A classic. Possibly their peak.

Sorry to say that although it's Kanye, some of the lyrics are moronic and others misogynistic... It's a very strong album. More the production and Nicky Minaj than anything else.

A classic. Possibly their peak.

First half is a 5/5 then it tails off in tir second half.

Some nice songs but not my cup of tea. Too flowery.

Was going to gibbs it 2 but didn't hate it. Was just bored. I think with mor familiarity I'd give it a 3.

Mildly listenable but rarely memorable. Pyramids and Lost the most interesting followed by the worst song on the album (Monks)

Very much enjoyed the first half but trailled a little. Loved y fact that a 35 minute album has 10 songs and one is 9 minutes.

I've always said Elvis Costello is an artist I respect but don't care much for. This was the first album I've heard of his. It was alright. Some good songs. Bit long. His voice ia mildly annoying but I like him more now.

Perfectly nice in parts, quite relaxing but equally quite boring. Vocalists a bit unmemorable (although a couple of times reminded me of someone else). Can see how Jamie xx is seen as a good music person.

This is the only Prince album I know well. It starts brilliantly in the first two songs and then proceeds to bump down slowly slowly towards a slightly boring conclusion wirh a few higher bounces.

First time I've actually heard this. I'm in yng minority in preferring they're later more melodic stuff which this gradually gets closer too but is still covered in funk. Similar pattern to many of the albums so far: just too long.

Easily enjoyable. Although I realise half the 60s were just covers albums.

Really wanted to give this 3.5. It started off so well, has so much going for it and definitely had more songs that I'm lively to go back to rhan most new things to be here, but some of it was a little rough. As with the little I already knew, the bass in the first track pushes this up for me not down.

Some great songs. Some good songs. Some annoying. Some do all three (Prophet's Song) but all in all tt album which proves to me why I can never love Queen.

It was all the same song. A perfevtlt ok but quite repetitive song.

Bad production. Terrible drums. Terrible vocals. Not sure what I'm missing but not sure I feel I've missed much with Anthrax.

As a metal head scoring this ao highly after Anthrax seems wrong. Biased as I've heard it a lot but second only to AROBTTGH.

Struggle to get into prog Genesis. More and more feel it's really just prog metal I like. This was generally fine but in its length and meandering only partially memorable. On repeated listens I'd probably like it more. But that would take a lot of investment and time...

Some interesting instrumentation but after 4 tracks I knew where it was going and had enough. On the record that it was better than Marilyn Manson

Really a 3.5 but this was dreamy and relaxing, if not a bit incoherent. What Are Their Names the highlight (and I'd only heard live before)

It's brilliant. I like all the songs but some are harder to love than others, but the first half and Jig of Life and others are brilliant. Heard the Levellers cover it the other day.

I liked what this was doing and I suspect I'd have liked it more in repeat listens.

Perfectly enjoyable. I'd probably like it but on repeat listens.

Really enjoyable. Catchy, bright, great guitar lines - slightly surfer rock. Can see they clearly influenced the likes of Lush.

This was fine. Started well then got a bit boring. Did enjoy learning Strange by REM was a cover.

It's a low 4. Some great harmonies and obviously great songs like Somebody to Love and Today. Some don't quite hit. But Signe Anderson"s voice is a marvel.

If this was a studio album I wouldn't have liked it much. Songs are much the same and I've never got into this kind of blues. But the live element and production make this a much better album. Lively.

First album I've not (re) listened to as I know it well enough to not need to. I reckon if I was rating this as a first listen it'd be lower.

It's all over the place but the average is pretty good but too varied to rate higher. Bold to stick the singles so far down. Sound Check the best non single.

Biggest surprise alongside Leftfield so far (maybe I like British electronica after all). Not all stuck but Dirge, Aisha and Lever Street were excellent.

Nope. I started skipping and when I got to Method Man I turned off. Actually I tired Protect Ya Neck. It only improved things mildly. Most of the instrumentation and most of the lyrics were the same so I don't think I missed much.

I like Pixies but only some of this was good. They have a tendency to be noisy and annoying just as much as noisy and catchy.

It's not as good aa Version 2.0 with less top top songs, but overall still a great album. Never get tired of Shirley's approach and the fuzz bass.

I love the Pet Shop Boys. I've been indoctrinated from a young age. Amazingly I realise this is the first time I've listened to a non greatest hits PSB album in full. It's mixed but still a bop around the songs I already knew.

Going to probably disagree with a lot of people but despite rhythm obvious high off Eleanor Rigby and Taxman it's a perfectly nice album with nothing really catching my ear or standing out (not counting Ringo's song). Second half certainly does little.

