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Album	You	Global	Diff
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	5	2.29	+2.71
Vulnicura Björk	5	2.79	+2.21
Damaged Black Flag	5	2.85	+2.15
I See A Darkness Bonnie "Prince" Billy	5	2.98	+2.02
Steve McQueen Prefab Sprout	5	2.99	+2.01
A Seat at the Table Solange	5	3	+2
Slanted And Enchanted Pavement	5	3.04	+1.96
Oxygène Jean-Michel Jarre	5	3.06	+1.94
Here Come The Warm Jets Brian Eno	5	3.08	+1.92
american dream LCD Soundsystem	5	3.17	+1.83

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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Wildest! Louis Prima	1	3.52	-2.52
All Directions The Temptations	1	3.45	-2.45
This Is Fats Domino Fats Domino	1	3.37	-2.37
Tommy The Who	1	3.33	-2.33
Connected Stereo MC's	1	2.95	-1.95
Ten Pearl Jam	2	3.91	-1.91
Who's Next The Who	2	3.89	-1.89
Good Old Boys Randy Newman	1	2.85	-1.85
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	2	3.81	-1.81
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	2	3.74	-1.74

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	7	4.71
Radiohead	5	4.8
Nick Drake	3	5
Talking Heads	3	5
Beatles	5	4.4
Pink Floyd	3	4.67
Nirvana	2	5
Prince	2	5
Pavement	2	5
Stevie Wonder	2	5
Black Sabbath	2	5
Led Zeppelin	3	4.33

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Artist	Albums	Average
The Who	3	2

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy · 1 likes

5/5

I mean, one of the best lyrical hip hop albums of all time, surely

GREY Area

Little Simz · 1 likes

5/5

so happy this record is on this list

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division · 1 likes

4/5

fantastic, love the sound palette they use across this album. Often unsettling. Disorder one of the GOATS

Tommy

The Who · 1 likes

1/5

Dog shit

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino · 1 likes

1/5

dated

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Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

title track absolutely slaps

Dire Straits

4/5

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Paul Simon

4/5

lovely

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

2/5

not arsed by this. Didn't Kurt Cobain list this as one of his favourite albums? Maybe i'm missing something

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

5/5

v easy to listen to always and forever

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

kind of underrated and overrated at the same time

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

3/5

always a pleasure to listen to this record. Think it falls off a bit in the 2nd half but lots of fun

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Not the strongest Cure record for me but has A Forest on it, which is a worldie

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

2/5

didn't grip me

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

fascinating record. So different from their usual sound but still fantastic. Shows their songwriting strengths

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

back to back worldies

Boston

3/5

Didn't do a lot for me

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

easy 5

Repeater

Fugazi

4/5

Can see myself really getting into Fugazi

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

not every song is a 10/10 but the album is a 10/10, if that can be possible?!?!? they nail the vibes

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

i'm not the biggest Amy fan, but there is no denying how extraordinarily talented she was

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

Mott

Mott The Hoople

3/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

top tier Neil for me

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

Run-D.M.C.

2/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

some of their best on here, but more of their worst

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

would def come back to this

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

whoppers top to bottom

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

2/5

reminds me of Steely Dan, but doesn't hit those highs. Not necessarily my sort of jazz

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

3/5

some really great ideas and melodies, but too long me thinks

All Directions

The Temptations

1/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Was really ready to love this (especially as they are Uni of Hull alumni, represent!) but all kind of blended together for me

Real Life

Magazine

3/5

Really wanted to click with this more, given the huge praise this gets from Johnny Greenwood and how influential they are on Radiohead. Maybe it will after a few more listens. 5 stars for the artwork though

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Skylarking

XTC

3/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

very consistent

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

4/5

Wasn't a big fan of the slots but some really great Dilla production. Slightly too long, if it was 10-12 tracks I would see myself coming back to this a lot

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

first half renaissance painting of a stallion, second half child's drawing of a horse

