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Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
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5 | 3.17 | +1.83 |
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Achtung Baby
U2
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5 | 3.31 | +1.69 |
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
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5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
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Sea Change
Beck
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5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
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Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
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5 | 3.35 | +1.65 |
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
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5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
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Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
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5 | 3.39 | +1.61 |
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Synchronicity
The Police
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5 | 3.42 | +1.58 |
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Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
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5 | 3.44 | +1.56 |
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Parachutes
Coldplay
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5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
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Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
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1 | 3.36 | -2.36 |
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The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
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1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
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Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
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1 | 3.17 | -2.17 |
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In Our Heads
Hot Chip
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1 | 3.12 | -2.12 |
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Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
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1 | 3.07 | -2.07 |
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Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
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1 | 2.97 | -1.97 |
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
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1 | 2.86 | -1.86 |
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69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
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1 | 2.85 | -1.85 |
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Bad
Michael Jackson
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2 | 3.81 | -1.81 |
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Ys
Joanna Newsom
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1 | 2.8 | -1.8 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Beatles | 5 | 4.4 |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 4.67 |
| Pixies | 3 | 4.67 |
| Depeche Mode | 2 | 5 |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 5 |
| The Smiths | 2 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 2 | 5 |
| Radiohead | 2 | 5 |
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| The Fall | 2 | 1.5 |
| Orbital | 2 | 1.5 |
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Serge Gainsbourg
4/5
Really nice to listen to. I don't speak French, so I didn't understand most of the spoken word/sung lyrics, but I'm sure it was all very innocent and wholesome, right? Right?
5 likes
Violent Femmes
5/5
An all-time favorite. As I was pondering this album, though, I had a thought. I found myself wondering if adults hearing this for the first time would really find love for it. Sure, the songs may be pleasant, even fun, but does it speak to you? Part of me thinks you may have to be a teenager discovering this album to truly love it. I don't know. Maybe not. Shrug.
3 likes
The Smiths
5/5
I can't even be objective about this one. I've probably literally heard it 1000 times. One of my all time favorites. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out never gets old no matter how many times I've heard it.
1 likes
Raekwon
1/5
I don't really listen to much hip-hop, and I wasn't familiar with this artist at all before listening. I'd heard the name somewhere in the past, maybe, but that's it. Maybe this was groundbreaking at the time, or something, but I just found it boring as hell now. The music behind the rapping was dull, and the rapping itself sounded like a lot of shouted, monotonous droning to me.
1 likes
Fishbone
2/5
I bet I would've been way more into this when I was in high school and was discovering the Red Hot Chili Peppers. For now, it's a little bit exhausting and forgettable.
1 likes
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Bob Dylan
2/5
It's just not for me. Most of the songs sound very similar. I also found myself wondering how young he was when he made this. The lyrics all sound like they were written by a 60 year old world-weary person. Was he just continuing a folk tradition and lifting lines and phrases from what came before? I have no idea, and I'm sure many enjoy it, but it's not my bag, man.
Keith Jarrett
2/5
I hope you like piano, cause that's all you're getting. As a non jazz piano aficionado this bored me a bit. It felt like something they'd be playing in a hotel lobby.
Sam Cooke
5/5
This is just very good. It's hard to imagine anyone not liking this.
Foo Fighters
5/5
This is a classic for me. I bought it the day it was released and have listened to it off and on for the past 30 years. It will always trigger a sense memory of a certain time of my life, I was listening to it so much. Love it.
Beach House
3/5
This was fine, but didn't seem special to me. Nothing hooked me. It was fine mood music, to have on while you're doing other stuff, but I don't think anything about this will have me coming back.
U2
4/5
This isn't my favorite U2 album (I prefer Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby), but it's still really good. It has a couple of very recognizable singles that hold up very well to this day.
David Crosby
4/5
This was nice. I already like Crosby, Stills & Nash, so was kind of predisposed to like this one too. It has a very similar vibe to that group. No song especially stuck out to me, but I'll likely listen to the whole thing again some day.
The Slits
3/5
Before listening I was pretty worried I was going to hate this. Glad to say I was wrong. I don't necessarily love it either, but it's kind of catchy. It sort of reminds me of really early Police, if they were girls and recording in a garage. Also, the singer's style reminded me of Bjork a few times during the listen.
Mercury Rev
4/5
It's very hard not to hear the Flaming Lips while listening to this. They have a similar sound, but maybe a tiny bit less weird and a pinch more dreamy. I will listen to this again.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
I like to think that, if I was a teenager when this came out, that I'd have been cool enough to be into it. In reality, I'd probably have been listening to the Monkees or the Archies or something. That being said, cool doesn't necessarily mean fun to listen to. There are definitely some good songs on here (Heroin, Sunday Morning, I'm Waiting for the Man), but many kind of droned on a bit too much for me.
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Are you looking for a background album for when you want to have groovy conversations with your friends in your shag-carpeted sunken living room, while sitting on avocado-colored couches surrounded by paisley wallpaper? Well have I got the album for you!
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
I like Curtis Mayfield. I think he has some great songs (Pusherman, Superfly). This album was fine, but it didn't really grab me. Nothing stood out especially, but it sounded pleasant as background.
Iron Maiden
3/5
I'm actually an Iron Maiden fan, but I feel like they hadn't really found themselves yet with this one. I prefer the mid and late 80's albums where they were more polished.
Thelonious Monk
3/5
Yep, I've done the research and this is definitely jazz. I don't even know what to say here. It's fine, I guess. It's not unpleasant.
Elvis Costello
4/5
I ended up listening to this one twice. My wife is an Elvis Costello fan, but didn't know this record so wanted to listen to it after I did. It didn't do much for me the first time, but really started to grow on me the second listen. The songs weren't super catchy the first time through, but I found myself really enjoying them more with repeated listening. I guess I'm saying this one will grow on you. Especially if you already like Elvis Costello.
