Apr 02 2025
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
Never really got The Smiths. It was pretty good but wouldn't buy a copy.
3
Apr 03 2025
Pretenders
Pretenders
The Pretenders are a band people don't really talk about that much, but when you listen to them you can hear exactly how they influenced a whole swath of modern artists.
4
Apr 04 2025
Diamond Life
Sade
Smooth Operator is a certified banger and it's maybe the 4th best song on this album. Masterful.
5
Apr 07 2025
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
I don't think Pop Punk exists without this album. I will not explain my reasoning.
5
Apr 08 2025
Marquee Moon
Television
Very dissonant. The final track sounds like a bad Pink Floyd song.
2
Apr 09 2025
Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Also dissonant, but somehow in a way I appreciate better. Was surprised at how much I noticed their influence on RHCP
4
Apr 10 2025
Viva Hate
Morrissey
The music is very good and Morrissey is obviously a great lyricist, but I do not enjoy the way he sings.
3
Apr 11 2025
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
Yet another I just couldn't get into.
3
Apr 14 2025
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
Duet Solo Dancers is one of my favorite jazz tracks
5
Apr 15 2025
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Classic, lots of great tracks
4
Apr 16 2025
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
Pretty good, title track might be my least favorite on the album
3
Apr 17 2025
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
I mean, it's brilliant
5
Apr 18 2025
Dirt
Alice In Chains
I find the radio versions of the hits from this record (which is half the songs on the record) pack more of a punch and make for a better overall experience, but listening to the album versions is like watching the director's cut of a movie.
4
Apr 21 2025
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
I mean...
5
Apr 22 2025
Either Or
Elliott Smith
I think this is proto-emo
3
Apr 23 2025
Graceland
Paul Simon
4
Apr 24 2025
Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3
Apr 25 2025
Next
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3
Apr 28 2025
Violator
Depeche Mode
4
Apr 29 2025
Harvest
Neil Young
3
Apr 30 2025
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
4
May 01 2025
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
3
May 02 2025
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
3
May 05 2025
Parachutes
Coldplay
3
May 06 2025
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
Feels like Gorillaz weren't fully dialed in yet but the highs are so high they drown out the lows
4
May 07 2025
Stardust
Willie Nelson
4
May 08 2025
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
I don't understand why this is important. The music is fine but it mostly feels like it belongs as background noise in a grocery store or something.
2
May 09 2025
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
Not something I'd listen to on a regular basis but I like how experimental it feels. They may not have struck gold but they really tried some stuff.
3
May 12 2025
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4
May 13 2025
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
This is a truly great album but I would love to have a version without all the vibe-interrupting interludes.
4
May 14 2025
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
What in the world is "important" about this album? Mostly feels like a knockoff of the better stuff he made 20+ years before. (apparently it's important because the E-Street Band reunited to respond to 9/11, which means this mediocre album probably sold a billion copies.
2
May 15 2025
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
They're doing too much. This album mixes like 5 or 6 different genres with no cohesive theme. Most individual songs are pretty good on their own but as an album it's kind of a jumbled mess.
3
May 16 2025
Hysteria
Def Leppard
Lots of bangers, 4 stars
4
May 19 2025
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
Not my favorite Temptations album but it's still the Temps
4
May 20 2025
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
I have trouble with the Beatles because everything they do is so old hat now but a lot of it was brand new when they started doing it.
4
May 21 2025
Eternally Yours
The Saints
Lyrics can be pretty dated but the music is good
3
May 22 2025
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
Good, very 80s/confusion about what the 90s are gonna be-coded
4
May 23 2025
...And Justice For All
Metallica
3
May 26 2025
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
4
May 27 2025
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
5
May 28 2025
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
Not memorable but fine. 2 stars
2
May 29 2025
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
Just good vibes the whole time. 4 stars
4
May 30 2025
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2
Jun 02 2025
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
4
Jun 03 2025
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
4
Jun 04 2025
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
meh. 2 stars
2
Jun 05 2025
The Coral
The Coral
3
Jun 06 2025
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3
Jun 09 2025
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
4
Jun 10 2025
Van Halen
Van Halen
4
Jun 11 2025
Blackstar
David Bowie
Honestly a little disappointed
3
Jun 12 2025
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3
Jun 13 2025
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
3
Jun 16 2025
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
3
Jun 17 2025
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
Trash
1
Jun 18 2025
The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
3
Jun 19 2025
In It For The Money
Supergrass
I liked it, but not enough to seek out more.
3
Jun 20 2025
Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
It's pretty good, just not my thing.
2
Jun 23 2025
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
3
Jun 24 2025
Document
R.E.M.
at least 2 songs were better than the end of the world as we know it.
3
Jun 25 2025
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
3
Jun 26 2025
Dirty
Sonic Youth
3
Jun 27 2025
This Nationβs Saving Grace
The Fall
It's good but it varies so much sonically that it doesn't form a cohesive album.
3
Jun 30 2025
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
5
Jul 01 2025
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
If you cut out the 10 worst tracks it'd be a phenomenal album.
3
Jul 02 2025
Quiet Life
Japan
Perfectly fine
2
Jul 03 2025
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
4
Jul 04 2025
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
3
Jul 07 2025
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
Jul 08 2025
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
3
Jul 09 2025
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
3
Jul 10 2025
Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
2
Jul 11 2025
Urban Hymns
The Verve
2
Jul 14 2025
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
4
Jul 15 2025
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
4
Jul 16 2025
Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
2
Jul 17 2025
Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3
Jul 18 2025
The Specials
The Specials
3
Jul 21 2025
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
4
Jul 22 2025
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
3
Jul 23 2025
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
3
Jul 24 2025
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
4
Jul 25 2025
Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
4
Jul 28 2025
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
3
Jul 29 2025
Abbey Road
Beatles
4
Jul 30 2025
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
3
Jul 31 2025
Doolittle
Pixies
5
Aug 01 2025
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
3
Aug 04 2025
Funeral
Arcade Fire
2
Aug 05 2025
The Stranger
Billy Joel
4