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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Private Dancer
Tina Turner
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5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
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Eagles
Eagles
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5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
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Rio
Duran Duran
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5 | 3.5 | +1.5 |
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Arrival
ABBA
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5 | 3.52 | +1.48 |
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The Cars
The Cars
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5 | 3.66 | +1.34 |
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
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5 | 3.72 | +1.28 |
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Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
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5 | 3.74 | +1.26 |
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
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5 | 3.75 | +1.25 |
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
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5 | 3.96 | +1.04 |
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Pelican West
Haircut 100
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4 | 2.97 | +1.03 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
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2 | 4.21 | -2.21 |
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Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
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1 | 3.12 | -2.12 |
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Dirty
Sonic Youth
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1 | 3.11 | -2.11 |
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Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
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2 | 4.07 | -2.07 |
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
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2 | 3.87 | -1.87 |
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
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2 | 3.72 | -1.72 |
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Transformer
Lou Reed
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2 | 3.67 | -1.67 |
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The United States Of America
The United States Of America
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1 | 2.61 | -1.61 |
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Ramones
Ramones
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2 | 3.57 | -1.57 |
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The Clash
The Clash
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2 | 3.53 | -1.53 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Beatles | 4 | 4.5 |
| Dire Straits | 2 | 5 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 4.33 |
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Mercury Rev · 2 likes
3/5
not bad although some songs sound like aliens would enjoy
1-Star Albums (4)
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The Cure
4/5
immaculate + timelessly cool sound
Nirvana
3/5
ok. bit too grungy
Public Enemy
3/5
ZZ Top
3/5
pretty good. i like the 80s take on blues-rock.
fav song: legs or i need you tonight (sharp dressed man maybe a bit overplayed).
some of the outros felt 5 min long though
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
I though this was pretty good actually. Closer to 3.5 maybe. I haven't heard much of this side of Neil Young who I can usually take or leave. Pairs well with the Eagles album (I'm catching up).
Talking Heads
3/5
i forgot how much i like "uh oh, love comes to town". rest of the album is fine, typical David Byrne weirdness. hopefully Speaking in Tongues is on this list too.
Eagles
4/5
yeah this is fire. obviously the first 3 tracks are bangers but I never listen to the rest -- also pretty good. i really liked Victim of Love, haven't heard it as often.
The United States Of America
1/5
sort of like if jefferson airplane did more drugs and was worse at making music
3/5
hmm maybe U2 is good
Muddy Waters
4/5
pretty good. just classic blues. timeless!
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
listened to this again before reviewing because i forgot all about it and it’s better than i remembered from yesterday. it’s giving nick drake who i am sort of ambivalent about. but at its best it’s better than that and pretty interesting. at its worst it’s just bland. maybe closer to 2.5 on another day but what the hecj
XTC
3/5
not too bad. i like a new-wave adjacent vibe. Dear God was probably the best track.
Nirvana
2/5
ok, not as heavy as some parts of Nevermind which I liked, but in some parts also not as interesting. just not that into the grunginess of it all i suppose
Tracy Chapman
4/5
obviously Fast Car is 10/10. the rest of the album very 90s but I liked it! Improves on re-listen as well. Just an immense amount of talent.
Thelonious Monk
3/5
i enjoy jazz music :)
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
pretty good but just makes me think of other, even better Pet Shop Boys songs. the singles on this were not as peak as basically any of their other albums
Radiohead
3/5
i like radiohead. this didn't have any major standout songs to me but it's a cool vibe and a slightly different sound from their other albums (all of which I've enjoyed as i discover them)
Carpenters
3/5
nice, fairly unassuming, very 60s. for some reason was giving me sesame street vibes
Dire Straits
5/5
wall to wall bangers per usual from the Dire Straits
SZA
3/5
pretty cool. i knew/liked some stuff from SZA but never sat down and listened to anything of hers deliberately before. great vocals, cool atmosphere. not all the songs my cup of tea but definitely a cool overall product
Haircut 100
4/5
this kind of thing is exactly what i was hoping this 1001 albums project would deliver: a new-to-me sort of forgotten classic, only one hit album but honestly it's kind of fire. they're like a weirder, slightly fruitier Duran Duran (& it mostly works).
