Sounded like crazy elevator music or tv show themes from the 70s.

A little too experimental and weird for me.

Awful. 1st album I stopped before the end. Juvenile, discordant, repetitive. Just unlistenable.

Just ok. Sounds like he’s crying the lyrics.

More familiar with this album. Better than I remembered. Full of bangers except the last song.

Not a genre I usually listen to but was impressed even though I only recognized a song or 2. Liked it better than the Cure. Should have given that 2 stars.

Other than the MTV songs didn’t know this album very well but it thought it was a pretty good mix of bluesy rock. Forgot about TV Dinners. Good video for that one too.

Wanted to hear some more blues but this sounded a bit too big band for me.

Not my genre. Sounded very piano bar / lounge singer to me. She did sound great but not what I listen to. Highlight for me was hearing just a gigolo.

Just ok. All over the map. Very 70s sounding. Sounded like b-sides and way too long.

Not a huge fan of Neil Young’s voice. Cinnamon Girl’s alright but the rest of the album is somewhat forgettable. At least it’s shorter than the Stills’ album.

Not a huge talking heads fan. His jacket doesn’t fit.

Awesome album. Great song after great song.

Did not like this album and couldn’t understand why each song had multiple bad versions.

U2 was huge in the 80s and 90s but I was never that into them. This album epitomizes them for me. The first 3 songs were singles and were everywhere when the album came out. Listening to the start of the album I was thinking 5 stars. But the rest of the album is just ok.

Was never exposed to much Blues but I liked this. Not sure if I’d listen every day but can appreciate the history and influence on other music.

Wish I hadn’t listened past the ten songs. The first part was ok. Seemed like he changed his voice for every song.

Not sure who I was thinking of but I thought XTC was a hip hop band. This album was not bad considering I didn’t expect it. Some songs seemed like 69s sons. 1 song could have been a James Bond them. Interesting.

Ok. Not as good as Nevermind, or maybe I just wasn’t in the Nirvana mood yesterday.

Love her voice. Fast Cars is one of my favourite songs ever. Liked a lot of songs on this album.

Not a jazz guy but I didn’t mind this. Not something I’d listen to all the time but might be good for background music.

First track says it all for me. ‘Being Boring.’ I couldn’t tell one song from another and all I could think of listening to the drum machine was that it sounded like Tenny on his keyboard.

Not bad. Way better than Pet Shop Boys. At least the songs didn’t all sound the same.

Interesting. I got Latin and big band vibes mixed with African drums. Not something I’d listen to regularly though.

Awful. Overproduced saccharine drivel. That ‘Help’ cover is 1 step from being a crime against humanity. The songs sounded like sitcom themes or elevator music.

Much better than the last one. Real music by real musicians.

I’m not sure I’m the target audience for this music. But to paraphrase Mr. Burns “I’m no music critic but I know what I hate. And I don’t hate this.” Good voice, interesting lyrics, and maybe most importantly every song didn’t sound the same.

Never heard of these guys. Got like a new wave / big band jazz vibe from. Not great but not awful.

Heavy electronica to start with and I was thinking I did not like it at all. But as the album progressed some songs were a bit more listenable.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard this full album before. Surprised there were a couple of songs I didn’t recognize (Wanted Man, Darlin’ Companion, Starkville City Jail). Also a bit surprised he played San Quentin twice back to back. Still, Johnny is Johnny.

A little before my time so haven’t listened to him much. Solid album.

‘Coat of Many Colours’ was one of Grandma’s favourite songs. A couple of songs I hadn’t heard before but overall a good album.

The falsetto threw me off a bit at first, but once I got used to that it turned out to be an ok album.

Not bad but nothing really stood out for me on this album.

For me this is the first hip hop I heard growing up. The first crossover mainstream rap with Walk this Way. Which also made me aware of Aerosmith for the first time, as I didn’t realize they were still around at the time. Some good songs on here like It’s Tricky.

I thought only Maiden had 18 minute songs. A little weird and all over the map for me. On a different day in a different mood I might have liked it better.

Jazzy, but not Monster’s Inc. jazzy.

I liked the first half of the album a lot but it kind of fizzled out in the back end for me.

Very middle of the road. No songs jumped out at me as either good or bad. Would not listen to again.

Didn’t recognize any of the songs but this was a solid album. Also, their Spotify about the artist is maybe the most creative I’ve ever seen.

Never heard of this band. Some weird songs and lyrics, but overall it was ok.

Very international vibe with Spanish, French and English. Some of it felt Caribbean, some like Enrique Iglesias, though that might have been the Spanish.

Very drum centric. Reminded me of a rawer less produced version of the guy we had a couple of weeks back.

Not a huge punk fan but at first thought this wasn’t as bad as I expected. But then I thought of the SNL skit with Fred Armison and Thatcher and couldn’t listen to the album with any critical detachment after that.

Reminds me of Emmy Lou Harris or Mary Chapin Carpenter. Never heard of her before but it was pretty good.

