didn't care for this instrumentals were fine, kinda unimpressive for my taste (though 90s hip hop is admittedly hit-or-miss for me). didn't care much for neither the artist's voice or his flow. the majority of tracks also felt like they ran 2-3 minutes longer than they should've, probably because the guy repeats the title several times throughout to pad out the time this had political/societal messaging throughout, which i'm usually fine with. hell, i'll admit i've heard socially-conscious rap done well before. however, it lacks subtlety. the message is either made plainly obvious with no nuance or nonsensical political word vomit

Candy Says - 5/5 What Goes On - 3/5 Some Kinda Love - 3/5 Pale Blue Eyes - 5/5 Jesus - 2/5 Beginning To See The Light - 4/5 I'm Set Free - 3/5 That's The Story Of My Life - 3/5 The Murder Mystery - 2/5 After Hours - 4/5 Average score: 3.4/5

Green Light - 10/10 Sober - 10/10 Homemade Dynamite - 7/10 The Louvre - 8/10 Liability - 8/10 Hard Feelings/Loveless - 6/10 Sober II (Melodrama) - 6/10 Writer In The Dark - 7/10 Supercut - 10/10 Liability (Reprise) - 6/10 Perfect Places - 8/10 Total score: 86/110 (round up to 4 stars) this was good, it's neck and neck with Pure Heroine i think. a more melodramatic vibe compared to that album (no pun intended)

Hanging On The Telephone - 5/5 One Way Or Another - 5/5 Picture This - 4/5 Fade Away And Radiate - 3/5 Pretty Baby - 3/5 I Know But I Don't Know - 2/5 11:59 - 3/5 Will Anything Happen - 3/5 Sunday Girl - 5/5 Heart Of Glass - 5/5 I'm Gonna Love You Too - 2/5 Just Go Away - 2/5 Average score: 3.5/5 solid album. didn't care for track 6, 11 &12 very much

15 Step - 5/5 Bodysnatchers - 5/5 Nude - 5/5 Weird Fishes / Arpeggi - 5/5 All I Need - 5/5 Faust Arp - 4/5 Reckoner - 5/5 House Of Cards - 4/5 Jigsaw Falling Into Place - 5/5 Videotape - 3/5 Average score: 4.6/5 (rounding up)

for some reason i accidentally gave this a 5 star rating despite never hearing this a day in my life so i'm listening and editing my rating Under The Pressure - 4/5 Red Eyes - 4/5 Suffering - 3/5 An Ocean In Between The Waves - 4/5 Disappearing - 3/5 Eyes To The Wind - 4/5 The Haunting Idle - 1/5 (zzzzz) Burning - 4/5 Lost In The Dream - 4/5 In Reverse - 4/5 Average score: 3.5/5 (rounding down)

Ramble Tamble - 5/5 Before You Accuse Me - 3/5 Travelin' Band - 4/5 Oobey Doobey - 2/5 Lookin' Out My Back Door - 5/5 Runnin' Through The Jungle - 5/5 Up Around The Bend - 5/5 My Baby Left Me - 2/5 Who'll Stop The Rain - 5/5 I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 3/5 Long As I Can See The Light - 3/5 Average score: 3.8/5 (rounding up)

i've heard a couple tracks of his before, but i'm not familiar with much of his discography Rednecks - 1/5 Birmingham - 3/5 Marie - 2/5 Mr. President (Have Pity...) - 3/5 Guilty - 3/5 Louisiana 1927 - 3/5 Every Man a King - 2/5 Kingfish - 4/5 Naked Man - 3/5 A Wedding in Cherokee Country - 4/5 Back on My Feet Again - 3/5 Rollin' - 3/5 Average score: 2.8/5 (rounding down) nothing could've prepared me for the liberal use of the n-word on the opening track. and i'm not willing to hear anyone's "b-but it's meant to be satirical!" excuses either. i think we've come to a point in society where we can critique racism without non-black people resulting to using slurs. if you ask me, it's just plain lazy; do better. overall, the album was alright i guess. it all mostly sounded like toy story music, much like the rest of his work. some of the songs in the last half stood out to me a bit i suppose

Airbag - 5/5 Paranoid Android - 5/5 Subterranean Homesick Alien - 5/5 Exit Music (For A Film) - 5/5 Let Down - 4/5 Karma Police - 5/5 Fitter Happier - N/A Electioneering - 5/5 Climbing Up the Walls - 4/5 No Surprises - 5/5 Lucky - 4/5 The Tourist - 4/5 Average score: 4.6/5 (rounding up)

Welcome To The Jungle - 5/5 It's So Easy - 4/5 Nightrain - 4/5 Out Ta Get Me - 4/5 Mr. Brownstone - 5/5 Paradise City - 5/5 My Michelle - 5/5 Think About You - 4/5 Sweet Child O' Mine - 5/5 You're Crazy - 4/5 Anything Goes - 3/5 Rocket Queen - 4/5 Total score: 4.3/5 (rounding down)

didn't care for this instrumentals were fine, kinda unimpressive for my taste (though 90s hip hop is admittedly hit-or-miss for me). didn't care much for neither the artist's voice or his flow. the majority of tracks also felt like they ran 2-3 minutes longer than they should've, probably because the guy repeats the title several times throughout to pad out the time this had political/societal messaging throughout, which i'm usually fine with. hell, i'll admit i've heard socially-conscious rap done well before. however, it lacks subtlety. the message is either made plainly obvious with no nuance or nonsensical political word vomit

Chain of Fools - 5/5 Money Won't Change You - 3/5 People Get Ready - 4/5 Niki Hoeky - 3/5 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - 5/5 (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone - 5/5 Good to Me as I Am to You - 3/5 Come Back Baby - 3/5 Groovin' - 3/5 Ain't No Way - 5/5 Average score: 3.9/5 (rounding up)

Smack My Bitch Up - 5/5 Breathe - 5/5 Diesel Power - 4/5 Funky Shit - 4/5 Serial Thrilla - 5/5 Mindfields - 5/5 Narayan - 3/5 Firestarter - 5/5 Climbatize - 5/5 Fuel My Fire - 5/5 Total score: 4.6/5 (rounding up) every track slaps idc what anyone says. Narayan was kinda weak compared to much of the other tracks but man to they start and finish with a bang

despite how eccentric and experimental this was, i enjoyed it more than i thought i would. it's unlikely i'd listen to this again in the future, but i'm glad i gave it a spin at least once

Singapore - 3/5 Clap Hands - 4/5 Cemetary Polka - 5/5 Jockey Full Of Bourbon - 5/5 Tango Till They're Sore - 4/5 Big Black Mariah - 4/5 Diamonds And Gold - 4/5 Hang Down Your Head - 2/5 Time - 3/5 Rain Dogs - 4/5 Midtown - 2/5 9th & Hennepin - 2/5 Gun Street Girl - 5/5 Union Square - 3/5 Blind Love - 3/5 Walking Spanish - 3/5 Downtown Train - 4/5 Bride Of Rain Dog - 2/5 Anywhere I Lay My Head - 3/5 Average score: 3.4/5 it's like that one chop shop song in the movie Robots, but for like an hour jokes aside, was almost certain I'd hate this whole album when i heard Singapore for the first time, but this grew on me the more i listened. some of the tracks have a creole-y, jazzy vibe to them that I can appreciate. there were some off-putting spots, but i could see myself listening to a good portion of this album in the future. weird but somehow likeable

P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) - 4/5 Mothership Connection (Star Child) - 3/5 Unfunky UFO - 4/5 Supergroovalisticprosifunktication (The Bumps Bump) - 4/5 (yes i typed that WHOLE fucking title) Handcuffs - 4/5 Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) - 5/5 Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples - 3/5 Average score: 3.8/5 (rounding up) solid funk, nuff said

couldn't get through this one in full this artist is yet another case of "who tf is this and why tf are they on this list?" the author of the 1001 albums book has a horribly bias towards obscure UK artists that've barely gained any notoriety within the UK, much less anywhere else in the world the music's not "bad," a few of the tracks toward the beginning were even okay. but this shallow Lauryn Hill wannabe album being on a list of must-listens is laughable. there are far more noteworthy female artists that could've made it onto this list (Little Simz is from the UK! hello??) giving this a 2 simply because i know worse albums will be on this list

Highway Star - 5/5 Maybe I'm a Leo - 4/5 Pictures of Home - 3/5 Never Before - 3/5 Smoke on the Water - 5/5 Lazy - 3/5 Space Truckin' - 4/5 Average score - 3.8/5 (rounding up) real solid album. didn't care much for Pictures of Home

unfortunately i'm just not a big appreciator of jazz. makes lovely background music i suppose

Right In Time - 4/5 Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - 4/5 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten - 4/5 Drunken Angel - 4/5 Concrete And Barbed Wire - 2/5 Lake Charles - 3/5 Can't Let Go - 5/5 I Lost It - 3/5 Metal Firecracker - 3/5 Greenville - 3/5 Still I Long For Your Kiss - 2/5 Joy - 1/5 Jackson - 4/5 Average score: 3.2/5 country is a very hit-or-miss genre for me (i tend to like older country over modern). regardless, this was fairly standard for me. had some solid tracks, had some duds i will say, i like her as a vocalist. she sounds like a blend of Sheryl Crow and Liz Phair to me

didn't like it, but re-listening for fair assessment Ramblin' Rose - 3/5 Kick Out the Jams - 4/5 Come Together - 3/5 Rocket Reducer No. 62 - Talk - 1/5 Borderline - 1/5 Motor City Is Burning - 3/5 I Want You Right Now - 2/5 Starship - 2/5 Average score: 2.5/5 (rounding down) not as bad as i first listened, but by no means good i hear what some of you are saying about this being "important" as a proto-punk album, and i'm sure this was influential for what we know as punk today. however, influential doesn't always make something good imho

I'd only ever heard Porcelain years ago,which was alright to me at the time, so I had high hopes for liking the rest of the album. I just didn't like it, I'm afraid. The majority of this is looped blues samples over near-identical and repetitive drums and keyboards. On the tracks that aren't samples, the vocals aren't great and the lyrics often sound very basic, almost sterile. I guess can see how some people could get into this sound when it first came out, but it definitely didn't age well imho. There's plenty of albums from the 90s or older that feel timeless in comparison. I'll give this a (very reluctant) 2/5.