Fishbone
2/5
I bet I would've been way more into this when I was in high school and was discovering the Red Hot Chili Peppers. For now, it's a little bit exhausting and forgettable.
Frank Zappa
4/5
I'm not even sure what this was, but I liked it.
Morrissey
4/5
I liked this fine. It's not quite The Smiths, but obviously has that vibe. I'm ignoring Morrissey's personality and just judging the album.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Great album. Except for the confusing first track "EXP". At first I thought maybe I was listening to the wrong thing.
Elliott Smith
4/5
I liked this just fine. It was a little dull at times. I suspect that if I'd discovered this when I was younger that it would have been an important album in my life.
The Cure
5/5
Such a great album. Is there a better gloomy, rainy day album to listen to? If there is, I don't know it.
Anthrax
2/5
Oh boy, this one is embarrassing. I used to like this album in high school, but haven't heard it in many years. It is so bad. The music is simplistic and the lyrics are cringeworthy. And how many songs based on Stephen King stories do you need on an album? Their answer is "more than one", apparently. I'm not giving this a "1" for a couple reasons. One is nostalgia, and the other is that this isn't actually unlistenable. I was cringing, but I was never totally hating what was playing. I'm saving the ones for way worse albums.
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
It wasn't that this was awful, because it's not. It's definitely music. It's just pretty much a 45 minute jam session, which I'm not really into. If you are into stuff like the Grateful Dead and Phish you might like this a lot more than I did.
Johnny Cash
4/5
An album of covers (I think... I didn't recognize a few). It's so simple, yet so beautiful. You certainly don't need to be a fan of country to appreciate this album.
The Undertones
3/5
This was a fun little piece of pop/punk. I don't see myself seeking it out in the future, though. I wouldn't mind listening to it if it came on, but that's about it.
Don McLean
3/5
It was fine. A little dull after the title song. The starry starry night song was pleasant, though.
Jurassic 5
4/5
I'm not that into hip-hop, but if I were it would be this.
Emmylou Harris
2/5
I get why some people may like it, but this is not for me.
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
This was very 90s. Crunchy guitars and a guy yelling lyrics. It was okay. Not great or bad. I probably won't listen to it again.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
If you've ever listened to a 60's playlist you probably already know half these songs already. But if you don't like the blues you probably won't love them. I don't love the blues. It's okay.
Talking Heads
3/5
Ravi Shankar
2/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
This is a little too raw for me. I like Siouxsie, but this is closer to punk that what I know of her and her band.
Depeche Mode
5/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
It wasn't bad, really. As a jazz novice (at best) I don't know much about the genre, but it sounded nice.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
My understanding is that you have to see them live to really understand. That makes sense, because this was kind of boring. The last song, "Truckin'", was fun though.
Tracy Chapman
4/5
It was good. I liked it. After hearing it 1000 times, though, I have to say "Fast Car" is still the highlight of the album.
Buffalo Springfield
4/5
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
There's a couple of iconic songs on here (Monday, Monday... California Dreamin'), but otherwise I found the album pretty forgettable. Not bad, but I won't seek it out again.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
The Modern Lovers
3/5
This was fine. It sounded very raw. It reminded me a little bit of The Ramones, and a LOT of the Strokes. Or I guess I should say now that The Strokes sound like these guys.
Dusty Springfield
4/5
About half these songs were amazing, and the other half were just good. That's not quite enough to get a 5 from me, but it was close. Great album!
Joni Mitchell
3/5
It was okay. It's very mellow, very simple. It's not really my thing, but I can appreciate the artistry.
Arcade Fire
5/5
Jane's Addiction
5/5
Underworld
2/5
Why is this album so long?!? I started it on Sunday afternoon. Now it's Monday and it's still playing. Have I even finished a single track? Is there any rhyme or reason to anything? I don't even know where I am anymore. Is that a dwarf standing in the corner? Am I trapped in the album? Is this Hell?
But also it's got a beat I can dance to. Two stars.
Miles Davis
5/5
I'm not that into Jazz. That being said, this album is cool as hell.
The Sugarcubes
4/5
I really liked this! That being said, I don't think it would have sounded special if it wasn't for Bjork's presence. Her voice elevates this from standard jangly indie rock to something totally different.
Tito Puente
3/5
This was nice, but I can't imagine seeking it out again. I bet it's cool listening to this music in a club (like Ricky Ricardo's), but just having it on while I sat on the couch was sorta weird.
Isaac Hayes
3/5
The Smiths
5/5
I can't even be objective about this one. I've probably literally heard it 1000 times. One of my all time favorites. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out never gets old no matter how many times I've heard it.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
I'll just leave it as "not for me". I can appreciate the talent, but it was not my thing.
Pretenders
4/5
OutKast
3/5
There are some songs on this album (albums?) that I really, really enjoy. And then the rest of it I don't care much at all. The skits feel like a huge waste of time and take you out of the mood. Overall a 3, because the great songs are still great. Seriously, how is Hey Ya! so catchy still?
The Mothers Of Invention
1/5
No. Just... no.
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
This was alright. I didn't love or hate it. My only question is: Why is it an album I need to listen to before I die? It didn't seem that special. What classic album didn't make it on the list because this one did?
Fats Domino
3/5
Michael Jackson
2/5
Smooth Criminal is still kind of a cool song, but the whole thing sounds so weak. So many synths and drum machines. I just don't feel like it holds up at all.
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
So there were a couple tolerable songs (the album opener, for instance), but that can't make up for the mostly atonal drone that I just listened to.
Frank Ocean
4/5
I liked this a lot more than I expected. I thought it was going to be a rap album, but really I'd put it closer to something like 70's soul. At times I got a Stevie Wonder vibe from some of the songs. Good stuff.
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Is it weird? Hell yes. But if you just give into it, it's a lovely ride.
