Pop ahh

Only just falls flat of a 5 for me, awesome album with awesome grooves and lyrics, 9/10

Despite Morrissey being a hateful person, he does make good music, I thought this album was actually really good especially the first 3/4 although for me it got a bit worse towards the end and fell off a bit but not by too much, I just think it fell into a bit of a more boring, kind of generic phase in the album. Highlights were America is not the world, The first of the gang to die and pretty much the entire album other than the ones mentioned before. Overran 7/10

Pretty good throughout, smooth, funky and jazzy with great vocals. A bit generic maybe but that’s fine, what lifts this from being too generic though is the epic saxophone. The only thing keeping this from being 4 stars is simply that there wasn’t enough sax. Favourites: smooth operator and hang on to your love. Overall, 6.5/10.

Feels very messy, it has 43 songs but all pretty much under 2 minutes to make up 1hour 14, kind of chaotic in a good way but also just stupid in some places, the songs themselves are good sometimes but sometimes random with just grunts and stuff, guitar work is solid not really my thing overall but it is pretty good, 5/10

Simple, acoustic guitar and singing for all songs with some harmonica in some, very good plus it’s Bob Dylan

Preferred Speakerbox

Trippy, title song was pretty goated, the rest was weird but pretty good

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Generic poppy ahh but still pretty good, instrumental was the best

Very experimental for 1968

Really good, every song was at least good, most were class plus it had ladysmith black mamboza

Very good electronic album, no misses, flows together very well too, chill atmosphere

Solid 5.5

10

It’s Stevie Wonder

Generic country album, every song sounds very similar but good for its time

Second half all but the last song is ambient tracks which is pretty cool and unexpected, Kraftwerk inspiration on V2 as well,first half is also good, follows very classic 40 minute rock album standard with 5 songs a side but the actual content is unique

Organ jazz 👌

Nice riffs but most of the songs I wasn’t really a fan of.

Only 25 minutes😮

Instrumental

Very strong start got a bit weaker on the second side for me but still good

Diverse styles with Middle Eastern type beats

Wasn’t a massive fan tbh, mostly generic 90’s pop but doesn’t deserve 2 stars so I’ll give it a low 3 (5/10), best song is come on with wah pedal but is kind of ruined by the fact it has a hidden track at the end which takes like 10 minutes of silence before it starts

Random mix of genres and random features but quite unique and flows well in some parts, others not as much but overall was a solid 6/10

Feels like a more guitar heavy and psychedelic rock version of Bowie which is cool, pretty standard rock songs, all of them at least decent, solid 6.5/10

Exactly what I was expecting but in a good way

Simon Ferocious

Pretty standard live performance tbh

Circusy feel

Already heard it, banger

Goated

Sounds very echo and the bunnymeny but they did have close ties with them so makes sense, pretty poppy but quite good

Different feel to this years model, I actually prefer this one though

Voice sounds a lot different to 60’s, not as good as freewheelin but still good

Pop ahh

Every song feels like I’m transcending, the ambience at the end of some songs with everyday noises really puts you back into reality for a bit, it’s like it has to remind you your still there

Well firstly his name is pretty accurate but it’s easy to see how he inspired the likes of Dylan and such, the guitar work was good but the lyrics hold nothing really plus the actual singing was really goofy at times, I can understand this being an influential album to some extent but it doesn’t really hold well today and just amounts to a collection of campfire songs, not bad but not deserving of a 3

Pretty good jangly poppy alt rock, suffers a bit from being a bit generic but changes it up enough throughout the album with a few softer songs

Would be a 5 with the first three tracks being so awesome especially the second one but the 9 minute ramblin’ Jack ahh beginning on the last one brings it down, the rest of the song is fine but still weaker than the others

Not what I was expecting at all from the sex pistols manager, random mix of genres with different world music and hip hop, felt quite messy but it was very unique especially with hip hop in 1983 in the UK.

Banger

Fine

Pretty decent all the way through, no cars was really good though

Wow this really is rock bottom, more like Robert why did you make this album. This feels like if revolution 9 was an album, musically it’s actually pretty good in parts, especially alifib and alife despite his annoying breathing throughout the entire song in the former, but this album feels like a mess, I have to give him credit for the circumstances of his spinal injury and his voice isn’t too annoying but the lyrics feel like an alien trying to speak english most of the time. 2 stars mainly because it actually hooked me a bit musically

Very repetitive, basically carried one riff throughout the entire song each time, the riffs were pretty good though but there wasn’t much to this

Pretty goofy, best songs are the bouillabaisse

🍀 sea shanty, tavern type music, pretty banging to be fair, the broad majestic Shannon was literally fairytale of new York 2

More like no no no’s

American Beatles ahh

Just kinda feel good poppy ballads really, enjoyable though, the end of if… was pretty cool with a sudden change into a dramatic ending. This guys obsessed with animal metaphors as well.

Wow ahead of its time especially the murder mystery which is a chaotic but awesome experimental song with two vocals interjecting with one another, not a bad song on here other than Jesus which was pretty mid.

Only just falls flat of a 5 for me, awesome album with awesome grooves and lyrics, 9/10

It’s aight’

Iconic and ahead of its time despite some alleged plagiarism from Jimmy Paige.

Pretty good but dips a bit for me pretty much every other song across the album, thought some were way too generic especially the two popular ones moneys too tight and holding back the years, but the deeper cuts were nice, best one was the first song for me and Jericho was second. The last three songs were highlights as well but not to the same degree.

My least favourite out of the OG 3 but still an awesome album, the use of samples and drum stop and starts is exceptional. Only thing that brings it down for me is the lack of Phife Dawg and some of the songs are a bit weak compared the rest most notably Bonita Applebum for me despite it being a single.

No thanks, basically a worse version of sweetheart of the rodeo by the byrds, slow ahh songs as well

A perfect live album really, quality is amazing, performance is amazing, highlights was pretty much the entire album, I actually prefer most of the acoustic versions here than the studio ones. The covers as well were awesome especially the man who sold the world and lead belly.

