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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| We're Only In It For The Money | 5 | 2.47 | +2.53 |
| Freak Out! | 5 | 2.84 | +2.16 |
| Pink Flag | 5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
| Hot Rats | 5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
| Either Or | 5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
| Paul's Boutique | 5 | 3.47 | +1.53 |
| Unknown Pleasures | 5 | 3.47 | +1.53 |
| Marquee Moon | 5 | 3.5 | +1.5 |
| The Gershwin Songbook | 5 | 3.53 | +1.47 |
| Maggot Brain | 5 | 3.6 | +1.4 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metallica | 1 | 3.79 | -2.79 |
| Highway 61 Revisited | 1 | 3.77 | -2.77 |
| The Joshua Tree | 1 | 3.67 | -2.67 |
| Bringing It All Back Home | 1 | 3.65 | -2.65 |
| Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme | 1 | 3.62 | -2.62 |
| Blonde On Blonde | 1 | 3.5 | -2.5 |
| Aja | 1 | 3.46 | -2.46 |
| Ágætis Byrjun | 1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
| Neon Bible | 1 | 3.35 | -2.35 |
| If I Should Fall From Grace With God | 1 | 3.34 | -2.34 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| The Mothers Of Invention | 2 | 5 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Bob Dylan | 5 | 1.4 |
| Brian Eno | 3 | 1.33 |
| M.I.A. | 2 | 1 |
| Metallica | 2 | 1.5 |
| Fatboy Slim | 2 | 1.5 |
| Steely Dan | 2 | 1.5 |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 2 |
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| Artist | Ratings |
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| Joy Division | 2, 5 |
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Bob Dylan
1/5
I don’t know if it’s because that fucking movie is coming out but getting two of this guys albums in a week is brutal and not giving me a decent amount of space between the two is why this gets a 1. I know I’m supposed to care more about what he’s saying, but his voice is so fucking annoying that it makes me pro-Vietnam purely out of spite.
Dylan is a whiny shit with a superiority complex and a harmonica. I’m sure his whole fucking discography is on this list I just hope I’m not going to continue getting them all at once.
P.S. Mr Tambourine Man and Subterranean Homesick Blues are yet MORE examples of how Dylan’s songs are in much better hands when he has anyone else perform them. What a shithead.
1 likes
Beatles
4/5
Please don’t tell my boyfriend I gave this a four, I want him to still think I hate the Beatles.
1 likes
The Who
2/5
I wrote a whole thing and it got deleted.
Missing narration for this to make any sense. Long and meandering.
1 likes
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
1/5
I did not enjoy my stay at the Pleasuredome.
If you like synths and cocaine, or this reminds you of a time when you did like synths and cocaine, then this album might be for you.
I really want to be sparse with my 1s and I hate giving one so early in my journey but this was an awful experience and I would have happily gone to the grave having never heard it. It ruined my Sunday and I work hard all week. I’m a nice lady and I didn’t deserve this.
1 likes
Dirty Projectors
2/5
I remember getting this album when it came out. I had heard “Stillness is the Move” at an Urban Outfitters probably. I remember getting it and being incredibly disappointed at the presence of this dude. It gave me the impression of an annoying perv and his two teenage wives starting a band. There are some good parts, but you don’t get to enjoy them for very long before it totally changes on you. I found it annoying by the end of the listen and it was mostly that guys fault. And ugh that awful jangly guitar! No. To put them in the context of the time it felt like they were trying to do a Captain Beefheart spin on Grizzly Bear’s music. NO
Anyway I listened to it for the first time since then today and I feel basically the same. I did forget that I liked Two Doves, very Nico and that guy sat that one out too which was a nice reprieve.
1 likes
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Coldplay
2/5
I was pretty bummed when this one popped up. I remember these guys coming up while I was in middle school and I thought they made boring music for boring people. Although I would watch The Scientist music video whenever it was on because I couldn’t figure out how it was in reverse but his singing remained forward??
But I figured it might be good to see if they were more interesting in these earlier albums before being put through the machine (although I would have preferred to do that with the debut album Parachutes).
I will say Politik was a solid opener that gave me some hope for this album. Unfortunately the hope was misplaced and the album would not end up getting any better for me. Dunking on Coldplay is easy— and Green eyes was a nice change up no matter how slight— but this album was a big nothing. The definition of dull. No edge and evokes no emotion from me whatsoever. How anyone gets anything out of this album is a total mystery to me.
I decided to give Parachutes a listen for the first time and while still not my thing, it at least had more diversity of sound and didn’t make me feel like I had chugged a keg of robitussin beforehand. They clearly lost any sort of genuine ambition and creativity by the time they made AROBTTH.
But I’m giving it a 2 instead of 1 because Chris Martin sang that shit in reverse in The Scientist video.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
1/5
I did not enjoy my stay at the Pleasuredome.
If you like synths and cocaine, or this reminds you of a time when you did like synths and cocaine, then this album might be for you.
I really want to be sparse with my 1s and I hate giving one so early in my journey but this was an awful experience and I would have happily gone to the grave having never heard it. It ruined my Sunday and I work hard all week. I’m a nice lady and I didn’t deserve this.
