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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
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5 | 2.73 | +2.27 |
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Chris
Christine and the Queens
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5 | 2.81 | +2.19 |
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Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
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5 | 2.81 | +2.19 |
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Ingenue
k.d. lang
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5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
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Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
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5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
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The Man Who
Travis
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5 | 3 | +2 |
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Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
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5 | 3.03 | +1.97 |
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The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
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5 | 3.04 | +1.96 |
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The Last Broadcast
Doves
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5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
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Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
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5 | 3.06 | +1.94 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
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1 | 3.66 | -2.66 |
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Mothership Connection
Parliament
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1 | 3.61 | -2.61 |
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My Generation
The Who
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1 | 3.4 | -2.4 |
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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
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1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
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2112
Rush
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1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
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Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
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1 | 3.36 | -2.36 |
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
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1 | 3.34 | -2.34 |
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Tommy
The Who
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1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
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1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
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1 | 3.3 | -2.3 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 5 |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 4.67 |
| Nirvana | 2 | 5 |
| Public Enemy | 2 | 5 |
| Radiohead | 3 | 4.33 |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 4.33 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
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| Megadeth | 1, 5 |
| The Who | 5, 1, 1 |
| Leonard Cohen | 2, 5 |
| Rush | 4, 1 |
| The Cure | 3, 2, 5 |
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The Rolling Stones · 4 likes
1/5
This? This is your mighty Stones? God, I woulda died of boredom if I hadn't kept being enraged by the misogyny.
k.d. lang · 1 likes
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.
Steely Dan · 1 likes
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.
Van Halen · 1 likes
3/5
Listenable, despite including an absolute murder of The Kinks on the album.
Billy Bragg · 1 likes
5/5
There is power in a union.
1-Star Albums (34)
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Faith No More
2/5
I dunno, man. This certainly is a rock album that happened.
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*).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Primal Scream
3/5
Real misleading title, lads. Pleasant enough, though.
Taylor Swift
1/5
No good reviews for billionaires.
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.
Radiohead
4/5
It's not my preferred Radiohead, but it's still good.
Brian Eno
3/5
I sure did experience this album
Emmylou Harris
4/5
Forgot to write a note for this, going to need a relisten.
Blondie
5/5
Just full of Blondie bangers.
B.B. King
5/5
Honestly if you don't like this you probably don't like talent or artistry.
Crowded House
2/5
I really gotta hear this before I die?
Cat Stevens
2/5
Eh.
Sebadoh
2/5
I already forgot this and it was this morning.
Johnny Cash
5/5
I don't even know what you're doing if Johnny Cash doesn't get five stars.
Judas Priest
4/5
Honestly very listenable and enjoyable. A few bangers. Surprised me!
Derek & The Dominos
1/5
Actually quite liked a lot of this, but apparently Clapton is a wanker, so 1 star!
The National
3/5
Listenable.
The Dictators
2/5
Eh.
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
3/5
Help Me, Rhonda is great and I quite like some Beach Boys, but overall this album was slightly weaker than I expected.
Frank Black
2/5
This certainly did occur.
Dire Straits
3/5
Some good songs, but overall a little disappointing.
Frank Zappa
3/5
He sure do guitar.
The Pogues
3/5
Eh, they're no Flogging Molly.
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.
The Fall
2/5
Why did I need to listen to this?
Nina Simone
4/5
Obviously excellent. Is it my favourite Simone? No, but what a voice.
Nick Drake
2/5
Dull.
Iron Maiden
2/5
I don't really know what all the fuss is about?
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Fine.
David Bowie
3/5
The parts that weren't wanky were good!
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.
Skunk Anansie
4/5
Really liked it.
Sparks
3/5
Fun, but it did start all sounding kinda the same.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Just kinda nothing?
Muddy Waters
5/5
Muddy Waters is always a great time and this is no exception. Incredible.
Stevie Wonder
3/5
It's just not my kinda thing.
