "not my thing", but I enjoyed the vast majority of this album, especially towards the latter half
4
Nov 04 2024
Young Americans
David BowieA transitional album for Bowie, and yet he still managed to influence a whole movement of established artists performing soul tracks. 3.5
4
Nov 05 2024
1984
Van Halen4
Nov 06 2024
Who's Next
The Who4
Nov 07 2024
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney3
Nov 08 2024
Dookie
Green Day5
Nov 11 2024
Paranoid
Black Sabbath5
Nov 12 2024
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin5
Nov 13 2024
I Should Coco
Supergrass4
Nov 14 2024
Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti3
Nov 15 2024
Smile
Brian Wilson4
Nov 18 2024
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley3
Nov 19 2024
Electric Warrior
T. Rex3
Nov 20 2024
Pink Moon
Nick Drake4
Nov 21 2024
Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto1
Nov 22 2024
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino4
Nov 25 2024
Parallel Lines
Blondie3
Nov 26 2024
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin5
Nov 27 2024
Tank Battles
Dagmar KrauseThis is so far outside my wheelhouse I don't know where to start. I gave it a chance, but it does nothing for me. Good for you if you enjoy it, I just can't fathom how it made the list
1
Nov 28 2024
The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla2
Nov 29 2024
1989
Taylor Swift3
Dec 02 2024
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes3
Dec 03 2024
Transformer
Lou Reed4
Dec 04 2024
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues4
Dec 05 2024
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy2
Dec 06 2024
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld1
Dec 09 2024
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra3
Dec 10 2024
The Wall
Pink FloydEasy 5, as with any Floyd album from DSOTM to this
5
Dec 11 2024
Blackstar
David Bowie5
Dec 12 2024
Kenza
Khaled3
Dec 13 2024
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft BoysAn album I'd never heard of before, and I loved it
5
Dec 16 2024
Hotel California
Eagles3
Dec 17 2024
Highway to Hell
AC/DC5
Dec 18 2024
All Directions
The Temptations2
Dec 25 2024
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.4
Dec 26 2024
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists3
Dec 27 2024
Destroyer
KISS3
Dec 30 2024
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet UndergroundFeels wrong to give this the same rating as the Kiss album I had yesterday, but that just narrowly avoided being a 2, and this just narrowly missed being a 4
3
Dec 31 2024
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili PeppersThis is peak Funk-era RHCP. I happen to like some of their later stuff too, but if you are if the "I prefer old-school chilis" type, then this is probably the album you're thinking of
5
Jan 03 2025
With The Beatles
Beatles4
Jan 06 2025
Music in Exile
Songhoy BluesAn album I'd never very have discovered without this project, and one I enjoyed
4
Jan 07 2025
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz3
Jan 08 2025
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury4
Jan 09 2025
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout3
Jan 10 2025
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye3
Jan 13 2025
...And Justice For All
MetallicaI just can't in good conscience give an album a 5 if they've mixed out the bass
4
Jan 14 2025
Cloud Nine
The Temptations3
Jan 15 2025
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions3
Jan 16 2025
Pyromania
Def LeppardAs a lifelong Hysteria supremacist, I must admit this album is also a banger
5
Jan 17 2025
Green
R.E.M.4
Jan 20 2025
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers4
Jan 21 2025
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT4
Jan 22 2025
Live!
Fela KutiStill can't fully get on board with 10+ minute long improvised jazz, but this was more accessible and enjoyable to me than most I've heard
3
Jan 23 2025
Hms Fable
ShackFelt like I was going to enjoy this after the first fee tracks, but then began to drag. This album doesn't do anything that wasn't done better dozens of times in the decade that preceded it
3
Jan 24 2025
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood3
Jan 27 2025
Diamond Life
Sade2
Jan 28 2025
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers4
Jan 29 2025
Want One
Rufus Wainwright2
Jan 30 2025
Doolittle
Pixies4
Jan 31 2025
Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers3
Feb 03 2025
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets3
Feb 04 2025
Ten
Pearl Jam5
Feb 05 2025
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson2
Feb 06 2025
90
808 State1
Feb 07 2025
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's4
Feb 10 2025
Station To Station
David Bowie5
Feb 11 2025
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós3
Feb 12 2025
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson4
Feb 13 2025
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt2
Feb 14 2025
Killing Joke
Killing Joke5
Feb 17 2025
Exodus
Bob Marley & The WailersArguably the greatest and most important Reggae album ever released
5
Feb 18 2025
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy4
Feb 19 2025
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers4
Feb 20 2025
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival4
Feb 21 2025
Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black4
Feb 24 2025
21
AdelePut this on, grab your wine, chocolates and Bridget Jones paperback, and let the cats wonder why you're crying again
3
Feb 25 2025
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears3
Feb 26 2025
Microshift
Hookworms2
Feb 27 2025
Spiderland
Slint2
Feb 28 2025
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon3
Mar 03 2025
Document
R.E.M.4
Mar 04 2025
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey4
Mar 05 2025
Bug
Dinosaur Jr.4
Mar 06 2025
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo BandWhen this came through I was sceptical...an album of bongo music? Then as I listened and read up, I realised this inadvertently bacame the jumping off point for hip hop. So many great beats and influential elements
4
Mar 07 2025
Vento De Maio
Elis Regina3
Mar 10 2025
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake4
Mar 11 2025
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine5
Mar 12 2025
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop5
Mar 13 2025
Dry
PJ Harvey4
Mar 14 2025
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael3
Mar 17 2025
Arrival
ABBA4
Mar 18 2025
Guero
Beck3
Mar 19 2025
Imagine
John Lennon4
Mar 20 2025
Savane
Ali Farka Touré3
Mar 21 2025
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention4
Mar 24 2025
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings5
Mar 25 2025
Disraeli Gears
Cream4
Mar 26 2025
Viva Hate
Morrissey2
Mar 27 2025
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones4
Mar 28 2025
Superunknown
Soundgarden3
Mar 31 2025
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
OasisIt's fashionable to hate Oasis these days, but if you were in the UK when this came out, you'd know how much of a cultural impact it had
5
Apr 01 2025
Purple Rain
Prince5
Apr 02 2025
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks4
Apr 03 2025
This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall4
Apr 04 2025
White Ladder
David Gray2
Apr 07 2025
Frank
Amy Winehouse2
Apr 08 2025
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz3
Apr 09 2025
...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears2
Apr 10 2025
American Gothic
David Ackles3
Apr 11 2025
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron3
Apr 14 2025
The Clash
The Clash5
Apr 15 2025
xx
The xx2
Apr 16 2025
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club4
Apr 17 2025
B-52's
The B-52's3
Apr 18 2025
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg3
Apr 21 2025
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest4
Apr 22 2025
The Wildest!
