Absolutely one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. I used to have an old boss who would play this album at noon everyday. I caught the shot. He loved it. I got to where I loved it too. I still do. Really holds up even after all the listens.

There is only one and it's him. Weight and humor in absurd but equal measure. I'm not even a real fanatic but I have so much respect for his ability.

Great and really fun album. Incredibly rich sound. Surprisingly well mixed for the era.

Really fun and bouncy album. Wanders sometimes into clash territory, some shades of police, sometimes all their own. Nice record

The f*cking temerity. What collection of troll critics landed this three hour long concept album on this list. I have lots to do today...guess the majority of this Saturday will be spent getting my business accounts all balanced whilst pining for love like a beheaded fowl. It's fine. F*ck. Turns out it's still a really interesting if resentable album.

Absolute classic album but feels roughly made in a way that even its contemporaries did not. Skits are fun and provide some counterpoint to what would otherwise be solidly braggadocious. The man's flow is unmatched when he is on. One of the best rappers of all time but this isn't a perfect album. It is a good album with perfect swaths. I don't mean to seem overly critical but when you have peaks as high as this album goes the low points stand out in stark relief.

An album I've heard several times. I adore Smith's voice and a great deal of his writing. For me he is at his best in faster paced songs such as the opening track "Son of Sam". The album drags in a few spots and feels like background music for a film with something more substantial to say in the moment. The arrangement of the album feels a bit hinky compared to either/or (for example). Pacing is a bit off. Figure 8 is an album that'll always be worth listening to...unless there is a livelier Smith album or compendium on hand.

Sort of like decent Elvis crash landed on Brooke Benton island. Someone To Love Me is pretty great. Opening track (at least on Spotify) is fantastic for the genre. Solomon has a lovely and expressive voice. If you're a fan of modern things like St. Paul and The Broken Bones this will pick your locks without effort. It's a decently composed album as far as track ordering. If anything it suffers from being its own sea of same. Like an Ink Spots record, if you've heard the first three tracks, the rest will simply be more of the same. It gets a 6/10 from me. better than average for sure but not really my game overall.

Well, it isn't my favorite Outkast album but it is the best one of the 2000's! Plenty of good tracks, a couple of hits, and a few misses. Love Outkast and would almost forgive them any missteps as they have tried, consistently, to reinvent what they are and can bring to the people. Really great album that I wish I could put at a 4.4.

If Tom Waits were less hatefully intoxicated and more Christmassy you'd have this album...which is a pretty good thing. It's not really for me but I feel like it occupies an important place. The man has talent.

I dislike Dylan and this isn't really an exception.

Kind of like if you threw the Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, and Maybe a few quieter Ethyl Meatplow tracks into a blender and then smashed a button marked "super soft weiner". I mean that in the best way. Not quite a five-star but damnably close.

Love was, and I mean this, the worst front person for the band Faith No More. This was a couple of months in the later 80's. It was interesting in that the band was post-Chuck Mosley but still sounded like FNM...except Love...who insisted by sheer will on being who she is. Which is a very mediocre artist. Hole sounds like someone doing an impression of grunge/alternative. If it were not for her multiple dalliances she likely wouldn't have ascended to a fair degree of fame. I would have 50+ minutes of my life back. What I will grant this album is that it is very well laid out and quite consistent. Like some artificial nutrient paste shaped skillfully into the impression of a complete supper. The entire album I cannot find one moment of excitement. Big Yuck to this album.

Great album to wake up to in the morning if you can take things slowly. Maybe drags a touch in the middle.

It's pretty conceptual. I definitely am old enough to appreciate what ABBA is without a trace of irony. I guess that I would say it fills the role it set out to perfectly. It is generally uplifting and even when it is sad and contemplative it isn't very deep about it. It is a candy apple but the apple is a granny smith variety. I like it in small doses but it is cloying and ultimately begins to agitate like apple flesh between my molars. Patently well made but not for me...picky fuck that I am.

Ye Gods, a 2.5 hour long album is the version I listened to. Gotta say, it is so gentle and groovy and relaxing it just made my day way easier around the house. Even as an extended album every song just flows together so amazingly well. I've been a fan of Moby since I was around 13 and heard "Rain". So, while the beat and effect choices seem a little clunky and dated, the language of the music retains a charming cohesiveness that is pure Moby. Really, I hadn't ever given this (or many) of his albums a full and focused "Dark Side Of The Moon" style listen. I am so glad that I did. I'll come back to this again and again...albeit probably the regular album.

