I couldn't get into this album for the longest time eventhough I really liked their albums before this. This one's good tho once I've got into it, but like it's Led Zeppelin so of course it has to be good.
My only complain is that it feels more like a compilation than a coherent album. Also double LP is kinda too long, esp with the weaker second half.
Fav tracks: In My Time of Dying, Houses of the Holy, Trampled Under Foot, Ten Years Gone
It's just not my thing at all, but the lyrics are great and I respect the artist's ideals.
Fav tracks: Jesus, Blue Monday People
I'd say it's "American Led Zeppelin", but with more country and southern influences. Banger riffs, overall great album with no duds, would give a 4.5 but I can't do that so 5 it is.
Fav tracks: Lookin' Out My Backdoor, I Heard It Through The Grapevine.
Quite monotonous, bored my brain out for half an hour. No moment really stuck with me. That might change if I ever give it a few more listens but I have better things to do with my time than that.
Eventhough I liked The Queen is Dead, this album is the most boring, monotonous and depressive-sounding thing I’ve ever listened to. There’s just no reason to be so fucking saaaaad. The guitar work is okay but Morrissey’ singing makes every song sounds the same, and the random weird noises don’t help.
There’s not even one track that stood out & I just wished this torture to be over. Bonus point for the guitar tho so 1.5/5
This one popped up on a day that I just one something fun to lighten up my mood a little, and it did just that.
Fave tracks: Spies, Parachutes, Everything's Not Lost.
If you ever think your poetry is shit remember there's this 45 years old guy rhyming hamburger with hamburger.
Best track: Irish Blood, English Heart
The first half was great, then the second half was definitely a lot weaker and became quite a drag. Also while Sade's vocals was not really my thing - the instrumentals kinda made up for it though. I'd say 3.5/5
Fav tracks: First 3
It's enjoyable enough, but every track sounds same-ish and repetitive to the point that if you listened to the first song then you're more or less done with the album because it's just the same thing over and over. It's still nice and fun though, and I don't necessary not like the album but I suppose I wouldn't go back to it on my own accord.
Fav track: Good Times
This is definitely not what I'd expect for the first Paul McCartney album. Very much incomplete, sketchy, jammy and whimsical, kinda like a compilation of all the stuff that had been sitting around in his notebook since the Beatles era but was never released. Still, there are some nice tracks on there, like Man We Was Lonely and Maybe I'm Amaze, and overall the album's not that hard of a listen.
2.75/5 rounded up
Simon & Garfunkel are definitely my comfort band.
Half of the album feels like you're lying on a field somewhere in the Welsh or Irish countryside unbothered by the world (Scarborough Fair, Cloudy, Homeward Bound, The Dangling Conversation, Flowers, For Emily, Poem on the Underground Wall, 7 O'Clock News), and the other half feels very whimsical and fun, which is not necessary bad (Patterns, Big Bright Green, 59th, A Simple Desultory Philippic). As you can see, they often intertwine, which, I don't even know if it's good for the album's overall narrative or not.
The opener and closer tracks are divine, and I'll love them to death. Homeward Bound is also quite nice, Big Bright Green and A Simple Desultory Philippic are definitely very fun to listen to. Other tracks might be a bit forgettable tho.
Solid 4.
It's fun, and there're a few great songs. They somehow managed to make every song feels unique while still have a certain sound of there own, which is good.
Fav tracks: Take Me Out, Darts Of Pleasure, Come On Home, 40'
3.75/5 rounded up.
It’s good, but I probably don’t need to listen to THAT much Christmas music on my own accord.
3/5
It was... okay. A bit lackluster, comparing to previous Simon & Garfunkel's albums, or probably because I listened to too much folk lately. Either way, Mother and Child Reunion was lovely.
3.5/5
Does Sex Machine have to be so goddamn long when we could bump Everyday People up a few minutes? Apparently the band thought it does.
That track aside, the album was good. Aside from the obvious classic, title track, I Want to Take You Higher and Somebody's Watching You are my favourites.
3.5/5 rounded up
I never liked hiphop though admittedly I've never properly listened to any hiphop album. So I tried diving into this with an open mind, and oh man, it's really not my thing.
