I enjoyed it more than I expected, hopefully it will grow on me
I think I like Room On Fire more
I don't get it right now, but I'll listen again someday
Nothing against Elton John as an artist or piano-rock as a genre, I just wish every track on this album was as good as the opener.
"Tiny Dancer" is remarkable, the rest is also good, just not great.
This album is not bad, but we're talking about "albums you SHOULD hear before you die". I don't think it deserve a spot.
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, MBDTF, the album which internet music critic Anthony Fantano/Theneedledrop infamously gave a 6 out of 10 to. Now I'm not saying I agree with him, this album has serveral good qualities and perhaps deserve a higher score. However, this is not the all time great album fans are hyping it up to be either. Kanye has at least three better albums. (I'm thinking The College Dropout, Graduation, Kids See Ghost).
This album has the production Kanye is hailed for, foward thinking samples(such as the King Crimson sample on POWER), Nicki Minaj's best verse of her career, the emotional vulnerable track Runaway. The excellence needs no more explanation.
In Kanye's own words, this was his backhanded apology for the controversy he stirred at the time. The lyrics are filled with classic braggadocious Kanye (e.g. the "blackball" line). They were hilarious when it was first released, but nowadays, seeing Kanye's downward spiral into neo Nazi politics, the egoistic lyrics are not fun to listen to anymore. Rather, they just make me question how serious those lyrics were, how much of them were Kanye saying things for shock value and how much were him just being a terrible person. It takes away a lot of the enjoyment.
All things above considered, I'm giving this one a six out of ten.
A typical blend of 80s Post-Punk and New Wave, it's great. 8/10
Although this being on here does make me wonder why "The Head on the Door" isn't on the list.
9/10 classic hip hop classic, possibly OutKast's best. Too bad this site doesn't have four and a half star as an voting option
Sounds very corny, like it would appear in some pirate parody skits. The punk label of this one was very misleading.
There's a f-bomb on the fourth song, which makes me question: Was it satire? Was this whole tthing satire?
Well, I don't really care, but if it was, it was not funny, and I sure as hell didn't laugh
I understand how this is meant as kind of a reaction to 80s Post-Punk trend (rather than being a part of it), but I prefer pretty much any 80s Post-Punk album
One thing I never understand about Bauhaus (and some other releases that came from around the same time period): Why do they keep on adding 20 something minutes of additional stuff to the original album?
This album is originally around 30 minutes, but the version on CD and streaming services is like an hour long.
Anyway, I listen to the ten songs on the initial release of the album and they're quite good, not sure if I would listen to the rest though.
Started strong but feel a little bland in the middle.
This is the most fun I can have out of an album without understanding the album at all. It's brilliant.
This is the album I think of when I think of the genre "New Wave", it's not the best to come out of that genre, but it is a good enough representation.
If I had to explain what is New Wave to my friends and family who are NOT music nerds like me, I would just play them this album.
I can't help but think of Steve Albini's 2023 twitter post while listening to this album.
If punk truly is a rebellion to what this album represents, I think I understand why I am not crazy about this.
This album is THE shoegaze album, but I kind of just don't get it. Perhaps it will grow on me one day.
This is not the worst album I've ever heard.
However, for a guy you would have to pull out the "Separate the art from the artist" card to defend, Eric Clapton sure is boring.
Also, I just briefly checked the album lists and learned that man is involved in at least five more albums on this site. I feel violated.
This is great, first track Seagull starts with distorted guitar, then the Post-Punk-ish drum pattern kicks in, I was instantly hooked.
The rest of the album doesn't quite reach the same height, but the dreamy sound makes a great example for the shoegaze genre.
Favourite tracks: Seagull, Decay
Possibly the coolest R&B Neo Soul album ever, 9/10
Pretty cool. Sounds like ambient but not exactly ambient. It fills the same "music to study to" niche.
I have never been a fan of metal, but I've enjoyed every album from Black Sabbath that I've heard so far (That would be two albums, lol).
A metal classic here. Although, why are there a piano rock song (Changes), an experimental piece (FX) and a baroque pop instrumental (Laguna Sunrise) on here?
(Not that they're bad, just out of place. I was taken by surprise)
Crazy how this is better than so many artists' whole discography, yet it is far from Bowie's best.
Eh, not for me. His voice is a little off-putting. The 2-tone/pop rock blend approach of new wave leaves much to be desired.
"Little Triggers" and" (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" are pretty good jams though. The former is a ballad, the later is basically what everyone agrees to be the best on the album.
I think this one aged better than This Year's Model. Possibly because this one tried to be more rock, while the other leaned more into pop.
Then again, did we need this many Elvis Costello albums on the list?
Grunge is said to be a fusion of punk and metal. I've never been big on the more metal side of grunge. It doesn't help that every song on this sounds the same to me.
First listen, honestly I am not entirely sure I get it, but I can totally see it grow on me.
Sometimes it just sounds like she's making cool sounding noises (that is meant as a compliment).
I suspect she may have been influenced by Patti Smith in her vocal delivery.
It's good, but I don't know if I would want to listen to it again.
favorite track is the title track
Alanis's voice is a bit rough, at first I wasn't quite fond of it. But overall she gave an enjoyable performance.
Songs on this album could be divided into two categories. One is the trip hop/downtempo side, the other is the grunge/alternative rock side. I enjoy the latter more, but both are good nonetheless. I could totally see how this could be an influence to some great pop rock artists, e.g. Olivia Rodrigo
Hell yeah. Punk Rock rules!