In It For The Money

Supergrass

2/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

not the best album of theirs, but very consistent and atmospheric

Another Green World

Brian Eno

4/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Phenomenal return to form final album. 4.5 if I could

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

2/5

loved a few tracks, but felt a bit too long and didn't connect with much of the middle section

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

2/5

didn't do a lot for me, clear to hear the influence on later REM records but the song-writing didn't pull me in

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Landmark hip hip record for it's production and use of samples but can't help but feel it's not dated well

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

some absolute belters in here (wrong vibe for 9am Monday morning in the office) but was about 30 minutes too long and a lot of the tracks didn't click with me. Would return to some of the singles

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

Highs were really high, lows were quite forgettable. 3.5 if I could, just didn't grasp me enough to get to 4. A Sailor's Life & Who Know's Where the Time Goes both so so good

Tommy

The Who

1/5

Dog shit

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Fun album. Love short, precise records like this. Would come back to this

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

4/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

great fun but a lot of the tracks were forgettable

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

Masterpiece

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

god bless Jack White

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Amazing, cohesive, powerful record

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

2/5

Nice ideas throughout but overall quite forgettable

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Fantastic start to finish. Few songs that didn't grip me as much to warrant a 5 but great record!

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

2/5

ashamed to say I just don't get beastie boys. They've released some phenomenal tracks but their albums are such a slog to get through

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

some lovely ideas but some song structures felt dated.

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

This album is so good! Every track feels necessary, what a banger start to finish

Connected

Stereo MC's

1/5

listened to this and forgot all of it very quickly. Maybe harsh but didn't grab me at all

Common

4/5

loved this, had only heard Go before diving into this record! Dilla & K*nye production is no joke.

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

1/5

interesting as a historical piece, but would never choose to listen to this

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

quality slightly dips near the end of the record for me, but this is so close to being 5 stars. a big whopping 4.5. 'I Know What I Know' one of the greatest songs of all time

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

first half is so strong, second half stalls a bit. The highs are so good though, some of his best solo tracks. The first four tracks are a heavenly run

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

really great album, 3.5 stars. Despite not knowing many of these songs, it felt like a really consistent album

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

5/5

blew my head off. Absolutely loved this, and had never heard it before. Big 5 fat ones

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Guero

Beck

4/5

sounds quite dated, but some serious bangers

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

2/5

not that into. Some tracks sounded like Mark Hollis singing Elton John covers

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

fantastic, love the sound palette they use across this album. Often unsettling. Disorder one of the GOATS

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

one of the greats

Clandestino

Manu Chao

3/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

love Janis Joplins vocals across this album, so much energy and early grunge stylings in the playing. Into it!

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Really enjoyed this, have heard it a few times over the years. It's a crime that Moby Dick has the least listens on Spotify, that riff is killer.

Among The Living

Anthrax

4/5

slapped

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

quite forgettable. Preferred Bookends

Berlin

Lou Reed

3/5

didn't grip me like his other work but was an enjoyable listen

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

3/5

Liked a lot of it but most of the album didn't grip me. Garbage man slaps

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

up there as one of his best

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

some all-timers on here, some duds. The highs are so much better than the lows though

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

2/5

some interesting ideas, and covered a lot of genres. Production on the drums led this to feel quite lackluster to me

Metallica

4/5

adore this record, need to listen to it more and let it stick

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

underrated and understated White Stripes album. First 6 tracks are fantastic, falters slightly in the second half

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

top tier

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Slaps

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

3/5

very rough and raw, not my favourite fall album but did enjoy it!

Fragile

Yes

4/5

Almost a 5 just for Roundabout. Absolute slapper

The xx

4/5

a lovely, unique, genre-defining album. Never reached these heights again but is a very fitting record for this list

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

2/5

didn't like this as much as I thought I would. Especially as a fan of Richard Dawson. Maybe I wasn't in the right headspace

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

Shite

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

3/5

Fun record. Will come back to this!

