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)
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
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
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