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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
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5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
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Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
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5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
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Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
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5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
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5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
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The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
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5 | 3.25 | +1.75 |
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Live At Leeds
The Who
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5 | 3.31 | +1.69 |
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Pornography
The Cure
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5 | 3.31 | +1.69 |
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This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
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5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
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Adele
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5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
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5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
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1 | 3.55 | -2.55 |
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
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1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
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Wild Gift
X
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1 | 3 | -2 |
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Dookie
Green Day
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2 | 3.79 | -1.79 |
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Faust IV
Faust
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1 | 2.78 | -1.78 |
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Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
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1 | 2.77 | -1.77 |
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Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
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1 | 2.76 | -1.76 |
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
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2 | 3.76 | -1.76 |
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Kid A
Radiohead
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2 | 3.71 | -1.71 |
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
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2 | 3.66 | -1.66 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Beatles | 5 | 4.6 |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 5 |
| Queen | 3 | 4.67 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 2 | 5 |
| Adele | 2 | 5 |
| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 4.25 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 4.33 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 |
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| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| David Bowie | 2, 3, 3, 5, 5, 2, 3 |
5-Star Albums (55)
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Dr. Dre · 2 likes
1/5
Mysoginistic edgelords. Who is impressed with this?
Tears For Fears · 2 likes
5/5
Perfect catchy pop rock.
Minor Threat · 2 likes
2/5
No thank you. But respect for being short. 2/5.
Guided By Voices · 1 likes
2/5
I am surprised that this dross was put out by a label, that it was purchased by punters, and that someone saw fit to put it on this list. Whiny, discordant, uninventive rubbish.
Fairport Convention · 1 likes
2/5
I was going to allow 3 stars for being a fine version of what it is. But then I was forced to enjoy almost 7 minutes of Percy's Song. FML. 2 stars.
1-Star Albums (9)
All Ratings
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
1/5
Not a fan! Can't even sing...
Frank Zappa
3/5
Good guitar
Beatles
4/5
It's the Beatles. Enough said.
Duran Duran
3/5
Janis Joplin
5/5
Outstanding
Beatles
5/5
5/5
Kelela
4/5
She's got some game.
Sufjan Stevens
2/5
I'm not sure why it got so many accolades.
Adam & The Ants
2/5
Radiohead
2/5
Like a bag of cats being swung around a room. That's just Tom Yorke's voice.
Herbie Hancock
3/5
Prince
5/5
Megadeth
4/5
Let's not kid around, these guys have some serious game. But in the main not for me.
Gene Clark
3/5
Fats Domino
5/5
Mercury Rev
2/5
Sade
2/5
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Stereolab
2/5
Don't get it.
The Who
5/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
I have experienced Jimi Hendrix. Genius.
The Jam
4/5
Genesis
3/5
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Easy listening but not very exciting.
Yes
3/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
May be a grower.
Django Django
3/5
Interesting
Santana
5/5
Awesome. These guys know how to rock.
Suzanne Vega
4/5
The Psychedelic Furs
4/5
Bit like REM. I approve.
Jeru The Damaja
2/5
John Coltrane
5/5
This guy can play the trumpet.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
A bit depressing and pretentious.
Billie Holiday
3/5
The Verve
4/5
It's indie rock and roll for me.
Kate Bush
2/5
Odd
The Triffids
2/5
Drive Like Jehu
2/5
These guys can rock but strange choices designed to be very annoying.
Depeche Mode
4/5
Neu!
3/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Gotta love the Stones
Tricky
4/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Brilliant album.
Fugees
4/5
Very enjoyable
Television
2/5
Nothing special.
Paul McCartney and Wings
2/5
I'm not sure how Paul became so pedestrian without John.
Duke Ellington
5/5
Brilliant
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
Great fun.
New Order
3/5
It's fine but not very exciting.
Ms. Dynamite
4/5
I enjoyed it.
Elvis Costello
2/5
Sam Cooke
5/5
Bloody excellent.
The Beau Brummels
2/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
The Dictators
3/5
The KLF
4/5
The Lemonheads
4/5
Decent indie album
R.E.M.