Not my bag maybe? I love flowing raps with a nice bounce. Something about the production felt kind of off? It is a good album just not a great one or one that I will ever crave?

Loungey and delicious. I'm four tracks in a it is a simply wonderful album that is outside of my normal sphere of listening. Peeping Tom feels similar. With that album Mike Patton was trying to reveal an alternate world where he was interpreting what he compose for various radio stations. While Channel Orange (so far) isn't as genre-swappy it is extremely diverse and densely packed. Alright, finished now. I'd put this up there as a modern masterpiece. Even the parts I am not fond of work as hallways to the next vista. Palette cleansers.

Today's album isn't making it easy on me. I mean, I loathe romantic pop. Aside from my disgust I was surprised at the reggae on "Soda Pop". That is maybe the soul interesting cut left on this whole album. It is mathematically crafted to sell the idea of young sexuality...which, I'm 43. so...no thank you. It was less awful of an experience than I was expecting on the whole. I was maybe a little surprised that the non-hits on the album were more listenable than their more popular counterparts. "I Will Still Love You" with Don Philip was frankly an 80's ballad. The following track was a super-soft gay dancehall bop. Maybe "Deep In My Heart" is the "best" track on the album. My life is shorter and incrementally worse but I am wiser for having embarked on this listen. Isn't that just the way of learning.

Great album. Lots of dynamic range in terms of tempo and feel. Rang life, Gold Soundz, cut your hair, silence kid, and heaven is a truck are all winners. There are a few draggy spots but they set the table for the next course. I've been a Pavement listener for years and years but never really listened to whole albums undistracted and pointedly. I think I'll work my way through the catalog now. Very enjoyable experience.

Fine album. Drags a little. Had an opportunity to improve on the best work of ratatat but is merely different.

My favorite bowie album remains in a vast minority. 1. Outside is the tops. This album is really good though. David Bowie always comes in eras. This era is simply not my favorite. I don't care for the Disco swing of it all, the mix feels muddy, and the lyrics feel despondently cynical and clever but just not as pointed as other albums. It's not for me but it's a great album!

Not my favorite queen album. Possibly my least favorite. That said it is still a good album with impressive diversity. A bad queen album is still worth hearing at least once deeply.

Great album. Oddly, I don't like the first and last tracks but everything in between is sublime. It isn't perfect but I'm going to give it 5 stars for what it is able to accomplish in terms of renovating my whole mood today. Thanks Bob and company.

A true modern classic. Haven't listened to the whole thing in order maybe ever. Feel like I've been missing out. Amy was sort of a joke culturally at the end of her life but Frank is at the zenith of her talent and she (and the Dap Kings) are amazing here. No notes. Guess I gotta Five-Star this one.

Felt a lot like Warren zevon. Very well composed album full of songs that I don't particularly like. Probably was fairly groundbreaking in its era.

It was fine. Warbly hippy goodness. Felt like what my mom liked to listen to when I was growing up.

Such a good album!

Maybe one of the best albums of all time. I'm warm on dad rock. I like a Nazareth, I like some journey...but this album is insane and basically made by one guy and a really wild singer. It's very, very good.

If you had asked me yesterday in a list of '80s since we've been if I liked New order I would have emphatically said sure! After listening to this album, I've just got to say that I don't like it. Part of it is that it is just a rudimentary area where people were focused on forcing in new technology that maybe wasn't quite ready for prime time. Part of it is that it is self-centered and kind of weenyish. I just didn't care for it. I'm not going to say it's bad.

A lot of people have made bones about the conflicting views expressed in this album. But I think that Tupac was ineffective luminary for the lifestyle. That was evident at the time. Clean order to live in such conditions, one must accept multiple conflicting truths. The album is a wonderful example of beauty in a low vocabulary. The production values are excellent and, while there weren't any real standout tracks aside from "Old School" and "Dear Mama", The album as a whole is magnificently composed In total.

This was an album I've heard a few tracks off of already. As a contiguous album. It's wonderful. I've heard a lot of praise over the years for the flaming lips but haven't really been dedicated to setting out a blessing. I will absolutely listen to this album again. Then we'll have to be in the right mood.

As much as I loved Bob Marley's legend, I really don't like this album. Feels too primitive in some ways? Like old punk. I respect it. It's the roots of a genre I adore...but I don't listen to it hardly ever. This album was a little better than I expected it to be. It's engaging. It's hard to be map listening to reggae!

