Radiohead’s less talented younger cousin.

Roger Waters is the man.

Kinda dentist officey.

Two relatively decent 60’s classics, the rest was surprisingly bad.

Fun 90s metal

Not bad, kind of like Gang of Four with slightly less interesting lyrics.

It seemed listenable until the “Spanish” number. Oof.

Classic

If there were half stars I’d give this a 2.5. Not my thing but I can see why people like it.

Lots of classics on here, very solid complete album.

Eh, except for Higher Ground

911 is still a joke 35 years later.

If somebody gave me a free ticket to a Black Crowes show and I didn’t have anything to do early the next morning, I’d go. But I wouldn’t go out of my way for it.

47 minutes and 8 seconds of my life, wasted.

3.5. A bit restrained by Björk standards, which actually makes it an easier one to listen all the way through.

2.5. It’s incredibly bland and forgettable, maybe it was designed to be?

Clever lyrics, made me laugh.

I expected it to be awful but it was more just sad, especially the song with Nicky Minaj and the one after. Some people really can’t handle getting famous.

Did you know Ruben Blades was Minister of Tourism in Panama?

This album made me think about the cringey tell-all novel Outline of My Lover and how much cooler it would have been if the 1990’s Athens GA indie Star had been Fred from B-52s.

I had never heard A Letter to the New York Post before and therefore incorrectly assumed that Lin Manuel Miranda was the first person to rap about Alexander Hamilton

Eh

Should have stayed in college.

Before this project I’d never used the phrase “boring punk album”, but here we are.

When I started this project a friend told me his theory that people mostly like music associated with happy memories. This album debunks that for me because it does remind me of it playing at a beloved former workplace but I still don’t really like it.

One of my all-time favorites.

3.5 really, this one is fun.

2.5 My husband says there’s no such thing as a bad prog rock band. Yes isn’t bad.

Musically I didn’t mind it but Fiona Apple sounds like a terrible dinner party companion.

I had a copy of this when it first came out and still only remember the first few songs, the end really drags.

What in the everloving fuck was this and why would anyone think it should be listened to before I die?

2.5. It’s Tighten Up and an hour or so of other stuff that sounds the same.

Neil Young and ketchup potato chips are the two best things Canada produced in the 20th century.

What’s not to love?

Prince was a genius, gone too soon.

Never heard of it but quite good 80s synth pop.

4.75 because even though I wore out this album back in high school, Land Ho is unforgivably stupid.

Surprised by how meh I thought this one was.

Like a tiki bar in my ears.

After reading that the Mekons went to school with Gang of Four I can only assume that this 1980’s art college had frequent battle of the bands contests and GofF needed a Washington Generals to their Harlem Globetrotters.

I thought I would like this more than I did.

This one has held up well.

Not bad but not very memorable.

3.5 good solid album.

Interesting story, boring music

With some of the albums in this project I don’t personally enjoy them, but I can see why other people would. This isn’t one of those albums.

Not my favorite Smiths album, most of the tracks sound like filler/B sides to me.

Sade is music for a PG-rated implied sex montage.

Calling this album shoegaze made me reflect on how boring it is to stare at your shoes, is that the point?

The best thing about this album was that it reminded me of the old Smoove B columns in the Onion. The worst thing was that I went to use Apple Pay in the Amtrak cafe car with the album visible on my Home Screen and the attendant looked judgey.

Bye bye indeed.

I hadn’t realized just how many classics there are on this album.

It’s always a roadtrip when CCR is on.

I admire Tay Tay as a businesswoman but wow is she a sad sack.