Missy Elliott
2/5
It's just not my kinda thing.
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Fantastic, have had this album for years now and it's so good.
Pulp
3/5
Pretty good!
Doves
4/5
Pretty good!
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.
Pearl Jam
5/5
I did not expect to like this so much. I was really bopping.
Tito Puente
3/5
I mean, it's salsa. Depends if you like salsa. I think salsa is fine.
Parliament
1/5
Just phenomenally irritating.
Lauryn Hill
1/5
The bits you know of the songs you know are fun...
Lenny Kravitz
1/5
It's not for me.
Terence Trent D'Arby
2/5
Fine, but not my thing.
R.E.M.
5/5
REM is great.
Duke Ellington
5/5
C,mon, man, it's Duke Ellington, what do you think I'm gonna say?
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
It was OK. The cover of Daydream was great though.
Machito
3/5
Fine, just a bit eh
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Fun, but not exactly going to return to it.
Neu!
4/5
Easy listening
Stan Getz
2/5
Forgettable
Fairport Convention
5/5
Matty Groves is, of course, a huge bop and there are some other great songs here. Enjoyed this.
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.
Little Richard
5/5
So much fun. I love this kinda thing.
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.
Oasis
3/5
Not their best, but not bad.
T. Rex
2/5
Honestly expected better.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2/5
Background music.
Eminem
1/5
I wouldn't even be mad if it was offensive but good, but it's just dull, honestly.
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Equal parts interesting and irritating.
The Allman Brothers Band
4/5
Fun!
Bee Gees
2/5
Better than I expected, worse than I hoped.
Charles Mingus
2/5
Meh
The Sonics
4/5
Fun
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.
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.
George Harrison
4/5
Pretty good, actually! Way better than The Beatles.
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.
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
What an Incredible Bongo Band.
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.
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
Beep boop
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
I don't get what the fuss is about.
The The
3/5
Fine?
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Maybe need to go back to it.
The Verve
4/5
Good!
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
4/5
Re-listen needed
Fats Domino
5/5
Half the songs are bleddy region blocked, but what I heard was obviously great.
Genesis
4/5
There is so much of it what the hell.
Black Sabbath
4/5
Liked it better than I expected!
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
I mean, it's not for me, is it, but it's listenable enough.
The Notorious B.I.G.
2/5
He's no Tupac, is he?
Lucinda Williams
4/5
Pleasant, but possibly forgettable.
Baaba Maal
4/5
I'm not likely to return to it, but it was a chill time.
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
It's OK, not as good as I expected.
U2
2/5
One good song! That's more than normal for U2!
Brian Eno
5/5
Chill time.
The Electric Prunes
4/5
Really liked a few of these.
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Again, not one I'll return to, but fun enough.
Bad Brains
3/5
Fine?
Method Man
2/5
'S fine.
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Need to re-listen.
Beyoncé
4/5
Dunno what everyone is complaining about, this was a fun listen.
Digital Underground
1/5
I don't know what I was expecting from a group called Sex Packets, but this was probably it.
Billie Holiday
5/5
None of my favourite Billie Holiday songs, but obviously she's still an incredible singer.
AC/DC
4/5
Yeah, solid.
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Fun, but unlikely to relisten much.
Billy Bragg
5/5
There is power in a union.
Herbie Hancock
3/5
Enjoyable, but unlikely to return.
The Stooges
3/5
Did I miss something?
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.
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.
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
Enjoyed it, but didn't really connect with any specific tracks.
Frank Ocean
2/5
Don't get it.
Pretenders
3/5
Fun, but ultimately a bit forgettable. Possibly should return to it.
Def Leppard
2/5
Cock. Rock.
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.
Leonard Cohen
5/5
The original sadboy got sadder.
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.
Justice
4/5
Not bad, probably won't return to much of it, but a bop.
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
I don't really wanna sit an listen to a whole tango album, tbh.