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
2.5 stars. was a bit weird but i liked it
Johnny Cash
3/5
pretty good. kinda fun to listen some classic era Johnny Cash that I haven't actually heard before. the live aspect is fun as well, good showman
Jeff Beck
3/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
This isn't my favourite Dolly album- not sure if I've ever listened to this in full before. Still, it's definitely a solid entry into the classic country canon. Most of these songs (title track esp) should be sappy/cliche, but they're so earnest they just work. Travelling Man v underrated twist-ending country song IMO.
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Good. I like this kind of motown soul, but this album is not an especially interesting example imo. Maybe I was too distracted while listening? Def not bad though.
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
I'd probably give it a 2.5-ish, it was ok but not bad. Definitely a bit weird --sometimes in a cool way and sometimes in a weird-bad way.
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
I liked it ! It's Tricky & Walk This Way still rule. Some of the other songs are pretty goofy -- like that "classic" style of hip-hop that's very satire-able (the alternating words lol) but overall it's still cool
3/5
is this what prog rock is? this did remind me of Rush a bit . at first i though this was too weird but I warmed up to some of it...
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
maybe i'm biased because this is an album that i've heard before but i love this album. it's so fun. somehow it was like my intro to actually enjoying jazz (i think la la land and then this). i still don't understand time signatures.
The Temptations
3/5
some real classics but the ones in between were of variable quality
Suede
3/5
actually I quite liked this one (~3.5 ★) - kind of cool, reminds me of the smiths etc
Deep Purple
3/5
1st impressions sounds like if KISS could play guitar.
2nd impressions (halfway through the album) sounds like David Bowie. damn i didn't know Deep Purple were doing it like this. this was pretty good actually
Manu Chao
3/5
I fell asleep midway through listening to this album and doing homework, but it's nice sounding. kind of what you imagine when you think of spanish music
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3/5
I liked this more than I thought I would - not what I would usually listen to but would listen to again
Ozomatli
2/5
did not particularly enjoy this. feels like the soundtrack to a bad 2000s movie.
Beatles
4/5
Obviously it's good, it's the beatles. +1 star for some all-time classics (I, for one, love And Your Bird Can Sing). But the between-filler songs are a little too out-there for me for this to be a top-tier Beatles album.
The Who
3/5
very rock opera- mostly i was waiting for Pinball Wizard to happen, but that's a pretty good song.
Michael Jackson
4/5
Almost every song is like "ah yeah, this is a classic for a reason". The run from The Girl is Mine (which i might be alone in loving-it's so fun) -> Thriller (banger) -> Beat It (haven't heard it in a while; forgot how genuinely good it is) -> Billie Jean (unreal bassline) is all-timer. Extremely listenable all the way through. 4.5/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Just Like Honey is a 4* song, the rest was vibes but no standouts...
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
pretty good! most of these are new to me, a few hidden gems in there. I liked Breakdown and Strangered in the Night. I like the blues-y stuff too. Tom Petty pretty much always hold up
David Crosby
3/5
not too bad. I liked this more than I usually like CSNY; but some of this just reminded me of other, more interesting Eagles songs
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
It was good but it would have been great if his voice was more bearable to listen to. good new wave / sort of early alt-rock/pop though.
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Family Affair is sooo fire. Rest of it was fine too
Tears For Fears
4/5
1. I love New Wave and 2. This album has some absolute classics in it, and even the ones I wasn't familiar with were quite good. I didn't know Broken or The Working Hour but they're very good. And also head over heels is (obviously) just the best.
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
honestly this bongo album had no right to be as good as it was. probably wouldn’t seek it out again but if anyone ever ws looking for some bongo jams i wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this
Supertramp
3/5
Pretty good. Very 70s in a dramatic movie soundtrack sort of way that reminded me of, like, Xanadu or the Beegees Sgt Pepper movie. So maybe not good? But I liked it. Crime of the Century was good.
The Clash
3/5
London Calling (the song) is better than I remember, and the rest of the album mostly upholds that cool+rock+vibe well
Le Tigre
2/5
Obviously very weird but I liked it more than I thought. The first song was pretty good. Not my usual style though. Some of the ones with like glass breaking noises etc are not so good for casual listening.
