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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt	5	2.29	+2.71
KEAH** (Psalm 69) Ministry	5	2.69	+2.31
California American Music Club	5	2.69	+2.31
m b v My Bloody Valentine	5	2.72	+2.28
Go Girl Crazy The Dictators	5	2.84	+2.16
I Am a Bird Now Antony and the Johnsons	5	2.84	+2.16
Destroy Rock & Roll Mylo	5	2.88	+2.12
White Light / White Heat The Velvet Underground	5	2.89	+2.11
Kick Out The Jams (Live) MC5	5	2.91	+2.09
Moby Grape Moby Grape	5	2.94	+2.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Purple Rain Prince	1	4.02	-3.02
Back To Black Amy Winehouse	1	4.02	-3.02
London Calling The Clash	1	3.97	-2.97
Bad Michael Jackson	1	3.81	-2.81
Grace Jeff Buckley	1	3.74	-2.74
Graceland Paul Simon	1	3.73	-2.73
Pearl Janis Joplin	1	3.72	-2.72
Moondance Van Morrison	1	3.7	-2.7
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	1	3.69	-2.69
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	1	3.66	-2.66

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	3	5
Metallica	2	5
Nirvana	2	5

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	4	1.5
Kendrick Lamar	2	1
Bruce Springsteen	2	1
Willie Nelson	2	1
Prince	2	1
M.I.A.	2	1
Paul Simon	3	1.67
The Band	2	1.5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	1.5
The White Stripes	3	2

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
The Stooges	5, 1
Common	2, 5
Red Hot Chili Peppers	2, 5
Beastie Boys	4, 1, 4

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Pink Flag

Wire · 2 likes

1/5

Uninspired punk. Black flag did it better. Nothing remarkable about the guitars, drums, vocals. Pretty low energy, would never seek this out.

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen · 1 likes

1/5

Holy crap this guy thought he was cool at one point.

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Pink Flag

Wire

1/5

Uninspired punk. Black flag did it better. Nothing remarkable about the guitars, drums, vocals. Pretty low energy, would never seek this out.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

2/5

Pretty good funky blues lofi, low production with spoken word lyrics at times. Political and speaking about the social struggle of the times. Final track Love to the People is the highlight and enjoyed some of the disco suggested by the algorithm after.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Good easy listening music. Title track Let's Stay Together is the hit and the best song on the album. A little bit boring at times throughout the album but good feel like a hangout as opposed to some of the overproduced. Strong finish on final track

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

1/5

Mostly drum fill instrumentals which are fun with some record scratching and hip hop remix elements. You could listen to this while walking through a park or city any time. Losing interest through the album as there are repetitive and tedious parts. The sense of humor in the first few tracks falls off as it goes on. Upon 2nd listen to some of these tracks it's actually pretty low effort and crappy.

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Classic rock at it's finest. Great guitar and drums, rocking out hard live, loud, and just partying on. Blues influence but bigger and louder. A lot of hard work put into making these songs but yet they don't take themselves too seriously on stage, joking around. Starts strong, finishes strong.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

5/5

As classic as it gets. The strings section permeating throughout some of these songs gives such a pleasant and warm feeling like home or in front of a campfire. So ornate and elegant but not hyper or rushed. Middle part is very folk song like. Ends with just good rock and roll instrumentals. Approachable and easy to re-listen to over and over again.

Play

Moby

1/5

Not a fan of the repeating samples from old time songs just with reverb attached. Repetitive. There are some good beats and piano work on the more original work. I recall fondly Southside and Bodyrock when they came out. This could have been an LP instead and they could have cut a lot of this low effort stuff on here.

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

4/5

GOAT musician. Some of the downtempo songs are trying a little too hard to be sexy but dude's the man. I take it this album in total is downtempo compared to his others. Masterful tone setting, the best to ever do it, wonderful harmonies and each instrument is pronounced and doing something interesting always. Short with no bullshit filler. Intended to be replayed and danced to. Doo wop and gospel. American. Listened to it twice today. Any modern artist could easily cover one of these and make a shit ton of money.

