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Album	You	Global	Diff
Chris Christine and the Queens	5	2.82	+2.18
Southern Rock Opera Drive-By Truckers	5	2.82	+2.18
Ingenue k.d. lang	5	2.94	+2.06
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry Billy Bragg	5	2.97	+2.03
The Man Who Travis	5	3.02	+1.98
Emperor Tomato Ketchup Stereolab	5	3.02	+1.98
The Notorious Byrd Brothers The Byrds	5	3.04	+1.96
Floodland Sisters Of Mercy	5	3.04	+1.96
The Last Broadcast Doves	5	3.05	+1.95
Ambient 1/Music For Airports Brian Eno	5	3.07	+1.93

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	1	3.63	-2.63
Mothership Connection Parliament	1	3.61	-2.61
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	1	3.39	-2.39
Aftermath The Rolling Stones	1	3.39	-2.39
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	1	3.35	-2.35
Tommy The Who	1	3.34	-2.34
The Slim Shady LP Eminem	1	3.29	-2.29
The White Album Beatles	2	4.18	-2.18
Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin	2	4.12	-2.12
evermore Taylor Swift	1	3.04	-2.04

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Johnny Cash	2	5

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The Who	5, 1
Leonard Cohen	2, 5

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Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

1/5

This? This is your mighty Stones? God, I woulda died of boredom if I hadn't kept being enraged by the misogyny.

2 likes

Ingenue

k.d. lang

5/5

Can't believe it, but have never listened to k.d. lang before and I love? It's so good. Gonna be checking out the back catalogue.

1 likes

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

So much better than the other Steely Dan album this list had me on. Bodhisattva is a banger, of course. I feel like these guys would be really annoying to have a conversation with, but I enjoyed the music.

1 likes

Van Halen

3/5

Listenable, despite including an absolute murder of The Kinks on the album.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (17)

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

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Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

2/5

Middle of the road, just a bit pathetic, really. Cock rock. Enjoyed reading people roasting it more than any of the songs, which could have almost been good if they'd knocked it off with the silly moaning and baby yeahs. Vapid.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Honestly a vibe, knew a couple songs already and had on one my like songs. Usually more into fake!80s than real!80s, but this is chill. Very listenable.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Took me a couple listens, possibly because grumpy, but have settled on this being fine with some addable songs. It's still a bit nothingy, even compared to other of their stuff that I like (The Chain, Dreams).

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

This was a weird one, because there were lots of bits here and there for me that I liked, but the sum of the parts didn't really land with me. I suspect it woulda been more impressive in its day. Some of it slaps, but in the end I added no songs because there were no whole songs I liked.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

I don't really know how I could be grumpy about this, the Beastie Boys are just a lot of fun. They're not all winners, obviously, and it's not, like, peak Beastie, but I just kinda respect them for their sound, yknow? Distinctive, no apologies.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

5/5

Already had two of these on my liked songs, cos Black Mirror and Black Wave / Bad Vibrations are bangers. I've seen a fair few of the public reviews saying they're pretentious. I don't care. Did I like the songs or nah? I did. So. Delicate, layered, but they've got a fantastic energy and voice. Plus, there's some French. Could listen to Black Mirror on repeat, honestly. Great stuff.

The Real Thing

Faith No More

2/5

I dunno, man. This certainly is a rock album that happened.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

1/5

Immediately after this album, it auto-played to a NIN song I actually ended up really liking, so, like, it's possible, but overall these were, to me, mostly toilet noises, plus a bad Johnny Cash cover (yes, I *know*).

Arise

Sepultura

1/5

There's some good stuff in the lyrics about the prison population, violence, white collar criminality, apartheid, that kinda thing, it's just that it's also in there with, and I am not kidding, "I didn't ask to be born", which just absolutely undercuts it all with the most teenagery wambulance shit. Realistically, I was never gonna like it, too noisy for me, but I'll stick to System of a Down. The album art is pretty sick tho.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

3/5

Not heard of this before, but I like it! Mellow, but fairly interesting, a good mix of vibes, but just also very charming. Definitely some new songs to add here.

The Band

3/5

Fun! I kinda love old stuff like this, I like a bit of folk too. It occasionally veers into the dull, but generally it's fun and there's some real bops on here with a real sense of time and place.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Look, I love a dirge, but this is a buncha dirges. I prefer late Cohen where it sounds like he spent twenty years on a mountain surviving on cigarettes.

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

3/5

This is the Google Keep version of a poem you're working on in album form. Nice for background stuff. Wilmot is a bop.

Country Life

Roxy Music

3/5

You know, I wanted to hate this because that album cover is fucking atrocious, but it grew on me. I gave it a few listens and I think it would actually grow on me further.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

You know what? I like it. Yes, Ok, this one I can tell IS a bit pretentious, but I don't care. It was fun to listen to, it was a chill time, a couple of bops.

