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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Bone Machine
Tom Waits
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5 | 2.85 | +2.15 |
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Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
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5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
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5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
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5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
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Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
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5 | 3.59 | +1.41 |
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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
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5 | 3.61 | +1.39 |
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
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5 | 3.68 | +1.32 |
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The Score
Fugees
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5 | 3.69 | +1.31 |
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Palo Congo
Sabu
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4 | 2.7 | +1.3 |
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Dummy
Portishead
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5 | 3.71 | +1.29 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
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1 | 3.41 | -2.41 |
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
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1 | 3.39 | -2.39 |
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I Should Coco
Supergrass
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1 | 3.35 | -2.35 |
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Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
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1 | 3.3 | -2.3 |
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Since I Left You
The Avalanches
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1 | 3.28 | -2.28 |
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The Visitors
ABBA
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1 | 3.22 | -2.22 |
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Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
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1 | 3.21 | -2.21 |
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Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
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1 | 3.12 | -2.12 |
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Country Life
Roxy Music
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1 | 3.1 | -2.1 |
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NEU! 75
Neu!
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1 | 3.1 | -2.1 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Metallica | 3 | 4.67 |
| Nirvana | 2 | 5 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| M.I.A. | 2 | 1 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
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| Bruce Springsteen | 1, 4, 2, 3 |
5-Star Albums (19)
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John Grant · 1 likes
1/5
It is unfathomable to me that this album has multiple 5 star reviews. Poorly written songs with the emotional depth a sidewalk puddle
Solange · 1 likes
3/5
Great voice, nothing special musically
Slade · 1 likes
1/5
Holy shit was this bad! Did I kill an innocent man in a previous life and this is my punishment? I am sorry. I believe after listening to this my penance has been paid in full plus some.
1-Star Albums (36)
All Ratings
Nirvana
5/5
A top 25 album for me.
Top 3 tracks:
Endless, Nameless
Stay away
Breed
Ray Charles
2/5
Liked the band, really great. Ray Charles playing and voice were very mid.
James Brown
3/5
Tons of energy. R&B is not really my thing but this was great listen.
Ray Charles
2/5
Better than the genius of Ray Charles but it’s just not good. Ray Charles is overrated.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Absolutely fantastic. Hendrix is a true master of his craft.
Beck
3/5
An interesting combination of electronic and indie style music. Not really good or bad.
Radiohead
3/5
A great Radiohead album. I enjoyed it a lot but like Kid A and Okay Computer more
Dire Straits
5/5
This is a great album. I knew of Dire Straits, but didn’t realize Mark Knopfler was an absolute master of his craft. This album embodies my opinion that great music no matter the genre is that which makes you feel something.
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
For an album in a language I do not speak, this completely blew me away, as well as introduced me to several other world artists such as Boubacar Traore(Kele), Oumou Sangare(Ah Ndiya), The Touré-Raichel Collective(Azawade), and Vieux Farka Touré (Slow Jam). A really great into to African music.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
The blues-y side of Zeppelin really comes out on this one. A great album.
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Shoegaze. It’s ok but done better by so many others.
Leonard Cohen
2/5
A very meh album sound like a shit version of Velvet underground.
Talking Heads
3/5
A good listen enjoyed a lot of these tunes I generally skip over.
The Killers
3/5
XTC
2/5
What a disappointment. I was familiar with some of XTC's work, but outside of the final track, this is an entirely forgettable album.
Astrud Gilberto
2/5
Really cool Hispanic inspired jazz.
Nick Drake
2/5
I’ve been told how great Nick Drake is by many people. I don’t hear it. Mediocre “poor me” tunes.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
First Jazz album from this project that I would say I actually like.
Shivkumar Sharma
2/5
Seems like the kind of music for studying or yoga. Nice relaxing soundscape.
Public Enemy
2/5
Except for a cool backing track on one of the tracks this was a pathetic album.
The Velvet Underground
4/5
One of my favorite albums. Such a unique sound.
Funkadelic
4/5
Really good loved it. Guitar playing fantastic.
Coldplay
3/5
Very Radiohead-esque. Not I might listen to more of their stuff. It's not as poppy and cliche as I thought it might be.
Patti Smith
3/5
Good quite liked it.
Suicide
2/5
Weird early electronic. Meh
David Bowie
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
This is a fantastic album. It does some really unique things sonically speaking.