5/5
This takes me back to my teens. Love REM.
Lana Del Rey
5/5
Excellent
The B-52's
2/5
Rock Lobster!
Sex Pistols
2/5
Madonna
4/5
Faust
1/5
Utter garbage. This isn't music. If I could give it zero I would.
The Temptations
4/5
The Zombies
2/5
A safe Beatles / Beach Boys clone.
Motörhead
3/5
Jamiroquai
4/5
Steely Dan
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Shivkumar Sharma
4/5
Nice music
Otis Redding
5/5
Amazing talent.
Oasis
5/5
10 on 10.
Missy Elliott
3/5
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Serious rock
Muddy Waters
3/5
The War On Drugs
2/5
Bland
Franz Ferdinand
5/5
One of the top albums of my teens from the noughties indie scene. Absolutely banging
The xx
2/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Nice bit of jazz
Dolly Parton
4/5
Beastie Boys
1/5
This is an album one endures rather than listens to. And it feels like the same 20 seconds on loop, with occasional repeated references to Whitecastle. Not for me.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
These guys are the best.
Beck
2/5
Bit typical of the early Coldplay era in music.
Rocket From The Crypt
1/5
It's like someone was playing musical telephone, and someone explained REM and was told to write their music with a red crayon on the wall of a moving elevator while bouncing on a trampoline.
The Slits
2/5
Not very tuneful.
Meat Loaf
4/5
Scott Walker
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
King Crimson
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
A strange concept album.
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
I feel like I missed the joke by 60 years but it's so bonkers I kind of respect it.
Screaming Trees
4/5
Rock and roll confirmed.
Frank Sinatra
4/5
10cc
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
De La Soul
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Did all bands sound like this in the 60s?
Carpenters
4/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
The Black Keys
5/5
How did I not know about this band. Banging.
Gang Of Four
2/5
Nothing to write home about.
Richard Thompson
2/5
Blondie
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
I've had want one for years, can't believe I never got around to this. Lovely.
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Nice jazz.
Syd Barrett
1/5
It was a bit boring, up until If It's In You, where it sounded like a bad X Factor audition. That took it from 2 to 1 stars.
The Stone Roses
3/5
The Electric Prunes
3/5
Donovan
3/5
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
That was long but enjoyable.
OutKast
3/5
Good fun
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Genius to the end.
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Inoffensive. In a bad way. 90s blandness.
Black Sabbath
5/5
Where has this band been all my life? I thought they were some edgy heavy metal band but no they are just an awesome semi blues rock band. Very good stuff.
Everything But The Girl
2/5
How did I get two albums of this bland tat twice in three days? Why is it even on here? Like Dido without the edge.
fIREHOSE
2/5
Track 1: "We've got R.E.M. at home!"
From there it felt like this was a band that still hadn't figured out its own style, and should have spent more time in the garage before going to the studio.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
It's not Songs In the Key of Life - but that's probably an unfair comparison. This is a solid album from one of the greatest of all time.
Van Morrison
5/5
Maybe childhood nostalgia plays a part but this may be in my top 10 of all time. Outstanding.
Eagles
3/5
Bill Callahan
3/5
It's fine. Last song dragged a bit...
Jurassic 5
4/5
Fun album with lots of personality. 4.
White Denim
3/5
Sigur Rós
3/5
Violent Femmes
2/5
I feel like this album is just making up the numbers. 2.
Tom Waits
2/5
I felt at times like I was at a fairground. Not in a good way. A creepy one. And some other eclectic stuff. But not excited. 2.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
The Cardigans
3/5
The Smiths
3/5
Supergrass
4/5
4
The Pogues
4/5
Who knew the Pogues sang sea shanties.
James Taylor
5/5
An all time banger. In my Top Ten of all time, and a serious contender for Number One. Absolute perfection from the master of pop folk.
The Verve
4/5
We've got Oasis at home.
Fela Kuti
2/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
The Band
4/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Queen
4/5
Metallica
3/5
David Holmes
3/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
4
The Specials
3/5
Norah Jones
4/5
Lovely voice and the go to for mid 2000s dinner parties.