More Public Enemy than Run DMC. Rawer and more stripped down sound. Interesting lyrics as well but not something I’d probably listen to

Not my favourite. Found it a bit boring.

Again with the semi punk sound. Too much discord for my liking.

I’d never heard of this band. All over the map on this album with Latin, rap, with maybe some reggae thrown in. In the end though just ok for me.

Finally a recognizable band with solid music. Not my favourite Beatles album, but still the Beatles.

Only had heard Pinball Wizard before but I really liked the overall album. Good concept album and good music. Can’t wait to compare it to The Elder when it comes up.

Singles on this album were all time classics. The rest was just ok. One of the 11 cassettes I got from Columbia house for a penny when I was a kid.

Heard of the band but didn’t recognize any of the songs. Not too bad though.

Solid debut album.

Not a fan. Never liked his voice.

Peak 70s music. Funky and catchy. A couple of songs were more easy listening but I liked the funky ones better.

Liked this better than I expected. The hits were good but surprisingly the rest of the album wasn’t bad either.

Sounded like crazy elevator music or tv show themes from the 70s.

Good album all the way through. Classic 70s rock.

Pretty good. A couple of tracks where it seemed the vocals were downplayed a bit, i.e. too quiet compared to the music. Still surprisingly it was better than I expected.

Female singer had a yelly annoying voice and the male was worse. The songs were juvenile sounding lyrically, almost like they were written for an SNL skit. Not great.

Not a big Rush fan but this was better than I thought. Great music and Lee’s voice wasn’t as annoying as usual.

Punny band name was the best part of the album.

An awful album. Every song was so repetitive, both lyrically and musically. Give a group of 10 year olds a month and they could come up with a better album, even if they didn’t know how to play instruments.

Great album. Lots of good songs.

I liked this even better than the previous Beatles album.

Weird and different, but not in a good way. Did not like the opening song at ad ll, and it didn’t really improve from there.

Very easy listening, soft rock vibes, but not in a bad way. Surprised this guy is from Steely Dan, since I’m not a fan of theirs but I didn’t mind this.

Didn’t mind this album at all.

Interesting album. 70s vibes with a wide range. Some country rock and some songs that could have been lifted from Sgt Pepper’s movie.

Very upbeat vibes. Songs seemed a bit long and repetitive though.

Very good album. Interesting lyrics, musically diverse. Fun to listen to.

Great singles and the rest of the album was pretty good as well.

Never heard of this band before. Some experimental music, but not too impressive overall.

Now we’re talking. Classic album. 3 good songs, 3 great songs and 3 all timers. Also 3 iconic intros. One of my favourite albums ever.

Outside of the singles just okay I thought.

A bit weird at times. Would probably have liked to hear them sing it all in Welsh.

Again, never heard of this band before. Some interesting parts musically and lyrically.

Not what I was expecting from the Kinks. Very 60s feel for this album. Fun, unserious vibe.

Easy listening / adult contemporary feel. Not bad but that last instrumental song lasted forever and sounded like church music gone wrong.

Just didn’t like this album. Not sure why.

Not my favourite Boss album but a good one nonetheless.

Was better than I thought it was going to be. Interesting mix of older 60s style pop and newer 70s / 80s music with some great singles.

Best thing about this album was it was short. Crappy covers mixed with a few mediocre hits performed live just ain’t doing it for me.

Very discordant and shouty at times. Not real pleasant to listen to.

Better than I expected. Some interesting songs and lyrics.

Excellent album. Covers with his own spin that totally suit his voice and style.

First time hearing the full album. Solid outside the hits.

A little too much punk for my taste.

Not much here. Nothing offensive but also nothing inspiring. Just blah.

Never heard of this band and I can see why. I could have copy and pasted my last review. Britpop that you couldn’t pick out of a lineup.

This album was pretty good. Not my favourite genre but he sang with passion.

Again, never heard of this artist. It was a weird adult pop / easy listening vibe that didn’t appeal to me at all.

Old school girl pop. Not bad, though some songs like Mockingbird were very repetitive. 50s / 60s feel for sure.

Never listened to a lot of Beach Boys. Ok, but i probably was expecting more.

Not my genre. Just couldn’t get into it. He’s obviously tremendously talented but I didn’t recognize much and didn’t really like it. Plus the album was way too long.

This album was long. It seemed about 3 or 4 hours.

A lot of weird talking and musical choices. Reminded me more of a Monty Python album than a real band. Not sure if I believe Spotify when they say this band rivalled the Stones and the Who.

I was expecting more but outside of ‘Imagine’ I thought it was just ok.

Heard of this band but didn’t realize all the music was instrumental. Not bad though.

A little too experimental and weird for me.

Lyrics written by a 7th grader, annoying vocals, and basic music do not make for a good album.

Finally a good album. One song kept it from a 5 star rating. Everything else on the album was great.

Very 70s. Aside from the big hit the rest was listenable.

Interesting mix of blues, folk and country. I thought it was pretty good for an older album.

