I like Steely Dan but I'd probably only listen to a few of the songs on this album.
A couple of hits but otherwise kind of meh.
Really enjoyed this album.
Gotta have that funk
Hits & Misses
Loved it. Kept me awake while doing inventory.
Great album. Held up really well for 25 years.
I really like the intro, too bad the rest of the album didn't follow that style as lyrically its kind of meh. The beathy vocals were a bit over done.
There really isn't much that I can say about this album that already hasn't been said, except that it isn't Chronic Town, which is by far my favorite REM album.
Fun album. Takes me back to my spiked hair, torn jeans, combat boots, and leather jacket days in the 80s.
Not bad. Not great. I did get a Meat Beat Manifesto vibe off the last song.
I wouldn't add it to my collection but i also wouldn't change the song if it found it's way into a playlist on YouTube.
Added this one to my library.
Not bad. Some of the covers were good. Some not so much. And why did he cover Personal Jesus? Hurt made sense. Bridge Over Troubled Water, okay. His voice works for those and a couple others. But not Depeche Mode.
Not bad. I was picturing a bunch of ballerina doing there own interpretive dance to this and it being rather chaotic, while Lee Marvin runs around the stage in a panic dressed like a 1930s P.I.
Come to think of it, I'd probably watch that movie.
Well I'm more familiar with with Jimi's music than I was. The album was pretty cool in spite of it feeling a little all over the place. I'd listen to it again but i don't feel compelled to add it to my library.
Not really my thing, but decent enough. I'll give it a 4 even if I'll likely never listen to it again.
Not bad.
Pretty cool. I won't be adding this to my library, but I won't be mad if YT Music's algorithm tossed it in to the super mix it rolls out for me.
I forgot how great this album is.
This was a bit of a surprise. As the first song started i was expecting a whole album of crooning in the vein of Frank Sinatra and similar artists. Which would be rather boring while one walks the 23 acres of production buildings to make sure all the mechanical equipment is working. So the rockabilly sounds were a nice surprise.
I don't think it's as good as some of his other albums like From Her to Eternity.
Very good album. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I will be adding this to my YTM Library.
New Order is one of my favorite bonds. While isn't onevof my favorites from them, its still worth listening to from beginning to end.
There was a comedy sketch that spoofs American Bandstand in which one of the "audience/dancers" is asked about a song, and they responded "It's got a good beat Dick, but I'm to white to dance to it." It might have on In Living Color.
Anyway, that's kind of how I felt about this album. Musically it sounded great for the most part. Lyrically I can't relate to it. Nor would I listen to it again.
Not bad. I think it will grow on me with repeated listenings.
Each song started sounding the same and not as good as the previous song.
I might be biased because this is one of my all time favorite albums.
Very beetlesesque. Not bad.
In the right setting and mood, I'd listen to this again.
Probably one of the greatest rock albums of all time. It displays a great depth both musically and lyrically.
Love this album. It's a great sophomore effort for an amazing band.
IMO, Elvis is overrated and his music is boring.
It's pretty impressive considering the piano was not what Jarrett requested, coupled with his lack of sleep and back issues at the time.
Meh
Loved it.
Probably my favorite Beetles album. That said, some of the songs are mediocre at best. And the ones that stand out for me are those that stepped out of the norm for it's time. Like Taxman and Yellow Submarine.
Fantastic album. Lyrics, guitar, bass, and drums are all top notch.
Meh
Which came first? The Beatles or the Byrds?
Classic
It's The Smiths. They will always get a 5 from me.
I added this one to my library.
I'm sure each musician is a master of their instruments but jazz often sounds like a 5th grade band class randomly playing stuff just before the teacher walks in.
Suzanne has a great voice but this album was boring. I really didn't need to listen to this before I die.
This album was okay.
Meh
Beautiful voice and more tolerable as jazz goes.
I actually hadn't heard this album before and I love Radiohead.
This was the first Rush album I ever heard. My older brother played it for me and I remember being blown away by it. It was also my first concept album and I give it a listen from beginning to end at least annually since I first heard it.