My favourite from the three Metallica ones I’ve got so far (justice and black), falls just below a 4 for me only really because I’m not the biggest fan of thrash metal or even Hetfields voice to an extent, instrumental and battery were the highlights for me

Vocals were a bit hard to adjust to at first but eventually did, instrumentals were really good, chaotic in a good way with short songs and some more normal length ones, the build up on some songs in particular like pink flag was awesome. Overall pretty good, falls a bit below a 4/5 for me

Half the album is basically greatest hits, other half lesser known, all good but didn’t expect any less cause it’s ABBA.

Not as good as dolittle but still pretty good

Salsa.

Loved the mix of funk and jazz, for 1973 this feels incredibly ahead of its time especially the watermelon man with the quality of the drums.

Stevie wonder man, not as good as inner visions for me by quit a bit

Siberian khatru goat, close to the edge is an iconic prog song, and you and I brings the noise down with its softer tone, America is a good catchy “short” song( short for the album). Overall a solid 8/10

Optimus prime ahh album

Stinky album, felt like the entire thing was the same repetitive drum loop obtained by pressing demo on a keyboard, all the songs felt pretty much the exact same, not a single one on here I found enjoyable other than maybe the first one which was ok at best, the only album I’ve struggled to finish as well. overall 💩/10

Feel good pop, pretty good, nothing really to say about this as there’s nothing crazy unique about this or anything, although I will say this seems a bit ahead of this time, it feels like something from the 90’s like Cocteau twins but it comes a few years before which is cool. Standouts for me are pretty much the singles and the fall.

Feel good new wave pop done really well, could be argued it’s a bit samey but not too much for me, standouts for me is most of the album but especially automatic, Tonite and the final two songs. 7/10

Woah it’s like the first half and second half were 2 completely different albums with the first being a collection of shorter, catchier songs (which I wasn’t the biggest fan of but they were alright), and the second half being much longer (up to 10 minutes). The first half was fine, not great in my opinion and I wasn’t a fan of the vocals, the guitar solos were the best parts and the slap bass on the second song was very nice but this album is much better on the second half, with its longer more progressively advancing songs which were much more complex and I found I preferred the vocals more on these ones for some reason, probably due to his shift in vocal style in a more softer tone. Three days and of course were my personal favourites, I feel these show what the band could really do when they had more time to include more ideas on the songs, then she did was pretty good as well. The last song not so much but doesn’t bring down the quality of the second half really, it was still pretty good. Overran I feel this doesn’t quite deserve a 4 just for the fact that half the album really lived up to that level for me with the first half not quite so much so I’ll give this the highest 3 I can give (6.5/10)

Shame it’s not on Spotify, there’s a few songs that I really liked, very beatlesesque with a more orchestral sound, some songs were especially Beatlesy, favourites were the Easter one and the harvest festival one, all of them were pretty good though, the blending of the vocals into the trumpet outro in the last song was also really cool. Overall a high 3 (6/10).

Masterpiece. Space lab goated

Wasn’t expecting to enjoy this so much, usually not the biggest fan of punk but every song on here was good pretty much this feels like a much better version of the sex pistols album. High 4 (8.5/10)

Really good, it is the Rolling Stones so expected, for me personally it dropped in enjoyment with the three country songs on the album although dear doctor I actually quite liked so only 2 songs I wasn’t a fan of, the rest were really good. 7.5/10

Going into this after Rock bottom I had low expectations but I was pleasantly surprised at how decent this was, it definitely wasn’t great but there was quite a few things I enjoyed about this album: the violin in the first half in some songs, the jazzy elements incorporated into some of the songs especially September the ninth which was essentially a jazz song, the lyrics in free will and testament were actually pretty deep and blues in Bob minor was actually a banger, the first song of the album was pretty good too. However, I feel Robert tries too hard to be artsy sometimes and just comes off as a bit pretentious especially the second song which was just awful and was exactly the kind of thing I hated from Rock Bottom of just incoherent nonsense, Robert’s vocals as well don’t really do his own songs justice for me personally as it’s kind of annoying at times and I find they could be better with another vocalist but I respect he does it himself, overral, I was going to give this a 2 but I’ll bump it up to a 3 just in regards to the 2 I gave rock bottom as this one is much better. (5/10)

Really really good, every song on here was likeable, some clearly better than others in my opinion but the majority of these I really liked, highlights being the first three songs and from half light 2 to deep blue. Month of May was awesome, my personal favourite. The only thing that brings it down for me personally was it sometimes felt a bit too generically feel good but that’s not necessarily a bad thing it was just a bit too much on some songs. The theme of the album was cool with the whole suburban sprawl thing and the cover I like as well. Overall 8/10

From the first two songs I was expecting a really good alt rock grunge album but that only ended up being half the story, other half was basically generic radio friendly power ballads which I wasn’t a fan of and it was disappointing because if it was full alt rock it would have been really good album based on how good those songs were like Charlie big potato, the skank heads and the second last song. Tracey’s flaw sounds like a generic power ballad but top notch vocals, Lately is such a radio ahh song, Secretly felt like it was teasing a break out into grungy distorted guitars which never came other than the guitar solo which was too short anyway. The vocals were 10/10 though throughout but that’s not enough to bring it higher than a 6/10 for me, good but disappointing album for what I was expecting. Don’t know what those two random moments of jungle music drums were as well, random.

Really good, most of the songs I liked other than a few which were a bit boring, highlights were history song, 80s life and the title track at the end with the nice vocal part and the 4 minute or so outro which was cool. Alien fart ahh bass on northern whale though. 7.5/10

Pretty good but I was expecting a lot more rapping, it ended up being like 90% soul and R&B and sounded pretty samey throughout as a result but still decent. (6/10). Also Busta rhymes featuring was pretty cool.

