Smooth and easy listening. Highly enjoyed this and would absolutely listen again.

One of the GOATs

Found myself wanting this to end long before it did. Sad boy music

Super funky and chill. Sunday morning jams.

Not my usual style but loved it. Super enjoyable, loved all the extras to the live recordings that set it at Folsom

A classic. Not my favourite Bruce Springsteen album of all time but still such a good album.

Enjoyable and easy breezy. Not my favourite genre of music but still interesting.

Lush autumn main character vibes. These Days is a masterpiece, and such a unique voice as well.

There’s a good album in here somewhere but this was so long. Really liked the crispness of the drumming. The songs I knew were great, but Sir Psycho Sexy feels like a joke song.

Felt a bit long. Enjoyable enough - heaps of fiddle and very folky. Would probably go for more traditional folk over this if I was in the mood for that though.

Didn’t come in with any expectations and man, it was so good. Loved it - the right blend of chill vibes, a little Sade smooth sprinkled in. Would absolutely listen to it again on a warm sunny Saturday arvo.

Liked this, very melodic rock. Didn’t super grab my attention and listened to it over three sittings.

Some parts of this were nice background music. Mainly I was just waiting for it to end. Would have rather listened to Gnarls Barkley over this.

I don’t understand how this was avant garde even for its time? It felt like something my grandparents would have played on the crackly old wireless when I was a kid. Truly just fine.

I’ve only ever listened to the big singles but now I might think I might be a Queen fan???

Fun jazz album. Liked the spotlighting of the organ in the arrangements. Easy background music for work. Maybe I’m not familiar enough with jazz because it all sounded a bit the same as other things I’d heard.

An all time great album. Classic pop writing and so warm and rich. Huge fan of this.

I really liked this. Super vibey and chill, felt like it was the kind of album I’d hear playing in a small plates natural wine bar. No songs super stood out but very pleasant background music. Definitely a 3.5 album.

It was nice. Some catchy songs in there but not the best. Pleasant enough for some winter walks in the leaves.

Enjoyed this - smooth, 70s easy listening. They’re no Fleetwood Mac but it was still very good. Hotel California absolutely slaps so maybe a little all downhill from there.

I came into this with no expectations and I thoroughly enjoyed this. Very nice background music to work to, stunning vocals.

Very enjoyable. Not as good as their big singles but I still liked this - even an average Beach Boys album is still very good. Came at a very timely point as well with Brian Wilson’s passing and nice to appreciate his musical genius.

Actually loved this? This was pure cheesy 80s rock at its best - some absolutely bangers in there (did not realise Jump was Van Halen), great vocals, fun melodies. I was really surprised by how much I enjoyed this because it didn’t seem up my alley at all. Would absolutely listen to this again.

This could have been any early 2000s Brit rock album. You could’ve told me it was Arctic Monkeys and I’d believe you. Not my vibe and a bit of a snooze fest.

Very smooth and easy. Really made me want to be in 70s LA or NY. Felt like it could be the soundtrack to something - an adult film, or some kind of car chase. Good vibes.

NRG!!!! This was very fun and dancey, I liked the world music influences in there. Really transported me to the clubs of the 90s.

Not my vibe. It was pleasant enough and can respect the craftsmanship of it but didn’t grab me.

Very pleasant to work to. Don’t know what it says about it that I didn’t even notice when other music started auto-playing once it was done though. Not one of the greats, but still enjoyable and a beautiful voice.

Delicious, good soulful vibes. Took me right back to working at Pancake Parlour. Mainly covers (I think?) but such good renditions.

Bombastic and fun. Really enjoyed this album - More Than A Feeling absolutely slaps and always has, but lots of the other songs were really easy to listen to as well. Definitely a big vibe.

This took me a few songs to get into it but once I got the tone of this album I thought it was very enjoyable - felt very comedic at times and enjoyed it more as a novelty with some good backing music. Thought this would be a 2 star album but has surprised me.

I knew this was an important album coming into listening to it. I really liked it - I must admit it’s maybe not fully my thing, but I really appreciated the craftsmanship of it and the musical journey it took me on. Very well produced and put together.

Perfect soundtrack to a perfect movie. Eerie, ethereal, lush - completely gorgeous and strikes the perfect tone for the subject matter. Air are truly the masters of their genre.

Actively waiting for this to end. Love My Way is such a classic and I don’t mind some new wave so I was hoping for a really strong album but this disappointed me. Weak vocals, uninteresting music.