Madonna
2/5
This album came out in 1998. And I don't think I've ever heard anything so 1998-core in my entire life. So is it derivative or just part of a trend? Either way it's as bland as Dido eating a bowl of vanilla ice cream in a beige room.
Ok the track Ray of Light actually has some bounce but it can't save the album.
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
This is without a doubt the second worst album I have ever heard.
Black Flag
2/5
Not enjoyable. 2.
The Stooges
4/5
MGMT
4/5
Good tunes
Talk Talk
3/5
Kanye West
4/5
The Police
4/5
Good. Elevated by Every Breath You Take and Murder By Numbers.
Jimmy Smith
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Moby
3/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
The Shamen
2/5
Steely Dan
4/5
The Smiths
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
All hail King Bob.
4/5
Great to clean your kitchen to.
Alice In Chains
3/5
Air
2/5
Slayer
2/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2/5
Parliament
4/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Wild Beasts
3/5
M.I.A.
2/5
The Cure
5/5
Immediate thought. Oh so this is where Brandon Flowers got his ideas. Brilliant discovery.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Gil Scott-Heron
4/5
Good lyrics. Sad how we're still here 60 years later. And Watergate sounds trivial by comparison to the current corruption.
George Michael
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Orbital
2/5
Offensively tedious. 2.
The Associates
3/5
Fine.
Paul Simon
5/5
Just for that bass in You Can Call Me Al.
Julian Cope
1/5
That Safesurfer song makes me want to rip off my ears.
Sisters Of Mercy
3/5
4/5
4
Portishead
3/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
The Kinks
3/5
Billy Joel
5/5
Iconic songs.
Happy Mondays
2/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
It's incredible that this was banged out by a bunch of kids. The lyrics are killer. The intelligence of the arrangement of instruments. Talent beyond their years.
'But his bird said it's amazing so all that's left is the proof that love's not only blind but deaf.'
Yes
3/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
Rush
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
The Strokes
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Janelle Monáe
5/5
This album slaps so damn hard. Oh my God. What even is it? Pop, R&B, rap, EDM, jazz, rock, metal, soul, classical? Answer: YES. It's like Janelle listened to all of music history and said "hold my beer". Where has this been all my life. Genius. 6/5.
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Dull and repetitive.
Jeff Buckley
3/5
The La's
2/5
Beach House
3/5
Inoffensive but unambitious.
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5
B.B. King
5/5
King.
Dusty Springfield
2/5
The Modern Lovers
2/5
Yawn.
R.E.M.
5/5
As brilliant as ever.
Neil Young
3/5
It's fine.
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Prince
3/5
The Cure
3/5
Compared to the later Pornography, which is the only other album I have heard, this one doesn't really hold up.
Tim Buckley
4/5
This feels somewhat typical of its time but in some places ahead of its time.
a-ha
3/5
Steely Dan
2/5
No no no. Repetetive rubbish.
Michael Jackson
4/5
A middling album elevated by having a few all time bangers. The man gets zero stars but the music gets four.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Elliott Smith
2/5
A poor man's Coldplay. Typical of the sad boy guitar of the era with no excitement. Yawn.
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
By the skin of its teeth a 5 for the all time bangers. Otherwise very good 4 level. He is the boss for a reason.
Adele
5/5
5/5. Absolute bangers.
Madness
3/5
They have a distinctive sound but it's a bit one trick pony. Nothing about it makes me want to listen to it twice. Or even once really, except that I have to.
Judas Priest
4/5
Judas Priest!
N.W.A.
4/5
Not my thing but man does this deserve its spot on the list. Anything that keeps me moving around the kitchen like this. And it's amazing to hear these big names before they were big solo artists.
Baaba Maal
2/5
This chap may be Dylan in his language and culture for all I know. However since I can't speak his language it's lost on me. And subjectively didn't really enjoy it. It's not actively bad or anything though. 2/5
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
Really lovely songs. It's not often that I immediately go back for a second listen. Oddly puts me in mind of Coldplay's Parachutes album in some tracks. 5/5
Paul Simon
4/5
The Byrds
2/5
Nothing exciting.