Neil Young
4/5
This is a great album. I was verging on like 3.5 until I realized I had saved over half the songs to listen to again later.
I’ve never been a huge fan of his voice but the songs I end up liking I really like. I don’t know how often I’ll sit and re-listen in its entirety but it’s clearly a very well done album.
Special shout out to When You Dance I Can Really Love. I had never heard it before and I’m so happy I finally have.
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
I don’t know why I can’t get into jazz. It’s easy listening and usually done by very talented performers. It reminds me of nice things like Charlie Brown cartoons and Christmas time! But for some reason I just haven’t been able to find my way in, so I was excited to see a jazz album appear for today’s album.
That it’s a live album is such a cool thing. You get to know Sarah as a performer and also get a peak into her personality (see: How High the Moon). But no songs particularly stuck out to me and I was mostly bored. Some of the albums on this list became annoying when they got boring, but At Mister Kelly’s remained pleasantly boring for the most part.
It’s clearly a well done album by a very talented woman, it just isn’t for me. But I’ll continue to leave my heart and ears open for future jazz albums just in case there is one for me out there!
De La Soul
3/5
Honestly it’s a solid 3.5. This was super fun and I gravitated to quite a few of the songs (Change in Speak, Say No Go, Plug Tunin’, just to name a few). Me Myself and I speaks to me as a kid who was raised on Nickelodeon.
It is an album made by kids having a good time and I probably would have done a full four stars back in high school
Radiohead
2/5
I know Radiohead has done better than this. Probably won’t return to.
There, There was good once it started going though
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
A great fun album that would be nice to throw on for background music. Great covers and really enjoyed hearing more than Green Onions— Comin’ Home Baby was great!
Overall it’s a good album, it did feel repetitive at a point and like there wasn’t much difference from the previous song.
Funkadelic
5/5
This was such a great album. It was fun and interesting the whole way through. No notes.
I’ll absolutely have this in rotation (but I might skip the title track moving forward)
Joy Division
2/5
Idk man. I should like these guys more than I do. All my favorite bands site them as influences. Hell one of my favorite bands growing up was Interpol whose singer took Curtis’ whole style. But it does nothing for me. I missed the window in my youth to find a way in and the few songs I do like were all from Unknown Pleasures.
I think this means more to people who know Ian’s story and where he was at this point in his life with this record and were invested enough to figure out what he’s saying through the awful mix. To me it’s just incredibly repetitive and Ian sings like he’s sedated.
The only songs that stood out were
Nirvana
5/5
I don’t think I can give this an objective rating because of the nostalgia factor. I loved this album growing up and I don’t think I’ve actually listened to it in its entirety since then. But today I can confirm it still very much holds up.
There’s not a stinker in the bunch. I will say with hindsight that I don’t think I realized how much of the screamo/hardcore scene of the mid to late aughts sounded so much like “Endless, Nameless”. More influential than I realized!
A classic album that I 100% agree should be heard before you die.
The The
1/5
A terrible vocalist and not a single hook to be found. I don’t feel it needs to be taking up a spot on this list at all. I found the last song somewhat catchy but then I realized it’s because he stole the bass line from “Louie Louie”.
Was going to give this a 2 until I got to the drum part of “Giant”, a 10 minute song. Now you get a 1, jerk.
Jeff Beck
2/5
I was listening and thought “Jesus this guy sounds like rod stewart” and now I’m seeing it was actually rod stewart. Ugh.
Jeff Beck is clearly talented but not a single song stood out to me and I can say for certain I won’t return to this one again.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
I was not expecting to like this album this much. It’s bluesy without being self indulgent, and every song has something special.
Gosh and I forgot how much I liked Moonlight Mile! What a great album I’m glad I heard it in its entirety before I died.
Rage Against The Machine
3/5
If you like “Killing in the Name” then you’re in luck! This album has that song and nine other slight variations of the same song.
Luckily I do like that song so this was enjoyable. Always relevant but also pretty repetitive. But yeah there wasn’t much variation from one track to the next.
Gary Numan
4/5
Loved it! Will be a great album to just throw on.
Before this I only knew Cars (obviously) and M.E. and I’m glad I finally listened to the whole thing. Maybe a little dated/corny but he’s doing some great stuff here.
Elvis Presley
3/5
It’s late 50s/early 60s Elvis, it’s exactly how you think it would be.
It’s fine and easy listening but not something I would reach for I don’t think
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
2/5
I don’t know. Another case of “clearly talented but not for me”.
Also where the hell have I heard Take Five before?? It’s driving me nuts
Paul McCartney and Wings
2/5
I only liked Band on the Run and I already knew that one. Nothing special here to me.
The Who
2/5
I wrote a whole thing and it got deleted.
Missing narration for this to make any sense. Long and meandering.
The Mothers Of Invention
5/5
Man, his lyrics are mostly dumb and some songs go on too long but holy shit this fucks.
Giving it a five because I feel that it is very likely that I sit and listen to this in its entirety again. So much fun, the Mothers are awesome.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
I had a few of their songs in rotation in high school, “Maps” is of course a classic for my generation.