Soundgarden
4/5
Enjoyed a few of these.
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 Kinks
4/5
This is not my favourite Kinks by any stretch, but fun.
Weather Report
3/5
Background.
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.
Guided By Voices
2/5
Don't get it.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Fantastic.
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.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Worth a re-listen from me.
Beastie Boys
4/5
Very surprising. Positively so!
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.
The Cure
3/5
Certainly occurred.
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.
R.E.M.
4/5
Like usual REM but nothingy? Bit nothingy.
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Fantastic, big fan.
Queen
3/5
Loved Ogre Battle, the rest was fine.
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.
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
It's got that one bop and then some other songs that are also there.
Manu Chao
4/5
Didn't I feel cool when I knew this already? Thank you, Breton radio from the 90s.
CHIC
4/5
Funky, fairly listenable.
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.
Prince
4/5
You know what? I like Prince more than I thought I would.
Drive-By Truckers
5/5
Did not expect to like them, really liked them!
The Byrds
5/5
Really enjoyed this, I like the dreamy hippie stuff.
Ray Charles
3/5
Easy to listen to
Korn
1/5
A slog.
The Fall
2/5
Didn't really get it.
KISS
2/5
Middling rock.
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.
The Psychedelic Furs
2/5
It's like new wave but I'm not having any fun.
Prince
3/5
1999 is a bop, the rest is OK. Lady Cab Driver can eff right off.
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.
4/5
Already need to re-listen, but I do like The Kinks.
The Hives
5/5
Short and sweet
Nas
4/5
Good, but not as good as the Nas I've heard before.
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.
The War On Drugs
4/5
Found myself really wanting to play it again and again.
Miles Davis
5/5
The coolest.
Doves
5/5
Very chill, seems I remember Pounding like it was yesterday. I liked the tracks I didn't know too. Good stuff.
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.
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.
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.
Kings of Leon
3/5
'S just kinda fine?
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.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
I like her voice, but the songs themselves were a little forgettable.
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.
Tortoise
3/5
Sort of charming. I was quite enjoying Djed until 14 minutes in when it decided to become annoying.
Paul Simon
3/5
Boppy and surprisingly fun, expected much squarer.
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Had no idea what to expect, but came out pleasantly surprised.
The Auteurs
3/5
How did every chorus go the same?
The Doors
4/5
Very enjoyable, really starting to enjoy The Doors.
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.
Elvis Presley
2/5
Elvis at his most anodyne.
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.
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.
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.
Adam & The Ants
2/5
Certainly occurred.
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.
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.
The Vines
2/5
Adequate.
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.
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.
Wilco
2/5
Instantly forgettable
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?
Klaxons
3/5
One of the more enjoyable instances on this list of Music You Had To Be There For.
Hole
5/5
Wow, misogyny is very real, huh. Banger album.
Deep Purple
3/5
All three of these points are for Smoke on the Water.
Megadeth
1/5
Christ on a bike, I gave up about halfway through.
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.
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.
Pink Floyd
4/5
I really wanna see it in film form, tbh, but obviously great.
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.
Peter Tosh
4/5
Weed.
Pixies
4/5
Cool as fuck.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
Fast an bulbous.
Stereolab
5/5
Saw the name, was prepared to hate it. Turns out I love it. Just fun.
George Jones
3/5
I'm not gonna come back to it, but I'm not mad that I listened to it.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Had an enjoyable time with this.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
I could not have guessed that I would like Neil Young so much! I don't even know why. But it's fantastic.
The Replacements
3/5
Didn't grab me, but I do like the androgyny one.
Nick Drake
2/5
Sure occurred.
Bad Company
3/5
Mediocre noises.
Pentangle
3/5
Listenable but ultimately not folky enough?
Steely Dan
3/5
It's fine.
Kraftwerk
4/5
This was much more chill than I expected from the one Kraftwerk song I thought I knew. I like it!
