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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| Loveless | 5 | 3.17 | +1.83 |
| Fragile | 5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
| Joan Armatrading | 5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
| Music in Exile | 5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
| Urban Hymns | 5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
| Zombie | 5 | 3.47 | +1.53 |
| Surfer Rosa | 5 | 3.51 | +1.49 |
| So | 5 | 3.55 | +1.45 |
| Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots | 5 | 3.58 | +1.42 |
| Pictures At An Exhibition | 4 | 2.65 | +1.35 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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| Signing Off | 1 | 2.97 | -1.97 |
| Tracy Chapman | 2 | 3.78 | -1.78 |
| Highway 61 Revisited | 2 | 3.77 | -1.77 |
| New Boots And Panties | 1 | 2.7 | -1.7 |
| Bitte Orca | 1 | 2.69 | -1.69 |
| With The Beatles | 2 | 3.67 | -1.67 |
| Birth Of The Cool | 2 | 3.65 | -1.65 |
| The Genius Of Ray Charles | 2 | 3.63 | -1.63 |
| Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme | 2 | 3.62 | -1.62 |
| Penthouse And Pavement | 1 | 2.62 | -1.62 |
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| Pink Floyd | 3 | 4.67 |
| Pixies | 3 | 4.67 |
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Robbie Williams
3/5
So, this is the debut of Robbie Williams, who had been dubbed as the fat dancer of Take That, a boyband group that did not reach me, maybe because I was born just as they were peaking and split just as I was just a toddler, I have heard tracks by them but if you ask me(guy from South America) they weren't memorable. Life Thru a Lens destiles what was popular in the UK over 95 to 97 and sold it in a pretty package. However if you can have the real thing, why get a imitation? Angels follows the balladry roadmap made famous by Oasis and if they weren't so much into the mirror and the razor blade they could have had a big hit like that on that year(Don't Go Away and Stand By Me are the ballads of their 1997 album Be Here Now, which are killed for public consumption by too many guitar overdubs and over length). Let Me Entertain You is a nice change of pace later in the album, but this project is not one that I will listen to very much after writing this review.
Maybe my review is too harsh, but I went into it knowing the best tracks and the others were just ok. https://youtube.com/shorts/NkElJrwC3_k a lighthearted moment non monkey man related
5/10
2 likes
Black Sabbath
4/5
So, I hadn't heard of this album in full. Only NIB one time ages ago, this slaps, but also has space for growth. 4/5 RIP Ozzy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkcRxCUZWB0
1 likes
The Velvet Underground
4/5
This might not be a perfect recording album, there are times where the drummer does not know whether the band is still going and if they need to stop, but it gives it a charm that otherwise it wouldn't have.
1 likes
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Very bleak listen, no redemption is found to the characters in the album, there's no rainbow at the end of the road, just the everyday life of middle America. Not something I'd listen regularly, but it's a nice change of pace in the boss discography 7/10
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Gorillaz
3/5
Knew the singles from back in the day, had not heard the full LP beforehand. It's interesting, cause before today Clint Eastwood was the highlight, but Rock The House took the spot today from today. The ending track was annoying.
Rush
4/5
After first listen, side A classic, side B needs a bit of time to get used to. Geddy's voice is fine.
Paul Simon
3/5
There are nice elements in this album(specially the backing vocals) , but the reverb at some points is too much for my liking. Maybe it would've been revelating to listen when it was released, but as it is right now it's just a palate cleanser
Pink Floyd
5/5
So far this is the first one that I've heard it beforehand in full and it's a 10, no much more to say, everyone in Floyd was at top of their game in the studio for the recording of this album.
Pixies
5/5
I laughed with the kind of mexican ranchera intro of Vamos. Everyone knows that Where's my mind is a classic for a reason, great songwriting from a band entering its prime years. Nirvana borrowed a trick or two but Kim Deal's backing vocals make this one way better than what Nirvana did to rule the world (Nevermind) 9/10
Hugh Masekela
3/5
Jazz does not interest me in a full LP form. I just need to listen to it more before having a fair judgement
The Offspring
3/5
Music is alright, not something I would get out of my way to hear, maybe a greatest hits type of thing.
Cocteau Twins
4/5
I had heard Loveless and Nowhere and see elements of that in here, but I prefer more focused lyrics. At times it works especially on the title track. But sometimes I want to hear something I can relate to.
Lorde
3/5
I feel like in the one listen I had it has something to offer but I just can't relate to it. I liked some songs on the first listen but it was more subdued than what I'd want to. And that's fine, but just not for me to listen in a full album.
Orange Juice
2/5
I'd say that it's a pretty unremarkable album, one that has been lost in time to the wayside of better artists, it has good instrumentation, but I feel like it has a Morrissey wannabe without having the lyrical prowess of Moz. However it does not have the magic of Marr too.
Bongos to fill up the sound at times was a good decision. Having synth sax was not, do the real thing.
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
Great orchestration, it was a soothing experience, but I think I need more time to get it 8/10
Nas
4/5
A hood classic Nas showing lyrical prowess impressive to his age at the time of recording.
The La's
4/5
Influential indie rock album from the UK that inspired the mid 90s britpop scene well crafted pop songs, Looking Glass has nice lyrics but the length is not justified. Nice tempo change to finish, impressive drummer to not let it out of control. I had heard this album years ago and while the singles are the strongest of the bunch(There she goes, Feelin) it is a consistent listen. Maybe someone shouldve said Lee Mavers(lead singer/acoustic guitar) to not strum as hard as he did. But maybe that's part of the charm of the band.
Justice
4/5
Starts strong, but after a while it gets tiring. Maybe that was their intention.
Eagles
3/5
Hotel California is popular for a reason, but it doesn't speaks to me wholly. The singles bang, victim of love verses are alright, but the chorus falters. The rest were okish but without a low light. 7/10
Richard Thompson
2/5
It did not resonate with me, I'd need more listen sessions with lyrics to get it, but probably won't do that. 4/10
The Velvet Underground
4/5
This might not be a perfect recording album, there are times where the drummer does not know whether the band is still going and if they need to stop, but it gives it a charm that otherwise it wouldn't have.
Elliott Smith
4/5
It's long winded, but I kinda like it. It was a great introduction to Elliott Smith.
FKA twigs
2/5
Downtempo electronic music, not my jam
Roxy Music
3/5
It has it's great moments (Grey Lagoons, Do the Strand), but the experimentation at times put me off. I do like Glam Rock, but this took it farther than what I would've expected, maybe that was the role of Eno in the group. 7/10
Tina Turner
2/5
Tina Turner is great singer, but this album didn't left me wanting to hear it again.
Coldplay
3/5
Jeff Buckley inspired a lot of UK singers to do soulful falsetto (famously Thom Yorke left a Buckley in tears to complete Fake Plastic Trees), Travis was another big band from the era that have kuddos to the great Jeff. Muse too were inspired by the american singersongwriter(Matt Belamy bought Buckley's telecaster 3 years ago)
Parachutes is a perfect autumn/winter time album, from the soft landing Don't Panic to the euphoric chorus of Everything's not Lost this is a band that began their way following the steps of their peers, but found more success than the rest. Imagine writing a single about the yellow pages and it becomes the signature song of your band instead of the intended single (Shiver a song about not being noticed, life finds a way to make jokes sometimes).
I tried to learn some of the songs in acoustic guitar, but Chris Martin loves tuning the guitars in weird ways(at least true for this album). While I don't like what the band became after Viva La Vida this is an stunning debut. 7/10 Shiver should've been more popular than what it was.
2/5
It is fun, but I'm not feeling fun
Stan Getz
4/5
I will rate it as 9/10 the Sax could get in the voice ways in at least two cuts(girl from Ipanema and some other one from side B), but other than that it was a great soothing listen.
Miles Davis
3/5
Need more listens, but it was nice to hear Miles and his way of forward thinking ways. 7/10
Jazmine Sullivan
3/5
Engaging at times, too many interludes at others, an update to the Misseducation of Lauryn Hill, but I don't feel it had a unique doo wop(that thing) that is a highlight above the rest of the material. 6/10
Animal Collective
3/5
I am listening for the second time the album just to confirm my feelings, something I havent felt the need on any of the albums beforehand.
In The Flowers is a strong opener, but I dont feel the payoff I expected, the drums are nice.
Also Frightened sounds like band was drunk while recording the vocals, or the layering makes me feel like I'm stumbling in a boat.
I feel like this album is like an Onion, I just need to keep peeling the layers before I can get it.
Daily Routine has a riff after a bit of singing that sounds annoying to me.
22:49 I feel annoyed(this is the bit where the riff is at the forefront) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmmHQpjR8LY (LP rip of the album)
Guys Eyes pulls me back in for a little bit.
