This is probably a 4.5 star album. It's amazing. I imagine some days I will think it's a 5. Heavy and experimental. Maybe a little long.

This is probably a 4.5 star album. It's amazing. I imagine some days I will think it's a 5. Heavy and experimental. Maybe a little long.

A couple of highs, but I didn't find it especially inspiring. Some great vocals lines, harmonies and counter melodies though.

Started very strong. Lost my interest a bit in the middle. Africano was back to the funk that I enjoyed. But the lull in the middle kinda ruined the fun.

Great blues playing. None of the hits I know by them but pretty consistent. Enjoyed it

Nice soundscapes. The vocals didn't really keep me engaged though. It was pretty chill

I did enjoy this, but I think I was expecting to recognise a track or two and didn't. I may have to give it another listen without that thought in my head. I like the sound of it though.

Had a great voice. I just want taken by these songs.

Great album, but a weird choice as they made 3 albums and I'd suggest this is the 3rd best. It doesn't have the same atmosphere the first 2 created.

1999 is a bop, buts too long and I got bored. The rest of the album follows the same path, good grooves, not much in the way of songs. I wasn't too fussed

Some great stuff, some dubious. They probably could have cut a bunch of songs and made a pretty great album. They didn't.

Great voice. I enjoyed this. Didn't know he wrote respect, although Aretha version is better. A bunch of good cover versions too.

Fantastic album, interesting lyrically, diverse musically and very individual.

Amazing album. Pretty much bonkers, but the musicianship is incredible, it has enough massive hits too balance the firsts into weird genres. Just brilliant.

Fun rock and roll. Upbeat and exciting.

A good thrash album, could hear a lot of Metallica and maiden vibes in it. Will have to listen again.

Great album. Really draws you in to their sound.

No. It was like proof but with all the likeable bits removed. There was no fun left in it. Then to make it a double album was just cruel.

Well... The backing tracks were brilliant and I really like the cadence of the rapping. But I just can't get past the lyrics. It's like an Andrew Tate fever dream, just awful. By the time it reached the duet where he was being misogynistic but Yo-Yo got the last word everytime felt like he knew he was doing it but he did it anyway. Gah.

I wanted to like this, but I kept finding myself drifting off and not listening. I kind of remember the first track. Alas. At least the title felt ironic.

The first side of this album is awesome. The second is bonkers. I think I'll have to listen again with the lyrics to find out what is going on.

This was kinda fun. Although, I hate do ya think I'm sexy, so that was annoying. It felt fortunate it came up on a hot day.

Emmylou has a lovely voice, my wife compared her to Joni Mitchell. But I generally dislike country music and the backing to all these songs falls heavily in to that category. I found it quite annoying to listen to. The Beatles cover was slowed down, and the gaps were filled with things that I didn't want to hear. Nevermind.

Really liked this. Got some 60s vibes, got some punky vibes. Weirdly reminded me of the manic street preachers in parts.

Pretty great, fun upbeat riffs. Didn't overstay it's welcome. Looks of energy.

A bit of a mix. I really enjoyed the tracks with Grace's vocals on them, white rabbit and someone to love are incredible tracks... But most of the ones with other leads sounded like someone trying to be Paul Simon, it just felt a bit derivative. Not sure I rate it as an album particularly.

I loev his voice and his guitar playing, but I didn't really enjoy this band set up. I'm not sure jolly trumpets and jazzy piano really put me in the right mood to enjoy the blues. He has other recordings I generally put on instead.

This was great. I've not listened to much nirvana beyond nevermind, but I really enjoyed this. I'll be listening to this again at some point.

This first album is a right Hodge podge, Clint Eastwood is good, 19-2000 is tremendous, but it feels very experimental. I think they found their feet in demon days.

One song sounded like Kasabian ripped them off, another like public service broadcasting were heavily influenced by them. Then I read Wikipedia and they got sued for the Kasabian one cos they ripped someone else off. The Iggy pop track was fairly forgettable. I dunno. They appear to be influential but it didn't influence me much.

The sound of this was good. The rap rhythms were nice. I have no idea what they were rapping about and I got distracted and went to put up some coat hooks, so I guess it didn't do enough to keep my attention. The hooks looks nice though.

This is great. I prefer Doolittle and I guess that's just cos it's a bit more song-y. Winner.

I thought I would like this. I did not. It felt very dated. It felt like it didn't know whether to be rocky or poppy or industrial or sassy, so it failed at them all.