1/5
If I wanted to experience a bunch of guys just absolutely whacking their instruments for 40 minutes, I would go to PornHub.
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
An extremely chill sound.
The Clash
4/5
I prefer late Clash, but this was a fun time.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Just bangers all the way through, all started off by one of the greatest songs of all time.
Big Star
2/5
I tried really hard but none of it stuck.
Sisters Of Mercy
5/5
Every song sounds like a missing track from Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines and I love it.
The Temptations
3/5
It's fine. I thought I'd enjoy it more.
Depeche Mode
5/5
I liked this a lot and not just the songs I knew. Slightly long, didn't really need the instrumental tracks, but fantastic.
4/5
Bowie indeed good.
Rush
4/5
I do like prog tho
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Okay schmokay.
Franz Ferdinand
5/5
Bangers head to toe.
The Fall
3/5
I finalised realised what this reminds me of and it's I Like Trains' new style. I think I could get into it.
Jefferson Airplane
5/5
I love White Rabbit so much and the whole album is honestly great.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4/5
Some classics.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
As long as you like what the Chilli Peppers always sound like (this), then you'll like this, which is what the always sound like.
Pixies
4/5
I will probably come back to this because it's understated but I liked it.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Individually, each of these songs is fine, but it turns out I simply cannot cope with more than two tracks of Dylan's voice in a row before I start to wish he'd choke on his harmonica.
Sugar
4/5
Kinda generic but incredibly tolerable Ameri-rock, surprised me
Anita Baker
3/5
Great voice, but not my kind of tunes.
The Cure
2/5
No thank you
Heaven 17
1/5
I would absolutely hate to be sat next to any of this lot at a work function.
The Stooges
3/5
Oh, so that's where Search & Destroy is from!
Talking Heads
2/5
It insists on itself.
PJ Harvey
3/5
Felt pretentious, felt also almost close to something I would like, but frankly it would be annoying if I had to add a paean to Englishness to my listen list.
4/5
Exceptionally catchy and charming.
Various Artists
1/5
No good reviews for misogynist murderers.
Michael Jackson
4/5
A reasonable boppy time.
Ride
4/5
Really quite liked this even if I have no idea what a shoegaze is.
David Bowie
4/5
Enjoyable, but I can't see me going back to it.
Miles Davis
2/5
1h45 of a band warming up for a song they never play.
Bobby Womack
4/5
Funky!
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
Not my kinda thing, also boy I hate interludes.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Janis Joplin has a helluva voice!
Nirvana
5/5
Wall to wall classics.
Rush
1/5
No thanks.
The Black Keys
2/5
Fine?
Beck
3/5
More understated than the other Beck album I had on here, but enjoyable enough.
The Young Rascals
2/5
Mid.
Common
2/5
I wish more of the album had been like A Song For Assata.
Thin Lizzy
1/5
Wow, it's so mediocre. Such white. So dudes.
Van Halen
2/5
Getting two stars only for Jump. The rest is one star boredom.
Björk
4/5
Venus as a Boy is fantastic and the whole album was just kind of a joy.
CHVRCHES
5/5
Oh, I'm coming back to this for sure. This was great!
Massive Attack
4/5
Chill and some good tracks, if not my favourite of them.
Don McLean
2/5
One star extra for American Pie, the rest was snoozey.
David Crosby
2/5
Immensely forgettable white dude.
Scott Walker
2/5
Sure were some songs that I sure did experience.
Eagles
1/5
I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man.
King Crimson
4/5
Really fun, actually!
Gene Clark
3/5
It's pleasant enough, but did I really need to listen before I die?
3/5
Not at all what I expected, but pretty listenable.
Elis Regina
4/5
Such a pleasure,
Tina Turner
3/5
It's fun but I'm not about repeat any of these.
Raekwon
2/5
I couldn't find an access point to this, tbh.