I've listened to this album countless times but I'll review anyway Pink Moon - 5/5 Place To Be - 5/5 Road - 5/5 Which Will - 4/5 Horn - no rating Things Behind The Sun - 5/5 Know - 3/5 Parasite - 5/5 Free Ride - 5/5 Harvest Breed - 3/5 From The Morning - 5/5 Average score: 4.5/5 (rounding up) Bryer Later is still my fav of all his releases, but I still hold this near and dear to my heart

this shit got me shuckin' n jivin' that's for sure

i always put off hearing this album but i'm soooo glad i finally gave it a listen Chameleon - 5/5 (a bit long but really good, was far from bored) Watermelon Man - 5/5 (i have no words this shit was just pure 🔥🔥🔥from beginning to end) Sly - 5/5 (another long but good one) Vein Melter - 3/5 (real slow and chill, sounds like music to sneak around at night to) this album really changed my perspective on jazz 4.5/5 (rounding up)

Taxman - 4/5 Eleanor Rigby - 5/5 I'm Only Sleeping - 4/5 Love You To - 3/5 Here There And Everywhere - 5/5 Yellow Submarine - 4/5 She Said She Said - 4/5 Good Day Sunshine - 5/5 And Your Bird Can Sing - 3/5 For No One - 5/5 Doctor Robert - 3/5 I Want To Tell You - 3/5 Got To Get You Into My Life - 3/5 Tomorrow Never Knows - 3/5 Average score: 3.8/5 (rounding up)

one of my fav lesbians fr Western Stars - 4/5 Lock, Stock and Teardrops - 3/5 Sugar Moon - 4/5 I Wish I Didn't Love You So - 4/5 (Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance Floor - 3/5 Black Coffee - 4/5 Shadowland - 3/5 Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - 4/5 Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them - 3/5 I'm Down to My Last Cigarette - 4/5 Busy Being Blue - 4/5 Honky Tonk Angels Medley - 2/5 Average score - 3.5/5 gay people should do country more

oh... let's just say his earlier work was much better than whatever the fuck that was. wish i stayed oblivious of this side of Tim Buckley's music

great at times, boring in others

heard this once before, i'll rate it though Blue Suede Shoes - 5/5 I'm Counting on You - 2/5 I Got a Woman - 4/5 One-Sided Love Affair - 3/5 I Love You Because - 3/5 Just Because - 3/5 Tutti Frutti - 4/5 Trying to Get to You - 3/5 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You) - 3/5 I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') - 3/5 Blue Moon - 2/5 (audio quality wasn't great) Money Honey - 4/5 Average - 3.2 (1 for the money, 2 for the show)

Uncontrollable Urge - 5/5 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - 5/5 Praying Hands - 4/5 Space Junk - 4/5 Mongoloid - 5/5 Jocko Homo - 5/5 Too Much Paranoias - 3/5 Gut Feeling / (Slap Your Mammy) - 5/5 Come Back Jonee - 3/5 Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin') - 4/5 Shrivel-Up - 5/5 Average score: 4.4/5 (rounding up) one of my fav albums from one of my fav artists. when i say i enjoy post-punk, *this* is what the fuck i'm talking about it's wacky and weird and goofy in the best of ways. even my least fav tracks are fun in their own ways, and the better tracks make up for them tenfold. because of this, i felt it was deserving of a little boost in score the only complaint i've got is there aren't MORE albums by DEVO featured on this list!! this album is hands down my fav of their entire discography and deserves the highlight, but you're telling me that Freedom of Choice didn't make the cut as well?? c'mon now.

Plastico - 5/5 Buscando Guayaba - 4/5 Pedro Navaja - 5/5 Maria Lionza - 5/5 Ojos - 5/5 Dime - 3/5 Siembra - 4/5 Average score - 4.4/5 not really much of a salsa listener so i struggle to say much about this. i can say that this is a fun listen, and probably the most attention-catching salsa i've heard

Wheel of Confusion / The Straightener - 3/5 Tomorrow's Dream - 4/5 Changes - 5/5 FX - no rating Supernaut - 4/5 Snowblind - 5/5 Cornucopia - 4/5 Laguna Sunrise - 3/5 St. Vitus Dance - 3/5 Under the Sun / Every Day Comes and Goes - 4/5 Average: 3.8/5 (rounding up)

re-listening because i feel i didn't give this album a fair rating the first time Sunflower - 4/5 Can You Heal Us (Holy Man) - 3/5 Wild Wood - 4/5 Instrumental - Pt. 1 - no rating All The Pictures On The Wall - 3/5 Has My Fire Really Gone Out? - 3/5 Country - 3/5 Instrumental Two - no rating 5th Season - 3/5 The Weaver - 3/5 Instrumental - Pt. 2 - no rating Foot Of The Mountain - 2/5 Shadow Of The Sun - 3/5 Holy Man - Reprise - 3/5 Moon On Your Pyjamas - 2/5 Hung Up - 3/5 Average score: 3/5 okay now i understand what i didn't like about this album on my first listen i liked a few tracks i suppose. i could even enjoy *something* about the tracks i rated lower, and that something was the instrumentation. everything else? not so much. Paul Weller's a decent vocalist i suppose, but his lyrics are corny, generic, and preachy at times. if it weren't for that fact, i could've enjoyed this album far better than i did it takes more than just good instrumentation and production to make an enjoyable album, hence why i can't bring myself to give this any higher of a score than I have

Alll I Really Want - 4/5 You Oughta Know - 5/5 Perfect - 3/5 Hand In My Pocket - 5/5 Right Through You - 5/5 Forgiven - 4/5 You Learn - 5/5 Head Over Feet - 5/5 Mary Jane - 3/5 Ironic - 5/5 Not the Doctor - 4/5 Wake Up - 3/5 Average score: 4.2/5

i've already listened to this many over the years Genesis - 5/5 Let There Be Light - 4/5 D.A.N.C.E - 5/5 Newjack - 3/5 Phantom - 4/5 Phantom Pt. II - 5/5 Valentine - 4/5 The Party - 2/5 DVNO - 3/5 Stress - 4/5 Waters of Nazareth - 5/5 One Minute To Midnight - 4/5 Average score: 4/5 they could've trimmed a few tracks, but this was still very enjoyable and the stronger track make up for the weaker ones and then some (especially D.A.N.C.E)

Missing Pieces - 5/5 Sixteen Saltines - 5/5 Freedom At 21 - 4/5 Love Interruption - 5/5 Blunderbuss - 5/5 Hypocritical Kiss - 4/5 Weep Themselves To Sleep - 4/5 I'm Shakin' - 3/5 Trash Tongue Talker - 3/5 Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy - 3/5 I Guess I Should Go To Sleep - 2/5 On And On And On - 3/5 Take Me With You When You Go - 3/5 Average score: 3.7/5 (rounding up) overall i liked this, it was reminiscent of something he'd do in his white stripes days i think. i'm not sure where this lands rating-wise in comparison to his other white stripes/raconteurs albums, but i enjoyed the first half of the album a lot. if they trimmed a few songs off this list (particularly some of the last 5 tracks or so), this would've scored much higher

i feel similarly to this as I did to albums like Play by Moby: it's very repetitive and the sound gets old fast. in fact, i think i enjoyed this less. it's obvious they were going for a similar sound to Massive Attack or Portishead, kind of a trip hop vibe. some tracks had potential but were just dull. others were just odd, like wtf was with that weird alien-sounding noise on The Rake?? this is yet another obscure/subpar UK music from the 90s and 00s that no one's ever heard of being listed as music we should "listen to before we die." i'll stick to massive attack and portishead, they do it much better. 1.5/5

Rise Above - 5/5 (punk anthem fr) Spray Paint - 3/5 (short but intense) Six Pack - 4/5 What I See - 3/5 TV Party - 4/5 Thirsty And Miserable - 2/5 Police Story - 4/5 Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie - 4/5 Depression - 4/5 Room 13 - 4/5 Damaged II - 2/5 No More - 3/5 Padded Cell - 2/5 Life of Pain - 3/5 Damaged I - 3/5 Average score: 3.3/5 essential punk listening first two-thirds of the album was pretty good, could do without the last 4-5 songs

re-listening for a more fair assessment Out on the Weekend - 5/5 Harvest - 4/5 A Man Needs a Maid - 4/5 Heart of Gold - 5/5 Are You Ready for the Country? - 3/5 Old Man - 5/5 There's a World - 4/5 Alabama - 5/5 The Needle and the Damage Done - 5/5 Words (Between the Lines of Age) - 5/5 Average score: 4.5/5 (rounding up to 5 stars) i liked this album just fine my 1st listen, but it took an additional try since then to really appreciate the artistry of it and change my mind on a couple tracks i didn't like. i initially didn't like Harvest, A Man Needs a Maid or There's a World my first time hearing them, but the beauty of these tracks grew on me after giving them another chance

really didn't want my ears to perceive this racist prick's solo music, but i felt skipping his albums out of spite would defeat the purpose of using this album generator You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side - 3/5 Glamorous Glue - 4/5 We'll Let You Know - 3/5 The National Front - 3/5 Certain People I Know - 4/5 We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful - 4/5 You're the One for Me, Fatty - 2/5 Seasick, Yet Still Docked - 2/5 I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday - 2/5 Tomorrow - 3/5 Average score: 3/5 i hate how decent this was one morrissey album down, three more to go...

half decent, mostly forgettable. some of these songs (particularly Tuesday's Gone) felt like they went on entirely too long for my liking i would agree that free bird's a must-hear song, but everything else? nah -rep for apparently being racists too

kim gordon my beloved. i've technically already listened to this but only a few of the popular tracks. 100% - 5/5 Swimsuit Issue - 4/5 Theresa's Sound-World - 4/5 Drunken Butterfly - 4/5 Shoot - 4/5 Wish Fulfillment - 4/5 Sugar Kane - 5/5 Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit - 4/5 Youth Against Fascism - 5/5 Nic Fit - 1/5 On The Strip - 3/5 Chapel Hill - 5/5 JC - 4/5 Purr - 5/5 Creme Brulee - 1/5 Average score: 3.8/5 (rounding up) first 2/3 were pretty strong. the album drags at some spots after Youth Against Fascism (with the exception of Chapel Hill and Purr)

