I had this album in college. I've liked it since then, so this one should be easy. Even the songs I don't love as much, like Daylight, are still strong. It's also hard to beat the run of Politik to Clocks for five-track groups. It's been a long time since I've listened to the album all the way through, and this listen caused me to pick up on the time and longing themes that seem to cycle through the album. Lots of ideas about missed opportunities, rewinding time, and a clock motif in multiple songs (also reflected in the rhythmic instrumentation in songs like A Whisper).

One of the best live albums I've ever heard. Cooke crushes it here, working the crowd and delivering a sizzling performance. Absolutely worth a listen.

YES! I love R.E.M. These songs are, for the most part, melancholy and bittersweet, and I've loved this album for 20+ years. It was a treat to revisit it.

Odd album to see on here. There were a few good tracks, and a number of songs that I'd like to hear covered by other artists because I don't care for the Bee Gees singing style on all songs (it just doesn't fit a lot of the slower tracks).

Didn't realize this was where where My My, Hey Hey was from. Iconic track. A few solid tracks on here, but about the same number of duds. I did generally enjoy the instrumentation and Neil Young's singing and folk+rock sound.

Beginning and end of this album were solid. Maybe I lost interest part of the way through and picked back up towards the end, but the first three tracks (Hotel California, New Kid in Town, and Life in the Fast Lane) felt solid, and the final two (Try and Love Again, The Last Resort) felt similarly. Of songs I have not heard before, my favorite was probably The Last Resort.

Really strong album top-to-bottom. I didn't love every song, but the album as a whole gives some iconic 70s sound wrapped around some solid ballads, funk, and social protest songs.

Not my favorite kind of classic rock. There are a few bops in here but it's not to my taste so far. "I Can't Explain" is decent. The song Tattoo sucks. Also not into Young Man's Blues (lyrics are alright). Happy Jack is fine. I don't hate this outright but it feels very much like a 2 star album.

I had this album in college. I've liked it since then, so this one should be easy. Even the songs I don't love as much, like Daylight, are still strong. It's also hard to beat the run of Politik to Clocks for five-track groups. It's been a long time since I've listened to the album all the way through, and this listen caused me to pick up on the time and longing themes that seem to cycle through the album. Lots of ideas about missed opportunities, rewinding time, and a clock motif in multiple songs (also reflected in the rhythmic instrumentation in songs like A Whisper).

I liked Sunday, Bloody Sunday, but every other song slid right off me. It sounded too samey across the album.

This was a trip. I realized as I started this album that even though I knew of the Velvet Underground and I knew of this album from the artwork, I'd never actually LISTENED to it. I enjoyed basically the whole thing! There were a few sections that went into noise rock more than I like, but there are definitely songs on this album I can see myself coming back to. My favorite was probably Venus in Furs.

Production values are excellent, and the musicians are clearly talented. However, Steely Dan just isn't my vibe. I don't mind the jazz elements, but it's very soft rock for me.

Fun little bit of synth-pop. Had a few catchy tunes but it lost me pretty quickly.

Very cool album and one of the greatest final albums by an artist ever. I don’t love everything but it’s solid for sure and I should go back and listen to Lazarus more.

Very cool bluegrass album. Pretty languid though; I wanted more variance in the tone and pace.

Classic Elvis. I don’t love everything here but most of it’s very good.

Oh hell yeah this album rules. What a bunch of bangers. The groove funk on Maybe Your Baby is impeccable. But nothing tops the groove of Superstition. Revelations for me are Maybe Your Baby, Big Brother (the transition from Superstition to Big Brother whips), and Blame It on the Sun. I Believe is such a good album closer, man.

The riffs are good but I cannot deal with the singing/talking on every track. It just does nothing for me at all and makes the tracks a chore to get through. I could see myself enjoying it more in a different mood maybe, but generally? No thanks.

Beautifully aching Americana in this album. Oh My Sweet Carolina hits a sweet spot of longing country and folk/blues.

Sounds like a British 80s band. I didn’t hate it, but it didn’t do a lot for me.

Crossing punk rock and folk/Irish music is always going to hit a sweet spot with me. And what an album! Great songs from start to finish. The greatest revelation for me was the track Metropolis. As soon as I heard what was happening, I smiled and said “this is so cool.” Crossing Irish reels with echoes of orchestral pieces like Powerhouse and similar city/industrial evocations of the big band era, with half-tone movements happening on horns. Very cool piece.

Very cool album. I don't see myself going back to it too much, but the joyful soundscape created made for a really pleasant listening experience all the way through. Heroes and Villains is probably my top track.

Fascinating bit of soul music. Meanders a bit, but that's rewarding if you just let yourself follow the movement. The singles still stand out to me more than the rest of the tracks, but it's solid.

This is my era of rock/alternative music. Never heard Oasis's first album before; it's really solid. Good tracks on here that sound quintessentially like Oasis. I really liked Supersonic, Columbia, and Slide Away.

