Back half better than first half

Probably would like it with another couple listens. The instrumentals are good

Fun blues BB king sounds great the whole way through

Awesome South African music, such a good singer and the songs are beautiful

Disappointed. It’s Queen, but they get so much better on the next albums. Great musicians but the songs just aren’t as strong

Probably was pretty cool in 60s, but now sounds really dated. Janis kinda sounds like Marge Simpson on a lot of this. Sometimes it works though, but mostly this isn't a great record. I'd stick to the singles

Not really my thing. Production is cool and some interesting songs, most of the lyrics aren’t relatable for me

Great from t

Pretty bad and really stupid. Production is cool, but can't get over the terrible lyrics

It was alright. Not a big metallica fan in general. The riffs become monotonous after a while. Master of Puppets is still a classic song though

Really good singing and playing here just not my usual music genre.

Singles are great. Album is very good. This was way better than I remember when it first came out. He’s had even better records and this one gets overlooked, but it stands on its own. Jack white is so good at creating his own little electric blues rock fantasy world on his albums

Probably was cool in the 60s. Not very good sound and pretty run of the mill blues rock. Janis sounds like Marge Simpson sometimes.

Great album. Great storytelling. Great vocals, dynamic even when constrained

Great album. Opener is great. Beautiful ones is great. Darling Nicki is what I imagined every prince song to sound like. Side 2 to this record is even better. Only criticism is that sometimes the synths sound a little too ghostbusters, but ghostbusters kinda rules so whatever. I like princes shrieking on some of the tracks here, so good. Purple rain alone would have made this album worth listening to

Good: synths tasty, hits hit, good 80s Bad: some of the sins are long and kinda boring

The pros: Guinea pig noises on kemistry around 2:30, proto-wubs on the last song Cons: 2 hours long, sounds like AI music, and the singing is bad

Songs very distinct. Happy guitar, sad morrisey. One day I’ll love this band, but for now I only like them

Going into this album, I expected to kinda like most of the songs just based on Layla. I ended up liking even more of this record than I thought I would. Clapton (and Allman) are better guitarists than I had given them credit for. I was worried that this record was going to be an hour-long geetar circlejerk, but it's not. The songs are good and the guitar, at least for the most part, serves them well. Lyrical content is pretty exclusively about trying to smush George Harrison's wife and it's only thinly veiled - Derek = Eric, Layla = Patti Boyd. I wish George made a counter record to this. The whole love triangle might be the best british rock lore out there. This album definitely deserves it's spot on the list. I struggled between a 3 and a 4, but then Layla came on. It's a light 4. ------------------------------ Highlights: Bell Bottom Blues, Keep On Growing, Key To The Highway, Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad, Little Wing (way better cover than I thought it would be), Layla Stinkers: Have You Ever Loved A Woman? -------------------------------- My Rating Scale: 1 - Trash. Why is it on this list? 2 - Mostly disliked, some good/great tracks 3 - Mostly liked, some exceptions 4 - It's great, with one or two misses allowed 5 - Masterpiece

For an album old enough to be pulling social security checks, it holds up pretty well. Marty Robbins lyrics center around 3 themes: God, guns, and dying. The songwriting is straightforward, guitar fills in the space that Marty isn't using. Album cover screams clearance record bin. Nothing spectacular, but this is a good record if you're looking to do some driving or relax by a camp-fire somewhere. ------------------------------ Highlights: Big Iron, Cool Water, The Master's Call, The Hanging Tree, El Paso Stinkers: None of them are that bad, maybe Billy the Kidd. -------------------------------- My Rating Scale: 1 - Trash. Why is it on this list? 2 - Mostly disliked, some good/great tracks 3 - Mostly liked, some exceptions 4 - It's great, with one or two misses allowed 5 - Masterpiece

I’d rather listen to vampire weekend. Album sounds great and the playing with time is cool along with the angular guitar riffs throughout, but this doesn’t really do it for me. Mr. Projector sure knows his way around a DAW (please teach me btw), but maybe having an outside producer would’ve helped them with creating a more cohesive project. There’s something here, but it feels more like noodling on a MacBook than anything else.