MC Solaar
2/5
Tom Waits
2/5
I really want to like Tom Waits, I really do. I really appreciate that he exists, and I want to enjoy his music, but I don't. Maybe two songs on here were okay, but the rest was nothing I'll ever come back to.
Lambchop
3/5
This was decent. A nice mellow listen. Not memorable enough for four stars, but better than I expected.
Arcade Fire
5/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
It's kind of a psychedelic folk-rock thing. If you're into that sort of sound, definitely check it out.
Syd Barrett
2/5
I didn't love it. To me it sounded like the generic soundtrack to some forgettable 60's movie. It's not a sound I'm into. That being said, my wife really did enjoy it. Your mileage may vary.
The Pogues
4/5
I liked this, but it doesn't really feel like the kind of thing I'd listen to at home. It probably belongs in a bar or something. Bumped up from 3 to 4 stars because it has Fairytale of New York on it, which will always be a Christmas favorite.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5/5
This album is so good. If you didn't know better you'd think it was a greatest hits album.
Various Artists
4/5
As much fun as this one is, I don't really see myself listening to it outside the holiday season. So bumped down from 5 stars to 4.
Beatles
5/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Raekwon
1/5
I don't really listen to much hip-hop, and I wasn't familiar with this artist at all before listening. I'd heard the name somewhere in the past, maybe, but that's it. Maybe this was groundbreaking at the time, or something, but I just found it boring as hell now. The music behind the rapping was dull, and the rapping itself sounded like a lot of shouted, monotonous droning to me.
Little Richard
2/5
I don't mind a Little Richard song. Maybe even two. A whole album got really tiresome, though.
Talking Heads
3/5
The Temptations
4/5
This is a fine album. It's only 34 minutes long, and about 12 of those are "Papa Was a Rolling Stone", so hopefully you like that song. I do.
The Gun Club
3/5
Way better than I was expecting, based on what appears to be the worst album cover I've ever seen. Don't be afraid of this. It's alright.
Serge Gainsbourg
4/5
Really nice to listen to. I don't speak French, so I didn't understand most of the spoken word/sung lyrics, but I'm sure it was all very innocent and wholesome, right? Right?
The War On Drugs
3/5
This was fine. At times it felt between a cross between Bryan Adams and Bob Dylan.
Brian Eno
2/5
This was entirely as advertised by the title. There's no clever wordplay going on here, this really is just ambient music for an airport terminal. If you're into that sort of thing, it's great. It wasn't a lot of fun, though.
Bad Company
3/5
I do not own this album and never have. Somehow I still know almost every song on it, though. If you're into 70's jukebox rock like you'd hear in a dive bar, this may be your holy grail.
Muddy Waters
2/5
That's some blues. They just don't do it for me. Every song sounds the same. I can appreciate the talent, but this isn't fun for me.
The Byrds
3/5
A little too much 60's silliness for me, but there's a couple of great songs on there.
Portishead
3/5
If every song was as fun as the opener, this would have been a 4.
Deep Purple
2/5
This one was just a little too over the top butt-rocky for me.
The Police
5/5
This almost lost a star just for the song "Mother", but I couldn't bring myself to do it. It's an all-time favorite.
Dire Straits
4/5
A great album I listened to a lot when I was a teenager. Looking back now, I think the two biggest hits are the weakest links. Walk of Life is okay, but Money for Nothing is a bit embarrassing now. All the slurs don't hold up so well. The title song, though, is still amazing. I can't seem to ever tire of it.
Fleet Foxes
3/5
I don't know. It was fine, I guess. It could certainly be on while I did dishes or something, and I'd be entirely okay. It was dull, though.
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
2Pac
3/5
Rap's not really my thing, and for sheer enjoyment of the album I was ready to give this a 2*. But I have to admit, the lyrics grabbed me. The guy had a way with words that's mesmerizing. So, although I won't necessarily be listening to this again, I'm still giving it 3*.
The Kinks
2/5
This isn't my first rodeo with a 60's Kinks album, and I feel the same way about this one as I did about the other. It's hard to put my finger on what it is that I don't really like about them. Maybe it's a little bit of a sing-songy quality? The album's not terrible or anything... I'm sure many folks really like it. It's just not for me.
Sonic Youth
2/5
I should like Sonic Youth. I like so many of their contemporaries, but I just can't get into Sonic Youth. Maybe it's the uninteresting voices. Maybe it's just a little too raw. I don't have a good explanation, but they don't do it for me.
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Death In Vegas
2/5
Reading the reviews beforehand made me expect something terrible out of this. It wasn't. It was... okay. I didn't love it either, though. I felt like, for most of the songs, like they forgot to include lyrics. It just wasn't very interesting.
Van Morrison
3/5
Entirely pleasant.
Violent Femmes
5/5
An all-time favorite. As I was pondering this album, though, I had a thought. I found myself wondering if adults hearing this for the first time would really find love for it. Sure, the songs may be pleasant, even fun, but does it speak to you? Part of me thinks you may have to be a teenager discovering this album to truly love it. I don't know. Maybe not. Shrug.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Sometimes I'm glad I was a teenager when CD's became a big thing. For the first time they gave us the capability of instantly skipping certain songs without lifting a needle or awkwardly pressing FF/Stop/Play over and over until you got it right. If you're familiar with this album at all I'm sure you know what song on this one I'm glad I can instantly skip. Despite the presence of this one "song", this is still an amazing album.
The Magnetic Fields
1/5
This was so boldly bland and uninteresting that my main thought about halfway through was "Why is this still happening? Why did this collection deserve to be 3 hours long". The voices are flat and dull. The wordplay and wit barely exists. I get the feeling this might be beloved by people really into NPR, though. I didn't care for it at all.
Nirvana
5/5
The Clash
4/5
I like it a lot, and I love a few songs, but I don't quite love the whole thing.
David Bowie
3/5
It pains me to give Bowie only 3 stars, but here we are. Despite a couple of classics, most of the songs on this album were kinda forgettable. I did not enjoy the Beatles cover. His voice juts felt wrong for it.