Listened to this one twice before making a judgement, mainly cause I was ill the first listen and fell asleep for some songs. This album was pretty goated, started off strong with a more accessible rock song and delved into a bunch of cool Radiohead shenanigans from there, i like pretty much every song but my favourites were the last two. However, there were some songs that I wasn’t really a fan of like sit down stand up, we suck blood and the gloaming which weren’t bad I just didn’t really get them, had a similar situation with other songs on here on the first listen but like them on the second. Overall a very strong 4 (8.5/10)

Pretty good but pretty standard punk album, highlights were one chord wonders, New church, Gary Gilmoures eyes and Bombsite boy which had a cool buildup. Rest of the songs were generic punk which was decent. Overall a high 3(6/10)

EVIL 😈 Album, the theme of dancers in which the numbers increase throughout the songs was cool and the acoustic guitar with the flamenco parts was really unexpected in the last two songs but was really great, also again the evil mixed with the not so evil parts was a cool dynamic which definitely fits the name of the album. Very awesome 8/10

Pretty good, for 1968 the quality is really good, the songs themselves are quite generic to put it bluntly, basic American rock songs with the classic background vocals, not entirely my thing usually but I found them quite enjoyable still. Although, there were some bangers on here, the first song was my favourite as it felt unique to the rest of the album and the second song was good as well, chest fever was a cool song as well with a nice riff. The cover I really like as well. Overall 6/10

Feels like a 50’s Sinatra style album but this is from 69 so don’t know what he’s playing at here. Other than that, most of the songs are generic ballads, he has good vocals but most of the songs are just quite boring musically and lyrically. However, I did really like hero of the war and the bass on his most popular song (old man’s back again) slaps, get behind me was good as well. Was originally gonna give this a high 2 but those songs are good enough to lift it up to a low 3(5/10).

Pretty good, nothing special really just pretty good guitar pop/alt rock, wasn’t a big fan of the last two songs or the more calmer songs, they were fine but felt a bit too long for what they were. Highlights were world leader pretend and orange crush. Also cool how this made Cobains top 50 albums i can see the influences I guess. Overall 5.5/10.

Entire album is great, Nike Rodger’s absolutely kills it on guitar and Bernard Edward’s the same for bass, I can see how some people say it gets a bit repetitive especially with good times being 8 minutes but the guitar and bass was all that was needed to keep me hooked for the entire run time, vocals were classic disco style, all that was needed but the funk brought by the instruments is what makes this album for me. Overall 8/10.

I mean it was alright, after listening to beggars banquet I was expecting to enjoy this a lot more than I actually did, it was just pretty standard bluesy rock with some random country thrown in which they seem to like doing for some reason. Brown sugar was good musically but the lyrics were just weird, wild horses was good, can’t you hear me knocking was a really good long song which had jazz in it which was cool, sister morphine was another highlight both instrumentally and lyrically. Rest of the songs were pretty mid to be honest, other than sway which I re listened to after, it’s also good which boosts my rating a bit. Overall 6/10.

Not a fan of this one, it’s not necessarily bad, just weird and I didn’t really enjoy it. I agree with the other reviews about it being needlessly offbeat and random notes and backing vocals thrown in for the sake of it, I actually like quite a few parts about this album: the acoustic guitar throughout is really nice, the strings in some parts as well and my favourite part is the transition from stillness is the move to two doves which the latter is definitely my favourite from here and the former is probably second. Other than that the rest of the songs I didn’t really like as it mostly consisted of drums which didn’t even feel like they were part of the songs and vocals mostly in falsetto for some reason repeating the name of the song a multitude of times with female backing vocals thrown in. Overall a 2 but a high 2 (4/10).

Quite enjoyable, I feel like it carried the same shtick across the entire album and it got a little repetitive with the same riff being carried across the whole of the songs but it had enough to the tracks that helped keep it fresh. I thought the male and female vocals working together worked really well, highlights were lava (my favourite), dance this mess around and the moon one which was a goofy song lyrically but it was good in that way (same with the lobster one). Overall I thought this was quite a fun album so a high 3 (6/10).

Funk! This was really good, every song on here was good although I wasn’t the biggest fan of when seasons change or Jesus but they weren’t bad by any means I just feel they weren’t as good as the others. The bass throughout is incredible and the funky guitar is awesome. Vocals maybe not perfect but I thought they worked really well. Lyrically as well this album had a good message. Overall 7.5/10.

Very stupid album thematically and lyrically but quite enjoyable, I really like the whole persona of the band with the outfits and tribal inspiration. Musically I thought it was cool with the double drum and the vocals were exactly what it needed. Highlights for me was ants invasion and the magnificent five. The rest of the songs were quite mid but not exactly bad. The Jolly Roger song was very random as well. Overall 5.5/10.

This was really good. I like pretty much the entire album but wasn’t a massive fan of the more generic radio ahh songs like behind the wall but they were still good. Favourites were talking about a revolution, across the lines, why?, mountain of things and she’s got her ticket. Which is quite a lot of highlights which reflects in the rating. Also, the overall messages on these songs were powerful which is why I wasn’t a massive fan on the ones which were more simplified love songs. Overall, 8/10.

I was considering a 5 but I’ll go with a high 4 just because Egbe Mi O didn’t live up to the standard of the other songs, it wasn’t bad by any means though I just felt it lacked as much personality and enjoyment the other songs had. Other than that this was a really great live album which honestly made the songs feel a lot shorter than they actually were. Ginger Baker and Tony Allen do an awesome job throughout on drums but especially on the last few minutes of ye ye de smell which is my second favourite on here behind let’s start. I’m not including the drum solo in the rating as well just because it’s a bonus track of a later CD reissue plus it’s from a completely different concert 7 years later (It was good though). Overall this was just a really fun and enjoyable one to listen to (8/10).

Most mid album for me, exactly what you would expect is exactly what you get, Facebook globalisation ahh music. This was filled with piano based ballads and some more energetic yet still incredibly radio friendly songs. None of them were bad by any means but nothing I found personally exciting or unique especially as most of these songs were played on the radio back in the day anyway, I think the thing about Adele is that she’s obviously a really good singer and her hits are actually good unlike a lot of constantly played radio songs but delving in her backlog doesn’t really provide too much else in variety which isn’t necessarily a bad thing if you enjoy that kind of thing but I think her voice could be good for a bigger variation of music. Overall, 5/10.