This is my first experience listening to AC, so it's not something that spoke to me in my first or second listens, it is impressive technically speaking, but https://x.com/soocayne/status/1227436682707980290
6/10
Violent Femmes
4/5
Blister in the sun was a banger I knew beforehand, loved this album. Maybe I'd rather not have a slow jam to finish the project, but thats just me nitpicking. Sounds way better than other albums I have heard of the same years and it has no annoying reverb drums that were the bane of the 80's
Pixies
4/5
It started out weird, but with a vibe that I love (surf rock) the Nirvana connection is not as prominent on this one but still you can get some hints of it. All in all a great album. Maybe Stormy Weather should've been more cooked in the lyrical aspect or put out as a B-side.
The Modern Lovers
2/5
I am Straight sounds like Marcy Playground, earlier cuts sound like a hybrid of The Doors and VU, it could've been more influential if it was released in 1972 instead of 76. The group that recorded this album went to greener pastures. How strange is that Mr Cale released a cover of Pablo Picasso before the band had their album out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nf5aOrL3sc
Other than that, it did not move me.
Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) - keys
Ernie Brooks (David Johansen) - bass
David Robinson (The Cars) - drums
Jonathan Richman - vocals, guitar
4/10
Germs
2/5
This is an influential work that paved the way for hardcore punk, but at times the bass and drums felt out of place, the snarl of Darby led to some lyrics being unintelligible, he was the star of the show when it was clearer, but that's wasn't always the case. Pat Smear plays some interesting stuff in the album. And the final song feels unnecesary long for what it was.
But who says you need to be proficient to be good in music? It might not be the most technically gifted group or the best engineering work, and that's what it gives it a character that pop-punk post 90's does not have. 5/10
It won't join my listening playlist but I respect it for what it is, a group channeling chaos
Elton John
4/5
Incredible stuff from Elton, Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding took off at the 3rd minute of the song and it doesnt really takes a breath until Jamaica Jerk-off. Incredible album that its near perfection for example the fake crowd in Bennie and The Jets, the lyrical matter of Jamaican Jerkoff, why is the bass drum that loud in I've Seen That Movie Too?
( https://imgur.com/FbXI0Vo comment from the Youtube upload of that track) after the rest of the instruments get louder it is less noticeable
Of the deepcuts that I didnt know Grey Seal stood out as a highlight of the album alongside Bennie and The Jets, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)
9.75/10
N.W.A.
3/5
Influential, but does not talk to me.
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
Nice, relaxing, would not pick it again.
UB40
1/5
I feel like it has a message but it did not reach nor move me. This is the first one I rate one star.
Beastie Boys
4/5
Fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W516wEFmmPE
Frank Sinatra
3/5
It's crazy how technology has changed the ways music was recorded, back in the 50's it was set up so the live performance was recorded in studio without overdubs just like the band would do so in a concert hall, if someone made a mistake a take just wouldn't be good enough to be released. In just over 10 years Beach Boys and Beatles would go on to record some incredible albums compared to what was before.
Crazy that an album like this(with so many studio session musicians) could only be made nowadays by a major label artist, maybe for the better(?)
I've got you under my skin had 22 takes(not all of them were of the full song) before Sinatra was satisfied with his performance, what a bad luck for the trombone player.
6/10
Eminem
3/5
The singles of this album were part of my childhood and early teens (TRL/MTV era) got into the album, knowing pretty well that this project had more than questionable lyrics, but that 1-2 punch of Kill You and Stan is so great that it is almost forgivable. If only the second half of the album didn't feel so damn dragging. Ken Kaniff is one skit too much on a 70+ minute album. Kinda wished that this album came after License to Ill instead of Sinatra in between them. 7/10
Whoever told Em to write The Way I Am and Real Slim Shady after delivering the first draft of the album was the MVP of the project
https://youtu.be/eOAiwE48g10
Bob Dylan
2/5
This album is relevant to the list, if I had a complaint is that the harmonica is a tiny bit too loud, maybe mic it better or find some studio musician like the rest of the band, but maybe that's a bit of the charm of Dylan, true perfection can't be perfect.
I'd rather listen to an artist cover Dylan, but he's a main player of what came after 1965 so I'll pay him some respect by saying that he was a notch ahead of his peers on the lyrical matters. Maybe put down the harmonica for a while, for the better.
Elvis Presley
3/5
There are 3 songs that I really enjoyed but I don't remember which ones they were. Pretty much an inoffensive Elvis album. Why wasn't Suspicious Minds in this one?
5/5
Bowie is a enigma to me, changing the way he sounded with the different records he made, Ziggy Stardust was the start of his chameleon era where he would make characthers for every album.
Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust starts with a strong 1-2-3-4 combo and while the middle falters a bit it ends as strong as it begun. Fuck it, I'm giving it a 4.5/5 rounded up to 5 Stars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5no3g4Xbimc
Grizzly Bear
3/5
The judge isnt out yet for me, need more listens to give it a fair judgement, its a nice chilly album.
Radiohead
4/5
Radiohead was in a weird spot in their young trajectory when it came to record OK Computer, they had two choices either go pop with material like Lift that only got live outings in the bends tour before being tossed aside, I think the band took the right choice on doing something that was unique for its time, but gave an entry point for Coldplay
What can be said about Ok Computer that hasnt been said? I like how it ends with a slow down idiot and starts with a car crash it gives it an element of replayability that is a stroke of genious.
9/10 I dont like Fitter Happier
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Tom York lives in a society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTlZsyas-eI
Laura Nyro
4/5
Every track had me second guessing where will the next turnaround will happen? It's a amazing record of great songs, maybe if Laura was willing to play the game it would've been more recognizable, but as it is it's a great surprise to find if you search for your favourite songwriter's favourite songwriter.
https://youtu.be/APZN_uL-z0A Todd Rundgren talks about Laura and how she hated making this album and on the flip side how afterwards her process wasn't as concise to make more music.
Doves
3/5
Follows the lineage of british pop/rock music of the 90's and early 2000's, where Radiohead, Oasis and Coldplay were kings while being distinct from eachother, the twist is that instead of shakers seen in Paranoid Android, they used the cuica and the clarinet.
In theory it should be up my alley, but it feels like a second grade replacement, I would like instead the real thing(is FNM in the list?) please. 5/10
Fela Kuti
4/5
Hypnotic, serves well as background music, Fela Kuti jamming with his band and augmented with Ginger Baker. Whats not to love about this? Maybe not if you want pop songs, but thats not what Kuti did. 9/10
Van Halen
4/5
Its a fine album, not one that I love, but understand its position as influential in the following decade. 7/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrFxKY6aFrQ
Saint Etienne
2/5
I felt bored. Nice background music, but most likely won't listen again
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
A bit too noisy, the moments where feedback weren't painstakingly loud were nice, but that was the minority of the time. Another stepping stone in rock history.
Jeff Buckley
5/5
Breathtaking, the more I hear about Jeff the more I wish he didn't take that swim on the Mississippi river. His angelic voice is what most people notice, but the guitar playing on this album is top notch, amazing songwriting.
To imagine that Jeff didnt liked his voice at first and only wanted to be known as a guitar player...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYmIlkCgIvU
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
Before yesterday I didn't knew much about this album besides the three main singles(Setting Sun, Block Rockin Beats and Electrobank), while the third one is better in the full form(it was edited down for single release) I think that this album suffers from the extended runtime gained due to CD being the popular method of album release. Not to say that it was a bad experience, just a tiny bit too long. 8/10
Other than that, what's not to love, I love when the bass was cranked up in the outro of Electrobank
https://youtu.be/DS6udW_D5N0
Elvis Presley
3/5
https://youtu.be/A6dw3_Sy3NA
3/5 covers that don't hit as hard as their originals, but I suppose it's historical merit makes it a must listen on this list.
Frank Ocean
4/5
So, the interpolation was clever, but when it was glaring (Elton John's Bennie and the Jets and Coldplay's Fix You) it took me out for a bit, but it wasn't like total turn off. Monks is another highlight than the ones in other reviews.
https://youtu.be/_591yozrv9o
Nirvana
4/5
I had written a pretty extended review of the album. Kurt playing and control of feedback is top notch(especially on Radio Friendly Unit Shifter). Scentless Apprentice might be the best drum take by Grohl in Nirvana. 8/10
https://youtu.be/riIWXeCYJvw
Alanis Morissette
4/5
You Oughta know and Ironic are kind of incapable in terms of popularity and knowledge it's top of Alanis pop powers and deservedly so. It might be a tiny bit too dated but it is still enjoyable. The hidden track gives out a nice coda to the album. 8.5/10 https://youtube.com/shorts/mwd0Ks59Ty8
Green Day
5/5
So, this is an album that even after 31 years it still feels fresh, relatable to youth, maybe a bit of updating some lyrics of Longview about TV to make it about Social Media, but it still talks about coming of age and the dissapointment of growing up. I also played along with the album for a change of pace https://imgur.com/a/Biazjou I need to pratice more guitar
The Police
3/5
Message in a Bottle starts the album so strong that the rest of the album pales compared to it. The Police know how to do their thing, but by the second side I just want it to be over with. Also the band had to re-record a previously released B-side to fill up the album(the closer No Time This Time was B-side of So Lonely of the previous album).
