So many classic singles but the album tracks don’t hit the mark
It would be easy to focus on the hits but the album as a whole is outstanding. No filler or duds, it shows why Bob Marley is such a legend.
This would’ve been a 5 star but my God Sex Machine drags. Way too long a song and completely killed my interest. Take that away and it’s an amazing album.
I would honestly argue this is the best album of the 90’s and up there with the best of all time. It’s faultless.
Not a terrible album but nothing really stood out to me. Quite forgettable tbh.
This wasn’t for me. If you’re into big band I’m sure this is a masterpiece but it took a lot to finish this past track 4.
Really liked this one. It may be sacrilege but the main reason it’s not a 5 is because as good an album as this is I prefer Blossoms and Rick Astley singing The Smiths to the actual Smiths.
Loved every second of this. What an album.
A couple of decent tracks on here but quite dull for the most part.
I had to get this score changed . HATED this on the first listen but gave it another go and now it’s one of my favourite discoveries from the list
Amazing voice. Way way way too long of an album to keep my interest. I reckon if u pick the top 10-12 tracks of this on their own you would have a 4-5 star album.
Really enjoyed this one. TTABEFTBOU is a classic but the rest of the album definitely holds its own.
Bawitdaba is a banger but the rest of the album is truly terrible.
I honestly hated every second of this. His voice is shocking.
Really enjoyed this. Had only heard Psycho Killer before but the rest of the album holds its own as well.
Unbelievable album. Loved every track. Some amazing guitar riffs.
Outstanding album. The title track is an absolute classic but the rest of the album holds its own.
Very middle of the road. Nothing terrible but apart from La Grange nothing memorable either.
Enjoyable album, a few tracks didn’t quite do it for me but there was nothing bad on here.
Take away the vocals and this would be a far better album. Some interesting instrumentals but can’t get the singing.
Some really great songs on here. Really enjoyable album. Will be keeping it saved in my regular rotation.
Was really enjoying this up until about the 45 minute mark then it started to drag big style. Some really catchy songs but it massively outstays its welcome.
A few really good tracks but the rest was very middle of the road
Some amazing tracks on here. I don’t think you can stop and start this and get the most out of it. I could potentially ask for this score to be changed at a later date as I think they are a band you need to be in a certain mood for.
Really surprised how much I enjoyed this. Unbelievable album
Nothing really to write home about with this one. Couple of decent tracks save it from being a 1
Take away superstition and this is a one star. Very disappointing album, whole thing sounds very flat.
Personally this album was good but doesn’t live up to its legend. Probably a generational thing, it maybe suffers from me having heard everything it has inspired and then has improved on. Undoubtedly though one of the most important and inspirational albums of all time
Kinda sad to listen to tbh. Syd clearly wasn’t in a good place during this. Still has a couple of good tracks but with his talent that is inevitable.
Love this album, love Gorillaz. Clint Eastwood is a BANGER
Alright album. Nothing spectacular on here.
Hated this on the first listen but really enjoyed it second time around
Really fun album, surprised how much I enjoyed this one. Some really catchy songs on here
Really good album. Smoke on the Water suffers from decades of oversaturation.
I’d say 4 really good tracks on here. The rest aren’t bad just average compared the albums best.
I hated this album from beginning to end. Awful singing, bland guitar. Simply terrible.
Interesting album. I think it needs a few listens to get the most out of it.
Found it kinda disappointing in the end. Started off good but dropped off massively. I liked this one years ago but tastes have changed since.
Really good album. Not the biggest Hip Hop fan but these guys are legends.
Loved it. Decided it was 5star by track 3. This should be much more widely known than it is.
Started very good but started to lose interest halfway through. Not terrible, not memorable. Very solid
Terribly dull album. Whole lot of nothing going on with it.
An album of two halves. I was loving this, to the point where it was maybe getting a 5, up until San Jose then it went downhill from there. Power of love pulled it back but an album that definitely could’ve done with being a good 20 minutes shorter.
Loved every second of this. Really surprised how much I enjoyed it.
Absolute classic album. Hard to find any fault in it.
Smashing Pumpkins at their very best. Phenomenal album. Love it from start to finish.
Really enjoyed it. Almost a 5 but didn’t have that one track to push it over the wdge
A decent half hour album dragged out way too long to the point where I was begging it to end. Love Talking Heads so was sooo disappointed with this.
Great album. Only knew 2-3 songs from T-Rex before this and I wish I had have checked them out sooner. 70 albums in and so far this is my favourite.
Love this album and love The Beatles but I gave The White Album 5 and while good this isn’t on that level so it’s a 4 but a high 4.
Some classic Christmas tunes on here
Some good songs but do not like the vocals. Would be interested to hear another singer cover some of these.
Decent album, some good tracks but others are like elevator music.
Couple of good tracks but dull for the most part
Very dull album. Struggled to keep my attention at the end. Bonny and When Love Breaks Down were ok and save it from being a 1
The Stones have never done much for me but after a couple of tracks I really got into this.
Amazing album. Enjoyed every track. Never knew much about Supergrass apart from Alright but will be checking out more.
My knowledge of reggae is minimal at best but I really liked this one. Ended up listening to it twice in a row
Absolute classic album. Sadly over 25 years later it’s political message is still relevant
My favourite and imo the best Zeppelin album. IV is obviously the most famous because it has Stairway to Heaven on it but as an overall album I think this is vastly superior.
One of my favourite albums. Bought it on release day and have loved it ever since. Arcade Fires first three albums are one of the great run of albums in history.
Love me some Metal but they’ve never been one of my favourites. Still some good stuff on here
Classic album. Bowies best in my opinion. Not a bad track on here.
One of the most iconic albums of all time. An absolute classic
Giving this a 4 but the gap between 4 and 5 is razor thin. Brilliant album, the female vocalist in particular has an amazing voice.
Apart from the first track nothing really stood out. Nothing terrible on here but just some quite generic punk.
One of my favourite live albums ever. Love the rawness of it, it isn’t polished in the studio like most live albums.
Had very low expectations but this wasn’t that bad in the end. Black Cat is a banger.
First couple of tracks were good but the rest was hard work to get through.
Great album, not their best but still very good with a couple of absolute classics on here.
What an album. Brilliant from start to finish. Massive Beatles influences throughout.
Cyprus Avenue is a good song but apart from that a very dull album. Did nothing for me.
Terrible album. Couldn’t wait for it to end.
A very good album, after all I don’t think there is such a thing as a bad David Bowie album. In saying that it isn’t in that upper tier with the likes of Low or Ziggy Stardust but still brilliant.
Sounds a lot like 90s video game music
All time classic album. You can hear where so many have taken influence from it.
Jailbreak is a banger but apart from that the album was mostly dull. I was quite bored by the end of it.
Bloody brilliant album. Enjoyed it on the first listen. Loved it on the second.
Very good album from a very underrated band.
Really struggled to get through this one. It wasn’t bad per se, I just found it boring.
I’ve never liked this album as much as Marshall Mathers LP onwards but still there’s some really good tracks on here.
I hate this album. It’s not the worst I’ve had on the list but definitely in the bottom 3
Absolute masterpiece of an album.
Some really good songs on here but would’ve enjoyed it a lot more if they edited it down to one single album
Nothing terrible on here but a few pretty good tracks
Not the best Sabbath album but still very good. It’s good to hear the original version of Changes rather than the God awful version with Kelly Osbourne.
Painfully generic and utterly forgettable. Half an hour after finishing it I genuinely struggled to remember anything about it
I’m not the biggest Green Day fan but this album was a favourite when it originally came out. Been forever since I’ve listened to it in full but it still holds up to this day.
This is, without exaggeration, the absolute worst album I have EVER heard. There is not a single redeeming quality, it is actually a marvel how truly terrible this really is. The track Graveyard made me want to launch my headphones halfway through. Ironically by the end of the track I envied the dead, they didn’t have to hear this. This is only getting 1 ⭐️ because the system makes me give it so. In my headspace it is Minus 5 Stars.
Alright album, nothing terrible but nothing overly memorable either. I enjoyed it but am unlikely to revisit it.
Absolute banger of an album
She has a good voice but not my kinda music. Liked one song which saved this from being a 1⭐️
I enjoyed this but think it’s a grower. A few more listens and I could see myself bumping it up a star.
Love this album, from the first time I saw the video for Tonight, Tonight on Kerrang (R.I.P Kerrang) to now it’s always been in my album rotation.
Brilliant album. Played it three times today. I’m loving discovering acts like this that I had never heard of.
Some good songs on here but quite a few descended into background music.
An alright album that doesn’t lend itself well to this format. I think you’ll get more out of it with listening a few times.
