A solid listen. Recognized more than I thought I would. Sounds really good for a live album. Would be a good pick up on vinyl. I'll rank it a 5, even though it's not really my taste of music.
Woof. This album is a mood. My personal take is that it was a terrible, painful listen. It made me irrationally angry. I don't get this style of music. It's like Björk meets Radiohead in all the wrong ways. At times it's just noise. At best it's a dramatic movie score. Did I need to hear this before I died? Absolutely not. But, was it at least an interesting and horizon-broadening experience? Also no.
It's CCR - you get what you'd expect. I don't care much for it, though.
Bob Dylan is terrible. How does a guy with a voice like that become such a 'legend'? This album was a painful listen.
This is a good record. Steely Dan in general is a little weird, but this album is heralded as one of the most immaculately produced albums. It sounds great.
I was pleasantly surprised by this album. I'm not a fan of rap or hip-hop, in particular from this era, but this album has a laid back almost trip-hop vibe that appealed to me. It's a very well put together album that sounds great. I particularly enjoyed the last, essentially instrumental, track, Acetate Prophets. Though not really my taste in music, I recognize this as a great album and I'll give it 5 stars.
I have this album on vinyl. It's a good listen. The hits from this album cannot be denied. They hit you with an infectious groove right from the start, and it delivers consistently throughout the album
This was interesting, for like, two songs. It was like, what the hell is folk/punk?! Punk is the antithesis of folk. Oh. OK. So, that's Irish folk/punk. Ok. I get it. And I'm done with it. I guess I needed to hear that before I died so that I knew that there was such a thing as Irish folk/punk? I guess? But, like, how is that useful knowledge? I dunno. This album leaves me with more questions than answers. Actually, no. I have no further questions. I have zero desire to hear this again. Ever.
Meh. Not my jam. Not terrible. Not great.
Not good. Musically mediocre, but vocally painful.
This list has made me realize I really don't like Bob Dylan. He's just painful to listen to. The story behind this record, that is to say this concert, is interesting - but not really. Not enough to warrant me having to listen to it. Also, the album wasn't available on my streaming service, so I had to listen on YouTube, where all the banter and heckling between songs was apparently removed. If that's why this album is a must listen, then I am disappointed. Not in that I didn't hear it, but in why it's on this list. I think maybe I need to try listening to covers of Bob Dylan songs to maybe appreciate the songs more, because, damn, Bob Dylan is awful to listen to sing. When Jimmy Fallon does his Bob Dylan impression, it's no parody; it's a genuine and faithful imitation. Bob Dylan is a parody of himself. I'm going to skip any more Bob Dylan records on this list. Two strikes and you're out. I'm not coming back for a third.
Quite the jam album. Didn't really hold my interest.
Not really my jam, but I can appreciate the quality of this album. Very well done.
I don't get The Who. Most of the songs on this album sound like something off a kids album - happy bouncy silly simple songs about strange characters. There's a concept to this album where fake radio jingles are interspersed among the songs... They're typically very short jingles at the end of a track, but then there's Odorono and Medac, which are either really long fake jingles that's are really long buildups for a dumb punchline, or they're just silly The Who songs with really long buildups for a dumb punchline. No, I did not care for this album at all.
This album was kinda odd. Not bad, though. The "rough cut" tracks (studio banter before and after the songs are included) were kinda interesting, but it detracts from the appeal of repeat listens. I will probably give this another listen sometime.
It's Bruce. Bruce isn't good.
Art pop. It's like an avant garde fashion show for your ears - interesting for a minute or two, and completely impractical for every day wear.
Not a bad album. Not a particularly interesting or captivating one, but decent.
Well. This album has songs titled "I'll Call B4 I Cum" and "We Luv Deez Hoez" and the lyric "Lick my blunts and spit, like she do my dick, attempted murder dick, for ways I choke chicks, spit it in her eye make it hard to focus." just to select a few standouts.
This was interesting. The songs I was familiar with are good, but I was kind of surprised how "bad" the other tracks are. It's a weird record. I'll probably have to give it another try sometime.
Decent album. Will have to listen to again... Assuming I ever find myself in a situation where I would choose to listen to The Muse...
This album was a pleasant surprise. I was familiar with the songs everyone's heard, and could say that Eleanor Rigby was my favorite Beatles track, but had never given a full Beatles album a listen. This was a good album. Interesting.
Not my jam. I tried to give it a 2nd listen and it just became irritating.
Classic hard rock. Typical AC/DC.
Nah. I tried a 2nd listen and it was just kinda annoying.
