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Album	You	Global	Diff
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	5	2.28	+2.72
Welcome to the Afterfuture Mike Ladd	5	2.56	+2.44
m b v My Bloody Valentine	5	2.72	+2.28
Phaedra Tangerine Dream	5	2.73	+2.27
Take Me Apart Kelela	5	2.75	+2.25
Destroy Rock & Roll Mylo	5	2.88	+2.12
Nowhere Ride	5	3.02	+1.98
Emperor Tomato Ketchup Stereolab	5	3.02	+1.98
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 50 Cent	5	3.05	+1.95
Loveless My Bloody Valentine	5	3.17	+1.83

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Wildest! Louis Prima	1	3.53	-2.53
The Atomic Mr Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra	1	3.5	-2.5
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	1	3.44	-2.44
This Is Fats Domino Fats Domino	1	3.37	-2.37
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	1	3.33	-2.33
Sweet Baby James James Taylor	1	3.24	-2.24
John Prine John Prine	1	3.21	-2.21
Ambient 1/Music For Airports Brian Eno	1	3.07	-2.07
Teenage Head Flamin' Groovies	1	3.03	-2.03
Call of the Valley Shivkumar Sharma	1	2.94	-1.94

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	5	5
Radiohead	3	5
David Bowie	3	5
Stevie Wonder	2	5
Jimi Hendrix	2	5
A Tribe Called Quest	2	5
My Bloody Valentine	2	5
The Rolling Stones	4	4.25
Public Enemy	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (71)

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Popular Reviews

Ramones

Ramones · 2 likes

4/5

Absolute punk classic, it sounds a bit repetitive, but I appreciate what it has done for the music scene.

The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses · 2 likes

5/5

These dudes really made a perfect album and then just stopped

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents · 1 likes

1/5

Im not doing this.

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd · 1 likes

5/5

Was expecting this to be a punk album but was extremely pleasantly surprised. Genuinely one of the most unique hip hop albums I’ve ever listened to, criminally underrated!

Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman · 1 likes

3/5

Good album, and while it’s not my type of music I can see why it’s a classic

1-Star Albums (19)

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Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Never heard of the album, I was pleasantly surprised. Absolutely phenomenal!

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

4/5

I didn’t know what I was getting into as I had never heard of the album or band, and the album cover didn’t tell me a lot about the album, but I was very pleasantly surprised!

Arrival

ABBA

2/5

It’s ABBA, just some extremely basic but relatively enjoyable pop music. Nothing special

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Fantastic album, very fun listening experience. Great bad day cure!

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

Phenomenal album, Michael Jackson’s 3rd best besides Thriller and Off The Wall

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

1/5

I get why this album is considered good, but I really dislike big band and find it extremely boring.

Nowhere

Ride

5/5

Not much to say, just a phenomenal album. I wouldn’t call it a 10, but definitely closer to 5 stars than 4

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

I hate that I actually like this. It is the perfect amount of corny/cringy to be enjoyable if you get what I mean.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

3/5

Don’t like eminem normally, but this was alright. Some tracks were pretty corny but all around okay

Phrenology

The Roots

5/5

I wanted to listen to this one for a while, and I’m glad I did. Great album

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

Pretty fun album, about what I was expecting

Hotel California

Eagles

3/5

Enjoyable but basic radio rock music

Celebrity Skin

Hole

3/5

Was expecting this to be a pop album, but I was quite pleasantly surprised

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

2/5

I don’t know why but I didn’t like this album at all

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

What the fuck

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Stevie Wonder the goat🙏

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

This is a classic for a reason. My favourite Stones record as of now. Easy 5 stars!

Take Me Apart

Kelela

5/5

Loved this album! I normally am not the biggest fan of pop but this was great!

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

1/5

Mind numbingly boring. This exact album had been done 1000 times before and after. Every track sounds the same. Also extremely corny

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

5/5

Talking heads are s top 3 band of all time🙏

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

I never really listened to African music, so this was a fun new experience. Although it’s not my type of music, I can definitely appreciate it!