Very busy. Not terrible, but by the end I was fed up of it. Go west sounds like a parody and the conchords parodied them better.

It's Revolver. You could argue it's the best album by the best band ever. Interesting, quirky, a bit stupid, just really good. Great wedding band too.

This turned out to be more varied than I expected, which is a good thing. Sabotage is ace, but 12 sabotages would be too much. I really enjoyed hearing live music backing as opposed to just samples on a rap album (at least one that wasn't nu metal).

This was a good choice for an Easter Sunday listen. Great sounds, nice sparse production. There are some fascinating notes on how they created their own samples on the Wikipedia article too. She has a great distinctive voice too.

My dad never listened to led zeppelin. Hated Robert plants voice. The bloody weirdo (my dad, not Robert Plant). Meant I had to discover them on my own later, meant I missed out on a lot of references and jokes over the years and later on spent a lot of time going "oh... Stairway, I see". They're quite good aren't they. Even if I'm heavily expecting all the allegations to be confirmed (those that haven't already) the second they all die and even if they ripped off 75% of all their riffs. This one is especially good.

Hmmm. His voice isn't quite the behemoth it was by this point, although perhaps that adds to the charm of an album about death released days before he died. But it meant there weren't really tunes in the same way as his earlier stuff. I really like the title track, but the rest didn't capture me this time.

I tried. I tried twice. Blue suede shoes was a fun start, but it's such a damp squib. Like a floppy nothing record. I got bored. I got bored twice.

There are 5/6 amazing songs on this, since I've been loving you is one of my all time favourites tracks... But there are also a bunch of stuff that also exists in a very meh kind of way. Since we're judging whole albums I have to knock it down a bit. I think my "out of 5 stars" ratings are very inconsistent

This was pretty great. Considering I don't generally like country and western, brass or double albums this was stellar. I got slightly bored by the last 4 or so tracks, but it was a fun bop.

Really enjoyed this. Queen are great. Still a bit rough here, hadn't gone their song writing yet.

I did not want to listen to this on a nice sunny Sunday, but it actually started ok. Very 90s industrial metal (makes sense with NIN producing it). The tracks running to beautiful people had a nice groove and I thought it would be alright, but after that lasted ages and didn't really change, other than to get more forgettable. When these albums get a bit meh I like to read up about the album to see why it's on the list and it essentially says they all took loads of drugs and were dickheads to each other until one of the original band members left. Great, that doesn't help me like it. It started good but turned into the sort of music they'd put on in spiders (classic hull metal club) which would make me go into the other room upstairs which was likely playing jimi Hendrix or Aretha franklin.

Nah. Each song was the same. They found a groove, repeated the same few words then faded out. I'm sure there is some Bob Marley that could win me over a little, but this is far from it.

James Taylor is weird. His guitar playing is great, his song writing can be good. But his voice is just too smooth, like it's too nice, there's no edge, I can hardly pick out any emotion from it. Some of it kinda works, but when he goes into his, I guess, seduction tracks it's like: what is this? Some kid at school who's never talked to a woman trying to copy the bigger kids but having no idea what he's saying. "I'm a steamroller baby" jeez. On that note he does love to drop a G-bomb every couple of tracks and I get bored of religious stuff quickly.

The Jesus and Mary chain are great. Every so often I wonder if their stuff is too simplistic, but it's just sooo good I remember that is a stupid thought. I think of them as like a rockier New Order. Love it. Psychocandy is better album, so this can only be 4/5.

This is a great pop disco album, the second half drops off a bit, but it's still enjoyable... However that comfortably numb cover is abysmal. It sounds like a 12 year old kid made it on fruity loops. I hate it so much. I can't find a redeeming feature in it, it's like they made it too fast, too emotionless, too computerised, too shit. I've had the conversation loads of times and everyone else seems to love it which is probably why I have a healthy distrust for society as a whole. The idiots.

I enjoyed this, but it didn't captivate me. I kept finding myself in the other room doing something else by track 6. I'm going to see them live soon. Hopefully I'll stay more focussed on them then.

Don McLean is ace. American pie is brilliant (though the chorus gets a bit boring). Vincent is a masterpiece. I usually listen to his greatest hits so this feels not as good, which is a harsh comparison. Saw him at Glastonbury once. I was very happy.

It does not have the tracks I know on it, but I do love how quirky they are. More metal bands should be this fun. More every genre of bands should be this fun.