It is more interesting than UB40, has a better single, but other than the opener and closer I dont like much this album. Copeland does have some amazing drumming chops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu5zxlQOfyM
Mj Cole
2/5
Good singles, tad too long and way too many remixes, could make good studying music or something.
Fatboy Slim
3/5
While Fatboy Slim is one of the great players of the Big Beat genere in the UK scene of the 90's/2000s. But, I feel like this album does not feel like an essential release to be on the 1001 list. There are some bangers, but nothing on the level of future albums (You've Come a Long Way, Baby or Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars).
Favorite tracks: Going out of My Head, Everybody Needs a 303, The Sound of Milwaukee.
The guitar riffs of Santa Cruz sounds like something U2 would do on their 90s albums 7/10
My least favorite moment the slowed down sample of Punk to Funk without anything to cover the fact that it was slowed down. Like nails to chalkboard.
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Fun vibes, most songs of this album was about a soccer player. It did not have a stand out moment like Girl from Ipanema but it was great nonetheless. 8/10
Björk
3/5
It has hints of future things, but hasn't got really everything together 7/10
Space Ghost(RIP) & Bjork https://youtu.be/tVMPL56mdGg
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
Cool to hear stuff that isn't necessarily from US/UK, it has its moments, but I think it falters like most soundtracks due to not having the source material with it. 6/10
Sonic Youth
4/5
Sugar Kane, Swimsuit Issue, On the Strip and Chapel Hill(the best for me) are the highlights of the album
On Orange Rolls, Angel Spit Kim Gordon sounds like the drummer from the band of Scott Pilgrim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoS7b0u79mw
Sister Sledge
4/5
The best Chic album that Chic did not made, or had their name on the sleeve. One thing that made me put it as a 4 star instead of 5 was the running time and Somebody Loves Me, but its a great album nonetheless.
Sade
3/5
I vibed along with it, but Smooth Operator was such a high that wasnt matched by the rest of the material.
Dirty Projectors
1/5
Temecula Sunrise feels like im on a bumpy road and I fall into potholes after getting some traction, I dont know how else to explain it, motion sickness set to music perhaps?
Why is the Bride using the same cadence on a different key from Temecula Sunrise. ugh, this one is going to be painful, in theory I like this kind of music but somehow its pissing me off.
The high note on Stillness Is The Move would move me more if it was done on a better song
Two Doves is a nice break on the album
Useful Chamber 5:25 Nah fuck this, I was between a 2 star or 1 but this moment gave me a headache
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Stevie knows how to play the harmonica, and in a tastefull way. Superstition, Maybe Your Baby(at least the first half, the second drags a bit), You are the Sunshine of My Life and I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever) are my highlights. Stevie had a great emancipation album, but its not a perfect one
The Monkees
3/5
The fact that this was #2 in the charts behind Sgt Pepper blows my mind. A passable pop album, but might not have repeated listens value. Zilch and Band 6 are skits before the term was invented
Good album, but not something I'll go back to
6/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUIn9NwIEMM
Ryan Adams
3/5
Can I separate the artist from the alegations? Probably not in this case, good album, but most likely is the only time I'll listen willingfully to a Ryan Adams project.
Come Pick Me Up and To be the One shouldnt be together, man fade out into fade in with harmonica does not work
6/10
System Of A Down
3/5
I actually don't like much SOAD stuff from this album. But it resonates with a lot of people from my generation so they did good, just not for me.
Meme time
https://youtu.be/__rjo9XZl-g
Johnny Cash
4/5
The adlibs make this album way more fun than if it was just a straight forward Cash performance, Johnny wasn't there to patronize the inmates, just perform his songs and it gives a charm it wouldn't have otherwise
AC/DC
3/5
Solid rock album that doesn't try to invent the wheel, at times it's really good(The title track), but there's not enough variation to keep me engaged on it.
5/10
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2/5
I was reading the reviews when I was listening to this album hayward-s-cayenne's gave me a chuckle as I was at that moment in the album. Other than that the other remarkable thing was the Woody Guthrie impression in New York Town, nice spoken intros, but other than that its just a man with a guitar 4/10
Jimmy Smith
4/5
A damn fine jazz instrumental album. I'll be returning to the chicken shack, or at least to the title track. 8/10
The United States Of America
2/5
I had listen to it, but somehow did not write a review, so here it is: it did not stand out, experimental music
Adele
3/5
I had written a review where I compared the rise of Adele with the RnB/Soul shaped hole that Amy Winehouse and Duffy had left after their big breaks and how Rolling in The Deep was such a catalyst of everything else to come, this album was a savior for the music industry, however as a whole it leaves a lot to be desired, but if you want heartbreak ballads you are in the right place with Adele. Just wish there was a bit more of diversity in the project. 5/10
The Beach Boys
4/5
Great songs I knew beforehand (Caroline, No. Wouldn't It Be Nice and God Only Knows), this album was inspired after Brian Wilson heard the US version of Rubber Soul that had a folk/rock sound, but mostly inspired by the use of Sitar in Norwegian Wood and how The Beatles crafted songs with unusual instrumentation. While this album is a great way of displaying that mindset in a full project. The album starts strong, but in the middle it falters, but ends strongly so I'll give it 7/10
Mylo
3/5
Initial impressions after first two tracks, this is very tame and easy listen, is the album title ironic or sarcastic? Was expecting something more biting
who are the missing persons so repeated in the title track? lol
Its a pretty chill album. Is it DEST ROYR OCK& ROLL or DROR EOCO SYKL TR&L? https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQc676lFJBfqmlQnJKCHXRja36BTxXtyv2a7lY6xq7dBiTRWilCeP-pT0I-mjMCSzHDoLE&usqp=CAU
Sigur Rós
3/5
I feel like its an album to listen to and relax, but if you asked me to sing out loud I would struggle to sing along with it. Not that it is a bad quality per se.
Jurassic 5
3/5
It's an album by an artists I tought I did not know, but there's a Nelly Furtado collab and lead single's (What's Golden) keyboard was used in my nationwide network of music for some jingles in the 2010's.
Like the ending cut says in a sample: "Que viva la musica" but this project might be a tad too long 6/10
Santana
4/5
Breathtaking guitar playing and such unique way of blending Latin infused music with rock.
Blur
3/5
It feels like an awkward spot between the Life trilogy of albums (Modern Life, Parklife and The Great Escape) and 13. There are great moments in here(Beetlebum, Song 2 and On Your Own), but I feel like the album suffers from experimental stuff that wasn't their forte. A good first step from Damon Albarn into the path that would lead to Gorillaz, but as a whole the album feels uneven. 6/10
R.E.M.
3/5
Middle point between the early years and losing my religion, they started to pick up alternate instruments (mandolin and accordion). There are good songs in here but as a whole it did not grab me like future REM albums.
Beatles
3/5
Listened to the UK version of the album, features some recognizable songs in the title track and Can't Buy Me Love. It doubled as a movie soundtrack.
It's an album by The Beatles, the first with tracks only composed by the group, a lovely album, but not peak Beatles for me
Ian Dury
1/5
Could be worse, but I feel like this is the British answer to modern lovers. Which I didn't really like. Between one and two stars, would be more enjoyable without the singer
Joanna Newsom
3/5
It sounds fantastic, but I cant stand Joanna's voice at times.
Otis Redding
4/5
Cool covers, and songs that became famous after they were covered by other artists.
Yes
5/5
Jojo memes here (and a pretty darn good album)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
Hey let's make an instrumental album with classics done in a slight proggy way.
Gram Parsons
2/5
Country is a genere that doesnt necesarilly pops out to me as interesting.
Ooh Las Vegas was the highlight, and the backstory of the widow rearranging the tracklist before it was released and swapping out songs that had Emmylou Harris in them and the original album cover so it was just Parsons alone.