Blur
3/5
Well done Brit pop.
The Young Rascals
2/5
Had a couple songs I recognized but a very sub par record.
Eminem
3/5
Darker than I thought. Really hates Kim. Only the one banger.
Neil Young
4/5
An all time great. Neil You g is a master songwriter.
Deee-Lite
2/5
90s club/techno. Not bad for what it is. Not really my bag.
The Streets
1/5
Brit hip hop. Not sure how this made the list. As they say in England : Total rubbish.
Janis Joplin
4/5
A very good album. the passion really comes through. She really belts it out.
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
How disappointing. Is this here solely as a comparison? Letting people know how dog shit a Springsteen album can sound so we appreciate the really good ones?
The Dictators
1/5
Absolute trash. I love punk and this is not good. Rides the line between hair metal riffs and the punk style untrained vocals. In not picking a lane the whole thing blows.
The Beach Boys
1/5
Who knew The Beach Boys could suck this bad? I was surprised when I saw this album pop up today because I’ve never heard of it. After listening, I know why.
Rush
4/5
I was familiar with about half of these songs, and was happy to find the ones I didn't already know were really good.
Can
2/5
Very unique. Started out very Velvet Underground meets punk. The got really Avant-garde experimental. Not really bad or good. Odd to be to the point.
Jeru The Damaja
1/5
The Prodigy
2/5
This is an album I’ve heard before. It’s a shame it only has one good track.
Buck Owens
3/5
Good classi country western
Black Sabbath
4/5
Awesome. Great Sabbath album.
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Fugees
5/5
One of the best albums ever recorded.
The Verve
2/5
2/5
Meh
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
I pretty much hate RHCP. This album did nothing to change that opinion. A couple decent song but there is nothing special here. I could definitely have died without ever hearing this one.
Boards of Canada
2/5
Very average. Down tempo atmospheric electronic. Not my vibe.
Kraftwerk
2/5
Early electronic/techno. A lot of experimenting with sounds. Interesting but not really listenable.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Bob is great this is a great reggae album.
Foo Fighters
3/5
Good album enjoyed it
Wilco
3/5
I know this well. Classic Wilco. If you like what Wilco does then you like this one.
Beatles
4/5
Awesome. Lots of great tracks for an album I don’t always consider when I’m in the mood for some Beatles.
Beatles
3/5
Had some decent tracks but nothing incredibly "must listen". Still it's the Beatles so the good ones are still quite good.
Tom Tom Club
1/5
This was total garbage. I didn’t need to listen to this before I died. If someone played this for me on my deathbed when it was over I would tell them I wish I had died an hour ago.
Laibach
3/5
I guess this is considered an industrial music must listen. Seemed a bit subpar. Ok just not the hype I’ve heard for so long about it.
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
Interesting 80s hip hop. Different I guess.
Serge Gainsbourg
1/5
Light funk. He talk- sings the whole thing. If you heard one track that’s enough they are all the same. No need to ever listen again.
Lou Reed
3/5
Lou has a great voice. Really makes fantastic music. It’s not The Velvet Underground but really good.
Muddy Waters
3/5
Good Delta blues. It's no BB King but nothing is.
TLC
1/5
This is absolute dog shit. I yearned for deafness. No idea how anyone could listen to this whole thing at once. I had to break it up into 20 minute segments in an effort to give the whole thing a legitimate chance. All copies of this, physical and digital, should be burned in a fire. I'd rather listen to raccoons mate in the woods.
Emmylou Harris
2/5
Really great voice. However none of these songs really spoke to me.
The Temptations
3/5
Decent. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a great song but if, like me you've ever heard the Roberta Flack version this pales in comparison to that. The rest of it is pretty good slow jams, but nothing to really write home about.
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Pretty decent album. A unique sound. Nothing here to make me want to come back to it but interesting nonetheless.
The Clash
4/5
I love the Clash. This is a great album. It’s 3rd in my ranking of Clash albums. Behind London Calling and Sandinista! . That doesn’t mean it’s bad I just like those other two more.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
This was the first DM album I heard sometime around '91. I still really like this album all these years later. A great representation of the synth-pop sound of the time.
Japan
2/5
Ugh. Poorly done. I generally like this style of music but this just isn’t it.
Sam Cooke
4/5
Liked this quite a lot. R&B is not my go to but really liked the passion on this one. He was definitely into it.
