I want to like it more. It opens strong, but all the rest of the albums sounds the same and it just plods along. Like they started off amazing then slide down until everything is just the same It's wild because I usually enjoy albums like this. It's not quite a concept album but it's all in a theme.

This album was amazing when I first heard it so many years ago. It had meaning then, it still holds up. It's kinda sad that it's themes are STILL relevant. Chuck D hadn't even hit his peak with this album. If you liked Bring the Noise from this go look up the version with Anthrax. Hits even harder.

I enjoyed this far more than I expected. I knew Sweet Dreams was an amazing song but usually that says the rest of the album is a dud. This one is moody and has a weird atmosphere to it. It has 100% of that 80's feel that you expect but a depth to it I didn't expect to come across. It's one of those albums that I want to listen to more to get all of it. Her voice is great and it fits the tone of the music. It's going to live with me me longer than I thought it would.

I'm not a fan of the Beatles. This album is to me, one of the lower ones. I can dig their later work, this is a dud for me.

I remember seeing At the Drive In opening for Rage Against the Machine in the late 90's and being blown away. Years later I saw Mars Volta and had the same reaction. They are just amazing live, and this album is a great one.

This album is Queen. It has the amazing guitar work, great vocals, cheek lyrics. It might not be their best album but you get 100% of the Queen style when listening to it. I had forgotten that Bohemian Rhapsody was on this one. Guess I need relisten to their discography.

I remember listening to this at my friends house when it came out. He was enamored with it. I enjoyed some of the tunes. A lot of the songs were everywhere the next couple of years. Dem bones I swear is still being played on every rock station at least twice a day. Sitting down and listening to the entire album you realize the band was going through some things. We all know the lead, Staley, had issues with drugs, I wonder if they all had drugs issues while listening to it. It's dark almost bleak. I'm wasn't a fan before, and I'm not now, but being older I do appreciate what they were going for.

Oh hell yeah. This album has some amazing tunes on it. There is a reason why seven nation army is still played. Ball and biscuit and Hardest Button are my personal favorites from this album. Great listen!

I know far more of these songs that I thought I would. I laughed when this came up in my rotation, yet now I'm going, how do I know these? Because it's a solid album, dated sure, but the songs still work. It makes me think of how far music has moved since they were considered counter culture. It also is interesting that they are now the sound of the late sixties. After thinking about it and listening to the album I swear that's why I know there catalog.

Oh I remember parts of this album. My Grandma loved country and western so I have memories of playing in grandmas kitchen and hearing Willie, Waylon and George Jones. I remembered some lyrics of The Grand Tour and surprised myself! Country isn't a genre I enjoy so being able to recall lyrics was wild! This album is going to get added to my library. The Grand Tour is just, great. His voice and ability to tell a story is great. The songs are short but they are good. I enjoyed this album far more than I expected to.

Ah Bob, dude has a voice that shouldn't of sold many albums yet he wrote so many great songs that just worked. This one isn't my favorite Dylan album but it still is a great Dylan album. Its hard to miss on early Bob though.

This album was amazing when I first heard it so many years ago. It had meaning then, it still holds up. It's kinda sad that it's themes are STILL relevant. Chuck D hadn't even hit his peak with this album. If you liked Bring the Noise from this go look up the version with Anthrax. Hits even harder.

Oh an album not in English! The first track feels like the late 70's and I have no idea what she is saying. I'm digging it, she has a great voice and the music is catchy. I can easily see people dancing to this. Damn the rest of the album is pretty good as well. It's not a front loaded one. For me it would be great background music for a party.

This album is good. Just so damn good. As a fan of longer tracks and soul music this is a great listen. Hayes voice is at its peak the music is perfect soul music. It's just a great album and a great example of soul.

I've seen Burning Spear live and listened to a few of his albums. This being my first play through I listened to it twice. It's really good. It lays out the stories and you feel them. It's one of those albums that feels like if more people heard we might get some self reflection and change. This one will stick with you.

I think I found the first number rap album. I'm digging the ambiance. Ok it's the classic first track doesn't sound like the whole album.It's like experimental jazz had a baby with a folk singer. I get what he is going for but it's not landing for me. Usually albums have a flow to them, this album would be better on random I think. The first track is jarring compared to the rest of it. The B side is far better than the A side for me. Overall this album is just an experiment to experience. It's worth a listen although I don't think I'm going to revisit this album.

I expected to enjoy this more. I've seen them live before and had a good time. This seems.... I don't know, it's just not hitting me like I expected it to. I enjoy them and generally love jambands, but this falls flat. I listened to it on the way to work and again at work. It felt like background noise, not something I was actively listening to and enjoying. I'll have to revisit it later and see if my opinion of it changes.