Really great album that feels like a perfect synthesis between early new-wave and early punk rock. Tuneful and driving with fun lyricism. There wasn't a single song I didn't enjoy or felt was misplaced in the album order. Not sure if it'll make my desert island albums but it is pretty great. I'll give it a five-star because I simply can't find any fault with it.

Oddly boring album Has it's merits. Great music to work to.

Putting this album contextually in its place in history. It is a true masterpiece. It's not a perfect album for me because I have a little bit of trouble with instrumentals and personal relation. I have no criticisms of the type of material or the way it's deployed. I simply wasn't as moved by it as lyrical or narrative musical pieces. Not to say some of that isn't there or that it isn't evocative. Just not what I am into.

Interesting at first but finished in a repetitive and kind of chaotic place that didn't feel like it paid its dues to the first part of the album. Not for me but impressively modern for 1975.

I know, I know. It's a classic. But it's really just three different songs in a trenchcoat. I like them but not for a while album.

I dislike carol king. I don't understand why she is so popular with a certain set of people. her voice is not exceptional, her playing is reasonable, It's not like she was out here smashing barriers. Maybe it's literally just me but I didn't care for a single song. This was a very difficult listen. Two stars but I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

Amazing album from an alternate universe. Not a bad track. Will spin again.

Did not like it one little bit. Felt like an a poor apeing of country. The band is quite talented but I'm just not sure what was supposed to appeal here.

What a great album. Not perfect but, separate from it being a Beatles album, it's well built. The tunes are catchy and varied. I do not like the Beatles in general but I have to hand it to them, my toes tapped a few times.

Maybe one of the best albums I never heard before on this list so far.

Better than I thought it would be and the singles, while dated, were entertaining.

Lovely.

Solid cover to cover

Jerry is cool

Loved it. Somehow so fresh then and today!

Just not for me. Nothing to say of it being bad.

If I wanted to like this artist I probably had to have been alive at the time. Lyrically quite talented and realized. Everything else is meh at best. I've seen him live and felt the same way. I wish I could see what so many others do because I have to admit that they seem to find him captivating.

Have never really listened to more than a few of their tracks. Really fun album. Really creatively punky. Loved it.

I liked it even though it was a deeply silly album. A bit amateurish feeling from a popular band somehow? Could be that it was part of the adoption of early synthesis tech into pop music? Could be that their whole thing was kind of being unserious. I'm not allergic to that. It was pretty ok. Not awesome for how many times people have mentioned the album to me. I think it stood out proud simply because it has a song about a sex dwarf.

Fun album. Great working music. Soothes my noisy mind by generating all the funk which I require. Unexpected and pleasant.

Really incredible technical album. Can't say I loved it?

Really fun and bouncy album. Wanders sometimes into clash territory, some shades of police, sometimes all their own. Nice record

I remember when these guys debuted. I thought they were so avant garde. Now the music feels somewhat primitive...still, it is a wild album and I enjoyed almost every single track.

Nice and bluesy jazz wholesomeness.

Really fun album. Tons of wins.

I've always been a fan of Metallica. Even though they can come across as a little juvenile to me now in my 40s. Still, this album is absolutely amazing. Was groundbreaking for his time and still feels fresh and interesting. This is one I will listen to again.

I tend to listen in the morning. Not an ideal time for Portishead maybe? Still, what am I interesting band for it's time. Really wasn't anything like it in popular music. Much less a somber group that has four hits on a single album.

So much better than I anticipated. I've always thought of Apex twin as being a bit difficult to listen to. Not that I didn't like it but I had to be in the mood for it. These works were incredible.

Really great. Enthusiastic and candy like while cartoonishly dark and morbid. What a fun piece of history.

It's really groundbreaking but I seem to be on a minority in that I really only like one out of five Beatles songs?

Second Cave album to come up in this process. I liked this one a good bit less. Nick Cave is undoubtedly an important musician but a bit like Tom Waits in that when he's on he's on...when he isn't he's still tom waits. For me, to truly enjoy Cave's music some stars really need to align in a way they didn't really do for abattoir blues.

Fun little detour of low-impact beauty. Really liked it.

Bjork is a wild talent. This particular album wasn't what I love in her work but it is still really, really good and interesting and pretty fun. Maybe just a bit more somber than I was in the mood for?