Just when this list had me thinking I don't like 60"s music, I get this album that reminds me there is some really good stuff from that era. This is a solid album with some really great songs, like Kicks and I'm Not Your Stepping Stone. Some of it is that bouncy 'thin' 60"s pop-rock that's just kinda annoying, but it had me back for a three-peat listen. Will I ever listen to it again? Probably not, unless maybe I pick up the vinyl somewhere for a few bucks.
It's classic Def Leppard. I didn't hear anything surprising from this album. I mean, I guess it's pretty great for what it is - polished pop/jock rock? I dunno. You know those bars that are really popular with a younger crowd, and visually they're really slick looking places, but when you go there you're just like, "why is everything sticky, and what is that smell?" Yeah, this album is the aural version of that bar.
A decent listen. I'm not going back for more, but it wasn't annoying or irritating, so, that's a win!
The 25 year old British white dude from the 80s fronting this band sings with the soul of a 55 year old black woman from the 60's. If you get yourself in a Yacht Rock frame of mind, this album is pretty good. It's not Yacht Rock, but I'd place it nearby. A bit too soulful for that category, but it's not far off of stuff like ATR and Hall and Oats. I enjoyed it.
Not terrible. Didn't really capture my interest, though. Forgettable.
This was odd album. I didn't care much for it. The last track was weirdly cool, though.
My hot take: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds is a terrible song. That said, With A Little Help From Me Friends is a great tune. This record leans more towards not so great, for me, though. Revolver was better, I think. They do have a few great tunes, but in general, I just don't get the Beatles. Guess you had to be there.
I think Buddy the Elf has better melodies. This album ranges from insipid swill, to sleepy meandering nonsense, to "barely organized chaos", the latter of which the review on Pandora apparently proffered as a compliment? The best I can say about this album is that it might help you fall asleep. I could barely stay awake to get through it. Next!
Great album. This is why I keep coming back to this list. This is just great songwriting. It's no surprise this was such a wildly successful album. I'd never have picked this album to listen to, but I'm glad this list forced it upon me.
Ugh. Another Dylan album. I am still of the opinion that Bob Dylan should never have sung a single note. That said, this is probably the best BD album I've heard.... And what I mean is that parts of it approach being bearable. But, still, they aren't. And any vocals that approach being not irritating are offset by some pretty grating harmonica. You know what? Until this 1001 albums endeavor, I can't say I've ever actually heard any Dylan song. Like, do they even play then on the radio? I feel like that that's testament to how terrible Bob Dylan is, and how everyone was just duped into believing he was some kind of great artist, but he's not. It's not pleasant to listen to. It's just not. None of it.
Well that's just a great album. Listened to it three times straight through while layed over at ORD. The infectious riffs and hot licks cannot be denied. Guaranteed to satisfy.
For the life of me I can't understand what the appeal of discordant noise is under the context of music. It's terrible to listen to.
Eh. This is out there. It's old. It's culturally distant from me. I can't really relate.
It's Blues. It was fine. It gets a little old after a beat.
Well, these are all very nice songs. Very sweet songs. I don't know where these songs belong... Maybe hold music? An elevator in a hospice center? A restroom at an oral and maxillofacial surgical center?
Irritating. Annoying. Not good.
Well that was a trip. Parts were alright, but it was overall a noisy and unpleasant experience.
This is one of those perfect albums. It's a great listen start to finish. What a debut by The Cars.
I often see Kate Bush mentioned on the Reddits, and was looking forward to her coming up on this list. This album was not a bad listen, but I can't say I've ever heard any of these songs before or have any desire to hear the again. The album was overall just boring. It's melancholy and often repetitive to the point of boredom. It started off better than it finished. The B side was extra special - a bit scattered, more melancholy, and often wierd.
You Can Call Me Al is one of my favorite songs of all time. The rest of the album, though, is a little disappointing in comparison. The deluxe version has a demo of YCCMA, and the progression from demo to the album version illustrates in reverse my disappointment with the rest of the album. It's like they gave none of the other tracks the "pop single treatment".
This is a fun and interesting album. Some of it is rather strange, but enjoyable overall. It drips with 90's nostalgia. Computer Rock was a completely unnecessary way to end the album.
Come on. This isn't good. I have to believe if anything, this was one of those records that's "so bad it's good", right? I mean, if not for the foul language and risque' themes, this sounds like children's music. It's that the appeal?
This was a powerful record. In particular, You Want It Darker and Steer Your Way hit hard. "Steer your heart past the truth you believed in yesterday" is a wonderful lyric. In between those bookends of the record it was a bit of a meloncholy slog, but solid artistry nonetheless.
I don't know what to say about this album... The Side 1 concept album is kind of a drag. Side 2 is more interesting, but it's not great. Meh.
Culturally distant. Unappealing to my ears.
It's jazz. I don't get it, but I don't think it's good.
