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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| Next | 5 | 2.72 | +2.28 |
| Car Wheels On A Gravel Road | 5 | 2.99 | +2.01 |
| Meat Puppets II | 5 | 3.02 | +1.98 |
| evermore | 5 | 3.04 | +1.96 |
| Architecture And Morality | 5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
| Time (The Revelator) | 5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
| Pacific Ocean Blue | 5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
| Dirty | 5 | 3.1 | +1.9 |
| Suede | 5 | 3.1 | +1.9 |
| Under Construction | 5 | 3.14 | +1.86 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| Talking Heads 77 | 2 | 3.56 | -1.56 |
| Blood Sugar Sex Magik | 2 | 3.5 | -1.5 |
| Aja | 2 | 3.46 | -1.46 |
| Stand! | 2 | 3.43 | -1.43 |
| The Band | 2 | 3.37 | -1.37 |
| Hot Rats | 2 | 3.36 | -1.36 |
| The World is a Ghetto | 2 | 3.35 | -1.35 |
| The Chronic | 2 | 3.33 | -1.33 |
| Wish You Were Here | 3 | 4.3 | -1.3 |
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 3 | 4.27 | -1.27 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Radiohead | 5 | 4.6 |
| Stan Getz | 2 | 5 |
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| Genesis | 5, 2 |
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Antony and the Johnsons
4/5
Very sombre. Incredibly unique voice. A lot of lyrics about gender identity. Beautiful and aching. Melancholy and a bit weird, but also very tender and beautiful.
2 likes
Fela Kuti
3/5
70s afrobeat. Funky. Massively political. Brass-heavy jazz. Very long songs. A bit repetitive.
1 likes
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
5/5
Reminds me of the Cure but more electronic. Interesting use of instruments. Beautifully 80s. Very atmospheric. Very early 80s, so must have inspired the decade’s sound a lot. Makes me happy. Interesting soundscapes. Varied, experimental and still cohesive. Fabulous.
1 likes
Boards of Canada
4/5
Scottish electronic. Chill lo-fi synths. Very atmospheric. Cool beats. I dig this. Interesting and varied. Pleasant and floaty. 80s vibes.
1 likes
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Michael Jackson
4/5
Struggle with this because of artist. Will give it a go. So many hits. So smooth. Hardly any skips, no wonder it took off. Incredibly coherent, defining sound. R&B is just not my favourite genre. Great album.
The Beach Boys
3/5
Very unique, enchanting sound. Beautiful harmonies. Very much of its time and iconic. A bit cloying in parts. Totally understand that this was an era-defining sound and there are some fantastic classics on here. But doesn't blow my mind.
Elvis Presley
4/5
Lots of soul, which works so well with his gorgeous voice. A good dash of country. Elvis sounds amazing. Album flows beautifully. Not that many massive hits, but so much good stuff. Beautiful album, fully believe this is one of Elivis' best. Flawless production and his voice control is fantastic.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Very strong start with Chain of fools. Unsurprisingly very soulful. Powerful. One you really want to turn up and belt in the car. Every song has incredible energy. Also deeply cool. Aretha is a force of nature. Incredible intensity. Would put this on at a party and everyone would love it.
The Temptations
3/5
The definition of groovy. Some interesting vocals. Feels extremely 70s. Nice chill album to have on in the background. Did not blow me away.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
One of my favorite bands. Karen O has the perfect rock star voice. Two of my all time faves are on this album.
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Fund and enjoyable, but quite monotone.
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Very funky, very groovy. This album certainly sets the tone and creates a great atmosphere. Not my style, but I admire it.
Nirvana
4/5
Very raw. Goes hard. Reminds me of my teens. All around excellent. Makes you wonder where they would have ended up.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
What you’d expect from a Jimmy Hendrix album, outstanding guitar work. Loads of soul and rhythm. Technical masterpiece. Very layered. Also long! Psychedelic. Absolute insanity, what kind of sounds he gets out of his guitar. obviously inspired a lot of rock. Admire this very much, but not my kind of music.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Late 60s rock. Playful, fun. Janis Joplin was lead singer before going solo. Her voice is something else. Interesting Summertime cover. Piece of My Heart just knocks me off my feet. There are absolute pearls on this, other tracks don’t really appeal to me.
TV On The Radio
3/5
Indie Rock. Lush soundscape, at times almost too much. Sounds a bit like a rockier Elbow. Feels a bit dated. Some songs feel too long. Chaotic, a lot early 2000s styles layered on top of each other. Would not seek out to listen again.
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
One of the best albums, one of my favourite bands. Joyful opening. Just beautiful. Playful. So many bangers. A perfect pop-rock album.
Suicide
3/5
Electronic rock. Very interesting. Seems ahead of its time and influential. Sets very cool atmosphere. Creative synths. Kind of dreamy and surreal. Experimental. Insanely modern for 1977. Random moaning and screaming. Fascinating and kind of amazing. Almost a bit scary.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
5/5
Reminds me of the Cure but more electronic. Interesting use of instruments. Beautifully 80s. Very atmospheric. Very early 80s, so must have inspired the decade’s sound a lot. Makes me happy. Interesting soundscapes. Varied, experimental and still cohesive. Fabulous.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Very mellow. Great harmonies. Very late 60s, very Laurel Canyon. Some great songs on here. Lovely but also a bit boring.
Elis Regina
3/5
Brazilian singer, late 70s. Musical style I’m not at all familiar with. 70s pop with jazz influences. A style of music I just do not enjoy at all. The Brazilian influences make it a bit better.
Yes
4/5
Early 70s rock. Amazing guitars. Harmonies. Sounds like an inspiration for Queen and many bands like them. Progressive rock. Very multi-layered. Loads of synths. A really good time. Great use of an organ. Insanely long songs, but they flow well and are very enjoyable.
The Vines
3/5
Australian early 200s rock. Sounds American. Garage Rock. Was compared to Nirvana. A bit noisy. A lot of older influences, especially British like the Beatles and Oasis. They’re borrowing a lot from everywhere. Enjoyable but not massively special or unique. Solid, but not memorable.
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Lush soundscape. Modern rock. 70s influences. Very funky and cool. Jazz and Mowtown influences. Smooth. Elaborate. Beautifully done. Varied. Stunning 60s samples.
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
Welsh Altrock. Goes hard. Pretty angsty. Reminds me of US rockbands from that time. Fantastic rock album. Very ‘süffig’.
Oasis
4/5
The OG of Britpop. Liam’s voice is a bit grating, but the music is great. Quintessentially British. Very cool, excellent album. Just not super exciting.
R.E.M.
4/5
There’s nothing like R.E.M. Angsty. Beautiful. Rooted in Folk. Mellow. Simple.
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
The title alone is wild. Very classic hip-hop. Some of the earliest hip-hop hits. 80s samples are fun. Very straightforward. Very repetitive.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
I love Sinatra so much, his voice is just stunning. Very moody and mopey. Sets a mood. Perfect album to melt into the couch to. Very samey. Snooze after the title track, sadly. Sorry Frank!
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
60s retro rock. Very well done. Arctic Monkeys front man. Not very interesting.
Iron Maiden
4/5
British Heavy Metal. 80s metal, much tamer than expected. Very melodic. No one uses guitars and drums better than a good metal band. Absolutely fantastic, even if not my genre.
The Clash
4/5
ate 70s punk rock mixed with other styles. Iconic title track. Amazing energy. Very varied. Joyful. Poppier than expected.
Stan Getz
5/5
Bossa Nova. Absolutely delicious. Early 60s. Beginning of Bossa Nova craze in US. Deeply cool. Immaculate vibes.