The first song I really liked, it was very Beatles-esque, after that it was decent blues rock throughout, nothing amazing but there were a few other highlights like here we go round the mulberry bush which was a fun one and medicated goo. The guitar work through was really good and the organ obviously by Steve Winwood. Overral a solid 6/10.

In contrast to the negative reviews of this album saying it’s only on this list because of its context, although this Definitely helped with the decision, this was definitely an enjoyable album and quite unique albeit containing some more generic bluesy rock in some parts. Her voice, i thought, works well in most parts with the lower tone and crackly voice giving a bit more of a sinister vibe which definitely worked well for the songs aiming for that kind of concept. However, the constant voice cracks in some parts most notably on brain drain were not particularly pleasant to listen to when she was attempting to enter a higher register, I think her voice worked really well on the last song in comparison where she sounded bitter and angry. Musically I thought it was engaging throughout the album for the most part with a cool spin on new wave and punky themes. Overall, a three but a high three (6/10.)

Can’t believe this is 71, feels really ahead of its time, not only as a funk record but rock as well. Every song on here was good although I wasn’t a massive fan of the last one, partly because of the interesting but artistic choice, I’m sure, of putting fart noises and such in it. The first track was a great long introduction and had a really great Hendrix style solo intertwined with a smooth arpeggio and was followed by “normal” length songs which were just great funk songs. Overral, a high 4 (8/10)

This was a really good mindless listen. 7/10

Pretty good punk album, highlights were the first 2 songs and David Watts. Overall 5.5/10.

Crazy to think this is only 2 years after freewheelin’, they seem like albums from 2 completely different artists mainly because of the use of electric guitar and the the incorporation of a more rock and bluesy sound made from the appearances of other musicians being involved. Many people claim this is a masterpiece and it’s easy to see why, every song on here I thought was really good: like a rolling stone is obviously an undisputed classic and the entire track list was both lyrically and musically engaging, my personal favourite though is desolation row which, despite its 11 minute run time, didn’t feel like it overstayed its welcome and is actually the closest sounding one to the old Dylan’s style of pure acoustic guitar and harmonica, plus it was the most hooking one lyrically for me. My only complaint is that sometimes the harmonica pierces through my soul with its loud shrillness and I also thought the title track was slightly weaker than than the rest of the songs personally. Overall a 9.5/10

High 3 (6/10)

Despite Morrissey being a hateful person, he does make good music, I thought this album was actually really good especially the first 3/4 although for me it got a bit worse towards the end and fell off a bit but not by too much, I just think it fell into a bit of a more boring, kind of generic phase in the album. Highlights were America is not the world, The first of the gang to die and pretty much the entire album other than the ones mentioned before. Overran 7/10

Like picking Mario in Mario kart, if I ordered a default 80s rock/soul album this would be the end product. It wasn’t bad but like other reviews say it’s just got the most basic 80’s production with the synths and drums and the songs themselves were, for the most part, extremely radio friendly, I would happily listen to it again though if I had to, he’s got a good voice and it was engaging enough.

Iconic and powerful, too much of a focus on Christianity in my personal opinion though. Overall, 8/10.

The music was too good for this guys vocals and weird lyrics most of the time, best song was blockheads because of how chaotic it was and all of the songs definitely had some good elements to them, mostly the guitar and keyboards all done by Chas Jankel and the bass from Norman Watt-Roy, drums were fine as well, this is a low 3 for me mostly because the instrumentation I thought was really good. Overall 5/10.

Best songs were the first and last as everyone else says, this one definitely has weaker deep cuts than the other stones albums on the generator, live with me and the title track I did like as well though. However, the other ones didn’t really do it for me all too much especially country tonk, I liked the experiments with different types of music in the songs though. Overall 6/10.

As a soundtrack album goes this is really good, I liked pretty much all of the songs other than the one two cha cha cha which just felt really repetitive, the dialogue one was also a bit hard to enjoy just purely based on it being mainly spoken word. Favourites were the title track, countless caper and the last one, they all had their strengths though, especially the female vocals on some of them which were powerful. Overall a high 3 (6.5/10)

Really good, out of all the Radiohead ones I’ve heard so far(all except moon shaped pool, king of limbs and amnesiac as of this point) this falls above Pablo honey and the bends but below in rainbows, ok computer and all hail to the thief(which is my personal favourite), still in the same ball park as them all though(other than Pablo Honey which is the only 3 star Radiohead album in my opinion as it’s the weakest). Favourite tracks were quite a lot of the album to be honest other than the first 3 tracks and in limbo but my favourite favourites were idioteque, HTDC, motion picture and untitled which was just a short closer but really good. The fact this album is the most experimental of the Radiohead albums I’ve heard so far means it has some of the highest highs of their discography(of which I’ve so far heard), and some (not necessarily lowest but lower) lows. Overall a strong 4 (7.5/10).

Bit of a hard one to rank to be honest, I thought there were some really strong songs on here like did you see the butterflies, slow motion and the architect which, when I listen to, make me consider giving this a 4 but the rest of the songs on here aren’t up there with them. I really like the feel of the entire album though, chill with wispy vocals and nice instrumentation for most of it with some Kraftwerk inspired electronicy ones like the lighting back (which was a little boring to be honest, not bad though). Overall a strong 3 (6/10).

Really liked this one, essentially 60’s style kind of like velvet underground but with a very distinct 90’s style especially with the electronic additions. Favourites: expectations, she’s losing it, my wondering days are over, I don’t love anyone. The flamenco inspiration on expectations was really cool, I thought all of the songs were well made but I just wasn’t a big fan of all of them. Overran 7/10.