But to my surprise upon re-listen this just feels like some Scott Pilgrim-ass music that was prevalent in the aughts that does nothing but annoy me in my older age. Karen O is talented at what she does but I don’t think it’s for me— or at least not anymore.
Mudhoney
2/5
One review said this sounds like rejected songs from Tony Hawk Pro Skater and it’s very apt. These guys sound like the opener you have to get through before the band you came to see performs.
I don’t know what the person who insisted this album be on the list was trying to prove with this one. I won’t give it a 1 because I’m sure this was really something in ‘91 but it just doesn’t stand the test of time. Not a single song stood out to me and within a year I will likely forget ever hearing it.
The Smiths
4/5
Moz sucks, we know it. It will be his legacy. But The Smiths… The Smiths are very good.
This one would probably get 3.5 but I’m rounding up because this was a big one for me in high school.
Pixies
3/5
It’s real good but it gets a 3 because I know the pixies are capable of much more than this.
Dirty Projectors
2/5
I remember getting this album when it came out. I had heard “Stillness is the Move” at an Urban Outfitters probably. I remember getting it and being incredibly disappointed at the presence of this dude. It gave me the impression of an annoying perv and his two teenage wives starting a band. There are some good parts, but you don’t get to enjoy them for very long before it totally changes on you. I found it annoying by the end of the listen and it was mostly that guys fault. And ugh that awful jangly guitar! No. To put them in the context of the time it felt like they were trying to do a Captain Beefheart spin on Grizzly Bear’s music. NO
Anyway I listened to it for the first time since then today and I feel basically the same. I did forget that I liked Two Doves, very Nico and that guy sat that one out too which was a nice reprieve.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
I’ve never personally been a huge fan of the underground. This album I felt was always about a grimy New York life that didn’t resonate with me in the slightest. This was the first time I’ve actually listened to this album in its entirety.
While this may not be one I would find myself in the mood to revisit many times again, this is clearly a huge influential album. It really does feel like it transports you to NY in the 60s. The differing energies you find with each song a different facet of life at that time with Reed’s ability to speak to it plainly. I’m not sure what special power Nico has to sing that badly and have it be this enjoyable but she was an excellent addition here.
I like Venus in Furs, Femme Fatale, All Tomorrows Parties. Heroin really takes you through that journey. The slowed down mellow with the anxiety-inducing speed up of the music really lets the listener in on the experience. The drums really feel like they’re mimicking different heart rates.
Alternatively, Black Angels of Death and European Son are clear examples of why I think overall this band is just not for me. These are the kind of songs I think of when I think of VU and Lou Reed. It’s what has made me avoid them for most my life.
I wrestled with giving it a 3 or a 4 because I was trying to make sure I was listening to my personal feelings about it and not being swayed by its legacy.
But I know in my heart it’s not a 4 star album for me.
Brian Wilson
3/5
A psychedelic album about Americana and humor really only appeals to that generation who had access to less tainted drugs, could own homes with ease, and every job they fell ass first into had a pension waiting for them.
I like The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson is clearly talented. But I’m not smiling.
Janelle Monáe
3/5
I had high hopes for this one but it was just ok? No stand out tracks that I would revisit and I’m not sure I would want to listen to this in its entirety again.
Very talented though and I do like how ambitious of a debut album this is. It just isn’t for me.
SZA
3/5
SZA is good, Ctrl is good.
Ghostface Killah
3/5
This was fun. Great beats, great features. Love love J Dilla “Donuts” should be on this list if it isn’t.
Its a 3 for me because as a whole it was long and the songs that didn’t hook me were hard to get through. I also am just not a fan of skits/long intros of talking
Sigur Rós
1/5
The generator gave me the wrong album on the wrong day.
I am feeling under the weather and have zero patience for this level of dreary ambient nothing.
The Incredible String Band
2/5
This was fine I guess! I won’t listen to it again but I wasn’t mad about it.
1/5
Why is this on here
M.I.A.
1/5
Listening to these lyrics and remembering that she married a millionaire and her values seemed to change overnight!
MIA is a little shit head and this album sucks.
The White Stripes
3/5
They’re good, just never a band I set out to listen to
Cypress Hill
3/5
2/5
Kanye West
3/5
New Order
2/5
The KLF
2/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
1/5
I hate this man. No idea when to end a song and thinks he’s funny when he is painfully unfunny and cringey.
I was so excited that this one was only 35 mins but I felt every second. NEXT!
Pink Floyd
3/5
Good but overrated
The Monks
3/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
1/5
I try reserve 1s for the albums that feel offensive to my ears, albums with no discernible redeeming qualities.
I know these songs, they are fine songs— but I am utterly confused as to why this live performance on particular needed to be here. So confused that I can’t bring myself to give it two stars.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Alice In Chains
2/5
Various Artists
4/5
Peter Gabriel
2/5
I can see where this was influential but not for me
Marvin Gaye
4/5
D'Angelo
2/5
Metallica
2/5
Bob Dylan
1/5
I don’t know if it’s because that fucking movie is coming out but getting two of this guys albums in a week is brutal and not giving me a decent amount of space between the two is why this gets a 1. I know I’m supposed to care more about what he’s saying, but his voice is so fucking annoying that it makes me pro-Vietnam purely out of spite.
