Mostly fine but ultimately not for me.
I've not fully listened to AC/DC before this, only catching them on the radio. Great album! Definitely want to check out more of them now
Good beats and good songs. Not all were a hit, but had some stand outs
I never cared for their radio hits so had never put on the album. There were a couple good tunes that weren't on the radio, but I found myself looking at the playlist often and hoping it would be wrapping up soon
Pretty good, definitely liked the first album more than the second
Not bad, though I need to be in a certain mood for 60's concept album/psychadelic rock
If I didn't see the release year, i would have guessed '90s. Starts off good, really drops off at the end. Last handful of tracks had me looking at the playlist to see when it would be over.
Perfectly serviceable rock, good for background music.
A couple good tracks, but overall not my style
Not bad, but it's no Back to Black
Mix tape style, not for me
Good album, seemed fairly experimental. Will check out more of their work.
Pretty good, I'm guessing this was the origination of all the stomp-clap-hey songs that released in the few years after this.
It was fine. Adult contemporary I guess?
It was fine. Adult contemporary I guess?
Love this album, a 4.5 star album if I've ever heard one but I have to give it a 4 due to 'You Make it Easy' being on the album. The only skippable track on it.
I can see why most of the tracks here were put on the best of album. The remaining tracks that weren't on the best of aren't great unfortunately, leading to an unbalanced album as a whole
It's good, just very long and not typically what I would listen to
It was actually quite good even though I don't listen to much singer/songwriter type music
The queen of soul, gotta check out more of her music
Pretty okay. Many many samples originating from this one and then also a surprise christian song in there.
Some really good tracks mixed in with some forgettable/background tracks
If you like Queen but thought they rocked too hard, this is the band for you
I'm torn between liking the music and being annoyed by his voice
I didn't dislike it as much as I thought I would, still very much not for me.
A great album, feels aimed for the clubs. I like what they eventually morphed into better, but this is a solid album. An actual score of 3.5 would be apt
A classic! Better than Dark Side or the Wall, but not as good as others.
Barely into live albums for my favorite bands, let alone this one
I like some of their stuff, but this wasn't it
Great album, should listen to it more often
Good, though not something I would really ever listen to
It was fine, labeled as rock but definitely sounded more folk
Good stuff, but it's hard to listen to the whole album since it's all very samey
definitely not my style of music
definitely not my style of music
Some good songs, some snoozers.
I'd give it a 2.5, but I'll set it at two starts since I highly doubt I'll ever pick it to play on my own
It's non-offensive and non-interesting
I'd realistically give it 4.5 stars, so I'll just make it 5
There were a couple times I caught myself thinking "maybe this one will be okay?" But they weren't. Soulless pop trash
I just have never gotten into Bob Marley.
I didn't feel the immediate gut-punch revulsion at this, but just because it wasn't immediate doesn't mean I didn't feel it eventually.
Groundbreaking for it's time, still good nowadays
Longest 35 minutes I've spent in a while. Every song was pretty samey and there were a couple times I checked the playlist to make sure a song didn't get duplicated. No thanks.
One of the best breakup albums I've listened to
This is the best REM album by a mile, still holds up
They're just not for me. This album isn't horrendous, but I'd never willingly play it.
It wasn't horrendous, just boring.
Pretty solid live album. Can almost feel the energy he brought to the performance.
More like bossa no-thank you. It's fine, very much not my style. It's so background music, that I forgot I was listening to something
This one didn't do it for me. I liked his final album which had a more electric sound, this was too acoustic-guitar-singer-songwriter vibes which I don't typically listen to.
I found that if the song I was listening to wasn't fully boring me, then it was actively annoying me.
It was fine, very much of it's era. Made it a little over half way, the songs just all sounded pretty same-y
I just haven't gotten bit by the prog rock bug
It's not monotone, but it's not not monotone. Didn't vibe with me at all
I keep wanting to like these guys based on their singles, but it turns out I only like the singles
Fantastic album with some stone cold classics
I understand the cultural impact, but cannot get past their voices. I'd rather listen to fingernails on a chalkboard
It's..... fine. All kinda samey. Good for it's time, doesn't hold up without nostalgia
There are a lot of movies, books, and tv shows about bad people. This is another one. The music is great however, and I'm pretty sure that not understanding French is a plus.