This is a weird album. It sounds like the rolling stones having a drunken party that lasts too long and nothing is coherent enough to be a memorable hit. Then I read about it and that is exactly what happened. Loads of drugs, loads of session musicians etc. It's not bad, it's just not great and it's long. Apparently everyone who slated it loves it 10 years later, so ask me again in 2035.

This was very good. Lots of 60s and 70s elements. You could hear a lot of more recent bands influences, especially the coral I felt. I enjoyed it and will listen again.

I can't really take this music seriously. It sounds like the music they play in the menus of 90s computer games. A big part of why you'd always go straight to the sound menu to turn them off. My sister liked this sort of stuff before she grew up. Thankfully we can talk to each other now. It's like when you're in the keyboard lab at school and you press dance01 and get these terrible incessant hi hats then you just play the same repetitive thing over them for 15 minutes to avoid having to talk to whoever it is they paired you up with that week. There is an element of nostalgia, but that is a dangerous thing. Lots of people these days pretend things were good as they have memories of them from being a kid. Maybe their childhood was just awful.

This was brilliant. Pretty arty, a bit mad, weird percussion on a lot of it. The lyrics felt almost like she hadn't finished them there is a lot of repetition, but it works. Glad I've found this album. I'll be listening to it more.

I couldn't get into this. It felt like it had elements of things I like in it, but as a whole I found it boring. Then they had the gall to test me with 13 minutes long versions of the stuff I didn't enjoy. Gah. I do not like war.

I enjoyed this, I've never quite found a pj Harvey albums that really captures me. I saw her live once and she was amazing, but her albums never quite do it. This one might be the best I've heard. I'll give it another go.

This good stuff. I think I preferred the acoustic parts on first listen, however I may have to give it further goes. Weirdly thrasher just reminds me of a mix of have you ever seen the rain and everybody's talkin', like quite a close rip of in some parts... but I can't seem to find anyone else saying the same online which is unusual. Anyway. Fun album.

I was not expecting to see an offspring album on a list of albums I needed to hear. I'm not sure why that would be the case. I don't hate them, I just never considered them that important. Maybe I'm underestimating their pop punk influence. Anyway, I wasn't really into this. I didn't mind some of their Americana album, I feel they try to be the rockier side of pop punk (as opposed to Greenway or blink) but none of this got me too excited and I'm afraid that Dexter's vocals do grate after a while, I read once that he has a lot of processing on them, so maybe that is what bugs me about them, but I dunno. Either way the songs need to be really good for me to want to listen, and I'm not sure these were.

I can't really take this music seriously. It just sounds like he's taking the Mick, but he's clearly not. But he's using a silly voice and it all feels like stereotypes. It's not as nauseating as some country, but it's not good. One song about freedom had a fade out, that bugged me. The next track was just a rip off of universal soldier by Donovan but without the meaningful lyrics, and with a naff bass line. I haven't actually heard a honky-tonk on it yet... Oh apparently honky-tonk can refer to the bars or the music they play country music in, even though all are named after the piano. Not for me I'm afraid.

This was great. Better than the last rem album on here. I feel their singles are a lot stronger than their album tracks, but this felt like it had a lot of singles on it. Everybody hurts should really be a trial to listen to but Michael Stipes voice is exceptional and it sounds brilliant. Also there are some great backing vocals on these tracks too, man in the moon being a favourite.

The hits from this are tremendous. It's incredible how he could pull samples together and make them such impressive cohesive tracks. Especially considering how long ago it was and what technology was available. Also though he loves having his name mentioned in tracks, it's a bit Shakira Shakira. Plus they're very long and the non album tracks are pretty repetitive. The hits made it good.

I'd never heard of this. It was pretty good. But some of the drum machine stuff was annoying. I reckon I could find 3 or so tracks that I really like, but from one listen I can't pick any out, everything was very similar sounding, but not in a terrible way. Might have to have another go.

I really like this. The pistols have some great songs. The guitars etc are exciting sounding with some cool riffs. Johnny rottens vocals for me drift between inspired pronunciation and annoyingly grating. I think I'd like the whole thing slightly more if they lowered his vocals into the mix a bit more, let the punky music be a bit more in your face. But they have at least 7 tracks on here which are brilliant and that's more than most albums manage.

This started very promisingly, I like the baselines and the crunchy guitar tones and the organ sound. All upbeat and fun. But it seemed to drag a little by the last few songs.

