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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
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5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
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Soul Mining
The The
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5 | 3.17 | +1.83 |
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I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
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5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
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My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
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5 | 3.34 | +1.66 |
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
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5 | 3.34 | +1.66 |
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
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5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
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5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
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Debut
Björk
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5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
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Synchronicity
The Police
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5 | 3.41 | +1.59 |
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More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
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5 | 3.42 | +1.58 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
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1 | 3.4 | -2.4 |
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Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
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1 | 3.36 | -2.36 |
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The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
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1 | 3.28 | -2.28 |
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
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2 | 3.72 | -1.72 |
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Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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2 | 3.69 | -1.69 |
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Follow The Leader
Korn
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1 | 2.65 | -1.65 |
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good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
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2 | 3.64 | -1.64 |
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Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
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2 | 3.64 | -1.64 |
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Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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1 | 2.64 | -1.64 |
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
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2 | 3.61 | -1.61 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| The Smiths | 3 | 5 |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 4.67 |
| Oasis | 2 | 5 |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 2 | 5 |
| U2 | 2 | 5 |
| Radiohead | 5 | 4.2 |
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| Artist | Ratings |
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| Björk | 5, 2 |
5-Star Albums (35)
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Kendrick Lamar · 3 likes
2/5
I start to disengage from rap music when I hear words like bitch, ho, dick, pussy, motherfucker, and the n-word. Sorry. The beats are great, I like his rap style, and I can appreciate the social commentary/theme of the album but as a middle-aged white guy it is heard to give this repeated listens. It's not for me and not intended for me.
The Bees · 3 likes
3/5
After 20+ albums into this journey this is the first album and artist that is completely new to me. Eclectic, easy listening, and fun. It's a list of 1,001 albums to listen to, not 1,001 groundbreaking, genre-defining, launched-a-thousand-band albums. Thanks for the introduction. I needed something new and enjoyable today.
Limp Bizkit · 3 likes
1/5
Ugh. After 20+ albums this is the first one I couldn't get all the way through. I tired but everything about it screams: Florida man.
Oasis · 1 likes
5/5
Another no brainer five stars. I have a soft spot for this album as I was in England when it came out and experienced all the hype ahead of everyone else back home.
1-Star Albums (7)
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Kate Bush
4/5
Nice to start off this project with a familiar album from the '80s. I've always misheard what she says after "deal with God" as "get him to swallow druses." Whatever that could mean. Anyway, the hits are undeniable but what stands out to me listening to it now is the mix of beautiful, quieter songs like And Dream of Sheep and Watching You Without Me and wackier experimental songs. The transitions are great and make it a true album experience.
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
5/5
I really connected with the debut album and at the time I preferred it to this one. But, start to finish, this is a fantastic album. No filler. Yes, it was everywhere. And yes it was/is overplayed, as were the numerous covers of Wonderwall, but it is timeless and up there with the best from the Beatles and the Stones.
Fats Domino
3/5
Had to listen to this on YouTube with commercials, so the experience was choppy. Very enjoyable songs. More bluesy than I expected but I can see how this might be a transition album from rhythm and blues to rock and roll.
AC/DC
3/5
Forty-one minutes of pure joy (except maybe for the creepy last song). A perfect antidote to the shitty weather and shitty news. I'm so used to hearing only the hits on the radio, so it was nice to listen to the entire album.
Talking Heads
4/5
I love the funk and Fela Kuti influences on this album. Great rhythm and bass and quirky singing on side one. A chiller, more electronic feel on the second side. The last song sounds like a slightly less intense Joy Division.
Soft Cell
3/5
Sex Pistols
5/5
It might sound a little tame now, but you have to give five stars to the album that launched a thousand bands.
Kendrick Lamar
2/5
I start to disengage from rap music when I hear words like bitch, ho, dick, pussy, motherfucker, and the n-word. Sorry. The beats are great, I like his rap style, and I can appreciate the social commentary/theme of the album but as a middle-aged white guy it is heard to give this repeated listens. It's not for me and not intended for me.
The xx
3/5
This is not the xx album I would have included in this list. I love the first one.
Radiohead
5/5
One of the greatest sophomore albums of all time.
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
Might sound a little dated now, but I bet it was pretty awesome when it came out.
The Clash
5/5
I haven't listened to this full album in decades but listened to it so many times in my teens and twenties that I remember every second of it. A great album that had a huge influence.
Depeche Mode
4/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Faith No More
3/5
"Epic" is an epic song but not enough of a draw for repeated listening to the whole album.
Queens Of The Stone Age
2/5
Not really my thing and I likely won't choose to listen to it again. So, two stars.
