1001 Albums Summary

This is how music is supposed to be, a joy to listen to! So interesting and varied and exciting without being overwhelming, will definitely be listening again. Favourite: Make the Bus (closely followed by Faster or Tightrope or Oh, Maker- just so many good songs!!)

For an album called disintergration I found it quite hard to differentiate between a lot of the songs... A lot of repetitive mopiness, just don't think I'm angsty enough to get it. Favourite: Disintegration

Really enjoyed the first half but by the end of the album felt like I was just waiting for it to be over. Favourite: Scar Tissue

Has the feeling of nostalgia without me actually having heard most of the songs before. Favourite: Long Black Veil (or The Weight)

Very U2, enjoyed it but nothing stood out enough for me to have anything interesting to say about it Favourite: In God’s Country

Some proper bangers but the overall listening experience was very much disrupted by the times they just screamed at me Favourite: Here Comes Your Man

Felt very charming and warm, kept hearing songs and thinking they would definitely be my favourite and the next song would start and I'd feel the same way. Great mix of straight folkiness and weird quirkiness. I can see myself listening to this again and again. Favourite: Todo los Dolores Least: See Saw

Feel like I'm in the car with my parents before they'd ever heard of vanlife. favourite: Man on the Moon least: Ignoreland

Felt like I was on hold and they never picked up the phone. Waiting room music.

It grew on me as the album progressed and it was just the second half I'd rate it a lot higher but I found some of the early songs genuinely difficult to listen to and that brings down the whole album for me. Really interesting storytelling happening but enough misogyny that I just couldn't enjoy it. A man saying bitch that much will always bring me out of the listening experience. Favourite: Real Least: Backseat Freestyle

Some of the intros were a tad too long for me but overall shocked by how not bored I got with such long songs. Not something I ever would have chosen to listen to but I’m really glad I heard it (before I died). Favourite: Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic Least: By The Time I Get To Phoenix

Lovely combination of folky and indie pop that appeals perfectly to me. I love the singers voice and the mix of tragic lyrics with upbeat music. Just a few uncomfortable lyrics and the weird tone shift that is Electronic Renaissance stop it from being a 5 for me. Favourite: She's Losing It or I Don't Love Anyone Least: Electronic Renaissance

Weird and fun style of music that I didn't expect to enjoy so much! The indie style vocals are a great balance to the funky electronic beats. Almost all of the songs on this album were contenders for my favourite and the multiple listens it took to decide were all a great joy to me. Favourite: Waveforms Least: Skies Over Cairo

She's just got such a gorgeous and powerful voice and she puts so much emotion into the music. The album itself doesn't feel super cohesive (the transition between the last two songs is particularly jarring) but that's to be expected of an album made of leftovers from other albums. I'd love to know why this particular Nina Simone album was the one chosen for the list. Favourite song: Break Down And Let It All Out Least: Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair

Enjoyed a lot of the album but nothing really stood out to me. The backwards stuff on Don't Stop really wasn't fun to listen to for me- felt a little too uncanny valley and some of the songs at the end seemed to go on a little longer than I had patience for. Favourite: Bye Bye Bad Man Least: Don't Stop

Sometimes I really enjoyed the weirdness, other times I found it a bit annoying and hard to listen to... Not music I would have listened to without the list which is fun- but also not music I'll be back to listen to again. Favourite: Train Song Least: House Carpenter

Don't think I've ever sat down and listened to a full Frank Sinatra album before, obviously he's pretty amazing at this singing thing even when the songs get a tad too mopey for me. Little shout out to It Never Entered My Mind because not enough people sing about solitaire. Could have been right up there as an album if I still smoked. Favourite: Deep In A Dream Least: When Your Lover Has Gone (but don't hold me to this)

Such a variety of songs, some that I really liked and some much less. As an album I want to like it; it's like a collage of samples and genres without being too disconnected. But some of the songs are just too annoying to listen to the whole album again. Favourite song: Lord Only Knows Least: Where It's At

So many fun and iconic songs. Just a great time album really. Favourite song: Just What I Needed Least: I'm In Touch With Your World

Tended to like the guitar songs more than the piano songs (which I found a little too depressing). Most: Carey or California Least: The Last Time I Saw Richard

Went in thinking it would be nearly impossible for the rest of the album to live up to Bennie And The Jets- was very pleasantly surprised by quite how much I enjoyed the rest of it! A few questionable musical decisions really bring it down. Favourite: Grey Seal Least: Jamaica Jerk-Off or Dirty Little Girl

Jam packed with great songs, found it quite difficult to pick a least favourite because of how much I liked them all.Movin’ Out Favourite: Least: The Stranger

Just very fun! Will definitely be listening (and dancing) to some of these songs many more times! Favourite: Can You Forgive Her Least: Dreaming of the Queen

Half the reviews are acting like he wrote this album from beyond the grave and it's really annoying me: I'm not denying there are references to death- he was sick and processing that- but he was being treated and by the time he finished recording the album he was in remission. He didn't know it would be his last album, he definitely didn't know that he'd die so close to it coming out: so it wasn't written as the "farewell" people are claiming. Worst was someone calling it "dying as performance art", dying wasn't some choice he made to make his music more poignant, he was a real person who was sick! Musically I found the album grew on me as it went on, with the first couple songs being a bit too odd for me. I think the level that people love it being so linked to him dying makes me feel a bit uncomfortable about the whole thing- if his cancer hadn't recurred it would just be one of many many Bowie albums and probably one fairly low down the rankings. Favourite song: Dollar Days Least: Blackstar

Obsessed with the fact YYZ is named that because it's the Toronto airport code. Also there's a bit in Vital Signs that sounds identical to so american by Olivia Rodrigo which I love (obviously it's actually that so american sounds like vital signs but I heard them the wrong way round). Favourite: Vital Signs Least: Tom Sawyer

Too chaotic and noisy for me personally. Hate to think that this is what living in London for two years does to Nick Cave. Favourite: Several Sins Least: Kiss Me Black

Enjoyable music with haunting lyrics. Strange to have a war themed album but I thought it was really well done. The vocals themselves sometimes weren't my thing but I still think it's an incredible album. Favourite: The Last Living Rose Least: England

Love love love the hits but there's some other great songs I hadn't heard before on here too- will definitely be listening to 11:59 again. Not every song reached the level that Hanging On The Telephone sets the album up for but overall really good listening experience! Favourite song: Heart Of Glass Least: Fade Away and Radiate

Not a huge fan of songs where one line is just put on a non stop repeat- even the songs I initially liked ended up getting a bit repetitive or going on a little too long. Favourite: South Side or Run on Least: Machete

Manages to pull off both fun dancing vibes and gorgeous harmonies on slower songs. Couple of songs that I'll be skipping on future listens, but there definitely will be future listens. Favourite song: Take It Easy (or Train Leaves Here This Morning) Least: Most of Us Are Sad (or Take the Devil)

It's called timeless because it feels like it will never end. Favourite song: State of Mind Least: Saint Angel

Take back what I said before about repetitive music... turns out sometimes I really like it! Just really fun. Favourite: The Rockafeller Skank Least: Fucking in Heaven

Enjoyed the beats, often a lot more than the lyrics. (That being said I really loved Ham 'N' Eggs despite it being objectively silly- great to be able to hear how much fun they're having). Favourite: Can I Kick It? Least: Pubic Enemy

Iconic music, can see why these guys got famous famous. The whininess of his voice does get a tiny bit annoying... Favourite: She's Electric Least: Morning Glory

An album where I hadn't listened to any of the songs before and am very glad to have them heard now! Exactly what I want the list to deliver. Favourite: Down In The Tube Station At Midnight Least: English Rose

An album made to be sung in the shower. Bit too screamy for me at points. Favourite: Friday Night Least: Stuck in a Rut

Revolutionary for its time. A waste of mine. Not my least favourite kraftwerk album but I still won't be listening again. Favourite: The first three minutes of Neon Lights Least: The Man Machine (the song... but also the album) or the last five minutes of Neon Lights

Some really incredible and enjoyable bits of music surrounded by some cringe lyrics and a lot of overpowering annoying fake drum sounds. A couple of the songs that I really loved were ruined by going on too long. (Absolutely loved I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man and then it kept going for three and a half extra minutes after it should have finished.) Favourite: The Cross Least: Starfish and Coffee

Not music I would normally listen to and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. But it was a bit too long for me and the string of instrumentals in the middle drove me a little bit crazy. Favourite: Dark as a Dungeon Least: Sailin' On To Hawaii

Found the music itself super interesting and fun even when the lyrics didn't live up to them (thinking of Vaseline especially) . A lot of songs that I will definitely be coming back to listen to again! Favourite: Connection or Car Song Least: Hold Me Now

Found it a bit boring on my first listen but it grew on me as the album progressed and when I went back to listen to the first few songs again (to pick a least favourite) I found that they weren't as boring as when I first heard them. Maybe if I listened through a third time I would really love it... but I haven't and I don't. Favourite: Velvet Elvis or Golden Hour Least: Mother

Tended to like the singing more than the rapping more than the screaming but not a huge fan no matter what, don't think I'm angsty enough for it. Some songs I quite liked but most of them I just wanted to be over. Favourite: In the End Least: With You

Kind of hate that Brian Wilson was 23 when he made this album. But I love everything else about it. Some true classics I've heard many times and some amazing songs I've never heard before but will definitely hear again. Favourite: God Only Knows Least: Let's Go Away For Awhile

I like it but I feel like I've heard the same thing but better before. Favourite: Show Girl Least: Junk Shop Clothes

Think there's a real mix of chore and enchantment on this album and I'm not quite sure which is winning. Mostly enjoyed his odd style of singing but there were a few songs where I started to really understand why other people would find it annoying. Almost gave it four stars but then I relistened to some of the earlier tracks and remembered how much I didn't like them. Favourite: Shiver or Dirty From the Rain Least: X-Tra Wide

Smile(Brian's Version)(From The Vault). Crazy coincidence to get this album the same week we had Pet Sounds. The story behind the album, good vibrations, the sheer joy of some of the songs and the gorgeous harmonies are nearly enough to make it a five star album. But I can't help but feel like it would be even better if it had been a 1967 Beach Boys album instead of a 2004 Brian Wilson album (and sometimes I felt a little thrown about by all the little snippets of different things happening). (feel like I should say good vibrations is my favourite but that's not the song that's been playing non-stop in my head...) Favourite: Vega-Tables Least: Mrs O'Leary's Cow

Feel like Mother should have stayed between Andy Summers and his therapist... Some very enjoyable tracks (plus the iconic Every Breath You Take) but overall just fine. Favourite: Tea In The Sahara Least: Mother

When I first listened I found the singing really annoying on the first three songs and then from Add It Up onwards was having a lovely time- and then I listened again and the vocals on the first three weren't any different to the rest of it (expect the "bye bye bye"s on Please Do Not Go- still too whiny). Really liked almost all of it in the end (second listen). Favourite: Prove My Love or Ugly Least: Gimme The Car