This album is just great. I remember wondering how Nirvana would sound acoustic, as my buddy put it, "Aren't they the angry dudes that scream a lot?" It was wild to see people listening to this album and realize this is their only Nirvana album. I knew of a few people that learned of Bowie from this. A lot learned of the Meat Puppets from it. Listening to it now brings back so many memories. It holds up so well thirty years later, every song has feeling behind it. You can tell the band enjoyed doing the covers. Hearing songs that are usually fast and loud being stripped down like this is fun. It does help to know the songs beforehand but it is not needed, you can enjoy it with no knowledge of the band beforehand. This is one of my favorites from this era.

I didn't recognize the band name. The first track reminded me. This was the short years when rap was lighter and on the radio, dance parties popping up because someone had a tape. I had so many tapes from this era. Somehow I didn't have this one. As a young man figuring out life around the time this came out it works for me today. It hits the same spot De La Soul does. It's a great album for the older generation, I'm not sure how well it holds up to the younger folks.

You can't go wrong with Stevie Wonder, you just can't. Like most of his stuff you want to put on the good headphones and try and pick up every note. This album didn't have any radio hits that I can think of but don't overlook it. He wrote and released a handful of albums during this time frame and they all are timeless. Great album.

So most folks know some Isley Brothers tunes. These folks had hits. Listening to this album made me decide to pull their whole discography and listen to their stuff from start to finish. Fun fact, they started out as a do wop group in 59. This is a great soul/funk album.

I had no idea what he was saying but I enjoyed the beats and the flow of it. You can hear dudes talent and looking up the translation he is a great lyricist as well. If I was a French speaker I'd probably own this and still play it.

It's short just around 30 minutes. Listening to it is fun. Little Richard just goes for it on most tracks. Then you realize it's just an album of singles because that's how it was it was done then. You can hear the blues in the songs, but it's done in a such a way that it doesn't feel like a blues album. You can see how much of a lasting impression Little Richard has had on music. It's worth a listen but don't be too chocked if you don't revisit it.

I was excited for this album. It been over 30 years since I heard it and have fond memories of listening to the Beastie Boys. I listened to it twice now and it's got some good songs but overall it's not holding up for me. I want to like it but it's not there for me. Like I said some of the tunes got added to the playlist but this is flat out party music, you play it when you have people over and no one is paying attention to the songs, just the energy.

It's not bad. I'm kinda surprised I'd not heard of them. It's a decent album but without the nostalgia I'm not excited for it. Some of the tunes I've enjoyed but overall I'm kinda meh on it, I want to listen to it again to be sure. On a second listen I appreciate it more but it's not going to get added to the rotation outside of a song or two. I am suggesting it to a friend though. I think it's more up her alley than mine.

Wow. So I'm not a fan of country overall. I enjoy the old stuff. Willie Nelson was always played growing up. I can't make it through a whole song so far. I'm hoping the lady singing has a solo song in this, she sounds alright then the guy starts caterwauling and I'm done. His subdued stuff is ok, Brass Buttons was decent as was $1000 dollar wedding. Neither will make it into my rotation but they are bright spots for me. The album is better after the first couple of songs. It does make me want to listen to George Jones again.

It's fun and reminds me of hanging out at a friend's house drinking and smoking in the early 90's. They are very good at setting a mood and telling a story. It's an enjoyable album.

I have listened to and seen Kemi Kuti live before. Never thought to listen to his dad before! It's great, like big band/jazz/funk raised a baby in Africa. Even if that sounds like it's not your jam give a listen, it is well worth an hour. I can imagine the energy these folks had live, they must of put on a show!

I was given Sonic Youth tapes for my birthday one year, so I'm biased. This is a great album. If you aren't into the sound wall type of music that's fine, that isn't the whole album. Sugar Kane is a personal favorite, Nic Fit is a very fitting song for it's title. This is a solid Sonic Youth Album. It's worth a listen as they have influenced so many other bands. If you enjoy this give Daydream Nation, and Goo a listen.

I wish I knew the language. Musically it's great. Kinda slow, but I think that's not a bad thing. I just think knowing what he is singing would help me "get" this album. Trem De Doido is a favorite of mine from this.

This sounds like the 80's. Doesn't matter that the synth driven music was a brief part of the 80's, this album fits. I swear parts of it are in every movie set or filmed in the early to mid 80's that had a prom scene. These songs were played during the talking parts of the dance. Don't mistake what I'm saying for being bad. It's a decent album if syth and early electronic pop experiments are your thing. I enjoyed Joan of Arc the most. It's a fun album and worth a listen just to hear the early days of synth music.

I saw him live once. Waited so long for him to come out the drink I had pregamed with wore off. Show wasn't bad though. I used to enjoy his stuff, good lyrics, flow and beat. Then he started talking all Hitler was a good guy and went on Alex Jones with a white supremacist. I hope he gets the help he needs, but I'm not giving him anymore of my money. This would be a 4-5 star album. I can't give it that though.