Charles Mingus
2/5
OK, so this one is a little "out there." I like Mingus but based on my criteria of will I listen to this again, I have to say, no. I hate to do that for my first jazz review.
Queen
2/5
Too prog for me.
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Janet Jackson
3/5
Didn't think I'd like this as much as I did. I hear a lot of Prince in it, which I liked.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
I don't think I've ever listened to a proper CCR album before. They've always been a singles and greatest hits type band to me. This one is great.
Joan Armatrading
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
Eagles
3/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Elton John
3/5
Depeche Mode
5/5
Incubus
2/5
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Quirky AF. But some very nice guitar work and the overall vibe (including the artwork) make it a repeat listen.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Hard not to role your eyes at the cheesy cover and dismiss this as another lame middle of the road seventies classic rock album. I only know CCR through greatest-hits CDs roommates played at University and heard on the radio but the bluesy first two songs grabbed my attention and the I Heard it Through the Grapevine cover is way better than I expected. A surprising four stars.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
The first half is really good but this one doesn't hold up for me as an overall great album. I started losing interest near the end and didn't immediately want to hit replay like I've done for my higher rated album from this project.
Public Enemy
3/5
Not the PE album I would have expected to be on this list and one that I am less famliar with. But it is solid. I Don't Wanna Be Called Yo Niga, By the Time I Get to Arizona, and 1 Million Bottlebags are up there with the best of their stuff. I really wish there were part stars because this three-star rating is on the cusp of a four.
The Bees
3/5
After 20+ albums into this journey this is the first album and artist that is completely new to me. Eclectic, easy listening, and fun. It's a list of 1,001 albums to listen to, not 1,001 groundbreaking, genre-defining, launched-a-thousand-band albums. Thanks for the introduction. I needed something new and enjoyable today.
1/5
Ugh. After 20+ albums this is the first one I couldn't get all the way through. I tired but everything about it screams: Florida man.
Beatles
3/5
I've heard most of these songs through osmosis and compilations but haven't listened to this as an album before. Thirteen songs in 30 minutes? Nice. And a few lesser-known ones I hadn't heard before. I know this is an important one since it is the beginning of everything changing in popular music but it's not a Beatles album that I'll return to for repeated listens.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
I've never listened to this as a proper album before. So, it's another introduction to the early work of a very well-known band. Under My Thumb stands out as a taste of what's to come. And the bluesy songs sound more like their own take on the blues than just covers of older songs.
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
I haven't listened to this in a long time. So freaking intense. I don't think my old ears can take regular repeat listens but it deserves four stars.
Nick Drake
4/5
X-Ray Spex
3/5
Long before there were streaming services and fancy vinyl reissues I carried around a very worn piece of paper with a list of albums I'd read about and wanted to find in used record stores. This one was on that list and I never did find the album. But a few songs were on compilations. I love what this brought to the late seventies UK scene: female voice, horns, and some keyboard.
Fela Kuti
5/5
I first heard Fela Kuti on the local college radio station while driving a fan as a gopher for a theatre production company. I've been a fan ever since, collecting any vinyl I could find in used record stores. He deserves five stars for inventing an entire genre of music.
Neil Young
4/5
The The
5/5
One of my favourites from the 80s. I love everything about The The. The music. The lyrics. THE VOICE. What a genius. This Is the Day, Uncertain Smile, and Perfect. Three classics that put me in a good mood anytime I hear them.
Joan Baez
3/5
It must have been something to hear that voice in a small club in New York in the sixties.
Big Black
3/5
Another one that is totally new to me. This is a great sounding industrial record. No wonder Albini when on to produce a lot of great albums.
Elliott Smith
4/5
Apple Music sums it up well: bleak but beautiful.
Eminem
1/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Like Matt Johnson and The The, James Murphy is a one-man band genius.
Baaba Maal
3/5
Haunting vocals and lovely, melodic guitar work.
George Michael
4/5
I know most of this through radio, music videos, and movies and never actually listened to the album as a whole before. It wasn't what I was into when it came out. But it has held up surprisingly well, from start to finish. Songs like Hand to Mouth and A Last Request are new to me and pretty good. A very surprising four stars.
Pink Floyd
5/5
A no brainer.
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Dire Straits
3/5
The Incredible String Band
1/5
Yikes! I want whatever they were smoking when this was recorded.
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Coldplay
4/5
Oasis
5/5
Another no brainer five stars. I have a soft spot for this album as I was in England when it came out and experienced all the hype ahead of everyone else back home.