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

1/5

First album I’m not gonna finish. I listened to the first track and that was more than enough to know that this is by far the worst album I got so far

Tracy Chapman

3/5

Good album, and while it’s not my type of music I can see why it’s a classic

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

2/5

I forgot to listen to this album and honestly don’t feel like it

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

3/5

White guy music

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Sounds pretty much the exact same as the other Costello record I listened to. Not much special to say

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Even more white people orchestra music like that of evin costello if you get what I mean. Not bad per se, but very boring

Make Yourself

Incubus

3/5

Fine enough album, don’t like the meta commentary in the first track, it just gave me the ick. Pretty creative though

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Pretty fun album I guess. Nice, summery electronic sound

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Not really my type of rock, every song sounds the same imo, but it’s Back In Black. Can I really give it a low rating?

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Great album, it’s a classic for a reason

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

5/5

Weirdly fun album. I love this type of music, idk what it is called

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Great album, but as the title suggests it feels more like a single and a couple of other tracks thrown together instead of an album

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

Very fun album, but yet again nothing very interesting

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

Fine enough album, didn’t like the cover and the music wasn’t special but certainly not bad

Very

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Did not at all sound like what I was expecting. I was expecting it to be either a boyband or chamber pop, but this was pleasantly surprising.

Gorillaz

4/5

Great album, it has a very nice early 2000s internet vibe that I love.

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

2/5

I like my fair share of white girl music, but this is not it

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

3/5

Fine enough album, a bit too long for my taste. I really like how he talks to the listener on track 7 though!

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

It is a really good album, but I think it could have been cut short by a couple of songs as it sounds very repetitive towards the end of the record.

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

4/5

Very fun jazz album, it reminds me a lot of witches brew for some reason

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

2/5

It’s an okay album. Some of the singing is great, while other parts of it are outdated. I don’t particularly like it but don’t really dislike it either

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

2/5

No way that this racist fucker starts the album off by talking about justice and equal rights. Unfortunate that he of all people is extremely talented. Great album, but -2 stars for Morrissey.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

5/5

One of my all time favourite albums. Glad I get to listen to it again! Easiest 5 stars so far

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Fine enough record, doesn’t really do a lot for me but it certainly doesn’t sound bad

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

Around half of the albums I have gotten so far have been some multi-instrumental white guy making an orchestral pop/rock album. Truly the coleslaw of music

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

I love radiohead, and either this or kid A is the best radiohead album. Easy 5!

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Absolutely fantastic album, just not quite in 5 star territory though

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

4/5

Didn’t really know what I was getting into, but this album felt like a journey!

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

5/5

Brian Wilson is truly a genius, and you can hear the roots of Pet Sounds in this album. I don’t get why they put the last track on the album though.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

1/5

I hate the stupid instruments they use amd I hate the shitty vocals.

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

1/5

Not even finishing this, it is so corny and boring

Paul Simon

4/5

I love me some Paul Simon, and this is a pretty fun album.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

5/5

Very groovy album, there is a reason why this is an all time classic

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

One of my favourite album covers of all time, and Jimmy Hendrix is great in general

Music

Madonna

1/5

I really dislike Madonna, and it doesn’t help that this album was made 20 years after her prime

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Fantastic album with some good hits. Love me some Billy Joel!

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

2/5

This is probably great if you’re a Johnny Cash fan, but unfortunately I’m not. I also don’t like how he’s just talking for half of the album, although I do understand why this album is on this list.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

3/5

Pretty fun album, also the perfect length. I enjoyed listening to it, but I don’t think I could handle more than half an hour.

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

The best Green Day album, I’ve got this one on CD. One of the best punk albums of all time, I really enjoy this one!