I’m not the biggest Jazz fan. This was a challenging listen in parts but there was some good in here too.
I don’t like Jazz but I loved this. Brilliant album
Outstanding album. I only knew of Brain Wilsons solo stuff but in my opinion this is better than anything Brian did as a solo.
Hated it, awful singing, abrasive guitar work. Just bad
Good album but not as good as I remember it being. Under The Bridge is an all time classic song.
Probably my favourite album ever. It is faultless. John Squire might be the most underrated guitarist of all time. 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋
About 30 seconds in I was very dubious and this one but holy crap what an album. Stunned me how much I enjoyed it
She has a good voice but the music itself bored me by the end. Not terrible by any means just not for me.
A couple of good tracks on here but far from their best album
Beautiful voice, the only thing stopping this from a top score was the song One More Dance. I hated that one
Not bad but terribly average. Absolutely nothing memorable at all here
I’ve never liked U2, I honestly don’t get their appeal. That was until today, this album is bloody brilliant. I wouldn’t say I’m a fan now but I am willing to give them a go.
A few really good songs on here, Sharp Dressed Man is an absolute classic, but I thought it dropped off after Legs and nothing really stood out.
A pretty fun album that could’ve done with being a couple of tracks shorter or a bit more variance. It did get very samey by the end
Phenomenal, PHENOMENAL album. Maybe the best I’ve had so far. The word masterpiece gets thrown around all too casually but I think it’s entirely appropriate for this one.
Painfully dull album. Just under 40 mins of background music.
Decent enough album, some good guitar riffs. Vocals let it down though.
Couple of good songs on here but nothing special
Me 138 days ago: An hour long piano album?! Why the hell would I listen to that?
Me when this generated: This sounds awesome! Bring it on.
This album was brilliant and really shows how my tastes have changed since starting this project.
Pretty disappointed with this one. Didn’t do much for me at all.
Pretty good, held my interest all the way through. Far from the best rap album I’ve ever heard though.
PHENOMENAL ALBUM. The Boxer literally gave me goosebumps. One of the best I’ve heard so far.
Good but not overly memorable album. I got massive Phil Collins vibes from it throughout.
Overall a brilliant album. Only thing stopping it from getting all 5 stars is I thought Moonchild was quite boring.
Amazing voice but it’s just not my kinda music
Decent enough album without being anything spectacular. I almost wish I hadn’t liked it so I could describe Garbage by Garbage as Garbage.
This was going to be a one star until Reward. I loved that and everything after so it got bumped up a couple of stars
Didn’t like the first track, was dreading the next 40 minutes. Then Another Girl, Another Planet came on and it is an absolute BANGER. The rest of the album while good doesn’t hit that same high but still a really good listen overall.
Epic and massively over the top. I really loved it.
It took a second listen for the first couple of songs to click with me but after that I really enjoyed this one. It was nice to learn what Lynyrd Skynyrd were referring to in regards to Southern Man.
I’ll never forget hearing Enter Sandman as a kid and it was the coolest thing I had ever heard. That moment shaped my taste in music for the next 25 years after.
Hard to review this one. Had to listen on YouTube as it isn’t on Spotify. Even then I couldn’t find all the tracks so between that and the adverts it was hard to immerse myself in the album.
Great album. It’s not up there with The Bends or Ok Computer but to be fair that is a very high bar.
I’ve always been, I would almost say snobby about ABBA. I kinda dismissed it as poppy bullshit. While I knew a lot of songs on here this was the first time properly listening to them. Boy have I been wrong. This was brilliant. Literally one song let it down meaning it didn’t get the full five stars but I actually feel harsh marking it down.
Never heard of this band before. Really good album. Giving fours stars but it’s razor thin between 4 and 5. Just lacking that one track that pushes it over the edge.
Wasn’t for me at all. If it wasn’t for Son of a Preacher Man it would be a 1⭐️
First listen I really enjoyed this, second time round a bit less so. Still some good tracks to be had though.
My God I hated this album. I honestly can’t think of one positive about it.
A couple of good songs but some of it very middle of the road as well.
Really good album, would’ve been a 5⭐️ if not for the B-Boy Bouillabaisse at the end. It didn’t do much for me
My God did I hate this album. This might be the worst one yet. Awful, terrible,
Bloody brilliant album. Fast becoming a fan of Neil Young.
One of my all time favourites. Pity none of their subsequent albums reached this level.
I’ve never been too fussed on Springsteen but this album was PHENOMENAL. Not at all what I was expecting. Hopefully he has more on the list of this quality.
Took a couple of lessons to click with me. Really good album. Some of the instrumental songs are amazing.
Really good album, very close to being top scores. It was just missing that almighty banger of a song to tip it over the edge.
Brilliant album. I’m becoming a big fan of S&G through this list.
Not the biggest Aerosmith fan. This was alright I guess. Nothing brilliant, nothing terrible.
Brilliant album for the most part. A couple of tracks towards the end were kinda middle of the road which cost it full marks.
Nice slice of teenage nostalgia here. I had settled on giving a high 4 star but then Basket Case came on and not only is it a classic, it is an all time BANGER.
Great album but as a whole didn’t quite reach the heights to give 5⭐️
Really good album, to be honest was not expecting much from it. Genius of Love is bloody brilliant.
Good album but I won’t be rushing to revisit it.
Brilliant album. I had always dismissed Springsteen but after two albums of his I am changing my mind.
A classic album but it is insanity that this is on here and Quadrophenia isn’t.
First four tracks were banging. If it kept that quality it’s easily a 4-5 star. Unfortunately it dipped after that and I HATED Brown Eyes and everything that cane after.
Really good album but there are better ones to come from The Clash
Not a fan of country but a good album if you are
Really good album. Cocaine Blues is absolutely brilliant
Brilliant album, one of the best post-Beatles albums out there.
Really good album, it was one track away from getting full stars
Was not expecting to love this album so much. It is absolutely brilliant.
Brilliant for 3/4 of the album but it really started to drag towards the end. Such a pity, shave 10 minutes off of this and it would’ve been in my overall Top 10
A proper chill out album. It lacked an absolute banger of a song to get all 5 stars bit still a very good album.
Outstanding album, absolutely brilliant. Get big Ali Farka Touré vibes from it. One of the best I’ve had in a while.
Brilliant album containing arguably the greatest song of all time
Good early punk album. Enjoyable enough without having an outstanding track on here.
Really good album, it would probably be a 5 but I don’t like their cover of You Really Got Me
Decent album. Not terrible, not brilliant.
Awful album. No redeeming features whatsoever
She has a great voice but it’s not my kinda music whatsoever
Brilliant album. That’s Entertainment is an all time classic track
Really good album. Had never heard the artist before, wouldn’t be against checking out some more of his stuff after this
Brilliant album. Puts me in mind of Funkadelic
Hated this at the start, eventually enjoyed it a bit but I could’ve done without the last two songs. The album was starting to drag by that point.
Absolute classic album. Packed with all time great songs.
On first listen I grew bored. Second listen I actively disliked it. I’m assuming given the band’s reputation that there is much better to come.
I hated The Gift but apart from that it was a decent enough album
Brilliant album, I’ve never heard Genesis before and definitely wasn’t expecting this.
Unbelievable album. My knowledge of Hip Hop is minimal at best but this is the best album I’ve ever heard in the genre.
Love the bluesy guitar work but cannot stand the vocals.
My God almighty this was dull. Was begging for it to end
Started really good but second half it dropped off massively
All time great album. Damn near every song on this is an absolute classic.
Not the biggest Country fan but this wasn’t that bad. Took me a couple of tracks to get into it though.
Couple of good tracks but mostly quite generic 80’s music.
First track is God awful. It does improve after that but still nothing remarkable.
Took me ages to realise it was King Louie from The Jungle Book. Really good album but not quite 5⭐️
Brilliant album. Wasn’t expecting much when it generated but really enjoyed this one.
Absolute classic album. So many brilliant songs on here
An album packed with Britpop classics. Take away the big hits though and the rest is very inconsistent .
I wasn’t fussed on the last couple of songs but until that it was brilliant. Will be checking out more of his work.
Brilliant album, I’ll be keeping this in my regular rotation for a while
As much as I like The Jam, Paul Wellers solo material has never clicked with me. I did enjoy this though so I will be more open minded listening to more of his stuff.
Really good album. Almost as good as It Takes a nation of millions to hold us back
Good enough album but not the best I’ve heard from Stevie Wonder. It’s lacking that mega stand out track, everything is kinda samey.
Really enjoyed this one which was surprising since I didn’t like the previous album, Sister, that I had from them.