Billie Holiday
3/5
I'm a Fool to Want You sets the tone for this very melancholy album. It's an end-of-career album from a great singer who has lived a hard life.
Elton John
2/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Yes
2/5
Randy Newman
2/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Pavement
4/5
Syd Barrett
2/5
Elvis Costello
5/5
The Verve
5/5
One of the all-time great lead tracks on an album. This is a perfect album listen. Start to finish. If this was Britpop's swan song as Apple Music suggests, then what a great way to end it.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Snoop Dogg
1/5
Lorde
3/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Metallica
2/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Maybe it is because I listened to this on the first sunny day we've had in weeks, but I feel like a better person for having listened to it.
Amy Winehouse
3/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
The Smiths
5/5
Another no-brainer for me.
Portishead
5/5
How can you not give a genre-defining album five stars?
Sonic Youth
3/5
Not a Sonic Youth album I was as familiar with as others. It was chiller than I expected and a good preview of what is to come from the band.
4/5
I'm really surprised how much I like this album. I'm not a prog fan but this has the right amount of noodling excess.
The Beach Boys
4/5
Nice to get this one to review a few days after Brian Wilson died. It's timeless.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Guns N' Roses
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
I like when this project introduces me to an album I hadn't heard of before. That's the case with this one and it was perfectly ok.
De La Soul
3/5
Deerhunter
3/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Another band that I only know via hits on the radio and in movie soundtracks. Was prepared to hate it but I didn't. Solid three stars.
Otis Redding
4/5
Talk Talk
3/5
David Bowie
5/5
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
Buck Owens
3/5
Surprisingly enjoyable!
John Lennon
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Queen
2/5
Not a big fan of this. But I did learn that Neko Case's "Misfire" is a cover, which I did not know until listening to this album.
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Ramones
5/5
Green Day
4/5
Keith Jarrett
3/5
M.I.A.
2/5
I love "Paper Planes" and a few other songs are very good but I don't think I'd go back to listen to the whole album very often.
Willie Nelson
3/5
The Temptations
4/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
Todd Rundgren
2/5
Well, I made it through one listen. This project has introduced me to a lot of prog rock. Some good. Some not so good. Most of this album sounds too much like insane show tunes to me. The last song Just One Victory was worth the struggle of getting through the earlier songs. But, full marks for creativity and doing his own thing and for a crazy cover that perfectly matches the crazy music.
Van Morrison
4/5
The Doors
4/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Another first time artist and album for me. Thanks for the introduction!
Ghostface Killah
2/5
Great raps. Great beats. Usual issues I have with rap with the unnecessary interludes and language. Deserves a higher rating but not something I'll listen to again.
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Some awesome songs, obviously, but kind of a mess of an album overall.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
The subtitle of the 30th anniversary reissue is a great summary of this album: a celebration. This is smart, fun, sometimes-cheesy, early-eighties music. I think it holds up, but I'd be curious to know if someone who wasn't around back when it first came out would agree.
Kanye West
1/5
My first instinct was to give this a hard pass but I'm committed to giving every album a chance. Made it halfway through. There's no denying the talent and the production; it's just not for me. And I don't need to listen to a jerk boast about how great he is. There's enough of that in the news these days.
Daft Punk
3/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
This was the gateway Bob Dylan album for me. I wasn't interested in Dylan when I was younger and only heard the hits that were played on the radio and in movies. So this was the first full album I eventually listened to and I went backward and forward from it ever since.
Pink Floyd
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
One of the best soundtracks.
New Order
4/5
William Orbit
4/5
This came after a string of albums I was very familiar with, so it was a nice change to be introduced to something new that I really enjoyed. You know it has made an impression when you restart it right away and then stream other stuff from the artist.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
The Police
5/5
Gram Parsons
3/5
I really like this but man it can be depressing listening.
Suede
2/5
This is too overly dramatic for my taste.
The Smiths
5/5
This is their best overall album. It is certainly my favourite. And I remember being heartbroken listening to it when it came out knowing it would be their last.
David Bowie
4/5
The Prodigy
2/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
I was pleasantly surprised but this one but the talky interludes and quite starts got in the way for me.
3/5
Kick Out the Jams is a monster song and Motor City is Burning sounds like a very rough version of something you'd hear on a Hendrix album. And I love many of the bands this influenced. And it is great that the live album captures the insanity and energy of the band. BUT as an album, the quality of the recording just doesn't lend itself to regular repeat listens.
The Zombies
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
4/5
Never heard this guy before. Is it folk? Country? Blues? All three? I don't know. But it's great!
fIREHOSE
4/5
If I met the devil at the crossroads I'd make a deal to be able to play the base like Mike Watt.