This was a fun album. I enjoyed hearing an older/original version of songs I was familiar with.
This was a fun listen. I'm not familiar enough with the genre to speak intelligently on it, but, considering this was electronic dance music in 1989, I can see how this may have been a trailblazing album. It's a solid album. I'm convinced now, though, that this list shouldn't have been titled "1001 albums to hear before you die", but rather "1001 albums deserving to be put on a list for some positive reason"
This was initially a pleasant surprise to see come up. I've always liked Song 2 and it's a wonder I've never listened to this album.
After hearing it, I question why it's on this list. I mean, it's but not a terrible album, but there's nothing special here. It's a fairly typical album from a one hit wonder in the 90s. Not terrible, but still, pretty bad. Song 2 keeps it a solid 2 stars.
That was an unexpected Bowie album. A lot of it was very ambient, and therefore, not very interesting.
Solid album. This would be a good addition to my vinyl collection. Probably not one I'd pick out of my own volition to listen to very often, but I often listen to a randomly selected album from my collection, and I'd happily throw this one on if so selected. Sultans of Swing is a classic.
Another Beatles album. It's what you'd expect from the Beatles. Pretty middle of the road, this one. Catchy 60's pop music.
I'm on the fence about this album. There are are some great tracks on here. Got The Life and Dead Bodies Everywhere are both great. There are some stinkers on here. It's On isn't great, Children of the Korn is pretty bad, and All
In the Family is just a train wreck. Korn was the fuckin shit in the 90s. This album is on the better half of their discography, but there are better. If I were to pick one Korn album for this list, it would be their first one. This one is kind of a joke now in retrospect. It was a pleasant surprise to come up on this list, but a once through is plenty. It's a 3.5 for me, but I'm rounding down simply because of Fred Durst.
Not the worst jazz album that's come up on this list. It was fun and energetic, and not too weird.
Not terrible. Not all that great. Kinda mundane.
This was good. Green Onions is just cool. A few other tracks were just as fun. Some not so much.
This was a good listen. It somehow appeals to the Monster Magnet fan in me, and that's not to draw a direct comparison between the two. It just has that stoner rock kind of groove and weirdness to it without being kooky. It hints at the Stones and Hendrix. I liked it, but I can't really say why other than by making some loose comparisons.
Oof. This was about what you'd expect from early 90's dance music, but some of it was pretty bad, and there were three different tracks where they asserted they could move move move any mountain. Human NRG sounds like what you'd hear in a spoof movie if they wanted to make a joke about the dance music at the club. There were some high points to this album that earned it a star.
It's Disco. Disco is dead. There's a reason disco is dead. Nah, this album was alright.
This was an alright listen. Nothing particularly objectionable about this album, though it was a little wierd and a little sleepy.
This was not a pleasant album. Sting can sing well, but at times he just doesn't. I think "On Any Other Day" was intentionally sung poorly, and the last track was written to intentionally make the singing really annoying. The album starts out solidly with "Message In A Bottle" but it goes downhill from there.
Ugh that was a boring slog of an album. By time he was singing "When will you die?" I was thinking that sooner rather than later might be preferable as I pantomimed myself blowing my brains out onto the driver side window and then Imagining the cruise control taking my driverless car into the ditch and through a fence and out into a western South Dakota pasture.
I immediately recognized the iconic album art and was interested to know what this album was all about. I was happy to learn that I wasn't missing anything important or even interesting.
Well that was an interesting album. It wasn't very good. But at least it was interesting.
Well... It's pop rock, right? It's, fine. I dunno. I wouldn't choose to listen to this, but I might add it to my vinyl collection and not object if someone else chooses it during a gathering. It's iconic. I'm not exactly sure why, but, whatever
I mean, if I wanted to go to a lounge and experience some real live jazz like you see in the movies, this is what I hope I would hear there. It's got squeaky saxophone, terrible bass solos, gratuitous drum solos, and not a lick of rhythm or melody, nor a hook to be found. Very jazz.
Interesting. Not terrible.
Not sure what to make of this album. I like Talking Heads. They're weird without being annoying.
I don't get Radiohead. Kid A is weird. Not the worst thing I've heard from this list so far. As weird as it is, it's seldom annoying. Decent background noise, I guess.
A sad sleepy album. I'm not into sad and sleepy. I guess it was alright for what it is.
Good songs. Nothing objectionable.
This was a good listen. I'm a Monster Magnet fan, and I can hear how they were influenced by this album. It's got a cool vibe. It's described as shoegaze, but it definitely covers stoner rock territory. Revolution sounds like it could be a Monster Magnet song. It's a rather long album though.. Kinda just drags on.
Black Sabbath is amazing. RIP Ozzy.