Really good album. Not quite at the level of his work with S&G but very close
I HATED this. Truly hated it. This is potentially the worst album I have ever had the misfortune to listen to.
While I this isn’t my favourite Badly Drawn Boy album it is still brilliant. Been an age since I’ve listened to it but it will be in my regular rotation for a while now
Not bad per se but very unmemorable
Who’s Next - The Who
A longtime favourite of mine. There’s so many classic tracks on here with no duds.
Top Track - Either Behind Blue Eyes or Bargain
Such a frustrating album. At the start I was really enjoying it and thought it was a dead cert 4 or even 5 star. Then Mind Gardens came on and I didn’t like it one bit. The rest of the album was decent enough but I never got the enjoyment of the first part of the album back.
Top Track - Have You Seen Her Face
I’ve always said I don’t like U2 but I got The Joshua Tree about a month ago and I really enjoyed it, even gave it 5 stars. This is my second album from them and while I didn’t enjoy it quite as much, it’s still bloody good. The line between a 4 and a 5 is razor thin.
Top Track - I do hate going for cliche choices but it’s gotta be One.
I need to work out at what point do I change my tune and say I like U2 lol.
I really loved this album for the most part but I had the same problem that I had with their debut album in that there is just that one track that I do not like one bit. Take I’ll Wait off this album and it’s a definite five stars.
Top Track - House Of Pain
I’m pretty sure this was the first live album I ever owned. I’ve listened to the studio versions of all these songs countless times so I always enjoy the different take you get of them on here. Up there with my favourite live albums ever.
Top Track - One
I struggled to score this one. While there were a few tracks I really liked, there were also more than it’s fair share of duds and I really started to lose interest during them.
Top Track - …Mad Cyril
Apart from Work It there was nothing that overly stood out for me. It wasn’t terrible or anything but it’s one of those albums I will have forgotten I listened to in a couple of weeks.
Top Track - Work It
Absolutely BRILLIANT album. I remember years ago when I first heard it I didn’t really like it but I grew to appreciate it over time. OK Computer will always be my favourite Radiohead album but this is a very close second.
Top Track - Either Idoteque or How To Disappear Completely
I gave it a good go but it’s just not my type of thing whatsoever. Some of the songs reminded me of the Lilo & Stitch soundtrack but maybe that’s a result of having kids and listening to a lot of Disney music.
Top Track - Désespoir for the sole reason that I found the opening really cheesy and it made me laugh.
This is a bona fide MASTERPIECE, it is simply brilliant. I’m not actually the biggest Fleetwood Mac fan but I do love this album. I honestly can’t fault it.
Top Track - So many to choose from but either The Chain or Never Going Back Again
A really enjoyable album, I am fast becoming a fan of late 80’s / early 90’s Hip Hop. While there aren’t any bad songs on here it was missing some ineffable element that would make me give all five stars.
Top Track - Can I Kick It?
Before starting this I would’ve never listened to a Jazz album and, despite it being listed as one of my worst genres on the site, I have found a few that I have really liked and given 5 stars to. This however is not one of them. I got bored of this pretty quickly which is not good for a 2+ hour album. I never got to the point where I would say I hated it but by the end I was barely paying attention to it. I don’t doubt that if you are into Jazz this is probably brilliant but it just wasn’t one for me.
This one is a really easy listen but beyond 2-3 tracks there isn’t that much that particularly stands out. It’s very much a middle of the road but solid album.
Top Track - Steamroller
I got Swordfishtrombones a while back and I truly hated it but I actually quite enjoyed this one. It did take me a couple of tracks to get into it but that might’ve been a hangover from not liking his previous one. I will definitely give this another listen and if he has any more on here I will be a lot more open minded.
Top Track - Jersey Girl
Honestly this one didn’t do anything for me, nothing at all stood out on it. I normally give every album at least two listens but I have zero desire to give this another go.
I thought Lauryn Hill yesterday was boring but holy crap that was Abbey Road compared to this. This might be the first album where I question why it is on here. As much as I hate The Butthole Surfers at least there was creativity there. This is remarkably unremarkable in every way.
Pointing out the obvious first, she has an amazing voice. Overall the album has the one unbelievable track and the rest is pretty good but never comes close to matching it. I did enjoy it but at the same time I couldn’t see myself listening to it all the way through again.
Top Track - Cliche time, Nothing Compares 2 U
Bloody BRILLIANT album, I really loved this one. Another new discovery I had never heard of before and will be definitely listening to a lot more of.
Top Track - My Girl
I’m actually really surprised how much I enjoyed this one. I know of Tears For Fears but have never listened to them before and I had them down as just being another generic 80’s band. This however was brilliant with one exception, I didn’t like the song I Believe at all. Gave it two goes and I just doesn’t click with me.
Top Track - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
First couple of songs, didn’t like this then I got to The Light and I thought ok this is hopefully improving. Turns out that was the only song on here I enjoyed. Overall hated it, felt like it went on for an eternity.
No other way to describe him, the man was a genius. I’m pretty new to The Beach Boys, I knew the odd song but the first time I properly listened to them was when I generated Pet Sounds a couple of months ago. It completely blew me away. I had that same feeling today with Smile. It is a stunning album.
Top Track - Cabin Essence
R.I.P
Bloody hell it must be at least a decade since I last listened to this. I LOVED this when it originally came out. I used to be a massive Muse fan until, I have no idea why, I seemed to just stop listening to them. I really enjoyed revisiting this and I am 100% going on a Muse binge tonight.
Top Track - City Of Delusion
Hopefully Absolution is on this list cause it’s even better.
I’ve never gone out of my way to listen to a Madonna song before today and from what I have heard here and there down the years I’ve never understood her appeal. After listening to this I still don’t get it. The title track and Frozen are good enough songs but nothing special and the album as a whole I found kinda dull.
Top Track - Frozen
I’ve been really hit or miss with Jazz so far but this is the first one where I find myself somewhere in the middle. I did enjoy it but nothing on it blew me away and I’m unlikely ever to revisit it. I will say though that I think if it was 10-15 minutes longer I would’ve started to get tired of it so at least it didn’t outstay its welcome.
I like Queen but when I say that if I listen to Queen it’s their Greatest Hits or a Spotify playlist. Obviously Killer Queen is an absolute classic but I honestly don’t think there’s another track that I can say I really rated that highly. It isn’t terrible it’s just meh.
Top Track - Killer Queen
Five songs in and I was loving life and this was a sure fire 5 star. Then there was the back to back of Charlotte Street and 2cv which really did bore me. Luckily the rest of the album picked up again but those two songs are keeping it from top marks.
Top Track - Four Flights Up
I got this one ages ago when I was doing this solo and didn’t like it at all, it was a 1 star. I actually revisited this a few weeks ago after I gave Daydream Nation 5 stars and it definitely clicked with me second time around. Listening to it today and again I really enjoyed it although not quite as much as Daydream Nation.
Top Track - Hot Wire My Heart
Holy Crap this was BORING . I’m struggling to write much about it as I found it so unbelievably uninteresting. If I was to rank my bottom five so far this would certainly be in it.
While I admittedly don’t listen to a lot of rap music I did actually buy Dr Dre’s 2001 back when I started listening to Eminem and I really liked it so there was high hopes for this one. Unfortunately while I liked a few tracks, overall this wasn’t for me. There wasn’t anything that was really bad, it’s just that even the tracks I liked weren’t anything spectacular.
Top Track - Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat
My last couple of Jazz albums have ranged from middling to boring so I’m glad to get a really enjoyable one here. Only negative is that I didn’t really like the final track Ingoo Pow Pow and that’s all that’s stopping me giving this full marks.
Top Track - The Big Apple
I’ve never listened to this one before today but down the years I’ve heard so many people rave about it. It was good, I enjoyed listening to it but at the same time it didn’t exactly blow me away. I think it’s a grower though so I will give it a few more goes.
Top Track - Pedestal
Up The Irons!! Love me some Iron Maiden but been an age since I’ve listened to them so I was very glad to get this today. This is one of the all time great debut albums. There’s some absolute classics on here. To be honest when you think of songs like Phantom of The Opera and Iron Maiden that have been part of their live sets for decades, I actually prefer Paul Di’Anno’s more raw vocals on them.
Top Track - Strange World
I can’t believe there’s only two Maiden albums on here so that’s me done with them already. Need to make a list of 1001 Metal Albums lol.
For 46 minutes of this album I was unbelievably bored and it had 1 star written all over it. Then the final track Dear God came on and it is bloody brilliant. Why the hell couldn’t the rest of the album be like that?
I absolutely LOVE this. It’s by far my favourite of any of The Beatles solo albums. There are so many brilliant tracks on here. I actually only listened to this a few days ago but I had zero objections to giving it another go today.