This is just great. It's an album you play on a day you have no plans and just want to sit down, read a book, and relax with your partner. It's what cozy sounds like to me. Ray is just smooth, the band both adds to, and compliments his voice. This could play in a small bookstore or coffee shop and at least three people would ask if they could buy it. I had forgotten how much talent Ray Charles had. I need to listen to all his stuff now.

I enjoyed it as much as I can enjoy late 60's brit pop. I'm not a fan of this era so when I first sat down to listen I had to actually pull up lyrics. In my head this era all sounds the same, but this was better than I expected. Its better than the Beatles, the lyrics are sneaky although I'm not sure how well it holds up now. It won't make it into my rotation it I'm not bad I listened to it. I

I really wish they would of mixed his vocals a bit louder. Some of the songs he sounds more like a back up singer for the band. It works on a few though as he comes across more haunting while the band experiments with sound. It's a good album, I prefer the Ziggy Stardust album but this one is the start of him experimenting more. Each song feel different from the next and he's channeling a do wop band in one. Good album. It's one that I want to spend more time with, I swear there are other bands that influenced each track. Besides the Rolling Stones cover that is.

More brit pop.... So this isn't good to me. I think they were going for funny or clever at the very least. Yet at best I raised and eyebrow and went, why is this on the list? I've now listened to it twice and I still question it. Is there some band that attributes 10cc as why they became a band? I'm just not hearing it.

I mean it's Coltrane I don't think I've ever heard anything by him that's bad. There are other albums I enjoy more, but this is a damn good album. It's the kind of album you want to listen to during a snow storm or raining day. It's perfect for that morning cup of coffee where you just don't want to start your day. It's a pick out a book and chill in your favorite chair or couch album.

This album is kinda hypnotic considering I don't know what the man is singing. The entire listen is relaxed and low key. It's not bad in any sense, it reminds me of the time when world music was all over for some reason. That was before the weird time when gregorian chants were a thing. I enjoyed my time with this album but I doubt it will get much replay from me.

This album is wild, starts off with hippies singing about love. Drops into a blues tune that starts off with him having the thought of cutting his hair. Then a song about wanting to move to Canada to escape the draft but being told no. The whole time you're listening you can just feel the 60's. It is a capsule of time in an album.

It's a concept album! I grew up hearing Willie Nelson so I'm biased but I really enjoy this album. The stripped down music, the story, Willie in his prime.... I get not liking modern country, it's just pop with a twang, but this is what it used to be. Decent songs written by some country dude that has seen some shit. Great album and it will be added to my rotation and I now need to listen to some more Willie Nelson.

Another Sonic Youth album! Another one I got for my birthday all though years ago too! I have happy thoughts and memories of this one. This album is less wall of sound like their later stuff. It's more of an straightforward alternative album. They still experiment with music but it's far less jarring for a lot of people. I could play this tape in the car and people were far more willing to listen to it. Great album. Kool Thing is a standout for a lot of folks, myself included. Well worth a listen.

This is an odd album. At first I thought it was a concept album where he was trying for wild church music, then the second album kicks in with a song about Orpheus. Nick Cave is just going for it. Musically it's great, his voice is great, the lyrics are decent, it's just a wild album. I've now listened to it twice. I think this will be one of those albums I put on from time to time while cleaning and get a different take depending on the day. It's solid.

Ah the anti-beatles album. I don't know the real story behind this but after the several listens over the years I decided Zappa used every Beatles "sound" of these and twisted them to use against them. Against them might be the wrong words.... There are other great Zappa albums I pick before this one. For the money is enjoyable to pick out what Beatles song he's satirizing though.

Ahh Prodigy. I swear they only made the first two songs on this album to drum up publicity. It's like a label went, "We like you but can you be edgy? We would move a million more units if your edgy." So they did and made cash off something that most folks wouldn't of bought otherwise. Remember kids marketing is always working for ways to take your money. Once you get out from under the "woman hating pyros" that was assigned to them it's not bad if you like electronic dance music. Fast paced, loud and you want to drive like a nut if you listen to it in a car.

I used to call them grandpa metal. Not because they are only for older folks but because they are metals actual grandpa. Great album, its musically solid, and doesn't feel old. Well worth the time to listen.

I've seen Radiohead several times live. The bends is amazing, ok computer is out of this world, I love Pablo Honey, I enjoy Kid A, but I can't for the life of me love this album. I'm going to listen to in rainbows and make myself feel better.

This isn't a good album. Madonna changed pop music and this album made some car commercials. It's not there lyrically, it's just bland techo pop musically, it's just not good. Huge wiff with this one. I don't understand why it's on the list. She has so many better albums, I swear this one made the cut off her name alone.