I quite like his voice, the songs I did like I really liked and even most of the songs that I wouldn't listen to again had bits that I loved. But some questionable lyrics and any mention of England/Britain/London instantly reminded me how much he sucks. Think it's too hard to separate the art from the artist when the art keeps reminding you of the artists shitty views... Favourite: Certain People I Know Least: You're the One for Me, Fatty

Was instantly apprehensive when I saw it was techno as I live in fear of more kraftwerk but instead I thought it was really enjoyable and interesting music. Some songs went a little too weird or a little too repetitive for me but overall shocked by how much I liked the album. Another one that I never would have listened to without the list but am very happy to have heard. Favourite: Nothing (or Sacred) Least: Pimpf

Their voices are so different that I wasn't a huge fan of the bits where they sang together but I still thought it all sounded pretty darn good, that Sinatra sure can sing!! Not my favourite version of Girl From Ipanema that I've heard... Favourite: Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars Least: How Insensitive

I just really enjoy the way that he sings. Beautiful. Rare case where I wish I hadn't checked out his wikipedia page, hard to not hear every song a little more tragically than before. Favourite: Can't Make a Sound or Son of Sam Least: Everything Means Nothing To Me

I appreciate the history and significance of the album and would very happily listen to any individual song again but god some of them sound so similar it became a bit of a chore to listen to the whole thing. Favourite: Oh Why? Least: Jenny Jenny

Very different from music I'd usually listen to and am happily surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Very fun dancey beats but I could have enjoyed it just as much with the songs a few minutes shorter, think some of them got a tad repetitive. Think Changes was listing things he disagreed with and then had lyrics about women wanting to be like men, men becoming women, men marrying men and women marrying women... Not 100% sure its sexist/transphobic/homophobic but I didn't love it, think it's 4 stars without this song. Favourite: No Shame Least: Live For Today (or Changes)

Fun! There were parts where the instrumentals went on a bit too long for my liking but otherwise just lovely and joyful! He's reached the top and had to stop and that's what's bothering me! Favourite: The Lip or (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You Least: Body and Soul

I know it's only a year before pet sounds but the lyrics make me feel like they're much younger at points. My main criticism boils down to the fact that it's just not pet sounds. favourite: Help Me, Rhonda or Dance, Dance, Dance least: Don't Hurt My Little Sister

Never fully sat and listened to a full Van Morrison album before but I've heard some of the songs on this album from my mums playlist- most nostalgically Into The Mystic. Just lovely, calming music, don't think I can fault it. Favourite: Into The Mystic Least: Everyone

Another album with "Jenny In The House" featured songs. Liked the songs I was nostalgic for more than the rest of the album (shocker) but still really enjoyed all of it. I just want to hear what he has to say! Favourite: So Long, Marianne Least: Teachers (really struggled to pick a least, I really like this album!)

Iconic cover, iconic songs! Feel like the medley could easily have been lots of great independent songs without all the linking bits (and without some of the songs...). But that's me being overly critical, it's objectively a great album with the perfect mix of pure fun and emotion. Favourite: Here Comes The Sun Least: I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Perfect music for a rainy day in Glasgow (which must be why he filmed the music video here!). His voice really suits the sad vibe but there were a couple moments where it slipped to the annoying side of off pitch. Favourite: Raining in Darling (or the music video version of I See Darkness which is more upbeat than the album version) Least: Knockturne

The band name made me think it would be rock, the album art gives psychodelic vibes and the album title gives pretentious poetry but what it actually was is lovely 60s pop music. Favourite: Time of The Season (or This Will Be Our Year) Least: Butcher's Tale

Little jazzier than I'd like sometimes and definitely jazzier on average than my favourite Steely Dan songs. But still so beautifully Steely Dan-y that I was having a lovely time listening! Favourite: Peg Least: I Got The News

Sometimes (when I completely ignored all the words) I enjoyed it! Hate that the fun beats were completely wasted on such violently misogynistic lyrics. I think that teenage boys listening to this album makes the world a worse place. Favourite: My Name Is Least: '97 Bonnie & Clyde

There are a couple songs that are so Elvis-y it feels like he's impersonating himself. Favourite: Long Black Limousine (or Only the Strong Survive) Least: Don't Cry Daddy

The Beatles response to Pet Sounds and it's almost as good! Sometimes the tone shift was a bit jarring but I liked the music so much I can look past it. Favourite: She's Leaving Home (or When I'm Sixty Four) Least: Within You Without You

A lot of it sounded pretty much the same to me, not necessarily bad just the same. Favourite: Highway to Hell Least: Walk All Over You

I'm not quite angry enough to truly appreciate Rage Against the Machine but I like the stuff they're saying (even if they're saying it a little too aggressively for me). Favourite: Take the Power Back Least: Settle For Nothing

Very fun album with some big hits, some songs were a bit repetitive for me. Favourite song: Three Little Birds Least: Natural Mystics

So weird! Feel like these guys just made whatever they wanted to and sometimes that’s really good songs and sometimes it’s complaining that they can’t see tits on the radio! Wasn’t expecting to be screamed at :( Favourite song: Take Your Mama Least: Comfortably Numb

Another one where the album art had me a bit scared before I started listening but I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would! Some of the songs sounded quite similar to me. Not sure a plane at 9am is the ideal setting for the album though. Favourite song: Not the One Least: Smash

Okay songs with really strange and annoying noises over the top- think the fact I was relieved when it ended says everything. Favourite song: Summertime Clothes Least: Daily Routine

Didn’t listen

Fun to have a song that samples a song we’ve already had in the 1001 albums! Think how much I liked the first song made the rest of the album a little bit disappointing but still really enjoyable. Favourite song: (3 is) The Magic Number Least: De La Orgee

Haven’t seen the film that the album’s named after- maybe that would have made me like it more. But as it is it varied between the strange and annoying and the slow and boring- sometimes managing to hit both. Favourite song: Medication Least: Out of the Void

The songs I liked were pretty good fun and I’ll probably listen again but didn’t completely make up for the songs that were boring or noisy. Favourite song: I’m the Man That Loves You (or Kamera) Least: Reservations

It’s not my favourite Taylor swift album- I don’t think the lyrics are quite at the level some of her other albums reach. That being said it is banger after banger- I found picking favourite/least very difficult cause almost any song on this album could be my favourite on any given day. Favourite song: Out of The Woods (or Is It Over Now? if we include bonus/vault songs) Least: All You Had To Do Was Stay

Just a really good album which manages to be varied without ever feeling disconnected. There were a few moments of repetitivity and some songs where the talk-singing annoyed me. A lot of songs that I'll be listening to again! Favourite song: Hateful (or Wrong 'Em Boyo) Least: The Right Profile

What an incredible voice! Which is why it's a shame that some of the songs on the album don't have him demonstrating how amazing his voice is. Favourite song: Cry to Me Least: Hard, Ain't It Hard

Every song seemed to have one too many things going on (maybe that's what happens when you get through so many band members). All a bit too chaotic and noisy for me to really like. Favourite song: Petty (Thief) Lout Least: Bombast

Think it starts really strong and then gets worse which left me waiting for the album to finish. Favourite song: War Pigs /Luke's Wall Least: Rat Salad

Bit of a weird mix of songs. Why is Papa Was a Rollin' Stone eleven minutes long! Some really good songs but as an album it felt a bit all over the place. I preferred the slower songs (bit of a relief after how chaotic the first song felt). Favourite song: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Least: Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On

Really really liked this album. Had to double check when it was made cause it could have easily been a modern album. Shocked that I've never listened to an Elvis Costello album before, and very happy (having read the reviews complaining about it) to learn that I have more Elvis Costello albums coming my way! Also Pump It Up clearly inspired the guitar in Brutal by Olivia Rodrigo, which is fun! Favourite song: Hand in Hand (or Lip Service or Living in Paradise) Least: Little Triggers

I liked it a lot more this morning than I did at the end of the day yesterday- think a certain amount of energy is needed to listen to this album. Good but not amazing and definitely got a bit repetitive after a while. Favourite song: Used Least: Burnt Alive

Doesn't have any of my favourite Neil Young songs on but still has all the beauty of Neil Young-ness. Has a very raw almost live music feeling to it that occasionally slips a little too into the unrefined/unpolished demo vibe for me. It's good but there's much better out there, including much better Neil Young music. Favourite song: New Mama Least: Borrowed Tune (or Mellow My Mind- not his best singing)

Gets some extra love from me for the maths name- as James Acaster once said "every triangle is a love triangle if you love triangles!". Not the kind of music I would have picked for myself but I liked this far more than I thought I would, and as an album it did a very good job of keeping the vibe consistent while having each song be different. Favourite: Are You Happy? (or Old Kentucky Home) Least: The Wolf of Velvet Fortune

Have to admit I'm not usually a live album fan, but this is a whole different universe- the audience is what makes this album incredible. You can really feel the atmosphere: the announcements, Johnny Cash's little comments, the cheers, the laughs- but my absolute favourite part is when he mentions Folsom in Cocaine Blues and you hear a little whoop- like someones shouted out your hometown in a song. Favourite song: Folsom Prison Blues (also love Greystone Chapel) Least: Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog

Such great lyrics as "He drinks a lot of liquor but he don't drink piss"... and "Humpty Dumpty was a big fat egg" Think there's a lot of hip hop where the lyricism is insanely impressive. This isn't that. Didn't help that I found their voices annoying too. Favourite song: Shadrach Least: Highway Drifter

Ouch. Favourite song: On Fire Least: 2 Towers (or literally any of the other songs, felt- and sounded- like a drill in the side of my head)

Liked about half of it, some really fun songs and then some where I could feel myself getting a headache. Obviously a hugely impactful album but not really my thing. Favourite song: Evil Woman, Don't Play Your Games with Me Least: Behind the Wall of Sleep

Each song had something I liked but there weren't any I really loved. Favourite song: Little Ghost Least: Instinct Blues

It feels like they all agreed they didn't want to just make a second Rumours album but they couldn't agree exactly how to make it different. In many ways the incohesiveness adds to the drama of the album, almost like you can see them all struggling to work together post break ups and affairs but as much as I love some good gossip it's not all that's needed to make an album 5*s. So so many great individual songs but objectively it's just not as good as Rumours. Favourite song: The Ledge Least: Thats All for Everyone

The list of songs this guy has produced is kind of insane and he's got three Grammy awards! This album doesn't reflect that at all. Thought there were a few pretty fun songs, but it was mostly just repetitive annoyance. Favourite song: Music Makes You Lose Control Least: Disco To: Disco

In February 2020 my sixth form teachers each recommended their favourite album to the school. This was the album one of my least favourite teachers recommended but I listened to it anyway (always been a keen student) and was blown away by her voice. It was definitely not what 18 year old Ella normally listened to but both 18 year old and 23 year old me agree that it's an incredible collection of songs. Favourite song: Doo Wop (That Thing) or Every Ghetto, Every City Least: Nothing Even Matters