If I were given this at the start of this generator I probably would have given a 5 due to its iconic nature and how many hits there are on this debut album but out of personal preference for the songs over time I’ve come to my own opinion that the use your illusion albums are peak guns, this one is obviously still a classic and enjoyable but I can’t really say I like every single song on here. The first half is superior in my opinion as the second side has a few songs that aren’t as strong in my opinion like think about you and anything goes (not bad though). My favourite songs are nighttrain and mr brownstone (and paradise city as a guilty pleasure), sweet child of mine is one of those annoying hits that isn’t really fair to rate, jungle has one of the coolest intro riffs. Overall a strong 4 (8/10).

First Song is one I’ve heard plenty of times in the car back in the day, The drum fills are really satisfying on the second song. Third song is a nice change of pace with some nice violins, don’t know why I’m going through each song I don’t really want to do that so favourites: world party, jimmy hacket, bang ear and Dunfords fancy. I really liked the mix of Irish pogue type songs with a more classic rock style in some and the violin throughout was a nice way to keep it fresh and unique. Overall, 6/10.

Soooooo goooood! I had no expectations coming into this album based off my lack of knowledge of the band but I was blown away by how entertaining and just interesting this was. From what I’ve heard, sonic youth were very experimental in their albums before this, with this focussing more on grunge but there was definitely some experimentation going on here aswell and I think all the ideas are used so well. Most songs on here were amazing with some, in my opinion, slightly less amazing but what I liked so much about this album is how there was always at least parts of a song I really liked even if I wasn’t a massive fan of the whole run time for example “shoot” which I didn’t like the pace of especially how it’s a longer song with not much change throughout but I really like the distorted guitars coming in through the breaks in vocals. Overall though there weren’t many songs I didn’t like anyway which means it’s hard to give my favourites because it’s genuinely hard to pick but my favourite track for sure is chapel hill, I loved the guitar riffs, the drums were perfect, vocals perfect and the part about mid way through where the tempo speeds up was really cool. This reviews getting too long though so I’ll give my verdict: 9/10.

This was surprisingly really good, after seeing it was a group formed by members of the minutemen I was skeptical as nickels by the dime was quite mid, butt I can say after listening this is much better than that. The guitar and bass is so much better on this album in my opinion, the drums are good in both but the actual songs I thought were so much more enjoyable. Unlike nickels, this album is very short with longer songs rather than the rather messy many short song style nickels used. I liked many songs on this album but my favourites were the first 2 mostly because of the jangly guitar, the drums solos were a cool edition (my favourite being the second one). I wasn’t a massive fan of some songs though like the third track and what gets heard despite its cool bass line, the vocals just didn’t really do it for even though I think the vocals are consistently good elsewhere on this album. Overall 8/10.

Pretty good, I don’t like when the hits are my favourites in an album but it was the case this time, I feel this is one of those albums which has really good hits surrounded with decent deep cuts, they were all consistently decent though although I personally took a liking to hold back the rain. That, Rio and probably hungry like the wolf (basic ahh take) were my favourites. Bass was really good throughout, definitely a standout, other instruments just really did their job other than the synths which were good but they kind of had to be based on how much the songs revolved around them. Overall a strong 3 (6/10).

After giving transformer a 3 I wasn’t expecting this to be so good, especially considering transformer is meant to be his best. The storytelling is so good on this, the theme of a sinister, dark mood with a very uplifting ending was really well done. Musically it’s not the best all the time but Lou Reed is mostly known for his lyricism and storytelling (I assume) but it wasn’t bad by any means, his guitar work was good though and the drums were a strong point at multiple parts. There were quite a few moments where songs would drift into the next seamlessly but my favourite was definitely from the quiet, acoustic, dark “The bed”, into the ironically named, orchestral, uplifting “Sad Song” which was a great ending to the album. The Caroline dongs were definitely a strong point as well, other favourites were “men of good fortune” and “Oh Jim”, this album definitely works better as a complete package listen though. Overral 7.5/10.

Didn’t need to be over an hour long but still good nonetheless, with reggae it’s hard not to make it sound repetitive but I thought they did a good job with keeping it a bit fresh, although making the album shorter would have helped to be honest. Favourites: Tyler, 12 bar, 25%, signing off and Reefer madness, mostly found the instrumentals to be the best ones evidently. Overrall, 6/10.

This was really good, not the generic “dad rock” I was expecting, it feels really ahead of its time especially in baba o Riley with the marimba organ, also used in some of the others. Favourites: the hits, bargain, love ain’t for keeping, getting in tune and going mobile, pretty much all but 2 which I felt were a bit weaker and not as enjoyable for me. Overral 8/10.

Excellent, every song was really good, my only exception was hells wind staff which I didn’t like the sample of too much and the 1 minute skit at the beginning was a bit annoying, I’m of the mindset that all albums with skits should make them separate tracks to make them easier to skip on relistens and to make listening to songs a better experience without having to listen to an unrelated story first. That’s not an issue with this album as much though, there weren’t many long skits and the skits it did have I actually liked to be fair. Another slight nitpick is in shadowboxin’ with the repeated “oh man” sample which was a bit repetitive but not as bad as the black sheep “the choice is yours”revisited sample which made it much worse than the original version in my opinion. Other than that it was a perfect hip hop album in my opinion which had such good production from RZA with his samples and such. Overall, 9/10.

Really wish it carried on with the robot battle theme I think that was the best part of the album for me (part 1 especially), still good nonetheless, really like the mix of electronic and a more accessible poppy acoustic sound, very chilled and dreamy, wasn’t a fan all the time, sometimes it felt a bit too poppy mostly on “its summertime” and “do you realise??”, liked all of the songs a lot other than that though and the loose themes not revolving around yoshimi and the robots were still pretty cool. Overall a strong 4 (8/10).

Pretty standard southern rock tbh, nothing that really stood out to me just what you would expect from a Creedence album, guitars were good though. Favourites: tombstone shadow and the two instrumentals at the end. I really like the album cover as well. Overall, 5/10.