It's interesting. They really swing for the fences and parts are all over the place because of it. Some songs her vocals get wiped out in the quiet parts and blown out in others. Sucks because she seems to have great voice. Musicaly it's clean although again on a pendulum for how it swings. It does make me want to listen to more of their stuff. I'm not sure if this is their first album. Solid listen but doesn't really hit at first listen. This is the kind of album that gets you curious though.

This album has some Bowie/Prince experiment vibes to it. Some songs are just amazing and others are there.... It's a trip that's for sure. It has made me want to listen to more of her though. This album. Is going in the rotation and I'm saving her stuff to find out how she evolves over time.

Ah weird 80's rock doing everything you can to make us remember the smell of too much hairspray with a song. As far as glam rock goes it's not bad. If you are like me and don't enjoy glam rock you should pass this one up. It has some fun songs but after a while they all sound alike and drag on you. I swear this is one of those albums that got played in movies set in the 80's. It's on a radio as background noise but tells you the era perfectly.

It's not a bad album. Has some rough edges and I enjoy her later stuff more but I enjoyed this more than I expected to. She's got some great lyrics but the songs are kind of going through the paces, just plodding along. Her next album is better.

French pop music. Alright. It reminds me a lot of late 80's early 90's pop. It's not all in French though. I expected to not understand, that's different. I enjoy their voice, the music is meh. I swear it's all electronic keyboards and drum machines. Goya Soda is....something. It's not a bad album but it's not for me, has some really interesting lyrics, but overall I'm not a pop music person.

I don't recall listening to a lot of blur outside of sound number 2. That one still holds up... Sadly I don't feel the rest of the album does. I expected more since he went on to help create Gorillaz and that song number two has had such staying power that it would be more. So besides a couple of songs the album is really very plodding along. Like the way he sings it is like he's droning on to noise from the band. Sadly it's a miss.

I think I heard an electric kazoo in there. If you enjoy experiencing experiments with sound and music....you should have fun with this one. Some of the songs will start out great and devolve into noise. Some are just noise. It's worth listening to just for the weirdness, but you should be warned it's not a "normal" album. It's like poetry from a nutter set to instruments made in a junkyard. I enjoyed it for what it was but it's not making the rotation.

Tainted Love is an absolute must listen to. I think it's a cover, but they it so damn well. It doesn't seem that the rest of the album hits like Tainted Love. The synth is subtle and not like a lot of early 80's music where overpowers you. Unfortunately the singing needs it. Dude sounds whiny more than anything.

It's a good album. Nothing groundbreaking just a solid album with some fun tunes on it. I've always had a soft spot for the doors but I will say they have better than this one. It's worth a listen and you might add a couple songs to a playlist, but it's got more filler than their first three albums. It's one of those albums I wish we had half stars cause it's better than 3 but not a 4.

So far I'm not digging it. Imagine is an amazing song, literally one of the best, the rest of the album....I know he was going for a vibe with the effects on the singing but it's just annoying. Dude can be a great songwriter and he's not helping the lyrics with the effects. It falls flat for me. Oh and Jealous Guy makes him sound like he wrote down evidence in a domestic violence case. I had someone tell me it was an apology to his first wife but it's not a good look and the song makes me think of way too many lifetime movies. I don't want to be a soldier mama could have been a great song. Instead he choose repetitive lyrics and voice effects to a slowed down drum track. It's six minutes of droning effects and a saxophone. Maybe because I was born after Beatlemania that I just don't get it. Maybe this is one of those you had to be there albums. I don't buy that because I have enjoyed a lot of music that came out before I was born and love it. All I know is this is an album with one amazing track and a ton of filler.

A saxophone in a reggae song is a choice. It strangely works, thus proving my idea that every band in the 80's used a saxophone at least once. Some of these songs still hold up. It's sad that they do, but the music is good. The sax really threw me off, for some reason I thought that showed up in later albums. I gave this one a couple listens and enjoyed it more than I expected. It does make me want to hear more of them, so mission accomplished UB40.

Ahh the 9/11 album. It goes about like you would think. Some songs are sad but have a tinge of hope, others are hopeful with a tinge of sadness. They all kind of sound similar as it's album number 12. If you like Springsteen it fills that niche nicely. If you don't, then you probably won't like it. I'm a fan of his Nebraska album so this seems over produced to me but it's not obnoxiously so. Keep in mind Nebraska was him his guitar and a tape recorder, it's a glorified demo. Overall he has better albums but this isn't bad. I doubt I will replay this one though.

I don't know them but it's been a fun album. One song must have been popular because I heard it before. I don't usually go for this sound but this album is going in the rotation. It's good to drive to and I am listening to it again at work. Good stuff.

Ah it's rave music! Well 90's rave music anyway. Here is the fun part about it, it's only fun when your at the rave some pills were taken and your dancing next to a beautiful woman who is in short shorts and a bikini top. Outside of that specific instance 90's rave music isn't worth listening to. If you listen to it in the car you will get a ticket or wreck and die. On a bike you think I can beat the train. Maybe try and listen while cleaning your house but your doing to miss some spots. It's fast noise with a rhythm. Sometimes people will repeat words in another language that you don't understand. I will say production wise it's good. It's not painful to listen to so that's nice.