Air
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
The xx
4/5
The Black Keys
4/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Cream
2/5
I'm not sure if it is the sleepy singing or maybe the production is muted, but I'm surprised how boring I found this.
Foo Fighters
3/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
Pixies
3/5
This isn't the Pixies album I'd expect to see here. But maybe that is why it is on the list: to shed light on an otherwise overlooked album. It's good but there are others I'd gravitate to for repeat listens.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
2/5
Frank Ocean
3/5
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Louis Prima
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Janelle Monáe
2/5
Fleet Foxes
3/5
The Replacements
3/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1/5
I tried to be open to this but it is the kind of progressive rock that I struggle with and find really self-indulgent.
Sigur Rós
5/5
Miles Davis
3/5
I'm not a big fan of Davis's fusion era but this is a nice transition into it. In his vast catalogue I often forget about this album so it was nice to have the project shine a light on it.
Milton Nascimento
3/5
This one is new to me and requires more listens than I can fit into one day to truly appreciate it. There are moments when it completely grabbed my attention and moments when it grated on my nerves. Probably suffers from being too long but has a crazy mix of vibrant music.
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Prince
4/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Korn
1/5
NOPE
Os Mutantes
3/5
k.d. lang
3/5
Great voice. Great slide guitar. Great antidote to the Korn album I had to listen to the day before.
Prince
3/5
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Santana
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
Björk
5/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
The Smiths
5/5
David Bowie
3/5
Meat Puppets
4/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
No brainer: Five Stars.
Parliament
3/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
2/5
A unique sound, for sure, but it annoyed me more than it wowed me.
The Who
4/5
The question is always, The Beatles or the Rolling Stones? My answer is: The Who. My grade school exercise books were littered with Union Jacks with The Who written in the crosses. The kids are indeed alright.
Slayer
2/5
10 songs in 29 minutes is impressive but too intense for me.
The Offspring
4/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Approaching its 50th anniversary in a few weeks and this still sounds fresh and interesting. A true classic.
Hookworms
3/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Coldplay
3/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
Great blend of blues, country, gospel, and soul.
Scritti Politti
2/5
A good example of the cheesy-synth-and-vocal sound from the early to mid eighties, which holds up for a song or two but gets repetitive and boring pretty quickly as an entire album. All you need is "Perfect Way" on your eighties compilation.
Thin Lizzy
2/5
I appreciate that you can hear the audience and songs blend together like an actual live show and not a collection of songs that were played live. It is a product of its time and the eye-rolling joke after the first song dates it. Not a repeat listen for me.
Guided By Voices
3/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Tracy Chapman
5/5
Can
3/5
There's a primal feel to this that humanizes the electronics. Not easy to listen to in places but I can see how it influences a lot of music that followed.
Sinead O'Connor
5/5
I know Nothing Compares to U is the big hit but the five songs before it are incredible.
David Holmes
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Early Beatles albums like this one are cool for the mix of covers and originals. To see their influences and vast musical knowledge and how they are starting to apply that to their own songs.
OutKast
2/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
A little more accessible than Trout Mask Replica but still weird enough to annoy.
Abdullah Ibrahim
4/5
I can't believe I've never heard of Ibrahim until now. This was fantastic.
Deep Purple
2/5
Wasn't looking forward to this one but then the first song rocked. Maybe this won't be the over-the-top seventies self-indulgent rock music I thought it would be. Wrong.
ABBA
3/5
Talking Heads
5/5
Björk
2/5
This is one of those albums that might need lots of listens to appreciate.
4/5
Could have used a little variation in the song themes but great voice and great songs.
Sepultura
2/5
I hate giving these metal albums low ratings. They are probably really good metal albums. I just don't like most metal.
Blur
3/5
Beatles
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
One of the more consistently good double albums ever made.
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3/5
Cowboy Junkies
4/5
Blondie
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Various Artists
4/5
This one is in my rotation every Christmas
Yes
4/5
I can't believe I'm giving this four stars. A few years ago it would have been two. Look at me starting to appreciate some progressive rock!
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
I think this is album three by CCR and it's another good one. Like the others, I enjoyed the the non-greatest hits songs like Bootleg as much as the hits.
White Denim
2/5
Brian Wilson
2/5
I suspect this is a love it or hate it album. There are some beautiful moments but overall I doubt there will be many repeat listens.
Air
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
The Mamas & The Papas
2/5
The songs are all great but this is not something I'd go to for multiple listens. Kinda bland '60s stuff.
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
I love this band (great live!) but this isn't my favourite album of theirs.