This sounds like a band of high school kids you'd go see in a basement venue. High energy, rough sound. Pretty good album.
Generally speaking, I'm not a fan of pop music. At best, it's typically insipid boring swill, and at worst it's just plain irritating. That said, Michael Jackson is the king of pop and rightly so. This is great songwriting. This is an excellent album.
While I appreciate seeing a band from my neck of the woods on the list, Hüsker Dü is not good. This isn't even a good Hüsker Dü album as far as Hüsker Dü albums go. Even if the songs were good, the production on this album is terrible - it just sounds bad, like they recorded it from the opposite end of the warehouse. I can't explain why this album is on the list and I am worse off for having heard it. I award no stars and am reconsidering this 1001 albums thing.
I'm not a fan of rap, but this was a fun album and not all that objectionable. The nonsensical parts and techno babble were fun. Thematically, it kinda reminded me of a Rob Zombie album. There are, however, way too many instances of "anus", "rectum", and other butt-related references.
Not bad. This album gives me a quiet-house-with-windows-open-on-a-warm-summer-evening-while-a-storm-rolls-in vibe and I can't explain why.
I like this album. I've heard it once before. I understand it to be a "must have" in your collection of vinyl, but I'm still looking for a copy. While I'm not much a fan of jazz, this album's smooth bossa nova vibe is quite nice. It's the kind of album you'd put on to woo a gal the first time she's over at your house for a dinner date...if you're a character in a movie.
Coldplay is nothing music. So incredibly boring. It's "television music". I just can't.
Well that was pretty terrible. Much like Bob Dylan, that guy shouldn't sing. Not much else redeeming about this album.
It was probably unfortunate for Prince that Michael Jackson's Thriller dropped a month after this album. Thriller just came up on this list for me recently, and while 1999 is a good album, it just pales in comparison to Thriller.
Interesting. This band is like Hendrix meets Black Sabbath, but this album predates Sabbath's debut by a couple of years. Solid album of proto-metal.
I don't mind Steely Dan, and this was a decent album.
The Cure has its moments. I don't think any of those moments are on this album. This was a rather meloncholy slog of a album. Kinda boring, but also, not objectionable. It's a mood, for sure.
I hated this from the first moments of the first track and it didn't get any better. I browsed the other reviews and this one is polarizing. A lot of 1-star and 5-star reviews and very little in between. I'm on the 1-star train. It was a very irritating album. The vibrato of the vocals sound forced. The music is very plain and boring. This was one of the worst listens on this list thus far.
R&B is not my jam. She sings nice, but this was a typical boring R&B slog.
That was a perfectly pleasant folksy country album. This is the kind of act you'd be tapping your toe to at 3:00 on Friday afternoon at the local wing/rib-fest.
I'll say it again: I don't get Radiohead. Most of their songs are incredibly grating and irritating. I think A Punch Up At A Wedding might have been the one exception on this album, but, I'm not adding it to any playlists.
This was a decent Bowie album. Not great, but I listened to it twice with no complaints. Golden Years is one of my favorite Bowie tracks, but the rest of the album is all over the place.
Wow. That was bizarre. Like the boring part of Leonard Cohen meets the off-beat humor of late 90s alternative music.
That was... alright, I guess. Not great. The "Song with No Words" absolutely should have had words - that was ridiculous and I never want to hear it again.
The was a fun album. Interesting to hear some proto-punk from way back.
Oh man! This jazzy album has all the jazz! It's got shiny brass, squeaky sax, faint bass, sporadic piano, chaotic drums! 10/10 is jazz!
I think the Stones are overrated. This album is fine, but it's not great. Sympathy for the Devil is a song I recognized, but I did not know that was the name of the song, or that it was about Satan. TIL.
S-tier album right here. One of the coolest things Metallica has done, and Metallica is pretty damn cool. Bleeding Me is my favorite song from anyone, and with the Symphony, it's unreal.
Well that wasn't very good. They're no Men at Work, that's for sure.
First, let's clear up the confusion on this album: This 1986 debut release is not to be confused with their also-self-titled 2003 album. The latter seems to be the only one of the two currently available on streaming platforms. The 1986 album is 10 tracks beginning with "Call Me" and ending with "Delicate Cutters" and is on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/E1Xd2jY3zWQ?si=gadsEQeOCaZlzdXe. The "In a Doghouse" version pictured on this site is a 1998 re-release compilation that added additional content from the era. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throwing_Muses_discography
As for my review, this is a decent album.
I mean, for what this is, it's excellent.
Solid album. Much fun. Time After Time is one of the greatest songs ever written.