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

1/5

Brazilian disco and a lot of ballads. Not really something I can sink my teeth into. Could be an anime outro.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

1/5

While Pet Sounds wrote the book on melody and harmony, this didn't hit the same. Some of these songs are so Charmin soft they could be kid's songs. If I could some the album up in 2 words it would have been, "lacks complexity". The highlight is the song Student Demonstration Time leaning into the ragtime blues style but other artists at this time did it so much better.

Metallica

5/5

Classic. Many memorable and singable songs that are iconic and ageless. Can replayed over and over and over again. They say this was the last good Metallica album. It's the one with the hits on it.

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

4/5

Got that hillbilly metal feel, high and hazy energy. Like a drug frenzied bar fight. Great guitar solos in every track. Themes of risky lifestyle, wild life. Let the music do the talking with very simple lyrics. It's sloppy and loud and grinding on but that's the point. Not intended for deep thinking, just a hard rock album. It's all kind of one song, no differentiation. While Metallica has moments where they switch it up on say, Fade to Black or Nothing Else Matters, Motorhead just kind of runs together as one speed metal performance. Ozzy showed range too.

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

5/5

What a delight. Great jam session I am excited to listen to again more closely. Loved Jeff's Boogie the most. It's not as hard as Led Zeppelin but you can hear Page's influence.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

2/5

Album really picks up in the 2nd half, you can hear the people whistling through the last song. Great musical talent.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

5/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

2/5

Achtung Baby

5/5

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

1/5

When I think of the 80s I think of this abandonment of melody, spoken word stuff.

Graceland

Paul Simon

1/5

Nothing cool about Paul Simon

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

Melodrama

Lorde

2/5

Y'know I could almost get into the diary of a privileged young girl and the difficulty of loving and being loved but there is practically nothing going on musically here. A little basic synth kit beat behind it but this is almost all just the singing and maybe a little 1st year guitar or piano behind it. If this was going for lofi it doesn't have the rhythm or groove really. I'm not a huge Taylor Swift fan but what does Lorde do that Taylor Swift can't do 10x better?

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

1/5

Deliberately annoying. There are parts where it almost comes together but it's just like, why???

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

1/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

5/5

The high energy songs are all front loaded but otherwise this is fantastic. Big booming drums and overloaded guitars, bluesy vocals. Looked up Dan Auerbach and his solo stuff is great too. The criticism of Black Keys is that the drums are too simple and similar from song to song but I very much liked this as a rock album that does what it does very well.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

2/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

1/5

Electric piano and synth flute just isn't for me. Normally I would like this genre but I'll take Bee Gees and Elton John and the others from this time period instead. The track "Birmingham Blues" started strong but yeah, this artist isn't for me. Still gonna hear this tired ass song at the end of bad Chris Pratt movies tho.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

1/5

Starts strong with the title song but quickly turns into mostly mopey sad country songs about feeling bad for yourself in kind of a simple and immature way.

Moby Grape

5/5

It's like a British take on Chuck Berry, similar to Joe Cocker. So catchy. Every song could get stuck in your head. Had never heard this before but I'm in love. Hey Grandma, Omaha, 8:05, Changes, Lazy me were the highlights.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

I've listened to this so many times. Love Radiohead but much prefer In Rainbows or OK Computer. They are coming into their own with this album and finding their style. Everyone has the whimsical noise reverb in the background now so this isn't so out of place. They soon start crushing it with the drums and math tempo vocals.

White Light

Gene Clark

1/5

Hard to believe this is one of the 1001 most influential albums. It's so basic singer songwriter. Didn't mind the tracks For a Spanish Guitar or Tears of Rage. This is still really soft and emotional. He even covers Stand by Me. Have I seen this guy before at 7 pm Saturday at every local bar? Has a sleepy feel in it's tempo. Religious themes. There's so much ringing out of unnecessary words like iiiiiiiiiiii got a sandwiiiiiiiiiiiich.