Hated this. Boring, mopey, sad boy music that felt repetitive and cannot get past the vocals. Kept looking at how long I had left to listen to this and wishing it would end sooner. I don’t get the hype at all, and there was very little redeeming about this - absolutely skippable.

My second Willie Nelson album and very enjoyable. Still not my genre but this felt smoother than the other one and was very pleasant - maybe less overtly country? Very pleasant to listen to.

This was a solid listen. Do I think it was revolutionary? No. Is it something I’m probably going to listen to again? Also no. But for an hour it was a pleasant soundtrack to my work day.

I’ve always suspected I wasn’t a Bob Dylan fan and this has confirmed it. Way too long, all the songs were muddling together and just not my vibe. Felt like I was forcing myself to listen to this for completeness of the listening challenge I’d set myself.

Wow. Blown away by how beautiful and soulful this was. I came into this wanting to hear new music that I could fall in love with and this was exactly that - gorgeous lush instrumentation, smooth vocals, such a beautiful flow and journey throughout the album. One that I will absolutely come back to again and again.

In my mind this was much rockier than it actually was. A lovely mix of songs perfect for a winter morning walk, although nothing really stood out or grabbed me too much.

Loved this. Such a good vibe - smooth, easy to listen to. The second track on this felt like a few tracks amalgamated into one but the journey was still great. Would absolutely listen to this again.

This was good - I don’t mind a bit of glam rock, but there wasn’t anything that really stood out or grabbed me. It was a solid enough listen though.

This was marginally better than Blood Sex Sugar Magik but not by much. Awful lyrics and vocals that totally detract from how funky the music can be at times. I don’t mind the singles but don’t feel like I’m missing anything at all from never having dived deeper into this album. Made me really want to play GTA though.

Super catchy album. I’ve always liked R.E.M.’s singles so it was really nice to hear more of their album stuff. Some real bangers in here and very enjoyable. Would definitely listen to this again.

This was fun and catchy but don’t think it’s really for me. 2000s British indie rock that had a bit of an edge to it and their own style but still felt a bit shapeless overall.

Still a very good album. Not one I’ve revisited much since it came out but really good to get back into it. I’d probably only ever actively listen to the singles off this though.

I LOVE Rattlesnakes the song and I always have, but the rest of this album was pretty mid. A few good songs on here but nothing really stood out to me. Still a pleasant enough listen though.

Smooth and funky. Loved the sampling on this. I can absolutely see why this is a landmark album in hip hop, and I totally got lost in the album. Such an enjoyable listen.

Really liked this album. Fun and punky but still very melodic - great songs. Super enjoyable from start to finish.

This was fine??? I don’t see why it’s so critical I listen to this album, it was kinda mid dadrock. I listened to this over two sittings as well and the fact that there were a few days in between where I didn’t think about it or feel pressed to listen to the rest probably says a bit about how I feel about this album. Felt a bit symptomatic of some of these albums so far where there’s way less women on the list but heaps of middling rock music.

This was good. Sledgehammer and Don’t Give Up are absolute bangers but the rest kinda washed over me. I think I expected to like it a little more than I did in the end.

This was good. I like a bit of 70s hard rock and this was a great example of the genre. I don’t know how much I would listen to this again but it was a solid 45 mins.

Call me a cowgirl because I liked this way more than I thought I would.

Smooth and easy and super funky. Stunning vocals and rhythms. While this didn’t have a standout song for me, everything was such an easy listen.

An easy 5. Masterful sampling and producing, an album with no skips for me and one that outside of this I return to regularly and listen to in full. Deeply nostalgic as well, the ideal listening experience for this is in my parents Commodore driving to Prahran to go to the market and Borders.

I think I’ve heard maybe three female vocalists in almost two months now and yet I’ve had so many absolutely mid Britpop albums? I want 45 minutes of my life back.

This was good but not as good as I was expecting given its legacy. I was expecting to be totally blown away and while this was still a really enjoyable listen its reputation let it down a little for me. Some really good tracks through here though.

I really enjoyed this, although the listening format of YouTube with frequent ads peppered in dampened the mood a little bit. I thought this might be a four star album, and then by about an hour or so later I couldn’t remember anything that stood out to me which dropped it down to a three. The experience at the time was good though.

Really liked this - smooth and jazzy and interesting. Solid and interesting background music I would happily listen to again.