I did not care for this album, but, when I don't care for an album, I take a star but otherwise try to rate it objectively. This is an album where I might say something like "For what it is, it's very well done." This album is well produced and performed well, but in this case, we have to talk about what this, in fact, is. It's 90's brit pop that's a parody of 70s lounge acts. It's Frank Sinatra meets 90"s kitchy offbeat humor. I'm sure this stuff a load of fun for the Brits at the end of the last millennium, but that's where it needs to stay. The Frog Princess is a straight up spoof on Frank Sinatra's "My Way" but it's about a one night stand with a fat ugly girl? Ugh. (I'm assuming the euphemisms "frog" and "cow" have the same connotations across the pond that they do here). No, I did not need to hear this album.
I'm perhaps in the minority in that I neither love nor hate U2. I do not own any U2 albums, but if U2 comes on the radio, I'm not going to jump to change the station. They're just meh in my book. This album is perhaps a little worse than meh. There are some songs that I did find a bit irritating.
Solid album. A little sleepy on the back half. Money For Nothing drips with old school MTV nostalgia. So Far Away is just cool. Walk of Life just too much of a Springsteen vibe for my taste. Brothers in Arms the vocals are a bit too Dylan for me. All in all, it's an album I'd happily add to my vinyl collection.
I generally avoid compilations and live albums. Feels like cheating to me, in terms of a an earnest listening experience with an artist. I'd rather listen to the album a song was released on, to hear it in context with the rest of that album.
That said, this was a pretty good live album. It sounded good, it was a good selection of songs.
More boring insipid modern pop music. Reminds me of Taylor Swift, but not as fun. Just... Shit.
Mostly not terrible. Terrible in parts.
I'm not a fan of rap, but I suppose this is probably a very good rap album. I did not enjoy listening to it.
No, I don't think that was very good. Not terrible. It was fine as background music while I worked, but I found nothing of interest here.
It's Marvin Gaye. It's exactly what you'd expect.
I like Depeche Mode. Depeche Mode always sounds so pristine and polished. It sounds big and important. They write great songs that a lot of other bands cover. A cover of a Depeche Mode song is bound to be great. This album captures all of these things.
This is peak 90s pop rock. Such a sexy cool album. Top to bottom great. Shirley's voice is amazing. Love this album.
Not a bad album. CCR is a little much for me, though. Gotta take them in small bites. This album has some iconic songs on it though.
This was a fine album. It was interesting to hear more from these guys than what I've heard on the radio. Would probably be a great album to put on if I was trying to seduce a gay guy, maybe.
This album was a real drag. I think Hotel California was the livliest track on the album, and that song is a real drag.
I liked the smooth chill vibe of this album, but some of the electronic songs were a little wacky, and the whole album wore thin by the end. For me it's a 3, but, objectively speaking, it's probably a 4.
It's nothing. Just bland music. Plain plodding beat. Simple melodies. Thin arrangements. Rinse. Repeat. I can't even say that I hate it, which might be the most notable feature about this slop.
I like solo piano in this style. I've been a George Winston fan since I was a little kid, and there are similarities here. It's pretty incredible that Jarrett improvised this whole concert, and on a shitty piano nonetheless. It does, however, sound like he's making it up as he goes, and maybe that's just how jazz works, but I wonder what this performance could have been if he had played composed works. I did listen to a bit of his prior studio album, though, and it wasn't as good ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Oh, Man, I'm 20 years old, it's 1971, I got nothing to my name but a VW van and and me and my girlfriend are driving it across the country with the windows down and we're totally jamming out to this album on 8 track, man. By time we hit track 7 we're stoned out of our minds, and by time the album ends we're making love in the back of the van. Wait a sec, who's driving? Wait a minute, I'm a WFH engineer in my 40s and it's 2025. On second thought, I'll pass on this album.
Talking Heads are weird. I like 'em, but this album isn't their best work. It gets old pretty fast.
I don't like Elton John. Benny And The Jets epitomizes my disgust for Elton John. Meanwhile, Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting it's probably my favorite EJ song, but that's not saying much, but it will bring the album up to 2 stars.
This was fun and interesting. I prefer a more instrumental sort of hip hop, like this.
Niel Young isn't fun or interesting.
That wasn't good. Music of this style from this era was really dull. I will say that "This Is Our Lot" had a really cool groove, but everything else about that song and this album was dreary and dull and not pleasant. The falsetto vocals are rather annoying.
This album is kind of a hot mess. It starts with a 13 minute "Welcome" song that's actually not half bad, but it goes downhill from there. Born to Run was a terrible choice for a cover song, and they didn't even do anything interesting with it. Krisco Kisses is just plain terrible. Relax is a different version than their previously released single. Like, what were they thinking on this album?
This record is all rainbows and butterflies, but seen through meloncholy-tinted glasses. It plays like a Beatles record, but not as catchy. The Bob Dylan spoof was totally unnecessary - who in their right mind would want to sing like Bob Dylan?