Fun stuff from Van Halen. Their debut album is one of those places where, culturally, you can hear a transition to an 80s rock sound starting to happen. It got a little samey for my tastes toward the end (although Ice Cream Man was a nice break-up of the usual sound).

Cool funk/jazz sound, but isn't really my speed.

An album full of fun bangers. It's playful throughout while dishing out solid, head-bobbing rap.

I'm not a big jazz person, but this was a cool album. It feels like a very complete work. The last track felt the best to me.

What a fun album. That is all. Just pure funk and dance vibes.

This album is incredibly catchy all the way through. I'm really enjoying the non-singles much more than the tracks that were singles, but there's a number of songs I can see myself going back to again and again. Best of the singles for me are probably Style and Bad Blood. Having never listened to the album itself it's much better than I had been anticipating. I think this gets a 5 from me. Haha, the Jack Antonoff-produced tracks practically struck me in the face with their Jack Antonoff-ness. But I did like them. Standout non-singles. Out of the Woods and I Wish You Would.

First song was enjoyable, but then everything else sounded like it. The only song that switched it up was 1959, which I didn't care for.

One of the best live albums I've ever heard. Cooke crushes it here, working the crowd and delivering a sizzling performance. Absolutely worth a listen.

Putting aside the person Kanye has become, this is a great rap album. Not exactly sure how much I'll go back to it, but there's a couple of tracks (Power, for example) that I can't help but put on sometimes.

Very much late 60s/early 70s folk. Nick's voice is very pleasant to listen to, and if you don't mind a very "of its time" instrumentation then you'll enjoy this. I thought it was decent.

I dunno about this one. “Common People” is a classic, but I don’t vibe with the overall sound of the album. Much of the sound reminds me of New Wave, with a slightly updated poppier feel. Though the sound doesn't work for me, I do appreciate the themes and lyrics of the songs; there's a strong current of pushing up from below, straining against a world built for the wealthy.

Not doing much for me. There's some cool atmospheric moments on this album, but I don't vibe with the way the lead singer sings and the general sound isn't working for me.

Music to groove to or zone out to. This is just some solid house music to enjoy; it can be actively listened to or thrown on in the background and each experience will be rewarding in its own way. "Come Together" into "Loaded" is a great two-song combo square in the middle of the album. Solid all the way through.

25 years on, this album is just as aggressive, transgressive, and fun as it's ever been. I don't think the skits have aged particularly well, but I could listen to almost every other track on here on repeat.

Hard not to rate this stone-cold classic a five. It's early Beatles, but honestly? I'm a big fan of early Beatles.

Interesting melange of sounds. Fundamentally, the flow is good, and some of the tracks really hit. But I'm not all-in on the avant-garde hip-hop sound. And as it went on it dragged for me. Feels like 2 stars.

Fun album with a few good hits on it. Not an all-time favorite, but an enjoyable listen nonetheless. Has strong blues/southern-rock vibes to it.

Ah man. I don't hate them by any stretch, but I've never been a big Foo Fighters person. I'm trying to give this album an honest go. But ultimately, most of this just isn't doing anything for me. At least it has Big Me on it, a song I do legitimately like.

Queen's theatricality and rock sensibilities on full display. For me, Queen is something to take in small doses, so listening to the entire album is a bit tiring and overwhelming. But there are some good individual tracks - the best discovery for me was probably Dear Friends.

I can't stress how much most of this isn't doing a darn thing for me. I think a lot of it is the singing. I do appreciate The Weight as a classic rock song with a good blues groove. But the rest of the album has given me a headache. Oh hey a cover of Long Black Veil! That's a good song.

Fun rock/punk. It feels like a good rock album to have on in the background as you do other things. Nothing stands out hugely, but the vibes of the album are very good.

I'm enjoying this more than I thought I might based on the opening track. That track, "Dealer," didn't do much for me, in part because I didn't like Martyn's singing style on it. However, there's some chill jazz grooves on the remainder of the album, and Smiling Stranger is really good proto-trip hop. The final track, "Small Hours," feels like something straight off of a Sigur Ros album.

I'm not a huge soul person, but so far I appreciate the big sounds of this album. The first track really hits you with the dynamics. You definitely get the funk/jazz sounds from this album. I don't love it, but it's certainly a strong representative of its genre. I enjoy "In Love With You." Good duet.

Strong opening to this album with Tiny Dancer and Levon. I enjoy Elton John's style, and this album is full of it. I saw the album described as done in a prog rock style, and I can hear it, especially in Madman Across the Water. Second half of the album didn't do as much for me, although "All the Nasties" was decent.

Yep, this is definitely Radiohead. There’s always a few tracks off of their albums that click for me. I think this will need to be a repeat-listen album, because right now this is 3 stars, but I could see it going up as I get more familiar.

Whole album sort of ran together for me. Not bad, but felt pretty forgettable.

I've never listened to this album all the way through, and it really is full of bangers. War Pigs, Paranoid, and Iron Man being three of the first four tracks is just an absurd packaging of great tracks, and the fourth of those tracks, Planet Caravan, is a terrific tonal switch to keep things interesting and stop the sounds from running together. Really solid album.