Nit my cup of tea. But it's still good, sad guitar music.
My favourite Beatles album is Revolver, so when it comes to my opinion on Abbey Road, I'm always like "Meh, they could do better."
But whenever I actually listen to this thing I remember how STACKED this album is. Come Together, Something, I Want You (She's So Heavy), the medley on side two. It's forty something minutes of peak music that happens to also have the goofy "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" on it.
This is not my first listen. I remembered liking this upon first lsiten but none of the songs stuck with me. This time around I feel the same, I still like the overall sound, but nothing really stands out except for maybe the Kendrick collab. I can't quite figure out why that is. Hopefully this will grow on me.
This is very great, but the inclusion of this album is funny to me.
Fleet Foxes went on to make Helplessness Blues, which is an even better album. That album has way more memorable songs and better arrangements, by a long shot. Yet this is the band's (only) entry on this list, which is just weird.
The album is titled "A Rush Of Blood To The Head", but the head of the figure on the album cover is cut in half, which means it doesn't have a brain that its blood can rush to. The implications are quite funny if you think about it.
Jokes aside, this is not bad. The problem is that when I listen to this, I always think to myself "I would rather be listening to something else." I could live without it.
The inclusion of albums like this makes me wonder, isn't this list about "albums you should hear at least once before you die"?
This is the second album by The Divine Comedy that this site make me listen to. I didn't like the last one. It wasn't the worst thing I've heard, but it was boring and did not belong in the list.
This one is not better, and since I had heard Casanova and knew what the band sounds like before I clicked play on this one, it not falling far from expectation just makes it a more unpleasant listen.
Seriously, this band doesn't deserve two entries on the list. Great bands have showed up in my history, Sade, Fleet Foxes, The Strokes, Ride. They only have one album each, for god's sake.
This reminds me so much of Jeff Rosenstock. I'm gonna start calling this "proto-Jeff-Rosenstock"
Good. But I wish it had a faster tempo. In other words, I wish it was more "punk."
I feel like there should be a word for this phenomenon in which an artist has an obvious "best" work that outshines all their other albums, to the point you can't discuss any of their albums without stating "But anyway, this is not better than X[their best work]" This sucks when we're having a conversation because often time the focus point would be narrowed down to "X better."
For Lana Del Rey, that album is "Norman F Rockwell!" Dreamy vibes, piano rock ballads, and Lana's signature "so ridiculous it's borderline hilarious yet it's also oddly poetic" lyrical style, that album seems to have it all.
This one continues in that direction. So of course it inherited the critical acclaim from the media. In online spaces, it is not as well received as NFR.
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I consider myself a fan of NFR. I wrote all of the above when I was listening to track two. I was gonna end this review with a half-ironic conclusion that boils down to "NFR better." However as I proceeded down the tracklist, I found myself drawn to the sound of this one.
The melodies are pleasant. The lyrics are as funny as ever, but Lana's distinct voice makes it sound cool. This album also carries on the melancholy atmosphere of "NFR!" Granted, it's basically what Lana is most known for, but I wasn't expecting it to be executed just as excellently because
a.)This album is not as celebrated in online circles.
b.)NFR falls in the realm of that soft piano rock genre, while this one contains more folk influences.
No wonder so many artists try to copy something from Lana, there is indeed something special in her.
Usually I'd love to complain about how the albums in this list is not even the chosen artist's best work. With "Cemtrails Over the Country Club," that isn't the case. While I still consider NFR to be Lana's best, I don't understand why this is considered a much inferior record by people on the internet. Unless it grows off me heavily in the near future (which seems unlikely), I would say this is her best right after NFR!
I've listened to this one before. I know it holds a lot of emotional weight to many people.
As for me, I don't hate it, but I don't get it either, sorry!
It's experimental, kinda cool.
Though I'm not sure if I'm understanding it, or am I just overinterpreting
Psychedelic rock/pop music from the 1960s. Some parts of this gets very freaky in an "ahead of its time" sense, like "Draft Morning," which becomes a chaotic sound effect collage right in the middle.
Unfortunately, despite bringing interesting ideas to the table, the song writing on this one doesn't do much for me. Still appreciate it though.
Finally, an album that I've always loved. This is the best rap concept album ever. Kendrick is an once in a generation talent. 10/10, I will definitely copy this review when To Pimp A Butterfly eventually pops up.
I mean there's a reason you don't see this album in online music discourses
Weird how this is the first Pixies album I've ever listened to. Definitely a mistake on my part because I don't get the appeal at all. Need to check out their more acclaimed stuff.
Decent dance music, it was pleasant all the way through but nothing particularly stands out. I've enjoyed plunderphonics songs before, it seems like an album worth of plunderphonics is just not for me.
Not for me. And honestly I've heard so many better albums from the 80s
One of my favorite albums of all time. Blur's main things are making fun of the middle class and complaining about how modern life sucks. But at times, Damon Albarn would strip off the pretense, sing a love song, admit he's just as vulnerable as the people he writes about. He's a brilliant lyricist who hides his love for the world behind mockery and indifferences.
10/10 album
Post Punk albums are way too underrated on this site. And I like this one enough. Giving it a 4.
This is so much better than most of the shit this list put me through.
Not a grunge fan but this is probably the best album i've heard from the genre (possibly better than NIrvana)
Also Courtney Love is one the only good artist that's idiotic enough to complain about her band's rating on RYM
Good songs, but the version on Spotify is nearly unlistenable. Probably need a remaster to be appreciated by a younger audience.