So I've seen them live but apparently never listened to this entire album before. I knew the hits but not the whole album. Their deep cuts are funny, granted Any Other Day is a bit problematic in this day and age but outside of a lyric it still holds up. It's worth a listen or three. Its making me want to deep dive on all their albums.

We all know rock came from blues. This album is a good example of it. It's mostly rock but they had to of grown up listening to the blues. This is a great rock album. I've had friends of mine ask me to give them a good rock album to start on. I will always give a shirt list and this album is on it. Perfect rock album.

I'm questioning some of these albums. I've had several that had one great song and the rest is meh. I know one hit wonders are a thing. So why are those albums with one great song and the rest are meh on this list? Take on Me is an amazing video, the song is great! The rest of this album is so meh. There are some weird, are you trying for a rock opera? songs. Overall it's very we got you hooked with the one song on the radio you now buy the album and realize it's only the one good song. It sucks because you know they make greatness.

I know this album.. kinda. I remember the cover vividly and from listening to a few tracks its the "weird" album my parents had. I never understood why they had an album where you didn't understand the lyrics. I really need to look up why Brazilian arts got sold like they did in the 70's. Onto the album. It's fun. No clue what dude is singing about other than Soy loco por ti, America. Cause even my dumbass can translate that one. Seriously the album is good it's got a nice rhythm even in the slower songs. It's well worth a listen or three. I'm not sure if it will make it into rotation but I've listened to it a few times today and enjoyed it.

Maybe I'm not in the right mindset for this one. Cause so far the songs are just loops. Repetitive doesn't describe how little the songs change. So I'm thinking I need to travel back in time grab all the raver kid pills I can take and give it a relisten. I feel like this album is trolling me. It sounds like the music played in a shitty overpriced clothing store at a mall in the late 90's. It's just repeating. HOW IS THIS TWO HOURS LONG! What is the absolute hell is going on?! Sorry electronic music lovers this one isn't bringing me to your side of things.

This makes me wish we had better recording technology years ago. This album is fun but I wish there was a cleaner recording. That said It's a very good album. I enjoy jazz but wouldn't say I'm a huge fan, that said this album is great to sit down and listen to. I started listening to it at home, drove to work and finished it at work. I then listened again at work. It's nice in all of those circumstances, I would of loved to see this live. I think it would have been amazing.

Damn, this is good. I know his voice but never listened to an album of his. This whole album is in my rotation now. I need to listen to all of his stuff. The more I listen the more I'm glad it's just him and a guitar on this. It just all works together so damn well.

Oh LA woman, the weakest doors album yet still pulls out Riders on the Storm, Love her Madly, Crawling King Snake and LA Woman. The doors are an interesting band. The first two albums were just stacked, just absolutely ridiculous, then the farther you get from there the quality drops off yet is still listenable. LA woman is a fine album to put and an listen to. The band is great, Morrisons lyrics are the weakest here while still able to pull out greatness here and there.

I have a love hate relationship with these guys. I LOVE some of their songs and the rest all sound the same. I think it's the vocal distortion they use for everything. Makes me wish they would of had a few songs with clearer vocals. They have some track that are just beats, very well done. It's a more mature album overall. They are still party music. This album brings a little bit for everyone yet works. It's not going to be in rotation for me but it's an album I will pull out every so often.

My man was working through some shit with this one. It is the best sounding depression though. Marvin has an amazing voice and he is singing through his depression. So I really believe that a country musician could do a lot of these songs and it would just fit. Heartbreak is universal. The Space song is wild in this. He is singing about his love and pain, then a song about getting down on the moon. I'm a bit confused but it's a good song. Sure he has better albums, but as a Soul/Funk music lover this hits. I'll listen to it again for sure. I don't think I would recommend it to someone going though divorce. Well except A Funky Space Reincarnation. That one I'm telling everyone to listen to.

I want to like it more. Some of the bass lines tell me it's going somewhere, then it doesn't. Honestly it might be my expectation. I thought they were a "harder" sound. Then when I got 80's rock band #3 I went, what?! So I decided I'm going to listen to it again later now that I've got one listen in. Cause right now it's a 2. Alright after another listen I'm happier about the album. It's very chill and great to walk to. I can see myself listening to it again. I suspect this album grows on you. Even though it's not my favorite it is an enjoyable album....

It's weird that the Toy Story guy is singing a satire album about the south. Like I get it, but I can not separate the two. The songs are spot on, harsh and vulgar and I understand where it's coming from. It sucks this album feels like it was written recently. It's terrible that an album written in 1974 still feels relevant. It shouldn't, we should be better. It also sucks because all I see are Buzz and Woody while the album plays. This is not the album to be seeing Buzz and Woody while I listen!