2/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Hmmm blues rock with a slight polished sheen
T. Rex
3/5
I haven't had the pleasure of hearing a T. Rex project as a whole only Bang a Gong(the Oasis rip off connection) and 20th Century Boy
Buick MacKane sounds like Black Keys and offers some of the energy that I was looking for in the project. Can we talk about the album cover and how it looks like an inspiration for young Slash to wear a hat? He says otherwise
Chariot Choose sounds like RHCP with the yeahs yeahs😆
I do not appreciate the backing vocals would be better if they were more on the background instead of the ear piercing that pops up at random times 6/10
Nick Drake
4/5
Feels like a well worn jacket one that reminds you of better days gone by. Nick Drake had a way to combine subtle instrumentals with lyrics that foretold his lack of success in his lifetime, maybe a part of its appeal, you hear an artist crafting songs for himself and maybe close friends, but without thinking about stardom or riches.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Very bleak listen, no redemption is found to the characters in the album, there's no rainbow at the end of the road, just the everyday life of middle America. Not something I'd listen regularly, but it's a nice change of pace in the boss discography 7/10
Khaled
1/5
Tracks I've liked at least instrumentally 1,2,5, 11 won me back after a long time of midtempo tracks
there are songs where the rip of the audio skips, but thats on the ripper itself not the artist
will I listen to this album after this review? most likely not... I would erase the Imagine cover, way too long too. 3/10
Deerhunter
4/5
There were moments where it almost lost me but the second half of the album was stronger than the first(other than the second one which was the best of the bunch), feels like a 2010's indie rock album a nice discovery to have. 8/10
Coronado and Don't Cry were my highlights. Album cover is weird
Elvis Costello
2/5
meh, lost the saved comments, here's the dj comparing brutal with a Elvis Costello song, the CD era gave the liberty to artists to lenghten their albums without caring about quality control
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mnibauANPaQ
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Pretty good, the murder mystery was something unique, could see the inspiration behind sweater song there. But did not have a sensory overload moment like heroin.
Gotan Project
3/5
On hold music, it was relaxing to listen to, but its not something I would seek out to listen on my own.
Kraftwerk
2/5
Not the first german electronic artist I've heard(Neu! debut a few years ago), it started strong, but as it went on I kept being relaxed and not engaged as much as I'd like
The first track was the best one, feel like the album felt empty with so much repetition, but that's how the genere goes, so not a them problem but a me one. 5/10
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5/5
What was that noise at the end of Mississippi Kid?
There are few moments that feel outworldly like the outro to Freebird, fuck it 5/5
Cypress Hill
3/5
West coast rap made leaps of progress in little time, 420 jokes and still hates the police. 7/10
Buck Owens
2/5
Meh, at least it was a quick one
Goldfrapp
3/5
Liked it, electronic music meets violins at times it got samey but I liked the vibes through out.
Radiohead
3/5
Hail to the thief came after such creative high from the band that it was almost impossible to do better than OKC/Kid A. They almost pulled it off, maybe if they trimmed the track list down. Or maybe that's just part of the charm. There are some high points of the band in here 2+2=5, Myxomatosis, There, There and A Wolf At The Doors can stand up next to the big tracks from their discog. But, why is The Gloaming the track that the band did the most post HTTT tour? Beats me. Since I've already shared the Thom entering without closing doors meme here's another one... https://youtu.be/1th0JYF4LbY
Hail to the Thief? It's a 6/10, way too long for me, the band disagrees on what track(s) they shouldn't have put out with the album, so I'm not going to list them.
Kanye West
2/5
First half kept me engaged, but after a while it was samey without a change. Hurry up with the goddamned croissants 4/10
My Bloody Valentine
5/5
Loveless was the future of rock, but somehow the high standards of it weren't followed by its peers. From the momment you hit play and the four snare drum hits of Only Shallow starts you know you are in good hands.
Sometimes is the most ballad-y cut of the album that it gives a breather, the album would suffer from not having a track like that one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jjXxKadVdQ
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
By their third studio album release the Pumpkins had already mastered the 4 piece rock sounds as shown on Siamese Dream, Billy Corgan began to write and boy he wrote more songs than necessary for a single CD, and while using the foundations already laid on previous material he grew more confident on the band habilities to record their instruments(previous endeavours were mostly recorded by Billy and the drummer Jimmy Chamberlain), or just by need, the band had to record their parts for this album, Jellybelly is a live cut made by the band performing in the studio. Tonight, Tonight brought back the stripped down acoustic vibes from Disarm, but instead of looking inwards while lamenting of broken childhood issues, was looking head on to the here and now with an full fledged orchestra.
This isnt a flawless album, there are some misses like the ending of Dawn to Dusk(the first disk CD), Take Me Down the song written by James Iha. Love, Cupid de Love, 1979 and Beautiful are a bridge to what the band did on the following album(Adore).
Dawn to Dusk 4.5/5
The second disc starts rocking with Where Boys Fear To Thread into Bodies
Man, what a song 1979 is and why the fuck is Tales Of A Scorched Earth next to it
XYU damn Billy you're going to blow your voice with that scream, by the end of Twilight to Starlight the band runs out of rockers and it feels like they shove the ballads together to end the album. Farewell and Goodbye is a nice closer that brings the project together with the callback to the intrumental intro of the title track
Twilight to Starlight 3.5/5, so in total its an 8/10, most likely Ill just listen to the first CD, but if I do that then I miss the great start of the second CD and XYU
Funny bit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX5zXdDr6Hg
Guns N' Roses
3/5
Amazing debut album by GnR, most people already know the singles by the repetition on MTV/radio, but the genious of Rose was take the normal structure of a rock song and give it a twist (Sweet Child o' Mine, Paradise City, Rocket Queen), Axl's voice can be grating, but when you hear It's so easy you can start to wonder why didnt he used his lower register more than just for a little bit. But the deep cuts arent as memorable(other than rocket queen that's it)
Elastica
4/5
Damn the vocals on Indian Song, blew me away. Knew Connection and Stutter before hearing the album, but not much else by the band.
The american version of the album has an extra track cowritten by Suede frontman Brett Anderson and shuffles Stutter and Vaseline.
It's an album from the UK rock scene in the 90's, funny how we have got 3 different projects with Damon Albarn in it, think that that ranking goes, Gorillaz > Elastica > Blur
this album is a 7/10
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Feels like the inspiration that Dido took to make her biggest hits, but I don't think it worked for EBTG. The remixes were cooler than the earlier tracks. Otherwise this album was not my cup of tea 3/10
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
One of these days I'm going to watch the movie, amazing album, love me some wah-wah with horns backing it up 5/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Good album bookended by the highlights. Monkey Man and Midnight Rambler are close ones tho. 7/10 Why was Honky Tonk Woman not part of this album? Dont like Country Honk as much.
The Replacements
2/5
I tought it was going to be the beatles one, the first track is the best of the bunch. 4/10
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Great harmonies, but the music wasn't as good as when they were with Neil
Young, sorry 7/10
Robbie Williams
3/5
So, this is the debut of Robbie Williams, who had been dubbed as the fat dancer of Take That, a boyband group that did not reach me, maybe because I was born just as they were peaking and split just as I was just a toddler, I have heard tracks by them but if you ask me(guy from South America) they weren't memorable. Life Thru a Lens destiles what was popular in the UK over 95 to 97 and sold it in a pretty package. However if you can have the real thing, why get a imitation? Angels follows the balladry roadmap made famous by Oasis and if they weren't so much into the mirror and the razor blade they could have had a big hit like that on that year(Don't Go Away and Stand By Me are the ballads of their 1997 album Be Here Now, which are killed for public consumption by too many guitar overdubs and over length). Let Me Entertain You is a nice change of pace later in the album, but this project is not one that I will listen to very much after writing this review.
Maybe my review is too harsh, but I went into it knowing the best tracks and the others were just ok. https://youtube.com/shorts/NkElJrwC3_k a lighthearted moment non monkey man related
5/10
The Byrds
2/5
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star feels like a shot at The Monkeys and their rise to fame, C.T.A.-102 a pleaseant song about aliens that halfway trough is taken hostage by an alien talking trough. There's some experimentation in this album, but it wasn't good enough for me, sorry 2 byrds out of 5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Is Elvis's back from the army? Maybe, but my god the session players were on fire for this one, it did not felt like it was too much like the previous one we heard which was further along on his discography. I wonder if that drum ending has been used as a sample for another song
Amy Winehouse
2/5
A pretty weak debut, tbh I don't think it belongs on the 1001 list and wouldn't be if it wasn't due to her next album, which rightfully is in. It shows promise, but it is way too long, and gets kinda monotony after a while. 3 hidden tracks when you want to finish don't help to get over that sensation that it should have offered less.
Kings of Leon
3/5
KOL's Aha Shake Heartbreak is a solid album, but Calleb sounds horny as fuck, think this album was on the original list as an answer to the Nu-metal being on the mainstream, but this album shows potential of things to come. Southern Strokes indeed. The Bucket and Slow Night, So Long were my highlights
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
California dreaming lifts a lot of the weight on this album, why is there a WC in the album cover? The Mamas and the Papas do know how to harmonize. Do not read about their personal relationships 😳
https://youtu.be/tNlwimUxUME they were forced to mime, so here's Michelle eating a banana in the middle of their performance. 3/5
Cream
4/5
Only knew sunshine of your love before hearing this project, enjoyable psychedelic blues rock. Contains one of the earliest wah-wah pedals in Tales of Brave Ulysses. Jack Bruce is the MVP of this album 4/5
The Jam
4/5
I knew by name the band, but hadn't reached out to hear a full project, the album starts with a pretty cool bassline in Pretty Green and off we go, it is better than some of other UK albums that we have heard, there's a track that almost follows the chord progression of Beatles' Taxman(Start) and another that wouldn't sound out of place in a Bloc Party album (Set The House Ablaze).