Will not listen x

Got a little sick of the harmonica at points. Liked the upbeat songs more than the slow ones. Favourite song: Atlantic City Least: Nebraska

Very fun, perfect vibe of music to put on while you're cleaning up- less helpful for editing a paper. Some of the songs were a bit similar but I never found myself getting bored of the album. Favourite song: You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep) Least: Fading Fast

Never related as much to a lyric as to "I'm at a bus stop waiting on a 33". Assumed before I started that it wouldn't be my thing but I actually really enjoyed this album (and not just because they mentioned my bus route) good fun beats that manage to avoid all the issues I've had with both electronic music and hip-hop- not overly repetitive, annoying or offensive. Favourite song: Everything Least: Chicken Shake

Think I like the slower songs more- can really appreciate his voice and the jazzy vibe of the first half isn't really my thing. It's a bit odd to me to have such distinct halves of the album (probably did feel more understandable when they were different sides of a record). Favourite song: Am I Blue? Least: Let the Good Times Roll

Too much noise for me. Occasionally there was a hint of good music but mostly it was just annoying. Favourite song: Schizophrenia Least: Master-Dik

the piano in the song Aladdin Sane was awful, bad enough for me to never listen to the whole album through again even though I really liked most of the other songs (not a huge fan of Time either). Favourite song: Panic in Detroit Least: Aladdin Sane

He's obviously an insanely good guitarist which might make my feeling that were a couple too many guitar solos some sort of sacrilege... But that aside I really enjoyed the album, I thought there was a good amount of variety without it feeling disconnected. Favourite song: Crosstown Traffic Least: Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

I didn't not like it. But it didn't really excite me either. Pretty unremarkable. Favourite song: Girl From Mars Least: I'd Give You Anything

The end of the first song made me feel there were bugs in my ears. They named themselves after the M25, think this album really captures that vibe- annoying! While its not the worst techno album we've had I still wouldn't listen to it again. Favourite song: I Wish I Had Duck Feet Least: Crash and Carry

Love me some pop-punk. Obviously have heard Teenage Kicks before (iconic) but there so many fun and good songs on this album! Favourite song: Girls Don't Like it Least: Jump Boys

I really liked the first song, and then I felt like he kept playing it again and again, would have liked a bit more variety. Was fun to hear him interacting with the audience. Favourite song: Feel It (Don't Fight it) Least: Bring It on Home to Me

Kept imagining Lisa Simpson in the Simpsons intro the way the saxophonist kept going on and on. Maybe it’s close minded of me but I tend to prefer songs with words, found a lot of this quite an effort to get through. Favourite song: Day in, Day Out Least: Black and Tan Fantasy

Almost all the songs were 4 star songs for me, but the few that were annoying were super annoying. Favourite song: The Girl With No Name Least: Mind Garden

Fun to have a cover of another song on the list, and a fun cover too. There's maybe a bit too much happening for me at points but I enjoyed a lot of it. Favourite song: Mighty Long Way Least: Slow Bus Movin'

Nothing personal against Coldplay but there was a time when Lola and I both liked (different) slightly shitty boys who were overly obsessed with Coldplay. I, at least, never had to sit through a boy playing Coldplay songs on my guitar directly at me, but nevertheless Coldplay leaves me with a slightly icky feeling. Musically I actually really enjoyed the album, just wish I didn't know it was Coldplay. Favourite song: A Rush Of Blood To The Head Least: A Whisper

I really enjoy his voice but a lot of these aren't my favourite versions of the songs. However I do have great respect (get it!) for the original songs, even if they went on to have covers I liked more. Favourite song: Wonderful World Least: Rock Me Baby

Men are so scared of going to therapy that they'd rather write an album about their mummy issues and friendship troubles than talk about them. Favourite song: Hold On (preferably without the cookie monster feature) Least: Love

I don't really like being shouted at. The actual music tended to be fine but as soon as they started "singing" I was just waiting for it to stop. Not my thing. Favourite song: Jesus Built My Hotrod Least: Grace

So varied but all stays super fun. Obviously have heard Killer Queen before and while I didn't prefer any of the other songs to it a lot of them came close (probably Now I'm Here or Misfire coming the closest). Favourite song: Killer Queen Least: Flick of the Wrist

His singing isn’t the greatest, the music is a bit odd and the lyrics are eccentric, but still I find this album so charming and warm that I just can’t not enjoy it. Favourite song: Heaps of Sheeps Least: The Duchess

Too much smashing and not enough pumpkins! I don't have the level of angst needed to relate to this album. Too many songs that sounded the same and not a sound I particularly enjoyed. They kept tricking me with varied nicer/gentler starts to songs just to return to exactly the same noise as all the other songs. Liked (most of) the second half a lot more than the first, but was already somewhat done with the whole album. Favourite song: Sweet Sweet Least: Silverfuck (could have been a lot of them but this one was longest)

There were some others songs I quite liked but none of them came close to Ms. Jackson which makes it really hard to rate! Think the fact I accidentally listened to the clean versions can only have helped my rating. Favourite song: Ms. Jackson Least: Red Velvet

A few songs where I found his voice a bit too whiny but I really enjoyed it most of the time. Some gorgeous sad lyricism on this album- it doesn't surprise me at all that Phoebe Bridgers cited him as an influence. Three songs from this album are in Good Will Hunting, wonder if that means Elliott Smith knew about graph theory. Favourite song: Rose Parade Least: Cupid's Trick

Incredibly powerful first half about police brutality and racism. Actually thought the inserts were used really well- especially compared to how they have been on a lot of other hip hop albums. Became a little hard to remember how good and moving I found it when the focus seemed to detour into misogyny. There are a few songs I could cut out of the album to make it something I really enjoyed but as it is I cant help but feel he let complaining about women ruin what could have been a great album. Favourite song: Who Got The Camera? Least: Don't Trust 'Em

Took me a few songs to warm up to their style of singing but it really grew on me. Favourite song: Damaged Goods Least: Ether

Had definitely heard Peaches before, although I have no memory of when or where. Can't get over them all having very normal names (Hugh, Dave, Jean-Jacques) and then the drummer going by Jet Black. Not an album I would have sought out but I ended up really enjoying it. Favourite song: Hanging Around Least: Ugly

Lauryn Hill is just incredible! and those other guys were alright, I guess. The skits definitely took away from it but still a very very good album- if a tiny bit too long. Favourite song: Killing Me Softly with His Song Least: Family Business

How have I never listened to Siouxsie And The Banshees before! One (of many) bands mentioned as Lanes inspiration in Gilmore Girls so I've heard the name many times. I really enjoyed this album, love her voice. Favourite song: Into The Light Least: Voodoo Doll

Not sure why we're being given so many Sonic Youth albums, is this noise that different from the noise in their other albums? Favourite song: Chapel Hill Least: Swimsuit Issue

I really enjoyed the gravelliness of his voice. Just a great vibe. Favourite song: Country Comfort Least: Cut Across Shorty (could have been half the length quite easily)

Frank Black has a polished quality that Pixies (and his front man alter ego Black Francis) doesn't and that really suits the poppier songs on this album but it makes the songs where he's trying to be more punk sound a bit too empty. It is a lot of songs- but I never got bored. Favourite song: I Could Stay Here Forever Least: Freedom Rock

When asked about the sexism in this album Eazy-E "defended" it by saying that they weren't talking badly about all women, just the bitches. I think it makes it even more jarring knowing Dr. Dre has had allegations of domestic violence against him- they don't just rap about treating women (sorry, not women, just the bitches!) badly, they actually do it. Beyond those lyrics I'm still not a big fan- I think some of the songs get a bit samey. I do think that the times they chose to have multiple people rap in sync are done really well, and Fuck Tha Police and Express Yourself are both iconic. Favourite song: Express Yourself Least: 8 Ball

Might be sacrilege but sometimes there's a little too much going on for me around the actual music- maybe doesn't need the full 2 and half minutes of lead in to the singing on Time... Objectively great album still tho Favourite song: Money Least: On the Run

I liked it but not as much as I've liked similar music from different artists around the same time. Was pleasant music to have on while working but I'm not sure I needed to hear it before I die. Favourite song: Smug Least: On Sir Frances Drake

Was a real struggle to not just compare every song on this album to Do You Realize?? because I do really like this album, but I love that song. Favourite song: The Gash Least: The Spiderbite Song

This was the only CD in our car when I was a kid so I've heard it many many times. I'd like to think I'd find it just as stunning without the nostalgia but I really can't separate the two. Just gorgeous lyrics, vocals and music! I like his radio show but this album is actually Guy Garvey's finest hour. Favourite song: The Bones of You (or One Day Like This or Grounds for Divorce) Least: Weather to Fly

Liked all the songs individually but I got a bit bored by the end. And I just didn't enjoy it as much as the last Bob Marley & The Wailers album we had (Exodus) Favourite song: 400 years Least: All Day All Night

Really liked it to start! And then it just kept going and going and going. After I’d sat through the last three songs I’d forgotten how much I liked the start. Favourite song: My Sweet Lord Least: Out of the Blue

Very emotional album- maybe a tiny bit too mopey for me but there were some lovely songs, I can understand why people love it but I'm not one of those people. Favourite song: Nude or Faust Arp Least: Bodysnatched

Accidentally started from the wrong album cause they have albums called both "Yes" and "The Yes Album"- so I started the (correct) album already annoyed. It won me back a bit but I think there are too many 9 minute long songs. Favourite song: A Venture Least: Starship Trooper

I find his voice so calming and peaceful. Taught me a new musical instrument (the jews harp) and that I like it a lot less than Leonard Cohen does. Not my favourite of his albums that I've heard but I still enjoyed it. Favourite song: The Partisan Least: The Butcher

Couple of songs I'd heard (and liked) before but most of this album was new to me. Manages to be varied while staying consistently good and she's got an incredible voice! Favourite song: Down to Zero (also really liked Water With The Wine and People) Least: Save me

Really enjoyed it, some really fun and catchy parts. Some of the songs started to run into each other a little but still really great beats. Favourite song: It's Tricky Least: Dumb Girl

Great voice and great collection of love songs! Favourite: Thing Called Love Least: I Will Not Be Denied

They want to seem like cool rock stars but the nerds can't help but reference lord of the rings. Good song, good album. Favourite song: Ramble On Least: Moby Dick

Charming album, wonder if him being a maths student is why the music is so good to edit a maths paper to. Can't help but feel the title doesn't match the vibe of the album at all. I enjoyed it as background music but I probably won't listen again. Favourite song: Sunworshipper Least: Drop The Pressure

A bunch of the songs this album were discards from previous albums... and some of them should have stayed discarded. I liked it but not as much as the other Led Zeppelin album we've had and it feels far less cohesive and too long. Favourite: Houses of the Holy Least: Boogie with Stu