I'm not a fan of reggae, but I guess this was good reggae. I mean, it's Bob Marley, right?
A single song just changed my life. "You Suffer" will take you on an epic journey you were not prepared for. It will tear out all your emotions and leave them bare on the floor for you to reconsider in their entirety. You won't know what hit you and you'll wonder if any of it was even real. A true classic for our times. You suffer... but why?
Meatloaf is sooo dramatic. His albums are like a soundtrack from a Broadway musical. Very kitchy and almost comedic. It wears thin very quickly. It's like a parody of itself. No thanks.
The Doors aren't that great. There. I said it. This record is just mediocre 60's blues rock, and I'd say it's more blues than rock. I tried to give it a second listen in earnest, but when the second track started, I just couldn't.
Wow that was dull. After listening to this album, I am confident that MGMT is no one's favorite band, and this is no one's favorite album, and if by chance you're the exception, then you probably organize your condiments alphabetically and apologize for it. I'm amazed that this band performs live. It's got to be equivalent to buying tickets to watch an accountant file a tax return. Calling this band vanilla is an insult to vanilla.
Kind of interesting. Not great.
Solid album. I was 13 when the All I Wanna Do single was released, and I fell in love with Sheryl when I watched that video. The song has been a favorite of mine ever since.
A fine, middle of the road, typical Springsteen kind of album.
When I hear The Cure, I imagine a guy who has a super goth appearance - black nails, eye shadow, spiked leather, the whole nine - but instead of being dark and broody, he's really dramatic and whines about everything making sure everyone in the room can hear him. People avoid eye contact with him for fear that he'll regale them with his latest persecution at the hands of "the man". This is how I feel about The Cure.
In typical Cure fashion, this album plods along with all the enthusiasm of a teen asked to clean the garage. If not for a moment of silence between tracks, I don't know if I could tell where one lamenting dirge ends and the next begins. Instead of releasing albums, this guy should have sought therapy.
Elvis is not my jam, but this is a solid record. "Suspicious Minds" is a fantastic song. My first encounter with "In The Ghetto" was Eric Cartman's version, which is a timeless classic in its own right.
This is a one-note album. It's one long orchestral-backed meandering of vocal boredom. I don't get it.
Wierd. Not great. Not particularly objectionable though.
Not interesting. I tried. Twice. The chaotic piano on track 2 was not pleasant. The Jean Genie is decent track.
Decent album. A little sleepy. "My Sweet Lord" is an ear worm. The outro of "Wah Wah" is pretty terrible. All in all it was a good listen. I rather enjoyed the 11-minute instrumental jam "Out of the Blue" at the end of the album.
Note: The 2014 remaster that was available to me has some of those 'deluxe edition' sort of tracks on it, like alternate versions of the tracks, but they're smack dab in the middle of the album, which made me think I had reached the end of what was the original release, but, no, it's just a few inserted tracks, and the original album really was a 23-track slog across a triple-album release.
Nice jazz-singer album. Perhaps the best sort of jazz. I dunno.
I guess Slayer is one of the big 4 of thrash metal because it's some of the thrashiest thrash there is. That doesn't make it good, however. There's no nuance here, no musicality, just relentlessly pummeling metal. That counts for something. This album was a gear-shifter straight from hell coming right after Sarah Vaughan in our draw, and I'm here for it.
Early Metallica and Testament's "The Gathering" are examples of what I would consider really good thrash.
Better than I was expecting. I know Gimme Danger from Monster Magnet's cover of it - great song, either version.
REM is some melancholy stuff. Everybody Hurts and Man On The Moon are the well known tracks from this album and they're pretty typical of the rest of the album. Decent album, but kinda sleepy.
I imagined a Kids In The Hall Sketch, where they're a terrible band but they think they're really good, and they introduce the song: "This one is called, 'I Rode The Bus Today'" and it opens just like "Hey Joni" and after the intro they sing, "I rode the bus today because my car is in the shop! " and then the song ends with a noisy clamor to no applause from the people in the coffee shop. It's a running gag through the episode, where each time they introduce a different song, "This one is called, 'I Rode My Bike Today'" and they play a different intro because it's a 'different song', but then it's just "Hey Joni" again and he sings, "I rode my bike today because I missed the bus!" and the song ends in the same clamor to bewildered looks from a couple of other people in the produce section of the grocery store. Each time it's in a different unusual location - a backyard barbecue, an office building amongst the cubes, the tarmac at an an airport - and each time it's a 'different' song, but they're really all the same and equally as unpleasant to listen to, and no one understands why they're there and think they're so great. That's what this album felt like to me.