Top Track(s) - Wah-Wah, My Sweet Lord, Awaiting On You All, bloody hell I could stick half the album on here lol
This might rival Gold by Ryan Adams as the most boring album I’ve had so far. It was completely unremarkable in every way. Seriously I’m writing this and I cannot remember anything about this album.
I’m not the biggest rap fan ever but this has been a favourite of mine since its original release. It’s main weakness, and this seems to be a trope of the genre, is that I could quite happily live without the skits.
Top Track - Stan
I love me some Hendrix but when I say that I always listen to the hits. Listening to a studio album, I’ll be honest, massively disappointed. Apart from a couple of tracks it didn’t do anything for me at all.
Top Track - If 6 Was 9
Really good album. I can’t fault anything about it but at the same time it’s missing some element that would push it to full marks.
Top Track - Persephone
Really enjoyable album for the most part. There’s a few tracks that need a couple of listens. He has an amazing voice though.
Top Track - Cry To Me
I found this one unbelievably dull. It wasn’t bad but absolutely nothing stood out to me.
The first Queen album I’ve really enjoyed from start to finish. Absolutely brilliant.
Top Track - Obviously Bohemian Rhapsody speaks for itself but I really enjoyed The Prophet’s Song
I only know of Ray Charles from The Blues Brothers so I was expecting an album like Shake Your Tail Feather from the movie. It maybe a tad unfair but since there was nothing like that on here I ended up feeling really disappointed with this one.
If you had told me at the start of this that I would be giving Sister Sledge 5 stars I would’ve thought you were on crack but here we are. This is bloody brilliant, an absolute BANGER of an album.
Top Track - He’s The Greatest Dancer
I didn’t mind this to start with but then it just kept going on and on and on and on. A couple of times I didn’t realise one song had ended and another had started as they sounded so similar.
Really strong start to this one but fell off a cliff at the halfway point. I do struggle with Blur. I like the singles but beyond that there’s very little of interest to me.
Enjoyable album but nothing spectacular. Very good background music
I haven’t heard this one in years, loved it when it originally came out and really enjoyed revisiting it today. There’s not one song on this one that I didn’t enjoy.
Top Track - Remember Me
First three songs I was absolutely hating life with this one. It picked up a bit with A Sailors Life but even after that there wasn’t anything I was overly fussed on. For the most part I couldn’t stand the singers voice.
Also a side note, potentially the worst album cover I’ve ever seen
All I’ve ever heard from the band is Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve) and to be honest I always thought they had just been a one hit wonder. I really enjoyed this one, on the first listen it took a couple of songs to get into it but second time around I liked pretty much everything on it. In saying that while I liked everything it needed a couple more stand out songs to get full marks.
Top Track - I Don’t Mind
BRILLIANT album, best album I’ve had in weeks. Genuinely can’t think of anything I didn’t like about it. I don’t remember ever listening to Yes before but I will definitely be checking out more of their albums.
Top Track - Long Distance Runaround
My good streak continues with an absolute classic and one of the great debut albums of all time. This took me an extra bit of time to listen to as I ended up repeating Paradise City 4-5 times, BANGER of a song.
I really enjoyed this one for the most part but not enough to give it all 5 stars. I only got one listen in so maybe with a couple more it will go up.
Top Track - Never Understand
Holy crap I LOVED THIS ALBUM. Absolutely brilliant and funky beyond words. I was fairly certain it was gonna be a 5 star before the end of track 1. Cannot find a single fault with it.
Top Track - Give Up The Funk, belter of a song
I had heard of the band before without ever listening to them. It took me a couple of tracks to get into it but when it clicked with me I ended up really enjoying it. I definitely think it’s going to be a grower so could easily go up a star when I do my second listen later.
Top Track - Debonair but I also really liked Brother Woodrow/Closing Prayer
This one wasn’t for me. I didn’t hate it or anything but there was nothing memorable about it. It very quickly became just background music.
I love The Blues Brothers, it took me a couple of tracks for the penny to drop that that’s where I recognised JLH from. As for the album itself, I really enjoyed it, some really good Blues guitar on here.
Comfortably Numb is by far my favourite Pink Floyd song. The guitar solo at the end is one of the truly great solos of all time. As for the rest of the album I don’t really like it. With a couple of exceptions I find it quite boring especially towards the end.
Top Track - Comfortably Numb
Never listened to Kanye before, all I know of him is it sounds like he’s gone crazy in the last couple of years. For the most part I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. There were a couple of duds but the songs that I did enjoy were brilliant.
Top Track - Lost In The World
Never heard of the band before but I will definitely be checking out more from them. Really enjoyed this one, the singer especially really stood out.
Top Track - Lately
The Beatles are probably my favourite band but apart from George Harrison I’ve never been that fussed on checking out their solo work. That being said I don’t think I’ve ever listened to this all the way through until today.
I bloody LOVED it. I kinda expected the title track to stand above everything else but there are great tracks right there way through. At some point I’m going to have to do a Beatles solo binge and see what else I’ve missed.
Top Track - Jealous Guy
I’ve been really hit or miss with Jazz albums throughout this. My previous Miles Davis album, Birth of the Cool, I loved and gave it 5 stars. This one however I really struggled with. At some points I was really enjoying it, other times I hated it. Part of it might be listening to it in work. I will come back to it someday when I’ve listened to it in a more chilled setting.
I am fucking gutted. I found out the news yesterday and honestly I shed a tear. Ozzy and Sabbath have been a constant in my life since I was a teenager.
Metallica were the first metal band I ever heard but I can easily go months or even years without really listening to them. Sabbath were the first Metal band that I loved and in 25 years I’ve never stopped listening to them and I can’t imagine I ever will.
Onto the album, it’s one of the great debuts of all time and definitely one of the most influential albums ever made. This was the first album of theirs that I owned and I was instantly hooked.
Top Track - Black Sabbath
R.I.P Ozzy 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Never heard of the band before but this was bloody brilliant. I’m surprised it has such a low average rating. I’ll definitely be checking out some more of their stuff when I’m done with my Ozzy binge.
Top Track - Re-Ignition
One of the best live acts I’ve ever seen. That being said, while I do really enjoy this album, it isn’t up there with the best I’ve had from the generator so far. I think that speaks more of the quality of albums I’ve had rather than a slight against this one.
Anthrax are a band that have never really done much for me and today’s album didn’t change that. It’s not bad or anything, I was quite enjoying it up to a point. It just didn’t hold my interest all the way through.
Top Track - I Am The Law
First listen I absolutely HATED this one but on the second go, while it isn’t the best thing I’ve ever heard, it has it’s moments.
I enjoyed this one without being blown away by anything on here. There isn’t that absolute banger of a song that will stick in my memory. Foo Fighters are a band I always feel I should like more than I do. I enjoy them whenever I hear them but they aren’t a band I ever go out of my way to listen to.
Top Track - Exhausted
All I’ve ever heard from New Order is the England World Cup song World In Motion and despite the lack of John Barnes rapping on here this album was BRILLIANT. There wasn’t one track I didn’t like.
Top Track - This Time Of Night
As much as I do try to be open minded with every album, when this generated I was fully expecting to hate this one. Surprisingly I enjoyed it, it’s actually a really good album. The only thing stopping it from getting all five stars is I didn’t like the song We Never Change. I found it very dull.
Top Track - Don’t Panic
This was a pain in the arse to get the correct version but when I did I really enjoyed it up until a point. It did wear out its welcome about 3/4 through.
My second Nick Drake album. I wasn’t that fussed on the previous one but this one was bloody brilliant.
I couldn’t sleep last night so this was a very rare occasion where I could listen to the album on my own with zero distractions and I definitely think that made a difference. I’m going to give Bryter Layter another go at some point.
Top Track - Know
Loved this one, a really good album. I didn’t know what to expect from it since my previous two albums from Davis have been a 5⭐️ and a 2⭐️ so I’m definitely hit or miss with him. I’ll be keeping this one saved for a while.
Absolutely PHENOMENAL album. One of the best new discoveries I’ve had in ages. This will rank very highly when I’ve finished the list
Top Track - Hero
My run of good scores comes to an end, four five stars in my last five albums. There were 2-3 songs I kinda liked on here but nothing I overly enjoyed. The rest I found to be quite dull. I’ve listened to it twice and it’s very unlikely I will ever revisit it.
Top Track - The Man’s Too Strong
This one took me a bit to get into but once I did I enjoyed it without being blown away by it.
Top Track - Les Yper Sound
The White Stripes are one of those bands where I could name loads of their songs but I don’t think I’ve ever listened to an album of theirs in full. I really liked this one, there wasn’t a bad song on here. In saying that apart from Fell In Love With A Girl there wasn’t nothing I would say was that spectacular.