Queen
3/5
I'm kind of over Queen - most of their stuff is just overplayed and/or not that good. That said, Brighton Rock is genuinely really good, Killer Queen is pretty decent and then from there this album just gets worse and worse
Beatles
5/5
YEAH this album rules. I even like (most of) the goofy songs. And any album with I Want You (She's So Heavy) AND She Came in Through the Bathroom Window [AND... many others] is hard to not be at least a 9/10. Listened to this 3 times yesterday.
Beatles
5/5
BABY YOU CAN DRIVE MY CAR (BEEP BEEP YEAH)
Deerhunter
3/5
pretty good, i was not paying that much attention tbh but would listen again. good background working music
Donald Fagen
3/5
somehow it does feel like a Steely Dan album *but at night*. I actually really liked the first song (I.G.Y.)
Iggy Pop
3/5
better than i expected. kinda rolling stones adjacent
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
not bad. better than expected, and some of the less-overplayed songs i hadn't heard before and were pleasantly surprised by (almost cut my hair)
The White Stripes
3/5
Tina Turner
5/5
banger after banger. even the extended edition added songs go hard (Thunderdome song)
Mercury Rev
3/5
not bad although some songs sound like aliens would enjoy
Iron Maiden
4/5
really good stuff; surprisingly listenable. i didn't know how many classics were on this album. very good choice to soundtrack my spring cleaning apartment overhaul (was very motivating )
The Rolling Stones
3/5
some RS classics but not my favourite of theirs. overall a solid album though
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Elbow
3/5
pretty good! never heard of these guys but I would listen again
The Kinks
3/5
Very good. I hadn't listened to this album before. You can really hear that 60s era of rock, where it at times reminds me of other artists around then (some songs are giving Bob Dylan rock era).
Richard Hawley
3/5
really liked this, actually. not what i expected at all. very nice & chill, good for an afternoon working session although I feel (arbitrarily) it's more suited to autumn. will probably come back to this though.
Blur
3/5
honestly a lot better than I thought it would be based on my disdain for Song 2. I liked the disco-y opening track.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Excellent, dare i say underrated album. Vintage Bruce. Not as iconic as some others but definitely in the running for my favourite album of his.
Blondie
3/5
very cool. surprisingly timeless. so many songs on this are very good. 3.5
Jerry Lee Lewis
2/5
It was fine
Sonic Youth
1/5
took a lot not to skip through this one-very not my taste, i think
The Smiths
3/5
good, but not their best album (as an enjoyer of the Smiths)
Johnny Cash
3/5
not bad, I see why everyone loves this but it's (for me) most often just a reminder of how good the source material is. obviously with a lot of heart put into it, but also just veeery sparse and, ofc, depressing.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
The Smiths
3/5
fine to listen to but not nearly a standout or as good as the other Smiths albums we've had so far (or their other ones that I enjoy)
The Clash
2/5
didn't like. really not as listenable as their other stuff; wanted to skip which i basically never do
Tori Amos
3/5
liked her voice. reminded me of somewhere between Alanis Morissette + Kate Bush ?
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
nothing very standout but i still enjoyed this; playable on any classic rock station (and with the benefit of not being /over/played )
Solomon Burke
3/5
i know i write this in a review like once a week, but Cry to Me might be one of the lowkey best songs ever (case in point it was in Dirty Dancing). Solomon Burke has a really great, timeless soul voice and I feel like is very under the radar compared to the greats
Goldfrapp
2/5
not bad. admittedly i was distracted/working but its listenable without being very standout/memorable
Dusty Springfield
3/5
a few vintage soundtrack-y classics; a couple of the covers were just ok to mid; overall a nice fun light listen
The Beach Boys
3/5
very classic beach boys - who are not always my fave - but this is just light and 60s and summery.
Stevie Wonder
2/5
Dion
3/5
not enough sax solos in music these days.
John Lennon
3/5
i mostly prefer Paul's solo stuff, but no doubt John was a very talented songwriter. Imagine is a bit overplayed by this point; I enjoyed the blues-ier stuff on this album that I hadn't heard before.