Arcade Fire
3/5
Some decent songs here. Only one really sticks out above the rest.
SZA
1/5
If dog shit didn’t just have a smell but also a sound, this would be it.
ABBA
1/5
You know all those great ABBA songs you like? This album has none of them. This is a wish.com version of ABBA. Hey ChatGPT make me an ABBA album but make it 65% less interesting so they don’t think we ripped them off.
Herbie Hancock
4/5
This was absolutely fantastic. Really awesome groove driven funky jazz.
Finley Quaye
3/5
Interesting reggae sound just ok nothing particularly special about this.
Black Sabbath
5/5
I’ve only listened to this album about 1000 times before so…yeah this is a great one. Love to hear that blues influenced sound with Ozzy’s haunting lyrics.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Sad lyrics paired with surprisingly up beat music considering the lyrical content. This is a great Elliot Smith album. Loved to find that he was on the list.
The Specials
3/5
Good enough not particularly good. Not particularly bad.
Metallica
5/5
This is a fantastic album. Metallica before they sucked.
Metallica
5/5
As dismissive I am of Metallica post ..And Justice for All, this album has some really fantastic tracks. I should put this album back into rotation.
Soundgarden
4/5
The Cramps
4/5
The Cramps are great, love that voice vibrato. driving surf rock sound with a punk ambiance.
Bert Jansch
2/5
Nas
4/5
Greatness
Khaled
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
Pretenders
3/5
Chrissie Hynde has a one of a kind voice and really makes this album work. Some great tracks on this album.
Beach House
2/5
Just okay.
Amy Winehouse
2/5
Terrific voice, music is meh.
Jeff Beck
3/5
The Who
2/5
KISS
2/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Good stuff, not like some of the later more refined EAB stuff, still quite good.
Frank Ocean
2/5
The Band
3/5
A lot of it kind of has a gospel choir sound mixed with a Country/Bluegrass sound. Some other songs sound more like folk music. Pretty cool.
New Order
4/5
Has a lot in there, remnants of Joy Division, Bits that sound like The Cure, bits that sound like Depeche Mode, and the classic sound of what new order is.
Stephen Stills
2/5
I can't remember the last time I was this bored by music. It's like someone challenged him to write 21 versions of the same song. This is the white rice of music. Not good not bad, just boring AF.
Public Enemy
3/5
I was there when this was released, I have a good understanding of it's cultural importance, but the music is just meh.
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4/5
Air
3/5
I’m not much for this type of music. Atmospheric. Chill. Just ok.
Tears For Fears
3/5
Rod Stewart
2/5
Why is this on here? There are Rod Stewart albums that are actually good.
Garbage
3/5
Dirty Projectors
1/5
ugh what have you done to my ears?
The Police
3/5
Good stuff
Brian Eno
1/5
This was pathetic.
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
2/5
meh
B.B. King
3/5
Good ol groivy blues. BB is a master
The Jam
2/5
Brit pop at its most mundane.
Shack
2/5
More Brit pop. I’m not sure any of it is very interesting.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Good solid Neil Young
5/5
Fantastic. Incredible playing. Loved it.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
What a voice
Massive Attack
1/5
Poo poo.
Lauryn Hill
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Good stuff. Love a punk band with a female vocalist.
GZA
3/5
Tom Waits
5/5
I've long been a fan of Tom Waits and this is my favorite of his albums. Great song writing.
Paul Simon
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Neneh Cherry
1/5
Fuck that!!!!
The Who
3/5
It’s good. It’s the who. Not anything special.
k.d. lang
1/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Pretty good for his 90s work.
Eric Clapton
3/5
The Temptations
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Portishead
5/5
Awesome. No skip album.
Radiohead
5/5
I love Radiohead. This is an absolutely fantastic album.
White Denim
2/5
Weird sort of 60s vibe. Not particularly good or interesting.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Really cool. Loved it.
Van Morrison
3/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
Travis
3/5
Meh. Brit pop bores me. Extra star just for the line “what is a wonderwall anyhow?”
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Classic Hip Hop. Good fun stuff
Violent Femmes
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
Repetitive AF. I guess if you like techno/electronic it might be appealing, some of it has a nice groove.
4/5
The Divine Comedy
1/5
Grand idea but execution was not there.