I haven't listened to much of Prodigy, but I really enjoyed this one. Some songs went on a little long which is why it's getting a 3 instead of 4
Unfortunately this came just a day after a Prodigy album, and boy has the technology changed. I understand they were hugely influential to this style of music, but I've never been able to get into them really.
a great precursor to Low End Theory, just not quite as good
I started thinking I'd be giving this album a 3, but then I listened to the whole album. Some serious clunkers on here surrounded by generic pop. Meh. I'll give it 2 stars because I was able to listen to all of it, but that's all it'll get
Absolutely not. Boring music with horrendous vocals on top of it
Close to a 4, but it's a very solid 3. Some great tunes but then a couple clunkers that bring it down.
Meh. I just haven't gotten into Bowie outside of some radio hits, and this absolutely did not change my mind
No thanks. It's got Hoodoo Voodoo which is a fun song, the rest are meh at best.
Some fun and funky tunes. Jaques Your Body Makes me Sweat, About funk, and Music makes you lose control are the standouts for me. The first track is just a bummer for some reason, almost turned me off the entire album. I'll likely pop this back on at some point.
Back in the day I had a roommate with a 25 CD boombox. 10 of the slots were filled with Dave Matthews Band, the 11th was this album, the rest were empty. Fatboy Slim was a breath of fresh air whenever that came on the random playlist.
Still just a great album.
Early pop punk, fun stuff. It's a high 3 for me, giving it 3 stars since I don't actually ever play this myself. I'd rather turn on some NOFX instead
Not sure how this is labeled as a rock band, it's adult contemporary/easy listening at best. After the first 3 songs I started skipping songs after a minute if it didn't catch me, so I listened to a minute of the rest of the album. Hefty no thank you.
The first 'new to me' artist/albums that's gotten a 5 star rating. Incredibly well done album
It's not horrible, but it's not great and got boring real fast. There's very little chance I put this on again in the future.
I'd never listened to the non-radio tracks before; great album. Easily a 4.75 for me, but I gotta round up to 5
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this record. I don't like Every Breath You Take and I give or take the other radio hits, but the non-radio tracks were the real stars here. Very good
I first heard of Abba because I had a cat named Fernando. Everyone kept asking if I named him after the Abba song, so I checked them out. I almost considered changing his name, but I named him Fernando because it just fit him. I still miss him, he was the sweetest kitty ever.
Any way, Abba. No thanks. I'm not a pop fan, and this is just disco flavored pop music with all songs sounds pretty similar enough. It's not hateful, but it's just bland.
I would definitely consider this an 80s emo band/album, and it turns out I'm just not a fan
I'm not a live album type of person. Who needs a slight variation of a song with worse sound quality, and none of the energy from actually being at the show? At any rate, this album was pretty good with the qualifier "for a live album".
I'm not a live album type of person. Who needs a slight variation of a song with worse sound quality, and none of the energy from actually being at the show? At any rate, this album was pretty good with the qualifier "for a live album".
That first paragraph was from yesterday when I was served Motorhead's live album. Both have been 'hailed as the best live album ever', and both were.... fine. For a live album.
A good mix of African and American music. I probably won't go back to this again, but I'm glad I listened to it.
There were some very great diamonds in the (very) rough on this album. It would be very hard for me to go back to it, but I loved having something different on the list
This is live album number 3 in the last 4 days. Still annoying. I get that this live album was their debut, but still has all the trapping of live albums: bad sound quality, unfun banter, and just being annoying.
A group of people come across a brick of cocaine and a pile of instruments. After doing all the coke they decide to see who can play an instrument the fastest.
The German noise band was way more interesting than this one
Music was good, I don't like Morrisey's voice (or his politics, and I'm guessing if I knew him personally, I wouldn't like his personality either)
I have to be in the right mood for singer/songwriter style music where it's just a person and their guitar. Also not helping is the fact that I've never cared for anything Springsteen has done, and this did not change my mind.
The lyrics for sure don't hold up anymore, and the music is fine. I've always enjoyed Cathy's Clown and didn't know that the Nazereth song Love Hurts was actually a cover of the Everly Brothers.
I like the music, but really don't care for his voice.
Couldn't get through this, his voice was worse than nails on a chalkboard to me
I really love Automatic for the people, and when I've listened to their other albums they jut don't click. Having said that, I did also enjoy this album. The introduction of the mandolin in their work was a good move.
Not bad at all, but really not my style and not something I feel like diving deeper into
I never thought I would listen to a Bowie album that I would enjoy. I may actually even come back to this one
I like Elvis Costello, but I'm not sure if it's just the few songs I've heard or what. This album was fine, I wouldn't pick it again
It's good, but I like what they became after this album more
I have mixed feelings on this one. It was their first album I listened to, and I dug it. That was 25 years ago at this point, and my taste in metal has grown a lot since then. I liked this album at the time, but it doesn't really hold up for me. It's got some good stuff, but the overall tone just doesn't sit well with me anymore.