Bat Out of Hell - 3/5 You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) - 3/5 Heaven Can Wait - 4/5 All Revved Up with No Place to Go - 4/5 Two Out of Three Ain't Bad - 3/5 Paradise By the Dashboard Light - 3/5 For Crying Out Loud - 4/5 Average score: 3.4/5 i've heard of Meat Loaf, but never listened to anything from him til now. based on the album cover, i figured this would be some sort of metal album or glam rock... i was proven very wrong. this sounded like if Bruce Springsteen decided to dabble in musical theater i've given this album 2 listens in a row and i'm still struggling to determine whether or not i liked this. every song felt like a roller coaster; i'm hooked for a moment, then lost and disoriented in another (especially in Paradise By the Dashboard Light) regardless of whether this sound is "for me" or not, i can't deny this man's talent, energy and powerful vocal performance.

i've only ever heard Scooby Snacks prior to today, so this will be a relatively new listen for me The Fun Lovin' Criminal - 1/5 (booooo corny) Passive / Aggressive - 2/5 The Grave and the Constant - 3/5 Scooby Snacks - 4/5 Smoke 'Em - 3/5 Bombin' the L - 3/5 I Can't Get with That - 3/5 King of New York - 3/5 We Have All the Time in the World - 4/5 Bear Hug - 1/5 Come Find Yourself - 3/5 Crime and Punishment - 3/5 Methadonia - 1/5 Overall rating: 2.6/5 (rounding down) upon hearing the opening track, i was ready to write this whole album off as shit and stop listening. after finishing the entirety, i think i can say this was... fine? i don't doubt this album slapped by the 90s standard, but this did NOT age well after nearly 30 years since release, particularly the bluegrass-y fusion tracks. while most of this was tolerable, it was just that. tolerable.

heard this album a couple times in the past, but i'll listen again for a refresher favs: (sic), eyeless, wait and bleed, spit it out, liberate, eeyore drums definitely are the the best part of this album, same with all their other releases i'm really surprised how harshly this is being rated here tbh. it's not perfect, but i don't think this was nearly as awful as some of these reviews say it is

Smile Please - 4/5 Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away - 4/5 Too Shy To Say - 3/5 Boogie On Reggae Woman - 3/5 Creepin' - 4/5 You Haven't Done Nothin' - 5/5 It Ain't No Use - 5/5 They Won't Go When I Go - 4/5 Bird Of Beauty - 3/5 Please Don't Go - 3/5 Average score - 3.8/5 (round up) while i've never been a regular listener, hating on stevie wonder is literally impossible. the song It Ain't No Use does not get enough love, it might be my fav of the whole album

Break on Through (To the Other Side) - 5/5 Soul Kitchen - 5/5 The Crystal Ship - 4/5 Twentieth Century Fox - 5/5 Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) - 4/5 Light My Fire - 5/5 Back Door Man - 3/5 I Looked at You - 2/5 End of the Night - 3/5 Take It as It Comes - 5/5 The End - 4/5 (loooong but nice) Average score: 4/5 a classic. no complaints.

i've listened to this before but not in full, only the hit tracks Mr. Self Destruct - 5/5 Piggy - 5/5 Heresy - 5/5 March Of The Pigs - 4/5 Closer - 5/5 (obviously) Ruiner - 4/5 The Becoming - 5/5 I Do Not Want This - 2/5 (not good, skipped halfway) Big Man With A Gun - 3/5 (short) A Warm Place - 4/5 Eraser - 4/5 Reptile - 5/5 The Downward Spiral - 2/5 (zzzzzz) Hurt - 5/5 (obviously) Total score: 4.1/5

never listened to ice cube's full discography. i find that 90s hip hop is hit or miss for me and this was unfortunately a miss for me. boring at best and misogynistic at worst

damn i haven't heard this since i was in high school. nearly forgot i owned the CD Time to Relax - no rating Nitro (Youth Energy) - 3/5 Bad Habit - 3/5 Gotta Get Away - 4/5 Genocide - 3/5 Something to Believe In - 2/5 (i like this until the chorus came in and ruined it) Come Out and Play - 4/5 (a classic, maybe a little overplayed) Self Esteem - 4/5 (same as above) It'll Be a Long Time - 4/5 Killboy Powerhead - 3/5 What Happened to You? - 4/5 So Alone - 3/5 (short track) Not the One - 3/5 Smash - 3/5 Average score: 3.3/5 honestly surprised this made its way onto the list of albums to hear before you die. do i agree that this is a *must* hear? absolutely not. this really sounds like "baby's 1st punk album" after re-listening. i enjoyed it a lot as a teen (particularly the first half or so) but even my nostalgia doesn't overshadow the fact that many of the tracks sound same-y. regardless, i've definitely heard worse.

Brighton Rock - 4/5 (guitar solo was the best part) Killer Queen - 5/5 (obviously) Tenement Funster - 3/5 Flick Of The Wrist - 4/5 Lily Of The Valley - 3/5 (beautiful track but it's too short!!!) Now I'm Here - 5/5 In The Lap Of The Gods - 4/5 Stone Cold Crazy - 5/5 (more crazy guitar) Dear Friends - not rating, too short. it's pretty though Misfire - 2/5 Bring Back That Leroy Brown - 3/5 She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettos) - 3/5 In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited - 4/5 Overall score: 3.8/5 (rounding up, excludes Dear Friends)

Stripped Intro - no rating Can't Hold Us Down - 3/5 Walk Away - 4/5 Fighter - 4/5 Primer Amor Interlude - no rating Infatuation - 3/5 Loves Embrace Interlude - no rating Loving Me 4 Me - 3/5 Impossible - 3/5 Underappreciated - 4/5 Beautiful - 4/5 Make Over - 2/5 Cruz - 3/5 Soar - 3/5 Get Mine, Get Yours - 3/5 Dirrty - 2/5 Stripped, Pt. 2 - no rating The Voice Within - 3/5 I'm OK - 2/5 Keep on Singin' My Song - 3/5 Overall rating - 3/5 surprisingly i didn't hate this. in fact, i liked some of the less popular tracks more than i did the commercially successful. it was faaaar too long of an album though, this could've been at least 5 tracks less.

only ever heard Blister In The Sun prior to now Blister In The Sun - 4/5 Kiss Off - 4/5 Please Do Not Go - 3/5 Add It Up - 4/5 Confessions - 3/5 Prove My Love - 4/5 Promise - 4/5 To The Kill - 2/5 Gone Daddy Gone - 4/5 Good Feeling - 3/5 Overall score: 3.5/5 (rounding up) i enjoyed this more than i thought i would, very much ahead of its time. shocked to learn this album was released in the early 80s and not the 90s!

i didn't have high hopes for this one, and it seems my instincts were proven right this time. this one's a snoozer for sure. the instrumentals, while not terrible, put me to sleep. the vocals are not very good either imho. nearly incoherent, in fact. almost none of these tracks stuck out to me, most were pretty forgettable. Weighted Down (The Prison Song) was oddly nice in comparison to the first few tracks, and War In Peace was probably the best overall in this whole album (likely because this is where the album drifted away from folk and became more psychedelic) i would really like to talk to the maker of this list and ask them their reasoning for putting this on a list of must-hear albums, cuz i just don't get it. guess this just isn't for me

Deny Everything - 3/5 I Just Want Some Skank - 4/5 Beverly Hills - 4/5 Operation - 4/5 Wasted - 2/5 Behind The Door - 4/5 World Up My Ass - 4/5 Paid Vacation - 4/5 Don't Care - 3/5 Live Fast Die Young - 5/5 What's Your Problem - 3/5 Group Sex - 3/5 Red Tape - 4/5 Total: 3.6/5 (rounding down) can't find much to say about this except that it's fun and high-energy while also being concise. the fact that it's only like 15 minutes is actually kinda impressive

In It for the Money - 4/5 Richard III - 5/5 Tonight - 4/5 Late in the Day - 4/5 G-Song - 4/5 Sun Hits the Day - 4/5 Going Out - 4/5 It's Not Me - 4/5 Cheapskate - 3/5 You Can See Me - 4/5 Hollow Little Reign - 3/5 Sometimes I Make You Sad - 3/5 Total score: 3.8/5 (rounding up) oh wow, *another* british group. what an absolute shocker. sarcasm aside, i enjoyed this quite a bit. the last track was ATROCIOUS tho, reminded me of creepy carnival music or something.

i've yet to hear this in full, only know sultans of swing off of here Down to the Waterline - 5/5 Water of Love - 4/5 Setting Me Up - 4/5 Six Blade Knife - 4/5 Southbound Again - 4/5 Sultans of Swing - 5/5 In the Gallery - 4/5 Wild West End - 4/5 Lions - 5/5 Total score: 4.3/5 i can't lie, first track hooked me almost instantly. the guitar riffs, the silky smooth bass... i've clearly been sleeping on dire straits

The Pearl - 3/5 Michelangelo - 4/5 I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now - 3/5 Tragedy - 2/5 Red Dirt Girl - 3/5 My Baby Needs a Shepherd - 2/5 Bang the Drum Slowly - 2/5 J'ai fait tout - 3/5 One Big Love - 3/5 Hour of Gold - 3/5 My Antonia - 1/5 (zzzz) Boy from Tupelo - 2/5 Average: 2.58 i had higher hopes for this one since i really enjoyed Pieces of the Sky. upon hearing just the first song, i already kinda made my mind up this was a fine release and all, nothing really stuck out to me except for maybe a few songs. it's unlikely i'd return to this album, her earlier ones are far better in comparison

not the kind of music i listen to often but i can appreciate it. beautiful mix of soul and country from front to back, and the versatility of Ray's voice is definitely showcased here. only thing i don't "like" is how long this album is. with 24 tracks in total, i don't think i'd listen to this in full often unless played in the background.

i've already listened to this once or twice a few years ago, but i needed a refresher ★ - 4/5 'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore - 2/5 Lazarus - 5/5 Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) - 4/5 Girl Loves Me - 4/5 Dollar Days - 4/5 I Can't Give Everything Away - 4/5 Total score: 3.8/5 (rounding up) i remember Lazarus the most since i last listened, it's definitely the best track on here, followed by the finishing track. only one i didn't like was 'Tis A Pity, something about the instrumentals and vocals was off-putting (maybe a little too "out there" for me) overall, while this was a hard listen in some spots, i don't think anyone could ask for a better performance given his battle with cancer while making this. i consider this a beautiful farewell album from such a legendary artist

Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On - 3/5 Run Charlie Run - 4/5 Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - 5/5 Love Woke Me Up This Morning - 3/5 I Ain't Got Nothin' - 3/5 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - 3/5 Mother Nature - 3/5 Do Your Thing - 4/5 Total score: 3.5/5 (rounding down) started strong until they switched to more of a gentle, doo-woppy sound in the middle. not a bad album at all but i prefer the motown funk sound far more

this better be at least a decent listen cuz why the actual hell is this SO LONG?? I Saw the Light - 5/5 It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference - 5/5 Wolfman Jack - 4/5 Cold Morning Light - 4/5 It Takes Two to Tango (This Is for the Girls) - 3/5 Sweeter Memories - 3/5 Intro - no rating Breathless - 2/5 The Night the Carousel Burned Down - 4/5 Saving Grace - 3/5 Marlene - 1/5 Song of the Viking - 3/5 I Went to the Mirror - 3/5 Black Maria - 4/5 One More Day (No Word) - 4/5 Couldn't I Just Tell You - 3/5 Torch Song - 4/5 Little Red Lights - 2/5 Overture–My Roots - 1/5 (sound quality was too rough for my liking) Dust in the Wind - 4/5 Piss Aaron - 3/5 Hello It's Me - 5/5 Some Folks Is Even Whiter Than Me - 4/5 You Left Me Sore - 4/5 Slut - 1/5 Average score: 3.3/5 this one needed a couple breaks for me to get through, but it was fine. the album starts off strong the first few songs and had a strong-ish end (if you don't include that sexist garbage song Slut), but the majority of the middle tracks were pretty forgettable as far as the quality of the songs, most songs were pretty middle of the road for me, with a handful of some gems in there. i felt like i'd heard most of what this album had to offer by the halfway point though, which made sitting through all 25 tracks a little difficult this is the first of his discography i've come across on this album generator, and looking at his other albums i'm seeing most are (while not being *as* long as this one) are still fairly lengthy. i guess i'd better brace myself

heard this many times in the past, will rate anyway 6'1'' - 4/5 Help Me Mary - 3/5 Glory - 4/5 Dance of the Seven Veils - 4/5 Never Said - 5/5 Soap Star Joe - 5/5 Explain It To Me - 4/5 Canary - 4/5 Mezmerizing - 5/5 Fuck and Run - 5/5 Girls! Girls! Girls! - 3/5 Divorce Song - 5/5 Shatter - 4/5 Flower - 5/5 Johnny Sunshine - 5/5 Gunshy - 4/5 Stratford-On-Guy - 5/5 Strange Loop - 4/5 Average score: 4.3/5 liz phair my beloved

already listened, rating anyway E-Pro - 5/5 Que' Onda Guero - 4/5 Girl - 4/5 Missing - 3/5 Black Tambourine - 4/5 Earthquake Weather - 3/5 Hell Yes - 3/5 Broken Drum - 3/5 Scarecrow - 3/5 Go It Alone - 5/5 Farewell Ride - 4/5 Rental Car - 3/5 Emergency Exit - 3/5 Total score: 3.6/5 (rounding down) it's a fine album, much like the rest of Beck's discography. the middle tracks were probably the weakest and least memorable to me, but there was nothing on here that was unbearable by any means

Like a Prayer - 5/5 Express Yourself - 4/5 Love Song - 3/5 Till Death Do Us Part - 4/5 Promise to Try - 3/5 Cherish - 4/5 Dear Jessie - 4/5 Oh Father - 3/5 Keep It Together - 3/5 Spanish Eyes - 3/5 Act of Contrition - 1/5 Total score: 3.4/5 three good songs among a pile of mid ones

heard this before and i listen to some of the tracks regularly Zero - 5/5 Heads Will Roll - 5/5 (️‍🔥️‍🔥️‍🔥) Soft Shock - 5/5 Skeletons - 3/5 Dull Life - 4/5 Shame And Fortune - 3/5 Runaway - 4/5 Dragon Queen - 4/5 Hysteric - 4/5 Little Shadow - 2/5 Average score: 3.9/5 (rounding up to 4) pretty strong start with the first few songs imho. after Soft Shock, the tracks kinda roller-coaster between pretty good and mid until i hit what i consider a weak ending with Little Shadow. nevertheless, this was a fun listen

Hotel California - 4/5 New Kid in Town - 4/5 Life in the Fast Lane - 5/5 Wasted Time - 2/5 Wasted Time (Reprise) - excluded from rating Victim of Love - 4/5 Pretty Maids All in a Row - 2/5 Try and Love Again - 4/5 The Last Resort - 2/5 Average score: 3.4/5 (rounding down) honestly thought i'd find this a complete snoozer, i've only ever heard Hotel California and Life in the Fast Lane in the past. i was pleasantly surprised at how many tracks i did like, most were at least a 4 the album started strong, but definitely lost a lot of momentum once you reached the middle onward. Wasted Time and The Last Resort were definitely my least favorite of the songs, which likely dropped my rating significantly

Paint It, Black - 5/5 Stupid Girl - 1/5 Lady Jane - 3/5 Under My Thumb - 2/5 Doncha Bother Me - 1/5 Think - 2/5 Flight 505 - 2/5 High And Dry - 3/5 It's Not Easy - 1/5 I am Waiting - 3/5 Going Home - 1/5 (too fucking long and bad) Average score: 2.18/5 author of this list must've only listened to Paint It, Black cuz that's one of the ONLY good songs on this album. after that song, it's pretty much all downhill from there their influence in music is not lost on me and i've liked some of their other albums, but man this wasn't good. Jagger's vocals were... Jagger's vocals, many of the songs sounded like they were dicking around with *concepts* of a blues song (wtf was that 11-minute track?) and the misogynistic tones of Stupid Girl and Under My Thumb? ew. i'm cool off hearing the majority of this album ever again

In France They Kiss on Main Street - 5/5 The Jungle Line - 5/5 Edith and the Kingpin - 5/5 Don't Interrupt the Sorrow - 5/5 Shades of Scarlett Conquering - 4/5 The Hissing of Summer Lawns - 5/5 The Boho Dance - 4/5 Harry's House / Centerpiece - 5/5 Sweet Bird - 4/5 Shadows and Light - 3/5 Average score: 4.5/5 stars (rounding up to 5) imagine hating Joni Mitchell lol i've only ever listened to Blue in the past but i'm super impressed by this album as a whole. obviously Joni's vocal performance is exquisite, but the jazzy instrumentals were complimentary and pleasant to the ear. Edith and the Kingpin stood out to me most out of all the songs but i don't really hate anything here as always, Joni don't miss!

heard this already maybe a month ago. i would go song by song to rate this but tbh nearly every song ranged between a 2/5 or a 3/5 it's not bad, but it's not great either. i think 3 stars is a generous enough rating

More Than a Feeling - 4/5 Peace of Mind - 5/5 Foreplay / Long Time - 5/5 Rock & Roll Band - 4/5 Smokin' - 4/5 Hitch a Ride - 3/5 Something About You - 3/5 Let Me Take You Home Tonight - 3/5 Average score: 3.9/5 (rounding up) kinda wanted to be a hater after having heard More Than a Feeling millions of times on the radio, but i tried to not let that fact affect my rating of the album too much. i will say that Peace of Mind and Foreplay / Long Time are arguably 1000x better than the opening track i don't really have much of value to say about this album, especially since this isn't really a genre i'm crazy about. it's classic, well-produced dad rock

rating original tracklist only ...Baby One More Time - 5/5 (You Drive Me) Crazy - 4/5 Sometimes - 3/5 Soda Pop - 2/5 Born to Make You Happy - 3/5 From the Bottom of My Broken Heart - 3/5 I Will Be There - 3/5 I Will Still Love You - 2/5 Deep In My Heart - 3/5 Thinkin' Bout You - 3/5 E-Mail My Heart - 2/5 The Beat Goes On - 2/5 Average score: 2.9/5 (rounding up) only ever heard the song Baby One More Time prior to listening to this album and i can see why. most songs on here were either just okay or just tolerable enough for me to not call shit. maybe if i'd heard this back in the early 2000s i'd be blinded enough by nostalgia to give this higher praises

i fear this may be too niche for me to appreciate, but i'll rate anyway Erdi - 2/5 Yer Bounda Fara - 4/5 Beto - 4/5 Savane - 3/5 Soya - 4/5 Penda Yoro - 3/5 Machengoidi - 2/5 Ledi Coumbe - 2/5 Hanana - 1/5 Soko Yhinka - 2/5 Gambari Didi - 4/5 Banga - 3/5 N'jarou - 3/5 Average score: 2.8/5 (rounding up) yeah i felt like i could only half appreciate this album sadly, just not the kind of music i gravitate towards. i will say i enjoyed this far more than i thought i would at least

Rhymin & Stealin - 5/5 The New Style - 5/5 She's Crafty - 4/5 Posse In Effect - 4/5 Slow Ride - 2/5 Girls - 4/5 Fight For Your Right - 4/5 No Sleep Til Brooklyn - 5/5 Paul Revere - 4/5 Hold It Now, Hit It - 3/5 Brass Monkey - 4/5 Slow And Low - 3/5 Time To Get Ill - 4/5 Average score: 3.9/5 (rounding up) it's probably nostalgia talking but idgaf

i've heard this album before but it's been a while Sympathy For The Devil - 4/5 No Expectations - 3/5 Dear Doctor - 3/5 Parachute Woman - 2/5 Jigsaw Puzzle - 3/5 Street Fighting Man - 4/5 Prodigal Son - 4/5 Stray Cat Blues - 4/5 Factory Blues - 3/5 Salt Of The Earth - 3/5 Average score: 3.3/5 this is a huge improvement from their Aftermath album, that's for sure. it sounds like they solidified their blues sound since that album. the production sounds a lot cleaner here too, which i feel compliments their performance a lot better overall. none of the tracks were terrible by any means, though Parachute Woman was probably my least favorite. everything else was alright to me, maybe even good i don't think i've been made a huge Rolling Stones fan after hearing this from start to finish, but this was a decent release and a step in the right direction for the group in my opinion