Some gorgeous and iconic songs, lots (and lots) of kind of fine songs and then a couple of truly shit songs. Obviously it's an iconic album but I'm more than happy to only hear the songs off this album that have made it to the greatest hits. Favourite Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (or Blackbird) Least: Revolution 9

Bit too loud for me and lots of the songs sounded the same. Didn't hate it but didn't love it. Favourite song: Combination Least: Back in the saddle

Every song is like five minutes of weird noises repeating. Headache inducing. Favourite song: Belladonna Least: Some Kind of Kink

I understand why it's on the list, so that's something. Might be the only thing. I didn't hate any of the songs but I didn't particularly enjoy them either, I was mostly just waiting for it to be over. Favourite song: Mutual Slump Least: Napalm Brain/ Scatter Brain

I much prefer the softer songs to the rocky ones, but overall I really like the album. Favourite song: This Mess We're in Least: The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore

Very close to being 5 stars. Really liked this album, lots of great songs and while I'd heard a couple most of them were new to me. I'll definitely be listening to the whole album again! Favourite: The Dark of the Matinee Least: Tell Her Tonight

The only album I gave 5 stars to the first time I started this project (to be fair I didn't review many albums), an incredible voice, stunning lyrics, just truly iconic album. Favourite song: Why? Least: Baby Can I Hold You

Sometimes has a bit of Elbow feel to it (which I'd never complain about), I really like his voice, overall a really gorgeous album that I'm glad to have heard for the first (but definitely not the last) time! Favourite song: Halfway Home Least: DLZ

It definitely gets a bit repetitive, found that most of the songs that I hadn't already heard blended together a bit. But I had heard quite a few of them before and it's still a good mellow album and deserves its place on this list. Favourite song: Yellow Least: Parachutes

I did some reading both of and about the lyrics to really understand what he was crafting with this album and I can see why people rate it so so highly, there's a lot of lyrical depth that is easy to miss on first listen. That being said there were some songs I just didn't enjoy listening to- I found the voices he gave some characters annoying, the line "shit don't change until you wash yo' ass" might be a good message but its not fun to keep hearing and I understand For Free? is meant to be a metaphor but the way the woman is presented gave me the ick. I'm glad to have listened and learnt about it and there were songs I really enjoyed but as a whole I won't be coming back to the album. Favourite song: i Least: U

Liked the first couple songs, then it got a bit too weird for me. Great voice, just not for me. Favourite song: Human Behaviour Least: Violently Happy

So very very 80s, obviously I've heard Take On Me before and I'm not sure I gained anything by hearing the rest of the album. Favourite song: Take On Me Least: Living a Boy's Adventure Tale

Too long!! And Sylvia Plath is such a weird song- had a performative male vibe to it, I could very much picture this man on the tube reading poetry in the hopes that girls think he's deep. There are some bangers on the album though- american road trip music, just think it needed more editing. Favourite song: Gonna Make You Love Me Least: Sylvia Plath

Fun! Think they should have kept the old band name- The Cheating Housewives! Makes you nostalgic for a time where America was the cool place where movies were set and not the dystopian place in the news. Favourite song: Say It Ain't So Least: Your Love is Like Las Vegas

Songs written purely for the purpose of guitar solos. I liked all the songs but it would have been nice if there was just one without the minute long guitar break. Favourite song: Pictures of Home Least: Highway Star

Imagine 7 years before she divorces her husband (your close personal friend George Harrison) you write a series of love songs for Pattie Boyd, only to treat her like absolute shit when you do get together (after nearly a decade of pining!). Also you're a racist and an anti-vaxxer. Anyway, while I don't think we'd get on I do think the music is good. It could do with some trimming, a few less guitar solos and I think some of the covers feel out of place. But Layla is such a great song. Hope Pattie's having much better luck with her third husband. Favourite song: Layla Least: Have You Ever Loved A Woman

Some of the warbling weirdness ventured a little too far into the strange (and annoying...) for me. But there were some songs I really liked! Favourite song: This Women's Work (also really liked Love And Anger) Least: Rocket's Tail

It's fine. Think there are lots of much better albums on the list and while it's definitely not the worst one we've had it just doesn't stand out at all to me. Favourite song: Helpless Least: Slick

When I saw the name and album cover I assumed I would hate the album but I ended up having quite a good time. Still not super my thing, bit too loud and lyrically uninspiring. I also had a great time reading Dave Mustaine's wikipedia page- what a strange man, gotta be careful if you sing along to the Conjuring or you might accidentally put a hex on someone! Favourite song: Peace Sells Least: Good Morning/Black Friday

Some of the songs were too techno for me but still an incredible album. Enjoy the Silence and Personal Jesus are such iconic and brilliant songs. Favourite song: Enjoy the Silence (also love Personal Jesus) Least: World In My Eyes

It's 2011, I'm 9 years old and on holiday. We're driving back to where we've been staying along winding costal roads after a long day of swimming and sightseeing and eating. My sisters iPod touch has the middle seat in the back of the rental card with two sets of headphones plugged into it and Adele's 21 plays on repeat, just as it did on the flight there and will on the flight home. Fourteen years later I still remember every word of the album- I also remember how travel sick I got on that journey. Favourite song: Rumour Has It (Or almost any of the songs dependent on the day) Least: One and Only

Think I have to be in the right mood for the whininess of Radiohead. Definitely warmed me to them that they named the album The Bends because it felt like they "came up too fast" getting famous so quickly from Creep. They have such a distinctively Radiohead sound and it just happens to really match the mood of re-re-rewriting a proof on a rainy Glasgow day. Favourite: Just Least: My Iron Lung

If you asked me before I started what album would have the song I'd heard the most I probably would have guessed a Taylor Swift album or maybe Paul Simon's Graceland. But the title goes to Tapestry by Carole King and my annual Gilmore girls watch through- seven seasons, 153 episodes, at least four complete watches of the show (maybe 5 or 6...) I might have heard Where You Lead more than any other song ever. Sure I prefer that version- recorded almost 30 years after this one with her daughter but whatever version this song feels like the start of something lovely, familiar and comforting. Favourite song: Where You Lead Least: Smackwater Jack

Understand why it's on the list. Clearly very influential guy and a great voice. I just found it all a tad too similar, didn't wow me. Favourite song: I Feel So Good Least: I've Got My Mojo Working

Some of the songs were a little "Look how good i am at guitar!" but overall still enjoyed the album, fun variety of songs Favourite Song: Going to California Least: Black Dog

This was his fifteenth studio album and he was 22, hate hate hate. Superstition won him his first and second (of 25!!!) Grammys .None of the rest of the album lives up to Superstition but I'm glad to have heard the rest of the album (even if I won't ever go back to it). Favourite song: Superstition Least: Maybe Your Baby

Feels like they were having fun making this album! Good beats and fun lyrics, just a really joyful listening experience. Never heard of these guys before and am very happy to have heard this album. Tiny bit too long/repetitive but still overall a good album experience. Favourite song: What "U" Waitin' "4" Least: Belly Dancin' Dina

Oh no! We're rich now and they want us to pay taxes! Shut up! Think the Indian influenced Love You To feels a bit out of place as well. But overall it's a classic Beatles album, can't get much more Beatles than Yellow Submarine and Eleanor Rigby! It's got the proper Beatles storytelling and vocals, really can't complain (more than I already have). Favourite song: I'm Only Sleeping Least: Love You To

Some nostalgic hits that I’d happily sing along to on a night out but other than that the album didn’t do much for me. There were points where I found the way he was singing a bit annoying and singing about a 17 year old is an odd choice Favourite song: Use Somebody Least: 17

Think I reached my funk limit at some point listening to this album. Maybe I'd enjoy it more if it was playing at a party rather than at my desk. Favourite song: Yearnin' Learnin' Least: Africano

So torn from how much I love the song Common People and how much I hated the Pencil Skirt lyric "I love it when you tell me to stop". Think in general it's a decent album with a few great songs and a few truly awful songs. I wouldn't listen to the full album again- probably wouldn't relisten to any of the songs I didn't already know. Favourite song: Common People Least: Pencil Skirt

Fun concept album! Some of the songs went on a bit too long. Honestly I was pretty excited for this album when I saw it and felt a bit underwhelmed, might be a bit harsh but nothing on this album was better than the Kinks songs I already knew. Maybe the next Kinks album we get I'll go into with better expectations. Favourite song: Victoria Least: She Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina

Maybe I'd like it more if I could drive. Or was German. Or didn't have ears. I know it was super culturally/musically significant but I just don't think I'll ever be a Kraftwerk fan. Favourite song: Autobahn (would be better if there was about 18 minutes less of it tho) Least: Morgenspaziergang

Went into the album only really knowing (and loving) Everything in its Right Place so I had high expectations. I was very much let down, there were some pretty good songs but there was far too much annoying noisy headache inducing beeping bullshit. By the end the whining of his voice was also annoying me, had to go back and listening to Everything in its Right Place again to not rate this any lower. Favourite song: Everything in its Right Place Least: Idioteque

Didn't blow me away as much as Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Tiny Dancer is such an iconic song that the rest of the album just really doesn't compare, especially Indian Sunset which feels very unnecessary. Favourite song: Tiny Dancer Least: Indian Sunset

Lovely album. Quite easy listening vibes which isn't always bad but parts of the album just felt a bit too simple. Fun but not incredible. Favourite song: Mamunia Least: Bluebird

This album is a collaboration not only between Wilco and Billy Bragg (and Natalie Merchant) but also Woody Guthrie whose daughter gave them these lyrics that Woody had written some 50 to 60 years before this album was recorded. There is sometimes a noticeable difference in the songs with music written by Wilco vs Billy Bragg but I enjoyed both the softer and more upbeat songs, however the transition from Birds and Ships to Hoodoo Voodoo was jarring. I heard a couple of the songs on this album before but I like them even more knowing the story behind them and the amount of love and respect that had to go into making this an album. Favourite song: Way Over Yonder In the Minor Key Least: Hoodoo Voodoo or The Unwelcomed Guest

A teacher at our school once told me and Lola that the Come on Eileen music video was filmed nearby so we (I think unprompted) went to the locations of the music video and recreated the dancing- these videos will not be shared but does mean I sometimes cringe a little when I hear the song. But regardless of being 16 and finding everything embarrassing we still stood out on the street and danced and laughed at ourselves. Come on Eileen is exactly that kind of song, a bit silly, a bit infectious and a whole lot of fun when sung with a crowd, or just one friend. It's an album to put you in a good mood- I definitely enjoy the less upbeat songs a lot less but overall I still enjoyed the album. Favourite song: Come on Eileen Least: Old

A lot of variety and yet I still found myself bored, at least on the songs where I wasn't actively annoyed. Feels like one of those cases where someone was in a famous band so their record label just lets them make whatever they want afterwards with no direction or comments. Not a fan. Favourite song: Here's The One That Got Away Least: Me Ship Came in