Louis Prima4
Apr 23 2025
Fear and Whiskey
Mekons3
Apr 24 2025
New Forms
Roni Size1
Apr 25 2025
Hypnotised
The Undertones4
Apr 28 2025
Tommy
The Who4
Apr 29 2025
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath5
Apr 30 2025
Harvest
Neil Young4
May 01 2025
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide2
May 02 2025
Rapture
Anita Baker2
May 05 2025
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks4
May 06 2025
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 54
May 07 2025
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey2
May 08 2025
Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson3
May 09 2025
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band3
May 12 2025
Abbey Road
Beatles5
May 13 2025
Gorillaz
Gorillaz4
May 14 2025
McCartney
Paul McCartney4
May 15 2025
My Generation
The Who3
May 16 2025
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie4
May 19 2025
Boston
Boston4
May 20 2025
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder4
May 21 2025
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales2
May 22 2025
Blue Lines
Massive Attack3
May 23 2025
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel3
May 26 2025
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones3
May 27 2025
Back In Black
AC/DC5
May 28 2025
Shadowland
k.d. langIn a period when music was getting edgier, and bands who would redefine genres were being formed, Tipper Gore and the PMRC were losing their minds and trying to control what people could listen to. This is the milquetoast kinda stuff they had in mind
1
May 29 2025
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane2
May 30 2025
Kimono My House
Sparks3
Jun 02 2025
Urban Hymns
The Verve4
Jun 03 2025
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic4
Jun 04 2025
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails4
Jun 05 2025
We Are Family
Sister Sledge4
Jun 06 2025
Feast of Wire
Calexico4
Jun 09 2025
Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington2
Jun 10 2025
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa4
Jun 11 2025
Moving Pictures
Rush4
Jun 12 2025
Traffic
Traffic4
Jun 13 2025
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys5
Jun 16 2025
Van Halen
Van Halen4
Jun 17 2025
Debut
Björk2
Jun 18 2025
Tical
Method Man2
Jun 19 2025
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's3
Jun 20 2025
The White Album
Beatles5
Jun 23 2025
Dummy
Portishead3
Jun 24 2025
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones4
Jun 25 2025
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega3
Jun 26 2025
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor2
Jun 27 2025
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra2
Jun 30 2025
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince4
Jul 01 2025
Madman Across The Water
Elton John4
Jul 02 2025
Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen2
Jul 03 2025
Grace
Jeff Buckley4
Jul 04 2025
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine3
Jul 07 2025
Odelay
Beck3
Jul 08 2025
Morrison Hotel
The Doors4
Jul 09 2025
Dance Mania
Tito Puente2
Jul 10 2025
Let It Be
The Replacements4
Jul 11 2025
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette5
Jul 14 2025
Revolver
Beatles5
Jul 15 2025
Music From Big Pink
The Band4
Jul 16 2025
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents2
Jul 17 2025
Oxygène
Jean-Michel JarreAnd the award for most unexpected "oh wait I actually know this song, it's a bop" goes to...
2
Jul 18 2025
The Slider
T. Rex3
Jul 21 2025
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan3
Jul 22 2025
Amnesiac
Radiohead2
Jul 23 2025
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins3
Jul 24 2025
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath5
Jul 25 2025
Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers2
Jul 28 2025
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra4
Jul 29 2025
Blue
Joni Mitchell3
Jul 30 2025
Fred Neil
Fred Neil3
Jul 31 2025
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young4
Aug 01 2025
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash3
Aug 04 2025
Graceland
Paul Simon4
Aug 05 2025
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles4
Aug 06 2025
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart2
Aug 07 2025
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon4
Aug 08 2025
GI
Germs4
Aug 11 2025
Brothers
The Black Keys3
Aug 12 2025
On The Beach
Neil Young3
Aug 13 2025
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon3
Aug 14 2025
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins5
Aug 15 2025
The Who Sell Out
The Who4