Overall quite disappointed with this one. Definitely my worst Bowie album so far. The instrumental tracks at the end genuinely bored me.
Top Track - Sound And Vision
Really enjoyed this, was pleasantly surprised. I didn’t think much of my previous Elvis album but this had some great tracks on it.
Top Track - Trying To Get To You
Short and sweet, I HATED this one. Could not stand his voice.
I really liked this one, I’ve had electronica albums in the past where I’ve enjoyed the start but they’ve worn out their welcome by the end but this kept my attention all the way through. I’m gonna keep it saved and listen to it some night I’m off work. I think I will get even more out of it in a more relaxed environment.
About halfway through Chameleon I knew I was gonna like this album. The rest of the tracks were really good but didn’t hit the heights of the first one for me. Overall a really enjoyable album.
First few songs I wasn’t feeling this at all and was starting to tune out a bit. Then Hanging Out And Hung Up On The Line came on and I really enjoyed it. After that the album clicked with me and I ended up really liking it.
Gave it a second listen later on and it clicked with me from the start.
Top Track - Leperskin
When I saw the artist name my heart sunk, I thought my time had come for Trout Mask. Fortunately that can wait for another day.
I was kinda hit or miss with this on the first listen. Second time though I absolutely loved it. Ended up giving it a third go straight after which annoyed my kids to no end, they HATED this. Overall a bloody brilliant album.
Top Track - Dropout Boogie
Really good album, I ended up listening to it twice back to back. While I did enjoy the album it was missing something, and I can’t pinpoint what it is, for me to give it top marks.
Top Track - Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are
An ok album without being anything overly memorable. I enjoyed it but I’m unlikely to ever revisit it
I’m Your Man - Leonard Cohen
Jesus H Tap Dancing Christ I absolutely HATED this. Honestly it might be my least enjoyable album so far. Two Cohen albums so far and I am not a fan.
Pop music isn’t my thing but this was a decent enough listen. I liked some songs, I hated a few, I was indifferent to the rest.
Top Track - Don’t Tell Me
I don’t really get the Stones. This was alright but nothing overly special and that’s always how I feel if I listen to them. Just doesn’t click with me
Great album. I don’t listen to rap music outside of this list but this is one of the best rap albums I’ve had so far.
Top Track - Temptations
There were two songs I wasn’t that fussed on but I loved the rest. Really good album overall, she has a brilliant voice.
Top Track - Half Moon
Really good album, just lacking an indescribable element for me to give it all 5 stars. It might need a couple more listens.
Top Track - Blood On The Leaves
It’s really good and has some catchy songs without being anything outstanding. Still an enjoyable listen though
Mixed bag with this one. I was hating it until Borrowed Tune. Picked up after that with the odd track I wasn’t fussed on
Top Track - Borrowed Tune
Love me some Suede. Brett Anderson is one of my favourite singers. One of my easier 5 stars.
Top Track - The Wild Ones
I don’t like country music so when I saw the cover and album title and thought I would absolutely hate this. How wrong I was. This was bloody brilliant. Loved it.
Top Track - Big Iron
Brilliant, peaceful album. I listened to it in work but I will make a point of giving it another listen in a more relaxed environment.
Pretty good album. I enjoyed the instrumental tracks a lot more than the ones with vocals. An entire album of instrumentals would’ve been a sure fire 5 stars
Top Track - Smokey River
Listened to it twice and, while it had its moments, overall it didn’t do much for me. Both times it sort of faded into background music.
First time I’ve had the same artist back to back. A vast improvement on yesterday’s album. In saying that, they weren’t exactly bad but I wasn’t too fussed on the instrumental tracks. Take them out and I’m probably giving this a 5.
Top Tracks - Pusherman and Freddies Dead
I’m not sure if I don’t like Bob Dylan or if I just have to be in a certain mood for him. I one starred Highway 61 but listened to it months later and it wasn’t as bad. Today I didn’t enjoy this one but maybe on another day it might hit differently. I can only score it on today though.
Bloody hell I hated this. Absolute slog to get through. All I know of them is Born Slippy which is an all time banger of a tune so I had high hopes for this. Instead I was left utterly bored and disappointed.
I was absolutely dreading this. The only song I know of Billy Joels is Uptown Girl and I cannot stand that one. Luckily enough though it isn’t on here and this album is bloody BRILLIANT . Genuinely surprised how much I liked it.
Turns out I had actually heard Shes Always A Woman before but the Fyfe Dangerfield version, I just never realised it was a cover. Brilliant song but I do prefer the cover.
Top Track -Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
Before I even hit play this was getting top marks from me. Love Alice Cooper, I really hope I can get to see him live someday before he calls it quits. As for the album, it’s brilliant. Cannot fault it at all.
Top Track - I hate picking the cliche option but No More Mr. Nice Guy is a classic for a reason
They said it best in Waynes World, We’re Not Worthy!
At the start I wasn’t feeling this one but after a few songs I started to get into it. Overall while I did like it but it’s not going to be one that I’m gonna revisit regularly .
Top Track - Damaged II
Much like yesterday’s album I enjoyed this one without it really blowing me away. I only found out afterwards about the Bowie mix so later I’m gonna give that a listen and see if I feel differently about it.
Top Track - Shake Appeal
I’ve never heard CCR outside of the big hits but I was really impressed with this one. Not a bad song on it. Only got one listen in today but I will definitely go back to it.
Top Track - Bad Moon Rising
The line between 4 and 5 is razor thin.
Nothing special on here, not bad enough for a one star but nothing memorable enough for a 3 or higher
Didn’t like this one. The talking sections were terrible and I never realised that Dexys did One Of Those Things, I HATE that song.
Took a bit to get into, at times it did come close to becoming background music but it always managed to pull me back and regain my interest. Overall I enjoyed it and definitely worth another few listens.
I don’t have much to say on this one. It’s an album that I listened to and I forgot about it while I was listening to it. Unbelievably beige.
After Sade yesterday it’s back to back blandness. The only song that I had any sort of feeling towards was Weather With You which I truly hate. The shop I used to work in had an in store radio which played it twice a day so I’ve heard it enough for a lifetime. Apart from that there was nothing terrible, nothing special, instantly forgettable.
I had his album Either Or a while back and it got 1 star, an unbelievably boring album. This however was brilliant, enjoyed it right the way through. I’ll be keeping this saved for a while
I know a couple of songs of theirs but The Offspring aren’t a band I’ve ever bothered to go out of my way to listen to. That’s gonna change after this, bloody loved it.
Top Tracks - Come Out And Play and Something To Believe In
For such a well known act I know surprisingly few of their songs. First three tracks I wasn’t enjoying this at all. From Rent onwards it picked up and was pretty good without having any songs I would rush to go back to.
Top Track - It’s A Sin
Until starting this list I was never a fan of Springsteens but this is my third album of his and all three have gotten the full five stars. This doesn’t come close to Nebraska but it’s still a brilliant album, can’t find anything bad to say about it.
Top Track - Backstreets
The only Nick Cave album I’ve ever heard was when I generated Murder Ballads nearly a year ago and I absolutely love that one, probably in my top 5 new discoveries so far. As a result I had high expectations going in and it more than met them, this is bloody BRILLIANT. I still prefer Murder Ballads out of the two but it is very close between them.
Top Track - There She Goes, My Beautiful World. Banger of a song
An album of two halves. I was really enjoying it throughout the first five tracks but the sax solo on I Can’t Help Myself seemed to go on forever and the album never fully pulled me back in after that.
Top Track - Rip It Up
First track I wasn’t overly fussed on this. I found the vocals a bit boring. By the third song though I was starting to really enjoy it. I don’t know if it was just a case where I needed a couple of songs for them to click with me. Overall a great album I’ll definitely be keeping it saved to revisit later.
Top Tracks - Runaway and England
I’ve never liked Def Leppard and nothing here changed my mind. I just find them so naff and cheesy and this is coming from someone who adores KISS
Way back on Day 8 of this project I generated Maggot Brain by Funkadelic and it blew my mind, the title track literally gave me goosebumps. I had actually forgotten they had another album on the list so I was genuinely excited to see this pop up today and it did not disappoint. This is an absolute BANGER of an album. It’s too early to say if I rate it as highly as Maggot Brain but it’s definitely going to be close.
Top Track - Who Says A Funk Band Can’t Play Rock?
Never heard of her and off the back of this I won’t be rushing to check out more of her stuff. It wasn’t bad or anything, in fact she does have quite a good voice. I just found it dull for the most part.