This rocks lobsters so clearly it deserves a 5 star revue.
Metalica is very good at what they do.
I get that everyone loves Stevie and he's very good at what he does, but this album is like processed food. High fructose corn melodies in every song. Nothing really innovative. Nothing really stands out.
Definitely didn't need to hear this before I died.
Perfect for getting lost in.
I own thos album. Its pretty great.
I've been playing catch up and I'm going to end today on this one. Every Wilco album I've heard I can listen to from beginning to end, including this one. I also added this to my library.
I was going to rate this a 1 but it has Paint it Black on it so.. it's a 2. I still don't understand their popularity.
Beautiful
Not a fan of twangy country, but she does have an amazing voice. That said, I will never listen to this album again from beginning to end on purpose.
The perfect groove for making my rounds at work in a light rail.
Meh
Not a fan of The Rolling Stones so I didn't bother listening to this.
I don't much care for "live" albums. That said, this was pretty basic.
Sandman is cool, the rest is Metallica at their mediocre best.
Enjoyable
Made me want to watch Benny Hill for some reason.
Not really my thing but he is good at what he does.
Meh
A couple of hits and I now know where MC 900 FT Jesus got his samples for Adventures in Failure.
Pretty cool. Nice judicious use of waawaa peddles. Funky in some parts.
Way overrated
It's like saccharine. It seems really sweet on the surfice but it leaves you empty and you have a weird taste in your mouth.
That was fun to listen to.
Where Loveless is considered peak shoegazing, My Bloody Valentine seamlessly picks up where the left off after a 22 year hiatus with MBV and even evoles from shoegaze to what shoegaze can be while including more drum and bass, and industrial repetition.
One of the best albums to emerge from the madchester era.
Manufactured pop music.
A catchy album by R.E.M.
Some good reasonable hits.
However I prefer their earlier works.
I know in 71 his music might have been shocking, after all, it is call shock rock by some. But in 2026, not so much. I'm not even sure why this was a must listen before I die.
More assembly line music drivel.
I listened to Marvin Gaye’s Here, My Dear high upon a concrete rooftop in the searing July heat of Phoenix, while working under a blinding, oppressive sun that felt as suffocating as any Gothic curse. This rhythm and blues territory is entirely foreign to my musical lexicon, a strange land whose deeper mysteries I cannot fully claim to know. Yet, through the shimmering heat waves, I was instantly struck by the sheer brilliance of the instrumentation and the otherworldly majesty of Gaye’s voice, which soared like a phantom above the desert floor.Still, the album felt like an ancient artifact unearthed at the wrong hour, stubbornly withholding its deepest secrets from my sun-drenched workday. To truly descend into its haunted depths and appreciate its tragic brilliance, I require a vastly different atmosphere—perhaps a midnight sanctuary of shadows and solitude, rather than the blazing exposure of a mid-summer rooftop. The band is undeniably top-notch and the vocals sublime, but this bitter tale of heartbreak demands an intimacy that the harsh daylight simply cannot afford.
Fragile is a great example of 1970s prog rock at its peak. While the entire album showcases incredible musicianship, "Roundabout" is the obvious standout, anchoring the record with its bassline and energy. This pro album balances group effort with individual solo tracks. While it seems to lose a bit of momentum during some of the experimental solos, it remains a classic of the genre.
Hark, gentle listener, upon the strange and winding road of the nineties musical tapestry. Cornershop remains but a fleeting phantom—a "one-hit wonder"—whose name vanished into the ether, even as their solitary anthem, Brimful of Asha, echoed loudly through the halls of thy 20s.
These modern bards didst attempt a daring alchemy, blending the exotic, rich sitars of the far East with the distorted, clanging lutes of Western Indie rock. 'Tis a clever marriage of disparate worlds, a novelty that initially puckers the tongue and pleases the curious intellect.
Yet, once this strange potion is swallowed, what substance remains? Truly, very little. Beyond the cleverness of its design, the feast grows barren. It is a grand experiment that, in the final accounting, leaves no lasting impression upon the heart.