Marty Robbins
2/5
I suppose if I was going to go out to an old-timey western-themed restaurant.... well, I think I would still get pretty tired of this after just a couple of songs. My tolerance is even lower in my own home. I can tell it's got some merit to it, though, so I'm not giving it the dreaded one-star rating.
Tears For Fears
4/5
William Orbit
2/5
I don't know that I've ever been so ambivalent about whether a piece of music existed or not. I guess that means I didn't much care for it.
The Fall
2/5
This is for someone, I'm sure, but not me. The music itself I find kind of boring, so you'd think the lyrics would make up for it. Not as far as I can tell. It doesn't feel like this says very much.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5/5
Paul Simon
4/5
I'd never heard any of these songs before yesterday, so was pleasantly surprised how much I liked it. I think this was just before Graceland, and in several songs you can really hear that world music sound starting to get in. Very enjoyable album.
Portishead
4/5
I really like this, but you've got to be in the mood for it. This isn't the kind of album you throw on at a summer pool party. This is night time, or cloudy, rainy day stuff.
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
AC/DC
4/5
Shivkumar Sharma
2/5
I was gonna give it a 3, because it's certainly well played, and clearly they have talent. But if I'm being honest, there's no chance I'm ever going to seek this out again. I feel like a 3 would warrant another listen. This I'm just done with.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Metallica
5/5
When it comes to the heavy metal I listened to in my teenage years, very little holds up. Some is downright embarrassing and I can't figure out what I saw in it in the first place. Not this album. Damn, this is still very good. What is it that made them so much more interesting than their peers? There's much more melody here than, say, Anthrax or Slayer. And Orion... I don't think I properly appreciated it at the time, but Orion is the highlight of the whole album for me now.
Cream
3/5
A few fantastic songs, and some that were just fine. My wife gives this 5 stars, but she grew up with it.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
So bluesy.
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
My feelings toward this are complicated. Could I be in the mood for this? Sure, but not often. And not when I listened to it. It's a lot.
Björk
4/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Jangly 90's indie rock. It's not bad, but it's not great. Meh.
4/5
What am I gonna say that changes how anyone thinks about this album? It's not my favorite Beatles album (really not even top 5 probably), but it's still better than a lot of stuff out there.
Funkadelic
3/5
I love the title track for this one, but the rest of the album didn't live up to that song.
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
I'm not super familiar with the world of ska, but this sure sounded like it. I found that surprising, considering the only song I knew of theirs before this doesn't sound like ska. Anyway, it was fine.
Joanna Newsom
1/5
I suspect there are people that really enjoy this. I am not one of them, though. Her voice grated on my nerves so hard. And there rarely seemed to be any enjoyable melody, or beat. Lots of harp, though. Yay.
Radiohead
5/5
Brian Eno
4/5
I liked this more than I expected to. I was getting Depeche Mode vides during a couple of the songs, especially Julie With...
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Orbital
1/5
I did not care for this at all. Not even as background music.
Peter Gabriel
5/5
Justice
3/5
Electro dance party! It's fun, if you're feeling like that sort of vibe.
Spacemen 3
2/5
This was so boring. I guess it has its place, though, so I'm not going to give it a "1". Like, say, you're spending the day in an opium den, and want something to listen to.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
I love Led Zeppelin, but I've never loved this album. I like it, but it's just too bluesy for me to love. If blues are your thing, then by all means enjoy the hell out of it. It's just not my personal fave.
Public Enemy
2/5
It's okay, but just not my thing at all. If this list is about rating our own personal enjoyment of an album, I have to give this a low score, even though I can tell it has some pretty serious merit.
Linkin Park
3/5
Gang Of Four
2/5
This just didn't do anything for me, but I didn't hate it. So 2 stars, I guess.
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
When it comes to the Arctic Monkeys I know a lot of people prefer their earlier stuff, like this. It's more raw, more honest probably, and leans a bit more towards a punk sound. Musically, though, I prefer the later stuff. AM is my all-time favorite of theirs. And yes, I even like TBHaC. This is still fun, though.
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3/5
This was fine. Fun, even. But will I ever seek it out again? Almost certainly not.
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Fun. Jazzy. Pleasant enough to have on while I do chores around the house. There's so much organ I felt like I was at a baseball game at times, though.
The Police
4/5
KISS
2/5
This album is so stupid it comes back around to being funny. If the Mystery Science Theater crew listened to albums instead of watch movies, they would have done this one ages ago, and it would have been a classic.
Mekons
1/5
What the hell. When this started I thought I might enjoy it. It started out like maybe a nice piece of 80s pop I hadn't heard before. Then it got annoying really fast. Turns out I didn't like this at all.
White Denim
4/5
This was alright. I was kinda hearing a combination of the grateful dead (Phish maybe?) and the Black Keys. It's very jammy, so if you like that sorta thing you're in luck.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Great album! Terrible album cover!
Fela Kuti
3/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Sounded a little bit like Blur. A little bit like Pulp. Maybe a tiny bit like Oasis. It was okay, but I won't seek it out again.
Kanye West
3/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
This was okay. I get the sense I would have liked it more had I discovered it when I was younger.
The Fall
1/5
I'm in this phase right now where all this list seems to give me are albums that make me want to die.
The vocals (there is no singing here) are so wildly awful. After listening to this album for an hour I was actually in a bad mood.
Alice Cooper
3/5
I'm not really into it now, but I suspect if I was a teenager in the 70's I would've loved it.
Pixies
4/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Having some familiarity with The Stooges, this was way mellower than I expected. I liked it alright. I liked Bowie's version of China Girl better, though.
Aerosmith
4/5
I enjoyed this far more than I expected. I was expecting bland 70's rock, but it was a lot more fun than that. More depth, too... for the most part. The "Big 10 Inch" song notwithstanding.