Sly & The Family Stone
2/5
Late 60s funk. Pretty standard. Just not my thing. Some interesting instrumentals. Boring.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
Pakistani Devotional Music. Love that this album is included here. Quite repetitive, obviously. Easy to listen to but nothing I would listen to again.
The Zutons
3/5
Early 2000s UK rock. Pleasant. A bit tongue in cheek. Also a bit blah. Nothing stands out.
5/5
Powerful female alternative rock, UK artist, great voice. Nirvana influence. Outstanding alt rock, good amount of grit.
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
One of the best Jazz live recordings ever, early 60s, unpredictable Jazz, quite modern but still easy to follow. Gets more chaotic. Not a style of Jazz I enjoy. The more traditional sections are delightful.
The Zombies
4/5
Late 60s British psychedelic rock that I like. Very cheerful and light. Fun harmonies. Came 2 years before the Beatles and sound as good. Sounds a bit like Beach Boys.
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
Punk and industrial from Germany. Loads of German yelling on a building site. Certainly different. Feels like performance art. Screaming in an aquarium. Would work great in haunted house. They also do awful covers. No melody, screaming over industrial instruments. No doubt influential in the early 80s, but too removed from actual music for me.
Beatles
3/5
Well, it’s the Beatles. I like them but don’t find most of their work massively compelling. Pleasant and mellow.
Mudhoney
3/5
Seattle Grunge. Pretty hard rock, punk rock, not massively melodic. Not my cup of tea, was not feeling it. Proto-Nirvana, roots obvious. But noisier and edgier. Great drummer.
Patti Smith
5/5
One of the all time greats. Beautiful. Uses voice very creatively, like an instrument. Punk and avant-garde apparently. Some songs are quite theatrical. Very varied album, high re-listenability factor. Every song is different and interesting, twist and turns. Theatrical, surprising.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Enchanting. Very laid back. Gentle, one to dream to. Just a lovely time.
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Brazilian psych rock. Love the world music on here. Melds African and Brazilian beats. Not my music in this language either, but good vibes. The afrobeats make this more interesting. Cheerful.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
His debut album. Solsbury Hill. Slightly bonkers. Very varied album. Rock, circus, folk. Quite a bit of stadium rock. Did not grab me, but good album.
Radiohead
4/5
Incredibly rich electronic soundscape. Creative use of tones of instruments. Great beats. Jarring at times. Melancholy and very cool. But also a bit rambling.
Jerry Lee Lewis
4/5
Pure oldschool rock ’n roll. Excellently executed. Outstanding live recording. Very short, very clean. Shame he was a POS.
The Fall
3/5
90s alternative rock. Certainly interesting instrumentation. Creative covers of songs I mostly don’t know. Loads of talking over guitar riffs. Kind of fun. Long album. Great beats. The talking gets kind of old.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
Cute, cheery. As cliche as it gets, bit lots of fun. Excellent example of an iconic genre.
Black Sabbath
3/5
Much more chill than expected. Ozzy is surprisingly good. Surprisingly varied. Instrumentals.
Nirvana
5/5
Just amazing opener with Smells Like. Banger after banger. I love Nirvana.
Tim Buckley
2/5
60s folk. Protest songs. Aggressively late 60s in a way I don’t particularly enjoy. Also not fantastic singer. Most songs are bloody annoying. Dad of Jeff Buckley, son was so much better.
FKA twigs
3/5
Lover her. Very atmospheric. Twigs debut. Lovely soundscape to relax to. Most songs great vibes but not massively memorable.
Santana
4/5
The legend. Incredibly smooth rock with latin influences. Stunning guitar, of course. Excellent rock album.
Fugees
4/5
Blast from my teenage years. Classic 90s rap. Lauryn Hill is amazing. I have definitely heard this album at school, takes me back. Some absolute bangers.
Brian Eno
3/5
Loopy instrumental rock. Phil Collins on drums. Soundscapes with electronic elements. Mostly pleasant.
Peter Gabriel
3/5
80s Post-punk, new wave, art rock. Certainly creative. He found his sound. The more straightforward songs are great, but some are a bit too weird.
4/5
Album made U2 superstars. The first 3 hits are awesome, the rest is very good pop rock, but not really bangers.
Roxy Music
3/5
Very fun rock.
Talking Heads
4/5
Talking heads is always an interesting time. Great beats. Lovely album. Loads of surprising elements.
Common
4/5
Rap. Groovy, soulful. Lovely voice and flow. Melodic, soulful samples. Very easy to listen to. Like hip-hop more than I thought.
The Doors
3/5
Bluesy rock ’n roll. Abit boring. Like Morrison’s voice.
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
80s rock. Really decent, what you expect. Good melodies.
Eurythmics
3/5
Very playful electronic pop. Enjoyable, but most songs are quite mid.
Talking Heads
3/5
Experiments with African beats and scattered vocals. Very cohesive sound scape, not single outstanding songs.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
70s rock. Very straightforward rock, if you want to put on some nice US rock. Really enjoy the vibes. Road trip music. Quite a few hits.
Queen Latifah
2/5
Completely forgot she used to be a rapper. Decent 80s rap, bit repetitive. Ultimately quite monotone.
Radiohead
5/5
Opens with a lush scope and very distinctive style. Inspired Coldplay and many others. Beautiful songs. Tom Yorks voice is lovely. Floaty rock. Filled to the brim with good stuff.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Piano album. Beautiful opener. Somber mood, but lovely. Melancholy. Immaculate vibes to lie around and stare into distance.
King Crimson
4/5
The album is one of the earliest and most influential of the progressive rock genre. 1969. Distorted vocals, great guitars and drums. Almost sounds like Jazz, super lively. DNA of a lot of later bands and music. Very abstract at times, then back to very traditional prog rock. Ambitious album.
Beatles
4/5
9th Beatles album. Mid 60s. Clearly more on form and experienced than Hard Days Night. 30 tracks! Very varied. Lots of hits but also lots of silly songs. Some beautiful folk songs, some ggod rock. Ends with insane 8 minute cacophony and a kitschybmovie musical track. A bit all over the place, but some gorgeous songs.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Boss just hits. His defining album. Great rock, with Bluesy vibes. Very linear and maybe not interesting enough.
The Icarus Line
2/5
2000s US alt-rock. Pretty heavy, edgy and dirty. Noisy and aggressive. Hardly melodic. No rhythm. Didn’t finish.
The Sonics
4/5
60s rock, rock ’n roll. Do you love me. Very classic. Roll over Beethoven. Garage rock, very hard for the time. Much less polished than contemporaries. That’s kind of cool. Recorded cheaply on purpose so sound has a lot more grit. Punk long before punk according to White Stripes. Classics but a bit dirtier and sexier.
Queen
3/5
Absolutely epic rock. Queen’s hardest rock album. Bonkers at times. Theatrical.
Lou Reed
4/5
His delivery is interesting, almost a bit jaded and spoken, very cool effect. Perfect Day. Take a walk on the wild side. Produced by Bowie, which you can hear. Glam rock. Reed was in Velvet Underground. A bit silly and playful at times. Really like the 'who gives a fuck' attitude.
Hawkwind
3/5
70s UK rock. Live album. Opens with ominous wall of sound. Straight into hard driving guitars and drums. Long, fairly traditional rock songs. Well presented but pretty standard. Not objectonable but not very original either.
Dennis Wilson
5/5
Love the album art. Twinkly piano, harmonies. Chill and happy. 70s pop. Some songs sound like Peter Gabriel. Some really interesting songs. Very vibey. Very chill California. I want to put this on in Malibu, sitting on a terrasse, watching the sunset over the Pacific, nice drink in hand. A Beach Boy and I prefer this solo record. Sounds like Eric Clapton. Sadly passed 6 years later at 39. Beautiful instrumentals. Bluesy.