Beastie Boys
5/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
What a great album, I have always loved Sonic Youth and felt they were underappreciated in their time. Really started the whole shoegaze thing. What they do sonically is really unique. They aren't all winners but the ones that hit are so good.
Drive-By Truckers
4/5
Anthrax
3/5
Some pretty good tunes here. I was expecting less from what I assumed was thrash. Some great tracks here. Pleasantly surprised.
The Teardrop Explodes
3/5
Interesting post punk adjacent type stuff. A little brighter in tone than some other things in this genre.
Aretha Franklin
3/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
She has an amazing voice. A great classic country album.
Roxy Music
1/5
Absolute dog shit. Fuck you for making me listen to this.
Sigur Rós
2/5
Interesting but it ultimately doesn’t do it for me.
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Wow this was so good. I'm not sure what I was expecting but this was really cool.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
The White Stripes
2/5
Not a whole lot of interesting here. Another album on the list for a single song. Overall disappointing.
The Velvet Underground
4/5
John Coltrane
2/5
I’m coming to find I just don’t like jazz. It just doesn’t do it for me.
Yes
3/5
Yes is under-rated I feel like they have a ton of great music and aren't as well known as other groups with the same amount of good stuff.
Blondie
4/5
Great voice from Debbie Harry. really liked this one.
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
4/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
This was so close to being fantastic. The tempo on some of these was so slowed down that it took away the enjoyment. It waws still a really good album, just not quite top tier.
Alanis Morissette
3/5
John Lennon
3/5
Aretha Franklin
3/5
Great voice just not my thing.
Stan Getz
2/5
Pulp
2/5
Just another non-descript brit-pop album. It's not bad, just indistinguishable from any other 90s Brit pop album from any other Brit pop group.
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
The meh-est of all mehs.
OutKast
4/5
Really great and I'm really one for hip-hop/rap most of the time. A lot of diverse sounds with all the features in here.
Miles Davis
4/5
The Zutons
2/5
Elbow
2/5
Boring Indy rock. There is nothing special here.
Kraftwerk
2/5
Not great, electronic music is hard to make interesting. That is the case with this one.
The Shamen
1/5
This is horrible. Please make it stop!!!!!!
Goldie
1/5
Booooo!!!!
2/5
This is average at best, would have been better to just have Skylarking on the list and call it good. This album is padding to get to 1001.
De La Soul
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
The king of whiners and pretentiousness still has it. He does have a pretty great voice.
Dizzee Rascal
3/5
I liked this quite a bit, just not enough to break the 3 star ceiling
Pink Floyd
5/5
An absolutely iconic rock album. Pretty much perfect.
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
What an incredible voice. Love the depth of the lyrics. A lot of very interesting things done musically as well.
The Roots
4/5
Wow, I am very particular with what I like as far as hip hip and rap but this really did it.
Grateful Dead
3/5
Duran Duran
3/5
Good. A real classic from my youth.
The Style Council
2/5
Supergrass
1/5
Fats Domino
4/5
Wow this was really fun. You sometimes need to be reminded that rock and roll should be fun. Too many people taking themselves way too seriously.
Gram Parsons
4/5
Great Classic country, Some tracks seems to have some really cool sounding gospel influence.
Jean-Michel Jarre
2/5
40 minutes of ambient sleep noises. Why?
CHIC
2/5
Soul/disco. Meh.
Pearl Jam
4/5
Before they decided to start sucking.
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
An alternative classic.
Röyksopp
1/5
Dance. Not great. Bland and uninteresting even for dance.
Supergrass
3/5
This one surprised me it was like punk adjacent. Good stuff.
Prince
3/5
Not what I remember from when I was younger. Still some really great tunes
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Hello this is Bruce Springsteen, I know you'll get this album based on who I am, I no longer have to make good music. I'm so popular I've been making money with mediocre tunes for over a decade now. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Johnny Cash
4/5
Nico
2/5
Meh.
Mylo
2/5
Not bad for dance/electronic. Still just ok.
Dire Straits
4/5
Fantastic
Miles Davis
4/5
A classic. Great stuff
Les Rythmes Digitales
1/5
I hate electronica, this more than most.
The Flaming Lips
4/5
ZZ Top
4/5
A lot of the great ZZ Top songs you think of when you think of ZZ top in here.
2/5
I really like Blur but this one sort of misses the mark
PJ Harvey
3/5
King Crimson
3/5
Pretty interesting. Worth listening to at least once.