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

adore this album, unlike a lot of what I grew up with this has absolutely stood the test of time

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

2/5

not for me donkey, also too long

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

2/5

self titled track is a banger, rest blended together for me on first listen

Fleet Foxes

4/5

a worthy, underrated record for this list

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

a lot of great tracks on here

Queen II

Queen

2/5

Didn't grip me, but nice to hear something completely different from a band as famous as Queen

Black Metal

Venom

3/5

good fun! Leave Me in Hell reminded me of Master of Puppets so much, uncanny

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

2/5

Marty BOBBINS more like!! (wasn't actually that bad)

California

American Music Club

3/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

3/5

Debut

Björk

4/5

Great stuff

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

3/5

Think I'd really like this but wasn't in the headspace

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

2/5

really didn't connect with this

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

2/5

really just not into this era of hip hop and lyrical rhyming schemes

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

can't be anything else can it

No Other

Gene Clark

4/5

This is the sort of album I want to hear on this list. Not listened to this artist before but added a few of these into rotation. Great record

The Stone Roses

4/5

WHOPPER

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

2/5

just can't do it in album format. Few fantastic bangers on this, surrounded by out-dated, boring duds. No Sleep Til Brooklyn slaps though

The Grand Tour

George Jones

2/5

Was alright, didn't stick with me

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

BB being BB

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

5/5

phenomenal

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

5/5

f the haters, I love this record

Faust IV

Faust

4/5

Really enjoyed this, excited to dive into their back catalogue!

Who's Next

The Who

2/5

I don't like this band

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

think they're a bit over-hated, I thought it was an enjoyable listen.

Suede

3/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Highway Star absolutely slaps

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Faith

George Michael

2/5

Wasn't a huge fan. First three songs are great though

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

masterp

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

They created Psych rock

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

one of the greats

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

5/5

one of the greats

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

loved it

Iron Maiden

4/5

really enjoyed this!

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

2/5

not into it sorry

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

2/5

Low

David Bowie

5/5

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

3/5

hard to rate an album that serves a different purpose to usual 'music'. No hits, singles, live essence. But serves a purpose (reading, unwinding, landscapy)

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

I mean it's one of the greats isn't it. Rocky Raccoon top 5 Beatle song

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

nice to listen to some early Chems

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

v cool

Tical

Method Man

2/5

Kind of blended together. Didn't stand up to Fishscales or Wu Tang classic records for me

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

some of his best, and some forgettable tracks. Not sure I've heard an Elton John album that floors me start to finish yet

Opus Dei

Laibach

2/5

nice noises but bit garageband for me

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

3/5

some fun ideas and sounds, will return to a couple of these

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

1/5

just not my thing

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

I think this is LCD's second best album. For the life of me, I do not get the hate at all. I think it's pretty flawless start to finish. The only negative I have is the artwork, but that doesn't stop this being a 5 star record

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

a real treat start to finish

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

4/5

enjoyed it more than I thought I would from only knowing Take on Me! Very unique voice

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

more of an late-stage Beatles fan personally

Kimono My House

Sparks

4/5

great early record from a quality, unique duo

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

lovely record

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

a goat

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

Some lovely experimentation in here

Elvis Presley

3/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

better than most of their studio albums

Van Halen

4/5

dismissed this before I heard it, almost a big mistake

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Interesting. Nothing stuck with me but interested to dive in again

Black Monk Time

The Monks

2/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

3 for a 3 + 3

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

2/5

nothingburger

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

good

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

fun! quite samey, which I think is common for albums of this era

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Great album, probably the De La Soul record I enjoy the most

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

4/5

think I would really like this record and band, need to give it a few more listens. A 3.5, but leaning towards a 4

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

funky AND fresh!