ZZ Top
4/5
Good, clean 80s rock. Fun. Their most successful album. Really driving beat. Sounds like an excellent night out. Really tight songs. A good time.
Paul Simon
3/5
First solo album. Reggae vibes. Some lovely folk. Cozy. Nice and mellow. A bit boring.
Joy Division
3/5
Post-punk. After death of lead singer. 80s pop. Synths. New wave. Very tragic lead singer story. Dark. Some dark and gothy tunes I really like.
The Offspring
3/5
Jumps right in driving guitar and drums. 90s US punk rock. Album that made them internationally famous. Punk will never be my favorite genre, but it’s easy to see why this went platinum several times. Moshpit music for bouncy teens.
Antony and the Johnsons
4/5
Very sombre. Incredibly unique voice. A lot of lyrics about gender identity. Beautiful and aching. Melancholy and a bit weird, but also very tender and beautiful.
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
Indian spy movie soundtrack from the 70s. Jazzy Indian spy music. Certainly sth different, appreciate the diversity. Fun. Indian bollywwod music mixed with Western spy soundtrack. Sure this is a cult album for some.
Boards of Canada
4/5
Scottish electronic. Chill lo-fi synths. Very atmospheric. Cool beats. I dig this. Interesting and varied. Pleasant and floaty. 80s vibes.
Funkadelic
3/5
Unsurprisingly, very funky. Mid 70s. Some rock, some reggae. Chill. Quite boring, not unpleasant. Great guitar parts.
The Stooges
3/5
Pretty standard punk rock. Very influential for its time in the early 70s. Excellent beats. Last song is absolute mayhem. Some very cool rock tracks. Good energy. Iggy Popp.
5/5
What a legend. A bit rough around the edges still. Theatrical and a bit weird, musically very rich. An absolute classic. Deeply emotional.
Pretenders
4/5
Pop, punk, rock. LOVE her voice! Chrissie Hydne. The definition of cool rock voice. Best punk rock I’ve heard so far, awesome guitars. Loads of instrumentals. Turns into kind of cheesy pop half way.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Joni travelling around the US in the mid 70s recording her experiences over scattered beats. Kind of medidative. Poetry set to music. A bit rambling but also soothing and beautiful.
Scott Walker
3/5
Very theatrical and kitschy, dives straight in, very expressive, dramatic voice. Full orchestra. Shmalzy Bond or Western soundtrack. Crooner. Very cheesy.
Tom Tom Club
3/5
Experimental. New Wave. Playful. Reminds of Talking Heads. Side project of TH. Funk. Really not my thing, very repetitive.
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Very smooth. 70s R&B, Soul. Joyous and beautifully done. Very warm sound.
Kraftwerk
4/5
German electronica from legendary band. Robotic rhythms. Originated dance music and electronic music. Very 80s, very sci-fi, very cool.
Lightning Bolt
3/5
Very noisy punk rock, semblance of a melody, great to rage out to, to smash things to. Kind of funny in that sense, knows exactly what it is.
Coldplay
4/5
Lovely early Coldplay. Much more authentic and heartfelt, rougher edges.
Björk
4/5
Soundscape with voices alone, very creative and interesting. Some electronics. Beatboxers, throat singers. Quite beautiful and gentle.
Various Artists
5/5
Lovely to get a Christmas album on Christmas day. One of the absolute best.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
English post-punk, 80s. Somewhere btw rock and 80s pop. Like the Smiths but more experimental. Solid.
Metallica
3/5
Heavy metal. Very fast. Political. Very thin sound due to strange recording setup, doesn’t improve record. Think I might prefer most recent album.
Beatles
4/5
Prefer this later version of the Beatles. Lovely cozy sound. Varied. Really chill songs with lovely harmonies and lovely melodies. A dash of LSD.
Metallica
3/5
Heavy metal. Most influential trash metal album. Very fast, very loud. But also very melodic and insane skills. Will never be my music, but it’s impressive for sure. Bit samey.
Janelle Monáe
4/5
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
American 90s rock. Quite hard.
Animal Collective
3/5
Experimental pop. Psychedelic. A lot of reverb. A bit dreamy. Pleasant. Wall of sound. Electronic. Quirky. A bit too loopy fo me.
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Folky, guitar, unique voice. Gentle. Interesting delivery, almost spoken. Pretyy and pleasant.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
60s Stones. Considered their breakthrough. Similar to early Beatles with a touch more edge. Classic 60s rock. Good, very basic, middle of the road.
M.I.A.
3/5
Her debut. Hip-hop, dance hall, funk. Really cool mix of styles. Less varied than I hoped.
Lucinda Williams
5/5
One of my all time favourites. Chill country folk. Americana. Very melancholy. Voice can be a bit grating at times. But sets an immaculate mood.
Blur
3/5
American Indie Rock rather than Britpop. But Brit flavour is absolutely there. Some plain weird songs. A bit all over the place. Kind of falls off after a couple of songs.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
New Wave inspired by Bowie, ABBA etc. Poppier than I expected. Cool voice. Pretty catchy. Slightly shmalzy in a cute way. Attitude and tons of swagger.
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Paraplegic ex-drummer. Experimental, instrumental, delicate. Not the best voice. Assume this was done to cope. Borders on noise at times. A chore to listen to, but that might be the point as he is suffering.
David Bowie
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
English rock band. Led Zeps bestselling album. Hard rock. Good rock album, but the best??
Drive Like Jehu
4/5
Post-hardcore. Very fast and hard, aggressive. Punk. Very melodic, excellent rock album.
Tim Buckley
2/5
Jeff Buckleys Dad, hope I like this one better. Thinks he’s the shit and sounds kind of annoying. Type psych folk rock I don’t particularly enjoy. The kind of 70s music that just bores me.
Jack White
4/5
One of the coolest cats. Rock, folk, country, soul. Enjoyable, a morre laid-back White Stripes. Retro.
Ramones
4/5
A real riot, dives in with Blitzkrieg Bop. Punk rock. Debut. Fast and fun. Short songs. Abit samey.
Sister Sledge
3/5
Source of popular samples. Impressive amount of hits. Good example of the genre, but not something I would go back to.
Stereolab
4/5
French Indie Rock. Cute and very French. Vibey French electronic.
Van Halen
3/5
Jump is one of the most epic rock songs in history. Mid 80s. Excellent stadium rock, fantastic guitars.
The Cramps
4/5
Alternative 80s rock band. Garage trash, rockabilly. Very cool and edgy in a retro way. Sci-fi, horror, fast and dirty. Halloween punk, surf horror.
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
90s Industrial rock. Destruction of a man. Recorded in Manson murder mansion. Leaves bad taste in my mouth, recording there to be edgy. Heavy, noisy, dark. Melodic despite all the noise. Can appreciate cthe art, kind of cool in the right mood.
Miles Davis
5/5
Creative, free, improvised Jazz by absolute greats. Considered greatest Jazz album of all time. Perfect twinkly jazz. Trumpet lead. I prefer a little more structure but this is very chill. Great for work. Absolutely stunning.
The Cure
3/5
Darker, more depressed early Cure. Very atmospheric.
The Who
4/5
Rock Live album von Uni gig. Very classic rock well presented. Fantastic vocals. Charming band. Concert sounds like a good time.
The Stone Roses
4/5
Lovely positive early 90s rock.
Eminem
4/5
Absolutely kick-ass hiphop album. Very distinct style.