Cool jazz album. Very much of the big band singer era. Sarah Vaughan's voice is warm and just slightly smokey. Her sound is exceptional. This isn't an every day album, but if you're in the mood for some singing in the lines of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan certainly delivers.

YES! I love R.E.M. These songs are, for the most part, melancholy and bittersweet, and I've loved this album for 20+ years. It was a treat to revisit it.

Really excited to have gone from R.E.M. to this album. Two incredible albums back-to-back. I love the minimalized sound of this album, and the lyrics are aching. This is the album of working people trying to make their way in a world that is often against them.

Cool jazz. Iconic. But not my personal style of music.

You get a real jazz/funk fusion vibe from this album. It's neat, but I still am not a big jazz person, and many of the tracks ran together for me. It's a fine vibe, but not usually the mood I'm going for when I put on music.

The background about this album is fascinating, so it was good to listen through knowing the controversies and the way the audience reacted. It's a sort of window into mid-60s culture and the changes happening at that time. As to the sound itself, it's all solid early Dylan. The acoustic set is pleading and folky, while the electric set is raucous. I do think I would've been better served listening to the album in pieces rather than straight through, as at some point I got a bit tired of it.

I feel like this album misses the arrangements of Brian Wilson. And though the themes are darker and more serious than early Beach Boys, that does not by itself make this album great. Honestly, for me, this album is fine at best. Lyrically, a lot of the songs feel weak to me, and the harmonies just aren't as robust as they are with Wilson.

Cool album. The singles stand out, of course, but I had never heard "Today," and I quite enjoyed it (though apparently it was a college radio staple back in the day! I wasn't aware of that). Embryonic Journey was also a cool folksy instrumental. I'd listen to that track again for sure.

Having now listened to one of Nick Drake's other albums, this is obviously very reminiscent of that. Nick Drake sounds like Nick Drake. However, I do appreciate the more stripped-back sound of this album. It's more intimate, and it makes the songs feel more like themselves, if that makes any sense.

Well, that was an experience. Wasn't sure what I was listening to until I checked the Wiki on this. It's cool that Holger was one of the first people to mess around with sampling, but the album doesn't do a lot for me. Coolest track was probably Persian Love, as the use of the sampled singing was enjoyable, and the soundscapes built around it were interesting.

Another album where I find the singing incredibly grating. It distracts me from both the lyrics and the instrumentation. I gave the album an honest go and listened to the whole thing, it's just not for me, I think.

I'm liking the folk singer-songwriter sound of this. And importantly, the sound feels modern; there are a few tracks where the instrumentation places it firmly in the 70s, but many of these songs feel like they could've been produced today.

Classic outlaw country; this is a great live album due to the reaction and energy of the crowd. "Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart" is a genuinely amusing track.

The experimental nature of this album is neat, but a lot of the sounds just aren't to my taste. I might re-listen to this later, but for now it's just too much noise.

Yessss more Springsteen. Great album, great songs. The high-energy songs like Badlands are stadium-rocking classics, but I've really found an appreciation for the slower tracks on this one, things like Racing in the Streets.

I've never listened to much Costello outside of his singles. This is a fun and careening pop album. I can see where fans dig into his sounds and lyrics. Not sure that I'm fully a fan yet, but I appreciate what this album has going on.

What a great album; the compositions are what make me want to listen to tracks again and again. My sentimental favorite will probably always be Sloop John B, but God Only Knows, You Still Believe in Me, and Wouldn't It Be Nice are all fantastic tracks.

This album feels more accessible than Black Star, but it also isn't doing much for me. It's distinctly Bowie, but also feels aggressively "fine."

Odd album to see on here. There were a few good tracks, and a number of songs that I'd like to hear covered by other artists because I don't care for the Bee Gees singing style on all songs (it just doesn't fit a lot of the slower tracks).

What a wild album. It's like it initially breaks in your ears with pure chaotic noise before moving through some more seemingly "composed" sounding pieces that move between jazz and chaos. I also switched to headphone halfway through, right about the time the album shifts slightly, and that helped immensely to enjoy the base and drums rhythms under the saxophones riffing. I don't know if I'll go back to this album, but I'm glad it exists and I'm glad I gave it a listen.

Neat little blues album. Layla still feels like the standout, but there's some good blues jams on here. Key to the Highway and Thorn Tree in the Garden were my key discoveries here.

Heavy album, very intense. In ways it feels very of its time, but I do still enjoy a lot of this album. The industrial "wall of sound" vibe informs so much stuff that came after this album.

I’ve been in a rap/hip-hop mood lately, so this hits at exactly the right time. Intense, thudding production behind raps that still hold up. You can practically measure the timeline of rap by if an album came before or after this one.

Enjoyed the vibes of this album. Just cool, relaxing bossa nova jazz. You can actively listen and enjoy, but it's also a great album to just have on in the background.

Reggae! Never heard this before, but it's got a good groove to it. This is reggae that feels definitively reggae, not too commercial, just sounding like itself. Themes of social injustice and spirituality weave throughout.