Dylan is a whiny shit with a superiority complex and a harmonica. I’m sure his whole fucking discography is on this list I just hope I’m not going to continue getting them all at once.
P.S. Mr Tambourine Man and Subterranean Homesick Blues are yet MORE examples of how Dylan’s songs are in much better hands when he has anyone else perform them. What a shithead.
808 State
1/5
I think I’m beginning to sour on this project
Beatles
4/5
Please don’t tell my boyfriend I gave this a four, I want him to still think I hate the Beatles.
Brian Eno
1/5
Old sour puss
Beck
3/5
When I started this generator endeavor my hope was that I would be forced to listen to bands and albums that I would otherwise have never given a chance. I have been very fortunate that early in my journey I was forced to sit through Zappa and the Mothers. It has allowed me to open my heart and mind to their discography and I have been having so much fun. What a treat! What a lovely experience! But I think I’m becoming resentful of these other albums because they’re not allowing me the time to satiate my Zappa-tite. And I shouldn’t take it out on them, even stupid God damn Bob fucking Dylan. I promise I’ll do better.
Here’s a 3, this was fine. Beck is always just fine.
Dr. Octagon
3/5
This was fun! Kool Keith is a big weirdo
Cornershop
2/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
The Cult
1/5
There is zero reason for this to be on this list and for me to have heard it before I died.
I am giving this a 1 star in hopes whoever is responsible for this list will reconsider this very basic, middle-of-the-road rock album which does nothing new or revolutionary for even the time it came out.
The Beach Boys
3/5
William Orbit
1/5
*Tony Soprano voice* I HATE THIS FUCKING SHIT
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Boring dentist office music
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Hookworms
3/5
Dr. Dre
4/5
Gene Clark
4/5
The generator has been kind to me the last couple of days. This one was very nice and not something I had ever heard of before. These albums are why and how I forge ahead here.
Metallica
1/5
This is what having a can of Monster Energy as your stepdad sounds like
Dr. John
2/5
This was a bummer. I read the description, read the wiki. It had all the components I like. I was excited. New Orleans Jazz, psychedelic, one review said “Zappa-esque”.
But none of it culminated into anything I’d ever want to hear again.
Fugees
3/5
Napalm Death
3/5
I feel genuinely bad for people who can’t find any fun in this, even when you only have to listen to it once for an album generator hobby.
I was never big into Grindcore by any means, and only the real try hards at school would mention Napalm Death. Now I’m in my thirties and I’ve been presented with an opportunity to listen to an entire album and I gotta say, it’s very fun. It’s also a great to have something heavy come up on this generator once in awhile (Metallica doesn’t count for me)
Solange
3/5
Queen
3/5
Air
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Belle and Sebastian have never been my thing. Still aren’t, I guess.
U2
3/5
Boring but not bad.
All U2 albums following this one are bad, though.
The Pogues
1/5
An Irish cacophony
Big Black
4/5
I thought Big Black was just that asshole rob dyrdek‘s friend.
This was fucking great. Praises be to the generator on this day and may it bring me another gift tomorrow.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1/5
Wow!!!!!! This stunk
Yes
4/5
When I was 13 my guitar teacher taught me the opening for Roundabout. He did not tell me what it was and I am just now learning at my large age that it was a Yes song.
I’m surprised I didn’t totally hate this tbh.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
I love Rock Box. Reminds me of GTA Vice City lol. But I don’t want to sit through a whole album of this.
The songs are long and feel like a möbius strip— they come from nowhere and lead to nowhere. I literally scrubbed around “Wake Up” and it would be doing the same part each time. Why have a song be 6 mins long if that’s the case?
“It’s Like That” reminded me that I haven’t heard that Jagged Edge song in awhile though. Shit slaps.
Super Furry Animals
2/5
I’ll give them credit, each song sounded different from the last. I didn’t like any of it but at least it didn’t feel like one long slog
Leonard Cohen
2/5
James Taylor
3/5
Wow, a folky acoustic album where the guy actually has a pleasant voice? Was this included by mistake? How could the authors stand it??
Not all the songs are winners but I mostly enjoyed it
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
2/5
Once I saw Brian Eno produced this I knew I was a goner
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
I had the other Run DMC album less than a week ago
M.I.A.
1/5
oh ffs!
There is zero, and I mean ZERO reason for MIA to take up TWO spots on this list.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Miles Davis
2/5
Arcade Fire
1/5
I hate Arcade Fire
Ray Charles
4/5
Tom Waits
1/5
It sounds like it hurts to be Tom Waits
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2/5
Not my thing
Frank Zappa
5/5
HOT MEAT HOT RATS HOT ZITZ HOT WRISTS HOT RITZ HOT ROOTS HOT SOOTS
When Ian comes in with the sax in “Peaches” I get EMOTIONAL
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
If the longs weren’t so long while having very little variation throughout it would have been a 4, but I think that’s an issue with the genre altogether for me
Elliott Smith
4/5
God it wasn’t XO, my mental health has been at an all-time low
Beastie Boys
5/5
So good!!!!!!!