I really liked this one, I’ve always been a fan of the kinks, probably my favourite British Invasion band other than maybe the beatles(unfair match up though) but I’ve never actually heard this one. All the songs were great but my favourites were: Victoria, Mr Churchill says, Brainwashed(which felt weirdly punky for the 60’s) and some mother’s son. Overall 8/10.

Liked this a lot more than my unwarranted preconceptions had me thinking, thought this would be a generic 80’s electronic new wave album which it kind of was to be honest but it was a really good one, very 80’s sound to it though maybe making it a bit dated. I wasn’t a fan of the perfect kiss or this time of night but other than that I liked all of the songs especially sunrise with its use of guitar. Overall 7.5/10.

Started off with a great long funk song which was definitely my favourite of the album and went off into full jazz awesomeness, definitely not the best jazz I’ve heard (a little too simplified maybe) but still really good throughout, not a bad song on here. Favourites: street life, my lady, carnival of the night. But really all of the songs I could consider my favourites. Overall 7/10.

This was originally my least favourite Hendrix album but after listening again I don’t even know if that’s a thing, they’re all definitely 5’s, every single song on here is just so good, Mitch Mitchell on drums goes insane and obviously the guitar is peak, even songs I didn’t like as much on previous listens like if 6 was 9 I completely changed my perspective on especially as the drumming goes particularly hard on that one. Also, the intro “exp” was a lot funnier than I remembered. Overall, I may as well just give it a 10.

Other than the generic love lyrics in like all of the songs, this was really good vocally and musically, bass was really nice throughout as well as the drums and the psychedelically aspect of the guitar on runaway child (despite it being one of the weaker songs on here for me). I wasn’t a fan of their rendition of grapevine as well, much worse than Marvin Gaye’s one but I think that mostly comes down to it being a much shorter version with less care put into it. Other than that I like all of the songs but my favourite was the first one by far. Overall 7/10.

It’s fine I guess, mostly pretty generic 60’s psychedelic rock but with good drumming. It clicked for me with the penultimate two songs but then went onto an almost 20 minute song which was actually pretty good but also just not at some parts. Not nearly as good as forever changes. Overall 5/10.

Hmm… I like this one, it starts off strong with a long epic, has a very nice cover of war, two tribes is a strong single, San Jose is a very random divergence but a good one, then my other favourite two songs come near the end of the album with black night white light and the only star in heaven. Those were the highlights of the album for me but the entire thing is still enjoyable, my main complaint is the length of the power of love which overstays its welcome as a kind of generic love ballad. Overall, a very strong 3 (6.5/10).

Kind of hard to rank this as it’s really good since it’s the Beatles but it’s definitely my least favourite from the ones I’ve heard(which is pretty much all of them by this point), it still has some good songs though like the first one and pretty much the entire second side of the album, definitely not their strongest though but I’m still gonna give this a low 4. Overall 7/10.

Almost up there with natty dread, Peter Tosh on two of the songs was cool aswell. Favourites: pretty much all of them to an extent although I wasn’t the biggest fan of the last song or “baby we’ve got a date”. Overall 8/10.

Don’t really know why this is included other than the fact it’s their first album, just a solid collection of covers with lots of harmonica. Route 66 is done exceptionally well by them though. Overall 5/10.

No surprise but it’s a very good album, some of the songs have really easy to play chord progressions but the way he makes the songs around them makes them feel so much more complicated and interesting, it starts off strong strong with the first song and kind of drops off a bit for me with the next 3 songs, nothing drastic but they weren’t as enjoyable as the rest of the album, wild world isn’t a favourite of mine aswell. Fortunately though all of the songs after I consider to be much better. Favourites: longer boats, on the road to find out and father and son is a certified classic. Overall, 8/10.

Not a fan really, quite boring to be honest, the first song I quite liked, the next 2 felt like they had nothing really going on. She’s like heroin to me was a good punk one (felt very pixies), the other one I liked was ghost on the highway which was also very pixies. Other than that, the others were not my thing especially when it went full bluesy on songs like cool drink of water blues which was a bit of a drag. Also casually dropped the n word twice. Overall, 4/10.

A really nice toned town album, the acoustic guitar was kind of the main driving force of the songs with some strings in the background, it kind of reminds me of Nick Drake songs on Bryter Layter sometimes especially on the song end of the day which is probably my favourite from the album, not too much variety in the whole album other than the difference in some of the singles with a more larger sound to the choruses but that’s not a bad thing when it’s done well, which it was. Favourites: the first 3, end of the road, round the bend, already dead and the last song which also is linked to roads for some reason. Overall, 7.5/10.

Uhhh it was ok I guess… saw a review saying it’s like an inside joke you’re not apart of and I have to say that’s pretty accurate, very goofy, not necessarily bad but not enjoyable for me. I also felt like there wasn’t much to it, the vocals were also kind of annoying sometimes, the Rolling Stones cover was not very good aswell but certainly unique and in their style I have to say. Overall though a 4/10 still decent at some points I guess.

Really liked this one, haven’t actually heard any of the songs from it before so not affected by hearing some of these over and over again, the guys vocals took like one song to get into but it was easy to adapt to. Favourites: scar tissue, get on top and the last song which was a nice change of pace from the rest of the album. The guitar was one of the highlights of the album but I think the chemistry of the entire band works really well aswell. Overall 8/10.

Crazy this was all Dave Grohl, definitely had some nirvana influences and it really felt like there was a lot of emotion to the songs. Favourites: this is a call, I’ll stick around, good grief, floaty, weenie Beenie and oh George. Overall 7/10.

I quite enjoyed this one for the most part, really like the Weimar Germany influences with the cabaret and themes of nightlife in Berlin, emphasised by the fact it has a song from Kurt Weill, some of the songs were quite boring though as they were very much like generic 60’s Sinatra type songs in which the divine comedy usually has a passion for and the last song especially was a drag (did not need to be a song yet alone over 10 minutes), favourites: passionate fight, the Kurt Weill one and split. Overall 6/10.

Really liked this one, very energetic with the drums and the guitar riffs. Favourites: the first three, still take you home, the last three and the two songs with abnormally long titles for some reason. Overall 8/10.