Every now and then a pub quiz asks what the first music video played on MTV was, but now I'm prepared for if they ever ask what the first music video on MTV Europe was. Opens very strong, didn't like the middle few songs as much- was thrown by the jazziness. Favourite song: Money for Nothing Least: Ride Across the River

Peeled many many potatoes while this album was on and my dad was singing along- not sure Crosby, Stills, Nash and Yates is quite as good as the original. Or if either is as good as Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Favourite song: Helplessly Hoping (or Guinnevere) Least: Song with No Words

I enjoyed the vibe but could have done with a few less songs- they started to get a bit much of the same thing by the end. Could even say they got a bit... pointless... (the bassist is Richard Osman's brother Mat Osman, now read the joke again and laugh please!) Favourite song: New Generation Least: Daddy's Speeding

Good beats and the occasional satisfying turn of phrase but mostly the lyrics made me cringe, think at some point he called himself (or the song?) the eighth wonder of the world. Also not a fan of how much Kanye is all over the production. I do enjoy the lyric "so much coke you could run the slalom". Favourite song: U Don't Know Least: Girls, Girls, Girls

This album deserves its spot on the list for the wikipedia read alone- at my count this guy has five albums he produced on the list, and then you reach the murder section. The album itself was exactly what you'd expect- lovely to listen to on Christmas morning but hard to rate Christmas songs that highly. Favourite song: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Least: The Bells of St. Mary

Liked this more than the other dire straits album. The guitar is gorgeous and it balances his voice so well. Really really enjoyable listen- only complaint would be that some of the songs are a little long. Favourite song- Sultans of Swing Least- In The Gallery

Don't know what I expected but it wasn't this. Surprisingly fun album! It's nice to hear something that manages to be both a unique sound and enjoyable to listen to! Favourite song: Locomotive Breath (also really liked Mother Goose) Least: My God

Gorgeous album! Feel like it should be listened to late on a summer evening. Favourite song: Blue Skies Least: September Song

Took a couple listens for his voice to stop being annoying and for me to be in the right mood to properly listen to the lyrics without getting distracted by anything else. But it was worth the endurance to hear the gorgeous stories told beautifully... mostly- maybe I need to endure a little more because he crept back into annoying on a couple songs, especially when the harmonica came out... Favourite song: Simple Twist of Fate Least: Buckets of Rain

These guys would love youtube/tiktok musical skits. It's a comedic album and sometimes the comedy comes at expense of the music and sometimes they go hand in hand. I think this album balances that a lot better than We're Only In It For The Money but there's still moments where the punchline is a scream or weird noise that makes listening a bit rough. Could have done with a few cuts but there were a lot of songs that were really fun to listen to! Favourite song: Anyway The Wind Blows (or You Didn't Try To Call Me) Least: The Return Of The Song Of Monster Magnet

Got a little heavy for me in parts but lots of stuff i liked. Good rock when it wasn't too grungey- wouldn't listen to the full album again but there are songs that I'll definitely come back to. Favourite song: Black Least: Why Go

Good energy, some proper bops, but did get a bit repetitive. Found Red, White & Blue really weird- like they were trying to make a football song- a bit too patriotic for me personally. Favourite song: Living After Midnight Least: Red, White & Blue

Awful haircuts. The songs are all pretty similar- but I really like the first song so I'm happy to hear it again. Fun energy and nice and short! Do think they could work on their annunciation a tad. Favourite song: Blitzkrieg Bop Least: I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement

Fairytale of New York is a great song. And then there’s an hour of other music. The music itself didn’t really appeal to me and then his voice made it even worse, think I’m happy leaving this album liking as many pogues songs as I did before I heard it. Favourite song: Fairytale of New York Least: Worms

Sometimes it was funny and funky music but mostly it was annoying noises. There’s definitely a way to do satire that’s still fun to listen to- this isn’t it. Favourite song: What’s the Ugliest Part of Your Body Least: Nasal Retentive Calliope Music

There were individual songs or parts of the songs that I really liked but I found myself quite tired of the whole thing by the end of the album. Favourite song: Roundabout Least: Five Percent of Nothing

Little too angsty and a little too long for me. I really enjoy his vocals. Not really a grunge girl but there were quite a few songs on this album that I really enjoyed (although possibly they were the less grungey of the songs). Is definitely the kind of music I could imagine I would have really loved at my angstiest, but I'm probably ten years too late now. Favourite song: Black Hole Sun (or The Day I Tried to Live) Least: Half

Had a bit of fear when I saw it was a jazz album but I actually found it very easy to listen to. Good background music while doing other things but wasn't super into it when I wasn't busy. Favourite song: Blue Ronda a la Lark Least: Take Five

Found the rawness of her voice a bit jarring when the album started but I warmed up to it. And then I unwarmed again. I went back and forth a lot in this album, there were songs that suited her voice and the roughness and there were others where it verged on annoying. Favourite song: Dress Least: Happy and Bleeding

Not really a synth pop fan. While I'm sure it was an influential album like everyone keeps saying, I don't like what it influenced. That or people saying they were inspired by Roxy Music- another band I'm not a fan of. Favourite song: All Tomorrows Parties Least: In Vogue

Know the cover so well so was a little shocked to realise I didn't know any of the songs. There were quite a few annoying noises in the songs- started to convince myself it was recording fault and then the last song started and it because clear it was all purposeful. Got worse and worse as the album went on. Favourite song: Sunday Morning Least: European Son

Disappointing lack of jokes for a live at the Apollo... Think hearing the audience in a live album can be super interesting but all the screaming wasn't adding much for me, think in this case I'd have preferred a studio recording. I think sometimes I ruin these albums for myself by reading the Wikipedia pages- he's clearly got a great voice and the band is flawless but I couldn't helping thinking about how he treated women. Favourite song: Medley: Please, Please, Please/You've Got The Power/I Found Someone Least: Lost Someone

Insane cast of characters on this album. I like the folky feeling songs more than the gospel and funky guitar ones (but maybe that's me imposing my expectations for the album...). I don't like this album as much as when he's in the bigger groups but I'm still very glad to have listened to it! Favourite song: Do For The Others Least: Cherokee

Cannot convey how much energy putting Faith on first thing this morning gave me- burst out of bed like I was in a music video. The rest of the album is a bit underwhelming in comparison. In fact I'd go as far to say I don't need the rest of them... but I gotta have faith! Favourite song: Faith Least: Monkey

Cool concept, some fun songs, some just a bit too odd and repetitive for me. Favourite song: Clint Eastwood Least: Sound Check (Gravity)

Not as hard to listen to as I feared it would be but still not really my thing. Favourite song: Prowler Least: Transylvania

Stupid name for an album. Lots of bangers but it does get a little samey. They were playing the first concert I went to with (now one of my best friends) Milo- although probably not my favourite artist from that concerts line up. Favourite song: Basket Case Least: In The End

Wasn't surprised to find out the lead singer produced Sam Fender's album, you can really hear how this inspired his sound. So lovely to get a good album from a band I've never heard of and want to keep listening to! Favourite song: An Ocean In Between The Waves Least: The Haunting Idle

You can tell this guy is a musical theatre fan by the grandness of the music and the storytelling. I hadn't heard any of this album before and I love it, it's gorgeous and varied and emotional with such well constructed lyrics! And even better with headphones on- I feel like I'm surrounded by the music. I Want Two listen to it again and again! Favourite song: Art Teacher (or Gay Messiah) Least: Agnus Dei (really wasn't a fan on first listen but it's grown on me)

Find the album art a bit spooky. Honestly I got a bit bored of listening to this album and some of the songs started blending together. He's got a nice voice though! Favourite song: I'm In The Mood Least: The Healer

Old man, look at my life, 24 and there's so much more! Favourite song: Old Man Least: There's a World

None of the others hit the way Alright did. Some of the songs were a bit too high energy. Favourite song: Alright Least: We're Not Supposed To

There's no denying that Beyonce had a huge impact on music and pop culture (I mean there's a full wikipedia article called "Cultural Impacts of Beyonce") and Destiny's Child was the start of that. The album itself starts very bop heavy with some truly iconic songs but it definitely drops off a bit towards the end when the ballads start up and the weird religious song at the end really threw me. Iconic album if a bit incohesive. Favourite song: Bootylicious Least: Gospel Medley

Never a fan of being screamed at, even when the screams are in the form of "wah"s and "wow"s. Plus the sound quality was a bit shaky. Pretty fun music and I understand the "punkness" was ahead of it's time but it sounds pretty old to me. Favourite song: Do You Love Me Least: Dirty Robber

Struggled to get through this one, found it alternated between dull and annoying. Favourite song: Aladdin's Story Least: Death Threat

I can imagine in certain moods I'd really like this but in todays mood I found a lot of it boring. Some good songs but a lot of indecipherable mummuring. Favourite song: Cherry-coloured Funk Least: Fifty-fifty Clown

Mostly pretty fun and dancey, occasionally slips into annoying. The issue for me is that when a song you don't like comes on (and repeats uninspired lyrics) it does that for like 8 minutes! But the songs that I like I really like. Favourite song: All My Friends Least: Get Innoculous!

Frankie Teardrop has got to be one of the worst songs I've ever had to sit through, and there's 10 minutes of it!!! Favourite song: Che Least: Frankie Teardrop

Little too beep boppy for me at points but overall I find myself a Pet Shop Boys fan. Found the lyricism and story behind Being Boring very touching. Not sure why they say "years" like that. Favourite: How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously? Least: So Hard

I don't particularly like her voice which made this album quite difficult to listen to. I quite liked his vocals but the slowness of it meant after one song of that I was ready for it to be done. Favourite song: Hell Is Round The Corner Least: Feed Me

I love his voice, lyrics and guitar so much. I also (somewhat surprisingly) really enjoyed the instrumentals. I've only heard Pink Moon before and in comparison there's definitely some unnecessary extra production to Bryter Layter (although admittedly some of it is done gorgeously). It's a bit heartbreaking to hear a man who died at 26 singing "a whole long lifetime could have been the end". Favourite song: One of These Things First Least: Poor Boy

This album simultaneously makes me nostalgic for growing up in the city (or at least in the suburbs of the city) and makes me desperate to leave the city and stand somewhere green before there's nowhere green left to stand. Favourite song: Modern Man (or Ready to Start) Least: Half Life I

I really enjoyed the first song- it had movie soundtrack vibes, but the rest of the album just didn't live up to that level of fun. Favourite song: Birdland Least: Remark You Made

This was the first album I ever rated when I first attempted this list, I gave it four stars, my favourite song was Parasite. Now when I listen to it I'm bought back to walking home in the dark on a clear night having just submitted a draft of my dissertation letting this beautiful voice calm me down. Favourite: Parasite Least: Road

His voice does sometimes verge on annoying but most of the time I enjoy it. These songs tell stories in such a fun and beautiful way, just really fun to listen to. Favourite song: Seeing Other People Least: Mayfly