I really dig the metal/grunge music but this band always eluded me. Of course I heard all their big hits, and I think that's what drove me away. The songs were fine, but never really captured me. The rest of the album is great and I'm kinda bummed I missed out on them for so long. Will for sure be listening to them more now
This is a very good album if lyrics are important to you. I see the vocals and lyrics as an instrument and don't really pay attention to what they're saying unless it's something truly inane. Musically it's a very good album, I just don't tend to listen to singer/songwriter stuff
I liked this more than I was expecting, some pretty fun rock songs
It was fine. It's not really 'trance' music, but it's also not not trance.
It was fine. Somehow one of the 'best albums of all time' but didn't grab me at all
Nostalgia's playing a bit of a part in this review, but I still really like this album. This one and One Hot Minute are just great.
It was a good album, maybe if I spend more time with it it'll turn out to be a great album, but I don't know if I want to do that.
It was fine. Turns out there was one song I know. Non offensive indy music
If this was given to me back in my weed/jam band/psychedelic rock days, it would have been my jam. Good stuff, just not a style I listen to nowadays.
Just great all around. No notes
If this is Joni Mitchell's best, then Joni Mitchell is not for me
Meh. If folk-pop is a thing, it's probably this. But without the typical poignant lyrics you'd typically find with folk music
He's gotta be one of my favorite artists I never listen to. Time and place kinda thing, I guess
I'm not a country and western music fan, but I did enjoy Ray Charles' renditions of those songs.
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. It was like if you had a renaissance fair band and gave them some electric instruments
Not too bad. Garage-dad rock?
No thanks. I'm down for a concept album, but this one is for sure not for me.
The first song played and I figured this would be an easy 3 star album, since disco's never fully grabbed me. Then the rest of the album played and it was a really long half hour. Kept looking to see when the album was done. This would be a 1 star album if the first track didn't exist.
This was pretty good, it felt closer to a later '90s techno album than '89. I probably won't revisit, but I enjoyed it
I haven't listened to this in forever and it still holds up. Can be a bit lengthy
It's poppy Beatles. It's good, just not as good as what's to come
I thought this was going to be a fun album since I knew and enjoyed We Are Family, but it turns out this is not for me at all.
It was fine? Feels like standard 60s pop. I was reading it was the first album they got to write, and well, good for them, but also... their first two albums were better.
I think this is an objectively good album that does absolutely nothing for me. Also runs a bit long, chop maybe 20 mins off and it would probably be a banger
Pretty good . Better than I was expecting, but not good enough to enter my rotation
It was fine, didn't blow me away, didn't hate it
It's an album for people who care about lyrics, and I'm definitely not one of those people. The music is fine.
I groaned when I saw I was going to be listening to the doors today, I've never cared for them. I enjoyed this album a lot more than I was expecting! Still didn't care much for the radio singles, but the rest of the album was pretty good.
I liked '90s electronica and forgot about Orbital. Now I remember why, not a huge fan of background music like this
It was fine. I honestly never really heard of Kendrick Lamar until the whole superbowl thing so I was surprised I knew the 'drink' song (I already forgot the name)
Good album! I remember hearing Band on the Run as a child and then being confused later in life when I couldn't find it on a Beatles album.
It was fine? Nothing really stuck out to me except the dance floor song, and that's mostly because I heard it a bunch when it first came out. I suppose the best part of this album is that I woke up this morning with my mind playing "I wish that you looked good on the dance floor... ", so that's kind of amusing.
"Alexa, write me a contemporary pop album with an occasional 80's style synth sound. Make it sound unique, but also so familiar that anyone will be able to at least hum along with it the first time they hear it." I'm sure there's more to it, but is sure doesn't sound like it. I'm completely out of the hype loop on this one
It's fine. Not a huge fan of 'background' music like this unless I'm reading or doing something where I need to focus
I enjoyed the radio songs, the rest was meh.
This was going to be a solid 3 star for me, an enjoyable funk/soul live show. It went a bit downhill when they started the 10+ minute drum solo on the final track. Maybe it's because I'm not a drummer, but anything longer than a minute or two and it's a "you had to be there" kind of thing.
I've never actually listened to the full album before, but I liked it more than expected.
I liked it more than expected, I've only known his radio stuff.
Technically competent, thoroughly not for me
Any lyrics-first type of album starts with a disadvantage with me, and this is very much a lyrics-first album. Also I do not like her voice, and the accompanying music wasn't for me either
Easiest 5 I've given, such a great album.