It was decent, I liked the mix of genres with the heavy metal, softer rock and hip hop, although the guys vocals maybe weren’t the best for hip hop but he does sound very metally like the dude from Helloween or something, although my favourite song was definitely the one without any vocals as heavy metal instrumentals are always good it seems (nothing against his vocals). The War pigs cover was also good although I prefer Ozzy’s vocals personally, falling to pieces and the morning after were my other favourites. Overall 6/10.

I feel like this is only included in the list just to show the Bee Gees before disco but it’s quite boring, although once you settle into the album it does get a bit better I think. Basically sounds like Beatles b sides mixed with the moody blues but just objectively worse, the vocals as well just don’t sound good sometimes most notably in when do I which sounds like he’s purposefully singing a bit goofy at points. It does have its moments though, the first song is a good start, the title track is good and sounds like George Harrison a bit, it’s just the way is good as well and sounds very moody blues, which is what I mean by my previous point, the best parts are when they are close to the band it sounds like they are trying to replicate. It’s not a bad album overall though and the cover is also really cool. 5/10.

First song is definitely the best but didn’t need to be one whole song, could have been split especially as the title was each of the Individual segments anyway. Side two was also good although I felt it drifted into more of generic rock in the last two songs, the others though were just good rock songs, not as proggy as the first side. Overall, 7.5/10.

Already familiar with this one but gave it another listen to determine my rating, I was originally thinking giving it just below 5 stars but after another listen it’s definitely higher than that, it’s just that good. Every song is really good, the only ones I didn’t like as much are party for your right to fight which is a little repetitive and she watch channel zero which is a little extreme but I guess that’s kind of the point. This album is also dated but in the best possible way, it’s of its time with the explosive, energetic rapping and flavour flav doing his thing, he’s also got one of my favourite rap verses on this album with cold lampin’. Definitely deserves a 5 as it’s also an iconic album. Overall 9.5/10.

Great storytelling, less great musically but really all it needed at minimum to keep with his softer tone of voice while he basically recites his poetry. First two songs were my favourite, the strings in the first one were really nice and the second one had my favourite lyrics which were matched perfectly with the tone of his vocals along with the acoustic guitar. The rest are just standard Cohen songs with maybe a little too much croaky frog instrument in there. Overall 6/10.

Such a good blend of psych rock, soul and funk, there were great more pop-orientated songs like Stand! And everyday people and more longer songs like sex machine which is such a great instrumental with nice bass. The guitar throughout the album is amazing as well, I’ve never heard a guitar sound like that, literally sounds like it’s talking sometimes, I can’t tell if they’re doing that guitar against the throat trick or just playing it like that somehow but it’s really cool nonetheless. There were no weak songs on here, the only I didn’t add to my liked songs was the second one but only because that’s the type of song I wouldn’t really listen to other than for the album experience, still a good song though with great guitar and a strong message (maybe too long for what it is though). There wasn’t also an interesting addition of harmonica on here as well. The two bonus tracks not on the original album are great as well. Overall, I was gonna give this a 4 but after consideration I see no reason why this doesn’t deserve a 5 (9/10)

Not the biggest fan of country but I liked this, great vocals obviously and some really nice storytelling. Wasn’t blown away by the instrumentation most of the time but that’s understandable when the songs are basically carried by Dolly Parton’s vocals and guitar as-well to be fair (and the lyrics), it sounded a little like generic country but just much better for the most part and for 1971 it has definitely aged well. Also, 1 minute shorter than pink moon which is crazy. Favourites: the first two songs. Overall, 6/10.

I really like the more upbeat songs on this, wasn’t as big a fan on the more slower tempo ones as they felt quite repetitive with the same baseline but that wasn’t the case for a lot of these songs, my favourites were pretty much the entire album but there were some standouts: the first one, fight of the foo birds, teddy the road and Whirly-bird. Overall 7/10.

Felt this one was quite mid to be honest, a lot of it comes down to generic 1967 summer of love songs with a kind of weird sound to this album that I wasn’t a massive fan of, although I did think it worked for some of the songs. Wasn’t bad though mostly because of the hits which really lift this such as somebody to love and white rabbit. Other songs I liked the most were also the more popular ones like embryonic journey which was a really cool interlude and plastic fantastic lover. Overall 6/10.

Exactly what you would expect from both the artist and the title of the album, a bit samey throughout but that’s to be expected, it was all good though and the cover of anything goes by Cole Porter was a cool addition at the end. Wasn’t any particular favourites as they were all swing love songs with no specific standouts. Overall, 6.5/10.

Going into this I thought what most people would probably think going into this, sounds like a Thom Yorke clone and even as far as a Radiohead clone for some songs but I wasn’t deterred by that, he also mixes it up a bit with his own style consisting of opera and cabaret which is quite cool. I did think it was quite… boring to be honest and maybe a bit pretentious for the most part, it’s not something I’m keen on listening to as a whole again but 3 songs definitely caught my attention: the one you love was a catchy single, peach trees was basically a Radiohead song and executed well with some good lyrics and crumb by crumb. I thought the lyrical content was unique throughout aswell. Overall, 5.5/10.

Simple but in a good way, great voice and nice acoustic guitar. The lyrics were hooking as well for the most part. Favourites: Mary Hamilton, the Spanish one and rake and rambling boy, I thought quite a few of them could be favourites though but those were what got my attention for some reason. Overall, 6.5/10.

Another one I’m familiar with, but after another full listen I like it even better than I did before, the criticisms of organised religion and using religion as a means for committing atrocious acts is so well done as this is a recurring theme within the album, there’s also another kind of storyline focussing on the harsh realities of the world with whole aqualung storyline which is loosely carried onto the next song after the opener. No skips on this, it has such a good variation between full on rock with awesome riffs and going crazy on the flute and quieter acoustic songs to break up the pace a bit, the last song being a perfect showcase of this within just one song. Despite liking all of the songs, my personal favourites are: aqualung, hymn 43, wind up and locomotive breath, although after this listen that’s expanded to include pretty much all of the songs. Overall, a solid 9.5/10 which is not what I was expecting to give it before but it seemed to really click with me on this listen.

