May 07 2025
Rio
Duran DuranAt least 4 all time great songs, but the rest of the album drags this down to a 4
4
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Apr 23 2025
Kid A
RadioheadSteven Hyden made me realize this album is outstanding and a massive leap forward sonically at the time
5
Apr 24 2025
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The WailersWhat an incredible collection of songs, and on a 2nd album.
5
Apr 25 2025
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses"Fool's Gold" alone gets this album 4 stars even though the middle of the album, save for "Don't Stop," is kinda meh
4
Apr 26 2025
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar"i" is a banger thanks in large part to the sample of "That Lady" I understand why this album is celebrated, but I don't foresee listening to it with any frequency
3
Apr 27 2025
Blue Lines
Massive Attack3
Apr 28 2025
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.The intro to gangsta rap
5
Apr 29 2025
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz1
Apr 30 2025
Fred Neil
Fred Neil4
May 01 2025
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green2
May 02 2025
Moondance
Van MorrisonFuck Van Morrison
1
May 04 2025
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The CommotionsI didn't know this band and I think I know the reason why - this album is meh
1
May 05 2025
Live At Leeds
The Who3
May 06 2025
Different Class
Pulp2
May 07 2025
Rio
Duran DuranAt least 4 all time great songs, but the rest of the album drags this down to a 4
4
May 08 2025
Achtung Baby
U24
May 09 2025
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent4
May 10 2025
Machine Head
Deep Purple4
May 11 2025
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy4
May 12 2025
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen1
May 13 2025
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin3
May 14 2025
Group Sex
Circle Jerks5
May 15 2025
Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Touré4
May 16 2025
Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D4
May 17 2025
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones4.5, but that's not an option Classics and some lesser known, but really great songs
4
May 18 2025
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt BandSome fantastic covers and some less than fantastic ones
3
May 20 2025
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill1
May 21 2025
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley1
May 22 2025
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival4
May 23 2025
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan2
May 24 2025
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard5
May 25 2025
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow4
May 29 2025
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode2
May 30 2025
Wild Wood
Paul Weller4
May 31 2025
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys4
Jun 01 2025
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets4
Jun 02 2025
Joan Baez
Joan BaezNot my bag, but I understand Joan's importance to the folk movement
3
Jun 03 2025
Smash
The Offspring5
Jun 04 2025
Snivilisation
Orbital3
Jun 05 2025
Garbage
Garbage4
Jun 06 2025
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana5
Jun 08 2025
Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry AdamsonThis one was all over the map. The opening track had me intrigued, but multiple songs using voice recordings wasted the potential for this one
2
Jun 09 2025
Protection
Massive Attack1
Jun 10 2025
Young Americans
David BowieThe title track is outstanding. The remainder of the album can't sustain the awesomeness
3
Jun 11 2025
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix5
Jun 12 2025
Melodrama
Lorde2
Jun 13 2025
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys4
Jun 14 2025
The Next Day
David Bowie4
Jun 15 2025
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees3
Jun 17 2025
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy4
Jun 18 2025
Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel3
Jun 19 2025
Bossanova
Pixies3
Jun 20 2025
Scott 4
Scott WalkerI'm at a loss as to how this album stands out in any way other than being not that great
1
Jun 21 2025
Boston
Boston5
Jun 23 2025
Traffic
Traffic4
Jun 24 2025
Zombie
Fela Kuti5
Jun 25 2025
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah4
Jun 26 2025
The Yes Album
Yes2
Jun 27 2025
Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis4
Jun 28 2025
Disintegration
The Cure5
Jun 29 2025
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan5
Jun 30 2025
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club5
Jul 01 2025
The Score
Fugees4
Jul 02 2025
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys5
Jul 03 2025
Dear Science
TV On The Radio4
Jul 04 2025
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses5
Jul 05 2025
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock3
Jul 06 2025
Dust
Screaming Trees1
Jul 08 2025
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest5
Jul 09 2025
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl2
Jul 10 2025
1999
Prince5
Jul 12 2025
Dookie
Green Day5
Jul 13 2025
Eternally Yours
The Saints4
Jul 15 2025
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield4
Jul 19 2025
Electric Warrior
T. RexFor all of the fluff T Rex seems to get, I found this utterly underwhelming
2
Jul 20 2025
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills5
Jul 22 2025
So
Peter GabrielThe hits are great, everything else is meh
3
Jul 23 2025
Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' CriminalsA couple of good songs, but overall, I'm once again confused as to how this is an ALBUM I need to listen to before I die
2
Jul 24 2025
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath5
Jul 25 2025
Central Reservation
Beth Orton3
Jul 26 2025
Murmur
R.E.M.4
Jul 27 2025
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma3
Jul 28 2025
Reign In Blood
Slayer3
Jul 29 2025
I Should Coco
Supergrass3
Jul 30 2025
Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello2
Jul 31 2025
Skylarking
XTCI did not care for any song on this entire album
1
Aug 01 2025
Live At The Witch Trials
The FallThe core album was solid. I don't need to listen to a bunch of demos that makes the total album 40+ tracks
4
Aug 02 2025
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks3
Aug 04 2025
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens4
Aug 06 2025
The Grand Tour
George Jones3
Aug 07 2025
Phrenology
The Roots4
Aug 08 2025
The Sensual World
Kate Bush2
Aug 09 2025
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette3
Aug 10 2025
A Northern Soul
The Verve4
Aug 12 2025
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones5
Aug 13 2025
World Clique
Deee-Lite3
Aug 14 2025
The Band
The Band5
Aug 15 2025
Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise4
Aug 21 2025
White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground3
Aug 22 2025
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers2
Aug 23 2025
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown3
Aug 24 2025
Being There
Wilco5
Aug 26 2025
Funeral
Arcade Fire5
Aug 27 2025
A Seat at the Table
Solange2
Aug 28 2025
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley1
Aug 29 2025
Only By The Night
Kings of LeonI wish I could rate this lower
1
Aug 30 2025
My Generation
The Who4
Sep 03 2025
Heartbreaker
Ryan AdamsSome great songs and some less than great songs on this album. He needs the Cardinals or Whiskeytown.
3
Sep 04 2025
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles5
Sep 05 2025
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem3
Sep 06 2025
Debut
Björk2
Sep 09 2025
Tidal
Fiona Apple4
Sep 10 2025
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J2
Sep 11 2025
Da Capo
Love3
Sep 12 2025
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver3
Sep 13 2025
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd4
Sep 15 2025
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman3
Sep 16 2025
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's4
Sep 18 2025
No Other
Gene Clark2
Sep 19 2025
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie5
Sep 20 2025
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes4
Sep 23 2025
Synchronicity
The Police2
Sep 24 2025
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company4
Sep 25 2025
I Against I
Bad Brains4
Sep 26 2025
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure4
Sep 27 2025
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes3
Sep 28 2025
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen4
Oct 01 2025
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads3
Oct 04 2025
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues4
Oct 05 2025
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire2
Oct 10 2025
In Our Heads
Hot Chip2
Oct 11 2025
The Specials
The Specials5
Oct 12 2025
Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington2
Oct 14 2025
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs4
Oct 15 2025
Hysteria
Def Leppard2
Oct 16 2025
Mott
Mott The Hoople2
Oct 17 2025
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub3
Oct 18 2025
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan5
Oct 19 2025
Killing Joke
Killing Joke4
Oct 20 2025
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets4
Oct 21 2025
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple4
Oct 22 2025
Truth And Soul
Fishbone4
Oct 23 2025
Hot Fuss
The Killers4