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
green onions is so fire. the rest of the album is a vibe too.
favourite thing about this album is, of course, that Donald Duck Dunn from the blues brothers was the session bass player.
Radiohead
4/5
Quite good. I can't believe I'm a Radiohead enjoyer now. Extra +0.5 just for No Surprises
The Modern Lovers
3/5
I read that this guy involved with / influenced by the Velvet Underground .. not typically my genre but I did genuinely like some of this more than VU (who I think in general are a bit overrated). I liked this more on second listen.
Dire Straits
5/5
I always forget how much I love Dire Straits .. anyway, nearly perfect album I think, and even if not Money for Nothing is so good it deserves 5 stars anyway
Sister Sledge
3/5
We are family is a bit too much / overdone at this point but the rest of the album is actually pretty decent disco/dance music if you like that kind of stuff (which i do)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2/5
R.E.M.
3/5
i liked radio free europe
Nine Inch Nails
2/5
not my thing but i did like the challengers soundtrack
The Black Keys
4/5
holds up pretty well! i forgot how cool they are
Stevie Wonder
3/5
The Stone Roses
3/5
decently listenable! listened on the drive to the cottage. would play a few of these songs again; need to try to figure out what kind of playlist they would go into
Goldfrapp
3/5
i liked it a lot actually. sounds like the soundtrack of a weird movie i’m not cool enough to get
The Auteurs
3/5
T. Rex
3/5
woah didn't know they did cosmic dancer. this album is kinda really good
Songhoy Blues
3/5
pretty good actually. first track kind of fire
Minor Threat
2/5
blissfully short. i really don't go for this genre although this album was at least somewhat listenable
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
hm i didn’t know i would like lenny kravits music
The Band
3/5
i liked it
Leonard Cohen
4/5
it's raining out and this album is perfect
Alanis Morissette
4/5
listened on a rainy day. ive never heard this whole album before. surprisingly (to me) i really liked this. some classics obviously but the whole thing is very cohesive. iconic for a reason. different from what i’ve been listening to lately but in a really great, refreshing way.
R.E.M.
3/5
orange crush is kind of a banger
Deep Purple
2/5
fine but is deep purple really good enough to have TWO albums on here? at one point I thought "oh i've heard this song before" nd then realized i was just 9 minutes into the same song.
UPDATE: Fuck off 5 minute drum solo
Bert Jansch
3/5
mostly pretty nice, a few songs were a bit boring
Marvin Gaye
3/5
funky and good but nowhere near what’s going on
Eagles
5/5
Witchy Woman + Nightingale alone deserve at least 4 stars
The Undertones
3/5
for most of it i thought it was a fairly standard brit/punk type deal which is not really my thing. it did get kind of funky and more new-wave-y near the end though which i warmed up to
David Bowie
3/5
started off weird but i actually ended up enjoying. also pretty short! nice going David Bowie (rip)
3/5
we are devo!!! 2.5 stars
Lauryn Hill
4/5
Ok, I get why people say this is the best album ever now. Really really enjoyed many of the songs on here, very cool stuff.
The Charlatans
3/5
everytime one of these bands comes up i've literally never ever heard of, i'll look at their bio and it says something like "Britain's most famous and beloved band in the last 40 years"
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
so so good. any album with America on it is an automatic favourite in my book , but I was pleasantly surprised by the b-sides/'filler'. Save the life of my child was kind of awesome. Also Mrs. Robinson gets a lot of play but it's really that good.
Moby
3/5
not what i would usually listen to but kind of cool actually. very Bourne Identity of course which is the only Moby thing i've ever heard before this
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
It's a sin is such a banger, rest of it was decent (probably closer to 3.6)
Beatles
4/5
I love early beatles + I'm feeling generous so 4 stars it is
FKA twigs
2/5
it was ok
Black Sabbath
3/5
Undeniably iconic. I do like the bluesier bits as well. Albums used to be 41 minutes
The Residents
1/5
sucks really bad
Nick Drake
3/5
normally i don't really like Nick Drake as much as the folk lists/ spotify playlists seem to imply I should. but this was a nice summery listen + a breath of fresh air [real music] compared to some previous recent listens that will go unmentioned... and i like these songs more than some of Drake's top songs
Fatboy Slim
3/5
it's giving the 2001 TV spy drama Alias starring Jennifer Garner
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
not what i usually seek out but pretty cool. a bit long though.