This is pretty great. Not quite as great as funeral, they are consistently good though as a band. Problem is... we know win butler was a knob head, so it somewhat overshadows me listening to them now. I dunno, a huge amount of artists have the same things. Can't people just not be horrible so I can listen to their music without guilty intrusive thoughts about whether I should even give them the time of day. It's infuriating and selfish. Idiots.

I don't like this. That first track, is it used on jools Holland or something? Or a radio jingle? I dunno. Maybe when it came out it was fun, but my head associates it with a bored middle aged drunken booze up where everyone is wearing a suit and trying to explain how they're more successful that you. Ick. After that the other songs are worse. That one near the end that was a bit 60s is alright - I can't stand it (ironic title there). But then I lost interest at the keyboard solo. I really like ghost town what they did and I expected that I might find some gems in here, but it was like playing the epitome of "not my sort of thing". Nope

I like how this one sounded, but I couldn't get into it. I couldn't really pick out any motifs or parts to recognise. It just meandered along. The overall sound reminded me of time out by Dave Brubeck only that album has recognisable songs. So I prefer it. My star ratings are all over the place. Maybe this is a 2.5.

Great album. One of my favourites. I think I would have preferred him to end on a bigger chord for the last note. Other than that it's all brilliant. You can hear how much he influenced 90/00s indie all the way through it.

This was a little disappointing. I knew a couple of them and quite like them, but as an album it doesn't do much, just kindof trundles along with the same rhythms and sounds in every track. Similar to the sex pistols the vocals feel like they're mixed louder than I want them to be. Which is a little ironic since his vocal style means it's hard to pick out the words anyway. They're not as aggressive as the pistols and not as witty as someone like the buzzcocks. Must try harder.

Solid album, she has a great voice. It all sounds good. My only criticism was that it was crazily over played when it came out so it used to grate on me a bit... ...also I couldn't really give a crap about her drug habit or how crappy her boyfriends were, and that's all you ever heard about at the time but that's just cos our press are useless. But again it made me not want to like her music. But I should. Cos it's good.

This was pretty tedious. It sounded like a band who were under the impression they were brilliant and therefore didn't really need to try to do anything good and just played any old nonsense that came into their heads. The time and a place one sounded like a bad version of cream. The final rock and roll number was vaguely fun for a bit, but again just veered into a nonsense after a bit. I'm sure it was a lot of fun to make in the studio... Assuming they can remember any of it. ELP were huge right? We're all their fans on drugs or something??... Oh, hang on...

Pretty aggressive, quite powerful sounding, however there are so many kick drum hits. Just bin that double kick pedal please. It was a long album, I feel it could have been shorter and I still would have understood that they are quite angry. I find it quite hard to bother listening to the vocal when they are produced in this way, it's not that I don't want to, it just blends in with everything else, it's not very dynamic... so I'm not really sure what they're angry about. But they sure are angry. Maybe they don't like mayonnaise. That's understandable. It's everywhere too, hard to escape mayonnaise. Frustrating times. Anyway, I reckon delete 1/3 of the kick drum hits and drop about 4 songs and this would be knocking on the door of a 4. But as it is it's a 3.

This is good. But I feel like I'd rather be watching them live than not quite feeling the aggression and bite while lounging about in my living room. Still sounded like they were singing about Ribena. Makes me thirsty.

Linkin park are one of the most baffling bands ever for me. They are so huge and loads of people who's musical opinions I highly respect say they are amazing. But this is just awful. It's like listening to to pj and Duncan trying to do metal. I can't take any of it seriously, but it's not funny, or fun, so I can't see what the point is. Awful vocals, awful whiny instruments. Nonstop fake record scratching. It might be real scratching. God knows. Who cares. You know that bit in teenage dirtbag where they needed to sensor the fact that kids in America take guns to school and they used a silly record scratching sound, I assume as a bit of a joke. Well this album has an entire track based around that same effect. Always on in metal clubs, always filling up pages of guitar magazines. Just everywhere. Just shit. Hate it.

Well that was abysmal. I was hoping a ceelo green album called the soul machine would have been more to my tastes. This was just some bloke having an ego trip and inviting all his new famous friends over to pretend they're edgy. What a load of toss

It's hard to put.my finger on what I wasn't keen on here. I'm certain all the musician are top notch and are playing at their best... but it was boring, there was nothing to grab my attention or trigger my intrigue. It started, it went on, it ended. I couldn't tell you much about it beyond that. It just very wet, like those bits of sponge cake or whatever that you get in a trifle that have gone all floppy and have the consistency of mush and the flavour of not much and you can't wait to get back to the cream and strawberries. It did not spark joy.