The Mars Volta
4/5
This album smacks you in the face then let's you chill then smacks you in the face again. A heavy emo mystery tour. I think I have Stockholm syndrome because I like it. 4/5.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Patti Smith
4/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Didn't excite.
Big Black
2/5
That's not music, that's just bloodeh noise!
Queen Latifah
3/5
Can
3/5
Nothing too interesting.
Elvis Presley
4/5
I love blues rock and as one of the godfathers of the genre, the king you might say, I wanted this to be a 5. But I think it's just a 4 for me.
Madonna
2/5
Hello fellow kids. Sorry, just no. I'm not sure what cultural relevancy Madonna was aspiring to in 2000 but it was over. She can't even sing. I will say she was working with a talented producer who deserved a better vocalist.
Doves
3/5
Bit of Travis, bit of early Coldplay. Very much of its time.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
2/5
Edgelords making noises.
Fatboy Slim
2/5
And that's meant to be good is it? 2/5.
Radiohead
4/5
Never listened to them back in the day despite mid 2000s indie being my jam. Takes me back.
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Love
3/5
Inoffensive
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Afrika Bambaataa
2/5
The Who
3/5
Obviously this has some classics and maybe it's a grower but didn't excite me.
Prince
4/5
David Bowie
2/5
I get Bowie's meant to be a genius or whatever but. If I didn't know that. I wouldn't have guessed that. What's with the discordant nonsense at the end. Sorry David. 2.
Animal Collective
2/5
Why the hell is this on this list? Just noise. Some tunes are not wholly awful though so it scrapes a 2.
The Pogues
3/5
They're having fun.
The Smiths
3/5
Quite impressive that one band can make a whole career around variations on the same one song.
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
Yawn
Mekons
3/5
Butthole Surfers
2/5
It was very daring rather than to release an album of songs to instead release a recording of their warm up jams. At first I thought they at least sounded like they had a technical knowledge of the blues although that turned out to be just one riff on repeat. And was this recorded in an abbatoir wtf? At least it's only 32 minutes.
R.E.M.
5/5
Always brilliant.
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Love
2/5
Boring.
Funkadelic
4/5
Mike Ladd
3/5
Mixed bag.
Massive Attack
2/5
It was going ok until they murdered Light My Fire.
Paul McCartney
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Talented guy. Album a bit overlong. 4
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
Someone bought this for me many moons ago. Would not have bought myself. But through many listens really came to appreciate it. Objectively don't think I can give it a 5 but it's a great bit of art to me. 4.
LL Cool J
4/5
Not my thing but I recognise the talent.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
It's fine. Not exciting.
Elton John
4/5
Gets a 4 because of Tiny Dancer and Indian Sunset.
The Band
3/5
Steve Winwood
2/5
Ok you played all the instruments well done. This is just... Generic and derivative. Where is the personal signature. Boring. 2
Pink Floyd
3/5
Very proggy. Well made but not for me.
David Crosby
4/5
Radiohead
3/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
5/5
These guys came to rock and they understood the assignment.
Gotan Project
3/5
Hawkwind
3/5
Well. That was long. And they can play. But it should have been a third of the length and focused on their best ideas. I'm sure for some this is top stuff. Not for me.
Pixies
3/5
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Nice enough tunes.
Beck
4/5
Fun and inventive.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Elevated at the end by Free Bird.
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
The guitar work is outstanding but the vocalist is terrible, like they dragged in the first guy they saw on the street. That averages out at a 3.
Guided By Voices
2/5
I am surprised that this dross was put out by a label, that it was purchased by punters, and that someone saw fit to put it on this list. Whiny, discordant, uninventive rubbish.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
Credit where it's due, that was good.
T. Rex
3/5
Can confirm this is a rock album.
Grateful Dead
4/5
Ahead of it's time. Serious guitar.
U2
4/5
Wanted not to like this but fair play.
Youssou N'Dour
4/5
I'm not entirely sure what's going on. But you know what I'm so glad it's not another obscure 70s rock band I'm giving it four stars.