So rich and wonderful. Violator is an amazing album. All the teeth of early NIN but if it were a more well-adjusted person, three-dimensional person.

Interesting but not my favorite.

A weird album, a true oddity by Todd Rundgren.

A little of this is frankly amazing. Over an hour borders on trying.

Surprisingly better than I remembered...though I've never sat down and listened to the whole thing critically. It was rich and sad and weird.

Zero complaints. Not just a great album but, with cultural touchstones, impossible to listen to and not find yourself contemplating history, what might have been, and what we gained or lost. Sort of like The Wall in that way but even more accessible. More every-day. Nirvana did such an impeccable job of never feeling sold out. Always feeling like the throes of a flu fever. My mother woke me up with breakfast the day Kurt topped himself. My brother and I are came to the kitchen table and then she handed us the paper and simply said: "guys, I'm sorry. I remember how I felt when Lennon died. It's ok to be really sad." We were.

Not my typical fare. Musically it vacillates between alt country and Beth Orton style tales of the heart. It's a good representative of its ilk and I found myself enjoying several tracks. I recommended it to my wife who actually is a big Orton fan. I wouldn't change the album if I came into my house and it was on but, barring that, I probably won't critically listen to it again. All things considered I'd give it quite high praise aside from my personal preferences. The music is actually quite well realized and not merely an accompaniment to Mann's wry lyricism.

Enjoyed it. Fun album with an almost old-school rap amount of skit flavor. Which is perfect. I love how unserious it is. Her voice is great and the music is fun.

Not for me. Interesting and fairly advanced for its place in time but maybe a bit too immature in some ways? Felt like fat boy slim as a toddler?

Good fun and not nearly as dark as I remembered. Odd for sure and a challenge to listen to in spots.

I've always had mixed feelings in my limited exposure to this group. I heard only the hits. As an album it feels like a true synthesis between Wu-Tang and something more gentle like LL-Cool J's more romantic tracks. It has skits, it has some nice flows, it has great sampling, it's a fantastic and varied album. I don't know that I'll run it back again and again but I enjoyed it.

Solid album. Definitely feels similar to B-52'S in a way but punkier. I listened prior to most of it and I probably will again. I like irreverence.

Buffalo Stance was the only song that I knew from her. I wish I had kept it that way. Buffalo's dance is a weird little pop song but it's good. Everything else on this album feels tortured and like a sickly representative of its era. Not a fan.

Didn't care for the last one. This album, however, is an amazing classic. Much more composed and a higher caliber of authorship.

So good! Maybe not my speed entirely but really good.

So earnest it almost can't be parodied. A lot of music of this ilk is just the same. Bon Jovi has a big leg up on its contemporaries in that the musical production is of a really high caliber and that several tracks step away from the mawkish lyricism and end up in sports anthem territory. I would like to note that the lyrics that made Bon Jovi a total heartthrob today would read like a stalker's missive to his intended victim. This initial thought gave me a few chuckles through the listen. Not bad. I'll never again listen in its entirety. I will back folks up at karaoke.

I don't care for bob Dylan and I've even seen him live. This album did not deviate. It was not good and I'm a little confused about how Dylan was and remains so highly regarded? It feels like the inversion of the fact that the world's greatest rapper probably stocks shelves at target.

A great album. Not really what I expected but still really enjoyable. I knew a few Of their songs probably explore other work by them.

What a fun album. Costello is a heck of a lyricist and composer. I don't know much about him, his career, or more than a few of his singles. Most of what I know is from this album. I was surprised that it was released this early. It seems more advanced than a lot of what was available musically at the time.

Radiohead and Gorillaz had one baby and it grew up with good insurance and was able to attend therapy and find a decent SSRI to mitigate its tough times. Nice album.

She is inarguably the present pop queen. That said, I don't care for this album or her music. It is built to have broad appeal and, while it is more technically apt than most, I won't let that elevate it for the sake of its sickly breed. It's fine.

Wonderful and chock with irreverence!

Goddamn hit parade is what it is. It's gonzo and fun and undeniably a drug-fuelled menace.

Great metal album. Orion is a masterpiece.

I'm in the minority here. Probably greatly. Radiohead has some great songs. Three of them are on here. It is an objectively grand album but I don't really care for Radiohead. I've always been sort of annoyed by them on the whole with songs here and there I really like. I'm giving it four stars because I'm aware the issue is one of personal taste.