Maybe Music for the Last Couple could've lost a minute or so of the runtime, there are good songs I would like to go back to(the aforementioned and Thats Entretainment), but only time will tell if we hear more of Mr Weller/The Jam.
Stephen Stills
2/5
It starts strong with "Love the One You're With, but its not a very good album experience. Some of the last Hendrix recordings are in the album (Old Times Good Times) and afterwards we have Clapton (Go Back Home), but other than that it didnt convince me. 5/10
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Some of the finest Hendrix work in this album, however it doesn't keep the quality in some tracks.
Bold as Love''s outro you are leaving/entering a new planet and EXP is the aftermath of the success by the earthlings?
Charles Mingus
3/5
There were movements that grabs my attention but as a whole it isn't interesting enough to give it a full listen. Influential, but not for me.
Grant Lee Buffalo
3/5
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
But seriously, this is alt country with mascara. Wish it had more variety at times, suppose it didnt grab much attention in the states in the wake of Grunge, but if R.E.M. thinks it was great when they were in their acoustic years, it must be. Bowie hints here and there.
Kraftwerk
4/5
It feels like Im playing a SNES game with 6 different levels.
Metallica
3/5
I like my metal well mixed, this ain't it. Jason deserved better, the songs are allright, however due to it not having bass at all it can be a tiring experience. Highlights: The first 2 minutes of One, the acoustic bits of To Live Is to Die. Had potential to be rated higher, but listening with a headache isnt good.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Heartbreaks and orchestras. Frank was a wee sad boye for this one. But you won't mistake this project for someone else. Funny that it was basically a double album mixtape of cover versions and one original lyrics by Sinatra himself. Yank it loud.
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Hmmm at times the bass lines were interesting. But as songs or the project as a whole? Don't think so. I can't believe it's not butter https://youtu.be/7mSE-Iy_tFY
The Charlatans
2/5
On the back of an opening slot of the biggest UK gigs of the 90s(Oasis at Knebworth) and after loosing their keyboard player The charlatans released their most successful commercially speaking album. Is it good? I don't think so. The two instrumentals were the highlight of the album, can't stand Tim's voice, sorry.
David Bowie
4/5
What else can be said about Bowie that hasn't been said before? It's a good album, maybe too short on tracks, but it is an important moment of Bowie's discog, this would mark the end of debauchery and go away to Berlin to get detox and go away from the edgy persona of the thin white Duke. I'd add the title track TVC 15 and Golden Years to my playlist if I did something like that.
The Triffids
2/5
What is that sound on the right speaker in 1:20 of Open for You?
The rest of the album, just fine, dont see the reason of it being on a 1001 list to hear before you die. It feels like its drenched in reverb for no reason. Listened twice but was not impressed by the band, not feeling feverish as the title implies. 4/10
The Go-Go's
4/5
Joyful new wave album by all girls band The Go-Go's suppose it was influential to the rest of the acts of the decade and Green Day a decade later. Loved it.
Moby
2/5
So, Moby found a way to play the system by licensing tracks to movies, ads and tv shows, an approach that made the general audience more aware of who he was. I have heard the singles, some of them are good, the ones with repetitive vocal samples that arent masked by additional instrumentation are annoying.
So for me this is a 9 new track experience, lets see if it pays off...
No it doesn't, just like the Natalie Portman did not work out for Moby
I'd keep Bodyrock and South Side(if it's the one with Gwen Stefani). 3/10
Tim Buckley
3/5
Sex funk with a twist of acoustic guitar near the end. I can see where Jeff got it from, but he was way better than his dad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfi-xoD_-d4 maybe Tim should've toned down the sexiness of his lyrics.
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
So in a parallel universe the opener would be on Spongebob Square Pants as a theme song of a character that misses home. https://youtu.be/FtlFECUUuU8
4/10
Eels
3/5
https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-98bb639bd7fd2f1ed173fd80a79b1d2d-lq animu girl with gigantic eyes. 3/5 manchild was my highlight
Supertramp
4/5
The sax fill in Hide in Your Shell kinda sounds like who can it be now by Men at Work
Hearing the piano breaks always brings a smile to my face, wish we could get Breakfast in America soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jspCAfZeDqc
Linkin Park
3/5
Listening to Hybrid Theory for the first time in ages, probably since Chester passed away, it makes the album experience so sad for me.
The album holds on until In the End, but falls flat after it. I dont like metal or numetal as much to have it on rotation, but I understand that LP music helped a lot of youth of the 2000's
Did I like it? not as much as everyone else, but I can't help but feel empathy for Chester after reading about his teenage years. At least they didnt feel the need to bloat the disc with more music than necessary
3/5
Frank Black
3/5
It starts solid, but I dont get why this album needs to have 22 tracks in it. By the end I was so out of it, would be a great 10 track album, but it just didnt knew when or where to stop. You could listen to two great Pixies albums in the time you get to listen to this bloated album, that have some nice moments in it.
The lyric about Pachinko is cheesy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG3WepgGiSk
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
I had seen the music video of Dancefloor in MTV shortly after it was released but I wasnt into rock music back when I was in highschool and while I didnt tought much of it I liked how Matt sang and played the drums. Don't Believe the 'ype indeed.
This album is like a freight train, hits you and knocks you over, over and over again. I dont like Riot Van but it is a necessary breath by changing the pace of the album, A Certain Romance is the epic ending to a pretty great debut album 9/10
My favorite tracks View from the Afternoon, Dancing Shoes, Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But..., When The Sun Goes Down and A Certain Romance
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
Rap had to start somewhere, while this might sound basic and full of evergreen spaces that would be filled in the future Run DMC were pioneers of the genere, does that mean that I like it or that its going to be on my top of the 1001 experience list? Not necessarily.
Wake Up is my favorite of the album, just because it went out of the way to do something different than most of the other tracks. 2/5
Spiritualized
2/5
Symphony Space goes really well with the breeders opener from their album Pod.
It is so damn calm that when it up the tempo it feels so refreshing, but that is not the norm. So I feel bored, why is this album an hour long
Lets count up the numbers for the final track
I'd say 2/5 for If I were with here now, but the rest of the material did not stick with me.
Album art looks like some semen aliens floating in space or something.
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
So while I have heard all the Arctic Monkeys albums I havent heard anything by The Last Shadow Puppets besides the singles(title track and Aviation fromt their second album).
The first song gives me a Knights of Cydonia vibes, Only The Truth gives hints of future Monkeys track Dangerous Animals, but with an orchestra flavor, instead of the desert rock of Humbug.
This is a transitional album in the Alex Turner discog and while I like the sounds, I dont believe it influenced much, I dont think it should be on a "1001 albums you must hear before you die" list I'd rather hear something that was an influence on this album
Favorite tracks: Title Track, My Mistakes Were Made For You
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lY_1Ertxl4o
Bob Dylan
3/5
Well, at least the ratio of Harmonica in the songs was lower than Highway 61 revisited and the backing band had more variety on the song arrangements. An improvement, but not by much.
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
So far this album is so quick that you blink and tracks go by without you even noticing. The stereo with drums on one side sucks, there are some creative choices I cant get behind like Parade, Oba Oba and you didn't have to be so nice, but it is such a short album that I can just ignore them and it will be gone. 3/5
Liz Phair
3/5
The story about the album is more interesting than the content itself. An album that is written in response of a Rolling Stones album that dares to be sexual and bold? I wish it had more variety 3/5
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZJITQY2EHNU
John Coltrane
3/5
A good instrumental album, but I forgot what the vibe was like after it ended.
MC Solaar
3/5
Pleseant funky beats, and while at times feels dated it also feels fresh.
Venom
2/5
I didn't like this. Bad production killed any interesting potential I could see in this. But it was influential, so deserved spot on the list.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Those 10+ minute songs did not earn the runtime
Ray Charles
2/5
Eh, I expected more uptempo tracks like I got a woman or What I'd Say. Not that it wasnt pleasant, but I wanted something else and it wasn't this.
https://youtube.com/shorts/GoqRYgAzjyE
Peter Gabriel
5/5
So this is my second album of the day(The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu, dogshit).