Gillian Welch
5/5
Beautiful singer-songwriter album. Deeply relaxing. Cozy harmonies and guitars.
James Taylor
4/5
Beautiful, gentle voice, guitar, folk. Gets a bit too cheesy 70s Pop. Blues with weird lyrics. Fire and Rain.
The Doors
3/5
Psych Rock, one of my least favourite genre. But I enjoy their hits. Jim died 3 months after release. Very cool, no doubt. Blues. More mature vocals.
Koffi Olomide
4/5
Fun African Congolese Soukus. Fantastic beat. Even has some cheesy ballads. Quite varied album. Makes you want to dance.
The Who
3/5
Very strong start with Baba O’Riley. Behind Blue Eyes. Otherwise quite unremarkable.
Machito
5/5
Super energetic Afriacan beats over very smooth Big Band Jazz. Pure late 60s charm. Sexy and fun.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Very standard classic rock, some great hits. Ultimately not very interesting or exciting.
Elton John
4/5
Tiny Dancer, nice chill older Elton album. Beautiful arrangements, a lot of depth.
Nick Drake
3/5
English rock singer, 70s. Folk, singer songwriter. Not the most interesting voice. Pleasant guitar heavy folk. Some sax. Pleasant, unofenssive.
David Bowie
3/5
Björk
3/5
Electronic pop. Interesting vocals and electronic arrangements. Quite emotional. But just a bit too weird for me. Can appreciate it from an artistic standpoint. Quite annoying in parts.
The Jam
4/5
English 80s rock. New Wave Punk. Very British. Nice, uplifting rock, chill and fun. Very British in a good way. Quite varied. Happier the Smiths. Reminds me of Gilmore Girls.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Late 90s Dylan. More mature voice. Blues. CooL and relaxing but also quite meandering.
Prince
3/5
Bouncy 80s pop, loads of synths. Legendary Prince beats. His breakthrough album. Funky. Horny. Can absolutely appreciate Prince but this doesn’t do much for me.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Late 60s. Concept album. Life from childhood to old age. Breakthrough album. Folk but with electronic elements. Short and beautiful, gentle. Very touching and nostalgic. Some strange, experimental choices.
The Prodigy
4/5
Hard electronica. Industrial elements, hard beats. I kind of dig it, like the soundtrack of a cool 2000s action movie. Would make excellent exercise or running music. Expected this to be much noisier. Wakes you up.
OutKast
3/5
Starts off wit moaning, why not? Quote: funk, rave music, psychedelia, gospel, and rock within a Dirty South-oriented hip hop context. Considered one of the greatest hip-hop albums. Very creative runs.
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Brazilian Psychedelic Rock and Samba, late 60s. Tropicália, mixing Brazilian with other music. Brazilian spy film music, cool, very different. Not 100% my thing, but groovy.
Elton John
4/5
11 minute opening is giving rock opera. Some really big hits. Excellent pop rock album, piano heavy.
The Prodigy
4/5
English electronica. With some rap. Very cool electronic beats, fantastic running or workout music. I really like the Prodigy. Not enough to buy an album but would happily listen again. Can see why this a staple and a classic.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Absolutely floored by how many times these songs have been sampled, must be one of the most influential albums of all time. His magnum opus. 70s funk and soul, beautifully presented. A pretty perfect album.
3/5
Loads of hits but I'm just not a Beatles fan. Can appreciate their music but the quirky experimentation just annoys me. Psych rock just rubs me the wrong way.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
2000s Springsteen. Good rock album in wake of 9/11. Very middle of the road, very easy to listen to.
Sex Pistols
4/5
Only Sex Pistols album. Sneery, bratty delivery was revolutionary. Late 70s. Most influential punk album. Absolutely worth a listen and perfect for certain moods.
Aphex Twin
3/5
Debut. Ambient techno. Very chill electronica with industrial elements. Lounge music. Probably better high. Easy to work to but there’s much more interesting stuff in this genre. DJ did this in his teens, makes album more impressive.
4/5
English rock band late 90s. Beginns with cacophony of strings and voices. Orchestral, interesting instrument use. Also very poppy. Lead has beautiful voice. Very pleasant and creative. Very British.
SAULT
4/5
British 2020s R&B. Lovely vocals, laid back. Smooth. Great African influences and affirmations. Soulful meditation on blackness.
Elvis Presley
4/5
Elvis’ debut. Pure, old school rock’n roll. Cheesy at times. But the hits go incredibly hard. Got swagger. Use of voice is varied and creative, sometimes doesn’t even sound like himself.
Manu Chao
3/5
Manu Chao reallytakes me back to the late 90s and school. World music. Part of every NMS hangout. Lovely on a summer evening. Spanish-French guy who travelled through South America. Chill.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
English 70s prog rock. Chaotic electric organ, synths. Abstract like jazz. Pretty much all I dislike about the genre. Hardly any melody and I dislike those electric 70s organs.
Van Halen
4/5
80s Rock with a capital R. Excellent guitar work. Debut album. Metal.
Culture Club
3/5
Karma Cameleon. New wave pop. Pleasant, smooth 80s pop. Not very exciting, background music.
David Holmes
3/5
Electronica. Street noise with beats. Laid-back, simple beats. Different samples including conversations. Fine as background or lounge music. Cool and inoffensive, does the job.
Venom
2/5
80s heavy metal. Speed metal, trash metal. Most certainly fast. Very influential. Does what it says on the tin. Production isn’t great.
Willie Nelson
4/5
Willie Nelson is covering his faves. Pop rather than country, lovely, cosy voice. Super charming.
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
5/5
Quirky 70s UK rock. Outstanding rock ’n roll. An excellent, unexpected surprise.
JAY Z
3/5
Decent, solid rap album.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Beautiful folk with Joni’s wonderfully unique voice. Don’t love the first couple of songs. Otherwise lovely.
Sam Cooke
3/5
Nice classical rock ’n roll with good live crowd energy.
Liz Phair
4/5
Indie rock debut from the 90s. Easy, fun singer-songwriter rock with a cool edgy voice. Very good in a laid-back way.
Supertramp
4/5
English 70s rock. Commercial breakthrough. Very pleasant opo rock, upbeat. Sound a bit like Elton.
Boston
4/5
Mid-70s debut. Opener More than a Feeling is incredible. The album has been referred to as a landmark in '70s rock and has been included on many lists of essential albums. Hardrock, very melodic. Very good rock. Evocative, epic rock.
The Shamen
2/5
Scottish 90s dance. Fused the band's past psychedelic rock sounds with the rave act it became, developing a style that represented multicultural dance music. Very bland electronica, not bad but kind of meh.
Fatboy Slim
3/5
His debut. Fun samples, he has a very distinct style. Cool beats, chill. Some hits. Solid electronica.
The Verve
3/5
Opens with one of the best songs in history. Late 90s Indie Rock, Britpop. Their bestselling album. Loads of hits, otherwise decent British rock.
The Coral
4/5
British 2000s rock. Neo-psychedelia and folk rock. Has certain darkness. Understand Doors comparision. Feels quite 70s folk at points, done very well. Loads of bouncy, fun tracks. A bit retro Arctic Monkeys.
Flamin' Groovies
4/5
70s SF band, blues and rock. Contemporaries of the Stones. Feels like link btw traditional rock ’n roll and modern rock. Elvis vibes. A good time. Rockabilly.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
American 2000s rockband. Indy electronica. Enjoyable but also quite repetitive. Want this to be better.
Frank Ocean
3/5
Debut album. One of these albums that everyone seems to love. Electro-funk, pop-soul, jazz-funk, and psychedelic styles, as well as nonmusical sounds such as film dialogue and ambient noise. Pleasant, very well produced soul. Frankly a bit boring. Nice smooth album to put on in the background.