The Sabres Of Paradise
1/5
Holy shit this was bad. I hated almost every track on here. There was 1 song that was sort of ok. Tow Truck didn't totally suck.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Great stuff Janis has one of the best voices rock has ever heard.
Otis Redding
5/5
An absolutely incredible album. Easy 5.
Venom
1/5
Absolute shit.
R.E.M.
3/5
Better than I remember, but lacking some of the greatness of other albums by these guys.
Neil Young
5/5
A really great album. No bad songs.
Simple Minds
2/5
Meh
The Gun Club
3/5
AC/DC
4/5
A classic rock album. There is not a lot of changes from song to song they recycled a lot of what they had over and over. Still it's a good piece they are recycling.
Michael Jackson
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Queen
2/5
meh
Minutemen
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Always have been a fan of Siouxsie's voice, it takes what might be a mediocre album to fantastic.
Guns N' Roses
4/5
A lot of songs that bring back memories of Early HS years. As much as I want to hate on it because if Axl Rose i Can't its really good
Sonic Youth
3/5
Typical SY. Lots of noise. Lots of societal commentary.
Fred Neil
4/5
Common
2/5
Decent. Not much for hip hop but not bad.
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
What a timeless voice.
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Didn't realize this was a movie soundtrack before this. A really great album
Jack White
2/5
Interesting. In places sounds like Zeppelin. Just not real good.
D'Angelo
3/5
Beck
3/5
Some really emotionally and well written songs. Well done.
Queen Latifah
2/5
meh 80s hip hip
Bob Dylan
4/5
Giant Sand
3/5
Very melancholy kind of same-y from song to song
Fiona Apple
3/5
Great voice but mostly didn't speak to me emotionally.
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Elvis Presley
2/5
Why is Elvis popular? It's all very meh.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
These guys were awesome before they added one of the best songwriters the world has ever known
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Garbage.
R.E.M.
2/5
Really not one of their best. It's just ok.
CHIC
2/5
I now know why people burned disco records
Jeff Buckley
3/5
Pretty good. Eclectic.
Sabu
4/5
Quite good. Like that Cuban/Island sound.
Frank Zappa
3/5
Very eclectic. Really enjoyed.
The Black Keys
4/5
The Kinks
3/5
Billy Joel
5/5
This is a fantastic album. Great pop songwriting
The Avalanches
1/5
Electronic pop. no good. Completely forgettable.
Alice In Chains
4/5
10cc
3/5
Dead Kennedys
5/5
One of the pioneers of US punk rock this is an essential album for understanding that scene.
The Mothers Of Invention
1/5
I am generally a fan of Frank Zappa but other than one track this was un-listenable.
Metallica
4/5
A real classic before they sold out, they were making some great music
George Michael
3/5
Beyoncé
2/5
The Band
3/5
This is my second album by these guys. I really enjoy this guy's voice. The southern sound is pretty cool especially considering they are almost all Canadian.
John Grant
1/5
It is unfathomable to me that this album has multiple 5 star reviews. Poorly written songs with the emotional depth a sidewalk puddle
The Notorious B.I.G.
2/5
Who cares? It's not interesting. Over an hour of music with 2 decent songs.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
What a great album. 29 minutes of incredible Southern Rock. Bluesy rock and roll for the win.
The Cure
5/5
An absolute masterpiece!!!
Buffalo Springfield
2/5
It's a decent album with exactly 1 good track. That doesn't really constitute an album worth listening to before I die. The longer I get into this project the more I realize there are way too many albums included in the 1001 that have a singular track worth hearing.
Mariah Carey
1/5
What uninspired trash. Incredible vocal range but this is garbage.
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
The Blue Nile
4/5
Wasn’t sure at first but his voice reeled me in I really liked this a lot.
Fairport Convention
4/5
What an incredible voice from Sandy Denny.
Sisters Of Mercy
4/5
This is one of my favorite goth/post-punk albums.
Beatles
3/5
Even the Beatles needed some time to really hit their stride.
Sade
3/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
Has some decent pop music, it's not my thing, also I don't see why TS is revered above any other pop artist it's all the same shit.
Michael Jackson
3/5
The Isley Brothers
3/5
Decent album. Very funky. Summer Breeze cover was cool but nothing special.