Short and sweet and simple. Maybe not super for me but pleasant enough to listen to. My favourite part was realising that The Simpsons cribbed some of the lyrics on this album and now I get the reference.

After a few dud millennium rap and RnB albums, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this and how essential it felt. Great rhymes, interesting samples and music sitting behind it. Think this is a solid 3.5 stars for me - maybe not something I’d return to again and again but I would enjoy again if I was in the mood for this.

I really enjoyed this - a really solid album from start to finish. Changes is amazing, and Laguna Sunrise really caught me by surprise. I would absolutely listen to this again.

This was very pleasant and then every now and then the religion would hit me in the face, which I was not expecting. An easy enough listen but one I wouldn’t probably listen to again.

Loved this - I’m already a big Talking Heads singles fan so knew going into this that I would probably like it. Moody and atmospheric at times, always interesting and innovative. Would absolutely listen to this again.

This was so fine???? Nothing special but not unpleasant to listen to. Made me nostalgic for my childhood.

This was good - at times it felt a bit noisy but nonetheless enjoyable. Don’t know if I would consider this a classic album but it was still engaging.

An all time great album. I’m not the biggest fan of Radiohead but man, is this good. Equal parts interesting, engaging, and devastating.

A masterful album, no skips start to finish. Every song absolutely slaps and still feels boundary pushing even today.

This was fine. If it wasn’t so deeply nostalgic for me I might rate it lower but every song is burned into my memory. Coldplay are definitely not for me but this was a fun Friday afternoon time warp back to my childhood.

This was a fun and breezy listen. Doesn’t feel super revolutionary but had nothing against it. I realised I knew the title track when listening to it and I really like it, but the rest of the album was a bit same-y and hard to tell apart. Overall still enjoyable.

Big bombastic artsy rock. Good for playing baseball to. A solid 3.5 for me.

I went back and forth so many times on whether this was a 1 or 2 star album for me. Rationale for 1 star was that it was suuuuuuch a slog, and broken up into a few listens I kept not wanting to go back to finish. 2 stars because I can appreciate in parts that even though it’s absolutely not for me it’s technically a pretty good album. Parts of this were okay. Would never listen to this again.

I only knew Leonard Cohen from Hallelujah and I was definitely blown away by this. So smooth and melancholic. A collection of beautiful songs.

This was funky and fun and very enjoyable. I really liked this but maybe wouldn’t listen to it again.

I really like this album and the direction it went in compared to her other music. It’s not as good as Folklore to me, nor is it her best album, but it’s still an excellent album (and the last really good Taylor Swift album before a noticeable decline in quality).

Super fun and always interesting. This was a really engaging listen and I loved it.

Loved this!! Incredible guitar work and such bangers in here. I recognised the first track as something we’d often play at my old workplace and was sold from there.

This was very good - really enjoyed it. I had no idea Mother and Child Reunion was Paul Simon, which I don’t know if that says a lot about his ability to be chameleonic or just imitative.

I was really surprised with how much I enjoyed this - I didn’t have the highest expectations going in as I haven’t liked the last few metal albums that have come my way but this was super fun and enjoyable. Really enjoyable rock music, a little tongue in cheek at times and very listenable.

Nostalgic and a great pop album. So many good singles on this backed by really great album tracks, although it definitely feels overlong. I don’t know why I never listened to this beyond the singles when I was younger but glad I’ve done it now.

Gorgeous and smooth. What a voice. Could be an easy weekend record, a soundtrack to a dinner party or smoky bar - it really took me away.

This was very good and I can appreciate that this is a landmark album - this is one of those ones that I’ve known I should listen to but a project like this has forced me to do so. That said, I can’t see myself listening to this again so by my own rating system it gets a 3. BUT it is a masterful albums, beats still sound great and rhymes are very good.

A fun, enjoyable listen. Really well crafted songs - might have had a slight preference to the Young side of the equation though. Very easy to have on in the background.

I liked this a lot more than I expected to - not sure why I had that perception I might not like it. I don’t think this will ever be in my high rotation but still excellent.

This was really good - loved Sunshine of Your Love - and quite melodic and then it came to Mother’s Lament and it completely ruined the moment for me. Other than that a solid collection of songs.

This would be 100% better if it was Aimee-Leigh Gemstone and Baby Billy Freeman singing it. This was truly fine - the religious overtones got a bit too much by the end thkigh.