10/10 Maybe a 10 maybe not idk how much of this is my nostalgia for listening to this album in my freshman dorm room or that it is really that good. Aside from anything there this album has echoed through music and is such a unique piece of music, art, and history. “I’ll be your mirror Reflect what you are, in case you don’t know I’ll be the wind, the rain and the sunset The light on your door to show that you’re home” Favorite Song: Sunday Morning

One of my favorite albums of recent memory. Brings back rock post kid a bit keeps the soundscape energy. Masterful. 9.5/10

7.5/8 some great tracks and decent cohesion of the album, but not quite a 5 for me

7/10 Very enjoyable. Merging the sounds of metal and eventually 80s stadium rock to create a nice palatable product that also appeals to metal fans. This genre has its place and is a fun listen when in the mood but I don’t feel anything revolutionary is happening here. Very good at what it’s trying to be and definitely will take a song or two from this album into future playlists. Fav song: living after midnight

6/10 This was fine, I liked it less than the previous Judas Priest album. Not my bag but I get how it is other people’s thing. Favorite Song: number of the beast

8/10 Quintessential acid/psychedelic rock. Really wish janis wasn’t a member of the 27 club. This album shows her blues origins and merges them with the distorted and electric sound of her band to create something really electric. What could have been… Favorite Song: Piece of my Heart

8/10 Very classic Brit singer/songwriter from this time period. I like it a lot and definitely an album I would’ve never encountered without this challenge. Feels akin to folk recordings from the 60s and 70s with the Brit rock twist. Favorite song: Charlotte Street

2/10 This is one of the albums of all time that’s for sure. Not my bag at all but prog rock is cool sometimes so I guess there’s a space for this. Favorite Song: Blues Variation

8/10 Wish there were more albums that experimented with the backing vocals and layering like this album does. Shoutout Kate Bush for this banger. Favorite Song: Night of the Swallow

10/10 Maybe my favorite opening track on an album ever? God bless Merry Clayton for laying down the craziest backing vocals of all time. Having this album bookended by two of the biggest songs of all time obscures the quality of the other tracks which is a shame because top to bottom this album bangs. Overall, this is one of my favorite albums because it blends folks, soul, blues, and that 60s/70s British sound in a compact and cohesive package. Favorite Song: You Can’t Always Get What You Want

8.5/10 Great front to back album. Probably would be higher but the fact that this album has so many covers takes away from its genius for me. I know that’s the way of the 60s but it still didn’t hit the same as completely original works. Harmonies and the California sound really make this one for me and I love the incessant work that went into arranging this one. Favorite Song: California Dreamin’

9/10 I liked this a lot. Felt like an inventive soundscape album blending rock, alt, electronic, jazz, and several other genres throughout. Definitely not something I’d ever come across before and enjoyed getting to check it out. Favorite Song: Cool Waves

8/10 This group is super important to R&B in Europe especially the UK. Learning about them and their influence on the culture as a collective was so interesting. For a group to set the tone in music, fashion, culture, and create a community around this culture is insane. The music is sick and inventive and pulling from African beats and the Caribbean while putting its own spin on it. With the UK being an island of immigrants it feels appropriate that this album pulls from that and sets the stage for the jungle/drum and bass/grime/drill music we see in the culture today. Favorite Song: back to life Acapella

10/10 Often imitated never replicated. Joni’s songwriting, composition, and storytelling vocals are in full force here. The peak of singer songwriter work here on the levels of Carole King’s tapestry but in its own unique way. Joni could make like a rolling stone but Bob Dylan could never make Same Situation. Favorite Song: Same Situation

8.5/10 I actually had just recently deep dove this album so felt pretty fresh. I really like what they do here and contextually at this time in music this was an inventive look at what rock could be moving forward. Sultans of swing maybe top 50 rocks songs ever? favorite song: sultans of swing

10/10 Masterwork. These cats are cooking

I recognize the inventiveness here. However, not really my bag. But I recognize she’s cooking a bit here. 7.5/10 Favorite Song: It’s Not Up to You