Some of it got a bit too repetitive but mostly I really enjoyed it- also very cute that his dad is playing the trumpet on Life's a Bitch. Favourite song: Memory Lane Least: One Love

Not a huge fan of the talking in the songs and they can get a bit repetitive but overall very very fun album. Made me want to dance- but I think my office mates would find that a tad strange so I stuck to head nodding and a tiny bit of shoulder wiggling. Favourite song: Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) Least: Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples

I think the ten minute song is unnecessary but otherwise really lovely folk music. I'd only heard (and loved) Who Knows Where The Time Goes before but really enjoyed the rest of the songs. Fairly tragic wikipedia reading though :( Favourite song: Si tu dois partir (and i still really love Who Knows Where The Time Goes?) Least: A Sailor's Life

These guys were just having a fun little (long) jam together- absolutely no need for it to be recorded or sold though. Felt like a lot of effort to get through it all. Favourite song: Out Bloody Rageous Least: Facelift

Feel like there’s a joke I’m not getting, like a bunch of teenage boys have somehow managed to have their shitty album get big. Favourite song: White Light/White Heat Least: The Gift

I really enjoyed the sounds of this album and reading about them makes the title all the more meaningful. You can really feel the emotions in the music even if you can't understand the lyrics (and google was very little help on the lyrics). Always lovely to hear a good album I never would have sought out without the list. Favourite song: Petit Metier (also loved the first couple of songs) Least: Al Tchere Bele

Some of these songs are just the same riff again and again and again until you go crazy. Favourite song: You Would Know Least: Walkin on the Sidewalks

I enjoy the novelty of there being two mixes of the album- but I think I enjoy that more than the music (of either mix). Favourite song: I Need Somebody Least: Penetration

Their first four album covers seem to show a journey the band are taking together and the music of this album makes me feel like I'm on this quest with them. I'm not certain where we're going but I think we're going to make it! Favourite song: Seven Seas Least: Thorn of Crowns (bit too odd at points but I still liked it!)

Think them each dressing as one of the songs on the album for the cover is a really lovely idea (I enjoyed figuring out who was who)- but there were 13 songs on the original release, there's absolutely no reason New Delhi needed to be represented on the cover... The New Delhi outtro and that feature of the album cover lose this album a star for me. Otherwise I did really enjoy the album, nice anti-tory song, our House is a classic, lots of fun songs. Favourite song: Tomorrow's (Just Another Day) Least: New Delhi

This isn't the first time this album has been recommended to me, a teacher said it was his favourite in an assembly once and I mostly remember us making jokes about the name, not sure I even listened to it then. Some songs I really like but a whole album of it was a bit much. Favourite song: Only Happy When It Rains Least: As Heaven Is Wide

Why is there a 13 minute instrumental!!! And there's some really weird noises in it so it's not even fun to listen to. Thought the rest of the songs were great fun but that one was a chore. Favourite song: Stand! Least: Sex Machine

By the next album the Foo Fighters were an actual band with different people playing the different instruments. But for this album alone Dave Grohl was the Foo Fighters- which is insanely cool. I think the story of it alone makes the album worth listening to but it helps that the music is good! Favourite song: Big Me Least: Exhausted

I love an angry woman album. There's some stunning feminist anthems on this album and I wish I'd heard it sooner. Think it could do with a little less milk chat, and sometimes I find her voice a little too rough to fully enjoy the songs. Favourite song: Doll Parts (also love Jennifer's Body- never knew the film was named after a song!) Least: Softer, Softest

I think the first song does a really bad job of introducing the album- it gets so much better once you get past that. In fact I would really love this album without the first song and the 11 minute long song that has too much going on. Some good wiki reading: shortly after this album BS&T went on a US state department sponsored tour and became the first rock band to break through the Iron Curtain- making this album historic for more than just beating Abbey Road and Crosby, Stills And Nash for the 1970s album of the year Grammy. Favourite song: And When I Die Least: Blues, Pt. II

We've had a very Nirvana adjacent week- with the Foo Fighters and Hole- feels bad to say that the Nirvana album is my least favourite of them. But there's no doubt that Nirvana was incredibly influential, only takes a week of album listening to see that. Some too screamy moments that are uncomfortable to listen to and some rough lyrics that are also uncomfortable to listen to, makes the whole listening experience not very enjoyable. Favourite song: Dumb Least: Rape Me

Some very good and fun songs but some of the other songs completely missed the mark for me, or (like Animals) had bits I really liked and bits I could do without. And the last few songs really ended the album poorly. Overall fine but I know enough Talking Heads songs to imagine they could make a truly great album. Favourite song: Cities Least: Drugs

Very fun songs! Lots of long songs- mostly I enjoyed them enough that it didn't really register to me but I was very much aware of all 11 minutes of Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis and all 5 minutes and 43 seconds of Into You. Favourite song: Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock? Least: Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers)

I like her better without the velvet underground, but there's still a lot of velvet underground on this album. I, like Nico, think the flutes are a bit unnecessary. Favourite song: These Days Least: It Was A Pleasure Then

Had such powerful lyrics as "I'm pissin' on myself" and honestly that was in one of the better songs. His voice is really really annoying and while there are good bits of music it would have to be a lot better to make up for the voice. Favourite song: Jane Says Least: Summertime Rolls

Really enjoyed, great tunes, good beats, sometimes a little on the raw side for me but I love the energy. I'm also so obsessed with the fact the drummers personal life section on wikipedia only says that he does magic and metal detecting. Favourite song: Where Is My Mind? Least: Tony's Theme

I read the director, Michael Darlow's, account of filming the documentary- said he traded front row seats to the prisons six biggest gang leaders in return for their guarantee that none of the film crew would be attacked. I love that San Quentin is on it twice- Darlow says Cash wanted to make sure there was a clear recording of it, both for the film and for the album, but I chose to believe the reaction was just so good that he had to play it again immediately. Favourite song: San Quentin (reprise) Least: Wreck of the Old '97

Recently we've had Nirvana's last album, Foo Fighter's first album and Hole's album Live Through This- which came out days after Kurt Cobain died. And this is another album that has become linked with his death (despite coming out 15 years before), it's where the line that concludes Cobain's suicide note was introduced: "It's better to burn out than to fade away." There's clearly historical significance to the album and there are lyrics that stay with you, for better or worse. Neil Youngs voice and story telling are always so so good and this album is no exception especially in Powderfinger and the CS&N diss track Trasher. A couple slightly odd songs keep it from being 5 stars. Favourite song: My, My, Hey, Hey (Out of the Blue) Least: Welfare Mothers

I had to listen so many times because I kept just forgetting it was playing and tuning out. As soon as I did anything else I forgot to keep listening. Fine line between chill and boring. Favourite song: Rise Least: (Man) Tha Journey

My dad claims this is the second best album (after the first Led Zeppelin album) not sure I'd go that far but I do love his voice. Sometimes too jazzy for me but that's balanced out by how much I love some of the other songs. Favourite song: May You Never Least: Solid Air

Great rock album- perfect balance of energy and refined musicality. The guitar is very impressive but I could have done with a couple less "look how good he is" riffs. Favourite song: Jamie's Cryin' Least: Atomic Punk

Feels like sacrilege to say this but I don't enjoy Janis Joplin's vocals.. It sounds like she's lost her voice but is trying to sing anyway- especially on Summertime. There are moments when I do understand the hype but it's not consistent for me. Favourite song: Piece of My Heart Least: Summertime

I think if my anxiety made an album it would sound exactly like this. It's definitely got the vocals right. A boy in my office got so stressed today that he climbed out of the window (we're on the ground floor but it still felt fairly drastic). This album makes me consider following. Favourite song: Dub Housing Least: Thriller!

He does storytelling very well. A lot of reviews saying they prefer Bob Dylan songs sung by other people (which I maybe agree with but I do still enjoy his singing) which makes me wonder how many Bob Dylan written songs are on the list from other peoples albums- I can think of 5 albums we've already had with BD songs so there must be tons! Favourite song: Ballad of a Thin Man Least: Queen Jane Approximately (too much harmonica! chill with it!)

Some stuff I quite liked and then also some weird choices: the background noise in A Reflection made me think there were building works happening outside my office and the mixing on Secrets and At Night was like the lyrics were being whispered. Overall fairly unremarkable album. Favourite song: A Forest Least: A Reflection

Feels very American, but in a good way. There are no bad songs, it's a great country rock album- short and sweet! Favourite song: Bad Moon Rising Least: The Night Time Is The Right Time

The shortest song is over 5 minutes long and I don't think any of the songs have enough good content to make them worth being that long. Started to all sound the same at some point. Favourite song: One Least: Eye of the Beholder

Great name. It is very one-man-beatles-esk, and sometimes you're like "yeah why did they ever need four of them!" and then sometimes he's drowned out by the full orchestra in the background and you get the appeal of having more voices. Quite a few songs I knew (Gotta Get Up, Coconut, etc) without ever having heard his name before. Favourite song: Gotta Get Up Least: I'll Never Leave You

Never heard of these guys before- gorgeous album and such a unique sound, what a treat! Think whoever designed the album cover hadn't heard the album. Favourite song: Across the Wire Least: Crumble

His back up band is called the Nashville Teens- bit worrying after he'd married his 13 year old cousin, I'd probably vote to keep all teens away from him. Think I could have done without hearing the album and reading his Wikipedia page because now I think I'll feel a little icky every time I hear Great Balls Of Fire (also prefer the studio version of it to the live version). Favourite song: Great Balls Of Fire Least: Your Cheating Heart

It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle and kind. Favourite song: Bigmouth Strikes Again Least: Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

I like it, Hotel California especially is iconic. But I don't understand what made it one of the best selling albums of all time, why did more people buy this than Rumours or any Beatles album?? Find the slow songs quite underwhelming. Favourite song: Hotel California Least: The Last Resort

I think it's really close to being good but then they added extra distortion and production until it became annoying. The album version of making a good professional presentation and then going through it and adding the spinning slide transitions. Favourite song: Sea Song Least: Break Me Gently

Have to assume Nighthawkin' isn't referring to when people use metal detectors to steal artifacts from archeological sights. Not really a fan- don't think I needed to hear him sing about licking toes. Favourite song: Nighthawkin' Least: Devil Eyes

The pitchfork review calls it an album "only teenagers could love" and maybe I would have loved it if I'd first heard it years ago but I'm now neither a teenager nor a Smashing Pumpkins fan. I enjoy the songs where they do something different but I can't tell if I actually like them or just want a break from the rest of album... It felt like an achievement to have made it to the end- I don't think that's how listening to an album should feel. Favourite song: Cupid De Locke Least: Tales Of A Scorched Earth

The whispering at the end of the first track gave me goosebumps. Not a huge fan of starting and ending the album with 10 minute long songs. Can You Get To That is gorgeous, such an incredibly well made and performed song that contrasts so much with the chaos of the rest of the album. Favourite song: Can You Get To That Least: Wars of Armageddon