This Is - no rating Freedom - 3/5 If You Only Knew - 4/5 Break - 4/5 React - no rating A Day At The Races - 4/5 Remember His Name - 3/5 What's Golden - 4/5 Thin Line - 5/5 After School Special - 4/5 High Fidelity - 4/5 Sum Of Us - 4/5 DDT - no rating One Of Them - 3/5 Hey - 3/5 I Am Somebody - 4/5 Acetate Prophets - 2/5 Average score: 3.6/5 (rounding up) didn't think i'd like this very much (i'm iffy when it comes to hip-hop) but I was pleasantly surprised by this. the beats are nice and well-produced, with a funk-influenced sound that compliments their flow well. the momentum of the album starts to die in the last quarter, but not by much my personal standout track is Thin Line, but maybe i'm biased as a Nelly Furtado fan. i also liked If You Only Knew cuz i'm a sucker for flutes

heard this a few times before, but not in full i don't think, so i'll rate it Disorder - 5/5 (classic) Day of the Lords - 5/5 Candidate - 3/5 Insight - 3/5 New Dawn Fades - 4/5 She's Lost Control - 5/5 Shadowplay - 5/5 Wilderness - 3/5 Interzone - 4/5 I Remember Nothing - 3/5 Average score: 4/5

blues isn't really my thing but i'll rate it Every Day I Have The Blues - 3/5 Sweet Little Angel - 5/5 It's My Own Fault - 4/5 How Blue Can You Get? - 4/5 Please Love Me - 4/5 You Upset Me Baby - 3/5 Worry, Worry - 4/5 Woke Up This Mornin' - 2/5 You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now - 3/5 Help The Poor - 4/5 Average score: 3.6/5 this guy was talented, and i liked this album alright. i'm just not a huge fan of blues as a genre, nor live albums for that matter

heard this many times as a teen, will try not to let nostalgia blind me Blue Orchid - 5/5 The Nurse - 2/5 My Doorbell - 4/5 Forever For Her (Is Over For Me) - 3/5 Little Ghost - 4/5 The Denial Twist - 5/5 White Moon - 2/5 Instinct Blues - 3/5 Passive Manipulation - no rating Take, Take, Take - 5/5 As Ugly As I Seem - 3/5 Red Rain - 3/5 I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet) - 3/5 Average score: 3.6/5 (rounding down) there are some classic tracks here, and i'd normally round up an album score like this one, but White Stripes have released faaaar better albums than this if i'm being honest meg white carries these tracks as always

Move Over - 4/5 Cry Baby - 5/5 A Woman Left Lonely - 4/5 Half Moon - 4/5 Buried Alive In the Blues - 3/5 My Baby - 3/5 Me and Bobby McGee - 5/5 Mercedes Benz - 3/5 Trust Me- 4/5 Get It While You Can - 5/5 Average score: 4.1/5 don't think i can say anything about Janis Joplin that hasn't been said by others. this woman had some pipes

Baba O'Riley - 5/5 (classic) Bargain - 4/5 Love Ain't For Keeping - 4/5 (short but sweet) My Wife - 3/5 The Song Is Over - 4/5 Getting In Tune - 5/5 Going Mobile - 3/5 Behind Blue Eyes - 5/5 Won't Get Fooled Again - 5/5 Average score: 4.2/5 i'd never been a listener of this group but holy shit... when was someone gonna tell me they were kinda good?? i liked Baba O'Riley and i know it's the most famous track of theirs ever but i think it's been played out imho, i've heard in too many ads over the years. Getting In Tune and Behind Blue Eyes were my standout tracks from this album, i could see myself playing them on the regular

this was nice, but i only really enjoyed it passively. i don't think it's the language barrier that puts me off, i've enjoyed other non-english music on this list just fine. maybe this just wasn't the most engaging music for me

idk reggae isn't really my thing, but i suppose it was alright overall and i liked the political messaging behind some of the songs standout tracks: King, Food For Thought

i really didn't like this on first listen but i feel like i didn't give it a fair assessment as i gave up halfway. re-listening in full (minus bonus tracks) to see if i got this wrong Ladybird (Green Grass) - 4/5 Lost in Music - 5/5 Glam-Racket - 4/5 I'm Going to Spain - 5/5 It's a Curse - 3/5 Paranoia Man in Cheap Shit Room - 4/5 Service - 4/5 The League of Bald-Headed Men - 4/5 Past Gone Mad -3 /5 Light / Fireworks - 1/5 Why Are People Grudgeful? - 4/5 League Moon Monkey Mix - 3/5 Average score: 3.6/5 (rounding down) okay, this wasn't *as bad* as i thought it was my first listen. perhaps this album is a grower and just something that didn't instantly "click" for me i still stand by my belief that the lead vocalist wasn't great. the first time i listened, he sounded like a drunk british man mumbling and yowling into a karaoke mic, and i still kinda think so this time around. instrumentals were fine, in fact, a lot of these songs could've been rated higher in my books if the singing was better is this a "must-listen" album? ehhhh, maybe if post-punk music is your thing (it's certainly my thing). i'm glad i gave this album another chance without completely writing it off as shit

i've listened to this album before, though not in full, so i'll be rating it Son Of Sam - 5/5 Somebody That I Used To Know - 4/5 (short but sweet) Junk Bond Trader - 5/5 Everything Reminds Me Of Her - 4/5 Everything Means Nothing To Me - 5/5 L.A. - 5/5 In The Lost And Found (Honky Bach)/The Roost - 4/5 Stupidity Tries - 5/5 Easy Way Out - 4/5 Wouldn't Mama Be Proud - 5/5 Colorbars - 4/5 Happiness/The Gondola Man - 5/5 Pretty Mary Kay - 4/5 Better Be Quiet Now - 3/5 Can't Make A Sound - 5/5 Bye - no rating (short but sweet) Average score: 4.6/5 (rounding up) love me some elliott smith, he's been a huge influence of many of the artists i listen to for good reason. this album hits hard knowing this is the last album he released before taking his own life i'm a fan of all his albums really, but this one stands out uniquely from the rest. his production evolved somewhat from his more subtle acoustic sound in previous releases, though his vocals and instrumentals that he's known for are still present. some might argue this was "overproduced" but i disagree the songs about as melancholic as his other albums, which i imagine might be off-putting to some, but all the tracks sounded so pleasant to me in an instrumental sense that it's not nearly as depressing as some of his others. XO is probably still my fav of all his releases i've heard so far, but damn does this come close to dethroning that title rest peacefully, king

this was nice, probably not something i'd seek out on my own but i love brazilian music. reminded me of Milton Nascimento and the like

Gasoline Dreams - 4/5 So Fresh, So Clean - 5/5 Ms. Jackson - 5/5 Snappin' & Trappin' - 5/5 Spaghetti Junction - 4/5 I'll Call B4 I Cum - 2/5 B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad - 5/5 Xplosion - 5/5 We Luv Deez Hoez - 4/5 Humble Mumble - 3/5 Red Velvet - 3/5 Gangsta Sh*t - 4/5 Toilet Tisha - 3/5 Slum Beautiful - 3/5 Stankonia (Stanklove) - 3/5 Average score: 3.8/5 (rounding up, excludes interludes) yeah i could do without all these damn interludes, hate when artists do this shit. 1-2 in an album is okay, but to use like 900 interludes as filler for their album is kinda ridiculous aside from that, i enjoyed this quite a bit. i've yet to listen to the rest of their discography in full but if their other albums are as good as this then i'm in for a treat

Just a Little Lovin' - 5/5 So Much Love - 3/5 Son of a Preacher Man - 5/5 I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore - 4/5 Don't Forget About Me - 3/5 Breakfast in Bed - 4/5 Just One Smile - 3/5 The Windmills of Your Mind - 4/5 In the Land of Make Believe - 3/5 No Easy Way Down - 3/5 I Can't Make It Alone - 3/5 Average score: 3.6/5 (rounding down) it's a nice album but aside from Son of a Preacher Man and maybe a couple other tracks i kinda lost interest

Bird on the Wire - 4/5 Story of Isaac - 4/5 A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes - 3/5 The Partisan - 5/5 Seems So Long Ago, Nancy - 3/5 The Old Revolution - 3/5 The Butcher - 2/5 You Know Who I Am - 3/5 Lady Midnight - 3/5 Tonight Will Be Fine - 3/5 Average score: 3.3/5 Leonard's a good songwriter/musician, very influential for certain. however, like a few people have mentioned, i'm not crazy about his vocal performance. he's not a "bad" singer in my opinion, i just can't help but feel like i'd enjoy more of these songs if someone else were to sing them

i've only heard a couple tracks off of this Summer Babe - 5/5 Trigger Cut/Wounded-Kite At :17 - 4/5 No Life Singed Her - 3/5 In The Mouth A Desert - 5/5 Conduit For Sale! - 4/5 Zurich Is Stained - 5/5 Chelsey's Little Wrists - 1/5 Loretta's Scars - 4/5 Here - 5/5 Two States - 4/5 Perfume-V - 4/5 Fame Throwa - 4/5 Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era - 4/5 Our Singer - 3/5 Average score: 3.9/5 (rounding up) just as i expected, classic lo-fi indie rock. i'll have to give Brighten the Corners a re-listen to see how they match up in quality, but i really enjoyed most of these tracks

heard this before. i'm skipping the introduction in the rating Night Life - 5/5 Lonely Street - 4/5 The Wild Side of Life - 3/5 Sittin' and Thinkin' - 4/5 The Twenty-Fourth Hour - 3/5 A Girl in the Night - 4/5 Pride - 4/5 There's No Fool Like a Young Fool - 4/5 If She Could See Me Now - 3/5 Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women - 4/5 Are You Sure - 4/5 Let Me Talk to You - 3/5 Average score - 3.8/5 (rounding up) the title track is definitely the best, and the song i go to most off of this album, but that doesn't necessarily mean the other tracks are bad by any means. Price has a smooth, crooning voice that tugs at the heartstrings (think Frank Sinatra if he decided to go down the country-western route) i think as i listen to more albums like this, i'm coming to learn that i don't necessarily hate country, just *some* country. either that, or i'm beginning to appreciate the sound as i grow older. i enjoyed this about as much as i would anything by Marty Robbins or Johnny Cash and the like, so if you're a fan of those artists you might appreciate this too