Thin Lizzy
5/5
This was just fantastic! Going in I really only knew their couple of big hits, but wasn't familiar otherwise. They could really play!. Being an Iron Maiden fan when I was younger I could definitely feel the influence on that later band in Thin Lizzy's style. I never knew. Over a hundred albums in, and I think this may be my 1st fully new-to-me 5 star rating.
Skepta
1/5
Rap with British accents will just never sound right to me.
The Temptations
3/5
This was fine. This was a pretty weak version of "I heard it through the grapevine", though.
Crowded House
2/5
Okay, I'll bite. Why is this on the list? Did the author owe the band money?
This is so bland and forgettable. What interesting album doesn't appear on the list because this got a spot? I almost gave it a 1*, but it isn't offensive or anything. I thought about it, though.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Hey this lady can really sing. I think she may be going places.
Doves
3/5
This was okay. Not great, but fine. It had a dreamy quality to it occasionally that reminded me of Portishead.
Badly Drawn Boy
4/5
Good stuff. How did I not discover this in the 90's? I was the right age and listening to music. Dang it.
The Clash
2/5
I'm not a big Clash fan, but I like London Calling, but had never heard this album before. I was kinda bummed, because I didn't really like it. I guess it was a little too punk for me. This ones 100% subjective, though. I can totally see how people could like it... just not me.
Pantera
1/5
So listen, I know this is somebody's jam... but it's not mine. This is probably better discovered at around 17, rather than the 51 I am.
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
What a fun barrel of laughs this was! I can see Bruce fans enjoying this, when in the right mood, but for me it was just a downer.
David Bowie
3/5
Being Bowie, I wish I'd liked this more. There's a couple of great songs, but the rest was just kinda "meh".
Solomon Burke
3/5
I think this is that old time rock and roll that Bob Seger was singing about. It's okay, I guess. I'm not going to seek it out again, though.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
The Undertones
3/5
This was okay. It was kinda like punk-lite.
3/5
I don't know. The songs sound alright, but I just can not get over the singer's voice. It's sooooo nasally.
Eels
4/5
The Hives
3/5
It's fine. A little one-note. You may like it more if you have a high tolerance for spitty, screamy singing.
Pearl Jam
5/5
Television
4/5
I liked this. If I had been buying records in the 70s I probably would have bought this one. The singer sounds just like the singer from the Violent Femmes, by the way. I had to look it up to make sure it wasn't.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
I don't normally love folk, but this is nice.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
This is really good. I love a lot of the songs, but some are annoying (looking at you Maybe Your Baby). Not quite good enough for the 5-star, but great nonetheless.
R.E.M.
5/5
I'm unable to disconnect this album from my freshman year of college. I will always think of my dorm room when I hear Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight. The entire album is so perfectly chill. I can't not give it 5 stars.
Madonna
2/5
She had some catchy, fun songs in the 80s, but otherwise Madonna has just never done anything for me. I was actually bored a lot while listening to this.
Leonard Cohen
2/5
I feel like I should like Leonard Cohen more than I do. I was mostly bored during this one. Maybe it's better with heroin.
The Go-Go's
3/5
I wouldn't mind if any of these songs came on the radio, but the album is a little too poppy for me to really get into.
Jeru The Damaja
2/5
90's Rap, in general, just isn't my genre... but I've heard worse.
Can I talk about the guy's name, though? Damaja? Damager? Was this supposed to be badass? It sounds like someone who's gonna scratch your car or put a hole in your drywall. Sure, it's aggravating, but you can fix that. Ooooooh... scary.
Emmylou Harris
3/5
This was okay. I wouldn't call it country, but it's country-adjacent. I probably won't listen to it again, but it was fine while I did chores around the house.
Bob Dylan
3/5
I'm not a big Dylan fan, but this was alright.
Aerosmith
2/5
Nah, I could've gone to my death without hearing this.
Janie's Got A Gun was alright, though.
Orbital
2/5
Was it entirely unpleasant to listen to while I did chores in the kitchen? No. Will I ever seek it out again? Also no.
Beck
5/5
I love this album. It's like a warm, comforting blanket. You have to be in the right mood, though. This is not a dance party.
This is alright. It's some real bluesy 70's rock. If you're into that, and you've been wondering what Rod Stewart was up to before all his solo stuff, you may like this.
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
I love Fleetwood Mac, but this album is... different. Lately I've been playing it somewhat regularly, to try and see if it would grow on me. It has, to a certain extent. I've found that I love most of the Stevie Stuff. The Christine stuff is fine. But I find myself kind of annoyed by most of the Lindsey songs.
Pulp
4/5
I'd heard a couple of these songs before, many years ago, but never the whole album. I quite enjoyed it.
Venom
2/5
This is 100% not for middle-aged guy me. That being said, it reminded me a lot of the nonsense that teenage me was listening to in the 80's. So I just couldn't bring myself to hate it.
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
These were some pretty groovy tunes. But not all of em were like like super-groovy. Ya dig?
Pixies
5/5
Jack White
4/5
It doesn't have the raw magic of The White Stripes, but I still like it a lot.
Kanye West
3/5
I'm trying hard to separate the art from the artist on this one. Hard to do at the moment, but here we are. This was pretty good, but I didn't love it.
Hot Chip
1/5
There was nothing here for me. It felt so soulless, devoid of any feeling. It wasn't even fun pop. It was just synthy, drum-machiney emptiness.
Funkadelic
3/5
It's a bold move to start your funk-soul album with a 10+ minute guitar solo. This was okay, but I think when it comes to Funkadelic I'm more of a Greatest Hits fan.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
This is rough, because I like Tom Petty a lot. There are a few songs on here that I really like, but a bunch that I don't care for much.
CHIC
3/5
This was fine, I guess. So very 70's. If you like the song Le Freak, you may like this album since it all kind of sounds like that.