Odelay

Beck

2/5

Some fun beats but not really a cohesive album. At times low effort and uninteresting to straight up annoying.

Led Zeppelin

5/5

So many good songs. Every instrument compliments each other and gets it's moment. Designed for the live show.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

1/5

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

2/5

Amateurish and repetitive at times. Like a combination of Oasis and The Cure but not really as good as either or doing their own thing.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

1/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

5/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

Just so sleepy and droning on.

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

This is musician's music. Very technical guitar solos, harmonizing vocals, peculiar timing beats for the drums to match the chords. This must be a blast to play in a band. Alas, I am not a musician. The lyrics are weird "If the summer change to winter, yours is no disgrace" (???). There's really great stuff to love in this album. The album picks up steam and really nails and epic 9:26 track "Starship Trooper" followed by the hit song "I've seen All Good People".

Movies

Holger Czukay

1/5

Weird and fun but too weird and not enough fun.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Upon 2nd listen through, I really like this. The voice needs a minute to get used to. Like, doo-wop New Wave. Pretty simple songs but funny and "in" lyrics. He gets it.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

2/5

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

5/5

Me: Maybe I've outgrown Elton John, I much prefer more hard and aggressive music. Also me: Every song on this is an epic.

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

5/5

Country Life

Roxy Music

1/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

2/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

I usually prefer live albums but this one just doesn't have the clean vocals or energy as the studio tracks in my opinion. Best song: Suicide. The songs do sound very similar.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

1/5

This could be on Sesame Street. The Rainbow Connection could be on this album. It's fine, just not a must hear genre.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

5/5

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

5/5

No slow songs. Very aggressive.

Cross

Justice

4/5

Garbage

3/5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

1/5

why did you get into music

Take Me Apart

Kelela

1/5

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

2/5

Pretty funny. Does not take itself so seriously.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

1/5

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Fun House

The Stooges

5/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

1/5

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

2/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

1/5

Isn't it funny how Van Morrison always runs out of words when writing songs and needs to fill big parts of the song with sha la la and na na na all the time?

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Love Frankie. This isn't his best work.

High Violet

The National

1/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

1/5

Inauthentic

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

1/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

5/5

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

3/5

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

1/5

Video game music.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

Radiohead are the GOATs

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Purple Rain

Prince

1/5

I was always on the Nirvana side of millennial music. Don't get the 80s. This is a jazzercise aerobics VHS.

The xx

2/5

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

3/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

1/5

Holy crap this guy thought he was cool at one point.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

1/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

Follow The Leader

Korn

4/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Queen is everything correct about Rock and Roll.

1999

Prince

1/5

Like the solos at the end of Lady Cab Driver but other than that, not feeling the party maaaaannnn.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

2/5

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

1/5

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

5/5

This was incredible. Must be played with volume up.

1984

Van Halen

5/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

2/5

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

4/5

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

5/5

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Like a 21st century Elvis Costello in some ways. Just good.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

5/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Raw power.

Paul Simon

3/5

The Man Who

Travis

2/5

Most of these songs sound like Wonderwall rip-offs. Soft, really soft.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

1/5

A-hyuck-a-bay-buh-bay-buh.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

1/5

The Specials

5/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

3/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

4/5

Beautiful harmonies. Idk why there is a fear of creating simple music like this today. Gets sleepy near the end.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

2/5

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

Not music. Distant sound effects for people on heroin to nod to. Only decent track is AB/7A.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

2/5

Long, and a lot of it can be annoying. There are some good songs; Tow Truck and Theme.

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Really old-timey compared to the rest of their body of work.