Barry Adamson
2/5
British concept album, soundtrack for non-existent crime film. Lynchian. Instrumental, fascinating exercise. Creepy and scary. Often chaotic. Interesting but not pleasant.
Bebel Gilberto
4/5
Famous bossa nova singer. Dreamy, relaxing. Very smooth, classy and cosy. Cocktails on a warm summer evening.
Cat Stevens
3/5
70s folk. Nice traditional American folk with a pleasant voice and good production. A lovely listening experience.
Laura Nyro
3/5
Late 60s singer-songwriter. Jazzy. Uplifting, great energy, very jaunty. Insanely long.
Nas
4/5
Good, solid 90s rap. Flows incredibly well, very relaxing album. Eastcoast rap debut, impressive. Has been recognized by writers and music critics as a landmark album in East Coast hip hop. Considered one of the greatest hip-hop albums.
Richard Thompson
4/5
70s folk, UK, wife and husband. Lovely, laid-back folk rock.
Black Sabbath
3/5
Early 70s hard rock. Heavy metal. One of the earliest heavy metal albums. Basically invented the genre.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Classic Bob Marley. Relaxed vibes. Some very sweet songs.
Sabu
2/5
Cuban jazz. Not very melodic, very minimal. Repetitive. Mostly drums and vocals, sounds more like traditional African music than jazz.
Rush
4/5
Canadian 70s rock, prog rock, theatrical. Galloping guitars and drums. Quite playful. Quite epic at points. Hints of Guns ’n Roses, especially delivery.
The Auteurs
2/5
90s rock, British alternative band. Pleasant but nothing special, more pop than rock. Almost twee, which makes them a bit annoying.
Genesis
5/5
Rock with folky and theatrical elements. Takes you on a journey. Insane drumming by Collins. Prog rock, chaotic in a good melodic way. Super varied and entertaining.
Amy Winehouse
5/5
One of the best albums ever, just absolute perfection.
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Desert blues from Timbuktu. Excellent modern blues. African rhythms and instruments. A fantastic surprise.
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
More experimental, all members developing into their own direction. Post-punk influences. All over the place, some interesting aggressive vocal choices. Buckingham songs are jarring.
Tears For Fears
4/5
Strong start with Shout. Incredibly 80s in the best way. Beautiful wall of sound. Synth-pop, new wave.
Beck
4/5
Indie rock with quirky electronic elements. Soul and blues elements. Cool songs with fun beats and instruments.
Traffic
2/5
UK rock band, late 60s. Really cookie cutter, but not bad. Blues and jazz influences. Psych rock just does nothing for me.
Nico
2/5
Very different voice, not exactly beautiful. German singer debut. Collaboration with Velvet Underground and Dylan. Some disonance. Some pretty songs. Hate the German accent.
Meat Puppets
5/5
Noisy hardcore from Phoenix. Fast, punk rock. Some songs covered by Nirvana later. Super fast country influences, fun! Incredibly varied rock album with great instrumentals.
The Black Keys
3/5
2000s rock. Album not half as good as that one song.
2/5
70s soul. Funk, jazzy elements. Well done, just not my thing.
Abdullah Ibrahim
4/5
Jazz album by South African jazz pianist. Good, jolly jazz. And some dreamy jazz. Pleasant and varied. Goes down smooth.
Jeff Buckley
5/5
One of my favorite albums, his voice is a dream. His only album. Deep, moody, rich. Very 90s. Stunning songs.
Underworld
4/5
British 90s electronica. Fast and driving, perfect dance music.Sexy. Great for work.
Cowboy Junkies
4/5
Canadian alternative country from late 80s. Standing around a single microphone. Folky. Slow, gentle, simple. Beautiful voice.
3/5
Soundtrack to a tv show that never happened. British 60s rock. Really decent. Hints of Beatles. Some songs better than Beatles.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
10th stones album. Influence from gospel, country blues and country rock. Sounds very American. Nice laid-back country rock.
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
Have not listened to this in a long time. Incredibly creative and different. Theatrical and over the top.
Jacques Brel
2/5
French chansons, very impassioned. 60s. Very minimalist, pretty pointless if you don’t understand the lyrics, very text focused.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Starts strong with Immigrant Song. Feels ahead of its time. Very cool, creative rock.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
New Wave rock pop, hints of Bowie and Rufus. Quirky. Think I like the idea of Elvis Costello more than the actual music.
Neil Young
4/5
Lovely folk rock.
Mike Oldfield
3/5
Had no idea this was an album first, Exorcist association makes it unsettling. Interesting rock instrumental, even has some educational parts. Very rock opera, very cinematic.
Steely Dan
2/5
American jazz rock. Their most successful album. Very 70s. Funk and groovy. Fairly cheesy. Technically great. Excellent studio production, a bit too manufactured.
Sonic Youth
4/5
80s alternative rock. Punk. Melodic but edgy. Noisy at times.
Black Sabbath
4/5
Debut album, supposed to invoke horror. Very early metal. Really good metal. Laying a ton of ground work.
Gorillaz
5/5
Debut by the virtual band. Excellent, playful 2000s rock. Very varied and quirky, a lot of bangers.
Cypress Hill
3/5
Debut album. Pure old school 90s hip-hop.
Spiritualized
4/5
English space rock. Floaty rock, epic and euphoric. Bluesy, flows well. Very cool, long album.
Aerosmith
3/5
Aerosmith always delivers good, uplifting rock with a hint of sleaze.
Pulp
4/5
Quintessential Britpop, Jarvis delivery is so British and delightful. Builds so well on everything that came before.
Randy Newman
3/5
One of the most distinct voices. Quite simple piano songs. Many very short. Sweet and pleasant. The magic is in the lyrics, quite sarcastic for the sound.
Norah Jones
5/5
One of the most beautiful albums out there. Like smooth caramel, a cozy blanket. Her debut, an absolute classic.
U2
4/5
U2, but darker and more 90s. Really good U2 album.
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3/5
World music, esoteric 90s electro pop. Different genres of world music. Pleasant. Long songs. Vibey.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Prime 80s. Loads of synths, African and Brazilian music. Movie soundtrack. His most accessible album. Some outstanding songs.
Bee Gees
3/5
Very early Bee Gees. Concept album on the loss of a fictional ship in 1899. Folk rock. Lovely harmonies. A bit silly.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Super lovely, high-quality reggae. Enjoyable and relaxing.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5/5
One of my favorite bands, just excellent rock.
The United States Of America
2/5
Psychedelic Rock, loopy and experimental. Some weird noisy shit in the background, trippy. Grating vocal. Fucking hate this.
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
90s hip-hop, minimalist sound that combines bass, drum breaks, and jazz samples. Considered one of the greatest and most creative alternative hip-hop albums. Hip-hop over jazzy beats is indeed incredibly cool. Fantastic beats.
Fairport Convention
3/5
British 70s folk. Some unreleased Dylan songs. Quite lovely in an understated way.
Pavement
3/5
2000s indie rock. Dirty and edgy.
Dion
2/5
70s pop. Easy listening. Very unremarkable.
Steely Dan
3/5
70s rock. Some catchy tunes. Very standard and middle of the road.
Killing Joke
4/5
English post-punk, industrial, gritty. Very modern for early 80s. Melodic and gripping.
Billy Bragg
3/5
Previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and the American band Wilco. Singer songwriter folk rock. Old-fashioned and simple.
The Killers
5/5
One of my favorite albums
The White Stripes
4/5
2000s US rock. Really good rock album with some lovely songs.