The Prodigy
3/5
A few of these songs are great, and fun additions to playlists. I don't see me ever going back and listening to the whole album again though.
The Who
4/5
I loved a lot of the songs on this album. But then a few of them didn't really click for me. That's my experience with The Who in a nutshell. Still a great album, though.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
This was nice. It sounds very much like Joni Mitchell, but there were a couple of songs that pleasantly surprised me.
Blur
3/5
Music for brit blokes.
Coldplay
5/5
I know some people like to hate on Coldplay, but I love this album. I don't love the more recent stuff, but this album is such a perfectly chill listen.
Bill Callahan
2/5
I didn't like this. But I also didn't hate it. It's like if you wanted some Leonard Cohen, but couldn't afford brand-name Leonard Cohen. So you went ahead and got the store-brand version. It'll scratch that itch a little bit, but in the end you wish you'd gotten the name-brand.
Brian Eno
3/5
Now this is what I'm doing this list for! There's no way I would have listened to this album if I wasn't going through this project.
Did I love it? No. Did I appreciate that it exists? Absolutely! It must have blown so many minds when it came out in 1981. Well, a few minds anyway, of the people that actually listened to it. I doubt this one was burning up the charts.
Soul II Soul
2/5
I'm sure some people like this, but it's not for me. For having "soul" in their name, this felt oddly soulless to me.
Amy Winehouse
2/5
It was fine, I guess. It's not really my type of music. This is just about the vaguest review I've done, but I'm tired. No thumbs-up for me!
John Grant
3/5
I didn't realize we were still making music like this in the 21st century. I would've guessed 1975 or 76, if I didn't already know better. Anyway, it was alright.
Brian Eno
2/5
So I'm sure this was brave and innovative at the time, so I don't want to speak too badly of it. That means I'm not going to say much. A couple of the tracks come very close to sounding like songs.
Muddy Waters
2/5
Serious question. Does all Blues sound the same to everyone else? Do some people just really like that one song? I get so bored by this, and it's like my 8th Blues album. Maybe I've gotten through them all now?
Method Man
2/5
George Harrison
5/5
Wonderful! If George Harrison is anywhere in your top 4 Beatles, you'll probably enjoy this.
The Residents
1/5
Okay, so I think I've figured it out somewhat...
You know in high school, how there's all these groups? There's jocks, stoners, cheerleaders, preppy dudes and girls. There's also the weirdos. They're the kids into math, av club, D&D, all sorts of things that would be considered nerdy. That weirdo group doesn't really want to listen to what everyone else does. They want something all their own, that they can talk to each other about without others understanding. Think of Monty Python. Or Devo. Or They Might Be Giants. I think that's what we have here with this album. I think this is made for the "weirdos", and them alone.
Now, I actually was one of this group in school. I liked a lot of the weird stuff. This one's not for me, though. Even though I think I get it, I don't like it at all. So this one star isn't a condemnation, just reflective of me personally never wanting to listen to it again.
Neil Young
5/5
I love this, but I fully admit there are some weird songs on here. You have the beautiful simplicity of songs like Old Man and Heart of Gold, then "Bam!" a full on orchestra out of nowhere in There's a World. Eclectic, but great.
Kate Bush
3/5
I felt a little "meh" about this while it was on. But I really get the sense that this would grow on me with multiple listens.
The Verve
3/5
U2
5/5
Wilco
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
This was alright, but nothing especially memorable to me.
Lou Reed
4/5
I always feel intimidated by Lou Reed. It always seems too cool for me. That being said, this is really good.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
Well dang. I thought this was going to be one I'd really enjoy. I did not. There was way too much fuzzy, distorted guitar feedback. A couple of songs were great, but way too many were overwhelmed by the noise to really enjoy the album.
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Well this was entirely pleasant. Sometimes world music albums have this tendency to sound the same all the way through to me. That wasn't the case here. There was a lot of variety, and I really enjoyed it all.
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
This was fun, but it got to be a lot after just a few songs.
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Most of the album is okay, if you like bluesy classic rock. Then the final song blows everything else away. Honestly it would have been a 3 if not for Layla.
Digital Underground
3/5
This was fine. I liked it more than a lot of hip-hop. The highlight is definitely the first song, though (The Humpty Dance), Nothing else quite matches the energy or weirdness.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Another one of those albums that could be a Greatest Hits if you didn't know better. Dang it was short, though.
Aerosmith
3/5
How much Aerosmith do we need on this list?!? This isn't bad, but it isn't great either. It's just 70's rock. If you're into that, well you'll probably like it.
The Thrills
3/5
I'm convinced that somehow the kids from Sing Street became real and grew up to be this band. It was fine, if not a little bit forgettable.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
I'm not the world's biggest Stones fan (back in the day I suppose I would've been team Beatles), but this is my favorite Stones album. It feels like this raw, bluesy mix that you'd see performed in some dive bar.
But then there's also one otherworldly good song. Perhaps contender for the coolest rock song of all time. If you haven't ever heard Gimme Shelter boy are you in for a treat.
Soft Cell
3/5
I didn't really like this at first, but it grew on me. I never got to the point of really loving it, but it was okay. By the time I had to get up off the couch and verify that I was really hearing him say "Sex Dwarf" I knew I couldn't hate this album.
The Monkees
2/5
I wanted to like this, but it just didn't feel special in any way. It just sounded sort of generic 60's. So bland.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
This is so mediocre. There's nothing particularly interesting. No hooks. Just a bunch of bland rock. I don't care.
David Bowie
3/5
I liked parts of this album. Mostly the songs where Bowie actually, y'know... sings. The rest of the album was kind of like weird mood music.
Fela Kuti
3/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3/5
This was so 90's that the nostalgia nearly caused a physical response in me. What was surprising is how not terrible about half the songs were.
Laibach
1/5
List... I mean seriously. What even is this? Why is this something I needed to hear before I die? Why do two of the songs sound like covers from Queen's A Kind of Magic? That's weird.