What a weird album. Like, it feels amateurish but wildly complex in the decisions that were made. It's something I will have to listen to again later. But so odd. And that comes from a genuine Mr. Bungle fan.

I like a few of Will Oldham's collaborations and he doubtless has a place in music. I don't enjoy this album as a whole. I don't think it's very good.

I host karaoke. Have for quite a while at this point. I have to hand it to the killers that they really get crowds engaged when they are in "hit mode". I don't actually think this is a historically great album in terms of composition, narrative, or tone. It is not really fun despite what the disco drums tell me. Guitar, for me, on this album kind of saves it. I've seen a few live videos. That guy is machine precise. Singer is great too. Just theatrical in a way that leaves me cringing as much as I'm enjoying. Not a bad album but maybe too oversaturated with praise. If it was unknown I probably would not be so rough...so 4 stars?

Not a fave. Definitely interesting. More, music for a film I would deeply enjoy.

It's a fine holiday album. Certainly captures the mood.

Just an astounding well composed album with a very silly and pedantic band name.

Great and really fun album. Incredibly rich sound. Surprisingly well mixed for the era.

Really engaging r&b stuff. Lovely, dark, and rich. Feels like it's a pastiche of multiple decades. Nice.

A bit ambient for me. I'm good with instrumental and like a lot of jazz but this was like trance music in a number of ways. Not something that moved me. Perhaps there's a technical thing I am unaware of or a place in history that this snugs into that adds gravity to the album.

It was an ok album. I like some of her songs but the album dragged somehow as a composition.

Not bad but a bit too proto for me.

Date and juvenile and better than it has any damn right to be.

Dreamy and pointed. Really liked it. Nice way to kick off a lonely morning (in a good way).

I really don't enjoy the Beatles. They are varied and explore genre effortlessly. That said, there is still that sound that they have. Their signature. It just never really didn't for me. Pretty sizeable catalogue and I maybe really enjoy 7 songs? I think the problem is me. This is a perfect album. I'm just not the perfect audience for it.

The f*cking temerity. What collection of troll critics landed this three hour long concept album on this list. I have lots to do today...guess the majority of this Saturday will be spent getting my business accounts all balanced whilst pining for love like a beheaded fowl. It's fine. F*ck. Turns out it's still a really interesting if resentable album.

Fun and easy and kind of odd in a pleasant way. Definitely emulating antiquity in a talented way. Pretty good.

Great but a bit odd for first thing in the morning. Definitely had me brushing my teeth with a bit more flavor.

Super weird and fun. Not what I was in the mood for but it made me enjoy it anyhow.

Good lord it's full of hits.

Really not what I expected. For being an ambient album of noises and beats it is truly awesome.

It was fine for me. Not something I'll come back to again. All due respect to Sir McCartney and company but Wings was never my style.

Cool album. It's a really strong flavor so you have to be in the mood. I kind of was and wasn't. Trying to be objective about its place in time I have to critically say that it feels a touch repetitive even in considerations of contemporary artists. Maybe that is the Tabla influence? It is, to an extent, a trance album. That said so is Terrence Mckenna and his works at an earlier time were frankly a tad more stimulating to me personally.

Great album brimming with fun and energy.

Didn't love it as much as "my aim is true" but still a rad album.

I get that its an early album and kind of aimless in ways but I really, truly enjoyed it. Maybe I was just in the mood for weirdo German ambling this morning? The beeps and boops make for good company while choosing a suitable work outfit and slugging back coffee.

The queens kinda of passed me by on the first try. I thought they were fine. After sitting for a compulsory album however I really like them.

Didn't think it was good. Rhymes were so-so. Production was nice. First Kanye album I've ever listened to but I do trend towards JARV and Aesop Rock and Blackalicious more.

Not my favorite.

Was totally the feeling I needed today. Discounting that it was still a great album!

It's funky bbq music for a lovely moment.

It's beautiful but it feels like, musically, it's sort of motif heavy. That's a way of calling it repetitive but technically savvy. I won't fault her for it anymore than I fault kraftwerk which I ranked significantly higher than most. I don't really care for her voice? Feels like a bit wilder bjork but over the harp it seems jarring. Really well done lyricism.

It's a fine album with quite varied instrumentation. I don't mind not being able to understand the lyrics. I love African melody and best choices from this era and maybe even a bit earlier. Still, kinda leaves me wanting a touch on several levels. Feels unbalanced in some way on most tracks.