Didn’t have any of their biggest hits and the album was fairly nondescript.

Some songs weren’t too bad but there was a little too much of that thrash’s, discordant sound in others.

Excellent album. No bad songs and 5 or 6 absolute bangers. Their best album among many great ones.

I liked this better than his other album on here.

Not awful though I could have done without the 10 minute bongo tribute to close out the album.

Not sure what kind of pictures this band has of the author but that’s the only way to explain them having 2 albums on the list let alone one. Combination of bad James Bond song with 80s tv theme show music with whispered vocals in a weird falsetto. Awful.

Better than I expected considering it’s Brit pop.

Pretty solid old school rock album. No song jumped out as a real banger but no no duds either.

This album wasn’t too bad. Good mix of African rhythms with more modern guitar.

Music wasn’t bad and the songs were short, but I got tired of the shouty singer really quickly.

A pretty good album. Leans more rock than pop. A couple of good singles as well.

Song writing is great but his voice takes a little getting used to. Also, his picture on the album cover looks like a still from the Godfather.

Started out not bad but got old quickly. A little too discordant and repetitive for me.

Better than I remembered. A lot of good songs.

Pretty good overall. Better than the other R.E.M. album.

Not bad for a live album. Considering the poor audio quality and lengthy solos it still had some good songs.

Old school folk. Never heard of the guy but was really impressed.

Not my typical genre but the quality of this album shines through. Hard not to like it.

Although I’m a fan of the Eagles I’d never listened to this whole album. Outside of the big hits the rest of the album was pretty good and Eagles like.

Fairly innocuous pop fare. Nothing stood out as great or especially bad.

A little too experimental for my taste.

Off the wall and hard to take seriously. Weird cover of satisfaction.

Outside of my usual listening but interesting album.

Brit-popish but not too bad. Surprised I never heard of this band before.

Interesting. Didn’t listen to a lot of Simon and Garfunkel outside of their hits. The old people talking song was a bit weird but everything else was pretty good.

I thought it a couple of songs started out ok but they all seemed to quickly devolve into repetitive synth and drum machine crap.

Quite mediocre. All the songs sounded the same and again, too much synth.

Nice to have a palate cleanser after all the drum machines with some old school Beatles.

Not a fan. Weird music, whispered falsetto vocals. Would not recommend.

All time classic album and one of the most influential bands ever. Over half the songs are legendary. RIP Ozzy.

Awful. 1st album I stopped before the end. Juvenile, discordant, repetitive. Just unlistenable.

Very 70s easy listening vibes. Folky with some generic jazz elements thrown in. Just ok for me.

Repetitive and distracting trying to figure out where the music was sampled from. Thinking “is that the Wizard from Black Sabbath “ is not enough to override “this song is not very good.”

Some old school hip hop. Not my genre but ok.

Interesting live album. Good old time R&B/Soul.

Descriptive album title. Says it all. Not bad background music I guess.

Wasn’t too bad. Very 60s. Another band I’ve never heard of.

A Motown adjacent, if not Motown band. There were even a couple of songs I recognized. A bit weird that so many of their songs were called pt 1, pt 2 etc. but overall not bad.

Excellent album. True classic. Springsteen’s versatility is on full display. A departure from his other albums but still great.

Weird lyrics and vocals, not great music. Overall I didn’t like this album a great deal.

Even though I’ve never listened to a lot of Simon and Garfunkel their brilliant lyrics and song writing are hard to ignore. I really liked this album.

A solid album. Not a huge Bowie fan but thi wasn’t alright.

Sounded a bit British Invasiony but apparently they’re American.

Classic album. I’m slowly becoming more of a Dylan fan. His lyrics are always interesting and require full attention.

Some experimental stuff that wasn’t too bad. A bit long but ok for the genre.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard her sons before, though I had heard of her. It’s not a genre I usually listen to and found I didn’t like the music or her lyrics for the most part, and her voice became grating after awhile.

A little too emo for me. The singer sounded like he was going to start crying any second.

Weird music mix combined with barely audible vocals for much of the album didn’t impress me.

Better than the last few albums. Maybe a little too much talking on some tracks.

More old school hip hop.

Never listened to Elvis Costello but had heard of him. Very middle of the road stuff for me. Nothing offensive but nothing exciting either.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard any of these songs before. But Elvis is Elvis and I still thought the album was pretty good.

Solid album with a couple of absolute bangers. And the videos are excellent too.

Good Old School Southern rock. I was impressed with the number of solid tracks on here. Without Freebird I would have given it 5 stars.

An Indie Rock classic. A great mix of heartfelt lyrics and solid music.

Original Gangsta Rap. Lyrics were more violent than political like Public Enemy. Never my genre but not too bad.

Soft rock / easy listening. Again, nothing offensive but nothing stood out either.

I was never a huge fan of Queen. This album was fine but there were no big hits on it. Mercury has a great voice and the music is good but it just doesn’t do anything for me.