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
Just incredible. I had never heard of him, but this was brilliant.
R.E.M.
5/5
R.E.M. is always a good time.
Justin Timberlake
3/5
The singles were mostly the bops I remember, though I wonder how many would land without nostalgia. Cry Me a River is the standout. The filler is... just too much Timberlake. No, thank you.
The Cure
5/5
When you put this album on, it's raining, even if it's not.
Keith Jarrett
3/5
If I wanted fancy background music, this'd be it.
Randy Newman
1/5
This album sounds like it's going to tell me to "cheer up, love, it might never happen".
Donald Fagen
4/5
Very dated, but very fun precisely because it is.
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
Goofy, but sort of likeably so.
The Monkees
2/5
Band of labradors make palatable pop.
Robert Wyatt
1/5
I got interrupted by the doorbell and was genuinely disheartened that I had to start playing this album again afterwards.
James Brown
2/5
Live album noooo
Neil Young
3/5
Not as good as the other Neil Young one.
David Bowie
4/5
Understated and quietly kinda great, requires some re-listening, I think.
Minutemen
3/5
I just couldn't get into it, it's too frenetic and varied, I got bored waiting for the punk lyrics.
Johnny Cash
5/5
Just incredible. I sliiightly prefer the other live album from Folsom, but this is still absolutely no notes incredible.
Television
4/5
Fun, very modern sound. A shame the title track is over ten minutes!
Fishbone
2/5
Exhausting.
Metallica
4/5
The thing about Metallica is they're so listenable even if they're not really for me.
The Band
3/5
It's just a bit meh.
The Jam
4/5
Not my favourite The Jam, but fun.
The Gun Club
3/5
Enjoyable punk!
Radiohead
5/5
I really like it. They're zionist wankers, and it's such a shame.
Gorillaz
5/5
Just a bop, just a fuckin buncha bops.
Femi Kuti
4/5
A lot of fun.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Slowly started to grow on me? I think I get it.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Very pleasant, but needed some variety. It's just a man being sad for an hour.
The Pretty Things
3/5
Floydian.
XTC
3/5
Unmemorable, sorry.
Marvin Gaye
4/5
I can't be mad at an album this tight.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Any time a harmonica happened I was thrilled. The rest, less so.
The Boo Radleys
2/5
I really tried to have a take on this.
ZZ Top
3/5
More fun than it had any right to be.
Public Enemy
5/5
Of its era and of today. Fantastic. Yeah boiiiii.
New York Dolls
5/5
Excellent punk.
Cocteau Twins
4/5
I think I could really get into this.
Sigur Rós
5/5
Layered, orchestral, ethereal, beautiful.
Tangerine Dream
5/5
Soundscapey and haunting. Just gorgeous.
2/5
Cut your hair.
The Who
1/5
This album actively made me like the one good song from it less.
The Teardrop Explodes
1/5
I wasn't particularly enjoying myself and then I got hit with a seven-minute song comprising mostly of "I go up up up up up up up up up"
Pink Floyd
5/5
An easy five. Lovely.
Megadeth
5/5
This is the most guitar anyone has ever played.
Elliott Smith
4/5
I like Elliott Smith, though probably not to the extent of his reputation.
Kraftwerk
3/5
Knien geborgen, Arme gestrecht, Ra ra ra.
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3/5
Too grey in Wales for salsa.
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
A chill time, enjoyed the beats.
Todd Rundgren
1/5
He wishes he was a fucking wizard.
Meat Puppets
3/5
I understand why it's important, but I can't get anything from this I don't get from MTV Unplugged.
Public Enemy
5/5
I do think It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is a bit more immediately accessible, but this is obviously still incredible and has Fight the Power on it.
Isaac Hayes
3/5
I am glad I listened to it. Some of it is excellent. But I am absolutely never listening to a an 18-minute long track that is 50% monologue ever again.
Green Day
5/5
Bisexual king shit.