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

3/5

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

1/5

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

2/5

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

2/5

Arrival

ABBA

1/5

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

3/5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

4/5

Hilarious. Great beats. Similar to Cypress Hill, Jurassic 5, Black Star

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

So Much For The City

The Thrills

3/5

Low energy singing over nursery rhyme rock. Repetitive lyrics about wistful dream of west coast cities.

Pornography

The Cure

1/5

Spooky Halloween Sound Effects CD behind PSA about the dangers of eating meat.

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

5/5

Silly and obnoxious and fat

Joan Armatrading

5/5

A cross between Elton John, Funkadelic, and Nick Drake. Greatness in it's simplicity. Executed very well. Singer songwriter.

Sound Affects

The Jam

2/5

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

3/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

Pagan sailor post-medieval bassooncore band singing shanties and not in a Neutral Milk or Beirut kind of way.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

5/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Ray Of Light

Madonna

4/5

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

5/5

Love this. Hard not to toe tap or head nod for all of these.

A Seat at the Table

Solange

2/5

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

5/5

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Pretenders

3/5

Diamond Life

Sade

1/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

2/5

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

1/5

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

3/5

Comes in like a lion but bows out like a lamb. Doesn't finish the album with the same energy.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

2/5

Bummed

Happy Mondays

1/5

More Specials

The Specials

3/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

5/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

2/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

1/5

Odd I don't like this as it's def my type of music. Generic power chords and awful voice, not as good as Fun House.

Kala

M.I.A.

1/5

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

5/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Starts with some of my favorite songs ever. Ends with tributes to rock's roots and credits how the genre has evolved. Masters of their instruments. Epic.

Faust IV

Faust

4/5

Connected

Stereo MC's

1/5

Arular

M.I.A.

1/5

Her whole thing is African drum beats which is good if you're into that.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

5/5

Epic. Suburban War is so powerful.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

1/5

Unremarkable

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

Love the instrumentals more than the vocals.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

2/5

If you take it for how silly and immature it is, it's not bad and pretty funny but I'd never listen to this twice.

I Against I

Bad Brains

4/5

You can tell the influence they've had on Nirvana and the grunge movement. Very skilled guitar

Joan Baez

3/5

Little bit of a religious element to these folk songs.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

3/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

4/5

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Crazy nothing like this has never come out since. Incredible and truly unique. Trip-Hop.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

2/5

Future Days

Can

2/5

Very light listening with the exception of the drums. Mostly an instrumental. Hard to recall the songs after listening.

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

5/5

My Generation

The Who

4/5

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

1/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

2/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

1/5

Just so corny, even for country. Best song is Fingernails.

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

1/5

Nothing cool about Paul Simon.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

1/5

The Band

2/5

It's like their contemporaries did this genre so much better and they were late to the musical fad.

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

4/5

Starts like Evanescence or Lady Coheed and Cambria but ends a little more country and Nickelback.

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

Not as good as I remember.

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

4/5

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

5/5

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

4/5

Electronic dance jazz music that could have been in Sonic. Songs are a tad longer than they need to be but it's background music.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

1/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

1/5

A real drop off from License to Ill and Paul's Boutique. Not really unique. Missing the sense of humor, didn't feel like an inside joke the same way.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Incredible. Epic. So emotional. So thoughtful. Optimistic.

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Like a worse Jefferson Airplane

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

3/5

Slayed?

Slade

1/5

Fat bros tryna get laid with their best Led Zeppelin impression.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

3/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

2/5

A little more sense of humor than Bob's other albums.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

1/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

1/5

Look I get that he speaks the experiences people have that most of society doesn't get to see but musically this is really limited.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Darlene Love is a goddess.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

1/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

My favorite album.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

1/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

5/5

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Starts strong and then just turns into a hangout. A nice jam with friends.

The Libertines

1/5

Hints of punk but mostly pop-ish. Softie rock. Difficult to picture what their concert would even be like. Candles being passed around? What do these musicians actually have to say? This is as close to the definition of poser as you can get.