I've said it before; singer/songer-writer and lyrics first albums are going to have a tough time getting a good rating for me. That said, this album is beautiful. One of the best minimalist albums I've listened to. I think a big part of it is that I'm also a big Beck fan, and I can hear how much influence Nick Drake has had on Beck in this album. Also one of the first albums here that ended and I immediately replayed it. Love it.
I enjoyed this one but it didn't blow me away. Vocals were reminiscent of Trent Reznor. Music was good.
I've never liked Bob Marley and every time he comes up here I hope to have my mind change. Nope. Not this time.
Good, but uneven. Some good tunes, some good beats, but then the skits. And some okay-at-best songs.
I haven't listened to much Elton John, but this was a pretty solid album.
Went into this with a more negative frame of mind since I really don't care about Beyonce or pop music, but was pleasantly surprised by it. This is probably better than anything I've heard by Beyonce, but it's still not my style of music at all.
It was.... fine. I don't get upset when the White Stripes are playing, but I never seek them out to play them on my own. This is easily a 2.5 for me, but I think a 2 rating here because, again, I will never play them intentionally.
No thanks to christmas music, no thanks to Phil Spector
It was good. Not bad, but good.
I'm not super familiar with both of their music, but for some reason I always thought the Grateful Dead did the Cripple Creek song. Anyway, the album is fine. Not great, not bad. an easy 2.5. I'll give it a 3 here since I had fun imagining Kermit sing a couple songs
Pretty good. I like metal but haven't listened to Megadeth much at all.
It was fine? Perfectly serviceable. Honestly, I had it on and didn't really notice it, so it didn't really stand out at all
I thought, maybe it's just not for me but I could see the technical competence or something, but I couldn't even get past the second track. Not for me for sure
According to google my top genre for the last couple years has been 'Indy'. I don't care for this bland, I mean band.
Some good stuff, some okay stuff. Not hitting with me today, but I feel if I gave this more time it probably would.
I've never been a Bruce Springsteen fan and this did nothing to change my mind
It was fine? Kinda background music. Didn't really pay attention, didn't really grab my attention
I really dug this one. Lots of variety, and good, captivating stuff. Added this to my library.
It's fine. 2.5, rounding down to 2 because some of the songs just went on too long. Good instrumentalists, but nothing really stood out
Lots of variety, great album.
It was good, but definitely not as good as Pink Moon
This is absolutely not for me. Lyrics-first, big (small? medium?) band style music. Pass x10.
It was.... fine. Irish folk jam band? Not really hitting with me, not terrible.
I can recognize the talent; he does have a great singing voice. But, this is not for me.
Good album! It's probably a bias since I've heard them a lot more, but I definitely like the radio songs more than the others.
This was pretty good, a lot of variety in the album; more than I was expecting. I might try to listen to this one again
Good, but had a hard time getting into it
Started off on a great, funky note then slowly turned into R&B. I prefer a funky sound personally.
Great harmonies and tunes. I had never really looked up M&Ps before this and didn't realize they were only a band for a small number of years. Got some incredible hits out of them in this time.
Fun fact, I heard a cover of 'Where's your head at' on my way into work this morning and was struggling to remember the name of the original artist. Then I open up this page to get my album of the day and see Basement Jaxx; what a fun coincidence! It may not be on this album, but it was still the same artists out of potentially hundreds of artists. Overall okay, I think Red Alert saves it, brings it up to a 3 on that song alone.
For a debut album, not too shabby. This could have definitely been a best-of album as well. Good stuff.
They were good covers, but not sure why this was on the list?
I enjoyed the radio songs, the rest were absolutely forgettable.
It was.... fine? Maybe not funky or groovy enough for me. More background music. Though I enjoyed learning where doo-doo chasers came from, I've only heard Ween's version and didn't know it was a cover until now.
It seems to be a lyrics first type of album, and the music didn't grab me. Meh.
Probably groundbreaking for it's time, it sounds like generic 80's synth pop by a one hit wonder
I've never listened to this album before, but I've heard it a million times. Standard 80s pop filled with drum machines and surprisingly little synths. hum-drum
This is a solid album, I'm really torn between 3 and 4. I like some of their later stuff better, but this is sufficiently blues-rock enough that I still dig it.
I guess I'll go with a 3 since I never pick this album to play. We'll see if that changes in the future.
I can see why this is a highly lauded album, I just haven't listened to much Depeche Mode before this
Could not get past the voice. I'm not saying I could sing better, but I'm also not putting out albums.
Not a musical fan, so I wasn't surprised to find out this was adapted from a musical. No thanks.
It was fine? Good back ground music, not much more.