Drive - 3/5 Try Not To Breathe - 4/5 The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite - 4/5 Everybody Hurts - 5/5 New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 - no rating Sweetness Follows - 3/5 Monty Got A Raw Deal - 4/5 Ignoreland - 3/5 Star Me Kitten - 3/5 Man On The Moon - 5/5 Nightswimming - 4/5 Find The River - 4/5 Average score: 3.7/5 (rounding up) i assumed the album would be higher energy than it was, i wouldn't have suspected there'd be so many slow songs. this was still a nice listen though

after listening to Wild Wood, i'm not thrilled to see i must endure more Paul Weller Mick's Blessings - 1/5 The Whole Point Of No Return - 2/5 Me Ship Came In! - 3/5 Blue Cafe - 3/5 The Paris Match - 4/5 My Ever Changing Moods - 2/5 Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse - 2/5 A Gospel - 1/5 (can i go below a zero for this?) Strength Of Your Nature - 1/5 You're The Best Thing - 2/5 Here's One That Got Away - 2/5 Headstart For Happiness - 2/5 Council Meetin' - 1/5 Average score: 2/5 yeah, no. this went all over the place in terms of style, and not in any way that did this album any favors. with every genre hop, it shatters any immersion i would've had. and what the actual fuck was that attempt at hip-hop?? the one song featuring Tracey Thorn was probably the better song out of everything here, likely cuz it sounds like a masterpiece in comparison to the tracks Weller sang on. some of the purely instrumental tracks were okay as well. however, once i reached the last half, any sense of enjoyment quickly left me i've yet to hear anything from Weller's days with The Jam, but i really hope it's not as bad as what i've heard here. i think this was deserving of a two simply because of instrumentation alone

not very familiar with this group aside from a couple songs The Stars of Track and Field - 5/5 Seeing Other People - 5/5 Me and the Major - 5/5 Like Dylan in the Movies - 5/5 The Fox in the Snow - 4/5 Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dying - 5/5 If You're Feeling Sinister - 5/5 Mayfly - 4/5 The Boy Done Wrong Again - 3/5 Judy and the Dream of Horses - 5/5 Average score: 4.6/5 (rounding up) honestly didn't know what to expect since i'd only heard one or two of their tracks in passing, but i really liked this! similar to what others have pointed out, this band sounds like Nick Drake if his music were more upbeat, so i guess it makes sense that this album would click with me. i could see some tracks being used for some indie coming-of-age film for sure (assuming they haven't been already of course)

i've listened to this many times before Mojo Pin - 5/5 Grace - 5/5 Last Goodbye - 4/5 Lilac Wine - 5/5 (i still prefer Nina Simone's cover tho) So Real - 5/5 Hallelujah - 5/5 Lover, You Should've Come Over - 5/5 Corpus Christi Carol - 4/5 (idk why i didn't like this my 1st listen but this is fucking heavenly) Eternal Life - 4/5 Dream Brother - 4/5 Forget Her - 5/5 Average score: 4.6/5 (rounding up) fuckin' gorgeous album from start to finish. Jeff Buckley was a talented singer-songwriter (much like his dad), and it's a damn shame he passed away so young (also much like his dad) now i'm realizing the majority of my fav artists in the singer-songwriter category have died ridiculously young... :( i've yet to hear the original version of Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, and i'd only ever heard the performance by Rufus Wainwright prior to hearing this version via Shrek. Jeff blew Rufus's performance out of the fuckin' water, hands down it's sad this is the only album he made before his untimely passing, but it truly is fantastic

Chivalry - 1/5 Trouble Down South - 3/5 Hard to Be Human Again - 2/5 Darkness and Doubt - 3/5 Psycho Cupid - 1/5 Flitcraft - 3/5 Country - 3/5 Abernant 1984/5 - 3/5 Last Dance - 4/5 Lost Highway - 3/5 Average score - 2.6/5 (rounding down) this was... interesting. i can't say for certain whether it's the good type of interesting or not. i've never heard anything like this within the post-punk genre before, and i'm conflicted with how to feel about it. it's a strange fusion of punk and country, especially with the use of fiddles throughout. in some tracks, i don't mind it, but it's a little nauseating in others i'm noticing a trend with the post-punk artists on this list where their vocalists are kinda dogshit at singing (The Fall being another example), and i absolutely cannot stand it. are these bands just recruiting the first drunkard they find at the pub for their singer or something? the album did pick up in quality tracks toward the last half, fortunately, but the first half was hard to sit through. maybe i'll come across another artist in this genre that does this sound justice in the future, but i won't hold my breath

only ever heard I Believe in a Thing Called Love in the past, and i don't recall any other major hits from this group since. hopefully the rest of the album is decent Black Shuck - 3/5 Get Your Hands off My Woman - 1/5 Growing on Me - 3/5 I Believe in a Thing Called Love - 4/5 Love Is Only a Feeling - 5/5 Givin' Up - 2/5 Stuck in a Rut - 2/5 Friday Night - 3/5 Love on the Rocks with No Ice - 3/5 Holding My Own - 3/5 Makin' Out - 2/5 Average score: 2.8/5 (rounding up) two songs in and it's abundantly clear to me that this is gimmicky glam rock. not that there's anything wrong with that i guess my enjoyment of the vocalist's performance overall is like 50/50. i feel like he was overdoing it at times, particularly on Get Your Hands off My Woman. like we get it man, you can hit high notes after listening in full, i guess i can say this was okay for what it is; it's camp, it's tongue-in-cheek, and obviously not trying to be taken seriously. this isn't an album i'm likely to return to in full though

for the sake of time, i'm only going to be rating the original tracklist Pretty Hurts - 2/5 Haunted - 4/5 Drunk in Love - 3/5 Blow - 1/5 No Angel - 2/5 Partition - 3/5 Jealous - 2/5 Rocket - 2/5 Mine - 2/5 XO - 1/5 ***Flawless - 4/5 Superpower - 3/5 Heaven - 3/5 Blue - 4/5 Average score: 2.5/5 (rounding up for production) i'm no puritan or anything, and i don't mind more explicitly sexual songs when they're done right, but i was unimpressed by how much this album mentions sex. i'm halfway through the album as i'm writing this and i feel like i've pretty much heard all there is to hear about her riding and throwing ass i had higher hopes going into this that there'd be a little more empowering messaging besides sex, but i suppose the saying "sex sells" applies here. i will give her a bit of credit with the last 1/3 of the tracklist, those songs were more up my alley i wouldn't call myself a Beyonce fan, but she's obviously a talented artist and her production has always been top-notch. i just think she's released far better material since this album that could've been showcased on this list

another album i've heard before (partially) Serve The Servants - 4/5 Scentless Apprentice - 3/5 Heart-Shaped Box - 5/5 Rape Me - 5/5 Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge... - 4/5 Dumb - 5/5 Very Ape - 4/5 Milk It - 4/5 Pennyroyal Tea - 4/5 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter - 4/5 Tourette's - 3/5 All Apologies - 5/5 Average score: 4.1/5 it's Nirvana, what can i say?

easy rate Cherub Rock - 5/5 Quiet - 4/5 Today - 5/5 Hummer - 4/5 Rocket - 5/5 Disarm - 5/5 Soma - 5/5 Geek U.S.A. - 4/5 Mayonaise - 5/5 Spaceboy - 5/5 Silverfuck - 3/5 (kinda long for my taste) Sweet Sweet - 4/5 Luna - 5/5 Average score: 4.5/5 (rounding up) another album i can't say much about other than it's damn good. this is Smashing Pumpkins at their peak in my opinion, it's probably tied with Mellon Collie for my fav albums of theirs i think one of my fav things about this album is how they play with sound here. it's got a gorgeous blend of alt rock with some of that grungy sound that was characteristic of the time it was released in. plus tracks like Disarm sound damn near orchestral. is there anything these guys can't do??

well this wasn't unenjoyable, but it's not something i would've sought out on my own. but i suppose that's part of the purpose of going through this album list; hearing music i probably wouldn't have been exposed to otherwise i think i could listen to this in the background (maybe while playing a fallout game or something?) and not complain much about it

heard this before but i'll give it a proper rate Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 4/5 With A Little Help From My Friends - 5/5 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - 5/5 Getting Better - 4/5 Fixing A Hole - 4/5 She's Leaving Home - 3/5 Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! - 3/5 Within You Without You - 4/5 When I'm Sixty Four - 4/5 Lovely Rita - 4/5 Good Morning Good Morning - 3/5 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts... Reprise - no rating (too short) A Day In The Life - 5/5 Average score - 4/5

oh wow, another obscure UK album taking up a slot on the album list that could've gone to literally any one else. color me shocked Rip It Up - 3/5 A Million Pleading Faces - 2/5 Mud in Your Eye - 4/5 Turn Away - 4/5 Breakfast Time - 3/5 I Can't Help Myself - 3/5 Flesh of My Flesh - 4/5 Louise Louise - 3/5 Hokoyo - 2/5 Tenterhook - 4/5 Average score: 3.2/5 upon hearing the first couple tracks, i was soooo ready to be a hater. however, in comparison to some other albums on this list that i absolutely hated, this wasn't that bad. in fact, i enjoyed a few of these songs quite a bit. this was yet another one of those occasions where i asked myself "why is this considered a must-listen?"