Adele
5/5
Any list of Britain's top 10 singers of all time could credibly include Adele, and I'm sure more than a few would put her at number 1. As a young woman stil she still has a huge career ahead. But here in 25 we already see the raw talent of 19 now maturing. Hello is so powerful and soulful. When We Were Young doubly so.
U2
2/5
Bono is fine. The Edge is fine. The drummer is fine. 2/5.
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
The song Taj Mahal has a riff that seems to be the precursor of Rod Stewart's "If you want my body, and you think I'm sexy, Come on, sugar, tell me so". Turns out yeah, and Jorge successfully sued Rod. Good on him. Anyway this album is a lot of fun. 4/5.
Wilco
3/5
Fine.
Thelonious Monk
3/5
Rush
3/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Lou Reed
2/5
Girls Against Boys
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Laibach
1/5
These edgelords have constructed a series of noises that starts weak and goes downhill from there. They managed to work themselves down from a 3 to a 2 to a 1. An album to be endured and nothing more. Jagerspiel might be one of the worst creative works ever devised by the hand of man like a toddler was set loose on a soundboard of the most irritating noises imaginable. I never thought I would prefer to be listening to the tinny noises of other people's phone calls and Tiktoks on public transport. I need some Tay Tay now to cleanse my brain.
American Music Club
2/5
It's technically music but definitely just here to make up the numbers.
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
More fun than the endless 80s rock bands.
Fairport Convention
2/5
I was going to allow 3 stars for being a fine version of what it is. But then I was forced to enjoy almost 7 minutes of Percy's Song. FML. 2 stars.
Goldfrapp
3/5
It's pretty chill.
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Is it over yet? Boring.
Nirvana
4/5
The Jam
2/5
This might be harsh but it's just more of the same in this genre. If this came out today no one would listen.
Blue Cheer
4/5
In. 30 minutes of banging blues rock. Out. Respect.
Miles Davis
4/5
The man can play.
Roxy Music
3/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Decent enough rock.
Nick Drake
3/5
Chill enough.
Le Tigre
2/5
Aggressively not pleasant.
Bad Company
4/5
Marty Robbins
3/5
I guess it's the style but this sounds like one song with 15 different versions of the lyrics. 3/5
Minor Threat
2/5
No thank you. But respect for being short. 2/5.
Public Enemy
2/5
It was so far so competent until Channel Zero. Ugh. Headache inducing. And what is that sound effect on some tracks that sounds like a mouse being strangled?
Pixies
3/5
Did not excite.
Johnny Cash
4/5
This was fun and respect to Johnny for doing this in a prison.
Waylon Jennings
3/5
Yeehaw! I like that it's short and sweet.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
A good album with soulful tracks. But totally elevated to a 5 by the inclusion of Superstition.
Grateful Dead
2/5
Leonard Cohen
5/5
No greater lyricist. And that voice.
David Bowie
3/5
Starts strong but the instrumental tracks are so so.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Can you believe the title track is the first track rather than the closer. They didn't even know what they had, did they? One of the greatest songs of all time. I had the privilege to hear Mr Simon play it on his 'farewell' tour some years ago. Anyway. 5/5 absolutely legendary.
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Mid.
Tears For Fears
5/5
Perfect catchy pop rock.
Bob Dylan
2/5
The album finished and rolled onto the next Dylan tracks on Spotify but I couldn't tell. That says it all. Every song is the same. If he didn't have the famous name I'd be wondering what this whiny voice was doing here. Sorry Bob. Overrated.
Ute Lemper
4/5
Atmospheric, grand in scope, sounds like a musical soundtrack. Big ideas mostly landed. Can't say it's my jam but credit for the effort.
Japan
3/5
It was ok.
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Wonderful artist. Sublime. Sadly the recording is a bit wobbly.
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
They should write a second or third song
Traffic
3/5
Devendra Banhart
2/5
This sort of whiny voice and busy guitar was popular back in 2004. Cannot think why.
The Auteurs
2/5
Utterly insipid. And repeating a line over and over is not lyrics. At track 2 I really wished I could 'bail out'. If you're going to have the temerity to call yourself the Auters you better bring more than this.
Röyksopp
4/5
Dr. Dre
1/5
Mysoginistic edgelords. Who is impressed with this?