Fela Kuti
2/5
Bad Company
1/5
The album “Bad Company” by the band Bad Company featuring the song “Bad Company” is trash. Timothy McVeigh ass music
Prince
3/5
This was too horny for the gym at 6 in the morning
Bob Dylan
1/5
That’s it I’m on strike. This is like my third Bob Dylan album and I’ve hated all of them. The man may have switched to electric but that’s where his range ends.
I’m not listening to this because I already know what it sounds like. It’s stupid to have so many albums from a one note bitch like Dylan.
Jungle Brothers
3/5
New Order
2/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Brian Eno
1/5
Ambient music should not be on this list. It should be on the 1001 Albums You Must Half-Listen to While You Die.
George Jones
4/5
This album got me together.
The Mothers Of Invention
5/5
Hi boys and girls I’m Jimmy Carl Black
Joy Division
5/5
This generator got me on a good day. While I have never sat and listened to Unknown Pleasures, I’ve heard songs here and there. I know this iconic cover. I would not have thought I’d give it a 5 but here we are.
I would and will listen to this again. I’m sad we only get one Joy Division album and we have to suffer through multiple New Order albums on this list.
Stephen Stills
3/5
Venom
2/5
If only I were 12 years old. Or maybe one of their songs played over a Jackass segment and I did hear it when I was 12. Seems very likely!
It’s influential but it’s also incredibly corny.
Derek & The Dominos
2/5
Gee, what a dickweed
Nirvana
4/5
Jeru The Damaja
2/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Ugh
Tears For Fears
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
The United States Of America
1/5
Gorillaz
2/5
Depeche Mode
2/5
Paul Weller
1/5
The Brit equivalent to Hootie and the Blowfish
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
4/5
The Police
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
1/5
This was corny boots, top to bottom.
I don’t care when something was made, I cannot abide songs about “grooviness”. And I know they thought they really did something with that 7 O’clock news/silent night song but I’d have to disagree.
This was going to get a very generous 2 until the Bob Dylan shit in A Simple Desultory Philippic. Even if it was making fun of him it needed to be meaner for me to be on board by that point.
Beatles
2/5
With the amount of Beatles worship I’ve had to listen to my entire life I expect every one of their albums on this list to blow my tits off. And yet…
Dexys Midnight Runners
1/5
I am begging whomever is in charge of this list to put aside their British-ness and reconsider the inclusion of Don’t Stand Me Down on this list.
I understand it’s impossible to be completely objective about music or any art, but by making such a list I imagine that is what you were attempting to do and this album appears to be a huge misstep.
Maybe there’s nostalgia here for you with this album— riding the tube with your Walkman or whatever, listening to inane chatter that takes up a large portion of a 12 minute song. Or maybe it was played at your big tacky 1980s wedding that everyone was having then. Maybe you just want to prove that you stuck with the band after their only hit came out (because this is NOT the one with Come On Eileen, dear listeners. It’s the album after where they must think they’re Miss Big Tits and can easily keep that momentum going ((they couldn’t)))).
This should not be taking up space on this list. I should have died never hearing it.
Justice
1/5
I no longer respect the authority of this list. I will continue to participate in the Random 1001 Album Generator but I will no longer refer to it as the albums you should hear before you die. Because it just isn’t.
I was in high school when this album came out and when I tell you know one liked or talked about this band or album ever. Like why is this here?!
Bob Dylan
1/5
There is NO reason to have so many of his albums on this list taking up space when one or two sufficiently showcase his abilities.
Look at him on this cover and tell me you don’t want to dunk this dumb jerk’s head in a toilet and throw the harmonica in after!!
Ryan Adams
1/5
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Fleet Foxes
3/5
Television
5/5
THANK GOD
Arrested Development
1/5
These beats are very, very boring
The Vines
1/5
Sade
2/5
Sade has a great voice and I don’t disagree with this albums inclusion on the list— I’m just not someone who ever finds themselves in a Sade mood. I guess I just don’t want to be a mother figure to the men I bang.
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
*slaps side of album* She’s a sturdy one!
This is good, it was enjoyable. I had heard and liked The Concept previously so I went into it a little more optimistic than the huge dorks upset about the album’s artwork I guess.
The Young Rascals
3/5
The Zombies
3/5
Bob Dylan
1/5
My 4th Dylan album in 143 days.
I refuse. And you might think refusing defeats the spirit of this endeavor, but I think having 40 identical-sounding albums from one artist on this list defeated it first.
Radiohead
2/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Felt like I was on hold with an insurance company to find out why removing a brain tumor the size of an orange isn’t a covered benefit.
Her voice is nice though.
Billy Joel
3/5
Scott Walker
2/5
It’s ok. Halfway through I was eager for it to be over with
Alice Cooper
3/5
Was going to give a 2 but the finale was grand
The Cure
4/5
Probably one of the worst openers to an album I’ve ever heard but other than that I loved it
Fatboy Slim
1/5
This level of repetition is for the comfort of people out of their gourds on designer drugs. For the sober individual this is not so fun.
Elvis Costello
1/5
Oh the sigh I sighed when this one came up.