Really enjoyed this one, felt really unique and ethereal at times, the first song had a great explosion of sound in the second half after 3 minutes of music which felt perfect for sailing a boat in an enchanted forest or something. Other favourites include: summertime clothes, daily routine, bluish and taste. The album cover is really cool aswell, really matches the sound of the album. Overall, 7.5/10.

Too long, felt like a bit of a chore to get through but it wasn’t necessarily a bad album. I was also probably affected by the contextual knowledge of the artist himself as he’s not a great guy. The actual music itself though had some great riffs and drums but as industrial rock usually does, it was a bit overproduced. The vocals were fine but the actual lyrics were just cringe sometimes with how edgy they were but I guess that’s kind of the point with the whole theme and storyline of the album. Overall, it was fine but way too bloated and I’ll probably never come back to this also due to context of the artist. I don’t really want to give it 3 stars so I’ll go for a high 2 (4.5/10).

Somehow my first time hearing this all the way through and it was amazing. There’s pretty much no skips on this, a few were a bit weaker in my opinion (you still believe in me and don’t talk) but not by much. I really liked the instrumental ones on here aswell (pet sounds and let’s go away for a while.) Both sides of the album kick off with an awesome single as well, I went into this assuming my favourites would be those very singles but sloop John B took me by surprise and is probably my favourite song on here. Iconic album as well and doesn’t deserve anything less than a 5 in my opinion although not quite a 10 for me, mostly due to a bit of personal preference and also a bit of over use of fading out tracks rather than bringing them to a close. Overall 9/10.

Pretty good throughout, smooth, funky and jazzy with great vocals. A bit generic maybe but that’s fine, what lifts this from being too generic though is the epic saxophone. The only thing keeping this from being 4 stars is simply that there wasn’t enough sax. Favourites: smooth operator and hang on to your love. Overall, 6.5/10.

Bit too long maybe but it was enjoyable. Great instrumentation, the vocals were nice but sounded weirdly Middle Eastern for a Senegalese album, there was definitely still some more traditional west African inspired vocals in parts though. The xylophone like percussion was a nice feature, sometimes the Melodie’s were a little repetitive but the way they developed across the songs was a nice way to freshen it up a bit, the actual mood of these Melodie’s themselves though are rather laid back, obviously I have no idea if this relates to the themes in the lyrics but I’m mostly judging it based of sound. Favourites: salminanam and Kobe wine mayo(9 minutes long but had such a cool acoustic guitar motif carried along the song which developed really nicely. Overall, 6.5/10, was gonna give it a 7 but the last song brought it down a little for me, the vocals pierced my ears.

Probably my second favourite Radiohead album behind hail to the thief, although it’s quite hard to compare the 2 based on them being 2 completely different experiences. Where hail to the thief is more experimental and electronic with more focus on variations between songs, more like a collection, in rainbows works more as a complete album experience with the songs having very similar feelings. It makes it perfect to either zone out and just enjoy the instrumentation or to fully concentrate and listen to the layers in the songs and the lyrics. This could also be seen as a complaint with the songs sounding too similar which I admit, I leant towards on my first listen but after a full second experience they are much more varied than seems, this is shown clearly from body snatchers to nude or from all I need to Faust arp for example. Although, this also means there are less standout tracks on this album, which is the opposite to HTTT where it has some really strong songs mixed with some weaker ones in my opinion. Favourites: body snatchers, Nude, weird fishes, Faust arp, jigsaw. House of cards and Reckoner are quite underrated on here as well, I pretty much just named 80% of the songs but I guess that shows this is a good album. Overall, 8.5/10.

I can see why this is such a celebrated jazz album, not only from the star studded cast but also the easily accessible music which has no crazy changes to its structure but instead flows together so well, sounding like fully planned, meticulously crafted sessions rather than a spontaneous idea. There’s no weak elements to this album, every instrument has its moments to shine and you don’t even notice the length of the songs because they don’t feel long at all. There’s also plenty of variety between the 5 different songs with each song developing in a really nice barely noticeable way with really nice motif’s in the songs which are carried through in cool ways, like when it’s played by the sax and then changes to be played by the piano when the sax goes into a new melody. Can’t be less than a 5 even though it’s a bit of an NPC album but for good reason. Overall, 9.5/10.

Surprised to see this was rated so low when I checked the reviews after listening, I thought this was quite a fun and innovative electronic album. It’s got some really nice drum loops and a really cool “wet” sound to the synths, which sound like something out of the early 2000’s rather than 1989 (genuinely surprised me when I checked the date of this album like halfway through). There’s also plenty was also an interesting addition of bird chirps to pacific 202 which I thought was cool. It’s not something I’ll be rushing to listen to again but I certainly enjoyed it and wouldn’t mind hearing it again. Favourites: Ancodia, Pacific 202 and 808080808. Overall 6/10.

Kind of boring and uninspiring American 80’s rock. Feels mostly like an American AC/DC with the simple drums and main focus on guitar and vocals but just no where near as good. The vocals are significantly worse than a Bon Scott or Brian Johnson and the guitar holds nothing to an Angus or Malcolm Young. It wasn’t bad though just extremely mid and not something I would ever really want to hear again unless it was playing somewhere, the hits are pretty good though I guess especially the first one. Also, the guitar tone was quite weird aswell, it felt like it was muted sometimes and the lyrics were just really generic and pretty awful, not as charming as other in your face rock acts like AC/DC again. Overall, 5/10.

Man didn’t realise she died before this release, what a great vocal performance all through the album though, it’s a little bit rough sound wise sometimes but nothing too serious, this album also has some great hits with some good deep cuts around it aswell. I’m usually not the biggest fan of American blues music but Janis is an exception I guess cause that was pretty great, the instrumentation was also neat especially the purely instrumental song. Overall, 7/10.