I know this is a legendary album but I really did not care for a single song. I typically dig ambient, droney, or slower stuff but this felt frankly sluggish.

I like quite a bit of jazz. This isn't great for me. That's just a stylistic preference. It's a really good album. If you're into that kind of freeform music for the night and then it's perfect.

I don't like Slipknot but they have some fun tracks. I never was into the Nu metal thing and, while they are an actual metal band, that noxious influence is still present. I will say that some of the lyricism is wry and genuinely fun. The beats are undeniable. Maybe I was not in the mood for what is tantamount to an auditory panic attack? I mean, it is a solid greatest hits album.

Interesting and I can see why Orbital fans like this bent of slightly busier ambient techno.

Love the pass the mic style of that bygone era. It's just a really fun album.

Knowing that these cats are from California makes listening to these songs odd. Great music either way. Just a strange feeling.

Neat and more engaging than I expected. Also, given the tear it was made it felt like the production was pretty nice as well.

Kind of twee and fun but somehow not really super interesting.

I genuinely enjoyed this short maxi album. It's p-funk. It's on the label. It does it's job admirably.

It's a great work of art. It just isn't to my taste. It does feel almost classical in a way. A bit too much of a good thing somehow? I really like a Coltrane song. I'm just not sure I need a whole album at once?

Fun and light. Just what was required for my Sunday. Maybe a bit pop for my usual taste but, while I was going bonkers playing Enter The Dungeon, it was a lovely counterpoint.

Precisely what's on the label.

I enjoy the earnestness with which the singer does his thing. The music is good. I can never tell if they're lampooning the Elvis/Vegas/Tony Bennett thing or if they're serious?

Just found it to be way too schmaltzy. Like, it wasn't bad but I fail to engage with it on any level? I usually assume that's a me problem with albums and artists at this level of renown...here I don't think so.

Surprisingly fun and maybe a bit perfect for my day. Always been a fan of melodic political punk. Bad Religion, NOFX, etc. this felt similar if a bit more insane. I didn't mind it. I've heard, like everyone, plenty of tracks from this album but never eaten it whole. It was a delectable and irreverant treat.

A little odd as this is a part of my "first thing in the morning" routine but it is a wonderful album. I'm not sure who had the more tragic end of life between him and Sam Cooke. On the subject of the music, well, its sublime. The lyrics are a little cheesy but that both to be expected of the genre and he does them credit in his cadence and voice.

Kind of dark and helmet-ish in some ways. Certainly something I would normally like but it didn't really stand out to me.

Quite gentile. Not really my bag but well done and beautifully made.

Just Fine. The part I liked was that it felt very talking heads.

Peppy in a way I wasn't expecting.

Easy to enjoy. Fun. I'll definitely listen to his again.

I mean. It's Aretha. It's pretty great.

It's one of the greatest albums for me personally. Some of this is due, not to the album, as much as the stories around it. I am aware that critically that shouldn't have an impact. However, the fact that such an album would come out of the progeny of Tim Buckley and that he would tragically die a few short years later helps to contextualize it. Jeff did his own thing. Jeff had every right to the fame his solo project was gathering. We will never know if we would hear this music without his father. We'll never know if we would have heard more had he not simply walked into the Mississippi river. These facts cannot help but be factored and so I cannot help but allow them into my critical analysis of this album in its place in history. His voice is damn near alien and his lyrics, while heavy-handed, are absolutely beautiful. What a shame and what a gift.

Great music but not for me.

I don't care for iron maiden. I know they were progenitors in a lot of ways but it has never appealed to me. I like a lot of classic metal but not this.

Decently engaging. Not much else to say?

It's Dire Straits. Those guys make delicious music. This was a little less mature than later efforts but still so enjoyable.

Weirdo punk stuff. I like it. Feels like a proto Mr. Bungle. Not what I expected? I've heard the name once or twice but that's about it. Pretty solid.

A little goes a long way. Don't get me wrong. They're all good songs. It just is so achingly arch in places.

Love The Clash. Currently it is 2/21/25 and this kind of energy is precisely that I need in my heart.

It's a really good album but perhaps I was not totally into the mood? Either way, great composition.

Odd and engaging. Particularly loved the little storybook stings between songs. It was fine.

Adorable.

Love the first song. Unfortunately it kind of goes on for the whole album? I found myself wishing for significantly more diversity.

