Halfway through, I haven't stopped nodding my head for a minute. Very groovy. Great harmonies throughout. Solid album from start to finish. 3/5.

Great opening song along with classic Jimi Hendrix shredding. The stereo effect on "May This Be Love" is incredible. Unfortunately, I've just never been able to get into Hendrix as much as I probably should so this doesn't rate super high for me. I can appreciate the raw talent and his contribution to music, though.

I can hear the beginnings of what we now know as Prog Rock/Prog Metal in this album and it's super entertaining. I've never listened to Yes before and I'm now unsure why that is. It was too short, in my opinion, but solid from start to finish.

She's obviously a talented singer but this is pretty generic and boring, overall. It was quite a drag and difficult for me to get through. Son a Preacher Man is a classic but the rest is pretty unremarkable, in my opinion.

This album has the classic Talking Heads feel. The opening to the The Good Thing immediately catches you. David Byrne's vocals somehow fall into the background of the driving groove. Take Me to the River is, of course, super familiar and a great song. The Big Country was unexpected but a solid song.

The Rolling Stones are so incredibly versatile. I've heard this album before but they still had me guessing with each song. This is solid from start to finish and it's not hard to see why it's often regarded as their best album and one of the best rock and roll albums of all time.

Electric jazz fusion from Miles Davis. I've couple of his albums that were more traditional jazz ("Kind of Blue", "Sketches of Spain") but also had listened to "Bitches Brew" (released after "In a Silent Way" and also jazz fusion) so this was definitely an interesting listen. His talent as a trumpeter and as a band leader shines in what is his first true electric jazz fusion album after a hard turn in genres, according to Wikipedia. I'm a big jazz fan and this album was no exception.

"Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed" was unexpectedly funky. "Boys Are Back in Town" is super catchy and plays on classic rock hit stations all the time. The drum solo on "Sha-La-La" is legit and you can tell the crowd is really digging it. Overall, a pretty solid live album.

The Wikipedia page states that REM experimented on this album but, honestly, to my ear, it sounds very similar to any other REM that I've heard. Perhaps some new instruments were used but it's still definitely REM. That's not a bad thing, as I generally like REM. It's an easy album to listen to. Not ground-breaking but not boring or offensive, either.

This is totally different than anything I listen to on a regular basis. The Cuban rhythm on the congas is entrancing at times and so groovy at others. It's a surprising break from the typical rock and roll/jazz/blues that I've been recommended thus far and is super interesting. Some people complain about this album and say that they just don't "get" it, which is fine. This album didn't have that effect on me.

I'm a big fan of the guitars on the titular song. Torn Curtain has a hauntingly beautiful vibe, which is incredibly fitting for the phrase "holding back the tears" phrase that's repeated multiple times throughout. It's always interesting to hear the stark differences between these early alternative/punk bands and the more traditional 70s rock & roll/hard rock of the time. It's also easy to hear the influences bands such as Television have had on later music. Some parts have a punk sound, some songs have a new wave sound, some sound like they're straight from a 2010 indie recording studio. I thoroughly enjoyed this album. This album wouldn't sound too out of place today, which really shows how revolutionary it was.

Radiohead is one of my absolute favorite bands. I've been listening to them and this album for decades at this point so I'm perhaps a little biased. Thom Yorke stated that the album was a statement on the "the general sense of ignorance and intolerance and panic and stupidity" following the election of George Bush in 2000 and used many Orwellian references throughout. "Hail to the Thief" was a common phrase in reference to that election and is a play on the phrase "Hail to the Chief", the presidential anthem. This is one of those albums that takes a few sittings to truly begin to appreciate, especially for someone that's overall unfamiliar with Radiohead so I understand the low ratings from people who are probably hearing this for the first time with zero context. So many haunting songs on this album, which fits the overall theme and purpose of the album.

This album is very different than what people generally think of when they think 70s music. It's not really my taste, though, and was honestly fairly boring to me. Very rough around the edges. I appreciate the contributions to later music, though.

Very strange and incredibly unexpected. I can see the creativity involved in making the album but I fail to understand how this is being included in a list of "must listen" albums. It's honestly hard to get through, considering I listen to these albums while trying to get work done. Still better than Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit, though, because they at least tried to be creative. The creativity and the fact that they at least tried something different bumps it from a 1 to a 2 for me.

This is so 80s but not quite in a cool, Michael Jackson way. The first couple of songs are quite good but "I Want Your Sex" is very cringy for lack of a better word and, honestly, seems like a song that an awkward pre-teen would make to be funny. Michael Jackson's "I Want to Rock with You" says basically the same thing in a much more mature (and better) way and is all around a better song/groove, as well. Some of the other songs have a decent grooves. It's not the worst album in this list but it's also not the best.

Joni Mitchell has a distinct sound. Really well done album with some good songs.

Classic album that I've listened to dozens of times. The video version is worth a watch, as well. Nirvana is obviously known for grunge and heavy guitar riffs but this version, as with all "MTV Unplugged" versions of albums, peels all of that back so that you can appreciate the brilliance of the song writing without all of the distortion and volume (though I'm a fan of those things, as well). Easy 5/5.

This is so ethereal, as if I'm entering a trance. It's unfortunate that I don't understand Icelandic because I'm sure their lyrics are good, too.