I wasn’t a fan of the opener but after that it got good fast “I Need A Man To Love” and “Summertime” show a bit more of Joplin’s softer vocals and “Piece Of My Heart” is obviously amazing and shows off her fantastic vocals. The next two tracks were also very good and “Ball And Chain” was a fantastic closer

Really bored mostly goes on too long and doesn’t change much, it’s really cool from a technical standpoint but not something I’d ever want to like “listen” to. It would be really good background music but for actually listening I found it very boring. I did somewhat enjoy “Pannonica” and “I Surrender, Dear” so it wasn’t a total wash but definitely not something I will probably ever return to. Unless at some point in the future I get into jazz which at this moment I find unlikely.

I really hated this. Like I said on yesterday’s I’m just not a jazz person but this one like forced me to pay attention in a way the one before did while giving me personally nothing for it. I really hated “Watermelon Man” especially, just ear bleeding imo. I will never return to this. But I listened to it before I died…unfortunately

I was mostly bored here. I didn't like it very much. It may be because I don't like dream pop very much at all but I was not into this. Also I found the songs themselves to be boring and I really hate how buried the vocals are in the mix (something that is hit or miss for me depending on the album) I don't see myself returning to this

Not into the first track at all but the rest of it I really enjoyed, the music is beautiful and though Cohen’s voice got really deep in his older age the songs are still quite good for the most part and it makes for a beautiful and fitting send off for Cohen

This one sucked in my opinion. Like the music itself was fine but her voice is awful she’s always flat I really didn’t enjoy this

I liked this one. The psychedelic soundscapes with 90s production worked for me I really liked “Not If You Were The Last Junkie In Earth”, “Boys Better” and “Minnesoter”. But it does kinda lag in the middle. Overall a good time I’d say 3.5 if I could to halves

Really like this one I was already familiar with it but the first two tracks are great and the cover of “Good Golly Miss Molly” is fantastic. The album ends on an especially high note with “Penthouse Pauper”, “Proud Mary”, and “Keep On Chooglin’” back to back to back. The only one I didn’t care for was “Graveyard Train”. This is a great one but I do prefer most of their later output

Not into the whole electronic sound and it was mostly a massive bore from start to finish

Similar to yesterday, the whole electronic sound is just so boring. I found nothing to truly latch onto and enjoy and instead felt that I was just waiting for it to end the whole time

I’m just not a fan of the whole 80s synth pop era (there are exceptions but this ain’t one of them) and this is one of the worst forms of the genre, I didn’t hate it but it’s just not my thing, the lyrics are hilarious though.

Love this whole soul sound and this was no different. I loved my listening experience with this one, and Aretha’s voice is perfection in sound. This was great.

Not really my thing here, but I kinda get it, it went on about 20 minutes longer than I feel I should have and it wasn’t my thing but it was fairly decent I’d be giving 2.5 if I could do halves

Really enjoyed this one, his voice is super soulful and really cool, and even though it drags slightly at the end it’s saved by a wonderful last two tracks and a very strong first half.

The first two songs are pretty decent, I don’t really like the third one though it’s really long and boring and is kinda whiny. I really liked the entire rest of it though.

I like the sounds, it’s generally pretty and fairly proggy, but it does run on a little and becomes tiresome after a while to the point where during both listens I kinda started tuning it out but it was always pleasant while I was listening, so I’d go a solid 3-3.5 stars

This was decent - I found it somewhat forgettable at parts but consistently pleasant and never disliked it

Found this kinda boring but not terrible. Definitely not my thing though, I liked a couple of songs and I really hated the closer but overall it wasn’t good.

I’m not a fan of Radiohead but this was fine. I liked the closer and a couple songs but I mostly didn’t feel very strongly positively or negatively, just kinda meh.

I’m not into rap/hip hop, I’m also most certainly not a fan of Kanye West - I do not support his Nazi rhetoric/comments. However ignoring West as a person, and giving this album a fair shot — I was pleasantly surprised, the songs were all pretty decent and the humor sprinkled in was great. I didn’t love it as I usually don’t love rap/hip hop but it was certainly better than expected, and I would say it was good and I enjoyed it.

I’m a huge fan of Simon & Garfunkel but wasn’t super familiar with Paul Simon’s solo career outside a few hits (“Me And Julio”, “Kodachrome”, “Mother And Child Reunion”, and “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover”) I loved this album, the opener “Mother And Child Reunion” is fantastic and the next several tracks are great. “Paranoia Blues” is also really good and I’ve always loved “Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard” this was good.