Sam Cooke
3/5
Some classic soul, what a great voice
Brian Eno
3/5
interesting. not bad, very atmospheric
Moby Grape
2/5
just fine, pretty generic 60s stuff but not unlistenable
The Isley Brothers
3/5
fun + summery + funky although i accidentally listened to 3 remixes of summer breeze
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
very understated. good as always but not my favourite Bruce album
The Associates
3/5
this was pretty neat actually i liked it. not what i expected based on the brief artist description
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
i love simon & garfunkel ! the title track is iconic but i forgot about a lot of the other songs. they are quite good even if not up to the singles standard. also i really like the silent night version
David Bowie
3/5
Young Americans is good, album is solid, w a few little gems in there as well. Just watch a very david bowie esque movie so this fits in well with that. Lots of saxophone
The Beau Brummels
3/5
rather liked them actually. bit beatles-esque (and maybe dylan) but not in a lame pale imitation sort of way
Bob Dylan
5/5
no skips; really really classic stuff. one of my most-listened Dylan albums, probably.
DJ Shadow
2/5
it's giving 3rd wave coffee shop, but i don't hate it. kind of cool ambient music
Amy Winehouse
3/5
she had such a classic voice. this album doesn’t have the major standouts but still some good stuff
The Blue Nile
3/5
rather liked this; reminded me of Elbow (another brit alt discovery from this)
Tricky
2/5
hmm it was ok
Fugees
4/5
pretty cool. didn't like all the talking parts but killing me softly makes up for it for sure
Jurassic 5
3/5
cool, I liked it
Elvis Costello
2/5
this sounds like a movie adaptation of a rock musical (with an actor who is not as good at singing). or perhaps the kind of music that a fictional band in a movie would play
Elvis Presley
3/5
i only knew one of these songs (Fever rules 10/10), but this is exactly the kind of Elvis stuff I really enjoy
Duran Duran
5/5
now THIS is new wave. love this album!!
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
pretty good. one song sounds exactly like CCR. begrudgingly have to admit that Free Bird is pretty good when you don't have a classic rock radio station or evil American hockey team insisting that it's the best song ever
The Killers
4/5
mr brightside rightfully iconic but the rest of the album is also extremely good (and it’s probably not just nostalgia talking). i have glamourous indie rock and roll stuck in my head now
N.W.A.
2/5
i’ve been enjoying a lot of the classic hip hop / rap on here as a complete newcomer but this one didn’t really do it for me.
John Martyn
3/5
i liked this a lot. sometimes his voice reminded me of hozier, but like if he was accompanied by steely dan or some other 70s coke head
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
some good songs but a really long album, my god
Paul Simon
4/5
ooh i love paul simon. Run that Body Down and Mother and Child Reunion are so underrated
Stevie Wonder
2/5
eh it was just ok. a bit funky in a not-good way
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
it's almost good (decent rock music) but Neil Young's voice is so annoying sometimes
Parliament
3/5
very funky although the song where they said googoo gaga x10000 was a bit of a drag
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
about as goofy as you'd expect given Come On Eileen but it's not a bad time !
TV On The Radio
3/5
i liked it, a decent entry into the mid-2000s/2010s indie rock pantheon
Yes
3/5
it's almost good, a little too prog rock for me though ( i did wonder what kind of person was listening to this back in the day .... )
Adele
3/5
i lowkey forgot about this album (aside from Hello, which was maybe a bit too overplayed for its own good ). but 25 has some really good stuff! not quite peak Adele but it definitely has its moments. All I Ask is an instant classic imo
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
I liked it. Some of the songs were surprisingly ahead of their time, I thought. Beach-Boys-esque but a little rougher around the edges (in a good way)
Talking Heads
3/5
I like the Talking Heads, and I REALLY enjoy this Al Green cover
The Roots
3/5
cool vibe
Metallica
2/5
Not really my thing (i was putting off listening to this), but not too bad. A bit too heavy, I don’t love the really heavy bass lines but some redeeming stuff
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
woah, nick cave is like, a lot cooler than i thought?