Aerosmith
3/5
Classic rock, couple of hits.
Iron Maiden
3/5
English 80s metal. Vocals are just perfect, theatrical and clear, everything is mixed well. Loong songs. Does what it set out to do very well.
Nina Simone
3/5
Legendary voice. Minimalist, wonderfully done. Very chill and classy.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
American 60s rock ’n roll. Driving, stomping rock. Bluesy. A really good time.
Finley Quaye
2/5
Scottish 90s reggae. Interesting synth elements. Did not grab me at all.
Beastie Boys
3/5
Second Beasty Boys album. Breakthrough. Very fun and creative rap. Prefer their later work.
The Darkness
3/5
Excellent British rock. Over the top fun.
Nightmares On Wax
4/5
British 90s electronica and hip-hop. First song makes album famous. Very easy listening. Inoffensive lounge background music. Great to work or chill out to.
The Magnetic Fields
3/5
Guy wrote 69 love songs while hanging out in bars in NYC in mid 90s. Indie pop. Lovely and folksy, very simple, pretty arrangements. Really cute.
Prince
3/5
Jungle Brothers
3/5
Late 80s US hip hop. sampling of music genres such as jazz, R&B, funk, and African music. Solid.
Donovan
3/5
British singer-songwriter from the 60s, painfully British. His most successful album. Loads of Indian instruments, loads of floaty tunes. Not unpleasant.
Harry Nilsson
3/5
The Without You album. American, music sounds British. Poppy 70s folk. Goes down easy, very nice little album.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Classic Boss.
Dr. Dre
2/5
Dr. Dre’s debut. Classic early 90s hip hop. One of most influential rap albums. Kind of bores me, misogyny is a turn off. Same goes for the homophobia.
Morrissey
4/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Girls Against Boys
4/5
90s indie rock. Sounds a bit like Manson. Rough and edgy. Noise rock well done.
Method Man
2/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Synth rock. Just really don’t like this type of psych rock. One more star for the title track, which is wonderful.
Doves
4/5
Indie rock. 2000s. Lovely, melodic stadium rock.
Mylo
3/5
200s electronica. Remixes and samples old songs he liked. Easy to listen to but nothing special.
Throbbing Gristle
2/5
Late 70s industrial rock. Tech noises. Sounds modern and 70s in equal measures. Startling. Borderline not music. Certainly creative and varied, but not enjoyable.
CHIC
3/5
Sonic Youth
5/5
90s rock, dirty and fast grunge rock. Really cool. Deep and atmospheric.
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Lovely electro pop.
OutKast
4/5
2000s hip hop. Double album. First disk Southern hop hop, second psychedelic, pop, funk, electro, and jazz. Very varied and creative, tons of different influences. Long. Very playful.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Starts experimental and chaotic. Late 60s UK rock. Greeat guitar riffs. Spacious rock songs. Some random rambling tracks, long solos.
Brian Eno
2/5
Early 80s Brian Eno and David Byrne. Sampled vocals and found sounds, African and Middle Eastern rhythms, and electronic music techniques. Random squeaks and voice snippets over beats and some kind of melody. Very experimental. Long and deeply weird.
The Beach Boys
3/5
Lovely harmonies
Dire Straits
3/5
Was constantly on the radio. One of the best British album. Very good but also overplayed. Do not enjoy the vocals.
Randy Newman
2/5
Same old, same old. Just with more questionable lyrics. Correction, disgusting lyrics.
The Undertones
4/5
Early 80s new wave punk. Good fun. Bouncy, joyful and young.
Janis Joplin
5/5
Pearl is the second and final solo studio album by Janis Joplin. Unreal voice. Outstanding soul, rock.
Taylor Swift
5/5
Just lovely
The Cars
3/5
Late 70s new wave. Pleasant enough.
The Cure
5/5
Beautiful, epic intro. The band's first commercial hit. 80s goth rock. Atmospheric sound bath. One of my first music memories. The Lullaby video, creepy and fascinating. Must have been 8 or 9.
N.W.A.
3/5
80s gangsta rap. Ice Cube and Dre. Incredibly influential. Just prefer more melodic music. Runs and beats are great.
Wilco
4/5
Really nice, laid-back indie rock. Early 2000s. US but with some British vibes.
David Gray
4/5
Lovely folk pop, some great hits. Longest time UK number one.
Van Morrison
4/5
Northern Irish songwriter. 70s folk. Jazzy.
Soft Machine
2/5
70s jazz rock apparently. But really experimental noise rock with 70s synths and jazz instruments. Awful. Gets better after first experimental track. Don’t like prog rock.
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Getting tired of 60s and 70s rock. US pop rock band.
Lorde
5/5
Perfect pop album
Radiohead
5/5
Indie rock. creative, unique, beautiful and sad. Heartachingly beautiful passages.
Mj Cole
3/5
2000s British Electronica. Garage. Ambient music with R&B flavours.
Soft Cell
4/5
Amazing album title. Debut studio album by English synth-pop duo. Aggressively 80s. Tainted love. Fun, playful, varied. Raunchy.
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
70s movie soundtrack. Og funk/soul. Great production. The definition of funky.
Derek & The Dominos
3/5
English-American blues rock from the 70s. With Eric Clapton. One hit song, but very good, easy rock to just put on.
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
80s pop. Very MOR.
The Crusaders
3/5
80s pop.
The Residents
3/5
70s art rock. Very weird. Experimental. Distorted vocals over eerie beats. Not something I would listen to, but appreciate the weirdness. Have listened to worse.
Duran Duran
3/5
British new wave. Very 80s. Really good 89s pop.
Stan Getz
5/5
Jazz, samba, bossa nova from the 60s. Incredibly smooth. Pool cocktail music. Cozy and classy. Smooth.
Beck
5/5
2000s rock. Beck’s highest-grossing album. Catchy beats. Long, varied Indie Rock album, great.
Kate Bush
3/5
English 80s art rock. Her most experimental album. Bonkers. Regina Spektor definitely drew from this. Whimsical and catchy.
Lambchop
3/5
American 2000s country pop. Breakthrough in UK. Very laid-back pop, pleasant. Vocals a bit irritating.
De La Soul
3/5
Bouncy 90s hip hop.
Aerosmith
3/5
70s art rock. Very weird. Experimental. Distorted vocals over eerie beats.
Anthrax
3/5
US 80s metal. Fast guitars and shouty vocals. Pretty standard for the genre.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
70s UK rock. Pretty epic, as always for LED Zep. Very diverse, all high-quality.
Suede
5/5
90s English alternative rock. Considered one of first Britpop albums. Really explores the whole genre, fantastic.
Love
3/5
American 60s psych rock. Very theatrical.
Fela Kuti
3/5
70s afrobeat. Funky. Massively political. Brass-heavy jazz. Very long songs. A bit repetitive.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
English 80s rock. Dark and gothy. Very atmospheric, very cool.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Late '60s prog rock. Very laid-back and easy to listen to. Nico's voice is an acquired taste. Folk rock.
Sepultura
2/5
Brazilian 90s metal. Death/trash metal. Their most popular album. Fast and aggressive to me. Not melodic, a bit monotonous for me.
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Late 90s Electronica. His breakthrough. So many bangers. But also quite a bit of filler.
The Jam
3/5
Late 70s New Wave punk from the UK.
John Grant
4/5
American 2000s folk pop. Nice and relaxing, fun lyrics.
Pixies
5/5
90s alt rock. Interesting Western rock opener. Incredible guitars. A hint of goth, epic. Dark and sexy.
Parliament
3/5
70s funk. One of the most influential funk albums. Fun space concept.