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

3/5

Real misleading title, lads. Pleasant enough, though.

evermore

Taylor Swift

1/5

No good reviews for billionaires.

Blackstar

David Bowie

4/5

I like this a lot. It's not too Bowie a Bowie, though I do also like Bowie Bowie. Blackstar itself is incredible. Enjoyed this when it came out and still do now.

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

It's not my preferred Radiohead, but it's still good.

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

I sure did experience this album

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

4/5

Forgot to write a note for this, going to need a relisten.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

Just full of Blondie bangers.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

Honestly if you don't like this you probably don't like talent or artistry.

Woodface

Crowded House

2/5

I really gotta hear this before I die?

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

2/5

Eh.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

I already forgot this and it was this morning.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

I don't even know what you're doing if Johnny Cash doesn't get five stars.

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Honestly very listenable and enjoyable. A few bangers. Surprised me!

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

1/5

Actually quite liked a lot of this, but apparently Clapton is a wanker, so 1 star!

High Violet

The National

3/5

Listenable.

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

2/5

Eh.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

1/5

This? This is your mighty Stones? God, I woulda died of boredom if I hadn't kept being enraged by the misogyny.

Elastica

4/5

Good stuff! It's amazing how much better rock gets when you add, like, women.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

Help Me, Rhonda is great and I quite like some Beach Boys, but overall this album was slightly weaker than I expected.

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

2/5

This certainly did occur.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

Some good songs, but overall a little disappointing.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

He sure do guitar.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

3/5

Eh, they're no Flogging Molly.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

5/5

Not my favourite version of You Don't Own Me (Lesley Gore), but obviously still a banger. Speaking of bangers, several here, my favourite new song being Summer is Over. Just great stuff.

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

2/5

Why did I need to listen to this?

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Obviously excellent. Is it my favourite Simone? No, but what a voice.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

2/5

Dull.

Iron Maiden

2/5

I don't really know what all the fuss is about?

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Fine.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

The parts that weren't wanky were good!

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

I do wish the tracks were shorter, but that's prog for you, eh. Obviously good, not sure if I'll save any cos they're long, but I liked it.

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

4/5

Really liked it.

Kimono My House

Sparks

3/5

Fun, but it did start all sounding kinda the same.

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Just kinda nothing?

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

Muddy Waters is always a great time and this is no exception. Incredible.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

It's just not my kinda thing.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5

It's just not my kinda thing.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Fantastic, have had this album for years now and it's so good.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

Pretty good!

Lost Souls

Doves

4/5

Pretty good!

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

The Beach Boys attempt to show they are beach *men* by singing Serious Songs about... water pollution, not getting fat, a tree and... the Kent State Massacre? Oh, lads.

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

I did not expect to like this so much. I was really bopping.

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

3/5

I mean, it's salsa. Depends if you like salsa. I think salsa is fine.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

1/5

Just phenomenally irritating.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

1/5

The bits you know of the songs you know are fun...

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

1/5

It's not for me.

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

2/5

Fine, but not my thing.

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

REM is great.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

5/5

C,mon, man, it's Duke Ellington, what do you think I'm gonna say?

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

3/5

It was OK. The cover of Daydream was great though.

Kenya

Machito

3/5

Fine, just a bit eh

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Fun, but not exactly going to return to it.

NEU! 75

Neu!

4/5

Easy listening

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

2/5

Forgettable

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

5/5

Matty Groves is, of course, a huge bop and there are some other great songs here. Enjoyed this.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

Obviously I have already heard like 50% of this album before. Billie Jean is probably my favourite Jackson song already too. Christ, McCartney's track was fucking dire though, eh? What a vapid hole. Still, it's pretty good overall, obviously.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

5/5

So much fun. I love this kinda thing.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

I have loved Muse since Origin of Symmetry when I was a teenager. This album has some incredible songs on it that are already so fantastic: Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole, Knights of Cydonia. It still feels like magic when I listen to it. And recently I attached new memories of playing Starfield to it and it's such a good fit even though that game is eh really. Anyway, I love this.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

Not their best, but not bad.

The Slider

T. Rex

2/5

Honestly expected better.

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

2/5

Background music.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

1/5

I wouldn't even be mad if it was offensive but good, but it's just dull, honestly.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Equal parts interesting and irritating.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Fun!

Odessa

Bee Gees

2/5

Better than I expected, worse than I hoped.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

2/5

Meh

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

4/5

Fun

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

3/5

If I had a nickel for every time an album on this list sampled Daydream, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

Chris

Christine and the Queens

5/5

Really enjoyed this. Had no idea what to expect, but it was cool and I added a bunch of songs. Will probably listen to the ones I didn't add again and add more, honestly.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

Pretty good, actually! Way better than The Beatles.

