Fav Song: Isn't She Lovely Notes: Waaay too long (and somewhat boring) but out of respect for its legacy and influence, going with a 3. RIP Coolio.

Hot Mess.

Have on vinyl: Yes. Rating: 8.15 Fav Song: hard not to pick the title track, but going with If You Want Blood (you've got it)

Have on vinyl: No Rating: 7.9 Fav Song: My Doorbell Notes: Like a lot of White Stripes, I want to like it more than I do.

Have on vinyl: No Rating: 8 Fav Song: Tiny Dancer Notes: Indian Sunset...did not age well

Have on vinyl: Yes Rating: 9.2 Fav Song: Mardy Bum Notes: Fucking great. Pre-Hanna when this came out. A lot of Blackout (pinball), beer, and this with Kruz

Have on vinyl: YesX2 Rating: 7.5 Fav Song: Castles Made of Sand Notes: 1st track is annoying. Overall it's OK but pretty meh. Would go 2.5 stars if that were an option

Have on vinyl: No Rating: 7.5 Fav Song: Son of a Preacher Man Notes: Harder to like an album when the singer wrote none of the songs.

Have on vinyl: No Rating: 7.7 Fav song: The League of Bald-Headed Men Note: James Murphy called this band "his Beatles" and you can hear the influence; this increases my rating as a lot of it is rambling.

Have on vinyl: As of today, Yes. Rating: 8.4 Fav Song: Smoke on the Water is iconic, but I'm digging Lazy today. Notes: Bangers

Fav Song: Isn't She Lovely Notes: Waaay too long (and somewhat boring) but out of respect for its legacy and influence, going with a 3. RIP Coolio.

Have on vinyl: No Fav Song: The Hardest Walk Notes: Early Shoegaze

Have on vinyl: Yesx2 Fav Song: Lost in the Supermarket Notes: All timer

Have on vinyl: Yes Fav Song: Hot Burritos Notes: I love Gram Parsons. Was at 4.5 stars but rounding up. Big time influence on the 70's soft/country rock scene.

Have on vinyl: No Fav Track: Big Time Sensuality Notes: The cover song is unnecessary.

Vinyl: Yes Fav Song: Strangelove Notes: I want it to be better than it is. Violator is 5 stars.

Have on vinyl: Yes. Yellow colored Fav Track: Like picking your favorite kid...but going with Underwear. Notes: Top 5 album

Have on Vinyl: No Fav Song: All I Ask Notes: Great voice just not my style

Have on Vinyl: No Fav Song: Bussing Note: Interesting; had not heard this before

Have on Vinyl: No Fav Song: Get it Together w/Q-Tip Notes: Falls off towards the end

Have on vinyl: No Fav song: Modern Dance Notes: Takes some getting used to. I was at one point at a 1, then a 2, ended with a 3 after more listens.

Vinyl: No Fav Song: Weep Themselves to Sleep

Vinyl: No Fav Song: The Healer Notes: Good but a bit disjointed.

Fav Song: Elvis Blues. Notes: Great story telling but a bit sleepy.

Vinyl: No Fav Song: Freedom Notes: There is some downtime on it but nostalgia clicks this over to a 4 for me. Chali 2na is great

Vinyl: Yes Fav Song: All of it

Vinyl: Want Fav: Blues Had a Baby

Vinyl: No Fav: Voodoo People

Fav: Lost Notes: Some bangers. Takes some getting used to

Vinyl: Want Fav Song: So Cruel

Fav: What I Don't Know

Fav: Fall Notes: Not for me.

Fav: You Want It Darker Notes: Powerful shit. Released just before his death. If I Didn't Have Your Love is a tear jerker for me.

Fav: Take Me Out

Fav: Fuck Wit Dre Day Notes: Nostalgia runs high with this one. Relistening, this seems a bit too long and as a kid I didn't realize how much he was sampling from P-Funk. Main songs still hold up for me.

Fav: Blue Monday Notes: It's good. Would do 3.5 if that were an option

Fav: Just What I Needed Notes: Some bangers, some down tracks for me.

Fav: Trainspotting Notes: Some good grooves

Vinyl: Yes Fav: Jeepster Notes: This is a top 10, maybe top 5 album for me

Vinyl: Yes Fav: Little Red Corvette Notes: Cut some this shit down and it's probably 4 stars.

Fav: Meh...Freak Scene Notes: Nah, at least it's relatively short. "Don't" kicks it down to a 1 star

Fav: Wall Street Shuffle

Fav: Whatsername Notes: A lot of good/great tracks.

Fav: Tiro Ao Alvaro Note: Good lounge singer vibes. Who knows, might even be a 4 if I could speak Portuguese

Fav: You Oughta Know Notes: High school flashbacks with this one...scared to talk to girls who were Alanis-heads. Shame really. Some good tracks but not one I'll likely come back to.