The Who
4/5
The Beach Boys
2/5
I did not expect a Beach Boys album entitled Surf's Up to sound like this. Interesting but not a got to repeat listen.
Norah Jones
4/5
Eagles
2/5
For some reason I find the Eagles super boring. There are good songs here and I like other stuff from the era that is very similar but they just don't do it for me.
John Coltrane
4/5
This is a tough one to give a proper review after just a few listens. It can be a challenging listen at times but worth it.
Neil Young
4/5
5/5
Dr. Octagon
3/5
A pleasant surprise
Lauryn Hill
4/5
Dizzee Rascal
2/5
I love the British take on rap but this isn't a repeat listen for me.
Alice In Chains
2/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
A great final album that I will always associate with Bowie's Blackstar since they both came out around the same time and are both really good final chapters to two amazing music careers.
Nirvana
5/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Khaled
4/5
My favourite kind of album in this project: an artist I haven't heard of before and a genre I don't listen to regularly. As my daughter says, this slaps. Loved it.
The White Stripes
4/5
Little Richard
5/5
Sometimes the old stuff from the fifties sounds dated but this still rocks.
Aimee Mann
3/5
Gene Clark
3/5
Soundgarden
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
SAULT
4/5
Fantastic. Listened to it and only it all day.
U2
5/5
It is unbelievable how young they were when they made this incredible album that still holds up.
Ice Cube
3/5
Supertramp
3/5
Sade
4/5
One of my all-time favourite guilty pleasures.
David Crosby
3/5
There's way more going on here than I expected. Hints of Neil Young, the Grateful Dead, Nick Drake. It's folky, psychedelic, and even finishes with some hippie chanting. Cool.
Kraftwerk
5/5
The Yardbirds
2/5
A few good blues rock tracks but the rest sound like odd novelty songs.
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Pixies
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
This deserves five stars for the iconic cover alone. But measured against Bowie's catalogue the music is a solid three.
Gillian Welch
4/5
A tonic for the crazy times we are in right now.
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
I've heard a lot about this infamous album but have never given it a listen. After repeat listens all day it isn't the train wreck I thought it might be. Good for them for going in a newish direction and not running back what worked on Rumours. The Stevie Nicks songs stand out.
Adele
3/5
Beach House
4/5
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
k.d. lang
3/5
Incredible Bongo Band
2/5
This was a fun one that I have never heard before but it drifted into gimmicky after a while.
The Slits
3/5
Include one of the all-time great covers: I Heard It Through the Grape Vine.
The Notorious B.I.G.
2/5
My usual gangsta rap review: love the beats and flow but can't get past the language and violence, which I know is not meant for me.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Britney Spears
2/5
Title song is great. I love that Richard Thompson and so many others have covered it. But the rest is forgettable for an old guy like me.
The Auteurs
3/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
John Lennon
4/5
2/5
I like this better than the two stars I gave it. Great industrial sounds but not something I'd likely return to.
Everything But The Girl
4/5
Cat Stevens
3/5
For some reason this album has always annoyed me. I appreciate it more now that I am older.
Funkadelic
3/5
4/5
Really enjoyed this. Listened on repeat all day.
R.E.M.
4/5
Didn't even need to listen to this oneto give it four stars; it's in my music DNA.
Madness
3/5
Not my favourite Madness record. It's quirky and odd, which I suppose is better than cranking out the same old same old punky ska.
Meat Loaf
3/5
I think this is the first time I have ever intentionally listened to this album yet I knew all the songs but the last one well enough to sing along. Just from hearing them on radio and in TV and movies. Probably deserves more than three stars of being one of the top selling albums of all time but it's not a repeat listen for me.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Cheap Trick
2/5
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
I figured a Zappa record would be coming at some point. I love that there is a song that features the word "discorporate" and they are clearly doing their own, inventive, crazy thing. But I think it is more fun to play than listen too.
The Triffids
3/5
So, so 80s. Enjoyable but a little too earnest for me.
George Harrison
4/5
I guess he had a lot of pent-up music that needed releasing after the Beatles. Three records and not a dud of a song.
Massive Attack
4/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
A very solid '60s album.
Travis
2/5
The Stooges
3/5
Not my favourite Stooges record.
4/5
Props to the fifth Beatle George Martin for the production on this one. Very innovative for the time and still sounds fantastic today.
The Cure
4/5
One of those bands that is instantly recognizable for their unique sound. There's nothing like Robert Smith and the Cure.
Grizzly Bear
2/5
Love the song Two Weeks but couldn't get into the rest of it at the time and on listens now. Soundtrack for a 2000s Brooklyn hipster.