Very good album. It's a somber affair, which borders on boring after awhile, but the songs are good and she sings beautifully.
Vinyl enthusiasts seem to go nuts over this album, and prog rock enthusiasts seem to go nuts over this album, and to a small extent I consider myself both of those things, and I don't get it. I guess this is the first instance of what would become known as "prog rock", so kudos to them for forging new territory. I like where prog rock has ended up, but I don't like where it started. This album has the same annoyances as the jazz I don't like (i.e. squeeky burst of sax and 'noise'). The "Moonchild" track sounds to me like someone walking around a small music store trying all the instruments. Note I said "trying" and not "playing" - there's very little musical about the track - it's crazy to me that they chose to record that and sell it.
A fine R&B album, for the most part. Pyramids, however, was nearly 10 minutes of nearly constant soulless empty bass tone. Put my sub to work. Not my jam, but a good album, methinks.
A fine go hip hop album. I'll echo the sentiment of Lauren Hill vibes.
You know exactly what you're getting with Creedence - no surprises here.
An odd album... Kinda on the fence about this one. It started out interesting, but it was kinda of a lot of the same thing, I felt, so, I lost interest in it.
Excellent. Even for not being my kind of music, it's clearly a quality record. Gone too soon. RIP Amy.
Mr. Mathers is nothing short of brilliant. I really dislike rap, but I have a lot of respect for what this guy does. This is an excellent album.
Woof. This album is folky AF. I found the vocals to be rather unpleasant.
This was a pleasant album. It has nice pop sensibilities with appealing vocals. I've never heard of this artist or any of these songs, but any number of these tracks would have fit right in on a "light adult contemporary" radio station back in the 90s, alongside artists such as Tracy Chapman, The Wallflowers, Matchbox 20, and Natalie Imbruglia. Maybe this was the case in the UK, but these tracks lack a certain luster necessary for them to be a successful US single, but, if one were, this would be an album that your girlfriend owned, and you'd have been, like, "Why do you own this album?", and she'd say, "Oh, I only bought it for that one song." What that one song would have been, I can't say, because all of these tracks fall just short of being memorable, so, you'd say "Whatever. Where's your fucking AC/DC album?" because The Razor's Edge is her only rock CD, but she only bought it for Thunderstruck, but you really dig the title track, and you're irritated with her because she won't give you a straight answer why you have to stop by her ex's place when you drive her to school in the morning, which is all the confirmation you should need that she's fooling around with him while your naive ass waits in the truck, but she's a hot-body 17yo with perfect tits and the only piece of ass in the school that will give you the time of day, so you keep putting up with her shit despite the objections of all your friends, who are absolutely right about her being a dumb bitch, and she is a bit of a butterface, but I again present in my, erm, I mean, your, defense, those exquisite tan-lined 36Cs... Ummm... What were we talking about? Oh, yeah... The 90s. Best we not dwell on the 90s too long.
Tom Petty is always good. This isn't his best work, but it was a great start.
Steely Dan is weird. After Aja, I don't think I needed to hear any more Steely Dan.
This is some noisy stuff. I don't understand how anyone can enjoy this but apparently people do. Art rock. Like how people look at a high end painting and think, my 4 year old could do that. This, at least, required a modicum more talent than your typical 4yo, I suppose. I did not like it though, so, 1 star.
Never liked Jane's Addiction. Listening to a whole album did not change my mind.
Deep Purple is cool. This is a solid album. Wouldn't mind adding this one to the vinyl collection - I'll be keeping an eye out for it.
Baba O'Riley is my favorite The Who song, but, that doesn't make me a The Who fan, or a fan of this album.
This was a fun time. One part classic rock, one part punk, one part mayhem.
My typical take on pop music is that it's boring insipid swill, and brit-pop hasn't fared much better. This is not the case for this album. This is a good album. It's varied, and fun, and interesting, and while it's still not really my style of music, I could see this being someone's favorite album - something put on to get a road trip started, picked up on vinyl even though you've owned the CD for over two decades, something cherrished.
Good album. I would have been hard pressed to place what decade this album was from. I think she was ahead of her time on a lot of this. There's a timelessness about it. Also, the album is varied in style, yet holds together as a cohesive whole.
There's some catchy tunes on this album.
A nice change of pace, and not terrible, but also, not that great.
This is the third damn Sonic Youth album that's come up. I get it. Sonic Youth is noisy and obnoxious and terrible. No, I don't need to hear any more of it.
I mean, this is Stevie Wonder. These are the gold standards of the genre. It's not a genre I particularly enjoy, but I'm not going to poo poo on Stevie Wonder, man.
Very nice. I gave this one a 2nd listen. I dig these mellow trippy vibes.