Parklife

Blur

3/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Infected

The The

1/5

Debut

Björk

1/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

California

American Music Club

5/5

A range of styles. Very talented songs. Great lyrics. Want to listen to this again.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Spiderland

Slint

2/5

Moments of greatness surrounded by a lot of non-music. Noise, lofi technical sounds, etc.

Orbital 2

Orbital

4/5

This does dance music really well.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

So very chill relaxed rock and roll. I can see the smoke filled room and band moving slowly in my mind as this plays. Last few tracks on this album take it down from perfect, but it captures a vibe and tone so well.

Kenya

Machito

3/5

Dire Straits

3/5

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

1/5

Sad and pathetic

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

1/5

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

1/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

3/5

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

3/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

1/5

They wish they were Portishead.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

5/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

1/5

Not exactly easy listening or a repeat track.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

1/5

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

5/5

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

3/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

1/5

Annoying

The Coral

4/5

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

1/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

White Denim

4/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

1/5

Caetano Veloso

2/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

1/5

Would rather listen to the pioneers of this style than the emulator.

Copper Blue

Sugar

3/5

Generic grunge but I am biased towards this genre. I wouldn't skip any of these songs if they came on, but unfortunately they are also unremarkable.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

4/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

5/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

3/5

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

1/5

80s New Wave trash. No melody. Pussyfoot themes. No toughness at all in any of these guys.

Moon Safari

Air

5/5

Beautiful. Like a pre-Daft Punk dance music that is more mellow.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Don't try to read into the lyrics too hard. It's all about the energy.

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

2/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Goo

Sonic Youth

1/5

I'm disappointed in myself for not liking this more. This type of punk clearly influenced my favorite type of music but for some reason it doesn't click. This is probably a great live concert. It just feels like coffee on an empty stomach, or that movie Wristcutters: A Love Story.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/5

This is a couple of kids playing with the settings on the keyboard more than it is cohesive music. What do you call this style, AV-club-core?

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

1/5

So much dead air. So pathetic sounding and really nothing I could identify with. This is the only album on the list that gets a hard thumbs down on every single track.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

The back half of the album really shines when they can just be silly. Paul Revere, Hold it Now Hit it, Brass Monkey. I would put their next album Paul's Boutique above this.

The United States Of America

1/5

This may have been trippy and thought provoking at one time but it's so dated and not worth a listen now. It's almost catchy at times and then there's a decision made mid-song that veers right that makes it not a pleasurable listen on every track. Trying too hard.

Born To Be With You

Dion

3/5

A little dated even for it's time, somewhat honky-tonk. But has gospel influence and has very good harmonies. I enjoyed this a lot.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

3/5

Forever Changes

Love

2/5

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

2/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

1/5

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

2/5

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

Flutes! Best song: I don't love anyone

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

If Bruce Springsteen came out 30 years later he would have definitely been part of the emo movement.

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

3/5

Not as good as I remember. The back half of this album has some really great heavy lifting by Trent Reznor.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

5/5

Nobody did anything like these riffs as well. Classic rock and roll better than the best.

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

1/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

3/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

3/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

Maybe he's a better live show.

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

1/5

Several Sins is a good song. Peaky Blinders theme energy but too inconsistent

Common

5/5

You could put this on while hosting anyone in the background. The drum breaks are excellent, horns great, samples curated. Verse comes flying at you but also leaves breaks to breathe for the music. Lofi these days has moved towards lo-effort. This is chill but there's so much going on under the surface.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

5/5

Incredible energy and power. Protest music that's still down to earth.

London Calling

The Clash

1/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

The singles are classic but the non-singles haven't aged too well. Kind of a country twang to wild whooping on vocals. He does the falsetto for a full concert? So hard on the voice. Still, it does have the edge if you squint hard enough.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Heartfelt and not trying to be too cool.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

1/5

Uncool

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

1/5

Pump

Aerosmith

4/5

Great, high energy music.