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

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)

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

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

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 receptivity 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