Going to go against what I've done for other albums. Despite this also being a bit long and lagging at tung end it's hard to fault how much I enjoyed pottering around the house to the first half, and enjoyed finding the out the Prodigy sampled Root Down which was possibly the highlight.

A big ol 3. I thought I recognised half the songs without recognising them (adverts probably) until Glory Box at the end which I obviously did know. And maybe it's because everything sounded the same, slightly monotone but relaxing thing. I can see why people like it and in the right mood (and travelling as I was on trains) sure. But I don't think it lit much in me.

Glorious final album. Dark, beautiful instrumentation.

This was not as bad as I expected, but mostly because I was appreciating the instrumentation (some of it quite novel even for today) rather then Elvis' irritating voice.

My first Led Zep album so biased. Does it have the best songs? No? But it holds together brilliantly and is possibly the best produced LZ album. Range, interesting songs. Highlight being the mandolin on Gallows Pole.

I'm sure with more patience I'd have enjoyed it more, but it was a bit much.

Rather enjoyed this. Only knew y one song before but it was more proggy than their popular stuff.

I like lots of extreme and heavy music. This was the first album on this list I skipped parts of (granted I probably listened to 90% but I had enough on a few songs). There were a songs which were quite alright but, but that it's that extreme (most of it is shock for shocks sake) most of it felt like being mildly assaulted audibly. Glad i was justified in never getting into MM as a teenager.

Great start after the horrors of MM. Trailled a bit towards tuf end.

Perfectly nice apart from the hackneyed blues songs. Never heard JT before but I imagine there is more out there I'd prefer

Honestly? Was pretty bored. But this is the problem with rushing day by day . This of the kind of album that I'd probably love with many multiple listens. Maybe. So it can have a 3 but I found little i enjoyed first time.

Never actually heard before although I knew a lot of the songs. Really enjoyable.

Never got into LCD and was intrigued. I liked it a bit is the best I can say.

Hard to follow that opener but much of the rest also very nice especially the two closers.

Lots of good stuff but (as is SOAD) all over the place and lacking some of the melody of their latter albums.

I've heard this before but never managed to get into it. Fun in parts, boring in others. Realise I don't like Jagger"s voice much is their blues stuff. It's very long too. 2.5 would have been my preference.

Y ever heard They're She Goes. Also didn't realise how old this was! Very much enjoyed.

I did enjoy this in parts but less than i hoped. Again, shorter would be better...

Got better as it went along but much of it was too arty for me.

Rather enjoyed. The really long and funky song especially.

Rootsy, gritty. All good.

Sorry to say that although it's Kanye, some of the lyrics are moronic and others misogynistic... It's a very strong album. More the production and Nicky Minaj than anything else.

I'm biased given I've listened to this forever but actually listened again and heard new things like how some of the other tracks (not HHMM/MMHH) were also recorded live, and a lot of backing vocals and sound effects I'd never heard on Ride Your LLama. It's a mad album. Half the tracks are very trippy lyrically. Then you have Welfare Mothers which I'm never entirely sure about, and the opener and closer ehich are classics. Then a Civil war song. It's great.

It's the Offspring. It's fun. It's catchy. Has some great songs, not as many as later albums, but everything is still massively enjoyable.

Perfectly enjoyable. Great instrumentation. Bits reminded me of Warren Zevon.

Not my favourite REM album but full of atmospheric and lyrically thoughtful songs. I think my favourite track is Monty Got a Raw Deal. But it's REM.

The very definition of a "you only need to listen to the singles". Some astonishingly good singles mixed with some ok and mildly catchy and some downright irritating songs. I think I liked this more when I was younger.

Not largely my cup of tea. I think Martin's review is spot on. A few songs I recall mildly enjoying but hard to remember.

This was a surprise. Obviously only new Born Slippy. This was consistently banging and uplifting and great to work to. For the whole album.

I didn't hate this, but I've never liked them and this didn't massively change my view. Samey and vapid. Not my kind of punk.

Wanted to give this a 4 but a little bit dragged Otherwise tir organ and bass kill. But a solid 3.5.

Not the most cohesive of their first three but a bunch of good, slightly darker, songs.

Not the biggest ska fan. Lots of this was fine. Lots didn't do much for me. Odder than I expected.

It takes a lot to make me like jazz. I like Kind of Blue and there were bits here that I could relax to. Other bits sounded like stereotypical American TV tunes gone wrong.

Biased and prejudiced but it's glorious.

Bliztzkrieg Bop is a bop. Apart from that I actually enjoyed the Sex Pistols more (and that isn't saying much). Whoever produced this album hated drums and, despite me being a bassist, I don't think bass being higher in t mix then vocals was a good plan. Even if Johnny Ramone's voice gets annoying in under 26 mins.

A low 4 but enjoyed this more than I expected, if more for her band then her voice or subject material!