Is this a 5/5? It might be, the songs are great, earnest, and the album sequencing is near-perfect. I will dare is such a great opener, followed by favorite things is so good. I love Androgynous too. This album picks up right where The Clash left off for me. I love this record

This album was everywhere - but it really hasn’t aged well. Corndog lyrics and fat sausage compression everywhere. This album must’ve been great when you’re 13 Good songs are the singles: Papercut, Crawling, In the End, and One Step Closer. Didn’t mind a Place for my head and Forgotten either. The other tracks are weak and don’t do anything for me. It’s not a great record, but I like this Linkin Park more than the U2-rips of their later stuff that I’ve heard. Solid 2/5

This was so much better than I thought it would be after rolling the horrid Goldie album last week. The songs were still too long in places without much variation, but I enjoyed them still this time. I can’t overstate how much I didn’t want to listen to this, and how relieved I am to have enjoyed it Favorite song was Kein Trink Wasser

Only knew islands and the intro song before coming into this, and after VCR I wasn’t sure about this record. I ended saving about half the songs. This album is a particular type of vibe and if you’re in the mood it’s great. I don’t think this is an absolute must listen though. Still good. Strong 3/5

This took multiple listens to get into. This isn’t the David Bowie I was familiar with on Ziggy Stardust and it’s kinda hard to believe that these albums are only a couple of years apart. Production on this record is great. Bass is jumping and grooving. Drums sound explosive. Synths hold up to this day. If all bajillion of the records Bowie has on this list are this high-quality, then I’m game for them. Highlights: speed of Life, Breaking Glass, Sound and Vision, always crashing in the same car, be my wife, warszawa, subterraneans Stinkers: none really - weeping wall was my least favorite though. Feeling strong 4/5. Couple more listens and this might be a 5/5 too. Mack rating prediction: 5/5

Lyrics mostly about guns and wieners. Production is good and yeah it makes sense to be on this list, but there's not much here I enjoy. Too long, the skits are trash, and won't revisit this again. If I'm listening to hip hop from this era I'm going for something else. Probs not west coast at all cause it all got infected by Dre at some point in the 90s. Give me something like Public Enemy or Paul's Boutique instead any day. Ice Cube is better too. Weak 2/5

One minute it's shitty wham, next it's shitty MJ, then it's some other shitty rip. How does an album like this get on this list? What context am I missing here? This is so bad. This may be the worst album I've ever heard. Why the fuck shouldn't I be able to die without hearing this? Only positive is that it isn't that long. Holy shit this thing sucked. Listening to it is a human rights violation, they should be playing this at gitmo

another british dance album... seriously...... 2/5, please no more. its not even bad, just bored

These songs are great, not a dud on this record. Close to a 5 on this, but this just isn’t what I’d reach for when I’m putting something on. With enough listens this’ll probably become a 5 for me. Strong 4

This is good not great. We have 5 better Beatles albums to go, this one feels like filler. I’m sure this killed on Ed Sullivan but meh now. Michelle, in my life, and girl are good. Most songs are good, but not great.

I love everything about John Prine. I love the simple arrangements and the pithy lyrics. I wish we also got Bruised Orange on this list. 5/5 and I will always have a place for these songs. Your flag decal won’t get you into heaven anymore is relevant today just switch the lyrics around a little to “red hats”

They lost me with the first song. I do not like this it’s old and only on here because it was famous for being some first hippy music. The singles were good but otherwise I do not care for it. Low 2/5, bummed about it because somebody to love and white rabbit are both so good.

I liked this more than I thought I would based on the description. I like the twangy guitar and the songwriting was pretty good. Only song I really didn’t care for was Little Rock N Roller. I see a direct line from this to Tyler Childers today. Strong 3/5

The introduction kills and then up until the last 1/4 of the record it’s so good EXCEPT free form guitar is a pile of dogshit that completely took me out of enjoying the record. There’s something about a fat, mid-heavy bass line that I love and it’s all over this record. Throw in some hype horn hits and this band is such a good concept. I feel like they kinda get overlooked now - especially with how many records they sold over the course of like 30 years. The last 1/4 of the record is just a big ass jam that never ends, not bad but idk why they included it. With a couple cuts I think this is at or close to a 5/5 but there’s not a chance I can go higher than a strong 3/5 with free form guitar on the track list.