I hated the mixing in the vocals on the first track. Other than that this was a good time. I loved say yes and pictures of me. Good album

I was surprised how much I liked this record. I wasn’t super into the production but the quality of the material here more than made up for it and made for a good listen. This was good

I did not like this it drags on forever! It’s so damn repetitive and the album goes on for more than an hour, there is no reason I should ever listen to this again. That being said, having thought about it, it wasn’t offensive or anything so probably like a 1.5 but I’m giving it a 2/5

Really enjoyed this one it’s got a bluesy funky feel while not being overblown with it. This is a good time and I loved his voice

I’ve said before that this genre isn’t my thing but an album with a reputation like this one means I especially had to give this a fair shake, and I enjoyed it fine. Like her voice is wonderful I love it a lot and I enjoyed most of the tracks I just think it goes on too long (like many double albums). If 3-5 songs were cut then this would probably be a 4 star record but it’s good but it just goes on way too long for me.

Sonically this one sounded really great but lyrically there was a bit to be desired. It was a quick fun listen overalls

This was a good time mostly, the middle section kinda dragged but it started and finished pretty strongly.

I was pleasantly surprised by this, I enjoyed almost every track. I think particularly the opening two but the vocals were consistently pleasant and there’s nothing better than restrained use of synths, they’re certainly present here but not overused which is welcome. I also like the psychedelic sound on here, this was an all round good time.

This album was very good, it’s got a hard rock and glam edge that a lot of (popular) albums of its era don’t and the vocals are really good. I absolutely loved “Growing On Me” and “Holding My Own” this was a good album that I’d never even heard of before now.

Ok so on one hand this album was very pleasant it sounded good the whole way through. On the other it’s very very soft and mellow and sounds very similar the whole time, to the point where I kind of started tuning it out towards the end. Granted, that samey sound is very pleasant but this album is only barely less than an hour and felt like about thirty years of the same super soft, slow and samey music.

This is gonna be kinda short but I didn’t like this one. I found it to be quite boring and way too long for its quality. I mean it could’ve been worse but it could’ve been so much better. Really boring and way too long

I wasn’t a fan of the opener but after that it got good fast “I Need A Man To Love” and “Summertime” show a bit more of Joplin’s softer vocals and “Piece Of My Heart” is obviously amazing and shows off her fantastic vocals. The next two tracks were also very good and “Ball And Chain” was a fantastic closer

This album was really good. It’s got a really nice folky, and country-rock feel. Clark’s vocals are really great on almost every track, he also is very clearly doing a Dylan impression on the title track (not a negative just an observation that song was good) and there is a Dylan cover on here too. The highlights for me were “The Virgin”, “With Tomorrow”, “For A Spanish Guitar”, and “1975” but this whole record was very good.

I don’t know why it was such a shock when this generated but I relistened to it for the first time in a while. It was better than I remember, this album above all is beautiful sonically. “Breathe (In The Air) is actually a really great kickstart to the record “Time” is one of the greatest songs of all time. “The Great Gig In The Sky” is beautiful, “Money” has one of the greatest bass lines of all time. “Us And Them” is my favorite track here. “Brain Damage” has one of the most cathartic album title drops of all time and it’s two song suite with “Eclipse” is better than “Us And Them” imo despite individually both being worse than that song. I love this album, though I don’t connect with it in the same way many do and therefore it is not quite as high up in my humble opinion as the general consensus leaves it and it also isn’t my favorite Pink Floyd album. With that said this is easily a 5/5

I never particularly liked REM, like never disliked them but never liked them because most of their hits are A) not that amazing and b) have been played to hell and back at least six times. But I was pleasantly surprised here. Almost every song here that wasn’t a hit was better than 90% of their hits. The hits here were also quite good in a big fan of “Man On The Moon” and “Everybody Hurts” but the non singles here were also very good.

This one gives punk vibes, I’m not super into most of it, though I do think it got better as it went on, I really disliked the first three songs but I really enjoyed “Alright” and “She’s So Loose”. I do think much of the record was kind of boring, its whole vibe is definitely not my main interest in music so that makes sense, but it had some pretty strong songs especially near the end.