reminds me of sort of a tom waits / leonard cohen vibe but a bit more melodic/musical. also reminded me of ben caplan (iykyk)
The Doors
3/5
I liked it ! some classics and then some funky stuff
Nirvana
3/5
it was decent; i mostly liked the singles that i had already heard
Ramones
2/5
the hits are decent but the rest of the album gets old fast, just not my thing
The Damned
3/5
liked this a lot more than the ramones & other straight up punk stuff, much more modern and interesting sounding
The Cramps
2/5
it was decent, more interesting than the ramones but still not my fave
Beck
3/5
this was better than I expected given I don't usually go in for Beck at all
Radiohead
4/5
banger album
Pink Floyd
4/5
Not that I really thought Pink Floyd were not good (besides Another Brick in the Wall, which sucks) but I never really gave them a fair try (probably bc of how overplayed the aforementioned song is).
My bad! - this album rules.
Lou Reed
2/5
Lou Reed is cool and all but the second of half of this album really veers off into "goofy (in a bad way) beatles song" territory. Satellite of Love and Perfect Day are pretty good though.
Lorde
4/5
Kind of a perfect pop album. No skips; basically every song has really grown on me / become an all-timer imo.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3/5
to be completely honest i really pictured this band being all muppets. i don't know what this says about me but i'm pretty sure this belongs on a muppet show jug band segment
Laura Nyro
2/5
very... overwrought? kind of like if kate bush was more musical theatre-y (derogatory) and also bad at singing and songwriting.
2/5
not very good and i didn't appreciate this autoplaying for my alarm at 6 this morning
U2
3/5
U2 i owe you an apology i was not familiar with your game
Skepta
2/5
Not what I would usually listen to. I liked the first half which I think was more UK grime- reminded me of UK house parties. Second half sounded (naively) more American/ familiar and less interesting - one sounded exactly like a Drake song (derogatory)
Minutemen
1/5
Did NOT enjoy and about 100 songs too many on this album
MGMT
4/5
this was a 2010s instant CLASSIC and for good reason. even the non-singles that i didn't know were pretty good. very specific time and place but top tier for its genre
Kelela
3/5
this is the sort of genre that kind of continually escapes me. it's nice, i like it when i hear it, she has a nice voice obviously, but it just very easily blends from one to the next (and from one artist to another) so nothing really stands out for me.
Peter Tosh
3/5
i don't usually like reggae but this is generally more enjoyable than some of the really famous [overplayed] examples. probably still at least 10 min more than i would prefer to listen for (2.5*)
The Smiths
4/5
This is the best Smiths albums that we've listened to on here yet, I think. Imo very cohesive and interesting. Features some of my favourite 'known' songs of theirs and a few in-betweens that I hadn't heard before.
The Doors
4/5
Quite like this album. Very listenable all the way through. Such a cool 60s - pre70s vibe. Can't go wrong with Light My Fire, really.
Blur
3/5
Not as good as the other album of theirs that was on here but maybe I just wasn't paying attention. Also Song 2 sucks and the Ottawa Senators suck. Just to make it clear.
Everything But The Girl
2/5
very cheesy, and extremely mid. tv movie soundtrack level. not particularly interesting or listenable
Led Zeppelin
4/5
ok, now I get why Led Zeppelin is so hyped- they *are* that good. I think with many eras of classic rock my enjoyment of it is directly proportional to its distance to blues--this was very bluesy and I liked it a lot
Meat Puppets
3/5
Actually found it surprisingly interesting, some cool melodies, even cool folk-adjacent stuff. Although found the album a bit long and the heavier stuff not to my taste
Judas Priest
3/5
at risk of sounding like someone who's only ever heard Iron Maiden, listening to their second ever heavy metal album: getting a lot of iron maiden vibes from this...
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
pretty good actually although i dont always love NY
The Cardigans
4/5
very fun and 00s vibes with some weird twists. quite enjoyed!