Uninspired beat plus some weird noises that sound like nails on a chalkboard. The lyrics are okay but they generally don't rhyme very well except the chorus and the album sounds like someone was preaching a lecture or the 7AM news to a beat. Those "spoken word" albums I've listened to are still more melodic than this, which is kinda insane. I mean, I can see how people still consider this as music, but I would rather read those lyrics as poems than... whatever this is.
2/5
My impression when I was listening to it was "I like this one", but now after 10+ hours I realised I don't really remember anything about it. The double album format was quite a drag though, but tbf I never really enjoyed double albums except rock operas/concept albums.
3.5/5
The thing about this album is my friend had recommended this one to me a while ago, but I was just a bit reluctant because they said something along the lines of "it's kinda weird" and I was like "what the hell of a genre is baggy anyway". So this is kinda the final push I need to actually put this one on.
And it was a pleasant surprise. The instrumental composing was very complex, and there's an otherworldly, dreamy and psychedelic feeling about it. Messed with my head just right.
Liked this one from start to finish but the stand out tracks are: She Bangs The Drums, Bye Bye Bad Man, Made of Stone, Shoot You Down, I Am The Resurrection.
Kinda reminds me of Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen but I relate more to their music than him for some reason I can't explain.
The first few tracks are quite hard to get into, but then it either got better or I got used to his singing/songwriting style, and it got more decent.
Christina the Astonishing was very hauntingly beautiful and I was in love with the background vocals in When I First Came to Town.
Straight to You & Loom of the Land - a bit more loving though still very gloomy. The latter reminds me of Hannibal Lecter and his sister Mischa for some reason.
3.5/5. Might grow on me a bit more after a few more listens tho, which I'll defo give.
Edit: It really did grow on me. 4/5
I wanted to turn this off after the first song but had to stick with the promise to listen to every album back to back at least once before rating. Still had to leave out the last 3 tracks, because I still like my sanity intact, thank you very much.
This whole thing is just rambling over a backing track, which sounds like a bunch of banging noises thrown at a wall but no one gives a shit what sticks. I suppose people often praise rap/hip hop stuff for their lyrics, but there were just too much cuss words and violent imagery and misogynistic lines for me to want to pay attention anymore.
If I could give any rating lower than 1 I would. I would even take Morrissey's whining than whatever this is, and everyone knows I hate that lad.
It was, unironically, not a good day.
He has his head so far up his own ass that he started thinking he's a god. Why do people even like this misogynistic piece of shit is lost to me.
I'd rather not hearing this before I die.
Live albums shouldn't be on here, and half of the tracks weren't even written by The Who either, so why bother. Should be replaced by some other Who albums or album from other act altogether.
I don't think I need a 15 minute version of My Generation - unless I'm actually at a Who concert, that is.
3/5
It's very jazzy, oddly comforting somehow. But it's not my favorite Waits album, and I think this one kinda dragged on for too long, being a double album.
3/5
It was okay, but nothing really stood out for me lyrically and musically. I have one thing to say tho, the album is as melodramatic as the name suggests.
I might give it another listen and change the rating still, but for now it's a 3.
Fav tracks: Liability, Perfect Places
Good album. I don't have the energy for proper prose right now so this should be a placeholder for future edits.
Fav tracks: Lonestar
4/5
This is very reminiscent of The Stone Roses, except I like Stone Roses more and this, apparently, came out after them. Every track kinda sounds the same, but they're not that hard on the ear.
3/5
I like this album, eventhough it took 2 listens for me to really get it, and 1 more for me to vaguely enjoy Land. Patti Smith's voice is unique and very punky. Starting your career with "Jesus died for somebody' sin but not mine" is crazy tho. Fun story is that I had to look up if she's into women after that first song, and I was very disappointed to find out she isn't.
But dear God, this album cover changed my brain chemistry forever.
Fav track: Gloria (I love this one so much), Redondo Beach, Birdland, Break It Up
4/5
Pink Floyd is easily one of my top 5 favourite acts of all time, but I couldn't get into them (or mostly DSOTM) for the longest time until I stumbled upon this album. I didn't have high expectation considering my impression at the time, but Piper blew my mind and got me hooked into Pink Floyd forever.