The mix on this album is just so crisp. Seriously most albums are not clear for every instrument. Here you can listen to the bass or drums, you can hear the guitars so clearly. It's a marvel and a far cry from the early 00's loudness wars BS. That said it's a good album, it's got the hits you all have heard, it's got some great deep cuts, there are some filler but it's not a one hit wonder album. The music is great, Knopfler is a great guitars. The entire band is amazing. It does have a problematic lyric, yes I get the why, I understand what it's pointing out but still. This album is a great time capsule album that fits rock in 85.

It's just amazing. Opens with a 10 minute guitar solo that has just souch emotion it's hard to put into words. Like he is trying to express grief using only his guitar. Hendrix came back from the dead to listen to it gave it a ten minute standing ovation then died again it's that good. The best part is rest of the album is great too. Hit it and quit it is impossible not to move to. I was sitting down on a dreary Saturday morning and it came on and my head started to bob and the rest of my body started moving. Couldn't help myself. I wonder how long Clinton spent in the mixing bay for this. It's all clean and tight, he plays with some effects but it doesn't drown anything out or make it sound off. Seriously it's great. I can't say that enough. If you have good headphones put them on for this. I wish I had a great speaker set up in my place for albums like this.

I want to like it more. It opens strong, but all the rest of the albums sounds the same and it just plods along. Like they started off amazing then slide down until everything is just the same It's wild because I usually enjoy albums like this. It's not quite a concept album but it's all in a theme.

I've always loved Aretha Franklin, I mean how can you not? Her voice is amazing. This album is just pure Aretha, the vocals are perfect, the band is perfect for the vocals, lyrics are locked in. It's just a great album. If you ever come across someone that hasn't listen to her before just play this album for them.

It's a good album. They have better but they released three albums in a year and a half so it seems like they were running out of steam a bit with this one. It feels like a bunch of tracks that would have been B sides for their first two albums. It's an enjoyable listen. If you like Zeppelin you will love it. If your on the fence it's not going to move the needle.

This reminds me of the ZamRock era in the 70's. Zambia had some really great rock coming out of it during that time. Bands I now listen to, enjoy, and tell my friends to listen to. This album feels like the successor to the ZamRock title. These dude are good. Musically it's great. I can't speak lyrically because I don't know the language but it feels good to listen to regardless. I need to look up more of their stuff this is a damn good album. Ok this whole album is getting added to my library. I've listened to it twice in a row. It is a really great album, especially since I don't know what they are singing about. These guys are great musicians. Made me a fan.

Alright I've heard the Beach Boys hits. Paying attention to the lyrics is different. The music and the lyrics are at odds for quite a few songs. One of the songs is about him changing after years and the fear he has. Yet the singing and the music are opposite. It's odd and off-putting at times. I want to find an album of Beach Boys songs with different arrangements and singers. I think that would be an amazing album. The lyrics are good, I'm stuck by the music.

This is the album before Spiders From Mars. Maybe it's opening up with Changes but this album. Feels like an odd bridge from his first few albums to the Ziggy and beyond ones. Overall it's Bowie you really can't go wrong. It's a good album and I enjoy it every time I listen to it.

Ok an older French singer. Dude sings with emotion that's for sure. Alright I read the wiki before finishing the album, I don't usually do this. Turns out he is a Belgian man singing songs that sound aggressively French. It feels like he is moving across the stage with his mic and a baguette swinging the bread around like he is going to assault someone with it while smoking a cigarette. No clue what the lyrics are. Doesn't stop me from enjoying it. Dude seems like he would be a good showman.

Alright if the third Limp Bizkit album is on this list what other nonsense is lurking in here. This isn't even their best album, and I've only listened to their first three. I looked this is the only Limp Bizkit album on the list. I now question the author of the books mental state. I think he's trolling us with this one. Turns out this was removed in later editions. Yeah that tracks. I could see their second album Significant Other being on the list, every young white guy had a copy of it. Yes Limp had cultural relevance in the time they played in, but there are better Nu-Metal bands, My Generation is the stand out on this album. Rollin makes me want to mosh my head into a wall and My Way makes him sound like a spoiled entitled child.

I want to see this man live. I can see him playing the largest stages and showing up at a club. Its great. This is a great album, it's got the right amount of chill and energy to have a nice sit down and listen, it could be background while you do dishes. I'll bet cash money it's been played at coffee shops and bookstores. You know it's been played in music stores. You want to pay attention to the lyrics. Don't just let this become background music.

It's just so damn good. Seriously they turned in a soul/funk Motown album, and it hits all of those marks so damn well. First off the Temptations are awesome, even their early stuff is good but this is just perfection. Second, They did a version of I Heard It Through the Grapevine that is a wild take and I'm here for it. Third, It's got some classic Temptations sounds on the back side of the album so if you aren't in the more funk from them you are covered as well. Seriously it's great, it feels of it's age but doesn't feel tired. A great album.