Peter Gabriel can write bangers about his penis 5/5
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fFHPUk4TS3Y
The Beach Boys
4/5
It starts with subertion of what the Beach Boys are in the public mind(boys enjoying the beach, d'oh) and it gives you an enviromental curveball. I kinda enjoyed the album. RIP Brian 4/5
The Smiths
4/5
4/5
"Fuck the monarchy" The album. It starts strong and I knew most of Side B. But it did falter on later cuts in the A side. Maybe the peak of Moz/Marr together.
Fade out/In into Some Girls was kinda annoying.
https://youtu.be/NxRqpCZ5AGc
Steve Earle
2/5
This did not impress me much. 2/5
Pere Ubu
1/5
So an intriguing listen for me, the band is solid, but the vocals pulls me out of it.
The album starts with an annoying drone on the right channel, minus 1 star
The vocals are annoying -2 stars
the band is solid, but lots of nonsense is present in the album
Ah we have a revolution 9 pastiche in here(Sentimental Journey, the longest song), just what this album needed to be a 1.
3:50 in Sentimental Journey: "I've got a song," No you dont, wanker
Pixies
5/5
I had heard 6 songs beforehand(Debaser, Wave of Mutilation, Hey, Here Comes Your Man, Gouge Away, Monkey Gone To Heaven) the rest is up to that level, this is a band firing all cylinders. I can play all of the previously named tracks on guitar, but the riff of Hey is a tricky one.
https://youtu.be/A7VhNjZXALU Bowie talks Pixies
Iggy Pop
4/5
Iggy brings the best into this Bowie ladden project. Works better than what I would've expected. I thought my headphones died on the intro to Mass Production
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdQASuZN8BA
Jane Weaver
2/5
I wonder what was the critera that was chosen to pick albums for this list, because this album isnt popular enough to have a Wikipedia article of its own, the artist isnt popular enough(less than 10000 listeners in Spotify). So I'll give out the nod to Can vocalist Malcolm Mooney for appearing on Ravenspoint. 2/5
https://cdn.vectorstock.com/i/1000x1000/63/50/can-of-worms-idiom-vector-3966350.webp
Pink Floyd
5/5
Goes down like a breeze, great album that deals with what they were at the moment(top rock band with Have a Cigar and Welcome to The Machine) and who they used to be with Syd Barrett (Shine on You Crazy Diamond and Wish You Were Here)
Fiona Apple
3/5
Right up to Criminal the album is near perfection after that it just loses pacing. Not that this is a bad album, but maybe just a tad front loaded.
https://youtube.com/shorts/Hq-s6YU5ZDc
The Prodigy
4/5
Sounds like the future of rock, I wonder where did it all go wrong
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Iconic. It did not felt like it was an hour long endeavor like most albums that were released on the CD era where they filled the album because they had the space to do so, to the detrimental of the quality of the project.
Praise you still sounds as vital as it was when I first heard it back in the day.
https://youtube.com/shorts/RpmFhr0dlSA
https://youtube.com/shorts/LVx0u22Dnbs
https://youtube.com/shorts/OOUficQth0k
https://youtu.be/MaaQyVRndMA
I should probably stop here 😂
Soul II Soul
2/5
I liked the songs sung by the women, the man rapping/singing wasnt my thing. Its a british thing, innit?
Guided By Voices
2/5
This is my first GBV album and while I like tracks from it they are way too short to make a lasting impact. Why wouldn't you pick like the 10 best ideas and develop them further, or if you want to make medleys just do that, but not put tracks on a row without purpose. This project needed a producer that helps the songwriter make the best possible version of every track
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Laaaast nite she's said... Eh this album is middle of the road. American Girl is the best song by a mile. 3/5
4/5
Black Holes and Revelations... Muse as a band had a rough start in America, after touring their first album (Showbiz) as the opener for RHCP/Foo Fighters, they decided that their creative freedom was more valuable to them and decided to not release their second album (Origin of Symmetry) in america with their original american music label (Madonna's Maverick Records) like the rest of the world in 2001. That made them tour for their follow up in colleges and small theatres for Absolution, which made them have a small but loyal fanbase in the US. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fSURP7E6I7U
The inclusion of Supermassive Black Hole in the twilight movie worked wonders for the popularity of the band.
What do I feel about it 20 years after it was released? It still holds on, but it is not my favorite muse album 4/5
Knights of Cydonia as a epic still holds on, but it was fonzie jumps the shark moment for Muse, everything afterwards felt less epic than this. Not necessarily their fault, but its how I feel about the band, future albums could have great songs, but concepts or self impossed rules made them less good than they probably could have done.
Favorites: Knights, Take a Bow, City of Delusion
Bee Gees
2/5
Bee Gees do know how to write ballads, just wish there was some variety in the type of songs. 12 ballads in a row does get samey after a while. 3/10
k.d. lang
2/5
Good voice, but beats me how would make the 1001 list.
Joan Armatrading
5/5
This one blew me away, I think it's the first unknown to me since Laura Nyro that I love and it's going to be on top of my experiences from this list. My highlights: Down to Zero, Water With the Wine, Like Fire and the closer Tall in the Saddle
The Verve
5/5
So.. The Verve, they had a bit of a rough start as a shoegaze/psychodelic rock act, they did a few standalone singles(Gravity Grave is a highlight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtCem7r4i2I) before their debut album A Storm In Heaven (Slide Away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEqHAc1Y0NY)), since we have A Northern Soul in the list I wont talk about it too much, but after touring that album the band reached a break point and they enter hiatus.
The singer/songwriter Richard Ashcroft starts to write songs for his next project and starts to recruit former bandmates, bar Nick McCabe guitar player, and instead call Simon Tong, they go to the studio and record an album, without a band name or a direction, just Urban Hyms as potential band name. After a while Richard realizes that the band lacks the magic touch of McCabe and gives him a call and the band gets the definitive 5 man lineup.
The band was already on the brink of their goal of dominating the charts, but the rolling stone sample thing happen and they decide to go on anyways. And boy they delivered with this album, it might be too long for some people(not helped by the 7 minutes of silence between Come on and the hidden track Deep Freeze).
So this album for me is a melting pot of everything The Verve did as shoegaze(Deep Freeze and Neon Wilderness), the rockers displayed on A Northern Soul(Come On and The Rolling People) and the singer songwriter stuff that Richard was brewing and would later do less sucessfully in his solo albums(Bittersweet Symphony, Sonnet, Drugs Don't Work, Lucky Man) or a combination of those previous categories (Catching The Butterfly, One Day, This Time).
What a album, would love to hear it once again for the first time, the band would implode again after touring it for a year, here's the band playing at Pinkpop 1998 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb1jaj06UW4
5/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
3/5
Smooth jazz, something to put in your coffee shop while clients are munching on some donuts
Michael Jackson
4/5
Some of the greatest singles. And pretty unremarkable ones. The deep cuts are forgotten for a reason. I'll put a 4/5 and leave it at that. https://youtu.be/ZGPSN6UdERw
Elvis Costello
3/5
At least with his debut there was some quality control. It makes a better listen, but I'm not a big Costello fan so far.
The Residents
1/5
I guess even novelty comedy acts have space to be in the list. Does that means that I have to like it? No. 0.01/10
Bob Dylan
4/5
A question in your nerves is lit
Yet you know there is no answer fit
To satisfy, insure you not to quit
To keep it in your mind and not forget
That it is not he or she or them or it
That you belong to
Parliament
4/5
My first Parliament album, hypnotic and groovy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccvB00h6EnI
Boston
5/5
I wasnt sure of how I was going to rate this, but the final in Let Me Take You Home Tonight left me with a grin on my face. 5/5
https://youtu.be/da7IyPKUOwg?si=NEM1QaBMkyrbcnmu&t=76
(you can watch the whole thing, but the first minute is about Aerosmith)
Patti Smith
3/5
Some iconic tracks and some that left me cold. Might change my opinion, but the opening track set a high bar that wasnt met by the following tracks
Miles Davis
4/5
Would like to hear more jazz in bars over here. It's all reggaeton in here. https://youtu.be/Z5uMRhMMdGg
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
The electric jug sounds like a Turkey that's near the band performing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t6E3-ogPcU
There are elements that I could like, but the jug makes it so distracting that I can focus on whatever positives I could find
Talvin Singh
2/5
And now the true story of ecstasy
It is told that the one, the almighty Shiraji
Climbed to the top of Mount Kailash
With his radiant wife, Parvathi
And there they spent ten thousand years in union
We call this first position
Nasty
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzldaxAtloo Bookend tracks are alright, the middle? shit sandwich 2/5
John Lennon
3/5
Imagine criticising Paul for writing bland tracks while doing Oh Yoko... John Lennon was a flawed individual that liked to lash it out, but couldn't stand when there was some pushback. How Do You Sleep? still bangs tho and I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama follows the path set by former Beatles track I want You (She's So Heavy). 3/5
Neil Young
4/5
At least Neil was clever enough to not let the Harmonica wail on every single track.