Mediocre punk that lacks the energy of groups like 7 Seconds and The Descendants. Listenable, but my expectations for "punk" may be to high.
Meh
Who's the funny guy who posted this double album? There is no way I needed to hear 33 of this guy's song. I didn't even need to hear 1.
If I have to listen to country music, I prefer this over the pop crap being produced now. I also have to give Willie props for the movie inspired by this album and Barbarosa, another great performance of Willie's.
Groovy yet energetic
Some good songs, some kinda meh.
No doubt ZZ Top are tops at what they do. That said, I find their music basically tolerable. If this app had a scale of 10, I'd rate this a six. But here we are with only 5 on our scale.
While this genre of music is not to my liking, Ella is amazing. I can't say I needed to hear this album but under the right circumstances I would listen to it.
Love Lloyd Cole. Highly recommend seeing him livecif you have the chance. Great music and a great storyteller.
I like Nick Cave but I find this album to be completely stuck in sadness without any musical progression or climax.
The music is good though many of the song sounded repetitive. Lyrics did nothing for me but I lack the experience to get them. If I could hear the album sans lyrics, I'd give it another go.
Their 1st album reminded me of a time in high-school when you go see your friend's band compete in the local radio station's Battle of the Bands and they give it their all and rock the shit out of everyone. The second album looses that momentum as they try to be more . . . mature? Don't get me wrong, its a good album with quite a few radio friendly hits and while I did enjoy it, I also wondered WTF happened.
Pop music off an assembly line.
I've listened to this many times and I think it absolutely fits the "have to listen to before you die" description.
Can't Buy a Thrill is an amazing debut album and while it lacks the more avant-garde brilliance of their later works, its almost flawlessness makes it an essential piece of classic rock.
Fleetwood Mac managed to turn intense, private human interactions into something completely universal.
His first album but not his best, and it hasn't aged well. But I do have to give it props for lending it's eerie beginning in the Exorcist (or the Exorcist made it eerie) and for being an inspiration for John Carpenter's music in Halloween.
Sadly serval of the songs are not available on YT music. That said, I all but forgot this album existed. (And of course it reminded me of Consolidated.)
Anyway, it's refreshing to hear some old school rap/hip-hop that isn't about getting high, slapping bitches, and waving a gat.
On their 3rd album. WAR, U2 provides a protest album that focuses on humanity instead of taking a political side. It weaves human tragedy, solidarity, and anxiety with militaristic rhythms that proves gritty, politically charged post-punk can compete with mainstream pop.
Eric Clapton plays the guitar very well on this record, but he plays it too much like Eric Clapton.
The songs are simple. They are made for everyone to understand, and because they are made for everyone, they belong to no one. A man should not make his sorrow smooth just so it is easy to swallow.
It is a long record. Some of it is heavy and good, but most of it is just pretty. A man can listen to it, but it will not keep him warm in the night.
Brothers is supposed to be a turning point for The Black Keys. As this is the first album of theirs that I have listened to I can't say where they turned to but the grunge/soul vibe kinda works. A few songs like "Tighten Up" are catchy and full. Others are bland and repetitive, and could have been dropped making the album a tighter experience and not as drawn out. I won't be adding it to my collection but I won't skip "Tighten Up" if it hits my YTM feed.
What the heck did I just listen to?
It's like The Rolling Stones and The Doors dropped acid together and went to a Renaissance festival and made a love child, but this is its second cousin who can only be found on Temu. The only reason I might play it again would be to prank my friends.
I kept waiting for this album to rise high enough to be on par with MC 900 Ft. Jesus. But it ultimately fell flat. It lacks the cohesive, hypnotic brilliance found in the works of MC 900 Ft. Jesus, making the experimental production feel messy rather than visionary. The conceptual sci-fi themes felt forced and failed to engage me, and unlike MC 900 Ft. Jesus, who masterfully balanced abstract storytelling with infectious, jazz-fluid beats, Ladd's delivery felt disconnected from the somewhat chaotic music.
The White Album is a masterpiece and a beautiful mess. Decades after its release, It is the sound of a band falling apart and refusing to edit each other, and the listener is left to make sense of it.