A few improv moments that went on a little long for me but otherwise shocked by how much I enjoyed this. I'd never heard of King Crimson before and I feel like I've fixed an important gap in my musical education. Favourite song: In The Court Of The Crimson King Least: Moonchild

Alex Turner's got such a distinctive voice but this album still manages to feel very different from any Artic Monkeys' music I know. I think that side projects of famous band members can often be self indulgent and under edited and it's so nice to see it done so so well: this album feels like a work of art. Favourite song: Black Plant Least: I Don't Like You Anymore

I really enjoy the combination of their softer vocals with the rock music. Didn't love the first song but the album grew on me. Favourite song: Look At You Least: Half of Ashes

It started so strong, what a gorgeous song! Read that he sued Rod Stewart but I was still jump scared by the Da Ya Think I'm Sexy melody when it started. I'm not a huge cuíca fan and after a while the squeaky sound of it started to annoy me a bit, but it was more than made up for the stunning vocals, rhythms and the other drums. Favourite song: Ponta De Lanca Africano Least: Meus Filhos, Meu Tesouro

Young Americans and Fame are really great songs, but the rest of the album doesn't reach the same heights. Never knew that Lennon helped write Fame, puts the Beatles cover into context (although it's still not great). Favourite song: Young Americans Least: Across The Universe

Perfect sunny weather album. Love the songs with Astrud on them- musically the three of them work so so well together, although interpersonally (and financially) I think Astrud deserved much better than what they put her through. Favourite song: The Girl From Ipanema Least: O Grande Amor

There's a weird freaky circus vibe at points- it's like he knows I've been listening to the magnus archives. A couple songs I really like but too much weirdness just for the sake of being weird for me. Favourite song: In The Neighborhood Least: Dave the Butcher

This album makes me feel like I'm at an open mic night having to listen to loads of dramatic (and kind of shitty) poetry. I can imagine them sitting around with little notebooks brainstorming about the Manson family and Hitchcock films and quotes from Ulysses. And how proud they would have been to call it Love backwards. It's all a little too pretentious for me. That being said musically I like it more than the other Sonic Youth albums I've rated. Favourite song: Tom Violence Least: Starpower

Obviously it's a long album and it suffers from the nature of this reviewing process- they probably weren't ever expecting people to try to listen to it in a day. Although everyone complaining should be glad he didn't make it 100 love songs like originally planned. Honestly the further into the album I got the more I appreciated the scale of it. It's not just an album its a project on love songs, an exploration across genres, emotions and types and stages of relationships. There are some truly gorgeous songs and lyrics and while they aren't all perfect I never got bored or annoyed, I was always excited to see what they'd done next and I'm really glad this project made me listen to it all. Favourite song: All My Little Words (also absolutely love The Book of Love and Absolutely Cuckoo) My favourite new song: Meaningless (or It's A Crime, or I'm Sorry I Love You) Least: Love Is Like Jazz

Definitely liked the first half more than the second, but I can't tell if that's the songs themselves or if I was getting bored of their sound/her voice. Love the album cover. Favourite song: Soft Shock Least: Runaway

Listened to Free Man In Paris and saw that Joni Mitchell had written it about a friend of hers who's a music promoter. I thought "damn imagine having to promote a song about how nice it would be to not have all the ties and stresses of the working world" and then I read David Geffen's wikipedia page and I lost that sympathy- now it's more like "damn imagine having $9 billion and Joni Mitchell wrote a song about you!". I love her storytelling and her voice, it doesn't have any of my favourite songs of hers but overall I really enjoyed the album. Favourite song: Free Man In Paris (or Raised on Robbery) Least: Twisted

I really wanted to like it- so many interesting musical choices and genre bending decisions, and I love that her first two albums are named after her parents (and then her next two are named after herself). But musically I found a lot of the choices she made put me off. And I thought I'd get more of a sense of her mum from the album named after her- but I can't imagine that songs like XR2 are at all about her mum, unless they went out raving in the 90s together. Favourite song: Paper Planes Least: World Town

I've not seen the film Superfly and I was quite confused about what the scenes that go with some of the songs could possibly look like (but in the film at least Freddie's dead is instrumental, which makes sense). The soundtrack doesn't need the film to be wonderful and entertaining. The music is gorgeous and I really enjoy his voice. Favourite song: No Thing On Me (Cocaine Song) Least: Eddie You Should Know Better

I just don't like it. I think the over the top focus on Englishness in the first song put me off and I just never came back. The actual musical performances didn't help. I know what I like (and it isn't this). Favourite song: I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) Least: The Battle of Epping Forest

I really don't want to be someone who just rules albums out by genre immediately so I swear I try to listen to everything with an open mind. But jazz continues to be outside of my understanding. I enjoyed the first song for a little while from about 6 minutes in and I liked the first and last four minutes of the second song. But both are 20 minute long songs with big sections of what sounds to me to be unstructured freestyle saxophone that drove me a little mad so I'll probably never listen to the bits I did like again. Favourite song: In a Silent Way Least: Shhh / Peaceful

Putting into words the way I feel about this album isn't easy. I think it's musically gorgeous with beautiful vocals and incredible storytelling. But mostly I think it's impossible to separate this album from all my memories of it. There was a year or so my parents were traveling full time and Homeless was my dad's anthem (always sang incredibly overly dramatically). When I turned 21 my flatmate put You Can Call Me Al on the party playlist because he knew how much I liked it and I remember feeling so loved and seen and surrounded by my favourite people as it played. And there are the countless memories of singing along to Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes and Graceland on long car rides with my family. Favourite song: You Can Call Me Al Least: I Know What I Know (but I love the whole album really)

Two great things have come out of this album: the iconic scene at the end of 10 things I hate about you where a cover of I Want You To Want Me is played on the roof, and the scene in New Girl where she sings Surrender to try to get her parents to stop arguing. I could happily have not listened to any of the other songs on the album (maybe with the exception of Clock Strikes Ten). Also the producer says it wasn't even recorded at Budakon, I think pretending it is is a bit of a... cheap trick... Favourite song: I Want You To Want Me Least: Goodnight

Clearly very influential and I'm glad to have listened but it's not music I'd go back to. Feels very formulaic, and I know you need the formula to then have future musicians break it but I was quite bored of it by the end which is impressive with such a short album. Nice harmonies though and it's fun that these guys were on Graceland when we had it just a few days ago. Favourite song: Lucille Least: Made to Love

It's like listening to the Beatles before they were the Beatles, just lyrically and vocally a bit worse. Hate that the mixing means on headphones all the singing is in one ear and the music in the other: feels like my ears aren't working right. I don't hate any of it but with 6 other (better?) Beatles albums on the list I'm not sure we had to hear this one. Favourite song: Don't Bother Me Least: I Wanna Be Your Man

This album won two awards at the first ever Grammys, so I'm glad to hear it for music history reasons alone. I was bit apprehensive seeing it was a jazz album but ended up actually really liking it- I think it's the use of shorter structured songs rather than the long improvisational pieces I've come to dread. Felt a bit like I should be in West Side Story at points, that or a 60s dinner party having a cigarette and a prawn cocktail in a conversation pit. Favourite song: After Supper Least: Double-O

Not sure the organ was super necessary and sometimes I think they went a bit over the top with all the guitar but there were a lot of moments I really enjoyed and More Than A Feeling is such an iconic song. Favourite song: More Than A Feeling Least: Foreplay/Long Time

I love the way she sings, I think it suits the music so well. It's a short and sweet album with a great energy level. And I love the album cover. Favourite song: The Once over Twice Least: White Girl

I really love the faster more upbeat songs but I got bored during the slow ballads and found the ballad and synth combo weird. Favourite song: You Haven't Done Nothing Least: They Won't Go When I Go

Maybe it's that I'm (lightly) hungover, maybe it's my general lack of patience for jazz, but it took me a couple tries to get into the album. When I did I found it was a fun high energy album with a funky spy movie vibe. Sometimes the horns toed the line of annoying but I think the joy and the shortness of the songs meant nothing actually crossed the line. Favourite song: Minor Rama Least: Holiday

Some really great songs, weighed against some songs where the fake Jamaican accent Sting does it really pronounced. I think generally the "white reggae" concept put a sour taste in my mouth and the album wasn't good enough for me to get past it. Favourite song: Message in a Bottle Least: No Time This Time

Singing Jump for a mattress commercial nearly got the New Directions banned from sectionals! And that's what you missed on Glee. Fun short album! Favourite song: Jump Least: Drop Dead Legs

I don't dislike it, it's just kind of unremarkable, after listening I couldn't remember any details of any of the songs. Didn't enjoy the Born To Be Wild cover but it led me to the existence of an Ozzy Osbourne and Miss Piggy cover of it. Favourite song: Love Removal Machine Least: Born To Be Wild

Find this quite hard to score because I love Into My Arms and People Ain't No Good but there is so much on this album that I don't like. He's playing hopscotch with the line between gorgeous lyricism and pretentiousness. I much prefer this Nick Cave era to his birthday party shit. Favourite song: People Ain't No Good Least: Green Eyes

So iconic to name the song that completes the album you're getting paid 20 grand for "Suite for 20 G". Fun folky guitar and lovely voice, very calming album. Favourite song: Fire and Rain Least: Oh Baby, Don't You Loose Your Lip On Me

The dread I felt seeing there were only 5 songs on the 45 minute album- I live in fear of long messy showy improvised jazz. But I was pleasantly surprised, it was peaceful and tidy and lovely. Some gorgeous moments but it never felt like it was showing off. It was improvised but it never felt too far from where it started. I wouldn't necessarily just listen to it again but I'd be happy to put it on in the background... maybe I don't hate jazz. Favourite song: Freddie Freeloader Least: Flamenco Sketches

When this album came out the bassist Bill Wyman was 35, his future wife (and step granddaughter....) wasn't yet 1. Anyway album wise, the only song I really already knew was Wild Horses. Some dodgy lyrics and I hate the cover, hate that it originally had a working zip even more. Musically I liked it but other than Wild Horses nothing really stood out to me. Favourite song: Wild Horses Least: Brown Sugar

Some lyrical moments I really liked but the actual music seemed set on pissing me off. There was a moment in Let's All Make A Bomb where all the squeaking and whistling felt like they were about to transition into HSM's hit song Get'cha Head In The Game. Love that the original vinyl had a locked groove to repeat "for a very long time" indefinitely but on spotify it just makes it feel like just an annoying choice. Favourite song: Song With No Name Least: Geisha Boys and Temple Girls

After the initial scream and reading the top three global reviews I was pretty prepared to hate this album. But it was so fun! I loved the energy, I loved the weird Elvis vocals and the more spoken Fuck Shit Up, I loved the genre combination! I could have done without the initial scream and the last song but overall a much better type of explosion than I feared. Favourite song: Rocketship (or Fuck Shit Up) Least: Sticky