Aww, hell yeah! What can I say about one of, if not the greatest thrash metal album ever written, other than 🤘
Like the last TVOTR album, the start of the album gave me hope, but it quickly degenerated into boring swill. I don't need to hear any more TVOTR albums before I die.
Classic Christmas tunes. It's got that 60s sound that SNL mimics in their Christmas shorts.
Not half bad if not for all the squeaky jazz sax that sounds like a distressed antelope.
Decent album. Zero, Heads Will Roll, Dull Life, and, in particular, Shame And Fortune, are great tracks. Some, like Skeletons, are quite dull. Better than average for this list.
Hip hop is not my jam, but this wasn't a terrible listen.
Not good. I'm just about pissed I had to listen to this.
A fine early 90s rap album.
Talking Heads is wierd. This album was fairly enjoyable, but some of the tracks are pretty boring - I was listening in the car and I caught myself starting to sing other songs out loud and I had to remind myself I was listening to an album that I must hear before I die.
I listened to 8 of the 22 tracks and decided this is not an album I need to hear any more of before I die.
If I walked into a bar and this band was playing, I'd mention later that it was a pretty good band - kinda quirky and fun. Did I buy anything from their merchant table? No. Do I remember their name? No.
Higher Ground is certainly my favorite Stevie song, but the rest is this album isn't nearly as appealing to me. I already gave the last Stevie album an obligatory 5 stars because it's Stevie, but I'm going to be a bit more real with this one...
Not terrible, but certainly a bit odd, and kind of all over the place. I can see how it could have been influential to many a style.
I'm probably in the minority that I neither love nor hate U2. I'm kind of indifferent about them. I can understand why this album launched them to superstar status - it's a very good album in terms of song composure. What I can't fall in love with here is the melancholy of this album that leads to a general feeling of ennui. I'll give it a 4 because it is a pretty epic album, but barely.
Oddly interesting. Interestingly odd? Not a very pleasant listen.
This album is a notable improvement over their first release, so, for that, I'll give an additional star, but I'm on the fence about that.
I have this album on vinyl (the American release titled My Ever Changing Moods). Not by choice, mind you. I took a chance on an ebay offer for a grab-bag of random vinyl for a low price. You were able to choose genres or decades. I chose 80s & 90s and this was one of the records I got. I don't care for it. It is all over the place. Often I see albums like this heralded for exploring multiple genres, but this one doesn't meld at all - it's a hot mess.
I want to like The White Stripes, but listening to an album in earnest never pans out like I hope it would. They have a handful of great songs amongst a bunch of caterwauling, to borrow from the lexicon of Montgomery Burns. This album leans more towards the latter, I'm afraid.
I have a love/hate relationship with "prog" rock. Mostly, I think it can be summarized as I like what prog rock became, but not necessarily where it came from. Yes may be, somewhat, the exception. They impart progressive aspects without losing the plot - that is, musicality that keeps a song appealing. Some progressive bands are just noise and chaos and it sucks. Others, like Rush, are just annoying. Of what little I've heard of the whole Yes catalog, they seem to keep it real, and I appreciate that. This album sits in there somewhere, but it does stray a bit.
A pleasant listen. Not my style of music, but it was nice to listen to. Nothing objectionable here.
That was terrible. In two instances I had to stop what I was doing to exclaim "Jesus f*#&+!%n Christ! What the f*@#!?", and demanded that he just stops whatever the hell he was doing. I believe these were the tracks "Milk" and "Day Old Blues", so, consider yourself warned. I'm not going back to verify.
Nicely done. Pleasant AF.
Iconic album. Fully deserves to be on this list.
Neil Young is fine. There's good songwriting here. Interesting song structures and melodies. Not terrible.
Solid offering from the Boys.
Child: "I want U2!"
Mom: "No, honey, we have U2 at home."
The "U2" at home: Dog Man Star
Child: "Awww, mom, that U2 sucks ass. It's not even real U2!"
Classic folksy stuff. Good tunes.
This is a key example of how 1994 was peak music. Rolling Stone ranks this album at #2 for that year, right between Dookie and Weezer. This album is epic.
Not great. Kind of terrible. I couldn't listen in the car. Had to finish the record as background music while I worked, and even then I wasn't happy about it.
I rolled my eyes when I saw this album appear as the album of the day. My gf loves this album - we own it in vinyl. I'm not the fan of it she is. This album was a product of its time. It is a necessary component of any historical discussions about the social zeitgeist of the early 2000's, and maybe, for that reason, it deserves to be on this list, but I also think it was rightly removed from later editions of the book. It's not a great album, but I don't think it deserves all the 1-star hate, either. It's silly fun, I'll give it that. It's obnoxious, and loud, and oversized. It has a terrible title.