The Beach Boys
2/5
This is probably sacrilege, especially two days after Brian Wilson passed away, but I don't really care for the Beach Boys. To me they're the musical equivalent of cotton candy. Sure a bite or two is fun, but if you keep on eating that stuff your teeth are going to hurt from the cloying sweetness.
Not to say they don't have some wonderful songs. They do! But not on this album, unfortunately.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
This was so old fashioned I was honestly kind of bored by it. The songs are okay, but they all sound very similar to each other and aren't very sophisticated. I understand that's because it's the dawn of rock n roll, but l'm not judging it on historical significance.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
No.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
I was a little disappointed this was a live album. I'm not very familiar with the band, so was hoping to hear the songs as originally recorded.
I probably would have enjoyed this even more, were I way more into long organ solos.
Beatles
5/5
Cyndi Lauper
5/5
Arrested Development
4/5
Devendra Banhart
2/5
Some tears ago I used to work at a hippie co-op grocery store type place. Lots of natural supplements and the smell of patchouli was around always. While I liked the people I worked with very much, we didn't share many of the same tastes in a lot of things. I suspect many employees of that store would have liked this. I didn't.
Coldplay
4/5
I've said it before and I'll say it here. I don't care if it's not cool, I like the early Coldplay albums. I like this one.
Pink Floyd
5/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
Bluesy rock. I’m not really into it, but if you are you’ll probably like it. I had no idea Rod Stewart was part of this, so that was a surprise when it started up.
The Who
2/5
What even is this? I thought this was going to rock, but it was so sing-songy. No offense to people who like it, but this was stupid. It wasn’t unlistenable, so no dreaded one star, but I didn’t enjoy my time here at all.
Lupe Fiasco
2/5
This was okay, I guess. Not really my thing. He reminded me a lot of Jay-Z.
R.E.M.
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
DJ Shadow
1/5
I don't really understand what this is. Is it just stuff for other people to rap over? Because this was boring as hell on its own. I don't need this in my life.
Depeche Mode
5/5
The Incredible String Band
1/5
Have you ever known you're going to hate an album within the first 10 seconds? No? Try this one. I feel further vindicated in my opinion after listening to the whole thing.
I regret electricity was wasted to play this in my home.
The Zombies
3/5
Some real hippy-dippy stuff. The whole thing felt elevated by Time of the Season, though. That song feels like it's on a whole different level.
Elis Regina
3/5
This was pleasant, if not entirely memorable.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
This was just a bright ray of sunshine. Lots of fun. A real laugh riot!
Slipknot
1/5
Grunt-screaming metal is not the genre for me. Also, the drummer needs to calm the hell down. I'm exhausted just listening to him.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
This was really good, iconic even, but also really short. Today it'd be an ep. Do I take points off for being so short? Nah.
Talking Heads
4/5
Green Day
5/5
This came out of nowhere in the early 2000s and became one of my favorite albums ever. I wasn't a big Green Day fan. I'd never even owned one of their albums. I just knew them from videos on MTV. But this one spoke to me. It felt like it actually had something to say.
In the following 20 years I haven't gotten tired of it.
David Bowie
4/5
XTC
3/5
I wanted to like this, and I think I would have more if I'd discovered it when I was sixteen and living in the 80s. As for now? Meh.
The Jam
2/5
I was sorta bored by this, to be honest. None of these songs had any particular hook. It just sounded like some bar band.
Kraftwerk
2/5
I didn't hate this or anything. It wasn't unpleasant to listen to. It just wasn't very fun.
This just sounded like a low-budget 80s movie soundtrack.
Alice In Chains
4/5
This gets a little dirge-like at times for me to truly love it. I've always been a fan, though.
Miles Davis
3/5
Korn
2/5
A couple of times this made me laugh at just how stupid it was. This seems purely for teenage boys in the 90s.
That being said, a couple songs were actually kinda cool. Got the Life saved this from a one-star.
The Smiths
5/5
The Prodigy
1/5
Another Prodigy album?!? Another friggin Prodigy album on this finite list?!?!
Well, if you like electronic sounds maybe you'll dig this. I got about halfway through and figured I had a pretty good handle on it. Not for me.
Sex Pistols
3/5
I feel like most people know what they're in for here. It's alright. A little rough, but there's a black humor to it that makes it pretty tolerable.
Pere Ubu
1/5
Small bits of this were okay. Most of it wasn't.
I would've given this a 2, but I'm dinging it an entire point for that intensely unpleasant opening 10 seconds or so.
Iron Maiden
2/5
I've been a Maiden fan since I was a teenager in the 80s. This is not my Iron Maiden, though. It sounds so wrong to have anyone but Dickinson's voice going along with that (still recognizable) music.
Randy Newman
2/5
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
I liked this a lot more than I thought I would, considering I haven't been much of a fan of 21st century hip-hop in general. I get the hype for him now.
Queen
4/5
Beatles
3/5
Early Beatles stuff feels so hit or miss for me. This one, for instance... it's got like 4 or 5 just iconic amazing songs, and then the rest feels like filler.
Black Sabbath
2/5
I know Ozzy just passed away, so this may be sacrilegious, but I've always felt kinda "meh" about Black Sabbath. This one didn't change my mind.
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
This was fine. It had a very late 90's feel. That combo of electronic and world music. Most of it was dream-like. I didn't love it, but I liked it.
ZZ Top
3/5
Bluesy rock. It's solid, but not a lot of surprises here.
Bob Dylan
3/5
I'm not much of a Dylan fan. I really don't get the hype. That being said, though, if I had to listen to a Dylan album it would probably be this one.
Dead Kennedys
3/5
They're not musically sophisticated, but they're never boring. I feel like if I were into punk at all, it would probably be something like this.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
The good on this one completely makes up for anything that might feel like filler. All-time classic.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
I really, really like this album, but it's just a little too raw sounding for me to love it. It's a little too punky for me. It's just a taste thing, as I know tons of people prefer that sound.