A high 2. I like prog and this had elements of Oldfield/Yes on the first track but a lot less coherent. The rest was a bit of a mess.

Quite a bit was fine. Quite a bit was an audio assault. The last track was probably best.

This started well then I got increasingly bored. At The Drive In they are not.

Catchy and gets in your head. Overproduced and corny sure, but at least it's enjoyable.

I rather enjoyed this. Plenty catchy, not all. And suffered from bring too long and therefore boring in parts.

A couple of tracks, the title track and I think Home at Last were pretty good. The rest was either tedious pseudo jazz or embarrassing (Deacon Blues) to incredibly irritating (I Got the News) pseudo jazz. Not sure I get it.

It's dark but brilliantly crafted. Promised Land universally brilliant and Badlands a brilliant start to any album.

Don't find this nearly as catchy as their follow up. A little repetitive but still very listenable.

Really enjoyable. Mostly funky. Not usually my thing but a high 3.5 so 4.

It's a brilliant album full of brilliant songs, fun the more psychedelic to the more introspective (Lucky Man). Only problem is it's so long that inevitably not everything works so well and some of the latter songs drag. Cut 20 mins and it's a 5 every day of the week.

This was just about the kind of jazz I can listen to while workings snd mildly enjoy.

Ignoring the usual misogyny, this was far more enjoyable as gangsta rap goes. Granted in hindsight it just reminded me of GTA San Andreas but plenty to enjoy here both in the music and in some of the fun in the lyrics.

A low 4. Loads of good but lots also passes me by and I know this album.

I enjoyed this both less and more than I thought I would. Interestingly just listened to the second half coming back from rhy Navy Yard of Brooklyn next to where Biggie grew up. Suicidal Thoughts was a really interesting, honest song to end on.

So wanted to give this a 4 but some was hit and miss. I reckon with more listens the misses would turn more to hits. Love the One Your With is great.

I've listened to Heroes to Zeroes but not this. This was more laid back but that also meant it was less memorable on first listen. Life was the standout. Often amusing too. Almost certainly a 4 with more listens.

Never got into tir Beach Boys bar the odd track. This was at best mostly OK. Otherwise rhy harmonies are excruciating. Ain't no CSNY. Worst was She Knows Me Too Well. At least it was short! Sorry Brian.

So Long, Marianne gets it to 4 alone.

I'm very sorry but it's very good until the last third. Never Let Me Down (bar Jay-Z) is the highlight.

This was fun at least but too fun in parts. Perfectly listenable in t background but not my thing. Low 3.

I can only think I'll like this more on more listens and I already liked it. Perfect in the sun.

It's Radiohead's best album. I acknowledge I'm in a minority of one here but I don't care. It's the best mix of all their electronic and guitar work with mysterious and beautiful songs. Everything works (after multiple listens, mind you). The last few songs are a bit disjointed but I still love them. The middle is the highlight.

This was fine. Mildly fun but the very definition of what you'd expect to hear when told to listen to a country album and did little for me. A high 2.

I was really looking forward to this. And I liked it. But less than I thought I would. I even listened twice to be sure. A bit of a mix, and more punky than expected. A high 3 I think.

Just a lot of fun and a great listen, and that's even without Freebird. What a song.

I know the album well but didn't know what I'd score it so listened again. The first half and the first 2/3 songs are amazing. The last few drag a little. Still a blast but not as good as their debut.

Never heard before. Bits I liked and will probably return to. Bits that were a bit less good. Sounded like Sonic Youth but more low fi.

Take Ain't Talking About Love of this and it's pretty poor. What variation there is (doo wap and 12 bar blues) doesn't help. I don't like Eddie's guitar playing much, it's just noise. Never got the point of Eruption. Billie Jean is his best work.

Giving this a 3 as it was lovely and individual tracks I could enjoy in isolation but a whole album of 1960s spy theme intros is too much. Loved the more African influenced percussion behind the more traditional jazz. Great instrumentation. Just not for me.

After the first song I felt I was going to be bored to death. Tung second song picked up but then only one other did that. I may not like bossa nova. So Nice was comedically bad.

I love Steve Earle. Not heard this in full before. Not his best and I wish El Corazon was recommended so others could have got more variation. But it has Someday. And Fearless Heart. And it's fun.

It's great and has some timeless songs but I don't think it's their best and it sort of falls all over the place in the end. The Boxer remains majestic.

One of the best I'd never heard so far. Consistently glorious. Reminded me of James, the Cure, the Triffids and others. Was There Anything I Could Do? Was a real highlight.

Biased given familiarity. Like Raw Power is lags a bit at the end but the mixing, the sound of the guitars, the percussion is iconic. Then the break with We Will Fall into No Fun. Great stuff.