Halfway through Tubular Bells part 2 it loses the plot a bit, but great until then.
Surprisingly good, only a couple of weak fillers.
Not their best album, 2 or 3 decent songs, rest highly forgettable.
Solid album, not amazing but not bad either
Really not my thing, more spoken word with background music. Like a female version of Leonard Cohen meets Tom Verlaine.
Not for me.
Solid album, a couple of fillers but mostly good / great tracks.
Just a covers album of contemporary standards. Background music at a party level but Ray Charles does have a great voice.
Decent album, when it's good, it's really really good. Some weak tracks though and some that don't quite work.
Much better than expected, and no Whiskey in the jar.
Not their best work.
A few good tracks, rest mostly filler at best.
Surprisingly good
Some good, some not so good.
Decent album, no real bad songs, some good, just not quite enough good to be great.
Not great for the most part, couple of good covers and Eric's own let it grow are the best parts.
It's alright. Nothing really amazing, but nothing terrible either.
Not great
I do not understand the appeal of Metallica. A very poor mans Megadeth.
Good album, not the best by Talking Heads but still very good.
Solid album, couple of weaker tracks near the end.
decent, not the best superfurrys album
better than I expected, thought kraftwerk were mostly overrated although I always liked Trans Europe Express
Some great, some forgettable. Not as good as I thought it would be.
It's really not the best Nick Cave album.
Just ok. Show Girl the best thing on the album, which descends somewhat into mediocrity from there.
Timeless album by Kraftwerk
Very much showing its age; probably a 5/5 when it came out but for me today, 2/5
I had never really listened much to The Clash - this was surprisingly good and not exactly what I expected.
Yeah just ok at best, for me it's a poor mans Nick Drake on this album.
Couple of good songs but the rest unfortunately were average at best.
Great album, just a couple of weaker tracks but most are bangers.
Superb album, not a bad song on it.
It was great when it came out and it's still great today.
Mostly good stuff, a couple of tracks that have meandering guitar solos that serve no purpose other than apparently to just drag the song out.
Horrible person but not terrible album
Can they play live? Yes. Is it boring as hell? Undoubtedly.
Superb album, not sure Paul Simon ever topped this one.
At best, its incidental / background music on a low budget 70s scifi. Tangerine Dream have done some good stuff, but this is not one of them.
Really dull, and this kind of pop has been done so much better than this.
Its alright I guess. Rap not really my bag but I can listen to this.
Quite liked it, went on a bit too long though
Pretty average album, nothing amazing, nothing terrible.
Listening to this album, its really not a surprise in hindsight as to why they thought I Can See For Miles would be their first #1. Most of the album is turgid stuff, but I Can See For Miles stands out like the diamond it is in comparison. Way, way too much filler on here.
Maybe 2 or 3 good songs at best, the rest is very mediocre
It's alright, quite entertaining in places.
It's still a superb album - some of the other Oasis ones haven't survived the passage of time quite as well but this one is a veritable classic.
Its ok, nothing that really jumps out at you as being great though. I thought it would be better than it was.
There were maybe a couple of ok tracks on it, and the drumming was good. But otherwise I just could not get this album at all.
Just an all time great album, not aged at all.
Uneven debut album, some good stuff of course but quite a few filler tracks.
Classic album, shame so many people have never heard of it.
It's pleasant enough to listen to, but I doubt I ever seek this kind of thing out in future. Also, I'm not sure stuff like this should really count - its not just an album, its 6 volumes.
Solid album, couple of all time great tracks in The Passenger and Lust for Life
Hmmm, I guess it's ok. Nice groove but nothing stands out.
A great Motorhead live album
Great voice, the album not quite up to that level. A couple of tracks are really good but overall its pretty average fare, just leaves you wondering what might have been had she not overdosed so early in her career.
Really enjoyed this one, much better than After The Gold Rush
Just way too shouty, and because the shouty parts only seem to be the same pitch or the same two pitches alternating, it's excessive and hard to listen to. The songs that are sung normally are actually pretty good - Little Babies probably my favourite.
Its a decent album, for some reason I'd mostly only ever really listened to Live Through This before. Its not quite as good as Live Through This but its still a solid album.
I'm guessing this album is only included because it has In The Ghetto and Suspicious Minds on it. There was maybe one or two other decent ones i'd heard of before but mostly average fare otherwise. Still, Elvis has a great voice.
Green Onions is a decent track, rest of it is pretty forgettable.
It was alright I guess? Nothing particularly stood out good or bad.
Played this album to death when it came out, it's still excellent today.
The last good Manic Street Preachers album.
Thought it was a superb album on release, and it still holds up great today. I don't think its quite as good as Vs, although it's more of a 1a and 1b situation.
I really didn't care for this much; just too samey and one paced
Really not sure how this made the list. Being generous, its pretty average fair at best, and it doesn't seem to be any more ground breaking than any other record of the time.
I'm not sure I'll ever quite understand why so many people hold QotSA in such high regard. There is something about the sound / mix that never sits right with me and makes everything sound not quite so good as it could have. There are a couple of good tracks on this album but it's mostly unremarkable fare that goes on too long.
Surprisingly pleasant.
I quite liked The Verve back in the day and bought this album when it came out. Thought it was great at the time but then when Bittersweet Symphony got played to death I kind of left it alone since.
Listening to it again in full for the first time in decades, it still is a very good album.