The Pogues
2/5
I need some rum.
This could be on the soundtrack of a pirates of the caribbean movie, or some episode of backyardigans. Not something I'd go out to seek and play on my own time 2/5
The Who
2/5
As the first Who full album project I hear in this list, I ask: why? Lots of artists that did not get a spot in the list and instead we get this truncated live experience, and 4 other Who studio albums? It's a no for me.
5/5
9/10
Look, I'm not objective, this album shaped for better or worse my preteen years and trying to be objective is near impossible with this album for me. Here's an review I wrote nearly 10 years ago for r/music
The album starts with a familiar acoustic guitar intro with birds before the band announces Hello, a track with a glam rock flavor in its chorus, Roll With It is a nice way to finish up this 1-2 punch before the ballad of the album get's the highlight of the hour, so many things have been said of this track but it's sparse instrumentation is key when you think about of why does it work. The drums in this album were certainly well done by Alan White that gave tracks as the previously named Wonderwall, She's Electric and Cast No Shadow a life their previous more rock based drummer wouldn't have dreamed. The title track is a great rocker with a REM twist, after which there's the second instrumental that bridges the last two songs of the album. When the final chorus of Champagne Supernova is reached we get a band who is living the dream of being the most important band of the world, even if it's just for 50 minutes.
Anyways heres... https://youtu.be/AULm797Dh3g?t=68&si=4W3GyzC1yL1BxpAW
Pink Floyd
4/5
So, first disc was so good, but then the quality went down as it got to sides 3/4, but theres Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell and the reprise of In The Flesh
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JzwU0JN-qlY
Prince
5/5
Holy fuck Prince delivers a masterpiece that transcends the dated sounds of the 80s 5/5
https://youtu.be/8y18YVKnKPk?si=YuuitDI4bEuWp3za&t=254
Sonic Youth
2/5
I really didnt vibe with this one
Black Sabbath
4/5
So, I hadn't heard of this album in full. Only NIB one time ages ago, this slaps, but also has space for growth. 4/5 RIP Ozzy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkcRxCUZWB0
Taylor Swift
3/5
Taylor jumps into pop music and drops the country. I do not like Shake it off, "getting down to this sick beat" While playing the least interesting part of the song grates the song overall. Maybe the starter of releasing not the strongest song as first single of TS projects
Bad blood OG without Kendrick is good. But the remix was better. It takes guts to jump music generes when you are the best at your own, I give kuddos for that, but this album is way overhyped IMO 3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Can someone coach Michael Stipe so he doeesn't murmurs the lyrics? my god at times it was [incomprehensible mumbles] https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D9-491BbkMY
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Beautiful swansong https://youtube.com/shorts/QUh64V1q5-0
Miles Davis
2/5
If there werent any Davis albums on the list I would agree on the placement in the list, but we just had Kind of Blue which is better. 2/5
Nanci Griffith
2/5
Just another Country album, not something that moved me.
Tracy Chapman
2/5
I like that it did not follow the norms of what was popular back in the late 80s, but I dont see why it should be an album that someone must hear before they die. Fast Car? Yes indeed, but the whole project nah.
Elton John
3/5
Unless the last track is good I think this is a 2/5 deserved the spot on the list given the 1-2 punch of Tiny Dancer and Levon, but the rest does not reach that standard, I also felt like it needed a Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting to give a bit of more life.
I liked the ending on All The Nasties so bumping it up to a 3/5 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0a9QlmXzJUA
The Doors
3/5
Jim Morrison says goodbye with one of his best songs. The rest of the album was meh 3/5
John Martyn
3/5
When the vocals started in the first track I tought it was going to be a rough listen, but after a while it went into the background and I started to vibe with the backing track. 3/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
I need some acid to make this worthwhile, but Section 43 was my highlight of the album
David Bowie
3/5
Great bookend tracks, with a hideous cover of Across The Universe in the heart of the album. A pivot of music generes was due for Bowie, but it is not a great album in full. 3/5
Joan Baez
2/5
Will I hear it again? Probably not. Nice spanish sung cover to finish the project
Suede
3/5
Some people rate this as Suede best album, for me it's too over dramatic. But I'll keep New Generation and We are The Pigs as highlights of the band.
The Strokes
4/5
(Heard the version with NYC cops in it, cause thats the artwork seen on the website), This album still slaps, was a fresh breath of air when i heard it and is still is. Maybe for those who were older like Bowie did not like it, but whatever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ak4Ms8XQ0 (If you want to know whats the sound that kickstarts the album)
New York Dolls
3/5
I enjoyed it, but not so much the vocals. LUV
The Velvet Underground
3/5
That was kinda underwhelming, suppose its a middle ground between the first and third albums, but dont have the strenght of either.
OutKast
4/5
Could've been perfect but Cee-Lo made it a 4 star
my favorite apple pie recipe https://littlespoonfarm.com/apple-pie-recipe/
Queen Latifah
2/5
Queen Latifah best musical moment is in taxi driver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbeuacV1GKw
Impressive that Queen Latifah was 19 for this project, but with age it has gotten worse than what would've been back in the day
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Anyone who picked up a guitar after 1967 was influenced by Jimi or someone who was influenced by the dude. 5 Stars
Im not necessarily stoned, but beautiful
Stevie Wonder
4/5
It doesnt have a recognizable Stevie hit, but still is great from top to bottom. maybe if it had a recognizable song it would elevate it to a 5/5
Jack White
3/5
It's weird cause I love this album, yet I dont think it should be on the list, before other White Stripes albums. One of the interesting things Jack did for this album and tour is having a full male(the Buzzards) and another full female(the Peacocks) backing bands, in tour one band did a set then the other took over and continued the gig.
After touring the album Jack ended the experiment and chose to work with just one backing band, picking players from both bands.
What do I think about the album? It is pleasant, but not groundbreaking, there are great moments in here like Missing Pieces, Love Interruption and the final minute of Take Me With You When You Go. A divorce album, the lyrics.
Oh and hearing Jack beatbox on I'm shaking is funny
3/5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjbzLC_idLU Jools Holland interview while promoting this album
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Tbh this album is poetry set to 4 chord acoustic guitar. It does what it sets to do, and doesn't deviate from that, imagine Bob Dylan without harmonica and a better sounding voice.
M.I.A.
3/5
It does deserve the spot on the list, but it isnt something I'd hear all the time. 3/5 I wish Paper Planes was on this album, but that one is on the next one, that is also in the list
Steely Dan
3/5
Smooth, first time I heard about this band, look foward to dig deeper on their discog
Queen
4/5
Death On Two Legs starts the album strong and it ends quite bombastic with the Bohemian Rhapsody/God Save The Queen combo ending. But why did they put I'm In Love With My Car in here and furthermore was selected as the B-side of the Bohemian Rhapsody single? Fuck knows, Queen albums always have one or two tracks that make it lose the 5 star potential. Their best albums are their first 2 Greatest Hits compilations.
Buzzcocks
3/5
Instrumentally great, I did not get much from the lyrics.
The White Stripes
5/5
The White Stripes start to feel the pressures of fame, and the ambiguity of their relartionship as brother/sister or husband/wife hence the album cover. They knock it out of the park with this project, even with 16 tracks it feels like a breeze of fresh air, even after almost 25 years.
"attention is both good and bad" Jack White on Little Room
Caetano Veloso
3/5
The album picked up steam from Soy loco por ti America until the end. Curious project
Culture Club
2/5
Karma Chameleon song that everyone knows, even if they dont know the title of the song/artist. The rest of the album was just ok, suppose you had to be there to appreciate it.
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Peak rock n roll. Enough said
CHIC
3/5
Sheesh Chic, c'est chic.
I suppose it is a bold move to put an instrumental after the big single of the album. And the album never recovered from that. Le freak is a banger, but the rest isn't up to par.
PJ Harvey
4/5
Funny how the album is titled Dry and finishes with a track called water. The album sounds like something that could only come out after Nirvana had released Nevermind.
Dead Kennedys
4/5
I had fun listening to this album.
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
Salsa, give me some chips to down this magestic dish. Pedro Navaja is a masterpiece of well crafted parts, about Gang crimes in NYC
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
This album starts so strong with Zero and Heads Will Roll that anything that came afterwards paled in comparison. However I do like that they went into another direction. Dull Fortune is another highlight of the album.
*Shatters egg*
Leonard Cohen
2/5
We went to church, did I like it? I don't think so.
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
The album cover conveys the music just right. Feels like somehow it melts together and it loses focus at times.
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Relax listen but not something I would seek out for.
Adele
2/5
I feel like Adele has some of the best voice in the pop world, yet her music doesn't displays it as much as it should. Songs about being older than before and heartbreaks just dont cut it after a while. 2/5 just more variety would do good.
