This was a new one for me and I have not listened to Depeche Mode in general. A lot of the first half reminded me of music from the Goldeneye video game - I could see where this album had influence. The middle had some songs I recognize and enjoy, specifically, Personal Jesus and Enjoy The Silence. I did not come away with a new favorite Depeche Mode and probably would not listen to this record again, but did not hate it.

This is the Black Sabbath album I am handing to someone who has only heard the big hits. Changes is their best ballad and Snowblind rules but, I'm not sure who FX is for and the breakdown in Supernaut is really silly.

Almost perfect. Human Nature and P.Y.T. back-to-back is just 🤌. No skips except the key change spoken word section at the end of The Girl Is Mine.

I would passively listen to this any time

Not my typical cup of tea and if I did not know any better, I would say it sounds like any old modern jazz. On second listen, I started to hear runs that sounded familiar from Jeff Beck and Steely Dan songs and everything started to click. Brilliant Corners and Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are were not easy for me to listen to, but Pannonica and I Surrender Dear resonated with me much more.

I enjoyed this album in the background, but could not really get into it. It was fun coming in with no knowledge and getting surprised by an album of standards. It starts off quite slow too which did not help :) Love Willie, but probably would not come back to this one.

I remember this album's release very vividly - the local Austin radio station hyped the title single SO much and I remember not being able to escape conversation and excitement about the album. I think it lived up to the hype. I Can't Give Everything Away deserves more play.

I have never listened to this album in its entirety, but was familiar with a good chunk of it - it definitely made me more aware of Simon & Garfunkel's influence. Flowers Never Bend and the outtro to For Emily are the big standouts for me, the former sounding spot on to what the Beatles were doing at the time and the latter more on the Beach Boys end. Very cool to hear an album keeping pace with those two.

You can see what they're building up to here. They still sound like an all-parts-equal band, but the songs are more dramatic and thematic than Queen I.

I think I need to listen a few more times, but I am not writing it off...generally enjoyed it, especially the amount of instrumental-ish sections where the vocals aren't in your face.

Dang, this IS as good as everyone has said. Big 10cc vibes. I will be listening to this a lot more.

This is one of the first albums I distinctly remember not "getting" when I first listened to it, but I also knew to keep trying. Low is a top tier Bowie album and Subterraneans is a top tier Bowie song.

This had me dancing at my desk more than I should have been yesterday.

Definitely better than Oasis. This connected the dots between Bowie and Muse, two artists I listen to a lot.

I have never listened to Black Flag and this is not a genre I usually listen to, but that was pretty fun. I think I’d enjoy listening to this album during hockey scrimmages or if I needed to really intensely get into some other activity. I’m also generally a Henry Rollins fan, so even better.

This is another one in the category of Low (Bowie) for me. I remember seeing posters all over the record store for this album, decided to buy it, and I hated it. Didn't listen to Beck again until I saw him voice a character in Futurama and one of my bandmates made me listen again. I got it this time. Guero is one of those albums that reminds me to try things I do not think I will like.

I need to give this another listen + get deeper in to The Smiths discography. It didn't do it for me the first listen, but I get the feeling I need to try harder.

Big album for color songs. I lean towards liking Jack White's other projects more than the White Stripes, but the songwriting is simple and very good.

I really like She Bangs the Drums, but couldn't get into much else

I think I might actually hate the Doors. The hits on this album - LA Woman, Riders on the Storm - are alright, but this album continues their monotony of bad bar music.

I came in with no previous knowledge of this artist and I think this record will be in my rotation for the immediate future. It sounds more like 1977 than 1997, but that’s to its benefit. I almost thought I accidentally clicked on a Yes album at the start. I love love love the solo sections in O Medo De Amar E O Medo De Ser Livre.

Sounds like if Robyn Hitchcock was noisy. Not for me.

I hear a lot of hype about this album, but I am not sure it really clicked with me. The vocals sound of the time - sounding between Britt Daniel and Thom Yorke. I guess it kinda sounds like if T. Rex we're a 2000s indie band. That is to say it all sounds pretty derivative to me and, other than the arrangements themselves, nothing stood out.

Kinda nostalgic - some songs I recognized and some I did not. REM sounds too much like a specific time and place and its not really my jam :shrug:

It’s on the Mount Rushmore of live albums.

it was better than i expected/remember

The highs are *high* (Purple Haze, Manic Depression, I Don’t Live Today, The Wind Cries Mary, Fire, Foxes Lady) and the lows honestly sound like B-sides from The Who which is still pretty good (Love or Confusion).

I knew more songs than I thought I would. Not an album or genre I’d seek out, but I would listen again.

I think I am learning that Pulp is not for me.

It was fine. Neat hearing "Two Weeks," which I totally forgot about and never actually knew who the artist was.

First time listening to Pixies. They really seem to like bones. Unfortunately, the thing that stands out the most is the weird vocal mixes. I get it, it’s “raw,” but there’s a lot of weird, distracting vocal mixing. Really good otherwise.

welp, i am definitively not a Metallica fan either. Kirk Hammett needs a tuner.

I remember buying this album when I was 15-16. It was one of those points of pride where I found something that was neither on the radio or in my parents collection...then I remember getting made fun of for listening to "dinosaur music." Well those kids were wrong, this album kicks ass. Stay With Me is the obvious hit, but You're So Rude and Debirs (both coincidentally NOT Rod Stewart songs) really stand out as the strongest from the album. My brother and I frequently played this album in our shared bedroom, trying to learn every guitar lick along the way. There weren't many other points of musical consensus between us - he was *very* into Guns N Roses while I was listening to jazz fusion and R&B players - so it is particularly important to me in that regard. Overall, it is an extremely formative album for my own musicianship.

Another one I’ve been listening to almost my entire life. No skips. One of the best debut albums ever.

Very solid, no complaints, even recognized a few.

Nope

Not one of the 5-star Radiohead albums, but close :)

A staple. Our House is my favorite from the group. If you have not watched the Laurel Canyon series, the parts about Graham Nash, Joni Mitchell, and their relationship really put this whole era of music in a new light.

This is pretty far up my list...maybe top 10?

My first thought was "this isn't the Temptations album I'd have chosen." My second thought was how much the funky stuff sounds like Little Feat. You can hear the influence the Temptations had on American boogie rock. Ultimately only a couple songs really stood out and it was a bit of a snoozer for me.

Zero skips. Two amazing bookends. Has a song about a dog (Jet). Let Me Roll It and No Words are all time Paul deep cuts.

Massively, massively underrated album...now I want bad tacos and a Lone Star.