At its core is a masterpiece of raw and intimate sounds , stripped of the psychedelic smoke and mirrors of the past. It feels incredibly human—as if you've been invited into a private, late-night jam session where the musicians have let their guards down. I quite like this version of The Beatles.
Yet, in direct opposition to this lies the album's undeniable bloat. For every moment of acoustic genius, there is a head-scratching studio experiment or a jarring genre exercise because four solo artists refused to veto one another. The result is a sprawling double-album desperately crying out for an editor to give the music cohesion. It is also the only Beatles album I own.
To listen to If I Should Fall from Grace with God for the first time is to be instantly transported. You don’t need a history degree to get it; you just need to close your eyes and picture a packed, smoky pub, a hearty Irish stout in hand, and your foot tapping frantically to the rhythm. But while the album is undeniably fun, catchy, and celebratory, there is an edge underneath the joy. The Pogues take the traditional sounds of Irish folk and crashed them headfirst into the raw energy of London punk. The result is a masterpiece of defiance—a record that turns the bittersweet pains of exile and political alienation into an unforgettable, beer-soaked party.
Rufus is that teenager who gets a piercing and says he's edgy while hanging out in room full of people with piercings. He's what you get when you order Radiohead on Temu.
An interesting take on Country stardards from an R&B and Jazz view. It was tolerable but I doubt I'll ever revisit it.
Think not of Damaged as a dusty relic of a bygone age, but rather as a living, breathing testament of unyielding human resolve. Herein lies the fury of a desperate troupe who, possessing naught left to lose, did fling their very souls into thirty-five fleeting minutes of spinning wax. 'Tis a heavy, hostile tempest—yet utterly vital. If this mighty din stirreth not thy blood to strike thy fist against the stony wall, then surely, gentle listener, cold death hath already claimed thy silent heart.
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Did Wilco and Tom Petty have a love child who in spite of their influence fell in love with Robin Guthrie's guitar as texture/atmosphere style. The way Granduciel's guitars shimmer and drift in the background of a track like "An Ocean in Between the Waves" or "Thinking of a Place" is deeply tied to the dream pop architecture Guthrie built in the late '80s and '90s.
The War on Drugs anchors those atmospheric textures with a driving-down-the-highway beat and a rootsy, "heartland rock" foundation.
Bitches Brew is a chaotic masterpiece of jazz/rock fusion.
Nothing special. Heard it all before and live recordings rarely capture the music
Peak Nirvana. Everything after this just sounded like whining set to wanna be punk.
Elvis is always hit or miss eith me snd this one is mostly a miss.
With it's aggressive energy, Iggy's vocals, and James's ferocious guitar playing, it's easy to believe this album is one of the most influential records in the history of rock, punk, and grunge.
By stacking explosive anthems like Them Bones, Down in a Hole, and Rooster back-to-back in the first half, Alice in Chains showcases their peak riffs and vocal harmonies. However, this dense concentration of powerful tracks leaves the mid-to-late stretch feeling comparatively sluggish and experimental, despite the final punch that is Would?. The later tracks drag the score down from yeah to meh.
To hear the album in full for the first time is to realize that radio hits like 'Tennessee' were not isolated creative sparks, but windows into a massive, interconnected worldview. The album operates as a piece of living lineage. By anchoring raw reflections on family history along with the inclusion of bird chirps, acoustic guitars, and handclaps makes the album feel less like a studio recording and more like an open-air revival meeting in the Georgia woods.
I usually find reggae about as pleasant as a deep cleaning at the dentist, but Bob Marley’s Natty Dread might be the annoying exception to this.
Instead of the usual sleepy background tracks, Al Anderson’s rock-infused guitar solos save it from turning into standard beach-resort elevator music.
It seems Marley wasn't just making reggae; he was making protest rock that happened to have a Jamaican baseline. I still hate reggae, but I can tolerate this.
I'm not sure if Seven Nation Army is a real banger or if I just think it is because I hear it a lot. Overall, the blues rock gets kinda old in my opinion and I don't find any of the other songs all that memorable.