Lou Reed
4/5
70s psych rock concept album about a couple struggling with drugs. Rocky Horror vibes. Bluesy influences. Somber, sad and beautiful. More about the tragic story than the music. Love a concept album.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Late 70s New Wave punk from the UK.
Public Enemy
3/5
Late 80s hip hop. Classic old school rap. Good flow, very repetitive beats.
Mudhoney
2/5
Early 90s grunge. Fairly boring, there’s loads of better grunge.
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Cheesy 60s rock n roll. Inoffensive MOR, cute voices.
The Saints
4/5
Australian 70s punk rock. Starts with amazing energy. Horns.
Bob Dylan
4/5
70s Dylan. His bestselling release. During marriage trouble. Voice is annoying but in an endearing way. He’s unique, that’s for sure. Just really lovely folk rock.
Japan
4/5
Late 70s English New Wave. Lead singer has very cool voice. Glam-rock influence. Synths. Very atmospheric and cool, inspired a lot of the 80s.
Kraftwerk
3/5
70s German electronica. Electronic pop with synths and drums. Their first international hit. Rhythm of moving car. Spacey, floaty synths. Very minimalistic.
The War On Drugs
3/5
American Indie Rock. Very standard and kind of bland radio music.
3/5
Debut studio album by the American new wave band late 70s. Fun and quirky.
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Eclectic record incorporating pop, prog, punk, jungle,electronica, techno and death metal. Early 2000s. Quite varied and chaotic, original. Takes some unhinged turns from Britpop into entirely different genres.
David Bowie
3/5
Late 70s Bowie. Iggy Pop collaboration, with Brian Eno. Experimental rock. Mostly instrumental. Short songs.
Miles Davis
4/5
Snappy, fast bebop jazz. Mid 50, feels more modern. Cool indeed. Perfect dinner party jazz.
LTJ Bukem
2/5
90s electronica. Drum-and-bass compilation. Repetitive lounge music.
Genesis
2/5
concept album with a story devised by Gabriel about Rael, a Puerto Rican youth from New York City who is suddenly taken on a journey of self-discovery. Incredibly long and frankly a bit boring.
Michael Jackson
3/5
His breakthrough solo album from the mid 70s. Couple of hits. Good, funky disco.
Elvis Presley
3/5
Elvis is back from the military. Fever is a banger, Pleasant and easy to listen to.
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
80s New Wave. Broke up because album did so badly. Bowie coded. An ok album.
3/5
70s rock. Inspired by by the Herman Hesse novel Siddhartha. Their greatest success. Quite the magnum opus. Realky varied and quite beautiful.
Soundgarden
4/5
90s hardrock. Breakthrough album. Very cool nostalgic grunge flavour. Some very iconic songs.
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Second album. 80s UK New Wave. About Thatcher. Really good electronic pop.
Primal Scream
4/5
Scottish Indie Rock, late 90s. psychedelic, edgy, industrial and very cool. Nice ambient tracks.
Elliott Smith
4/5
Late 90s Indie Rock. Part of Good Will soundtrack. Soft and sad. Angsty.
The Pogues
4/5
80s folk punk. Fun genre, rowdy and old-fashioned. Irish folk with a punk twist, edgy and wild.
Marty Robbins
3/5
Late 50s country. Cowboy music in the fun Hollywood sense. Mostly shmaltzy pop.
Wilco
4/5
Late 90s indie rock. Strummy folk songs, then suddenly heavy guitars. Enjoyable. Long. Country tracks.
Fleet Foxes
4/5
American folk. Pretty, floaty vocals. Joyful harmonies.
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
Easy going late 90s indie rock from the US.
Kate Bush
3/5
Late 80s Kate Bush. Interesting and floaty. New wave.
Johnny Cash
4/5
Country Live-Album, late 60s. He's fantastic at this. Loads of chatting.
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Inspired by the jazz greats. Incredible voice. Groovy soul.
Digital Underground
2/5
Silly 90s hip hop about fucking. The sound isn’t amazing, the rapping voice is pretty bad.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Debut album, late 70s. Post-punk. Edgy and rough, noisy at times. Great but not for me.
The Specials
3/5
Looks like ska, is ska. Late 70s UK. Reggae and rock. Will always sound like circus music to me. Chill and fun.
Snoop Dogg
3/5
Snoop's debut. Early 90s. West coast rap produced by Dre. One of the most influential hip hop albums. Loads of chatter sets the scene. Old school hip hop. Snoop has great flow, nice beats.
Khaled
2/5
Algerian singer-songwriter. Quite poppy and upbeat.
Neil Young
3/5
70s folk rock.
The Pharcyde
4/5
Very cool jazzy hip hop from the 90s. West coast rap. Bouncy, fun lounge Vibes.
808 State
2/5
Late 80s electronica. British acid house. Annoyingly repetitive.
Ray Charles
5/5
Lovely classics from the 60s recorded beautifully. Soul and blues. “The album's integration of soul and country challenged racial barriers in popular music at the height of the Civil Rights Movement.” Just fabulous.
U2
3/5
80s rock.
Circle Jerks
4/5
80s hardcore punk. Loud, fast, messy. Landmark album of the genre.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
His last album. Mellow, sombre rock delivered with stunning gravely voice. Very slow.
Radiohead
5/5
2000s indie rock and electronica. Irritatingly chaotic and noisy in parts. But also stunning. Atmospheric tracks. An incredibly varied experience. Going from floaty to jarring. Music to disassociate to.
Tom Waits
4/5
80s folk rock. Insane gravely voice. Dive bar blues sung by heartbroken drunk.
The Band
2/5
Theme is old-fashioned Americana. Late 60s folk rock. Dad rock. Country flair. Nothing special or gripping.
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Beautiful 70s soul, funk. Will never be my genre. Fantastic vocals.
R.E.M.
3/5
Late 80s rock. A fun listen.
ZZ Top
3/5
English 70s rock. Their breakthrough. Pretty standard.
Todd Rundgren
3/5
70s psychrock. Inspired by drugs, like all of those albums. Multi-layered. Chaotic, experimental but still quite melodic. Bonkers.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
70s rock. Debut. Decent but nothing special.
Pink Floyd
5/5
More of a soundscape. Experimental. Spacey. Synths and percussion. Psych rock. Very epic. Very floaty and meditative, I can see why it's considered one of the greats.
Solomon Burke
4/5
Opens with an absolute banger. Beautifully done 60s soul. Sultry and cool.
Elvis Costello
3/5
Late 70s pop rock with new wave vibes. One of his best albums. Voice and delivery aren't my fave.
Ray Charles
3/5
Big band jazz.
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Old school 90s hip hop. Laid back, soulful beats. Classy and jazzy.
Megadeth
3/5
90s heavy metal. Trash metal legend. Fast and hard, as you'd expect. Melodic.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Debut. American 70s rock. Very classic rock, some great songs. Gets a 4 for Freebird.
Paul Simon
3/5
80s singer songwriter folk. Very soothing with a world music twist.
Talvin Singh
2/5
Late 90s electronica, English Indian. Borderline annoying.
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
Just beautiful
Radiohead
4/5
2000s alternative electronica. Quite hard rock.
The Flaming Lips
3/5
2000s Indie pop-rock. Playful and boppy. Not massively special, but lovely.
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
First really big hip hop album, mid 80s. Brought hip hop to the mainstream with Walk this way.
Dagmar Krause
3/5
26 songs by German composer Hanns Eisler sung by Krause in English. 80s Jazz. Very theatrical. Very strange.
Charles Mingus
3/5
60s Jazz-Ballet. Looks cool, sounds cool. Bit more experimental or atonal than I like them. Smooth as velvet.