Among The Living - 3/5 Caught In A Mosh - 5/5 I Am The Law - 5/5 Efilnikufesin (N.F.L) - 4/5 A Skeleton In The Closet - 2/5 Indians - 5/5 One World - 2/5 Medley: A.D.I. / Horror Of It All - 3/5 Imitation Of Life - 3/5 Average score: 3.5/5 (rounding down)

The World Is My Oyster - 3/5 Welcome To The Pleasuredome - 4/5 (way too long for my liking but at least it's kinda good) Relax - 5/5 War - 4/5 Two Tribes - 5/5 Tag - no rating Fury - 3/5 (short but sweet) Born To Run - 4/5 San Jose - 4/5 Wish The Lads Were Here - 3/5 The Ballad of 32 - 3/5 Krisco Kisses - 4/5 Black Night White Light - 3/5 The Only Star In Heaven - 3/5 The Power Of Love - 5/5 Bang - no rating (too short) Average score: 3.8/5 (rounding up) this shit is fucking gay. i love it

Rolling in the Deep - 3/5 Rumor Has It - 3/5 Turning Tables - 4/5 Don't You Remember - 4/5 Set Fire to the Rain - 4/5 He Won't Go - 3/5 Take It All - 4/5 I'll Be Waiting - 3/5 One And Only - 4/5 Lovesong - 3/5 Someone Like You - 3/5 Average score: 3.5/5 (rounding down) i'm a little underwhelmed by the album overall, likely due to the fact that i've heard nearly half of these tracks so many tracks due to its constant play on mainstream radio. she's a talented vocalist tho, and the album was produced well

i've listened to this once prior to using this generator to get through the 1001 album list. i'll give it a proper rating Jackie - 3/5 Best Of Both Worlds - 4/5 Black Sheep Boy - 5/5 The Amorous Humphrey Plugg - 3/5 Next - 3/5 The Girls From The Streets - 3/5 Plastic Palace People - 3/5 Wait Until Dark 3/5 The Girls And The Dogs - 1/5 Windows Of The World - 4/5 The Bridge - 3/5 Come Next Spring - 4/5 Average score: 3.2/5 this was alright i guess. it kinda just feels like a cover album for the most part. over half the tracks on here are interpretations of Jacques Brel's songs or covers of songs from other artists, so i'm not really wowed by this won't deny the fact that he's got a pretty good voice though. i quite liked the cover of Black Sheep Boy (Tim Hardin)

never heard this. i'm shocked Bakesale isn't on this list, but perhaps there's a good reason this album made it on here instead. hopefully this is just as good Soul And Fire - 5/5 Two Years Two Days - 5/5 Telecosmic Alechemy - 4/5 Fantastic Disaster - 2/5 Happily Divided - 5/5 Sister - 3/5 Cliche - 3/5 Sacred Attention - 4/5 Elixir Is Zog - 4/5 Emma Get Wild - 3/5 Sixteen - 3/5 Homemade - 4/5 Forced Love - 4/5 No Way Out - 2/5 Bouquet For A Siren - 3/5 Think (Let Tomorrow Bee) - 4/5 Flood - 3/5 Average score - 3.6/5 (rounding down) yeah i think i still prefer Bakesale over this, but this was still an alright listen. i was a little intimidated by how many tracks were on here until i noticed these tracks were just short (maybe too short at times)

already heard this so many times, it's a classic Roundabout - 5/5 (realistically 1000000/5) Cans and Brahms - no rating We Have Heaven - no rating South Side of the Sky - 4/5 Five Per Cent for Nothing - no rating Long Distance Runaround - 5/5 The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) - 3/5 Mood for a Day - 4/5 Heart of the Sunrise - 5/5 Average score: 4.3/5 (rounding down) really wish i could hear Roundabout for the 1st time again i feel aside from that, Long Distance Runaround and maybe Heart of the Sunrise were the only standout tracks here though. the other short tracks in-between were either too short or were just instrumental filler in comparison. as much as i love this album, i can't justify scoring this any higher based on these factors rating aside, i can't deny the musicianship on this album are top-tier, and it really is a fun listen all the way through. these guys don't miss

heard this prior to using this generator to get through the 1001 albums list. i'll give it a proper rating The Fun Powder Plot - 2/5 Hooting & Howling - 3/5 All the King's Men - 5/5 When I'm Sleepy - 3/5 We Still Got the Taste Dancin' on Our Tongues - 4/5 Two Dancers (i) - 3/5 Two Dancers (ii) - 3/5 This Is Our Lot - 3/5 Underbelly - 3/5 Empty Nest - 3/5 Through the Iron Gate - 2/5 Average score: 3.1/5 hmmm. where do i begin? i'm feeling 50/50 on the vocal performance. i wouldn't say i hated it, but i didn't love it either. the singer's performance was beautiful at times and comical in others, but i've certainly heard stranger. what are some of these lyrics though?? many of these songs are nonsensical to the point of being distracting at times whatever story the artist is trying to paint with his performance isn't clear at all whatsoever. it's music, sure, but it's also a lyrical clusterfuck

already heard this a while ago before i started using this generator. wonder how it matches up in terms of score to Who's Next Out In The Street - 4/5 I Don't Mind - 5/5 The Good's Gone - 4/5 La-La-La Lies - 3/5 Much Too Much - 3/5 My Generation - 5/5 The Kids Are Alright - 4/5 Please, Please, Please - 4/5 It's Not True - 3/5 I'm A Man - 2/5 A Legal Matter - 4/5 The Ox - 3/5 Average score: 3.7/5 (rounding up) i enjoyed this quite a bit, but i still feel Who's Next had a better sound overall

i didn't want this racist schizo motherfucker making any money from my streaming of his albums (i have him blocked on spotify for this very reason) but i also wanted to try rating this and giving it a fair shot. with a little workaround (thanks free mp3 sites ❤️) i managed to give it a spin man what a fucking waste of time. i've heard hip-hop fans praise this album up and down as his best work for years... is the best work in the room with us?? i don't get the hype at all pros: production was okay, that tends to be his strength. i consider the sampling kinda lazy by today's standards, but i suppose this was acceptable for the early 2000s. cons: everything else. he's rapped better in other albums in his discography. too many skit tracks. too long of a run-time. this was one of the few instances where i couldn't stand to sit through multiple tracks without skipping i think my final score is very generous. his performance here, while not impressive in my opinion, was just good enough to not be considered the worst thing i've listened to

heard this in the past already Sunday Morning - 5/5 I'm Waiting For The Man - 3/5 Femme Fatale - 5/5 Venus In Furs - 4/5 Run Run Run - 3/5 All Tomorrow's Parties - 4/5 Heroin - 4/5 There She Goes Again - 4/5 I'll Be Your Mirror - 5/5 The Black Angel's Death Song - 2/5 European Son - 2/5 Average score: 3.7/5 (rounding up) nico's singing improves the velvet underground's sound immensely, and i don't even really care for nico very much as i've mentioned in other reviews of TVU/Leonard Cohen albums, i cannot stand Leonard's vocals most of the time. however, i feel the group's performance overall was better on this album, or at least good enough for me to look past the weaker moments

Motherless Children - 5/5 Give Me Strength - 4/5 Willie And The Hand Jive - 3/5 Get Ready - 4/5 I Shot The Sheriff - 5/5 I Can't Hold Out - 3/5 Please Be With Me - 4/5 Let It Grow - 4/5 Steady Rollin' Man - 3/5 Mainline Florida - 4/5 Average score: 3.9/5 (rounding up)

i'm familiar with mbv, particularly Loveless. never heard isn't anything til today tho Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside) - 3/5 (this confuses me lol) Lose My Breath - 4/5 Cupid Come - 5/5 (When You Wake) You're Still in a Dream - 4/5 No More Sorry - 3/5 All I Need - 3/5 Feed Me With Your Kiss - 4/5 Sueisfine - 2/5 Several Girls Galore - 4/5 You Never Should - 3/5 Nothing Much to Lose - 5/5 I Can See It (But I Can't Feel It) - 5/5 Average score: 3.8/5 (rounding up) this is definitely not the mbv i'm used to i think the only thing keeping me from liking this album more than i do is the production. sometimes it adds to the charm of their sound, other times it muddies up their performance a bit too much for my liking. the tracks are hit-or-miss because of this overall, this was a refreshing listen and it was cool to see the group's earlier work. personally i don't think this isn't a "must-listen" like Loveless is, but a worthwhile listen if you're wanting to discover more of mbv's discography side note: why tf is this not on spotify??

another album i had to find outside of spotify due to it not being on their platform. my rating excludes the live performance at the end (i'm generally not fond of live albums/performances) One Nation Under A Groove - 5/5 Groovallegiance - 4/5 Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?! - 4/5 Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers) - 5/5 Into You - 3/5 Cholly (Funk Getting Ready To Roll!) - 4/5 P.E. Squad/Doo Doo Chasers - 3/5 Average score - 4/5

Never Let Me Down Again - 5/5 The Things You Said - 4/5 Strangelove - 5/5 Sacred - 4/5 Little 15 - 4/5 Behind The Wheel - 5/5 I Want You Now - 3/5 To Have And To Hold - 3/5 (much too short!) Nothing - 5/5 Pimpf - 3/5 Agent Orange - 3/5 Average score: 4/5 was never much of a Depeche Mode listener prior to this, aside from a couple of their popular tracks (Enjoy the Silence and the like). idk how this group was off my radar for so long but this album's a nice introduction Never Let Me Down Again instantly hooked me in, definitely the best track on here as well. some other tracks that stood out to me were Strangelove, Behind The Wheel, and Nothing. i wasn't crazy about the last 5 songs like i was for the first 6, hence why it's a 4-star rating in my book rather than a 5. however, i wouldn't say there's any "bad" tracks here, and it's a pleasant listen from start to finish

Finest Worksong - 4/5 Welcome To The Occupation - 4/5 Exhuming McCarthy - 4/5 Disturbance At The Heron House - 4/5 Strange - 3/5 It's The End Of The World... - 5/5 The One I Love - 5/5 Fireplace - 3/5 Lightnin' Hopkins - 3/5 King Of Birds - 4/5 Oddfellows Local 151 - 4/5 Average score - 3.9/5 (rounding up) having already heard Automatic For The People last month, i think i can confidently say i enjoyed this album a little bit more. maybe it's the fact the songs sound a bit more upbeat and faster paced? this kind of sound isn't typically what i choose to listen to regularly. however, i liked most of the tracks just fine, and i could see myself going back to listen to R.E.M. in the future

i know the reviews were warning enough, but i really wanted to keep an open mind and give it a fair review. nothing could've prepared me for how bad this was. i couldn't even make it halfway through i have to agree; this sounds like a less talented and more pretentious David Bowie. i can only assume this is another case of an artist making it onto this list because they're from the UK, as per usual i can't fathom why the author of the book thought everyone should listen to this. there's so many more talented artists that the post-punk genre has to offer. do better!!