Soul Mining

The The

5/5

Black Sabbath

5/5

RIP to the prince. Interesting choice if this is the only Sabbath on here

Liquid Swords

GZA

3/5

loved some tracks, didn't enjoy others

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

1/5

dated

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Really enjoyed this! A fan of this genre but get lost in the names and albums. This was a lot of fun

Highly Evolved

The Vines

2/5

bit of nothing, can't all be bangers!

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

phenomenal

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Really liked the first track, lost was a bit lost on me

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

5/5

Modern classic

Damaged

Black Flag

5/5

Early punk classic

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Doesn't hit the highs of his other records but I do love this album

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

Horse shit

White Ladder

David Gray

2/5

Boring

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

imagine being arm in arm with the boys listening to Fatboy Slim drop Praise You in Butlins swimming pool, 2025. What a moment, and what a way he's come from this records release

Celebrity Skin

Hole

4/5

1999

Prince

5/5

not his best but still an absolute classic

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

3/5

big bangers

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

love it

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

slaps

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

Bowies GOAT era

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

biased as it's radiohead, but man what a record

Achtung Baby

2/5

just couldn't click with it at all, but clearly something good in there

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

really loved this, only knowing the singles I was surprised by how many songs I was into

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

5/5

really love this record, especially the title track. Whopper

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

5/5

this guy was my next door neighbor in the Highlands of Scotland while I was growing up. Therefore, instant 5 stars

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

5/5

love this album

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

4/5

another slammer

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

2/5

Lost Souls

Doves

4/5

originally wrote Doves off, I think I assumed they were a bit wet. However, this record was great! Reminded me of The Bends a bit, enjoyed this.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

great listen

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

2/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

a lot of mac demarco influence on here. Picture Book walked so Salad Days could run

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

lots of lovely and not lovely, but contexually lovely, noises

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

5/5

Iconic

Sheet Music

10cc

2/5

didn't really enjoy. Although, as a Dilla - Donuts stan it was very weird hearing The Worst Band In the World for the first time. Gains a star for that alone

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

few really big, strong moments. Has aged better than a lot of records from this era

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Wharra voice, loved this

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

good record! Some really classic songs, mostly a bit duddy but enjoyed it

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

2/5

Liked a few tracks but wasn't that into it. Wishing Well slaps

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Didn't grip me but a lot of bits that I liked

Cut

The Slits

3/5

Great little punk record

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

mmm police don't do it for me

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

love it. I prefer John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band but this is still a timeless, fantastic record

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

4/5

I love Sault and they deserve to have a record on his list, me thinks

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

not for me chief

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

4/5

Fantastic

Me Against The World

2Pac

4/5

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

4/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

5/5

love this sad dude and his songs

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Love a few of the tracks, think I need to give this a couple more listens. Always very fun live

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Great stuff, my second favourite Suffy record

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

4/5

Jackass jump scare halfway through. Really fun album

A Seat at the Table

Solange

5/5

my preferred Knowles sister

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

5/5

I mean, one of the best lyrical hip hop albums of all time, surely

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

4/5

Really surprised by this record, have come back to it a lot since my first spin

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Great record. Not top tier Zep for me imo but a fun, albeit too long, listen

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Enjoyed this, not super memorable but was a fun listen

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

Don't ever really enjoy or remember a Police album after I've listened to it

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

One of the GOATS

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Not their best but absolutely phenomenal

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

4/5

Solid Air

John Martyn

5/5

Adore this too, have for many years. Glad it's on the list

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Love this too, one of the all timers for song writing

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

2/5

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

2/5

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

Love the stuff

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

3/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

one of the goat's, boring opinion but imo true

Vulnicura

Björk

5/5

astounding

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

guy is a helmet but no denying it's an iconic record

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

lots of great ideas but never quite sticks with me like it should

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

3/5

The Doors

5/5

School's Out

Alice Cooper

3/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

mastyp

Django Django

3/5

I can imagine I would have adored this album if I listened to it in the era it came out, as an Alt-J obsessive. Still, really enjoyed it in the year of 2026