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Beautiful album, it is very long but I can’t name a track I would cut. It feels like a hauntingly beautiful journey

Moby Grape

2/5

Half of this album isn’t even on spotify, and the part that is isn’t that good

Skylarking

XTC

3/5

Very weird album, I wouldn’t call it bad but I don’t know what I would call it

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

It’s like a more depressed, more mediocre Beatles. It’s still good because it sounds like them, but I would never listen to this over something like Abbey Road or Revolver

Ramones

4/5

Absolute punk classic, it sounds a bit repetitive, but I appreciate what it has done for the music scene.

Live Through This

Hole

3/5

Fun album, I really enjoyed the vocals.

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

4/5

Pretty fun album, it kinda sounds like 70’s rock as a genre if you know what I mean

Blur

4/5

Classic alt rock album, enjoyed listening to this!

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Very fun, summery album! I don’t know what genre this is, but I love it!

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

1/5

Didn’t even make it through the album, just awful.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

4/5

Great album, I like the production and the vocals are fantastic

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Very fun album, sounds like something that would play in a 70s discotheque

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

I love Jimi Hendrix, and this might just be his best album, with the only competition being Electric Ladyland. Psychedelic rock classic

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Very chill late night album. Sounds like animal crossing music

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Never really listened to any black rock from the 60s besides this, so it was a fun experience

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

Good album, not too remarkable.

The La's

4/5

I had never heard of this band before now, and I’m glad I did because it’s great!

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

2/5

This album isn’t on spotify, and it doesn’t seem like the type of album where I want to put in the effort and listen to it elsewhere.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

Pretty fun album, nothing else to say

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

2/5

I just don’t enjoy 50s music, it all sounds too dated. (with the exception of Frank Sinatra) This is slightly better than other music from this period, but still not good

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

3/5

Good I guess, the vocals are unique

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Very creative and unique electronic style, it sounds great!

Calenture

The Triffids

2/5

I forgot to listen to it, probably alright though

Viva Hate

Morrissey

4/5

Unfortunately a great album, despite the fact that it’s Morrissey

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

Great production and really interesting vocals. Fantastic album

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Great album, although a bit dated. Bob Dylan is fantastic

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

2/5

Fine enough, but it just dragged on for too long

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

One of Radiohead’s best, easy 5 stars

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Just not my type of music.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

Great groovy album, love me some Steely Dan

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

One of the best metal/hard rock albums ever. RIP Ozzy Ozbourne

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Fantastic, Paul McCartney the goat

Blackstar

David Bowie

5/5

Beautifully sad and mysterious.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Great vibes, although it does sound a bit dated at times

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

2/5

Would give it 1 star, but I have to give it 2 for how weird this album is.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Completely perfect, probably the best Beatles album besides Abbey Road.

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

3/5

Ice T is pretty mid but this is alright

Suede

4/5

Great album, love the vocals in particular

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

5/5

Beautiful album, every instrument individually sounds random but they come together so well

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

Very chaotic angsty album but in a good way

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Bruce Springsteen is a one trick pony, and while it isn’t a bad trick, I can’t give him higher than 3 stars because of that.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

5/5

I can’t understand what they’re saying, but it sounds great

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

I love the Doors, although I prefer their first album

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

1/5

No.

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

4/5

Fantastic album, that first track is a masterpiece

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

4/5

Very good album, although a little slow at times

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

2/5

I just don’t like 50’s music (besides Sinatra) although this isn’t too bad.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

It’s alright, there are certainly better Prince albums though

Fun House

The Stooges

4/5

Sounds very ahead of its time. Great album!

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Fantastic album and a great anti-mainstream left turn from Nevermind

Os Mutantes

3/5

Spanish Beatles

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3/5

Fun but very weird album

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

One of the best rap albums ever, crazy that he was only 20 when he dropped this.

2112

Rush

2/5

I hate the vocals, and the instrumentals, while good, don’t make up for it.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

I don’t like Deep Purple all that much, but this was very good.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

5/5

I love bossa nova, Frank Sinatra, and this album also has my favourite version of The Girl From Ipanema.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Fantastic album, you’d think that Everybody Wants To Rule The World would be overplayed by now, but it’s just a timeless song.