Bloody hell it must be well over a decade since I listened to Soundgarden. I thought this would be a sure fire five stars and while I did really enjoy it, it didn’t quite reach that height for me.
Top Track - Black Hole Sun
It’s not a go-to genre for me but I don’t mind a bit of Blues music and I know of Muddy Waters reputation so I was quite looking forward to this one.
I bloody hated it.
More than happy to be in the minority on this one. I get he’s a legend and all but, for me, it dragged on for what felt like a fecking eternity. At one point I figured I must be near the end so checked how long was left and I was only halfway. Gutted.
This is one that shows my glaring lack of knowledge about new music. I remember a few years ago when LDR was announced for Glastonbury there was talk that she was too pop for the festival. This was the only time I’ve ever heard of her so when this generated I was expecting something along the lines of Katy Perry or Britney. I was very wrong.
I can’t really fault this. I enjoyed every song and her voice is brilliant. Maybe if I’m nitpicking, while I did enjoy every song, there isn’t that track that I absolutely love. Then again I’ve only listened to it once so something might grow on me later.
Top Track - Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Simply put, this is an absolute masterpiece. In my opinion, Pink Floyds finest album and one of the greatest of all time.
Top Track - Can’t single one out, all of them are brilliant
Awful, awful album. Absolutely hated it.
Not a bad album. I think I would have rated it higher had I not heard some of Bowies earlier stuff previously
Really good album. It dragged slightly towards the end. Knock 3-4 songs off this and it’s definitely 5 stars
Really good for the most part but a couple of tracks were a bit too samey
Great beginning, great end. Dragged a bit in the middle
Vocals grated after a while but love the guitar work
I only know a few Blondie songs and they all seemed to be on this album. Some brilliant tracks on here. The only thing stopping it from getting all 5 stars is I didn’t like I Know But I Don’t Know. Take that track off and it’s getting full marks.
Top Track - Hanging On The Telephone. Absolute Banger
Pixies are on my never ending list of bands that I keep meaning to delve into. Any tracks I’ve heard down the years I’ve always liked but today was the first time listening to an album in full. I did really enjoy it overall without it absolutely blowing me away. In saying that it didn’t help that I kept having to stop and start listening to it
Top Track - Where Is My Mind
Really good album, not a bad track on it. At the same time not enough outstanding songs to give it all 5 stars
First few tracks I was quite enjoying this and was wondering why the rating was so low. Problem was, while I didn’t find anything terrible, it didn’t hold my attention past the first 3-4 tracks. A couple of times I had to put a song back to the start cause I realised I had tuned out and hadn’t been paying any attention to it. Knowing now that The Divine Comedy were involved in this it’s mildly disappointing.
It’s not that it’s terrible, actually there’s quite a few songs I surprisingly enjoyed. It just doesn’t need to be 20 tracks and nearly 1hr 20 mins long. You could literally cut away half of this album and you wouldn’t be missing anything noteworthy.
Top Track - Fighter is an absolute banger
This was great. Not a bad song on it. Reading up on it and the fallout he suffered after releasing this was crazy.
For an album I’ve never listened to I was surprised how many songs I knew. This was bloody brilliant. I was a bit dubious going in since I didn’t like Morrison Hotel at all but I enjoyed this one infinitely more.
Top Track - Break On Through
I’ll start with the positive, I really liked Black Steel, absolutely banging song. Unfortunately this was one of only two songs I enjoyed on this album. Overall I found it mostly boring apart from Ponderosa which I absolutely hated.
Bloody great album, I enjoyed this a lot more than Folsom Prison. In fact I think if I had heard this first I would’ve marked Folsom a bit lower. Can’t really fault this, no bad tracks on it and for a live album the energy definitely comes across.
Top Track - A Boy Named Sue
Started really strongly but fell off towards the end
I thought I was gonna hate this but it was great craic. Bloody weird at times but good weird.
Top Track - Persian Love
Started really strongly, fell away at the middle but came back again. Overall solid album
Never heard of The Band before but will be checking out more of their stuff after this. Bloody loved this. Every track on here was a belter. I’ll be playing this for a good few days.
Top Track - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
This is probably my favourite from REM and arguably their best from a band that don’t do bad albums. Up until about a year ago I had never bothered with this one since it didn’t have any of the big hits on it. When I finally did give it a go it blew me away. That actually made me think about what else I had been missing with other bands and that coupled with my growing boredom with Metal is what led me to doing this list. Turns out I was missing a LOT.
Top Track - We Walk
My God almighty this was as textbook, generic 70’s Dad rock as you are ever gonna find. Unbelievably dull, I honestly have pretty much forgotten it already.
It’s been way too long since I’ve listened to this one. The Black Album will always be my sentimental favourite since it was my introduction to Metal but this one for me is their best album. The title track speaks for itself but the likes of Battery and Welcome Home (Sanitarium) are absolute classics as well.
Top Track - Master of Puppets, cliche choice but justified.
My third and, I think, my final Kanye album and for me this is the best of the three. The other two I gave 4 stars cause there was a few songs I wasn’t fussed on but I enjoyed this right the way through. It’s a shame he’s a few peas short of a pod these days cause this version of Kanye is brilliant.
Top Track - All Falls Down
Not the best Bowie album I’ve had so far but still bloody good. Very different from anything I’ve heard of his before, on that point the title track used to play at my old job all the time and it was years until I realised it was Bowie. Not a bad song on here and I even enjoyed The Beatles cover which I am sometimes picky about, hard to improve on perfection lol.
Top Track - Fame
Decent enough album. Some great tracks on here, others not so great. Nothing terrible though
Bloody brilliant album, absolutely loved it. This is my seventh of the 9 Bowie albums on here and probably my second favourite so far after Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust. Coming up to a year of doing this now and one of my big takeaways so far is a much bigger appreciation for David Bowie. He was always one of those artists where I liked the big hits but never delved any deeper. Once I get the last two albums I’m going to take a few nights and go through his whole discography.
Top Track - Station To Station but Stay is a very close second.
Gotta be honest, first couple of tracks I was not liking this whatsoever, the vocals weren’t doing it for me at all. Then by Horseleg Swastikas it was starting to click a bit and when it was all said and done I had completely flipped and was thoroughly enjoying the album.
Top Track - Let’s Not And Say We Did
I had never listened to The Beach Boys until I generated Pet Sounds earlier this year and it blew me away. This one doesn’t hit those highs but it is still really good and at times brilliant. Only two tracks let it down for me, Take A Load Of Your Feet and Student Demonstration Time. On the flip side it ends with two absolutely belting songs in Til I Die and Surf’s Up.
Top Track - Surf’s Up
I really liked Laughing but apart from that there wasn’t anything really memorable on this one. Not a bad album by any means but there’s pretty much zero chance I’ll ever revisit it.
Top Track - Laughing
Really enjoyed this. Just a great soulful, chillout album. As with so many on here so far I had never heard of him before but I will definitely be checking out more.
Top Track - I’ve Never Found A Girl
Not on Spotify so had to go to Internet Archive for this one. This is absolutely brilliant, had me hooked right away. Crazy how they made one brilliant album that was far ahead of its time and that was it.
Top Tracks - Monk Time and Complication
So first listen I was hating everything and everyone to the point where I was going to give this one star. Living in Northern Ireland this would have been borderline treasonous lol. I gave it another go later on in much better form and bloody loved it, a proper fun listen.
Top Track - Wild Cats of Kilkenny
Really good album, Respect is an all time great song and I liked Good Times but I do prefer the Sam Cooke original. Overall I did enjoy it but it isn’t one I’m likely to ever go back and revisit.
Top Track - Respect
First track Holes was absolutely doing my nut in cause I knew I recognised it from somewhere. Turns out it was in Sing 2 which I’ve watched with the kids approximately 600 times lol. As for the album, it was bloody great. I was on the fence about giving it the full 5 stars until Goddess On A Hiway which is an OUTSTANDING track. I ended up listening to it 3 times before continuing on. Second listen of the album I loved it and had zero doubts about the score.
Top Track - Goddess On A Hiway
There were a couple of tracks I quite liked but for the most part nothing overly memorable on this one.
Top Track - Come Clean - E New Y Radio
This was bloody brilliant. Even though I’m not overly fussed on Aerosmith even I can’t deny that Walk This Way is a great song on an album packed with great tracks. Listened to it twice already and I’ll definitely be keeping this one saved.
Top Track - Raising Hell
I’ve only heard of Frank Zappa from The Mothers of Invention album on here that I absolutely hated so I was dreading this going in. Fortunately this was brilliant for the most part. The only song that didn’t hit for me was The Gumbo Variations, it went on a bit too long for my liking.