I'm really not sure on this one. It's slower than I wanted. The music is great, the lyrics are fun. It's an odd album. I usually enjoy the more out there albums but this didn't land.

I don't think I've heard of them before. Interesting sound very late 70's garage sound. Not bad so far. They are definitely influenced by the Ramones. I swear I've heard some lyrics before. I'll bet someone covered them. It's a pretty good album for its time. Got some really fun US punk in there. I have a feeling I'll be adding it to my rotation. I want to listen again and see how it holds up to repeat listens.

This is one of the best chill albums to be made. It's just packed with great songs. I'm not even going to bother listing them. Every song is worth a listen. There just isn't any filler in this. I've listened to it three times today and enjoyed it every time. Just a damn good album.

Another album I was just listening to! So this is what I think of as progressive soul/funk. It's got some great longer songs that will change rhythms. City, country, city is interesting to hear. The Cisco Kid is more what people will gravitate to but listen to the entire album. It's well worth the time. It's a great album.

Oh Wonderwall the song of choice for tools that had a guitar in the 90's. Seriously I was at a house party and some dude had a guitar and I swear he only knew Wonderwall and one other song. If you've ever seen Animal House you know what we were all thinking... So the album isn't bad overall. There are some songs that are pretty good even if they have some lyrics that are weak. One of the songs started off really rocking....then went to incessant whining. I was really hoping to be surprised and they just go full on rockstar, sadly that didn't happen. The only song I really enjoyed was Don't Look Back in Anger. It's a great song even if he sounds kinda whiny while doing it. Overall I do not understand the love they get, kinda mid to me, although at one point one of the brothers announced they were bigger than the Beatles and it pissed off so many people. Seriously it was hilarious, they get an extra star for that.

It's been forever since I've listened to this album. I remember my friends brother telling us we had to listen to it as it's "real" music. It shows it's age, but still holds up. Musically it's far more solid than I remember. I do wish they would of played more as some of the solos are great, but a lot of the songs sound alike. Lyrically some of the songs still work and work well. I've been told that punk is just loud and dumb. Nope. Surely not this one. It is a time capsule album and worth a listen.

This is one of the best rock albums of all time. It is legitimately classic song after classic song. There is a reason why every rock station plays every track off this album. It's just that good.

I don't even know about this one. The first track is decent, the second is something, and then it just kinda swings for the fences. I kinda want to listen to other stuff of his just to see what it's like. I do want to listen to it again later when I'm in a more chill mood. I don't think my more chaotic day is the time to try and figure out this one.

Remember the weird time in the 90's when Ska showed up some of us were confused and others tried to swing dance? This has more reggae tones and weirdness than that time. It's musically upbeat and danceable as Ska tends to be, but the weirdness over it all adds to it. Interesting album. OK I'm not a ska guy, I wasn't in the 90's I was one of the, "Where did this come from?!" people. So this album growing on my is not what I expected. It's getting added to my library and I can see me putting this on at times I need to move as it just makes you want to bop around the house.

So after two Nick Drake albums I'm officially a fan now.

Ahh the 80's, kinda.The soundtrack to my younger years. I didn't understand the pull of The Cure then, and I don't now. There are a few good songs on here, sadly all of the rest sounds alike. I like to think of this sound as proto-emo. It's all slightly whiny and if you're not in the head space for it....Well it falls flat. I listened to it again and it's just not there. I see all the 5 star reviews and wonder if it's a nostalgia thing and I just missed that boat when I was younger....

I guess I've never listened to KD Lang before. I thought she was more pop than country. She has a great voice but I'm not a fan of country music usually. This is very warm and soft, the lyrics aren't bad. If you enjoy country music I'm sure you'll enjoy this.

I mean come on it's Al Green! This is a damn good album. You know more of his stuff than you realize. I've not listened to this album in its entirety before but I knew most of the songs.

This is my second Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds album. I still don't know what to make of them. Dude has a voice like a crooner, lyrics of a madman, and the band is pretty damn good. It's wild. As before I listened to this album twice and when I was finished the second time I still couldn't figure out if I loved it or it was just so unordinary I accepted it. One day I will figure it out.

I wanted to skip my graduation to see Rush. I made the mistake of telling my Mom what I was going to do. You would have thought I ran over Grandma she was so mad. She was mad about it until I walked with my class. I still regret not going to the show. That said Rush is amazing and this album is one of their best. This is one of those classic albums that most of it is played on classic rock stations damn near every day. If you enjoy this look up the song Subdivisions from the album after this.