Tina Turner
3/5
This wasn't terrible, but it was so terribly 80s. The last song, especially, 1984, was a little bit awful. The good makes up for the bad, though, so it gets a middle-of-the-road grade.
Three covers, though... really?
David Holmes
1/5
I kept waiting for some kind of drop, for this to get better and cool. I'm still waiting.
5/5
Perfect. Just perfect. No notes.
I do wish, though, that I had been cool enough to have been listening to this as a teenager. Alas, it came to me later in life.
TV On The Radio
2/5
Early 2000s alternative rock should be right in my comfort zone, but this didn't really click with me. Maybe it was a bit too weird or experimental. A couple songs strayed very close to being likable, but not enough to make me enjoy the album.
Meat Loaf
3/5
Despite the album cover art, this was WAY more Broadway Cast Recording than it was heavy metal record. Some of the songs were pretty catchy. It wasn't bad.
The Verve
3/5
I'm really beginning to worry about the integrity and diversity of this list. This is the second Verve album I've listened to on it this year. The second! The Verve! In the long history of, well, albums, is it really the Verve who deserve multiple albums on the list? Or is it the maker of the list showing their bias for British 90s stuff?
Anyway, this one was fine.
Stan Getz
4/5
Entirely pleasant. In fact, after listening to this I found a long bossanova playlist on Spotify and just let it go all day in my house.
Duke Ellington
3/5
This was fun. For awhile. Was everyone's like three hours long, or was I just listening to some extended version? As we went from early to late afternoon and I was still listening to big band music, I started to get a little fatigued.
David Ackles
1/5
You know, whenever you see lists of great 70s singer-songwriter albums you never see this one included. That's fair... this sucks.
Nirvana
5/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
So many great songs on this album! There are also a couple "meh" ones, which keep it from the 5-star rating. Great overall, though!
Protip: Don't choose the second song on the album if you're out doing karaoke night.
Queen
5/5
MGMT
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
A couple of great songs. A couple of good songs. The rest was just fine, I guess.
Stan Getz
3/5
I just had the Stan Getz Bossanova album last week. This one was okay, but the bossanova was better. This one was awfully short, too.
Def Leppard
3/5
This was fine. Several good songs on here. Hysteria is better, though.
Billy Joel
4/5
My god! This album must be the gold standard if you're a Billy Joel fan. I swear it would be easy to convince someone they were listening to a greatest hits album if they didn't know better.
The Byrds
2/5
I feel the same way about this one as the last Byrds album I listened to. It's fine. It's very jingle-jangly guitar with dudes singing in harmony. It's all very blandly 60's sounding. Whatever.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
Eminem
1/5
There are some Eminem songs I like, but this whole album annoyed the hell out of me. It grated on my nerves and put me in a bad mood. Why was it so popular?
The Stone Roses
5/5
Silver Jews
2/5
This is not really doing it for me. The voice isn't great. The poetry is worse.
Missy Elliott
2/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
I was torn between 3 and 4 stars here. Ultimately I went with 3 because, nice and dreamy though it was, there wasn't really anything here that's going to bring me back. No individual song sounded really different from another. No song makes me want to go back and listen to it again. The overall experience was good, though
Moby Grape
3/5
This was alright. No songs really stood out for me, though. The music sounded good, but if there had been a good hook or two this probably would have rated higher.
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
The Specials
3/5
This was fun, but it got kinda old pretty quick. All the songs sorta sound the same.
Willie Nelson
3/5
Very simple stuff. Mostly just a guy and a guitar. I'm not that into country, but this was okay.
Eagles
5/5
John Martyn
2/5
The music was fine, but on many of the songs the guy's voice was nearly unbearable. This is best forgotten to the ages.
Spiritualized
2/5
There's not much here, really. It's not terrible, it just doesn't do anything for me. There's barely melody.
Duran Duran
3/5
Despite any and all evidence to the contrary, my brain refuses to believe this group of male models make their own music. I've thought that since 1984, and I just can't let go of it.
The album is fine. Most of it just sounds like the song Rio, with a couple of exceptions.
Radiohead
5/5
I can see this being a divisive one for a lot of folks, but I don't care... I love it.
Rush
3/5
Parliament
3/5
It's fun, but it does get a little repetitive.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Tom Waits
2/5
Man, I am torn on this one. On the one hand it's definitely not for me. I really didn't enjoy it. I didn't realize going in that the majority of this was gonna be spoken word stories over a light jazz background. Not my thing.
On the other hand, I appreciate that it exists. Unlike some albums on this list, I can understand why some people would like it.
John Coltrane
4/5
Really pleasant old-school jazz. It's short, though, at only 32 minutes.
Goldfrapp
3/5
This was alright. Very whispery. I was listening to this album on YouTube, and just happened to look over when Happiness was playing. The official video for that song is delightful (boingy)!
Nick Drake
4/5
This was nice. No part particularly stood out, but it was pleasant overall.
Iron Butterfly
3/5
The first half is kinda generic 60's psychedlic rock. It reminded me of the Doors. The second half is quite the journey with the title song. It's suuuuuper long, but pretty fun and satisfying in the end.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
It was alright. After listening to Legend for so many years, though, it was really weird hearing the studio version of No Woman, No Cry.
Guns N' Roses
5/5
Pixies
5/5
Kid Rock
1/5
This one is the last straw. I'm done with this whole project.
The website itself is amazing. I love the whole concept, which is why I stayed with it for as long as I did. What I've come to realize, though, is that the list it uses is trash. It feels like a combination of: a) Some, admittedly, really good records from the past, b) a whole bunch of British techno garbage from the 90's... presumably the author's youth and what they were listening to, and c) just a random assortment of things we wouldn't normally listen to because they're, frankly, not very good.
It's not worth my time anymore. Kid Rock sealed the deal.