Top Track - Son Of Mr Green Greens
Honestly I don’t really know what I think of this one. There’s some stuff on here I really liked but just as it seemed to be getting going the song ended. There’s other tracks I flat out hated..
Top Track - The Ugly Vision
It’s albums like this that make me glad I’m doing this list. I’ve been forever meaning to check out Joy Division but just never taken the time to do it. I should have sooner, I loved this. I’ll be keeping this one saved.
Top Track - Interzone
So all I knew of Duran Duran were the songs Rio and Hungry Like The Wolf which are good but wouldn’t be ones I would regularly listen to. With this in mind I was expecting a solid 3/5 album but surprisingly I thoroughly enjoyed this. The Chauffeur in particular was bloody brilliant.
Top Track - The Chauffeur
It’s an alright album, nothing bad on here. There’s a couple of really good tracks but overall it isn’t one that’s gonna last long in the memory.
Top Track - She’s Like Heroin To Me
First listen I didn’t like it at all until Laura’s Dream and from then onwards I didn’t mind it as much. Second listen I didn’t dislike it but it isn’t anything that’s going to stick with me. It’s nice background music.
Top Track - Laura’s Dream
Hated everything about this.
I bloody LOVED this.This is only the second Michael Jackson album I’ve ever heard and while I wouldn’t exactly say I’ve become a fan of his yet, I will be keeping this saved and going back to it.
Top Track - Smooth Criminal, a belter of a song. Can’t believe I’d never heard this before considering I do really like the Alien Ant Farm cover version.
Let’s start with the positives, the title track is good enough. It’s a bit overplayed here in the UK since it’s been used in loads of adverts down the years but it’s not a bad song. I really enjoyed Creation, never heard that one before. As for the rest of the album, there’s a whole lot of nothing going on. Just some forgettable background music.
Top Track - Creation
Unbelievably short album but they pack more into the 15 minutes than most bands do with an hour. Proper old school punk
Brilliant, brilliant album. Up there with some of my favourite albums on this list so far. Hendrix is one of those artists where I know the big hits but always mean to delve more into. I’ll be keeping this in my rotation for a while.
Top Track - Foxey Lady. The scene in Waynes World with Garth miming to this and doing the fox ears cracks me up no matter how many times I see it
As easy a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️as I’ve given in a while
Really enjoyed this. Not quite at the level of The Smiths but still really good and something I’ll be coming back to
I’ve was never really anAmy Winehouse fan, didn’t hate her or anything just wasn’t my type of music when she was at her peak and I’ve never bothered to listen to her since. This one hasn’t really changed my mind. It wasn’t the worst album ever but it just wasn’t for me. I’m aware that Back To Black is meant to be a lot better so maybe that will change my mind.
I’ve obviously heard the title track before but this might be the first time I’ve ever properly paid attention to it. Bloody great song to start off with. Massive drop off for the next song New Kid in Town, didn’t like it whatsoever. I didn’t really get back into the album after that. There were a few songs I liked but nothing that will live long in the memory. Disappointing after such a strong start.
Top Track - Hotel California
Great album, never heard of it before today. Has some brilliant guitar work throughout it.
Top Track - Marquee Moon
I was bloody excited to see this generated. Been too long since I’ve listened to it but I still love it. Every track on here is great and Mike Pattons vocals are awesome throughout.
Top Tracks - Zombie Eaters and From Out Of Nowhere
My god I absolutely loathed this album, LOATHED it. This is one of the worst things I have ever heard. Before the first song had ended I was already checking how long was left on the album.
1 star is bloody generous
I’ve had this downloaded for about a month now, ever since I generated their self titled album, so at last I finally gave it a listen and I really enjoyed it. It didn’t blow me away like The Band did but it’s still a great album that I’ll be going back to.
Top Track - The Weight
Good album. Nothing terrible, nothing overly great
As much as I enjoyed Zombie, 4 stars, I didn’t really like this one. Too many times it faded into background music. Quite disappointed.
A downside of working nightshift is that even when I’m off I don’t really sleep well. The benefit of that being when I get an album like this I can dance round my kitchen at half five in the morning without anyone seeing me make an eejit outta myself lol. I LOVED this. I bought the single of Frontier Psychiatrist when it came out but I’ve never listened to anything of theirs beyond that. Banging from start to finish.
Top Track - Electricity
Brilliant album, I’ve only every heard Talking Heads 77 before, 4 stars, but I think I prefer this one. They’re a band I really must go through the discography of at some point.
Top Track - Life During Wartime
We’ll start positively, I quite liked Sunday Shining. On the downside the rest of this album was painfully dull. I actually accidentally set the album on repeat and didn’t notice until Sunday Shining came on again. It was all just very samey.
Sweet And Loving Man in particular I couldn’t stand as every time he sang the title of the song there was a buzzing sound exactly like in the intro of Cocomelon. Kids used to love it and I have an everlasting hatred of it.
Top Track - Sunday Shining
Every day I approach every album with an open mind cause there have been many artists so far where I haven’t liked one album but loved another. That being said when this popped up all I could say was bollocks, I hate Bob Dylan. I hated my previous two albums of his. I HATED disc one of this album. Disc 2 on the other hand was quite good surprisingly. I’m not gonna rush to listen to it again or anything but it was enjoyable enough.
Top Track - Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Never heard of this guy but when the first track used a sample of the old PS1 startup sound it hit that nostalgia button and I was looking forward to this. Unfortunately that was the peak. It’s a fine enough album, just really dull. The one track that stood out was Pyramids but then that was ruined by going on for near ten minutes which was completely unnecessary.
I had Fear Of Music 5 days ago and while this one is very good, it doesn’t quite hit the same heights for me. I enjoyed it throughout but I can’t say there were any tracks I absolutely loved. Maybe it needs another listen or two.
Top Track - Take Me To The River
Dull, repetitive, an absolute slog to get through, I could go on but you get the point. Did not enjoy this in the slightest. It’s not the worst album I’ve had on here by any means but it’s up there with the dullest.
This is 8/9 from Bowie and it’s another cracking album. The only song I wasn’t overly fussed on was The Jean Genie. It wasn’t terrible or anything, just weaker than the rest of the album. I thoroughly enjoyed the rest of it though. Ziggy Stardust was my first Bowie album and nothing has been able to dislodge it as my favourite so I will be interested to see if Blackstar tops it.
Top Track - Time
My second one from Steely Dan and another belter. First listen I was sitting on a high four stars but the second go around it really clicked with me. Great songs throughout and I really love the vocals. I think I have at least two more of theirs to go and I will be looking forward to them.
Top Track - Fire In The Hole
Blues isn’t really my thing and for the first few tracks I was not feeling this whatsoever. Then I got to I Feel So Good which I really enjoyed and I liked the album from then on. I’ll see later on with my second listen if the first part of the album hits differently knowing that I like the second half.
Top Track - I Feel So Good
Problem. I found this so unbelievably boring that sitting here trying to write anything about it 7 hours later is proving difficult. I genuinely remember pretty much nothing about it, I literally forgot it as I was listening.
Really good album, I had never heard of Nas before but I was very impressed with this one. In saying that the first track didn’t instantly grab me but from Life’s A Bitch onwards I can’t really fault it.
Top Track - The World Is Yours
This isn’t something I would normally enjoy but I quite liked the first track My Mate Paul and was filled with cautious optimism. Unfortunately that was the highlight and the album slowly fell off a cliff after that.
My only exposure to anything involving Wu Tang Clan was the excellent Liquid Swords by GZA, which I gave a 4 but in hindsight should’ve been a 5, so I had pretty high expectations going into this. My God was I disappointed, I did not enjoy this in the slightest, it felt like it went on for an ETERNITY. For all I know this may be regarded as an all time rap classic but it wasn’t for me.
After back to back one stars this was like an oasis in the desert. My third Brian Eno album and maybe my favourite so far.
Top Track - By This River
Holy crap what an album, I bloody loved it. It’s absolutely rammed with great tracks, there isn’t one that misses the mark. Neil Young is someone I would’ve dismissed before starting this project but I’ve really enjoyed 3/4 albums I’ve had from him so far.
Top Track - Heart Of Gold
Honestly I didn’t have high hopes going into this one but I actually really enjoyed it. Loved the vocals throughout. I might be nitpicking but what’s probably gonna stop it from getting top marks is it’s a bit too short. I was proper into it and then before it even hit the half hour mark it was done.
Top Track - Amaterdam
Bloody hell I loved this. Ended up listening to it three times in succession. When I get an album like this I am glad I’m doing this list as there is absolutely zero chance I would’ve heard it otherwise.
Top Track - Taaw
My fourth Springsteen album and after the previous three all gaining five stars the perfect streak ends.