Soft Machine
2/5
Opening: You know music? Yeah. Do the opposite of that. It does however improve. Then someone starts "singing" and oh my god why. Then more atonal noise and finally some actual good jazz. This is a mess.
Van Halen
3/5
The Bees
3/5
Shack
2/5
How can people learn to become proficient in music and then write such bland shlock. Where's the sauce boys? The opening chord is an Oasis style gambit and then it just becomes proto Snow Patrol. Sad. Which makes it the more surprising to learn they signed with Noel's label. 2/5.
The Last Shadow Puppets
5/5
Amazing opening gambit. Then I hear a voice like Alex Turner. And I'm like wait is this an Arctic Monkeys ripoff? No. Wait. That is actual Alex Turner. How didn't I know about this supergroup? I had this at a 5 after track 2. Amazing. This is why I do this challenge.
5/5
No explanation necessary.
David Bowie
3/5
Should this be assessed in its sad context or not? I've never been a huge fan but I respect Bowie's influence. As an album alone I can only give this album a mid score.
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
If I had a Cuban restaurant this would definitely be on the playlist. Can't say more than that.
Liz Phair
2/5
I have never heard of Liz Phair and with good reason. This is awful and does not deserve to be on this list.
Massive Attack
3/5
Meh. Points for the line used by Jez in Peep Show.
The Divine Comedy
3/5
:/
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Beck
3/5
Buck Owens
2/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Some good songs and I am impressed with their environmental messaging in 1971.
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2/5
Utterly mediocre. How have I got to listen to this but not yet a single Taylor Swift album? Oh well Taylor isn't quality music. And this is? Oh well Taylor hasn't affected the music scene enough? And this has? Compared to the biggest star in the world? Forget this I'm listening to 1989 to cleanse my soul.
Nirvana
4/5
Neil Young
2/5
Coldplay
5/5
Takes me back.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
It's fine but he's a work in progress here. A bit too Dylan.
Nick Drake
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
Don't normally go for Bowie but parts of this album slap.
Brian Eno
4/5
Solange
4/5
Was going to give a 3 for the nice music but the commentary on the Black experience and history elevates it.
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Rest in power queen.
Ray Price
3/5
5/5
Peak Bowie.
Queen
5/5
Banging.
Ray Charles
4/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Running up that Hill is great, and there is some creativity here. But it's not exciting to me. 3/5.
Green Day
2/5
A band still a work in progress. Their later work is better. 2/5.
2/5
Sorry Bob. Still not a fan.
Q-Tip
2/5
Starts strong but drops off.
The White Stripes
5/5
Blues rock perfected. Jack White is the best.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Silver Jews
2/5
Why is this on here?
David Bowie
2/5
I don't get old Bowie.
Hugh Masekela
3/5
Garbage
4/5
4
Stephen Stills
3/5
Frank Ocean
3/5
3
The Gun Club
3/5
Koffi Olomide
4/5
Sounds like a Disney soundtrack. In a good way. 4
Sepultura
2/5
People actually listen to this for enjoyment?
Linkin Park
4/5
My younger brother listened to this when we were teens. Didn't like it much then but nostalgic now.
Pentangle
2/5
Sally go round the ******* roses.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
5/5
David Bowie
3/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Ananda Shankar
4/5
I applaud it for being different.
The Streets
4/5
This is a time capsule.
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Can't believe I've never listened to this in full before. Damn. 30 minutes of consummate blues rock.
Queen
5/5
Genesis
3/5
I don't know how to judge something as competent but also meandering as this.
Baaba Maal
2/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
It's ok. 3.
Britney Spears
3/5
Baby One More Time is a banger but the rest is a bit generic. Also Email My Heart probably sounded so modern in 1999 but is now so cringe. 3.
Dennis Wilson
4/5
Surprised not to have heard of this before.
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
3/5
Soft Cell
4/5
Vision. Execution.
The Who
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
3
The Undertones
2/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
It's fine but reminds me too much of the pretentious people that would enjoy it.
Ash
3/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
The Cramps
2/5
The Byrds
2/5
Boring boring boring