3/5
started off a bit shaky but got really cool and groovy
Morrissey
3/5
not too bad but not too memorable, really just giving smiths but worse
Talk Talk
4/5
being a bit generous here but i was pleasantly surprised by this kind of cool new wave adjacent stuff. neat! and tbh i've given 3 stars to albums i was much more "meh" on
PJ Harvey
3/5
idk why but i didn't realize PJ harvey was a woman. seems cool though.
David Bowie
3/5
different from the old Bowie stuff but not bad! reminded me a bit of newer solo paul mccartney stuff, a bit weird but obviously with the underlying classic talent
Supergrass
3/5
kind of all over the place, different from the only supergrass song I know. but not bad. decent standard issue Britpop imo
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
it's fine, it's fun, although some of these samples have definitely been used to greater effect elsewhere!
Carole King
4/5
iconic songwriter and iconic album really.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
ah ok, now I kind of get why everyone loved the Stones. last RS album on here i was fairly disappointed by, but this absolutely makes up for that -- within 1s i remembered just how absolutely iconic Gimme Shelter is. and i also enjoyed some of the deeper cuts i hadn't heard before.
Public Enemy
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
Definitely not bad but not super memorable. Good old 60s stuff but not a standout for me
The Velvet Underground
3/5
pretty pretty good
The Cars
5/5
This is not a perfect album but it isn't NOT the best album ever
The Cure
4/5
this was super cool - extremely cohesive + atmospheric (which is what i like in an album). original but very listenable (in a way that i find the cure sometimes are Not).
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
very good live album! we love to see it
Willie Nelson
4/5
good stuff! great artist + songwriter all around. blue skies is so lovely
Hüsker Dü
2/5
very REM-esque, very 90s. not bad but not necessarily my thing
Fiona Apple
3/5
this was cool, i'm really growing to like Fiona Apple, and I definitely feel cooler and more mysterious for having listened to this album..
Pretenders
3/5
Pretenders are IMO very underrated!! Very original, classic sound. Good stuff.
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
this was cool & fun & i liked it. aside from the one song that sounded too much like a rod stewart song??
Beyoncé
2/5
There are some eras of Beyoncé that i like but this wasn’t really one of them. Also I accidentally listened to the platinum version so it felt about 30 minutes too long and i had to listen to drake :/
Gram Parsons
3/5
No idea who this guy is (maybe i've heard his name before?) but I liked it ! Sort of along the lines of Eagles + Ronstadt (esp with the Emmylou Harris feature)
Willie Nelson
4/5
this album did have the same song on 3x but i don't even mind because it was a really nice song. we're lucky to have willie, really, an all-time talent for songwriting.
Big Black
2/5
sorry to this group, but.. not my thing.
The Band
3/5
pretty good! i never listen to the band but i liked it
Def Leppard
4/5
awesome. good old classic hair metal. great album!
Calexico
4/5
this freaking ruled. had zero expectations but loved this. kind giving shades of sufjan stevens + radiohead
Various Artists
4/5
certified Christmas Classic, except for the part where it's "from Phil Spector". can't beat a Motown standard though.
The Strokes
4/5
Classic indie 2000s - def worth listening to and good overall vibe. I'm feeling generous so will say it's more like 3.75*
James Brown
4/5
Love a live soul album, especially when you can hear the atmosphere/audience having a great time. Great energy. Would love to see a good James Brown concert doc.
Tangerine Dream
2/5
felt like i was in blade runner
Kate Bush
4/5
loved it , weird in an awesome way
Jane's Addiction
3/5
i liked this more than i thought i would!
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
ugh. it's like if aliens only heard RUSH and though that was how music should be.
only redeeming section is the blues song w the organ solo
Green Day
3/5
I never really liked Green Day but it's amazing how much my opinion is softened by
(a) listening to a much worse punk-adjacent album right before this one and (b) the non-single tracks that are not overplayed x1000 on CHEZ et al.
Wire
2/5
there sure is a lot of punk on this list... they can't all be THAT influential right? this was ok (less grating than some other punk albums) but not rlly my thing
The Monkees
3/5
i liked it! it's like discovering an early beatles album that I somehow hadn't heard before. although I could have done with out accidentally listenining to the complete deluxe edition which included another 25 tracks
The War On Drugs
3/5
familiar sounding but interesting !