So I was overjoyed to finally get a Pink Floyd album, especially their first one at that.
Solely based on the sound of this album, this should only be a 4. But considering how this album essentially got me into Pink Floyd, and how this album kickstarted Pink Floyd's career as well as Syd Barrett's continuous influence on the band even years after his departure, I couldn't give this album anything but a 5.
The tragedy of Pink Floyd is that there is no Pink Floyd without Syd Barrett. With Syd Barrett, they would be a good band, but never one of the greatest bands of all time. So the only way is to have Syd Barrett for a while, then let him go.
Gave me mild headache and I didn't enjoy it very much, especially the singing. Best song on the album should be Parklife tho.
2.5/5
Will save this for the off-chance I have a Latin-themed dance party... but before that happens, this gets a 3.
(What I mean is dance music is good, but it's just not something for when you're holed up in your room I guess)
I don't think I need to say more. Pure masterpiece. The first true 5* in the list.
I relate to this so much it’s concerning.
Tbh this could be somewhat entertaining at times, and I feel like I would like it better if the album actually came out in the 70s and not 30 years later.
So, nothing really stood out and I don't think this should be on the list at all.
Fav track: Happy Alone, Joe's Head
2.5/5
Painfully average.
Fav tracks: Gasoline Alley, Only A Hobo
2.5/5
First Beatles album on the generator, also the first Beatles album I've listened to back to back. Every single song on here was enjoyable, I can't even have anything negative to say about the album. I love this one so much.
Fav tracks: Title, With A Little Help From My Friends, Lucy, She's Leaving Home, When I'm 64, A Day In The Life
5/5
It's good. Kinda background-y music though, which I don't like that much since I'm more of an active listener.
But it's still good.
3.5/5
First time listening to a classical-fusion rock album I guess, and it's quite good. Probably have to listen to the original version that they covered, but for now this gets a 3.5.
Fav tracks: The Gnome
Oh good lord.
I mean, okay. The instrumentals was nice and I really did enjoy listening to it at some certain points. But the lyrics are downright annoying and VERY repetitive, like do I need to listen to this guy saying the same thing for the 30th time in a song? Probably not.
This could be a good album to dance to tho, I'll give it that. When you kinda tune out the lyrics and mostly jive to good beats.
2/5
It's VERY good. Very comforting and cozy as well, def something everyone should listen to before they die.
The downside is most of the songs weren't writen by Redding himself, but oh well. Gonna check out his other albums either way.
Fav tracks: Ole Man Trouble, My Girl
4/5 (maybe a bit more than 4 tho).
This one is GREAT. Has to be among one of my favorite discoveries since starting to use the generator. I think I’ve read that it has a recurrent theme and could be considered a rock opera, though I’m not quite sure about that.
Fav tracks: Yes Sir No Sir, Some Mother’s Son, Shangri-La, Mr Churchill Says, She Bought A Hat….
4.5/5
I haven't listened to anything this genre so I didn't expect to like the album this much when I started. But it turned out to be a very fun and overall great album, enjoyed every second of it.
Fav tracks: A Message to you Rudy, Doesn't Make It Alright,...
I normally don't enjoy Britpop that much but this album is a completely different story, or as the title may suggest, Different Class. Reminiscent of David Bowie in some way, and I wouldn't be surprised if they took inspiration from David Bowie. (Update: Apparently they did)
This album, though having upbeat music and generally quite quirky and fun lyrics, the sprinkle of social commentary makes it feel darker and more introspective. Enjoyed every second of it.
Fav tracks: Common People, Something Changed, Underwear, Bar Italia
Was having a good streak lately but this album balanced it out by being an absolute snoozefest. I don't NOT like the almost spoken word singing style but her voice just doesnt work that way. So eventually every song started sounding the same and I genuinely don't know why this is so critically acclaimed.
Generic hard rock stuff. Have both things I generally don't like in albums: Live and double.
Paint It Black is the best song on here. The rest is decent but they have misogynistic lyrics that made me quite uncomfortable...
3.5
Fav tracks: Everything Must Go, Australia