Keith Jarrett
2/5
"Bro, I'll just make it up as I go" is no way to make an album. It's truly uninspiring music. He is a talented piano player but it's so repetitive. No thank you.
Queens Of The Stone Age
3/5
Unfortunately, this was chosen over Songs for the Deaf. This is an okay album but SFtD is more representative of what QOTSA are.
Deep Purple
3/5
For a 37 minute run time this was a solid record.
Slipknot
2/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
She has such a great voice
Blur
3/5
Good but not great.
Kate Bush
3/5
Fantastic voice. Really interesting.
Solange
3/5
Great voice, nothing special musically
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
An incredibly powerful album.
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Tori Amos
4/5
M.I.A.
1/5
This is horrible. Someone owes me money for the suffering I have endured.
Radiohead
3/5
It's Another Radiohead album. Good stuff not really different than any other RH album
Primal Scream
4/5
This was not what I was expecting from a band with this name, I was pleasantly surprised.
Animal Collective
3/5
Interesting sound.
The Stooges
2/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
The Pogues
3/5
Solomon Burke
2/5
Great soul music
The Monks
3/5
Baaba Maal
4/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
Kinda funky but not interesting at all.
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Steely Dan
3/5
The Bees
3/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Stunningly average. He has a spectacular voice but the songwriting leaves a lot to be desired.
FKA twigs
3/5
The Doors
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Steve Earle
3/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Good stuff a lot more soul to it than what I expected from the album cover.
Duke Ellington
3/5
Sister Sledge
2/5
Garbage disco.
Dion
1/5
This guys is not as great as he thinks he is. It's ok. If pretentious had a sound.
Adele
4/5
Fantastic, what a voice. beautiful songwriting. The cover of Lovesong was unexpected and very well done.
The Stooges
3/5
Suzanne Vega
3/5
An angelic voice.
The White Stripes
3/5
It’s the white stripes, Jack White is good at guitar. I don’t get the hero worship. It’s good enough but kinda meh except for the one song.
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Guided By Voices
2/5
Run of the mill indie.
Steely Dan
3/5
Not bad but other than the first track it is just okay and very same-y
Goldfrapp
2/5
Decent, artsy, folky sounding. meh.
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
grew on me as listened.
M.I.A.
1/5
This is garbage. Please God, make it stop!!!!!!
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
As much as I can stand Billy Corrigan as person his music is amazing.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Gang Of Four
4/5
A great example of the transition from the punk era to post punk. Iconic band of the genre.
Haircut 100
2/5
How much mindless brit pop do I have to endure on this list. My god.
Orange Juice
1/5
Another album, that had a single track worth listening to. That one song was just ok not worth the "must listen to before you die" classification, and when you take the album as a whole it's pathetic and completely forgettable.
Willie Nelson
3/5
Parliament
3/5
Björk
4/5
Incredible voice. There are 3 different genres of music here, showing her range.
David Bowie
4/5
Slade
1/5
Holy shit was this bad! Did I kill an innocent man in a previous life and this is my punishment? I am sorry. I believe after listening to this my penance has been paid in full plus some.
Koffi Olomide
1/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
This album is great. Nearly a five. Came up just short.
Nina Simone
4/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Stan Getz
3/5
This list is trying to get me to like Jazz. I liked this better than most, Jazz is just not my thing I guess.
The Police
3/5
it's fine. Meh
The Smiths
2/5
Subpar. Even when compared to other Smiths albums this one is boldly mediocre.
John Prine
4/5
This was so much better than what I was expecting.
Steely Dan
3/5
Grooving bass lines and great lyrics.
Nirvana
5/5
Absolutely incredible
Ryan Adams
2/5
It's son descript and boring.
Eagles
4/5
Quite good
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Very odd. I liked it. Like Zappa but good.
The Human League
2/5
They wrote a synth pop anthem that defined the genre. Unfortunately the rest of the album is ass.
Coldcut
1/5
Ugh.
Moby
2/5
Sort of ambient chill techno.
Neu!
1/5
Why would you make me listen to this? That's just mean.
Buzzcocks
3/5
Decent No comparison to Singles going steady but good enough
Paul Simon
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
Meh
Living Colour
2/5
Remember when they had just one decent song? And some dickhead decided to include the whole-ass album that contained that song on a list of albums I should listen to before I die? That guy has wasted so much of my time. What a prick!
Green Day
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
The Modern Lovers
3/5
Ice T
2/5