It’s definitely not terrible, there are some really good songs on here but also some quite forgettable ones too. Unlike say a Nebraska or Born To Run I probably won’t rush to revisit this after today.
Top Track - My Hometown
I definitely wouldn’t call myself a fan of Disco but I loved We Are Family from Sister Sledge and, while this didn’t hit the same highs, I enjoyed this for the most part.
Chic Cheer and At Last I Am Free didn’t really do much for me which was a pity cause this would be pushing towards 5 star territory without them.
Top Track - I Want Your Love
BRILLIANT album, loved everything about it. I always enjoy Pixies when I hear them but never get stuck into their back catalogue. I will have to rectify that in the new year.
Top Track - Hard to choose, toss up between Monkey Gone To Heaven or Silver
I love this album, it is absolutely brilliant. I remember flicking through the music channels late one night and landing on MTV2 just as Rebellion was starting. I was blown away, literally the next day I went to buy it and it’s been a favourite ever since.
As a three album run I will put this, Neon Bible and The Suburbs up with the very best. Their last few albums have been quite mediocre however. Hopefully some day they can return to this kind of form.
Top Track - Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out). Outstanding song, definitely in my all time top 5-10
The only song I knew of theirs prior to today was Love Shack which I absolutely loathe, it used to play 3-4 times a day at my old job, so I was dreading this one but it was decent enough overall.
While there were a few tracks I wasn’t massively fussed about there wasn’t anything that I flat out hated. It will probably benefit from another listen or two later on.
Top Track - Rock Lobster
I’ve had Shleep by Wyatt previously and I remember saying it might be my overall worst album so far. Well now it has some competition. Hate is a strong word and yet somehow not strong enough to describe how I feel about this one.
Maybe it takes a few listens or maybe listening to it in work isn’t the right setting. Maybe he just isn’t for me as an artist. All I know is I’m not a religious man but I shall pray he has no more albums on here.
An album of peaks and valleys. It was almost frustrating cause whenever there was a run of 2-3 tracks that were pretty good and I thought the album was picking up, there would be something just really dull.
Overall quite disappointing, was really starting to drag by the end.
Top Track - Bow, love me some Kiwanuka
My third Nick Cave album, with Murder Ballads and Abattoir Blues both getting 5 stars, and while it is a really good album it didn’t quite hit that same mark for me. At least not on the first listen.
It started off brilliantly, I absolutely loved Papa Won’t Leave You Henry. Just towards the end of the album there were a couple of tracks that I wasn’t massively fussed on. This could change later though, I hated Murder Ballads originally and now it’s one of my favourite albums I’ve discovered so far.
Top Track - Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry
Halfway through the second track I knew I hated it and resigned myself to another 40 minutes of awful music. Until all of a sudden it wasn’t awful.
Maybe it just grew on me, maybe I developed some weird Stockholm syndrome but by the end of the album I had quite enjoyed it. It’s not gonna be up there with my favourites by the end of this but it deserves higher than its 1.88 global rating.
We’ll start positively, first time properly listening to Marvin Gaye, bloody brilliant voice. I know he has a couple more on here so I will have some optimism when they come up.
This one however, with the exception of a couple of tracks, I just found to be boring. Up until Sparrow it was getting a one star. After that it did pick up a little bit but overall it was just too long and didn’t interest me.
Top Track - Sparrow
Not on any streaming platform so wasn’t the easiest to listen to. Wasn’t worth the effort in the end. Awful noise
I bloody loved the title track from this one, really great song. Unfortunately that was literally the only thing I liked about this album. I probably hated I’ll Be Your Fool as much as I liked HTM. Luckily this was just over half an hour long so wasn’t a slog to get through but I won’t be going back to it.
Top Track - Honky Tonk Masquerade
My second Costello album after Imperial Bedroom, 4 stars, and it was grand I suppose but nothing overly memorable.
Top Track - I Hope You’re Happy Now
I like Rush but I can go years without taking a notion to listen to them and I don’t really get why cause this album is bloody brilliant. I’ll be keep this saved and in the New Year I will make a point of going through their discography.
Top Track - Tom Sawyer is an absolute classic but I really enjoyed The Camera Eye as well
If you are a KISS fan this album needs no introduction, there are so many classics from the band on here. Detroit Rock City is a banger of an opener and God Of Thunder in my opinion works better live but the album version is still great.
Honestly though there are a few duds on here. Great Expectations is one of my least favourite KISS tracks. I also saw them play Flaming Youth live once and I’ve never seen a crowd die as fast in my life.
Overall I’m giving this five stars because it’s the only KISS album on here and I’m sure I can be forgiven for having one biased score. They definitely deserve a place on this list but it should’ve been either their debut album, not a bad track on it and Black Diamond might be the best song they ever wrote, or Alive! to give a flavour of the band at their best, as a live act.
Personally I would have Music From The Elder because someday the rest of the world will wake up and recognise its genius lol.
Top Track - God Of Thunder
Really good album but some of the songs area a tad too long. Take say half an hour off this and it’s a definite five star
I struggle with her voice sometimes but there were enough good songs on here to makeit worthwhile
Brilliant album, absolutely loved it.
Took me forever to work out that I recognised them from the Guardians Of The Galaxy soundtrack. First time listening to them properly and I will definitely check out more
Like the Sword Of Damocles, Trout Mask Replica looms over us all. I was fully prepared for one of the worst things I was ever going to hear but honestly I quite enjoyed it.
It’s definitely not an easy listen. It’s abrasive and chaotic but, for me at least, it works. It’s not something that’s gonna be in my regular album rotation but I can see myself once or twice a year taking a notion to give this a listen.
Top Track - When Big Joan Set Up
An all time classic and one of the great debut albums.
I hate so called live albums where you can tell the artist has had the vocals fixed in the studio or they add extra crowd noise. With this one however you can feel the energy is genuine.
Music wise I liked the album for the most part, I wasn’t overly fussed on the medley at the end. In saying that I got busy in work when it was on so I wasn’t giving it my full attention. Maybe on the second listen later it will be different.
Top Track - Think
Really good album. Will definitely check out more from them
We end the year with a bang, an all time great album. It’s not my favourite from Zeppelin but it has my favourite track from them, Immigrant Song.
I’m starting the year off with a banger of an album. I knew the name but have never listened to Cream properly before and I was very impressed with this one.
If I was being really picky I could probably do without Mothers Lament at the end but the rest of the album was that good I can forgive it.
Top Track - Sunshine Of Your Love
First couple of tracks I was quite enjoying this. Unfortunately that wore off by track 4. By the end I was dying for this to end.
Is this the worst album on here? Not by a long shot but it’s way too long and there’s just nothing interesting or unique about it.
Top Track - Up Against The Wall Motherfucker
Enjoyed it while listening to it but now hours later I remember nothing about it
A few good tracks but nothing that will live long in the memory
I hated this. Everything about it. We can’t have Quadrophenia in the 1001 but this makes the cut cause it was a favourite for the Mercury Prize years ago. Bloody ridiculous lol.
Seriously though it’s just not my kind of music. Even with only listening to the original track listing it still seemed to go on forever. I definitely won’t be doing another listen later.
Amazing album. I only knew Wuthering Heights before this so wasn’t sure what to expect but this one blew me away. Every track was great.
I’m a long way from the end of this list but when I rank all my five stars at the end I reckon this will be quite high up the list.
Top Track - Hounds Of Love
While they’ve never been one of my big favourites, I’ve always enjoyed The Divine Comedy. I started listening to them when I was 7-8 years old once I found out Neil Hannon did all the music for Father Ted, best comedy series ever made lol.
As for the album itself, I do really like it but I think Fin de Siècle would’ve been a better choice for inclusion. It has their biggest hit in National Express and one of their best songs overall in Sunrise.
Top Track - Everybody Knows (except you)
Fuck the hell yeah!!
Headphones went up full blast when this started. Reign In Blood is one of the truly great metal albums of all time. It bookends with two classics in Angel Of Death and Raining Blood but there is absolutely no filler in between.
Through 430 albums I have truly enjoyed discovering so many new artists. It genuinely has changed forever how I listen to music. I grew up on metal though, it will always be my bread and butter and I bloody LOVE this album.
Top Track - Raining Blood
Started really strong but I started to lose interest by the end. A bit samey
I’ve never liked Rod Stewart so this one was facing an uphill battle from the get go. First 3-4 tracks I really wasn’t feeling it and we were heading towards one star territory but from Stay With Me onwards it started to pick up.
Stand out track for me by a country mile was Memphis. Loved it and I will make a point to check out the Chuck Berry original later on.
Top Track - Memphis
