Funky, bold and simply great music. Excellent.

A beautifully progressive mixture of just enough rock, contemplative atmosphere and striking lyrics.

Cohesive, soulful and thematically bold. Aretha's voice and her chorus are beyond excellent and the instrumentation complements it perfectly. Starting with a song as powerful as Respect makes it fizzle out a bit after that song. Great closer.

This album is a mood perfectly distilled into a musical project. Atmospheric and innovative, it can feel monotonous at times.

A landmark record, perfectly weaves stories and concepts into creative lyricism. Never dull and filled with catchy rock-and-roll tracks that complement Dylan's unmistakable voice.

Great vocal work by Cooke, you can feel the rawness of his singing and his ability to connect with the crows. That being said, beyond Cooke's exceptional singing, not much else was a standout.

A great Blues Rock album, Clapton's guitar playing is simply amazing and Layla is one of the great rock songs of all time.

I didn't actively dislike it but it just felt very derivative and unpolished at times (although that might be part of the point with Ska). Stereotype is a stand-out, but several other songs could've used some polishing (eg. I can't stand it). Overall, just not my cup of tea.

I love Hip-Hop and this album's influence is undeniable. It remains a bold and hard-hitting blend of Rap Rock, but it hasn't aged perfectly. The obvious example is "Girls", which is lyrically very poor, the production is frankly appalling and it essentially cuts the album in half as some sort of low-quality interlude. "The new style" and "Posse in effect" remain great.