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

2/5

The story is fucked up, and the music really isn’t that good. Just some soft guitar with whispering over it. This is some bullshit that only the French could cook up.

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

2/5

Its fine enough, I just don’t really care for this type of music

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

4/5

Very unique meditative album

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

2/5

Its a mix between country and rock, which im not a huge fan of

Cypress Hill

4/5

Great album, I love the cover art

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

4/5

Great music and great social commentary. One of the founding rap albums

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

Forgot to listen to this one, but I love every other Funkadelic album I’ve heard, so I’m sure it’s great

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

4/5

Really good album, although I feel like they could have left out some tracks and made others longer.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

I didn’t like any of the previous Elvis Costello albums, but this one is honestly pretty good.

808 State

3/5

Good dance/disco album, nothing else to say

All Directions

The Temptations

2/5

Not bad, but just not my type of music or very unique

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

1/5

I hate country music, and even at half an hour this album felt like a slog

Django Django

3/5

Good album, feels very spacey

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

2/5

Great vocals, but other than that not very interesting.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

This sounds like the soundtrack to a secondary school play.

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

Im not doing this.

System Of A Down

4/5

Was really in the mood for this right now, very good album!

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Just relistened this album yesterday, it’s absolutely fantastic. Great lyrics, great instrumentals and I love. The rapping over rock music

Electric

The Cult

3/5

Not bad, but unremarkable

Pelican West

Haircut 100

4/5

Really enjoyed this one, a banger debut album.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Wasn’t expecting to like this as much as I did considering there are very few non-rock albums from this time that I enjoy.

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

5/5

Was expecting this to be a punk album but was extremely pleasantly surprised. Genuinely one of the most unique hip hop albums I’ve ever listened to, criminally underrated!

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

5/5

Honestly mindblowing. Really enjoyed this one

Queens of the Stone Age

5/5

Banger

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

5/5

I’ve heard very few albums that are this fun to listen to. I definitely see why this is so beloved

Sail Away

Randy Newman

2/5

This would be your favourite album if you were 75.

Wild Gift

3/5

Fun listen, although the vocals did get annoying at times and some of the songs sounded the same.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Very chill late night album, definitely one of my favourite jazz albums.

The Clash

4/5

Not as good as London Calling, but still a fantastic punk record

Copper Blue

Sugar

4/5

Very good, I’d expect this band to have more listeners considering the quality of their music

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

5/5

It wouldn’t be crazy to call this THE founding hiphop album, and it just so happens to be great as well.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

2/5

Started off strong, but that dropped down right after that.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

Great album, classic sound, but just not quite a 5 star for me.

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

2/5

Not bad by any means, but honestly pretty boring. No real standouts or anything

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

I hadn’t listened to any of the Beatles’ older catalogue yet, although I’m a big fan of their more popular work. I didn’t know any of the songs on here, but I was pleasantly surprised!

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

5/5

Very funky album, I love this type of music!

New Wave

The Auteurs

4/5

Very fun album

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

4/5

Don’t really like his gravelly voice, but it’s still Bob Dylan.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Very chill album, but not always very fun.

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Normally I’d feel that an album being this long was overstaying its welcome, but it’s the Beatles, so that’s impossible

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

4/5

Very unique voice, and although I prefer his son this is still great.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Probably in my top 3 hip hop albums. This album also helped as my gateway from rap to jazz and other types of music. I love it!

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

5/5

Wasn’t expecting an album called “Emperor Tomato Ketchup” to be a genuinely beautiful, fantastic experience

NEU! 75

Neu!