But I will say this was better than the last Costello album I pulled (Piss & Chocolate or whatever it was called) which I think made me not as miserable.
Deee-Lite
1/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
They really thought they ate with this one.
Drive Like Jehu
2/5
This is a tough one. I like this genre, and while I’ve never heard Drive Like Jehu before, it transports me to a time when I was listening to similar music. There’s nostalgia here for sure.
But this just isn’t getting over the threshold for me to like it for some reason. Not a single song got it’s hooks into me, and for that to not happen over the course of an hour 10 that’s not good.
a-ha
2/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Soundgarden
2/5
CHVRCHES
2/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
It’s nice to get one you know and like one in awhile
Violent Femmes
2/5
I hate Lou Reed
Moby Grape
4/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
She’s so good, as others have said the lyrics are just as poignant today.
I would like to add that the one reviewer dismissing anything women like as “secretary rock” should keep those sentiments between himself and the other members of No Ma’am
AC/DC
4/5
I had this album when I was 15, it got a fair amount of play with me. I almost didn’t bother re-listening and just gave it a three for nostalgia’s sake. No one needs to hear You Shook Me All Night Long for the millionth time, but also maybe I was afraid. Afraid that I would enjoy a band considered incredibly corny by todays music snob standards.
But our vice president killed the holy father yesterday and I decided a trip down memory lane to a simpler time would be good for me.
This is a 4, I don’t care. It’s fun, great production. Good time had by all.
Lupe Fiasco
1/5
God damn I forgot how much I hated Lupe Fiasco in high school.
It’s somehow maximalist and low effort at the same time.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
Rocket From The Crypt
2/5
If this is on here then surely NOFX and Rancid will be, right? Right??
Nina Simone
4/5
Ella Fitzgerald
5/5
I wasn’t excited to get a 3+ hour album, especially since I’ve been behind on my albums.
The day I went to start this was the day after my cat died. The apathy allowed me to think I could do three hours, what does it matter? And I am SO glad I did.
This is a beautiful album, and Ella’s voice was like a warm hug while I was struggling through the worst of my grief. I am grateful I heard this when I did. Another gift given by the generator.
I was irritated at the top review calling people who enjoy this album “spineless”, but I see they’re a Bob Dylan fan and I’ll agree it takes more bravery to listen to that man sing.
Peter Frampton
1/5
I’m convinced this crowd will clap for anything.
Nine Inch Nails
2/5
I never thought I liked industrial music and this confirms it.
It’s got some classics though. I don’t hate it but I don’t think I’ll ever reach for it again.
The War On Drugs
2/5
One of those albums that are so aggressively just “fine” that you have to remind yourself to be paying attention to it.
I hate Bob Dylan and Don Henley and this guy is a healthy mix of both unfortunately.
Pink Floyd
1/5
I’m officially sick of this band, thanks “1001 Albums…” authors!
Sparks
4/5
Hmm I was not expecting to enjoy this as much as I did
Funkadelic
4/5
They have one of the best bass singers
Kings of Leon
2/5
Kings of Leon is more complicated for me than they should be. The lead singer is cringey and I know because of how huge they were people got tired of them real quick. But these guys were popular when I was between the ages of 13 to 19— arguably when music is at its most impactful.
I have some very fond memories that through no fault of my own have Kings of Leon inextricably entwined and I can’t help but love it. Those songs however do not appear on this album so this kinda sucked tbh. But I’m assuming this means there will be a few of their albums on here. At least I hope so— whichever one has McFearless ooo that takes me back.
The 13th Floor Elevators
1/5
Terrible singing and too long— a perfect formula to make me hate something.
I’m hoping this one will get “Psychedelic Rock” booted from my top genres list
Steely Dan
2/5
“Dad Rock” is a big umbrella when you think about it. Not all dads are the same, nor do they have the same sensibilities.
My dad graduated in ‘79, his favorites were KISS, Boston, .38 Special, Rush. He smoked weed, he couldn’t afford cocaine. He played football and the drums, he has diabetes and Velcro shoes. This makes a Steely Dan Dad not.
Steely Dan makes me ill at ease. I don’t like that kind of Dad rock because I don’t like that kind of dad. He cares too much about what kind of beer he drinks, he’s pretentious and mind numbingly middle class at the same time. He likes The Eagles and he raised Wilco sons.
Danheads will tell you this is not Dad rock. They’ll say it’s jazz, it’s intellectual, but all I feel is a dryness that I just don’t want with my music.
Sonic Youth
2/5
Ugh. I mean I guess, you know?
The Lemonheads
2/5
Idk it’s fine but I don’t think it belongs here? Trying to be edgy with that bright of a guitar is confusing to me
Alanis Morissette
4/5
Listen— this is probably the first time I’ve heard this album in its entirety this millennium as a full grown adult. This is dated. I don’t even fault anyone coming into this fresh and not liking it. But this absolutely deserves to be here.
The singles for this album were everywhere, and the amount of them was staggering. My dad bought this album and played the hell out of it for awhile. I remember watching the Head Over Feet video and wondering how she was singing with her mouth closed (I was 5).