Buzzcocks
3/5
Turns out I don't mind the Buzzcocks.
Miles Davis
4/5
Fun and very listenable, but I won't really return.
Radiohead
4/5
Radiohead is a band I am really sad are zionists. This album is great and I remember when it came out it being pay-what-you-feel which was pretty groundbreaking and rad. A shame.
Portishead
4/5
I find some of it very irritating, but most of it very enjoyable. I guess that's the trade-off with something experimental.
Mercury Rev
4/5
This was a pleasant enough time, though not life-changing for me.
Elvis Costello
3/5
Enjoyable enough?
Abdullah Ibrahim
4/5
Very pleasant.
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Grubby.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Eh, I dunno, man.
The Zutons
4/5
Look, it's fun. I don't care.
Mudhoney
3/5
By about song eight, they were all the same.
Circle Jerks
4/5
How could I hate something that is 15mins long?
Santana
5/5
I bet it feels really good to be one of these guitars.
ZZ Top
2/5
Nah.
Dwight Yoakam
1/5
Would prefer to be in a lovely room.
Songhoy Blues
5/5
YES MATE
Iron Maiden
2/5
It's just not for me.
Metallica
3/5
I appreciate the talent, but it's just not really my jam.
Mike Ladd
2/5
Lyrically very interesting, musically not my bag. The last song was really good, though.
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Man,, a lot of stuff I know is actually from this.
Flamin' Groovies
1/5
I got an STD from listening to this.
Talk Talk
5/5
Makes me feel cool and complicated but also chill.
Sex Pistols
3/5
Couple of bangers, but I can't handle a whole album.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
An entire extra star for Immigrant Song alone. The rest is... neat?
Tim Buckley
2/5
I really tried, but Jesus Christ.
JAY Z
1/5
At Girls, Girls, Girls I'm like "this is an incredibly straight song about a topic that interests me" but I was enjoying the overall music so I was hoping the lyrics would pick up.
Then at Heart of the City we hit "men shouldn't be jealous, that's a female trait" and my face contorted to previously unknown configurations.
Michael Jackson
3/5
It's kinda hard to get bad Michael Jackson, provided you can tolerate him at all, which I can. Some bangers, some fillers, all listenable.
Talking Heads
3/5
Pank.
John Lee Hooker
4/5
I very much like the blues, but there's definitely some blues I prefer to this.
Fiona Apple
5/5
Absolute godsend sent to me as the only music I had downloaded during a three-hour train journey on the floor of the vestibule. Good thing this slapped!
Linkin Park
5/5
Sorry, I'm a millennial.
Steve Winwood
2/5
Actually forgot about it *while* listening to it.
Afrika Bambaataa
1/5
He's a nonce, apparently.
Os Mutantes
3/5
I think this is an acquired taste.
AC/DC
4/5
A fun time.
Bon Jovi
4/5
A whole star just for Livin' On A Prayer
White Denim
4/5
Grew and grew on me.
Nirvana
5/5
What am I gonna do, say Nevermind isn't incredible? Obviously it is.
Otis Redding
3/5
Songs I like less good than I like them.
The Human League
3/5
I thought I'd like this more than I did.
Guns N' Roses
4/5
It wouldn't be a four if it weren't for the bangers. There are so many on here, but the filler does grind a bit.
The Stone Roses
5/5
Didn't know what to expect, but ended up really vibing with it.
Morrissey
1/5
1s for fash.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
1/5
Mother of God! It's all toilet sounds!
Supertramp
3/5
I tried really hard and could not make this make an impression on me.
Mekons
2/5
Mostly this dude can't sing.
The The
2/5
Just kinda stuff happening
Ravi Shankar
2/5
Music was good, wasn't in for the TED Talk
Willie Nelson
3/5
Pleasant enough, but won't be returning.
Can
4/5
Pleasant ambient
Finley Quaye
1/5
Bad reggae.