A lot harder than I thought it would be. Definitely had more metal elements that I would've expected more from an album a few years later. Pretty good.

Odd and punky and fun.

Even if you don't care for AiC in a general or genre sense this is a superbly put together album. Every song is varied within the context of the genre. The band sounds fantastic. The talent is there. Jerry and Layne have incredible chemistry together in terms of harmony. Another pair who debatably aren't the best vocal soloists but, like Simon and Garfunkel, are preposterously good together. If you don't mind metal-borne grunge this is pretty much as good as it gets.

The title track is amazing. Not a bad lyric amongst the songs. That is saying something given how heavy handed Cohen was in general. Here's to Canada's man in black.

What a wonderful and fun album. I don't think I've ever listened to the whole thing consecutively. It's odd to think that come on. Eileen would be one of the weaker tracks in retrospect. Still a great song but not as engaging as several of them.

Great collection of standards. I might prefer more original songs but that isn't maybe what this asl um is about.

I like Devo conceptually. I am happy Devo exists. I don't really enjoy it though.

Just too bloody long.

One of my favorite albums of all time. I just can't find any real fault with it and there is so much to enjoy. It's so textural and fun.

Felt like it never picked up. Just didn't capture my interest once.

Absolutely one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. I used to have an old boss who would play this album at noon everyday. I caught the shot. He loved it. I got to where I loved it too. I still do. Really holds up even after all the listens.

Not what I prefer. A couple of interesting tracks. Felt kind of phoned in?

I like the density of melody but I'm not crazy about the lyricism and vocal style. The mix is very nice and pleasingly rich.

What a great funk and jazz album.

Great album that I'm not really a fan of? A few real bright spots and I do love the interlude tracks.

Great rhythms and flow. Good beats. Interludes which I always love as a conceit. Maybe some tracks get lost in a sea of same?

I liked that the fusion ran more towards African beats than Brazilian dance pop. This is a record I'd leave on if it was randomly playing. I think it's sort of a mood elevator musically. Can't comment on the lyricism as I don't speak the language.

Certainly of an era.

Classic.

Upbeat and weird like no one else.

I never really understood what made Neil Young popular or lauded. This recording sounds like it was taken from the next room over, the music (aside from sedan delivery) isn't wildly innovative for the time, and lyrically it feels only fine. Maybe it isn't for me?

Slow and heavy and cold. So unusual for the era. A real showcase of style over talent. Fun without being too serious about it.

Great alt rock album.

Awesome early work.

Didn't like this as much as the first Nick cave album I drew here. Feels a little more murdery than the last. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood?

There is only one and it's him. Weight and humor in absurd but equal measure. I'm not even a real fanatic but I have so much respect for his ability.

Can't help myself. I love this album.

I like rush and this is a classic.

Decent lil ambient album.

Punk rock as all hell and with wild beats for the time. Loved it.

As one gets older one maybe slides slightly away from nirvana and towards the inevitable Pearl Jam.

Just a bit to proto for me.

I remember enjoying this more but I felt it was a little overwrought in several areas. It's nice when a Byrd's song is around. A whole flock can be a bit much.

Violator is one of my favorite albums. This is a lot like listening to violator but in the next apartment.

It is precisely what is on the label. Self-indulgent and fun but sort of loses itself in a sea of same from time-to-time. The bright spots are in the last several tracks for me. As for the former? My feeling are similar to a Silver Jews lyric: "the stars don't shine upon us, we're just in the way of their light"

Fun on a bun.

I dislike this man. I don't particularly care for his work. Still, this is a good album. Maybe the best from him.

Full of fun lyricism and critiques on "modern" feelings. A great album musically and a wonderful contemplative listen on a workday morning.

I just think I wasn't in the mood. I'll give it situational credit in that he further broke some boundaries and I know intellectually that the music was good. It's a bit schmaltzy at times.

Self indulgent as all good prog should be.

Very relaxing.

Decent lil pop album. Had a bit of pavement in there which I liked.

Really interesting lyricism. Feels like it's from another dimension. Way advanced for the time conceptually. I can see why she was t commercially successful. Still, a shame. She definitely deserves that recognition.

Solid Bowie album. Definitely like it better than hunky dory and somewhat less than 1. Outside.

An almost perfect album. The songs are nearly all engaging in the lyricism is beautiful.

Noisy and ancient goodness.

If you threw Styx and Abba in a bag and chucked the bag into a river of sweet Brandywine you'd have this. I don't hate it.