2/5

Not bad, but I don’t care for it either

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

Great album, but this dude is too horny sometimes

Stardust

Willie Nelson

2/5

Very boring album, although I guess I did somewhat enjoy the Sunny Side Of The Street cover

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

It’s fine

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

4/5

Pretty much exactly what I want out of a 60s psychedelic rock album

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Stevie Wonder is a genius, and this is just a really feel good album. Easy 5

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

4/5

This album fucks

New Forms

Roni Size

2/5

I normally enjoy drum and bass, but this one just feels really dragged out, and I also prefer drum and bass without vocals

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

1/5

I really don’t like 50s music

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

Fine enough album, sounds very dated though

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Very weird, not my thing

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

1/5

Boring

Adele

3/5

Good, but not really my thing

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

Fun listen, it has a couple of bangers, but otherwise not very memorable

Roots

Sepultura

1/5

I’m sure it’s great if you love death metal, and the cover is great, but I just hate the genre

Close To The Edge

Yes

5/5

Very fun listen, beautiful, unique album

British Steel

Judas Priest

2/5

Boring metal slop

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

Great beats, great rapping, very nice production style

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

Very fun, very influential and also very good

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Hell yeah, cranking my hog to this

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Possibly the most iconic album ever made

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

2/5

Pretty forgettable

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

2/5

I don’t know what genre this is, but if it isn’t country then it’s way too country-like

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Great prog rock

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

4/5

Very nice production

The Joshua Tree

5/5

I didn’t like U2 before this, but it was honestly mind blowing how good this album is. Wasn’t expecting this at all

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

5/5

If Igor opened me up to music, then this is the album that really sucked me in. Very few albums mean as much to me as this one

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

4/5

Very good, really love the electronic guitar-like instrument

Homework

Daft Punk

5/5

I really love Daft Punk, and I have a hard time deciding my favourite album of theirs. This just might be it though.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

If I had to pick one album to divide music als an art form in a “before” and “after” it would be this one.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

I get why they call him the best blues singer in the beginning because this is fire

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1/5

What the fuck bro

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Banger, Marvin Gaye can’t miss

Parklife

Blur

4/5

Not particularly fond of the British, but these ones are alright.

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

I didn’t really get the love for The Pixies at first, but I get it now. They have their own unique sound, and the vocals especially. I wouldn’t call them conventionally good, but they perfectly fit the instrumentals.

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

Very happy music, sounds exactly like what I’d expect from a latin album

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

5/5

Sounds exactly like the cover, the quintessential shoegaze album

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

2/5

Boring, and I don’t like that stupid smirk on the cover

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Fun listen, every track is a banger

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

4/5

Very good prog rock album, the first track is great but the rest isn’t very memorable

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

I love the Smiths and I love this album

Queen II

Queen

5/5

I am only familiar with the hits by Queen, but this was still just great.

Future Days

Can

3/5

Weird style of music, but I like it

The Specials

2/5

Sounds like a fever dream

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

Alright album, I didn’t like the opening track but the rest was pretty good

Guero

Beck

4/5

Every song sounds like it’s from a different album, and somehow it’s still all great

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

What an amazing album. Unexpectedly good

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

I like blues rock, and this is good blues rock. The cover is good too

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

A very good jazz album, albeit a little boring at times.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

2/5

It’s a fine album, but I honestly found it quite boring

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

2/5

I didn’t care for it, most tracks range from fine but dull to bad

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

1/5

Not for me

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

5/5

I wouldn’t call it conventionally good, but it is just so special that I can’t help but give it 5 stars

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

4/5

Very gun album, although no tracks really stand out

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Normally not a Bruce Springsteen fan, but I enjoyed this one

The Cars

5/5

I can confidently say that this is one of my favourite albums from the 70’s. It’s just so good

Me Against The World

2Pac

5/5

The first Tupac album I listened to, and I definitely understand why he is considered one of the best rappers of his time. This album is everything I’d want from a 90s rap album.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

I normally expect albums released decades after an artist’s prime to be worse than their older work, but I still greatly enjoyed this one

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

I prefer the Beatles, but the Stones are still just fantastic and this is proof of that