Fav: I'm Goin Down Notes: Holy hits. Classic. 4.5 = rounding 5

Fav: California Dreamin' Notes: Lots of nostalgia on this one. Good but not great. Vinyl: Yes, but not the cover actually showing the toilet. Those are rare and worth hundreds; it was apparently a big scandal at the time to show a toilet on an album cover. After the first run, the subsequent releases had it covered up.

Fav: Fast Car..gotta be Vinyl: Yes Notes: Mountains O' Things sounds a helluva lot like an Ed Sheeran arrangement...I always knew that guy was a fraud 😄

Fav: The One You Really Love Notes: This one takes some getting used to. Clocking in at nearly 3 hours, it's hard to do that in one day as this exercise demands. Def could have been cut down but then you wouldn't have 69 songs I guess. Good bit of song writing nonetheless.

Fav: Mr. Magic Notes: Great voice. Good vibe on this previously unheard album for me.

Credited as the first hard punk album and produced by Joan Jett. I can appreciate what it's doing but I don't really dig it. 2.5 stars but rounding up today

Fav: Why Did It Have To Be Me? Notes: Ups and downs.

Notes: Interesting and unheard until today.

Fav: Barbarism Begins at Home Notes: Probably my least favorite Smiths album but still pretty, pretty good.

Fav: ayeyaiyai, they all seem so pretentious. Praise You is probably the most listenable.

Fav: The Sound of Someone You Love Who's Going Away and It Doesn't Matter Notes: I surprisingly enjoyed this 70's classical shit. Played on repeat yesterday on the disc golf course and it was quite right.

Fav: He Won't Go Notes: Some really good songs. Cure cover is unnecessary.

I like Who Do You Love...but an entire album of it? It's too much. Jam-bandy. Not bad but not that interesting to me.

Some bangers. Got a bit too long IMO.

25 years ago I was all in on this. 25 years later...it feels more awkward than anything.

Hot Mess.

Not my thing.

Some daft funky vibes but the title track I can't stomach anymore

On the first 5 listens, this one is OK. On 10, it's even better and by now my ranking is a 4.5. Which puts me over to a 5.

It's a lot.

Tight. Really listenable.

Will for sure be back to this one for more. Good shit

Close to a 4, but this doesn't quite hold up to their other albums Surfa Rosa and Doolittle

Good rhymes, full of funk

Pretty down on my list of fav AF albums

Woof

A solid 3

Bye Bye Love sticks out like the cheap cover it is but otherwise a very good album.

Fun, but boring at times.

Classic

Lots of pickin' and old tymey shit but it has its place

It's serviceable.

Classic album.

woof

Started off hot but cooled off

Nothing that blew me away. Solid album nonetheless.

Solid track after track

2.5

not very enjoyable.

It's fine.

Solid track after track

3.5.

Smokey, nightclub sound. Good stuff.

Noisy. A bit of a slog.

It's fine.

6 discs?? Exhausting

Good voice but ayyaiyai this one is rough

Pretty solid. I like the gospel vibes

Not unlistenable but yikes

It's a trip

Contains probably my fav Bowie song

some good shit, some not great covers.

Sunday is a tough listening day for me and this needs more listens to make a final call, but digging it quite a bit. Rating based on the OG album => ending on Engineers.

Chooglin' to a 3.5 but I'll give it 4 since they created a new word

REM has better albums but there's some bangers on here.

Some good. Some forgettable.

Fun and quick

Woof

Will come back to this one for sure.

Facking love this one.

Fun one

Sleepy bunch of tired ass old country songs

Not my fav Lou material; much bigger fan of VU-era stuff.

Need to spend more time with this one

Not my thing but can see why it was popular

It's fine. It has good lyrics. It's too long.

It's pretty one note but the sound kicked off some garage sound in rock I guess so that is something.

Legend shit

I hesitate to give it a 2 star but man some of it annoys me.

Kraut-rock!

All covers, save for 1 song...OK.

Surprising. I had only heard a few of these before this.

1st track is a classic but it's downhill fast from there.

Is it over yet? Long and similar

Solid Air

Influential maybe but not my thing.

Fun and totallllly 80's

Odd album. I have listened to this probably 20+ times in the last year or two and still doesn't quite click for me.

Some good tracks. Some boring tracks.

Fun

Diggin it. Never heard this before, but I'll be back

Fun one

I want to like it more than I do.

Solid

meh

lotta noise

Love the horns

Solid 3 - 3.5

Solid 4

yikes

Fun one. Big Star for the 90's

It's good; just played out for me.

Classic

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