ABBA
5/5
banger after BANGER ! i love ABBA so much.
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
straight shooter is so underrated
Gorillaz
3/5
pretty cool
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
cool: the bluesy guitar solos
also kind of cool: extremely stereo sound that moves around (when my one airpod died i thought it was just a stylistic choice though)
not cool: the part where JH coughs/sniffs directly into my ears :(
Frank Ocean
4/5
really good stuff. modern classic dare i say? sort of formative for my generation I think
The Beach Boys
3/5
this was very different from what i expected from the beach boys. kind of good though
Massive Attack
3/5
i liked most of this. it was like an early 2000s teen or spy movie soundtrack
Guided By Voices
2/5
expected much worse from the band and album names, so was pleasantly surprised at the jump. overall not offensive just a bit mid and unpolished
Cheap Trick
3/5
i imagine if i was more of a cheap trick fan this would be like the best album ever, didn’t really know them but very decent !
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
this was sick af
Duke Ellington
3/5
this was pretty cool but i will not be listening to the US anthem, sorry not sorry
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
sorry too weird not a fan
Beck
2/5
it was almost good and then it got annoying
Santana
4/5
black magic woman is such a banger thank u fleetwood mac
Britney Spears
3/5
Lowkey this ruled. Obvi title track is a classic, the other stuff is not as iconic but still some really solid pop tracks
Cee Lo Green
3/5
you could've give me 50 attempts to guess what this would sound like ( OR even describe post-listen) and I could not even approach the reality- other than EXTREMELY 2000s. Some catchy stuff though
The Rolling Stones
4/5
the stones always get associated with the beatles, which made total sense to me historically but i didn’t see a super strong musical connection until this album. good stuff!
Miles Davis
4/5
if the 70s film soundtrack doesn’t sound like this i don’t want it
Meat Loaf
3/5
sorry but Paradise by the Dashboard Light slaps and so does the glee version i don’t make the rules
The Verve
3/5
nothing standout but not bad
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
pretty good
The Stooges
3/5
I thought I was not going to like this but it's pretty cool
Fela Kuti
3/5
fun and funky! great cooking dinner music. could do without the extended drum solo that played as my alarm next morning though.
4/5
ok loved this. kind of the queen of music for ladies who don’t like their husbands. this was more musically interesting than i expected too (not all the same tune like her christmas offerings)
The Offspring
2/5
not terrible but why so shouty & whiny
R.E.M.
4/5
wait is REM good? i liked this
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Eh just okay. Not a big PG fan
Red Snapper
3/5
i wouldn't normally listen to this but it did go off as a soundtrack to my programming work + making me feel like a cool hacker
Nick Drake
4/5
very nice, i liked it
The Replacements
3/5
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
a bit long but cooler than i expected, nice atmospheric listen for a working afternoon
Rush
3/5
Meh not my thing
Snoop Dogg
2/5
Not my fave. I get the hype for Gin & Juice though
Cocteau Twins
3/5
no standouts like their big singles, but overall a cool dreamy vibe. good listen.
Circle Jerks
2/5
don't like. blissfully only 15 min
Van Morrison
4/5
this ruled actually, too bad Van Morrison died or something and hasn’t said anything lately
Van Morrison
3/5
i guess this is just the Van Morrison album per day machine now? good thing they’re pretty good
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
pretty good! very of its time but more than meets the eye esp when i only know them for Veronic Mars
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
If there's one recent group who can do "album rock" well it's AM ; good, cohesive listen w some instant classic singles
Nas
3/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Yeah this was pretty cool
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
feels very dramatic like a video game soundtrack or something
Steely Dan
4/5
steely dan they could never make me hate you
CHIC
3/5
I love disco but this was a bit boring ngl. Where if the drama? The groove?
Garbage
3/5
Oh I liked this way more than I though I would - very 2000s cool tv show vibes
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Really good and i don’t even like the VU
Dennis Wilson
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
10 stars just for Bridge Over Troubled Water (and Cecilia, and The Boxer and and….)