A little too much of the same song the whole time.

It feels like Ok Go describing their dungeons and dragons game through song.

Decent album.

Normally I'm an 80's guy. I like romanticism in music just fine. This was a saccharine chug-fest.

Absolute classic rap album. Has a unique feeling all the way through. Naive and playful pass-the-mic goodness.

Incredible album. Went to a protest today. This was my album. Delightful synchronicity.

For as long as it is it drifts right on by. I got a lot of house work done!

I know it's sacrilege to a certain age group but I have never been able to engage with LP's earnest angst rap-rock. I've also never listened to a whole album. I can't say that I enjoyed it. It was a sort of chore today. It all was also sort of a pastiche of repeated themes both lyrically and musically. Lost my attention in a sea of same.

I never understood the stature of the Dead in music history. I grew up with sort of hippy parents who weren't really fans but would put on this album and a few others from time-to-time. I'm not really sure what to classify the music as, I can't seem to tell what I am supposed to be feeling while listening, the tunes aren't super narrative, and I just don't get the hype. I've got plenty of friends who really respond to them as a group and I sincerely wish I didn't feel like I was missing out. I will say that it is a well-structured album and the basic tunes are fine. I do not hate it, but, merely wish I could engage with it further.

I totally loved every minute. Weird interludes, transitions from the nega-verse. Like a Portuguese chamber pop mr. bungle.

Okay album. Felt a bit on the draggy side midway through.

I'm not sure which is a more perfect album in the annals of prog hip-hop between this and "New Refutations of Space and Time" by Digable Planets...they're both perfect.

Really well put together album. Can't personally relate to most of the content but I admire how coherent it is. The interstitials are compelling bad argumentation. Production is top-notch and the songs feel varied while still managing to stay in the same general tone and genre mix. I don't know that I'll ever spin it up again but I am gladly surprised by it in general.

I love American water and have a great deal of respect for SJ. Bright Flight is sort of a bummer. It's lovely poetry. The music is enchanting. It's just real raw in a way I don't prefer. I had the chance to see them live in there third show ever and was already a fan of American Water and Natural Bridge. They played one song off of this album.

It's was okeedokee.

One of the best punk albums I've heard in a long time. I can see why they had a cult following and why they influenced so many after them.

Great punk album. Not quite in the sub zone of what I'm into and a bit hard to be fair to it after listening to The Minutemen as yesterday's album. I'm going to hit the three star but it may deserve better.

Man, this poor album. The artists just produced one of the greatest and most heart wrenching albums two years prior and then they have to follow it up? Poor Tusk, they just wanted to make a detox victory lap album and clearly they did. The problem is that folks seemingly wanted more Rumours in a lot of ways. If that album didn't exist this would be just a fantastic and wild journey. So I'm just pretending it is its own thing. I think it's pretty great. Maybe a touch schmaltzy but that's sort of genre appropriate where it rears it's head.

Long and protracted. I've struggled with tour music (which I feel like this is). Groove for the sake of groove maybe doesn't animate me as much as it does many. That said, the last two tracks, are pretty amazing.

I can't say I relate to the cheese of it all but it's an important touchstone and, giving that a pass, it's pretty fun to listen to.

Never listened to the album in its entirety and I feel like I've really missed out. Love how it approaches themes of identity, cultural fear towards immigrants, and the struggle of capitalism from the perspective of refugees. Musically it's fun and stays fresh 18 year later somehow. Just very well done.

Just a fantastic album with so many incredible riffs and solos and moments. Pure mood. A scary dream.

Revolutionary and delightful in that way. Not music I enjoy but a message I can get behind. Some of the rhyming is quite nice.

Cool album. I never quote acclimate to Mayfield's voice and that sort of a nice thing. When in in the mood for it there is no substitute. Guy has character in every note.

Pretty solid ambient listening with an edge that doesn't come off as mall ninja.

There are definitely aspects of yes that are incredible and really engaging. I guess my initial problem with listening to any album by them is that I feel like I'm waiting for the fun. It's real fun when it's there. It's just a long road sometimes between the fun spots.

I love Shane McGowan's delivery and writing. It's a great album and my wife loves the band in general. Irish punk isn't my first go-to and Irish folk isn't either...but in a pinch it's a great way to start the work day.

Bit noodly and unfocused. Some of the latter tracks were pretty good.

Fun enough album.