So I found the most boring Beck album today. The side effects are depression, sleepiness, and REALLY wanting to change albums. It's pretty obvious he was going though some things. It sounds like a break up. I did enjoy real instruments, I also liked that it was oversampled and full of gibberish. It's just boring. If I was going though a break-up or in the middle of a deep depression I think this would be the soundtrack. When I want to listen to a Beck album with real instruments and not be sad when I'm done I will put on One Foot in the Grave. It's a much better album.

You can't go wrong with Nina Simone. I've loved her since I first heard Sinnerman so many years ago. She has such a soulful voice and the lyrics to match. Really great at having you feel the story she's singing to you. The music on this album is really great as well. It might not be my favorite of her albums but it such a damn good album everyone should give it a listen.

I enjoyed this far more than I expected. I knew Sweet Dreams was an amazing song but usually that says the rest of the album is a dud. This one is moody and has a weird atmosphere to it. It has 100% of that 80's feel that you expect but a depth to it I didn't expect to come across. It's one of those albums that I want to listen to more to get all of it. Her voice is great and it fits the tone of the music. It's going to live with me me longer than I thought it would.

I'm not sure if I like it. I don't hate it. Listened to it twice and never wanted to turn it off but I wasn't thinking I want to listen to this later. I never wanted to grab my good headphones for it. It was in one ear and out the other. It's weird because it's not bad. The album tends to blend together though, all the songs sound a lot a like. I wish something jumped out at me.

This is another album that shouldn't be relevant in 2025, yet here we are. This album was and is a wake up call. Sadly it wasn't heeded when it came out and I doubt it will be now. It's still a absolute great album. It holds up today as well as when it came out. Rage has a statement to make with each and every song and they are loud when they make it. "Some of those that work forces Are the same that burn crosses"

Ok I always dismissed them as just an 80's synth pop band. This album is better than I expected. I forgot how many hits they had on the album. The music itself is fun and the bass lines are great. If you want to hear early 80's synth pop this album is better than most.

Ray Charles doing country and western songs. It works well. I wasn't sure what to expect but it's good. I suspect the reason this albums works so well because Ray Charles is a generational talent and amazing. Seriously he put so much out there and listening to him feels like home.

It's missed me. I'm just not feeling it. I enjoyed Girls and Boys for one lyric and but musically I'm meh to the tune. Some of the lyrics are good and I think I would enjoy them more if the music had a different arrangement. Like it's just to peppy for some songs and the lyric should have some gravity to it but it just doesn't. I'm just not a fan of blur I guess.

Cee-Lo had better albums with Goodie Mob. It feels like he tried to reinvent soul but stuck in his ego. It's new enough my brain goes not the soul music I grew up with, but catchy and good enough to want to listen to more. Some of the songs just don't work with his voice though. With him having a unique voice it can be distracting on some tracks. Works great on a few.

This album is something. Woody Guthrie lyrics, Wilco playing and Bragg singing. It's not bad, it's not good, but it's not bad. It's a lot though. Kinda messy in my ears. This is one of those albums that you later listen to because it's one that just goes for it.

I don't understand their popularity. It's all kind of bland, like instead of waiting 20 years to be played in a grocery store they made this. What's weird is it's not bad music, they have talent, but it doesn't stay with you. Some songs I went, oh this is nice, then the next track plays and sounds similar but when the record is over I don't remember what I thought was nice or why. Coldplay the light beer of music.

I think the artist needs a hug. He is going though some life changing shit with this album. It's not a bad album but I suspect it helps to be depressed to grasp everything in it.

Her later albums are better. Some of the tunes on this give a poetry that has a guitar more than a song. I think it was recorded on the cheap as well. You can hear and feel the talent on it. She tells a story really well. I would start with her second album if you want to listen to her. This has glimmers of what is to come with her as an artist but like a lot of artist with their first album is kind of rough.

So the first track was EVERYWHERE for years radio wise. I swear it's been in a few movies as well. It's not even his best song but it was a right song right time thing. It's also a killer song, so that's nice. It's a one hit album. It's not bad it's just another album of one banger and a lot of the other songs sound alike. If you are a fan of the 80's you will love it.

This album kicked off the population being aware of a "new" genre. When this album hit grunge was everywhere overnight. Everyone was signing Seattle/grunge bands after them. It lead to a whole generation of flannel wearing greasy kids running around. It is legitimately one of the best albums of a generation. It's not for everyone, a buddy of mine called it "angry white boy music." Yet his silly ass was singing along to "In Bloom," yeah the song with the lyrics about singing along. He saw the irony of it all. Some songs do seem way more screamy than need be, but I promise you can understand the lyrics. Love this album.

So normally I dislike electronica, but this one works for me. I put it on while building some kitchen cabinets and I kept bopping to it. Weird, but it think because they mix in actual sounds and other music it works. It's not all beeps and boops to me.

So after listening to it and reading it's supposed to be a great album....I have questions. Is the Who terrible? Has everyone gone deaf? They have some killer songs out there. If this is supposed to be one of their best I fear for other albums.