The Next Day - 1/5 Dirty Boys - 1/5 The Stars (Are Out Tonight) - 4/5 Love Is Lost - 3/5 Where Are We Now? - 5/5 Valentine's Day - 4/5 If You Can See Me - 2/5 I'd Rather Be High - 3/5 Boss Of Me - 3/5 Dancing Out In Space - 2/5 How Does The Grass Grow? - 3/5 (You Will) - Set The World On Fire - 3/5 You Feel So Lonely You Could Die - 4/5 Heat - 3/5 Average score: 2.9/5 (rounding up) hurts to say as a Bowie fan, but i didn't care for this it's no debate that he's a fantastic artist who's work is deserving of making this list, but i don't think this album was one of them. it really pales in comparison to the work he released in his prime, both instrumentally and vocally. hell, even his final album before his passing was better than this that being said, the album wasn't *all* bad. Where Are We Now was the best track here. The Stars and Valentine's Day were also decent. otherwise, the majority of tracks here were very forgettable tl;dr - not a terrible album in comparison to others on the 1001 list, but definitely not the best of Bowie's discography or what i'd consider a must-listen

Heartattack And Vine - 4/5 In Shades - 3/5 (it's just instrumentals) Saving All My Love For You - 2/5 Downtown - 4/5 Jersey Girl - 1/5 'Til The Money Runs Out - 3/5 On The Nickel - 3/5 Mr. Siegal - 4/5 Ruby's Arms - 3/5 Average score: 3/5 oddly enough, i really don't mind Tom Wait's vocals like others here do. however, i feel that gravelly grumbly voice definitely doesn't suit some of the tracks here. his singing sounds fine in more bluesy tracks like Heartattack And Vine, but sounds laughably bad in slower ballad-like tracks like Jersey Girl (especially in those "la-la-la" moments... oof) i don't think his voice is completely unsuitable for slower songs. i've heard it done well before, even on this album with On The Nickel. it's just not executed well sometimes

i had a feeling this would be another instance of this album being a little too long for my liking, and boy was i right. i got sick of this by the 3rd track (which was probably one of the most excruciating tracks here) and completely gave up by the 5th. the fact that this album is 15 tracks long is crazy everything sounded nearly identical in sound and theme. all of it was corny, hyper-patriotic or a combination of the two. maybe this tone is due to a post-9/11 America, idk. i just didn't like this at all so far i've only listened to Born To Run prior to this, and i thought it was alright. i'm hoping i've gotten past the worst of Springsteen and that it'll all be uphill from here

i've heard this before in the past (partially). i'm no stranger to her music, though i've admittedly neglected listening to her discography in full Suite II Overture - no rating Dance or Die - 5/5 Faster - 5/5 Locked Inside - 5/5 Sir Greendown - 4/5 Cold War - 5/5 Tightrope - 5/5 Neon Gumbo - no rating Oh, Maker - 4/5 Come Alive (War of the Roses) - 5/5 Mushrooms & Roses - 5/5 Suite III Overture - no rating Neon Valley Street - 4/5 Make the Bus - 3/5 (the guest artists annoy me i'm afraid) Wondaland - 5/5 57821 - 4/5 Say You'll Go - 4/5 BaBopByeYa - 3/5 (beautiful, just really long) Average score: 4.4/5 (rounding up for overall quality) this is a hell of a debut album. banger after banger, front to back. i'm not surprised though, Janelle is talented performer, and i'd even argue she gives other female artists a run for their money loved the production. the transition between the first few tracks or so is truly seamless. i'll be so caught up vibing with one that i won't even realize that i'm already like 20 seconds into the next. my personal favs were Wondaland, Mushrooms & Roses, Faster, and Cold War if this is the raw energy and talent she's bringing on her first album ever, i'd better fucking brace myself for when i listen to the rest of her albums.

i'm familiar with N.E.R.D by way of "In Search Of..." and "NO ONE EVER REALLY DIES." i've haven't heard their other albums yet, including this one Don't Worry About It - 3/5 Fly Or Die - 4/5 Jump - 4/5 Backseat Love - 3/5 She Wants To Move - 4/5 Breakout - 5/5 Wonderful Place - 5/5 Drill Sergeant - 4/5 Thrasher - 5/5 Maybe - 5/5 The Way She Dances - 5/5 Chariot Of Fire - 5/5 Average score: 4.3/5 (rounding down) this was a nice listen. not a nice enough listen to give a 5-star rating like i hoped i would, but still pretty good. i had higher hopes going of absolutely loving this one considering my being a fan of N.E.R.D and Pharrell's production in the past, but in the end i'm not totally disappointed it was refreshing to hear the blend of different genres, and this combination of sounds is fun to listen to... when it was executed well. after the rocky start with the first 5 tracks, the last 7 finally came in to bless my ears. Breakout was my favorite song here by far, followed by Wonderful Place and Maybe. in my opinion, the instrumentation in the last 2/3 of the album was far more complimentary to Pharell's voice as well compared to the abrasiveness early on personally, i think this album is a great one that just so happens to have a rough start. it lacks some cohesion, and it took some patience getting past the first few songs, but the album's well worth listening to after that. perhaps in time it'll grow on me more

i already listen to this one before using this to track my list progress The Wall Street Shuffle - 5/5 The Worst Band In The World - 3/5 Hotel - 2/5 Old Wild Men - 3/5 Clockwork Creep - 3/5 Silly Love - 3/5 Somewhere In Hollywood - 3/5 Baron Samedi - 4/5 The Sacro-iliac - 4/5 Oh Effendi - 2/5 Average score: 3.2/5 this was okay i guess. i'd even go as far as to say it was a somewhat entertaining listen. however, i wouldn't say it was all that revolutionary overall, nor something i feel i should've heard before i died i really wanted to like this more than i did. similar to what others have said here, these tracks are all over the place. i don't think they're necessarily trying to bite the style of their contemporaries (Queen, ELO, maybe even Yes?), but it sounded like they were trying anything and everything here. it sounded really busy and in-cohesive as a result

So What - 5/5 Freddie Freeloader - 4/5 Blue in Green - 5/5 All Blues - 5/5 Flamenco Sketches - 4/5 Average score: 4.6/5 (rounding up) really wish i wasn't one of those people who writes jazz off as background music. i don't mind when it plays, i'm just not as engaged as true fans of the genre that being said, even i can recognize that this is definitely one of the best (if not THEE best) jazz has to offer. and that's gotta be a true statement, since this is probably the most undivided attention i've ever given to a jazz record, period. Davis, Coltrane and Evans on one album? hard to beat that level of artistry

i've only heard the tracks that went mainstream off of here Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine - 4/5 Mr. Brightside - 5/5 Smile Like You Mean It - 5/5 Somebody Told Me - 5/5 All These Things That I've Done - 4/5 Andy, You're A Star - 2/5 On Top - 4/5 Change Your Mind - 3/5 Believe Me Natalie - 4/5 Midnight Show - 3/5 Everything Will Be Alright - 2/5 Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll - 2/5 Average score: 3.6/5 (rounding down) my only exposure to this album prior to today was track 2-5 (Mr. Brightside - All These Things That I've Done). they're all great in my opinion, especially Smile Like You Mean It. it could be just the nostalgia talking, but i feel like that's kinda the appeal of a group like The Killers as for the songs i hadn't heard yet, it was a mixed bag. there were some noteworthy ones, such as On Top and Believe Me Natalie. i didn't care for Andy You're A Star or Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll, mostly due to the corny lyrics. Everything Will Be Alright had potential, but fell short in terms of lyrics as well i'm not sure the album as a whole is something i'd consider essential to listen to, but the popular tracks are definitely worth listening to at least once. it's difficult to rate this album on such a rigid scale (really wish they'd at least let you do half-star ratings here), but i think 3 stars is about as high as i'm willing to rate this one

no exaggeration, i whined like a petulant child when i realized i had to listen to Kid Rock. similar to my rating of Kanye West's albums, i refuse to let this guy profit off my streams, so i've gotten creative with how to accomplish rating this 🏴‍☠️ Bawitdaba - 3/5 Cowboy - 3/5 Devil Without a Cause - 1/5 I Am the Bullgod - 2/5 Roving Gangster (Rollin') - 3/5 Wasting Time - 1/5 Welcome 2 the Party... - 1/5 I Got One for Ya' - 2/5 Somebody's Gotta Feel This - 4/5 Fist of Rage - 3/5 Only God Knows Why - 2/5 Fuck Off - 2/5 (Eminem carried lol) Where U at Rock - 2/5 Black Chick, White Guy - 2/5 (it's obviously commentary on his life, but i do not have 12 minutes to waste hearing it) Average score: 2.2/5 ugh... where to begin i already know of Bawitdaba and Cowboy from the radio, they're relatively tame tracks in comparison to the rest of the album so they get a generous 3-star rating for that alone. Someone's Gotta Feel This was surprisingly inoffensive to me as well for some reason. it's all pretty much downhill from there i'm afraid i don't want to write about every song i hated (this'd turn into a 10-page essay if i did), so i'll just mention one that really stood out to me as particularly bad: Devil Without a Cause. i had to stop listening by the 4:00 mark due to that child (Joe C?) rapping my biggest issue with the majority of this album isn't necessarily how these songs sound, but rather, how *long* they are. some of them feel like they go on forever, and it took a lot of restraint for me to not just give up on reviewing all together. most of these songs could've been easier to sit through if they were just 1-2 minutes shorter in conclusion, this was pretty damn bad, but not bad enough to end up among my lowest-rated. if this hadn't been on this 1001 albums list, i would've been fine having not heard it. there's nothing revolutionary happening here; artists like Rage Against The Machine, Run DMC, Beastie Boys and Limp Bizkit had been blending rock and hip hop long before him, and they did it far better

Variations on a Theme... - 3/5 Smiling Phases - 3/5 Sometimes in Winter - 4/5 More and More - 3/5 And When I Die - 3/5 God Bless the Child - 4/5 Spinning Wheel - 5/5 You've Made Me So Very Happy - 5/5 Blues, Pt. 2 - 4/5 Variation on a Theme... - no rating (too short) Average score: 3.8/5 (rounding up) instrumentation on this album in general was impressive. similar to what i've seen a few others mention, it's a little disorientating how many genres the group was playing around with here. are they prog rock? jazz? funk? it's a little much at times regardless, it was a fun listen and i'm glad i gave it a spin. on a less rigid rating scale, this would probably get 3.5 stars rather than 4. i don't think this is my new favorite album or anything, but i'd come back to a handful of tracks again