This album was pretty good, it’s a little too slow/mellow for my tastes but it was solidly a good listen. I was a fan of his voice it’s really soothing and the instrumentation was very pleasant

Thrash metal is not my thing, hell metal isn’t generally my thing though I do listen to a fair amount of 70s and early 80s metal. But I just think thrash gets tiring after a song or two, the only exception to this for me is Metallica. I do respect Megadeth as a band for their importance, and I can see myself getting into them a few years ago and them being one of the bands that got me into metal, but at this point I just don’t find them super interesting compared to even other thrash bands. I also am not a fan of Dave Mustaine’s vocals or his lyrics, however the playing here is fantastic even if it isn’t really my thing when it comes to metal. This album it was pretty decent taking all that into account. It’s a solid thrash album but not one I see myself really returning to.

I’m going to be fully honest, I hate the Bee Gees’ disco era. Like fully hate it, their voices are very annoying to me and I already don’t like disco, but I had a small bit of hope because this one was from 1969, before they went to that sound so I was cautiously optimistic about this one. When they aren’t singing like a bunch of idiots they sound quite nice. I also really like the guitar work and string section on the first two songs. The album has a folky and country feel at times, and it’s jarring to enjoy an album by a group that I only know for music that I hate. I really loved “Melody Fair”. Despite having no vocals the “Seven Seas Symphony” sounds wonderful. This is my most surprising discovery yet.

I like Chris Cornell but soundgarden is probably my least favorite of his bands, but I do like soundgarden. This album was better than I expected, I’m not a grunge person so I’m kinda picky about the grunge I do like and this was one of them. I like Black Hole Sun but find it a little overrated and my favorite was “My Wave”. I think though that it goes on a little longer than it should have but this is good.

I was optimistic going into this one as it’s an album I’ve heard great things about that I’ve no experience hearing. I was pretty disappointed, I found most of this really boring despite all the sounds that seem to be desperately trying to make it interesting. I also think her vocals are really boring for the majority of this record it’s really monotone(?) and boring sounding. All that being said I liked the two overtures and “Neon Valley Street” but the rest of the record was just boring.

I mean, ok so the first three songs here are very energetic and I enjoyed them a fair amount, it feels like a fun album, but around track four I began feeling really bored. I mean, these almost all sound the same and it’s not my first choice of sound either. It’s certainly good, like it sounds good and it has a good energy but it becomes very samey fairly quickly.

I was excited about this one as it’s in an era and genre I really like and I was glad my expectations were met. Almost every track was a good time, I particularly liked “The Kingdom Of Heaven”, and “Roller Coaster” Despite the positives this album did begin to feel somewhat samey throughout but that was a nitpick as this was a good time

Here’s the first album I’ve gotten by the king of pop. “Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough” is a fine opener but too long and one of his more overrated hits in my opinion. I love “Rock With You”. I enjoyed most of the rest of the album but this is a style of music I don’t like, though I will stand by that Michael Jackson does disco better than most but I prefer his 80s pop more. I think though and this is a problem with the album structure is that they feel like a bunch of songs meant to be singles not one unified album so I feel like his albums are less than the sum of their parts.

I really liked almost every song on this album. It has Bowie’s usual flair and sound but it’s better than his music had been for decades by that point. His voice also aged incredibly well and he sounds fantastic on this record. It does make me sad that “Dancing Out In Space” isn’t a better song because that name is wonderful but, overall I’d say this was a good album. Though, I’d say it is the least essential of Bowie’s 9 albums on this list and I’d argue not essential to hear before you die. But, this was still a good time.

Jesus Christ, I usually listen to several albums a day outside of my daily album but I had to find time all throughout the day for this one due to its sheer length. Built off of one solo album by both Big Boi and Andre 3000 put together into one really long album, this is arguably Outkast’s most well regarded album. So I’ll split my review in two as well Speakerboxxx: Big Boi’s half of the album is a progressive hip hop sound. Overall I enjoyed this half of the album but I found that it was a sound I wasn’t wholly fond of being that I’m not exactly a hip hop guy in my music. But I really liked “The Rooster” and “Knowing”. Other than that I felt that this half of the album was too long especially considering the length of the entire record. I award this half of the album a 3/5 or so, due to it not being a sound I love but still being pretty good. The Love Below: Andre 3000’s half of the album largely departs from the hip hop sound of Big Boi’s part in favor of a soul, pop, and jazzy sound that I enjoy significantly more. I found myself enjoying much more of this one and not just because of the excellent “Hey Ya!”, but “Love Hater”, “Prototype”, “Roses”, and “Love In War” were all tracks I found myself enjoying quite a bit. But again this half of the album is around 80 minutes long which is kind of excessive for a regular album and I do believe is too long especially adding on the length of Speakerboxxx as well. Overall I’d give this part of the album a light 4/5 Overall: As you may have guessed if you read my review I found this album far too long, 2+ hours was too much, while I enjoyed much of it I found myself wanting the album to end fairly frequently due to the sheer length. This is not to say I didn’t like the sound of the music, I did especially The Love Below but I will likely never sit through the entire record ever again, and because of that I will give this album a 3/5 but be aware it’s closer to a 3.5/5