Joe Ely
3/5
Late 70s country. Country rock. Fairly standard fare.
Blondie
4/5
Late 70s rock. Fun, Debbie Harry is amazing.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
Early 90s rock. Made them famous. California skater rock. 90s.
Everything But The Girl
4/5
Late 80s new wave pop. Lovely voice. Quite gentle and pretty.
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Late 80s Indie rock. Fan favourite. Grungy, sounds like the early 90s.
Adam & The Ants
3/5
1980s new wave pop punk. Wild west, bandit pop rock. Glam and theatrical.
Deep Purple
3/5
70s hard rock. Recorded in Montreux. Smoke on the Water is about studio burning down in Montreux. Decent rock.
Django Django
4/5
2010s rock with quirky electronic elements. Art rock. Creative and catchy. Interesting use of percussion.
Erykah Badu
4/5
2000s soul. Neo soul, funk and jazz. Smooth and groovy.
Kanye West
3/5
When Kanye was still ok
The Beta Band
3/5
2000s rock. Electronic elements. Not very exciting.
Drive-By Truckers
3/5
2000s country rock. Decent but very long and samey. Good storytelling.
Dead Kennedys
2/5
80s punk. Debut. Not the kind of punk I enjoy, chaotic, fast, not melodic.
Nick Drake
4/5
Late 60s English folk debut. Floaty, airy and beautiful.
The Band
3/5
Late 60s folk rock. Debut. Soul and R&B elements. Close collaborators of Dylan. Chll and very middle of the road.
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
70s jazz, R&B and African. Influential on rap and hip hop. Very relaxing. Not loving the vocals.
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Late 70s metal, hard rock. Irish rock band. Live album from various tour stops. Charismatic lead vocals, quite melodic. Very tame. Good classic rock. Of ‘Boys are back in town’ fame, album sounds exactly like that.
Elbow
3/5
English 2000s folk rock. 2 great songs, rest is quite mediocre.
Simple Minds
3/5
Scottish New Wave, 80s. Very much of its time, synth pop.
Baaba Maal
3/5
Senegalese, 90s. Lovely world music.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
70s rock with blues, rock and roll, swing, country and gospel. Considered their best by many. Just very good rock, incredibly American for a British band. Insanely long.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
Early 80s hip hop. Debut. Sounds more like funk than hip hop. Very groovy and old school. Loads of recognisable samples. Very influential.
Eric Clapton
4/5
70s blues rock. Some fantastic songs.
Frank Zappa
2/5
Late 60s psych rock. Just don’t like this genre.
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Late 60s psych rock. Just don’t like this genre. Some excellent tracks. Heavier on the rock.
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Name, cover and musical direction make for confusing mix. Hard rock, metal. Finnish rock. Fun hair rock, quite silly at times.
Tim Buckley
3/5
Late 60s folk. Uses voice as instrument. Long, almost jazzy songs. Good melodies but slow and meandering.
Motörhead
3/5
80s metal. First live album. Fast and hard.
Steely Dan
3/5
70s rock. Pleasant, jazz elements.
Mercury Rev
4/5
Late 90s Indie pop. Shoegaze. Dreamy vocals over lovely music. Floaty and epic.
Talking Heads
2/5
70s New Wave. Just kind of banal and repetitive. Only like Psycho -killer.
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
Hip-hop, soul, jazz, funk. Flows well. Some bangers. Creative and varied. Lyrics clearly on another level.
Kid Rock
1/5
Not listening to that POS
Beach House
4/5
2010s indie rock, folk. Floaty, dreamy and melodic.
Skunk Anansie
4/5
British late 90s rock. Metal and hard rock elements. Lead singers voice is delicate contrast to the hard fast rock.
Goldie
3/5
90s drum n’ bass. Groundbreaking for electronica. Loong, repetitive songs, but that’s the genre.
Adele
4/5
Stunning voice, stunning pop. Some skips.
Fishbone
4/5
Late 80s funk rock and ska. Plus metal. Fun mash-up of genres. Actually black ska, copied a lot.
Living Colour
3/5
Late 80s hard rock. Debut. Really decent, strong 90s feel.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
70s new wave. Sounds like more current alt rock, timeless.
Fela Kuti
3/5
70s World funk and soul. A famous drummer travelling around Africa to learn about local rhythm. Jazzy. Loads of drumming, solos, very long jam sessions.
Astor Piazzolla
4/5
Tango composer. World jazz. Beautiful, floaty and smooth first song. A bit xylophone heavy. Gets more experimental and chaotic as the album goes on.
Primal Scream
4/5
90s Indie rock. Scottish rock band. Acid rock. Electronic vibes, pretty cool mash-up of styles. Various genres, all well done.
Brian Eno
4/5
70s rock. Debut. Departure from Roxy Music, blends glam and pop stylings with avant-garde approaches. Flamboyant and glam. Quirky sounds. Funny. Experimental. Every song has an underlying weirdness.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
90s Grunge. Their most successful album. Pretty hard, Tonight is an outlier. Mixed bag, but some very beautiful songs.
Waylon Jennings
4/5
70s country. Outlaw country. Rock and roll elements. Classic, twangy honky tonk, beer in hand at a tiny, grubby bar.
Paul McCartney
3/5
70s rock. Solo debut, lo-fi and casual. Caused stir because done in secret, credited for furthering band break up. The laid-back approach feels spontaneous and sweet. Sketches and ideas of songs.
Nick Drake
4/5
70S UK folk. Intimate singer songwriter album. Gentle, laid back, pretty.
Q-Tip
4/5
2000s hip hop. Jazzy, soulful rap. Very melodic.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Late 60s folk-rock. Canadian Bob Dylan. Very simple.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
80s new wave rock. Kind of annoying, theatrical ‘rock’ voice.
CHVRCHES
4/5
Joyful electronic pop from Scottland. Synthpop debut.
Sigur Rós
4/5
Always weird, always beautiful. Breakthrough album.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
2/5
2000s UK rock. Super group album about London. Nice enough, but a bit banal. Damon Albarn’s delivery doesn’t help.
Grateful Dead
3/5
Late 60s psych rock. First official live album. Loads of jamming. The kind of thing you put on when doing LSD. As ever, really not my thing. Gets better after first song.
Pearl Jam
4/5
90s grunge. Debut. Eddie Vedder has epic voice. Classic rock influences. One of the greatest albums. Amazing sound. Outstanding dancing in leather pants on a bar rock.
Missy Elliott
5/5
Early 2000s rap. All her epic songs. Outstanding album.
Billy Bragg
3/5
80s folk-rock. Story-telling over strummy guitars.
Fun Lovin' Criminals
4/5
90s hip hop. Some really cool tunes. Fun beats.
X-Ray Spex
3/5
Late 70s punk rock. Great delivery and attitude.
Giant Sand
3/5
2000s rock. Slow, minimal guitar rock.
Christine and the Queens
3/5
Modern French synth pop. Very long album, not massively exciting.
Jazmine Sullivan
3/5
2020s R&B.
Public Enemy
4/5
90s hip hop. Classic old school hip hop, strong beats and delivery. Cool samples. Sound collages from golden age of hip hop.
Air
4/5
2000s electronica. Soundtrack for the movie. Very minimalist in parts but overall very atmospheric and beautiful. Floaty and dream like.
Sade
3/5
80s soul debut. Sophisti-pop, very unique voice and characteristic style. Smooth and sexy. Bonking music. Genre is kind of boring to me.
Madonna
5/5
Late 80s pop, co-produced by Prince. Chock-full of her amazing hits.