8.5/10 kinda my first foray into this type of hardcore and I fw with it. Not my favorite genre by any means but I respect the inventive and collaborative nature of this style of music. And I would’ve killed to have been in a dim moldy basement watching these guys shred. Favorite song: Lexicon Devil

5/10 Like I get this was important at the time. But it’s just the gentrification of blues and rockabilly without the appeal of other artists. Buddy Holly has always kinda been my least fav of this era and this record feels kinda empty because of that. The Dead did pick a couple covers from this one that were staples but they actually added the blues and some soul to them in a way not seen here. Favorite Song: Not Fade Away

Bob Dylan 6/10 I know this will be one of many Dylan albums. I don’t really like this one but I recognize the turning point it was for folk music. Other Dylan hits better for me but not much Dylan works for me the way it does for the Dylan followers. Favorite Song: Don’t think twice it’s alright

7.5/10 I really liked this, would’ve been a little higher if it was more cohesive but a fun goofy record that had some real bright spots for me. Favorite Song: Mansize Rooster

10/10 Maybe a 10 maybe not idk how much of this is my nostalgia for listening to this album in my freshman dorm room or that it is really that good. Aside from anything there this album has echoed through music and is such a unique piece of music, art, and history. “I’ll be your mirror Reflect what you are, in case you don’t know I’ll be the wind, the rain and the sunset The light on your door to show that you’re home” Favorite Song: Sunday Morning

6/10 Not really my bag but enjoy a live album almost always. What really threw me off was I kept expecting them to sing Triple H’s walk out song at any moment but the moment never came. Favorite Song: Ace of Spades

8.5/10 A terrific album. Norah is one of the greats of this genre. I teetered between 8.5/9 but ultimately didn’t have enough of a cohesive feel to get me to a 9. Favorite Song: don’t know why

8/10 Idk if there’s ever been a more 8/10 album ever. Really good not great. Happy that Kirk had to listen to Morrissey. Favorite Song: There is a Light that Never Goes Out

9.5/10 God he’s good. I still enjoy purple rain better but Jesus he’s in the lab on this one. Favorite Song: adore

7.5/10 I like this. I can’t quite explain why or what it exactly is doing for me but it feels very genuine and real and it speaks to me. I like her voice and her writing but at best she’s doing a Joni impression. So idk maybe it’s not THAT great. Favorite song: small blue things

6/10 Not really my bag, feels derivative and not super inventive but I know these guys can play so props to them.

8/10 First foray into these cats and they were cooking on this one. A bit long but really great stuff here and I’ll definitely be coming back. Favorite song: bullet with butterfly wings

8.5/10 Good stuff from Bowie I tend to skew not as great as people think on this one. But still a great album. Favorite song: black star

8.5/10 Feel like I’m not super qualified here, however it spoke to me and I enjoyed it. These cats were cooking. Favorite Song: Samba Dees Days

9/10 These dudes are doing city pop. City pop bangs. This album bangs. Favorite song: Kingsize

4.5/10 It was perfectly fine. Just didn’t really feel like much was happening here. Favorite Song: Spring

3/10 I like an instrumental but this just does nothing for me. Favorite Song: Tubular Bells pt. W

9.5/10 Generational album. One of the first albums I was told I needed to sit and listen in one sitting. I like how it all weaves together and thinking about how life changing this album has been for so many over the years it’s such a cool piece. It isn’t my favorite Floyd album but always enjoy spinning it for a bit. Favorite Song: Time

9/10 One of if not my favorite Bowie album. Him being weird and being good at it. I loved this listen through. Only thing keeping it from 10 is the lack of cohesion and the dip in the back 3rd. Still love this one though. Favorite Song: Changes

2/10 What are we doing here. Pass.

5/10 Interesting ideas and good sound. Not my favorite but intriguing nonetheless.

9/10 Neil I was unfamiliar with your game. He’s got the goods. Great songwriting and musicality, knowing the lore also adds so much to this album. Looking forward to more Neil in my future.