I like the opener but the rest of it is really boring. It’s a rock record with a heavy southern/country sound and I’m not a fan of it because it goes on a while and it’s a very samey sound.

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes I liked this one, the folky indie feel is very pleasant and the vocals are very good. The album does blend together a little but the songs by and large are very good and have a calming feel. I’m around a 3.5 but that’ll get rounded up to a light 4/5

A early/mid 70s glam record? Nice! Overall this was an enjoyable experience, the songs were good, the vocals were good, my only real issue was that it’s a bit much to listen to all the way through, for me it’s about a 3.5/5 so I’m deciding now whether to round it up to a 4 or down to a 3

Is it weird that this reminded me heavily of Weezer, that’s not strictly a compliment, I like Weezer and specifically the blue album but they’re not a band I particularly like the sound of and the sound is pulled off very rarely. This was fine with some good moments

Like many of us I’m listening to this the day after Brian Wilson’s passing and it’s a sad day for music history, RIP Brian Wilson. The Beach Boys for me had a very specific moment where they were great and this solidified that for me. Starting the record the first song was a huge mixed bag, certainly not “bad” but not very good either. The next three songs were actually quite good but they give off the vibe of trying really hard to remake that Beach Boys magic and falling just a little short, honestly that’s the vibe I get from the whole record, trying to recapture that sound they had in 65-66 and partially succeeding but falling just short. This whole record is a little odd in sound anyway. However easily the closest the record comes to touching that classic sound was “Til’ I Die” with wonderful harmonies that make a truly haunting song and the closing title track, that had been around since the Smile sessions. This album is an odd, “trying to recapture”, and kinda disjointed album, but as much as I’ve mentioned them attempting to remake that magic they largely come very close, despite its lulls the 2-4 tracks and especially the final 2 songs really make this one come together, I’ll give it a 3.5/5 that gets rounded up to a 4

Remain In Light - Talking Heads I’m going to probably upset some people but, I don’t like the Talking Heads that much. This album included, it’s just really boring. The songs all have fairly uniform sound and that sound (combined with the production) is not one I enjoy. The vocals were ok I guess but this is overall an era I also don’t enjoy all that much. I did enjoy “Once In A Lifetime” though.

This sucked. I’m going to be fully straight on this one, it sucked. I am yet to genuinely understand the appeal of electronic music like it’s so boring, it goes on forever the sounds are so uninteresting. I genuinely don’t understand how anyone can sit down say “I’m gonna listen to music” and play instrumental electronic music! Now, is this actually terrible? No. Is it even the worst electronic album I’ve gotten? No, MJ Cole is in the corner of my eye. But it’s so uninteresting like every other one I’ve gotten and I’m only giving it a 2 because I save a 1 for an album that truly made me hate it, and as is I find this far to boring to truly hate, it’s around a 1.5/5 that got rounded up.

This was alright. The vocals were good but a little annoying after a while but overall I really like the sound of this record, it’s a 3.5 I think which I’m going to round up to a 4/5

No, sorry, just no, this is a boring boring album, made almost entirely of samples, not into it

This was excellent, I’d never heard it before but this was fantastic. It has a little bit of a 60s vibe which is always a good thing in my book. I’m a fan of the opener, “She Bangs The Drum”, my favorite was “Waterfall”. “Bye Bye Bad Man” is also a pretty good one. “I Am The Resurrection” was also a fantastic song.

I will say, as someone who is very much a rock fan and not a huge fan of hip hop, I have been consistently surprised by my enjoyment of hip hop on this list, while still not my preferred genre I think I was being lead away by artists I do hate like Drake. That’s all to say this is another in that lineage, while not a favorite even among the hip hop albums I’ve gotten, its beats are solid all throughout and the vocals are pretty good. It’s also solid in the background.