Pretty average in all respects.
Was my favourite Oasis album back in the day, but I don't think it's aged quite as well as the debut. I guess Gary Glitter references will do that. Still, the title track might yet remain my favourite Oasis track.
Superb album, not a bad track on it.
Its alright? It's not terrible but I don't think its close to the best thing Radiohead ever did.
Great album, still holds up today.
Certainly not my favourite Cocteau Twins album. Nothing particularly stands out, and the gibberish vocals don't help in this regard. Still, its not terrible, just not good.
The cover of the Neil Young song Only Love Can Break Your Heart is the standout track on an album that has promise but doesn't quite deliver otherwise.
I was somewhat surprised by how good this album was on release, I guess I had very low expectations. It's not quite great, but it's certainly very good.
I tried listening to Sigur Ros years ago but it never grabbed me at all. This album is actually much better than I remember them being - some great stuff but also some dull stuff. Overall though a decent album.
It was alright I guess. Definitely not his best work but yeah. Some decentish moments, and I liked the drumming, but overall somewhat forgettable.
Great album, some really good songs on it.
I guess you had to be there to appreciate this? Or is it in here simply because Elastica ripped them off in the 90s? Either way this really doesn't do much for me.
Starts off strongly but fades away in the second half.
This is really not my bag at all, I enjoyed the drums but otherwise hard going. Maybe would have liked it more if not for the vocals.
I liked this album, I'm just not really sure how much.
I've tried to listen to this album a couple of times over the years. I guess I'm not a jazz guy. It's alright, I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it again.
Very much a product of its time, but a few really good tracks on there.
Super album, possibly my favourite by Nick Drake. Not a bad song on it.
Hadn't heard anything by Peter Tosh before - this was better than I expected, but still fundamentally unremarkable. Pleasant enough to listen to but nothing that stands out and makes you want to listen again.
Kind of weird album in that it seems like they just chucked everything they'd done recently on the same album. If they had trimmed a lot of the more average tracks off it could have been pretty good. As it is, its ok - some good stuff but weighted down by the excessive length and some pretty average songs mixed in.
Background music at best.
Bit of a slow start but after the first couple of tracks it really came on strong. Enjoyed this album.
Elvis Costello is someone I feel like I ought to like a lot more than I do, but his stuff mostly underwhelms. Too many tracks that sound like they would have been warmly received in the late 50s rather than the late 70s in particular. It just didn't do much for me.
I thought this would have really aged badly but it stood up better than I expected.
Super album, if anything sounds better now than it did when it came out.
Yeah, no.
Solid album from Mr Bowie. Not sold on the first and last tracks though so only 4/5
Great album, but going to knock it a bit for Waiting for the big one - a bit boring and went on too long.
Some stuff on here that I like a lot - Sit Down, Stand Up is great for instance. However overall its mostly average and not enough stands out.
Its ok, some good stuff, some average and some mediocre.
When I found out who was singing I thought this would be better than it turned out to be.
Great songs, excellent bass.
Surprisingly quite enjoyed it. Had never heard anything by Bonnie Raitt before and it was not what I expected.
Come on Eileen and The Celtic Soul Brothers are the stand out tracks, along with a decent cover of Jackie Wilson Said but the rest of it is fairly average.
I'm sorry Willie, but country is the red headed step child.
I like Ray Charles but I don't care for cover albums.
Pleasantly surprised - had very low expectations for this one but mostly it was pretty good. Couple of weaker tracks toward the back end of the album though.
Classic album, Unfinished Sympathy and Hymn of the Big Wheel my favourites but not a weak track on here. Still, for me not quite as good as Mezzanine so only 4/5.
Was a great album when it came out and it's still a banger today.
Not sure about this really - there are a couple of decent tracks, more average stuff and then some dross. 2/5
I guess this is only on the list because it's Brazilian? For the most part, it sounds like any number of albums from this time period, nothing stands out particularly. That said, there are a few decent tracks. All in all though a pretty unremarkable album.
It was OK I guess. Not that great, but i've heard far worse.
I've tried listening to other King Crimson albums before and never really been convinced by them, but this one was genuinely great.
First album I ever got of Beefheart was Trout Mask Replica. Which was fucking awful. The second album I got was this one, which was great. Going to ding it a point for I'm Glad though.
A genuinely great album from The Who.
Superb album, one of his best
There are some tracks that I like, but overall its quite uneven and goes on a bit too long.
Great double album from Mr Cave, consistently good songs.
I think I liked this more back in the day than I do now - its lustre has faded somewhat over the years for me. Still good, but there are a weaker tracks on it that drag it down a bit.
Pleasant enough, not what I would usually listen to. Bit too much use of falsetto and some tracks have instrumental parts that seem unnecessary (All about love and See the light, i'm looking at you)
A pretty disparate collection of tracks, doesn't really hang together well. Its mostly good with some great, but also some not so good.
Feared the worst when I looked up Kacey Musgraves and saw she did country. That said, this is more of a pop album with the taint of country looming large. Oh What A World was really good, on balance the songs were more good than bad, but some of the lyrics were godawful.
First half of the album was a real chore to listen to, very average songs with nothing to distinguish themselves. Fortunately it picked up about halfway through and it was a lot better after that. Still, its all relative - I wouldn't care to listen to this album again. Not that it's bad, just that it sank into the sea of mediocrity.
Its ok, pretty dated now but hardly a surprise.