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

GREY Area

Little Simz

5/5

so happy this record is on this list

Ten

Pearl Jam

2/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Shadowland

k.d. lang

2/5

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

3/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

one of the best hip hop records of all time imo

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

2/5

glad records like this make it onto these lists for historical context, but it can be quite a drag to get through. At least this one was only 40 minutes long and not an entire 6 disk anthology

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

really great record

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

4/5

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

didn't get much out of this

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

4/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

4/5

bish bash bosh, great record that I haven't heard in a while

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3/5

enjoyed it

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

3.5 if I could. Really liked the start, lost me a bit near the end

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

Joan Armatrading

5/5

fantastic record, far too good for me to have only been familiar with one song on it before listening

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Roxy Music

4/5

love me some Roxy.

Stankonia

OutKast

5/5

banger after banger

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

fun record! Really enjoyed this

Hms Fable

Shack

2/5

not sure why this album is on here personally, didn't click with me

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

5/5

depending on what mood I'm in, this or Fear of Music is my favourite Talking Heads record. Both absolute worldies

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

nostalgia wants me to put this as a 4, reality of modern listening puts it at a 2. Will sit at a 3

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Cool

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

2/5

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

4/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

5/5

I've got this album on vinyl. I adore Fela, fantastic record

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

5/5

if it's first 5 albums of Talking Heads you better believe it's a 5

System Of A Down

3/5

not their best but a really solid collection of songs

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

it's illegal in some counties to give this anything less than five stars.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

really great fun. Used to absolutely adore this album

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

4/5

very nostalgic, love this album

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

3/5

really great record top to tail

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

2/5

a really interesting choice for this list. I don't think this record really does much more than other records in a similar genre from around the same time. I was also a bigger fan of Meteora personally

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

really love this album, just so much fun

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

3/5

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

3/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

bit over-rated for me? I've tried this a few times and I just don't click with a lot of it in the way I often do with West Coast hip hop of the era. There is no denying how talented Dre is as a producer though

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

5/5

really hard to score this as, conceptually I adore this album and the story behind it. I can't just sit with a cup of tea on a Sunday morning and listen to it though. Going to give it a 5 in that it pushes more people to learn about this album and the musicians behind it more

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

5/5

love Pavement

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

these guys are clowns but at least this record holds some nostalgia for me

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

2/5

appreciate the reputation this has, but too long and convoluted for me

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

2/5

not into it

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

love this sound and style. Big fan of the Drake

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

2/5

didn't do much for me

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

3/5

lovely record, not heard before

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

2/5

torn on this. It really didn't do anything for me, few nice ideas and clearly an impressive exploration of Garage Rock before the genre existed, but it was just kind of dull to listen to in 2026? Wish there was more original tracks too, but I suppose filling a record with covers was the norm at the time

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

3/5

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

2/5

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

not my favourite Chem Bros record but still such a good listen

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

Joan Baez

4/5

Germs

4/5

loved this, inspired me to watch The Decline of Western Civilization

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

really like some of the songs on here. A bit long, and doesn't hold as much nostalgia for me. Some of the tunes are top tier!

McCartney

Paul McCartney

4/5

just falls out of being a 5 star album for me. RAM and McCartney 2 are reserved for those rankings currently

#1 Record

Big Star

4/5

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

4/5

never heard of this band or this album, and loved it. Definitely essential listening! Very unique record

Feast of Wire

Calexico

3/5

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

1/5

who gave Randy Newman a free pass to say the N-word? He says it 8 times in the first song?? How can a song as dated as this be opening an album on this list? Completely unacceptable, even if he's in 'character'. There are other Randy Newman albums that could appear on here that aren't so repulsive and tone deaf.

Quiet Life

Japan

3/5

lovely record, hadn't heard this before!

Street Life

The Crusaders

4/5

fantastic

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

top 10 of all time