A Seat at the Table

Solange

4/5

I had heard of Solange before, but never listened to her. Glad I did, because this is great

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

5/5

I hate 50 Cent as a person, but he sure does know how to make a banger

Tapestry

Carole King

3/5

Really good album, but unfortunately the Friends theme song is from this

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

4/5

Fire

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

3/5

Fine enough, I enjoyed it

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

3/5

Don’t know what genre this is, but it’s really good

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

I can now confidently say that this is my favourite Radiohead album. It just so good man

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Fantastic album, wasn’t expecting anything but a 5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Alright, not too notable

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Not really for me, but I definitely ses that this is a very well made album

The Stone Roses

5/5

These dudes really made a perfect album and then just stopped

Opus Dei

Laibach

1/5

What the hell

Stephen Stills

2/5

Some of the tracks are good, others are annoying to listen to

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

2/5

I’ve never been an AC/DC fan, so I wasn’t expecting to really enjoy this anyway

Heroes

David Bowie

5/5

Possibly the best Bowie album besides Ziggy Stardust

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

2/5

I get what they were going for with the vocala, but I just don’t think it worked out

Van Halen

3/5

The guitar is obviously great because it’s Van Halen, but I don’t really care about the rest

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

2/5

Just some bullshit

evermore

Taylor Swift

2/5

The instrumentals are very good, but the lyrics are just so corny and awful.

The Only Ones

3/5

Good, not great

Low

David Bowie

5/5

David Bowie is so goated

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

I love the Stones, but they can do better than this

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

3/5

Some of the tracks are fantastic, while others are verg strange. Overall it balances itself out

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

This album is almost legendary, and it deserves that status

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Beautiful

Caetano Veloso

2/5

Didn’t really care for it.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Jolly

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

It was enjoyable, bur nothing too special

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Certified middle aged mom classic

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

4/5

Great album

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Fun listen, just not my type of music

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Fantastic writing and a great performance

Face to Face

The Kinks

4/5

The Kinks are just awesome

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

5/5

Loveless is one of my favourite albums, but this one is just great as well.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

One of the most iconic albums ever. It goes without saying that this is a 5 star album

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

4/5

I liked it, although the first half was a little better than the second

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

2/5

At times the lyrics have something interesting to say, but most of the times they just sound deranged.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

Very unexpected but very easy 5 star

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Springsteen is beginning to grow on me. I think that most of all he is a good storyteller, and this album shows that very well

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

5/5

I was so excited for this listen. I just love the doors man, they are so good

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

Didn’t expect a dude names T-Rex to make a genuinely fantastic album

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Bob Marley albums are always very fun

John Prine

1/5

I just really dislike country

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

4/5

Very interesting dreamlike experience

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Bangers

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3/5

Very fun album, but otherwise not special

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

I don’t think there is a single bad Tribe Called Quest album or even song.

Le Tigre

4/5

This is some very French bullshit

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Really enjoyed this one, reminds me of the Arctic Monkeys

White Ladder

David Gray

3/5

Not my type of genre, although it was still very good

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

3/5

It’s good, not great

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

It’s fantastic, but I think that Money For Nothing should have been placed later into the album. The rest just felt a little weak compared to it

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

I have been meaning to listen to LCD Soundsystem for a while, and I am glad I did.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

The Stones are just fantastic. I’m a little sad that Paint It Black isn’t on the UK version though.

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

3/5

It’s fine, no comment

Pretenders

4/5

I don’t know what this type of 80’s music is called, but it’s a lot of fun

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

5/5

This album is such a vibe

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

3/5

Short and sweet

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

I really love jazz, and this is great jazz

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

From the cover I was expecting this to be a black/death metal album. Safe to say that I was pleasantly surprised

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

Just too strange for my taste

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Nick Drake is such an insanely talented musician. I don’t think he can make a bad song

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

There’s something to be said for this being Kendrick Lamar’s best album.