When We Were Young would slap if it was done by a late carrer singer, Adele was just in the middle of her most dominant era lmao
https://www.reddit.com/r/TIHI/comments/1gy98ma/thanks_i_hate_upside_down_adele/
The Darkness
2/5
A bit of restrain on the falsetto heroics would do some good. I feel like The Darkness are in a damned if you do damned if you dont position, they were a breath of fresh air for those jaded by Nu-metal that weren't into the garage rock revival of the early milenium. I can only take them on small dosages. 2/5 I believe in a thing called love is a masterpiece, but the rest? meh
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
There are pieces that could have been a hit in the album, but any cohesion was out of their minds when they were doing the album recording. Music from other countries should be more represented than a repeated artist that failed to seize the zeigest.
Fela Kuti
5/5
Feels like a defiance to the dictatorship while also grieving for the passing of his mum.
The Zutons
4/5
It was more fun than the usual UK rock band. I was suprised that this wasnt the album with Valerie in it.
The Kinks
3/5
It feels like Im unearthing the road map of some of the best 90's UK rock acts. And Green Day on Picture Book for some reason. It was great, but not mindblowingly great.
Songhoy Blues
5/5
When I signed up for the project these kinds of albums were the ones I was looking foward to, those that transcends the usual bounderies and that otherwise would be overlooked. I dont understand the language, but the vibes are magestic.
White Denim
4/5
So I knew a track from Rocksmith (Burnished, track #2 is in the first one), but this band was one of the acts that slipped through and what an album it is, it gives you twists and turns everywhere you look at, some tracks outros become full fledged instrumentals freak outs and while it doesn't have a memorable single song it's variety in sound palette makes up for it.
Tears For Fears
4/5
I love this, however I dont love it as much as I predicted I would (thanks to I Believe), I was pleasantly surprised when the final few seconds of broken became the intro to Head over Heels.
Black Sabbath
3/5
Its great, but sometimes creative choices in the tracklisting makes you go... huh... FX, Laguna Sunrise.
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Great album, but I feel like after the two Yoshimi tracks it isnt a concept album at all
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
I thought the Dylan parody was funny, but otherwise it was an boring album
James Brown
4/5
Fun live albums, the intro and the audience & performer feedback is so amazing. 4/5
Traffic
2/5
Well, the first few tracks were interesting. Then it nosedived my interest as the songwriter stuff appeared. 2/5
Gustavo Cerati sampled John Barleycorn (Must Die) in the titletrack of his last studio album Fuerza Natural https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ACG_gupkDw
Beck
2/5
I thought the vibes would be more eclectic than it finnaly was, hoped more of that 8 bit keyboards in the intro of Girl sprinkled in more places. E-Pro is a banger and a Rockband classic.
The riff of Send a Message to Her(which is a bonus track, didnt realized when I first heard the album) sounds like the one of Devils Haircut in a different key.
I mean, its a good album, but its not something that I would say is worthy of a 1001 must listen album before you die list (Odelay and Sea Change would be my only picks) 2/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Punch And Judy was my favorite, at times the songs blend into eachother, which in this case is not a bad thing. I guess this is the start of bedroom indie, or the seeds of what would become that genere.
Killing Joke
3/5
I like it, but the S.O.36 kills momentum in the listening experience.
Bauhaus
4/5
So, here we got the start of Emo with a twist of David Bowie, cant stand the singer, but the music is great. 4/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
I enjoyed it more than the previous Run DMC album. That 4 song run to kickstart the project is legendary
-1 star due to dumb girl
Beatles
2/5
I mean, its early Beatles, so little to none experimentation that they would be recognized later for. It's good, but not so much that I would say its essential. 2/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
In this album Billy Corgan pours his troubles, whether they are childhood related ones, depression from wanting to be more popular. The album starts angry and ends up in a happy place, but I feel like after Silverfuck the album loses steam. 4/5
Big Muff intensifies
David Bowie
4/5
It does have the best opener in Bowie's discog, but it is not as strong as a whole as Ziggy Stardust
Michael Jackson
4/5
So, the first MJ project that felt independient from the Jackson 5/Motown sphere, it is a good one, but the 1-2 combo of Dont Stop Til I Get Enough and Rock With You is worth the admision ticket. I'm more of a Bad MJ guy, but you cant go wrong with off the wall
The Smiths
2/5
Barbarism is a banger in a album that lacks other great Smiths songs. I'd do with The Queen Is Dead instead. Thanks.
Nirvana
5/5
The easy thing to do was do the hits and maybe a cover, Kurt and Co did not do that and showed something that could've been the way onwards if it didn't end like it did with Kurt's demise. I watched the DVD instead of the album, the sweet home alabama bit is hilarious.
The Pretty Things
2/5
I do not see myself going back to this album, it might have inspired Tommy, but I dont feel like this is a cohesive experience as The Who's album. Panning shit from left to right does not make a very interesting listen.
Supergrass
4/5
Album cover makes you think it's going to be some winter/bluegrass kind of deal. Supergrass is in this album making their best impression of what the beatles could do in the 90's, love the title track, it slowly builds from the keyboard intro with the guitar arpeggio and when the brass kick in you are golden
Also how the first track transitions into Richard 3rd(killer theremin solo). Sun Hits the Sky with the bass and drums outro, there are a lot of interesting choices in the album, but I feel like it misses an Alright kind of track that could've sold this album to America, but whatever. Wish the last track didn't had that annoying drum machine that overpowered everything else. 4/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
I prefer Vs. Ten is a great album that holds up on the strenght of it's magnificent singles, but man it drags at times. 4/5 Why wasn't yellow ledbetter in the album?
Heaven 17
1/5
After the first song I thought it was going to be good, it is not. I guess I need to listen to Heaven 1-16 to get the context of it all. I did know of Facist Groove Thang due to the LCD Soundsystem cover they did some years ago.
Lets All Make a Bomb also was good, but the rest of the album did not interest me.
The Cure
2/5
A forest might be one of my favorite tracks, but the rest of the album was kinda underwhelming. 2/5
ZZ Top
4/5
The pinch harmonic in La Grange does things that modern metal does not do. I dont know why it is such an iconic moment in the song and when I hear it in other songs it feels out of place.
The rest of the album is great 4/5
Soundgarden
4/5
CD's era with 70+ minutes albums when probably a 50 minutes album would be better.
Soundgarden is a special band, but sometimes less is more. No one sings like Chris anymore
Pulp
4/5
So in This Is Hardcore, Pulp takes a left turn from UK mainstream and delivers a great album, that talks about the dark side of fame. The title track, Help The Aged and Glory Days are my highlights
https://youtu.be/LxNCPe0n5sI?si=iV-t4999aYCNdd5O&t=594
the day after the revolution shouldnt be 15 minutes long
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Solid debut with great singles, but not much than that.
Pavement
2/5
Should I care or not? I dont really care about this album that much.
Joy Division
3/5
One to listen to when you are down, a bit fun to play on the guitar, but not too challenging other than Shadowplay and Day of The Lords, you could probably use this album as a way to train your ears.
It did not blow me away, but understand the place it has on UK/Manchester rock history
https://ibb.co/album/8Y734G
Sisters Of Mercy
2/5
I mean it was better than what the cover would let you think. But other than a song or two I didn't jam with the project as a whole.
The xx
2/5
So, I knew of Intro because of it's overuse in ads, Islands because of the OG Rocksmith. I hoped the album had more moments like the outro of Islands, it is chill, but I wanted a bit more of energy. Not saying that it is a bad album, just that it didn't give much more than what I knew beforehand.
2/5 whispers
The National
2/5
The cover perfectly reflects the music a mash of different elements that blur eachother, it is so damn hard to hear the instruments isolated from eachother with the echoes. The vocals are nice, but I cant understand half of the time
Prince
3/5
LP 1 > Very good 4/5 sparse instrumentation, but the Camile stuff makes it a sore thumb on a great first half
LP 2 > Some interesting ideas yet more Camile stuff brings it down
3/5 for me could have been better as a 1LP
Sabu
4/5
Lets make a recipe
Polyrhythm courtesy of the percussion
Ocasional call and response vocals
Sprinkled guitars at times
The panning of the stereo brings down a bit, but it was something that was natural at the time 4/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
This album is so good, Amy's voice is great, shame that the people around her couldn't take care of the rise of fame. 4/5
Anecdote: The first time I saw/heard Amy was in MTV Los 10+ Pedidos (think of TRL for latam), the song was rehab and while I understood a tiny bit, the chorus was just blatant shout for help, the desperation in the third verses
"I don't ever wanna drink again
I just, ooh, I just need a friend"
it feels like daggers when I think too much of the aftermath of the release of this album.
Method Man
2/5
So I think it works in a playlist but not as a whole, but I am just a white boy from southamerica.
The Prodigy
3/5
nice textures and ill sample on the opener. Firestarter is a banger tho