Do not recommend listening to this in the car, this is headphone music. Idk there’s some cool stuff on here, like the closer with Timbaland - even with how dated it sounds, but most of the record MIA seemed bored. I think I’ll stick to Paper Planes and maybe the closer. Bird flu is alright too. The Pixies interpolation hurt my soul, you play a dangerous game when you use source material that’s better than what you’re doing. Just made me want to listen to Pixies

This was great to listen to. Mingus brings you along through and entire jazzy story. I enjoyed this record so much, but I agree with corbobb that there’s better Mingus out there (Mingus Ah Um imo) still feeling a 5/5 on this, I’ll definitely be listening to this again. Mingus forever!

Definition of cock rock, but I like legs so weak 2/5. Won’t revisit

I expected this to be kinda lame because Simon and Garfunkel are lame. Maybe not though, this was pretty good white bread music. Silent night must’ve blown the nips off people in the mid 60s but the current events rapid fire over a hymn doesn’t hit so hard 60 years later. Overall I did really like this album, I like Graceland more though. Between a strong 3 and light 4, but going with a 4 because Artie deserves it. Paul Simon sounds like a dick - Art kinda does too idk

I fell asleep on 3 separate occasions listening to this - still pretty good tho

At first I really thought this album sucked - the songs are super campy. Then I listened again and realized that these songs are, for the most part, really good. This album does suffer from being a collection of singles with no real cohesion, but there are a lot of good ones lurking: when the love light starts shining thru his eyes, twenty-four hours from Tulsa, anyone who had a heart, actually most of these are great. Colouring book is not one of them though, that’s a stinker. Too many songs but I did listen to the expanded edition cause so not really holding it against our girl Dusty. We all know what the lyrics “hold him and kiss him” mean, right? 60s lyrics are great

Good-ish But Doesn’t Feel Amazing

Look this thing is too long and the Raekwon talks too much in the skits, but there's something about this I really like. I like the contrast with Ghostface on just about every song, except Rainy Dayz. That was kinda buns and went on too long. I really liked Verbal Intercourse once they got done with the gibberish. There's just a shit ton of songs on here Probably won't revisit though unless I get super into Wu-Tang, which if it could happen to Shkreli, it can happen to anybody.

I love this LARP shit, but no one can love Moonlight. Strong 3/5 would’ve been a 4 if not for that 5 minutes of garbage. Seriously it’s like they just wanted to waste some studio hours

Really enjoyed my first listen of this. Obligatory comment about his raspy voice. Lyrics are so engaging if you can discern what he’s growling at you - “there ain’t no devil, just god when he’s drunk.” Musically this album is great too, lumbering blues and jazzy chords evoke a smoke-filled nightclub. I’m gonna have to listen to this a couple more times and I bet I’m gonna love it even more, but for now I’m feeling a healthy 4/5

Didn’t care for the first 3 songs but then it started to pick up for me a bit. Goddess on a Hiway is a good rocker and I pretty much enjoyed every song after that as well. Probably won’t revisit though except for the singles. Another 3/5 for me

Is this better than the debut? Idk, but someone else could make that argument and they might not be wrong. I love the compact songs here - 11 songs 33 minutes that’s what I’m talking about. Favorites are Rikki Don’t lose that number, night by night, with a gun, and Charlie freak. Strong 4/5

The mix is dirt but it’s good dirt. This is darker funk and I really like it. I’ll definitely be listening to this whole thing again. A solid 4/5 from me

This is some of the best power-pop out there. Hanging on the Telephone is such a great opener from the staccato vocals to the sneaky little keyboards in there to the short and forceful guitar solo, its so good. It's a little harder to hear One Way or Another after growing up with it in so many movies and ads, but it's still a great song and you can't sleep on the guitar solo in this either. Fade away and radiate is a grower and a shower. Will anything happen is some good punky-pop, some might say pop-punk. Heart of Glass is one of the best pop songs. Is this what disco could've been? Every song on here does something for me. 5/5 Debbie Harry is so cool