This album was huge, and I really enjoyed revisiting it. Sure it’s cringey, sure she taught a whole generation the incorrect usage of “ironic”. But she dated the worst men Canada has to offer and for that she deserves our respect and space to work that out in her music.
The xx
4/5
Phew I bought this when it came out, really nice memories attached. I am happy to see it here and I don’t care what anyone else says
Joe Ely
2/5
I like country but I didn’t like this. I’m trying to figure out why but I can’t quite place it. Too much rock? Corny in that 70s way? His voice isn’t very interesting either (I like my country singers to sound like Randy Travis ooo baby).
I feel like I’m dining at a Famous Daves listening to this. I’ll give it a 2 because I appreciate it being 33 mins and he didn’t try to hot dog his way to an hour 15.
Queen
4/5
Oh man I always thought I really don’t care about the lyrical content of a song but “I’m in Love With My Car” has disproved that.
Other than that great album.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
I can’t give this less than a 3, sorry
David Bowie
3/5
Bowie is one I thought about when I started this. I knew a list like this was likely going to have Bowie and probably every single era of his would be represented. I didn’t grow up with Bowie fans, I have managed to survive 35 winters without hearing much of his. I was excited to have an opportunity to force myself to sit and listen.
All that to say, this was fine. It was fun! It doesn’t scream musical genius but I guess it doesn’t have to. I had heard Lady Grinning Soul before and loved it, but there were plenty of other good discoveries here.
I don’t think this will end up being my fav Bowie era but I enjoyed myself. This is also a rare case of me agreeing with an artist having multiple entries here because his sound has varied so much over his career (unlike Mr Bobby Dylan)
Anita Baker
1/5
I zoned out for all of it. There was finally a song that caught my attention but it was Spotify playing the Spinners after the album ended
Cheap Trick
2/5
The only songs I liked were the ones I already knew.
Electric Light Orchestra
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
I think this is one of those “you just had to be there” albums. I don’t recognize this country as a place with stable factory jobs and where hard honest work is rewarded with a living wage and a pension. Idk why he’s so angry that sounds pretty nice to me
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
I’ve never considered myself a fan of QotSA but this is a very solid album. “Regular John” is such a great opener. This is definitely the most I’ve enjoyed an album on this generator in some time.
Guns N' Roses
3/5
Animal Collective
2/5
I don’t know that I’ve ever been in the mood for Animal Collective, ever.
I’m giving it a 2 instead of a 1 because I wasn’t actively mad while listening to it, though I was mildly irritated at parts ngl
The Boo Radleys
2/5
I don’t know if this deserves to be on this list. I DO know it didn’t need to be over an hour long. Lots of fat to be trimmed
Fiona Apple
3/5
Most of these songs would be difficult to hum
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
WHEW
Neil Young
2/5
Parliament
3/5
Fun!
Elliott Smith
5/5
Man, I listened to this album all the time in high school. This was great when you were a sad teenager feeling things so acutely and you wanted to throw more sad stuff on it for some reason. This album had the saddest song I’d ever heard (Between the Bars) and eventually I just couldn’t listen to it anymore. It was too fucking sad.
It was a beautiful sunny Memorial Day weekend when I pulled this album and I was nervous it would ruin my day, but I listened to while getting ready and it is still just as beautiful as it was to me decades ago.
What a great album, I’m glad to see it here.
Khaled
2/5
This was the first album I’ve pulled that wasn’t streaming on Spotify and it was such a bummer. I don’t know Arabic or have ad free YouTube, so I had to constantly be consulting the track listing, making sure I found the video with the correct version and then watch three ads before I got to a song. For an hour+ album I wanted to make sure I was in the right mood to put forth that effort which made me get behind on this list by a week.
I finally did it today, and while there were some songs I enjoyed (Trigue Lycee and Ya Aâchkou probably stood out the most), there were others I couldn’t find and it was an overall degraded experience by needing to listen to it on YouTube.
Happy to revisit if you decide to put the album on Spotify, Khaled!
Sister Sledge
2/5
Pleasant enough but also just so boring
Donovan
2/5
It took until Season of the Witch for things to get going but it just wasn’t enough
The Police
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1/5
I haven’t found an instance where lyrics are so phenomenal that the way they could be sang like shit and it wouldn’t matter.
Cohen, Waits, and Cave are one and the same to me and I don’t like it.
Spacemen 3
1/5
I am so deeply offended by the addition of this album to the list that I almost quit this project. These are not the best albums, they’re just albums that some British dudes like I guess?
This album sucked. The singing, musicianship, the droning, the mixing— all so so terrible I can’t believe it.
Even with “So Hot” after spending all the previous time being so annoyed by what I’ve heard it was ok, then he starts singing and I’m mad as hell again
Miles Davis
3/5
This felt very ahead of its time
John Coltrane
2/5
I don’t get jazz it’s a me problem
The Temptations
3/5
Frank Ocean
3/5
I listened to this when it first came out. His lyrics are kind of cringe but it’s mostly decent
2/5
Not fun or interesting
Stereolab
2/5
The Kinks
2/5
I don’t like the Beatles
Marvin Gaye
3/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Ok listen. I was listening to this in the morning, which was a huge mistake. I got to song 17 (a little over half way!!) and said to myself “This almost certainly a 1 star, who are these people who choose these albums, let me pick it back up later because it’s simply making me too miserable right now and there’s so much more album to get through.”