I'm not a big fan of his voice when he's singing slower songs or singing higher pitched but I really enjoyed the more upbeat songs and his deeper singing voice. Favourite song: Papa bonheur Least: Koweit, rive gauche

I don't know why but before listening I assumed I'd like The Love Below a lot more than Speakerboxxx, I think it was mainly a name based judgement and because Hey Ya! is on The Love Below. And then I heard Unhappy- and immediately added it to my playlist. Speakerboxxx is probably one of the best (if not the best) hip-hop albums I've listened to while doing this project. I forgive all the other interludes because it means we got Bamboo- this is how you put your kid on an album, not the fucked up way Eminem did it. And in contrast I hated The Love Below so much more than I thought I would. I found the God Interlude funny (A-lady!) and Hey Ya! is such an incredible and iconic song. But there were so many songs I just didn't like: overly horny, (literally) shitty lyrics and musically underwhelming. I could happily have never listened to any of the non Hey Ya! tracks on The Love Below (fine, I liked Take Off Your Cool). Favourite song: Unhappy (It's probably actually Hey Ya! but out of protest I won't give it to a song from The Love Below!) Least: Prototype

I understand it's influential and I'm glad to have heard it so I can say I have, but I won't be listening again. Favourite song: Ann Least: We Will Fall

When ZZ Top breaks up I hope an imposter band starts touring as them, to honour Dusty Hill and Frank Beards origins as members of the fake Zombies. Might be harder to do now we have the internet. Favourite song: Gimme All Your Lovin' Least: TV Dinners

The perfect album for when I'm feeling like I'm the first person to ever have to actually do work at work. Let myself be indulgently self pitying along with The Smiths for 36 minutes and then I pull myself together (this is the step Morrissey seems to have forgotten). Favourite song: I Started Something I Couldn't Finish Least: Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me

Literally the worst time in history to have a song about how dumb New York cops are. Favourite song: Last Nite Least: Take It Or Leave It

Nostalgic, gorgeous and a little heartbreaking. Favourite song: Reelin' In The Years (but Dirty Work is a very very close second) Least: Fire In The Hole

I really enjoyed the lyricism and the variety. Think I'd have liked it slightly more if it was sung by a different vocalist... Favourite song: Freedom at 21 Least: Love Interruption

Vocally underwhelming. Think there's something beautiful about all the remaining members of Joy Division continuing to make music together after Ian Curtis died but choosing not to keep using the Joy Division name. But musically I'm not a big fan. Favourite song: Sooner Than You Think Least: The Perfect Kiss

I'm exactly the target audience for this album and I've been targeted well. I mean it's literally an album about being an overdramatic Ella in your early 20s/late teens. I love Writer In The Dark but I always think about the videos of her shushing the audience at her concerts so she can sing it without them. Favourite song: Liability (or Supercut, mood dependent) Least: Hard Feelings/Loveless

I don't hate his voice but I do think it started to grate on me a little by the end of the album. That being said it's rare I like a ten minute song as much as I liked Marquee Moon, found the guitar especially satisfying. Kind of mindblowing that it's from the 70s. Favourite song: Marquee Moon Least: Friction

I found the first couple songs boring and was dreading a full album of it. But when she starts to really go for it she's so so good! What a voice! Also the guy who originally composed the song Shadowland is called Dick Hyman... Favourite song: (Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance Floor Least: Western Stars

Feel a bit like I've got cornered by a man complaining about his divorce without a single thought of what he also did wrong, uncomfortable. Favourite song: Anger Least: I Met A Little Girl

Started this album a few times and kept losing momentum but when I finally committed to listening to it I really really enjoyed it! Think it might be one of those albums you have to be in the right mood to listen to but it when in that mood it's so much fun! will have to listen to it again! Favourite song: SWLABR (really liked Outside Woman Blues too) Least: Mother's Lament (such an odd choice...)

Some songs in the middle that merge into indistinguishable artic monkeys noise. But still a good album- some great songs that I've heard many times and some I hadn't heard but really liked (like From The Ritz To The Rubble and Fake Tales Of San Francisco). Favourite song: When The Sun Goes Down Least: Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured

An album full of paranoia about being killed by someone who would be murdered the year after it was released. As a concept it's fascinating. But there's quite a few cringey moments and it goes on too long so overall I was very underwhelmed. Honestly, I'd probably have given it 2 or 3 stars, there were a few songs I really enjoyed, but listening to this album meant I had to hear a man who was convicted of sexual assault (and was in prison for it when the album was released) say "if you tell me you don't want it, that's a lie". Disgusting, I'm team world. Favourite song: Old School (or Death Around The Corner) Least: Temptations

Obsessed with the way Fela Kuti says "Ginger Bakerrr". Such great energy and reading about Fela Kuti made it all even more interesting. I genuinely believe this is an album people should hear before they die. Favourite song: Egbe Mi O (Carry Me) Least: Ginger Baker and Tony Allen Drum Solo

There are some real fun songs and some great samples and sound effects, but I think lyrically and musically we’ve had better rap albums. I’m really just not a fan of his voice. Also all the iron man references and then skits like Heart Street Directions make parts of the album come off very childish to me. Favourite song: Dogs of War Least: Jellyfish

Perfect album for having a nap on the train. Can see why it might be boring if you’re trying to do something else (but I wasn’t) Favourite song: Basic Space Least: Heart Skipped A Beat

The way some of the reviews went on about it I thought I’m In Love With My Car would be the worst song I’d ever heard but it was pretty fun! And as someone who knows nothing about (and doesn’t care about) cars it’s exactly how car people sound when they talk about their cars. Favourite song: Bohemian Rhapsody (or ‘39) Least: The Prophet’s Song

Cannot explain the dread I felt listening to the A side (and not loving it) having read that the B side was "bleepy-bloopy" and Kraftwerk inspired. But it was so so different from what I expected and much better, I thought Sense of Doubt was especially gorgeous. I'm glad to have heard the album, and blown away by how much wasn't prewritten before recording, but I don't think I'll ever come back to any of the non "Heroes" songs. Favourite song: "Heroes" Least: Neuköln

I listened to it twice and it did grow on me on the second time- but it grew from hatred to mild dislike. I can see little hints of why people love it but god it's a rough listen. Favourite song: Stonemilker Least: Quicksand

White Rabbit is such an incredible song. The rest of the album is fine. Favourite song: White Rabbit Least: Embryonic Journey

I continue to hate long unstructured improvisational jazz pieces. And beyond the length and messiness the music itself is annoying. This is the kind of album that makes me dread getting any jazz album. Love the name though. Favourite song: Spanish Key Least: Pharaoh's Dance

Something about this album just makes me feel incredibly anxious the whole time it's playing. He just whines at exactly the right frequency to make me feel like something awful might happen. Favourite song: Knives Out Least: Pulk/Pull Revolving Door

Not a fan of his voice. But what a crazy list of people who cite Magazine and this album as an influence and a crazy list of other projects the band members have been a part of! One of the first post punk albums and I'd never heard of it, so even though I didn't love it I'm glad I've heard it. Favourite song: Burst Least: Parade

Thought it was gorgeous, I love her voice and she's such a great lyricist. I've heard (and loved) some Fiona Apple songs before but never listened to a full album- I think it lives up to the hype. Favourite song: Shadowboxer Least: Carrion

Their last album before they aged out of being The Young Rascals and just became The Rascals, the remaining members are in their 80s so I imagine they'll become The Old Rascals any day now. It's a fun album but I'm really not sure why it's on the list. Favourite song: Sueno Least: Find Somebody

The Kinks were banned from touring in the US and their response was essentially to write as British of an album as they could. I think it's such a fun concept album and such a distinct theme that really makes it stand out amongst the rest of the list. Favourite song: The Village Green Preservation Society Least: Village Green

Some good beats, some awful lyrics. I get annoyed at reviews that say "I'm just not the target audience" because I always want to listen to albums with an open mind and to take into account the cultural context but honestly I'm just never going to enjoy an album where a man says bitch this much (and the fact he's a dogg doesn't magically make that smart or funny). Favourite song: Who Am I (What's My Name)? Least: Ain't No Fun (If The Homies Can't Have None)

I hadn't heard of 10cc before (although I do recognise some of their bigger songs and have definitely seen some of the music videos they went on to direct). I really really enjoyed the album, it's so creative and varied and just the right side of weird. Some really fun moments too, love that The Sacro-Iliac is a "dance" where you just sit still. Favourite song: Clockwork Creep Least: Baron Samedi

Can't believe this guy is still alive and still performing! Can hear how influential he's been and was a nice little listen, but nothing that remarkable. Favourite song: Cocaine Least: Grey Goose

I really enjoy the super dramatic music in some of the songs but I'm not into the conspiracy theory shit (according to his wikipedia neither is modern day Bellamy) and I don't love the style of the slower songs. Favourite song: Supermassive Black Hole Least: Invincible

Lovely storytelling, iconic artwork and so much nostalgia for me. Father and Son is such a gorgeous song that that alone nearly gets in 5 stars. I also really loved On The Road to Find Out which I wasn't as familiar with. Favourite song: Father And Son Least: Sad Lisa

He's clearly still figuring out his exact voice, feels like hearing Elvis before he was at full Elvis. Favourite song: Blue Suede Shoes Least: One-Sided Love Affair

Love their funky suits, I want one. Reading their Wikipedias there are so many familiar names that come up, as session musicians and Byrd's members these guys appeared all over the place (and all over this list- Joni Mitchells Blue, Willie Nelson's Stardust, Leonard Cohen's I'm Your Man, the Byrd's albums). Also David Crosby is on this album! I enjoyed this album although I do think it's definitely very of the time. I think I expected something a bit more interesting from it. Favourite song: Do You Know How It Feels Least: Hot Burrito #2

The second side is definitely better than the first. I'm always disappointed when albums claim to be concept albums but don't put any effort into actually sticking to the concept. It's not as good as I was hoping from a Simon & Garfunkel album but I still really enjoyed it. Favourite song: Fakin' It Least: Old Friends

Do you think they made their sister who wasn't in the band hang out while they recorded We Are Family so they weren't lying when they sang "I've got all my sisters with me."? Some great bops on this album. Some songs a little too long and repetitive. Favourite song: We Are Family Least: You're A Friend to Me

Iconic album. I'd obviously heard some of the songs before (and seen the cover) but I'd never listened through to the whole album. I really really enjoyed it (so much more than In Utero). Couple songs I'd be happy to cut but so much great stuff. This album changed the face of popular music forever and it shaped a generation. The global reviews are full of stories of "I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this album", it's pretty amazing stuff. Favourite song: Smells Like Teen Spirit (or Come as You Are) Least: Endless, Nameless

Actually think I could have died without being shouted at by a Nazi for 50 minutes. While I neither enjoy the music or the people, it has led me to discover branded caskets for the first time... Hope Diamond Darrell and Vinnie Paul rest in peace in their KISS Kaskets. Favourite: Hollow Least: Live In a Hole