Ingenue

k.d. lang

5/5

Can't believe it, but have never listened to k.d. lang before and I love? It's so good. Gonna be checking out the back catalogue.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

3/5

What an Incredible Bongo Band.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

I liked her voice and I've liked songs from her previously, but I didn't like this album quite as much.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

Beep boop

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

I don't get what the fuss is about.

Soul Mining

The The

3/5

Fine?

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Maybe need to go back to it.

A Northern Soul

The Verve

4/5

Good!

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

4/5

Re-listen needed

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

5/5

Half the songs are bleddy region blocked, but what I heard was obviously great.

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

4/5

There is so much of it what the hell.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Liked it better than I expected!

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

I mean, it's not for me, is it, but it's listenable enough.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

2/5

He's no Tupac, is he?

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

4/5

Pleasant, but possibly forgettable.

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

4/5

I'm not likely to return to it, but it was a chill time.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

It's OK, not as good as I expected.

War

2/5

One good song! That's more than normal for U2!

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

5/5

Chill time.

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

4/5

Really liked a few of these.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Again, not one I'll return to, but fun enough.

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

Fine?

Tical

Method Man

2/5

'S fine.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

Need to re-listen.

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

4/5

Dunno what everyone is complaining about, this was a fun listen.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

1/5

I don't know what I was expecting from a group called Sex Packets, but this was probably it.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

5/5

None of my favourite Billie Holiday songs, but obviously she's still an incredible singer.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Yeah, solid.

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

Fun, but unlikely to relisten much.

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

5/5

There is power in a union.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Enjoyable, but unlikely to return.

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

Did I miss something?

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

5/5

Grounds for Divorce is such a fucking tune. The rest isn't quite as good, but there's some nice tracks on it.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

3/5

Fun, but it's not really much more than good background for me.

Metallica

5/5

Fantastic, honestly. It's not even really my genre, but it's so good it doesn't matter.

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

Enjoyed it, but didn't really connect with any specific tracks.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

Don't get it.

Pretenders

3/5

Fun, but ultimately a bit forgettable. Possibly should return to it.

Pyromania

Def Leppard

2/5

Cock. Rock.

Crazysexycool

TLC

2/5

Waterfalls is obviously great, but the rest is just horndog songs and the obligatory hip hop skits that I find completely baffling.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

5/5

The original sadboy got sadder.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

It's Johnny Cash, innit. Surprised by the amount of covers, some of which I thought didn't quite fully suit, but not in an unpleasant way.

Cross

Justice

4/5

Not bad, probably won't return to much of it, but a bop.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

2/5

I don't really wanna sit an listen to a whole tango album, tbh.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Enjoyed a few of these.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Bob Dylan is always quite fun to listen to, but just falls a little short of a must-listen for me. I may return to these, but I had a good time in any case.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

This is not my favourite Kinks by any stretch, but fun.

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

3/5

Background.

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

Enjoyed this much more than I thought I was going to, really caught my attention from the start and had me bopping. That said, nobody needs a sixteen-minute drum solo.

The Specials

4/5

I quite like ska, but not actually really heard much Specials. Enjoyed this in general, just fucking hated the patronising patriarchal bollocks of Too Much Too Young.

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

2/5

Don't get it.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Fantastic.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

I may possibly already like all the Beastie Boys songs I'm ever going to like, but it was a fun listen and it has a couple of bangers on it, of course.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Worth a re-listen from me.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Very surprising. Positively so!

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Not as depressing as I was formerly led to believe it would be (by their other songs). Re-listen.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Certainly occurred.

The Man Who

Travis

5/5

I've loved Travis ever since I first heard them when I was too young to have "lied when I was 17". I'm 39 now and this still sounds fantastic. I really do think people who complain about this being boring need to be babysat by their music.

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

Like usual REM but nothingy? Bit nothingy.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Fantastic, big fan.

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Loved Ogre Battle, the rest was fine.

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

1/5

Interminably smooth. Just horrendous.

Ramones

3/5

Not as much of a bop as the blitzkrieg would have led me to believe.

Joan Armatrading

2/5

Dull.

Tom Tom Club

3/5

Some of this was quite fun, but there sure was two hours of it.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

It's got that one bop and then some other songs that are also there.

Clandestino

Manu Chao

4/5

Didn't I feel cool when I knew this already? Thank you, Breton radio from the 90s.

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

Funky, fairly listenable.

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

4/5

God, I haven't heard these for ages. Red Alert is still an absolute banger, Bingo Bango is less good than I remember and I had forgotten I knew Rendez-Vu entirely.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

You know what? I like Prince more than I thought I would.

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

5/5

Did not expect to like them, really liked them!

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

5/5

Really enjoyed this, I like the dreamy hippie stuff.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Easy to listen to

Follow The Leader

Korn

1/5

A slog.