After work I had two (2) beers and on the walk home resumed the album, picking up at “Fish Sauce” and it was a BLAST. So I give this 2 stars instead of 1.
Todd Rundgren
2/5
The guy who shot Lennon was a huge Rundgren fan
The Beach Boys
3/5
Steely Dan
1/5
I find nothing interesting about this
R.E.M.
2/5
Common
2/5
Pretenders
4/5
Chrissie Hynde ran so Karen O could limp
Sufjan Stevens
2/5
Scott Walker
2/5
The Hives
1/5
Sometimes I think albums are chosen because of the one hit on them. Nothing about this album is revolutionary and the hit in question is Scott Pilgrim-ass music
Deep Purple
3/5
3 might be too high but 2 feels low
The Young Gods
1/5
Hate his voice
The Icarus Line
1/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Tricky
2/5
50 Cent
2/5
Cowboy Junkies
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
Pixies
4/5
Iron Maiden
2/5
Great riffs but I never could get into this guys voice
Neu!
3/5
It’s good
The Beach Boys
4/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Sepultura
3/5
Surprisingly good, a little long though
Prefab Sprout
2/5
This is weird. It’s fine, there are parts I like, but other parts I just can’t abide. Overall I don’t think it’s one I’ll ever want to revisit.
Rush
4/5
I’ve heard this one before! I sought it out because I heard the title track in an episode of American Dad
Janis Joplin
3/5
Steve Earle
2/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Led Zeppelin
2/5
Brian Eno
2/5
I want you to know I was a very good sport about this one.
I do not like Brian Eno.
Skunk Anansie
3/5
This is a talented and tight band, and I agree with the other review that this album suffers from being over-produced.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
1/5
I’d call Clapton a c*** but he lacks the warmth and depth
Dire Straits
2/5
Wire
5/5
I was going to give this a 4 but this sound being from 1977 deserves its flowers and a 5
Steve Winwood
2/5
I didn’t hate it as much as I thought I would but I still didn’t like it
Songhoy Blues
2/5
I really like the guitar but nothing really stuck out in particular.
Merle Haggard
2/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
It’s not really my style. Up until I got to Lonely Women I thought I was going to be giving this a 1.
She’s got a nice voice, it’s a little repetitive and honestly grating in songs like Luckie.
Idk. I’ll give it a 3.
Black Sabbath
3/5
Otis Redding
3/5
The Associates
1/5
I don’t know what kind of mood this music is even for.
Bee Gees
2/5
I actually just recently discovered The Bee Gees had a pre-disco era and I liked the songs I had heard.
Of course I’ve been doing this generator long enough to not be surprised that those songs I liked don’t appear on the album that was chosen.
This was ok. I don’t understand what it’s doing on a list like this one.
Frank Sinatra
2/5
I don’t care for Sinatra, would be open to non-Sinatra swing from this list.
Riddle the real MVP
Pantera
1/5
I feel like you had to have been there or grown up with it
American Music Club
1/5
The music was good but I hate his voice. Like a mix of Springsteen and Jeff Richmond in the worst way
Beach House
3/5
I had this album when it came out. I liked it ok then (Walk in the Park was always fav) and I enjoyed relistening today for the nostalgia but I do think it’s still just ok.
The White Stripes
2/5
I have successfully outran this album for 24 years, and today I lost. There are some tracks I’ve discovered through the years that are ok in small doses, but I knew in my heart I wouldn’t enjoy more of it— and I was right.
I realize this is probably done on purpose, but Meg White’s drumming is so fucking bad. It’s so bad. It sets my teeth on edge. I hate it so much.
The Fall
1/5
Already forgotten
Megadeth
2/5
Megadeth is a little… theatrical but after listening to that White Stripes album I’m so relieved to be listening to a competent drummer.
I also enjoy how prominent the bass is in some songs. This is mostly not my thing but it’s fun in its own way.
1/5
I was tempted to just relisten to the Joshua Tree episode of “R U Talking U2 to Me?” instead.
I decided not to and just listened to the album but I think that may have negatively impacted my rating.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3/5
I like this yee haw shit and I am not sorry about it
The Black Crowes
1/5
Another case of an album being here because of the single
Eels
2/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Soft Machine
2/5
I’d rather be listening to Zappa
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
I’d rather be listening to Talking Heads
Beck
2/5
Randy Newman
1/5
I could live a hundred years and never understand how anyone could like the sound of Randy Newman
Prince
5/5
It’s a five even though it reminds me of an ex. That’s how good this album is.
Dion
2/5
To piggy back on the Apple Music review, Spotify seems to have combined albums as well. Just listen to the first 8!
Elton John
4/5
Incubus
1/5
There’s the two singles and not much else
Culture Club
2/5
I’m honestly bummed at how boring this was
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
This is a great album, lots of nostalgia and I refuse to let any one shame me!!
The Slits
4/5
The Smiths
4/5