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

2/5

Didn't really get it.

Destroyer

KISS

2/5

Middling rock.

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Sorry Dad, I don't like it as much as you do.

Fred Neil

4/5

Quite liked this, though only one track ended up going to my liked.

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

2/5

It's like new wave but I'm not having any fun.

1999

Prince

3/5

1999 is a bop, the rest is OK. Lady Cab Driver can eff right off.

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

1/5

Listen, I *like* folk. This, though, was dismal. It tastes like the bottom of a cup of tea when the bag has burst. Around the part where the song just became a stutter for several seconds, I thought Spotify may have actually broken. Impressive.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

Already need to re-listen, but I do like The Kinks.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

5/5

Short and sweet

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

Good, but not as good as the Nas I've heard before.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

2/5

Only three out of ten songs were available in my country, one of which was a remix of another one. Luckily, all funk sounds the same, so I don't think I missed anything.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Found myself really wanting to play it again and again.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

The coolest.

The Last Broadcast

Doves

5/5

Very chill, seems I remember Pounding like it was yesterday. I liked the tracks I didn't know too. Good stuff.

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

2/5

I know it's German, but truly an album that can only be appreciated by the French. Like him from the Divine Comedy, I too want to hear a reason why I should listen. Penultimate track is almost a goer but let down by the simplistic lyrics. Still, better that than some of the nonsense lyrics earlier in the disc.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Behind Blue Eyes really sucks, but the rest of it slaps harder than I expected!

Van Halen

3/5

Listenable, despite including an absolute murder of The Kinks on the album.

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

3/5

'S just kinda fine?

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

"Every vial you break"? Really? How many of us are breaking vials on the regular? Mother is in insane. The rest is insipid. Whole album sounds like the greasy middle-aged dude that tries to dance with uni students at every night club.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

I like her voice, but the songs themselves were a little forgettable.

GREY Area

Little Simz

5/5

I love her voice. Venom is so good. Several others got saved to my list too. So refreshing to hear a British female voice rapping.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

3/5

Sort of charming. I was quite enjoying Djed until 14 minutes in when it decided to become annoying.

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

Boppy and surprisingly fun, expected much squarer.

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

Had no idea what to expect, but came out pleasantly surprised.

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

How did every chorus go the same?

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Very enjoyable, really starting to enjoy The Doors.

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

5/5

Turns out not only do I like Björk , but I like Björk even when I at first don't know it's Björk.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

Elvis at his most anodyne.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Honestly, pretty fun, though it's not really my style and I wouldn't come back to it.

Garbage

5/5

Garbage is... not garbage? 90s child me is very surprised, but this fuckin' slaps. Oh my God, it's cool.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

I knew Heads Will Roll already and I'm glad I got to hear more. I enjoyed it a lot.

Electric

The Cult

4/5

I could not tell you why I liked this so much compared to other hard rock from this list, but I did. I dunno, it had heart.

Paul Simon

2/5

Muzak.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

2/5

Certainly occurred.

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Do I have depression? Do I listen to music wrong? I dunno, it's fine. It's fine.

Boston

3/5

If only the rest of the album lived up to More Than a Feeling.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

Not quite what I was expecting and I wish it had been more traditional Willie Nelson stuff, but obviously a great voice and instrumentation.

Talvin Singh

4/5

Very glad to have listened to this but, aside from Butterfly, unlikely to listen to it again. Super fun, though.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

2/5

Adequate.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

5/5

Not my favourite of theirs, of course, but still excellent.

Queens of the Stone Age

3/5

I don't get it.

Sea Change

Beck

5/5

I really liked this and I did not expect to. it came at a great time as I needed something chill and it was very soothing and pleasant. Will listen again.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

Instantly forgettable

Tommy

The Who

1/5

Who wants to sit around listening to an hour of wank about uncles fiddling their nephews, cousins doing physical abuse and a 'gypsy' queen who foists drugs and sex on a kid? Is this fun for people?

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

3/5

One of the more enjoyable instances on this list of Music You Had To Be There For.

Live Through This

Hole

5/5

Wow, misogyny is very real, huh. Banger album.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

All three of these points are for Smoke on the Water.

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

1/5

Christ on a bike, I gave up about halfway through.

The White Album

Beatles

2/5

It's so long. That's too much Beatles. A couple of songs really surprised me by being actually good, but the rest of it was just... well, Beatles. They're not very good, you're just old.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

I didn't think I'd be saying this, but even though it's over three hours long, I enjoyed myself. Most of it isn't stuff I'll come back to, but some of it is and while it isn't my favourite Ella, she's still great here.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

I really wanna see it in film form, tbh, but obviously great.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

Waking the Witch hurts my brain, but the rest is legit. Not just Running Up That Hill and Cloudbusting, but so listenable all round.

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

4/5

Weed.